THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS, McCONNELLSBURG. PA
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Special Envoy LaBarra.
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PRESENTED WITH A SWORD.
OISTRIBUTES
WOMEN CATCH
SCARED ROBBER
SNAPSHOTS AT
Charge Discrimination Against the
Japanese and Express Disapproval
Of Japanese Participation In
Panama Exposition,
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NEW AUTO TAGS
STATE NEWS
I SJORY WITHOUT WORDS BfLL IS AIMEQ
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State Highway Department Uses
Parcel Post for First Time.
MORE THAN 131,000 APPLY
Increase of 39,100 at Compared With
Number Issued In 1912 Freak
Numbers and Certain Series
Were Frequent Requests.
(Special Harrisburg Correspondence.)
1 The automobile division of the State
Highway Department work day and
night la order that the 131,000 or more
owners of motor vehicles In Pennsyl
ranla may have their 1914 license
tajs by January 1. The 1914 tags
while numerals on a black background
must be displayed on all cars, trucks
or motorcycles driven on New Year's
Day, as on that day, or any subse
quent date, the owners aro liable to Br
est If they do not have the new tags,
For the first time in the history of the
department all tags are being sent by
parcel past, the packages being lu
ured. The tags are tho same shape
and size as the ones now in use. Com
pleted data for the 1913 registration
of motor vehicles of all kinds show
that the total was 131,239, as. com
pared with 92,139 for 1912, an increase
of 29,100. Thomas C. Boyd, Chief of
the Automobile Division of the State
Highway Department, in commending
upon these figures, said: It is too
early to forecast the 1914 registration
of motor vehicles In Pennsylvania,
There ere two reasons why the appli
cations received by the department
up to the present time are not far in
excess of the 1913 figures: one is the
fact that many automobiles, motor
cycles and other vehicles are stored
for the winter by their owners, and the
other is the fact that after July 1 next
the registration fee will be lowered."
Freak Numbers Requested.
The usual number of requests for
freak numbers and for certain series
of numbers have been received by the
department, and wherever possible
have been complied with. An odd fea-
ure ha? been the unusual number of
applications for license numbers under
200. The department has granted,
wherever possible, the desires of pres
ent holders to have their old. numbers
retained. The new automobile law
requires absolute uniformity of license
Hates, and consequently plates are
being furnished to applicants who own
motorcycles, instead of permitting
them to paint their numbers on their
own plates as heretofore. So many
requests have been received from au
tomoblllsts for particulars of tho new
automobile act that tho department
has issued a vest-pocket size copy of
the act, which will be given uwuy on
application. Under the new act the
control of motor-driven vehicles upon
the highways of the State- Is vested
In the State Highway Department. Not
only are the licenses Issued by the
department, but also tralllc regulations
and the control of the speed at which
a car may bo operated rest with the
department No one under 16 years
of age can operate any kind of auto
mobile over any of the highways of
the State. The act gives the State
Highway Commissioner power to re
voke any license or Improper conduct
In operating a car.
1 eaves a Double Will.
The will of Frank W. Stephen, who
died at his home in East Texas, prov
ed a double one when probated by
Rpglnter E. AV. German at Allentown.
Mr. Stephen was a farmer and drover
and for many years a member of the
Executive Committee of the Allentown
Fair. His estate is valued at $160,000
or upward. He leaves his estate to
his wife, Ellen, for life, and then pro
vides as follows: "And from and af
ter the death of my wife I order and
dlrec t tliat my estate shall be disposed
of In accordance with all and every of
the directions and provisions contain
ed lu a certain instrument in writing
under my hand and seal, bearing even
date herewith, and attested by the
same witnesses ns this paper Is at
tested, and is hereby declared to be a
part of my last will and testament
and to be securely kept until after the
death of my said wife, when it is to
be opened and probated, as I have in
dorsed hereon, and In no event to be
opened before the death of my wife."
Must Approve Water Supply.
Deputy Attorney General Cunning
ham will confer with State Health
Commissioner Dixon relative to. court
action to be brought to restrain the
borough authorities of jNCoates-ville
from making a contract lor a water
supply prior to having plans for the
work approved by the Department of
Health.
Attack New City Charter.
