THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS, McCONNELLSBURO, PA.
ALLIED TROOPS
I
Germans Forced to Evacuate
the Macedonian City.
RECONQUEST UNDER WAY
Climax Of a Tremendous Struggle In
Which the Important Position Be
came Untenable After the Allies
Had Wrested Defense Positions On
the Cerna From the Teutons.
Salonikl (via Athens to London).
The temporary capital of Serbia will
be immediately established at Mon
astir. Considerable forces of Serbians
are with the Entente allied troops who
have occupied that town.
London. Monastir has fallen to the
Allies. To the strains of the Serbian
national hymn the remnant of King
Peter's army at 8 o'clock Sunday morn
ing marched through the shell-riddled
gates of the Mactdoniin city whtnee a
year ago they fled in panic and hunger
before the great Teuton-Bulgarian
steam roller. At the head of the vie
torious troops rode Crown I'rince Ale
ander, rejuvenator of the little Balkan
kingdom's soldiers, and side by aid
with them marched French regiments,
with whose aid this great step toward
the reconquest of Serbia was accoia-
pllshed.
Here and there in the long line of
the triumphal march a row of Mus
covite "Tchakos" towered above th
helmets of steel. Their owners were
members of the Russian contingent.
which alio co-operated in the encircle
ment of the creat Bulgarian strong
hold. A few minutes after the firs
battalions had entered the Serbian
colors, red, blue and white, once more
fluttered from the mast tops on Mon
astir's governmental and municipal
buildings.
A Coincidence.
The entry was peculiarly timely, for
Sunday was the anniversary of th
capture of the city by the Serbians,
four years ago.
The French War Office was the firs
to tell the news of the gTeat success
It was flashed broadcast by telegraph
and radio and a few hours later mes
sages from all Entente capitals told of
unbounded Jubilation.
"Troops of the army of the Orient,'
said the French official announcement,
"entered Monastir Et 8 o'clock Sunday
morning, the anniversary of the taking
cf the town by the Serbians In 1912."
German Announcement
Early In the afternoon word came
from Berlin that the German War
Office had conceded the loss of the
Macedonian base.
"German and Bulgarian troops,'
the official statement read, "have taken
up a position north of Monastir. Mon
astir is thus abandoned."
The city lies 85 miles northwest of
Salonikl. Its occupation came as the.
climax of a bitterly tenacious battle In
which attackers and defenders rivalled
In gallantry and stubbornness. The de
fense became untenable after the
Franco-Serbian forces had wrested the
naturally powerful positions on the
Cerna River from'the Bulgars and Ger
mans, at the same time smashing the
southern approaches.
HUGHES GETS MINNESOTA.
Not To Contest Unless Republican
Contest In California.
St. Faul, Minn. Democratic leaders
In Minneo'a were Inclined to accept
without content the verdict of Secre
tary of State Schmahl, announced that
Charles E. Hughes Is officially ihe
winner of Minnesota's 12 electoral
votes. Statements made by the lead
ers tonight were that a content In the
State Is improbable, unless the Re
publicans Insist on a recount In Cali
fornia. Hughes' plurality as officially
announced at the Capitol In St. Paul
nearly two weeks after election was
336, the smallest plurality a Republi
can candidate ror president ever was
given In this State. The totals were
Wilson, 179,157; Hughes, 173.553.
TROOPS TO GET XMAS SOCKS.
Red Cross Will Make Collection For
Boys On Border.
Washington. Thousands of socks
stuffed with Christmas gifts are to be
presented to the American troops at
the border and In Mexico through th
Red Cross. Miss Mabel Boardman,
head of the organization, announced
that chapters throughout the country
would be aked to begin collection of
gifts Immediately, such articles as
andy, stationery, pipes, tobacco and
landkerchlefs being preferred. For
purchase of the socks themselves a
cash fund will be solicited.
KILLED BY FrLLOW SOLDIER.
William Carr, of Pennsylvania, Mur
dered At El Paso.
