THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS, McCONNELLSBURQ, PA. J
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TANIA'S DEATH LIST, 1,256
115 OF THESE IRE AMERICANS
Big Cunard Liner, With 2,067 Men And Women Aboard,
Torpedoed Without Warning-Survivors Reach Shore
Some Landed At Queenstown Die In Hospitals.
FIRST TRANSATLANTIC
VICTIM.
The Cunard Liner Lusitania
was torpedoed and lunk off the
coast of Ireland, tun tulles south
of Klnsale.
The vessel carried 1.153 pas
sengers, of which 18 were
American citliens.
Officials of the Cunard Line
In London announced that the
ahlp had been torpedoed without
any warning.
Reports indicate that the Lusl
tanla aank fifteen minutes after
being struck.
It was the Lusltanla. whose
flying of the American flag last
February on her way from
Queenstown to Liverpool, in or
der to protect her against Her
man submarines, that caused
considerable astonishment on
both sides of the ocean.
Washington Is expected to
make strong representations to
Germany as a result of the tor
pedoing of the Lusltanla with
out warning.
The Lusitanla's cargo was
valued at about $750,000 and con
tained a large quantity of war
supplies. Her manifest Included
280.000 pounds of brass and cop
per wire, $66,000 worth of mili
tary goods and 5,471 cases of
ammunition valued at $200.0:4,
all of which was contraband of
war. The ship Itself, Cunard
officials said, was covered by
$5,000,000 war risk Insurance.
Washington. A cable to the State
Pepartment from Consul Frost, at
Queenstown, places the total survivors
of the Lusitania at 645. Probably
1.200 bodies have not been recovered.
The persons not listed, the depart
ment reports, are "almost to a cer
tainty dead."
The lat'.-st estimate of lives lost as
a result of the torpedoing of the Cun
ard liner Lusltanla by a German sub- j
marine off the IrUh coast Is 1.256. It
Is believed that almost all, If not all,
the survivors have been brought
ashore, and there Is little hope of re
covering any other passengers alive.
Among the well-known Americans
whose bodies have not been recovered,
and whose consequently are believed
to have perished, are Alfred Gwynne
Vanderbilt. Charles Klein, the play
wright; Justus Miles Forman and El
bert Hubbard and his wife.
The body of Charles Frohman. of
New York, the theatrical producer, al
ready has been recovered and brought
ashore at Queenstown. The hospitals
of Queenstown are filled with the in
jured among the survivors and the
morgues with the dead recovered from
the sea.
Bodies Of Women and Children
Brought In.
Of the dead many are women. The
stories from Queenstown describe the
bringing In of the bodies of a great
number of women, many of them still
unidentified. The Queenstown docks
are the temporary resting places also
of the bodies of several children. One
dead mother still Is clasping in her
rigid anna the body of her 3-month-old
baby.
When the Lusltanla left New York
May 1, she had on board 1.901 souls,
1.251 passengers and 650 crew. The
passengers were made up of 291 In th
first cabin, 539 in the second and 361
in the steerage. The list of survivors
ahows so far that about 90 first-class
and 75 second-class passengers were
saved. The first cabin passengers
were at lunch when the unheralded
German attack sent the liner to the
bottom. It is noticeable that com
paratively few first-class passengers
were saved.
Judging from the recitals of sur-
Tlvors there was comparatively little
panic on board the Lusitania when she
went down. Nor la there anything to
ahow that the rule of the sea favoring
women and children in the work of
rescue was violated. Many of the
liner's lifeboats were rendered useless
by the fact that she listed so Bharply
that they could not be used.
Did Not Think She Could Sink
Many of the passengers did not be
lieve the Lusitania would sink as
quickly as she did. Consequently they
did not Join In the rush for the life
boats, but evidently preferred to trust
In their belief that the water-tight
compartments of the vessel would
keep her afloat until such time as help
came out from the Irish shore less
than 10 miles away. It is related that
aome of the passengers even disdained
to put on life belts when these were
banded to them.
Either two or three torpedoes struck
the Lusltanla. One report saya the
first projectile was followed by two
others striking in quick succession.
Another report has it that two sub
marines took part in the onslaught.
ENSIGN STOLZ KILLED.
Fell From Flying Machine At Pensa
cola, Fla.'
Washington. Ensign Melvin L.
