THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS. McCONNELLSBURO, Pa.
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"HELL MACHINES"
German Line Demoralized By
British Tank Cars.
TEUTON LOSSES ENORMOUS
Appearance Of the Tank Car Rain,
log Shallt Upon the German
Tranche Wa a Com
plete Surprise.
With eeuoJoM shell fire from unpre
oedeated concentrations of guns the
battle raged furioualy all day, with the
British making good their advance,
while the Germans were rushing up re
serws from other parts of the western
front
The demoralltation of their Infan
try by the use of the new British
armored n;otor-cars, called Tanks. was
freely coaewed by prisoners. "There
ww no standing against that sort of
thing." aaid one German officer. "Of
course, we surrendered, those of ua
who wore alive. We fired at a tank
with our rifles. Our machine guns
were turned loose on It. Cut the bul
lets were only blue sharks on the
armor. We thought the British slow
end stupid, despite their oourage and
stubbornness, and they gave us a sur
prise like this."
A column of German prisoners, pass
rag a "tank" rejoicing In the nickname
uf "Creme de Monthe" which had re
lumed from battle and was resting
from lit labors, spread out their hands
and shook their heads and looked at It
exclaiming in a chorua ("Meln Gott lin
Hlinme'. U !t under control? It won't
tr-ak out and begin firing again? Will
we ever forget our first sight of the
thing as it came at us out of the morn
lug nilat! It wasn't war using a piece
of machinery like that; It Is butchery."
To this a British officer rolled, "No,
it Is quite peaceable and tame now.
It has Just been fed. As for It not
being war It Is quite in keeping 'ith
The Haguo convention, which your gag
attacks at Ypres was not."
A Dramatic Episode.
In such an action as that of Thnrs
day the correspondent, though he has
the freedom of the field and is In
formed of the plan of attack the night
before, and although he disregards
Fiep, he finds it difficult to get full re
l.;rt of the results so that he can send
a dispatch the same night.
Hut moving about the lines from
headquarters of the different units of
command up to the point where the
wonmM and the prisoners are being
brought In In a frosh orgy of struggle,
htaring Innumerable accounts as vivid
as the red spots on white bandages
anil piecing bits of Information to
gether before sitting down to write his
cable there seems no question but that
Thursday wis the most dramatic day
In the history of the British army In
France.
The Germans themselves were mass
ing at ninny points. It appears with a
view to making attacks to recover
some high ground they lost. The Brit
ish anticipated the German attack with
their own onslaughts assisted by their
new hell machines, whose secret they
had been keeping up their sleeves for
such an occasion as this.
The account of both the wounded
British soldiers and the prisoners
taken from all parts of the line agree
that the German losses were immense.
As a rule the forces In the front line,
trencher supported patrols in the shell
craters In the Somme battle area In
small numbers with a plentiful sup
ply of machine guns.
The Germans had massed large num
bers of men In their frt.nt trenches.
These were not only caught by the sur
prise of the sudden blast of the early
morning concert of the British guns
fireredlug the charge of the British in
fantry, but were raked by machine gun
tiro from the tank cars. As the Ger
mans were In new trenches which they
had built as bst they could under the
continued shell Ore and as they had no
dugouts and could find no chelter they
were subjected to the murderous en
Blade from the tank cars.
TO CUT LOSS DUE TO SICKNESS.
Bureau Of Mines Starts Move To Inv
prove Health Of Workers.
Washington. Preventable diseases
cause an annual loss of $SS0,iKtn,0OQ to
America's 30,000.000 working men, ac
cording to a statement of the Depart
ment of the Interior. To reduce this
loss the United States Bureau of Mines
has launched a movement designed to
Improve the health of the workers. The
bureau has been successful in reduc
ing the loss of life in America's mines,
and It believes a campaign among the
workers on the surface of the earth
will bring about better hygienic condi
tions It the Industrial plants of the
country.
PRINCE ALBERT INVALIDED.
