IE
DRIVES
PUZZLE BRITISH
Rapid Advance From Galicia
Into Polond.
FORCE NUMBERS 2,000,000
Athn Report! Capture Of Turkish
Stronghold, But Statement Lacks
Confirmation Forcing
Dardanelles.
London. The northward drive of
the AuRtro-Gprman armies from
(jallcla Into Poland Is dally becoming
more formidable, and Kugland is puz
sled as to whether they propone to
make their main effort In this direc
tion, Instead of maintaining a concen
trated offensive to th eastward to
force the Russians out of the southeast
tip of Uallela.
Whatever the ultimate object Is, the
fighting along the Gnila I.lpa river has
not abated, and the latest Berlin of
ficial communication not only records
progress In this section, but farther
north In the arc around Lemberg, as
well as along what ha now become
the northern front, between the Vis
tula and Bug rivers.
25 Miles Across Frontier.
The Austro-Gcrman forces on this
front are estimated at 2,000.000 men,
and their progress bas been rapid.
They have crossed the forest fringing
the Tanew river and are not far from
the Zamosc fortress, 25 miles north of
the Gallcian frontier.
Only 100 miles to the north Is the
great Russian base Brest-Litovsk.
linked with Warsaw by important rail
ways and lying almost due east of the
Tolish capital.
The development of the Gallcian
campaign has created a situation en
tirely unexpected by the Allies. A few
months ago the Russians were at the
Carpathian passes and during the
spring months there were conlldent
predictions both In Kngland and
France that llunsary would soon be
overrun.
British Press Alarmed.
The British press has been optimis
tic for weeks that the Russians would
turn and make a stand, but it now
frankly concedes that the new invasion
of Russia Is serious. The papers, how
ever, place faith In Russia's munitions
campaign, much the same as the Brit
ish public Is relying upon David Lloyd
tJeorge's plan to so eo.ulp the British
Army In France as ultimately to match
the Germans In explosives and muni
tions, especially machine guns.
Turk Stronghold Taken,
A dispatch from Athens says that
the Allies have taken the Turkish
tronghold of Krithia, on the Galllpoli
peninsula.
Gratification over the British prog
ress In Galllpoli Is hardly more pro
nounced than the realization of the
tremendous task which faces Kngland
and Franre In their attempt to clear
the Turks from their natural defent-ea
barring the way to Consuntinople.
The first strike against British naval
craft fn home waters for some time Is
announced briefly by the Admiralty to-
night which says that 15 men have
been lost by the mining or torpedoing
of the destroyer Lightning, an old craft
laid down two decides ago.
MORE PELLAGRA IN ARKANSAS.
More Than 200 Cases Reported From
Various Towns.
Little Rock, Ark. A pellagra out
break with a dozen cases 15 miles
from Little Rock was reported to the
State henlth ollice. with the request
that officials take charge of the situa
tion. An appeal was also received
from Clarksville for aid. as 15 rases
have been discovered there. State
health officials, with the I'nited States
I'ublic Health Service, are now en
gaged in trying to control the out
breaks at Philnvlew. Crosset, Gray
vonla and Montieello, where more than
20 cases have been reported.
WED AFTER 40-YEAR COURTSHIP.
Groom Former Levy Court Commis
sioner Of Sussex, Del.
Scaford, Del. After a courtship that
lasted 40 years. Miss Levlnla Rogers
nd former Levy Court Commissioner
William J. Spicer were married at the
Georgetown Methodist Kpiscopal par
sonace by the pastor, the Rev. W. P.
Taylor. Spicer Is well known and one
of the best known farmers In Sussex
county and has a fine estate. When
taking out the license the bride gave
lier age as 55 years and the bride
groom gave his as 60.
STORM KILLS SEVEN.
Oklahoma and Colorado Swept By Tor
nadoes 22 Injured.
