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KNOCKOUT FOR OLD H. C. OF L
New Jersey State Briefs
Jersey Garden Products Going Gor Kd|W WM ilnel ^ b > Pr-i-to Market in Large Quantity «iiM. n to «n two or the three
at Low Prices.
FARMERS NEED MORE HANDS
There la a Bumper Crop of Pesa. the Weather Having Been Exception, •lly Favorable For Them—Av paragua it alao Plentiful. —Trenton. No one would realiie It waa war Uzae, or that the country waa threatened by any food airlngencr. ao plentiful aad cheap are the early product* of the rardens and truck farm* In South Jeraey Jurt now. with Indicw tiona of further plentifulneaa a* later crop* come aloni;. Two weeks of warm weather, with »bower* almost daily, have acted like macic upon belated crop* which had been retarded by the cold apella In May It has been many years eince gardens, farms and orchards looked more promlalsg. sad should conditions continue favorable this region will greatly exceed Its quota towards filling the empty larders of America and her allies Most early truth and fruit crops are ao plentiful that where farmers have been able to get sufficient help to gatb.'r U.c-m they have become a glut on the market. As a result, the famUy that can manage to get along with * email amount of bread and meats and that lives near enough to the fanning dlauicts to buy the fresh products direct. before too many commission men and dealers have levied their bits, is at last able to lay low the bugaboo of the high cost of living. There Is a bumper crop of pea*, the weather having been exceptionally favorable for them and pnlun*. The pea* are selling at SO and SO cents a basket wholesale. Great quantities of them will be picked during the coming week, and thl* will force the price still lower Rpinark has been selling at IS cents for a large basket, while lottuce is so plentiful that one arm•r It Olourster county plowed up his entire crop on a six ac*e field last week Asparagus is also cheap and plentiful The best of the strawberries can be bought for nine end ten cents e quart, and .n the big berry districts In i-umberiand county the grower* claim they are making a 'air profit by selling crate* of .11 quart* eac a to the canneries for $2.10 a crate.
Work On Jcraey'a Big Army Camp
The work of preparing for the great concentration camp on New Jersey soil goes on at Wrlghtstown. The
Bute’s quota of engtn*
on the ground for a week, laying out the grounds where cattle have grated and i rope have grown, for the coming of the thouaaud* of khakiciad men of Mar* It i* expected that the first tl\Mip* will be *eut to tb camp before Indrpcndrmr Uay. and that by the mMd> of July many thousand*
e ground It Is oot . {jjouaand* of automobillsu
i long
mg-.nor companies of the National Guard into Federal service In addition to those units already called to the colors. The deet.nstlon of these two compsnlee is to be arranged by c< rrr«pondence with the Department of the Eaat and the commands are to be assembled at a place to be designated by the department commander Plana have bees accepted for a preot ty house of worship to be erected by the recently organised Union Pre* byterian Church at Carney * Point. Former Township Committeeman Edwin Kytc. of Vineland, has an acre of thrifty pea* that murt go to waste because the help to pick them can-
not be had.
Patricia at Mantua are on the warpath for culprits who cut down and carried away a large flag which Joseph Eggle had swung across the main
thorough!:! re
After paying «0 cents for wood "rifle* ’ ('olltngswood Home Guards learned of a place where they can buy real rifles, from the SpanlshAmerican War. for $1 each. Forty dwelling houses are to be erected in PauUboro by the Vacuum Oil Company for the accommodation of it# workmen, who are anxious to more their families there. Electric light service in Merchantvllle. often Interrupted by stormbroken wire*, will hereafter be *upplied from both the Camder and the Burlington stations to avoid the dif-
ficulty.
Paulsboro’s electric lighting srtiem out of order for four weeks, plunging the town in darkness at night*, has been put In flrat-cla** order under the direction of Councllmen Paul and
Brown.
When the keeper* of the State Prison Farm at Leesburg counted the convicts, they discovered that Anthony DeChant. a short termer from Middlesex county, had disappeared Westmont Red Croes cleared $<S from a lawn fete. Cherries are rotting on the trees on account of too much coo) weather and heavy rains. The Daughters of the Revolution of Vineland visited Ibe field of the Battle of Brandyvlnr. Several young women are entered In a popularlt) contest conducted by the Pitman Fire Company. No. 1 A serter of summer entertainments has been arranged by the Pitman Masonic Club, to be held In It* club-
house
F. S. Harris is chairman of ■ rota mtttee. arranging for an elaborate but sane. Independence Day celebra-
tion at Carney s Point
Mies Pimm, of ihe domestic science staff of the State Farm Extension Bureau, gave a canning demonstration before NewfieW housewives. Charged with allowing bis dogs to run at large In the woods. George Bo!re was arrested by Game Warden Phifer and fined 120 and costa by
Justice Oliver at Millville.
