PENNSYLVANIA |
STATE ITEMS
Erie~—Jewels valued at $11,000
were lost or stolen belween Cleveland
and Erie by Mrs. W. C. Warner, of
Cleveland. Her husband In reporting
the loss sald Mrs. Warner and her sis-
ter left Cleveland May 12 for a motor
trip and carried the jewels In a small
purse,
Wilkes-Barre. Two alternatives,
one endangering his owa life and an-
other risking the lives of 30 passeng-
ers of the street car he drove, faced
Motorman Joseph Taylor when the
car became jammed in traffic at the
Central Rallroad crossing on Hazel
street. To leave hig car meant his
own safety when a fast freight sud-
denly bore down toward it, but the
passengers would be killed. Straight
ahead was a heavy truck and auto
through which he must crash to save
them. Taylor applied the power,
smashed through the motor vehicles
and saved his passengers just as the
train whizzed by. Escaping injury
himself in the ruined vestibule of his
car he immediately was cited for brav-
ery by the Wilkes-Barre Rallway Cor-
poration and relieved of all responsi-
bility for damage done to the vehicles
that he wrecked.
Tamaqua.—Following his edict that
all slot machines. punch boards and
similar gambling devices must
Chief of Police Steigcrwalt reports
that all offenders have complied with
the law.
Pottgville—"We are entering upon
the warmest summer ever known to
buman living in temperate
zones,” declared Ezra Good,
prophet West Schuylkill
ummer will be of five months dura-
tion, not ending until November. The
intevse heat will be due to spots on
the sun.” Luckenbill, weather
observer of Philadelphia and
Reading railroad for years, but now
livirg retired at Schuylkill Haven, cor-
roborated in predicting exces-
give heat of the coming summer. “The
hent will cover the period until late
in the fall,” he said, "and will be
broken only by terrific electric storms
which will rock portions of the earth
and be of terrifying nature.”
Harrisburg. —Clarence Jones. indiet-
ed for the breaking into the home of
Rev. Ira P. Dean and shooting the
wife of the minister while she was pro-
tecting her daughter, pleaded guilty
In the Dauphin county court. Jones
entered the room of Vinie Dean and
her screams attracted her mother,
Pittsburgh.—The county commission-
ers hegan action to collect $1,325,000
of county money on deposit with the
Carnegie Trust Company at Carnegie,
when the Institution closed its doors
April 27. The president of the bank,
John A. Bell, was rated a multl.mil-
lHonaire banker, coal operator and
business man. Surety for the county's
was by 22 companies,
which had bonded themselves up to
$1,330,000. These companies had 30
days In which to make restitution after
the bank The time limit ex-
pired without any of them making
any effort to do so. Should the ecoun-
ty obtain judgment against the com-
panies, it is sald the companies in
turn will seek judgment against Beil.
Such a move, It 1s belleved, will force
a crisis in his affairs.
Easton.—Joseph Schmittzh, aged 13.
of Newark, N. J. died in the Easton
Hospital from injuries received when
the automobile In which he was riding
turned turtle on Black Hall, a road
near High Bridge, N. J., rolled down
an embankment and landed the
rallroad tracks,
Lancaster.—Earl Harris,
died at the Lancaster General Hos-
pital from Injuries received when a
revolver accidentally discharged In his
hands one week ago while he was
wrestling with Frank Weise for pos-
session of the weapon.
Sunbury.~Falling to see the catch-
er throwing the ball to eatch a run-
ner at second, Edward Wagner, um-
piring a Snydertown-Shamokin base
ball game, got in line of the fire and
received the ball full In the face. He
fell unconscious and it was a half
hour before he came to his senses,
He suffered a broken nose and cheek
bone,
Harrisburg. ~Provided a banking in-
stitution conforms to the requirements
of the law and rules of the board of
finance and revenue it may be select-
ed as a depository for state fands, re-
gardless of the length of time it has
been In business, Attorney General
Woodruff sald In an opinion to Dr.
Clyde 1. King. secretary of the board
Just made public.
Norristown.-—Motor bus services is
to supplant trolley over what Is known
as Norristown-Souderton line of the
Montgomery Transit Company. Trol-
ley care now traverse the 18 miles
from Norristown to Harleysville and
busses will go farther, to Souderton
to the east and Green Lane to the
north, :
Pottsville.—Bishop Crane, of Phila.
delphia. confirmed 1500 children in
churches in this eity and vieinity.
