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Latest Happenings Gleaned
From All Over the State.
LIVE NOTES AND COMMENTS.
From Second - Story Window.
Jonathan Retired
Hotelman, Hangs Himself,
Hartman,
James P. DeWan has been appointed
minority inspector of elections in the
Fifth Ward of Phoenixville.
Mrs. Beatrice Forbes-Robertson Hall
spoke at York under the auspices of
the woman suffrage party.
As Mrs. Catherine Zinkand, eighty
years old, was entering Holy Trinity
Church, Columbia, she fell dead.
At Fullerton three-year-old Theodore
Nagle was perhaps fatally injured in a
fall from a second-story window.
The Hillside Campmeetnig will be
opened August 18 and will continue
for ten days. This will be the fortieth
annual meeting
Losing control of his motorcycle,
John Tabor, of Minersville, was seri
ously hurt, when it plunged down a
steep bank near Port Carbon.
Hal Wallace, a young son of Wil-
liam Wallace, of West Chester, was
{rom a swing when the rope broke.
Caught under tons of debris, while
at work at the Blackwood Colliery,
Pottsville, Robert Fishburne, a con-
tract miner, was probably fatally hurt,
Train No. 3, on the Philadelphia and
Erie division of the Pennsylvania Rail
road, was derailed one mile east of
Corry. No one was injured.
Lehigh Valley Local Council, No. 5,
of the National Council for Industrial
men at Northampton.
Knocked down and run over by a
horse which he was trying to unhiteh,
George Fowler, fifteen, of Frackville,
received injuries which resulted in his
death at a hospital.
musician, was probably fatally crushed
under mine at Ellangowan Col
llery, Shenandoah. It was his first day
in the mines.
Cars
Details of the State
are at work on
pect will lead of in
cendiaries who are to have
fired the large bank barn of Captain
John Fartig, near Orwigsburg
constabulary
clews h they ex
the
believed
whie
to
ar
est
Order Sons of America, was held at
Marietta, Among the speakers were H
Douglas, of Philadelphia; David
Mattis, of Marietta, and H. E. Bomber
ger, of Manheim, the president.
Missionary Society of the Westmins-
ter Presbyterian Church, at West
Chester. Mrs. W. G
downe, gave an address on her recent
trip to the Orient.
Florence Farnald, Hannah Hughes,
Dora McCausland and Edward Rich-
mond constituted the graduating class
this year at the public high school
of East Brandywine Township sat
Guthriesville,
wid age, made a noose of a handker-
chief, and hanged himself on the post
of his bed.
sold.
William Engler,
wld, has been committed
having caused the fire
to
on
jail
April 18
Snyder, of Nazareth.
they have evidence to show incendiar
ism. Engler says he went to the stable
that a lantern he
started the fire in the hay.
Michael Surban was killed by elee
41ricity at Buck Run Colliery,
ville.
was turned off from (trolley
which stretched just beneath
Surban said he would be through in 8
‘half hour. At the end of that time
ithe current was turned on and Surban,
Horgetting the time set, was shocked
jo death.
The Berks County Chapter, Daugh
%ers of the American Revolution, nomi
mated the following officers: Regent,
Mrs. C.'M. Steinmetz; first vice regent,
Mrs. Hunter Henninger; second vice
regent, Mrs. 8. 8. Hill; recording seo
retary, Mrs. Robert 8. Birch: corre
sponding secretary, Miss Mannah 8
"Mohr; registrar, Miss Addie C. Owens;
assistant registrar, Mre, William Rick;
treasurer, Mrs. Prank Philipps; his
torian, Mrs, John B. Dampman; chap
Main, Mrs. Charles 8. Mohr. Nomina
tion is equivalent to election.
