f HE FULTOfl COTTNTV NEWS. McCONNELLSBURO. PA.
a nciwur for
BIG m PLANS
Houso and Senate Conferees
Have Finally Agreed.
BETTER NATIONAL DEFENSE
Hundreds Of Thousands Of Spectator
Cheer Throng Made Up Of All
Classes and Including
Many Notables.
New York. Now York expressed its
attitude on the question of national
preparedness by holding the greatest
civic parado In the history of the coun
try. A bofct of men and women, esti
mated at more than 150,000, represent
ing all walks of lifo In the nation's
metropolis, marched for 12 hours, 20
abreast behind bands playing patriotic
airs, threugh Gag-bedecked streets
lined with hundreds of thousands of
cheering epectutors. All tho profes
sions aud trades which make up the
complex life of the city were repre
sented. In one division were tho street
Feepera iu their uniforms of white,
while in another were the dieuilk-J
Justices of tho Supremo Court of New
York. There clso were the clergy
nearly 200 mpresct'.t'.ng every denomi
nation In the nation's greatest city.
Lawyers, physicians, trained nurses,
veterans of tho Spanish-American
War ail we.ro In line. Put the most
popular division was made up of tho
city's 10.0CO Na'ioual Guardsmen in
fantry, cauilry and artillery who
brought up thn rear.
"This," declared Major-General
Leonard Wood, In command of t!u I'e-I-ortment
of tho Fast, who reviewed
tho pa ride, "h the preatt-.-t argumer.t
Amenta has ever known In favor of
preparedness again.-1 ileitter.'s thut
are at p.-t-i'-nt unknown. Every pro
fession is represented by Its best by
nit n whoe dutios brin them la touch
with the affairs cf state. Tl.e same,
applies to the various tn.des. It shows
an Interest In preparedness that
amounta to a national nwahening.
That Is what we need. It shows that
the time ba.s come to do something In
the mattor of national preparation."
March Twelve Hours.
The great civic army began march
ing at 8.;0 A. U., and the last of them
lad not passed the review Ing stand in
Vadison ftquare until 9.20 o'clock P. M.
The mammoth pageant began auspi
ciously. Just aa Mayor John P. Mitchel
and a party of municipal officials left
the City Hall at the head of the first
division, an aeroplane appeared above
lower Broadway and hovered around
the great skyscrapers.
The paraders marched rapidly, more
than 10.000 passlns a given point with
in an hour. When the first division dis
banded, after walking the full length
of lower Fifth avenue to Fifty-seventh
ftrcet, the Mayor, acrompanled by
Major-Ger.eral Wood and Kear-Adinlral
Nathaniel Usher, In command of the
New York Nivy Yard le t their car
rla;'p and took n.n hi the reviewing
'and. Except for Hn bear for lunch
eon they remained until the parade
was over.
Governor Whitman, who viewed the
demonstration from a flagdrapf-d bal
cony of the L'nlon League Club, de
clared It was the most remarkable ex
ample of patriotism and civic pi lue ho
ever had witnessed.
"Speaking as a citizen," said the
Governor, "I should say that every New
Yorker who saw the parade should
have been inspired with pride."
With few exceptions the marchers
rarrin! finall American flass. Mo.-t
of theni also woro buttonhole em
blems. The new armored motor bvtcry, the
first thus far acquired by any National
Guard in tho country, was grei-ted wl'h
rh'-ers all along the line of March.
There tvo"o seven regltrenu of in-fa-try,
three of coa.-.t artillery, a part
cf tho Fl.-st Cavalry, batteries of held
artillery, tho signal corps, engineers
and the motorcar battery.
Edieon Headj Continc,snt.
Tl omaj A. Edison, notwithstanding
Ms 63 yean, tramped along with th
stride of a man half his age, at the
herd of a cc iitlnront of 22 members of
the Naval Consulting Hoard of tho
FaPed S'atos. He expressed great
F'tlsfactlon with the demon-tratiun
after It v.as all over.
"Such a parado needs no expre;
rten," de..-larnd the Inventor. "Tho fret
that I n. arched In it expressed my
sentiments exactly."
CAPITAL '7ANTS SOUTH'S VETS.
War-.Mm ton Will Inv ta Confederates
To Meet There In 1017.
