The Daily Courier from Connellsville, Pennsylvania • Page 1

CEBIT. Sworn Average Daily Circulation Last Week 7,247. 11, NO. 115. PA'.

"WEDNESDAY EVE'G, 26, 1913. BIGHT PAGES. HUNDREDS PERISH IN FLOODS; OHIO CITIES DEVASTATED; THREE STATES SWEPT BY RAGING WATERS; PENNA. SUFFERS. 1NTIRE STATE FLOOD-SWEPT; DAYTON'S DEAD TOTAL 500 Scores of Ohio Communities Inundated and Made llonielcs by Raging Waters.

tho Musklnpum river has reached 40 feet at Kanusvillc, six feet abovo tho record. One bridge out and tho telephone companion are warning tin pcoplo to floo to tho highlands. Down tho groat Miami valley, tht richest farming section In Ohio, fnrm houses, bnrtip, livestock and human beings aro tscnUorcd. In som places the valley contracts to ICHM half a inllo In width nnd tho river Is swooping through It with tremendous force, tearing all before it. Th of AttamisbttfK' ami Franklin Li 1 doubt.

It ia believed they havo buu wholly or partially destroyed. Krom Hamilton, a city of 25.000, cotnoa tho report that 500 arc dnul there. This la not verified, becu verification la Impossible-. Tho crvotr broko there, tia did that at Low- Irton, above Dayton. Tt was this rust of water which prevent ncorea Xrou escaping.

South "Dayton in located on a range of low hills. On these lust nlchi camped soaked by MILLIONS OF PROPERTY LOST After Knrty Dnytoti Jlttti 1'tntifMl Number of Victims from AOU to r.mrrnnr Cox Itccet Word Tlmt JLtst (3 Eitiggcmu.Ht* Press O. March 26. Mora than 500 pcreotis at'u in Daytoti as a cotiaequence of ycstet'day'a palling flooj swept ecoros of town? in Ohio ami IndUnu. have received reports from all along tho Utlo atut 500 dead a con- servatlvo declared Brandon, Vice 1'rrslrfent and General Ma huge? of tho Dayton, Lebsinon Ctncttvnatv niitroad, whtuh im.ni*- verned the stricken district, "It waa first reported thut the number o( dead within the city would bn but lu thoy catno BO fost tho men quit counting the details arc finally learn ert I feel ceftattt that tho Icsa of hfo have -I fix tho property loss iti Dayton at from 5 000,000 to i io.000,000, Tho two bridges which Wero washed worth half mttttoti each," COX TOljP THAT BliiD TOTAIi 100 victims of yesterday's flood ut Dayton number about 100.

mostly womun anti children. Temporary morguea havo been established where tho uoutoa aro placed rapidly ns they ttro recovered. Tho of Ilfu was mainly in tho poekot fnrmud by tt curvo In the MhunS rhor between the dlstrt-l nnd the AVcst atdn. This was the Ptjbstancn oC a cotivefsutton at 9.10 betwocn Governor Cox and John vS. Bell, i chteft who etntcd he tt of 20 men nestattntf tlio rofcuors and commtlhtcation.

Kcports from small towns eur- rictuu, Mlddlclown and Hamilton, reaching horo today, tell of devastation und death In tho wake of Iho fldoil. aro in tho without food and protection. The homolcss tiro oati- miited at TUo property IOHS will run from 520,000,000 to $50,000.000. Reports from Ctevchind aro to eftect that tito properly l6fa In that pectlon was heavy, with but comparatively small of Hfo. Governor Cox estimates that 250,.

000 people arc homeleed In Ohio. Payeun, Plqua. Uolawtiffr, Sidney, Mltidletown hhtl Tippocimoo Ctty wurc nil In the path of tho Hydraulic, the great nt Hdtm, which eald to have gone out. flooding mllua of territory. Ono placed tho dead in PlrtUn at 600, but' this 10 Without confirmation.

