fHE FUI.TOH COUNTY NEWS. MnCONNELLSBURQ. PA.
U.S.
CAVALRY
ROUTS
VILLA
ND
Chief, Wounded and Crippled,
Escapes Before Battle.
AMERICANS' L0SS4W0UNDED
Capture Believed Question Of Days.
General Elisco Hernandez
Among Dead Left
On Field.
El Paso. Texas. Four hundred
American cavalrymen under the com
mand of Col. George A. Dodd, gallop
lag down from the granite slope of
the great continental divide, bave fall
en on the main body of Franclfco
Villa's bandits at the San Ceronlmo
ranch, scattering them In many direc
tions and driving the bandit chief,
wounded and crippled, to seek a hiding
place In the mountains. Villa was
hurried from danger in a carriage.
The fight opened at 6 o'clock In the
morning of March 29 and continued
for several hours. The news of the
exploit was flashed Into Juarez una
tent a thrill along the border.
Taken Dy Surprise.
For 17 hours the veteran Colonel,
With his picked troopers of the
Seventh and Tenth Cavalry, drove
down the valley of the Santa Marta
river. At the end of a 53-mile ride
they fell upon the unsuspecting Villa
camp, where 500 bandits were cele
brating the massacre of 172 Carranza
soldiers two days previously at Guer
rero. Villa, shot through the leg and with
one hip shattered, was hurried from
the prene, barely In time to escape the
onslaught of the Americans. The
bandits made a brief but hopelc s
itnnd before a charpe of Colonel Doild
and his troopers. Then they broke
and nd. leaving 31 dead on the field.
Including their commander, Ceneral
Eliseo Hernandez. Two machine guns,
a number of borves, rifles, ammunition
and equipment fell Into the hands of
the Americans.
Pablo Lopei Wounded.
Among the known wounded Is Pablo
Lopez. V illa's lieutenant In the Colum
bus raid. The American casualties
were four privates wounded.
The American soldiers did not linger
on the field of victory. For five hours
tliey drove the enemy before them Into
the wilderness of mountain pea!;,
desert and canyon, where roads or
even trails are unknown and v here a
misstep meens death to horse and
rider. They halted only after the chase
bad led them 10 miles and the fugi
tives were scattered into little bands
ef half a dozen men each.
Villa's Power Broken.
Villa's career has ended; his power
Lf.s been broken. His death or cap
ture Is only a question of days. Such
Is the Inevitable conclusion reached
bere ss little by little the details of
"Dodd's ride" renched the border. It
icems Impossible that the crippled
bandit can Ions remain hidden, even
In the mountain wastes in which he
has sought refuge.
The scene of Colonel Dodd's victory
Is a broad valley lying at the head of
the Santa Maria river. On the west
rise the barren foothills of the conti
nental divide and to the ea.-t Is a
trail, made famous by Villa, which
leads through the Lar'ina de Castilla
district to Santa Ysabel. It was at
the latter place that Villa killed IS
American minintr men a crime which
aent a thrill of horror throughout the
L'nitcd States and marked the begin
ning of what many believe to be the
end of his blood stained career. It was
toward Santa Yfabel that he was be
lieved to be heading when the troop
ers of the United Stales swept down
from the north upon his camp.
Panic-Stricken By Attack.
From the meagre details which bave
reached here from Mexicans and
American military fource?, Colonel
Dodd's men made their way unnoticed
through the Arroyos, or deep gulches,
Which pplit the foothills in all direc
tions, and were almost In the camp be
fore the alarm was given.
Villa Is reported to have been In a
small tent nursing his Injuries when
the crash of the American volley fire
awoke the bandit to panic stricken
action.
Tue extraordinary hold the bandit
Chief has on his followers Is phown by
the fact that tlvir first thought was to
iave him. l.'nable to walk or ride, he
whs placed in a light wag-in and driven
over tha rough mountain trails to some
Secret lair.
