rHE FULTON COUNTY NEWS. McCONNELLSBURO, PA. KEYSTONE STATE IN SHORT ORDER GERMAN REPLY TO UNITED STATES SEE LONG SESSION FAIR OPENS E L E Latest NewsHappenlngsGather ed From Here and There. U a Firm Reiteration of the Retaliation Plan. District Visited Several Weeks Delayed Action on Important Measures the Cause. Ago Again Shaken. TOLD IN SHORT PARAGRAPHS i 1 SELF-DEFENSE MEASURE IMMENSE LOT OF BOOTY PART OF ROME UNDER WATER NEW PAROON BOARD MEETS Bunbury Fir Leaves Three Famllle Homeles End Life By Jumping In Path Of Freight Train. Worry Led To Suicide. Point Out With Great Emphasis Big Traffic In Arms Between This Coun try and Allies Papers Character ixe Reply As Satisfactory. Mttsape Bridget Dating Back To Beginning Refutet To Save On Man Condemned To Die Hold Up Three Other Executiona Governor For New Child Labor Bill. Of Victory To the President Of the Province Of East Prussia. Of Christian Era Threatened With Destruction Roads Blown Up By Infiltration. 1 A GREAT HAUL 1 I ITALY SUFFERS WTcdi FOB GERMANS -- ' ' NEW OH mm ?kg2ji Vi" ;???v4 64,000 Russian Prisoners and W Joyou. Charles Smith, I Emaus, li dying Id the Allentown Hospital from the effects of a self-inflicted bullet wound. There Is also In Eiuaus Charles II. Smith, assistant fire chief, to whom a borouKh check for nix dollars for extra services wan mailed Beveral days ago. Not getting the check. Charles H Smith began to make Inquiries and fuund the letter containing the check had bepn handed by the mnll man to plain Charles Smith. Being out of work and money, he had the check cashed. When an officer arrived to arrest him he beijged to be excused a moment to go upstairs. As soon ai he got up a shot was heard and they found him unconscious on the floor. After nn all-night chase, the police rounded up Edward Curry. 19: Wil liam Noonan, 23; William Merrlts, I4. and Raymond KIchart, 19, charged with robbing the J. 0. Metz hardware store, and Joseph Stern's clothing store In Williamsburg. Dr. O. E. Baker, who surprised them at work, Identified the one who drove him away at the point of a revolver. Noonan and Merrlts were found In the cellar of a log cabin on the outskirts of Altoona, and threatened to shoot the police, but were overpowered and dis armed. The gang confessed and was held for the Grand Jury. Grief over the suffering and hard ships which he thought his wife and two children must have been enduring In their native Austria-Hungary, while he was powerless to help them, Is sup posed to have driven Andres Kundrek. forty-five years old, formerly of Port Kennedy, to suicide. His body was found floating in the Sthuylklll River below Reading. He had been missing since last November. Fire made three famil'e homeless, and because of poor water pressure threatened to wipe out the business district of Sunbury. The damage was JT.f.M). The blaze started In f-e cen ter of the business district and fire men say tV stream of water would not roach the top of a two-story house. The fla:nes communicated to the homes of William Mohn. William Blngam and Ernest Auckers, which were destroyed. Twenty-five head of cows, seven piss and two gnats on the R. W. Prhrack farm, Cain TownsMn, were killed by order of the State Livestock Hoard because one cow was affected with anf'ous fever. The farm has been placed under strl ! quarantine. Inspectors hoped tat the disense had been wired out In C'-.ester county, hut this latest llridin? causes much anxiety ajneng farmers thereabouts. Helen Smith, nurse at tV-e Burns IMvate Hosnital, Scranton, and Maurice McDonald, college football hero and son of former Senator M. E. McDonald, were married January 14. T' ey had planned to keep the mar riage secret until the bride graduated In June, but the bride told a nurse and the nure let the secret slip, while at a soda fountain. H. W. Sweeney, said to be a mem ber of a prominent McKeesport fam ily, was held under ball for court by A ShamoVin justice, chareed with passing a $!0 00 check through a local bank. The paper bore the name of E. S. Erb. a well-known resident of State College, who pronounced It a forgery. Spurred by the efforts of the W. C. T. I"., of Emaus, to jail a number of business men. State Senator Sehantz, of Lehish county, has Introduced a bill In the legislature to repeal that part of the Blue Laws which prevents the sale or delivery of necessities of life on Sundays. The Allentown carpenters' unions have demanded thirty-seven and one half cents an hour, fifty hours to con stitute a week's