THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS, McCONNELLSBURO. PA.
WLSON
H NTS
AT PEACE MOVE
Speaks Before 35,000 at Meck
lenburg Celebration.
REFERS TO WARRING NATIONS
When You Cannot Overcome You Must
Take Counsel, President Declares.
Seventy Thousand Persona
In the City.
Charlotte, N. C President Wilson,
peaking bore at an anniversary cele
bratlon of the Mecklenburg Doclara
tlnn of Independence, told his bcarert
that America's example of bringing all
the worM together on terms of liberty,
co-operation and pein e was a prophetle
sample of mankind.
Involved In the European struggle
said the President, is the very thirt
that has been going on In America u
competition of national standards, na
Uonal traditions and national politics.
"Europe." said he, "has grnppled In
war as we have grappled In peace tc
fee what is going to be done with these
things when they come Into hot contact
with each other. What you see taklni.
place on the other side of the water I.
the tremendous I almost said final
process by which a contest of element:
may In Cod's process be turned Into
co-ordination and co-operation of ele
moot.
"For It la an Interesting clrcuui
stance that the processes of the war
Stand still. These hot things that are
tn contact with each other do not make
much progress against one another.
When you cannot overcome you mud
take counsel
The reference was given significance
by the President's hearers, in view of
recent discussion of possibilities of
ending the war.
"1 would like," said the President,
"to think the spirit of this occasion
could be expressed If we Imagined our
elves lifting some Barred emblem o!
counsel and peace, of accommodation
tad righteous judgment before the na
tons of the world and reminded them
ft that passage Lo the Scripture. 'After
the end, after the earthquake, after the
Are, the stlil, small voice of hu
inanity."
Hit Address Significant.
By those close to the President his
speech was described as being a "de
Telopmcnt" of a position which the
President may be expected to take on
the question of peace In the near
future. It may be stated with author
Ity that the President, when he ad
dresses the League to Enforce react
this week In Washington, will further
Indicate the readiness of this country
to enter Into negotiations the ultimate
cbject of which Is to bring order out of
the chaos abroud.
There were some 35,000 persons, rep
resenting the two Carolina, that heard
President Wilson. Some 7n,o0 more
Who crowded Into the city fro:ii a
radius of many mlV-i v. e.-e disappoint
d In not being able to get
nmge of the Executive voire.
THINK VON JAGOW WILL RETIRE.
Trench Papers Report Prince Von
Buelow May Succeed.
Geneva, Switzerland. French news
papers say that travelers who have
Just arrived In Switzerland from Per
11 n have the Impression that the resig
nation of Clemens Delbrueck as Vice
Chancellor and M!ni.-.ter of the Interior
will be followed by the retirement i f
Gottlieb von Jagow, the Foreign Min
ister. It Is reported Trlnce von
Baelow, former Chancellor, will be
come Foreign Minister.
ELECTRICITY RUNS WILD.
All Of McAdoo, Pa., Compelled To Use
Insulators.
McAdoo, Pa. Men were even afraid
to shave In McAdoo because of a scare
created through the grounding of the
Lehigh Traction Company's feed wires,
Whteh sent current through water
mains Into houses, some of which were
set arire. Barbers Mood on rubber
mats and handled their steel lmplo
sBenta, and wore overshoes, In dread of
recurrence of the trouble.
BOY'S LIFE SEEMS CHARMED.
Twe-Year-Old, Who Fell 4 Floors, Sur.
vlvea Mercury Tablet Meal.
Farkcrsburg, W. Va. Physicians say
Chost'3r, two-year-old ton of Mr. and
Mrs. It. R. Cunnlnehnm, be.'.rs a
charmed life. He managed to tire
box of bichloride of mercury tablets,
which he thought candy, and he ate
enough to kill an ordinary adult, b'lt
be Is recovering. Two weeks ago he
fell four stories from the Gout Build
Inj and was unhurt.
K-2 AND STEAMER, COLLIDE.
American Submarine Completes Its
Trip To New York.
