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They Get Across the German
Lines of Communication.
Reports of Big Servian Victories
Deprecated.
(Latest Summary.)
Defeat of the south wing of the Rus
sian Army la West Gallcla Is an
nounced at Vienna. The announce
ment states that the Russians, defeat
ad In & battle at Llmonovo, were com
pelled to retreat, and that the Aus
trian are pursuing.
Continued successes by tho Servians
against the Austrlans are reported
from Nlsh, but a seml-oiriclal 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 the Mlawa region we have
brought our offensive to a successful
conclusion on the whole front."
Capture of 11,000 prisoners by Ger
man troops which successfully stormed
several Russian positions in North
Poland la announced at Berlin.
German attacks at the two extremes
of the Allies' front one northeast of
Ypirs, in Belgium, and tho other at
Aspach, In Alsace are announced by
the French War Office, which says the
attacks wore repulsed.
Important gains by the Allies are
claimed, In a communication from the
French War Office, to have been made
in tho woods of La Pretre.
An rttack by tho French over a large
front by the way of Clrcy Is reported
from German headquarters. The state
ment says the French lost 600 prison
ers and many killed and wounded in
this engagement
Italy has mnde a demand upon Tur
key for public satisfaction for the vio
lation of the Italian consulate at
Hodelda.
The cruiser Dresden, the only Ger
man warship which has survived the
bsttle 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.
Paris. With the return to Paris
from Bordeaux of President Polncare,
the members of the Cabinet and Par
llament and the diplomatic corps re
newed precautions have been taken
to protect the city from raids by hos
tile aviators.
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 the class of
1915, went into training in military in
struction camps and barracks through
out France. Having hnd 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 in
churches throughout France. These
services are attended by extraor
dinarily large numbers of families of
the men at the front
BELGIAN RESERVISTS CALLED.
Consult
Throughout United
Issue Summons.
States
St. Louis. All Belgian reservists in
6t. Louis belonging to the classes of
1899 to 1913, inclusive, were called to
the colors by the Belgian Consul here.
Similar calls are being sent out by
Belgian consuls 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 the ages
of 18 and 30 communicate with him at
oon as possible.
80,000 HORSES FOR GERMANY.
Dallas Also Hear 12,000 Mulct Are
Negotiated For.
Dallas, Texas. Negotiations for the
purchase of 30,000 hornes 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 wouki be forwarded
from there to Germany. It was said
European agents would spend $3,000,
000 for Texas horses and mules.
KING PETER GOES TO FRONT.
Led By Him, Servlam Take Firmer
Stand Against Austrian.
London. King Peter of Servia, who
has. been ill for many months, has
assumed command of the Servian
Army and, according to a Nlsh report,
lias checked the advance of the Aus
trlans, indicting heavy losses on them.
The Austrian reply to this is that "the
occupation of Belgrade necessitates
the regrouping of our troops."
TURKS REPORT SUCCESSES.
tay They Have Occupied Important
'Russian Point.
Constantinople, via London. An
official statement says:
."Near Adjara we have gained new
successes over tho Russians, capturing
eannon and ammunition.
"The Russian a.tacks east of take
Van (Kurdistan) have been unsuccms
ful. Our troops cdvanclng from
Revanduz have occupied Soujbulak, an
important Russian point of support in
the Province of Aierbaljan."
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TRAPPED
German Undersea Boats M.ke Attack in the Dark on tie Admiralty
Harbor, Dover, England, and Are Repelled by Fire From All the Forts
KAISER'S ARMIES CLOSE IN ON WARSAW
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London. The Russian official state
ment announces that the German at
tacks -at Mlawa have been repulsed
and that the Russian troops by a coun-'
ter attack gained considerable ground.
Seven German attacks on Lowlcz were
repulsed and great losses wore inflict
ed on the Kaiser's troops. The 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
Paris again report gains by the Allies
at numerous points on the battle front.
The Germans occupied part of a line
of trenches in a fierce attack on Vpres,
but a short time later the Allies recap
tured the lost ground. The occupation
of Aspach railway station In Alsace by
the French Is also announced.
The German War Office reports pro
gress in Flanders and successful at
tacks on the Allies' lines to the east
and west of the Argonne. The offen
sive In northern Flanders is reported
to he progressing.
The Servians continue to pursue the
retreating Austrlans, according to an
official statunent given out In Nlsh.
