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Polton County News
McConnellsborg, Pa.
.' WORLD GROWING BETTER.
' Every Issue of a newspaper which
tries to record the most Important
rants of the day seems to be on Its
face an Indictment of the human race
fend modern civilization. Stories of
Kreed, oppression, wrongs and crime
ften take up moBt of the rpnce In Us
fcolunins. The effect upon the reader
la sometimes to make hlin think, for
kbe moment at least, that the world
la growing more hard and cruel, and
that Boclety, as It Is constituted. Is a
Xailure. Hut such a view Is all wrong,
land the thoughtful reader soon real
ises It. The world Is Browing better
Wl the time, and humanity Is steadily
kdranclug from one plane of lifo to
Wnother. The reason there ceems
no re wickedness Is that the people of
khe earth are In closer communication
fsrtth one another than they were only
El few years ago, says the Cleveland
reader. Crimes which once remained
mknown to all but a comparatively
few are now revealed to the entire
EYlllzed world, that It may know the
rt of men It must suppress, the ex
tent of the harm they Inflict and the
manner In which they are dealt with,
prongs which once flourished be
cause they were hidden are now
(dragged Into the light of day and ex
,posed In all their meanness In the
'pages of the newspapers. Modern
civilization, through Its most power
ful agency for progress, the public
press, lays bare the hitherto hidden
."wounds inflicted upon society, that
they may be cured and their repeti
tion prevented. No, the world Is not
Vjrowlng worse. There is less of pov
erty, crime and suffering than ex
isted only a few years ago. Life Is
easier, more profitable and more full
vt Joy. The man with the shovel gets
more out or it than did the man with
the two-handed sword In his castle, a
brief remove back in the life of the
race.
Exchanging professors with Amerl
ran Institutions of learning is an in
creasing practise among educators
mbroad. For several years the Inter
change has been going on between
this country and Germany, and some
ef the ablest of our teachers have
eerved In Berlin and elsewhere, while
Cerrnan professors have done similar
work in American universities and
colleges, says the Troy Times. Now a
prominent business man of Copen
hagen has given $100,000 to the Scandinavian-American
Society to pro
mote the interchange of professors
between American and Danish univer
elties. The Rhodes scholarships,
through which American students re
ceive the benefit of advanced courses
et England's great university of Ox
ford, furnish another Illustration of
the solidarity of learning which inci
dentally must tend to draw nations
nearer to one another.
Runaway matches have been known
to turn out Ideally, but not often.
Their sverage course Is toward wreck
age and wretchedness. The very need
ofj secrecy and flight Is generally in
dicative of a fault In the scheme
somewhere, and young girls who are
willing to defy parental love and care
and marry hy Btcalth need feel no sur
prise when their Idols' feet turn out
to be clay, and a poor variety of that.
Spite of the Jokesmiths, the cartoon
ists ard the waggish poets, marriage
1b the nioiit serious step in the lives
of men nncl women, says the Boston
Post. Even the mature ought to give
It at least ns respectable considera
tion as they would any other Invest
ment. Hoys and girls need to take
advice on the matter, not railroad
trains to a quick-service city clerk's
"Office somowhoro "across the line."
The many exposures of smuggling
by rich women shows a curious cast
of the femlnlno mind. In nearly ev
ery Instance the culprit was aware of
tbn law and that she was violating
it; but few. If any, regarded the sta
tute seriously and doubted even in the
event of. detect Ion that It would be
applicable to her own individual In
stance. Most women of this class
have never come In contact with the
Jaw. having lived In a realm In which
their own will was sovereign. That
Hhe law . Is no respecter of persons
they have had to learn, and those who
Ywlll take to themselves the lesson
whould ho better citizens and certain
ly more familiar with tho Institutions
-.of their country.
Among the fashion notes of the
day is one to the effect that there Is
fwar between the large and the small
bonnets. In such a strife no doubt
the principal weapon of offense and
'.defense wielded by the ladies will he
Jtbe hatpin.
