fHE PULTON COUNTY NEWS.
McCONNELLSBTJRO. PA.
AMERICAN STEAMER AUSTRIANS DRIVEN I t re ... put of BAB w UQUOR- gXATE
SUNK INNilH SEA BACK ON HEIGHTS Us 7 THQfl tf Jwmakers
Strikes a Mine After Leaving
Bremen.
BATTLE IN CARPATHIANS
Fighting Incessant Day and Night,
Constantly Reinforced Russian
Making Desperate Efforts To
For OA Two Passes.
Berlin (via The Hague). The
American steamer Greenbrier struck
uiiue iu the North Sea and sank a few
hours after she left Uiemea. aciuiiliiig
to wool received by United States Am
lia.uador Gerard. Her crew was landed
l i'ryrk. In Schlenlng
The Greettrier is the third Amerl
ran tpm-1 destroyed by mines in the
North Sua,
The Evelyn was blown up off
ltorkuru Islnnd on February 21, with a
reported loss of three men, while en
route la Bremen with a L-urxo of
cotton.
The Cartb was sunk by a mine off
Nordfrnrr on February 23. One of
ber crew died from exposure.
Ambassador Gerard cabled a brief
message to Washington telling of the
disaster to the Greenbrier.
The Greenbrier was a vessel of
3,121 ton (gross), was 34 T, feet in
length and l ad a breadth of 45 feet.
She wa built in 1SS3 and' originally
was owned by the Tropical Fruit
Steamship Company, a British concern.
Shortly after the outbreak of the
war she waa bought by a number of
Americana, who formed the "Green
brier Steamship Company." Her port
of registry was changed to New York
and she flew the American flag.
On ber first trip under the Stars and
Strip the Greenbrier left New
Orleans December 10, with a cargo of
cotton, bound for Bremen, under com
mand of Captain Farley. On Decem
ber 30, according to her captain, aha
waa baited by a British cruiser, which
fired a solid shot across her bows.
The boarding party from the British
warship pulled down the American
flag, placed a prire crew In charge and
head'-d the steamer Into Kirkwall.
From Kirkwjll she was taken to
Ielth, Scotland, ant finally released,
proceeding to Bremen with ber cargo.
Upon ber arrival, Captain Farley sent
a long cablegram of protest to Wash
ington, which was followed by a note
to the British government.
Deadly Struggle In the Passes.
London. The Germans are pouring
reinforcements Into Hungary to sup
port the Anslrian armies, which are be
ing hard pressed by the Russians In
tbe passes of the Carpathian Moun
tains, and are also, according to dis
patcher from Holland, again sending
men from Belgium to strengthen their
eastern front, where tbe Russians have
taken the offensive.
The battle In the Carpathians con
tinues by night and day. The Rus
sians, who are being continually rein
forced, are making desierate efforts to
force Uzsok and LupKow Passes, and
upon the success of these operations
their army, which is on the Hungarian
side of Iwjkia. Is waiting before con
tinuing Its advance.
Seemingly the Russians have had
considerable success, for the official
report announce the repulse of Aus
trian attacks near Mezolaborcz, which
Is dne south of Lupkow Pass and west
of Ucaok raw, and coutinued progress
in the region of the latter pass and
west of Uzsok Pass, and continued
progress tn the region of the latter
pass despite the stubborn resistance
of the Austrlans.
On April 1 the Russians claim to
have taken prisoner loO officers and
7.000 men and to bave captured 10 ma
chine guns.
Austrian correspondents view this
onslaught with misclvins. and In their
dispatches give It preccder.ee over the
battle In nukowlna, where the Aus
trian a few days age took the of
fensive and penetrated Into Bess
arabia, but have since, according to
Russian reports, been defeated.
