State Library- Ilrmhmr Jj||§, SMnmcatt VOL. 55—NO 13 DK. IRVING H. JENNINGS, Office Hour* A. U. to 11 M 10i Mill St., IP. M.to iP. M. Danville, Pa. HIIIILT'/,, M. 425 Alii,l Sr., DANVILLE, PA. Diseases of the Stomach and Intestines .i Specialty ITEMS CONDENSED. The State Normal School at Blooms burg, Pa , will open for the Spring term on Monday. March 29tli, 1909. The laboratories, library and gym nasium, the uew halls of the literary societies and the Model School are pleasing to all earnesr students. For further information address. D. J. Waller, Jr.. Principal Joseph Banks.a stationary eugimrr . has been arrested at York, charged with throwing vitriol on his wife for the purpose of reveuge. After suffering a long time with what she thought was indigestion Mrs i William A. Wingart, of Norristown, ! vomited a small frog. The principals of the various public j schools of Chester have been instruct- i ed to allow no child to leave school in charge of any person whose credenti als are at all suspicions. Lebanon city councils have suffered a veto in their efforts to effect a re peal of the old borough ordinance pro hibiting the setting off of fireworks ; on July 4. Blias Smead, a fanner of Minor township, Lancaster county, is in a serious condition as the resnlt of in- . juries he received by the bursting of a circular saw. Despoddent bao&nse he was out of work and having no prospects of get- j ting any, Addißon Gehrig, of Allen town, took a dose of arsenic with sui oidal intent and will probably die. 2 Charles Trego.a farnier.residlng near Ooatesville, was attacked by a boar as he went into a peh to drive t:ie pork- j ers out and severely gored in the leg i before he could be rescued. Peter Nelson, of Oil City, found t. human sknll in a garbage can and the matter caused some excitement until an investigation showed that the skull had been stolen from the offloe of a physician. Playing around a brush fire with I several companions at South Bethle hem, Little Mary Sablns' clothing caught fire'and she was so frightfully burned that death resulted in a short t imp The longest and shortest men in Washington county arc inmates of the county homo. They arc Earl McCon- j nell,wli&«wsi£hs less than fifty pounds and is under two and one-half feet in j height, and Pat Bane, who is seven feet two inches tall. Luzerne county's $2,000,000 court j house is being'destroyed more rapidly j in proportion than it took to construct it. A breaker owned by the Lehigh j Valley Coal company is causing the destruction by sending down coal dirt by the ton This is blackening the ex- | terior and settling on the heartiful marble pillars and line furnishings. The city of Reading has two juvenile organizations, the members of wl.ijii dovote every momeut of their spare time to the industry of the needle and thimble, their work heing sold and the proceeds given to oharitv. Contracting membranous (.roup from | nursing her three children who are down with the disease, Mrs. Harold D. Bihler, of Pottavllle, 35 years old. clicked to death Saturday within twelve hours from the time sue was seized with ttie malady. For stealing a two-cent nswspapar, Thomas Smith.a colored man of North Wilkes Barre, was fined $3.50. The »smo dose administered to some of the newspaper stealers in Danville might put a stop to the habit which some people here have acquired. Schuylkill county's streams owing I to the former presence of sulphur in them from iniu'rjg opeations are de void of trout. Sportsmen are now en gaged in stocking them on an exten sive scale and several hundred thou sand fry will bo distributed this sea son. M. L. Firing,of Mouocacy, the mail carrier between the railroad stntion and the borough postofflce bar, during the past thirteen years, traveled 43,255 miles, making eight trips of one mile eaoh way and one trip of two miles every day. He has In all that time never missed a day. According to an opinion of Juuge Carnahan, tho Allegheny county work house, being a county institution and receiving no aid from the State, has the right to hire out prisoners. The decision was given in the case of a number of labor organizations who sought to restrain Superintendent Leslie from letting out prisoners on contract. 