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    The Fulton county News
KcConnellsburf , Pi.
LIARS' LITERATURE.
There must be a contest on for
tory telling, for the reading public
re being handed gome "lemons" un
aware, or, If there Isn't, the strangest
things ever are happening. The lamp
post that wabbled was Just plain,
simple drunk, we know about that,
but we won't Bay any more, says tho
New Orleans Picayune. Then the
Plymouth Rock hen and the cold
storage affair, .oo, made us sit up
and take notice, but now comes Into
court a North Yaklnin farmer and he
tells this without even blushing. -He
says he fired Into a flock of geese and
brought down two. lie had also cast
off the Yakima river bank a fishing
line with several hooks on It, so he
could hunt and Huh at the same time.
You know these Yuklma fanners are
deucedly clever. He was surprised
to see another goose rise In the air
again and again, only to fall to the
ground. Upon Investigation he dis
covered that the goose was caught on
set line nearly 500 feet long with 60
hooks set at Intervals. A section of
the line was on the land and the
goose bed swallowed one of the baits.
Following up the line he found It
down a hole under a stump. Pulling
on the lint, he dragged oui a snarling,
.snapping ctter and an 18-pound Ger
man carp. It's nearly time for some
one to tell how a diamond necklace
was got out of a "lobster," and then
school can quit
A French paper Is conducting a vot
ing contest for the purpose of decid
ing what In the opinion of a majority
of Its readers are the virtues most to
be desired In women. Each reader Is
requested to name ten virtues. So far
Ixty virtues have been named. The
first seven have always been at the
top of the poll since the beginning of
the ballot. In ihe following order:
Goodness, orderliness, devotion, thrift,
gentleness, Intelligence and amiabil
ity. It Is noted that will power comes
twenty-fourth In the list, which Is a
long way down, considering that devo
tion Is third, and which Indicates that
not a few of the voters are men
However, the virtue of meekness li
the slxlfeth and last in the list, and
has received only 96 votes, while the
votes for the first three In the list
ranged between 17,000 and 19,000.
Atlantic City Is getting very moral.
Not content with regulating bathing
ults, the solons have now decreed
that no oyster may go through the
streets without having all Its shell on.
It seems, however, that waiters have
been carrying the luclous bivalve In
the open exposed to various germs;
and the provision of the health author
ities Is to be regarded as a sanitary
' precaution and not another act of
prudery.
Ohto has more colleges than any
other state. It requires special en
deavor to raise one Institution Into
lame above Its rivals, when ao many
xlst The boys of West Lafayette
college achieved this distinction by
putting oil Into the milk of the girls'
dormitory. Twenty girls were made
violently III. 8ome day civilization
mill be so general that It will exist
even among college students.
One man asserts that blondes are
going out of fashion and that big feet
for women are coming in. The critics
of the sex will Immediately seize
upon these facts, especially the latter,
to prove that women are walking toe
much over tradition and conservatism
In their campaign for more rights,
thus sacrificing fair complexion and
mall feet.
Dr. Wiley, the government ar'horlty
on pure foods, makes a doleful indict
tnent of the American people. He says
we eat too much, drink too much.
work too much, sleep too much, loaf
too much and take medicine too much
Would the doctor admit that some of
us talk too much? If so, could he do
It without a self-conscious blush?
Strange, Isn't It, how the tired buBl-
ness man will perk up and take a
brighter view of life In the nf:ernoon
aa the hands of the clock approach
Mie hour of three that Is, when It Is
not raining and the baseball team Is
In town.
It Is announced by an English sol
entlst that our winters will gradually
get warmer during the next 400 years,
but be warns us that after the year
2294 there will be a change for the
worse. Let us by all means enjoy the
unshine while we may.
A Philadelphia preacher announce'.!
that summer resorts are the starting
places of disagreement!, .adlng to dl
vorce. It Is not likely that his decla
ration will have a serious effect upon
the summer resort business.
The automobile mile record Is now
25.40 seconds, and the locomotive Is
distanced. The aeroplane may, how
ever, become a competitor.