Governor Cox received mossapo from Bellefontalno saytntf tho Lewiston reservoir hud burst between View and ftusdpll Point and was sxvLefltiK through ihn Miami valley like ft tidal tvave. This Is the vast nuantitv of water Umt eccme to have Inundated Piqua nnd It Peoma certain thai the of life will run Orttofs werr issitDrt today for oi't tho entire Ohio N'attonttl Guard nnd 5.500 men were ready to entrain oarly today. Appeals for supplies and aid was Sent to the Governors of Indiana, tfenttlrky. tUtnolA Mtchlgrin and Vtrtetnltu nnd food suppile 5 nrp The Oovur- nnr ii prepared to asU the tor 425fVnn In tramittort 13 ftfo known to bo rteart and ihld number cnrtnln to be ereftMy Increased; 100 persons are mlssine and tho property tngg will exceed OOO.fOO. In Mitldtotown seven known to be dead.

100 missing ntid half n. million Oumago done to propcrtv Tho, Pood which hU Dayton n-ns iluO; to the of the tjortvmto voEr in Shcthy county, nbnttt yesterday nushlnjr down tho jtlami vilify tt swnpt Pietua. Troy, Sidney. Carrottton. Davton.

Mlamls- burs and H.imlttort. Greflt of Itfo rertnln tnit Iho extent ot.ly Euesswork. Ten nt embers of tho Stite miUthi werp drowticit while on Tour hitmlrnd children were! in school bulMtntf tit the Unit? tho; brnkn. tt reported 1 jilt wore tlrownpcl. btit this if not Thp rnth'" rity from IP 30 feet of havo sou rht und hilli, In rVtttmbttP thp putlre out unrt 15.000 or more tt IP reported tho of, lifn front to 210,, btit tho ncure 19 pxaascinitod.

yppn s(inif tlrtWri the rlvor with on thr. roofs, add to the! the night I public buH'tlnio i helped th" polti-p fjitrol the Wmther I 1 carter fa'm'th warnod thr rc i nf vr.H^y fio hike for hills. It is reported chilled by cold and nngulshed by the certainty thiit many ot tholr kin had pprfshcdi Thero were no tents nor other shelter navo tho scattered dwellings. Aval lab to homes held leg than 2,000 survivors. Dayton View, a suburb, Is -wholly under water ami frame buildings were swept away.

EdKomont and North Dayton aro also flood-ftwopt, In tho down town districts aro Imprisoned in the upper floors of hlgV buiUUnRH or on tho roofM. Hundred still clinging 1 to tree tops or tclo' phono pates. OP DAYTON'S IIAXGK KliOSt r.OO TO 4,000 CIN'CINNATI, March muriicntlon was rt30poned with Dayton but it wna hardly possible to mako even un estimate oC tho of doiid or Iho property lass. Kvcn In Hamilton, i which Cincinnati has at till limns malntainod communication, it la i i to with any degree of accuracy, what Loll of lives hns boon taken. Hnportors of thu Cinclnnnti Prat telephoned from Lebanon that Dayton regards GOO doud us conacrvatlvc.

Otht'r Datlnvitea as UH but this is believed to bo unreasonable. Tho property loss to placed at 000.000. The ofTlces and plant of tho National Cash Rrtflstor Company have been madw headquarters for tho city act ministration and 11,600 flood fercra spent tho night there. Ifliirly thla morning It was reported that tho crest of the flood had been reached and tho waters wore fatlliift at tho rato of half un Inch an hour. Itcporta at o'clock, however, do- cUvred that they were again rising.

It Is said that Saint Elizabeth's hospital, hotifilnff 600 'patients, tho largest In tho city, had boon swept a way and cull tho inmates perlahcd. INDIANA CiTY IN DAGGER; 100 AIU3 KBPOHTKD DEAJ. March persons aro said to bo drowned as a result of tho Wabash rlvor unexpectedly overflowing 1 its banks. Tho city was covered from rtvo to 20 feet deep. Other of tho dead exceed 100.

Hundreds arc dangerously marooned. Eyewitnesses counted two scores of bodies in tho water. Most of them woro women ami children. People wero seen to allp from the roofs from exhaustion, having clung to these perilous places for hours. Bitter cold and a food and water famine added to the mt(faring 1 of tho thousands on the four hlgrh blocks an 'et untouched by the Hood and in the stork'M of oltlco buildings and nouses, which threaten to collapse.