Washington. A collision ofT the
Ueleware Breakwater between sub
marine K-2 and the steamer Aragon, In
which,, neither was apparently severe
ly Injured, was reported to the Navy
Department. The K-2, which was en
route from Hampton P.oads, proceeded,
and has arrived at New York.
SKULL PICRCED BY PITCHFORK.
Pennsylvania Farmer Victim Of a
Strange Accident.
York, Pa. Ills skull pierced by the
prong of a hay furl:, Ch;r'es Taylor,
Tod 30 years, Is In a cr Heal condition
at his homo In Cordorus township.
While Taylor was sleeping la n hay
mow his younger brother to-T.ed a fork
through the trapdoor and i truck him
on the head. lie Is suffering from
bemorrhat es of the bralri and paralysis
of the right side of tho face.
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BY BIG GUNS
German Shells Poured Upon
Enemy Troops.
VERDUN BATTLE BLOODY
Continuously Counter-Attacking, Says
German Correspondent At
Front Germans Make
Cains.
Berlin. Heavy losses are being suf
fered by the French at Verdun, despite
the protection of tholr earthworks, be
cause of the enormous number of
troops they have concentrated within
a comparatively small area there, ac
cording to a correspondent at the Ver
dun front.
French prisoners, says tho corre
spondent, declare that the destruction
wrought by the German artillery Is not
only appalling among the troops on the
firing line, but also among the reserves
closely grouped In territory which the
German guns are able to rech elicit
lvely.
The writer praises the bravery of the
French soldiers, who defend them
selves with the utmost intrepidity and
are continuously counter-attacking,
and remarks on the notable lines of
earthworks which they have construct
ed not only bfore the battle but to
even a greater degree during 1U prog
ress. Scoffs At Allies' Claims.
English and French a ssertions that
the battle of Verdun has ben won by
the Entente Allies are disputed by
Major Moraht, military critic of the
Tageblatt, who points to the recent
successes won by the Oermans and
ays the French and British are in
capable of prosecuting a successful of
fensive. He says:
"Some days airo the Manchester
Guardian announced that the battle
had been ended, and that the French
had Inflicted their third signal defeat
on the Germans, the other two having
been at the Marne and at Yprei. Ono
day later the Germans reached the top
of Hill 304.
"Not only have the Germans held
Hill 304 airainst desperate French
counter attacks, but they have succeed
ed in extending their new positions.
More Trenches Captured.
French trenches or. both sides of the
Hr.urourt Ef ne9 high road, on the Ver
dun frr.nt west of tho Meiise, have been
captured ty tho Germans, the War
Otliee announced. Nine French offi
cer? and l.u men we.e taken pri. on
trs. The nuno'ini e;iunt tays the ci.p
tured French positions extci.d to the
nei"htorhoud of t!:e southern corner
of Ducks wood.
"A new attack by the French against
Kill 304 broke down with very cou
tWe.rable lossus to the enemy.
"Airmen on both sides have been
active. First Lieutenant Doelcke shot
down his sixteen'!) aeroplane, south of
Ilipont. The Luneville station and the
aerodrome and barratki at Epina!
we.'e bombarded.
Violent Fighting Resumed.
Paris. Violent lighting on a large
scale was resumed on the Verdun
front. Two fresh divisions of German
troops attacked French positions at
Avocourt Wood and Hlil Sir I west of
the Meu.-e. The War Cilice announces
the attacks on the main were unsuc
cessful, although the Germans obtained
a foot lag In a small post south of Hill
2b".
The Germnns attempted to recapture
the small fort on the northeast tlope
of Hlil 301 which the French took on
the proceding day, but their effort
failed.
Infantry fighting was confined for
the most part to the sertor west of the
V.euse. East of the river and in the
Woevre the artillery was active.
The official statement says thai the
troops employed by the Germans In
the;r attacks had recently been cent to
the Verdun front.
Sub-Lieutenant Navarre, one of the
best known French aviators, who
recently engaged In a fight with five
German aeroplanes, brought down his
tenth machine In an aerial combat at
bolante In the Argonne.