Btolz, of the Navy Aviation Corps, was
Instantly killed while making a low
altitude flight at Pensacola, Fla., ac
cording to an announcement by the
Navy Department The message said
Btol fell out of his machine, head
drat, while making a dive. Ensign
Stol served with the aviation detach
ment which did scouting work at Vera
Crua during the American occupation.
one attacking from the port and too
other from the starboard side.
The British Government made the
following announcement:
"The statement appearing In some
newspapers that the Lusitania was
armed Is wholly false."
Given No Warring.
The Lusltanla was steaming along
about 10 miles off Old Head Klnsale,
on the last leg of her voyage to Liver
pool, when, about 2 o'clock In the af
ternoon, a submarine suddenly ap
peared, and so far as all reports go,
fired two torpedoes without warning
at the steamer. One struck her near
the bows and the other In the engine
room. The powerful agents of de
struction tore through the vessel's
side, causing terrific explosions. Al
most Immediately great volumes of
water poured through the openings
and the Lusitania listed.
Boats which were already swung
out on the davits were dropp?d over
board and were speedily tilled with
passengers who had been appalled by
the despernte attack. A wireless call
for help was sent out and Immediately
rescue boats of all kinds were sent
out both from the neighboring points
along the coast and Queenstown.
But within 15 minutes, as one sur
vivor estimated, and certainly within
half an hour, the Lusltanla had dis
appeared. NEWS STARTLES WILSON.
Whether Any American Lives Wert
Lost, His 'First Concern Secre
tary Bryan Awaits Facts.
Washington. Destruction of the
British liner Lusltanla, with the loss
of many lives, shocked ofllclals of the
United States government and Fpread
profound grief In the national capital.
Although it was not known how
many, if any, of those lost were Ameri
cans, the view was general that the
most serious situation confronted the
American government since the out
break of the war in Europe.
The warning of the I'nlted States
that Germany would be held to a
strict accountability" for the loss of
'American lives," irrespective of
whether they were aboard belligerent
or neutral vessels when attacked
focussed attention on the White
House, where President Wilson until
late In the night read the dispatches
with grave Interest. The President
niRde no comment.
Officials said facts and circum
stances would have to be obtained by
careful Investigation during the next
few days before any announcement
could be made by the American gov
ernment. GERMANY GAVE TIMELY
WARNING.
Advertisement That Showed They Had
Planned This Would Be the Lusi
tanla's Last Voyage.
New York. Just prior to the sail
ing of the Lusitania the German Em
bassy had warned persons against go
ing abroad, because of the dangers
from submarines, and the following
advertisement was Inserted In Ameri
can newspapers:
NOTICE.
"Travelers Intending to embark
on the Atlantic voyage are re
minded that a state of war exists
between Germany and her allies
and Great Britain and her allies;
that the zone of war Includes the
waters adjacent to the British
Isles; that In accordance with
formal notice, given by the Im
perial German government ves
sels flying the flag of Great Britain
or any of her allies are liable to
destruction in those waters, and
that travelers sailing In the war
lone on ships of Great Britain or
ber allies do so at their own risk.
(Signed)
"IMPERIAL GERMAN
EMBASSY."
The big Cunard greyhound was com
manded by Capt. W. T. Turner, of
the British Royal Navy reserve, with
Capt. J. C. Anderson acting as his staff
officer. Both were rated as the best
seamen In the transatlantic trade, dar
ing yet cautious.
Captain Turner and other officials
of the great liner did not fear any
trouble from submarines upon the
Lusitanla's present trip. They laugh
ed at the German warning and en
couraged the passengers, telling them
that the express steamer would be
met in the Atlantic by. British war
ships and escorted safely Into port.
When Captain Turner's attenUon
was called to the German warning, he
said:
"I wonder what the Germans will
be up to next? It doesn't look as i
they had scared many people with
their warning, according to the look
of things on the pier and our pas
senuer list."
ITALIANS ARE INDIGNANT.
Feeling In Rome One Of Depression
. Over Disaster.
Rome, via I'aris. The sinking of the
Lusltanla has caused a profound im
nroentnn In Italy. Anxiety is Increased
by the fact that there were several
i Italians among the passengers. The
feeling in Rome may be described as
one of Indignation at the killing of
npuirala and measures to end such
proceedings are being urged on all
sides.
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IKE INQUIRY
Consul Frost and Attaches Inter
view Survivors.
