THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS, McCONNELLSBURG, PA. STATE B BRIEFLY TOLO FIGHTING U-BOAT T STATE CAPITAL L THREE BILLIONS S EXPORTS OVEH - - i i mm . i ll IN LINE Or SUCCESSION fwru THf pmwia fUks a Jv PoiT II Nr-Z25ZZ 1 IHfW mn Vt ill SiH own tJ Cp I- GALLSATNEWPORT NEWENG AND COAST Drops in to Mail Letter to the German Ambassador. SAILS AWAY IN 3 HOURS Almost Before U. S. Navy Officials Had Time To Return Her Captain's Call, She Had Gone To Three Milt Limit Newport, It. I. Seventeen das from Wllhelmshaven, the Imperial German nubmarlne U-53, dropped anchor in Newport harbor Saturday. Almost be foie the officer! of the American fleet of warships through which the Mrangcr had nosed her way had re covered from their astonishment, the undersea fighter had delivered a mes sage for the German Ambassador, and, weighing anchor, turned Ilrenton's Reef lightship and disappeared be neath the waves Just Inside the three mile limit. As she came and went she flew the Muck and white colors of the German Navy, a gun was mounted on the for ward deck and another aft, while eight torpedoes, plaiuly visible under the for ward deck, gave mute assurance that the warship was ready for a tight at the drop of the hat. Lieutenant-Captain Huns Rose, who bung up a new world's record in bring ing an armed submarine in battle array across the Atlantic, said that be had called at Newport simply to mall a letter to Count von Hernstorff. He re quired neither provisions nor fuel and would be on hit way, he said, long be fore the 24 hours during which a bel ligerent ship may remain within a neu tral harbor had expired. The American had been outside for tnencuvers since morning and was re turning when sh came up with the German. The D-2, drawing near the stranger aud making out ter type, sent a wireless message to the shore bead quartern of Admiral Knight, who re layed word of the appearance of the U-53 to the. Navy Department at Wash. Ington. The American submarine pre ceded the visitor Into the harbor. The flrt report hail It that It was the Ilremen which was coming In. A newspaper man who had watched for weeks for the merchant submarine i limbed to the tower of the United S'ates Engineers' olhre and, with the aid of powerful glasses, made out two guns on the submarine. A few minutes later he was In a motorboat making for the craft and was rewarded by being taken aboard. The U 5.1 had made her w ay throunb the Beet of 37 United States warships, including destroyers and submarines, to an anchorage 200 ards to the west ward of the torpedo station. Captain Rose stood on the quarterdeck as the correspondent came aboard and, after Inquiring about the Ilremen, said that he hail come In to ni n 1 a letter to ("mint von Hernslorff, and asked for the newspaper man's credentials. "Please Post This Letter." The la'trr.cxhlbited an Associated Press badge and was intrusted with The correspondence for the Ambassa dor. "Please forward this letter to Count Hernstorff," said the captain, "and re port my arrival. They will be glad to hear It." The correspondence, contained in a f.ni-ie envelope, was mailed at the local pnstoffiee at 3 o'clock and should have ctar'ed for Washington about an hour later. It should be at the Ger man Kmbassy early tomorrow morn ing. A Busy Three Hour. The submarine was In American waters a lltt'e more than three hours, a-sumlng that she continued to sea after submerglne. Within that time the German commander paid official visits to Rear-Admlral Austin M. Knight, commandant of the second naval di.-trict, and Rear-Admlral Cleaves, commander of the destroyer force of the Atlantic fle?t, who was on hoard Ihe flagship, the scout cruiser Birmingham. Ho'h American ofllcerr returned the brief rail promptly. WIRELESS DIRECT TO JAPAN. San Francisco "Talks" with Station At Ochl Ishl. Ran Francisco. Wireless waves spanned the rarlfic Ocean. The San Francisco Marconi wireless station was In direct communication with a Japanese Government wireless plant at Ochl Ishl, Japan, 6,800 miles away. The "conversation" was a test pre liminary to inauguration of a wireless commercial service. CARRANZA MAY DROP OUT. Reported That He Will Not Ee a Can didate For Presidency. KI Paso, Texas. Gen. Venuetlano Carrama may not be a candidate for the I'icsldcncy of Mexico nt the first election lo bo held by the de facto Gov. ernmentt. J. J. Jesqulera Carranza, ronsul at Los Anceles, Cat., doclared