Muskogee, Okla. Five were report
ed killed In a storm which swept
through Northeastern Oklahoma, In
the vicinity of Ottawa county. Clif
ford Boyd, a farmer, was killed by
lightning near Miami. Two deaths at
Commerce, a mining town, were at
tributed to the storm, while two un
identified bodies were reported burled
tinder the ruins of a wall near Miami.
ATTACK NEUTRALITY POSTERS.
Clubwomen Ask New York Mayor To
Suppress Them.
New York. Fifty prominent club
women petitioned Mayor Mltchel to
cupprest widely distributed posters of
the pro-German organization of Ameri
can women for strict neutrality. The
petitioners charge that the posters are
"wilful misrepresentations, detri
mental to publlo morals and mislead
ing, and part of an effort to Incite
cltlzeni who art Ignorant to act con
trary to law."
E
LIVES ARE LOSI
British Steamer Armenian Sunk
By German Submarine.
29 MEN LOST, 10 INJURED
Washington Institutes Inquiry To De
termine Whether Steamer Was
Under Charter To British
Government.
Washington. The Dominion freight
liner Armenian, flying the British flag
and carrying mules from Newport
News, Va., to England, was torredoed
and sunk by thu German submarine
L'28 off Cornwall, England, and nearly
a score of American muleteers aboard
are reported lost, according to mes
sages received by the State Depart
ment from Consul John S. Armstrong,
Jr., at Bristol.
Twenty-nine men lu all were lost
aud 10 Injured.
Washington Awaits Facts.
The news created a sensation in of
ficial quarters, as It was the first case
of loss of American lives since the
sinking of the Lusitania. The gravity
of the incident, however, and the
action of the Washington government
depends almost entirely on whether
the Armenian was chartered by the
British Government and was. In fact,
a transport of war aboard which
Americans would sail at their own
risk or whether she was an unarmed
merchantman.
In the latter case, even though
oarrylng contraband, the ship could
have been subjected to visit and
search and those aboard transferred to
a place of safety before the destruc
tion of the vessel was attempted.
In the absence of oUicial informa
tion on these points ollicials declined
to say what effect the sinking of the
Armenian would have on pending ne
gotiations between the I'nited States
and Germany.
Americans Took Risk.
Offhand opinions among department
officials pointed clearly to Justification
on the part of Germany in sinking the
vessel. It was said unolliclally that
the horses and mules were consigned
to the British Army; that the vessel
was either an auxiliary of the British
Navy or else chartered by the Govern
ment for the transportation of war
munitions. Horses and mules are In
disputably contraband, and are so held
by all the belligerent governments.
Any American who has accepted
sen' ire on such a ship or who might
venture upon it as a passenger would
do so, It was explained by ollicials, at
bis own risk and would have little If
any redress through this Government
for Injuries sustained. In other words,
It Is not apparent tonight that the sink
ing of the Armenian will create any
additloniil friction between the I'nited
States and Germany.
15,000 AT HER WEDDING.
Daughter Of Speaker Clark Becomes
Bride Of J. Mcl. Thomson.
Bowling Green, Mo. Three years to
a day since their first meeting at the
Baltimore Democratic National Con
vention, Miss Genevieve Champ Clark,
the 2n-year-old daughter of the Speaker
and Mrs. Clark, was married at Honey,
shuck, the Clark home, to James Mc
Lhaney Thomson, owner and publisher
of Ttie New Orleans Item.
The ceremony was performed at 4
o'clock before the altar of a Gothic
temple of flowers and vines in the
open air on the east lawn of the Clark
estate In the presence of 15.01)0 per
sons. National notables from Washington,
the entire Missouri delegation in Con
gress and practically the entire Illinois
and Iowa delegations, the Governors
of Missouri and Louisiana and promi
nent ollicials and distinguished men of
the bride's native State made It the
most celebrated wedding gathering
ever seen west of the Mississippi.
A picturesque feature was the pres
ence of every man, woman and child
rerlriing in Bowling Green and like
wise from many neighboring towns.
