THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS. McCONNELLSBURO, PA.
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AMERICANS
TORPEDOED LINER
Sinking of Arabic May 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 Survivor!
All Agree That The German
Submarine Gave No Warning.
Washington. Eight 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.
Fred Burgess, J. Kellett, Mrs. Jo
sephine L. Brugulere, Dr. Kdward
F. 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
should be In connection with the sink
ing of the Arabic, and none will be
until all the facts are at band 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
eonvoy of British warships when Bhe
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 issue
Of the case with Germany.
But the State Department does not
believe that the Arabic was under con
voy. 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
she 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
are Americans. Mrs. Josephine L.
Brugulere 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.
London. The White Star liner
Arabic, bound from Liverpool for New
York with 180 passengers, 26 of whom
were American citizens, and a crew
of 213, was torpedoed without warn
ing by a German submarine off Fast
net 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 tlrst 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 tlie water tight compart
ments useless. The scene of the tor
pedoing was about 40 miles from Old
Head off Kinsale, thi grave of the
Lusltanla.
The White Star Line issued an offi
cial statement containing 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, London
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 attacks
that Berlin would give deliberate prov
ocation to the United States Govern
ment. Official Ixmdon tonight finds it dif
ficult to conceive a motive for the at
tack. Although the Arabic has ben
In 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 ol
American securities which had been
sold 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. The
department's advices are that the de
cision lias been reached and the de
lay in making an announcement ia due
to the necessity of arranging uniform
treatment of the subject by all the
AllUi.
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
The big liner was a day out from
Liverpool when she met ber doom.
Bhe w as Just off the Irish coast, mak
ing a fair speed through a calm sea.
Practically all the passengers ara
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
oa 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 Ihelr 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.
I'nder 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 a
passengers could be crowded Into
them. The sea was calm and the men
at the oars 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
gD down.
WILSON'S NOTICE TO
GERMANY NOT HEEDED
May Force U. S. to Take
Vigorous Action.
Washington State Department offi
cials sp.y that the gravity of Germany's
act, so far as the I'nited 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 thlB 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
Lusitanla note of this Government,
that the mere presence of Americans
aboard, if these rules were violated,
would force the United States to take
vigorous action. The last Lusltanla
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 ship was
torpedoed without warning and sank
in 11 minutes. Excellent discipline
prevailed, 21 boats were lowered and
apparently all except those that were
empty were picked up by rescue ves
sels. in its last note to Germany on the
subject of neutral rights this Govern
ment summarized the principles which
It Insisted must be observed. They
were:
That the fjh seas are free; that the
character and cargo of a merchantman
must first be ascertained before she
can lawfully be seized or destroyed,
and that the lives of noncombatants
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 Vent 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 2,0u0,000 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, Inasmurh as the steamer carried
no munitions of war, the only reason
the Germans could have had 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 may have been sustained,
and. It was said, would probably Im
pose secrecy on the few who might be
in possession of the secret if there
was a secret.
NEW EXPRER8 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 class and 75 per cent, of
that Increase on second-class pack
ages up md including 99 pounds.
AT
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Will Now Aid In Forcing the
Dardanelles.
ARMY OF 50,000 READY
Germany Alone Of the Austro-Gen-man-Turkish
Alliance Is Not Open
ly At War With Italy, Though 8uch
a Declaration It 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
bassHdor has left Constantinople. This
announcement Is made In a Reuter
telegram from Constantinople via Ber
lin and Amsterdam.
Marquis dl Garronl, Italian ambas
sador to Turkey, handed to the Porte
a note declaring Italy considered her
self In a state of war with Turkey and
demanded Ills 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 Home 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.
Reports were circulated in European
rapltals a fortnight ago that Italy had
concentrated an army estimated at be
tween fiO.OOO 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 Gsllipoli 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 weekB 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.
Tetroprad. The President of the
Duma announces that the Germans
lost the snperdreadnaught 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
rnrt. 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
Rica.
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, la
preparing to move from Vera Cruz to
Mexico City at once and to have his
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. 8. Monthly.
New York The United States is
now shipping war supplies to the Allies
at the rate of HB.fiOO.OOO a month, or
$186,000,000 a year, according to fig
ures made public In custom house
manifests. This total, however, does
not Include the exports 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 $225,000,
000 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 at
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 tier
machinery.
