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SlnM January First 801,295 Bale*
Hare Been Shipped From RngiMid,
148,095 of Which are Bales Seized
From American Shippers Other
Trade Controlled.
It appears from a report submitted
to the American government by Unit
ed States Consul General Skinner at
London that the American cotton
which Great Britain is seizing, and
thereby keeping away from Germany,
is not being used altogether in the
United Kingdom, but has been and is
being more or less secretly distribut
ed among the British alliles, and also
among the socalled neutrals whose
commerce Britain evidently seeks to
control to the exclusion of American
influence.
The consul, general sends official
figures to prove his case. Thus, the
total imports of cotton, by Britain,
in 1915, have been 3,127,152 bales as
against 2,136,620 bales in the same
period in 1914, and 1,832,542 in the
first five months of 1913.
Of these imports of cotton, which
include seized cotton, there have been
2,602,203 bales in 1915, as against
1,587,498 bales in the same period in
1914, and 1,365,338 bales in the first
five months of 1913.
Of the American cotton imported
or seized, Great Britain has re-ex
ported, since January 1, 1915, a-total
of 146,095 bales. There are no fig
ures to show the destination of this
re-exported Southern cotton as dis
tinguished from the destination of
the general stock of re-exported cot
ton from Egypt. Brazil and the East
Indies. The totals of these re-exports
from Britain, this year, to other con
tinents or countries have been as fol
lows:
Destination.
Russia .. ..
Sweden .. ..
Germany ..
Netherlands..
Belgium. . . .
France .. ..
Portugal.. ..
No. of Bales
.. ..328,755
.. ..132,276
.. !!243,987
.’! !! 32,710
f .. 63,667
Although the exportation of cop
per, wrought and unwfaught, in
cluding alloys, has been since the
fall of 1914 prohibited by England
to ail destinations abroad other than
British protectorates and tfosuesstons,
the official returns show that In 1915
there have been re-exports (exports)
of copper as follows:
To the Netherlands 88,000 pounds
To France .. .. , . 4,150,0t0 pounds
To Italy 90,000 pounds
Britain gets her copper mainly
from the United States and Canada,
and she claims the right to seize cop
per as contraband In any ship, Ameri
can ox otherwise, destined for her
enemies.
The amount of goods exported
from Greflt Britain In the first five
months of 1915 is $731,869,000, a
decrease of $317,273,000 when com
pared with the first five months of
1914, before the war began. The re
exports from nritaln show a decline
of $41,610,000 in the same period.
The imports, however, have Increas
ed 2173,254.000.
Two-thirds of this Increase in im
ports represents food, drink and to
bacco. The items of wheat, grain
and flour alone amounted to $39,-
500,000 more than in the same per
iod in 1914, not counting other cere
als. Cotton amounted to $13,322,-
000 mo(e, and wool t» ^li,053,000
more.
The Increases were in things ur
gently needed for provisioning and
clothing the British army, and they
were the very things which the Brit
ish blockade has been excluding from
Germany. The bulk of these sup
plies come from the United States.
Of the decrease in British exports,
$272,701,000 was in manufactures,
the sale of which would ^ave paid
for the food imported, so that the net
drain on British capital in the first
five months of 1915 equals the sum
of the increase in imports plus the
decrease in exports, or $490,500,000.
o» Uncovered Flank
and
Tuning it Back.
Captain of Ammunition Ship Say*
the Fire Wan Oraeed bp —
Bomb Alone.
Captain Claret, of the steamship' German military activities, while
Minnehaha, which arrived at HalTi- lessening in Gelicla and Bouthern Po-
fax, N. S v Friday with fire raging in land, apparently are in full swing
two of the ship’s holds, stated post- again along the front west and north-
tively that the threatening destruc- west of Warsaw. Petrograd reports
tion of the ship was due to the explo- ] attacks on the Russian positions at
sion of a bomb in the forward hold, j several points in the latter section.
There was no ammunition in this Heavy losses were inflicted on the
hold and nothing but a bomb could' Germans in an assault near Jednoro-
have caused the beginning of the fire jetz, the Russians say, but near Boli-
is the opinion of the commander of
the ship..
