THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS, McCONNELLSBURG, PA.
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AID
ADMIRAL DEWEY
Got Between His Fleet and the
German Fleet
BEFORE BATTLE OF MANILA
Commander Of United States Fleet
Said To Have Feared Hos
tile Action By
Germans.
Iondon. Paring discussion recent
ly In the House of Lords regarding
llio operations of tho German sub
marine U-53 off the coast of the United
States, Earl Grey, former Governor
General of Canada, in asking for as
surances that reports warding the
conduct of commanders of American
destroyers In t!io circumstances were
Incorrect, pave on interesting account
of a conversation he had had with Ad
miral Dewey as to the action of Cap
tain Chichester, of the liritish Navy,
In Manila Hay at the outbreak of the
Spanish-American War. Alluding to
th) question put by Earon Charles
Heretford to YI.;eount Grey, the for
eign secretary, with regard to the Gor
man submarine operations, which Vis
count Crey subsequently answered,
Karl Grey said:
"Before the Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs answered the question
put to him, I should like to bo allowed
to ask a supplementary question of
which 1 have given the noble Viscount
privato notice, namely, whether there
is any truth in the statement in the
press of Tuesday, October 10, that the
commander of the German submarine
l"-53 asked the commanders of the
American destroyers Pennant and Mac
Po'.igal to clear out of the way so
that he might have room to blow up
the ships he was attacking, and
whether it Is true that the American
destroyers promptly acceded to thf
German request?
"A Startling Departure."
"To rue it is so Incredible that com
manders of American war vessels
should have acted in the way reported
that I cannot and will not believe it
until all room for doubt has been re
moved. Such action on the part of
the American war vessels would In
volve a new and startling departure
from ib old traditions of mutual serv
ice between America and F.ngland in
the cause of humanity.
"I hope I may be permitted to quote
one illustration of the way In which
this spontaneous mutual service has
had far reaching effects In promoting
good will between America and Eng
land. In 195 I had the honor of
meeting Admiral Pewey and some dis
tinguished members of the American
Senate at dinner in Washington.
British Protected Dewey.
"On that occasion Admiral Dewey
narrated to me. In a voire and with
gestures eloquently Fiiggestlve of the
most grateful emotion, the story at
that time entirely new to me, and
perhaps new to some members here
today of the way in which he had
received invaluable assistance from
Captain Chlrhe-ter at Manila at a
time of great anxiety. Admiral Pewey,
informed that the presence at Manila
of German cruisers with a heavier dis
placement than that of the American
ships caused him to realize the grave
character of the dancer menacing his
country In the event of the German
ships beginning the hostile action of
which he at the time had reason to he
apprehensive. lie described how the
whole American fleet watched in silent
anxiety the vi-it of the German ad
miral to Captain Chichester's ship and
the intense relief with which they saw,
shor'ly nf:er the German admiral's re
turn to hi- own ship, the British ship
under Cati'ain Chichester's command
hoi.-t their anchors and shift their
anchorage to a pn-l;ton which placed
them in tl" direct line of fire bet.veen
the German and the Ameriian ships.
No ac'lon has done more to promote
the friendly feelings of one nation to
another than that action of Captain
Chichester, which. I believe, to have
been absolutely spontaneous on his
part and which action is well known
to every officer in the naval service
of the United States."
STEEL. WORKS WRECKED.
Power and Electrical Departments Are
Destroyed By Fire.
Butler, Pa. The power and elee
triial departments of the plant of the
Standard Steel Car Company was de
stroyed by fire here resulting In the
entire works being rrippled In
definitely nnd throw Inc ",0o0 persons
out of employment. The flrti is be
lieved to have been caused by rrossed
electric wires. The loss was esti
matd at ? oUO.Oiio.
JEWS TO RAISE $10,000,000.
Huge Sum Will Be Expended For
European War Sufferers.
