J THE FULTON COUNTV NEWS. McHONNETJSBUG. PA. CONGRESS DS T One of Most Troublous in U. S. History. COSTLY, ACHIEVED RESULTS Appropriations Cloe To Two Billion Dollars; Not All Due To Preparedness Legis lation. Washington. The first session of the Sixty fourth Congress, was concerned chief) with national defense. When the gavel fell Congress had directed reorganization and re-equipment of the army and navy at the unprecedented cost of Ii;55,000,00O with authorizations that will Increase the total In three years to nearly $800, 000.000. With all other expenditures, appropriations were brought to the grand total of $1,037,583,682, the great est aggregate In the country's history. Expenditure, necessitated by pre paredness and by military forces to meet the Mexican emergency de manded revenue legislation in the closing days cf the session. Congress responded by doubling the normal tax .on Incomes, creating an Inheritance tax, munitions tax and mlscellaneors excise taxes to raise $205,000,000 and by directing salo of $130,000,000 Tana ma canal bonds. Was Troublous Session, The session was disturbed through out by frequently recurring threats tif foreign complication from the Eu ropean war and Imminence at one time of a diplomatic bre.ik with Ger many; Interference with American malls and commerce. Invasion of American soil and killing of Amer icans by Mexican bandits, and dan ger of actual war with Mexico. Later In the session trouble arose In the Senate over the nomination of Louis D. Brandels a a member of the Supreme Court. Weeks of Inves tigation and deliberation by the Ju diciary Committee ended In confirma tion of Mr. Brandels by a large ma jority. In the week before adjournment Crn irress was occupied with legislation which prevented a threatened nation wide railroad strike. President Wilson r ibmltted the controversy to Congress, i commending legislation to avert the n-ike and to prevent such future emer gi ncles. After a week of consideration a bill was passed to establish an eight hour day as a basis for pay of railroad workers. Important Achievements. .Most Important legislative enact ment of the session, exclusive of laws for national d fen.;e, Included the fol lowing: Government -Ship Law Appropriat ing $50,000,000 to operate ships In for eign and coastwise trade when unable to lease them to Individuals or prl fate corporations. Child IjilKir Law-Denying Inter state commerce to piodticts of mines nd quarries employing children un der 16 yeata of age and of factories, milts, canneries and other estnblish nients employing children under i4 fears. Rural Credits Law--Establ'shlr g a f;irm Iran board in control of a sys tem of farm loan mortgage banks. Workmen's Compensation I-aw Pro viding uniform sick and accident bene fits for employee of the Federal Gov ernment and benefits to dependents In rase of death. Emergency Revenue Law Providing for doubling the normal lucerne tax on the lowest class; making an addi tional surtax ranging from 1 per cent, on that portion of Incomes exceeding $20,000 to 11 per cent, on amount of Incomes In excess of $2,000,000; levy ing a graduated tax i.f 1 to 10 per cent, on inheritances ranging fiom $50,000 to $5,000,000; a 10 per cent, net profit tax on manufacturers of munitions, 5 per cent, net profit tax on manufac turers of materials entering Into muni tions; a license tax oil actually In vented capital stock of corporations capitalized at more than $99,00; wine, beer and liquor excise taxes and mis cellaneous stamp taxes. Good Roads Law Providing for co operative Ftderal aid to the State for cor' ruction of highways and ap propriating $75,000,000 to be spent In five years. Postal Savings Law Amendment In creasing the amount which Individuals may depcslt from $500 to $1000 with merest and an additional $1000 with out Interest. Federal Reserve -Amendments, In cluding amendment to the Clayton anti trust law permitting ofllcers and dlree I rs of member banks to become officers and directors of not more than two ether nonfompeting banks; amend i: erit.H permitting national bunks to es t I'lllph foreign branches, liberalizing regulations for dlscounllng commercial I ap-r and permitting numbers of banks In lovns of 5000 cr less population to set as agents for Insurance com panies. Railroad Legislation. Railroad Eight Hour-Day Law Es tablishing ekht hours as the standard for reckoning the compensation of rail road employees operating trains In Interstate commerce after January 1, 1917, and providing for a commission WILSON LEAVES CAPITAL. May Not Return Until After Novem ber Election. W.