i' I1 THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS, McCONNELLSBURG. PA ALLIES 6N1 FROM SEA 10 VOSGES, CZAR HOLDS KAISER R -:o:- Kaiser Rushes up More Troops to Cut uaioci uaut uj, r- Repcrt Advances in :o:- ITALY IANDS TROOPS AT THE -:o: London. Latent progress on the western battle front was marked by general advance of the Allies, ac cording to the official communications from Paris. Before Nieuport, ou the northern extreme In Belgium, some progress was made In pushing back the German Invaders, in La Basce re gion a German attack was repulsed, In the Noyon section another trench was taken, all the way from the OUe to the Meuso the French made galr both In Infuntry and artillery flgutln end in the Vosges vigorous attacks by the Germans were repulsed ami ad vances reported by the French. On the eastern front, the situation seemed about as mixed us ever, with cables from Petrograd indicating that the Russians were repulsing the Ger mans west of Warsaw while develop ing new offensive operations In Galicia and East rrussia. Neverthe less Russia seems confronted with the most serious problem of the war, as the Germans are determined to occu py Warsaw at any cost. The news shows that the Russian center, along a battle front of eighty miles, from the Junction of the Vistula and the H.nra to Opoczno, still holds firmly, but the Germuns have been reinforcing their armies on thin front as well as devel oping dangerous attacks in southern . Kant Prussia and in southwest Poland. In the south, Boutliwest Poland and in western Galicia, the news points to Russian success. Kvldcntly, from Berlin and Vienna reports, as well as the news from Po'.rograd, the initiative lies with the Russians, and the Aus trian offensive has been checked. Italy took steps in Albania which are likely, to Infuriate Austria and may lead to Italy's intervention In the war. For the protection of Italian in terests, marines were landed at Av-j lona, directly across the Adriatic from Otrauto, and took possession of the city. There was no fighting. The pretext for the step was the activity of Moslem rebels who, said to be '.n- stigated by Austria, were massacring the adherents of Italy's friend, Kst?ad Pasha, and were looting just outside the walls of Avlona. An official dis patch sent from the Italian warship. Misurata. at Durazzo, says that the Albanian rebels at Tirana are threat ening to move against the govern ment of Essad Pasha. Essad, who was elected as provisional president by the Albania Senate, left for Kroja where he will organize a campaign against the rebels. A German aeroplane made a raid o Oraveseiid, on the English coast, but j was driven oft by a Brltisii pipiane, before any bombs were dropped. Two British aviators arose and tempted to oumaiiK uie uerinnn. quickly they manoeuvred to the height of a mile, und Just above the German . o .A Tl.n aorn. negan Kami-nun Dye. . .... . planes then were flying seventy miles an hoar, but the operator of the Taube extending his motor to Its full speed, gradually drew away from his pursu ers. The British were spitting flro. while the German was unable to reply on account of strategic position of his pursuers. The spectacle lasted only five minutes. JOFFRE GETS RID OF 24 INCOMPETENT GENERALS Pnrta. Twentv-foiir cenerals have GERMAN been retired by General Joff re, the The papers say It Is not consistent I Hard fighting along the Western bat FTem?h generalissimo, according to j t0 advocate the sending of half a mil- tie front Is Indicated by communlea the headquarters list mado public, i iin men to Europe at a time when an tlons from the French War Office, This officially confirms the report mat the commander In chief has been weeding out unfit and Incompetent . a -A P..