THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS. McCONNELLSBURO, PA.
WOULD PAY MORE
FOR BEST MILK
Investigator Urges Incentive to
' Farmers For ' Higher '
Grades.
ASK NEW COAL TAX
Professor M. 8. McDowell Prophesied
That 8oon Every County In the
8Ute Would Take Up the Sclen
tiflo Improvement of Conditions.
HanrUburg. Better price for pro
ducers of the higher grade milk were
advocated br J. O. Gamble, market
tnllk Investigator of the Department
f Agriculture, at the extension scnooi
Of tne Pennsylvania State College, In
the rooms of the Chamber of Com
merce, In the Widener Building, Phila
delphia. Mr. Gamble especially con
demned legislation which brings about
ony burdens and does nothing to cor
rect faulty condition.
"To obtain better milk." he said,
"we must make It possible for pro
ducer A, who furnishes better milk
than producer B, to get a bettor price.
This means that consumers must ap
preciate the better milk In a financial
way."
The great variation of cost In milk
production shown In the figures pre
sented during the late Investigation
was due to the lack of system In fig
uring the cost, according to Fred
Aasmueeen, professor of dairy hus
bandry of State College. In figuring
the cost of producing milk at a rate
of 6000 pounds per cow the following
table was made by Mr. Rasrauseen,
using prices for feed, labor and cattle
according to thl month's quotations:
7Mos. TlCost
Winter 12Moe.
Feed 151.31 $71.88
Labor 19.25 83.03
Cattle 7.37 12.63
Buildings 4-25 7.25
Delivery 2.92 5.00
tedding .' 175 3.00
Ice, cool and wood . . . 1.04 1.79
Veterinary services .. .61 .87
TJtenslle and supplies. .31 .63
Bull , ." 1-75 8.00
Total coat $90.46 $133.98
"Crediting the cow with $3 for the
calf and $15 for the value of the
manure per yar," he said, "the net
cost of producing milk for the seven
(winter months would tie 6.90 cents
per quart. The net cost for the
ItweJve months would be 5.20 -cents
per quart. Considering that foed, la
bor and cattle represent 84.62 per
cent of the total coat of producing
mUk, and that these figures have been
obtained on the basis of present mini
mum prices (February, 1917), this
Is a fair guaranty of the accuracy of
(.93 cents a quart as the minimum
price at which milk can be produced
Xtnmtmmarv Phfmf.W Rllrka and
Berks Counties at the present time,
from a cow producing' 6000 pounds
of milk per year.
"In this cost no allowance It made
for supervision, profit or a number
Of minor factors entering Into the
cost of producing milk. The farmer
Etas received 16.7 cent per hour for
fcls labor, and has marketed his crops
to the cows at farm prices."
The work of the extension school
was discussed by M. S. McDowell,
the director, and D. L. White, dean
of the School of Agriculture and Ex
periment Station. Professor McDowell
prophesied that soon every county in
the State would take up the scien
tific improvement of local condition.
' "The extension service," he said,
"employs specialists in the various
tines of activities, cuch as dairying,
horticulture, animal husbandry, poul
try entomology, etc. At the present
time uiirty-slx county farm bureaus
are In operation with an experienced
gnan assigned to the county for work.
"This work Includes the upbuilding
of the soil by the proper application
of manures and fertilizers; the test
ing of seed corn; the renovation of
old orchards; the proper use of spray
tne materials to destroy insects and
plant diseases, and the promotion of
the live stock industry all operations
which fall within the province of the
pounty representatives."
pill Introduced In House.
Oasis, Philadelphia, enabling foreign
fraternal beneficiary associations to
bold real estate in Pennsylvania.
Howorth, Allegheny, prohibiting is
suance of marriage licenses to white
and colored persons who may desire
to inter-marry.
McVlckar, Allegheny, exempting
from claims of creditors proceeds of
bfe and annuity Insurance not ex
ceeding $100 a month.
