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STAY AND ROB MERCHANT
He Is Found With Head Beaten In

He Is Found With Head Beaten In
on a Mou,'ain Poth.
ShamCkin, Pa. Jan. THE CT
OF the head crushed in, as if batter
ed with the butt of a revolver OF
some blunt instrument, the body OF
Charles H. Schleig. thirty-one. a you're
business man of GCwen City wHs
fcrnd on lonely mountain path by
Howard Weil;el, a miner. returning
home from work.
Schleig had been to Shamckin or
business mission. and was returning
home when killed. He carried a re
volver and a wallet containing cen
siderable none when he left home
Beth are missing.
Two strangers. who asked tie route
from Gowen City to S em kin, an WHO
were directed to the path upon whi5t
Schleig was slain, are suspected
posse searched the mountain during
the early evening. but without sue
ross
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Gas Kills
THREE CHILDREN
Overcome by Leak, Dumb Par
ents Unable TO Call Aid.
nine IN FAMILY UNCONSCIOUS
Many Other Persons Wer: Overcome
In Philadelphia Through Leaving
Gas Jets or Stoves Burning al
Night.

Philadelphia, Jan. Gas tror bles
here caused the death OF tlree chill
dren in one family, lie nine mem.
bers of another and two toarders liz.
Ing in the same house We're overcoma
by gas, and several Of them are nos
expected to recover.
The children who d Il were the
daughter and two sens CT Mr.. and
Mrs. Herbert Roth. Of 1881 South
Thirty-second street. The parents
are deaf mutes, and their attic ion
when they sought TO Summon help
caused considerable delay
The "hi!dreu slept in a single room
and, because of to cold weather
when they were pu' to led Satu~ lay
night their parents left SIN L gas
radiator burning in the room
Ms. Roth was awakened by the
odor o. gas. and on openlns TIE door
CT the chi'dren's room found them
Unconscious She and her hush nj
ran into the street and after son
difficulty in explaining their tro%b {
found poll ~eman. who summoned IN
amhu'9""e from the Polytechnic hos
pital The childr an-Minnie. e;gh;
years Old; David. SIX and John. four
died before the hospital was re- h
ed.
II is supposed thai the gas prs 80
died down durinr the night. "xtin
gushing the fame. and when tn
pressure later increased it flowed, u,
liehte' through the radiator.
\ leak in one of the street mains
frcm which the gas penetrated :
home OF Solomon F'ingeroff. at SAC
Lombard street. was responsible T.
eleven other persons being overcome
A man passing the house CAV" tie
alarm and all were taken to the Penn
syfvania hospital.
Those overcome were Solomon F N
gereff. his wife. Annie: their sever
Authenticated. eighteen; h.
man, fourteen: Annie, twelve: e.
ward ten. and Ruth eight-and w,
hoarders. BENJAMIN Tambor and Johr
Clinton.
A large number If other cases o.
persons overcome by gas through
leaving gas jet or stove burning
when Trey went to bed Were reported
Although the United Gas improve
ment company, which supplies the
city with gas. has used the newsua
pers daily, since the cold wave begin
10 warn persons not to leave any gas
let or stove burning at night, many
have not observed the warning and
this has resulted in a large number
of persons being killed or overcome
by gas in the last week
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Most Popular War Cry.

The most popular war cry Is "Hur.
rah" an exclamation of indefinite
origin. It Is found in various forms in
Swedish and Danish (hurra), German
(hurrah), French (houra), Russian
(ura). Some connect it with such
words as hurry" "whirl;" the mean
Ing would then be "haste," to encour-
age speed or onset in battle. The
Russian soldiers adopted "hurrah" In
the War Of Liberation QS12-13), and
since then it has become fayorite
battle cry all over Europe. 1t seems,
however. that the word is pure Sla-
vonian, for it is commonly heard from
the coast of Dalmatia to Behring strait,
where any Of the Slavic population
within the limits are called on to give
proof Of courage and valor.
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CEk|ItIuY HALTS
PEACE DEAL
BaIks at Rsqy st to Hold Par.
legs in Stockholm.
SAY BREAK IS TEMPORARY
Hindenturs .and L.kendorff Attene
Meeting Trait Makes Decision In
Berlin.

