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The Fulton County News
McConnellsborg, Pa.
PERFECTING THE SUBMARINE.
While Germany continues her am
bltlous program of naval construction
the admiralty authorities of the Km
plre continue to dlncui8 the practical
value of the submarine torpedo boat
Id time of war These authorities are
house divided and such a condition
Is not likely to permit the best ot
even a commensurate development ol
tbe submarine branch of the German
navy, says tbe Philadelphia Press
Little Is heard In the I'nited State
of late concerning the submarine arnj
of the service, but out navul authori
ties are known to be vigilant In watch'
ing wt:nt the other nations are do
Ing Evidence accumulates that Eng
land has probably pone ahead of hII
other governments In bringing the'
submarine type of torpedo boat to a1
higher degree of perfection than has
been attained elsewhere It In under
stood that i. flotilla of submarines
constructed as part of the British
naval program Is the most powerful
and best equipped In the world Brit
ish naval engineers nre said to have
evolved a type of boat having high
speeJ both on the surface und under
tbe water If reiorts are true, the
drawbacks of earlier types of subma
lines have been overcome The ma
chinery works perfectly and explo
Ions which .were formerly frequent
In this craft have b-en eliminated
A tremendous task, that of counting
the stars up to the nineteenth magnl
tude, has been undertaken by tbe
Dutch astronomer. Professor Kapteyn
who has collected all tbe material fur
nlsbed by the most recent discoveries
notably those from tbe American ob
servatories Stars of less size than
the fourteenth magnitude are found
In millions In the Milky Way. and the
work of counting them from photo
graphic plates can best be described
as similar to counting blood corpus
cles under a microscope Professor
Kapteyn places tbe total at 842 mil
lion stars, tbe average being 20.400
stars to the square degree of the
heavens He has further calculated
that the total light emanating from
II tbe stars Is equal to 2.384 times the
luminosity of a star of tbe first mag
oltude. According to the Dutch sci
entist the boundaries of the universe,
s far as human science has been able1
to penetrate, extend to thirty-two
thoiiFand light years
But these country-wide conditions of
wind and weather are. after all. only
a part of tbe gamble by the farmer
Insects fight his fruits and grain from
the beginning of summer until the
frost. If early still another enemy,
comes to relieve blm Local weather
la also an Important factor. Corn may
easily be checked In Its maturing
weeks by Incessant showers, or tnay
be stunted by lack of moisture. Oats
In the harvesting are delicate things
to handle. Too much rain means de
lay In bousing the cereal and too
touch dry weather means destruction
to the corn and other cereals In the
very next field Altogether the far
mer's life Is not one of unalloyed
bliss. He gets no summer vacation
and muRt not only expose himself to
all the elements with unremitting toll,
but must do these things under the
taunting fear that some peculiar and
freakish vagary of the weather will
come along and sweep most of his
profits away In a single day.
The declaration has been made by
a Chicago police Judge that society
women who play bridge whist for
money stakes are gamblers, and that
if he la called upon to try a case
where women are accused of gam
bling at bridge he will treat the ac
cused exactly as he treats men gam
blers. This may be relied upon to
cause a fluttering of devotees II
It should put an end to playing bridge
whist for money stakes, society in
Chicago would be better off.
It's an 111 wind, etc. A Chlcagoan
was pushed off a moving trolley car
and found $50 In the street However,
we do not favor the pastime of push
ing passengers off street cars India
crlmlnately.
The weather men are telling the
people to reject wild geese ani even
tbe gooeebone as weather forrasters
The weather men can best advance
their cause by furnishing the people
with better forecasts.
A New York woman wants a divorce
because her husband has not spoken
to her In six years. Possibly be ba
never had a chance.
The Kansas City citizen who prayed
so loudly that he disturbed the neigh
borhood must have been praying for
trouble.
Tbe swat the tly days having fled. II
behooved householders to swat lh
window screen.