II
HEY
"DO IT
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Reports 80 Killed and Property
Loss Over $15,000,000.
U. S. ARMY CAMP DESTROYED
Ten Soldiers Perish At Texas Cy
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 600
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. The 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 52, which Includes 10
I'nited States soldiers. Eight were
killed at Morgan's Point, seven at
Hitchcock, six at Port Arthur, six at
Laporte, 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 Piled On Beach.
All the city's resort bath houses and
beach amusements have been swept
away. The Murdoch, the Breakers and
the Surf, bath hduses. 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
Pelican 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 80NINLAW 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. Visitor to this re
sort were treated to the spectacle of
a fire on the Boardwalk. The Riddle
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 aide
of the building. Several shops and
brokerage offices were destroyed.
BREAKFAST LATE; KILLS 6 ELF.
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 fara; near Winchester,
went Into the yard and committed
suicide. He fired a bullet into his
heart and died instantly. It Is thought
he was temporarily deranged.
AS
BY SEAWALL
NOW"
GERMAN U-BOAT
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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 tuoie than a year of war. The
torpedo of a submarine has at last
found the mark and the transport
Royal Edward has gone to the 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 bad on board 32 mili
tary officers and 1,350 troops in addi
tion to the ship's crew of 220 officers
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 Manltou was attacked by
a Turkish torpedo boat in the Aegean
Sea and, although the ship was not
damaged, t4 lives were lost through
the breaking of a davit as a boat
was being lowered.
The loss of the Royal Edward is
a serious one at this moment. The
men it carried were not part of n
new expedition but were reinforce
ments for the Twenty-ninth Division,
which has been on the Galllpoli
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 frCm 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 Offl
leals Affected.
Nashville, Tenn. Chancellor Alli
son cut the salaries ot 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 waa 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
la liken as an indication that thuuo
Slates are nearng a decision as to
their policy id me war.
SINKS
TRANSPOR
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 Terrifio
Force of German Siege Guns.
Berlin (via London). Official an
nouncement was made of the capture
of the Important Russian fotress of
Kovogeorgievsk, 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 Prince Leopold
is making further progress.
Field Marshal von Mackensen's left
wing drove back the enemy behind
Koteikakulva, In the section southwest
of Brest-Litovak. South of the Bug
we gained ground on the Brest-Lltovsk
line. East of Vladova our troops
reached the region of Vondlszcza In
the course of their close pursuit.
The army of General von Gallwltz
has made successful progress with its
attacks on the enemy, capturing 10
officers and 3,645 men.
The Emperor left for Novogeor-
gtevsk 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-ln-chlef, 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
hold out.
WOULDN'T MAKE MUNITIONS.
Bin) Sold Ordnance Plant To A Cor
poration That Will.
Sharon, Pa. The Drlggs-Seabury
Ordnance Corporation, recently. Incor
porated In Delaware with $4,000,000
capital stock, will take over control
of the old Drlggs-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 the manu
facture of war munitions.
TO PUSH DEFENSE MOVEMENT.
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 he 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 open 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 the
.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 llasklna,
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 RAISE8 WAGES.
All Employes of Atlantic Refining
Company To Benefit.
Franklin, Pa. An Increase in the
wages 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 plauts are
affected, the base being an advance of
1 cents an hour for laborers.
MEDAL TO GENERAL BLUE.
Get American Medicine Award For
1914.
Washington. Trustees pf the Amer
ican Medicine Gold Medal Award have
unanimously selected Surgeon General
Blue, of the Public Health Service, as
the American physician who has done
most tor humanity in the domain of
medicine during 1914. The 1914 gold
tiled 1 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.
i
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 the naval militia fleet
now maneuvering off this port and hur
ried to a hospital, where be died.
MANUFACTORIES
NO MORE EXEMPT
Btate Tax on $1,000 Property ( J
nounced In Latter Issued by
. Auditor General.
Harrlsburg. Manufacturing cottj
nles, which hitherto have bees n
empt from taxation by the State W
capital actually Invested In minutu
turlng, are being taxed on $1,000 wort
of property, yielding five mills, ft,
appraisement has been made th in
few days on statements regarding CJ
itai stock taxation, now neing work.,
out. A number of companies alreidi
have paid.
The letter Issued by the Audit.
