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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-21
Farm Prices for Wheat

Farmers received an average Of about
$l.A for their 1915 wheat crop. which
compares with 90 cents for their 1915
crop, 80 cents for their 1914 crop, and
70 cents for their 1913 crop. During
1916, TO $24s on June !, 1917 Sales
were heaviest during August and light
est in June. Total sales during the
year are estimated at about $4,000. 900
bushels, as compared with about $780,
00Q, 900 In the preceding season.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-21
Harvest Outlook in the
United Kingdom Satisfactory

Recent reports published in the Lon
don papers, according to a consular re-
port, agree that the harvest and crop
conditions of the United Kingdom are
exceedingly satisfactory. In previous
reports it was estimated that the total
increased acreage in England and
Wales over the 1916 area would be
about 100000 acres. The preliminary
figures of the annual agricultural re-
turns, however, show that the increased
area for 1917 in England and Wales
amounts to no less than $4,000 acres,
made I'D as follows.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-21
Atterbury Goes to Franc.
Vice.President of P. r. R. %
Help Build War Railroad,

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 2o.-yia.
President W. W. Atterbury Of Il.
Pennsylvania Railroad was to.lr
granted leave Of absence. It is under.
stood that Mr.. Atterbury will 70 t
France to assist in the cons,ruetin
and operation Of railroad lines th,a
for the transportation Of troops, nuri.
tions and supplies.
Elisha Lee, general manager, hu
been appointed acting viee-presid,r,
He will be in charge Of the operaiia
of lines east Of Pittsburgh.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-21

The Director General of Food Pro-
duction states that this result exceeds
all expectations and proves that ex-
ceptional effort was made by farmers
this spring in the face of unusually adj
verse conditions. The assistance given
by the War Office in loanng soldiers
for work on the land has also con-
tributed to large extent to this salts
factory outcome.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-21

Commercial Psper.-Owing to small
offerings Of short term paper bearing
desirable names, there was little activ-
ity in this department. The banks, it
would appear. are more than willing to
take the shorter maturitles, which can
be rediscounted, if need be, at the Fed
eral Reserve Bank, as they have a
plethora of funds on hand which they
are trying to keep as liquid as possible.
Rates remained unchanged on the basis
Of per cent for six months maturi-
ties, Az per cent for four months, and
AZ Per cent for so and 60 days.
Official rates of discount for each of
the twelve Federal districts are as fol-
lows:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-21
Rate Increase Suspended

WASHINGTON. Aug. 2O.-Proposed
increases Of two 20 three cents per
hundred pounds in rates on wheat
from Omaha and Kansas City 70 Jack
son and Meridian, Miss, were SUE
pended to-day By the interstate Com
inoree CommiA ion until December u
leLt,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-21
New York

Members Of the New Yors c., \,
Exchange yesterday voted TO eLo s., n
exchange on the Saturday pr'''
I abor Dav
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-21

The above rates express The cost Of
foreign money in terms Of the Ameri-
can dollar You buy an English pound
sterling al. say, Si75is. The intrinsic
parity is Si.S6Ss per pound. Thus, you
say either that pounds are az dis
count or that dollars are at a pre-
MUM, which is owing 20 the fact that
in England the demand for dollars
with which TO settle accounts in this
country is greater than the demand in
this country for pounds with which TO
settle accounts in England.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-21

Below is given the current exchange
value Of foreign money in dollars and
cents, together with the intrinsic gold
parity, as calculated by the United
States Mint: Current
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-21
Crude Oil Higher

PITTSBURGH, Aug. 20.-Pennsyl-
vania crude oil advanced % cents to-
day, to $3.50, the highest price in a
quarter of century. Other new prices
posted by the South Penn Oil Com
pany were: Corning, $3.50; Csbell,
S257, and Somerset, $40, each price
representing an advance of 10 cents.
ARDMORE, Okla. Aug. 20.-Healdton
crude oil was advanced five cents a
barrel to-day, by the Magnolia Pc
troleum Company. Hesldton now is
quoted at s1.20, having advanced from
80 cents since July 81
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-21
r,,nce softens Import Embsrr