FOUND GUILTY
Only Pardon or Court Interfer-
ence Can Save His Life.
i
WILL FILE SECOND APPEAL
| Former Police Lieutenant Will
peal—Tears Stream Down Fore.
man's Face As He An.
nounces Decision,
Ap-
New York. —Twelve men decided for
the second time that Charles Becker
| was the arch-conspirator responsible
for the Rosenthal murder, which near
ly two years ago awoke New York to
a realization of corruption in the Po
lice Department and opened a new
Becker, once a lieutenant,
was found guilty of murder in the first
degree. Only pardon
again by Court
can save him
electric chair the four
shot Herman Rosenthal
early on the morning of July
The jury that the
were Becker's agents
Five ballots were t
The first ballot
six for guilty i he first degree,
for not gu
gree, and
lot, taken after
luncheon, brought one
the majority. The third ballot
a gain of two and the fou:
for guilty. The fifth b
mous.
T ata v
A ERl
police
interfer
Appeals
to the
who
a
the
from
or
Of
following
gunmen
gambler
16, 1812
EUnIn
the
decided
Jury
§ tood
aken by the
10 have
two
ilty, three for a lesser di
one blank ond bal
the had
ed down the
face as he announced the decis
tears stood in the eyes of several
Jurymen; but sympathy did
their judgment. I had as
the whic?
Attorney falled to present
trial to support the stories
Vallon and Webber three
plices who turned informers
furnished by the new wit
second
8 8trean
reed that
Dis
at the
ney
corroboration the trict
rst
of Rose
the
accom
EREes
Becker's Counsel To Appeal.
Becker's counsel announced he
would appeal and gained
for
paign
short meeting
brothers
cell
thi
that
the preparation of his future
The
Cam
granted
and
{to
defendant
with hi
then
was
8 wife
and taken back his
in the Tombs
TO BE PAN.AMERICAN.,
Taft Announces Program For National
Bar Meeting
D.C
gion,
Taft,
Bar
ington
program of the annu
to be bh
Association,
members of
association
ber will be 3
Chief Justice Fitzpatrick,
the Argentine mis Mr
is one of the mediators now
Falls, and Senator R
invitations to address
s # ry Te
distinctly
sien
oot have
the ass
OPPOSE CHILD LABOR BILL.
Problem For States.
Pb. C.
Washington, The Palmer
interstate commerce goods manufac
16 years working more than eight
House Labor Committee by represen.
tativer of South Carolina cotton manu
facturers, Lewis W
Beattie, of Greenville, 8. C., and Alex
8S. C.
DEPLORES LACK OF FAITH.
Bryan Telis Girl Graduates To Trust
More.
Washington, D. C.-—Asrserting
is of
Was a
world, Becretary Bryan
opinion that theres never
time In the world's history when t
was needed as much as at present.
The Secretary expressed Ris views on
faith at the graduating exercises of a
girl's seminary here. “It i
we trust and be deceived ocea-
than not to trust at all”
said
President Wilson Presided At Formal
Ceremony.
Washington, DD. C--~President Wil
can University here,
church dignitaries from
the country. Among the
Bishop carl Cranston,
Bishop of Washington.
throughout
latter was
Methodist
WALL BURIES 11 FIREMEN.
Score Of Spectators Also Hurt At Chi.
cago Fire,
Chicago. — Eleven firemen were
trapped beneath a falling wall while
they were fighting a fire in West Madi.
son street. Several are believed to
have been killed, "Most of the mem-
bers of Engine Company 103 went
down,” said the fire chief. Rescuers
dragged 11 injured firemen from be
neath the bricks and hurried tiem to
8 hospital. None was killed.
HUR-RAH | MA
SAYS, + CAN
| GO PARE FOOTED
1 TRA~ LA ~LA LA
SEK THE PLANS |
OF GEN. GARRANZA
The Mediators Strike Rock in
Conference.
IS WANTED.
Sent
Sending Of
Message To Carranza
Ww
a Representative.