There la no charge In Poland, but
the movement of German troops from
Belgium eastward Indicates that their
general staff are uneasy over the
activity of the Russians along the F.ast
Prussian frontier and In the central
portion of the old kingdom. Having
fortified the whole of Belgium and hav
ing recently opened tbe sluices, extend
ing the floods on Flanders, It la pos
slble that they feel secure or do not
anticipate that the Allies will make
their effort for some weeks yet.
ARMY OBSERVERS TO RETURN.
American Officers With the Germans
Ordered Home,
Berlin. Five American army offi
cers, who have been attached to the
German military force? In the rapacity
of observers, were ordered by cable to
return to the United States at once.
The order came as a surprise, as they
expected to remain In Europe until the
end of the war. I.leut.-Col. Joseph K.
Kuehn, of the engineers, who also has
been acting as an observer, was not
Included In the order, as he has been
designated as military attache at the
embassy at Berlin to succeed Major
George T. Langhorne, recalled.
WOVEN VOTE; MEN PAY.
Law Upheld In Utah, Although Suf
fragist Are Exempted.
Bait Lake City, Utah. The Utah
Poll Tax law was declared constitu
tional by the State Supreme Court,
which held that the exemption of wom
en from tbe tax did not make It i dis
crimination against men, even though
women vote In the State The city
and county officials of the State Imme
diately started arrangement! to col
lect back taxes of a year.
Russians By Almost Superhu- -hHTttUK KVJl iUVX 7)0 ureal uniains kuicp tans ior
man Efforts Seize Railway. jU "Most Vl9r0u M""-"
NORSE STEAMER SUNK & rr$ fs READY TO SET EXAMPLE
Desperate Battle In Lupkow-Uszok
Region Remnant Of Austrian
Invaders Of Bukowina Forced
To Roumanian Border.
Petrograd. By almost superhuman
efforts, the Russians between the Lup
kow and Uszok passes bave driven tbe
Autlrians backward upon the heights
and bave seized the railway leading
through Vola Mlchova and Lupkow
southward into Hungary, according to
dispatches received here.
The lighting was particularly bitter
near Vola Mlchova, where the Aus
trlans held strong positions in the
heights, protected by rows of trenches
on the hillsides and wire entangle
ments. To the east of Vola Michova,
an AustroGerman force is being
pressed backward In the direction of
Uszok.
Tbe Lupkow-Uszok ivgion is now
the scene of the most desperate fight
ing. South of the Dulka Pass, where
the Russians ate entrenched In the
foothills, the Austrlans have aban
doned their attacks. Both sides ap
parently are awaiting the result of the
great combat for possession of the
Lupkow and Uszok Tasses.
The remnants of the Austrian force
that invaded Russian Bessarab'a,
north of Bukowina, is being forced
back upon the Rumanian border, part
of the Austrlans having been annihi
lated. There Is every prospect that
the retreating Austrians will be forced
to cross Into Rumania and be Interned
fur the remainder of the war.
Amsterdam. The AustroGerman
forces In the Austrian Fortress of
Cracow are making preparations for
a siege by the Russians, according to
dispatches received from Prague, and
the defenders Intend to fight the Czar's
troors to the bitter end, this being
Indicated by the preparations for
street fighting, In the event that the
Russians succeed In forcing an en
try Into the city.
Very strong barricades have been
thrown up in the streets, built in a
way calculated to cause heavy losses I
for attackers. Furthermore, ba-s of
sand have been placed In the doors
and windows of public buildings, con
verting these places Into veritable
fortresses.
German Submarine Sinks Norwegian
Bark.
London. Another neutral ship has
fallen victim to a German submarine.
A dispatch received from Amsterdam
6tated that a Norwegian hark had
been torpedoed and sunk In the North
Sea. Kleven members of her crew,
said the dispatches, were landed at
The Hook of Holland by a Norwegian
steamer that had picked them up.
A second dispatch from Amsterdam
Identified the Norwegian bark sunk
by a German submarine as the N'nr, a
v .-sel of r.91 tons, hailing from Slav
anear, and commanded by Capt. O.
