THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS, McCONNELLSBURG, PA.
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IRE PICKED OFF
Returned Troopers Tell of Their
Desperate Fight.
HOW GEN. COMEZ WAS SLAIN
traphic Accounts Given By Bill Harris,
th Sharpshooter, Who Brought
Down the Mexican
Commander.
EI Faso. A graphic story of the
Carrizal fight from the lips of those
mho bore the brunt of It was told here
by the returned trouper.
"It was treachery," they cried. "We
thought they were friendly. They
pretended to be until they had us sur
rounded. Then the slaughter began.
We did not have a chance. The Mexi
cans even killed our wounded when
tie fight was over."
This last statement- one of the
gravest charts that can grow out of
civilized warfare was corroborated by
three of the American soldiers. There
were Private William P. Gibson and
Luther Alexander, of Troop C, and
Private Archie Jones, of Troop K.
Cut Men's Throats.
"The Mexicans those who spoke
English bragged before us of having
killed our wounded men," declared
Gibson. "They k t out their long
knives and demonstrated how they had
cut the throats of the fallen Americans
fter the battle was over.
"Yes, and I passed some of our
wounded troops on the Held during
the battle," added Alexander; "after
ward I saw that their throats bad been
cat. I wondered how their thronts had
been cut until I heard the Mexican sol
diere bragging about having done it
after a rd."
Heroic Captain Mcrey.
Heroism, whlrh may be rivaled, but
Sever surpassed, was shown by Cap-
ta'.n Iioyd, of Troop K, according to
an eye-witness of his death. Among
the group also were soldiers who ac
companied C'apt. Lewis Morey, Troop
C, into the little adobe hut. where they
took shelter from the withering fire of
the Mexicans. The soldiers did not
know that Captain Morey had escaped
death. Shouts of Joy rang out when
they learned of It.
Among the group was the American
trooper who killed the Carranza. gen
eral, Gomez. Another told of killing
the two operators of the Mexican ma
chine gun, silencing it finally.
William:!, of Troop K, told of Cap
tain Morey:
"When 1 saw that we were am
bushed without shelter, 1 dashed to a
llfle adobe hut about 2u0 yards away,"
he said. "There was Captain Morey
sitting on the floor, his hand to his
shoulder. Ulood was injuring from a
wound.
"'Hoys,' he said, 'we'll hae to make
a. stand here.' 1 looked out of the
floor and saw Mexicans swarming to
ward the hut. I told the captain.
"'Save yourselves,' he ordered.
Thrw of the boys grabbed the cap
tain and they rushed out of the door.
Tage, Stone and I followed them. We
weie surrounded Immediately. Twen
ty Mexicans Jumped on us. I did not
tee where Captain Mory went."
Gibson, of Ttoop C, saw Captain
Morey a few minutes later.
"The captain and four other wound
ed men we-e hiclins In a ditch," said
ie. "Twenty -live Mexicans were rush
ing toward them. I and seven others
Jumped up and ran away to at
tract the Mexicans away from Captain
Morey. Thoy captured us, but te es
caped. "
It was Gibson who killed the two
Mexican machine-gun operators.
Bill Harris. Qret-class marksman.
Troop K, Tenth Cavalry. Is the man
who fired the shot and killed General
Gomez, the Mexican leader who lured
the Americans ln'o the trap at Car
rizul. Here Is the soldier's story:
Shot Six Mexicans.
"There was a corporal on my riftht.
We were flat on our bellies. The cor
poral had shot six Mexicans. I got
two out of the one clip and was re
loading, when the corporal said:
"'Mighty hot, ain't if. Dill?'
"Hotter'n hades," I said.
" 'Yes. boy
the corporal said, 'but !
it in't half so hot as it's going to be.
Look yonder! That's a flankin' party,
Hill; sure they're going to wipe us out
clean out this climate.'
"The corporal did not need to tell
me I saw. There they were, coming
right on - eery which way.
" "They've got an idea they are going
1o clean us up from the rear,' I said.
