7 LIVES LOST E FORCE GOLD STORAGE lton County News CAD FOR THE BARNSTORMERS BLEW UP WE on PRICES TENHESS pi McConnellsbnifc Pa. . 1 PUCKERLESS PERSIMMONS. Apparently the scientists cannot be prevented from robbing us of all our cherished traditions and privilege!. After having upset about everything else In the world they have now dis covered a way of taking the pucker out of the persimmon, although wby tbey should have thought this neces sary no one seems to know. The sci entists clearly are Interfering with a law of nature and also robbing life of one of Its sources of Joy. There are few more mirth-provoking things In the world than watching the uniniti ated attempting to eat a green persim mon. The pucker of the persimmon comes from tannic acid and we fall to e what the scientists are going to accomplish by removing tannin from the persimmon. One might as well eat cucumber and be done with It The danger In the discovery Is the harm It may do to the persimmon In the later stage of Its development How do the scientists know that nature did not put the tannic acid Into the per simmon as one of the elements that, when the frost comes, conspires to make tho once purkery and unedlble persimmon a richer, riper, sweeter morsel than science ever smacked Its lips over? In favoring a liberal appropriation by the state to pay the tuition of boys and girls at colleges already estab lished, rather than to found a new state university, Governor Foss advo cates a very sensible policy, says the Boston Globe. If the state Is to aid deserving young men ana young wom en In their efforts to obtain a college education. It would certainly seem wiser, for economical reasons, If for no other reasons, to take advantage of the many excellent Insti tutions of the higher learning already ft;lBtlng in Massachusetts. The prob lem of selecting the right boys and girls upon whom to bestow free schol arships ought not to be difficult to solve, for that might be left to the Judgment and fairness of high school teachers and boards of education In every community, who certainly would have means of knowing whether the scholarships were well bestowed. Neither political "pull" nor other im proper Influences need enter Into the decision. From the effete east comes word of the Intuitive kiss. The intuitive kiss Is one which you are sure you are about to get, but you never get It You feel Intuitively that you are to be come a klssee. But you don't, says the 8t. Louis Globe-Democrat The fact that the kiss is never delivered is what makes the girls so angry. There is a man In Texas who pre fers solid home comfort to pedlgres and prestige. He Is looking for a widow to marry, whose first husband was banged, so be may be secure from having his predecessor held up to him as model. For genuine, long-seeing philosophy, this Texan challenges the wisdom of Solomon. Another pretty American heiress Is to marry a foreign nobleman. This shows our young American men are too busy making money to think of other things that the real prizes, both In beauty and millions, are being carried off by the leisure cluss so de spised here. That German doctor who predicts that American women will have fewer toes a thousand yenrs hence seems bound to scare the life out of us some way. He now tells us that riding up and down In skyscraper elevators is shortening life. Well, life would have to be considerably prolonged to enable us to make many round trips by stair way. New York aldermen are trying to pass a resolution to prohibit women from smoking in public places as In iriniia tn Mihllo morals. The m-actlce aimed at la neither pretty nor ele vating, but aa picked out for the sub ject of special legislation in defense ol public morals, the proposed ordinance Is distinctly, though unconsciously, hu morous. Indianapolis ministers denounce mo tor racing as being as vicious as bull fighting. Indianapolis has nad nrnre than Its share of the tragedies of the game. A Massachusetts preacher who Is under Indictment charged with hav ing murdered a young woman has quit bis pulpit. It seems a natural thing to do, considering the circumstances. A California poet allowed his wife one cent a day. thus setting a bad ex ample for poets. Edison says that be likes America better thnn Europe. We knew be would Remark by the governor of Cali fornia to the governor of Massachu setts: "We haven't as many women out hero as you have In your little old state, tut they cut more ice." Perhaps If everybody would carry an umbrella there might be a brlel cessation of the rain. It Is funny that stage art so often pretends to feel Insulted whan asked to wear clothes. Shafts Extend Two