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‘Toe The Democratic Electors of Penn |
sylvania.
As Chairman of the Democratic State Commit-
tee, I hereby announce that the Democrats of
Pennsylvania, in accordance with the provisions
‘of the Uniform Primaries Act of 1913, will nomi-
nate at the Spring Primary Election, to be held
on Tuesday, May 16, 1916, candidates for the fol-
lowing name offices:
One person for the office of United States Sefi-
ator. Four persons for the office of Congress.
men-at-Large. One person for the office of State
Treasurer, and will also elect one person for
Member of the Democratic National Committee
and twelve (12) Delegates and twelve (12) Alter.
nate Delegates at Large to the Democratic Na-
tional Convention, to be held in St. Louis, ‘Mo.,
on June 14, 1916.
Nominating petitions for any of thesé offices
will be furnished upon application to the Secre-
tary of the Commonwealth, Harrisburg, Pa.
ROLAND S. MORRIS,
Chairman.
ADDITIONAL LOCAL NEWS.
LiFe HISTORY OF MAN WHO Accumu-
LATED MANY FARMS.—By the death of
Mr. Joseph H. Long, of Flemington, a
few days ago, Clinton county lost one of
its excellent and most remarkable men.
Mr. Long was of a quiet and rather retir-
ing disposition and seldom spoke about his
wealth or properties unless in a business
way. At the time of his death he owned
outright without any encumbrance from
sixty-five to seventy-five farms in Centre
and Clinton counties, a number of them
among the best farms in Nittany valley.
If it were possible to bring together all
his real estate holdings they would make
a good sized township. Beside the farms
he owned timber and mountain lands
and town properties as well as other in-
vestments and interests. The estate is
worth close to a million of dollars, al-
though owing to its character, it is hard
to make a correct estimate.
Mr. Long's career is a striking example
of what a man can do by determined
effort. His early manhood was spent in
the east end of Nittany valley, his par-
ents being Dunkards, or plain people. He
went to California in 1849, but once told
the writer that all he brought back from
that State he brought back in his head.
But the trip, no doubt, gave him business
experience.
He went into business at Flemington
in the '50’s, shipping grain and produce
by canal to the eastern markets. He
sold out his interests there and was en- |
"gaged in the mercantile business at Nit. |
tany Hall, in partnership with Mr. Wil-
liam Sravely for several years. He later
bought Mr. Snavely’s interest in the busi-
ness and conducted it himself for some-
time, and then sold the store to Henry
Beck Jr. Sometime after he became a
partner in the firm of Furst, Long & Co.
at Flemington, and in the dissolution of
the above firm he built the room in that
town occupied by him at the time of his
death and conducted a general mer-
cantile and feed business.
Early in his career he began to invest
his spare money in real estate, nearly all
in farms. He most always bought for
cash, seldom asking for any time. During
the low price of farm lands in the ’80’s
and ’90’s he bought many farms at prices
that would not have paid for the build-
ings and improvements. He advanced
considerable money to men who became
involved and later would get the farms in
{ payment, yet he was never a hard credi-
© tor, but a strict business man. He was
strict in all his dealings and made good
his promises. In time the income of his
farms each year would buy several more
farms and he kept on buying until he
owned }§ probably seventy-five farms in
Bald Eagle, Nittany and Sugar Valleys.
While Mr. Long was very intelligent
rotons wp
interest or pride in keeping up improve-
ments on his farms. He always insisted
* on his tenants seeding and planting the
, largest acreage possible, without regard
| to rotation of crops, and in. consequence
© his farms are decreasing in fertility and
i are an injury to a community. He look-
. ed after his holdings himself and kept
-' his own books and accounts, with the
'. help of a clerk in the store, and until the
{ last year would wait on a customer for
‘ a little purchase in the store, and took
as much interest in the business as in
his early life. For years with all his
. large business interests he had no’ tele-
phone in his store and probably has not
now. -
Early in life he began to devote all his
; time and energy to the accumulation of
:: money and he certainly is an example of
: what a man can accomplish. Mr. Long
| never gave much in charity and never.
held office or took part in any public im-
provements. His wife died a year or
,more ago and he left surviving as heirs
-one daughter and two sons, all grown
;up. We understand he made no will,
‘and do not know what disposition will
‘be made of the estate. x
—E. C. Gheen, of Jersey Shore, re-
cently purchased the music store of M.
