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The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-01-25

The advisory board of paroles and
pardons for Jackson prison ended its
January session. OF so applica-
tions for parole considered, IS
were recommended to the govedrnor
for clemency.
During the campaign just closed
the Mt. Clemens Sugar Co. mill sltced
27,0O0 tons of beets, from which c.
100000 pounds of sugar were pro-
duced. besides the by-products OF 1888
tons OF molasses and 1900 tons Of
beet pulp.
Arvo, 14.year-old son of Peter Red
niger, a farmer living near Howell,
was killed in a hunting accident when
a gun being dragged through fence,
by his brother, Louis, IL years old,
was accidentally fred, the charge TAX
ing effect in his back. He lived about
three minutes after the accident.
Charles Larson, 40 years old. leaped
from Mercy hospital window at Mus
kegon and ran a mile before officers
caught him.
There is more dry" sentiment In
Gratiot county than in any other coun-
ty in the state. This information is
revealed in a study of the vote cast
on the prohibition amendment last
November, which shows that SO per
cent of those who voted IN Gratiot
county cast ballots for the dry cause.
Kalkaska county was second, with a
vote OF 6s per cent dry and Hillsdale
county third with 81 per cent
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-01-25
General Markets.

Apples - Baldwin, $5.25 n $50;
Greening, Spy and King, S57546 per
Dbl for best; western, S2.50@2.75 per
box.
Rabbitts-$2q2.25 per doz.
Finnan Haddies-14c per h.
Cabbage-S650U6.75 per 100 lbs.
Dressed Hogs-13Q13 1.2c per lb.
Sweet Potatocs-Je Jersey, Kindred,
81 per crate.
Honey-Fancy white. 16Q17c; ex-
tracted, 9@10c per 10.
New Potatoes-Bermuda. SO per
Dbl and $3.50 per bu.
Dressed Calves-Fancy, 1878 1-2c;
No 2, 17@17 lie per lb.
Lettuce-Head lettuce, S36S50 per
case; hothouse. l5G17c per ID.
Tomatoes -Hotnouse. CSC per Id;
Florida, S4.50d475 per 6-basket case.
Potatoes--In CARROTS: In sacks.
s1S591.9O; western and Maine, $50
2.C5 per blu.
Onions-Spanish, 81 per crate; yell
low, s5.5Og6 per 100 Id sacks in car
lots.
Live Poultry No / spring chickens,
21c; No spring chickens, 1S919c:
No ] hens. 20c No hens. 1918
l-2c; small hens. 14c; ducks, 2Z6p
2Sc: geese, Goa &c; turkeys, 27d2sc
per h.
Eggs-Firsts, 44c; current receipts.
40c per doz.
Michigan fats. 44c; Wis
consin fats, % tie; Wisconsin dali
sizes, 23c; Wiscon double daisies,
% sac; New York fats, 24c: long
horns, % lac; Michigan daisies, 21c:
imported Swiss, 50d60c; domestic
Swiss, 27d32c; brick. 20 lie; lin
burger. lib pkgs, 20 1.2c; do 2lb
pkgs. 23c per Id.
Tallow-No ]. &c: No 2. SC per ID.
Dressed Poultry Chickens, 22623c:
hens, 21c; ducks. 24125c; geese, 2l
Q22c; turkeys, SOd31c per ID.
Hides-No / cured, 22c: No 1 green.
lie; No / cured bulls. l5c; No 1
green bulls, lie; 70 I sured veal kip.
l7c; No l green kip. 22c; No
1 cured r7urra,n. 81; No. green
murrain, lSc: No. cured calf. Soc:
No l green cal 32c; 10 l horsehides,
So; No hors e, 81: No 2 hides
lie and No lie lower
than the alb y.kins, as to
amount OF We Jc@s2 each.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-01-25
MARKET QUOTATIONS
Live stock

, DETROIT--Cattle Best heavy steers
SS.5009.25; best handy weight bur.
cher steers, S75008.75; mixed steers
and heifers. $65O0S; handy light
butchers, scar; light butchers, $3.50
065O; best COWS, $6.50N7; butcher
cows, $5,25G6, common cows, S45Od
$50; Gamers, $3I5a5; best heavy
bulls, $G.5Od7; bologna bulls, $500
$50; stock bulls, S506; feeders. $3.50
al; stockers, 55.5O96.75.
Calves-Best, $14; good, Sl2 to
$3.50; mediums, 50 to 81; heavy.
81 to SO.
Sheep and Lambs--Bes lambs,
$13.75913.SO; fair lambs. $l2413;
light to common lambs. s10611.75;
fair to good sheep, s84890; culls and
common, $506.5O.
HogsMixed grades, $1O.50011; pigs,
S9.50410.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-01-25
CRAZED DOCTOR KILLS W re
Believed He Had Discovered Method
of Restoring Human Life.

