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TOLD IN SHORT PARAGRAPHS “Stone Pile” Causes Row in Schuylkill County—Three Hurt in Auto Ac- cidents — Children Injured By Firearms, Court at Pottsville directed District Attorney Whitehouse to bring man- damus proceedings against the County Commissioners compelling them to show why they refuse to obey the law, which requires them to married men in jail employment and pay the families of the men sixty-seven cents a day out of the prisoners’ earnings The Commissioners declared that if they start to obey this law the wife of every lazy husband in the county will have the head of the house arrest ed for non-support and the county will be compelled to pay out ten thousand dollars annually for this purpose. give Two children were injured by care fess use of firearms by youngsters, John Meisner, of Wayneshoro, was shot by Robert Harbugh, a bullet from the latter's rifle penetrating the oth- er's face just below the eye. Bedelia Robertson, daughter of J. M. Robert- son, Mont Alto, was shot in the hip by her younger brother while the latter was shooting at random near their bome. Mrs. Ellsworth Young, aged twenty years, who resided with her husband's parents in Duboistown fatally burned when in trying to light a fire she poured kerosene over the pap and wood and ignited her clothing Crying loudly for help she rushed fro: the and ran until All her burned off and she died in in agony. Was house Conscious Falling stairs at her home, as breakfast, Mrs. Joseph Sir known society was months-old s Was s geri shortly after injuries and the shock of tragic Mrs home in a serious condition » was coming down to ons, a well nshure woman re, seriously injured, her 8% who was in her arma, died As a result of her child's Simons is at Jer hurt wards her death, Jacob Stark and Walter Klemick were Injured at Shamokin when an au- tomoblle Albert Ashland, struck street ner. Stark, hurt, was knocked down and run over. At about the Domi Dunes, ten years old, of Maysville driven by Grosser, them at a cor: who is the most seriously same time seriously if not fatally car, driven by W. H. Lee injured Fickes, aged Bedford County, Motto, also near Pavia antally While Ralph one, of Wyandt, his cousin, Ross one, twenty. and twenty. Motto discharg were hunting ripped and fell, aceid his gun The Fickes' right thigh, being hurried to the from loss of blood ing charge entered and while he was hospital he died While a number of work. ing In a gangway at the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company's 3ig Mountain Colliery, John Hogush and John Kruback were tamping a shot it Hogush waa Instantly killed and his companion se- riously injured. Several more work men had narrow escapes men were when exploded Opposition to the revival to be con- ducted in Reading during January, 1915, by Dr. Henry W the evangelist, has sprung up among clergymen of the Lutheran, Reformed and Episcopal denominations, and it is likely that churches of these sects will not participate in the campaign. Stough, Spelling books and readers for their education and eighty-one volumes of “copyright fiction” for the library were furnished the prisoners at the | jail by the Reading School Board. The novels were carefully selected with a view to the helpful effect their read- | ‘ng may have on the prisoners’ lives. John Badgley, of Prospect Park, was | severely burned about the face and | neck and was forced to fled from his | home In his night clothing when fire | started in an upper room of the house, | Badgley carried his wife and baby from the house and then returned to ght the blaze. Fred W. Weidner, an Allentown silk worker, thirtysix years old, commit. ted suicide by taking poison tablets, leaving a note to his mother that he was tired of life on account of con stant disagreements with his wife, Thieves relleved Jasper Poust, an Orange Township farmer, of the ne. ceseity of going to market with twen. ty-six ducks, which he had already crated. They drove up to the barn and took crate and all, The Allentown police are looking for a daring burglar who entered the home of John Taylor, one of the eity’s leading