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SHARP IN TERMS
The Destruction of the Ancona
Called Barbarous.
NOT DISPOSED TO PARLEY
U. S. Ask Prompt Action On De
mand Wants Disavowal, Repara
tion and Punishment Of Sub
marine's Captain.
Washington. The text of the Ameri
can note to Austria-Hungary regard
lug the sinking of the Italian steam
ship Ancona, reveals a formal demand
by the United States for prompt de
nouncement of the "Illegal and inde
fensible" act; for punishment of the
submarine commander and for repara
tion by the payment of indemnity for
the killing and Injuring of innoeent
American citizens
These demands follow a statement
Informing Austria-Hungary that "the
flood rclalious of the two countries
must rest upon a common regard for
law and humanity." The note arraigns
the shelling and torpedoing of the liner
as "inhumane," "barbarous," and a
"wanton slaughter" of "helpless men,
women and children."
Not Disposed To Parley.
In official and diplomatic circles the
communication is regarded as being
the most emphatic declaration to come
from the United States Government
since the beginning of the European
war.
No attempt Is made to conceRl the
fact that unless the demands are
quickly complied with diplomatic rela
tions between the two countries will
be in grave danger of being severed.
If Austria falls to make a satisfac
tory response to this note, it is now
regarded as certain that diplomatic re
lations, already strained, will be Imme
diately broken. Ambassador Penfield
will be recalled and the Austrian
rharge in Washington will be offered
safe conduct out of the United States.
"AMERICAN ECCENTRICITY."
Ford Peace Mission Thus Regarded In
Germany.
Berlin. The German press in gen
eral treats the Ford peace mission only
as a manifestation of American ec
rentririty. According to opinion here,
the mission will have but slight chance
of exerting Its efforts in Germany or
ather belligerent countries, in view of
the fact that the passports of Its
members are good only for neutral
rountries, making It impossible for the
mission to operate at much shorter
range than if It had remained in New
York.
MAY SEND NITRATE SHIP.
U. S. Officials Discuss Action To Re
lieve the Farmers.
Washington. Secretary Houston
and bureau heads of the Department of
Agriculture conferred on the ad
visability of having the Government
charter a ship and send it to Chile for
nitrate to be sold to American farm
irs, at present unable to obtain nitrate
for fertilizer. The need of nitrate, the
department finds, is a pressing one
that apparently cannot be met because
ot the lack of bottoms to bring the
fertilizer to this country.
GOV. STANLEY INAWGURATED.
Succeeds McCreary As Chief Execu
tive Of Kentucky.
Frankfort, Ky. Gov. James B. Mc
Creary of Kentucky retired from office
Tuesday after four years and Augus
tus Owsley Stanley, for six consecu
tive terms Democratic Representative
In Congress from the Second Kentucky
district, was Inaugurated as his suc
cessor, the ceremony taking place at
noon.
MRS. MARSHALL RECOVERS.
Vice-President's Wife Now Able To
Travel.
IndlanBpolis. Vice-President and
Mrs. Thomas It. Marshall left here for
Washington. Mrs. Marshall, who was
operated on at a local hospital three
weeks ago, has so far recovered that
lier physician said she could make the
trip. She will be accompanied by a
nurse.
GERMANS PAYING WAR LOAN.
87 Per Cent. Of Third Call Now Re
ported In.
Berlin. Cash payments on the third
German war loan now amount to 10,
t81,OQ,000 marks ($2,645,350,000) or
87 per cent, of the total subscription.
Installments paid with money borrow
ed from loan banks have decreased
51,600,000 marks to 579.100,000 marks.
FOR MONUMENT TO MRS. WILSON
Rome, Ga., Hears That New York
Architiect Will Design It.
Rome, Ga. Herbert Adams, New
York architect, has been commissioned
by President Wilson 'to design a
monument for the grave of Mrs. Wil
son, who was buried in Myrtle JJill
Cemetery here in June, 1314. -
BEGINNER OF WAR KILLED.
Londorr Hears That Organizer Of As-
aassin's Plot Has Lost Life.
1indon. A dispatch to the Tele
graph from Rome states that one of
the Serbian' leader's killed in rear
guard flghtlua during the retreat to
the Albanian frontier was Voivode
Tankosslch, who was named In the
Austrian ultimatum to Serbia and ac
cused of being organizer of the plot
to assassinate the Austrian Archduke
Franz Ferdinand at Sarajevo.