11. J. MIS ILL HE On April Ist W, J. Armey, Western I Union Telegraph operator in this city, j will retire after forty-two yearß - faith ful service. His plaoe will be filled ; by William Dyer of the south side. Mr. Amies' record is remarkable not i only because of loug term of service j ' but also bv reason of the fidelity witli j which he adhered to his post. This will bßflome plaiu when it is stated j I that during his long service Mr. Armes ! never had a vacation iu the nsual I sense of that term. As a matter of i faot, with the exception of a few week's illness he was absent from liis | post ouly one day. Mr. Armes was one of the pioneers j iu telegraphy. He learned operating ; under B. li. Geaihatt at the old Phil- i adelphia and Heading station The first position he held was uuder the , Susquehanna Telegraph company, ' wh we liut extended from llnrrisburg to Danville, 110 entered the employ ment nf this company June 12, 18(53, j an t hhd charge of the offi *n in Pac ville until he was drafted, on Novem ber 1, 1864. On December 14, 1864, he , entered the array as a member of the United States telegraph corp?. He re mained in the army until October lit, : 1865. One of Mr. Armes' most valued pos sessions is a h&udscniely engraved document, issued by the government, showing his honorable discharge. Mr. ' Artnes is a member of the Society of the United States Military Telograph ! corps, of which Andrew Carnegie and ather prominent men of our count y , are honorary members. The certificate of membership relating to tiiis organ ization, which is very handsome, is another possession which Mr. Armes values highly. After the war Mr. Armes came home and obtained a position at the P. & H. depot. He remained there six months working at nights. He was next call ed to Williamsport,where he remained 1 eif'h* months. r On February 12, 1867, lie returned to Danville, entering the office of the Western Union Telegraph company. 1 which was then a new oonoeru. The office was iu the Oonkling building, which occupied the present site of the Danville National bank. Iu 1872 the j Western Union office was moved over to the eastern side of Mil] street in the building now occupied by A. H. Grone. In 1874 it was moved to A lie- 1 bach's jewelry store, now the Baldy house, in ISBO the office was establish- , ed at the present quarters,No 2C9 Mill I street. During ai! this time over forty-two years, Mr Amies was continuously iu charge He received 310 vacation, neither did he ask for one. As a mat ter of fa"the was absent only one day ou a Fourth of July, which 1 some years jisjo he spent iu Williams port as a guost of the telephone com- i pany that had its exchange in the Western Union office iia-e. On December 4,1903. Mr Armes was takeu ill. He resumed his post Feb ruary 1, 1904. This period of less than two months together witli the day j spent in Williamsport represents the entire time lie was off duty while in the Western Union's employ. During the year or more that Mr. Aruies v,as employed in Danville before euterii'g the army he was absent from his post only two days, occnpieii by a business trip to Philadelphia Mr. Armos was a very expert operat or in his time, but long service has I to tell upon him. His geueral j I health it good, however, ana he no , lauht has many yea:s before him and | a ill enjoy life in his retirement. WilliiiM Dyer,who will succeed Mr. Aiusvs in file Westorn Union cilice re v : .it present in the employ of I the Pennsylvania Railroad company } and has charge of the telegraph office at W T olverton. GOLD MEDAL MAY BE SI:EN The gold medal offered tho gradual i iug class of the high school as a prize i for the best essay on tuberculosis may be seen in the window of J. W. Lore's jewelry store. It is of 10-karat gold, in the form of ! a double cross, the symbol employed ! the worl.l over by the societies engag led in the crusade against tuberculosis' j The design was execured by Joweler IJ. W. Lore. Above the double cross j and to which the chain is attached is a curved bar of gold, which is in the exact form of the baoillusof consump tion, enlarged sixty thousand times. It bears the inscription: "Prize Essay" The gold medal is offered the gradu ates of the high sohooi by Dr. G. A Stook, who has charge of the tuber culosis dispensary at Danville. April 15th is