THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS, McCONNELLSEURG, PA.
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Brotherhood Chairmen Prepare
for Action.
FIRM ON THE 8-HOUR DAY
executives, Awaiting Conference With
Wilson, Confident That Strike,
If Called, Will Not Latt
Long.
Washington. The 640 chairmen of
the railway brotherhoods, who were
called to Washington by President
Wilson In the hope of averting a
(Tike, beld a meeting In the DIJou
Theatre Sunday ami reeolved to go
home. Sealed instruction, known a
"wtrlke order," were laeued to each of
thorn, telling them what to do In case
a atrike is declared.
Unless the railroad heads recede
from their demand for arbitration of
the eight hour day proposal, one
brotherhood bead said, a strike affect
ing about 400.000 men will be called
within the next 10 days.
A sub-committee, consisting of about
30 men, was appointed, with full power
to effect a settlement If ouch a thing
la still possible. The committee waa
ttpeclflcally Intruded, however, that It
has no power to accept terms of sot
tlemeirt that provide for arbitration of
the question of an eight-hour clay with
10 hours' pay.
A. 11. Garretson, V. G. Leo, W. S.
Stone and W. L. Carter, the chiefs of
the four big brotherhood, aie mem
bers of this committee.
Strike Unavoidable, Many Say.
Immediately after the meeting all of
tho chairmen who had not been made
members of the committee began pack
ing up and preparing to go home. Fully
half of them had left town at an early
hour this evening.
Tentative plans for a joint sen Ion
of the Senate and House to hear Presi
dent Wilson ask for legislation to pre
vent the threatened nation-wide rail
road etrlke were discussed by the
President with Senator Kern. Possi
bilities of legislation were talked ever
by the President with Senator New
lands, chairman of the Interstate Com
merce Committee, and Secretary Lane
'luring the day, and the President
,d a quiot trip to the Senate olDce
I -tilding to find Senator Kern attend
:".iT a meeting of the Finance Commit
tee. Whether the plans considered by
President Wilson and his advisers at
tho Capitol will be carried out depends
upon developments, but it Is under
stood thiit if all efforts f ill to bring
the rmp!ojrs and their men together
the President Rill go before Congress
and ask that it deal with the situation,
even If that r.'yv-ltates indefinitely
prolonging the p;.v -nt session.
Ropre-entative- ir both the railways
ami the brotherh.' i 1 will confer again
with the President. The executives
of the lines wiil p t .-1 : 1 1 the plan to
which ' tlioy agreed finally Saturday.
Its outstanding feature i.s a demand for
arbitration of wages under the eight
hour day or any day. W hen they have
duparted the brotherhood beaiis, acting
under Instructions received from the
committee of 640, will go to the White
House and appri.se President WiNon
lhat they cannot accept arbitration f
this feature of their demands, and t.'.:'.
in general they stand on his propo.-nl.
made a week aco, to concede the eight
hour principle and arbitrate the other
Issues.
What will follow no one attempts to
forecast accurately. There was a re
port, however, that the President might
ask the men to postpone action for a
period in order that he might seek
legislation which would force and pro
vide for a settlement without tying up
the country's transportation systems.
ARMY BILL PASSES.
Measure Goes Again To President Wit.
ion For Approval.
Washington. The Army Appropria
tion Pill, votoed by President Wilson
because of provisions In Its revision
of the articles of war, was accepted by
the House with a revision approved by
the War Department, and now goes
again to the President for signature.
Chairman Hay. of the Military Com
mittee, author of the provision which
drew the veto, made no light.
STENOGRAPHERS, STEP UP!
Government Needs 200, All Men, Right
Away.
Washington. Male stenographers
are urgently needed by the Govern
ment. The Civil Service Commission
ennounced today that special examina
tions for men only would be held
throughout the country on September
12 and 26. More than 200 appoint
ments are to be made a soon as pos
ilble. GONE TO SUPPORT FAMILIES.
