1HE FULTOfl COUNTY NEWS. McCONNELLSBURO, PA.
fttVSTOKE STATE
II
Latest NewsHappeningsGather
ed From Here and There.
TOLD IN SHORT PARAGRAPHS
There was rejoicing among the 500
employes at the Atlas Powder Com
pany's plant, at Tamaqua, when the
announcement was mailt that tho com
pany will pay a cash bonus of ton per
cent, of their entire wages to all em
ployed who have worked there since
December, 1314, or any fraction of that
time. Payment will be made as soon
aa the accounts are audited. Many
thousands of dollar will be dis
tributed. While W. II. Perk, wife and nine
children were dining at home in Ma
hanny Valley tire started on tho
kitchen floor, owing to a live coal fall
ing from the cook stove. The family
had scarcely time to escape from the
house, which burned to the ground,
with a loss of Jl.fiOO. Mrs. Ierk was
burned badly trying to rescue heir
looms. George L. Drown, Charles Bowman
and Henry Epply, all York count ians,
contributed 10U to the State Treas
ury, they having pleaded guilty to
charges preferred by Game Warden 1-'.
P. Gemmil that on November "I they
hunted and shot four rabbits on the
farm of Mr. Drown, in Jackson Town
hip. The four rabbits therefore erst
them $25 a piece.
Mrs, Stephen Rcnik, of .lames City,
shot her daughter, Anna, four years
old, when she thought .-he heard a
burglar at a window. Turning quick
ly, the mother, while holding her child
In her arms, flr-d. The child fell to
the floor with a bullet through its
heart. The bullet al-o passed throii:.-!i
the palm of the woman's hand wi;h
which she clio-pcd the child.
Samti'l Counterman, forty-thre
years old, of Waymart, died from pun
shot wounds inflicted accidentally by
Dr. Frank Howlcy, of Phi'nd--iphia, on
November 24. Dr. How ley and Mr.
Counterman were on a hunting trip.
The latter was crawling under a barb
ed wire fence with the doctor Ju-t
back of l.im, when the hitter's gun was.
discharged.
After working forty Cue years as a
railroad engineer, being retired last
year, without an accident, John
Clouser, sixty-eight ears, of Waynes
hurg, met death under the wheels of n
locomotive on the Pennsylvania Hail
road Tuesday nipht. Mr. Clouser at
tempted to alight from the engine and
fell.
Record prices are being received by
farmers In New Castle and vicinity at
the present time for cattle. Ten
Holstein-Frlesian cows at a sale last
week brought $1,07?,. Five of the
cows brought $710. the lowest price
for any one of the five being $1:10 and
the highest $170.
Benjamin T. Davis, chief electrician
for the Susquehanna Coal Company
and a well-known Mason, was injured
Internally and had a leg crushed at
Hickory Ridge colliery, Sbaniokln, by
a pole falling on him as he was over
seeing the erection of a branch line
Underground.
The first regiment of field artillery
In the State whs organized when flat
teries E and F, composed of men of
the Fourteenth Infantry, which recent
ly was dissolved, consolidate.) with
four other batteries. It will b known
as the First Pennsylvania.
Arrangements hate been made by
which the Nirhoh on I 'mmiuger evan
gelistic party, wh.'cji conducted a cam
paign In Chester last spring, w ill re
turn in March, 1010, and conduct a
four weeks' revival.
With two revolvers piessed against
hi head by two masked men us he sat
reading In his own home nt Guava,
Parvin Kile, a lumberman, was rob
bed of over one hundred dollars. The
robbers tied to the mountains.
John Haller, a welder at the works
of the South Chester Tube Company,
was caught by a machine and sus
tained a fractured skull anil other in
juries. He died a short time after
ward In Chester Hospital.
Silver and copper and traces of gold
have been discovered In the mountains
two miles north of Bangor. -by Wil
liam Blake and his son, William, Jr.
The specimens of silver and copper
ore are said to be excellent.