France Softens Import tmOs't"
PARIS. Aug. 20. At the French NEE
try of Finances IL was announced y
day that exceptions would De ~ ~.
from prohibited imporiati95n,s o. 80. ~
chandise. payment for which o'i ..,.
July 81 could be verified. In U. a.,
of partial payments prior TO nay Az. ~ :.
for merchandise bought abroad ny ~.
tation, il was added, would y
mitted Of the proportion PAID i"'
German Embargo on thlneSso A,
Credits-AMSTERDAN, Aug " r..
embargo has been proclaimed " c,,.
nose as we'll as Siamese creal's I.
man banks, according 10 D''f
from Berlin.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-21

be negotiated except on higher basis
than that commonly quoted.
Ruling rates for money yesterday,
compared with a year ago, were as fol-
lows:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-21

Paris Bourse. PARIS, Aug "
Trading was quiet on the Bourss I"
day. Three per cent rentes, o. itI :,
80 confines for cash; exchange |.
London, 81 francs IS centimes, p
cent loan, 81 francs IS cenunies'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-21

Sub Treasury. 49, New York banks
gained from the Sub-Treasury 1861 900.
Silver.-Bars in London, Ard, an
increase of I'D; New York, STAG, an
advance of 1c; Mexican dollars, 6SB,
up &c.
Gold Currents.-The Sub-Treasury
Yesterday transferred S250,00O by tel
egraph to San Francisco, on account Of
a like amount of gold to be shipped
to japan.
Gold coin amounting to 100000 was
withdrawn from the Sub-Treasury for
shipment to Spain.
London Money Market.-LONDON,
Aug. 20.-Money was plentiful at 80
per cent. In discounts, most of the
business was done in short bills, which
were quoted at Az per cent. Three
month bills brought 1916 per cent.
Gold premiums at Lisbon, 90.
Reichsbank Statement.-BERLlN via
London, Aug. 20.-The statement of the
Imperial Bank Of Germany, issued Au-
gust Is, shows the following increases,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-21
News Digest
Foreign

London Market Firm. - LONDOA
Aug. 2O.-The stock market was g''
orally firm to-day. Home rails E'r
uncertain, owing to the enginemsns q
mands, but the general opinion w
that the governments attitude, ressn
ing the trouble will be strong but ia
sonable. Shipping shares were p,r
with Royal Mail and Argentine NV
cations leading features on repoI. |.
a Joint working arrangement oetHe
the companies. Oils continued y
harden, and in the industrial Sec w.
cement stocks were the feature ~
can and Peruvian issues were pf'l'
nent among the foreigners.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-21
Monday, August 90, 1917

In the Senate's war revenue bill is
section which has attracted little
attention, in spite of the fact that 1t
deals with very important problem.
1t reads as follows:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-21

The Department OF Commerce iigures
of imports in 1917 show for the great
group manufactures ready for con-
sumption" which is largely composed
Of Injuries. total of $4,000, 900,
against SAG 100000 in 1914. decline
in stated value amounting to nearly 20
per cent, while the decrease in guam
tity must he far greater by reason of
the fact that the value figures in 1917
represent merchandise imported at A
much higher price per unit of quantity.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-21

Totals .......... 5,757,OOO 6,1o4 900
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-21
The Dollar in Foreign Exchange

otal gold holdings, unchanged.
The Detroit times., 1917-10-19
When a Woman Loves

OF their dear old days al home He
gave her messagy. 90. his mother
and sisters and their old friends
Despite nurse and surgeons ihc
boy failed With a great burning I'm
her heart the girl realized he
couldn't last Bravely she hid her
grief with her other secret and
soothed and cheercd him who had
spoken no word az love vet whom
she had loved she knew, all her
life
The day before he died he weak
Ia heckoued her. Lie told her he
knew he was going and asked her
10 take message for him
81 can only give IL "a a friend
trust" he said. looking AZ her Then
he told her OF a girl he had met
when he was away ar college I'm
England a girl no had never men.
toned before: girl she didn g
know. Only when ne was Eorne 20
war did ne realize. he said. that he
The Detroit times., 1917-10-19

a Detroit youth viii become a
great inventor or be- fired Most
likely n viii be- the latter
It's all because he got tired watch
ing the clock for quitting time and
furthermore because ne sometimes
oyerworked a minute or two before
he noticed H.
That fused him up considerable.
He buckled his brain down 10 the
job Of finding one way out OF the
dilemma.
Now be has his invention about
ready and is waiting for the first
day The boss beats IL out TO the
golf course early
The invention consists Of a hook
holding his hat above his head his
coat Just over his shoulders. and a
specially devised chair regulated by
a clock. When quitting time comes
the clock sets thc whole thing in
motion the hat drops on his head.
supports force no his arms into the
coat the chair turns away from the
The Detroit times., 1917-10-19
RY MANY 6 WALTER.