New York. What was said to be
tho largest charitable project ever un
dertaken was started here when It
was announced that a campaign to
raise $10,000,000 In 1917 for Jewish
war sufferers In Europe had been
begun by the Joint Distribution Com
mittee. This will be in ndditlon to
tO.ooo.ooo which already has been ex
pended. SHIP FROM ICELAND IN.
Second To Reach American Shorta In
1,000 Years.
New York. What Is said to be the
second ship from Iceland to reach
Atrerican shores since the days of
Lief the Lucky, 1,000 years ago, ar
rived at thl3 port Sunday, when the
little steamer Godfoss docked with a
cargo of skin. and herring. She
brc ivht over 37 farmers from Iceland,
who will settle In the Canadian Northwest.
HGH L
ARE CUT DOWN
A Scientific Projection of Shell
Barriers.
VERDUN CASUALTIES 2,000
More Than 4,800,000 Shells, Weigh
ing 10,000 Ton, Hurled By
the Great French
Guns.
Tarls. A first-hand account of the
Verdun victory, directed particularly
toward explaining the amazing dispro
portion of the French and German
losses, which Is absolutely without
precedent In this war, considering that
the French were the attacking side.
Their casualties were only a little
more than 2,000, Including a large pro
portion of slightly wounded hit by machine-gun
bullets.
It was an accepted axiom previous
to this war that the assailants neces
sarily suffer heavier than the defend
ers when storming strongly fortified
positions, but the results are complete
ly reversed, now that the artillery has
developed unbelievable power.
A general leading tho French attack
south of the Somme stated that the
French losses had been cut down 60
pr cent, owing to the scientific pro
jection of shell barriers In front of
the infantry after all the enemy cover
Is pulverized. The French casualty
list this week at Verdun shows that
the diminution has been increased to
JO per cent.
Millions Of Shells Fired.
Bast year this invaluable ground on
the Meuse would have been considered
lightly won if the casualties had been
20,000.
A staff oficer pointed out that the
hellish ultra-modern gunfire Increases
the losses of the other side nearly In
the game ratio that It reduces your
own. Therefore, it Is not surprising
that General JutTre swept up practical
ly the whole German force south of
Douaumont and Pamloup. For 150
hours General Nivelle's heaviest guns
had blasted the Meuse forts, trenches
and redoubts. More than 4.S0O.O0O
shells, weighing about 10.0f0 tons, not
only w iped out every obstacle in the
way of the infantry but wrought
slaughter as elllciently as a death
scythe sweeping along the Teuton
positions.
Dugouts Death Traps.
The ordinary earth entrenchments
which the French Infantry occupied
practically without loss seemed almost
devoid of defenders at first sight, but
s the advance continued cleaning-up
parties brought to light hundreds of
burled bodies. Numerous dugouts were
found choked with dead. The battle
decided definitely that dugouts, unless
of the deepest and strongest variety,
become worse death traps during the
heaviest cannonades than open
trenches. On Tuesday the occupants
were either buried alive or killed by
the poisonous fumes of shells.
General Nlvelle has revived the
worst horrors of the Verdun battle,
only this time it is the gray-clad Ger
man legions that stand the worst
strain. A new terror has been added
to war on this front in the shape of
powerful steam sirens, which are able
to scream their piercing signals above
the appalling din of the artillery.
WOULD TURN CLOCKS FORWARD.
Enthusiasts Plan National Convention
In December.
New York, Preliminary prepara
tions for a national convention of
"Turn the clock forward an hour" en
thusiasts In this city in December
were taken at a meeting here.
Invitations will be extended to
Chambers of Commerce, scientific so
cieties, labor unions and other organ
izations to Bend representatives and
Join a national organization.
Speakers at the meeting declared
the plan would result In a saving of
one-fourth on gas and electric light
bills, conservation of eyesight, and
more time for outdoor sport and
recreation.
CARRANZA IS CANDIDATE.
Message To General Trevlno Saya He
Will Again Seek Presidency.
Chihuahua City. General Trevino
received a wireless message from
General Venustlno Carranza announc
ing his candidacy for the Mexican
presidency at the coming election.
