WOMAN REBEL
LEADER CAUGHT
Other
Heads of Irish
Surrender.
Revolt
7 BRITISH OFFICERS KILLED
Postofflce and Blocks Of Buildings In
Heart Of Dublin Burned Machine
Gunt and More Troops Sent
To Ennlscorthy.
London. While tho government offl
dais a&sert that the revolution in Ire-
land baa been practically suppressed
and that the leaders have surrendered
unconditionally, it Is reported that the
rebellion baa not been stamped out.
but only temporarily quelled In Dublin
after much bloodshed and tho destruc
tion of property In the very heart of
the city valued at over S5.0Ma.0O0.
Five British army officers were kill
ed and 21 wounded on Saturday and
Sunday, In addition to two killed and
five wounded earlier in the week.
The postofllre and several other Im
portant public buildings have been
burned.
The Countess of Marhlevlcz, tin
ardent militant socialist and a leader
In the rebellion, has been arrested.
The otDclal report also says that tho
Four Courts district has been recap
tured and that messengers havo been
sent from the leader of the Dublin
rebels to other rebels In Gnlway, Clare,
Wexford, Louth and Dublin counties
ordering them to surrender.
"Qelleved To Be Quiet"-
The text of the statement follows:
"The general officer commanding in
chief of the Irish command has report
ed the situation In Dublin much more
satisfactory. Throughout the country
there was still much more to be done,
which would take time, but he hoped
that the back of the rebellion had been
broken.
"Sunday night messengers were sent
out from the rebel leaders in Dublin
to the rebel bodies In Calway, Clare,
Wexford, Louth nnd Dublin counties
ordering them to surrender, nnd
priests and the Royal Irish constabu
lary are doing their utmost to di.s
somlnate thl3 Information.
"As regards the situation in Dublin,
rebels from the areas of Sackvillo
street, tho postofflce and the Four
Court.1 district are surrendering freely.
"It Is further reported that up to the
present 707 prisoners have teen taken.
Included aniens these la the Countess
Alarkievirz.
WANTS $2CO,000 FOR HORSES.
Senator Pittman Asks For Government
Appropriation.
Washington With a viow of Im
proving the breed of light horses
farm, faddle and harness throughout
the country, Senator Hitman, of Ne
vada, Introduced an amendment to be
proposed to the Agricultural Appro
priations bill calling for the Immediate
appropriation of 1200,000 for the ex
tension of the so-called army remount
ftatlons tit Tront Royal, Va., from
which some of the finest horses In the
United States cavalry have come.
ARRESTED FOR MARRYING.
James Cowers Had Eeet Ordered Ey
Court Not To Wed.
Bristol, Va.-Tenn. Following his
marriage horn with Mrs. Bonnie Smith,
a young widow from I-i-h Springs,
Tenn., James Rowers, a railroad em
ploye, was arrested. When a former
wife was divorced from Rowers the
court entered an ord-r restraining
Rowers from airain marrying. He Is
now under bond, waiting arion of tho
court
KILLS TWO IN 130-MILE RUN.
Southern Railway Train Makes Un
usual Record.
Bristol, Va.-Tenn. In a run of 1.10
miles a rasseneer train arriving here
over the Southern Railway killed two
men, one near Knoxvllle and the other
near Johnson City. Papers on tho lat
ter Indicated he was Samuel Smith, of
Chattanooga. He was apparently 20
years old.
SIR ROGER'S SISTER APPEALS.
Asks Wilson To lnt:rvere In Brother's
Behalf.
Washington. An appeal to Presi
dent Wilson from a lawyer represent
ing Mrs. Agnes Newman, a sifter of
Sir Roger Casement, asking Mr. Wil
son to receive her In order that she
might ask assistance for Sir Hover
was referred to the State Dep.utment
Mis. Newman Is in New York.
KILLED BY FALL FROM HORSE.
