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Score of Great Corporations.
Happenings of the Week in the Capitol Building and Th oughout the State Reported for
Our Readers in Fulton County anc1 Elsewhere.
G. F. BAKER TO FOLLOW SUIT
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All Pennsylvania Gleaned for
Items of Interest.
Though Members Of Morgan Firm
Terrific Sea Running In Mediterranean.
Mount Vesuvius Covered With a
Mantle Of White Flood
ing Of Seine Feared.
STATETARMING
WilllamJ. Rose's Statistics Show
Resign From Twenty-Seven Cor
porations, They Are Still In Di
rectorates Of Many Concerns.
Important Crops Raised
VALUED AT $168,899,000
Going at Good Gait for State Which
It Foremost In Coal, Iron
and Steel and Other
Product!.
(Special Harrlsburg Correspondence.)
Harrlsburg. PeniiHylvania'a staple
farm crops for 1913 represent a value
of 1168,899,000 or 4.392 per cent, of
tli value of the nation's crops which
I going a pretty good gait for a State
which Is foretnoHt In coal, Iron and
teel and other lines. It lias 7,914,900
aores being farmed or 3.289 per cent.
of, the national acreage of 240,617,100
ad Intensive agriculture la receiving
greater attention than ever. These
facta are set forth In a table of com
parative farm statistics compiled by
William J. Rose, division freight agent
of the Pennsylvania railroad with
headquarters In this city, who has
made a special study of agriculture
for twenty years. Mr. Rose's figures
cover nine staples and Include figures
from the national government The
figures do not go Into fruits, grapes,
sweet potatoes or the like, but deal
with the nine staples which are the
backbone of agriculture In this state.
The State acreage of winter wheat
was 1,280,000, producing 21,862,000
bushels, or 17 bushels to the acre,
yielding an average farm price on De
cember 1 of 91 cents or a total value
of 119.894,000. The natlonul yield was
623,661,000 on 31,699,000 acres.
Other staples given are:
Barley, 7,000 acres, 182.000 bushels,
average price 71 cents, value of crop
$129,000.
Buckwheat, 2S0.O0O acres out of
805,000 In the nation; 5.180,000 bush
els of more than a third of all raised
In the country, average price 73 cents
or a total value of $3,781,000 of the na
tional crop valued at $10,445,000.
Corn, shelled, 1.463,000 acres, aver
age yield to the acre 30 bushels, total
(7,057,000 bushels, value $41,081,000.
Hay. 3,141,000 acres, yielding 4.146.
000 tons or one-sixteenth of national
crop; vaiue ti,77i,uuu.
Oats, 1.154,000 acres with yield of
35,774,000 bushels valued at $16,456,
000. Potatoes, 265,000 acres, yielding 23,
$20,000 bushels worth $18,655,000.
Rye, 280,000 acres with yield of
4,900.000 bushels; worth $.1,626,000.
Tobacco, 38,900 acres, average yield
per acre 1,200 ponnd, or a total of
46,680,000 pounds; worth $3,501,000.
Foust Calls Reports.
Dairy and Food Commissioner Jas.
Foust has sent to seventy-nine cold
storage warehouses blank reports call
ing upon the managers to make state
ments to him of all products in cold
storage for the quarter ending Janu
ary 6. This Is the second quarterly
report to be called for by the com
missioner. The first report showed
a large number of crates of eggs on
which the limit expired In December
and a large amount of butter on which
the limit expires In Janunry and Feb
ruary. There Is considerable interest
being shown In the coming reports be
cause they will ahow the extent to
which things are held In storage. Over
700 applications for oleomargarine li
censes for 1914 have been filed with
the dairy and food commissioner and
it Is expected that over 1,000 will be
Issued during the first week In January.
Anthracite Tax Blanks Issued.
The first blanks for reporting coal
production at anthracite mines to the
Btate for purposes of the anthracite
coal tax were sent out from the Auditor-General's
department and the state
ment was made that because opera
tors did not receive blanks It did not
absolve them from payment of the
tax. The blanks will call for a state
ment of production during 1913 nnd
the value with a special statement as
to the amount used in operation of
mines. These reports are to be Mod
In January when the tax will be com
puted. Officials of the department
have mado up a list of coal operators
.from State records and from Informa
tion obtained through county officials.
