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OF NOTEWORTHY ARTICLES OR PARAGRAPHS IN PRECEDING VOLUMES OF "THE WORLD ALMANAC,”

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Law, Medical, Dental, Veterinary Students, Nurses, Pharmacy, Certified Public Accountants, thoroughly and rapidly prepared for

Regents' Examinations

Day and Evening Sessions for Young Men and Women College Preparatory Course

CIVIL SERVICE, FEDERAL STATE, MUNICIPAL

Annual Catalogue and Pamphlet, "SUCCESS IN REGENTS EXAMINATIONS," sent on application to the registrar.

SAMUEL F. BATES, Registrar.

EMIL E. CAMERER, M.A., LL.B., Principal.

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Occurrences During Printing.

SOME weeks are occupied in printing a volume so bulky as THE WORLD ALMANAC, and it is necessarily put to press in parts or forms,'' Changes are in the meantime occurring. Advantage is taken of the going to press of the last form of the First Edition to insert information of the latest possible date, which is done below. The readers of the ALMANAC are requested to observe these additions, corrections, and changes, and it would be well to make note of them on the pages indicated.

176. National Civic Federation officers were elected December 17, 1907, as follows: Seth Low, President; Victor Morawetz, Chairman of Finance Committee; Secretary of War William H. Taft, Chairman of Public Employes' Welfare Committee; D. L. Cease, Secretary: Samuel Gompers, Vice-President; Nahum J. Batchelder, Vice-President; Ellison A. Smyth, Vice-President; Benjamin Ide Wheeler, Vice-President Isaac N. Seligman, Treasurer; John Mitchell, Chairman Trade Agreement Committee; Melville E. Ingalls, Chairman Public Ownership Commission; Seth Low, Chairman of Conciliation Committee; Nicholas Murray Butler, Chairman Industrial Economic Department; Franklin MacVeagh, Chairman Immigration Department; Charles A. Moore, Chairman Welfare Department; Ralph M. Easley, Chairman Executive Council, New York City. 178. American Federation of Labor: At the Annual Convention at Norfolk, Va., November 11, Samuel Gompers was re-elected president. The reports of Secretary Morrison, showing a present paid membership of 1,538,970, and Treasurer Lennon, showing total funds to be $127,910, were received." 181. Knights of Labor in convention at Washington, D. C., elected the following officers: Simon Burns of Pittsburgh, general master workman; P. H. Farrell of New York City, general worthy foreman; J. Frank O'Meara, of Washington, general secretary-treasurer. 232. A commercial treaty, under the terms of which British objects of art will be admitted to the United States at a reduction of 25 per cent. on the present duty, was signed November 30 by Ambassador Reid and Sir Edward Grey, the Foreign Secretary. In return, American travelling salesmen will have their samples admitted free at British ports. In future, the duty on British works of art entering American ports will be 15 per cent. ad valorem. 232. Additional list of Reciprocity treaties-Argentine Republic, took effect April 9, 1855, Bolivia, took effect January 8, 1863. China, took effect January 13,1904. Costa Rica, took effect May 26, 1852. Haiti, took effect July 6, 1865. Japan, took effect March 21, 1895. Liberia, took effect March 18, 1863. Paraguay, took effect March 12, 1860. Servia, took effect December 27, 1882. All the above treaties are still in force. 239. The Republican National Committee at Washington, December 7, chose Chicago as the place of meeting of the National Convention, and June 16, 1908, as the time. The vote stood, Chicago, 31; Kansas City, 18; Denver, 4, after which it was made unanimous. 239. The Democratic National Committee at Washington, December 12, chose Denver as the place of the meeting of the National Convention, and July 7 as the time.

245. Socialist Party National Committee-That last elected is composed as follows: Victor L. Berger, 344 Sixth Street, Milwaukee, Wis.; Ben Hanford, Leesburg, Fla.; Morris Hillquit, 320 Broadway, New York, N. Y.; J. M. Patterson, Chicago Athletic Club, Chicago, Ill.; A. M. Simons, 182 Washington Street, Chicago, Ill.; Ernest Untermann, Box 97, Grangeville, Idaho; John M. Work, 1313 Harrison Street, Des Moines, Ia. 294. A census of Cuba, the result of which was announced December 17, 1907, showed the total population of the island to be 2,028,282, divided as follows among the provinces: Pinar del Rio, 240, 781: Havana, 518.524; Matanzas, 289,866; Santa Clara, 457,897; Camaguey, 117,432; Oriente, 453,782. The increase for the whole island is 29 per cent, since the Census of 1899. 296. The British turbine torpedo boat destroyer Tartar on December 17 broke all records in fast steaming, in her final trial over the official course, attaining a speed of 37.037 knots. She also established a new record for a six hours' trial, covering 233 miles in that time and maintaining the unprecedented speed of 35.363 knots. The contract calls for 33 knots.

