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    THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS. McCONNELLSBURQ, PA.
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Happenings of the Week In the Capitol Building and Throughout the State Reported for
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DICTATOR MUST ANSWER.
ALLOWS TIME FOR SLIDES
STATE COMMISSION
KEYSTONE STATE
Sonttltutlonallttt Will Probably
tain Armt Through Tamplco.
Dictator's Delegatet De
lay Mediation.
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Measure Adopted To Relieve Cong;,
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tlon Due To Suspension Of Rail,
toad Service Brought About
By Revolution In Mexico.
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Tener Appoints Dr. Brumbaugh
on Valley Forge Board.
FILLS OTHER VACANCIES.
Many Stats Charter Granted Ter
minal Allowances Hearings Con.
eluded Hazing At University
May Be Revived.
(Harrisburg Correspondence.)
Harrisburg. Twenty-four members
of State commissions and Boards of
Trustees were made by Governor
Tener, a number of thorn being reap
pointments, while others were to fill
vacancies.
The appointments were as follows:
Commissioners of Valley Forge
rarlt Martin O. Brumbaugh, Phila
delphia; John P. Nicholson, Philadel
phia; J. P. Hale Jenkins, Norrlstown;
William A. Patton, Philadelphia; Rich
mond L. Jones, Reading; Theodora E.
Weidersbelui, Philadelphia.
Members of the Commission of the
Pennsylvania Village for Feeble-
Minded Women Dr. J. M. Murdock,
Warren; Mrs. J. Hay Brown, Lancos-
ter.
Members of the Building Commls
elon for State Industriul Home for
Women George Q. Horwltz, Philade
phla; J. H. Weaver, WilliamsporL
Msmber of the Board of Managers
of the Pennsylvania Industrial Re
forinatory, Huntingdon George II.
Stewart, Sblppensburg.
Trustees of the Pennsylvania State
Lunatlo Hospital, Harrisburg Daniel
C. Herr? Harrisburg; Henry M. Stlne,
HarrlBburg; John F. Mentzer, Epbrata
W. H. Schwartz, Altoona; W. C. Free
man, Lebanon.
Trustees of the State Institution for
Feeble-Minded J. N. Davidson, Pitts
burgh; William T. Bradberry, Pitts
burgh; Samuel H. Miller, Mercer; Geo.
W. Magee, Oil City; George C. Crls
well, Franklin.
Trustees of the State Asylum for the
Chronic Insane, Wernersvlllo Henry
M. Dechert, Philadelphia; Savery
Bradley, Philadelphia.
Trustee of the State Hospital for In
jured Persons of the Anthracite Coal
Region at Ashland Harrison Ball
Alabanoy City.
Hazing At University May Be Revived,
Hazing will probably be re-establish
ed at the University of Pennsylvania
next year. Such action is being con
templated by the Undergraduate Com
nilttee as a result of the "freshness
of this year's Freshman class, the
members of which havo refused to
abide by the set of rules governing
Freshman conduct The "Pennsyl
vanlan," the student dally, is advocat
lng the change and practically all the
upper classmen are back of the move
ment In days gone by It was cus
tomary to give obstreperous Drst-year
men a bath in the frog pond near Ham
llton walk. With the elimination of
Lazing several years ago, this method
of chastisement was dropped. Instead
there was substituted a set of rules
prohibiting Freshmen from smoking
cigarettes, wearing moustaches, enter
ing College Hall by the front door and
compelling them to wear skull caps,
At the recent Sophomore cremation
ceremonies, on which occnslon each
first year man is supposed to throw
Ills Hack cap Into the flameB that are
consuming the effigies of the profes
sors, tne Freshmen disregarded a
tradition of more than twenty-five
years by putting their caps Into their
jKjekets, meanwhile yelling doflantly
at the upper classmen. It was this
that brought the agitation In favor of
the re-establlBhment of hazing to a
head. The members of the faculty
are, as a rule, opposed to hazing, but
the students say they will be won
over. Complaint is made Uiat the
Freshmen do not know the- college
songs and yells and that they do not
try to learn them.
State Charters.