-vshington. President WHeon left Washington for a stay which may ex lend until after election in November. ATter spending a night In Atlantic City he motored to the summer W:hite House, Shadow Lawn, at Long Branch, U. J-, for an extended stay. A staff of errearles, clerks and messengers left for Long riranch, and will open execu tive o.'iics at Asbury Tark. RIG SESSION of three to Investigate the effects ol the eight-hour standard, present wages not to be reduced during tne Investi gation nor for 30 days thereafter, and work In excess of right hours to be paid for at a pro rata rale. General Railroad Legislation Cre ation cf a Joint committee of Senate and House Interstate Commerce Com tnltlees to Investigate necessity for further legislation for railroads and the Interstate Commerce Commission, question of Government ownership of public utilities and comparative worth of Government ownership as against Government regulation. Tariff Creation of non-partisan tariff commission of five members to investigate and Advise Congress on tariff revision; repeal of the free sugar provision; amendments Increas ing duties on dyestuffs to encourage manufacturing dyostuffs; enactment of an anti-dumping provision to pre vent dumping of foreign-made goods at less than foreign markot prices; authorisation for the President to re taliate against foreign nations pro hibiting Importation of goods by lay ing an embargo against their Imports. Cotton Futures Act Providing prohibitive tax on cotton sold for future delivery in fictitious or wa.sh sale. Philippines Law to provide for a more autonomous government of tho Islands, enlarging self-government, reorganizing election laws, establish 'ng an elective Senate and promising Independence whenever, In the Judg ment of the United Slates, the Phil ippine people demonstrate capability for it Record Of Appropriations. Appropriations for all purposes were: Agriculture $ S4.948.S52 Army JS7.696.630 Diplomatic and Consular. 6.355,096 District of Columbia 12,841,907 Fortifications 25,748,050 Indian Affairs 10,967,641 Legislative and Execu tive 37.925,690 Military Academy 1,225.013 Navy i 313.300,095 Pensions 153.055,000 Postofflce 322.937.679 Rivers and Harbors 40.598,135 Sundry Civil 128,299.285 Permanent Appropria tions 131,074,673 Shipping Hill 50,100,000 Deficiencies 72,500.000 Rural Credits 6,10.000 Good Roads 6.000,0i'0 Floods 2,000,000 Grand Total $1,637,583,682 In addition to the total there were authorization for expenditure In future years, Including naval, good roaiis, tariff commission and other ex penditures, to bring the total to ap proximately $2,0o0.000.0O0, but these amounts do not properly apply to the appropriations for the fl.-cU year. Miscellaneous Legislation. In addition Congress enacted an un usually large amount of miscellaneous legislation, Including reorganization of the Patent Office; provision for trial of spaco system for payment for railroad mall service and leaving to the Interstate Commerce Commission determination of the method and rate of pay; creation of a National Park Rureau; establishing warehouse regu lations for cotton and grains and pro viding a new grain grading law; ex tension for a year of the Government War Risk Insurance Bureau; uniform law making bills of lading negotiable. Proposed legislation whieh failed in eludes the Immigration bill, tho cor rupt practices art, a vocational edu cation bill, conservation legislation. In cluding the public lands water power bill, the Shields navigable streams water power bill, the oil leasing bill, a flood control bill and a bill to es tablish citizenship for natUes of Porto Rica. Four Treaties Ratified. Four treaties were ratified by the Senate. The most Important was the Nicaraguan convention providing for the acquisition of a canal route and naval station rich's In the Bay of Fonder for $3,0o0,000. Another was the treaty with the Republic of Haiti providing for an American financial protectorate. The much - disputed treaty with Colombia was favorably reported, with an amendment reduc ing from $25,000,000 to $15,000,000, the proposed amount to be paid for the partition of Panama. The treaty, lowever, was never taken up, and It remains on the calendar. There was ratified with Denmark for purchase of the DanNh West Indies for $25,000,100. A treaty with Great P.rltain providing for protection of migratory birds on both sides of the Canadian border was ratified. Death claimed four members of the Congress during the session, Senators hlvely of Indiana, ami T.urlelgh of Maine, and Representatives Ilrown and Moss, both of West Virginia. Rep resentative Wlthersuoon of Mississippi died Just -before the se.