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Fifty Injured When Crowd is
Trapped.
GIRLS LEAP OUT WINDOWS
Old Brick And Wooden Structure
Burnt 80 Rapidly That Moit Of
Th Men And Girls Have No
Chance To Escape.
New York. Thirteen men and glrN
loHt their liven in a fire that destroyed
an old four-story brick and wooden
factory building In the Williamsburg
section of Brooklyn. A search of the
ruins is expected to uncover the
bodies of 12 other victims, eight of
them girls, who were reported as miss
ing. Of the 40 injured in hospital
many were expected to die, and a scorn
more were less seriously burned and
bruised.
The building was occupied by a
randy manufacturing concern and
three firms manufacturing clothing,
whose employes normiilly totaled 300
but more than a third had been dis
missed before the fire started for a
Saturday half holiday.
Owners Arrested.
After a preliminary investigation by
the authorities, Mrs. Edward L. Dia
mond, owner of the building, and her
husband were arrestej on a charge of
criminal negligence and remanded to
Jail without bail. Mr. Diamond said
ho was In the building at the time of
the fire, but claimed Ignorance as to
the cause.
Four separate Investiga'ions are
under way In an effort to fix the re
sponsibility for the loss of life. Thes
were begun by the coroner, district at
torney, fire marshal and police depart
ment Main Stairway Blocked.
The flames were discovered shortly
before 2 o'clock by a girl employe of
the candy factory, which occupied the
ground floor and basement, and were
soon roaring up the elevator shaft,
around which wound the principal
stairway.
There was one other stairway in the
rear of the building, and some of tho
entrapped persons escaped by that,
but before the firemen arrived men
and women were leaping from tho
windows. The flames had swiftly
mushroomed from the elevator shaft
Into the fourth floor, and scarcely had
the first streams of water entered the
building wheiuthe roof collapsed. The
other floors soon after fell one by one.
The disaster was the worst factory
fire In New York since the plant of the
Triangle Waist Company was burned
out several years ago with a loss of
148 lives.
But One Fire-Escape.
The flames spread so rapidly that
escape for most of the employes in
the building by stairs and elevator
was impossible. The only fire-escape
became Jammed. The flames drove
the frightened men and women to the
windows and forced I hem to Jump. Of
the-bodies recovered from the ruins,
six were taken from the fire-eseapo
and four were found hanging out of
windows charred beyond recognition.
Several of these were girls, burned to
death in the sight of a great crowd of
helpless spectators.
BOMB FOR CONSULATE.
Third Attempt To Wreck That Of
Italy In New York Fails.
New York. The third attempt with
in a year to wreck the offices of the
Italian Consul-General, O. Kara Forni,
With a bomb was made Saturday. The
missile, said to have bren hurled from
nearby roof, struck the pavement a
short distance away from the build
ing, exploded wit ha roar that was
heard for blocks, ripped up the cobble
stones, rocked the neighborhood and
filled the street with a rain of broken
glass, but caused slight damage other
wise and failed to Injure anyone. The
Consul-General and his staff were in
their offices at the time with 1'jO Italian
reservists who were presumably seek
ing to return home.
DANIELS' PAPER BURNED OUT.
Second Fire In Plant Of Raleigh Newt
and Observer.
Raleigh, N. C. The entire plart
and building of the News and Ob
server, owned by the Secretary of tin
Navy, Joseph us Daniels, was destroyed
by Are.
The large printing establishment of
E. M. Uzzell & Co. Is also a complete
loss. Several small stores are either
partially or completely destroyed.
W. H. Bagley, business manager of
the News and Observer, was painfully
but not seriously injured by a falling
piece of machinery while attempting
to get books out of the building.
BOY KILLS BROTHER IN PLAY,
Children Get Gun In Absence Of Their
Parents.
Wytheville, Va. Dewey, 10-year-old
ion of Marco X'niberger, a farmer who
lives west of Wytheville, shot and in
stantly killed his brother Roscoe, t4
years old. The boys were playing
With the gun. Mr. and Mrs. L'mber
ger were not at home at the time.
CORE WANTS A TARIFF BOARD.
Announces He Will Urge the Next
Congress To Authorize It
Washington. Senator Gore of Okla
homa announced that he would urge
at the coming session of Congress the
appointment of a tariff board or tax.v
tion commission, not only to gather In
formation relative to costs and other
conditions of goods produced abroad,
but to make Investigations relative tc
Internal revenue, Income taxes and
ether means of raising taxes.
