THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS. McCONNELLSBURO, PA.
PANAMA CANAL ON WAR FOOTING
U. S. PLANS TO CAPTURE HUERTA
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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.
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War College Plans Two Expe
ditions To Mexico City
And Siege Of Capital.
Marines And Sailors At Vera
Cruz Control Five-Mile
Radius.
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WANTS 50,000 VOLUNTEERS
REFUGEES LEAVE THE CITJ
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CANDIDATES FILE
PETITIONS
From 10,000 to 150,000 Signa
tures on Nominating Papers.
OVER EIGHTY ARE REJECTED
Railroad Men Discuss Grievances At
Capital Sunday School
Associations Discuss
Study Courses.
(Harrlsburg Correspondence.)
Harrlsburg. Approximately 2,800
nominating petitions for the May
primary have been filed at the Capitol
by candidates for State wide, Congres
sional and Legislative nominations, the
number being 600 larger than that In
1912.
Almost 1,000 petitions were filed in
the last twenty-four hours of the period
which expired Tuesday, at midnight,
and it will take several days to proper
ly examine and record the names.
Many of those filed in the final rush
were for men who are candidates on
two or more tickets, filing for three
party nominations being common in
Philadelphia, Allegheny, Luzerne and
several other counties.
Eighty papers were found deficient
because they lacked the requisite num
ber of signatures or aflldavits and
were rejected, half a dozen being
filed In proper form late Tuesday
night Fifteen papers, which reached
the Capitol after midnight, were re
fused. Scores of supplemental petitions
were filed, especially for candidates
for State-wide nominations.
Friday, at four P. M., will be the
time when the right to withdraw will
nd. After that the preparation of
certificates of papers filed for County
Commissioners for printing of the bal
lots will begin.
Some of the candidates filed peti
tions containing from 10,000 to 150,000
or more names, although not more
than 1,000 were required for any office.
THE HEWS TOLD
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PARAGRAPHS
Latest Happenings Gleaned
From All Over the State.
LIVE NOTES AND COMMENTS.
Workmen Dropped Down Pine
. Hill Shaft.
MERCHANTS UPHOLD JUDGE
Accused Postmaster Of Mahanoy City
Resigns Alleged Wife Beater
Thrashed By 'Squire Jumps
Into Molten Metal.
A Coal Pulverizer, Which Cost $230,.
000, Was Satisfactorily Tested At
Pottsvllle Lehigh Canal
Boating Season Opened.
William Hoff, Jr., has been ap
pointed Chief Burgess of Tremont
Borough.
The Berks County Firemen's Asso
ciation decided to hold its annual
parade at Boyertown, June 27.
Arthur W. Wyndham, an engineer,
spoke on "The Panama Canal." before
the cadets at the Pennsylvania Military
College, CheBter.
Miners Thrown To Death.
Pottsville. Four men were killed at
the Pine Hill shaft, of the Tine Hill
Company, near Minersvllle, when as
they were hoisted from the mine, the
cage struck an obstruction and, as its
sides were all open, the four men were
thrown off. They fell with a scream of
horror 250 feet to the bottom of the
shaft, their legs and arms entwined
about each other. State mine Inspec
tors are investigating the tragedy.
Circumstances indicate that the coat
or dinner pail of one of the four vic
tims became caught in the guide of
the shaft or shoe of the cage and
caused the fatal Jolt
Mrs. Foster II. Starkey has been
elected president of the New Century
Club at West Chester, and Miss Marian
Thatcher recording secretary.
Caught under falling coal at Suffolk
Colliery, Mahanoy City, Joseph Stank,
twenty-five years old, was crushed to
death.
Word has been received In Erie that
the nomination of John T. Brew for
postmaster has been sent to the Senate.
The boating season on the Lehigh
Canal opened when Captain Relnart,
of Coalpnrt, took the first loaded boat
down the canal.
Discuss Study Counts.
The International Sunday School
Association and the Sunday School
Council of Evangelical Denominations
held a conference in the Witherspoon
Building, Philadelphia, to nettle the
quei.tlon of what kind of lessons will
be made part of the study courses in
the Sunday schools of the United
States and Canada. Virtually all the
Protestant denominations were repre
sented in the Council. A difference of
opinion has existed for some time as
to whether the uniform system or the
graded system is the better. The
deliberations of this Joint meeting may
result in a recommendation being sent
to the International Sunday School As
sociation annual meeting to be held in
Chicago next June.
Railroad Men Discuss Grievances.
