THE FTTT.TON COUNTY NEWS. McCONNELLSBURG, PJL f , " i r THE NEWS 10 IN l This Dopartmont Our Readers In Fulton County and Elsewhere IV! ay journey Latest Happenings Gleaned From All Over Iho State. , Around the World VAith the Camera on the Trail of History Making: Happenings. LIVE NOTES AND COMMENTS. SCENES AT CAPTURE OF ANTWERP BY GERMANS WOMEN CARRY WALNUTS TO MEN IN THE TRENCHES Phyilclan, Stricken In Patlent'i Hom, eve I is PARAGRAPHS Dle Slayer Of Man Sentenced. Farmer Killed Hunting Nur Graduates Get Diploma. At the annual commencement of tb i h f . :, - v -'. l.,-"-" . . ui rf mum i m- ir- wTiiiannfft,ffiaiwiiiHifil in i m i . . i t ( .irii I fit' '""" 1 V . Above In one of the groat German siege guiiR with which the iiu.tiire nf Ant tt'prn U'flfl titter I ai 111 t Ii n Horiiinnl for transportation It Is divided Into throe parts, the guu itself being seen at the left, the carriage and recoil appa nloi In the center and the ammunition wagon nud crew t the right. Pelnw, at the right U a tllutant view of iMDurning petroleum works or the city, and at the l.-ft Home of the battered defenders retreating. ON THE FIRING LINE NEAR ST. GILES "iiiim .i 1,11.4. ,y ';- J. Lewis Crozer Homeopathic Hospital Tislnlng School for Nurse at Ches ter, Dr. Holxirt I. Mercer presented diplomas to Minn Mary lionderson, of Khode Island; Miss Rebecca flarrttt, of New Jersey, and Miss Deborah 8hel drake, of Philadelphia. The address as delivered by Dr. O. II. Wells, of labnemann College, Philadelphia. 'las pins went presented by Mr. J. Lewis Croter. Purrowlng Into an old mine breach after coal, near MeTurk Colliery, five boys wer engulfed In a landslide, CRimlng the suffocation of Karl Harris, welve years old, Ephralm, John and James Davis, brothers, and Kdward Sweeney, were saved from a like fat by the prompt arrival of a relief party, who, though exposed to the same dan ger, never faltered until the last boy had been reached. a o e fle&fifi o&oo ana oca & ac aac o S V Peasant women at great personal risk distributing walnuts to the Helgluu soldiers in the trenches betwee Duffell and Llerre while the Germans were fiercely attacking Antwerp. BELGIANS FIGHTING OVER BODIES OF THEIR DEAD Picture made nil the orlllnl flllnir linn Imluiu.n Kt P.llu nml Turiiwinilu olwiulnn n II. ,1.. I,... n..u .1 .1 lne tivrinuiin In ihe uiBiance. ENGLISH GIRL DRIVES AMBULANCE yff UIm Ik. t anil ltd '""iii, an English girl whose fntlier and broiners are ai me ironi ciiry lied Cross supplies. EAST INDIAN TROOPS IN FRANCE L UT JL.'U ' K""" COUNTESS TORBY I Lv' -7 A1; IS3L1" i TOT. U? U . 1 r lF& 'ci yr.i , rTTrrtlM-Wiiiiiin ii I 1 v,. Itomarkable photograph of llelglans In action. In the foreground Is the body of a' dead soldier, and behind thi firing line a Hed Cross worker Is seen attending a wounded man. WHERE A ZEPPELIN BOMB FELL IN OSTEND f y r ' n r i ) u ON RED CROSS SERVICE r - Hn'SS . tlh v.. . i : Cuuntesa Torby, the beautiful mor ganatic wife of Grand Duke Michael of Russia, is assisting the movement to send half a million of woolen gloves and mittens to the British soldiers at the front. The grand duke and his wife were banished from Petrograd because of their marriage, but have been Invited to return by the czar, who is Michael's nephew. Soldier Encouraged to Wed. London. yuick' to realize, as was Germany, tlio necessity of a high birth rate to offset the deaths duo to the war, a movoment has been started In England to tfcduco the marriage fees and to encourage soldiers and sailors to take wives before leaving for the front. Fish shop in Ostend that was wrecked by a bomb dropped from a Zeppe lin airship. FOOTBALL PLAYER WAR HERO George Andrea Sprinted Quarter Mile With German Flag, Leaving HI Pursuer Behind. Bordeaux. French athletes, have been distinguishing themsolves on the fighting lino. A few days ago a notice appeared In tho Olllclal Gazette which said that a corporal of tho name of Georges Andrea, who was mentioned in dispatches, had been promoted to tho small grado of sergeant before members of snatched a saber from the German his regiment, and had been recom- neurost him and killed two men with mended for a military medal. it. Ity this time he saw that his coin- It Is learned that this refers tO(panlons were dead or captured. He Georges Andrea, to whom tho French premier recently alluded as an all round athleto and tho best rugby threo quarterback who was a contestant in tho Ixindon Olympic games. Follow ing Is the story