Proceedings to test the legality of
the charter of South Bethlehem a
third-class city were Inaugurated in
the Attorney General's Department by
citizens of that place and a hearing
will be held by Deputy Attorney Gen
eral Cunningham January 7. It Is con
tended In the papers attacking the
charter that the act for the special
election on tho question Of becoming a
city Is unconstitutional. This Is the
second attack upon a charter of a
third-class city, Pottsville's charter
having ben assailed recently.
Other Man at Chicken Coop,
Waiting to Load Wagon Escapes
CALL FIREMEN TO RESCUE
Alarm Is First Effective With Hose
men, Then With the Police Mrs.
Mrs. McClure Knows How to
Handle Revolvers.
Chester. William Boyle, of Bur
mont, was 'held under $1,000 ball for
Court by Justice of the Peace Chanel
ler, of Sharon Hill, on a charge of
stealing a horse .led runabout wagon
belonging to William Caul, a dairy
man, of Clifton Heights. Evidence
was produced showing ihat Mrs. Alice
McClure, divorced wife of John J. Mc
Clure, of this city, was awakened by
strange noises emanating from Uie
rear of the home of her father, E. P,
Timmons, in Sharon Hill, where she
lives. Peerlug out of her bedroom
window, she saw two men and a
strange team in the vicinity of the
chicken coop. Mrs. McClure, who had
armed herself with a revolver, fired
a shot In their direction, and one of
the men fled, while Boyle, apparently
greatly .frightened, stood still. Mrs.
McClure's sister, Miss Mary Timmons,
who was also aroused by the commo
tion, got a revolver, and, going to
the yard, she covered Boyle with the
weapon. In tho meantime John Mel
lon, a next-door neighbor, arrived on
the scene, armed with a gun. Henry
Griffin, the colored coachman em
ployed by Mr. Timmons, fired at the
man, who fled. Mrs. McClure tele
phoned to borough police headquar
ters, in the houso of the Sharon 11111
Fire Company, and ten members of
the fire department responded. The
borough policemen subsequently ar
rived and took 'Boyle into custody,
Further evidence was produced show
ing that James Hayes, who is em
ployed by Caul, was serving milk to
patrons along Edgmont avenue, In
Clifton Heights, and, while he was in
a house, the rig was stolen. Boyle
refuses to divulge the name of his
companion. When asked If she was
frightened when she saw the strange
men in the yard, Mrs. McClure smil
ingly replied: "Why no, Indeed; I
wasn't a bit scared. AVe all know
how to handle revolvers around here."
Rides Before Flying Car.
Bethlehem. AVlIllam Transue was
killed on the outskirts of this town,
when a team of horses, one of which
he was riding, was run into by an
Easton-Bethlehem-Allentown limited
trolley car. Mr. Transuo was sent to
Catasauqua to nid in moving a chil
dren's playhouse on tho property of
Robert AVilbur to Mr AVllbur's new
homo on Fountnln Hill, near here.
The work was not completed by night
fall; so Mr. Trnnsuo rode one of tho
horses back to town. He was Just
about to cross the track at the old toll
gate when the limited same speeding
along. This car makes no stops be
tween Bethlehem and Allentown.
Before he realized It the car was upon
Transuo, his body, as well as that of
one of the horsos, being cut to rleces.
Fall of Mine Roof.
Scranton. By .1 fall of a roof in tho
main gangway of the Archbald mine
at Taylor, George Dawes, a driver, was
killed. Edward Lucthold and Thomas
Malley, of Taylor, and AVilliam Haines
of AV'est Scranton, were seriously in
jured. They were removed to Taylor
Hospital.
Dies Grieving for Daughter.
Mahoney City. Mrs. AA'illlam Bln-
icky, aged 49 years, died here of a
broken heart after months of suffer
ing. The woman, up to her death,
called for her daughter, who disap
peared several years ago, saying she
was "tired of life in the country and
was going to the big city."
Falls Dead Running for Train.
Shamokln. The parents of AA'illiam
II. Chamberlain, Jr., received word
that while he was running to a sta
tion at Youngwood, AA'estmoreland
county, to connect with a train to bring
him to Shamokln he fell dead from
heart disease.
Find Wanderer Too Late.
Mahonoy City. AVandorlng aimless
ly about the mountains of this town,
suffering from cold and lack of nour
ishment, ePter , Lash, of Buck Moun
tain, was found by miners and brought
to the Borough Building for treatment.
He died soon after being brought to
town.
Footpads Leave Him -Clothed.