El Taso, Texas. Prlva'e 'William
Carr, of Company H, Eighteenth Penn
sylvania Infantry, was shot and hilled
lfi a dispute with Private R. J. Sander
aon, of Battery A, Fifth United Slates
Field Artillery', who was arrested by
the provost guard on the charge of
murder. The dispute took place in a
street In the Mexican quarter.
SPANK 'EM IT'S ALL RIGHT.
Experts Declare It's Better Than Hold
ing Out On Dessert.
New York. In the opinion of the 30
superintendents and trustees for de
pendent children, representing about
10,000 orphans, corporal punishment In
the form of the old-fashioned spanking
Is a good thing for children. At their
meeting at the Russell Sage Founda
tion spanking was favored as mors
beneficial and effective than discipline
of the disappearing dessert, and othec
similar methods of reproof.
THANKSGIVING
President's Proclamation Urges
People
e To Remember and
Help
Nations Afflicted
By War.
Washington. President WUboh
formally, by proclamation, designated
Thursday, November 30, as Thanks
giving Day.
The proclamation follows:
: "The year that has elapsed since
we last observed our day of thanks
giving has been rich in blessings to us
as a people, but the whole face of the
world has been darkened by war. In
the midst of our peace and happlncsB
our thoughts dwell with painful dis
quiet upon the struggles and sufferings
of the nations at war and of the peo
ples upon whom war has brought dis
aster without choice or possibility of
escape on their part. We cannot think
of our own happiness without thinking
of their pitiful distress.
"Now, therefore, I, Wood row Wilson,
President of the United States of
America, do appoint Thursday, the
SOth of November, as a day of nation
al thanksgiving and prayer, and urge
and advise the people to resort to their
revornl places of worship on that day
to render thanks to Almighty God for
the blessings of peace and unbroken
prosperity which He has bestowed
upon our beloved country In such un
stinted measure.
"And I also urge and suggest our
duty in this our day of peace and
abundance to think In deep sympathy
of the stricken peoples of the world
upon whom the curse and terror of
war has so pitilessly fallen and to con
tribute out of our abundant means to
the relief of their sufferings.
"Our poople could In no better way
show their real attitude toward the
present struggle of the nations than
by contributing out of their abundance
to the relief of the suffering which
war has brought in Its train."
TO PRESS UNIVERSAL TRAINING.
Effort Will Be Made To Pass Cham
berlain Or Similar Bill.
Washington. It Is already certain
that the advocates of national military
preparednoss will bring all possible
pressure to bear upon Congress at the
coming session for the passage of the
Chamberlain bill or a similar measure
providing for universal military train
ing In this country.
This measure Is regarded as the
next step In the national defense pro
gram enacted at the session that ad
journed in Septemher. It has been In
dorsed by nonpartisan Interests In
practically every State In the Union.
The National Security League Is con
centrating all Its resources behind the
Chamberlain bill. The campaign or
ganized by this organization and those
associated with it will be as vigorous
as that conducted a year ago for a
larger standing army.
TWO INDIANS IN CONGRESS.
Cherokee Also Claim Senator Owen
As Of Their Tribe.
Tulsa, Okla. In addition to Senator
Robert L. Owen, a Cherokee Indian
hv Hnnil. the rhernkee, hv ir, i
their prestige by sending two of their !
nation to the lower house of Congress.
T. A. Chandler was chosen In the First
and William Hastings re-elected In the
Fourth district. Charles Carter, Rep
resentative from the Third Oklahoma
district, is a Chlckasha Indian, but
connected with the Cherokees by ties
of marriage. The Cherokees have long
been acknowledged as the most
prncressive of the five civilized tribes
of Indians.
PARADE FOR WILSON.
Ten Thousand Marchers Participate
In Celebration.
Washington. The penplp of Wash
ington and of nearby sections of Mary-
lai.d and Vi-ginia gave President Wil
son an enthusiastic homo-coming cele
bration In honor of his re-election.