Miss Noel Meeta Death In Same Man
ner Aa Two Relatives Did.
Hanover. Pa. Miss Natalie Noel, 22
years old, of McSherrystown, was kill
ed when the horse she was riding
threw her to the street. Her head
struck the trolley track, fracturing
he- skull. Her uncle and grandfather
were killed In the same manner.
TO PENSION LIGHTHOUSE MEN.
Senate Passes Nelson Bill and Sends
It To House.
Washington. The Senate passed the
Nelson bill providing for voluntary re
tirement of officers and employes of
the Buteau of Llghlhoitf ts and the
Mghthoire Service at the ago of 65
years altur 20 years' service and com
P'llscry retirement at the ace of 70
jears. Retirement pay would be at
the rr.te of one-fortieth of the last an
nual pay for each yenr of active serv
.ice not tu exceed thirty-fort ietbs.
T
SUEZ
Turks Annihilate British Caval
ry Squadrons.
CAPTURESCOREOFOFEICERS
Ottoman Off'cial Statement Say the
Turkish Forcea Attacked the
Strongly Fortified Posi
tions Near Quatia.
Berlin. Turkish troops annihilated
four British cavalry squadrons, about
S00 men, in a battle April 23 near
Quatia, about 25 miles east of the Suez
Canal. This Information was contain
ed In an official report Issued by tho
Turkish War Department under date
cf April 27.
The text of the official statement
says: .
"In an engagement near Quatia, east
of the Suez Canal, on April 23 Turkish
troops annihilated four enemy cavalry
squadrons.
"The Turkish forces attacked tho
strongly fortified positions near Qua
tia, destroying the entire camp and a
largo part of the fortified positions.
"The enemy suffered heavy losses.
The survivors hastily fled toward the
canal.
"One colono!, one major, 20 captains
and lieutenants and 257 unwounded
and 21 wounded soldiers wero taken
prisoners.
"Turkish camel riders and Medina
volunteers distinguished themselves in
this action.
"On April 23 an enemy air squadron,
composed of nine aeroplanes, In order
to avenge the defeat, raided Quatia
and dropped about 70 bombs upon the
hospital which flew the Geneva flag.
One British anj two Turkish wounded
soldiers were killed and two British
soldiers were again wounded.
"Turkish aeroplanes successively at
tacked the enemy's man-of-war at Kl
Kantara and the dv.cks of Port Said.
They also dropped bombs on camps ol
the enemy between Port Said and Kl
Kantara. The machines returned un
harmed. "On April 25 the Russians at'flrkcd
on the right wing near Surem, Foulh
of Bitlls, on the Caucasian front. They
were repuli-ed, retiring two kilometers
to the northward and suffering heavy
losses.
"Turkish hydroaeroplanes dropped
bombs on the enemy's aviation station
on Inibros Island. A cnnflagra.lon was
observed. In spite of anti-aircraft ma
chine gun and artillery fire the hydro
aeroplanes returned safely."
TOLL OF MERCHANT SHIPS.
The Allies Have Lost 533 Vesiels and
Neutrals 193.
Washington. British estimates of
the European war's toll of merchant
ships, giving In figures by the Depart
ment of Commerce, put the number at
726 with a tonnage of more than two
million. Allied vessels lost number
6.18 and neutral 198.
The estimates, made by a British ad
miral, give British losses as 110 ships;
French, 62; Russian. 35; Italian, 27;
Eelgian, 10, and Japanese 3. This does
not Include the loss of 237 trawlers by
the British, seen by the French and
two by the Belgians.
Norway, with 81 vessels destroyed,
leads the neutral nations in losses.
Sweden, with 40, Is Fecond, and Den
mark, with 28, third. Holland has lc.it
24 and the I'nited States 7.
British losses amount to four per
cent, of the total number in service
and six per cent, of the tonnage.
French losses are four per cent, in
number und seven per cent, in ton-
page. Despite tbo.o losses, It is de
clared, the segregate of ship owned
by the Allies is being steadily in
creased through building.