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MISSING
SERBIA Fill
10 IHE LAST
Remarkable Struggle Waged By
Desperate Nation.
WHAT CORRESPONDENT SAW
Fighting a Forlorn Hope With Noth
ing But Rifles To Contend Against
the Intrenched Teutons, a Column
Of 150 Men Slowly Retreat From
One Plateau To Another, Requiring
Germans To Fight For Every Inch
Of Ground.
Taris. "There, monsieur, with that
you can go and see how Serbia is going
to die," exclaimed LJouba Jovnnovitch,
minister of the Interior, handing a let
ter of recommendation to the general
staff to Albert Londres, special corre
spondent of the Petit Journal.
Armed with this letter M. Londres
made his way far beyond Palanka
through long lines of retreating ox
wagons and endless herds of sheep
plodding through the mud of the M'
rava Valley, without panic, escaping
from the Teutons, whose voices were
heard In the distance.
"At a cross road," writes M. Lon
dres, "a Serbian captain who was wait
ing for me said, 'I was asked by
Colonel Terzitch, commanding our di
vision, to take ycu to our last posi
tion. We walked side by side in si
lence and then came out on a plateau.
"'That Is our last position, mon
sieur,' said the Serbian officer. 'We
are on Ossletz Plateau. The two
others you see a hundred yards away
over there are the plateaus Vaboratz
and Michavolatz, which were Just
taken from us.'
"I saw no soldiers and asked, 'where
is your line?'
' 'There it comes,' replied the oill
cer. A Forelorn Hope.
"I saw debouching frrm a little
wood, one by one, with a dignity that
brought tears to my eyes, the l.",0 men
whom, on this great plateau, Serbia
had opposed embattled Germany.
" 'On retiring from Vaboratz an hour
aco,' said the captain, 'those 130 hid in
the woods. Now they are coming out
to face the enemy'
"The lieutenant In command took a
few steps into a cornfield and shouted
a command to his men They lay
down on the edge of a field without a
word or a sidelong glance and delib
erately raised their rifles
" 'Look, Monsieur,' exclaimed the
Captain 'There are the mountains of
Hungary. Behind that pass is the vil
lage of Verscatte before which is Von
Mackensen. Do you see that blue line
a little further on? That is tho
Danube.'
"For 16 days with their three, five,
six and ten-inch guns the Germans
had been blazing away on this front.
They never found on this line a larger
number of men than those ISO brave
fellows before our eyes, but they had
not yet succeeded in preventing the
Serbians from seeing the blue line
of their Danube when they raised their
heads.
" 'Two days ago it was quite dif
ferent," my guide informed me. 'So
many shells have fallen upon it that
its form is completely changed. Do
you see the movement below Va
boratz? Those are the advancing Ger
mans. There are about two hundred
of them. That is not many, but it Is
the vanguard of invasion.'
The Brave 150 Men.
"I watched those 1"0 Serbians who
had not moved for half an hour, but
who were gazing steadfastly at tin
Iron curtain sweeping up to them with
nothing to pierce it but their rifles.
No, I am. wrong! They had also a
proud consciousness of their heroism."
Sa'oniki. Serbian resistance to the
Austro-German drive Is of the most
heroic character, according to travel
ers who have arrived here from the
front. While the forces under Field
Marshal Von Mackensen number only
150,000 they are supplied with such n
tremendous weight of artillery that
they are able to batter the very hills
into shapeless masses with shells
from their 12-inch mortars and keep
up a constant cloudburst of shrapnel
under which the Serbs are forced to
retire slowly without even seeing their
antagonists. The native troops, ex
perts in mountain fighting, take ad
vantage of every natural position of
strength, however, forcing the Austro
Germans to dislodge them and giving
"no ground until compelled to do so.
Their spirit Is courageous, but des
perate. IMMIGRATION MEN RESTORED.
800 Workers Laid Off Part Of Year
Now On Full Time.
Washington. Secretary ()f Labor
Wilson revoked his order of one year
age which laid off 800 field workers
employed In the Immigration Depart
ment for three months each year. By
this action all of the workers will be
reinstated on full time at once. 'Three
hundred of those affected are at Ellis
Island, N. Y., 200 at Philadelphia, 200
at Boston and 100 at Sun Francisco.