The following State charters have
been issued: Pennsylvania Products
Co., iron and steel, Pottstown, cnpital
15,000; Austlnburg Dairy Company,
Austlnburg, $5,000; Kldd Drawn .Steel
Company, Alllqulppa, $50,000; The
People's Specialty Store Company,
Scranton, $10,000; Fromlte Labora
tories Company, Pittsburgh, $7,600;
Antler Realty Co., Pittsburgh, $5,000;
Balrd Realty Co., Pottsville, $27,000;
Isle of Pines Grove Co., Pittsburgh,
$5,000; Fleck Brothers Co., plumbing,
etc., Philadelphia, $10,000; Electric City
Throwing Co., 8cranton, $50,000;
Franklin Worsted Co., Philadelphia,
$25,000; Frlti Carburetor Co., Norrls
town, $70,000.
Charters were also Issued to the Lip
ptneott, Tlnlcum and New Center
Mutual Building and Loan Association,
Philadelphia, capital of each, $1,000,
600. Camp Plant Abandoned.
Announcement was rondo at the
Capitol that plans for the camp of in
struction for medical officers and non
commissioned officers of the National
Ouard to have been held at Fort Myer,
Va., had been abandoned because medi
cal officers on duty at that fort have
been ordered to Southern posts. Forty
Ore officers and non-commissioned of
ficers had arranged to attend from this
State,
Latest NewsHappeningsGather
.ed From Here and There.
TOLD IN SHORT PARAGRAPHS
Ashland To Improve the Water Supply
At a Cost Of $50,000 Young Son
Of Mrs. Bush Drowned In
Gas Plant Race.
Benjamin Waip, a Civil War veteran,
died at his home at Catasauqua, of
paralysis.
Borough Council, of Ashland, has de
cided to Improve the water supply sys
tem at a cost of not less than $50,000.
The commencement exercises of the
Iloneybrook High School were held
and nine students graduated.
Nearly 100 pounds of brass was
stolen from the American Dyewood
Company's plant, Chester.
The body of Stephen Coltis, of Coal
port, who was drowned In the Packer
Dam a month ago, was found on the
breast of the Mauch Chunk Dam.
Grant Holler died at the Coaldale
Hospital of Injuries received when he
was squeezed between cars at No
colliery.
Camp No. 112. P. O. S. of A., of
Shenandoah, celebrated Its forty-fifth
anniversary with an entertainment and
banquet.
Lamokln Tribe, Improved Order of
Red Men, celebrated Its twenty-sixth
anniversary with a musical and liter
ary entertainment at Cheater.
The thirtieth anniversary of Lin
wood Lodge, Knights of Pythias, was
celebrated at the headquarters of the
organization in Marcus Hook.
J. Jeremiah Snyder, an Allentown
lawyer and newspaper man, spoke at
Muhlenberg College on "The Making
of a Newspaper."
John B. Stuart, for forty years mas
ter car builder for the Leblgh Valley
Railroad Company, died at hit home in
Allentown.
William Walters, of West Chester,
has been appointed local officer of the
Pennsylvania Society for the Preven
tlon of Cruelty to Animals.
Prizes were awarded Miss Anna
Oswald, Joseph Kleckner, Joseph
Brockmnn and Paul Memmert, who
were declared the four best debaters
In the Nazareth high school.
The Business Men's Association of
West Chester, has been reorganized as
the WeBt Chester Board of Trade, and
membership will not be conlined to
merchants only.
The Borough Council of West Ches
ter has appropriated $200 to the G. A.
R. posts and similar organizations, to
aid in defraying the Memorial Day ex
penses. Rattlesnake venom as a cure for
epilepsy was ndvocated by Dr. Henry
Dowllng Jordan In a paper read before
the Lehigh County Medical Society at
Allentown.
The Keystone Fire Company bought
from the estate of Mrs. Sarah Binder
a plot of ground, at Uoyertown, upon
which they will erect a two-story Ore
house. The large barn on the farm of Nath
aniel Snyder, of near Hetzel's Church,
was totally destroyed by Ore, caused
by lightning. The loss is ovor $3,000,
partly covered by Insurance.
The annual outing of the Berks
County Medical Society will be held
July 14, and the members of the
Lebanon County Medical Society will
be the special guests.
On May 22 voters of New Philadel
phia will decide at a special election
whether to increase the town's bonded
debt, by $20,000 for street Improve
ment and arching Silver Creek.