upon his arrival from Mexico City en route to I.os Angeles-. GERMANS FORMING "TRUSTS." To Be Nation Of Industrial Combines After War. Amsterdam. Germany Is to be a nation of Industrial and financial coin bines after the war. Dispatches from Berlin ktate that the ce-uent mnluna firms are the latest to be merged. The German Government is declared lo be fostering "trimls" as the best means to securing foreign trado after the war The cork oak of Spain Is said tc grow be.i it poorest soil. United States Warships to the Rescue. SIX STEAMSHIPS TORPEDOED The Kingston'! Crew Misting Sub mersible, Believed U 53, Thought To Havt U Boat As sistant. Boston. The eubmarlne arm of the Imperial German Navy ravaged ship ping off the Pastern coast of the United Statet Sunday. Four British, one Dutch and one Nor. weglan steamers were sent to the bot tom or left crippled derelicts off Nan tucket Shoals. The destroyer flotilla of the United States Atlantic fleet picked up the passengers and crews of the destroyed vessels and brought them Into New port, R. I. Kingston's Crew Missing. So far as known, there was no loss of life, though at a late hour the crew of the British steamer Kingston bad not been accounted for. A submarine held up the American steamer Kansan, bound from New York for Genoa with steel for the Italian Government, but later, on establishing her Identity, the American was allowed to proceed. The Kansan came into Boston harbor late tonight for her usual call here. The hostile submarine Is believed to be the U-53, which paid a call at New port Saturday and disappeared at sun. eet. Some naval men, however, de clare that at least two submarines are operating close to the American shore, though outside the three-mile limit. The Vlctime. The record of submarine warfare, as brought to land by wireless dis patches, follows: The Strathdeme, British freighter, torpedoed and sunk off Nantucket Crew taken aboard Nantucket Shoala lightship and later removed to New port by torpedo-boat destroyers. The Strathdene left New York yesterday for Bordeaux and was attacked at 6 A. M. The West Point, British freighter, torpedoed and sunk off Nantucket. Crew abandoned the ship In small boats after a warning shot from the submarine's gun. Officers and men were taken aboard a destroyer. The vessel was attacked at 10.43 A. M. She was bound from London for Newport News. The Stephano, British passenger liner, plying regularly between New York, Halifax and St. Johns, New foundland. Torpedoed southeast of Nantucket while bound for New York. Repor'ed still afloat late tonight. Passengers and rrew, numbering about 110, were picked up by the destroyer and tian-ferred to the destroyer Jen kins. The attack was made at 4.30 r. m. The Kingston, British freighter, tor pedoed and sunk southeast of Nan tucket. Crew missing and destroyer searchint; for them. This vessel Is not accounted for In maritime registers, and may be the Kingstonlan. The at tack occurred at 6 P. M. BloomersdIJk, Dutch freighter, tor pedoed and sunk south of Nantucket. Crew taken aboard a destroyer. The steamer was bound from New York for Rotterdam, having sailed last tlvht. The Christian Knudsen, Norwegian tanker, torpedoed and sunk near where the Bloomersdljk went down. Crew picked up by destroyers. The vessel sailed from New Y'ork Saturday for London. 50 SHIPS SUNK IN NINE DAYS. U Boat Got 27 Fishing Steamers and 31 Prisoners. Berlin. Thirty-five vessels of coun tries at war with Germany, with a total tonnage of 14,(100, were sunk by German submarines In the North Sea or the English Channel between Sep tember 20 and September 23, the Over seas News Agency announces. This is In addition to 11 British fishing steam ers and four Belgian lighters, whose sinking already has been reported. Twenty-seven of the 33 were fishing steamers. PERMITS CABINET TO QUIT. King Constantino Accepts Resignation, London Hears. London. King Constanline has ac cepted the resignation of the Greek Cabinet, says a Reuter dispatch from Athens. It is believed In Athens, the dispatch adds, that Nicolas Dimitraco pulos, former Minister of Justice, will form a new Cabinet, which will In clude three members of the Venizelos party. FRANCIS JOSEPH SICK IN BED. Has Bronchitis and Hit Condition Causes Anxiety. London. A report reaching Vienna from Geneva, as forwarded to London by the Exchange Telegraph Company, says that Emperor Francis Joseph Is confined to bed with bronchitis