Olsen. The boat that sank her was
the U-21. The Norwegian steamer
Unita picked up the sailors of the Nor.
While the German submarines are 1
continuing their activities on the
English coast and sinking ships at
the rate of one a day, as evidenced
by the destruction of the French
steamer Emma on Wednesday and
the British steamer Seven Seas on
Thuruday. with a total loss of 30 lives,
a dispatch received from Lisbon
brought reus that they had extended
their activities as far as the Spanish
:oaet on the Atlantic.
NO PEACE FOR TURK.
Russian Envoy To Rome Say End
Of Porte I At Hand.
Rome "It is impossible for Turkey
to make peace now. The end of the
unspeakable Turk in Europe Is at
hand. Russia Is now about to realize
her old ambition."
M. Kroupenski, Kusslan Ambassador
to Italy, made this emphatic declara
tion when he was asked as to the
accuracy of reports that the Porte has
tried to make peace terms between
Turkey and Russia.
The Russian envoy said that the Al
lies were confident of ultimate victory
and that their aims as regards the Bal
kans and European Turkey would per
mit of no negot.ations with the Porte.
"50,000 ON WATER WAGON."
All Classes In England Turning
Against "Demon Rum."
London. Temperance leaders esti
mated that at least 50,0o) persons,
ratting In station from the lowliest
of laborers to men of the peerage,
have foresworn the use of alcoholic
beverages dining the remainder of the
war, as a result of King Georte's let
ter promising to bar Intoxicants from
the royal palaces.
Not only men but women are
"swearing off." although the recent
protests against hard drinking were
based on the ground that Intoxication
was hampering the output of the
arsenals and ammunition factories.
HUERTA LEAVES SPAIN.
According To Rumor, Will Lead New
Mexican Revolution,
Madrid, Spain. Gen. VIctorlano
Huerta, former Provisional President
of Mexico, and his secretary sailed
from Cadiz on board the trans-Atlantic
steamer Antonio Lopez, according to
advices received here from Cadiz.
General Huerta's family remains in
Barcelona, reports from which place
my t'-at a rumor Is in circulation that
H''" t Is on his way to direct a new'
in Mexico.
1 I I T l U M w- . V X J I 1 w rwx I M lU V
ifupyriiihtt
THE HORRORS
OF A
Native Christians Massacred
by the Turks.
A STORY TCLD BY RUSSIANS
Eyes Of Victims Gouged Out and
Limb Chopped Off A General
Massacre In Urumiah Feared.
2,000 Die Of Disease.
Tabriz, Pcla (via Tetrograd).
Hostilities between Russian and Turk
ish forces ia Persia bave been re
sumed. The Russians defeated the
Turks in a sanguinary battle at Atku
tur, north of Dllman, in Northwestern
Persia.
The Turks lost 12.000 in killed,
wounded and prisoners as well as
many guns.
Preceding the reoccupatlon by the
Russians of the Salmac Plains, In
Azerbaijan province, northwest . of
Urutnlah, hundreds of native Chris
tians were rounded up by the Turks
in the village of Haftdewan and mas
sacred. Many of these were searched
out from the homes of friendly Mo
l.amniedans who tried to hide them.
The Russians on entering the vil
lage found 720 bodies, mostly naked
and mutilated. The recovery of bodies
from wells, pools and ditches and their
burial kept 300 men busy for three
days.
The walling of the women Inten
sified the horror of the scene. Sur
viving widows who were able to
IdentiTy the bodies of their husbands
Insisted upon digging graves and bury
ing the bodies. Some of the victims
had been shot In other cases they
were bound to ladders and their heads,
protruding through were hacked off.
Eyes were gouged out and limbs chop
ped off.
A general massacre of the in.flOO or
15.000 Christians remaining In Uru
miah Is expected, unless It should he
averted by order from Constanti
nople. Verbal messages from Urumiah con
firm earlier reports that more than
800 persons already have been killed
In that neighborhood and that more
than 2.000 have died of disease. These
messages also confirm the reports of
the maltreatment of the Rev. Dr. E. T.