Mothers' Pensions Paid.
The first payment of money un
der '.he appropriation for mothers'
pensions has been maAe to the Alle
gheny county board and the test of
the law will probably follow It The
money paid is $500 for general ad
ministrative purpose and it is under
stood here that injunction proceedings
will be started so that the opinion of
the Supreme Court may be obtained.
Thorny Place Offered.
Mayor John C. Groome,' head of the
Btate police, who has been talked of
for the thorny place of superintendent
of the New York State police, Is a
familiar figure In this city. The major
was captain of the First City Troop
of Philadelphia, a cavalry organization
known all over the world, and Major
of the first squadron of cavalry. He
baa an office here, but spends niOBt
of his time going over the 8tte and
keeping In touch with his forco.VWhat
the major has created In this lute
la too well known to require ment0n.
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Institution Greets Large Number
Eager to Learn the Latest
ATTESTS POPULAR APPEAL
Instruction Sought by Soil Tillers,
Fruit and Stock Growers, Dairy
men and Housewives 600 Stu
dents Enrolled as Guests.
State College. Double-length trains
arriving hera from North, Fast, South
and West attested the popularity of
'Farmers' Week" as the most ambi
tious effort in the annual program of
State College's system of extenstonal
education. At nightfall there were
600 student farmers enrolling as
guests at the fraternity houses and
private homes thrown open for their
entertainment during the six duys In
which the Keystone Commonwealth
hopes to Impart through the medium
of the State Experiment Station the
concrete results of experimentation In
the work of making the soli produce
without lessening Its original product
iveness. The prediction Is that 800
and perhaps 1,000 tillers of the soil
and raisers of cattle will take active
part In the spreading of the "new
agriculture." Midwinter weather
served up with a six-Inch dressing of
firm snow turned the State reserve
Into a picture of magazine cover gorg-
ousnes. Tuo pine grove about ' Old
Maine," where the official reception
to the fanners took place, was clothed
In Arctic glory, the boughs of the
trees, recently wetted by heavy rains,
bending low with lacy frescoes that
look not unlike the crowded fronts "of
giant wbito ferns.
There were 10 big bobsleds, fixed
up In regulation straw-ride style, await
ing the visitors at the Lemont sta
tion, and the Incoming host resolved
Itself into a town slolgh-riding party.
At night, around the blazing logs of
the fraternity houses, the practical
students of soil culture were prophe
sying a week of unprecedented suc
cess for the men who have undertaken
to guide them to a better era for the
farmer. The seeker for the old-fash
ioned picture book "Hayseed" would
find a quest among State College's
guests during "Farmers' Week" unre
warded. For the most part the men
who have come to learn are men in
every sense of the word. Instead of
settling problems of the State and
nation, as they are supposed to do In
populur fiction, they compare among
themselves the varied excellence of
those papers devoted to their Inter
ests, and many of them are beard
declaring simply that they are sub
scribers to not less than six daily,
weekly and monthly publications.
Some of them boast that they have
not missed the annual week of instruc
tion since they first received an Invita
tion to attend.
Wounds Fail to Win Love.
Connellsvllie. Although they had
fought for her favor until one was
fatally wounded and the two others
were seriously injured, pretty Bertha
Tote, belle of Lclsnrlng, spurned the
love of Martin Kotzoch, John Putno
dy and Ztg Puschar, while the men
were taken to the hospital. Katzoch
has a big hole through his neck and
spine, and will die. Putnody stopped
one of the bullets with his right arm
and ribs, and Puschar has a gash run
ning from his forehead to his chin.
The fight occurred in the home of
John Tote, the girl's father, both of
whom were arrested as witnesses.
When they were taken to Jail the girl
said: "They bungled; I cannot love
either of the threo 'old women.' Had
one been a victor, ah! then I could
have smiled on him; but now, bah!"
Auto Wreck Cripples Her.
Chester. Miss Mildred Byer, of
Media, was badly Injured in an auto
collision on Broad street. She and
Charles Temple, of Swarthmore, occu
pied the machine, which was wrecked,
the front wheels being demolished.
Miss Byer was removed to the Ches
ter Hospltnl. Her kneecap was split
nnd she received other injuries. Tem
ple escaped unhurt.