While SI of the bandits nre known
1o have been killed, It Is said the num
ber may have been ronsld-rably larger.
Nothing Is .vet known ns to the num
ber of wounded, nlthou;;h It Is pre
sume My In proportion to the dead.
Three Murdered Dy Bandits.
The last outrago credited to Villa oc
turred ft Minaca, a town about 10
miles southeast of Guerrero on the
Mexico and Orient Railroad. Here the
Mexicans nre re-ported to have mur
dered Herman Blankenburg, a mine
foreman, and two other foreigners. It
Is feared that the two unknown vic
tims were Americans. Four Americans
Acklin, Ilemp'e, Ixicke and Dr. Stellar
are known to bave been In or near
Minaca recently.
AEROPLANES AT $1 EACH.
Aero Club Offers Two To Government
Tor Mexican Campaign.
New York. The Aero Club of
America announced that, because of
the law which prevents the United
States Government from accepting
gifts, It had offered to sell to the Gov
ernment for $1 each the two high
powered aeroplanes It recently prof
fered for use In Mexico. The offer to
if 11 the machines at this' price has
been forwarded to Secretary of War
psker.
It Is not certa'n that Villa himself !
took part In these murders, as It Is
thought Improbable that he could have
made his way from Minaca to the San
Geroulmo ranch, 30 miles to the north
east, In the time elapsing between the
murder of the foreigners and the fight
on the ranch with Colonel Dodd'a
riders.
Some time before the Minaca mas
sacre Villa descended on Guerrero,
where he slaughtered all the Carranza
troops be could find.
Prisoners Released.
After the buttle on the San Cero
nlmo ranch the American soldiers re
leased a large number of General Car
ranza's men whom the bandit chief
was holding. It Is probable that It
was at the Guerrero massacre that
Villa was wounded.
Excltlment In El Paso and along the
border Is at fever hent In expectation
that at any moment the wires may
flash the news of Villa's death or cap
ture. EXCEED SHERMAN'S MARCH.
Troops' Lint Of Communications In
Mexico Longer Than Famous
Drive To Sea.
By aeroplane to field headquarters,
Colonla Dublan, Chihuahua, Mexico
(by aeroplane to Columbus, N. M.).
The line of communications main
tained by General Sherman In his
march to the sea has been exceeded
already in the line stretched by tho
American troops southward Into Mex
ico. This line exceeded 300 miles In
length.
American troops, without a railroad,
have opened a line directly Into Villa's
noted hiding places, all In less than
two weeks. At the head of this line
are columns guarding avenues which
Villa might try to use for doubling
on his trail, while at the front Is a
body of men whose Identities the cen
sorship has hidden thus far, but whoso
exploits are daily filtering back along
the long communication line, filling the
troops pressing forward from the rear
stations with anticipation, and main
taining the most gallant of American
military traditions.
As a result of the hard campaigning
about two dozen of the vanguard
troops have dropped from the ranks
for hospital treatment. Meanwhile
the others are said to have hardened
to their work as they advanced.
In a town which a week ago was
considered notorious for the number of
Villa sympathizers, army men report
that within a very few days they have
dl-covered evidences of a seemingly,
real transformation of sentiment In
favor of the American Army.
LATEST U-COATS OF HIGH SPEED.
Can Take Crews Of Ordinary Ships
Aboard, Says Paper.
Copenhagen. According to the Dan
ish newspaper Politiken, the latost
type of German submarines are so
large that they can take aboard the
crews of ordinary merchant ships
which they sink. Politiken states that
the submarine which recently sank the
Norwegian steamship Llndfleld carried
a crew of fO and was capable of very
great speed. This submarine, says the
newspaper, took the Llndfleld's crew
of 20 on board tnd carried them for
four days, finally trans-e hipping them
to Norway.
PEACE NOT EVEN MENTIONED.
