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THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS, McCONNELLSBURO, PA.
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FLEET MAY 17
FRAUDULENT MEASURES ARE DESTROYED
CONTAGIOUS
AGAINST ALLIES
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Great Effort to Break Through
Review to Take Place In New
York Harbor.
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The French Insist That Counter-Attacks
Continue With Success
and That British Are Hold
ing Their Own.
Lonuon.- -The German rushes In
Blue Jackets and Marines To March
Through Fifth Avenue With Army
Troops From Governor's Is
land and Militia.
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Flanders ana the Woevrc, where they
claim to have hail considerable suc
cess, are believed to be the forerun
ners of another bit; effort to break
through the allied lines In the went.
For many days Helium has been
Healed from the observation of neu
trals while reinforcements from Ger
many were being moved to the south
to take part In the new offensive
which they hope Is to carry them to
Calaia and possibly break the resist
ance of the Allies.
The attack In Flanders, originally
levelled at the French, has been trans
ferred to the British lines hUd by the
Canadians on the Immediate right of
the French, and here for two days the
men from the Dominion have been en
(raged In a deadly contest with the
German.
The latter Mate in their official rt
port that they have made further prog
ress toward Ypres and that the Rrltist
counter-attacks have been repulsed.
British Hold Positions.
The French account, on the other
hand, declares that the Allies' counter-attacks
continue with success and
that the British hold all their posi
tions, and repeats the charge that the
Germans are using bombs containing
asphyxiating gases.
The German attack In the Wocvre
or in the Meuse Hills was directed
against the French positions to the
southwest of Combres, and. according
to the Berlin statement, the French
suffered a heavy defeat. Paris, How
ever, says that In a counter-attack the
Germans were completely driven out
of the French first line, which they
had pushed back.
These offensive movements by the
Germans have been made possible by
the state of the ground on the eastern
front, where operations are vltually
Impossible until the spring floods have
subsided.
Taking advantage of these condi
tions the Germin General Staff trans
ferred a lame number of troops to the
west to make another big effort, which
shows that they are not content to
rely on a passive policy.
A New German Army.
It is believed that a half million
new German troops have reached
Flanders and that more guns and ma
terial are to be used than were pro
vided for the original attempts to de
stroy the allied armies In the west
attempts which met with failure both
In August and in October.
With 7',0,000 men on the Continent,
as announced recently by the British
Chancellor of the Exchequer, rein
forcements have doubtless been hur
ried forward-, to Q11 the gaps in the
British lines.
In one of its infrequent bulletins the
Belgian Legation at Ixmdon announces
that the town of Lizerne, west of the
Ypres Canal, which was captured by
the Germans on Friday night. haj
been retaken by the French and Bel
gian troops, and that the Belgian artil
lery has been engaged In a duel with
the German batteries the whole length
of the Belgian front.
In the meantime the eastern front Is
enjoying a reriod of comparative calm
except In the mid-Carpa'.hlans, where
the Russians continue to attack the
Austr'ans In I'zsok Bass, and to the
eastward, where the Austrlans and
Germans are trying to crush the Rus
sian flank. Both sides report successes.
Italy, Greece, Roumania.
Italy and Greece continue to debate
what steps, if any, they will take, and
Roumania, it Is believed, waits on
Italy's decision.
Greece, too, Is considering terms
which, however, come from the Allies,
and Athens Is torn by divided opinion.
TOWER BACKS GERMANY.
Former U. S. Ambassador Declares In
vasion Of Belgium Justified.
Philadelphia. Germany's Invasion
of Belgium at the outbreak of the Ku
ropean war was justified by Charle
magne Tower, formerly Ambassador
to Germany and to Russia, In an ad
dress delivered before the American
Philosophical Society. Quoting Eng
lish statesmen and citing principles of
international law, Mr. Tower said that
Great Britain, as well as Germany,
regarded the agreement of 1S39, guar
anteeing Belgium's neutrality, as a
mere "sera;, of paper."
