THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS. McCONNELLSBURO. PA. OFFICIAL STATEMENTS FROM NATIONS AT WAR GIVES WARNING f -! BRITISH PAUL TORPFflO SINKS takes the joy out of spring . GtNEHAL VILLA RtlSIIHt SIAIt N SHORT OHOEF i: ., J-..:;.: i V FRANCE. Paris. Th otllclkl communication Issued by the Freiica War Department ayi: "In the bend of th Tter the Belgian Army bai consolidated and Increased the result! obtained by it. "The British troops continue to pro gress. Tbey crossed the brook of Layes, which run parallel to the road from Neuve Chapelle to Fleuvaix. Be tween this road and Auber they cap tured several trenches. At the end of the day they reached a road known as the 'Highway to Hell,' which rung from the northwest to the southeast toward Aubera and to the suburbs of that 1'lace. To the southwest ot Alters they carried several groups ot rousts, which are being strongly prepared for defensive purposes. The total number of prisoner captured during the day wag 1,000. The Germans lokt several machine guns. "To the left and to the right of the British army French troops supported them with many heavy artillery and machine guns and infantry fire. "In the Champagne our process con tinues. At the end of the day on the northern slopes of the ridge to the northeast of Mesnll we captured 15u prisoners. Including $ officers. "In the Vlsges. on Reich Ackerkopf, the enemy after a violent bombard ment attempted an assault, which was, however, brought to a halt by our Ore." GERMANY. Berlin. The German official report on the progress of the war reads as follows: "To the south of Ypres Isolated British attacks were easily reputed. Our movement for the recaptured ot the village of Neuve Chapelle began successfully, but thereafter encounter ed superior British force, and for this reason it was not continued. "The British in this locality have been showing great aerial activity. Two British aviators were brought down by German fire. "In the Champagne district there has been a renewal of fighting at iso lated places. All the attacks made by the French have been repulsed, the enemy losing heavily. Two hundred French soldiers were lakeu prisoners. Fog and snow have hampered the opeiatioua In the Vo.-ges. "The Russians have retreated from the Augustowo district and trie coun try to the northeast until now they are beyond the River Bohr and under the guns of Groduo. At a poiut northeast of I'rzasnysx. near Onjc river, a Rus sian attack ha been repulsed." RUSSIA. Petrograd. via London.- The follow ing official statement was issued: "There have bven no important col lisions anywhere along the front On tne left bank of the Niemun and on the roads leading to Grodno only engage ment of local character have oc curred. North of Simno we routed a small German detachment with our cavalry and took some prikoneis and two guns. "In the vicinity of Kopctewe hostile columns suddenly found themselves under the nre of our artillery and suf fered serious losses. After having re pulsed toe enemy in the sectors of the wood nearest Augustowo our troors concentrated la the region of Lepsk. "On the right bank of the Narew and Bobr rivers there has been no chanpe. The artillery at Ossowetx has continued to operate successfully against the siege batteries. An at tempt by the Germans to assume the offensive along the River Orzyo result ed In no gain of ground. In fact, the enemy was compelled to cede ua some villages and small sections of the forest "North of Przasnysx the Germans approached to within l.Deo paces of onr trenches, bnt did not succeed in their offensive, which was cnecked by our fire, and they had to withdraw their front In the treaclies evacuated by the Germans we raptured many riOes and much ammunition. "In the Carpathians, and Galicia a fierce snowstorm and derp drifts have hindered the operations, but neverthe less we have forted the Austrian to retire from their positions in the Bmolnik district The enemy has at tacked us again In the Koziouwka region, but without success." AUSTRIA. Vienna, via London. The following official Austrian statement was issued here: "Fighting In the Carpathians on the road from Clsma to Iiallgrod con tinues. A height for which we had been fighting for some days came into OUT possession. 