"'And I got a hunch I'm lining to
blow that Idea right out of thai offi
cer's noodle," said the corporal.
"Then he reloaded. I did not pay
much attention to hint for the next !
lew minutes. The Mexicans were Hure
hM.'tlng right at us. Uiulit at my
lead. The sand looked like rain was
:tlfing It. Then the corporal got
J lunged.
"I moved over and took his place.
That gave him some coer. Rut he
tHtr said anything more about that
Mfixii an general with the Idea. I look
ed at Mm once. His head was wob.
blitig In the sand.
1 He Kilted Gomez.
"Then 1 got my sight fixed for 250
yards. Through it I could see the
Mexican general galloping toward us,
NO JAP WARSHIPS FOUND.
Admiral Winslow Completes Search
Of West Coast Of Mexico.
Washington. Admiral Winslow re
ported that his Act had made a com
l'i:e survey of the Mexican West
Court and had found no trace of
Ja;i4iie.ie warship", whose presence
tfcrr had been rumored. The Admiral
lervardt-J an unconfirmed report that
s i Tin U.i.ier earned Orhara had been
jnir'td amnesty and comnili-.-ioned as
a. i;r.. era! In the Carranza ;-my.
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MAJ. GEN. FRED FUNSTON
hut a little to the right. I plugged
the horso first shot. Down he went!
The general went down with him. I
got him Just as he was scrambling to
his feet. Ho Just doubled all up, then
doubled all down again, slow like, to
the sand.
" 'That Mexican olllcer won't have
any more ideas,' I raid to the corporal.
The corporal did not answer. And
his head wasn't wobbling any more.
"Hut the sand was all rod there."
Sergeant Page, the ranking Ameri
can trooper among the prisoners,
with Privates Stone and Williams,
were still fighting half an hour after
the general engagement ended. They
were made prisoners only after htrd
resistance. Page said:
A Desperate Fight
"We got a mile and a half away
from the fevne of the big scrap, and
It looked as though we were going to
be able to escape. Hut wo were In
plain sight out there on the desert
and dismounted. Pretty soon along
came a big nentohmcnt or Mexicans.
We managed to drop into a hole in
the desert. Then we waited. Am
munition was low. We let 'em get to
within 200 yards.
"Then we began opening up. Mexl-
; cans toppled on ponies raster man
I we could count them. I guess each
j one of us got an average of 10 men
, apiece. That's because we had some
', cover.
! "The Mexicans did not know what
they were up against for a good many
i minutes. Then they fell back.
j "But we were practically trapped
anyway. We knew that the minute
we rose out of that depression they
I would be on to us. So, while they
, were out of range we Just waited.
Soon wo saw 'em riding far off to the
; right and to the left ; saw both col
1 umns close in, and saw all of them,
fan fashion, start riding up to us.
"We picked a few more off. Then
we held up a sombrero as a signal of
, surrender. A Mexican held up his
hat. Then w e stood up. They did not
shoot. We held up our arms. Our
guns were hot In the sand; our am
munition belts were empty. Soon as
we walked out into the open without
our rifles the whole outfit of Mxl
cans galloped at us, surrounded us and
started us walking the niilo and half
i back to Carrlzal. There they took
, everything we had."
I Robbed Of His Money.
Corporal William Hague, Troop C,
: Tenth Cavalry, who was robbed of
: J207 by Carranza soldiers, worried
more while he was in the Chihuahua
1 penitentiary about the recovery of his
money than he did about his own fate.
; He said: I
"They took that gold away from
i me at Carrizal, right there after we
'quit fighting. Then that started me
: to fighting again. Put they were too
many for us and I was afraid if I
1 did not let them take It they would
i kill all prisoners. But een if 1 don't
'. get that gold back I had some pay
ment. j "1 got six Mexicans that I know of.
I I was holding a sharpshooter's posl
i tlon about CO yards from a Mexican
! trench. I was flat on the sand, but 1
I had dug into It with my hands until
my body was afforded some cover.
