THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS. McCONNELLSBURQ. PA. STATE NEWS NEW PEACE HE sJ 27 WHAT'S IN A NAME WITHOUT THE GAME? LOSI ON ANCONA BRIEFLY I0LD OF Designates Thursday, Novem! Ambassador Page Notifies the State Department. The Latest Gleanings From All Declares Submarine Did Not Fire Upon Lifeboats. President Wilson Told of Plan Over the State. ber 25, as Thanksgiving Day.tn For Congress of Neutrals. UNSOUND ECONOMIC BASIS SUBMARINE SINKS LINER TOLD IN SHORT PARAGRAPHS 45 MINUTES TO LEAVE TO BE HELD IN EUROPE GOVERNOR URGES AMERICANS HtlA CHARGES DAY i E W BK AUSTRIA Washington Still Withhold Details. Uneasiness Over Steamer' De struction Continues In Official Circles. Berlin.--The Atistro Hungarian Ad miralty ollicially announced that the Italian steamship Ancona attempted to pst-ape at full speed after a warning hot had been fired across her bow, and that the vessel only stopped after being shelled several times by an Austrian submarine. Given 45 Minutes To Leave. The submarine commander, It Is fur ther averted, nllowed the Ancona's passengers and crew 45 minutes to abandon ship, after which the vessel was torpedoed, sinking three-quarters of an hour later. The report that the submarine fired on the lifeboats is denied. The statement Issued by the Austro Hungarian Admiralty, after declaring that the foreign press had spread false rumors regarding the Ancona Incident, Bays the sinking took place as follows: "The submarine fired one shot In front of the Ancona's prow, whereupon the steamer fled at full speed, In ac cordance with the order Issued by the Italian authorities, which instructs ehlp commanders to flee or to sink the submarine. The submarine pursued the steamer and continued firing, but the vessel stopped only after being hit everal times. Says Crew Took Boats. "The submarine allowed 43 minutes for the passengers and crew to aban don the steamer, on board of which panic reigned, but only a small num ber of boats were lowered and these were occupied principally by the crew, "A great number of boats, probably nufficlent to save all the passengers, remained unoccupied. "After a period of 50 minutes, and as another steamer was approaching. the submarine submerged and tor pedoed the Ancona, which sank after n additional 43 minutes. "If any of the passengers lost their lives this was due to the fault of the crew, because the steamer tried to escape after it had received orders to stop, and then the crew saved only themselves and not the passengers. "Reports published in the .foreign press that the submarine fired on the Ancona's lifeboats are mendacious in mentions. When the steamer stopped the submarine ceased firing." FLYER TUMBLES INTO OCEAN. Life Belt Saves Him When Hydroaero plane Turns Turtle. Marblehead, Mass. One of the new- hydroaeroplanes which are being ex perimented with here prior to delivery to the United States Navy Department turned turtle 50 feet in the air over the Marblehead Neck. The machine left trio Bureess plant in charge of Clifford L. Webster, and after a first satisfactory flight one plant refused to work. Mr. Webster operated the new life belt successfully, falling free from the hurtling machine and landing feet first In the ocean, where he was quick ly rescued, the new Invention probably saving bis life. ELKS' NATIONAL HOME. Present Plans Call For Its Dedication Next July. Lynchburg. It is the present pur pose of the committee of the Elks Crand Lodge, which has In charce the construction of the new national home near Bedford, to have the dedicatory exercises of the homo jut prior to th meeting of the (5 rand Lodge in Balti more the second week In next July. SO as to have the delegates from the West and South stop over at Bedford to participate In the ceremonies. WAR IN AFRICA NOT OVER. Union Decides To Send 25,000 Men Against Germans.. Pretoria. Union of South Africa. Gen. Jan Christian Snimz, Minister of iH-fense, has been given supreme com mand of the military expedition against German East Africa. The Union of South Africa has decided to send against the German colony as many as 25,0(10 men, If a force of that size should be deemed necessary. ON PAN-AMERICAN COMMISSION. Pres'dent and Vice-President Of Peruvian Section Elected. Lima, Peru. Euloglo I,arrabure y Unanue, former Vice-President of Teru, and Ramon Ribeyro have been elected president and vice-president, respectively, of the newly installed