The theory that the dead do noi
arise sgaln does not hold good wltb
dead leaves especially when a heavy
wind is blowing
An exchr.nge tells us that tattoef
men are no longer popular. The pub
lic is Interested in another kind' ol
moving pictures
Argentina bought itself the biggest
battleship In the world, and all It
needs now Is somebody to flgtit with
Express Messenger Dead in
Pool of Blood.
ALL DONE IN FOUR MINUTES
Robbery On the D., L. & W. Just As
the Train Was Entering Scranton,
Pa. The Robbers Got Away With
Between Fifteen Thousand and
Twenty Thousand Dollars, Leaving
No Clue Dead Man Was Shot and
Then Beaten,
Scranton, Pa. Between 8-26 and
1:30 o'clock Friday night Kxpress
Messenger living G. Rarger, of this
city, was killed and the tale In his
car looted as It sped between Taylor
and this city on the Ddawure, Lacka
wanna und Went em Road.
The train left Northumberland it C
o'clock. It made Its regular stop at
Tuylor, just to the south of the Scran
ton city line, at 8:25. P.arger was
seen by train handB at work In the
car during the minute that the train
wub stopped at Taylor.
When the train urrlved nt the Scran
ton station at 8:30, four minutes later,
Barger was lying dead In a pool of
blood on the floor of the car, with
-his ' bead battered In. Doctors later
found a bullet in his brain. It en
tered at the base of the skull. His
revolver, usually worn In a bolster at
his side, was found In the express
safe and the safe was looted.
It Is said that between $15,000 and
120,000 Is missing, the United Stutes
Express Company officials stating that
several packages containing money
are rnisslng.
The robber or robbers, it Is sup
posed, got Into the car at Taylor,
committed the deed and dropped off
the train as It slowed up on entering
the Scranton yards.
Barger was 45 years old and lived
in South Scranton.
UP TO HARVESTER TRUST.
It Must Make Next Move In Disso
lution Proceedings.
Washington. The next move look
ing to the voluntary disintegration of
the International Harvester Company
rests with that corporatldn. The
negotiations between the Department
of Justice and the company have been
temporarily suspended, pending ac
tion by officials of the so-called Har
vester Trust upon the department's
objections to the plan of dissolution
submitted by the representatives of
tbe company.
E. A. Bancroft and John P. Wilson,
counsel for the company, after having
laid before Attorney General Wicker
sham and Assistant to the Attorney
General Fowler a method of disin
tegration to which the concern was
willing to suomlt, have gone to Chi
cago fully Informed as to the condi
tions which the government will in
sist upon as the basis of a decree to
make the harvester company square
with the anti-trust law.
No conclusion In the matter. It waB
learned, had been reached. The con
ferences of the past few days have
resulted In a complete understanding
by the government and the corpora
tion as to the position and conten
tions of each, but It cannot be prophe
sied at this time whether the negotia
tions will succeed or fall.
Army Cannot Use Funds.
Washington. The Army cannot
maintain a pack of hounds to be fol
lowed In hunts so that officers may
Improve In horsemanship. The Con
troller of the Treasury has so decided.
The commandant of the mounted serv
ice school at Fort Riley, Kan., asked
ruthorlty to expend not more than
25 monthly for this purpose. It was
Indorsed by the Secretary of War with
the statement that European armies
evigage In this training and that no
better way of promoting equitation
could be found that following the
hounds. The controller maintained
that there was no authority of law
for the expenditure.
Handy With His Gun.
El. Joseph, Mo. William. Hamilton,
a cowboy from the Texas Panhandle,
saved his life with a revolver when
he fell Into a corral of wild steers
and the frightened animals threaten
ed to trample him to death. Hamil
ton scrambled to his feet and imme
diately drew a big revolver, strapped
to his belt. He fired full In the face
of the on-coming steers and crippled
one. Then the others stopped short.
He seized one by the horns and rode
It until the animal got close enough
to the fence for him to scramble off
and climb to safety.