More than 10,0'" strong they marched j
rrorn tne i.apitoi to trie u mte House
. . , . , . , ,1
llcVs. h!!e varlro'oreil homb- burst
overhead. When they had passed a
cuorus of liny voices serenaded the
President with the Star-Spangled Han-
ner, Dixie and other patriotic melodies.
T. R. GOING TO SOUTH SEAS.
Will Start In February and Be Accom
panied By Wife.
New York. Col. Theodore Roosevelt
will make a trip to the FIJI, Samoan
and Hawaiian Islands in February. It
was stated that Mrs. Roosevelt will ac
company him. It Is understood the
Colonel elinse thee Pacific Island be
cause they are highly esteemed by
nu-dlcal men for their climate and also
because, with their rugi-eJ mountains
and volcanoes, they will give plenty of
opportunity for the vigorous kind of
outing he enJos.
HUMAN ASHES AS SOUVENIR.
I. W. W. Delegates To Receive Those
Of Man Shot For Murder.
Chicago. The ar.hes of Joseph Hill-
Strom, an organizer" of the Indu.'ti iiil
Workers of the World, who was slu.t
for murder In l.'tah a year ago, will he
distributed In 600 parchment packets
to the delegates of the Industrial
Workers of the World at the tenth an
nual convention, which began hero
Bun day.
SOFT COAL GOES DOWN.
West Virginia Operators Hold
Out
Hopes To Consumers.
Charleston, W. Va. Prlcos
for
bituminous coal to neighborhood con
sumers have been rndu-ed $2 a ton
snd operators In this district say there
will soon be plenty of railroad cars and
heavy shipments will be mado from
mines which have been closed for
months. Operators slso declare a sub
stantial cut In prices for coal will soon
bs made.
FLYING
tOipyriKlit.)
10 BE SHAKEN UP
Ornamental EnvoystoGiveWay
to Trained Men.
PRESIDENT WILSON'S PLANS
Affairs Of This Government At For
eign Capitals Now Require Skill
ful Handling Significant Re
mark Of the President
Washington. In accordance with
custom In the diplomatic service, all
American ambassadors and ministers
abroad are expected to resign as a
sequence to President Wilson's re
election and succession to a new terra
of office.
Many of them were appointed orig
inally without special knowledge on
their part of the peculiar requirements
of their posts. Some had no Intention
of remaining abroad ''more than one
term of four years. In other case?
some who expected to make even
shorter stays abroad, have from force
of circumstances, especially the exig
encies of the present war, continued
at their posts only to meet the wishes
of the Stnte Department.
Foreign policies will engross a large
part of President Wilson's attention
In the Immediate fulure to an extent
never contemplated when he first as
sumed office. It is regarded as essen
tial that In the development of the
larger plans of the administration In
foreign Intercourse the President
should have specially selected ambas
sadors and ministers to meet the de
mands In each case.
Fortunately the practice which has
become general In the American diplo
matic service since President Roose-
,e'1 rrankiy requested me resignations
nf "!1 of, ,llP n'ssad0rs minis-
ters, will afford President Wilson the
necessary opportunity to carry out
plans he has projected, Involving a
very considerable reorganization for
the diplomatic service so far as the
heads are ronrerened.
That a considerable number of the
Incumbents will be asked to remain
In office is a certainty, but some do
not wish to remain and some have
proved unequal to the heavy require
ments of their stations. It Is said that
in the course of one of his Informal
talks to newspaper men some time
aco President Wilson had precisely
this situation In the diplomatic serv
ice In mind when he remarked: "Some
men grow In office and others swell
up."
HENRY GEORGE, JR., DEAD.
single-Tax
Advocate Served Two
T. -
Terms In Congress.
j Washington. Former Congressman
Henry George. Jr., died here. George,
son of 'be great single-tax advocate
Rnl himself one of the lending ex
pononts of the theory, had been In
poor health for several years. He had
been confined to his bed since his re
turn from his Hummer home in Merrl
wold Park, N. Y., In September. Fol
lowing his retirement from Congress
two years ago, he had made his home
here.