The Rev. Robert Sherman Boyd, pas
tor of Lee Memorial Presbyterian
Church of Louisville, Ky., cousin of
the bride, read the marriage service
of the Episcopal Church.
H-S, OFF ROCKS, UNDAMAGED.
High Tide On Pacific Coast Releases
itrinded Submarine.
San Francisco. The United States
submarine H 3. which went on the
rocks near Point Sur Lighthouse, 115
mil south of here, was floated at
high tide, Previous messages that
the boat was undamaged were con
firmed by a radio message to local
naval authorities that the submersible
was proceeding to San Francisco.
BRITISH LOSSES, 113,439 MEN.
Casualty Estimate For Quarter In
cludes 6,439 Officers.
Iiondon. The Daily Telegraph gives
the following compilation of the ap
proximate total casualties of the Brit
ish expeditionary forco during the last
three months. April, 639 officers and
19,000 men; May, 3,600 officers and
26.000 men. and June, 2,200 officers
and 62,000 men.
SUICIDE TO ESCAPE ARREST.
Turk
Killed Civil War Veteran and
Wounded Farmer.
Bloomlngton, Ind. Surrounded by a
posse near Maumee, Jackson county,
and with escape cut off, Paris Hassan,
64 years old, a Turk, shot and serious
ly wounded George Royer, a farmer,
and then killed himself with a re
volver shot
Six varieties of seaweed are used by
the Japanese in the manufacture of
vegetable isinglass.
I
AMERICAN
THE FULTON
"LOOK'EE HERE."
iv-uyrjit.l
10 GET I
Warring Factions Will Discuss
Peace Terms.
VILLA ENVOY IN WASHINGTON
Both Carranza and Villa Fear Conse
quences If Former Dictator
Huerta Should Re-Enter
Country.
El I'aso, Texas. Jose Isabel Robles,
Minister of War in the Cabinet of
Euladio Guiterrez, announced here
that the leaders of the two larger war
ring factions of Mexico have agreed
to discuss terms of peace, perhaps
within two weeks.
"Within 30 days the fighting men of
Mexico will lay down their arms and
the glorious country of my birth will
be once again ready to take up the
standard of peace," said Robles. "I
will not reveal the details of the plan,
but I know that Villa and Carranza
have decided to make peace. and avoid
the complication of a possible new
resolution. They have been com
municating through men who I know
and they are determined to bring
about peace. In 15 days Villa will be
on the border to meet Carrania rep
resentatives and the whole trouble
will be mediated. I know this posi
tively." "
Jose Zozaya, a wealthy local reel
dent, was arrested on charges of con
spiring to set on foot a military ex
pedition against a friendly country In
fviolation of United States neutrality.
Zozaya was named in the complaint
filed Sunday agaiust Victoriano
Huerta and Pascual Orozco, former
Mexican leaders, and the charges
against him are similar to those made
against Huerta and Orozco.
Additional specific accusations
against Zozaya included the alleged
purchase of five machine guns, 500
rilles and a quantity of ammunition.
Both Factions Alarmed.
Washington. Alarmed at the
threatening shadow of another revolu
tionary movement In Mexico, brought
to llslit by activity on the part of the
Huertista Junta In this country, rep
resentatives of both the Villa and Car
ranza elements are making desperate
efforts to bead off the Huerta move
ment. These factions, though fighting each
other at home, have a common cause
in the defeat of General Huerta's pro
posed re-entry Into Mexico, and this
common cause, It was believed nere
may yet end- in a truce long enough
for a conference with representatives
of the Washington administration,
Out of such a conference a regime In
Mexico may come that will secure the
recopnitlon and support of the United
States.
TO RETURN NEW ORLEANS FLAG.
Governor Dunne, Of Illinois, Signs
Legislative Bill,
Springfield, 111. A legislative bill
providing for the return to the women
of New Orleans of a flag presented to
General Jackson, and captured in 1863
by Illinois troops, was signed by Gov
ernor Dunne. The Governor also ap
proved a bill creating the Vlcksburg
Military Statue Commission and ap
propriating $50,000 for the erection In
the National Cemetery at Vlcksburg,
Miss., of statues to General U. S.