NOTE
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Willing to Discuss Any Proper
Peace Proposals.
WILL DEMAND GUARANTEES
Willing To Discuss "Proposals Com
patible With Germany's Dignity and
Safety," If Foes Submit Tham,
Chancellor Declares.
Berlin "If our enemies make peace
proposals compatible with Germany's
dignity and safety, then we shall al
ways be ready to discuss them," said
the Imperial Chancellor, Dr. Von
Bethmann-Hollweg, In addressing the
Reichstag.
The Chancellor made it clear that In
his opinion it would be folly for Ger
many to propose peace "as long as In
the countries of our enemies the guilt
and Ignorance of statesmen are entan
gled with confusion of public opinion."
Conscious of her military successes,
the Chancellor said, Germany declines
responsibility for a further continua
tion of the war. Germany, be de
clared, could not be charged with the
purpose of fighting on to make fur
ther conquests.
Socialist Sought Statement.
The address of Dr. Von Bethmann
Hollweg, which has been awaited with
extraordinary Interest, was made in re.
sponse to the Socialist interpellation:
"Is the Imperial Chancellor ready to
give Information as to the conditions
under which lie would be willing to
enter into peace negotiations?" In his
reply, he said.:
"As long as in tho countries of our
enemies the guilt and ignorance of
statesmen are entangled with con
fusion of public opinion, it would be
folly for Germany to make pence pro
posals, which would not shorten, but
would lengthen the duration of the
war. First the masks must be torn
from their faces.
"At present they speak of a war of
annihilation against us. We have to
take this fact into account. Theoreti
cal arguments for peace or proposals
of peace will not advance us, w ill not
bring the end nearer.
"If our enemies make peace pro
posals compatible with Germany's dig
nity and safety, then we shall always
be ready to discuss them. Fully con
scious of our unshaken military suc
cesses, we declino responsibility for
continuation of the misery which now
fills Kurope and the whole world. No
one can say that we continue the' war
because we still desire to conquer this
or that country as a guarantee."
In these words the Chancellor, with
impassioned force, stated the position
of the German Government on the
question of peace. His remarks were
cheered with great enthusiasm.
Parties Approve His Stand.
After Chancellor Von Bethmann
Hollweg had made his reply to the So
cialist interpellation regarding peace,
the other parlies made a joint declara
tion approving the Chancellor's utter
ances and indorsing the view that in
the condition of peace made after the
war there must be guarantees for Ger
many's safety, even if this implies an
nexation of territory.
TO GUARD U. S. COAST.
Practicability Of Mobile Batteries Of
Gigantic Cuns.
Washington. Gigantic guns mount
ed on motor trucks or railway cars
probably will be added to the country's
coast defense system as a result of ex
periments now being made by army
ordnance experts.
A scheme Is being worked out con
templating the 'establishment of mobile
batteries to protect stretches of coast
line not commanded by the permanent
fortifications built or to be recom
mended. Tart of the $80,000,000 ex
penditure for roast defense included
in the Administration's program may
be devoted to this work.
The European war has demonstrated
that high-power guns can be used as
mobile weapons, such guns as the Ger
man 42-centimetre howitzer having
revolutionized land warfare by the
easy reduction of forts' believed im
pregnable. The experiments in progress are be
ing made to determine how big a gun
can be effectively transported and
transferred from its carriage to a con.
crete foundation. Consideration is be
ing given to 12-inch, 14-inch, 16-Inch
and even larger weapons.
CRUISER COLUMBIA IN SERVICE.
Off For Maneuvers After . Complete
Overhauling.
Philadelphia. The cruiser Co
lumbia, after lying out of commission
at the Philadelphia Navy Yard for 10
years, left for the Panama Canal Zone,
where, with other ships of the navy,
she will enrage In maneuvers. The
Columbia, one of the speediest war
ships of her class a dozen years ago,
has been overhauled from keel to
fighting top. On boad the old grey
hound of the navy when she left was
Kear-Admlral A. W. Grant, chief of
the submarine operations.
THIEVES' LOOT WORTHLESS.
$30,000 Of Stock Certificates Can Be
Reissued.