One of the feminine moralists ad
vises women to have an aim In life
Who ever heard of a woman bitting
anything she aimed at?
Ho war now In the known earth,
nnless In the vicinity j)t Fez. There
it is a habit of the Moors whin Eu
rope ennot stop.
Another German dirigible has been
wrecked on a tree. It is up to Ger
many to quit ballooning or cut down
Its forests.
THE SU6U MEN
AFRAID OF JAIL
As a Result Beet Sugar Com
pany Ended Agreement.
WERE VIOLATING THE LAW.
Agreement Wat Mftd After Trust Had
Fal.ed to Fores the fairer, can
beet Sugar C mpany
Out ot 6utncSJ.
Washington. Henry T. Oxnard,
Vice-president of the American Beet
8ugur Company, -told the llardwlck
Investigating committee of the House
how John E. Parsons, as counsel for
the American Sugar Kenning Com-
lany, had O. K.'d ail agreement be
tween the Sugar Trust and the
American Beet Sugar Company,
which later was abrogated by the
beet sugar people because they were
advised that it might land some of
them in Jail for violating the Sher
man Anti-trust Law.
The questionable agreement was
ntered Into by the two au .ar Inter
ests In 1903 after the Sugar Trust
had tried In vain to drive the beet
sugar people out of business by cut-.
ting prlceB. Under the agreement
the American Sugar Refining Com-. worth of American property In Mex
pany became the selling agent of the it0 ))ave j,w. announced. Covernor
American Beet Sugar Company.
"What was the reason for this
agreement: asKca unairman nuiu-
wkk.
There had been a ruinous cut
throat competition," admitted Mr.
Oxnard, "and, In addition, It was
cheaper to have our produc t nanuien
bv the brokers of the American
Sugar Refining Company.
If thlB agreement was to bene
ficial, why was It not continued?"
asked Mr. llardwlck.
Was Aga nit the Law
"When Col. Duval succeeded me
as president of the company," he
said, "he thought the contract was
at t v. tVin Iahi I i rA lilm U'A tl Q ft
.eu.iioi "
expert legal advice from officers of
the American Sugar Refining Com-
pany and from a firm of New York
counsel that It was not In violation
of law. But Mr. Duval said he
wnnlrt h.v. Mr Wnvne MacVeah
pass upon the legality of the con-
tract. Mr. MacVeagh told Col. ' P'oueu uy ,u.elB....
Duval that If we did not abrogate It body of the people have nothing. We
we would run the risk of going to the on the verge of becoming a na
penitentlary. We conferred with the tlon of paupers. Now all special prlv
offlcers of the American Sugar Re-: HPes shall cease If we can accom
finlng Company as to Mr. Mac- Pllan It.
Veagh's opinion and of our desire to I "We hope to maintain the friend
abrogate It. They reiterated their Hest relations with Americans, and
belief that It was not, In their e shall Invite all foreign capital to
opinion, In violation of law, but they I come In; but there will be no more
m-finM OOTAA tft flVirnrrfttA It if U'A selling out of the country by plece-
.i.).rf tn . Tho .nntri-P. u.
terminated In October, 1905, after
being In operation for about three
years. It was to have run
1912."
until
Mr. Oxnard mentioned Henrv O.
Momvr nri Mr Pnrann hnv-
Ing expressed the opinion It was not stores, In towns where large numbers ( would come he brought packages,
In violation of the law. of men are employed, will be abol- which I concealed In a trunk. Later
Ished. This will mean that working I went to New York, engaged a safety
! people will have the benefit of buy- deposit box at the Bankers' Safe De
Clrcua Glr.'a Aw'ul P uno. ; Ing from . whom they please. Of posit Company, In Wall street, and
York, Pa. A crowd of 5,009 per-
ions at the Forepaugh-Sells Show
here was thrilled with an act not on
the program when Lula Hummel
dropped from near the top of the tent i
to the ground and was fatally Injur-
ed. Miss Hummel, whose home Is in
Milwaukee, Wis., was hanging to a
trap with her teeth and was being
pun around like a top, when she
lost her hold. Both arms were brok
en and she sustained Internal Injuries
that will cause her death. Several
women among the spectators faint
ed and had to be carried from the
tent.
