The Hermiston herald., May 19, 1917, Image 3

THE HERMISTON
HOW THE GERMANS
TREATED BELGIUM
Proclamations Posted by Army
Commanders in the Invaded
' Country.
Inhabitants will be searched. Any per­
son who has deliberately concealed
money or tried to withhold goods from
seizure by the military authorities, or
who attempts to leave the town, will
be shot
The mayor and the hostages taken
by the military authorities will be
made responsible for the exact execu­
tion of the above orders. The mayor
Is ordered to publish these directions
to the commune immediately.
Henamenil, 3d September, 1914.
General commanding,
VON FASBENDER.
TAKEN FROM THE ORIGINAL
Von Emmich’s First Demand for Free
Passage Followed by Warnings,
Requisitions and Information
of Ruthless Penalties
Exacted.
[The motive of the present proclamation
Is found In the German maxim that "Pun-
ishment is a proof of crime.” The hein­
ous charges made. In the first paragraph,
against the inhabitants of Luneville are
flatly denied. At Luneville there were 18
victims (including a boy of twelve shot
and a woman of ninety-eight bayoneted),
and "0 houses were burned.]
PROCLAMATION.
Inhabitants of both sexes are strict­
ly forbidden to leave their houses so
far as this is not absolutely necessary
for making short rounds, in order to
buy provisions or water their cattle.
They are absolutely forbidden to leave
their houses at- night under any cir­
cumstances whatever.
Whoever attempts to leave the place,
by night or day, upon any pretext
whatever, will be shot.
Potatoes can only be dug with the
commandant’s consent and under mil­
itary supervision.
The German troops have orders to
carry out these directions strictly, by
sentinels and patrols, who are author­
ized to fire on anyone departing from
TO THE BELGIAN PEOPLE.
these directions.
THE GENERAL COMMANDING.
It Is to my very great regret that the
German troops And themselves com­ [These restrictions Imposed upon the
of Luneville are the German staff's
pelled to cross the Belgian frontier. people
ideal of the state to which conquered peo­
They are acting under the constraint ples should be reduced.]
of an unavoidable necessity, Belgium’s
neutrality having been violated by
NOT TO BE REMOVED.
French, officers, who, in disguise,
German Military Authorities.
crossed Belgian territory by motor car
The mayor of the town of Luneville
in order to make their way into Ger-
officially requests the Inhabitants, un­
many.
der the sanction of the most severe
Belgians !
It is my greatest wish that there penalties, to abstain from making any
may still be a way of avoiding a con­ signals to airplanes or other details of
flict between two nations which have the French army.
hitherto been friends, and at one time
It would be very imprudent, even
even allies.
out of simple curiosity, to follow too
Remember the glorious days of Wa­ attentively the maneuvers of the air­
terloo, where German arms played craft that fly over Luneville, or to try
their part in founding and establishing to communicate with the French out­
the independence and prosperity of posts.
The immediate steps to enforce this,
your country. But we must have a
free passage. The destruction of which would be taken by Colonel Lidl,
bridges, of tunnels and of railways will commandant of the communications
have to be looked upon as hostile acts. depot, would consist in the seizure of
a considerable number of hostages
Belgians !
It is for you to choose! I hope the from the working class as well as from
German Army of the Meuse will not the middle class.
be forced to fight you. A free passage
In order to prevent or repress crim­
for attack is all we desire.
inal behavior in war time, as well as
I give formal pledges to the Belgian to insure the security of the German
population that it will have nothing to troops and the civil population, the
suffer from the horrors of war, that special police stations flying a white
we will pay in gold for the provisions flag are to receive day and night all
that must be taken from the country, communications which may be ad­
and that our soldiers will prove them­ dressed to them on this .subject.