Cleveland. Thirty fbulUand dollars'
worth of stock certificates were stolen
from the office of the C. I. Foote
Lumber Company by burglars, who
picked the lock,' it 1 was discovered.
C. If. Foote, head of the company,
said that unless the stock was re
covered It would be worthless, as the
firm would reissue the certificates.
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READY TO
STOP WAR IF ASKED
ANOTHER
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PRESIDENT SETS
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Great Opportunity to Come After
the War.
BUSINESS MEN TOO TIMID
The President Delivers a Forceful
Address Before the Chamber
Of Commerce In Colum
bus, Ohio,
Columbus, Ohio. President Wilson
expressed the opinion that there will
be no "patched up peace" following
the European war. In a compre
hensive nnd forceful address before
the Columbus Chamber of Commerce,
he urged American business men to
mobilize their resources in order that
the United Slates might be prepared
to play a more important part in the
world's affairs and bring about justice
after the present war.
The President spent 18, hours in
Columbus, during which he was active
every minute. His reception was en
thusiastic and pleased him greatly.
In addition to the Chamber of Com
merce speech he delivered an address
before tho Commission on Country
and Church Llfo of the Federal Coun
cil of the Churches of Christ of Amer
ica, shook hands with more than 7,000
people at a reception in the rotunda of
the state capltol, rpoke briefly to a I
large crowd from the steps of the
rapitol and took a long walk about the
Hreets of Columbus. The entire city
and many people from surrounding
towns greeted him.
Stands By Mexican Policy.
In the t'hamber of Commerce ad
dress the President defended his Mexi
can policy, and said as long as he was
President nobody should "butt In" to
alter the Mexicans' government for j
them; urged business men to pay more
attention to foreign commerce and
be more self-reliant; demanded the
restoration of the American merchant
marine; praised the new banking and
currency law and touched on the atti
tude of the I'nited States toward the
European war.
"When the present great conflict In
Europe Is over, the world Is going
to wear a different aspect," Mr. Wil
son declared. "I do not believe there
Is going to be any patched up peace.
I believe that thoughtful men of every
country and of every .sort will Insist
that when we get peace again we shall
have guarantees that it will remain
and that the Instrumentalities of Jus
tice shall be Exalted above the in
strumentalities of force.
"I believe that the spirit which has
hitherto reigned in I he hearts of
Americans and In like people every
where in the world will assert Itself
once for all In international affairs,
and that if fyneriea preserved her
poise, preserves her self-possession,
preserves her attitude of friendliness
towards all the world, she may have
the privilege, in one form or another,
of being the mediating influence by
which these things may be Induced."
PROBE NOT TO BE MADE.
White House Will Ignore Report That
Message Leaked.
Washington. It. was officially denied
at the While House that an invesllna-
' tion would be made of the report that
Avail street operators got advance
copies of the President's message a
week ago and engineered a big stock
jobbing coup. It was stated that no
inquiry had been contemplated at any
time.
WOULD BE IN CIVIL SERVICE.
Internal Revenue Employes Also After
Higher Pay.
New York. Special committees
representing employes of the Internal
Revenue Department throughout 'the
United States, meeting In New York,
resolved to ask Congress to place them
under civil service and further to ask
for increased salaries. Committees
were appointed to press both matters
at Washington. v
KILLED WIFE AND HER SISTER.
West Virginian Convicted Of Second
Degree Murder. '
Clarksburg, W. Va. John I Bever
ley, a young man of Buckhannon, was
convicted of second degree murder
for killing Miss Martha ltarrls, his
sister-in-law. He killed his wife also,
when he found the womPn In a house
at Bridgeport. It Is improbable that
he will be tried on this charge. After
shooting them he fired three shots Inlo
his own head, but recovered.
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Secretary of War Says Large
Force is Necessary.
RESERVE ARMY OF 400,000
Favorable Conditions To Be Offered
To Civilians To Enter the Serv
ice Present Inadequate ,
Provisions.
Washington. Compulsory military
service Is declared by Secretary Gar
rison, in bis annual report just made
public, to be the only resort of the
United Slates In providing an adequate
defense, should citizens fail to enlist
In the continental army proposed as a
reserve to the Regular Army.