Gerard's Talk With Chancellor About
Nothing In Particular.
r.erlln, via London. "An Indefinite
conversation a!)out nothing in particu
lar" was all there was to the recent
talk between Chancellor von Beth
mann Hollwrg and Ambassador Ger
ard, the Ambassador declared. It was
this conversation which led to reports
in the I'nited States that the Chancel
lor had broached the subject of peace
negotiations to the American Ambas
sador. "The question of peace was
t not dlsrtif -ed or even mentioned," said
Mr. Gerard.
PRISON FOR NW YOHK WOMAN.
Found Guilty In Switzerland Of Being
Cerman Agent
rierne, Switzerland. Charlotte von
Kuehnan, an artist of New York, who
has been residing for some time In
Lucerne, was sentenced to imprison
ment for two months, followed by ban
ishment, on a charge of having en
gaged In secret service work on behalf
of Ccrmany. It is said she was impli
cated In a plot with a Cerman agent
named Lattice and a girl named Cor
'ln, both of whom received the same
.-cntences.
MONGOLIANS NOT WHITE.
Honolulu Court Decides That Japanese
Art Net Eligible To Citizenship.
Honolulu. American citizenship
was denied to Takao Ozawa, a Japan
ese, In a test case here. The court
rulrd that Japanese nre Mongolians
and thRt the word "white" docs not In
clude the Mongolian race.
NO REVISION OF ALLIANCE.
Japan Foreign Office Say Japan and
England Are Agreed.
Toklo. The Foreign Oflice declares
'hat rumora concerning a revision of
the Anglo Japanese Alliance are base
less. Japan nnd G refit Britain hnve
reached an amicable1 understanding
concerning patrols In the Pacific for
the Inspection of ships.
TORNADO KILLS EIGHT.
Had Taken Refuge In Farmhouse In
Storm'a Path.
Oklahoma City, Okla. Eight per
sens were killed In a farm house two
miles cast of Davis, Otla., by a tor
nado which struck that section. Th
path of the tornado was eight miles
wide.
The color magenta la named after
a battle which was fought In the ytxi
of Ita discovery.
CALL OF
lit B
iv.uyright.i
THIRTY KILLED
IfJ
Two Sections of Chicago Limited
Collide on N. Y. C.
THREE INQUIRIES STARTED
Celief Of Some Officials That Tower,
man, Kept Up Three Nighta By
Illness Of Wife, Caused Colli
sion Doubted Ey Another.
Cleveland. At least 30 persons were
killed nnd 40 or more Injured on the
New York Central Railroad and In
vestigations were promptly started by
Federal nnd State officials.
Three trains, Including the Twen
tieth Century Limited, westbound, lite
New Y'ork Central's palatial flyer, and
two sections of No. S6, known as the
Chicago- Pittsburgh Limited, east
bound, came together near Amherst,
Ohio, 37 miles west of Cleveland.
Reports generally credited were
that the first Hnd second section of
No. SG were proceeding at a rapid rate
nnd at some points were only a mile
or so apart. When the second rec
tlon crashed Into the first section the
Twentieth Century Limited plowed
Into tho wrecltace of the other two
trains which bulged over from the
parallel tracks and the three were
thrown Into an Indescribable mass.
The great coaches and engines of
No. S6 were toppled over and debris
was piled 30 feet high.
Two cars were mashed to Junk and
14 coaches overturned.
Twentieth Century Goes On.
The Twentieth Century, notwith
standing its Impact with the wreckage
from the other trains, emerged almost
unscathed and proceeded on Its west
ward Journey, Its passengers uninjured
except for a severe shaking up.
A pall of fog from Lake Erie hnd
settled down over Northern Ohio, and
the night was of almost Inky darkness.
This, with the alleged failure of a
towermnn to do his duty under the
rules, was ascribed by some of the
railroad officials as the cause of the
reck. The towermnn. It was said,
had been without sleep most of the
time since Sunday night, his wife be
ing 111 and requiring his attention
when he was not on duty.
