THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS. McCONNELLSBURG, PA. VILLA EVADES MEXICAN TROOPS Oif.'hulties of the Punitive Expedition Increase. BANDIT CHIEF'S GOOD START Now Believed That Villa Was Victor In Battle With Carranzlstas Near Namlquipa, Instead Of the De Facto Government Troop. San Antonio, Tex. Francisco Villa lias escaped from Use Mexican troops that had checked him near Namlquipa, and three column of American cav alry are pursuing him. Already they are almost 150 miles south of the border, and unless Mexi can forces bring the elusive bandit to stand, this distance will be greatly Increased by the close of the week. Villa's success in extricating himself from the dangerous position Into which be bad been driven by the American punitive force was related In a detailed report by General Persh ing that reached General Funston. Colonel Dodd Is commanding the ad Tanced columns that are riding hard after Villa and his men, and General Pershing has divided his forces so as to provide supporting columns along the thinly stretched lines of communi cations from his most advanced base at El Vallo. A Lengthening Line. From El Valle another line Is be ing maintained back to Casas Grandes from where communication with the border Is maintained. General Pershing himself is somewhere south f Casas Grandes directing the work of holding together his forces and di recting so far as possible the opera tions of Colonel Dodd: cavalry Is be ing npd along the lines communicat ing with El Valle, where a detachment of Infantry Is stationed. Three aeroplanes are at El Vallo and will be used in scouting as soon as the high winds that have been weeping that part of Mexico for al most a week subside. These winds, according to General Pershing, have made effective assistance by the aero planes Impossible. Of the eight ma chines that went Into Mexico, two are ait ill out of commission. They were damaged In the flight from Columbus to Casas Grandes. Details of the operations about Namlquipa that concluded with the escape of Villa were not revea'rd, but there Is little n-ason to believe that he was badly whipped or even weakened bv the fthtlng directed aeainst him by the de facto government troops. Unless fresh Mexican forces are sent to meet Villa there appears no reason why he should not make his wav un interrupted into the mountains of the Guerrero district, toward which he ap pears to be moving. The Bandit's Chance. Once there it Is concerted his cap ture will be difficult; and shou'd he choose to pass through the district on Into 'he south, there are trails over whlrh he might move his little army until a Juncture is made with one or more of his roving organizations In Southern Chihuahua or Northern Duranro. Tf Villa moves Into the districts farther onth military men realize that the problem of capturing him will be come manv times more complex. More troops will be necessary and their pro visioning by wav of country roads will fcecorae practlrally an Impossibility. TO STOP FAKE STORIES. New El Paso Law Provldet Fine For False Reports. El Paso, Texas. The city council of Ei Paso, Texas, passed nn ordinance providing that correspondents sending cut matter "calculated to Injure the peneral business or reputat'on of El Taso and known to be false" shall be fined from $25 to $200. Mayor Lea said the ordinance was prompted by the Circulation of reports that a state of narrhv existed here. 'As a matter of fact, El Paso Is peaceful and as busy vfth the ordinary enterprises as any city In the land." he said. NO REVISION OF ALLIANCE. Jcpan Foreign Office Says Japan and England Are Agreed. Tokio. The Foreign Office declares that rumors concerning a revision of the Anr-lo-.Tapanese Alliance are base less. Japan and Crat Britain have readied an amicable understanding concerning patrols in the Pacific for tho inspection of ships. TORNADO KILLS EIGHT. Had Taken Refuge In Farmhouse In Storm's Path. Oklahoma City, Okla. Eight per sons were killed In a farm house two miles east of Davis, Okla., by a tor nado which struck that section. The path of the tornado was eight miles wide. TELEGRAPH TICKS. An armed band kept the guards at bay while John D. Pace, accused of killng his parents, broke Jail at Man chester, Ky., and made bis escape. Major General Goethals, governor ol the Panama Canal Zone, sailed from New York for the Isthmus. The New York office of the Holland American Line