Whitaker, Chester, establishing a
code regulating sale of opium, co
caine, etc.
Sinclair, Fayette, prohibiting tres
passing on any railroad or railway
or on cars, under penalty of $25 or
SO days in prison.
1 Franklin, Philadelphia, authorizing
flrstolass cities to establish amount
of milk licenses. Under existing act
It has been $5.
' Drake, Greene, appropriating half of
automobile registration to oounJos in
proportion to licenses.
Hallern, Cambria, regulating use of
mining machines.
1 Curdy, Blair, providing that sealers
of weights and measures shall have
authority over scales at quarries.
Ramsey, Delaware, providing for
puulloaitlon of legal' notices In legal
journals In counties having 150,000
or more population.
Rich, Clin ten, requiring pool and
billiard rooms and bowling alleys to
clone at midnight and remain closed
tutil 6 A. M. and all day Sunday.
Maurer, Berks, proposing initiative
and referendum amendments to the
Constitution; providing that Governor
hall appoint three mothers' pensions
trustees and County Commissioners
. three to each county.
Palmer, Schuylkill, increasing pay
of assessors to $5 a day.
PENNSYLVANIA
BRIEFS
J. Frank Rudlslll, of Rohrerstown,
who shot his sweetheart, Mrs. Elsie
Dutton, of Lancaster, occupies a cell
of the county prison. Tired of hiding
from the police, he returned home.
John Stear has purchased the W.
H. Bond Hotel, at Neequehonlng, for
$15,000.
Bradford county . commissioners
want State troopers assigned to shoot
in unlicensed dogs, as ite constables
are too sentimental
The sugar famine has reached
Towanda. . ,
Blair county prisoners performed
$187.60 worth of labor on county roada
last year. .
A Quakake Valley farmer named
Gerhard, who had 2100 bushels of
potatoes stored for high prices, has
discovered that the entire lot bas
been frozen.
Run down by train Miss Mfthel
Bender, of Northampton Heights, em
ployed at the Redington fuse plant
suffered amputation of the right arm
near the shoulder.
Several hundred residents of the
Old York road section were present
at the Willow Grove Methodist
Church, when the new $250 pipe or
gan was formally dedicated at a spe
cial service conducted by the pastor
the Rev. George C. Dilworth.
Harry Wettenback, aged 13, was
drowned In the Allegheny River near
Hershey Island, and two companions
narrowly missed a similar death.
When Charles Wassa arrived in
Coatesvllle on a trolley car from Lan
caster.there was found in bis posses
ion one gallon of whUky, three
auarts of wine and one quart of al
cohol He was fined $20.
Llanerch Fire Company has elected
H. H. Aikens, president; W. R Cook,
vice-president; Thomas B. Young, sec
retary; H. V. Gummere, treasurer; B
Oscar Lobb, chief; Charles H. Mlllei
and Walter Woelful, assltant chiefs
The Oaks Fire Company realized
$685 from Its fair.
Clgarmakers at Sumneytown de
mand an Increase In wages.
' Clocks may he moved ahead In Has
leton one hour from May 1 to Octobei
Northumberland County Court wll'
require the Watsontown Hotel to be
rebuilt or go without a license.
In school at Park View, John Mat
less, 13, picked a dynamite cap with
a pin and sustained a badly shatter
ed right hand.
Excellent records of attendance are
reported as being made by organiza
tions of the National Guard which are
being Inspected by Guard officers.
For about $300,000, Charles E. But
ler, of Hazleton, has bought out the
remaining Interests that controlled the
Butler-Benjamin coal stoppings at
Coleralne, Buck Mountain, Ebervale,
Lattlmer, Upper Lehigh and Cran
berry. Dr. K. D. Werley has purchased 125
acres along the Schuylkill River from
the Reading Coal & Iron Company, on
which to graze his cattle and raise
feed for them.
At Carlisle, James Anthony, colored,
was found guilty, by a Jury, of murder
In the first degree. He killed Michael
Ury, a construction forman, with a
shovel, at Newvll'.e.
