THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS. McCONNELLSBURG, PA.
REVIEW OF PENNSYLVANIA
FOR NEWS READERS
Happenings of the Week in the Capitol Building and Throughout the State Reported for
Our Readers in Fulton County and Elsewhere.
METER RULES 10
BE READY 5
0
Public Service Board Will An
nounce Regulations Shortly.
WILL STANDARDIZE METERS.
There Will B Separata Sets Of Regu
latlons For Water, Gas, Electricity
and Steam Effective This
Summer.
(Ilarrlsburg Correspondence.)
Harrisburg. It Is probable tbat the
Bute Public Service Commission soon
mill be able to put Into effect 1U regu
lations for the use of meters of vari
ous kinds in Pennsylvania, a subject
which bas been handled by Commis
sioner S. L. Tone and which has been
studied by him In conjunction with
Prof. L. 11. Harris, of the University of
Pittsburgh, and Prof. E. F. Fernauld,
of the University of Pennsylvania.
Mr. Tone has been making a special
study of the subject Id the Pittsburgh
district which affords good opportuni
ties for such observations. The regu
lations will standardize meters und
provide for testing and other details
of operation, the subject having been
on brought to the attention of the
commission several times. Thore will
be separate sets of regulations for
water, gas, electricity and steam and
they will be made effective In the State
this 8unwiier. This will probably be
the most sweeping action to be taken
by the commission, affecting far more
people than the orders relating to rail
roads. Instruction Camp June 7
Harrlsburg. Announcement was
made In general orders Issued by the
National Guard headquarters that the
camp of instruction for officers of the
organized militia would be held at Mt.
Gretna from June 7 to June 11, in
clusive. The fixing of the June date
Is believed here to mean that the en
compments will not be held until the
middle of July. Major General C. D.
Dougherty, commanding the division,
Is to command the camp, which will
bo erected as a regimental camp, each
regiment being assigned to a company
street and all officers will waive ques
tions of rank. The officers authorized
to attend are officers of engineer com
panies, field, staff and line officers, ex
cept medical officers and chaplains and
officers of the adjutant generals, In
spector general's, quartermaster's and
subsistence departments. Per diem
pay will be allowed only to officers who
attend camp for four consecutive days.
Phitadelphian Heads Commission.
The State Economy and Efficiency
Commission named by the Governor a
fow days ago In accordance with the
action of the Legislature providing for
a study of the methods of business of
tho State government, was organized
here and begun work. The commis
sion is to make its recommendations
to the Governor November 1. Harry
B. McDevitt, Philadelphia, was elected
ohalrman, and Henry D. Jones, Mont
rose, former cashier of the State
Treasury, secretary, Jacob Soffel,
Pittsburgh, is the third member. Ard
C. Steel, Altoona, formerly a clerk In
the State Treasury, was elected clerk.
Governor Tener explained to the com
missioners the purpose of the commis
sion, stating that It provided for an
Inquiry into the duties and compensa
tion of every one connected with the
State government.
Nominating Petitions F led.
The first nominating petitions to be
filed by a candidate for a nomination
to be niado by the voters of the Stato
at large this year were entered for Su
perior Court Judge Frank M. Trexler,
cf Allentown. The petition is the
largest to be filed this year.
House r. n. Cutshall, Huntingdon,
Republican, Huntingdon county; A. L.
I-andls, Juniata, Republican, Second
Illalr, and James Dunlavey, Lost
Creek, Socialist, First Schuylkill.
State Committee C. H. Vhl, Demo
crat, Somorset; Harvey A. Demmy,
Republican, Susquehanna.
Nominating petitions were filed at
the capltol as follows:
Assembly Judson W Stone, Re
publican, Bradford; James H. Gal
lagher, Republican and Democrat, Sec
ond District, Allegheny; John II. Mun
ley, Democrat, Fifth Lackawanna;
Ansel Ulman, Democrat. Lycoming;
Jacob W. Smith, Democrat, Carbon.
State Committee A. F. Hess, Demo
crat. Clarion; Arthur McGregor, Dem
ocrat, McKean.
No-License Workers.
The first State convention of the
"No-License League was held here,
Delegates were present from nearly
fifty counties. Plans for a goneral
campaign for "dry" counties were
made and the experience of the pies
nt year gone over.