announced the with drawal of the Rotterdam from ths service on account of mines in tha North Sea. Henry Doherty, part owner of Irrge silk mill In Paterson, N. J., of fere J to turn over the mill to tha opvrators at 8 per cent on the Invest BieoL FRENCH A VERDUN L Germans Renew Heavy Attacks Along That Front. RUSSIAN FIGHTING SAVAGE Slav Use Liquid Fire and Gat Bombs Against Von Hindenburg, Who Counter-Attacks In South. Germans Report Cain. London. German troops have re- turned heavy attacks against the French front northwest of Verdun, ac cording to Tarls dispatches. Following a 24-hour lull, the German batteries turned a terrific Dre on the French positions south of Malancourt and around Dead Man Hill. French guns roared In reply. It is believed in Tarls tlint the decisive battle on this rector has begun. French Position Dangerous. By battering through the French lines In Avocourt wood the Crown Prince bent the French front In the shape of a dangerous loop. The neck of this loop is lt3i than four miles wide. German artillery posted on tho ridge near Dead Man Hill, on the northeast Bide, Is sweeping tho four miles of wooded plain with a heavy fire. On the touthwestern side Bavarian regi ments are striving to rut through the Intervening four miles, cutting off French forces holding Be-thlncourt and Malancourt. Displtches from Berlin declared the French were in an extremely pre carious position. Savage Fighting In Russia. Savage fighting Is goins on at Jacob etadt, 80 miles southeast of Riga, where the Russians, using liquid fire and gas bombs, are battering In tho German salient. At the same time the Slavs are at tacking vigorously at Friedrlchstadt. General Kuropatkin's aim apparently is to squeeze Von Hindenburg out of this Important salient by threats of envelopment, forcing the retirement of the whole German lino from Riga to Dvlnsk, on a front of 111) utiles. Germans Report Cains. Berlin. Continuing their advance to force the evacuation of French posi tions northwest of Verdun, the Ger mans have capturrd two mora trenches In tho Haucourt region, the War Office announced. Tho Germans pressed forward south of Malancourt acalnst the southwest, ern side of the French salient. The advance further Imperils French posi tions at Malancourt and Bothlncourt. In the fighting In this region French prisoners now total SSI. Violent Russian attacks continued yesterday and last night southeast of Riga and In the region of Dvlnsk. All the Russian assaults, however, broke down under German fire. SUSSEX HIT OFF DIEPPE. Channel Vessel, With 38S Passengers Aboard, Believed Torpedoed. London. The channel steamer Susfex, with 3G6 passengers and a crew of CO. was torpedoed or struck a mine off Dieppe. Announcement was made also that the steamer Englishman, of the Dominion Line, had been sunk. Lloyds ctates that so far 68 survivors have been accounted for. In addition to these vessels the British steamer Fulmar and tho Danish steamship Chrlstinnssund have been sunk, according to announcements. All of the crew of the Danish vessel and 18 of tho crew of the Fulmar were rescued, It is stated. WON'T DISARM SHIPS. Entente Powers Formally Reject Pro posal Made By U. S. Washington. All of the Entente Powers, through their embassies here, have handed to Secretary Lansing, formal re.-ponses rejecting the pro posal made by the State Department in its circular memorandum that they enter into a modus Vivendi and dis arm all of their merrhant ships with the understanding that the United States Government would endeavor to secure from the Central Powers a pledge not to attack any such unarmed ship without warning anil v.i'liout pro viding for the safely of tiie passengers end crew. POLICE GET "POISON PEN" MAIL. Wilmingten Girls Bothered By An onymous Writer. Wilmington, Del. Postal officials are seeking for the writer of "poison pen" letters which have been sent to several well-known women of this city. Miss Agnes McDermott is one of those to receive such letters and her brother. City Councilman Joseph L. McDermott, turned them over to the postal offi cials. Miss Mabel Evans. 