Poilmn'gr Fails Dead.
Newark, Del. Delaware Clark,
aged 54 years, postmaster of Newark,
dropped dead on the street. Mr.
Clark was on the way from his home,
on Quality Hill, to the postoflice
about 6.30 o'clock. When crossing
the main tracks of the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad he was seen to sud
denly drop to the ground. Friends
went to his assistance and removed
him to a nearby store, but he died
within 20 minutes. He had been
subject to attacks similar to paralytic
strokes for several years.
To Remove 3,000 Dead.
Pan Antonio. The bodies of 3,000
soldiers and officers are to bo re-
moved at once from the Fort Brown
National Cemetery, Brownville, Tex.,
and relnterred ln the Alexandria
National CenieU-ry, at Plnesvllle, La.
N. E. Randall, the successful bidder
for the contract, had word from
Washlngton that his bond had been
approved. ,
Thompson Must Stand Trial.
Washington. Peter G. Thomson,
of Hamilton, O., president of the
Champion Coated Paper Companj,
must stand trial on the Indictment
returned against him charging brib
ery of Major W. P. Zantzinger, postal
card agent for the Postoflice Depart
ment, by sending him $100 after the
agent had rejected certain paper fur
nished by the company under a con
tract for postal raids. Justice
Wright, of the District Supreme
Court, overruled a demurrer filed by
Thomson.
500 Veaaia Id a.
Cleveland, O. Not In years, ves
sel owners say, has there been such
stagnation In freight trnfTlc on the
Great Lakes as durlnis the present
season. Local carrier estimate that
a total of 500 vesse's are In port,
none of which has had a cargo since
the close of navigation last falh Or
traffic Is reported unusually light.
Reports of a bumper crop In the
Northwest, however, causes vessf-1
owners to hope that there will be a
big Increase in freljht before the sea
ion ends.
r BACK TO THE SOIL
Copyright. 1911.)
NO CONCESSIONS TO MONOPLIES
Mexican Reform Affecting Amer
lean Procert ei No Selling
Out of Mexico
Chihuahua, Mex. Reforms imnie-
diately affecting millions of dollars
Abraham Gonzales dtclared that un
der the new regime foreign conces
sions which, might be regarded as
monopolies would not be extended or
renewed, and that every legal effort
would be made to restrict foreign
.nononolles now existing in Chlhuar
1)ua one of tne richest states in min-
erals and timber. The properties are
legally controlled by American,
British and German Interests. The
Americans are the largest holders.
I "AH Americans who grieved at the
I downfall of the Diaz administration
.will find that their grief was well
founded," said Governor Gonzales.
"We do not intend to take away the
riches of any foreigner who legally
... , . . .lint nn.
""'UD uu "
er the Diaz system he granting of
concessions with their ruinous pay-
"le"18 ul UJ", BU",B '"""7' ,
Mexican poiiucia s. wBS ,..iu..
Belling oui oi Mexico,
"For years Mexico has been ex
meal. We will invite competition,
not monopoly. If American capital
wishes to come here. It must be pre-
pared to compete wltn Mexican capi-
tal. No exclusive privileges will be
given foreigners
"What is known as company
course, we do not Intend to question
the right of concessions legally held,
but we shall refuse to encourage or
extend unjust ones."
CHAMP ON EGG EATER
Swallows 54 In Sl Minute for
Bet of S 00.
San Francisco. Breaking eggs as
fast as they were handed to him and
catapulting the contents Into his
mouth at the rate of one In three
seconds, Nick Volz, a butcher, swal
lowed 54 eggs in 1S6 seconds, there
by refuting the statement of a well
known physician that It could not be
done. Volz got the eggs and $100.
Several days ago Abe Shapiro, pro
prietor of a butcher shop and who
was familiar witn me accompnsn -
lTimita nf Vnlti !( ne eastronomin
lines, offered to bet Uon Sanders'
?1 00 that Volz could devour 64 eggs
In six minutes.
