THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS, McCONNELLSBURQ, PA. IHE MOEWE SAFE IN GERMAN PORT Captured Fifteen Shipsanc! Sank Most of Them. REMARKABLE WAR EXPLOIT Two Of Captured Vestela Named In Commander' Report Not Previoua 1 Reported Through Llnea Of British Patrol Ship. Berlin. Official announcement la made by the naval general stall that the German commerce raider Moewo returned to a German port. She bad on board 199 prisoners and l.OOO.uoO marks In gold bars. The statement follows: "Tbe naval general staff states that II. M. S. Moewe, Commander Captain Burgrave Count Von Dohna-Schlodien, after a successful cruise lasting sev eral months, arrived at some borne port witb four British othcers, 29 British marines and sailors, 116 men of crews of enemy steamers, among thorn 103 Indiana, as prisoners, and 1,010,000 marks In gold bars. "Tbe vestal captured the following enemy steamers, the greater part of which were sunk and a small part of which were sent as prizes to neutral ports: "The British steamers Corbrldge, 8,687 tons; Author, 3,496 tons; Trader, 3.C08 tons; Aruulne, 3.305 tons; Dromby, 3,627 tons; Farrlngford, 3,140 tons; Clan Mactavish, 5.816 tons; Ap pam. 7,781 tons; Westburn, 3,300 tons; Horace, 3,335 tons; Flamenco, 4,629 tons; Saxon Prince, 3,471 tons. "The British sailing vessel Edin burgh, 1,473 tons. "Tho French steamer Maronl, 3,109 tons. "The Belgian steamer Luxembourg, 4,322 tons. "At several points on enemy coast the Moewe also laid out mines to which, among others, the battleship King Edward VII fell victim." Count voa Dohna, the Moewe's com minder, bas Leen awarded tbe Iron cross of tbe first class and the mem bers of the craw have received the Iron cross of the second class. Count von Dohna has ben ordered to meet Emperor William at headquarters. TUMULTY IS CAUSTIC. Oenies That President Wilson Has Any Intention Of Resigning. Washington. Aroused by the publi cation of reports that President Wil son, because of the strain of the for eign situation, was considering resign ing from office, the White House to day Issued this formal statement: "When Secretary Tumulty's attention was called to the story appearing In certain papers that the President bad resigned or was considering resigning, be said: "'An American newspaper that would publish a story of that kind In a situation like the one which now confronts America dishonors Itself.' " 250,000 TONS SUGAR ON WAY. Shipment From Hawaii To New York Valued1. At $25,000,000. Chicago. The first trainload of what Is laid to be the largest trans continental shipment of a single com modity ever made passed through Chi cago Saturday. It was sugar from Hawaii. Tbe entire consignment, most of which goes to New York re fineries, weighs 230,000 tons, Is valued at $25,000,000 and the freight charges will be in the neighborhood of $W0u, COO. The entire consignment will re quire 6,000 freight cars, or 120 solid trains. ASKS NOBEL PRIZE FOR BRYAN. Austrian Says Munitions Embargo Would Have Stopped War. Zurich. Dr. Alois Hellinfter, a prominent member of the Austrian Parliament, has addressed a letter to the Nobel committee at Stockholm, recommending that the, Nobel peace prize for 1916 be nwarded to William J. Bryan, for his endeavors to stop American export of munitions. Dr. Heilinger writes that this would have already ended the war and brought about peace negotiations under the powerful Reuls of America. TWO ZEPPELINS RAID ENGLAND. Pass Over Northeast Coast Damage Done Not Stated. London. A Zeppelin raid was made when two hosiile airships crossed over the northeast coast of England. The fficlal statement announcing the raid gives no Information as to the damage done. GIRL SWALLOWS PIN. Accident Occurs While She Is Hang ing Curtains. Waynesboro, Pa. Miss Nona Hod gen, 19-year-old daughter of Constable Irvln Rodsers, RouzervlIIo, swallowed a pin Saturday while hanging curtain .The accident occurred when she trlef' to talk while holding the p!n in he tnouth. The pin was located in tli plrls' stomach by the use of X-rays b: Dr. Croft, Waynesboro. It has not ye' Veen removed EXPLOSION ON PREBLE. Six Men Injured On United States Tor pedo-Ooat Destroyer. ' San Diego, Cal. Six Bcamen work Ing In the hold of the United State: torpedo-boat destroyer Preblo wer badly burned through the explosion oi 'gasoline. One of the men was said t be In a serious condition. All the In Jured were removed to the mother shl Iris and given medical treatment. A the time of the accident .he Prehlr was tied up at the municipal yard un , dcrgoing repairs to a damaged rudder. I Greatest Ocean Disaster of Modern Times. 