the date fixed for hand ing in the essays. Cotton spinning was performed by hand wheels until 1703 IJANVILLE PA., THURSDAY. APRIL 1, 1909 NEW SPEEIFI CATIOHS ORDERED The borough council held a special meutiug Monday eve for the purpose of awarding the contract for painting city hall. At the last uiouieut, how ever, it was decided not togo on with the work, owing to the fact that the specifications according to wliioh bids were invited did not include the paint ing of the rear of the building. There were two proposals. These were opened and a discussion follow- : ed, when it was the sense of some of the members that it would be very 111- ■ advised to omit the rear part of the building. Ou motion of Mr. Pursel it was ord- 1 ered that all bids be rejected an I new plans and specifications including the I painting of the rear be drawn up aud ou tiieso bids be invited. The specid J cations aro to provide that the front I and southern sides of the building be i painted first,completing them if possi- < ble by April 27th, the Odd Fellows' j anniversary. The meeting was called to order at 8 o'clock with the following members present: Scliatz, Fiunlgan,Pursel,lies, Everhart. Deutsch, Marshall, Curry, } Jones, Conuolley and Vou laloliu. Ou motion of Mr. Everhart it was ordered that a white rubber coat be purchased for the chief of the fire de partment and a black one for each of ! the four assistant engineers. DR. DIXON HEARD FROM. Secretary Patton read a rather point- ; ed communication from Health Com missioner Samuel G. Dixon in reply to a communication from the borough j council dated March 20th, dwelling on the subject, "Municipal Sewage Dis posal Problem In Danville, Pa." Dr. Dixon asserts that the Governor, attorney general aud commissioner of health have never agreed that a req uisition should be made upon Dan- ' villa borough for the construction, maintenance and operation of mauui oipal sewage disposal plant. In justice ! t-i his col league". •!><» yot,ernor cf tin State and the attorney (general, Dr. Dixon asks for the borough's authority in the following statement contained in the communication of March 20th. "In the matter of the requisition made on the borough of Dacviile by the State department of health for the ! preparation of plans for and the con struction. maintenance and operation of a -evM.ge disposal plant." WHAT THE PERMIT IMPLIES. The health commissioner says: "There was issced over my signature ou the sixth day of July, ISOB, a per mit to the bocongh of Danville to mate sewer extensions under certain conditions and stipulations the couditions ,iud stipulations accorn pan.lug all permits for sewerage. That permit call i for the preparation of a complete plan for sewering the whclu borough and conveying the sew - age to one outlet and for tiie purifica tion of the sewage before it was dis charged into the river. It was the plan that was called far to be submitted ou or before July 1, 1909, and not the building of anything. The cost of the preparation of such a plan is small ami the beuefifc of the same aro self-evident; but nowhere in the persiit was it Stipulated, or the idea ootveyel, that the sewers should be built all over the borough, cr that the sewage treatment plant must be huilf. "However, whenever the borough elects to lay a sewer down iu an} street it u.cst conform with this gen eral plan aud when the time couics when it is ueces'ary to ta'-ie the sew age out of the river the town will be in the best condition to meet the pro blem. Al! of this is fully set forth in the argument. Even the borrowing capacity of the town is set forth in the said permit; the reason is given why the borough is uot circumstanced so that it cau assume tho cost of erec tion of sewage disposal works now." THE PENALTY INCURRED Dr. Dixon staus that provided Dan ville borough complies with the terms of the permit there is no reason to ap prehend that an extension of the time in which sewage may be discharged in the river will uot be granted. Continuing Dr. Dixon savs: "Local authorities should realize that the dis charge of sewage is a temporary priv | ilege and that ultimately the sewage I must be discontinued from going into I State waters. How long that time | shall be we cannot say today; but if j the borough shonld