Race Stopped By Fatal Shot
Hanover, Pa. As the outcome of a
wager, Charles Sponseller, 25 yearB
old, of Hanover, was fatally shot by
Bert Hamm, of McSherrystown. The
two men decided on a horse race' to
Llttlestown, the winner to take both
teams. When about two miles from
Hanover an altercation arose, and,
realizing that Sponseller, who was
passing him, would win the race,
Hamm fired a shot from a revolver,
which passed through Sponseller's
body. TIamm was arrested In bed and
taken to Jail at Gettysburg.
Raise All the Rice We Need.
Washington. Cultivation of rice In
the United States has Increased so
rapidly In recent years that this coun
try now Is growing practically all the
rice It consumes, according to the De
partment of Agriculture. Some spec
ial varieties of rice, however, are at 111
being imported for the use of ori
entals, who prefer this to the product
of this country. The Philippines and
he Islands of the Caribbean Sea now
tct their Bupply of rice from the Unit
ed States.
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FAR BEHIND IN AERONAUTICS
France, Germany and England Are
Ahead, Although the United States
Was the First Nation To
Recognize the Aeroplane.
. Washington. With an underlying
note of bitterness General James Al
len, chief signal cfllcer of the Army,
declares In his mini ul report that al
though the United Stutes was the first
nation to recognize the aeroplane for
military purposes and carried out the
first official test of that Invention at
Fort Myer, in l!o8, such phenomenal
progress in this science and art has
been made abroad that this country
"has been left far behind In securing
practical equipment and organization
for the use of this indispensable ad
junct to war." Failure to find the
I necessary oflicers to be trained as
aviators and lack of funds are said to
furnish the explanation for this situa
tion. General Allen says the most notable
progress In military aeronautics has
been accomplished by France, Ger
many and England. The French have
perfected a particularly effective
aeronautic corps, which was thor
oughly tried out with 20 aeroplanes In (
recent army maneuvers.
Attention Is directed In the report
to the failure of the Senate to con
firm the adherence of the United
States to the Berlin Wireless Tele
graph Convention, and points out tbe
fact that It Is only through courtesy or
by some private arrangement ships
can now communicate with wireless
stations located In foreign countries.
General Allen also refers to the great
confusion that now exists in the trans
mission of wireless messages on the
coast of the United States, seriously
interfering with communication from
various coast defenses and ships at
sea, and urges the necessity for legis
lation providing adequate control of
all wireless telegraph operations, with
special' regulations for war conditions.
STUDENTS AS FARMHANDS.
They Are the Best, Says Charles
Harris, Of Kansas.
Washington. There Is a crying need
for labor on the farms of the United
States, offering opportunity to the Im
migrant and the native unemployed.
This condition was emphasized by
state Immigration officials here ot a
Joint conference with the Federal Im
migration authorities, called for the
purpose of finding a means of co
operation between the government
forces for the distribution of Immi
grant settlers and the unemployed to
the localities where they are needed,
Practically every State In the Union
was represented. A number of reso
lutions were offered and a committee
was appointed to evolve a practical
method by which the division of infor
mation of the United Stutes Immigra
tion Service and the State Immigra
tion officers may work In harmony.
Charles Harris, manager of the Free
Employment Bureau of Kansas, de
clared tbut college students afforded
the best help on the farms. Four-fifths
of the farms In Ohio are In need of
labor, according to A. P. Sandles, sec
retary of agriculture of that State.
BOY GETS LIFE TERM.
Arthur Bean, Aged 19, Murdered His
Mother and Sister.
Maidstone, Vt. Arthur Bean, 19
yearB old, who confessed that he mur
dered hlB mother, Mrs. George Bean,
and his sister, Miss Nina Bean, was
sentenced to life imprisonment, - at
bard lubor, In the Superior Court here.