Grievances - of the Brotherhood of
Federated Railway Employes against
the Pennsylvania Railroad, which led
to threats of a strike, were discussed
for five hours at the Department of
Labor and Industry by Federal and
State officials and a committee of
twenty railroad men. The brotherhood
is objecting to alleged methods of the
, company in the formation of the new
mutual association and a long list of
grievances was laid before James A.
Smythe and John A. Moffltt, of the
United States Department of Labor;
John Price Jackson, State Commis
sioner of Labor, and James A. Stees,
chief clerk of the department
Held At Frlend'a Slayer.
Scranton. In a fit of anger caused
by his being thrown In a friendly
wrestling match, Michael Oomitsky, of
Old Forge, it is charged, plunged a can
opener Into Feter TJhren's cheBt, sever
ing an artery. Uhren died in a few
minutes and Oomitsky was taken to
Jail on a murder charge.
The baccalaureate sermon to the
graduating class of the Wellsvlllo High
School was preached in the Methodist
Episcopal Church, by Rev. J. W. Long.
At the home of Rev. and Mrs. J. W.
Mattern, in Allentown, their daughter,
Miss Christine Beltelman Mattern, was
married to Paul Fritz Krause, of Fotts
town, by tho bride's father.
Mahanoy City Postmaster Resigns.
Mahanoy City. Postmaster David
Graham, against whom charges were
filed by Judge C. N. Brumm, alleging
that Graham was the author of an
anonymous letter sent during the im
peachment proceedings against Brumm
to injure the Judge, resigned his office.
Ills term would not have expired until
June. The bondsmen of Graham were
directed to select a postmaster to fill
out Graham's term, and they have
named William F. Dochney, ex-chlif
burgess, as their choice. Congressman
Robert E. Lee recently sent a letter to
President Wilson charging that after
postofllce Inspectors had investigated
charges against Graham and had
recommended his removal. Fourth
Assistant Postmaster General Blakes
lee stepped in and prevented action.
Congressman Lee threatened to start
a Congressional investigation if no
action were taken. Graham In a state
ment denied the charges and said he
did not care to serve any longer under
the circumstances.
Miss Mary Scott, of Catasauqua, re
ceived a gold medal for not having
missed a session of the Sunday School
of the First Presbyterian Church in
ten years.
Leroy Frantz, of New Rochelle,
N. Y., and Miss Henrietta Glossbren
ner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Adam
Glossbrenner, of York, were married
In St. John's Church.
In St Lawrence's Catholic Church,
at Catasauqua, Miss Lillian L. Cun
ningham, of Catasauqua. and Paul P.
Fink, director of the boys' choir of the
South Bethlehem Church of the Holy
Infancy, were married.
Commandery No. 4, P. O. S. A., of
Philadelphia, visited West Chester and
Initiated a class of nine new members.
Camp, No. 817, was presented with a
large altar Bible from Senator Boles
Penrose.
The Berks Court ordered a Bpcclal
election for Lower Heidelberg Town
ship, to bo held May 19, when the
voters will decide whether to divide
the towimlilp and call the new division
South Heidelberg.
Mrs. Susan Musser in her will left
11,000 to the Reformed Church, of Lan
caster, and 300 to the Reformed Men
nonlte' Church at Longenecker's, the
interest of which is to keep the bury
ing ground in good repair.
After nine months of construction, a
oonl pulverizer, which cost $230,000,
waa satisfactorily teBted at the open
hearth furnaces of the Eastern Steel
Company's $9,000,000 plant at Totts
vlllo. The coal is ground up and fed
to the furnaces without waste. i
Mine Cave Closes School.
Plymouth. The Vine Street School
was closed when a cave-In at the Gny
lor Mine of the Kingston Coal Com
pany, seriously damaged the building.
When the children assembled in the
eight rooms for study plaster began
to fall from the walls. The cause was
not known, but when the building be
gan to tilt the children were quickly
ordered to their homes.
Strike Throws 500 Idle.
Shnmokln. Hickory Swamp Co.
liery, operated by the Susquehanna
Coal Company, was tied up when non
union men refused to join the United
Mine Workers. Five hundred men
were rendered idle. The strikers say
the mine will be held up indefinitely
until the operation Is thoroughly unionized.
Merchants Uphold Judge.
Pottsvllle. The Pottsville Retail
Merchants' Association adopted a reso
lution calling upon Attorney General
Bell to abide by Judge Kundel's de
cision in the city charter question, and
not to permit the revenues of the city
to be further held up at the behest of
the saloonkeepers who are striving to
overthrow the city form of govern
ment '
Jumpa Into Molten Metal.