More Than 1,500 National Guardsmen
Released From Duty.
Ran Antonio, Texas. Fifteen hun
dred and eight guardsmen with per
sons dependent on them for Bupport
have been discharged from border
duty, it waa announced at Fort Sam
Houston.
MRS. McADOO HAS TYPHOID.
Ailment Was Incorrectly Diagnosed
As Scarlet Fever.
Spring Lake, N. J. Mrs. Wllllirn O
Mc Adou, wife of the Secretary of the
Treasury spd daughter of President
Wllion, who Is at her summer norm
here suffering with what her physi
cians de-crlbed as "a slight attack ol
phoId fever." is reported as dolnt
nicely. Hor Illness, erroneously an
nounced as scarlet fever, was dlaf
no e.i fit typhoid by Dr Cary T. Cray
son. the President' physician.
II
ZEPPELINS
OVER
LONDON
German Naval Dirigibles Bom
bard Coasts of England.
EIGHT PERSONS KILLED
Most Explosives Fell Into Sea, Say
London Very Good Effects
Everywhere, Berlin
Assert.
London. Eight persons were killed
and 36 Injured in the latest Zeppelin
raid. It was announced officially. One
hundred bombs are known to have
been dropped. One Zeppelin reached
the outskirts of London.
The statement Is us follows:
"Five or six enemy airships raided
the east and southeast coasts of Eng
land. Two or three raiders came in
over the eastern counties and dropped
over .10 bombs without causing any
casualties or damaee. Another raider
attempted to approuch a seaport town,
but, being heavily fired on by antl air
craft guns, was driven off to the cast
ward after dropping 19 bombs In the
fea without reaching their objertlve.
"Another airship which visited the
southeast coast also came under a
heavy fire from anti-aircraft defenses
and was compelled to unload her cargo
of bombs In the sea without doing any
damage to life or property.
Reached London Outskirts.
'Another raider succeeded In reach
ing the outskirts of London, where ex
plosive and Incendiary bombs were
dropped, and It is regretted thut casu
alties occurred among the civilian
population as follows :
"Killed three men, three women, two
children.
"Injured seriously three men, four
women. ,
'Injured slichtly four men, seven
women, three children.
'In addition one soldier was serious
ly and 14 slightly injured by broken
glass.
'An electric power station was
slightly damaged and engineering
works were somewhat damaged by fire.
Several small fires occurred, all of
which were promptly extinguished by
the London fire brigade, several per
sons being rescued from positions of
danger by firemen.
"Fire was opened on this airship,
which Immediately altered its course.
Some of our airmen went up In pursuit
and one airman succeeded In firing at
the raider at close range."
All Returned, Says Berlin.
Rerlln. The city and southwestern
district of London were bombarded by
German airships, an offielal statement
sued by the Wur Office says. Bat
teries at Harwich and Folkstone also
were attacked, says the statement.
which adds that "everywhere very
good effects were observed."
The statement reads:
"All the alrehlpi, both going and re
timing, were heavily but unsuccess
fully shelled by numerous guarding
forces. During their attack they were
fired on by anti-aircraft batteries. All
have returned."
MINISTER'S WIFE A SUICIDE.
Mrs. Harnsberger Killed Self While
Husband Wat At Mother' Burial.
Harrisonburg, Va. Mrs. Nell Drown
I..irnberger, 48 years old, committed
f ile Ide In Staunton while her hus-tar-il.
the Rev. A. L. Ilarnsberser, was
iii Hilton, Rockingham county, atterid
Int; the funeral of his mother. Mrs.
Harn-berger was suffering from a
nervou- breakdown and a memher of
the faiul'y always kept watch over
her.
PROTOCOL 13 SIGNED.
United States To Establish Financial
Protectorate Over Haiti.
Washington. "Secertary of State
Lansing and Solon Menos, Minister
from Haiti, signed a protocal under
tho terms of which the I'nlted States
will establish a financial protectorate
over the island. Secretary Lansing
refused to give out the details of the
protocol until It had been ratified by
the Senate.