GENERAL STERNBERG DEAD.
Was Surgeon General Of Army During
Epidemics.
Washington. Brlg.-Ge'n. George M.
Sternberg, retired, surgeon general of
tbe Army from 1893 to 1902, and a
Civil War veteran, died at his home
here. He was 77 years old, a native
of Otsego county, New York, and
served In government service through
cholera tini yellow fever epidemics.
General Sternberg was the author of a
number of medical books.
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AMERICANS KILLED
AIDING WOUNDED
Two Doctors and Their Chauf
feurs Were With Villa.
FIRED UPON BY CALLES' MEN
Also Informs American Army Officers
At Naco That He Will Not
Permit the Bodies To Be
Disinterred.
Naco, Ariz. Francisco Villa, with
3,000 of his troops defeated nt Agua
rrieta by the forces of Gen. P. Elias
Calles, Carranza commander there,
reached Naco, the Mexican town
across the border from here, and told
American army officers that four
Americans were shot down by Calles'
troops while succoring wounded under
a Red Cross flag in front of the breast
works at Agua Prleta.
The Americans killed were, accord
ing to Villa Dr. It. H. Tighen, chief
surgeon of the Cananea .Consolidated
Copper Company; his assistant, Dr.
Miller, and two American chauffeurs,
J. I), Pylnnt and A. L. Wilson. Villa,
while formally expressing regret at
their deaths, declined to say where
they are buried. He said he could not
permit any bodies to bo disinterred,
even to clear a doubt that they actu
ally had been killed.
This doubt was caused by the state
ment of Dr. Frederick II. Wickman, of
St. Louis, Mo., who dashed across the
line shouting that he wns about to be
shot, and afterward declared that he
had seen Drs. Tighen and Miller.
Wickman, however, appeared to be
somewhat dazed from fatigue and from
shock sustained while under a death
watch awaiting execution for some un
known offense.
SIGN OF PROSPERITY.
Demand For $2,OO0,0C0 Subsidiary Coin
Called Barometer.
Washington. Three million dollars
In subsidiary silver nickels, dimes,
quarters and half dollars has been de
manded from the United States Treas
ury by sub-treasuries for the purpose
of circulation since August 1. This Is
an increase of more than $2,000,000 to
the usual demand in such a period.
John Burke, Treasurer, commenting on
the announcement, stated that it is a
sure sign of prosperity. "The de
mand for subsidiary currency Is the
surest barometer of the times there
is," lie said.
TO RECOGNIZE CARRANZA,
Sir Edward Grey Announces England's
Intended Action.
London. The Drltish Government
will follow the lead of the United
States and recognize the Carranza de
facto Government in Mexico. Sir Ed
ward Grey, the Foreign Secretary,
communicated this Information to W.
Young, a member of Parliament.
STUDENTS SAVE COLLEGE.
Men and Women Form Bucket Brig
ade and Fight Fire.
Moores Hill, Ind. Men and women
students of Moores Hill College form
ed bucket brigades and confined a fire,
which threatened the institution, to
the old Moore Hall and a nearby
house. Tho two buildings were de
stroyed, with a loss of $20,000.
KILLS TWO; ENDS OWN LIFE.
Deranged Man Slays Wife and Son
and Cuts Daughter.
New York. Edward McManus, 31,
secretary to a wealthy woman, killed
his wife and fouryear-old son, Wil
liam, by cutting their throats with a
razor; slashed the throat of his two-month-old
daughter, Gertrude, and
then committed suicide by cutting his
own throat. The little girl, hospital
surgeons said, probably will live.
TAKES APPLES TO SOLDIERS.
Great American Fruit Makes Up Large
Part Of St. Paul's Cargo.
New York. The steamer St Paul
sailed for Liverpool with a cargo of
9,000 tons, a large part of which con
sisted of apples for the British field
army. Fifty-two of the 153 first-class
passengers were Americans. Steam
ship men said this was a somewhat
larger ratio than recorded for eeveral
months.
COUNTY NEWS, McCONNELLSBURQ, FA.
I
FOR PEACE
Declares for Preparedness
Against Invasion of Country.
ASKS COUNTRY'S SUPPORT
President Strongly Condemns Wail
From Men Professing To Be
Americans, But Who Love
Other Countries Better.