Artillery Struggle Violent.
The War Ollieo communication,
say1:
"On the U ft ban); of the Meu.-e the
artillery struggle continues very vio
lent on the front of Avocjr.rt wood,
1111 304, anil in the rtiou of I.e Mort
Homme.
"During the right of May 181!) our
viatoiii mails many bombarding ex
peditions. The aerodrome at Mor
t.ange, the stations at Mctz Sablons,
IVleullof, Arnaville, Stenay. Sedan and
Cull and bivou;:cs at Moiitfuurcn
and Az.m.'.es received numerous pro
Jc ti'es.
"iiiU'lan communication: Great.
a-til!"ry activity prevailed, e-peeially
in the reio;. of I'lxmude. where our
guns of every calibre carried out a do
t:ue'lv! fire or. the Cermaa defensive
organii.'i!l-.ns."
HANGED AFTER 9 RIPrtlCVES.
Francisco Florijjuez Murdered HI-,
Wife In 1311.
Phof nls, Ariz. Fiatri.-eo P. -idrigues
r.a- hanged lit tlifl Slati J'n-ii! i;t ill y
ft Floiettco for the tiun'or of in'.; wife
licte .'.v.uarj 17, I'll. I!od.-l"iC2 had
I .- reprieved nine times. The case
at ire time : ..i.ir;cd interna! io;il l:.i
p: t;i:cc whe.i Siirttary l!-ji:n Inter
c iii d on reiire?er.tV.lons cf fie Mexi
'ht Govenimi Jit and obtained a post
n,'.ffi"jt of tho execution pecding fur
ther Igve..tlt;&tloa.
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LUCKY
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BETTER BUSINESS
Encouraging Report Made By
Secretary McAdoo.
LARGE REVENUE RECEIPTS
Much Less Will Have To Be Raised
To Meet the Larger Army and
Navy Provisions Than
Wat Supposed.
Washington. Secretary McAdoo
submitted to Chairman Kitchln, of the
House Ways and Means Committee,
and Chairman Simmons, of the Senate
Finance Committee, revised estimates
of the government's receipts and ex
penditures for the remainder of the
current fiscal year and tho fiscal year
ending June 30, 1917. tending to chow
that much less new revenue will have
to be raised to meet the bill for pre
paitdness and other large contem
plated expenditures thun had been sup
posed.
Only ubout $150,000,000 In additional
revenue will have to he provided dur
ing the coming year, Mr. McAdoo paid.
This Is loss by $75,000,000 than the
most conservative members of Con
gress calculated at the outset of tho
session would be needed. All of the
additional revenue will come from
taxes on Incomes, inheritances and
munitions In accordance with a plan
approved hy President Wilson.
News of the condition of the Treas
ury came as a pleasant surprise to
members of tho Ways and Means Com
mittee, who have been pondering for
weeks on the framing of revenue
measures.
It I.- probable that all of the reve
nue measures, Including provision for
preparedness revenue?, a tariff com
mission and the f ncourucement of the
dyestuffs Industry will he Included In
an omnibus bill. The President Is un
derstood to favor thut plan.
General Fund Balance.
Secretary McAdoo'B figures showed
that tho balance In the general fund,
exclusive of disbursing officers' credits,
probably would be $150,000,000 at the
end of the present fiscal year and $13,
500.000 at the end of the fiscal year of
1917. This estimate Included expendi
tures llkelv to he mado for tho pro
posed increase In the standing army on
the basis of the conference measure
passed by the Senate and exptndltures
which probably will be made next year
on the naval program now before Con
gress. In addition to preparedness meas
ure, the revised estimate presented
by Mr. McAdoo Included liberal pro
visions for good roads, rural credits
and expenditures to prevent and cope
with floods. In making up the esti
mates the additional cost to the coun
try of preparedness during the year
1917 was plaied at from 190,000,000 to
flOA.ooo.OOO, a figure probably con
siderably less than appropriations to
be authorized by Congress, but approx
imately the sum which actually would
be spnt during the year under the
authorization.