At a reunion of the members of the
Allentown Boys' Brigade, former As
semblyman Claude T. Reno, presiding,
loving cup was presented to William
McCormlck, of Reading, who organized
It twenty years ago.
Christopher Qulnn, who was one of
Muhlenberg's best bootball players,
now. a mill manager at Paterson, and
Miss Susie Carey were married In the
Church of the Immaculate Concep
tion, Allentown.
Reginald Bush, five years old, son
of Mrs. Ida Bush, of Stroudsburg, was
drowned in the tall race of a gas plant.
He and his brothers, Waldo and
Melvin, had been plnylng along the
race.
Eight hundred persons attended the
first performance of "Pinafore," given
under the auspices of the Chester New
Century Club, for the benefit of the
Chester and Crozer Hospitals and the
Chester Playgrounds Association.
Golden Eagles to MeetatLeban
on Next Year.
KILLED BY MINE CARS
Hurt In Umbrella Duel; Church Leader
May Die Allentown Shriners Fall
To Get Temple Inspector Of
Bridget Named.
Hurt In Umbrella Duel.
Allentown. Alexander Machlbuta
lies In the Allentown Hospital in
critical condition from a wound in his
lung, inHcted, It Is chnrged, by the
steel point of Nicholas Krastlschln's
umnreiia. Krastischin Is locked up
pending the result of his alleged vic
tim's injuries, which the surgeons say
are fatal. A Northampton church is
divided in two factions, it is said, and
me men involved in the affair are
looked upon us leaders of the rival
divisions. At the close of the services
the men met on the street, each carry
ing an umbrella, and a quarrel ensued
over property rights in the church and
on the question of proselytizing. The
men, who are said tc have been sol
diers, engaged in a duel, using their
umbrellas as swords. After many
thrusts were made and parried, Machl
buta fell when the point of the um
brella penetrated his right lung.
Fall To Get Tempi.
Allentown. The effort of the Allen
town delegation to get a temple of the
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for this
city met with failure at the imperial
council at Atlanta, Go. The appeal of
Allentown was as earnestly opposed
by Reading Shriners as It was prose
cuted by the nobles of Allentown. The
local delegation lost In committee and'
carried the fight to the floor of the
convention. '
The Allentown Shriners were'
fortlfled with a certified check for ten
thousand dollars to show their good,
faith. Tbey lost on the ground that to.
establish a new temple the consent of
the mother temple is necessary, and
this consent the majority of the mem
bers of Rajah Temple, of Reading, re
fused to give.
New Officers Installed.
York. Officers of the Grand Com
mandery, Knights of Malta were in
stalled at the closing session of the.
twenty-second annual convocation, and
commandery committees were ap-,
pointed by Grand Commander Harry
F. Fisher, of Braddock. Four new
grand officers were selected as fol
lows: Grand standard bearer, George
E. Orme, of McKees Rocks Command
ery, Pittsburgh; grand sword bearer,
J. Henry Miller, Noble Commandery,
York; grand first guard, E. K. Mer-
singer, Reading, and grand second
guard, W. E. Braunlich, North Side
Commandery, Pittsburgh.
Woman To Get $200,000.
Northumberland. Mrs. John Kane,
wife of a real estate salesman who
worked for a local lot soiling agency at
$15 a week, several months ago took
options on 300 acres of whnt was be
lieved to be oil or gas bearing lands,
near RIdgeway, In Elk county. The
(Iyer cost $50, she said. Last week a
test well wna sunk on the land adjoin
ing her lease, and a gas gusher was
struck. She sold part of it for $500
an acre, and received an offer that will
net her about $200,000. This, she says.
she will accept as soon as the details
can be arranged.
Leavea $200,000 Estate.
Allentown. In the will of Miss Kate
Orlm, of this city, probated here,
bequests are made to local charities as
follows: Allentown Hospital, $2,000;
St. John's Lutheran Church, Muhlen
berg College, Young Men's Cblrstlan
Association, Young Woman's Ghrls-
tlon Association, Good Shepherd Home,
$1,000 each; Reserve Mission and
Day Nursery, $500 each. The re
mainder of $200,000 1b divided among
relatives.
Inspector Of Bridget Named.