When tho czar and the kaiser met
fchey kissed; but the salutation of the
governor of North Carolina and the
rovernor of South Carolina had far
jmore spirit to It
Some of the aviators nave recently
fbeen exhibiting rather poor sports
nanshlp. We nop they will adjust
their differences as gentlemen should,
o that tber may aviate more and
Wold eacb other lesu,
A Canadian baa been lined $50 In
fWIlaukee for bugging a trained
rnurse. It teems to be tbe bardest
thing In the world for some men to
keep from falling Id love with trained
(Burses.
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MANY ARRESTED
IN POSTAL RAIDS
Fraudulent I'se of the Mails
Charged.
IN NEW JERSEY AND PENNSYLVANIA.
Arrests Ordered lly 1'ostmastcr Gen
eral, Who Had Inspectors At Work
On ("uses for Month and a Half-
Seven Of tin Defendants Given
Hearing In Philadelphia Physl
rlan Is Also Accused Of Making
Fraudulent Statements Through
the Mulls.
Philadelphia (Special). Nineteen
arrests were made Friday In towns In
Pennsylvania and New Jersey In the
government's crusade against persons
accused of using the malls to de
fraud. The arrests were made by
postal Inspectors and all the defend
ants were given hearings before Unit
ed States Commissioners and held In
ball for trials or for further hearings,
on charges of "using the malls to de
fraud." Seven of the defendants were given
hearings in Philadelphia. These
were four officials of the Chain Shoe
Store syndicate with offices in this
city; two constitute the Pine Heights
Company, a New Jersey land Improve
ment concern with Philadelphia con
nections and the seventh is a local
physician. The complete list of de
fendants with the results of their
hearings follow:
Chajn Shoe Store Syndicate, Louis
I,. Rice, president, Philadelphia; An
drew C. Patterson, first vice-president,
also president of the Excelsior
Trust Company of Philadelphia;
Edgar Phllng, the second vice-president
and treasurer; George H.
Brooks, third vice-president, Phila
delphia. Each was held In $1,000
for a further hearing.
Pine Heights Company, Harry F.
Stanton, Ocean City, N. J. Waived
hearing and held in $500 bail for
trial.
Others Arrested.
Other Individuals arrested were:
Dr. J. B. Hornsteln, Philadelphia,
$800 for court.
Charles B. McKee, Huntingdon,
Pa., $1,000 for a further hearing.
J. S. Leepsch, RIdgway, Pa., $2,500
for further hearing.
John A. Weltzel, Lancaster, Pa.,
$1,000 for trial.
Abram O. Stauffer and Oscar A.
Stauffer, Palmyra, Pa., $5,500 each
for court.
William S. Learn, Lebanon, Pa.,
$500 for court.
Abram S. Stauffer, Palmyra, Pa.,
$4,500 for court.
Ira C. Webster, Newark, N. J.,
$1,000 for further hearing.
Oscar Gustavson, Jersey City, N. J.,
$1,500 for further hearing.
S. Joseph Silverman, Pittsburg,
Pa., $2,500 for court.
Lewis Conrad, Conrad Lotz and
William Bingham, officers of the Cor
respondence Institute of America, at
Scranton, $1,000 each for further
hearing. This organization has no
connection with the International
Correspondence Schools.
The government allegs that the
Chain Shoe Stores Syndicate sold
stock through fraudulent representa
tions. Abram G. Stauffer, Oscar A. Stauf
fer fid Abram S. Stauffer, prominent
residents of Palmyra, Lebanon coun
ty, are said to have obtained thou
sands of dollars and to have employ
ed 25 clerks and stenographers at
their office In Palmyra, where they
own handsome homes. Their opera
tions are said to have been In several
States. The Stauffers are charged
with having been selling instruments
to locate hidden wealth, one of the
articles being the "Spanish needle."
They were sold at from $10 to $15
each and about 1,500 are alleged to
have been sold In the last year.
Charges of sale of obscene literature
through the malls have also been
made. Tho first two men are said
to have been doing business under
the names of Prospectors and Miners'
Agency, Hall Co., Electric Motor
Company, Diamond Publishing Com
pany, Gem Novelty Company, Frank
lin Drug Company, Smith Remedy
Company and Stauffer & Co. Abram
8. Stauffer la said to have been In
terested In a concern known as the
Miners' Supply Company
WITH CONGRESS
Urgent Deficiency III II .