Pottstown . H Igh way men attacked
John Spatt, of Stowe, In the western
end of the town, and under threats
of serious conseqences, If he should
resist or raise an alarm, robbed him
of a watch and chain, $3 and a pair of
gloves.
Strike for Motor flunner.
Tamaqua. The employes of the
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
at Nos. 5, 6 and 14 collieries went on
strike, throwing Idle more than 2,000
men and boys. The tie-up at No. 14
was due to the company discharging
a motor runner who refused to couplo
mlna cars because it was not his
work. At Nob. 5 and 6, tho drivers
refused the company's orders to re
port for work at 6:40 a. m.. until the
'Conciliation Board could settle the
question. Tho men claim they would
he breaking the nine-hour agreement.
All Pennsylvania Gleaned for
Items of Interest
REPORTS ABOUT CROPS GOOD
Farmers Busy in Every Locality
Churches Rairing Funds for Many
Worthy Objects Items of Busi
ness -rd Pleasure that Interest
Millions of trout epgs are being sent
to private hatcheries by the Carbon
county hatcheries.
The A'ery Rev. Peter Masson, of
Allentown, blcsed the bell of the new
Catholic church at Palmerton.
Tho Methodist Church at Avoudale
has asked for tho return of Its pastor,
Rev. Henry George Main.
Henry Kauffman, of Mastersonvllle,
Lancaster county, was painfully in
jured in a collision hetwen his "team
and a mounted fox hunter.
John AV. Dulles, a framer of West
town township, suffered a fractured
rib in a full down stairs.
The debt of Kennett Square has
been reduced to $22,500 und Council
will refund it on January 1 at 4 per
cent
Harry Bonowllz, chief clerk In the
oinces of the Chester Steel Casting
Company, fractured his arm while lift-
hig a heavy box.
Nearly 500 pounds of telegraph wire
were stripped from lines along the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad between
Chester and Holmes by thieves.
Tho home of George Dule, of AA'est
Chester, has been quarantined as u
colored girl, Bertha AVllllams, em
ployed there, has developed varioloid.
John Good, 15 years old, of Lan
caster, over-exerted himself riding a
bicycle and fell dead of heart disease.
George Chlkel neglected lowering
his head in the Scott colliery, Shamo
kln, end collided with a log, which
killed him.
A retired steel millionaire has given
the birthplace of Stephen Foster, the
famous old sing writer, to Pittsburgh
as a Foster memorial.
Northumberland County Commis
sioners refuse to pay for advertising
the last election, and cited AVestmore-
land county case ns a precedent.
Judges, professional and busiincss
men and women fire evidencing Inter
est in Schuylkill's Anti-Tuberculosis
Society and its visiting nurses.
Burns sustained when his clothes
caught fire at a kitchen stove caused
the death of a littlo son of Oswin Hoff
man, of Tottstown.
Lcroy Barber, colored, who hid him-
solf under a bed In a Reading hotel
in a room assigned to a woman, was
arrested ond sent to the Berks Jail.
Pottstown King's Daughters raised
enough money to take Miss Agnes
Quarry from the county homo and
send her to an institution for incur
ables.
AVhlle Grocer Hagin, of Kennett
Square, was at work in his store a
six-pound jar of apple butter, falling
from a shelf, ' struck him, breaking
loose several ribs.
B. Frank Zlttle has been appointed
chief engineer of the Mlnquas Fire
Company, No. 2, of Downlngtown, and
Cecil McMichael has been appointed
a fire policeman.
Grant Cadwallader of Warrington,
formerly n member of tho First Regi
ment of Philadelphia, was elected cap
tain of Company G, Doylestown, to
succeed Harry S. Meyers, resigned.
Boys in Pottstown who work during
the day are given an opporunlty to
learn mechanical drawing nights, free
of charge, by Professor Luther D.
Showalter, of the High School.
The automobile of Harry Eby, a
shoe manufacturer of LItltz, was
struck by a Reading passenger train
and wrecked; but Eby and his fellow
passengers escaped with slight injur
ies. Daniel Hurley, who conducts. an
eating house in Conshohocken, was
fined $100 by Magistrate Lenhardt, of
Norrlstown, for serving oleo to cus
tomers. His allegation, when arrested
that he bought it for butter from a
farmer was denied.
Structural slate and blackboard
manufacturers of Bangor are busy.
