THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS, McCONNELLSBURG, PA,
WESTERN
ATTACK NEAR
Germans Claim All French
Attacks Repulsed.
SI ILL HOLD THEIR WEDGE
Military Expert Believt Recent Opera
tion Art But the Prelude To a
General Movement In In
creased Force.
1Ondnn The French otfeaslve in
the Woevre, which, accoi d'-ig in oftl
rial report from Paris, continues to
make progress, although th Germans
reiterate that all the French attacks
hive been repulsed, It is believed, Ik
only the prelude lo a big general effort
In the west.
With the two general staffs In direct
conflict. It la dilllcult to gau;;e the re
mit of the fighting.. Military ex
pert here, however, express the con
viction that the (iennan will be com
pelled to send reinforcement to
stn-ngthen their wedge, which pene
trate to St. Mihiel and which 1 being
attacked oa both flank, and that a
oon as thin movement begin the
Allies will iirike at the point thin
weakened and perhaps at the whole
line.
With the operations In thin district
of France those In the Carpathians
divide Interest, which la being barely
satisfied, with the meager otlirlal re
port from the various headquarter.
The Russians, like the French, ap-
parenlly are making progress in the
capture of Important points which are
essential before a general forward
ru7Pt7ieit ran be undertaken. They
are in posHesnlon of the whole princi
pal chain of the Carpathians and at
some point are descending the south
ern slopes and are approaching, If they
lire not aJready In. the I'szok Valley,
south of the paa of that name.
Fighting la going on under extreme,
ly difficult conditions, the ground be
ing covered with snow, which Is com
mencing to of:en. while the Austro
Germans continue to bring up rein
forcement in an endeavor to check
the advance. The Russians, however,
appear to have confidence In their
ability to handle the task, for simul
taneously Ihy are showlns consider
able activity both on the Kast Prus
sian frontier, where they claim success
over the Germans, and to the south of
the Vistula, where the German say
they have rejulsed a Russian attack.
The allied fleet, according to unof
ficial reports, lias he-n bombarding
the Dardanelles fort from the Gulf of
Saro. This doubtless Is being done
to prevent the Turks from repairing
the forts, for It Is not believed here
that the big attack will be resumed
until the land forces arrive.
CALLS AMERICAN SCOUTS BEST.
Seton Return From Two Month'
Visit In England.
New York. Ernest Thompson
Seton. formerly head of the Hoy Scout
movement In America, arrived here
from Liverpool on the steamship St.
Inis after a two months' visit abroad.
Mr. Seton said that the Hoy Scout
movement In England lias suffered
sinre the war baan by reason of the
majority of the scout masters having
been called to service. The Hoy Scouts
of America, he declared, are being de
veloped toward a higher class of citi
lenstalp than the Hoy Scon's are
abroad, where more attei.tion is being
paid to effectiveness In drill and mili
tary tactics.
6MYRNA FORTS AGAIN SHELLED.
Aeroplane Of Allies Also Drop Num
ber Of Bomb.
Ixnlon The Reuter Telegram
Company has received a dispatch from
Its correspondent nt Athens, saying
that British warships again bombarded
the forts at the entrance to the Gulf
of Smyrna Monday, according to the
report of the captain of the Greek
steamer Arcadia. Hydroplanes of tiie
Allies dropped a number of bombs, the
captain declares, and the Vali of
Smyrna ordered Europeans to leave
town.
CHURCH BLOWN TO PIECE3.
Storm Does Heavy Damage Through
out Dataware.
Dover, Del. In a heavy storm here
a portable church, belonging to the
Christian denomination at Kittsham
mm k, on the Delaware Bay. w as blown
to pieces. It was of galvanized Iron.
All the equipment &9 destroyed. No
one was in the structure at the time,
services having Just been finished. The
loss is about $1,500.
GOIISU TO RAISE SUBMARINE.
United States Cruiser Maryland Sails
For Honolulu.
San Francisco. The United States
cruiser Maryland sailed from here for
Jlonolulu to take charge of the raising
of the United States submarine F4.
which sank March 25. Stephen J.
Iirellishak, said to bold the world's
diving record for depth, and other ex
perts from the Brooklyn Navy Yard
mere aboard.
QUAKER CITY HAS 1200,000 FIRE.
Six Fireman Injured At Storage Ware
house Blaze.