- ..nn1r It,. jeauers witnmu r. bu.u .ui .u,i . Ten generals of divisions have been placed on the reserve list. Five of these wero retired "for reasons of health" and four "for reasons of per- tuin-.ii convenience." No reason was .stated in the casf of the tenth general. MARCHING ON SUEZ CANAL. Turkish Army Leaves Damascus A Senussi Chief on the Staff. Berlin, (by Wireless Telegraphy to Sayville. L. I.) The following was iven out by the official Press Bureau: "According to a Constantinople dis patch to the Frankfurter JCiJtung, the army under tho command of the Min ister of Marine, Djemal Pasha, has begun a march from Damascus toward the Suez Canal. "A brother of the Sheik or the Sen iwai Is a member of DJemal's staff." NO ATTACK ON EGYPT ORDERED. Senussyeh Chief Arms German Offi cers In Cyrenalca, However. Rome. Turkish and German officers . have Joined the chief of the Senussyeh in Cyrenalca, who supplied them with arms, ammunition and money and oth- er supplies. The chief refused, however, to order an attack on Egypt which would he an act detrimental to Italy and would be likely to provoke a widespread re volt of the Bedouins. This uprising is to be strongly discouraged. DIE FOR MESSUDYEH SINKING. Turks, nd Germans Tried for Per mitting British Exploit. Ixmdon. The Daily News corre spondent at Athens telegraphs: "Twenty Turkish and ten German officers belonging to the forts of the Dardanelles and the destroyers sta tioned in the waterway have been urt-ma rtlalled for Uieir responsibil ity In permitting the destruction of the Tlrkish battleship Messudyeh by a British submarine. Three of them bare beea sentenced to death." E; LI Way to Warsaw and Russians I , Galicia and Prussia IRANIAN PORT OF AVLONA WITHOUT MERCY TO FOE, FRANCE WILL FIGHT TO END. Deputies Again Meeting in Paris, Hear Premier Declare Allies Will Not Quit Till Lost Provinces Are Regained, Paris. Scenes rivaling tho most glorious episodes of French republican history were witnessed at the opening of the legislative session in the Cham ber of Deputies, and uo bettor proof could be given that every faction, every element In the country stands with the Government In Its attitudo in the present war. Almost every word of the striking statements made by the representa tives of the Government was loudly cheered and at every renewed assur ance that France would contlnuo to fight to the very end approval was voiced from every aide of the house. Premier Vlvlanl thrilled the mem-n bors and the whole nation by tho de claration that France, Great Britain and Russia were determined to urge war on Germany unto tho end. "There it at this time," he said, "but one single policy a combat with out mercy until such time as we ac complish the definite liberation of Eu rope, won by a victory Insuring peace. "The Allies are determined to con tinue until outraged right has been avenged, the stolen provinces regain ed, heroic Belgium restored, Prussian militarism crushed." TEN GERMANS SEIZED IN NEW ORLEANS AS PLANTERS OF BOMBS IN SHIPS. New Orleans, La. An alleged whole sale plot to destroy ships carrying horses and mules mt munitions of war to the allied armies was unearth ed by the police, following a series of arrests, Including ten Germans. The plan, it is said, was to placo infernal machines, operated by clockwork. In the cargoes of the vessels. These ma chines were to go off after the ves sels were well at sea. The police are working on the the ory that the plot was hatched In Nev York City. One man --" ' confessed and told the full details r.l his part In the affair. He told a story of how he hoped to achieve fame and a large monetary reward for his work. Tho man who confessed Is Hans Halle, alles i-rank I loin, alias Holmes. Undrr police sweating lie poured o.it a ,ae of horror that caused his listen ; pr(, t0 gaf,p at-jWAR DEM0N3TRAT,0N IN TOKIO. l Ne $ Oppose De ' r r Troops tO fcu Demand to Send roops to Europe. Tokio. Demonstrations are being made in this city in favor of sending a .Taounese exoeditionury force to Eu-1 rope. One reason assigned for the manifestations Is a desire to distract the attention ok those who oppose an Increase In the army, Kpiwlinir newsnauers assert that it is not clear that Jauan's allies In Europe wish the Japanese to take part . ,h w,.Mn nrt ih.t In the ; , r, ' a,readv has nlaved. I part tne empire a reau, nas ,r. the taking of Kioa-Chow. Japan simply I was acting In accordance with the i nf the Aneln-JaDanese alliance. ; I effort is being made to increase tne I army by two divisions i glllllllimlll mmllM iiiiniii i imimiiiii iminrai j piTM rtF THE WAR NEWS j m jiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiifiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiniiiiiMii iiiiiiimw iiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiina The Allies have gained from four to teft miles along the battle front of 350 miles from the Belgian coast to near Muelhausen and Alsaie since the Allies' offensive movement be. gan. The German War Office states that at. mm AIDER EAR 0 ON tacks by the Allies in Flanders were Juent at Petrogradt German forces easily repulsed, that the British wnIch hMl cr08Bed the Bzura and were beaten near La Bassee, losing plUca riyeTti ln Poland, have been re 750 In prisoners, and that French pu.)jed SttacKS souinea.i u. n........ ...u toward the Argonne were repelled with heavy losses to the attackers. The French have broken through the first line of German trenches in the Argonne. The Mikado dissolved the Japanese Imperial Diet after the House of Representatives had rejected the Government bills providing for ar my expansion. Petrograd reported that vicious Ger man attacks In South Poland were repulsed and that in two days' fight ing 5,000 prisoners were captured. The German report said British In- trenchments had been captured near St. Hubert, in Northern France, and that an allied force had been de feated with heavy lost in a surprise attack near Vailly, In the Depart ment of the Aisne. Grand Admiral von Tlrpitz, chief of the German navy, told an American correspondent that German submsr Ines, which had circumnavigated the British Isles, might establlsn a blockade, blow up food ships and starve the BrHlsh Into submission. He praised the United States navy and warned this country agalntt Japan. r Berlin announced that In a fierce bat tle the Germans succeeded In cross ing branches of the Bzura. It was conceded by the Germans that the Allies had regained lost ground at Rlchebourg, north of La Bailee. War at a Glance .Ji MONDAY. j Four of the seven British seaplanes I which mado a raid against German j warships nt Cuxhaven were sunk and ' the pilot of one of them drowned, ac I cording to an official announcement at imdan. Zeppelins and other aircraft, cruisers, destroyers and submarines took part in the battle. French aviators flew over Mctz, dropping bombs at the German avia tion hangars and other points. Of tho fighting on the eastern front, the Berlin War Office says that the Germans' attacks on branches of the Bzura and Rawka rivers havo resulted In slight progress, and that Russian attacks on Inowlodz hnvo been re pulsed. An official announcement at retro- grad says that the Russians have re pulsed German attacks along the lines of the Bzura and Rawka rivers, and have defeated Austrian forces on the Nlda river, on the Tucbow-Alpinz linn In Galicia, and on tho Zmlgrad-Dukla line In the Carpathians. Emperor Nicholas of Russia has Joined his army at the front. Fighting in Erlgium and France con tinue without material gain for either side, as far as may be Judged from the announcements of the French and Ger man War Offices. A correspondent of the Amsterdam Telegraf says the Germans la Flanders have received further reinforcements. Tho Italian cruiser Calabria has been ordered to co-operate with the United JUtes cruiser North Carolina in getting Europeans out of Turkey. SUNDAY. The airmen of the Euroyeon armies have performed several spectacular fnats in the past two days, while the combatants down on tho ground have been doing only desultory fighting. Berlin reports that on Christmas Day eight British Bbips convoying hvdro-aeronlanes made a dash into a German bay, that the hydro aeroplanes j wont into two German rivers (sup- posrd to be the Elbe and the Wescr) dropping bombs aimed at ships at anchor and a gas tank near Cux- haven. It is claimed that no damage was done by the invaders, but that (lor- man airmen mi me norme snip m. , bombs. A Zepielin scattered 14 bombs over Nancy, France, killing two persons and wounding two. Eight persons were killed and more than 100 wounded by bombs from Ger- man Taubes in a town in Poland. . A thrilling battle high in the air be- tween English aviators and a German took place Christmas Day on the Eng lish coast. TIia Cflmiun, Iiqi'o nntinrfinllv rnniH to a halt in their offensive against tne , Russians in the direction or Warsaw. and seem to be seeking a new route to the PoliHh capital The Russians claim successes in Galicia, and the Austrians admit re treating before the Servians. Fog interfered with the fighting