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THE GREENVILLE JOURNAL GERW NOTE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS Assumption of Liability in Lusitania Case, is Ignored by Berlin Guaranty is Offered AMERICAN DEMANDS EVADED No Offer Made That Imperial Government Will Comply With Recognized Principles of International Law The text of the German note follows: "The undersigned has the honor to make the following reply to His Excellency, Ambassador Gerard, to the note of the 10th ultimo re the Impairment of American interests by the German submarine war: The Imperial Government learned with satisfaction from the note how earnestly the Government of the United States is concerned in seeing the principles of humanity realized in the present war. Also, this appeal finds ready echo in Germany, and the Imperial Government Is quite willing to permit its statements and decisions in the present case to be governed by the. principles of humanity, just as it has done always. "The Imperial Government welcomed with gratitude when the American Government, In the note of May 15, Itself recalled that Germany had always permitted itself to be governed by the principles of progress and humanity in dealing with the law of maritime war. Since the time when Frederick the Great negotiated with John Adams, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson the treaty of friendship and commerce of September 9, 1785, between Prussia and the Republic of the West, German and American statesmen have, in fact, always stood together in the struggle for the freedom of the seas and for the protection of peaceable trade.

In the International proceedings which since have been conducted for the regulation of the laws of maritime war Germany and America have Jointly progressive principles, especially the abolishment t)f the right of capture at sea and? the protection of the interests of neutrals. "Even at the beginning of the present war the German Government immediately declared Its willingness, In response to proposals of the Ameri can Government, to ratify the Declaration of London, and thereby subject Itself in the use of its naval forces to all the restrictions' provided therein in favor of neutrals. Germany likewise has been always tenacious of tbe principle that war should be conducted against the armed and organized forces of an enemy country, but that the enemy civilian population must be spared as far as possible for the measures of war. The Imperial Government cherished the definite hope that some way will be found when peace is concluded, or perhaps earlier, to regulate the law of maritime war in a manner guaranteeing the freedom of the seas, and will welcome it with gratitude and satisfaction if it can work hand in hand with the American Government on that A U- "If in the present war the principles which should be the Idea of the future have been traversed and more, the longer its duration the German Government has no guilt therein. It is known to the American Government how Germany's adversaries, by completely paralyzing peaceable traffic between Germany and neutral countries, have aimed from, the very beginning, and with increasing of consideration, at' the destruction, not so much of the armed forces as the life of the German nation, repudiating in doing so all the rules of international law and disregarding all rights of neutrals.

"On November 3, 1914, England declared the North Sea a war area, and by planting poorly anchored mines and by the stoppage and capture of vessels made passage extremely dangerous and difficult for neutral shipping, so by actual blocking neutral coasts and ports, contrary to all international law, long before the beginning of the submarine war, England practically completely intercepted legitimate neutral navigation to Germany also. Thus Germany was driven to a submarine war on trade. "On November 14, 1914, the English Premier declared in the House of Commons that It was one of England's principal task's to prevent food for the REPLACE WIRELESS OPERATORS. Sayville, L. L-M3aptain William H.

G. Bullard, superintendent of the United States naval station at Arlington, personally took over the Sayville wireless station, whose formal transfer to the government's censors was jnade by the Atlantic Communications Company, its owner. Seven wireless operators employed by the govern ment will replace the men. who. sat ajt the keys before the government took oyer the plant's operation.

The rest of the force will be retained, it Is Bald. ACCOMPLISH MIRACULOUS TASK. Thomas Lipton, writing from his yacht Erin, which he has converted a. British hospitar ship, to4. Miss Mabel of the American Sed Cross Society, pays a tribute to the eft ectiveness of the work of American, surgeons and nurses in Serbia, Montenegro and elsewhere.

"The first time 1 was at Ghevghell," Sir. Thomas, wrote in. picturing, the transformation in Serbia, "there were 1,400 patients taere, mostly with typhus. IS RECEIVED German population from reaching Germany via neutral ports. Since March 1 England has been taking from neutral ships, without further formality, all merchandise proceeding to Germany, as well as all merchandise coming from Germany, even when neutral property.