Sanders sought counsel of a doc-
tor and received satisfying advice,
Then he took uo the waiter and sun-
plemented It by making a similar bet
with Volz.
After eating the eggs Volz took
two drinks of whisky and resumed
his work.
GM Has Too Much Money.
Chicago. Catherine Barker,
12
years old, of Laporte, Ind., who, by
her father's will, receives an annual
income of $60,000 for her education
and 'sustenance, has applied to tho
Circuit Court for permission to di-
vide her income with charitable in-
stitutions of Laporte and Michigan
City, Ind. Miss darker received $30,-
000,000 a3 her share of her father's
estate, which Is held In trust.
Taft'a Suit of First Cotton.
San Benito, Texas. President
Taft, the King of England and the
Govewior-General of Canada are to
be presented with suits of clothes
made from the flrst bale of cotton of
this season's growth. At a meeting
of the Commercial Club of San
Benito It was decided to trace the
cotton, which was raised ln this
country, to Manchester, England,.
where It Is destined, and have it
woven Into cloth from which the
clothes are to be made.
Died Cpn no Saf-.
Washington. Joseph Durnbaugh,
of Mechanlcsburg, Pa., an expert
locksmith, employed In the Treasury
Department, fell dead while attempt
ing to open a safe In the White House
offices. Durnbaugh was 70 years old.
Victor A. Du Font, Jr, Deid.
Wilmington, Dol. Victor A. du
Pont, Jr., until recently vice-president
of the E. I. da Pont de Nemours
Powder Company, 'Med of heart fail
ure at his home here.
E
Packages of $10, $20, $50 and
$100 Bills.
THE "WOMAN IN THE CASE"
Mra. Jeannette S'ewart Ford Testl
ties That tdgarS. C oke Present
ed Her Wlih $22,000 of
Funds of Big Four Railway.
Cincinnati, O. Mrs. Jeannette
Stewart Ford, the "woman In the
case," was the chief witness Thurs
day In the trial of Edgar S. Cooke,
who is charged with embezzling $24,
000 from the Big Four Railway Com
pany. She was called as a witness
at the completion of the testimony
of Charles L. Warrlner. Warrlner
In hlB confession charged that Mrs.
Ford received a large part of the
$643,000 which he said he had taken
from the railroad company. Mrs.
Virl tL'fla nnpa trlorl nn thA rhATPA
of blackmailing Warrlner, but the '
Jury failed to agree. She is still un-
der Indictment. Ever since her trla.1
Mrs. Ford has been an Invalid and
she gave her testimony from a wheel
chair. Before she had testified more
than a few moments she startled the
courtroom, declaring that Cooke had
given her $22,000 In cash. She also
revealed the innermost secrets of her
relations with the defendant so far
aa the Judge and attorneys would i
i permit.
i lie money, .irs. ruru ivhiihcu, ;
was In packages. "Cooke would visit ;
mn af mv Hot w t rt w r VirAA tint AO a I
week," Bhe said
'Each time he
! put the packages In It
! "Cooke and I went to New York In
September, 1901. We went to the
safety deposit vaults and opened the
packages and counted the money. It
came to $22,000, all In $10, $20, $50
and $100 bills."
"While you were In New York did
you have any talk as to where this
G
BUNDLES OF
5 10
WOMEN
money came from.' sue was asnea. 1 8ceori)lng to Senator Kenyon. of
"Yes nfrom the Big Four," was I Iowa fornler trust buster of the De.
the reply. "Cooke explained how partment of Justice. Senator Ken
and why he got It. He said other jyon told president Taft that as long
men were getting It, and that when j a tn) concerns In the trust sell their
tney let mm out ne wouiu jusi neip
himself."