Second Son Of King George Has
Abdominal Abscess.
tendon. Prince Albert, second son
if King George, has been Invalided
home on account of an abdominal
abscess. The communication adds
that the Prince, who has undergone an
operation. Is doln? well, but It will be
eome time before he le able to return
to any duly.
6IX AUTOISTS KILLED.
Machine Is Struck By a Train At
Qualiertown.
Qoakertown, Pa. A party of six
eutomobi'i.sts. all from Bet'ilc he-m. Pa.,
were kiilod whon their car was struck
ay a train at a railroad crowing near
here. The victims were Wllllum Hun
sltker and his wife and J. A. Knff,
his wife end two children. It Is be
Kered tsnt Mr. IiunMcker, who was
Jrfr!ng, d'.d tn-t fit e the appnachlng
train.
10
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INST
Organization of Rurales to Keep
Down Bandits.
BLISS AND JOINT BODY
General Presents Statement Of the
Situation Which Would Fol
low Pershing's With,
drawal.
New London, Conn. A suggestion
that the Mexican Government create a
constabulary for border duty similar
to the rurales of the Dial regime was
made during a brief session of the
American-Mexican -Joint commission,
which concluded the second week of
the deliberations. Apparently the plan
for a Joint police force, previously
discussed, was abandoned as Im
practicable after the Commissioners
had conferred with MaJ.-Gen. Tasker
H. Bliss, assistant chief of staff of the
United States Army.
Bliss Tells Of Situation.
General Bliss made to the Joint com
mission a dispassionate statement of
the situation he believed would follow
General Pershing's withdrawal from
Mexico before a properly constituted
constabulary is created to relieve bis
troops. It Is understood he pointed
cut problems In the way of an effort
to create a border police under dual
authority.
There Is reason to believe the
American commissioners have sought
to Impress their Mexican conferees
with the view that Mexico must rec
ognize responsibility for the depreda
tions her nationals may commit on the
border if good relations are to be un
impaired. Tiie whole question of
creating a non-military police force to
hunt down bandits In their hill re
treats Is based on this feeling, and it
is believed the suggestion that the
Carranxa Government undertake this
task for Itself as an International obli
gation came from the Mexican com
missioners. Advantages Of Force Pointed Out.
The theory Is that a force of care
fully selected mounted police could be
disposed in small posts In the hill
country. The chase would become an
Individual pursuit rather than a mili
tary movement, which becomes Inef
fective if the bandits scatter and min
gle with peaceful residents. The po
lice would check up the comings and
goings of every man lu a sutpucted
community.
Moving swiftly and unhampered by
women camp followers, who form the
commissar)' of a Mexican military'
force, the rurales, it Is believed, could
do much toward putting a permanent
check on brigandage
The quet-tim of Mexico's responsi
bility to protect the American border
will be discussed this week. The
American Commissioners are disposed
not to stand upon any technicality of
laws, but to deal with the situation
as one of fact, taking Into considera
tion Mexico's social and economic
conditions.
MARSHALL WILL RUN AGAIN.
Vlce-Pretident Is Notified Of His Re
nomination. Indianapolis, Ind. Vico-Presldent
Thomas R. Marshall was notified of his
r-nomination for vice-president on the
pemocratic ticket, and formally accept
h! the honor. The ceremonies were
the third of the klr.d to be hold in
Indianapolis within the last few
weeks. The other two notifications
were for J. Frank Hanly, the Prohi
bition presidential candidate, and
Charles W. Fairbanks, Republican
vice presidential nominee. A large
number of prominent Democrats, In
cluding National Chairman Vance Me
Conuirk, from all over the United
States were present at the notification.
NINETEEN MEN BURNED.
Several Thousand Pounds Of Smoke
less Powder Explodes.
Wilmington, Del. Nineteen powder
workers were burned, at least six of
them seriously, by the explosion of
several thousand pounds of smokeless
powder at the plant of the Du Pont
Powder Company at Carey's Point,
N. J. The flares originated In a blend
ing tower in what is called the finish
ing area and while the company hsx
not established the cause, the opinion
is advanced that a piece of metal may
have found Its way Into the powder
which was being worked through the
tower.
