THE PULTON COUNTY NEWS. McCONNELLSBURO. PA.
REVIEW OF PENNSYLVANIA
FOR NEWS READERS
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Happenings of the Week in the Capitol Building and Throughout the State Reported for
Our Readers in Fulton County and Elsewhere.
PAYMENTS JUMP I
DURINGMONTH
State Treasurer Has Larger
Balance Than Ever Known
BANKS SWELL THE RECEIPTS
Total Surplus In Vaults at Close of
February was $8,189,460 Amount
Received During the Month
Was $3,790,317.
(Special llarrisburg Correspondence.)
Harrlsburg. Payments of , State
taxes on business of foreign Insurance
companies and trust companies and
titate banks swelled the receipts at
ithe State Treasury during February
and the balance at the closo of busi
ness for that month stands at a high
er figure than It has been for mouths.
During February the receipts were
$3,790,317.75, of which all but $19.40
from Sabbath breaking fines went Into
the general fund. The payments ag
gregated $1,509,497.65, of which $1,
653,lf57.C5 was from the general fund
and $15,510 from the sinking fund for
payment of Interest on the dwindling
State debt. The latter payment was
on a transfer from the general fund
as required. The total balance In the
Treasury at the close of February was
1$8,1S9,4G0.61, against $5,968,040.41 at
he close of January business; $G,504,
379 96 at the end of December and
$7,564,289.78 at the close of November.
Board Seeks Advice.
J. Louis Breltlnger, chief moving
picture censor, announced the appoint
ment of Joseph A. Berrler, llarrisburg,
as chief clerk at $1,000 per year and
Mrs. Gertrude A. Lantz, HarrlFburg,
as stenographer at $720. The board
will open Its offices here and will Is
sue a pamphlet containing its rules
It being the plan to make the act ef
fective May 1, 1914. Mr. Breltlnger
fttates that the board is considering
the advisability of having one member
from organizations Interested In pic
lures act with representatives of re
ligious bodies on a general advisory
committee. This committee could
pass upon pictures about which there
would be a doubt and would be chosen
from names to be submitted by execu
tives of organizations..
Appeal to Highway Department
Applications from most of the east
ern counties are coming to the main
tenance division of the State Highway
Department for aid In opening roads.
The blizzard will probably cost the
department more than all the other
,now storms of the winter. In Decem
ber, January and February about $8,
000 wag spent by the department for
the removal of snow. More than this
amount has already been authorized
for the opening of main highways and
township roads obliterated by tho
blizzard. In Montgomery County $2,
000 will be required to remove the
unow and open the roads for traffic.
Bucks County, where the furry of tho
blizzard renched its height, has not
been heard from, but Georgo II. Biles,
maintenance engineer, under whose di
lution the removal of snow Is being
carried on, says that ho expects It
will take fully as much .f not more
to clear the roads of that county.
Poor Board Report
Dauphin county paid $3.25 per week
on an a"erage for the care of the
county's poor folks during 1913, ac
cording to the annual report of the
1'oor Directors which hns been sul
mltted to the State Board of Chari
ties and Corrections. All tcld the
number of days' support given to In
mates was 75,150 and the net cost to
the county was $43,S.S8.44. The alms
house expenditures alone totaled $31,
fi!2. The report shows that Dauphin
county paid $692.35 for the burial of
its paupers; $7,235 for poor physicians'
services; $3,800 as salaries to clerk
and poor directors; $52.ri for publish
ing the annual report; $1,532.60 for
insurance; $73.32 for telephones anil
$175.91 for office stationery a total
of $12,844.38. The report shows a bal
ance on hand of $492.60.
Famous Ball Players' Visit.
John M. Ward, the famous short
stop of years ago and now a promi
nent New York lawyer, was a visitor
to Governor Tener's office. Ho was
marooned between trains and talked
over old times with the Governor.