Of the I.Sim) pupils in the Carlisle
schools mly Rill! or less than fifty per
cent, are fully normal, according to
the report of the medical .examiners
for the district. A new feature is to
he Introduced by the opening of night
chools in cooking for working girls.
Blinded by snow, Joseph Nul ridge,
thirty-five years old, a Pennsylvania
Railroad track hand, did not see the
approach of a train at Gallllzin. He
was run down, and his right leg and
right band cut off. He died at a hos
pital several hours later.
The rioyersford Hoard of Trade
filed a complaint with the Public Serv
ice Commission against the lo.i-trlp
ticket regulations of the Philadelphia
& Heading Railway. It is alleged that
there has been au unreasonable In
crease In price.
Secretary ration, of the Slate De
partment of Agriculture, arranged with
the Bureau of Agriculture Education
of the State Department of Public In
struction for co-operative work In In
struction in soil conservation in the
rural schools of the Slate.
SO
ORDER
NO OUTSIDERS
10 BE INVITED
Wilson-Gait Wedding Will Ce
Quiet Family Affair.
DATE FINALLY ANNOUNCED
Only Guests Will Be Members Of the
Familie Of the President and Mrs.
Calt No Official Air To Be
Given To the Wedding.
Washington. President Wilson will
wed Mrs. Norman Gait on Saturday,
December IS. The date, was an
nounced in a brief notice issued at the
White House, which did not give tho
hour, nor name the clergyman who
will otllclate, but did state that the
wedding will be quietly celebrated al
the home of the bride-lobe at 130S
Twentieth street northwest. In this
city, and that the only guests will be
members of the Immediate families.
Hero Is the text of the formal an
nouncement: "It whs announced at the White
House that the marriage of Mrs. Gait
and the President will take place on
Saturday, the 18th of December. As
previously stated, the ceremony will
be performed at Mrs. Gait's home,
1308 Twentieth street northwest. The
only guests will be Mrs. Gait's mother,
her brothers and sisters and the mem
bers of his Immediate household. No
Invitations will be issued."
Honeymoon Secret.
There was no announcement of
plans for the hone) moon, which are
being kept a secret. However, it is
strongly believed here that the Presi
dent and his bride will leave Washing
ton almost Immediately after the wed
ding fur the South and that they may
travel on the naval yacht Mayllower,
which Is ueiu. the Pn vhlcnt's yacht.
Nothing additional as to the plans for
the wedding could be ohlaim 1 beyond
what was disclosed in the statement
issued at the White House. The olli
cials at the White House entriistid
with the issuance of the announce
ment stated that they were unaware
Of the name of the minister who Is to
olle late or what would he the hour of
the wedding.
Members of Mrs. Gait's family said
that the ceremony would be performed
after f P. M., and that the couple will
leave Immediately for a honeymoon
j'Mirm-v. Their destination has been
Kept sei ret. even from member of the
family. Mrs. Gall's mother Is in per
sonal charge of most of the arrange
ments. The duty of securing a marriage
Ilcep.se will fall to I. H. Home;, chief
usher nt the W hite House, who per
formed similar services for the wed
dings of Mrs. McAdoo and Mrs. Sayre.
The President Is a Presbyterian and
his fiancee an Episcopalian. It was
Dr. Beach who officiated at the wed
ding of the President's daughter, Miss
Eleanor Wilson, to Secretary of the
Treasury William G. McAdoo. and
Miss 'Jessie Wilson to Francis P.
Havre.
Mrs. Gait formerly worshiped at St.
Thomas Church, but now attends
divine services at St. Margaret's
Church.
CARNIVAL CLOSES EXPOSITION.
Last Day's Crowd Smarhes Attendance
Records.
San Francisco. The world bade the
Panama Pacific International Exposi
tion farewell Saturday, closing day
marking a new record In its attend
ance history.
From dawn until evening, when the
towers and minarets of the exposition
begun to glow for the last time, steady
streams of humanity passed through
the turnstiles. At 6 o'clock tonight
2!tV.filO visitors were recorded 2,'m0
more than had been admitted at the
sa!M time on San Francisco Day. No
vember 2 when Ihe record of "l'v"72
was hung up.
