THE PULTON COUNTY NEWS. McCONNELLSBURO. PA. ZEPPELINS DROP mm mm r ahd fall in Suburbs Injuring Seven or. Eight Persons. LITTLE DAMAGE IS DONE Auto Aircraft Guns and Aeroplane Squadron Uced In Defense, But Mitt Prevents Pursuit Pari. Zeppelin airships raided Paris early Sunday morning and drop ped a dozen bombs, but the damago dons was unimportant. Seven or sight persona were Injured, but only one seriously. Four of the aircraft started for the capital, following tho valley of the Olse. but only two reach ed their goal. Minions also were dropped at Compiesrne, Ribecourt and Dreslincourt, but without serious re tail. , Paris remained calm while the aerial Invasion wag In progress, and residents of the city exhibited more urlostty than fear as to the results. Trumpets gave the signal that all rights must be extinguished as soon as warning was received of the Zeppelin's Approach. Searchlights were turned upon the clouds, anti-aircraft guns opened Ore and aeroplanes roso to at tack the Germans, but their operations were hampered by a heavy mist Two Zeppelins Turned Back. An official communication regarding the raid declares It served only to how how well the defensive arrange ments would work out when put to the tent "Summing up, the Zeppelin raid on Paris was a complete failure. It only erved to demonstrate how weU the defensive arrangements work. The population was calm. On their way back, the Zeppelins dropped a dozen Incendiary bombs on Compolgne, doing only unimportant damage. Three bombs were dropped on Rtbeconrt and Dreslincourt, to the north of Com peigne, without result" VOTED 22 TIMES ONE DAY. Fred Eisner, In Terre Haute Trial, Claims the Record. Indianapolis. A record for voting i of 22 time in one day was claimed by Fred Eisner, who testified In the trial of the Terre Haute election case. Eisner told of bis work on November S. 1914, with a smile and caused a laugh, which was joined in by Judge Anderson after he had the witness re peat the number. The witness testified that he con fined his operations to three precincts, and with one exception received $1 for each time he voted. He said be was cheated out of the other dollar, "as the paymaster said I had made eno&gn money already." Eisner was only chal lenged once during the day, be said. 6UBMARINE TOLL FOR WEEK. Eight British Vessels Sent To Davy Jones' Locker By Germans. London. German submarine raids during the week ended March 17 re sulted In the loss of eight British ves sels, with a total tonnage of 22.126, cut of 1,539 arrivals and sailings, ac cording to a summary itaued by the Admiralty. Three other vessels which were torpedoed were able to rwaes port j he total losses to British oommeree from the beginning of the war to M"p'' H were 96 merchant vessels and 47 fishing vessels. DEATH IN WOMEN'S ROW. Luther Richmond Killed By C. V. Terrs I At Meadow Creek. Ulnton. W. Va. Luther Richmond was shot and instantly killed at Meadow Creek by C. V. Terra, fol lowing a quarrel between their wives. Doth were merchants of Meadow Creek. Richmond first shot at Terral, It was said, and succeeded 'in hitting him. Terral was not fatally wounded, however, according to physicians. MRS. SHARP GOING TO PARIS. Wife and Children Will Join Ameri can Ambassador. Elyrla, Ohio. Mrs. William Graves Sharp, wife of the American Ambas sador to trance, will sal with their Ove children on the French llnur Patria from New York Thursday to Join her husband at Paris. The Patria will take a southern route to Mar seilles to avoid the danger of sub Marines as much as possible. TO REVIEW EXPRESS RATES. Order Reopening Case Is Signed By Commerce Commission. Washington. Formal orders reopen ing the express rate ease requested In the petition filed a few days ago by lour of the principal express com panies, were issued by the Interstate Commerce Commission. Hearings will be held at dates to be named later. Pending such bearings, however, no changes in rates may be made. FOUND CHICAGO TOO TEUTONIC. "Jolty Bad City" Is Comment Of Cecil Chesterton, Englishman. New York. Cecil Chesterton, brother of O. K. Chesterton, the novel ist sailed for Knit land on the steam ship Ordman. Chesterton, who has bee defeating bare with German ad herents as to the merits of the various stations engaged in war, gave tue fol lowing Impression of America as he has seen It: "Jolly good city, New York! Jolly bad city, Chicago! Chi cago I don't like for the present, any ray. It's too