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They Get Across the German
Lines of Communication.
Reports of Big Servian Victories
Deprecated.
(Latent Summary.)
Defeat of the south wing of the Rus
sian Army In West Gallcia Is an
nounced at Vienna. Tbe announce
ment states that the Russians, defeat
ed In a battle at Llmonovo, wore com
pelled to retreat, and that the Aub
trlans are pursuing.
Continued successes by tho Servians
against the Austrlans are reported
from Nlsh, but a seml-offlclal state
ment at Vienna, while admitting the
retirement of the Austrian right wing,
ays the Servian claims are exag
gerated. The Russian General Staff an
nounce: "In tbe Mlawa region we have
brought our offensive to a successful
conclusion on the whole front."
Capture of 11.000 prisoners by Cer
man troops which successfully stormed
several Russian positions In North
Poland 1b announced at Berlin.
German attacks at the two extremes
of the Allies' front one northeast of
Yprrs, jn Belgium, and tho other at
Aspaeh,' In Alsace are announced by
the French War Office, which says the
attacks wore repulsed.
Imjiortant gains by the Allies are
claimed. In a communication from the
French War Office, to have been made
In the woods of La Tretre.
An rttack by tho French over a large
front by the way of Clrey is reported
from German headquarters. The state
ment says the Fronch lost 600 prison
ers and many killed and wounded In
this engagement.
Italy has made a demand upon Tur
key for public satlHfaction for the vio
lation of the Italian consulate at
Hodelda.
The cruiser Dresden, the only Ger
man warship which has survived the
battle off the Falkland Islands, Is re
ported to have arrived at Punta
Arenas, on the Strait of Magellan.
GOVERNMENT IN PARIS.
French President, Parliament and
Cabinet Return From Bordeaux.
Tarls. With the return to Paris
from Bordeaux of President Polncare,
the members of the Cabinet and Par
liament and the diplomatic corps re
newed precautions have been taken
to protect the city from raids by hos
tile aviators. I
A Cabinet council was held at the !
Palace of the Elysee, the first to meet
here since September 3, on which date ,
the Government left for Bordeaux
when the Invaders were within 20
miles of the capital. The utmost
cheerfulness prevailed at the session,
a singular contrast to the Intense
anxiety shown at the last previous
meeting In Paris.
Four hundred thousand youths of
19 and 20 years, forming tbe class of
1915, went Into training in military In
struction camps and barracks through
out France. Having had preliminary
drills at homo, they will be ready for
the spring campaign.
Services of prayer for the soldiers
In the field are being held dally lu
churches throughout France. These
services are attended by extraor
dinarily large numbers of families of
the men at the front
BELGIAN RESERVISTS CALLED.
Consul Throughout United State
Issue 6ummon.
St. Louis. All Belgian reservist In
fit. Louis belonging to the classes of
1899 to 1913, Inclusive, were railed to
the colors by the Belgian Consul here.
Similar calls are being sent out by
Belgian consul In every American
city. Those belonging to the class of
1914, which Is comprised of youths
now 19 years old, also were Instructed
to communicate with the Consul. The
Consul has further asked that all Bel
gians in this district between tho ages
of 18 and 30 communicate with him at
oon a possible.
80,000 HORSES FOR GERMANY,
Dallas Also Hear 12,000 Mule Are
Negotiated For.
Dallas, Texas. Negotiations for the
purchase of 30,000 homes and 12,000
mules, which It Is said are to be sent
to Germany, are under way In Texas,
according to an announcement here.
It was stated that the animals are to
be shipped from this State to Genoa,
Italy, but local dealers expressed the
belief that they would be forwarded
from there to Germany. It was said
European agents would spend $3,000,
000 for Texas horses and mule.
KING PETER GOES TO FRONT.
Led By Him, Servian Take Firmer
Stand Against Austrian.
London. King Peter of Servla, who
has- been 111 for many months, has
assumed command of the Servian
Army and, according to a NlHh report,
has checked the advance of the Aus
trlans, Inflicting heavy louses on them.
Tbe Austrian reply to this Is that "the
occupation of Belgrade necessitates
tl.e regrouping of our troops."
