THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS, McCONNELLSBURG, PA. BRITISH LOSE 1 FROM TRANSPORTS Turkish Torpedo Boat Sunk After At.acks on Troop Ship. LULL IN THE CARPATHIANS Weather Conditions On the Eastern Front Prevent Active Operations. Airmen Of Both Belligerent Are Active. London. A Turkish torpedo hoat, which klleuu-led. to Interfere w.i tue preparations lor tue renuuiptlon of the operations against the Dardanelles and Ai Minor by atiacitlug the British transport Mauiou. was driven agrouud on the count of Chios and destroyed by the BruUh cruiser Minerva and Brit ish torpedo boat destroyers. An oii-cial iiatement In reference to the affairs says t..at three torpedoes were tired at tue Maaltou, but missed the murk, but t. at 100 men from me transport were drowned. How this oc curred without the transport belnif truck Is not explained. Forts Again Bombarded. This Is the only ofliclal statement from the All.cs on ti.e land and sea oiKTStioKS against Turkey, but from un-oh.cial sources It Is learned that warsu.a have Leen attacking tne forts at liui.ilr on the Galllpoll peninsula, while Turkigh reports say that attacks have Lee a u.aue ou tue Duidauelles from t;.e outer entrance, and that t..e Majettlc and Swifuure have bombard ed Lie foils in ar Gaba Tepeh. Tiie arrival of spring, which has given C.e aviators taeir opportunity, has brought ahi.ott to a standstill the battle In the Carpathians. The Rus avaus aie e..il tu.iug in the neiga borhcod of L'szok 1 ass, Le main road througa which Is commanded by the he.guli held by t..e Germanic allies, but with the melting snows, the over flowing streams and rivers and the whole country covered with deep mud, for Wi.icj it Is curious, nothing on a large wale can be attempted. The same conditions are Interfering wlU t e Aufctro-German outflanking movement in tne d.rectlon of Stry. Ia the west there have been attacks at widely se.araicd points along the front, but, on t:.e whole, the French e-e:n tat! Red for the moment with the advances they have made la Alsace, the Woevre, t'..e Aryonne, Cba;n;a:ie and r.orth of Arras, whic.i, la f e view cf British n: Hilary critics, proves t' at tve Allies can advance when they so desire. r ' t er Irclilent. which during ordinary times would pans unnoticed, has occurred 01 t e Italo-Austrian border. It Is said that an Austrian patrol recently passed through Italian tpr'ito'v '"-"g the protPnts of the customs officers. STRUCK, HE SHOT DUKE. Russian Commanr'erln.Chief Reported Wounded By General Sievers. jr!ln T' Oenenl Anseiirer of Pu'shnrg, Rvenlsh Prussia, says It learns "from an absolutely unlmptuch able souice" that tae reported sick i . - of (Jia-1 Luke Nic olas Nlcho lalvltch, commander-in-chief of the Russian force, was due to a shot In tve abdorven fired by the late General Baron Svi ra of the defeated Russian Tenth Army. General Plevers was summoned by tve Grs-d rr''e ?o explain the defeat of the Russian Tenth Army. A heated collo.uy troi: -'aci t'.e news; :rier says, nrd f e G-and Du'-e gave Gen eral Sievers a box on the ear. The lat'er ter if-'n drcv a revolver and wou-.d"d tve Grand Puke. suhseouent ly turning t' o weapon u:on himself. REPniSALS UND'R WAY. Ten British C"'c-' P'.icd In Solitary C"fin-nert. Italle-on-V-e-f-'alle. Germany. Te; r.ntlsn ... r- :. prisoners of the de mans, rave b'en taken from the local r,...- nf nar ani tl.'H'i. In, solitary cotifl -.ement In Matdeburj: .i a. e f renr 1 for th treat i e-t by Great Br!:aln of t' crews rf Gorvsn sub-rarires ve!d prls oners In F-r'aid. The 10 of! cers rc f.-wd to Irolvdo V e son of a former British A'urasfador In Berlin. The name of t' Is ofl.cer. however, Is not given. DYNAMITERS SENT TO PRISON. May Serv" 30 Yean F-r B'owlng Ur Cl-r-vrr.-'n's H-vuse. Wilkes 11 Pa. MicV.ael Petrol- loils, who rk-''.1 K"!1ty of dynamit Int H e l o ne t the Rev. J. V. Kud IrV-a? 