When the steamship vas first-re-
mow, almost directly west of War
saw, a German attack resulted in the
storming of first line Russiam trench-
ported afire at sea on Thursday night,; es. In some of these the Germans
and while the captain was sending his retained a foothold,
vessel at top speed to the harbor of j Petrograd declares that the blow
Hallifax, police officials of New York i dealt the Austrians south of Lublin,
were bending every effort to discover: in South Poland, is being followed
whether the assailant of J. P. Mor- up. the Teutonic forces there being
gan, whose dramatic letter to his in retreat with the Russians in pur-
wife, made known after his death,' suit. A Petrograd correspondent de-
predicted the destruction of a ship at scribes the Check to the Austrians as
sea, could have been responsible for resulting from a tactical blunder by
the blaze. Archduke Joseph Ferdinand, who, in
The Minnehaha left New York on a too swift advance, left his army’s
July the fourth, bound for London J left wing uncovered. He says that
with a cargo of fifteen thousand tons
of explosives for the British army
aboard The ship’s crew numbered
over one hundred men. There were
no passengers on board for this trip.
Captain Claret stated at Halifax. fronts is developing regularly.”
Friday that he received the wireless |
warnings which th^ United States
naval department sent out broadcast
oh Wednesday afternoon. This warn
ing was upon Holt’s letter That a
ship would be destroyed at sea on the
seventh of July, which was Wednes
day. Captain Claret said all the
life boats of the ship were put in
place for Immediate use should dan
ger develop on board,
v When the steamship arrived in the
harbor the fire had spread from the
hold in which it originally started T D lo „ j , j "
in to the adjoining hold, which was f n if Q d Kn\ edne8 t <a !
separated from the ammunition by a i N v
strong bulkhead. Captain Claret said \ J n V “ d ^
he knew that the ship was in for P jjl? ^nta'inin 1 ^ in« P h 88 nH 8i( !r h n
trouble when he left New York, for 1 0I \ e hundred and
as the ship swung into the sea a I thirty-four half-pound sticks of dyna-
iaunch was passed which contained
pkrty of Germans, who shouted to
cost the Austrians 15,000 men.
A brief statement from Rome says
there are no important changes
along the Austro-Italian battle line,
but that the “action on the various
BIG SUPPLY OF DYNAMITE IS
FOUND IN HOLT’S TRUNK
k.
Thirty Pounds Are Missing and Po
lice Search Feverishly for
Unaccounted Sticks. /
Frank Holt, who attempted 4o kill
those on board that the Minnehaha
would be destroyed ^t sea. The ves
sel's cargo was placed on board by
German and Austrian Stevedores in
New York
STORM HITS CINCINNATI ;
TWENTY-FIVE ARE DEAD
TORNADOES SWEEP WESTERN *
STATES WITH HEAVY LOSS
M —— , •
Steamboat*, Houses, Cfiurches and
Street Signs are Wrecked and
Tree* Block the Street*.
With dkenty-flve known dead, ten
missing and a property loss that will
exceed one m.llion dollars. Cincin
nati Thursday night was making a
valiant effort to recover from prob
ably the worst storm in Its history.
Twelve of the dead were claimed by
the Ohio river.
At nine-thirty o'clock Wednesday
night the storm broke; ono-half hour
later the city and its suburbs lay
stricken. Its telephone system had
been pi ralyted; Its street car service
suspended and its citizens groping in
darkness, trying to ascertain the toll
the storm had taken.
Two steamboats had goie down in
the Ohio river; probably one hundred
houses were leveled; half a dozen
church spires had fallen and few
houses escaped damage.
Down town streets were strewn
with electric signs and glass, while
in the residence district and in the
suburbs all traffic was blocked by
trees thrown across the thorough
fares. Some fif'y club houses along
liu». Oliln river wero swop: Inin fh?
| mite with which they believe he plan
ned to wreck public buildings in New
York and other cities
It was reported Wednesday that
Holt had told a detective he had put
fifty pounds of dynamite on board a
ship which bad since left New York.