Norristown. The County Commis
sioners have created a new Job. It Is
Inspector of Roads and Bridges. The
salary Is $120 a month. The first in
cumbent is Frank Raab, of Moreland.
The proposition was made by James
Krewson, of Cheltenham. He wat
supported by another Old York Road
resident, Harman Y. Bready. A. Fred
Taylor, of Snnatoga, opposed the move.
Two Killed In Mines.
Shenandoah. Andrew Pantonls,
forty years old, and Joseph Yetcavage,
twenty-five years old, were killed at
Maple Hill and Shenandoah City col
lieries respectively by falling coal.
Golden Eaglet To Meet At Lebanon.
Lancaster. The Grand Castle
Knights of the Golden Eagle concluded
Its business here and adjourned.
Lebanon was selected as the place for
next year's meeting.
Killed By Mine Cart.
Shamokin. Enoch Locosky, twenty
years old, of Kulpmont, employed at
the Scott shaft, was killed when he
stepped In front of a trip of wagons.
Washington, D. C. The United
States has demanded of the Huerta
Government news of the fate of Private
Parks, the Amorican infantryman who
strayed into Mexico lines near Vera
Cruz, declaring that unless information
about him was given immediately the
American Government would consider
that "an unfriendly and hostile act"
bad been committed in violation of the
understanding for a cessation of war
like moves pending mediation.
President Wilson and Secretary
Bryan, drafted a strong communica
tion after receiving word from the
Brazilian Minister in Mexico City that
Parks had been "executed."
No mention was made in the Minis
ter'a report of whether he was shot as
a spy after a court-martial or whether
his body was burned, as has been per
sistently reported to General Funston
The American Government cabled the
Brazilian Minister to inform the
Huerta Government of the strong feel
ing of the United States in the mat
ter, directing him to make vlgorou
representations concerning the inci
dent
The note asked the Minister to pro
test to the Huerta Government that if
Parks were alive the failure to explain
his whereabouts was in Itself an un
friendly attitude, and that If the sol
dler has been executed, as hns been
reported, such execution of a mnn who
came into the Mexican lines in full
uniform was contrary to military pro
cedure of civilized nations and an act
of hostility.
No mention was made In the Ameri
can note of the course the United
States intends to pursue in the mat
ter, but an official close to the Presi
dent said it was one of the things
which would be held up against the
Huerta government when the final
reckoning came over the offenses com
mitted against the United States.
The three South American mediators
had reeclved no communication from
the United States about the Parks
incident and persons In the confidence
of the President said the affair prob
ably would not interfere with the be
ginning of the mediation proceedings
though It wat recalled in many quar
ters that the United States accepted
the tender of good offices with the
reservation that no hostile acts toward
Americans should occur while the
negotiations were in progress.
BALTIMORE'S BIGGEST EVENT.'
Star-Spangled Banner Centennial Will
Be Greatest In Its History.
Baltimore is working to make its
Star-Spangled Banner Centennial the
greatest celebration in its history. It
will open on September Bth and con
tlnulng for a week will have something
going on every hour. President Wood-
row Wilson is the honorary president
and Mayor James II. Treston, presi
dent of the Centennial Commission,
while Its committee are mado up of the
most prominent and active men of the
city. Nearly a million dollars will be
spent on the parades, historic pageants
and illuminations.
MISSIONARY WILL NOT LEAVE.
She
Would Save School
Bombardment.
and Riskt
Juarez, Mexico. Miss Ida Ilnyes, of
Waco, Texns, a Baptist missionary,
will be In Saltlllo when tho Constitu
tionalists' attack is begun, according
to word received here. Miss Hayes Is
director of the Mudero Institute, a
school for girls nt Saltlllo, and has re
fused to leave, although warned by the
American Consul. She fears that If
she abandons the Institute It will be
used by the Federals as a barracks
and probably be destroyed in the fight
ing.
TRAIN KILLS AUTOISTS.
Three Meet Death In Crash
Near
Edwardsvllle, til.
St Louis. Three persons were kill
ed at Kaufman, 111., 11 miles cast of
Edwardsvllle, 111., when an automobile
In which they were riding was struck
by a Toledo, St. Louis and Western
train. StuckwlBch was a bookkeeper
in a mill at Marine, 111. With his wlfo
and brother-in-lnw he had started for
an automobile ride to Jacksonville, 111.
