THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS, McCONNELLSBURO. PA.
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SEES NEW ERA
KEYSTONE STATE
SIX MONTHS OF WAR
Glgantlo Struggle Apparently No
Nearer Decision Than Wftsn
Begun.
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SINK MERCHANTMEN
Two in English Channel Added
To Norlh Sea Toll. .
THE SUBMARINES GET AWAY
teamer Graphic Had Narrow Escape
From Destruction In "Under
water Emden't" Lateit
Raid.
London. The toll taken by the Ger
man submarine L-21 In its raid in the
Irish Sea In the vicinity of Liverpool
still stands at three ships the steam
ers Ben Crunchen, Linda Blanche and
the Kllcoan. the latter a small vessel.
The crew of the Kilcoan was landed
on the Isle of Man by a coastwise
teamer.
In addition, a German submarine
also has torpedoed two British steam
ers In the English channel, near llavie
the Tokomaru and t'.e learia.
Called Under-Water Emden.
The Irish Sea raider easily made
her escape, and shipping Interests,
confident that she has returned to her
base, ordered a resumption of normal
traffic.
This under-water Ed men Is tho same
Tessel which last September torpedoed
In the North Sea the British cruiser
Fatbflnder, with a loss of 246 lives,
and later destroyed two British steam
ers off Havre. She found numerous
vessels In the waters to which she has
now transferred her activities.
In addition to the three vessels she
is known to have sunk, al least live
other steamers were chased by her.
These Include the steamer Graphic,
with 100 passengers and a crew of 40,
and the smaller boats Atieus, Avia,
Kathleen and Edymion. All these ves
sels escaped.
Others Warned By Wireless.
The Graphic's captain had his pas
sengers don life bells and sent all tlio
members of the crew to the sioKenoie
so that the steamer could keep up a
full head of steam In flight The cap
tain also took the precaution to warn
by wireless vessels fro.n coming Into
the lone of the submarine's activity.
WAR KEWS IN SUMMARY
One of the features of the war news
as transmitted through London Is the
statement of the Austro War Office.
Sweeping claims of victory except in
the far north are made.
It is asserted that in Poland, on the
Warsaw front, in Gallcia, Iiukowlna
and Northern Hungary the Austrian
and German forces are battering down
the Russian resistance:
No mention is made of East Pru
sla, where the Russians say tbey are
making a new advance.
The Turkish ar;ny that lnv?ded
Tensia Is reported defeated. Tabriz
has been reoccupied by the Russians.
Iierlin announces a defeat of tho
Russians In two minor engagements.
A night attack at Buijimow was re
pulsed. In France the heaviest fighting oc
curred at the end of the line. Ger
many says further ground was gained
in the Argonne. where the French suf
fered heavy losses. Near Nieuport, in
Belgium, and south of Verdun, says
Berlin, heavy Infantry engagements
were disastrous to the French.
London papers are now doubtful
about the strength of the reported
'lurkish Invasion of Egypt
PROTESTS AGAINST PROTEST.
London Daily News Discusses One
Danger To Allies.
London. The Daily News In an edi
torial protests against the British Gov
ernment attempting to stop cotton
shipments to Germany. The editorial
says Germany has an ample supply of
cotton for the making of ammunition
and tl at, therefore, she would Buffer
no great Injury as a result of the hold
ing up of the staple, while nothing
would be easier than for the United
States In retaliation to stop the export
of munitions war, which would seri
ously injure the Allies.
CANADIANS AT FRONT.
OtMwa Hears Unofficially Of Con
tingent's Movement.
Ottawa, Ont The first Canadian
army, consisting of 21.000 mon, artil
lery transport and divisional cavalry,
Is now in Franco or nearing there, ac
cording to private advices received
here from Europe. It will participate
In the ireat spring offensive whlcn has
beea foreshadowed for some time.
E3 LOST WITH VIKNOR.
British Armored Vessel Carried Down
Many Naval Reserves.