Allen, an American missionary at
Urumiah.
AIRMEN SHELL TOWNS.
Berlin Announce Damage Done By
Allies Wa Slight.
Berlin. Two- more German towns
have been bombarded by a hostile
aviator. The following statement was
Issued at the War Office:
"An aviator of the enemy flew over
Mulhelra, Baden, and dropped bombs.
These caused damage only to the
buildings of the town.
"Three bombs were dropped upon
Neuonburg. on the Rhelm. The dam
age caused was slight."
The aviator Is believed to have been
a French airman from Relfort.
AVIATOR A CRIPPLE.
With Both Leg Broken, Von Buelow's
Son Serve Country.
Berlin. On account of having both
less broken, Busse von Buelow, sop
of General von Buelow and nephew
of the former Chancellor, Is among
those who bave been retired from the
active army. He has Joined the avia
tion cof- in the field, however, where
his injury con make no difference to
his activities.
BUSINESS IS TETTER.
Secretary Redfield Tell Cabinet That
Report Show This.
Washington. Business conditions
throughout the country show a steady
improvement, according to reports
made by Secretary Red field at the
Cabinet meeting. The Si cretary pre
sented extracts from various reports
reflecting better conditions In many
lines.
VOICE IMPAIRED; ALIMONY CUT.
Eugene Cowle Obtain Reduction
From $25 To $15.
New York. Because his voice Is Im
paired Eugene Cowles, the light opera
baritone, long with the Bostonlan's or
ganization, has had ti la alimony re
duced from $113 to 115 a week. This
is the second reduction, his divorced
wife, ELzabeth Cowles, having been
originally allowed $38.
Yarmouth, England, has 51,316 population
MAKE MEXICO
CITY NEUTRAL
United States' Proposal to Villa
Zapata Forces.
NOW WILLING TO EVACUATE
Upon General Carranza Alto Depends
Question Of Neutralizing the Rail
way Between Mexico City
and Vera Cruz.
Washington. With th hope of
securing permanent protection for the
25,000 foreigners In Mexico City, the
United State government has pro
posed to the VillaZapata farce and
to General Carranza that the Mexican
capital be declared neutral and outside
the field of operation hereafter In
Mexico' civil war.
The Villa Zapata forces have agreed
to the proposal and are willing to
evacuate the city a soon as a simi
lar agreement Is obtained with the
Carranza authorities.
On General Carranza depends also
whether or not the efforts of the
United States to neutralize the railway
between Mexico City and Vera Cruz
shall succeed, as the Villa Zapata offi
cials have likewise given their assent
to this proposal.
State Department officials declined
to discuss the status of the two pro
posals beyond saying that they were
still under consideration. The plan
with respect to Mexico City contem
plates an rrangement whereby order
would be maintained there by a local
council made up of prominent resi
dent selected by mutual agreement
between the opposing factions. The
capital would not then under the term
of the proposed agreement be subject
to further attacks nor would there be
any more changes In government until
a central government had been estab
lished. Officials and diplomatists here, who
are conversant with the details of the
plan, are much encouraged by the
prompt acceptance given to It by the
Villa Zapata authorities and now are
hopeful that General Carranza can be
persuaded to do likewise.
YOUNG 'COHEN WAS INSANE.
So Say Coroner's Verdict On Man
Who Killed Grandmother.
Philadelphia. The coroner's Jury,
after an Inquest, returned a verdict of
temporary insanity In the case of
Henry Barnet Cohen, who shot and
Instantly killed his grandmother, Mrs.
Clotilda Florence Cohen, and then
committed suicide.
House bill making a Burgess eligible
to succeed himself.
House bill changing the time of the
collection of taxes and water rent Iu
Pittsburg and Scranlon.
House bill giving attorneys lien
against their client for compensa
tion In certain cases.