Thieves broke into the little store
of Edward Hamil, blind, at Mount
Union, Huntingdon county, and car
ried away the stock of candles and
cigars.
Mrs. Harriet Alsover, who lives with
Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Heist, of
Doylestown, fell in tho bark yard of
her home and broke her left arm be
low the shoulder. A year ago she
had broken the other arm in a fall.
Toklo. A so-callod- national wel
come was given here to Francisco de
la Barra, special envoy from Mexico to
thank Japan for her participation In
the Mexican Centennial. Several thou
sands of people carrying lanterns as-
jembled in the city park, where
speeches delivered by prominent men
were loudly cheered. This was fol
lowed by a brilliant display of fire
works and numerous bonfires.
A procession was then formed and
proceeded to the hotel, where Senor
de la Barra is staying. After the
crowd had serenaded the visitor, a
committee of members of Parliament!
and other popular leaders mounted the
balcony, where de la Barra greeted
tbem amid prolonged cheering.
tor a sword and other gifts, which
acknowledged briefly and then called
for cheers for the emneror and the
Japanese nation.
Tho procession later marched to the
Mexican legation and the Imperial
I'aiace, in front of which another
meeting was held. A resolution was
adopted criticising the United Statos
for discriminating against the Japan
ese and expressing disapproval of
Japanese participation in the Panama
Pacific Exposition at San Francisco.
At a dinner given at night by the
inercimms 01 iokio in nonor 01 senor Washington. Activo campaigning
do la Barra, Baron Makino, the foreign for fe(jorai reserve banks to be estab
mlnlster, In a speech favored the iiBhed under the new banklni and eur-
strengthening of trade between Japan
1U
The opposition press is attacking
the foreign office for its alleged
timidity In the reception of Senor de
jb warm, ueciarmg u.ai u lears any
enthusiasm shown for the Mexican
would cause resentment In the United
CtaieS.
Washington. It is understood by
the officials here that the elaborate
welcome accorded to Senor de la
Barra by the populace of Tokio was
particularly designed to express the
dissent of one of the Japanese political
factions from the official reception
planned by the government
In his capacity of speclnl envoy
from Mexico to acknowledge the par-
tlclpation of Japan in U e MexIcan cen-
tennlal, diplomatic eUnuette provides
for certain formal functions in honor
of Senor do la Barra The Japanese
8 "u "i "w"
adhered b rictly to tho regular court
ceremonial in such eases prescribed.
A faction opposed to t'-e government,
however, arranged a icceptlon of its
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apeeehmaking and sword presentation.
ADMIRAL DEWEY IS 76.
Hero Of Manila Bay Has No Formal
Celebration.
Washington. George Dewey, the ad
mlral of the Navy and hero of Manila
Bay, began the celebration of his
seventy-six tn birthday Friday by np-
rearing early at his office to dls-
charge the duties entailed upon him
as president of the Navy General
Tjoard.
He received mnnv birthday cifts and
congratulatory telegrams from all
Darts of the country and snent nart
of the day vlsitlnc: with his son. who
came from Chicago for the occasion,
'i'here will be no formal celebration,
LESS HOURS, NO CUT IN WAGES.
New Hampshire Mill Decision Affects
16,C00 Employes.
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Manchester, N. II. The Amoskeag
oianuraciunng company announcea
to tne ib.uuu operatives 01 us couon
mills that the new law limiting em-
ployment to B5 hours each week would
not Dring any reaucuon in wages, ine
mills now run 58 hours weekly. Opera-
turn unaer tne new scueuuio wm ne-
gin January 2.
ONLY 6 UNiuiM MtN MLtutu
Seattle, Wash., Provides Lmpioyment
To Help Its Destitute.
Seattle, Wash. Of 1,300 men who
have applied to the city for employ
ment on work specially provided to
aid the dostltute only Fix are mom-
bers of labor unions. The city offl-
nlals ouestion the annllcants for re-
lief ln order that those who belong
to fraternal and other organizations
mav be helned by such bodies.
TO BECOME A DEACONESS.
Admiral Dahlgren's Granddaughter To
Enter Religious Life.
New York. The latest addition to
the ranks of society women to enter
religious life la Miss Romola Dahl-
eren. granddaughter of Rear Admiral
Dahlgren, U. S. N. Miss Dahlgren al-
ways has been interested in the work
of the deaconesses of the Frotestant
Episcopal Church, and soon will enter,
it is announced, the Deaconess'
Home In New York.