New Records Made In Pig Iron.
Pittsburgh. Notwithstanding the
drop In production of pig Iron during
sixty duys, the year 1913 has estab
lished a new high record In pig Iron
produced by a wide margin. Total
output for the year will bo between
31,000,000 and .11,500,000 tons, as
against the next best year's record,
made In 1912, of 29,726,937 tons.
Mystery In Deadly Injuries.
Mahanoy City. With his skull frac
tured and fuce burned, Daniel Van
Horn, a pumpman, of Park place, was
found at the door of the First Aid
Hospital, Park place colliery, in a dy
ing condition.
Misplaced Stickers Lose.
West Chester. At the recent elec
tion In East Whiteland township, John
Morris, candidate for supervisor on
the Republican and Democratic tick
ets, receive! 66 votes, while Frank
P. Reltenbaugh, Independent, received
79, and was returned as being elected.
Morris contested the election of his
opponent on the ground that 61 stick
era for Reltenbaugh were used In
places on the ballot not provided for
lu the laws. Court hero sustained the
contest snd declared MorrlB entitled
to the ofllce.
REPORTS ABOUT CROPS GOOD
Farmers Busy In Every Locality
Churches Ralring Funds for Many
Worthy Objects Items of Busl-
- ness Mid Pleasure that Interest.
Mrs. Otto Jluebner, of Allentown,
sustained a broken collar-bone In a
fall downstairs.
While Silas An'hony was attending
church at Trachsvi'le, a thief stole bis
horse and buggy.
A party of ullens at ralmerton mur
derously attacked NIcholl Perskl and
left him lying lu the gutter for dead.
Cuught In the machinery at the Cop
lay cement plant, August Tykedale, an
oiler, was whirled to death.
Perkasie School Board Is having
plana drawn for a $40,000 addition to
Its schoolhouse.
The Commissioners of Chester Coun
ty have appropriated $1,000 to the Ches
ter County Farm Bureau.
Struck by a Reading Railway train,
Joshua Underwood, residing near Ad
amstown, was probably fatally injured.
Eight miles of stone pillars will be
erected under Scranton lu the hope
of stopping cave-Ins.
The Scranton schoolhouse, damaged
to the extent of $40,000 by a cave-In
two years ago, Is ugaln similarly af
fected. Slipping on Ice near his home, Mar
cus A. Uhler, proprietor ot a large
truck farm near Easton, fell and frac
tured one of his legs.
The 8-year-old daughter of Charles
Eddlnger, of Berwick, pulled a kettle
of water upon herself and was severe
ly scalded.
Mrs. Henry Robinson died at Sha
mokin from burns received while Ig
niting a pile of newspapers in front
of ber home.
The body of 7.. A. Butt, of Benton,
was found lying In the snow at his
door, where he had been stricken im
mediately after Jie left home.
Trying new Ice on Pond near Sun
bury, Ceorge Moyer, seven yenrs old,
fell In, but his sister, Mary, aged IS,
rescued him.
Hazleton Council proposes to stop
the foolish habit of automobllsts and
garage-owners emptying gasoline Into
the sewers.
Although several Weatherly Indus
tries have been working irregularly,
the Iron nnd Steel Company, the
town's newest industry', Is working full
time. ,
John Earle Beatty, of Easton, who
stole hulf a carload of goods from the
New Jersey Central freight station In
that city, was sent to jail for two and
a half years.
Austin Rolnbold, of Hellertown, be
gan suit at Easton against the Didler
March Coke Company for $20,000 dam
ages for the loss of a hand while
coupling cars in the company's yards.
An Interesting ceremony In the
South Bethlehem Moravian Churoh
was the cremation of a $300 mortgage
on tho new $25,000 church, most of
tho debt on which has now been paid.
Elwood Dnvls, who, with a rifle, bom
barded the house where his wife was
staying after their separation, was
paroled from the Allentown jail by
Judge Trexler.
William Green, colored, nged 18
years, of the Welsh Mountain district,
near Honey brook, lias been sent to
the Huntington Reformatory for steal
ing a horse belonging to Mark Burk
holder, of (lap.