Miles Into the Mountain. ONE MINER SAVED BY DREAM Wife Saw Vision Of Scores Of Men With Heads Blown Off and Pre vailed Upon Husband To Stay At Home. Drlcevllle, Tenn. Between 126 and 151 men were entombed In the great Cross Mountain coal mine of the Knox vllle Iron Company, according to the oount'mado by an official of the Unit ed Mine Workers of America. The total number of those who entered to begin the day's work when a terrific explosion wrecked the working, shak ing the country, may have been as high as 156. Only three miners came out alive. They had entered a lateral off the main shaft and succeeded in getting into the open before the flames and smoke caught tbem. The body of Lee Polston, operator of the fan plant, was found buried and partly dismem bered under the cave-In of the math, shaft. He leaves a widow and two children. Another body recovered was that of Pearlle Rolen. As In the case of Folston, nearly all the clothing hud been burned off and the corpse waB badly mangled by the force of the 'ex plosion. Three Theories As To Cause. There are three theories as to the cause of the disaster. One is that In some manner powder or dust explod ed, the second is that an electric wire came In contact with explosives, and the third that the catastrophe was caused by poor tamping of a drill. The mine also was recently visited by an Inspector under George E. Sylvester, State Mine Inspector, and a representative of a casualty com pany which carries Insurance on the employes. Both are said to have re ported that the shaft was in excellent condition. President Stephenson made the fol lowing statement: "I deeply regret the nccident in the mine and I am bending every energy to rescue the men who ore entombed. I am In hopes that the men will be reached. According to the topography of the mine, the gases go generally Into the entry In which the explosion took place. Most of the men In the place must have gone into the croBS sections where they were employed In mining, and this causes me to believe that at least some of them escaped death." The three men who escaped were John Lang, Sam Farmer and Bert Haymaker. They observed bad "slgnB" as they entered the mine. The rumble of the explosion brought great crowds of towns people to the mine opening. Women and children clamored to be allowed to mate their way Inside to aid in the rescue. Many of the women knew their husbands had entered the mine before the blast, but maintained brave hearts. The majority of them had witnessed similar scenes before. In the rescue room fathers and bro thers of men who were entombed worked feverishly, refusing to leave their posts even though urged by oth ers, and although volunteers for the rescue work were plentiful, until they had worn themselves completely out physically and had to be aided out doors. Owes Life To Dream. Hugh Larue, a miner, probably owes his life to a dream his wife had Fri day night. When he arose Saturday morning and got readyto go to his daily task Mrs. Larue refused to pre pare his lunch for him. She did not want him to work, because she had dreamed that she saw scores of miners with their heads blown off, be ing carried out of the mine entrance as she and her little children stood at the mine's mouth. Larue had not missed a day from work for many months, but he was prevailed upon Saturday to remain home. Only a short time afterward the explosion occurred. Brlcevllle, as a mining town, has tad a stormy history. It was the sceno In the early nineties of rioting, when miners rebelled against working with convicts leased by tho State. Troops were sent there to quell the trouble. Effect Of the Hobbles On Trade. Paris. French dressmakers assert that they lost $4,000,000 this year. It Is stated that 20,000 girls are out of employment because of the wearing of hobble skirts and kimono blouses, which require only half the usual amount of material. Sought Taft's Life, Is Report. Washington, United States District Attorney McCormlck, of Lob Angeles, held an extended conference with President Tai't Saturday and is said to have made a detailed report on the dynamite plot probe. It Is stated that the Los Angeles attorney has secured evidence which will Implicate the al leged allies of the McNamaraB in the attempt to blow up the Presidential special In California last October. Officials at the Department of Justice refuse to affirm or deny this report. INDIAN BAND MOST WIPED OUT. Of 150, Few Escape In Attack On Reylsta Force. Merlda, Yucatan, Mexico. Of a force of about 150 State guards, most ly Yaqul Indians, who engaged a band of Reyistas estimated at between 400 and 600, near here, less than a dozen