Merrll Reedy, who suffered a broken
back In July of last year, died at
Lewlsburg. How he lived eight months
with the spinal column severed is the
wonder of Union county physicians.
The will of Mrs. Phoebe J. Gray,
widow of William B. Gray, Paterson,
distributes more than $100,000, of
which $25,000 Is left to Ada G. Bird
sail and $20,000 to Anna Blrdsall,
nieces.
Approval of the Board of Works
plan to spend $500,000 on Port New
ark Terminal this year was given by
the Board of Trade.
Miss Frederica Bogert, teacher of
the seventh grade of Cleveland School,
Cranford, has resigned to take a posi
tion In New York City.
The Lincoln Firemen's Association
at Rahlway, elected these officers:
President, Edward Leonard; secre
tary, William Van Dyke; treasurer,
Charles A. Moore.
Both the Alexlan Brothers and
Elizabeth General hospitals, Elizabeth,
are crowded with patients and addi
tional buildings are urged.
Because of the Increasing number
of applicants for naturalization,
County Clerk Harvey S. Hopkins has
decided to keep his office open at
stated times at night at Newton.
In the final report of United States
Senator-elect Joseph S. Frellnghiiysen
as president of the State Board of
Education the Senator goes on record
as in favor of military training in
the public schools.
Burlington has no cause to fear race
suicide, according to the vital statis
tics report for the last year, sub
mitted by City Clerk Marrs. There
were 162 deaths and 224 births, while
marriages numbered 103.
An epidemic of bolls prevails at
Jeanesville.
There are 16 cases of diphtheria in
Trumbauersvllle and the vicinity.
Charles Crafiey, watchman at the
Penllyn station on the Reading Rail
way, was killed by a south bound spe
cial train.
Reading wants to annex port of
Lower Alsace township. .
Fourteen-inch Ice Is being harvested
at Walter's Dams, near Pottstown.
E. J. Hart, legislative correspondent
of The Scranton Times, has been in
stalled as exalted ruler of the Pitts
ton Lodge of Elks.
Mechanicshurg women and students
of ' Irving College have become a
branch of the Red Cross Society.
Frank Kern, driver of an ice wagon,
was found In a frozen condition at
Welssport, Just In time to save his
life.
The Rev. Emll Nagy, Reformed cler
gyman, of South Bethlehem, in a fall
on an Icy pavement suffered a frac
tured right log.
At a cost of $24,800, South Bethlo
hem Council has awarded a contract
to the American LaFrarce Fire Com
pany to motorize the local fire department.
FOUR Iti KILLED
III m WfiECK
Foodstuffs Rushed Eastward
Also Destroyed.
A DISASTROUS. COLLISION
Seventeen Racehorses On Their Way
To New York Lost In the
WreckageVictims Burned
Beyond Recognition.
Bristol, Pa. Four men lost their
lives, three being burnod to death;
three were Injured, 17 horses killed,
nine cars burned and 30-odd cars, both
express and freight loaded with per
ishable food being rushed to relieve
the famine of food in cities were de
stroyed In the worst wreck that ever
occurred on the New York Division
of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
The wreck was a mile and a half
east of here early Sunday. The killed
are: William King. Wilmington, Del,
fireman of the engine on the express
train; Thomas (Long Tom) Burrish
and Harry Dunlap, of Wllllamsport,
horsemen in the express car.
The Injured are W. T. Hullhan. of
Williamisport; Thomas Bank, of Tren
ton, and Patrick. Hoyes, engineer .of
the express train.
Soon after 2 o'clock a freight train
westbound was halted by one of the
cars having a broken axle. At 2.45
a special Adams express bound from
Philadelphia to New York crashed Into
the freight car with the broken axle
as It fell over on to track No. 2 In
front of the express going east The
heavy express Jammed up and the
engine was thrown across the four
main tracks and car after car piled up
in a heap. The wreckage caught fire
and soon the entire mass was ablaze.