The Urgent Deficiency Appropria
tion Bill, carrying $850,000 needed
for the current fiscal year, was re
ported to the House by the Appro
priations Committee. Among the
Items nre $100,000 for continuing
tho Investigation of the mineral re
sources In AlaBka, $500,000 o con
tinue drydock work at the New York
Navy Yard, $17,500 for the salaries
of the recently appointed five addi
tional Judges for the half-year be
ginning January 1 next, at $7,000 per
annum each, together with $1,500
per annum expense allowance for
each additional Judge In connection
with their service on the United
States Court of Commerce, and $36,
000 for the expenses of the court
during Its first six months of exist
ence, beginning January 1.
Another Military Cable.
Seattle, Wash. (Special). The
laying of another mllKary cable be
tween Seattle and Alaska at an esti
mated cost of $2,000,000 Is being
considered by the War Department,
according to Information received
Friday. The present cable la In
adequate to handle the business. The
projected new cable Is to run direct
from Seattle to Cordova, a distance
of 1,884 miles.
Whole College Arrested.
Gainesville, Ga; (Special). The
entire student body of the North
Georgia Agricultural College, at Dahl
onega, was arrested, following the
bursting of the big Government can
non In the barracks Friday morning,
resulting In the wrecking of the bar
racks. It Is said that the cannon
was loaded with 50 pounds of giant
powder, with a 60-foot fuse attached.
The college Is under $6,000 bond to
the Government us a guarantee for
security of the cannon.
Dumb Woman Speaks and Dies
Columbus, Ind. (Special). Re
covering her voice suddenly after
having been dumb many weeks, Mrs.
Albert Hook, aged 20, called her bus
baud and other members of ber fam
ily to her bedside Friday, bade them
farewell In a firm tone and died.
She bad been 111 for a year, and ber
voice strangely ringing through tbe
bouse startled the family to believ
ing she bad been -miraculously re
stored to health, but when they
.reached ber tbe was dying.
Both Want Exposition.
Advocates of New Orleans and of
San Francisco for the exposition of
1915 to celebrate the opening of the
Panama Canal were given a hearing
before the House Committee on
Rules. Governor Gillette, Represen
tative Kahn, former Representative
Theodore A. Boll, and Josph H. Scott,
of Los Angeles, spoke for California,
urging early action to permit tho in
stitution of the preliminary work, ap
pointment of foreign commissioners
and making of representations to
state legislatures.
Representatives Kstopinal and
Pujo, of Louisiana, spoke for New
Orleans, detailing that city's claims.
For Reappointment Of Congress.
Three Joint resolutions were pro
posed providing for amendments to
tho Federal Constitution by abrogat
ing that part prohibiting an export
tax relating to House procedure, and
providing for reapportionment of
Congress so as to make the House
consist of 4 00 members. Represen
tative Foelker, of New York, father
ed all three.
House Passes Pension Hill,
The 18 pension agencies through
out the country will be centralized in
one agency if the Senate agrees to
the Pension ' npropriatlon bill as
passed by the .jouse of Representa
tives. Attempts have been made for
many years to have these offices abol
ished, but without success, although
last year the House conferees bill
"fought to the last ditch," as It was
expressed by Representative Kalfer,
to have the Senate conferees agree to
the abollshmnt of the agencies.
The bill, as passed by the House,
carries $153,614,000, $74,000 less
than was recommended In the bill as
presented.
SWOOP DOWN ON
STOCK COMPANY
Government Agents Raid a Chi
cago Concern..
GOING AFTER THE 26 BRANCHES.
Secret Service Men Confiscate Iter
ords and Papers Of Capital Invest
ment Company GeUHich-Quick
Firm Did n Business Of $10,0110,.
OOO Annually Made $000,000 In
One Day On a Deal Got Ahead Of
Ticker. .
$0,000 Salary Too Small.
"I could not save anything out of
a salary of $6,000 a year and I have
a family," said Librarian of Congress
Herbert Putnam, In arguing before
the House Committee on Appropria
tions for an Increase of his salary
from $6,000 to $7,500.
Mr. Putnam failed In his effort.
He pointed out that he had no other
sourco of Income, and, while admit
ting that the Librarian of Congress
does not have to entertain largely, he
declared he ought to be able to meet
certain social obligations Incurred be
cause of his official position.
