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DID SOMEBODY CALL ME?
6IVEII GARRANZA
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FIBS! DISAVOW
Recognition Certain If He Over
comes Villa Army.
U. S. Consul Reports Many Ex
plosions Occurred on Ship.
United States Position Impress
ed on Bernstorff.
The Latest Gleanings From All
Over the State.
New State Board Will Consider w0l
men's System 8oon Nam
Referees Early,
Wlil
GERMAN
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THE S
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HAS GROWN IN FAVOR
Picked Ai the Man To Restore Peace.
Pan-American Power Are
Ready To Back Him
Him In Mexico.
VILLA FACTION THREATENS
New York. The flat state
ment tliut rebellion would fol
low any action by the Pan
Amerlcnn powers to recognize
the Carranza Government was
made by Francesco Vrquidi,
Consul General for Villa.
"Such action would mean the
strengthening of the forces of
General Villa," said Senor
Vrquidi. "It would Immediate
ly be followed by a revolution
against Carranza so strong that
the recognized Government's
position would be untenable."
Washington. After nearly five
years of revolution, three administra
tions of Provisional Presidents, two
years of "watchful waiting," measure
less suffering, property loss, stagna
tion and national demoralization,
peace In Mexico now seems possible.
And If It comes, as promised, by
the recognition of Carranza, It will
come without American interference,
without the sacrifice of unnecessary
lives of American soldiers, and with
out any yielding on the part of the
Tuft and Wilson administrations to
the Incessant clamor for forcible inter
vention. Main Hope In Carranza.
It is true, of course, that Carranza
has not yet been recognized. He has
not yet given evidence of complete
domination of the republic. He has
not yet conquered the opposing fac
tionalists and has not yet set himself
up in Mexico City.
Hut he has proceeded far toward
those ends. He is in absolute control
of four fifths of the country. He holds
every important seaport on both
roasts. His army haw occupied Mex
ico City and done much to relieve
the suffering there. He has driven
Zapata into the mountains of the
southern provinces and has pursued
Villa to the American border. Jle has
set up a sort of constitutional gov
ernment in the territory which his
armies command.
Moreover, the Constitutionalist
cause in Mexico seems to represent
r.bout all that is civilized in the re
public. It has attracted to its stand
ard many of the most patriotic people
there, and if there is any hope of en
lightened self-government in any ele
ment in the country, that hope seems
just now to centre in .'arranza and his
following.
Must Prove Ability.
Whether or not Carranza will he
formally recognize! by this Govern
ment and the governments of Latin
America will not be determined, how
ever, until he has satisfied his neigh
bors that he is able to dominate the
entire country, to secure the rights of
foreigners, to meet honestly and fairly
the claims that have piled up against
his country, and to offer his suffering
people some definite guarantees for
the future. i
If within the next three weeks Car
ranza's arms triumph over Villa, if
the assurances which the neighboring
governments require are given; if
pence and order Hre restored, or even
approach restoration, and if Carranza
shows himself to be a statesman as
well as a soldier, it seems now that lie
will be recognized and will be given
friendly support In resurrecting his
country.
HAS 6 TOES ON ONE FOOT.
Daughter Born To Waynesboro Coj
ple Has Odd Feet.
Waynesboro, Pa There was born
Tuesday night In Waynesboro a child
with six toes on fine foot, all perfect
ly formed. The child is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Mc Dowell The
six toes are on the left foot. There
are two toes in place of the usual
small toe. Both are perfectly formed,
not of the usual size. They move In
dependently of each other. Together
they are not larger than the small toe
on the right foot. The left foot Is
the same size as the right foot. The
child weighs six and one-half pounds.
CHEAPER TO MAKE TORPEDOES.
They Have 12,000 Yard Range and
Speed Of 28 Knots.
Newport. K. I. The I'nited States
Navy is now being supplied with a
21-lnrh turbine torpedo made at the
torpedo station here which has 12,000
yards range with a speed of nearly 28
knots. They are being made cheaper
than this Government ever was able
to . purchase them for abroad by at
least 11,000 each.
LOST DIAMOND FROM BOAT. .
And O. H. Grubb's Watch Was Ruined
By the Upset.
