TlVEflTY-SIX DEAD" IN GAR G0LL1SI0N , Sixty-three Injured Near Johns town, Pa. ENTIRE FAMILY WIPED OUT Darrell Dishong, Wife and Two Chit dren Victims Passengers On Way To Reunion At Park. Johnstown, Pa. Twenly-six persons were killed and 63 Injured in a head on collision betwen two crowded trol ley cars on the line of the Southern Cambria Traction Company between Echo and Brookvale, seven miles from here. Fourteen persons were instantly killed while eleven others died after being removed from the wreckage. Several more are In a critical condi tion and will probably die. Cause Not Determined. The cause of the accident has not been determined. Coroner Fltzgerild at once started an Investigation. The company In a statement said It was absolutely without data on which to ease a report of how the accident oc curred. As soon as word of the wreck was received here, a score of physicians and nurses were rushed In au'omobiles to the Bcene, followed shortly after ward by motor trucks hastily fitted up as ambulances and several pieces of motor fire apparatus. Both Car Demolished. According to persons In the vicinity at the time of the wreck, one car was Handing still near the car barn at Echo when the other car, In charge of Mutorman Angus Varner, crashed down a steep grade Into it. Both cars were demolished by the impact. Shortly before the accident Varner's rar was seen to nish past the station at Rrookvale, witn Varner frantically waving his arms. Believing the car, which, according to employes of the company, was going at the rate of 00 miles an hour, was not under control, the current was ehut off at the power plant, but this action was taken too late to avoid tho crash. A majority of the victims were members of the Dishong and Ritiblett families on the way to a reunion at Woodlawn Tark. Darell Dishong and his entire family were victims of the wreck. Dishong and his two children, Alda, aged 12, nd son Chester, aged ., died shortly after (he accident. Mrs. Dishong was brought seven miles to Johnstown and evpired af'er being placed in a hos pital. FOUR TONS FROM THE AIR. Report On Triest Raid Says OH Was Destroyed. Paris. The gn-af damase Inflicted by the recent Italian aerial raid near Triest is re'ated In a soml otlicial note i.-siied at Pome as forwarded by the 1 lavas agency. It says 20 machines dropped four tons or explosives, blow ing up a great petroleum reservoir on the Guif of Triest and destroying all nnarby buildings. Three buildings of a torpedo factory, containing a larse amount of valuable machinery, were wrecked. The Austrlans responded with their raid on Venice, In which the Church of Santa Maria Formosa was reduced to ruins. No other damage was done. "FIRST BALES" ARE COMING IN. Marketing Of Cotton Crop Starts Boom Timet In South. Memphis, T'nn Reports from Otinrgia, Alabama. Mississippi and Tennessee show 'hat cotton picking has been started lu practically every section of the country and that the "first bale" lias lei-n received in a large majority of the towns and cot ton market centrus. Arrival of the "first bale" means that b'j.intss is hbout to boom and that good times are coming in the rural Southland. FACING BRIAR SHORTAGE. American Pipe Makers Hunt Substitute For French Material. V.'ashingt.on. American pipe mak ers, confronted with scarcity of French briar, are looking to the Forest Service for substitutes. The (Jovernment laboratories aro experimenting with various native woods and many species of chaparral of the West. A large quantity of mountain laurel roots have been sold from the Southern Appa lachian reserve for pipe making. Wilson Signs Farm Bill. Washington. 7 'resident Wilson signed the Agricultural Appropriation bill carrying approximately $27.0ori,0;0 and the Military Academy Appropria tion bill carrying $1,225,000. Buried Alive In Sawdust Cave. Raleigh, W. Va. While playing cave In a large sawdust pile here Cecil Holes, 12 years old, was killed when the cave collapsed, lie was smother ed to death. The coke made in the I'nited Slates in 1915 amounted to 4I,.ri81,150 short tons, an Increase, as compared with 1914, or 7,025,236 tons, and within 8,000,000 tons of the record output of 1913, according to the United States Geological Surtey. The quantity of Aiy -product cuke made in 1915 was the greatest yet recorded. Bombay, India, employs 200,350 in the cotton Industry. New Zealand has