Peruvian section of the PRn-Anierlcan Commission. The members are now etudylng the conventions which were approved by the Pan-American Con gress in Duenos Ayres in 1910. HOSPITAL SHIP NOT MISUSED. British Admiralty Denies German Inti mation. London. The Admiralty gave out the following official statement "A German Wireless dispatch on Novem ber 12 intimated that British hospital Bhlps were being used to convey troops, munitions and othpr war ma terial. "This Is absolutely false. British hospital ships always have been and always will be used in accordance with conditions prescribed by the Geneva convention." David Starr Jordan, Head Of Recent International Congress In 'Frisco, Presents Resolution To Presi dent Wilson. Washington. David Starr Jordan, president of l.eland Stanford Univer sity, and head of the International l'eace Congress, recently held In San Francisco, told President Wilson that quasi-official meeting of neutral na tions probably will be held fome time before Christmas, either at The Hague, Berne or Copenhagen, to attempt to bring about peace in Europe. Dr. Jor dan conveyed to the President a reso lution from the l'eace Congress, urg-' Ing him to co-operate with other neu trals In calling such a conference. In a statement laid before the Presi dent by Dr. Jordan it was declared that as a result of recent missions to the governments of the warring na . i .. .. ,i.. ..n. ' Hons, U COUlu Dv euueu mm iiuj the nations at war were not willing themselves to begin negotiations for peace, "there Is nevertheless abundant evidence that those charged with the administration of the foreign policies of these nations would welcome, or at least not oppose affirmative action by a neutral agency to bring about a peace based on International Justice." European Neutrals Ready. Dr. Jordan said that while no olliclal Information was available, peace advo cates had learned from unofficial sources In Holland, Sweden. Switzer land, Denmark and Spain that tbose countries would be glad to take part In any movement to further the cause of peace. Dr. Jordan was accompanied by Louis P. Lochner, secretary of the Chicago Peace Society, and who acted as secretary to Miss Jane Addams. of : and ( ount von liernstorCT, tne uerman Chicago, when she visited Kurope as a Ambassador, are active In propaganda representative of the Women's Peace , for destruction of munitions factories Congress, and much of the Informa- and fomenting strikes among the work tlon communicated to the President era, will be referred by the State De was cathered bv Miss Addams and her partment to the Department of Justice companions. Dr. Jordan look the position that It would be more natural for the Euro pean neutrals to Invite the United States to participate in the peace con ference than for the United States to Issue the Invitation. He said that an unomrtai meeting oi peace ai lierne, ieceiuoer i-t, mi wnu-u yiann for bringing about peace will be dis cussed, would he attended by people from the United States. For Continuous Mediation. The Idea of the uasl-ofhrla! peace conference ' suggested to President Wilson on behalf of the International Peace Congress by Dr. Jordan was that It would constitute a voluntary court of continuous mediation, would Invite siiRsestlons for settlement from each of the warring nations, and In any case, would submit simultaneously to all of them reasonable proposals as a basis for peace. TO CHANGE ARMY PLAN. Militiamen's Opposition Believed Due To Unfamiliarity. Washington. Refusal of the Na tional Guard Convention nt San Fran cisco to approve the "continental" re serve army plan. Secretary of War Garrison indicated, may change plans been Informed that quite a number of for enlistment of State militia In the southern Slavs from the monarchy continentals. If the Guardsmen feel ! have been enlisted by the allies' agents that machinery for wholesale enlist-'and have left this country' to fight nient of state troops in the con-: against the Austro-IIungarlan army. It tlnentals would weaken the militia, the is very probable that Dr. Goricar con option of enlistment will be stricken tributed to these nets of treason, from the proposed bill establishing I "The Austro-Hungarian Embassay continentals. War Department ol!l- has refrained until now from taking cials believe unfamiliarity with Garri-1 action to avoid disclosing that a for- son's plans caused the Guardsmen's convention