Mr. Ward went through the building
and met a number of friends, Includ
ing Wilson I. Fleming, of the Depart
ment of Labor.
Snowball Injures Girl,
M. S. Hershey, the chocolate man
ufacturer, of Hershey, has offered $100
for information loading to the detec
tion of the person who threw a snow
ball at a sleighing party of his em
ployes In Middletown several nights
ago. One of the girls of the party was
struck In an eye and may lose her
eight
Antl-Swearlng League.
The anti-swearing leagues being
formed In some parts of the State sug
gest a unique organization that has
been In existence In one establishment
"here for years. Every time a man
cusses he has to pay a nickel. At the
end of the month the money Is spent
for a "feed." Generally the "feed" Is
worth while. There was an epidemic
of clean words and few fines were
tpald. Saying he would raise the fun-1
one member started to swear. No ono
else followed his example and he paid
two fines and quit
BANQUET FOR
BUSINESS MEN
Thomas Martindale Carries
Trade Bcom to Neighbors
BIOS POTTSTOWN EXPAND
No More Potent Power for Good Than
Organization Officers Vigilant to
Correct Evils or Advocate
In Municipal Policy.
Pottstown. Covers were laid for
125 at the first annual bunqut.'t of tho
Pottstown Business Men's Association,
of which Thomas F. Stor is president.
It was held at the Shuler House and
Charles J. Custer acted as toastmaster.
Among the out-of-town guests were
Frank W. Buusium and 11. H. Knapp,
president and secretary, respectively,
of the Pottsville Merchants' Associa
tion; Thomas Martindale, the well
known Philadelphia merchant; Ed
ward James Cattell, statistician to
Mayor Blankenburg, and former Re
ceiver of Taxes Hugh Black. Mr. Mar
tindale said: "There is no more po
tent power for good than an organiza
tion whose officers are ever vigilant
to correct some evils or some injus
tice, or to advocate a change, perhaps,
in some municipal policy. Organiza
tions of this kind can work miracles
for the common good and carry with
thew a force of great power. What
other cities have done in the past you,
to a certain extent, cun do."
Trolley Along Historic Spots.
Ephrata. More than 300 men, many
of them farmers, are working on the
trolley line that will link Lebanon end
Kphrata, passing through Lincoln, Clay
Hopelaud, Klelnfeltersvllle, Scliaeffers
town aud Relstville, almost touching
the spot where Kate Edwards, recent
ly released from the Berks county
prison, hid the hammer used in kill
ing her husband, twelve years ago.
The road also runs cloBe to tho places
In the Welsh Mountain, where the
late "Bully Lyons," a rioted Heading
detective, met Abo Buzzard, the out
law, for whom he was searching and
asked, "Did you see Abe Buzzard?"
The latter replied, so that Lyons could
not hear, "Yes, sir; he is just hitch
ing up now to go away," and he did
go, while Lyons proceeded over the
mountain to continue his bunt
Appeal from Dry Judges.
Huntington. License Court Judge
Wood and Associates Beers and Mc
Carthy on the bench, handed down a
unanimous decision, refusing two
wholesalers and five retailers, consti
tuting all the liquor license aplpicants
In Huntington county. Accordingly
the town and county will be dry after
April 1. Frederick Orlady, counsel for
the applicants, will take an appeal to
the Superior Court on the ground that
Associates Beers and McCarthy were
unqualified to give Impartial decision.
If reversal is refused, hotel-keepers
say they will close their hostelrles.
Greater Armor Tests.
South Bethlehem. The Bethlehem
Steel Company will spend several
thousand dollars In Improvements to
Its Government armor-plate proving
grounds at Redington. Gun founda
tions will be Installed for proof-firing
of three-Inch to 18-lnch guns. In the
future the company's proving grounds
willl be able to handle any ordnance
material built by It, and a 125-ton
electric traveling crane will be instal
led to handle the heaviest guns and
armorplate manufactured.
