1 THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS. McCONNELLSBURQ, PA. 26 AMERICANS ON TORPEDOED LINER SInklngof ArablcMay Determine Relations With Germany. NO WARNING WAS GIVEN Eight American Citizens Be lieved to Be Lost. Millions In American Securities Went Down With The Arable Survivors All Agree That The German Submarine Gave No Warning. Washington. tight names appear en the State Department's list of American passengers not found among survivors of the lost White Star liner Arabic. A dispatch from the consul at Queenstown, relayed by Ambassador Page, at London, gives the list: Mrs. F. T. Moore, Mr. and Mrs. Kred Burgess, J. Kellett, Mrs. Jo sephine L. llrugulere, Dr. Edward V. Woods, James Houlihan and Thomas Ellnore. No decision has been reached by President Wilson and his advisers as to what the course of the government ihould be In connection with the sink ing of the Arabic, and none will be until all the facts are at hand and sufficient time has been given for their thorough consideration. One of the main points to be determined Is whether the Arabic was under the convoy of British warships when she was torpedoed. If she was being con voyed the German submarine was within its rights In sinking her with out warning. And this government would not be entitled to make an irsue Cf the case with Germany. But the State Department does not believe that the Arabic was under con toy. This belief is based on state ments of survivors that they were In small boats of the liner four and a half hours before they were picked up by steamers sent to their relief. According to the view of officials of the department, the boats of the Arabic would have been picked up by the con voying vessels long before the expira tion of that length of time if the Arabic had been under convoy when ehe was torpedoed. Several of the American survivors were Injured. The White Star Line officials In New York figured 14 passengers in all miss ing or lost, and according to their checking of the list only two of these re Americans. Mrs. Josephine L. Bruguiere and Dr. Edmund Woods. The American Consul at Queens town, Lewis C. Thompson, is supply ing the American survivors with all necessities. He has provided for them documents which will enable them to travel without being inconvenienced by military regulations. The attitude of the American gov ernment for the moment is receptive, anxiously awaiting accurate details and reserving Judgment as to whether the action was "deliberately unfriend ly." The final decision rests with President Wilson. I-ondon. The White Star liner Arabic, bound from Liverpool for New York with 180 passengers, 26 of whom were American citizens, and a crew of 243, was torpedoed without warn ing by a German submarine off Fast oet Light and sank within 11 minutes. Three hundred and ninety-one sur vivors have been landed at Queens town and other ports. The remaining 32 are believed to have been lost. Not more than six of them, it is reported, were passengers. It has not yet been determined whether any American lives were lost. In the first official lists of survivors compiled the names of 10 Americans known to have been aboard as pas sengers fail to appear. Great Hole Torn In Ship. The torpedo struck the liner on the starboard side, about 100 feet from the stern. It tore a great gap in the ship's side, making the water-tight compart ments useless. The scene of the tor pedoing was about 40 miles from Old Head off Kinsale, the grave of tbe Lusltanla. The White Star Line Issued an offi cial statement oontainlng the state ment of Captain Finch of the Arabic, In which he asserts that the liner was torpedoed without warning. In view of the fact that the vessel was westbound, and that she carried neither guns nor ammunition, Ixmdon received with stupefaction the news of the attack. It was hardly believed possible here, considering the tension between the I'nited States and Ger many over previous submarine attarks that Iierlin would give deliberate prov ocation to the I'nited States Govern ment. Ofliclnl London tonight finds it dif ficult to conceive a motive for the at tack. Although the Arabic has been Jn the arms-carrying trade since the beginning of the war she had unload ed the cargo of war supplies and was bound for New York with a general cargo of merchandize. Reports are prevalent that the ves sel carried a large consignment ot American securities which had been eold by English investors