an annual death rate of less than 1 per cent. PLENTY OF WHEAT EXPERTS DECLARE Surplus This Year and Large Carry-Over From Last Crop. PROSECUTORS READY TO ACT j To Punish Boosters Department Of Justice and Trade Commission Ready To Curb Price Manipulation. Washington. There can bo no ten ons shortage In the wheat crop. De partment of Agriculture. If there I any unwarranted rise lu the price of flour, we'll get busy. Fed eral Trade Commission. Experts of Government departments united lu saying that there Is no need to fear because of the small wheat crop expected this year. Even If there were a serious shortage If not a bushel of wheat were harvested this nation would live, as one otlicial said, "on the fat of the land." Prosecutors Ready To Act Two Government departments said they are ready to meet any manipula tion of w heat or dour the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Com mission. Congress probably also would be Involved, as In the present (asoline Investigation. "If we find evidence of unfair meth ods and price-boosting, either by com plaint to us or by our own Informa tion, we shall get busy," said Commis sioner Davles, of the Federal Trade Commission. "There are three ways to get at price-boosters through this commission, the Department of Justice or Congress. The commission and the Department of Justice would co-operate in any Investigation undertaken." Crop Expected To Exceed Needs. The wheat crop this year U expected to be 654,000,000 bushels. On the basis of 5.3 bushels per capita a year the average consumption with 75,000,000 bushels required for seed, the require ment would te ahout 620,000.000 bush els. This would leave 31,000,000 bush els for export. Last year the crop was a record one -1,012,000,000 bushels. About 230,- 000,000 bushels were exported. The year before 333,000,000 bushels went abroad, but the five-year average Is only 123,000,000 bushels. Experts pre dict that as Europe accustoms herself to the war, the demand upon this coun try will be less pressing. The 31,000,000 export margin this year has excited speculators, the de partment men said, causing them to forget that 73,000,000 bushels of last j ear's crop are left in the hands of farmers who were unable to dispose of It and 73,000,000 bushels more are In elevators and warehouses. FLOOD DAMAGE AT MILLIONS. That In Santee and Petdee River Sys- terns Alone $4,530,000. Char'oston, S. C Flood damage to railroads, bridges roads, crops and Other property throughout the Santee and Pcedee river systems has ben conservatively estimated at $ 1.500,000 by Richard II. Sullivan, section direct or of the Weather Bureau at Columbia. Mr. SuliivHii, who issued a lengthy report of the floods which early In July extended throuirh five States, said the total property damage in South Caro lina alone amounted to 2,0"0.0i'i. Movable property valued at $400,- 000 was saved through Weather Bureau warnings. The floods in South Carolina affected 330,000 acres of crops, the total dam age to which probably neer will be known. EXPLOSION KILLS THREE MEN. Two Others Injured In Du Pont Plant At Carney's Point. Wilmington, I 1. An explosion which blew out a cylinder on a re hydrating presn nt the I mi I'ont Pow der Company's plant at Came; s Poin', N. J., killed three nork:en and in jured two others. The press, which contained 40 pounds of gunrotton, was blown to pieces and flying bits of steel were hurled In all directions. INVESTIGATING CAMPS. Relative Of Secretary Baker Looking Into Their Condition. Laredo. Tew Mrs. Seth Carton French, of New York, said to be a representative of Secretary of War Raker, arrived here to investigate con ditions in the border military camps. Miss Alice McKay Kelly, field secre tary of the National Patriotic Organ ization of New York, is also here, in vestigatlng conditions. BRITAIN SEEKS COPPER. Wants To Contrict For Output Of Principal American Producers. New Yosk. Negotiations by repre sentatives of Great Britain and her allies are now in progress for the entire 1917 output of the principal American copper producers. The price for the metal Is the only thing to be settled. This new bargaining follows the refusal of an offer of 21 cents a pound recently made. WILSON RISES AT 5 A. M. President Gets Work Done Before Heat Of the Day. Washington. The alarm clock in the White House now rings at 5 A. M. and tbe man It rings