THEFUL!rON C0UNTV"Nt;WSnvicC0wwi!;nL)3iJUitUri'A7 FOUR KILLED ON II. 5. Explosion Occurs on the E-2 in Dry Dock. AT NEW YORK NAVY YARD Ten Otheri Hurt; Five Dangerously. Marylanders Among Those Injured Investigation It Started. New York. Four men were killed and ten others injured, five of them dangerously, in an explosion which oc curred on the submarine E-2 while the craft wag undergoing repairs In dry dock at the New York Navy Yard. One of the men killed was an enlisted elec trician and the other three civilian workers. At least three of the ten now In hos pitals arc not expected to live. Although the detonation was terrific, the submarine itself from the outside shows none of the effects of the explo sion, the second futal accident of Its kind in the history of the United States Navy. The apparatus was badly shat tered, tut so tight whs the vessel's shell there was no means of escape for gas which accumulated, ami It was more than an hour after the blast be fore the work of recovering the bodies could be completed. A ladder was blown up through the conning tower and fell 150 feet away. Gas Drives Back Rescuers. The injured men and one body were removed soon after the accident, but three bodies far down in the craft could not be reached until the gas had been blown out by compressed air. Soon after the explosion several naval officers led a rescue party into the drydock, but were partly overcome by gas fumes when they attempted to de scend Into the vessel. It was then that compressed air pipes were run Into the shell and the gas forced out The number of men inside the sub marine at the time of the explosion Is not definitely known. About 20 were working on the craft, but all of them were not on the underwater boat at the same time. It is not thought possible that anyone who was inside could have escaped injury. Doubt As To Cause. What caused the explosion has not been definitely decided. Rear-Admiral Nathaniel R. Usher, commandant of the navy yard, after an examination of the craft and questioning workmen who had been near by, declined to ex press an opinion. He said: "The men were at work In the bat tery compartment of the E-2, discharg ing the new Ellison batteries through rheostat to measure the voltage and the explosion occurred in that com partment while they were working there. The battery will generate no kind of gas and there was no gasoline on board. The engine was of the oil burning Diesel type." Pending the appointment of nn offi cial board of inquiry by the Navy De partment. Rear-Admiral Usher named a temporary investigating committee. Had New Batteries. The E-2 was the only vessel in the world equipped with the Edison nickel batteries and she made her first trip successfully with them on December 7 last. It whs reported that the new batteries gave belter speed with less fuel There were three other submarines In the drydock. but there were about 60 feet from the E-2, which had been undergoing repairs since December 30. There were no torpedoes or gasoline aboard any of them. BRITISH LOSSES HEAVY. Total Cf Officers Killed, Wounded and Missing Is 22,081. London. Officers casualty lists for the month of December show that the British army in that month lost 275 ofllcers killed, 638 wounded and 17 missing, a total of 930. Deducting from the wounded and missing totals a number since includ ed in killed, the total losses from the beginning of the war to the end of De rember, 1915, are 6,847 killed, 13,489 wounded and 1,745 missing, a total of 22.081. During December four brigade gen erals received wounds and are In cluded In the casualty lists for the month. Losses have been heaviest in the In dian contingent during the month, 33 having been killed, 75 wounded and 3 missing; the royal field artillery had 12 killed, 43 wounded; engineprs, 12 killed and 37 wounded: Yorkshires, 8 killed. 35 wounded; Lancashire, 11 killed 21 wounded; Australians, 13 killed, 24 wounded; Canadian, 10 killed 29 wounded. Losses In many other regiments run Into double figures. FORD PARTY SAILS. Peace Delegates Leave 30 Members At ,The Hague. The Hi'sue, via Iondon. The American members of the Ford peace mission, except those associated with the permanent peace board, sailed from Rotterdam aboard the steamer Rotterdam for New York. A great crowd assembled on the wharves and cheered as the steamer departed. GINNING FALLS OFF. Record For 1915 Millions Of Bales Short Of 1914. Washington. A report of the Census Bureau 'f ""' Department of Com merce shows 10.C 13.783 bales of cot; ton, counting round as half bales, sin red from tho growth of 1915 to Jan uary 1. 