Hagerstown, Md. It was an unlucky
day for O. H. Grubbs, Norfolk and
Western Hallway telegraph operator
of Shephardstown, W. Va., when he
went boating in the Totomac river
with two small boys, for he lost a
200 diamond ring when their skiff
upset and a valuable gold watch was
ruined.
TOLD IN SHORT PARAGRAPHS
Youth Swings On Rope Into Creek and
Drowns Child's Warning Cough
Saves Family In Fire Man
Killed Under Train.
While his eighteen-year-old brother
stood on the bank of Crura Creek
watching him, James Smith, aged
fourteen years, of I'pper Providence,
near Media, lost his life in the stream.
The drowned boy, his brother Joseph,
Koy Cheyne and Charing Gordon, went
to the creek to swim. James could
not swim, but he swung on a rope into
midstream and dropped Into the deep
est part of the stream. Ho never
came to the surface. Cheyne and Gor
don dived Into the stream to save
their companion's life. Joseph, the
brother of the drowned boy, stood on
the bank, but because he would not
swim he was unable to lend assist
ance. The body was recovered by
Cheyne and Gordon.
First steps towards the revocation of
the monopoly of lighting Reading were
taken there when an ordinance was
Introduced In city council authorizing
the forfeiture of the Metropolitan Elec
tric Light Company's franchise to
erect street conduits aggregating $1,
000,000. The franchise was granted in
1911, and but sixty per cent, of the
conduits were completed. The forfei
ture of the franchise would mean a
loss of millions of dollars to the com
pany hs It virtually gives it a monopoly
to light Heading perpetually.
Mrs. Milton M. Buss and Mrs. James
Watters live adjoining each other in
Siiuth Bethlehem. In coming down
a pair of steps Mis. Milton Buss made
a mis-step and in the fall fractured a
forearm. Precisely at the same time
..irs. Walters fell down the cellar steps
and probably fractured an ankle.
In a fit of despondency due to op-thirty-seven,
of Berwick, and a pros
perous farmer, committed suicide by
hanging himself with a strap. When
rut down, signs of life remained and
physicians apparently had him out of
danger, when ho was seized with con
vulsions and died.
Walking in her bare feet through a
field near her home Theresa Kckered,
eleven, of Xantlcoke, was bitten by a
snake and physicians who are attend
ing the child report that her condition
Is critical. The girl's left leg is
swollen to twice its natural size.
The coughing of a child saved Mrs.
Harry McCoy and her four children
from being burned to death In the fire
which destroyed their home at Newry.
She cot out of bed to investigate, and
find the second-story aflame, with
bare'y time to get the family out.
Thomns Patrick, thirty-eight years
old. while attempting to Jump a fast
freight near the Lehigh Valley depot,
fell under the wheels and was killed.
Scores of passnnsers witnessed the ac
cident. Women fainted and children
screamed.
One of the niort startling grafts in
revolutionary grafting has been acronv
t.lished by Prof. Henry G. Walters, of
tanghnrne. Is a combination of roses,
privet, blackberry, cedar and lilac
grafted to a yonnc peach tree, which
are showing a healthy growth.
Gertrude Brennan. of Bridgeport,
died of typhoid fever, just seventeen
hours after her brother, Thomas Bren
nan, married Miss Mary Kelley, who,
because of the girl's illness postponed
their wedding trip.
The Second Itepimenl, S. of V. band,
of Allentown, one of the most popular
In the city, always called on to play
for the Grand Army and on patriotic
occasions, burned a note for $1,000 and
is now free of debt.
In older to gain the right of way to
extend 'ts water mains 5,000 feet, the
borough of Hellcrtnwn has decided to
condemn the property of Andro Tama
nlzkl. Benjamin Bogus was, it is charged,
stabbed by George Romanoskle while
entering the former's home at. Shamo
kin. Bogus Is In a critical condition.
Romanoskle is under arrest.
William Genrlch. a school boy,
climbed up a street awning, fell and
fracfured a wrist.
Splashes of hot metal at the Bethle
hem Steel Works, in different depart
ments, badly burned about the body
Frank Matz. John Sulkies and John
Ostronski. All were taken to the hos
pital. Caught under falling timbers when
a mine buggy ran away in a breast
at the Henry Clay Colliery. Shamnkln,
Wallace Roma was crushed to death.