work, and the contrac tors to pay fare w':en they are sent to work out of town. The rate last year was thirty fne cents an hour. A man about twenty-five years old. well-dressed In a dirk blue suit, gray golf cap, threw t l-nself in front of a Lehigh Valley freij' t train at Yates ville. a sut.wb. He was instantly killed. Calvin R Reedy, employed at fie Reading Hardware Plant. Reading, since It was established fifty-five years ago, was stricken with apoplexy at his borne there and died In a few minutes. Laura, wife of George Huston, of Walnutport. thlrty-e'ght years old, died of apoplexy, with which she was stricken while calling at the home ol friends. The Penn Hardware Company and the S. G. V. Automobile Company, of Reading, began shipments to San Francisco for their respective exhibits t the Tanama Exposition. The Penn Company is furnishing; the hardware for eighteen State and twelve foreign buildings. The grocery store of Jacob Naft tlnger, at Reading, was broken into and robbed, the thief uecurlng $40 from the safe. Henry Ray, a Btranger, was arrested as a auspt-ct. He had $23 on his person. Berlin, via Amsterdam. The text of the German reply to the United States' protest against the submarine block ade was made public, and It is, as ex pected, a firm reiteration of the Ger man claim that her action is a legiti mate retaliation against English methods. In tone the answer Is especially friendly to the I'nlted States, but It Is carefully set forth that Germany took the steps she did only arter mature deliberation and "because the English measures are In violation of the ac cepted principles of international law." The German Government is declared to be "in accord with the United States that It Is in a high degree de sirable to avoid misunderstandings which might arise from the measures announced by the German Admiralty." Reference Is made to the note of February 4. which, It Is stated, ac curately set forth the reasons for the German action. "Measure Of Self Defense." "This action is in no way a measure directed against the commerce of neu trals," It says, "but represents solely a measure of self-defense Imposed on Germany by her vital Interests against England's methods of warfare." It Is stated that Germany at all times has adhered to the valid International rules of waffare and agreed at the very outset of the war to ratify the principles of the declaration of I.on don. It is pointed out that until today Germany has permitted the transpor tation of provisions from Denmark al- j though she has always been In posi tion to prevent it. Germany also subscribes to the note of the United States to England on December 19, protesting axalnst Brit ish Interference with American ship ping. The holding up of the Wil helmina's caro of foodstuffs Is re ferred to as a flagrant breach of inter national law. Germany is declared to be off from her oversea supply by the "silent or protesting toleration of neutrals, both as regards conditions and actual con traband of war. while Great. Britain Is, with the toleration of neutral govern ments, supplied with both." As To Traffic In Arms. "The German Govei ntr.ent," explains I the note, "feels its-elf obliged to point j out with the greatest emphasis that a ! traffic In arms, estimated at many hun- j dreds of millions. Is being carried on i between American (inns and Ger- i many 'a enemies. Germany fully com- i prehends that the practice of right and the toleration of wrong on the part of i the neutrsls are matters absolutely at ! the discretion of the neutrals and in- j volve no formal violation of neu-1 trality." I This, It Is declared. Is merely pointed ) out because Germany feels that her ; lecltlmate commerce rights are severe ly prejudiced by the fact that neutrals "in safeguarding their rights In legiti mate commerce with Germany, accord ing to international law, hae up to the present achieved no, or only In slgnlficent results while they are mak ing unlimited use of their right by carrying on contraband traffic with Great Britain and our other enemies." Obliged To Take Step. It is pointed out that neutrals have the right, which they should exercise, of forcing the cessation of contraband trade, especially In arms, with Ger many's enemies. Th note then con cludes: "In view of this situation, Ger many, after six months of patient waiting, sees herself obliged to answer Great Britain's murderous method of naval warfare with sharp counter measures. If Great Britain In her fight against Germany