Snow Saves Flaming Girl,
York. Her clothing igniting from
the flumes of a gas stove, nine-year-
old Louise, daughter of H. F. Regen
thall, a candy manufacturer and ex
City Councilman, ran screaming out of
the house. Passersby tossed her Into
the nearest snowbank and rolled her
about until the blaze was extinguished.
Her body above the waist was terri
bly scorched.
Burgess Can't Run Police.
Norrlstown. Borough Solicitor Hen
ry M. Brownback, In a long opinion,
informed Council that the Watch and
tamp Committee, as heretofore, has
the direction of the policemen while
on duty, as well as having the power
of appointment and dismissal, despite
the opinion of the Hev. J. Elmer Suul,
Burgess, elected on the Washington
party ticket
Twelve Baptized In Creek.
Waynesboro. Twelve persons were
Immersed In tho creek at the Daniel
Hubs farm, east of Waynesboro, by
the Rev. H. Mitchell Stover, pastor
of the German Brethern church.
Rabbit Eats From Man's Hand.
Lewlstown. Wild game Is suffering
from the severe weather In this sec
tion and the deep snow has caused
much suffering among partridge and
wild turkeys. Iu Oliver township, a
farmer noticed a rabbit on a board
walk near the house and holding out
a piece of apple In his hand, the ani
mal was so hungry that it ate from
his hand. Clayton Moist and Andrew
Hambrlght, of McVeytown, carried
two bushels of corn to a ridge near
that place, through, a deep buow to
feed turkeys and other game.
SNAPSHOTS AT
STATE NEWS
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 ?nd Pleasure that Intereat
Thomas E. Crossuu has been ap
pointed tax collector of New Garden
township.
Mary Frederick, of South Perkasio,
foil on an icy pavement, breaking an
arm.
Perkasli; Is experiencing a building
boom, with t score of houses In course
of erection.
The Journeymen painters of Ouaker-
town have adopted a 28-cent-an-hour
scale and a nine-hour workday.
, J. Frednilck Mock, of North Coven
try, has filed petition for divorce on
grounds of cruel treatment
M. J. Nealon, nppolnted a city as
sessor at Scranton, was school con
troller for a term.
The borough electric light plant at
Emporium, destroyed by fire recently,
Is being reconstructed.
,
T!:p first engine and cars passed
over Shamokln, Sunbury and Lewis
burg Railway February 27, 1883.
William Pendosa, of Philadelphia,
pleaded guilty to forgery in Norrls
town Court
Clearing snow from Pennsy tracks
near Johnstown, Philip Casanila and
riilllp Farrier were killed by a train.
Burgess Weiss, of West Hazelton,
personally leads raids on keepers of
disorderly houses driven out of Hazle
ton. Chester Council hns received a pe
tition from the police, asking an in
crease of salary from $60 to $80 a
month.
The 12 employes of the Doylestown
post office tendered a banquet to the
retiring postmaster, E. Wesley Keeler,
and his successor, Asher K. Anders.
Mrs. H. T. Bengel, of Connellsville.
Is the proud possessor of a brood
of 13 White Orpington chicks. They
are the first In that neighborhood.
That the bark-to-the-farm movement
has taken a strong hold upon city
folk is evident by the largo number
of farms purchased In Upper Buck1?
county.
In line with Coopersburg, where a
Neighborhood Association hns already
been established, prominent Quaker
town citizens are urging a similar
organization.
Johnson McClelland, proprietor of a
boarding house in Chester, was held
under $100 ball to keep the peace by
Alderman Melville on the charge of
annoying Mrs. Mabel Todd.
W. II. Sullivan, former operator of
the Goodyear Lumber Compnny mills
at Galeton, has been elected vice-president
and general manager of the Great
Southern Lumber Company at Boga
lusa, La.
James II. O'Connor, of Mahanov
City, admitted to practice law In the
Schuylkill County Courts, was edu
cated In the Mahnnoy city high
schools, Georgetown University and
the University of Pennsylvania.