The formal farewell ceremonies,
li'-ld in 'he open, were attended by
on of the large, t crowds ever pres
ent at any exercises on the grounds.
In h financial way it is expected the
exposition will show a profit of somo
thing lil;e $2,005, ono - perhaps more.
All Indebtedness was paid before the
exposition was two-thirds over.
24 KNOWN DEAD IN MINE.
Searchers At Boomer May Find More
Men Lost Lives.
Montgomery, W. Va. Twentv-four
men are known to have perished in
the explosion in mine No. 2 of the
Boomer Coal and Coke Company. How
many more were killed will not be
learned until searchers remove debris
100 yards long blocking the entry
where the blast occurred.
BERLIN ON PEACE.
Overseas Agency Again Denies Reports
That Kaiser Is Seeking War's End.
Berlin, via wireless. Another state
ment bearing on Germany's reported
desire for peace wns issued by the
Overseas News Agency. The reports
of German peace proposals are again
denied. The news agency also con
tradicts the assertion that Emperor
William is to go to Constantinople.
NAME WILSON FOR 1916.
Nebraoka Democrats Act Bryan's
Brother Holds Off.
Lincoln, Neb. The name of Presi
dent Woodrow Wilson as a candidate
for the Democratic Presidential nomi
nation is on file here with the Secre
tary of Slate ready to be placed on the
Nebraska primary ballot In 1916. The
petition, was signed by local Demo
crats, among them P. I Hall, Demo
cratlc National Committeeman from
Nebraska.
ANOTHER
ICi.nvrlnht I
United States to Banish German
Attaches.
FOR DIRECTING PLOTS
Immediate Recall Of Both Is Asked.
Attaches' Activities In Military
and Naval Matters Found
Objectionable.
Washington. Further complications
In the relations of the United Slates
and Germany developed, when Secre
tary of Sla'e Lansing announced:
"On account of what this Govern
ment considers improper activities in
military and naval matters, this Gov
ernment has requested the immediate
recall of Captain Boy-Ed, the German
naval attache, and Captain von Papen,
the German military, attache, as they
are no longer acceptable to this Gov
ernment." The Secretary acted with the full ap
proval of President Wilson, who is un
derstood to have determined that the
United Stales shall be rid of foreign
ollicials who make themselves obnox
ious by activity harmful to the best
interests of the nation.
Von Bernstorff Notified.
The formal statement marked the
conclusion of an exhaustive investiga
tion of the activities of German repre
sentatives in this country, conducted
by the State Department and the De
partment of Justice.
The Secretary of State made It
clear that the recall of the German
military and naval attaches wbs not
due to the verdict in the New York
Federal Court against representatives
of the Hamburg-American Line, found
guilty of conspiracy in connection with
the supplying of- German warships at
sea.
Ambassador von Bernstorff called at
the Slate Department and advised Sec
retary Lansing that the message de
manding the recall of Captain Boy-Ed
and Captain von Pnpen had been de
livered In Berlin, but that no reply
had been received. Therefore, no re
quest has so far been made for the
safe conduct of the two attaches to
their own frontiers.
It was authoritatively stated that
the United States does not expect and
would not countenance any delay on
the part of tho German Government
in replying to the demand for the re
call of the two diplomats. The re
port was so phrased as o necessitate
immediate action by Germany.
The demand for the recall of the
two attaches Is the culmination of a
long series of charges and counter
charts, plots and counter-plots. In
volving American neutrality violations,
which have been thrashed out by the
Federal Government.
It also became known that the de
partment has under consideration the
case of Alexander von Nuber, Aus-tro-IIitngarian
Consul-General at New
York, whose name frequently lias been
mentioned with those of Boy-Ed and
Von Papen In connection with activi
ties which have been frowned upon by
the United States Government.