Major John K. Royal welcomed the
delegates and the speakers Included
John H. Cole, of the Inter-County Fed
eration; Prof. Charles Scanlon, Pitts
burgh; Charles W. Hull, Mlllersville;
Dr. William Woodflin, Swarthmore Col
lege; Prof. J. Elmer Campbell, New
Castle, and District Attorney It. Q.
Miller, Washington county.
THE HEWS TOLD
IN
PARAGRAPHS
BOY KILLED BY CAR
IB AFTER GREW
Latest Happenings Gleaned Fred Hause Drives in a Burn
From Ail Over the State.
LIVE NOTES AND COMMENTS.
Brakeman Crushed To Death At Read
ing Berwick Masonic Club Elects
New Officers Tries To Blow
, Up His Home.
During a sermon at the River
Brethren Church, at Mastersonville,
Samuel Kulp was stricken with heart
disease and died almost Instantly.
ing Automobile.
The York County Commissioners
have refused to pay bounty for the kill
ing of obnoxious animals and birds.
About $500 in claims is filed.
John Cooner. of Columbia. It is
charged, threw a stick of dynamite Into
the kitchen stove with the Intention of
blowing up his home. It failed to ex
plode and he Is In Jail.
The commencement exercises of the
high school at Hallam, were held when
a class of seven girls was graduated.
Miss Greta Klse was valedictorian, and
Miss Carrie Wolf, salutatorian. Prof.
J. F. Krebs delivered an address.
John J. Monaghnn, of Norrlstown, a
brakeman on a passenger train on the
Schuylkill division of the Pennsyl
vania, was caught between his train
and a caboose while shifting at Read
ing, and was crushed to death.
Stanley G. Breneiser, an artist of
Heading, will be married April 30, to
Miss Elizabeth C. Day. daughter of Dr.
and Mrs. T. Day, of Washington. The
honeymoon will be spent in the art
centers of England, France and Italy.
Surgeons at the State Hospital at
Ashland, operating on Michael Foley,
of Mahanoy City, for appendicitis,
found a bent pin In the boy's appendix.
Young Foley had no recollection of
swallowing a pin. He will recover.
The Alliance Coal Company, con
trolled by the L., C. & N. Co., Is plan
ning to open the Kaska William Col
liery, in the Schuylkill Valley, near
Middleport. This has been closed for
months.
Mary M. Goff took poison while be
ing taken from Hanover to Baltimore,
by W. W. Smeak, chief of police, of
Hanover. She is charged with forgery
by a Baltimore firm. She was taken to
a hospital there.
Professor Thomas S. Cole, of Ches
ter, superintendent of the public
schools, hns received the silver loving
cup which Is to be awarded to tho
Lark In Grammar School for winning
the recent cross-country run.
The Second Ward Yacht Club, of
Chester, has elected the following offi
cers: President, Edward Pike; vice-
president, Hilyard Cummlngs; secre
tary, John E. Itankin; treasurer, Harry
Upton.
The old Lelper School House, on the
Falrview Road, in Leipervllle, was de
stroyed by fire. The building was
abandoned as a school a year ago, and
has been occupied by Antonio Regerlo
and family, who fled from the fire over
a roof.
Berwick Lodge of Odd Fellows has
elected the following officers; Noble
grand, W.' E. Bond; vice-grand, T. R.
Falrmnn; financial secretary, A. G.
Birt: recording secretary, C. K. Croft;
representative to Grand Lodge, H. E.
Walton.
The third annual commencement
exercises of the Warwick High School,
were held. A class of five was gradu
ated, Jacob B. Garner was valedic
torian, and Mildred Yenger, saluta
torian. Rev. George B. Raezer, of the
Reformed Church, spoko.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Eves, of Mill
vlllo, who were married by the Friend'
ceremony in 1864, celebrated their
golden wedding. Twenty persons who
signed the original wedding certificate
were present. Tho couple lias one
daughter, Mrs. H. S. Christian, of Mill-vllle.
The Masonic Club, of Berwick, has
elected the following officers: Presi
dent, Moss L. Elder; vice-presidents,
Alexander C. Jackson and J. J. Kosten
bander; secretary, Fred Walton; treas
urer, Taylor Evans; members of
Board of Governors, Hurry Straub and
H. J. Kirkendiill.
Chester's new budget of appropria
tions follows: Department of Fubllc
Affairs, $18,675; Department of Ac
counts and Finance, $114,725; Depart
ment of Tubllc Safety, $23,180; Depart
ment of Streets and Public Improve
ments, $15,525; Department of Parks
and Public Property, $28,900.