I'ljKA FOR ATD March dent Wilson la preparing 1 to iyauo a nation-wldo appeal for to aid tho Red CrosfH In conducting relief work among tho flood sufCorera of Olito and Indiana. Uga Mabel Boarclman of tho Rod Cross Executive Committee, cal led ttpon the President todny to request such a call. Tho society will need thousands of dollars to properly care for the homeless flood victims. President "Wilson sent tho Ing meBSaso to Governor Cox of Ohio: "I deeply sympathise with tho people of your Stato In tho torrlblo stur. Can tho Federal government you Shortly after noon Secretary of "Wrtr Garrison announced that 1m had ordered tho Immediate shipment of 50,000 tents rations for 100,000, us asked for by Governor Cox.

The tints arc hoKnl ready tor shipment, In Philadelphia and will bo sent west ut once. FORMER RKSIDKNTS HERIS LIVJG iy FLOOD DISTRICT. A number of lorinor Connellsvillo persons rosldo In the flooded district of Ohio. W. O.

Whitman-, a Curmtir resident of this place, has been located In Dayton for years. J. K. (Continued on Pngc Two.) DIVIDE FIRST AID MEN Secretary Bncr Mnlccs Ten Squads of Keller Tho f)G "West Ponn employes first aid instruction at tho T. M.

C. A. wero organized last night into l.cn Bfiuads, and during the remainder oC tho timo devoted to this work will havo a first aid problem assignod each -wock to bo practised during tho week. The squads organised represent tho Mechanical, Power, Ofllro, Lighting 1 and Hallways Dopartmonts, of Con-- ncllBvtllu; tho Lighting 1 and Railways Departments of Unlontown; tho Lighting 1 Duparorucnt oC Grecnsburg, and ono squad of men who llvo In Dunbar. In addition thoro la ono aquad of men who aro not West Ponn employes.

Last night they woro Klvcn the problem of treating clDCtrlc shock, with apparent death, with, resultant burnu and a compound fracture. Each squad will work on thla problem during tho woelc and will give demonstration of their ability handle it next Tuesday night. USES HATCHET ON WOMAN, SETS-HER CLOTHING ON FIRE Assailant Escapes at Wal- tcrsburf? After Brutal Murder. CRIME DISCOVERED BY SMOKE Owner of Home Sees Fire From Plnco In anil and Finds Woman In Pon of ItJootl, ltos to Tell AVJio AtUickcil ITer. Bpccinl to The Courier.

UN EONTO arc ra. Pattrrson. 33 years old, died this rnornlnt? following a brutal attack made on hor by an at llio homo of Mr. and Mrs. Archie afttss at "WjiltorsburflT.

TVJth her skull frauturcd and her oil saturalod clothes burning, tho -woman was discovered in a helpless condition by Mr. Mowi. itombors of tho Mosg family wero away from homo, and Mrs. Pat arson was In tho kitchen -washing clothes. Shortly 9 o'clock tho attention of Air.

Mjba.y, who Is employed at C. Brown's mill, was attracted to his homo by smoko Issuing: from tho kitchen window. Rushlnpr from the mill, ho entered tho kitchen in timo to draff Mra. Patterson outside and extinguish tho flames which wero rapidly consuming 1 her body. The floor of tho room was a pool ot Ilarne.

Carbon oil hart been poured about and It wns burning briskly whon ho entered, "WJhon Dr. J. P. J.a Barror arrived tho woman was beyond help. Hor skull wa.s fractured she was sulV fering from numerous lacerations about she body.

Death occurred before she regained consclouancss. The author oC tho crime Is unknown. After Mr. Moss wont to work this morning, his wife and other members of tho family went away for the day. As Mrs.