The message stated there probably
would bo many changes In the Car
ranza Cabinet. General Pablo Gon
zales, It stated, is to gie up his com
mand of the first military division to
accept a special confidential commis
sion. 141 SHIPS SUNK.
Berlin Reporta On September Bag Of
Merchantmen.
lierlin, via wireless to Sayville, Long
Island. During the month of Septem
ber 111 enemy merchantmen of a total
Tonnage of 182,000 were sunk by
Austio-German submarines or mines,
the Admiralty announced. Thirteen
captains of enemy ships were enptured
nnd three cannon taken. In the same
period 39 neutral merchantmen of a
total tonnage of 72,000, carrying con
traband, were captured.
HEALTH GOOD ON BORDER.
(.eta Than 2 Per Cent. Of Guardsmen
III, Says Report.
Washington. The health report
showing condition of soldiers on the
Mexican border for the week was
made public by the War Department.
The per cent, sick of National Guard
troops was 183, with 6 dea'hs, for the
week, as compared with 1.91 and 3
deaths for the preceding week. Among
regulars tho per cent, nick was 3.0'i
and 3 deaths, against 3.23 and 5
deaths.
OSSES
COMPANY'S COME TO
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ELEVEN DEAD 111
Catholic Nuns' Institution De
stroyed During Night.
350 PERSONS IN PERIL
Two Buildings Are Destroyed At
Farnham, Quebec; 25 Children In
jured 350 Inmates Asleep;
Fire-Escapes Lacking.
Farnham, Quebec. Six adults nnd
five children, at least, lost their lives
in a tire which destroyed St. Elizabeth
Hospital here.
The institution was managed by the
Grey Nuns nnd comprised two build
ings, one for hospital patients, the
other a school for children.
No bodies had been found, but the
names of four missing who are be
lieved to have perished were known.
They were paralytics. Survivors were
taken to many Farnham homes, mak
ing difficult the work of compiling a
list of the dead. Many we're Injured
by Jumping from windows and four
children may die.
The Grey Nuns displayed great
heroism. One sister climbed to the
third floor and risked her life hand
ing helpless children through windows
to firemen and citizens on ladders.
An early estimate placed the prop
erty loss at about $145,000.
More than 3.10 persons were asleep
in the hospital when the blaze was
discovered. Unable to make their
way to safety by means of, the fire
escapes, nearly all of them Jumped
from windows.
The hospital and a laundry were de
stroyed and several adjacent buildings
were damaged by smoke nnd water.
The fire is believed to have started In
a defective chimney.
IT RAINED BEARS.
That Is, If Thii Story From Far West
Is All Wool.
Wenatchcu, Wash. H. B. Smith
last week shot a bear 200 yard3 off,
wounding it In a foreleg. The wound
ed animal came toward him and when
within 100 feet was brought down with
a shot through the heart. Hardly had
he fired the second shot when a sec
ond black bear poked its head over a
log near by. One shot finished It.
Then bears began to jump all around.
Smith began a fusillade. He emerged
with four pelts. Sixteen bears In all
were seen by Smith.
REACHES 100 YEARS.
Woman Chews, Smokes Retains All
Faculties Except Hearing.
Newark, Ohio. Mrs. Mary A. Love
Joy, who chews and smokes and still
retains all of her faculties except hear
ing, celebrated her one hundredth
birthday here. Mrs. Lovejoy has the
distinction of being the first woman
in the United States to apply for a
pension under the new Ashbrook law
pensioning widows of soldiers who
fought In the Mexican and Civil War.
Born In Frederlcktown, Md., she was
in her younger days an intimate friend
of Barbara Frietchle.
NO WOOD PULP RATE RAISE.
Commerce Commission Suspends Ralst
For Second Time.
