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DOT US
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Exports During War Pile Up
Balance of Trade.
MUNITIONS SMALLPART
11,058,377,929 Of Foodstuffa Are Ship,
ped Aeroplanes Valued At
$3,854,342 Sold In 17
Montht.
"Washington. A total foreign trade
Cf $7,000,000,000, of which $4,500,000,
000 represents American goods sold in
the world's markets, will be the rec
ord of the United States since the out
break of the European wur to January
1. 1916, a period of 17 months. This
record stands alone In the history of
the world's commerce. Not even Eng
land, with her peerless merchant
marine, which carries British manu
factured products Into the marts of the
world, can approach It. The record
establishes the United States as loo
great supply house of the world.
The total value of merchandise ex
ported from the United States dining
the 16 months, ended with November
SO, Is $4JIO,910,1CO. Reports to the
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Com
merce by collectors of customs, hand
ling 93 per cent, of the exports, Indi
cate another new monthly record will
be established by December with ex
ports estimated at $400,000,000. The
November exports were $331,144,527.
Using thU estimate the total value of
the exports for the 17 months will be
$4,510,910,160.
The value of imports for the 16
months ended with November 30 was
$2,263,626,203. The estimate for De
cember, based on reports from two
weeks' collections, Is $174,000,000. The
November imports were $164,319,169.
Trade Balance $2,437,625,303.
The balance of trade in favor of the
United States since the war began
will be nearly $2,500,000,000. The
enormous size of the excesB of Ameri
can exports over Imports can hardly
be grasped. This excess represents
one-half of the value of the estimated
holdings of American securities by
foreign Investors. To state the condi.
tion In another form, if the war con
tinues another 17 months and Europe
continues to buy of the United States
at Its present rate, the excess of
American sales over purchases abroad
will be large enough to absorb all
American securities held abroad. The
value of American Btocks and bonds
held In Enrope Is estimated at $3,000,
000.000. The railroads, municipalities
and various Industrial enterprises and
big mines send to Europe every year
approximately $300,000,000 to pay in
terest on these holdings. This $300,
000,000 has been used by Europe dur
ing past normal times to pay for the
vast food supplies which she buys In
the United States.
30,000 CHINESE REBEL.
Government Troops In Yunnan Join
Revolutionists. "
Teking. The Government troops In
the Frovince of Yunnan have Joined
the revolutionists under Tsal Ao, who
has declared the province Independ
ent and guaranteed the safety of for
eigners. The revolutionary forces now num
ber 30,000.
Conditions in the Province of Kwel
chow are unsettled, but disaffections
have not been reported In the other
southern provinces.
Hwang Hsing Notified.
Philadelphia. Gen. Hwang Using,
First Minister of War under the
Chinese Republic, who Is temporarily
residing at Media, near here, an
nounced through his secretary that he
had received a cable message from
Shanghai, that the province of Yunnan
had declared her independence.
The message1 further Informed the
Chinese general, acrordlng to his sec
retary, that Yuan Shi Kal had ordered
the Governor of the province of Sze
Chuen to send troops to put down the
revolt in Yunnan, but that the order
was disregarded and that the province
declared Its Independence. The cable
message further stated, it. was an
nounced, that the province of Htipeh
ami Kwang SI had also declared their
Independence.
The revolt of these provinces has
made the Feklng Government very un
easy, the cable message also stated, It
was announced.
MOB THREATENS LYNCHING.
Guard Protects West Virginia Man
Accused Of Stabbing.
Grafton, W. Va. George Airey, of
Columbus, Ohio, an itinerant watch
maker, is held In jail at Newburg, near
Grafton, under heavy guard on the
charge of having stabbed Frank
Holmes, 30 years old and married, a
Cornell graduate and engineer of the
Treston Coal Company, at Independ
ence. Holmes was stabbed several
times in the abdomen and is expected
to die. Much feeling has been aroused
In the community against Airey and
threats of lynching caused a special
guard to be placed over the accused
man.
SCHOOL HAS $75,000 FIRE.
Millgan College, Tennessee, Loses
Building Wiring Blamed.
Bristol, Va.-Tenn. Due, It la said, to
defective wiring, Millgan College an
educational institution of the Christian
denomination In Carter county, Tenn
essee, lost its new three-story dormi
tory building by fire. The loss la $75,
000, with insurance of only half that
amount. Plans were made today for
(continuing the school. Those occupy
ing the building escaped..