H. V. White, president of the White
Milling Company, of Bloomsburg, State
milling and cereal expert, has been di
rected by the Department of Labor and
Industry, to appoint a committee and
prepare a codo of rules and regulations
governing protection for the machines
and equipment of mill, elevator and
warehouse bulldlnn In the State.
BOY FALLS INTO STREAM.
Squad Of Police Save Motorman and
Conductor From Injury At the
Hands Of An Angry
Crowd.
Crowd Stones Car Crew.
Pittsburgh. Only the prompt ar
rival of a squad of police saved I
motorman and conductor from Injury
at the hands of an angry crowd In Bed
ford avei.ue following the running
down and killing of Samuel Snyder,
four years old. by a street car. Motor
man William Park and Conductor A.
L. Habberman v.ere chaBed several
squares by the excited residents who
hurled stones and other missiles.
Every window In the street car was
broken and several passengers had
narrow escapes from Injury. The po
lice arrested three men and hurried
the street car men from the danger
zone.
Pennsylvania Lines Promotions.
Pittsburgh. Promotions on the
Pennsylvania Lines West were an
nounced at the general offices here as
follows: W. D. Wood, superintendent
of the Easteren Division of the Pitts
burgh, Fort Wayne &. Chicago Hall
road, to be general manager of the
Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad, with
headquarters at Grand Rapids, Mich.;
F. J. Kron, superintendent of the Log
ansport Division of the Pittsburgh,
Cincinnati, Chicago & St Louis Rail
road, to succeed Mr. Wood; R. It
Rochester, superintendent of the
Peoria Division of (he Vandalla Line
to succeed Mr. Kron; J. F. Patterson,
trainmaster of the Western Division
of the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chi
cago Railroad, to succeed Mr. Roches
ter. The promotions are effective at
once.
Price Of Coal Falls.
Pottsville. For the first time in
years this part of the anthracite coal
region shared in the general reduction
of the price of coal. Chestnut and
stove coal were reduced ten cents a
ton and egg coal twenty-seven cents a
ton, making the price of the latter
$3.78. Towns near collieries, where
railroad transportation is not needed
were given a cut of sixty-flvo cents a
ton on nut coal and fifty cents a ton
on stove and broken coal.
Woman Stabbed By Boarder.
rottsvllle. Mrs. Paul Ketchel, of
New Castle, was probably fatally stab
bod by Charles Powan, a boarder. Tho
woman, who was stabbed near the
heart, is in a dying condition at the
Pottsville Hospital, and District At
torney C. A. Whitehouse has tnken her
ante-mortem statement, in which she
accuses Powan of the deed. The lat
ter was committed to Jail without ball.
The victim has three children, the old
est being but four years old.
Sub-District Chairmen Assigned.
Shamokln. President James Mat
hews, of District No. 9, United Mine
Workers of America, divided the terri
tory as follows: Sub-district No. 1,
chairman, George Rltman, Silver
Creek; No. 2, Stlney Geguzis, Ma
hanoy City; No. 3, Michael J. Mc
Grath, Lost Creek; No. 4, John Hoi
lister, Shamokln. Each chairman is a
member of the District Executive
Board. .
Paid Firemen Opposed.
Rending. The Liberty Fire Com
pany at a meeting went on record as
the first of the thirteen volunteer fire
companies to sanction the decision of
Its representatives to support a refer
endum vote on whether a paid fire de
partment shall be substituted for the
present system. Council favors the
abolition of the present system and the
volunteers oppose It
Drives In Burning Auto.
Pottsville. An automobile was
burned at Mount Carbon and Fred
llause, the driver, had a narrow escape
from death. Although Hause'a ma
chine was a flaming torch as he sped
along the highway and the gasoline
tank was in danger of exploding, he
did not notice his peril until the flames
licked his coat talis. Then he ran the
machine into a bank where it was de
stroye'd, Including tools and blankets.
Boy Falls 100 Feet Into Stream.
Shamokin. John Auguo, thirteen
years old, while playing with several
companions on top of a hill near Edge
good Tark started to run, when bis
feet slipped. He fell one hundred feet
Into a creek. Miners on their way
from work Jumped Into the stream and
saved him from drowning. He was so
severely injured by the fall thnt be
probably will die.