The Mayor of Luneville,
selves the best of friends to a people
*
KELLER.
for whom we feel the highest esteem
[In this proclamation the mayor of Lune-
and the greatest sympathy. It rests
ville Is made to warn his fellow-citizens
with your good sense and with an in­ against
rendering any assistance to their
telligent patriotism to save your coun­ own national forces. The threat to take
try from the horrors of war.
hostages in case of disobedience was un­
The General Commanding the Army derlined. To be seized as a hostage In
the Invaded districts of Belgium and
of the Meuse.
France was almost equivalent to a sen­
Some Idea of what the Belgians have
had to endure under the military rule
of the Germans may be obtained from
the copies, printed herewith, of many
of the proclamations posted by the
Teutons in the little country they in­
vaded. The documents are authentic,
having been translated from the orig­
inals that are in the possession of Ian
Malcolm, member of the British parlia­
ment. They require no explanation
and little comment.
The American
reader may imagine what his feelings
would be if he should find such proc­
lamations affixed to his residence, his
church or his town hall.
A
VON EMMICH.
[This proclamation was distributed by
the German army among the Belgian civil
population on August 4. 1914. This was
the day they violated Belgian neutrality,
and they still hoped that the Belgian
army would offer no resistance. At War­
sage, the village where this proclamation
had been scattered by the Uhlans, 3 civ­
ilians were shot, 6 hanged, 9 others killed
in various ways, and 25 houses were burnt
down.]
ORDER
To the People of Liege.
The population of Andenne, after
making a display of peaceful inten­
tions towards our troops, attacked
them in the most treacherous manner.
With my authorization, the general
commanding these troops has reduced
the town to ashes and has had 110
persons shot.
I bring this fact to the knowledge
of the people of Liege In order that
they may know what fate to expect
should they adopt a similar attitude.
Liege, 22d August, 1914.
GENERAL VON BULOW.
(Two hundred and fifty civilian»—men.
woman and children—were killed by the
Germans at Andenne on August 20 and
21, 1*14, and 50 at Sallies on the opposite
bank of the Meuse. A hundred and fifty-
throe houses were burnt at Sollies, and 37
at Andenne. As a warning to Liege, the
killings at Andenne were superfluous, tor
on the night of August 20 the Germans
had burned 56 houses at Liege and killed 29
civilians.]
NOTICE to the POPULATION.
tence of death.]
NOTICE TO THE POPULATION.
•
In order sufficiently to Insure the
safety of our troops and the tran­
quillity of the population of Reims,
the persons mentioned have been seized
as hostages by the commander of the
German army. These hostages will
be shot If there is the least disorder.
On the other hand, if the town re­
mains perfectly calm and quiet, these
hostages and inhabitants will be placed
under the protection of the German
army.
THE GENERAL COMMANDING.
Reims, 12th September, 1914.
NOTICE.
The persons mentioned below were
condemned by the tribunal of the
council of war and shot this same day
at the citadel, namely :
Eugene Jacquet, wholesale wine mer­
chant
Ernest Deconlnck, sub-lieutenant
Georges Maertens, tradesman.
Sylvere Verhulst workman.
L For having concealed the English
aviator who alighted at Wattignies on
the 11th of last March—for having giv­
en him shelter and facilitated his pas­
sage to France, so that he was able
to return to the enemy's lines.
2. For having maintained and assist­
ed members of the enemy army who,
after discarding their uniform, re­
mained in Lille and its suburbs, and
having enabled them to escape into
France.
By the proclamation of the governor,
of the 7th April, 1915, these two cases,
being considered as espionage, are
brought to the knowledge of the public
in order that they may serve as a
warning.
On the 25th of August, 1914. Inhabi­
tant* of Luneville made an attack by
ambush on German columns and am­
munition trains. On the same day in­
habitants also fired on ambulances
bearing the Red Cross. Shots were
also fired on German wounded and on
a military hospital containing a Ger­
THE GOVERNOR.
man ambulance unit.
Lille,
22d
September,
1915.
