THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS. McCONNELLSBUEO, PA.
SUNDAY SWAYS
MIGHTY CONCOURSE
Preaches to 52,003 Cheering
Enthusiastsat Three Meetings.
EVANGELIST AT HIS BEST
Welcomed Dy the Governor Hurli
Mighty Blow At Sin and De
clares Baltimore's Greet
ing Superb.
Baltimore. Fifty-two thousand men
nd women and youths Sunday heard
Billy Sunday on the opening day or his
six weeks' evangelistic campaign in
this city.
The attendance at night broke all
tlrst-nlght records In the history of
the campaigns, according to Mr. Sun
day. Twenty thousand people were
packed In the tabernacle at Twenty
alnth street and Greenmount avenue,
and between 4,000 and 5,000 were
turned away.
Swept Dy Enthusiasm.
Sunday came and saw and con
nered. He launched the campaign at
lu.30 o'clock In the forenoon, when he
was presented to an audience of about
15,000 by Governor Harrington, who
gave official approval to the meetings.
At 2 o'clock In the afternoon he
preached to 17.000. Enthusiasm, which
even the moil sanguine among the
members of the local committee had
scarcely hoped for, swept all three
audiences. The throngs were made up
aot of a majority of women, but large
ly of substantial business men, of me
chanics, of clerks, with a sprinkling
r society folks, and here and there a
city and State official, a bank presi
dent, a big corporation official and
doiens of ministers of many denomina
tions. The Rev. Dr. Hugh Brickhead,
rector of Emannuel Protestant Episco
pal Church, delivered the invocation
In the morning; the Rev. Dr. It. J.
Wyckoff, of Madison Avenue Metho
dist Episcopal Church, in the aftor
noon, and the Rev. Dr. H. A. Criese
mer, of Franklin Square Baptist
Church, In the evening.
Philadelphia Yields Palm.
A Phlladelphlan sat through the
evening service, bis fourth opening
might of a Sunday campaign, Includ
ing the one In his home city.
"This beats anything 1 have ever
seen," be said, "and takes the palm
away from Philadelphia. Mr. Sunday
has got 'em going already."
And the evangelist really did seem
to "have 'en going." The thousands
at spellbound through the three serv
ices except when they applauded some
telling point made In his excoriation
of sin and his attacks on crooked
politicians and the liquor Interests,
and then they applauded until the
rough-board building reverberated
with thunder. Those who went to
get new sensations had their withes
satisfied, as well as those who were
drawn to the tabernacle by belief In
the campaien and the benefits thereof.
Sunday hurled defiance at the enemies
of religion, material and Intangible,
personal and impersonal; he delivered
most of the remarkable gestures which
have made him famous.
Climbs On the Pulpit
He climbed upon his velvet-topped
pulpit at the climax of his afternoon
sermon, when, after he had asked all
those present who wished to enroll
themselves as "Christ's grenadiers"
to stand up, the great congregation
heaved itself to its feet as a man.
"And now, let us give God a Chau
tauqua salute," Sunday cried, and with
a spring was perchrd upon the pulpit
which be bad been pounding with his
fist.
At the word thousands cf handker
chiefs were awave, until the mass of
humanity was changed In color on the
Instant, from a general tone of dark
clothes and the tint of faces to a sea
of white billows. That was one of the
most dramatic moments of a day that
was full of the dramatic.
N9 Trail-Hitting Yet.
There was no trail hitting. That
will come later, probably at the end
of this week or the first of next. And
as the week wears on the outside
meetings will Increase, with gatherings
In Bhops, factories and stores and
churches.
HOPEWELL IS INCORPORATED.
. Boom Munition Town To Have An
Electicn On July 1.
Richmond, Va. Hopewell, Va., has
the boom war munitions town which,
without a government for a year, has
run a counie paralleling that of West
ern mining towns In pioneer days, was
Incorporated by legislative enactment.
