THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS, McCONNELLSBURG, PA.
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STATE NEWS
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WILSON VETOES
IHE ARMY BILL
STOP THIEF!
BRITISH CRUISERS
IN
TO THE ARTiLLERK
Scouts Seeking German Fleet
Are Destroyed.
Resents Section Freeing Tong
ues of Retired Officers.
EnterTolmino As Enemy Evacu
ates Burning City.
Latest Doings in Various Parts
of the State.
Will Be Third Pennsylvania
Field Artillery.
PREPAREDFORQUICKREADING
THE SUPERNUMERARY LIST
ONE SUBMARINE SUNK
HAY TAKES BULL BY HORNS
AUSTRIAN FLEET LEAVES
ITALIANS
SCORE
SUBMARINES
SINK
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SUCCESSES
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ORDER
L THEM pamts! ji
One Of Latter Sunk, Another Ram
med German Squadron Of 15
Warships Sighted In
North Sea.
Leeiaan. Two British light cruisers,
the KoWingham and Falmouth, were
unk la Uie North Sea by German
tubmarlttes while the vessels were
searching for the German high seas
fleet, aocerdlng to an official announce
tueat Issued ty the Admiralty. One
German submarine was destroyed by
the British, while anothor was ram
med and possibly sunk.
A German squadron of some 13 war
ships, Including large crullers, la re
ported In the North Sea by trawlers
arriving at Yinuiden, Holland, a neu
ter dispatch says. The squadron was
blghted in the region of While Bank,
nd wan accompanied by two Zep
pelins. It was on a northeasterly
course.
High Seas Fleet Out
. The Admiralty atatement regarding
the sinking of the cruisers follows:
"Reports from our lookout squadron
and other units showed that there was
considerable activity on the part of tho
nemy In the North Sea Saturday, the
nineteenth,
"The German high seas fleet came
out, but learning from their scouts that
ihe British forces were In considerable
trength, the enemy avoided an en
gagement and returned to port.
"In searching for the enemy we lost
two cruisers by submarine attacks
H. M. S. Nottingham, Capt C. B. Mil
ler, and H. M. S. Falmouth, Capt. John
Edwards.
28 Men Lost.
"All of the officers nf the former
were saved, but 3S of the crew are
missing. All the officers and men of
the Falmouth, were saved, but one
leading stoker, Norman Fry, died of in
juries. "An enemy submarine was destroyed
end another was rammed and po.-sibly
sunk.
"There Is no truth in the German
iatement that a British destroyer was
mink and a British l.ittlehip dam
aged." Battleship Hit, Says Berlin.
Berlin. The Admiralty announced
that a German submarine sunk a small
cruiser and a destroyer near the Brit
ish east coast and damaged another
mall cruiser and a battleship.
FUSILLADE ACROSS BORDER.
Negro Troops Exchange Shots With
Mexicans.
Naco, Ariz. More th-"- no shots
wer? exchaneed across the Iniern.ition
1 line about a mile west of here be
tween patrols belonging to the colored
militia troops from the District of Co
lumbia and a party on tho Mexican
side. The militiamen say that they
halted some Mexicans who attempted
to cross the line. In an-wer to the
challenge the Mexicans fired. In the
fusillade that followed the only cas
ualty was the wounding nf one of the
Mexicans, who had Tied to cns. lie
Is now a prisoner in the camp of the
colored troops.
13 LIVES LOST IN GULF STORM.
Damage In Corpus Christi Section Put
At $2,000,000.
Corpus Christi. Texas.--The loss of
life from the tropical s'onn which
struck Corpus Christi and 1 adjacent
Kouth Texas counties on Friday night
was placed at 13. including 9 members
of the crew of the small freinher Pilot
Boy, which foundered off the Aranzas
Pass Jetties.
Two Mexican men and one Mexican
woman were killed at Katherine, a set
tlement on the Klnts ranch, itenr Alice,
Texas, and one Mexican was reported
killed at .San Diego. Both towns are
from 50 to 60 miles inland.
QUARRELS WITH SON; ENDS LIFE.
Body Of Mrs. Monnen Craig Found In
Woods Near Home.
Parker-burg, W. Va - Fuliuwiiii a
quarrel wi!h a son who threatened to
leave home. Mrs. Monnen Craig, 60
years old, committed suicide by taking
strychnine. Her body was found in a
woods not far from her home. The
family resides about two miles south
of this city.