-slon began. THE COUNTRY AT LARCE. Settlement of the Alaskan fisheries difficulty with Canflila probably will be made by a Joint high commis sion. Lieutenant Child, a Navy aviator, fell into the Potomac IUver. The National American Woman Suf frage Association Convention, In At lantic City, dofealed a resolution that the association In the present nation al campaign support only those candi dates for national olllces who pledge their support to the passage of the Susan It. Anthony amendment to the Federal Constitution. LANSING NOTIFIES DENMARK. Sends Word That the West Indian Treaty Is Ratified. Washington. Secretary of Stale Landing formally notified the Danish government through Danish Minister flnin hero and Ambasador Egan, at Copenhagen, that the Senate had rati fied the Danish-American treaty for purchase of the Danish West Indies for $25,000,000. One-fourth of Germany It woMd. IS PRE Take 5,600 Prisoners and Set Haliez Ablaze. 60 MILES NEARER LEMBERG Russians Claim To Ce Driving Turks From Strong Positions On the Mountains Fighting Along the Euphrates. Petrograd (via Ixmdon). In the fighting in Eastern Galicla the Tctro grad announcement says, the Russians took 5,600 more prisoners. Russian troops havo occupies the railway lines between Hallcz and Bemlkovltze and Wodnlki. An offensive movement undertaken by the Turks along the Euphrates, west of Erzlngan, In Turkish Armenia,. Is said by the War Office to have been reputed. In the region of Ognott, where stubborn fighting has been un der way, the Rufsluns are driving the Turks from their strong mountain do fenses. The report follows: "A Turkish offensive on the left bank of the River Euphrates, west of Erzlngan, was repulsed. Notwith standing stubborn resistance of the enemy In the region of Ognott our detachments are advancing and driv ing the enemy out of his strongly fortified mountain position, repelling 11 Turkish counter-attacks. "According to statement of pris oners, the Turkish troops operating In the region of Ognott have suffered treat losses. Here the commander of the Thirtieth Turkish Division was killed, the commander of the Second Turkish Corps, Falk Pasha, was killed or seriously wounded, and the com mander of the Twelfth Turkish Divi sion was wounded." Berlin. After heavy fighting with the Russians In the sector southeast of Iemberg, Eastern Gallcia, the Ger mans have fallen back In the sector between the Zlota Llpa and Dniester Rivers, the War Office announced. Russian attacks near Brzezany, on the Zlota Llpa, southeast of Lcmberg, were unsuccessful. The announcement fol lows: "Army Group of Prince Leopold There were no event of especial Im portance. "Army Group of Archduke Charles Francis Unsuccessful attacks were mad" by the Russians east and south east of Brzezany. Between the Zlota Llj and the Dniester, In connection with the battles, we withdrew to ft position previously prepared further back. Our rear guards reached these positions In the course of the day." FRANCE NEEDS $1,667,000,000. Will Bring War Appropriations Up To $12,200,000,COO. Tarls. Alexander S. Ribot, the French Minister of Finance, will ask the Chamber of Deputies for appro priations for the last quarter of 1919 amounting to 8,347,000.000 francs ($1, 667.000,000) or about 600,000,000 more francs then was nsl'ed for tho present quarter. The total appropriations asked by th French Government since August, 1914, will amount to 61,000, 000,000 francs In round numbers, or $12,200,000,000. FOR SECOND NAVAL ACADEMY. Senator Phelan Secures Adoption Of Inquiry Resolution. Washington. Senator Thelan, who favors erection of another naval academy on the Palcflc Coast, secured adoption by the Senate of a resolution calling on the Secretary of the Navy to show If there Is any reason affect ing the efficiency of the service why naval officers should not be educated In en academy other than Annapolis In case the class there exceeds its rapacity. LAUGHS HERSELF TO DEATH. Girl's Appreciation Of Joke Brings On Heart Paroxysm. Pottsvllle, Pa. An Investigation by the coroner shows that Mary Bofano, a pretty girl, 16 years old, who fell dead on South Centre street Sunday, laugh ed herself to death when her lover, with whom she was walking, told her a Joke. A heart paroxysm