'ur troops blew up parts of tho enemy's portion and took more than l.IoO ofTirers and men AVIATOR FIRED GERMAN COAL. Four Thousand Tons Destroyed, 20,000 Menaced. Geneva, via Paris The liirTest cnnl depot on t!,e Rhine, located at Strass burg, which was set afire by a bomb dropped by a French aviator during a raid of 15 days ago, Is still burning. Four thousand tons of coal have been destroyed and 20.000 ton more are menaced. Some fear is felt that the fire may endanger StraBNburg. TURKISH GUNS SILENCED. Buperdreadnaught Queen Elizabeth De stroy Batteries. London. The bombardment of the Dardanelles and Smyrna continues. Report from Athens say that tho snperdreadnaught Queen Elizabeth has destroyed by Indirect fire from the Gulf of Baros several shore batteries. At the tame time a violent duel Is . going on between the Turkish forts nd the ships of the Allies, and the Turkish troops have come under the fire of lbs warship. prisoner. A Russian counter-attack against this position and adjacent heights was repulsed with severe losses." VIENNA NEAR FAMINE, REPORT. Poor Reported To Be Sufferlnp Acutely, Venice Hear. Venice, Italy, via London. Private letters received here from Vienna say that the poorer rlusses In that city ar suffering acutely on account of the scarcity of food. Meat has long since disappeared from their tables. Bread Is scarce and high lu price, It being al most Impossible to buy flour. Lard rosts morn than butter. Al though eggs, milk and bute r have risen greatly In price, It probably will be come still more difllcult to obtain them in the near future, a farmer are unable to procure fodder, and are killing their cows and chicken. MORE TROOPS TO CHINA. Second Jap Squadron Sail With 30,000, Making 60.000. Peking. The Chinese Government has olllcial Information to the effect that the second Japanese squadron, conveying two divisions of approxi mately IN'.nno soldiers, has sailed for China. The forwarding of these troops will increase the number of Japanese soldiers In the garrisons In China to nearly 60.00. The new troops will be distributed In Man churia. Shantung, Tienstln and Han kow, where the present forces at the Japanese garrisons number nearly H0.0OO. AMERICAN OFFICERS GO EAST. Six Army Men Complete Tour Of Western Lines. Berlin, via London. A party of six American army oftirer left Berlin for the eastern battle front under the guidance of Captain Maltzahn. They recently returned from a tour of In spection of the western lines. Th uroup Is composed of Lletit.-Col. Joseph E. Kuhn, of the engineers; Major Clarence C. Williams, of the Ordnance Department; Major Dwiglit E. Auitman, of the field artillery; Capt. Samuel D. Rnockenbac'.i. of the cav alry; Capt. Wilson B. Burtt. of the infantry, and Capt. Samuel G. Shartle, of the coast artillery. GRAND OLD MAN OF RUSSIA DEAD Count Sergiu Julovich Witte' Life Ha Ended. London. Count Serglus Julovlrh Witte. Russia's first prime minister, died Saturday night, says a Ttlrograd dispatch to Reuter's Telegram Com pany. Count Witte. who was born June 29, 184X at Tlflis, was one of the Rus sian plenipotentiaries at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in the negotiations for peace with Japan In 1U05. He afterwards was made a count and ap pointed president of the new ministry, but retired In 1906 and held no import ant post after that time. CRUISER NOW IN U. S. PCRT United States Government Will Prob ably Seek Honorable Amends Under International Law, Also Reparation for Owner. Washington. Arrival of the Ger man concerted cruiser Prinx Eitel Friedrich at Newport New with the announcement that during her four months' scouring of the sea as a com merce raider she had sent to the bot tom one vessel which was American owned and flew the flag of the United States, profoundly stirred oflicial Washington. In the absence of a de tailed story of the sinking of the American ship William P. Frye off the coast of South America judgment was withheld, but there wan to attempt to deny tho seriousness of the Incident, and It was conceded that on its face it bore the appearance of an unfriend ly act upon the part of a German ship of war, which must result In diplo matic negotiations with the German government. Information from Newport New wag in substance that the Frye was blown up because the commander of the Eitel held her cargo of wheat to be contraband. It was pointed out that wheat Is not contraband unless consigned to a belligerent government or some