?.'ahlngton. Tho capital of tho
re' n'ted ration wants the Confederate
..t-rans. the men who fought for the
n'h a half century ago, to hold wh.-.t
'! probably be th i'r last b'g reunion
i Mn her boundary-). Col. Hilary A.
F rhert, former Secretary of tie
f vy, left for Dirmlngham, carrying
t'j him an invitation from the Lis
tr et Commissioners, tho Chamber of
Commerce and the Hoard of Trade to
tj"v Shut hern veterans to hold their
F.-and encampment in 1917 In Wash
ington. The veterans v.lll hold their
reunion this year at Birmingham, Ala
bama. SKIRTS TO STAY SHORT.
National Manufacturers Say So, and
They Male 'Em.
Cincinnati. The short skirt will
continue to be worn next fall, accord
lng to the report of tho i tyle commit
tee of the National Cloak, Salt and
Skirt Manufacturers' Association,
adopted at thn annual convention htre.
In connection with the react skirt, the
report nys: "Its smartness and
youthful appearance' make It' popular,
itjr universal."
PERSHING FREE
10 RENEW CHASE
Rumors of Anti-American Agita
tion By Carranza Men.
TROOPS READY TO DASH
Infantry Guard Increased At Arizona
Towns Following Report Of
Now Raid On Border
Mining Camp.
El raso. Orders have ben isFUd
from Washington to rush troops across
the Bio Grande and tako all Moxionn
bordor town and railway terminals If
the punitive expedition Is attacked by
Carranza forces. Artillery fire from
the Mexican Ride of the border wl'.l be
considered suflkient excuse to seize
any given point.
These are declared to be toe ten
tative orders received by General
Funston after the nport of the Scott
Obregon conference, which ended In
a disagreement had been dieted ot
the War Permrtmt r.t.
General Funston received A wireless
nif-sae from General Pershing that
Cai-rams authorities In Central and
Southern Chihuahua am Issuing arms
aril anuniinltinn to the native citizens.
The rtort addei! that a brigade of
cavalry had teen tie; loved f-o'.ith of
Nnmluuit .1 n mi advance guard. All
hiavv eTjli,i:to:it hai !) n brought i
br--k to the ha.e and Is under protoc- ;
ti. n of (! Infantry.
Wilson Standi Pat Cn Policy.
Washington Failure cf tin mili
tary oi.t:i"r('Pi at Kl Pao to r.-s( h a
(Vfirrif 3 ngreemcrt has hrougl-t r..
rbarcn hi the pclley tif.vanl Mexico of
the Wa.-hltpun a-lwlri tra'ion. Pre; i
der.t Wii-on at..! hi-i all-.i-t d..:'U.--ed
General Scott's report .MijU'Wlc n: tile
r,e."-:ions nt is.-ue h::d l'-.'a n To-red
back by the eenferees l tl'e'r re:-pert-Ive
; overr.r.it r.ts fr dlp'-tmatlc dl
rurslon. Later it v. as fl:ri:i!ly : tat.nl
that the situation v.-.'i nucha need.
Thera was no evidence arsons ad-
n.lnlstratirm officials of greatly In
creased concern over the everts at tho
border and In Mexico.
FRANCE NOT YET READY.
Emea&sy Says Her Position Is the
Same As Other Allies.
Wah!ncton. France Is no more Fct
aKninht peaco at this time than her
allies are. It was said at the French
Embassy, tut
"For the present e will tun a deaf
car to peace talk," It wa added.
Commenting on tho dispatch from
F.or.ie, telling of reports thst France
alone of all the belligerents Is not In
clined to make peace, rmhassy officials
In.-ister France's position Is not dif
ferent from the others.
While Washington o.T.elals attached
llimificance to the fact that the cen
sors of both Italy and France passed
the cable meape ro;o'-,.l:ig France's
al'eged position, no such slgnifKTir.ee
eas admitted bv the embtissy.
Still Stand Together.
"It Is Mill 'one for all and all for
one,' " It was riolare 1.
The German I'.n.bas: y make no
secret of Germany's willingness to t:K
peace. As for terms, flertnany, em
bassy attache' say, Is standing pat on
those mimed by Cl)nr.c''ior von P.eth
niar.n Ilollweg In the, Itolrhstng. Of
the "peace paragraph" in Germany's
latest submarine ixito to America, one
rn rassy official said:
"That suggestion is a plain declara
tion r.f the hope that the Fni'.ed S'ates
r.'.av :,-k to trim about peace."