59 HUNTERS KILLED.
Fatalities About Half As Many As Last
Year. '
Chicago. The 1913 hunting season
which just ended in 18 Btates cost the
lives of ,r)9 persons and caused the in
jury of 64 others. The hunting rea
son toll in 1914 was 111 killed and lt!2
hurt.
NEW HYRDOAERO RECORD.
Navy Aviator Reaches Altitude Of
12,136 Feet. '
Pensacola, Fla. Announcement was
made at the Navy aero station here
that Lieutenant R. C. Saufley, navy
aviator, established a new world's
altitude record for hydroaeroplanes,
when he ascended 12,136 feet. The
ascent occupied 60 ninuies a,nd the de
scent to Pensacola Bay IS minutes.
6,253,888 IN GREATER GOTHAM.
Police Enumeration Adds 244,776 To
State Census.
New York. A police census of the
city, Just completed, nhows that the
greater city has 5,253, 8S8 inhabitants
in Its five boroughs. The Stale census
completed last July, gave the total
population as 6,009, 11 2, but some dis
satisfaction was felt with this count,
and at the Instance of the Health De
partment tho police were employed to
compile a liew census.
ION PAPEN H
BOY-ED M GO
MYSTERY
El
Jury Finds Them Guilty of
Conspiracy.
INTENT. TO DECEIVE ISSUE
Judge Admitted Right To Send Out
Supplies, But Said Question Of
Intent To Deceive Was
Isoue.
New York. Three high officials and
a subordinate officer of tho Hamburg
American Line were found guilty In
the Federal District Court of having
violated the laws of the United States
In sending coal and other supplies to
German cruisers In tho South Atlantic
In the first few months of the Eu
ropean war. The Jury returned a ver
dict of guilty on each of two Indict
ments. The specific charge against the de
fendants was conspiracy to deceive
and defraud the United States. The
maximum penalty for each indictment
is two years' imprisonment and $10,000
fine.
In reaching Its decision the jury Is
reported to have taken only one bal
lot, and this after several hours of dis
cussion of the evidence In detail.
An appeal, it seemed certain, will be
made to the Federal Court of Appeals,
and in case the verdict is upheld, to
the Supreme Court of the United
States. In the meantime, the defend
ants probably will remain at liberty
under $5,000 bail each, a It is the
present Intention of the Government
not to ask that the bond be Increased.
The four defendants affected by the
verdict are Dr. Karl Buenz, managing
director of the Hamburg-American
Line, in New York, former German
Consul here, former German Minister
to Mexico and German Commissioner
in the Venezuelan arbitration proceed
ings before The Hague Tribunal;
George Koetter, general superintendent
of the line; Adolph Hachmelster, gen
eral purchasing agent, and Joseph
Poppinghaus, a former officer In the
German Navy, and at present a second
officer In the Hamburg American
Line.
A fifth defendant, Felix Seffner,
supercargo on one of the neutral
steamers sent to supply the German
fleet, was not brought to trial. He
was captured by the British while on
his errand of relief and Is at tho pres
ent time a prisoner in a Canadian de
tention camp.
Defendants' counsel was silent as to
the verdict. Roger B. Wood, the As
sistant United States District Attor
ney, who conducted the Government's
case, said:
"This verdict means only one Ihlng
that the laws' of the United States
must be observed by citlzeus of all
the belligerent powers; that , if ( our
laws are violated by any one of them
and the American Government finds it
out they will be prosecuted."
TO OFFER HOBSON BILL AGAIN.
Prohibitionists Approve His Plan for
Constitutional Amendment.
Washington. The National Prohi
bition Amendment Commission, com
posed of 19 representatives appointed
at a conference of temperance so
cletirs held In July, met here and ap
proved the proposed Hobson amend
ment to the Federal Constitution,
voted on In the House. last year, as
Ihe form in which national prohibition
shall be presented to Congress at the
coming session.
CAN'T ADVERTISE LIQUOR.
West Virginia Court Hits Blow At
Out-Of-State Dealers.