HIGH HEELS HEATHENISH.
go N-w Yofk Jutco Te, Nur,e,
i at Commencement
1 y nKn ns Bre BS
heathenish as rings In the nose or
tattooing, neciaren Mipreme uoun
Justice Howard to the graduating
nurses of Troy Hospital. "Such
i shoes," said the Justice, "are as bar-
barons as torturing and as destruc
tive of health as the Chinese wooden
shoes. Roth breed ungainly and de-
formed feet. ChinA Is proud of one
kind of deformed feet; we of the
other. Each kind results only in
walking monstrosities.
to Investigate Military Establishment
Washington. To effect a reorgan
ization of the United States Army,
Representative Kahn (Republican,
California), a member of the House announced his candidacy for the Re
Committee on Mi'ltary Affairs, de-1 lubllenn nomination for the Prest
clared he expected shortly to Intro- j dency of the United States In 1912,
duce a resolution calling for a Joint i '"K tlle flrst t0 e,,ter tne Md- Mr.
Investigation by Congress ot the mil-j Hawkins declares ho Is In earnest
Itary establishment.
A Bumper Wheat Crop
Washington. A bumper harvest
of wheat ln British India, estimated
at 369,000,000 bushels, passing all
previous yields and a record area
sown to spring wheat In Western
Canada, where 90 per cent, of the
Dominion wheat Is grown, giving rise
to seemingly extravagant estimates
of probable yield, are the feature of
the world's review of May agricultu
ral news Just announced by the De
partment of Agriculture.
Wanted to bs Courted Agtlni
New York. In explaining why she
wanted a separation of only two
years from her husband, Mrs. Charles
E. Ethrldge told Justlco Kapper that
she wanted to give him the opportu
nity of winning her back.
Couqhs Se'fto Death.
Bloomfleld, N. 3. Michael Maffal,
39 years old, from a state of appar
ently perfect health coughed himself
to death In three hours.
RECIPROCITY ON ITS WAY
Senate Makes It Unf.nlshad Busl
' ness Gore on Mldd
Ground.
Washington. The first day of the
consideration of the Canadian Reci
procity 1)111 by the Senate was char
acterized by several events. In addi
tion to listening to speeches by Sen
ators Curtis, of Kansas, and McCum
ber, of North Dakota, In opposition
to the measure, the Senate made the
bill the unfinished business on the
calendar, and without opposition
cianged the regular dally hour of
meeting from 2 o'clock to 12 o'clock
noon, which is expected to materiolly
assist In disposing of the speeches.
Senator Penrose, in charge of the
bill, expressed satisfaction at the out
look, saying he believed there will be
general co-operation In bringing the
discussion to a close as speedily as
possible.
Senator Bristol- Introduced an
amendment reducing the sugar duty.
His amendment would strike out the
Dutch standard provision of the pres
ent law and remove the differential
between raw and refined sugar, so
that the duty would be 95 cents er
hundred on sugar testing 75 degrees
and 3 1-2 cents for each additional
degree. Mr. Hrlatow expressed con
fidence that the amendment would
receive a considerable vole.
Senator Gore asked and obtained
leave for the printing of a speech
made In the Canadian 1'arllanient by
J. A. Sexsmlth, a member, In oppo
sition to the reciprocity agreement.
Ho said that Mr. Sexsmlth was a
farmer and declared that he painted
an especially dark picture for Can
ada as the result of the ratification
of the convention. For himself, Mr.
Gore sa'd he occupied middle ground,
believing that ruin would come to
neither.
REVOLT BEG NS IN PORTUGAL
Chaea Garr soi Nir Northern
Bor or. Mutinies.
London. The threatened monar
chist revolution in Portugal Is now
under way,' according to Madrid dis
patches, The garrison at Chaves, near tlx
northern frontier, mutinied and
killed the commander, the dlspatchei
say. At Hraga, in Northwestern Por
tugal, monarchist groups sacked the
ofilce of the Republican newspaper
and are in control of the town.
Lisbon dispatches say the govern
ment uas rushed cap to tb dlssf.
tecjed sections. Captain Cosier,
Commander Coutlnho are lead-
Ing the monarchist movement neai
Braga, only a few miles from tht
Spanish border.
WATCH WOMEN BURN
Neighbors
Cou'dn't Fore
vVaj
Tn rough Door.