The new town will have the novelty
ct an election July 1.
OBJECT TO 8 HOUR DAY.
American Federation Of Labor Sends
Protest To House.
Washington. At the direction of
Its executive council, In session here,
the Amerloan Federation of Labor
protested to Congress against a pend
ing proposal to require Government
clerks here to work not less than o.r.it
tours a day. They now work at leaj.t
even. Representative Borland, author
f the proposal, asked the executive
council to reconsider Its action.
CAPTURED 12,538 TURKS,
Petregrad Issues First Statement On
Prisoners Taken By Russians.
London. Petrograd has Issued the
following official statement: "The ro
ults of the operations at Erzeruin
-vers obtained with relatively in
ilgnlflcunt losses. We captured 235
Turkirh officers, 12,75ft men, the first
lasa Turkish fortress of Erzerum and
large depots of arms, munitions, sup.
(Plios, signaling tPlegrapli and tele
lbone eq-'prnents, stores and parka."
ARIES BATTCE IN
AFuH OUSBLIZZARD
Germans Continue Great Drive
on Verdun.
HEAVY LOSSES INFLICTED
The French Falling Dack, Out Their
Lines Intact Heavy Loses On
Both Sides, German Casualties
Estimated At 150,0:0,
London. Along the front In the
region of Verdun the Germans and the
French continue the great struggle
which began several days ago, with
the Germans on the offensive and
their aim evidently the great French
fortress of Verdun.
Notwithstanding a heavy fall of
now, the Germans to the north of
Verdun have attacked, with what Parl
terms unprecedented violence nnd
with large forces, French positions at
several points, but according to the
French official communication the at
tacks were without succoss. Especial
ly has this been true of La Cote du
Polvre, about four and one half miles
north of the fortress, the attainment of
which would give the Germans a good
vantage point from which to operate
against Verdun.
Heavy casualties are being Inflicted
by both sides, and the Germans claim
that they havo taken many prisoners,
the aggregate at last reports totaling
more than 10,000.
Say Germans Lest 150,000.
The German losses during the first
four days of the battle around Verdun
are authoritatively estimated at 150,
000 men.
The German offensive Is recognized
now as probably only the beginning
of a determined effort to take the fort
ress. formerly the key to the French
front, and compares in violence ana
losses to the battle of the Yser. The
French assurce that the battle may
continue a fortnight The German
forces are known to be at least SCO,
W00, supported by numerous 15-lncb
and 17-inch Austrian mortars, with
all the heavy artillery used In the
Serbian campaign and part of that
formerly employed on the Russian
front.
Preparations for the battle were ob
served early in December, when the
first troops assigned to the operation
were brought up. Eight division that
returned from Serbia were sent to Bel
gium for a rest and then transported
to the region of Verdun In January.
Five army corps In all are known to
have been brought up to reinforce two
corps which previously held that part
of the line between Etaln and Vau
qols. Those were the best troops ot
th German Army, Including, as it If
learned from prisoners, the famous
Third Corps of Brandenburg, sup
posedly equal in valor to the Prussian
guard, and the Fifteenth Army Corps,
commanded by Gen. von Delmllng,
known In France as one of the most
brilliant of the Gorman general offi
cers. NINE KILLED IN WRECK.
Fully Fifty Injured In Collision Near
Milford, Conn.
Milford, Conn. Disregard of a cau
tionary signal probably was re
sponsible for the rear-end collision on
the New York, New Haven and Hart
ford Railroad near here, In which nine
persons lost their lives and fully 50 j
were Injured, according to Charlos C.
dwell, of the Connecticut Public
Utilities Commission. The State's In-1
vestigatlon already is under way, but
In as much as four railroad employes, I
the most important witnesses, were
killed, It will be difficult to fix re- j
sponsiblllty, Mr. Elwell said. Two
passengers, a man and a woman, were
killed instantly when a local train
running at 40 miles an hour crashed
into the rear of the Greenfield Ex
press, which had been stalled because
of a broken airhose. Two other pas- i
eengers died In hospitals to which
they were taken.
