SNAPSHOTS AT STATE NEWS All Pennsylvania Gleaned for items of Interest. REPORTS ABOUT CROPS GOOD Farmers Busy in Churches Raising Funds for Many Worthy Objects—Items of Busi ness and Pleasure that Intereat. land, was Killed. Rebuked by a parent for remaining out later than usual, 18-year-old Nellie Metzinger a runaway at Dale. is Taliness may cause the death of Henry Welsh, Hokendauqua, who frac. tured his skull bumping into a low doorway. Solomon Teed, of Oregon Hill, Ly- coming county, now 83 years old, has ghot more than 50 deer during his hunting career. Run down in the Tunnel Cut by a passenger train, Frank Bartled, of Auburn, died in the Homeopathic Hos pital, Reading. Cancer developed from the blow of a chip steel 10 years ago caused the death of James Dougherty, aged 60, at Catasauqua. a Of James H. Hess, John E. Clouser and Allen H. Miller, fined $20 each for forestalling the Reading markets, have appealed the case, Stumbling into a roller Bethlehem planing 1 of Hellertown, left arr machine at nili, Robert sustained a a Veisel, badly crushed Despite t the horse 6 he popularity of the the auto, in Blair representing years. is on increase aaa 4 registered, of 407 in 10 county, an Increase a hides = TH ry a Dridge at Ston- Seller, Of the collapse Emanuel G a Shamo- fractures collarbone, sustained Charged embezzlen rato, na sary at Glen ger of the n Onoko, Chunk. The Womelsdorf Consolidated Wa- ter Company has drilled an artesi 1 # } hh de esan 1 it hy VL well 370 200 pounds of the Cod OGorus hriver VAS hemorrhages > Ty the coming pol formed at Al shopmen Ket 3 became lost at cafe man wio arrived Lancaster Mt Gretna, and aome has The body of 15-vear-old Lena Cage, daughter of a well Waynesbur merchant, missing quar- rel, was found by » bank of Ten-Mile to do after boys on Creek. The first ton clock in Milton placed steeple of the terian urch July 8, 1857, only one in the town at the church. was in the Ch 1 Presby- the present is on and same Pitching from a third story scafffiid at a York picture theatre, David Ems. wiler alighted on back, sustaining internal injuries and breaking his right arm in two places. Thieves of Milton A 108 crushed Harry Grube, $250 from East the home Mauch Chunk stole Terry, off the left hand of jethiehem. Two gypsies, charged with the dis appearance of $50 from the harness shop of A. J. Smith, at Mauch Chunk, while telling his fortune, were found not to have the money when searched, concrete curb have reached the ears of the Montour county seat solons, nine Councilmen that town with pointers. a view to getting By decree of the Franklin County Court, Mont Alto, the location of the white pine camp for consumptives, became a borough August 23. The borough officers will be chosen at a special election, Suit for $15,000 damages for the death of her husband has een started against the Jerkey Central Rallroad by Mrs. Alice Wetzel, East Mauch Chunk. Mrs, Edward Miller, of Muncy, nar rowly escaped being bitten by a rat tlesnake., She was picking berries from some low bushes when her hand came against the reptile. She was badly frightened and jerked away be fore the snake could strike. When she recovered herself sufficiently to get a stick the snake had disappeared. [HE PARCEL POST WILL BE EXTENDED | Burleson Says Changes Will Go | Into Effect August 15. | SENATE COMMITTEE AGREED. i . m——— | Inter - State Commerce Commission | Chairman Explains What That Body Had Given Its Sanction, Washington. — Despite Senatorial | eriticism of the proposed heavy re duction in parcel post rates and the increase In the size of packages to 20 pounds for 150 miles and Post master-General Burleson announced that he would issue the final orders at once putting the changes in effect August 15. The announcement came after the wisdom of making the changes had been subjected to a searching review before the Senate Postoffice Commit: | tee in the presence of the Postmaster General. Chairman less, Clark, of the Commerce Commission, explaining why the commission had sanctioned Inter-State the proposed changes, said he believed the Postmaster-General power under the law to make them. “1 am convinced that the Postoffice | Department ought to, can and will ex- | tend the parcél post until it will carry | all packages up 100 " he | added, The sentiment of a large majority of the members of the Postoffice Com mittee, ofter Mr man Clark had addressed them, was that Mr. Burleson was within his au-| thority when he ordered the changes The hearing developed opposition from only two persons—Senator| Bryan, of Florida, and Senator Bris » A oe - 5 tow, of Kansas of committee nators of Tenn and Lala, i y i had ample | | to pounds, Burleson and Chair Diemoers { oe of par Virginia, Bank! backed Senators, icularly Bwanson, essen, strongly Several Mr. Burleson had overstepped thority in discontinuing ti i parcel t stamp and ordin stamp ge packages. The comn again to further dis Lea, up { ioweve pos ary new lO MaKe » Is In the instance, law packages and now 600.600.000." Mr irle introduction of increased 21.63 went ¥ sse1l Manta we they B added that since the on of the parcel post Postoffice cent, the the re had biggest office the Chicago per history cepits increase in the of the ¥ He sald the Government will make 10 profit Senator Bryan be a 5 cents on 20-pound packages declared the re loas of cents FALLS 110 FEET. Bteeplejack Waves Hospital Attendants Agide and Walks Home. St. Louis —After falling 110 fest, from the top of a smokestack to a steel roof, and after stopping with his head a bucket of tar followed him in the plunge, Edward Horner, a; steeplefack at the Granite City (IL) | steel works, waved aside hospital at | tendants who had come to remove his remains, afld then walked half a mile { to his home There a physician { Horner's head and shoulders badly bruised and that he was prob | ably internally injured, he might re | cover, i i which had sald, although | were DISESTABLISHMENT HALTED. | Lords Treat Welsh Bill Ag They Did | Home-Rule Measure, § London. —The House of Lords treat. | i od the Welsh disestablishment bill ex: | actly sas ft did the Home Rule bill. | | By a vote of 242 to 48 the Lords re. | | fused to give the bill a second read | ing and adopted a motion declining to | proceed with its consideration “until iit had been submittted to the judg | ment of the country.§ CITY FATAL. - Pottstown (Pa) Man, Bewildered, Run Down By Team. FIRST TRIP TO BIG Philadelphia. Paying his first visit to a big city, Lewis Knaster came here from Pottstown, Pa, and was kill ed by a big auto truck. Knaster, who was 50 vears old, left the railroad train at one of the busiest corners in| the city. Hecoming confused In middle of the street, he was run down | by the truck while dodging a horse drawn vehicle, oo IR Copyright.) WOMEN VOTING Ready for Inevitable, Says Secretary of Navy. — so - HE ADDRESSES CIVIC LEAGUE Ruler Of Speech American Sea Force Makes in San Francisco Full Of Fine Sentiment Regarding Woman and Home. women and Secretary 2, - eb ip ¢ 3 Other pubii Onl from ollege nployed . away of residence, all « are of age, and all drum iiroad by gd men can vote COATLESS IN COURT, Such Even In Shirt Sleeves. Pittsburgh. Clerks in the Court of Common Pleas, Judge Marshall sitting. appeared without their “A man is a gentleman he has his coat on or not.” Brown - in deciding that could appear coatless in Judge the attaches COST OF CHILDREN. Miss Maher, Expert Swimmer, sents $3,481.94 Invested Miss Winnie Boston. Maher, represents an investment of $3,481.94, according to her mother. school it will cost $2L.000, says Mrs, Maher, FOR NON-PARTISAN NOMINATION Tener Signs Bill Applying To Judges and Two Cities, Gov. Harrisburg. Pa.--Governor Tener signed the bill providing for the nomi nation by non-partisan ballot of all judges in Pennaylvania from the high: est to the lowest court of record. The new law also provides for the nomi nation by non-partisan ballot of all municipal officers In second-class cities, Pittsburgh and Scranton are the only cities in the second-class, A ANS Wilson Prohibits Shipment of Arms Info Mexico. NEUTRALITY TO BE STRICT, Administration Deprived Of Privilege Previously Accorded Madero Govern ment. Ar hinge 4 1711) ¥ betas Washington President Wilson has obtain United ghall ti revolution or ammunition 3 §og Mexican from the 50 GIRL WORKERS Fifty Others Are Injured in Factory Fire. WOMEN JUMP FROM WINDOWS Thought a Genuine Alarm Was “Test” and Did Not Out Roars Through Structure Whirlwind, Blaze a Hasten Like Thought Alarm Fire valking | When he fire gong ilfam Bennett floor, coming up the st: 1 We 3 clock the second noticed a smoke frway the first alarm and the gongs rang throughout the bullding So quick the fire that before and fellow-employes floor could reach the yim the entrance on He pushed the fire was Bennett his that fie on CRCADER smoke the stair the except a fire rod filled and the flames were This is exit from tt} escape at the MN WAS leaping up 8a to have been building back Way only i fire PISA TOWER IN DANGER Famous World's Wonder Will Be served in This ite Was girictast the interpretation aw decided after and of Committees Benge 8 pon President conferences witl ator Bacon Representative ood, chairmen the Ww Congressional on Foreign Relation Mexican rebels getting no arms ty Lo While