WOULD ALLAY WAR HATRED.
World Conference Cf Churches After
Conflict Proposed.
Garden City, N. Y. A plan to raise
I'Cv.O'JO with which to organize a
movement to hold a world conference
of ihurches after the close of the Euro
pean war was announced here by tho
Rev. Frederick Lynch, of New York,
in an address before the Conference of
the World Alliance of Churches for
the Promotion of Industrial Friendship.
A delegation from the alliance left
for Washington, hoping to obtain
rre'-ident Wil.-on's approval of the
project, it was stated Leer that the
money desired is virtually available,
and It was reported that Andrew Car
negie might ruliscrlbe a major por
tion of tho fund.
WOGDZN TABERNACLE VETOED.
Covernor McCall Fear Danger From
Fire Or Panic.
Boston. A bill providing for the
erection without compliance with the
city's building laws of a tabernacle
for revival mee'.Ings by the Rev. Wil
liam A. Sunday was vetoed by Gover
nor McCall. The Governor explained
In a messago to the Legislature that
"substltutlo:; of wood for fireproof ma
terial, as provided in tho bill for the
construction of the tabernacle, would
materially Increase the danger from
Cro or panic."
JUMPS FROM WINDOW, KILLED.
Dr. Rhea Found Ded Six Miles From
His Home.
Bristol, Va.-Tenn. Mining from his
room at daybreak, with his clothing
still brnldo tho bed, Dr. John P. Rhea,
a well-known physician of Emmets, six
miles east of Bristol, war found dead
ttndtr the stairway of a Bristol busi
ness house. ITe bad jumped from an
urper story window at his borne end
after wading Beaver crook, a'tired enly
In bis eight clothes, died from ex
posure coupled with injuries.
SHARP
FIG
NEAR
CANAL
f HI FTJLTOrt
MOVING DAY
Copyright.)
REVOLT OF IRISH
Uprising Spreads From Dublin
to West and South.
MARTIAL LAW DECLARED
Whole Of Ireland Under Martial
Law Sir John Maxwell Given
Task Of Quelling
Rebellion,
London. Martial law has been de
clared throughout Ireland and MaJ.
Gen. Sir John Maxwell, who until
recently commanded the troops in
Egypt, has gone over to take charge,
the Irish executive officials having
placed themselves under his Instruc
tions. He has been given full discipli
nary powers for the extension of the
ope rations and the suppression of the
rebellion.
The revolt, which broke out In Dub
lin has spread to other parts of Ire
land, chiefly to the west and south.
This Information, together with tho
fact that the rebels are still In pos
sesion of part3 of the city of Dublin,
wus given to the nation by the minis
ters In Parliament
Dublin Cut Off.
Dublin is further from London now
than Peking is from New York, so far
as communication for the general pub
lic is concerned. No Irish newspapers
have reached here since the rising,
and passenger traffic has been, for the
most part, suspended. The only infor
mation comes through official chan
nels. England, naturally, Is extreemly anx
ious about the Irish situation, but no
fears are expressed that the Govern
ment will not be able to suppress the
rising. The casualties thus far do not
exceed what might have occurred in
civil riots, but more severe fighting Is
likely to follow before quiet Is resorted
In Dublin.
The extent of the seditious move
ment is for the present a governmental
si erf t, except that it has up road to the
wet and south. It was on the west
coast of Ireland that Sir Roger Case
ment's expedition, consisting of a sub
marine nnd a steamer was Intending to
land munitions, when the steamer was
captured by a patrol boat.
In the north of Ireland, ro far as Is
known, there l.as been no disturbance,
a direct dispatch from Londonderry
reporting complete order.
WELLAND CANAL PLOT CHEAP.
Entire Cost Not Over $1,000, Says
United States Attorney.