followed with almost Instant death. COL. CH1SHOLM ELECTED. Spanish War Veterans Meet At Cleve. land Next Year. Chicago Col. Daniel V. Chlsholm, of Washington, I). C, was unanimously elected commander-ln chief of the United Spanish War Veterans at the annual reunion here. The next reunion will be held In Cleveland, O. BURGLARS HAD MANNERS. Pledge Health In Tosst To Man Whose Safe They Robbed. Philadelphia. Pof-tlc burglars, with a rare touch of Che let field as well as a streak of bon vlviint. robbed John Ashhert's safe and pledged the pro prletor's health In a toawt left on a tat little cardboard. IRISH ASK FOR PROHIBITION. Petition 2'2 Miles Long Sent From Ulster To Parliament Indon. The longf-rt petition ever presented to Parliament arrived the other day from Lister county, Ire land. It wan two and one-half miles long and bore the signatures of 115,000 persons who asked for the prohibition of the sale of intoxicating liquors for the term of the war and at least six mc nths thereafter In Great.Brltaln and Ireland. USS If! GALICIA COLLARS, VEILS Collars, veils, pockets and longer skirts Dame Fashion' fall decree. 'w Item PERSIC is If RENEW VILLA HUNT Kay Act if He Gets Within Strik ing Distance of Force. GENERAL BACK TO BASE No Agreement Between Mexican and American Military Men For Concerted Action Against Band. Sail Antonio, Tex. If Francisco Villa gets within striking distance of the American expeditionary force Gen eral Pershing's soldiers may join troops of the do facto government in an offensive campaign to exterminate the bandit and his followers. This was the statement of General Funston. There has been no agreement be tween Mexican and American military men for a concerted movement against Villa. Gen. Francisco Gonzales, Car- ranza commander In Northern Chihua hua, already has sent a force against the bandit, last reported In the Santa Clara Canyon, and if the occasion arises, the American commander might lake part In the pursuit "That Is up to General Pershing," said General Funston. Army men pointed out that General Pershing entered Mexico to capture Villa and that his object had not been accomplished. Columbus, N. M. General Pershing left here for his headquarters in Mex ico, having concluded his Inspection of the base of the punitive expedition. El Paso, Tex. Trains leaving Juarez for the south carried additional guards of soldier.i. Mexican military authori ties would not discuss reports that the step had been taken because of the northward march of Francisco Villa, said to be operating In the Santa Clara Canyon. Twenty-four cases of typhus have been dl-covored In Juarez. HIpoMto Villa, a brother of the bsn dit chieftain, turned over by federal authorities to state authorities, was placed In the local county Jail charged with an alleged conspiracy to destroy a railroad bride near Hancock, Tex., Inst February. OPERATES TO MAKE HIM GOOD. Dr. Haiselden Opens Skull Of Homi cidal Criminal. Chicago. Dr. H. J. Haiselden per formed an operation on John Oran, a former policeman who turned criminal, which, he says, will bring him back to his normal, honest instincts. The po liceman had continued to . develop homicidal tendencies and once was ac cused of murder. Dr. Haiselden open ed his skull and found the bone press ing on a tumor. The pressure was re moved and the physician will remove the tumor by medical treatment. "Oran will now be a good man," said be. NEW PENSION BILL PASSED. Raises Amount From $12 To $20 a Month. Washington. A bill giving to widows of officers or enlisted men who served In the Civil or Mexican Wars or the War of 1812, and who have reached the age of 70 years, pensions of $20 a month, Instead of the present $12, was passed by the Senate. It al ready has passed the House. Widows of Civil War soldiers dropped because of marriage to another person are re stored to the roll by the bill. SUGAR CARGO BURNED. Bomb Blamed For Fire On Ship From New York To Naples. Naples. Fire broke out aboard the steamer Sophie Cooper while she was en route from New York and destroyed the larger part of her cargo of 21,791 bags of sugar. Her captain believes the blaze was started by a bomb placed by a German sympathizer In New York. BUTCHERED BY BANDITS. Twenty-Five Carranza Soldier and Passengers Are Killed. Laredo, Tex. Twenty-five Mexican soldiers and 11 passengers were killed 'ast Thursday when a Constitutionalist train was wrecked by bandits claiming I'.legiance to Carrero Torres, accord 'ng to advices reaching the border. The