Hindenturg and LIkendorff Attene
Meeting TRAIT Makes Decision ir
Berlin -
LondCn, Jan. An official state
ment issued at Berlin and Forwarded
by the Zurich correspondent OF The
Exchange Telegraph company, an
nOUncet that because of the Russian
request to transfer the peace pour
pt erS from Brest-Litoysk to Stock
ho,m the central powers have tempo
rarily suspended the negotiation:
with Russia.
TIE message, which was filed a
Zurich on Saturday, said:
"Anothe" crown council was helt
at Berlin, at which Field Marshal VOL
Hindenburg and General Won Luden
dorff attended. After the meeting tn,
ed:
In consequence of the request o
the Russian government to transfer
the seat of negotiations from Brest
Litovsk to Stockholm. the central pow
ers have temporarily suspended tn,
negotiations with Russia"
A Copenhagen despatch to the Ex
change Telegraph company says tha
he crisis between the central power:
md Russia because of the Bolshevill
demand that peace negc tiations BE-
discussed in a neutral country, is hav
ing a powerful effect in German pol
tics and IS likely to lead to a sha' 7
conflict between the center and tn
Socialist parties.
The Conservatives are making do
iermined efforts to cause a rupture
between Philip Scheidemann, pres
dent of the Social Democratic par v
and Matthias ErZburger. C'e- ica' II
trist newspapers. such as the Nation
al Ieitung and the Deutsches Zei.ung
Coy that advances have taken plac
between the National Liberal and cen
ter parties, and that thew are likely
to lead to new developments In tbs
German policy.
The Deutsches Zeifung says:
at is to be hoped that the chanee
in the political situation caused by the
nree,-Litovsk episode will lead to the
resembling of the unfortunate peace
solution of July 10. which. in parlio
ilentary circles, long has been regard
ed as Inadequate and dangerous"
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oNE.TlME PIRATES
Esthonian ,Outrages EnkindIed
Wrath Of Danish Kings.
Records Show They Were Regarded
ID 4 Daring, Predatory People
Of the Baltic.

The Esthonians, who constitute four
ffths of the population of the Russian
Baltic province of Esthonia, which lies
between Riga and Petrograd, are the
subject of bulletin issued by the Ma
tional Geographic society from its
Washington headquarters:
Like the Films, to whom they are
closely related, the Estnonians or
Esths, race numbering 100000 peo-
pie, more than 100000 of whom reside
in Esthonia, retain many character
istics which bespeak their Monaghan
origin They are long armed and short
legged, have broad face and low brows,
are usually beardless and have oblNue
eyes.
1.-THE first record of the Esths in
Europe reveals them as daring, pred
atOry people of the Baltic whose
piratic outrages enkindled the wrath
Of Danish kings as early as the twelfth
century. In 1894 and 1896 Canute vi
sent q strong expedition against them
and forced a number of the lawless
bands to accept Christianity and allow
themselves to be baptized. Hardly
had the warlike prosecutors left the
Esrhonian shores, however, than the
inhabitants reverted to baroarism and
their heather practices. A quarter OF
4 century later Waldemar II was more
successful. He subjugated the north
ern portion of the land and brought
the inhabitants under submission to
the Danish crown. 1t was never
willing submission, however, and for
more than 100 years the inhabitants
gave their conquerors endless trouble
until 1343 Waldemar Nv decided that
they were not worth the bother so
he sold his interest in the rebels and
In their land to the Knights of the
Sword, who were gradually spreading
their net of power northward from
Teutonic lands.
"For more than 800 years thereafter
the lot of the Esthonians was virtual
" that of serfdom under their Ger
man landowners.
I'm the sixteenth century both the
noblcs and the fortified towns Of Esth-
onia placed themselves under t.ae pro
tection of the Swedish crown, but they
we're forced to acknowledge a new
master after Peter .k-e Greats success,
eul wars against Charles XII.
"For the last thirty years the Rus.
sian imperial government has been
making systematic efforts to abolish
the Esthonian language, to which the
people have chung Tremendously. Harsh
regulations as to the use of the Ian.
4, 80 =
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CHRISTMAS GIFTS ASTRAY
Went to the Wrong Camp. But Were
MIIcl. AnnrAciatad - caldierS

Went to the Wrong Camp. But Were
Muc1, Appreciated kv Soldiers.
Winchester, Va. Jan. 7.-Offieers OF
the Sunday schools OF Winchester and
Fredericb county have received many
letters the past week from soldiers
at Camp Merritt, N. j.. thanking them
for gifts received at Christmas.
At first the letters were puzzling. as
all the gifts from local Sunday schools
had been shipped to Camp Lee at
Petersburg and Camp Mcclellan. al
Admission. Ala.
One letter that came Saturday from
the New Jersey camp stated that the
shipment intended fc" c mp lie had
been sent to Camp Merritt. evidently
by mistake, but that the soldiers were
,ana the less appreciative.
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CHICAGO is TIED UP
Fifteen.Foot Snow Drifts Hats Trains
and Wrecks Wires.