The wreck wns one of those rarest
of railroad calamities not one colli
sion, but two. Involving three trains
on two tracks. When the half-dozen
investigations already under way are
roncluded, the blame will be fixed. A
block signal, set suddenly and without
warning, against a train speeding
along eaftward, with another train
following In the next "block," lies at
tho bottom of the doubt that exists as
to the real cause of the wreck.
FOR ONE TERM OF SIX YEARS.
.-...!... r-;i... c-Un,i rt I
Bryan, Offer Resolution.
Washington. Representative Biiley,
of Pennsylvania, one of the clos3
friends of W. J. Eryan In the House,
Introduced a resolution to increase the
Presidential term to six years, with a
one-term limit. In a statement, Mr.
Bailey said the Democratic party and
President Wilson had been unjustly
criticized In connection with tho single-term
plank of the Baltimore plat
form, nnd pointed out that Mr. Wilson
did not pledge himself to one term, but
merely was pledged by the convention
to tho principle
WANTS WARSHIPS, NOT SEEDS.
Farmer Show Feeling Of People On
Preparedness.
Washington. Another indication of
how the country feels on the Bubject
of preparedness is seen In the reply of
an Ohio farmer to his Representative
in Congress asking whether or not he
wanted any of the Government's free
vegetable and flower seeds.
The farmer addressed a postal card
on which was written In large, bold
letters'.
"Cut out this graft we want battle
ships, not seeds."
"TOM" PENCE DEAD.
He Wat Secretary Of the Democratic
National Committee.
Washington. Thomas J. Tence, sec
retary of the Domocratlc National
Committee, died at bis borne, bere, fol
'owing a lingering Illness, due to com
plications. Pence was stricken with
pneumonia early In January and for
two months wag confined In the hos
pital. A week ago specialists de
spaired of his recovery.
I
WRECK
SPRING
ENTENTE ALLIES
in
Conference Ends After Pledging
Unity of Action.
JO ENFORCE FOOD EMBARGO
Permanent Committee At Parli Will
Devise Meant To Prevent Revic
tualing Of Enemy Decisions
Binding On Nations.
Tarls. The notable conference of
the military and civic chiefs- of the
governments of the Entente Allies, at
which momentous questions regard. ng
tho war were taken up for considera
tion and decision, ended Tuesday.
Never perhaps have deliberations so
Important had so little written about
them. Thirty-seven persons took
part, yet the proceedings are under
stood to have gone forward without
the least confusion, because the sub
jects to bo considered bad been
worked out In advance by each of
those whose Judgment on any mili
tary, political or economic question
was to be submitted.
The conference separated Into
groups, according to the questions to
be determined, this process facilitating
the reaching of common understand
ings. Decisions Binding On Nations.
The decisions of the conference
have the force of the decisions of the
respective governments, because each,
with the exception of RusHla, wag rep
resented by its principal ministers and
generals.
The delegates began departing to
night in the same silent and unobtru
sive way that they assembled. Premier
Asqultb and Field Marshal Earl Kitch
ener will visit Italy before returning
to London.
The conference adopted the follow
ing resolutions Just prior to adjourn
ment: "The representative of tho Allied
Governments, In conferenco at Paris,
March 27 nnd 28, 1916, affirm tho com
plete community of views and soli
darity of the Allies. They confirm
all the measures taken to realize unity
of action on unity of front
"They understand by that, at tho
same time, unity of military action,
assured by the Entente, concluded be
tween the general staffs, unity of eco
nomic action, the organization of
which the present conference has
regulated, and unity of ' diplomatic
action, which is guaranteed by their
unshaken will to continue the strug
gle to' victory for the common cause.
To Starve Out Enemy.
"The Allied governments decided to
put into practice in tho economic
domain their solidarity of views and
Interests. They charge the economic
conference, which is to be held short
ly at Paris, to propose for them appro
priate measures for the realization of
this solidarity.