Wireless stations along the coast en
deavored to reach steamers which
had left since June 29 to warn them
of the possibility of an explosion.
More than twenty-five pounds of
dynamite known to have been de
livered to Holt is missing. The trunk
found Tuesday night in a storage
room above a livery stable and gar
age in New York City contained one
hundred and thirty-four sticks—
sixty-seven pounds—out of two hun
dred sticks of dynamite known to
have been received by him under the
alias of C. Hendricks, at Syosset. L.
I., recently. Six sticks were used, it
seemed established when Holt went
to Washington. Three were used,
according to Holt’s statement in mak
ing the bomb placed in the rapitol;
the other three sticks were found in
a suitcase and on the lawn of J. P.
Morgan’s estate.
This would leave sixty sticks, or
thirty pounds, unaccounted for. Al
though Holt was quoted as saying he
had used these sixty sticks in his ex
periments tn the house he rented in
Central Park, L. I., his statement
was not believed. The condition of
the premises at Central Park did not
indicate that explosives had been
used there.
stream and floated a.#ay.
Thursday night found the city with
Us street car service virtually normal.
The telephone service Is rapidly re
covering and the city has done almost
miraculous work in cleaning up the
debris. Search for bodies in collaps
ed houses continues.
TEUTONIC RUSH IS HALTED
EXCEPT IN ONE QUARTER
Five States in Grip of Storms Which
Swing Down Missouri Val
ley From East.
Tornadoes and cloudbu sts sweep
ing eastward from the Missouri river
valley Thursday caused heavy dam
age and loss of life. Missouri, Illi
nois, Indiana, Ohip and Kentucky
were in the ,track of the storm.
Three persons were reported dead
at Dardenne, Mo., and Wentsville
and Gilmore, Mo., each reported on«
killed. Five or more persons have
been killed, .t St. Charles, Mo.
Tornadoes swept districts north of
St. Louis, blowing part of a Wabash
railroad train from the track and de
vastating St. Charles, Mo. The wind
at St. Charles blew eighty miles an
hour. ’ _ \
Similar storms pwere reported to
have struck St. Peter, Mo., and Law-
yenceville. 111., the latter place being
a .few mllea west of Vincennes, Ind.
First reports said two persons, were
killed at Lawrenceville.
Fighting at Cape Haytien.
~~~X<ImTFaT CuHwi'Tou"igported te the
state department Wednesday that
fighting was going on between the
government and the revolutionists
three miles southeast of Cape Hay
tien. City is quiet and order Is main
tained, although the wounded her*
began to arrive.
British l*re»s for the First Time In
Weeks Take Cheerful View
of the Sit nation.
The Austro-German Tush in the
east appears to be losing its momen
tum, except in certain sections be
tween the Vistula and the Bug. The
Russians have braced and are hold
ing at most points, although the Aus
trians claim progress northeast of
Krasnik, and also along the, river
Vieprz in the neighborhood of Tamo-
grad.
This is a critical sector so far as a
northward blow at Warsaw is con
cerned, but it is evident the Russians
are stiffening their resistance after
their long retreaty The British press,
for the first time In weeks, takes a
more cheerful view of the eastern
situation.
It is noteworthy that Berlin Tues
day claims only a gain on the north
ern Poland front, leaving the south
eastern field entirely to the Aus
trians, who emphasize that an ad
vance on the centre between the' Vis
tula and the Bug was made by “Aus
trians.’’ 's
Death , to the Rats.
Since federal authorities began
their campaign against rats in New
Orleans a year ago 369,151 rodents
have been killed. Two hundred and
forty-four j>f these were plague in
fected.
Premier Asquith and General-lnr
thief Kitchener have vls.ted the Eng
lish irenehea in France on Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday of this
week A most tho ougb inspection
OFFERS DYES FOR COHON
Germany Will Not Export to IT. 8.
Unless Staple Comes Through.
