SNAPSHOTS AT | STATE NEWS All Pennsylvania Gleaned for Items of Interest. , REPORTS ABOUT CROPS GOOD Sint Farmers Busy In Every Locality— Churches Rairing Funds for Many Worthy Objects—Iitems of Busi- ness “nd Pleasure that Interest. Mormons have established a mission fu Altoona. Twelve hundred persons signed peti. tions asking that Newberry be made “dry.” Thecdore Madar, working in the Enterprise mine, Shamokin, was killed by a fall of coal. The Harman-Cogger steel plant at Bloomsburg has been purchased by John H. Bodine, of New York of Summit Hill 8 for the erec- 000 church. The Slavic residents are getting in readine tion of a handsome $27 Alfred Snyder has sold the famous ¢ld Fountain Hotel at Allentown to Albert Roth and will » from busi ness. 3 vO at Allen fell an sd a fracture On Frank Kent, walked around with a broken shoulder for & week before he discovered the extent ©; his injury. an old-fashioned fiying-board shooting match bh Gouglersville, Aaron White and James Epler won a 400-pound hog By » upsetting of Topton, Charles Fas Hoff thrown er's left f tured. iTac thelr Lael sleigh at and John the snecht were out and arm Ethan A. Bickel, for 7¢ dent of Spring City the street with paralvsl critical condition. a resi. in is In a Years was stricken 5, and The Washington Fire Company, Reading, has presented a fine mahog- any clock Washington F Com- pany, No. 7, of Wilmington. of to ire The choi an Church sacred cantata, der the dire r of the Spring City Luther ning presented the | “The Holy City,” un- tion of Miss Katie Cook. ast eve Hunting a broken by the fall of a Mahanoy City, overcome by the most suffocated Eas pipe, snapped drunken James deadly man, at Frainer was fumes and al- The Rev. W. K. Fisher was installed &s pasior of the Shoemakersville Lu- theran parish by the Rev. C. E. Kist- ier, president of the Reading Confer ence, An innovation at the meeting of the Century Club, of Pottstown, was the admission of men to hear a song re- cital by Miss Esther B. White, of Summit, N. J. The first United Evangelical Church, Reading, presented to its pastor, the Rev, A. J. Brunner, a purse contain- ing $117, as he left for the annual conference at Bangor. George Eberly, formerly of Holll- daysburg, has been appointed division engineer of the Wheeling division of | the Baltimore & Ohie Railroad. with keadquartiers at Wheeling, W. Va. Blinded by snow and unable to hear the whistle, while Bis overcoat col! lar was over his ears, Frank Geist, 48 years old, was run down by a RHead- ing freight train near Mertztown and killed. Work on the Manataway Rallroad, | near Pottstown, will be resumed, be- <ause the company has agreed to the | West Pottstown supervis r's demands | to place a watchman at the proposed €rosstown crossing It took the services of an attorney and a constable to recover a loaned | baby which George Gudis had given to Mrs. John Houser, of Hazleton. to keep for him when his wife left him & few weeks ago. Because oil is trickling through the | water in Charles Dilliplane's well, at | Manataway, an oll company whose | pipes run through that part of Berks | County will drill an artisian well 250 | feet deep through solid limestone rock, i Philip Alexander, a saloonkeeper, of | Hazle township, was arrested by State | police, charged with baving sold Ii. guor on Sunday. - John D. Baxter, of Scranton, a Lack. awanna Railroad dispatcher, is on his way home with his lost son, who re. «ently served four years in the United States Army Signal Corps. The young: eter was found by means of an adver tisement in a Chicago newspaper, Young Baxter went West after leaving the service, and his father has tray. eled 2,400 miles to bring him home, UPON HUERTA Must Punish Those Who Killed Clemente Vergara. VILLA ALLOWS EXAMINATION General Villa To Allow the Body To Be Examined 8y Representatives Of the British and United States Governments. Washington Two hours of discus all its and his | of | . arl-§ sion of the Mexican by developed that any Washing gill situation in phases President Wilson Cabinet & unanimity opinion Lhe rived for the Though On governn reserving | £ the execution of | Briti subject, | MIGHT REGULATE WEATHER. Hill's Comment On Government Own. ership Of Railroads. New York he believed by Commission 48 state Asked if ownership « he said: “If the government will put on the active and pro vide them with food and raiment. this would a fine country. After that the government might undertake arrange the weather” of ratiroad sectrities the Commerce than by at present. ernment het as gov. would be ter commissions & favored h # of the railroads, reins people be to WASHINGTON A CHRISTIAN, Dr. McKim Bays the Great American Was Not a Deist. Washington Rev. Randolph H McKim, former president of the Episcopal House of Deputies, gave out a statement in which he denied that George Washington was not a Chris tian, but a Deist. Dr. McKim asserts that the great American was not only & baptized member of the English Church in the colonies, but a com- | municant as well. In support of his statement he produced a copy of a prayer written by George Washing ton, which expressed faith in the! divinity of Christ. : WOULD RESIGN FIRST, Governor Blease Raps Legislature In Vetoing a Bill, Columbia, 8. C.