Work I* being rushed upon the resurfacing o the GlassbonvWestville road, which has been the bane of
probable that they will remain I
In the <amp. for as rapidly a* they are trained and seasoned they will moved, i-crhap*. to the other aid-.-
route to aeashore rwaorta becau*e
the «
With all tneae
tion* under way in the State all effort* to Inject anything like interest Into politic*, or to aruu»e any leeltng for the coming fall campaign have been In vain The only persona taking any apparent Interest are those who desire vote# The people don’t •eetn to care to think of office holders
and office seeker*
THE MARKETS
wets)
Meantime, the numrrou* bodies of home guard*, organised In al’. pan* of the Stale, will find their live* of use Until th* preaer.t time they have been meeting, drilling, discussing and wondering Now. under ihe direction of Adjutant General Barber, acting under Fsderal !>eparttnent order*, these guard* will be put Into shape and take the place* of the men who aarcb fotth under the colors for t’..«atruggle against the enemy, possibly on foreign sofl The home guard* are to be trained In the duty of the soldier, to be schooled for the servlcr they
condition.
| On hts farm at Cumberland Game Warden George Phifer picked up a land turtle marked *’B. F. Shaw. 1673."
war. prepara- I -pj,, | >tr sheriff Benjamin F. Shaw
owned and oicupled the farm until
a inarter of a century ago
V-nt -'tu at* depth. Lawrence, the ISyear-old son of Joseph Smith, waa drowued In Maurice River, a mile below Millville Boatmen In the vicinity made futile eCorw to rescue
him. The body was recovered. For refusing to pay (are on a Read
ing Railway train after she lost her ticket. Mrs. Mary McMahon, of 2602 North Swanson atrerl. i’hiladelphla. wws ordered to pay the costa in the costa in the case b> Recorder Blackhouse In Camden She alao paid the
fare.
The Men's Fraternity has decided to convert the large lawn in lh< rear of the Uaddonfield Haptlst Church
1—Striking Ciner-up view of the bt- Mbk. must < i Ho- cH-m u uu»..... • .. lug turreta. li—Capt. Geoffrey Harper Bonneil. an American ne-roler of the Royal British firing con-, who brought to death Captain Boelkc. the famous German aviator, and 1* now In America helping recruit Britou*. 3— Sentries In the Alp* on the Swiss border. 4—New photograph of King Alfonso of Spain and his staff at military maneuvirs: intenuil disorders threaten the king’s throne.
NEW YORK. — Wheat « m steadier. No. 2 hard. II 32 f o b to »
rive.
Corn—Spot easier: No. 2 yrSaq, II c I f New York. Oats—Spot firmer; standard. 7.kg TJ'wf-11-jtlrr — Creamery higher tin .xtrax 36VOS*VfcCi crewmen (*; score). >IW63*4: firsts. > -ecoisd*. S(H637 l eg* Fresh gathered extra* 7tg :* fre>h gathered, storage i-^arf fir*'* S3% 6 34V»: frewb gaw* fir-'- :;®33: Bute. Pena*ylrar.a x*( nearby Western hennery white*, tss to fane*. 4O04J: Bute. Imasylvaan and n-arby hennery, brown*. 27fia f-> 1 ,...^*-BUte. fresh, spec;*:.. 023 do. average ran. 22V ft--* Dressed Poultry—Chicken-- r pa; fowl*. 1*H«25V». turkeys. ik«|. Live poultry, chickens. 210!'' ■ mh, !6; turkeys. 30. PHILADELPHIA. — Wheat TImi were no offerings on the spot srd tks market was entirety nominal. Qua Hon* ere omitted. Rye—No. 2 Western, in export <’ev» tor. 12 35 0 2 40 per bushel: Mcxf *i I of nearby rye in bags quoted *• Ji* l 017$ as to quality. Corn—Carlota. for local trad*
NEWS REVIEW OF THE PAST WEEK Government Is Now Going After the Food. Munition and Fuel Prates. CONTROL Bill IN CONGRESS