4,000 TROOPS ON BOARD Only C70 Saved Loss Of Life Double That On Titanic Cruiser On Way To Salonlkl When Sunk In Mediterranean. Purls. It was announced at the French Ministry of Marine that there were nearly 4,000 men on board the French auxiliary cruiser Provence, which was sunk In the Mediterranean on February 26. i It was stated that on board the Provence were the staff of the Third Colonial Infantry Regiment, the Third Battalion, the Second Company of the First Battalion, the Second Machine Gun Company, and one extra company, In all nearly 4,000 men. Only S70 Reported Saved. As the Ministry of Marine on Feb ruary 29 announced that the number of survivors of the Provence disaster was estimated at 870, it Is indicated by the foregoing dispatch that approxi mately 3,130 lives were lost. Tbe loss of more than 3,000 lives In the sinking of the Provence Is the greatest ocean disaster of modern times. Up to the present the largest number of lives ever lost In one wreck was when the White Star liner Titanic struck an Iceberg off the Newfoundland banks on April 14. 1912, and sank with a death loss of 1,595. The rescued numbered 743. The French Ministry of Marine had previously Issued no statement as to the number of persons on tho Prov ence when she went down. The ves sel, however, when in the trans-Atlantic service could carry 1,960 per sons, including the crew, and it has been presumed that, as she was trans porting troops between ports not far apart, she was carrying a number of men larger than her normal capacity. Tbe official statement announcing the sinking of the Provence said: "The French auxiliary cruiser Pro vence II (so designated to distinguish her from the French battleship Pro vence), engaged in transporting troops to Salonlkl, was sunk in the Mediter ranean on February 26. Two hundred and ninety-six survivors have been brought to Malta and about 400 to Melos by French and British patrol vessels summoned by wireless. "No signs of a submarine were no ticed either before or after the sink ing. La Provence was armed with five cannon of 14 centimetres, two of 57 millimetres and four of 47 millimetres. Losses In Similar Disasters. Among the other great sea dis asters, In addition to the Titanic, al ready mentioned, are: The Cunard Line steamship Lusl tania, which was torpedoed by a Ger men submarine and sunk off the head of Klnsale, Ireland, on May 7, 1915, with the loss of 1,206 lives. The burning of the excursion steam ship General Slocum In the East River, New York, June 15, 1904, when nearly 1.0CO persons met their death. The French line steamship La Dour gogne, sunk In collision with tbe steamship Cromartyshire, July 4, 1S98, with the loss of 5S0 lives. The Japanese liner Kioker Maru. sunk off the coast of Japan, Septem ber 28, 1012, wilh the loss of 1,000 lives. The Cnnadian-raclflc steamship Em press of Ireland, sunk In collision with the Danish collier Storstad In the St. Lawrence river, May 29, 1914, with the lo of more than 1,000 lives. The burning of the Uranium line steamship Volturno In mid-ocean on O-tober 9, 1013, with the loss of ISC lives. THE COUNTRY AT LARCE The budget of the city government of Chicago cr.lls for $7100,000. The fight against flood waters In the district which Includes Vicksburrr, Miss., was regarded as practically er.ded. G. W. Talnier, who was United States consul at the Island of Crete during the Civil War and had since held Important government positions In this country, died at his home, in riattfburg, N. Y. Relief committees In Natchez and Vidalia, La., sent out by boats a small supply of provisions for relief of flood victims and their livestock in the Black River section, where assistance appar ently Is most urgently needed. United States District Judge Arthur J. Tuttle, at Detroit, dismissed the peti tion of the Ann Arbor Railroad to re strain the Michigan Railroad Commis sion from forcing it to maintain a two cent passc-n'-cr rate and proportionate freight charges. Mm. Henrietta Williams, widow of General J. S. (Cerro Gordo) Williams, the Mexican war veteran, died In