WOULD DELAY SALE OF ISLANDS.
If That Can't Be Done, Landsthlng
Is For General Election.
Copenhagen. The Iandsthing, tho
Danish I'pper House, adopted an order
of the day declaring that If the sale of j
the Danish Wot Indies to the L'nited j
Slates cannot be postponed until after
the war the question shall be settled
bv a general election. The vote came
after five hours of exelted discussion j
In an open meeting.
WORST QUAKE SINCE 'FHISCO.
Eureka, Cal., Reports Two ShccUs But
No Damage.
Kurelta, Cal. The most violent
earthquake felt here since April, lOf'6,
wheu San Francisco was destroyed,
rocked t.io city and Northern Hum
boldt county. No material damage
was done. There were two shocks,
each lasting several seconds. Reports
of shocks came from Areata and other
points north of here.
CALF CAUSES AUTOIST'S DEATH.
Runt Car Off Bridge To Avoid Animal
and Break's Neck.
Klklns, W. Vs. Andy l.oehllner, a
merchant at Thomas, was learning to
drive bis new automobile Monday
when he met a calf on a bridge ut Wll
lams. Iu attempting to pas.-; the snl
nal he ran off the bridge and the car
urned over and imprisoned I.ochliner
'nder the water. Section hands near
ly rescued him, but bis neck was
iroken and he died at Klklns Hospital.
WHEN THE AUTO TRACTOR IS PERFECTED
ALLIES ADVANCE
F
British and French Make Gains
on Somme.
LAND BLOW TOGETHER
Capture Of Maurepat Leaves Clery
Almost Surrounded and Brings
French Directly In Front Of Im
portant Town Of Comblea,
London. Striking simultaneously,
the Dritlsh and French have made sub
stantial gains on the Somme front, ac
cording to Paris and the British War
Olljre. Maurepas ban fallen to the
French, who have pushed forward
more than 200 yards beyond the town
of a front of a mile and a quarter. The
llrltlsh War OlDce reports a 300-yard
advance south of Thlepval and the cap.
lure of many prisoners.
The capture of Maurepas leaves
Clory almost surrounded and brings
the French directly in front of the
important railroad town of Combles.
Thlepval Is in about the same position
as Clery and the Allied front, as de
scribed, now resembles the teeth of
a great saw, between which the Ger
mans are tenaciously holding the ruins
of several villages.
Reports from tho Somme front indi
cate that the French are preparing to
extend their offensive for a distance of
So milt s south of the present battle
line.
The French Report
The communication says:
"North of the Somme, we attacked
German positions in the Maurepas
region. After carrying In a single
dash that part of the village which the
enemy still occupied and adjoining
trenches, we established a line 200
meters beyond on a front of about two
kilometers, stretching from the rail
road north of the village to Hill 121,
on the southeast. We took prisoners
200 Germans during this operation and
captured a dozen machine guns.
"On the right bank of the Meuse the
enemy launched many band-grenade at
tacks against our new front between
Thlaumont and Fleury. These broke
down under our fire. We made s'5ht
progress beyond the eastern outskirts
of Fleury.
German Line Holds.
r.erlln. French infantry made sev
eral attacks in the region of Thlau
mont work, northeast of Verdun.
These assaults, the War Office reports,
were unsuccessful. '
French and British attacks on the
Somme front were repulsed. The
statement follows:
"North of the Somme fresh efforts
on the part of the enemy were ren
dered futile. British attacks were
again directed against the projecting
angle between Thlepval and Pozieres
and against our positions around
Gulllemont. Near Maurepas, and
especially to the south, strong French
forces were repulsed after stubborn
flghtlne at 7arlous places.
"On the right bank nf the Meuse
(Verdun front), the artillery fighting
in the Thlaumont-Flcury sector and "in
the wnoded mountain near Chapitre In
creased considerably In IntenMty. Sev
eral French attacks south of Thlau
mont work broke down.