4,100 RAILROADERS IN Y. M. C. A.
Ten Days' Campaign For 30,000 Mem
bers Begun.
New York. The railroad depart,
mont of the Young Men's Christian
Association, which opened here a 10
days' campaign to Increase Its mem
bership by 30,000 railroad men, an
nounced that returns from nil sections
of the country showed an enrollment
of 4,100 near members on the opening
day.
$41.18 FOR EACH CITIZEN.
That's the Way Country's Money Sup
ply Fgures Out
Washington. Monty in circulation
In the United States on November 1
amounted to 94.24 1.162.189. Treasury
officials report. The per capita circula
tion was $41.18 on that date.
HUGHES TO JERSEY FOR REST.
Chairman Willcox Will Go Along, But
Vielt Headquarters.
New York. Charles E. Hughes, Re
publican candidate for the Presidency,
left here with his family for Lake
wood, N. J., where he will rest several
yrcks. William R. Willcox, chairman
of the Republican National Commit
tee, will accompany Mr. Hughes to
Lnkewood. Mr. Willcox, however,
said he would "keep in touch" with
Republican headquarters here by visit.
Ing the city several days a week,
DO I
0
HIGH
WILSON 10 TAKE
Will Prevent Interregnum In
the Presidency.
STILL WAITING FOR HUGHES
President Sends a Number Of Mes
sages To ths West Expressing His
Deep Gratitude For the Sup
port Given To Him.
wasnington. There will be nj
lapse In the service of President Wll
son because of the fact that March 4
next. Inauguration day. falls on Sun
day, according to an opinion reached
at the State Department. On account
of reports that a lapse would occur
and that Secretary Lansing would be
acting president on March 4. a form
letter explaining the law has been ore-
pared at the State Department to be
sent out In answer to inquiries on the
question.
While It Is not expected that the
formal inauguration of Mr. Wilson will
be held until Monday, March 5, he will
be advised by Secretary Lansing to
take the oath of office on Sunday.
No Inaugural Ball.
ance C. McCormick, chairman of
the Democratic National Committee,
will discus plans for the President's
Inauguration with local Democratic
leaders when ha comes to Washing
ton this week. Usually the chairman
of the Inaugural committee, which has
charge of the parade and other civic
ceremonies, Is selected soon after the
election. It la taken for granted by
officials that the President, following
out his plans of 1913, will have no in
augural ball.
President Wilson expressed his
gratitude to the peoplo of the WeM
for their support In the election In
messages sent In reply to requests that
he visit that section before Congress
open, lie said be would be unable
to make the trip at present because of
crlt'cal duties, but promised to go
est later. If possible.
The President sent the following
telegram to William King, successful
candidate for the United States Sen
ate from Utah:
"The invitation to visit the West
tugs hard at my heart, because I feel
deeply grateful to all the West for
the splendid and generous support you
have given me; but I would not be
worthy of their generous confidence If
I were to leave my desk at a time
when duties of the most critical and
pressing sort crowd upon me. I am
promising myself the plensure of such
a trip if ever I can get free from the
tolls of exacting duty and in the mean
time wish to express my deep grati
tude, appreciation and regret."
To Denver Publisher.
He sent this message to F. G. non
Ms and It. II. Tammen, cf the Den
ver Post:
"You may be sure that I would
corns If I could, but I would not de
serve the confidence of the people of
Colorado and the rest of the great
West If I were to turn away at this
Juncture from the public duties which
press upon me. I want, first of all,
to be sure that I am doing the Job
right which they have Imposed upon
me with their generous confidence be
fore I give myself any margin of holi
day and pleasure. I wish most hoartily
that-1 were free to come, but I really
am not and can only thank you from
the bottom of my bearL"
MAY HAVE CAMP ON LAKES.