New York. President Wilson open
ed the Administration campaign for
Its national defense program in a com
prehensive and carefully prepared ad
dress delivered here at the Manhattan
Club banquet
He declared solemnly that the
United States had no aggressive pur
poses, but must be prepared to defend
itself, to assume "full liberty and self-
development." Significantly, he said,
"with ourselves in this great matter
we associate all the peoples of our
own hemisphere," adding that "we
wish not only for the United States
but for them the fullest freedom of
Independent growth and action."
"Within a yeur," said the President,
"we have witnessed what we did not
think possible, a great European con
flict Involving many of the rreatest na
tions of the world. The Influences of
the great war are everywhere In the
air. Ail Europe Is In battle. Force
everywhere speaks out with loud and
imperious voice In a titanic struggle of
government and from one end of our
own dear country to the other men are
asking one another what our own force
is, how far we are prepared to main
tain ourselves against any Interference
with our national action or develop
ment." The President called upon "men of
all shades of political opinion" to rally
to the support of the program. He
said it represented "the best profes
sional and expert opinion of the coun
try," and gave warning that "if men
differ with me in this vital matter I
shall ask them to make it clear how
far and in what way they, are Inter
ested In making the permanent Inter
ests of the country safe against dis
turbance." There Is no need for the country to
feel panic-stricken, the President de
clared, because It stands in friendly
relations with the world. He spoke of
the United States as "a nation too big
and generous to be exacting, but yet
courageous enough to defend Its
rights and the liberties of its people
wherever assailed or Involved."
In addition to speaking on national
defense, the President attacked "men
who love other countries better than
America," and men who stir up relig
ious and sectarian antagonism. He
declared that such men should be
"called to a reckoning."
Just before the dinner the President
shook hands with all the guests.
FAMINE MAY WIN WAR.
"Can We Hold Out?" German News
paper Asks.
Geneve. Owing to the high prices
of food In Germany, neutrals are leav
ing that country for Switzerland.
Under the heading "Can We Hold
Out?" the Neue Zeitung of Strassburg
says:
"Hardly had we crossed the thres
hold of the second year of the war
when, the question of bread settled,
another anxiety faced us namely, the
dearness of the first necessities In the
matter of food. Will our enemies suc
ceed in defeating Germany by famine?"
TO CANVASS MANUFACTURERS.
Trade Commission Seeks Views On
Export Combinations.
Washington. A canvass of Ameri
can manufacturers, producers, export
ers and others Interested in the for
eign trade has been undertaken by the
Federal Trade Commission in an effort
to secure a "broad referendum on tho
advisability of export combinations."
It was announced that 30,000 letters
of inquiry were being sent out.
NEW U. 8. TASK IN HAITI.
Col. W. T. Waller Told To Use All
Needed Force There.
Washington. Col. W. T. Waller, In
command of the marines in, Haiti,
has been authorized to use all forces
necessary to suppress the new revolu
tion. A cablegram announces that the
disturbance Is among the Cocoa in
surgents. Colonel Waller reported be
had already sent a detachment of
ESIDEN
WOULD
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marines from Port au Prince to dis
arm tbe rebels.
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BANK
RESOURCES
NEVER SO LARGE
National Institutions Overflow
ing With Cash.
C0MPTR0LLERGIVESFIGURES
8hows Increases Of Many Millions In
Deposits and Nearly All Other
Items 75 National Banks
Added.
Washington. Comptroller of the
Currency John Skelton Williams an
nounced In a statement that the re
sources of the national banks at the
date of the last call were greater by
$424,000,000 than ever before recorded
and the deposits were $337,000,000
larger. Other returns also showed re
markable Increases.
The statement Is as follows:
"The statement of condition of the
7,613 national banks of the United
States as of September 2,' 1915, Is
especially Interesting as indicative of
the expansion of business which has
taken place In this country since the
Inauguration of the Federal reserve
system In November last.
"The total resources of these banks
on September 2 exceeded by more than
$424,000,000 the greatest resources
ever shown In any previous call in the
history of the national banking sys
tem, and amounted to $12,267,090,429.
The increase In resources over tbe call
of June 23, 1915, was $471,000,000. The
Increase In resources over the call of
September 12, 1914, was $783,000,000.
"Loans and discounts, Including let
ters of credit and customers' liability
on account of acceptances, amounted
to $6,825,000,000, being an Increase
over the June statement of $165,000,
000 and showing an Increase, as com
pared with September 12, 1914, of
$425,000,000.