The Austrlans 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 Vice
Admiral Sturdee of the British squad
ron stating that the British casualties
in the naval battle totalled seven men
killed and four wounded. No officers,
the dispatch says, were either killed
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 Cruz and is Interned, there,
badly damaged, eays 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 from Arras southeast along the
Alsne to the Argonne where there Is
fierce Infantry fighting with varying
results,
German forces are gradually closing
in on Warsaw, despite desperato re
sistance by the Russians, if the latest
renorts from the fighting line In the
I east are to be depended upon.
r.on vnn Mftckensen'B army is driv-
r.n. vnn Mackensen s army
lng anead along the railroad east of
and Is paid to be only a score
of miles from the Polish capital. Forty
miles north of Warsaw, ..en. von
Francois Is Blowly fighting his w"
south. At other points along the
semi-circular defense line, which
stretches south nearly to Cracow the
struggle is fierce, with no definite re
sults. Victories in western Galicia over
the Russians continue to be reported
from Vienna, but nothing is given out
about the Austrian defeats in Servia.
200,000 MEN LOST IN BATTLE
FOR POSSESSION OF LODZ.
London. Two hundred thousand
mon, at the loweBt estimate, have fall
en In the battles uear Lodz.
The Bourse Gazette estimates the
German casualties In this region at
one hundred thousand, and saya the
percentage of loss, among the com
manders and commissioned officers Is
particularly high.
These estimates are based on the
fifty-five mile battle front around Lodz.
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 the more ceutral point
of contact.
Berlin Encouraged.
Berlin. An army headquarters
statement says:
In Northern Poland the Ger
man troops are closely pursuing
the retreating enemy to the east
and to the south of I-odz. BeBldes
the extraordinarily large and san
guinary losses reported, the Rus
sians have lost about 1.500 pris
oners and sixteen canuon with
ammunition carts.
Much encouragement has been de
rived here from the recent Russian
reports, which are considered much
less coni.ueui iu
If an investment of Warsaw should
result from tho present operations,
military men say It will deprive Rus
sia of a most Important centre of rail
way communications and place the
Russians In a serious position.
NO CHRISTMAS WAR TRUCE.
Russia Declines to Accept Plan Pro
posed by the Pope.
Borlin, (by wireless to Sayvllle, N
y,). The proposal of Pope Benedict.
for a truce among the warring nations
during the Christmas holidays 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 nations at war gave their
assent.
AUSTRIA WINNING IN GALICIA.
Report Success In Operation Against
Fussians.
Washington. The Austro-IIungarian
Fmbasfy received the following offi
cial statement from Vienna. No men
tlon Is made of the Servian campaign
in west C.alarla our attacks are
continuing uninterrupted. Hostile at
tarks In the neli;hborhood of Petrokow
have failed. The tenacity of the Aus
tro-Himgarlan-German offensive con
tlnues. Our troops captured 2.800
Russians."
GOES DOWN
WHEN FLEET IS
OFF SOUTH AMERICA
London. The British Admiralty an
nounced that the German cruiser
squadron under Vlce-Admlral Coudt
von Spee, which sank the cruisers
Good Hope and Monmouth off the
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. m., on the 8th of De
cember, the Scharnhorst, Gnelse
nau, Nurnberg, Leipzig and Dres
den were sighted off the Falkland
Islands by a British squadron
under Rear Admiral Sir Frederick
Sturdee.
An action followed, in the
course of which the Scharnhorst,
flying the flag of Admiral Count
von Spee; the Gnelsenau and the
Leipzig were sunk.
The Dresden and the Nurnberg
made off, foiliwing the action.
Two colliers were also captured.
Rear Admiral Sturdee reports
that the British casualties were
very few in number and that some
Rurviyors were rescued from the
Gnelsenau and the Leipzig.
The fight was a replica of the meet
ing off the Chilean coast when Sir
Christopher Cradock led his 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 survivors rescued from the Gnel
senau and the Leipzig, but no mention
Is mnde of any of the crew of the
Scharnhorst, which was the flagship of
the German admiral, being taved, and
It Is thus presumed that Count von
Spee, his officers and men went down
fighting.
The engagement, one of the greatest
that has ever been fought between
modem warships, lasted only five
hours. The Scharnhorst went down
at the end of three hours and the
Gnelsenau followed Admiral von
Spee's flagship went to the bottom two
hours later. The fighting bH;;an at
7:03 o'clock In the morning and by
12:30 the dangerous units 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 Dresden, was
sunk the same day.
While the British warships under
Vice Admiral Sir Frederick Boveton
Sturdee wore sinking the cruisers
Scharnhorst, Gnelsenau and Leipzig
detached units of the English fleet
hunted down the fleeing cruisers and
Bent the Nurnberg to the bottom.