Long before the war they had
Teen boY land rirl Chums In Eng
land lle and She had grown mp
nelghhors from hahyhood They
had played and studied and read no.
eeihcr She had adored him rs 4
biz brother
But when She bloomed into sweet
IT, there came into her heart toward
The boy friend something more than
sisterly feeling For long she
wouldn't admit II 10 herself hut
when he went away 10 learn a pro
Tcssi6n and She began A nurses
training she knew that the feeling
was love
She and the boy wrote long.
Chummy letters about their ambi-
tions and dreams. Never did she
hint what was hidden in her heart,
but often with flame in her cheeks
and light in her eyes she hoped
there was an answer in his heart
n there was. thru those years OF
letter writing and far.apart vislts,
he kept his as she kept hers.
Tho the boy spoke no word OF
love, she held other men az dis
lance and knew none could ever
have her heart
When the war began and she fin
ished her training. she went 20 nurse
in war hospital In France. She
knew that her boy chum had left
college and was on the front In Eng
lands army For weeks she hadn
heard OF him, tho daily he was IN
her thoughts ami in her prayers
Then word came TO her that he lay
wounded IN another hospital She
begged TO be transferred 10 that hos
pital and her request was granted
There she tended him day after day
often without rest To the utmost
nurses skill she added the tender
ness OF love
When ne could talk they chatteC
The Detroit times., 1917-10-19
SHOULD GIRLS SPEAK TO STRANGE MEN IN UNIFORM?

There is caezp near my
home. and two strange soldiers
spoke to mt glrl friend and me
last night 1nt asked us w. take
u3,lk Eefurod. and m5 fripud
wax curious rLr Iu-i HhOfra &C.
uniform. and she says Eirl can
always trust soldier ttut my
mother never lots me speak 90 e.
man without ara Introduction. Am
rlght or is ms friend MOL
LIE"
This is "a sample OF letter which
woman editors frequently end in
their mail THESE queries usually
go into the waste basket. because ~
takes courage to admit that a uni.
form docs MOI necessarily make over
the tsttttt'---ttf- NAH
Probably the girls question is
best answered by going back to The
beginning of the Book OF Woman
AS Man has written a.
When rho cave man had captured
and dragged home his bride. he
made law for her 10 live by n
SURVIVES unto this day. and n is a
very good law n runs a WON
ON shall not speak 20 strange
male person without an introduc-
ton
The cave man knew his fellows.
and ne could have told the woman
why he did not trust them But he
never did tie wanted 10 keep her
innocent
bur n tho cave man had said
that an strange male persons were
NOT ass chiyalrous as they like 10
pretend and that ne had made thu
hrst rule OF good form especially for
woman protection. woman wcHld
have been spared many miseries
For she was and is continually
tempted 10 break the original rule
az etiquot she was and is continu.
ally getting horself into trouble
thereby
To-day her tragedics are half re
vealcd i'm police court records, white
slave prosecutions. advertisements
for missing girls, and the statistics
Of maternity homes and girls re-
( f0rmatories
Three girls vanish MIS- Grace
Humi-ton. the woman lawyer. who
found Ruth CTuger's body viii take
The matter 90 the district attorney s
office runs New York news item
I
( these tragedies. hu' enough are told
to prove that 10 rs NO, safe for q
eirl 90 trust her own Judgment aboui
,tina acquainted with men who
AFRO uuNu6Nn ~ her mly and heI
frionds Too often the girl has M
Judgment to trust Then her moth
ers alm0niuon .s invaluable Let
,Lc .ncredulo1 eirl. asE her brother
ono side ot The war sheld not
at IAN glorious con- 10 les written
Woman virtue, and mans chlv
ally Rut it is ali blurred over
with "senimcntality q word which
covers many hard names and con
fuses others as lust and love
Only women can keep bis sid @.
'bo shield bright Man never has
and never viii while he may end
an war ny this war he viii never
end The war OF the sexes That Is
p war for women go win Now is
The best az an times 10 BEGIN t
And thp brave-t volunteers In the
new army are not the girls Who risk
making chance acquaintance but
the girls who insist thar man shall
apply 10 AN women Tho ancient rule
which bee made 60 protect his own
The Detroit times., 1917-10-19

