THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS, McCONNELLSBURG. PA ALLIES GAIN FROM SEA 10 VOSGES; GZMR HOLDS KAISER GERMAN RAIDER -:: Kaiser Rushes up More Troops to Cut Report Advances in -:o:- ITALY I AMDS TROOPS AT THE :o: London. Latent progress on the western battle front was marked by a general advanco of the Allien, ac cording to the official communications from Paris. Before Nieuport, on the northern extreme In Belgium, some progress was made In pushing hack the German Invaders, In Iji Bassee re gion a German attnek was repulsed, lu the Noyon section another trench wan taken, all the way from the OUe to the Meuso the French made gains both In Infantry and artillery lighting and In the Vosges vigorous attacks by the Germans wore repulsed and ad vances reported by the French. On the eastern front, the situation seemed about as mixed us ever, wltli cables from Petrograd Indicating that the Rusalana were repulsing the Ger mans wesi of Warsaw while develop ing new offensive operations In Galicia and Fast Prussia. Neverthe less Russia seems confronted with the most serious problem of the war, as the Germans are determined to oecu "py Warsaw at any cost. The news shows that the Russian center, along a battle front of eighty miles, from the Junction of the VlBtula and the Hznra to Opoczno, still holds flimly, but the Germans have been reinforcing their armies on this front as well as devel oping dangerous attacks In southern . Kant Prussia and In southwest Poland. Iu the south, southwest Poland and in western Galicia, the news points to Russlun success. Kvidently, from Berlin nnd Vienna reports, as well as the news from Petrograd, the Initiative lies with the Russians, and tho Aus trian offensive has been cheeked. Italy took steps In Albania which aro likely, to infuriate Austria nnd may lend to Italy's Intervention In the war. For the protection of Kalian In terests, marines were landed at Av 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 ' stlgated by Austria, were massacring Hie adherents of Italy's friend, Ksttad Pasha, and were looting Just outside tlio walls of Avlona. An official dis patch sent from the Italian warship, Mlsurata, at Durazo, says that the Albanian rebels at Tirana are threat ening to move against the govern ment of Kssad Pasha. Esbad, who was elected as provisional PrJ lent y the Albania Senate, left for hrnj, , wnere ne wm orKnme Tho ,nan wno confe!tseil 8 Hans against the rebels. ,,.,., alleg i rank j,on a)as Homo,, A German aeroplane made a laid on iin(jpr police sweating he poured o.it Gravesend, on the English coast, but j a ,ue of horror that caused his listen was driven off by a British piplane, ; Pri( t0 ga!1p before any bombs were dropped. Two British aviators arose and at ,WAR DEMONSTRATION IN TOKIO. templed to outflank the German, j quickly they manoeuvred to , tlie height. N 0 Demand t0 Send of a mile, and Just above the German - - becan gathering speed. Tho aero-1 T-oP Europe. niinien then were flying seventy miles! an hoar, but the operator of the Taube extending his motor to Its tun speea. gradually drew away from his pursu ers. The British were spitting Arc. 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. ! was acting In accordance witli the Paris. Twenty-four generals bave j terms of the Anglo-Japanese alliance. . bwn retired by General Joffre, the i The papers say It Is not consistent I French generalissimo, according to j 0 advocate the sending of half a mil the headquarters list made public, j ijn nien to Europe at a time when an This olllclally confirms the report that I efTort is being made to Increase the tho commander In chief has been i army hy two divisions. weeding oat unlit and Incompetent leaders without regard for rank or In fluence. Ten generals of divisions have been 1 1 placet! on the reserve list. Five of If these wero retired "for reasons of 1 1 health" and four "for reasons of per sonal convenience." No reason was stated in the cast of the tenth general. MARCHING ON SUEZ CANAL. Turkish Army Leaves Djt.3ou A Senutsi Chief on the Staff. Berlin, (by Wireless Telegraphy to Sayvllle. L. I.) The following was iven out by tho official Press Bi'reou: "According to a Constantinople dls- . . . . .1 t.r... -y t ..... .. ,uA paten 10 Hie rrnuniui irr muiiiK, mi: nrmy under tho command of the Mln- ister of Marine, DJomul Pasha, has' begun a march from Damascus toward the Suez Canal. j "A brother of the Sheik of the Sen- j ussl Is a member of DJemal s staff." NO ATTACK ON EGYPT ORDERED. Senusiyeh Chief Arms German Offi cers in Cyrenalca, However. Home. Turkish nnd German officers , have Joined the chief of the Senussyeh in Cyrenaica, who supplied them with arms, amniunlilou and money und oth er supplies. The chief refused, however, to order an attack on Egypt which would be 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, and Germans Tried for Per mitting British Exploit. London. 