Teutonic." BATTLESHIPS SUNK IN DARDANELLES Two British and One French Warship Strike Mines. TWO OTHERS ARE DAMAGED Inflexible and Gaulc-is Put Out Of Action By Turkish Guns Three Battleships On Way To Straits To Replace Those Lost London. During a bombardment of the Turkish forts defending the Dardanelles straits tl.e French battle ship Bouvet and the British battleships Irresistible and Ocean, In the order named, struck floating mines and were destroyed. The Bouvet went down In 36 fathoms of water la less than three minutes after striking the mine, and It Is un derstood that few of her crew were saved. The British .battleships were slower in sinking, and practically all the men aboard them were taken off and reuivoed In boats to other ships of the fleet, the rescue being effected under a hot Ore from the forts. Inflexible and Gaulois Damaged. The British battle cruiser Inflexible had her forward control hit by a heavy shell and will need repairs. The French battleship Gaulois was also put out of action. These casualties occurred toward the close of a vigorous action during which 15 or more French and British warships, advancing into the straits after they had apparently been swept clear of mines, bombarded the Turk ish batteries terrifically. The full ex tent of the damage done to the forts has not yet been learned, but it Is be lieved to have been heavy. Other Battleships To Join Fleet To replace the Irresistible and the . Ocean, the Admiralty has dispatched the Queen and the Implacable to the Dardanelles. A dispatch from Paris states that the French Admiralty has taken similar action, orders having t already gone to the battleship Henri I IV., which was on the Syrian roast, to go to the Dardanelles to replace the Bouvet In connection with its announce ment of the loss of the battleships, the Admiralty makes known the fact that ' Vice-Admiral Carden, who had been j Incapacitated by illness, has been sue-1 ceeded In command of the allied fleet ! by Rear-Admiral John Michael de Ro beck. PLAIN STREWN WITH BODIES. Kurds Said To Have Fallen On Ar menians When Russ Left London. Appalling accounts of con ditions in Armenia have reached the olllclalg in Loudon of the Armenian Red Crofs Fund. The latest recital is from an Armenian doctor named Der derlan, who says that the whole plain of Alashgerd is virtually covered with the bodies of men, women and chil dren. When the Russian forces re treated from this district the Kurds fell upon the helpless people and shut them up In mosque-. The men were killed, and the women were carritd way to the mountains. CHINESE WILL BOYCOTT JAPS. Celestials Of Portland, Ore, To Picket All Shops. Portland, Ore. Chinese residents of Portland declared a boycott on all Japanese goods In retaliation for the demands recently made upon China by Japan. The action was decided upon at a meeting of the Chinese Six Com panies. Any Chinese violating the boy cott, It was decided, shall receive a warning upon the first offense and thereafter will be subject to a fine. A picket will be stationed in front of each Japanese business nonce. SOCIALIST FOR CITY COUNCIL. Aldermen Of Berlin Take Unpre cedented Action. Berlin, via Ixmdon. The Aldermen of Berlin elected Herr Saasenbarh, So cialist and secretary of a labor union, to be a member of the City Council. This is the first time that a Socialist ever hits been nominated to this office. Them were 86 affirmative ballots, while 16 ballots were blank. TELEGRAPH TICKS The trir.l of Frank Abarno and Car mine Carbone. charged with placing a bomb lu St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York, was tentatively fixed to begin on March 29 by Judte Nott, In General Sessions. Speaker Champ Clark, in Philadel phia, and Governor Dunne, In Cincin nati, inn 1e speeches urging it as the patriotic duty of all Americans, native and hyphenated, to stand up squarely behind President Wilson in his policy toward the European war. Progress toward the reorganisation of the St Louis and San Francisco Railway, now In receivership, was re ported by the financial Interests con cerned. Clay llenninger, Jr., of Chambers burg, Pa., killed himself by banging in the attic of his home. Mrs. Helen M. Angle, on trial at Bridgeport for manslaughter, collapsed during a recess of the court her strength giving way under the ordeal of the cross examination. The Federal anti-trust suit to dis solve the United Shoe Machinery Cor poratlon was dismissed