MAN-KILLING ELEPHANT HANGS.
"Murderous Mary" Swung Up On Rail,
way Crane.
Bristol, Va.-Tenn. Condemned to
death by the State authorities, "Mur
derous Mary,' the big female elephant,
which killed her trainer several dajs
aco, hanged at Edwin, Tennessee. A
derrick car of the Carolina, Cllnchfleld
and Ohio Railway was used. Heavy
chains were looped about the elephant's
nerk, and the steam-operated crane
lifted the massive form Into the air.
The animal ttruggled for quite a while
before death resulted from strangu'a
tlon.
P.EDFIELD MAY RESIGN.
Secretary Of Commerce Reported
Slated For Tariff Commission.
Washington. Reports here say that
Secretary of Commerce Redfle'd wou'd
soon resign to become chairman of tr.e
new tariff commission crento.1 In the
last dtiys of Congress. Dr. E. E. Pratt
cl.lcf of the Bureau of Fort Ign anf
Domestic Commerce of t'.ie depart
merit, It Is said, is slated to surroet'
'".erre'ary Rsdfield. Secretary Redflelt;
'. r.t t in tl e city ar.d the rcp.rt co-J
nt le confirm rd.
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BORDER
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THE KIDNAPER
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BE
Assurances Received From
Japan and Russia.
FOR OPEN DOOR IN CHINA
The Recent Treaty Contains Nothing
Which Will Interfere With the
Integrity Of China Or the
Open-Door Policy.
Washington. Both Japan and Rus
sia have given the United States for
mal assurances that the new Russo-
Japanese treaty does not repeal or af
fect the treaties of 1!H)7 and l!10, In
which those nations pledged them
selves to maintain the integrity of
China and the open-door policy.
The assurances were given to Am
bassadors Guthrie, at Toklo. and Fran
cis, at Petrogrud, In response to In
quiries. The State Department re
ceived from Mr. Guthrie a note on the
subject addrest-ed to him by' the Japa
nese ForeiKn Office, stating in un
equivocal terms that Japan bad not
for a moment entertained an inten
tion of departing from these policies.
Department ofliclals let It be known
that the statements were entirely
satisfactory and that Inquiries regard
ing the new treaty, over which they
had been considerably perturbed, prob
ably would not be pressed further.
Department Gives Jap Note.
A statement issued by the State De
partment says:
"This request was transmitted
through Ambassador Guthrie August
16. An oral response was made at
that time, reaffirming adherence to the
'open-door' policy, but the Japanese
Government has now most courteous
ly added in a note to the Ambassador,
dated September 13, the following as
surance: " 'The Imperial Government desire
to assure the American Government
that the new convention is In no sense
designed to repeal or to modify the
provisions of Article 2 of the conven
tion concluded between Japan and
Russia on July 31, 1907, nor have the
Imperial Government entertained for
a moment any intention to depart from
the policy to which they have avowed
ly committed themselves respecting
the maintenance of the Independence
and territorial Integrity of China, as
well as the principle of equal oppor
tunity for the trade of all nations It
that country. On the contrary, they
are as strongly convinced as ever of
the usefulness of that policy In the In
terest of the general peace and
stability In the Far East, which they
have always very near their hearts.' "
Russian Reply Commented On.
The result of similar Inquiries made
for the State Deportment at Petrograd
regarding the effect of the new treaty
Is commented upon by the State De
partment as follows:
"The Minister for Foreign Affairs
of the Imperial Russian Government
In like manner assured the American
Ambassador, in response to his In
quiry, that his Governmemnt had not
withdrawn from the conventions of
1907 and 1910, but will maintain, un
impaired, the provisions of those
lgreernents, notwithstanding the fact
that no mention of them was made In
the convention of 1316."