There were eight Mexicans in the
trench. When the fight was over only
two came out. And those are the two
that took my coin."
Silenced Machine Guns.
"They stole my $400, my half carat
diamond ring and my 17-jeweled
watch," Gibson said, "and when we
were passing through Villa Ahumada
and Chihuahua City the people threw
stones and coal at us."
"They got $90.33 from me. but they
fixed my arm up all right," Jones
added.
It was a day and a half before they
looked at my shoulder," asserted
Alexander, tho moft seriously wound
"Then they didn't dress it very
well."
RURAL CREDITS TO WILSON.
Good Roads Bill Also Rfady For
Approval.
Washington. Congress finally ap
proved conference reports on the
liural Credits bill and the Good Itoads
bill and sent the two measures to
President Wilson for his signature.
The former establishes a chain of
farm loan banks and the latter ap
propriates $S5,000,000 to aid the Slates
in road building.
BROWNSVILLE EASTERN BASE.
Facilities To Supply 40,000 Men Pro
vided By Depot.
Ilrownsville, Texas. Facilities to
supply 40,000 men have been provided
by the establishment of a depot quar
termaster's headquarters here, It was
announced at Fort Brown. Several
hundred carloads of freight, with all
kinds of equipment, Is now moving to
ward Brownsville, and It was stated
Uils would be the base for the eastern
division of the army.
THE VITAL ISSUE
NOT YET SETTLED
Troopers' Release Does
Clear Horizon.
Not
WAR MEASURES GO ON
American Troops Must Be Accorded
the Right Of Pursuing Raider
Across the Border Protests
Made By Both Sides.
Washington. The Washington Gov
ernment is awaiting full compliance
with Ha demands by the da facto au
thorities of Mexico.
Release by General Carranza's order
of the American prisoners taken at
Carrlzal has averted the probability of
immediate retaliatory steps. It la pos
sible that it has also helped to pave
! the way toward an attempt at peace-
ful settlement of the whole border
! situation. High officials made It very
clour, however, that the vital point at
Issue the futuro attitude of Mexican
forces toward American troops in
Northern Mexico, engaged in guarding
the border and pursuing bandits who
raided American territory remains lo
be settled.
No Hint Of Reply.
The State Department bad no ad-
ices as to when a diplomatic reply
to its demands might be expected. The
Carranza government has adopted the
unubual course of complying in Utj.
with an urgent demand from a foreign
government before it even acknowi
edged receipt of tbe note or made any
statement of what it proposed to do.
Pending a sttuUftetory answer to its
second and more far-reaching require
ments, the I'nlted States will continue
to hurry troops to the border and to
take every step necessary In prepara
tion for the carrying out of its pur
poses by force of arms.
May Stand By Order.
Intimations have come, It is under
stood, that Carranza Intends to back
up the orders Issued to General
Trevino directing that American
troops be attacked if they moved In
any direction In Mexico except toward
the border. Officials are fully pre
pared for a reply of that character, de
spite the fact that the prisoners taken
at Carrlzal have been promptly sur
rendered on demand. They expect,
however, that the realllrmatlon of
position will be made in a ndte free
from hostile lunguage and continuing
the discussion of the advisability of
the withdrawal of American troops
from Mexico.
Apparently Secretary Lansing is de
termined to get a clear statement of
Intentions on which action by the
L'nited States can be founded. Car
ranza officials profess an earnest de
sire to avoid a clash, however, and a
further struggle to fii diplomatically
responsibility for hostilities that may
come is foreshadowed.
U. 8. CONSULATE LOOTED.
Government Property Confiscated,
Shield Torn Down By Carranzlstas.
Nogales, Ariz. The Ameriran con
sulate at Nouales, Sonora, across the
border from here, was looted by Car
ranza soldiers and the shield torn
down. Consul Simpich fled to Ameri
can soil In fear of his life.
l'nited States Government property
was confiscated by the looters. An
appeal for aid has been made by
Consul Simpich to General Calles, In
charge of the Mexican troops.