GERMANS TWIST BRITISH NAVY.
Their Fleet, Out Repeatedly, Met No
Enemy.
Berlin, via London. The German
Admiralty gave out a statement read
ing as follows: "The German high sea
fleet has recently cruised repeatedly In
the Noun Sea, advancing into English
water without meeting the sea forces
cf Great Britain."
HAS LOST THREE SONS IN WAR.
Charles Legrand, Prominent Parisian,
Had Four Fighting For France.
Paris. Three of the four sons of
Charles Legrand who entered the army
have been killed in action. M. Le
grand. who was formerly president of
the Chamber of Commerce and waa
active In the project for exchanges of
commercial students ltween Harvard
University and the French Commercial
University, was notified today that ths
third one of big sons bad been killed.
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VILLA STILL III
IHE WAR GAME
Is Preparing for Another Battle
With Obregon.
WAS SHORT OF AMMUNITION
Indications That Villa Plans To Con
centrate His Scattered Forces
For a Supreme Effort To
Defeat Obregon.
Washington. Consular dispatches
received by Uie Washington govern
ment from various points in Mexico
indicate that while temporarily disor
ganized by the defeat sustained at
Celaya. General Villa and his forces
have by no means been removed as a
formidable factor in Mexico's civil
war.
Officials at the State Department
are guarding closely the reports re
ceived from consuls In the territory
occupied by General Villa, as it is uot
desired to give out military Informa
tion, but it is known that plans for
anot'-er battle with General Obregon,
the Carranza commander, are proceed
ing rapidly.
Villa's chief difficulty, It was learned
officially. Is his lack of ammunition,
and until he replenishes his supply he
probably will not risk engagement.
When he met Obregon at Celaya. Villa
bad sent forces to attack Matamoras,
Nuevo Laredo, Tampico and West
Coast towns, greatly depleting his
main force. Indications now are that
he Intends to concentrate all these
forces in Central Mexico for another
supreme effort against Obregon.
The Carranza forces are reported to
be well supplied with ammunition and
pressing the Villa army closely north
of Irapuato. Carranza officials here
claim the Villa movement has been
given a crushing blow, from which It
never will recover.
In the meantime many rumors of
counter revolutionary movements
mave been current, though thry are
not credited by the American govern
ment. Many former sympathizers of
Iluerta have been in Washington, but
most of them deny that Iluerta Intends
to take the field again. Manuel Calero,
former ambassador to Washington un
der the Madero administration, visited
the Argentine and Chilean ambassa
dors, discussing the Mexican situation
in general. It was said his visit was
without significance.
Dispatches from Vera Cnz to the
Carranza agency here said General
Obregon had reached a point 12 miles
north of Irapuato and still was pur
suing Villa with an army of 40.000, in
cluding General Mergul's command.
General Dieguez. the dispatches said,
had taken Guadalajara and would act as
Ohregon's rear guard. Villa losses at
Celaya were estimated at 6,000 killed
and 5,000 missing.
Nogales, Ariz. Nogalrs, Sonora, op
posite here ,has been made the new
Villa capital of Sonora, instead of
Ilermnsillo.
SHOOTS TWO; KILLS HIMSELF.
Hunter Thought Couple Bested Him In
Hotel Deal.
I,os Angeles. William Hunter, 49
years old. who came here recently
from Hartford, Conn., shot and serious
ly wounded Mr. ami Mrs. Beachcy F.
Crampton at a hotel here and then
committed sircide. Hunter had pur
chased the lease of the hotel from the
Cramptons a week a-.;o and was dU-satit-Iied
with the deal. The Cramp
tons may recover.
CRIPPLES IN A WRECK.
Bus In Which They Were Being
Taken To School Runs Into Car.
Cleveland, O. Eleven d 'formed
children, on their way to a school for
cripples, were Injured, three of them
fatally, when the 'bus In which they
were riding was struck by a street car
here. The attendant to the driver of
the rig, Hezeklah Finn, 72, was also
badly hurt and may die.
RESERVES THAW DECISION.