summons hun ger as an ally for the purpose ol Im posing upon a civilized people of 70, 000,000 the choice between destitution and starvation or submission to Great Britain's commercial will, then Ger many today la determined to take up the gauntlet and appeal to similar allies." Satisfactory, Sry Papers. All the German newspapers charac terize the German reply as eminently satisfactory to the nation. Great Interest has been arou?ed by a statement written by Count von Revent'.ow, the naval expert and critic, TO FIGHT PLAGUE IN HAVANA. Measures To Be Adopted Aoproved By Surgeon General Blue. Washington. D. C. Surgeon General Blue, of the Public Health Service, ap proved measures for fighting a bubonic plague outbreak In Havana suggested by cable by Surgeon Glegorlo Guiteras, who was sent from Key West to in vestigate. There have been three hu man cases of the plague reported, all of them ending fatally, according to the diHpatch from Surgeon Guiteras. READY TO VOTE ON SUFFRAGE. New York Constitutional Amendment Resolution Signed. Albany, N. Y. Every legal step necessary to putting a suffrage amend ment to the Constitution before the voters of New York for approval or disapproval this fall now has been taken. The last act, the signing of the resolution to permit balloting on the proposed amendment, was performed by the Secretary of State In the pres ence of a room crowded with men and women suffragists. H'opyriKtit.l In which he declares that, if anything, the Government bas been too con ciliatory. "These shipments of weapons to our enemies relerred to by the Govern ment," says Heventlow, "have filled public opinion In Germany with deep Indignation and bitterness against the United States. Statistics of the amount of these shipments show the Germans are not justified In speaking of friendly relations." Not Safe Without Convoys, lie declares thst unless United States ships are escorted by United States warships submarine command ers cannot be made responsible for their safety. The Tageblatt characterizes the re ply as "calmly firm and an excellent document." Die Post declares that .the note "must convince America that neither the German people nor Its leaders will give way In weakly compliance or fear, as plainly Is hoped in Washing ton." MOST COSTLY OF ALL WARS. $10,000,000,000 a Year the Cost To the Allies. London. The countries fighting against Germany, Austria and Turkey up to the present time have thrown only a third of their strength into the field. To maintain this force and to bring the remaining two-thirds into action will cost 2.000,000,000 ($10, OOO.POO.OW). This announcement was made in the House of Commons by David Lloyd George, chancellor of the exchequer, who, with Winston Spencer Churchill, first lord of the admiralty, gave the British public perhaps a closer view of the machinery behind the great struggle than any that haB been afford- d since the outbreak of the war. Mr. Churchill declared amid cheer ing that Great Britain finally had de rided to clamp on every ounce of sea pressure to choke off Gentian's food supply in retaliation for the German submarine policy, while Mr. Lloyd George drew additional cheering by a reference to loans to countries, which he said, expected to throw In their lot with the Allies. These countries the Chancellor did not name. It was the first time that a reference was made In Parliament of sue'.) expectations. NOTED EX-OUTLAW DEAD. Frank James, Among Last Of James Gang, Succumbs To Apoplexy. Excelsior Springs, Mo. Frank James, one of the last surviving mem bers of the notorious James gang, died on bis farm near here. James, who was 74 years old, had been In ill health several months, and was stricken with apoplexy early today. One of the last members of a notorious robber band whose almost unparalleled career of crime during the Civil War and the unsettled period that followed kept the people of a dozen States in terror, Frank James had been living the life of a quiet farmer for more than 30 years. DIES AFTER 59-DAY FAST. Tailor Tried Starvation For Stomach Trouble. Palo Alto, Cal. Louis C. Roth, a tailor, died here from starvation, self inflicted, in an effort to dissipate stomach trouble. Roth began a con test with his malady in the middle of December and for 59 days abstained from fotxl. Last Sunday be announced that his appetite had retumcd and that he felt himself the victor of his com plaint. After that he took small quan tities of orange juice, but the weak ened digestive