General's department In regard to tfcJ
tax says:
"A minimum appraisement of $i,gr.
on account of capital stock tubjw
to taxation, Is made against all cm
panles, Irrespective of the chancte
of the activities or the amount
property invested In the State. Unde
the former practice the passlni of J
report without settlement, on sceout
of the entire capital stock being t
gaged In manufacturing, renderi
possible for the same to be opend
and settlement made thereon by iai
sequent Auditors General. Under Ud
present practice the settlement )J
closed, except for clerical errors, afti
a year from date of voluntary pij.
ment."
Approximately 6,300 domestic eorpr-
rations out of about 23,500 on tbeboot
of the State are engaged in manufj.
turlng, and quite a number in tit
list have been exempted from paynw
because of investment of capital i
manufacturing.
For Prevention of Avoidable Firm
State Fire Marshal Joseph L Bai'
win has issued the following list t
"Don'ts' for fire prevention:
Don't use coal oil to start a iH
fire.
Don't try to start any fire with to.
oil. It Is dangerous.
Don't polish a stove while It it hi
Don't fill an oil or gasoline iio
after dark. If you must fill thr
never do so while lighted, as the tmi
might set fire to the vapor in the i
and ignite the oil, causing an eip'
alon.
Don't leave a lamp burning wht
away from home.
Don't leave a lamp turned downlcj
It la liable to cause an explosion.
Don't use swinging lamps near i
open window.
Don't use any but safety matchei
Don't permit gasoline, benzine t
naphtha to be kept in the home.
Don't wash clothing or other i
tides in gasoline, benzine or naphtt
In the house.
Don't throw gasoline, benzine N
naphtha in the sink or cesspools.
Don't throw water on flames caui
by burning gasoline, benzine, w,
tha or coal oil, as it spreads the flamfi
Smother it with a rug. quilt or be
clothing.
Don't clean beds with inflammit'i
liquids.
Don't light a match when looking!
leaking gas.
v Don't put ashes In wooden boiei 1
barrels. Use metal cans.
Don't throw hot tishes again
fences or buildings.
Don't fall to burn all rubbish. Wau
It, and be sure the fire Is out beft
you leave it.
Don't burn rubbish near fencei '4
buildings.
Don't permit rubbish, paper or greajJ
rags t accumulate.
Forty Vinegar Proseeutloni.
. Sampling of the State's vlneti'
which was made by purchases of !'
bottles in practically all of the ecti
ties o fthe State, has resulted In for
prosecutions.
To Start Two Steelton Furnactt
The Pennsylvania Steel Compt
has Btarted No. 4 blast furnace H
Steelton and is preparing another M
early starting.
Reading Officials at' Capital.
Mayor Ira W. Stratton, Councils"
and officials of Reading will be F"'
of Harrlsburg Council for an InsP"
tion of the public Improvements tw
in the last two years. Thlrty-W
men will be In the party.
Tariff In Transporting "Slaj."
The National Tube Company,
MeKeesport instituted a complaint H
fore the Public Service Commit0
against the Baltimore & Ohio. Er
Pennsylvania and other railroad rJ
pnnles, requesting the commlsslo"
set aside as unlawful the Joint tar
of twenty cents a ton for the transP1'
tatlon of "sine" from Its furnaces. V
complainant alleges that this slag M
been used by the railroads In main
nance and construction work and
the expense "of hauling I mre ""
offset by the value of the materia
To Cut Down Phone Call.
Heads of departments of the t
government have been asked to
economical in the way they P"
money -for telegrams and telep110'
messages,. Superintendent Hanibo, "
the Department of Public Bull0
and Grounds, sent a letter to vsrln
chiefs calling attention to the re'
appropriation and the Governor! j
sire to hold down expenses. I' J
mipffpfitefl thnt tntpprftms be &en ..I
ctT
stead of expensive long distance
Manv Women Loss Pension-
According to estimates msuo
Krni. ,v,. iniiin, r.nneral' 1
. nt Of "
I'nruueiu, auoui wu yvi v
women now receiving pensions
.. vui. .1 mi ii , v ...... n ,
.... i th.m throw
ine aci oi laia win iob mi
the wording of the amendment of j
This smrndment restricted Jsl J
to widows and women whose busb 'J
are Insane. About 880 women r
the pension list and the country w
will be required to. drop thos
within the two classes.
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