Charleston, W. Va. The Supreme
Court declared const itutlqnjl that sec
tion of the liquor law which prohibits
liquor dealers outside the State from
advertising their wares In West Vir
ginia by circulur letters ajid order
blanks. Tho decision came when the
court confirmed a decision of the Cir
cuit Court of Harrison county.
FEW ALIENS IN U. S. NAVY.
Nearly 96 Per Cent. Of Enlisted Men
American Citizens.
Washington. Nearly DC per cent, of
the enlisted men of the United States
Navy are citizens of the United States.
A statement issued by Secretary
kpanlcltt shews the percentage as 95.49
and that 3.27 per cent, are Filipinos.
The remainder are non-resident aliens,
resident aliens, Porto means, Samoans
and Chamorros, with less than 1 per
cent, of each.
HAMBUBG-AMER1GAN
OFFICIALS GDILTY
NEW PROTEST
SENT E
Requisitioning of American
' Ships Causes Stir.
TO GO BEFORE CONGRESS
Action Declared Unprecedented De
nounced As Utterly Indefensible
Under International
Law.
Washington. Tho action of Great
Britain In requisitioning the American
steamships Genesee and Hocking,
owned by the American Transatlantic
Steamship Company, has developed
the most acute issue between the two
governments since the beginning of
the war.
At the Stale Department It was de
scribed as "unexampled as an arbitrary
act and without precedent as a viola
tion of International law."
To Go Before Congress.
The entire matter will be called to
the attention of Congress. A resolu
tion will bo introduced in the Senate
directing the Foreign Relations Com
mittee to Investigate the blockade of
neutral ports by Great Britain and re
port what legislation Is needed to pro
tect American vessels. Tho resolution
will lie on the table for two or three
days for discussion. In this way the
whole question of British treatment of
American commerce will be threshed
out. Senator Hoke Smith, of Georgia,
has already prepared a lengthy speech
on the subject.
Protest Sent London. .
In the meantime the State Depart
ment has protested to Great Britain.
If she declines to heed the protest the
department will demand peremptorily
that the vessels be released and that
the act be disavowed. State Depig
ment ollicials said that if Great Britain
should refuse redress must be sought
elsewhere than in tho department.
This was Interpreted to mean that the
Administration would lay the whole
matter before Congress and ask It to
derido w hat to do.
There Is no precedent or authority
In international law to justify the re
quisitioning of a vessel before its case
has been adjudicated in the prize
court, according to Cone Johnson,
solicitor for the State Department.
"No neutral ship would be safe from
seizures on the high seas If such ara
permitted to go unchallenged in a
vigorous manner," said Mr. Johnson.
"The requisitioning of the two vessels
is utterly contrary to our conception
of international law."
It was admitted at the Stale Depart:
ment that the position already adopted
by this Government makes It im
perative that prompt and vigorous
action be taken In this Instance. B
was pointed out that Great Britain,
in requisitioning the vessels before the
prize courts had passed upon the
legality of their seizure and detention,
had acted upon an order In council.
The United States long ago notified
Great Britain that It would not rec
ognize orders in council.
LOSS BY FAULTY METHODS.
One-Fourth Of 250,000 Concerns Make
Over $5,000 Yearly.
Washington. Fully 100,000 Ameri
can corporations are running al a loss
annually because of faulty methods of
accounting and cost finding. Thla
amazing situation is revealed by an
Inquiry now being made by the Fed
eral Trade Commission, and the figures
obtained cover small or middle-sized
enterprises, exclusive of banks, rail
roads, public utilities and concerns In
the "big business" class.
It is estimated that 250,000 corpora
tions are engaged In trade and in In
dustry in the United States, but that
of this number scarcely more than a
fourth are making profits of $5,000 or
more a year.
UNCLE SAM'S INCOME GOES UP.