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 oourt-martlalled for their responsibil ity In permitting the destruction of the TlrkiBh battleship Messudyeh by a British submarine. Three of them hare beea sentenced to death." 80-MILE LINE LI Way to Warsaw and Russians 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 the 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 stauds with the Government In Its attitude in the present war. Almost every word of the striking statements made by tho representa tives of the Government was loudly cheered and at every renewed assur ance that France would coutlnuo to fight to the very end approval was voiced from every aide of the house. Premier Vivian! thrilled the mem-' bnrs and tho whole nation by tho de claration that France, Great Britain and Russia were determined to urge war on Germany unto tho end. "There is 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 -or munitions of war to the allied armies was unearth ed by the police, following a scribs of arrests, including ten Germans. Tho plan, it Is said, was to place lnfernil machines, operated by clockwork. In the cargoes of the vessels. These ma chines wero to go off after the ves sels were well at sea. The police are working on the the- nry that the plot was hatched In Ne.v I York City. One man '- --" confessed and told the full details r.t his purt in the affair. He told a story ach,eve fof fame and for Ills work. Tokio. Demonstrations are being I i - iM . v. i i, i., rn,,- ,nn,ii limuu in una vit in iuiui i ovuu.u-. a Japanese expeditionary force to Eu-1 rope. One reason assigned for the maniiVstatlons Is a desire to distract the attention of. those who oppose an Increase In the army, I, eliding newspapers assart that It is not clear that Japan's allies In Europe wish the Japanese to take part In the European war and that In the ! part the empire already has played, ! the taking of Kloa-Chow, Japan simply j itiuiiiiiiiiiiii!iniitiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiniiiiiiimi PITH OF THE 1 WAR NEWS I iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiifuiiiiiiiiiiiiuiniiiiiuiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiimiiiiiiuiiiifj The Allies have gained from four to ten miles along the battle front of 350 milea from the Belgian coast to near Muelhauten and Alsale since the Allies' offensive movement be. gan, The German War Office states that at. tacks by the Allies in Flanders were easily repulsed, that the British were beaten near La Bassee, losing 750 In prisoners, and that French , ..tL- DkalM. mmA attacks southeast of Rheima and 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. TnO IVllKaaO DIHDIWQ inv lpncaa Imperial Diet after the House of Representatives had rejected the Government bills providing for ar. my expansion. Petrograd reported that vicioir 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 loss in a surprise attack near Vailly, In the Depart ment of the Aisne. Grand Admiral von Tlrpitx, chief of the German navy, told an American correspondent that German submar ines, which had circumnavigated the British isles, might establisn a blockade, blow up food ships and starve the British Into submission. He praised the United States navy and warned this country against Japan. ( 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 Richebourg, north of La Bassee. ODON War at a Glance MONDAY. j Four of tho seven British senplnnes ! which made a raid against German j warships at Cuxhaven were sunk and ' the pilot of one of them drowned, ac cording to an official announcement at lndan. Zeppelins and other aircraft, cruisers, destroyers and submarines took part In tlie battle. French aviators flew over Met, dropping bombs at tho German avia tion hangars and other points. Of the fighting on the eastern front, the Berlin War Office says that the Germans' attacks on branches of the Bzura and Rawka rivers have resulted In slight progress, and that Russian attaekR on Inowlodz bave been re pulsed. An official announcement at Petro grad says that the Russians have re pulsed German attacks along the lines of tho Bzura and Rawka rivers, nnd have defeated Austrian forces on the NIda river, on the Tuchow-Alplnz line in Gollcla, and on the Zmlgrad-Dukla linn In the Carpathians. Emperor Nicholas of Russia has Joined hla nrmy at the front. Fighting in Belgium and Frame con tinue without material gain for either side, as far aa may be Judged from the announcements of the French and Ger- nan 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 states cruiser North Carolina In getting Kuropeans out of Turkey. SUNDAY. The airmen of the Euroyeon armies have performed several spectacular feats In tho past two days, while the combatants down on the ground have been doing only desultory lighting. Berlin