against de livery In New York. The amount ol these securities Is not known, but re- BAN TO GO ON COTTON. State Department Learns Allies Will Make It Contraband. Washington. The Allies' Intention to declare cotton contraband has been communicated unofficially but author itatively to the State Department. Tbe department's advices are that the de cision lias been reached and the de lay in making an announcement is due to tbe necessity of arranging uniform treatment of the subject by all the .Allies. ports set It at from $500,000 to sev eral millions. There are also reports that the Arabic carried a consignment of gold, but this Is not credited. Passengers' Chairs Upset Tbe big liner was a day out from Liverpool when she met her doom. She was Just off the Irish coast, mak ing a fair speed through a calm sea. Practically all the passengers are reported to have been on the wide, roomy decks which made the Arabic a favorite in the trans-Atlantic serv ice. Suddenly, according to stories told by survivors brought Into Queenstown on warships, a terrific shock threw the vessel far to port, spilling pas sengers from the chairs, throwing those standing to the deck. A terrific explosion told more plainly than words what had happened to the Arabic. After the first momentary excite ment there was no panic. Passengers below hastily made their way to deck, buckling on life belts. Stewards worked rapidly, assisting the passen gers to don the cork preservers, and the seamen of the crew, who had been put through lifeboat drills daily, hasti ly and smoothly manned the boats. Vnder the direction of Captain Finch and the ship's officers, the survivors were hastily put into the boats, which were cut free and launched as fast as passengers could be crowded into them. The sea was calm and the men at the oats pulled away fast from the rapidly listing steamer. Eleven boats In all are reported to have been launched. Excitement gripped a few-, and some of these leaped Into the sea, according to the stories of survivors. The few casualties among passengers were suf fered from this cause, It is believed. The Arabic sank within 11 minutes, four less than It took the Lusltanla to g3 down. WILSON'S NOTICE TO GERMANY NOT HEEDED Kay Force U. S. to Vigorous Action. Take Washington State Department offi cials say that the gravity of Germany's act, eo far as the United States Is concerned, cannot be determined until it Is known definitely whether there were Americans on board, and whether the submarine, before making the at tack, called upon the vessel to stop. It would be intensified, of course, if there were loss of American lives. May Be Germany's Reply. Not an official In Washington willing to give his private views on the sub ject doubts that If any American lives were lost by reason of the submarine's failure to observe the accepted rules of naval warfare, for which this Gov ernment has contended, the affair will lead to serious consequences, the least of which would be a severance of dip lomatic relations. Many contend, In view of the language used In the last I.usitanla note of this Government, that the mere presence of Americans aboard, if these rules were violated, would force the United St.Ues to take vigorous action. The last Lusltania note has never been replied to by the German Foreign Office diplomatically. Not a few among the officials of this Government fear that the attack on the Arabic Is Intended as Germany's reply. 16 Americans Known Saved. Vice-Consul Thompson at Queens town cabled the State Department the names of 16 American survivors of the Arabic. The Vice-Consul's message said: "According to survivors the hip was torpedoed without warning and sank in 11 minutes. Excellent discipline prevailed, 21 boats were liwered and apparently all except those that were empty were picked up by rescue ves sels. In Its last note to Gemiany on the subject of neutral rights tins Govern ment summarized the principles which it insisted must be observed. They were: That the I4h seas are free; that the chararter and cargo of a merchantman must first be ascertained before she can lawfully be seized or destroyed, and that the lives of nonconibatants may, In no case be put In Jeopardy unless the vessel resists or seeks to escape after being summoned to sub mit to examination. GOLD LOST WITH ARABIC? Wall Street Thinks Probably $3,000,. 