Secretary Garrison throws down the
gauntlet to opponents of military pre
paredness in this declaration: "If
the nation requires certain service and
offers the most favorable opportunity
for the citteens to furnish such serv
ice, and, notwithstanding that, it can
not secure such service. It must then
resort to some method of compelling
tho service."
Mr. Garrison makes this plain state
ment after discussing the prospects of
raising a reserve army of 400,000 men
through voluntary enlistment. "With
respect to the annual Installments of
133,000 men for the continental
army," gays the Secretary of War,
"the question undoubtedly will be fre
quently asked, can they be secured?
Will you get the men? There cannot,
of course, be a categorical answer to
this question. Nobody knows; but
this does cot In an way alter the
course which we should pursue. With
respect to the continental force, the
most favorable conditions will be pro
vided for the citizens to enter Its serv
ice. The' minimum of time will be re
quired, the maximum of compensation
will be provided; and If the volition of
the citizen does not result In the secur
ing of the needed number, there will
be a complete demonstration of the
Inability of any volunteer system to
produce results."
The detail:i of the Garrison military
program previously have been made
public. Briefly the plan calls for the
Increase of the Regular Army to 141,
000 officers and men. A reserve to be
known as the "continental army"
would be raised in three Installments
of 133,000 men each. These reservists
would serve six years, three the first
with the colors, during which they
would receive" annual Intensive train
ing in field camps. With the plan In
complete operation the continental
army would always comprise 400,000
men with the colors. The Regular
Army of 141,000 and a National Guard
of 129,000 more would bring the entire
military forces up to 670,000.
Holding to tho ancient prophecy
that there would be wars and rumors
of wars and that nation would rise
against nation and kingdom against
kingdom, Secretary- Garrison boldly
asserts that "weakness Inevitably re
sults In overthrow as the abundant in
stances of history demonstrate both
with respect to individuals, cities and
nations." Continuing, Mr. Garrison
says: "If we should properly prepare
our minds to be strong, so that we
can reject evil, wo should likewise
make our physical force strong In
order that we may maintain the right
as against those who would physically
impose the wrong upon us,"
FOR SEPARATE PEACE.
Montenegro Said To Have Made Plea
To Allies.
Berlin, via wireless to Sayvllle,
Long Island. King Nicholas of
Montenegro has suggested to the En
tente Ambassadors that Montenegro
be allowed to conclude a separate
peace because she Is exhausted, ac
cording to reports published In the
Frankfurter Zeitung. The Ambassa
dors have replied that If Montenegro
moves for a separata peace they will
break off diplomatic relations and
withdraw all assistance hitherto given
Montenegro, the newspaper asserted.
, BOY SAVES NINE.
Finding Home Ablaze, He Rescues
Other Members -Of Family.
Philadelphia. Tbomaa Doblosky, a
14 near-old boy. the oldest of a family
of nine children, awnkened from his
sleep and discovered the house on fire.
He ran five squares to summon fire
men and then returned to assist his
mother," brothers and sisters to escape
from the house by climbing down a
shed to the rear.
OR PREPAREDNESS
FLAMES WIPE
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Hopewell, Mushroom City of
Virginia, Fireswept.
PONDER PLANT ESCAPES
Loss Estimated At Over $1,000,000.
State Troops Called Out To
Check Riot and
Looting. ' ,
Petersburg, Va. Hopewell, tho
mushroom town of 25,000 people,
grown up since last summer with the
great new explosive plant of the Du
Pont Powder Company, was almost
wiped off the map by a fire whli h did
property damage estimated at con
siderably mora than $1,000,000.
Tho Du Pont works outside of the
settlement completely escaped dam
age, although for a time seriously
threatened. Several times sparks set
Are to mule abeds of the explosive fac
tory, but the flames which followed
were quickly extinguished.
Fanned by a 35-mlle-an-hour wind,
the Are, which atarted in a three story
frame Greek restaurant on Appomat
tox street, quickly spread to adjoining
frame buildings, and at nightfall prac
tically every business house, hotel nnd
restaurant In the town had been wiped
out.
Powder Plant 500 Yards Away.
