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The Fulton County News
McConnellsburg, Pa.
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NOT IN GOOD TA8TE.
Should a man go about with a suit
case bearing printed notices that be
had been as far away from home at
California, and hud been to New York
more than once and stopped at a bote)
charging "three dollars a day and up
ward" or "putronlzed by wealth and
fashion" or should be employ some
one to announce such facts at railroad
stations, or at country houses where
be arrives with his luggage to spend
the werk-end, he would be considered
"Impossible." Yet this Is the spirit
In which lubel-adorned luggage Is car
ried about by more than half of those
who carry It, says . the Louisville
Courier-Journal. And that Is why tney
are not only willing, but anxious, to
give foreign hotels advertising space
upon their trunks, boxes and bags.
Bragging in red, white and green let
ters of having crossed the Atlantic
or the Pacific and having been quar
tered at high-priced hotels while
abroad Is not very good taste. It
nay be said truly enough that many
travelers preferred a rusty and well
worn portmanteau or "kip bag" be
fore the Institution of the label adver
tisement, but they could at least plead
modesty and assert that they did not
like old luggage for its traveled ap
pearance, but disliked new bags be
cause of. the attention they attracted
The only escape for the bearer of label-plastered
baggage Is to assert that
be objects to the custom.
Awakening China has taken another
leaf from the experience book of the
progressive west. She Is going to es
tablish playgrounds In her cities. It
was during the recent ravages of the
plague In the crowded empire that
ome of the more enlightened of her
rulers made the observation that west
ern civilization was free from such
wide-spread destruction of lire as
China had witnessed, says the Cleve
land Tlaln Dealer. When they sought
an explanation of the freedom of
western peoples from deadly epi
demics, they did not look far until
they found It In the attention given
to producing healthful living condi
tions. First of all the recent Im
provements they decided to setxe was
that of the scattering of breathing
pots In the cities. Now Antung Is to
have a playground operated on the
most modern of American plans. Pub
lic subscription provided for the pur
chase of a large tract of land, which
la being fitted In such a way Is to meet
the demands of every class of the
city's population.
A brightly polished Iron golf club
attracted a bolt of lightning which
killed a golfer while be was playing
on a Washington course. Better let
the Irons get a little rusty.
It those steamship companies con
tinue to Increase the size of their
liners, wt shall soon be able to walk
from one end of the boat to the other
and be half way across.
A man has succeeded In crossing
from Providence. R. I., to Gibraltar In
twenty-foot yawl. Goodness, how he
must have wanted to get away from
Providence.
Desperadoes who tried to rob a
man In Seattle recently ran away
when their Intended victim began to
recite poetry. It may pay you to read
poetry.
Chicago has an Enoch Arden who
came borne after an absence of twelve
years, tried to smash the furniture,
and was fined $75. The original Enoch
was by all odds the luckier of the two.
A movement has sprung up to have
the clocks roll off 24 hours straight,
and a man may yet try to use bis
latch key at 22 o'clock which would
be by no means unduly late.
A St. Louis Judge says he finds
newspaper reporters as honest and
reliable as lawyers. Som of the re
porters will consider It a left-handed
compliment
A woman in Connecticut ordered the
avlngs of her lifetime to be spent on
ber funeral. As the sagacious man
In "The Mikado" remarked, there was
plenty of fun, but she didn't see it
St. Paul's business men who plan
to move the bed of the Mississippi
river will perhaps put it on casters.
Facts show that it la better to be
shaken around In a steel car that
leaves the rails than squeezed and
cremated In a wooden car that col
lapses and burns.
Hardly appropriate to call an aero
plane a "roadster." Wouldn't "cloud
iter" be better?
If potatoes are to become legal ten
der cash registers will have to be re
built
And now a BoBton highbrow comes
to the front with the claim that he
n welch the human soul. If he
carries on his operations In Washing
ton he will And a good many light
weights.
It rained pretty hard the other day
Borne Sunday school mutt have been
having a picnic.
These are good days for vacation;
Jso good days for work.
Leaves Boston on Giant Swing
Around Country.
PARTY TRAVELING IN LUXURY
Presidential Train Will Pass Through
Twenty -four States and Will Not
Retch Washington Until
November 1.
Boston, Mass. President Taft left
Boston at 7.35 o'clock Friday night
on his long speaking tour of 13,000
miles, which is to embrace 24 states
and Is to continue until November 1.