organs were unable to retain the nourishment NO EXTRA SESSION. Fate Of Ship Bill Will Not Influence Wilson, 'Tis Said. Washington. D. C President Wil son has virtually decided not to call an extra sessiou of Congress on March 5, no matter what the fate of the Ship Bill. No official announcement of his Intention was made, but in congres sional quarters it Is well understood. Work wis begun on mapping out the details of the President's trip to the San Francisco Exposition. HAZERS TO BE ARRESTED. Victim Found Bound, Hit Flesh Cut By the Ropes. Erie, Pa. Arrests of a number of pupils of Burns School, who cruelly iiazed Charles Anderson, were prom ised by the police. The boy was found by his school teacher, bound and un derneath an overturned piano box. Ills wrists and ankles were lacerated by the ropes. The English Income tax was first established 73 years ago. BRITAIN TO CAST Note to U. S. Brings Warning of Drastic Plans. FORCED TO IT, SAYS GREY Reply To Protest Against Interference With Commerce Declare England Hat Been Considerate Of Neutrals' Rights. Washington, D. C Great Britain's second and complete reply to the American note of protest, which on December 28 last asked for an early Improvement in the treatment of American commerce by the British fleet, was made public by mutual agreement between the State Depart ment and the British Foreign Office. While dealing mainly with the sub ject presented by the diplomatic com munication from Washington, the note contains a plain intimation that Great Britain, In retaliation for the campaign against British shipping which the German Admiralty has announced It will Inaugurate, la about to embark upon a plan of warfare In which rule and precedents will be disregarded. To Retaliate Against Germany. The note, addressed to Ambassador Page by Sir Edward Grey under date of February 10, denies that the depres sion in American industries is due to the activity of the British beet, and suggests, among other causes, the shortage of shipping facilities, the con sequent diminution of cotton trade and the destruction by submarine mines, "laid by the enemy Indiscriminately," of many neutral vessels. After giving a lengthy and detailed answer to the charge that American ships and cargoes were being unduly detained, the communication contains in its concluding paragraph the an nouncement that Great Britain Intends to take retaliatory measures- against the German submarine campaign Hgalnst enemy ships, but does not re veal their nature. Conceding that foodstuffs intended for the civil population of a country are not contraband, the British Gov ernment points out that "in any coun try In which there exists Buch tre mendous organization for war as now obtains in Germany, there Is no clear division between those whom the Gov ernment is responsible for feeding and those whom It is not." "It will still be our endeavor," says the final paragraph, "to avoid Injury and loss to neutrals, but the announce ment by the German Government of their intention to sink merchant ves sels and their cargoes without veriftca tlon of their nationality or character and without making any provision foi the safety of non-combatant crews or giving them a chance of saving their lives, has made It necessary for his Majesty's Government to consider what measures they should adopt to protect their lntereuts. It is Impos sible for one belligerent to depart from rules and precedents and for the other to remain bound by them." LOCK HEAD OF BANK IN CLOSET. Chicago Bandits Then Make Off With $2,000. Chicago. Four men entered the Western Savings Bank, a private in stitution on the West Side, forced President Frank Rotl Into a closet and ran away with $2,000 they took from the vault, Roti was alono in the bank when the robbers came In. ESCAPE ON JUDGE'S HORSE. Three Convicts Dig Their Way Out Of Phlllppl, W. Va., Jail. Grafton, W. Va. Howard Davison, convicted cattle thief awaiting trans portation to State penitentiary to Berve three years, and two othfr prisoners dug their way out of tho Barbour County Jail, at Phlllppl. They escaped after stealing Judge A. G. Dayton's saddle "horse. A posse hunting for tho Jallbreakers found the borse 20 miles from Phlllppl. QUAKERS OPPOSE WAR TALK. Want Wilson To Stop "Thoughtless Utterances" In Congress. Washington, D. C A protest against members of Congress making "thoughtless utterances" about the Eu ropean war and a commendation of President Wilson's efforts for peace were delivered to the President