For Memorial To Lincoln.
A national memorial to Abraham
Lincoln to be erected In Washington
at a cost of $2,000,000 Is proposed In
a bill Introduced by Senator Cullom,
of. Illinois. The bill names a per-
manent. commission to be composed
of President Taft, Senators Wetmore,
of Rhode Island, and Money, of Miss
issippi; Representatives McCall, of
Massachusetts, and Champ Clark, of
Missouri. The sum of $100,000 Is to
be Immediately available under the
bill.
More For I". S. Judges.
To increase salaries of Supreme
Court Justices $5,000 and to Increase
proportionately the compensation of
all Federal Judges Is the purpose of
a bill introduced by Senator Depew,
of New York.
The salary of the Chief Justice Is
fixed by the bill at $18,000; and
those of associate Justices of that
court at $17,500. These salaries are
now respectively $13,000 and $12.
600. It 1b proposed to Increase cir
cuit Judges' salaries from $7,000 to
$10,000; and Federal district Judges
from $6,000 to $9,000.
Ink For Communion Wine.
Mount Sterling, Ky. (Special).
Many members of the Pleasant Val
ley Christian Church were made 111
Sunday as the result of some un
known persons substituting indelible
Ink for the communion wine, which
was kept In the church. The officers
of the church passed the supposed
wine at, communion before It was
found that the change had been
made.
Laughed Himself To Death.
Lacrosse, Wis. (Special). Laugh
ing heartily at the Joke of a friend,
Albert Summers, 58 years old, gasp
ed and sank to the ground. He died
a few hours later. Physicians are
of. the opinion that the strain of
laughing Induced a stroke of paraly
sis. At present the 2.600,000 popula
tion of Manhattan Is Increased to 3,
000,000 during business hours.
Woman FaJtteU Two Months.
Aberdeen, S. D. (Special). After
a fast of oyer two months, during
which time she smoked a pipeful of
tobacco every night and morning,
Mrs. Susannah Cooper died here,
aged 91 years. Mrs. Cooper fasted
In the belief that It would benefit ber
bealtb.
There are cattle ranchers In Argen
tina wltb so many buildings that
they almost form a town in them
Chicago . (Special). Federal
agents are prepared to swoop down
upon 26 branches of the Capital In
vestment Company scattered through
eight Middle Western States. Fol
lowing the sensational raid on the
main offices and four brandies of this
company in Chicago and branches
in Jollet and Aurora, 111., Thursday
this roundup will mark one of the
most extensive movements In the his
tory of the government's war against
alleged get-rich-qulck concerns. Im
mediate action, It Is said, will be
taken In the following cities:
Milwaukee, Racine and Green Bay,
Wis.; Detroit, Grand Rapids, Kala
mazoo and Lansing, Mich.; Daven
port and Muscatine, Iowa; Rockford,
Elkin, Monmouth, Galesburg, East
St.. Louis, Belvldere and Dekalb, 111.;
Indianapolis, Anderson, Kokomo,
Muncle and Lafayette, Ind.; Louis
vile, Ky., and Cincinnati, O., and St.
Louis. Mo.
Made $10,000,000 a Year.
According to agents of the Depart
ment of Justice, the Capital Invest
ment Company controlled 6,000 miles
of leased wires to supply these
branches with news of the New York
stock market, and was doing a busi
ness of more than $10,000,000 an
nually. It Is said that on one 10
point break In the market the con
cern netted $600,000 In a single day.
The government alleges that the
firm dealt with Its customers on a
basis of "Heads I win; tails you
lose." In this connection Federal
agents say that the company con
trolled ' two fast New York wires
which were beating the "ticker" with
regular market quotations by from
three to five minutes. With this ad
vance Information the men In charge
of the company's offices would decide
If orders would be filled. The gov
ernment charges that the concern
bought no stocks outright, but took a
commission on all orders and then
played tho "longs" against the
"shorts."
Although operated at a loss six
months In the year, because of its
extended wire service and many
branches, the concern Is said to have
been a big payer at the end of the
year. It has recently been dealing
heavily In cotton.
Successor To Hammond Co.