by the United States District Court In Boston. The Twenty ninth United States In fantry was reviewed In New York by General Wood before embarking on the transport Buford for Panama. Forest fiiws are raging In the mc-nn tains of Pike county, Ky. 1 IN EUROPE STRANGE "'?'; WILL INSIST NEUTRAL British and French Replies Not Sufficient. WILSON WANTS MORE FACTS The United States Will Deny the Right Of the llies To De clare a Blockade Of . Neutral Coarts. Washington. The I'nlted SCitcs government considers that Great Britain and France, in the British Or der In Council and in the accompany Iny notes have not answered tho ques tions propounded to tbem as to what warrant theie Is under International law for the establishment of an em bargo on all commercial Intercourse, directly and Indirectly, between Ger many and neutral countries. It was stated oflu-ially at the State Department that this government still does not know whether the ant Ion of the Allies Is Intended as a legal block ade or whether the ordinary rules of contraband and non-contraband are to be the legal bants for future detentions. On a determination of this question probably will depend not only the nature of any steps which may be taken by the United States at this time, but also the basis for the many claims for damaged arising out of In terruptions to American commerce un der the new policy of the Allies. TWO MORE TORPEDOED. German Submarines Attack Merchant men Hyndford and Bluejacket. London. German stil-narines have torpedoed the British merchant steam ers Hyndford, bound for London, and ; the Bluejacket, with wheat for Liver-1 pool, both off Benehy Head, a famous hunting ground for the Kaiser's under sea warships. One member of the Ilyndfotd's crew was reported killed. The Bluejacket's crew took to the boats. The steamer, although badly damaged, remained atloat Beachy Head is a promontory on the south coast of England, projecting into the English Channel, about 20 miles east of Brighton. BRITISH STEAMER TORPEDOED. Glenartney, From Bangkok, Sunk By Submarine On English Coast Iondon. The British steamer Glen artney, of Glasgow, was torpedoed off Beaehy Head by a German submarine, which gave no notice of her intention. In the scramble for boats one of the crew was drowned. The others, num bering 40, several of whom were In jured, were picked up by a steamer and landed at New Haven. The Glenartney. which was of 3,309 tons register, was bouud from Bang kok, Slam, for London, loaded witb 8,000 tons of rice. HOTEL PROPRIETOR KILLED. Shot By Employe, Who Fires Bullet Into Own Head. Lexington, Ky. Joseph M. Skain, one of the proprietors of the Phoenix Hotel in this city, and one of the best known hotel men in the South, was shot and lustantly killed by E. A. Walden, chief engineer of the hotel, who then sent a bullet into his own head. Physicians say Walden will die from bis wound. ENDS HER LIFE IN BARREL. Pennsylvania Woman Drowns Herself In Rain Water. York, P Mrs. Edward Hellzer, 63 years old, of Mount Pleasant township, near New Oxford, ended her life by plunging headlong Into a barrel of rain water sitting In the rear of her home. When discovered by her husband her feet were protruding from the barrel and her body was so bent that it would have been impossible for her to have saved herself bad she tried. 511 OFFICERS LOST IN 5 DAYS. Casualty List From British Headquar ters In Field. London. A casualty list of officers received fro.n the British headquarters In the field, nnder date of March 16, gives the names of 83 officers, Includ ing Hindus, who were killed or have died from wounds snd of 123 wounded or missing. This brings the total casualties among officers since March 10. as officially reported, up to 195 killed, or dead from wounds and 316 wounded or missing. RIGHTS BELGIANS I Big Battle Along the River Yser Believed Next. FLOODS HAVE SUBSIDED Battle On the Western Front Expected To Occur Along the Yser Germans Awaiting Reinforcements Before Beginning a Counter Attack. Paris. The combat at Carnoy, which began the evening of March H by the explosion of( a heaily charged mine in one of the French advanced trenches, was vain and costly for the Germans, according to an ollicial note Issued by the War Otlice. , "Tho battle lasted until the 17th," the note udds, "and was marked by sharp fighting, ndmeroua counter-attacks and systematic bombardments. The German offeiibive was finally re pulsed, and the French succeeded