FT MAWS
ILAEJin) a ffitmKieE
JOSEPH VANCE
. c;;TlLUSTBATIONS BY T&yMnKZ
SYNOPSIS.
nirrett Coast, ft young mnn of New
Trk City, meets Douglas Mlackstoek. who
Imltei' liitu to a card party, lie accept,
dllhciiiuh he dislikes lilnckHtoek, the rea
.n hi ing Unit both arc In love with Kath
rrlne TMaxter. Coast falln to convince her
that Ulackstoek Is unworthy of her
frlenrtahlri- At the pii'ty Const meetii two
niimed Dundas and Vnn Tuyl. There l
n iik rrl. and lllnrkHtock ahnota Van
Tnvl dead. CoaHt truKtrle to wrest Ilia
trriipnii from him, thus the police iIIh-rnvi-r
them. Coast Is arrested for murder.
Hi' In convicted, hut flu hn heglnii h!s sen.
trine. Pandas nainea Itlaekatoek hi the
nninlerer and kllla himself. Coast l.
rimien free, hut lllarkstork has imrrlcd
K.i liar! lie Thnxtcr and fled. Coast pur
rh.i" a yneht and while sailing sees a
ni.'in thrown from a distant boat. He re,
rues die fellow who la named Applevard.
T'lev arrive at n lonely lalnnd, known a
No Man'i Land.
CHAPTER VI. (Continued.)
"Cleaning my pipe. Go on and
ren: your time's not up yet"
"What's o'clock?"
Appleyard mumbled something In
coherent as he stepped out on deck;
and Const turned over and Blept
spin
It seemed hours Inter when he found
himself abruptly wide nwnke. In a
tr'tror of panic anxiety bred of a
fanry that a human, voice had cried
out In mortal terror, somewhere
ultliln his hearing. He Ftarted up. In
formed by that sixth sense we call In
tut Ion that conditions abroad the
Echo hnd changed radically since the
last time he had fallen asleep; end
It Fcemed no more than a second from
the moment his eyes opened until
be found himself In the cockpit, gaz
Irg dazedly Into the Inscrutable
start of the fog.
At first. In his confusion, hp could
re nothing amiss. The Echo was rid
Iik on a quiet tide and an even ki el.
with scarcely any perceptible motion.
The encompassing darkness was In
tense, unfathomable, profound; on'y
the forward light showed a dim hitlo
of yellow opalescence near the mast
head, and the faint glow from the
ccbln lamp quivered on slowly swirl
ing convolutions of dense white va
por, like smoke. The port and star
board lights had been extinguished,
as they should be when a vessel
comes to anchor.
What, then had Interrupted his
ilutnters?
He turned with a question shaping
in his lips.
Appleynrd was nowhere visible.
Coast required some minutes before
ae was convinced of the fact of the
Itt'e man's disappearance. Hut Ihe
:al.ln proved as empty as the cock
pit, and the tender was gone
The cnbln chronometer chimed the
aour of four In the morning
As the echoes died, as though they
and evoked the genius of that place,
i strange and dreadful cry rent the
dlcnce, sounding shrill across the wa
ters, yet as if coming from a great
distance.
CHAPTER VII.
Fnme moments rlnp?od, Coast's
fvery nerve and sense upon the rack.
Though he heard It no more, still that
cry rang In his head, and he could but
wall, smitten dumb and motionless,
feeling his chilled flesh crawl, en
thralled by fearsome shapes con
jured up by an Imagination striving
vainly to account for what had hap
pencil wait (It scmed) Intermin
ably; for what ke hardly knew or
guessed, unless It were for a repeti
tion or "ome explanation of tha In
explicable cry.
He received neither. Ills straining
faculties detected none but familiar
noises.
Insensibly ho grew more calm. So
sIVnt was the world, stemlngly so
faturnted with the spirit of brooding
P'ace, that he was tempted to be
lieve he had dreamed that first shriek,
lo which he had wakened, and that
the second wns but an echo of It In
his brain; some hideous trick of
reives, a sort of waking hallucination,
to le explained only on psychological
R'.'niiiuls.
And yet . . .