TURKS REPORT SUCCESSES.
ay They Have Occupied Important
Russian Point.
Constantinople, via London. An
official rtatemcnt says:
"Near Adjara we have gained new
successes over tho Russians, capturing
eannon and ammunition.
"The Russian a.tacks east of Like
Van (Kurdistan) have been unsucci)
ful. Our troops cdvanclng from
Revanduz have occupied Soujbulak, an
Important Russian point of support In
the Province of Aaerbaljan."
BUT AT HEAVY COS
ADMIRAL
VON 5PEE
FLAGSHIP
TRAPPED
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German Undersea Boats M .ke Attack b the Dark on tie Admiralty
Harbor, Dover, England, and Are Repelled by Fire From All the Forts
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KAISER'S ARMIES CLOSE IN ON WARSAW
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London. The Russian official state
mcnt announces that the German at
tacks .at Mlawa have been repulsed
and that tho Russian troops by a coun-'
ter attack gained considerable ground.
Seven German attack on Lowlcx were
repulsed and great losses wore Inflict
ed on the Kaiser's troops. Tbe state
ment adds that the Russian offensive
south of Cracow continues and that
2,000 prisoners have been taken.
The official statements given out in
I'arls again report gains by the Allies
at numerous points on the battle front.
The German occupied part of a line
of trenches In a fierce attack on Ypres,
but a short time later the Allies recap
tured the lost ground. The occupation
of Aspach railway station In AUace by
the French Is also announced.
The German War Otllce reports pro
gress In Flanders and successful at
tacks on the Allies' lines to tbe east
and went of the Argonne. The offen
sive In northern Flanders Is reported
to he progressing.
The Servians continue to pursue tho
retreating Austrlans, according to an
official stattment given out In Nlsh.
The Austrian have lost thousands of
men and are harassed by the Servians,
who are pressing the enemy back on
Belgrade.
The Secretary of the British Admir
alty has received a cable from Vlce
Admlral Sturdee of the British squad
ron stating that the British casualties
i n vol hntt!n totalled seven men
killed and four wounded. No officers, ;
the dispatch nays, were either Kiuea
or wounded. The Germans lost upward
of 2.000 men, according to the reports.
The German cruiser Dresden suc
ceeded In reaching the Argentine port
of Santa Crux and Is Interned there,
badly damaged, rays a cable from
Montevideo. An earlier report de
clared she had been overtaken and
sunk, as was the Nurnberg.
Artillery continues to play the main
role frcm Arras southeast along the
Alsne to the Argonne where there Is
tierce Infantry fighting with varyln?
results.
German forces are gradually closing
In on Warsaw, despite desperato re
sistance by the Russians, if the latest
reports from the fighting line In the
east are to be depended upon.
r.on vnn Mnckensen's army Is driv
ing ahead along the railroad east of
Lowlcz and Is paid to be only a score
of miles from the Polish capital. Forty
miles north 'of Warsaw, Gen. von
Francois Is slowly lighting hi w
south. At other points along the
semicircular defense line, which
stretches south nearly to Cracow the
struggle Is fierce, with no definite re
sults. Victories In western Gallcia over
ii, a nninn continue to be reported
from Vienna, but nothing la given out
about the Austrian defeats In Servia.
200,000 MEN LOST IN BATTLE
FOR POSSESSION OF LODZ.
London. Two hundred thousand
men, at the lowest estimate, have fall
en In the battles near Lodx.
The Bourse Gazette estimate the
German casualties In this region at
one hundred thousand, and say the
percentage of loss, among the com
manders and commissioned officers Is
particularly high.
These estimate are based on the
fifty-five mile battle front around Lodx.
No figures of losses are available for
the remainder of the three hundred
mile line along which at times, the
fighting has been as desperate In char
acter as that at tbe more central point
of contact.
Berlin Encouraged.
Berlin. An army headquarters
statement says:
In Northern Poland the Ger
man troop are closely pursuing
the retreating enemy to the east
and to the south of Lodx. Besides
the extraordinarily large and an
gulnary losses reported, the Rus
sians have lost about 1.500 prls
onerB and blxteen cannon with
ammunition carts.