Mrs. Wilson to Receive at Pan
American Reception.
TO OPEN OFFICIAL SEASON
President and Bride Not To Return
From Hot Springs Until Jan
uary 3 Elaborate Prepara
tions For Reception,
Washington. Announcement was
made that the first social function at
which Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, former
ly Mrs. Norman Gait, the new mistress
of the White House, will appear offi
cially as the "First Lady of the Lond,"
will be the reception that President
Wiloa Is to give the night of Jan
uary 7 in honor of the delegates to
the Second Pan-American Scientific
Congress. This congress opened in
Washington Monday, December 27, for
a 13-day meeting, and Is being at
tended by prominent men from all of
the 21 American Republics.
The President and Mrs. Wilson will
not return to Washington from their
honeymoon at Hot Springs, Va., until
January 3, four days before the date
of the White House reception to the
Scientific Congress, but the invita
tions to the Delegates and their
families will have been meanwhile
Issued and elaborate preparations for
the reception initiated. Besides being
the Initial number on the White
House calendar of social functions for
the winter, the event in honor of the
Pan-American delegates will be the
first I'Hn-Amerlcan reception ever
held In the White House.
In times past the White House
winter program usually started with a
New Year's reception to which the
general public was Invited, this being
followed at intervals by the annual
diplomatic corps' reception, the con
gressional, the Army and Navy and
the Judicial reception. Inasmuch as
there will be no New Year's reception
this season the public will not have
an opportunity to shake the hand of
the President's bride, but Washington
society Is Interested by the prospect
of seeing her soon for the first time
standing at the President's left side
and heading the line of Cabinet ladies.
The number of invitations, however, Is
to be limited; for there will be about
1,000 delegates at the congress, not to
mention wives and daughters, and It
would be a difficult if not impossible
task to receive a much larger number.
On January 6, the night before the
White House reception, President Wil
son will address the Congress at a spe
cial session in the building of the Pan
American Union.
112,921 LOST AT DARDANELLES.
British Total To December 11 Some
Officers Relieved.
London. Great Britain's loss of offi
cers and men at the Dardanelles up
to December 11 was 112,921.
This Is the grand total of officers
and men, including the naval lists of
killed, wounded and missing. The
number killed was 25,279. In addition
to the total of casualties, the number
of sick admitted to hospitals was
96.683.
The losses were distributed as fol
lows :
Killed Officers, 1,609; men. 23,670.
Wounded Officers, 2,969; men, 72,
222 Missing Officers, 337; men, 12.114.
In the House of Commons Harold J.
Tennnnt. Parliamentary Under-Secretary
for War, declined publicly to give
the names of the officers relieved
from commands in connection with
the landing of British troops at Suvla
Bay, on the Galllpoll Peninsula.
PEACE PARTY IN GLOOM.
Lloyd Bingham, Husband Of Actress,
Dies At Christiania.
Christiania, Norway. Gloom was
cast over the Ford peace party by the
death in a hospital here of Lloyd M.
Bingham, husband of Amelia Bing
ham, the actress, and official enter
tainer of the party, Mr. Bingham was
stricken with pneumonia while aboard
the Oscar II.
Henry Ford and Mme. Ilosika
Schwlmmer are both ill and this, to
gether with Mr. Bingham's death, has
ltd to a report that the expedition will
be practically abandoned. The open
hostility of Danish officials and the
cold reception here are said to have
discouraged Mr. Ford.
484,228 GERMANS KILLED.
Reports For Four Kingdoms Are An
noundVd In Commons.
London. Harold T. Tennant, Par
liamentary Under Secretary for War,
made the statement in the House of
Commons that the total number of
casualties published in the official list
for Prussia, Saxony, Bavaria and Wurt
emberg up to' November 30 were 2,
$24,460. Of this number, Mr. Tennant
added, 484,228 men were killed or died
of their wounds, 364,198 were severely
wounded, 27,674 died of disease and
$81,149 were missing. Naval casualties,
he said, were not Included in these
Bgures.
NEW YORK TO TA8TE OSTRICH.
Consignment Of 20, Dressed For
' Roasting, Reaches City.