Bethlehem. Michael Mankos, a
Bethlehem steel company foundry em
ploye, was virtually consumed by
Jumping into a core over into which
molten metal was being poured. He
was handling a ladle and, frightened
and bewildered when a compound used
In making a mold Ignited, he leaped
into the core oven.
To Re-Assess Properties.
Reading. A re-assessment of all
taxable property in Reading was or
dered by City Council, sitting as the
Board of Revision and Appeals. The
city assessors were ordered to begin
immediately so that the new tax rate
an be fixed at the beginning of the
new fiscal year.
Expeditions To Start From Vera
Cruz And Juarez.
AEROPLANES TO BE USED.
Enemy To Be Dislodged By Dropping
Bombs From Aircraft Employment
Of Siege Guns Also Contemplated.
Garrison Has No Funds For Army
Moves.
Washington. First details of the
Administration plans for the invest
ment of Mexico City and the capture
of General Huerta came out after these
plans bad been submitted by the War
College and been given favorable, If
not final, consideration by the General
Staff of the army.
These plans contemplate two ex
peditions into the heart of Mexico, one
from Vera Cruz and one from Juarei
or some other northern base. They
provide for the use of the Regular
Army, supported in one instance by
the marines and in the other by a vol- (
unteer army of not less than 00,000
men.
The army to be mobollzed at Vera
Cruz 1b to proceed through the moun
tains to Mexico by the route of the
present line of the Mexican Central
Railroad. If this line can be main
tained the troops are to be moved over
It If not tbey are to proceed along
the highway which piercos the moun
tain gorges and finally ends at the
capital of the republic.
The siege guns - are to be thrown
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also to carry bombs with which to dis
lodge the enemy who may be in the
mountain passes.
Following the heavy field artillery
will come the light Infantry. In the
wake of this will be Infantry. The
cavalry will, of course, be used by the
field artillery to aid in clearing the
path.
The line from Vera Cruz to the
rear of the invading army is to bo
Mexican federals burned tho 'border town of Nuevo Laredo and at
tempted to dynamite the international bridge connecting the Mexican town
with Laredo, Texas. I
There were several skirmishes between the United States border patrol
and the Mexicans were put to flight A Mexican wbo tried to blow up the
American bridge was killed. The property loss in Nuevo Laredo is half a
million. The United States consulate was burned.
Th. Fifth fnftintrv Hrleailn nt nanrv HflA man In .nmmnnil rt Cannrnl
ahead and a way cleared Aeroplanes Frederlck FunBt BalM from GalTMton for Vera Cruz. The American
are to be used to mark he presence fom,g t Vefa Cruz now number oyer
of sharpshooters and fortifications of , Blfu from Mexlco clt who rpntlled Vera Cruz aBBerted thnt moD8 ,n
the capital were trampling under foot the Stars and Stripes and threatening
all Americans when they left.
The United States Charge O'Shaughnessy, with his wife and child, ar
rived safely at Vera Cruz from Mexico City.
Major General Leonard Wood and his entire staff, with Brigadier Gen
eral Hugh L. Scott as second in command, sailed for Vera Cruz. General
Wood will be in charge of all the military operations in Mexico.
The Japaneso in Mexico City cheered before the foreign office, and
Huerta's foreign minister addressed them upon close union betwen Japan
and Mexico.
Admiral Fletcher reports that a rumor has reached Mexico City that
protected by the marines and sailors , Tv . , , . ... . . ,
from the ships. This will be kept IIufr,il m ordt'red that E0 n,ore American! be permitted to leave the Mexl-
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at Vera Cruz and to give full and free Tlic, ran,n1m'1 nal Zone has been placed on a strict war footing, and
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For the present the American troops will make no effort to seize the
IntermitlonnI bridges on tho border, although several of them aro of Ameri
can ownership.
General Carranza was advised by bis representatives In Washington to
remain neutral.
lie was told that by assuming a hostile attitude he would draw all Mexico
Into a war.
President Wilson considers thnt tho United Stntes could push its way Into
the interior of Mexico to obtain redress for wrongs without being in a state
of war with tho Mexican people as a whole.
The initiative in a declaration of war will havo to come from Mexico
before the President appears before Congress to ask for more power or funds.
Both houses of Congress passed the Volunteer Army bill.
President Wilson announced that no appropriation for war purposes was
required "for the present."
The Slnto I'epnrtment was Informed that there was uncertainty abroad
whether a blockade had been declared or a stato of war existed.
No blockade has been declnred and no interference with commerce will
be attempted by the United Stntes.
Four countries came forward with Inquiries to tho United States about
possible means of mediation between Huerta and this country.
All American consuls in Mexico were authorized by the American State
Department to leave the country.