Much encouragement has been de
rived here from the recent Russian
reports, which are considered much
less confident in tone than formerly.
If an Investment of Warsaw Bhould
result from the present operations,
military men say It will deprive Rus
sia of a most Important centre of rail
way rninmiHI CH Lions and place the
Russians In a serious position.
NO CHRISTMAS WAR TRUCE.
Russia Decline to Accept Plan Pro
posed by the Pope.
Borlln, (by wireless to Sayvllle, N.
Y.) The proposal of Pope Benedict
for a truce among the warring nations
during the Christmas holiday Is said
by the Official Press Bureau to have
been declined by Russia.
The Tress Bureau previously an
nounced that Germany was willing to
agree to a Christmas truce, provided
the other nation at war gave their
assent.
AUSTRIA WINNING IN GALICIA.
Report Success In Operation Against
Puislan.
Washington. The Austro-IIungarlan
Fmhaspy received the following offi
cial Btatement from Vienna. No men-
! tlnn la mado of the Servian campaign
"In west Galacla our attacks are
continuing uninterrupted. Hostllo at
tacks In the neIhborhood of Petrokow
have failed. The tenacity of the Aus-tro-IIimgarlon-Cierman
offensive con
tinues. Our troops captured 2,800
Runs Ian. "
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FLEET IS
OFF
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London. The British Admiralty an
nounced that the German cruiser
squadron under Vlce-Admiral Coiiiit
von Spee, which sank the cruisers
Good Hope and Monmouth off tbe
Chilean coast on November 1, was de
feated by a British fleet under Rear
Admiral Sir Frederick Sturdee off the
Falkland Islands In the South Atlan
tic. Three German vessels, the flag
ship Scharnhorst, the Gnelsenau and
the Leipzig, were sent to the bottom.
The Admiralty report follows:
At .7:30 a. ni., on the 8th of De
cember, the Scharnhorst, Gnelse
nau, Nurnberg, Leipzig and Dres
den were sighted off the Falkland
Islands by a British equadron
under Rear Admiral Sir Frederick
Sturdee.
An action followed, In tho
course of which the 8charnhorst,
flying the flag of Admiral Count
von Spee; the Gnelsenau and the
Leipzig were sunk.
The Dresden and the Nurnberg
made off, following tbe action.
Two colliers wore also captured.
Rear Admiral Sturdee reports
that the British casualties were
very few in number and that some
survivors were rescued from the
GnelRenau and the Leipzig.
Tbe fight w-as a replica of the meet
ing off the Chilean coast when Sir
Christopher Cradock led bis squadron
Into disaster and went down with the
Monmouth and the Good Hope, with
the exception that on this occasion the
British guns outranged the German.
The statement makes reference to
some survivor rescued from the Gnel
senau and the Leipzig, but no mention
Is made of any of the crew of the
Scharnhorst, which wa the flagship of
the German admiral, being taved, and
It Is thus presumed that Count von
Spee, his officers and men went down
lighting.
The engagement, one of the greatest
that has ever been fought between
modern warships, lasted only five
hours. The Scharnhorst went down
at the end of three hours and the
Gnelsenau followed Admiral von
Spee'B flagship went to the bottom two
hour later. The fighting b!,'nn at
7:03 o'clock In the morning and by
12:30 the dangerous unit of the Ger
man squadron had been disposed of.
That left an afternoon of daylight for
the British light cruisers to chase the
the Leipzig, the Nurnberg and the
Dresden.
FOURTH GERMAN CRUISER SUNK.
London. The German cruiser Nurn
berg, which withdrew from the naval
battle off the Falkland Islands and at
tempted to make her escape In com
pany with the cruiser DreBden, was
sunk the same day.
While the British warships under
Vice Admiral Sir Frederick Boveton
Sturdee were sinking the cruiser
Scharnhorst, Gnelsenau and Leipzig
detached units of the English fleet
hunted down the fleeing cruisers and
sent the Nurnberg to the bottom.
This Information was contained In a
Btatement of the British Official Pros
Bureau.