WHOLE FAMILY IS MURDERED.
Mother, Brother and Sister of Politician
Found Dead By Neighbors.
Ironton, Ohio. Mrs. Matilda Masslo,
70 years old; her son, Harry, 35, and
her daughter, Mary, 30, were found by
neighbors dead, apparently murdered,
at their home at Greasy Ridge, 25
miles north of here. The dead are
mother, brother and sister of W.
E. Massle, prominent Democratic
politician and State taxing official. A
farmhand is said to be missing.
632 AMERICANS WILL STAY.
Register At the Brazilian Legation In
Mexico City.
Mexico City. Six hundred and
thirty-two names of Americans who in
tend to remain in Mexico were regis
tered at the Brazilian Legation. It 1b
possible that some of these will leave
the capital later. The names of 100
Americans have been signed to a list
at the American Club for passage by a
special American train to Puerto M ex
loo, but this cannot leave until next
week.
(Copyright.)
TEH KILLED Bf
ACIOJXPLOSI
Four Others Taken From Debris
May Die.
BUILDING OBLITERATED
Most Of Victims Were Chemists
At Mexican Crude Rubber
Company's Plant, In
Detroit
Detroit. Ten men, most of them
chemists, were killed by the explosion
of acid and chemicals in the mixing
room of the Mexican Crude Rubber
Company, on the West Side here. Four
other employes, removed from the
steaming debris, were taken to a hos
pital and all may die. Two men were
less seriously hurt The building.
one-story structure of solid concrete
and cement, wat almost obliterated
Other buildings within a radius of a
mile were more or less damaged. The
loss was estimated at $50,000.
Among those who escaped were John
II. Evans, superintendent, and John C
Treadwell, manager of the plant.
Just what caused the explosion prob
ably will never be known. In the
mixing room was a large vat of molten
rubber being prepared by a secret pro
cess, witnout a moments warning
the building was torn to pieces. Every
man who was in the mixing room at
that moment was killed.
Masses of cement and concrete were
found several blocks from the scene of
the explosion. Nearby buildings were
battered by the hall of flying stone and
hundreds of windows broken. Several
pedestrians bad narrow escapes. A
short distance from the rubber factory
was the plant of the Commerce Motor
Car Company, which was badly dam
aged. The company manufactured imita
tion leather and it is understood that
ether and other explosives were used
in large quantities. Because of the
secret process of preparing the crude
rubber, employes were not allowed to
leave their department to enter other
parts of the plant Few of the em
ployes knew each other and it was
some timo before the victims were
identified.
WILL LAND WITHOUT UPROAR.
No Public Welcome Is Desired By
Members Of Roosevelt Family.
Now York. Despite the fact that
George W. Tcrklns has received sug
gestions from all parts of the country
for a big "welcome-homo" demonstra
tion on the return of Colonel Roose
velt from South America this week,
there will be no public reception for
the Colonel. This was said to bo due
to the wishes of the family, who plnn
to take Colonel Roosevelt from the
steamship in the harbor and go to
Oyster Bay in a tug or yacht.
McREYNOLDS' AID QUITS.
Joseph R. Darling To Take Up Work
With Corporations.
Washington, D. C Joseph R. Dnr-
llng, who for five years has been
special agent of the Department of
Justice and prepared for the Govern
ment the evidence in Important anti
trust cases, resigned to take up work
with corporations. At the request of
Attorney-General MeReynolds. Mr.
Dnrllng remained with the department
until tho cases agaln.fi the Motion
Picture Trust and the Harvester
Trust were completed.
MINE OWNERS GIVEN 15 DAYS.
Unless Properties Are Reopened Mexi
can! Will Seize Them,
El Paso, Texas. Unless American
and other foreign mine owners return
to the Parral district and reopen their
properties within 15 days the mines
will be seized and operated for the
benefit of the Mexican people, accord
ing to a notice said to have been issued
by Gen. Luis Herrera, Jefe de las annas
of the Parral district, word of which
has reached mining men here.
SOUND ADVERTISING AN AID.
Does Not Lead To Destruction Of
Saving Instinct.