TELEGRAPH TiCXS
Pittsburgh, Kan. Fifty men re
turned to work here when the Pitts
burgh Pottery Company resumed
operations after a year's Idleness.
Wilmington, Del. A 20 per cent,
salary raise for all employes of the
Du Pont Powder Company at pjants
In various parts of the country went
Into effect Thursday.
Elmlia, N. Y. Edward Westervelt,
held for the murder of Police Chief
Flnnell and Chief of Detectives Grad
well, has confessed.
Washington. Salvador Castrillo,
formerly mlnlBter here, reported pris
oner In home In Nicaragua for oppos
ing Diaz government.
Quincy, Mass. After being formally
christened, submarine L- sticks on
ways at Fore River yards aud launch
ing is postponed.
Des Moines. Antl-tlpping bill pass
ed by lower house. Applies to hotels,
restaurants, dining and sleeping cars.
Boston. Month of March driest
period here in 97 years.
Jersey City, N. J. Henry Rodgers,
watchman at Communlpaw yards,
found with bullet hole n fare, says
ho does not know why he was shot.
Brooklyn, N. Y. Andrew Kelly had
his left ankle broken and James Mur
tucclo both legs fractured by a three
story drop of the elevator car at Hills
Bros.' factory.
Jersey City, N. J. Stranger ad
vances $2,500 and saves home of Mr.
Mary Schmidt, who failed to record
tax sale.
Agitation At Present Overshadowing
Everything Else In Public In
terest Among British
People.
London. King George has added
hi plea to that of the shipowners and
in some case that of the laborites
themselves, that some vigorous meas
ure be adopted to cope with the ques
tion of drunkenness, which, It in
urged, la having the effect of delaying
the delivery of munitions of war.
Tbo King ha volunteered, If it Is
considered advisable, personally to
give up the use of alcoholic liquors and
to Issue an order against their use In
the royal households. Such a notifica
tion has been sent to David Lloyd
George, the Chancellor of the Ex
chequer, by the King's private secre
tary, Lord Stamfordham. Tho letter
of Lord Stamfordham follows:
For Vigorous Measure.
"Dear Chancellor of the Exchequer:
"The King thanks "you for o
promptly letting him have a full report
of the proceeding of the meeting of
tne deputation of employers. Ills
Majesty has read it with Intense in
terest, but also with the deepest con
cern. He feels tnat nothing but the
most vigorous .measures will success
fully cope with the grave situation
now existing In our armament fac
tories. "We have before us the statements
not merely of the employers, but of
tne Admiralty and the War Office,
which are responsible for munition
of war and for the transport of troop
and tnelr food and ammunition.
Drink Holds Up Supplies.
"From this evidence It Is without
doubt largely due to drink that wa
are unable to secure tne output of war
material Indispensable to meet the re
quirements of the army In the field,
and that there has been such serious
delay, In consequence of the necessary
reinforcements of supplies to aid our
gallant troops at the front.
"A continuance of such a stale of
thing must Inevitably result In the
prolongation of the horrors and bur
den of this terrible war.
"I am instructed to add that, If It be
deemed advisable, the King will be
prepared to set an example by giving
up all alcoholic liquor himself and by
Issuing orders against Its consumption
In the royal households, so that no dif
ference shall be made, so far os hi
Majesty Is concerned, between treat
ment of the rich and tbe poor in tnis
question.
"LORD STAMFORDHAM,
"Tbe King's private secretary.'!
OUTLINES CANAL CRUISE.
Secretary Daniels and Two Admiral
Will Be At San Francisco.
Washington. In July, for the first
time since the Civil War, Ran Fran
cisco will see a United States battle
fleet on parado with two full admirals
and the Secretary of the Navy' flags
flying In the line.
Secretary Daniels had tentatively
outlined the coming cruise through the
Panama Canal to the Pacific. Leaving
New York, he plans to have the fleet
steam through the canal, where the
delayed exercises In connection with
Its opening will take place.