"During the last few days one enemy
aeroplane has been shot down at each
of the following places: In aerial en
gagements near Bazantln and west of
Peronne; by anti-aircraft guns in the
region of Rlchebourg and near La
bassee." LITERACY TEST SQUELCHED.
Senate, Warned Of Impending Veto,
Put Measure Aside.
Washington President Wilson let It
be known that he would veto the luiml
gratltn bill If it came before him again
with the literacy test. With that
knowledge the Senate defeated the
motion to take up the measure and re
turned to consideration of the Revenue
bill.
BLACK TOM ISLAND VERDICT IN.
Lehigh Valley Railroad And Storage
Company Censured.
Jersey City, N. J. Tne coroner's
Jury ulch has been Investigating the
causes of the recent disaster tn Black
Tom Island, that resulted 'In several
deaths and about $liO,0('0.00( property
damage, brcught In a verdict censur
ing the Lehigh Valley Railroad and the
National StDrr.jie Company for falling
to take adequate precautions In' tne
transportation and storage of explosives.
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BANDIT VILLA'S
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Is No Longer Factor In Mexican
Affairs.
MAY MEAN AR MY WITHDRAWAL
Joint Commission Will Meet First
Week In September In Some
New England Coast
Town.
Washington. Secretary Lansing
and Eliseo Arredondo, Mexican Ain
bassador-deslgnate, tentatively agreed
that the Joint commission to discuss
border problems should meet at some
place on the New England coast dur
ing the first week in September.
Brigadier-General Pershing trans
mitted a report saying the general
opinion was that "Villa's prestige is
gone and that he can never again be
come a serious factor In Mexican af
faire." Supporting as It does General Funs
ton's recent recommendation for the
withdrawal of the expeditionary force
In Mexico, It Is bolieved General
Fershing's report makes It certain that
the American commissioners will
agree promptly to the suggestion of
tholr Mexican conferees for the early
recall of the troops.
Mr. Arredondo called at the depart
ment to receive formal notification
that the American commissioners haii
been elected and were ready to meet
the Mexican members as soon as tho
time mid place could be arranged. Doth
the embassy and the department were
In communication with Mexico City In
regard to the fixing of a date for bo
ginning the sessions.
In his telegram to the War Depart
ment Brigadier-General Pershing re
ported that Francisco Villa, when luBt
heard from, was making bis way south
into Durango, with a small following.
General Pershing said that until
recently Villa had been secluded In the
mountains of Southern Chihuahua,
where he was driven last April by
American troops.
The dispatch, sent from the expedi
tionary headquarters at Colonla Dub
Ian, follows:
"My last report regarding Villa at
tack on Parral Is now reported Incor
rect. Villa had only small following.
He avoided Parral and places occu
pied by Carranza troops. He was mak
ing his way south Into Durango, Prob
ably now hiding in mountains.
"Until recently Villa has bee hiding
since being driven to mountains of
Southern Chihuahua by our troops last
April. His late attempt to obtain fol
lowing reported as almost total failure.
Opinion seems general that Villa pres
tige is gone and that he can never
again become serious factor In Mexi
can affairs."
Army officers here were Inclined to
regard the report of Villa's loss of
prestige as most Important and likely
to have a bearing on the question of
withdrawal of American force in
Mexico.
MRS. McADOO IS RECOVERING.
President's Daughter Has Mild Attack
Of Scarlet Fever.
Spring Lake, N. J. Mrs. William d.
McAdoo, wife of the Secretary of the
Treasury and a daughter of President
Wilson, who has been III at her sum
mer home here, Is suffering from a
light attack of scarlet fever, but her
condition Is not serious! Dr. Carv T.
Grayson, the President' physician, and
Col. William Gray Schauiner, Surgeon
General of New Jersey, held a con
sultation, after which Dr. Grayson re
turned to Washington.
TWENTY KILLED IN EXPLOSION.