for is the Presi dent Since the arrival of the hot sea son President Wilson has been arising at 6. He can work better in the morn ing than after the summer sun has got In Its worst work, he says, and tries to have the most of bis work done shortly aft" mid-day. THE FULTON THE CODE OF THE tup 1 .gill. I SWEPT BARE Great Loss of Life and Property in Vcst Virginia. MORE THAN SIXTY DEAD Cabin Creek Returns To Its Narrow Bed After a Day Of Destruction, Hundreds Of Houses Washed Away By the Waters. Charleston, W. Va. Sixty-six per sons are known to have lost their lives In the Hood which swept three West Virginia mountain streams, rendering 10.0' i0 persons homeless and causing a property loss estimated at 15,000,000. Tlio National Red Cross offered aid to the flood sufferers, but the local and State authorities replied that they be ; lieved the situation could be success fully handled without outside assist : ance. Two companies of the Second : Regiment, West Virginia National j Guard, are already In the flood district with tents and provisions. The an j nouncement was made that all sup i plies intended for flood sufferers would ; be handled free of charge by railroads I entering the devastated districts, i Reports Indicated that the greatest i loss of life was at Ferndale, where 16 I persons are known to be dead. The i number of dead at other villages and mining settlements follow: Eskadale, 5: I'nited, 5; Miami, S; Dawes, 2; Dry nranch, 3; Holly, 11; Giles, 5: Oakley, 7; Lecwood, 1; Acme, 1, and Cherokee, 2. Many bodies are believed to have been washed down the streams to I wards the Ohio River and probably i never will be recovered. Eight Villages Gone. At least eight villages and mining settlements in the district were either partially or totally destroyed, while many others felt the effect of the storm. Those practically destroyed or badly damaged were Acme, Ronda, i Drybranrh, Miami, Sharon, Dawes, ! Kay ford and Eskadale. Between cme and Kayford 60 persons are reported i to have drowned. RAILROAD MEN AVERT STRIKE., 1 A. B. Garretson, Of Conductors, An- nounces Acceptance. j New York. A Ftrlke of 400,000 rail 'way employes on the railways of the 1 I'nited States has been averted. This j was assured when President A. C. Gar ' rctson of the Order of Railway Con ductors announced that the Brother hood of Employes would accept media lion by the Federal Board of Media , tion sud Conciliation. FIRST FROST OF SEASON. Mercury In Canadian City Drops To Thirty-Two Degrees. Chicago The first frost of the sea son was reported from Edmonton, Al berta, where the mercury registered 32 degrees. From points all over the Mid dle West, which 10 days ago were sweltering in temperatures between 90 and 105 degrees, rains and cooler weather are reported. SECRETARY AMADOR DEAD. Mexican Foreign Affairs Official Suc cumbs To Gangrene. Mexico C Ity. Sub-secretary of For eign Relations Amador died after a 10 day illness of gangrene, which affected his heart. A blood clot lu the leg caused the gangrene. Two operations were performed in an effort to save bis life, the last yesterday. 200 KILLED OR HURT. Result Of Allied Air Raid On Metz Given Out The Hague. Two hundred German soldiers ere killed or Injured In the recent allied air raid on Metz, capital of Lorraine, according to word re ceived here. The station and barracks were seriously damaged. EX-SENATOR THURSTON DEAD. Nebraska Man Rose From Plowboy To High Office. Omaha. Neb. Former United States Senator John M. Thurston, 69 years old, died here. He bad been In the hospital since July 16, when he was prostrated by heat. Thurston was In the Senate from 1895 to 1901. His speech In 1898 after the Maine was blown up made blm famous as an advocate of war with Spain. He rose from plowboy and driver of a delivery wagon to he Senate. P?JPratPM mm CI GREEK COUNTY NEWS, McCONNELLSBURG, PA. SWIMMING HOLE F Turks Are Put In Utter Rout by the British. 