London. A casualty list just Issued
shows l!;at the British armored mer
chant vessel Viknor, which was lost
off the coast of Ireland several days
ago, carried i crew of 258, composed
of navul reserve men and boys belong
ing to the mercantile marine, ell of
whom perished. Among the crew were
24 Royal Naval Reserve men from
Newfoundland.
KOLBERG NOT SUNK IN BATTLE.
JI German Ships But Sluecher Re
turned, Says Berlin.
Berlin, via London. The report that
the German cruiser Kolberg was sunk
In the battle in the North Sea last
Sunday Is untrue. All the German
ships, with the) exception of the
Illuccher, have returned. Regarding
the Kolberg. Vice-Admiral Beatty,
commander of the British fleet In the
North Sea fight, stated that German
prisoners reported that the Kolberg
London. The end of the sixth
month of Europe's great war finds the
armies' of the belligerent nations com
pleting preparations for a new series
of operations or actually engaged In1
campaigns the extent of which hardly
was anticipated when the declarations
of hostilities were made.
In Flanders, France and Central Po
land a deadlock still exists, but largely
because of Russia's tremendous re
sources And the action of Turkey the
sphere of operations has been wldtly
extended.
Russia alone is engaged in lighting
hostile armks from Tilsit, tar lu the
north of East Prussia, to Tabriz, In
Persia, a distance of more than l,5u0
miles. Only that portion of her terrl
tory bordering on Roumanla Is free
from menace, but, according to her re
ports, all is going well with her Im
mense armies. The Russian outflank
ing movement In Northern East Pius
sla Is tn id to be gaining momentum.
The armies on either side of Tilsit
have cut the German railway between
that city mid Mi-uiel. on the Baltic.
On tlie southern front hi East Pru.-t
sia another army Is advancing toward
the Genua n fortress of Thorn, while
still icint ..cr is holding a line of en
trenchments which protect Warsaw
and which General von llhideiiburj
has been trying to batter through foi
three months. Other armies are ugair.
preparing to meet a big Austro-Uer
man force which Is attempting to re
gain Gallcia and Iiukowlna. t'.erehy
turning Grand Puke Nicholas' hit
wing.
To the oastward the Muscovite
troops are battling against the inrks
in the Caucasus and Persia. They ap
parently have Indicted another defeat
on the Turkish forces, for the Russian
ollieial report says their opponents
are retreating to Tabriz, while unofli
clal dispatches state that the Russians
have reoccupied that city
What is regarded as the most Im
portant canvpnlgn, however, is that
which Is developing in the Car
pathians, brought about by the Amtro
(rcrman offensive designed to drive
the Russians from Gallcia and Buko
wina, thereby removing the menace of
an invasion of Hungary. The Austro
Germans are pa,d to have concutrati d
not less t'.ian army corps for thir
venture. So f.ir ai can be gathered
from contradictory official reports, th
Russians have woo preliminary skli
mlshes in the western pas.-es from
Dukla to Wszkow. while to the east
they have teen forced to retire before
Ftiperior forces. The battles which lire
being fought in the r now are just com
mencing, however, ami many days
must lass before a dellnlte decision is
reached.
Rattles ia the we: t still consist of
local engagements, although the Ger
mans, who apparently are preparing
for an extensive offensive before the
Allies ?et their full strength into t! o
fU ld, occasionally deliver rather more
serious attacks. These are scattered
nil along the front from the sca to th"
Swiss frontier, but always come baric
to that portion of the line which lien
between them and the French coast
towns.
Guinchy. for example, which the
British now hold after driving back
the Germans, who captured it on Mon
day, was attacked again Friday and.
according to a British report, the Ce
mans were rrruled. leaving 20ft dead
In fmnt of the trenches t! ey sought to
capture.
MISS BRITTON GOING TO WAR.