"Total deposits, Individuals and
banks, amounted to $9,229,000,000, ex
ceeding by $337,000,000 the highest
amount ever previously shown and be
ing $408,000,000 In excess of the total
deposits shown In the statement of
June 23. The Increase, as compared
with September 12, 1914, was $1,042,
000,000. "Bonds, other than United States,
and stocks owned aggregated $1,311,
000,000 on September 2, as compared
with $1,284,000,000 on June 23, 1915,
and $1,056,000,000 on September0 12,
1914.
Specie and Notes Increased.
"Specie and legal tender notes held
by the banks September 2 amounted
to $842,000,000, an Increase of $53,
000,000 as compared with June 23, and
a reduction, as compared with Septem
ber 12, 1914, of only $61,000,000, not
withstanding the fact that the banks
had transferred since September 12,
1914, to the Federal reserve banks
$315,000,000 for reserves and paid
$54,000,000 subscription to stock of
Federal reserve banks.
"Since September 12, 1914, there has
been an Increase of 75 In the number
of national banks and in their capital
of $8,000,000.
"The national banks of the country
reported on September 2, 1915, Invest
ments In banking houses aggregating
$246,000,000, amounting on an average
to 23 per cent, of their total capital,
or 2 per cent, of their total assets.
"The lawful reserve held by the na
tional banks on September 2, 1915,
reached the unprecedented totnl of $1,
969,000,000, exceeding by more than
$1,000,000,000 the greatest reserve ever
held by the national banks at any time
prior to 1905. '
"The excess or surplus reserve
breaks all previous records and
amounted on September 2, 1915, to
$868,000,000, being an Incrense, as com
pared with June 23, 1915, of $90,000,
000. The incrense, as compared with
September 12, 1914, under the old re
serve requirements, amounted to $751,-
000,000."
HE INVENTED "SLANG-JANG."
Cone Johnson Admits That He's the
Guilty One.
Tyler, Texas. Solicitor Cone John
son, of the State Department at Wash
ington, recently admitted that he Is
the inventor of Texas' widely known
and eaten "slang-Jang." He went
hunting with a party at home here 15
years ago and the cook struck. No
body would volunteer. Cone got so
hungry he heated a kettle of water,
uncanned beans, pickles, tongue, to
matoes, peas, mustard, etc., Indis
criminately, cooked it and ate It. So
did the others. "s,anB-JanK" ls on the
menu of every cafe In the Southwest
today.
MIKADO HONORS AMERICAN.
Confers Title Of Sonin On Industrial
Educator.
Brookfleld, Conn. The Emperor of
Japan has conferred upon Edmund
Weld, Jr., of this place, the rank and
title of sonln, In recognition of his
work in promoting industrial training
in the schools of Japan. The rank is
said to be the highest that may be
conferred upon a foreigner by the Em
peror. $1,000 PER SOLDIER.
What It Costa Canada To Send Troops
To War. I
Ottawa, Ont Canada's war expendi
ture for next year Is estimated by
Finance Minister White at about $260,
000,000. This will bring the total war
expenditures to the close of 1916 up
to $400,000,000. It costs more than
$1,000 a year for every Canadian sol
dier at the front or under arm In
tbe Dominion.
PHILA. MAN HEADS
PA. PRISON BOARD
Commission Created By 1915. Legisla
ture Organized After Confab
With Governor.
Harrisburg. The Pennsylvania
State Prison Labor Board, created by
tbe last Legislature to supervise tbe
work of prisoners in State penal and
reformatory Institutions, was organ
ized here after a conference with
Governor Brumbaugh at the Executive
Mansion.
The board wae organized by elect
ing John E. Hanlfen, Philadelphia,
representing the inspectors of tbe
Eastern Penitentiary, as chairman;
Colonel C. A. Rook, Pittsburgh, repre
senting Inspectors of Western Peni
tentiary, vice-chairman, and John D.
Dorrls, Huntingdon, representing
Board of Managers of the Huntingdon
Reformatory, secretary. In addition to
the Governor, the organization moet
Ing was attended by Representative
Warren C. Graham, Philadelphia, who
presented the bills establishing the
commission, and Joseph L. Kun,
Deputy Attorney Oeneral, represent
ing the Attorney General.