Justice Hendrlck Wants More Time
To Study Authorities.
New York. The question as to
whether Harry K. Thaw Is entitled to
nave a Jury determine his sanity re
mained undecided In the mind of Su
preme Court Justice Hendrlck. When
attorneys for Thaw and the Stale of
New York appeared In court to hear
his decision, Justice Hendrlck an
nounced that he had not yet Lad time
to complete bis study of the authorities.
mm REPLY TO
BERflSIORF. NOTE
Reflection on Our Good Faith
is Resented.
INTERNATIONAL LAW LESSON
In Diplomatic Language the President
Makes Evident His Intention
To Reprimand the German
Ambassador.
Washington. The I'nlted States
Government replied to the recent
memorandum iu which Count von
Ueinstorfl, the German Ambassador,
declared that "if the American people
desire to observe true neutrality, they
will find means to stop the exclusive int
onation of arms to one side, or at
least to use this export trade as a
means to uphold the legitimate trade
with Germany, especially the trade In
foodstuffs."
The American note, which is signed
by Secretary Bryan, was drafted at
the State Department, but was finally
penned by President Wilson himself.
After poI"''iS out that the language
used by Count von Bernstorff la sus
ceptible of being construed as Im
pugning the good faith of the United
States In the performance of its duties
as a neutral," the note "takes it for
granted that no such Implication was
intended," and suggests that evidently
j the German Ambassador Is laboring
under certain false impressions."
It is then declared that while the
relations of the United States with
any one of the belligerents "cannot
w isely be made a subject of discussion
with a third government," such corre
spondence between the United States
1 and the Allies as has been published
shows "the steadfast refusal" of the
American government "to acknowledge
the right of any belligerent to alter
I the acceptefl rules of war at sea in-
' sofar as they effect the rights and in
terests of neutrals."
1 The attitude of the United States
on the question of importations of
arms Is restated namely, that to
place any embargo on arms during the
progress of a war would be "a direct
violation of the neutrality of the
United Stall's. The note refers to the
spirit of friendship which the United
States desires always to manifest to
ward Germany and Its people, and con
cludes with the declaration that the
, neutrality of the United Suites is
found on the firm basis of conscience
and good will."
TRAPPED BY GIRL'S LETTER.
Ambrose Morrison, Alleged Auto Ban
dit, Arrested.
New York. Lured Into the hands of
the law by a letter from a young girl
friend, Ambrose Morrison, wanted by
the police of New York, Washington
and other Eastern cities, Is in the
hands of the police here. Morrison
was arrested In Boston and brought
' here to face a charge of being one of
j the auto bandits who obtained $10,000
j In cash and jewels from the borne of
Mrs. Clementine Rossi, In Brooklyn.
I He Is said to be wanted In Washing
ton for a safe robbery and In Paterson,
j N. J., for the attempted robbery of a
I jewelry store. He was arrested In the
Boston general postofhee by a detective
. who had trailed the letter he went to
i claim.
PICKS WILSON FOR BIG ROLE.
Paris Temps Pleasd With President's
Speech.
Paris The newspapers of Paris
comment with approval on the utter
ances of President Wilson in regard
to the relations of the United States
with the belligerent nations In his
speech at the luncheon of the Afbo
! ciatcd Press in New York on April 20.
The Temps alludes to the speech as an
indication that President Wilson is
1 prepared for an Important role in the
, future and rays that his position is one
which Justifies the confidence of all In
terests. It affirms that the President
"has given proof of the noble con
sciousness of bis duty as a statesman."
COST OF HIGH LIVING.
$30,000 a Year Not Enough To Support
Three Children.
Philadelphia. An annual allowance
of $30,000 was not sufficient to prop
erly support the three children of
T'erslfor Frazer, Jr., according to the
testimony before the Orpha ' Court
here, and the court, upon the petition
of the children's guardians, Increased
the amount to $45,000 a year. The In
come from a trust estate left by the
children's grandfather, John Lowber
Welsh, amount to $106,000 s year.