"With a view to strengthen, co-ordinate
and unify the diplomatic action
to be exercised to prevent the revlc
tualing of the enemy the conference
has decided to establish at Paris a
permanent committoe, in which all the
Allies will be represented.
"The conference has decided: First,
to continue the organization, already
begun at London, of an International
central bureau of freights; second, to
proceed In common, arid with tho
briefest delay, to seek practical means
to apportion equitably between the
Allied nations tho charges for marl-
time transportation and check the rise
In freight rates."
HIT BY PAPER SHORTAGE.
Houston Newspaper Increase Price Of
Edition To Cut Down, Sale.
Houston, Texas. Owing to a
scarcity of print paper, as a result of
the freight congestion in tho East, a
local afternoon paper Increased the
price of Its street editions from 2 to 5
cents, with the expectation that a cur
tailment of 20 td 30 per cenL In street
sales will effect a saving of a carload
of paper In two weeks.
11 HURT IN MINE DISASTER DIE
Explosion Near Bluefietd, West Vlr-
ginla, Injured 23,.
Blucflcld, W. Va. Six of the miners
who were Injured In the explosion in
the mine of the King Coal Company
at Vivian, W. Va., died In the State
I Miners' Ilosoltal at Welch. W. Va
Two others had died the previous
nlcht and several more are critically
111. Of the 23 men who were In the
shaft where the explosion occurred 11
I are dead.
HARMONY
IS
AGAIN ACUTE
Talk Revived of Breaking off
Relations With Germany.
AWAITING DEFINITE FACTS
Situation la Outlined Preaidont May
Pretent All Fact To Congresa
and Say Time For Action
Ha Com.
Washington. Germany will be held
responsible if 1 shall be proved that
the Channel liner SusBex and the
steamer Englishman were torpedoed
and did not strike floating mines.
This was made very plain at the
State Department, where it was ex
plained by Secretary of State Lansing
that only German submarines have
been operating In the waters of the
Channel and about the British Isles.
The question under Investigation Is
whether it actually wns a submarine
that attacked the Sussex and the Eng
lishman. If It shall be conclusively
demonstrated that It was, then the
United State promptly will hold Ger
many to account.
Even If It develops that all Ameri
cans were saved, it will not alter the
gravity of the situation, Inasmuch as
the United States holds thnt no nation
has tho right In International or hu
mane law to kill or endanger Ameri
cans through unwarned submarine at
tack. Up to the present this Government
has no conclusive proof whether a tor
pedo or a floating inlno was re
sponsible. The bulk of the evidence
points to a torpedo In each Instance.
But so far it is Inconclusive.
Torpedo Fragment Found.
As an Instance, it was pointed out
thnt while a French naval officer at
Boulogne told the American consular
representative that a portion of a
demolished torpedo had been re
covered from the damaged Sussex, so
far this remains to be legally proved.
so far as this Government is con
cerned. This portion of a torpedo Is
said to be similar to that reported re
covered from the sunken Dutch liner
Tubnntla.
President Wilson Is very seriously
concerned over the present situation.
If It Is proved that submarines again
are attacking merchant ve.-fels with
out warning and the preponderance
of evidence obtainable through diplo
matic and , unofficial Bources sema
completely to demonstrate this It Is
unlikely that there will be any fur
ther diplomatic negotiations on the,
subject Instead the President will
present all of the facts in the case to
Congress and announce th'it in his
opinion the time has come for definite
action.
WAR HIT NEUTRAL SHIPS HARD.
203 Sunk Up To March 25, Nelson
Tells Senate.
Washington. Senator Kelson sub
mitted a memorandum to the Senate
showing that 203 Norweglnn, Swedish,
Danish and Dutch merchant vessels
hnd been sunk in the war zone up to
March 23. Of these 97 were Nor
weglnn, DO Swedish, 28 Dnnish and 28
Dutch.
Submarines sank 136, 66 were de
stroyed by mines and 1 was eunk by
a cruiser.