Grant and other generals from Illinois
who participated In the siege of Vlcks
burg.
MINISTER 102 YEARS OLD DEAD.
Rev. John F. Messick, Of York, Vig
orous Till Last.
York, Pa. The Rev. John F. Mes
sick, believed to be the oldest minister
in the United States, died here at the
residence of hla son-in-law, John K.
Gross. Though 102 years of age, the
Rev. Mr. Messick showed remarkable
vitality. INs mind was bright, his
vision was good and bis step firm until
almost to the last
TO MAKE CITY "DRY" ON FIFTH.
Judge Of Unlontown, Pa., Order All
Drinking Place Closed.
Unlontown, Pa. Judge J. Q. Van
Swearlngei, In Common Pleas Court
here, issued an order closing all
saloons, breweries and distilleries in
Fayette county for the entire day of
July 6, when Independence Day will
be observed here. He specified that
not only front doors were to be closed,
but that the order applied to all otlw
entrance!.
BAN
LEADERS
HIRER
COUNTY NEWS, McCONNELLSBURQ, PA.
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I
United
States Asks
Reparation.
Prompt
OPPOSES GERMAN CLAIM
Asserts There Was No Justification
For Destruction Of American Vessel
and That Question Of Settlement Is
One To Be Settled By Direct Diplo
matic Proceedings.
Washington. In a note to Germany
made public by the Slate Department
In the case of the William P. Frye, the
American vessel destroyed by the Ger
man commerce raider. Prince Eitel
Frledrlch, this Government maintains
that Germany has violated a treaty
obligation by destroying the vessel
and demands prompt payment from
Germany.
The following direct statement of
the attitude of the United States is
made by Secretary of State Lansing,
who signed the note:
'The real question between the two
governments la what reparation must
be made for a breach of treaty obliga
tions and that is not a question which
falls within the Jurisdiction of the
prize court."
Note Delivered By Gerard.
The note was sent to Berlin on June
24. Ambassador Gerard cabled that
he bad delivered the note Saturday
afternoon.
The American Government declares
that Inasmuch as Germany has ad
mltted liability for the sinking of the
Frye under the treaty of 1828, prize
court proceedings are unnecessary and
not binding upon the United States.
.Aside from the question of how the
indemnity should be paid, the note
brings out clearly the refusal of the
United States to accept the contention
that Germany has a right to stop the
carrying of conraband by American
ships, "by the destruction of the con
traband and the ship carrying it."
While no mention of submarine war
fare was made In either the last Ger
man note or the present reply, occa
sion was taken to deny this right, be
cause of a belief that admission of it
now might in the future be used as a
Justification for submarine attacks on
American ships.
WANTS PEACE TERMS NAMED.
Member Of British House Will
In.
vestlgate Nation's Stand.
London. David Mason, a Liberal
member of the House of Commons for
Coventry, has given notice that he will
ask Premier Asquith, In the House,
"whether, in view of certain speeches
by some members of the German Par
liament, demanding a speedy and hon
orable peace, hla Majesty's Govern
ment will consider the advisability of
stating more specifically than hereto
fore the terms upon which such a
peace would be possible, with the ob
ject of hastening such a happy con
summation." BIG SLIDE THREATENS.
Panama Canal Closed To Ships
Of
Over 26 Feet Draft
Panama. The slide on the west side
of the Culebra Cut section of the Pan
ama Canal, north of Contractors' Hill,
has closed the channel to ships having
a draft of more than 26 feet. The
slide, though only a temporary one, is
regarded as the forerunner of an im
portant earth movement along the en
tire west bank for a distance of 4,000
feet north of Contractors' Hill and
1,500 feet back from the canal axis,
Including a large section of Zlon Hill.