Washington. The Atlantic fleet will
be reviewed In New York Harbor, May
17, by President Wilson, Secretary
Daniels announced the dale at the con
clusion of conferences with Admiral
Fletcher, commander-in-chief of tho
lleet.
Details of the review and of events
ashore will be worked out as soon as
possible by tho Navy Department, In
co-operation with Mayor Mitchel, of
New York. The review will be fol
lowed by a water carnival at night,
and a land parade probably the next
day, May 18. Bluejackets and marines
from the fleet will march through Fifth
avenue with Army troops from Gover
nor's Island, the New York National
Guard and other organizations yet to
be determined.
The exact number of war craft to be
assembled at New York has not yet
been decided, but practically all of the
battleships, many of the cruisers, gun
boats and destroyers attached to the
fleet and some of the submarines and
auxiliaries will be ordered out. The
review will be the first held since Oc
tober, 1512.
It Is now planned to have the fleet
complete target practice at Tangier
Sound by May 5 or 6 and leave about
the 8th for Norfolk. The bluejackets
and marines "will be given a week's
shore leave there from May 9 to 16.
The submarines to be brought lip for
the parade will reach New York
May 10.
The review and parade ashore over
the fleet will pass out of New York
harbor not later than May 20 for Nar
raganset Bay for 10 days' maneuvers,
with Newport as a base. Between
Juno 1 and 21 the vessels will go to
their home yards for docking, supplies
and steaming trials. The next rendez
vous will be In Hampton Roads soon
after June 21, and not later than June
25 the lleet will steam out of the roads
for San Francisco by way of tho Pan
ama Canal. Maneuvering en route,
the ships, It Is expected, will pass
through the Canal July 4.
The personnel of the reviewing party
at New York, headed by President Wil
son, will be decided later by Secretary
Daniels and his aids. It probably will
Include several cabinet officers, mem
bers of the two houses of Congress, In
cluding the New York State and
municipal authorities. Tho European
war probably will result In the absence
of many of the diplomatic representa
tives of foreign powers, usually pres
ent at such affairs.
Mr. Daniels also discussed with the
President the formal opening of the
Panama Canal in July. The President
said It would be absolutely Impossible
for him to be present at the ceremony.
WOMEN SOLD VOTES.
Two In Paris, III., Confess Alleged
Buyers Arrested.
Paris. 111. II. Clay Moss and Mrs.
Hattle O'Nell, who were arrested here
on the charge of buying votes at the
city election, were released on bond.
Hearing of their cases was set for
next week before Justice V, V. Itari
din. Vigorous denial was made by
both Moss and Mrs. O'Nell, who claim
they do not know Miss Flora Dawson
and Miss Hattle Franklin, who charge
they were paid $3 each for voting. The
commission form of government ticket,
headed by Dr. W. H. Holt and four
commissioners, Indorsed by the citi
zens' committee, was elected by a
large plurality.
WOMEN DISFIGURE GIRL.
Burn Cheeks With Acid After Refusal
To Give $1,000.
Connellsvllle, Ta. Martha Schultz,
the 15-year-old daughter of a well-to-do
farmer, was attacked by two
masked women near a coke plant . In
the outskirts of Connellsvllle. One of
the women held Miss Schultz while
the other pressed on each cheek the
uncorked neck of a bottle filled with
acid. Her face was badly burned and
she was then allowed to go. Several
weeks ago Miss Schultz received a let
ter ordering her to place $1,000 and a
gold watch In a secluded spot. Sho
Ignored the letter.
ELEVEN TOWNS GO DRY.
Only One County In Illinois Now En.
' tirely Wet.
Chicago. Results of lural option
elections in 26 towns and villages of
Illinois were claimed ns a victory by
Anti-Saloon leaders. Eleven towns
went In the "dry" column, abolishing
about 80 saloons, and all previously
"dry" territory was retained. Figures
provided by the Anti-Saloon League,
showed that there are now 55 entirely
"dry" counties In the State, 46 par
tially "dry" and one Monroe county
entirely wet. Seventy county seats
are "dry," while 32 remain wet.