The Carranza general refused to
take any artlon concerning the report
that his soldiers had fired on American
troops. He declared his Investigation
showed the Mexicans had not crossed
the border, but nevertheless were
fired on by Amerlrans.
U. S. TROOPS OVER BORDER.
Following Hot Trail Of Mexicans Who
Murdered Rancher.
Columbus, N. M. I'nlted States
troops have crossed the border in pur
suit of the Mexican bandits who shot
to death William Parker and his bride.
Iietachments of troops from Las Cle
negas. Alamo Nueco and Culbertson's
ranch are on the trail of the Mexi
cans. Several horses which the ban
dits bad driven from Parker's corral,
were discovered within half a mile of
the International line.
Lieut. -Col. John C. Waterman, com
manding the border patrol at Harhlta,
stated that two Mexicans employed by
Parker have disappeared. They are
believed to have been Implicated with
the bandits in the double murder.
CROWDING PERSHING.
Large Bodies Of Mexicans Said To Be
Threatening.
Columbus, N. M. According to re
ports received here, 10,000 Carranza
cavalry have been mobilized at Dus
1 11 to. on the Mexico Northwestern
Itallroad. Twelve thousand men are
at Villa Ahumada, 2,000 are at Guzman
and General Pelias Calles, of Sonora.
is moving large bodies of troops to
ward the Sonora-Chihuahua border. If
these reports are true, the enveloping
movement of the Mexicans around
General Pershing's army is becoming
more and more pronounced.
SUNDRY CIVIL BILL APPROVED.
Both Senate and House Agree To
Measure.
Washington. The Sundry Civil Ap
propriation bill carrying 1128,299,284,
as finally agreed upon in conference,
was approved by both Senate and
House. An amendment provides that
the appropriation for a new govern
ment powder factory may be used for
the purchase or construction of a
plant or for enlargement of one of
thou now ownad by tie Government
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BRIG. GEN. JOHN J. PERSHING
THE ALLIES BEGIN
A
Marked Activity Alonq the
Franco-Belgian Front.
GREAT GAS CLOUDS SENT UP
German War Office Announces This
Apparently New Offensive By the
British and the Northern
Wing Of the French Line.
Berlin (via Ixmdon). Marked
activity continues In evidence along
the Franco-Belgian front held by the
nritlsh and tbe northern wing of the
French line. Numerous gas clouds are
being employed by the Entente forces
in the operations, the War Olllco an
nounced. The artillery fire on the
German lines was especially Intense In
the vicinity of Somme.
The official statement says
"On the British front and tha north
ern wing of the French army patrol
fighting developed. Numerous gas
and smoke clouds floated toward us.
They did no dnmage to the Germans
and at some places Boated back to
the enemy trenches. The enemy fire
was directed with especial Intensity
against us on both sides of the Somme.
"As a result of the bombardment
of Nesle, by the French, 22 of their
own countrymen were either killed or
wounded.
"On the right bank of the Meusr.
French a'tacks northwest and west of
the armored work of Thiaumont and
southwest of Fort Vaux were Inef
fective. In Chapitre wood an enemy
detachment of two ottlcers and a few
dozen men was surprised and its mem
bers made prisoners.
On the eastern front follows:
"Army group of Field Marshnl von
HIndenburg: German detachment
which penetrated Russian positions
south ..of Kekkau, brought back 26
prisoners, one machine gun and one
mine thrower. Another detachment,
which entered Russian positions north
of Miadzlol brought bark one officer,
18S men, six machine guns and four
mine throwers. Enemy patrol was
driven off. Numerous bombs were
dropped on the railway freight station
at Dvlnsk.
Army group of Prlnre Leopold:
The situation is unchanged.
"Army group of General von Lln-
singen: Southwest of Sokul we storm
ed Russian lines and took several hun
dred prisoner. Enemy counter-attacks
were nowhere successful.
The Italian Drive.