Ordinary November Receipts $12,000,
000 Above Last Year.
Washington. -r-Ordinary receipts of
the United States Treasury in Novem
ber were about $12,000,000 more than
In the same month last year, while
the increase in ordinary1 disbursements
for the same period was approximate
ly $3,000,000. Most of the increase in
receipts was in internal revenue, which
totaled $34,46,700, or more than $10,
000,000 above November, 1914. Cus
toms receipts were $17,681,218, an In
crease of about $750,000. The total
of ordinary receipts was about $56,
000,000. Ordinary disbursements totaled $63,.
118,000. compared with $59,840,000 last
year.
WITH MAXIMILIAN IN MEXICO.
Charles Edward Rucker Dead At San
Diego.
Houston, Texas. Charles Edward
Rucker, 73 years old, a member of
Maximilian's expedition to Mexico,
died at San Diego, where, lie had lived
since .the overthrow, of Maximilian's
regime. Rucker was born at Aix la
Chapelle, of American parents. He
served In both the French and Gorman
armies.
HELD FOR 17-YEAR-OLD MURDER.
Negro Arrested In Texas Is Wanted
In Vlrninl, '
I "
Galveston, Texas. Howard Wash
ington, alias Joe Gaines, a negro, Is
held here pending arrival of an ollicer
from Leesburg, Va., where the negro
is wanted for alleged connection with
the murder 17 years ago of Ernest
Campbell. Local detectives Bay the
negro has confessed that he struck
Campbell with a piece of lead pipe dur
ing a fight, ..
NGLAND
TEN COMPENSATION
REFEREES NAMED
Dr. Garber, Superintendent Of Phila
delphia Schools, Appointed To
State Board Of Education.
Harrlsburg. Governor Brumbaugh
announced the appointments of the
ten workmen's compensation referees,
and filled a number or other positions
In the State workmen's compensation
syste'm, as well as the vacancies In the
State Water Supply Commission and
State Board of Education. The ap
pointments are as follows:
W. B. Scott, former police lieuten
ant, Philadelphia.
Jacob Snyder, boiler inspector, Roar
ing Spring, Blair county.
L. E. Christley, attorney-atlaw, But
ler. Paul Ilottck, clerk to County Com
missioners of Schuylkill and former
legislator, Shenandoah.
Thomas J. Dunn, safety expert and
liability adjuster, Pittsburgh.
W. W. Champion, attorney-atlaw,
Williamsport.
George W. Beamer, attorney-at law,
Scranton.
George C. ("lander, Bala, Mont
gomery county.
E. K. Saylor, superintendent water
works and former factory inspector,
Lancaster.
Charles II. Young, atlorneyat-law,
New Castle.
H. C. Hubler, attorney-at law, Scran
ton, was appointed assistant counsel
to tho Compensation Board.
Harry Myers, chief of police, Me
Keesport, and J. B. Means, former Reg
ister of Wills, Brookvllle, Jefferson
county, were appointed chief clerks in
tho Compensation Bureau.
The Governor also announced the ap
pointment of Oliver S. Kelsey, Lock
Haven, former member of the Legisla
ture, to be a member of the State
Wuler Supply Commission to succeed
B. K. Focht, Congressman-elect, re
signed. Dr. John P. Gather, Superintendent
of Philadelphia Schools, was appointed
to succeed the late Dr. W. C. Jacobs,
Philadelphia, as a member of tho State
Board of Education.
Miss Helen Glenn, Franklin. Ve
nango county, was appointed State
supervisor of mothers' pensions, under
the Act of 1915.
55,686 Against Suffrage.
The woman suffrage amendment to
the State Constitution was defeated by
a majority of 55,686 votes In Pennsyl
vania, according to an official com
putation of the vote made at the Capi
tol by George D. Thorn, chief clerk to
the Secretary of the Commonwealth,
I upon receipt of a telegram from Phila
delphia giving the vote or tnai city.
Philadelphia was the last county to be
heard from. The figures show the vote
of the whole State to have been 385.
348 In favor of the amendment und
441,034 against. The vote outside of
Philadelphia was: For amendment,
308,101; against, 318,515. '
The tolal vote of the Slate on Su
perior Court Judges was:
Orlady, 543,736.