OR. FISHER BLAMES LINE
Brother Of Former Secretary Of In
terior Says Neither Discipline Nor
Precautions Were Up To the
Standard.
Queenstown. Wesley Frost, United
States Consul at Cork, la obtaining
affidavits concerning all the material
facts of the torpedoing of tat Cunard
liner Lusitania from Miss Jessie Taft
Smith, of Bracevllle. Ohio; Dr. How-
rd Fisher, of New York, and Robert
Rankin, of New York.
These survivors will cable to the
State Department at Washington about
300 words each.
Captains Millor and Cassel, at
taches of the American Embassy in
London, arrived here and conferred
1th Consul Frost.
No Hope For Missing.
Most of the survivors are leavjng
Queenstown. There Is little hope here
that additional survivors will be found.
Representatives of the Tearson fam
ily claimed the body of Dr. F. S. Pear
son. They also visited tne morgues
arching for the body of Mrs. Fear-
son, who Is missing.
Marine SuKrlntendent Dodd of the
Cunard Line declared that he had lit
tle hope that any survivors would turn
p at isolated parts along the coast.
He believed that the death list would
remain about the same as had been
estimated.
The only problem now was to
Identify some of the dead in the
morgues. The body of J. C. Brodrlck
ad been falsely tagged In the morgue
s that of the purser of the Lusltanla.
No J. C. Brodrlck appears on the pas
senger list, although a C. T. Erode-
ck, of Boston, was in the first cabin
f the Lusitania.)
Injured survivors of the Lusitania
re reported to be progressing. Among
the volunteer doctors none has been
more busy than Dr. Fisher, who was
rescued after being in the water three
hours.
Dr. Fisher Treats Injured.
Dr. Fisher now numbers among his
patients Lady Mackworth, of Cardiff,
ho Is suffering from the result of be
ing a long time In the water; Lady
Allan, of Montreal, who has a broken
collar-bone, and Dr. Fisher's slster-ln-
law, Miss Dorthy Conner, who also Is
cousin of Henry U Stimson, ex-Sec
retary of War of the United States.
Miss Conor was standing beside
ady Mackworth when they were flung
Into the water as the ship keeled over.
Both women were provided with life
belts and were picked up when at the
point of exhaustion.
Dr. Fisber, who Is a brother of al
ter L. Fisher, formerly Secretary of
the Interior of the I'nlted States, was
on his way to Belgium for Red Cross
uty. His story follows:
It Is not true that those on board
were unconcerned over the possibility
f being torpedoed. I took the big
liner to save time and also because In
ase of a floating mine I felt she would
lave more chance of staying up. But
like everybody else aboard I felt sure
In case of being torpedoed that we
would have ample time to take to the
boats.
Discipline Below Standard.
"I do not know what rase Is being
ado out for the Cunard people, but
cannot say that either discipline or
precautions were up to the standard."
BERLIN PUTS ALL BLAME
ON CUNARD LINE OWNERS.
Berlin. The following official com
munication was issued here:
"The Cunard liner Lusitania was
esterday torpedoed by a German sub
tiarlne and sunk.
"The Lusitania was naturally armed
rtth guns, as were recently most of
th
e Enellsh mercantile steamers.
Moreover, as Is well known here, she
ad large quantities of war material
In
her cargo.
"Her owners, therefore, knew to
hat danger the passengera were ex
posed. They alone bear all the re-
ponslblllty for what has happened.
"Germany, on her part, left nothing
undone to repeatedly warn them. The
mperlal Ambassador In Washington
ent so far as to make a public warn-
Ins
t. so as to draw attention to this
lancer. The English press sneered
then at the warning and relied on the
protection of the British fleet to safe
guard Atlantic traffic."
TAFT DEFERS TO WILSON.
Confident President Will Follow
Wise and Patriotic Course.
Milwaukee. "The news of the sink-
lnir of the Lusitania Is most distress
ing," said former President Taft on his
arrival here from Madison. "It pre
vnts a situation of the most difficult
chnracter. properly awakening great
national concern. I do not wish to
emharuss the President or the Ad
ministration by a discussion of the
subject at this stage of the Informa
tion except to express confidence mat
the President will follow a wise and
patriotic course."
FLEW AMERICAN FLAG.
British Foreign Office Justified Use
Bv Lusitania In February.