This concern is a successor to the
Hammond Elevator Company, wblch
did a big bucket shop business for
a number of years. The principal
offices of the elevator company were
In Hammond, Ind., until the opera
tion of such a concern In that State
was made a felony. The Hammond
Elevator Company was then dissolv
ed and the Capital Investment Com
pany was organized under the laws of
Illinois.
Among the warrants that have
been served In connection with the
case are those for Sldmon McHle, and
William R. Holllgan. of New York,
and William J. Lloyd, district traffic
manager for the Western Union Tele
graph Company In Chicago. It is ex
pected that 17 more arrests will be
made here.
BIG FUND TO END WAR
Mr. Carnegie Gives $11,500,000
to Promote Peace.
Washington, D. C. (Special).
President Taft has consented to be
come honorary president of the $10,
000,000 International Peace Founda
tion, which was presented to a board
of 20 trustees composed of men of
international reputation by Andrew
Carnegie.
The gift Is In the form of $10,000,
000 In 6 per cent, first mortgage
bonds which have a market value of
$11,500,000.
The transfer was made at a meet
ing In the rooms of the Carnegie Re
search Foundation. The trustees
chose Senator Elihu Root, of New
York, as their president. Senator
Root is also permanent representa
tive of tho United States at Tho
Hague Tribunal. Ihe purpose of the
foundation is the abolition of war. '
Ills Plan World-Wide.
While Mr. Carnegie refused to dis
close his entire plan, It is known that
I he expects to see a world-wide organ
ization which will be created by this
'vast gift.
The distribution of $600,000 a year
which the $10,000,000 endowment
will yield, is to be left entirely In the
hands of the trustees. It Is consider
ed possible that the trustees will co
operate with Secretary of State Knox
to promote the proposed peace court.
While Carnegie's gift was unex
pected, It caused no great surprise
among the promoters of the world
peace movement In Washington, at
In recent years ho has Bhown an In
creasing Interest In the work. It It
known that he has been putting aside
other activity to devote himself al
most wholly to the cause.
Carnegie's Purpose.
In the trust deed Mr. Carnegie
sa.VB:
"Although . we no longer eat out
fellowmen nor sack cities, killing
their Inhabitants, we still kill each
other In war like barbarians. Only
wild beasts are excusable for doing
that In this, the twentieth century ol
the Christian era, for the crime ol
war is Inherent, since It decides not
In favor of the right, but always ol
the strong. The nation Is criminal
which refuses arbitration and de
ceives its adversary, which knowt
nothing of righteous Judgment."
MAYOR KILLED AT FIRE.
Embers Of One Blaze Cause
Another.
La Grange, Ky. (Special). Fire
which broke out from the smoulder
ing embers of the blaze, which did
$30,000 damage Tuesday night, cost
the life of Mayor Collis McDowell.
Mayor McDowell was killed by a
falling chimney while directing the
fire against tho flames. Charles
and Alfred Fisher fell through a
floor and were perhaps fatally In
jured. The loss is $25,000.
REBELS WIX IX MEXICO.
Federal Troops Reported Defeated In
Battle At Mlnaca.
El Paso, Texas (Special). Federal
troops were completely overthrown In
an engagement lasting several hours
at La Junta, a small town near
Mlnaca, on the Mexican Northwestern
and Orient railroads, according to In
formation received by railroad offi
cials here.
At 4.30 P. M., the remnant .of tho
Federal troops, numbering 160, sur
rendered their arms and ammunition
and were allowed to depart in the di
rection of Chihuahua.
As telegraph wires were cut in
many places, no details of the battle
can be secured. A telephone wire
running north through the mountains
brought the news to the Juarez
branch of the Mexican Northwestern
that the Federals wereoverwhelmlng
ly defeated and that the survivors
had surrendered.
RICHES TO MOTHER CHURCH.
11ALLINGER FOE ACQUITTED.
Louis R. Glavis Was Accused Of
Starting Forest Fire.
Golden Gate, Wash. (Special).
Louis R. Glavis, principal witness In
the Pinchot-Balllnger hearing was
acquitted here on the charge of hav
ing started a forest fire. Tho Jury
was out twenty minutes.
The evidence showed that Glavis
had nothing to do with a ,blg forest
fire near White Salmon, alleged to
have been caused by a small fire
started on his own land.
KILLED LIGHTING I.AM I.