Lawrence. Kan. "Sound adverda.
lng does not lead to the destruction of
the saving Instinct ot the American
people nor to the recuess spending of
their money. It leads to Intelligent
and rational spending." This state
ment was made in a paper by Irvln S.
Cobb, magazine writer, read at the
session of the National Newspaper
Conference at the University of
Kansas.
FOREIGNERS PRESS
FOR COMPENSATION
Constitutionalists Flooded With
Claims For Indemnity.
FORCED LOANS MUST BE PAID
The Spanish Ambassador Asks Bryan
What Can Be Done For 800 Span
lardt Ejected From Torreon
By Rebels.
Washington, D. C A phase of the
complicated Mexican situation that at
tracts much attention in ofilclal circles
here was the embarrassmont which
success brings to the Constitutionalists
In the form of demands for compensa
tion for losses to foreigners within
their sphere of Influence, which foreign
governments are pressing with lncreas
lng force tle further the Constitu
tlonallsts establish themselves as re
sponsible masters of Northern Mexico,
Spain takes a particular interest in
this question of compensation, many
Spanish subjects having submitted
complaints against Carranza and his
subordinates for confiscation or de
struction of their property, forced
loans, Imprisonment or ejection from
the country.
The Spanish Ambassador called at
the State Department to see what
could be done for 800 Spaniards ejected
by the Constitutionalists from Tor
reon. He also has a bill to present for
$20,000,000 worth of Spanish-owned
cotton, alleged to have been confiscated
by the Constitutionalists at Torreon
Diplomatic and legal measures to
prevent the export and sale of the
confiscated cotton are preparatory to
steps to secure either the return of
the cotton to the original owners or
payment for it. It was declared in
diplomatic quarters that no market for
this cotton could be found in Europe
even should the Constitutionalists at
tempt to export it from Tamplco.
"Forced Loans."
"Forced loans," levied upon foreign
era in Mexico, furnish further occa
sion for Btrong diplomatic representa
tions the nearer General Carranza
comes to establishing a government to
which such representations can be ad
dressed with prospects of success.
The case of William S. Benton, the
British subject killed at Juarez, also
looms threateningly on the Constitu
tlonnllst horizon.
Though much interested here In the
sudden displacement of General Maas
in command of the Federal forces out
side of Vera Cruz the War Depart
ment has been unable to procure any
adequate explanation, and General
Funston reported that even at Vera
Cruz tho reason for this change i3 un
known.
Oil Protection.
The American government has
begun representations to the Constitu
tionalists to secure protection for the
American and other foreign operatives
returning to the oil wells, the Ameri
can warships have gone up the Panuco
River to their old stations before the
town and a return of normal condi
tions is confidently expected by offi
cials here.
FOR SCHOOL SAVINGS BANKS.
New
York Children To Be
Made
Thrifty and Wise.
New York. To make school children
thrifty as well as wise, the Board of
Education here has adopted a resolu
tion providing for the establishment of
savings banks in the public schools.
PREACHER GOES TO PRISON.
White Given Six Montht For Anti-
Rockefeller Demonstration!
New York. Bouck White. nnrvnrii
graduate, author and socialist preacher,
was sontenced to six months In the
workhouse for havlnsr dlstnrhpH
services at Calvary Baptist Church on
Sunday night John D. Rocke fpllnr
and his son are members of this church,
ana White had entered the edifice with
a number of followers as a. nrnioi
against the Colorado mine strike.
CHARLES H. HIX RESIGNS.
Norfolk Southern President Sayt He
Needt Rett.
Norfolk, Va. Thirty-three vein
a railroad man is enough for Charles
II. Hlx, president of the Norfolk South
ern. He has tendered his reslcnntlnn
to take effect May 15. From New
York he sent a telegram tellln vh
he resigned. "I have been in the rail
road business for S3 years," it reads,
and I am tired and need a rest." Mr.
Hlx wat elected president of the Nor.
folk Southern on November 1, 1912.
Washington, D. C For the (U.
time In the world history waiirboit
traffic Is now passing through the Pu
ama Canal.
As a matter of fact, according ton,
Panama Railroad reports, the ferrin
actually began May 11, and a Mtj
stream or oarges is now inm
tnrougn tne canal.