STEPMOTHER'S CONFESSION.
Child Died While She Was Perform.
Ing a Criminal Operation.
Muskegon, Mich. Admission that
her 13-year-old stepdaughter, Evelyn
Steele, whose nude body was found In
an alley in the rear of her home, died
while she was attempting to perform a
criminal operation upon her was made
by Mrs. Albert Steele to Coroner
James F. Balblrnle. The coroner an
nounced that Mrs. Steele confessed
after she had been questioned for near
ly an bour.
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San Francisco had a clean-up of
destroyed. The picture shows 8,000
grave.
ALL HIS COMRADES LOST
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James M. Hoggett, electrician, only
survivor of the crew of the American
submarine F-4. He was on shore leave
when the vessel started on her fatal
trip at Honolulu.
GEN. L'AGHS MELL0UL
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Gen. L'Aghs Molloul. commander of
the Legion or Honor and possessor of
many decorations, lias proved his loy
alty to Franco by sending to the front
several of his sons. Recently he
visited them In the trenches. He la
one of the best-known personages In
Algiers
Dodge War Bread With Cake.
Those who have been utiublu to
adapt their appetites to tho new style
of bread now in use In Germany have
taken advantage 6f the rule allowing
a certain percentage of white (lour to
be used In cake and are eating so
much of tho latter that the mayor of
Berlin has had to issue a warning to
them.
He declared that tho permission to
use flour In cake doeB not Indicate a
permission to use cake without re
striction and says that this substitute
for bread must be eaten sparingly. The
continuance of the habit of using cake
without limit, be says, will be followed
by action on the part of the authori
ties. TOWELS FROM OAK LEAVES
Another Triumph for American In
genuity In Utilization of Virtual
ly Waste Material.
The proverbial leaf which started
the first spring fashions In dress In
Mie Garden of Eden has now appeared
In a b'ss" srtlstlc role as a bath towel
for the cultured descendants of Adam
and Eve. Instead of the fig leaf, how
ever, It Is the oak leaf from the miles
of waste' woodland In south J-iraey
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fraudulent weights and measures recently and vast quantities of them wen
milk cans being dumped Into barges to be towed out to sea and given a water;
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Whitman, Jr., photographed In the executive mansion at Albany.
WATCHING THE KRONPRINZ WILHELM
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This photograph, taken on tt)e deck of the German cruiser Kronprim
Wllhelm which put In at Newport News, shows, left to right, Lieutenant
Courts, U. S. N., Collector of the Port Hamilton, Captain Thierfelder of tbi
cruiser and Lieutenant Crons, U. S. N. '
STRAUS MEMORIAL DEDICATED
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Thousands attended the dedication of the Straus memorial fountain !'
New York and paid tribute to tbe memory of lsldor Straus, the mercbm1
philanthropist, and his wife, who perished side by side In the Titanic dlsasttf
three years ago.
that It being stripped from tbe trees,
carefully cured and then shipped to
New York city to be converted Into
cheap bath towels.
Tbe Industry of gathering and cur
ing oak leaves, which has flourished
In the barren woodlands of this region
for several years, threatened to be
hard hit by the war, as the principal
market for the product was In the
European countries. Now the Amer
ican towel markot promises to keep
the leaf gatherers buBler than ever
Tbe leaf gathering Is largely car
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A PROUD FATHER
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with his recently born son, Charlei
rled on by Jewish farmers who e'tlei
In small coloniea in parts of Sale"1
Cumberland and Atlantlo counties nl
who were quick to recognize the v'1
of the oak twigs on the large tr'"
of waste land covered with pine
scrub oaks which natives of the reg""
bad regarded as worthless. Tbe tl
are cut two foet long and packed 6.0
to a bale. They sell at from
$60 a ton when properly cured,
Industrious Jewish families bavs ni"
more than enough to buy their, 'ir'
through the lathering of the ler