merchants, and secured consid- erable sums of money from the clothes ot various members of the family. | 1S. T0 EVACUNTE VERA CRUZ NOY. 23 Guarantees Given by Carranza and Convention, WARSHIP SENT TO TAMPICO Btate Department Fears Taking Ot Great Prize For All Revolution. ists In Mexico—Warship To Tampico. Washington, D. C Monday, Novem ber 23, has been as the date for the evacuation of Vera Cruz by United States troops. Secretary nouncement “Both General Carranza and convention at Aguas Calientes having given the assurances and guarantees we requested, it is the purpose of the administration to withdraw the troops of the United States from Vera Cruz on Monday, the 23rd of November “All persons there, for whose per sonal safety this government has made ftself responsible, have left the city The priests and nuns who had taken refuge there and for whose safety fears were entertained, are now on their way to this country.” As far as is known there has been no final decision as to when and to whom the more than $1.0006,000 of Mexican customs moneys now held by the United States shall be paid Both Carranza and the Aguas Calientes con vention have given guarantees that customs duties collected at Vera Cruz | In view of the | get Bryan issued this an the will not be relmposed complications which might arise the from how i event Carranza were | by illa’s ever, in driven supporting General ( provisional pi: suggested t paymer power army, § iutierrez i the con vention's new esident, 1t has the money a clarifi t of | been might be w nding ation of ti ie Bit Warship To Tampico ! the Galveston, to Orders were Texas, now at at once to Mexican This abrupt action of the Navy De partment was taken after news had ar rived here that were to attack retary of the President about fit ' | given to battleship proceed waters General Villa's forces marching m Luis Potosi and capture T 3 Bryan conferred with State 1 thare and later was a conference between Mr. Bry and the The quick action in dispatching waters is due to the Secretary of the Navy of the government Mexican taken by REO the Texas to stand the State Department some time that Tampico is a free port MEMORIAL TO MRS. WILSON. Washington Women Plan To Improve Capital Slums + 1 on. D wind whose Washing to Mrs Woodrov deathbed capital's wish, im slums being pia: of women, leader headed by chairman of the Presi houses fet Hopkins project A m for ct I cluded in the be is memor sued to all v » participate In th ial to the & nt of $3100 or nn WOMAN FOUND DEAD IN WELL. Wife Of Merchant Falls While Draw ing Water Charlestown, W. Va Mrs Ott, wife of Samuel M chant was fou husband When Mr found his Hattie ft a dead when her dinner the house and wife he commenced 1g and found her body floating top of their cistern, and it is she fell in while drawing men here went home to in Ott entered missing on the supposed water Mra. Ott was about 40 years old and before her marriage was a Miss Eddy, | daughter of the late T. F. Eddy. Be sides her husband and a little daugh- ter she is survived by her mother, two sisters and one brother. | TWO MINERS RESCUED. | 1 Imprisoned In Coal Mine | Four Days. i Pottaville, Pa-—John Evans and | Schreiner, coal miners, who | had been imprisoned for four days be. | which they rescued alive. were working, were THE COUNTRY AT LARGE. es—— Predictions that the era of business depression throughout the country in | at an end were the chief features of | addresses made at the convention of | the Investment Bankers’ Association of America, in session in Philadelphia. The Federal Reserve Board desig nated Charleston, 8. C., and Birming: ham, Ala, as reserve cities. Mrs. Surana Price, who surrendered Bedalin, Mo, to the Confederates in 1864, died In Sedalia, aged 78 years. Gen. George F. Dick, a veteran of the Civil War, died at Bloomington, Il, aged 86 years, New York State Federation of Wom. en’s Clubs declared In favor of woman suffrage. .