Bodies Recovered From Yorkshire
(England) Munitions Factory.
London. Twenty bodies have been
recovered from the ruins of the York
shire munltlcns factory explosion, the
Minister of Munitions told the House
of Commons. There were less fatalities
than were feared. The exact location
of the disaster hag not been revealed.
SWIMMING RECORD LOWERED.
Girl Crosses Golden Gate In SI Mlnutea
35 4-5 Second.
San Francisco. Misa "Babe" Wright,
a San Francisco girl, swam across the
Golden Gate in 31 minutes 35 4 6 sec
onds, setting an official Pacific Athletic
Association record for women for the
event. The best previous record s
by Miss Nell Schmidt, of Alameda, who
made it In 44.11.1 several yean ago.
This race was the first across the
Oolden Gate for women ever sane
tloned by the association.
PESI
GONE
TRAIN
HITS
AUTO
FIVE ABE KILLED
John Quillen, His Wife and Two
Children Are Dead.
THE CHAUFFEUR A VICTIM
The Quillen Car Stopped Suddenly In
the Track and the Train Rushed
Upon It Warnings Given,
Says Engineer.
Berlin, Md. Five persona were kill
ed and four Injured when the Pennsyl
vania 9 o'clock A. M. train struck the
car of John Quillen, at the state road
crossing, about a half-mile from Deri in.
The dead are John Quillen, hi wife
and two children. Denuard, eight
year old, and Norman, aged three, and
Henry Predeau, tho colored chauffeur.
The Injured arc the oldest daughter
of the Quillen family, with a broken
high and Internal Injuries; another
daughter, about 10; a ton, six year
old, and a daughter of four, both w ith
fractured skulls and serious Internal
Injuries, as well as many bones broken.
The last two are not expected to re
cover.
The car, driven by Predeau, In whlcL
Quillen and his wife and six children
were riding, had stopped at a soda
fountain 10 minutes before the acci
dent, and Quillen had purchased ice
cream cones fi r the family. They had
driven to the Derlln lee plant, and,
after driving around the building,
turned again on the Ocean City road
toward home. The distance to the rail
road crossing, after this turn. Is about
200 yards. Dr. H. S. Ptirnell, of Der-
lln. came along In hi car at that time
and wns following the Quillen car at a
distance of abcut 00 yards.
Story of Eye-Witnes,
Dr. Purnell stated that he heard the
train coming before he noticed that the
Quillen car was In danger.
"Quillen' ear," he said, "slowed down
and I did so, loo, because I knew that
the train must pass before I could
cross the tracks.
"I suppose that the car ahead of in
had crossed tho track and slowed down.
The car driven by Predeau stopped sud
denly, and at that moment the train
rushed upon it. The car was swept
upon the pilot and carried dewn the
tracks. A strange feature of the acci
dent was that .though the car was
struck squarely in tho middle and car
ried along ahead of the engine for over
200 yards before the train could be
stopped, not one of the nine passengers
fell from the wreck until it was
brought to a standstill."
Ample Warning.
At the point where the accident hap
pened, the courrete state read crosses
the tracks nearly at right angles. The
train struck the car from the right
side, where Predeau sat. There Is no
obstruction on the road to have pre
vented the driver from seeing the train
approach. The engineer stated that
the bell of the locomotive was ringing
and that the whistle was sounded for
the crossing.
It would appear that the driver
thought he had time to make the crose-
ng, then seeing that it was too late,
but not realizing that he was o.i the
tracks, he suddenly ftppli.d the biakes,
thus stopping bis car Just as the train
reached the spot.
Was Slowing Down,
The engineer, C. W. McCleary, gave
the following account of the ucrldenl:
I had shut off power Just after we
left the woods to slow down for the
curve."
The curve is one-qtmrter of a mile
from the. crossing. The whistle was
blown and the bell sounding when w'e
apprcached the crossing. I was look
ing from my window of the cab and
could see the lights of a car ahead of
me and one behind the one we struck.