Appleynrd? Vl;nt of hltn? Was
there any connection to be traced e
his mysterious dlsnppeai unco
li'in the Eho and that weird, un
earthly scream? Was there really
'"''I war. and had the little mnn
found It only to become tho victim of
H'ir.o frightful, nameless peril? Could
that have been bin voice, calling lor
li,;l - . .? And In what dread ex
tnmity . . ,7
There was nothing he could do. no
v to reach the mnn. The tender
vj's Rone, ihe shore Invisible and
no should say how far distant? Oth
erwise he would not have hesitated to
swim for It.
I'reyently It occurred to him to won
hore the Echo lay-off what
'"HI Appleyard's responses to his in
ni'irus, several hours back, returned
memory. The name, No Man's
aiid Intrigued. He Interrupted his
Investigate such sources cf In
formation as he hnd at hand.
1 blRh. ho dragged out a chart
,,,S of tlm admirable series
P Wished by the Coast and Geodetic
1" y' (1!"'atlng with wonderful
irncy , hydrography of Dm-
k,", o"y Un(1 v,ny-m and Nan
R, ' ' Sn"n,'s. together with the topo
81 1 of tho littoral and Islands.
w lib pencil It wag easy to trace the
bo th,Cl?e from New n,"r"-d bir
th! through Quick's Hole; a little to
Ilnle ,1 V'hW'' say of nciulnson'.
the , m 8 hml ov,'tk'n them. To
Mar, ' V,"" CKHt of ,hat lolnt l"y
,'' lneynrd, for all tho world
, trussed Towl prof,e. And
as v v" (1" R(m,h of (in' Heiid
that or , ! ''nnd' rnn,nl"- 'nueh
Bl,' I l"fn, the heel dig-
with "',e Atlnn,lc' Comparison
rouch v Sn 6 """""rated It to be
tnl n"' nml Ove-elghths long by
Coast. ;ex"',,,no "'"""'remeuta.
S w tho first time convinced of
the existence of a spot so oddly
named. A nnmbor of blnck dots along
Its northern shore aoenied to Indicate
buildings but Appleyard hnd distinct
ly said "uninhabited,"
Coast turned out tho lamp and went
back to the deck
There wns nothing to be seen, noth
ing to do. . . .
lie fidgeted.
Then out of the confusion of 'his
temper. In which ennui stalked In sin
gular cotnpnnlonshlt) with perturba
tion, he chanced upon an odd end of
thought, otie of those s.ray bits of In
formation, mostly culled from desul
tory reading, that clutter the back of
every man's brnln
Me happened to remember hearing,
some time, some where, thut fog rare
ly clings to the surface of moving wa
ter; that, by putting one's vision upon
a plane almost horizontal wltb the
water, It Is ordinarily possible, to see
for some distance roundabout.
"There muy bo something In It . .
. No harm to try."
Forthwith he scrambled out upon
the stern, from which, after some In
tricate maneuvering and by dint of
conslderub'o physical Ingenuity, he
manr.ged to suspend himself, at peril
of a ducking, with bis head near the
water
"Good God!" He
He wns promptly Justified of his
pnlns; the theory proved Itself in
that one Instance at least; between
the slowly undulant floor, glassy and
colorless, and the ragged fringe of
the mist curtain, he discovered a
definite space.
Directly astern and, roughly, some
forty feet away, a shelving stretch of
jicbbly beach, softly lapped by low
voiced ripples, shut In the view. The
Kcho's tender, drawn up beyond the
hater's edge, bbectod It.
"Good," si'ld Const, abstracted, re
covering from his constrained posi
tion. Curiosity rt'lpl'cd Mm strongly, ram
Hun contending vnln'y; he knew quite
v.ll that he would never bide content
until be hnd piobed (or the cause and
sourco nnd solved the mystery or that
wild cry In Ihe tfht Just gone.
"Moreover, bo felt in a measure re
sponsible Tor Appleyard. Surely there
must be some strange reason lor bis
protracted nbtriicn.
ALandonlrg himself, deaf to tho
coum-'cls of prudence. Coast roi-e and
stripped off his clothing
He let himself gently Into the water
(fearing to dive because ho did not
know Its depth I and found It warm
warmer th.m the nlr He struck out
cautiously, using the slow, old-fashioned
but silent brenst stroko In two
minutes, however, be was wading up
to the bench.