London. It was the steamer Lusl
tania whose flying of the American
flair In the month of February, on hei
way from Queenstown to Liverpool, in
order to protect ber against possible
attack uv a German submarine, caused
considerable astonishment on both
sides of the ocean and resulted In the
of a statement by the British
Foreign Off.ce justifying the use of a
neutral flag under circumstances such
as those.
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AS
BY COL ROOSEVELT
Alphaud, French Interviewer,
Put in Ananias Club.
QUOTED COLONEL IN. TEMPS
Former President Represented As
Wishing United States To Join
- Allies In War Whole Inter
view Wrong,
Syracuse, N. Y. Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt followed the example of
President Woodrow Wilson by repu
diating an alleged Interview attributed
to him by Gabriel Alphaud in the Paris
Temps, in which the Colonel was rep
resented aa saying that had he been
President of the United States at the
beginning of the European war he
would have protested the German vio
lation of Belgium's neutrality and
would have asked the United States to
take its place with the Allies.
"The whole interview is a fabrica
tion," Colonel Roosevelt said. "The
last phrase particularly Is of a kind I
never did use and one which I would
be Incapable of using.
"The Alphaud interview," continued
the Colonel, "does contain statements
did make, all of which are to be
found in my book and In my war arti
cles.
"I am not responsible for anything
in the Temps interview except what
contained in that book and those
articles.''
INCOME TAX ROLLS IN.
Likelihood Of Bond Issue la Now Past,
Say Treasury Officials.
Washington. All danger of neees-
Ity for a bond Issue to forestall a i
v. , A T .. ... n I I- VnltA.,AJ '
threatened Treasury deficit Is believed (
by Government ofllclals to be past. The
first substantial receipts from the in
come tax are beginning to come in.
The net balance in the general fund
of the Treasury, which has been fall
ing off at the rate of from 1500,000 to
$1,000,000 a day since the first of the
year, has remained stationary at about
18,000,000 for the past three or four
days, and even Increased by $100,000
one day this week. Early returns
from the Income tax come from small
taxpayers. The payers of large tax
hold off until the last two or three
days in order to reap the benefit of
their interest The Interest on some
Income tax payments amounts to as
much as $100 a day, according to the
Treasury. The large taxpayers, how
ever, pay the bulk o the Income tax.
There are 101,718 persons who pay an
average of $30 a year tax, making a
total tax of $3,051,540. There are 44
taxpayers who pay an average of $100.-
000 a year, or $4,400,000.
AID TO SOUTHERN CHURCHES UP
Methodist Extension Board Discusses
Plans.
St. Louis. An executive session to
discuss plans for aiding churches in
the Southern States was held here by
the Church Extension Board of the
Methodist Episcopal Church South.
The report of the Rev. W. F. McMur
ray, corresponding secretary, showed
a capital fund In the hands of the
board of $671,000. an Increase of $110,-
000 during the last year. The total
receipts last year were i3o,uuo. The
College of Bishops took part In the
deliberations of the board.
FIRED AT POTATO; SHOT BOY.
Woman Sharpshooter Acquitted Of
Manslaughter By Jury.
Salem, Mass. Mrs. Juanlta Griffin,
who shot and killed Michael F. Garvin,
aged 16 years, during a snapshooting
act at a Lynn Theatre In May, 1914,
and her husband, Robert W. Griffin,
manager of the act, were acquitted of
manslaughter charges ty a Jury here.
Mrs. Griffin testified that when she
tried to shoot a potato from the Gar
vin boy's head the lad moved and the
bullet penetrated his brain. The Grif
fins conducted their own defense.
HUERTA SENDS FOR FAMILY.
Former Mexican Dictator To Settle On
Long Island.
New York. Gen. VIctorlano Huerta
likes New York so well that he Is
going to settle down and become a
commuter. The former dictator of
Mexico has leased a large house on
Long Island and his family is coming
here from Barcelona, Spain, to Join
him. Abraham Ratner, adviser tfnd
Interpreter for Huerta, confirmed the
reported intention of Huerta to make
the United States bis home.
BRANDED
FAKE
CHINA
PREPARING
TO DEFEND PEKIN
Expecting Ultimatum From Jap
anese Government.
COUP D'ETAT IS FEARED
Sending Of Ultimatum Authorized By
Elder Statesmen After Hearing
Explanation Of Situation
From Premier.