000 Went Down. New York In Wall street there was a pronounced opinion that the Arabic carried a shipment of gold, perhaps not a very large shipment, probably not more than 2.0n0,000 or $3,000, 000. in addition to a considerable quan tity of American railroad securities. It was the presence of the gold, ac cording to some bankers, which prompted the Germans to torpedo the White Star liner. The argument they followed In developing this theory was that, Inasmuch as the steamer carried no munitions of war, the only reason the Germans could have hud for de stroying her was that she might be carrying specie. It was freely ad mitted, however, that this would never be established. The British Govern ment was expected to make good any loss which mny have been sustained, and. It was said, would probably Im pose secrecy on the few who might be in possession of tbe secret if there was a secret. NEW EXPRES8 RATES ALLOWED. West Virginia Commission Permits Higher Schedules. Charleston, W. Va. The Public Service Commission Issued an order permitting all express companies In West Virginia to file new schedules providing for an increase In rates of from 1 to 5 cents on small packages of the first claBS and 76 per cent, of that increase on second-class pack ages up md Including 99 pounds. AT I Will Now Aid In Forcing the Dardanelles. ARMY OF 50,000 READY Germany Alone Of the Austro-Gerw man-Turkish Alliance Is Not Open ly At Wr With Italy, Though Such a Declaration Is Considered Prob ableItaly Blames Her Action On the Support Given By Turkey To Revolt In Libya and Prevention Of the Departure Of the Italians. London. Italy has declared war against Turkey and the Italian am bassador has left Constantinople. This announcement Is made In a Reuter telegram from Constantinople via Ber lin and Amsterdam. Marquis di Garronl, Italian ambas sador to Turkey, hnnded to the Porte a note declaring Italy considered her self In a state of w ar with Turkey and demanded nls passports. The reasons given In the note for Italy's declaration of war were the support given by Turkey to the re volt In IJbya and the prevention of the departure of Italian residents from Syria. Ostensibly Italy's reason for declar ing war on Turkey was the fact that Turkish authorities refused to permit Italian reservists In Ottoman territory to return to their native country to take up arms against Austria, Tur key's ally. The Koine newspapers also charged that the Turks were plot ting to regain Tripoli, annexed by Italy following the Turko-Itallan war of 1912. It was also charged that Italian subjects In Turkey have been mistreated since Italy's declaration of war against Austria three months ago. Heports were circulated In European capitals a fortnight ago that Italy had concentrated an army estimated at be tween 150,000 and 150,000, which was to be sent to the Dardanelles to co operate with the allied troops In the attempt to force a way to Constanti nople. Later reports said a fleet of transports was concentrated near the Italian naval base of Taranto ready to convoy the transports to Gailipoll the moment the declaration of war was flashed from Rome. Germany alone of the Austro-Ger-man-Turkish alliance is not openly at war with Italy, though such a declara tion is considered probable. The Ber lin newspapers several weeks ago de clared Italy was planning to declare war on Turkey and that Italian news papers were paving the way by print ing stories of alleged Turkish outrages against Italians. Berlin, however, took the news calmly, taking the view that if Italy sent an army to the Dardanelles and found It necessary to send troops Into Tripoli her frontier forces would be so weakened that she could not wage a successful campaign against Austria. 11 GERMAN WARSHIPS SUNK. Dreadnaught, Three Cruisers and Seven Torpedo Boats. Petroprad. The President of the Duma announces that the Germans lost the superdreadnatight Moltke, three cruisers and seven torpedo boats In the battle of the Gulf of Riga. The Germans tried to make a land ing near Pernau Bay. Four enormous barques crammed with soldiers took part. They were repulsed by Rus sian troops without the co-operation of the artillery. The Germans were exterminated and the barques cap tured. An official announcement states that the German fleet has left the Gulf of Riga. The announcement adds that Rus sian destroyers in the Black Sea have sunk over 100 Turkish boats. TO INSIST UPON RECOGNITION. Carranza Will Remove To Mexico City Before Answering Note. Washington. General Carranza, Is preparing to move