Since the war began, the report said,
Germany had detained or seized 226
Swedish vessels, while England had
seized or detained 136.
FOUR MORE SUNK.
Two British, One Russian and a Dutch
Steamer Sent Down.
London. The sinking of four more
steamships was announced. They are:
The British steamship Kilbride, of
3.712 tons, owned by Connell Brothers,
of Glasgow.
The British steamer Lnvlnla Wes
tell, of 3,131 tons, owned by J. Wes
toll, of Sunderland.
The Dutch steamer Duivclnnd, of
1,297 tons, from Rotterdam.
The Russian Bteamer Ottoman.
The crews were saved in every
case, but on the Lavlnla Westoll, one
man was injured.
EIGHT KILLED IN MINE.
Strike Probably Saved 26 Other Who
Stayed Away.
Johnstown, Pa. Eight men are
known to hr.ve been killed as a result
of an explosion of gas in tho Robin-
dalo mine of the Conemnugh Smoho-
less Coal Company, at Seward, eight
miles west of here. Thirty ncn are
regularly employed In the mine, but
because of a strike only four reported
for duty.
BABY M'KEE A SOLDIER.
To Join Charles Carroll' Ambulanc
Corp In France.
New York. Benjamin HarrIon Me
Kce, grandson of President Harrison
and son of Mr. and Mrs. James II. Mc-
Kee, will start for Paris Saturday to
Join tho American amouifnce corps,
which Charles Carroll, of Baltimore.
one of the financial backers. He was
known as Baby Mckee when his grand
father was in the White House.
TAGGART SWORN IN AS SENATOR.
Most Of Indiana Delegation Present
At Ceremony.
Washington. Thomas Taggart,
Democratic National Committeeman
from Indiana, appointed to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of Sen
ator Shlvely, took tho oRth of omre
It was adinlnlstored by Vice-President
Marshall and most of the Indiana Rep
resentatives were on the Senate floor
during the ceremony.
SITUATION
DROPPED
BOMBS
If LONDON CITY
Zeppelins Repeat Raids Upon
Britain.
MANY KILLED AND INJURED
Casualtle In Latest Raid, When Three
Section, Including Scotland, Were
Attacked, Not Included
In These Totals.
London. The coast of 8cotland
and the northern and southeastern
counties of Englnnd were attacked by
Zeppelins Sunday night, according to
an official announcement by tho Sec
retary of War. The , announcement
says:
"A Zeppelin raid took place Sunday
night, when the coast of Scotland and
the northern and southeastern coun
ties of England were attacked.
'Bombs were dropped at various
places. No details are avallab'e."
With the exception of the big air
raid of Jonuary 31, when the casual
ties were 67 persons killed and 117 In
jured, tho Zeppelin raids of Friday and
Saturday nights caused grcnter Iohs of
life than any previous aerial attack
this year.
The total casualties for the two
nights, according to an official report,
were 59 persons killed and 160
wounded.
Cheered By Zeppelin's Destruction.
As schie compensation for this
sacrifice of life, however, the British
public finds satisfaction In practical
proof afforded of a great Improvement
In the defensive methods dealing with
aerial Incursions. For the first time
since the Inception of this method of
warfare on the Brlt-h coast, not only
lias one raider been brought down nnd
its crew taken prisoner, but the offi
cial report recounts an exciting aerial
fight between a Zeppelin and a British
airman. Lieutenant Brandon, who,
mounting to a height of 9.000 feet, flew
over the raider and dropped several
bombs on it with effect.
The machine of Lieutenant Brandon
was hit several times by machine-gun
bullets from the Zeppelin. It Is still
unknown whether the Zeppelin In this
fight Was the L13, which was brought
down off the Thames estuary or an
other craft which Is believed to have
dropped its machine gun, petrol tank
nnd other parts.
'Alfred Brandon, the British airman,
Is a native of Delllngton, N. Z. Ho Is
32 years old and ouly Joined the flying
corps Inst July.