C. Gephart, on Allegheny street, and
took charge last Thursday. He has rent-
ed the house of N. B. Spangler, on east
High street, and will move his family
here from Jersey Shore next week.
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and a man of fair education he took no.
lin Bellefonte on ‘Friday "and was taken | to this country with his parents and
sick the same day, lapsing into uncon- | located in south Boston, Mass. A year
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HusTON.—Col. Charles Franklin McGee i
Ao died on Friday morning at ‘the | ness with diabetes, the last nine weeks
| home of his sister, Mrs. Evelyn Rogers. | i of which he was confined to his bed,
- | The Colonel for some years past had: John Rowland died at his home in Phil-
| been a resident of Johnson City, Tenn. | ipsburg last Wednesday afternoon.
Epiror, and on March 15th was summoned to ; was a son of Matthew and Jane Dawson
Indianapolis, Ind., on account of the.
his brother, Thomas Huston.
re he had an attack of the grip |
i and was compelled to go to a hospital |
{for treatment. He was discharged from
; the hospital last Thursday and arrived |
sciousness. He lingered in that condi-
tion until his death on Wednesday, urz- 1869 he located. in Philipsburg where he
| lived ever since.
mia being the cause.
Col. Huston was a son of Thomas and |
Elizabeth Huston and was born in Nit- |
tany valley on April 16th, 1843, hence |
was almost . seventy-three. years old.
When the Civil war broke out he enlist- | the battles of the Wilderness and being
ed as a private in Company B, 11th Penna. | present at Lee's surrender. When he
infantry, and had the distinction of being
the first Pennsylvania soldier to feel the
sting of a confederate bullet, he having
been wounded at the battle of Falling
Water, Va. When his three month’s
term expired he reenlisted in September,
1862. ‘He was twice wounded at the sec-
ond battle of Bull Run and was dis-
charged on January 5th, 1863, because of
disability - On July 1st, 1863, he reen-
listed in Company H, 46th regiment and
was elected captain. Seven days later
he was made lieutenant colonel of the
regiment, although he was then but
twenty years old. He saw hard fighting
in the battle of Gettysburg and figured
in the: Cumberland valley raid. On
August 18th, 1863, he was mustered out
at Harrisburg but shortly after reenlist-
ed and was made captain of Company A,
19th Penna. cavalry. On December 3rd
he was made major of the 180th reserve
volunteers and served until the end of
the war.
Col. Huston never married and his only
survivors are one brother and a sister,
Dr. J. H. Huston, of Clintondale, and
Mrs. Rogers, of Bellefonte. The funeral
will be held at three o’clock this (Friday)
afternoon. Rev. McKinney will officiate
and burial be made in the Union ceme-
tery.
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RAMEY.—Mrs. Ella Ramey, widow of
John F. Ramey, died at her home in Ty-
rone on Tuesday morning, following a
stroke of apoplexy. While she had not
been in the best of health for some time
she was around as usual and was strick-
en while in the act of getting dinner,
dying almost instantly.
Deceased was a daughter of Samuel
ard Nancy Musser and was born near
Pine Grove Mills on September 11th,
1855,-hence was in her -sixty-first year.
On October 12th, 1882, she was united in.
marriage to John F. Ramey and the first
few years of their married | life were
it t Unionville, “Tater they n moved
to Tyrone. Mr. Ramey died some years
ago butfsurviving her are five children,
Misses Mary. A. and Nancy, at
home; Edward M., of Pittsburgh; Aus-
tin S., of Bridgeport, Conn., and ‘Miss
Edith, a nurse in training at the Univer"
sity’ ‘hospital, Philadelphia. She - also
leaves one step-daughter, Mrs. Harry S.
Musser, of State College, and the follow-
ing brothers and sisters: E.R, I. M., Dr.
W. S. and M. C. Musser and Mrs. E. E.
McClintock, all of Tyrone; J. Howard, of
State College; Mrs. L. M. Houser, of
Pennsylvania Furnace, and Mrs. C. H.
Lowe, of Clifton, Arizona.
Rev. H.' W. Bieber, pastor of the Pres-
byterian church of which she was a
member, officiated at the funeral which
was held at one o'clock yesterday after-
noon, burial being made in the Grand
view cemetery, Tyrone.
