, THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS. McCONNELLSBURO, PA. ALLIES 10 Fl IE GREECE'S HAND Commercial Blockade of Helle nic Kingdom Declared. KITCHENER MADE IT PLAIN Kitchener Firm With Constantino. Tell King What Entente Will Do Unless Demands Art Conceded. London. The Entente All Irs have demanded Unit Greece either Join with them and full! II her treaty obligations to Serbia or demobilize, and to im press King Constantlua that they mean what they say the Allies have declared a commercial blockade of the Hel lenic Empire, according to dispatcher from Athens. An Athens dispatch to the Time says It la confirmed that the Entente Towers have Imposed restrictions on Creek trade. The Allied fleets, it is added, have already begun searching all steamers flying the Creek flag in the Aegean and the Mediterranean. It is certain that Lord Kitchener, the British war secretary, who had an hour's audience, with the King of Greece and afterward saw Premier Skouloudhi, took a firm stand and told them what the Allies could and would do unless tho demands were con ceded. The entente Allies will not permit any delays, as the position of the Serbian armies makes any prolonga tion of the present uncertainty Im possible. Already the Serbians are making what may be their last stand before Monastir and also on the plains of Kossovo. At Macedonian Gates. The Bulgarians, it is true, are be ing held up by unfavorable weather conditions, but they must be almost at the gates of the Macedonian capi tal by this time; while the Austro Germans and Bulgarians are slowly but surely pressing back the northern army. The Germans announce th- capture of Novipazar, and are therefore on the direct road to Mitrovltza. which has been the Serbian capital since Nish fell into the hands of the Bulgarians. Other armies are pressing in from the north, the northwest, the north east and the east, and even the Mon tenegrins, who held their positions for bo long, are being forced back. Of the French and British troops in the south, no news has been received. Apparently they are only holding their positions and can no longer hope to be of assistance to tho Serbians, ex cept by keeping a large number of Bulgarian engaged. According to German reports an effort will be made by the French ard British to save the Serbians by sending troops through Montenegro and Albania, but, with poor roads, It will take a long time for them to reach the battlefield. Fighting For Gorit'a. There is no change on the other battle fronts. The Italians are still fiirhting for Gorizia, and the Russians are gaining ground which they lost along the Styr River last week. Czartorysk, a little villas unknown before the war and which became fa mous foT the bitter fihtin:? that has occurred around It, is nuain in the possession of the Russians, who evi dently let the Germans enter simply to shell them ont the next day. The German attack which met with Initial success was doomed to final failure, ,11 the rountry around is a great marsh, and In the opinion of J-eirograd, the offensive was taken for political, not military, purposes, wih the object of impressing the Rou manians. ACQUITTED OF KILLING FATHER. Virginia Girl Sh" To Save Younger Sister. Lynchburg. Va. A jury In the Cir cuit Court at Irvinirton, Nelson coun ty, has Acquitted Miss Laura Kidd, who was tried on the charge of mur dering her father, Lilcian Kidd. Her curred about two months ago near plea was self-defense. The killing oc Lowesville when the father was brutally whipping a younger child. The elder daughter remonstrated, and during the melee she secured a shot gun and Bhot her father several tlnis. 40,000 CHILDREN GREET BELL. Pay Homage With Sunrise Prayer To Revolutionary Relic. St. Louis. With a sunrise prayer 4f,000 Frhool children paid homage to the Liberty Bell here at fi.3u o"clock Sunday morning. Exclusive of the children, between 100,000 and 125,000 residents of St. Louis and surrounding towns passed before the bell during its seven and a half hours' visit to this City. TO ENLARGE DONORA PLANT. U. S. Steel Corporation Plans Exten. sion To Cost $750,000. Pittsburgh. Extensions costing $750,000 are to bo made to the Donora plant of the United States Steel Cor poration, according to Bn announce ment made here. Work is to start Im mediately on the extensions, which will consist or three additioii'il open hearth furnaces and a 1,000-ton mixing furnace. TO DISCUSS LA20R PROBLEMS. Southern Conference Will Be Held In