escaped, according to meagre infor mation brought here by fugitives. An Italian university professor claims to have found radium in ordl r dew. Vreeland Board Reports Re sult of Investigation.' MINE EXPLODED MAGAZINE Verdict Of the Naval Experts' Unan imous Findings Of the Sampson Board Confirmed In General A Low Form Of Explosive Used. Washington. That the primary cause of the destruction of the Uuited States battleship Maine in Havana harbor was the explosion of a sub marine mine or bo me similar contriv ance1 is the verdict of the Vreeland board of United States naval experts, who have examined the exposed wreck. The board Is unanimously of the opinion that an explosion external to the ship caused the explosion of the vessel's magazines. This conclusion was reached after two weeks spent In Havana examining the wreck. Thlr report confirms in general the findings of the Sampson board, which investi gated the disaster In 1808. The Vree land board were able to examine every detail of the wreck for the first time exposed to view by the dewaterlng of the cofferdam. Findings Of Board. For the present Secretary Meyer limited official statements regarding the Vreeland nport to the following brief summary: "The board finds that the Injuries to the bottom of the Maine were caused by the explosion of a charge of a low form of explosive exterior to the ship between frames 28 and 31, strake B, port side. This resulted in igniting and exploding the contents of the six inch reserve magazine, the contents Including a large quantity cf black I powder. The more or less complete explosion of the contents of the re maining forward magazine followed. The magazine explosions resulted In the destruction of the vessel." The most striking difference be tween the finding of the Vreeland board and that of the Sampson board, as far as comparison of the two is pos sible, with only the brief summary made public, is in regard to the sup posed position of the mine. The Sampson board fixed the position of the mine at about frame 18. The Vreeland board puts It between frames 28 and 31, a position very considerably forward of that estimated by the Sampson board. Both boards agreed In the opinion that the mine exploded on the port side. What Models Show. The board brought back with them models snowing the Maine as con structed and her present condition. The models disclose the surprising accuracy of the findings of the Samp son Board regarding the displaced portions of the Maine. These findings were based on the reports of divers whose statements were Interpreted by officers familiar with the construction of the Maine. A curious feature of the uncovering of the Maine is the fact that no trace of the forward turret has been found. It Is generally supposed that, detached by the force of the explosion, the tur ret has buried itself in the soft mud of the harbor. Famous French Painter Dead. Paris. Tony Robert Fleury, the painter, died Friday, lie was once president of the Society of Franch Artists. Tobacco Census Bill Passed. Washington. The C'antrill bill, au thorizing the taking of a semi-annual tobacco census under the direction of the Census Bureau, passed the House without opposition. The Red Eagle Fer Morgan. Berlin. The bestowal of the decora tion of the first-class of tho Order of the Red Eagle on J. Pierpont Morgan was officially announced In the Im perial Gazette. At the same time the notification Is made that the Red Eagle of the Third Cluss has been given to Richard August Schnabel, of New York. The Insignia of the order was presented to Mr. Morgan durliig the Kiel yachting week. Plunged Into River. St. Petersburg. Between 150 and 200 workmen were plunged Into the Volga River through the collapse of a railroad bridge near Kazan. The bridge, which was in course of con struction, was carried away by the pressure of ice. Only four corpses thus far have been recovered. All the towns along the lower part of the river have been warned to keep a lookout for Btirvivors who may have been able to clamber on the floes. Riches In Old Bag. Peru, Ind. A fortune of $47,000 has been found in an old leather bag In the home of Mrs. Salome Koerner, who died last Saturday and who was Buposed to be penniless. Tho money was found by Mrs. Magdalen Kloin haus, a-eister of MrB. Koerner. There was scarcely any furniture In the Koorner home and neighbors were of the opinion that the woman died in want. The treasure consisted of $7,000 In gold and $40,000 In govern ment bonds. Starvation Or Prison. Toledo, O. Facing the alternative o? starving or returning to a life of crime, Charles Harrison, aged 58, of Baltimore, gave himself up to