District Attorney Boyer, of -Doyles-town,
says tho Bucks County authori
ties will proceed with the prosecution
of Joseph tiewka for the murder of
Captain I.oughlln, the crime having
been committed on Bucks County soil.
When firemen and others were un
able to lead Charles Rhoades' horses
from the burning livery stable at
Doylostown, Miss Edith Rhoades, a 17-year-old
girl brought the horses one
by one to the door until the eight
animals were saved.
The movement Is far advanced to
consolidate the post ofllce of Siegfried
and Northampton.
Thrown from his motorcycle when
a wheel came off, James West, a
Pottstown electrician, suffered a brok
en leg.
Mrs. Mnry D. Sternbergh, widow of
James ITcrvey Sternbergh, has filed
her election under the will of her late
husband, whose estate Is valued at $2,
288,366.49 In personal property and
$307,500 In real estate.
New York. The withdrawal of J. P.
Morgan & Co. from more than a score
of great corporations and the state
ment shortly afterward by George F.
Baker, an almost equally dominant
figure In American finance, that he
soon would take similar action, gave
wall street generally a thrill which al
most brought trading on the stock ex
change to a halt
Whllo it Is probably true that many
of the prominent bankers had infor
mation foreshadowing this momentous
move toward ending Interlocking di
rectorates, the public and brokers had
so advance knowledge of what was
taking place In the inner councils of
the greatest of all American houses of
finance. Wherever telephone and
ticker flashed tho news about the
street groups of men gathered to die
cuss what was the all-absorbing topic.
' Mr. Morgan, departing from his
firm's traditional policy of silence,
made a public statement announcing
the withdrawal of five members of J.
P. Morgan & Co. from directorships in
27 corporations and tbo intention to
withdraw from more.
Change In Sentiment Cause.
Mr. Morgan's statement follows:
"The necessity of attending many
board meetings has been so serious a
burden upon our time that we have
long wished to withdraw from the di
rectorates of many corporations. Most
of these directorships we have accept
ed with reluctance, and only becauss
we felt constrained to keep in touch
with properties which we bad reorgan
ized, or whose securities we had
recommended to the public, both here
and abroad.
"An apparent change in public senti
ment in regard to directorships seems
now to warrant us in seeking to re
sign from some of these connections.
Indeed, it may be, in view of the
change In sentiment upon the subject,
tn at we shall be In a better position
to serve such properties and their
security holders, if we are not di
rectors. We have already resigned
from the companies mentioned, and
we expect from time to time to with
draw from other boards upon which
we feel there is no special obligation
to remain."
NO WHITE HOUSE RECEPTION.
Secretary Of State Bryan's Breakfast
To the Diplomatic Corps.
Washington. New Year's Day in
the capital passed over without a
White House reception for the first
time in more than a century for the
first time since the day of President
Monroe. In the absence of President
Wilson, taking a holiday vacation in
the South, a breakfast to the diplo
matic corps by Secretary and Mrs.
Bryan was the principal social func
tion of the day. More than 300 guests
gathered with the Secretary of State
at his home. Practically all the am
bassadors, ministers and members of
the embassy and legation stalls, with
the women of thoir families, were
present. There were a few excep
tions, among them the Turkish Am
bassador, who is in mourning. The
French Ambassador, Jules Jusserand,
has become the dean of the corps dur
ing the last year, since the departure
of the former ambassador from Great
Britain, James Bryce. The Central
and South American countries were
brilliantly represented.
TWO BLOWN TO PIECES.
Dynamite Explodes While Men Are
Thawing It.
Downlngtown, Pa. William Ken
neddy, a contractor of this place, and
Thomas Allison, of Coatesvllle, were
blown to pieces near here by the ex
plosion of dynamite which they were
thawing out for use in road repair
work. Several workmen who were
nearby were not Injured.
THE MARRIED WOMEN WIN.
Toronto Gives Them the Same Fran
chise Rights As Others.
Toronto, Canada. Married women
nre to be given the same franchise
rights as widows and unmarried wom
en owning property here, as a result
of a popular vote. The proposition
grnntlng equal rights was carried by a
vote of nearly 3 to 1.
MASTODON'S BONES UNEARTHED.
Remains Of Prehistoric Animal Found
Near Roanoke.