Philadelphia. Fire destroyed the
six-story warehouse of the Columbia
Storage Company In the southern sec
tion of the city, caused a loss esti
mated at $200,000. Six firemen were
Injured, one seriously.
Consul Maddln Summers, at Santos,
Urn nil, suggests the distribution of
calendars by American firms as an ef- J
fectlve method of advertising.
T
ON EASTERN FRONT
Thirty German and Austrian
Corps Facing Russians.
FRENCH TAKE LES EPARGES
Should Auttro Hungary Conclude a
Separate Peac, Italy Would Fail
To Secur Territory Obtain
able By Joining Allies.
1Oiidon. The Russian successes In
the Carathlan Mountains, where the
Muscovites. are now said to control vir
tually all the Important passes and are
preparing for a descent on the south
ern slopes on to the plains of Hungary,
have revived unolllcial lalk of separate
peace for Auslro-IIungary and seem
ingly Increasing anxiety on the part
of Interventionists In Italy for their
country to take up arms on the side of
the Allies and secure territory which
they have failed to gel in Ihe negotia
tions through Germany with Austria.
The Russian newspapers seem con
Timed that Hungary, If not the whole
of the dual monarchy, is ready to seek
reace. and It la said that Emperor
Francis Joseph has requested Pope
Benedict to Intervene In his behalf.
Except In Italy, (he neutral country
most directly Interested In this ques
tion, little credence Is given this re
port, although the opinion is expressed
In military circles here that If Russia
succeeds In overcoming the Joint re
sistance of the Austro-Genuan troops
In the Carpathians, as she apparently
has that of the Austro-Hungarlan
armies, Hungary at least will be ready
to bring the war to an end as far as
she In concerned.
A Great Battle Beginning.
However, the Russians have some
way to go as yet before they reach the
plain of Hungary, and the Austro-Gr-man
forces are placing every obstacle
In their way. The whole southern
elopes of the mountains have been
strongly fortified, and troops are be
ing poured Into the retion In dispute.
It Is said there are now 24 Austrian
and 6 German army corps facing the
Russians and that more are on the
way. On the other hand, the Russians
are still brinilng up reserves, and ac
cording to the Austrian report, they
are attacking without any regard for
the loss of human lite.
The critics contend that the Auslro
Gemians must now return from East
Gallcla and Bukow lna or they will find
themselves cut off. Just as fierce a
battle, but on a smaller scale. Is going
on in the west between the Meu.se and I
Uie Moselle.
There the French are persisting In
their offensive against the Germans,
and. according to the Paris reports,
continue to make progress. The
French report, however, is at direct
variance with the reports from Berlin,
which announce that all the French
attacks have been repulsed with heavy
losses.
French Forcing the Wedge.
The French are Incessantly bombard
ing St. Mihiel. the point of the wedge
which they are trying to foire out,
and at the same time are attacking
t.ne two sides of the wedue with In
fantry and artillery In an endeavor to
reach the roads which l-d from St.
Mihiel to Metz. If the progress al
ready made Is as great as the French
claim it to be. these roads now should
be almost within range of the FrencTi
guns.
The Germans have made an attack
on the British lines in Northern
I ranee, which was repulsed, and have,
according to Berlin, recaptured from
the Belgians, the village of Prcl
Grachten on the Yser. which has
chansted hands several times within a
few days. ENewhere. so far as the
public has been informed, there has
I h..nn nn ftfhrinr' worth mentioning
$80,000,000 ORDER FROM RUSSIA.
Canadian and U. S. Factories Making
Shrapnel and Explosive.
New York. The Canadian Car and
Foundry Company, Is now working on
JSO.OOft.iX'O cf orders for shrapnel and
explosives received from the Russian
Government, which has deposited $20,
000.000 with the National City Bank,
the Bank of Montreal and J. IV Morgan
& Co.. to be advanced to the Canadian
Car and Foundry Company. The Rus
sian Government Is negotiating with
aJl the large surety companies for
bonds guaranteeing the advances made
to the Canadian company In the event
of abrogation of the contract.
DRY AMENDMENTS AGREED TO.
Approval Of Bill Will Complete Iowa
Program.
Des Moines, Iowa.--Tlie Iowa Senate
roncurred In all of the amendments
which the House added to the prohi
bition law enforcement measures
which recently went through, and the
measures will be sent to the Governor.
When these bills are siened and be
come laws the program of the "drys"
will be complete. The Mulct law re
peal becomes effective on January 1,
At the same time the law en
forcement measures will be effective.