CZAR CHANGES WAR MINISTERS
General Polivanoff Named To Succeed
General Soukhomlinoff.
Petrogiad, via London. An official
statement Just says that the Emperor
has accepted the resignation of Gen
eral Soukhomlinoff as Minister of War
and has designated General Pollvanoff
to succeed him.
U. S. CRUISER LANDS REFUGEES.
Tennessee Reaches Alexandria With
100 American Aboard.
London. A Reuter dispatch from
Alexandria, Egypt, .say that the
United States cruiser Tennessee has
arrived here from Beirut. She bad 600
refugees aboard, among whom were
100 Americans and 4D0 Italians.
Twelve consuls also were brought to
Alexandria by the Tennessee.
Chile is erecting from 60 to 70 new
shool building eaofc year.
RYE GASENO
0E
I
Russians Reported to Be Making
New Stand.
HALICZ TAKEN BY TEUTONS
Military Men In London Now Look
ing For Important Engagement
On the Biota Llpa River
Assas Bombarded.
London. Berlin reports the fall of
the Galician town of Hallcz and says
that the Austro-Germans have crossed
the Dniester river, which means that
the five days' desperate rearguard
action by the Russians has ended In
their retirement. However, the stub
born resistance of this flag of the
forces of Grand Duke Nicholas, commander-in-chief
of the Russian armies,
has undoubtedly enabled him to re
form his lines along the River Bug vir
tually without interference.
The River San now lakes the place
of the Dniester as the scene of a san
guinary battle In the Russian effort to
prevent the Investment of Warsaw.
Pelrograd admits the rHIrement of
the Russians to the River Gnila Llpa,
which is some 80 miles from the fron
tier and falls Into the Dniester at Hal
lcz, but military experts do not expect
heavy fighting along that river.
They express the opinion that the
next serious battle probably will occur
along the Zlotn Llpa river, which runs
parallel to the Gnila Llpa further east
ward, where the Russians would bene
fit by the railroad with which the Tar
nopol line connects. These operations
and plans, according to military men,
confirm the theory that the Dniester
forces were merely covering for the
northern army.
The reorganized Russian Cabinet
has returned to Pelrograd after a field
conference with the Emperor and
Grand Duke Nicholas. The Russian
press devotes considerable attention to
the reconstruction of the Cabinet, the
convocation of the Douma and the
mobilization of industry for war pur
poses, one writer declaring that the
pronouns "we" and "they," as applied
to distinguish the Government from
the reople, will now cease to exist.
General Pollvanoff, who bas been
designated as Minister of War, was
Assistant Minister of War during the
reorganization of the army following
the Russo-Japanese War. He has the
reputation of being an excellent sol
dier and organizer, and enjoys conJ
siderable popularity on account of his
liberal views.
On the western front the only im
portant actions, according to the brief
French report, consisted In the repulse
of German attacks on the Calonne
trench and near Metzeral. On the
other hand Berlin claims that the
French attacks at all points were re
pulsed.
Arras Bombarded.
Paris The following official state
ment was iasued:
"The day was relatively calm on the
entire front.
"There has been artillery fighting
north of Souchez, at Neuvllle and at
Roclincourt. Arras has been bom
barded by guns of huge calibre.
"Between the Olso and the Alsne the
artillery duel continues, with the ad
vantage on our side.
"In the Argonne and on the heights
of the Meuse, at the Calonne trenches,
the Germans have not renewed their
attacks.
"One of our aeroplanes was able to
drop eight bombs on the Zeppelin
hangar at Frledrlchshafen. Motor
trouble obliged the aviator to land dur
ing his return Journey. Fortunately he
was able to reach Swiss territory at
Rhelnfelden."
EXPRESS KILLS THREE.
Smashes Into a Lumber Wagon At
McClemney'a Crossing.
Princess Anne, Md. Three men
were killed on the New York, Phlladel
phla and Norfolk Railroad at Mc-
Clemney's Crossing of the new state
road, north of Princess Anne, when a
lumber wagon was struck by the New
York and Norfolk northbound express.