New York. The entire cost of the
alleged plot to destroy the Welland
Canal did not exceed (1,600, according
to documents seized in tho office oc
cupied by Wolfo von Igel, former sec
retary to Capt. Franz von Papen, re
called German military attache, Assist
ant I'nited States Attorney Roger B.
Wood said.
Horst von der Goltz, who was re
turned from England to testify before
tho Federal grand jury, received $GO0,
Mr. Wood paid; John T. Rjan, of Buf
falo, received a check for $200, the
dynamite cost $31, six automatic
pistols about $10u and railroad fares
about $120.
Mr. Wood declared the only papers
seized in Von Igel's office w hich he had
examined were thoie relating to the
alleged canal conspiracy. He charac
terize! these as "most illuminating."
SUNDAY GIVES $3,000 AWAY.
Presents Checks To Institutions At
Winona, Ind.
Warsaw, Ind. Evangelist Billy Sun
day, who has just returned from Balti
more, gave Dr. 8. C. Dickey, general
manager of Winona Assembly, a check
for $1,000 for use In beautifying tho
Chautauqua grounds. At the same
time he gave President J. C. Bonck
enridge, of Winona College of Agricul
ture, a check for $1,000 tor the support
of the schooL
TO ERECT ELLEN WILSON HOMES
Negroes To Occupy Block Seven
Squares From Cop tol.
Washington. Directors of the Ellen
Wilson homes have selected a square
seven blocks from tho Capitol, rn
South Capitol street, In a relatively
undeveloped section, on which they
soon will begin erocUnt; 110 small
dwellings that will commemorate the
lato Mrs. Wood row Wilson. The build
ings will meet the bo.it homing stand
ard?, and will be rented to urn killed
negro wage earners, at low r.i:o;.
GROWS
ICER
COUNTY NEWS. McCONNELLSBURO, PA.
A
Ambassador Gerard's Visit to
the Emperor.
CONFERENCE AT THE FRONT
President Expects To Receive the Ger
man Reply In a Few Days Not
Influenced In Slightest By
Petitions To Congress. ,
Berlin. Ambassador Cerard left
here for General Army Headquarters
to confer with the Kaiser on the sub
marine question.
Germany's reply to President Wil
son's "ultimatum" Is expected to bo
framed immediately upon the return to
Berlin of the Imperial Chancellor, Dr.
von Buthmann-Hollweg, who, together
with the chief of the German naval
staff, Admiral von Holtzendorff, baa
had extended conferences with the
Emperor at army headquarters.
Crisis Believed Passed.
Just when the reply will bo dispatch
ed to Washington Is not yet decided.
A good deal still depends upon the
outcome of the conference of the
American Ambasador and the Em
peror. Ilorlin considers the crisis passed.
Tho last cloudlets of pessimism have
been dispelled and there prevailed
throughout Germany the certain feel
ing that tho danger of a break with
the United States had been definitely
averted. Press comment has become
more and more optimistic during the
last few days, and even the extreme
radical organs conceded that a settle
ment of the submarine controversy
satisfactory to both Governments Is
possible without loss of honor of
dignity to Germany.
Opposition Dwindling.
The Frankfurter Zeitung's Berlin
dispatch takes a hopeful view of the
German-American situation. After
referring to tho various conferences
already held and to be held it adds:
"It Is naturally impossible to fay
what will come from these. But out
ward circumstances confirm the opin
ion that hope need not yet be surren
dered; that a way to reach an under
standing and an avoidance of a conflict
between Germany and the United
States can be found.
WAR COST $90,000,000 A DAY.
New York Bank's Computation Shows
Stupendous Totals.
New York. War now Is costing the
nations of Europo more than $90,000,
000 a day, according to estimates pre
pared In a booklet to be Issued by the
Mechanics and Metals National Bank
of this city. Of this enormous total,
the principal burden falls on the En
tente Allle. The bank estimates that
the cost per hour to. England, France
and Russia Is approximately $2,500,000,
while to the Teutonic empires the cost
Is in excess of $1,000,000.