812,808 PRISONERS IN GERMANY.
Of These 10,175 Are Officers; Over
Half Are Russians.
Amsterdam, via London. A dispatch
received here from Berlin says that
on April 1 812.808 prisoners of war
were being held In Germany 10, 17f
officers and 8o2.6i!3 men. The dispatch
gives the prisoners by nationality as
follows: French, 3,868 officers and
238,490 men: Russian, 5,140 ofTlcers
and 504,210 men; Belgians, 647 officers
and 39,620 men; British.. E20 officers
nd 20,307 men.
GE
STRUGGLE
A DESERTER
'
H'ti light.)
FIND BUSINESS
IS PICKING UP
Encouraging Reports Are Made
by Bank Examiners.
CONFIDENCE FELT IN FUTURE
The West Especially Foind To Be
Well On the Way To Pros
perity, While the 6outh
Is Waking Up.
Washington. Business rondltiona
throughout the country are showing
marked improvement In almost all
lines, according to reports from nation
al bank examiners Just made public by
the Treasury Department. F.ighty of
the 90 examiners In the United States
reported a permanent improvement in
business.
These reports are announced to be
the result of careful observation and
supplemental lo the regular reports on
business conditions made each month
to the Controller of Uie Currency.
"Pronounced hopefulness Is prev
alent in nearly every district." says
the announcement. "Agricultural con
ditions are generally excellent, and
commercial lines, with comparatively
few exceptions are enlarging their
activities, mainly through an Increased
demand, but In some cases prepara
tion for activity is expected to develop
with the coming of good weather.
Manufacturing is on the Increase and
those industries having orders for sup
piles Irom foreign countries continue
especially active.
Further orders hare been placed
for cars and rails by the railroads and
some large contracts have been made
for structural Iron for large buildings
In different portions of the country."
Economy Is Stabilizer.
The statement attributes depression
to unusual conditions abroad, but says
that business here has been stabilized
through the application of economy.
"The South," it continues. "Is show
ing marked Improvement. The sale of
cotton is active at advancing prices,
with the result that all business In that
section is feeling a steady and pro
nounced improvement. The pros
pects for large crops generally are ex
cellent and there will be greater
diversification. The Stales adjoining
the Missouri River and the Mississippi
River above St. Ixmls enjoyed excep
tional prosperity during the past sea
son, and the present prospects are that
the coming season will yield even bet
ter results.
"The Western States and the Pacific
States are showing a general Improve
ment." WILSON GREETS KING ALBERT.
Cables Message Of Friendship On Bel
gian Ruler's Birthday.
Washington. Birthday greetings to
King Albert of Belgium were sent by
rable to Havre by President Wilson
In the following message: "Let me
extend on this occasion of the anni
versary of your Majesty'a birth greet
ings of friendship and good will.
"WOODKOW WILSON."
NO SUFFRAGE IN CONNECTICUT.
House Rejects Proposed Constitutional
Amendment.
Hartford, 'Conn. A proposed con
stitutional amendment giving women
the riit of suffrage was rejected by
the Connecticut House of Represen
tatives. 124 to lo. This action ends
the movement for equal suffrage so far
las the present General Assembly Is
I concerned.
SECRETARY McADOO QUITS BED.
Sits Up For First Time Since Ap
pendicitis Operation.
Washington Secretary McAdoo of
the Treasury, w ho was operated on for
appendicitis three weeks ago, sat up
Thursday for the first time. His
physicians said It wonld be ten days
or more before he would be permitted
to go out of the bouse.
NORWAY WANTS EXPLANATION.
Asks Germany Regarding Sinking Of
Bar Nor.
Chrlstiania, via London. The Nor
wegian Government has approached
Germany for an explanation of the
sinking by a German submarine of the
Norwegian bark Nor on April 2 In the
North Sea. The Norwegian Govern
ment points out that the bark was
loaded with lumber and that lumber
was removed from the list of contra
band by Germany about the middle of
March.
TRYING HARD 10
E
Necessity May Lead to New
American Industry.
BIG PLANTS BEING ERECTED
American Coke Ovens Now Wasting
Annually One Hundred Mil
lion Dollars In By
products. Washington. American chemical
companies are bending every effort to
ward supplying textile mills and other
Industries using artificial dyes with
home products to replace German dye
stuffs, shut off by the European war.