3,000 ARE MADE PRISONERS Heavy Guns Are Hauled Across the Desert By Oxen Relay Of Planka To Kctp Wheels From Sink' Ing Into the Sand. London. The most recent attempt of the Turks to reach the Sues Canal bus proved an even greater failure than the earlier reports Indicated. Lleutcn-ant-Ge-.orul Sir Archibald James Mur ray, commander of the British troops lu Egypt, reports that besides taking more than 3,000 prisoners in the buttle with tho Turks at Roman! bis forces Inflicted very heavy losses on them and had continued the pursuit of the retreating troops for IS miles, clearing the Turks from the Ka,tla Basin Military writers are unable to Tathom the reason why the Turks ven tured upon their attack. The only con clusion reached Is that the Turkish military authorities were misled as to the British preparations for the de fense of the canal and hoped to make an Impression on the rebellious Arabs who are extending their hold on im portant places In Arabia. Turks Were Brave. The Turkish advance as far as Roman! was made in the face of the greatest difficulties, their six-Inch guns being dragged across the desert by oxen after relays of planks bad been placed to prevent the wheels sinking Into the sand. "The net results of the battle of Roman! are the destruction of more than one-fourth of the Turkish ef fectives and the pushing of the re mainder out Into the blazing desert be yond the Katia oasis," said Major-Gen- eral F. B. Maurice, director of military operations of the Imperial general staff, in explaining the significance of the latest operations In the Near East. "You wi I recall," he continued, "that In the previous attack on the cunal we were busily engaged else where. Consequently we were acting on the defensive In Egypt In positions prepared for that purpose behind the canal "Tho Turks not only made a frontal attack on our entrenched positions, but attempted to get around our left flank. Our artillery, Infantry and cav alry co-operated not only In repelling, but In attacking the enemy." NO TROOPS WITHDRAWN. General Pershing Still Has Force In Namlqulpa. Washington. Positive evidence that General Pershing has not yet with drawn all American forces from Naml- qulpa, Mexico, was afforded In the gen eral army orders Issued Monday. The orders contained the transfer of SergL Frank Baker, of the quartennatser's corps, from Columbus, N. M., to Naml qulpa, to relieve Sergt. J. P. Tillman. At the War Department officials re fused to comment on the order other than to say that It was evident that General Pershing still has troops at Namlqulpa. which is 160 miles from the American border. FARM LOAN BANKS SOUGHT. Forty Cities Want Them Board Holds Its First Meeting. Washington. The new Farm Loan Board, charged with organization of the Federal Bank system providing methods for making loans to farmers on first mortgages of land, held Its first meeting Monday. The most Important preliminary work will be division of the country into 12 districts with a land bank In each district. Forty cities already have applied for banks. The board Is expected to travel across the continent to hear farmprs' views where banks should be located. FIGHT TO SHIP POWDER, Suit Te Restrain Jersey City Commis sion From Interfering. Trenton, N. J. Jersey Clty'a em bargo on shipment and storage of high explosives was attacked in the Federal Court by the agency of the Canadian Car and Foundry Company, Ltd., In a suit to restrain the Jersey City Com mission from Interfe-ing with the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company accepting mcnlUons at its piers. rTb'. Bob -We'Re AuKb ; BEATEN RACK ROM SUEZ CANAL RUSSIAN GUNS AT STANISLAU Austrian Counter-attacks Are of No Avail. HOST OF PRISONERS TAKEN i , AM the Bridges Having Been De stroyed, the Russians Ford the Zlota Llpa River East Of Stanislau, Petrograd. Russian troops have forded the Zlota Llpa River, In Gallcla, east of Stanislau, In the con tinuation of their progress westward along the Monasterzyska-Nlznloff Rail way, says the official statement given, out by the War Department. Petrograd. The town of Stanislau In Gallcla Is already within the range of the Russian guns. General Lctcblt aky, losing no time In following up his victory at Tysmlenltsa, has pushed westward along the railroad and northwestward along the wagon road and In the Utter direction has ap proached to within six miles of Stanis lau. Simultaneously, he has announced a drive across the Koroplce River and the formation of a new line of advance north of the Dniester. Hitherto, Ceneral Count Von Both mer had enjoyed more or less protec tion for his right on the Tarnopol posl. tlon from the flooded Dniester. The appearance of an offensive north of tbe Dniester, which has alrrady car ried the Russians as far west as the crossing of the railroad at Nlznloff, 20 miles east of Stanislau, injects an en tirely new element In the situation. With Monasterzyska seriously flanked. General Von Bothroer finds himself with Genera! Letchltsky in the rear of his advanced position along tbe Strlpa and In close touch. Tbe Austrlans are vainly striving to stem this new advance by desperate counter-attacks, In which the troops engage In hand-to-hand encounters, but apparently with the net result always favoring the Russians. The counting of General Lelchitsky'a prisoners during the 10 days' opera tions shows that he has taken upward or 15.000 and it is estimated that 10,. 