The tremendous congestion In lute
oceanic commerce caused by susm
sion of service on the Tehuantepti
railroad in Southern Mexico as an itu.
dent to the rebellion brought abou;
this rather premature opening of Ut
canal to trade. Several of tho gret
freight liners, which In conjunctly
with the similar service on the J'acltt
maintained trade lines between i:uro
and the far East via Tehuantewt
have recently appeared at Colon am
Panama offering cargoes for tram
mlpmont overland far beyond u
capacity of the Panama Itallroat
Finding that Col. Goethals was willim
to assist them by clearing an aili quai
channel for barges, at least tiirouf.
the Cucharacba slide, the coiunati
secured a lot of the barges that hat)
been used for harbor purposes i;
Colon and Panama and established thii
service as an overflow to assist u
ailroad In meeting the trade (l-inandi
Col. Goethals has not yet rportK
to Washington Just when tho cam:
will be opened to merchant shippini
Tilt the understanding here Is that tb
waterway is practically finished act
Hint even now there is a Miflidm
channel through the Culebra cut to:
almost any warship or liner, and that
it Is only from a desire to avoid a po!
;IMo serious accident through an ut
expected renewal of tho earth movt-
ments in the cut that Col. GoetMi
has determined to allow a period (o:
observation before actually optnini
the canal. 1
It is understood thnt this hare nn-
ice 1b to be operated on about 12 noun'
jchedule from the Atlantic to tb
Pacific, which allows about an liour'i
delay In each of the locks.
CAVALRY CAMP OPENS JULY 10.
Three Regiments Will Hold Mantu-
vert At Wlnchetter.
Winchester, Va. The Second Cat-
airy, now at Fort Ethan Allen, Ver
mont, will break camp there in a da;
or two and begin its march to Win
chester for the summer maneuver!,
reaching here on July 10. The regi
ment will have its own band, 40 con-
missioned officers, 750 enlisted met.
500 mules and horses, wp.gons and
other equipment. It has also bw
learned that the Fifth Regiment
Cavalry, now at a northern fort, will
arrive in Winchester about the saw
time, and another regiment not as )
designated, with some artillery and
machine gun platoons, is expected.
SCRAP IN BRYAN'S OFFICE.
Conner, Dismissed Consul, In Fit
Fight With Clerk.
Washington, D. C The dove ol
peace in the office of Secretary of .tati
Bryan was rudely disturbed whn
Jacob E. Conner, formerly consul it
St. Petersburg, and Frank N. Ilauskett,
Secretary Bryan's confidential clerk,
engaged in a list fight, Mr. Conner ob-
ected to being delayed in Setretarj
Bryan's ante room while other visitors
saw the Secretary and engaged In
argument with Bauskett which d
veloped Into a physical encounter.
WOMEN "COPS" FOR SALEM.
They Used To Take Care Of HouM,
Mayor Sayt.
Salem, Mass. Salem is to have t
policewomen appointed to the fon
Mavor Hurley said: "In our crand-
mothers' day women took cnie of 0
house. But today we can use womrt
cops "
ANOTHER TONGUE IS ADDED.
Bunyan'e "Pllgrlm't Progress' Now
Printed In 115 Languages.
London. Bu'nvan's "Merlin's Vtf
ress" has lust been printed in"
Swahlli language, making the
hundred and fifteenth distinct wwu
lu which It has been published to date.
BOMB THROWN INTO HOUSE.
Three Women Injured and One Maf
Lote Her Sight.
Kingston. N. Y. A bomb thro
mysteriously into a bedroom occupy
hi, AT wa narurln Ulnnlilnv nlld htt
daughters exploded and seriously in
jured two of them. One of the daugh
ters, Violet Wlnchell, escaped unuu.-
. i r TTI.rtHi-. V
oui me omer, i.eun iii..w ,
badly hurt, and Mrs. Hinckley recei"
injuries which may result m u"
ness.
NINE VICTIMS NOW.
Enotneer Smith. Of the Steamer
J
feraan. t Dead.
,
Norfolk, Va. Assistant Engine' "j
B. Smith died here of injuries receti
In the explosion in the enS.ne-rM
the Old Dominion steamer Jen"
off Cape Henry, Monday nlht,cUrf
makes the ninth victim. "
Engineer Portlock 1b in a aeriow
ditlon here.
For every 1,000 males emplo 11
New Jersey there are 276 fewah