'n V'r'-' fn, rear here, unr'er e r-laekra"d t'nft. as sen'e-ced K not less t an 11 years a-d 9 mont' s aid rot more t-an 30 years In t'e penitentiary a.1 lo ray a fine of $1.4u6 SEES END OF WAR NEAR. Okuma Prole's Fsrlv Pe Because Arrri'S Will Bs Exhausted. Tokio, Ja' an. Count Okuma, the Japanese Premier, speaking to a num ber of jour"B'lst on tve European war, expressed tve opinion that bostlli tlea soon wouH have to come to an end owing to the exhaustion of the belligerents. BELGIAN RED CROSS UNDER BAN German Governor Order It Dissolu tion. Brussels. General von Blsslng. military governor of Belgium, has or dered the dissolution of the Belgian Red Cross Society because, It Is stated ' the managing committee refused t participate in carrying out a syt teac "Ian for overcoming the pres tvt distress In Belgium. Count Hatr f' ' r nrherg has been appointed to take over the temporary admlnlstr t t. e Red Cross work. AIR RAID UPON war s.deughtT Aeroplane and Two Zeppelins Drop Fifty Bombs. NO LIVES REPORTED LOST Larger Cities Avoided Raid Believed To Be In the Nature Of Re connaisssnco, To Be Fol lowed By Others. Amiens, France. Several bombs have been dropped by a German Taube aeroplane In the vicinity of the Cathedral bere. Ten persons were killed or wounded. The material damage done was slight ' London. England experienced Its third hostile air raid, but the last, like those Immediately preceding it, j resulted In do lues of life. In the sev-1 eral raids, however, there was con siderable damage to property. Taking advantage of fine flying weather, which enabled a Zeppelin airship to visit the vicinity of the Tyne and the coasts of Suffolk and Kwex, a German aeroplane, having crossed the North Sea, flew over the County of Kent, dropping bombs. In all, four missiles were dropped In the vicinity of the towns of Faver ham and Sittlngbourne, the latter Ju.-t across the llugle from the Isle of Sheppey, which Is the birthplace of the ErltiBh royal naval flying corps. All bombs fell In fields. On his way the airman passed over Canterbury and other towns In Kent, but did not loose ar.y explosive pro jectile upon or near them. People Cut By Glass. Zeppelins for It Is believed there were two of them which visited East Anglla dropped some 25 Incendiary and explosive bombs on Lowestoft, Southwold, Maldon, Burnham on t.ie Crouch, Heybrldge and Tllllngham, ! but like the raid of the previous night ' on the Tynemouth district, only ma terial damage was done, although a number of persons had very narrow escapes. In Lowestoft a bomb drop ped in a garden shattered a row of mall houses and people sleeping In them were cut by broken glass. During the three raids at least DO bombs were dropped by the Germans. Kither by error or purposely the air men Feem to have kept away from the larger towns. There they might have been discovered by searchlights and come under fire from the land. There Is an Inclination here to con sider the raid only In the nature of reconnaissances, for except In te case of aeroplane bases, points of mili tary Importance were avoided, al t ough In each case air craft passed within a shorv distance of such places. In the Carpathians. Meantime, battles are proceeding on the Continent. Although a thaw has set In on the Carpathians and the roads have been turned Into mud and districts are Inundated by swol'.en streams. tfce fihtlne cont'nues. The Russians report that they have taken further heicMs in the mountain ranges and repulsed attacks in the vicinity of Ro.'toki and also in the direction of the Stry, where the ,.-rvO"Hranfl were attempting an outflanking movement. ttstrians make similar claims and disclose the fact that t-e Rus t - have been attacking also In p.,,-then rt Po'nnd and Western Ga llcla. ap-arently with a view to pre ?t, ,vr ctrians from sending any more reinforcements Into the Car j. It's. In tve Vet comparative calm pre-v-''. fo'.'-"'lng t'e reported French v rtnT north of Arras, which would r'-e t'e-' areter rolft of vintage, from which ti launch an r"iRlve , e- t-e c'-o-en moment arrives. i Inc'.i.m Troops Lose Heavily. j T'e I'.ti'.hh Ind'sn ofl'ce reiorts t'-rt I-i'hn troops have Inflicted an ct' er d feat on the Turks who ' ad gat'ered a lar:-e f.irce of regulars ard Irrerulnrs io onpose them In Mes-1 soootamia. wMle ne uussrins again lave b'en harassing Turkish com-r-erce In t'e R ack Sea by sinking four steamers and several sailing ves r.t and bombarding Asia Minor coast forts. JAP CORONATION IN FALL. Emperor Yoshlhito To Be Crowned November 10. Tokio The cabinet fixed November lrt as the date for the coro.iatlon of Emperor Yos'.lhito. The ceremony a to have tale;i i lace last Nove u ber, but a postponement was made nt ces.'ary by the death of the Dowag t Empress. The Diet already has ap propriated 4,000,000 yen (iz.uuu.ouuj for the expenses of the ceremony. GIRL TO FLY ACROSS U. S. Miss Stlnson, Aged 19, Plans Long Aeroplane Trip. San Antonio, Tex. Miss Catherine Stlnson, a 19-year-old