In Flanders. At other points along the battle front in the west there was j . .. ... ... ' some fighting without rotable result. Italy occupied all of Avlona, Albania. Berlin claimed successes for the Turks against the Russians. Saturday. Communications from the various war offices indicate! that nowhere waa there any cessation In fighting between of Christmas Russians are holding their own In battles on all the eastern fronts, ac- cording to dlKpatc.hes from Petrograd. Dispatches from Berlin say It Is be- Ueved there that the stubborn resist- ance of the Russians is in the nature of rear-post combats, designed to cover -- the ret 7" armies for reorganisation back of .the middle Vistula. " " ... situation. A battle in the air occurred ywstcr- day above Sbeerness, on the east coast of jrnKland, when British aircraft ftt- tacked a hostile aeroplane coming from the east. According to the Brit ish War Office, the hostile aeroplane was driven off after being hit three or four times. Extreme cold haB brought the Russo- Turkish operations In Asia-Minor to a standstill, according to a dispatch from Petrograd, Friday. irnnnHni" to an ofliciai Iinnoimce- , AH..k. .n(i ..ounter-attaf ks eon- tlnun along the battle line ln France and Belgium, but no material change In the situation has resulted from the , nghting MRS. TILLMAN GETS CHILDREN. But Senator's Son Can Have Them Part Of 1915. Columbia, S. C The State Supreme Court reaffirmed Its order awarding to Mrs. Lucy Dugas Tillman custody of her children, Sarah Starke and Douschka Pickens Tillman. The court directed that B. R. Tillman, Jr., the father, should have possession of them during certain periods of 1916. The children are granddaughter! of L'nited States Senator Tillman. CHOCTAW INDIAN HONORED. Gabe E. Parker Appointed Head Of Five Civilized Tribes. Washington, D. C President Wil son nominated Gabe E. Parker, of Oklahoma, to be superintendent of the Are civilized tribes in Oklahoma. Parker, a Choctaw Indian, is now register of the Treasury. Commis sioner Sells, of the Indian Bureau, selected him for his knowledge and grasp of Indian affairs. Parker was not a candidate for the plaoe, (or which there were 20 applicants. Berlin announces that the German 'orce which the Russians recently Irove back from Mlawa into East Prusnla has assumed the offensive and, idvanclng again Into Poland, after lard lighting has taken the Russian positions at Mlawa. Vienna dispatches tell of the sinking of the French submarine Curie by the Austrian shore batterleB on the Gulf of Otranto, and of an attack by an Austrian" submarine upon French war ships In the Otranto Channel. A Paris dispatch says that In this attack a tor iedo struck a French cruiser, but that tho damngo done was unimportant. A German aeroplane flow over Dover, England, and dropped a bomb upon the city. The British oltlclnl press bureau, ob serving Christmas, has suspended an nouncements concernlwj war opera tions for one day. THURSDAY. A Constantinople dispatch reports that a Turkish army has begun a march from Damascus toward the Suez Canal. II Is rumored in Rome that Em peror Francis Joseph of Austria-Hungary is dying. A dispatch from London states that information received there indicates that tho Germans have launched a new movement against Warsaw from the southwest, which has forced Grand Duke Nicholas, tho Russian com mander, to withdraw his forces from before Cracow. While French and German reports concerning developments along the western battle front are more or less contradictory, a report by an Amster dam newspaper correspondent states that undeniable advantages have been won by tho Allies along the Yser, though the gains are small. Emperor William, with his entire staff, is reported to have reached Cologne on his way to the western battle front. Lloyd's Is charging- 50 guineas per cent, to insure that war between Italy and Germany, Austria and Turkey will not be declared within six months. An appropriation of $1.700,0aO,onO to cover the expenses of the next six months, including tho cost cf the war v as passed by the French Parliament. WEDNESDAY. IIard fluting nt many points along lhe Franco-Belgian front has appar- ,.n,iy resulted in little change in the BUuutIoni KRlng claimed for the Allies by Ule Frencn War