WILSON AIDS COUNTERFEITER.
Commutes Sentence So That He May
Provide For Children.
Wash'.ncton. To enable James
Short to return to Brooklyn and pro
vide a living for his two small chil
dren, President Wilson commuted the
seven year prison sentence Imposed on
Short In 1912 for counterfeiting half
dollars. The pentene given to Short's
wife, convicted with him, has already
expired.
TO TEST NEW MINES FOR U. S.
Destroyer Benham At Norfolk For Ex
perimental Trip.
Norfolk, Va. The de trover Drn
hani arrived here to make tets with a
new type of mines turned ou by the
Norfolk Navy Yard and designed to
permit mine laying from a vessel going
at. high rpefd. The Eenhani will try
the process at a hper;(l of 30 knots.
MORE BRITISH GOLD ARRIVES.
513,000,000 In All Expected To Reach
United SVitej.
New York. Gold bars valued lit $2,
tOo.Of'O, received by J. P. Morpan &
Co. from Canada, were di posited at
tho fts:-ay olEce. Thin coir U;nine;,t
makes a t'ltal.of about fii.EOO.OOO gold
rcdvcd by the hanks fieri Canada
wltiiln t',0 past 10 day. Fully that
n-.iich mere- Is etperted to a.-rlvo In
connor tlon vlth Iiiltiiih obli.tlons In
this MPrket.
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DOING
DOG
AIRMEN
ill
Ifl AERIAL FIT
Shelled as They Fly Over
German Fort
ALL RETURN TO BASE SAFELY
All Return To French Camp Un.
wounded Forty Additional Ameri
can Volunteers Now In Train
ing For Air Service.
Paris. The American aviators who
have been In the service of the French
Army for the past year and who were
recently brought together to form
flotilla, under the name of the Franco
American Flying Corps, took part In
an expedition over the German lines
for the firct time as a separate unit.
They tustalned particularly heavy
shelling as they recrossed the front.
The machine piloted by Lieut Wil
liam K. Thaw, of Pltsburgh, lost part
of Its tuil piece and the propeller was
damaged by a shell, but Lieutenant
Thaw brought It safely back to camp.
Corporal Victor Chapman's machine
was also bit and driven out of Its
course, returning so late to Its base as
to cause anxiety rocarding Chapman's
fate.
Corporal J. L. McConnell, of Cart
hage, N. C, was flying at height of
12,000 feet, but German shells burst
all around blm, showing that the range
of the German and aircraft guns has
been lengthened.
Tho flotilla started at daybreak and
spent nearly two hours roconnoiterlr.g
under sustained fire, but encountered
no German machines tnd no one was
wounded. Scrgt. Elliott Cowdin, of
New York; Corporal Klffen Rockwell,
of Atlanta, Ca.; Sergt. Norman Trlnco,
of ISoston, and Sergeant Hall, of Gal
veston, Texas, aUo took part In the ex
pedition. Three more Franco-American flotillas
are to be organized from the 40 addi
tional American volunteers now in
training.
WOULD ASSUHE NAVY FUEL OIL.
Daniel Urges President To Save Cali
fornia Reserves. .
Washington. Secretary Panlels ap
pealed to President Wilson to use his
Influence to pave the navy's reserves
In the California oil fields as a vital
step in the campaign for adequate na
tional defense. Should the bill favor
ably reported by the Senate Public
I-nnds Committee to legalize certain
entries on lands withdrawn by Presi
dent Taft in 1909 become a law, Mr.
Wilson was told, the navy must aban
don oil fuel and return to coal, with a
consequent losa In steaming radius and
speed to its ships.
15,000 BOY SCOUTS A MONTH.
Big Gain In Recruits Reported At Gen.
eral Conference.
New York. The P,oy Scouts are
gaining recruits at the rate of 15,000
a month, according to a report mado
public at the General Conference of
Scout Executives of Eastern Cities, In
session here. Thirty-two cities east of
St. Louis and Chicago are represented
at the conference. The Scout Execu
tives are considering plans for the
establishment of large, permanent
Scout camps In various parts of the
country, as well as numerous week-end
camps.