avlatrlx. an nounced here she would undertake a transcontinental Bight from New York to San Francisco. She expects to start from New York about June 1 in a 90-horsepower aeroplane. WILL BEE ABOUT REPRISALS. Gerard To Get Report On Prisoners In Germany. Washington. Ambassador Gerard at Berlin has been Instructed by tbe State Department to call upon sgents of the embassy looking after the In terests of the allied prisoners in Ger many to report whit measures of re prisal the German Government Is tak ing upon English prisoners in return for the treatment wUch the Brltlsl Oovernment has accorded to captured crews of German submarines. i., risnt.) I JAPANESE PLOT Suspicious Conduct of Warships in Mexican Waters. EMPHATIC OFFICIAL DENIAL 4,000 Japanese Marines and Jackie Said To Be In Turtle Bay, Pre sumably In Connection With Saving Of Stranded Cruiser. Washington. The Japanese Em bassy was quick to denounce as "more than absurd" and as "preposterous" the report that a naval base had been established by Japanese warships at Turtle Bay, Lower California. "There never has been any Intention on the part of the Japanese government to locate a naval base or occupy any ter ritory on the west coast of Mexico," t added the embassy. ' Dispatches printed In papers from I Los Angeles telling of the presence of I a large nu nber of Japanese warships in the secluded Turtle Bay; of 'the landing of the sailors and ti e estab lishment of a large camp and of the mining of the harbor, when brought to the attention of the officials of the Navy Department, were a complete surprise, for although Admiral Howard and his fleet are In the vicinity, no report had been received from him. Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roose velt stated that if the Japanese com mander had telzed Turtle Ray and established a camp, Admiral Howard would undoubtedly ' -ve notified his government. .Will Make Inquiries. Secretary of the Navy Daniels, how ever, announced t' at he would tele graph Admiral Howard, In command of the I'nlted States fleet off the Mexi can west coaft for Information on the situation. The two Mexican embassies an nounced that they had telegraphed their chiefs, General Villa and Gen eral Carranza. They asked spec. lie ally wl et' er Japan had obtained from t'-e Mexican authorities permission to land a force at Turtle Bay and to estahllsh an armed camp. Germany, also Is Interested. In the absence of Ambassador Bernstorff no ofTc'nl statement was forthcoming, but It was Indicated at the embassy that tve German legation at Mexico City will be advised of the reports. Any PTitest to the Mexican authorities con cerning the matter, which would ap ot to be a violation of Mexico's neu trality would be marlo fr'Uigh the legation at the Mexican capital. So far as can be a certalned In Wnr'inpton, Jaan made no arrange ments with Mexico under w'-'c'i she svtvorized to establish a camp at Turtle Pay. I TO BUY 3 HYDROAEROPLANES. Secretary Daniels Awards Contracts To Burgess Company, Washington. Secretary Daniels announced that contracts for three hydroaeroplanes at $11,600 each would be awarded to t.'-e Burgss Company of Marblehead, Mass. The specifications call for machines with tM?i d rf SO miles an hour, sustained flight at least seven l ours and ability to climb witi'i full load, 6 K'.-O f ' M In 20 minutes. Proposals will te Issued in the near future for more hydro aeroplanes. Meanwhile nnval aero nautlcal experts are watching closely developments In air craft growing out of the European war. FIVE BODIES FOUND IN HOME. Mother Poisoned Four Children and Herself. Rnokane. Wash. The bodies of Mrs. I uther A. Leonard and her four chil dren were found In the family home nere. The police reported Mrs. Leon ard had poisoned her children and ber- elf. Neighbors told tr.e police tnat Mrs. Leonard has been despondent be cause her husband had met financial reverses and that she cad been HI. PEACE TALK "FOOLISH NOW." Allies Won't Stop Until Germany Is Subdued, Say Gourd. New York. "All talk of peace at this) time Is foolish," said Henry Gourd, oresldent of the French Chamber of Commerce, with headquarters in New York, on his return from Paris on the Rochambeau. "Neither France, Eng 'and nor Russia will stop fighting until Germany Is completely subdued. We aust finish this war once and for all for t' sake of our son and grandsons." SUSPEC HERO NOT SLAIN I Ex-President of Mexico Denies He Was Implicated. SHIELDS