Billings, Mont -Crazed by drugs
and believing he had discovered a
method OF restoring human life, DIR. ].
c. Hunter. well known physician and
research worker, tried the experiment
by killing his wife at their home at
Hysham, Mont, several days ago.
Dr. Hunter is a postgraduate of Johns
Hopkins and studied a year at HeideI-
BERT. Germany. He was sent to an In
sane asylum.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-01-25
Mexican War NezCS

The first movement Of troops home
from the border I'm several weeks was
ordered when the war department at
Washington instructed General Funs-
toon to designate one company from
each of the First, Second and Third
Kentucky infantries to return 10 their
home stations.
Six MeXicans were killed by two
American cowboys, 30 miles west OF
Nogales, Ariz., where they were fired
upon while herdlng back cattle rus
tied" by the MeXicans.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-01-25
Washington

1t was announced ut Washington
use the Second cavalry troops at Fort
Myer, Va, as his personal escort at
the inaugural ceremonies.
w. G. Lee, head of the Tranmens
Brotherhood, presented To the house
commerce committee mt Washington a
substitute plan for President Wilson's
railway labor legislation. a board of
eight, divided equally between rail-
way workers and operating officials,
appointed by the president, would, he
said, solve all the present difficulties
over working conditions.
The interstate commerce commits
sion at Washington disapproved pro-
pOsals by railroads 10 double and
quadruple storage charges on export
grain ut elevators at New York, Phila-
delphia, Baltimore, Boston, Newport
News and other Atlantic ports where
such grain is held longer than 60 days.
1t was announced at Washington
that DIR. Cary r. Grayson, friend and
private physician of President Wilson,
was honored for four years of success
fully keeping the president in good
trim by promotion to medical direc-
tor in the navy with the rank of rear
admiral.
Senator Wadsworth introduced a
resolution I'm the senate at Washing
ton directing the army engineering
chief TO grant permission TO the Wom-
ans Titanic Memorial association to
erect Titanic memorial on public
grounds.
State department officials at Wash
ington said that while Ambassador
Gerard had been requested to send on
n report of his speech and has done
So, the report did not contain an offer
Of resignation, as reported from Co
logne.
The president sent Il special message
to congress at Washington formally
announcing the death of Admiral
Dewey and paying tribute TO the dead
naval hero by saying that the people
and the government of the United
States will always rejoice TO perpetu-
ate his name In all honor and affec-
ton"
The United States government at
Washington has been forced to go to
England TO secure its 16 and 14-inch
shells for the navy. The navy depart
y ent awarded to Hatfields. Limited. of
London, contracts for 1900 16-lnch
shells, at $514 each, and 1900 l4-inch
shells, at $3.50 each, delivery In 10
months.
Sovereignty over the Danish West
Inc ies, after half century Of negotia-
ton, passed to the United States with
the exchange of notifications OF the
purchase treaty by Secretary Lansing
and Danish Minister Brun at Washing.
ton.
Sherman l.. Whipple Of Boston, a
Democrat and noted criminal law.
yer vas invited by the rules commit.
at Washington To act as counsel In
peace note leak investigation,
mich, it now nppears. will extend
d"cply into Wall street stock specua.
ti.L
sement by the Vatican of Pres
uent Wilson's peace efforts was trans
'nitted TO the president AT Washing
! &C. as the administration sought to
work out the next move In the peace
npunfinf'ous
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-01-25