Efforts of the United States gov-
ernment to secure dyestuffs from Ger
many for American manufacturers
have reached a deadlock which ap
pears unbreakable and officials at
Washington Wednesday expressed lit
tle hope of an arrangement being
made which will, give this country a
supply of German-made colors.
State department officials will con
tinue their efforts, bnt_it~_practically
is certain Germany will not permit
exportation of dyestuffs unless some
arrangement is mode which will give
Germany a much needed supply of
American cotton.
POWDER FACTORY DESTROYED
Big Mills in England Blown up Fri
day by Terrific Explosion.
Curtis’ big powder mills at Houns
low, Middlesex, England, ..virtually
ftere destroyed Friday by a series of
explosions which occurred shortly af
ter i.a hundred men had commenced
work. No statement of the casualties
is yet available.
The explosion was heard ten miles
away. It was stated at the powder
mills that only one person was kill
ed, but that many others were in
jured by flying debris A smaller
preliminary explosion gave a warning
which enabled most of the wjorkers to
escape.
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has again oombarded the Turkish
towji of Arlexandrette. The German
flag 1 over the German consulate was
shot dt-wn after the Turks refused to
lower It. —,
Turk* Lose Ammunition.
Sebastopol, Russia,- Friday.—A ter
rific explosion occurring on the out
skirts of Constantinople destroyed a
great quantity of Turkish munitions
of war and threw the inhabtUnts of
Constantinople Into panic.
XaSgSHT^Sad KitcIWtaer Confer. &jraa Nol "Peace aT Any Price?*"
Speaking at San Francisco W. J.
Bryan declared he was not for pence
at any price, for he did not 1>elieve
nil wars could be prevented. Stated
that hs waa proud of being A soldier
in tba Spanish.American war.
WAR AUMilPOU
DETAILS OF FKiHT AfiAINST TIE
^ TURKS DESCRIBED
DEFENSE WELL COVERED
Villa Fo
Attackers
1 Drive
Admits It Was Touch and Go at a
e '
Critical Period—Turks Had Good
Reasons to Believe Defenses Were
Impregnable—Machine Guns and
Wire Entanglements Abundant-
Gen. Sir Ian Hamilton, commander
of the allied troops at Dardanelles,
pays tribute to the navy in his first
full report describing the first days
of the landing on the Gallipoli penin
sula.
"The royal navy has been father
and mother to the army. Not one of
us but realizes how much he owes to
Vice Admiral De Robeck, to the war
ships, French and British, to the de
stroyers, mine sweepers and picket
boats and to all their dauntless crews
who took no thoughts of themselves
but risked everything to give their
comrades a fair run at the enemy,”
says the report. ’
The commander-In-chief’s dispatch
to the war office is of great length
but most of these events already had
been chronicled.
Having reached the conclusion, af
ter witnessing the “stupendous” bat
tle between the warships and the
land fortresses, that it would require
the whole of his strength'to enable
the fleet effectively to force the Dar
danelles, Gen. Hamilton prepared to
fttng all his troops rapidly ashore in
the full knowledge that an attempt
to land on such a welt defended the
atre of operation “involved difficul
ties for which there is no precedent
in military Listory, except possibly in
the sinister legends of Xerxes."
Gen. Hamilton admit* “it was
touch and go," many time* before the
invader* established a footing. In
several instances half of the landing
parties were killed or wounded be
fore they could reach even the slight
shelter afforded by the sandy bank of
the upper part of the beaches. Most
of the senior officers either were
killed or wounded.
The Turk* had turned the landing
place* Into death trap*. There were
wire entanglements the whole length
of the shore with a supplementary
barbed wire network concealed be
neath the surface of sea. Land mines
and sea mines and machine guns Cun
ningly tucked away tn holes in 'the
cliffs converged their fire on the at-,
lackers.
“Ho strong in fact were the de
fense*,” says the general, “that the
Turks may well have considered them
Impregnable, and it is my firm con
viction that no finer feat of arms ha*
ever been accomplished by Uie Brit
ish soldier or any other soldier than
the storming of the trenches from
often boat* on the morning of the
twenty-fifth of April."
