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IN MINE ACCIDENTS
Chief Roderick Gives Figures Showing
That Care and Watchfulness Are
Being Rewarded—"Safety First"
the Cry Along the Line
|
Chic I Roderick, of the State Depart- :
ment of Mines, reports that in the three
months ending with September there!
was a noticeable decrease in the mini j
'her of accidents in 'both the anthracite j
anil 'bituminous regions as comparer!
with the corresponding period in 1913.
In the anthracite region during the
months of -Inl> , August anil September,
1914, there were 137 fatalities as -oni-:
pared with 156 in 1913, a decrease of!
19, oi' 12 per cent. In the 'bituminous j
region during the months of .lulv, Au-'
gust, anil September, 1914. there were I
102 fatalities as compared with 154 i
in 1913. a decrease of 52, or 34 per
cent.
This very favorable showing taken
in connection with the records for the;
first six months in 1914, when fhe de-1
crease over the preceding year in the'
anthracite region was 53 fatalities anil I
in the bituminous region 130 fatalities,)
marks a wonderful exemption from the i
usual toll of human life. In the nine!
months covered by the statistics there!
■were only 737 accidents in 1914 com !
pared with 991 in 1913, a decrease of!
254
The careful supervision of the coal 1
mines on the part of the State In-1
®oectorn and the 'consistent efforts of
the operators to guard the lives of their
employes are being rewarded by a de
crease in fatalities. There never has
iieen a time in the history of coal min
ing when so mui-ih attention was given !
to the matter of safety. In every de
partment of mining operations "safety!
first is now the first consideration. !
Inspector-Instructors Announced
An order from National iJiuiM head
quarters announces the following Unit-1
*d States army officers as having been '
detailed as inspector-instructors to the I
organized militia of Pennsylvania: Clap
tain James B. Kemper, Eleventh in
fantry; Captain <'harles C. Allen, Thir
tieth infantry: First Lieutenant Walter
Krueger, Third infantry. The officers
are stationed us follows: Captain .lames j
!B. Kemper. Eleventh infantrv, at office j
of the Adjutant General, Harrisburg; j
Captain Charles Allei>. Thirtieth in
fantry, at headquarters First 'brigade,
, Philadelphia; First Lieutenant Walter
j Krueger, Third infantry, at headquar
j ters Second brigade, Pittsburgh.
Safety First
The Public S< *rvi(»e Commission to
I day issued a certificate of public con
venience approving the amended plans
'| and the location for a viaduct from
. Butler street on Pennsylvania avenue
. to Kidder street in the city of Wilkes-
Barre. This certificate directs the city
i to enter into a contract and provides
; that the amount of the contract, price
be divided as follows: City, 40 per
; cent.; Lehigh Valley, 25 per cent.;
I Delaware & Hudson, 17 1-2 per cent.;
| Central Kailroad, of New Jersey, 17 12
j per cent. It is estimated that the im
provement will cost about $87,000.
Rifle Competitions
A circular has been issued from the
; Adjutant General's Department giving!
j the results of the annual rifle competi
, tions at the Mt. Gretna ranges during
i Augu t and September.
! Stop Those Early Bronchial Coughs i
j They hang on all winter if not I
i checked, and pave the way for serious !
1 throat and lung diseases. Get a bottle
. of Foley's Honey and Tar Compound,
and take it freely. Stops coughs and :
j colds, heals raw inflamed throat, loos- i
ens the phlegan and is mildly laxative.!
I Charles T. Miller, Ed. Enquirer, Can-;
I nelton, Ind., had bronchial trouble, got
j very hoarse, coughed constantly from !
j a tickling throat. He used only Foley's
j Honey and Tar Compound. Was en-!
j tirely relieved. Wants others to know
of Foley's Honey and Tar. George A.
I Gorgas, 16 North Third street and P. 1
R. K Station. a ,]v.
Drought Alarms Schuylkill Valley
Hu Associated Press. . !