reports that on Christmas Day eight British abips convoying hydro-aeroplanes made a dash into a Gorman bay, that the hydro aeroplanes j wont Into two German rivers (sup posed to be the Elbe and the Weser) dropping bombs aimed at ships at anchor and a gas tank near Cux haven. It Is claimed tiat no damage wus done by the invaders, but that (Jer- man airmen hit the hostile ships with , bombs. I A Zepielin scattered 14 bombs over Nancy, France, killing two persons nnd 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. to a halt In their offensive against the Russians in the direction of Warsaw, and seem to be seeking a new route to the Polish capital. The Russians claim successes in Galicia, and the Austrians admit re treuting before the Servians. Fog lnterferred with the lighting in Flanders. At other points along the battlo front In the west there was some fighting without notable result Italy occupied all of Avlona, Albania. Berlin claimed successes for the Turks against the Russians. Saturday. Communications from the various ar offices Indicate that nowhere was there any cessation In fighting between of Christmas. Russians are holding their own In battles on all the eastern fronts, ac cording to dispatches from Petrograd. Dispatches from Berlin say it Is be lieved there that the stubborn reslst- ance of the Russians is In the nature nf ronr.rwiaf r-nmhatu flffllpmiH fn enver the retirement of the main RllgBlan armies for reorganization back of .the middle Vistula. Hard fighting along the Western bat tle front is indicated by communica tions from the French War Office, with but slight changes In the general Situation A battle in the air occurred ywUer- day above Sbeerness, on the east const of England, when British aircraft at 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 has brought the Russo Turkish operations In Asia-Minor to a standstill, according to a dispatch from Petrograd. Friday. According to an official announce ment at Petrograd, German forces which bad crossed the Bzura and Ptllca rivers, In Poland, have been re- Dulsed i Attacks and counter-attacks con tinue along the battle line in France and Belgium, but no material change in the situation has resulted from the fighting. 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 1915. The children are granddaughters of United States Senator Tillman. 1 , CHOCTAW INDIAN HONORED. Gabe E. Parker Appointed Head Of Five Civilized Tribes. Washington, D. C President Wil son nominated Gabe E. Parker, ot Oklahoma, to be superintendent of the fire civilized tribes in Oklahoma. Parker, a Choctaw Indian, Is now register of the Treasury. Commis sioner Sells, of the Indian Bureau, selected him for hla knowledge and erasn of Indian affairs. Parker was not a candidate for the place, for which there were 20 applicants. Berlin announces that the German 'orce which the Russians recently lrove back from Mlawa into East Prussia has assumed the offensive and, advancing 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 batteries on the Gulf of Olranto, 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 nedo struck a French cruiser, but that tho damago dono was unimportant. A German aeroplane flew over Dover, England, and dropped a bomb upon the city. The British offlclnl press bureau, ob serving Christmas, has suspended an nouncements concerning 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. It lu rumored in Rome that Em peror Francis Joseph of Austria-Hungary Is dying. A dispatch from London states that Information received there Indicates that the Germans have launched a new movement against Warsaw from the southwest, which has forced Grand Duke Nicholas, the Russian com mander, to withdraw his forces from before Cracow. While French and German reports concerning developments along the western battle front are moro or less contradictory, a report by an Amster dam newspaper correspondent states thut undeniable advantages have been won by tho Allies along the Yser, though the gains are small. Emperor William, with bis entire staff, Is reported to have reached Cologne on his way to the western battle front. Lloyd's Is charging- GO guineas per cent, to insure that war between Italy and Germany, Austria nnd Turkey will not be declared within six months. An appropriation of $1,700,000,000 to cover the expenses of tho next six months. Including tho cost, cf the war. v as passed by the French Parliament. WEDNESDAY. Hard fiRhting at many points along the Franco-Belgian front has appar ently resulted In little change in the situation, gains claimed for the Allies hv thn French War Office belna dis- pute(, ofllcai statements at Berlin, n ,,nfT,.nl dlsnatch from PetrO- prad pay8 tbat thc RuBluan force which drove back R German column from Mlawa, In Russian Poland, across the EaBt Prug3lan frontier now threatens both the rlgnt Uank of the German