The Mexican casualties there were: Dead, 126; wounded, 195.
The total Americans killed thus far Is 17, and 75 wounded.
Refugees are boarding American war vosselB at nearly all the ports where
ships have been stationed.
communication from the interior.
Plateau Route For Second Force.
The second expeditionary force will
Start from the northern border and
will penetrate Mexico over what is de
scribed as the plateau route. This
route lies between the two ranges of
mountains and extends (turn the fron
tier to Yucatan.
This force will push ahead through
the Constitutionalist lines, if neces
sary, to Mexico City and will form a
Junction there with the invading army
from the coast.
The two armies will then demand
the surrender of the city and the per
sonal surrender of Huerta.
This in a general way is the cam
paign plan as it now stands. It may,
of course, be altered somewhat. All
such plans that are merely on paper
are altered when the armies get into
the field. But unless the President
vetoes the scheme, Huerta will be
proceeded against from two sides and
bis fnte is obviously a foregone con
clusion. Volunteer For Expedition.
In order to make up the expedition
that goes from the northern base the
volunteers Mill be ordered for the most
part to Texas. Those who are not
tent along with the regulars will be
left behind to guard the border against
raiding parties and to maintain a line
of communication for the invading
force.
The employment of aeroplanes In
this campaign will be the first time
they have been used In war on this
continent, and the greatest interest
centres in their availability and the
usefulness as it may be demonstrated
by the invasion of Mexico and the
siege of the capital.
Fear of Texans along the Mexican
border that the Constitutionalist
forceB might invade the border towns
brought a flood of telegrams to Rep
resentative Gamer, of Texas, who im
mediately conferred with the War De
partment Mr. Garner told the War Depart
ment authorities that there were 30,
000 or 40,000 people standing in line
In Texas towns awaiting an oppor
tunity to buy guns. Telegrams be re
ceived appealing for military protec
tion were from th mayors and other
citizens of Eagle Pass, Mission, San
Benito, Arlington, Mercedes and
Bracketville.
Three Hundred, Mostly Women
And Children, Start Home,
ADDITIONAL FORCE LANDS
Only Three Of Men Wounded In RE
cent Fight Likely To Die Hospta I
Service Is Efficient Many Mexico
Dead Remain Unburied Order J
Being Restored.
"QUARREL NOT WITH MEXICO."
RED CROSS IS READY.
Has Nurses and Supplies Awaiting
Mexican Call.
Washington. "We are ready to
serve at any time at the call of the
Surgeon-General of the Army or
Navy," said Miss Mabel Boardman,
head of the American National Red
Cross. Miss Boardman said that the
society would have to be called upon
before action could be taken. Sup
plies are on hand and nurses could be
rushed to the front at any tints.
Dealing With Territory Huerta Con
trols and Not With Mexican People.
Washington, D. C President Wil
son Issued the following comment on
the Carranza statement:
"I wish to reiterate with the great
est earnestness the desire and inten
tion of this Government to respect In
every possiblo way the sovereignty
and independence of the people of
Mexico.
"The feeling and Intention of the
Government in this matter are not
based upon politics. They go much
deeper than that They are based
upon a genuine friendship' for the
Mexican people and a profound inter
est in the re-establishment of the con
stitutional system.
Where Dignity Is Flouted Those In
Control Will Be Dealt With.
"Whatever unhappy circumstances
or necessities may arise, this object
will be held steadily in view and pur
sued with consistent purpose so far as
this Government la concerned.
"But we are dealing with facts.
Wherever and whenever the dignity of
the United Stales Is flouted, Its inter
national rights or the rights of its
citizens invaded, or Its influence re
buffed where it has the right to at-
WILL SERVE IN CASE OF WAR.
Star Aviators Signed Agreement
Months Ago To Come To Aid Of U. S.
Chicago. Practically every star
aviator in America signed an agree
ment four months ago to enter the
service of the United States lu case
of war, Bates S. S. Stephens, vice
president of the Aero Club, of Illinois
declared.
London's latest motor car show was
the greatest It has ever had.
tempt to exorcise It this Government
must denl with those actually in con
trol. "It is now dealing with General
Huerta in tho territory he now con
trols. Tlmt ho does not rightfully con
trol it does not alter tho fact that he
does control It. We are dealing, more
over, only with those whom he com
mands and those who come to his sup
port With thoso we must deal. They
do not lawfully represent the people
of Mexico.
"In that fact we rejoice, because our
quarrel Is not with the Mexican people
and we do not desire to dlctato their
affairs. But we must enforce our right
ful demands upon those whom the
existing authorities nt the place where
we net do, for the tlma being, represent"
CHARGES GET PASSPORTS.