- a. Copyright.) WANT BOTH 10 LEAVE MEXICO Villa to Resign. Vacillating Character Of the Mil Who Are Con. stantiy Changing Sides tary Leaders, El Paso, Texas from Mexico chilels City BeVeral headed by Gen. Pablo Gonzales leader, ha ¢ Provision appealing ville They advised t v mi ad} a > sy also had sought th tion of Villa i Should t he not retire absol we pledge to law and orde: requested that ve the | ntry itely,” to sud raelves they Kiso Ww ould Mexico AITADZA'A ifavye con DEMOCRATS MAJORITY 31. Election Gaine Increase Lead Of Party Belated Was EBinE In hington D.. { belated election nereased the malori next House ording to an y, rie South Tris the to 31 compiled by the House The which has not yet been offic fied, is Democrats, 233: 3 € i ii ace unofficial list nble, clerk of line-up under this compilation, ially veri Republicans, 193; Progressives, 7; Independent, 1; So cialist, 1 Total, 435 As it requires 218 votes to control the House, these figures show that the majority party will have 15 more than enough for this purpose Reports to Mr. Trimble stated that Fred C. Stevens, of Minnesota, been defeated by C. C. Van Dyke, Democrat, and that W. EE. Williams, Democrat, was reelected a represen tative-at-large from Illinois i Wounded. Batchelor Perkins, Archi Of Boston, in Pajamas and George tect, Appears Shoots. Charleston, 8. ( F manager of Jacksonville, ar pouthern New wounded, and Cap Ingram H. Wright, of Utica ain master of fenger passenger Batchelos Boston were seriously wou who booked Perkins, an ar Mass, on the steameahip Mohawk, when was off North arolina bound from New York for Ch Mr. Hinman died falald the 2 he wounds in 32calibre revols by his widow and a =» Mr man's be to Jacksonville dy was cars Fla was he 3 ner Arthur heard liminary inquest i Niatles Perkins ad without i and Lomimiss who Apparent ww I $ p 4 v Woo showed B&D ng what he had dor did Captain orth {f w i Of nou decid on the Hinman out at the hearing been taking what powders to excess ate, N. K. Wentwortt eaid he was had headache causes of his ory of the tragedy at the hearing was 8 o'clock Perkins and raincoat Ingram and Mr: who pajamas d Captain nmen addressed a re (ram, who Were in conversa mark to Cap replied t ust wear more sul wished whipped revolver and fired at Captain Ingram’ the bullet taking effect shot Mr. Hinman weapon on Mr W reclining on a setter Hinman again and tried fo ‘aptain Ingram, the bullet going wild. He then turned himself, but its five cartridges been discharged The steward and assistant Perkins thereupon He then the and right who shot was Mr He had steward tories in both these cases FIRST EQUESTRIAN STATUE. Memorial To General Kearney To Be Unveiled At Arlington, Washington, D. C.—With impossible military ceremonies, the first eques. trian statue ever raised in Arlington Cemetery-—that of Gen. Phillip Kear. ney, formerly of New Jersey was unveiled Wednesday. President Wil son, Secretary of War Garrison, Gov. ernor Flelder of New Jersey and a delegation of New Jersey citizens will attend the unveiling. GEN. GEORGE F. DICK DEAD. Was Leader Of Historic Charge Up Missionary Ridge. Bloomington, li Gen. George F. Dick, a brigadier general in the Civil War and leader of the historic charge of the Federal soldiers up Missionary Ridge, died here. General Dick also participated in Sherman's march to the sea and had been postmaster here since 1902. He was 868 years old, hearing the shots rushed to the scene captors they could do as they pleased with him, but witnesses alleged that he wanted to get others who were on MOB PLUNDERS BANK, Soldiers Lead Attack On Leading Financial Institution Of Mexico. Vera Cruz--According to private telegrams received here, the National Bank of Mexico City has been sacked by a mob led by Constitutionalist sol diers. Mexico City.