BRYAN NOT GOING TO ST. LOUIS.
Nor Will Brother Run For Governor
As Independent
Lincoln, Neb. William Jennings
Ilrynii Is not going to the Democratic
National Convention as an alternate
delegate from Nebraska, according to
an announcement i.iado by him.
Neither Is Charles W, Bryan, defeated
candidate for the Democratic Guber
natorial nomination In Nebraska, plan
ning to run Independently. Mr. llryun's
statement was made, he explained, to
"correct the deliberate and malicious
misrepresentations of corporation-controlled
papers."
TO DUILD NEW RAILROAD.
Proposed Linei From Wheeling Will
Open Rich Coal Land.
Wheeling, W. Va. Application for a
charter for the Wheeling and Eastern
Hallway Company has been niado of
the Secretaries of -Unto of Pennsyl
vania .ml V.'o t Virginia. The com
pnny plans to hul'd i' line of rullrond
j fro;: MeCann :i Fer-y, Pa., on tho
J Monotipahola river, f Wheeling, and
, also a branch line to Miilrboro, Pa.,
! in order to orn n up rh'h coal land In
I Western Pennsylvania.
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Now Understood Intervention Is
Not Intended.
PROMISES MADE BY OBREGON
No Withdrawal Of American Troops
Until the Mexican Chief Demon
strates His Ability To Cope
With the Situation.
Washington. After Tuesday's meet
ing of the Cabinet general nuilsfactlon
was expressed by high officials of the
r.dmlnlstratIon over tho result of
Major General Hugh L. Scott's setnl
diplomatic mission to the border, a a
consequence of which the tension has
for the present, at least, been removed
from the Mexican situation and damrir
of a clash between the military forces
of the two governments averted.
The net result of General Scott's
conferences wllh General Alvnro Olue
gon, the Carranza minister of war, Is
as follows:
1. Major-General Scott Is convlned
that the Carranza de fncto government
has a better and more satisfactory un
derstanding of the motive and purpore
of the T'nlted Slates government In
sending troops Into Mexico mid that
the latier's purposo U not aggression
or armed Intervention.
2. General Obregon lias agreed to
send 10,000 picked troops Into the Hlg
Bend and Tarral regions of Mexico to
stamp nut bandits.
3. General Obregon baa jlven or.
ders to General Trevlno to endeavor to
head off the bandits who raided the
Glenn Springs section of the Pig Tlend
country.
i. The United States troops will
continue to remain In Mexico until the
Carranza government demonstrates
that It has power lo control the sltua;
tlon In those portions of Northern Mex
ico, where the Vnltod States govern
ment has no troops.
6. General Obregon alr-o gives as
surances that the Carranxa forces will
not do certain things and among he.-e
Is the assurance that the de fa"to
forces will not attack the American
expeditionary force.
The verbal report made by General
Scott on his return to Washington, as
well as the Information be brought
from El Paso In the shape of a tran
script of the record of the conferences
was laid before President WIl?on and
the Cabinet at their meeting. General
sutlsfactlon was expressed during and
after the Cabinet meeting over the
general character of the results be
lieved to have been achieved by Gen
eral Scott. If the de facto forces make
a bona fide effort to run down bandits,
develop In unmistakable manner their
ability to re.-tore order, to eliminate
bandits and to prevent further Incur
sions along the border the situation be
tween both governments will be im
measurably relieved and the wl'h
drnwal of the American forces will be
hastened. Put until definite results
have been achieved the American
forces will remain In Mexico and Gen
eral Obregon learned that thry will
not be withdrawn until the President
himself Issues the orders, und that
these orders will not be Issued until
this government Is civlnred that the
Carranza government bas done what
General Obregon promises will be
done.
MISS GERTRUDE TOWER DEAD.