000 more men were put out of com mission. This would bring the grand total of prisoners to General Brnssi loff's credit since early In Juno to 402,000. AMERICAN CITED THIRD TIME. Love ring Hill, With Ambulance In France, Highly Praised. Paris. Lovering Hill, of New York, who Is in charge of one of the sec tions of the American fleTd ambu lance, has been cited for the third time In the French Army orders. The citation, which Is signed by Genera! Nlvelle, Is for "difficult and dangerous service during the period from June 22 to July 2, In which he showed again the finest Qualities of forgetfulness of self and entire devotion to his service and to his men." LABOR BILL PASSED. The Senate Taken Final Action On the Measure. Washington. The Senate passed tho bill to prevent interstate com merce In products of child labor. The vote was 52 to 12. The measure, al ready passed by the House was brought to a vote In the Senate upon the Insistence of President Wilson after the Senalo caucus, once had de cided to defer its consideration until next December. EXPLOSION KILLS 6 MINERS. Gas Pocket In Woodward Colliery Near Wilkes-Barre Goes Off. Wilkes-Ilarro, Ta. Six men are dead as a result of a gas explosion In the Woodward Colliery of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Coal Com pany near here. Three were killed Instantly and the other three died within a short time at the hospital from burns. The cause of the explo sion has not yet been determined. GERARD TO SEE KAISER. Ambassador Will Present Wilson's Letter On Poland. London. "L'nllod States Ambassa dor Gerard," says a Berlin dispatch transmitted by the Exchange Tele graph correspondent at Amsterdam, "has requested an interview with the Kaiser in order to present hi im portant letter from President Wilson with reference to feeding the people, of Toland." MAY LOOSE U-BOATS. German Council Considers Resuming Unrestricted Torpedoing Of Ships. Berne. Switzerland. Tho commit tee of t'.ie German Federal Council on Foreign Affairs met In Berlin to con sider whether the general situation and the present relations with neutral powers Justified a resumption of un restricted submarine operations by Germany. LOSSES 2,960,241 MEN. Cost Of War To Germany Glvsn In 670th Official List. Geneva. Germany lias lost 76,248 officers and 2.883,933 men In killed, wounded and missing, according to the five hundred and seventieth official casualty IM Just lsaued. The totals are: Officers Killed, 25,984; wounded, tr.,355; missing, 4,909. Privates Killed, 732,890; wounded, 1,817,693; missing, 333,410. 2 PA. REGIMENTS CALLED BY U. S. Ninth and Thirteenth To Enter Fed ral Service Second Goea Into Artillery Checks For Serv ice At ML Gretna. Harrlsburg Adjutant-General Stewart announced that he had received telegrams from the War Department calling the Ninth and Thirteenth Infantry Regiments of Pennsylvania guardsmen Into Federal service, the Ninth to become field artil lory and tho Thirteenth to go as In fantry to replace the Second Infantry, which Is ordered transferred to field artillery. The order transferring the Second provides that the commanding general of the troops on the border shall or ganize It as a regiment of field artil lery as prescribed by the National De fense Act. The Second Is a Philadel phia resilient, commanded by Colonel Hamilton D. Turner, and is at the bor der with the First Brigade, command ed by General W. G. Price. The ninth Is added to the call of the President for Pennsylvania troops Is sued June 18 and re to be assembled at ML Gretna, this week, and muster ed Into the service as a regiment of field artillery according to the Nation al Defense Act. The commanding gen eral of the Department of tho East Is directed to equip the regiment and send it to Join the division