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IpDINGS.—Edward I. Iddings, a well
known resident of Unionville, died quite
suddenly at nine o'clock last Friday
morning. About eight o’clock he went
to a fire at the Howard C. Peters barber
shop and after the danger was all over
walked home and dropped dead as the
result of heart failure.
Deceased was a son of William aid
Sarah Iddings and was born in Union
‘township on November 19th, 1857, hence
at his death was 58 years, 4 months and
12 days old. He was a laborer by occu-
pation‘and an estimable citizen. He was
a membér'of the Methodist church and
thejOdd Fel ows. Surviving him are his.
wife, ‘Who before her marriage was Miss:
Hannah Parsons, and one sister and two
brothers, namely: Mrs. Addie Irwin, of |
Union township; Ellis Iddings, of Hunt-
ingdon, and Maurice, of Union township. .
Revs. W. A. Lepley and M. C. Piper had
charge of the funeral which was held at
two o'clock on Sunday afternoon, burial
being made in the upper Unionville cem-
etery.
BOWERSOX.— Mrs. Mary Bowersox,
widow of John Bowersox, died at her
home at Aaronsburg on Tuesday, of gen-
eralidebility. She was a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. John Fredericks and was born
in Hartley township, Union county, on
May 14th, 1821, being at her death 94
years, 10 months and 20 days old. Her |
husband has been dead twelve years but
surviving her are the following children:
Dr. D. F. Bowersox, of Aaronsburg, and
John A., of Sensor, Pa. She also leaves
one brother, Samuel Fredericks, of Hart-
ley township, Union county. Funeral
services will be held in Wolfe’s chapel
at ten o’clock this morning by Rev. M.
D. Geesey, following which burial will
be made in the cemetery adjoining the
| of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Miller and was |
‘Tueringerin society. The funeral was
_comer,
burial was made in the Boalsburg ceme-
‘Gunden, of Pleasant Gap, died on Sunday
chapel.
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GOWLAND. Following a prolonged ill-
He
Gowland and was .born in" Middle-
| borough, Yorkshire,: England, on- May
| 30th, 1847, hence was almost sixty-nine
years-of age.: His'grand-father built the
first railroad constructed in England.
. When but two years old Gowland came
later they moved to Williamsport and in|
He enlisted for service during the Civil
war on February 8th, 1864, as a member
of Company G, Eighth Penna.” Vols., and
saw some hard fighting, taking part in
located in Philipsburg he went to work
as a machinist in his father’s foundry
continuing there until May, 1884, ‘when
he was appointed post-master of Philips-
burg, serving four years. In 1888 he as-
sumed charge of ‘his fathers’s foundry
which was later incorporated under the
firm name of the Gowland Manufactur-
ing company. In 1904 he was reappoint,
ed postmaster of Philipsburg and served
until 1913, since which time he has lived
aretired life. He was a member of St.
Paul’s Episcopal church, of Philipsburg,
of John W. Geary Post No. 90, G. A. R.;
the Knights of Malta, a Mason in high
standing and a member of the Philips-
burg club. He served one term as bur-
gess of Philipsburg, was a councilman |
three years and a school director thir- |
teen years. :
He is survived by his wife and two |
children, as well as one brother. The
funeral was held on Saturday afternoon
at three o'clock. Rev. F. T. Eastment
officiated and burial in the Philipsburg |
cemetery was made under the auspides|
of the Masons.
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McBATH.—Miss Lillian McBath died at
the home of her brother, William Mec-
Bath, at State College, on Sunday morn-
ing, as the result of a paralytic stroke
sustained two weeks previous. She was
a daughter of the late William McBath
and was born at Oak Hall seventy-five
years ago, but most of her life was spent
at State College. She was a kind and
gracious lady and had many friends who
sincerely mourn her death. Surviving
her are the following brothers and sis-
ters: Mrs. Ellen Weibly, Mrs. Sarah
Royer, William and Francis, all of State.
College; Frank, of Altoona; Thomas, in
the west, and Mrs. Harriet Corl at Stru-
ble. Rev. W. H. Traub officiated at - the
funeral which was held at 1.30 o'clock on
Wednesday afternoon, burial being made
in the Pine Hall cemetery.