Office being dis- puted ofliciai statements at Berlin An unofficial dispatch from Petro- 9hya that th uUBBian rc0 which drov batk R German column from Mlawa, in Russian Folaud, across the Kagt prusa.an frontier now threatens l)0th tne r,gnt flank of ln German Ml,.llrinn Lakes Dosition and the left w(ng or the army. operatIng before Warsaw. A declaration by Premier Vlviani of the Allies' determination to continue , the war until "Prussian militarism" Is rrl,ahPd wng received with enthusiasm ln the French chamber of Deputies, TUESDAY. Petrograd reports that the Russians are still holding at bay, on the Bzura 'river, the German column which Is (seeking to advance on Warsaw. The German column previously reported . ..... in . i.. checked In Its advance from Mlawa Is declared to have been driven back across the East Prussian frontier. Confirming reports that the Rus sians have checked the German ad vance In Poland, the German War Office, which for several days had re ported the Germans in pursuit of the Russians, Monday announced simply: "In Poland we continue our attacks against the positions of the enemy." Fierce fighting along the front In Belgium and France is reported in both French and German official com munications, but, while the French War Office claims appreciable gains by the Allies at a number of points, " " ' l ""'"T . '" ? W" "?',rf!?" the Allies' attacks have failed, and the have gained ground In the Fnllnl,nn nf M,itnVerUe Argonne. Evacuation of Mlddlckerke by the Germans is announced in an Amsterdam dispatch. Guarantees given by the Entente powers that Bulgaria will not attack Greece or Roumanla In the event of tne latter countries taking band in the I "ur "re K!J '"' VVl .minimis ii iicn-n- tion of Greece and RoumaniR in the conflict. Serious uprisings in the Sudan arc reported in dispatches from Berlin, which Mate that the news comes from Constantinople. FULL-TIME NOTICE UP. Shoe Factory Calls Back All Of Its 7,000 Employes. Manchester, N. H. Notices an nouncing a resumption of full time In all departments were posted In the factories of the W. II. McElwain Shoe Manufacturing Company in this city. Seven thousand employes In the local shops will be affected. Only part of the plant has been running recently and not on full time. SWAP HALF AN ISLAND FOR GUNS Japs Trade Cannon For Upper Half Of Sakhalin. Washington, Ii C. The Japanese Embassy received official advices from Tokio that Russia has ceded to Japan ita half of the Island of Sakhalin for some heavy guns. The Island was offi cially Russian until September, 19HG The southern hnlf was ceded to Japan by the terms of the treaty of Ports. mouth. YOUTH KILLS ANOTHER. Tragic End Of Visit To Girl At Glade Springs, Va. Bristol, Va.-Tenn. Janif'S Alterman, 15 years old, shot and killed Bradley Davidson, 17 years old, at Glade Springs, Va. Davidson, who was a telephone operator Rt Abingdon, Va., had gone to Alterman's home to cal! on the Iatter's sister. Young Alter man claims the shooting was accl dentatal; that ho was handling n re volver, but had no Intention of shoot ing Davidson. ' ( FLEET 10 I T Twenty-One Dreadnaughts to Remain in the Pacific. WILSON TO GO ON FLAGSHIP The President Will Attend Panama Fair Big Vessels Ready For Any Far-Eastern De velopments. WiLihlnelon. D. C Tho entire At lantic Ocot of 21 dreadnaughts will re main on tho Pacific Coast for at least four months after tho formal opening of tho San Francisco Exposition. Announcement to this effect was mado by Secretary of the Navy Daniels. While the primary purposo will be to enable tho vessels to take part in the ceremonies Incident to the formal opening of the fair, naval offi cers declared tonight that In view of the delicate situation In the Far East the occasion w propitious in.im. ...... . . H ting a trausier oi me u-i causing undue comment in certain . . t In nnuihlA thl foreign nuaners. n. w ..... ships will remain oa the west coast until the close of the war. To Escort President The Tret will escort the President to the exiKjsltlon In March after Con gress adjourns. It will go through the Panama Canal. Before leaving the vessels will be stocked up with am munition to replace that to be used at the maneuvers and target practice off Guantanamo next month. The maneiiv. era will he on a