Other Agencies Attacking the Profiteerw—Plana Pushed for Huge American Air Army—Russia Determined to Continue the War Against German Absolutism. By EDWARD W. P1CKAPD. Unde Bam lu»t week began puling more siiedal attention to the pirate* that Infest the hind—the food pirate*, the munltlbu plfbU*. tin- fuel pirate* and all the obnoxious brood of profiteer* whose greed for money obliterate* their patriotism. If they ever had any of the latter quality. The warfare against these men i.uii corporation* i* l>elrg rarriid on In the way of Judlrlal Investigation* that will result In indietinent* and In proisiaed legMutlon by congress. The Hitter, of course, la the nilmlulstrntiot. food routred bill, which the president lias lieen urging toward puKxngi- with the forceful uaslstance of Herti-rt c Hoover. Mr. Hoover told n bunth of M-nator* on Tuesday why the umxure should I* ixisaed. and answered alt the objoelion* of Its oppoiM nt». beaded by Vardnman. Gore and Heed. In the house <«i Thursday Hepre«. ntntlvi- Madden and Cannou of Illinois made an attempt to have rottou Induded among tin- nrtnle* lo tie put under eontrwl. but tie Southern iH-ra-ocrat* rukliirl to the r«-*rue of the cotton planter and defeated the i*lan. Tlie majority alao vot.-d d«.»ii a proposition by Haugen of Iowa to include clothIng. shoes anil Implement* In the meaau.v The opposition to the bill In the house w»* wenkir tUcn In the senate. Keuator Sherroun of Illinois fiercely attarki-d the BMoaurv us one designed to favor the city dweller and union labor und to Injur, the farmer, omi he took the opportunity to way some very severe tilings about the nduiinlstratlon. asserting It had l-een asleep for two years and now- hud wnki-d up Into by*-
terin.
Daniels Jolts the Extortionists. Secretary Daniel* U-rame weary of th.- extortions of the fuel magnates, and on Monday announced that ihe ciail and OH the navy needed would be tnki-n by v r government and paid for nt firiev* • be fixed by the government.. ITodorers of steel found them ! selves facing the praapert of the same
might be callnd upv'r Is conceivable that i live force may be
to render, for It 1 the large and effee- i Lan
into an athletU
Badge* to be worn by all Ihe young un-n who registered on June i in 11amwn*hlp have been ordered by I
I'retarat ton* for bar -amp or instruction • S’rw Je-»ev Natk'aal t
Westmont fire tundon pis tie 1 lore needful th «r purposes.
artlot
urganlzcsl lalsm also took a hand In the fight on tlM- food eitortlonlsta and ooltfled the adnilnUtration, through tliat unless Ibe prtrea of the necr►sill.-. ,.f life are brought down to reusonable figures, ther. t.rol<aldy will Im* an epidemic of stfU.-s fsisidbly even a national tie-up In many industries. Tlie federal trad. ..■mmlsslon nn-lo-gin Its
vestlgntlo
of f.«l .
ed I
Auxiliary of U r league g**e in Welcome
a July
ire* who are the nation's
to start with, and already hundreds of young men ar» being selected for the work and put Into training. For a long lime Admiral I’rary ha* been utIng the building up of a powerful nlr service for our army and navy, and Brigadier General Kquler has done all active officer 1* permitted to do to forward such a plan, and now the government realize* that an Immenae fleet f airplanes la the quickest effective aid It can give to Its allies In Europe.
Tlie
estahlli Instruc the dui It rear!
first
numln-t
river, between Warner on and Armen ’ location. Western. No. 3 yellov im !lerrs . ' ffl.SO: do. No. 3 yellow. llTfai* Another German Fiasco. do. No. 3 yellow. $1.7601 76
Germany’s elum*y diplomacy rams
Oats—No. ! white. 73073Sr
to grief again It. the developments fob y 1
tagrs drafter! Uegi what : Their they v may *< rant i reglstr War having plan* Nation the *]M of lea line, t has la!
atemplate* the ilng ramp* and tinier I schools; ut 2.1X10 plane* x month*, with ncreaalng until h: the building Ing and obscrater of larger
■».