Both Nelson O'Shaughnessy and Senor
Algara Ordered To Leave.
Both Nelson O'Shaughnessy, the
American charge d'affaires, and Sonor
Algara, tho charge d'affaires of the
Mexican Embassy, have been given
their passports. This is not regarded
by the Washington Government as
presaging war. but a declaraUon of
war by Huerta would not be unex
pected. 1
WOOD IS SUPREME COMMANDER.
Major-General Will Lead Invading
Troops If Order la Given.
Washington. MaJ.Gcn.
Wood will command the American
army of invasion In Mex
force is ordered. This was annound
by Secretary of War Garrison. Wood's
term as chief of staff of the armv .
plied Tuesday. He had been assigned
to command the Department of the
Kst at Governor's Island, New York.
Vera Cruz. American marines u.
bluejackets control a radius of at lea.-:
live miles around the city of Vki
Cruz, in which normal conditions hi.
been virtually restored.
Outposts were pushed further out I;
a southerly direction to tho water u;
ply station at Tejar and marine! i;.
sailors were dispatched there on i
train to obtain control of all pipe line
Into the city. They took with tied
oil fuel to run the pumping plant.
To the west and northwest Cap:
Suiedly Butler and his niariie-s
stationed. Thus Rear-Admiral I'let
commands all the approaches tu iti
city.
Within the city sniping has cmdl
A close watch for sharpshooters A
kept up by patrols that march throu?:
the streets. Orders had been issoc
that all civilians should keep with;:
their residences after 7.30 o'clock Ii
the evening and these were strut.;
obeyed.
As a result, the night hours v
quiet. It is generally expected thi:
unless some untoward incident occtn
this "curfew hour" will be extendi'!
Rear-Admiral Badger, at Vera C"j:
reported to Washington that his force.
are so strongly posted that no atuii
from the Mexicans Is expected at iirt
ent.
He snld there had been no furtbt-
casualties.
Three Wounded May Die.
Only three of the American wound!
are In a critical condition, neeordi;.
to the report issued from the bospiu.
ship Soluce.
These are First-Class Fireman K
Pullian, Ordinary Seaman K. C
Wright and Private Jeremiah G. M
pies.
Owing to the prompt and eilirift:
field hospital corps and the quin
transportation of the wounded men t:
he Solace no infected wounds we:'
discovered. The dead have been e-
balmed and their bodies are lying c
board the Solace ready to lie s':
North at the first opportunity
Naval surgeons say that the may
Ity of the wounded men will lie a!'
to return to their duty In a short ti
The outposts have been eitiii'f:
with 12 machine guns and several
Inch field pieces, which were taken k.
the front by teams of six hor.-w -
each gun. The animals were fri;'
ened by the unaccustomed work li
the marines had a hard struggle
them.
The commissary, ordnance and ci'i'l
termnster departments worked r
efficiently, so that along the to'1
there were no plies of merchandise'
Is usually the case when an arrm--
force li landed. All supplies "
promptly distributed among the troof
which also received distilled vtv
from the ships under the siiierlntf-
ence of the medical department.
"DRAGS US INTO UNEQUAL WA1
Not Justified In Occupying MM''I
Territory, Says Carranza.
Chihuahua. Replying to a telffl:l
from Secretary Brvan at Washing-1
General Carranza telegraphed that ti'l
United States Is not justified Wl
cunylng Mexican territory.
"The invasion." says the note, "
drag us (Mexico) into an unequal lj
with dignity, which we desln-J l
avoid."
General Carranza's note doclanwi
the seizure of Vera Cruz by AnierW
forces a violation of the national
erelgnty of Mexico, inviting the I'"""!
States to suspend hostile oper
and withdraw its forces, and sW
lng that the Constitutionalist P";l
ment should receive demands j
rennrntlnns of nrTenses coniniitt ' I
Huerta, stirred the Mexican situaw-l
tn a nanr nnd nmita rrtaiA.
Opposition to the American gl
ment's action, coming from a" " . J
pectea quarter, arter tne ,r l
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nuuiiuiniiuiiiiu .I'll
tiwlo nt nniitrnlltv from tllO Co"-"'.!
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face to face with possible hJ
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lying in proximity to uie
der of the United States.
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denced by the figures given iu I j
ment statistics. There are J '
mon and boys engaged in the
Industry, while the annual c' ff
valued at nearly 35.000.00.
nnnllnl Invasted l" i
amount of cnpital Invested
and other equipment exceeds
000.
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country in the world.