HIS BRAIN TO BE STUDIED.
Dr. J. William White Provided For Its
Removal From Body.
Philadelphia. In accordance with
the will of the late Dr. J. William
White, the noted surgeon, who died, his
brain was removed and taken to the
Wistar Institute of Anatomy of the
University of Pennsylvania, there to
be studied and compared w'ith tho
brains of other great medical authori
ties reposing In tho Institution.
POSSE KILLS TWO OUTLAWS.
Was Fired Upon Following Trail Of
Other Bandits.
Muskogee, Okla. A posse, hoadod
by Sheriff John Barger of Muskogee
county killed Joe and Nave Smith, out
laws, in the hills near Gore, Okla
homa. The Smiths carried safe-breaking
tools. The posse was following
the trail of other bandits when Bred
upon. No members of the posse wero
Injured.
PRESIDENT WILSON'S APPEAL.
Urges Business Men To Co-Opcrate
With Preparedness Project.
New York. An appeal by President
Wilson to business men for coopera
tion with the committee on Industrial
proparedness of the N.ival consulting
board in its Industrial Inventory of the
country's resource for national do
f nse was mado public hero by the com
mittee. An ounce of gold loj'.f will cover a
spaco 14 feet square.
REGARDED
HOPEFUL
si
U. S. TROOPS
RENEW VILLA HUNT
Col. Dodd Defeats Bandit Band,
Killing Six.
BANDIT BANDS REFORMED
Americans Lose Two Killed; Thres
Hurt Instructions To Guide Scott
At His Conference With
Obregon Drafted.
AMERICANS ARE WARNED TO
LEAVE.
Torreon, Mei. American Con
sul Coen, at Durango City, hns ad
vised all Americans to leave the
city and is himself considering the
advisability of going to the border.
A serious situation has been
caused through the vlolont ant1.
American agitation which has
been carrlod on by the Durango
newspapers since the American
soldiers and Mexicans clashed at
Parral.
Washington. A renewal of the hunt
for Villa and his scattered bands of
bandits by American troops now Is In
progress, both official reports from
General Funston and border advices
received here disclosed.
Tho cavalrymen, despite the worn
condition of their mounts, are beating
the mountains where Villa adherents
have been assembling during tho lull
in the chase after the Parral Incident
No Information as to the whereabouts
of Villa himself has been received. The
War Department gave out this dis
patch from General Funston.
Dodd Defeats Vlltistas.
"Following Just received from Gen
eral Pershing:
" 'Namaquipa.
" 'A report, received from Colonel
Dodd, whose column of four troops,
Soventh Cavalry, has been operating
southwest of Minaca, states that bo
overtook a band of VII list as near
Tomachlc on the 22d at 4.30 P. M.,
killing six and wounding 19 others,
many probably fatally. Twenty-five
horses were captured. Our los two
killed and three wounded. Fight lasted
until after dark. Impossible to toll
definitely loss of Vlllistas.
"'Dodd's column, when previously
heard from, was at Perachlc on the
17th. Country reported very rough.
March made over difficult mountain
trails. Vlllistas reported under leader
ship of Cervantes; Rlos Baca and Do
mlnguez numbered 150 to 200. Baca
reported killed at Santa Tom as. Do
not glvo entire credit to report of bis
death.
"'Our killed at Tomachlc were
Ralph A. Raw, saddler, Troop L,
Seventh Cavalry, and Tillman T.
Mathlas, Troop L, Seventh Cavalry.
Dodd returning to Minaca.' "
A second dispatch from General
Funston follows:
"Late reports from Colonel Erwln
stato that on tho 20th Instant, scouting
party from his command encountered
small vody of Vllistas near Cocomor-
achlo and mortally wounded four.
Wounded In Dodd's command doing
well and none expected to die.
ANTI-WAR TELEGRAMS 8T0P.