The old battleship Oregon, com
manded by Rear Admiral Clark, will
lead 20 dreadnaughts and 20 or more
smaller craft to the Pacific, where Ad
miral Howard' fleet will be waiting.
It was raid at the White House If he
possibly could arrange It, President
Wilson would be at San Francisco at
the time.
Following the San Francisco review,
the Secretary and one squadron will go
to Puget Sound. A voyage to Hawaii
will be made to enable Secretary Dan
iels to Inspect the naval headquarter
and defenses there.
LONDON IS ALARMED.
Berlin Says Increase In Submarine
Activity I Expected.
Berlin, via wireless to Sayvllle,
Long Island. London Is now thor
oughly alarmed at the recent achieve
ments of the German submarines and
expects a tremendous Increase In the
activity of Von Tlrpltz's "unterseo
booten," according to private advices
received here. The Brrlnn papers
prominently displayed articles from
tne London press dealing with the al
leged unsatisfactory progress of re
crulttng and with the difficulty of ob
taining ample supplies of ammunition.
HOLD-UPS IN DAYLIGHT.
One Rob Jewelry Store Of $3,000
While Other Keep Men Oulet.
Philadelphia. Two well-dressed
bandits tn broad daylight dashed up to
the Jewelry store of W. Berhsteln &
Co. In an automobile, and while one
held up W. Berhsteln and his brother
Bernard the other rifled the safe of
$3,000 In gold and Jewelry. Both rob
bers then ran from the store and
escaped in the automobile.
MAJ. LANGHORNE TO ARMY DUTY
Former Attache At Berlin Ordered Tg
Eleventh Cavalry.
Washington. Major George T.
Langhorne, . former attache to the
American Embassy at Berlin, who has
been on temporary duty at the Army
war college, win u assignee to the
Elevnnth Cavalry for duty at Fort
Oglethorpe, Ga. In announcing this
Secretary Garrison again declined to
throw any light on the reason for
Major Langhorne' relief from duty In
th Qermau capital.
I m
TO PASS ON MOVIE FILMS.
Harrlsburg. A bill piovldlng for tha
repeal of the present moving picture
censorship law and creating In It
place an entirely new Act waa Intro
duced tn the Senate by Senator Dalx,
of Philadelphia.
The bill creates a board of three, to
be appointed by th Governor for
terms of three year. The first three
appointments are to b for three, two
and one year. The chairman of the
commission is to be a man at a salary
of $3000 ft year, the vice president, a
woman, at $2500, and the third mem
ber, secretary, at $2400.
1 he bill provides that the board shall
approve all view or Dims which are
moral and proper and to disapprove
such as are sacrlllglous, obscene, In
decent or immoral or such as tend, In
the Judgment of the Board of Censors,
to debase or corrupt the morals, Incite
to riot or prejudice the public mind.
The bill give the board power to regu
late the display of posters, banner
or other advertising mntter.
A fee of $2.50 is to be charged for
tho examination of 1200 feet or loss of
film and $1 for each duplicate If ap
plied for at the same tlino and by the
same person. Over 1200 feet tbe fee
is to be $5 and $2 for duplicates. All
fees are to bo paid Into tho State
Treasury.
The bill provide for a penalty of
$50 to $100 for violating any provision
of the act the first time. Subsequent
offences are punlshnblo by fines rang
ing fiom $100 to $200. In default of
the payment of fine the offender Is
liable to from ten to thirty days' im
prisonment. The proposed act la not to apply to
exhibitors for educational, charitable,
fraternal, rellgloua purposes given by
any religious association, fraternal so
ciety, library, museum, public or pri
vate school, other Institution of learn-'
Ing or by any corporation of the first
class. The bill provides for the following
employes:
One clerk, salary $1SOO; one assist
ant clerk at $1500 and one at $1200;
two stenographers, $720 each; one
chief Inspector,' $1500; three inspec
tor at $1400 and three at $1200; one
operator who shall be an electrician
at $1400; two operators at $1200 and
one at $1000; two messengers at $720;
one assistant operator or patcher at
$600 and one assistant patcher at $4S0.