Postoffice Robbed Of $1,000.
Meadvllle. Thomas Wallace, post
master at Mlllvlllage, near here, dis
covered that he had been lobbed of
$1,000 in money and stamps. Entrance
to his house was gained, Wallace
thinks, while he and bis family wer
at church.
BURNS' REPORT
CLEARS FRANK
Detective Says He Knows Who
Killed Mary Phagan.
DECLARES FRANK NORMAL
Investigator Does Not Say Definitely
That Convicted Man Is Not
Factory Employe's
Slayer.
Chicago, 111. William J. Burns, the
detective, declnred hero that ho knew
who murdered Mary Phagan, the At
lanta (Ga.) girl for whose death Leo
M. Frank is under sentence of death.
Whether the murderer was Frank or
someone else, In his opinion, Burns
would not say, but he intimated that
from his investigations and comparing
their results with the results of the
coroner's Jury, he did not think Frank
the sort of man capable of making the
attack on tho girl alleged to have pre
ceded her murder.
Burns, on his arrival from Kansas
City, related this of his investigation.
He said bis attention bad first been
railed to the case by a young man from
Atlanta who was a passenger on a
steamer on which Burns was return
ing from Europe. The young man ex
pressed his regret that Burns had not
become interested in the case before
the arrest and conviction of Frank.
Through him Burns read In newspa
pers of the trial and concluded, from
the accounts he saw, that Frank was
guilty. Later, while he was in Key
West, three citizens of Atlanta, Includ
ing two personal friends of Frank, saw
the detective and asked him to under
take an investigation of the case.
Frank Not Abnormal.
At first, Burns said, he refused on
tho ground that if Frank were guilty
his investigation and final conclusion
to that effect could only hurt the de
fendant, while if the Investigation
tended to show doubt of Frank's guilt,
it might serve to thwart justice.
Frank's friends here declnred that they
believed he had not been given a fair
trial; that he was innocent of the
crime, but that If guilty they wanted
indisputable evidence of his guilt.
Burns then took the case. His In
vestigations soon showed him, he said,
first, that public clamor, after a crime
wave, had resulted in the police mak
ing extraordinary efforts to adduce evi
dence tending to convict Frank, and
second, thnt a report making out
Frank a man of abnormal character
istics was commonly circulated
through the city, putting public opin
ion strongly against him.
His Inquiries then convinced Burns
that Frank was a perfectly normal
man. On the other hand, the testi
mony of physicians was to the effect
that the one who, attacked Mary
Phagan was nbnormnl.
AT WHITE HOUSE FOR 33 YEARS.
President Wilson Joins In Congratula
tions To Warren Young.
Washington, D. C The President
and Mrs. Wilson Joined a host of pub
lic officials in extending congratula
tions to Warren Young, of Ohio, upon
his thirty-third anniversary as a mem
ber of the executive staff at the White
House. Mr. Young's office was hanked
with flowers, one large bunch of which
came from tho President and Mrs. Wil
son. The veteran official went to the
White House under his personal
friend, former President Garfield, and
it was ho that tho martyred executive
called to Lis bedside wheu ho was
shot.
TARIFF FORECAST CORRECT.
May Not Reduce CuBtoms Revenue
Any More Than Expected.
Washington, D. C. The Underwood
Simmons tariff act went into effect six
months ago and present indications are
thot it will not reduce customs revenue
any more than was estimated in Con
gress at the time of passage. Accord
ing to the Treasury's March statement
customs revenues amounted to about
$26,000,000, which is about $1,600,000
less than the Payne-AldricU law pro
duced in March, 1913. That was a
marked increase over Februory, wheu
revenues fell over $10,u00,000 com
pared to the same month f 1913.
COMMODORE DYER DEAD.
Commanded Gunboat In Spanish War.
Guam's First Governor.!
Winter Park, Fla, Commodore Geo.
L. Dyer, U. S. N., retired, who: com
manded the gunboat Stranger (luring
the war with Spain and later wils ap
pointed first governor of Guam, diM of
heart failure at his homo here,-' Ho
was 64 years old, and was retJred in
1908.
PAY FOR INJURIES AND DlIATH.
lork-
J. 8. Myers, Pittsburgh Editor, To
Direct Ohio School.