of Pennsyl vania troops at the border as soon' as practicable. Colonel Asher Miner, Wllkes-Barre, Is colonel of the regi ment. The Thirteenth Is also added to the call and Is to be assembled af ML Gretna, this week, and mustered Into the service as a regiment of Infantry and sent to the border as soon as prac ticable. It will replace the Second In fantry. Third Brigade Gets Pay. Checks for the payment of the camp service of men of the Third Brigade have boen sent out from the State Capitol, money for the purpose having been placed at the disposal of the Adjutant General's Department by the Slate Treasury. The checks for tho officers' annual allowances, which are a reimbursement for money paid; and those for the sergeant Instructors of latlonal organizations are still held up because of the low state of available funds In the treasury. State Treas urer Young was engaiicd In an effort to get the funds together to meet tho semi-monthly pay-roll nt the CBpltol. Requisitions for a million and a half dollars are on the desk of the Treas urer and cannot be filled because of the state o the funds. Coal Operators Sue For Refuting Cars. Claim for $2,520 damages was filed with the Public Service Commission against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company by Harriet A. Ialrd and Ray M. Laird, of Huntingdon, who operate a coal mine in Cambria county. They contend that because of the operation of the railroad's rule refusing cars to be loaded on sidings from wagons they' were damaged. This rule was In force from December 31 to February 28 when after a conference of the Public Serv ice Commissioners, railroad ofliclals and operators the order vt as with drawn. 1,059 Deaths From Pneumonia. . Statistics regarding causes of death during the month of May, this year, Issued by the State Department of Health show that 1,059 persons died of pneumonia, almost one-ninth of the totul number of deaths. The birth rec ord for the month run very high, going to 19,092. The totnl number of deaths roported was 9,869. Wheat Output Damaged. State Agricultural Department re ports Indicate thut wet weather has caused much damage to wheat and hay crops in come of the southern counties. In some sections crops which were very promising a month ago suffered extensively. Rains have also badly washed the corn fields In some sections of the Slate. Surface Asks For Formal Hearing. State Zoologist Surface made public his letter to Governor Brumbaugh de manding a hearing and slated that he would hold to his office until the Governor formally approves his dis missal. The zoologist says that unless the Governor approves his dismissal only force can separate him from tbe Job. 37 Bridges Authorized. Tho State Water Supply Commis sion authorized the construction of a Philadelphia & Reading Railway bridge over the Schuylkill at Phoenix vllle, north of the tunnel and thirty six other bridges Including county bridges In Northumberland, Lacka wanna, Schuylkill, Snyder, Tlogn, Lu zerne, Carbon and Lancaster counties. Conditional Sales Not Taxed. In an opinion Deputy Attorney Gen eral Keller Informs Auditor Genera! Powell, who forwarded an Inquiry from the Prothonotary of Bradford county, that the fifty cent State tax provided by the Act of 1S30 Is not de mandable on conditional sales filed In his office under the Art of June 7, 1915. Insurance Receivership Hearings. The Dauphin County Court set August 31 as the date for hearing the proceedings for receiverships for the two Schuylkill Haven companion which were cited Into court at tbs Instance of the Insurance Commis sioner as Insolvent. Plunging thirty-five foet from a pole and striking a concrete pavement nt High Spire, near Harrlsburg, Charles E. Rnyer, agod fifty-six, a lineman for the Postal Telegraph Company, sus tained a fractured skull. He Is 4n (. critical condition at the Harrlsburj Hospital. ' Lawrence Kakin, aged seven, of Sprlngtown, died In SL Luke's Hos pital from tetanus. While running about barefoot tho lad accidentally stepped on a ruBty nail. STATE Mf IN SHORT ORDER Latest Doings in Various Parts of the State. PREPAREDFORQUICKREABiNG New Cumberland School Board dt elded not to admit any children to pub lic schools next month unless success fully vaccinated. Milton Schwartz, a wealthy farmer, sixty-five years old, suddenly crazed by the heat, shot and killed himself on his farm