Dauphin county schools have been
giving halfholMays because of the
heat.
Mr. and Mrs. Bennevllle Schrader,
of South Bethlehem, surrounded by
their seven children, grandchildren and
great-grandchildren, observed their
fiftieth wedding anniversary.
Henry B. Smith, aged seventy-four,
took out a marriage license to wed
Ixuisa Trego, aged alxty-elght. He Is
the county's oldest bridegroom this
summer.
Paxtang borough Is taking steps to
Improve Its portions of State highways.
CARRIED NO MUNITIONS
Fabre Liner Was On Fire In Mid
Ocean Vessel Had 1,700 Italian
Reservists Aboard, But Car
ried No Munitions.
Washington. High expolsives found
in hold No. 2 of the Fabre liner Sant'
Anna were the cause of the fire on
that vessel, which was bound from
New York to Marseilles with 1,764
passengers, mostly Italian reservists.
Consul Walter II. Schulz, at St.
Michaels, Azores Islands, cabled a re
port on the matter to the State De
partment. He says that the Sant'
Anna arrived at Ponto del Garda
Thursday evening. Officers of the
vessel reported to him that on Sun
day, September 12, at midnight, fire
broke out in hold No. 2. This was
filled with assorted merchandise and
the baggage of the passengers. The
ship's officers stated that 18 fuses
were found and that there had been
many explosions.
Passengers Transferred At Sea.
Xr. Schulz reports that 605 passen
gers, mostly women, children and old
men, were transferred to the Italian
vessel Ancona on September 13.
The Consul's dispatch locates the
Sant' Anna as 1,100 miles east of Hali
fax when the lire was discovered.
The crew was fighting the fire when
the Ancona came up and assisted In
extinguishing the flames. It appears
from the dispatch that the Ancona
escorted the Sant' Anna to Ponto del
Garda.
Explosives Smuggled Aboard.
Officials of the Navy Department
express the opinion that the ex
plosives were smuggled on board
under the guise of baggage. This,
they say, could easily have been done,
as there is apparently no way of
Identifying the particular piece of bag
gage, especially If certain pieces are
marked in the name of the person to
whom they do not belong and are yet
taken aboard as legitimate freight.
It is understood that the report 'of
Consul Schulz will be sent to the De
partment of Justice and that its
agents and those of the Treasury De
partment will begin an Investigation
of the case at New York.
Carried No Munitions.
The Sant' Anna sailed from New
YorK on September 8 for Naples,
Genoa and Marseilles, with 17 first
class, 44 second-class and 1,703 steer
age passengers. A number of Ameri
cans were among the passengers.
With few exceptions all of the steer
nge passengers were Italian reserv
ists gathered from all parts of the
Vnited States. She carried a food
stuffs cargo, but no munitions.
BRYAN MAY GO ABROAD.
Takes Under Consideration Proposal
That He Act As Peace Envoy.
Washington. William J. Bryan an
nounced that he had taken under ad
visement a suggestion from editors of
foreign-language newspapers publish
ed in the I'nited States that he make
a trip to Europe as a private peace
envoy to the warring powers.
In a statement to a committee of
the editors, who, headed by Dr. Wil
liam Fargo, had urged him to under
take the task, Mr. Bryan indicated
that lie might at least visit neutral
European countries in the hope of
finding there Information to aid Amer
ica In "the maintaining of neutrality
and the prevention of a preparedness
that provokes rather than prevents
war."
Mr. Bryan said that If he derided to
make the trip he would go not as a
spokesman of any special group, but
as "a representative of the peace sen
timent of the United States, which In
cludes the vast majority of our peo
ple." F-BOATS OUT OF SERVICE.
Daniels Orders Submarines On the
Shelf For Examination.
Washington. Secretary Daniels or
dered all submarines of the F-4 type
out of commission until a thorough
examination of them ran be made.
Ills action was taken upon the report
of the board of inquiry investigating
the sinking of the F-4 at Honolulu on
March 25, which ascribes the disaster
to a battery explosion. The Fl, F-2
and F-3 will probably be brought
under convoy to the Mare Island Navy
Yard for examination.