Peking. Military preparations are
being made for the defense of Pek
ing. According to Chinese ofllclals,
whose statements have been corrobor
ated in other circles, the Government
is making no preparations elsewhere
than at the capital for defense, con
sidering that the Chinese will be un
able to oppose the Japanese should
they make an attack.
It Is asserted in high quarters that
100,000 troops have been concentrated
In the environs of Peking, but with
sufticlent ammunition for only a brief
resistance.
Special police and military precau
tions have been taken throughout the
city, especially around the Wlntor
Palace, where President Yuan Shi Kal
resides. The officials declare that
they are suspicious that the Japanese
may attempt a repetition of the
Korean coup d'etat
Japs Warned To Leave.
The Japanese Legation, it Is said,
notified the Japanese to prepare to
leave Peking, and that many women
and children are getting ready to de
part. Many of the Japanese men
probably will take refuge in the lega
tion quarter If hostilities break out.
The situation is considered awkward
for some of the foreign legation,
especlallly those whose countries sym
pathize with the Chinese, but none of
th(,m coui,j oppose the entry of the
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Japanese into Peking.
Telegrams received here from Muk
den say that the Japanese bank and
postofllce there have suspended busi
ness, that the Japanese reservists have
been called to the colors and that other
civilians are concentrating la the rail
way zone.
Dr. Paul S. Reinsch. the U. S. Min
ister here, expressed the opinion that
the missionaries and other Americans
In the interior are in no danger what
ever. He says the Chinese Govern
ment will preserve order In the re
gions over which the Chinese hold con
trol. TORNADO KILLS SIX.
Scores Of Houses In Oklahoma and
Texas Blown Down.
Jennings, La. Six persons, one
white man and five negroes, were kill
ed and a score of persons injured In
a tornado which struck Mermentau,
La. It was said the wind struck the
town suddenly from a southwesterly
direction and that several buildings
were destroyed.
Ardmore, Okla. Three persons were
injured and much property damaged
here by a heavy windstorm. It was
reported that Wilson, Okla., near here,
was hit by a storm which blew down
40 buildings, but that no one was seri
ously Injured there. Winds of almost
tornado proportions were reported
over a wide section of Southern Okla
homa. At Rlngllng, Okia., a church was re
ported blown down, but no one was
seriously Injured. In the retrolla oil
fields, near Wichita Falls, Tex., 25 dor
ricks were wrecked and several houses
damaged. The ward school here was
partly unroofed and several children
Injured.
SINGLE TILL 71, HE WEDS NURSE.
Relative Of James G. Blaine Bride Of
Washingtonian.
Philadelphia. William E. Barker,
71 years old, of Washington, and Miss
Mary Victoria Blaine, 47 years old, a
distant relative of the late James G.
Blaine, former Secretary of State, were
married nere. mibs uiaine was Air.
Barker's nurse and they had known
one another for about four years.
BRITISH WARSHIPS TO MOVE.
Will Give Clear Field For Maneuvers
Of U. S. Fleet.
Washington. British warships,
which have been lying off the New
York and New England coasts, will be
temporarily, withdrawn so they may
not Interfere with the success of the
maneuvers of the Atlantic fleet, which
begin May 18. Notice to that effect
baa been communicated to the Navy
Department by the British Ambassa
dor here.
BATTLE FROHTS
German Claims of Notable Victo
ries Denied By Allies.
BRITISH HARD PRESSED
Persistent Attack By Germans Aided
the British Claim, By Poisonous
Fumes Have Forced a Read
justment Of Lines.
London. The German official report
; claims victories both over the Russian!
la Western Galicia and over the British
to the east of Ypres, la Flanders. Field
I Marshal Sir John French, the British
commander-in-chief, baa admitted that
! he was compelled to readjust his lines
In the region of Ypres, but the French
report, far from confirming a German
victory in Belgium, states that the
German attackB were repulsed, and
that the Germans, being tHlten on the
flank by French artillery, suffered very
severely.
A late report from the British War
Office also says that German attacks
were renulsed. tolthnnph th Germans
used asphyxiating gases and did get a
footing by the use of these fumes on
Hill No. 60, southeast of Ypres, which.
since the British captured it recently,
has been repeatedly attacked.
There has been lighting all along the
rest of the western front, in all of
which the Germans claim to have been
successful. The French, however, have
another story to tell. They Insist that
their advance continues both along the
Yser Canal, In Flanders, and In the
Woevre, where battles have been con
tinuous for weeks on end.