Navy Department Plans To Train
15,000 Civilians In North.
Chicago. Training of 15,000 civil
lans on the Great Lakes each year Is
plannod by the Navy Department, ac
cording to announcement made, by
Franklin IX Roosevelt, Assistant Sec
retary of the Navy. He had Just com
pleted an Inspection of the Lake IllufT
Training Sutlon here. It was pointed
out that the station ran care for sev
eral hundred more mon than are
usually in training, and that during the
summer 60,000 can be accommodated
In tents.
8TART MADE IN U. 8. A. LEAGUE.
Mrs. Champ Clark and Daughter Begin
Christmas Campaign.
Washington. Mrs. Champ Clark and
her daughter, Mrs. James M. Thomp
son, have started an "America First"
campaign In Christmas shopping. Mrs.
Clark is chairman of the Woman's Na
tional Made-In-the-U.-S.-A. League. In
a call Just Issued she asks the 100,000
members of the league to give prefer
ence to American-made goods In tholr
Christmas purchases.
0
SUNDAY
I
5
THE BLACKLIST
Declare the Measure a Munlci
pal Regulation.
REPLY TO AMERICAN NOTE
Inconveniences To Neutrala Ars In
significant In Comparison With
the Sufferings Of the Bel
ligerents. Washington. The end of the Eu
ropean war Is not in sight., This
declaration has been formally and offi
cially communicated to the United
Slates government on behalf of the
British government In a note recently
delivered to Walter Hlnes rage, the
American Ambassador at London, and
by him forwarded to Secretary of
State Lansing, by whom the communi
cation, one of the most Important re
ceived from the British government
since the beginning of the war, was
made public tonight.
The noto, which bears date of Oc
tober 10, Is In reply to the American
note of July 28 In which protest was
mado against the addition of certain
firms In this country to the British
Trading With the Enemy Blacklist,
and bears the signature of Viscount
Grey, of Falledon, who has been Brit
ish secretary of state for foreign af
fairs since 1905.
In -this communication, which Is con
ceded to be one of the strongest docu
ments received from Viscount Groy
since the war began, the action of the
British government In placing Amcrl.
can firm names on Its blacklist Is Justi
fied as being wholly within the right
of that government and as Involving
no Infraction of Intcrnationl law.
War's End Fsr Off.
Viscount Grey, In his exhaustive
treatment of the subject, goes beyond
the mere legal aspects of the Issue,
and, besides offering other Justification
for the blacklisting of neutral firms,
deals with certain bronder phases of
the relations of neutral nnd belliger
ent commerce and other wider aspects
of the war.
"The Idea would seem to bo prev
alent," says Viscount Grey's note,
'that the military position Is now such
that It Is unnecessary to
take steps which might prejudice, even
to a slight degree, the commerce of
neutral nations, that the end of the
war Is In sight, and that nothing which
happons In distant neutral countries
enn affect the ultimate result.
"If," continues the note of Viscount
Grey, "that were really the position. It
Is possible that the measures taken
might be described as un
called for, but It Is not. Even though
ths military situation of the Allies has
greatly Improved, there is still a long
and bitter struggle In front of them
and one which In justice to the prin
ciples for which they are fighting, Im
poses upon them the duty of employ
ing every opportunity and every meas
ure which they can legitimately use to
overcome their opponents."
Neutrals Must Be Patient.
The note says:
"One observation which Is very com
monly heard Is that certain belliger
ents acts, even though lawful, are too
petty to have any Influence In the
struggle of such magnitude. It Is, I
know, difficult for those who have no
Immediate contact with war to realize
with what painful anxiety men and
women In this country must regard
even the smallest acts which tend to
Increase, if only by a hair's breadth,
the danger in which their relatives and
friends daily stand, or to prolong, If
only by a minute, the period during
which they are to be exposed to such
perils.
'Whatever Inconvenience may be
caused to neutral nations by the exer
cise of belligerent rights, It Is not to
be compared for an Instant to the suf
fering and loss occasioned to mankind
by the prolongation of the war even
for a week."