1301 Mary land avenue, and the Misres Fits feral d, 1309 Maryland avenue, have re ceived similar letters. CHILD LABOR BILL UP. Redrafted, Its Friends Believe It To De Lawyer-Proof. Washington. Redrafted so that Its friends believe It "lawyer-proof." the Keating Owen child labor bill was be fore the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee for final action. The sub committee of - redrafters Cummins, Robinson and Smith (S. C.) en deavored to meet especially the consti tutional objections urged agidnst the j law bv James Emery, counsel for the National Manufacturers' Association. BENT TO 00 HOUSECLEANING Hi i v rite tit P Cavalry Likely in Contact With Outlaw. WINDS BALK AVIATORS Supply Problem la Growing Acute. Sheriff At El Paso Asks For Militia To Guard tha Border. San Antonio, Texas. Gen. John Pershing, commanding the punitive expedition Into Mexico, reported by wireless to Major-General Funston that two columns of American cavalry had arrived in the vicinity of Naml quipa, 120 miles southeast of Casus Grandes. Pancho Villa was last reported in this vicinity and advices from Car- ranzista sources had stated tbat the Americans and Carranzistas were in contact with Villa's band here. Deciphering Message. General Pershing's report made no mention of sighting Villa. There Is, however, still possibility of official con firmation of the reported clash. Winds Balk Aviators. General Pershing states that the high winds and dust storms had made aeroplane communication impossible. The General stated that if railway communication sufficient to supply his troops was not soon made available he would need more motortrucks. Militia Wanted At El Paso. EI Taso, Texas. Evidences of the seriousness with which the local au thorities regard the border situation was supplied In an announcement by Sheriff Peyton James Edwards that he had telegraphed Governor James E. Ferguson that he believed the Texas National Guard troops should be sent to the frontier. Sheriff Edwards said he "did not wish to be considered an alarmist," but that developments in Mexico con vinced him that additional protection was needed for Americans along the border. No News Of Fighting. No news of the proposed fighting be tween Carranza and Villa forces near Namlquipa or of the report from Mexi can sources that tho bandit chief and . his followers were surrounded five : miles south of Namlqujpa by American j and Mexican troops was received here. According to the Mexican Consul i here, Andreas Garcia, the Mexican wires have been cut between Casas : Grandes and Mndera. The same rea-1 son was given by Consul Garcia for the dearth of news following the first en counter reported near Namlquipa some Cays ago. The contradictory reports received from Mexican sources and the absence of definite Information from General Tershing bave raised new doubts here as to the status of affairs in the district where Villa is supposed to be. The fact that the American field com mander made no reference in his re port of any fighting, despite tho fact that he announced that American troops were at El Valle, only 40 miles from Namlquipa, was regarded aa significant. MEXICANS TURNED BACK. Immigration Laws Enforced On El Ptiso-Juarez Bridge. El I'aso, Texas. Federal customs officials here began riid enforcement of the Immigration laws at the inter national bridge connecting El T.iso with Juarez. Many persons, attempt ing to cross to the United States were declared "undesirables" and turned back into Juarez. HANDLED 123,000,000,000. Vault Clerk In U. S. Treasury Cele brate Eightieth Birthday. Washington. Alfred R. Qunlffe, vault clerk of the United States Treas ury, who has handled somewhere In the neighborhood of $25,000,000,000 In 50 years' of service, TJesday cele brated bis eightieth birthday. $50,000 FOR VILLA'S BODY. Resolution To Pay For Capture Offered In Senate. Washington. A resolution authoris ing the Government to offer a reward of $50,000 for the "body of Francisco Villa" was introduced in the House by Representative Scott, o' Pennsylvania. It stipulated that the body of the ban dit vas to be turned over to the mili tary authorities. The resolution was referred to the Foreign Affairs Committee. GENERAL E VILLAS RAND TIME IN MEXICO Y BILL PASSED, 402 TO 2 r First of Preparedness Measures to Get Through House. KAKN AMENDMENT BEATEN Proposal Of Army Of 220,000 Instead Of 140,000 Lose By Narrow Margin Of Twenty-four, Provisions Of Bill. Washington. The Hay Army reor ganization bill, the first of the adminis tration preparedness measures, wag passed by the House by a vote of 402 to 2. The vote placed the House on record squarely behind the President in his program for increased national defense. The two men who voted against