The double crime was committed In
the Bean home In Maidstone on March
9 lust. The loss of property, which
hud been willed to Bean by his father,
Is believed to have prompted the mur
ders. ORDER 17,400 FREIGHT CARS.
New York Central Lines Also Order
120 Locomotives.
Now York. President Brown, of the
New York Central lines, announced
that orders have been pluced for 120
locomotives and 17,400 freight cars for
all lines. It Is thought probable that
an Issue of something like f 15,000,
000 In equipment trust certificates will
be made to finance the purchase of
this equipment, a portion of the ex
pense being charged to equipment ro
newal funds.
Four Men Scalded To Death,
Auburn, N. Y. Four men, an engi
neer, an oiler and two Swedish deck
hands, employed on contraction work
on the Seneca .river section of the
Burge Canal were scalded to death,
when a 700-horsepower boiler explod
ed and covered them with ateam. By
the time trie steam had subsided sufll
clently to cnablo fellow-workmen to
drag the victims away from the boiler
room doorway two were dead and the
other two died In a few minutes
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Gen. Duncan is Ordered to
Keep Close Watch.
5,000 MEN IN THE VICINITY
Indications Of Another Revolution In
Mexico About 5,000 U. S. Troops
'Still In Vicinity Of the
American Line.
Washington. It is reported here
that a serious situation undoubtedly Is
developing In Mexico. Recent reports
of disturbances In various parts of the
republic at first were regarded as
based upon nothing more than the
ebullitions of half-trained soldiers who
found It difficult to return to tbe ways
of peace. Now, however, reports are
reaching Washington from various
sources, most of them confidential, but
accepted as reliable by officials here,
Indicating that there is danger of an
other revolution which may absorb
within it the various lesser and
sporadic disorderly bauds in various
parts of the republic.
As a precautionary measure orders
for the departure of American troops
from the border have been revoked,
bo tbe soldiers will be on hand for the
prompt dissipation of any considerable
gatherings on American soil of would
be revolutionists.
Instructions have been Issued to
Brigadier General Joseph W. Duncan,
commanding the Department of Texas,
to keep a close watch for any viola
tions of the neutrality laws and report
immediately to the War Department
anything approximating revolutionary
luetics.
Altogether, the Army now has about
5,0,00 men In the vicinity of the Mex
ican border. At Sun Antonio there Is
the Third Cavalry, Twenty-second In
fantry and a battalion of field artlllf ry.
The Twenty-third lnrantry Is along the
Rio Grande, the Fourth Cavalry is at
El Paso and twe troops of the Twelfth
Cavalry are at Fort lluuchuca.
Austin, Tex. Two companies of
Texas Rangers were ordered to the
border, with Instructions to prevent
any activity in Texas toward starting
a revolution in Mexico.
These movements were made after
a conference between 'Governor Col
quitt and Ranger Captain Hughes, who
claims to have evidence that part of
the preparations for a Mexican revo
lution are under way In Texas.
FEDERAL CONTROL OF MINES.
Proposition To Senate Committee By
West Virginia Operator.
Washington. Control of the coal
mining industry by a national com
mission with power to authorize trade
agreementa was proposed before the
Semite Committee on Interstate Com
merce by Taylor Vincent, a West Vir
ginia coal operator and attorney.
Mr. Vincent said the enforcement
of the Sherman law with its demand
for competition between large and
small operators is rapidly driving the
small coal producers Into bank
ruptcy. "Do you think similar commissions
should be established for other lines
of industries?" asked Senator Cum
mins. "I do," replied Mr. Vincent. "Each
Industry should be under control of a
commission that could determine how
far agreements could be made without
violation of the law."
Wanamaker On Trusts.
New York. A plea for peace in the
business world was mado by John
Wanamaker, of Philadelphia, former
postmaster general, at a luncheon
given him here by a number of promi
nent merchants from various parts of
the country. Ho advciated an organ-)
ization or the merchants or the United
States to work for this end. He de
plored the "widespread hutred en
gendered unfairly against Wall Street
and the trusts," which feeling, he
said, paralyzed honorable business
undertakings.