Patterson was engaged in washing clothes In tho kitchen, it Js surmised that tho nuirdcror ontorcd tho houso unnoticed and attacked hor before she became aware of his presence. After committing tho deed, tho man caught up a can of carbon oil and saturated tho woman's clothes with its contents. TIo then net flro to tho hoUbo in un effort to hldo tho crlmo. MAN HA.D A SI CO Officer McPonnUl Suviw Main Slrtet "Windows From Jlvoketu Pro 171 pt action on the part oC "Pa- Thomas lust night probably saved several large plate windows of Main street stores Crom being broken. A Cor- nlgnor with an unpronouncnblo name dad a long liar died shovel In his liatids, and was swinging it In tho air vor his head, bringing down with crash on tho I'ront of the buildings tie waa passing.

Arraigned before Burgess TJ. Evans morning ho was given 4S liours. Georgia Tt. A. R.

AUC-TJSTA, March evory local chapter in tho Stato of Georgia is represented by delegates fit tho Stato convontio'n of "ho D. A. It. of tho State, pened horo today for a session, ex- cndlng over three days. The Augusta Jhapter la the 1 host of tho visiting delegates and hns arranged an interesting program for tho entertainment of tho visitors.

Death Declared: Accidental. That tho death of Thomas Duvln of Brookvalo waa t'lccldoiital was tlio of Coroner T-C. Boll's Jury last nlffht. The Inquest waa hold at Funeral Director J. Starter's ofltab- tghmenl on West Main street.

Davln was elcctvocutod ut Footednle Wliiio working on a Penn pole carrying u. high tension lino. FLOOD'S DEATH most of thorn laclc- ') ing vorlftcatlon, place tho 5 fatalities in the flood-stricken sections of Ohio and Indiana as i) lollows: Dayton, 0 100 to 5,000 Sidney, O. .,...25 Middletown, O. .1 .15 Hamilton, O.

4 J.2 Delaware, BO to 100 Tlpne-carioo City 3 to 5 Zanesvtllo. 15 Scattering 15 I'uru, Ind 6 0 to 100 Brookvlllc. Ind .40 Now Castle, Ind. 3 iUtfayutto, Ind. 2 NobUjsvllle, Ind 2 Frankfort, Ind.

1 Fort Wtiyuo, Tnd 1 Ruehvillo, Ind 1 YOUGH RISES SLOWLY No Alixrin Felt Ovor Condition, or River Ht-re. For onco It appears that tho Dnro Devil Yough will not KO on a. rampage at a time when floods aro generally prevalent. Tho Tough Is contributing but little to Hwoll tho Ohio nt Pitts- burjf, most of the Hood damatro belnff reported from the Alluffheny valley dJKtrlct Bociiuaw of the exceptionally mild winter thcro iu no snow in tho moun- tnJrm to cause a sudden rise and the stayo oC tho Tough, IB ilvneniierit tlrcly upon the amount oi' rain -which tuila in Lho mountains. apparently did not raJn as much in Lho which ac- cotints for tho moderate rise In the Btrc-am.

X.aut nlg-ht there waa another down- which lasted for several hours. drlxulod at times during the morn- int; and Ihurc every indication oi more to come. Tho HtreetH were washed badly and In the un paved sections much dtrt wns carried down town. There was a on Apple street. Tho off oats oC the western floods is bolni? felt here.

Piiswonper traUlc on the Ualtlmovo Ohio railroad of PJitaburj? has virtually hoon sus- pr-nilod ant.1 tVirnnKn trains are not be- ins run. Train No. 6, for Washington anil Now York, was made up In Plttflburp and tt may ba days before piLMsenKor schodules aro adjusted. Freight a i Lho west will bo alack for some lime to como owing to Lho clnnutffo wrought by tho tornado which swept that section, followed by tho Ohio and Indluno, floods of yesterday. FORGER HEXTX JPurctinoed llorso From Mon, CUYtiiff Chcclc.

Samuel Morrison -wan given a hoarlnn before Squire Ilftlns of Kock- xvood yesterday on tho charge of horse stoullng and forgery. Accord- Ins- to the testimony oC the victim, ATr. Spcichcr of Itockwood, Morrison purchased a liora from him last tho name, of Harvey Berkley, Riving: in exchanpro for tho animal a note forged with tho name of Albert Elehor, a Fort HSU iiiarchant. was held for court. Cyrus ftCusscr Kles, Cyrus Alitsser, aged 65, died yestor- day at his home at Berlin.

