THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS, McCONNELLSBURG, PA. IUN6 OF BNf STATUE n This Dopar-tmont Our Readers In Fulton County and; Elsowhoro May journoy Memorial to the Father ot the American Navy. Around tho Vorld Vkitn tho Camera on tho Trail of History Making Happoninsa. WILSON'S STIRRING ADDRESS FUNERAL OF MEN KILLED AT VERA CRUZ WHERE THE MEDIATORS ARE HOLDING SESSIONS President Wilson Defines Patriotism As Not a Mere Sentiment, But a Principle Secretary Dan iels Presided. UNVE News An Impressive tribute was paid Cruz on the occasion of the funeral services at the Urookiyu navy yard, iuiB l( up Broadway, New York. GIGANTIC ICEBERGS IN PATH OF ATLANTIC STEAMERS Tho United States revenue 'cutter Seneca, which is patrolling the North ticso Immense Icebergs that were moving rapidly southward In the path of jnclnd and twenty-flvo feet high above FIGHTING IN TAMPICO'S OUTSKIRTS & x xr Mv Advance trenches of the federals outside Tamplco repulsing an attack y tin. constitutionalists. Theso soldiers and their mates finally were driven hi'in tho city and fled to the south. PROTECTING THE 1 f M i lit 1 "atlon ,KiUnr1 agalnst ay possible attack on the Panama canal there Is now The nh i Rl each of tlle ,ock8 one comPany of United States Infantrymen, ""olograph allows some of the soldiers and their tents at Pedro Miguel. irdcLfi i.ci. " it A X VJi it 111 WW the memory of the seventeen Bailors the water line. t ' . W. tr PANAMA CANAL . - w; ; ) ' - , - i X " V ' ' , ' t ' - 1 ' , ; xi . and marines who were killed at Vera pnoiogrupu buowb iuo cortege muv Atlantic, recently reported Blunting ocean liners. They were about one 4 MISS JANE DELANO liiiii:iiui:i:iiiiii:iiiii;i!!iiii;!ii!iiii;!ii!ii Miss Jane Delano Is the efficient head of the four thousand Red CroRS trained nurses, some of whom already have been sent to Mexico. She serves without pay and her official title Is "chairman of the national committee on Red Cross nursing service." Miss Delano la a graduate of Bellevue hos pital, New York city. Plea for Cleaner Statues. Country cousins, visiting in London, demand to know what Is wrong with London monuments, or many of them. Woll they may, for quite a number of our bronze effigies are, at this mo ment, In a most unsightly condition as a result of what Is said to be "cleaning." The Gladstone figure In the Strand, the Shaftesbury memorial fountain at IMcadilly Circus, and many another, are coated In verdigris, tho dried swllllngs of some noxious fluid which has run down onto the stone below and made It green also though not with envy, ono would think. The whole produces a most bilious and sickening sight. Why cannot theso bigger bronzes be kept as clean and "bronzy" as the two Herculean ath letes in the Embankment Gardens the best and best-kept figures In Lon don? London Chronicle. 1 J'X Vsi mm- iwtera i Mb If1: This is the Hospice at Kalis View, ing to settle the Mexican trouble. TWO WASHINGTON i ; ; , i Among the spring brides In Washington ' f ,ho prettiest are Miss Nora Pepper (left), daughter of CharlcH W. Pepper, who Is to wed Dr. George W. Calvcr U- S. N.. and Miss Sybil Scott (right), daughter of ( ongresmnan ...... t ...1... I I t..l.. Imirn n ti.itl Lrinun n i U' u tin tur infill Scott of Iowa, who Is engaged to Dale formerly of St. Paul. ST IN THE FEDERAL TRENCHES AT TAMPICO YiWi Sfc .H') wWiirr ; Scene In the trenches of the fedoral troops who put up a desperate but unavailing fight In defense of the city of Tamplco. Herrlnp Do Luxe. A writer In a London paper asks the question: "Did you ever eat the fish called a bloater In a first-class restau rant?" And then he answers the ques tion: "I did the other night. It wa quite an Inferior Bpecimen, but they called It 'hareng grille a la maltre d'hotel,' and It took 35 minutes to pre pare It which name and preparation added greatly to the price charged. The bloater Is a herring, and the an nual yield. In Norway, Sweden and on the British coaHt Is about four thou sand millions of this fish, or about that number ot pounds. When It conies to serving fish to a patron, whether in a European or an American restau rant, the proprietor with malice aforo thought proceeds to treat the patron as a malefactor, so far as he can, by Ont., where tho A. IJ.-C. mediators are SPRING BRIDES Moore, sV levying a special tux upon him. Even at our lakesido reports, where It may bo supposed that (IkIi bhould be abun dant, the resorters are discouraged from asking for this article of diet and are switched off to beef and bacon." Irishman's Wit. "The Irishman Is not afflicted with the Englishman's dread of finding him self In a social Impasse He knows he will bo perfectly well ablo to extricate himself, whilst the Englihmun Is pain fully aware that he will not. The Eng lishman's first thought, ou entering a stranger's house, Is how ho will be able to get out of It again If he wants to. The Irishman suffers no such qualms, secure that his native wit will help him to a successful exit." From Sheep Track, by Nesta Webster. holding their sesHlons and endeavor DR. A. C. MIILLER Dr. A. t". .Miller of San Pranelsco wa apMiuted n memlier of the fed eral reserve hoard created by tho new currency law. EDWARD T. STOTESBURY Edward T. Stotesbury of