There was no sign of Appleyard:
only the tender. Upon that store
strewn shore the fe,it of the run away
hnd left no trail. Though Const cust
about In n wide radius, he found no
sign of the missing mnn, Tho peb
bles scratched nnd bruised his un
protected feet, And he began to shiver
with cold. He gave It up. presently.
Tragedy of a
Practical Person Makes Discovery
After Neighbors Had Given Voice
to Their Wonderment.
Now doth the amateur agriculturist
flourish and wax proud at his Kutber
Kurbank achievements, says the
lrooklyn Eagle One such nursed a
lone tomato plant from delicate and
sickly Infancy to robust maturity.
With all a mother's tender care he
ministered to that plnnL He wntered
It. brushed the dust off It, pleaded with
It, encouraging It to better things.
Then ono day a member of the family
rushed Into tho house with g'ad tid
ings. There was a real tomato on tbe
vine
What an assemblage thcro wns
about that plant! The block was de
returned to the tender, puebud o3
and sculled out to the Echo.
Then, having rubbed bis flesh to a
blush wltb a coarse towel, he dressed,
took the small boat back to the bench,
drew It up and. now fully committed
to an entorprise the folly of, which be
stubbornly refused to debate, set off
to re(unnolter along the water's edge,
feeling his wny
After a time the bench grew more
sandy, and emboldened y the knowl
edge that ho would have his loot
prints to guide him back, he left the
wuter and struck Inland but only ta
find his progress In that direction
checked by a steep wall of earth, a
cllff llke bluflf of height Indetermin
able. Its flunks wave-cuten and deeply
seamed by rain.
Al random, with no design, he
turned again to his left and proceeded
as before, but now along the loot of
the bluff, trudging heavily through,
damp, yielding snnd
Still no sign ot Appleyard.
I.'c must have tramped, at a rude
guess, several hundred yards belore
he discovered either a break In the
bluff or any change In (be general
configuration of the shore. Ultimate
ly, however, tho one fell away in
lund and the other widened
A moment later ho enme upon a
smi.ll catlont careened above high
tide mark, wl'.h a gaping wound In Its
starhonrd side, forward and below the
water-line.
She lay stern to the water. Takin;
tire point of her ttem as his guide,
Coast turned Inland again, on a line
ns straight as possible considering
the slanting lny of the land anC the
Impossibility of seeing anything bo
yond a radius of a few feet
lie bud not gone far upon this
tack before he stumlled upon a path
of hurdpackeil earth, obviously made
by human feet Thn he found him-
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self mounting a rather steep grado,
nnd In another moment was (nee to
luce with a plain weather boarded wall
of a wooden building
There were no windows that ho
could discover on this side, and
though l.e listened keenly he heard no
sounds Irom within.
Other buildings presented them
Fclves successively, ns llko ns pens
to one another nnd to tho first be hnd
encountered: nil peopled exclusively
by the seven howling devils of deso
lation and their attendant court of
rats or so he surmised front sundry
Founds of scurrying1! nnd squeaks
He gathered that he wns threading
a rude sort of street, fringed on one
slue to seaward with the nbniulnned
dwellings of what had apparently been
a small tlslilns community.
"No Man's Land Indeed!" he com
mented. "Certainly lives up to ;lm
name, even If It's some place els; It
begins to look a If I'd drawn a blank
Hut Appleynrd . ?"
Ho was moved vaguely to liken the
p'ace to the Cold l iars of the .luusle
Hocks "Only Infinitely sordid." ho
mused, at paus: "lacking the ma
o.-ty nnd the hVrror . . . Wonder
had 1 I otter so back?"
As b: hung In the wind, debntlng
what to do. whether to press on or
to be sensible, s'wayed this wny a:id
that by doubts and half formed im
pulses, somewhere near, seemingly nt
his very ilbow, certainly not twenty
foot iiwny. suddenly n dog howled,
hong drawn, lugubrious with n note of
Inmentutlon. tho sound struck discor
dant upon bis overtaut senses, shock
ing him (before ho knew It) to out
spoken protect.
