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THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS. McCONNELLSBURO, PA.
STATE NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD
The Latest Gleanings From All
Over the State.
n Thlo Dopar-tmon-t Our Readers In Fulton County rand Elaowhero May Journ
Around the Aorld VrVI-th the Corr-iora on the Trail
of History Making Happenlnga.
TOLD IN SHORT PARAGRAPHS
AMERICAN SHIP BLOWN UP BY GERMANS
ARGENTINE BATTLESHIP IS NOT FOR SALE
Pifty Autos Disabled In Nail-Strewn
Streets Hovertcr Gets Five Years
In Lebanon Bank Looting Sold
To "Dead" Men; Goes To Jail.
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American tank steamer Gulflight, which was blown up by a German torpedo or mine off the Scllly Islands. Bo
low, at the left. Is Its commander, Capt. Alfred Gunter, who died of heart failure; at the right, Charles C. Short of
Gbioag, wireless operator, who jumpedcrbordji
GREATmANTIC LINER SUNK BY THE GERMANS
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Mat'nlflcent Cunard Hnor Lusltanla torpedoed and sunk by the Gerranns
In the center, Is the captain of the vessel, W. T. Turner; at the left and right,
the Americans aboard, respectively Charlos Frohman, the theatrical manager,
DRIVER OF SUFFRAGE AUTOMOBILE
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Miss Virginia Watrous, daughter
tional American Woman Suffrage association, Is to drive a big automobile
carrying suffrage campaigners through
paigners will be her mother. Mrs. Medlli
ud Mrs. Martha S. Kimball. Another
"ill tcrrter. who rejoices In the name
picture.
SINKING OF THE IRRESISTIBLE
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luTh'" remarkable photograph shows the British warship Irresistible as It
M 'Inking in the Dardanelles after striking a Turkish mine.
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of Mrs. Antoinette Funk of the Na
New Jersey this summer. The cam
McCorniick, Mrs. Winston Churchill
of the party will be Miss Watrous'
ot Votes, and Is to be seen In this
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off the coast of Ireland. Below,
two of the most distinguished of
and Alfred G. Vanderbilt
COL .CORNELIUS VANDERBILT
Col. Cornelius Vanderbilt, chairman
of the mayor's committee In charge
of the welcome of New York to the
officers and men of the Atlantic fleet
during the May maneuvers.
Where Religions Flourish.
There, Is a church for every thou
sand Inhabitants in the large citleB of
the anthracite region of Pennsylva
nia, and nearly the same proportion
In the rural communities. Scranton,
with Us 129,867 citizens, has 129
churches, representing 22 different re
ligions. Wilkes Barre, with Its 67,105
citizens, has 66 churches of 14 de
nominations. In Hazleton, with 25,
452 Inhabitants, there are S3 churches
of nine different denominations.
Among the 175,000 mine workers there
are Russians, Austrlans, Irishmen,
Germans, Italians, Welshmen, English
men, Hungarian, Scotchmen, Swiss,
Canadians, Swedes, Turks, French
men, Greeks, Roumanians, Danes,
Norwegians, Dutchmen, Belgians,
Finns and a dozen minor races.
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An offer of $6,000,000 profit did not tempt the Argentine Republic to sell this new superdreadnaught Moreno,
the largest and strongest afloat, recently completed at the Camden ship yards of New. Jersey. The offer was
made by Greece through an agent in this country. Greece was willing to pay $18,000,000 for the vessel, the cost
of which to Argentina was 112,000,000. Insert is Capt. J. F. Gallndez, commander of the vessel. , ,
SIX MILLION DOLLAR CANAL OPENED IN OREGON
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Since the days of the Lewis and Clark expedition to the section of the country now known as the states of
Washington and Oregon, the Celllo stretch has been known as the most dlfllcult piece of water on the Columbia
river. The completion of the Celllo canal, which, was opened May 3, clears a steamer lano from Astoria to Lewis
ton on the Snake river. Construction work on the canal, which cost $6,000,000, was begun In October, 1905. It
has a minimum depth of eight feet with ten passing basins and five locks, overcoming a total fall of S2 feet at
low water and 60 feet at the high stage of the river. The photograph shows a viow near the upper end of Celllo
canal.