Succumbs To Injuries Received In
Automobile Accident
Philadelphia. Miss Gertrude Tower,
daughter of Charlemagne Tower, for
mer American Ambassador to Ger
many, who was Injured In an auto
mobile accident In Falmiount Purk,
died as a result of her Injuries' In a
hospital hero.
Thomas H. Dougherty, Jr., the polo
player, who was aUo Injured, Is in a
critical condition. He suffered con
cussion of the brain.
Miss Tower and Dougherty were re
turning home from the Philadelphia
Country Club In Pwugherty'g auto
mobile at the time of the accident A
park guard signaled to Dougherty to
lessen the jpeed of the car, and In
swinging a curve the automobile threw
one of Its forward wheels, causing the
machine to turn turtle.
SMOKING SLOWS RECRUITING.
Half New York Marine Enlistment Re
jections Blamed On It
New York. Excessive cigarette
smoking caused 50 per cent, of the re
jections at the United States Marine
Corps recruiting stntion In this city
sinco the first of May, according to
Capt. Frank K. Evans, recruiting olll
cer. The specific causes were faulty
respiration and lachycardis, or rapid
hourt beat.
SHOOTS MOTHER'ANO CHILDREN.
Widower Then Commits Suicide Cn
Crave Of Wife.
Piochestcr, Ind. William Dollars, 30
years old, a miller nt Macy, a village
near here, shot and killed his mother,
Mrs. Anna Dollnrs, 50 years old, and
daughter Ague , C years old; fatally
wounded his son George, 11 years old,
and baby Ida, 2 yeara old, and then
went to a nearby cemetery, whore he
Killed himself on the grave of his wife!
CAPITAL TEACHERS IN UNION.
Thoce Of High Schools Join Federa
tion Of Labor.
Wiu.hln'iin. Illch sel ol teachers
here have formed a union which has ho
co::io a local oc'Uitzat'on of the
A.v.eilcrui Fed'iratioa of Tearhors and
to which t!'e American Federation ol
Labor has is. ir d a charter. So far
101 of tile 2 "J teachers In tho high an;
normal schools h.r.o Joined tho ui'liu,
and uu cffi.t Is beinj f.ati'e to oiva.i
Ize the lower trades.
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DISPELLED
FEARS
VOLUNTEERS PLAN
WORK ON ROADS
Five-County Organization T Co
operate With State Bureau
On Highways.
HarrlBburg
Delaware, Lancaster, York, Law
rence and Cambria county good roads
organizations have sent word to the
State Highway Department of plans to
make effective work on the highways
of the State on good roads day which
comes on Thursday. Probably ten
other counties bave tent notices of
calls for meetings to organize the vol
unteer workers, and the State Bureau
of Township Highway has received as
surances of co-operation from more
than 600 supervisors In response to the
call made by Deputy Commissioner
Hunter.
The Lnncaater county Rood roads
people hav &uot word of organization
of communities to cut down bills on
several roads and automobile clubs
have offered the use of cars, while, the
presidents of the Cambria county and
Iawronce county organizations have
sent word that the number of workers
last year will be exceeded and that
the work Is to be systematized. In
Cambria, calls have been Issued to
supervisors to meet with citizens of
their districts to plan work. At
Stcwartstown, special attention Is to
be given to drainage of roads in the
vicinity.
Several counties bave reported spe
cial appeals to ministers of county
churches to urge work on tbe roads so
that the highways to churches may be
made better.
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Refuse Electric Territory Bar.
The Public Service Commission
made public decisions by Commission
er Rilling;, dismissing complaints made
by the New Castle Electric Company
and tbe Pennsylvania Power Company
against the Harmony Electric Com
pany that the latter was violating ter
ritory. The decisions are made In
lengthy opinions In which Mr. Pilling
finds that the Harmony Company,
which was formed by the merger of
some twenty-six companies, was
operating In the territories complulhed
of prior to January 1, 1914.