The Womelsdorf School Board,
which expects to erect one of tho fin
est school houses in rural Berks next
summer. Is now making tours of in
spection to other Berks boroughs that
have lately erected model buildings.
A petition has been circulated by
Horace G. Reeder and Samuel R.Rich
ardson, of Newtown, asking for a Jury
to condemn and free from tolls the
Bridgetown & Newtown Turnpike con
duct. The Rev. Dr. Thompson McKlnney,
paster of Oliver Methodist Church,
Coatosville, has sued to recover $10,-
-000 damages from Samuel Hughes, of
Atglen, charged with publicly accus
ing Dr. McKlnney of Immoral conduct.
The Council electe-J Romanns Fell
man chief of police, In place of William
H. Rodenbough, who resigned tho first
of the year after 30 years of service.
Fell man has been a mounted pollce
mun In Philadelphia,
Jerome C. Shenr, chief naturaliza
tion examiner at Philadelphia, repre
sented the United States In Naturali
zation Court at Allen town, when about
a score of applicants for citizenship
were examined and nearly a dozen
admitted.
Henderson Brown, colored, 79 years
old, a veteran of the civil war, was
found dead in his frame shack In an
alley in the western part of Chester.
Neighbors had missed the twang of
his guitar, which he was In the habit
of playing every evening.
G. I VANDERBILT
E
Succumbs to Complications Aft
er Appendicitis Operation.
HIS CASTLE COST $3,000,000.
Youngest Son Of the Late William
H. Vanderbllt Dies In Wash
ington Following An
Operation.
Washington. George W. Vanderbllt,
aged 62, multimillionaire phllan
throplst and sportsman of intcrnatlon-
al reputation, died here from heart
failure following an operation for ap
pendicitis. His death came suddenly,
caused indirectly, through the develop
ment of pulmonary embolism, which
affected the heart, preventing blood
circulation.
Although seriously 111 for some time,
Mr. Vanderbllt had sustained the
operation and continued to show signs
of improvement until the complica
tions unexpectedly arose. Previous to
their appearance no alarm had been
felt for his recovery and physicians
said his condition was Improving
dally.
Mrs. Vanderbllt, who was formerly
Miss Edith Dresser, of New York, had
been continuously in attendance at the
bedside. She was almost prostrated
by her husband's sudden death.
CONFESSES AFTER 29 YEARS.
Penniylvanlan'Had Been Acquitted Of
Wife Murder.
Erie, Pa. The Rev. John B. Cook,
pastor of the Methodist Episcopal
Church at Glrard, Pa., notified District
Attorney J. O. Wait that John Turner,
aged 83, had confessed to him that be
murdered his wife at Linesvillo, Pa.,
In 1885. According to the story told
the district attorney, Turner, who has
been very 111, summoned Rev. M. Cook
to his home and told him that while
the Turners lived at Llnesville be be
came angry at his wife and bit her
with a club. He was arrested and
tried for the crlmo, but was acquitted
by the testimony of members of the
family. The Jury held that Mrs. Tur
ner had died as the result of a fall.
The trial, according to Turner's story,
took place at Mendville, Pa. The au
thorities there were notified of the
alleged confession.
THAW COUNSEL DISBARRED.
C. W. Hartridge Prevented From Con
tinuing Practice.
New York. Clifford W. Hartrldgo,
counsel for Harry K. Thaw at his first
trial for the killing of Stanford White,
was disbarred from the practice of law
by the Appellate Division of the Su
preme Court. The court found that
Hartridge had squandered $39,000 to
Induce women witnesses who might
have testified against Thaw to leave
the city. Daniel O'Reilly, another of
the Thaw lawyers, died not long ago,
after serving a term on Blackwell's
Island for reecivlng stolen property.
FUNERAL OVER A7 MEN.
Services Held In Plymouth Sound For
Men Lost With Submarine.