Mis departure in the special train
prepared for his party was signalized
by an enthusiastic demonstration
from several hundred persons gath
ered at the South Station to bid him
godspeed.
Mayor John F. Fitzgerald led the
cheering. The Mayor had acted as
spokesman a few minutes earlier for
the United Charitable Irish Society of
BoBton," extending to President Taft
an Invitation to address that body on
the occasion of Its one hundred and
fiftieth anniversary on Murch 17
next. The President Bald he could
not make any appointments so far
ahead, but would keep the matter
In mind.
When the special train, which wa
run as the first section of a regular
over the Boston and Albany Rail
road, left the South Station the Presi
dent's immediate party consisted of
Secretary Charles D. Hllles; Major A.
W. Butt, military aid, and Major
Thomas L. Rhodes, U. S. A., the
President's physician; three fceerel
Service guards and nine newspaper
man. The train consisted of a bag
gage car, coach, the Pullman private
car, Ideal, to be occupied by the
President and his Immediate party;
the Pullman compartment cars Texas
and Florida and a dining car.
The coach Is to be carried over
the entire Journey, as It has been
found on previous trips that so many
committee delegations have boarded
the train that there has not been
room In the sleeping cars , to prop
erly care for them. From the be
ginning to the end of the trip the
train will carry superintendents,
trainmasters and other operating offi
cials on the various lines over which
it moves, and It Is estimated that be
tween 45,000 and 50,000 rallroaa
men will be directly concerned and
engaged In transporting the Presi
dential party.
KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT.
Party Were Returning to Cleveland
From a Clambake.
Cleveland, O. Returning from a
clambake In the country, James Fltz
patrlck was killed and William Mc
Elroy. Thomas Beyer and Louis Al-
lenback were badly Injured when the
automobile In which they were riding
ran into a ditch and overturned. The
accident took place on Mareelline
avenue. The occupants of the car
were pinioned beneath It.
Rice Famine In Philippine.
Manila. A rice famine threatens
the Philippines. The price of the
Btaple is already above all previous
records and advancing by leaps. The
supply on hand In the Islands la very
limited, and the general scarcity or
the cereal throughout the Orient
makes unlikely any substantial relief
from Importation.
President Taft Is 54k
Beverly, Mass. Friday was Presi
dent Taft's fifty-fourth birthday. In
the morning the President played
golf at Myopia. Representative
Nicholas Longworth, of Ohio, was a
luncheon guest at Paramatta. Con
gratulatory messages poured Into the
executive offices here from all over
the world. One came from King
George V of England.
8-Story Home For John D., Jr.
New York. Plans for the tallest
private residence In New York city
were filed with the Manhattan
Bureau of Buildings by William
Welles Bosworth, as architect for
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. The struc
ture Is to be eight stories high, 41
by 100 feet, on a plot running
through from Firty-thlrd to Flrty
fourth street, 290 feet weBt of Fifth
avenue.
Y. M. C. A, and Hospital Burn. .
Glens Falls, N. Y. Fire did $100,-
000 damage to the business section
of White Hall. The Y. M. C. A.
building and Emergency Hospital
were among the buildings destroyed.
Record Salmon Pack.
Seattle. With the salmon packing
season almost over on Puget Sound
it Is estimated that the pack of pinks
for this season will reach 750,000
cases, or nearly twice as much as In
any previous year.
Postpone Pesce Congress.
Washington. The International
Peace Congress, which was scheduled
to be held at Rome on September
25, has been postponed because of
the cholera epidemic In that country.
J. R. Keen Recovering.
London. James R. Keene, who
was operated upon for stomach trou
ble, at a nursing home here last
week, is making such good progress
toward recovery that his physicians
left London for a holiday.
Dead at 110 Years.
San Diego, Cal. Reputed to be
the oldest woman In California. Mrs
Annie Murphy, a pioneer of Tulare
county. Is dead at the Old Folks
I
Home here, aged 110.
(Copyright. 1911.)
GOVERNORS
STATE RIGHTS
Twenty-five State Executives
Protest to Supreme Court.
NEW IDEA IN OUR POLITICS
The Decision of Judge Sanborn In the
Minnesota Rat Case Is the
' Invasion" to which the
Governor Object.