Mt. Sterling, Ky. During the Civil War Mrs. Williams fitted out a fu.l cum. pany of Confederate Infantry at ber own expense. Delos A. Chappell, Jr., and Mrs. Jean C. Cranmcr, his Bister, inherit tho J, 600,000 estate of the late Le'os A. Chsppcll, preiidcnt of the Nevada-California Power Company. The super-dreadn-jught Nevada was transferred from the yards of her builders, the Fore River Shipbuilding Corporation, at Quincy, Muss., to the Navy Yard. Dr. John Grant Lyman was ar raigned In New York charged witb ex tensive mail stock swindles. The gov ernment asked that be be held In $100, 000 ball 3.000LVESL0S CRUISER PROVENCE THREE MOST POPULAR CARMEN SYLVA IE DEAD Queen Mother of Rpumania Victim of Pneumonia. FAMED EEAUTY AND POET Deep Not Of Sadness That Vibrated Through Her Life Echoed In Ex. qulslt Craations Of Her Poetical Genius. London. A Bucharest dispatch re ceived by Reuter's Telegram Company by way of Amsterdam says that the Queen Mother, Elizabeth of Roumania (Carmen Sylva) died Thursday morn ing of pneumonia. Six physicians had been summoned In a vain hope of sav ing her life. Queen Elizabeth, known the world over under her pen-name of Carmen Sylva, was 73 years old, She was un doubtedly the most gifted and brilliant among the crowned women of ber time. But her rare beauty and her un usual poetical talent did not protect her from unhappiness and mental suf ferings. A deep note of sadness vi brated through her life and was echoed in the most exquisite creations of ber poetical genius. Pauline Elizabeth Ottilie Louise von Neuwied was born at Neuwied, Ger many, December 29, 1843, the daughter of the late Prince Hermann of Wied and the Princess Marie of Nassau. Romantic Wedding. The romance of her life began when she first met Prince Charles of Rou mania at the royal castle In Berlin in the autumn of 1866. The Princess was a visiter at the castle, and while de scending the stairs one day she slipped and would have fallen had not Prince Charles, who was ascending the stairs at that moment, caught her In bis arms. Although tbe Prince and the Princess became greatly interested in each other, several years elapsed be fore he decided to ask the Princess to become his wife. They were married November 15, 1869, and she was re ceived with enthusiasm by the Rou manians when she entered Bucharest a few days after the wedding. With her characteristic energy, the young Prl;ire.s at once began to enter Into the life and spirit of ber people. In a short time she became proficient In their language and thoroughly acquainted with their customs, Ideas and national aspirations. In 1870 her only child, a daughter, was born, who died four years later of diphtheria. The death of her child cast a deep shadow upon the life of Carmen Sylva and Increased the strain of sadness in her poetry. Princess Elizabeth devoted herself completely to the welfare of her sub jects and to her literary and artistic pursuits. She became the idol of her penp'e and the only regret was that an heir to the throne was denied her. During the war of 1877, In which her husband and the Roumanian army fought bravely on the Russian side, Princess Elizahth showed rare devo tion by nursing and comforting the wounded soldiers In the hospitals', NEW ORLEANS MARDI GRAS ON. Carnival Opens With Pageant and the Momus Ball. New Orleans. New Orleans' 1916 Mardl Gras carnival was opened with an illuminated pareant of the Knights of Momus, in which the mythical Btory of PinoccMo, "The Tale of a Maric ette," was portrayed In elabcrr.tely de corated floats bearing characters In costume, Te parade waH followed by the Momus ball. INDICATES U27 SUNK. British Admiralty Refuses Full Con firmation Of Report. London. Though they refused full rr-'ftion, Admiralty officials today indicated that reports that the sub-i.