What Treaties Provided.
The treaties of 1007 and 1910 be
tween Japan and Russia affirmed
China's territorial integrity and the
open-door policy. Article 2 of the 1907
treaty, which was reaffirmed with
slightly different wording in the 1910
convention, reads:
"The two high contracting parties
recognize the Independence and terri
torial Integrity of the Fmplre of China
and the principle of equal opportunity
in whatever concerns commerce and
Industries of all nations in that em
pire, and engage to sustain and defend
the maintenance of the status quo and
respect for this principle by all the
specific means within ttelr reach."
CAUSED BY LIGHTNING.
One Man Killed and Eight Hurt Dy
Explosion At Du Pont Plant.
Pompton Lakes, N. J. A workman
waj. killed and right others were In
jured here when lightning raused an
orploslon In the fulminate building at
the du Pont de Nemours Powder Com
pany's plant The explosion started a
lro. The workman and the Injured
.vers removed b firemen from the
iu:!dl:ir. of frame C".n.:truct!cn, which
va.; fcr.iTr damaged.
TREATIES
WILL
OBSERVED
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HARRISON
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ROBBERY
Confesses Looting B. & 0. Train
at Central, W. Va.
GETS 12-YEAR PRISON TERM
Bandit Relates Details Of $102,000
Hold-Up For First Time To
United States Marshal
$mlth.
Martlnsburg, W. Va. The trial of
Jeff Harrison, of San Antonio, Texas,
for holding up a Baltimore and Ohio
mall train at Central Station, W. Va.,
on the night of October 9, 1915, and
looting a mall car of uuslgned national
bank notes to the amount of $102,000,
came to an abrupt termination in the
United States Court here, when the
accused man arose and declared to
Judge Dayton that he wished to change
ills pica of not guilty, to one of guilty
to that count of the Indictment which
charged hlin with placing in Jeopardy
the lives of Government railway postal
officials.
District Attorney Walker accepted
the plea and Judge Dayton Immediate
ly sentenced Harrison to 12 years In
tne Federal Penitentiary at Atlanta,
Ga,
The trial of Eugene Dlez, an alleged
member of the gang of bandits of
which Harrison was the active head,
and who was Indicted jointly with Har.
rison, probably will not take place
until next week. Dlez Is alleged to
have made a confession to District At
torney Walker, and Is Bald to have
Implicated several others than those
under arrest.
Harrison, for the first time since his
arrebt, talked freely with United
States Marshal Smith, after being sen
tenced. He told of climbing into the
engine cab and at the point of a re
volver compelling Engineer Grant
Helms, after the engine and mall cars
had been detached from the rest of the
train, to run the locomotive two miles
down the track, where the mall cars
were rilled and $102,000 In unsigned
currency taken. Harrison and his
companion then fled to the woods,
where they divided their loot and re
mained a fow' days. They then separ
ated. Harrison said he returned to his
home In San Antonio, Texas, where be
reopened his machine shop after bury
ing $28,000 under the floor. Tills was
recovered when the Fedoral author!
ties searched the shop after his arrest.
He Raid he had never killed a man,
but was present when his gang mur
dered a postal clerk In Alabama sev
eral years ago. For hla part in the
crime he was sentenced to life Im
prisonment, but President McKInloy
commuted It to 10 years and President
Roosevelt pardoned him after he had
served seven years.
AMERICAN CITED FOR BRAVERY.
Robert Bowman, Of Illinois, Ambu
lance Driver In Franca.
Paris. Robert Bowman, of Iake
Forest, 111., a driver of Section No. 1,
of the American Field Ambulance
Service, has been cited In the orders of
the day for "scrupulous devotion to
duty, never hesitating In the presence
of danger." "From August 20 to 30,"
the citation continues, "he worked con
stantly, day and night, Vn the zone of
an intense bombardment. His ambu
lance and wounded men whom he was
transporting were struck by bursting
shells. His coolness and presenco of
mind were remarkable."