There has been constant agitation
in the newspapers for British airmen
to ascend and attack Zeppelins, and
the fnct that this now bag been suc
cessfully done gives promise of still
greater achievements In the same di
rection. At the same time It will tend
to Increase public confidence that the
authorities are making progress in
their efforts to deal ,witn the Zeppelin
danger. 1
SOUTHERN EXPRESS TO ADAMS.
No Change In Management, Say
President Barrett
Now York. William M. Barrett,
president pf tho Adams Express Com
pnny, announced here that the con
trolling Interest in the Southorn Ex
press Company had been acquired by
his company. Ho said, however, that
there wou'd he no change in the man
seem en t of the Southern Express
Compuny; that Morton F. Plant would
remain as chairman of the board of di
rectors, T. W. Leary ns president and
E. M. Williams as vice-president
U. S. MARINES IN CHINA.
Landed From Wilmington A Swatow
When Native Troop Revolt
Teklng. Marine from the United
States gunboat Wilmington ""went
ashore Sunday at Swatow, whore the
Chinese troops have declared their In
dependence of the central Govern
ment The detachment reconnoitred
and found the city quiet. A Chinese
gunboat also Is anchored off Swatow,
which is a seaport of Kwangtung
province, 120 miles south of Amoy.
BULL GORES AGED FARMER.
Jameg Pumpeny In Critical Condition
Near Wellsburg.
Wellsburg. W. Va. James rumn
ney, an aged farmer of Brooke coun
ty, residing near Welli burg, wag gored
by a ferocious bull. Ho Is In a critical
condition at his home. Mr. Pumpney
was attacked on a roadway near his
home while leading a cow to pasture,
when the bull charged through a fence.
The ngrd man was unable to escape
or to defend himself and tho bull'
horn pierced his breast.
KILLED BY B. 4 O. TRAIN.
West Virginia Farmer Run. Down In
Tunnel.
Clarksburg, W. Va. While walking
through a tunnel near Ellenboro, Free
man C. Starr, a Ritchie county farm
er, was struck by a fast passenger
rain of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road and was Instantly killed. He
was 65 years old.
105 LIVES LOST WITH STEAMER.
Wakatsu Msru, Japanese Vessel,
Strike Sunken Rock,
Toklo. Tho steamer Wakatsu Marti,
'tound from Nagasaki for costal points,
as been wreeked on a sunken rock.
Klghty-nine of bcr passengers and 16
nembcra of the crew are believed to
iave been drowned. The Wakatsu
Maru was a vessel of 252 tons.
Venice has (0,000 residents, and the
town Is built on 70 or 80 inlets.
MAY 25 NAMED AS
GOOD ROADS DAY
Harrlaburg.
Formal designation of Thursday,
May 25, as Good Roads Day for Penn
sylvania was made in a proclamation
Issued by Governor Brumbaugh. Thli
is the second time that the people ol
tho State bave been called upon to glv
their labor or substance for the better,
mont of the highways, the first Good
Roads Day having been observed last
May. In bis proclamation .the Gover
nor refers to the interest aroused last
year and to the requests made by or
ganizations in various counties for a
similar day this spring. The people
are called upon to either devote ths
day to work or to contribute for labor
or road materials. Last year the Gov.
ernor spent the day on the roads, a
did Highway Commissioner Cunning
ham and many State, county and local
officials.
6tt Charters Granted.
State charters approved Include the
following:
Mutual Distilling Co., Loralne,
Porks county, capital $200,000; treas
urer, Jacob Greenbaum.
The Fabrlo Specialty Co., canvas
gloves, etc., Cochranton, capital $5,000;
treasurer, Frank II. Powell.
Cnltsburg Coal Co., Philadelphia,
capital $10,000; treasurer, William J.
Schafer, Marlton, N. J.