December In Charleston. . i Washington. Governors of 16 Southern 'States and Mayors of the principal Southern cities have been asked by Stcretary Wilson of the De partment of ltlor to send delegates to the conference of labor distribution to be held at Charleston, S. C, Decem ber 16 and 17, in connection wltb the meeting of the Scuthorn Commercial ConnrcKB. t IS 10 JOIN ENTENTE Broadening of International Combine Planned. TO AVOID CHIN0-JAP CLASH Would Forestall Action ty Japan. Complications Feared In Case Of Interference By Lat ter In China. Washington. Efforts are being made by Great Britain, Fiance and Russia to Include China in the mem bership of the entente now aligned against the Germanic Bowers. Dis closure of this fact directed the atten tion of official Washington to a com plicated situation in tho Far East, the seriousness of which had not hitherto been realized. It b.'came known that In order to Insure friendly relations between Japan nnd China conversations and exchanges had been proceeding In Teking and the European capitals looking to the formal entrance of China on an equal footing with Japan Into the alliance that now Includes Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Japan and Serbia. Jap Warships On Coast Military participation by China In the war would not be expected, but the political necessity of adding China to the Allies Is looked upon by them as of vast importance. So far as it Is known here, most of the conversations have been conducted at Peking, and It is not clear how far the proposal has been discussed wltb the Japanese Government at Tokio. The belief Is general, however, that Great Britain, on account of the obliga tions of her alliance with Japan, prob ably has consulted the Tokio Govern ment freely. China Believed Favorable. China's attitude has not yet develop ed, but In some quarters here the view Is held that the Peking Government is fflvnrnlitv Inrlimwt tr tti Tnt.,nt 1 proposals, sinre the move would guar antee the integrity of China during the present disturbed condition of world politics and safeguard her interests at the peace conference. Just what advantages would lie to Japan In acquiescing in the proposal are not clear, but It Is suggested In well-informed quarters that, by plac ing on a solid foundation the relations between China and Japan. Japanese! commercial Interests In China might ho Immnno frm tl, uc.l ,ll,rK.I " " L . , . . .. ! mire which rerurreni political iriciion mU-ht bring about. The feeling In China against Japan lir.s been growing on account of the re rent negotiations, and the possibility that a more friendly spirit might be developed between tho two Oriental countries also Is said to be a factor In behalf of Japanese approval of the plan. Secretary Lansing declined to com ment on the situation, declaring that whatever had been received by the American Government on the subject was confidential and could not be dis closed. LAST GEORGIA DRY BILL SIGNED. Work Of Special Session Of Legisla ture Now Complete. Atlanta, Ga. Revision of Georgia's prohihi'ion laws, one of the purposes for which the Legislature Is In special pension, was completed when Governor Harris signed the last of a series of bills designed particularly to banish from the State all breweries, locker clubs and "near-beer" saloons. All the bills become effective May 1, 1016. One prohibits the manufac ture or sale within the State of any beverate containing more than one half of one per cent, of alcohol. Another fov'.-ids the advertisement of intoxicating liquors In newspapers, ! periodicals, on bill boards or by any other means. I A third provides that shipments of liquor Into the State for personal use shall be limited to 2 quarts of whiskey, CIA 5 0 4S pints of beer and 1 gallon of wine the Panama Canal by the recent slide to any one person within any 30-day ; many employes, mainly In the operat period. Ing division, are being furloughed or ROOSEVELT WON'T FIGHT. Gecretary Says Report He'll Go To War Is Absurd. New York. Col. Theodore Roose. velt Is not going to Europe to fight for I the Allies. His secretary, John Mc-1 Grath, Issued the following statement! relative to the report from Canada I that the former President has been I offered the command of a Canadian I contingent T-,. I. V .!.... I.. ' truth In reports that the Colonel may leave this country to fight for a foreign power. The report Is absurd, ridicul ous. Colonel Roosevelt will not go to Europe to fight." MARSHALL PRESENT