by a committee from the Society of Friends of Swarthmoro, Pa, The President wan asked to use bis Influence against any movement to extend military In struction in collftes and schools. ASIDE Berlin, The president of the Province of East Prussia, at Koenlgs berg, bas received the following; tele gram from Emperor William, who has been on the eastern battlefront: "The Russians are completely beaten. Our beloved East Prussia is free from the enemy." The olllcinl report on the progress of the fighting given out In Berlin says that the Russians taken prisoner Dy the Germans in East Prussia now num ber 64.000 men. Continuing, the re port says: Engagements near Plock and Raclonz have been decided in favor of the Germaus. In these encounters we have taken up to the present 3,000 prisoners. There is nothing new to report from the south of the Vistula River In Poland. The results obtained near the East Prussian frontier are Increasing In our favor. In addition to the 64,000 prisoners, we have taken 71 guns, more than 100 machine guns, three hospital trains, aircraft, 150 cars filled with am munition, searchlights, countless cars filled with goods and horses.' A fur ther Increase of booty can be ex pected. The number of French prisoners taken to the northeast of Rhelins has been Increased. The French losses In this region especially were heavy. French attacks have ceased In Champagne. To the north of Perthes fighting continues. To the east of Perthes the French were repulsed, suf fering heavy losses. The enemy lias only In a few Instances advanced to the German trenches. The number of prisoners reported to have been taken by us has been in ceased to 11 officers and 785 soldiers. The enemy's attacks against the Ger man posittons near Boureullles and Vauqunis, to the east of tho Argonne forest and to the east of Verdun, failed completely. NATIONAL MOVIE CENSORS. Report To House Favors Commission Of Five To License Films. Washington, D. C. State or municipal censorship of moving pic ture Alms cannot be adequate because of the character of the motion picture Industry, says a favorable report on the Hughes bill for a federal motion picture commission, field with the House. Five commissioners to license films which go into Interstate com merce are proposed 1n the bill. Films not so licensed might not be trans ported from State to State nor copy righted. ODDS AGAINST U. S. WAR 5 TO 1. Lloyds Asks 20 Guineas Per Cent. On Six Months' Policy. London. Insurance was placed at Lloyds at 20 guineas per cent, on policies covering the holder against war between the United States and Germany within six months. One month ago the premium for this same risk and period of time was 5 guineas per cent.- In effect the rate quoted means that wagers are offered at 5 to 1 that the United States will not bee come Involved in war with Germany within the ensuing six months. KILLED IN HOTEL FIRE. Five Men Dead, Two Misting and Four Badly Injured. Marsfleld, Ore. Five men are dead, two are missing and four are badly Injured as a result of a fire, which de stroyed the Bunker Hill Hotel, here. The hotel Is near a lumber mill and its occupants were mostly mill em ployes. PARIMUTUEL BILL PASSED. Legalization Of Betting In Nevada Now Up To Governor. Carson City, Nev. The Parl-Mutuel bill, amending the Anti-Gambling law so as to legalize betting on horse races under the parl-mutuel system, was passed by the Assembly, 38 to 12. It now goes to Governor Boyle for his signature. TRAIN ROBBERS IN VIRGINIA.' Express Messenger Bound and Safe Rolled From Car, Washington, D. C The Jacksonville express of the Seaboard Air Line Rail way was boarded at Alexandria, Va., by two robbers, who after binding and gagging the express messenger, rolled the safe off the train at Franconla, three miles beyond, and escaped. Ex press company officials here declared there was nothing in the safe. 14 MEN BACK IN IRONS. "Alien Suspects" Had Lived In Can Ida Over 25 Yeart. Halifax, N. S. Fourteen men who enlisted with the first Canadian con tingent for service with the British Army have been brought back In irons as "alien suspects." All are of foreign parentage, but some have lived in Can ada for more than a quarter of a cen tury. The party was disembarked un der a strong guard. On the march to Ibe citadel eacU man was handcuffed to a soldier. . Rome. Earthquakes and floods are causing additional havoc iu portions of Italyand swelling t.ie losses previously , sustained. Renewed shocks occurred in parts of