'Wants Criminal Prosecution.
Washington. Senator Pomercne, of
Ohio, 1b preparing to again urge the
adoption of his resolution calling on
the attorney general to begin criminal
proceedings against the leading figures
In the Standard Oil and American To
bacco Company. He stated that he
would cull the resolution up Imme
diately after the assembling of Con
gress. It was before the Senate at
the last session, but no action was
taken.
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BORDER
PRESENT STATE IS CHAOS
Calls Supreme Court Decisions Mis
carriage Of Justice Denies
Being Misled In Steel
Merger.
New lork. Recent litigation and
legislation to n-gulute the Ousts Is dis
turbed und a remedy to meet the pres
ent situation suggested by Theodore
Roosevelt In an editorial entitled,
"The Trusts, the People and the
Square Deal." published in the Cut
look. . "The suit against the Steel Trust by
the Government, "Mr. Roosevelt be
gins, "bus brought vividly before our
iieople the need of reducing to order
our chaotic Government policy as re
gards business." He concludes with
the following recoiniuendutlon:
"The national Government exercises
control over interstate commerce rail
rouds, and it can ii similar fashion,
through nu appropriate governmental
body, exercise control over all In
dustrial organizations engaged -In
inter-State commerce. This control
Mould be exercised not by the courts
but by an administrative bureau or
board, such as the Bureau of Corpora
tions or the Inter-State Commerce
Commission, for the courts cannot
with advantage permanently perform
executive and udininibtrutive tunc
tlons."
Denies Steel Trust Misled Him.
"I believed at the time that the facts
in the case were as represented to me
on behalf of the Steel Corporation, and
my further knowledge has convinced
me that this was true. I believed at
that time that the representatives of
the Steel Corporation told me the
truth as to the change that would be
worked In the percentage of the duhI
ss which the proposed acquisition
would give the Steel Corporation, and
further Inquiry has convinced me that
they did so. I was not misled.
Says Lawsuits Do Not Regulate.
Returning to the main subject, Mr
Roosevelt continued:
"To attempt to meet the whole
problem not by administrative govern
mental action but by a succession of
lawsuits Is hopeless from the stand
point of working out a permanently
satisfactory solution. Moreover, the
results sought to be achieved are
achieved only In extremely Insufficient
and fragmentary measure by breaking
up all big corporations, whether they
have behaved well or ill, into a num
ber of little corporations, which it is
perfectly certain will be largely, and
perhaps altogether, under the same
control. Such action 1b harsh and mis
chievous If the corporation is guilty of
nothing except Its size, and where, as
In the case of the Standard Oil, and
especially the Tobacco trusts, the cor
poration has been guilty of Immoral
and anti-social practices, there is need
for far more drastic and thorough
going action than any. that has been
taken under the recent decree of the
Supreme Court.
Calls It Miscarriage Of Justice.
"Surely, miscarriage cf Justice Is not
too'strong a term to apply to such a
result when considered In connection
with what the Supreme Court snid of
this trust.
"The effort to prohibit all combina
tions, good or bad, Is bound to fail,
and ought to fail. When made, It
merely means that some of the worst
combinations are not checked and that
honest business is checked. Our pur
pose should be, not to strangle busi
ness ns an Incident of strangling com
binations, but to regulate big corpora
tlons in thoroughgoing and effective
fashion, so as to help legitimate busi
ness ns an Incident to thonwghly and
completely safeguarding th Interests
of the people as a whole.
NEW MEXICAN REVOLUTION.
Movement Launched To Overthrow
Madero, It Is Reported.