of the regular i issued a rail tween the age* ■nr*. Throughrulting officer* the fart that > welcome as e some advan- > wait to be began getting etn last week, laving expired, berever found
lowing the attempt of Rnlurt Grimm. Socialist, to Induce Russia to cor elude a separate peace. When the Intrigue was exposed. Grimm waa driven from Russia, and last week Dr. Arthur Hoffman. a tiiember of the Swiss federal council, who had a prominent part In the plot, resigned bis office. The dipclosures led to an excited mass meeting of protest and a pro-ally demon strati on In Genera. Grimm was deno jnced for trying to push Switzerland Into the war for the iKirpose of serving Germany, and the crowds stoned the residence* of pro-Germans. Wlhu Root and hi* colleague* s|>*nt
rhlte
72072H: No. 2 wt, -«. Tlfi
714 No. 4 white. 70070Vx Butler — Solid packed rrexEflj. fancy, special*. 41c; extra*. extra firsts. 3$: firsts. 37^.
36Vi: nearby prints, fancy. 4!. 4t average extra*. 40041: do. first-. 210 39: do. seconds. 3644037 -:-<M brands of prints were Jobbmc »’ 41#
48.
Errs —Nearby firsts. $10F m standard case; nearby current ■* ceipts. $9 90 per case; Westerr f^tx $•».!(> per case: do. first*, f* r* case, fancy. selected, careful!; < eggs were Jobbing at 40041 x* I’heese —New York, fail '
ll„ —k E— -Ihk .mo.lB.rt will. tb. ,. lr ,, trt, M.', Bl JMJ. In K»m. ut I .Bm,. licit
—-irt by U. ."'.-rnmrnT ..m p™itrT—
"ST' '»
-rtt^rt.,. „irtan, c,„ “ tt»., l.^, t,~ Buun.'. > “'■ U " armies will not fail to do thrtr duty '• 220 2*. dock* !•« Boris Bakhmetieff. H «i,| Russian Ul ' ,ndUa ninner. L4>K envoy, and his rotleagne* arrived in o1 ' 1 - ! ,rr P» lr - K0»: ^ * Wnshliigton and almost itan-diatHy ' oon *- P" pair. 20022. gave out a statement of the pr.-gram — of the provtidonal government Tht* BALTIMORE — Wheat — Ootf.rad Inrlud*-* the absolute reJeHloD of all "l-eaed quiet and steady; *po>
thought «,f a separate p,-*,-* and the ;-d. *.
nominal; Na :
,1 W«d
several of them . achievement of universal peac* with- • rn. $245 nominal, en prison sen | out annexation* or ronirtbutKais and < ..rn Spot mixed and Juu’’
mlH-r of nmwts I preaumlng no dondidon over other na- 1177**
"'.‘f!*’ Thr go'emment Oat*-Standard white. 73077 S ^ wllh the total will take twepamtory stej*. f„r an white 72072V4 Ugreeroent with Its allies found.*! on Kw V„ -. Western $! *
lal. seem to t-e It. decUraUoo „f March 27. and It. ‘ Tan ^dlt'.-r 11*
ettllng on the chief aim H stated to lo- to fortify the , i» ^
ramp* for the j Democratic foundation* of the army
and organize and consolidate tha army’s fighting power for Its defensive ns well as offensive purposes. In ivirograd the all-Russian «m». grvw. of workmen and soldier* unani-
mously resolved up
-ut “eijierta" of 1 offensive, and tlie same sentiment was urge of various expressed In a manifesto Issued by -ha • ih*' result ao military union of woman volunteer*, and delay. Tlie | which said “the worker* are appealing
an unrelenting struggle agulnst an
r again '■
langrd. and not j made. Instead to the regula' evp«-rt* In that Itlonal defense
Hay- No 1 timothy. $20021
do. $D> 5U0 19: No. 3 do. Slt-Si-fcl'*-light clover mixed. SlSODi-’ Sl1
clover mixed. $17 50018: Na 2
016: No. 1 clover. 8164001T S,J 1
imniedTaT* j d ‘’’ * 13 ® lr ‘- No - » «»“• » h « 1 " - 4 limeot was s ' r - No 1 straight ? . l- ♦
1«: No 2 do. $14.500 15; No 1 **' “ rye. 112012. No. 2 do, $10 5 ^ No. 1 wheat. $90940; No 2 '‘J
1 oai. $10011; No * ^ p
Gen other
rarriii marsh! Vie,porar; tnnnde
great work In
»k. like a rase enemy wte- Is moved Solely by lmt«. lie whole mat- ; rtallstic and slaving tendencies." iscriptlva anny j Tlie provlsli.oal government lias bed Into training ; gun proceeding* for the sev.-re punish-‘s-lom of a uni- | mrot of various high official, of th* 1,1 ,,w - I "'d regime. Who are accused of
r Active. ' breaches of the laws of the empire.