8 MUNITION WORKERS KILLED.
Over a Score Injured By Explosion In
Canada.
Montreal. Eight persons wore killed
and more than a score injured in in ex
plosion In a munitions plant at. Drum
mondville. The cause of the disaster
ha not been determined.
MINERS TO CONTINUE STRIKE.
Would Keep Collieries Closed Until All
Are Unionized.
Shamokin, Pa. t'nllod Mine Work
en at 16 Philadelphia & Heading Coal
and Iro nCompany and sui-queh.".nna
oal Company collieries In the Norn
(limberland county fields at special
meetings determined to fontinue the
tie-up at all the mines until they were
completely unionized. About 4mi nj a
Remain unorganized. Sixteen thon-iind
(mployea are affected.
President's Action Against Feature
Exempting Retired Officers From
Courts-Martial Brings Decla
ration From Hay.
Washington. The Army appropria
tion hill was unexpectedly vetoed by
President Wilson because he would
Sot accept certain provisions in the
revision of the articles of war, forced
into the bill by the House conferees
and commonly said In Army circles to
be in the Interest of certain retired
officers "at outs" with the Army.
Chairman Hay, of the House Mili
tary Committee, at once reintroduced
the bill with the entire section re
vising the nrtlcles of war stricken out
and the declaration that no revision
at all would go through with the bill
in this Congress.
Chairman Chamberlain, of the Sen
ate Military Committee, announced
that the Senate would reinsert the re
vision approved by the President and
the War Department, but stricken out
In the House, and that the situation
hud resolved Itself Into a contest be
tween the Senate and House on one
hand and Mr. Hay on the other.
May Delay Adjournment.
The tangle threatens to delay the
adjournment of Congress and, Inci
dentally, completion of the prepared
Bess program, as well as to hold up
appropriations for the Army Increases
and all the extra expenses Involved in
the Mexican service.
The President's veto, one of the few
he has exercised, marks another stage
In the long fight between the Army
and Chairman Hay. The Army charges
Hay with defeat of the Continental
Army and universal training plans and
the substitution of National Guard re
organization, w hich it opposed. Army
officers also say certain features of the
bill were injected in conference and
never were debated on the floor of
either house of Congress.
The articles of war have not been
revised in a hundred years, and are
ald to be sadly deficient for dealing
with conditions which the growth of
the Army and development of the
nation requires. The War Depart
ment Is r specially anxious for changes
to enable Army officers to deal ade
quately with problems arising during
the present Mexican service.
Included In the revision worked out
by Congress, over the objection of the
rre-ldent and the War Department,
was a provision which exempted re
tired officers from courts martial and
Army discipline, If not actually from
Army control, and placed them under
the Jurisdiction of the civil courts.
LIGHTNING KILLS SOLDIER.
Montana Guardsman Meets Death At
Fort Bliss.
El Paso, Tex. One soldier was
killed and thousands of others en
camped in and near Kl Paso suffered
great discomfort as a result of heavy
rains. During the all night storm Private
Charles Johnston, headquarters com
pany. Seventh Cnlted States Infantry,
of Chouteau, Mont., was killed by
lightning in his tent at Fort Bliss.
Oilier soldiers nearby were stunned.
Water ran through the camps of the
Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, South
Carolina and Michigan National Guard
nearby, Inundating some tents and ran
three feet deep in the company streets
of the Thirty first Michigan Infantry.
MEXICANS HOLD AMERICANS.
United States Agent Seeks Release Of
Imprisoned Ranchmen.
Washington. Special Anent Rodgers
reported that two American, brothers,
named Hamilton, who own ranches In
the State of Oaxars, have been impris
oned in Mexico City and that he Is
seeking their relea.-e. One Is accused
of having killed a Mexican In 1912. The
charge against the other is not known
here. According to Mr. Itodgora' In
formation, the Mexican referred to In
the charge was a bandit and was slain
by Mexican federal troops in an en
gagement near Hamilton's ranch. An
other member of the band now has
charged Hamilton with the killing.
1.500 ARMY POSTS VACANT.
That Number Of Second Lieutenants
' Needed For Regulars.