the police here with the statement that he was a fugitive from justice and was wanted by the Clinton, N. Y., penitentiary authorities for violating his parole. He says he was sent to the penitentiary 23 years ago for kill ing his wife and was paroled 20 years ago. m4 v XC.S5-fX I All Mttl CALL we I 1V NSol (nl noose, a LiJ'J . u nost : 'Copyright, mi.) News Reports Say That 5,000 THE M'NAMARAS ARE CONDEMNED Federation of Labor Disposed to Blame Conditions. AWFUL COMMENTARY IT SAYS Ways and Means Committee Issues Statement Disclaiming Responsi bility For the "Kid napping." Washington. Branding James B. and John J. McNamnra asa "recreant to the good names and high ideals of labor" and expressing the satlstactlon of organized lubor that the "culprits have been cotnmensurately punished for their crime," the Mc.Namara ways and means committee of the American Fodcratlon of Labor, after a two days' conference here, Issued a state ment which vigorously condemns the McXainaras for their "Inhumanity" and declures that It would be "cruelly unjust to hold organized labor, either legally or morally responsible for the crimes of an individual member." The labor leaders assert that t'-ey will welcome any Investigation which either Federal or State courts may undertake. The statement is signed by every member of the Mc.Namara committee, except F. M. Ryan, president of the International Bridge and Structural Iron Workers' Union, with which J. J. McXamara was prominently con nected officially. Gompers Says Ryan Approves. "Had he remained, however," said President Gompers, "1 am sure that Mr. Ryan would have added bis name. He was called back to Indianapolis by pressure of business. He did not see the statement, but I am sure be is In hearty accord with its sentiments." As to the knowledge of the crimes which the McNamaras confessed the committee in its statement asserts: "We here and now, Individually and collectively, declare that the first knowledge or intimation of their guilt was conveyed by the press In their confessions of guilt. "From the outset we assure all contributors and the public generally that we would publish an accounting of the moneys received, from whom received and to whom paid. A report In full will be made first to the Execu tive Council of the American Federa tion of Labor at Its meeting to be held at Washington January 8, 1912." Crime Partly Excused. Partly excusing the crime of the McNamaraB, the statement says: "And yet it Is an awful commentary upon existing conditions when any one man among all tho millions of workers can bring himself to the frame of mind that the only means to secure Justice for labor is in violence, outrage and murder." GAVE HIS WIFE A SPANKING. She Wouldn't Sit Still While Connec ticut Man Whipped Baby. Derby, Conn. In pleading guilty In the Police Court here to the charge of beating his wife Leo Dermody said he spunked her also because she did not obey him when he ordered her to sit still while he spanked their year old baby for crying. After driving his wife from the house, with the child In her arms, Dermody broke up the fur niture. Judge W. S. Downs told Dermody that a husband had no more right to exact obedience of his wife than she had of her husband. NOTED BANKER DEAD. Leopold Seligman, One. Of Eight Brothers. New York. Leopold Seligman, one of the eight Seligman brothers, whose names have figured prominently in the banking history of the world for sev eral decades, died In London. He was 80 years old. News of his death was given In a cable dispatch received by Isaac N. Seligman, banker, his nephew, In this city. $10,000 In Wooden Leg. Oklahoma City. Alexander P. Ham ilton, who was supposed to bo a pauper and died In the county poor house of Canadian county Sunday, had $10,000 hidden In the stock of his wooden leg, The money was found Wednesday by another pauper, to whom the wooden leg hud been given. Hamilton was picked up on the street at El Reno and sent to the county farm. If he has any relatives they are unknown, IM'ai Poor- WRICK I KMW run wtii MSN' MRtUHt tni 00 our At dlllS' Actors Are Out cf Employment. BATTLE FOOT ON OASIS Several Hundred Turks Killed and About 100 Italians A Long Line Of Camels Carry Off the Turkish Wounded. Tripoli, Tripoli. A force of 20,000 Italians Tuesday attacked and occu pied the Turkish military camp on the oasis of Aln-Zara, in the vicinity of the town of Tripoli, after a severe battle, In which both sides are report ed to have lost heavily. The fighting lasted from daylight to dusk. When darkness began to fall 8,000 Turks and Arabs disappeared rapidly to the southeast. A long line of camela were with them, bearing