-"Before 1 would i Governor Blease, vetoing a bill for | medical inspection of children attend. | ing public schools in Richland county. | The Governor characterized such leg | fslation as “outrageous, uncalled for, | Hil-advised and dictatorial.” i FUNERAL SERVICE BY 'PHONE. : Dying Judge Has Wire From Parlor To Bed.room. Paterson, N. J.-A delicately adjust ed telephone installed for the purpose | made it possible for former Judge James Inglis, who 12 dying of pneu | monia, to hear the funeral service read | over the body of bis wife, Mra. Ela M. luglie. Though the service was | held In the parlor of the Inglis Lome, | Mr. Inglis was too weak to leave ius | bed roam upitalre, ' CENTRE HALL, PA. (GEE! 1 wish { COULD HAND IN AN (NOME SCHEDULE LIKEL, THAT GUY Rio LUCKY FELLOW Hi DONT HAVE 10 PAY ANY IN(OME TIRX HE OPERATOR TAKES BLAME Wireless Man on Nantucket Did Not Report Monroe's Calls. WAS READING NOVEL, HE SAYS Admits That Had He Been Alert Might Have Been May Collision Avoided—Rules Be Changed. Doel! Ket, whi Alsi Adolph + Nantue Monroe on CRUFILE in wobe | i making travel al sea safer by nulgating lo govern ocean tr of the val laws probably those pert 4 0 additional laws AS a Doehler resuit testimony the specially reading =a » exchange be and the Hamilton put down the respective down his book Ot Yaka . vrsdm ie * vessels, He explained of required to rules the Marconi was not re every he heard to the Nantucket. the changed, will be required to take every mes i their zone and in case messages give the position of a vessel the operator will be required to send & copy to the officer in charge without delay. Had Doehler taken the posi. tions of the Monroe and the Hamilton that night, he acknowledged that Cap tain Berry would have known he was in close proximity to the Monroe and would have proceeded with caution “1 didn’t think what they were sas ing was important enough.” Doehler explained, when asked why he had not copied the crossing. “1 only take down messages about derelicts and so forth,” he said. “We used to note down on our daily report all messages we picked up, but the Marconi Company ordered us to stop that some time ago. It took too much paper and too much time and the wireless man so busy he didn’t have time to send.” message rapiain of the Hereafter, if rules governing wireless can be operators gage crossing AN AMERICAN HMANGED. Huertans Capture and Carry Him Over into Mexico. Laredo, Texas —Clemento federal commander at that Mexican federals were stealing his horses from an island in the Rio Grande near Palafox, was lured to the island by promises of pay for the horses, knocked in the head and car ried into Mexico. FOLK ACCEPTS NEW POST. To Become Chief Counsel For Com. merce Board. Washington, Joseph WW, Folk, solicitor of the State Department, de- cided to accept the new post of chief after conferences with President Wil- son and Secretary Bryan. He prob. ably will take up his new office this week. No announcement hen been made an to his successor. FEELS ASD BETS NEW THIAL Appellate Court Says He Did Not Have a Chance. CENSURE FOR JUST.CE GOFF i The Court Decides That the Presiding Judge In the Court Below Mani. fested His Prejudice Against Accused Officer. of Appeal fit (s0fT € of his ared i { New Angle to Complication. g Le Ck Heao To The United A States ng Of ranza, Titular Constitutionalists, Clarify the Situation. Hidalgo as killed Letcher nhua, had that General of the for General Vil the relatives and an American the Ix n exhun taken to ersment ti #mination tary United B burial where she ma; body of ia MeRrRa; permit a wiv when mean by the al 8 compiels may be } Bryan told th perfor ¢ senators States was insistis American rep to see the body and that be made AON Aroy sUrgeon inquiry to exactly ps grave is located General Villa has hot last of Secretary the surrender of Benton's bods understood that Britis basador, Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, present, will be satisfied if there opportunity for an would determine whether shot by a pistol bullet or iets from a firing squad. It thought the Britiz} dor i= anxious that secured first. believing discuss the disposition of the body ean be taken up afterward. The army surgeon who will be detailed by Gen eral Scott, at Fort Bliss, to act with the British Consul, Che lex A. Per ceval, when he arrives El Paso, will report to the American govern ment on the condition of the Benton corpse request is the Ek an which Benton % § by rifle Autopsy WAS bul is he of evidence ion same at MORE MARINES FOR MEXICO. Transport Prairie Salls Today; the Cruiser Chester Friday. Mobile, Ala-—The naval transport Praivie will sail for Mexican waters with 300 marines after visiting Pensa cola, following her departure from thie ‘port tomorrow. The scout cruiser Chester will depart for Vera Cruz Fri day. 8he haa 300 marines aboard. NO TOGA FOR GLYNN. New York Governor Denies He 1s Out For the Senate. Albany, N. Y.-~When the attention of Governor Glynn was called to a report that suggested him as a candi date for United States senator to sue. coed Elihu Root, the governor said "merely: “I am not a candidate for (any office” A AN BECOME GOOD SAMARITANS, a Rural Carriers Can Scatter Grain For Birds On Their Routes. Washington.