"Good God!" he cried nloud
"What?"
(TO IIH CONTIXL'KD.)'
Tomato Vine
populated temporarily. Amateur ag
riculturists climbed on each others
necks to view the wonder. Tho head
of the house Inspected It through a
magnifying glass Ills spouse clapped
bor hands nnd exclaimed: "At lust
we shall have our own salad from our
own vino." Even tho watchman from
a row of empty houses nearby wns
called to look, nnd ho remarked sol
emnly Hint ho "never saw such a lurco
tomato on such a smnll vine."
Then enmo nlong ono of those hor
ribly prnctlcnl persons, who said It
couldn't be, nnd hnd to havo a closer
look. He spoiled It all by his discov
ery that the tomato hnd been (led on
with a string, and If you wunt to know
who tied It on ask tho woman wbc
lives next door.
TO EXHIBIT LACROSSE AND EDUCATE FANS
Reaching for a High One.
(.'on Jones, owner of the Vancouver (U. C.) lacrosse team, has a tremen
dous hew s.'li uue on for next year. Instead of playing his championship
mutelii's In I'.rltlsh Columbia he Intends to make what he calls a tour of "la
eroHse education" throughout ('anada anil tho United States and schedule
his matches In such a wuy that the nnjority of them can bu played In tho
United States, while he will have enou;h left (o make a finish good for the
benefit of the New Westminster and Vincouver people.
Every match will count toward tin championship and, naturally, the
possessd n of the Mlnto cup, but It will hi played In some piitce out. lilo of
tin; province of Ilrltlsh Columbia, excepting the last few.
ANXIOUS FOR BIGGER SCORES
Football Men Want to Change Rules
So Higher Counts Can Be Made
Possible Some Suggestions.
Football experts at tho college
club, their number Including several
of the olllclal rulemakers, are pretty
well agreed 4hat some radical chango
In the rules will bo necessary before
the i.ext seuson. The chief clamor for
reform Is a demand for plays which
will allow more scoring. Tosslbly this
relief will be found by returning to a
5-yard gain for first down inside the
25 yard lino, by Increasing the num
ber of downs allowed to gain 10 yards
to four, or by allowing first down after
r. 7 Instead of a 10 yard gain.
Games at Cambridge and Philadel
phia show tho Inefficiency of the new
rules. The Army-Navy game showed
little football except kicking. Pulton's
toe carried Ihe day. Yale and Har
vard dabbled with ail the wrinkles of
the new game, but hnd to resort to
kicking. This constant, punting be
comes very monotonous to the spec
tator. It has entirely changed the
complexion of American football. Tho
punt was originally put Into the game
not ns a feature play, but as a last
resort when tl:4 ball could bo carried
no further hy the players. Under the
present rules the kick Is the main
thing and the game becomes a kick
ing contest bi tween two men, with
j the chance of picking up a fumble the
ciiier reliance tor toucnuowns scoring.
Touchdowns, It Is pointed out, aro
more satisfactory than field goals;
bey are wuut the players and specta
tors would rather see. They repre
sent more football skill, more team
ikl'l nnd more actual football ability.
What Is wanted of tho rulemakers
hh w inter Is a game which will not
further Increase the risk of Injuries,
but which will beget some degree of
finality in ndvnnclng the ball.
HITCH IN A BASEBALL DEAL
Trade Between Rochester and Wash
ing Clubs Involving Several
Players Held Up.
There Is a hitch lu the deal between
the Rochester nnd Washington clubs
T
Shortstop Foster.
ftljieh involved Moeller, Foster and
Spencer of Rochester, and Groom nnd
I.ellvelt of Washington.
Winter Racing at Charleston.
A $.1.0i)() Derby, a $i!,50( Washing
ton birthday handicap, a $2,000 St.
Patrick's day handicap, and some 17
other stakes, worth $1,000 to $1,500,
at offered by J. V. Pons, who Is pro
moting tho winter race meet at
Charleston, S. C.
To Raise Yale Field.