Reports to the Department of Com
merce show that at least six plants
are In course of construction for the
manufacture of the coal tar derivatives
upon which the colors used In cloth
manufacture, varnishes and other
products are based. Approximately
$6, 000, 000 Is to be expended, and with
in a few months It is estimated that
much of the material for the simpler
dyes, heretofore purchased in Ger
many, at a cost of $12,000,000 annual
ly will be turned out In the United
States. The more complicated chemi
cals, however, will require a greater
length of time to develop.
A report of the dye stuff situation,
called for by a resolution of Congress,
was given out by the department. It
was compiled by Thomas II. Norton, a
commercial agent of the .department,
who formerly served as consul In Ger
many and is familiar with the In
dustry. Mr. Norton estimates that American
coke ovens are wasting annually $100,
000,000 in by-products that could be
saved and employed in other in
dustries, It having been preferred here
tofore to depend upon German chemi
cals rather than develop an American
dye stuff supply. The American coke
Industry, the report states, could pro
duce 20 times as much coal tar as the
world needs for dyes.
A proposal Is now being considered
for the addition of a bureau of infor
mation in dye stuff industry In the de
partment. Officials are hopeful that
the result will be the establishment of
the coal tar chemical Industry in such
a position that it will be able to meet
German competition, even after the
war is over.
In his report Mr. Norton calls at
tention to the fact that England has
already taken steps to free herself of
dependence on the Gentian dye stuff
mills, and that similar steps have been
taken In France and are contemplated
In Russia.
SETS "PUBLIC HEALTH DAY."
Governor Of West Virginia Names
April 19 For a Clean-Up.
Charleston, W. Va. As the result
of a proclamation Issued by Governor
Henry D. Hatfield, West Virginians
will observe Monday, April 19, as "Pub
lic Health Day."
The Governor also asks that on the
Sunday preceding there shall be pro
claimed from every pulpit the "solemn
obligation that reBts on society and on
the individual to work for clean and
healthful conditions of living for the
removal of known causes of disease
and for the dissemination of a knowl
edge of those principles that underlie
an efficient preservation' of the physi
cal and social hygiene."
ADDS 1,843 TO BRITISH LOSSES.
Largest Total Of Casualties Given Out
By London.
London. The largest total of casu
alties yet recorded in any of the offi
cial lists was shown in a statement
given out, dated March 22. This list
is believed to cover the losses sus
tained In part of the sanguinary light
ing which resulted In the capture of
Neuve Chapelle, last month. The list
includes the names of 1,843 non-commissioned
officers and men of 70 dif
ferent regiments, the killed numbering
&i3 and the wounded 1,107.
TWO KILLED IN KNIFE DUEL.
Three Brothers On a Side Fight At
School Entertainment.
Pomeroy, Ohio. In a knife duel at
the Howell school house at Letart, W.
Va., during a school entertainment, Ean
Sharlcy. 28. and Urson Bosworth, 38,
both married, were killed. Three
brotners on a side were said to have
engaged In the ugnt. Two others are
reported dying. The trouble is said
to have been the culmination of an old
feud.
DYES
GIVES
PLAN
FOR DASH 10 SEA
Thierichens Interns Prinz Eitet
Friedrich.
CAREER AS RAIDER ENDED
German Auxiliary Cruller, With
Engine Sealed, Will Remain At
Portamouth Navy Yard
Until War Is Over.
Newport News, Va. The career of
the German auxiliary cruiser Prinz
Eltel Friedrich as a sea raider is at
an end.
At her commander's request, she will
be Interned until the end of the war.
The breech blocks of her guns will
be removed and her engines' will be
sealed. A I'nited Stales guard will be
nioun'ed over her.
Deserted by sister ships of Ihe Ger
man raiding fleet, Commander Thie
richens determined not 'to take his
vessel out to certain destruction at the
hands of the British cruisers lying off
the Virginia Capes.
He bad experted the arrival of Ger
man ships to engage the hostile fleet
which laid In wait for him.
Officers To Be Paroled.-
The Prinz Eltel was Interned four
wees to a day after her arrival at this
port. She had sent eight merchant
ships, including the American bark
William P. Frye, to the bottom during
her raiding career, which covered two
oceans.
Admiral Fletrher. commanding the
Atlantic fleet, took charge of the situa
tion.
The Prlnx Eltel will be towed to
Portsmouth Navy Yard. Her rrew will
be allowed ashore only under a naval
guard. Her office! s will be given their
paroles.