Washington. The Interstate Com
merce Commission re-suspended until
April 29 Pennsylvania and Baltimore
and Ohio railroad tariffs increasing
the rates on wood pulp in carloads
from Elkton, Md., Wilmington, Del.,
and other points to Holyoke, Mass.,
and other New Englnnd points.
POLICE MUST SALUTE FLAG.
Pittsburgh Force Also Asked To
Honor Funeral Trains.
Pittsburgh, Pa. Uniformed police
men must hereafter recoenize the
Stars and Stripes with a salute when
ever seen on parade, according to the
duty manual of 1915, L sued by the De
partment of Tublic Safety and Just
made public.
U-53 SUNK, CAPTAIN HEARS.
Master Of British Steamer Unable To
Verify Rumor.
Boston. Capt. W. G. Tudor, of the
British iteamshlp Hochelnga, which
arrived here from Loulsburg, said that
before he left Nova Scotia persistent
rumors were current that the German
IT-boat 53 had boon sunk off' Sydney,
N. S., by the Canadian patrol boat
Stanley. He said he heard the rumor
several time.?, but was unable to
verify It
HOSPITAL
FIRE
STAY TILL SPRING
R
illlL
QUITTING MEXICO
OF
New Villa Moves Check on Work
of Joint Commission.
TROOPS TO REMAIN ON DUTY
Removal Of Carranza To Queretaro
Is Declared Sign Of Breaking Up
Process Officials Send Fam
ilies Out Of Country. '
Washington. Conditions In North
ern Mexico, revolving on the new
ascendency of Villa as a military lead
er, are commanding more attention
than at any other time sinco the bor
der raids, which resulted in the dis
patch of. the American punitive expe
dition. Administration officials made no ef
fort to disguise their opinion that the
American-Mexican Commission, sitting
at Atlantic City, cannot be expected to
arrive at a satisfactory solution of
border problems until the situation In
Chihuahua has been clarified., Any
agreement for the early withdrawal of
General Tershlng's forces from Mexico
apparently Is considered now as out
of the question.
Moreover, the Impression stood out
clearly from all the views expressed
that whilo the present situation exists
there is little possibility that the forces
of the regulars or national guardsmen
on the border will be reduced. It was
Indicated that no chances would be
taken of another raid Into American
territory.
Carranza Falling.
Coupled with ugly reports, which
disparage the stability of General Car
ranza's regime and Interpret his re
moval from Mexico City to Queretaro
as a sign of the breaking-up process
which his enemies have repeatedly
predicted, the military movements of
Villa, now making a formidable cam
paign in Chihuahua, are regarded here
as menacing the de facto'? control of
the whole northern country.
Prominent In the whole situation
are apparently well founded, but In
definite, reports of the connection of
the so-called Legalista movement with
the whole train of events, which are
expected Ifj those familiar with the
Mexican situation here to develop
within a short time.
The Mexican Embassy declared that
Villa's forces consist only of a few
hundred men "claiming Villa as their
leader," and branded reports of in
stability of General Carranr.a's govern
ment as "a flood of misrepresentation
that might be expected from enemies,"
when the Mexican-American commis
sion began Its work.
At the same time reports came to
the War Department that Villa's
campfires were In sight of Chihuahua
City and that General Trevlno, the
Carranza commander there, although
plentifully supplied with arms and re
ceiving reinforcements, was short of
ammunition and considering evacuat
ing the capital.
Commanding Point
Department officials said they had
not heard the report reaching the bor
der that Chihuahua actually has fallen.
As a matter of military strategy It
was pointed out that Villa, once oc
cupying Chihuahua, could compel the
surreuder of Juarez, as he did easily
onca before, and at another stroko
might take Torreon, Monterey and
Saltlllo, when he would be a military
factor somewhat different from the
bandit for whose life an American
military expedition was dispatched.
The Mexican Embassy's explanation
of Goneral Carranza's move .to Quere
taro was that he had gone to prepare
for the meeting of the Constitution
alists' Assembly, for which deputies
Just have been elected. The arrival of
the families of Generals Carranza and
Obregon in tho United States are de
clared to be without significance.