Ho TMIS born In Somerset county. ITo Is survived by his widow" and four i ami was a brothor-ln-law of the lato Lcvi aiioemaker of Berlin. Qtiortuu; No Moetlnjr. A meeting o' tho Public BiiUclinss nnd Ground which to nave been hold last nlfflit, was posL- ponecl on account of tlio Ittclc of ciuorum. V.M.C.

A. DIRECTORS MEET Decide to JJowcr Cost of Joining Association for 18 Months. Tho directors of the Y. M. C.

A. held an important meeting last night Rt which plans to Increase the membership of tho association and to liquidate Its debts wero considered. As a special inducement for prospective members to join, it was deckled to accept them, for 18 months at a fee of $1 additional to tho annual charge. This offer will be open until October, 1914. It waa also decided to organise a committee among tho youngei members oC tho association to be known as tho ISxecutlvo Committee, J.

L. Schlclc waa appointed chairman, and hu was instructed to select 12 members. The work of the committee will bo divided Into four parts. Three members will havo charge ot the religious work, three will supervise the social end of tho association work arid two other groups of three each havo charge tho physical uiid educational departments. EXTENSION OF FREE DELIVERY SERVICE SOUGHT BY KURTZ Postmaster Makes Another on Behalf of South Side.

REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN MET General Is Informed That Addition Kns- itlontb are RiitlUed to Service JL5ut Aiiollu'r Carrier Will Xnt be Xucv T1IE WEATITEK. Rain tonight and Thursday Is the noon weather forecast. Temperature Kword. 1913 I a i SO 4 i i Ji7 Mean 69 3S Tho Yough river rose-during night from 2.70 to 3.10. tlio Postmaster A.

Kurtr, this morning: niado another effort to dtllvory gurvico for the residents of tho Davidson Nev.rnt i addition. He sent a report the Postmiuni'r General's Department, calling attention to the fact that many of he property holders oC that auction, havo i Lho requirements of tho do partmunt as ordered to secure ctu Her aorvlco and that, they aro entitled to It. The Postmaster mnde a trip through tho South Sldo yesturc'ay afternoon, vlsltinj? Davidson and Chestnut streets and the extensions oC Ruco and streets. The residents of thcto thoroughfares hnvo laid and numbered tholr houses sinco the last re quest was suni In to tho dcpartn-ont tor free service. The of houses affected la 31 fflo dwellings and seven doublo houses.

They are spread over territory oC milea. If the department allows tho request, Postmaster Ivurtz says that the delivery will be rmvlo by a substitute ctirrlor. Thu TV ill bo heavy onouerh to employ a regular man. GETS A TjlClT.XSJil. W.

Gilchvist Quo oC Two Iiueky Applloimts at Anibrldf-o. W. D. Gilchrlst of Connullsvlllo, recently purchased the largest hotel in Am bridge, was ono of! tho two applicants granted liccnso nt the Beiucr county license court yesterday. Am.f brlrlffo has a population oC P.20.1.

Tho "Beaver county court mere strict this year than ever lieforo In S'rantlnpr Urr-nses and many applicants wcro refu.snl. ALr. Gilclvrist, na proprietor of ho tola at Confluence -Hid Ohiopyle made a ptootl reputation that properly Impressed the Beaver county court. PATH' ATIK No TCTlflonco tf Wnrrant Holtllnp Pair for Bailer Murder. Calvin GarltUs and JErs.

Bmrna Bailer were given a hearing yeatenlny before Justice Boyle oi' Unlontown n-nd freed of supplclon in connection death Otto ISaltcr, husband of Mrs. Bailer, and the liurnlng 1 of the Bailer residence hi Biillskln township on February 18. They wero tllschargjed because there no evidence to sliow that tlic-y were responsible for th death a-ncl burning 1 of the home. Child Scaldca to Death. During tho absence of her mother, TSHza'bctn.