URGES FEDERAL AID.
Congressman Kent Wants States As
sisted In Tuberculosis Work.
Wiishirrron.--Federal aid to states
which care for nou re-k!ent tuber
miosis patient-t was propo.-ed by Con
gressman fv-r.t before the Nation."! As.
nidation for the St ml v am! Prevention
cf Tuberculosis. A bill introduced by
him iu the House nnd by Senator Norrls
In the Henate. paying T.'i cents a day
for each patient, whs explained. In
California, his hone Stutp, and in
many other Far Western localit'os the
health i:f whole districts Is endangered
by the Immigration of tuberculosis
patients who carn.it now obtain proper
treatment in their own s'at he tald.
NO THOUGHT CF PEACE.
Brtish Home Secretary Says Cermany
Must First Be Bs.itsn.
London. England's answer to the
peace intlmutii ns contained In the
Cerman note to the t'niifld Stat'M was
given by Home Secretary Herbert
Samuels. In a public Rildre.-B tho
Home Secretary said: "There will he
no thought of peace until Crmany is
beat"n. Our victory must be decisive."
WR3CK ON SEABOARD.
Two Killed, Five Injured, When Fla
mingo Special Is Derailed.
Raleigh, N. C Tv.o persons were
killed and five Injured when the
Flamingo 6perl.il on the Seaboard Air
Line was wrecked. The wretk, which
was caused by a defective switch, oc
curred tft miles north of Kaleigh. Tho
train was derailed.
PERMITS LUSITANI A MEETING.
New York Mayor Take! View That
Gerrran Crisis Is Over.
New York. I'pc-n tho ground that a
crisis has been averted In the relation
between tho United .States snd Ger
many, tl.o Fiindi'tn of Mayor .'litctel
was piven to a Lusltania memorial
rnertlng under the am pices of the
American rights committer. Tlte meet
ing, wltlch was to have been held last
Sunday but which was postponed at
the retjue' t of the Mayor, has now been
let for May 19.
THE INVISIBLE
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Results at Verdun Are About
Sland-off.
RUSSIANS GET THRUST
Cctrrrri3 Take Slav Trench and Turks
Are Being Driven Back By
Troops Of the Czar The
Bilkan Field.
London Another t-hift In the line
of nf.uk upon Vrnlun Is repor'ed.
Ho!.!.:.',' In tVc.;k their forces west of
the Me::se, where t:i"y rcctntly scored
important fuicesfes, the Germans
hne ri.-r.in tahen the offensive east of
the rlc- launching un attack mar
Vnux.
The French, too, are atticMr:); In the
Verdun region, according to lierlin.
which announces an ar.-ault near Dead
Man's Hill and another southeast of
Hill 101. Eoth these attacks were
broken up by Cemtan lire, It Is de
clared. The eaftern front ultuation is frrow
lng more Interesting with the advance
of i p.-ing. All along the line the ItU3
sians are the obJcts of occasional
fharp thrift by the Teutonic allies.
At present they Fecm to be content
with standing off these attacks and aru
attempting no offensive. In one In
stance they failed to hold their line,
however, according to lierlin, which
reports tho rapturo of 500 yards of a
r.usfl.in position near Se!bur.
Considerably Increased activity Is
reported from the Balkans. There has
been much firins by heavy artillery
and some Infantry clashes have occur
red on tho Macedonian frontier.
Athens dispatches report brisk fli:ht
in? north of Avlons, apparently Indi
cating that the Austrlans are about
to move ajalntt the Italians and tuch
other forces as may be at sI.-tinB thciu
In holding tho Albanian seaport.
Math Importance Is attached In
Vetroftrad to tho Itusslan opcratlons
on the Mesopolamlan frontiers, both
north and east Iu the latter feitor
the r.us.-lans have advanced from In
teriur Icrsia to the frontier and have
occupied Kasr-I-Shlrin, about 110
miles northeast of Rapdnd, their oh
Jec'ive. They report the Turks fleplrg
bt-fore them and tho capture of several
;;uns during the pursuit.
