THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS, McCONNELLSBURG, PA.
THE WARSHIP
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In This Doportmon't Our Readers In Fulton County andElsowhero May Journey
Around the Aorld NAi-th the Camera on tho "Frail
of History ftlalcing; Happenings.
House Naval Committee Dis
counts Value of Submarines.
GOOD ONLY ALONG COAST
ROMAN FORUM, SHAKEN BY THE GREAT EARTHQUAKE
TR0T0L-GELATIN AND ITS EFFECTS
Report Show Germany Lest 47 Bat
tleships, While England Lost
But 31 Debate Next
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View of the Forum In Rome, whose famous ruing were sadly disturbed by the earthquake that devastated all
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SAN DIEGO'S BEAUTIFUL EXPOSITION
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The Panama-California exposition, which opened at San Diego on New Year's day, Is receiving high pralBe for
the beauty and artistic effect of Its buildings. The Illustration shows the Home Economy and Foreign and Domestic
Arts buildings.
ST. PETER'S SQUARE IN ROME
St. Peter's square In Rome was hard hit by the earthquake. The obelisk
ppen In the foreground In the photograph, was shaken and badly damaged ; the
famous colonnade, seen at the right, was lowered four feet, and the adjacent
house, once occupied by the sisters of Pope Plus X, was seriously cracked.
HOW THE FRENCH TRENCHES LOOK
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Tho prince of Wales has earned a
nnme for himself In the war and now
has been promoted to be a dispatch
bearer. He Is here shown equipped
for the duties of that posltoln.
AVIATOR'S DEADLY WEAPON
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Trotol-gelatln Is a powerful new explosive Invented by Lieut. H. C. Woodward of the New York national guard.
At the left are Lieutenant Woodward and a sergeant priming a stick of the explosive. At the right Is a photograph
of a land mine exploding, and below a view of the "crater" caused by the explosion.
HENRY CLAY FRICK'S $4,000,000 HOME
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A palace such as any oriental potentate would envy Is the $4,000,000 house In New York which has Just been
completed by Henry Clay Frick, the coke man of Pittsburgh, who Is to make his permnnent home there. The palace,
which will be occupied by Mr. Frick and Ms dnughter. stands on the ground formerly occupied by the Lenox library
VISCOUNTESS H0WICK
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' FAMOUS CHURCH DAMAGED BY QUAKE
Viscountess Howlck Is assisting
Lady Sybil Grey In managing a corps
of trained nurses at Howlck hall, the
seat of Earl Grey, which has beeu
turned Into a hospital.
ITALY'S EARTHQUAKE ZONE
The famous old church of St. John Lateran In Rome, which was consid
erably damaged by tbe great earthquake.
RETURNED TO THEIR RUINED HOME
Map of part of central Italy that
suffered most from the awful earth
quake. Tbe territory from Naples
northward to Ferrara and across the
peninsula from the Tyrrhenian sea to
the Adriatic Is dotted with demolished
towns and villages.
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Pathetic photograph of a French, family that has returned to Its bom
only to find It a mass of ruins
Washington, D. C. Informally r
porting the $148,000,000 naval bill to
tbe House, the Naval Committee Mid
that while in tbe European war "the
submarine has been effective in bar
bor and coast defense It has not been
able to control the sea as the superior
battleship fleet has done, causing aa
enemy with an Inferior battleship fleet
to suffer great loss of merchant ships,
blackade Its ports and drive Its com
merce off the seas."
The committee reported that there
fore the two-battleship program had
not been changed. It added that the
"effectiveness of the submarine In the
European war demonstrated It to be a
naval weapon of great value," and tbat
"the airship for scouting purposes,
likewise, has demonstrated Its ef
fertlveness. Carries increase Of $3,000,000.
The bill probably will be reached
for debate about February 1. It
carries an Increase of $8,493,006 in
the building program over what the.
Navy Department recommended.
Tbe committee report contained a
list, furnished by the Navy Depart
ment, of the men-of-war lost by tbe
European belligerents from July I,
1914. to January 1. 1915, totaling 99
vessels In all, not Including Interned
ships. The list summarizes these
losses: Germany, 47; England, 31;
France, Japan and Austria, 5 each;
Russia. 4, and Turkey, 3.
1 he total number of vessels in the
fnlted States Navy on July I, the re
port summarizes was 396 with a total
displacement of 1,658,647 tons of
which 336, with dlsplaceerant of 1
354.884, are "fit for service," Includ
ing those In the Pacific, the rest be
ing under construction or authorized.
Those listed as fit for service lncludn
10 first-line battleships, 25 second-linn
battleships, 10 armored cruisers, 24
other cruisers, 9 monitors, 60 destroy
ers. 19 torpedo boats, 30 submarines
and numerous other craft.
WILSON IS A GRANDFATHER.
Mrs. Sayre Gives Birth To a Boy At
the White Houst.
Washington, D. C. A son was bora
at the White House Sunday to Mrs.
Francis Bowes Sayre, President Wil
son's second daughter. Mrs. Sayre
and the child were reported to be
doing well.
The child was born at 4.30 o'clock
P. M., but the fart vw not formally
announced until 6 o'clock, when Sec
retary Tumulty gave out tbe follow
ing statement:
"Dr. Grayson, the White House
physician, states lhat at 4.30 o'clock
Mrs. Sayre gave birth to a fine boy.
Everything went perfectly and both,
are doing well."
The boy weighed 7V4 pounds. He
announced his arrival by a series of
cries which gave assurance that his
lungs were in excellent condition.
President Wilson made no effort to
conceal his Joy when Informed thai
the child was a boy and that Mrs.
Sayre wap well. His face was
wreathed In smiles for hours after
ward. It was his first grandchild, and
the President had no boys of his own.
CHILD WAS BEATEN TO DEATH.
Housekeeper For Absent Father De
tained By Police.
Taeonia, Wash. That Clarence
Hnll. 3-year-old son of Amos H. Hall,
a widower, came to his death from
blows and abuse administered by
some person unknown was the ver
dict returned by a coroner's Jury
here. Mrs. Dertha Dlfiey, housekeeper
in the Hall home, was held on a charge
of assault as a result of the Inquest
The child was buried last Wednesdsy
In the father's absence from the city,
a physician's certificate giving ss the
cause of death epileptic convulsions
and cerebral hemorrhage. On com
plaint of neighbors, who alioaed that
the woman had beate;i the child
cruelly, the bodv was exhumed
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BOMBS ON OST END.
Nine Aviator In Raid, London Hears,
Hit Station and Barracks.
( I.omlon. Nine British. French and
Belgian aviators dropped bombs on
the railroad station and barracks at
Ostend causing considerable damage,
according to a dispatch to Lloyds
News from Its correspondent on the
Franco-Belgian border.
ITALY BUYS HORSES.
Not a White One Will Be Accepted In
8,000 Order.
East St. Louis. The Italian Gov
ernment has signed contracts with a
Arm here for the delivery of 8,000 war
horses. It was announced by a mem
ber of the firm. The contract calls
for the delivery of 200 horses a day,
none of which Is to be white.
POSTOFFICE 8AFE ROBBED.
Burglars Get $250 In Money and 15,000
Stamps.
Felton, Del. Safeblowers broke
open the postoOlce here and carried off
$250 In cash and about 15.000 stsnips.
The safe was blown and pieces of fuse
and evidence of nitroglycerin were
found. Blankets were dsed to smother
the noise.
Orders for 100,000 tunics for the
Russian army have been placed with
Leeds firms.
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