Bristol firemen were summoned,
and with the four companies of the
department responding, fought the
flames for 10 hours. Behind the engine
of the Adams Express special was a
car filled with six horses, all racers
except a pony. The horses were in
chargo of W. T. Hullhan and con
signed to H. H. Wilson, Madison
Square Garden, New York City, where
they were to be exhibited and offered
for sale on Tuesday. In this car be
side the six horses were Thomas Bur
rlBS, Harry Dunlap and Long Tom,
which Is the only name known to W.
T. Hullhan, the only survivor of the
four men In charge of the horses.
Hullhan says the horses killed were
valued at $71,000. Included in the lost
animals are Capt R. A. Green, horse
owned by himself, and Little Jewel
and Bell Chord, with records of 16 H
and 17 H. respectively..
The four men killed were crushed
and burned beyond recognition. Car
Toads of fruit, food supplies and cloth
ing were spilled over the rails for a
distance of hundreds of yards. Sev
eral carloads of print paper were de
stroyed. The wreck was looted of clothing
and what food -could be carried away.
Men pulled suits of underwear from
the cars, and with these tucked be
neath their coats ran to their homes.
The firemen picked eggs cooked by
the blaze from the cars, and, breaking
the shells, ate them while manning
the hose.
The loss Is estimated at $175,000.
HOLLAND MAY BREAK SOON.
Torpedoing Of Seven Ships Valued At
Millions Is Reason.
Washington. The tremendous de
struction of Dutch shipping during the
past few days Is regarded here as the
most acute phase of the International
situation.
It is regarded even as bringing
nearer the probability of a break in
diplomatic relations between the
Netherlands and Germany. So far,
Holland has only made protests
against destruction of her neutral
ships by German submarines, but the
recent startling operations are expect
ed to .arouse a wave of popular in
dignation In the Netherlands which
that Government may find difficult to
withstand, even should It desire to
do so.
The situation for Holland In rela
tion to Germany as it Is observed from
Washington Is growing more and mora
difficult Officials and diplomats here
will be surprised If the Government
does not take some action.
CUBAN REBELS DEFEATED.
Government Troops Capture Cams
guary After Hour's Battle.
Havana. Government troops have
captured Camaguay, it is announced
officially. The rebels fled after offer
ing slight resistance.
It is reported from Santa Clara that
heavy fighting at Loma del Grillo re
sulted in the defeat of rebel forces
under Gerardo Machado and Sanchez
del Portal. The battle lasted less
than an hour. The rebels lost 15 kill
ed, and 118 wounded. Del Portal Is
reported to have been wounded. He
was liberal candidate for the governor
ship of Santa Clara. The government
troops lost one killed and seven
wounded. Colonel Betancourt with
about 1,800 men is marching on
Santiago. ,
POLICE JOBS FOR GUARDSMEN.
District Of Columbia Will Take Car
Of Those Who Need Work.
Washington. The 235 District Na
tional Guardsmen, whose Jobs have
been filled since they enlisted and
were ordered to the Mexican boun
dary, will be given places on the
Washington police force, if they de
sire such employment Major Pull
man, superintendent of police, stated
that there were a number of vacancies
to be filled In the police department
PROUD MEN
"BONE DRY" BILL
Fourteen States Are Affected By
Drastic Legislation.
LIQUOR ADS ALSO BARRED
Fine Or Imprisonment Provided For
Violations Of the Law Action Of
the House On Measure Is
Almost Overwhelming.
Washington. The -Senate "bone dry"
amendment to the postal bill prohlbltr
ing shipments of liquor Into States
which have prohibition laws, was ac
cepted by the House, 821 to 72. It
Is accounted one of the most far-reaching
prohibition measures In years be
cause It will make absolutely dry
States which now permit shipments In
limited quantities.
' Opponents Laughed Down.
'Every effort to change the amend
ment was defeated overwhelmingly.