Shamokin, — Edward A. Frank, of
Aristes, who was burned In a gas ex.
plogion in a mine, died In the State
Hospital here.
Heckscherville.—~Mrs, Elizabeth Be.
gen, aged 45, was fatally stricken with
apoplexy while attending confirmation
services In St. Kyran's church,
Sanbury. ~~ The Northumberland
county commissioners hnve Joined
with those of Union county to light
the remodeled Milton-West Milton
bridge.
gO,
beings
of
* <
UR
the
Good
deposit given
closed.
on
aged 14,
Harrishurg.—A statement was Is.
sued by the bureau of securities of the
state departmer! of banking warning
investors of Pennsylvania against per
sous outside this state who are held
to be violating the spirit of the securi-
ies act by soliciting subscriptions for
thelr stock through the mall, The bu-
reau cites several Instances and urges
persons recelving the “literature” of
the companies to forward this with
the envelope in which it was convey-
ed to the nearest postal authorities,
“One of the worst offenders at pres.
ent flooding the malls of Pennsyiva-
nia and other ‘blue law’ states,” says
the statement of the bureau, “is a
chemical company of Reno, Nev,
which Is asking people to Invest in its
‘Lake of Treasure.” Another offender
is a pharmaceutical company of At-
lantle City. This Is a Delaware cor-
poration offering £1,000,000 of stock
for sale, It imitates the style and ad-
vertising of a famous chewing gum
company but has no with
this legitimate concern.”
connection
Coatesville ~—A herd of cattle invad-
ed the rounds of the Coatesville Coun.
try Club to Indulge In a game of cow
pool and caused considerable damage
to the new Id by a bull
with a mania for upsetting tee hoxes
and seattering sand, the cows started
a rampage near club and,
while no score was Kept, It is belleved
the bull emerged victorious 12-
some. The Invasion .aroused Lewis
Pennington and Nate Jervis, ground
keepers, to giving chase, but the bull
was complete master of the s'fuation
and at sun-up the cows called off the
game, This
course has been damaged by cows, and
rather in-
Course,
the house
in a
Is the sixth time the
the officials of the club are
dignant.
Hazleton
and his
ford,
run down and killed S-year-old
Rushey, of Lansford,
the Hazleton pike In his flight from
the authorities, went :
bank at Sandy Rest,
are In the State
severe Ind
Michael
Harry
pursuing a
Rusko,
gon, Rusko, of
motorist who
and then took
over
Hospital
wrations and bruises
Thelr as totally
the man whose car killed the Lansf
child escaped
Bloomsburg —Ten
fever have broken
near here, amd
partment of health are
with
car w wrecked
in Mill
agents of the state «
out vilihoro,
making ar
vestigation.
Shenandonh
Frank Franks,
tract miners
Miners’ Union
burned about
(IIOWn
con.
hands in a gas
Shenandoah collle
Lancaster,
Lancaster
week end,
missed about 1000 locked |
Princet
confer ‘
Fre
Choir.
boys’
stole numerons a
lethlehem
on June 16 will
doctor of music on J
rector of the Bach
pounced here A
conferred by Moravian Colle
city
Altoona
61.
message
her brother,
suddenly died
few hours before her
to cerebral hemorrhage
wife of
Order of Raliway
Philadelphia
railroad retired 25
some of whom had been wi
pany for half
them on the “roll of
Forts
ployes were attached
region, 22 to the
Northwestern, nine to
érn and seven to the Altoona shops
Five wera In service 50 vears or more,
and more than half of the “honor roll”
had 40 years or more to thelr credit.
A total of 18178 employes has been
retired since the esablishment the
pension plan in 190. Of this number
10,003 have died and R175 are still
drawing pensions. The pension pay-
ments amount to $37,104.507,
Sunbury. ~—Trial of a sult brought hy
Thomas Quigley, Mt. Carmel, against
former Judge Walter to recover £2400
as a part of a verdict of £4800 he re.
ceived for injuries he suffered while
riding on a traln on the Pennsylvania
rallroad, was starteq in the Northum-
berland county common pleas court.
Quigley alleges that In return
political work, Walter was to serve
ax Quigley’'s lawyer. Walter lost,
Quigley won and Walter kept £2400,
or half the verdict,
his fee,
fore, but
marks made
3
similar
several years
Mrs
dropped d
from
Harvey
there
ag
Stewart G
end after
Johnstown
K
while
Int? Was
receiving a
KSheeder, had
work. a
tue
nt
was
the general chalrman of the
Conductors
The Pennsylvania
of Its
pension plan.
to th
Central, 10 to the
the
of
alleging it
continued,
by counsel,
Hazleton. Burled under 30 cars of
debris due to a fall of roof, John O,
Kanyak, of Drifton, a miner in
employ of the lehigh Valley Coal
Company, was brought out dead. He
was the father of 18 children, 14 of
whom are living.