from Vera Cruz to Mexico City at once and to have bis government established In the old cap ital by the time bis response to the Pan-American peace appeal reaches Washington this week. According to all Information reach ing here, Carranza, In replying to Sec retary Lansing and the Latin-American diplomats who offered to aid In restoring order In Mexico, will reject the peace conference proposal and urge recognition of his government as the surest guaranty of peace. WAR SHIPMENTS GROWING. Allies Getting $15,500,000 Of Supplies From U. S. Monthly. New York The United States la now shipping war supplies to the Allies at the rate of $16,500,000 a month, or $1 $6,000,000 a year, according to fig ores made public in custom house manifests. This total, however, does not Include the eiports by rail via Canada to England and Russia. It Is Intimated that these American muni tions of war amount to enough to bring the grand total of exports to $226,000, OC'O a year. KEPT UNDER WATER 70 HOURS. Italian Submarine Reaches Port With Tale Of Suffering. Milan, Italy. The Italian submarine Nereid, which the Austrlans asserted they had sunk, has arrived safely al a port In the Adriatic, having escaped from the Austrian warships. Her crew suffered a nerve-racking ordeal through the fact that the Nereid was compelled to remain under water for 70 hours because of an accident to her machinery. I L W W URKEY "DO IT ttupy right.; E Reports 80 Killed and Property Loss Over $15,000,000. U. S. ARMY CAMP DESTROYED Ten Soldiers Perish At Texas CKy Camp Entire Gulf Coast Devas tated, Many Towns Being Wiped Out. Houston, Texas. The loss of life In the storms which struck the Texas coast haB reached 189 and the prop erty loss Is estimated at $35,000,000. The story of the disaster was aug mented when a Houston newspaper man reached this city bearing the first details of the destruction of life and property In Galveston. He went and returned by steamer. Property Loss $15,000,0000. The property loss In Galveston will total $15,000,000, which includes 500 buildings, 1,000 feet of the great sea wall and the practical destruction of the $4,000,000 causeway, which was completed three years ago. Tbe loss of grain elevators and contents In Galveston amounts to $1,500,000. The known loss of life in Galveston stands at 80. fifty-five having been lost when the barge Houston sank in Houston Bay, to which crowds had fled for safety. Fourteen others were lost In attempts to reach the Tremont Ho tel and the rest were lost In various parts of the town. Twenty-five were lost at Virginia Point Texas City re ports a loss of 62, which Includes 10 United States soldiers. Eight were killed at Morgan's Point, seven at Hitchcock, six at Port Arthur, bIx at Iaporte, three at Sea Brook, two In Houston's suburbs. Included In the total property loss Is the ruination of the South and Central Texas crops. Fifty per cent, of them were destroyed and It means at jeast $10,000,000 to the farmers. Transport Plied On Beach. All the city's resort bath house's and beach amusements have been swept way. The Murdoch, the Breakers and the Surf, bath houses, each of which was a commodious frame structure, were demolished and heaped upon the boulevard In debris. Huddled near the beach boulevard, from Twenty-first street to Twenty sixth street, was a row of small shops, booths, dancing pavilions, restaurants and hotels. These are reported to have been destroyed. To the west and to the east of this section were summer cottages skirting the boulevard, all of which are said to have been total losses. The loss to the city port facilities has been enormous and all kinds of craft have suffered. The United States transport McClellan Is high aground on Pelicnn Island, an artificial spot north of Galveston just across the ship channel. Many vessels have been cap sized and several are reported as de stroyed. BRYAN'S SON-IN-LAW AT FRONT. "Mentioned In Orders? For Gallantry At Dardanelles. Washington. Information reached Washington that Capt. R. E. Owen, British Royal Engineers, son-in-law of William Jennings Bryan, had been "mentioned In orders" by . Sir Ian Hamilton, British commander at the Dardanelles, for distinguished gal lantry In action. BOARDWALK CROWD SEES FIRE. Riddle Block And Offices In Atlan tic City Burned. Atlantic City. Visitors to this re sort were treated to the spectac'.e of a fire on the Boardwalk. The Ridi'.le block, a frame structure, between North Carolina