agent of such government. Every effort will be made by the State and Treasury Departments to get to the bottom of the case at once. If necessary, the State Department will conduct an Inquiry of its own and will not undertake negotiations with Germany until its case is clear. URGES GREECE TO ENTER WAR. Former Premier Declares Nation Has Great Opportunity. Athens. Former Premier Venlzolos publishes a statement in the Et'.nos in which he up penis: to the new govern ment to abandon neutrality. The arti cle urges t'lat the present moment offers Greece a chance to quadruple itself. It adds that If the new ministry will embrace the opportunity, M. Venlzelos will guarantee It the support of the majority in Parliament. RADIUM SAVES CONVICT. $30,000 Gift Of Vanderlip Prolong Prisoner" Life. Ossinlng, N. Y. Thirty thousand dollars' worth of radium, the gift of Frank A. Vanderlip, president of the National City Bank of New York, has saved the life of Joseph Pachelll, an Inmate of Sing Sing Prison. Pachelll was suffering from cancer of the lip. The doll 1 among the oldest toys It has been found In the grave o Roman children. Cruiser Sunk Off Scotch Coast and 200 Lives Lost. MILLION MEN IN BIG BATTLE The British In Flander Attacking tho German To Relieve the Pres sure On Russian Th Bat tle Of La Basse. london. Just as the French at tacked the German In the western campaign, when Field Marshal von Hindenburg made his big rusb from East Prussia last month, so the British army operating In Flanders has under taken the task of relieving the pres sure on Its Russian ally, now that the Russians again are being attacked In North Poland. This Is part of the general plan of the allied generals. When one Is at tacked the other attarks, so as to com pel the Germans and Austrian to keep strong force at every point, and en deavor to prevent them from sending new troops where they could do the most good. At present the Germans are occupied In an attempt to crush the Russians. For this purpose they are reported to have an army estimated at nearly a balf million men marching along the roads toward Przasnysx. To prevent this army from being fur ther strengthened the British are thrusting at the German line north of La Bassee, and beside reporting the capture of the village of Neuvre Chap die. It I asserted that they have ad vanced beyond that town. The battle taking place on the east ern ftont, expert say, 1 the biggest pitched battle of the war, no less than a million men being engaged In It The Cermans In their official report claim to have made some advance, while Petrograd consider It likely that the Russians will have to fall back be yond Przasnysz, s they did last month, before making their stand. It probably will be days before a definite result Is attained In this bat tle, as with the frozen roads the Rus sians can push forward reinforcements and choose their battleground. CRUISER SUNK BY SUBMARINE. The Bayano, British Auxiliary Vessel, Destroyed By German. London. The Admiralty announces the loss of the auxiliary cruiser P.ayano while the vessel was engaged In patrol duty. The Bayano was built In 1913 at Glasgow and was 41C feet long and 3.500 tons displacement. In Its statement of the disaster the Admiralty says: "On the 11th of March wreckage of the Bayano and bodies were dis covered, and circnnitancea point to her having been sunk by an enemy torpedo. "Eight officers and IS men were rescued, but It Is feared that the re mainder of the crew were loet "The captain of the Belfast steamet Cnstlereagh reports passing Thursday morning a quantity of wreckage and dead bodies floating In life belts. II attempted to search for possible stir vlvors, but was prevented by the ap pearance of an memy submarine which gave chase for 20 minutes." The Belfast correspondent of th Dally Telegraph say the Bayano was torpedoed Thursday morning at t o'clock off Corsewall Point, Wigtown shire, Scotland, and that nearly 20f lives were lost, as the cruiser sank almost Immediately. The vessel bad a crew of about 216 men on board.' Wigtownshire is the southwestern most county In Scotland. It lies or the North Channel, which leads lnt( the Irish Sea from the Atlantic. ITALY SEEMS NEAR WAR. Premier's Rebuke Of Neutrality Cry So Interpreted. Rome. Tremler Salandra, after hl visit Sunday to GiUta to open a new military harlior, a joarney during which a