and that his condition Is causing anxiety. . JAPANESE CABINET RESIGNS. Premier Not Bold Enough In Foreign Policy, Reason Given. Tokyo. Tho Knlchi Nichl Shlmbun In an extra edition announces that the Cabinet of Premier Count Oktima has decided to resign. The Premier Is said to have staled that he would recom mend to the Emperor the appointment of Vbcount Takakl Kato as bis sue c esc or. Luxemburg haa an ra of 1,000 liiare niKei. Trade Balance to Set a Record This Year. GREAT BRITAIN GETS THIRD Report Of the Department Of Com merce Shows That Exports To ( Germany and Russia Have Almost Ceased. Washington. The enormous extent of recent gains In the export trado of the United States is disclosed in statistics Just le cued by the Depart ment of Commerce. Total exports to the various countries for the first eight months of the calendar year were in many ruses millions of dollars greater than those of the entire fiscal year of 1914 and very large increases are shown in percentages. Exports to Greece for the eight mouths leaped 2,200 per cent., com pared to the fiscal year 1214; to Huh aia 900 per cent.; to Norway 340 per cent.; to France 240 per cent.; to Den mark 140 per cent.; to Italy 129 per cent.; to the United Kingdom 103 per cent.; to Sweden 84 per cent.; to Cuba 42 per cent., and to Japan 25 per cent. This vast export trade shows an ap parent trade balance for the eight months 11,730,000,000 in favor of the United States and department officials predict that by the end of the year It will exceed 12,500,000,000. The total exports amounted to J 3.435,969,212, an increase of $1,205,082,010 over the same eight months a year ago. The largest gain was in exports to the United Kingdom, which took near ly one-third of all goods exported from tte United States in that period. They amounted to 11, 207,751, 939, showing an Increase of 1554,000.000 over the same eight months last year, and $713,000, 000 more than the entire fiscal year of 1914. France, the second best custo mer of the United States, took goods valued at $'44.475.0i0, an increase of $211,000,000 over t lie previous eight months and $384,000,000 more than 1914. Canada was third, taking $373, "36.569, an . incrca.-e of ' $103,000,000 over the eight months of last year, but only $29,noo,ono more than 1914. Kussia In Kuroiie and Asia took $3n0,3fi2.C26 worth, an Increase of $219,000,000 over the previous eight month period. Greece's Imports from the United Stales amounted to $23, 697.141, compared with $1,100,000 in the whole fiscal year before the war. Exports to Germany and Austria have almost ceased. Decreases for the eight months, when compared with the same period last year, were shown in exports to Denmark. The Nether lands and Sweden, but the totals, ex cept for The Netherlands, exceed those of the fiscal year 1914. V. S. WILL NOT ACT. Teutons Complain Of American Air men With the Allies. Washington. The United Stales will take no action as a result of the various complaints from Teutonic sources that American aviators are at the front with the French Flying Corps. The.e protests have been coming Into the State Department through both diplomatic and consular officers and will be the subject of full discus sion when Ambassador Gerard, now en route from Ilcrlin, reaches Wash ington. Hut officials declared today that exhaustive consideration of all complaints from the Central Powers has convinced them that American aviators have kept strictly within the bounds of International law, 6AYS BREMEN WAS CAUGHT. British Shipmaster Repeats Oft-Told Story. Newport News, Va. Another Brit- l. h shipmaster brought into port the etory that the German merchant sub marine firemen had been captured. He Is Captain Heavley, of the steamer North Point, and he says the Uremen was. caught In a net In the English Channel while his ship was In the channel about seven weeks ago. BANDITS KILL AUTOIST. Woman, Wounded, Drives Car Away With $8,0CO Payroll. Itammonton. N. J. No trace has been discovered of the band of foreign, ers who shot and killed Henry Rider, of Howell, Mich., and wounded Mrs. Elie Smathers, James Highy and A. J. Hlder, of Itammonton, In an attempt to rob the party of $8,000, represent Ins the payroll for cranberry pickers employed by A. J. Rider. AGED PRIESTS DEAD IN FIRE. Christian Brothers' College At St. Louit Wrecked. St. Louis. Nine men are known lo have perished as the roult of a fire that destroyed the central portion