"The rumors that this visit has any
political significance, or that the fam
ilies of the leaders are abandoning
the country, are absurd," said an em
bassy statement.
EARNINGS INCREASE.
Nine Interstate Express Companies
Show 400 Per Cent. Gain,
Washington. A 400 per cent, in
crease in the operating Income of nine
interstate express companies during
the fiscal year of 1916 over the fiscal
year 1915 was reported by the Inter
state Commerce Commission. The
figures were $10,560,000. nganlst $2,
556,000. A total of $175,000,000 was
collected during the year as express
charges. ,
QUESTION
Latest News From
the War 'Zone
Except for the announcement that
the Roumanians, before their retreat
from Tchernavoda, blew up the big
bridge spanning the Danube River,
thereby placing an obstacle in the way
of the advance of the Teutonic Allies
from Dobrudja Into Old Roumanla, If
such a move was Intended by' them,
little fresh knowledge of the real situa
tion In that sector of tho world's war
has been vouchsafed by either the Rus
sian or Teutonic allied war chancel
lories. According to Petrograd, the force ot
the violent blows which Field Marshal
von Mackensen had been delivering In
his rapid drive northward In Dobrudja
ha3 slackened somewhat, although
Berlin asserts that the Teutonic Allies
are still making progress against the
Roumanians and Russians. '
Along the Trnnsylvanla front the
Roumanians and Austro-Gcrmans are
still engaged In hard fighting at vari
ous points. Berlin reports that In the
Trotus Valley, south of Paroltttz, and
on tho roads to Sinaya and Campulung,
the Allies of the Central Powers have
met with. further successes. On the
other hand, Bucharest asserts that the
Austro-Germans have been driven from
the entire western frontier of Mol
davia, Northern Roumanla, suffering
heavy casualties, and that In the Uzul
and Oltuz Valleys the Roumanian arms
also have been successful.
Again the Germans have delivered
counter-attacks four In number
against the newly-won French posi
tions at Douaumont, In the region of
Verdun, but like all of their efforts
since the big French drive of Tuesday
they were successfully withstood.
Similarly, a violent attack against tho
British In the StjirT trench, north of
the famous Stuff Redoubt, near Thie
pval, was put down, tho Germans suf
fering considerable casualties and the
loss of 41 men made prisoners. Else
where on this front there were only
artillery duels.
In the wooded region' of the Car
pathian Mountains the Germans essay
ed assaults against the Russians, but
according to the Petrograd War Office,
their efforts failed, In Volhynia, to
tho west of Lutsk, the Russians, with
out previous artillery preparation, at
tempted to storm with Infantry a Ger
man position. The German artillery,
however,' broke up the sortie.
Two villages southwest of Lake
Doiran, on the Macedonian front
Colobrda and Laisitsa have been cap
tured by the French. Elsewhere In
this theater the fighting is being done
mainly by the artillery, although there
Is still Infantry activity in the Cerna
The Austrians are holding an Intense
artillery fire on the Italian positions In
Gorlzta.
The British mine sweeper Genista
has been torpedoed and sunk, with
the loss of all of her officers and 73
of her crew of S5 men. '
YOUNG CLEVELAND SPEAKS.
One Of Orators At Laying Of Corner
stone At Princeton.
Princeton, N. J. Richard Cleveland,
son of former President Grover Cleve
land, was one of the principal speak
ers at the cornerstone laying of the
new university dining halls. Cleveland
Is a member of tho sophomore class.
John Grier Hibbcn, president of the
university, laid the stone of the new
structure, which will be called Madison
Hall In honor of James Madison, Presi
dent of the United States, who gradu
ated from Frlnceton In 1771.
TWENTY MEN EXECUTED.
Accused Of Robbing Freight Consign
ments In Mexico City.