-uiiiit u-2?. whicu sank tho Arabic, wan later du. t roved by a British patrol boat are correct has $4c3,::o,o:o war orders. Du Pont Powder Co. Filled Mast Cf Tl om Last Year. Wilmington, Del. It Is stated on gocd uu. r.ty that war orders booked by tho Du tunl Powder Company have now rcaci.c.I sn aggregate of $400,000, Cult, und that the uiost of this business wa.t filled during the flixal year ended December 31, 1915. This va the b factor In the pro duction of the $37,840,758 of net profits reported last. year. BOOKS THIS SEASON BATTLE OF LIKE A German Troops Rush Pell Mell to Certain Death. BOTH SIDES SUFFER MUCH Following the Order To Advance, No Matter What the Sacrifice May Be, the Teutona Dash Into the Artillery Fire. Taris. "A frightful massacre," Is how German soldiers taken prisoners In the battle of Verdun describe the effect of the French artillery, machine gun and rifle fire. But the Impetus of the assaulting forces was not diminish ed thereby during the first four days, because fresh troops were thrown Into the battle unceasingly. "Advance, no matter what the losses may be," was the order given to the German troops before the attack. This is verified br documents found on ono or the captured officers. The most critical moment in the six days' action was when the Germans gained a footlnc In the entrenched camp by the capture of Fort Douau mont. The least hesitation on tbe part of tbe defenders would bave been dis astrous. The Germans redoubled their efforts to take advantage of any confusion, but the French Immediate ly began a counter offensive. French Infantry advanced at double quick to the trumpet charge and leaped at the first rank of the Germans with Irresistible fury. The clash was mur derous to both sides. The thinned French ranks were not to be denied, but went on to the second German wing, while reinforcements were hur ried to their supports. The German lines wavered first west of Douau mont; then were driven out of the ruins of the fort. A cry of triumph went up all along the French line and the ardor of the counter attack was redoubled. In the meantime an artillery due'., surpass ing in Intensity any previous action of the wnr, added to the carnage. The battle now seems to have reach ed a critical point. The assaulting forces bave recoiled slightly In the j region of Douaumont, leaving the regl j ments which occupied the fort cut off I and surrounded by French troops. The j attacks upon the French left, at Pep I per Hill (Cote du Polvre), seemed to j have failed completely. However, at- tacks made repeatedly with such beavy ! masses as the Germans are constantly : bringing up, it is admitted by military 'authorities, re always likely to make , further gains, provided the officers are willing to pay the price In humnn life. GEN. ARGUMEDO EXECUTED. Credited With Being Leader Of Fac tions Opposing Carranza. El Paso, Tex. Gen. Benjamin Argu medo, leader of the opposition to the do facto government in Durango and the La Cuna districts, was executed after court-martial at Durango City, according to a dispatch received from General Murguya, military commander of Durango state, by the Mexican con sulate here. JUDGE MAKES COUNTY "DRY." Refuses Forty-Seven Liquor Licenses At Mercer, Pa. Mercer, Ta. Mercer county went dry Wednesday when Judge James A. McLaughey refused 47 liquor license applications. Mercer Is the third Penn sylvania county to be added to tbe "dry" list this year. CHEWING CUM FATAL TO COY, Lodges In the Intestines and Causes Brain Fever. Tarry town, N. V. John, th 6-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Mul hoKand, died from chewing gum. He swallowed some of the gum and it 'nd-rd In his Intestines, causing brain fever. For six days he was uncon scious. CLUMP IN WOMEN'S VOTES. Drop Of 71,515 In Year At Chicago Municipal Primary. Chicago. Corrected returns of Tues day's pr.maries show that the women voters showed a noticeable lack of In terest. The net result was a drop of 71,515 In the femlnlno vote, compared with the municipal primary last year when Mayor Thompson and Judge Olsen were fighting It out The re turns show a total woman's vote of 81,121. In last year's primary the total was 152,636. VERDUN MASSACRE LIS UP WITH PRESIDENT The Gore RcsolutlonlsSwamped in Senate. . HOUSE ALSO IN LINE House Committee Votes Confidence. Will Submit Report Declaring Ajainst Interference With President. Washington. Dy a vote of 68 to 14 tho Senate carried out President Wil son's wish and killed Senator Gore's resolution to warn Americans off armed belligerent ships. In the House the Foreign AJalrs Committee, by a vote of 17 to 2, took the same step toward meeting fully the President's w ishes. It voted to report the McLemore warning resolution with the recommendation that It be tabled. In the report the committee asserts that tho constitution Imposed the con duct of diplomatic negotiations on