their wounded. The Turks lost several hundred killed, while the Italian casualties are estimated at 100. The regular Turkish troops, assist ed by Arabs, defended the settlement bravely, but were forced to retreat to the Interior, abandoning eight cannon, many tents and a quantity of provi sions. The battle opened in the morning with a heavy bombardment by the fleet, under cover of which the Italians advanced to the attack. The headquarters' staff of the Ital ian army assert that the battle was a decisive one for the possession of the country, as it almost entirely clears the oasis around the town of Tripoli and forces the Turks from the coast and away from their base of supplies. A COSTLY JOY RIDE. One Youth Dead and Two Sentenced 'To Prison. Hartford, Conn. A term cf from three to five years In state prison for Robert It. Taft, a sentence of 10 months In jail for Raymond Mansom and a grave in a lonely country cem etery seven miles from Buchanan, Va., for Richard Clark is the termination of an escapade of three Springfield (Mass.) youths, which began on Sep tember 20 last with the theft of a $4,000 automobile belonging to George L. Bldwell, of this city. The boys drove the machine to Vir ginia, and when near Buchanan met with an accident in which the car was overturned and Clark killed. He was burled in a small cemetery near the scene of the accident. The other two were subsequently arrested, and in the Superior Court here the sentences were Imposed. Taft Is 19 years old and Mansom 17. TO OPEN OFFICES TO WOMEN. Suffragette May Rule California If Bill Becomes Law. Sacramento, Cal. "Her Excellency the Governor of California" may soon become a familiar title If a bill swept through the lower house of the Legis lature by unanimous vote finds its way to the statute books. The measure would open every elective office of the State to Its feminine citizens. Saved Son; Lost $65. Newark, N. J. Half suffocated, Mrs. John Wenslngor carried her 7-year-old son to safety from a brisk fire which gutted the Interior of their home. In saving her Bon $65 In cash, all her savings, some of which was meant for ChrlHtmns, slipped from her hand and waB left behind in the fire that destroyed the building which she and her husband possessed. Ten Years For 20 Cents. New York. For stealing 20 cents Maurice McCirath, who. the police Bay, Is an old offender, was sentenced to 10 yenrs In Sing Sing Trison. Mc Grath was arraigned before Judge O'Sullivan, In Part 3 of General Ses sions. It was charged that he robbed Anthony Darrett. More Pay For Many Men. Washington. "Believing the high cost of living and continued Increase thereof makes It Impossible for men to devote their best energies because of nagging anxiety," Admiral T. J Cowle, paymaster general of tho Navy, in his annual report asks salary Increases for all of his employes. Ad miral Cowle urges Congress to open the Alaskan coal fields to procure oonl for the Navy at lower cost. To sup port the Navy establishment. Admiral Cowle says $118,000,000 was drawn from the Treasury last year. Plumbers' Trust Next. Washington. Assistant Attorney General Fowler announced that pro ceedings would be filed in Los Angeles against tho Western Wholesale Plumb ers' Association within tho next week, alleging a monopoly In restraint qf trade. Federal District Attorney Mc Cormlck left Washington and within a few dayB after reaching Los Angeles he vill file this intest trust-busting suit. It Is thoucht Mr. McCormlck will Btop at Indianapolis to become better acquainted with the develop ments in the dynamiting cases. Secretary Wilson Offers a Solution. SENDS IN ANNUAL REPORT Head Of Agricultural Department Recommends That Warehouse men Make Public the Amount Of Food In Storage. Washington. "The consumer pays a dollar for food; the farmer get:) Icbs thun 60 cents of it. Who gets the rest?" That Ib a question which Seoretary Wilson, of the Dtpartment of Agri culture, asked in his annual report. l'he Secretary does not attempt to answer It. He does explain In some detail the results of an investigation his department has Just concluded Into the effect of cold storage on the wholesomeness and cost of food. His Investigation leads him to recommend publicity for the amount of food In cold storage, just as the department now gives publicity to the condition of crops from month to month. Instead of food remaining In stor age for longer than a year or two years, as a rule, the Secretary de clures that his Investigation showed that "receipts into cold storage are entirely or very nearly exhausted by the deliveries out of cold storage with in 10 months." Long Storage the Exception. Long