refuse or neglect j to comply with tho conditions of the I permit and went onto build sewers I and did build them in defiance of the conditions of the permit, then on the first day of Joly, 1910, when the per mit expires, there would be a penalty for every day beyoud that time in which the town continued to put sew age into the river. "The law makers have vested the dis cretionary power in suoh matters in the hands of Its highest executive, the governor, with two oolleagnes, the at- ELKS ill lILTON LICE i Danville lodge. No. 754, B. P. O. I j lvks, paid a fraternal visit to Milton ! lodge. No. 943, Tuesday eve, the Mil | ton lodge entertaiuirg the Danville brethren as a return for the pleasant I visit paid to this city some weeks ago ; The Danville contingent about 75 j strong, and a< compani, ~ i y n e ("ata- 1 wissa baud, left for Milton ou n Read ing special at 7:30 and arriviug at their destination at 8 o'clock, they i were met by almost the entire mem bership of the Miltou bilge accom panied by a band. An impromptu par ade was formed and the combined dele gations marched to the social rooms of the Milfoil lodge at Broadwnv and. Bound avenur, where a mcst pleasant evening was sj ent. The Milton Elks outdid themselves ( in the way of hospitality, an I suc ceeded in showing the visitors an oc casion so pleasurable that it will live long iu the memories of thosa present. The following were among those of Danville lodge, who made the trip: Ralph Kisuer, Harry Phile, Thomas j Murray, Joseph Patton, Charles Pit er, Saiuuel .Tohnsou, James M. Irland, John F. Tooley, James Martin. Clar ence Haupt, Harry M, Sober, Frank C. Angle, T J. Price, Charles 11. Sny der, Edward Purpur, W. W. W'elliver, George M. West, A. O. Amesbury, Samuel Marks, W. Kase West, Thomas G. Vincent, W. ,T. Rogers, A. J. Leuiger, Paul Andrews, F. M. Owen, Simon Ellenbogen, Edward Ellenbog eu, Fred W. Howe, M. H. Sohram, .J H Cole, John R. Jacobs, John C. Peifer, Harry Cromwell, (ieorge W. Eggert, A. M. Dietrich, S. K. Hoff man, William Ellenbogou, Harry Kl leubogen, Thomas Delauey, Edward Fallon,Eli Millard,Theodore Hoffman, Joseph Lechner, Clarence E. Pi ifer, James liyan, F. G. Peters Samuel Bloch, Gecrge R. Secliler, Charles O. Cloud. John P. Peck worth, Emil Gaertuer, C. W. Ruckle, Will G. Brown, John W T" - «»»,Ohorl> > s l euig er, Thomas Wtlsh, iarvey Dietrich, Elias Maier. NISW SUI KS AND HELMETS The l orough council has decided to purchase new suits including helmets for the iwo borough policemen. The outfit in both cases will be of the reg ulatiou sort suited to summer wear. Council appreciates the attitude maintained by the o£icers during the outbreak of rabies in this city last year when both without the least ques tion or quibbling entered on the crusade aud rendered efficient service iu speedily stamping out the disease Several very complimentary addresses relating to the policemen wer, made during the session of council Monday night. Bloom Odd Fellows Coming. Ata meeting of V.iu Camp lodge. No. 140, 1. O O. F., of Bloorusbnrg, held Monday eveiiint', it was decided that the lodge would attend tha meet ing of the Odd Fellows' Anniversary a-sociafiou iu this i:h in a body, ac companied by the t'itizet h' baud, of BlooniAburg. The Indue has a member ship of 19;), having u.adi» rsmarkhbk) strides in membership pinee fuor years ago wl.'.ii the rullc conln ued bott thirty-five name*. The first newspaper advertismenf appeared ,11 1652. toruey geseral aud tl>e commissi! mi of health, aud the commissioner of health Is the executive officer of this determining board. Without power to compel a municipality to live up to the tern.