RUSSIANS IN FULL RETREAT
IN HUNGARY, BUDAPEST 8AY9
Budapest (via London). An official
communication Issued here says:
The enemy who entered the
counties of Saros and Mlemplin
In Hungary are everywhere In full
retreat Our troops are already
In Gallclan territory at several
points. Only two or three com
munities In Hungarian territory
are In the hands of the enemy.
PITH OF THE
I WAR NEWS
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5iiiiiiniiuiuHiiiiiiimiiM!iiiminiiiiiiiiiitiintiimimminimiiiiiimiiiiiimmi,3
Of the five Auetro-German column
which for several day appeared to
be making steady progress In their
Invasion of Poland three have suffer
ed check, says the official report
from Russian headquarter.
The Servian have regained most of
their territory toward the Bosnian
frontier, and they also have defeat
ed the Austrlans advancing from the
north.
Up to December 8 the Servians had
captured about 25,000 prisoner, 115
gun of all kinds and great quanti
ties of war material and ammuni
tion. Six German submarines raided the Ad
miralty Harbor at Dover, England.
One wa declared to have been cunk
by the fort and other hit. No
damage wa don to the British war
ship at anchor.
Berlin announced the capture of Przas
nysz, Indicating that the advance on
Warsaw from the north Is gaining
In strength,
French aviator dropped sixteen bomb
on Freiburg, In the Grand Duchy
of Baden. Berlin claim no damage
wa done and complain of the act
being "outside the range of op
eration." The German warship Scharnhorst,
Gnelsenau and Dresden were unk
by a British squadron off the Falk
land Islands, in the South Atlantic,
with a loss of 1,825 men.
The official Pari report claimed ad
vances by the French alo.g the Air
ne, on the Heights of the Meuse am.'
in Argonne, In fact, along the entire
line.
Nicholas Ahlers, former Germrn Con
sul In Sunderland Borough and a
naturalized citizen of Great Britain,
was conv cted of high treason and
sentenced to death for aiding Ger
man reseivlsts to oet hark home.
WHEN
SOUTH
RIG
GOETHALS GALLS
0
WARSHIPS
Wants Destroyers Sent to
Canal Zone.
WIRELESS MAY BE CAUSE
Officials Believe That Canal Governor
Ha Had Trouble Preserving
Neutrality In the
Zone.
Washington, D. C Colonel Goethal
nas requested that destroyers be sent
to the Canal Zone Immediately, but no
specific explanation of tbe need for
naval vessel there wa Included In
the message. A reply asking for this
explanation wa ent at once.
Officials believe the Canal Governor
has experienced some difficulty In pre
serving the complete neutrality of the
zone and Its territorial water. Many
hips belonging to belligerent nation
are In the vicinity, and It I thought
possible Colonel Goethals has found
himself unable to check use of their
wireless plant within the three-mile
limit to convey Information to war
ships at sea.
With swift naval vessel to aid It
would be an easier matter to regulate
use of wireless.
Recent Activity Alarm.
Recent activity by British and Jap
anese warships In the vicinity of the
CanBl Zone, which followed the recent
disaster to the British fleet under Ad
miral Cradock, has given rise to some
concern here, although no specific re
ports of violation of neutrality have
been previously received so far as
known. Reports of wlreles Interrup
tion from Tanama have led to the be
lief that colliers and warships were
exchanging messages, which, If they
have not. otherwise been open to ob
jection, have hindered commercial use
of wireless to a considerable extent, It
Is said.
In view of Colonel Goethal' mes
sage, It Is believed code messages have
been picked up which disclosed that
to some extent the waters of the zone
have been made a base of operation
by one or both of the Allies fleet and
that the Governor wishes to establish
a patrol which will prevent further
violations of neutrality.
GOLD MEDAL TO WILSON.
President Remembered For Aid To
"Buy-a Bale" Cause.'
Washington, D. C To President
Wilson was presented a gold medal
Inscribed, "Neutrality and Humanity"
in recognition of his recent donation
to the Red Cross bazaar In New York
of a bale of cotton which he bought
to forward the "buy-a bale of cotton"
movement The medal was presented
by Edward P. V. Ritter, of New York,
on behalf of a committee Including
Senator Hoke Smith, of Georgia; Gov
ernor Glynn and Mayor Mltchel of New
York city.