Mediators Trying To Arrange
DR. C antici
Falls
Washington, Ag wa
the mediators at Niagara
the A
{ pated
have
rocks
of the
and
glruck rst
eeries of
the pt attitude of
ranza and the Co
which may be wrecked the fragile
the A. BB. C
endeavoring to
message from Niagara Falls in
that 1: wera
for inform as
irposes of the
Irposes
netitutionalists
leraft of peace powers
; have
A
been construct
dicating 6 mediators
the
to
Constitu
| ANXIOUS on
nd that was essential
the ‘onstitutionalists
tionalists
that
have
should
A at Niagara 1«¢
furnish
iblie
made
m
had
mediation
proposition
However
| pose
B. C
plans and pu
mediators ‘Arranza’s
poses
Up To Carranza.
if
probable
‘Arranza consents, it is
the Constitutionalist
to be
Vasconceles
who
confidential
General (
that
epresentative
he
Mexican
tionalists’
Niagara
young
is the Constitu
agent In Can
in Montreal
Constitutionalist representa
go with the distinct under
| standing that he is pot participate
lin mediation, that he is only to serve
as a medium of Informaton
{ing Constitutionalist aims and
tions in the territory they control,
and that the sending of such a repre
sentative i= not to Involve the Con
stitutionaliste in any way in any plan
i of the mediators for the pacification of
| Mexico
sent to
will Jose a
Inwver,
Vasconceles is now
The
tive will
0
concern
condi
HUERTA FACING REVOLT.
| Foreigners Just From Mexico Expect
i Uprising There.
| Vera Cruz.-—A revolt in the Mexican
Army in the capital at any moment
| would cause no surprise, according to
refugees arriving here. Foreigners
there expect dally the beginning of |
{ another period similar to that of Feb.
{ ruary last year.
| The refugees assert that all that is
lacking to bring about such an upris-
{ing is a leader with sufficient courage
{to head the movement. They say
treason against General Huerta is
uttered boldly on the streets and In
the were formerly conspira-
| tors surrounded themselves with all |
possible secrecy.
Mexico City is overrun with adher
tents of Venustiano Carranza, and
{ these men appear anxious to forestall
(any attempt of General Huerta and his |
followers to escape. All the Cabinet
officers and Genera! Huerta himself
{are sald to be kept under close watch
to prevent their flight.
The resignation of more members of
the Cabinet, including Querido Mo-
heno, who wae the most zealous sup- |
porter of General Huerta, is rumored
as likely In the near future,
saloons,
CORPSE GROANS IN MORGUE.
The Attendant Flees—Train Victim
Later Succumbs. i
Aacrosse, Wis—Inguald Berg, of |
Whalen, Minn, went to sleep on the
Burlington track near here. A train!
hit him. Berg's body was brought to |
a morgue in Lacrosse. As an under!
denly stirred, groaned and rolled from |
the bier to the floor, The attendant |
| moned. on
wo
FOR MONOPLY OF |
Government Control of Railroads
Urged By Mellen.
SAYS T. R. CHECKED MORSE
Of the New Haven Road
Gives Another Interesting Chap.
ter Of Financial
History.
President
Vashington absolole :
transportation under gov
regulation and WhS
suggested by Charles 8. Mellen, former
of the Haven Railroad
Commerce Commis
of the American
raflroad problem To get efficient
nd declared M:
“there must be 8 monopoly;
monopoly certain the
States government
ox, PD. An
monopoly of
ernment control,
president New
to the Interstate
sion, as the solution
ney
Mellen
and that
United
® economy
in to be
A little Iater he remarked “Every
& rallroad
Washington he bas to take off his hat
to official.”
appeared
time official COMmes to
some government
Mr. Meller
covered from hi
to have re
8 evident fatigue when
the commission
He
nd
«iing
of red t him: by
he appeared before
resume his
and
He
interrogator
testimony Was ¥
golive
responded
physically
11s
ian
e of
Cl
Counsel Josep ' vigorously
and pron
ond
never hesitating a se
for a word
He at length
steamship transactions
W. Morse eming these,
Mellen explained he it
to confer with Colonel Roosevelt, who
was president of United
He told the President that he
received an offer $20
from Morse for the New Haven steam
ship holdings and felt inclined to a¢
cept it, because thus the New Haven
to turn the property
into cash. Mr. Roosevelt, he said, ap
parently was anxious that Morse
should be checked in his ambition to
acquire a monopoly of the steamship
lines and urged Mr. Mellen not to sell
told the story of his
with Charles
Mr
desirable
Cone
felt
then
States
had
the
of HOO 000
SILLIMAN SAFE
COMPLICATION TO MEDIATION
REMOVED.