Threat Of Investigation Supposed To
Have Caused Halt.
Washington. The deluge of anti
war telegrams to members of Con
gress came to a sudden stop.
It Is estimated that between 140,000
and 100,000 te'.ograms, costing $21)0,
000, wore, received by members of the
House and the Senate during the past
few days. The speech of Senator
Hunting, of Wisconsin, In which ho
stated he might ask an Investigation
of the propaganda, it is bolioved, had
the effect of calling a halt on tho move
ment to embarrass the President's
handling of the German submarine
issue.
TRAIN DERAILED; TWO KILLED.
Mr. and Mro. Piper Meet Death At
Fabers, Va.
Charlottesvlllo, Va. The Southern's
fast train No. 36, north bound, from
New Orleans to New York, was de
railed at Fabors, Nelson county, 22
miles south of Charlottesville, at 7.05.
Both engines and four express cars
were overturned, but none of the pas
senger cars left the track. Mr. and
Mrs. W. D. Piper, of Fabers, while
walking along a sidetrack, wore caught
under an overturned express cur and
instantly killed.
THE COUNTRY AT LAFICE
United States Senator Thomas Tag-
gait was nominated by acclamation for
tho short term In the United States
Senate by the Indiana Democratic Con
vention. Ellsha Lee, general superintendent
of the Philadelphia, Baltimore and
Washington Railroad, was appointed
assistant g. noral manager of the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company.
Daniel P. Tooiey, publisher of the
official paper of the Knights of Colum
bus, died at his home at East Orange.
Mrs. Ida S. Rocers was acquitted of
tho charge of murdering her two chil
dren on the ground of insanity in the
Supreme Court at New York.
California oil production for 1915 tc-
talod S8.2 10.5110 barrels, accordine to a
report made public by the State Min
ing Bureau.
Attorney C. C. Trabue rhot nnd kill
ed Attorney Harry 8. Stokes, at Nash
ville. They were opposing counsel la
suit,
PETITION SIGNERS
MUSTKN0W DATA
Dauphin Judges In Hearing Nomina
tlon Pretests Intimate Papers
May Be Amended.
Harrlsburg
Intimations were given by Dauphin
County Judges In sitting In contests
of nominating petitions for tho May
primary that the Act governing such
matters does not require that occupa
tions, residences and dates shall be
written in by signers, but does demand
that the person making (he affidavit
shall have knowledge that the data Is
correct It was also Intimated that
papers which were ruled defective In
tome particulars could be amended.
The Court spent most of a dny hear
ing the contest of the Republican nomt
noting petition of A. B. Garner, of Ash
land, candidate for the Republican
Senatorial nomination In the Schuyl
kill County District. It was charged
that residences, occupations and dates
were filled in by other than signers,
some data following names boing al
leged to be In Garner's own handwrit
ing. There were also attacks upon the
right of some persons or the papers to
sign a Republican petition. In reply It
was contended that the signers did not
need to write In all the data, but that
as long as the affiant had knowledge
It was sufficient
In the rase of William Reld, of
Scranton, who filed papers to run for
mine Inspector In the Columbia county
district, It was charged that he was
not a resident of the district Reld
contended that being a State officer
he need not be a resident of the dis
trict in which he desired to be a can
didate. Clear Track For Allen.
Deputy Attorney General William
M. Hargest decided that there is noth
ing In the constitution or laws of tho
State which makes it Incompatible for
n n officer of the United States Army to
be appointed and commissioned as an
officer of the National Guard of Penn
sylvania. The question was submitted
to the Attorney General as the Gover
nor desired to appoint Captain Charles
C. Allen colonel of the First Infantry
Regiment, of the National Guard, but
the War Dcprtmont, which had agreed,
desired an opinion on the aubjoct
Ban On Lighted Cigars.