Russians Repulse Attacks.
Tet.-ocrrad (via London). The fol-
i low in;; official communication was
i--sned:
"North of tho fmnll town of Pnior
1 gin a body of Cerctans, after a heavy
, gun and rifle f,re, began to muss be
fore our wire entanglements, but n.et
i with an artillery file which forced
tlie-ti to retire.
"Southeast of Finsk enemy artillery
lias heavily bombarded the sector of
; our positions wo.-t of riottrhice. Near
Crr.rtorj sk we brought down an fnemy
j aeroplane and captured the aviator and
observer."
Pressing Austrlans Harder,
IlerMn. Increased activity on both
tho Italian and Galiclan fronts Is re
potted by the Austrian War Office In
a statement. The aLnoutiicme;:t fol
lows: "In Fasten Galirla and Volhynla
there was Increased adivity on the
part of advanced detachments. There
were no events of special Importance.
"On the Italian front the enemy,
after a lively benbardment of portions
of the Coriziu bridgehead and the
iHtherdo Plateau, made several attacks
at San Martino. He w.:s repulsed
every time."
RASPUTIN DEAD, BEMLIM HEARS.
Monk Reported To Have Influenced
Czar Assassinated, Is Report.
Pc-lin Gregory Pasputin, the Rus
sian monk who Is reputed to have, exer
cised great influence ovor Emperor
Nicholas, has been assassinated, ac
cording to rennrts from Pitrngaj-J re
ceived In Ihirharejt, Bays the Ovc-.-eaH
News Agency.
TEXAS MILITIA IN CAMP,
Only Two Companies Yet To Reach
Fort Sam Houston.
San Antonio, Texas. -.Mobilization of
t':e Texas Nititmal Guard at Fort Sam
Houston for scrvlci" In the United
States Army virtually was completed
i with tho tirrlval of all but two com
panies. The complement of the Texas
ruard ordered to report at Fort Sam
i' lloust.jn Is 37 companins of Infantry,
two troops of cavalry and two batteries
of light artillery, In all about 5,000
men.
in t it
IDilllilU
Oil All FRONTS
ENEMY IN MEXICO
GERMANY ADMITS
i E n 1 1
Regrets Torpedoing and Prom
ises Indemnity.
FULL AND FRANK ADMISSION
U-Ooat Commander Has Been Pun
nished Washington Accepts As
surancesIndemnities To
Be Arranged Later,
Washington. ficrmnny. In ft note
received by tho Statu IVpartment by
cahlo from Ambassador Clorard, admits
that a Ccrrr.an submarine torpedoed
tho channel steamer Sussex In viola
tion of Assurances glvcu the I'nited
States, expressci regret for the Inci
dent, announces that the submarine
commander has been "appropriately
punished" and declares readiness to
pay an adequate Indemnity to Ameri
cans Injured on tho vessel.
Case Now Considered Closed.
It was Indicated at the State Depart
ment that the German statement that
the offending commander had been
punished would be accepted and the
Sussex case considered closed, except
for arranging for the payment ot In
demnities to the several citizens of the
United States who were hurt There
probably will be no attempt to nego
tiate for these Indemnities or for flnnl
settlement of the Lusltania and other
cases pending, however, until sufficient
time has elapsed to Indicate how the
last American nolo was received In
lierlin and whether the niw submarlno
policy Is beins lived up to.
Itesults of an investigation based on
facts supplied by the American Gov
ernment, tho Ce-nian communication
says, have shown thut tho contention
originally set up that the explosion on
the Sussex was to be traced to a cacse
other than a German submarine at
tack cannot be maintained. While as
terting that the submarine commander
thought he was dealing with an enemy
warship, Foreign Minister von Jagow
admits that he formed his Judgment
loo hurriedly and therefore did not act
fully In accordance with the strict In
struction which called upon him to
exercise partlcu'ar care.
Officials of the State Department
noted particularly the passage of the
note- which paid "In view of these cir
cumstances the German Government
frankly admits that the assurance
given the American Government, In
accordance with which passenger ves
sels were not to bo attacked without
v.-arnlng, has not been adhered to Iu
the present ca. a." This was regarded
as Indicating a purpose on Germany's
part to decline to pay Indemnities for
Americans killed or Injurr d In attacks
on Khlps other than passenger liners
prior to the date of tho last note, In
which the German Government rem
ised that freight as well as passenger
vessels would not be uttaclted without
warning or without provision for the
safety of persons aboard. Any re
sponse to the note Just received prob
ably will make a distinct reservation
of American rights on this point.