TWO MEN BLOWN TO PIECES.
No Trace Found Of Them After Pow.
der Explosion.
Emporium, Pa. Jack Yacum and
Victor Sudderland. of Emporium, were
blown to piece. when nitroglycerin lu
the gelatine house at the Emporium
Powder Mill, of the Aetna Explosive
Company, exploded. There were no
other men In the building. No trace
of the bedics of the two men were
found. The explosion was heard at
Driftwood, nine miles away. Coroner
Faik, who Investigated the accident,
aid the cause will probably never be
known.
HATCHES AT 14 BELOW.
Kansas Hen Brings Out Eight Chicks
For New Record. j
Olathe, Kansas. With the ther
mometer at It degrees below zero, the
Kansas hen has bcorcd again. The
other morning Mrs. M. W. Ott heard
a ben clucking in the haymow of the
barn. Investigation showed eight
downy Buff Orpington chicks, Just
batched. The hen had stolen her nost
and established a new record for early
fryers. i
TO AMEND BANKRUPTCY LAWS.
Congressman Coady Wants Time To
Ask Discharge Extended.
Washington. Representative Coady,
of Baltimore, introduced a bill in the
House amending the bankruptcy laws
so that the time limit for a bankrupt
to apply for discharge may be ex
tended. There are a number of cases
where the bankrupt has failed to ask
for discharge In the time limit, with
the result that the case had to te
eheard In the courts.
WELL, THE SAP'S
WILL DEFEND
President Wilson Stands Firmly
to His Position.
HOPES FOR EXPLANATIONS
Congress Rallies To Aid Diplomacy.
Stand Behind President In
Critical Hour The Situa
tion Unchanged.
Washington. As a climax to two
days of agitation In Congres for action
for warning Americans against travel
ing on armed merchant ships came the
announcement by President Wilson
that he could not consent to the
abridgment In any respect of the rights
of American citizens.
This significant statement of the
President was In a letter to Senator
Stone, chairman of the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee, a communication
which set forth in unmistakable terms
the determination of the Administra
tion to uphold at all costs and under
all circumstances the dignity of the
nation and the rights of the nation's
citizens.
"The honor and self-respect of the
nation Is Involved," writes the Presl
denL "We covet peace and shall pre
serve It at any cost but the loss of
honor."
The President expressed hope that
explanations of the declared Inten
tions of the Central European powers
to sink all armed merchant ships with
out warning would put a different
aspect on a situation which now seem
ed to present Insuperable obstacles.
"We have had no reason to question
their good faith or their fidelity to
their promises In the past," he added,
"and I for one feel confldont that we
shall have none In the future."
The letter was In answer to one
written by Senator Stone, outlining
the situation existing at the Capitol,
where persistent demands bad been
made for some action which might
lessen the possibility of war between
the United States and Germany. '
At the State Department It was
stated that In Its International aspects
the situation had not changed In the
s'lchtest degree for three or four days.
Officials said nothing had been heard
from Germany In response to the re
quest of the United States for assur
ances that previous pledges given In
the Lusilanla and Arabic negotiations
would not be nullified by the new cam
paign aralnst armed ships. Count von
Ecrnstorff, the German Ambassador,
through whom the request was made,
also was said to be without Informa
tion as to when a response would be
forthcoming.
Confidential advices from Berlin,
however, have Indicated that Germany
would reply that all assurances pre
viously given would be observed, but
that thev app'led only to unarmed ves
sels, and would propose discussion of
what defensive armament properly
may be. How far such a proposal
would go toward altering the situation
Is said to depend largely upon addi
tional Information as to bow armed
British merchantmen are said to have
warred on German submerslbles, which
now Is on the way to Washington by
mall.