Just as it was also with the Boers, the German people is now to be given the choice of perishing from starvation, with its women and children, or of relinquishing its independ ence. "While our enemies thus loudly and openly proclaimed war without mercy until our utter destruction, we were conducting a war of' self-defense for our existence and for the sake of peace of an assured permanency. We have been obliged to adopt a submarine warfa to meet the declared inten tions of our enemies and the method of warfare adopted by them in contravention of international law. "With all its efforts In principle to protect neutral life and property from damage as much as possible, the German Government recognized unreserv edly, in its memorandum of February 4, that the interests of neutrals might suffer from the submarine warfare However, the American Government will also understand and appreciate that in the fight for existence which has been forced upon Germany by Its adversaries' and announced by them, it is the sacred duty of the Imperial Government to do all within its power to protect and save the lives of German subjects. If the Imperial Gov- eminent were derelict In these duties It would be guilty before God and his tory of the violation of those principles of highest humanity which are the foundation of every national ex istence.

"The case of the Lusitania shows with horrible clearness to what jeop ardizing of human lives the manner of conducting war employed by our adversaries leads. In the most direct contradiction of international law, all distinctions between merchantmen and war vessels have been obliterated by the order of the British merchantmen to arm themselves and to ram subma rines, and the promise of rewards therefor, and neutrals who use mer chantmen as travelers thereby have been exposed in an increasing degree to all the dangers of war. "If the commander of the German submarine which destroyed the Lusi tania had caused the crew and pas sengers to take to the boats before firing a torpedo this would hav.j meant the sure destruction of his own ves sel. After the experiences in sinking much mailer and less seaworthy ves sels, it was. to be expected that a nighty ship like the Lusitania would remain above water long enough, even after the torpedoing, to permit passengers to enter the ship's boats.

Cir cumstances of a very peculiar kind, especially the presence on board of large quantities of highly explosive materials defeated this expectation. In addition, it may be pointed out that if the Lusitania had been spared thou sands of cases of munitions would have been sent to Germany's enemies and thereby thousands of German mothers and children robbed of breadwinners. "In the spirit of friendship, wherewith the German nation has been imbued toward the Union and its inhabitants since the earliest days of its existence, the Imperial Government will always be ready to do all it can during the present war also to prevent the jeopardizing the lives of American citizens. The Imperial Government, therefore, repeats the assurance that American ships will not be hindered in the prosecution of legitimate shipping, and the American citizens in neutral vessels shall not be placed in jeopardy. "In order to exclude any unforseen dangers to American passenger steamers, made possible in view of the conduct of maritime war by Germany's adversaries, -German submarines will be Instructed to permit the free and A WAR CONFERENCE IS HELD.

The following British official statement was made public; "Pre-mier Asqulth, Lord Crewe, Lord President of the Earl Kitchener, Secretary of State for War, and Arthur J. Balfour, First Lord of the Admiralty, left England to attend a conference held at Calais with Premier Viviani, Minister of Foreign Affairs Del Casse, Minister of War Milierand, Ministe of Marine Augagneur and Albert Thomas, Under Secretary of War, and Gen. Joffe, and Sir John French." WHY THE PROPOSALS FAILED. Washlngton-ermany's proposals of last February for the reopening of her cable communications with the United States failed because they were conditioned on the consent of Great Britain, and the London foreign office never replied to the negotiations communicated by the United States. State department officials made this explanation in the light of a published statement by Herr Von Jagow, the German foreign minister, who laid stress on lack of cable communication.

safe passage of such passenger steamers when made recognizable by special markings and notified a reasonable time In advance. The ImDerlal Gov ernment, howefer, confidently hopes that the American Government will assume a guarantee that these vessels have no 'contraband on board, details of arrangement for the unhampered passage of these vessels to be agreed upon by the naval authorities of both sides. 'In order to furnish adequate facili ties for travel across the Atlantic for American citizens, the German Gov ernment submits for consideration a proposal to increase the number of available steamers by installing in pas senger service a reasonable number of neutral steamers under the Amer ican flag, the exact number to be agreed upon under the same "condi tions as the above-mentioned Amer ican steamers. The Imperial Government believes it can assume that In this manner, adequate facilities for travel across the Atlantic ocean can be afforded American citizens. There would, therefore, appear to be no com pelling necessity for American citizens to travel to Europe in time of war on ships carrying an enemy flag.