Washington, D. C Threatening
complications to mediation was re
moved when definite word reached the
State Department that Vice-Consul
John R. Silliman, arrested at Saltillo
and long sought for, had arrived safe
The news of Silliman’s safety be
came known at the moment when Sec
retary Bryan was making public re
ports received from refugees that
Silliman had been executed on May |
18 by the Federals at Saltillo
Great relief was expressed by Cab
inet members, several of them saying
it removed one of the most dangerous
features in the situation. !
While, however, Silliman himself fe
safe, there remain several very grave
features connected with his arrest.
Unofficial reports indicated he was
placed under arrest while acting as
United States consul, imprisoned.
spy and condemned to
death.
Also that the United States Con-
sulate was entered, the official!
archives being taken, including the
State Department's code. Silliman's
personal safety relieves the situation,
but the other indignities remain to be
———— A SSRI
TWO KILLED IN PISTOL DUEL.
Virginians Shoot Each Other Dead At
Funeral.
Gate City, Va.—Charles P. Harris
and Henry Begley shot each other
dead during the progress of -a burial a
few miles from Fort Blackmore, Scott
county, Va. They began joking each
other and trouble resulted. Begley
shot Harris twice in the legs. As the
third shot was fired Harris drew his
pistol and fired. Each was shot through
the heart,
wa
ROOSEVELT BACK
AT OYSTER BAY
Colonel Returns Home After Ex-
ploring South America.
HE LOST FIFTY-FIVE POUNDS
Aidan At
His
Tug—Reaffirms Discovery
Of River.
Liner
and Goes To
Leaves Quarantine
Home On a
New York.--Theodore Roosevelt
turned home Tuesday from his visit of
many months to South America. Ac
companied by the two naturalists of
his party, George K. Cherry and Leo
E. Miller, he arrived from Para, Brazil,
at Quarantine shortly before 4 o'clock
on board the Aldan
With a few tences, pi
he
‘Hiver
re
Jooth liner
crisp sen inctu
decisive
the
Doubt,” curtly denied
ed
firmed verity
EXPress
himself as to Presidential
for
Or
0 probabil
would
York, made
LB about hile
ith harbor craft tooling
fluttering taken
ie tug W. F. Dalzell, which pro
Bay
who had heen
ities 18616, declared he not
ua f Governor of New
catory remark
and Was on
board tl
ceeded to Oyster
Friends med by
RIAT Oy
reports of lonel Roosevelt
1iy
grea
He
PLEADS FOR WORLD PEACE.
Japanese Premier
For
Also Asks Reason
Panama Fortifications.
Y & Tai 7
Iai
JEDAD
gathering
JOUrnalists
He decls these
5 " : frat
ANG suspicions are
to the world's
text ‘whosoever
the right cheek
alno Na
strong
rights
The |
fortification «
as New Zealand
LOW SICK RATE
General Funston's Report On Condi
tion Of His Men,
Washi
reported to the
the sick rate
Vera Cruz
cent AIMDIOE
mre 41
in their
marines the sick
eral sald that
in the camp
upon General
preparing
nRion
War that
at
1.46
There
the hospital and i9
while among the
The Gen
malaria
Department,
Funston's request, is
send to Vera Cruz ap
chemicals sufficient to
EMONR
1 49 DOr Cat ‘ i
is 82 per cent nao
per the marines
soldiers in
quarters
total ig 45
there was no
The War
{to
for a period of 20 days
ASKS U. 8 TO INTERVENE.
Force a Settlement Of Labor War.