New Vork. A consignment of 20
ostriches, dressed for restaurant con
sumption, has reached this city. This
I the first shipment of its kind re
ceived here, and the bird will Appear
on many menu as a substitute for
turkey. This, with horse meat, gives
New York city two entirely new kinds
of food.
ANGONA
NOTE
HAY AVERT BREAK
Milder Tone Expected to Bring
Austria to Yield.
U. S. RETRACTS NOTHING
Tone Is Made 8oft At Possible To
Leave Opening For Vienna
Authorities To
Yield.
London. A Vienna telegram, for
warded by Reuter's correspondent,
says that delivery to the Austrian For
eign Ministry of the second Ancona
note from the United States is an
nounced by the Neue Frele Presse.
Demands Renewed By U. S.
Washington. President Wilson's
reply to the Austrian note on the sink.
Ing of the Ancona was made public.
In it the United States serves notice
on Austria that this Government will
not discuss the circumstances of the
sinking of the Ancona or the legality
of the submarine attack; that It will
not furnish Austria with a bill of par
ticulars, and that it feels obliged to
renew the demands made upon Aus
tria In its first note.
To these items In the note the
United States adds another plain inti
mation that a refusal to yield on the
part of Austria will mean the break
ing off of diplomatic relations.
The demands which the United
States again makes upon Austria are:
1. Denunciation of the Kinking of
the Ancona.
2. Punishment of the submarine
commander responsible.
3. Reparation by the payment of a
money Indemnity.
Means "Yield Or a Break."
On the note Just made public de
pends whether Austria shall continue
to have diplomatic relations with the
United States. The note has been de
livered to the Foreign Office In Vienna,
but as yet no definite indication has
reached Washington as to whether or
not Austria will yield.
While the note given out Is not an
ultimatum in the true sense of the
word, because it imposes no time limit.
It clearly conveys an Impression of
finality which is expected to prevent
any further attempt at discussion un
less Austria should see fit to repudiate
the statement of her Admiralty, upon
which the entire case of the United
States is based.
Regard For Austria's Pride.
Taken as a whole, this Govern
ment's second note to Austria is
milder than the first. It Is free from
such expressions as "barbarous,"
"abhorrent," "wanton slaughter" and
"outrage," which characterized the
first communication and which were
largely responsible for the deep feel
ing that was aroused in Austria and
Hungary.
The United States in the second
note, while yielding not an iota as re
gards its demands and the principles
Involved, has obviously made an ef
fort to soften the tone of its com
munication. This is regarded by the President's
advisers as a wise move. The State
Department has been informed that
the sharp, harsh character of the first
note made it Impossible for Austria
to yield without deep humiliation. The
officials of the State Department saw,
too, that a reiteration of the offensive
words used in the first note would not
only not add to the strength of the
United States' position but would be
certa'n further to inflame the Aus
trian people.
Text Of the Note.
The full text of the note, which was
addressed to Ambassador Penfield and
sent under date of December 19, fol
lows; "You are instructed to address a
note to the Austro-Hungarian Minister
of Foreign Affairs, textually as fol
lows :
"'The Govron'ent of the United
States has received the note of your
Excellency relative to the .sinking of
the Ancona, which was delivered at
Vienna on December 15, 1915, and
EMPEROR WILLIAM ILL.
Reported As Having Inflammation Of
the Cellular System.
Berlin. Emperor William has post
poned the trip he had planned making
to the western front, the Overseas
News Agency announces, a slight in
disposition rendering It necessary for
him to remain Indoors for a few days.
The agency's announcement describes
the Emperor's ailment as "a slight In
flammation of the cellular system."
transmitted to Washington, and has
given the note immediate and careful
consideration.
" 'On- November , 15, 1915, Baron
Zwledlnek, the Charge d'Affaires of
the Imperial and Royal Government at
Washington, transmitted to the De
partment of State' a report of the
Austro-Hungarian Admiralty with re
gard to the sinking of the steamship
Ancona, In which It was admitted that
the vessol was torpedoed after her
engines had been stopped and when
passengers were still on board. This
admission alone is, in the view of the
Government of the United States,
sufficient to fix upon the commander of
the submarine which fired the torpedo
the responsibility for having willfully
violated the recognized law of nations
and entirely disregarded those humane
principles which every beJIIgerent
should observe in the conduct of war
at sea. In view of these admitted cir
cumstances, the Government of the
United States feels Justified in holding
that the details of the sinking of the
Ancona, the weight and character of
the additional testimony corroborat
ing the Admlrallty's report, and the
number of Americans killed or Injured
are In no way essential matters of
discussion. The culpability of the
commander is in any case established,
and the undisputed fact is that citi
zens of the United States were killed,
Injured or put in Jeopardy by his law
less act.