Gen. Hamilton speaks of long
lines being mowed down ms by a
scythe. Of the. endless chain of wire
entanglements he writes:
“Again the heroic wire cutters
came out. Through the glasses they
could be seen quietly snipping away
under the hellish fire as though they
were pruning a vineyard.’’
Of the Australians, he says:
“Like lightning they leaped ashore,
snd each man that did so went
straight with hla b'yonet at tbe
enemy. So vigorous was the on
slaught, the Turks made no attempt
to withstand it and fled from ridge
to ridge pursued by tbe Australian
infantry.
A shortage of ammunition prevent
ed the allies from gaining the hoped-
for footing on Achi-Baba. “Had it
"been pOBKible.” says Qen. Hamilton,
“to push in reinforcements of men.
artillery and munitions, Krithia
should have fallen, and much subse
quent fighting for its capture would
nave been avoided.
“Up to May t,“ he continues, “the
net result of the operations was the
repulse of the Turks and the inflic
tion upon them of heavy losses. At
first we had them fairly on the run
and had it not been for those Inven
tions of the devil—machine guns and
barbed wire which suit the Turkish
character and tactics to perfection—
we should not have stopped short of
the'“crest of Achi-Baba.”
Gen. Hamilton pays high tribute
to the French forces, who lost heavi
ly. He reports the British losses dur
ing the period between April 25 and
May 5 as 177 officers and nineteen
hundred men killed, 412 officers and
7,907 m6h wounded; thirteen officers-
and 3,580 men missing,
■i Away From
Mexican Capital.
Cmrranxa officials In Nuevo Laredo
have admitted that their forces near
Villa, Garcia, midway between Pare-
don aniL Monterey, retreated Monday
after a |angulnary battle With Villa
troops but asserted that the retreat
was ordered for strategic reasons and
to await 'reinforcements. Reports
that. six hundred Carranza troops
were killed and probably twice that
number wounded were seml-offtcially
verified. f
Carranza officials claim, however,
to have Inflicted even more serious
losses in dead and wounded on the
Villa forces. Many of the dead of
both sides are said to haveJ)$en wo
men camp followers. Unconflrnied
j-eports Tuesday night stated that an-'
other battle was foug’it Tuesday near
Paredon, the Carranza forces having
been reinforced by several thousand
men,-^ '
Ten thousand Villa froops and
eight thousand Carranza troops, it is
estimated, were engaged in Monday’s
battle, which lasted nine hours, The
battle opened at five a: m. with a
terrific machine gun fire on both
sides. About noon Carranza com
manders ordered a cavalry charge
followed by hand to hand fighting,
which continued for two hours, when
the order for a retreat was given.
Most of the wounded were taken to
Monterey.
YON JAOOW SAYS FT MAY Hj
RISPATCISI ANY 1HS
SAME FORM AS DRAFTEI
CAPTAIN AND 12 OF CREW
KILLED BY SUBMARINE
German Hhells Damage British
Steamship and Kill Several
of Those on Board.
The British steamship Anglo-Cali-
French Cruiser Bombards Town. f ° rDia ^ ° f t 7 ^ 33 to ( ns S™ 58 - bound
_ . , . „ .Jtom iMontreal, - arrived at Queens-
The French cruiser Jeanne D’Arcfto wn( England, Monday with a num
ber of dead on board as the result of
being shelled by a German subma
rine. -
"Twelve men were killed on the Final, 1914
Angio-Californian, including the cap
tain. Eight injured men were land
ed at Queenstown.
Four Persons Hurt Near Columbia.
Three passengers and a negro mall
clerk were hart near Columbia Wed
nesday when a passenger train run
ning into the union station collided
with a freight train’s rear end.
Germans Deny
Berlin officially denla
of Mails.
tbs report
that German authorities had opened
and censored mall on hoard tho
Swedish steamship/ Bjosra and Tor-
Don’t Pull Fodder.