Salem, Va. S. D. Taliaferro, of
Salem, superintendent ot a crusher
plant at Blue Ridge Springs, has un
earthed the remains of a giant
mastedon. The bones were found 20
feet undor the surface. Mr. Taliaferro
estimates that the mastodon was 30
feet long. Most of the bones were well
preserved, and among them was a jaw
bone more than four feet in length.
CONFER ON SUGAR TRUST.
MoReynolds and Marshall Discuss Fed
eral Suit
New York. Attorney General Mo
Reynolds held a conference here with
United States District Attorney H.
Snowden Marshall to discuss, among
othor things, the disposition the gov
ernment's anti-trust suit against the
American Sugar Refining Company,
which, it is rumored, is seeking terms
for a voluntary dissolution. Mr. Mo
Reynolds declined to discuss the out
come of the conference.
K'mirrichLi
NEAR
SURRENDER
10 UNITED STATES
Federal Army Driven to
the
Border by the Rebels.
LOSSES ESTIMATED AT 1,000
Federals Make Desperate Sortie, But
Are Beaten Back Hundreds
Of Wounded Ford
River.
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Presidio, Texas. The northern divi
sion of the Mexican Federal army at
OJlnaga, Mexico, with its 11 generals,
other officers and about 4,000 soldiers,
after a merciless three days' attack by
General Ortega's 6,000 rebels, are on
tho verge of fleeing in disorder across
the river into the United States.
Tho ending of the OJlnaga battle,
which was attended by the most horri
fying scenes of dead and wounded sol
diers witnessed on the border In the
present Mexican revolution, was said
to have in store only one possible re
sultthe momentarily expected flight
of the whole Federal Army to Ameri
can soli.
With a line of struggling wounded at
the border to Indicate the extent of the
carnageand deserters already appear
ing in numbers, Major M. N. McNamee,
commanding the border patrol, made
every plan in anticipation of the flight
Less Than 600 Americans.
Less than 600 men, mostly from the
Fifteenth Cavalry, form the border
patrol here. To this small body of
American soldiers would fall the task
of surrounding and disarming perhaps
000 foreign soldiers, or 3,000 of them
if 1,000 have been disabled or killed.
The ability of the American soldiers to
andle the refugees was based on the
assumption that the rebels would
pursue the Federals merely to the
river.
An estimate of the wounded on both
sides was 1,000. Most of tho wounded
were left on the battlefield. The less
disabled succeeded in reaching the
river and were cared for by the Red
Cross on this side.
Scores of uninjured Federal desert
ers came to the river and, in defiance
of the American patrol, crossed with
tnelr arms. All these were disarmed
and forced back to the Mexican side.
More than 200 rifles, other arms and
ammunition were then taken from the
fugitives.
No Doctors; Wounded Die.
Many of the wounded are believed to
have died through lack of medical at
tention, as neither Federals nor rebels
are equipped with any field hospital
service and the Red Cross officials on
this Bide were not permitted to ford
the river, even under a Red Cross flag.
Those who ventured to help the
wounded from the river risked the dan
ger of being shot. A few shots fired
by the rebels fell close to or on the
American side, north of Presidio, but
no one on this side was injured. It
was necessary, however, for Major
McNamee to send General Ortega a
warning that any further firing across
the river might entail grave conse
quences. POLICE WOMEN NOT SUCCESS.
This
At Least Is Opinion Of Ports
mouth (N. H.) Board.
Portsmouth, N. H. The conclusion
that a woman Is not a success as a
police officer was announced by the Po
lice Commission when the name of
Mrs. Vera V. Bash was removed from
the roll of special officers.
MURDERER KILLS HIMSELF.
Letter On Body Found At Flushing
Tells Of Crime.
New York. The body of John
Monahan was found in the woods at
Flushing, L. I., and with it a letter in
which Monahan described how he had
killed his wife. Mrs. Monahan's body
was found with a crushed skull on De
cember 27 in the cellar of their home
in Brooklyn. Monahan had cut bis
throat and by his side lay two bottles
of poison.
BIG DESTROYER ACCEPTED.