Altoona. Herman Kuny, aged
wag fatally wounded hy Constable
Harry M. Gill when the officer attempt.
ed to arrest him, and died while be.
ing taken to a hospital hy Gill, who
later gave himself up with the state
ment that Kuny had attempted to
draw a pistol,
Mount Carmel. — William
was found dead In bed.
Carlisle Carlisle Fike
the 25th anniversary of the fonnding
of their lodge.
Hazleton.—The new recreation com-
mission has named committees to put
the local playgrounds In shape.
Berwlek.~~A sweater found on the
river bridge led to fears that Ray-
mond Holly, nzed 0, migsing from
home, had drowned,
Sunbury.~Mr. and Mrs. James IH.
Blanchard celebrated the 34th anni
versary of thelr wedding ~* thelr home
because of ree
the
a
dy
Kehler
eolabips tog
re
h
py
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1
1—Annapolis cadets showing
ton,
NEWS REVIEW OF
Shanghai Riots Start Anti-
Foreign Movement That
Spreads Over China.
EDWARD W, PICKARD
of
By
HINA again
worry for the foreign §
Interest themseives particular!
and
trouble this
is the eause
distracted country.
time is located at Shan
is doors
days, It laid
shevik agitators
at the
Starting with
3 #¢ students
brought the
forces
ghout
from
foreign nations,
armed
a great
gt outhurst
sentiment In all
not bey
that
loxer war may be repeated.
wn
some of the scenes
The Shanghal students were demor
o
BOM
in
be
g of
part
milis
and came into conflict with the Britis?
Sikh guard
The police arrested
of the parade and
stormed police gtation
hereupon the Sikhs opened fire, kill
police, who the Intern:
leaders the
the
‘his gave the rioting a
start and there was continual fighting
settlement took part. American,
ed at both Shanghal and Canton
Consul General Cunningham as
that more war vessels be sent.
Native Red agitators were active In
the cities,
ans
scored a double victory over the wets
bill to
law, with
repeal
prov islon
defeated a
prohibition
They
state
bill to create n state prohibition ba
reau In the attorney general's office
tempt to fy North pole,
Norweglan government put into opera
i
party io
would patro
of
to the Lie
tion {ts plans for rellef expeditions
at an official
was announced th
two hydroalrplanes
listricts and
French
noted
north east
party headed
explorer,
Greenland area,
Aero club
an expedition
gen: that a
M. Charcot, a
ch the
the
1
woul
ene anda
Norwegian #
a
out
editions w
et
ere 10 CoA
of
ree 03g
A tragic inc
venture is the
of James
Amnericun
whose son
iperate
ident the polar
WwW. Ei
rl tliat
capstalisg
Isworth, the wealthy
art collector,
with Amund
der Ellsworth finan
North pole expedition. [It
death hastened
wer his son's fate.
and
Lincoln went
sen, The el
was thought
by anxiety
his was
strike
jooked
In Shanghal the foreigners
after the food supplies and
the necessary Industries, such as tele
Hight and power. All
and shops were closed. While the stu.
dents there quieted down. those In
Peking formed a huge anti-foreign
parade and marched to the residence
of Tuan Chi-jul, provisional! president.
banks
of the minister of education.
went next to the foreign office and pre
gented eight demands, Including
revocation of treaties, the abolition of
extra-territoriality and the punishment
of the Sikh police. The government
already had protested to the diplo-
matic corps against the action of the
Sikhs and sent two commissioners to
Shanghal to Investigate the affair.
Correspondents thought It was seek-
ing to unite all political factions
against the foreigners. They sald it
was probable Chang Tso-lin, the Man-
churian war lord, would now recognize
the government, considering the pres.
the
situation. It was belleved Liang Shi-
¥i would be made premier and Dr. C
T. Wang foreign minister,
While the whole affair may blow
over, there is the danger that when
the news of It reaches the interior
there may be a wholesale massacre of
foreigners who are beyond the reach
of Immediate protection.