Head, 523,522.
Williams, 462,623.
Iluselton, 235,166.
Palmer, 224.061. v
Wallace, 211,822. r
The flivt three were elected.
Grundy Company Incorporated.
The William II. Grundy Company, of
Bristol, was incorporated, with a capi
tal of $1,500,000, to take over the
Grundy Manufacturing interests at
BriHtol. Joseph U. Grundy la the prin
cipal stockholder, having all but tbreo
shares, which are held by individuals.
The Governor also approved the
charters of the following companies
in addition to nineteen electric com
panies for Butler county:.
Maple Glen & Maxwell Ferry Com
pany, Maxwell, $65,000.
Noyes Electric Light Company, Ro
novo, $5,000.
South Renovo Electric Light Com
pany, Renovo, $5,000.
Hainmersley Water Company, Re
novo, $5,000.
Atlas Paper Box Company, Philadel
phia, $5,000.
Beaver Steel Company, Pittsburgh,
$5,000.
Charles E. Bard t Company, piano
manufacturers, Harrlsburg; $5,000.
Dickson Borough Home Improve
ment Company, Scranton, $6,000.
Hazen Sand Company, Bangor, $10,
000. United Mercantile Company, Pitts
burgh, $10,000.
Schmldt-McCormick Company, metal
manufacturers, Pittsburgh, $5,000.
Samuel C. Kane, Inc:, real estate,
Philadelphia, $5,000.
Red Path-Brockway Chautauqua
System, Pittsburgh, $20,000.
Realty ' Service Company, Inc.,
Quakertown, $6,000.
The Natural Gas Building & Loan
Association of Tarentum, Tarentum,
$500,000.
The' Quality Knitting Mills, Phila
delphia, $50,000.
Pittsburgh Federal Truck Sales
Company, Pittsburgh, $25,000.
Kensington Lumber Company, New
Kensington, $25,000.
Nenio Theater Company, Philadel
phia, $5,000.
Matthias A Freeman Paper Com
pany, Philadelphia, "$50,000.
Overbrook Heights Building A Loan
Association, Philadelphia, $1,000,000.
Joseph J. Lifter Building & Ixan
Association,' Philadelphia, $1,000,000.
Fifty first Street Bullillng & Loan
Association, Philadelphia, $1,000,000.
Army Uniforms College Vogue.
Regular army uniforms of olive drab
are to replace the blue suits now worn
by the student regiment at the Penn
sylvania State College. The change
was announced, following a meeting
of the Board of Trustees. The army
outfit or cap, leggings, coat and
breeches has been adopted because it
will stand hard usage in military field
operations, and will penult the Slate
College students to receive more ex
tensive training in military science.
The blue uniforms, now -going Into the.
discard, j.
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FAMOUS OLD MOUNTAIN
ARARAT HAS A CONSPICUOUS
PLACE IN HI8TORY.
Center of Troubled Land Where Peaci
la a Comparatively Unknown Quan
tityProud Record Claimed
by Armenian Race.
"Mount Ararat, where there ban
been hardly a moment's peace since
Noah and his ark grounded upon u
massive shoulder, is at present tho
huge, troubled boundary mark be.
tween the Ottoman empire and Ilueslv
and under the shadows of the historic
peak the fighting lines of Osmanl! and
Russian have been swaying back and
forth, never far beyond the lines of
the frontier," begins a bulletin Issuol
by the National Geographic society.
"Ararat la the hub of Armenia, cr
the original home of the Halk people
It la also the center of what bas everl
been tbe most troubled area on earth
Tribes of Europe and of Asia have
fought each other here from the dawn
of history, and the remnants from the
battles have settled as neighbors, hat
ing, despoiling, massacring one an
other.
' "Ararat Is one of the most Imprei
slve of earth's mountains, for It rises
sheer to the clouds out of an immense
plain.