Columbus, O. With the beginning of
the fall term at Ohio State University,
T a Hfmra mnnncrlnfr rrl!,rtr nf
The Pittsburgh Tost, will become A'
rector of the university school of Jo' r-
nallsm. His selection was announ eu
at the university. It was stated hat
he had agreed to accept the r"ce
Myers graduated from Ohio Stt e in
1SS7. He was born in Columb s and
besau newspaper work here. '
EMBARRASSING MOMENTS
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men's Compensation Bill, y
Washington, D. C. A bill for -workmen's
compensation for employed of
the Government, agreed upon by he
House Judiciary Committee, proviis
fixed payments to workmen Injured kr
to families of employes killed In tL'fi
course of their work. The bill is ex
pected to care for many cases for
which Congress has found it necessari
to pass special claim bills.
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FIVE HOTELS
IN 51
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Two Blocks of Winter Resort
Swept By Flames.
TWO ARE HURT BY JUMPING
Hostelry Employes Arouse Sleeping
Tourists and Hurry Them To
Safety In Scanty
Attire.
St Augustine, Fla. Hlstorlo St
Augustine, the oldest city in the
United States, was swept by a half-million-dollar
fire that destroyed five
tourists' hotels and burned records
and curios dating back to the days of
Spanish rule In the sixteenth century.
Two persons were seriously injured.
Guests In the hotels fled into the
streets before day, many leaving valu
ables and personal belongings behind.
Several escaped clad only in their
sleeping apparel.
Rescue work by the employes of
the Florida House, where the fire
originated, is believed to have saved
many lives. Going through the smoke
filled hnlls, they quickly aroused sleep
ing guests and hurried them out of
the burning building.
Notwithstanding efforts of the Flor
ida House employes, about 200 guests
who were slow in being aroused were
rescued by firemen with lndders. Al
though all persons remaining In the
building were warned not to Jump,
firemen were unsuccessful in prevent
ing two persons from leaping from the
3econd Door of the lVlorlda House.
They were Miss Alice C. Smith, of
Amherst, Nova Scotia, and W. F. Gid-
dings, of Granby, Quebec. Miss Smith
sustained nn Injured spine and broken
leg. One of Mr. Geddlngs' ankles was
broken and he was otherwise hurt.
ROOSEVELT PARTY 6AFE.
Telegram Is Received Direct From
Anthony Fiala.
New York. A dispatch sent from
Mnnaos, Brazil, by Anthony Fiala, a
member of the Roosevelt exploring
party, forwarding reports that have
reached him of the safety of Colonel
Roosevelt and tho section of the party
he heads, was published by the Times.
Tho dispatch reads:
"Manaos, Brazil, April 1. Reports
reach here that Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt and his party are safe and
on their way to Manaos.
"The statements reaching the United
States by way of Iqultos are unreliable.
"ANTHONY FIALA."
The Fiala dispatch seems to dispose
satisfactorily of a report from Buenos
Aires, published here, which told of
alarming rumors concerning Mr.
Roosevelt's safety, received in that
city from Iqultos by way of Lima.
STORY BOOK FROM CARNEGIE.
Philanthropist Personally Grants
Child's Request.
Son Antonio, Texas. Littlo Johanna
Cojineckl, nine years old, cherishes a
book of fairy stories, upon the fly leaf
of which is a message written by
Andrew Carnegie informing her that
this book is "nil her own." A few
weeks ago Johanna wrote tho Car
negie Library Board protesting that
there were not enough fairy stories on
the local shelves and offering a five
cent donation to the fund for more.
Carnegie was told of tho incident and
sent the book.
THE DAILY AERIAL DISASTER.
German Army Aviator Killed and His
Passenger Injured.
Munich, Bavaria. Lieutenant Lank
meyer, a German army aviator, was
killed and Lieutenant Ruchll, whom he
carried as a passenger, was seriously
Injured in an aeroplane accident The
propeller broke while they were flying
at a low altitude over the aerodrome.
Pieces of the propeller snapped the
rigging and tho machine collapsed.
HELLO GIRLS' 8TRIKE FAILS.
Walkout and Rioting In Canton, O.,
All In Vain.