INDIVIDUAL SUFFRAGE WORK.
Plan For Campaign In Four State
Are Worked Out
New York. In the campaign next
year for votes for women In the State
of Pennsylvania, New York, New Jer
sey and Massachusetts, the work will
be carried on along Individual lines ex
cept for an Interchange of speaker.
This decision was reached at a con
ference of suffrage worker from the
four State. The delegate said they
felt sure that the question of suffrage
would be submitted to the people next
year In each of the four campaign
States.
$1,803,923 FOR ACCIDENT8.
Thl Amount Paid Out In Five Year
By Government.
Washington. D. C A total of $1.
803.923 has been paid out by the Fed
eral Government during tho past five
years to more than 14,000 of it em
ployes who met with accident In the
course of their employment under the
Federal Compensation act of 1908. ac
cording to a report by the Bureau of
Labor Statistics. The act embraces at
the present time approximately 96.000
persons, of somewhat less than one
fourth of the civilian employes of the
United States.
NO MILITARY INVESTIGATION.
Gardner Plan Voted Down By House
Rule Committee.
Washington, D. C Representative
Gardner's demand for a hearing on hi
resolution for an Investigation Into tho
military preparedness of the country
was voted down by the House Rules
Committee by a straight party vote of
five to three. All the Democrats voted
against It
NO CHRISTMAS TRUCE.
Vatican Announce Failure Of Plan.
Russia Opposed It
Rome. The Vatican authorltle
made public a document setting forth
the effort made by the Pope to obtain
a truce In the European war during
the Christmas season. Tbe effort of
the Pontiff unfortunately failed, ac
cording to the Vatican announcement
"owing to the opposition of a certain
power."
MARINES BADLY ARMED.
Barnett Say HI Men Went To Vera
Cruz Poorly Equipped.
Washington, D. C MaJ.-Gen. George
Bnrnett, head of the Marine Corps, ad'
mltted to the House Naval Committee
that his marines had not sufficient
arms and munitions when they went
Into Vera Cruz. It was necessary to
make a rush purchase of 1.000 rifles
and ammunition.
An English railway, in 188, ran the
first smoking oar.
IS
AGAINST THE
Unchrlstlanlike to Stop War
Only Temporarily.
HE CALLS AT WHITE HOUSE
Hope World Will Be So Horrified
After War That Permanent
Peace Will Follow Before
' Very Long.
Washington, D. C Andrew Car
negie, a White House caller, expressed
decided opposition to a truce In the
European war during the Christmas
holidays. He declared that It would
be unchrlstlanlike and Immoral to
stop the fighting and then begin it
again. Ho added that he could not
believe that any nation which adopted
such a suggestion was doing It sin
eerely. Mr. Carnegie, after Attending a
meeting of the Carnegie Institution,
walked to and from tho White House
through a young snow torm. The
President was out Rolling. Mr. Car
negie praised Mr. Wilson's efforts in
behalf of peace.
Ready To Aid In Mediation.
Mr. Carnegie snid ho hoped that
the world would bo so horrified over
the war that permanent peaen would
follow. He said his peace founda
tion would continue Its work and that
hn believed, ultimately. International
arbitration would settle all disputes.
He declared children Bhould be taught
the horrors of war rather than
brought up to admire soldiers and
their deeds.
Mr. Carnegie showed some Interest
at a suggestion to tilm that he might
be called upon by tho President to
help bring about peace when tbe time
came.
"I will do anything I possibly can,"
he said. "I believe Mr. Wilson earn
estly desires peace and the entire
country should support him."
For the "men In the trenches" Mr.
Carnegie expressed greatest sym
pathy. EDISON PLANT BURNED.
Loss Put At $7,000,000, With $2,000,000
Insurance. ,
West Orange, N. J. Fire destroyed
virtually the entire main plant of the
Edison Company here, causing dam
age estimated at nearly $7,000,000,
with Insurance that is expected to re
duce the loss approximately $5,000,
000. . ,
An entire square block of modern
reinforced concrete buildings which
were supposed to be fireproof waa
burned out by the flames. The only
edifice saved in the block was the
laboratory, containing valuable scien
tific machinery under the Immediate
superintendence of the Inventor,
Thomas A. Edison. Especial efforts
were made to save this structure.