Administration officials reiterated
the declaration that the United States
never had departed since the begin
ning of the submarine controversy
from Its firm stand for the observance
of International law. And they pointed
out that throughout history the right
of a merchantman to carry limited
armament solely for defence never bad
been questioned.
BANDITS ON ROLLER SKATES.
Purse Snatchers In Texas Towns
Make Numerous Hauls.
El Paso, Texas. Holler skate
bandits are furnishing a problem for
the police In Orange, Texas, nnd near
by towns. Turse snatchcrs on roller
skates dart along the sidewalk, snatch
shopping bags from women and whlt.k
around a corner. Seven Mich rob
beries were reported In 15 minutes.
RADIO REACHES ALL SECTIONS.
Pre-arednei Message Tock 90 Min
utes To Pacific Coast.
Chicago. The message gent bv
wire'eis to Governors of the States
and Mayors of the larse cities at 11
o'clock Monday night from I-avenport.
Iowa, as a demonstration of the radio
preparrdneis of the country's 23,C0
licensed amateur operators, reached
tho remotest parts of the country
through various relays, according to
(advices received here.
NATIONS HQNOR
STARTED RUNNING
FIFTEEN STATES
JOIN THE FIGHT
Want West Virgln'a Prohibition
Law Sustained.
DECISION WILL AFFECT ALL
Brief Claim Ther Is No Difference
In Principle Between Right To
Manufacture and Right
To Import.
Washington. Attorney generals of
15 States filed with the Supreme Court
a joint argument In support of the con
stitutionality of the West Virginia
liquor law prohibiting the receipt and
possession of Intoxicating liquors for
personal use and of the Federal Webb
Kenyon liquor law prohibiting the
shipping of Intoxicating liquors Into
States for use in violation of State
laws.
The States representing wore Arl
zona, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas,
Mlssissifpl, North Carolina, North
Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South
Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Wash
ington and Alabama.
The decision of the court In tho
West Virginia cases, now before the
court for oral argument Is expected
to be the most Important adjudica
tion In the temperance fight In a dec
ado. "It seems strange at this late day,"
j the attorney generals stated to the
court In their brief, "to hear a claim
made that the State and national gov
ernments' guarantee to a citizen the
right to possess and receive liquor for
personal use and to drink the same In
unlimited quantities. If such had been
the case, It Is difficult to Bee how any
sort of prohibitory law could have
ever been sustained, since all of them
have a direct tendency to reduce or
prevent the use of Intoxicating bever
ages, and It Is tho purpose of all of
them to promote temperance by the
prevention of the consumption of In
toxicants. This purpose has found re
peated expression In adjudged cases.
"If a citizen of a state has a right
to obtain Intoxicating liquors for his
own use In any quantity, or In unlim
ited quantities, It would seem to fol
low he should at least have the right
to manufacture such liquor for his
own use from the products of his own
labor, and yet It la settled he has not
such right"
Turning to the Webb-Kenyon law,
the attorney gonrrals urged that to
accomplish the valid purpose of pro
hibiting the traffic in liquors It Is
necessary for a state to have the right
to control Interstate shipments even
for personal u,se.
"This Is a step which has a fair
relation to the end to be accom
plished." they contended. "What Is
the difference In principle between
the denial of the right to manufac
ture and a denial ot the right to Im
port?" WORKER3 PROMISED BONUS.
Five Per Cent On Earnings Will Be
Paid Next Christmas.
Shenandoah, Pa. Notices .were
posted by the Samuel Valentine Shirt
Company, of this city and Ashland, to
go Into effect February 28, that a
bonus of 6 per cent, will be paid on the
total wages earned to all employes ot
record December 2, 1916, provided they
have been in constant employment of
the company for six months or more
on that date. The bonus will be paid
around Christmas next. '
WOULD ENLARGE EMBASSIES.
Lansing Ass Cniress For Twelve
More Secretaries.