I Austin, Tex. J. R. Hughes, senioi
captain of the Texas rangers, in charge
I of the Rio Grande border patrol, re
I ported to Governor Colquitt he had
I evidence that a Mexican revolution
I will be launched within two weeks and
I Hint a.niA ft 1 1 n ,,,lna .
fected in Texas. Governor Colquitt
has ordered a more stringent investi
gation to determine what steps he
shall take. Captain Hughes believes
the plan Is to overthrow Madero. State
rangers are patrolling the border from
El Paso to Brownsville to protect
American interests. Both Governor
Colquitt and Captain Hughes refuse
to discuss the matter, merely content
ing themselves with the statement
that every effort is being mnde to pre
serve the integrity of Texas.
8,000,000 Russians Go Hungry.
St. Petersburg. Eight million per
sons are In need of immediate relief,
owing to the failure of the crops In
20 Russian provinces. This startling
announcement was made in the
Douma, by Premier Kokovzoff, in re
ply to interpellations concerning re
ports that famine threatened a wide
area. The Premier explained thut
the crops hud failed completely in 12
provinces and partially in eight oth
ers. Of the 12,000,000 inhabitants of
the affected territory 8,000,000 were
in Immediate need of relief.
Slaton Governor Of Georgia.
Atlanta. Taking oath of office as
Governor of the State of Georgia, John
M. Sluton, president of the Stale Sen
ate, became temporary heir of Hoke
Smith, who resigned Thursday even
ing to become United States Senator,
one of the first acts of the new
Executive will be to call on election
to name a permanent successor to
Senator Smith.
In some parts of Australia the tele
phone Is regarded as an amusement
rather than a necessity. ,'
Punxsutawney. Three are dead und
two badly wotin-led bb the result of
bunting uccldenn In this vlclnlt
Brookvllle. Paul Hughes, aged
seventeen, was accidentally shot und
killed by his father while ..ie two were
hunting in the woods near New Mays
vllle. The farmer is prostrated.
Neffs. Willie Kern, tbe champion
trupper, bus already a record for the
season that will be hard to beat, hav
ing cuught 114 skunks, 178 muskrats,
44 minks, 33 opossums, 6 red foxes and
1 edelman.
Reading Benjamin Kaufman, aged
twenty-two years, succeeded Wilson
Sell, as postmaster at Blandon. Ills
sister, Miss Nora Kaufmun, will be the
assistant.
Lewistown. -A beautiful specimen
of the fernule deer, dressing 120
pounds, shot through the center of the
forehead, was delivered to the Lewis
town Hospital. The doe was killed on
State hinds In Licking Creek Valley by
Pittsburgh people who surrendered to
a game warden.
Chester.--Two of the longest sen
tences ever Imposed by a local magis
trate were made by Police Magistrate
Stockman,, in, the cases of Frank Mel
lon, of this city, and John Devinney,
of Wilmington, who were arraigned on
the charge of panhandling. Each was
sentenced to one year In Jail.
Chester. While visiting Domlnlco
Rosettl, Francis Snbutlni, aged sixty
years, was stricken with heart disease
and fell lifeless to the floor. He was
lighting a pipe and the lighted match
was clutched between bis lingers when
picked up.
Lancaster. Joseph Ehlelter, a
structural ironworker, was killed by
a full at the linoleum plant of the Arm
strong Cork Company. He was drill
ing lion close to a hole in the flooi
used for running linoleum through and
fell from the sixth floor to the first.
His neck' was broken. He was forty
five years old.
Pittsburgh. M. Ethel Kirk, aged
thirty-five, a well-known woman physi
cian, was found dead in her apart
ments In the Geyer Building, from tbe
effects of chloroform. The doctor had
committed suicide by placing cotton
saturated with the drug In her mouth
and nostrils. Financial troubles were
the cause.
Unlontown. Miss Lucy Beech
Johns, who since January 1 lust has
bad the distinction of being the only
woman deputy sheriff In the United
States, is going to resign her Job. Not
that she doesn't like it, for she does.
She has enjoyed every minute of the
eleven months she has put In serving
writs and subpoenas.. But Bhe will
quit her position on December 4 to be
come tbe wife of John C. Grler, a Pitts
burgh manufacturer.