Laredo, Tex. Twenty men, prin
cipally warehouse men, have been
executed in Mexico City during the
past week for participating in robbing
freight consignments through frau
dulent bills of lading, according to re
liable Information received here. Rob
bery of freight cars has been so fre
quent recently on the Constitutional
ly lines that merchants have prac
tically abandoned shipments, It was
stated.
AUTO THEFTS $1,250,000.
Chicago Alone Reports Big Losses
Thus Far In 1916.
Chicago. The growth of automobile
stealing here from practical Insig
nificance. In 1911 to In excess of $1,
250,000 thus far In 1916 was shown In
a report by the Police Department.
The thefts since January 1 this year
were 2,571 cars. Insurance companies
have paid $500,000 in theft losses this
year.
$3,000,000,000 MORE FOR WAR.
German Credits Up To Now Total
$13,000,000,000.
Berlin. A new war credit bill for
12,000,000,000 marks ($3,000,000,000)
was submitted to the Reichstag by
Count von Roedern, Secretary of the
Imperial Treasury. Count von Doedern
stated that the total German war
credits up to now amounted to 52,000,
000,000 marks ($13,000,000,000).
VATICAN DENIES PEACE TALK
Negotiating End Of War Between
Austria and Russia.
Rome. The Vatican emphatically
denied Swiss rumors that Pope Bene
dict was negotiating for an early peare
between Austria and Russia.
CASHIER SAVES BANK'S $8,003.
Steals March On Armed Bandit Who
Tries Hold-Up.
Chicago. An attempt to hold up ano
rob the Bank of Harvey, nt Harvey
111 a suburb, was foiled when August
Walzschmldt, assistant cashier, slip
ped out of the rear door and returned
with a policeman In time to capture
an armed bandit who wns about to
make his escape with $8,000. An al
leged accomplice In an automobile out
side the bank was also arrested.
KEYSTONE STATE
TOLD IN SHORT
The Latest Happenings Gleaned
From All Over the State..
THINGS SEEN AND HEARD
Charles Swede died from a broken
neck sustained when caught under
mine cars at the Draper colliery, Ma
hanoy City.
Thyslclans at the State Hospital at
Fountain Springs, removing the appen
dix from Charles McGniil, aged nine
years, found a pin in it.
Business In Lancaster county In all
branches ' Is on the Increase, and
especily tho silk mill and garment fac
tories are working overtime.
State Department of Agriculture re
ports show that there will be a serious
falling off of the State's celery crop
because of lack of rain during the
summer. .
Teachers In1 tho Pittsburgh public
schools have asked for an Increase In
salary frin $50 to $100 a year. The
high coFt of living Is given as th rea
son for the reiuct
Mrs. Rachel Kindlg, aged seventy,
of Bendortown, has died of burns re
ceived when her clothing caught fire
as she was making apple butter at an
open lire in the yard of her home.
At a rally of Dauphin County Chris
tian Endeavor workers hi Pcnbrook re
ports wefe submitted showing that
there are 112 societies with more than
10,000 members In the city, county and
West Shpre towns.
Pro;. Jam'es S. Probst Is the oldest
teacher In Carbqn county In point of
service, and is now teaching his fifty
fifth consecutive year, having entered
tho profession during the Civil War
He Is still enjoying excellent health.
Just thirty-two years in August, Mrs.
W. K. Scott, of Iskesburg, started to
make a quilt. This week this quilt
was completed. It has 7,626 pieces of
cloth as Its component parts, and rep
resents approximately five months
solid work.
The trustees of the Dickinson School
of Law have secured a site for the
erection of the new building to be
known as Trickett Hall. The plot Is
In the Mooreland district, but a short
distance from Carlisle's new $120,000
technical high school.
p. C. Totter, aged sixty-four, a one
armed man, of Harrlsburg, employed
as a messenger by a telegraph com
pany, was attacked by highwaymen
and robbed of his watch and money.
He was found unconscious in the street
with a leg broken and cuts about the
head.