Rome (via London). Following up
their recent successes on the Trentlno
front, the Italians have- driven back
the Austrlans still further, the War
Ofllce announced. The Italians have
captured Posina, Arslcro, Mounts
Flara, Taverle, Spitz, Kesseiie and
Clma Delia Saette and the crests on
the Calderla and Campanella.
"On the right our Alpine troops tar
ried the crests on the Calderla and
Campenella, after much gallant fight
ing. "Along the whole front there is con
siderable evidence of the enemy's
methods. Arslero was destroyed by
fire. Asiago and many smiling villages
were reduced to smouldering ruins.
Near Magna Hoschl some hundred
naked corpses' of our soldiers were
found In mire.
"In the Sugana Valley the situation
is unchanged. In upper Vancl we oc
cupied Mas! dl Tognola. There were
no events of Importance on the re
mainder of the front."
PANAMA REGULATIONS.
Bill Is Aimed To Keep Undesirables
From Military Defenses.
Washington. At the request of the
War Department the Senate passed
without debate a bill authorizing the
Governor of the Panama of Canal
Zone to make regulations governing
the right to enter any part of the zone.
Senator Brandegee, explained that the
object was to keep undesirable per
sons away from a vulnerable part of
the military defenses of the L'nited
States.
FOUR VILLISTAS TO BE HANGED.
Captured Columbus Raiders On Way
To Darning For Execution.
Santa Fe, N. M. Four of the five
remaining Villlsta bandits captured In
the Columbus raid and sentenced to
hang were taken from the penitentiary
here and are now on their way to
Denting, where they will be banged on
the fame scaffold used for their two
fellow-raiders on June t. The one
bandit of Ibe seven to escape execu
tion was Jos Rodriguez.
S
ATTACK
MOREY
F
Plucky Officer Found By Relief
Party.
HIS WOUNDS NOT DANGEROUS
Left In Desert To Die At Own Request,
He Recovered Enough Strength
To Drag Himself To Rancl
Of American.
Field Headquarters, Mex. (by Wire
less lo Columbus, N. M.). Twenty-
three American soldiers are known to
have lost their lives on the bnttlefleld
at Carrlzal, according to a report to
General Pershing from Major Jenkins
commanding the Eleventh Cavalry col
umn, ordered to scour the country In
that, vicinity for survivors.
The ' report told of the rescue In
safety of C'apt. Lewis S. Morey, after
he 1 'uVmade a daring stand in the
face of heavy Mexican odds and heroic
personal sacrifices In an effort to save
the lives of his men. Major Jenkins
said he had evidence that nine Amerl
can troopers, in addition to those pre
viously reported dead, had been killed.
A note found on the body of ('apt,
Charles T. Boyd, the American com
mander, who lost his life In a charge
on the Mexican machine gun trench
proved that General Felix Gomez, the
Mexican commander. Invited him Into
the town of Carrizal, and that he had
refused and afterward conferred with
Gomez outside the town. Neither the
notebook of Captain Boyd nor that of
Captain Morey, both of which were
recovered, threw any new light on the
clash, according to the report.
Left On Desert To Die.
After the first Uring, Troop K, under
Captain Morey's command, took refuge
In a nearby adobe, Major Jenkins re
ported. Realizing that they were sur
rounded and outnumbered by Mexican
troops, he ordered his men to leave
the hut in small detachments, that
their chances of escape might be in
creased. Captain Morey, himself suffering
with slight wounds, with four men, re
mained hidden throughout the day in
the house, which was within 2,000
ynrds of tho Carranza line.
That night, the parly of four started
afoot in an attempt to make their way
back to the expeditionary command.
However, Captain Morey soon became
so weak from loss of blood that he
was unable to walk, and, believing he
was dying, he ordered his men to leave
him and save themselves.
Showed Great Endurance.
This they did, but shortly afterward
the wounded olllcer managed to rally
enough strength to crawl to the ranch
house of an American named McCabe,
living about nine miles from Carrlzal.
Major Jenkins reported that he had
found Captain Morey hidden iu Mc
Cabe's house and that his wounds
were not dangerous.