Russian Defeat In Western Qallcia.
Conflicting reports from the belliger
ents In th east make it Impossible to
quite Judge of the position there. The
Austrians and Germans say that the
Russians have been badly beaten In
Western Galicia and have commenced
to retire from the Western Car
pathians, whereas the latest Russian
report, while admitting that the
Austro-Germans succeded In getting
across the Donjec River, declares that
they were checked there.
The ronntry around the East Prus
sian frontier also has been the scene
of battles of more or less Importance,
while at the other end of the Russian
line, In Eastern Galicia, the Russians
are attacking the Austro-Germans, de
spite their reported defent or check In
the western part of that province.
Athens credits the Allies with fur
ther successes In their attacks In the
Dardanelles and Smyrna, but the
Turks again report the defeat of allied
troops who have landed on the Galll
poll Peninsula.
Big Battle Beginning.
While official Petrograd la Inclined
to treat matters in Galicia with more
or less unconcern, private dispatches
state that a battle of enormous pro
portions is beginning.
Indications that the Russian army
operating in the, Carpathians is In
adequately supplied come from Berlin.
"Thousands of prisoners wore only
a cap as a uniform," says a dispatch.
"They , were la civilian clothing and
complained of being Insufficiently fed.
These prisoners unite In saying that
the Austro-German artillery Are was
apalling, especially at Gorllce. There
the Russians fought stubbornly and
endured a terrible fire four hours, dur
ing which time divisions dwindled to
regiments, and regiments to com
panies. All the staff officers of one
division were killed or wounded. Sev
eral generals also were killed or
wounded. Gorllce was set afire by the
bombardment and totally destroyed.
The Russian southern wing was
broken through on a front of 24 miles,
and the Russians were forced to aban
don not only their first line, but vil
lages behind their Iront which served
ai quarters for the Russian center."
$10,500,000 EACH DAY.
Debt Of
Great Britain
Doubled.
Wellnlgh
London. In one of tho shortest
budget speeches on record, he being
on his fleet a little over an hour, David
Lloyd-George, the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, gave the British public fur
ihar insleht Into what the war Is cost-
, ,nR the natlon, Tne expenditure at
present, Mr. Lloyd-George said, was
2,100.000 ($10,600,000) daily, and he
added that it the war continued for a
year Great Britain's bill would be up
ward or 1,136,434,000 (about $5,682,-
170,000). The debt of the country, ac
cording to Mr. Lloyd-George, already
had been almost doubled and stood
well over the $5,000,000,000 mark.
10 TRAWLERS BLOWN UP.
Five
Others Sunk By German
8ub
marines Since Sunday.
London. To the nine trawlers, the
sinking of which .by German sub
marines was reported Wednesday, an
other victim waa added. A Norwegian
steamer landed Thursday the crew of
the 'trawler Sceptre, which was tor
pedoed 40 miles off Peterhead. This
brings the total number of trawler
victims of German under-water boats
since Sunday up to 15. The sub
marines seem to be making a deter
mined effort to prevent English from
procuring fish in the North Sea.
'DR. COOK SEEKS FAME A0.AIN.
Will Attempt Ascent Of Mt Everest,
Himalayan Peak.
Chicago. Dr. Frederick A. Cook, the
explorer, announced that he would at
tempt to climb Mount Everest, In th
Himalayas, the highest mountain In
the world, this summer. He will sail
from Ban Francisco with a party of 11
persons on May 27, he stated, and ex-
t - 4 m vnnnh Vani 1 In Mnrl VlJlM
ndia. Tn July: TUroCu
I said, would require seven months. I
STATE
LAWMAKERS
Attorney's Lien Bill Mad Law,
HarrUburg. Approval was given
Governor Brumbaugh to the House bi
providing that aa attorney shall bat.
a Hen for his compensation upon h i
client's cause of action, claim or com
ter-clalm which ahall attach to i
award, verdict, order or other form (
Judgment. The bill also provides tin
the lien shall not be affected by i;
compromise or settlement bwfors l
after Judgment
The Governor also signed the bi
prohibiting the use or sale of any bi
loons made or intended to contain Oi.l
for purposes of ascentlon. This mrtil
ure will not apply to any balloon ,
which a person ascends, but Is InteMi
ed to forbid the paper balloons ti.