in making a slight gain on this part of the front" "A Sieppelln airship has dropped some bombs on Calais, aiming at the railway station. No serious material damage was done, but seven employes were killed." London. The next Important battle on the western front, it Is believed, will lake place along the River Yser, held on one side by the recently re organized Belgian Army, and on the other by the Germans. As tho floods have subsided, tho Bel gians, supported by the warships of the Allies, have already pushed their line slightly forward, and this is al most certain to lead to counter attacks by the Germans and a general engage ment, as has been tne case when simi lar movements were Initiated else where along the front. There may be a Blight delay while the Germans are awaiting for rein forcements from Germany, for they have been using most of their reserves to counterattack the British troops at St. Klol and Neuve Chnpelle. and the French north of Arras, bnt that a big clash will soon come nobody doubts. The contest for the spur of Notre Dame de Llrette Is still In progress, and according to Berlin, further at tempts of the French to advance in Champagne, where they captured an Important ridge north of Le Mesnll, have been repulsed. The fighting In the Argonne forest and the Vosges has slackened somewhat owing doubtless to tne return of wintry weather condi tions. There Is little news from the east ern front, and beyond the fact that the Russians have again crossed the East Prussian frontier In tne tar northeast, near Tilsit, and that they are con tinuing their offensive against the Aus trians In Bukowlna, tuere Is no change In the situation. SEES DANGER OF INVASION. Marquess Of Crewe Tells Home Guard They May Be Needed. London. The Marquess of Crewe, ixird of tho Privy Senl, addressing a delegation of the volunteer training corps which has been raised fur home defense, said that while there was a possibility of a hostile landing In Eng land this was considered more likely some months ago than now. There was no telling, he added, what form the latest stages of the war might take or to what devices or straits Germany's desperation might drive her. AMERICAN COTTON SHIP LOST. Only Seven Of 28 Members Of Bark Pas' Crew Saved. Berlin. An announcement made by the Overseas News Agency indicates that a number of men lost their lives in the wrecking of the American bark Pass, of Balmaba, which went asnore near Sylt, one of the North Frisian Is lands. The announcement says that seven members of the crew were saved by life guards from a coast patrol station. GEN. LEMAN REFUSES PAROLE. Defender Of Liege Would Fight Again For Belgium. Paris. General Leman, Belgian de fender of Liege, now a prisoner in Gen many, has refused to accept his liberty under a parole wblcb the Germans have ofered Mm, according to a letter received by one of bis friends, a major In a Belgian engineer corps. General Leman replied to the offer of a parole, he wrote bis friend, that his first act on obtaining freedom would be to offer his services to Bel glum and bis King. GAINS IN WEST MADE AI SACRIFICE British Lose 3C0 Officers end 10.0CQ Men. FIGHTING FOR THE HILLS British, French and Belgian Forces Seeking Points Of Vantage Along the Front Preliminary To the General Advance. London. While Earl Kitchener, secretary for war, and other cabinet ministers and leaders are bending their energies toward increasing the output of war material and are en couraging recruiting, complete opti mism prevails. That the victories of last week wrro gained only after heavy sacrifices and that '.he casualties lists must increase In IctiRtti as the war progresses Is fully realized, but everybody In England believes that rhen the time comes for the offensive there wilhbe no turning back. The British casually lists for the five days, from March 10 to March 14, Inclusive, during which the battles of Neuvo Chapellc and SL EIol were fought, show that 112 oflioers were killed or died from wounds and Hint 193 oflircrs were wounded or are miss ing. Probably Over 10,000. The list of casualties among the men has not been published as yet, nor have any figures been given out; but some competent critics estimate them at about two-thirds of those suf fered by the Germans, which Field Marshal Sir John French, the British commander-in-chief, said were between 17,000 and 18.000. One Canadian officer was killed In the fighting and three Canadian ofli