the HAVE Lee heretofore, lntest ' is velopmen that the tion will be reviously vernment mean deprived Iiviiege p goecorded Madero (+O) tha and United States will treat all sides » present dispute Constitutionaliste Complained. The repeated Fituation was precipitated complaints of he Co nalists and thalr vents onalist ana their evmpathnl tis hat country t not wvirtuali) CAnVAss Relations REJECT ROUMANIA'S PROPOSAL. Greece and Servia Opposed To a Pro visional Armistice. Ri definitely manian proposal for the cond a provisic nal armistice during t con ference at Nish. The two Govern ments say they can consent to the hostilities only after the an armistice and of the liminaries great {reece the insion umania and rejected Rou of hie cessation o signature of peace pre PARDONS DYING MAN, erate Soldier Freedom. Washington George W, Nunley, a Confederate vet. Strengthened At Base To Pre- vent Fall, Plsa~-The leaning is to be strengthened he tower has been falling more out of a li ! the perpendicular every vear and its condition Is now very dangerous {ower | base Is to ve widened and filled up to the level of the square, CAT CAUSED DEATH. { Jumped On Owner's Shoulder While He Was Handling Razor. Paris.-~A pet eat jumped upon Edmund Hury's shoulder while he was | shaving and caused him to cut a gash in his throat from which he died CARRIED DYNAMITE IN BASKET. Seven Sticks Explode and Only Bits Of Body Are Found. Rochester, N. Y.--Seven sticks of dynamite which John Everitt was carrying in a basket out of a shed in the heart of the town of Honeoye ex: ploded and blew him to pleces. The shed disappeared skyward, nearby buildings rocked, windows were broken for a wide area and residents thrown into a panic. Only bits of Everitt's body were recovered, at once the prisoner's oneyear sen: tence for making a false claim pension. He sent vember, 1912, as a Unidbn soldier. WAR DR. ASBURY FOUND GUILTY. West Virginia Legislator Convicted On Bribery Charges. Webster Springs, W, Va-—Dr. H. 8. Asbury, the Putnam county legislator, was found guilty of bribery by a jury here tion. Senator B. A. Smith Jury to arrive at a verdict and two hours by the Dele. gate Rath Duff Jury. PROTECT THE MEADOW LARK. Department Of Agriculture Says They Kill Injurious Pests, Washington, «~~ Protect and en courage the meadow lark, for its prin- cipal diet consists of cotton boll and alfalfa weevils, grasshoppers and pre. daceous gorund beetles, advises ihe Department of Agriculture. While the bird, It Is acknowledged, does some damage to sprouting grain, its value as a destroyer of injurious insects is shown to be far greater. SEEKING AID OF "BOB WHITE” i — — i | Farmers Turn to Birds Fer Pro- tection Against Incect Pest EXTENSIVE LOSSES FEAR Destructive Pugs Rampant About Al. toona-—~Nothing Escapes Their Ra- vages — Agricultural Expert Ag vocates Propogation of Birds toona Farmers Al 1 Ar pant VAR es “aiity alnount Rn he clares placed thn pent to th the Deen for Old Maids. Line of proposed Gardner, an 8 Violated Game Laws. Wilkes Barre — Wy i gecretarsy of the Di lock. Nine and Kiitboldt paid single Both with having sold againet Roege ded offense HATE i suspen Was i for a ETO charged Year Cranberries Grow on Wreck Site. Marietta years ago there freight the Downing and Lancaster Railroad. near ht the lower end of th considerable scattered the road and the field. A bed of cranberries is in full bloom at that point and it is be: lieved they took seed from this wreck. age. It Is the only cranberry bed in the county and is attracting much at tention. Several was wreck on town Chure county, a own, in e and over fruit was in now Last Smoke on Powder Kegs. Shamokin. Probably his last smoke-—at least under similar circum. | stances—was taken by Enoch Sadonie i on a powder keg In Richard mine While Sadonic puffed at a cigarette, | an explosion followed, caused, it is thought, by a spark falling into the keg. Sadonic was so badly burned that he will likely die Luzerne County Judge. Harrisburg Gov. Tener signed the bill for a fifth judge in Luzerne coun- ty and named Benjamin R. Jones for the place. “We Will Never Wed." Sunbury. ~-This borough has an “Old Maids’ Club.” as they term it. Seven young women, all in their twenties, have formed an organization, which has for fits slogan “We will never wed.” Miss Hetta Fulton, who has big blue eyes, golden hair and rosy cheeks is its president. She sald today: “No, sir; we will never wed If we grow old with no husbands to love, or children to cherish us, we will have to be contented with the proverbial cats and parrots to comfort us and be our companions.” "
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