This Information was con'ained In a
statement of the British Official Press
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 Mlemp'.in
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.
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Of the five Aurtro-Germin columns
which for several days appeared to
be making steady progress in their
Invasion of Poland three have suffer
ed checks, says the official report
from Russian headquarters.
The Servians have regained most of
their territory toward the Bosnian
frontier, and they also have defeat
ed the Austrian advanting 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 submarine raided the Ad
miralty Harbor at Dover, England.
One was declared to have been sunk
by the fort and others hit. No
damage wis done to the British war
ships 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 bombs
on Freiburg, In the Grand Duchy
of Baden. Berlin claims no damage
was done and complain of the act
a being "outside the range of op
erations." The German warship 8charnhort,
Gnelsenau and Dresden were sunk
by a British squadron off the Falk
land Islands, in the South Atlantic,
with a loss of 1,823 mert,
The official Paris report claimed ad
vances by the Fnnch alo .g the Alt
ne, on the Heights of the Mouse am'
In Argonne, in fact, along the entire
line.
Nicholas Ahlers, former German Con
sul in Sunderland Borough and a
naturalized citizen of Great Britain,
wss co.iv cted of high treason and
sentenced to death for aiding Ger
man reseivlsts to qet hack home,
THALS CALLS
FOR WARSHIPS
Wants Destroyers Sent to
Canal Zone.
WIRELESS MAY BE CAUSE
Officials Believe That Canal Governor
Has Had Trouble Preserving
Neutrality In the
Zone.
Washington, D. C Colonel Goethal
ftas requested that destroyers be sent
to the Canal Zone Immediately, but no
specific explanation of the need for
naval vessel there was included in
the message. A reply asking for this
explanation was sent at once.
Officials believe the Canal Governor
has experienced some difficulty in pre
serving the complete neutrality of the
zone and Its territorial waters. Many
ships belonging to belligerent nations
are In the vicinity, and it is thought
possible Colonel Goethals ha found
himself unable to check use of their
wireless plants within the three-mile
limit to convey information to war
ships at sea.
With swift naval vessels 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
Canal Zone, which followed the recent
disaster to the British fleet under Ad
miral Cradock, has given rise to some
concern here, although no Bpeclflc re
ports of violation of neutrality have
been previously received so far as
known. Reports of wireless Interrup
tion from Panama 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 operations
by one or both of the Allies fleets and
that the Governor wishes to establish
a patrol which will prevent further
violation 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 States
of Pennsylvania, New York, New Jer
sey and Massachusetts, the work will
be carried on along individual lines ex
cept for an interchange of speakers.
This decision was reached at a con
ference of suffrage workers from the
four States. The delegates 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 its em
ployes who met with accidents 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 95,000
persons, of somewhat less than one
fourth of the civilian employes of the
United States.
NO MILITARY INVESTIGATION.
Gardner Plan Voted Down By House
Rules Committee.
Washington, D. C Representative
Gardner's demand for a hearing on his
resolution for an investigation Into the
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 Announces Failure Of Plan.
Russia Opposed It
Rome. The Vatican authorities
made public a document setting forth
the efforts made by the Pope to obtain
a truce in the European war during
the Christmas season. The effort of
the Pontiff unfortunately failed, ac
cording to the Vatican announcement
"owing to the opposition of a certain
power."
MARINES BADLY ARMED.
Barnett Says His Men Went To Vera
Cruz Poorly Equipped.
Washington, D. C MaJ.-Gen. George
Barnett, head of the Marine Corps, ad
mitted 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 EDgllsh railway, in lStt, ran the
first smoking ear.
IS
AGAINST IRUCE
Unchristlanlike to Stop War
Only Temporarily.
HE CALLS AT WHITE HOUSE
Hopes 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 unchristlanlike and immoral to
stop the fighting and then begin it
again. Ho added tbat he could not
believe that any nation which adopted
such a suggestion was doing it sin
cerely. Mr. Carnegie, after attending a
meeting of the Carnegie Institution,
walked to and from the White House
through a young snow torm. The
President was out golfing. Mr. Car
negie praised Mr. Wilson's efforts in
behalf of peace.
Ready To Aid In Mediation.
Mr. Carnegie snld ho hoped that
the world would bn so horrified over
the war that permanent peace would
follow. He said his peace founda
tion would continue Its work and that
he believed, ultimately, International
arbitration would settle all disputes.