Canton, O. A strike of telephone
operators against the Stark Telephone
Company was settled. The. strike re
sulted in several riots and the destruc
tion of a considerable amount of prop
erty during the seven weeks it was In
progress. Uudcr the terms of settle
ment the operators are to resume work
with the company without any advance
In wages and without recognition of
the union.
SEALERS
ill
PE
ON ICE FLOES
Death Traveled in a Terrific
Blizzard.
OVER 1,000 MEN ESCAPE
Fur Hunters Of New Foundland Miles
Away From Vessel When Storm
Struck Them Survivors
Reached Just In Time.
St. Johns, N. F. Death traveled In
a gale that overtook the sealing fleets
about here. The steamer Newfound
land lost 64 of her crew, 37 being
rescued by the steamers Ballaventure
and the Florlzel, whloh were sent out
to search for the mon.
Great alarm was felt for the steamer
Southern Cross, with a crew of 170
men, which has not been reported
since she passed Cape Pine, bound In,
but which it was learned from wire
less messages, to be safe at Channel,
Newfoundland.
The men lost were far from their
ships killing seals when the storm,
with blinding snow, swooped down
upon them. They were exposed for
48 hours before assistance arrived, arid
In that time many succumbed.
The Newfoundland was one of a
fleet of 15 ships, carrying more than
2,000 men, scattered among the ice
floes near Belle Isle Strait. The
crews were on the floes hunting seals,
which have their homes on these
crystal plains, and the hunt had tnken
them from four to six miles from their
ships.
OLD PAPERS MERGE.
The New Orleans Times-Democrat and
The Picayune.
New Orleans, Ln. The Times-Democrat
and The ricayune, two of the old
est morning newspapers In the United
States, will be consolidated, according
to announcement here. When the
merger will be mnde was not said. The
consolidated papers probably will be
published as The Times-Picayune. The
Picayune has been published continu
ously for 87 years. It has been In the
hnnds of the Nicholson family for al
most a half-century.
WOMAN COPS IN PITTSBURGH.
Four Appointed To Look Out For
Girls and Women.
Pittsburgh, Pa. C. H. Hubbard, di
rector of Public Safety, announced the
appointment of four police women, the
first ln Pittsburgh. They are attached
to the Secret Service, division, and
their names are known to none but
the directors and the officers to whom
they will report. They will look after
young girls coming to the city and In
vestigate violations of tho law in cafes
where liquor is served to women and
In other ways look nftor women.
TWO ARE KILLED BY FREIGHT.
View Of Fight Too Much For Aged
Man and Woman.
Worcester, Mass. Patrick Eagleton,
70 years old. and Mrs. Dennis Arsen
sault 60 years old, of Spencer, Mass.,
dropped dead from fright In the street
hore as they witnessed a three-cornered
fight between Martin Niederberger,
a chauffeur, nnd Stanley Orutt and
Charles Bannon, employes of a cereal
company, who were distributing sam
ples In the town. Deputy Sheriff Geo.
II. Ramer and Constable John M. Nor
ton arrested the three men.
TOOK 9 PASSENGERS 5,280 FEET.
French Aviator Establishes New Rec
ordRemaining Up 54 Minutes.
Chartres, France. Aviator Garalx
established another passenger-carrying
aeroplane altitude record when he
ascended to a height of 5,280 feet with
nine passengers. Saturday Garalx
sailed a mile ln the air with eight pas
sengers in his biplane, but repeated
with an additional passenger. Garalx
and his passengers were ln the air 64
minutes.
FOUND DEAD ON PUBLIC ROAD.
New Revolver Beside Body Of Jersey
Business Man.
Arlington, N. J. Adolph Amann,
president of the Arlington Board of
Trade, and one of tho town's leading
business men, was found dead on the
turnpike three miles from the town, a
bullet hole In his -head and a new re
volver beside him. Apparently it was
a case of suicide. Automobilists came
across the body still warm. The sui
cide leaves a widow and two children.
No motive for his net could bo leuj ued.
TWELVE RESERVE
E
RANKS
NAM
Baltimore Placed In the Rich,
mond District.
BRANCH BANKS NOT NAMED
First Decisive Step Toward the Eitit
lishment Of the New Syi.
tcm The Cities
Chosen.
Washington. D. C. After ltH
months of consideration the Hestni
Dank Organlzntiou Committee u
notinced that it has divided tho Cot
tlnental Hulled States Into 12 bant
Ing districts and selected 12 ritin
where Federal reserve banks are it
be located under the now Bunking
Currency law. This is the fit nt 4
clslve step .toward the establishing
of the new system.