ON WAY. Vice-Presidents' Gift To Mrs. Navajo Blanket. Gait Phoenix, Ariz. Vice - President Thomas R. Marshall's wedding gift to Mrs. Norman Gait, President Wilson's fiancee, is a gorgeous Navajo Indian chief's blanket, made at the reserva tion In Northeastern Arizona. BOARD NOW HOLDS $100,000,000. Federal Reserve Bank and Agent Have Big Credit Washington. More than $100,000, 000 is now held by the Federal Re serve Board in Its gold ettlement fund to the credit of the reserve banks and reserve agents. The fund has been In existence six months, and in that time balances between banks and reserve agents amounting to $716,688, 000 have been settled through it. De posits by reserve banks In this fund are counted at legal reserve. I . THANKFUL U.S. SHIP PLUS Secretary Daniels Would Have Government-Built Navy. WOULD MAKE MATERIAL TOO Figures On Acquisition Of Ore Fields. 6,000-Ton Battleships With 16 Inch Guns Proposed Public Ownership Plan. Washington. Secretary of the Navy Daniels made It known that the Gov eminent has under consideration a plan whereby the Navy will, In the future, be able to build its own battle ships and to manufacture all the Im portant elements of material that go into them. The evolution of this plan Is the di rect result of pressure or. the part of private shipyards for merchant and other privately owned vessels. This situation came squarely before the Navy Department when it was found that the private shipbuilding plants had In every instance asked for more money to build the two new dread naughts than had been appropriated for the purpose. At the same time it developed that the Government navy yards at New York, Philadelphia and "alC "UU raL" "'"' "lu 1 r ., 1 I i un.t I .. i. t ..... I. ; I vw u.u m it of the appropriation, j within the 11 If awarded to the Government plants, nearly half a million dollars will be saved on the two contracts. Navel constructors, therefore, are figuring, the Secretary admitted, upon a plan which contemplates Govern ment ownership of ore fields, of fur naces and mills, of an armor plate plant and such other establishments as will mane the government Inde- pendent of privote enterprise in the construction of future ships. : The navy has already proceeded fur- ther in this direction than any other department All the powder used for j tn:get practice and other naval pur poses Is being, made at Indian Head, Md. Guns are being turned out at the factory in this city, and a commission ! months ago recommended the erection and operation by the department of a fully equipped armor plate plunt. Aeroplanes will be constructed at the Pensacola Naval Station and clothing and other supplies are being produced at Philadelphia. I It Is now proposed to Include the de-' velopmcnt by the Government of its ' own iron supply, Its own mills and eventually put itself In a position to build its own vessels from the ground up. Such a proposal, of course, must be provided for by Congress, and It may become a part of the general de fense policy of the Administration. MAY TIE UP CANAL 6 MONTHS. Panama Employes Sent On Furlough Or Vacations. Panama. Owing to the tying up of given vacations, which Is taken here to indicate that the canal will remain closed for a much longer time than was at first expected. In most cases employes are being dismissed. In a number of cases employes of the operating 'division have been trans ferred to other divisions which were In need of men owing to the Increased . i . . , . . ' j . . , i UlUUfotlV ASSISTANT POSTMASTER FIRED. W. H. Brand, In Office 17 Years, Ac cused Of Perjury. Fairmont, V.'. Va. W. II. Brand, as sistant postmaster of Fairmont, who was removed on charges, received his dismissal papers from the Postofflce Department In Washington. He has I served 17 years. Charges of perjury j and of giving assistance to persons at 'civil service examinations were filed j against blm.' Perry Burton, . George Cochran and James Hall, clerks and carriers, also have been dismissed on various charges. ' NOT TO PUT HUGHES ON TICKET. Nebraska Expected To Regard the Wiihe Of Justice. Lincoln, Neb. The name of Asso ciate Justice Charles E. Hughes, of the United States Supreme Court, as. a Presidential candidate probably will not appear on the Nebraska primary ballot, as ha been requested by a peti tion filed by a number of his' Nebraska jupporters. Secretary of State Pool intimated that he would grant the request of Mr. Hughes that his nam b left off. PLANS DOCTOR BLAMELESS FO