considerable degree of nation al feeling was manifested, had a long Interview with Foreign Mlnlatei Sonnino. The cocncll of minister were In ses sion. These facts, together with othet Indications, lead to the widespread be lief that Italy today Is upon the eve of great and decisive events. One of the Premier's remark at Getia Is attracting considerable Atten tion. Referring to the kind of brown bread allowed In Italy sfter Marcu Slgnor Salnndra said: "This Is a noble bread. Our soldiers will be the first to be sacrificed, and Italians will see the destiny of their country accomplished." ITALY MAKING READY. While Diplomats Parley, Preparation For War Go Rapidly Ahead. Rome, via Tarls. The Italian gov ernment apparently la anxious to have It become known that the Government has not Initiated or urged any nego tiations for territorial compensation from Austria. MIIi'ry preparations are being pushed with great vixor, the Government desidrj to be ready foi any contingency. PLANTS SEIZED FOR WAR. British Get Power t Take Over En tire Engineering Trade. London. The House of Common gave the Government authority ti take over the control of the entire er glneering trade of the country and t place It under a combined mannneme: for the purpose of Increasing the ou put of munitions of war. Paris has Issued a map showlr where, within lis limits, t' e tan roay and may not be danced.. (Copyright I ISMKElEiS FOR SINKING SHIP Germany Will Doit Voluntarily or Be Asked for Reparation. CRUISER TO BE DOCKED President Wilson Taking Personal Charge of a Searching Inquiry Klehn To Be Interrogated In Washington. "UNFORTUNATE ZEAL" DEPLORED. Amsterdam. The German Government regards tbe sinking of the American ship William P. Fry by the Prlnz Eitel Fried rich as unwarranted, according to dispatches from Berlin. A strong protest Is expected from Washington. This protest will be met In a most concilia tory spirit and Germany will as sure the Washington Govern ment that Captain Thlerlchen acted solely upon bis own re sponsibility, the Berlin dis patches asserted. Berlin dispatches said officials united In ascribing the act to "the unfortunate leal of an excitable captain." Washington. Unles the German government voluntarily offers to make restitution for the destruction of the American ship Frye, unk by the con verted cruiser Prlnz Eitel Frledrlcb In the South Atlantic, and expresses regret for the occurrence, strong pro test will be made by the United States with a request for reparation. No announcements concerning the rase probably will be made. It was said by high officials, until after an investigation of all the facts had been completed. President Wilson, at the White House, stated that a searching Inquiry would be conducted. Officials were unanimous In their opinion and It was shared largely by diplomatists, too thst the comman der of the Prim Eitel bad no right to send the Frye-to the bottom. It was considered probable by officials that the Germ.m government, after be ing apprised of the facts, would admit tho error of the naval commander and agree to make the usual reparation. Rome oflicial thought ufflcient amends, after the payment of dam ages, would be the court-martlalllng of tbe German officer. Getting the Fact. It was made clear at the State De partment Jhat whatever action would be taken as a result of the sinking of the Frye would be entirely disas sociated from questions arising out of the entry Into an American port of the Prlnz Eitel desiring time for repairs. Tbe vessel could, therefore, depart, leaving the questions raised by the destruction of the American ship to be settled through diplomatic channels. ! Captain Boy-Ed, naval attache of the German Embassy, conferred with the captain of the Prlnz Eitel and obtained a sworn statement of the facts for the German government Captain Klehne, of the Frye, has been asked to keep the members of his crew together, so that all the tes timony necessary for diplomatic cor respondence may be gathered. "DRY" VERMONT REFERENDUM. BUI Passe Both Houses And Goe To Governor. Montpeller, Vt The prohibition referendum bill previously adopted by the House passed the Senaje. If the bill Is approved by Governer Gates the question of Stale prohibition will be decided at the municipal election In March, 1316. After 60 years of prohibition tbe State adopted a local option policy at a special