Washington. Secretary Lansing
askrd Congress to appropriate for 12
more secretaries of legations abroad,
because of tho work assumed by the
United States caring for the diplo
matic Interests of warring nations,
and proposed creation of the title of
counselor, to rank next to a minister
or ambassador. In the American cm
hassles, to correspond with the titles
In oreign embassies.
SNAKE BITES MRS. AHCHBOLD.
She Shoots Rattler After Being At
tacked Will Recover.
Thomasvllle, Ga. Mrs. John F.
Archbold, daughter-in-law of John D.
rchbold, of the Standard Oil Com
pany, was bitten by a rattlesnake
vhile hunting on the Archbold eitates,
ear here. Physicians said a heavy
-Hiher bnol prevented complete polson
ng and her wound wou'd not prove
"atal. Mrs. Archbold shot the snako
after she had been bitten.
1 SEAPLANES AGAIN
! RAID ENGLAND
Seventeen Bombs Dropped Upon
Lowestoft.
CHURCH SERVICE BROKEN UP
Clx Bombs Dropped From a Height Of
2,500 Feet Upon Walwar An
Official Report Admits
Considerable Damage.
London. Four German seaplanes
I Sunday made a raid over the east and
southeast coasts of England, according
i to an official announcement. The total
casualties are given as two men and
one boy klllod and one marine wound
ed. Considerable mutorlal damage
was dono. Tho official communication
says:
"The first raiders, two biplanes, ap
peared over Lowestoft at 10.55 A. M.
and circled over the south side of the
town for five minutes and dropped
bombs. In about five minutes they
rose to a great height and seemingly
vanished. At 11.10 A. M. the two sea
planes were again over the town nnd
then vanished eastward again.
"Altogether, 17 small, hlgh-exploslve
bombs were dropped. There were no
casualties. Considerable damage was
caused to the outbuildings of a restau
rant and to two dwelling houses.
Two r.aval seaplanes went up at 11.05
A. M. and pursued the raiders, but
without result.
Meanwhile, two other German sen
planes were making for tho Kentish
Coast. The first passed over the
Kentish Knock light vessel, dropping
bombs In that vicinity, at 11.20 A. M.
The last raider mr.de straight for
Walmer. Reaching that town at 11 27
A. M., flying at lass than 2,500 feet. It
dropped six bombs and turned sharply
to the east.
"Two of the bombs that fell de
stroyed roofs and broke windows In
tho neighborhood. One of them fell
close to a church, blowing In the
windows as the congregation was sing
ing Te Deum. A third bomb fell on a
roadway running along the boach, kill
ing one civilian and injuring one
marine.
"The total casualties were two men
and one boy killed and one marine
wounded.
"Two of our aeroplanes, which went
up from Dover, pursued the raider,
but apparently could not overtake
i him."
In view of the distance of Lowestoft
from the nearest hostile aviation base,
it Is recalled that a German news
paper recently described a new ar
rangement whereby a submarine was
combined with an aeroplane, the sub
marine acting as a submersible
hangar, from which a small seaplane
could operate, after being conveyed
within suitable distance ot its ob
jective. EXPLAINS SHIP SEIZURES.
Portugal Says 38 Were Held For
Public Good.
Lisbon, via Paris. The Official
Gazette publishes the decree under
which 36 German and Austrian mer
chant ships lying in the Tagus river
wore seized by the commander of the
naval division here. The Portuguese
Minister In Berlin has been instructed
to explain to the German Government
the significance of the seizures and
give assurances that tho rights of the
owners will be respected.
AUSTRIA ASKS MORE LIGHT.
U. 8. To Furnish Additional Informa
tion On Petrol Ite.
Washington. Austria has asked the
United States for additional Informa
tion on the protest against the attack
by an Austrian submarine upon the
American tanker Petrolite several
weeks ago. Such Information as this
government had will be furnished
promptly.
ROOSEVELT3 AT BARDADOS.
Will Go From There To Demerara
nd Trinidad.