DEATH Autopsy Shows Infant Was Doomed to Life of Anguish. WILL NOT BE PROSECUTED Physicians S,-ys Child Would Have Died As Result Of Curvature Of Spine and Hemorrhage Of Spinal Canal. . Chicago. An autopsy over baby Bollinger, the defective infant, who died Wednesday after his mother and the attending physician agreed not to attempt to prolong life, was held by H. (. W. Reinhardt, coroner's physician, and W. D. McNally, city chemist Their conclusions are said to have sustained previously expressed beliefs that the infant was doomed either to death or a life of anguish, and to have Justified Dr. II. J. Halselden, who allowed the child to die, when an operation might have saved its life. The result of the autopsy was read before the Jury. It showed that the baby was paralyzed on the left side from head to foot On tho right side the outer ear was formed, but lacked the drum, and the child would have been deaf because there was no ear jl . , . t i f ... i . . . i .i V l UIC ItlV OIUCi VII 111V life 11 V DIUV there was no neck, the Bkin growing " leil BH1B. UII U1B nglll Blue from the cheek to the shoulder blade, Curvature of the spine and hemor rhage of the spinal canal also were found. The latter, according to physicians, would have caused complete paralysis of the child's body and would have resulted in death had there been no other causes. Mrs. Anna Bollinger, mother of the defective infant, was told of the death she made no comment save to repeat that denial of the simple operation which would have saved the baby's life was best for all concerned. LARGEST CAPTIVE BISON KILLED. ic Diamond's Likeness On $10 Note and Nickels. New York. Black Diamond, the aced Dufialo, whose likeness Is printed on $10 Treasury notes and stamped on the latest 5-cent pieces, was put to death here. He was more than 20 years old, and the largest bison In captivity. He had been an inmate of the Central Park corral for many years. Black Diamond's hide, which measured 13 by 13 feet, will be made into nn automobile robe. The bison weighed 1,550 pounds and 750 pounds of t'ressed meat was obtained. The teeth were in a remarkable state of preservatitn. The head, which will be mounted, sold for a considerable amount of money. TURNS DOWN WAR ORDER. Moundsville (W. Va.) Firm Refuses To Make Gun Stocks. Moundsville, W. Va. A second war order hns been refused by a Mounds ville firm. The J. A. Schwab Com pany was tendered an order' for 3,090, 000 gun stocks to be supplied at the rate of 50,000 a month. They turned down the order. A short time ago the Royal Gun Company was tendered a large order for guns, but refused to accept It. In both cases It would have been necessary to Install a lot of spc- cial machinery and both firms had all the work they could turn out without accepting any war orders. WILL TAKE UP DISHONEST "ADS." Trades Commission Is Not Sure It Can Investigate. Washington. The Federal Trade Commission announced that on next Tuesday it would hear representatives of the Associated Advertising Clubs of the? World on the subject of dishonest advertising. The commission will seek to determine whether It has Juris diction to Investigate dishonest adver tising practices as a form of unfair competition under the Trade Commis sion act. STRIKE ENDS; SECOND STARTS. : 3,100 Lehigh Men Return and 2,600 Gp Out Taraaqua, Pa. The 3,100 employes tof the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company, who had beep on striko at four collieries for .several days, T9r turned to work Wednesday. Soon afterward 2,000 men struck at the.' company's Spring tunnel, Nesqbe noning and No. 10 collieries becduVe several men had been suspended. It I- . . ...... t.av v. wuw.v ' . . t w, DClllCU soon and the men will return to work. ANCONA STRUCK AFTER HALTING American Passenger Contra dicts Official Explanation. DIPLOMACY WILL GET BUSY United State Will Contend That Placing Of Passengers In Open Boats At Sea I Not Provid ing For Their Safety. Washington. While the United States will wait for the Austrian reply to Ambassador Penfield's inquiry con cerning the circumstances under which the Italnn liner Ancona was sunk, it was stated officially that the placing of American citizens In small boats on the high seas was nut re garded as according to thein "a place of safety," within the meaning of the term as used in international law. In Its correspondence with Germany over the Frye case the American gov ernment expressed the view that open boats did not constitute a place