Washington.--There are now l.MiO
vacancies In the grade of second lieu
tenant of the regular army to be filled,
and that many opportunities, of
Course, for oung men to enter Upon a
professional army career. The office
of the Adjutant-Gcner! announced
i h;:t tint) applicants had been received
for these vacancies and the applicants
had been directed to take the examina
tion. No more applicants will be desig
nated for this examination, but It is
announced that a further examination
will be held early in 1917 for the over
flow. EIGHT SOLDIERS DIE.
Fatal Sickness Among Troops On Bor
der Exceptionally Low.
Washington. Ficht deaths' f:om
sickness among the regular and Na
tional Guard troops on the border dur
ing the week ending AukusI 12 a'e
disclosed in statistics Just made pub
lic at the War Department. Medical
officers regard the death rate as ex
eeptioi.ally low since It covers a total
font of approximately 140,000 in field
can'ps.
rTiTuT
TO MEET EXPENSES
Big Sum Needed to Meet Mexi
can Expenditures.
MAY NEED MORE MONEY
Department Concurs In Recommenda
tion That Bonds Be Issued Amount
Proposed Will Only Meet Require
ment Until December 3L
Washington. A bond issue of $130,
000,000 to meet extraordinary govern
ment expenditures due to the Mexican
situation was unexpectedly recom
mended to Congress by majority mem
bers of the Klnunce Committee, with
the concurrence of the Treasury De
partment. The bond Issue is urged In Ihe re
port of the Finance Committee, filed
in the Senate on the $205,000,000 Reve
nue Bill. In addition to the proposed
issue and the Revenue Bill the Finance
Committee asserts that further appro
priation of $f6,000,000 will be neces
sary to defray the expense of opera
tions in the Mexican emergency if con
ditions on the border continue as they
are now after December 31, lfllfi. The
f ino.000,000 to be provided by the pro
posed bond issue, the report says, will
meet Mexican expenditures only until
the end of this calendar year.
Accompanying the Finance Commit
tee majority's report, submitted by
Senator Simmons, w as a general state
ment from the Treasury Dcpartmr.it,
estimating disbursements for the fisral
year 1917 at $1,126,243,000 and receipts
$762,000,000.
"The total appropriations for the
fiscal year 1317, exclusive of those car
ried in the so-called shipping bill,
which is to be defrayed by the issuance
of Panama bonds, will exceed the ap
propriations for the fiscal year 1916 by
about 1469,000,000," fays the report.
"This increase is represented principal
ly by $167,000,000 additional amount
appropriated for the Navy, $166,000,000
additional amount appropriated for the
Army, $20,000,000 additional amount
appropriated for fortifications $41,000,
000 for deficiency appropriations
about $3.1,0(10,000 of which is due to the
Mexican situation and increased re
quirements of the Army and Navy
and $20,000,000 for a nitrate plant,
which is a preparedness appropriation.
The increase In the appropriation for
the present fiscal year other than for
these extraordinary purposes is not be
yond the normal increase."
In its analysis of the revenue bill as
revised by the Senate committee, the
Treasury Department estimates that
the annual revenue to be derived will
be: From Income tax, $109,500,000; In
heritance tar, $20,000,000 for 1917
(after law Is In full force approximate
ly $65,000,000), munitions manufac
tures' tax, $40,000,000; miscellaneous,
Including beer, liquors, stamp taxes,
etc., $::5,500,000-a total of $205,000,000.
TRAIN TIE-UP IN MINUTE.
A. B. Garretton Says Strike Would
Begin In Twinkle.
Washington. "How long ' would It
take to tie tip the railroads of the
Cnlted States?" A. B. Garrctson, head
of the committee of railroad workers
here, was asked. "I would say that
in one minute after the strike is call
ed the transportation of the I'nited
Slates would be pnral.vzed," he answer
ed. Garret son said that the railroads,
not the men, are responsible for the
movement of malls.
TO RECOMMEND EUGENICS LAW.
Michigan Medical Society Also For
Education On Cancer.
Houghton, Mich. The Michigan
State Medical Society, in session here,
decided to recommend to the next
State Legislature the passage of a
eusenic law, regulating marriage and
prescribing a health standard for those
about to be married. The society also
authorized a campaign of education In
Michigan in Ihe matter of cancer.
WATER SOLD FOR CHICKEN.
Fowl Fed On Pepper To Make Them
Drink a Lot.
New York.-A pepper fed chicken, If
kept thirsty long enough, will drink a
pound of water, and poultry dealers
are bringing to this city chickens with
thirsts excited In this manner and al
lowing them to drink Just before they
sell them, This is what Joseph Hartl-i-an,
Commissioner of Weights and
Measurer, announced he had discovered.