The chairman of the board with the
approval of tho Governor Is authorized
to appoint a ninny additional em
ployes as may be necessary, the aggre
gate salaries of the extra employe not
'x exceed $5000 a year.
CERTAIN OF OPTION VICTORY
Prediction of victory for local option.
together with a statement that he hnd
made large gains In both the Home
and Senate In his fight to have the
measure passed, wa made by Govern.
or Brumbaugh. He duo.' a red that his
fight has been along the lines that the
people of each county should have the
right to pass upon tbe liquor question
and tbat the proposition should tot be
thrown entirely on the shoulder of the
Judges. He characterized the fight as
the one In which the fundamental prln
clple was tho "right of the people to
rule." He said- that he will we for
local option In the various counties un
til the people demonstrate tbat they do
not want It. "Any person, no matter
what political affiliations he may bave,
Is welcome In this campaign," he said.
COURT REPORTER.
William I. Shaffer, of Delaware
County, wa reappointed reporter for
the State Supreme Court for a term
of five year. The Senate promptly
confirmed the nomination. The offlc6
had been vacant for abodt a week, Mr.
Shaffer' third term having expired.
SEVENTY'S BILL KILLED.
Philadelphia Committee of Seventy
elections bills, Introduced by Repre
sentative Graham in the State House
of Representative "by request," were
killed by two House committees to
which they were referred. The bills
would abolish assistance to voters, the
party block on the ballot, and substi
tute a Council of fifteen member for
the present ono In Philadelphia.
OIL PRODUCTS BILL.
Oil men not only from Pennsylvania,
but from different part of tbe country,
appeared before the Senate Judiciary
General Committee on the blH intro
duced by Senator Phlpps, of Venango
County, requiring producta of crude
petroleum and compounds to bo so
branded as to Indicate the kind and
grade of such petroleum from which
the san'e are derived or manufactured
The bill was Introduced at the Instance
of oil producer of this State. The
hearing developed the fact that the
producer Kre almost a unit In favor
of the bill and that the refiners are
largely opposed to It. The producers
declared that Pennsylvania crude oil
was of such a quality that It brough
$1.40 a barrel, while Oklahoma crude
was sold at forty cents a barrel and
other Western oils at prices lower than
Pennsylvania crude. They Insisted
that the consumer In purchasing crude
petroleum or Its products should know
whether he is getting the Pennsylvania
product or the product of another
State.
BILL PASSED BY SENATE.
Providing for the care and treatment
of persons addicted to alcohol or drug,
Providing for the better protection
of deer, elk, squirrels and game birds,
Proposing an amendment to the Con
Btltution which would authorize coun
ties or the State to Insure and guaran
tee land title.
Increasing the salary of the chief
probation officer of the Philadelphia
Municipal Court from $3000 to $5000,
and that of additional probation off!
cera from $1500 to $2500 a year.
THE HEWS TOLD
III PARAGRAPHS
Litest Happenings Gleaned
From All Over the State.
LIVE NOTES AND COMMENTS,
Colliery Watchman Killed, Robbed inc
Effort Made To Burn HI Body
Baptized In Creek In Freez
ing Weather.
Murdered and hi body placed on i
funeral pyre, the remains of Joseiit
Fletcher, watchman at Park I'laiv
colliery, Mahanoy City, wa found o:.
a pile of burning railroad ties at t:
o'clock In the morning, lie had b
killed by a blow on the bead with i
pick. His revolver, with five Cham
ber empty wa found about thn
hundred feet away. The fire wa sub
dued and Corporal Davie and a squx:
of nine State troopers were aummnnei!
to work on the case. The man' gol?
watch, chain and wallet, he havln
received bl pay Saturday, are uiiti
Ing.