-, it would be useless to issue a permit." JOINT PLANT NOT FEASIBLE. After touching on the borough's bor row iug capacity, which is $36,707. Dr. Dixon asks: "Therefore, what is the meaning of all the argument [in this communication which >ou have addressed to me - Has council read the I permit and does it know what is con tained therein? Plain language was used aud ruuoh space was taken to ex plain everything in fall." Iu alluding to the sewage disposal plant being built at the hospital for the insane the communication states : ) "It would have been useless for the I State to have joined with Danville in ' the building of a sewer system, be cause the State could not build a treat" meut plant big enough to handle its sewage and that of the town and he cause Danville cannot in the near fut ure afford to build with its own money sewage disposal works." On motion of Mr. Pursel it wbb ord ered that Dr. Dixon's communication be accepted and referred to the bor ough solioitor for reply. On motion of Mr. Pursel the bond of #SOOO furnished by the Danville aud Hnnbnry Transit company was approv ed by oooncll. ENCOIUG JBH Secretary Vincent of the oommittee of arrangements is beginning to re ceive letters from the lodges in the distriot in reply to the invitations sent out. The first communications re ceived are encouraging in the extreme revealing a degree of euchusiasm that ! augurs well for the succeEs of the Oftd Fellows' anniversary. A letter reoeived from Berwick 1 Lodge No. 2-4(5, I. O. O. F,, Tuesday stated that that lodge would be repre sented in Danville on the anniversary by several hundred members. It will be accompanied by the Berwick Ccrnet | band of forty-one pieces. The latest information relative to [ the anniversary from Williamsport is to the effect that at least one thousand Udd Fellows of that city will be iu Danville on April 27. They will come iu a special train accompanied by Repasz band. The Odd Fellowß of Montgomery have notified the committee that a good-sized delegation will he present from that place accompanied by a band. Northumberland will send a contingent of several hundred Odd Fel lows accompanied by the Northnmber- , land baud. Sunlmry will also be well represented and will probably be ac companied with a Sunbury baud. That the towns up the river will each send iu a large contingent of Odd Fellows seems to be a foregone conclu sion. In order to facilitate the journey ! to and from Danville an effort has been set on foot to secure the running of a special train over the D. L. & \V. : Railroad on tlie data of the uuniver vary. LI BERT Y TYV P. WOMAN DEAD Mrs. Sarah Anu Starner, widow oT B. O. Starner, died at her home in Liberty township, Monday night ci heart disease. The deceased has been 111 some weeks. Mrs. Starner was aged 76 years and j is survived by one sou and thr9e daugh ters : William, Mrs. William Patter- 1 sou, Mrs. William Ooruelison and Mrs. Hilkert.all of Liberty township. Mrs. Starner was a widely known and lov- j able woman who will be miesad by a wide circle of friends. She was a staunch member of the Oak Grove Lutheran church. The funeral will place Tliure day morning from the home at JO ' o'clock. Interment will be ma in in the Oah Grove oeun tery. BUSINESS MEN'S ASSOCIATION Repeated inquiry is made concern- i ing the new board uf trade, theorgaa izatiou of whioh was agitated some weeks ago. Duriug the last few v>eeks j nothing has been heard of theproposi j tion. All agree that there is a need of suoh an organization in Danville. President of Council Andrew Schatz Tuesday stated that it is his inten j tion to take the matter up in the very ' near future and urge the organization of a body to look after the business in terests of the town He was not sure whether this board would take the form of previous organizations or would be composed of merchants and !)• known as a business men's associa- j tion. Personally he is rather inclined j toward the latter A CHANG- IN DIV Si ON MA \ io.lay W. G. llillor, wtio for tome mouths has been in charge of the local division of the American Telephoi • company, with headquarters in Dan ville, will leave for Pottsville, wlier I lie will take up the duties of manage! of the Pottsville district. Mr. Milir has made a wide circle of friends iu this city. By his courtesy and oner; • the Danville exchange of the Aiiieii can Union, which was in a disorganiz ed state when he came, has been grc; t ly improved, John Powell, at present manager cf the Shamokin district caa.es to the local division. He will in I; < his head quarters at Bloomsburg. REV. DUNVILLE OUT OF CHURCH The connection of Rev. W. J. P. • Dunville. who has been the efficient pastor of Jamison City charge of the M. E. church, with tin; ministry ci the Methodist Episcopal church was severed by the conference Monday. . This action came about as the result jot Mr. Dunville's declining to observe | 'he rn