In particular, the Imperial Govern ment is unable to admit that American citizens can protect an enemy ship through the mere fact of their presence on board. "Germany merely followed Eng land's example when she declared part of the high seas an area of war. Consequently, accidents suffered by neutrals on enemy ships in this area of war can not well be Judged differently from accidents to which neutrals are at all times exposed at the seatgwt war, on land when they retake themselves into dangerous localities in spite of previous warnings. If, how- ever, it should not be possible for the American Government to acquire an adequate number of neutral passenger steamers, the Imperial Government is prepared to interpose no objections to the placing under the American flag by the American Government of four enemy passenger steamers for passenger traffic between North America and England. Assurances of 'free and safe passage for American pas senger steamers would extend to apply under the identical pro-conditions to these formerly hostile passenger steamers.

The President of the United States has declared his readiness, in a way deserving of thanks, to communicate and suggest proposals to the Government of Great Britain with particular reference to the alteration of maritime war. The Imperial Government will always be glad to make use of the good offices of the President, and hopes that his efforts in the present case, as well as in the dlrec-tion of the lofty ideal of the freedom of the seas, will lead to an understanding. "The undersigned requests the Ambassador to bring the above to the knowledge of the "American Government, and avails himself of the opportunity to renew to His Excellency the assurance of his most distinguished consideration. VON JAGOW." PROGRAM FOR NAVY DEFENSE To Include Estimates For Thirty Additional Submarines. Washington.

The next building program for the United States Navy will include estimates for nearly double the number of submarines appropriated for at the last session of Congress. From officials in close touch with the administration's plans for the navy it was learned that while the general board would wait until September before making its recommendations, at least 30 and probably more submarines certainly would be requested. Some naval officers of high rank, who are being consulted, think as many as 50 or 75 submarines would not be too many, but those who are taking into account the necessity for enlarging other parts of the navy program believe a conservative estimate of the amount to be set aside for submarines will be about twice as large as was appropriated at the last session. Within two years the total, it is estimated, may be brought up to 100 under-water craft. AMERICAN DEMANDS EVADED.

Washington. The press copy of the German reply to the second American note protesting against the German method of conducting submarine warfare reached Washington long after State Department officials had retired. That it will be regarded as unsatisfactory is the opinion of those diplomatists who could be reached. Virtually every American demand is evaded by the German Foreign Office. The Wash- lngton Government expected Berlin tor assume liability for the sinking of the Lusitania, on which more than 100 American lives perished.

In reply the German Foreign Minister, Herr von Jagow, cites the British embargo on the shipment of food to the German civilian population in defense of the liner's destruction. HUERTA WAIVED EXAMINATION. El Paso, Texas. Gen. Victoriano Huerta waived preliminary hearing on charges of conspiracy to violate the United States neutrality laws and was held under $15,000 bond for a federal grand jury at San Antonio, December 20..

He declined to furnish bond and was removed to Ft. Bliss, where he will be guarded by federal marshals. Immediately, Gens. Ygnacio Bravo, Eduardo Caus, Jose Delgado, Enrique CoroBtieta and J. B.

Ratner waived preliminary hearing. USELESS TO TALK PEACE. New York. Miss Jane Addams, of Chicago, who recently returned from a peace mission in Europe, was welcomed home at a meeting in Carnegie hall, held under the auspices' of peace organizations of various states. The women who went with her to the recent women's peace conference at The Hague were present.