In communicating to Collertor Ham
ilton his Intention to Intern, Com
mander TMerU hens presented a tragic
figure. His wake across two oceans
strewn with the shattered hulks of his
merchant prey, he was deserted at the
last minute by the ships from which
he had expected aid.
WANT HUERTA BARRED.
Carranzistas Will Ask U. S. To Forbid
Landing Of Former Dictator.
Los Angeles. Cal. The Carranza
Government, at Vera Cruz, will ask
the I'nited Statea to deny admittance
to Vletorlnno Huerta, the former Mexi
can dictator, now on the way to New
York, according to a message which
Adolfo Carlllo, Carranza agent here,
received. Carranza has evidence,
Catillo said he was Informed, that a
group of Mexican conservatives had
assembled In New York to meet
Huerta and plan with him a movement
to restore Huerta to the dictatorship.
Carranza's request that Huerta be
denied admission to this country will
be based, It is stated, upon the declara
tion that he intends to violate the neu
trality of the United States.
BLOW-UP IN AN ORCHARD.
One Man Killed and Several Hurt In
Explosion.
York, Ta. Amos Slouther. a truck
farmer, of Adams county, was blown
to pieces; Clair Stein was probably
fatally hurt and fellow-workmen were
dazed, when a bucket of dynamite ex
ploded while the men were preparing
to dynamite holes In an orchard for
tho planting of trees. The explosion
occu.-red, when Slouthfr, who was
carrying tho dynamlto in a bucket,
stopped to set off a fuse leading to
one of the two-foot holes the men were
drilling. Slouther was instantly kill
ed. His left leg. right foot and left
hand were torn off and the flesh upon
his right arm was considerably lorn.
Slouther leaves a widow and 10 chil
dren.
G. O. P. SWEEPS CHICAGO.
Elect W. H. Thompson Mayor By
123,000 Plurality.
Chicago. In the most exciting elec
tion that Chicago ever had, William
Hale Thompson, Republican, was.
elected Mayor by a plurality of about
125,000. Robert M. Sweitzer, the
Democratic candidate, never was In the
running. The vote was a veritable
Thompson landslide. Ho took the lead
from the moment the first returns were
received and never was headed. Wards
that usually could have been counted
upon to give any Democratic candi
date a good plurality went for Thomp
son. KAISER BITTER TOWARD ITALY.
Tells Austrian "We Will Win Back
Whatever We Give."
Paris. What the Kaiser thinks
about Italy 1b reflected In the follow
ing statement he recently made to offi
cers attached to the Austrian Em
peror's suite: "Even if we are
crushed, we shall never tire of telling
our rhildren in Austria, as well as In
Germany, that our downfall was due
to Italy. If It takes us 10 or even 20
years we will win back whatever we
give Italy now and also seize Venice
as interest."
EX-CONGRESSMAN ARRESTED.
Accused Of Assaulting Dealer Over
Fancy Waist Coat
i
Washington John Wesley Gaines,
former Congressman from Tennessee
and now secretary of the International
Boundary Commission, was served
with a warrant of arreBt sworn out by
a local haberdasher, who charged that
Gaines assaulted him in a Pennsyl
vania avenue shop In a dispute over
a fancy waist cosL Gaines appeared
u court with Senator Chilton and hi
attorney and demanded a Jury trial.
CRUISER
Wl ELM
ENTERS U. S. PORT
Last of German Commerce
Destroyers Closes Career.
14 VESSELS SUNK BY HER
Chased Three Time By British Cruis
ers, Raider Seek Sanctuary When
Sixty-Six Of Men Aboard Are
Stricken With Beri-Beri.
Newport News, Va. The German
converted cruiser Kronprinz Wllhelm,
the elusive raider of commerce of the
South Atlantic, slipped into this port
Sunday and asked for fuel and pro
visions. Many limes reported destroyed, the
former North German Lloyd liner had
evaded hostile warships for eight
months while she sent 14 merchant
men to the bottom Her officers said
she was forced to steal her way past
four allied cruisers off the Virginia
Cnpes to reach this refuge.
"We got In without being seen by
the enemy and we can get out the
same way," declared her commander,
Llellt.-Capt. Paul Thlerfelder, former
ly navigating officer of the German
cruiser Karlsruhe.
Commander Thlerfelder explained
that his ship was badly in need of re
pairs. Her bottom, he said, was foul
and her boilers needed overhauling.