Sayre. Four of the former officers
of the Keystone Guard, a fraternal in
surance company with headquarters at
Athens, were arreBted on the charge
of having conspired to defraud policy
holders out of money they had paid
Into the order. Justice Carron, of
Cayre, held them under 2,500 bail
each. Assets of $300,000 are Involved.
Warrants are also out for five other
offcers of the Guards and also twe
men who are alleged to have assisted
In the conspiracy.
Pot tsvllle. Justice W. F. Leopold.
Tamaqua, was indicted by tbe Grand
Jury for misdemeanor In office. Leo
pold Is charged with sending bogus
nomination papers of George Koenlg,
of Tamaquu, for the office of
prothonotnry, to,the County Commis
sioners. Witnesses, who were alleged
to have sworn to the genuineness of
the signatures on Koenlg's tnpers,
testified that Leopold did not pui them
tinder oath, although he so attested to
court. Koenlg's name was stricken
fiom the balVX.
Wllllnmsport. Albert Drhl, one of
the oldest and best known hunters In
this section, had a thrilling encounter
with a bear neur here. Mr. Dlehl and
two younger companions were tramp
ing over White Deer Mountain in
search of small game and carried shot
guns with small shot shells. A shot
fired at a bird 'roused an old bear and
when she saw the hunters she started
back for the woods. One of the men
fired and the blrdshot enraged her so
that she started back after the men.
Several other shots were fired, but
none of them took effect, and as she
got close to the hunters Mrs. Bruin
reared upon her hind feet and made a
nasty swipe at one of the frightened
N'lmrpds. The two younger men crawl
ed up a tree, but Mr. Dlehl, who is
eighty years old, could not follow. He
waited, however, until the bear was
but ten feet away and then left go
both barrels. The bear, which was
taken to Watsontown, is said to be the
biggest specimen ever killed in thia
section.
Pittsburgh. May Stimson, aged
eighteen, colored, who stabbed and
killed her father, a well-known banjo
player, on September 29, was ex
onerated by the Grand Jury. The
tragedy occurred when Stimson abus
ed his wife. .
Mauch Chunk. P. F. Murray, . a
Mauch Chunk cobbler, who r tired
from the retail shoe business Bevernl
yenrs ago, was much surprised to have
a mun hand him a check for $24 for a
bill, including Interest, contracted
many yeors ago. He had no record,
and It had passed from his memory,
Heading. Adam L. Latshaw, of this
city, was the first man to drive to the
hotel at Temple In a sleigh this sea
son and secured the bottle of cham
pagne offered annually to the first
Blelgher.
Carlisle. Thieves in the vicinity of
Carlisle value food higher than gems.
As one of a series of robberies the
home of former Judge M. C. Herman
was entered, where Jewelery was left
untouched and only provisions stolen.
The marauderB carried away all the
ggs, butter, potatoes and other .pro
visions that could be found.
Caught By Explosion in Ccal
Mine at Vivian.
FOUR TAKEN OUT ' ALIE
i
State Department Of Mines Says
Little Damage Was Done Prop
erty Mine Was Thought
Safe.
Vivian, W. Va Fifteen men, eight
of them Americana and the others
foreigners of different nationalities,
lost their lives Saturday In an ex
plosion In the mine of the Bottom
Creek Coal and Coke Company, m,ir
here. All the bodies have been re
covered. Four others who were In the mine
at the time of the disaster were taken
out alive.
It wus ut first believed that the ex
plosion was one of coal duit, but. the
State Di'pnrtment of Mines uniioum cd
that examination shows it to have
been a gus explosion and local In its
effect 3.
Persons In other parts of the mine
were not affected. About 3oo mk-ii
were employed in and about the wink
ings. Near the point where the disaster
occurred there were at the time lit
men. Five of them were engii is
connected with the Crozler Land As
sociation, which leases the coal to the
Bottom Creek Company.