Upon the receipt of the dispatch.
General Pershing said 43 members of
the command engaged had been ac
counted for and that one other is
known to be alive, but is lost In the
desert. The remainder of the H men
who made up the detachment are be
lieved to have been killed or made
prisoners.
SIOUX INDIANS WOULD ENLIST.
1.500 Offer Services, But Are Told To
Wait
Washington. Fifteen hundred
Sioux Indians in South Dakota have
offered to enlist In the military serv
ice of the l'nited States in the Mexican
emergency. The offer came In a let
ter to Senator Johnson, of South
Dakota, who notified Secretary of War
Ilaker. The Senator was informed that
the Indians must restrain their
patriotic desire to fight for their coun
try unless there is a call for vol
unteers. CARRANZA TO BAR VILLA.
Bandit Chief Won't Be Allowed To
Join Army.
Washington. A report that Fran
cisco Villa and a body of his followers
are to bo mustered into the Carranza
army in the event of war with the
I'nlted States was officially denied by
Ellseo Arredondo, General Carranza's
Ambassador designate hero.
Mr. Arredondo said he hat been ad
vised from Mexico City that under no
circumstances would Villa or the ban
dits allied with him, be permitted to
serve with the de facto troops.
MOVIES TO BOOST RECRUITING.
Daniels Accepta Proposal, Ships At
Vera Cruz To Ba Shown.
Washington. A proposal by five
moving-picture weekly news services
to boost recruiting for the navy
through pictures showing the Ameri
can naval ships at Vera Cruz was ac
cepted by Secretary Daniels. Secre
tary Baker referred to General Funs
ton a proposal to send movie operators
to General Pershing's camp to help
army recruiting.
BRITAIN TO ACT FOR U. t.
French To Represent the Mexican In
terests At Washington.
London. American affairs In Mex
ico will be taken, over by British diplo
matic and consular officials in case of
war. Arrangements have virtually
boen made for the taking over of Mexi.
ran Interests at "Washington by the
French Embassy.
Pittsburgh, Pa., la agitating for t
subways syrtem, to cost $16,000,000.
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ALTOONA LOSES IN
WIDOW'S APPEAL
State Compennatlon Board Finds Po
llceman Died of Injuries
Suffered on Duty.
HajTisburg. The appeal of the City
of Altoona from the decision of Com
pensatlon Referee Jacob Snyder al
lowing compensation to the widow ol
Policeman D. G. Galderwood, fatally
hurt while on duty, has been dismissed
by the State Workmen's Compensation
Board In an Opinion by Commissioner
lohn A. Scott, ttf case presents some
unusual features beeausa of the claim
of the city that the policeman died of
cute nephritis, not produced by bit In
jury when he was thrown from a street
car and tbat the policeman had left his
beat without permission. The widow
claimed that tbe man was thrown
while stepping on a street car and tbat
he died of concussion of tbe brain
and paralysis, nine days after the ac
tideiit. The decision finds that the
policeman died from results of the fall
Mr. hcott finds that by his contract
of service the policeman was, In some
senso, always In the employ of the
city, always subject to duty, at call
ind that on the night of the accident he
was on a special assignment, He
also says "The fact that the deceased
Immediately after the accident pro
ceeded lo the performance of his fur
ther duties under adverse conditions
to some extent supports the view that
he had not left his duties for purposes
of his own."
Governor Accepts P. O. 6. Of A. Office,
A telegram of thanks from Governor
Brumbaugh for the offer of 10,000 vol
unteers for Mexican service from the
Patriotic Order Sons of America was
received by Colonel William W.
Schank. commander of the First Reg!
ment Reserves of the Older.
Governor Brumbaugh accepted them
as part of the State's contribution to
the defenses of the nation and for
warded the offer to Secretary of War
Baker. A conference was held be
tween tbe officers of the Pennsylvania
State enmp and the officers of the na
tional organization and it was decided
to offer the services of every member
of the order in the United States.