Spring Lake, N. J. The House of
Governors sprang a new Idea in
American politics. It voted, 25 to 1,
to send a committee of three to ap
peal to the Supreme Court of the
United States to check "the autocracy
of Inferior Federal courts." " With
Judson Harmon, of Ohio, as chair
man and Herbert S. Madley, of Mis
souri, and Chester H. Aldrlch, of Ne
braska, as the other memberB, the
committee will protest to the Su
preme Court that Federal Judges
have unwarrantably forbidden states
to reeulate railroad rates witnin
their boundaries. It will argue that
Federal courts have unconstitution
ally limited the powers of state legis
latures. 1
The occasion for the appeal will ne
the decision of Justice Sanborn, of
the United States Circuit Court of
Appeals, enjoining the Railroad Com
mission of Minnesota, from regulat
ing Interstate rates on me grouuu
that such regulation could not be en
forced and would deprive the roads
of proper remuneration and would
Interfere with interstate commerce.
But the governors take the broader
grouad that unless the Supreme
Court, by Its final decisions, protects
state rights, the state will soon be
come mere Federal provinces.
Governor Harmon, of Ohio, was
one of the five governors who con
victed the conference that the time
had come for the states to call on
the Supreme Court for help. The
others who were especially promi
nent in bringing about this action
were Stusbs, of Kansas; Hadley, of
MlBslsourl; O'Neal, of Alabama, and
Aldrlch, of Nebraska.
Harmon and O'Neal are Democrats,
and Hadley, Stubbs and Aldrlch are
Republicans.
BELLE ELMORE'S JEWELS SOLD
An Auction Recall 'ne ixoionou.
Crlppen Case.
London. The Jewelry which be
longed to Belle Elmore, the Ameri
can actress for whose murder her
husband, Dr. H. H. Crippen, was
hanged, was disposed of in an auc
tion-room here. The lot Drougnt
about $800, the best price realized
being $325, which was given for a
single stone brilliant ring. The
flaming sun" brooch, which ngurea
In the trial of Crlppen, brought only
$100.
Will Sav $2,000 OOO
Washington. A saving to the gov
ernment of fully $2,000,000 on the
transmission of periodical malls by
fast freight was estimated by Post
master General Hitchcock, after a
two-week trial of this method of
shipment. The plan waB put in ef
fect September 1, ana during mai
time everytning nas gun iunB
smoothly and satisfactorily. The
Postmaster General says the system
Is proving highly successful and that
the leading magazine publishers of
the country were co-operating wnn
his department.
Murderer Found Dead.
Kenton. O. Officers hunting for
the slayer of Delia Halsey, who was
shot to death, discovered the body of
Jesse Newman, a rejected suitor of
the girl, in a barn on his fathers
farm. It is believed Newman, when
he heard of officers In pursuit, com
mitted suicide.
Toadstool Fat1 to Two.
Wooster, O. Mrs. Edward Miller,
of Canaan, is dead and her husband
Is near death from eating toadstools
which they mistook for mushrooms.
Gompsr See r cNsr- rn.
Los Angeles, Cal. Samuel Gomp
ers, president of the American Fed
eration of Labor, called at the county
jail to see the McNamara brothers.
Gompers said he and John J. Mc
Namara were friends of long stand
ing, but that be had never met James
B. McNamara before.
Portlrlo Dlai III.
Baden-Baden, Germany. General
Porfirlo Diaz, former President of
Mexico, arrived here to take the cure.
NQ COMPROMISE ON PRINCIPAL
France' Prompt Reply To German
Counter Propitals Con
cettlon Mad.
Paris. After President Fallleres
had given his formal sanction to the
French reply to Germany's counter
proposals in the Moroccan negotia
tions the foreign minister, M. de
Selves, completed the transcription of
the document and it was dispatched
for Berlin by special courier.
The foreign minister early In the
day carried the draft of the reply to
Ramboulllet, where President Fal
lieres Ib staying, and returned to
Paris by motor car. Before the
document was finally sent off M. de
Selves had an Interview with the
British and Russian ambassadors.
According to information from a
reliable source the reply Is practically
a revised and corrected version of the
proposed Franco-German treaty rel
ative to Morocco which was submit
ted to the German Foreign Minister
on September 4. The German gov
ernment returned a duplicate of this
treaty to Mr. Cambon, the French
ambassador, revised according to the
requirements of Germany, that Is to
say, Including a number of suppres
sions and additions. It Is these that
the French reply again revloes, either
re-lncorporatlng . the articles sup
pressed by the imperial government
or amending or deleting the articles
Inserted by that government. The
French reply accepts certain German
demands which do not Involve the
question of principle.