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AUMAN.—Mrs. Carrie B. Auman, wife
of L. P. Auman, died on Tuesday at her
home at the toll gate in the Millheim
Narrows, after an illness of three weeks
with pneumonia. She was a daughter
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born in Miles township about forty years
ago. Surviving her are her husband and
one son, Paul, at home; also the follow-
ing brothers and sisters: Harry and
Charles, of Madisonburg; Lloyd and
Clarence, of Edison, Ohio; John, of
Leedsdale, Pa.; Edward, in Illinois; Mrs,
William Limbert and Mrs. Calvin Rishel;
of Madisonburg. The funeral services will
be held at ten o'clock tomorrow morning
by Rev. W. D. Donat, after which burial
will be made in the Fairview RHplery.
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‘HARKINS.—Mrs. Catherine Harkins;
widow of William Harkins, of Tyron
died last Thursday evening at the hode:
of her daughter, Mrs. Frank Walters, of
McKeesport, after a month’s illness with
pneumonia. She was sixty-six years old,
was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David
J. Mattern and was born at Huntingdon
Furnace. In addition to her daughter
she is survived by one son, Jesse Mat-
tern, of Northwood, near Tyrone. She
also leaves four sisters, Mrs; ~' Wil-
liam Meredith, Mrs. Port Thompson and
Mrs. John Woodring, all of Tyrone, and
Mrs. George L. VanTries, of Pittsburgh,
but who made her home in Bellefonte a
number of years. Burial was made at |
Tyrone on Saturday afternoon.
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ZeRBY.—D. Howard Zerby died at his
home at State College at 2.30 o'clock
last Friday morning after an illness of
only twelve days with pneumonia. He
was born in Nippenose valley and was
fifty-eight years old last November. He
was a contractor by occupationand had
lived at the College -a number of years.
He was married to Miss Clara Rishel
who survives with one daughter, Flor-
ence. He also leaves four brothers and
five sisters. He was a member of the
Odd Fellows, the Moose and the German
held on Monday afternoon. Rev. E. Ful-
of Bellefonte, officiated ‘and
tery.
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PrROBST.—Mrs. Emma Probst, wife of
Fountain Probst, of Swissvale, Clinton
county, and a sister of Emanuel Van
afternoon after an illness of some weeks
with heart trouble and dropsy, aged thir-
ty-six years. She is survived by her hus-
band and three children, as well as four
brothers and two sisters. Burial was
made in the Swissvale cemetery on Wed-
BROWN.—Mrs. Minnie Ella Brown, wife
of Rev. W. H. Brown, of Millheim, died
on Saturday morning after four days ill-
ness with pneumonia. She was a daugh.
ter of Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Wetzel and was
born at New Berlin, Snyder county, on
August 17th, 1872, making her age 43
years, 7 months and 14 days. She was
married to Rev. Brown on December
22nd, 1896, and ‘he survives with six chil-
dren, namely: Lucy J., Ruth A., Good J.,
Hugh A.; Minnie L. and Carradean, all at
home - She also leaves one sister, Mrs.
I. C. Brown, of Lewisburg. Funeral
services were held in the United Evan-
gelical church at Millheim on Tuesday
morning at which the officiating minis-
ters were ‘presiding elder C. L. Zones,
Rev. M. I. Jamison, of Williamsport, and
Rev. E. Crumbling. On Tuesday after-
noon the remains were taken to Man-
chester, York county, where final serv-
ices were held on Wednesday afternoon
by Rev. A. B. Dobble, burial being made
in the Manchester cemetery.
News Asour IL O. O. F. Day.—All ar-
rangements for the big I. 0.0. F. day
are just about completed. The commit-
tee has already heard from bands from
the following places: Williamsport, Ber-
wick, Pine Grove Mills, Snow Shoe,
Orphans’ Home band of Sunbury and
Our Boys band of Milesburg.
The Orphans’ Home band and Our
Boys band will act as escort for lodges
to their headquarters.
Arrangements are being made for a
special excursion to Pennsylvania State
College after the parade, to allow visitors
to the anniversary to see this great in-
stitution of learning.
A prize drill for Cantons will be held
immediately after the parade.
Burgess Blanchard will make the ad-
dress of welcome. Response by Rev. B.
H. Hart, Past Grand Master, and others.
A session of Rebekah Assembly will be
held in hall of Centre Lodge in the after-
noon.