1916. compared with U.44:;,liG for 1915 and 13,317,721 for 1914. Round bales included this year . Iu5,799 com pared with 41,904 for 1915 and 91,2Gi for 1914. SUBMARINE PAPEN DISBURSED FUNDS TO PLOTTERS Evidence Discovered in Papers of Former German Attache. TURNED OVER TO EMBASSY Check Books and Letters Seized By British Show Payments To Wer ner Horn and Other. Criticized Wilson. London. Copies of correspondence seized from ('apt. Franz vou Papen, recalled German military attache at Washington, when he reached Fal mouth on his way to Germany have been turned over to the American Em bassy for transmission to the State Department. They show that Captain von Papen made frequent payments to persons charged with the responsi bility for blowing up munitions works and bridges in the United States. One entry shows that Caplnin von Fapen gave 1700 to Werner Horn, who was arrested In connection with the blowing up of a Canadian Pacific Rail way bridge at St. Croix, Maine. The day before this check was issued the German Embassy paid $2,000 into Cap tain von Papen's account. Captain von Papen'B check stubs, bank books and letters from his bank, the Rlggs National Bank of Washing ton, show about 500 items, many of which had to do with routine expendi tures. Others, however, revealed pay ments to various persons who have figured prominently in the activities of German agents in America, and to at least one spy who committed sui cide In a cell In an English prison. Got Money From Bernstorff. Several large payments were made to Captain von Papen by Count von Bernstorff, German Ambassador at Washington. Most of these were for salaries or bonuses. A number of entries showed payments made by the Ambassador to the military attache for "war Intelligence office." One of the payments on this account, made In October of 1914, was for $2,300. Among the letters taken from Cap tain von Papen there Is little of inter est with the exception of a letter from the German Consul at New Orleans condoling with him on his recall from Washington and criticizing severely the attitude of the American Govern ment. In January, 1915, Captain von Papen gave a check payable to Am sick 4 Co., New York, but with the nan.e E. Kuepferle, in brackets, on the stub. This is believed to have refer ence to the man named Kuepferle, who, after being arrested In England on a charge of espionage, committed sui cide, leaving a written confession in bla cell. Another check stub shows that about two weeks before the explosion In Seattle on May 30, 1913, Captain von Papen sent $500 to the German Consulate at Seattle. In February, of 1915, he sent $1,300 to the Germun Consulate In that city. As an example of the size of the Captain's financial operations, his bank book shows that in January, of 1915, he received approximately $6,400 and paid out $5,000. Consul Want "Day of Reckoning." The following is one of four letters, found among Captain von Papen's ef fects, and is considered the most In teresting part of the correspondence turned over to the American Embassy. The letters follows: "New Orleans, Dec. 4, 1915. "Dear Ilerr von Papen: I read with great regret that the fate of recall has indeed overcome you, I don't sup pose that you are very unhappy to be able to shako the dust of this unfriend, ly country from off your feet. What chiefly offends me is that in always giving way to the Government here we have never found that they are kindly disposed toward us. That the demand for the recall has been so sud den and belated throws an Interesting light upon the Government here. May here also the day of reckoning come and our Government find again that Iron determination with which alone one can make an impression here. "Hoping that our connection formed in this great time will not come to an end with ypur departure, I am yours sincerely. "R. V. M." ASK PROTECTION FOR COTTON. Texas Farmer Plan To Ship 1,030,000 Bale To Germany. Washington. H. X. Pope, president of the Texas Farmers' Union, accom panied by Senator Shcppard, told President Wilson of the union's plan ! for sending 1,000,000 bales of cotton j to Germany by way of Rotterdam in American ships and asked for assur ances for' protection against