On the latter only one small light was
showing and could not be seen until
we were right upon It. When this dim
light became visible the first applica
tion of (he brakes had been made for
stopping at the Derlln Station, so that
our speed was about 30 or 35 miles per
hour.
The emergency was applied as soon'
as I saw the light and the train could
not possibly have been stopped sooner.
As the train stopped A. S. Pollltt, the
fireman, swung to the ground and ran
ahead. He found the eldest dauchler
with her feet entangled tn the wreck
age. She was crying 'My feet! My
feet!' He raised part of the car and
Bhe fell free. I lifted her aside and
went to release the little girl who was
still conscious.
The colored man fell from the
wreck to tho side of the track, dead.
The woman, however, was still gasp
ing when I reached her. The white
man, too, was dead. One of the chil
dren breathed for a few minutes after
the train stopped. Their groans were
terrible. I did net hear any one scream
when the car was struck, due to the
engine's noise.
"Parts of the car droppd away along
the track from the crossing to where
the stop whs made and tho parts left
upon the idiot were crushed Into an
unrecognizable mass. Part of the car
were driven between the bars of the
pilot, so that they had to be removed
with crowbars. The pilot was torn al
most away and had to be removed be
fore the train could proceed."
BRITAIN TO EMBARGO TOBACCO.
Washington Surprised and Will fiend
Vigorous Protest
Washington. Surprise was caused
In Government circles when tho Drit
lsh 'K.mbassy announced It had re
ceived a cablegram from London
saying an embargo will be laid on all
America ntobacco shipments to Ger
many and Austria through neutral Eu
ropean ports after August 31. !t was
stated that shipments bought md paid
for to August 1 v.ill be allowed to go
forward through Holland.
BROWN TAKES UP
TROOP VOTE PLAN
Attorney General Confer At Capitol
On Requirement Of Law Pre-'
. pares Circular.
Harrisburfr
Attorney General Francis Shunk
Brown returned to the State Capitol
to take up the problems attending the
voting of the Pennsylvania guardsmen
in the field and spent some time In
conference at the Capitol with
Deputies Keller, Herges!, Collins and
Davis regarding requirements of the
law. It Is probable that an opinion,
which will be given to the Governor In
response to his request, will be print
ed In circular form. Adjutant-Ocneral
Stewart I preparing; a circular to be
Issued to commanders of regiments In
the field calling; attention to tho step
necessary by voters In oidor to have
the right to cast ballots.
Troop Te Have Field Bakery.
Announcement was made at the
Adjutant-General's Department of the
organisation of a field bakery attached
to the division of Pennsylvania troops
now at the border. The bakery will
be com posed of sixty-one men, divided
into four sections, under command of
a captain. It Is likely that Major
Frank L. Mueller, of Philadelphia, now
In the quartermaster corps, will be do
tailed to command the new organiza
tion. Each of the three sections will
be In command of a sergeant and when
the troops return to this. State three
sections will be located In Philadel
phia and one In Pittsburgh, where
the.ro are armory facilities. The field
bakery will have a capacity of 24,000
loaves per day, each section producing
elx thousand.
It Is expected that orders will be Is
sued wLhln a day or eo mustering out
of the Guard the company of the sep
rate battalion at Danville. The Wll
liamsport and Milton companies are
to be absorbed by the Thirteenth la
fantry, while the Sunbury company,
succeeded the Pottsvllle company of
the Fourth.
Hearing On Reading Stream Lines.
Hearings were given by the Stat
Water Supply Commission to repre
sentatives of railroads, industrial
establishments and property owners In
Reading in regard to the proposed
creation of stream lines In the Schuyl
kill River within that city. The muni
cipal authorities were heard some
time ago. Efforts were mado to reach
an agnement In rogr.rd to vucatlon of
properties r.lleged to have been se
cured through encroachments.
A similar hearing was beld In regard
to Dunlap Creek between Drownsvlllo
and South Drownsville.