nus, 1905 tons, and the Spanish steam
ers Vale and Manuel, have been sunk
by submarines, according TO dispatch
es received at London.
, The British steamer YarrOwdale
was brought into a German harbor as
prize by crew of rs men. says an
official statement issued at Berlin. II
carried 400 prisoners, the crews OF
steamers captured by a German aux
Hilary cruiser in the Atlantic ocean.
The prisoners on the Yarrowdale were
from one Norwegian and seven British
vessels.
In a surprise attack delivered at
night, the Russians captured two field
posts from the Germans near Barano-
vitchi, the Petrograd war office an
ounced.
Savage fighting is in progress on
both wings of the Roumanian battle
zone. A Rome dispatch to London
quotes Petrograd as saying that the
apparent that the offensive remains
with the recognized RusSo-ROumani-
an armies.
The British steamer Yarrowdale.
with the crews of eight ships sunk by
the German raider in the Atlantic, ar
rived at Sac Nicenti, Cape Verde
islands, according to reliable infOrma-
ton received at Rio de Janeiro. 1t
has been stated in official dispatches
that the Yarrowdale had on board 400
men of the crews of sunken ships.
"Swiss newspapers assert that
masses of German troops are concen-
trating near Basel" says the Elk
change Telegraph's Geneva correspond
ent. 1.-THE Swiss general staff is con-
WINGED that an invasion of Switzerland
is contemplated, with Il view to freeing
Alsace from the French invader"
Gen NJ. A. Belaefr has been appoint
ed minister of war in place of General
Chouvaieff who has been l. ade "a mem
Der of the council of tn" empire, ac-
cording TO a Petrograd dispatch to
Reuters at London. General Beliaeff
is fifty-four years old.
The Petrograd war office announced
the recapture of the village of Vadeni
in ROumania, six miles southwest Of
the Danube town of Galatz.
Eight British and two French YES
sells have been sunk In the Atlantic
and two British steamships captured
by a German raider. Announcement
to this effect was made by the British
admiralty at London.
The allied army on the Salonki
front will be re-enforced as prelm-
mary effort 10 cut the Berlin
Constantinople railroad. according to
a dispatch to London from a British
correspondent with General Sarrairs
forces.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-01-25

In fire of unknown oIfgih
armory OF the Second regiment.
York National Guard, Of Troy. n. ..
was destroyed. The armory was val
ued at 100000. The total loss is nea-
ly half a million dollars.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-01-25

The egg famine came TO an end in
Chicago on Friday. Prices on the
wholesale market sold cents a dozen
lower than on Thursday. Wholesale
values were brought down to 40 ceEts
Il dozen for car lots and 400 Al cents
Il dozen to the retailers.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-01-25
Personal

Rear Admiral James II. Watmough,
retired ninety-tlve, last survivor of the
frigate Constitutions active service,
who raised the first American flag In
California in the Mexican war, died
ut Washington of la grippe.
Admiral George Dewey, who won the
naval battle at Manila bay, died at his
home i'm Washington, at the age of
Seventy-nine, after an illness lasting
six days.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-01-25

President Wilson's life was threat
ened by an anarchist organization
known as "Thc Busters" Of which
Thomas j. Mooney. on trial nj San
Francisco for bomb murders. vas
leader with Alexander BerknHn, As
sistant District Attorney Edward A.
Cunha charged.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-01-25
AUTO ENGINEERING COURSE
U. Of M. Plans New Course for Sum-
mer Session Of 1917.

Ann Arbor-During the summer SEES
zion Of 1917 the University will offer
d short course in automobile engineer
ing, aiming to assist the state in serv-
ing the automobile business. The
course will be open to active workers
in the automobile field and aims TO
reach four classes of men, graduates
of Michigan, members of automobile
engineering experimental and techni-
cal departments and teachers and
students of engineering.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-01-25

The Democrat 81 central com.
nittee decided loid the state con-
ention in Grand Rapids, Feb. Is.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-01-25

sement by the Vatican of Pres
uent Wilson's pence efforts was trans
'nitted TO the president at Washing
&C. as the administration sought to
work out the next move Ia the peace
negotiations.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-01-25

Physicians at the hospital In Phila-
delphla where Harry X. Thaw, who at
tempted TO commit suicide last week
by slashing himself with razor, is a
patient, said that Thaw was not recov-
erlng as rapidly rs had been expected
and expressed concern both as TO his
mental and physical condition.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-01-25
MOST IMPORTANT
NEWS Of WORLD
BIG HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK
cur TO LAST ANALYSIS.
DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN ITEMS
Kernels Culled From Events Of Mo-
ment In All Parts Of the World
OF Interest to All the
People Everywhere.
European War News

The Norwegian steamship Bergen
nus, 1905 tons, and the Spanish steam
ers Vale and Manuel, have been sunk
by submarines, according 10 dispatch
es received at London.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-01-25

After tramp Of nine days across
the Sonora desert. Lieutenant Robert
son and Lieutenant Colonel Bishop
the missing United States army avia'
tors who have been lost since Wednes.
day week ago, were found by a
searching party about thirty miles
south of the Mexican border.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-01-25

President Samuel GOmpers Of the
American Federation OF Labor told
the house commerce committee mt
Washington that II any legislation to
make a strike unlawful were enacted
he, for one, could be counted upon as
one Of those who would violate It,
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-01-25