S.-veral former cabinet mnnt-er. and : ran la. flrsb
army commanders Including I’rotopopoff an<l General Reunenkan>|ir. have
been Indicted.
Not much
e* put In anre|Kirts of the neutral veasels ships sent dow n tank steamship of whose rrem was armed and in an Anierican r* liad not been finders by the
09 59.
Butter — Separator, exit.* firs'*. 26037: block*. 2 pound 360 39. firsts. 36 0 37; dait;
Mary land. Fennaylvanla and 4 T extra. 33034: firsts. S3: store;-’ firsts. 32. roll*. Maryland and I' *-
do. Weal v,r *
■> take
Eggs Maryland, Fennsyl' » B ' 1 nearby. 31; Westeru. first*. 71 Virginia, do. 31; Southern. d<
Poultry—Chickens—OW
Austria-Hungary.
w* waa allowed to .v.m* , „
out of Austria Hungary, hut what did 4 lb. and
irXSS'*'’* "2! "" -<-*• - rtk.m. ;t do. do. «blt, TT’l ,T, , r 1 '- un: old roo.t,... U.K .C "‘ l-Uo. tb, dual kingdom om«b , b , ^ m.lS r. *
virtual-
ly In revolt, demanding at least autonomy for their land, and nearly all the people are inslMent for |>eace The Austrian rahinet. headed bv tlami p rations of the Martlnlc. resigned
, Irish water*. GoodlUoo. due mainly to the wnr 1 moat Of their have brought on . crisis In Spain that f this great re , thrrat.to result .n the dep^tlon of leriran admiral Km, Alfonso, deaplle his p-rwm., po^ the allies hav- ulartty. and the e.t.ldl»hmenl of yet
-epubllc In Europe. Tb#
leriran destroy f these Vessel* e nml promptly i-ndlng It to thr resisaidi-ig to H(> survivor. «(
anothel
other t
i busy
ever I*
rle*. and t
'liliui matters sed>med t
possibly !
f Presi
iui*lgli la-
* and anticipate
100 rallr* away, the forth In the Atlantic the U-bt ate-l since thr ruthles>
gan.
There was violent fighting in Praiue | throughout the week, bat neither aide j made 'm|>ortant gain*. The German- j won first-line trenches from the Brit | 'rteux and from
ss-dy end
I the
■•■n’a
Interna] troubles
'Ught to u pacific and ' Several of the seceding oahl they would come f 14.-1X11 fold, and th# ■ lied a new parllament-
luirk Inti
president lias ary election.
Certain notoriously
Itvs German
.ew*,*,^ In ruirago. Mllwauk^ and •IM-Wherv. some of them printed in
he Gennini In
the Fn
driv
•>f Vtiuxalllon. n back again he Can»dlati tr nslUon* In fn n
1th
| the attention of th. I by their continuous i
OU the allies , I their thinly V country’s com ' skill of train* | suppression f
34 035: do. 14401H 1
53: do. smaller. 2»0SO; do. whl horn*. 25028 l>uck»—Old P* 1 17018 do. puddle. 16017: do i covv. 16017: do. imaller. 16: ’
| 2 lb. and over. 23024.
Live Slot*
^ LOUIR. -Hog* Light I ! >585, pig#. $lo014.25: o' 1 *’ ! butchers'. $164001605. go*" 1 | 11* 01640. bulk. $1540015.*! Tattle Native beef steer. : 13 --‘I. v earllng steers and hell* ! | «»3 25 «xra*. $6011: *t*fk1 feeders. $<0](l; Texas d' . steels, 12 2009 50: prime c b-. f steer*. $8012.26: beet • " heifer*. $4 2509: prime y«nrimz t nd heifer*. $7 60010; nati>.
| $6015.
| Sheep — Clipped, lamb*. j Cllpp4 ewe*. $9010; *pr»o. $15016.90: ranner*. $605 6t' ‘
$707 50
THICAGO. — Hog*—Bulk f <5 >5. light. $14 86015.95: tmv. ! 018.05: heavy. $16.1*01* l'' 11510015 30; pig*. $11014* Cattle- Native beef catth 17 6(1. st.H kers and feeder# $* $5-50117-
legal procr squelched b aid of the a
ltirr - they may y-t the l-euple without Hhoritlea
$11
9016.'
-Wethrrx. $1.1601-
6tM01fi.n lambs. $11'
kpring*. $14 50019