Among the changes to bo mnde In
the footbnll plant at Yale will be tbe
raising of tho grado of tho Held to
Improve the drainage. The center of
the gridiron will be raised a foot
above the edges, which will taper oft
Imperceptibly. This Is planned to
make the playing Held self-draining.
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Do those who favor changing the
baseball cede want revision i:wn
ward?
Citizens of Georgia are beglnnlrg to
realize the greatness of Tyrus Kay
niond Cobb.
Walter Camp wants four downs In
stead of three. Isn't It hard enough
"to stop them now?"
Many football critics favor abolish
irg the forwurd pass. The hands are
used too much anyway.
Walter Camp can't see a western
man on his all-star selections. He
failed t.o come west In 1011.
Waller Camp says tbe new football
rules which cut down the number of
Injuries In fool ball have come lo stay
Connie Mack thinks he has dlseov
ered another pitching wonder. Does
be want (o get a perpetual Hen 011 the
bunting?
Kudy Unhnlz. the Iloer boxer,
threatens to "break In" once nuu'e
Mat Nelson, It seems, bus so' a bad
example.
When football Is perfected what
will Ihe experts find to do during the
winter months In place of revising
the rules?
If Horace I'ogel "butted In" as
Chnrley Dooin says, who Is the real
w orks behind I ho throne on the
Phillies, anyway?
Some people hove the happy faculty
of seeing "sport" 111 everything. It
Isn't a bad thing for the appetite or
the conscience, either.
Ad Wolgast has the largest doctor
bill know n to tbe profession for some
tlmo. It cost Ad more than $o0,000
In lost purses to be cut up.
"Ralcevltch, the giant wrestler, is
here to challenge the world," says a
report. The only thing against hltn
Is that he has been here before.
Jimmy McAleer Is to scout for the
Iloston Red Sox. Since Jimmy has
always been a "good old scout" he
ought to shlno in his dual capacity.
Paddy Livingstone may fill the gap
In the Cleveland Nap defense. If he
chokes the break Connie Mack may
have fumbled one In sending Puddy
to Nnpland.
San Krnneis.'o is hopeful of having
an American cup yacht race a fea
turo of an International regatta, as a
part of the Panama Taelf.e Interna
tional exposition in lOl.'i.
Football rules must be changed In
order to give the patrons a game, the
students a Fpcrt nnd lo relieve the
play of Its monotonous sameness,
thinks an eastern expert.
Hcckey at Ann Arbor.
Tho university of Michigan will le
represented by hockey teams this
winter. At a meeting the other night
enough candidates for the several de
partmental teams turned out to Insure
tho unlver.-lty authorllles the sport
has attained a firm foot I :g.
l'our, and possibly six. teams are ex
pected to compete. It has not been
announced whether games will be
played this season with other univer
sity teams.
After American Trotters.
A prominent Vlen.ia horseman, R.
SchlcBslnger, who conies 'o America
every year In search of trotting stock,
mnde two Important purchases recent
ly, tho three year oM stallion Jjic''
Swift, 2: lo'..;., nnd the seven-year-old
mare Maud Light, 2:07';. Scblesslng
er also bought through Chnrlts K
Dean the black mare lllnck Silk.
2:0!H.'i, which Dean rucd successfully
In 1008, She will be used as a brood
mare, but the other two will he raced.
Jack Donaldson Wins.
Jack Donaldson of South Africa, ac
cording to reports received from Mel
bourne, won the world's champion
ship In professional sprints from A. It.
Postle of Australia nt Melbourne.
Postle won tho 80-yard sprint in
:07 4-5, but Donaldson took the 100
nnd 110-yard dashes. The 100 wns
made In :09 3-5 and the .latter In
: 1 0 4-f5. All the races were run on
grass.
BOXERS LACK ONE ESSENTIAL
Some Are Shy. of Intelligence, While
Others Are Deficient In Game
nest in Ring.
"To my way of thinking a fighter
who is deficient In tho brain depart
ment Is Just as badly handicapped as
the fellow who lacks heart," said Hug
Slattery at a llttlo session of funic
celebrities In Jimmy Dunn's gymnasi
um yesterday afternoon.
"Who are you driving at now, Mr.