Sherman l.. Whipple of Boston, a
Democrat and Il noted criminal law.
yer. vas invited by the rules commit.
al Washington To act as counsel In
peace note leak investigation
mich, it now nppears. will extend
d"cDly into Wall street stock specula.
uol.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-01-25

Sovereignty over the Danish West
Inc es, after half n century of negotia.
ton, passed to the United States with
the exchange Of ratticatiOns of the
purchase treaty by Secretary Lansing
and Danish Minister Brun at Washing.
ton.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-01-25

A district court grand jury lndlct-
ment made public at Corning, Ia. is
against Swift & Co, packers, who are
charged with discrimination In the pur-
chase of poultry. II is alleged that
higher prices were paid by its agents
at Prescott. Ia, than were paid at
Corning upon the same day. COmpe-
htion, 1t is said, is greater ut Prescott
than at Corning.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-01-25

The United States government al
Washington has been forced to go to
England to secure its 16 and 14-inch
shells for the navy. The navy depart
= ent awarded to Hattelds. Limited. OF
London, contracts for 1900 16-lnch
shells, at $514 each, and 1900 14-inch
shells, at $3.50 each. delivery In 10
months.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-01-25

w. w. Eldridge Of Flint, Mich, chief
of the division Of issue, which has to
do with the issuance Of bank notes In
the office of the comptroller of the cur
rency, shot and killed himself at
Washington.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-01-25

In surprise attack delivered at
night, the Russians captured two field
posts from the Germans near Barano-
vitchi, the Petrograd war office an
ounced.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-01-25
Domestic

The court of errors and appeals at
Trenton, n. j., affirmed the supreme
court decision that n recount in the
Third congressional district was legal.
This makes final the reelection Of
Congressman Thomas J. Scully (Dem)
from that district.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-04
House Will Rush
War Revenue Bill
Rule TO Limit Debate Is
Approved by the
Committee

Washington, May 8. Work on the
war revenue bill progressed in the
House Ways ard Means Committee to-
day to such a point that the measure
probably will be brought into tho
House not later than Saturday. with
special rule TO expedite its passage.
The plar TO resort TO a rule TO limit de-
rate, watch was not done in the case OF
the army or bond issue bills, created
some surprise when 1T became known.
Wine, liquor and beer taxes occupied
much OF the committees time to-day
at prolonged session. Tentative
approval was given tho subcommittee
proposal 10 raise the tax on spurious
liquors from $l10 to 81 a gallon, and
those on beer from $3.50 to $3.50 a bar
rel. with "A proyiso that beverages on
hand when the law passes shall not be
subject TO the increased rate.
Indications grew stronger today that
consumption tax affecting sugar. tea
and coffee. il not on other articles,
would be adopted As the end OF the
bill is reared committeeman realize
that new taxes probably will have 10 be
assessed in order TO provide the 81 $780,
100000 they have agreed to raise.
Rates on freight transportation were
tentatively lowered to-day from TO 3
per cent. the passenger traffic rate
being left az per cent.
The proposed cOmmutatiOn ticket tax
to-day caused much discussion The
C mmittcc is determined 20 iiX tax
o. commuters tickets, but classifying
tickets to be taxed is problem.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-04

HuhIcki. Or. and Mrs.. j. Won hunsel'
Count van Rachtcrin Limpurg' baron
and Baroness Mahltzan, Baron fedoi
Nikolics. Alexander van Nubcr. Count
and Countess Franz Revcrtcra, count
Dominick Rcv,rtcra, Raron Homr'cn
Sommaruga. Baron Niktor Speth ana
Lieutenant W Stoctzncr.
Never Received Officially
Count Won Tarnow arrived an the
United States after diplomatic rola-
tione had beer severed with Germany
and while Count Won B"rnstorO was
icavinc. lie has never Occn received
officially by tins government.
Tho Ryrdam, probably the last YES.
sci from an American port which VIII
be guaranteed safe conduct through the
war zonc during the war. viii proceed
TO Uahfa> as did the Frcdcrik VIII.
bearing the returning German Amhas-
sador. There week probably VIII be
spent in examining the effects Of the
Austrian party and other passengers
Then the Ryndam will sail for Rottor-
dam without stopping al Falmouth or
any other port en- route.
Scores OF Austrians and those OF Ger
man origin have sought bookings on
the Ryndam. but the passport of every
ticket holder. as well as the holder
himself. has been subjected 20 close
examination by the British authori-
ties. Among the passengers rs Nine.
Julia Culp. the singer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-04
Roads to Curtail
Train Service to
Assist the Allies
Entire u. S. Output OF Roll
ing Stock and Rails for
France and Russia
1000 Engines Saved
REIMBURSEMENT of Passenger
Schedules Frees Power for
Freight Movement
1000 Engines Saved