The Parker Can Make 7,000 Miles On
300 Tons Of Oil.
Philadelphia. The now twin screw
torpedo-boat destroyer Tarker, the
largest of Its class and called the "de
stroyer of destroyers," has been
formally turned over to the govern
ment by the builders here. The work
of mounting the guns will begin at onct
at the1 Philadelphia Navy Yard. The
Parker will be equipped with four 4
Inch rapid-firing guns and four twin
18-lncb torpedo tubes.
11
1
YEAR
' FOR THE
All
Crop Records in United
States Exceeded.
VALUE RUNS TO BILLIONS.
Crop Report Of Department Of Agri
culture Shows the Gross Commodity
Value Of American Farms To
Be $9,760,000,000.
Washington. All past records in
crop values In the United States have
been exceeded by 1913, according to
the annual crop report of the Depart
ment of Agriculture.
The gross commodity production
value of American farms Is set at $9,
750,000,000. This is nearly half a bil
lion dollars more than the crop value
for 1912, itself a record year. Of this
huge sum products of the soil amount
ed to $6,100,000,000, while the total
value of live stock amounted to $3,
650,000,000. Deducting for crops allowed to re
main in lands aud for consumption,
the department places the cash sales
of crops at $2,929,000,000 and the cash
sales of live stock at $2,219,000,000.
It is estimated that this production
was divided among approximately 6,
600,000 farms. This makes the cash
income per farm figure $900, accord
ing to department experts, who have
employed 144,564 farmers in all parts
of the country in tabulating these esti
mates. Here follows the various im
portant crops and stock productions in
order of their value:
Corn Value, ?1,692,000,000; produc
tion, 2,447,000.000 bushels.
Cotton Value, $798,000,000; produc
tion, 13,677,000 bales.
Hay Value, $797,000,000; produc
tion, 64,000,000 tons.
Wheat Value, $610,000,000; produc
tion, 763,000,000 bushels.
Oats Value, $410,000,000;. produc
tion, 1,122,000,000 bushels.
Potatoes Value, $228,000,000; pro
duction, 332,000,000 bushels.
Tobacco Value, $122,481,000; pro
duction, 953,743,000 pounds.
Barley Value, $96,000,000; produc
tion, 178,000,000 bushels.
Sweet Potatoes Value, $43,000,000;
production, 59,000,000 bushels.
Sugar Beet Sugar Valuo, $34,000,
000; production, 5,834,000 short tons.
Sugar Cane Value, $21,000,000; pro
duction, 6,150.000 short tons.
Dairy Products Value, $814,000,000.
Wool Value, $51,000,000; produc
tion, 314,000,000 pounds.
SENDS WILSON GREETING.
Astonishingly Cordial New Year Mes
sage From President Huerta.
Mexico City. President Huerta, of
Mexico, sent the following New Year's
greeting to President" Wilson:
To Hon. Woodrow Wilson,
Presldont, United States,
Washington D. C.
The Mexican Republic, through me,
has the honor of wishing a happy
New Year to tho glorious people of
the United States, so worthily repre
sented by Your Excellency.
(Signed) V. HUERTA.
GIANT TAKES PETITE BRIDE.
Her
Head Just Reached Husband's
Lower Vest Pocket
Fort Worth, Texas. Oscar Kreuso,
Ottawa, Kan., 7 feet 1 inch, married
Mrs. Martha Duncan, 4 feet 11 incheu
Her head Just reached her husband'B
lower vest pocket
WOMAN TO CLOSE SALOONS.
Governor West Sends Private Secre
tary To Stop Gambling Also.
Portland, Ore. Governor West has
ordered his private secretary. Miss
Fern Hobbs, to proceed at once to Cop
perfleld, a mining town, and close tl e
saloons and gambling houses runnlrg
there in violation of the law. Tie
Governor said he had called on the
Sheriff and District Attorney to close
tne places, but that "all they did was
talk."
TAGGART SWEEPS INDIANA.
Every
District Committee Chairman
With "Tom."
Indianapolis. Thomns Taggart,
Democratic National Committeeman
from Indiana, and his supporters won
a sweeping victory in tho district con
ventions throughout the State when
every man olected to a chairmanship
was a Taggart sympathizer. The
Democratic State Committee will meet
here to reorganize on January 8, and
i i. pnlrt that Bernard Korbly, the
present chairman, will be re-elected.