"'The rules of international law and
the principles of humanity which
were thus willfully violated by tho
commander of the submarine have
been so long and so universally rec
ognized and are so manifest from the
standpoint of right and Justice that
the Government of the United States
does not feel called upon to debate
them and does not understand that
the Imperial and Royal Government
questions or disputes them.
" 'The Government of the United
Slates, therefore, finds no other
course open to it but to hold the Im
perial and Royal Government re
sponsible for the act of Its naval com
mander and to renew the definite but
respectful demands made in Its com
munication of the sixth of December,
1915. It sincerely hopes that the
foregoing statement of its position
will enable the Imperial and Royal
Government to perceive the Justice of
those demands and to comply with
them In the same spirit of frankness
and with the same concern for the
good relations now existing between
tho United States and Austria-Hungary
which prompted the Government
of the United States to make them.
" 'LANSING.'"
FRYE REPLY EVASIVE.
Leaves Doubt As To Berlin's Stand
On Rights Of Persons On
Attacked Ships.
Washington. Because of Its pos
sible bearing upon the open Issues
involved in the Lusltania and Ancona
cases, the State Department will not
make public the details of Germany's
reply to the last American note re
garding the sinking of the American
ship William P. Frye.
A cable outline of the German re
ply indicated that it was not ' com
pletely responsive, and left in doubt
the attitude of the German govern
ment towards the American suggestion
that the requirements of the declara
tion of London that "Before the ves
sel is destroyed allpersons on board
must be placed in safety," was not
satisfied by merely giving an oppor
tunity for escapo In lifeboats on the
open sea.
The full text of the German note
now has been received through tho
malls from Ambassador Gerard, It was
udmitted at the State Department, but
officials declined to say what response
was made to this important sugges
tion. It was intimated in gome
quarters that as to agree to the Ameri
can view at this time might seem to
prejudice tho Austrian case In regard
to the Ancona, in addition to having
a bearing upon the Lusltania negotia
tions, the German government prob
ably had not conceded the point.
So far as the Frye rase Is con
cerned this point Is not directly in
volved, as the crew of the Frye was
taken aboard the German commerce
destroyer which sank the ship. There
fore, it is thought that the subject may
be discussed as a separate question,
or perhaps in connection with the
practice of submarine warfare as in
volved in the Lusltania case.
$00 WOMEN KILLED.
A Frightful Explosion In Powder Mill
In Westphalia.
Amsterdam. Three hundred women
were killed in an explosion in an am
munition factory at Muenster,, West
phalia'. Tart of the town was destroy
ed and railway communication was in
terrupted. The whole supply of muni
tions In the depot was destroyed. The
explosion was traced to accidental
causes. There were over $00 women
employed In the works.
Drive Commerce
Of
Any Enemy From th Sea
Declared Necessary Les
son Drawn From War.
Washington. The American Navy
should be "equal to tho most powerful
maintained by any other nation of the
world" not later than 1925, In the 'opin
ion of the Navy General Board, headed
by Admiral Dewey.
The annual report of the board, just
made public, discloses that this naval
policy was formulated by the body in
July last in answer to the following
propositions propounded by Secretary
Daniels when the Administration ar
rived at its decision to enter upon u
campaign of national preparedness:
"What the navy must be in the
future in order to stand upon an
equality with the most efficient and
most practically serviceable."
The board's conclusions follows:
"The Navy of the United States
should ultimately bo equal to the most
powerful maintained by any other na
tion of the world. It should be gradu
ally increased to this point by suc h a
rate of development, year by year as
may be permitted by the facilities of
the country, but the limit above defined
should be attained not later than
1925."