British ' seizure. Senator Sheppard said the I President promised to do all he could. ( Cotton Is on both the British and German contraband lists and the legality of that action now is the sub ject of diplomatic correspondence. The cotton men say they have no objec-' tlon to British seizure If they get the 27 cents a pound they are promised in j Germany. The market price Is 20 cents. That Is what the British have ! been paying on seizures. WOULD REDUCE SALARIES. Senator Shepard' Plan Hits Employe Of Government. Washington. Senator Shepard, of Texas, proposed to aid in meeting the government's loss of revenue, due to the war, by reducing ail salaries of $1,100 a year or ino.e on the govern ment payroll. In a bill Introduced the propose d reductions are graded from 2 per rent, on salaries from $1,200 to $1,500, to 12 per cent, on all exceeding $0,000. WHEN MOTHER iCd nvrltht I WILSON WILL GIVE President Will Stand For No Intervention in Mexico. BANDITS WILL BE PUNISHED De Facto Government Of Mexico Sends Troops After Banditi and Promise Pun ishment. Washington. General Carranza and the de facto government of Mexico arc to be given full opportunity, without Intervention from the United States, to run lo earth the murderers of Ameri can citizens at Santa Ysabel and to demonstrate ability to restore order and protect foreign rights In the southern republic. The President, supported by his Cab inet, is declared to be determined that the American Government shall not be stampeded by war talk and cries of vengeance Into rushing an army across the Rio Grande to destroy in its in fancy the de facto government, which the United States, with the co-opera-, tion of Pan-American nations, aided in establishing after the Mexican nation had been torn by revolution for years. At the State Department officials were vigilant In their watch over the situation, awaiting official word from General Carranza in reply to the de mand made upon him to seek out and punish the bandit murderers. Carranza To Punish Bandit. While no direct communication from General Carranza had reached the State Department, a message from him to Ellsco Arredodo, the Mexican Am bassador designate, announced the dis patch of troops to capture the outlaws and his purpose to visit "condign pun ishment upon every participant in the mnsacre." Carranza's telegram to his Ambassa dor read: "The murderous attack on the pas senger train near Chihuahua was made by the only remaining band of outlaws In that region. This band Is being pursued by my troops, with a view to insure its capture, whereupon condign punishment, which their crime de serves will be applied to every guilty participant. DYESTUFF FAMINE REDUCED. Country Now Producing Half Of Nor mal Consumption. Washington. Seventeen months of the European war, according to a re port issued by Dr. Thomas If. Norton, the Government's dyestutf expert, has seen American manufacture of dyes increase fivefold and now this coun try Is producing one half of the colors it normally uses. Hope Is held out that by 1917 the great bulk of artificial dyes consumed here will be made by American works from American raw material. TO BUILD $7,000,000 STEEL MILL. United State Steel Corporation Get Youngstown Site. Youngstown, Ohio. The United States Steel Corporation announced that construction of a $7,000,000 steel mill would be commenced at once on the McDonald site, between Niles and Girard, where 132 acres of land has Just been purchased, giving the com pany a total of 500 acres. It is stated that the plant will be completed in a year and when in full operation will employ several thousand men. GEN. GUITERREZ EXECUTED. Condemned A Traitor To Anti-Car. ranza Party. El Taso, Texas. General Eulalio Guiterrez. formerly provisional Presi dent of Mexico under Villa, Is dead. Dispatches received state that he was executed at Pachuca, 120 miles north of Mexico City, on January 6, after having been found guilty of treason to the nnti-Carranzn party. JEWS TO ISSUE "BLACK BOOK." Will Tell Of Persecution By Russian Official. New York. A "black book," contain- , ing stories of alleged persecutions of Jews by high Russian official in the ' war zone, will be published snort'y by tho National Jewish" Workmen's Com mittee on Jewish Rights. The book will be published as part of a campaign to obtain civil rights for Jews in Eu : rope after the war. CARRANZA A CHANCE HITS THE TRAIL