Cries of "Bone Dry! rang throughout
the House and the sentiment swept the
House until the last vote for concur
rence was cast
The amendment Is comparably the
most far-reaching prohibition legisla
tion ever approved by either house of
Congress, would raise an absolute bar
rier against the shipment of liquor Into
15 States where It can be Imported
legally now and where millions of dol
lars' worth is consumed annually. It
would add to the "bone dry" territory
about one-third of continental United
States.
Fourteen 8tates Affected.
Of the 22 States which will be pro
hibition territory on July 1, when the
amendment would be effective, only 8
have forbidden importation of intox
icants for personal use. The 14 around
which the provision would erect a non
importation barrier are: Alabama,
Colorado, Georgia, Iowa, Maine, Mis
sissippi, Nebraska, North Dakota,
North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Caro
lina, South Dakota, Virginia and West
Virginia. Most of these have set no
limitation on the amount that can be
brought In for individual use, but In
several cases the amendment would
nullify directly State statutes express
ly permitting Importation of stipu
lated amounts per capita.
Marks New Departure.
In addition, Michigan, Montana and
Indiana have enacted prohibition laws
which will put them Into the prohib
ition column, subject to the provisions
of the Reed amendment
The amendment marks virtually the
only step ever taken by the Federal
Government aside from the Internal
revenue laws to extend Its control over
the liquor traffic throughout the States.
It is the only important Federal legis
lation affecting liquor shipments, ex
cepting the Webb-Kenyon law, which
merely gave Federal force to State reg
ulations by providing that no liquor
shall be Imported Into States which
forbid Its importation.
Provisions Of Bill. .
"Whoever shall order, purchase or
cause intoxicating liquors to be trans
ported in Interstate commerce," the
amendment stipulates, "except for sci
entific, medicinal or mechanical pur
poses, Into any State or Territory pro
hibiting the manufacture or sale there
in of intoxicating liquors for beverage
purposes, shall be punished by a fine of
not more than $1000 or Imprisonment
for not more than six months or both,
and for any subsequent offense shall
be Imprisoned not more than one year."
It also Is provided that no news
paper or other publication or letter
containing liquor advertising shall be
carried In the malls In States that
prohibit such advertising.
ARMY BILL PASSED.
Carries An Appropriation Of About
$250,000,000.
Washington. The army appropria
tion bill carrying about $260,000,000
was passed by the House without a
record vote. An attempt to add uni
versal training legislation was de
feated by a point of order.
VOCATIONAL BILL SIGNED. .
Federal Aid Given States That Adopt
That Kind Of Training.
Washington. President Wilson
signed the Smith-Hughes Vocational
bill providing for Federal aid to the
States in promoting training In agri
culture, trades, home economics and
Industrial subjects. The bill appro
priates for preparing teachers $500,000
for 1918, $700,000 for 1919, $900,000 for
1920 and $1,000,000 for 1921 and an
nually thereafter.
PASSES
BOUSE
I HAVE MET
WOMEN PEEVED
Decline to March In Parade in
Washington.
FLOATS CAUSE THE DISPUTE
Robert N. Harper Denies Authority Of
Mre. James H. Boggs, Head Of the
Women's Wilson . Union To
Call Off Participation.
Washington. A controversy over
what part women shall take in the
Inauguration ceermonies came to a
head here with an announcement by
Mrs. James H. Boggs, president of the
Women's Wilson Union, and a mem
ber of the inaugural committee, that
because of a ruling barring from the
inauguration ceremonies came to a
floats being organized undor her di
rection, she had declared, "the with
drawal of all women from the parade."
Robert N. Harper, chairman of the
committee, replied to the announce
ment with the statement that Mrs.
Boggs had no authority to declare such
a withdrawal. He said women were
wanted in the parade, and that the
state floats had been barred only be
cause the plans for them were in so
uncertain a stage that he feared they
could not be completed In tlmi to con
form to the committee's standards.
The decision to withdraw, Mrs.