rcrs were wounded. At present the Armies of Belgium, Great Britain and France aro fighting for the hills and other points along the long front, which will be of the greatest advantage to the army hold ing them when the advance begins. According to the French communica tion, the Belgians continue to improve their positions In Flanders, and the French to the north of Arras and in Champas-ne have added eminence to their gains which aro of some Import ance. The French and German official communications, however, are so con tradictory that It Is difficult to decide whether any change Is being made generally in the dispositions of the two armies. Big Events Impending. Tho optimism which pervades the Western Allies Is s'.inied by the Rus sians. All the IYtrograd correspond ents of the London papers lead the public to believe tlal big events aro impending. It Is apparent that the Russians again, and not the Austrlns, are on the move, particularly at Smolnlk, on the River San, where it emerges from tho Carpathians, while in Bukowlna. according to unofficial dispatches from Bucharest, the Austrians' have been defeated In a battle which has been ragin; along the entire front. I'. Northern Poland Isolated actions are being fought from the Niemen River to Przasnysz, the big battle, which was expected, having apparently been called off or postponed by Field Marshal von Hindenburg, who is thought to have attained his object when he extricated his forces from the forest of Augustowo. KILLS HIMSELF AT PLAY, lad Strangled To Death By Lasso By Stepping On Loose End. New York. Little Thomas Soutcr amo, aced 6. did not have anjbndy to play witb, so be went out In bis back yard, got a piece of twine and started a solitary game of wild west. Having no one else, he lassoed himself. A moment later he stepped on the loose end of tho twine, triped himself and pulled the noose so tight he strangled himself to death. His mother was in the house, only a few yards distant, but the noose wus so tight he could not call for help. MISTAKE LEADS TO DISCOVERY. Remedy To Check Spotted Typhus Fever Infection Foynd. Venice, via Loudon. Through a mis take of a laboratory worker in filling a bottle with anisol, instead of anise oil, rrof. Slgmund Frae.nkel. of tho University of Vienna, has discovered a preparation which kills the louse that transmits the infection of spotted typhus. Anisol Is one of the derivatives of anise oil. PLAN MONUMENT TO AMERICA. Belgians Will Thus Show Gratitude For Aid. Brussels, Belgium, via London. Prominent Belgians connected with the National Committee, formed for tho purpose of looking after Belgian Interests during the war, have Initiated a movement to erect a monument to America, In token of gratitude for the assistance given by the United States in feeding the war sufferers in this country. TRADE COMMISSION IN OFFICE. Davies Chairman and Hurley Vies Chairman. Washington. Without formalities the five members of the Federal Trade Commission took up their offices Tues day. The rooms of the Bureau of Cor porations in the Commerce Depart ment, which now become the offices of the Trade Commission, were crowded with Oovernment officials when Chief Justice Covington of the District of Columbia Supreire Court administered the oaths. STATE LAWMAKERS Hurrlsburg. Resolutions calling upon people of Pennsylvania and the Government of the Stale, all counties and municipalities to buy American made products were introduced Into the House by Mr. McCalg, Allegheny. Tho resolutions recite that as American manufacturing industries are only partially operating at this time and that as the State, county and local governments are constantly pur chasing supplies, there is a big oppor tunity for American-made goods. The olllcers of the State Government are requested to specify and purchase fit all times "the products of tho United States of America" and local govern ments, school boards and public and private institutions and Individuals are urged to do the same. ' Tho resolution also requests news papers to encourage buying of Ameri can products. The Senate bill providing for com mitments to State Home for Inebriates was passed und the Habgood bill regu lating advertising of State notices was sent back to the Printing Committee. The "pure paint" bill was postponed after a discussion of Its possibilities. Other bills passed finally Included: Requiring Philadelphia county to esiaDlish a pension fund for