BATHED AT CONEY ISLAND.
One Hundred and Thirty Took Dip On
Christmas Day.
New York. Christmas was cele-
brated by one hundred and thirty of
tho winter bathers, men and women,
at Coney Island. Tho water registered
en fWrcoa whiln tiin temtioiatu nf
th fttmosDhere was 37 decrees. As
the bathers appeared from the bath
houses each was enveloped ln a' bath
robe, which was aulckly discardod at
the edge of the surf. The 'majority other products Into the hands of farm
remained in the water for fully 15 ers, who will be urged to ship direct
miuutes.
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FEDERAL BANKS
he Big Cities Have Commenced An
UMiua Pamnainn
CllVe ""Pa'S"'
HALF DOZEN IN THE ARENA.
Treasury Department Receives Tele
grams Giving Reasons Why the
Contestant Cities Should
Be Selected.
rency system bas been begun by a
half-dozen big cities in difforent parts
of tha Vniind Rt..eq ,! nmnn thn
gcore8 of telcgram8 received at the
Trea8ury Department more than half
wor8 devoted to iaylng bare the rea.
sons for executive approval of their
cjajmg
Can..!.-!.- tnAAn. nn.l Unnolnn
thA "nrpnnlntlnn Mmmfftofl" nntfinr.
,,fld hv thB nnw ,, f. .,,. ,ha
8erve cltlo8i consldered tentative plans
for making up the list of not less than
eght and not more than twelve clte8
to hn honU. TT,,r thft
11W the organIzatlon committee is
glven the uUnost freedom ln nara)ng
thB ,.. , fha ,. nh(n. nmpBr.
)r,.nn(, in maua . hut
rapld ,nqul lnt0 the geographcal ad.
vantage8 and financlal relation8 ot
m0Bt of the , c,Ueg
nno nIon ttlot ,, hoon aoataA in
the 8ecretarie8 they make a
personal Investigation of the claims of
cltIe8 wh,ch are ded ft8
,nra.,nna BnA an,hoP . lhn. thn.
hold hearlngs ln WB8hington. officials
who favor the first plan believe that
( cft be carrlcd out more quickly and
L greater ndvanlage by rRason of the
number of persons who could be
reached. A decision probably will be
announced within a few days.
The campaign for a reserve bank
hns been pressed most vigorously by
Seattle, Wash. Scores of telegrams
wwe received from bankers and bus!
ncss men of Seattle pointing out its
proxunuy io jiiusha, which i iu uo
included ln tlie system, its advantages
as a financial center and urging other
reasons fr giving it a reserve nan.
According to ono telegram, senttio is
planning a big demonstration to cole
hrate the enactment of the law and to
Her ciiances lor getting a uanK,
Kansas City, Mo., is making a sum-
lar fight, with the support of many
nearby cities. Minnesota banks and
business houses took up the cudgels
'n behalf of St. Paul and Minneapolis,
ana Danxers in me aouin are speaxing
P In favor of Atlanta, New Orleans
ana Dallas, rniiuaeipnia ana iiaiu-
more are nt odds over one bank. Al-
toeother. it promises to be llvoly for
tne organization committee before its
worjj j8 dono.
nnnka m the foiiowlnz cities nnnlled
for n,embership in tho reserve sys-
,m. nPaUmont. Tex.: Union. S. C:
st Aiban8i Vt; Portland, Me.; San
Dieg0Cal.; Adams, Minn.; Milwaukee,
Wis.: Rochester, N. Y.: Little Bock,
Ark.: Austin. Tex.: Portsmouth. N. II.:
I Mobile, Ala.; Carbondale, Col.;
Tacoma. Wash., and Lewlston. Mont
JUDSON C. CLEMENTS RENAMED.
Senate Confirms Him As Inter-State
Commerce Commissioner.
Washington. Judson C. Clements,
oI Georgia, was reappointed by PresI
dent Wilson a member of tho Inter-
Commerce Commission and his
nomination was nurnea to tne senate,
wnicu lrameaiateiy conurmea mm
BORDEN REFUSES TITLE.
Premier Of Canada Was Selected For
New-Year Honor.