GEN ETA DIES ,S. Refused to Salute Flag at Vera Cruz. WAS HELD FOR CONSPIRACY Because Of Illness, Former Dictator Of Mexico Had Been Allowed To Go To Hi Home, Where End Cam. El Paso, Texas. Vicloriano Huerta, former dictator of Mexico, died at his home here. Since he was permitted, on account of his illness to leave the Jail in which he had been confined as a prisoner of the United States since his arrest last July, General Huerta had been oper ated upon for gallstones four times, and his death had been expected for some days. He was attended during his illness by bis wife at their home here. Huerta took office as Provisional President of Mexico on February 19, 1913. Three days afterward Francisco Madero, one of his brothers who had been arrested with him and Jose Maria Pino Suarez, Vice-President under Madero, were assassinated while riding under guard from the palace to the penitentiary. This crime aroused a storm of indig nation throughout the United States. In many quarter there were demands for Intervention, but President Taft, who was on the eve of leaving office, decided to take no action which might commit the incoming administration of President Wilson. Immediately on assuming office, President Wilson refused to recognize Huerta as the head of the Mexican j Government in spite of the fact that such recognition had been granted by Great Britain. At the same time the Maderistas rallied under Yenustiano Carranza, Governor of Coahuila, and Francisco Villa declared against Huerta. Arrested On Way To Border. On June 27 he was arrested by Secret Service agents at Newman, N. M., on a charge of conspiring to incite a revo lution against a friendly country. He was released on bond, but was re arrested by Secret Service men at El Paso on July 3 when apparently plan ning to cross the border. Huerta remained In Jail until De cember 2S, when he was permitted to be removed to his home lu El Paso on account of the serious nature of bis illness. During Huerta's stay In America numerous stories were circulated from various sources asserting that he was being backed by German agents In a plot to embroil this country with Mexico. These stories were officially denied by Count von Bernstorff, the German Ambassador. They were re vived again, however, by statements by Federal officials that Franz von Rlntelen, a German agent, had spent large sums of money endeavoring to cause disturbances on the Mexican border. Wednesday at San Antonio General Huerta, his former purchasing agent, Jose B. Rainer, and 10 others were In dicted by a Federal grand Jury for conspiracy to violate the neutrality laws. 70 KILLED BY EXPLOSION. Forty Hurt When Lille Ammunition Depot Blow Up. Berlin. An ammunition depot In the southern section of Lille, North ern France, has been blown up. An official announcement says that 70 per sons were killed and 40 Injured. 'Con siderable damage to property was done. KAISER REPORTED WORSE. Specialist Hurriedly Summoned, Prince Called To Berlin. Rome. The Idea Nazionale states that the Kuiser's condition, has sud denly becomo worse. Two specialists, according to this report, have been hurriedly summoned from the front. TO REPRESENT FORD PARTY. Auto Man, Bryan and Jane Addams Peace Delegates. London The American members of the Henry Ford peace party have selected five delegates to attend a con ference of neutrals to ho held later at The IIagu according to a Central News dispatch from the Netherlands capital. Th ''elevates, it. K stated, include Mr. Ford, William Jennings Bryan and MLj Jane Addams. A PRISONER OF D III The Massacre of Americans Arouses Congress. SITUATION VERY SERIOUS Lansing Telegraph Demand For Cap. ture and Punishment Of Bandit Who Slew American De tail Of Outrage. Washington. Congress was swept by a wave of impassioned indignation over the killing of American citizens by Mexican bandita near Chihuahua. . Demands for action came from minority members, and while the Ad ministration leaders counseled pati ence, even Senator Stone, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Commit tee, admitted that If Carranza after a fair trial failed to protect foreigners in Mexico intervention was Inevitable. Secretary Lnnslr.g, with the ap proval of President Wilson, dispatched to Consul Silllman at Queretaro for presentation to General Carranza a note denouncing the slaying of Ameri cana near Chihuahua by Mexican ban dits, and calling