Plans now are being developed by
the officers of the National Camp, In
cluding J. C. Strayer, York, Pa., na
tional president; William J., Heaps,
Baltimore, Md., national vlce-presl
dent; Samuel Roberts, Conshohocken,
Pa., national master of forms, and
Charles H. Stees, national secretary,
to start a recruiting campaign through
out the country among the members of
the P. O. S. of A.
The campaign for recruits among
the 12r.,000 members In Pennsylvania
was opened Monday. This does not
Include 5,000 members of the forty
companies of the Pennsylvania Re
serves. All of these men have passed
a medical examination similar to that
given the National Guardsmen and are
ready to leave for the Mexican border
In twenty-four hours.
Complete plans have boen drawn up
for the mobilization of the forty re
serve companies Into battalions, and
the officers have been assured that
should a call for volunteers be made
this organization would be among the
first to be called.
Fire Marshal's Fees Held Up.
The twenty-five hundred assistant"
to the State Fire Marshal will receive
no more fees nor mileage until the
next Legislature either transfers funds
of that department for tho purpose, or
passes a deficiency bill to cover ex
penses Incurred, according to an opin
ion rendered the State Fire Marshal
by the Attorney General's Department.
The $10,000 set aside by the State as a
contingent fund has been exhausted
and the marshnl Is Informed that there
Is nn other fund from which the fees
and mileage mny be drawn.
The Attorney General's department
also holds, In an opinion rendered in
response to an inquiry of the State
Beard of Education that, although an
architect in his contract with a local
school board may reserve the right of
property in his dans and specifications
for a school building, he cannot Inter
fere with the authority of the State
Board lo file and retain a copy of the
plans and specifications among it rec
ords.
O'Nell Makes Pledge.
If I cannol be the real Insurance
Commissioner, I won't sit here and
draw a fat salary while someone else
Is doing the work," declared J. Denny
O'Neil, of Pittsburgh, newly appointed
nsurance Commissioner, who was
sworn In on his arrival In Harrlsburg
by the Secretary of the Common
wealth. Samuel W. McCulloch, Act
ing Commissioner, Introduced Mr.
O'Nell to the duties of the office.
O'Nell refused to state whether he
would retain McCulloch as deputy,
saying he has not yet consulted with
he Governor. "I intend to learn all
there Is to know about my Job,"
smiled O'Nell, "for I Intend to conduct
a strictly business administration."
60 Per Cent. Peach Crop.
The peach crop of Pennsylvania will
be about sixty per cent, of normal,
according to Department of Agricul
ture reports. The counties where the
crop will -be unusually small are Alle
gheny, Armstrong, Butler, Cambria,
Forest, Jefferson, Lackawanna, Union,
Warren and Wyoming. In Fayette,
Indiana, Somorset and Westmoreland
Counties there are practically no
peaches.
Decrease In Spring Pigs.
The number oX hogs to be slaughter
ed next fall by the fnrmers of Pennsyl
vania will be considerably smaller
than for many years as the production
of home-raised pigs this spring was
en per cent, smaller than last year.
Reports of the Department of Agri
culture indicate that there was a big
decrease In the number of spring pigs.
The high price of hogs In the fall
prompted the farmers to sell off their
I brood sows too closely and the spring
j pig erop Is away below the average.
STATE NEWS
TOLD
The Latest Gleanings From All
Over the State.
TOLD IN SHORT PARAGRAPHS
Mrs. Eliza Sprangle, of Altoona, who
died June 19, left an estate valued at
$35,000, all to charity. In Ignoring her
relatives, she was complying with the
wishes of her late husband, John A.
Sprangle, a merchant, according to her
counsel. The bulk of her fortune,
$20,000, was left to tbe Theological
Department of. Lincoln University,
Lower Oxford, Chester County. These
other bequests are made: $5,000 to the
Passavant Memorial Home for the Care
of Epileptics, at Rochester, Beaver
County, Pa.; $5,000 to the Altoona Hos
pital, Altoona. If her estate falls to
realize $35,000, the bequests shall be
reduced proportionately; If it exceeds
that sum, the bequests will be In
creased correspondingly. The fortune
consists of realty In Altoona and cash.