to withhold approval. RADIUM NOW $36,000 A GRAM. Cost Cut From $120,000 By U. 6. Bureau Of Mines. Pittsburgh Radium nt ".6.000 a gram Instead of $120,000 a gram has been possible by the technical research I work of the United States Ilureau of I Mines during the last year, according to Van H. Manning, director of the bureau, who is in Pittsburgh inspect ing the work on the new experimental station being constructed here. Mr. Manning said that the procedure by which the price of radium has been cut will be published within n few weeks and will mean thousands of dol lars saved In all lines in which radium is utilized. FIVE INDICTED WITH FAY. Breitung Among the Men Charged With Plotting To Blow Up Ships. New York. The Federal Grand Jury presented to Judge Harland Howe In the Criminal Branch of the United States District Court, an in dictment against Robert Fay, Walter Scholz, Paul Daeche, Engelbert Uronk horst, Max Breitung and Herbert Kienzle. They are charged with hav- lng engaged In a conspiracy to de-oll owners of vessels of merchandise cargoes and to destroy vessels lo the Injury of persons who had placed in surance on them. U. S. STEAMER LLAMA SUNK. Lost After Being Run Upon Reef By British Prize Crew. Washington. The American steam er Llama, seized and run on a reef by a British prize crew last week, has been washed off the reef and has sunk. The American Consul at Kirkwall re ported today only one of the Llama's masts was visible above the water. The State Department Is Investigating the circumstances of the vessel's seizure. 1 mm. E Austrians Accused of Plotting to Destroy Munitions Plants. EMBASSY CALLS IT FALSE United States Government Will Press Investigation Of the Charges That Foreign Diplomats Are Back Of Disturbances. Washington. Published charges, at tributed to Dr. Joseph Goricar, former Austro-Hungarian Consul at San Fran cisco, that Austrian Consuls In the United States working under the di rection of Consul General Von Nuber tor investigation. Embassy Denounces Goricar, The Austrian Embassy here an nounced Goricar's published statement as untrue in every particular, and an nounced it would try to find some way to prosecute him for It. Goricar, the Embai!sy Kilid lofl nis p(,st on leave and failed to return. Tries To Discredit Him. The Austro-Hungarian Embassy Is sued the following statement: "Ex-Consul Dr. Goricar has been on leave of absence since the outbreak of the war, and has been temporarily at tached to the Austro-Hungarian Con sulate General In llerlln. There he ob tained knowledge that the Austro Hunuarian authorities had received in formation about his secret connections with enemies, and evidently fearing detection, he suddenly left his post. From Rome he tendered his resigna tion, thereby preventing his dismissal. "While he was in Home It was as certained that he was In close rela tion with Russian and Serbian agents, obviously with the purpose of going to the United States to disseminate disloyalty among our Immigrants. Impugns U. S. Neutrality. "The Austro-hungarian Emb&Bsy has ' nier consular officer has broken alle giance to his fatherland. "In view, however, of his statements the Embassy must emphatically de clare these accusations as false and absolutely baseless." MILLIONS LOST IN FIRE. Costly Blaze At Bethlehem Steel Plant Attributed To Electric Wiring. South Bethlehem, Pa. The fire which virtually destroyed the No. 4 machine shop of the Bethlehem Steel Company here was finally extinguish ed after causing damage estimated at from $1,000,000 to $4,000,000. The company has not yet Issued any state ment as to the loss and the estimate was made by persons not connected with the plant after viewing the dam- age. The building destroyed was recently constructed and equipped with valuable machinery at a cost of about $3,000,000. THREE BANKERS TO PRISON. Sentenced To Five Years For Vlo- lating Federal Law. Syracuse, N. Y. Baron Eugene F. E. Oppenheim, of Paris; Howard J. Rogers, former deputy state super intendent of public Instruction, and j Richard Murphy, a former assembly man, were sentenced to five years In the United Slates Penitentiary at At lanta by Judge Ray In the Federal Court. They were found guilty of vio lating the br.nl. Ing laws. TO TRAIN POLICE FOR WAR. New York Commissioner Arranges For Rifle Practice. . New York. As part of the plan to equip policemen for warfare all mem bers of the New York police force were