of safety. This was broadened by an offl. clnl Interpretation to apply to Ameri can citizens, whether traveling on Hull (crnron t if nmilral uTilna IOMIclals qualified their assertions somewhat by stating that If a vessel was destroyed within a few miles of shore, lifeboats would be regarded as safe, but that weather conditions and the opportunity given for passengers to be transferred even then were per tinent circumstances. From these Inti mations It is believed the American government would develop the entire question of submarine warfare further In correspondence with Austria, and that even though, as the Austrian Ad miralty has declared, 45 minutes was given for the passengers and crew of the Ancona to be transferred, this was not regarded as affording American citizens a sufficient opportunity to be saved. The United States has insisted throughout that the operations of sub- 1 marines shall not "jeopardizo the lives of American citizens," and, not withstanding the formal denial from Vienna that the Ancona was shelled after she stopped, the fact that tho ship actually was torpedoed while a number of passengers still were aboard is regarded as the ckief circumstance upon which representations will be made. NO PARCEL POST TO TEUTONS. Service To Germany and Austria-Hun gary Suspended. Washington. Announcement of the suspension of parcel post mail to Ger many and Austria-Hungary was made by the Postofflce Department The reason ascribed is that the steamship companies refuse to accept it Post masters throughout the country have been Instructed to refuse to accept parcel post destined to these coun tries. CYCLIST KILLED IN RACE. Skid Over Rail Of Chicago Track and Fall 30 Feet Chicago. In the first heat of the amateur handicap at the opening of the six-day bicycle races here, Louis Kuehl was killed Instantly when, on his third lap, he plunged over the rail on the north turn and fell 30 feet to the concrete floor below, Herman Hoffman, who was leading, started to slip and Kuehl swung high to avoid him, skidding over the rail. TO SEND FOOD TO TEUTONS. Committee Formed For Supplying Civilian Population. New York. An organized movement to aid the civilian population of Ger many and Austria by sending food from the United States was launched here by a "Citizens' Committee for Food Shipment" consisting of 43 physicians, clergymen and prominent women. The organization has pro vided for branch committees through out the country. TURKEY HIGHER THIS YEAR. Expected To Retail At 27 To 28 Cents a Pound. Chicago. It was said in South Water street that Thanksgiving tur key will retail at 27 to 28 cents a pound this season, or about 15 per cent, higher than last year. The heavy rains which marked the spring and summer are said to He at the bottom of the advance. PARTS OF WIFE'S BODY ON DUMP. Husband Failed To Bury Them After Amputation. Atlanta. The finding of parts of a woman's body on the city dump heap was explained when a eurgeon identi fied the parts as those amputated from a woman Injured in a street car acci dent. -Her husband failed to bury them as directed. WASHINGTON I AN A GENERAL. Dr. Philip Newton Surgeon Of Russian Army Corp. Petrograd, via London. Dr. Philip Newton, of Washington, who came to Russia in char.-re of a Red Cross unit, has been aiipointnd surgeon of the Russian Sixth Army Corps, with the rank of genoral. ,, U. S. FLAG GONE FROM ORIENT. Last Vessel To Carry It Sails For United Kingdom. Seattle, Wash. Tfio Great Northern steamship Minnesota, the largest ves sel on the Pacific Ocean, ! on her way from Seattle to the United King dom,' and with her departuro the American fla.T bas disappeared Xrom the Oriental trade. The Pacific Mall Steamship Company's fleet was dis persed before tho Minnesota closed her career an a ttanK-Pacijlc liner to en gage in the Atlantic trnda. a GOVERNOR PRAISES CHILD EMPLOYERS Attitude Toward Continuation School Commended Review Work In the State. ' Ilarrlsburg. Governor Brumbaugh issued a statement commending the attitude of the educational authorities of the State for their co-operation In trranglng for enforcement of the child labor law continuation school features and praising the spirit of the employers In their dealings with the officials who have been meeting em ployers on the subject and he especial ly commends those who have agreed to eatabl'sh continuation schools with out delay when the law becomes ef fective on January 1 next. Tho Governor's statement In part Is as follows: "Reports by the State Departments of Public Instruction and Labor and Industry Indicate that at least three quarters of the children now working In this State will be provided with continuation school facilities, next January, when the new Child Lauor Act goes Into effect. "I especially am pleased with the at tltudo which employers of children generally have assumed. I am Inform ed that wherever the school men have gone to places of business personally and talked with employers, explaining to them tho benefits which would ac crue both to them and to their youns employes under this law, that they have expressed a willingness to meet all Its provisions. Ia fact, some firms, which had expressed themselves as op posed to the new law, have agreed to furnish space In their establishments for conducting continuation classes, and a few have agreed even to pay the teachers." ' Men Renamed In Penna. Farm Bureau. Further steps In the reorganization of the State Department of Agriculture were taken when the Stato Commis sion of Agriculture, In session with the Covernor and Secretary of Agricul ture Patton, approved the reappoint ments of the following: Dairy and Food Commissioner James Foust, Elalr county, salary $4,000. ' Economic Zoologist II. A. Surface, Cumberland county, salary $4,000. State Veterinarian C. J. Marshall, Philadelphia, salary $4,000. Deputy Veterinarian T. E. Munce, Washington county, salary $3,000. Chief Chemist James W. Kellogg, Dauphin county, salary $4,000. No announcement of appointment of Deputy Secretary was made. The place nt present Is filled by A. L. Martin, Lawrence county. The meeting was the second to bo held by tho commission since Its or ganization last summer, and the first with Mr. Patton at the Capitol, and the Governor outlined his plans for development of the department These plans are said to call for considerable change In the educational work of the department and also the taking up of more activity of such matters as soli conservation. Survey Of Pupil In Allen Tongue. A survey of the State to ascertain the exact number1 of non-English-speak-Ing, childi-en of school age will be un dertaken this fall by Dr. J. George Becht, secretary of the State Board of Education. The plan Js to extend the survey to the number of non-English-speaking adults in the State, although this will not be undertaken Immediate ly. The data secured will bo used In the 'furtherance of State educational projects in communities where tkero are many foreigners. The State board also has authorized Its committee In charge of purchase of normal schools to conduct negotiations for the acquisi tion of the valuable school properties nt Shlppenburg, Millersvllle, Slippery Rock, Clarion, Bloomsburg and Kutz town. The State now owns four schools. To Confer On Tqll Emancipation. Highway Commissioner Cunningham will take up with the Governor in a few days, the propositions he has re ceived lately to purchase control of sovcrul turnpikes. Petitions have been coming In from portions of the Juniata, Lebanon and Cumberland Valleys, nsk Ing that the State free the roada. STATE CHARTERS. Ilarrlsburg. The following State charters were Issued: Argo Building nnd Loan Association, Philadelphia: Capital, $1,000,000; treasurer, W. J. Robinson. Foster Mill Company, Hop Bottom: Capital, $10,000; treasurer, Joseph West, Montrose. The Thrifty Development Company, Philadelphia: Capital, $10,000; treas urer, F. J. Forseip. R. C. Cramer Library Company, East Stroudsburg: Capital, $20,000; treas urer, Russell C. Cramer. West Chester Street Building and Loan Association, Philadelphia: Capl 'at. $1,000,000; . treasurer, John A. Miller. ' , - Giles Manufacturing Co., hosiery, Shamokln: Capital, $35,000; treasurer, W. T. Giles. Grocers' Supply Company, Philadel phia: Capital, $5,000; treasurer, J. M. Patterson, 2d. iiilinnoy Construction "Company, Mahanoy City: Capital, $15,000; treas urer, C. O. Smith. ' MtlMvItt Well Drilling Company, Al len! own: Capital, $10,000; treasurer, A. A. Reed, Hazli ton. , Tocono Pines Asaembly Hotels Com pany, Pocono Pines: Capital, $10,000; treasurer, Frederic H. Calkins, Phila delphia. , Capitol Park Data May Be Withheld. In nn opinion given to the Capitol Park Extension Cbmmtuslon, Deputy Attorney General Kun ruled that "pro ceedings" of the commission should be open to the public but that appraise ments and other data needed by the authorities In the conduct of State business need not bo made public if advisable to be