BUBONIC PLAGUE IN U. S.
Experts On Hand To Prevent Spread
At New Orleans.
Washington. Confirmation of re
ports that a case of true bubonic
plague had been discovered at New
Orleans was announced by the Public
Health Service officials here do not
once to the service experts to take
every precaution to prevent its spread.
Halth Service officials here do not
fear an epidemic will result at New
Orleans.
THIEF QUOTES BIBLE.
Justifies Taking Of Grapes From Cali
fornia Vineyard.
Fresno, Cal. A religious grape thief
defended his' thefts when he tacked
to the fence of C. A. Parker, a vine
rardist, a quotation from the Bible as
follows:
"When thou contest Into hy neigh
bor's vineyard, then thou mnyest eat
Crapes thy fill at thine own pleasure;
but thou sbalt not put any in thy ves-iel.
Copyrlghut
CLOSED INCIDENT
Washington Disposed to Believe
Mine Sank Ship.
NO U-BOAT NEAR AT TIME
The Outlook For a Friendly Settle
- ment Of Difference With Ger
many Now Deemed Most
Favorable,
Washington. The case of the Allan
liner Hesperian, which was destroyed
by an explosion about two weeks ago
near Faonet, has become practically a
closed incident at the State Depart
ment Secretary Lansing received the re
port of the German Admiralty in this
case and the department is disposed
to accept the German explanation.
The main point In the Admiralty re
port is that the vessel could not have
been destroyed by a German torpedo,
for the reason that the reports from
submarines at the time of the accident
show that none of them was in that
locality. It Is admitted by officials
that without positive proof to the con
trary this statement would bo con
clusive. It Is conceded also that from
the evidence sent to the State Depart
ment by Consul Frost at Queenstown
and from Ambassador Page at Lon
don the department was obliged to
conclude that no proof had been of
fered to connect a German submarine
with the incident.
Fragments Not Preserved.
It has been asserted by officers of
the Hesperian that they saw "frag
ments of a torpedo" on deck. No one
however, saw a submarine, and so far
as Is known the fragments referred to
were not preserved. Had the officers
preserved the fragments it would
have been possible to ascertain
whether they were part of a torpedo
or a mine.
In the case of the Nebraskan, frag
ments of nicknl wero preserved and
were submitted to an expert commis
sion of the Navy Department here.
The report of that board has never
been made public, but It Is known that
the board decided the fragments were
pieces of a torpedo. The question did
not become Important as Germany
subsequently admitted that the Ne
braskan had been torpedoed. It is
likely, therefore, that the theory of
the Hesperian having struck a mine
will be accepted unless some positive
evidence to the contrary, not now in
sight, Is obtained.
Differences Disappearing.
The friendly settlement by the
I'nited States and Germany of the
cases of the Hesperian and the
Orduna has Increased the expectation
that a general understanding between
the two countries Is fast approaching.
Officials do not discount the state
ment attributed to Count von Bern
storff, the German Ambassador, in
New Y'ork, to the effect that a final
and amicable settlement on all issues
could be looked for within probably
two weeks. This expectation is sup
ported by the statement of officials
made here again that there Is no ques
tion of an ultimatum between the
I'nited States and Germany In the dis
pute over the Arabic.
It is also pointed out that diplomacy
tided over a break in the case of the
Lusitanla, and it Is. expected that In
Germany's next note on the Arabic
she will clear the way tor a settle
ment of that issue.
PROF. THAYER A SUICIDE.
Body Of the Dean Of Harvard Law
School Found In River.
Boston. The body of Prof. Ezra
Ripley Thayer, dean, of the Harvard
Law School, was found flontlng in the
Charles River. He had been missing
two days. Medical Examiner Mc
Grath snid It was a rase of suicide.
I)enn Thayer, who was born at Mil
ton, N. II., in 1866, had been under
the care of a physician for some time.
VESUVIUS AGAIN ACTIVE.
People Camp In Open Air To Watch
Eruption.