—It is reported here that the port of Acapulco, on the Pa cifie, has been occupied by American marines. The occupation i= said to have followed a request of the inhabit. ants, who were suffering great priva tions owing to the revolution. Washingtor, D., C--Navy Depart ment officials suggested that an ex. planation of the report that American marines had been landed at Acapulco might be found in the landing of food supplies from a naval vessel dispatoh. ed there to relieve famine conditions through Red Cross officials In San Francisco. DRINK A TOAST 10 THE ALLIES Remarkable Scenes at the Lora Mayor's Banquet, KITCHENER'S STRONG TALK | Representatives Of Ail the Allies and Neutra! Powers Attend the Func tion Which Be Without Precedent, is Declared To london enthusiasn sulld Hall on the occasion the new lord mayor Johnston, who Bowster dl to the gather augural banquet of {of london, Sir Charles ceeds Bir Thomas Added ng by r { stances of the interest reason 3 ue RDeCiA Circui mes and the presence pal ministers of the { of the prinel Crown | responsible for the conduct of the war | and the diplomatic representatives of | the allied nations | Guild i many civic the Hall has been the scene of i national functions and n }) years, but seldom has so strongly ap past which one popular imagination ¢ a thousand statesmen, imbering ng the leading financiers riers of London and includi diplomats and entered the ecivie head between lines of k gi-clad rif As each dignitary entered the was greeted with the real reception hall he rounds of c} outbursts were Premier Aaquith, Earl Kit retary for war Winston Spencer Churchill, first lord of the Admiz the Japanese ian and Fre: i 4 Are +h be loring A ip DRSEACQOrs 1@ Belgian 1101 sere, but reserved for hener, se ally Rus INDICTED IN ELECTION CASES 1200 Men In franc Kentucky Face Dis hisement and Prison OVER 100FCOT BANK IN AUTO, Banker and Editor Killed, Two Girls Slightly Injur-d. accid iaughter Armstrong Miss Grace McKee, both of this ¥, were thrown ciear of the automo bile and escaped with slight injuries IN DUEL WITH SHOTGUNS, Old Planter Killed, Son May Die, Ad- versary Badly Hurt Little Rock, Ark in a fight with shotguns, which arose over a dispute regarding the payment of reat. P. B Arnold, 63 years old, wealthy planter {of Germania, Saline county, and a former deputy sheriff, was shot and { killed. His son Thomas was wounded, | probably fatally, and J. W. Dickinsor | severely wounded. ROBT. J. BURDETTE NEAR DEATH. tion At Pasadena, Cal, Los Angeles, dette, preacher and humorist, is at the point of death at his home In Pasa dena. Dr. Burdette is 70 years old He came to California in the 80's, after having won a name as a newspaper humorist on the Burlington (lowa) Hawkeye. From 1503 to 1909 he was pastor of Temple Baptist Church here. MRS, C. 8. NOYES DEAD. Widow Of Newspaper Publisher En. pires In Washington, Washington, D. C.-—Mrs. Elizabet® 8. Noyes, widow of Crosby 8S. Noyes, for many years a widely known news paper publisher, died at her home here at the age of 87 years. She is sur vived by two sons (Theodore W. and Frank B. Noyes, of this city) and Mrs. George W. Boyd, of Philadelphia. 10 PREVENT MEAT FAMINE IN STATE College Man Suggests Direc- tory Ballot. MAKE LOW WATER RECORD Tener Names Delegates to Mining Congress—Like Accident Reports For State and Native—Bige low Exonerated. By nation, the voter unfit nfan, fice, since of his he would have ledge Ina of qualifications Low Water Record. Reports made to the State Water Supply Con indicated that the Susquehanna, Lehigh and other rivers had shown the lowest flow of water In years, the Lehigh being very close to & record. The Susquehanna iz lower at some points on the north and west branches than ever known Western streams which went close to lowest water in October have shown slight gains The commission granted pen mits for sixteen bridges and to the city of York to change channel of ! Codorus Creek, and the city of Erie | to wall Mill Creek. mission Delegates To Mining Congress. Governor Tener announced the ap | pointment of delegates to represent the Commonwealth at the American | Mining Congress to be held in Phoe nix, Ariz, December 711. Among them are W. J. Richards, Pottsville: Samuel D. Warringer, Philadelphia, and John Markle, Jeddo. Thanksgiving Proclamation Issued. Governor Tener issued the Thanks glving proclamation to the people of Pennsylvania, setting aside Thursday, November 26, as the day for its ob MOTVANCE, Sentenced to Attend Revival. Mayor Reed sentenced a man taken before him for drunkenness and die order to attend the Stough meetings now in progress. He told him they were to reform just such men.
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