To Serve As Nurse M;ss McAdoo
j May Accompany Her.
j Washington. IX C Miss Csthcrir.e
Britton, daughter cf Alexander Brit
ton, applied at the District Court fot
a passport to Europe, where she Is to
j be a war nurse. It Is persistently re
! ported in Washington society that
Miss Nina McAdoo, eldest dauglitei
of the Secretary of the Treasury, Is to
accompany Miss Britton. They are
expected to sail from New York snon
Miss Brit ton's application for papers
from this Government has been sent
to the passport division In the State
Department for certification.
POISON KILLS WIFE SLAYER.
Suicide Explains Before Dying That
Jealousy Caused Crime.
Houston, Texas. Ward Snyder, the
oil man who killed his wife, Loreua
B-resford Snyder, 1 n a sanatorium
here, died from poison he swallowed
after the crime. Snyder was tne son
of N. S. Snyder, a Pittsburgh (1'a.)
capitalist and oil man. Snyder rallied
at Intervals and anxiously asked when
Lis father would arrive. He asserted
his wife had desired to leave hl:u slnc
last August in order o obtain a
divorce and wed an actor.
TWO WINERS DEAD; 4 MAY DIE.
Car Taking Them Into Shaft Struck
By Runaway Train.
Johnstown, Pa. Martin Hollcran
and Angelo Marcornlnio were killed
and four other miners perhaps fatallj
Injured at the mine of the Altoona Coai
Company near Delaney, Pa. A train
of loaded coal cars ran away on a
grade. The miners were entering
the shaft when the runaway train
crashed Into the cars they occupied.
GAVE DAUGHTER AWAY IN JAIL
Father Acquitted Of Murder While
Wedding Waa In Progress.
Rome, Ga. A prisoner in Die county
jail awtltlng the verdict of the Jury,
Y C. Baker, charged with the murder
of H. R. Lamb, witnessed the marriage
of his daughter, Miss Maggie Baker,
to Clinton Robinson. Just as the cere
mony was concluded the prisoner was
called back to court, where the Jury
announced that be bad been acquitted.
Albania bas a population of 880,000.
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Follows Lines of Gen Rennen
kampf's March Which
Ended in Defeat.
CAMPAIGN VITAL TO BOTH
Austrian Expected Te Deliver Main
Attack In Bukowlns In An
Attempt To Restrain
Roumlnia.
ITALY IS GETTING READY.
Rome. A royal denes has
been Issued calling to the colors
the Italian soldiers of tho first
' category born In 1SS8 and be
longing to the field artillery and
also the Alpine troops. The sol
diers of the third category, born
in IS!1, LS:i2, ISDS and 1MM. be
longing to l.ie Alpine troops al:o .
are summoned.
London.-- Ith the armies In France
and Flanders recuperating, after the
strenuous fighting of the earlier days
of the week and only local actions be
ing recorded, Interest In the war situa
tion has been transferred to the Rus
sian offensive In East Prussia and the
attempt of a strong Austro-Germar.
Army to dislodge the troops of Em
peror Nicholas from their positions in
the Carpathians.
la East Prussia, a Russian of
fensive has developed In' the extreme
north, where the renewed fighting
seems to confirm the belief that a
definite effort to advance north of the
Mazurlan lakes district, where pre
viously the Ku.-slans were defeated,
has been decided upon by the Russiau
General Staff.
Carpathian Campaign Vital.
More vital to both sides, however, Is
the campaign In tho Carpathians,
where southwest of Dukla Pass the
Kusslans have (l llvered an ene rgetic
attack. According to their account of
the combat, they compelled the Austro
Gerniar.s to retreat, leaving behind
annum. foil unit stores. This attack,
according to military observers. Indi
cates an attempt by the Russians to
turn the flank of the Teuton allies. If
it should prove successful, observers
?ay, it would have serious conse
quences for the large Austro German
army in and about the Carpathian
passes.
Russian military experts anticipate
that the Austrlans will deliver their
mnln attack with their extreme right
In Western Bukowina In the hope of
achieving a signal victory and thus
give Roumanla cause to pause.