loved that girl. but he felt he
shouldn't tell his love till he knew
the outcome OF the war
"I'll never see her again." he mur-
INJURED "Will YOU as a friend 20 me
telY her love her and tell her
good bye"
The nurse sank on her knees be-
side him. qiio and strength seemed
10 fail her She clasped HIS cold
hand in both hers against that burn
ing pain IN her breast AS she had
always hid her secret. 40 now she
smiled into his face and replied
Dear old friend. I will keep your
trust promise You faithfully
viii tell her good bye and that you
love her"
The Detroit times., 1917-10-19
The Suits

are wonderful specimens OF the
tailor's art, combining style, value,
warmth. utility, workmanship it
and finish in a manner that leaves
nothing to be desired The mate
rials are mannish serge. hroadcloth,
pQpfIn, buEeiia, diagopais, mixtures
and veibUfs. IN taupe, brown, OK
ford gray, navy, black, green, beet
root and plum.
The Detroit times., 1917-10-19
DETROIT
Twenty Five Dollar Day

e az b happy app
means a oniua al he ei ~ o m bee Oh
eayo cueI the mos emarl me md p a
The Detroit times., 1917-10-19

Or Dudley a Sargent, Of Harvard
university, rs of the opinion that wo-
men hould make every whit as good
soldiers as men
The Detroit times., 1917-10-19

This season for the FIRST time IN
lbs history the Chicago Grand Opera
company has a chorus composed en-
tirelr of American girls.
The Detroit times., 1917-10-19

Today lis the one hundred and
thlrl sixth anniversary OF the sur.
render of CORVALLIS az Yorktown,
which virtually ended the American
rcvoiuiiCnary war
a conference of $50 of the most
DISTINGUISHED surgeons In the United
States meets in Chicago today 10
discuss a practical plan of standard
izatloA for the hospitals OF Amer
The Detroit times., 1917-10-19

Ear 1fdrN Suprriu-
f~hdcnf gupsh>rInnd street hospital
TrnInina.. sehnlal- -1na CnEahe riRnd 81.
H.SeSiss u -
The Detroit times., 1917-10-19

desk and gently but ARMY thrusts
th" sitter toward the door giving
him push that gets him hated
ana coated at the elevator entrance
10 seconds after clock tolls the joy
ful quitting hour
With this invention In general
Use in Detroit. no person could work
as much as five seconds longer than
lhe regular Office hours That
would make il unnecessary for the
boss 20 buy an Once clock. thus saw
INK quite a little there alone
The Detroit times., 1917-10-19
KnSer's Is the Only Auto In
Germany With Pneumatic Tires

Tue onls automobile in Germany
running on pneumatic tires d,
Kaiser WHholm's Even thc crown
prince IS denied ,hi- luxury Along
win Non tndeubWe i.udendors
Won Mackcneen and ae other d'a
dcms n thc German crown th,
crown prince bump, along 90 tho
Hl.tuME TRAINED MUSE
o., wear course of training with
tbrrv months probation ~ given
THlF 80
Cumberland street Hospital Training
School for Nurses
lsr@ Hl fat fplrrrefy ~
tha -flt Nr. NHrkl
I,durnt "nat Requirements Rf lraet
on ttur uf IIEh school ur its rQulr-
alerf
,pN NNrNCES
Com 'sI fHN two hundred
BOD apd aHha
prr li7 ner month frst
yfrf nH rpf moUfh second year
trf rrH furu had Trt hnoN-
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-08-31
Indians Like SpectacIes.

Members Of the Ute tribe Of Indians
In Utah have recently acquired the
habit of wearing spectacles, much to
their own delight and to the profit
of an optical salesman who was in
their vicinity. A chief started the style
by purchasing pair Of yellow-lens
glasses from the white man, and in q
few days so many Indians demanded
similar adornments that the drummer's
supply was exhausted and he had to
send for more, says Popular Mechan-
les magazine. 1t is said that there are
nearly two hundred men, women and
childrenfin this tribe who now possess
spectacles. Some indicate their social
position by wearing three pairs at a
time Glasses with heavy tortoise-shell
rims have proved popular. These In
dams were on their way to attend a
powwow In New Mexico, and 1t Is
thought that they wanted their new
adornment especially for this occasion.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-08-31
ALL ALUMINIUM FROM BAUXITE
Clay Also Contains Vast Quantities Of
the Metal, but No Way Has Been
Found to Get II Out