le of the church which is that j its'ministers refrain wholly from the j use of tobacco. When the matter was 1 brought up,there was a heated discus sion, endiug in the reqnest as stated. ! The action has created considerable i comment both in and out of the ohnrch. RIIRAL ML TERIR EXPIRES County Superintendent O. W. Derr was in this city on business connected with the rural schools of the county, yesterday. The seven months term lias now expired and all the sohools except a few where tiiue waß unavoidably lost are now closed. Including the high school in Derry township there are now forty-eight rural eoi.ools in Montour county. On ly about one-third of the instructors teach on provisional certificates and the number each year is expected to grow less. As a rule, Superintendent Derr states,the rural teachers are con scientiously striving to attain to a higher staudard of qualification. Un der such conditions the quality oft' ( work done in the schools must be sat isfiir tory. THIRTY-FOUR IN EIGHTH GRADE The usual eighth grade examina tions were held last Saturday at tlie following places: Maolmtiicsville, Ma honing township; Child's school house. Valley township; Oak Grove, Liberty township; California, Lime stone township; Cross Roads, Anthony township; Strawberry Ridge, Derry township; Sheep's sahool house, West Hemlock township. Cooper and May berry townships 'had no eighth grade pupils to take the examination. The number of eighth grade pupils I examined were 84, distributed through out the county as follows: Anthouy township, 5; Limestone township, A ; Librety township, 5; West Hemlock township, 5; Mahoning township, 8; Derry township and Washingtonvllle, j 12 The county superintendent selected the questions and will also examine the papors. All the eighth grade pupils that at tain sixty-live per ceut. in every j branch will receive a diploma issued by the county superintendent SUCCESSFUL EXPERIMENT. The clesa o? the term completes the first year's experiment of maintaining a township high school. County Sup erintendent Derr says tiie results are most gratifying. As the high school has a three-year course there are no graduates this year. Three students passed from the second to the third year and will constitute the gtadnat ing class next season. The examination at the township h ! gh school was conducted by County Sj|ierint.endent Dorr on Tuesday. The following subjects were embraced in the examination: Latin, fi rat year'< work; Caesar, first 8 looks, m year, general historv, bonk l-'ipfrg, agriculture, Roman I i-tor'.'.litarfui rhetoric, English gra liuinr a:d b COMMUNICATION FROH !)K DIXON County Medical Inspector Dr G A. Stock yesterday received a c oinmun ct tlou from State Commissioner of Health Dr. Dixon notifying lum to ha on the lookout, for small pox. The steamship Merlon, which arriv ed at Philadelphia a few days ago,hud on board a case of small pox. Before they could be restrained tive hundred steerage passengers escaped and are uow scattered over the State. Dr. Dixon forwarded to our county medical inspector a lb.tof the passeng ers who are at large together with their destinations. It transpires for tunitely, that uou« came ta Danville, although Williamsport, Wilkes-Sarre, Plymouth aul a number of other places in t! is section of tlie State me on the lift of towus marked as destination: ot iliH | r (liibiy infected passengers Dr. Stock is requested to keep a close looknut to the end that noue of the Marion's passengers circulatt among the people of Danville. He is Ito thoroughly investigate every case of illness, the symptoms tf which ap pear in the least suspicions. Tl BE WORKS Di l l-Al S COMPANY F. In a fnst game nt the armory Tues | day night the Tube Works basket hall team defeated Company F by the score ! of 87-39. The teams wore evenly matched and tor it time kept the scoring together. In the latter part of the fiisfc half, ! however, the Tube Works five seoured i lead which they kept the remainder of the game Winner did the tossing lor Tube Works. Rudy and McVey i divided honors for Coinptuy F. The formation of the teams ami goals ' are as follows : Tube Works—Snyder, forward, 1; j Weaver,forward, 1; Wooltidgs,center, 14; Winner, guard, 8 and a fouls; i Mowrey, goerd, :: and 1 foul. . Compauv