notified that they will be offered Instructions In the handling of rifles. The plan was formed by Police Com missioner Woods, who announced that the Federal Government had agreed to furnish the first 600 rifles and ammunition. GORKI'S CHARGES SENSATION CITIZEN ARMY PLAN OPPOSED B MILITIA National Body Refuses to In dorse Wilson's Proposal. MACKLIN VICE PRESIDENT National Guard Association Tables Resolution Proposing Approval Of Continental Army Plan By Convention. San Francisco, Cal. Refusel to In dorse President Wilson's proposal for a continental army of 400,000 men marked the closing session here of the seventeenth annual convention of the National Guard Association of the United States. Ashevllle, N. C, was selected as the meeting place for 1916, the date to be decided later by the executive committee. A resolution proposing that the as sociation approve President Wilson's plan made public in an address by the President at the Manhattan Club, .New York, was offered by Gen. Henry D. Hamilton, of New York. Without de bate the resolution was referred to a committee. In recommending that the resolution be tabled, the legislative committee re ported "the committee fci of the opin ion that the resolution presented was considered by the committee In Its re port and that there is no necessity for taking further action." It was said the National Guard As sociation was opposed to the con tinental army plan of President Wil son, because It was believed It would conflict with the organization. Some of the officers contended that If a larger reserve force was to be pro vided, It should be done under guid ance of the National Guard. BRITISH WAR CABINET. Five Ministers To Have Absolute Con trol Of the Conduct Of the War, London. The much-discussed war committee, the cabinet within a cab inet, which will have absolute control of all matters relating to the conduct of the war during the absence of Lord Kitchener, was formally announced by Fremler Asqulth In the House of Com mons, It will consist of the following five ministers: Premier Asqulth. Arthur Balfour, first lord of the ad miralty. David Lloyd-George, minister of munitions. Bonar Law, secretary for the colonies. Reginald McKenna, chancellor, of the exchequer. In addition to this "big five" Sir Edward Grey; It was recently an nounced, will be called in for the dis cussion of all matters In which foreign relations are Involved. PELLAGRA CURE.FOUND. Discovery Of Cause and Remedy An nounced By Federal Service. Washington. Discovery of the cause of and cure for pellagra was an nounced formally by the Public Health Service. The announcement follows the recent publication of a report by Surgeon Joseph Goldberger on a year of experiments In co-operating with 1 Southern state health officials, demon- strating the correctness of the theory that a one-sided diet lacking In protelds would cause the disease and that a well-balanced diet would cure it. LAFAYETTES IMPOVERISHED. Chateau Of the Famous General Is For Sale. Tarls. The Lafayette family has be come Impoverished by the war, and having disposed of all Its available property is now offering for sale the well-known chateau of Gen. Marquis de Lafayette In Auvergne. As the chateau stands a price of $20,000 is asked. The suggestion is nade that the American nation or some Ameri can millionaire buy the mansion and present It to the French nation. MACHINE GUN TO PRISON FA rm Georgia Determined To Prevent Lynchings Like Frank's. Atlanta, Ga. A machine gun was sent to the State prison farm at Vil ledgeville by AdJ.-Gerr. J. Van Holt Nash, of the Ceorgia National Guard. Warden James Smith was Instructed to use the gun, if, In the future, at tempts were made to remove prlson ers. It was from this farm that Leo M. Frank was taken and lynched. American Woman Among Those Saved. Of 645 Aboard Torpedoed Liner, 370 Are Reported To Be Safe. ATTEMPTED ESCAPE, SAYS BERLIN. Berlin, "Information from a re liable source is that the steamship Ancon was sunk by an Austro Hungarian submarine," says the Overseas News Agency, "She attempted to escape, and thus compelled ths submarine to use her guns." Washington. About 27 Americans are believed to have been lost with the torpedoed Italian liner Ancona, ac cording to a cable to the State Depart ment from Ambassador Page at Rome. The Ambassador said the probable victims of the tragedy were Alexander Pattatlvo, his wife and four children, of New