Boggs declared, had the endorsement
of the executive board of the Wilson
Union, Including the wives of many
senators and representatives and
other public officials, and would re
ceive the backing also of millions of
women throughout the country. Her
announcement Issued as chairman of
the women's division of the inaugural
committee said:
Women Withdraw.
"The chairman of the women's divi
sion of the Inaugural committee an
nounces the withdrawal of all women
from the parade, which will take place
on March 6.
"This decision was reached after It
became known that Chairman Harper
had arbitrarily ruled that state floats
and automobile representations which
bad been planned for and financed by
prominent men and women of the
various states, would not be allowed
In the line of parade." .
Although she would not add to this
statement Mrs. Boggs Indicated clear
ly that it only feebly expressed her
Indignation over the Incident and that
the women of the Union might have
something more to say on the subject
later. Mr. Harper declared there
never had been such an organisation
as a woman's division of the Inaugural
committee and intimated that he
would take no further notice of Mrs.
Boggs' announcement
"No one except Major General
Scott who is grand marshal, and my
self has authority to say who shall or
shall not take part in the parade,"
said Mr. Harper. "We want women
to participate, provided only they con
form to the same requirements that
are laid down for the men."
W.VA.TO FIGHT DEBT MANDAMUS
Senate Directs Counsel To Appeal Be
fore Supreme Court
Charleston. W. Va. The West Vir
ginia Senate unanimously adopted a
resolution, directing the Attorney-General
and other counsel to appear before
the Supreme Court and oppose the man
damus asked for by Virginia to compel
West Virginia to take steps to pay the
old Virginia debt The Governor is
requested, whether the judgment be for
or against West Virginia, to convene
the Legislature in Bpecial session as
soon as possible.
ONLY HULLS ESCAPE DAMAGE.
German Sailors Wreck Their Ships In
Honolulu Harbor.
Washington. German crews, who
damaged their vessel in Honolulu har
bor when relations between the United
States and Germany were broken, de
stroyed even the scientific Instruments.
A report to the Department of Com
merce says only hulls escaped.
LEATHER AND JUTE SEIZED.
Britain Takes Possession Of All Sup
plies, Washington Told.
Washington. The British War Office
has taken possession of all the leather
In the United Kingdom, the Commerce
Department was Informed In a cable
gram from the American Consul-General
at London. Leather produced be
tween now and March 81 also will be
taken over. Another cablegram an
nounced the seizure of all unsold
stocks of raw jute and prohibition of
dealings In jute.
HAU6UBAL
RESERVE ARMY OF
4,000.000 MEN
General Staffs Universal Ser
vice Bill in Senate.
ANNUAL COST $472,258,746
The Scheme Would Enroll About
600,000 Youths 19 Years Old,
Mentally and Physically Fit,
With No Dependent Parents.
Washington. The Army General
Staff Universal Service Bill was trans
mitted to the Senate Military Commit
tee by Secretary Baker without a defi
nite expression by the administration
either on the general subject or the
special proposal.
The Secretary said it was not
thought that Congress could give so
intricate a problem consideration in
the closing days of this session, but
suggested that wide publicity be given
the staff plan "to the end that both
Congress and the War Department
can, in any subsequent consideration
given to the subject, have the benefit
of an enlightened, thoughtful public
opinion upon the needs and wishes of
the country."
"As yet" the letter of transmittal
continues, "I am not prepared to say
officially for the War Department that
the need of the country can reasonably
be said to be for so great an establish
ment nor can we yet, without further
study and deliberation, be confident
that the means suggested are the most
appropriate to the Heed which It shall
be determined wise to foresee."
Force Of 4,000,000 Men.
In round numbers the staff plan
would supply a trained force of 4,000,
000 men, with one year of intensive
military instruction. It Is estimated
by the War College that approximate
ly 600,000 boys in their nineteenth
ear would be available for training
annually. They would, under the plan,
be liable to call to the colors until 32
years of age, passing after the first
11 months of their training to the first
reserve for the next four years and
one month, then into the second re
serve and finally Into the unorganized
reserve, until they reached the age
of 45.