storage is the exception, the Secretary asserts. Warehousemen explained to the department thut ex cessively long storage was due to law suits and other circumstances of an uncommercial nature. The cost of storage Including storage charge, in terest and Insurance, is conHldered as a barrier to very long storage. Cold storage, the Secretary reports, lias raised the cost of living by increasing the annual price level for butter und eggs. The Secretary says thut an ex amination of the record of prices gives a "suspicion" that there has been much speculation In some years by the men who keep commodities In cold storage. He referred to "an apparent mlB- take" of the storage men In overesti mating the consumption of eggs by the public at exorbitant prices last winter, with the" result that in the spring the storage men had to sell eggs at remarkably low prices and send abroad the largest amount of eggs ever exported, in order to get rid of the supply. The Secretary declares that the warehousemen ought to be lequired to send to Washington each month the amount of commodities placed In storage, so that the public may be able to judge of the future trend of prices. Many Subjects Taken Up. A great variety of subjects are dealt with by the Secretary in his report. He says that the day is not far distant when the United States will cease to Impoit potnBh. Florida, Kentucky, Tenneee and Idaho are mentioned as depositories. Recommendation Is made that all government agencies that conserve health should be grouped together In one bureau. The success of the de partment in the Southern States, through object lessons In the fields, is pronounced to have been such as to Justify the extension of the work to all Stntea. The department announces that the corn crop Is moving northward by seed selection. The American sys tems of renting land are declared to be faulty and result in Boil robbing. It is suggested that domestic animals be kept on farms, even If the land owner must furnish them, und that there be a rotation of crops. SPEAKER CLARK IGNORES IT. Will Take No Action On Petition To Impeach Littleton. Washington. Speaker Clark, of tbe House of Representatives, announced that ho would take no action on the petition for the impeachment and ex pulsion from tho House of Represen tative Martin W. Littleton, of New York. Tbe petition was filed by Henry B. Martin, of the Anti-Trust League. The Speakers' decision was based upon the ground thut the petition con tained nothing of a pertinent matter of business for the House. A New Altitude Record. raris. The military dirigible bal loon Adjutant Reau beat the world's altitude record for dirigibles Thurs day by ascending to a height of Just over 7,053 feet. The altitude record for dirigibles has hitherto been held by the French balloon Clement-Bayard, which, on August 23, 1909, attained a height of 5,085 feet. Mayor Refuses $500 Raise. Tol'do. O. Mayor Brand Whltlock rehired to accent an increase of $5u0 In Mb salary as chief executive of the c'ly. He so informed the chairman of tho finance committee that was to have made the recommendation. Two Aviators Killed. London. A double aviation fatality occurred at Filey, near Scarborough, Yorkshire, Hubert Oxloy, an aviator, killed Instantly and his passen ger, Robert Weiss, sustained Injuries from which ho died soon afterwards. Gave Life To Save Horses. Boston James Cooney was killed and 15 horses perished in a $6,000 era which destroyed the stables of James E. Noble, in Roxbury. Cooney lost his life trying to save tte norses. Moros Still Fighting. Manila. Running battles continue between the troops, scout and con stabulary and the Moros In the vicin ity of Jolo, the chief town of the archipelago of Sulu. Twenty hostile Moros have been killed, and addition al troops have been sent t'.ito the field, THE NEWS OF PEHHSYLVASIA Doylestown. Opening an oystor at his home Edward Kramer found two pearls, both of large size, perfect in color and marketable at a high figure. York. Grlere, little son of Henry J. Gipe, mistaking match heads for candy, ate a quantity of them and died a short time afterwards. Weatherly. Weatherly will have a special election on January 8, to de cide whether Its citizens approve of a proposed fourteen thousand dollar loun to be used In the Installation of a power plant In connection with the electric light plant for the furnlBhing o! power, as well as light, to the town's Industries. Altoona. Investigation by officers of the Stute Pure Food Department confirm the belief that John W. Hud son, aged fifty-seven, who died sud denly Thanksgiving Day, was a vic tim of ptomaine poisoning resulting from