Special session of Grand Lodge, Ltd.,
| will be held in the hall of Centre Lodge
in the evening,
BAIRD—ORRIS.—On Saturday afternoon
Samuel B. Baird, of Burnham, and Miss
Madge A. Orris, of Bellefonte, were mar-
ried in the Methodist church at Miles-
burg by the pastor, Rev. Mr. Lepley, the
ring ceremony being used. There were
no attendants and only the immediate
relatives were present.
The bride is a daughter of the late Mr.
and Mrs. Samuel Orris, of Boggs town-
ship, and for a number of years has been
stenographer for Col. W. Fred Reynolds,
making her home with her brother-in-
law, Elmer E. Davis, since the death of
Mrs. Davis, her sister, several years ago.
‘The bridegroom is a son of Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Baird, of Milesburg, and holds a
good position in the e Standarg steel, works
* \at"Burnham. “After a wedding” trip east’
Mr. and Mrs. Baird will take up their
residence at Lewistown. The WATCH-
MAN extends congratulations.
ERLENMYER—MCLEOD.—The
Brethren parsonage was the scene of a
pretty wedding at noon on Monday when
Miss Ruby’C. V'~Leod, daughter of the
pastor, Rev. and Mrs. I. Hugh McLeod,
was united in marriage to M.!Luther Er-
lenmyer, of Liverpool, Pa. The ceremony
was performed by the bride's father in’
the presence of a few invited friends.
Following a delicious wedding breakfast
Mr. and Mrs. Erlenmyer departed on a
brief wedding trip east, after which they
will go to housekeeping in Liverpool
where their already furnished home
awaits them.
ApaMS—Lucas.—On Wednesday . of
last week a pretty wedding was cele-
brated at the home of Mr. and Mrs."
Arista Lucas, at Unionville, when their
daughter, Miss Martha Lucas, was united
in marriage to Everett A. Adams, of
Pittsburgh. Only the immediate friends |.
were present to witness the ceremony
which was performed by Rev. W. A.
Lepley, pastor of the Methodist church,
the beautiful ring ceremony being used.
Mr. and Mrs. Adams will reside in Pitts-
burgh.
WHITTAKER—BARTLEY— Word has Just
been received in Bellefonte of the mar-
riage on February 5th of Harry M. Whit-
taker and Miss Theresa Bartley, of Bos-.
ton, Mass. The wedding was a quiet one
and took place in St. Paul's cathedral,
Boston, Rev. Henrv Goddard officiating.
For the present they will make their
home with the bride’s mother at 74 Glen-
way St., Dorchester, Mass. The bride is
a daughter of the late David Bartley, of
this place, and has many friends in Belle-
fonte.
SHOWERS—HAUPT—A pretty wedding
took place at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
P. H. Haupt, in Milesburg, iast Saturday
evening, when their daughter, Miss Lisba
Bette Haupt, was united in marriage to
George Showers, of Pleasant Gap. The
ceremony was performed by Rev. M. C.
Piper. The young couple went imme-
diately to their already furnished home
at Pleasant Gap, where Mr. Showers is
employed at the Whiterock quarries.
WIAN—SHAY—John S. Wian, of Belle-
fonte, and Miss Blanche Shay, of Miles-
burg, were married at the United Evan-
gelical parsonage in Lock Haven, on Sat-
urday afternoon of last week, by the
pastor, Rev. A. F. Weaver. The bride-
groom is an employee of the Pennsyl-
vania Match company in this place and
the young couple will make their home
here.’
nesday afternoon.
——Put your ad. in the WATCHMAN.
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United’
.three-inch guns.
-Elberon, 1,
‘was virtually destroyed by fire, the
a # Hoe
STETSON' s “UNCLE Tom’s CABIN”"—The
above well and favorably known com-
pany is to play a return engagement at
the Opera house, Thursday evening,
April 13th. This company is owned and
managed by Leon W. Washburn, is the
oldest in existence and reco lized as be-
ing the leader of its class. .he organiza-
tion includes a full troup of jubilee singers,
plantation dancers and musicians. Every-
thing is new and right up-to-the-minute.
The company is bigger, brighter and bet-
ter than ever before, Bumbering over
thirty people.
——The barber shop of Howard C.