Immediately after the explosion
ri-scue parties went to work and suc
ceeded In rescuing alive Alexander
Williams, an engineer, and three oiln-r
men.
State District Mine Inspector Nich
olson hurried here and took charge of
the attempts at rescue.
Deputy Inspectors thoroughly ex
plored the mine and declared that
there was no further danger and that
little damage had teen done to the
mine, which can bo worked without
delay. An order for a Governme
rescue car was afterward canceled.
The Bottom Creek mine was con
sidered safe, bb it was equipped with
a si earn jut system for dampening the
workings. A 16-foot fan was used for
ventilation and clay tamping utilized
for shooting. Notwithstanding these
precautions the explosion occurred.
MILLIONS IN FRAUD CHARGE.
Radio Telephone Head Surrenders To
Postal Department.
New York. James Dunlop Smith,
former president of the Radio Tele
phone Company, surrendered to post
office Inspectors here, on a charge of
using the mails to defraud In connec
tion with the sale of the company's
stock.
Assistant District Attorney Steven
son, who pressed the charge, told the
commissioner that the alleged fraud
would run Into the millions.
3 Killed, 2 Hurt In Cold Explotion.
Chlcauo Three men were killed
and two Injured In an explosion of a
refrigerating pipe in the lard house or
Swift & Co.
Castro At It Again.
London. The Venezuelan Consul
here received cable advices from
rnrnma informlne him that h I resi
dent Castro at the head of a consider
able body of revolutionists has met
with disastrous defeat, near San t. ns
tobul. Kills Man and Self.
rinntnn Tex. Unable to effect a
reconciliation with her husband, to
whom she had been married otn. hx
months. Mrs. Alma Pugli. 20 years
Mrt h,,t end killed hint, then sent a
bullet through her own brain. They
separated In July and he naa uroug.u
suit for divorce.
Editor Pardoned Arrested Again.
Fort Scott, Kans.-Fred. D. Warren,
the Socialist editor of Girard. Kans.,
who was pardoned by President Taft
- ..- ..uliiK the
lifter Warren s conviction nu
muila improperly, has been muni'"
,.! i,v n Federal grand Jury. The
charge Is circulating Improper matur
In his paper. He gave bonu auu
released.
Storm Wrecks Circus Tent.
While about
lanu i , w . . ,
n nnn .,...,.. witnessing the per-
formance of a circus here, a viol, in
wind storm demolished the main tent,
severely Injuring three spectators aim
three circus employees. The perform
ance of several lions and tigers In an
Iron-barrel arena had Just oeen
. i h nnlmnlg returned to
their cages when the collapse wreckt a
the arena. A stampede of 13 elephants
was narrowly averted.
Tobacco Pool In Prospect.
T.wif,, k-v At the conclusion
liCAIIIblvii, " -
h. nt a two davs' conference be
tween the independent tobacco manu
facturers and the Burley Tobacco u.
a.w,i.,tv ii Btntement wus issued
innj ou.-i.j, .
to the effect that' both parties hud de
cided to . abide by any agree.,
.. i. .. ......,.. a rpiireseutU'K
uruwn up uy "CJ" ' , , ...m
both sides. It Is said that this
mean the end of suits againsi u.
. , i- on, i uill reinoe
the lust obstacle that stood in w
way of the 10-year pooling piu-
Demands Shuster's Removal.
04 o(-oit-o-A-rordIni: to the St.
I. I rirjowuiB' - - . .
Petersburg newspapers, the Rlls' "
demands contained IP the ultimatum
to Fersla Include the dismissal of
Morgan Shuster, the American Treas
urer-General .of Persia, anu r
ment of 11.500,000 to cover the claims
of Russian subjects. The NO"
Vremya, commenting on tne s.---vs
that mere words will not stay
the advance of Russian troop.
lil mi-lntleR of m""lu'
iiiuic mii .n.
toes mako their homes in M Jrsr''