WILSON GIVES UP VACATION.
Finds It Impossible To Leave Wash.
Ington Now.
Washington. President Wilson has
decided not to take a vacation before
Congress convenes, but may go on one
or more weekend trips down the
Potomac on the Presidential yacht
Mayflower He was urged to go to a
Virginia resort for a brief stay, but
reached the conclusion that it would
be Impossible.
TURKEY FOR PRESIDENT.
25 Pound Bird Is Shipped To Wilson
From Lawton, Okla.
Law-ton. Okla. President Wilson's
Thanksgiving turkey will come from
Oklahoma, instead of Kentucky this
year. A 25-oound bird, the finest that
could be found In the State was ship
ped to the White House by George II.
Blick, a Lawton hotel man. '
CARROL GALT ENDS LIFE.
Nephew Of President's Wife Succumbs
To Poison. -
Wat hlngton. Carrol Gait. 35 venrn
old, nephew of Mrs. Woodrow Wilson,
committed suicide by poison. When
questioned as to his act, while efforts
were being made to save his life, Gait
replied "I want to die."
103,002,000 AMERICANS NOW.
Country's Population 8o Estimated By
Treasury Department
Washington. The population nf
continental United States has passed
the 103,000,000 mark. Officials of the
Treasury Department In their month
ly money circulation statement ti.
mate that on November 1 the popula
tion of the country was 103,002,000.
Some spiders In Java make webs in
strong that It requires a knife to sever
tnem.
12 EGGS DAILY ON
219,000 PA. FARMS
s
Reports 8how Esch Farmer Hss Sixty
Hens Total Output 79,93V
000 Doxen.
Harrlsburg
An average of about a dozen eggs
are produced daily on each of the 219
000 farms of the State according to
estimates mado by the Bureau of
Statistics of the Pensylvanta Depart
ment of Agriculture.
Reports from township crop report
ers throughout the State Indicate that
the average number of eggs produced
annually on each farm total 348 dozen.
This would give a grand total of 79
935,000 dozen eggs. The statistics
further show that each farm has on an
average about sixty hens and that the
poultry stock on the farms kept for
egg production numbers about 13,110,
000 hers.
In Uie counties where there are
large cities to be supplied, and poultry
raising ls a specialty, the average
yearly production of eggs is between
four and six hundred dozen, which
would, without question' make the
State farm production of eggs total
above 100,000,000 dozen a year.
Berks county leads with the highest
average production of 600 dozen eggs
a year on each farm, while Franklin
nnd Adnms counties Rhow exceptional
ly high averages of 558 dozen. Perry
county shows 518 dozen; York, 506
dozen; Juniata, 503 dozen; Mont
gomery, 405 dozen; Lancaster, 480
dozen; Bucks, 462 dozen; Union, 465
dozen; Snyder, 475 dozen; Northamp
ton, 460 dozen; Cumberland, 440
dozen; Dauphin, 425 dozen; Dela
ware, 400 dozen; Lebanon, 442 dozen;
Lehigh, 444 dozen; Mifflin, 406 dozen.
Compensation Findings Upheld.
The State Compensation Board, In
two opinions written by Commissioner
John A. Scott, bns declined to disturb
the findings of referees In cases which
vill etabll':h precedents.
In the case of Edwin G. Stanley vs.
Samuel Price Wetherlll, Sr., Philadel
phia, It was found that Stanley injured
his knee while scraping a floor and
thnt his hurt was due to kneeling upon
nails, blocks of wood, and the like In
shavings and not what could be con
sidered a development of nn occupa
tional disease. It was found that there
was sudden pnin and swelling of the
knee, which are held to show the In
jury one on which compensation could
be granted.
In the case of John Bitting vs.