FARMER
Paris. France and a greater part of
Europe experienced the bitterest year
end in a decade. Blizzards and floods
have done great damage inland and
gales of exceptional violence have
ravaged the coasts.
In Spain and Portugal the intense
cold has caused numerous deaths. Ia
the South of France the temperature
bas registered some degrees below
zero, Fahrenbelt. Mount Vesuvius, ia
Italy, is covered with a mantle of
white.
Germany is now in the grip ot
storms, and in many places, including
Berlin, there have been heavy falls of
snow.
In France and Southwest Europe the
railroads are cut In many places, and
this section is practically Isolated, so
far as telegraphic communication Is
concerned.
Conditions are at their worst in
southern and central France, which
usually' are favored by mild winters.
Scores ot villages, which ordinarily
never see snow, are cut off. The suf
fering ot the poor is Intense and deaths
from exposure are common.
Paris and outlying districts have
been partly snowbound, and as a re
sult of temporary thaws the tribu
taries ot the Seine are overflowing.
The Paris steamboat service, as a con
sequence has been suspended and al
though the authorities do not antici
pate a flood of disastrous proportions
they are taking all precautions as the
Weather Bureau forsees no Immediate
improvement in conditions.
A cyclone struck I.e Creusot, In
Saoneet-Lolre, doing great damage and
overthrowing all the monuments in
the cemetery. In the mountainous
region of Morvan many houses were
unroofed.
All the hills around Toulon, in the
department of Var, are covered with
snow for the first time in many years.
Intense cold prevails. A terrific sa
Is running In the Mediterranean,
threatening all craft that have not
reached port.
Perpignan, capital of the department
of Pyrenees-Orlentales, reports a ter
rific snowstorm throughout the depart
ment, with the thermometer In many
places six below zero.
NEW YORK LEADS LONDON.
Its Population a Million More Than the
English City.
New York. New York' city leads
London In population by 1,000,000, ac
cording to figures made public by Dr.
W. II. Gullfoy, statistician of the Board
of Health. He fixes New York's popu
lation at 5,376,906, a total based on the
city's presumptive growth since the
last count was made. This compari
son, however, does not Include as part
of London that city's large suburban
area. While New York is gaining
rapidly in population, the city and
county of London are retrogressing.
EX-BALL PLAYER MAYOR.
Dr. Albert Daly a Graduate Of Baltl
more Medical College.
New York. Dr. Albert Daly, once a
member of Connlo Mack's athletics,
was installed as Mayor, ot Bayonne.
Dr. Daly Is a graduate of the Balti
more Medical College and the Eastern
League. He played with the Newark
toam in 1902. In Philadelphia he
played second base for part of one
season. Ho bought a half interest in
the Hartford Club of the Connecticut
League the next year and acted as
manager. After quitting the diamond
Dr. Daly took up politics. "
HAS NEW FOOD TEST.
Dr. Stiles Announces Discovery Te
American Scientists.
Atlanta, Ga. Discovery of a test
whereby It is possible to ascertain
whether or not a person has eaten con
taminated food was announced by Dr.
Charles W. Stiles, United States Pub-'
Ho Health Service, in an address be
fore the Zoology section of the Ameri
can Association for the Advancement
of Science. Dr. Stiles said that he con
sidered this discovery of more import
ance than that which revealed the
nookworm as "the germ of laziness."
CAPTURE THE MACKAY TROPHY.
Aviators Fly 58 Miles In 46 Minutes,
Locating "Enemy."
San Diego, Cal. Flying 58 miles in
46 minutes and locating an "Invading"
body of troops and their equipment in
the , war game here, Lieut. Joseph
Carberry, pilot, and Lieut F. Seldel,
of the First Aero Corps of the United
States Army, captured the Mackay
trophy. They were In competition
with Lieutenants Tolllver and Mueller,
operating a second biplane.
WOMAN IS CITY'S POOR MASTER.
Miss Anita Grlsh Assumes Duties At
Jersey City.
Jersey City, N. J. Miss Anita
Grlsh assumed her duties here as
superintendent of the poor, to which
Bhe was appointed by Mayor Mark M.
Fagan despite the opposition of his
follow-members of the City Commis
sion. She is the first woman to be
appointed head of city's poormaster's
office. Miss Grlsh is now i an assist
ant probation officer of Hudson
county.