Reading, Pa., Oct .24. —Genuine'
alarm exists throughout the Schuylkill
Valley to-da*' because of the drouth!
conditions. In spite of the fact that |
the rain of last week did some good, |
i it really did not break the drought that
has had this section in its grip since I
August 29, or two months ago. Since
that date but 1.80 inches of rain hasi
' fallen.
Bequests for Cemetery and Church
Marietta, Oct. 24.—1n the will of l
| the late l'riscilla Stoner, late of this j
| section, she bequeaths the sum of SIOO
to the trustees of the Landis Valley!
Mennonite church, the interest of:
which is to keep the burying grounds i
in repair. A bequest is also made to I
the Neffsville Lutheran church.
Patience—She has a pretty mouth.
| Patrice—A mere incident.
| " Ves, but one w'hirh is never
closed. ' —Yonkers Statesman.
HARRISBURG STAR-INDEPENDENT, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 24, 1914
METHODIST FOR BKI >IBACOH
Mr. Fort Says Clergy Who Oppose Him
Speak Only For Themselves
Philadelphia, Oct. 24. —That the
Methodist clergymen who recently went
1 on record as opposing the candidacy
ol Or. Martin (1. Brumbaugh represent
• cd only themselves in the opinion of
| Thomas H. Fort, Jr. Mr. Port is a
ij widely-known business man and church
worker. He was chairman of the law
delegation to the Methodist general con
; ference held in Minneapolis. in Mav,
1912. lie is also identified with many!
| activities of the church in this vicin- i
! ity.
Mr. Fort was active in the political'
upheaval in this city in 1905 and in j
1906 was elected to Select Council
!j 110,11 the Twenty-fifth ward, having the'
Republican, Democratic, Lincoln and !
■jCity party nominations. In a letter to!
; James 8. Hiatt, secretary of the Brum
j baugh Citizen's committee vesterdav!
j he said:
■ "The newspapers have recently t
I called attention to an action taken bv j
the Methodist Episcopal ministers of
this city and vicinity, in which said
i ministers strongly attacked the can
i didacy of Dr. Brumbaugh. I regretted i
| their action.
"I am a layman in the Methodist
Episcopal church, and am fairly well
known through out the connection. If
it was the thought of the ministers j
that their resolutions voiced the senti- !
ments of the church, both clergymen j
j and laymen, I am in a position to say, I
j alter talking with many of our laymen,'
| they do not voice their sentiments. The '
ln.\ men of our church do not propose j
that its clergy shall direct them in anv
: such matters. Our laymen are, generai- j
i 'y speaking, strong men, and will not i
j tolerate that sort of influence. Thev
| will do their own thinking upon such 1
| matters and act accordingly.
" I am sincerely hopeful' for the sue-j
j cess of Wie candidacy of Dr. Bruin
baugh, and feel confident he will dis-'
| charge the duties of the office of Gov- j
! ernor of the State of Pennsylvania in !
j a matter creditable to himself and with '
; much satisfaction to all the people of"
; our commonwealth. Indeed I believe!
, by his manner of conducting the affairs!
of our State as (iov'ernor, he will be- j
! come a powerful example to others, I
and a force for much good throughout j
| the nation."
! Passenger Rate Increased
Bloomsburg, Oct. 24.—The Blooms-1
burg and Sullivan Railroad Company
has made announcement that, after No
vember 1, it will increase its passenger |
rate from 2 1-2 to 3 cents a mile, with!
no excursion rates.
IS. CABMANIO
KNOW FATE SOON
(onllniiol l'rolu I'irnt l'n»se.
bie chatted with him and her lawyers
' till the proceedings began.
Saw Man Bun From Scene
Rudolph Loewe, first witness called
to-day, testified that he was on his way
l to Dr. Carman's office and w'thin fif
-1 teen feet ot' the window when the shot
j which killed Mrs. Bailey was fired.
Loewe heard the shot, looked up and
i saw a man run across the lawn and
' leap over the fence.
Loewe said, after he had heard the
| shot and seen the man jump over the
I fence, he looked into Dr. Carman's of
| fice and saw the doc'or with a woman
! in his arms.