Residents of Punxsutanney also
protested against construction of a
dam by tin electric company In that
borough.
Delegates To Prison Congress Named.
The Governor's office announced ap
pointment of the following delegates
to represont Pennsylvania at tha
American Prison Congress at Duffalo,
October 7: Pennsylvania Public
Charities Association, Albert 1L Vo-
taw, R. J. McKei.ty, Joteph P. Dyers
Colonel R. E. Holz, Florenco Bayard
Kano, Philadelphia: Henry Pblpps,
Mrs. E. W. Gormley, Pittsburgh; W. l
Penn, Morganza; T D. Patton Hunt
ingdon; John Francies, Western Penl
tentlary; Pr. T. S. Mitchell, A. II. I.es
lie, Rev. William Bruzza, Hoboken;
Eleanor M. Donham, York.
To Build Many Bridges.
Tiiirty-oiglit applications for con
struction of county and township
bridges were approved by the Water
Supply Commission, Including bridges
In Northumberland, Montour, Tioga,
Lancas-ter, Bucks, Schuylkill, Wayne
and York. The Reading Railway re
ceived permits for bridges tn Potu
llle and liear New Cumberland. The
Philadelphia, Newtown and New York
Railroad received permission to build
a bridge In Dryn Athyn.
Standard Of Safety For Crane.
The Stato Industrial Board held r.n
extended hearing on the propo. id
standard of safety for cranes. Tho
code was drafted to cover all kinds
of cranes and representatives of manu
facturers and others made crltli-Lms.
Expressions of willingness to co-oper-eto
with the State In the r;lfcty work
were given. The code will be con
sidered and ordered put Into effect
within a month or so.
Failure To Gl 'e Data Halts Pay.
The progress on payment of the men
who enlisted prior to June 24 and who
were rejected or did not take the oath
Is being held back by failure of men
to send data regarding residence. All
such men of the fourth have been paid
and most of tho Sixth and Eighth,
while progress Is being ms'de In tho
payment of the FJrst, Third aud
Eighteenth.
New Zoologist Due In September.
Prof. J. G. Sanders, tho new state
zoologist, has arranged to take Ki.rge
of his work early in September. He
will accompany the Governor on his
first week's tbur of the farming regions
(n September. He will meet with the
lew Commission of Agriculture on
September 11.
Theatre Conditions Ordered Improved.
L. R. Palmer, chief of tho State
Bureau of Forestry Inspection, Is 1.
Ing a series of district conferences
with Inspectors In cenlral counUe-. to.
-ultlng in numerous orders for Im
provements of conditions in thoativs
and similar places of public asset.:! '-.
Te Wage War On Loan Sharks.
The Pennsylvania Asoselatlon of Li
censed Small Loan Brokers met to dis
cuss ways and means of dignifying the
small loan business and of eradicating
the so-called "loan shark." A. J. Shro
der, president, of Philadelphia, pre
tided. Phlladelphlan' Trustee.
Herman L. Collln, of Philadelphia,
was appointed by Governor Brum
baugh as a trimtee of the Home foi
"raining In Speech of Doaf Children
it Philadelphia. Paul It- Nutt was ep
nln'.ed Justice of the peace foi
Charlorol.
STATE HEWS
Itl short on
Litest Doings In Various Parti
of the State.
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The National Slag Company, havi&
crusher at South Bethlehem and Del
lerstown, is erecting a new crusher u
Hokendauque.
Mrs. Oliver M. Wolfe) wts kiliw
when, a bolt of lightning struck clcn,
to her. She wa standing on the rlut
bank near Dubolatown.
A grovo of the Woodmen's Circle
the women's auxiliary of the Woodmen
of the World, wa organized at Fuller
ton. DeAhlehein is to have a new Industry,
the Lattig -Shinier Company, a 1150,0m
concern, lhat will manufacture steel
novelties.
