Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 173, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 July 1916 — Allies Buy Cherry Stems To Make Poisonous Gases. [ARTICLE]

Allies Buy Cherry Stems To Make Poisonous Gases.

Portland, Oreg., July 14.—Agents for the allies have been quietly buying up all the cherry stems they can find in the Washington and Oregon fruit belts for the past three weeks. Much speculation has been excited bjj the purchase. Monday the secret calme out. The stems will be used in the manufacture of poisonous gases for French warfare. From the* stems are obtained some of the chief elements of cyanide of potassium. The agents have spent thousands of dollars in the last few weeks.