Melancholy, Mrs. Tura Mills, aged
Sixty-four, of Almcdla, Columbia
county, threw a cord over the timbers
of the barn and tielng the ends to
gether, put her chin through the cord
rs she stood on the lloor. She was
found dead a half hour later with her
feet still on the floor.
Because several of the employes
failed to wear union buttons COO men
and boys employed at the Lehigh Coal
& Navigation Company's No. 15 Col
liery, Tamnqua, went on strike, swell
ing the total to 2,000 Idle at the com
pay's operations, owing to the button
strikes.
' Adam P. Rupert, cashier of Union
Hank, Altoona, was stricken with
apoplexy while sitting at his desk. Ills
condition is critical. The banker has
not been in the best of health since
he was shot several years ago. by
Frank O. Hohl, the auto banSIt who
held up the Union Bank in broad day
light, and got away with $2,800.
It was announced at the Williams
part plant of the United States Rubber
Company that a building adding 25,000
feet of floor space will be erected at
once and the capacity of the factory,
which is now over 9,000 pairs of rub
ber shoes, Increased to 20,000 pairs a
day, with an ultimate Increase in the
working force from Its present
strength of 675 to 1,300 or more.
Many of the striking miners of the
Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal & Coke
Company returned to work- when they
found that the district board of tho
United Mine Workers of America had
refused to back the strike on the
ground that the demands of tho men
were In violation of the Philadelphia
agreement. Seven of the right Pttnx
Mitawney unions voted to return to
work pending further Investigation by
the board.
On the very first day the Swiss
Cleaners nnd Dyers put their new $20,
000 plant In operation, in Bethlehem,
William F. Schneller, connected with
the concern, and one of .Bethlohem's
prominent business men and citizens,
received burns which resulted In his
death. Escaping gasoline fumes are
alleged to have escaped and communi
cated to the firebox of the boiler rnnm,
causing an explosion. Mr. Schneller
was enveloped by flames and fatally
burned.
Over-balnnclng herself as she leaned
on the rail to shake some cU thing,
Mrs. Thomas .McKlnsey, aged flftv nlne
years, fell twenty-five feet from the
balcony oti the second story of her
home at West Falrview, and was In
stnntly killed.
In the New York city courts,
Pomlnlck Waitkus, a former miner at
the Tark Place Colliery, near Ma
hnnoy City, was awarded $121)00 dam
ages from the lchlgh Valley Coal Com
pany, by Judge Blnckmara. Waitkus
lost an arm at the mine two years, ago.
WINTER EXHIBIT
OF FARM PRODUCTS
State Department Of a..:. ..
worKing uui nans r-or Display
Along New Lines,
HarrisburrJ
Detailed plans for the proposed mJ
winter biiuw ui mo uesi or the corn
apples, wool and dairy products ri.,
In Pennsylvania are being worked on'
at tho Department of Agriculture. tv
piun is 10 nave me snow January Ji
to 25, when the State Board 0f iw
culture and other organizations are r
session In Harrlsburg and the u-gi,
lure is unuer way.
K. 8. Bayard, of Pittsburgh, i8 cha,
man of tho general- committee ,
charge with' members from varloih
organizations, working with him.
Tho general plan Is us follows:
Corn, six classes, country exhibit.
gie ami ten ear contests, prizes tota
$261,- a county challenge cup and tc
silver cups; E. K. Hibshman, sut-
college, in charge or entries
Wool, four classes, Including one Ic-
full-blooded Merino fleece of combir
stnple; crossbred wool divided lmc
rour classes, rum a fleece Into to
prizes $110.
- FruIt, twelve classes for apples witV
a grand prlzo; displays, to be H,
box nnd barrel: plans also made fc
exhibits of pears, quinces, walnuti
chestnuts and shellbarks. five
mens for fruit on plate displays u(
twenty for nuts, prizes $300, arrange
ments maao to Keep rrutt in cold dor
age In Harrlsburg until show is given
F. N. Fagcn, State College, In char
of entries.