On account of these acts of hostility
(Espionage is punishable with death—
an indemnity of 650,000 francs is im­ that
is a commonly acknowledged rule
posed on tbe commune of Luneville. of military law. But there are other serv-
The mayor Is ordered to pay over this ices which th* civil population of an oc­
territory may perform for their
sum on the 6th of September. 1914. cupied
allies and fellow-countrymen under arms,
at nine o’clock In the morning, to the which are absolutely distinct from espion-
representative of tbe .German military age of Infinitely less danger to the . co­
authorities. Fifty thousand francs pying power. Ths Germans wished to
punish these sets of service with the ex-
of the payment must be made in spe- treme penalty. They therefore "consid­
eie.
All appeals will be considered ered them as espionage.")
null and void. No postponement will
PROCLAMATION.
be granted.
If the commune does not punctually
execute the order to pay this sum of
In future the Inhabitants of places
650,000 franca, all goods that can be situated near railway* and telegraph
distrained upon will be seized.
lines which have been destroyed will
In case of non-payment, house-to- be punished without mercy (whether
house visits will be made and all the they are guilty of this destr u ction or
HERALD,
not). For this purpose, hostages have
been taken in all places In the vicin­
ity of railways in danger of similar
attacks; and at the first attempt to
destroy any railway, telegraph or tele­
phone Une, they will be shot immedi­
ately.
The governor,
VON DER GOLTZ.
PROCLAMATION.
The tribunal of the Imperial German
council of war sitting In Brussels has
pronounced the following sentence*:
Condemned to death for conspiring
together to commit treason :
Edith Cavell, teacher, of Brussels.
Philippe Baneq, architect, of Brus
sels.
Jeanne de Belleville of Montignies.
Louis Thuiliez, professor at Lille.
Louis Severin, chemist, of Brussels.
Albert Libiez, lawyer, of Mona
For the same offense the following
have been condemned to 15 years' hard
labor :
Hermann Capiau, engineer, of Was-
mes.
Ada Bodart of Brussels.
Georges Darveau, chemist, of Patur-
ages.
Marv de Croy of Bellignies.
At the same sitting, the war council
condemned 17 others charged with
treason against the imperial armies
to sentences of penal servitude and
imprisonment varying from two to
eight years.
The sentences on Bancq and Edith
Cavell have already been fully exe­
cuted.
The governor general of Brussels
brings these facts to the knowledge of
the public that they may serve as a
warning.
The Governor of the City,
GENERAL VON BISSING.
Brussels, 12th October, 1915.
[Treason means the opposite of patriot
ism, but the German word "war-treason'’
means loyalty to patriotism at the risk of
one's life. Acts of war-treason are act:
done by the Inhabitants of an occupied
territory, on behalf of their native coun­
try and their fellow-countrymen, fol
which the German military code pre­
scribes the penalty of death.
Edith
Cavell and her companions had done suck
acts and well knew what awaited them 11
they were discovered. It was in thia that
their heroism lay.]
PROCLAMATION OF THE GER­
MAN MILITARY COMMANDANT
OF LILLE.
The attitude of England makes the
provisioning of the population more
and more difficult.
To reduce the misery, the German
authorities have recently asked for
volunteers to go and work In the coun­
try. This offer has not had the suc­
cess that was expected.
In consequence of this, the Inhabi­
tants will be deported by order and
removed into the country. Persons de­
ported will be sent to the interior of
the occupied territory in France, far
behind the front, where they will be
employed in agricultural labor, and not
In any military work whatever. By
this measure they will be given the
opportunity of providing better for
their subsistence.
In case of necessity provisions car
be obtained through the German de
pots. Every person deported will be
allowed to take with him 80 kilo­
grammes of luggage (household uten­
sils, clothes, etc), which they will be
well advised to make ready at once.
I order, therefore, that no one may,
until further order, change his place
of residence. No one may absent
himself from his legally declared resi­
dence from 9.0 p. m. to 6.0 a. m (Ger­
man time), unless he is in possession
of a permit in due form.