1. It cut* the corn yield.'Carefully
conducted tests by a number of
Southern experiment stations have
conclusively shown that fodder pull
ing- may cause a loss in the yield of
corn of from 5 to 25 per cent., or
from one to ten or fifteen bushels loss
per acre. Every farmer who pulls
fodder may expect either to suffer
this loss or (o de)ay fodder pulling
until the corn is fully matured and
the fodder practically worthless.
2. It injures seed corn for planting
next year. When fodder is stripped
from the immature corn the grain is
not fully developed, and consequent
ly Its vitality and germinating power
are lessened.
3. Saving the whole com plant is
a better practice. Aside from the
serious losses from decreased yields
and injury to the grain for planting
purposes, fodder pulling Is an un
economic practice, in that U makes
no provision for saving the whole
plant Over 40 percent, of the value
of a field of corn Is in the stalks,
leaves, shucks and cobs, and the
greater portion of this is lost unless
the corn either be rut. shocked and
shredded; or cut green and pat In the
silo.
4. Getting your hay with a mower
Is cheaper Uian fodder pulling. Poll-
tng fodder is hard. hot. expensive
work, and the farmer who flnda It
impracticable to cut, shock and ahred
hla corn or to nse a ailo will Ind It
far more profitable to get hla rough
age with a mowing machine and rake
than by tbe all hand labor required
in fodder pulling.
5. Fodder Is a poor feed compared
with the legume hays. Not only does
the farmer who, instead of pulling
fodder, uses peas, beans and clovers
as a source of roughage get hla feed
at less expense, but he gets a better
feed, particularly so In Its protein
content Furthermore. In growing
the legumes for hay and returning
the resulting manure to the land,
soil fertility la being conserved. If
^ou have not already done so. there
lir still time to plant cowpeas and soy
beans on tbe stubble land, and a few
days sp^nt at this sort of work will
be more profitable than all the fod
der pulling you have ever done or
will ever do. ^
It la time we were looking square
ly at this foddtr-putliug problem and
getting our true bearings. If you
are still Inclined to the idea that you
can affoid to pull fodder.Nsuppose
you pqll as usual this year, but leave
a dozen rows in the middle of Ahe
field unpnlled. Then accurately
measure the corn at harvest time,
and we believe you will decide that*
fodder pulling Is a pretty poor sort
of business.—The Progressive Farm
er.
July Crop Report, South Carolina
and United States.
(By Bureau of Crop Estimates, in
Co-opsration with the Weather Bu
reau, United States Department of
Agriculture.)
South United
Carolina States.
Bushels.
(000’s omitted)
Minister Declines to Comment Upaa
it In Advance But Tells of Diffi
culties Under Which Negotfattonn
Have Been Conducted—-England
■ ' . . '>; t
Has Throttled Communication.
Berlin, via London: The German
reply to the American note regarding
the Lusitania and submarine warfare,
-according to information obtained tn
BerTinr probably will be delivered on
Saturday, July 10.
The general tenor and motive of
the government behind these pro
posals may be communicated confi
dentially to > the leading representa
tives of the press Friday, but It is
understood that publication of the
text in Berlin will be deferred until
the afternoon of the day on which it
is presented at Washington.
James W. Gerard, American am
bassador in Berlin, conferred wtyh
Dr. Alfred Zimraermann, the German
under-secretary of foreign affnira, re
garding the German reply to the
American note on submarine warfare.
The conference was for a further dis
cussion of the German tentative pro
posals.
The fact that the f American gov
ernment will not enter Into prelimi
nary negotiations respecting.' the
forthcoming note was comm untested
Thursday to-Dr. Alfred Zlmm
undei-secretary of foreign affairs, by
Janies W. Gerard, the American am
bassador. The note will go forward
to Washington In approximately the
same form as drafted.
The outlines of this ('raft were
submitted to Ambasaador Gerard and
forwarded to the state department. In
the expectation by German officials
that the United States would snggeat
any changes that might he deemed
advisable.
Although, according to some unof
ficial dispatches from Washington,
the note Is considered “unsatiafae-
tory,” It la believed that it le far lean
so that when the exchange began,
and it is hoped it will lay the basts
for conynntng the negotiations.