of how Andrea, who is with tho French army in Iorraine, won his honors: With six men ho wont into a village to find rooms for olllcers. In tho mar ket placo was a large band of Ger mans, who immediately set upon tho Irench detachment. Andrea V !'A P v Dr. A. Cook, who Is in charge of a body of American physicians Uiat sailed recently for Red Cross service in Franco. grabbed a (lag from a German, nnd putting It under his arm raced through the village street as though attempting to "try" in rugby football. A number of Germans wero following at his heels. After sprinting a quarter of a nillo he left his pursuers far behind. French and German Navlet. Within tho past lew years Germany has passed France in naval power. On tho basis of vessels completed and vessels under construction Germany has 943,3:18 tons and France has Col. 002 tons. An Incendiary set fire to the farm- house of John Gearlnger, In III11 Val ley. Before the sleeping family were awakened the fire spread to rapidly that Mr. Gearlnger and his eleven-year- old sun were unable to escape and were burned to death In the bouse, which was destroyed with the con tents. Mrs. Gearlnger escaped by Jumping from the second story window In her night clothes. The first gunning fatality of the sea son occurred at Herrville, when Rich ard Derrick, fifty-seven year old, a former hotel proprietor, was killed while gunning on his farm. It 1 be lieved that Derrick, In getting 6?er a fence, broke a rail and In the fall the gun was discharged. While visiting at the home of a patient Dr. William W. Johnson, one of Chester's oldest physlelnns and stir geons, was stricken with heart fallur and died within a few minutes. A widow, bis second wife, and a daugh ter, Mrs. William O. Clyde, of Pitts burgh, born to his first wife, survive. Grace Scott, daughter of Matthew Scott, while playing In her home at Huntingdon, fell over a lighted lantern on the floor. Her clothing was Ignited and she was so badly burned that Blair Hospital physicians say she ha but a slight chance for recovery. While Mrs. Joseph Kaseman was walking across a second story floor of her home In Shamokin, she fell through an opening extending to the cellar sufTerJng injuries likely to re sult fatally. She Is ninety four year old. Moses Purnell. forty-elsht years old. a contractor of Mlddleport, died as the result of attempting to stop George Miller's runaway team In that town several hours earlier. He caught the bridle and was dragged a considerable distance, his side being crushed. While riding In a trolley car, Wil liam Flynn, of West Chester, suffered the loss of his roat. which caught flra from a pipe which be had been amok Ing and which be had placed In his coat pocket. Angelo Terranovn, a miner of Broad Top, was sentenced at Bedford to three to twelve years at solitary confinement In the Western Penitentiary for killing William Anderson, at Woodvale In Juno. When Thomas Williamson, of near Chadd's Ford, shot at a squirrel, sev eral -shot struck Kvans Slaughter, a young neighbor, who was gathering wood, In the rye, and It Is believed he msy lose his sight. Michael Fitzgerald, of Erie, engineer of a fast Pennsylvania Railroad freight. train, was killed and three other train men were Injured when his train ran Into another freight on a siding al Otts. Congressman Thomas R. Butler and f. Roberts Comfort, of West Chester, hnvo been re-elected directors of the Pennsylvania Training School for Feeble-Mlnded Children, at Elwyn. While Kllie Vorgas, fifteen years old. of Shenandoah, was carrying a lighted oil lamp In tho cellar, the lamp ex ploded, setting her clothing on fire nnd causing her death shortly after. Joseph Nesbltt has been elected guard of Pharos Temple, No. S. Benevolent Order of Egyptlnns, at West Chester In placo of George S. Hampton, who removes to Coatesvllle. For killing seven gray squirrels In one day in violation of the game laws that fix the limit at six, James Boyer. of Parkesburg, was arrested and fined ten dollars and costs. The West Chester Relief Society has elected the following oncers for tho coming year: President, Dr. Jesse C. Green: secretary. William P. Sharp- less; treasurer, A. D. Sharpies. Montgomery county court released under J2.f00 bnll Marcella Hating, of rennshure, charged with the killing of. her new-born babe. Iter mentality l questioned. The large barn on the farm of Ed ward Anthony,, at Boothwyn, wa burned. t
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