George and William Kolb, Philadel
phia, It was held that the referee did
not err In awarding compensation for
nn Injury due to bricks falling upon
Bitting. There was a difference in
medical opinion nnd Mr. Scott says:
The mere happening of an accident
cannot be assumed to be the cause of
certain symptoms which afterwards
appear, unless some reasonable rela
tion of cause to effect be established.
As we view the situation, the question
of fact was the determinating factor In
this case."
8,000,000 Trees To Set Out '
According to a statement just Issued
by Commissioner of Forestry Conklln
there will be almost 8,000,000 young
trees available for reforesting opera
tions, including the fining of State
highways with trees,, as the product
of the State's forest nurseries. Some
time ago arrangements were made for
planting trees along sections of the
main Slate highways, as Is done In
Missouri and other States, and alsc.
for reforesting extensive sections of
State resorves recently acquired nnd
auxiliary reserves placed under con
trol of the Commonwealth.
The number of trees available Is an
Increase of thirty per cent, over the
number of trees produced last season
and Is the largest number of seedlings
ever grown In the Stato nurseries. The
Mont Alto nursery will supply 2,850,000
trees, Clearfield 2,400,000, Asaph 1,575,
000 and Greenwood 970,000. Over half
are white pines. The effort to raise
blackberry trees for distribution was
almost a failure because of the
weather conditions. Fifteen bushels
of cherry seeds were planted last year
to furnish timber and bird food. New
tests will be made.
The State will distribute over a mil
lion and a half trees free for reforest
ing next year.
Fund Proposed By Labor Body.
The Pennsylvania State Federation
of Labor purposes establishing at tho
Pennsylvania Stnte College forty
scholarships for the education of skill
ed tradesmen and women who ars
members of labor unions. At the State
College, the young student will receive
special training, which added to their
practical trade and industrial experi
ence will enable them to serve as
teachers In the continuation and voca
tional Bchools of the State.
James H. Maurcr, of Reading, presi
dent of the fedqratlon, and a momiber
of the Slate House of Assembly, and
R. J. Wheeler, of Allentown, will ar
range details of the proposed plan
with Dr. E. E. Sparks, president of
the college. They will recommend the
adoption of tho project to the Execu
tive Committee of the federation. The
proposed plan provides for the stu
dents' training to be financed by nn en
dowment fund of $25,000 to be raised
by the labor uplons. '
Seek Stream Polluters.
The Stnte fish wardens were detailed
to Inspect streams In a dozen or more
counties to gather evidence of pollu
tion against manufacturing companies
which have failed to Install filters and
to cease polluting streams. The evi
dence will be placed In the hands of
the Attorney General so that prosecu
tions may be Inaugurated. '
Limits Engineer's Day.
Chief of Mines Roderick has been In
formed In en opinion by Deputy Attor.
ney General Hargest that a hoisting
engineer In an anthracite coal mine
whose duty it Is from time to time to
lower and hoist men and boys and also
to "hoist coal, "can only be engaged for
period of eight hours out of each
day, even though In any particular day
of eight hours service he may not be
required both to lower men and boys
and to hoist men and boys and also
coal."
KEYSTONE STATE
IN
Latest Doings In Various Parts
of the State.
PREPAREDFORQUICKREADING
The Waynesboro Relief Association
will give a turkey dinner on Thanks
giving Day to several hundred poor
children.
"Ray Ward, of Bethlehem, may lose
his eyesight as the result of burns In
flicted by a flash from an electric con
troller at the Bethlehem Steel Works.
The Public Service Commission has
boon notified by the Jersey Central
Ballroad that It will Improve Its sta
tion at Leblghlon.
Officers of the Harrlsburg Coal Ex
change declared rumors that coal soon
Will take a sensational rise are untrue.
The dealers say from 80,000 to 100,000
tons of anthracite are stored In the
.lty coal yards.
Eight thousand cigars made In Bos
ton, and which were stolen from a
freight car on the Beading, were found
hidden under a pile of leaves on Never
sink Mountain by County Detective
Krlck and Constable John W. Smith.