Barbados, B. W. I. Col. Theodore
Roosevelt nnd Mrs. Roosevelt arrived
here and proceeded to Demerara,
British Gulnna. They will go from
Demerara to Trinidad, where they will
take a steamer direct to New York.
Both Colonel Roosevelt and Mrs.
Roosevelt are In good health.
81 ZEPPELINS LOSTT
Germans Are Said To Have About
Sixty In Operation.
Copenhagen. Thirty-one Zeppelins
have been destroyed since tho begin
ning of the war, according to Informa
tion reaching here. The Germans
have been building new dirigibles us
rapidly as possible and are understood
to have about 60 In action on different
fronts.
JAPAN NOT TO AID RUSCIA.
Foreign Minister Denies That Troops
Will Be 6cnt
ToUlo, Japan. The Foreign Minis
ter, Baron Ishil, donied In the Dlot that
Japan Intends to send troops to the
assistance ot Russia.
KILLED ON BATTLESHIP.
Fireman On Delaware Victim Of Ex
ploding Water Evaporator.
Washington. An explosion of the
evaporating shell on the battleship
Delaware, off Guantauamo Sunday
night, caused the death of Edward Mc-
j Nulty Rcbey, the Navy Department
(announced. Ucbey'B father, at Janes
iville, N. Y., was notified. Rcbey was
a flrstc'ass fireman. In charge of the
evaporator which distills fresh water
I from sea water.
4 ELECTFIC COS.
ARE CHARTERED
Three Concern To Oporat In Cam
bria County and One, Of Phlla
dolphlans, In Berks.
Harrlsburg. State charter were
Issued to four electric companies,
three of which are to have offices at
l'oi tago. The Cambria companies aro
capitalized at $5,000 each and the in
corporators are William II. Troxell,
High Sparlis, James Pcarce and Mar
garet Pearco, Portage. The companies
aro the Castandra Light Company,
Tortnge Light & Power Company and
Portage Township Light & Power
Company. The fourth company wa
chartered by S. D. Warrlncr, R. II.
Wilbur and II. F. Euker, of Fhllndol
phia, with $10,000 capital, to operate
In Upper Alsace Township, Bork
county.
Other charters Issued wero:
Henry J. Building nnd Loan Associa
tion, Philadelphia, capital $1,000,000;
treasurer, Louis Magazlner.
Haskell Electric Lamp & Supply
Company, Philadelphia, capital $10,
000: treasurer, F. M. Haiikcl.
Bicycle & Auto Specialty Co., Phila
delphia, capital $10,000; treasurer,
James Foster Smith.
Domestic Talking Machine Co.,
Philadelphia, capital, $206,000; treas
urer, Joseph E. Barnott, Lntrobo.
Uddystone Realty & Improvement
Co., Chester, capital $10,000; treas
urer, Samuel C. Applcfeld, Chester.
Ertel Bros. Co., paper boxes, etc.,
Wllllamsport, capital $50,000; treas
urer, Samuel Ertel.
First National Mortgage Co., Phlla
dolphia, capital $10,000; troasurcr,
Louis R. Thibnult
Interstate Realty Syndicate, Ches
ter, cnpital $5,000; treasurer, Richard
Eppes.
Philadelphia Show Case Co., Phila
delphia, capital $10,000; treasurer,
Harry S. Vo'entlne.
Quaker City Waste Co., Phlladcl
phla, capital $10,000; treasurer, Hy
man Zlserman.
Roycr Eros. & Co., Inc., Wilkes
Barre, Insurance, capital $10,000;
treasurer, Lillian M. ChrUtman.
Vllle de Paris, clothing, Phllndol
phia, capital $20,000; treasurer, Sarah
Schmalzbnch.
The Colonial Tovel Manufacturing
Co., Clifton Hilghts. capital $10,000;
trensuror, Thomas McGowan, Oakvlew,
Delaware county.