Farmhouse ISiiiihmI and Two Chil
dren May Die.
Jamestown, N. Y. (Special). The
farmhouse of Amel Nelson, of Rus
sell, Pa., was destroyed by flro. Nel
son's five-year-old daughter was
cremated and two other children,
aged two and three years, respective
ly, were seriously, and it Is feared,
fatally burned. . .
The fire was caused by the ex
plosion of an oil lamp, which the
daughter was lighting.
CAUGHT RY EXPLOSION,
Twelve Miners, Perhaps More,
Trapped By Fire.
Denver (Special). An explosion
In the Leyden coal mine, owned by
tbe Leyden Coal Company, 14 miles
west of Denver, entombed at least
12 men, and possibly more In tbe
lower workings. The fate of (he
men is unknown, but It Is feared all
may bave been killed by tbe explo
sion or burned to death in tbe lire
htrh. followed.
Mrs. Eddys Will Shows Estate May
Reach $2,000,000.
Concord, N. H. (Special). Gen.
Henry M. Baker, executor of the
estate of Mary Baker O, Eddy, filed
her will In the probate court In this
city Wednesday afternoon, Judge
Charles R. Corning presiding.
Under the terms of the will, the
mother church at Boston Is to get
tho bulk of Mrs. Eddy's enormout
fortune. This church, in addition to
special bequests aggregating $150,
000, Is also made the residuary lega
tee. There is every reason to believe
that the value of Mrs. Eddy's estate
has been underestimatd and that It
will reach, if it does not exceed, $2,-000,000.
LE RLAXC GIRL ACQUITTED.
Takes Hour and Half For the Juror
To Agree.
East Cambridge, Mass. (Special).
After deliberating an hour and
thirty minutes the Jury, wblch for the
last 10 days has been sitting in the
case of Hattie Le Blanc, the 17-year-old
French-Canadian girl, accused ot
the murder of Clarence F. Glover, of
Waltham, Wednesday!, morning re
turned a verdict of "not guilty."
The courtroom was crowded,' as it
has been since the beginning of the
trial, and the spectators cheeren
loudly when the foreman ot tbe Jury
made known its verdict.
Hens Worth $22,000.
Philadelphia (Special). Wlnnei
over all others of ber breed. Lady
Washington, a raven black Orping
ton hen, worth $12,000, has only one
of her kind as a rival hej- own
daughter. Her offspring is worth
$10,000. Whenever either choose
to do tbe commonplace thing of lay
ing an egg that egg is worth $25.
Both chickens were on exhibition at
the Fifth Annual Poultry Show In
this city.
Woman Burned To Death.
Chicago (Special). Fondness foi
her corn cob pipe cost the life of Mrs.
Bertha H. Byers, 81 years old. Daniel
Lynch, 72 years old, who was smok
ing with ber In the front room of
bis flat was severely burned, trying
to save ber. , The fire partially de
stroyed the tenement and 17 families
were forced into the street. Mrs.
Byers went . Into the Lynch apart
ment, as was her custom, for quiet
smoke wltb ber old friend. She sat
by tbe window and Are from ber pipe
dropped Into tbe lace .curtain,
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STATE
CAPITAL
NEWS
State To Supervise Orchards.
State Zoologist Surface announced
that, with tho conclusion of the orch
ard demonstrations for the control of
fruit tree pests last Saturday, the
demonstrators would undertake the
supervision of about 1,000 orchards
which have been placed' under the
care of the State. The list of orch
ards so put within the control of the
State authorities Is the largest ever
known and Includes every county.
The supervision of orchards will In
clude Inspections and advice and as
sistance to farmers and fruit grow
ers for the extermination of San
Jose scale and other pests, which
cost the State an annual loss of hun
dreds of thousands of dollars, accord
ing to Dr. Surface's estimates. Where
possible preventive measures will be
taken to show owners how to care
for trees. It is proposed to resume
tho demonstrations In orchards of
the State In February or March and
300 orchards are listed to be visited
before the buds burst. This work
has ben in progress several years
and has resulted in marked success
in holding down damage from pests
In - many sections of the State.
Numerous fruit exhibits from farms
where State methods have been fol
lowed will be Bhown here next month
during the meeting of the State Horti
cultural Association.