RESPONSIBLE MAN Issues Statement In New York De clares Head Of the Administra tion At Washington Were Unfair To Mexico. New York. Vehemently asserting that he had nothing to do with the death of Francisco Madero, General Vlctoriano Huerta, former provisional president of Mexico, Issued a lengthy signed statement setting forth what be termed his side of the Mexican ques tion. General Jluorta declared that he knew who was responsible for Madeio'a dmth, but that he was keep ing It as a "professional secret" Washington. The War Department will employ an aeroplane to find out which of the Mexican belligerents op losiie, Biownsvllle, Texas, Is re sponsible for the firing of shots into the town, or whether It la being done by guerillas In biding In the brush on the Mexican side of the river. The department has ordered the aeroplane from San Diego to Browns ville. Lieut T. D. Milling and Byron Q. Jones will be In charge. They will have eight enlisted men as helpers. General Huerta's statement re viewed the history of the Madero revo lution, his own accession to the pro visional presidency and concluded with fe assertion that "my country cannot be conquered." Sixteen millions of men, women and children would have to be killed before Mexico would sub mit to an Invader, he asserted. The heads of the Washington ad p'Mstrat'on. he declared, had not been fair to Mexico, had been misled by false state, nents and if they had been In Mexico for 30 days "they would have changed their theoretical, er roneous Ideas." Had It not been for the embargo on the exportation of arms from tvls country. General Huerta Indicated that his army would have prevailed over those opposed to 't The former provisional president reiterated t' e assertion which he made when he left Mexico last year that he had resigned from his position only K,f fM'tp lie hoped to bring peace to his country. He polled out that In the eight months elapsed since that date the situation in Mexico ' ad become "too n,,,! .. -.p lo analyze deeply. "Anarchy Is too soft a word to cal' It " e said. Mexico w ould eventually le spvod. hut hv a Mexican. Who that would be he did not know. GIRLS' BRAINS LIKE MEN'S. New President Of Vassar Sees Little Difference. Chicago. "Girls' brains function about as men's do," said Dr. Henry Noble McCracken, new president of ' Vassar College, before the Association of Principals of Glrl' Pr'vate Prepara tory Schools of the Middle West at the University of Chicago. "Men and wom en differ Uttlo In r.ental character istics," said Dr. McCracken. "What dlffere"ce e's la due to the genera tions of artificial economic and social cond tlons under which women have heretofore lived." STRIKE RIOTER GUILTY. Louis Urlch Convicted Of Murder Of Constable Rlggs. Fairmont. W. Va. The jury In the case of Louis Urlch, tried In Circuit Court here on the charge of first-do-gree murder In killing Constable W. R. Rlggs In the strike riot at. Farm- lngton, found the prisoner guilty of flrpit decree murder, and recommended life imprisonment. Otherwise the punishment, according to the State laws, would have been hanging. Others Implicated In the riot will be tried Monday. TO SEIZE GERMAN PARCEL POST. Attitude Of Allies Causes Italy To Re turn Package. Chlasso. via rails. Several thou sand parcel post packages mulled from Germsny to the United States, after being delayed here for some time, have been returned to the senders by the postal authorities because the British and French Governments have given not'flcatlon that parcels addressed to German citizen In the United Slates will be seized whenever they are found on shipboard. 0 UE A ORDER 0 FIFTEEN KILLED Twenty Injured on Outskirts of Detroit BODIES DROP ALONG STREET Most Of the Dead A re Foreigner, Who Were On Their Way Home Four Victim Ar Woman. Detroit, Mich. Fifteen person were killed and about 20 were Injured in a collision between a Detroit city street car and a string of freight car pushed by a switch engine on the Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad. Most of the dead are foreigners, whose homes were beyond the western limits of the city. Four of them are women. Tbe street car, one of the largest in service, was heavily loaded with passengers homeward bound from their day's work. As the car. ap proached the railroad crossing It stop ped and the conductor ran ahead to sea If the track was clear. He sig nalled the motorman to wait, but ap parently