As a result of Informal complaints
mnde to the Public Service Commis
sion, a number of street railway sys
tems throughout the Slate have begun
enforcing the rule that lighted cigars
or cigarettes may not be carried Into
trolley cars. This Is a matter of local
regulation, but from complaints made
and answers filed thereto, It seems
that the observance has been lax. In
every case complained of the operating
company gave notice of Intention to
enforce the rule.
Service Board Orders Grade Crossing.
In an opinion rendered by Commis
sioner Rilling, tho Public Service Com
mission requires the Lehigh Valley
Railroad to construct a subway for eli
minating of a grade crossing In Ma
hanoy City. The complaint was filed
by the Mahanoy Business Men's Asso
ciation. The opinion holds that the
subway can be built at email cost and
that tho commission must approve tho
plans.
' Mothers' Fund Trustees.
The following ware appointed mem
bers of tho Roard of Trustees to ad
minister the Mothors' Assistance Fund
for Indiana County: Mrs. M. Ella
Elkin, Indiana; Mrs. S. J. Telford,
Indiana; Mrs. S. W. Rose, Indiana;
Mrs. Clyde Seanor, Indiana; Mrs.
Helen McKeaguo Finsthwolt, Cherry
Tree; Mrs. Ada Rowo, Blalrsvlllo, and
Mrs. Harry Mauk, Rochester Mills.
Plan To Oust Township Official.
Application was made to the Attor
ney General for the-use of tho name
of the State In proceedings to oust
Bruno Kerkopfsql as treasurer of New
port Township, Luzerne county. It
was alleged that he had entered Into
an agreement to divide the emolu
ments of office with his rival-at the
eloctloi.
West Chester Armory Approved.
The Stato Armory Board approved
the award of the contract for the West
Chester armory and authorized exten
sion of the battery armory at Pitts
burgh, no other new work being or
dered because the appropriation Is ex
hausted. May 10 was set for tho dedi
cation of tho Lebanon armory.
Auto License Receipts.
Receipts of the automobile division
of tho Sttit Highway Department for
1916 went $1,33S.50 beyond the total of
$1,666,615 for the whole of 1915. At
the department It Is expected that the
1916 rerelpts will exceed tho $2,000,
000 mark by the end of the year.
Veterans Plan Last Parade.
It was announced here that the
Grand Army of the Republic, Pennsyl
vania Department, will hold its last
pared? at the fiftieth annual encamp
ment In this city, June 5-10. Most of
tho veterans are too old to march.
Spring Plowing Twe Weeks Late.
Reports made to the State Depart
ment of Agriculture show thot by rea
son of the late winter the spring plow
lng is about two woeks late as an aver
age. Park Commissioners Named.
Governor Brumbaugh appointed C.
C. Harrison, Philadelphia, and E. F.
Beule, Stafford, to be members of the
Valley Forge Turk Commission, and
Thlllp B. Linn, Lowisburg, to be a
manager of the State ' Village for
Feeble Minded.
Execution Dates Set For Twe.
Death warrants were Issued fixing
the week of May 22, for the electro
cution of Charles Douglass and
Andrew Becze, Westmoreland county.
staTTnews
BRIEFLY 11
The Latest Gleanings From A
Over the State.
TOLD IN SHORT PARAGRAPHS
The thirty-second annual meeting
tho Central Pennsylvania District OdJ
Fellows' Association was held at Boll
fonte. Dellefonle was In gala aUlrt
for the occasion. Thousands of Odi
Fellows from all parts of Central Poog
sylvanla participated In tho events
the dnyi There was a parade In Ui
morning followed by a meeting la tin
public square at which Burgess Zi
mund Blanchard delivered the addreu
of welcome. The response was modi
by Grand Master J. P. Hale Jenkins,
of NoiTlstown.