He declared children should 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 him that he might
be called upon by the President to
help bring about peace when the 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.
Los Put At $7,000,000, With $2,000,000
Insurance. ,
West Orange, N. J. Fire destroyed
virtually tho 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 was
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 tbat 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 the storage buttery
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.
Doctors Now Declare Anna. Aumuller
Died Of Operation,
New York. As 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, his attorney presented to
the Supreme Court affidavits signed by
physicians, which set forth that the
girl was killed by an operation and
not by nutting her throat, as Schmidt
said was the case. The affidavits
were those of Dr. Henry T. Cattell,
of the Presbyterian 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.
Starkville, Miss.- Two negroes,
Henry Seals and Peter Uehlen, 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 citizens, reached the sher
iff. A big crowd had gathered to see
the hanging, the negroes hud 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.
Thret Lives 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 aon. Their bodies were
found In the ruin of their home. 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
cisco passenger train No. 9 near here,
according to statements by railroad
nfflcials. Of the 17 persons Injured,
Liree, Mrs. Sarah Jackson, Sidell, III.;
J. C. Glover, Merdian, Olila., and T. R.
Reynolds, of Coffeyvtlle, 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 SIATE
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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 as the
result of a fire In the suburbs of Mt
Carmel, which, destroyed two double
block and gutted another, causing a
loss of $15,000. The fire originated in
a basement ocoupled by Peter Bus
cavlge, and In a short time, the entire
building wa in flames which spread to
the residence 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 the Diamond mine of
the Lackawanna Company, at Scran
ton, into which thirteen miner 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 rnlnced no
words in laying the accident to the
negligence of company employes
whose duly it was to keep the lift In
repair.
At the annual 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
proper school function until ten
o'clock. Thl determination was
reached only after one of the most
exciting session of the board, which
also resulted in the resignation of John
8. Winchester as secretary of the
board.
A check for five hundred dollar
came as an accentnble 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 wa employed by
a silk dyeing company, which tor the
benefit of its fifteen hundred employe
last summer took out the largest In
surance policy ever issued, for $3,500,-
000, every one to share in it a soon
as bis name got on the pay roll.
Raymond and Robert Laubach, of
Emaus, bad the experience of being
snowed under while asleep at their
home. A miniature snowsllde that fell
from the roof of the home of John II.
Frankenfleld, 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 dtp
themselves out
That the entire crew of the freight
train wero not minding their business
and are equally responsible for the ac
cident was the text of a statement of
Superintendent W. H. Keffcr, of the
Reading Railway, following a thorough
investigation of tho wreck at Royers
ford, which enused the deaths of two
engineer and erlously Injured two
firemen.
The Allentown Chamber of Com
merce, at its annual meeting elected
the following officer: President,
Edgar J. Luraley; vice-presidents, A.
Samuels, L. H. Yeager, James F.
Ilunslcker, George F. Brelnlng; secre
tary. Harry I. Koch; treasurer, Harvey
E. Bohncr; trustees, Max Hesa, John
N. Lawfer, John F. Frey, George T.
Hersh, Lewis L. Anewalt
Robert Argher, eight year, of
Trevcrton, 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 600
volt current shot through his body,
burning his hand to a crisp. He was
removed in a critical condition to the
State Hospital at Shamokln.
Nicholas Demldlo. a wealthy con
tractor, of Mlnersvllle, wns shot four
time by his wife in their bedroom and
Instantly killed. She aaya 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 oi a qihcmssioii oi ui
war in Europe between John Sllvotlch,
a Russian, and Stephen Horwath, nn
Austrian, both of South Bethlehem,
Sllvotlch is nursing a stabbed arm.
Horwath Is In the county Jail awalt
lng the result of the Russian's in
juries. . . , t a . i
Because the drinking water of Nor
ristown has had a coal tar taste and
nauseating odor, probably three-fourths
of the 30,000' people there retrain from
drinking it Many of those who did
Indulge are ill.
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 cost which amounted to
$29.86.
Alleging among other things that he
compelled her to help cut down trees
while abe was 111 and thus undermined
her health to such an extent that sht
haa not recovered. Emma E. Fchr, ol
Womelsdorf, Instituted divorce pro
ceedings against her husband, Calvin
T. Fehr, of Heldolberg Township.
Stanley K,. Weaver, Councilman of
Bethlehem Town Council, received
word of his appointment as division
passenger agent of the Lehigh Valley
Railroad, succeeding George W. Hay,
who has been made general passenger
agent
ORDER
E
OF COAL If LAW
Impost en Anthracite Product
is Attacked.