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Soldiers Go to Trenches With
No Hope of Escape.
PRISONERS ARE DAZED
Teuton Guns Hurl 1,600 Shells In One
Minute and Forty-five Seconds,
Tearing Great Gaps Into
the Advancing British.
German trenches opposite the Brit
ish position at Gommecourt, on the
Somme front. Half a million British
have been engaged in the effort to
break the Gorman lines on the Somme
front. Often, as In the fighting be
tween Gommecourt and Hebutorne, the
British outnumbered the Germans six
to one. -They have gained gronnd to a
depth of from three to five miles over
a front of about 18 miles, but nowhere
have been able to break through.
More than ever, death has become
a commonplace in this most murderous
battle of all times. The Germans In
the first line knew that they probably
will be killed If their positions are at
tacked. Trenches are virtually use
less, for the heavy British shells widen
them into broad channels, affording no
rover of any sort. The first line
usually perishes.
The advancing British foot troops
are no better off, because the Germans
reverse the process when part of their
positions have been captured.
After the British artillery have
levelled the German trenches the in
fantry rushes in, often to be thrown
out again as soon as the British ar
tillery ceases fire, which It has to do
owing to the proximity of tho oppos
ing lines. Thus the battle has been
oing on for weeks, the opposing forces
now gaining at terrific cost and then
losing at even greater cost a few yards
of trenches.
v 1,000,000 Shell a Day.
At present all the fighting by the
British Is carried from their4 Pozlercs
salient where their drum fire Is unceas
ing day or night. German officers who
were in the Champagne offensive said
no such artillery fire ever had been de
veloped previously.
An idea of the intensity of the Ger
man fire may bo gained from the fact
that on certain British troops German
guns threw 1,000 Bhclls In one minute
and forty-five seconds, resulting In
great slaughter.
Often the British assault dies away
before the German second line, from
which machine guns pour out streams
of bullets which literally cut them into
fragments.
At one point the correspondent stood
within $00 yards of the British
trenches near Delvllle Wood. Nearby
the Germans had Just buried 1,296
British, as lulls In the firing permitted.
Some GOO British prisoners whom the
correspondent saw behind the firing
line plainly were still dazed from the
shock. They were a sorry spectacle,
glad they had escaped from "hell," as
they termed it
Unceasing Drum Fire.
The expenditure of artillery ammu
nition by the Kntente Allies on this
front Is enormous, often striking the
rate of 22 Bhells a second during drum
fire. Not Infrequently along the entire
Somme front nearly 90,000 shells have
been dropped in an hour, while a con
servative estimate puts the average for
the 2-l-hour period at nrore than 1,000,-
000 shells.
REBELS HOLD UP TRAIN.
Mexican "Legalists" Capture 25 Car.
ranza Soldiers.
El Paso, Texas. Sixty revolutionists
held up a passenger train on Ihe Mexi
can National Hallway last Tuesday
near Aguascalicntes, Purnngo, taking
prisoner the 25 Cnrranza soldiers who
comprised the escort, according to
passengers aboard the train, which ar
rived here. Two baggagemen also
were taken captive, but the remainder
of the crew and the passengers were
unmolested, they said.
THREE ITALIAN SHIPS SUNK.
Part Of Steamer Tetl's Crew Was
Landed At Genoa.
London. Lloyd's reports the sink
ing of the 2,500-tone Italian steamship
Teti In the Mediterranean. Tho Italian
steamer San Giovanni Battista, of
1,067 tons gross, and the Italian sailing
vessel Itosario are also reported lo
have been sunk. Part of the Teti's
crew was landed at Genoa.
The English language has 82 sounds.
Austrian Fleet Seeks New Base Sails
From Trieste For Unknown
Destination, Geneva
Reports.
rarls. Italian troops have entered
tho suburbs of Tolmlno, which in
under continuous shell fire, according
to a dispatch to La Liberie from
Turin. Tho Austrians, says the dls
patch, are evacuating the city.
Austrian Fleet Leaves.
Geneva. The Italian advance
guard, moving southeast from Gorlzia,
i within 13 miles of Trieste, whence
the greater part of the Austrian fleet
has sailed for an unknown destination,
Italians Score New Successes.