There were two women in front of
the house, Loewe added. He also saw
a mail he did not know standing in the
j vestibule to the doctor's office.
"How near were you to the two
t women you saw on the steps?" Mr.
i Smith asked.
"About fifteen feet,'' Loewe re
• plied. He said the man he saw was
| "my height and not so thick." •
Witness Was Very Deaf
Justice Kelbv had to leave his seat
on the bench anil stand beside the wit
ness' chair to shout, his questions.
Loewe was quite positive that not
withstanding his infirmity he had heard
! the shot.
Justice Kelby asked him how long he
j had looked into the doctor's office and
.he said about 30 seconds. Then he
| left, but before doing so he saw a door
| open ami a woman in white enter the
! office. My that time the woman who
| had been shot was lying on the floor.
John J. Dunbar, a Preeport police
man, testified that after the murder he
! brought bloodhounds to the Carman
house. He said he found the brokeii
j picket in the fence, mentioned in the
\ testimony yesterday." The picket was
j opposite the broken window, lie said.
|On the premises next door he found
i near the fence a place where a man's
i foot had been: apparently the man had
i been standing there for some time.
Bloodhounds Lost Trail
After bringing the bloodhounds to
the house Dunbar said he took them
I to the trampled ground and they went
j from there to the broken picket. Then
I the dogs wore allowed to smell th e win
dow sill. They growled, ran all the
'way around the house, came up to tha
| placo in the fence where the picket was
i broken, left the premises and went west
las far as Lynubrook, three miles away,
where they stopped, having lost the
j trail.
On cross-examination Dunbar said he
! had taken the screen off the window |
| the night of the murder, propping it up |
Ii with a piece of new shingle which he I
! found near a small out house being
| built in the rear of the Carman resi- j
I dence. The dogs, after smelling the j
I window sill, went to this house, he said. !
s | The District Attorney sought to show
; that the animals followed Dunbar's
| back trail,
j | After M. Haughev, trainer of blood
| hounds, had corroborated Dunbar's tea
y timony, the defense announced that it
■ rested its case
t How Bloodhounds Lost Scent
|_ The first witness called in rebuttal
I! was Richard Lamb, president of the
j, village of Preeport and chief of police.
Mr. Lamb said that many persons had
! had their hands on the screen and win-
L ,! dowsill before the bloodhounds arrived, j
_ | Through Mr. Lamb's testimony District
,; Attorney Smith brought out the fact
! that Mrs. Carman would not have been
f permitted to leave Nassau county on
. the night of the murder and that had
J she attempted to do so she would have
" been arrested. Mr. Lamb said that he
, had issued such instructions. He de
nied that she was under suspicion at
the ti.ne, but said he did not think it
wise then to permit any person in the
house to leave the county.
Sheriff Pettit, of Nassau county,
contradicted some of Dunbar's testi
j inony. He said that Dunbar was con
' j fronted by Parrell on July 6, just after
-1 Parrell had been arrested, and that Dun
! bar said then that he had never seen
i Parrell before. This contradicted Dun
h liar's testimony. Sheriff Pettit, as well
j as the next witness, Phineas Seaman.
■| a county detective, testified that a
I great many persons had handled the
II screens and windowsill before the dogs
• arrived. Both said, in addition, that
, I I
The Merchants Ice Company
of Harrisburg, Penna.
A limited amount of the stock of this company is
j open for subscription. The earning possibilities are
great. Similar companies in Reading and Allentown
I are paying 8 per cent.
Apply to any one of the Directors at their business
addresses or 202 Calder Building.
W. A. W. J. PEKRIN.
L. W. KAY, WM. E. KOONS,
H C. E. SHEESLEY, H. M. HARE,
B. B. DRUM, M. P. JOHNSON,
J. D. MILLER, Directors. {
202 Calder Building, I
, HARRISBURG, PA.
| fifty or more persons hail tramped over !
j the lawn.