Potatoes have taken a slump In Lan
caster county, and the high price of
$1.50 and $1.60 had beon cut to nearly
the normal price of a month ago $1.20
per bushel. As' a result, many farm
ers who held their crops in order to
get more money are sorry they did not
sell.
A. H. Sheetz, a retired Lehigh Val
ley freight agent; who Is also a promi
nent Civil Wnr veteran, has the dis
tinction of being (he oldest member
of the Merlon Hose Company, Mauch
Chunk, which Is celebrating the
fiftieth anniversary of its organization.
Mr. Scheetz Is seventy-seven years old.
Edward Hawkins, forty-three years
old, died as the result of an accident
while employed at the Milton Manu
facturing's ammunition plant. He was
filling a shell case when the tool broke,
the end entering his side. He was the
fifth of his Immediate family to die in
three years.
Brigadier General William O. Price,
of Chester, who until recently com
manded the First Pennsylvania
Brigade, N. G. U. S., on the Mexican
border, will be honored by the Penn
Club, of Philadelphia, cn November
25, when it will hold a reception In
his honor.
John S. Lelby, whose term as post
master at Newport expires July 1, 1917,
has mailed his resignation to Wash
ington to take effect on December 1.
The confllctlon of his duties as man
ager of a dry goods firm Is given as
the reason for his resignation. The
saliry Is $1,900 and besides, there Is
an assistant postmaster.
John Harrar, a Horsham farmer,
will harvest what Is believed to be the
largest celery crop on any Montgomery"
county farm. More than 20,000 stalks
have been sent to market; there will
be 40,000 for delivery prior to the holi
day season, and easlly-JO.OOO stalks of
tho late varieties -In all not less than
70,000 stalks.
Referee Jacob Snyder was unable to
determine the amount of compensation
that should be paid for the death of
Dewey Thomas, eighteen years old,
who was killed on his first trip as a
Pennsylvania Ballroad brnkeman at
Renovo, September 17, and the case
was referred to the State Compensa
tion Board. There was nothing on
which to base an estimate, as he was
an extra man.
At the closing session of the Inde
pendent Order of Railway Emploves,
at Reading, they elected the follow
ing officers: President, James F. Tet
low, Philadelphia; vice-president, M. J.
Egan, Camden, N. J.; second vice
president, O. W. Bause, Wernersvllle;
third vice-president, J. F. Brooks, Ta
maq.ua; secretary treasurer, C. E.
Schuyler, Wyncote, and general chair
man, W. H. Burd, Chester.
Coroner McGlathery held an Inquest
In the case of William M. Miller, of
Norrlstown, who was killed when a
dozen others, Including former State
Treasurer Boyer, of Evansburg, were
Injured In a collision between two trolley-cars
on the Reading Transit Com
pany's line near Trooper two weeks
ago, and the Jury made responsible ror
the wreck Benjamin H. Lewis, of Nor
rlstown, conductor of a Reading Tran
sit car.
Georgo Ambler, aged 103, said to
have henn thn oldest nrlsonor ever ar
raigned before n bar of Justice In the
state, pleaded guilty to a charge oi
tinntleirplnff tn tho Jefferson County
Court. "I had to have something to
chow on," the aged prisoner replied
when nskert whv he had sold liquor
without a license. "I can't work since
I got my back broken." Ambler was
fnrmarlv a minor The Court suspend
ed sentence and Ambler will be cared
for at the County Home.
As a carboy containing ten gallons
of sulphuric odd was being unloaded
in front of a drug store, at Allentown,
It exploded and five girls were burned,
Alma and Mildred Pfolfcr, Mildred
CrosRland, Jessie Roth and Estelle
Holben, They were taken to the Allen
town Hospital. ' The refuse ran down
gutter where the city Is laying elec
tric conduits, the wires were burnea
up and It is thought all the work will
have to be done over. A tromodotu
rrnwri cathored. and the acid ate
through the shoos of many peoplo.
SHORT
OD