election in 1903. U. S. STEAMER HELD UP. The Vlgilancla, With Cotton For Bremen, Taken Into a British Port New York. The Amerlran steamer Vlgilancla, which sailed from Savan nah February 22 with a cargo of cot ton for Bremen, has been Intercepted at sea by a Ilrltlsh cruder and taken Into Kirkwall, according to cable ad vices received here. The Vlgilancla was sold recently by the Ward Line to Walker, Armstrong A Co., of Savan nah. This wa ber first trans Atlantic trip since tl.e sale. Examination of precedents In Inter national law revealed to State I)e-, parttnent officials that Irrespective of the provision of the Declaration of London, the status of which Is uncer tain because II was not generally rat ified, the general rule of maritime practice have prohibited the destruc tion of a neutral vessel tinder the circumstances In which the Frye was found In the South Atlantic by the Prlnz Eitel. It was said In official quarters that the American government took note of the fact that American citizens, by their enforced presence on board a German cruiser for more than a month, had been subjected to unneces sary risks which might have Involved serious danger to them, and thst this probably would be one of the point In the correspondence which Is certain to develop between the United States and Germany over the Inci dent. German Contention. Thnt the Frye was carrying wheat and no other kind of cargo has been established In oflicial reports. The German commander claims that as the wheat was consigned "to order" and bound for England, It therefore could be presumed to be contraband. FRYE'3 CARGO SOLD IN TRANSIT. Wheat Purchased By London Firm Before Ship Wa Sunk. Portland, Ore. Heatley & Co., of London, purchased while In transit the grain on the American sailing ship William V. Frye, which was sunk by th German auxiliary cruiser Trlnz Eitel Frledrlcb, according to Max 11. Uouser, a Portland grain dealer, who loaded the cargo at Seattle. The transfer took place before the Frye was sunk, and tbe shipper are not affected by the loss. GERMANS THREATEN REPRISALS. British Action On Submarine Crew Raises Storm. London. The decision of the Brit ish Government to segregate the cap tured crews of German Rugmarlnes and perhaps Institute criminal pro ceedings against them for attack on unarmed merchantmen has evoked heated comment from Berlin newspa pers. Reuter' Amsterdam correspondent quotes tbe Vosslsche Zeltung as say ing that tbe British are acting In blind rage. It asserts that if tbe British Admi ralty carries Its plans Into effect it cannot fail to result In reprisals. The Lokal Anzeiger say that cor responding counter-measures will be taken by Germany. McADOO OPERATED ON. Physician Say Patient I In Favor able Condition. Washington. Secretary McAdoo was operated upon for appendicitis at a hospital here. The physicians Issued a bulletin, saying the operation had been successful In every way and that their patlunt was In a very favorable condition. Mrs. McAdoo, President Wilson's youngest daughter, accompanied her husband to the hospital and waited In the anteroom until the operation was over. LILLE FINED FOR PATRIOTISM. Taxed $100,000 By Germans Because People Cheered French. Berlin. Because the Inhabitant of Lille, a city In France occupied by the Germans, made a demonstration In honor of a group of prisoners of war brought Into the city, tho Gorman mili tary authorities in control Imposed a tax of 500,000 francs ($100,000), to be paid by the city before March 20. SUBMARINE U-12 SUNK. British Destroyer Ariel Ram German Undersea Boat. London. The British Admiralty an nounced that the torpedo boat de stroyer Ariel had rammed and sunk the German submarine IJ-12. Ten of Its crew of 28 were saved. As in the case of other submarines sunk, the Ad miralty gives no details beyond the mere fact that the destroyer rammed her. BRITISH COLLIER DESTROYED. Beethoven Sunk By Mine Or Torpedo. Two Lives Lost London. A wireless dispatch from Berlin says a report has been rerolved from .Rotterdam that the British col lier Beethoven, bound from New Cas tle for Gibraltar, ha been sunk either by a torpedo or a mine. Two of the crew are said to have been drowned. Tbe other were saved. Great Britain has about 6,000,000 be tween th age of 1) and 35. Will Fight Any Troops Who Enter Mexico. AGAINST INTERVENTION Secretary Bryan Announce That tht