Ottawa. Premier Robert L. Borden
has again declined a title in conuec
tlon with the forthcoming New Year's
honors, according to a Lonaon aiS'
patch to the Journal. Mr. Borden, it
Is stated, Is democratic in his tastes
and prefers to follow the example of
Balfour, Chamberlain, Gladstone and
Brigbt, eacn oi wnom reiusea io ac
cept a title
TO POPULARIZE PARCEL POST.
Housekeepers Plan To Get In Direct
Toucn witn i-armers
Washington. In an effort to reduce
the cost of living a movement Is on
foot bere to interest larmers in ir-
ginia and Maryland and other nearby
States In the parcels post. At a
meeting of the local Housekeepers
Alliance to be held here Januniy 7
plans win be lormuiaicu lor getting
now containers for eggs and milk aud
to consumers
FESTIVAL PANIC
False Alarm of Fire Causes
v Panic In Hall.
74 BODIES IN GHASTLY ROW
Perhaps a - Dozen Other Corpses
Thought To Have Been Taken
Away By Friends and
Relatives.
Calumet, Mich. Fourscore persons,
mostly children, lost their lives at a
Christmas celebration by coppor mine
strikers in Italian ball because of
a neeuiess panic causea ny a laise
alarm of fire.
While several hundred miners and
their wives looked on, the children
pressed eagerly toward the stage to
receive Christmas presonts. At that
Instant a man put bis head in at the
door of the hall and yelled "Fire!"
The cry was taken up by those in
the hall. Everyone rushed for the
doors. Tho weaker were thrown to
the floor and those behind tried to
climb over those ahead of tbem.
A merciless, frightful scramble, a
desperate light for life ensued. The
narrow exits soon become completely
choked upon the shrieking and frenzied
humanity. Cries of agony, mingled
with the screams ot women and chil
dren in mortal terror, filled the air.
The principal exit was a narrow
stairway at the back ot the ball. When
this had been cleared of the bodies
that filled It to the top and a quick
accounting had been made, It was
found that 74 corpses were piled up
beside tbo building. It Is thought that
a dozen others were carried away by
friends.
Victims Mostly Children.
The dead Included 37 girls, 19 boys,
13 women and 5 men.
Excited men and women stood about
the building, some dazed by the sud
den change from holiday festivities to
tragedy, others calling hysterically for
missing children and a few even
threatening violence to the rescuers
for keeping them back from the long
row of bodies.
There was not much work for the
many doctors who hurried to the scene
as soon as tbo alarm was spread, for
those not killed in the first rush were
held upright and safe by the very
force of the onrusn toward the exits,
Only three injured persons were
taken to hospitals and a few went
homo with assistance of friends.
BOTH DEAD IN PISTOL DUEL.
Town Marshal and Deputy Sheriff In
Street Encounter.
Copper Hill, Tenn. As result of a
street duel with revolvers here Town
Marshal Gus Barclay Is dead and
Deputy Sheriff G. E. Hood Is said to
be dying, with two bullet wounds in
his breast. Bnrcely had arrested Hood
twice in the last week for drunken
ness. They fired on sight and fell
within a few feet of each other.
ENGINEER KILLED IN WRECK.
Fireman Hurt When Their Locomotive
Sldeswlped Another,
Wilmington, Del. Hamilton R.
Woolford, engineer, was killed and J.
II. Rawlins, fireman, was probably
fatally injured at Clayton, Del., when
the locomotive they were running slde
swlped another locomotive drawing a
freight train. Both lived in Washing
ton. The . accident occurred on the
Pennsylvania Railroad.
$5,000,000 NEW COINS ISSUED.
Treasury Supplies Demand For Bright
Pieces For Xmas.
Washington. More than J5.000.000
worth of bright new gold and silver
pieces of 1913 mintage, most of which
found their way into Christmas stock
ings were distributed by the Treasury
this month to the banks throughout
the country. Brand new $5 gold
pieces were presented to each of the
46 House pages as Christmas gifts by
Representative Farr, of Pennsylvania.
MAKES AVIATION RECORD.
Lincoln Beachey Turno Five Loop-the-
Loops At 750 Feet Up.
San Francisco. Lincoln Beachey
celebrated Christinas by breaking a
world's record, looping the loop five
consecutive times from a height of 750
feet and landing ln a narrow street on
tho Panama Pacific Exposition
groundB. Beachey turned a double
loop at a height of 300 feet, which, he
snys, Is a record In Itself, as Pegoud,
the originator of this particular freak
ot aviation, always bas performed
from a great height.