Slattery?" asked Tommy McGlnity,
the clever lightweight boxer, who Is
Dunn's principal Instructor at the
BJ ra.
"I have 110 particular pugilist In
mind,'' replied tbe sport philosopher.
"I am speaking In a general way. You
know we have in the lighting game
boys who are naturally timid and
who could never ham to be game.
Such fellows sometimes get to be
topnotehers because they have every
thing else. Ihey may have speed,
Rklll ami the punch nnd lack game
ness and still get along all right.
Such ft Hows, 111 u rule, are seldom
called upon to stand a severe test as
to gameness, lor they ure so clever,
and so last that oilier fighters can't
hurl them.
"Hut usually s ich boxers are much
better In a gymnasium than In n real,
ring contest. Steve O'Donnell, the
Australian heavyweight, nnd Hob Arm
strong, were good Illustrations of this
type. They Were two of the fastest
and most skllliul big fellows lu the
history of pugilism, but outside of a
gymnasium they were absolutely no
good. I have seen i'.ob Armstrong
make Fit, .liiinions look like u fool In
gMiirnslum workouts, while in the real
battle Kit, would lick him In a round.
"O'Donnell was the same way. Ho
used to ninke tlnu all look cheap at
li t- training camps, hut in the ring he
could hardly ever get alerted. Peter
Malier knoi ki d him out twice In less
ti. an two or three minutes, for 110 oth
er reason than tluit Steve's heart fail
ed him before entering the ring. He
was goid enough to bent fellows like
Maher with the greates of ccse. If
O'Donnell had been a game man Pe
ter Maher could never have placed a
g ove on him. I have known tnaiiy ot
.he same sort."
"Your dope Is dead right on that
score, Hug," said big Al Williams.
Dunn's while hope, "for I have met
men who boxed both O'Donnell and
Armstrong."
HOWARD WILL FIGHT CHANGE
Former Manager of the Louisville
American Association Team Re
fuses to Be Exchanged.
Former Manager Del Howard of tho
Louisville team, Is going to make a
hard fight against any effort that Man
ager Jack Tlghe of the Colonels may
make toward disposal of his services.
Tight wns In Louisville nnd announced
that Howard would be sold. A closo
friend of the former leader says How
ard had a restrictive contract, with a
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Del Howard.
provision that in case ho be deposed
as maimer he.shouUl be given his te
ase as a player. However, President
Grayson bus not curried out any such
agreement If there be one. Howard.
Grayson states, roM him $2,.V)0 ns a
player when purchased from the Cubs.
Wentern League Opening Date.
Next year's playing season In the
Western league will open April 19,
with the eastern teams playing the
east anil the western teams playing
In the wcKl. The opening games will
be pbyed nt Pueblo, Topcka, Denver
and Lincoln.
Tbe Larce8' Dog Show.
The dug show he'd at the Crystal
p,lace, London, recently hud ll.SDrt en
I1I1M. a new record, being BOO ahead
of ihe 1910 event.- There were 45
Judges, and their huge task was com
pleted on tbo second day.
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FROM THE
STATE CAPITAL
Information and Gossip From
Harrisburg.
Hospital Mixup.
Judge Charles II. Wltmer, of the
United States District Court; State
Senator Wlllium C. McConnell, former
State Senator Fred A. (iodcharles, of
Northumberland county, three of the
live newly appointed trustees of the
hospital at Shumokin. and who re
signed because the majority of the
board proposed to go outside tho coun
ty to appoint a superintendent, called
on the Governor In an effort to
straighten out matters. The Interview
Is suld to have been somewhat ani
mated, and the three visitors appear
ed to be In anything but an amlablo
frame of mind when they emerged
from the Kxecutlve Department. The
Governor promptly announced that be
had accepted the five resignations
and would appoint their successors "lu
due time." The other two who re
signed are Rev. Robert O'ltoyle, Sha
niokln, and 1'. V. Premier, Milton.
The controversy grew out of the de
sire of a majority of the board to ap
point Dr. George Keoae, of Muhanoy
City, a friend of Attorney General
Hell, us superintendent of the hospital.
More ProteiU.