All were from Millsboro, Del. The
men, with a large equipment, consist
ing of mules, wagons and lumber
cars, were on their way from Mills
boro to Princess Anne, where they had
a large contract to haul mine props,
MAY EXPEL U. 8. OFFICIALS.
Sublime Porte. Plan "Reprisals,"
Amsterdam Hears.
Amsterdam. Advices received here
from Constantinople state that the
Sublime Porte has decided to expel
the secretaries and attaches attached
to the American and Italian embassie
as a mark of reprisal for the expul
slon of Turkish officials from London,
BULGARIANS CALLED HOME.
Army Officer Hurry From Switzer
land To Join Color.
Geneva, Switzerland, via Paris.
Four Bulgarian army officers left
Geneva for home, having been recalled
by telegrams. All Bulgarian students
In Switzerland of a military age bave
received notice to be prepared to
leave Immediately.
CHURCH BELLS FOR WAR USE.
Offered Austria By Bishop Of Trlest,
Says Berlin.
Berlin, by wireless to London. Two
reiorts from separate source reach
lng here from Vienna elate that th
Bishop of Trlest ha ordered all the
superfluous church bell to be placed
at the disposal of the War Ministry.
Argentina's breweries annually pro
duce enough beer to give two and
half gallon to each resident of that
country.
GERMAN
ROUPS
S
DNIESTER
STATE CAPITAL
ROAD FUNDS BY
COUNTIES STATED
Stat Highway Department Appor
tlona Available Cash For Thorough
far Construction,
Harrlsburg. Tt State Highway
Department has completed the appor
tionment of State-aid fu'.ds among the
counties and ba determined the
amount available for State-aid high
way construction during the year
1V15 and 1916.
The important factor in the appor
tionment of the 8tateald money for
this two-year period Is that In each
county the estimated amount neces
sary for the maintenance of State-aid
highways previously constructed has
been, deducted.
State Highway Commissioner Cun
ningham and Chief Engineer Uhler
take the view that It Is folly for the
State to expend money in State-aid
construction only to aee Slate-aid
highways deteriorate from lack of
care. Consequently, the maintenance
division of the department has esti
mated the amount of money necessary
for the maintenance of previously con--Mructed
State-aid highways during
1915 and 191(1 In each county, and this
amount Is deducted from the sum
available for State-aid construction.
The following table gives the bal
ance available for State-aid construe
lion during 1915 and 1916. the amount
estimated for maintenance during 1915
and 1916, and the net balance from
which State-aid construction will be
financed during the next two years:
Balance Main-
County.
Adam ...
Allegheny
Armstrong
Beaver . .
Bedford . .
Berks ....
Blair
Bradford .
Available, tenance,
.$21,889.67 $ 3,925.17
25.875.14
600.00
..113.349.12
..117,522.83
.. 19.655.12
..125,661.19
.. 6.847.15
.. 56.184.02
21,982.95
30.607.18
18,390.00
5.600.00
19.657.40
29,815.00
23.545.74
9,575.00
Bucks'
6.751.18
Butler 27.394.75
Cambria 11.391.40
Cameron 3,011
Carbon
25,127.23
Centre
Chester
Clarion
Clearfield ....
Clinton
45,871.65
33,432.18
90,403.94
29.981.25
4,721.41
12,209.94
70,993.79
39.724.21
27,068.84
22,059.38
6,609.81
5.932.58
21,209.29
12.169.91
21.063.79
21.465.00
9.784.51
23,063.49
22,803.30
4.703.50
4,990.00
52,775.30
1.350.00
7.650.00
6.800.00
15.100.00
25.846.01
1.000.00
13,999.00
Columbia ....
Crawford
Cumberland
Dauphin
Delaware ....