Inasmuch ns this is an irrevocable
measure, it Is in the Interest of the
population itself to remain calm and
obedient.
THE COMMANDANT.
Lille, April, 1916.
[This proclamation was followed up by
the deportation of 25,000 French civilians
from the towns of Roubaix, Turcoing and
Lille. There were girls as young as six­
teen among the victims, and men as old as
flfty-flve. Families were ruthlessly broken
up.]
NOTICE.
HERMISTON,
OREGON.
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Jacob Trott, of Echo, who was ser­
iously burned Wednesday while start­
ing a gasoline engine, died from the
burns at a Pendleton hospital.
Damage from the cloudburst at
Heppner probably will reach $100,000.
Crops, roads, bridges and fences are
ruined, and wires are down. Some
stock was killed.
The handsome residence belonging
to Jack Morrill, of Medford, one of the
show places of the valley, burned to
the ground Monday afternoon at a loss
of $25,000, largely covered by insur­
ance.
Thurm Coulsen, a resident of Blaine,
in Tillamook county, was arrested by
the sheriff for manufacturing and sell­
ing intoxicating liquor. Coulsen ap­
peared in the Justice court, pleaded
guilty to a violation of the liquor laws
and was fined $150 and costs.
Lieutenant W. M. For, United
States army recruiting officer, return­
ed to Klamath Falls Thursday from a
trip to Lakeview, Or.
He and his
host had the unique experience of
nearly losing their automobile in a big
snow drift in the mountains about 50
miles east.
Curry county officials intend to make
a determined fight against the man­
damus proceedings instituted by Gov­
ernor Withycombe in the Supreme
court recently, at the recommendation
of Attorney General Brown, to compel
such officials to hold the special elec­
tion in that county in June.
Though the weather has been show­
ery, the majority of the farmers of
the Gaston section have taken advant­
age of every available moment to get
their plowing done and get their grain
crops in. There is no scarcity of help
so far, and plans for a larger acreage
than usual are going forward.
More than 500 men, employes of the
C. A. Smith mills at Bay City and
Bunker Hill, were at their places after
a general strike which lasted just one
week. The men demanded more pay,
claiming they were unable to meet
current expenses on the minimum wage
of $2.50 in force when the walkout oc­
curred.
The stigma of “deserter” will be
removed from the National Guard rec­
ords of Carl von der Ahe and Arthur
Lofts, the Hood River young men who
recently were posted as deserters when
they left the Twelfth company, Oregon
Coast Artillery, and enlisted in the
navy without first having obtained
their discharges from the Twelfth com­
pany.
Crumbling like tinder when the abut­
ments gave way, the county bridge at
Island City, three miles from La
Grande, dropped into the Grand Ronde
river Monday, and now rests on the
bottom of the turbulent stream. Some
estimates place the total land under
water in the Grand Ronde valley fol­
lowing the recent high floods and pres­
ent inundation at 20,000 acres.
A box factory and sawmill located on
Neil creek, seven miles south of Ash­
land, formerly operated by the Ashland
Manufacturing company, but which
have been in the hands of the First
National Bank of Ashland for the past
year, have been sold to a group of Los
Angeles capitalists, who expect to
have 100 men at work in the woods
and at the mills inside of 30 days.
The Southern Pacific company has
filed application with the Public Serv­
ice commission asking that the opera­
tion of the fencing law be suspended
as to certain portions of its line be­
tween Eugene and Marshfield.
Parts
of the country are sparsely settled, the
application says, and parts of it form
natural barriers.
Plowing of a six-acre tract adjacent
to the city limits of Grants Pass,
which will be used by the boy scout*
for gardens, has been finished. Each
of the 32 boys will have a lot 80 by
100 feet. Planting and care will be
under the direction of County Agricul­
tural Agent C. D. Thompson. Beans,
corn and potatoes will cover the bulk
of the planting.
