THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS, McCONNELLSBURG, PA.
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Governor Suggests Changes In
Manner of Creating Offices.
of Hlla-tory INlatclne: Happonlnci
5152 STATE EMPLOYES NOW
BRITAIN SENDS AMBASSADOR TO VATICAN
FRENCH CHARGE FROM THE TRENCHES
Annual Payroll S,61S,409.44 With But
12,000,000 Payable To Stat
utory Positions Other
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Sir Henry Howard (In center), the first ambassador tint to tho Vatican
staff on their way to present their credentials to Pope Benedict XV.
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The people of Mavana, a town on
iuhabltants of Persia with the privilege
neutral territory in order to turn the
by many as the best fighters In the
Kovernment.
SCHOOL BOYS
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In the Grover Cleveland public school iu Washington the boys are con
ducting real bank under supervision of the teachers. Three days after the
bank opened there were sixty depositors and $C1 on the deposit slips. Ten
cents is the minimum with which an account can be opened. Lett to right
behind the desk are the two young bank officials: Frank Baxter, teller, and
Alvin liiggles, caBhler.
STORMY WEATHER IN SERVIA
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Servian sentinel doing guard duty
"f one of the fierce snow storms that
New Mineral.
In the course of recent microscopi
cal Btudv of a number of samples from
ins old fiearles' deep well at Searles
liike. Kan Bernardino county. Califor
nia, several minerals were found which
could uot he determined optically. A
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the Turco-Perslan frontier, 15 miles
of carrying arms, valiantly defended their homes when the Turks invaded tnis
flank of the Russian army In the Caucasus. These brave soldiers, considered
Turco-Perslan reglou, have joined the regular awiied force of the Persian
RUN A REAL BANK
over a commissary train In the midst
have been sweeping over that country.
chemical analysis of one of these
Bhov.'ed It to be a hydrous boroslllcute
of sodium, and the name SearleBlte Is
proposed for the new mineral, after
John W. Searles, the pioneer, who put
down the deep well from which the
specimen came.
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from Ourmlah City, the only Christian
JUST FROM THE TRENCHES
This French soldier, mud stained
and weary, welcomed the respite from
his arduous watch In the trenches.
NATIONS WITH SMALL ARMIES
Three, at Least, Should Have Little
Trouble In Disbanding Their
Military "Forces,
If ever the disarmament of the
world occurs, there will be several
countries that will not have much to
do in that line, such as. for instance.
Monaco, the army of which comprises
75 guards, 75 carbineers and 20 lire-
Another diminutive army is that ot
tho r.rand Duchy of Luxembourg.
which numbers 133 gendarmes, 171)
volunteers, and 30 musicians. The re
t.ni.n nf San Marino can Diit in the
ileld a totul of nine companies con
sisting of 950 men and x38 oincers,
commanded by a marshal. The army
on a peace footing consists of one
company of 60 men.
The fighting force of the "Black re
public," Liberia, Is composed of 700
men and almost as many officers. Li
beria, however, evidently considers Its
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Hhe occasion of hostilities between any
ot the powers, it always issucb a proc
lamation of neutrality.
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Tblg photograph was taken as the order to charge w as given a French
their trenches and rushing on the German position that h ad been shelled by
WOMEN'S VOLUNTEER RESERVE ON
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Members of the Women's Volunteer reserve on their Orst route march through London. The object of the corps
is to train a body of women skilled in first-aid, cooking, algnallng, riding, driving, the management of borset, and
marksmanship. When the corps is
NEW OBSERVATION LADDER
This new observation ladder with a
Bteel shield is used In connection with
the famous 75:ml!llmoter gun batteries
of the French army.
Population of Cities.
"The New York World Almanac for
1915, Just isfiied, gives the estimated
population of Birmingham as 180,000
tho same as last year and those
figures' are very conservative," said a
statistician of Birmingham, Aln. "We
probobly have between 190,000 and
200.000 Inhabitants.
"Atlanta Is estimated at 200,000
the Rome as Inst year. But tho Texas
cities, especially Houston, Dallas and
San Antonio, have been moved up
considerably. In the census of 1910
Texas wns without a city of 100,000.
Now Houston Is credited with 132,000,
Dallas with 125,000 and San Antonio
with 120,000.
"New York city grows bigger every
year and Its estimated population is
5,(525,000 Chicago, according to tho
World Almanac, has 2,437,526."
Only Woman Aviator,
The Prlncesi Shapovskaya Is the
only woman army aviator In the great
war. She Is said to be in active serv
ice at the front In East Prussia. At
llrBt her application was rejected, be
cause of her sex, but she demonstrated
beyond a doubt that she could man
age a flying machine as well as a man,
and was filially accepted. She learned
to aviate in Germany.
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fully trained It Is the Intention to offer
WEDDING OF CANADIAN SOLDIER
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There Is an Interesting little tale connected with the niarrlHge of LleuL
Kenneth Kdmlston and Miss Marlon Allen. The lovers were planning to be
married when the lieutenant, who is attached to the Nineteenth Alberta Dra
goons, was suddenly called to England. When he arrived there he found that
his company was not to be dispatched to the front for quite a while, so he
finally sent nil the way to Alberta for his sweetheart. The climax of the
romance Is pictured here, showing the happy couple paisslng under an archway
made up of the company's swords, after having the knot tied by the regimental
chaplain.