The only thing holding Roumlnia
In check at present, It Is stated,
:s the uncertainty as to the action
Bulgaria would be likely to take.
Bulgaria, It Is aserted. is still demand
ing t'int part of Macedonia, now under
Servian rule, as the price of her neu
trality and Servla Is reported unwill
ing to mnVe this concession.
Bulgaria Blocks Roumanla.
Greece. It is asserted, also objects
to Bulgaria extending her boundaries
westwatd. taking the ground that this
would place a wedge between her and
her ally. iJervia. Thus, seemingly, the
whole Balkan situation remains in
volved, and It is stated it is not likely
to be cleared up until the demands of
Bulgaria are satisfied.
A dispatch from Bucharest to the
Chronicle declares that Roumanla is
preparing steadily and quietly au ef
fective entrance into the war.
Another skirmish with the Turkish
advance guard not far from Sue Is re
ported by the British forces In Egypt,
tt as not of a serious character.
British marines are said to have landed
at Alexandretta, Asiatic Turkey, and
to have cut the telegraph w ires.
8IXCENT BREAD IN CHICAGO.
Clean Food Club Recommends Rice As
Substitute.
Chicago. Six-cent bread was In
dorsed here by the National Associa
tion of Master Bakers, through Its sec
retary, Joseph M. Bell.
While the bakers were considering
raising the price of the 5-cent loaf,
the Clean Food Club was outlining a
campaign to teach l.ouscwivea the
economy of home-made bread.
Mrs. II. V. Von Hoist, president of
the club, declared that small families
ought to eat more rice, macaroni ftnd
vegetables and less bread If they
wished to reduce the burden Imposed
by a six-cent loaf.
DUEL FOUGHT IN DRUG STORE.
Doctor Kills Restauranteur Who Had
Slashed Him.
Bynum, Texas. Dr. A. C. Saylors,
standing Inside a drug store here,
foUght a duel with and killed Joe Fitz
Patrick, a restaurant keeper, who fired
from the sidewalk In front of his
restaurant The physician returned
to Bynum after recovering from a stab
wound Inflicted by F1U Patrick last
December, and this was the first time
since then that the mea had met.
$100,000,000 FROM CANADA.
Dominion To Be Asked To Pay Share
Of War Expenses.
Montreal, Quebec. The Canadian
Parliament will be asked to vote $100,
000,000 toward the expense of carrying
on the war In Europe, at the session
which begins next month, according to
a declaration made by George E. Fos
ter, Dominion Minister of Trada and
Commerce, in a speech before the
t'anr 'lart Club. The Dominion bas al-
.led ISO.000,000.
Burnett Sure Congress Will
Override President.
BUT SENTIMENT MAY CHANGE
Follows Example Of Cleveland and
Taft Doubt Expreased If Con
gress Can Pass Measure
Over Veto.
Wsahlngton, D. C President Wil
son, following In the footsteps of the
late President Cleveland and former
President Taft, vetoed the Burnett
Dillingham Immigration bill and in a
message to Congress explained his
action upon the grounds that the
measure provided a literacy and other
radical restrictive tests for those who
come from foreign shores to make
their homes In this land. President
Cleveland and President Taft disap
proved similar measures on the tunic
grounds.
Just before tho President sent the
veto message to Congress, Representa
tive David J. Lewis, of Maryland, call
ed at the White Ilouso and made an
eleventh-bour appeal to the President
to sign the bill or at least allow It to
become a law without his signature.
The President told Mr. Lewis that he
had prepared bis veto message and
could not reconsider his action.
The one question at the Capitol was
whether Congress would pass the bill
over the President's veto. The feeling
Is strong that the friends of the liter
acy test cannot muster a two-thirds
voto In the House to override the
President's disapproval.
Representative Coady, of Baltimore,
who fought the literacy test when It
was up In the House, was strong In
bis opinion that the House would not
give the bill the necessary two-thirds
majority. Senator John Walter Smith,
of Maryland, who voted for the bill, ex
pressed the same opinion In regard to
the Senate. Senate leaders, however.