Answer League's Call.
Eight of the third class cities of
Pennsylvania have given notice that
they will be represented at the con
ference of the third class City
League, in this city, December 30,
when legislation to be presented to
the next General Assembly will be
discussed. York will send 6 repre
sentatives, Including the Mayor; New
Castle 5, Bradford 3, McKeesport 3,
Wllkes-Barre 3, Easton 3, Allen
town 1, the Mayor of the city, and
Harrlsburg 9. It la expected that
other cities will announce their dele
gations this week. The delegates
11 be entertained by a committee
of Harrlsburg Councils. Among the
Important matters to be presented
will be bills relative to reduction of
size of Councils, and it Is possible
that some effort will be made to have
the commission form of government,
or a single chamber of councils
recommended. Taxation of real
estate of public utility companies,
underground wires, personal notice
'n damage suits, and other subjects
will be discussed and bills drafted for
submission to the Legislature.
Governor Writes Message.
Governor Stuart Is devoting him
self to his message, which he expects
to have ready a week or more In ad
vance of the assembling of the Legis
lature. The message will not only
contain a summary of the work ot
departments, with recommendations,
but also one of the Governor's finan
cial statements, showing the exact
condition of the finances and ' what
may be expected In the way of revenue.
Charters Granted.
The following Philadelphia char
ters were Issued: Ontario Land
Company, capital $100,000; Seaboard
Coal and Core Company, capital
$5,000; New Brandon Knitting Com
pany, capital $10,000; Pearson &
Ludacher Company, capital $100,-
000; Carlton Company, capital $10,-
000; Samuel R. Sharp Company,
capital $20,000.
State Scribes To Talk Shop.
The Executive Committee of the
Pennsylvania State Editorial Asso
ciation changed the date of the an
nual meeting in this city from Jan
uary 17 and 18 to January 24 and 25.
It Is planned to have five papers pre
sented on topics relative to newspa
per work and to conclude with a ban
quet at which meu ot national and
State prominence will be present.
Milk Inspection.
The city's campaign for milk In
spection has ended in an ordinance
for inspection being approved by
Mayor E. S. Meals. The Mayor
signed the bill Wednesday and an In
spector will be named shortly.
Complains Of P. R. T. Cars.
Stockton W. Jones has made a
complaint to the State Railroad Com
mission that the Philadelphia Rapid
Transit Company's Doylestown line
cars are poorly heated and uncomfortable.
The French government Is serious
ly considering a plan to explore Al
giers and the Soudan by means of
aeroplanes, for the purpose ot ascer
taining the most desirable locations
for airship stations.
The foreign trade of the United
Kingdom showed still further in
creases In both Imports and exports
during the month of August. Ex
ports of British merchandise aggre
gated $188,000,000, an increase of
$32,000,000 over August, 1909. Im
ports aggregating $263,000,000 were
$18,000,000 higher.
In the foothills of Mount Tacana,
a Guatemalan volcano, there is an
almost Inexhaustlve supply of sul
phur in huge blocks, wblch Is taken
out from time to time by Indians,
The Norwelgian steamer Helm has
brought to Manila a cargo of coal
from Labuan, Inland of Borneo,
Cargoes are also arriving from New.
castle, Australia. This coal Is re
tailed at $6.60 per ton In Manila.
That the prosperity of the rail
roads Is intimately associated wltb
that ot the whole country U proved
'jy tbe fact that In tbe 12 months
".bat followed the panic, the railroads
luffered a loss of over $230,000,000
.n gross earnings.
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STATE NEWS.
Media. Miss Amanda Carey, a
woman well along In years, bled to
death at her home here. She was
working In the kitchen of her home
and apparently struck her leg against
the door of the stove. An artery was
broken, but she walked across the
room to a chair, where she sat down
and tried to stem the flow of blood,
A trail of blood was left from the
stove to the chair. She gave a call
and her sister-in-law, Mrs, Elwoo
Carey, aroso from bed and came
downstairs. Miss Carey tried to talk
to her, but her lips quivered and sha
could not speak. Dr. Trimble Pratl
was summoned, but when he reached
the house Miss Carey waB dead.