"The dominant mountain is split
Into two peaks, Great and Little Ar
arat Great Ararat rises to a height
of 17,000 feet above the level of the
sea. Little Ararat, where the boun
daries of the Ottoman empire, of Rui
aln and of Persia meot, reaches an
altitude of 12,840 feet. Though the
anow line here la very high 14.000
feet the dome of Great Ararat Is cot
ered with gliterlng fields of unbroken
white.
i "A vast wealth of legend surrounds
the mountain, which has always deep
ly impressed the Imaginations of the
peoples who have wandered, passed or
settled benenth It. The Armenian
priests long believed that the wonder
ful mysteries of Its summit might
never be surveyed by human eye.
and all thought of scaling Ararat war
considered almost In the light ot
sacrilege.
"The Armenians have also held that
they are the first people after the
flood, the Immediate descendants ot
Noah, so to speak; for the first vil
lage that Noah founded after abandon
ing the ark was Nakhltcbevan. So the
Armenian thinks that his people were
the first race of men to grow up In
tho world after the flood.
"The name Ararat means 'high.' The
Persian name for the mountain Koh-I-Nuh,
means 'Noah's mountain.' It has
been determined by the natives that
the Garden of Eden was placod In the
valley of the Araxes.
"Noah's wife was burled in this val
ley near tho mountain, and grapes are
still grown there whose vines are tbe
direct descendants of vines planted by
Noah." .
"Dorr'a Rebellion."
From 1603 the people of Rhode
Island had lived under a charter grant
ed by Charles II, according to which
only those owning a certain amount
of property could vote. A desire to
change this provision arose and In
1841 two parties were in the field,
the "Suffrage" and the "Law and Or
der." Each party determined, to con
trol affairs. Each elected its own state
officers. Thomas W. Dorr was chosen
governor by the "Suffrage" party. He
took possession of the state arsenal.
The militia was called and he was
forced to flee. In a second attempt
the parly was downed by United
States troops and Dorr was arrested,
convicted of treason and sentenced to
life imprisonmnt, but soon was par
doned. This was Dorr's rebellion.
A free constitution was adopted by
the people while Do,r was imprisoned.
Hertzian Waves.
Hertzian waves aro electrio waves,
so called from Helnrlch Ilerti (U57
1894), a German engineer and se'en
tlst, who first demonstrated the possi
bility of wireless telegraphy, in itie
course of his Investigations he dem
onstrated Borne new principles regard
ing the transmission of light and elec
tricity, and his premature death was
regarded as a distinct loss to science.
Wireless telegraphy is sometimes
called Hertzian telegraphy. The pres
ent Marconi method of telegraphlnS
without wires Is by means of "Hert
zian waves," which pass through th
ether the medium that fills all space,
and remains after air has been ex
hausted. The apparatus generates
and transmits these waves, the exis
tence and operation of which were
first demonstrated by Hertz.
All Are on Time at Sydney.
At Syduey, Australia, any telephone
subscriber can now obtain correct
standard time by calling up the Syd
ney observatory, says the SclentlHc
American. If he wishes merely to
check his watch or clock, he asks for
"Time." and is connected with an op
erator who rends off the correct tlm
to the nearest half minute from a
clock controlled by the standard clock
of the obsorvatory. if more accurate
Information be required, he asks for
"Exact time," and Is connected with
a high frequency buzzer which trans
mits the actual beats of the observa
tory clock.
Drawing to a Head.
"My dear," remarked Grumbly,
he opened a letter at tbe break 'a st
table tbe other morning, and a mil
liner's bill dropped out. "this Is the
third bonnii j oil have had In less than
six months. You must have bonnets
on the brain.'
"Well," queried Mrs. Grumble, in
nocently, "Isn't .hat the proper place
for them?"
Mysterious Fascination.
"Charley, dear," said the young
Torklns, "1 don t see why people pi
poker.' .
"You don't understand the game!
l m afraid I don t. It doesn t sif
sensible to me, as you describe ;
Tbore Isn't any fun In playing ,
fun; and there certainly lent
money Ib playing It lor money."