THE TULTON COUNTY NEWS, McCONNELLSBURG, PA. GERMANY ASKS FOR ARMISTICE TERMS Pictures of tvents for mm ti vuui May Journey In Tl-ilo D partment Our Readers In Fulton County and Eloewhon Around the NAorld Alth the Oamora on tho Trail Says Negotiations Are Being Conducted By People. of History Making Happoninga, LOOKS FOR JUST PEACE ISADORA DUNCAN'S HOME NEAR PARIS NOW A HOSPITAL i y 1 One of the plcturc8que brldgpg over the VphIo which llie retrentlng Huns dentroyed. 2 Little Serbliin refugee who arrived In Indon and were tent to country homes. 3 Flrnt photograph showing the retreut of the liulgarluns Before their surrender. CLOQUET, MINN., DESTROYED BY GREAT FOREST FIRES All thnt was left of the town of Cloqtiet after It hnd been swept by (he forest fires that devustuted a lurgo Beo tlon of northeastern Minnesota, killing 1,000 pcrsOns and d ilng $100,000,0(X dumnge. KING GEORGE VISITS ftk mm I fi In order to see the work done by British forestry workers on the western front King Cnrge took a trip through a French forest. JIo In bIiowd con gratulating a lumberman on his expert work In felling a tree. , WATCHING THEIR GUNS 7 . French ond Cunnillnn otllrer, on a tour of Inspection at the front, tnlclng rover behind a cdptured (ierman uiiiiiiuiiltlon wugon as the heavy guiw open bonibardiiient of the enemy lln.'H but a few yard dlstiint. FORESTRY WORKERS HAMMER THE HUNS HERE'S CURE FOR KULTUR f ' ill' 1 1 - . r W & . ' V . .'t. ' if t s 5 ' r 1 x ' 4 i , I t x a,, S 1 A ''; ;.)!' ' . - .' s? - a ; This Hrltlsh offlclnl photogrnph gives on iden of the magnitude of the shells used In the treatment and cure of Ger man militarism nud kultur. Receipt In Full. A llttlo episode that occurred when I wag about to leave the Selrln Kwan hotcMit Tjtng Kniig T;u, Jnpnn, says Mr. Joseph I. C. Clark In Jnphn "at First Hund, nmuswj mo greatly. I had "tipped" a very efllcient ilttle maid, and was not surprised to see her standing with (ho others to bow us out wllli smiles and good wishes, "Sal yo rm ro." Suddenly, ns one who had forgot ten something Important, little Miss Plum 1'udiHng rushed over to me, thrust a paper Into my hand, and backed olT, bowing and smiling. I fear I blushed as I put the paper Into tuy pocket. Later, on the train, I asked my learned friend, Uyeda, to translate Its Ideographs for me. lie read It aloud, solemnly: "Itecelved tip, one dollar." Truth About Premonition. "Once In n while nn error turns out to be the truth," snld the editor. "How Is that?" asked the caller. "Why," replied the editor, "In writ lug about the death of Mrs. Itounder I referred to Mr. Itounder as 'the hc rcaved widower,' but the compositor made It 'the relieved widower,' and It got Into tho paper that way, anil Itounder never even called up to de .maud a correction." The magnificent home of Isadora Duncan, the dancer, ut I.ellevue, near Purls, was recently taken over by the Amer ican Ited Cross and converted Into a COO-bed hospital for American gas patients. The photograph shows the roof of the building, used for tho convalescent soldiers, some of whom ure seen. SUFFRAGETTE INVASION OF THE SENATE FOILED nanner hearers of the National Woman's party, led by .Miss Alice Paul, planned to Invade the senate, hut Just us they stepped Into the capltol grounds the capitol police took their banners and arrested the hearers. There was n policeman for each marcher, and this picture, with the senate olllce building In the background, shows the start of the melee. The boys In tho foreground are senate pages. DRIVER OF WOMEN'S LEGION The Women's Legion motor drivers are now attached to the Canadian For estry corps working In Windsor Park, Kngland, where they have their own log hut quartern built by the forestry men, and each' takes care of her car, making necessary repairs In person. They huvo their own garage, where they take very good care of their cars, cleaning them dully. Photogrnph above shows one of the drivers curry ing a spare tire. Australian Pioneer Honored. A statuary group In the main en trance of Australia house, In London, which was opened by King (Jeorgo re cently, Is a memorial to the pioneer ex plorers of the southern continent. It represents Burke ond Wills, who, In 1801, with two companions, surveyed tho desert from Melbourne to tho Gulf of Carpentaria. Only one of the four, King, returned, the others succumbing , ono after ajiothr tjjhe hijrdshlps of . tho journey back. Burke died In the , desert, lying with his face to the sky. , Wills, the expedition's astronomer, to . whoso memory an obelisk has been : raised In his native town of Totnei, wrote in his diary Just before he died : "Though starving on nanloo seed Is not unpleasant, I would prefer a llttlo su gar mixed with It." The Word "Nlafler." Irvln Cobb, who Is n southerner, has seen the negro troops abroad, and ex pressed the view that the old offensive designation of "nigger" will disappear from popular use. As a colloquial term ....( innv not entirely disappear, even though It should cease to Imply , contempt. And even now "nigger" Is ' not always a contemptuous term, but Is frequently used good-humoredly by white people ami negroes themselves. 