Ebensburg. John R. Edwards, ol
Johnstown, who shot and killed hl
wife last June, appeared in court
here and pleaded guilty. Testimony
was taken so Judge O'Connor could
fix the degree of guilt which will be
either first or second degree murder.
The Court's decision will be made
known January 17. Edwards parted
from his wife in May. He went to
hlB home June 21 and killed her.
In an effort to induce the Court to
fix the crime at second degree mur
der, Edwards' attorneys pleaded that
he was under the Influence of liquor
when he committed the act.
Pittsburg. Helen Boyle, who it
serving a 25-year term in the West
ern Penitentiary here for her connec
tion with the kidnapping of Willie
Whltla, will ask the Pennsylvania
Pardon Board to release her from
further confinement. Mrs. Boyle wa
convicted for a crime committed in
Ohio, she having taken care of th
stolen boy at her apartment in Cleve
land while the search was on. Tha
claim of her attorneys for pardon !
based on this fact.
Doylestown. Mrs. Maggie Byers,
the aged woman who was convicted
in November, 1909, of setting fire to
tho barn on the Robert Beatty farm
and sentenced to not less than two
and a half or more than ten years In
the Eastern Penitentiary, will be free
In a few days, as the Superior Court
has ordered her discharge.
York. Upon a plea of guilty to a
charge of embezzlement, Harry Pier
pont, a young bank clerk and expert
accountant, was sentenced to the
Eastern Penitentiary for a term of
not less than six months nor more
than two years. Plerpont, while
cashier of the Pullman Motor Car
Company, took $500. .
Pottsville. Having declared that
she had a premonition that she had:
attended her last service, Miss Annie
Moyer, of Orwtgsburg, aged 36 years,
a devout member of the Reformed
Church, dropped dead midway be
tween the church and her home. She
had attended a public preaching service.
Pittsburg. H. W. McMaster and
F. H. Skeldlng, receivers of the
Wabash-Pittsburg Terminal Rail
road, were granted permission In the
United States District Court to spend
$2,000,000 for gondolas to be used
In the lake coal carrying traffic. It
is said that bids will be asked at once
and the orders placed as soon as pos
sible. The money will buy 2000 cars.
Bristol. By the discovery of aa
extensive stratum of fine white sand
on the old Simons farm, the Penn
sylvania Railroad has saved Itself one
dollar per yard In the construction ol
the new elevated line through here.
When the work began the steam
shovels unearthed the layer of Band.
Reading. Robert Forricey, aged
56, a puddler, plead guilty before
Judge Endlch to setallng a satchel
containing $5,000 worth of bonds and
other valuables from a passenger
train on the Reading Road a month
ago. The grip was later recovered.
He was given a term of one year In
Jail.
Bristol. Borough Council author
ised the borough solicitor to adver
tise tor bids for the erection of a
municipal water works and the con
struction of a sewerage system. Thus,
after several years of legislation and
litigation, the borough is to own and
maintain these two Important utilities.
Beaver. While standing on
bank watching a companion digging
for a rabbit near his horns, Wilber
Bevlngton, aged 16, slipped and foil
The gun be carried was discharged
and the shot entered bis neck. He
died almost Instantly.
Ashland. Englebert Loper, a car
penter, aged 48 years, fell down
stairway at a new building bere and
received Injuries from which he died
an hour later at the Miners' Hospital.
In the fall bis bead came in contact
with a railing, crushing bis skull.
Scranton. Three Polanderi,
miner and laborers in Cayuga mint.
North Scranton, while eating tbelt
dinner were caught by a fall of roof
coal and killed. Another was seri
ously injured.
Economy Expert.
An expert in municipal economic
Will be secured for Harrlsburg, th
Board of Trade having agreed to
bring such a man to this city to
study Ita problems. Fire depart
ments and othei mattera will cotu
Up.
It has just been learned from
apparently reliable source that th
Canadian Pacific Railway bus
ready figured but aa estimate for the
bridging ot Seymour Narrows, Di
that this estimate falls consider!!?
short ot the $16,000,000 which I
has been stated it would take to com
plete the work.
Buenos Ayres bas only recent''
completed a .new and extenalve "
tern ot docks and port equipment
yet so rapid has been the lucres
jot the commerce that complaint
(congestion Is already beard.
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