Under the law, the board is given
an appropriation of $75,000 for pur
chase of machinery and supplies and
for establishment of the system. The
office will be located in Philadelphia.
The supplies are to be sold only to
State Institutions and prisoners are to
be paid from ten cents to fifty cents
per day. Three-fourths of the proceeds
of labor are to be retained for relief
of dependents of prisoners, and, where
there are no dependents, to be put to
the credit of the prisoners. When re
leased, one-third of the money to the
credit of prisoners Is to be paid, one
third three months later and one-third
six months later.
At present only a small portion of
tha inmates can be employed, but It Is
expected that the new system will do
away with Idleness and also benefit
the prisoners.
Opinion In Child Law.
Attorney General Brown sent to the
Department of Labor and Industry his
formal opinion on the ruling that em
ployment certificates now held by
minors shall be valid until the holders
are sixteen years old.
Mr. Brown says that the law should
not be construed so as to produce a re
sult to the Injury and disadvantage of
those whom It was Intended to benefit
"The true legislative Intent," says he,
"was not to bring about sudden chaos
In the lives of these children and their
parents, and It ls unwise to apply the
law so as to produce such an undesir
able condition." In closing, he says
tbe situation calls for "the application
of a broad, administrative discretion,"
and that minors holding the certifi
cates referred to "are subject to all
other provisions of the Act of 1915,
such as the compulsory attendance at
continuation schools and the prohibi
tion of employment of more than fifty
one hours per week, Including school
attendance."
Spanish Added To Normal Courses.
State Normal School principals
closed their annual conference at the
Capitol after adopting a resolution
providing that Spanish should be
added to the list of elective courses at
all normal schools.
All of the schools were represented
and the relation of the State to the
normal schools, financial management
of schools and vocational training were
among subject considered.
It wns determined to establish a
course of training in methods for
teaching music In public schools and
resolutions were' adopted that after
commencements of 1916 normal
schools should not give the degrees of
Bachelor and Master of Pedagogy and
asking Congress to pass the Page bill
for Federal aid for normal and high
schools to promote vocational educa
tion. Contracts For State Road Building.
Contracts for three State aid road
building operations were let by High
way Commissioner Cunningham. Pugh
Hubbard, Philadelphia, were awarded
the concrete construction work on
Wynnewood Road, In Narberth, Mont
gomery county, at $5,610.53; M. Ben
nett & Sons, Indiana, 5,808 feet of
water-bound macadam road In Hick
ory Township, Lawrence county, at
$14,916.65, and two brick block con
tracts aggregating 4,054 feet In Marlon
Center Borough, Indiana county, at
$16,639.74. The low bidders received
the award In each case.
Rosslter Elected.
Governor Brumbaugh announced the
appointment of Uriah P. Rosslter, of
Erie, an additional Judge of Erie
county, to serve until the first Mon
day In January.
Mr. Rosslter was elected Judge on
Tuesday, to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of Judge Gibson.
Charter Two Electric Firms.
Two eleotrlc companies were char
tered for Lancaster county. One was
the Farmers' Electric Company, of
Northern Lancaster County, with of
fices at Lancaster, capital $5,000, In
corporators, John il. Ware, Clara M.
Ware and W. E. Edwards, Lancaster.
The other was the Elizabeth Town
ship Electric Company to operate in
Elizabeth Township, Lancaster, with
officers In Pittsburgh and capital of
$5,000. Its Incorporators are S. A.
Gllmore, E. T. Noble and Henry O.
Evans, Pittsburgh.
Other charters issued were:
Leeland Surgical Company, surglcr-1
appliances, Conshohocken; capital,
$100,000; treasurer, John W. Dettra,
Norrlstown. .
Vetter and Castle, women's cloth
ing, York; capital, $10,000; treasurer,
Charles H, Castle.
Wagner Baking Company, Philadel
phia; capital, $75,000; treasurer, Louis
Oreenblatt
Williams and Wallowcr, Insurance,
Harrisburg; treasurer, Ernest Wil
liams, Orange, N. J.
STATE HEWS
BRIEFLY
The Latest Gleanings From j
Over the State.
rOLD IN SHORT PARAGRAPi
Following the purchase of the 8
mokln Iron Works from John Mul
recently by J. H. & C. K. Eagle, N
York, it was announced that a (0
dry and machine shop, to employ
men and boys, would be construe
in another portion of town, the fort
Mullen plant being dismantled
make way for a silk mill.