employes. Providing for contracts between counties and cities for rond Improve ments. PermlUlf.g companies organized In other States to manufacture clay prod ueta to hold realty In Pennsylvania. Authorizing municipalities to make appropriations to libraries under cer tain conditions. Providing tliat criminal action may he started If checks given In payment, without money on deposit are not niHde good in twenty days. Regulating vacation of public roads and their continuance us private roads with court approval. Regulating advertising of delinquent tuxes in second-class cities. Senate bill enlarging powers of cities and counties. to unite In construction of an ollicial building. Regulating merger of street railway companies of Pennsylvania and those of ortninim States. Senate bill cas?owering second-class i 'ties to construct and maintain street railway tracks and equipment and to leftse the same. Repealing Act of March 1G. 1867 relative to Treasurer of Lehigh county The House passed by 170 to 2 the Walton bill to provide civil service for police nnd fire departments of third class cities. It was amended so as not to Include volunteer fire departments. After a debate t':e Hour.e passed the bill to appropriate to the State Game Commission $,'134,800 realized from hunters' licenses. The vote was 11 J to 53, objection being made because Cie bill Increases game wardens from 20 to CO and raises their pay from $90( to $1,200. The bill also carries provi sions to pay the secretary $!j,000 a year. A Stale commission to investigate the proposition of old age pensions for Pennsylvania Is provided for in a bll' Introduced into the House by Mr. Al corn, Clearfield. Tho Governor is em powered to appoint a committee of three which will servo without com pensation. It Is directed to make n study and to hold hearings, reporting before November 1, 1916, to tho Gov ernor who will transmit its findings to the next Legislature. An appropria tion of $fj.000 is carried and authority given to employ a secretary at $2,500 and clerical heln as needed. The military rods was passed on sec ond reading with n few minor amend ments and the general appronrlatlon bill was reported out for printing as committed. The bill regulating civil practice in the courts of the State was reported from committees. Mr. Hollinvsworth. Chester present ed a bill providing that wh' n animals are killed to prevent spread of foot and mouth disease the State veteri narian shall pay the owners "fair mar ket value" without taking Into con sideration condition of the animal us to disease. Upon killing of animals to prevent spnad of a disease other than foot and mouth disease,' the Slate is to pay two-thirds of Tuir market value, taking Into consideration physical con dition und what may bo realized from tale of carcass. An amendment to the Act of 1913 prohibiting shooting, trapping, snaring or poisoning of foxes in Delaware County wan presented to the Houso by Mr. Neville. Montgomery, which, If passed, would extend tho same pro hibit lou to Chester and Montgomery Counties. Mr. Body. Berks, introduced a bill making II the duty of every person, partnership or corporation in charge of land to remove noxious weeds under penalty of ten dollars line. Constables may require removal of such woods and supervisors aro to cut down those along highways. Now bills in the House passed the 1000 mark. Those presented Included: Jones, Susquehanna Providing that when an existing bridge on a State highway Is destroyed or worn out the State shall rebuild. Hubler, Luzerne Appropriating $5, 000 to the National Washington Com mission to erect tablets or markers within the State Indicating course of "'-hiiigton's route to the Venango In 1763. McCalg. Allegheny Giving directors of second-class cities right to require abatement of fire hazards in buildings. McVicar, Allegheny Establishing fees of Recorder in Allegheny County. Wylle, Allegheny Making County Controller and Commissioners of Al legheny County a board to fix number snd salaries of employes of county government except those authorized by legislative Act. McVicar, Allegheny Fixing bonds of Allegheny County officers. Walter, Franklin Appropriating 1100,000 for purchase of normal schools. THE NEWS TOLD PARAGRAPHS Latest Happenings Gleaned From All Over the State. LIVE NOTES AND COMMENTS, Three Murderers Win From Pardon Board Poor Board Refutes To Supply Drugs To Fiends Two ' Hurt In Runaway. Mrs. Catharine