Arrangements to purchase 160 acres
of alfalfa land near Hermiston have
been completed by a syndicate of Til­
lamook dairymen. Despite the fact
that most of the agricultural lands of
the Tillamook country are seeded to
grass, the farmers expect their scheme
to be a profitable one. Many carloads
of hay are shipped into the county
each year to support local cattle dur­
ing the winter months.
All the Inhabitants of the house,
with the exception of children under
fourteen, and their mothers, and also
of old people, must prepare themselves
for transportation in an hour-and-a-
half’s time.
An officer will definitely decide
which persons will be taken to the
concentration camps.
For this pur­
pose all the Inhabitant* of the house
must assemble in front of IL In case
of bad weather, they may remain In
the passage. The door of the house
must remain open. All appeal* will be
useless. No inmate of the house, even
those who will not be transported, may
All the railroad companies operating
leave the house before 8.0 a. m. (Ger­
in
the state now have filed with the
man time).
Each person will have a right to 80 Public Service commission tariffs pro­
kilogrammes of luggage; If anyone’s viding for a general 15 per cent in­
luggage exceeds that weight, it will crease on intrastate rates to become
be rejected without further consider- effective July 1.
These new tariffs
ation. Packages must be separately are supposed to be due largely to the
made up for each person and must contention that the terms of the Adam-
bear an address legibly written and son eight-hour law cause greatly in-
firmly fixed on. This address must in­ creased operating expenses on the part
clude the surname and the Christian of the railroad companies. No definite
name, and the number of the identity action has been taken on the new
tariffs by th* commission so far.
card.
It is absolutely necessary that peo­
The fire bells of Lane county are to
ple should provide themselves In their
own Interest with eating and drinking be used in connection with the regis­
utensils, as well as with a woollen tration of men under the selective con-
blanket, strong shoes and linen. Ev­ | scription act on the date to be pro­
eryone must carry his identity card on claimed by President Wilson. It i*
his person. Anyone attempting to planned to have the alarm sounded in
evade transportation will be punished this way hourly where possible.
without mercy.
The first completed referendum pe­
ETAPPEN-KOMMANDANTUR.
(In this proclamation the German trans­ tition to be filed with Secretary of
port officer at Lille puts the command- 1 State Olcott was presented Monday by
ant's decree Into effect. "It was terrible,” Sanderson Reed, of Portland, and, if
writes a witness. “The officer went round, found properly signed, will hold in
pointing out the men and women whom
he chose and giving them, to make their abeyance the operation of the Rogue
RERRNEO"On"suR.T"f varyia* trona a* River fish bill until the November,
1918, election.
ICE CREAM MAKERS RAP LAW
Protest Against Proviaion Requiring
14 Per Cent Butterfat.
WORLD HAPPENINGS
OF CURRENT WEEK
Ice cream makers of the Northwest
at a conference at Spokane with E. F.
Benson, commissioner of agriculture,
entered a vigorous protest against en­
forcing the law passed by the last leg­ Brief Resume Most Important
islature regarding butter fat content
Daily News Items.
for ice cream.
The law provides that the commis­
sioner shall enforce a standard not be­
low that of the Federal department of
Agriculture’s regulations regarding
foods. It was contended that the state
law reads that the state authorities
Events of Noted People, Governments
shall follow the Federal standard.
The Federal standard calls for 14 per
and Pacific Northwest and Other
cent butter fat. The ice cream men
Things Worth Knowing.
contend that the government never has
enforced the 14 per cent standard, be­
cause it was found unwise to do so. It
was said by several speakers that 8 to
Chihuahua City newspapers tell of
10 per cent butter fat gave a better
quality of ice cream than the higher the execution of Colonels Sixto Vega
and Francisco Saenz, of the home
standard.
guards of Casas Grandes, who were
Farmer Operates Tractor He invented. convicted as Villa spies.