Baltimore lost its fight for a nioU
bank and was placed In the Fifth, or
Richmond, district
The regional bank citlcn, which J
be the Federal reserve centres for m
region, are: Boston, New York, Phlli
delphla, Cleveland. Richmond, Atlunti
Chicago, St. Louis, Dallas, Minneapolis
Kansas City and San Francisco.
SPUR TRACK RATES HALTED.
Only Those Railroads Which Han
Been Heard Are Granted Deliy,
Washington, D. C The Interautt
Commerce Commission Tuesday iu
pended until July 30 all new Uriffi
died by railroads eliminating allow
nice to Industrial railroads with tlx
xceptlon of those affecting the I'nliet
States Steel Corporation and nth;
iron and steel companies. These in
permitted to stand.
About 4,000 tariffs were suspended
Hie suspended tariffs would have be
:ome effective at midnight anil wen
itibmitted ln compliance with finding
'ii the industrial railways case, he:
it was held that allowances and dii,
-dons of rates made by trunk I in"
with some Fas tern roads operated t;
iron and steel companies were n tatn
and should be discontinued.
Only those Industrial railways whkl
have been heard by the comtuissbi
ire allowed to suspend the tariffs i!
fee ting them.
The Interstote Commerce Commit
don's order provides for certain hear
ings, but no dates hove as yet bte:
set and. as it is not likely they will b.
heard before fall, the commission Ii
expected to suspend the tariffs furthe:
before the present extension expire
MEDAL FOR BRAKEMAN.
President To Confer Honor On Man
Who Saved Life Of Child.
Washington, D. C Ou the neon
mendation of the Interstate Commerce
Commission, the President will confer
a medal of honor for bravery on A. f
Werner, of Smithville, Texas, a Mi
sourl, Kansas and, Texas R;iilaj
brakeman. At the risk of his own
Werner saved a 6-year-old child fret
denth near Smithville. While a stria,
of box cars was running backw ard th
child stood ln the middle of the track
apparently paralyzed with fear. Wer
ner climbed from the rear car, picVd
up the child and jumped clear of tb
track just as the car passed.
BIG PROFIT MADE ON HARD COAL
New Jersey Legislative Report Say"
About Forty Men Control Supply.
Trenton, N. J. Seven leadim: rail
roads, or about 40 men, control S7 11
cent of the total anthracite o
mined, fixed prices of upward of 3iv
per cent profit and through n-lliM
companies technically evndo Fm!m
laws, declared the coal Invest luatlst
committee of the New Jersey
sembly in its report to the House. TW
combinations among retail coal deal
ers to fix prices are conspicuous,
also charged. '
3 FEET TALL; WEIGHS 41! i LBS
Therefore, French Conscript Is t
cused From Military Duty.
rarls. A French conscript nanid
De Prance was excused from military
duty because when lie reported at th'
depot he was found to be only U"
feet in height and weighed only n
pounds.
MOB LYNCHES NEGRES3.
Oklahoma Woman Is Hanged To Ph"nl
Cable For Stabbing Man-
Wagoner, Okla. A mob of W
masked men lynched Mary Scott,
negress, by hanging her to a telep"0"
cable. She stabbed to death LelUfi
Peace, white, Sunday night.
OLD SOLDIERS DYING OFF FAST
Over Thirty Thousand Civil War Vet
erans Died During Year.
Washington, D. C The heavy dea
rate among the Civil War veterans "
shown in the decreased pension !
propriation asked of Congress for the"
relief. Over 30,000 veterans have di
since Congress was last as,ked to 'P
proprlate money for them. At
present rate It has been calculate
that the Civil War pensioners will V
exhausted ln about 15 or 20 years.
SEVEN BITTEN BY MAD DOGS.
Attacked By Pekinese Canines AtCh
dren's Party.
Pittsburgh, Pa. Mrs. Robert Vf
can, her daughter, Elizabeth, nnd o5
of the latter's guest at a chlMi"
party were hurried to the pntholo?1'
department of a hospital when It
came known that two Pekinese W
by whom the seven had been b'1
showed signs of rabies. Tlio d
valued at $1,000, attacked one of
little girls, and the others wire bil'
while trying to save her.