COXEY SECKS NOMINATION.
Former Leader Of Unemployed Wanta
To Be Senator.
Columbus, O. Jacob j. Coxny, of
Mhsslloni O., who more than 20 years
ago led "Coxey's Army" of unemployed
on a long march to Washington, filed
papers with the Secretary of State as.
an Independent candidate for United
States Senator. Coxey Is the only In
dependent candidate for office on the
Ohio ticket.
R. F. D. MEN TO GET BACK PAY.
Burleson Makes Salary Increase Ap
plicable To Past Year.
Washington. Salary Increases for
rural mail carriers, provided for in
the last Postofljce bll, will be applied
lo the fiscal year of 1915, Postmaster
General Burleson secured authoriza
tion from the Comptroller of the
Treasury for use of the unexpended
balance of the 1915 appropriation as
back pay to carriers to make up the
diifarence between the new scale and
lb one thei effective.
FRENCH CARRY
TRENCHES
Assault Lasting But 30 Minutes
Yields First Line.
ANOTHER DASH TO EASTWARD
Following Up Their Rapid Offensive
Movement, French Forces Cap
ture Strategic Eminence and
Marrlerea Weed.
London. With the swiftest afault
yet recorded in the Somme battle, the
French captured the whole system of
German first line trenches between the
region south of Comblea and 'the
Somme, accomplishing the feat in less
than half an hour. Without a wo
nient'a halt they followed up this suc
cess and vigorously pushed forward
to the wast, reaping the fruits of their
Initial blow.
They took the strateglcaly Import
ant Hill No. 145, and captured the
whole of Marrieres Wood. The end of
this whirlwind attack saw the French
In complete possession of the Teuton
trenches as far as the Peronne
iiethune highway, which they are now
menacing, having pushed their lines
within a short distance of It, parallel
to the Rancourt-Bouchavesnes sector.
Farther south they advanced their
front to ridge No. 76, west of Feull
lancourt. Today's successful drive
adds ominously lo the menace of Pe
ronne. It netted the French 1,500
prisoners.
Germans Pound British.
South of the river there was no in
fantry action today. Nor did the Brit
ish resume the offensive of this part
of the front north of the Somme. The
Germans throughout last night played
their big guns against the British sec
tor between Delvllle Wood and the
Moquot Farm.
Berlin officially admitted this after
noon that Glnchy village was lost to
the British yesterday.
An official review of the Somme
operations says that numerous Ger
man counter-attacks between Septem
ber 3 and 6 cost the Germans enor
ous loses. During this period the
Fronch captured 36 guns, 28 of them
of the big calibre, 6 bomb throwers, 2
trench guns, 1 munitions depot, sev
eral hundred machine guns, one cap
tive balloon and about 7,000 prisoners.
A Methodical Offensive.
Between August 28 and September
9 the French took 1,400 prisoners and
:!0 machine guns in the Fleury-Vaux-Chapltre
sector, ou the Verdun fronL
The summary continues:
"We are successfully pursuing our
continuous methodical progress. Cer-
man newspapers admit the crushing
effect of our artillery, which enables
our Infantry to conquer ground at
minimum losses. Our at'acks have
demoralized and decimated the enemy,
and we have made numerous prison
ers. The Germans remain every
where on the defense, even at Ver
dun, where we are progressing dally."
ALL BUT ONE OFFICER WOMEN.
Sons and Daughters Of Liberty Enr
National Convention.
Newburgli, N. Y. These officers
were elected at the National Conven
tion of the Sons and Daughters of Lib
erty: National Councilor, Walter D.
Rhea, Philadelphia; Associate, Marga
ret B. Wolfklol, Jersey City; Vice
Councillor, Mrs. Lutle M. Macomber,
Maiden, Mass.; guide, Mrs. Matilda
Daywalt, Richmond, Vn.; Inside Guard,
Mrs. Ida Apel, Dayton, Ohio. The next
convention will be held at Atlantic
City.