bandits butchered the train Tuards and carried away everything novable, these advices said. The a reck occurred between San Luis and Tarn pic o, below Cardenas. A AND POCKETS FURIOUS STRUGGLE ALONG THE SHE Allies Driving and Broadening Their Wedge. MILLION AND HALF MEN Fighting Rage Over 24-Mile Front With Combles and Peronnt As Allies' Objective British Con. tinue To Advance. Paris. The French troops have cap tured the village of Ommlecourt, hos pital farm, Ralnnette Wood and part of Marrtores Wood and progressed In other regions north of the Somme, ac cording to. the official communication issued by the War Office. South of the Somme the French cap tured a line of German trenches and repulnod all counterattacks. The pris oners captured number 6,550 and the cannon 36. Vigorous counter-attacks were made by the Germans north of the Somme in an effort to regain ground taken in the new drive of the French. German Counter-Strokes Vain. The German assaults north of the Somme were delivered between Com bles and Forest. South of the river unsuccessful blows were struck by the Germans east of Uelloy. In these operations tho French took 100 prison ers. The activities of the French are again being hlndorod by bad weather. The French are organizing their new-ly-won ground. The fighting now going on for tho town et Thlepval, in tho Somme re gion, well deserves to be culled n "great battle," says the authorized correspondent at the front of La Liherte. The sceuo of tho attack, continue? the correspondent, may be divided into two parts, one running from Thtepvnl to Clery, half of which Is held by the British and half by the French, the point of Junction being Falfemont farm. Co.nbles French Objective. The object of these forces, says the correspondent, to Comples, the key to the appronch to Bapaume, now a veri table fortress held by the Germans. Two days ago the British were 1,800 yards from Combles. After the ad vance to the village of Forest, they are now only 400 yards from the town. The other part of the front is south of the Somme, with Peronne for its objective and for an attack on which artillery preparation now "is In prog ress. Between Vermendovillers and Marl court, the writer says, the French car ried the whole of the first German positions along a front of more than two and a half miles, the successive line of trenches falling into the bands ot the Kronen. 29 Villages Regained. The capture of Soyecourt and Chilly by the French makes a total of 29 vil lages taken since the etart of the of fensive on tho Somme fronL At Rarleaux, one of the strongppt positions on this front, repeated direct attacks were unsuccessful and the French finally resorted to a turning movement, attacking to the southwest. The Germans counter nttacked no less than six times In a desperate effort to regain lost ground. Tho smashing blows which General Foch has dellveerd north and south of the Somme have transformed the pointed wedge In the German lines Into a square block, which will hammer General von Gallwltz's defenses till Combles, Peronne und Bapaume fall and the German retreat from the Noyon salknt Is a military necessity. With the extension of the battle to the south of the Somme 1,500,000 men were locked into a five-hour struggle, the upshot ot which was a distinct gain of ground, prisoners and guns for the Allies. PAPER'S RISE HITS UNCLE SAM. Cost Doubled In Past Year, 8enat Is Told. 'Washington. A resolution broaden ing the scope of the Federal Trad Commission Inquiry Into the coot of news print paper to Include paper used by the Government Printing Office was adopted by the Seuate on motion of Senator Fletcher, who said the cost of paper for Government documents bad risen more than 100 per cent. In l the last year. JO NT 01 MISSION TO HEAR GEN BLISS Assistant Chief of Staff Will Submit Information. INSPECTION IS COMPLETED A Deluge Of Request la Received By Secretary Baker Asking For Re leas Of Guardsmen From . Further Border Duty, Washington. Secretary Baket fronted the request of the American' Mexican Commission to have Major General Tasker H. Bliss, aafetetant chief of staff, go to New London, Conn., to give the commissioners in formation be has gathered flret hand concerning the military situation long the International boundary. General 1)1 is was authorized to hold himself in readiness to respond to a rummons. . The General la regardod as one of the Army's moat competent authorities on Mexican questions. As sistant chief of staff, he has more to do