Elk
Erie
Fayette
Forest
Franklin 36.208.52
Fulton 7.443.12
Greene 33.621.27
903.78
5.124.00
2.904.46
4.364.40
820.00
21.238.18
66,300.00
13,901.48
16,900.00
24.600.00
10.318.75
902.40
9.250.00
18.583.51
Huntingdon 13,885.04
Indiana 62,974.47
Jefferson
16.773.47
Juniata
8.602.40
14,857.25
1,593.90
54,026.43
14,, 18.53
" 42,132.49
43.735.54
23,062.12
1,468.47
67.734.93
Lackawanna
Lancaster ..
Lawrence ...
Lebanon ....
Lehigh
Luzerne
Lycoming . . .
McKean ....
Mercer
Mifflin 23,250.46
Monroe 62,533.44
520.00
1.529.00
34,330.00
Montgomery .... 5,804.35
Montour 4,097.00
1,444.00
Northampton 12.370.08
Northumberland . 48,640.27
14,808.04
Perry 11,355.72
Pike 6,204.80
3,638.90
19.673.48
2,510.00
Potter 13.189.76
Schuylkill 54.917.05
Snyder 8,483.84
Somerset 65.219.43
Sullivan 6.783.24
Susquehanna .... 28.146.49
Tioga 38,908.72
Union 11,191.51
Venango 12,851.63
22,534.00
1.149.60
675.00
14.488.00
19.948.60
Warren 36.817.80
Washington .... 92.480.62
250.00
48,673.56
Wayne 36,088.91
2,227.85
32,218.00
5.101.31
6.250.00
Westmoreland ... 45.018.Z4,
Wyoming 24.452.10
york 9,069.94
indicates that aproprlatlon ha
kn v,uiiuiri1 and that contracts are
outstanding requiring the Indicated
um in excess of the apportionment.
New Bridge At Butler Urged.
etoto Tiiehwav Commissioner Cun
olngham gave notice to the Borough
of Butler that, In accord with the pro
vlatnnM or a newly enacted statute,, he
t..,t notninned the State Public Serv
ice Commission to apportion uie cuv
of constructing a bridge on the Butler
and Allegheny plank road over Cono
quesslng Creek In the town of Butler.
The present bridge was condemned a
unsafe In 1914 and closed to iramc
Mate Colleoe Open School.
With more than 900 students already
onrntleri the summer session for
teachers at the Pennsylvania State
College, opened. It 1 expected the
registration will exceed 1,000 before
th ftpHslon Is well started. This 1
h lnreest number that ha ever at
tended Tenn State's Summer School,
and surpasses last year" figure by two
hundred. A new course In agriculture
i. , nfiiir-tt.il h Prof. L. H. Dennis,
State expert in agricultural education.
Thirteen course are offered in gar
ment-making and textile.
The formal statement Isued by State)
Tre.surer Robert K. Young, drawing
the attention of official, the bank
and the public 'to what he term th
"alarming condition" of the Stat
Tresiirv. did not come unexpectedly.
Department heads who had been
annroDriatlon total with
estimated revenue had foreseen the)
threatened atrlngenoy for ome tim
and those In charge of the legislative
program had warned member of both
hefnre adjournment that
the defeat of revenue ralBer would
result In a financial embarrassment
STATE NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD
atest Doings In Various Parti
of the State.
PREPAREDFORQUICKREADING
Scranton Armory I Damaged By Mini
Cave Two Killed A Pennsy Gaso
line Car Hit Auto Refute
$3,000,000 Order.
The Thlrteonth Regiment Armory,
number of nearby dwelling nous
and an unused plant of the Scranton
Heating Company were damaged bj
rave-in disturbances of mine workings
Gas mains were broken and It u
necessary to warn the occupant of i
number of houses to vacate. From
what mine working the subsidence
resulted is not yet determined. Thi
damage Is already estimated, to
armory and other buildings, at mort
than $50,000.