There was unveiled at Carlisle a
monument In memory of Mollle Pitch
er, the "heroine of Monmouth," be
fore an assembly comprising: State
and national officials, representatives
of leading patriotic organization! an 4
suffrage clubs from all over the East
The tablet was designed by J. Otto
Schwelzer. The unveiling ceremonies
occurred directly over Molly Pitcher's)
grave In what is known as the "Old
Graveyard." The principal address at
the unveiling was made by Governot
Brumbaugh.
John Iiuer, twenty years old, and
Harry MINr, thirty-one, of Lancaster,
employes of a plumbing concern, were
drowned In a city newer trap in that
city. Lauer, when the trap was open,
ed to locate some trouble, started to
descend the ladder, but was overcome
by gas and fell Into eight feet of
water. Miller was told of the acci
dent and, hastening from the shop,
started down to rescue Lauer. He
also was overcome by the gas and met
the same fate. Both bodies were re
covered.
Over .100 delegates were present at
the session of the Pennsylvania For
estry Association and allied organiza
tions, including the Wild Life League
of Pennsylvania at Reading. Ad
dresses were made by Dr. Joseph
Kalbfus, representing tho State Game
Association, and Nelson R. McNaugh-
ton, representing the State Depart
ment of Forestry.
The Chester City Council passed
finally an ordinance to Increase the
Indebtedness of the city $100,000 to
provide .monoy for the erecting of a
new. municipal building. A small por
tion of this money will be used In
motorizing the few pieces of city fire
apparatus which arc still horsedrawn
and making some other minor mu
nicipal Improvements.
A volunteer company of 150 men
was organized at the Dauphin County
Court House. The call for the organ
ization was Issued by veterans of the
Spanish-Amerlcnn War. The company
will be drilled so that It will bo
reudy to report for the front as soon
as a call for volunteers Is Issued.
Mlrhael-Preto, fifty-three years old,
owner of a peanut store In Allentown,
shot his wife and himself. She Is
In a serious condition, but there Is a
chance for her recovery, but the
surgeons at the Allentown Hospital,
to which both were taken, believe
Prete will die.
Daniel Guptlll, of Everson, Fayette
County, a member of the National
Guard, was Injured fatally while lean
ing from a car window as the train
was going Into Huntingdon.
Simon Zoogby, sixty years old, a
leading business man of Shenandoah,
after seeing his daughter off on her
wedding tour, went home and fell
dead of heart disease.
Prospects for a largo huckleberry
crop at Albiightsvllie are very en
couraging. The berries will ripen late
owing to the continued cool and wet
weather.
Just half an hour after he began
work at tho Bethlehem Steel Works,
Frank Tato, while overheated, drank
cup of cold water and fell dead.
He was thirty-six years old.
Six-year-old Forest MuKhlitz, of
Freldensvllle, while playing In a hay
loft, fell to the ground and probably!
has a fractured skull and spine.
Mayor McDowell, ot Chester, is s
ectlng a committee of representative
citizens to look after the families of
the members pf Companies B and O,
Sixth Regiment, of that city, who
might suffer as a result of their rela
tives being summoned to colors.
Stella Sperling, aged twenty-four, Is
in the Allentown Hospital, dying from
a fractured sKull. She was on of a
party of four motorcyclists riding tan
dem on the Schnecksville pike, when
the machine she .w as on struck a dog
and she fell off.
Draining a bottle of medicine during
his mother's absence, John, the three-year-old
son of Harry Burko, of Cralgs
Village, Is dead.
Picking a torpedo with a knife re
suited in an explosion, which cost
Leonard Levlne, aged five years, of
Mahanoy City, his sight.
Washington Camp, No. 680, Patrioflo
Sons of America, of Euola, Is planning
the organization of a volunteer com
pany as soon as volunUers are called.