The speakers included Miss Addams, Oswald G. VII-lard, George Foster Peabody, Prof. George W. Klrchwey, of Columbia unU versify, and Representative Meyei London. TRIES TO SLAYFORMER WIFE, THENKILLS SELF Has Enters Confectionery Store, Wounds Woman and Ends Life Wlisg Tinmen Ran Toward Kim.

Weittrn Nwipapr Union Nawi Btrrlea. Cleveland. Joseph Mateja, aged 40, shot and killed himself in the confectionery store of hla former wife, Mrs. Anna Mateja, 36. after he had made an unsuccessful attempt to murder her.

Entering the confectionery store through a rear door, the frenzied man found his former wife and her sister, Mrs. Bertha Mathison, 32, standing at the soda fountain talking with Otto Pletschle, 20. Without a word Mateja advanced with a largo revolver In his right hand. Pointing the weapon at Pleischle, he ordered the young man to leave the store. Pleischle obeyed.

Mrs Mateja, frightened, crouched be hind the sbda fountain counter. Turning his gaze from Pleischle, who had left the store, Mateja swung his arms above his head and cried: "Now, I am going to I'll get you now, so run if you can." Mrs. Mateja and her sister ran screaming to the living rooms in thr rear of the store, pursued by Mateja, who fired as he ran. Two shots were fired at the fleeing woman as they dashed through the dining room. Mrs.

Mathison was first and as Mrs. Mateja entered the kitchen she swung the door shut between the kitchen and dining room. Angered when he was balked in his attempt to shoot' his wife, Mateja fired through- the door and the bullet struck Mrs. Mateja on the right arm. The missile just grazed the flesh.

In the meantime Pleischle ran to engine company No. 13 and pleaded with firemen to go to Mrs. Mateja's rescue. Almost every member of the engine company responded. When Mateja saw the firemen run ning toward him he screamed some words that nobody could understand and then placing the revolver to his head, pulled the trigger.

The bullet went through right temple, causing almost instant death. Firemen found Mrs. Mateja hiding in her Bister's home and called Dr. R. C.

Engle, who dressed her wounded arm. The wound is slight. The Matejas were married' 13 years ago. They have two children. According to Mrs.

Mateja's story to police, she was separated from her husband six years ago. Three years later a reconciliation was effected after Mateja had kidnaped his chil dren, who were living with their mother. Three years later Mrs. Mateja said she again left her husband. A year ago she purchased, the con fectlonery store after filing suit for divorce in Insolvency court.

Suffragists' Thirtieth Springfield. The anniversary; meet ing of the Woman)'. Suffrase as soclation of Ohio will be held in this city July 17, in remembrance of its organization 30 years ago by Frances -M. Casement of Painesville, who is now the honorary president. At that time the organization con sisted simply of the mass raeetin, and during the intervening 30 years the work has developed so that now there are 16 of the 22 congressional districts which have congressional chairmen and in most of which the counties have county chairmen.

Among the speakers at this anniversary meeting will be Elizabeth J. Hauser of Columbus, who is chairman of the organization committee; Miss a Cleveland lawyer; Dilla, a college professor, and Alice Stand-ish, organizer among young people. Build Flood District Home. Dayton. At a meeting of the board of directors of the Miami conservancy district, Chairman E.

A. Deeds announced he will build a permanent home for the district in this city. Work will begin at once and will be completed thi3 fall. In this building will be housed the flood prevention engineers, all historical data and valuable records for use of future generations or other sections of the country. Adopts Bible as Platform.

Akron. Captain J. W. Walker, president of the city council, who seeks re-election, has adopted the Bible as his platform. Walker is a Sunday school teacher and opens every session of council with a prayer.

He also succeeded in putting through council a rule forbidding smoking during meetings. Charge Pigs Kept in Parlor. Sandusky. That people of foreign birth living in the extroioe eastern part of the city are keeping pigs within their dwellings was in substance the report submitted to the board of health by investigators. The practice was ordered discontinued and sanitary policemen were empowered to make arrests to correct the evil.