the latter, who Is said to have been Inexperienced, misunderstood his meaning. He applied the power and the car ran rapidly down an Incline and onto the railroad tracks. A string of freight cars being pushed by a switching engine struck the street car fairly In tbe middle, smashing; It almost to bits. The wreckage was pushed along a hundred feet, several of the dead and Injured dropping along the street before the train was brought to a standstill. Others were crushed In the splin tered mass of steel and wood, and It was several hours before they could be extricated and their exact number known. As the dead were taken from the debris they were laid in a row along the street and covered with canvas pending the arrival of the corner. Later they were removed to under taking establishments. Many private automobiles rushed to the scene of the accident and these together with the ambulances which responded to the call for help, carried the Injured to t'-e hospitals. Several of those so removed were so badly hurt, It Is said, they msy die. F-4 LOCATED BY DIVER. Submarine Found On Sandy Bottom, 288 Feet Down. Honolulu. Chief Gunner's Mate Frank Crllley went 2S8 feet under water here and walked along the top of the submnrine F-4, which disap peared March 25. The depth Is said hy naval officers to be a world's diving record. He found the F-4 lying on a smooth, sandy bottom with no coral growths to Impede hoisting operations. Se lay on her starboard side, her bow pointing shoreward. Two parted lines were found attached to the craft. After Crllley reported it was said further observations probably would be made before an attempt Is made to raise the F-4. Crllley went down In an ordinary diving ult and the recompression chamber designed to reduce pressure on the diver was not used. 2,527 KILLED IN BATTLE. Field Marshal Reports On British Loss At Neuve Chapelle. London. Field Marshal Sir John French, commander of the British ex nedltlor.ary forces of the continent, re ports the British loss In three days' fighting at Neuve Chapelle as follows: Killed, 190 officers, 2.337 men. Wounded, 359 officers, 8.174 other ranks. Missing, 23 officers, 1 728 men. Field Marshal French's report con tinues: "Ti e enemy left several thousand lead on the field, and we have positive Information that upward of 12.000 wounded were removed by train. Thirty off.cers and 1,657 of other ranks were captured." "FROM FRIENDS IN THE U. S." American Present Three Hospital Train To Germany. Frankfort-on-Maln, via London. Three hospital trains, each consisting of an automobile with two trailers, have been presented to the military rr.-r,r"Rnder here as a gift "from friends .of Germany In the LTnited -Uaies." The trains were obtained frorgh the activity of Mtb. Taylor, an American resident here. Ono of the trains will be attached to 'he army of Crown Prince Frederick William; an other to that of General von Hlnden PIT and the .third to the Eighteenth Army Corps. BRITISH LOSSES PUT AT 139,347. Under Secretary Of War So Announce In Common. London. The total of British casualties In the war from the begin i ,g of hostilities up to April 11 Is 139.347 men. This announcement was made in the House of Commons by Varold J. Tennant Under Secretary ol War. N. W. ALDRICH 13 DEAD. Republican Leader Victim Of An Apoplectlo Stroke. New York. Nelson W. Aldrlch, for I so vears United States Senator from j Rhode Island and Republican leadei jv ie name was stamped upon tarlfl and currency legislation of his party L.ea of an apoplectic stroke at hii home on Fifth avenue bere. He wai In bis seventy-fourth year. The funeral services for the latt Renator Aldrlch were held at Cruet I Church In Providence, R. I. STATE LAWMAKERS Harrlsburg. A bill designed to bring the 200,000 soft coal miner in the State under the provisions of the proposed workmen' compensation law was pre sented In the Senate by Senator Mar tin, of Clearfield. Tbe bill 1 some what similar to the one now before the Legislature relating to bard coal miner. Under the present mining law coal operator must select mine foremen from among men who bad been granted certificate by the State after an examination as to their competency, Undor court ruling, coal companlee are not responsible for the acts of mine foremen because tbe companies did not have the right of free selec tion of tbe men. Under the bill Just presented the companies may select foremen without regard to whether