eating chicken. Portions of the fowl were sent to the State's chemists for analysis. Waynesboro. Probably due to a guilty conscience, thieves who recent ly broken Into and robbed Morris liar baugh's tobacco store here, returned most of the loot, leaving it on the rear porch of Harbaugh's home. Among the articles returned were a shotgun, a revolver, a number of watches uud several rings. Hazleton. The United Mine Work ers' headquarters here received noti fication that the strike asBe&sment of fifty cents a member in force tho past eighteen months had been taken off. All the strikes in progress when It was imposed have been adjusted save the one In Colorado, where the men have been out nearly two years. PottBville. Surgeons and physi cians, from all parts of Schuylkill county, were In attendance here, at a convention, conducted under the aus pices of the Schuylkill County Medical Society. Dr. G. H. Uoyer, of Potts ville; Dr. David Taggart, of Fraek vllle, and Dr. J. Pierce Roberts, of Shanandoah, read papers. Hazleton. Albert Ostrander, of this city, and Miss Carrie Gilbert, of Fulton, N. Y., were married October 23, at Niagara Falls, after a courtship of twenty-six years. Announcement to this effect was received here from the couple, who are now on their honeymoon. The bridegroom Is sixty years old, and the bride forty-eight. Ostrander worked here for years as a watchman, but recently retired upon inheriting a .fortune from relatives. Allentown. Breaking ropes caused two fatal accidents In slate quarries at Slatington. In the Hazel Dell, Paul Sinkuleck was Instantly killed, when a heavy stone fell on him, the rope holding It having broken. Lewis Hughes was instantly killed in the Cambridge quarry, falling eighty feet. John Dougherty also fell with him and had his head cut, an arm broken and was Injured Internally. He was re moved to a hospital In a serious con dition. Allentown. Harvey Rohr, a young farmer of North Whitehall township, filed his bill of purticulars In the re markable alienation suit which he has brought against Edwin Layton, a rich farmer of the same township. About a year ago, after a stormy courtship, in which young Rohr was strenuously opposed as a son-in-law, he married Miss Gertrude Reeser, the adopted daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Layton. Im mediately after the ceremony, accord ing to the assertion of Rohr and other witnesses, tho Lay-tons declared that although he had married the young woman, he could never have her us a wife. Their refusal to give her up has continued to this day, in face of the fuct that Mr. and Mrs. Rohr urn now the parents of a baby daughter severul months old. Rohr has fur nished a home ready for the oc cupancy of himself and his family and has been going to the Layton home al- most dally endeavoring to get his w ife and baby. He declared that the Lay tons have never let him see his wife alone. Last fall the young husl.m had the Laytons brought before Jus tice Henry D. Gross, who tried to g them to surrender tho young wifo to her husband, but they refused. At various times the young husband says he got her brothers and other friends to go along with him for the purpose of securing his wife, but the bride, ho alleges, was always Intimidated by the Lavtons. The attorneys for the plaintiff Include In the statement an assertion that recently young Hours wife expressed. a willingness to re turn to her huabund. but that the La tona, among other things, offered her a largo sum of money it she would remain with them and not Join her spouse. Bohr claims $10,000 ull ages. The Laytons have never tow why they refuse to give up the young wife. Hcgins.-George Focht was found dead hanging over a pole In a shed a a hotel here. Death was due to un intentional strangulation. Pottsvllle.-Thomas Finley, of N' Philadelphia, wns held up by Jo'ln Armour, who bungled In an attempt to play highwayman. Though ho used a "billy," several times, his victim g-1' pled with him und yelled for help. Miners responded, and Armour aa taken Into cuBtody. Justice Ma. tn held Armour for court under $ouo bail. Pottsville.-The local police are on the track of '"firebugs," who are operating again In this yicl.i t, . eral Incipient blazes, started u. tcu'. having been discovered In time. Chester. -To Delavare County Prohibition Committee at Its annua meeting reorganized by the M lectio of these officers: County chal.mun. Daniel G. HendrlcN. of this ci ty. vlc chairman, Dr. Georg. G Webster see retary, Charles Palmer; assis an tsi-c retary Miss Clara Hendricks; treas urer Charles W. ConUlln. of Prospect Park
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