of the main building of Christian Bro'hers College here. Two of the dead are aged members of the Chris tian Brothers' Order, who were trap ped on the fifth floor of tho flames. STEAMER SUNK IN CHESAPEAKE. British Vessel Run Dawn By City Of Norfolk. Norfolk, Ya.The Biiiish steamer TIawkherd. nt anchor In Hampton Roads, off Bewails Point, was run 1ovn and sunk by the Chesapeake Steamship Compir.y's Bay line steam ir, City of Norfolk, outward bound rom this port for Bultlmore with a 'tmber of passengers. The City of 'irfolk was badly damaged about the ow, but there was no lost of life so .r as is known. WOULD RESENT E No Preparations Made For the Discussion of Peace. USELESS AND INADVISABLE Mediation Hat Been Neither Offered By This Country Nor Sug gested To It From Abroad. Washington. No new step to end the European War bas been taken by the United States and, so far as offi cials here can foresee, none is likely to be taken In the near future, accord ing to an authoritative statement of the government's position. While no oOiciul professed to know w hat Is In President Wilson's mind, It was declared that no preparations had been made for discussion of peace through the usual diplomatic channels and that all the Information gathered here teemed to Indicate that such a move jvould be both useless and inad visable. It was pointed out, however, that in a matter of this nature the President usually keep3 his own coun sel and might be Influenced by indica tions of which the officials here are In Ignorance. Regarding the many rumors that the United States already had made media tory advances to the belligerents dur ing recent months, It was declared authoritatively that mediation had been neither offered by this govern ment nor suggested to It from abroad. The United States, It was explained, stands exactly where it has stood ever since President Wilson, at the out break -of the war, made an open offer to use the good offices of the country whenever requested. Since that an nouncement, it was declared, there has been no changes so far as the Ameri can government Is concerned. While declining to be quoted direct ly on so delicate a matter, officials here are understood to be thoroughly convinced that any peace move at this time would be resented as unneutral, and might Impair the government's standing as a mediator when the time for action comes. In spite of this belief, attention is called to the formal decision of Switz erland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark not to offer mediation now, the in formal decision of Spain and the Vati can to the same effect, the warning against such attempts sounded recent ly by David Lloyd George, the British war minister; the Swedish premier's declaration that peace proposals by neutrals would be futile, and other utterances by public men in belliger ent and neutral countries. Holland and the United Stales alone have taken no definite stand against media tion now, but there Is no expectation here that either will abandon Its pres ent silence. TO INVESTIGATE 8-HOUR LAW. Goethals, Clark and Rubles Chosen Members Of Board. Omaha, Neb. A formal announce ment was made here that President Wilson has seleciid Major-General Goethals, Commissioner Clarke, of the Interstate Commerce Commission, and George Rubles, of the Trade Commis sion, as members of the board created by Congress to Investigate '.he Rail road Eight Hour law. , While the law does not go Into ef fect until January 1, the President de sires the members of the board to give a close study to the entire situation. TIRPITZ REFUSES NOMINATION. Admiral Says He Will Accept No Can didacy During Wjir. Berlin. Admiral Von Tir,iltz, former head of the German Admiralty was offered the Conservative nomination for a Reichstag seat vacancy to be filled at a bye election In Saxony. He declined, replying that he had derided, In the Interests of Germany's cause, to accept no candidacy during the war. CARS COLLIDE ON BRIDGE. Drop With Part Of Structure and 60 Passengers. Cleveland. Two personswere killed and more than 30 persons are In hos pitals with Injuries as the toll of a bridge tragedy hero when two street cars collided on the West Third street bridge, causing It to collapse and pre cipitate the cart 30 feet to the Balti more and Ohio tracks below, where they almost rolled Into the Cuyahuga river. There were 40 persons on one car and 20 on tbe other. MOVE U. 5. RIGHTS ARE INVOLVED