GERARD'S SECRETARY COMING.
Joseph C. Grew's Visit Connected With
Death Of Father.
London. The Srandnnavlan-Amorl-ran
Line f teamer. Frederick VIII left
Copenhagen for New York. The steam
er was crowded with passongors.
Among those msking the Journey to
the L'nltod Slates is Joseph C. Grew,
secretary of tho American Embassy In
Porlln, who recently accompanied Am
bassador Gerard to Ftnperor William's
headquartesr at the front
TO ATTACK SUEZ CANAL.
Turkish Ambassador To Germany Says
Preparations Are Being Made.
Amsterdam. A dispatch from Per
Un quotes Hakkl Pasha, Turkish Am
bassador to Germany, as stating that
the recent fighting In the Suez Canal
region Is only a prcludo to other at
tacks on a great scale which will be
made by the Ottoman troops when
necessary preparations have been
made.
HOBSON CLAIMS NOMINATION.
Disputes Unofficial Figures Showing
Victory For Bankhead.
Plrmingham, Ala. Unofficial com
plete returns from the Vmocretic
primary gave Wllllatn P. Iinnkhead
majority of 1H3 over fi rmer Represen
tative Richmond P. Hohs.cn 'for thn
nomination for Congre-s In tho Tenth
Alabama district. Ilobsoii, however,
claimed the nomination by a majority
of 63, and announced ho would con
test If the official count rhowed other-wise.
Sussex mm
SGOTT-OBREGDH
CONFERENCE OFF
Parley Breaks Up When Mexi
cans Take Stubborn Stand.
WITHDRAWAL INSISTED UPON
Signed Statement Issued Declaring
That Conferences Were Marked
By Good Will, But Obregon
Appeared Vexed.
Brownsville, Texas. Curtis Baylcs,
an American farmer, was nhot and
killed a short distance from hla home,
near Mercedes, Texas, by a band of
tout or five Mexicans, who Aticcoodod
In a leaping, presumably to the Mcxi
can vide of the Rio Grande.
El rnso. Light men of the provost
guard fired over the heads of a Jeering
llttlo crowd of Mexicans In Chlhuahlta,
a district of the city Inhabited by few
except Mexicans. The sitiad of patrol
Ing soldiers was met by houir 30 mon
and boys, who supplemented a chorus
of derisive retnarlu with a volley of
stones. Tho non conimlsalonod olllcer
ordered the crowd to disperse and then
Save the order3 to lire. The crowd
dispersed. None was Injured.
El Paso, Texas. After almost two
weeks of di: cusslon the conferences of
Generals Hurh L. Scott, Frederick
Funston nnd General Alvaro Obrtgon,
Mexican minister of war, over Atiier1
can troop dispositions In Mexico, cimo
to an end Thursday without any agree
ment being reached.
Tho wholo nii.Her whs referred back
to tho American and de facto govern
ments to bo settled thro'n;!) diplomatic
channels.
The s!!t:rtlon is almost exactly
whero It stood befuro the conferences
began. The Mexican government still
Insists on the withdrawal of General
Pershing's colur'iis upon a certain
date, and wants that date to como
quickly. It h known that General
Obrcon has been willing to make con
cessions In order to reach an agree
ment with the American conforees.
He has been overruled, however, by
tho First Chief, Ventihtlano Carranra,
and his advisers. After practically
conceding the demands of the Ameri
can conferees, lio was compelled to re.
verse his attitude
Tho end of tho nesotlatlons came
after two conferences bad been held.
The first began at 10 o'clock In the
morning and lasted until 4 P. M., when
a rocess was taken until 4 o'clock to
permit General Obregon to keep a
lunch engagement. Sharp on the hour
tho discussions were renewed. After
two hours and a half they were
brought to an end. General Obregon,
accompanied by Juan N. Amador,
Mexican sub-secretary of foreign af
fairs, emerged from tho private car oc
cupied by Generals Scott and Funston,
walked rapidly down tho railway
yards, climbed Into hit waiting auto
mobile, and drove away.