Chicago, Jan. 7.-Chicago was
struck by the most severe storm in
its history YESTERDAY
Snowdrifts fifteen feet or more wee
common. and every form Of traffic was
demoraliZed.
Railroads to the south, north and
west gave up early in the day. Tele
graph and telephone wires. espe tally
in the open country. where the high
winds had full play, were wrecked
There was no automobile traffic.
Hundreds of cars were stalled on the
boulevards. abandoned by their own
ers, some almost buried in the drifts
The street cleaning bureau found II
impossible to work in the binding
snow
The temperature was eighteen
above zero, but there were no casu
alties reported resulting from the biz
gard
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25,0O0 German Troops Mutiny.

London. Jan. IA despatch receiv.
cd here from the Russian wireless
service says that $4,000 German so.-
diers in the region east of Kovno
have revolted.
- German deserters state that In con-
senSence of the government drafting
all soliers below the age OF thirty.
five for dsspatch to the western front,
tho atoran Mentioned number of men
..e.,. IT the battle line
lQtrenched themselves
and mac guns against
German G1tts. The Ger
~ authorities have been
.gainst the mutineers AMI
9 to cut of their food sup
The German deserters deelar
eKat one of the motives for the mu-
my was that the sending Of troops
ete the western front was a contraven-
ton of the Russo-German armistice
agreement.
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Women Replacing Men In Banks.

There is at present no woman officer
Of q New York city bank. ard only
one in New Jersey, but If the war lasts
long enough 1t may be, as 1t is In Can
ada now. that the banks will virtually
be run by women, according to- an ar
ttcle In the New York Evening Post.
Already, 1t is estimated, 10000 women
have been taken on in the Wall street
district since the United States entered
the war. last April.
It will not be decidedly new field
for women to become officers Of banks,
for perhaps the majority Of bank presi-
dents in New York have women secre-
taries and assistants who thoroughly
understand the workings Of banks and
the duties Of those in high places.
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VIN0L MAKES
WEAK WOMEN
STRONG

PositiVe-ConVincin Proof.
We publish the formula Of Vlnol
to prove convincingly that it has the
power to create strength.
Cod Liver and Beef, Iron
and Manganese Peptonates,
Iron and Ammonium Cit
rate, Lime and Soda Glyc-
erophosphates, Cascarin.
Any woman who buys a bottle OF
Vinol for weak, rundown, nervous
condition and finds after giving it
fair trial it did not help her, will
have her money returned.
You see, there is no guess work
about Vinol. Its formula proves
there is nothing like it for all weak,
rundown, overworked, nervous men
and women and for feeble old people
and delicate children. Try it once
and be convinced.
c. P. Craig & Son, Druggists, Gam
bridge, and at the best drug store in
every town and city in the country.
ADV.
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BARS BkeCRAiieANn PATS
Italian Customs Authorities Ter1
Them "useless Toys"

Italian Customs Authorities Terz
Them "useless Toys"
Rome. Jan. 7.-"Baseb"lls and b.
are useless toys is. the dictum -
, nounced by the Italian customs au
thorities in placing a ban on the i'm
portaticn of these articles for Ameri
cans in Italy
Recently the Americans purchased
the few baseballs available in r mt
and then ordered more from the Unit
ed States
Thomas n. Page. the American am
bassador, ftas been patitioned 70 OBJ,
tain an exemption of baseball equ'p
mennt from the recent law against IL
importation of all luxuries or uni y
sary articles It is asserted the
- necessary to maintain he !;
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Eoresiuht..

I'm taking lessons from a man who
teaches people how to remember"
'Is he pretty goodT
II guess so, but he doesn't seem to
have much confidence in his methods"
"How Is that?''
II notice he makes his students pay
him in advance, so there will be no
chance for them to forget to do 1t after
they finish"
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sItka Pine Comes Into Ito Own.

A steamship that arrived in Seattle
recently brought the first shipment OF
Sitka spruce from Alaska for use In
making airplanes. This wood Is supe-
rior to any other for ughtness and
strength. and rods 60 feet long without
a knot or blemish are easily obtained.
Much of this spruce has already been
shipped to Europe from British Co
lumbia. Oregon and Washington. Sit
ka spruce Is the dominant tree Of the
Alaska coast region, and was for q
long time regarded with contempt by
boxes. Now it is the hope Of the Unit
ed States for paper pulp and airplans
frameaL
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One Sunday Fire For All.

