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