PAGE ON AU3TRO-ITALIAN FRONT
American Ambassador Accompanied
By Two Attaches.
Undine, Italy. Thomas) Nelson
Page, the American Ambasador, ar
rived here for bis visit to the Austro
Italian front. He was accompanied by
Cnpt. Elvln R. Helberg, military at
tache, and Lteut.-Coin. Charles Russell
Train, naval attache of the embassy.
They were received by both the mili
tary and civil authorities, and will be
guests of the supreme command of the
Italian Army while they remain at the
frout, which will be about a weelt.
47TH EXHIBIT AT WINCHESTER.
Shenandoah Valley Fair Opens For
Four-Day Session,
Winchester, Vs. The forty-eeventh
annual exhibition of the Shenandoah
Valley Agricultural Society was open
ed here Tuesday with practically every
inch of exhibiting space filled with ex
hibits. Tho grounds are crowded with
many forms of amusement and games
of chance. The Panama Exposition
Carnival Company, occupying over
1,000 feet of frontage, Is one of the
principal attractions.
BANK ROBBED OF $8,000.
Four Men Hold Up Cashier Of a Flor
ida Institution.
Miami, Fia. Four men held up the
cashier of a bank at Homestead, Fla.,
and robbed the safe of $8,000. They
escaped In lu an automobile. Totjes
are In pursuit.
8HIP BUILT OF CONCRETE.
Norwegian Steamer Is First "Stone
Boat" Ever Floated.
Chrlstlanla, via Indon. A new
type of ship has arrived here from tha
ship yards of Christlanlafjord. The
ship, which resembles a huge barge.
Is constructed entirely of concrete ex
cept for the ribs, whloh are steel, and
Is the first stune vessel ever floated.
It Is aaid that the hull will resist
imttce better thsu steel or wr.oi, and
that the ship U therefore safer.
PROCLAIMS OCT. 27
FALL ARBOR DAY
Dr. 8chaffer Call Upn Teacher and
Pupil To Observe Autumn
Custom,
HarrlebaTr
Friday, October 27, was proclaim
by Dr. Nathan C. Bchaffer, State Su
perintendent of Public Instruction, a
tha Autumn Arbor Day. Dr. Bchaffer
calls upon the teacher and pupil of
tho schools to observe the day in th
following proclamation, tbe opening
paragraph of which is quoted from th
Children's Encyclopedia:
"An old rule used to be that when
ever a man cut down tree bo must,
at any rate, plant a new ono to make
up for IL They have forgotten that
good rule In England. In America w
never observed it, and thousands of
acrs of glorious forest hitherto un
touched by any hand but Nature's,
have been cut down at an alarming
rat. Men do not understand that all
human life depend upon the green
leaf, and that to cut down trees is to
hack at the rope by which we r
hanging.
"Trees grow while w sleep and add
to our wealth by day and by nlgiiL
They lend beauty to the landscape and
cover the mountains of Pennsylvania
to the very summits with green ver
dure. For ages they have been catch
ing th sunshine and converting the
sunlight into fuel for man's use. They
are usoful for shade, for fruit and for
timber. The planting and the care of
trees is one of the moat useful lessons
which the school can impart
"In order to perpetuate the time
honored custom -of planting; trees In
the fall, a well as in th spring of the
year, an autumn day has been observ
ed by the schools In addition to the
Arbor Days observed in th month of
April. In order that this laudable cus
torn may not fall into disuse, Friday,
October 27, 1916, is hereby designated
a Autumn Arbor Day, and tbe teach
ers and pupils in our public schools
are earnestly urged to observe the day
by the planting of trees and by other
appropriate exercises.
"NATHAN C. SCHAFFER,
"SupL of Tubllc Instruction."
N. G. P. Appointments.
Dr. John L. Good, physician in th
Philadelphia Municipal Hospital, was
appointed a first lieutenant in tha
medical corps of the National Guard
and will be assigned with troops on
the border.