they have certificates or not and the mine employes are brought under the direct supervision of the companies. Tbe bill authorizing the Second Regiment, Philadelphia, to visit tbe Panama Pacific Exposition and allow ing the officers and men the same per diem pay and such allowances In con nection with the annual encampment as are paid from State funds which they would receive at an annual en campment, was passed finally by the Senate and sent to the House. The bill giving the Philadelphia Mu nicipal court Jurisdiction In civil actions up to $1,000 was passed finally by the Senate and sent to the House. Other bills passed finally Include the following: Providing that persons enlisting In the State police force must be resi dents of the State for at least one year, and further providing against discrimination against married men in favor of unmarried men. Enabling foreign religious and charitable corporations which are not carried on for profit to hold real estate. House bill authorizing court to make awards to fore'gn executors and administrators In certain cases. House bill authorizing all transpor tation companies to grant reduced rates of fares to clergymen. House bill creating a division of dis tribution of documents. House bill Increasing the compensa tion of members of the anthracite mine 'nspectors examining board from $5 to $10 a day for each day actually em ployed. Hoflse bill making eligible to prac tice, all osteopath who practiced that profession before July 1, 1912, and who are graduates of recognized osteopath colleges. House bill providing that five per cent of the liquor license fees shall he given to the police pension funds of Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Scran ton. The Senate passed finally the fol lowing appropriation bills and sent them to the House: Klttanning Hospital, $"6,000. Erie Home for Friendless, $18 000. Medlco-Chlrurgical Hospital, Phila delphia, $158,000. Western Temporary Home, Philadel phia, $4 500. Swicltley Valley Hospital, $11,000. Packer Hospital, Sunbury, $14 500. St Luke's Hospital, South Bethle hem, $30,000. Pittsburgh Hospital, Sisters of Char ity, $60,000. C lldren's Aid Society, Greensburg, $6,000. Elmwood Home, Erie, $2,000. Franklin City Hospital, $15,000. Midnight Mission, Philadelphia. $3,000. Hahnemann Hospital, Philadelphia, $125,000. Tresbyterlan Hospital, Pittsburgh, $40,000. I'vanyoiical Home for the Aged, Philadelphia, $4,000. Wills Eye Hospital. Philadelphia, $40,000. Chestnut Hill Hospital, Philadelphia. $2,600. F.ewlc''ley Fresh Air Home, Beaver county, $8,500. St. Christopher Hosnltal for Chil dren Philadelphia. $18,000. Allentown Hospital, $37,000. Home tor Widows and Single Wom en, Lebanon, $3,000. Good Samaritan Hospital, Lebanon, $18 000. Allegheny General Hospital, North Side, Pittsburgh, $175,000. Renver County Children's Home, New Brighton, $3,000. Monroe County Hospital, Strouds burg, $500. Children's Home of South Bethle hem, $3,500. Florence Crlttenton Home, German town, Philadelphia, $2,000. German Hospital, Philadelphia, $25, 000. Senator Catlln, of Luzerne, pre rented a bill providing tat Mivor of third-class cities shall be eligible to succeed themselves. Among tve bills reported from com mittees was that which provides that counties shall pay the expenses of primary elections. Another bill reported was 'that which provides that where two Judges receive more than half the votes cast for the ofPce at primaries and more than half the total vote polled t the -is'v fiey ssll be the sole nomi nees at the succeeding election where two Judges are to be elected. A bill creating a department of motor vehicles, with a commissioner at a salary of $4,000 a year was intro duced by Senator Eeidelman, of Dauphin county. The bill Is designed to take from the Highway Department tihe administration of all laws relat ing to motor vehicles and giving the new department control of all such laws. The bill create a chief Inspec tor and assistant Inspector, not to ex ceed ten, and not more than thirty ex aminers, to examine applicants for aiitomobHe licenses. The bill also re-arrange the license fee of all motor vehicle. STATE NEWS BRIEFLY TOU The Latest Gleanings From K Over the State. TOLD IN SHORT PARAGRAPH After Harry B. Rlegel, manager of, hardware store, 1 alleged to hi., caught eight-year-old Clyde Dotic back of t counter In the establishing stealing cartridge. Tbe police start an Investigation, which