The German minister of foreign af
fairs, Gottlieb von Jagow- has Inform
ed the Associated Frees that the dla-
patch of the note Is launedhagsiy De
pending. A few changes, he said,
perhaps would be necarigry, after
which the reply would be delivered
to the American ambassador, k
Herr von Jagow asked tp he %g?
cased from commenting In si
bat discussed th* difficulties
which the note had been conducted,,
owing to the alownees and the in
completeness of comm mirations and
“the obstruction to the free exchange
of newa between the German and
American praas and pabUe.”
- He called attention the fact (had
Germany had prepoaed to the UaMM
States the dlraci cable
many and the United State
paired, the former umnliy
the expense, hut that Great
which had had the cable cat ad tha-
he ginning of the war. had taken aa>
notice of the proposals. Herr vpm
Jagow then added:
“Great Britain apparently does not
want the people of the neutral conn-
trios to be informed In an Impartial
way on the events of this great war.
The reasons are not far to seek. That
(■ how Great Britain could mould
public opinion in a way suttiag bug
own purpose. America has beea mis
informed about Germany’s motives.
This would not have been the case
had Germany beea able to present
her case to the American pnbllc.
“In what way,” aaked the corre
spondent, “have the present nego
tiations been hampered by tbe alh-
sence of cable commnntcatlonaT"
“Think only of the slowness of ft
ajl,” replied the minister. “Why wn
seem to have even returned to the
days of the middle ages, when sover
eigns had to send special envoys back
and forth between the courts to ex
change view* and keep In toneb with
one another’s wishes and attitudes.**
Corn
July 1 forecast ..40 ( 800
Final, 1914 ..36,538
All Wheat—
July 1 forecast. 2,610
Final, 1914 . . - 920
Oats—
July 1 forecast. 10,'40
Final, 1914 .. 7,5
Potatoes
July 1 forecast^ 94 4
Final, 1914/:. 770
Sweet Potatoes
July 1 forfecast. 5,130
Final, 1914 .. 4,080
Apples—-
July 1 forecast. , 669
Final. 1914... 800
Peaches—^
July 1 forecast
2,810,000
2,672,804
963,000
891,017
1,400,000
1,141,060
393,000
405,921
64,100
56,574
191,000
253,200
899
1,166
Pounds.
58,300
54,109
Tobacco—
Jbly 1 forecast-39,200 1,109,000
Final, 1914 ..36,500 1,<W4,679
Hay. All—
Per .Cent.
87 85.2
81.7
Condition July 1 . t
Condition 7-yr. average. 83
Pastures—-
Condition July 1 .. ..89
Condition 10-yr- average. 16
Cotton—
Condition June 25 .. . .74
• Condition 10-jrr. average.79
Th# world os' -a every man a UV-
but the street gprnsr Is a poor
V
BRITISH SUBMARINE WORKS -
SUCCESSFULLY IN BALTIC SE*
Undersea Boat Passes Through OatSo.
V *
gat and Goes 900 Miles to
Attack Its Enemy.
I ■
The British admliulty has stated
that it was officially anrounced at
Petrograd Thursday that the subma
rine which made a successful attack
on a German warship on July 2 in thg
Baltic was a British boat.
The British admiralty statement?
contained the first public announce^
ment intimating that British subma
rines were operating in the Baltic.
It is presumed the undersea boat
passed through the Cattegat from th»
North sea to tbe Baltic and then trav
eled eastward for two hundred miles,
as the Bay of Danzig, where the war
ship was attacked, lies tn the south
eastern part of that body of witter.
Tbe distance from sn English port to
Danzig is soont nine hundred milea.
The Russian official communica
tion announcing that a German srar-
ship bad been sunk by a
said the battleship, which waa of I
Deutschland type, waa steaming
the bead of a German squadron
the entrance of Danslg hay Jaly
when ahe waa blown up by tww
pedoea by a submarine. T
Advices received U
Wednesday state that
ttoaattst forces ha*