Insist that there will be no trouble
repassing the bill In the upper house.
This was done In the Taft administra
tion, but'tbe House failed to muster a
two-thirds majority by a narrow
margin.
"Whila I have not canvassed the
House on the situation." said Mr.
Coady, "I have heard enough to con
vince nie that the President's veto will
never be overridden. There are a
large number of Democrats who
voted for the bill, but will not vote to
override the PresldenL The Presi
dent's views for disapproving the
measure are so strong and clear that
they In themselves will bring strength
to the Influences against the bill."
The President In his message frank
ly told tho House, which originated the
bill, that be had no pride of opinion
on the question and was not "foolish
enough to profess to know the wishes
and Ideals of America better than the
body of her chosen representatives
knew them."
"If the people of this country have
made up their minds to limit the num
ber of immigrants by arbitrary tests
and so reverse the policy of all the
generations of Americans that have
gone before them, It Is their right to
do so," he said. "I am their servant
and have no license to stand In their
way. But I do not believe that they
have."
When the message was read in the
House the attention given was marked.
I'pon Its conclusion there was ap
plause from both sides of the cham
ber. Similar applause followed a
statement by Representative Burnett
that at the proper time he would
move for a reconsideration of the vote
by which the bill passed and that the
measure be passed over the Presi
dent's veto.
ORDERS POSTOFFICE ECONOMY.
Reduce Expenses Wherever Possible,
Is Word From Burleson.
Washington, D. C Notice to post
masters throughout the country to re
duce expenses where possible wlthoul
affecting efficiency of mall service was
sent out by the Postmaster-General.
An official statement says falling reve
nues are due to the war and not In
ternal conditions.
MOVES TOWARD 8UFFRAGE.
Tennessee House Passes Resolution
Approved By Senate.
Nashville, Tenn. First steps to ex
tend suffrage to Tennessee women
were completed by the House, which
passed a Senate resolution for an
amendment to the State Constitution.
The resolution must be adopted by the
next Legislature and at a popular elec
tion before It becomes opeiative.
WILL TRY BOMB DROPPERS.
Russia Would Establish Legal Status
Of Act.
Petrograd, via London. The Novoe
Vremya states that in order to estab
lish the legal status of bomb dropping
Rusela will place the Germans cap
tured in the Zeppelin wliich recently
attacked Llbau, on trial. They will be
charged with dropping bombs on an
undefended town.
ALL WHEAT SEIZED.
German Government Takes Extreme
Step To Safeguard the Supply,
Berlin, via Amsterdam to London.
All stocks of wheat have been selted
by the German government, according
to the otliclnl statement, in order to
safeguard the bread supply until the
next harvest Tbls measure, It Is
said, was made necessary by the fact
that the people have failed to
economize. The stocks will be dis
tributed according to the population of
the various communities.
President Addresses America.'
'Electric Railway Men.
TEST PERIOD FOR REMEDIES
Address Before American Electrlo
Railway Association a Definition
Of Politics Expected To Guide
Commerce Of the Country.
"FOUR RULES OF GAME."
The four rules of the business
game as given by the President,
and which received elaboration
In the speech Itself, are us fol
lows: 1. The rulo of publicity,
whereby the public may know
what business Is doing and may
be able to Judge of It according
ly; that the public may know
that none of the contestants are
not observing the rules of fair
ness and squareness.
2. The rule that the public
shall have its money's worth;
that they are getting a full
measure of service for what they
pay business. .
3. Tho rule of conscience,
whereby business may know that
the honors it gets are not ob
tained dishonorably.
4. The rule of having the
"spirit of service," wherety
business may enjoy the con
sciousness of giving the best
service It Is possible to produce.