General Obregon was accompanied
to his machine by General Funston.
The Mexican conferee's manner waj.
abrupt and vexed, but General Funston
smiled cheerily as be bade him good-
Official Announcement.
General Funston re entered the car.
Then Col. Hubert E. Lee Mlchle, aid to
General Scott, came out and dis
tributed copies of the following state
ment to the waiting newspaper men:
"Wo wish to announce that nfter sev
eral conferences, marked throughout
with conspicuous courtesy and good
will, In which conferences mutual In
pres"lons were exchanged and Infor
mation was collected upon the military
situation on the frontier, It was agreed
upon by the conferees to sn' pend the
conferences and reyort back to their
respective governments In order that
those may be able through their re
spective foreign departments to con
clude this matter. That the ending of
these conferences does not mean In
any way a rupture of the good rela
tions of friendship betwen tho con
foroes nor between the respective gov
ernments. (Signed) "A. OBTtECON.
II. I SCOTT,
"FKEDnitlCIC FUNSTON."
WILSON TO STAY ON J03.
Declines Invitations Bicnuae Of Inter
national Situation.
Washington. President Wilson, be
cause of thn International situation,
has decided to remain constantly In
Washington for the next few weeks.
He has declined several ner invita
tions and decided he would break ft
tentative engagement to speak at
Hampton, Va., this week at the doJira.
t'ion of a memorial building at Hamp
ton Institute.
WOMEN WIN BY BOYCOTT.
Pittsburgh Bakers Restore the Old
Price For Bread.
Pittsburgh.--Manufacturing baiters
at a conference with a committee rep
resenting tho women who declared a
boycott and picketed bakeries In the
Jewish quarter because the price of
bread was advaiued agreed to accede
to the demands of the housewives and
put the price back t: the formi f figure.
The boycott was at once declared 00.
CHOKCD TO DEATH BY COLLAR.
W. F. Balrd, Coal Man, Found Lifeless
In Hctal.
Marietta, Olilo.-W. F. Palrd, a
Pit'shtirgh coal oporator and formerly
president of the Interstate Yonnj
Men's Christian Association, Including
Wet Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey
and the Dbtrlct of Columbia, was
found dead In a hotel room hero. Police
beliove ho fell In a faintMg (pell and
was choked to tloath by a tight collar J
which he wore. He was about 50 years J
of age. . 1
DIRECTORS MUST
ANSWER TO STATE
Stnta Banking Department Authorized
To Bring Action In Case Of
Negligence.
Harrlsburg
Whero directors of a corporation
under supervision of the State Bank
ing Department docllne to acknowl
edge communications from tho Com
missioner of Hanking or to appeal1 bo
fore the commissioner or Attorney
General In reference to mattors of
management of such concerns which
appour to roqulre correction, bucU ac
tion Is to be considered as warranting
the Institution of proceedings for
their removal or for appointment of a
receiver or both, according to an opin
ion given to Commissioner of Hanking
Smith by Deputy Attorney General
Horace V. Davis.
Tho opinion was rendered In In
rtancoa cited by the commissioner,
where people? connected with bulldlns
and loan associations had docllned to
comply with requests or to ackuowl
edgo letters. Tho opinion points out
the practices of the Attorney General's
department to secure correction of
abuses without resort to court proceed
ings and noto3 complaints that whero
directors have been negligent, Indi
viduals who liavo assumed the control
refuse to comply with req'io. ts of the
commissioner.
Tho c pinion says It Is fair to assume
where nnswera are refused that such
corporation:; are conducting their busl.
ness In a manner "unsafe and unauthor
ized and certainly Injurious nnd con
trary to the Interest of tho public."
Must Kill Dogs or Defend Suits.
'Commissioners of counties who hnve
neglected or refused to order con
stables lo destroy dos which hnve uet
been assessed nnd rccl tend In bor
oughs and township.;, will be juod by
the StMe for failuro to comply with
lite dog law of 1S33 nnd l!il.'. Arran;o
ments were n.ade with the. Attorney
General's department by tho State lie
paitinent of Agriculture and the State
Game Coniml. tion for action at law.