326. Another grandson was born to John D. Rockefeller November 29, 1907, the mother being his daughter, Mrs. E. Parmalee Prentice.

367. Standard Oil: Stock outstanding, $98,338, 382; rate per cent., last dividend, 10, November 26, 1907: highest and lowest quotations 1907, 564-390.

458. Automobile Records: S. F. Edge, on the Brooklands automobile race track at Weybridge, England, December 10, travelled 1,581 miles and 1,310 yards in 24 hours in a 60-horse power car. He broke the world's one-hour record with 76 miles and 453 yards, and the two-hour record with 151 miles, 146 yards. 512. Benefactions: On December 10 Andrew Carnegie added the sum of $2,000,000 to the $10,000,000 endowment fund of the Carnegie Institution. 558. College Fraternities: The Sigma Pi Fraternity of the United States was founded at William and Mary College in 1752. The membership is now 355, with five active and five inactive chapters. William Jennings Bryan is a graduate member, as is former Governor Richard Yates, of Illinois. The president is Robert G. Patterson, of Chicago, and the secretary Frank Hollyday, of Easton, Md.

558. College Fraternities: The legal fraternity of Phi Delta Phi was the first professional fraternity organized. It was founded at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 1869, and has now 35 chapters of 8,000 members. The Secretary-Treasurer is George A. Katzenberger, Greenville, Ohio. At the tenth convention in Columbus, Ohio, last May, charters were granted for new chapters at Vanderbilt University, University of Colorado, Brooklyn Law School and the University of Southern California. The professional fraternities now number 52, with a membership exceeding 37,000. They are located in both technical and professional schools. With the exception of Theta Xi, members of professional fraternities may also belong to the general college fraternities. 576. Baptist Young People's Union of America: Officers elected in 1907: President, Rev. E. Y. Mullins, D.D., Louisville, Ky.; General Secretary, Rev. George T. Webb, 324 Dearborn Street, Chicago, Ill. 586. Army and Navy Union of the U. S. A.: Officers of National Corps: National Commander, J. Edwin Brown, Baltimore, Md.; Adjutant General, E. J. Bonner, 42 Knickerbocker Building, Baltimore, Md.

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OCCURRENCES DURING PRINTING-Continued.

591. Naval and Military Order of Spanish-American War Veterans: National Commandery,Capt. Taylor E. Brown has been elected Commander-in-Chief; Major Frank Keck, 78 Broad Street, New York City, Recorder-in-Chief. 601. Heads of Governments: Dr. Ernest Brenner was elected President of Switzerland, December 12, by the Federal Assembly.

601,606. King Oscar II. of Sweden died December 8, and his oldest son succeeded him as Gustave V. 622. Population of largest cities: A population of 1,000,000 is claimed for Shanghai and suburbs, practically one city. A late Japanese census makes the population of Tokio 2,085,160; Osaka, 1,117,151; Kobe, 345,952; Nagasaki, 169.941.

684. The Oklahoma Senators drew lots December 17, 1907. Thomas P. Gore drew the term expiring March 3, 1909; Robert L. Owens drew that expiring March 3, 1913.

694. Judiciary of New York: Governor Hughes appointed Abel E. Blackmar a Justice of the New York Supreme Court.

727. Elections. New York State: The official canvass of votes cast in 1907 for and against proposed Amendments to the State Constitution, shows both were carried. The vote: No. One, for, 352,905; against, 137, 721. No. Two, for, 309,159; against, 123,919.

The United States Battleship Fleet,

WHICH DEPARTED FOR THE PACIFIC COAST DECEMBER 16, 1907. THE FLEET FORMATION.

(Rear-Admiral Robley D. Evans, Commanding.)

First Division, First Squadron.
..Capt. H. W. Osterhaus
(Flagship of Rear-Admiral Evans.)
.... Capt. Charles E. Vreeland
Capt. William P. Potter
..Capt. Richard Wainwright

Connecticut.
Kansas..
Vermont.,

Louisiana............

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THE FLEET'S ITINERARY.

PORT.