Mclntlre & Co., print Ins. Philadel
phia, capital $5,000; treasurer, Allyn
B. Mclntlre, Ardmore.
Zerrer, Bradley Co., clothing, Phila
delphia, capital $30,000; treasurer, S.
T. Zerrer.
The, Paul Grocery Company, Wash
ington, capital $35,000; treasurer,
Lewis M. Paul.
State Tax On Bonds.
Telegrams were received at the
Stnte Capitol that the United States
Supreme Court had upheld President
Judge Kunkel, of the Dauphin County
Court, in his decision that tha Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania could tax
the premiums paid on bonds of Fed
eral officers In Pennsylvania. Tha
caso was decided In .the Dauphin
County Court on the appeal or the
Fidelity and Deposit Company, of
Maryland, Judge Knnl:el ruling that
the State had the right and the State
Supreme Court subsequently affirming
his decision without an opinion. The
company then appealed to Washing
ton. The case was argued In the Su
preme Court on January 6 by Deputy
Attorney General W. M. Hargest and
the Court has upheld the State's con
tention and sustained the Dauphin
and State Courts.
D. & H. Ordered To Improve Station.
In decisions written by Commission
er Magee, the Public Service Commis
sion directs the Delaware & Hudson
Railroad Company to Improve station
facilities at Archbald and dismisses
complaints made by the 'borough of
Tnmaqua against the bids filed for
electric service by the Eastern Penn
sylvania Light, Heat & Power Com
pany. Must Amend Print Bills.
In an opinion given to the State De
partment of Public Printing and Bind
ing, Deputy Attorney General Kun
holds that an amendmont to the State
printing laws is necessary before bill
Introduced in the Legislature can be
printed In the same size as the Acts
appearing in the pamphlet laws.
Mothers' Pension Trustees Named.
Governor Brumbaugh appointed
these Mothors' Pension trustees- for
Union county: Mrs. Emma Thomas
and Mrs. E. M. Ileln, Lewlsburg; Mrs.
M. R. Calkins, Mlllllnburg; Mrs. C. M.
Hayes, Ilartleton; Miss Anna, Moore,
Allonwood; Mrs. C. M. Rooke, Win
field. Day' Accidents Records Broken.
The State Bureau of Statistics re
ceived 1,216 reports of accident
Thursday, the largest nur.ibor ever re
ceived In one day. There have been
20X25 reports of accidents received
this month, and allowing twenty work
ing days, this means over 1,000 acci
dents a day in State Industries.
Governor' Wife At Home March 7.
Mrs. Martin G. Brumbaugh, wlft of
the Governor, announced that she
would have the first of her at homes
in the Executive Mansion on March 7.
Guard Appointment.
The following National Guard ap
pointments were announced:
Charlos H. Hatfield, Huntingdon, to
be captain and assigned to Company
F, Eighth Infantry; Harry E. Robbis,
Huntingdon, to be first lieutenant and
asslcned to same company; Second
Lieutenant Danlol S. Gressang, Potts
ville, battalion quartermaster and
commissary, appointed first lieutenant
end assigned to Company F, Fourth
Infantry. .
STATE NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD
The Latest Gleanings From All
Qver the State.
TOLD IN SHORT PARAGRAPHS
Named Secretary 23th Year.
Bangor. With Bishop Samuol P.
Spreng, of Nupiervilic, 111., providing,
tho scventy-sovenlh annual session ol
the East Penn Conference of the
Evangelical Association opened here.
Rov. Augustus Krocker was appointed
secretary for tho twenty-fifth conse
cutive year. Rev. W. L. Bollman, of
Allcntown, was eloctcd presiding elder
and stationed I'j Allcntown. F. L.
Wentr was appointed to the Roading
district
Drop Of Sweat Causes Explosion.
Pottsvllle. A drop of aweat from
tbe brow of a worklnjmcn dropping
Into a tank containing twenty-four
pounds of cotton saturated with nltrl
acid caused a loud explosion at tbe
Atlas Powdo: Company plant at, ML
Carbon. Workmen nearby narrowly
escaped Injury when the explosion
came, and Immeme clouds of smoke
pagbeJ through the building.