upon the head of the de facto government for the Immediate pursuit, capture and punishment of the perpetrators of the deed. Wilson Unshaken By Storm. There was no indication that the United Stales would lake any action In the case beyond Its demand for the apprehension and punishment of the outlaws, or at tho most to hold Gen eral Carranza responsible for the mur ders if it is shown that his officials were negligent In providing protection for the party. Notwithstanding the outburst of attacks upon the Adminis tration In Congress, probably ' un equaled since the Huerta crisis two years ago, there was no outward sign that President Wilson was being in fluenced to alter his policy. , Arrangements for bringing the bodies of the slain men to the United States were made early In the day. After several messages had been ex changed, Secretary Lansing was ad vised from El Paso that General Gavlra and Consul Garcia, of the de facto government, had arranged for a special funeral train. Dispatches from El Paso also said that Carranza troops already were in pursuit of the bandits. General Gavlra, it was stated, had Bent sol diers to the south from Juarez, while General Trevino was said to have sent another force west from Chihuahua. "TAKE HIM," SAID WIFE TO U. S. But Marine Sergeant Turned "Good Fighting Man" Down. Syracuse, N. Y. "Take him; I free ly consent to his enlistment and recommend him to you as a good fight ing man. However, if he serves his country like he serves his wife, God save this noble land of ours." So wrote a Horseheads (N. Y.) wife to Sergt. Frank X. Bleirher, In charge of the local recruiting station of the United States Marine Corps, In reply to his letter inquiring if she had ob jection to the enlistment of her spouse in the service of Uncle Sam's sea sol diers. BUYS 11,000 ACRES ZINC LAND. Philadelphian Will Erect Model Town On Tennessee Property. Knoxville, Tenn. Samuel J. Wether. ell, of Philadelphia, has purchased 11,000 acres of zinc property in Han cock county, Tennessee, for approx imately $2,000,000. A railroad 26 miles long will be built from the Southern Railway at Lone Mountain to Sneed ville and later extended to Speers Ferry, Va. A- plant of 10,000 tons dally capacity and the building of a modern town, at a total outlay of $10,000,000, Is contemplated. NEAR-BEER SALOONS CLOSE. Anticipate Atlanta "Dry" Law Ef fective May 1. x Atlanta. Approximately half the 164 near-beer saloons in Atlanta either had their doors closed Tuesday or will close within the next few days, accord ing to announcement made at the office of the City Clerk. New prohibition laws becoming effective May 1 may abolish near-beer saloons and locker clubs. EX-JACKIE KILLS THREE WOMEN. Dishonorably Discharged Sailor Then Commit Suicide. San Francisco. Floyd Peyser, a dishonorably discharged United States sailor, murdered Mrs. Marjorie Hill, with whom he was infatuated, here. After shooting her dead he also killed her mother, Mrs. G, W. Evans, and her sister, Mrs. Irene White, and then shot and killed himself. STEEL ORDERS PILE UP. 7,806,220 Ton On Book Of U. S. Cor poration On December 31 Last New York. The United Slates Steel Corporation reported unfilled orders on Its books on December 31 of 7,806,220 tons, as compared with 7,189,487 on November 30 and 3,836,643 on Decem ber 31, 1914. MISS WILSON OPERATED ON. Adenoids and Enlarged Tonsil Suc cessfully Removed. Philadelphia. Miss Margaret Wil son, daughter of the President, was operated on at the Jefferson Hospital here, adenoids and enlarged tonsils be- I lng removed. Tho operation was pro. I nounced highly successful. Miss Wil- son went to the. hospital last Tuesday. ! She was accompanied to Philadelphia ! by Miss Helen Woodiow Hones, the President's cousin. NTEHVENTIQN MEIO URGED INDUSTRIAL BOARD FAVORS INSPECTORS Casualty Men With Certificate May Pa On Boilers and Elevator. Harrlsburg. The State Industrial Board announced that Inspections of boilers and elevators made by Inspec tors of casualty companlea who have passed the examinations of the State Department of Labor and Industry will be nccepted by the State. The Commissioner of Labor will name a committee of three experts to super vise tho tests. Tho board also announced hearings In Philadelphia on the proposed codes for safety and sanitation In the textile and electrical industries February 1. Arrangements have boen made for the board's Fire