Chicago. Mrs. Mary Bracket li
dead and her daughter, Mrs. Evelyn
Beachy, an artist, Is dying as a re
sult of a fire In the kitchen of theli
home. The elder woman's drest
i """cu
hlnxnil nit ti'han c n A li' ji r Inn nnn hi
gas range ana mo aaugnier went ic
her rescue. Neighbors, attracted b)
the screams, could not force theli
way through the locked door and
were forced to stand on the porct
and watch the women burn.
BREAD TRUST IMMUNE.
Cannot
be Prosecuted
Because
Trade It Local.
Washington. The new $25,000,
000 bread baking trust organized In
New York city Is beyond Prosecution.
, brea,j ln cltl.g where It is made.
and do not engage In interstate com
merce, they are immune from prose
cution. ACCUSES CUSTOMS MEN.
Alleged In P.ot With Tobacco Men at
Havana.
Havana. Charges that customs
officers are in league with Cuban to
bocco leaf exporters and re-exporters
of New York and Florida, to defraud
the Cuban and I'ulted States govern
ments, were made here by the col lee-
! tor of th ,ort- The collector did
not give the details nor did he make
known the source of his information,
but he siild that bonded warehouses
were also Involved.
After Taft'a Job
Louisville, Ky. James P. Haw
kins, a postal clerk ln this city, has
about It, too.
Rural Carrlera May Blow Bugles.
Washington. To add to the plc
tureaqueness of country life, rural
mall carriers some day may announce
their arrival by the blowing of
bugles. This suggestion has been
made to the Postoflice Department by
a citizen of New Hampshire, who
adds In his letter that the bugle also
would Bcrve a useful purpose. In giv
ing country dwellers who might wish
to purchase stamps from the carrier
knowledge of his proximity.
Cm". Hatches Chicken.
West field, N. J. Thomas Tappln,
a hard-shelled Baptist In good stand
in? In authority for the statement
that his cat hatched out four chick
ens and Is now caring for them. He
will send the outfit to President Taft
Teft to Visit M ch'lgan
Washington. President Taft has
accepted an Invitation to visit Hough
ton, Mich., probably n August 8. He
may make the trip through the Great
Lakes, sailing from Buffalo.
5
Panama Canal Bond Issue Big
; Success.
IS LARGELY OVERSUBSCRIBED
Comparatively Sma I Investors Ar
Likely to Get the Entlr lasue
of $50,000,000 at Ba
twoen 102 and 103.
Washington. The government's
cew three per cent. $50,000,000
Panama loan Is a complete success
More than 3,000 bids opened Satur
day over-subscribed It at least three
times and probably more. $
Before tho opening' of bids had
been In progress a half hour treas
ury officials declared that the loan
would be entirely taken by compara
tively small Investors at a price
higher than 102 M,.
The prices bid for the new bonds
are taken to Indicate that the nation
al credit of the United States Is the
highest In the world. Securities o-l
England, France and Germany ar
selling at a discount, and many finan
rlers believed that the new Panama
loan would bring little above par.
Not since the Civil War has this go
Dinment Issued bonds which did not
have an artificial value because of
tho national bank circulation privi
lege attaihed to them. The price of
these new securities, available for In
vest n.ent. only, are taken to reflect
the credit of the nation.
The National City Hank, of New
York, submitted fifty bids, covering
tjie entire Issue of $50,000,000 at
prlres ranging from 100.6001 to
102.25. Hervey Flske's Sons, of New
York, bid 102.77 for $20,000,000.
There were other large bids at about
that figure.
Among the smaller bids prices ran
to 105 and higher for small allot
ments of $500 and up. Hundreds
of bids for sums ranging from $1,
000,000 to $10,000,000 at prices be
tween 102'4 and 103 will take the
Issue.
INDICT BURNS AS KIDNAPPER
Latest Move In Famous Dynamiting
Caae.
Indianapolis. Ind. Detective W.
J. Burns and James HoBslck,a city
detective of Los Angeles, Cal., were
indicted on charges of kidnapping
John J. McNamara, secretary of the
International Association of Bridge
and Structural Ironworkers, from
this city, and McNamara was Indict
ed on charges of conspiracy to dyna
mite by the Marlon county grand
jury,
In all th grand Jury returned
eight Indictments, but named only
the three men In the charges. Three
of the Indictments are against Mc
Namara, who Is In Jail in Los Ange
les. Oue indictment charges him
with "conspiracy to dynamlbe Indus
trial work of the Peoria and Pekln
Union Railroad at Peoria, 111.." and
the other two are said to be for
storing dynamite here.