the district in Central Italy visited by seismic disturbances several weeks ago. One person was killed and six per sons were injured in the collapse of a house at Nazhano. At Rocca Slnlbaldl the belfry of the .Convent of Santa Maria fell upon aev eral houses, burying 10 persons. Cittaducale was entirely wrecked and at Veroll several houses were ren dered uninhabitable. ' The population of Cittaducale la camping In the open air desplto the torrential rain that is falling. There are about 2,000 persons In the town, I which Is In the provinceof Aquila, five iimivto rum u. iiirin. Stream Overflow Everywhere. Everywhere streams are cut out of their banks, due to heavy rainstorms, In the low-lying quarters the people have been driven from their homes or are prisoners In the upper stories of their houses. The military author! ties have taken cognizance of the situation and troops Lave been sent to aid In rescue work and to carry food to sufferers cut off from supplies. Information from the upper reaches of the Tiber Indicates a further rise in the flood water of a few Inches, after which, unless there should come more rain, the waters undoubtedly will begin to go down. The Leonine City, rs the Vatican quarter of Rome Is called, la In the lower part of the town, and this sec tion Is generally flooded. The water, however, has not reached the Apostolic Palace or St. Peter's. Pope Benedict is taking a sympathetic interest In the situation and bas instructed all the parish priests to display the greatest energy In aiding their distressed parishioners. BRYCE SEES U. S. POSITION. Writes That England Does Not Com. plain At Recent Not. London. "I hope you will let your friends in America understand that we In England comprehend the difficulty and delicacy In which a neutral power finds itself, and we do not complain at it for calling our attention to ques tions of International law such as al ways have been rtflsed during a mari time war," said Viscount Bryce, former British Ambassador to the United States, in a letter which was read nt dinner given by American women at the Lyceum Club. "We have the fullest confidence In the pacific spirit of the American peo ple," Viscount Bryce continued, "an'd feel sure that any question that may be discussed will be adjusted by mutual good will." ALSACE DIVIDED, BERNE HEARS. Further Reports Expultion Of All the Forelgnert. Berne, Switzerland, via Paris. Alsace is now divided ' by the Ger mans into two great parts a district of operations and a neutral zone. Tho frontier is marked 'by barbed wire fences hundreds of nillet In length. All foreigners, with a few exceptions, have been expelled from Alsace. Along the border of the Rhine, which constitutes a neutral zone, the subjects of neutral countries are permitted to remain. Many of the foreigners who were forced to leave Alsace have been brought over the Rhine to Baden and Wurtemberg, where they are being placed In quarantine for a fortnight be fore they are permitted to return to their homes. ITALY TO PROTECT ROUMANIA. Vienna and Berlin Asked For Assur ances Against Attack. Milan, via Paris. The Italian Gov ernment, as the remit of reports that Austria was about to invade Rou mania, says the Corriere Delia Sera, has asked the governments at Vienna and Berlin to give assurances that no attack will be made on Roumanla. ARRESTED ON TREASON CHARGE. Texan Accuted Of Conspiracy To Separate Union. ' Corpus Christl, Texas. Anatollo Gonzales, of San Diego, Texas, was arrested near here by Federal officers on a charge of seditious conspiracy against the United States Government in connection with what Federal offi cers say was a plot for a general up rising Febrnary 22 to seize several American border States and found a new republic. PREDICTS WAR OR REVOLUTION. Garibaldi Says Italy. Will Mobilize Army In Fortnight. London. The prophesy that Italy would mobilize ber army within a fort night was made here by Rlcclottl Gari baldi, the Italian patriot. He said that unless the Italian Government decided to pfrtlcipate in the war there wuuld be a revolution. At Cambridge University out of 3,500 undergraduates have gone or are eninv to the war. Harrlsburg.