Washington, D. C Declaring that
the business lnteersts of the country,
In the era into which they have now
passed, could enjoy "a free field and
no favors," and confidently predicting
that the country will soon enter upon
a new period of enterprise and pros
perity. President Wilson, In a speech
before the convention of the American
Electric Railway .Association, laid
down what he expressed as the "rules
of the game," heading the list with
publicity, not doing anything under
cover.
Speaks To Business World.
Speaking through the association to
the world of buslnes generally, the
President outlined what Congress has
tried to accomplish through Its trust
legislation, and declared that while a
test period would be required to deter
mine whether the correct remedy had
been applied, he believed the "maze of
Interrogation points" which had
checked enterprise for 20 years had
been cleared away.
With a common understanding re
garding business reached, he said,
henceforth nobody Is going to be
suspicious of any business just be
cause it Is big.
Uses Parlance Of Athletics.
Expressing the belief that the
American busines man wanted to be
"a good sportsman," the President
dropped easily into the parlance of the
athletic field. His audience, made up
of representatives of practically all
the large electric rnilway systems of
tho country, was aroused to a high
pitch of enthusiasm, and constantly
Interrupted his remarks with outbursts
of applause.
For more than 30 minutes the Presi
dent held the attention of bis hearers,
carrying them bnck to the period
when, he declared, business was sur
rounded by an atmosphere of sus
picion and distrust, tracing the years
of Agitation and uncertainty, and
bringing them up to the completion of
tho Administration's trust program.
If, declared the President, business
observes these rules, no one Is going
to complain Justly if it piles up pronts
"as high as the Rocky Mountains."
WIFE SLAIN IN SANATORIUM.
Husband Beaide Body In Comatose
State From Poison.
Houston, Texas. Ward S. Snyder,
said to be an oil man of Pittsburgh,
Pa., was found In a comatose state
from poisoning beside the mutilated
body of his wife, who had been a
patient in a sanatorium hero. Physi
cians say Snyder will die. On Sny
der's arrival at the sanatorium he was
shown to his wife's room. Ten min
utes later, noting blood tricking from
beneath the door, the nurse hurried in,
to find Mrs. Snyder dead with her
arms almost severed near the elbows
and her body gashed in numerous
places.
BURGLARS WERE PRUDENT.
Made Watchman Report Hourly, Then
Failed To Break Safe.
Fort Wayne, Ind. Compelling the
night watchman to report regularly on
the electric signal system, two bur
glars worked four hours In an attempt
to blow open the safe In the Rurode
dry goods store here. At 4 o'clock the
robbers gave up the attempt and
escaped with a small amount of cash
left outside the sate.
CUTS A BIG MELON.
Fidelity Trust Co., Of Newark, N. J.,
Divides $7,000,000.
Newark, N. J. A special dividend
of 350 per cent, to totaling 17,000,000,
was declared by directors of the Fi
delity Trust Company. The declara
tion of the dividend was due principal
ly to the sale of approximately 20,000
shares of stock In the Prudential In
surance Company of America, which
was recently mutualized. The direct
ors also voted a bonus of 10 per cent,
of salaries to all employes.
LatestNewsHappenlngsGather
d From Here and There.
TOLD IN SHORT PARAGRAPHS
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Two Killed, Six Injured In Coal Car
Crash In Mine Rajah Temple
Admits Forty From
Allentown.
Governor Brumbaugh accepted mem
bership on the Board of Trustees of
Flsk University, Nashville, Tenn. The
Institution Is devoted to the education
of colored persons. The Governor of
Tennessee Is also a member.
Allentown furnished forty out of
sixty-two novices admitted to member
ship In Rajah Temple. Nobles of the
Mystic Shrine, at a special session In
Reading. The Allentown Shrlners
went to Rending by special train, ac
companied by the Allentown Band, the
crowd numbering 197.
Clarence Snyder, of Philadelphia,
was released from the county jail at
Norrlstown wl'.ere he has been confined
awaltl'.i trial for manslaughter,
charged with having been responsible
for the death of the two engineers in
the wreck of a freight and a passenger
train at Royersford, on December 12.