Flymouth, England. With Impres
sive ceremony, a funeral service was
read for the 11 men who perished with
the lost submarine A7, hope of recover
ing which has been nbondoned by the
Admiralty. While the burial rites of
the Angellcan Church were read
aboard the cruiser Forth, standing by
over the spot in Plymouth Sound
where the A7 Is supposed to be buried
In the sand, a duplicate service was
read in the royal nuvy barracks at
Keyham.
RESERVE BOARD BY APRIL 1.
President Intimates New Banking
System Will Start Then.
Washington. The Federal Reserve
Board probably will be selected by
April 1. - In talking with callers Presi
dent Wilson gave that date as the one
toward which the organization com
mittee was looking for the establish
ment of the new Federal reserve sys
tem of banks.
DIES A MARTYR TO X-RAYS.
Henry Green Kept Up His Work After
He Knew He Was Doomed.
Hartford, Conn. The death oc
curred here of Henry Green, pioneer
manufacturer of X-ray tubes, who had
seen a half dozen of his friends sacri
fice themselves and who told a re
porter eight years ago, when giving
out a biographical sketch of his part
ner, John L. Bauer, who had just died
of the deadly rays.
JUDGE H. M. CLABAUGH DEAD.
Jurist Expires Suddenly Of Heart
Failure In Washington.
Washington. Chief Justice' Harry
M. Clabaugh of the Supreme Court of
the District of Columbia, died sudden
ly here of heart failure. Judge Cla
baugh was on bis way to Georgetown
University Law School to lecture when
stricken. He died shortly after being
removed to bis home. A wife, who
was Miss Swope, of Gettysburg, Pa.,
and two daughters survive.
ANOTHER TO GO TO CHAIR.
Murderer Of Two Policemen To Die
With Gunmen.
New York. Oresto Shlllltonl, mur
derer of two policemen, was sentenced
to die in the electric chair at Sing
Sing prison during the week beginning
April 13. This Is the same week set
for the death of the four gunmen
found guilty of the murder of Herman
Rosenthal. So many of Shlllltoni's
East Side friends crowded the court
room when sentence was pronounced
that extraordinary measures were
I taken to prevent any outbreak.
OF BILIM
DEAD
AN APPEAL TO CONGRESS
BY PRESIDENT WILSON
"Gentlemen of the Congress:
"I have come to you upon an errand which can be very briefly per
formed, but I beg that you will not measure its importance by the
number of sentences in which I state It No communication I have
addressed to the Congress carried with It graver or more far-reaching
Implications to the Interest of the country, and I come now to speak
upon a matter with regard to which I am charged In a peculiar degree,
by the Constitution itself, with personal responsibility.
"I have come to ask for the repeal of that provision of the Pan
ama Canal act of August 24, 1912, which exempts vessels engaged in
the coastwise trade of the United States from payment of tolls and
to urge upon you the justice, the wisdom and the large policy of such
a repeal with the utmost earnestness of which I am capable.
"In my own Judgment, very fully considered and maturely formed,
that exemption constitutes a mistaken economic policy from every
point of view and' Is, moreover, In plain contravention of the treaty
with Great Britain concerning the canal concluded on November 18,
1901. But I have not come to you to urge my personal views. I
have come to state to you a fact and a situation. Whatever may be
our own differences of opinion concerning this much-debated measure
its meaning is not debated outside the United States.
"Everywhere else the language of the treaty is given but one
Interpretation, and that Interpretation precludes the exemption I am
asking you to repeal. We consented to the treaty; Its language we
accepted, If we did not originate It, and we are too big, too powerful,
too self-respecting a nation to Interpret with too strained or refined a
reading the words of our own promises just because we have power
enough to give us leave to read them as we please.