tho Hay bill in Its final form were Repre sentative Fred Britten, of Illinois, and Representative Meyer London, the New York Socialist. Representative Dritten declared that the Hay bill did not constitute a sufficient provision for land defense, and asserted that be would not vote for a "ridiculous" measure. The Socialist member said he was opposed to any increase in tho standing army. Dy a vote of 191 to 213 the adminis tration supporters in the House nar rowly defeated an effort to increase the regular army provided In the Hay bill from HO.OOO to 220,000. Repre sentative Kahn, of California, ranking Republican of the House Military Af fairs Committee, succeeded in calling up his amendment, which had pre viously been defeated on a rising vote. He obtained unanimous consent for a separate ballot on the amendment and secured a record vote. Chairman Hay, of the committee, had difficulty In holding his support together, and the vote, which split party lines badly, defeated tho amend ment by only 22 votes. Another amendment on which a separate vote had been demanded was proposed by Representative Anthony, of Kansas, a member of the Hay Mili tary Committee. Its designs were to give infantry and cavalry officers the preference for detached and detail duty,' to create more vacancies In those arms, to Increase the flow of promotion and equalize the various arms and corps in this respect. No roll-call was taken and the amendment was rejected on a rising vote by 198 to 169. As it waa passed by the House the Hay bill provlled: 1 A regulary army of 140,000 men, an Increase of 20,000 over tho present authorized strength. 2 A federalized militia of 420,000 men under the control of tho federal government 3 A system of reserves, recruited from retiring members of both the regular army and the militia, 4 A reserve officers corps of 50,000 recruited from graduates of military schools under federal supervision. E Federal pay for officers and en listed men of the national guard. 6 Authority for the President and Secretary of War to make plans for the mobilization of the Industrial re sources of the country In time of war. FEAR FELT AT CL PASO. Carranza's Ability To Hold Mexican From Conflict With U. S. Doubted. El Paso, Texas. Tho silence which has enveloped the Mexican situation, as far as definite news of the pursuit of Francisco Villa is concerned, gave fresh force to the numerous reports from various sources of grave disaf fection among the Cnrranza troops. On the border, at least, It Is firmly believed that the soldiers of the first chief are far from giving any real co operation to the American expedition ary force. It Is admitted that General Carranza and some of his lieutenants are sincerely anxious to avoid friction with the United States, but it la not believed that the head of the de facto government represents tho attitude or sentiments of his army or fellow-citizens. 83 BLOCKS BURNED. Two Churches and Little 6lsters Of the Poor and 603 Residences. Nashville, Tenn. A ball of yarn, lighted and thrown by a boy into dry grass in a var.t.nl lot, started a con flagration in East Nashville which wai not got under control until after 35 residence blocks had been swept by the fire. The loss is estimated at $1, 500,000. It was estimated that at least 3,000 persons are homeless as a result of the conflagration- A ARM EE BREAKS 10 A Garrison at Juarez Reported Also to Have Deserted to Villa. MENACE TO U. S. TROOPS Funston Takea Steps To Meet Ag gression On Border Horrera'a Orother Arrested After Con ference With Cavlra. Columbus, N. M. Gen. Luis Hcrrera, until recently Carranza military gov ernor of Chihuahua, haa renounced Carranza and allied himself In favor of Villa, taking the field In Western Chihuahua with 2,000 troops, accord ing to reliable information recuived here. The exact place at which General Herrera's troops are encamped was not indicated in the mossngp, which reached Columbus from a source that always has been found reliable. It la believed, however, that the troops, most of whom recently constituted the Carranza garrison at Chihuahua City, nre some place between the San Pedro and Chihuahua and aro prepar ing to work north and west toward the American punitive expedition in the Celd under General Pershing. Peons In District Favor Villa. The rcntlmcnt of the pcoplo In this district, which lies about 70 miles di rectly cast of the Guerrero region In which