Naples. After several years of
calm Vesuvius Is again showing ac
tivity. The sky is reddened by fire
from the crater and many people
spend the nlghtH In the open a!r to
witness the spectacle. Inhabitants of
villages near the volcano are alarmed
by the Incessant roaring. Professor
Malladra has Issued a reassuring
statement concerning the eruption.
LINER
HESPERIAN
AMERIGAN CONSULS
E
State Department Notifies Them
to Be Ready.
AMERICAN CITIZENS WARNED
Secretary Lansing Issues Preca-ition-ary
Instructions Villa's Repre
sentative Announces His
Surprise.
Washington. American consuls In
Northern Mexico, which now has be
come the chief battleground between
the contending factions, have been ad
vised by the State Department not
only to notify American citizens to
withdraw from the danger zones, but
to leave Mexico themselves In the
event that conditions become Intoler
able. Secretary Lansing described the
Instructions to consuls, which were
issued several days ago, as simply pre
cautionary on account of the disturbed
conditions. They are similar to those
given to American consuls in Europe,
whenever the contending armies draw
near cities previously untouched by
the fighting.
The rapid advance of General
Obregon'g forces Into Northern Mex
ico and frequent reports of lawless
ness on the border for which General
Villa has disclaimed responsibility,
have led to the present measures, ac
cording to State Department officials.
The only formal announcement on the
subject was as follows:
"Owing to disturbed conditions pre
vailing along the Mexican border, the
department repeats the advice hereto
fore given to American citizens to re
main on this side of the international
line for the present."
Consuls May Leave.
As soon as American citizens have
withdrawn there will be no necessity.
In the opinion of high officials here,
for the consuls to remain, but It was
denied that they had been ordered to
leave, discretion being vested in the
consuls themselves.
The notifications have extended to
consuls in Torreon, Chihuahun, 3er-
mosillo, Guayamas, Nogales and Ju
arez, all of which are In the territory
controlled by Villa. It Is expected
that before another week or two most
of the Americans will have withdrawn,
as latest telegrams to the department
tonight Indicated a general exodus.
At the Villa Washington agency news
of the department's action was re
ceived with unconcealed surprise and
resentment. Enrique C. Llorente,
Villa's representative, announced that
he had addressed a communication to
the State Department expressing sur
prise and inquiring as to the intention
of the United States.
75,957 BRITISH KILLED.
Total Army Losses In War To August
21, 381,983.
London. Official announcement was
made in the House of Commons that
the total of British war casualties up
to August 21 was 381,983 officers and
men killed, wounded or missing.
Detailed figures of the casualties
are announced as follows:
Killed and died of wounds Officers,
4,965; other ranks, 70,992,
Wounded Officers, 9,973; other
ranks, 241,086.
Missing Officers, 1,501; other ranks,
53.466.
These figures refer to the army
alone.
POTATO IS 30 YEARS OLD.
Grocery Dealer Carries It In Pocket
As Rheumatism Cure.
Alton, 111. A potato, hard and dry
as wood, and shrunken to the size of
a walnut, is the treasured pocket piece
of Tatrlrk Downes, a grocer, of Belle
street, Alton, who carried it for 30
years and believes It has kept rheu
matism away. He was a sufferer from
rheumatism when, at a friend's advice,
he began to carry the potato, which
was then a good-sized one.
BATTLESHIPS OFF FOR HAITI.
Kentucky and Kearsarge Going To
Relieve Two Others.
Philadelphia. The battleship Ken
tucky and Kearsarge sailed from the
Philadelphia Navy Yard "for sea." It
Is understood they are bound for
Haiti to relieve the battleships Conn
ecticut and New Hampshire on duty
there. These vessels, it is said, will
return to Philadelphia ana 'tfler un
dergoing repairs will engage In target
practice.
MAY LEAV
ME CO
WERE VERY NEAR A BREAK
Informal Conversations, Now In Prog
ress Both At Berlin and In Wash
Ington, Expected To Clear
the Atmosphere.
Washington. Prospects for a favor
able adjustment of the controversies
between the United States and Ger
many depend entirely on the attitude
which the Berlin Foreign Office will
take toward the recommendations
made by Count von Bernstorff, the
German Ambassador, following his
conference with Secretary Lansing.