with the administration of military operation along the border thau any other officer, except Major General Funston, and recently he completed a personal Inspection of all the border patrol militia camps. Pressure from political and business quarters Is being brought to bear upon Secretary Baker and administration officials generally to withdraw Nation al Guard organizations from the bor der. Members of Congress, business houses and friends and relatives of guardsmen have deluged the depart ment the last few days with requests for the release of the militia. The de partment has Informed all Inquirers that action will be taken as soon as practicable. Secretary Baker already has Indi cated that as soon as the units now en route to the border arrive other or ganlzatlons will be withdrawn. Guardsmen still In tholr state camps all probably will be given a tour of border field service before being mus tered out.' RAID BY VILLA'S MEN. Bandits Attack Ranches and Village Near Manzanillo. Snl Ina Cruz, Mex. Fifty rebels that Attacked a Constitutionalist force of about the same strength at San Ger nonimo, Oaxaca, September 6, still were besieging the town, according to latest reports. Train service to San Ceronlmo has been suspended for two days. Villa Infantry, 200 to 400 strong, under General Alonzo, la reported ac tive near Manzanillo, raiding ranches and villages. A Carranza force at Veladera was engaged by the rebels without success. Sliver valued at $150,000 And 200 tons of concentrate, property of the Carranza government, has arrived at Manzanillo by steamer for shipment to Mexico City. Few votes were cast at the election held at Manzanillo Saturday. Lack of Interest was shown In an election at Mazatlan. RECRUITS' FAMILIES BARRED. Federal Relief For Those Of Men In Guard When Call Came. Washington. Comptroller of the Treasury Warwick iuled that State militia recruits -who joined the colors after the President's call cannot par ticipate In the $2,000,000 Federal fund appropriated by Congress for the re lief of guardsmen's families. He de clared this fund was for the benefit of families of those guardemen who were members of tho State militia when the call was Issued. The law provides that $50 a month shall be paid to destitute families of the soldiers. U. S. CONSULATE 18 DEMOLISHED. Building At Alexandretta Destroyed By Shell From Warship. Berlin. The destruction of the American Consulate at Alexandretta, Asiatic Turkey, during & bombardment by Entente allied warships Is an nounced In a delayed Turkish official report dated September 4. "Small hostile warships shelled the open town of Alexandretta," the state ment says. "The damage to Turkish property was Ineignificaat. The United States Consulate was destroy ed completely. No lives were lost. A PRINCESS AS A PRIVATE. Russian Lady In Soldier Uniform On the Firing Line. retrograd. Princess Volonsky, 23 years old, whose husband, father and brother were killed early In the war, cut her hair, adopted men's clothing, enlisted as a private and fought on the southern front for several months. Her sex being discovered, flie was sent to Klcff to be discharged, but she eluded ber guards and returning to the Rent ing line. Now she bas Jm-t been dis covered wounded in a KbnrdofT hos pital. PRESIDENT'S 6ISTER DYING. No Hop Held Out For the Recovery Of Mr. Howe. New London, Conn. The condition of Mrs. Annie E. Howe, only sister of President W'oodrow Wilson, who has been seriously ill at a local hotel for a week, was pronounced critical by her physician. Virtually no hope is held for ber recovery. She 1b suffering from peritonitis and complications, Miss Margaret Wilson, the President's daughter. Is among members of the family atihe bedside. JITNEYS MUST GET SERVICE PERMIT Commission Rule Allegheny County Auto Line Must Hav Certificate of Publlo Need. Harrlsbutf The Tubllc Service Commission In opinions held that Bryan Blythe and W. T. Alter, operating Jitneys in tue vicinity of Natrona, Allegheny county, must obtain certificates of public con. venience from the commission. The decisions in the main follow the lines of those handed down in the Scrantoa cases decided by Judge Mongahan, of Philadelphia, when a commissioner, The Allegheny Valley Street Hallway Company was the complainant In the case of Blythe, however, It t pointed out that he bad made an ap plication for a certificate and that when a bearing was held on a protest filed by tho street railway company he did not appear. The opinion says: "The