Villa began his days as an out law, Is strongly In favor of the bandit chieftain. Ills success In withstand ing Porflrlo Diaz's rurales for eight years, during all of which tlmo there was a heavy price on his head, was due to the loyalty of the peons. Army men believe here that Herrera and bis command will have every possible co operation from the people of the dis trict The possible effect upon other Car ranza leaders, who have been reported to be wavering in their loyalty to tho government of the first chief, was food for much discussion. No reports were rccolvcd as to the arms and equipment of the Herrora command. General Hen-era was military gov ernor of Chihuahua at tho time of the massacre of 18 foreigners at Santa r.sabel several weeks ago. VILLA SEND3 DEFI. "If Americana Take Me, They Will Take Me Dead." El Paso, -Texas. Francisco Villa will never surrender, but will dlo fight ing the Americans sent to capture him. This Is the grim defiance sent to the border by the bandit leader through messengers who succeeded In passing by Cnrranza troops In night dashes. "If the American soldiers take me, thsy will take mo dead," says Villa In this message. "I'm going to kill every American I can find. They won't Ind it nn easy task to whip Francisco Villa. Count on this: I will never Bur rendar, but will die fighting." BOYS' RADIO PLANTS SEIZED. Said To Explain Why Army Wireless Has Worked So Badly. Douglas, Ariz. Amateur wireless stations along the border have bron picking up radio messages from Gen eral Pershing's headquarters, Govern ment officials said in explaining why the wireless with the expeditionary forces has been working so badly tho last two days. No arrests have been made, but stations put up by sevoral boys bave been dismantled. VILLISTAS COURT-MARTIALED. One Prominent General Faces Car. ranza Military Tribunal. Mexico City. Cnrrcra Torres, form erly prominent as a general under Villa, and Luis Escoto Cuberora, the alleged executioner of Abraham Gon zales, Governor of the State of Chihu ahua during the Madero Administra tion, wero taken to Qucrclaro to be tried by court-martial on a charge of rebellion. 10,000 ARE HOMELESS. Two-Thirds Of Paris, Texas, Destroyed By Fire. Paris, Texas. Two-thirds of tho residential and business districts of Paris were wiped out by flames which left a funnel-shaped wake of dastruc tion from 2 to 10 blocks wide ro:i the city. The loss Is estimated at from $2,000,000 to $3,000,000. Fully one half of the population of 20,000 Is shelterless. RESCUED FROM GYPSY BAND. Girl Of 15 Says She Was Affianced To One Of the Nomads, Clarksburg. W. Va. Rescued by ministers and pjllce from a gypsy band that has boen quartered here all winter, Annie Awfrancljo, a 15-year-old Brazilian girl of Chicago, Is on bor way to that city. The girl said that she had been kept a prisoner under threats of death and thnt she had been affianced to one of the gypsies. SOLDIERS WEAR SAND MASKS. Those In Mexican Campaign Adopt Colorful Protection. Washington. The sand mask Is the latest In military dress. The Mexican campaign through a desert land mothered this Invention, which Is gay and colorful, not mon strous, like the gas masks of Europe. In fact, all there Is to a sand mask Is a handkerchief pulled up over the mouth and nose, In bandit style. Red bandann" are much worn. VILLA SAFETY SOCIETY IN EACH PLANT URGED Conference At Capital Commends Vocational Schools and Urges ' Thtlr Extension. 1 Harrlsburg Development of safety organiza tions in every industrial plant, on evory railroad and about every form of work where danger exists, the edu cation of the employe to the import ance of taking caro of himself, and closer co-operation of employer and employe were the means most favored for reducing the toll of accidents In Pennsylvania Industries in the discus sion at the conforonco here. It was attended by between 1C0 and 200 men, representing almost Ave billions ol capital, and by tho leadera of organ ized labor, assembled under tho call ol the State Government. Governor Brumlwugh pointed out that his Idea In calling the conference came from tho reports of accident re ceived by Stato authorities. Commis sioner John Price Jackson followed with a statement from tho State offi cials' i:do, and Samuel Gompers, spoke for tho American Federation of Labor. The discussion closed by adoption of resolutions which urged safety edu cation and organization. A