SIGNS TIMBERLAKE'S PARDON ;
j The pardon recommended for Hav
Timberlake b.v the Board of Pardon's
was approved aijd signed by Governor j
Tener yesterday and was sent to the!
Eastern Penitentiary to-day. The rea
son given for the pardon, as filed by the '
board, was that Timberlake had 'been j
sufficiently punished, having stolen ;
three bottles pt' w'hiskey from the Na
tional hotel which he did not awav i
with. !
•fudge Kunkel, who sat on the case,!
wrote to the board that Timberlake's!
imprisonment has been quite sufficient
to expiate the offense of which lie was'
convicted, and former District Attorney !
| Weiss wrote the board that Timberlake
| was sufficiently punished by serving the !
minimum sentence.
The man was sent to the penitentiary I
from fifteen months to ten years, and i
after serving the minimum sentence
was released 011 parole. He uninten j
j tionallv broke his parole by leaving the |
State without permission and was re-j
arrested and sent back to serve the full i
ten years. Letters were also presented |
from a number of Harrisburg people [
asking his pardon, and Mr. FJbel, the
I rosecutor, asked that the man be set I
free.
Mild Weather Affects Coal Trade
Bi/ Associated Press,
Reading, Pa., Oct. 24.—Reports re- j
ceived he-e to-day from different points j
in the hard coal region unite in saying i
that the mild weather is causing a |
slump in the anthracite trade. Hun- j
dreds of cars nrc standing on sidings ■
with coal for which there is 110 demand.
1
PENNSY PUSHES REPAIRS
; Long Deferred Wort in shop* Gol
Ahead to the Limit
Altooua, O. t. 24.—More tlian 2,000
1 me " '-'"Ployed In the three big erectin"
■ j shops of the Pennsylvania railroad hero
ij were put 011 lull time yesterday. Thev
•j had been working forty hours a week
ijbut will hereafter work 55, The men
j 'He engaged on locomotive repair*.
I , aro l,ail| y needed; but difficulty
I terials. P " eX,,eri, " n<;e,J in "Gaining „,a
--j Several departments in the Pennsyj
| van,a car shops here also have been
1 " '"ed on full time to get out work
| that is absolutely needed, and it is ex
I pected that other departments will be
j .similarly benefits!.
A foreman who is in a |Ml Hitioti to
j know said yesterday: "We will soon be
: in work up to our eyes."
MUST QUIT FRATERNITIES
| Williamsport Hi S h School Pupils Get
Orders From Directors
■ Williamsport, Oct. 24.—With sus-
I pension as the penalty for continued
I membership in secret societies iu the
j High school, the board of education has
j adopted a stringent rule prohibiting
fraternities and sororities in the school.
| Professor P. M. Bullard, principal,
j asked the lot) pupils to si<>n card
1 pledges that thev will resign member-
I ship.
'two hundred parents asked the board
j to withdraw its objections to the so
cieties and the body answered by
j adopting the rule which provides for
I suspension.
Baby Scalded to Death
Altoona, Oct. 2 4.—Pouring boiling
| water into a bucket to scald a chicken,
, Mrs. Nannie Brumbaugh turned awav
. for a moment and her year-old child
i tumbled into the bucket and was scald
' ed to death.
Murder Defendant at 1-1
Wilkes-Barre, Oct. 24. —Although
j only 14 years old, Peter Grager, of
1 Beaver Brook, was arraigned in juve
nile court yesterday charged with man
slaughter in causing the death of a 7-
vear-old companion, Stephen Gerfus,
also of Beaver Brook. The court sen
tenced the boy to an indeterminate sen
| tence in the (lien Mills house of ref
j "ge.
Criminal Libel in Letters
I York, Oct. 24.—George Neiman was
found guilty yesterday of criminal libel
j and will be sentenced to-day. It wan
■ hprged that Neiman w-O'.c <!efs>natorv
, letters to the Rev. M. Roinig, of Perrv
county, alleging improper relations be
| tween Martin Miller, the pastor's son
in law, and Miss Annie K Zinn.