granting of certificates ot pub lic convenience authorizing Individual to engage In the business of a common carrier of passengers is of grave mo ment to the public. Not only the pub lic's convenience, but their safety 1 involved. It seems proper that the com mission should be informed of the pharuoter and fitness of such applicants and also a to their ability to perform the service which such certificates ot public convenience would Impose upon them. Tho opinion contains an order that Blythe must stop operating until he obtains a certificate. A similar order is also made In the esse of Alter. Striker Make Compensation Claim. The first compensation claim mad by a striker against his former em ployer for an Injury received prior to the strike, was heard by Compensation Referee E. K. Saylor. Hugh L. Mc Loughlln, chairman of the division of trolleymen which Inaugurated a strike on the Hairlsburg railway lines, claim ed compensation for a fender striking him on the shin prior to the strike. The period of disability, it was stated, ended before the strike was called. The Injury was admitted, but tho com pany counsel contended that It was aggravated by Mclaughlin playing ball a few days after being hurt It was alleged that a "grounder" which the trolleymen missed hit him on the In jured leg. Certified For Polluting Pa. Stream. Eighty manufacturing plants have been certifle-1 to the Attorney General's Department by the State Department ot Fisheries for polluting streams of the State, and most of them have been served with notices by the legal of ficer that they must cease the prac tice. In case of failure the State will enter suits and compel action to stop pollution. Tols week It Is likely that thirty more plants will be listed and sent to the Attorney General, because of neglect or refusal to stop pollu tion. The bulk of the offenses are said to have been found on streams In the Susquehanna, Allegheny and Schuylkill River systems. To Buy Shippensburg School. The State Board of Educatlcn Is about to complete purchase of the property of the State Normal School at Shippensburg, valued at almost a quarter of a million dollars. The Stale Is paying $10,500 for the stock out standing and RSAuming a debt of $26, 0C0. The proceedings to acquire the normal schools at Kutztown. Berks county, and Mlllersvllle, Lancaster county, will be completed within a fortnight The State will then have title to all hut-three of the normal schools. Will Of Harrlsburg's Founder. A special niche In the office of the Dauphin County Register of Wills has been provided for wills which may have historical value, and the first notable paper was stowed away Thurs day, when the last testament of John Harris, founder of Harrisburg, and son of the first settler here, was filed. The old will was written bv John him self on a heavy parchment, May 25, 1790, ' and was probated October SI. 1791. It was recently unearthed from the State records and rehabilitated. Big Revenue Receipt. The State had the biggest revenue last Thursday of any day In months. The Lehigh Valley Railroad paid $242, 000 in State tax, and James B. Shee han, Register of Wills of Philadelphia, sent $75,426 as August taxes collected in his office. Transfer Stamp Yield $8,211. The State's Income from the sales of stock transfer stamps during Au gust amounted to $8,211.34, according to a report made by the Auditor Gen eral. The July sales were about tbt same. Permit To Build Erie Conduit The State Waier Supply Commission granted permission lo the city of Erie to construct a covered concrete con duit In Mill Creek In that city. Thl is part of the flood prevention plsa for Erie. County Insure Employe. Westmoreland county insured the liability of all of Its county employe" In tho State Workmen's Insurance fund. It is the largest county to do so. The Delaware County Agricultural Society, which had planned to hold a cattle show at Media the last of this month, ha called off the affair because of the danger of spreading Infantile paralysis. Op the representation that they were employes of the telephone com pany; two men gained admittance te the home of Thoma Smith, NorrU town, and stole sovoral hundred Jol lars worth of Jewelry. George Wentler, fifty-two years old, a contract miner, prominent In Epl" copal Church work, was Instantly killed at Turkey Run Colliery by fall of rock. Simon Crlfflths. work lng with him, narrowly escaped similar fate, receiving slight Injuries.
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