The Attorney General's department
has informed the fiamo Commission
Mint the nrt.-i r.iake it mandatory upon
commissioners ' to enforce tho law,
complaint having been made that birds
beneficial to farmers were being de
stroyed by wild dogs, while It also was
found that ono of tho chief reasons
why the Department of Agriculture
could not secure more co-operation In
raising of sheep was tho number of
wild dogs. Thousands of dollars have
been paid to owners of sheep and
other domestic animals destroyed or
Injured by dogs In the last year.
Constables who fall to kill dogs
when ordorod to do so will be taxed
two dollars for every dog which other
persons are employed to kill, but when
the officers kill do.s they w ill be paid
one Millar per dog,
To Push Suits For Insane.
Steps wero taken at tho Attorney
General's ollke to push tho suits
brought for collection of cost of main
tenance of Inrane persons whose
estates or relative are abltj to pay
for their treatment and care In the
State's Insane hospitals, tho Supreme
Court decision removing tho last bar
rier. The Supreme Court reversed the
DHawaie County Court, which had
hold the Act of 3315 unconstitutional.
Over 100 suits aro pending In various
comitlea and hundreds mnro will b
brought, as It Is estimated that bo
twr en RCOO.flOO and 13,000,000 can bo
collontcd. Attorney General Prown
hns placed John H. Naylor In charge
as special deputy attorney general.
Change Year For Railway Reports.
Arrangements were nude by Chair
man Alney, of tho Public Sorvlco Com.
mission, Freeman C. Gerborlch, chief
of thi Rta'a IJu'.eiiu of Railways, and
Deputy Auditor General C. L Wlllock
whereby transportation and ether pub
lic utility companies reporting to the
Public Sorvlco Commission and the
Stato Bureau of Railways will make
reports for the calendar years Instead
of a year ending June SO.
Cancel Tobyhanna Camp.
The camp of Instruction for artillery
olllcors and enlisted men which was
to have been held May 1 to June 8,
at Tobyhanna, lias bren cancelled, It
wns announced from tho Adjutant
General's department, because the re
call of the regular army batteries to
the Mexican border niado Impractic
able the lu.ttruction camp this year.
Last School Payments.
State Treasurer Voting sent out the
last of the chocks for tho 1913 school
appropriation, payments having been
retarded Localise of tho heavy drain on
the State Treasury. Approximately
$30,000 was paid out to thirty two dis
tricts. Tho total appropriation amounts
to something like live und a half mil
lions. Eleitrle Charters Approved.
Apprr val has been ghen by the Fuh
11c Service Commission to the appll
cr.tions for Incorporation of the Cent
nomiuonsslng and Lawrence Hydro
Electric Companies, two of the largest
water corporations to come before It.
The companies will opeate n I-w
renca county and vicinity.
Pardons Board Clorej List.
The State Board of Pardons closed
the list for the mectln:; which Is to b.i
hold on May 24. Thero aro twonty
nlne new cases and tilne applications
for rehearing.
$10 For Conscience Fund,
Governor Brumbaugh's mall Thurs
day contained a letter from Milton In
cloning a nov Ion dollar bill with a
request that It be placed Iu the con
bcIoco fund. Tho money was rent to
Str.ttj Treasurer Young for deposit.
STATE NEWS
BRIEFLY 10
The Latest Gleanings From All
Over the State.
TOLD IN SHORT PARAGRAPHS
If Samuel S. and Charles M. Couffer,
sons of Samuel Couffer, formerly pro
prietor of the Couffor House, Slvelton,
lead "tomperate, decent, law-abiding
lives" they will ehare betweeu them
the Income of their fathor'i eetate,
amounting to $235 monthly far each.
When either of them, In the option ot
the Steelton Trust Company, ceaeo.-! to
live thus, his patrimony will bo just
thirty-nve dollars a month.
Judge Wilmor in United HUtes
Court at Sunbury sentenced William
Phillpps, Harrlsburg, and Harry i'rtce,
Seranton, found guilty of violating the
Harrison Drug Act, to oue your and
one day each In the Federal Prison at
Atlanta, and William Purns aad Al
bert Wise, Harrlsburg, to four and alx
months, respectively, In the Dauphin
county Jail for the same offense. '
The Grand Castle, Kr.fghfa of the
Golden Eagle nnd Dadlc3' of tho Gold
cn Kaglo, adjourned nt Reading after
the Installation of officers. The now
frtind chief of the Grand Cntle Is
John F. Ilrounley, Philadelphia, and
the grand templar of tho ladies' order
la Mrs. Mary Dixler, Harrlsburg. Next
year's convention of tho Grand Castle
will bo held In Allentown.