Prevention Committee to confer with those In charge of the investigation Into such subjects being conducted by Bryn Mawr Collego, whose alumnae have established fund for study of fire prevention. Prices Of Foodstuff. Investigation Into foodstuffs prices paid by the people of Pennsylvania uunng December, which was conduct ed by the State Department of Agri culture through 800 crop reporters throughout the Slate, hns shown re markable vurlatlons. Eggs, which were bringing an average of 47 cents In Lackawanna county and 45 and 46 cents In Philadelphia and Allegheny, were selling for the low average of 29 cents a dozen in Green and 32 cent In Indiana county. Delaware and Montgomery farmers got an average of 40 cents a pound for butter and in Fulton 25 cents was the average price, with Franklin, Bedford and Greene getting 27. Lambs sold for $7 In Montgomery and for $6.50 in Dauphin, but brought only $3.85 In Washington, Lancaster, the garden county of the State, had to pay an average of 32 cents a pound for holi day turkeys, dressed. Dauphin, North ampton and Schuylkill paid 31 and Berks, Montgomery and Westmore land, 30 cents, Adams getting only 22 cents. Schuylkill paid the most for live turkeys. Potatoes, which sell around 64 cents in Lane-aster and Somerset, and 67 In Berks, were 94 In Allegheny and Beaver, and $1.10 In Cameron. Hay ranged from $20 a ton In Luzerne to $12 in Tioga and $13.50 in Butler. Spanish Popular At State College. Believing that the Spanish and Portuguese languages are destined to have Important places in American commercial life, especially in the de velopment of Latin-American trade, hundreds of students at the Pennsyl vania State College are demoting much attention to them. The course in Portuguese was added to tho curri culum at Penn State only this year. The number of students electing Span ish is far in advance of previous years, there being an Increase of one hun dred per cent, over 1914. Joseph W. Crowe!!, a recent gradu ate of Haverford College, is In charge of the courses. A Spanish Club has been organized among the students, and the language of Cervantes is the only medium of communication at such meetings. , Accidents In First 12 Days Of Jan. Tho State Department of Labor and Industry announced that In the first twelve days of January there were 1,493 accidents reported lo its Bureau of Statistics and transmitted to the Worklngmen's .Compensation Board. Eighteen of this number were fatal. A statement Issued by the bureau says that statistics show that twenty-five per cent, of all accidents In the In dustries of the State are subject to compensation benefits. Plan For Wet Chester Armory. The State Armory Board authorized plans for the new arniory at West Chester and directed Improvements to be made to the York, and Lebanon armories. The committee in charge of work at the Artillery Armory in Pittsburgh was directed to secure con firmation of the deed and plans will be mado later. Bridge Permits Granted. The State Water Supply Commission granted permission to the borough of Tyrone to build two bridges, and for the Pennsylvania Railroad to build a bridge at Jeanette. The county of Chester was given permission to build a bridge In Sndsbury Township. Action Against Loan Society. The Attorney General's Department has brought an action In equity to re strain tho Slate Capital Savings and Loan Association, of Harrlsburg, from Issuing full paid stock. INTERESTING NOTES FOR ALL New York has 4,500 hotels and restaurants. The wealth of France is estimated at $50,000,000,000. Uruguayan banks have gold reservea aggregating $20,615,667. Lisbon will .spend $3,000,000 to im prove its port facilities. In Russia bricks made of coal dust are used for paving: tho coal dti:rt is combined with treacle and resin. Replacement of all horse-drawn vehicles by motor service wagons and auto trucks has been recommended by Herbert R. Fay, superintendent of the San Diego water works department. Tho Supreme Court of Panama has custained a recent law whereby the government reserves ownership in metul mlneB and deposits of coul and oil. KEYSTONE STATE IN Latest News Happenings Gather ed From Here and There. TOLD IN SHORT PARAGRAPHS "Hold up your hands' or III blow your brains out," was Lite command beard by Prof. Frank Daub, of the Clark Valley School, Porter Town ship. Turning, he beheld Frank Bohr, one of his pupils, fourteen years old. standing