-~The Postoffice De. partment has become the good Samar. itan of the birds of the field and wiil permit the rural free delivery carriers to scatter grain for the birds on their routes. Representative Samuel Bo Winslow, of Massachusetts, obtained permission for carriers in his district to perform this kindly act. precedent be elec of March Judge ftrocut Verner held 14 883 facta ter 1 he fie fai0 EEE vere gambl and murd do with the 3 Eni that £ depenera hould have notl io He ithoriz ¢igion fe vas noih- Court of Anpeals nor must be ar ig {oo a to in to decid done ade the province of the jury sdvance what in upon another tris! upon a8 «imil of 1 gtnte ie ficts TO REVIVE STYLES OF 1830. Powdered Mair and Pompadour Effect With To Return. New York Powdered hair general tendency to the revival of styles of 1830 predicted by J M Giddings, president of the J. M. Gid- dings Company. of this city. who re turned from a Paris he spent several weeks in purchazing from Paris dresemakers. In addition to the powdering of hair Mr. Giddings saye a pompadour effect given by flowers will also be favored by the fashionable women in the coming season Flowers and a he is visit to where models the NO MATRONS AS POLICE. Married Women Barred From the Pittsburgh Force. Pittsburgh, Pa Married women are barred from appointment to the Pittsburgh police force, according to regulations issued by Charles 8. Hub bard, director of publie safety. on the ‘ground that xingle women will have more time (0 look after their official duties, Twenty applications filled by women on the local force {The successful ones will not be re yauired to wear uniforms and will each {be 1 id $7% a month. 200 IN CROSS.CONTINENT MIKE. California Unemployed Start On Way To Washington, Richmond, Cal--Two hundred un. (employed men, equipped with blank. ‘ets and cooking utensils, Jeft here Fri day on a march to Washington to peti f ton Congress for work. The men re cruited at Ban Francisco, across the Ibay. On their arrival here they were ‘fed by the local authorities, The men [expected to obtain rations from the | Parious towne on ihe line of march. sna cent DISPOSED OF Wishes of Ban'er, Dying With- out Will, Respected FELL DEAD ON THE STREET Family of William Kistler Announces There Will Be No Contest—De. Ceased Had Left Memorandum of Gifts With Attorney. Lock Haven —The family of the late Willlam Kistle a wealthy banker, who dead on the a few weeks ago, announced that the wishes of Mr. K regarding the distribu tion of lls had outlined them lawyer shortly prior to his death, would be carried out. This includes a gift of $20,600 to Lock Haven Hospital; $20,000 to the Anna M Oo pub abil ’ eum is and in fell gireet stler estate as he to his the 3 (yi f iba ry rifia + VOES LADTAary gills made 3 iarge Vice Area. indred DE oil Ol 8B CRIn- made previous ity City apd was and hizh JEIBE not £4 . Iv Lael Ors and Freed * of Creek Pollution. irristows " William H ers, weil per Merion the defendants He conte from the defendants he water the part of } by che yo narged Ir POoisOn Ouse was shown waler ois om Was or destructive fish The matter 2x #54 BF eT < not dyestiul out engine Calls Hospital Shocking York-—A public statement sued by a committee of the Club ap poi ismanagement at aring that the recently report of members’ com- gives an inaccurate idea of the testimony ft submitted. “The testimony.” the woman's commit- tee states, “indicated existence of shocking and intolerable conditions in the hospital.” was Woman's nied to investigate the York of rk, alleged Hospital, issued miter nature of Yo mn for Gey iife the ' Find doay of Embarrassed Man. Myerstown. —The body of Fresk Snyder of this borough. who disap- peared on December. 26 last, was found floating in the waters of an old Union Canal lock, near here. Snyder, 45 years cid, and a widower, is be. lieved to have committed suicide. as he was in financial difficulties. To Defend Alleged Slayer. Chambersburg. —Bill Barnes, in jail here, charged with the murder of Po- | Hieeman William Daywalt, in a fietd on the outskirts of Warneshoro, eon the night of February 3, petitioned Judge Gillan for the appointment of an stlorney. Siate Senator Joka W. Hoke was nameds Arrest for 20 Wire-Cutters. | Huntingdon.— Because a gang of 20 | linemen employed by the Penn Central | Company cut transmission lines and | destroyed property at Ganister, mear | Willamsburg, the Raystown Water | Power Company of Huntingdon has | prosecuted three of the ringleaders, | City Excitement, Ther Divorce. Norristown. Charles E. Hebner, of | Lansdale, was granted a divorce in Court as his wife, Beatrix C.. had de- | serted him, saying she wanted to live [In a place that had more excitement Hollidaysburg.—Henry Hesse and Thomas Stanton, check kiters and forgers, were each sentenced by the Blair County Court to three years’ im. prisonment. Hesse played the Wall. ingford game on Altoona Chamber ef Commerce officials by pretending that he was going to establish a large in- dustrial plant in that city, and is said to have played a similar game at Reading. ; Stanton was gulity of shady financier ing at Erie and Butler, where ho will be taken after his sentence expires,
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