The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-09-03
KEYSTONE STATE
IN SHORT ORDER
LatestNews Happenings Gather
ed From Here and There.
TOLD IN SHORT PARAGRAPHS
Patriotic Order Sons Of America op
pose the Manufacture OF ntoxi-
eating Liquors AS a Beverage.
Automobile Demolished.

Automobile Demolished.
Nathan Lavine, sixty-three years
old, OF Brooklyn, N. Y, was hit on the
head with broomstick in the barn
Of John and Peter Wanke, brothers, at
Newport, and died in the Palmerton
Hospital. He says he entered the barn
Oy mistake. The brothers, who have
been arrested on charge OF murder
and are In the Easton jail, say they
had been missing milk for some time
and were on watch for the thief.
Lavine entered and fight ensued.
Because the family bread winners
have returned to Europe to fight in the
present war, the poor directors OF
Western Pennsylvania counties are be-
ing besieged with applications for aid
from destitute foreign families. In
the coal and coke region, which is en-
braced in Westmoreland, Washington,
Fayette, Greene and Somerset coun-
ties, the task of providing the deserted
families with food is becoming acute
Michael Lavelle, twenty-five years
old, OF Centralia, was blown to atoms
at Packer No Colliery Shamokin,
when box containing thirty sticks
Of dynamite exploded. He was em'
ployed as driller and was about to
light a charge when the explosion oc'
Cured His body was picked up In
small pieces. The deceased returned
from Colorado few days ago and was
working his first day.
A blow was aimed at the saloon In
resolutions adopted by the State
Camp, Patriotic Order Sons of Amer
lea, at York. Resolutions urged Con-
gress to oppose the manufacture OF
intoxicating liquors as beverage.
Furtherance of the immigration bill
vetoed by President Taft and now be-
fore the United States Senate was the
aim OF another resolution.
Dominick Kriner, a hermit, was
found senseless in bed at Shamokin
from paralysis. It is supposed he was
stricken Saturday. Police searched
the house at the request of neighbors.
Under his pillow was a revolver and
SIT. A pass book showed he had $500
in q bank. 1t was thought he was
penniless. He was removed to the
almshouse in a dying condition.
Owing to the failure OF Mt. Carmel
township authorities TO stop the prac'
tice of large number of inhabitants
OF Kulpmont and vicinity OF hurting
missiles at automobiles, members
of the Mt. Carmel and Shamokin
auto clubs petitioned Superintendent
Groome, OF the State Police, for
troop of constabulary to arrest the al
legged law breakers.
The Knights of Equity, In National
convention at Pittsburgh, elected these
officers: Supreme president, John A.
ODwyer, Toledo; vice-president,
Frank i. Shaughnessy, Pittsburgh;
secretary, II, p. Walsh, Buffalo; treas
urer. Maurice Maner, Boston; lecturer,
James Lynch, Detroit Detroit is next
years convention city.
An automobile belonging TO Harry
f. Sprenkle, OF Bair's Station, was
struck and demolished by freight
train on the Western Maryland Rail
road. Four occupants Of the car, Mr..
Sprenkle. Harry e. Hahn, Charles Il.
Hahn and Jacob Cohn, the latter three
from York, Jumped and escaped.
A voluntary petition in bankruptcy
was filed in Federal Court at Sunbury
by William Krug, Berwick contrac-
tor and lumber dealer. whose assets
were given as $4S,4S172, and liabili-
ties s43,1S155. Judge Charles B. VIII
mer appointed William E. Elmer
Berwick lawyer, as receiver.
Joseph Bogert, fourteen, Of Shamo-
kin. was returning on freight train
from Sunbury when he fell under the
cars and an arm and his legs were cut
off. AS a doctor was dressing the In
iuries the boy told him to let him die
as he would be no good for any one
hereafter.
Two gas tanks exploded In the
boiler-making plant of the John Wood
Manufacturing Company, at Consho'
hocken. did considerable damage and
injured Frank Fisher. Hugh Sweeney
and an alien, all workmen.
p. V. Wolf, OF Harrisburg, Penn
sylvania Railroad fireman, was taken
| 10 the Norristown Hospital after both
legs had been crushed in an accident
on the Trenton cuAoff railroad, near
Norristown. He died forty-6ye min
utes later.
Frank Scott and William Zane.
who robbed the Northern Central
Railway passenger station at Han
over last June, were convicted al
York and sentenced to the Eastern
| sA.-.i..,, for not 1acc thau fOuT