The Governor was sent more pro
tests by voters In Northumberland
county against the appointment ot
trustees whereby a majority would re
side outside the coal belt.
Slate Senator McConnell, Federal
Jude Winner and former State Sen
ator (Iodcharles are leaving no ston
unturned to convince the Governor he
made a mistake In appointing the
original board against the wishes of
voters in the Trevorton, Shamokln
ami Mt. Curmcl districts In par
ticular. F.vcn Senator Penrose has
been appealed to to set matters
straight. Up to this period Attorney
General Hell, Philadelphia, Is said to
be Insistent that the Hoard of Trus
tees for the local hospital shall vote
his friend, Dr. George Reese, the of
fice of chief surgeon, Mr. Hell Is re
ported to have advised the Governor
that Reese has the best recommenda
tion as a doctor from Drs. John Heav
er, Philadelphia, and J. ('. Diddle, of
the Miner's Hospital, Fountain
Springs.
Names Deed Commission.
The Governor announced the ap
pointment of the following to be mem
bers of the commission authorized by
the Legislature to investigate systems
of recording deeds: Joseph K.
Fletcher. Deputy Recorder of Deeds,
Philadelphia; Frank Caven, president
Philadelphia Heal F.statc Ilrokers' As
sociation; James K. Lennon. No. 1254
South Fifteenth street. Philadelphia;
John ('. Slack, Pittsburgh; Georgo
Hetzol, Recorder of Heeds' ollice, Pitts
burgh. The appointment of Joseph K.
Fletcher nnd Frank Cnviu was
recommended by Recorder of Deeds
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Would Oust Suburban Concerns.
Quo warranto proceedings were In
stituted here by the Attorney Gen
eral's department against the follow
ing corporations because they havo
not performed any of their charter
obligations; Manufacturers' F.lertrlc
Company, of Kea.lnu. Sharon Hill &
Upper Darby Railway Company, Pros
pect Park Railway Company, Tlnlcum
& Sharon Hill Railway Company. A
suggest ion for a iio w arranto was
also filed on behalf of the Consolidat
ed Mutual Fire Insurance Company,
of Lansdowue. it Is alleged that the
company has unpaid losses of fD.ODO.
Dr. William II. West, of Harrisburg,
is president. George II. Merritt, the
secretary, resigned a week ago.
Adjust Express Rates.
. The Adams Kxpress Company has
notitled the State Railroad Commis
sion that It Is w illing to make changes
In rates for shipments from F.ilzabelh
villi and points in the l.ykens Valley
to Philadelphia. Tbe Commission re
ferred complaints to the company,
which will readjust the prices. Simi
lar action will be taken In regard to
other complaints.
Will Enlarge Hatchery.
Fish Ci'!atnisiner Puller declared
that there was not the slightest inten
tion to abandon the Torresdale Flab
Hatchery, but, on the contrary, that
It was the Idea to increase the ef
ficiency and output. Tills fact tame
out In coi respondence with the Inter
State Anglers' Association, which
organization has promised to assist
the Commissioner in IiIh plans.
Seeks Congressional Nomination.
Levi Hutumei Gordon, of Williams
port, tiled a petition at the State De
partment ns a candidate for the Re
publican nominal Ion for Congress in
the Kleveuth District.
To Censor Plays At Harrisburg.
The Civic Club decided to appoint
a Vigilance Committee to scrutinize
all plays that are booked for presen
tation In this city and to notify tho
public ns to their nature.
Two Death Warrants Issued.
The Governor ordered death war
rants to issue In the rases of William
Schrnder, Milllin county, and Joe
Polnrhimi. Northumberland county,
fixing the time of execution for Jan
uary, ?..-, 1912.
Altoona Mrs. Annn Marie Harber,
familiarly known as Grandmother
Harber, mother of a numerous
progeny, died nt the home of her son,
Albert, in Coalport, in her ninety-first
year. She was a unlive of Germany,
but lias resided In !hls vicinity for
seventy-two years. She wui the
mother of thirteen children, eight of
whom preceded her to the grave. Ho
sldes tho five chlldrou living she
leaves eighty-two grandchildren and
17(5 grent grandchlldrcn, a total of 233
descendants.
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