Bauxite is mineral that contains
aluminium in a combination which the
electric furnace will tear apart, thus
producing the metal Clay also con-
tains it in vast quantities, but the trick
has not yet been turned to set free
the aluminium in clay. So bauxite is
used.
There are large deposits of 1t In
France, in the territory behind the Ri.
viera. Before the war these deposits
were principally held and exploited by
thrifty Germans, who shipped the ore
into Switzerland, where a German
owned plant reduced the ore by cleo
tricity obtained from Swiss waterfalls
and produced the metal. This was
then shipped into Germany and large
ly used to make the tips of shells
which are shot over into France again.
The rings made by wounded French
soldiers or sailors of France In the
trenches and sold here for the benefit
Of orphans are thus very likely to be
made of metal mined In France,
smelted in Switzerland, and manufac-
tured into munitions In Germany.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-08-31
TOWN LOCALS

Mrs. Porter H. Dale returned
from Washington, D. c., Friday,
where she has been for the past six
weeks with Congressman Dale.
Alvin Boulds has returned from
st. Johnsbury.
Ralph Steady, clerk in the store of
Foss & Co., who has been i'll threat
ened with typhoid fever, is recover
ing. %
Mr.. and Mrs. E. J. Bagley and lit
tie daughter have returned from
their vacation, visiting friends in
their old home at Bradford and Mr..
Bagley's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Will.
liam Bagley at White River Junction.
They made the trip in Mr.. Bagley's
auto.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-08-31
JUST LIKE A RATTLESNAKE
Gas Shell Has About the Same Effect,
Writes American Ambulance
Driver at Front

Norman Lee, an eighteen-year-old
Cross ambulance in France, throws
sidelight on gas shells In letter writ
ten NEAR Scissors" and Just received
here.
"The boches dropped few gas
shells over about midnight" he writes.
"Have you ever heard a rattlesnake2
Well, gas shell has the same effect.
No one has to tell you what 1t Is; you
know. 1t just goes put and lets out
greenish vapor. That's enough
down in the 'dugout' put on your
masks and wait until the boches are
finished. But It's a CHASTITY scene, one
candle burning and everyone sitting
around with masks on; the cat hugs
the fire, while James, the medicine
dog, has his mask on, too-it's a spe-
cial one-and he knows enough not to
paw 1t off. He's a real war dog.
During these sessions there is al
ways an official 'sniffer,' who has to
take off his mask every once in a
while, go to the door and see whether
the stuff is still around. The other
day we were in doubt, so we threw the
cat out. She came back so quickly
that no one had any doubt that it still
was there.
"Oh, it bothers me-that gas-more
than the shells. It's a pretty rotten
way to make war"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-08-31
Ready to Do His Bit.

A gorgeously dressed individual
whose sartorial magni1fcence reached
its zenith in a white waistcoat with
Undiscovered design dropped or strut
ted into a military census station In
Harlem the other day. In response to
inquiries regarding his knowledge Of
machinery, bookkeeping, marine expe-
rience, etc. he made 1t clear that he
could do very little. "Tm just gam
bier, and I don't take much stock In
nuthin' else" he explained. "Of course.
I'll do what I can, If they need me.
II they ever decide to settle this mix
up with cards or dice, you got me ad-
dress there, an Just drop me a line.
If it's cards, we got Europe; and If it's
dice, Wen give 'em a fight all the
war.r
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-08-31
TOWN LOCALS

Napoleon John and Miss Corrine
Savard were married at the Roman
Catholic church by Rev. c. D. Trot-
tier Monday morning. They left on
a wedding trip to Mrs. Johns home
in Canada.
Conductor Perley Brown is visit
ing in Boston this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. D. Cox and Miss
Mary, Albert, Walter and Francis
of St.. Johnsbury visited Mr.. and
Mrs. Owen Riley Sunday.
Cole Bros. have opened a meat
market in Lakeview block.
]. M. Cady and David E. Porter
of St. Johnsbury were in town Tues
day.
J. Rolfe Searles, attorney, of st.
Johnsbury was business visitor in
town from Friday to Monday.
H. w. Gilman of West Stewards
town was in town Tuesday. "Ted's"
many friends were glad to see him
and wish he would come oftener.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. W. Parker are at
Old Orchard on vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Paradise of
Gleasondale, Mass, are guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Bessette.
Mrs. John Sloan and daughter,
Goldie, spent the weekend in Mont.
real.