Food Shortage I Serlou Obr. gon Appear Not To Have Evacuated Mexico City, El Pnso, Tex. General Villa In a statement received from Torreou de clared that In event of Intervention of foreign troop to subdue tbe Carranza forces be and all other Mexicans would unite against the Invader. He denied recent Interview In American newspapers, which, he said, had Just been called to hi attention, In which be was quoted a laying that he would not oppose armed Interven tion on the part of several power "to reduce Carranza to order," provided that be would be made commander of such a move. "There Is nothing more grotesque and absurd than such an assertion," said the message from the Northern leader, "since I, as a true Mexican, always have Insisted that all our trou ble be settled solely among ourselves. Should, unfortunately, some nation In vade our territory, I would be ready to fight against It without measuring the danger or the number of the in vaders until I would see the entire country in the possession of Mexicans only. All of us would fight united against the common enemy." Situation Still Serlou. Washington. Secretary Bryan an nounced that the food situation In Mex ico City was still very serious and that the forces of General Obregon ap peared not to have evacuated the city as yet, though tbls was expected ai any moment. X MRS. ROCKEFELLER DEAD. End Come While Husband and Son Are Away. Tarrytown, N. Y. Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, wife of the richest man In the world, died suddenly. In ber seventy-sixth year, at the Rockefeller coun try home In Pocantlco Hills. She bad been an Invalid for a year, but during the last few month her health had so Improved that tbe rapid turn for the worse which her Illness took Friday morning wag not anticipated by ber family. For this reason It happened that the only relative at her bedside when she died at 10.20 A. M. was her slsttr. Miss Lucy M. Spelman. Her husband and her son, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., were at Ormond, Fla., where they went Mr. Rockefeller, Sr., on February 28 and bis son Inst Friday, accompanied by his wife believing that Mrs. Rocke feller was growing better. 9-YEAR-OLD BOY MOONSHINER. Child Found Operating Still In West Virginia. Bluefleld, W. Va. United States Deputy Marshal Hurt, with a posse, capturing the youngest bootlegger on record 20 mile from Norton In the person ot William Hubbard, aged S. Tbe revenue officers found Hubbard, with an 18 year-old cousin, operating a still with a capacity of 30 gallons. Tbe father of young Hubbard has been convicted twice for illicit distilling, and the boy ha been taught tbe busi ness from the cradle. ZEPPELIN L-8 DESTROYED. Seventeen Of Crew Killed When Air ship Hit Tree. Amsterdam, via London. The Tele graaf Tiremont, Belgium, correspond ent confirms the report of the destruc tion there last Thursday of Zeppelin airship L-8, which was forced to make a hurried descent owing to a derange ment of Its motor. The correspondent say the airship collided with some, tree ana emasnea us car, and that 17 of Its crew of 41 men were killed. 7 OF 2,855 SHIPS TORPEDOED. British Admiralty Report On German Submarine Campaign. London. The British Admiralty an nounces that out of a total ot 1.513 ships arriving at and 1.342 leaving Great Britain during the period from February 18 to March 3, only ftven were torpedoed by hostile submarines. KATHERINE PAGE TO MARRV. C. P. Lorlng, Architect, Fiance Of Am bassador' Daughter. London. The engagement of Mis Katheiine Tage, daughter of Ameri can Ambassador Walter Hine Page, to Charles P. Lorlng, an architect of Boston, was formally announced here. The largest order of merit In the world Is the French Legion of Honor, which ha more than bait a million members. The great armadillo has 92 teeth more than any other animal po se3Res. Two of the recruits from Toronto, who recently sailed for England, are son of a man who fought In South Africa, grnndson of a British sol dier and great-grandson of a soldier who fought at Waterloo, ' Authentic records show that cinder from a forest fire In the tree tops In Northern Washington last fall vrir carried 20 miles. LatestNewsHappenlngsGather ed From Here and There. TOLD IN SHORT PARAGRAPH Take Flrat Trolley Ride at 70 Min Killed Going Home to Celebrat Birthday To Vote In Read ing on P. O. Site. Circular