F—Rudy, forward, 4 and I 2 fouls Nevius. forward, 0; Deoiott, j center. I; Landau, guard, 0; McVey, guard, fi. Referee, Dailey. Oar first steam engine was brought from England in 1758. ESTABLISHED IN 185 c ITALICS LOSE «IR HOI Between Hand 12 o'clock Tuesday night our town was aroused by the alarm of fire. There was a general ringing of the bells and scores of peo ple arose from their beds and started out in search of the tire. The blaze was located in the eastern end of town. It made a bright light and the fire companies followed by nearly a hundred people made a dash for the fire. Upon arriving at Wall street they found that nothing more important had fallen a prey to the flames than the shanty built by the pe drone, Charley Battaglia, to be used as a home for his Italian workmen while employed on the sewage dispos al p'nnt at the hospital for the insane. The frail wooden structure went up in a quick blaze and wheu the tire de partment arrived the building was petty well consumed. The Washing ton Hose compauv, got a stream of water on the building, but the de struction was complete. It appoarg that none of the Italians were about. That the building con tained anything of any value is doubt ful. It is believed, however, that it was practically empty. How the fire originated is a mystery The building, although a temporary one, it is said,was constructed of good lumber. It was about 12 feet by 14 feet and was a story and a half high. ENTERTAINMENTS AT HOSPITAL The employes' dance tonight will close the entertainments at the hospit al for the insane for the season. The entertainments, especially those of the Orpheus Glee club, have been very successful and have been a source of great enjoyment to the patients The most enjoyable entertainment of all probably was that given in amuse ineut hall Tuesday night by a ntimber of young ladies of the bnsnital. I* a highly humorous production eutit ed"Mirandy's Minstrels." No better display of local talent was ever seen than was shown by the performers,all of whom were nurses. All the essent ials of ii first-class minstrel show were found in the entertainment. The sing ing was of a high order and revealed careful training. The "Lady Cork Artists." resplendent in their cost umes, received hearty and well-merit ed applause from the large audience. The jokes, which spared neither the medical staff nor employes,made quite a hit, being spicy and original. The eutertainmenr closed with a trave- entitl l"A Pink Tea." A cake walk woe d u." tie evening. WOULD ABOLISH ALL FOOL'S DAY To lay, April Ist, : known through out Christendom us All Fool's day. An effort is being made by the Optim ist club of America to observe this date as Optimist day. The plans of the Optimist club to do away with All Fools day and observe April 1 as Optimist day, instead, has incurred the displeasure of the League of Peaoe, the president of which, Wil liam O. McDowell, lias written to Andrew Carnegie, president cf the Optimist club, suggesting April 80 as a better date. ' "The League of Peace, the letter states, "has a better suggestion than All Fools day for Optimists day and that is April 80, the anniversary of the birth ot this great Republic—the Hope of the World —in its completed form tinder a duly adopted written constitution, by the inauguration on that date 120 years ago of George Washington as our first president. The Optimist club, however, will adhere to its original plan and observe April 1 as a day "upon which evtrv one should do scmo kind act and say some kind thing. MINERS CON IINUE PRESENT AGREEMENT NEW VfOHK. March 31 The following statement was given out today in behalf of tl e anthracite j coal operators: "At the request of Mr. Thoruas L. Lewis, who headed the committee of anthauite mine wokers at the recent conference with the operators in Phil adeplhia, the operators have agreed to continue the present agreement in fotce on and after April 1 pending further conferences | "The communication from Mr. Lewis came in the form of a letter to each < member of the operators' committee of seven. The members of the commit ! tee all replied that the proposed ar rangement was acceptable to them." Farewell to the windy mouth of Maroh. April Ist.
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