The Dutch government has instruct­
Winlock—A tractor designed espe­
cially for use on the Pacific Coast, ed the grain vessels held up in Amer­
ican ports for some time to proceed
where the excessive rains make all homeward, calling at Halifax for ex­
other types useless except in dry amination by the British authorities.
weather and dry ground, has just been
Great Britain Tuesday receives a
completed and a patent obtained for it third installment of $25,000,000 of
by Henry Korevaar. Mr. Korevaar, the $100,000,000 which the United
who is a prominent farmer living on States has agreed to lend to meet Brit­
Cowlitz Prairie, has a full sized work­ ish purchases in this country during
ing model in operation on his farm. May.
The motive power is supplied by an
The shortage of fuel in Germany,
eight-horsepower gasoline engine. It which is causing great inconvenience,
has a harrow attachment behind, necessitated the suspension on Satur­
which cuts out the necessity of a sec­ day of service in Hamburg and the ad­
ond operation for harrowing, and will joining city of Altoona by the Ham­
plow a 17-inch furrow eight to nine burg Elevated Railway.
inches deep. The tractor can be man­
For an hour and a half Monday af­
ufactured in normal times for about
ternoon the President and Mrs. Wilson
$350 and weighs about 1400 pounds.
walked through Washington streets,
Potato Shipments Will Be Inspected. most of the time setting a brisk pace
for the four secret service men follow­
Olympia—T. O. Morrison, assistant ing a short distance behind.
commissioner of agriculture, announces
In reply to a question in the house
that the department will send F. N. of commons, Chancellor Bonar Law
Rhodes, of Seattle, inspector-at-large said no treaty had ever been contem­
for the department, to Los Angeles for plated with Japan in which that na­
the purpose of inspecting all shipments tion would overrun Siberia if Russia
of California potatoes which are sent relaxed her efforts in the war.
to Northern markets. The inspection
From April 9 to May 12, Germans to
will be conducted in an effort to keep
tuber moth out of this state. Last the number of 49,579 have been made
year the same plan was followed and prisoners in France by the British and
the results were singularly pleasing, French. In addition, 444 heavy and
as it resulted in eradicating all trace field cannon, 943 machine guns and 396
trench mortars were captured.
of the tuber disease from potatoes.
The French passenger steamer Med-
Hog Cholera Found On Tieton.
jerda has been sunk by a submarine
North Yakima—A case of hog chol­ while voyaging between Oran, Algeria,
era was discovered on the Tieton re­ and Marseilles.
The survivors were
cently and steps are being taken by picked up and taken to different ports.
R. P. Bean, agriculturist for the proj­ The Medjerda was a vessel of 1918
ect, to check the spread of the disease. tons gross.
The stock belongs to M. U. Brady,
Eighteen more Americans from Con­
who is a tenant on the Thomas Fear stantinople, Smyrna and Jerusalem
place on the north end of the project have arrived in Berne, some of them
Two shoats out of a herd of 20 have
after weeks of journeying. Twenty-
died. There was cholera on the same three other persons, including several
place two years ago.
Vaccine has
from the embassy in Constantinople,
been ordered and will be administered
have reached Vienna.
as soon as it arrives.
Crops in the Coeur d’Alene and St.
Joe River valleys were ruined Monday
when flood waters broke through the
St. Joe river dikes and flooded 15,000
acres of land. All sawmills along the
two rivers have been forced to close
Wheat—Bluestem........................... $2.80 because of high water.
Fortyfold.......... .............................. 2.77
Orders to bring the regular army to
Club.....................
2.75
Red Russian................................... 2.73 its full war strength of 293,000 men
Oats—No. 1 white....................... $52.00 are announced by the War department.
Organization of 44 new regiments
Barley—No. 1 feed...................... 52.00 will begin immediately with further
Cattle—Steers, prime.. .$10.50@ 11.25 efforts to stimulate recruiting and
Steers, good.................... 10.00@10.50 bring in the 116,455 men needed to fill
Steers, medium.............. 9.500 9.75 up the ranks.