He stated that he would request per
mission to have the repairs made here.
As the Kronprinz steamed past Fort
Monroe and through the fleet of 16
United States battleships assembled
in Hampton Roads she neither fired a
salute nor dipped her flag.
The second of the raiders brought as
thrilling a story as did the Eitel Fried
rich. Her record of destruction, how
ever, was accomplished with only four
guns, two taken from Ihe German
cruiser Karlsruhe and (wo captured
Inter from the British merchant ship
jl Correntina, sunk October 7. 1914.
When she dropped anchor the Kron
prinz Wllhelm had less than 25 tons
of coal and scanty provisions for the
crew of DO0 men and 61 prisoners from
British merchant ships sunk in the
South Atlantic. Sixly-six of the men
aboard the cruiser. It was announced,
were suffering from beri beri.
Of the 14 ships that the 15,000-ton
cruiser sank nine were British, four
French and one Norwegian. The value
of these ships and their cargoes offi
cers of the Wllhelm estimated at $7.
000.000. BANK OFFICIALS ARRESTED.
London (Ken.) Men Charged With
Misappropriation.
Iondon, Ky. V. B. Catching and
McCalla Fitzgerald, former president
and cashier, respectively, of tho First
National Bank of London, closed by
order of the Comptroller of the Cur
rency, were arrested here Uon Fod
eral warrants charging false entries,
false reiiorta and misappropriation of
bank funds. Both men executed bond
for their appearance In the Federal
Court at Covington, Ky., October 18.
The men were Indicted by a Federal
grand jury at Covington yesterday.
WOMAN, 60, GUILTY OF MURDER.
Beat Another To Death For Purpose
Of Robbery, Jury Finds.
Detroit. Mrs. Caroline E. Becker,
60 years old. was found guilty of mur
der In tho Drst degree for having caused
the death of Miss Frances Ilnmholl
last Pcrember. Evidence given at the
trial showed that Miss Bromhplt was
beaten to death with a large chunk of
coal and that robbery was the motive
for the cripie.
TURKS OCCUPY HAMADAN.
City Entrepot Of Commerce Between
Important Town.
Petrograd, via London. A telegram
to tho Bourse Gazette from Tlflis,
Transaurasla, says the Turks have oc
cupied Hamadan, a city of Persia 165
miles southwest of Teheran. Hama
dan Is an entrepot for the commerce
between Bagdad, Hands, Ispahan and
Teheran. It has a population of about
25,000.
1,656 MILES OF BATTLE FRONT.
French Paper Estimates Length Of
Allie' Trenche.
Paris. Troops of the Allies occupy
battle fronts whose length totals 1.656
miles, according to a compilation macf
by the Matin. In the western arena,
according to these figures, the French
occupy 540 miles of trenches, the Brit
ish 31 miles and the Belgians 17 miles.
BOY PREVENTS TRAIN WRECK
Hand Car Placed On Chesapeake and
Ohio Track.
Charleston, W. Va. An al tempt to
wreck an eastbound Chesapeake and
Ohio Railroad passenger train near
Eastbank was frustrated by a boy,
who flagged the train In time to pre
vent it from running Into an obstruc
tion placed on the track. Two hand
cars and a pile of ties had been placed
on the track at the end of a curve.
Railroad police are investigating.
ITALY SUPPLIED WITH WHEAT.
Ha Received Nearly 30,000,000
Bushel Since First Of Year.
Rome. It was seml-ofBcially an
nounced In Home that Italy's importa
tion of wheat during the first three
months of 1915 surpassed 7,000,000
quintals (25,690.000 bushels). In ad
dition to this amount, steamships from
the United States are at present un
loading 1,100,000 quintals (4,037,000
bushels). The supply of wheat neces
sary until Die next Italian crop, It l
pointed out, has thus been secured.
STATE
LAWMAKERS
Hurrlshurg. The House bill provu
Ing for the semi-monthly payment v
county employes In Philadelphia, whit)
was deafeated In the Senate laat wi
was reconsidered by that body am
passed finally. The bill now goes ii
the Governor.
Other bills passed finally Include Ik.
following:
Giving banking companies the rinki
to bring suit and maintain an, aciloi
either at law or In equity and to mail
tain any action already brought le
the recovery or possession of properti
bought the same as an Individual coiili
do.
House hill making the llhellant h
divorce suits on Ihe ground of dem-r
Hon a competent witness generally.