Mayor Fines Mayor. Bellefontalne. Mayor C. F. Mc-Gilvray of Springfield was fined $10 and costs by Mayor Amos Bon-trager of West Liberty for speeding Mayor McGilvray will test the right of municipalities to pass ordinances regulating the speed of automobiles before he pays the fine.

Loses Nose. In Accident 1 Ravenna. John Long, aged 26, was struck by an automobile here and had his nose sheared off close to hia face and was also hurt internally. One Chokes, Another Drops Dead. Shelby.

Murray Stevens, aged 35, of Plymouth, near here, choked to death while eating a sandwich In a restaurant Reuben F. Chase, 73, of Cardlngton, former president of the ardington Banking Co and oil dropped dead cn the street here of heart failure. Falls to Deatn From Train. Conneaut An unidentified man. thought to be from Cleveland, was found dead along the New York Ce tral tracks hero.

sup ftDeclal Columhui C.trrmmnftntimrt- NTEREST in prosaic things is be-' I ing diverted, at least momentarily. I here by the unique effort of county officials from all parts of Ohio to extend their terms from two to four years. The county officers have Just succeeded In forming an organization and launching a state-wide movement to place upon the Novem ber ballot an amendment to the Ohio constitution that will give all last year's successful candidates for county office a term of four years Instead of two years. The sane amendment will have the effect, if adopted by the people, of extending the terms of probate judges throughout the state from four years to six years. But in order to be assured a place on the ballot the amendment must be petitioned for by 110,000 voters and the signatures of this number of voters must be gotten between now and Aug.

1. Many observers here doubt the possibility of getting such a number, but the new association of county officials, having natural branches in every county of the state, seem to be optimistic of the outcome. The general agitation for an extension of terms for county officials have been under way for sev eral years past. One of the grounds has been the citation that the terms of these officials begin and end at such different times that the situation becomes awkward and confusing. Numerous efforts have been made in general assemblies in recent years to bring about the term extension by statute, but they have failed.

Such an effort was made in the late session of the 81st assembly but failed to get beyond the first stages. Always the argument that officials elected for a given term should not be given a further tenure has prevailed. But now comes the county officials with a new argument. They hold that since 51 per cent of the voters of the state are required to I adopt a constitutional amendment, that percentage of people should have the right to extend the terms of any officers Just as they would have the right to select the same officers originally. Therefore, according to this argument, if the amendment is adopted the county officials will have had the equivalent of a re-election.

Influential in the launching of the amendment movement are the county auditors. Their argument is that their increased burden of tax duties, imposed by the Parrett-Whittemore bill, will make it impossible for them next year to find time to fight for their own re-election. The auditors, who were elected last fall, do not take office un til this fall hut will be up for re election a year hence. Takes Orders From Subordinate. Gov.

Willis took orders from one of his subordinates the other day. This happened at Grove City, near Columbus, where the chief executive made the Independence day address. The Old Guard of Columbus, noted organization of Civil war veterans, attended the celebration and acted as the governor's escort. The commander of the Old Guard is Capt. William H.

Miller, who is superintendent of the state house and grounds. While waiting for the arrival of the governor the Old Guard elected him an honorary member. When informed of this the governor said, "By Heck, if I'm a member, I'm going to march," and he did, shouldering a gun and falling in at the rear. To the tune of the fife and drum corps he marched with the vets to the town square, where the meeting was held. Ousts Election Board Members.

Based on the findings of irregularities returned against the Lucas county election board by the legislative probe, Secretary of State Hildebrant, as chief election officer, has "fired" Members Lewis Dennis, M. B. McCarthy and John W. Dowd and Clerk Frank Van Loo of that board. The probe committee found that the board registered persons from boarding houses and "flop" houses who were not entitled to vote; that printed lists of registered voters were not gotten out in time for the use of the public and that very little effort was made by the board to provide for a fair vote, and that proper precaution was not taken at the polls to prevent fraud and corruption in the election.