Hampton Roads...
Trinidad.....
Rio de Janeiro
Punta Arenas.
Callao.....
*Magdalena Bay..
*San Francisco..

Arrival.

Dec. 24, 1907

Jan. 11,1908

Departure. Dec.16,1907 Dec. 29, 1907 Jan. 21, 1908

Jan. 31,1908

Feb. 5, 1908

Feb.18,1908

Feb. 28, 1908

Probably May 1, 1908.

Mar.14.1908

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Lawrence.

Recapitulation of Fleet.

Tea....

Number of battleships..

16

Fresh eggs.

Number of torpedo-boats.

6

Tinned vegetables..

Number of auxiliaries...

4

Onions..

Total number of men in crews..

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Length of cruise....

13,772 miles Soap.

Duration of voyage.

.130,000 tons $1,300,000 300,000 lbs. 1,000,000lbs.

40,000 lbs.

200,000 lbs.

200,000 lbs.

150,000 lbs.

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.135 days Tobacco.

12,000 lbs.

For the benefit of the friends and relatives of the sailors on the battleship fleet, the Navy Department wishes it made known that all mail matter destined for the 15,000 men afloat in the big ships can be sent at domestic rates of postage. So no matter what part of South America Admiral Evan's ships may be, the sailors' letters will be delivered to them if they bear the ordinary two-cent American stamp for each ounce.

All mail matter for the fleet should be addressed care of Postmaster, New York,

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An Interesting Story of the Vine and Wine in the Different States of the Union-The Growing Demand for Light Wines in This Country.

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ONG before Columbus made his first voyage, in 1492, the bold and venturesome Norsemen visited our Atlantic shores. They found the wild vines and grapes growing in such luxuriance and profusion that they named the country "Vine-land." What a long stretch from Old Vineland to New Vineland, with its hundreds of thousands of acres of cultivated vines:

The history of grape and wine growing in the United States is a long story of struggles and failures. It begins with the attempts of the Colonists to plant a few vines in Virginia in 1610, three years after the settlement of Jamestown. It continues down to the year 1857, when grape and wine growing was first made a commercial success by Hon. Nicholas Longworth at Cincinnati, Ohio. Thus, the American grape and wine industry is but fifty years old. As a matter of fact, its greatest progress has all taken place in the last twenty or twenty-five years.

The American "Vine-land" now comprises about 350,000 acres of vineyards. The State of California leads with a total of 230,000 acres planted to grapes. New York State is next with about 60,000 acres of vineyards. Ohio follows with about 10,000 acres. Michigan and Missouri each has about 6,000 or 8,000 acres of vines. In fact, grapes are grown and wines are made in more than one-half of the States in the Union. The capital invested in our vineyards, wine cellars and plants, machinery and warehouses, stocks of wines, etc., giving employment to thousands of farmers and workmen, is put at $100,000,000.

With the immense production of grapes has come the large increase in the use and consumption of light wines in this country. For many years our people drank largely of foreign wines, but now they consume our good American wines. The importations of foreign wines are about the same as they were twenty years ago; that is to say, in 1907 some 5,000,000 gallons of wine were imported into the United States, which is just about the quantity of wine imported in 1887. On the other hand, the output of American wines in 1907 was about 50,000,000 gallons; so that about ten times as much wine is produced and consumed in this country as there is of foreign wines.

THE SUPERIOR QUALITIES OF AMERICAN WINES.

There is every reason why our wines should be equal, if not superior, to any in the world. We have in the United States the choicest varieties of grapes, almost every kind of soil and climate, American capital and enterprise, and the most intelligent labor in the world. France, Italy, Spain and Germany have no monopoly of sunshine, soil or climate for grape culture, nor any secret in making good wines not known to our people here.

All the varieties of grapes producing wines in France, Italy, Spain and Germany are growing to-day in the vineyards of the United States. In addition, we have many native varieties of grapes, such as the Concord, Delaware and Catawba, which are not found in Europe. It is no wonder, then, that our wine makers can and do produce wines that rival the vintages of the Old World,

All of the well-known "types" of wines produced in Europe are obtained in this country. The vineyard districts of France, Italy, Spain and Germany now have their counterparts in the vineyard districts of Virginia, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Missouri and California. Thus the French Clarets can be duplicated by the American Clarets; the Italian Chianti by the American Chianti. The dry white wines of western New York, of northern Ohio and of the California foothills resemble the German wines of the Rhine and Moselle. The Champagne

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