House hill repealing the Act of Jim.
1, 1911. taxing traction engine.
House bill authorizing tho Depnrt
ment of Forestry to grow and dlsirll,
ufo young trees.
The bill providing for the rellr
ment of Stale employes on half pm
In case of disability was read the kh
ond time In Ihe Senate, as was a )
the bill creating a new moving plrtur.
censorship law.
The four bills amending thu preset'
laws relating to the construtrlon f
moving picture buildings In PhllwU:
phla, passed first reading.
The hill creating a liquor lleenn
commission In Schuylkill .Cotinl;
which was defeated In the Senate, wa.
reconsidered and placed on the pro
poned calendar.
These bills were recommitted h
commit tees hy the Senate:
To bring the anthracite mine work
ers under the proposed workmen'
compensation Act.
Preventing the charging of comnilf
slons for the placing of building am
loan association mortgages.
Repeal of so much of the blue lam
of 1794 as relates to the sale or dt
livery of the necessaries of life
Sunday.
House hill providing a pension fum
for county employes In Philadelphia.
Among the bills reported from coir,
mlttee to the Senate were the follni
Ing: ,
Authorizing the Second Regiment d
visit the San Francisco Exposition.
Creating a Stale Raring Commission
Providing for the payment of rlt;
employes of Philadelphia snml-monthlj
A bill was introduced In the Scnai.
making evidence as to the reclsn-
numher of a motor vehicle prima fari
evidence as to the ownership In cpi
tain civil cases by Senator Mills, '
Bradford County. The bill furtlie
provldes: "In any civil proceedings for injur
done by a motor vehicle tho reglstr
numlwr displayed on the vehicle slui
be prima facie evidence.
"If In any hearing or proceeding tb
owner shall testify under oath or affir
mallon that he was not operating Hi
motor vehicle al the time of the occur
renro of the alleged Injury and shal
submit himself to an examination as u
who at that time, was actually opera'
Ing the motor vehicle and reveal tin
name of the person, If known, then th
prima facie evldenco arising from th'
register number shall be overcome ant
removed and the burden of proof
shifted."
Other bills introduced Include:
Burke. Allegheny. Increasing th
salary of the chief of the Deparunen
of Mines from $40110 to $7000 a year
and that of the deputy chief from $301"
to $1000; also.. a bill restricting th
right to kill hunting dogs that ar
caught chasing protected game.
McNIchol, Philadelphia. Appropri
atlng $35,000 to the Philadelphia
Osteophathlc Hospital.
Mills, Bradford. Appropriating $-'
000 to establish secondary school
throughout the Stnte for the purp"
of Increasing the scope and e ill clem
of the extension work of State Collet
In agriculture and home economics.
Farley, Philadelphia, Giving th
wage earner the right to" tile a II"
against a new" building or au a Hits
tion or repair, notwithstanding an'
contract to the contrary between th'
owner and contractor.
Kline, Allegheny. Creating a P
slon fund for county employes In All'
gheny County.
Sensenlch, Westmoreland. Authorl
Ing the attachment of wages or salar
on Judgments obtained for necessarlt'
and limiting the amount of excmptlo'
to be claimed.
Snyder. Schuylkill. Licensing an':
regulating employment agencle'
through the State Department of I
bor and Industry; also, a billestal'
Halting a bureau of employment In tin'
department with a director at $1000
year.
Party Name Bill Passe.
The eleettonbill Jntroduoed by Set
ator McNIchol, Philadelphia, whirl
provides for the arranging of part:
names on the ballot according to th
vote cast at the last general election
was passed finally by the Senate sni
sent to the House.
Under the present lnw the ballot I'
arranged according to the vote cast '
the last presidential election when th
Democratic party polled the large'
number of votes and was given lf
flrst place on the ballot. At the las'
general election, November, 1914, th'
Republican party polled the large1
vole and under the bill Just pass1
that party would have flrst place o
the ballot.
State Relief Of Employment
Relief of the conditions of emi'W
menj caused by the present buslne'
depression, and ot any future coiii'
tlons of unemployment would
remedied by a bill Introduced In th
State Senate by Senator Snydp;
Schuylkill, The bill provides for il
organization of a State .Eniploynif'
Bureau, the director of which Is to
appointed by the Commissioner of
bor and Industry, at a salary of $.
for the first year and $5,000 tl"'rf
after. The office U to come under lb"
department.