suggestion by L. F. Loree, president of the Dela ware A Hudson Railroad, that the con ference recommend a law prohibiting railroad trespassing was laid over until the safety conference in Novem ber. ino resolutions committee com mended Governor Brumbaugh for his stand for vocational schools and urged extension of the system through the Stale so that all workers may be bet ter trained and aliens be taught Eng. Hill. Conference For Local Option. Local option leaders from every county in Pennsylvania will gather here during the second week in April for the planning of a campaign In be half of local sp'f-government, which it Is expected will resu't In the nomina tion and election of a Cr-noral As sembly pledeed to enact a local option law next winter. This was arranged at a conference between Governor Brumbaugh and J. Denny O'Neill, former County Commis sioner of Allegheny, who Is lending the Governor's local option forces In the western part of the State. The two canvassed the State and de cided thnt the conference should be he'd nt the time the State Association of Boroughs held Its convention her, as many of the men who will partici pate In thnt meeting are keenly Inter ested In locrl option. The Governor will spepk nt the conference ond It will bo tho launching of a vigorous cam paign. State College To Have Trade Course. Secretaries of Chambers of Com merce throughout this State will study fnctorv or"nni7atlon, cost accounting and scientific management nt a sum mer course established at the State College. Prof. Hugo Dimmer, head of the Deportment of Industrial Engineer- In-, will bo In charge. Co-oporatln with him Is the Pennsylvania Com mercial Secre'ariea Association. through their secretary, Charles M. Ketchnm. of Washington, Pa. According to Mr. Ketchum, mem bers are enthusiastic over the Idea of having a series of lectures and d;s- cusslons on such subjects as Industrial" nsveholocy, Industrial education and Industrial organization. Methods and systems of promo'lr.g commercial or ganization activities will be discussed bv experts. It Is probable the course will be given from August 21 to 26. Norrlstown Man On Coal Commission. Governor Brumbaugh appointed C. Tyson Kratz, attorney, Norrlstown, to be a member of the commission to in vestigate the increaso of prices in anthracite coal. He "will take tho p'nee of Thomas Martindale, Philadel phia, who declined the appointment. Mr, Martindale was appointed a mem- br of the State Game Commission to fill a vacancy caused by death of A. B. Chapman, Bucks county. ' Nominating Papers Filed. Nomination petitions were filed at tho rapltol as follows: Conn-ess I. Clinton Kline, Sunbury, Republican, Sixteenth District. House George S. Love, York, Dem ocrat, First Yolk; L?wls A. Bren- nar, Brandonvllle, Republican, Third cchuvl;Ml: Representative Charles A. Phaffer, Berwick, Democrat, Columbia: Republican State Committee, Maurice J. Hoffman, Rending. Eleventh District. Full Crew Car.es Continued. Tho closing argument In the full rrrw wes was continued by the Pub lic Po-vico Commission until April 6, owing to absence of court-el for the trainmen and railroad conductors. Trr.lnmcn Indorse Brumhaugh. While Governor Brumbaugh wis nd- dressing railroad, corporation and la bor leaders who came here at his invi tation to discuss "Safety First" proj ects, a delegation from Franklin coun ty called on Attorney General Francis Bhunk Brown, the leading spirit in the Governor's campaign, and pledged their unswerving support to his can- dldncy for President. Mr. Brown also received several representatives of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. Thoy, too, were enthusiastic toward the Governor's candidacy. Boiler Code Effective July 1. The State Industrial Board an nounced that the new State Boiler Code which is to govorn construction ind Inspection of boilers would become effective July 1. The ruling prohibit ing carrying of matches Into powder mills has been amended to prohibit carrying of matches Into any place where explosives are stored. Norfolk has more churches In pro portion to Us population than an other English conty. STATE NEWS BJIERJf TOLD The Latest Gleanings From All Over the State. TOLD IN SHORT PARAGRAPH) Candidates for positions as teaohen In the Pottsvllle school must U noltber fat nor flossy, the Board of School Directors rulod. It waa statu) that fat teachers would be incapabli of climbing the