the President, and "with this practice the committee does not feel It proper for the House of Representatives to inter fere." White House Pleased. At the White House satisfaction was expressed with the Senate's action. The debate which followed the Sen ate vote was sensational. Senator Lewis, the Democratic whip, pleading with Senators for moderation In their remarks, declared the Spanish War would have been averted by action In Congress similar to that taken today, and that the wnr was brought on by vituperative debates. Senator Clarkn, Democrat, of Arkansas, who voted with the Administration forces, declared their action did not represent the real sentiment of the Senate. SAILOR INHERITS $1CO,030. Man In U. S. Service Will Serve Re mainder Of Enlistment. Boston. Heir to a fortune of $100, ono left by a relative in Germany, Edward P. Miller, a seaman on the de stroyer Conyngham, will remain work ing for $2S a month In Undo Sam's Navy until the expiration of his four-year-torm, In December next Although he may obtain his release from the service to properly take care of his fortune, Miller is satisfied with his present Job, he says, and not looking for a discharge. TRIBUNAL WOULD END WAR. Ford Peace Body Issues Call For Neutral Conference. Copenhagen. The Ford permanent peace tribunal has voted to Issue a call for a neutral conference designed to end the war, according to Stockholm dispatches. Formal request will be made upon each neutral nation for Its co-operation. Belligerent powers will also be asked to allow delegates to at tend. Ford leaders assert that they will have the active aid of the Swedish Government TRIDUTE TO FIRST MRS. WILSON. President's Gift Of $1,003 For Me morial Forwarded Cy Wife. Atlanta, Ca. A donation of $1,000 from President Wilson to the Ellen Wilson Memorial, a fund being raised here for awarding scholarships to chil dren in mountain sections of the South, was received by officers of the me morial. The President's personal' check for that amount was Inclosed In a letter from Mrs. Edith Boiling Wil son, requesting that It be added to the fuud. CIX MINERS KILLED. Many Others Said To De Injured In Explosion In Mine. Kempton, W. Va. Six miners were killed, a 'number Injured and 33 were reported still entombed In mine No. 42 of the Davis colliery hero follow ing a terrific dust explosion. Mine rescue cars were ru.shed from Mahan, W. Va., and Russellton, Pa., in an ef fort to save those still burled. Fol lowing the explosion 26 men were brought out uninjured, carrying the bodies of the six dead. WILL RECALL ENVOYS. Germany and Portugal Reported To Sever Diplomatic Relations. Berlin, via Amsterdam. It in re ported that Germany will recall Its Minister to Portugal and the diplo matic relations between the two coun tries will b severed owing to the BClzure of German ships In Portusueso harbors. Austria Is expected to tal.e a similar step. MILLIONS FOR NAVY YARD. Committee Favors Appropriation Of $2,065,000 For Puget Sound. Washington. The Senate Naval Af fairs Committee unanimously reported a $2,065,000 appropriation to equip the Puget Sound Navy Yard for battleship construction. U. 8. 6. NEVADA AIR TANK BURST3 Three Men Injured, But Superd-ead-naught Undamaged. Qulney, Mass. An explosion of a con. pressed air tank on the new super dreadnaught Nevada Injured three men, one of them seriously. The bat tleship Itself, which Is to be formally delivered to the Government at the Charleston Navy Yard Thursday, was not damaged, according to represen tatives of her builders, the Fore River Shipbuilding Corporation. STATZ TREASURY GAINS $1,100,000 Insurance nnd Dank Stock Taxes Paid Last Day Of Month Put Feb ruary Reeelpta To $4,C67,817.07. Harrlsburg. The amount of money In the State Treasury at the close of February was considered Increased by over $1,100,000 paid In for Insurance and bank stock taxes, the February re ceipts aggregating $4,067,817.07, the largest In months. Expenditures were not hnlf that sum and the close of the month showa total balances of $4, 493,494.41, a pronounced gain over the, close of December and the close of January. The statement for Fcbrunry shows: Receipts General fund, $3,700, 632.54; school fund, $15,862.22; auto mobile license fund. $144,577; game protection fund, $810.77; bounty fund, $1,669.60; lire Insurance fund, $144. C61.K&; total, $4,067,817.07. Disbursements