"The large thing to do Is the only thing we can afford to do a
voluntary withdrawal from a position everywhere questioned and mis
understood. We ought to reverse our action without raising the ques
tion whether we were right or wrong, and so once more deserve our
reputation for generosity and the redemption of every obligation with
out quibble or hesitation. ,
"I aBk this of you in support of the foreign policy of the Adminis
tration. I shall not know how to deal with other matters of even
greater delicacy and nearer consequence if you do not grant it to me
in ungrudging measure."
OFHIOfi
HO
Brazilian Officers and Editor
Placed Under Arrest.
C0NDITI0NSBEC0MESERI0US
Business Virtually Suspended In
6everal States In Which the
Negro Population Pre
dominates. Rio Janeiro, Brazil. The Brazilian
government authorities proclaimed a
state of siege In the cities of Rio
Janeiro! Nlctheroy and Petropolls.
This is to remain in force until
March 31.
The government's action is taken as
a preventive measure against any pos
sible troubles.
Disturbances were feared from cer
tain elements of the population as a
result of the recent insurrection In the
Province of Ceara, where the situation
is reported worse.
The managing editors of three of the
principal newspapers A Epoca, Cor
relo Da Nolle and O Imparcial were
placed under arrest while Generals
Thaumaturgo, Azevado and Feliciano
Mondes de Moryes, two colonels and
some other ofT.ers of the army were
also made prisoners.
A strict censorship was immediately
established by the government on tele
graphic communications, and all the
troops were confined to barracks In
readiness for any eventualities.
There were no disorders In the fed
eral capital.
Buenos Aires. Reports have been
current for some time that a revolu
tionary movement was in existence In
the Brazilian States of Pornambuco,
Ceara and Para, and that fighting was
In progress between the local forces
and the government authorities.
The causes of the disaffection were
said to have' been racial differences.
In the last week of February a body
of fanatics was reported to be march
ing on Rio Janeiro.
The situation In the various states
was reported as becoming worse,
especially In Ceara. Business was
said to be virtually suspended in sev
eral states, chiefly those where the
negro population was very numerous.
The State of Ceara at the last census
had a population of about 850,000, Para
450,000 and Pernambuco 1,200,000.
PRIEST KILLED IN NEW YORK.
Father Novak Falls Between Two Sub
1 way Cars.
New York. The Rev. Alexis Novak,
a Catholic priest, visiting here from
Taylor, Pa., died In a hospital to which
he bad been removed after falling be
tween two cars from a subway plat
form at Times Square. The police
were unable to find any witnesses to
tell how the accident occurred.
ARMY OF UNEMPLOYED ON HIKE.
24 Companies Of 90 Men Start From
'Frisco For Washington.
San Francisco. An "army of the
unemployed" broke camp on a vacant
lot here and started on a march to
Washington, D. C. There are 24 com
panies Ol yyj men eacn, anu me iueu
have all of the officers of a military
regiment except a paymaster. They
were led by buglers and drummers.
"Gen." C. T. Kelly Is the commanding
officer.
EXPRESS AGENT ARRESTED.
He Had Recently Figured In a Sensa
tional Robbery.
Teorla, 111. C. L. Brown, agent for
the Adams Express Company at Farm-
lngton, 111., was arrested here. Brown
apparently was robbed of $6,400 a
week ago, when he was found uncon
scious, bound and gagged In tho office
in front of the sate. Several days ago
all but $700 of the money was re
covered from an outbuilding. The ar
rest followed the alleged dlscoverey
that Brown was $800 short in his ac
counts.
TEXAS GOVERNOR
IN MEXICAN GUI
Colquitt Demands Extradition
of Vergara's Murderers.
BRYAN UPHOLDS DEMANDS.
Colquitt Declares He Has Just Gotten
In the Fight To Maintain the
Rights Of Citizens Of Texas
and Will Go the Limit
Dallas, Texas. Governor O. B. Col
qultt, of Texas, wired the Mexican
federal authorities In Nucvo Leon
State, Mexico, for the requisition of
Apolonio Rodriguez and the five Mexi
cans charged Jointly with him with
the kidnapping of Clemento Ver
gara, . an American citizen. The
requisition Is based on a charge of
horse theft Vergara was afterwards
killed.