Solution of Mexico's Internal Affairs Affects This Country. MUST PROTECT OUTSIDERS Settlement, Visitors Hear, Demands Avoidance Of Occasion For Diplomatic Embar rassments. Atlantic City, N. J. Satisfactory solution of Internal questions having an international bearing must be an Integral part of the general program for the rehabilitation of Mexico, the Mexican members of the joint commis sion were informed by their American colleagues. During discussion of tbe banking situation, taxation, and other subjects, which the Mexicans Insisted were in ternal matters, the American commis sioners took the stand that no salisfac tory settlement of the border problem could be reached until there was evi dence of the Intention of the Mexican Government to handle such affairs so that there would be no occasion for constant diplomatic correspondence with other governments. The matters especially referred to by the American Commissioners were those affecting the status and rights of foreigners resident in Mexico and of foreigners who have Invented capi tal in Mexican enterprises. It was learned that Luis Cabrera, head of the Mexican Commission, Is dealing with the committee represent ing a large group of mining concerns In Mexico in his capacity as Minister of Finance rather than as one of the Commissioners. He expects to meet the mining men's representatives In New York for a conference. The official statement issued by the Commission follows: "The morning session of the American and Mexican Joint Commission was devoted to the presentation to the Mexican Commis sioners by their American colleagues of the Importance of giving considera tion to certain questions which have a distinct international bearing because of their effect on the status and the rights of foreigners resident In Mexico and of foreigners who have Invested their capital In Mexican enterprises. The position, taken by the American Commission is that the satisfactory solution of these questions Is an Integral and necessary part of a gen eral program, the purpose of w hich is to assure to Mexico the resumption of her normal position among the nations of the earth." FRANCE LIFTS EMBARGO. Makes Change That Will Aid Amerl can Manufacturers. Washington. Amendments to the French export embargo that will materially aid American manufactur ers were announced in a cablegram from American Consul-General Thack ara at Paris. The changes lift the em bargo on the export to allied aud American countries on fatty acids, borax and boraclc acid, metallic chlor ides, gelatines and glues, starches, lead manufactures, sodium and paint. Tho embargo was found to embarrass neu tral and friendly commerce unneces sarily. LINER FRANCONIA SUNK. Cunarder, Used By British At a Trans, port, Sent Down By U-Boat. London. Five ships the Cunard Line steamer Franconla, the Russian steamer Tourgal and threo Norwe gian Bteamers, Brink, Knut Carl and Nesjar have been sunk, according to reports ht;re. The British Admiralty announces the loss of the FYanconia, which was employed for transport duly. The steamer was sunk in tho Mediter ranean by an enemy submarine. T;ie eteamor had no troops aboard. Twelve men of the crew of 302 are missing. INVESTIGATES MAIL PAY. Interctato Commerce Commission Ex. pected To Se'.tle Controversy. Washington. Tho Interstate Com merce Commission began un Invet tiga Hon of railway mall pay, which Is ex pectod to end the fight between the Postofllce Department and railroads of tho United Stat63 over claims by the railroads that they are carrying the malls at a loss. Tbe commission will report to Congress whether railroad. should be paid on a space basis or by weight or both. Harrlsburg Compensation has been allowed to the widow of an employe of th Car negie Steel Company, killed by light ning while at work In one of the plants of the company In the Pittsburgh dis trict, In an opinion filed by Chairman Mackey. In the opinion It Is stated "When Uie law of a particular State awards com pensation only to the employe when the Injury arises out of the employ ment, then It hat become Important In case of death or Injury by lightning to determine as a fact whether or not the workman at that particular time only assumed the ordinary hatard of tbe general community or whether the nature of his employment placed blm In a position where he was unusually Imperiled." There Is an admission that the man was at work when struck and aa death by lightning 