quently used at night
The Governor approved the Orahu.1
House bill amending the Sunerfol
Court Act of 1895 so that the rank ia
seniority of the Judges shuL be dete-
mined by "continuous length of sen I
Ice" as a member of the court. Tt
bill also provides that tho court n:i I
at its discretion designate two of th-
members to write opinions during th-
gl..Hlong Bnd tllBt tUei)e mt,mbers st:
not be required to alt at bearings an
removes the mandatory provision tlu
the court must meet at leaHt once
year in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Hi
risburg, Scranton and Wllliamspor
providing that the place of altlint-
may be optional with the court At
other provision Is that compensate
of protnonotarles shall bo authorize
by the Act of 1909.
Regulations for Insurance in Pent
sylvanla on the Lloyds plan are pn
vldcd in the bill approved by Govt
nor Brumbaugh. It places the contn
of associations or individuals engax
n such business under Control' of th
Insurance Commissioner, who is r
quired to ask bonds to bo filed wit-
his department. The Governor ali
signed the Senate bill providing ttu
policies of life Insurance or a ami Hit
taken out for the benefit of or assign.
to w ire, children or oliier relative su.
be exempt from all claims of c red I top
The Governor also signed these Set
ate bills:
eRgulutlng sale of chicory nilxe;
with coffee.
Regulating method of practlclnj
veterinary medicine and Issuance of I
censes for Its various branches.
Senate bill providing a chief boot
keeper for the Auditor General's De
partment, at a salary of $2,500; an ai
sistant chief bookkeeper, at $2,004
two bookkeepers and an addlllont
traveling auditor, at $1,800 each.
Senate bill supplementing Act o
1906 by providing thnt debt '
municipalities consolidated shall b-
paid by the consolidated city and fo
the levying of a uniform tax to pay li
TheRO House bills were approved
Fixing salaries of Associate Judge
not learned In the law at $5 per day, em
ployed, $600 a year being establish!
as the minimum.
Establishing method of re strati
of master plumbers In first-class cltle:
where plumbers failed to register uo
der Act of 1911.
Providing for schools for educatlot
of femalo children under Juriadlctlor
of Juvenile Courts of Allegheny
county.
Requiring County Commissioners to
furnish first-class townships duplicate!
of adjusted valuations for taxation.
House bill authorizing payment frorc
State funds of cost of transferring In
sane persons on orders of the State
Board of Charities or Committee or.
Lunacy. .
House bill making any person, flrrc
or corporation liable for cost of i
tlngulshlng fires which may occur In
second-class cities through their
criminal Intent or willful negligent'
or where they have not complied with
any ordinance or regulation.
Correspondents Dine Governor.
The semi-annual dinner given by the I
Pennsylvania Legislative Correspond
ents' Association to Governor Brum
baugh was held Thursday night. Tom
guests of honor in addition to the Got
enior were Lieutenant-Governor Mc-
Clain, Speaker Ambler and James S
Hiatt, secretary to the Governor.
The Senate passed finally the follow
Ing bills: - ,
Appropriating $230,000 for the Im
provement of the port facilities of
Philadelphia.
Providing that mercantile corpori
lions that pay a mercantile tax shall
puy only one mill on the dollar on their
capital stock instead of five mills.
House bill authorizing the Depart
ment of Health to accept private dona
lions for the erection of union chapel
at tuberculosis Sanatoria No. I and
No. 3, located at Creshlon and Hsni
burg.
Giving power to cemetery companie'
to improve cemeteries and to assess
pro rata share of tho cost to lot
holders.
House bill Increasing the salaries of
clerks, tellers and employes In the
County Treasurer's Office, Philadel
phia.
House bill providing for .the report
ing, quarantining and control of cer
tain communicable diseases.
Authorizing county commissions 10
use funds collected from bicycle "
cense taxes in constructing and re
pairing public roads.
House bill to permit farmers to Pd'
die their products In any borough will1.
out a license.
A bill was introduced by Senator
Crow, Fayette, amending the Public
Service Company law so that pernio
slon shall not be necessary' whet
crossings are to be made by tolophon
and tftleprnnh wirec nr hv sewers. H"
less complaint Is made.
The workmen's compensation bill'-
which were read the second tlm
the Senate, were recommitted to tM
Committee on Corporations. They
be amended and reported out M"
I ih'9 k t0t flnal PM8age'