Governor Colquitt, discussing bis
action, said:
"I have just begun my fight to up
hold the rights of the citizens of
Texas. To say I am going the limit
to protect the Americans In Texas
from any harm from foreign invasions
but mildly expresses It" .
Since the disappearance of Vergara,
which took place several weeks ago, it
is pointed out, 'official consular and
state reports have declored the Mexl
can federals executed the missing cat
tleman,
Washington. The State of Nuevo
Leon is practically controlled by the
Mexican federals, although there are
scattered bands of rebels there. Gov
ernor Colquitt's requisition will have
to go to the Hucrta governor at
Monterey. Results of the Texas gov
ernor's latest move will be awaited
with great Interest In official circles
here.
The request by Governor Colquitt,
of Texas, upon the federal governor
of Nuevo Leon for the extradition of
those responsible for the kidnapping
of Vergara occasioned much discus
sion In official circles here. The
Texas governor had asked the State
Department (o tell him what It looked
upon as the legally constituted gov
ernment In Northern Mexico, for by
the special treaty with Mexico extra
dition proceedings can be carried on
between governors In adjacent border
states without reference to the Ameri
can State Department Secretary
Bryan suggested to Governor Colquitt
thit he might ask for the extradition
of the offonders from "the governor
of Nuevo Leon," leaving It to the
Texas governor to determine who that
Individual was. The extradition has
been asked for on the charge of horse
stealing. State Department officials
say thnt under the treaty the offend
ers, if extradited, could not be tried
for murder, because Vergara was slain
on Mexican soil.
BRYAN'S NEW GRANDCHILD.
Her Arrival Delays Important Confer
ence With Diplomat.
Washington. A hew baby girl at
Secretary Bryan's home here delayed
a conference with' the British ambas
sador and also the Cabinet meeting.
Mr. Bryan telephoned bis office and
the White House that he would be
late and announced the birth of a girl
to his daughter, Mrs. Richard L. Har
greaves, of Lincoln, Neb. Mr. Bryan
now has six grandchildren.
GOETHALS GETS ANOTHER MEDAL
Distinguished Men At Exercises In
New York.
New York. In recognition of his
work as chief engineer In the construc
tion of the Panama Canal Gol. George
W. Goethals received at Carnegie Hall
the Clvlo Forum Medal of Honor. It
was the first time the medal had been
bestowed for distinguished service,
John II. Flnley, Btnte commissioner of
education, presided as chairman and
also read the speech of presentation
prepared by Joseph II. Choate, who
was unable to attend owing to illness.
CANAL BUILDER
GUEST OF HOI
Notable Tribute Paid to Color.
Goethals.
PRESIDENT CONFERS MEDAL
Members Of the Cabinet, Judgei r,
the Supreme Court and Many ;'
Prominent Officials '
Present
Washington. Washington pi
tribute to Colonel George Washing
Goethals, builder of the Panama Cam.
The occasion was the annual ban:
of the National Geographic H!;
with Colonel Goethals present a.1 t:,
guest of honor, and to receive from :
hand of President Wilson a spici
gold medal awarded him by tho node
In recognition of his wonder!.
achievement
Secretary Bryan, of the Statu U
pnrtment, was toastmaster, aud n:
ered about the banquet tablo with i:.
distinguished scientists of tho socle-'
were President Wilson and bin a
lnet, Justices of the Supreme ('(re
members of the diplomatic corps, h:;
officers of the Army and Navy, lrad,-,;
in both houses of Congress and oil..-,
notable figures in the lifo of tl. rj
tlonal capital. i';
During the evening Jules L. Ju.-,.'