Home. On the Carso plateau and te
the east of Gorizlu, along the Isouzo
front, the Austrians have suffered fur
ther reverses at the hands of the
Italians, the official statement says.
Austrian entrenchments in both these
regions were captured. The state
ment follows:
"On the Carso the gallant troops of
the Eleventh army corps repulsed sev
eral counter attacks, and attacked the
enemy's lines to the west of Salute
Gradu and Monte Pecinka. Several
sections of tho enemy's trenohes were
captured and 1,419 prisoners, includ
ing 31 officers, were taken.
"In the hilly tract east of Gorlzia,
after heavy fighting, we carried other
hostile entrenchments, taking 220 pris
oners, of whom five were officers.
"On the remainder of the front the
enemy made the usual demonstrations
against our positions; at Monte Piano,
in the Trienz Valley, on the Forame
river, at Felizzon, Boite, Monte Colom
bara, on the Astico plateau at Monte
Clmone and Monte Selugglo, near As
tico, in the Posina basin and on the
Pnsubio. He was unsuccessful every
where. "Enemy aircraft dropped bombs on
Monfalcone, Bond, Saint Cansiano and
Pieris. No casualties or damage re.
suited."
BRITISH REGAIN LOSS.
Take All Trenches North Of Pozieree
Captured By Germans Sunday.
London. Gains for both the British
and French are claimed in ofliclal
statements issued by the War OUlces
in London and Paris. The Berlin
statement admits that the British ob
tained a footing in first line German
trenches on the Tbiepval Pozleres
front.
Following advances the western
front Is comparatively quiet, both Lon
don and Paris announcing that the
situation Is unchanged. The usual
artillery bombardmeuts continued at
various places north and south of the
Somme and on the right bank of the
Meuse.
In the official Iirilish statement it
was claimed that nearly all of the re
maining trenches northwest of
Pozleres, on tho Somme front, in
which the Germans gained a fooling
Sunday, have been retaken.
French Advance At Verdun.
Paris announced that French troops
raptured German trenches on a' front
about 300 yards long and 100 yards
deep north of the Chapel of SL Fine,
at the intersection of the Fleury and
Vaux roads on the right hank of the
Meuse in the Verdun sector.
On the Somme front the French
artillery was very active at Belloy,
Estrees and Llhons. Elsewhere Ihe
night w as calm.
DREADNAUGHT BLOWS UP.
Italian Battleship Turns On Side and
300 Are Drowned.
Paris. The Italian dreadiiauglit
Leonardo da Vinci caught fire and
blew up in the harbor of Taranto,
Italy, and 800 of her crew were
drowned, says a Turin dispatch to the
Petit Journal. The date of the dis
aster Is given only as a day in August
The fire, says the dispatch, was dis
covered In the dreadnaught's kitchen,
and spread rapidly. The captain Im
mediately ordered the magazines
flooded, and tried to beach the battle
ship, but one magazine exploded be
fore this could be done. The vessel
was turned over on her side, and a
large number of the crew were thrown
Into the sea.
It Is believed that the battleship
can be righted and refloated.
TO NOTIFY WILSON SEPT. 2.
Ceremony Will Take Place At "Sum
mer White House," Long Branch.
Washington. September 2 has been
definitely set as the date upon which
President Wilson will receive notifica
tion of his renominatlon. The cere
mony will bo at the Long Branch
(V J.) "summer While House." It
will take place In the afternoon on
ttie lawn In front of the mansion.
URGES BLACKLIST REPRISAL.
Would Make Refusal Of Cargo
Criminal Offense.
Washington. Criminal prosecution
of steamship companies and officials
who refuse American cargo was urged
by Representative Bennet, of New
York, before tho House Commerce
Committee as a reprisal against the
British blacklist. Chairman Adamson
and other committeemen expressed
doubt that the Bennet bill would rem
edy the situation. (
Mary Andrulavage, of Exchange,
burned to death by accidentally ignit
ing her dress with a match.
Caught under falling rock at the
Maple Hill colliery, Peter Link, of
Shenandoah, aged thirty-five years,
was so badly crushed that he will die-
Blood poisoning, which developed
from picking a pimple, caused the
dentu of Michael Kolack, fifty yeara
old, at bis home In Atlas.
Having little faith In banks, Mike
Dollna had secreted $390 behind a joist
In his cellar at Tamaqun. He looked
Thursday to find the money had boen
stolen.