Washington, D. C.—Intervention by
the Federal Government force an
agreement between mine owners and
miners in the Colorado coal fields was
urged on President Wilson by Judge
Ben B. Lindsey, of Denver, and a
delegation of Colorado women. It was
indicated later that the President was
willing to do everything whkhin his
constitutional power to bring peace in
Colorado, but that he believed the
State should solve the difficulty if
possible
10
DEATH RATE RISES SLIGHTLY.
This For Entire Country; In Large
Cities Tendency ls Downward.
Washington, D. C.—--Death
rate in
in 1912 than in 1912, ac
The death rate of the regis.
It was, however, less than for |
1911, which was 14.2, and markedly
lower than the average rate for the
five-year period 1801-1805, which was
16.2.
Aosta C—O SSNPS
SIX IN AUTO KILLED.
One Was Wealthiest Citizen Of Ash.
ville, Ohio—Machine and Car Burn,
Columpus, Ohio.--8ix persons were
killed near Ashville, 25 miles south
of Columbus, when a Scioto Valley
a crossing. The car and the auto.
mobile were consumed by fire after
the collision. The gasoline tank of
the "automobile exploded and came in
contact with the third rail
PARDON BOARD
HOLDS SESSION
Refuses to Commute Sentence
of James Linze,
SCHOOLS AID TO MERCHANTS
Bucks County Man Must Hang—U. of
P. Expert Says Special
In Salesmanship Are Needed
To Help Retailer
Courses
(Harrisburg Correspondence.)
of
COI.
of
3oard
mend
The State
refused
Harrisburg
Pardons
mutation of
James Linzi,
entered by
county
board gre
Massa
Fayette
tenced
10 recom
the death sen
the District Attorney of the
The
Malena
tence
Bucks was
rr » 1
pr tes
against commutation
d
nt réehearings to
Se vikill, and
10 be
granted respites
The bo:
follows: |
sault;
Tedd
K. T
Ensign,
Porter
"avior
Erie
Philadel;
cConvi
recom
Inepect
prisoners
mena
BeCor
tig
us
Abr
Irwin,
Carbo
Rehes
Btrogl
Petersor
To
Merchants
how i
and contended ths
should ize
sion and a to
beneficial to those who sell
waste connection
today is the stag
recogn feiliDE
3
im instruct along
He said
The greatest in
with retail selling
nation initiativeness. Stagnation
vies with ‘What has been’
f= not giving way fast enough to ‘what
should be’ But it guch movements
as these among themselves
which will at least make all concerned
feel that they are trying to meet com-
petition intelligently
of
progress
in
Tar
retaliers
No Funds To Dedicate Arch.
Because no has been
made in the way of an appropriation
to cover expenses, it is probable that
dedication of the new $100.000 Wash.
ington memorial arch at Valley Forge
will have to be abandoned at jeast
postponed. It was to have been dedi.
cated on June 19% the hundred
and thirtvaeixth anniversary of the
evacuation of the camp by Washing
ton. It is estimated that it would re
quire $10,000 for the transportation
of troops and other expenses of a dedi
cation. Colonel W. H. Sayem, presi
dent of the Valley Forge Commission,
hopes the State Legislature will sup
ply the necessary funds
provision
or
one
Ald Of Brotherhoods
Leaders of the strike of the Feder
the other brotherhoods on the pet
tions to have the joint board meet to
consider various grievances and the
strike situation to force official action
by those organizations in spite of
that they had assurances from officers
remain neutral. Statements f{ssued
by the Peunsylvania Railroad officials
sald they had assurances from brother
hood grand lodge officers that what ls
being done by members here is purely
individual,
ston
District Attorney Dies In Park.
District Attorney C. M. Graybill, of
Juniata county, died unexpectedly
while seated on a bench in & city park
today.
He came here as a delegate to the
Odd Fellows’ convention and with
some friends was seated in the park
when he was attacked by heart dis
ease and fell dead. Mr. Graybill was
thirty five years old.