Peters, at Unionville, was the scene of a
fire last Friday ‘morning, though ' the
flames were fortunately extinguished be-
fore any very great damage was done.
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‘The French advance on the Verdun
front east of the Meuse river has driv-
en the Germans out of their positions
in Caillette woods, northeast of Ver-
dun.
The Paris war office, in its official
statement, announced that the French
have advanced to the German com-
municating trenches north of these
woods.
The French gains in the Verdun sec-
tor were secured through powerful
counter attacks which followed Ger-
man assaults against the French po-
sitions south of Douaumont village.
Not only were the German attacks
unsuccessful, the Teutons losing heav-
ily, but the crown prince’s forces were
compelled to fall back in the direc-
tion of Bois Chauffour, . which lies
northwest of Douaumont. As a result
of the French gains in that region the
Germans’ hold on Douaumont village
is becoming precarious.
The French counter-drive was made
after a tremendous bombardment with
guns of all calibre, from 3-inch up to
15-inch. The German positions were
swept with shells. Fresh troops re-
leased from other parts of the front
by the extension of the British line
into positions formerly held by the
French, were used against the Ger-
mans. .
After the ground had been battered
by several hundred toms of projectiles,
a thin line of riffiemen debouched frcin
Chauffour wood. The Germans ad
vanced by short bounds toward the
French trenches, situated about 300
yards south of the village. A second
and a third line followed at equal dis-
tances, with small supporting and t-
tacking columns in the rear. Tuis
formation has been noticed during the
last few days, and is regarded by the
French as proof that the Germans
havebeen screly punished in their pre-
vious assaults in serried ranks.
But the change proved ineffective.
The first line of rifiemen advanced to
within fifty yards of the French
trenches and there had to, drop to the
ground under heavy blasts of shrap-
nel and sustained musketry. The sec-
ond and third lines attempted to ad-
vance. to: the support: of the first, but
were stopped far in thé” fear by: ma-
chine gun fire. .
The Germans in the first line were
in a critical position. ‘Shrapnel work-
ed. havoc among them. : To charge was
out of the question and ‘as long as
they remained at the point to which
they had advanced they were exposed
to a decimating fire. The second and
third lines were little bétter off, for
they were within range of the French
The entire attack-
ing force finally adopted the only
. move open, retreating under a raking’
fire to Chauflour wood. They left half
their number on the field. At least
three regiments (7000 men) took part
in the attack.
Chauffour wood proved to be an in-
secure shelter, for the French artil-
‘lery, increasing its range, covered that
entire area. It demolished shelters
and piled up the ‘German Tosses.
‘For the first time in the whole bat-
tle the German check ‘was followed
by a disorderly flight to cover, say
despatches from the front received in
‘Paris.
The action is regarded by. ‘military
critics as of great significance, show-
ing that the Germans, even with their
new formation, are unable to escape
the furious responses of French artil-
lery; that the French positions though
they may be vulnerable at certain and
exposed points, cannot be shaken. and
‘that the French counter offensive .is
exective,
- $100,000 Home Burned.
The summer home of Daniel Gug-
genheim, president of the: American
Smelting and Refining company, at
near Long Branch, N. J,
loss being estimated at $100,000. The
residence, which was one of the finest
on the New Jersey coast, was unoccu-
pled.
Smallpox To
The epidemic of smallpox in
Paint’ township, Pa., where = six-
teen persons are ill of the disease,
has crossed the line into Adams town-
ship, Cambria county, where every ef-
fort is being made to prevent its
spread. All the cases in Somerset
county are among miners and tireir
families.
LYNCHED FOR OR AIDING SON |
Father Helped Accused Colored Boy
in Attempted Flight.
Joseph Black, colored, was :aken
from the Lenoir county jail at King
ston, N. C., by a mob of armed men
and lynched.
He was the father of the sixteen
year-old William Black, who was re
moved last week from the Greene
county jail to the state prison in Ra
leigh to prevent a lynching.
William Black is charged with crim-
inal assault. Joseph Black was charg:
ed with having assisted his son to at:
tempt to escape.
| Edinburgh Raided
‘on Dunkirk, France.
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by Zeppelins
Berlin Says Dirigibles Also Shelled
Leith, Firth of Forth Docks, New
Castle and the Tyne Factories.