A big cinnamon bear, named Joe,
from Colorado, in the Paxtang Park
Zoo murdered a Virginia black bear,
named Teddy. .The keepers say Joe
and Teddy had a tiuarrel over hlch
was to lie in the sun.
Scores of rejected recruits who left
the State Bervlce at Mount Gretna have
failed to respond to the Identification
cards sent out by the adjutant gen
eral's office to the addresses given.
Until they do so, not only they, but
many other rejected men, will not be
paid, as the State treasurer Is holding
up each company roll until completed.
Fearing that be would be stricken
with typhoid fever, Levi M. Cramp,
flfty-two years old, of Gibraltar, arose
from his bed und cut his throat. His
son missed him and found htm dead In
the hack yard. He had been working
at one of the industrial plants at
Coatesville until the recent typhoid
fever epidemic.
Chester City Council sold a $100,000
municipal bond Issue for public im
provements to the Cambridge Trust
Company, for $100,437. The bonds
mature in thirty yeara at four per cent.
The money will be used to erect a new
municipal building, to motorize fire ap
paratus, and what remains will be
spent on puhllq parks.
Plans for the proposed $300,000
bridge across the tracks of tho Penn
sylvania Kallroad at Walnut Street,
Harrisburg, connecting the eastern
residential district with the central
part of the city has boen completed
by Grclncr & Co., of Baltimore, and
were presented to Council. The plans
will next go to the city planning com
mission. Between twelve and thirteen thou
sand members of the United Mine
Workers' organization, engaged prin
cipally at collieries operated by the
Susquehanna Coal Co. and the Phila
delphia & Reading Coal A Iron Com
pany between Shamokin and Mount
Carmel, went on strike to compel all
employes to become members of the
union. It is estimated that ut least
600 miners are not ufllliated with vthe
organization.
Vpward of two hundred principals
and teachers of the North Union
Township schools are threatening to
strike for higher wages. The mini
mum wage for teachers Is $360 per
year and $4S0 for principals, and the
maximum $180 for teachers and $800
for principals. A statemontrftiyen out
by thirteen principals of the township
says the average pay wage per mun is
$5fi2..r.O and per woman $435 for the
term of eight months. Taking this in
come on a basis of twelve months, the
average Income per man Is $16.87 per
month and $36.25 per woman, which la
considerably lower than the day labor
er now receives.
Gustavo A. Link, taxidermist in the
Carneglo Museum, who was fatally bit
ten by a rattlesnake, lost his life in the
course of his employment and his
widow Is entitled to compensation, ac
cording to Ileferee C. E. Chrlstley, of
the Pittsburgh Workmen's Compensa
tion Board. He said Mrs. Link would
receive forty per cent, of ber husband's
salary for GOO weeks, and for every
child under sixteen years of age an
additional five per cent, would be paid.
"The fsct that He was in .the employ
of the museum and doing his work
would entitle him to tho benefits of the
Act," the referee said.
Although the Connellsvllle coke
trade passed the 400,000-ton shipment
mark during the week, the shipment
of 200,000 tons of coal to new by-product
coke ovens In other parts of Jhe
country indicated that the trend of the
Industry was changing. Of this
amount, 80,000 tons weekly to Youngs-
town alone will displace former coke
shipments of 64,000 tons, withdrawing
that amount of coke from- the market
Connellsvllle operators are quoting
coal at $1.49 and $1T0 a ton at the
mine, which they contend Is equal to
$2.65 and $2.70 a ton for coke. Car
supply for coko was abundant, but
there was a shortage in coal cars.
Every man, woman or child who has
benefited by the production of oil and
gas In Pennsylvania should know of
Drake Day, Aside from cash earnings
there are the comforts and conveni
ences of natural gas that benefit all
Drake Day, to celebrate the putting;
down of the first well by Drake on Oil
Creok, will be observed splendidly and
appropriately at Bradford on Saturday,
August 26. Lewis Emery, Jr., one of
the oldest and most successful oil pro
ducers and refiners will deliver a his
torical address that will be of vast in
terest to all.
Colonel Ather Miner Becomes Corn.
mander Of New Regiment 9ffl.
, cers' Roster Medical
Corps Changes.
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Harrisburj-
Adjutant-General Stewart fctuicK it,
formal order transferring the Nlntli
Infantry of the National Guars! u tfct
artillery branch of the service mi
designating it the Third Peaasyifatiit
Field Artillery.