As to the reasons which have in
spired the French government In Its
revision of Germany's" amendments,
they form the subject of a special
'memorandum carried by the same
courier. This will furnish M. Cam
bon with the elements for any fur
ther explanations which Herr Von
Klderling Waechter may request.
The Duetsche Bank of Berlin has
telegraphed to the Soriete Generale
asking Its officials to deny the pub
lished statement that trie Paris bank
had refused to renew a loan of $1.
200.000 to the Duetsche Bank. M.
Dorizon, director of the Soclete Gen
erale, denies that such a loan ever ex
isted. The' transaction denied nad
been mentioned by one of the first
bankers of Paris, and was assumed
to be true when given publicity.
NO HARMONY.DECLARES BRYAN
Commoner Wants None, and Gives
Notice of Fight. ,
Lincoln, Neb. W. J. Bryan says
there Is no harmony in the Demo
cratic party and he wants none. In
the last iBsue of his Commoner, Mr.
Bryan serves notice that he proposes
to fight. He says:
"The harmony program has al
ready cost the party dearly. A few
protectionist Democrats threatened
to vote with the Republicans If a
free wool bill was reported, so har
mony was' purchased by the surren
der of the doctrine of free raw ma
terial. 'The corporation Democrats are
opposed to any effective legislation
on the trust" question, and harmony
will have to be disturbed if anything
Is done to protect the public.
"What we need Is not harmony,
but a straightforward fight for prln
f.ini in hehalf of the nubile. Such a
fight will win."
Bt HI Tongue Nearly In Two.
Williamsport, Md. An unusual
and serious accident happened to the
l.vpnr- old son of Frank Lloyd, a
farmer, living between here and
Dnwnsvllle. While sitting on the
ton rail of a fence the rail broke and
the boy fell upon the back of his
head. The blow caused his Jaws to
snap together like a trap, and his
tongue was caught between his teeth
and almost severed at the root.
Want Recall In the' Constitution.
Tucson, Ariz. Eugene S. Ives, of
TucBon, made formal announcement
of his candidacy for United States
senator on the Democratic ticket. He
declared himself for reinserting the
judiciary recall provision in the con
stitution. Navy Yard Closed
Washington. The navy yards at
New Orleans and Tensacola are now
officially closed. The time limit set
by Secretary Meyer for their opera
tion expired at midnight Sunday.
Girl Killed by Gas.
Wilmington, Del. Miss Addle
Daniels, aged twenty-two yearB, was
found In her bed unconscious, over
come by gas. The gasburner in the
room was found turned on full head.
It Is supposed the young woman fell
asleep while reading.
Mayor Stops Exhibition.
Jacksouvlllo, Fla. After reading
protests from 5,000 women Mayor
Jordan stopped the exhibition of the
Beattle murder trial pictures at a
local moving-picture house.
Fired Upon While Attending
the Opera.
THE CZA3 WAS NEAR HIM
Cal Opera Perlcmanct At Kiev
Quick y Changed Into GloomThird
Attempt Upon the Lite of th
Famous Russian.
Kiev, Russia. The Russian
premier, P. A. Stolypln, was attacked
while attending a gala performance
at the opera here. He was wounded
twice by his assailant. One bullet
entered his hand, while the other
ponetarted the body, grazing the liver
and lodging In the spine. It is re
ported that the premier's wounds are
mortal.
Emperor Nicholas was present In
the theatre at the time. The
premier's assailant was arrested.
The two bullets were nrea irom
behind by a lawyer named iiogroi.
The audience tried to lynch the as
sassin. Some reports have It that a
musician also was wounded, l ne
minister of finance. H. kokovsou,
was sitting beside the Premier at tne
time of the attack.
Premier Stolypln occupied a seat
In the first row of the orchestra
stalls. The Emperor anu me
dignitaries of the court witnessed tne
outrage, which was followed by a
general stampede of the audience.
ETNA ROUTS THOUSANDS
Cattlg'lon nd Ffncavll r
Threatened With Dettruo.lon
Dltcharg increases.
Catania, Sicily. The river of
lava from Mount Etna Is still advanc
ing, sweeping all before It.
Thousands of people have been
driven from their homes. Hoping to
arrest the advance of the flaming
lava, the peasants erect before their
vineyards and humble homes a cross
of sticks and place on top pictures
of the Madonna and the saints, but
these barriers of faith hBve In no
wise tended to check the flow.