Harry Nuss, of Norrlstown, 1
elected constable of the Seventh W
as a Republican and defeated ai e
stable of the adjoining First Ward
a Democrat At the primaries 101
one wrote his name on the ballot 1
it was returned to the County 0
mlssloners, although he is not a n
dent of the First Ward.
Climbing over a fenqe in pursuit
a rabbit, Michael Casper, of Mahal
City, accidentally discharged hU 1
and was killed Instantly. Casper 1
forty years old, and was out to try
new fowling piece the first time t
season. John Crone, who was 1
him, had three fingers blown off by
discharge of the weapon.
Fleetwood defeated three loan pr
osltions calling for $15,000 for a D
Town Hall, $15,000 for refunding p
poses and $1,500 for lmprovlnf
school house. Two loans of $10,1
for Improving the water system 1
$6,000 for a new topographical sun
were passed.
A fatal automobile accident ore
red at Lewlsburg when Tearl 0
noble, five years old, the only chili
Mr. and Mrs. Charles I. Grenoble i,
killed instantly when struck by
automobile owned by Nicholas Set:
der, a hotelman, of Shamokln. 1
car was driven by Cornelius O'DnVi
Mt Penn approved two loan b.
one for $20,000 for street Impm
ments and the other for $12,01X1
school Improvements. The bore;
was the only district in Berks con
to vote favorably upon woman's :
frage.
Gardners at the country horn?
Richard V. Mattlson, Jr., Ambler, J
have completed planting 1,600
clnths, 3,000 narclssls bulbs, 1,209
bulbs and 1,000 "pheasant eyes,"
having been imported from Holla
Gunners fired the heavily wo
section of the Conewago Hills r
Newberry and an organized c
fought the fire and succeeded in cr
Ing It A number of bungalows
In the path.
On the poultry farm of W
Cole, Quakertown, a pen of ten,si
comb white Leghorns have compH
their year's laying with a recorl
2,015 eggs, an average of 201.5 I
per bird.
John J. Keller, of Sunbury, rl
than twenty years ago lost a pel
book In ono of his fields. WVl
day he found it while turning tl
some wheat stubbles. There wsi
silver dollar in it
A respite has been issued t I
the "electrocution of H. E. Filler, VI
moreland, from the week of No'l
ber 8 to the week of January 17.
appeal Is to be made to the
Board of Pardons.
Seth O. Bnldwln, a prominent ii
er, of Wattsburg, placed a shotgti
his breast and pulled the trigger.
died Instantly. He was sixty yi
old, and despondent
Harry Brown, a motorman fori
Reading Transit & Light Corsrl
was killed almost Instantly whe:
was caught between two trolley I
In the eastern section of Reading I
John M. Franev. fifty years old.
Injured perhaps fatally while at A
at the Carpenter Steel Works' PI
Reading, his head being split op? I
a flying hammer.
Stlnev Wlnchelsky. nine yea"
of Shenandoah, on his way to "!
was run down by an automobile
his right leg shattered so that amit
tion will be necessary.
Stephen Mazura, Mt Carmel,
admitted to the Shamokln Ho-'!
In a dying condition after being
over by a locomotive at the Wtfl
Colliery.
Vlra Destrnvprt the erectlnf
nuttem shoos of the Welmcr Mafl
Works, Lebanon, causing a !o
mated at $100,000. The concert
rushed with orders and one burl
men will be thrown out of 1
ment as a result of the fire.
Martin Weaver vol nerhanS 'r'
shot by an unidentified hunter If j
thickets near Highmont. He ! l
twenty -five ' years of age. o'
KlnBey, of near Geyers Crmrcn
shot In the groin by a gunner
badly hurt
Pnlor Fohltr haA aritnntpd a
- . .. o . . - .
a load of powder In a breast at
FIdler Colllerv. Shamokln. WW
fuse Ignited, causing the blast H
plode as the miner was bcndins
It. He was blown many fee1
and burned fatally,
When the vote was counted fc.
Second Ward of Marietta it wa 1
. ii,1a
that Abram R. Erlsman, camn-
assessor, who died last week, "j
celved 95 votes. Mr. Erlsman
n v. ti - .....,! .1 ... . h. 1 I lintlt Oil
lion.