"v7ilson, the 15 months old daughter of Mr. and Airs. Wilson oC Falrchance, pulled a tub of scuW- ing water over on horsolfi Monday morning 1 and Olerl In tlie afternoon. Funeral services were held this afternoon. Interment at Falrchanco, CliHflrcn Operated On.

Mary Muir, aged 12 years, daughter of Mr. and 3vtra. T. Muir, Mary F. "Woods, daughter of Dr.

and Mrs. "Woods, and Annie Klnsbursky wero operated on. for throat trouble this morning at tho Cottage State hospital. jPormer Somerset Man Jcad. Rev.

Jacob Benford, a former resident of Somersct county, died Sat- urelay at Riverside, Northumberland county. H. Benford of Somerset is a DISASTROUS FLOOD FEARED IN PriTSBURG; WARNINGS ARE OUT Allegheny River Passes Danger Mark and Is Still Rising at Rate of 1O Inches an Hour. KEORO AS THIEF. Js Arvctitxnl by Constable Mitchell With Tools In His Arms.

Arrested on suspicion, of being responsible for the number of robberies that have occurred during: the -winter, Joseph Shorter, colored, is being held at Cify Hall to a wo it the result of an investigation being conducted by Constable Mitchell. The man arrested by Mitchell yesterday afternoon, as he WHS ing on Water street. In arms -was a quantity of to old" which, he aald he When arraigned, before "Burgess J. L. Evans this morning 1 Shorter said he found the on the top of a coke oven.

NATIONAL FIRST AID Miners of Country Will Form Big Bccue Corps. America Is to havo a great national first-aid corps of 13,000 miners similar to the far-famed St. John's Ambulance Association of Groat Britain. Tho task oC organization will be begun PJttsburff April 7 in the meeting of the executive committee of the American Mine Safety Association. The advisability of organizing a national rescue corps of miners will be decided by tho mine safety experts.

Tho membership of the first- aid corp? will be drawn from the three-quarters of a million miners in tho United States and will have for its nucleus the 15,000 miners alrpady trained in ftrfat-ald. To the nuclous is expected to be drawn thousands of other miners. The corps will reach into every mining 1 State in the Union and will have its little bands oC first-aiders In every mining" hamlet In the country. It will have the co-operation of tho government through the United States Bureau of Alines. MRS.

BAMFORD DIES Salvation Army Worker Victim of Heart Failure. Mrs. Sarah Baniford, wife of Captain J. J. Bainford of the Salvation Army, died this morning at the Saint hospital, Pittsburg.

Airs. Bnmford -was removed to the "hospital a week ago last Monday and wasi operated on yesterday trouble superinduced from tho shock of the operation resulted In her death. CopUUn Bamford had been at the hospital since morning. Mrs. Bamford had been in poor health the past several months.

Sho was closely affiliated with husband In his work and took a interest in tho poor and nt-edy of Con- nellsvUle. The body will be brought to this afternoon and vi bo removed by Funeral Director C. Mitchell to the family residence on York avenue. OHIO VALLEY TOWNS INUNDATED Sninll Streams. Swollen Far Beyond a Normal Stage, arc Swelling the Big Hirers; Oil Region hf Panic for Peai that Fire May Ravage District.

United Press Telegram. March. Fo recater Pennywitt today issued flood warnings. The situation, in this district is grave. Already the Allegheny river has.

passed flood stage and is still rising 1 It was 26 feet at 10 o'clock, four feet above the danger mark, and it is predicted there will be a stage of 26 feet tomorrow. A 42- foot stage in the Ohio at Wheeling tomorrow is predicted. Tho Ohio at Beaver is at IS feet and is still rising. Half a dozen small cities -ire inundated. One death is reported in riUsburg- and one at Lima, Ohio, Floods arc sweeping the Mahorjlnar river from Warren to Xew Castle.

Youngstown the flood stage of 23 feec has been reached. Throughout Tine Pennsylvania oil district there is great danger of from the floating oil. During the night a big gasoline tank went out. its contents floating- down the stream. A woman and five children wero drowned today in the Shonango river at Sharon.