Crowds of peasants gather to kneel
and beat their breasts, calling for
mercy and declaring that this must
be a punishment for their sins.
The house of GulBeppe Rampolla,
relative of Cardinal Rampolla, has
been overwhelmed by the lava.
The 20,000 Inhabitants of Castlg
llone and Francavllla turned their
backs on their homes, fleeing before
the advancing flood of lava. Both
towns are threatened with destruc
tion. AVIATION APPEALS TO WOMEN
Female Gradually Forcing Way
Into Gam.
New York. Although both the
Wright and Curtlss schools steadfast
ly refuse to teach feminine pupils at
any price, woman is gradually forc
ing her way Into the hazardous game
of aviation, and followers of the sport
are discussing with Interest the re
port that Mrs. Ralph Johnstone, of
Kansas City, whose husband met
death at Denver, Is soon coming to
New York to master the craft that
widowed her.
Today there are only two licensed
women aviators in tnis country
Miss Mathllde Molsant and Miss Har
riet Quimby both of whom are now
on Lone Island. Blanche Scott has
made some noteworthy flights In
Ohio, but as yet has obtained no li
cense. Miss Molsant, It will be re-
rniiert. took ud aviation after the
trotrin rinath nf her brother. John B
Moisant, of New Orleans, arftl In this
respect her career parallels MrB,
Johnstone's case.
France leads the world with more
than hnlf a dozen prominent women
aviators, and death has already
claimed one of thorn, Mme. DcnlBe
Moore, while the Baroness I.aroche,
a flier of note, has been seriously In
jured.
IRA JONES FOR GOVERNOR.
Resignation Palmetto Chief
Justice Follow.
Lancaster, S. C Accepting the
leadership thrust upon him by the
forces opposed to Gov. Cole L. Blease,
Chief Justice Ira B. Jones, of the
Supreme Court, who Monday ten
dered his resignation to Governor
BleaBe, announced:
"If Providence permits I will cer
tainly be a candidate In the primary
next August for nomination as Gov
ernor." With the "election a year distant,
politics Is seething In South Carolina.
FORTUNE SINKS WITH SHIP.
$'.80,000 In Gold Bullion on th
Steamer Ramono.
Seattle, Wash. When the steamer
Ramona foundered and sank off
Spanish Island, Alaska, last Sunday
night she carried down with her
$ 180,000 of gold bullion from the
Treadwell mine, consigned to San
Francisco. The Bhlp lies In water
that Is usually smooth, and It is b
lleved the treasure will be reebve.-ed
easily.
Holrei to Million Killed.
Blngharaton, N. Y. MIbb Carola
Worrlshofl'er, daughter of the late
Charles F. Woerlshoffer, of New
York, and heiress to millions, receiv
ed Injuries from which she died in an
automobile accident near Cannons
vllle. Diaz' Nephew Killed
Delafield, Wis. Gullleimo Keldcn.
fourteen years old, a nephew of
former President Diaz, of Mexico,
was killed by falling from a tree
here.
Mode' Orchard.
State Economic Zoologist Surface
has announced the schedule of the
fall demonstrstion meetings In
nltiety-two orchards throughout the
State.
The twenty-five field demonstra
tors of a the division of economic
zoology of the State Department of
Agriculture will have charge of the
meetings and will give free public
demonstrations of modern methods of
caring for fruit trees.
The work of the summer will be
reviewed for the benefit of farmers
and fruit growers.
The dates and places of meeting
are as follows:
Beaver Co. Dr. John J. Allen,
MonHca, Sept. 23.
Carbon Co. Reuben Boyer Est.,
Welssport, Sept. 23.
Center Co. BenJ. Llmbert, Spring
Mills, Sept. 21; E. B. Way, Storms
town, Sept. 22.
Clearfield Co. W. K. .Johnston,
BerwItiHdnle, Sept. 21.
Clinton Co. C. B. Grleb, Mill Hall,
Sept. 23.
Crawford Co. C. F. Post, Centre
vllle, Sept. 22.
Cumberland Co. Simon Heberllg,
Newburg, Sept. 22; W. J. Neron, Wal
nut Bottom, Sept. 2,1.