The Mauch Chunk Foundry 4 Iron
Works ha turned down a $3,000,004
oroVr for ahrapnell shell for the alllei,
because it l too busily engaged in tb
manufacture of machinery for coal col
lleries and other industries, besides
tending to, local work. The plant ii
especially nrenarcd for the manufac
ture of war munitions, and during th
Civil War wan kept busy night and
day for several year In the manufac
ture of shells.
When the 115 graduate of th
Allentown High School, who imme
diately after commencement went oa
trip to Washington, reached Phils.
delphla. Mis Pearl A. Ebert, daughter
of Mr. Edgar Werley, left the crowd,
aylng he would top off, having been
Invited to a wedding. Tbe new leak
ed out that ahe met Lclghton C. Pur
sell, on of Mr. Marie H. Pursell, ol
Allentown, and they wer married by
Rev. Dr. Frankland.
The Pennsylvania Railroad gasoline
car, which run between Bradford and
nionn connecting Bradford with the
Buffalo Philadelphia division of the
mad struck a Ford auto containing a
young man and an older woman, kill
ing them Instantly and mangling th
woman beyond identincauon.
For an unwarranted assault on I
patient. Edward Gemung, an attendant
at the Rlttersville Hospital, was ac
cused of assault and battery by vr.
Klopp, the superintendent, and com
mitted to the Allentown jail.
Prof. Waldemar Oroseman, one of
the leading musical instructor of th
T-ehleh Valley, died suddenly of heart
trouble, expiring while his wife wai
retting a glass of water to relieve
him.
"Th sulo hearse conveying the
body of Wilson Harter. of Nescopeci,
to the cemetery, broke down and n
was necessary to transfer the corpie
to a carriage. The cortege then pro
ceeded, s
Mrs. David Smith, of Salem Town-
shin, tore un boards of her front porch
nrl killed a large rattlesnake, which
had made known It presence by
loud rattle.
niucoverlng that she had taken
nnlsnn bv mistake. Mrs. Lydle Shealer,
of Wrlghtsvllle, ran to a physician'!
office, who administered an emetic M
she fainted. Her condition is crlticw.
lturrv Tiurnett. a voung brakenian In
the employ of the Central Railroad of
New Jersey, who had both legs ampu
tated at the State Hospital, Scranton,
a the result of an accident, died.
The Allentown Arion Society held I
Knniia In hnnnr of Its twenty-fourtl
anniversary and the nineteenth anni
versary of Prof. James Prescon,
Philadelphia, aa ita instructor.
Operation at the Sharon plant of
h r.rnoifie steel Company have been
resumed after eighteen months' Idl-
new. Five hundred men are
ployed.
After sinking for the third time l
the deen water of Tumbling Ru"
n. , .-111- Uanr MatfheWS. S
nine year-old girl, waa rescued M
Engineer Louto Kelker.
Reber Meara. Jr., while swimming I"
Fishing Creek, Bloomsburg,
rescued from drowning by his Sunda
echool teacher, Harold Moyer.
Prof. Royal B. Jenkins, supervising
principal of the White Haven echooU.
will leave for California to take up th
study of medicine.-
v 1
Trostrated by a combined sunstrox
and nervou breakdown, Rev. D. J.
e 7wlnirtl Ttefnrmed Church,
aaovvi ... 0.. .
Berwick, was found unconscious in nil
yard.
All old teachora of Lansford
re-elected, and all were given an In
crease, in alary, with the exceptM"
of two whose case oon will be con
sidered by the Sohool Board.
Chas. Oswald, one of the best knon
Civil War veteran In Pottsvllle, 41
after donning hi uniform.
Fir destroyed the tipple of
Hicks Coal Company and eurroundw
building at Appolo. Fourteen
were working in th mine when
'flame wer discovered, but all
caped. The loea wa estimate
$100,000.
tVMi TUuwM nf Tjindl' 8tor.
was following a ground hog,
1-4. It.. .a nt Tntin H. Well""
tUW IIIW UMIUUWU" w " "...
to secure a Bhortgun, but found t
seventy-three-year-old farmer d4
the floor of W home. Death.
caused by aooplexy.