'constitutes an accident, the widow la awarded compensation, Including an allowance for a minor child and burial expenses. The Compensation Board Is declared to have no authority to make an order for payment by an employer of one third of amount of compensation al lowed for loss of an eye, because, owing to an Injury an oculist estimates that the normal vision of an eye of an employee has been diminished one third, according to an opinion by Chairman Mackey. The decision was an appeal by the Pittsburgh ft Lake Erie Railroad In the compensation claim of Louis J. Beck, one of Its car shop employes, whose eye wat Injured by dirt dropping from the floor of a car under repair. Tbe man wat able to resume work In twenty days, but It wat admitted that his vision had been Impaired one-third. "We do not And In the Act any power to graduate an award between provis ions of the Act," saye the opinion. "If, in this particular case, the lowered virion has not reduced the earning power of the claimant, then there can be no compensation based upon any other consideration than actual loss. .Concerning the suggested award the chairman says, "The board has no power to make such an order, nor even suggest such a disposition of the case. If, however, the defendant desires to make such a contribution to the claim ant there Is nothing In tbe law to pre vent It from doing so." Pc'nna. Paper Supply Sure For a Year. Pennsylvania is one of the few States In the Union which is In a favor able position In regard to Its paper contracts, and It will not have to worry for over a year to come. Its contracts were made a couple of years ago, and paper which Is now selling In the mar ket at $8. Is being bought by the State for a little over half that sum. This favorable condition, which has brought about a condition, whereby paper peo ple are trying not to sell to the Com monwealth Instead of trying to have It Increase Its orders. Is the result of a contract placed two years ago by A Nevin Pomeroy. the State Superintend ent of Public Printing and Binding. The officinls have been endeavoring to hold down the amount of printing required by the State government, and when some chiefs, whose printing wat not contemplated when the appropria tion was made, started to make In quiries, they found that Pennsylvania was In a favorable condition as re gards pnper, "but in bad shape for a printing fund. All that was allowed for the State printing last year was 1400,000, and out of this had to come all of the child labor, workmen's com pensation and State Insurance fund printing, none of which had been pro vided for when the estimates were made. Orders have been given that all printing must be held down as much as possible and there will be less this year than for a long time. Experts Begin Pint Rust Fight Five of the field men of the Bureau of Zoology of the Pennsylvania De partment of Agriculture have started making a systematic survey of the State to ascertain In what districts the white pine blister rust Is prevalent and to take Immediate Bteps to arrest Its spread. Already there are six places In the State where the blister rust has been found on white pines and both the Federal Government and Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture are making every effort to stamp it out. The five field men asslgnc'd to the work have recently returned from the Federal Laboratory at Providence, It. I., where they studied the habits of the blister rust and methods to be used for Its extermination. The men assigned to the work and tholr districts are: H. E. Backus Blair, Cambria, Cen tra, Clearfield, Huntingdon, Somerset, Bedford and Fulton counties. Ira C. Cherlngton Lackawanna, Luzerne, Susquehanna, Wayne, Tike, Wvomlng and Columbia counties. F. I Holdrldge Bradford, Incom ing, Sullivan, Tioga, Potteri McKean, Elk, Cameron and Clinton counties, E. F. rierce Bucks, Montgomery, Che ter, Delaware and Philadelphia counties. Francis Wlndle Dauphin, Cumber land. Franklin, Adams, York, Lnneas ter and Lebanon counties. PENNSYLVANIA CHARTERS. Governor Brumbaugh approved the following charters for new corpora tion!: Laverne Publishing Company, Phila delphia, capital $2G,000; treasurer, Frank T. Eastlnck. Splnelll ft Co., Inc., hauling, ete., Philadelphia, capital $5,000; treasurer, Gllda Splnnelll. Franklin Publishing ft Supply Co., Philadelphia, capital $5,000; treasurer, John O. Magulre, Wayne. The Latest Gleanings From All