Ma2UrInn Las position and the left , nf th(! armv operating before Warsaw. A declaration by Premier Vlvlanl of the Allies' determination to continue , the war until "Prussian militarism" Is crushed was received with enthusiasm In the French Chamber of Deputies. TUESDAY. Petrograd reports that the Russians nre still holding at bay, on the Bzura ' river, the German column which Is 'seeking to advance on Warsaw. The j German column previously reported checked In Its advance from Mlawa la declared to have been driven back across the East Prussian frontier. Confirming reports that the Rus sians bave 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, the German War Office declares that Allies' attacks have failed and the Germans bave gained ground In the Argonne. Evacuation of Mlddlckerke by the Germans is announced In an Amsterdam dispatch. Guarantees given by the Entente powers tbat Bulgaria will not attack ureece or nuuiuuum in me eveui in ,ne latter countries taking nana in the war arc regarded In London as fore shadowing the approaching participa tion of Greece and Roumania In the conflict. Serious uprisings in the Sudan are reported In dispatches from Berlin, which state 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 ail departments were posted in the factories of the W. II. McElwaln Shoo Manufacturing Company in this city. Seven thousand employes In the local j 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, D. C. The Japanese Embassy received official advices from Toklo that Russia has cedod to Japan its half of the Island of Sakhalin for some heavy guns. The Island was offi cially Russian until September, 1900. The southern half was ceded to Jup;m 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. James Alterman, 15 years old, shot and killed Bradley Davidson, 17 years old. at Glade Swings, Va. Davidson, who was a telephone operator at Abingdon, Va.. had gone to Alterman's home to call on the latter's sister. Young Alter man claims the shooting was acci dentatAl; that ho was handling a re volver, but had no Intention of shoot ing Davidson. FLEE! 10 1 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. Washington. D. C Tho entire At lantic licet of 21 dreadnaughts will re main on tho Pacific Coast for at least Tour months after tho formal opening cf the San Francisco Exposition. Announcement to this effect was made by Secretary of the Navy Daniels. Whllo the primary purposo will be to enable tho vessels to take part in tho ceremonies incident to the formal opening of the fair, naval ofll ccrs declared tonight that In view of the delicate situation In the Far East the occasion is propitious In, permit ting a transfer of the fleet without causing undue comment in certain foreign quarters. It is possible the ships will remain on tho west coast until the close of tho war. To Escort President. The Peet will escort the President to the exiKisitlon In March after Con gress adjourns. It will o through the Panama Canal. Before leaving the vessels will be stocked up with am munition to replace that to be used at the maneuvers an-1 target practice off Guantanamo next month. The maneiiv ers will he on a moro extensive plan than any ever held. Many of tho ex periment will be based on what naval experts havo learned from tho naval battles abroad. Expedition To Be Peaceful. Tl,o mere fact that the President is to accompany the fleet, traveling abroad tho flagship New York, will emphasize to foreign nations the fact that the expedition itself Is an entire ly peaceful one. At the same time It is pointed out that the Indefinite length of time during which It will re main on tho west coast will enable the fleet to bo on hand If any trouble oc curs In tho direction it is most likely to develop. Japan's fleet is now cruis ing in the vicinity of the west const of South America. Ceremonies At Canal. Rear-Admiral Frank F. Fletcher, commander-in-chief of the Atlantic fleet, had a long conference with the Secretary of the Navy relative to thc plans for the trip through the canal. Details will be announced to the pub lic shortly. After the three days' ceremonies in the Canal Zone and the 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. Tndiunanolls. Practically every mmnher of the city administration of Terrc Haute is in the hands of United States authorities as a result of tho nhnl,snl nrrests made there on In dictments charging a conspiracy U corrupt the election or November 3 last Nlnetv three persons. Including Mayor Donn Roberts, who is a candi date for the Democratic nomination for Governor in 1916: Dennis Shea. Sheriff of Vigo county; Circuit Judge Ell H. Redman, City Judge '1 nomas Smith nnd other leading Terro Haute politicians, had been taken in custody. $485,000,000 IN 1914 AUTOS. There Were 515,000 Motor Vehicles Made In America. ChicaKo. In the year drawing to a close American