Colonel Asher Miner, commaaovr at
the Ninth, becomes colonel of the ne
artillery regiment, and Janes jl
Dewey and O. F. Harvey , Jr., ate to bt
majors of the regiment The head
quarters will be located in Wilket-
Barre, along with the supply company,
and Batteries D, E and F. The other
batteries will be located as fellowt:
Battery A, Hazleton; B, Pitts tan ; c,
Nanticoke and Plymouth.
The following officers for the rai
ment were appointed:
Goorge W. Cuxe, captain, not i-
signed.
William I. Ilavert, captain, (Jatterr
A, Field Artillery.
Wm. II. Zlerdt, captain, Battery JJ,
Benjamin F. Evans, captain, not as
signed,
Itobt F. Waters, captain, Battery C.
Jacob A. Fleisbcr, captain, Battery
B.
Alexander A. Mltcholl, captain. Bat
tery E.
Gilbert G. Jacobosky, captain. Bat
tery F.
Stephen Elliott, captain, not as
signed.
William S. McLean, Jr., captain, not
assigned.
Samuel J. Traher, first lieutenant,
Battery B.
Thomas J. Kniff, first Ileutenan',
Battery C.
Ernest 1L Winters, first lieutenant,
Battery B.
Adnah O. Kostenbauder, first lieu
tenant. Battery C.
George H. Ithelnhart, first lieuten
ant, not assigned.
John W. Coover, first lieutenant, Bat
tery F.
George N. Dietrich, first lieutenant,
Battery A.
George N. Klein, first lieutenant, Bat
tery E.
Thomas II. Atherton, Jr., first lieu
tenant, Battery I).
William II. Smith, first lieutenant.
Battery E.
Robert C. Miner, first Ileutenan',
Battery D.
William K. Kussell, Jr., first lieuten
ant, Battory F.
Nell Chrlsmnn, first lieutenant, Third
Field Artillery.
Leon A. Tlerney, second lieutenant,
Battery B.
O. Raymond Snyder, second lleuten
ant, Battery B.
William W. Laxarus, second lieuten
ant. Battery A.
William J. Spry, second lieutenant.
Battery C.
Murtin P. Hart, second lieutenant.
Battery C.
William S. James, second lieutenant,
Battery A.
Charles H. Zlerdt, second lieutenant,
Battery E.
Edward Brown, second lieutenant
Battory D.
Thomas N. Troxwell, second lieu
tenant, Battery F.
Harold R. Mohoney, second lieuten
ant. Battery F.
David R. Palmer, second lieutenant,
Battery D.
The following olficers of the medical
corps have been relieved from assign
ment to the Ninth Infantry and are
assigned to the artillery under date
of today:
Major Lawrence M. Thompsoa, Finrt
Lieutenant Edward B. Bixby, and First
Lieutenant Raymond L. Wadhami.
First Lieutenant Charles L. Shafer.
assistant surgeon medical corps, of
the Ninth Infantry, is relieved and
will remain unassigned.
Cantain James M. Farr Is appointed
chaplain with rank from February 20,
1911. with the pay and grade of a flw
lieutenant and assigned to now artil
lery reclment
The following olficers of the Ninth
are transferred to the supernumerary
list:
Captain Andrew C. Overpeck. quar
termaster.
Captain Atherton Bowen, commn-
tary.
Captain John L. Fehllnger, Com-
nnny E.
First Lieutenant John T. Jeter, Jr..
battalion adjutant
Flnst Lieutenant William Snyder,
Company C.
First Lieutenant Patrick J. Gibboni,
Comnanv' If.
Second Lieutenant Conrad P. Smith,
battalion quartermaster and commit
eary.
Second Lieutenant Edward
Womelsdorf, Company I
Record Hay Crop For 191-
One of Ihe largest hay crops evet
harvested In Pennsylvania is reporte
by the State Department of Agricul
ture, which estimates the 1916 crop
6,3T)0,000 tons. The production 1
year averaged 1.13 tons to the acre awl
3.558,000 tons were hm-vested. Th.
year, the acreage was Increased Ere"''
i., iko vieiii hp i- nem was nine"
larger. The ten year 'average is J -tneis
to the acre. In some countk.
the preseut average Is nearly two to"'
and It Is expected that final figures w'
make an average per gore close t"
tone.