IQUOR smugglers of the Atlantic
coast are resorting to desperate
mensures since the rum row off New
York was dispersed by the coast guard,
They have given out the announcement
that they will have a large number of
very speedy power boats and that these
wili be armored and equipped with
machine guns. This probably 4s iarge-
Iy bluff, designed to frighten the coast
guardsmen Into sfuitting the service,
and It is sald a good many of the force
is resigning or declining to re-enlist,
Meanwhile a new rum row of fully a
score of vessels has formed 22 miles
off Boston harbor and Cape Ann, and
Commander Uberroth, division chief of
the coast guard, has called on Wash.
ington to send him reinforcements,
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Andrews, reading with satisfaction Ad.
miral Billard's repdrt on what has been
accomplished to date, sald the coast
guard had not yet realiy begun to fight
and that as yet there had been only “a
preliminary skirmish to uncover the
strength and resources of the enemy.”
4
ww
United Bites last week were
to husiness
of lower co
Maple
Manufacturing association and the Ce
Manufacturers’ association
held that the gathering and dis
’ lon of Information by trade as
sociations on
do
vast importance
versing decrees
rected
against the
court
not necessarily const
of trade
of the anti-trust laws,
pointed out by Justice Stone
wrote the decision. Is
provided the
{
i
Week.” 2-—Miss Fordham
of the Battle of Lexing-
Hawallan islands.
“June
the
guaranteed [ssues, name
Terre Haute
Southeastern Raliway company
r and of the Chi
flilwankee & Gary Rallway company
According to one expert, the pro-
{rusts ; or
those of the
Chicago,
(op-
oo
nted under lease) CHZo,
reconstruc.
road
i prevent a
t
t
enable
tion of the property, relieve the
ng hligation
2 recely !
ership, ne conse
logs of
0 : Versies ana
ois
BOCK
y no
aovertisin
T=
been
he was
EX OPC ISOs
iddress to
1025 He
gument {or
paredness, t)
potential idier
comparatively small
At
ism
the x he denoun
and declar there wa
nt
E ho
this time for assertions
other
against us
specified powers are
onal
thus arousing nat
reach any agreement or concerted ac
respect to prices or produc
tion or restraining competition
Justice Taft and
McReynolds and Sanford dissented be
Associate
these specific cases
competition.” Criminal In
against members of the floor
association, years
#till pend
trade
ing voted two
Mich, are
About six hundred Asso
court declared unconstitutional
schools,
tion and a military academy.
decision of the court was unanimous
and said in part:
“The child is not the mere creature
of the state. Those who nurture him
and direct his destiny have the right
nize and prepare him for additional
We think It is entirely
plain that the Oregon act of 1622 un-
reasonably interferes with the liberty
of parents and guardians to direct the
upbringing and education of children
under their control
“As often heretofore pointed out,
may not be abridged by
some purpose within the competency
of the state. The fundamental theory
of liberty on which all governments in
this Unlon repose excludes any general
power of the state to standardize its
children by forcing them to accept In-
struction from public teachers only.”
F GREAT interest to the financial
world, and so Indirectly to every:
one, is the plan announced for the re
organization of the Chicago, Milwau-
kee & St. Paul rallroad, which has been
in the hands of receivers since March
18, The plan, which has been ap-
proved by the several protective com-
mittees representing the holders of
the bonds and stocks of the company,
provides for an exchange of more than
$404.000000 In securities, makes pos
sible the liquidation or funding of all
the short term debt of the road Includ-
ing government loans and Involves an
assessment of $28 a share on the pre
ferred stock and $32 a share on the
common stock. The reorganization
will not disturb the general mortgage
bonds of the rallway company, the di-
vislonal
i
i
ERMANY
¢ ow
irom
received the 1»
has no
the allles specifying the
A
1
stances in which she has falled ¢
iD L
with the disarmament cia
a8 a
declined to
wridgehead
pls 1186s
the treaty of Versailles result of
evacuate
She was
the allies
logne 1 wot
¥
the Ci
i 1 with
t
ven sed the note, of course, but it
uld
3
to keep all
also answered
proposals for a security
note being ncilisntory but
the matter of protection for
eastern
pact,
firm
her
German frontier
ROGRESS toward funding
the Italian to America is re
ported to be quite satisfactory, though
no details of the suggested terms have
been made public. It was announced
that J. P. Morgan & Co. have extended
a loan of $50,000.000 to Italy to stab
ilize the lire. This is a step of great
importance and had Its effect on all
bourses. Finance Minister de Stefani
told the Italian chamber that the na-
tional budget was safely balanced
despite heavy appropriations for the
army and for public works,
the of
debt
HE crisis In the war agninst the
Riffians has not yet been reached,
and both sides seemingly put In the
week preparing for more decisive oper
ations. Abd-el-Krim, it war sald, was
planning to concentrate all his effec
tives against the French, withdrawing
from the Spanish zone. Both the
French and Spanish are using bomb
ing planes with telling effect,
« ELIDDOM has there been such gen
eral and spontaneous mourning
over a man's death as in the case of
Thomas R. Marshall of Indiaga, vice
president of the United States during
Mr. Wilson's two administrations. He
passed away during a visit In Wash
ington, and was buried at Indianapolis,
The President and innumerable other
government officials and members of
the diplomatic corps attended the
services in the national capital, Aside
from his admitted ability, Mr. Mar
shall was notable for the genuine af-
fection in which he was held by all
who knew him. His keen sense of
humor, his sparkling wit and manner
of plain speaking. his kindly philosophy
and his fidelity to his friends made him
for years one of the most interesting
figures in American public life. Al
ure he held to his simple Christian
fal
SG PORETARY OF WAR WEEKS un.