General fund, $2, 102,377.23; sinking, $15,510; game pro tection, $8,124; bounty tund, $18,203; fire Insurance, $1,629.50; total, $2,115, 844.72. Balances General fund, $3,187, 133.64; sinking fund, $651,110.02; school fund, $31,010.5J (uninvested); game protection, $337,831.28; bounty fund, $(6,360.76; fire Insurance fund, $200,048.20; total, $4,493,494.41. To Aid Mcrkct Conditions. The State Commission of Acrlcul ture named M. V. Bushong nnd M. T. Phillips, members of the commission, to co-opornto with Secretary Patton In gathering data relative to improve ment of marketing conditions In the Slate. The commission Is planning to bring about closer relationship be tween farmers and people In the cen ters of distribution and consumption. Plnns wcro also discussed for changes In the orchard and other demonstra tion work of the department which may be undertaken this spring. Bowling Alleys May Employ Boys. Attorney General Brown has given a decision that It would not to unlaw ful for minors between fourteen and sixteen years of ago, to bo employed In a bowling alley in a Y. M. C. A., where such bowling alley Is not open to the public, but Its use limited to members of such associations. The hours of such work, he holds, In all cases must be in strict conformity witb the provisions of the Child Labor AcL Hotel For Extension Of Park. Tbe State completed negotiations for the purchase of the old National Hotel and State Street Market from the Shellenberger estate. Tbe hotel oc cupied a tavern site seventy years, and the market had been In service since 1870. The property 1b right behind the Capitol and will be used for Capi tol Park Extension. The price was $67,000. Nominating Petitions Filed. Nomination petitions were filed by James E. Loftus, of Throop, to be can didate for the Democratic nomination for Representative in Assembly from the Fourth Lackawanna District, and by J. Frank Strayer, Red Lion, to be candidate for member of the Republi can State Committee from York county. Approve P. R..R. Improvements. Announcement was made by the Public Service Commission, of ap proval of the Pennsylvania Railroad's application for changes at Morrisville yards and also for the construction of the extra track from Philadelphia to Glen Loch, on tho Philadelphia Divi sion. Company Must Improve Road. The Public Sorvlco Commission has made an o.-der that the Lancaster and Marietta Turnpike Road Company shall scrape and roll Its roadbed and put It into good condition when the frost Is out of tho ground. Ti ls order was made on the complaint of the Lan caster Automobile Club. Earn $125,000 For School Fund. State forestry authorities In a state ment Just Issued, says that tho State reserves, which now amount to more than a mitlicn acres, have earned $125, 000 for the State Permanent School Fund. To Invest $73,503 Of Penna. Funds. The Stnte Workmen's Insurance Fund Board authorized Its chairman, State Treasurer Young, to invest In approved securities $73,500 of the cash received from policies In the State fund. The city of Allentown took out Insurance ii the State fund for all of its employes. Full Crew Argument March 23. The Public Service Commission an nounced that It desired to hear argu ment on more extendrd scale on the points of law raised In the full crew law complaints. The argument will be held March 23. Stayer MuGt Die On March 20. Governor Brumbaugh Issued a war rant fixing the week of March 20 for the electrocution of Martin Kristan, convicted of murder In Allegheny county. Pardon Board Meets March 15. The March meeting of tlie State Board of Pardons Is announced for Wednesday, Mutch 15. The West Branch Hotel, at Drurys Run, noir Renovo, was destroyed by (Ire. Guests were compelled to flee Id their night clothes. Mechanics ore preparing Lochlcl fur nace of the Pennsylvania Steel Com pany, Idle three years, for work. KEYSTONE STATE IN LatestNewsHappenlrsGather ed From Here and There. TOLD IN SHORT PARAGRAPHS Two women, both over sevonty-flve years old, with their clothing on fire and the settee on which they were sit ting ablaze was tbe sight which greet ed Dr. W. II. Millor when he entered the home of Mrs. Hannah Eardo and Mrs. Mary Steele, of Wllliamsport, to make a professional call. Dr. Miller had rang the doorbell and receiving no response entered the house nnd passed to