To Enlr.rce Office.
South Bothlehom. The quick de
cision of Char'o.i M. Schwab to build
a big addition to his large main office
building here that will comprise forty
five rooms and be throe otorlos high.
Indicates, it is said, the steel mag
nate's deslro to centralize here many
officers of tho Pennsylvania Steel
Company and its fiftocn subsidiary
concerns.
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Breeders' Association,
ntlsburgh. Tho amalgamation of
tbe Pennsylvania Breeders' Associa
tion and the Pennrylvanla Dairy Union
was effected at a Joint meeting of the
two associations here. The consolida
tion was authorized by a unanimous
vote and the new organization will be
known as the Pennsylvania State
Ereclsra' and Dairymen's Association.
9 Per Cent. Wage Bonus.
Shenandoah. Notices were posted
by the Scmuel Valentine Shirt Com
pany, of this city and Ashland, that
a bonus of five per cent will be paid
on the total wages earned, to all em
ployes of record December 2, 1918,
provided thoy have been In constant
employment of the company for six
months or more on that date.
Welssport Postmaster.
Wels.nport. 3corgo Arner, a local
Democrat, has been notified ot bis ap
pointment as postmaster, to succeed
joseph Fenner, who has he'd the office
twenty years. He will take charge of
the office this week. He Is, twenty
nine years o'd. The appointment
carries a salary f tl,200.
Take Over Powder Company.
Kittannlng. The Fort Pitt Powder
Company, with general offices here
and plants at Putneyvllle and Scott
dale, was sold to the Atlas Powder
Company, of Wilmington, Del., for
$3,00,000. The Fort Pitt plants have a
rapacity of 1.000 kegs of powder daily,
and cover 238acrea.
School Teacher 30 Year Dies.
South ' Bethlehem Miss Clara
Campbell, seventy-five years old, for
over thirty years a local school teach
er and second oldest In point of serv
ice In the borough, died of heart
trouble.
Death Follows Auto Cranking.
Pottsvllle. Harry K. Downing, a
blacksmith, died as the result of being
struck a violent blow on the head by
the crank of an automobile which be
was trying to start Downing was a
Spanitih-Amerlcan War veteran.
Explosion Kills Two Men.
Emporium. Jack Yacum and Victor
Sudderland, of Emporium, were blown
to pieces wben nltro-glycerln In the
drying house at Emporium Powder
Mill, of the Aetna Explosive Com
pany, exploded.
Dios Of Grief.
South Bethlehem. Just one year to
the day from the time her son Patrick
Maroney was killed at the Bethlehem
Steel Works, Mm. Danlol Maroney
died. The mother's death was partly
due to grief over her son's death.
Bangor Tr.x Rate Reduced.
Bangor. Council has fixed the tax
rate tor the ensuing year at 71-10
mills, a slight reduction)
Confoss To Robbery. .
'Allentown. Clever work by De
tectives Weiss and Stoneback result
ed In the arre U of Warron Mlxson and
John Holtzman, who confessed they
robbed the Quakertown Silk Mill of
6,000 yards of ribbon. Worth $2,000,
and the recovery of all the goods.
Mill Starts Double' Shift
Catnsauqua. Thp management of
the Bryden Horseshoe Works an
nounced that No. 2 mill would start on
a double shift basis at once.
Train Kills Ex-Nowcpaper Owner.
Berwick. David Ferrell, of Beach
Haven, "forty-five years old, formed
proprietor of the Nantlcoke "News,"
latterly a farmer near here, was killed
when the wagon he was driving was
struck by a D., L. A W. passenger
train.
Only Six Dogs In Telford. '
Telford. Assessor Lenford Knlp
reports that he Is not able to find ovef
Ix dogs assessable in the entire borough.