1 tli.fr In often less slunlll- ,111,1 ,:.,. , eapce In the choice of words than In the spirit that Is put Into tl 1. People who ore most sarcastic and Icily cal lous or Ill-natured are often careful to preserve the tit most elegance of lan guage. Springfield rtepubllcun. ' STEADY STREAM OF These American troops have Just landed In n British port on their wa to the western front. The i co palnvvr of the Huns has caused no cessation of the Mrenm of Yankee lighters sent across the Atlantic. SHELL FROM HUN NAVAL GUN EXPLODING f "! i-" i : Mid , 4. (ici'iiniiiy, In her dire ui'ed for heavy guns, has taken the larger and mi re powerful guns from her ships ami placed them behind the lines. Here Is shown a shell from one of the German iiuval guns exploding behlud thu French Hues. YANKS GOES OVERSEAS I ' f ,r t, W" M 'i f! A Resignation Of Germany' First Qujr. master General believed To Indi. cste I-all Of Military Party. Copenhagen. Germany's answer to President Wilson's latest coinimiuita. tlon says: "The German Government lias takf-n cognizance of the answer of tin ident of the I'nited Stales. "The President Is aware of tliu far. reaching changes which huve beeu car rled out and are- being carried out iu the German constitutional structure, and that peace negotiations uie being conducted by a people's goveinini ui, in whose hunds rests, both actually nui constitutionally, the power to nuii.c n. deciding conclusions. AWAITS ARMISTICE TEKMG. "The military powers uio a leu .-nb Ject to It. "The German Government now awaits proposals for an armi. net, which shall be the first step tuA.ud i Just peace, as the President lias iit. scribed It In his proclamation. "iSOLF." Washington. The Cerman rejily is expected to clear the way for a gencul discussion or the individual views o( the Entente Powers on peace terma and an agreement among the nations fighting Germany so that a united front on these questions may ba pre tented to the common enemy. A Lon don dispatch announced that Premier Lloyd George and Foreign Secreisiy Balfour had gone to Paris with mill, tary and naval advisers, indicating that the conferences between the rqt resentatives of the Allied powers anil the United States soon were to begin. Germany's reply does not change the diplomatic situation. Those In the confidence of President Wilson linr said that his dealings with the German Government ended with his note in forming it that the request for on armistice and peace had been trans mitted to the Allies and that further action rested with those Governmcnis. The German reply may or may nut prov- that Germany will accept sudi terms of an armistice as may be pre seated. In this connection the I'u.i dent In his last note said: "Should such terms of an armistice be suggested tholr acceptance by Ger many would afford the best cone;-. ,e evidence of her unequivocal accept ance of the terms and principles of peace upon which the whole acllou proceeds. The German reply takes cognizance of the President's statement In his Ia.L note that It Is evident that the power of the King of Prussia to control tlio policy of the Kinplre Is unimpaired by stating that the peace negotiations are being conducted by a people's govern ment In whose hands rests the power to make the deciding conclusions and to which tho military powers also ar Bubject. This may give added significance to the unofficial report from Berlin via Copenhagen that. General Ludenclmff, Quartermaster General of the Genr.an Army, has resigned. He generally was recorded as the virtual head of the German high command. LUDENDORFF GETS OUT. London. Official announcement wa made in Iim-lln that Emperor William had acceded to the request of General Ludendorff, the first QuartermaHl'T General, that he bo" permlted to re Ign. General surprise was caused In Per tin by the fact that the daily report from German headquarters was nnt signed, as usual, with the name of General Ludendorff. Later the follow ing official announcement was Issued: "The Emperor, accepting the request to be allowed to retire of Infantry General Ludendorff, the first quarter master general and commander In time of peace of the Twenty-firth In fantry Brigade, has placed him on the unattached list. The Emperor decid ed at the same time that tho Lower Rhenish Infantry Regiment No. 39, of which the General has long been diM bhall bear henceforth tho name of Ludendorff." His resignation, It is believed In London, will still further shake the faith of tho German people in tlielr military machine. MADE 86 MILES IN 46 MINUTES. Army Plane Carried 7 Men And S Guns In N. Y.-Dayton Flight. Cleveland, Ohio. A big Hundley Page army bombing plana on Its wy from New York to Dayton arrived lu'te shortly before noon. Carrying seven men and five guns tho macliinn hut Iluffulo In the morning covering t''e 8d miles between Buffalo and Erie in 46 minutes. U-BOATS UNDER WHITE FLAG. German Submarines Are Reportd Homeward Bound. Clnistlanla.-Crews of vessels arriv ing at Stavanger from Karmo Isian report that several German subina rlnos, flying a white flag at their wast, heads, passed the Island SaWtdJ bound south, according to the MorfcW bladet. The submarines are belie to have been returning homo fiom their bases.
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