moro extensive plan than iny ever held. Many of the ex pcrime.nti will be based on what uaal experts have learned from tho naval battles abroad. Expedition To Be Peaceful. Tl o mere fact that the President is to accompany tho fleet, traveling abroad tho flagship New York, will emphasize to foreign nations tho fact . .it,.... Im n n ndHm. that tne eiiieuiu.... iu , ly peaceful one At ho i..e time It Is pointed ou hat the J length of time during which it will re- main on tho west ----- . , . . , -,i. to develop, japan b uevi io uu Ing in the vicinity of the west const of South America. Ceremonies At Canal. Rear-Admiral Frank F. Fletcher, coinmander-ln-chlef of the Atlantic fleet, hnd a long conference with the Secretary of the Navy relative to the plans for the trip through the canal. Details will bo announced to the pub lic shortly. After the three days' ceremonies in the Canal Zone and tho President reaches the fair, he will re turn East by train, stopping at a num ber of places. ARRESTS STIR INDIANA. Mayor, Judges and Other Terra Haute Officials Accused. Indianapolis. Practically every member of the city administration of Terro Haute Is ln the hands of United States authorities as a result of tho wholesale arrests made there on in- dictmenta charging a conspiracy to corrupt the election of November 3 last Nlnely-three persons, including Mayor Donn Roberts, who ia a candi date for the Democratic nomination for Governor in 1916; Dennis Shea. Sheriff of Vigo county; Circuit Judge Eli II. Redman, City Judge Thomas Fmlth nnd other leading Term Haute politicians, hnd been taken In custody. $485,000,000 IN 1914 AUTOS. There Were 515,000 Motor Vehicles Made In America. Chicago. In the year drawing to a close American manufacturers turned out 515.000 motor vehicles valued at $48u,00O,OOO. This information came from AKred Reeves, general manager of the Automobile Chamber of Com merce, who added that this output came from 450 concerns. He said there were 1,500,000 cars registered In the various States, that there were 15,000 automobile dealers in the coun try, 13,630 garages and 680 supply houses. EMPEROR THANKS WILSON. Franz Joief Grateful For American Christmas Gifts. Washington, D.f C. A dispatch to the Austro-Htinga'rlan Embassy from Vienna announced that the Austrian Emperor had expressed his thanks to President Wilson througn AniDassnaor Penlield for the American Christmas plfts distributed among children of dead soldiers. The dispatch also ex plained the retreat from Servla as the result of bad weather and name, Archduke Eugene as chief commander of the Austrian Balkan forces. PARCEL POST IS HEAVY. Christmas Rush Alone Estimated A 100,000,000 Packages. Washington, D. C Preliminary estimates by FostoHlce Department of ficials place the number of parcel post packages handled during the Christ mas rush at 100,000,000. It is indi cated thnt the total volume of parcel post traffic for 1914 will total nearly one billion packages. HAGENBACKS KILLED IN WAR. Famous Animal Trainers Fall Fightfng x For Germany. , St. Louis. Word that Lorenz and Henry Hagenback, the well-known menagerie owners of Germany, have been killed in battle was received by George Dleckman, president of the St. Louis Zoological Society. Tho news originally came in a letter to Peter Bohnem, a native Hollander, from a. friend m uoraumy. to Lorenz Hagonback a month ago, but has received no reply. o 15 COS KEYSTONE STATE . J SHORT ORDER, LatestNewsHappenlngsGatherT ed From Here and There. TOLD IN SHORT PARAGRAPHS rMorrUtown Under Dog Quarantine Suit Over $1.50 Dog Cost Berks . County $67 Shot Himself When Friend Dies. Leaving untouched a drink thnt he had just ordered, Tlghman Desh, aged twonty-six, of Allentown, hastened to his no me after being told of the death of his boon companion, Frank George, told his family thut he had taken his last drop of liquor, went upstairs and shot himself in the side. When a physician was called it was found that his wound was not serious. Next morning Desh left home and has not yet roturned. Ills friends say that he was despondent for some time over the disappearance of his young broth' , er.ln.law Mchaol Morrison, who was kidnapped eight months ago by a band f . r Four Norrlstown persons are tak ing the Pasteur treatment and the