Y'ork; Mrs. Frances Mascolo Lamur and about 20 unnamed third class passengers. Mrs. Ccvll L. Griel was named as the one known American survivor among the passengers. Government Awaits Details. The department cabled Ambassador Page and all American consuls In the vicinity of the tragedy for the details of the sinking of the vessel. . It was stated by officials that tho gravity of the issue between the United States and the Austrian Government would depend pntlrcly on the circumstances of tho case. If the Ancona did not attempt to es cape, the United States undoubtedly will send a protest similar to those sent to Germany during the discus sion of the Lusitania case, and will demand the same guaranfees, as well as disavowal and reparation. On the other hand, If it Is rhown that the Ancona actually tried to es cape and continued its efforts to get away after being warned by the sub marines, it is believed here that this Government will not make an issue of the case, even though Americans were lost Indemnity Doubtful. Just as the circumstances of the sinking of the Ancona will determine the gravity of the Issue between the two Governments, so It will affect the Interests of the heirs of Americans lost with the vessel. In the opinion of officials here. It is pointed out that if the Ancona was torpedoed in viola tion of International law, this Gov ernment will demand indemnity for the loss of American lives. . On the other hand, If It Is shown thnt the Austrian submarine complied with the requirements of international law, this Government will have no ground upon which to make a demand for In demnity. At the Austrian Embassy emphasis was laid on the press dispatches that 100 shots were fired at the Ancona. An official of the Embassy said: "We are not worried, because the news dispatches indicate that the Ancona attempted to escape." Stopped, Then Sunk, Is Claim. "A submarine approached the An cona toward noon," says a Tunis dis patch, "and as soon as the steamer saw it an attempt was made to escape at full speed. The Ancona was over taken and stopped. Then the sub marines fired on the Ancona, sinking her amid the desperate cries of the passengers. "The lifeboats were next attacked, the submarine likewise firing on them. A woman, a man and two children were killed: their bodies are at Bizerta. "The submarine (hen disappeared immediately, proceeding probably In the direction of the gean sea. FLEET GOING TO CHARLESTON. Will Be Feature Of Southern Com mercial Congress. . Washington. The second and third divisions of the Atlantic fleet, includ lng the battleships South Carolina, Utah, Michigan. Kansas, Florida, Vir ginia,' Georgia, New Jersey and Rhode Island, with destroyers, submarines and auxiliaries, will be ordered lo Charleston, S. C, during the conven tion of the Southern Commercial Con gress, there December 13 to 17. Fea tures of the meeting will be a cele bration of the fiftieth anniversary of the conclusion of the Civil War and a discussion of the national defense problem. $10,000,000 FOR ADVERTISING. Railroads Show Faith In Value Newspaper Publicity. Of Chicago. Railroads of the United States demonstrated their faith in newspaper advertising by spending $10,000,000 for newspaper space during the last fiscal year, according to an address made before the Chicago Ad vertislng Association by Garrett Fort general passenger agent of the Union Pacific. HAITI APPROVES TREATY. American Protectorate Over Country Adopted, 26 To 7. Washington. President Wilson was Informed by Secretary of State Lan sing that tho proposed treaty between the United States and Haiti was ap proved by the Senate at Fort au Prince. The vote was 26 to 7. The treaty provides for the establishment of an American protectorate over the country. It will now be submitted to the coming Congress here for approval. The stringent State law against per mitting shipment of game for Bale In markets Is responsible for the very small number of rabbits exposed for sale In the markets In the cities. Ordinarily, hundreds of rabbits are available for purchase, but this year, owing to the strictness with which the law Is being enforced, the cottontails are hard to get, except from farmer who shoot them. With his Minorca hen, "Queen Elizabeth," W. S. Geremeyer, of Car lisle, claims to have beaten the world's egg-laying record recently established by Lady Englantlne, at Delaware College. "Queen Elizabeth" Is said to have