munufucturers turned out 515.000 motor vehicles valued at 1485,000.000. This Information came from Alfred Reeves, general manager of the Automobile Chamber of Com merce, who added that this output camo from 450 concerns. He said there wero 1,500,000 cars registered In the various SfateB, tbat there were 15,000 automobile dealers In the coun try, 13,630 garages and 680 supply bouHes. EMPEROR THANKS WILSON. Franz Josef Grateful For American Christmas Gifts. Washington, D. C A dispatch to the Austro-Hunga'rian Embnssy from Vienna announced that the Austrian Emperor had expressed his thanks to President Wilson through Ambassador Pen held for the American Christmas gifts distributed among children of dead soldiers. The dispatch also ex plained the retreat from Servia as the result of bad weather and nain$s 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 rostolllce Department of ficials place the number of parcel-post packages handled during the Christ mas rush at 100,000,000. It Is indi cated that the total volume of parcel post trallic for 1914 will total nearly one billion packages. HAGENBACKS KILLED IN WAR. Famous Animal Trainers Fall Fightmg v 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. Louts Zoological Society. Tho news originally came in a letter to Peter Bohnem, a native Hollander, from a, friend In Germany. Dleckman wroto to Lorenz llagonback a month ago, but, has received no reply. 0 IS COAST KEYSTONE STATE J SHOOT LatestNewsHappenlngsGalher ed From Here and There. TOLD IN SHORT PARAGRAPHS Norristown Under Dog Quarantine Suit Over $1.50 Dog Cost Berks County $67 Shot Himself When Friend Dies. Leaving untouched a drink that he had Just ordered, Tighman Desh, aged twonty-six, of Allentown, hastened to hla home 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 w-aa 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 somo time ovei the disappearance of his young brother-in-law, Michael Morrison, who was kidnapped eight months ago by a band of gypsies. Four Norristown persons are tak ing the Pasteur treatment and the State Live Stock Sanitary Board has established a partial quarantine on dogs In Norristown aa the result of a dog biting a number of persons. The animal bit four persons last Tbesday 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 ore: Minnie Honvltz, Alexander Mack, Edward Ep right and Ethel Redfern. The Red fern child, V e first to be bitten, did not notify the Board of Health until today. Martin Boklnskl, of Scranton. lone survivor of the fourteen men on fio lift which fell in tho Dinmond Mine December 9, is suffering so severely from the after shock that his wife has notified the authorities that she be lieves he is losing his mind. While : Boklnskl was giving testimony at the ! coroner's Inquest, he had to be taken home, his wife explaining that he was not able to tell any ulralght story of the disaster. It cost Berks County $67 to find out whether It was necessary to find a true bill against Mrs. Hnrry Houck, 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 $1.50, 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 In his neck was dis located. Prompt action of a surgeon in reducing the dislocation saved his life and at the hospital it was said he would recover. 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 tho 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 wa filled with guests, all of whom es caped, many In their night clothing. John Sullvan, Lehigh Valley Rail road scale Inspector, who with his wife, boarded at the Exchange Hotel for the past twenty years, died after a long Illness, of pnralysls 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. Idora Hodgklnson, a three-year-old daughter of Rev. Mr. Hodgklnson, now engaged in evangelistic work In Can ada, was badly burned while playlnn with matches at her home, 804 Swede street. Fire, that started through an over heated fluo, was detected by the Sun day school oflieers of tho New Goshen hoppen Reformed Church, in time tc save the building. Stephen W. Staley was elected chlel of police by Waynesboro Council Charles W. Harris and A. K. Rentzei have been elected patrolmen, and George V. Gans, market master. The Legislative Committee of the State Federation of Labor has beet called to meet at Harrlsburg January 18, to discuss Mils for workmen's compensation. The first coasting accident of thc season in tho county occurred when Carl, flveyear-old son of Georg 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 and three fingers of his right hand. Miss Pearl Bowers, of Harrlsburg who lost her speech a year ago throuf i paralysis of the vocal cords, due to fall against a door, recovered her vole 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 Stanley's footsteps through Africa. ORDER T T Rates on Anthracite to Phlladel phia Too High. AWARDED GOLD MEDAL Standards Of Safety