and Pennsylvania ave nues, was burned, the flames having started in the kitchen of the Quaker Inn, on the Pennsylvania avenue side of tbe building. Several shop and brokerage offices were destroyed. BREAKFAST LATE; KILL8 SELF. Virginia Farmer Fires Revolver Bullet Into Brain,, Winchester, Va. Because his house keeper failed to have breakfast ready when he came downstairs, Gordon F. Hardy, 35 years old and unmarried, living on a farm near Winchester, went Into the yard and committed suicide. He fired a bullet into his heart and died instantly. It Is thought be was temporarily deranged. IS E BY SEAWALL . i NOW" UN- U-BOAT First British Troop Ship Lost Since War Began. 1,000 SOLDIERS ON BOARD Over 700,000 Soldiers Taken To France Without Any Losses Transports Escorted By Warships. London The British ' Admiralty's record of transporting great numbers of troops to the various fighting zones without the loss of life, so far as re ported officially has been broken aft er more than a year of war. The torpedo of a submarine has at last found the mark and the transport Royal Edward baa gone to tbe bot tom In the Aegean Sea with a loss of life which may reach 1,000. The Admiralty announcement shows that the Royal Edward was engaged in transporting troops to the Dardanelles front, where Australians and New Zea landers have been largely employed. The transport had on board 32 mili tary officers and 1,350 troop In addl-J tlon to tbe ship's crew of 220 ofllcers and men. The troops consisted main ly of reinforcements for the Twenty ninth Division and details of the Royal Army Medical Corps. On two previous occasions trans ports have been attacked. The Way farer was torpedoed by a submarine in the Irish Sea, but the vessel was not sunk and only five lives were lost. The Manitou was attacked by a Turkish torpedo boat In the Aegean Sea and, although the ship was not damaged, 64 lives were lost through the breaking of a davit as a boat was being lowered. The loss ot the Royal Edward is a serious one at this moment. The men it carried were not part of a new expedition but were reinforce ments for the Twenty-ninth Division, which has been on the Gailipoll peninsula since the first landing and which received such high praise from Gen. Ian Hamilton in his report on the initial and subsequent operations. The news came as a shock to the British public, who believed the sub marine menace In the Aegean had been dealt with successfully. This Is the first occasion since the sink ing of the battleship Majestic on May 27 that the German submarines which made the long trip to the Dardanelles have scored a success. DIVED INTO EMPTY TANK. Cornell Sophomore Dead Of A Broken Neck. Utica, N. Y. Donald Crawford, of Laporte, Ind., aged 21 years, a sopho more at Cornell University, died at a hospital here frotn a broken neck. Crawford dived headlong In the dark Saturday night to the cement bottom of a swimming tank which had been drained for cleaning. STATE'S "GREATEST CITIZEN." J. J. Hill Selected By Special Mln. nesota Commission. St. Paul, Minn. James J. Hill, of St. Paul, capitalist and railroad build er, was notified of his selection by Governor Hammond's special commis sion as "Minnesota's greatest living citizen," to represent this State in the Panama-Pacific Exposition Hall of Fame. CITY SALARIES CUT A FOURTH. Mayor And All Other Nashville Off! Icals Affected. Nashville, Tenn. Chancellor Alii son cut the salaries of all city officials and employes from the Mayor down. 25 per cent, and authorized a munici pal loan of $167,000 for current ex penses. Chancellor Allison's action Is a consequence of the so-called City Hall scandal in which charges of fi nancial Irregularities were made and a receiver was asked for Nashville. BALKANS MAKING READY. Rumania, Bulgaria And Greece Are Preparing For War. Rome, via Paris. Reports received by the Italian Government from Ru mania, Bulgaria and Greece show that military preparations in those coun tries are being carried on with Intense activity. In some quarters here this is taken as an indication that these Slates are nearng a decision as to their policy in the war. GE SIS TRANSPORT LAST BULWARK III POLAND FALLS Germans Capture Fortress With Over 85,000 Men. MORE THAN 700 GUNS TAKEN Emperor William Leaves for the Front To Personally Thank Gen. von Beseler and His Men Terrlfio Force of German Siege Guns. Berlin (via London). Official an nouncement was made of the capture of the