Dauphin Co. Kmaus Orphans'
Home, Mlddletown, Sept. 23; John
C. Fitting, Enders, Sept. 22.
Fayette Co. L. C. Harris, Perry
npolls, Sept. 2l
Forest Co. John T. Henderson,
East Hickory, Sept. 21.
Fulton Co. J. B. Runyan, McCon
nellBburg, Sept. 21.
Greene Co. C. K. CornellBon,
Waynenburg, Sept. 28.
Jefferson Co. A. S. Motter, Bax
ter, Sept. 23.
Luzerne Co. W. J. Lewis & Bro.,
Plttston. Sept. 21; Stephen D. Yost,
Sugar Loaf. Sept. 21.
Lehigh Co. William II. Mohr, Al
lentown, Sept. 31; Fred. S. Dicken
Bhled, Zlonsvllle, Sept. 22.
Lycoming Co. Jonathan Kurtz,
Loyalsock, Sept. 21; Shadle Sisters,
Jersey Shore. Sept. 20.
McKean Co. D. C. Young, Smeth-
port. Sept. 23.
Monroe Co. H. B. Decker, East
Stroudsbur, Sept. 21.
Northumberland Co. Charles N.
Marsh, Milton, Sept. 21.
Perry Co. C. W. Helshley, Marys-
vllle. Sept. 23.
Potter Co. Ulysses. Sept. 25.
Tioga Co. F. J. Everett. Jackson
Summit, Sept. 23; John W. Zeafla,
Liberty. Sept. 22.
Venango Co. J. C. Culbertson,
Oil City, R. No. 1. Sept. 21.
Westmoreland Co. W. T. Mofflt,
Ardara. Sept. 22; E. M. Gross,
Greenshurg, Sept. 21.
Boost Pa For Ml k Service.
The State Railroad Commission
was officially notified that the Phila
delphia & Reading Railway will In
stall refrigerator milk cars next, sea
son, but that the service will neces
sitate an Increase over the present
freight rates to cover the cost of In
augurating and maintaining the serv
ice. Milk or Broth For Ch'cken Fd
"Milk or beef broth three times a
day" Is the prescription the Depart
ment of Agriculture offers as the best
for the fattening of chickens. The
cost of this treatment, the depart
ment finds, Is 9.09 cents per pound
of gain for the average cost of feed
and labor for a largo lot of poultry
the feed alone costing 7.10 cents.
From fourteen to seventeen days aro
required for successful treatment.
Stat Charter Issued.
State charters were Usucd as fol
lows: 1
Mount Union Refractories Com
panv. Mount Union, brick and tile;
capital, $300,000.
Pennsylvania Exhibition Company
HnrrlFburg; capital. $25,000.
Plllsburg Clay Products Company
Dlllsbnrg; cnpltal. $5,000.
Union Real Estate & Insurance
Tnmnnnv of Pennsylvania. North
umberland; capital, $10,000.
Heads Stat Charity Board.
The State Board of Charities at Its
annual meeting re-elected TreBldent
Francis J. Torrence and all other off!
cers and attaches. The Committee
on Lunacy was also continued as con
stltuted last year. Arrangements
were made for the committee to visit
all county asylums and poorhouses In
the State on the same system as
prisons and penitentiaries are now In
rpeeted.
Marietta. Mrs. Anna Herr,
widow of John Herr. Is dend at th
home of her daughter, at Lancaster,
Se was 90 years of age.
Marietta. Edward EBhelman, of
Akron, employed by the Independent
Telephone Company, was BtrucK Dy
bullet and stunned. Upon InveBtlga
tlon he found the bullet had hit him
on the suspenders and by striking
he steel stay glanced off.
Rutlodge. For the sixth time In
five years, the Rutledge poBtoffice wns
broken Into nnd robbed of fifty cents
in ponnleB, while the cash boxes of
the telephone pay stations in in
m niun wer taken away with
their contents.
MechanlcBhurg. Two moving pic
ture shows have been closed oy
State factory Inspector. The Inspec
tor found existing conditions justi
fied a suspension until Improvements
pan he made to give adequate protec
tion to .the patrons.
Chester. Postmaster John A.
Wallace received official notice from
Postmaster General Hitchcock that
on and after October 1 the Chester
Poatofilro would be opened as a de
n"sltory 'or postal savings..
Persons Killed
Fourteen Injured.
and
PANIC AT SYRACUSE FAIR
L Oldle'd Driving Dra'h-Dea'lna
Machine President Taft Had
Left Fair Two hour
Before.