eclipsed the Englantlne record by laying 34.1 eggs In 343 con eecutlve days, the former record be ing 314 eggs In 365 days. Religious holidays, carefuily ob served In the Connellsville coke region by hundreds of workers, cut down pro-. duction last week, in spite of the fact that four hundred ovens which have been idle for a long time, were placed In operation. The 31,000 active ovens have a weekly capacity of approx imately 450,000 tons. rians for extension of work among young women in cities were outlined at a conference at Harrlsburg of rep resentatives of the Y. W. C. A. in most of the cities of the State. It was arranged to have a celebration with Maryland and Delaware of the fiftieth anniversary of the organization of the association next year. Frank L. Rime, the eleven-year-old Chester county boy who raised 148 bushels of corn on one acre of land, has written to Governor Brumbaugh telling him how he did It and the Gov ernor has told him that if he looks after his work so well he will become one of the most successful farmers of Pennsylvania. The Pottsville School Board decided to ask State authorities for one year's grace for the establishment of "con tinuation schools," as required by the new child labor law. To accommodate the pupils in this Industrial district, it would be necessary to erect a new building, as all of the Pottsville schools are overcrowded. State Investigation into the cause for the large number of typhoid fever cases In South Philadelphia, conducted under the guidance of Dr. Samuel G. Dixon, Commissioner of Health, re vealed that the eating of fruits and vegetables purchased from the curb markets without cooking was the cause of many of the cases. Orders have been received In Sharon by Superintendent W. C. Fletcher to get the local plant of the American Steel Foundries Company ready for immediate resumption at full capacity. The plant, which has been Idle for thirteen months, employes about 600 men. Some of the turnpike companies of the State are showing a disposition to fight back in the complaints made against them before the Public Serv ice Commission. Several have asked that the commission send Inspectors to see if the charges are sound. There has been effected an organiza tion at Nesquehonlng, called "The Federation of New Citizens," the aim of which is "to-promote citizenship among the Slnvs and to prepare all who desire to become citizens." At the meeting of the Berks County Conservation Association, a movement was started to acquire the mountains surrounding Heading and plans were made for the planting of 700,000 young trees In Reading and vicinity. LltlU, one of the most thriving bor oughs In Lancaster county, will be di vided Into wards. Recently, the vil lage of Warwick and other land adja cent, was annexed. . Three men are under arrest and sev eral strangers are being watched close ly as a result of the finding of a trunk full of dynamite at the home of Eugene English, of Peckvllle. B. Frank Roeller, of Royersford, has been appointed deputy factory inspec tor In the Department of Labor and Industry. Mrs. Allen refers is the champion woman corn husker In Berks co.unty, just having completed niifeteen days of husking on farms In Maxatawny Township. The Landls Tool fompany under an order of court, has released from the receivers the Fllnchbaugh Manufactur ing Company's plant In Greencastle and began operating It Wednesday. Joseph R. Rohlman, of Columbia, was appointed deputy factory Inspec tor by Commissioner Jackson, Highway Commissioner, Harry In gram, Lansdowne, has been suspended from service by direction of Council for irregularities in office. Marshall Furnace at Newport, Perry 'county, which has been Idle several years, will be blown In within a few weeks. The prosperity wave Is being felt at Shlppensburg. the Domestic Engine and Pump Works going on full time after short hours for almost one year. Brumbaugh In Proclamation Decri(, Prosperity Due To the Great War Exhoratlon To Worship. Harrlsburg. Governor Brumbauj issued bis first Thanksgiving Da proclamation, calling upon the peop: of Pennsylvania to observe a day 1 thanks for "a year of health, plem and Boclal advance" and declaring Urn at the same time people should tai, steps to reach "a sound economic col dltion." The proclamation says: "Let us observe reverently our di: of thanksgiving, not alone because 1 is a custom so to do, but because it I a privilege