Telephone and telegraph wires were
put out of commission early In the
afternoon and news from the stricken
powder town came out In meagre mes
sages. While the precaution of throw
ing water on the bunk houses within
the Du Pont Inclosure was made, there
was no apparent danger of the flames
spreading lo the powder plant, which
is 500 yards from the railroad cross
ing, which separates the company's
property from the town proper.
Negro Hanged For Looting.
Just as a special train carrying the
Richmond Light Infantry Blues Bat
talion, under command of Major E. W.
Bowles, and two companies of tho
Richmond Grays, under command of
Major Fulmer Bright, rolled Into the
flre-strlcken powder town a negro was
hanged for looting.
The wildest excitement prevailed
and citizens, wired Governor Stuart
for the militia. Adjutant-General Sale
issued orders and within two hours
the mllUlanien were being speeded to,
Hopewell on a special train. All the
militiamen were fully armed and car
ried full camping equipment.
Seven Militia Companies There.
In all, seven companies of State
troops were sent to prevent rioting
and looting among the frantic labor
ers and their families. Aside from
the negro who was lynched, no. other
life was lost as a result of the fire.
The stores, hotels, restaurants, office
buildings and other structures de
stroyed will probably number 400.
There was little insurance.
U. S. FOOD EXPORTS DOUBLED.
Department Of Commerce Issues Re
port For 10 Months.
Washington. The quantity of food
stuffs sent by the United States to
feed the rest of the world during the
first 10 months this year was more
than double that in the same period
of 1914.
Statistics of the Department of
Commerce Just Issued show the value
of foodstuffs exported during the 10
months was almost 1679,000,000, com
pared with $318,000,000 last year.
Three hundred and ten million bush
els of wheat, corn and oats, 12,448,000
barrels of flour, 420,000,000 pounds of
bacon, 372,000,000 pounds of lard, 227,
000.000 pounds of hams and shoulders,
218,000,000 pounds of fresh beef, 63,
000,000 pounds of pickled beef. 37.000,
000 pounds of pickled mutton, 56.000,
000 pounds of pickled pork, etc., 53,
000,000 pounds of lard compound, 26,
000,000 pounds of neutral lard and 87,
000,000 pounds of oleo oil were sent
abroad In the 10 months.
WILSON TELLS FORD JOKE.
Sight Of Three At White House Sug
gesta Story To President
Washington Finding three Ford
automobiles parked In front of the
White House when he started for a
motor ride Inspired President Wilson
to tell this story:
A man who owned a Ford was aboul
to die. His last request was that tho
machine be burled with him. sWhen
asked to explain, he said:
"Well, that little old car has pulled
me out of many a deep hole, and it
may pull me out of this one."
BIG ELEVATORS BURNED.
Two At Erie, Pa., Destroyed, Carrying
600,000 Bushels Of Wheat.
Eric, Pa. Two of the three Anchor
Line grain elevators owned by the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company here
were destroyed by fire with their con
tents, about 500,000 bushels of wheat.
The loss Is estimated at $750,000. A
third elevator1 holding 325,000 bushels
of wheat was saved by firemen. The
wheat came from Canada and awaited
shipment to Great Britain and her
allies.
I-XPLOSION IN PLANT.
One Man Killed and 15 Injured In
Pellet Department.
South Bethlehem, Pa. An explosion
in1 the fuse plunt of tho Bothlehou
Steel Company at Redington, six miles
from here, killed one workman and in
jured 15 others, several of them seri
ously. The accident occurred In the
pellet department of tho plant nnd re
sulted, It was Bald, from a spark at a
die communicating with quantities of
powder in the room.
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STATE EXTENSION OF
FARM SERVICE PLANNED
Capitol Civic Work Urfled By Arohl
tect Discrimination Plan Asked
Of Employers Governor, To
Talk At Teacher' Convention.
Capitol Clvlo Work.
Arnold W. Brunner, the noted New
Work architect, addreHBcd the mem
bers of the llarrlsburg Chamber ot
Commerce, at the Harrlsburg Club, on
"Architecture and the City," and em
phasized the opportunity for a great
civic center In Harrlsburg, grouped
about the Capitol and the park exten
sion, to the east. "What is good for
the Stale Is good for, the city, and
what is good for the City Is good for
the State," be aald, "so it behooves
each to co operate with the other for
the beuutlficatlon of the districts ad
jacent to the Capltol. You have a dif
ficult problem to solve here, but one
capable of a big solution. Vou have
started right and I believe you will
continue so."