and, the French ambassador, anil il;:
of the diplomatic corps, was forma:
notified of his election to lioiwra
membershlp In the society. i
The banquet hull presented a sir.:
lng scene. At one end, raised I.:
above the table the words "Atlnut. '
Goethals Pacific" blazed in brillia
electric letters as all other lights w
extinguished. As though It had tm ;
pre-arranged this brought a roar t
applause from the assemlih.v
Ice-cream was served the diners fro:
miniature dredges, carried by waiter
dressed In the uniform of the If nit
States Engineer Corps, and follow
by sailors bearing a tiny battlosh,;"
Individual dishes of cream appear?:
moulded In the shape of the Panarj
Canal dump car. -
The medal awarded Colonel Go tlia '
was of heavy Roman gold. It ws-'
given as an expression of the appr
elation of the society and tho natk:
of the Army engineer's dlstingui.-K
service. Its presentation was the flw:
act of President W:ilson's first
as chief executive of the I'uit-.
States.
Inscribed on the medals wera
words : ;
"This medal of the Natior,
Geographic Society Is awardnl ;
George Washington Goethals, to uric-,
ability and patriotism the world n.
the construction of tho Panama t'.iru?
March 3. 1914."
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COUNSELOR MOORE QUITS JOB j
" "
Chief Adviser On Foreign Affairs 0.'.
Of Wilson Administration. 1
Washington. John Bassett Moor'
counselor of the State Department r.:j
the recognized strong man of the Tr
ent Admlnlstratkm on lnternatioi;, ,
questions, concluded his service wfci
tho Government Wednesday, wli-f
President Wilson accepted the reslsr.i!
tlon Dr. Moore had submitted a nm'l
ago. Coming at the present tM
when international affairs occupy t:
forefront of official and public atti-r
tlon, the departure of Dr. Moore fro:
a position second only to thnt of V
Bryan attracted widespread aU!iii
and comment
STOLE $10,000 IN CHECKS.
Arrest Of Negro Reveals Theft C
Mall Pouch.
Jollet, III The arrest of a mv
youth here charged with attmptr
to pass a check on a snloonkeor '
vealed to postoffice authorities t-
theft of a mall sack containing f-lri1.-
in uncancelled checks. Leroy Mart::
the negro, is said to have admit!
lnted to Samuel J. Killlan thnt he
Walter Scott, another negro, b
stolen the sack from the railroad sui
tlon at Lockport, 111., last night. Sco:
he said, was -to meet him at Bloo'
lngton tonight
BANDIT ROBS A MAIL CAR
Holds Up Clerk On Southern Tn
and Carries Off Registered Matter
Columbia, S. C A bandit rot
the mail car of Southern Railway tr
No. 11, Charleston to Columbia, Just
the train reached Columbia. Tho n
ber covered the mail clerk .with ft
volver. secured several sacks cont
lne rpL'Istereri mail find Inmiipil off
train. No arrests have been nia:
C. E. Thomas, In charge of the
car, reported the robbery when
train reached the Union Station.
SIX DAYS WITHOUT FOOD.
West Vlrainla Farmer Dvlna Fr
Exposure In Blizzard.
Parkersburg, W. Va. Marooned
his farm house at Sandhll, this couc
since Sunday, without food or on
and unable to provide himself
fuel, James Crooks, a farmer,
found unconscious by neighbors,
is in a dying condition from starra"'
unit frpozlnir. Crooks was a rt!tl'
for several years.
RAVAGED BY HUNGRY WOLVE1
Star
rvlng Animals Descend Upon Sh"
In Italy.
Rome. Hordes of starving w'tf
driven from the Apennine Mourn"
by
the heavy snows descended
vnlln.ro r.t Ihs AVlt-ll9t T'rOVlO1'
the
and
in inn v riiuiv ill linn a .f-
voured hundreds of sheep. The '"
afterward took refuge in the cav:
Mount Soracte, about 25 miles B";
Rome. Parties of armed pwf'r
have gone to hunt them, and,
lng to the latest reports have k'
a large number ot tne amtnai-
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