Important Russian fotress of Novogeorglevsk, with more than 85, OuO men. The complete garrison con sisted of six generals and 85.000 men. Of these more than 20,000 were cap tured in the final battle. The number of cannon recently captured has been Increased more than 700. The quan tity of other war materials cannot yet be estimated. The army group of Frince Leopold Is making further progress. Field Marshal von Mackensen'a left wing drove back the enemy behind Koterkakulva, In the section southwest of Brest-Litovsk. South of the Bug we gained ground on the Brest-Litovsk line. East of Vladova our troops reached the region of Vondlszcza In the course of their close pursuit. The army of General von Gallwltx has made successful progress with Its attacks on the enemy, capturing 10 ofllcers and 3.645 men. The Emperor left for Novogeor glevsk in order to give the thanks of himself and the fatherland to the lead er of the attack, General von Beseler, and his troops. The capture of Novogeorglevsk had been foreseen since the fall of War saw. When the general Russian re treat was made from the Warsaw salient, Grand Duke Nicholas, the Rus sian command-in-chief, elected to leave a garrison in the fortress rather than evacute this position, as It was recog nized that the only question was how long the defenders would be able to bold out. WOULDN'T MAKE MUNITIONS. Bin) Sold Ordnance Plant To A Cor poration That Wilt. Khsron. Ta Tbe Driggs-Seabury Ordnance Corporation, recently. Incor porated in Delaware with $4,000,000 capital stock, will take over control nf the old Driggs-Seabury Ordnance Company, of Sharon, on September 1, according to a statement issued by John Stevenson. Jr.. founder and pres ident of the latter company. Mr. Stevenson is a noted peace advocate and for this reason the Sharon cor poration refused to accept contracts from European nations for tbe manu facture of war munitions. TO PUSH DEFENSE MOVEMENT. i Society Will Establish Military Ex hibits Everywhere. New York. The trustees of the American Defense Society announced that they will immediately undertake to establish a military exhibit In every city, town and village in the United States for the purpose of creatng pub lic sentiment for Congressional action for "an adequate army and navy." "The society addressed a letter to every chamber of commerce and board of trade in the country," said the an nouncement, "Inviting them, as repre sentatives of the society, to op?n mili tary exhibits forthwith." FIVE KILLED IN POWDER PLANT. Only Workmen In Gelatine House Blown To Pieces. Emporium, Pa. Five men were killed and the gelatine house of tbe Etna Explosive Company's plant, at Grove Run, near here, was blown to pieces by an explosion. Two other buildings were badly damaged; and the entire country side shaken. The men Joseph Strayer, Fred Haskina, Emery Hasklns, Ossle Miller and Michael Campbell were the only em ployes In the building when the explo sion occurred, and officials said the cause would probably never be known, The company has been engaged in filling war orders, it was stated. OIL CONCERN RAISES WAGES. All Employes of Atlantic Refining Company To Benefit. Franklin, Pa. An increase In the ages of all employes of the Atlantic Refining Company, once a subsidiary of the Standard Oil Company, was announced. Employes at the Franklin, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia plants are affected, the bane being an advance of 1 cents an hour for laborers. MEDAL TO GENERAL BLUE. Cet American Medicine Award For 1914. Washington. Trustees pf the Amer ican Medicine Gold Mednl Award have unanimously selected Surgeon General Blue, of the Public Health Service, as the American physician who has done most for humanity In the domain of medicine during 1914. The 1914 gold medal has been awarded to him for his work in national health and sanita tion. NAVAL MILITIA AVIATOR DEAD. Donald Gregory, Of Ann Arbor, Mich, Falls 300 Feet. Erie, Pa. Donald Gregory, aged 24 years, of Ann Arbor, Mich., an aviator on board the United States naval militia ship Essex, of Toledo, was fa tally Injured when he fell 300 feet dur ing a flight. Gregory was picked up by officers of tbe naval militia fleet now maneuvering off this port and hur tled to a hospital, where be died. MANUFACTORIES NO MORE EXEMPT State Tax on $1,000 Property li jj nounced In Letter Issued by . Auditor General. Harrlsburg. Manufacturing coratt Dies, wnicn nitnerto nave been , b n, .. fw.wn