Senator William C. Sproul formally
announced the plans of a new ship
building plant which will be construct
ed in Cheater and one which is latent
d to be one of the largest In the corn.
try, occupying a ground space of fifty
acres along the river front In that city
Immediately adjoining RIdloy Creel
and extending westward to Mortot
avenue. The land has been acquire
by the Sun Shipbuilding Com pan j
from Senator Sproul, and the osUle o!
William J. McClure.
State authorities have caused thi
arrest of Stata Barnlck, a fourteen
year-old Perry county girl, who co
fessed to burning her father's barn bt
cause he refused to permit her
marry sixty-year-old John Smith. Thi
girl says she burned the building be
cause Smith threatened to burn botl
house and barn if she did not. SmiU
has been arrested also.
While taking nourishment from
bottle at the Blair County Home, Paul
the three-weeks-old-son of Mrs. Msili
Erb, of Juniata, was drowned by mill
The infant had been put Into his crtl
nnd given the bottle, which was placet
In an upright position. The milk rsi
through the nipple into tho baby'
lungs.
Two cars of tho Harrlsburg Rail waji
Company were dynamited In tho eail
ern end of that city. The. Doors of thi
cars were torn up, seats toppled ovst
and platforms shattered by the expli
slons which occurred within an hourot
each other. Boys are thought to hsvt
stolen dynamite sticks from a nearbj
quarry.
Officials of the Central Iron acJ
Steel Company announce that the Unl
versal mill of the plant at Harrlsburt
broke all previous production recordi
by turning out 216 tons of finished
steel plates for a new bridge over tht
Ohio River at Louisville, Ky, belni
constructed by the Pennsylvania Rail
road.
Frank Weber. Charles Ream and k
M. Shlve, all of Lancaster, pleaded
guilty before Alderman N. C. May to
charge of hunting and killing thret
rabbits with a ferret In Fawn Town
ship, York county. The Ones and cost)
total $S0.
While cleaning a carp, which to
caught In tho Juniata River Mlki
Salonisky, a quarryman, at Franks
town, found a diamond ring valued 4
$100, which bad evidently slipped from
an angler's or bather's finger and
swallowed by the fish.
Tho Susquehanna Coal Company!
Cameron Colliery, one of the oldest
and largest In tho region, employlnj
fifteen hundred men, was rendered IM
by two cars loaded with coal runniiu
wild in the No. 1 slope, badly wrecli
lng It
Amelia Paulik, four-year-old daogb
ter of Walter -Paulik, of Millraont
suburb of Reading, was drowned in
rain barrel near her home. The calw
evidently fell into the barrel whilo '
play.
Daniel Miller and William Uffltr
brothers, of Shlppensburg, occupy tS
same room at the Harrlsburg Hosplw
convalescing from appendicitis open)'
Hons. ,
Dr. Henry S. Drinker, president
Lehigh University, urges the stmlenu
of the Technical High School to
teud the summer military trainial
camps and "learn to handle a gun.
Injury received a week ago from stf
ping on a rusty nail, which penetrst
his foot, caused the death at KuUto"1
of Kenneth Moyer, sixteen years ol
son of Oscar Moyer.
John K. Erdmnn. seveutv-flve If"
old. Burgees of Snydertown and Cr
War veteran, died of a complicatitin
diseases. He held many townsbft
offices.
Carlisle constables who ask for I1
for killing, dogs under the new l
bavo been refused by the County Coo
tnissioners.
Mercer Conntv Commissioners
cided to appropriate $975 yearly for
mothers pension fund. The Statu "
give a like amount
Tho Kiiannntinnnn Silk Mills. Si1
bury, broke ground for a $300,000 lli
tlon to Its plant. It will be five sw""
high: and 250 by 200 feet
Rov. W
T. Reynolds, rector of Trl
Ity Pn
otestant Episcopal Church,
ton, has
signed to assume cuarga
. Ixiulsvllle, Ky.
a parish
The Dauphin County Court api1'1'
ed Charles H. Kinter receiver for ,c
i HuminfilKtown Gonsolidfttod VV"
Company.