The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-06-17
STATE NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD
Latest Doings in Various Parts
of the State.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

Bethlehem Steel Company Names
Observation-Disclosures Fireman
Takes Bride In Hospital-our
Health Department Best.
The Board Of Directors OF the
Bethlehem Steel Company at a meet
ing at South Bethlehem elected A. d.
Mixsell vice-president. Mr.. Mixsell
was formerly general sales agent OF
the company. While the steel COM
pany would make no announcement,
as to the nature of Mr. Mixsells new
duties, II is believed that they will
have to do with the big war orders the
company is filling. Edward S. Kins.
ley, of Pittsburgh, is the new general
sales agent
Pennsylvania's Health Department
is the best in the nation This is the
attitude taken by the Panama Pacific
Exposition. The grand prize in this
competition has been awarded to the
Health Department of the Keystone
State, and commentator is given DR..
Samuel G. Dixon, state Commissioner
Of Health. Word to this effect was re.
ceived yesterday from San Franchises
by Recorder Of Deeds Tustin He is
member Of the Pennsylvania Commits.
sion to the exposition.
Hugh Cox, of Harrisburg, Pennsyl-
vania Railroad fireman, who was In.
jured in an accident near Miflin sev.
veral weeks ago and whose left leg
was amputated, was married to Miss
Florence Osborne, also Of Harrisburg.
The ceremony took place in the York
Hospital, where Cox has been a patient
under the care OF his sister, Miss
Ethel Cox, who is head nurse at the
institution. Cox is not yet able to
leave his bed.
At special election held in Media.
the voters gave majority Of two hun
dred and seventy-two to loan OF sew
enty thousand dollars for an improved
filtration system to the municipal
water works. The vote was light, be.
ing about one-half the usual vote, and
was three hundred and twenty in favor
of the proposition and forty-eight
against 1t.
William Stock. the York trapper.
convicted of collecting S613 from
Lebanon county by palming off rat
heads and chicken heads for weasels
and goshawks, was sentenced by Judge
Henry to pay fine of $3.50 and in de
fault thereof was sent to the Lebanon
County Jail for 25O days.
George Shoemaker, OF Lancaster.
jumped from the Walnut Street Bridge
into the Susquehanna River, Harris
burg, and when policemen hurried TO
his rescue in boats he demanded to be
"let alone" saying that he was 'just
cooling off" He completed the pro-
cess In jail.
Clyde L. Love, twenty-one years old.
was fatally injured and four others
were bruised when an automobile in
which they were riding, skidded and
colllded with concrete retaining wall
near Fryburg. Love died a few hours
after the accident in the Oil City Hos
pital.
Harry Knerr, of Weissport, foreman
for the Lehigh Stove Works at Lehigh-
ton for many years, and one of the
leading members of the Lehighton
Band, was stricken with acute in.
digestion in his office and died few
minutes later. He is survived by his
wife.
C0nneaut Lake was selected as the
place of holding next years conven-
ton. by the Funeral Directors Asso-
citation of the State of Pennsylvania, at
the close of its convention at Sunbury.
Among the officers elected was Harry
McCunney, Philadelphia, who became
second vice.president.
Howard Smith, owner OF a small un-
licensed hotel at Rauchtown, was held
for court without bail on complaint OF
Deputy State Fire Marshal Thomas G..
Ryan, of Danville, who charges Smith
with burning his barn at Rauchtown in
order to fraudulently obtain the insur.
ance money.
Walter S. Nichols, aged sixty.five.
was painting his deceased brothers
house, at Altoona, when the rope sup
porting the ladder on which he was
working broke. dropping him thirty
feet. He landed on his head, fractured
his skull and died instantly.
Mary Selenskia, aged ten, OF Pitts
ton, was crushed to death when she
fell in front OF heavy horse drawn
roller used for grading baseball fields.
Mary had climbed upon 1t to enjoy
ride and in the scramble for a seat lost
her balance.
Rev. George P. Stem was toastmas-
ter at a banquet in celebration of the
tenth, anniversary Of Charles w. Chap
man Lodge of Masons, at Siegfried,
which uas attended, hv 0OO noap,hare