Other appointments announced at
National Guard headquarters were
John F. Reese, rottavllle, second lieu
tenant. Company C, engineers; Roland
C. Helsler, first lieutenant. First In
fantry; Caleb 3. Milne, Philadelphia,
captain, John F. Allison, Philadelphia,
first lieutenant, and Lawrence H. How.
ell, Philadelphia, second lieutenant,
Philadelphia; David W. Kraft, Wash
ington, first lieutenant, ami Stewart
Murray Alexander, Altoona, second
lieutenant. Tenth Infantry; Udward B.
Boddle, Pittsburgh, first HeutenanL
Elghteeth Infantry.
Plan Million Dollar Hotel.
Plans for a million dollar hotel for
Harrlsburg were completed at a meet
ing of tho men named on a Chamber
of Commerce committee. For years
th city has been shunned by traveling
men because of its lnadequat hotel
accommodations, and much grumbling
has been beard from legislators and
other officials who were compelled to
be in Harrlsburg a good part of their
time because of State business. It
was stated that a half million dollars
has already been raised and the re
mainder Is now assured. The hos
telry, which will be modern and op to
date In every way, w'll likely be rect
ed on the site of the old Grand Opera
House.
Charities To Take Up Car Of Insane.
Members of the Stat Board of
Charities arranged to discuss with
Governor Brumbaugh during the fall
the problems attending the care of the
Insane In the State, including th con
struction of new buildings and tha
commitment and care of the criminal
Insane. The board re-elected the stuff
of tho Philadelphia and Pittsburgh of
fices and approved plans for improve
ment of the Cameron county prison at
Emporium. County authorities sent
word regarding Improvements to the
prison at Pottsvllle and the Bedford
almshouse, while th question of a
greater water supply for the Potter
county almshouse at Couderoport was
discussed.
Record Enrollment At State College.
Record-breaking enrollments In all
departments of the Pennsylvania State
Colloge are forecast by the heavy
registration for th Freshman class.
A. If. Espensbade, the college regis
trar, announced that 770 applicants
had been admitted to the new class.
This Is an Increase of more than 100
over any previous year. The attend
ance of young women is enlarged by
more than eighty this year In th
Freshman group. With several days
remaining before college opens it is
rpected that th number of incom
ing students will reach 800.
Corn end Potatoea Damaged.
The extreme heat and drought of
August caused great damage to the
corn crop throughout Pennsylvania and
a greatly reduced crop is expected, ac
cording to the State Agricultural De
partment roportn. Potatoes, too, hare
been damaged by the dry weather and
In many sections only about seveu'y
flva per cent of an average crop is ex
pected.
Forestry Graduates Appointed.
Th eleven graduates of the State
Forestry Academy at Mont Alto, hare
bean appointed as foresters in the
State Forestry Dopartment service.
An explosion of gas In a still at the
Marcus Hook plant of the Pur Oi
Company resulted in probebl fatal
burns tn three workmen, Joseph Kyan,
of Chester; Frank Craig, of LInwood,
and George Richardson, of Marcur
Hook. The men were dealing the
illll and wer hurled twouty flv fuel
to th earth.
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Latest Doings In Various Parts
of the State.
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William Rettew boa bees appolatM
postmaster at Lencock postoUlce, eg.
ing a vacancy mad some tuna age,
Residents of Riverside, a suburb k
Harrlsburg, rejected a plan for anast
tlon suggested by a number of rest
dents.
Tamaqua's water supply is falling m
rapidly owing to lack of rain that i
pumping staUon has been eeiablinaej
and is in operation day and night
Caught by a rush of rock and dtrt U
a chute at the Lehigh Cool k. Nav4ga
tloa Company's No. 4 colliery, Tuns
qua, William Adams, aged twenty-Ovt
years, was killed.
Chester's industrial prosperity Is n
fleeted in increased business at the
postofllce, where postal savings have
increased 138 per cent within tbe lasi
year. The increase in other depart
mcnts has been as great, and add lional
clerks have been employed.