State Live Stock Sanitary Board has established a partial quarantine on dogs In Norrlstown as the result of a dog biting a number of persons. The animal bit four persons last Thesday night on the street before it was finally killed with a billiard cuo in a clubroom. All four persons were bitten within an hour. They are: Minnie llorwitz, Alexander Mack, Edward Ep rlght and Ethel Rcdfern. The Red fern child, t' e first to bn bitten, did not notify the Board of Hoalth until today. Martin Poklnskl, of Scranton, lone survivor of the fot'tteen men on tho lift which fell in tho Diamond Mine December 9, is suffering so severely from the after shock that his wife has I notified the authorities that she be- rk)klu8kl WR8 imony at the taken hme. his wife explaining that he was me aisasier. It cost Berks County JG7 to And out whether It was necessary to find a true bill against Mrs. Harry Ilouck, who was accused of stealing her own dog, and the Grand Jury, after hear ing a score of Boyertown folk tell Just what they knew about the canine, said to be fifteen years old and worth J1.50, Ignored the case and placed the costs on the county. Fred Schaub, an Adams Express Company employe, of Corry, was struck on the head by a falling crate and a vertebra ln his neck was dis located. Prompt action of a surgeon in reducing the dislocation saved hlB life and at the hospital it was said he would recoyer. While in a despondent mood Mrs. Mae Wheatly, of Chester, drank a quantity of poison. Writhing in pain she made her way to a nearby drug store. She was given an emetic and subsequently taken to the Chester1 Hos pital. Her condition Is serious. Fire destroyed the hotel of A. T. Bollch at Gordon entailing a loss of $20,000. The fire was caused by an overheated furnace. The house was filled with guests, all of whom es caped, many In their night clothing. John Sullvan, Lehigh Valley Rail road scale inspector, who with hli wife, boarded at the Exchange Hotel for the psst twenty years, died after a long Illness, of paralysis of the brain. The Building Committee of the Waynesboro Y. M. C. A. has awarded the contract for its new edifice to A R. Warner, Waynesboro, at a bid oi $50,699, exclusive of heat, plumbing and electrical work. Idura Hodgklnson, a three-year-old daughter of Rev. Mr. Hodgklnson, now engaged ln evangelistic work In Can ada, waa badly burned while plnyin? with matches at her home, 804 Swede street. Fire, that started through au over heated flue, was detected by the Sun day school officers of the New Goshen hoppen Reformed Church, In time to save the bnllding. Stephen W. Staley was elected c.hiel of police by Waynesboro Council Charles W. Harris and A. E. Rentzei have beeu elected patrolmen, and George W. Gans, market master. The Legislative Committee of the Stale Federation of Labor has beer, called to meet at Harrlsburg January 18. to discuss bills for workmen's compensation. The first coasting accident of the season in the county occurred when Carl, five-year-old son of Georgt Scheldt, fractured his leg, as he coast ed down Normal Hill. Playing with his big brother's re volver cost three-year-old Paul Fudore of Pond Creek, the thumb nnd three fingers of his right hand. Miss Pearl Bowers, of Harrlsburg who lost her speech a year ago through. paralysis of the vocal cords, due to a fall against a door, recovered her volet In an attempt to converse with mem bers of her family. ITEMS OF INTEREST. The Philippines yearly Import 20, 000,000 pounds of salt Moving-picture men have followed I Stanley's footsteps through Africa I Dlttl u , ORDERS 40-CENT CUT!NCOALFRElGHT Rates on Anthracite to Philadel phia Too High. j AWARD ED GOLD MEDAL Standards Of Safety Work Is Progrus. Ing Awarded Gold Medal For Work For 8afety Asks State To Oust Osteopathy. Harrlsburg. A reduction of forty cents a ton in tho freight rate for anthracite coal carried to Phlladel- phla is ordered by the Public Service I Commission of Pennsylvania. Kor sizes less man pea a reuuciiou of twenty-five cents a ton is ordered. The rates whlh the various coal earn ing railroads are ordered to put Into effect are the same as are now charged for coal delivered to Philadel phia for shipment to oiilsidii points, and are made as a result of tlio com plaints of Harry E. Bellls, an Indi