Th other five Indictments are
against Detective Burns, who is un
der $10,000 ball to the local grand
Jury, and Detective Hosslck, of Los
Angeles, who has not been arrested.
80,000 SUFFRAGETTES PARADE
Their Coronation Damon tratlon In
London.
London. The British capital, used
as It Is to spectacular pageants, was
Jolted out of indifference Saturday
afternoon by the wonderful demon
stration made by the women of Eng
land In connection with the corona
tion suffrage demonstration.
More than 60,000 women, repre
senting every walk of life, trudged
through the streets of the capital
keeping time to string music. The
whole spectacle stirred the city to
Its depths, and Is Indicative of the
progress already made. For the flrst
time In the history of the movement
there was no attempt to Interfere
with Ihe marchers.
Cook Acquired
Cincinnati, Edgar 8. Cooke was
declared not guilty of embezzling
$24,000 from the "Big Four" Rail
way. The Jury was out about three
minutes less than two hours. Cooke
was the. last to be tried of those In
dicted In connection with the $643,
000 shortage of Charles L. Warrlner,
Cincinnati treasurer of the road. ,
Ambassador RoeWhli'a Charge.
St. Petersburg-. Emperor Nlcholai
received American Ambassador
Rockhlll, who presented his .letter
of recall. Mr. Rockhlll has been
transferred to Constantinople.
B g New Maval Plant.
Chicago. Uncle Sam's newest
naval training station, located on
Lake Michigan, 30 miles north of
Chicago, was opened to the public for
Inspection for the firBt time Satur
day. Rear Admiral Albert Ross,
commandant of the station, personal
ly conducted visitors over the plant,
which Includes the 39 buildings and
covers 182 acres of ground. The
Btatlon will be opened formally on
July 1,
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uounteneitera iap-urea. i
Washington. Secret S e rv 1 1 e
agents reported the capture of thrjee
alleged counterfeiters near Bluefleld,
W. Va. R. R. Folen, M. M. Leonard
and Jack Wilson were taken wifh
100 bogus silver dollars and a coi
terfeltlng outfit.
As a result of a 3p days' hunt, one
whaling steamer 'towed du. wnaiaii,
ul J2B.000. Into Corral toe
last of March. They were caught In
the vclnlty of La Mocha Islands, tn
the South Pacific.
UNCLE
CREDIT IS
600
THE NEWS OF
PENNSYLVANIA
Reading. Flag Day was fittingly
observed here with the unveiling of a
Hessian camp marker at the entrance
of Mineral 8pring Park, under tho
auspices of the members of the
Berks County Chapter, Daughters of
the American Revolution. Prominent
members of the D. A. II. were pres
ent from LajicaHter, Pottstown, East
on, Allentown, Norrlstown and other
places, tho historical end patriotic
organizations of Berks, Lancaster
nnd Montgomery Counties having
been Invited. It was one of tho bin
tier events ln the history of the lociil
chapter. The exercises took place lit
the entrance to Mineral Spring Pa-k,
at 3 o'clock. The tablet was presented
to tho city by Mrs. de Bonneville It
Kelm, regent of tho Berks Cour.ty
Chapter, and was accepted by Mayor
William Rick.
South nothlehem, Dr. H. 3.
Drinker, for the Hoard of Trustees of
Ix-hlgh University, announced the lUt
of promotions among the members
of the faculty, as follows: Ralph J.
Fogg, 8. n Instructor ln civil en
gineering to bocome assistant pro
fessor of civil engineering. H. S
Howarth, Ph. B Instructor In me
chanical engineering to become a
slstant professor of mechanical en
gineering. Edgar T. Wherry, B. S ,
Ph. ,D., Instructor In mineralogy to
become assistant professor of miner
alogy In the Department of Geology.