Detaila of the conference became
known, throwing light on the critical
point that had been reached In the
relations between the two countries.
The Washington government was al
most ready to severe diplomatic rela
tions, but decided to delay taking any
step until Germany could be furnished
the evidence in its possession on the
Arabic case.
Friendliness and candor are under
stood to have characterized the con
versation between Mr. Lansing and
the Ambassador. The latter now has
been given an opportunity to com
municate freely with his government,
so that it may be clearly understood
In Berlin why officials here are con
vinced that the torpedoing of the
Arabic could not have been a mistake.
Justified or unjustified.
In view of the evidence, the United
States wants a disavowal of the act
and this was made clear to Count
von Bernstorff. Arbitration cannot be
an issue for consideration until the
attitude of the German government
toward the act Itself Is placed on ree
ord. Later the American government
may take under consideration a pro
posal to arbitrate, not the principle.
but what indemnity should be paid
for lives lost.
FOR MILITARY HIGHWAYS.
Pan-American Road Congress Asks
Congress To Investigate.
Oakland, Cal. The Pan-American
Road Congress adopted a resolution
calling on Congress to investigate the
feasibility and necessity of construct
ing a system of military highways
throughout the country. O. P, Cole
man, State Highway Commissioner of
Virginia, and J. E. Maloney, secretary
engineer of the Colorado State High
way Commission, said that the placing
of convicts at work on the state's
roads would go far toward providing
a solution of the existing prison prob
lem.
ALL MUST GO TO SCHOOL.
Alabama Compulsory Education Bill
Signed By Governor.
Montgomery, 'Ala. Governor Hen
derson signed the new Alabama Com
pulsory Education bill, requiring every
child between the ages of 8 and 15
years to attend school 80 days or more
each year. Under a bill which passed
the Senate, after being favorably voted
on by the House, the State Public
Service Commission will regnlate
charges, services and facilities of
telephone and telegraph companies In
Alabama. , v
WILSON STUDYING DEFENSES.
Seeking Facts About Needs Of Army
and Navy.
Washington, Sept. 15. President
Wilson begnn a detailed study of pre
liminary reports on national defense
submitted to him by Secretaries Gar
rison and Daniels'. He is paying par
ticular attention to the probable cost
oi strengthening the army and navy.
A decision on Just what Increases aitd
changes In the military and naval
establishment shall be recommended
to Congress will not be reached by the
President until he has received fur
ther reports from the heads of the de
partments. WINKS COST 10 PER.
William Hawkins Fined For Movement
Of Eyelid.
Lynn, Mass. Ten . dollars is the
going price for a wink in Lynn, as
established In the Lynn Police Court.
The winker was William Hawkins.
The lady was Miss Grace Grady. Miss
Grady told the Court she was passing
through Central Square when Hawkins
looked at her. Then he followed her
and on Market street winked at her.
Miss Grady called Officer Renson. "Ten
dollars!" said the Judge. Hawkins
paid.
$60,000 FOR SEAT ON 'CHANGE.
Kansas City Brokers Pay Highest
Price Since War Began.
Kansas City, Mo. A seat on the
New York Stock Exchange sold In
Kansas City for $60,000,' said to be the
highest since the war began. It was
purchased by Strandberg, McGreevy
k Co., local brokers. Soon after the
outbreak of the war and before the
New York Stock Exchange was
closed a membership sold for $34,000.
RAISES PAY AND CUTS HOURS.
Wabash Order .Affects Station Agents
and Telegraphers.
St. lentils. All station agents and
telegraphers employed by the Wabash
Railroad system will receive salary
increases of 9 per cent., beginning
with November 1, It was announced
at the executive offices of the railroad
here. In addition the working day of
station agents will be reduced from
12 to 10 hours and telegraphers will
work hours a day.