Errors Found In Good Roads Bill. Four additional errors have been found in the Cass good roads bill and a court suit to determine whether the aggregate errors can invalidate sections of the measure is now almost certain. The new discov eries make the total number of mistakes an even half dozen, and law yers are closely scanning the entire statute for further possible disclosures. All question, however, that the errors might have been otherwise than purely clerical has been removed. Gov.

Willis Pardons Forger. Charles Miller of Dayton, who was sent to the penitentiary in February to serve from one to 20 years for forging checks on grocers and bakers to get money to provide his wife and five children with food last winter, has been pardoned by Got. Willis. The total amount he received on these bogus checks did not exceed $20, and his family was starving, it was claimed, when he resorted to unlawful means to get money. The dealers on which he forged the checks have been caring for his family since his incarceration.

Willis' Cousin Lands Job. Hugh Buell of Columbus, a cousin of Gov. Willis, has landed a Job under him. The chief executive has appointed him deputy state oil inspector for the Columbus district. There was an interesting contest for the position.

The two Republican factions of Franklin county backed different applicants and neither landed. Several months ago these factions got into a bitter wrangle over the appointment of a Republican district assessor, and because of this the governor selected a dark horse for the place, Capt. Tom D. Binckley, NEWS CULLED IN THE CAPITAL ACTIVITIES OF STATE DEPART-MENTS-OTHER HAPPENINGS Pnhllifrw ft AhI I aKKu I ttw. Withollt tha n-wsDaDera miblicitr the Ohio anti-lobby law wouldn't be worth the paper on which it is written.

This statement is proven by the developments of the last few days. Before the newspapers published the fact that only a fraction of the lobbyists were paying any attention to the law, the larger percentage of these gentlemen were laughing in their sleeves at the statute. But the newspapers were on the watch. It was they who discovered the fact that the lobbyists were playing jokes with what was meant to be a serious enactment, and It was they (the newspapers) who revealed their intelligence to the public. And it was after this intelligence had filtered thtough the state and had come to the attention of the proper legal officers that the "third house" of the general as sembly, In other words, the lobby, got busy and began to notice that there was a law affecting them.

The trouble with the law, as with many other laws that become dead letters until the newspapers begin to enforce them, is that no particular person is authorized and compelled to make it operative. It is true that the secretary of state and the attorney general are supposed to see to it that the anti-lobby law is enforced, but unless these gentlemen elect to act their duties remain in the suppositive stage. The situation brings into clear relief the gratuitous duties which newspapers day in and day out perform for the public good. In fact, were it not for fear of the newspapers it is doubtful if more than a handful of lobbyists even would have registered during the late session of the general assembly. The fear of revealment the dread of the newspaper men, who always are on the watch is unquestionably the agency which brought the legislative agents to time.

Of course, there arc good and bad lobbyists, and the "good" lobbyists would have registered even if the law did not exist. It was the "bad" lobbyists whom the law attempted to catch, but in a state without watchful newspapers the statute would have remained a dead letter. Which does not mean that the unscrupulous lobbyists all have been trapped or compelled to walk the straght and narrow path. By no means. If all had made clear and frank confessions in their statement of, expenses, the state probably would sit up and gasp in astonishment.

And so would the state during any previous session of any assembly. But the law is getting in some good whacks, is making itself felt and, thanks to the newspapers, will make itself more and more felt as time goes on. And from all of this arises the question: "How many laws would be rigidly enforced if the newspapers should go to sleep, Just for a week?" Fair Judges Still Unnamed. Ordinarily the judges for the state fair are selected much earlier than this, but because, if the Mallow law stands, the coming state fair will be under the management of the new state board of agriculture, and the members of the moribund state agricultural commission feel that that body should choose the judges, they are still unnamed. The Mallow law will become effective, if a referendum is not called upon it, on the 22nd of July and the new state board will come into existence as soon as Gov.