stoep hills of Uiat city, while "flossy" teachers would pay tot much attention to their personal as. pearance. Because of criticism of th condition of tho schools, Superinten dent E. R. Rarclny tendered his reslj. nation, but tho board refused to accent It and said be was Dot to blume. Two hundred minors employed by the W. J. Rnlney Coke Company, Brownsville, hurried to the surfaci when couriers rnn through the mines shouting the tcn-ncro reservoir on t hill near the opening was about to bursL They set to work with their picks and shovels and finally sue creded In dieting a ditch which carried tho flood waters away from tbe mine, and saved the property. A sentence of two years at bard la bor in the Berks county Jail, with I flno of $35 and costs, was imposed in Crimlnnl Court, Rending, upon Charlei Reinhnrdt, thirty-two years old, fol lowing his conviction of tho theft of a lot of chickens belonging to farnien In Tlldcn Towns'ilp. Twenty-three cars wore wrecked and several hundred feet of track worg torn up In a freight train wreck on th low grade line of tho Pennsylvania Railroad, one mile east of Buzzard's Rocks. No one was injured. Ths wreck was caused by the dropping of a brake rigging. Mystery surrounds the death of Wil liam Haines, forty-five years old, whoso body waa found on tho tracks of the Pittsburgh, Shnwmut A Northern Rallrond, at Spranker's Mills. Haines Is known to bave possessed a large sum of money and tho authorities be lieve he was murdered. After voters of Zerbe Township, In cluding Trcvorton, at a special election. decided In favor of erecting a $75,000 public school building, church bells were rung along with the b'owing of whistles, after which men, women and. children participated in a street parade. Three new shell loading plants were put in operation at tho Redlngton fuse plnnt of the Bethlehem Steol Company. It Is said that the night force will be transferred to (ay work. According to workmen, the local plant la turn ing out more than 1,000,000 loaded thells a month. Union County Court granted I mandamus on the County Commission ers directing them to Join with the Northumberland County Commission ers In erecting a brldgo over the Sus quehanna River between Watsontown and White Beer at cost of $150,000. Simon S. Petersboro, seventy-one years old, and Sarah W. Klest, both of Wllkes-Barre, wero wedded at Sun- bury by Rev. Dr. J. M. Francis. The bride declared her husband is ths ideal man of the United States." Bruce Crownover and Wesley Barger, the seventeen-year-old boys who confessed to burglarizing thirteen private dwellings within a week, at Altoona, were sentenced to the Reform atory by Judge Thomas J. Baldrldge. Ralph Beaver Straussberger, of Owyncdd Vnllev, will bo a candidate for the Republican nomlnntlon for Congross. Henry W. Watson, of I.snehorne, is a candidate for recomi nation. In his will Just probated, narrlson Schaffer, of Upper Mllford, who left an estate worth $10,000, provided that half the estate be used to see that bis grave Is kept In proper condition and also the graves of many relatives. State Fish Wnrdens were Instructed lo push work of Inspection of streams for pollution from factories or any other sources nt a conference hold at the State Department of Fisheries. A. A. Barrett, eighty-one yenrs old. Civil W:r veteran and Mason, of Northumberland, died suddenly of heart failure. Eva Ccffman, of Mount Focono, twenty years old, shot a wildcat at her henhouse. Falling Into a tub of water nt her home in Shamokln, Catherine Donnhus was scalded to death. The girl's mother had prepared the water for bath fo the baby. The clrl picked ip a small mirror and while gtnnclaf into It fell backwards Into ths tub. Rev. W. H. Yates, a minister, who was elected to the Harrlsburg School Board on the Washington ticket, an nounced that he. would be a candidal for Senator on the Washington ticket Senator E. E. Peldleman will be the Republican nominee. John Tarsel and Andrew Lady wers cutting coal at the Philadelphia Roadtng Coal & Iron Company's Burn slt'e Colliery, when a huge fall of top rock occurred. Doth were injured, ths former probably fatally, i The heirs of Christina Swnrti, ' Allentown, desiring settlement of the estate, have gone to court to compel the heirs Of Abraham F. Mlckley to sell their one-third share In a bulldlnl they Jointly own, or pay $15,000 dam ages.
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