annually to make publ. acknowledgment of gratitude to 0V for His manifold mercies and bles. ines. We are a worthy people on! as we are an bumble and a devout ped pie. Not to see the guiding wiedotJ of God in the affairs of men is to b 'gnorant of the vital controlling fore In the uullft of the race. "Wo hnvn hnil vouchsafed to u 1 Wear of health, plenty and social ac vance. Our Commonwealth has Mm signally free from calamities. On: crops have been abundant. Our it dustries at the beginning of the yea: were languishing. They now are Is creaslngly prosperous. The deplo: able war In Europe may be the ocra sion of this prosperity. It Is regrc: table that the misfortunes or ot neighbors should be a cause of cv prosperity. The sooner we reach sound economic condition based upo: a normal competitive market, the be' tsr it will be for us. The preer. situation is one that well may cause 1 to take heed. The law of love is tlJ only abiding law of progress. 'In the spirit of solemn gratilufi' that we have been kept from the ho: rors of war and that we have he: blessed of God with material and epir itual good, let us gather in our sever, places of worship to take our rerkot ing, to give thanks for bounteous bles ines. and to appllcate our Heavenl Father for continuing guidance an helD. "To this end arid that we may be 1 holier and happier people, I, Marti: Grove Brumbaugh, Governor of thi Commonwealth, do designate and e aside Thursday, November 23, 1915, Thanksgiving Day." State Insurance Fund Rates. Official announcement -of the got eral plan of the State's rates for li bllity Insurance In the workmen compensation insurance fund w made by State Treasurer Robert K Young, chairman of the Insurant Fund Board, In the following state ment: 'The board will make a reduction front the approved rates of the insiir ance rate manual of ten per centum and the minimum premium is fixed 1' J5.00." In connection with this announce ment. the following explanatory slat ment was issued by Albert L. Allen, assistant manager of the State insur ance,Jund : "This approved rate reduction of ten per cent, on all rates concerns all em ployers of labor in the State. The law creating tite fund requires that the premium rates shall be fixed at lowest amount consistent with tne maintenance of a solvent fund and the creating of an adequate surplus and reserve. The fund pays no com missions to agents and does not have to earn profits for stockholders, while for the first three and one-half year the entire expenses of the management are Daid by the State. The elimina tion of these expenses Is sufficient to allow the board to write Insurance ' this reduced original rate. The hai ance remaining also gives every pro nert of returning a very substantial rebate In dividends to subscribers l the end of the year, so as to bring the cost of Insurance in the State down to a much lower basis. Employers may obtain their compensation insurance in the State at a rate lower thnn thai charged by the stock and mutual com panies and secure a complete relea? of their personal liability and full pr teetlon of their property against com pensation liens. If the subscriber to the fund makes the report of an ac cident within seven days, his liability ceases and Is transferred automatical ly to the fund, so that no valid lie" can be filed aeainst the property of an employer insuring in it. Every other form of Insurance leaves the empl".ver personally .liable. Must Get Auto Permit Promptly More than 4,000 applications have I veil tnr ioir nntnmoblle H- censes by the automobile division of Cfntn lllfrhornv Ttennrtment. TM L 111 r 1 11 1 v - ' n -' " J ' I , new UeenHA nlates have been received by the Department and, beginning D" cember 1, they will be sent out to tnof who hffve applied for them. .Despite the fact that these ne plates are not to be used before Jn' narv 1. 1916. many Inquiries have been received by tho Department from own ers who desire to use them as soon a they get them. Pardon Board Cancels Meeting. The November meeting of the Stat Board of Tnrdons has been 'cancolei nil the cases to have come UP at tnt time have been continued until meeting of the board, December 16- May Name Justice November 25. Governor Brumbaugh announce (hat, he would not hurriedly name Justice of the Supreme Court. I'e added that he might name one Thanks giving Day or December 1. I '
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