Dairy exhibits will be alont; tit
same lines, numerous prizes being of
rered. ,
A number of prominent men of th
State have offered prizes for the bf
displays! at the show and it is expected
that if It proves successful it will be
an .annual reaturo.
22,000 FARMERS STUDY
AGRICULTURE BY MAIL
"Make your farm your laboratory"
Is the slogan appearing on the pro!
pectus covering the corresponded
courses In agriculture offered by the
Pennsylvania State College. Thesi
courses are prepared to furnish syi-
tematlc study at home for those ut
able to come to the college. Tier
were first offered in 181)9. t'p to lie
present time more than 22,000 su
dents have been enrolled for this wnrl
About 4,000 of these received someU
struction last year.
In order that the work may be mor
useful, and that students may not b
required to study branches in whitb
they are not Interested nnd whM
would be of no benefit to them, tit
material Is divided Into subjects, ui
subject constituting a course conipjete
within Itself.
The winter short courses at Stst
College begin December 6, 1916, mi
end February 28, 1917. The subject;
offered this year are broader in scope
and Idea than ever before. Studesl
entering these course have the liM
advantage of attendance upon the lec
tures and demonstrations srhediM
during the annual Farmers' Week, !
December.
$13,000,000 GAIN IN
CROP SHORTAGE.
Statisticians of the State Depart
ment of Agriculture figure out tt!
the corn, wheat, rye and oats crops m
Pennsylvania, although In Sill but w
Instance smaller than those of Ik'
year, are worth about $13,000,000 more
to theTarmers of the Keystone Slat'
because of the advance In prices.
The value of the four crops is glv
as $104.9C9,8!M), against $91,611,220 fo:
the. four, crops last year. The la!
crop, which broke the record this ye'
stands the farmers a value of IC8.136.
510, while the potato crop, althouci
very short compared to that of last
year, Is estimated as worth $16.400.MO
In round numbers.
The value given for the four crop
are as follows:
Wheat. $40,112,800, against $!6,1H
400, production being about the saw
as last vear.
Hay, $68,136,510, against $f.6.572.20fl.
Rye, $4,720;i70, against ?2 9.1.2
Onts. J1K SUB fi:n. nealnst J19.823.72
Corn, $U,200,000, against $41,641,924.
CHESTNUT TREES HAVE
AFFINITY FOR LIGHTNING.
Out of a total of 2.000 trees on Staff
forestry reservations struck by HP"'
nine in four vears 655 were chesmu.
according to data compiled at the r
partment of Forestry on causes
fires. Sixty-five of the trees
strucl
started fires, some of them belnf
checked before much damage wa.'
done. ,
Next to chestnuts the trees ro
frequently struck were pitch pine
trees, followed by rock oak, white pm
hemlock, red, while and black oil
locust and sugar maple. Of the tre"
i,i,.i.ii,rno were W"1'
col uii mu uiu i.-hm.v . -
nln Wn.t nf Iho IrmW WCrC StMC'
in July. A
LOSS TO DAIRYMEN
AT OLD MILK PRIcEJ
Many farmers throughout tlie St"
have started to figure on actual ro
of production of milk, following -movement
for hotter prices for1
farmer, says a late bulletin of St
Department of Agriculture.
"In ma'ny cases It has been sno
that with the Increased cost of I
and labor, the old prices paid to,
farmers did aot pay for the produce -of
the milk." says the bulletin.
- 1 1. t,into fiirmers1
many pans oi mo .-imr,
discouraged and were quitting
dairy business."
SEPARATE ROADWAYS FOR
HORSE DRAWN VCHICi-6
Laws prohibiting the s!iot.tir.-r
pigeons at live bird shoots; WQ'
all vehicles to display lights at
nnd highways with spaces for 11
drawn vehicles separate from t.-e
automobiles were discussed at ,e
nual convention of the FederateJ
mane Societies of Pennsylvania, rf
In this city. Frank P. HutHerfoi
Philadelphia, Who presided. P
a report which urged greiter '
In education of people to the pnnf
of hurriane societies.
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