By a vota of 2:,r.7 to 14.T0J, miners
of the Second District, United Min
Workers of America, ratified the Phila
delphia scale, which means that ap
proximately 17.1,000 miners cf to Cen
tfl Pennsylvania District will not
ttrike. Many mines, Idle whllfl the
vote was being taken and couateJ, w ill
resume operations at onto.
Judge Wltmer In Federal Ceurt sen
teticed John P. Pe'gle, of Wlikes-narre.
to nine mor.ths In Jail and JSW fine
when ho pleadod guilty to robbing his
ow n o1,i,ce. Pelgle broke the safe and
door nt his store, and msde It appear
ns If the place had been robbed. lie
went to Canada, but later roUirBe(
and surrendered.
The coke trade Is making no recov
ery from the blow It received during
the Easter holidays, many worlmen
Btill insisting on two days' real ont
of every seven. The recent wage ad
vance hag had no Influence on the la
bor supply, which is so curtailed that
production is kept down U 410,000
tons a week.
Nearly one hundred womon attnnded
tho county convention of the "Woman
Suffrage pnrfy at Norrlstowa. The
speakers Included Mrs. Anna Orme, of
Wayne; Mrs. George Tlersol, Philadel
phia; Mrs. George Bean and Mrs.
Edgar Gardner, of Cynwyd; Mrs. M. E.
Snyder, Ardmoro. and Ethol Bpriloy,
Lnnsdowne.
Frajrments of rock hurled over on
thousand feet from an overcharge of
dynamite in a quarry near Centerrille.
killed Benjamin Kite, five year old,
and severely Injured Pobert Bekon
rodo, fourteen years old. Workmen
wore hurled to tho ground and injured
by the explot lon which came through
a doublo charge placed by mistake).
Merchant coke operators are meet
ing the recent 6 and 10 per cent waga
increase of tho H. C. Frlcke Coke Corn
pany. It is the second advanca this
year, nnd ccal and coke authorities
sny It constitutes tho highest wage for
Ilko labor paid In tho world.
Fifty women who re ready to in
their "bit" In the event of war organ
ized tho State College Chapter of the
Pennsylvania Women's Division fcr
National Preparedness. Mrs. Anna
W. T.a Domus, of Chester, State or
gnntzer, was In charge of tho meeting.
Following the tlo-np of several col
lieries recently, owing to omployes
objecting to a new time schedule, the
Susquehanna Conl Company's Hickory
Swamp employes went on strike along
with many workmen at the P. R. C.
& D. Company's Pear Valley Celllery.
Hnrrlsburg's Council raised the mini
mum wage for common labor employ
ed by tho municipality from 1(2 3 to
174 cents an hour. City Improvement
work has been greatly hampered ' be
cause of the scarcity of labor.
C. D. Markel, of East Salem, Junl
t:i county, dealer In geueral merchan
dise, has written to Mayor Eira S
Meals, of Harrlsburg, for a license t-
sell pet skunks on the Ftrcet. He will
have them In a glass cage, he explains.
Arrests of four merchants In PhlU
de'phla wero ordered by the State
Dairy and Food authorities for tho sale
of cherries used In sundaes which were
nt In accord with State food regula
tions. The Harrlsburg School Board voted
an Increase In .tho tax rnto from $Vs
to 10 mills. The board la short by
$30,000 for the year and there is
deficit of 100,0000.
The plr.nt of the Tocono Hoslory
Company, in Fast Stroudsburg, was
dottroyed by fire of mysterious origin.
The loss Is $40,000. Tho company was
rushed with orders.
Henry Bohnlg, of South Po'hlohen.
was arro: ted on a chargo of be-Iog the
poison pen writer who has bona aar.f y
Ing tonicity women for scyeral wok
Pohnig Is about thirty two.
Potro Frederick,, while nt wni at
the Pothlehom Steel Works foil R0 fee'
tad escaped with minor Injuries.