A Warren chemical manufacturing
concern started work on a large order
of gun cotton for England. Two shifts
of men are working night and day to
complete the order. An unconfirmed
report la that Russia has ordered $250,
000 worth of gun cotton from the same
concern.
Clayton Zlegler, storekeeper, of Par
leysvllle, was held under $600 ball for
alleged conducting of a gaming house
and selling cigarettes to minors, among
them Isaiah Blank, aged fifteen, who
on -Tuesday night shot Horace Lat
shaw, after the latter had won his
money at pool.
Orders were Issued by the H. C.
Frlck Coke Company to Immediately
Are 1,000 coke ovens which have been
Idle for a year or more. The ovens
are scattered through the entire Con
nellsville district, about twenty plants
being affected. Th new order will
give employment to about 1,000 men
for five days a week.
Raymond Chrlsmer, a member of the
Senior Class of the Northumberland
High School, accidentally splashed
some writing ink into his eyes and
became totally blind. He was rushed
to a Sunbury specialist's office, and it
is said he will probably never be able
to see again. The ink is believed to
have contained an acid that paralyzed
the optic nerve.
The tanker Paraguay from Sabine,
Texas, for Philadelphia, with a cargo
of oil, was in collision with an un
identified outward hound vessel off
Marcus Hook. Eight plates of the
Paraguay were badly damaged above
the water line. The outward bound
ship proceeded down the river and the
extent of her damage, if any, is not
known.
The Columbia County Court refused
fifty-four licenses and granted fifty-two,
dealing the heaviest blow to the liquor
interests that had ever been dealt in
the comity. Berwick and West Ber
wick, with twenty-nine licenses, will
be altogether dry. Catawissa lost all
five of its licenses, and Orangevll'e is
also dry by the loss of its two licensed
hotels. Practically half tha county will
be dry.
With his wife as the only witness,
Wesley Dletz, sixty years old, resiling
sis miles south of Hanover, met a
tragic death. Deitz was sawing wood
with a gasoline-driven circular saw
when a small belt camo off. ..He at
tempted to replace it without stopping
the engine and was caught in the main
belt and hurled around the sl'aft sev
eral times before his wife coild stop
the engine. His skull was crushed
and both arms broken.
While speeding through Glrardvllla
a Lehigh Valley passenger ' train
Jumped the track and the engine top
pled over on Its side, striking the house
of William Brain, badly damaging the
property and giving the family a close
call. Engineer Frank Fritz Jumped
and saved himself, but the passengers
were badly shaken up. Had tho engine
fallen on the other side. It would have
run down a fifty-foot embankment, and
in all probability caused great loss of
life.
Four elm trees, planted In the rear of
the Reading postofflce property thirty
years ago by the late George F. Baer,
president of the Reading Railway
Company, who could see the trees from
his office windows, were transferred by
the city to Baer Park, because they are
In the way of the addition about to
be built to the postofflce.- and were
likely to be destroyed. The transfer
was made, In compliance with the de
sire of the family of the deceased rail
way president and permission had to
be obtained from Washington.
An advance In the price of pretzels,
Reading's noted luxury which has
made the city famous, Is announced by
the half dozen local manufacturers to
go into effect this week. The intended
advance is due to the increased cost of
flour.
Councilman Thomas Nclley and Po
lice Sergeant Valentine Master, of
Stcelton, were thrown into a cinder
bank at Steelton, when Nelley's auto
mobile ran away and snapped off
telephone pole in Us flight. Both were
badly bruised.
Talking Over the Telephone
From Sea to Sea.
PRESIDENT WILSON ON WIRE
He Also Converses With Thomas A.
Wataon In California and Alex
ander Graham Bell, Inventor Of
the Telephone, In New York.