The purpose of the bill is to con
stitute the first reserve as a fully op
ganlzed and equipped fighting force
with a strength of 1,500,000 ready to
respond Instantly to. a call to arms.
The second reserve, of equal size, but
only partially equipped, would require
some time to take the field. Eventual
ly there would be 1,000,000 additional
trained men ready to fill In gaps at
the front
In addition to these forces there
would be a regular army, composed
of men choosing military life as a pro
fession, of 24,400 officers and 285,886
enlisted men. Of these 97,000 would
form the oversea forces and 29,000 the
frontier forces, the remainder compos
ing the permanent training personnel
which could take care of the Instruc
tion of from 49,386 to 654,292 reserve
recruits annually. If the proportion
of available men for training was
greater than the figure given the per
manent training force would have to
be proportionately Increased.
RECORD YEAR FOR THE BANKS.
Earnings In 1916, Both Gross and Net,
Largest Ever.
Washington. National banks of the
United States in the calendar year of
1916 showed the largest earnings, both
gross and net in any year since the
establishment of the national banking
system. Comptroller of the Treasury
Williams announced.
Gross earnings of these Institutions
aggregated $600,000,000, as compared
with $528,000,000 In 1915, an Increase
of 13.6 per cent Net earnings were
Increased by $43,000,000, or 34 per
cent This Increase was reported de
spite a decrease in Interest' rate
charged borrowers.
GENERAL PERSHING IS NAMED.
Succeeds General Funston As Head Of
Southern Department
Washington. Brlg.-Gen. John J.
Pershing, who commanded the Amer
ican punitive expedition in Mexico, was
appointed to succeed the late General
Funston as commander of the Southern
Department of the United States
Army.
With Funston's death, Brigadier
General Pershing automatically as
sumed temporary command of the de
partment. The appointment by Secre
tary of War Baker makes him the
Southern Department's permanent
commander.
NO LIFE JOBS TO POSTMASTER8.
Conferees Throw Out Civil 8ervlco
Amendment
Washington. Conferees on the Leg
islative Appropriation bill threw out
the Poindexter amendment which
would cover all first and second-class
postmasters into the civil service.
After the amendment had been sub
mitted In the Senate, President Wil
son urged Its adoption and It was
agreed to. In conference, however, the
Senate conferees were forced to re
cede and it has. been eliminated from
the bill.
NEW COMMISSIONERS NAMED.
W. B. Colver and Former. Governor
Fort For Trade Board.
Washington. William B. Colver, a
St Paul newspaper publisher, and
John Franklin Fort former governor
of New Jersey, were nominated by
President Wilson as members of the
Federal Trade Commission. Mr. Col
ver is a Democrat and succeeds Ed
ward N. Hurley, of Chicago, chairman
of the commission, who recently re
signed. Ills term will expire in 1920.
PEflllSYLVAIIIi1
STATE TEM$
Jonathan Stackhouso, a
section farmer, sent an auto
potatoes to Philadelphia and obtaW
an average of $3 a bushel for i
160..
Edward Godshall's auto collided
Elmer Poley's team, near Black jJ
and the horse had to be killed i
cause of a broken leg.
' The yearly expense of malntit
prisoners from Chester county at -1
Eastern Penitentiary is $9759. T
Skippack Fire Company will P
new engine, and has ordered loot i,
of hose.
More than 600 employes of J
Pennsylvania Railroad, outside otti
train service at Sunbury, wen '
prised to get a notice of a voluu;
increase In wages of 10 per '
This will mean from $5 to $20 tt
a month for the Individual, j
As John Marks was ready to f
to work at the American Iron
Steel plant, Reading, he was sulci
with heart trouble and died. 1
David Evans lost his life thro
a mine cave-In in the western iecu'
of Scranton. Evans was asphyxy
hy gas, A
A master In divorce In Berks (y
reported favorably in the case of
son R Crisman, of Reading, aps
bis wife, Kathorine D. Crtsnmi
Brooklyn.