FAMOUS "270" BATTERY ,0F THE FRENCH
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The picture shows one of the famous "270" batteries, which the Gtrmuus
admit have forced the latter to give ground In Alace.
force and the men ere leaping from
the light artillery.
THE MARCH
It to the war oiiice.
Harrlsburg. Discontinuance of the
practice of creating position! by legis
lative appropriation and though the
medium of contingent funds Is being
urged by Governor Brumbaugh, but
whether an attempt will be niude In
this x sHlon to put through a statute
fixing the number and salarlts of all
State employes hs not been fully de
termined. The designating of speclfio
positions would no doubt decrease
their number.
The Gove.rnor has already conveyed
bis views to James F. Woodward and
Clarence J. Buckman, chairmen of the
House and Senate Appropriations Com
mittees, and It Is believed that some
move will be made, following bis sug
gestion. The situation, which was not
generally known, was brought to light
through a report of the Economy and
Efficiency Commission. The report of
the commlbtlon discloses the following
fact, which caused the Governor to In
vestigate the matter further:
"The statistics compiled by this com
mission show at the present time that
tM State service consists of 6,102 posi
tions. Of these, 1,168 were created by
statute, 2,752 were created by legisla
tive appropriations, and 1,232 are con
tingent or temporary positions. The
total annual payroll of the Common
wealth Is 13,613.409.44. Of this amount
I2,000,CCO Is paid for the statutory
positions: $1,162,258.90 to those created
by appropriation, and $4!0,J!t0.D4 is
paid for contingent funds."
The passage of a bill specifying the
number of positions and the salary to
be paid for each is considered the
proper wy to create the positions,
peveral years ago. the heads of depart
ments and lawmaker! found an easier
way of creating places without attract
ing widespread attention. The method
used wss to appropriate a certain
amount of money to a department with
out definitely apeclfylnf the positions
and the salarlee for each. The head
of the department would then appor
tion the money for the employment or
elerks, stenographers, atatlatlclans, ex
perts or whatever was wanted, ine
payment of department help out of de
partmental contingent runas was iaier
resorted to.
The new policy, If adopted, would
no doubt wipe out many Jobs on the
"Hill." An Investigation Into the needs
of the various department has been
made by Governor Brumbaugh and hit
request that the Legislature provide
specifically for every Job may find
iome of the present positions useless.
State Revenue Outlook Better.
Figures compiled on legislative ap
propriations and their relation to the
revenues ahow that the aggregate of
the appropriation approved for the
last three sessions la $177,945,082.89.
The lust session's appropriations
amounted to about $89,000,000. and
were cut to $66,209,141.22, to make
them fit the revenues, the State having
niqre money for the appropriation
period than ever before, due to the
large collections of the Auditor Gen
eral's department and the general In
crease In Income. In 1911. the aggre
gate approved was $59,339,528.08, and
In 1909, $52,396,413.64.
Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh Is
making an effort to obtain from the
fiscal officers revised data, on the pros
pective revenues which, It is unoffi
cially reported, will be greater than ex
pected a month ago.
A statement Issued by the Auditor
Ceneral's department showing the cash
balances of the State Treasury on Jan
uary 15, and on the same date four
years ago, shows how the increased
appropriations authorized by the last
General Assembly because of the
plethoric condition of the Stte Trea
ury decreased the general fund. On
that date, four years ago the total bal
ances were $10,042,231.27, of which $2.
440,!58.60 was In the sinking fund.
Since that over f2,000,000 worth of
bonds issued in the eighties have been
redeemed. The balance on the fifteenth
of January thla year is given as $6,130,
629.81, divided as follows: General
fund, $4,784,523.93: sinking fund. $813.
1JS.64: uninvested school fund. $14,
$97.27; motor license fund, $567,930.
Aid Against Auto Thefts..
In view of the numerous automobile
robberies that have been committed
throughout the State within the last
Jew months, by bands ot what are ap
parently organized auto thieves, Su
perintendent of State Police John C.
Groome has Issued a notice to auto
mobile owners to report Immediately
to the department at Harrlsburg or to
the officers In the command of the
troops scattered through the States,
the disappearance of any machine. In
his notice Superintendent Groorae
operation on the part of automobile
owners will result tn the recovery of
stolen cars and the prevention of such
crimes In the future.
Chicago Cattle Again Barred.
The State Live Stock Sanitary Board
Issued a formal order prohibiting
entrance into Pennsylvania of cattle,
heep or other ruminants from sections
In the State of Illinois now under
Federal quarantine. . .
Surety Company Pays State.
The State received $45,000, plus In
terest of $158.70, from the surety com
pany which was secuHty for the State
deposit In the closed Fhit National
Bank of Unlontown, ot which J. V.
Thompson l president.