It obtained rights in Shenango Town
thlp, Lawrence county, by taking over
an electric company chartered for that
district and did the same in tbe case
of Wayne Township, which Is com
plained of by the Pennsylvania Com
pany. Tbe opinion in the New Castle Com
pany case says, "We fail to see any
authority for the claim made by the
claimant tifr.t by reason of It having
served such territory In Shenango
Township, which Is adjacent to the
city of New Castle as It had a right
on account of provisions In Its char
ter to serve such adjacent territory,
to the exclusion of a company proper
ly organized and doing business prior
to January 1, 1914, and having Shenan
go Township named as the munici
pality In Its charter In which to carry
on Its business.
Old Baltimore Pike Work.
Acting Highway Commissioner
Hunter opened bids for construction of
four sections of the old Baltimore Pike
in which Delaware and Chester county
citizens are co-operating with the State
In rebuilding and for Improved roads
In Delaware and Montgomery counties.
Awards will be made Thursday.
Lowest bids were as follows:
Section 2 Aston and Concord Town
ships. 3.64 miles, Dwyer & Co., Phila
delphia, IC8.538.2L
Section 4 Birmingham Township,
2.75 miles, Juniata Paving Co., Phila
delphia, $50,192.61.
Section 5Ponnsbury and Kennett
Townships, 3.37 miles, Corcoran Con
struction Co.. West Chester, $62,492.64.
Section 7 Penn and London Grove
Townsnlps, 1.96 miles, D. E. O'Connell
& Sons, Avondnlo, $44,255.73.
Whltemarsh Township, Montgomery
county, 4,890 feet, Tsui J. Snyder ft
Co., Philadelphia, Ameslte, $15,912.43.
Nether Trovldence Township, Dela
ware county, brick block pavement,
Dwyer & Co., Philadelphia, $21,686.62.
Each Vote Cost $12.80.
The Rush Township primary election
officers filed an oloctlon expense ac
count amounting to $51.20 with the
Dauphin County Commissioners. Just
four votes were cast, two Republicans
and two Democrats, making the total
exponsa to tbe county for tbe casting
of each vote $12.80.
Strike May Cost State $60,000.
When all tho bills are In It Is be
lieved that the strlko service of the
National Guard organizations In Alle
gheny county this month will cost the
State between $50,000 and $60,000.
State Quarantines Town.
The State Department of Health
quarantined a hotol for smallpox, In
Paint Borough, Somerset county, and
took charge of the sanitary affairs of
the town, the borough having no board
of health. A case of the dlease was
discovered In the hotel.
Plan $300,000 Capital Viaduct -
Grelner and Whitman, of Baltimore,
were commissioned by Council to make
plans for the new $300,000 city viaduct
over railroad tracks.
The Pennsylvania State Suffrage As
soclatlon announces that workers at
county fairs this summer will give
away matches to the men In an effort
to win votes f',r the cause. On the
wrapping of the lu x will be thcRC mes
rapes: "The more light you ret. on
woman suffief o tho butter it loolts."
On her fir t utt.viipt (o run tho new
:'amily intV ' vlnic, unasslrted, Mrs.
Teorge V.arhurger, of Eberly's Mills,
an the cji' duvn a twenty-foot cm
bunkment. Ni Ither Mrs. Marburgor
nor her two children were Injured.
STATE NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD
The latest Gleanings From All
Over the State.
TOLD IN SHORT PARAGRAPHS
Howard C. Fry, coal merchant of
Harrisburg, has been elected president
of the Harrisburg Rotary Club.
Council of South Bethlehem adopted
a resolution pledging $25,000 toward
the erection of a new bridge across lbs
Lehigh River.
Caldwell Fant, tblrty-slx years eld.
of Harrisburg, cut his finger while at
work two weeks ago and died Thuri
day of blood poisoning.
An Allentown jury haB awarded to
the Salvation Array $2,100 damagsi
for the obstruction of air, light and
access to Its building by the "L" of tie
Philadelphia & Western Railway,
William Dletz, employed in the erec
tlon of an addition to the Eugls
Brothers' silk mills, Shamokln, plunged
from tbe fourth story girders to tbe
ground. He was removed in a critical
condition to the State Hospital, bis
skull having been fractured.