American Export Co., general mer
chandise, Itilladelphla. capital, $5000;
treasurer, Machlcl Fe ndrlch, 627 Rltner
street
Tho Puritan Mfg. Co., clothespins,
Eilenton. capital $6,000; treasurer, J.
Frod Clark, Canton.
Acme Wal't Co., Philadelphia, capi
tal $5 000; treasurer, Benjamin A.
Rnab, 213 Dolanccy street
The West Walnut Street Building
nnd Loan , Association, Philadelphia,
capital $1,000,000; treasurer. Dr.
Michael F. Sullivan, 27C7 North Twon-ty-flfth
street
State College Ha 1,250 Trooper.
Dr. Edwin E. Sparks, preldent of
State College, told the member of the
Philomuslan Club, that his Institution
was capable of turning out, in time of
need, 1,250 men, fitted to drill and lead
a charge of troops.
The meeting was to discuss the
ways to better conditions In the rural
soctions. It was opened with twe
selections rendered by tho Glee Club
of the West Philadelphia Boys' High
School.
Miss Caroline Foresman, national
secretary of the Young Women's
Christian Association In the Middle
Atlantic States, told of the work ac
complished In the rural communities.
The advantages to the farmers derived
by the growth of the railwny were;
pointed out by F. R. Steyens, of Gen
eva, N. Y., a representative of the Le
high Valley Railroad.
Governor Speaks.
The new Pennsylvania State So
ciety, composed of the heads of dopart
ments of the State Government, and
members of commissions, gave a re
ception In honor of the wives and fam
ilies of members at the Capitol. In
addition to a musical program there
were addresses by Governor Brum
baugh, Secretary of the Common
wealth Woods and Secretary of In
ternal Affairs Houck. The affair was
the first of the kind ever given at the
Capitol, and was held In tho hall of
the House of Representatives.
Revenue Cut By Potash Scarcity.
OUlclnls of the State Department of
Agriculture announced that the effects
of the war in cutting off the supply of
potash were shown strongly In tha de
cline In receipts from State Ucensos.
Last year, 1,87 brands were licensed,
the State receiving $25,350. ThU year,
there were but 1,071 licensed, the In
come being $19,040. The greatest de
cline la In brands which depended oo
foreign potash.
National Guard Changes.
Charles L. Schafer, Kingston, was
appointed a first lieutenant and assist'
ant surgeon In the National Gunrd
and assigned to the Ninth Infantry.
Joseph B. Roulston. Philadelphia, was
appointed a first lieutenant and as
signed to Company L, Sixth Infantfy.
May Let Short Contracts,
In an opinion given to George W.
Relly, treasurer of the State Hospital
for the Insane In this city, Deputy
Attorney General Hargest says that
contracts for supplies for the Instltiv
tion may be let for a period of lee
than one year.
To Complete Normal School Deals.
The State Board of Education ar
ranged to complete detnlls of purchase,
of tho State Normal Schools at Blooms-'
burg and several other places. Nego
tiations are In progress for control of
Kutztnwn, Mlllcrsvillo and Shippona
burg Schools.
, Twenty-one Bridges Approved.
The State Water Supply Commission
announced approval of twenty-one
bridges, most of them to be construct
ed by counties.
State Fish Warden Named.
Re. A. Watson, Slippery Rock, was
appointed a State fish warden for
Western Pennsylvania.
Bcranton Alderman Appointed.
Governor Brumbaugh appointed Les
ter F. Jones as Aldorman of the Twoa-ty-Brst
Ward, Bcranton.
State To Set 5,030,003 Trees.
Over five million young trees will b
sent out In the next month In Stats
reserves In an elaborate plan of re
forestation. All of the trees come (rout
Slate nurseries.
Frnnk Baumgardner, a brother of
Chief of Tollce Baumgardner, of Green
castle, who Is employed on the Harry
Iter farm near Waynesboro, prevented
a robbery by flashing a gun. One
the party, however, Btruck him on the"
head from behind, knocked him dows
and beat htm. All escaped.
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