Wiriomsnort, Pa. Jan. RI
E. A. purke. inserted the folrc
advertisement in the city papers,
dressed to the Methodists of New
berry: Bank your fires. bring lunch
and spend Sunday in the Newborry
Methodist church to conserve youl
home supply of coal The church WI
be heated all day. an thnra will b.
room COR ap fa-~i1:0,.''
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SAT aAYs TO BE P0RKLEss
Massachusetts, However, VIII Permit
Tiny Piece in Bean Pot


Boston, Jan. 7.-Orders m"kiHe
Saturday a "porkless day" are tn b:
issued by the Massachusetts commit.
tee on public safety, effective January
-
The small piece of pork ordinarily
used in the preparation OF baked
beans will not. however be affected
the committees announcement speci
hcally exempting 1t from the order.
The new rule Is to be made in the
form of a suggestion to hotel and
restaurant men and the public. bu'
1t is expected that it win be generally
followed and that bacon, ham, roast
pork. chops, sausages and other pork
products will disappear from Satur.
day menus.
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Bt's/ pa{heEc to see the eagsrness
with which the S2ughboys wait for let
ters from home, %ates a war CORE,
sp2ndent from Frane one woah
fheerfully trade a packass1 tooacco
for single sheet Of papefslen an
: American postmark-and he woulN hot
sell package of I: tobacco for Az
francs at this writing! I have seen
him pay ten francs for five-cent pack
age, but that was because submarine
sank the boat bringing his supply and
he happened to be short temporarily.
To all those girls who are adopting
soldiers, I would suggest two letters
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Stosstruppen.

First Tommy (after consulting Ger.
man dictionary)-Well, Bill, If he amt
lynn he's one of them shock troops &C
cording to this.
Second Tommy-Lo, love-a-duck,
you're right. You've only got to look
at the blighter's face to see that
Passing Show.
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An Unnecessary PreeautIen.

They are telling the story in Wash
ington Of a young man who did not
want to 60 to war. He went to den
fist and had several teeth extracted,
having heard that man without teeth
Is Of little or no use around an army.
Then he went before the draft board.
I'm sorry" said the medical officer,
after giving him one look, you're not
eligible for service; you ha We fat
feet"
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A Polarity Indicator.

An ordinary potato may b used TO
tell which Is the positive and which IL
the negative terminal Of q circuit. In
sert the two currens-carying wires In
to the freshly-cut surface. A green
stain. due 70 dissolved copper. indt,
Gates the positive wire. II both wires
are surrounded BY dark-colored stains
the current is alternating. II you
haven't a potato handy, place both ter
ninals In water. Bubbles win collect
at the end Of the negative wire. Il the
water is In a metal vessel bs very care.
full not to let the wire touch the metal
or q short circuit will be formed.
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!X.2:(,i:liEHHEY

the coming child by it's regular use.
The woman who fails by any chance to
procure Mothers Friend should be fur
nished it by those who are dear to her.
Write to The Bradfeld Regula torsCo
pany, Department X, 800 Lamar Building,
the Baby. 1t is free Mothers Friend
Is procurable at the druggists. Do not go
a single night without using 1t. Ask for q
bottle today without fail.
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LIFTING COAL BLOCKADE
Mammoth Yards ut st. Clair Arr
Clearing Rapidly.

StSof'uS ndP'osJ.
Pottsville. Pa, Jan. Goal trains
moved out of this region actively.
A number of trains. each one con-
tanning more coal than it has been
possible to handle since the extreme
cold wave set In. were sent down the
Schuylkill valley, and officials said a
considerable part Of the fuel would
get to Philadelphia at once.
The mammoth coal yards Of the Phil.
adelphia and Reading railway at ST.
Clair presented scenes OF unpreIe-
dented activity. all the available motor
power being utilized to get every
loaded car moving on its way to mar.
ket On Friday there were 1000
loaded cars in this yard, but compare.
lively few-of them remain there now
Three trains were sent out within
one hour, but the work was consider
ably hampered by wreck at Mount
Carbon.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-07

It is the way of woman to bear pain and
discomfort without complaint. Women
awaiting motherhood should be given
every help which will make for less pain.
Millions sof women have used the safe,
tried and reliable external massage known
n Mothers Friend The abdominal
muscles relax naturally and without strain
when baby is born. stretching pains dur.
Ing the period are avoided and the crisis
= rendered safer for both the mother and
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Cold Pics Sicken and Die.

Chambersburg, Pa, Jan. Hun.
dreds of young pigs have died on
farms near here because of the frigid
weather They coddle together in the
sites and get warm: then arising, they
are overheated. chill and contract
DnelImOni3
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Unionizes Scranton Firemen.