Litigation started In the Count;
Court last month, in connection with
the estate of the lale United Htate-
Senator Mathew Stanley Quay, by hi.
daughter. Mrs. Mary Quay Davidson
of Buffalo, resulted In her favor i
Heaver, when Judge Holt mado an ot
der requiring Rlchnrd R. Quay, a bo;
of the Senator, and the Union Tru
Company ot Pittsburgh, trustees, to
file an account within thirty days.
With a temperature only twenty d
grees above zero aud a raw wind blot
Ing through the Mllbaca Valley, flftoet
persons were baptized by Immersion in
the creek-on tho farm of Kphralm Erb
at Richland, near .Reading. Uet
Michael Kurtz conducted the baptlsnu
service, while several hundred mora
bors of the Church of the Brethren
of the Tulpehocken district, looked ot
Twenty-one reasons were Died with
the Court at Reading for a new trii
for David W. Rothensles, of Klmlii
N. V.; Charles A. Stephens, of Phila
delphia. and Frederick G. Anderson
of Baltimore. Md., convicted of con
splracy whereby hundreds of Investor
lost $840,000 In defunct local Insurant
concerns.
Nathan II. Gehrla. and for man
year engaged in the business of milli"
and afterwards farming, died at hi'
home at Fleetwood from general d
blllty hastened by a fall which b
sustained several months ago.
Julius Fritz, an Austrian, emp!oyn'
by an Allentovn brewery, oeeaau
homesick for hi wife, who wa vuu
ine the old folks across the ocean
and managed to Join her, whereupor
be was promptly drafted Into tram
Josef's army.
Order were Issued for the prepn
tlon for Immediate resumption of worl
at Mt Laffee strlppings, which bat
been Idle for a number of weeks, R'
sumption of work will give three hun
dred men employment
Martin Falstich, foreman for Frank
iVehr. an Allentown coal and lim
dealer, wa arrested for embezzlement
and larceny.-charged with having gow
into business on his own account will'
lock stolen from bis employer.
Mrs. Laura M. Kunti, widow of Ci
ru Kuntz, founder of the Allentown
"Item," la confined to her home wilt
an Injured knee, sustained In alightiin
from a car.
Wm. H. Wlsser, an Allentown r.o
dealer, and bis ton undrew, aged HI
teen, are In the hospital from injuria
received when thrown Into the stive'
In a runaway.
Peter Wentzel. Rlxtv-four years old
for over thlrtv-flve veara emDloW'J
at the locomotive shop of the Ueati
Ing Railway Company, died oi a com
plication ot diseases.
The Citizen' National Bank w!l
tear down an old landmark on the pub
lie square of Waynesboro, to inakf
room for It large new banking strut
turc.
Plavlna about a bon-Ore. Agnes. t
Ix-year-old daughter of Jame O Nein
of Coatesville. was terribly burned
Rei. Wilson, boiler-maker, rescuoi
the child.
Helen'C. Cullln, a student at Swartb
more College, rescued Mary Robinson
age seven, from drowning In Crui!
Creek, near Chester.
Thieves stripped the flrehouse '
the plant of the Aberfoyle Mill, '
Chester, of all the bras fittings an
hose.
With a broken leg. received by t"
ing from a bicycle, James Parker, ag
four, Is in the CheRter Hospital.
A lodge of the Tribe of Ben Hur h
been organized In Allentown, w"
Simon Laugh as chief.
Littleton Johnson, aged forty, "
of Judge Isaac Johnson, of Deia'
County, died at Chadd'a Ford.
Daalftonta nf Vow .Tnrflpv towns OF
poslte Chester will not be permit
to land on the Pennsylvania side
less they are or consent to be vacd
ated, a precaution taken by the Cbf,t
ter health authorities to prevent tb'
spread of smallpox.
Samuel Spoon, of Welssport, W
high Valley freight conductor. siiji
and fell under his train In front of
passenger station at Mauch Chun'
and was Instantly killed. He was fof
years of age, and Is survived by b:
wife and several children