Willis makes his selections. It is feared by the advocates of the reduction of the admission fee to the state fair that the new board will not be favorable to it, for the reason that they will naturally reflect the sentiment of the governor, who is understood to be averse to trying the experiment lest it result in making the first fair held under his administration a pronounced failure financially. The present management, however, has announced concessions to the effect that a season ticket good for three admissions a day will be sold to exhibitors and concessionaries for $1 each. No employes will be given passes, but in lieu of that their per diems will be increased 60, cents a day each. Among the interesting new competitions provided for at the fair this year is a contest in horseshoing and in saddle horses.

A $600 purse, divided into seven prizes, is offered in the saddle horse contest, and $75, divided in live prizes, for horseshoing. In the poultry department the management has added competition classes in pheasants, guineas and eggs. They have also provided for competition all through the poultry department by young and old pens. This has never been done before. Spotted Poland China hogs will also be offered prizes this year for the first time.

The management has decided to secure more competition in the county agricultural exhibits and fcss added $400 to the prizes heretofore offered. School Bond Issue Annulled. The very first test case of the new law permitting a recount of ballots in alleged "corrupt" elections has resulted in the annulment of the $25,000 school bond issue in Brown township, Franklin county. Common Pleas Judge E. B.

Kinkead, appealed to by those who held the ballots to have been counted Improperly, opened the returns and did some counting himself. The face of the returns showed the vote to have stood 100 to 98 in favor of te bond issue. When the judge got through with the recount the vote was a tie, or 100 to 100. Gets Unsalaried Position. George E.

Scott of Mt Pleasant, Jefferson county, made a member of the board of control for the Ohio agricultural station at Wooster, was a member of the old board which was abolished when the state agricultural commission took over the Institution. Scott wanted to get the place of S. E. Strode as member of the commission. The position he gets is unsalaried, while the other place which he did not get pays $5,000.

J. E. Jobe ot Cedarville, one of the five new members of the board, w.i removed from the old board of agriculture. BIG INCREASE OF PRODUCTS Province of Alberta Shows Increase of Over 20 Millions. Figures just compiled by the publicity branch of the provincial department show that last year, notwithstanding that quite a third of the province was affected by the drought to a very serious extent, the total value of agricultural products actually produced in the province showed an Increase of over twenty million dollars over that of the previous year.

Although southern Alberta had a bad year agriculturally, the province as ft whole experienced a period of great prosperity, due principally to mixed farming, which is becoming more general with each succeeding year. The value of mixed farming, in fact, was never better illustrated than last year as the value of the animals slaughtered and sold alone equaled the value of the spring wheat crop, without taking into consideration the value of the butter, milk, cheese, poultry, vegetables, and other by-products of the farm. Oats was the banner grain crop, 1.147,382 acres being seeded, and producing 34,397,117 bushels, or 30.15 to the acre. Sold at an average of 50c per bushel, these yielded a revenue of $17,198,558. Comparatively little winter wheat was produced, the yield being a little short of one million bushels, but the spring wheat crop amounted to 15,102.083 bushels, the yield per acre being 15.26.

At an average of $1.35 per bushel, the value of the spring wheat crop was therefore $20,387,812. The total production of barley was 7,847,640 bushels, which, at 55c per bushel, yielded a revenue of Other productions were as follows: Flax, 207,115 bushels, rye, 261,843 bushels, speltz, bushels, hay, 200,000 tons, potatoes, four million bushels, turnips, three million bushels, carrots, 360,000 bushels, mangolds, 640,000 bushels, animals slaughtered and sold, butter and cheese, milk, wool clip, 1,300,000 pounds, fish game and furs, horticultural products, poultry and products, $2,650,000. The total of the agricultural products is given as $78,516,891, as compared with $58,098,084 in 1913. The statistics also show that the value of live stock in the province at the end of the year was this being an increase of over the previous year. There were 609,125 horses, 750,789 swine, 501,188 sheep, 192,905 dairy cows, other cows, 190,923 beef cattle and 533,020 other cattle.

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