The board again developed Its Idea
of the place the American Navy should
hold In the world in the following
language:
"The General Board believes that
the course of the present war In Eu
rope affords convincing reasons for
modifying the opinion which It has ex.
pressed for the last 11 years as to the
proper size of the navy. A navy in
firm control of the seas from the out
break of war Is the prime essential to
the defense of a country situated as is
the United States, "bordering upon two
great oceans. A navy strong enough
only to defend our coast from actual
Invasion will not suffice. Defense
from invasion is not the only function
of the navy. It must protect our sea
borne commerce and drive that of the
enemy from the sea. The best way to
accomplish all these objects Is to fitjd
and defeat the hostile fleet or any of
its detachments at a distance from our
coast sufficiently great to prevent in
terruption of our normal course of na
tional life. The current war has
shown that a navy of the size recom
mended by this board in previous years
can no longer be considered as ade
quate to the defense needs of the
United States. Our present navy is
not sufficient to give due weight to the
diplomatic remonstrances of the
United States in peace nor to enforce
Its policies in war."
The report lays stress upon .the
board's proposal that 7 of the 16 new
ships, 4 superdreadnaughts and 3 bat
tle cruisers, be authorized In 1916. Sec
retary Daniels has recommended to
Congress, however, that only two
dreadnaughts and two battle cruisers
be authorized at this time. Under the
board's plan the total expenditure for
the five years, including $7,000,000 for
the aviation service and $11,000,000 for
reserve ammunition and material,
would be $499,876,000, the last appro
priations for which would be made in
1922; the.Socretary's recommendations
call for a total expenditure of $502,
482,214, the last appropriations shown
being for 1921, and Increases being
mado over the board's estimates for
submarines and reserve ammunition.
The board program contemplates tho
building of 13 fleet auxiliaries, while
the Secretary recommends only six.
The bourd reviews the course of the
European war, so far as it Involved
naval actions, to reach this conclu
sion:
"As to types of ships, the battleship
Is still the principal reliance of navies,
as it has been in the past."
FOR MARITAL ARMISTICE.
Georgia Judge Proposes 10-Year Sus
pension Of Divorce Laws.
Atlanta, Ga. Deploring from the
bench the continuous Increase In di
vorce and alimony proceedings In At
lanta. Judge John T. Pendleton in tho
Superior Court, suKgested a repeal of
all divorce laws for a period of 10
years.
"We should stop at divorce for 10
years at least, wipe all divorce laws
from the books for this period and get
a fresh start In life," remarked the
Court.
"Our divorce record here in Atlanta
Is nothing short of shocking, and I
see no prospects of betterment, except
through the absolute abolishment cf
all divorce laws for a certain period
of years. Perhaps by that t Ime hus
bands nnd wives would find that It is
not such a difficult matter after all to
live logother and they would become
convinced of the wisdom of settling
among themselves disputes or the
home life, lnstea.l of rushing pell-mell
Into the divorce and alimony courts.
Tho time has arrived for drastic action
of some sort."
About 600 divorces have been
granted in Atlanta this year.
OLD COINS TO BE REMINTED.
Cuba Sends $1,250,000 Worth, Some
Over Century Old.
Philadelphia. Old Spanish and
French coins to the value of $1,260,
000 arrived at the United States mint
here to be transformed into current
money for the republic of Cuba. The
Ins were packed in 22 kegs and came
here from Cuba by express. Some of
the coins are said to ba more than
100 years old and to be of consider
able' value to numismatists,
gl-Jghtning, Rain, Hail
rsnd Snow.
ilNETY MILES
V - , -
Telegn
Down and Shipping
jJ-imagcU Ocean Liner
Drbpped Anchor Until the
Gale Subsided.
New York. One of the welrdesl
storms the East has seen In many
years rain, hall and snow, accom
panied by thunder and lightning and
a galo that reached a maximum
velocity of DO miles descended from
the, northwest early Sunday as the
aftermath, of a Christmas fog. It In
directly caused seven deaths. In this
vicinity, carried down telegraph wires,
damaged shipping, crippled railroad
traffic and caiued considerable prop
erty dnmage.
The phenomenon of thunder and
lightning In the midst of a driving
snow awakened New Yorkers at the
height of the storm about 7 o'clock. A
gale from the south, accompanied by
rain, had been blowing during the
night, but the teniperature dropped
during the early morning hours, chang
ing the rain to hall and then. to snow.
Tho local Weather Bureau reported a
total precipitation of 5.2 Inches, ol
which 2.8 v'i snow.