at the door of the school with a loaded ride In his hands. The teacher expostulated with the boy and finally got the weapon from him. Bohr armed himself with the rifle when some one Jokingly told him the te.ichcj was going to lick him. William I Roupe, of Washington, was shot and fatally wounded by his wife during a quarrel, after which he made his will, leaving tho whole of bis large estate to her, saying that ha for Cave her for giving him bis death wound. At the coroner's Inquest Mrs. Roupe was held on a murder charge for the February term of court, she be ing the first woman In the 135 yeanfof Washington county history to face trial on that charge. William K. Balrd, manager, and Ross Kline, clerk, of Armour & Co., Altoona branch, were convicted In Blair coun ty court of selling cold storage eggs as fresh eggs. The case consnnied two days and was bitterly fought The Jury's verdict Is Important to the Dulry and Food Department, for the reason that ft recognizes the State's stand ard of analysis to determine the age of an egg. Secretary of Agriculture Pat. ton attended the trial. The Philadelphia & Reading Coal d Iron Company appointed Edwin (.'. Jones assistant superintendent in the Shamokln district. He now Is inside foreman of the company's Henry Clay Shaft and Is a member of the Shamo kln School Board. lie will be succeed ed at the Henry Clay workings by Michael Reiland. President Wilson Bent these nomi nations of postmasters to the Senate: Frank W. McFadden, McKeesport; P. H. Gherrity, Bellefonte; William K. Reed, Eddystone; William II. Cooper, Oakmont; Percy E. Faust, Wealherly: William F. Elgin, Glenolden; Howard Kemrer, Paradise. Governor Brumbaugh and Secretary of Agriculture Patton were invited to address the Bradford county farmers' meeting at Towandn, on March 1. A delegation of Bradford count ians, head ed by M. S. Jennings, extended the Invitation. For the first time In a quarter of a century, Chester's Chief Executive will have regular office hours. Mayor Mc Dowell announced that he Always could be found at his office In City Hall between 9 and 12 o'clock in ths morning. . The State Sinking Fund has pur chased $150,000 of bonds of various boroughs for the new State Fire In surance Fund. (They all have been In vestigated and are declared to be gilt edged. James Sweeney, Chief of the State Bureau of Standards, has received word that Clearfield, Bedford and Mon roe counties and DuBois and Corry cities have appointed Sealers of Weights and Measures. Births in Johnstown decreased hy 200 In 1915 over 1914, due to the de parture of foreign residents for serv ice in the European war, according to State Registrar of Statistics I). T. Ed wards. Governor Brumbaugh appointed George G. Myer as A'derman of Coates ville, and Horace Orwig, Mlffllnburg, as a trustee of the State Hospital for the Insane, at Danville. Dauphin County Commissioners were given a shock when State factory Inspectors condemned the elevator In use in the Harrlsburg Court House. It Is about a quarter of a century old. Jacob R. Hartranft and Eugene Fein over, Allentown, members of a Phila delphia Reading Engine crew, were hurt seriously by an explosion on a locomotive In Rutherford Yards. A pair of Penciled Hamburg, hatch ed from eggs brought to America on the last westward voyage of the Lusl tania, were the feature of the fourth annual poultry show at Johnstown. Alderman Charles K. Melville, of Chester, one of the oldest newspaper men in that section. Just has been elected president of the Magistrates' Association of Chester, Philadelphia, Montgomery and Delaware counties, formerly the Four-County Magistrates' Association. Helen Roche, sixteen years eld, daughter of Mrs. A. Roche, of Ches ter, has been missing from her home two days. Th"e girl took all the money In the house, according to the police, and packed her clothing. Eugene Finch and Con Hanley, both of Latllmer, were killed by black damp In the Latti'.ier mines of Pardee Brothers & Co., Incorporated, while fighting the fire which broke out in one of the slopes early in December. Finch wok fifty years old nnd Kanley' twenty.- The blaze is under control, but still giving trouble. Because of the large amount of or lers on hand, all of the larger shops in Waynesboro linve night forces of men. The town's fastnries are busier than for nmny year. SORT ORDER
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