Cows, choice.................... 9.25@ 9.85
Seventeen merchantmen were sunk
Cows, medium................ 8.50@ 9.25
Cows, fair........................ 7.50@ 8.25 by German submarines during Febru­
Heifers............................
7.00@10.00 ary, March and April, according to an
Bulls.................................. 6.00@ 8.50 official statement issued Tuesday. Dur­
Calves...............................
7.50@10.00 ing the same period nine French ves-
sels were attacked by underwater
Hogs—Packing.............. ...
craft, but made their escape.
No
Rough heavies................ 14.50@15.00 armed merchantmen have fallen prey
Pigs and skips..........
14.0014.50
to the U-boats.
Stock hogs........................ 12.50@14.00
In sections cf New York City where
Sheep—Wethers.............. $ 9.750 12.00
Ewes....................................
9.00011.50 the trading stamp was popular before
Lambs.............................. 10.25@13.50 the advent of war prices, the onion
and potato have been substituted. In
Flour—Patents, $12.90.
the Ridgewood section of Brooklyn a
Millfeed — Spot prices: Bran, $44 small potato or onion is given with
per ton; shorts, $47; rolled barley, each 10 per cent
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$58 ; rolled oats, $58.
houses also have adopted the same
Corn—White, $72 per ton; cracked, scheme, giving an onion or potato with
$73.
each adult ticket.
Hay — Producers’ prices: Timothy,
Casualties among the Canadian ex­
Eastern Oregon, $30032 per ton ; val­
ley timothy, $22024; alfalfa, $20023; peditionary forces from the time the
war began up to May 10 had reached a
valley grain hay, $18020.
Butter — Cubes, extras, 363c per total of 89,843 killed, wounded and
pound; prime firsts, 352c.
Jobbing missing, according to a report by the
prices: Prints, extras, 38c; cartons, War Records office.
1c extra; butterfat, No. 1, 38c; No.
Word has been received that Liberia
2, 36c.
Eggs—Ranch, current receipts, 32he has severed diplomatic relations With
Germany. The break will aid the en­
per dozen ; selects, 38c.
Poultry — Hens, 17@18c per pound; tente allies by removing from German
broilers, 20@23e; turkeys, 22@24c; control the wireles telegraph and cable
facilities of Liberia.
ducks, 22023c; geese, 12@13c.
Veal— Fancy, 141@15c per pound.
Through some cause as yet unknown,
Pork—Fancy, 193c per pound.
the engine of a Northern Pacific train
Vegetables — Artichokes, 85 @ 90c blew up at the station of Kennedy,
per dozen; tomatoes, $2. 50@ 3.00 per Wash., and instantly killed Frank
crate; cabbage, 5@6c per pound; egg- Thompson, of Tacoma, engineer. Two
plant, 25c; lettuce, $1.6501.80; cu­ firemen were badly injured.
cumbers, 90c@$1.50 per dozen; cel­
ery, 75c@$1.25; cauliflower, $1.00@
Canada has a large stock of tent­
1.7 5 per crate; peppers, 20035c per age and other supplies on which the
pound; rhubarb, 203c; peas, 5@6e; United States can draw, if necessary,
asparagus, 8@123e; spinach, $1.25 per for the equipment of its armies, says
box.
Thomas Hilliard, secretary of the
Potatoes — Buying prices, $3.25@ Canadian quartermaster’s department.
3.50 per hundred.
An energetic campaign to persuade
Green Fruit — Strawberries, $1.50
per crate; apples, 85c@$2.50 per box. Americans in the United Kingdom to
Hope—1916 crop, 306c per pound; tender immediately to the United
States government their services for
1917 contracta, nominal.
Wool - Eastern Oregon, fine, 40c per such war duties as they are capable of
pound; coarse, 45050c; valley, 45@ performing has been undertaken by the
American Society of London. There
5Oc; mohair, 60@65c.
Cascara Bark — Old and new. 6]c are thousands of American citizens in
per pound.
Great Britain.
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