The wind shifted to the northwest
and Increased In Violence, reaching Its
90-mile Intensity at 9 o'clock and soon
after tarrying off the storm clouds.
The gale continued, however, through
out the day, blowing in hundreds of
plate-glass windows, hurling signs and
copings to the streets and demolish
ing several partly built structures..
The storm had its centre In Massa
chusetts, the Weather Bureau report
ed, and the telegraph companies said
their service In New England had
been badly crippled, although com
munication had not been entirely lost
with the principal cities.
Shipping of all .kinds scurried to
shelter to escape the heavy seas, and
several ocean liners dropped anchor,
until the gale abated, Twenty-five
persons aboard 15 canal boats driven
ashore oft Sandy Hook were rescued
by the Coast Guard crew at that point,
assisted by the crew of the Coast
Guard cutter Seneca. Those saved In
cluded the wives and children of the
boats' captains. James O'Nell, In com
mand of one of the boats, was knocked
Into the sea by a flying board and
drowned. ,
Woman Dies On Way To Church.
Tho deaths In the city resulting from
the gale all occurred while the blind
ing snowstorm was at its height A
fireman was fatally injured while re
sponding to an alarm. A woman was
run over by a street car, the motor
man of which could not see her on the
tracks. Another woman collapsed
and died In th,e street while battling
against a gale on her way to church.
MORE TROOPS OVER BORDER.
U. S. Allows 3,000 Carranzlstas To
Proceed To Juarez.
Washington. Permission was given
for 3,000 more Carranza troops to pass
through, the United States on their
way from Agua Trleta to Juarez. They
go to strengthen the garrison In the
former Villa stronghold and suppress
disorders, as well as to take part In
the campaign to the south. In giving
permission for the passage the stipu
lation was made that the Mexican
troops should not go through the city
of El Paso, but should pass around
It to the International bridge.
DEAD MAN ON ENGINE'S PILOT.
Discovery Of Body Reveals Death Of
Two Women Also.
Corning, N. Y. Marie McChesney,
20 years old, a school teacher; Ethel
McChesney, her sister, 17 years old,
and Benjamin Harrison, 21 years old,
were killed by a freight train at Avoca,
They had just Jeft an eastbound pas
senger train of the Delaware, Lacka
wanna and Western Railroad and were
walking across the rails when struck.
The Occident was not discovered until
the freight train reached Bath and
Harrison's body was found on the en
gine pilot. v
SURPRISED THAT FORD1 QUIT.
Bryan Says He Had 'Not Heard Of
Latest Development.
Miami, Fin. William j. Bryan
seemed greatly surprised by the news
that Henry Ford had abandoned the
peace party In Europe. "I had heard
nothing of this,"" he said.
v Asked if he would go to Enrope to
take Mr. Ford's place, he replied he
did hot care to "discuss hypothetical
questions."
SERBS TOOK 22,000 TEUTONS.
German Paper Announces Total Cap.
tured In Balkan Campaign.
Basle, Switzerland. Twenty thou
sand German and Austro-Hungarian
soldiers were captured by the Serb
ians m the Balkan campaign, accord
ing to a dispatch from Frankfort-on-Main.
The dispatch attributes the In
formation to the Frankfurter Zeltung.
SCUTARI BOMBARDED.
Five Civilians Killed and 18 Women
ar,1 Children Hurt.
Paris. Two aeroplanes, one of
which was German, dropped four
bombs on Scutari, Albania, on Decem
ber 23, killing Ova civilians and injur
ing 16 women and children, according
to a Havas dispatch from Cettlnje. On
the same day that the uerlal attack
occurred, adds the dispatch, a sub
marine sank a Montenegrin ship, with
a cargo of live stock, near St. Jean
de Medua.
Badly V,
Harrlsburg.l Roy. complete
by the State Depart, -nt of Agrlcm.
ture show conclusively that Penni.
vanla Is not only the "home of tlx
buckwheat cako," but that the SUt
ranks well up toward the top In the
production of all manner of cereals.
Pennsylvania fanners raised aa u
average mora wheat, corn, ata, rj
and buckwheat per acre than Is eredlt.
d by the national government tu.
tistlcs -to the general average produc
tion of the country.