Workmen excavating for a hotel ad
dition at York, uncovered a box con
taining the bones of a young man, evi
dently buried there seventy-five jean,
or more ago. The police are making
an Investigation. Many years ago a
stable occupied tbe site and the prop
erty was owned by James Smith, on
of tbe signers of the Declaration of
Independence.
As the result of a conference be
tween officials of tbe Lehigh Coal t
Navigation Co. and the United Mine
Workers It Is expected that the strike
inaugurated In the Panther Creek Vat
ley on May 3, throwing eight thousand
Idle, will bo settled within a few days
The proposition will be submitted to
tbe dlffere'nt locals for a referendum
vote. .
Charles M. Schwab sanctioned the
election of another large department
to his Bethlehem steel plant, which
means an outlay of more than half a
million dollars and gives employment
to several score of skilled mechanics
On account of the demand for larger
caliber guns, a new general annealing
test and storage plant for large gum
will be built on the bill between the
Lehigh and Saucon plant
Thirteen-year-old Ralph Schmidt, of
Catawlssa, climbed a thirty-foot tele
phone pole, upon which steps had been
placed, touched a telophono wire,
crossed with a municipal electric wire,
and was hurled to the ground, suffer
ing concussion of the brain. The boy
and his father brought suit for $20,000.
The jury gave the boy a dollar and the
father $56.
A rave In on the main street of
Mazeville, Schuylkill county, swallow
ed six-year-old Joseph Chublck and
soon after the subsidence spread and a
house fell to the bottom of the hole,
which is 100 or more feet deep. The
boy soon was clambering up the side
of the cave-In after the first sub
sidence, but was caught by a socond
fall of earth which carried him Into
the Interior of the Stanton Mine, of
the Madeira II1U Coal Company.
A deed filed at Sunbury transferred
S.607 acres of coal land In Northumber
land and Columbia counties, owned by
the Anthracite Coal Company, of Pitts
burgh, and leased by the Colonial Col
lieries Company, to the Colonial' Col
leges Company, a new Pittsburgh cor
poratlon, for a consideration of $1,
200,000. A $300,000 mortgage bold by
the Colonial Trust Company, of Pitts
burgh, was satisfied. Tbe rights and
Interests of the richest coal lands In
the two counties operated by the
Colonial Collerles Company since 1907
thus have been acquired by the com
pany for $1,600,000.
The Patriotic Order of Americans in
session at Harrisburg selected Read
ing for next year's convention. Offi
cers elected were: President, Mrs.
Amber Strausser, Altoona; assistant
president, Milton D. Delp, Philadel
phia; vice-president, Mrs. Clara Berg
man', Ashland; assistant, John M
Nugent, Philadelphia; conductor,
Theresa Pearson, Philadelphia; assist
ant, William II. Roderwig. of York;
guard, Mrs. Lottie Miller, Annvllle; sen
tinel, Mrs. Cora Bastlan, Milton; trus
tee Mrs. Ida Relst, Schafferstown.
Resolutions favoring a flag In every
schoolroom were discussed.
Ridley Park passed an $85,000 loan
bill for a new high school building by
a two to one vote. The School Board,
civic and woman's clubs and the home
and school associations have been
waging a civic campaign In Its favor
for weeks. The vote In the North Pre
cinct was 79 for, 42 against; South Pre
cinct, 82 for, 44 against.
Falling headlong Into a basin con
taining little more than a gallon of
water, Victor, the one-year-old twin
son of Anthony Cacease, of Reading,
was drowned.
Leaving a note saying "good-by, I'm
sick of ull this raving about standing
head of my class; don't worry," John
Wachtmnn, first-honor man of tbe
Harrisburg Technical High School, has
disappeared from his home In West
Falrvlcw. His parents hnve askod po
lice aid In searching for him,
Tho body of C, J. Troy, who foil from
tho New Cumberland, Valley Railroad
brldite Into the Susquehanna River,
April 10, was found by Harry Naco, of
Illghsplre. Michael Troy, hla brother,
paid a reward of $100.