Edinburg and Leith, dock establish
ments on the Firth of Forth and an
important ship building works on the
Tyne were attacked Sunday night in
& Zeppelin raid over England and
Scotland, the admiralty in Berlin an
nounced.
There 9were numerous fires and vio
lent explosions. A battery near New
castle was silenced. All the Zeppe
lins returned safely.
Zeppelins again appeared over Greal
Britain Sunday night, killing ten and
injuring seven persons in Scotland
There were no casualties in England
whose eastern counties were visited
It was the third raid on successive
| nights, beginning Friday.
The casualties were officially listed
as follows: Killed seven men, no wo
men, three children; injured, five men
two women and four children. The
British official statement says:
“It appears that altogether six Zep
pelins took part in the raids of Sun
day night. Three raided southeasi
counties of Scotland, one the north
east coast of England and the remain
ing two eastern counties of England
“The vessels which raided Scotland
cruised over southeastern counties
Their course gave no indication of any
special locality for attack, but thirty
six explosive and seventeen incendiary
bombs were dropped on various places,
damaging some hotels and dwelling
houses.
“One vessel visited the northeast
coast and dropped twenty-two explo
sive and fifteen incendiary bombs. The
two remaining ships crossed the Eng
lish coast over eastern counties. They
were both engaged at various times
by anti-aircraft artillery and appear
to have been prevented by this means
from selecting any definite locality as
their objective.
“Thirty-three explosive and sixty
five incendiary bombs were dropped
by these two vessels. As far as has
been ascertained no casualties were
caused in England.”
Confirmation of recent reports that
the latest Zeppelin raids have been
for the purpose of locating the British
grand fleet is seen in the fact that the
coast of Scotland was atZtacked. The
Zeppelins are now being equipped with
a new kind of searchlight of high pow:
er and also illuminating bombs which
are used in searching the land and
water beneath the ships,
A careful search was made of the
coast and particularly the harbors
where the iermans evidently expect
ed to find warships at anchor.
Zeppelin Shells Dunkirk.
A German Zeppelin _dropped bombs
Two civilians
were killed.
The raid on Dunkirk is believed tc
"have been in retaliation for the recent
allied raid on the German air base
in Schleswig-Holstein.
Amsterdam despatches say that
Count Zeppelin was called to the kai
ser’s headquarters after the Schles
wig-Holstein raid and that they there
worked out with General von Falken.
hayn, chief of staff, plans for a greai
aerial campaign.
Asserts Hughes Will Run.
The Washington Star carries an
article that Supreme Court Jus
tice Hughes will accept the Repub:
lican presidential nomination “if it
comes ‘to him without protest, and is
tendered on the ground that his party
considers him the man most likely to
wrest the control of the government
from the Democrats.”
The article says that the statement
is based on the opinion of important
men in the Republican party.
“lt is conviction without direct
proof upon which ‘the statement rests
and is accepted by Republican leaders
as a “finality,” the Star adds.
Friends of Justice Hughes refused
to make any comment on the report,
Use Snow to Fight Fire.
By using snow instead of water, the
La Porte (Fa.) hotel was saved from
destruction by fire.
The borough owns a reel of hose,
but when flames were seen issuing
from the windows of the hotel office
nobody seemed to know where to lo:
cate the hose, and men with shovels
and buckets carried great quantities
of snow into the building. The hose
finally was found, but in the meantime
the fire had been overcome.
Some of the guests were removed
from the upper stories with ladders.
There is four feet of snow in Sulli
van county.
Playing Circus May Be Fatal.
Playing circus ‘may result fatally
for Ean Berkheimer, five years old,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Berkheim:
er, of Mechanicsburg, Pa, He was
trying to stand on a playmates
shoulders when he lost his balance
and fell to the ground, sustaining a
concussion of the brain.
Bar Booze From City Hall.
By a vote of sixteen to nine, town
council of Norristown, Pa, pass-
ed a ruling instructing the custodian
of the city hall to require every renter
‘of the hall to agree that there shall
be no intexicating liquor served on the
premises and no gambling permitted.
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Pistol Kills Doctor's Brother.
Dr. William A," McHugh, of Un-
lontown, Pa., and his brlother, Leo,
were examining a new automatic pis-
tol when the weapon was discharged
Recidentally and Leo was killed.