Washington, D. C President Wil
son Monday Inaugurated the first
transcontinental telephone system by
speaking directly to President Moore,
of the Panama-raclnc Exposition, in
San Francisco. With Mr. Moore,
Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor
of the telephone, and President Vail,
of the American Telephone and Tele
graph Company, on the wire at dif
ferent points, the President extended
congratulations on the achievement.
"It appeals to the imagination to
speak across the continent," aald the
President to Mr. Moore. "It is a fine
thing for the exposition that the first
thing it has dona is to send lis voice
over from sea to sea. I congratulate
you on the fine prospects for a suc
cessful exposition. I am confidently
hoping to take part In it after the ad
journment of Congress. May I not
send my greetings to the management
and to all whose work has mode it
possible and make It the great event
it promises to be, and convey my per
sonal congratulations to you?"
With' Dr. Bell listening in on the
line at New- York, the President then
spoke to Thomas A. Watson, in San
Francisco. Mr. Watson was Dr. Bell's
electrician at the time of the Inven
tion of tho telephone, and was the first
person to hear a word spoken over a
telephone.
"I consider It an honor," said the
President, "to be able to express my
admiration for the Inventive genius
and scientific knowledge that has
made this possible, and my pride that
this vital cord should have been
stretched across America as a new
symbol of our unity and our enter
prise. Will you not convey my cor
dial congratulations to Dr. Bell, and
I want to convey to you my personal
congratulations, sir."
With Mr. Vail listening in on the
line at Jekyll Island, the President
then spoke to Dr. Bell:
"May I not congratulate you very
warmly on this notablo consumma
tion of your long labors and retnaik
able achievements?" said the Presi
dent "You are justified iu feeling a
great pride In what has been done.
This Is a memorable day and I convey
to you my warm congratulations."
The President said that he could
hear Mr. Moore In San Francisco voty
distinctly.
New York. Alexander Graham Bell,
ihventor of the telephone, sat In the
ofllce of Theodore N. Vail, president
of the American Telephone and Tele
graph Company, Monday, and talked
across the Continent to San Francisco.
It was the first time in the history of
telephone construction that the human
voice had been carried by wire from
ocean to ocean.
At the San Franolsco end of the
wire was Thomas A. Watson, who
heard the first word ever spoken over
a telephone wire, In Boston, (n 1875.
Mr. Bell was then at tho other end
of the wire as now.
President Wilson's conversations
from Washington with San Francisco
were overheard by scores of pereons In
the telephone company's offices. In
cluding city officials, business men and
merchants and representatives of
englneeilng and civic organizations.
The transcontinental service will
not be established for public use until
about March 1. It will cost a person
$20.70 In New York to talk for three
minutes with San Francisco and 6.76
for each additional minute.
San Francisco, Cal. After the first
successful Interchange of messages be
tween Dr. Bell and Mr. Watson over
the New York-Sen Francisco telephone
line Monday, the original Instrument
used In the first conversation between
the two 40 years ago was cut in on
the circuit and the voices still were
distinct. .
As a further test an extension was
set up from New Y'ork to Jckyl Island,
Gn where Theodore N. Vail, president
of the American Telephone and Tele
graph Company, was waiting, and Mr
Watson and Mr. Vail talked over a
circuit 4,600 miles long.
-jZ &
VON BEUELOW PROMOTED.
Head Of German Second Army Made
Field Marshal.
Amsterdam (via London). A tele
gram received here from Berlin an
nounces that General von Buelow,
commander-in-chief of the German
Second Army, has been appointed a
field marshal. General von Klneni,
commander-in-chief bf the Third Army,
the dispatch adds, has been promoted.
BRITISH LOAN TO ROUMANIA
$25,000,000 To Go Toward War
Materials. . .
London. An agreement waa signed
In London for the loan of 5.000.000
pounds ($25,000,000) to Roumanla. The
money will be advanced by the Bank
of England to the Bank of Roumania
against Roumanla treasury bills. The
loan Is a result of the visit to London,
of the Rqumnnlan finance commission.
It Is understood that Roumanla will us
the money for tho purchase of war
materials.
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