Alleged to have stolen a gold t
from William Horning, of Parketh
Benjamin Koury was held la h
town to answer a charge of hlfr1
robbery.
Although he tossed pennies by f
handful to Reading kids, John ftf
36 years old, was arrested for If
glng on Reading strets and h
$11.26. - f.
Paralysis, with which, ho was ito
en, caused the death of Round
Wliton Billet at York.
John W. Hemerly, of Bootwyn,M
turned with his daughter, Mrs. Hif
Moore, from a trip in Chester, ani$
dead of heart disease at the :
his faithful horse in the stable.
The Catasauqua School Boards
elected W. R. Thomas a memtef
place of Mrs. Elizabeth De Grooli
signed. I
Within the past year bountlsj
$313 were paid by the State Ct.
Commission for the destruction
Carbon county of seven wildcats
foxes, 83 minx and 134 weasels.
"There are too many foreigner
nlng around with weapons," remi
Judge McKeen, at Easton, rece
when he sent Joseph Gatchle to J
for two and a half years for slatf
John Patro with a razor.
Irvin Faslck, of Mlfflintown,
killed at the Standard Steel ff;
when a block of steel weiehlail
pounds fell from an overhead n
crushing him.
At a public sale on the fin,.
Frank Miller, near North Wales, sf
potato offered was snapped up, tat
paying a uniform price of JUi
bushel. i
Nicholas Lapon, of Parkesburi
been committed to prison, accostk
criminal attack upon Miss Ethel V',-'
ter, .of the same town.
Gallagher Brothers, of Chester,)
purchased ground at Seven!!
Sproul streets, and will build
site a $40,000 garage.
Quakertown painters have adm .
their working scale to 85 cenu
hour.
.Renewal of $10,000 appropriil
for the Hudson River bridge-ta
project was effected by the H
County Board of Freeholders stf
sey City. j
Dredging of the Passaic Rl';
make it navigable between PK
and Newark has been reported '
favorably by the Harbor Line B
One of the elements that enterl;
the retardation of the developing
Port Nwark Terminal and other
ow lands is the fact that the I
erty is hemmed in by the C&
Railroad. f
Lloyd L. SImlckson iucceedi
C. Smashey as president of theft
Business Men's Association. (
Archibald Eichlln, of Bloom
died from Injuries received In af,
from his wagon. k
At the annual meeting of tit'
lington County Funeral Director,
sociatlon, George W. Slack, of Br
, or bp.
t anij
n, sr
ton, was elocted president
iam Grobler, of Moorestown,
and treasurer.
John Carting, of Phlllipsburg, .
death occurred a few days slC
credited with operating the Jr!j
glne that made the run over tt1,
high Valley Railroad between.
City and Phlllipsburg, in 1875. j
The Salem County Board
holders has voted to inspect
of the Improved roads of Nel
State.
flnni-PA ft TTni wna AVArrttf
gas while at work at the Bettf
C uil TTT -1, . 1 1 .... .Mir
oieei worics, ana nis aeatn
Becoming suddenly ill will!,
ing to catch a train, Miss EU1J
nelL a middle-aged woman, w'T
on the step of the house of J
I Black, of Villanova, and 4"?
heart disease.
Surprise was created during
selecting of jurors for the trWI
muraer case at stroudsburg, '
3
i
Court declared ' that he was
favor of capital punishment.
Staples stated that it wad nui
personal opinion.
Proof.
Her Fathei-Do you think
low who is calling on you rog'1'111
iin pmiinnilrnl rlmn?
Ills Daughter I'm sure of I' j
Why, the first thin he does i
the light In the parlor lower.
Nlnhborlv Charity.
Mrs. Pryor I wonder If the W
hove a skeleton In their closcw
Mrs, Caustlque They mny '
there part of the time, but I l"t
tho bench this morning In
son's bathing costume.