It is estimated that about 3,000 men
and women will be temporarily thrown
out of work because of the fire. In all
about 7,000 persons were employed at
the plant, but as tbe storage br.ttery
building, across the street from the
main plant, was saved, with other
buildings nearby, it will be possible to
keep something more than half the
force employed.
Four firemen were Injured and were
taken to a hospital, but are not
thought to be seriously hurt.
HANS SCHMIDT ASKS NEW TRIAL.
Doctor Now Declare Anna. Aumuller
Died Of Operation.
New York. A a basis for a motion
pleading that a new trial be granted
Hans Schmidt, the priest who mur
dered Anna Aumuller and then threw
her dismembered body Into the Hud
son river, hie attorney presented to
the Supreme Court affidavits signed by
physicians, which set forth that the
girl was killed by an operation and
not by cutting her throat, as Schmidt
said was tbe case. The affidavits
were those of Dr. Henry T. Cattell,
of the Presby'terlan Hospital of Phila
delphia, and Dr. Justin Herold, pro
fessor of medical Jurisprudence at
Fordham University. Decision on the
motion was reserved.
TWO SAVED FROM HANGING.
Negroes Were Ready for Execution
When Stay Arrived.
Starkvllle, Miss: Two negroes,
Henry ShrIs and Peter Behlon, con
victed of murder, were saved from
hanging here a few minutes before
the hour set for the execution, when
a stay on an appeal bond subscribed
by white cltlzenB, reached ihe her
1IT. A big crowd had gathered to see
the hanging, the negroes had put on
black robes, coffins had been brought
up before the gallows and tho sheriff
was forming the procession to the
scaffold when the stay was received.
FIRE DESTROYS VILLAGE.
Threj Live Lost In Flame In Owen
dale, Mich.
Vassar, Mich. Three lives were
lost in a fire which practically de
stroyed the village of Owendale, near
here. The dead are John Novlac, his
wife and son. Their bodies were
found In tbe ruins of their homo. The
property loss la estimated at $75,000.
8EVENTEEN HURT IN WRECK.
Passenger Train Derailed Near Joplln,
Missouri.
Joplln, Mo. Spreading rails caused
the wreck of St. Louis and San Fran
cIbco passenger train No. 9 nenr here,
according to statements by railroad
ufficlals. Of the 17 persons injured,
tnree, Mrs. Sarah Jackson, SIdnll, 111.;
J. C. Glover, Merdlan, Okla., and T. R.
Reynolds, of Coffeyville, Kan., are in
a local hospital in a critical condition.
None of the others was injured so
seriously a to be detained here.
CARNEGIE
KEYSTONE STATE
IN SHORT
Latest News Happenings Gather
ed From Here and There.
TOLD IN SHORT PARAGRAPHS
Lay Wreck Fault To Freight Crew.
Dead Man' Employer Give $500
To Widow Snowsllde Buries
Boy Sleeping In Bed.
Nine families are homeless a the
result of a fire In the suburbs of ML
Carmel, which, destroyed two double
blocks and gutted another, causing a
loss of $15,000. Tbe Are originated In
a basement ocoupled by Peter Bus
cavlge, and In a short time, the entire
building wa in flames which spread to
the residences of Anthony Lobus and
Edward Wilson. A house, occupied
by Theodore Halcavlch and Paul
Rublck, next fell a prey to the flames,
as did the hotel of Stephen Homlack.
, Employes of tbe Diamond mine of
the Lackawanna Company, at Scran
ton, Into which thirteen miners were
hurled 300 feet to death from a lift In
which they were descending to work,
declared that the mine carriage had
been defective for some time, and that
tho floor fell out because of this de
fective condition. They minced no
words in laying the accident to the
negligence of company employe
whose duty it was to keep the lift In
repair.
At the annunl reorganization meet
ing of the Phoenlxvllle School Board,
It was decided after a bitter contest
that dancing would be permitted In the
auditorium of the new high school at
nroner school functions until ten
o'clock. Thl determination wa
reached onlv after one of the most
exciting session of the bonrd, which
also resulted In the resignation of John
S. Winchester as ecretary of the
board.