The father was rescued unconscious. Business houses, tho Western Union telegraph office and the postomee are tinder four water. When the United Press -got into communication, with Sharon bhorJy after noon, tho people of that town, had no knowledge of the Ohio and Indiana disasters. WHEJELIXG PREPARES FOR WORST FLOOD IX HISTORY March and otirer-t-awjTsaiong the Ohio river are preparing worst flood in, their history. Waters from the interior streams are pouring into the Ohio and early today that steam was within two feet of the danger mark.

Residents of the low sections are moving towards the hills. SKEXAXGO RJVRR RA3IPAGE; RAIIjROAIS ARE DEMORALIZED. GREEXVILKE, March. The water in the Shenango river reached a higher stage by several feet than hns ever been known here. Erie railroad reports bad washouts.

The Pennsylvania has washouts and no trains "have been run ev either road. Locomotives are being used to hold three bridges. Mercer and Crawford counties were visited by A cloudburst, which continue a greater part of Ijst NO TAX INCREASE Oroitgli JJovy AVill the Same as Itiist Year, It is Said. Tho Finance Committee Council will meet on April 1 to fix the tax levy for 1913. Until that time, It is stated, no definite announcement will be maclG' but upon good authority it is asserted that there will be no increase In tho millage- Because of tho complicated situation In regard to assessing taxes upon the West Side, Snydertown and East Park additions, it may "be necessary to readjust the levy to some' extent, although no statement to this effect has been made.

Tho needs of tho borough for the current year, it wag said, will make It unnecessary to raise additional revenue for borough purposes. TWO C1RLS CARRIED O1TP? Officers Search For Man Who Drove Through A rapidly driven cairiuge in whlc.h were two screaming gir's attracted much attention last night as it passed through. Sllgo. In the vehicle with girls wus a man, who uas fran- whipping the horses. After the carriage disappeared down North Plttsburg stroet, CIt Hall was notified and Patrolman J.

Humphries and Constable Joseph O'Bryon went out to SUgo to make an estimation. A search to locate i uS'try proved fruitless. None of the very men hero sent out a two-seated xrrtage last night. Turks Surrender Adrinnople. SOFIA, March has fallen.

The Turkish "holy city" Tvas entered by the Third Bulgarian division today. It is expected that this will bring a speedy end to the Balkan conflict. Bettors Arrested mul Discharged. Joseph Betters, a negro, was arrested last night on the charge of assault- ng a girl, but was later released -when it waii learned that his father had settled the case. Titusvitlc is Threatened- TITUSVII.LE, breaking of a dam at Spartansbur IS miles north of hero, caused Oil CKejk to overflow its banks It is that a larger dam Is in bursting at any time, as a heavy rain is still falling.

C. M. Held Up. CORKY, Pa-, March entire "Erie railroad west of Cornis tied up. 25 miles oC Corry 15 large bridges are gone, and culverts by the score aie washed out.

Penn- pylvania south trains are being sent to Pittsbur? via Erie, Connaaut and tabula, Ohio "Charles M. Schwab intl' his special car, onroute to Titusville, held here eral hours. He abandoned and.left Kits Johnstown. JOHNSTOWX, March tornado almost unexampled in its severity In this section swept over Johnstown at nbout noon yesterday, doing thousands of dollars damage and performing numberless pranks. Boavcr Falls Awash.

BEAVER FALLS. March river passed, its highest known flood mark last night and was rising at the rate of two inches an hour. Railroad traffic between here and New Castle, Is practically at a standstill. Katlroiul Here. Four railroad men paid a visit to the Baltimore Ohio offices here yesterday afternoon.

They were J. J. Reilly, Contracting Agent of the Canadian Northern: L. B. Traveling Passenger Agent of the reat Northern, L.

D. KLtchell, ot Great Northern, and Carl W. Beech, Traveling Passenger Agent cf the Atchlson, Topeka Fe. Build Pump Koiibc. Fair Sons of Pittsburg have boeii awarded the contract for a new pur-ip house to be erected at Trotter by the IT.

C. Frick Coke Comnany. will be built on the site of the old one and work on Its erection will be commenced at once..