Philadel phia, a member of J. P. Morgan & Co., has been elected president of the Phil adelphia and Reading railway to suc ceed the late (. P. Hner. Stotesbury Is sixty-five years old and entered tho firm of Drcxe! & Co. nt the age of sev enteen years. How Khaki Is Dyed. Khaki Is an Invention of the Hin doos. The word means "earth-color." It was at first produced by immersing the cloth In a bath of manure. Other dyes used in India have been burnt chicory, catechu and dlanilnus. The modem khnkl Is produced by dyeing In a mixture of oxide of Iron and oxide of chromium. It can be obtained by dipping the stuff Into a bath ot fer rous sulphate and spreading out to dry In the air. In practise the proc ess Is more complex, solutions ot fer rous sulphato, pyrollgnlte of Iron, ace tate of chromium and alum being em ployed In combination. Tho tissue takes up a large quantity ot the me tallic precipitate. Washington, D. C In the presence of several thousand persons, Including members of the Cabinet, senators, rep resentatives, Army and Navy officials of high rank and members of Irish American organizations from all sec tions of the country, and with Presi dent Wilson the principal speaker and Secretary of the Navy Josephus Dan iels presiding, a bronze statue of Com modore John Harry, "Father of the American Navy," was unveiled la Franklin Park here. After an invocation by Bishop Alfred Harding, Secretary Daniels Introduced President Wilson, who, drawing Infer ences from the Hfo of Barry, gavo his views on what constitutes real patriot ism. "Patriotism," he said, "is a prin ciple, not a mere sentiment. No man, can be a true patriot who does not feel himself shot through and through with a deep ardor for what his country stands for, what Its existence means, what its purpose Is declared to be lu Its history and In Its policy. Need No Alliances. "John Barry fought like every other man In the Revolution in order that America might be free to mako hen own life without Interruption or dlsJ turbanro from any other quarter. You can sum tho whole thing up in that that America had a right to her owa self-determined life. "There aro Just as vital things stir ring now that concern the existence of tho nation as were Btlrrlng In tho time of the Revolution and every man who worthily Btands In this presenco should examine himself and sen whether he has the full conception of what It means that America shall live her own life." The President referred to the creed of the revolutionary heroes by saying that Washington and Hurry were tho men who first saw Hint America must live her own life without "entangling alliances." THEY FOUGHT FOR A WIDOW. Both Duellists Killed and the Lady Wounded. Lexington, Ky. Word reached here that Hubbard Miniard, aged 17, son of County Attorney J. B. Milliard, of Lesllo county, and Joseph Hensley, a member of a prominent Leslie county family, had killed each other In a pistol duel at Coons' Creek, near llyden. According to the report, Miniard was escorting Mrs. Daisy Adams to a social function when the couplo met Hensley. A quarrel en sued, both men drew pistols and the firing ended with tho death of both, while one of tho bullets hit Mrs. Adams, but the hitter's wound Is not considered dangerous. HOME WRECKER SLAIN. Virginia Farmer Shot By Wealthy Lumberman. Wytheville, Va. Ben Wilson, a farmer of near Max Meadows, Va., was shot and killed hero by Samuel Davidson, a wealthy lumberman, Davidson charged Wilson with ruining his home. A few moments before the shooting Davidson purchased a shot gun, and npproac'.ilng within a few feet of Wilson, w here he leaned against the horse upon which a friend was seated, deliberately fired, tho shot tak ing effect near the temple. ACCEPT NO FAVORS. The Mexican Delegates Decline To Bs Uncle Sam's Guests. Washington, D. C. lluerta's media tion envoys, Elguero, Rodriguez and Rabasa, have llatly refused nil courtesies proffered by the government of the United States. After much hesi tation and many conferences prompted by Insistent offers from American gov ernment officials, the Huerta trio, In cluding the Inscrutable Rabasa, with his great round, black goggles, mado It plain that they would pay their own way and enro for themselves all the time they are In this country. GUNBOAT FLEES FROM AIRSHIP. Mexican Ship Morelos Set On Fire By Bombs From Sky. Durango, Mexico. The vulnerability of war vessels to the attack of aero planes was demonstrated Saturday, according to a messago received here by General Carran.n, when the Federal gunboat Morelos, which has been one of tho effective defenses of Mazatlan against Constitutionalists' attack, was forced to put to Bea with her upper works ou fire to escape the bombs of tho Constitutionalist aeroplane fleet $5,000,000 FOR DIPLOMACY. Appropriation Bill As Passed By the House. Washington, D. C Tho dlplomatlo and consular appropriation bill ag gregating 5,000, Out) was passed by tho House. It provides tor the acquisition of emhnssy sites and buildings at Toklo at 150,000; lu Berne, Switzer land, at $140,000, and in Mexico City at $150,000. During the debate on the Mexico City Embassy, Representative Wlitgo, of Arkansas, protested would be a waste of money.
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