letters were sent to the "'i members of the Reading Chamber u Commerce for tho purpose of taklci a referendum vote on whether the are In favor of going ahead at onu with th erection of a $100,000 or.. story annex to the Reading postollio as proposed by the department i Washington, or whether they woul: prefer to wait a few year Ionj when It is hoped that sufficient i; propriallon can be secured to erec an entirely new building. It Is Ilk': that the latter proposition will carrj as there Is strong contlment- againi: the annex, the contract for which li about ready to be awarded. A veritable embankment of qui ters, dimes and nickel, aggregate nearly $500 surrounding his plate i the dinner table was the novel blrtt day surprise gift received by WIMIir B. Swisher, a local groceryman, fron his wife, upon the observance of bit sixty-ninth birthday. For over to years Mrs. Swisher has been collect lng coins ot the denominations Inch ded In the present In the lot wen $78 In quarters, $18.60 in nickel id $350 In dimes. Four houses occupied by John Jfi nlka and three more Polish famlllti were burned to tbe ground In flftwi minutes during a gale at Burnslde, i the Inmates escaping In their olgti clothes, tbe Jelnlka family comprli lng six persons, was rescued from thi second story. The total loss wn $6,000. the property belonging to tin Philadelphia & Reading Coal t Iroc Company. At a meeting of the Senior Clax of the Girls' High School, Readhi Miss Edith Brunner, winner of th alumni medal, was elected presided The other officers chosen are: Vlr president, Mis Margaret Rotz; sm retary. Miss Mary E. Totts; treasurer Miss Dorothy School; class essayist Miss Catherine Natl. The clan lected the daisy as Its flower. John Wilson, engineer of the Kob town & Allentown branch of tht Reading Railway Company. recclvH notice that be will be retired anil placed on the pension roll on April 1. He will then have reached tht age limit of seventy years after hat lng been In the employ of the cotnpin' since August 12, 1S70. In the distribution of the $2,600 i tate of tbe late Elizabeth E. Hill, o! Exeter Township, Berks County, It Orphans' Court, the ion, Allen Hill was cut off with $1, no reason belni assigned in tbe will for bl being dii Inherited. - Daniel Desh, seventy year old, i artner, residing a mile and a hall south . of Mncungie, enjoyed his fini ride on a trolley car Thuraday when he went to Allentown on business. Id cldentally, it was hi first visit to that city In twentj-seven year. Furnace No. 1 of the Thomas Iron Company, Ilokendauqua, wa put It blast giving employment to 130 hands, after an Idleness of CTeriI month. The furnace ha a capacity of 225 tons a day. Oorge McCullough, of PoltvllI was Instantly killed at Buck Run col llery by a fall of coal. It wa Ut Cullough's twenty-first birthday, and he was preparing to leave tbe mini when a two-ton boulder foil upon biro Emanuel Rcber, fourteen-year-oli son of Emanuel Iteber, of TUdet Township, was granted a license t marry Miss Edna F. Moyer, eighteen year-old daughter ot Harry A. Moyer ot the same place. Miss Emll Gehrls, Reading, left ft Indianapolis, Ind., where she will bi married to Clyde Halloway, son of J Calvin Halloway, of Reading. Thi oouple will reside In Indianapolis. E. A. Weaber, an Allentown Insur ance ageut, wa arrested on a charp of false pretense, made by P. Rltter. who alleged he was cheated out c! $15 through the transfer of a policy. At a meeting o,f the Reading City Council, Jonathan Mould, promlnet1 retired merchant, was re-elected member of the new City Plnnnlni Commission for a terra of five yean his first one-year term having expired Mr. Lucas Anna Fehr, widow David Fehr, of Tamaqua, died at thi Phoebe Deaconess' Home, Allentowt aged ninety. . Mrs. Laura E. Petr, nee Maxwell of Allentown, a bride of less than year, wbo was - school teacher ' Slatlngton for fourteen year, died ' the age of th'rty-one. The new $100,000 bakery built I" Allentown, by Frank Kolb, has b' put Into operation. It Is the costllo1 building on which taxes will be Pi to be erected In Allentown In sever ; years. Paul S. Leslier, of Calcium, Ta., ' Miss Maggie L. Hottensteln, daughl" of William Hottensteln, of MolltoW Pa., were married at Reading. William C. Harned ha been chos' exalted ruler ot the Allentown Lodi of Elk.
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