withheld. KEYSTONE STATE 111 SHORT ORDEE LatestNcwsHappenlngsGa'he ed From Here and There, TOLD IN SHORT PARAGRAPH L. H. Focht, the contractor, prised the members of the Ulrdsbd Methodist Church, at a business mi Ing by offering a contribution of i 000, providing members would c tribute $10,000 In order to wipe out tl debt on the $53,000 church build; I The offer was accepted and tho mi bers subscribed $8,553 before leavl uie cnurcn. Air. r ocm duiii me chu: Ave years ago, charging nothing cept the wholesale price for the ik terlal. Coke operators throughout the C nellsvllle region are working th plants six day a week and firing 1 ditlonal ovens when labor can be i cured. Production during last wr, amounted to 427,000 tons, and si mcnta to 430,d0O. The merchant plan generally are clean of etock. Th' is not enough men In the region operate the ovens already fired, i f as many insist on extra holidays ev week, the labor situation Is becom; acute. Rata are costing the people of Pel sylvanla over $5,000,000 a year, o ball of which is lost by farmers u fruit growers, according to State zi loglst II. A. Surface, who has launcl a campaign of education to get rid the pests with the approval of Ser tary of Agriculture Charles E. Patti Dr. Surface says there are fifteen ;i of getting rid of tho rodents and ports the "city folks" as much Inter ed as the farmers. , State agricultural officials, who hl been making Inquiries In'.o methods followed by Pennsylva farmers, report a big Increase In i use of ensilage for cattle. Repr made to tho Bureau of Statlstlci th that 19,500 barns now are equip; with silos. Many hava been built the last ten years. Dr. II. August Wilson, professor orthopedic surgery at Jefferson M' cal College, Philadelphia, In the pr ence of eighty of Schuylkill count leading physicians "repaired" tl limbs of twenty children by the Lor method at the State Hospital at Fo tain Springs. The Waynesboro Motor Club has pointed a committee to circulate r tlons asking the State Highway J partment to purchase the Waynesbc Greencastle and Mercersburg Tu pike. ' The pike extends from Emm. burg, Md., to Mercersburg, Pa. Nearly 2,000 suits have been d'i against J. V. Thompson by his en tors. These suits aggregate over I 000,000. Fayette court officials been compelled to work overtime p' Ing the suits on the records. The State Water Supply Commls? announced Us approval of the appl Hon of the Philadelphia & Read Railway for permission to build bridge near Miller Station, Schuyl'i county. Members of the new State rrll Lflbor Board are engaged In makln study of methods In other States ; It Is expectejj that a conference Governor Brumbaugh will be held discuss Installation of machinery. Walley Comlnsky, 18 years old sprngger at the Cnmeron Colliery, v burned probably fatally when he th: a match Into a can of powder to It explode. He wag taken to Shamokln Hospital. Due to the big demand for co&! the Reading Company, which Is (' Ing big quantities, the' Tunnel K mine idle for four months has resum giving employment to 800 men boys. Aaron Lehman, CaRhtown, Cumlf land county, apparently hns establ: ed a new strawberry record, plekln quart of fine, well-grown fruit fi his patch during the past week. Eluding Wallace W. Barr. warded Vnrthnmhorlnnit ennntv 1nll. II Boney, Shamokln, a "long term escaped through the front door, was 'a "trusty." - ' Jacob Zehner, Justice of the peacl West Penn, was convicted of i dulently retaining money belonging Wllloughby Shelhammer, a fanner, whom Zehner sold property. Joseph, five-year-old son of Will Dower, of Turkey Run, fell under wheels of the Anthracite Furni?'1 Company's automobile truck ' banging on the rear, and was cru? bo badly that death followed two he- later. County Commissioners will m'-; vigorous objection to the plans of 4 sens and property owners of the treme lower end of Cheltenham To! khlp to cut themselves off from M gomery coJhty end become a prtt Philadelphia. Postmaster Nelson, of Chester, ports that there has been an Incf in business of thirty per cent, dt" October over 1914, and expects a 1 per cent Increase in November. T Is' attributed to the commercial i Industrial activity In that vicinity- . Her clothing becoming Ignited b; match carelessly thrown by n Identified pedestrian who had Hs1 hta fitftiii .TniAnlilna 'MnrkS. S? v.n, w ...... , . years old. was burned seriously " In a dylnj condition at the Hon pathlc Hospital, Reading,
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