- Speculation at to tht time for the adjournment of the Leg islature hat virtually stonued. Th Legislative Committee on Legislation J, i . i vi.. i i . , rt uaa iijui uuKUiy rcviewcu ouiy one Ad ministration bill workmen's compen sation Hnd has considered a child la bor bill. A local option bill It in com mittee. Plans made for the submission ol the workmen's compensation plan to those Interested by the distribution ol a pamphlet throughout the Stato, will take a few weeks at least, and thers Is talk of holding hearings at varloui places on the measure. If this is dons there can be no action on the bill until after April 1. That all will not be peace and har I. mony has already made Itself manl- (' feat. A sharp contest is expected on f a large number of the measures, y especially If the Governor endeavors i carry out his Ideas to the letter. The first bill to be defeated In thi House this session was the measun to permit Judges to suspend Jail sen tences of persons against whom Judg ment was found In civil cases sucb ai malicioua trespass. Mr. Walter Franklin declared tht bill would set aside the procedure of over sixty years and could be in voked to set free persons who should be made to have prison terms throSgb failure to pay verdicts. Mr. Lip schutz, Philadelphia, sponsor of tin bill, defended it, declaring the Act left the release optional with the Judge. The vote was 94 noes to 74 ayes. The House concurred In the resolu tion to invite ex-Prcsldont Taft to ad dressed the legislature on April 15. The House passed finally: Enabling first class townships to furnish water to adjoining municipal! ties. Amending Philadelphia port Acts to conform with Federal laws affecting ships going through the Panama Canal. I Tho appropriation bill for the East ern Penitentiary was Introduced into the House by Mr. Richards, Philadel phia. It calls for $284,846.85, Includ Ing $10,000 for general repairs. The borough code was reported from committee by Mr. McVicar, Alle gheny, who stated that arrangement' were being made for a hearing. Th bill to provide civil service In police, fire and other departments In third class citios was also reported from committee. The bill to create the third Judge In Dauphin county was postponed. The optometry bills were recommitted for hearings. The House adjourned until March 1 Among the bllM Introduced were: Thomas, Luzerne Permitting repre sentatives of fraternal or charitable organizations to claim bodies of per sons who have no known relatives. Stern, PhiladMphla Amending antl cigarette law by providing for sum mary convlrtlnn before magistrates. Blackburn, Bedford Requiring ap pllcants for mrrlnge licenses to pre sent certificates of freedom from cer tain transmissible disease. Maurer, Berks Regulating use of compressed air machinery and estsb lishing safety provisions. McCalg, Allegheny Providing method of connecting city highway" with county rond.i and regulating con struction and maintenance. Rothenberger, Berks Appropriat ing $1,500,000 to pay balance due sec ond class township under township road act for 1914. McVicar, Allegheny Reorganizing the Division or distribution of Public Documents. Heffctman, Philadelphia Amendins act relative to collection of collnten' Inheritance tax so that the Register o' Wills only shall rtiploy and fix com lensation of attorneys. The present act gives the Auditor General certain powers In regard to-attorneys. Fretz. Bucks Introduced a bill to authorize municipalities to approprlntf annually to public non-sectarinn 11 brarles an amount not exceeding onf mill on the dollar of taxable property when a gift or bequest exceeding $20. 000 has been made to establish library on condition that It be main tained by the munlclpalllty. Pardon Board Meets. Harrlahurg The hew State Board? of Pardons refused recommend com i mutation of the death sentence of one man and deferred action on thref others. It was the first meeting and the hearings lasted until nightfall. Action on cases was as follows: Nlcolo Mondollo, first degree mur der, Fayette, refused commutation under sentence to bo electrocuted I" week of April 5. Gregario Rtzzatd, first dpgree mur der, Philadelphia, an4 Andrew Mah nowskl, Allegheny, first degree mur der, held under advisement. Arthur Simons, first degree murder Tioga, Rllenlst directed to make e aminatlon. PnrHnnn refusal- .Tnhfl T)a Tsiranlfl second degree murder, Payette, W-. t Citzmaji, second degree murder Blair; David K;ifman, larceny; Dauphin; Milton Weaver, Dauphin John Beeman, assault with Intent rob, .Susquehanna; Peter Gipalo, nia" slaughter, Westmoreland; Jacot1 Dunas. second degree murder, Che ter; Jacob A. Thels, robbery, Lack wanna; Jack A. Pearson, burglar!' etc., Cumberland, and John E. For forgery, Philadelphia.
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