botween Center Valley and Spring Valley. Three sanitary engineers have been detailed to duty at Coatesvllle by Com missioner of Health Dixon, who Is as sisting local authorities in the typhoid outbreak. - Walter E. Grim, aged elghty-flve, wa re-elected president at the annual re union of the Grim family, at Allontown, and Hon. Webster Grim, of Doyles own, wus chosen vice president. From Injuries resulting In a fall from a scaffold forty feet high, at Mores, William Seltzlnger, aged thirty-three years, of Frackvllle, died at tbe hos pital. , The Dolph Coal Company, an Inde pendent concern, disposed of Its mine and operating equipment at Olyphan' and Wlnton to the Delaware & Hud son Coal Company. The consideration is said to be $260,000. The company is one of the oldest In this region, hav ing operated the mines at Olyphaal and Winton for thirty-five years. A voluntary settlement, approved by compensation referee, Jacob Snyder, was made by officials of the Altoona and Logan Valley Electric Railway Company, with Mrs. Frank Cuzzolina, widow of a track foreman employed by the company, who was run down and killed June 17. Compensation for the widow and seven children amounted to $5,217.40, payments to run until 1931. More than 5,000 persons witnessed s civic and military parade at Sunbury in honor of Company K, Fourth Regi ment, N. O. P., Sunbury, Captain Clyde M. Smith, commander, which Is ex pected to go to the border. A feature was a unit made up of the Sunbury Concordia, a club of German-born citi zens, each of whom carried an Amer! can flag. For four hours, Mrs. Thoma3 J. Zlegler, of Fountain Hill, clung to a piece of pipe In a cistern at her home and kept her head above water until rescued by Frank Marstelor. The woman, becr-.use of .domestic troubles, It is said, attempted to commit suicide Her experience in the water so un nerved hor that she is in a critical condition. Mrs, Rebocca Lawall, of Easton, widow of Cyrus Lawall, celebrated her ninety-second birthday. Her father, John Schurenlan, of Cokesbury, N. J., fought In the Revolutionary War. Mem bers of George Taylor Chapter, Daugh ters of the American Revolution, of Easton, presented her with a basket of handsome flowers. Her health I? excellent . Pottsvllle was sued for $200 damages by C. P. Potts, a dairyman, grandson of the founder of the city, because of wood block paving on tho principal streets. Potts avers that wood blocks aro fco slippery in wet weather as to be dangerous for horses and tho suit is brought to recover the value of a horse belonging to Potts, which recent ly fell and had to be killed. The corning mill of the du Tont" Fowder Company, at Belin Village, near Mooslc, blew up. Morgan Evans, tho only workman In the building at the time, was killed. The force of the explosion was folt for miles. Spy rumors are prevalent. Several months ago one of the du Pont plants In that section was blown up, and claim was made that spies were responsible. Company F, of the old Twelfth Regi ment, N. G. P., was mustered out of service. Since the Twelfth was disor ganized more than a year ago It has been with a separate battalion, but a Tiew order resulting In Company K, Sunbury, and Company F Joining to gether 'as Company F, of the Fourth, caused the company at Danville to go out of service. The company has been In tho N. G. P. Flnce before the Span ish American War. Harry Felton, David Convllle, Wil liam Beek and George Delbough, mem bers of a camping party on an Island In the Susquehanna River near Sun bury caught a mess of fish, and as tbe women of their party were awixy they decided to fry them themselves. Get ting a bag of plaster parls Instead of flour, they rolled their fish and cooked them. Shortly afterwards they experi enced pains and a doctor was sum moned. The doctor dosed them with emetics, but they may die as a result or the plaster. It Is belleevd, having hardened In their stomachs. A large number of young men and women of Alleptown are out ten dol lars each, which they paid to a faker who promised fo develop them Into movio actors capable of making large salaries. Michael Cassldy, a Reading Railway conductor, found In the 8outh Bethle hem yards of the company the bodies of two young men supposed to bav been struck by a train. There was nothing about the clothing of the mes to Identify them.
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