culminated i, tbe arrest of Allen McCurdy and l Den rnu, agea n ana it years, tt pectively, and revealed tbe existent, of a band of Juvenile desperadoes, ti. of whom are yet to be apprehondei George Berndt, a well-to-do farm! of Lincoln Township, was taken front the residence, of hi father, nu.1 Somerset by a party of men. Into i dense forest and thrashed with wblu thorn twitches. The leader of U party, which numbered about fortj I told Berndt that tl.e punishment wij administered because It was chargtit that he did not provide for hi will and five children. In the marriage of W. II. Denbrovi Bclalr, Md., and Mr. Cassandra Jonol York, sweethearts of thirty year ajil was carried out, the romance bemi: when they were schoolmates at Mudd; Creek Forks, York county. Th; drifted apart and married and late1,-1 met in York, and began all over agihl where they left off. Mr. Denbrow li i farmer. The fact that be had remarked thi I he would like, to get rid of bla wll-l io he could marry his handsome younil niece caused the sheriff to arrest Car I PellertI, of Mineral Springs, and th niece when PellertI' wife was fouo! dead In ber home. The woman htl been choked to death. At the coroner'i Inquest PellertI was formally charged with the murder. The coroner's Jury which heard er! dence In the case of Ruth Spangler eleven years old, who was killed by il motorcycle ridden by Albert M. Ludei son of William H. Luden, Reading's! millionaire-confectioner, decided thi:l her death was accidental and exoner I ated the motorcyclist from blame. George Doll, the four-year-old sonofl Albert Doll, an engineer at the Core I wall ore mines, Lebanon, found A fM volver under a bed, and while playlnr I with It the weapon was discharged I the ball entering the abdomen of hi I nine-months-old baby sister, Mary, kill ing her instantly. William Greno, of Seltzer City, told the police that a boy of his was killed In a flgvt Easter Sundry. The victim died without medical aid. An Invest! gatlon Is In progress. A warrant h been Issued for a man who was once a boarder at the Grcgo borne, but b now a fugitive. The Allentown School Board hi adopted a budget of $670 000 for the coming year, of which $250,000 is I bond Issue In part payment of the new half million high school, and $100,000 la to be spent on a new school houie In the Fourteenth Ward. Rosle Shucker, seven-year-old daugh ter of WilllamShucker, Reading, Is la a critical condition at the Homeo pathlc Hospital there, with concussion of the brain and oter injuries, the result of being run down on the Btreet by a motorcycle. Whirled abont a pulley In a nail fac tory at Tottstown, Michael Madoln bad a miraculous escape from belni killed. All his clothing was torn off. The belt was thrown off by fellow- workmen. Madolra Is In the Potts- town Hospital. F. C. Schope, married and father of six children, was killed, when -John Gaugler, swinging a" hammer at the Pennsylvania Railroad car shops, Sun bury, missed a bolt he was aiming at and struck Schope on the bead, frac turing his skull. While a road gang was burning way tide brush at Schubert, some sparki Ignited a nearby fence and the flamei spread to a field and burned over six acres before furrows could be ploughed to stop their spread. T. J. Jones, of Norrlstown, a hard ware a sent, was stricken with paralysis at the postoOlce and was re moved to the Coaldale Hospital, where he Is in a serious condition. At a meeting of the Board of Berks Prison Inspectors, Solicitor Leonard O. Yoder submitted an opinion that they have no authority toSjollect turn key fees from discharged prisoners. Horace H. Fulmer, twonty-five yer old, son of Jacob A. Fulmer, has bees appointed postmaster of Center Val ley, Lehigh county. The auto of Dr. Jesse Z. Hlllegass, of Allentown, wag struck by a train at Kronlniter' crossing on the Readlaf Railway. " Hiram 1 Purdy ti sworn In postmaster of Sunbury. He succeed Benjamin Apple. The job pay $2,700 yearly. The Lehigh County Bar Assoc!atkn Indorsed Judges George B. Orlady ana John B. Head for re-election as mem- ber of the'Superior Court of Pennsy'" vanta. Max Hess has presented a span of gray horses worth $500 to the Hom of the Good Shepherd, Allentown, to bo Used on the farm It recently bought to establish a Colony of Mercy. Mr. Mary Oaal, wife of Frank Gs of Allentown, died suddenly whH alone In the kitchen, of apoplexy.
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