MUSTER IN N. G. P. HOSPITAL
Farmer Among Early Auto Registry
Seeker To Admit Cattle Only
For Food Ak $2,000,000
More For Mothers.
Harrlsburg. Three points wherein
it 1 charged that the anthracite coal
tax act of 1913 ia against the funda
mental law of the State were set forth
by counsel for coal companies in ths
trial of the test cases In the Dauphin
County Court and after testimony was
taken the Court fixed January 4 a the
date for argument Three appeal
filed by coal companies from the Ui
settlement of the Auditor General and
State Treasurer were selected from
about lxty. Tbey were the Atdaa
Coal and the Plymouth Coal Com
panies, operating in Luzerne county,
and the St. Clair Coal Company!
operating In Schuylkill county.
It was contended by counsel for th
companies that the tax is on one kind
of commodity and therefore not uni
form aa required; that tlm 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 the calen
dar year for taxation. It was also con
tended that the method of distribution
of one-half of the revenue to counties
I reducing coal was Inequitable because
townships which do not mine onl will
ehare to a greater extent In some canon
than those which have mines In active
operations.
Attorney General Bell and Deputy
Attorney General Hargest vigorously
defended the constitutionality of the
act with the assistance of Auditor Gen
eral Powell, while the conl operator!'
called witnesses stated that coal from
their mines wus nearly all shipped out
of the State when valuations wero re
quired to be made and H at anthracite
was in competition, as far as steam
sizes are concerned, with bituminous
Difference in grades of coal was alio
emphasized.
Early Auto Registry Severs.
Applications for registration of ante
mobile for 1915 are appearing st the
State Highway Department at the rate
of over 700 a day, and It Is expected
that before long it will be a thousand a
day. The demand for registration Is
from all over the State and It li
noticed that many people living In
rural districts 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 the middle of tht
holiday week will be not far from 60,
000 or 70,000, which will be consider
ably higher than at the same timo 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. Tlngley, Phlla
delphla; vice-president, Thomas A
Wright, Wllkes-Barre; secretary, Dr
Henry M. Stlne, Harrlsburg; Kxeeu
tlve Committee, Thomas A. Wright.
Gordon Campbell, York; Thotmu
Cooper, Pittsburgh; H. J. Crowley,
Pittsburgh, and T. II. Jones, of Phila
delphia, Quarantine Raised From 14 Counties.
The State Live Stock Sanitary
Board relieved fourteen counties from
quarantine for foot and mouth disease,
leaving twenty-eight still on the H".
In which any movement of cattle 1
prohibited. The counties relieved ir
Armstrong. Blair, Butler, Cambria.
Clarion. Clearfield, Fnyette, Greene,
Indiana, Lawrence. Mercer, Somerset
Venango and Washington.
Want Unclaimed Deposits Public.
Suit to reqlure the State Rankin
Commissioner to require the pnbllf
tlon annually of lists of unclalmea
bank deposit has been started In
Dauphin County Court in behalf w
Mary 0. Drnckney, of Pittsburgh. n
ia oontended that the Institution! i
not comply with an act passed in l"
requiring such publication.
To Admit Cattle Only For Food.
The State Live Stock Sanitary Board
has Issued an order that no ttw
from points outside of rnnnsylvam
will be permitted to enter any
counties of the State except for mm
dinte slaughter. This appeals to
counties whether they are In .",'D
tine or not.
Muster In N. G. P. Hospital.
The adjutant general's d'lrt".
announced that field hospital No. I
been mustered into the National Guar
at Tacony. Philadelphia, by
Frank D. Beary, deputy B'n,1I?L
eral. It will be commanded by i
Elmor E. Kelser, Medical Corp'-
Ask $2,000,000 More For Mothers.
An increase of the State aiprP"
tlon for mothers' pensions by a t
$2,000,000 was favored by tM i
latlve committee of the State rcu
tion of Labor.
Mr. Ellen Relchard and r fj
year-old daughter were taken i
hospital at Easton unconscio"
aome unknown cause. They na
staying with James Price and n
at an apartment. When FrM c ,
home from work he heard mo",
his apartment and bursting or ,
door found his wife lyln 011 tn,, ad
unconscious and Mrs. Re chn g
her "daughter on a bed. T1,cr0 bu
strong smell or gas, Trice sX
the only gas Jet In Ihe room ' ,
lng when he arrived. At W )(b.
It was said the condition of tno
ards I critical.
LEGALITY