Jacoby, aged bo rnty-flve, of Allontown, broke a shoul der blade In a fall down stairs. Mshlan R. Strob and Miss Mabel Halluan, of Eaiaus, were married la Alle jwn by Rev. J. P. Bachman, the el'igyman who confirmed both. P, K. Emmons, a senior at Prince' ton, was elected pastor of the Biidifc Street Presbyterian Church, Cntasau qua, to succeed Rev. Harry W. Kwlng, Mrs. John Darrah, aged eighty-five, of Hokcndauqua, died at the Allen town Hospital from a fiactured bip, suffered In a full last Decembor. The first freo dispensary has been opened In Allentown, through the ef forts of MIfo Rose Crllly, and It will bo supported by voluntary contribu tions. Mr. and Mrs. Reeder Shultz, Union Corners, were seriously, if not fatally Injured, In a runaway accident. They had driven to Shamokin Hills and were on their way homo when their horso bolted. Mrs. Shultz was thrown under the wheels, while Shultz was hurled under tho bug;?', when It overturned Helena nnd Frank Kromer, of AI lentown, appeared in court and pre sented a Joint petition that they had made up and agreed to live happily ever after, and prayed that the divorce action she bad started be squashed. Judge Groman said he was delighted aud promptly concurred. Meyersdale was visited by fire. Tho Meyersdalc Opera House, the Meyers dale Garage and the Donges Mat Mar kit being destroyed, with a loss of $75.i)e0. Other buildings were badly damaged. For a time the blaze was to serious that calls for aid to other places were being considered. Miss Helen Hodges, of Scranton, Is to leave Saturday, March 27, on a ten thousand-mile Journey, which will be ended In Manila, where she will be come the bride of Gilbert S. Perez The two met in the far South several years ago. Mr. Perez Is division In dustrlal supervisor of schools at Manila. Harvey S. Denglor, of Allentown, and his father, John Dengler, of Oley, who after fifty-seven years of service as the oldest teacher In eastern Penn sylvanla, went to Philadelphia to bear Billy Sunday and could not get Into the tabernacle. Their plight was learned by Mrs. Sunday, who had tbem escorted on the platform. The G. A. R. aud other organUa tlons, of Allentown have named a Joint committee to arrange for the proper celebration of Memorial Day Comrade Owen E. Mank has been named chairman, and Comrade Aban don S. Moyer, secretary. Rev. Asher T. Hess, of Philadelphia, will bo tbe orator. Over-iealousness In religious mat ters and what Is said to have been a desire to offer themselves as a sacri fice to Ood, are believed to be the rea sons tor the double suicide of Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Seiverd, aged forty two and forty-six years, respectively. Their bodies were found banging In the barn on their farm -in Caernarvon .Township, Berks county. The Directors of the Poor of York County decided that they lacked au Ihority under the" new drug act to grant tho request of York physicians that they furnish narcotics to victims of the habit They ruled to supply only indigent patients who will become in mates of the almshouse during treat ment for their relief. There are 1,200 victims of the drug hnbit in York, the physicians assert. The State Board of Pardons recom mended commutation of the death sen tences of Andrew Malinowsk'l, Alle gheny; Arthur Simons, Tioga, and Oregarlo Rl.zatl, Philadelphia, and granted a pardon to Dusan Mellc, Alle gheny, who was granted commutation in 1904. Tbu three "men- granted clemency were under sentence of elec trocution. Simons was declared to be Insane by a report of State alienists. Tho robes of John Gorsea, altar boy at Stanislaus Polish Churcb, Shamo kin, were accidentally Ignited In front of tbe altar of the church during serv ices. Several priests and a. number of male parishioners extinguished the flames, but not .before tbe .boy bad been seriously burned, along; with sev ' oral of his rescuers.. A number of women fainted Ja the excitement Allentown is enjoying tbe novelty of Jitney tides and the venture Is so suc cessful that Jitney autoa are springlne up like mushrooms. The first jitney came to town from Northampton where the enterprise was begun by Dillard Edmonds, a silk dyer, who l operating two machines between ths' borough and Allentown. More than 120 friends called to con gratulate Thomas Johnston, retired furniture manufacturer of AllentowL, who Is bale and strong on bis elgbtletn birthday.
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