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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.