Mr. Brunner made a plea for trees
In the business sections. He said that
Americans shy from trees In front of
their stores, but In Europe ihey have
learned that trees make their business
streets more attractive. He declared
that a clvlo center Is absolutely essen
tial for the proper expression of any
city, and that city planning Is noth
ing more than a program for the fu
ture, the success of which depends
entirely upon public support.
State Extension Of Farm Service.
Harrlsburg. If the plans contem
plated by Secretary of Agriculture
Charles E. Patton and discussed by
the State Commission of Agriculture
are worked out tho State and National
Governments, will cover the agricul
tural districts of the State with more
farm advisers next year and work on a
system which will prevent duplica
tion of territory. This will be done
by arranging for co-operation with the
Slate College agricultural extension
system, which receives Federal aid
and works with tho farm bureaus in
various counties. In a short time the
department will Issue a bulletin giv
ing a list of farms for sale In the
State, which, it Is expected, will ex
ceed 400. The locations and descrip
tions of the farms have been received
In the last few months In response to
an Invitation to owners desiring to
sell, and It Is the plnn to place the
Information In the hands of persons
desiring to buy, of whom many have
written to the department.
Discrimination Plan Asked.
The State Workmen's Compensation
Board adopted a ruling requiring em
ployer applying for exemption from
necessity of Insuring their compensa
tion liability to declare whether they
will discriminate against a ' married
employe or an employe with a large
family In favor of an unmarried em
ploye or one with a small family. A
ruling was adopted that the board will
require a statement whether discrim
ination will be made against an Amer
ican In favor of an alien employe, and
whether any discrimination will be
made against a man on account of his
age when he la otherwise well quali
fied. Teachers' Convention.
The Governors of Pennsylvania and
Ohio will tell of their experiences, as
teachers at the meeting of the State
Educational Association at Scranton
the latter part of this month, If Gov
ernor Brumbaugh's plans mature. The
Governor Is a former president of the
association and has been a speaker at
its meetings for a dozen or more years.
He spoke last year when he was Governor-elect
and the year before when
he was a prospective candidate. Now
he says he is going to see how It is te
speak to his old friends as Governor.
Road Building.
Students of road building will have
an opportunity to learn the latest
development In highway engineering
at State College, December 27 to De
cember 31. During the week a short
course will be given by experts on the
faculty of the school of engineering,
assisted by some of the leading road
construction authorities In the United
States. .
Service Marshal . Hartman.
' William Hartman, of Philadelphia,
has been, appointed marshal of the Pub
lic Service Commission and will report
for duty this week. George Wood, of
Philadelphia, who has been mashal,
has been transferred to other duties
on the commission staff.,'
Smull's 1915 Handbook Out.
Smull'8 Legislative Handbook for
1915 has made Its appearance here.
The handbcok Is Issued later than
usual, due to the congested work at the
State printery. Work has been started
on compilation of the 1916 Issue, which
will be put out next summer.
School Money Soon To Be Paid.
Close to 1700 school districts of the
State have received their checks for
school appropriations and the remain
ing 825 will be taken care of within
tho next sixty days, It Is expected at
the Capltol. About $1,500,000 still is
due.
Harrlsburg Insures Statuary.
The city authorities decided to In
sure the Donato group of statuary for
$25,000. The location has not been
determined.
Ban On Wormy Chestnuts.
The wormy chestnut Is to be ban
ished from Uie stores and stands of the
State, agents of the Department of
Agriculture In charge of food Inspec
tion having been Instructed to buy
samples. Similar Inspection is being
given to walnuts, almonds and similar
products much In demand at the holi
day season.
Gibraltar is less than two square
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Latest News Happenings Gather-
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TOLD IN SHORT PARAGRAPHS
urcsn mi iiew in irime aurvti
Driving Park For Dye Plant Site.
Iron Ore Vein Uncovered Ma
chine Shop Kept Busy.
The Topton furnace of the Empln
Steel and Iron Company, Idle 2 year?
was blown In. The match was an
piled by Oliver Heffner, the oldest tm
ploye of the plant. The operation o
the stack will be In charge of Ho wan
Keifer, the new superintendent, fonr.
merly foundry boss at the Crane Iroi
Works. About 100 men will be em
ployed. The stack produces 1,200 ton J
of pig Iron a week.