Washington. Chairman
ot the House Interstate and I U
Commerce Committee, struck 1.',
blow at free Panama Canal t w
Amorlcan coastwise vessels, r"
In a Joint resolution he proi thl
suspension of tbo existing law f '
tolls to American ships for two!
mat the cost of operation of ti l?.
ama Canal may be ascertained. i
Ing these two years American E
coastwise and ocean freighters r
pay the same tolls as all foreign , j
Tne president ot tne united it
Is glvon authority to pass on t '
latlve cost of using tho Panama of
and Its maintenance, and at t
of two years may decide whetl. i
tolls thus collected will be raor-J
sufficient for maintenance of rl!
operation of the canal. In this.
the President is to enforce the 1 1
free canal tolls for American sh L
The Adamson resolution was f
red to his own committee.
been bcaton twice on a like p.'?
tlon and the committee nioml -j!
has not been changed in the la I
years. J
Adamson's resolution provide gj
"That tne operation and enfon i t
of the following provision: Ntl
shall be levied upon vessel enga .j
the coastwise trade ot tho In
States, which provision is the
sontence in Section Five of the i.)f
titled, 'An act to provide for the a
ing, maintenance, protection 1 1
operation of the Panama Canal a:'i
sanitation and government 0'
Canal Zone approved August 24 re
shall be and bereby is suspended
ject to the following conditions: ii
"At any time after tho Pifli
Canal shall have been opened an is
cessfully operated for two years, 1
tne judgment ot the President
revenues derived from tolls of v jr
other than those engaged in the t
wise trade ot the United States, &
be sufficient to dofray tho coy
maintaining and operating the
and the expense of government
sanitation ot the canal zone auff
diplomatic questions touching
treatment of vessels as to cond
or charges of traffic at the canal
have been adjusted, then the If
dont is authorized to issue an e
tive order declaring such suspet
exemption ot full force and ti
From the date of such executive -
such exemption shall be allowed
onforced, but until such executive
dor shall have been Issued the veil
engaged ln the coastwise trade o
United States shall pay the same
required of other vessels."
REFUSES TO PAY INCOME T
Dr. Anna Shaw Says Taxation .H
out Representation Is Tyrannj
New York. Dr. Anna Howard f 1
resident of the National Ame
Woman Suffrage Association, ha
fused to pay her Income tax am!
nounces her Intention to fight the I
While at her house in Moylnn, Pa J
cently she was asked to fill o 1
paper stating the amount of he j
come and from what source It wa 1
rived. Instead of obeying she v(
on the official sheet her doclar
of principles, which in brief are
'taxation without representation
tyranny."
NO REVIEW OF "FASTIST'S" C4
Conviction Of Woman For Manil.iJ
ter Stands. k
Washington. Justice McKunnaS
the Supreme Court, refused to pi
an application for a review by
court of the conviction of Linda
Held Hazard, a licensed osteopath
"fastlst" in Kapsap county, Wasl.j
was charged with causing the dl
of Claire Williamson by withhol d
food from her.
CHILD KILLED BY MOTHEPk
Shell Exploded As Woman Tool-?
From Gun.
Southboro, Mass. Alice, the
year-old dnughter of C. W. Whlti
a Boston publisher, was acclden l
snot and killed by her mother.
Whitney was extracting a shell if
the magazine of a rifle when J
weapon was discharged, the b i
entering the child's heart
MANY PERISH IN FIRE.
A Terrible Conflagration At Gee
town, British Guiana.
Georgetown, British Guiana. 1
loss caused by the recent lire here j
estimated at $2,000,000. Six block!
business houses and tenements v
destroyed. The total of known 0;1
Is 23; many more are missing an
large number were Injured. Tho I
eminent and the Salvation Army 1
provided shelter for hundreds ot bj
loss. ' t
TWO MEN KILLED BY TRAIT
Accidents Occur On B. & O. Al"
Same Time. I
Cumberland, Md. iwo men vl
killed about tho same time Mondan
V,a Tlitlttmnra ant Cihn Prill, f
Uavid J. McDUTett, near Rockw
was run down while on bis way h
from work. Hoy Evans, 38 years
son of Doctor and Mrs. Joseph Eq
Jane Lew, y. Va., died at a hos
in Clarksburg from Injuries rece
a low hours before when bo was
over by a train at the Baltimore
Ohio passenger station.
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