Charles Marches, of Chester, vat
killed and a dozen other workmen nar
rowly escaped serious injury when
chains supporting a casting at th
Penn Malrne Engineering A. Ordnance
Company broke. The casting fell at
teen feet, striking Marches on tie
bead.
The Pastoral Association of the Jj
lentown Lutheran Conference at s
meeting held in Bothlehem, elected
Rev. F. W. Wackernagel, of Allentnvn,
president; Rer. E. E. Fisher, cf Eastoa
vice-president, and Rev. II. F. Sieger,
of Northampton, secretary aad treat
uror.
A big auto driven by D. E. Parter,
president of tbe First National Bask
of Juniata, knocked a trolley ear el
tbe track at Altoona. The trolley
plunged across the street and smashed
a shed in front of ex-Sheriff T. D
Hughes' store. Passengers eacaped Is
Jury.
The Pottsvllle School Board decides
that because of tbe delay in opeihii
the schools, there will be no Christoai
holidays, except the day Itself. The
two weeks' vacation has been el ire to
ated and there will be only one 4a;
celebrations of Thanksgiving and H
mortal Day.
While Roy Klera, forty years 14,
was attempting to drive a team serosa
the Reading tracks at Shamokla, tt
team was struck by a passenger trail
The driver was hurled high in the air,
and picked up unconscious; serious!;,
If not fatally injured. One horse via
killed and tbe other had to be shut
Harold Yoh, twenty-two years eld,
of Sinking Spring, near Reading, vat
fatally hurt, and Francis Noll, also of
Sinking Spring, received injuries, wkea
a motorcycle with side car, on which
they were riding, crashed into a tele
graph pole at Temple, above Readtig
Yoh, who was operating the aiotor
cycle, sustained a fractured skull sod
died on his woj' to the hospital.
County Superintendent of Public In
structlon George A. Grim, hns deoided
to hold the annual Northampton Com
ty Teachers' Institute at Eastoa be
ginning the week of September 25, in
stead of October 23 27, on acconnt of
the schools not opening until Septem
ber 29 and also because it will not
cause an interruption of one week to
the already delayed opening f ths
schools.
Announcement was made by the
Board of Conference Claimants of tlit
Methodist Episcopal Church, that $39,
000 hod been raised in the Juniata dla
trlct of the Central Pennsylvania Cm
ference where an intensive campaign
Is being made to raise $400,000 for axed
preachers. Twenty-flva thousand so
lars was given by one prominent lay
man and a business man of Hunting
don, contributed $1,000.
Fifteen hundred and eight perstmi
were, helped to emplyoment by the
State Bureau of Employment, whlcli
is a branch of the Department ef La
bor and Industry, during the montk o'
August, according to a report Jnsl
Issued. This is a greater numbr th"
during July. Requests for help vert
made by 3.6S7 employers during ta
month and 2,635",workers asked St""
aid to get positions, of the latter sa
ber, 1,703 were referred to positions.
Price Grams, a disbarred Alteoe
lawyer, recently convlctod of slon'
ing Attorney H. A. Davlsh, Governer
Brumbaugh's local campaign man'
last spring, was sentenced t to
months in. Jail and a $108 fin by Ju
Thomas F. Bailey, or Huntiag"1'
specially presiding. Judge Bailey
ho would release Graffis on parol '
the end of two months if he came
court and apologised to those h M
wronged. Graffis will appeal.
Frank Hclster caught five fine b1"
in tho dam at Hauto, the largest of
which measured nineteen inches In
lenrth and weighed thr and one-"
pounds.
Caught on a cobl of th Harro1'
electrical lines leading from MahfliT
City to Morea, carrying 8.000 roHs,
Anthony Carroll, thirty-seven ycer
eld, of , Shenandoah, met deafi W
e'ectrocutlon In th street while ""'
llnm Wortman, forty years, a Trx"
plant, shared a similar fate reenenaW
to Carroll's cries for at
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