Tho former driving park at Welg1
Scales was surveyed by represent
tlves of J. P. and C. K. Eagle, silk
manufacturers, who will construct
large dye plant there and removJ
their Shamokln dye works to that place J
The Eagle Brothers -recently added
several new members to the firm an (
increased the capitalization from $2,
000,000 lo $20,000,000.
Dan O'Brien, twenty-eight years oli!
of Scranton, tried suicide for the tent: J
lime. Ho was hanging from a eel
bar at police headquarters when eu I
down. "Drat the luck, will you ever
let a'fojlow alone?" said Dan whei,
cut down. Magistrate Williams toL:
him he would have to stop bangim
himself or something serious migl,'.
happen to him some day.
Mrs. Henry Vosburg, thirty-elgh:
yeaw old, found at her homo in Scran
ton with a bullet wound in her head,
fought fiercely an hour to prevent doc
tors at the State Hospital from a;
tending to the injury. She told thee
that she had shot herself and that ih
didn't desire to go to all the troubV
that she did and then be compelled tol
live.
That men were employed at a pub I
lice auction to bid up against him th'
price of a property until It was ralsl
to $8,979 is the defense of Jacob Stein, I
filed with the Court at Reading, in
the suit brought against him by U)H
estate of the late Daniel I. Saul for re I
covery of the amount In question, a!
leged to be due on the purchase of il
farm In Perry Township.
While assisting his uncle, William
Menler, of Arlstes, In killing hogs sul
foring with cholera, the animals bav
Ing been condemned by State agent!.
Clarence Fetterman missed his aim I
when a hog ran at blm and the load!
ploughed Into his uncle's abdomen
Menler Is in a serious condition.
Sixty-three more men are employed
In the Pennsylvania Railroad machine
shops at Altoona this month than one
year ago. The total Is 4,954. The; I
are repairing locomotives for the lm
mense volume of traffic being handled I
by the Pennsy and they are kept busy
day and night
Formal proclamation of the result'
of the November election for three Su
perlor Court Judges and on the elec
tion on the" four proposed Constltu
tlonal amendments has been made by I
Secretary of the Commonwealth Cyrui-I
E- Woods on behalf of the Governor.
It was later than usual this year.
The loss may reach $100,000 In the I
derailment of twelve cars' in an extra!
eastbound freight on the Lehigh Val
ley Railroad at Clcmenton. The wheel I
of a 'Frisco line car broke, and as ill
left the tracks, eleven other cars fol
lowed. They were loaded with wheat,!
oats and flour for the allies. .
A rich vein of iron ore was uncov
ered on the farm of William Bertsch,
near Selsholtzvllle, by Milton, W. P
and Robert Gery. The vein Is twenty I
feet wide at the top. Samples run!
high In percentage, and mining opera
tions probably will begin at once.
A green hat may send "Country"
Smith, colored, of Harrlsburg, to tie!
electric chair. The police alleged that
the hat worn by "Country" when ar
rested was stolen from the home '
Mrs. Ella Albright, murdered last sum-!
mer. Smith is accused of the crime.
From the triennial assessment oil
Bucks county, It Is shown that there!
are 928 less horses and 1,565 less cows
than In 19J2, and the value of the It I
crease in real v estate taxable is $1
260,201.
The State Commission of Agrlctf l
ture considered plans to work in con
Junction with State College in thl
farm bureau and farm advisory worB.
ao that the State will' get the benefi'l
of double service and thoy probably.
will be put Into effect early next sum I
ijier.
Although she was able to walk Intc 1
the Coaldale Hospital unaided, It wn-'j
found that Mrs. Cassie Gallousky "
suffering from a fractured skull i
her condition is critical. How she M
Injured is not known.
The American Sheet and. TlnpH"
Company, of Pittsburgh, has receif
an order for 100,000 boxes of tlnp'j
to be shipped to the Orient. Thf
Bra a r A until tt fiA Ctnnrtai-fl Oil u
ests. ft
The Secretary of the Common.
Issued charters as thlrd-clusi
Bethlehem and South BetJ
which voted to become cltlitj
month. . .
ORD
New York city has 5,333,537