the dining room, where the women were found. Ho extinguished the fire in their clothing with a blanket and Chen dragged the settee out of the house. Both women aro expected to recover. State Compensation Referee lionet, of tho Eastern District, has rendered a far-reaching decision refusing com pensation to Sheridan M. March, a plasterer, of Bangor, who was Injured while working in the homo of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Groner, of Bangor, by the breaking of a scaffold. Tiie decision Is to the effect that March was em ployed as a casual employo, Inasmuch ns he was not working "In the regu lar course of the business of the em ployer." Groner Is a Bhoe salesman. Mr. anJ Mrs. David Stambaugh, aged residents of the village of Elllottsburg, Terry county, were burned to death In a fire which destroyed their home. They lived some distance from any houses, and the flames, which are thourht to have started from a de fective flue, had spread throiinh their home before an alarm could be given. An Increase of fifteen cents per day wns granted to trackmen employed along the entire system of tho Lacka wanna Railroad. About 5,000 are af fected. They will get $1.75 per day under the new scale. More than 300 foremen employed by tho Lackawanna received a voluntary increase of $5 pet month. The annual convention of the Wom an Suffrage party, of Cheater County, was held In tho New Century club house, with lar ."thering of promi nent women from all sections of the county. Mrs. Lewis Lawrence Smith, cf Stafford, the county leader, pre sided, and the branch organizations made reports showing good work. Lewis Gehrls, thirty-four years old, of Northampton Heights, was Injured, perhaps fatally, his skull holm frac tured In a fall down a flight of stairs. In his haste to reach tho dining room for a quick meal, In order to keep an appointment, Oehrls tripped at the ton of the steps and fell backward to the bottom. At a meeting tho stockholders of the Cumberland County Agricultural So :Iety voted to Increase the mortgaged l"dbtedrei: of the corporation from $5,800 to $10,000. This additional sum, with $10,000 additional stork author ized to be Issued, will bo expended for Improvement of the grounds. 'Milton Crout, who munWed his nother-ln lawat his North Bethlehem home, several months aso nnd who was acquitted of tho charge of murder, on the ptei of Insanity, was, on order nf Jud-e W. M. Mcfeen, of Kaaton, taken to the Stnte Hospital for the Criminal Inxanp, at Fairvlew. ' , A strenuous effort will bo made to wrrk all tho collieries of tho Pottsville region full time durini; March, the last month under the old scale. If . the Philadelphia embargo results In a senrelty of ears the coal will bo stored In the anthracite region, and even dumped along the tracks If necossary. Robbers were thwarted In tholr ef forts to force an entrance Into the postnfT.ee at Port Treverton by the p'ticky postmistress, Mrs. John W. MIchnel, and her sixteon-year-old daughter, Heteno, Truest Nli-mo, of Corry, an Invalid, wandered from homo and was found beside tho railroad tracks at Love'la with one leg cut off and his skull frac tured. A bnr of red hot Iron p!e-ccd John Robinson whl'o working In the Hoopos Tnwnsend Iron Mills, killing him In stantly. The Brooke Iron Company has In creased the wages of Its puddlora twenty-five cents per ton. Deeds coverlnc tho tW'ns to 3.P00 fieren of tlmber'and. mnln'y In Lower Mifflin Township, Cuine-'npd county, w'-re fl'rd by Mrs. Char'nttp K. Froyer. This land has bon purc'-i-cl by the Stnte at a tun ra'd to he $12.C00, and s to be a forest rererve tract rfnvor Chnr'os F. TV""'-s, of At toonn, In his flrt re - 'n Council, reror-r'ondo"' pr H,tv-- r,f n npw cltv hn't nnd 'red tV " Vlng of a Innn of t iro ccn ft r ho r 0 R0 that It ml-ht be dedicated on " e Vtleth an niversary of tho city In 19if Homer-n-ft'-'-ti-d to r..-. Mountain v'a the '.'M'.oipMrt & I'n -rt -ij tracks from Mahanoy City. Ardre-' Banks, twenty-two ' cars o'd, wns '--nahed to' death yesterday when struck by a pas sorr;r train In the elcht of his brother and sister. An opinion bv Attorney General Brown to tho Auditor General's depart ment, decides nca'nst the legality of a proposed system of advancements of appropriations. It may not be done airainst specific Appropriations unices books are kept that way. ORDER