In wheat Pennsylvania is ahead of
the average of 16.9 bushels an acre by
ever twelve per cent; the average K
ing nineteen bushels In this Stale. Thi
corn average Is 27.6 per cent higher,
that of oals 3.2 per cent, and that of
buckwheat 2 per cent higher, whllt
during 1915 35.1 per cent of all ti,
buckwheat of the country was pro.
duced on Pennsylvania farms. Tit
wheat crop was 2.4 per cent, of Hi
nation's crop, corn 1.8 per cent., rt
9.5 per cent, and oats 2.8 per cent.
But while Pennsylvania raised mori
buckwheat than Is produced eta
where, the price here was bolow tit
average. This, however, was more
than made up by the prices realize!
fromcorn, wheat and oats, which
netted .the Pennsylvania farmer sllgh'
ly more per bushel than the averagt
established by the national Govern
ment's figures. For wheat the averagi
was 14.1. per cent above the 92-cett
general average, corn 33.2 per cent
more, rye 1.3 per cent, more and oai
27.4 per cent, higher. For buckwhei'
the average price was 78 cents
bushel in Pennsylvania, which was
fraction below th3 average price for
the country as a whole.
The State's buckwheat crop netted
total of $4,321,200, or 34.8 per cent
of the total value of. Uie buckwhei
crop of the entire country, while U.
State's wheat yield was worth 2.9 pt
cent, corn 2.87 per cent,1 rye 9.6 pe
cent, and oats 3.6 per cent
Highway Staff Is Reorganized.
A general reorganization of the fi!
administration of the Stat Highwi
Department, the creation of a new dlt
trlct and alteration of others, whid
changes among the engineers u
others, was announced by State Big!
way Commissioner Robert J. Cunnln?
ham, to become effective on Januar
1. The plan was worked out by Chii
Engineer W. D. Uhler, and represen
what is considered to be needed as
result of a study of the department I
ministration for several months.
"The new positions have been fill?
by promotion on the merit system,
was the statement made by Mr. Cm
nlngham in the announcement T
attaches of the department have bee
advanced to assistant engineers ir
one transferred. Four new count
road superintendents have been nanH
and more will be appointed.
The Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Sen
ton and York dlstrlcta remain 1
changed, but every other one was I
Hog Cholera Now Under Control.
Hog cholera, which has caused tt
loss of many thousands of dollars i
Pennsylvania, la said by officials of li
st ate Live Stock Sanitary Board toH
under better control than ever befori
and this situation prevails In the to
of the fact that there has been a pn
nounced. increase In raising of swi"
In this State In the last few years, m
that the destructive disease has be)
unusually "brevalent In other parts
the country. The latest report sho'
175 premises under quarantine, again!
268 at the same time last year, wold
was a low figure. These cases
distributed over thirty-seven countie
and In many Instances the quarantir.'
ill be raised by the first of the yea
Labor School Teachers.
According to reports which bl
reached the State Department of Pu
lie Instruction, 120 persons took M
recent examinations conducted by tli
Division of Vocational Education fj
teachers for the continuation send
ystwm which will become operate
on' January 1. This was the largf
examination conducted for the P
pose, and it Is said by officials
charae that, including those
passed the summer examination fj
those who have given proofs of Q"'
ficatlons. ' that there will be enouJ
teachers to start the contlnuati
schools.
14th Regiment Mustered Out
General orders from National Gu
headquarters announce the mu''
out of all organizations t)f the Fc
teenth Regiment except the Held sh
company officers and regimental ba
and Companies B and C, which "
continue'ln service until final disp
tion Is made of them." .
Engineers' Report Due Soon.
The State Engineers' Commissi'
which has been studying for nw
months the advisability of licenf
engineers engaged In the constructs
or operation of public or private
haza'rdous works, shortly will sut
a report to the Governor, which "j
ko mnito iha hunts of some rec'j
mendaUons to the General Asseml
of 1917. The commission is heaue
F. Herbert Snow, chief engineer
the Public Service Commission.
11 Pass Pa. Exams As Phanj,.
Results of the recent exam:
held in Philadelphia and Pit . '
by the State Pharmaceutical '' '
ing Board were made public,
that only thirty-one applic'
certificates as registered phi (
passed out of Blxly-flve aj ,
There were 186 applicants f I
aa qualified assistants, but
passed. The next examlnati
held here on March 4.