A check for five hundred dollar
came a an acceptable Christmas pres
ent to Mrs. Annie May Saul, of Allen
town, widow of George Saul, who died
last week and left her with five small
children. Mr. Saul waa employed by
a silk dyeing company, whlchfor the
benefit of Its fifteen nunarea employes
last summer took out the largest In
surance policy ever Issued, for $3,500.-
000, every one to share In It as soon
as his narao got on tbe pay roll.
Raymond and Robert Laubach, of
Emaus, bad the experience of being
Bnowed under while asleep at their
home. A miniature snowsllde that fell
from the roof of the home of John H.
Frankenfield, a neighbor, poured
through a second floor window of the
Laubach home and covered the bed.
It was only after considerable diffi
culty that the lads were able to dl?
themselves out
That the entire crew of the freight
train were not minding their business
and are equally reBponslble for the ac
cident was the text of a Btatement of
Superintendent W. II. Kcffer, of the
Reading Railway, following a thoronah
Investigation of tho wreck at Royers
ford, which caused the death of two
engineer and aerlously Injured two
firemen.
The Allentown Chamber of Com
merce, at lta annual meeting elected
the following officers: President,
Edgar J. Lumley; vice-presidents, A.
Samuels, L. IL Yeager. Jame r.
Ilunslcker, George F. Breinlng; secre
tary, Harry I. Koch; treasurer, Harvey
E. Bohner; trustees, Max lies. John
N. Lawfer, John F. Frey, George T.
Hersh, Lewis L. Anewalt
Robert Argher, eight years, of
Treverton, wa going on an errand
when he noticed a telephone wire that
had been blown down by the storm
suspended over a high voltage trolley
wire. The boy picked It up and a 500
volt current shot through his body,
burning his hand to a crisp. He waa
removed In a critical condition to the
State Hospital at Shamokln.
Nicholas Demldlo. a wealthy con
tractor, of Mlnersvllle, was Bhot four
times by his wife In their bedroom and
lnstantlv killed. She says he came
home after having been drinking and
shot at her three time as she lay In
bed. She seized a pistol she had taken
from him Monday when he threatened
to shoot her and fired four shots.
As a result of a discussion of the
war In Europe between John Sllvotlch,
a Russian, and Stephen Ilorwath, an
Austrian, both of South Bethlehem,
Sllvotlch Is nursing a stabbed arm.
Ilorwath 1b In the county Jail await,
lng the result of tbe Russian's In
juries. Because the drinking water of Nor
rlstown has had a coal tar taste ana
nauseating odor, probably three-fourths
of the 30,000' people there retrain from
drinking It. Many of those who did
Indulge are HI. v
William Rosenberry, of Altoona,
pleaded guilty at Chambersburg to
shooting a deer with horns less than
two Inches long. He was fined $100
and the costs which amounted to
$29.86.
Alleging among other things that he
compelled her to help cut down trees
while she was 111 and thus undermined
her health to such an extent that sht
has not recovered. Emma E. Fehr, ol
WromeIsdorf, instituted divorce pro
ceedlngs against her husband, Calvin
T. Fehr, of Heidelberg TownBhlp.
Stanley Kf Weaver, Councilman of
Bethlehem Town Council, received
word of bis appointment as division
passenger agent of the Lehigh Valley
Railroad, succeeding George W. Hay,
who has been mado general passenger
agent
ORDER
ARGUE LEGALITY
OF COAL TAX
Impost cn Anthracite Product
Is Attacked.
MUSTER IN N. G. P. HOSPITAL
Farmer Among Early Auto Registry
Seeker To Admit Cattle Only
For Food Asks $2,000,000
More For Mother.
Harrlsburg. Three point wherein
It Is charged that the anthracite con)
tax act of 1913 la against the funda
mental law of the State were set forth
by counsel for coal companies In tin
trial of the test cases In the Dauphin
County Court and after testimony was
taken tbe Court fixed January 4 ai the
date for argument Three appeals
filed by coal companies from the Ui
cettlementa of tbe Auditor General and
State Treasurer were selected from
about sixty. They were the Aldan
Coal and the Plymouth Coal Com
panles, operating In Luzerne county,
and the St. Clair Coal Company,
operating In Schuylkill county.