Washington. May 3.-CurtaiIment OF
passenger tram service and shipment
of tho country's entire output Of roll
irg stock and rails 20 the Allies were
forecast to-day by Daniel Willard. IN
speech before the National Defence
Conference OF Governors and Repre-
sentatives Of State Defence Councils.
Already. Mr.. Willard said, the Fed
cral Councils general railroad board
is working on plan for roadjustmen'
Of schedules. Other nations ~ waf'
lie said. have discontinued passenger
schedules entirely. but the American
government hooes to bring the rail
roads TO their highest point Of efh-
cheney by eliminating duplication and
reducing the number of passenger
trains. as far as possible, without in
convcniencine the public.
OF the $4,000 passenger train loco
motives in the United States the rail-
road board hopes to release 1000 for
freight trains. D.,o
have locomotives and cars, SAID MI
Willard we will have to furnish
Them. How can we do II? We can DO
Il bv getting along with what equip
mont we have and by putting INTO
force measures OF greater railway
economy. a..
"The general railroad board OF the
Defence Council. comprised OF five RAJ
way presidents who arc operating 'ne
country's lines on continual system j.
working on these measures now.
reducing the time allowed shippers 10
load and unload cars VIC VIII nave
o45 600 freight cars for one trlp a
wear. Germany has reduced the load
ing and unloading time limit TO SIN
hours. We can reduce our present
limit from forty-eight 10 twenty-lour
hours. and. although II will cause some
inconvenience. Il is IN the interest OF
all the people. ou
There will be more wartime ran
business than the lines can hanoie'
The country's systems are hauling
more freight than ever before, but
tbcy cannot carry all in sight, and II
viii he necessary TO decide winch
classes OF freight shall have prefer,
ence. ALREADY the board has SAID coal
must 60 first. and we are ilhng the
countrv's coal yards for next winter
What is the next most important COM
modify remains 20 be decided. The
Agriculture Department asked that
seeds and agricultural implements be
moved, and they, too, are belng gwen
preference"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-04
Sir Hardman Lever, British
Financial Expert, Fore
casts Action
Germany bankrupt"
Must Rcpudiate Debt After
War, He Says, or Forcgo
Reconstruction

Washington. May 3. Creation OF n
central purchasing committee IN
Washington for all supplies bought
in the United States for the Allied
governments was forecast here to-day
by Sir Hardman Lever. financial expert
Of the British war mission. Sir Hard
man was careful to say that negotia-
tions 70 this end still were incomplete.
but he pointed out why a joint direct
ing bureau would be essential 70 secure
the most economical administration
Of the huge credits authorized by this
country and the fairest distribution
Of supplies among the various nations.
Discussing the world financial sit
uation. the British expert expressed
the opinion that Germany will be prac-
tically bankrupt in the credit markets
afte.' the war.
"Our enemies" he said "for all
their boasted efficiency. have never
had the courage to face their financial
problems, with the result that when
the war is over they will be hard put
TO IT,"
The Teutonic governments having
pyramided one internal loan upon an
other. ne explained. their interest
charges would be 50 great that he be-
lieved they would either have 10 repu-
diate a large part of their debt which
in itself would &c disastrous. or face
inability TO bay the enormous quantI-
ties Of material they would need for
reconstruction.
The Allies. he added. had paid their
way in the war by the straightforward
and natural means; by pouring out
oar gold. by selling enormous masses
Of American securities. by raising
loans As result. he predicted that
the end OF the war would find the Al
lies in very good shape financially. de
spite their enormous permanent debts.
Sir Hartman said the financial aid
of the United States had relieved
Great Britain OF load OF anxiety.
The assistance you are going 20
render Us in this sphere is so real
he said. land must have been so fully
comprchended By the Kaiser's financial
advisers that take it TO be one Of the
clearcst sign of Germany despera-
tion that, knowing what this help
meant, she still decided on course
which was bound to bring the United
States into the lists against her. The
dollar was never so almighty for
good"
The British mission to-day spent
one Of its busiest days since it's ar
rival. Tonight Mr.. Balfour enter
tained at dinner Secretary and Mrs.
Lansing. Ambassador and Nine.
Jusserand. Assistant Secretary and
Mrs. Breckenridge Long. Sir Richard
and Lady Crawford. Counsellor and
Mrs. Barclay. and the American at
taches 10 the mission.