Joseph Daniels, 8. B., M. 8., assistant
professor of mining engineering to
become associate professor of mining
engineering. Vnhon 8. Babaslninn,
A. M., Ph. D., assistant professor nf
chemistry to become assoclato pro
fessor of chemistry.
Bangor. Volunteering to remove
an Incandescent lamp cord, wlilih
was afire In the basement of the llan-
eor House, one of the local hotels,
Charles M. Drake, wire chief of the
Lehigh & New England Rallroml,
was Instantly killed. The wire was
heavily charged with a cross on the
arc light wire system. Drake picked
up a burlap foot mat at the foot of
the cellar stairs and grasped the
sputtering wire and was thrown ten
feet across the cellar. Clarence
Snyder, a volunteer fireman, daslied
to his aid at the risk of his life and
tore away the wire. Two marks on
the ankles of the man were the only
outward signs.. Probably 600 volts
were In the fatal shock.
Scranton. The flrst man to lie ac
cused of embezzling the postal sav
ings banks funds, Miles E. Strap,
formerly assistant postmaster at
Palmerton, was lodged ln Jail here.
He was arrested In the State of Wy
oming recently charged by the Post
office Department with appropriating
funds entrusted to his care. He i
accused of having secured from Wa
sll Fusseslse, $50 on October 21,
1910, and a like amount from the
same man on November 25, 1910, hy
assuring him that the Palmerton post
office was a United States depositor
and with later having converted the
money to his own use.
Allentown. What Is supposed to
have been an attempt to dynamite
the home of Charles H. Yeager, sec
retary and treasurer of the I.. H.
Yeager Company, was frustrated by
i k n jImaua,!, k n nliimhor nf nn In
liio uhkuivi; u , . M ... . w
fernal machine. Only a half-hour
before the spot had been cleaned up
and there were no explosives there
then. There was a stick of dyna
mite 20 Inches In length. A party
of children were playing near It, and
had the. dynamite exploded several
lives would have been lost.
Pennsburg. While bathing In tht
Palm Ice dam near here, Samuel
Good, a student of Perklomen Semin
ary, whose home is at Qunlcy, Frank
lin County, was drowned ofter W
two fellow-students who had accom
panied him had left the water. Young
Good tried to swim across itie
About midstream he turned back and
when near shore he sank stul'h'iilf
and failed to rise.
Allentown. As a result of condi
tions created by tho recent cyclone
In Allentown, a fourth victim met
death, when William Hartman, '
827 North Second street, ItemllnM
ground man in the employ of a tele
phono company, was elect roriited.
The fatality occurred near the Alh
town Hospital. In order to repair
storm damage the company onicedj
largo number of its men from oncr
cities.
Bloomburg. Mrs. William Ha
inan proved again that necessity
the mother of Invention when
she
lilt? UHiiiiiri ii . . .
found the mother hen.klWmj
first two peeps that she hatcti',"
Taking the remaining thirteen eff
about to be hatched, from the mom
hen. she placed them In the stove
every one hatched.
Berwick. It was a ticklish sit
tlon In which Fred Hagenbm' '.
local bee fancier, found him'" '
a swarm of bees took it upon
lliv-
selves to Bwarm upon the top
head, covering his pate to a nVj"
....... i ...i.i. fh entire i
of his head covered. Afraid to "
he remained quiet for nior "
half hour before he succeeded
ting them to arise, but gently
a stick In the -swarm. For a e
.U ,1 .tiffhtlnft on ..
neck. It was several hours bet"
finally got out of personal danf
State College. In his 2
upon "America's Par In tho K ej M
atlon of China," delivered
commencement exercises j
Pennsylvania State College-
Yin Tang. Chinese v i'"1" rtlos
United States, made tho v
that China has been chiefly
dent on America for tho lr n
the last century and that she
i.i,.v,irl as
WHVH IM1 HUHt? Illll1-"- " ..-rt
fuf
roll on. His Excellency '' ftW
In his thanks to the l'1"11,,,,,!
Stars and Stripes in the - if
looked forward to still mor" trl
relations between- the to
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