Lightning caused destruction of Ui
barn on the II. D. Bmbaker farm cttr
ShepberdMown. The lose will be
$4,000. Three calves and all crop,
were burned.
Adam Miller, of Allentown, went U
Bethlehem and fished with a rig in
Monocacy Creek. He was caughL am
to souare himself w Itb the law It cot
him $24.10.
At the State Convention of th
Ladles' Auxiliary to the Ancient Order
of Hlbcrnkins, held at rottsvtlle, ilia
Katie T. O'Brien, of that place wu
elected secretary.
Denial was given at the Capitol tn
the report that Governor Brumbaugh
was 111 at hi summer home In Mala.
The Governor hRS been maXIni
speeches and fishing, friends who hate
Tlslted him report-
The Bethlehem School Board ha
raised the salaries of Its school Jani
tors five dollars a month; elected Dr.
Wnrren J. Blcber med-ical lnspector
and Miss Laura Sherman propbylaotli
nurse.
The school teachers of Bethlehem
will hold their own teachers' institute
this fall and tho teachers of the Mo
ravlan Parochial School, Moravian Col
lege for Women and Bethlehem rrcp.
School will likely Join with thecn.
Daniel Murphy, a Bethlehem rest
dent, was found drowned In the I.ehlrt
Canal, by Elmer Hill, w ho was passing
along the tow path. It Is believed lhat
Murphy lost his way home in the dark
nesti and wandered to the tow path.
Dr. Howard Strou. of Bothlche.
while walking near Allenown, wa
struck by a trolley car. His fret wer
amputated at the Allentown Hospital,
where slight hope la held out for his
recovery.
Attorney-General Brown announced
that be had refused the petition of
William Leslie for a writ of quo war
rnnto to oust Mayor John Y. Kosek,
of Wlikes-Parre, rti the ground that
he Is Ineligible to succeed himself at
mayor of a third-class city.
A Stato organization of advertijlnt
distributors wa. effected at Harris
burs, James F. Casidy, Philadelphia,
being elected president. Tho object
Is to standardize service and to bold
meetings for discussion of the subject
in various citlee annually. S. II.
Gerlon, Reading, was elected secretary
and trenrurer with these directors: E
J. Strothers, Pittsburgh; J. L. Coolie.
Philadelphia, and K. J. Evans, Wllkss
Barre. Notice has been given U twenty-
three Harrlbburg agricultural asfocla
tlons Interested In fairs by Commis
sioner of Health Dixon that children
under sixteen must be excluded from
attending such exhibitions-. The rea
son given is to prevent the crowding
of children within common carriors at
the show and within enclosure
during the prevalence of Infantile
paralytrlst.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Pom nan r
Is hiring men for police duty In the
Avnnt of a KtrtltK Tim OMntraet nrn-
vldes that the compensation will b
three dollars a day, dating from the
time of engagement and the man If
given the option of going to Oil City
and being maintained by the company
Tor duty in Oil City, Franklin and
vicinity. The company also Is option
Ing blankets and provisions from mer
chants In the two cities In case of a
strike.
While learning to operate his new
touring car, bought only la9t week,
James H. Sllllraan, a fanner, sixty-
three years old, of Aquashlcola, was
killed. He had been on the road with
his eon Vian, aged seventeen, and they
had turned Into the farmyard, when
the car declined to respond to his con
trol. In running down a two-foot ank
It turned turtle and Silllman was
pinned under It The car was to"
heavy for wife and son to lift and
body was not extricated until an alatv
was sent to neighbors.
Harvest on the farm of the Middle
Coal Field Toor District, Laurytu".
about over. The crops were okcellonl.
and there will be enough of nearl)
everything to Bupply the noeds of the
Institution. The potato crop U alec
ery promising.
The Mauch Chunks are asked te
raise $150 for the Young Men's Chris
tlan Association to be used for the
benefit of the soldiers on the Mexica"
border. The monsy will be used to
trards purchasing stationery and litera
ture for the boys tn uniform.