Scranton. Pa. jan. Members of
the Scranton city fire department are
now affiliated with t'e American Fed
Grafton OF Labor. They have been
organized into local ard have OBJ.
tanned charter from the information.
al organization.
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Five billions Cash In Circulation.

Washington. Jan. 7.-Monny In cir
culation in the United States Jann
arv amounted to $5.120, $4,000, O.
s4S.76 ner capita. as compared will
s5,OS5 80. eco one month ago. In tn
las. veo~ r,cuey in circulation has !
cr,,S7r tcon nn0 Nnn
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Giant lcicle Pierces Skull

Easton, Pa, Jan. 7.-Pasqus,le Con
falcone, aged forty, was perhaps "a
tally injured in the Woodlye slate
quarry, Bangor, when a huge icic,t
fell and struck him on the head frac
turing his skull. He is in the castor
hospital
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ITALIAN filters FORM
ST0CKADE IN AIR
Daring Aylators Drive Enemy
From PdduO.

Rome, Jan. 7.-Padua was spared
another air raid largely through the
daring of italian aviators, who went
into the air an hour before moonrise
and formed an aerial Gordon around
the city, meeting enemy machines as
they advanced.
The enemy aviators, seeing the
heavy concentration, diverted their
course, going to Mestre, Bassano and
Castelfranco, where they caused some
casualties and considerable loss at the
last place.
British aviators are doing especially
good work. Their latest exploit was
the destruction of an enemy balloon
at Susegana and the bringing dow
of an enemy airpdane by gunfire
The artillery action along the mo
tain and Piave fronts is intermitt
and no longer shows the intensity
a big offensive. Along the u
Piave, enemy batteries have beer
tually silent for a week, indie
either a shortage of ammunition
possible movement of forces
ward to other fronts.
Weather conditions continy
ually good, with clear days an
The temperature usually
freezing and there is almost
Weather experts believe
now is so far advanced hd
are unlikely and until the
pin snowfalls, beginning
airy. -
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Amazed at ErivoIitv.

A Paris dispatch says the
mission to the United Stat
amazed at New York city's
compared with restricted Pay
restaurants and cafes, as VI
lie places and amusements
are subject to regulatio1
clothes and decollete froc1
Telephoning, telegraphi1
ing, travel, dancing,
dealings are all regYl
srnment; alsa 70
IF you go Into this thing as we did
n 1914" one French officer remarked
% his American host, "all this win be
dream year from now"
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Rescuinq Genre and Birds.

WilliamSrort, Pa Icn. 7.-Farmers
throughout the northern tier are car
ryine grain and ot"er food into the
woods to feed birds and game, which
are freezing ard starving in the SHOW
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Williamsport, Pa. Jan. 7.-Seized
with a fainting spell as she sat rock
ing he~ baby to sleep Mrs. Leonard
0o'~li r7r,1~ 49, fell to tn
Hoor. crushin" the chi,d to deal "
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eaping illumina IN

gas from main that burst On acc3un
Of the cold. When Lloyd Kohl. own
er of the property, tried to locate the
leak, the gas exploded and he wa,
badly burned
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The Weather.

Fcrecost for this section: CLOUDY
with ra'n or snow today M tonor
w.
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Tea Shipments Increase.

Apparently the American people are
becoming a nation of tea drinkers.
Shipments Of the tea herb to the Unit
ed States are far ahead of pre-
Vious years. The Shizuka Maru
Of the Nippon Steamship company ar
rived at Seattle from Yokohama re-
Gently with 21,39S packages Of tea,
each package averaging IS pounds,
says East and West. The cargo Is
3,215 packages larger than the ship
ment from Yokohama by the Tamba
Maru, which established a previous
seasons record. In addition, the Shi-
zuka brought 1000 packages of raw
silk, 2.575 cases of rubber, 2,215 rolls
Of mating, 598 cases of toys, S97 cases
Of porcelain, 1925 cases Of manufac-
tured cotton and silk goods and 5,233
sacks of peanuts.
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INVALlD'S LIFF-ROPE PApTS
enned in Fire, Woman Ties Sheet
Together and Fails.

Penned in Fire, Woman Ties Sheet.
Together and Fails.
\. Allentown. Pa. Jan. 1.-Two seriou,
ents occurred in this city as the
tf the cold weather.
lily ill and aloIe in her bed
s. George Roesser. of S0rtt
was penned in by flames
HIT fire, due to E
fling her strength
r t attract atten
Help failed to come
of the bedclothes ant
t, of the window. The
Iroke and the womar
tally injured. The
ted.
y is near death a
spital, having her,
eaping illuminating