rldual, business men's associations tiid the city of Philadelphia that the rates to that city were preferential, pre judicial and discriminatory. The railroads affected by the order are the Philadelphia & Reading, thr Pennsylvania, Central Railroad of New Jersey, Lehigh Valley and the Dt!. ware, Lackawanna &. Western Kailroad Company. The charges were filed originally with the Pennsylvania Slate Kailroad Commission, the predecessor of ih present body, in April, 1!I12. Much testimony was heard from ..utli com plalnants and defendants regarding the reasonableness of the rates and tin commission appointed expert account ants to examine the books and record) of the companies to ascertain thi cost of transporting the coal from thi mines. The substance of the complaintu wu that tho existing rates of freight charged for the transportation ol anthracite coal from tho various d! trlcts in which the coal Is mined to the city of Philadelphia are uniea.onabl) high, and are preferential, prejudical and discriminator)'. Findings Of the Commission. The commission, ln submitting lu findings, eays: "After a careful consideration ol all of tho facts, giving duo weight to thi large amounts Invested In this traffic by tho respondents, endeavoring to de termine what would be a due return upon the30 Investments, and proper compensation for their service, t have reached the conclusion that Un experience of the respondents ha itself established the measure of what would be a fair and reasonable rate for tho transportation of anthracite coal to Philadelphia, when that experiencf established the fact that the rates not j charged for such coal shipped "out side the capes" was a profitable charge. We think, therefore, that u rates for tho local delivery of coal In Philadelphia as now existing ought to be reduced forty cento a ton, eicept for sizes less than pea. and that the rates upon these sizes should be the same as unon nea coal. The effect of tun rt ductlon will be to put Philadelphia In this respect on an equality wan other cities and ports of the country. "If it be true that the existing rates covering all freights upon the railroads of the country are insufficient to afford horn a nroner return unon their in v-oBtnnn. it Is entirely clear that the method of correction should be ?M eral advance ln such a manner as to equalize the burdens and to affect all" all interests and all subjects oi iw and transportation. To secure we nnaln rotl.rno hv IllnclllC Unequal W dens upon localities and commodity where It may bo possible woiiw w I .r.,1 unaatlsflielfirV mPl"0J rlilc.h ougnt not to be U)leraie- Would Oust 'Osteopathy College. An attack was made before DeputJ Attorney General J. E. B. Cunning.' on the Philadelphia College -. . r.. ih nf rhlladelpw- on tho ground that It cannot Iff t.-,.,ill io Issue degrees in i-enns.yi.- i..i .- m,w1 hi- C. Greene u dreth, who Blleged that the l- lef,' . New Jersey corporation mm legally qualified to act as a f01'18 thnt It does not possess the proi"j and faculty demanded by U"".1' 1895. In answer It was coiuenu- the collene dees not cont under act and that lis work Is rerogn: nlzeii ! n i r nirnuauiii' .Lis me mine dihuu 1.1 amlners and that it fulfill" rMU' ments of tho protopion. Standards Of Safety Wo Tho State Industrial Hoard bai ' ranged for a general conference . committee namea io u'- - dJ of safety and sanitation for m" Meel mills and blast furnaces m ylvanla to be held in l'itlrtu r, jj January 20. This comm""" JB,. first meeting some weeks w progress has been made on i posed code. The eommltteP n arranged ior a meeim cria0. tee In charge of the code w . . . , T,un..jinlila on Jim' 10 do neiu iu riMu" - 14 and for other conmiltteci 1 . here as follows: Quarries. Jn jjf canneries, January 8 and la'ler ' uary 12. Awarded Gold Medal- Lew R. Palmer, chief ""ij the State Department of ,.h,gol dUBtry, has been presented ' medal by the American p Safety ln recognition of his r f, in irwinutriPH and every ; Mr. Palmer, wh. was notia i lege days as one oi the end el; ton elevens, was torinew; c0 expen oi me here i! pany, of Pittsburgh, coming (i&, tin tuna nlsn POMied ,JI irnii iiu " - .tol ?B National Council oi iu""'-Ha. In furtherance of Its propaP8
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