UviHaii fcw Vi n a.... capital actually invested in manuf., turlng, are being taxed on $1,000 wont of property, yielding five mills, xi, appraisement has been made the Ui few days on statements regarding ti Itai stock taxation, now being work out A number of companies alre. have paid. The letter Issued by the AudlUi General's department in regard to tlJ tax says: "A minimum appraisement of Jljy on account of capital stock sub): to taxation, Is made against all toe panles, Irrespective of the charici. of the activities or the amount c property Invested in the 8tate. Unj, tbe former practice the passing ot , report without settlement, on accost of the entire capital stock being gaged In manufacturing, renden ,i possible for the same to be opem; and settlement made thereon by m sequent Auditors General. Under ttJ present practice the settlement i closed, except for clerical errors, afc a year from date of voluntary pi; ment." Approximately 6,300 domestic cony rations out of about 23,500 on thebooii of the State are engaged In manufjt turlng, and quite a number In tt.i list have been exempted from pajrm: because of Investment of capital i: manufacturing. For Prevention of Avoidable Flnt State Fire Marshal Joseph L. Bi!' win has Issued the following Hit i "Don'ts" for fire prevention: Don't use coal oil to start a iM fire. Don't try to start any fire with to. oil. It Is dangerous. Don't polish a stove while It U b Don't fill an oil or gasoline ito after dark. If you must fill thr never do so while lighted, as the tid might set fire to the vapor In the i and Ignite the oil, causing an fit' slon. Don't leave a lamp burning whe away from home. Don't leave a lamp turned dowolcn It Is liable to cause an explosion. Don't use swinging lamps near ij open window. Don't use any but safety matchH Don't permit gasoline, bemlnt ti naphtha to be kept In the house. Don't wash clothing or other i tides In gasoline, benzine or napbtt in the house. Don't throw gasoline, benzine h naphtha In the sink or cesspools. Don't throw water on flames caue by burning gasoline, benzine, ni; tha or coal oil. as it spreads the flamti Smother It with a rug, quilt or b: clothing. Don't clean beds with Inflammat liquids. Don't light a match when looking!: leaking gas. x Don't put ashes In wooden boiei c barrels. Use metal cans. Don't throw hot ashes agab1 fences or buildings. Don't fall to burn all rubbish. Wau It, and be sure the fire Is out befc you leave it. Don't burn rubbish near fencta q buildings. Don't permit rubbish, paper or grtwl rags to accumulate. Forty Vinegar Prosecutions. Sampling of the State's vuw which was made by purchases of !' bottles In practically all of the toci ties o fthe State, has resulted In fot prosecutions. To Start Two Steelton FurnaeM- The Pennsylvania Steel Corapr has started No. 4 blast furnace Steelton and is preparing another ft early starting. Reading Officials at Capital. Mayor Ira W. Stratton, Councils and officials of Reading will be gti of Harrlsburg Council for an InsH tlon of the public Improvements ' in the last two years. Tblrty-uV men will be In the party. Tariff In Transporting "Slag." The National Tube Company, I.leKeesport instituted a complaint H fore the Public Service CommW against the Baltimore & Ohio, Er Pennsylvania and other railroad " panics, requesting the commission set aside as unlawful the Joint tar of twenty cents a ton for the transr tatlon of "Bine" from Its furnaces, i complainant alleges that this slag b3' been used by the railroads In ma"1 nance and construction work and " tl.o ovnaneo nP hoiillnn tllUM ft5! offset by the value of the material To Cut Down Phone Call Heads of departments of th S"' government have been asked to H economical In the way they l money -for telegrams and teleP00' message. Superintendent Ham00, the Department of Public Bulk""; and Grounds, sent a letter to chiefs calling attention to the reduM appropriation and the Governor! sire to bold down expenses. M nriroato.l that telnr-rann be SB' ' tead of expensive long distance Many Women Lose Pension!. ficfals of the Auditor General! lai 1 1 ii l, nuuui ten 1 - woman tinw rpplvlniT nenslonS ' the Act of 1913 will lose them tnroj tin, nf ih t...,onrtmpnt Ol 11 This amendment restricted Pens to widows and women whose si' arc Insane. About 880 women J , the pension list and the country will be required to drop ths within the two classes.
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