It was contended by counsel for the
companies that tbe tax Is on one kind
of commodity and therefore not uni
form as required; that the act li
special legislation and that prelimi
naries In advertising required for such
acts were not complied with and that
the coal appraised was out of tho State
when valued at the closo of tho calen
dar year for taxation. It was also ton
tended that the method of distribution
of one-half of the revenue to cmmtleo
producing coal was Inequitable becaus
townships which do not mine con! will
chare to a greater extent In somo cw
than those which havo mines In active
operation.
Attorney General Bell and Deputy
Attorney General Hargest vigorously
defended the conFtllutlonallty of th
act with the assistance of Auditor Gen
eral Powell, while the coal operators'
called witnesses stated that coal from
their mines was nenrly all shipped out
of the State when valuations wero re
quired to be made and tl at anthracite
waa In competition, as far as iteain
sizes are concerned, with bituminous
Difference In grades of coal was alio
emphasized.
Early Auto Registry Seskeri.
Applications for registration of anto
mobiles for 1915 are appearing at the
State Highway Department at the rate
of over 700 a day, and It Is exported
that before long It will be a thousand a
day. The demand for registration Is
from all over the State and It Is
noticed that many people living In
rural district are entering papers,
whereas a few years ago the early ap
plications came chiefly from the cities.
It Is believed at the department that
the registration by tbe middle of the
holiday week will be not far from 60,
000 or 70.000, which will be consider
ably higher than at the same tinio last
year.
Phlladelphlan Head Railway Men.
The Pennsylvania Street Railway
Association finished Its annual con
ventlon here and elected officers u
follows:
President, C. L. S. Tingloy. rhlla
delphla; vice-president, Thomas A
Wright, Wllkes-Barre; secretary, Pr
Henry M. Stlne, Harrlsburg; Kxecu
tlve Committee, Thomas A. Wright.
Gordon Campbell, York; Thomaf
Cooper, Pittsburgh; H. J- Crowley,
Pittsburgh, and T. H. Jones, of rhlla
delphla. Quarantine Raised From 14 Counties.
The State Live Stock Sanitary
Board relieved fourteen counties from
quarantine for foot and mouth dlseate,
leaving twenty-eight still on the .
In which any movement of cattle U
prohibited. The counties relieved aro
Armstrong. Blair. Butler. Cambria,
Clarion, Clearfield, Fnyette, Greene,
Indiana, Lawrence, Mercer, Somerset.
Venango and Washington,
Want Unclaimed Deposits Public
Suit to reqlure the State BanklM
Commissioner to require tho public
tlon annually of lists of unclaimea
bank deposit has been started In tw
Dauphin County Court In behalf a
Mary O. Brackney. of rittsburch.
Is contended that the Institution! i J
not comply with an act passed In i
requiring such publication.
To Admit Cattle Only For foal
The State Live Stock Sanitary Board
has Issued an order that no can
from points outside of Pennsylvania
will be permitted to enter ny
counties of the State except
diato (laughter. This aprcals to " J
roitnues wneiuer mej
tine or not.
Muster In N. G. P. Hospital.
The adjutant general's departm
announced that field hospital No.
been mustered Into the National ow
at Tacony, Philadelphia, by
Frank D. Beary, deputy Ju'8nt !
eral. It will be commanded by
Elmor E. Kelser, Medical Corp-
Ak $2,000,000 More For Moths
An increase of the State a,,,
tlon for mother' pensions by i .
$2,000,000 wa favored by tne
latlve committee of the State f
tlon of Labor.
Mrs. Ellen Reichard and her
year-old daughter were taken i
hospital at Easton unconscious
eome unknown cause. They n
staying with James Price and I n
at an apartment. When Trie
home from work he heard me"
hla apartment and bursting ore
door found hie wife lyln n in.
unconBdous and Mrs. cba ,.,s
her daughter on a bed. Tnere
strong: Bmell of gas, Price sb)
the only gas Jet In the room "
lng when he arrived. At m'
it was said the condition of tno
ards is critical.
LAW