Harrlsburg. Plans for the dUtn,
lng or Pennsylvania for the dlvlnii
to be covered by the referees 0f
workmen's compensation system i
be considered by the new State Bo:
this week, and It is probable that iot,
of the referees will be named at
early day. The division of the S'
will be presented to Governor Brin
baugh. The present plan Is to hi
eight districts. Philadelphia and Pit
burgh will each be a center and n
city will have two referees. 0th
cities which are being considered i,
centers of districts are Scranton, a
toona, Heading, Harrlsburg, WllliaD
port and Erie. Members of the Co;
pensation Board are studying the co-
pensation systems In New York ir
Massachusetts, and planning details
administration. The general he;
quarters will be located here, t
Workmen s Insurance Board, wh
will have charge of the admlnlatrati
of the fund, will accompany Albert
Allen, the assistant manager, to a
hany and Columbus to examine, Ir
the workings of the funds in the
States. The forms for appllcatlc
for employers and schedules of p
mlums are now being drawn up.
Leads In Feed Protection
Details of the manner In which tiJ
State Is protecting the cattle fa.
sold within Pennsylvania from fran:
Is shown by the report Just made
Secretary of Agriculture N. B. Crif
field by James W. Kellogg, cb
chemist of the Department. I'enn-
vania is leading the States In ft
work and the frauds which were
extensive a few years ago are be;
gradually driven out. It Is estlma
that 600,000 tons of feeding stuffi i
being sold In the State every year,
check up on this immense quantity t:
agents of the Department, who i:
under George O. Hutchison, collect'
1,300 samples In 327 cities and t
oughs In sixty-one counties durir
1914. In addition 236 special samp'
were analyzed for citizens under t!
fee system. All of analyses were f
a carefully prepared method of del.-
mining values. Peanut hulls, weJ
seedu and excessive amounts of cJ
hulls were found, while some gci
antees were discovered to be wor
less. Arrests were made In thci
cases. However, the report sta'
i'The number of deficiencies waa M
,than ever before noted, which rto
lore care In guaranteeing -and lab'
Ing." There is room for Improvers:
in some of the so-called molas."
feeds, some of the seeds not hair
been carefully cleaned. The poult'
feeds were also discovered not '
have been ns clean as desirable, i
though they showed an Improves
Of the 1,300 samples 1,220 samp:
were found with guaranteed anal)"
a larger proportion guarantee 1 tb
before. The number of deflch.or
ran small and 1n some cases the (rua
antees were exceeded.
Parole Act Construed.
In opinions to officers of the lj
State penitentiaries, Deputy Attorn
General I largest construes certain f
tures of the parole Act. In a west?:
case he holds that a prisoner ob
serve out the period on a first tf
tenceafter he serves the period ilv
as a penalty for a subsequent coiny
tlon. There is nothing prohibit
granting otjL parole on a second i-
tence. . Before It can be granted, hoH
ever, the forfeited commutation on i
first sentence must be served. In"
eastern case it is held that a prlsonr:
forfeit commutation on a first fi
tence can not run concurrently '.'!
a sentence 'for an offense coiumiHH
while on parole.
Allen Gun Law Cases Dropped.
All but six of the cases broufJ
against foreigners Hying In Wj
lawn. Beaver county, for violation i
the alien gun law have been dropp'
as a result of conferences of State '
county authorities with local office''
There were ever fifty started. Ai
result probably fifty dogs In that P"'
of Beaver county have been shot t
their owners.'
Farmer Congress Delegates
Announcement was made at "
Executive Department, that Govenv
Brumbaugh had selected a Aelep
from each of the counties of the St
to attend the Farmers' National Co'
gress at Omaha, the last week of tt
month. The delegates will make n
norts on advancement of agrlcuu"
In this State and made observation
on the statements of what ote
States are doing.
State Sues Trust Company.
The Attornev-General'8 Peparuw1
has sued the Blair County Trust Co"
pany, of Altoona, for $39.99 tot 1
aminers' fees, assessed by the a
Ing Department. The company f
tends that it has done no businesn
four years and refuses payment.
Two Justices Named.
James E. Mlsslmer has been
pointed Justice for North Catnsau j
and C. Tv Nell for Huste io
Clearfield county.
. c.ith Be"1''
itpinnoiL reiioeiner. ui - .t
nem, on one oi uie mai"
held up by two strangers and ro"
of $12.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
.i i ion nroduf;
gold, silver, copper, lead and 'n
ued at $59,956,029.
t,',u. A In Gtrfi
from blast furnace salg and iudo
hard as It ages.