derwent an operation In a Boston
aospital recently, and since then his
condition has caused a great deal of
anxiety. The physiclans admit it is
not satis ¥, though they declare
te cause for alarm.
¢
COMMERCIAL
Weekly Review of Trade an
Market Reports.
BALTIMORE —~Wheat
gpot, domestic, $1.82; No. 2
domestic, §1.92
Corn—Track
mestic delivery,
$1.30 per bu, nominal
spot.
QOats—No. 2 white
white, L6c asked
Rye—~No. 2 spot, $1.20
Hay -
@1%;: No. 3 3
light clover, mixed
clover mixed, $17¢ 1
mixed, $15Q 16
Btraw-—No. 1
$18@19; No. 1 wheat
1 oat, $15.50@16
Millfeed—Epring wheat bra:
ern, in 1001b. sacks
Western middiing
sacks, per ton, $29
Eggs frost
one sale
2 red,
garlicky,
"s
0
€r
yellow, for do-
§
aquols
aries t
iu a
straight 7»
ve
Tr TT
$1541 ad
De
per
(brown)
Nearby, } gathered, firsts
BG
Poultry
and over
31% to 4 Ibs
| NEW YORK at
| lar: No. 1 dark Northern
New York. lake i
Fresh gathered, extra
| 33@ 33%; do, storage packed
| fresh gathered firsts, 31%
| storage packed, 32% @G32%
| gathered, seconds, 30% @31%
Cheege—State, whole milk, flats
{ fresh, firsts, 22@G 23¢: do, average run
| 21@ 21%; State, whole milk. flats. held
fancy to fancy specials, 268 G 27:
average run, 25% G26
PHILADELPHIA. — Whea!
red winter, 81 9161.92
Oats—No. 2 white, 580% @60%e
Batter—Solid-packed, higher
extras, HK HG4T%e, the latter
small lots; extras, $2 score. 43%
43: ® 42: R88 serore
£8 score, 10; 87 scors, 35
Egge—Extra firsts, 35¢;
geconds, 296.30
Cheese-—New York, ream
| flats, fresh, 2269 22%-¢c; held, 27% @28
LIVE STOCK
BALTIMORE. Cattle, steers, good ic
choice, $0.75@10.50; medium to good
$8.5039.256; common to medium, $7.2;
@8; common, $666.75. Heifers, good
to choice, $825@K.956; fair to good
§7.26@8; common to medium. $5 2507
Bulls, good to choice, $6.25 6.75; fair
to good, $5.25G 6; common to medium
$4.25@5. Cows, good to choice $80
7; fair to good, $4.75@ 5.795; common to
medium, $2.5064.
Sheep and Lamba-—Sheep, $2500
7.50; spring lambs, $13@ 16; extras,
$16.50.
Hogs-~Lights, $13.30; heavy, $13.10;
medium, $13.30; pigs, $13; light pigs,
$12.25; roughs, $7500 11.50; Western
hogs 10¢ higher than quotations. :
:
“2
- No, 2
than
for
93
41
X86 score, 38
firsts
gore, sCOre,
an L
32%;
whole
§
PITTSBURGH. — Hogs — Heavies
§$12.40G 1250; heavy Yorkers, light
lights and pigs, $12.85@ 13. ;
Sheep and Lambe—Clipped sheep
$8.50; clipped lambs, $1250: &
lambs, $16.
Calves—Top, $11.