Syracuse, N. Y. Nine persons
were killed and 14 injured, some of
them seriously, as the result of an ac
cident near the end of the 150-mile
utomoblle race at the State Fair
track here, when a Knox racing car,
driven by Lee Oldfleld, leaped from
th track, crashed through the fencc
surrounding It and plunged into the
throngs that lined the other side oi
the speedway.
Six of the nine persons were killed
outright and three others were ro
badly Injured that they died on the
way to the hospital.
The accident came as the fatal
termination of a day that was un
doubtedly the biggest the State Fair
baa ever held in point of attendance
as well as in the matter of attrac
tions. The honored guest of the fair ai
President Taft. It was only a short
time after he had left the groundi
that the tragedy occurred.
Just before he left, President Taft
took a short ride in an auto on the
track, which was wet to keep down
the dust for the President and hi!
party.
This wetting was such as to rauBe
drivers who were to compete in the
0-mlle event to protest.
When the race was called Ralph
De Palma and "Rob Burman, who
had been driving In previous races,
refused to go on because of the con
dition of the track, saying the water
had made It too dangerous to take
chances. There was some delay,
during which the track dried iome-
what.
The race was called and Pe ralma
and Burman were both entranu,
along with Oldfleld and six others.
The accident happened In the tor-
ty-third mile. De Palma was lead
ing by a lap, with uidneia trailing
him as they entered the first quarter
Of that mile. The big cars, travel
ing, It Is estimated, at i5 mile" n
hour, were running side by side ai
they swung around the turn, after
passing the grandstand.
- When they took the turn mere as
' . . AlJi.lJ
a report. The car driven ny umimu
leaped in the air. Then It swerved
to the outer side and crashed through
the fence. The crippled machine,
beyond the control of the driver,
ploughed through hundreds 01 pa
eons lined along the fence to view
the race.
The runaway car had loft pcopie
piled together on the ground, fcveral
mangled almost beyond recognition.
GOV. KtTCHIN
REMEMBERED
Alon on Interference or r.'
. r .....1
Judge In St Affairs.
finrlnir Lake. N. J. Gov. W. W-
Kltchin, of North Carolina, will long
be remembered by all who attended
the Governors' conference for tn
pathetic acknowledgment 01 i
mptlness of his omce. as
bis willingness to stand au"-
question of the Interference of fed
eral Judges in State affairs.
"The dutieB of the Governor 01
North Carolina consist In drawing , nil
alary and granting pardons." he tow
his associates when some m
were complaining of their lac 01
power. "Why. If I '"?
power as any one 01 you m
4'd rest content,", he added.
North Carolina's Governor
Is the
1.. nr iha 4)1 who lad
Its the
power of vetoing bills. n.it Goto,
nor Kltchin Is laying his plans to
corte United States Senator. Ml
he succeeds, he will probabl)
enough responsibility to make li
Interesting.
PAYMASTER SHOT.
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MINE
Father of De.d M.n Drives
Away and Svi Cash
Pittsburgh-While driving 1 ;
mines of the Superior c -
near here, with the month 1 (
the miners, David Steen whs shot
killed by highwaymen. M
His father. Willi. J h J
was in the buggy wl h him.
the body as it toppled over,
money. $3,400. was "ved; 0rrir
Later in the day Quad ' 1
belli, an Italian, was ,d th.
plclon of knowing w1",,, th
crime, and It was with dlffl l
troopers or tne cons- - ml
Ing the elder Steen from tnr
him.
Kill Self Accident.'
Atlanta. Ga.-D. O. PojjJ,,
minont business man 01 .
was found dead on the rear P
his home with a bullet hroi J
heart. A ptatol
side. The coronei . j-' df(l.
Mr. Dougherty came t r(.e of
through the .Jftr;
his own weapon. Mr. I ou . ,
his ow
president
of the ""1' ,h.;rf
Redwlne Company, on" , At'
est wholesale dry gou
lanta.
Skeleton Is un h.,n,n
plete il"
Nv York. A
com
as
skeleton, believed by lor
to be that of one or u-
ington's army who was k
the retreat to White ?W
was unearthed on tne .
estate at Broadway
a.a anil Seventn ""r',;,.i tli
tut
dug up the skeleton, ' fr
See feet below the . HJ J
ous other relics. int' al0t U
cannon, have been to
line of this historic rati-
Nine