Over the State. TOLD IN SHORT PARAGRAPHS While working In a cornfield on hli farm In Upper Merlon, James Uayen fell dead of heart disease. The electric lighting system la boln. Introduced In Alburtus and th cur rent It being transmitted from Mac angle. A movement for a city charter in launched by Shamokln Council when It received a petition signed by 200 cltlxens praying for the privilege of voicing themselves on the question. Cltlxens of Blrdsboro have urged Town Council to make a movement to wards the purchase of a plot of ground for the purpose of establishing a pub lic park. Police of Harrlsburg raided market, and arrested shorlwelght men, several being held for trial at court, on charge growing out of measures which vers short. The State Board of Tardons ba been asked to commute the death sen tence of Frederick Ward Motter, sen tenced to electrocution by the Jeff or ion county courts. While' playing with matches, a T year-old bod of Amos J. Stolttfui, of Uorgantown, fired a straw stack. Hi promptly Informed his mother, who gave the alarm and tbe neighbor aaved tbe barn nearby. A resident of Wyomlsslng offered tb Berks County Conservation Assoela tlon $1,000 per year for a period of years, to use as a fund to acquire land on ML Penn, so that the bare spots cu be covered with trees and shrubbery. A new bar and billet mill is to bt constructed at once at the Farrell works of the Carnegie Steel Company The United States Steel Corporate has appropriated $1,250,000 for th purpose. After Thomas Anell placed tlmbfr In a breast at the North Frank'In Col liery, Shamokln, and told several hf en the place was pretty safe to work In, a lump of coal slid down a chute. Instantly killing him. Plana were announced for the con struction of a thirty-five mlllon gallon reservoir to be added to Harrlsburg' Water Supply System. It will take care of the section of tbe city belrg built on the highlands. The first woman to take out hunter's license In that county fir 1516 was Mrs. E. O. Hatfield, of West Falrvlew, who soeured No. 290. Mr Hatfield is an expert shot and accom panies her husband on various excur sions during the season. The Maple Silk Manufacturing Co., of Paterson, N. J., who lately pur chased the Alhurtls Silk ltlbbon plant for f 2I,00S have completed the altera tions and are almost ready to resuros operations. The two shirt factorlw are also worklngjull time. To protect himself and companion In case they are ever again marooned In Mexico by hostile bandits, Harold T. Mapes, a mining engineer, In Csr lisle on a short vacation, has establish ed a wire'ess station at his home and Is practicing receiving and semllnf messages. The campaign that the citizens of the Bethlehems have started to ral the sum of $200,000 so that the pro posed new bridge acrosa the Ijehlgh River to cost more than $1)00,000 ma; be a reality, Is meeting with wonder ful success. Indications are that tht amount needed will be over sub scribed. In an ordinance passed by the Bor ough Council of Penbrook, even baby coaches are to be regulated along with automobiles, wagons, etreet cars and other vehicles. The maximum spefl of perambulatort is to be three mil an hour and they must be "driven" bj adults. Fines are to be Imposed for Infringement of the rules. With an enrollment of more th"1 300 new students of whom 284 r Freshmen, Lehigh University, Smith Bethlehem, started Iti nfty-flrt-'t yeaf The total enrollment- will foot up more than $50. Dr. It. S. Drinker, president of the Institution, announced the ap pointment of sixteen new members of the faculty. In his annual report to the Firemen'1 Association of Pennsylvania Jut's' Eugene C. Boiinlwell, of rhl!ndelphl. president f the association, nounced the flat rates adopted by th Board' of Insurance Underwriters, sW Ingthat It Is unfair to tax a man wh has surrounded his property w'"1 every safeguard against fire the am as properties where the fire menace l constant. Because they were on State bu'lnew nnd.ln the employ of the Slate, Chnrlfi Flnlev, deputy clerk of courts, reN-1,fl lo alTow mileage to several ep''" of the State Health Department w"0 went to Montgomery county court witnesses. n. hnn alt tnwns In WesttllOr land county at a meeting decided t Increase the price of bread and caw .. in V antd SI small loavet oi Drean win " elx cents. The price of cakes was MtiAiwt frnm l.a tn twelve COI't I doien.
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