Work Is Progrm. Ing Awarded Gold Medal For Work For SafetyAsks State To Oust Osteopathy, Harrlsburg. A reduction of forty cents a ton in tho freight rate for anthracite coal carried to I'hlUiM phia Is ordered by tho Public Servta commission oi roiinsyivania. Ko; sizes less than pea a reduction ol twenty-five cents a ton is ordered. The. rates wbih tho various coal carrying railroads aro ordered to put Into effect are the same as nre no chnrged for coal delivered to I'liMaM pbla for shipment to outsldii point, and aro made as a result of tli com plaints of Harry E. Bellis, an hull vldual, business men's assoclallom md the city of Philadelphia that tlio ran to tbat city were preferential, pre judicial anu aiscnminatory. The railronds affected by the order are the Philadelphia & Heading, uV Pennsylvania, Central Railroad of New Jersey, Lehigh Valley and tlio De! ware, Lackawanna Ik Western Ilallruail Company. The charges were filed orlyinally with the Pennsylvania Slate Railroad Commission, the predecessor of u present body, in April, 1!H2. Much testimony was heard from ..nth com plalnants and defendants regarding the reasonableness of the rates and UV commission appointed expert account ants to examine the books aad record; of the companies to ascertain tlii cost of transporting the coal from tht mines. The substance of the conrplaintn wi that tho existing rates of freight charged for the transportation ol anthracite coal from tlio various Alt tricts in which the coal is mined to the city of Philadelphia are unicasoaablj high, and are preferential, prcjudlctl and discriminatory. Findings Of the Commission. The commission, In submitting lu findings, eays: "After a careful consideration of all of the facta, giving due weight to tht large amounts invested In this traflU by tho respondents, endeavoring to it termlne what would be a due rrtuni upon these Investments, and piopei compensation for their service, t have reached the conclusion that tlx experience of the respondent! h itself established the measure of what would be a fair and reasonable rate for tho transportation ot anthracite coal to Philadelphia, when thut experience established the fact that the rales not charged for such coal shipped "out side the capes" was a proflUhl Charge. We think, therefore, that the rates for the local delivery of coal In Philadelphia as now existing ouKht tc be reduced forty cents a ton, eicept for sizes less than pea, and that the rates opon these sizes should be the samet upon pea coal. The effect of this r ductlon will be to put Philadelphia In this respect on an equality with UV other cities and ports of the country. "If It be trua that the existing raw covering all freights unon the railruad! of the country are Insufficient to afford Uiem a proner return upon their id vestments, it Is entirely ch ar that the method of correction should be K eral advance In such a manner a to equalize the burdens and to BtTect alike all interests and all subjects of Irani and trnnsiwrtatlon. To siiure aue nuate returns hv nlnrliiK unequal bor dens unon localities and rommodlll where it may bo possible would be Imnnrfooi in.l Imaa t lufili'tril V mCthO-1 which ougnt not to be mlomtcd" Would Oust 'Osteopathy Collcje An attack was made before Attorney Oenoral J. K. B. OinningliM1 on the Philadelphia Cnllego drniirv nf flulonnn ( h V nf Philadfll"1" on tho ground that It cannot issue degrees !n Pennsylvania. " rnmt.liilnt WH fllivt hv C. tireen U'1 dreth, who alleged that the colleges' New Jersey corporation nnd l legally qualified to act as a ro- l ,1.,.,. n., ,,oi,.uu lll( IinHlCrl- and faculty demanded by Hie Ac 1885. In answer It wns ccmtti"l,u Uie college decs not come imiicr i r act and that Its work Is rerngiv Iterf t" the State Board cf Osteopath - amlners nnd tbat it rulnlls rw- ments of the proletslon. Standards Of Safety Work. Tho State Industrial Board bai ranged for a general conference oi committee named to draft wa of safety and sanitation for lri sylvanla to be held In Pittsburg January 20. This committee nei a., ,.,c ureks BK0 " lllDl mewing bviii. - , ... ,n,i on ti" r . . . . 111..A has posea coae. rue cuiin" .! .on.,,l fn . ,,.tlnir of the iW" i- , .w,i, for cm" ire in I'unirsr ui in- -M ti ont fnf nllvAi inm 111 It t 'P 8 10 here as follows: Quarries, w',r canneries. January 8 and hu'""" uary 12. A.-.ri r.niri Medal. Lew R. Palmer, chief tnPlor tho State Department of L80or dustry, has been presented j( medal by the American Safety in recognition of his safety In Industries and every a i Mr. Palmer, wtd was no"" - fivt lege oays as one ui me r"- ton elevens, wbb formerly iw C0 expert of the Jones & Launlii"1 , psny, of Pittsburgh, coniii'K nf year. Ho was also connei t National Council of inmi" In furtherance of its propM:'"1"3- ORDERS 40CEN CUT In GOAL FREIGH
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