LEVI P. MORTON CELEBRATES
Levi P. Morton, vice-president of the
United States from 18S9 to 1893, for
mer member of congress, governor of
New York and ambassador to France,
has Just celebrated his ninety-first
birthday. This snapshot of him was
made recently as he left his resi
dence in Washington for his daily
walk.
Olives Pained Conscience.
Seventeen years ago Miss Delia
Ubeldt, clerk in the store of I. Shan
Ifelt, Qojfax, la., stole a bottle of
oliveB, Today L B. Shanlfelt, son of
her employer, in business here, re
ceived a letter addressed to his father,
who died seven years ago In Sunny
side, Wash., acknowledging the theft
and remitting 50 cents in payment.
Miss Llboldt said that the Holy Ghost
has convicted her and shown her that
she ought to pay. Pendleton (Ore.)
Dispatch Los Angeles Times.
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TWO POPULAR DEBUTANTES ENGAGED
Misses Marie Taller (left) and Margaret Andrews (right), popular
debutantes In eastern society whose eugagements have ' been announced
MIbs Taller, whom the Grand Duke Mlchaelowltch, cousin of the czar, called
the moBt beautiful woman In the world, is to be married to S. llryce Wing.
Miss Andrews' future husband is Morgan Belmont, son of August Belmont.
Precedence to Militarism.
Usual road Improvements in the
relatively nonmllltary parts of Great
Britain will not be carried out at
present. Proposed public Improve
ments to relieve unemployment also
are in abeyance. The object is to
concentrate available labor on objects
of military Importance. Roadmakers
from places where improved highways
are not needed by the military will be
transferred to places where such high
ways are needed, notably the southern
and eastern counties. Workers so
transferred will be housed together
while away from their homes. They
will receive 13 cents an hour. Hut
accommodations, with blankets and
rugs, will be provided free. All forms
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of work that keep able-bodied men ol
military age out of the army or re
strain competent Workers from sup
porting the munition industries will
be discontinued.
Intoxicated Fish.
A wounded officer who has arrived
at Petrograd from the front recounts
an amusing inutance of the benefits
of teetotalUm.
The commander of a company or
dered 800 casks of spirits found In a
captured German village to be poured
Into a fish pond. The fish became In
toxlcated and floated to the surface
where they fell an easy prey to the
Russian soldiers. The supply lasted
some days.
Accuxi-d of preying upon the cre
dulity of bereaved praons, William H.
Chapln, alias B. V. Biown.i Co., alias
D. N. Walters, of Harrinburg and
Lewlstown, pleaded jiuilty before
Judge Wltmer in the United States
Court at Sunbtiry to sending parcels
of cheap Jewelry addressed to dead
perrons and then receiving from thels
eHtates payment when they had neves
been ordered. Tho Court told him
that he was a hard-hearted man to
prey upon the estates of the dead, and
then sentenced him to three mouths
In the Lewlstown Jail.
Unknown persons exploded dyna
mite on the front porch of the rec
lory of the Mother of Consolation
Church, one of the largest Roman
Catholic churches In Ml. Carmel. No
one was Injured, but the house and
and adjoining property occupied by
David Ilennle, a mine bofs, were badly
damaeed. There are two factions in
this church, and the rectors, Rev. M.
-5. Retka and T. J. Mauleckl, recently
appealed to the police for protection,
fearing violence.
Fifty automobiles were disabled on
the streets in Chester, punctured tires
causing the trouble. The police are
investigating. It has been learned that
"hobnails" of peculiar design had been
strewn along the streets traversed by
automobiles, and the supposition of
the police is that the vandalism is the
work of parties who are trying to drive
the "jitney" cars out of business.
Arthur J. Hoverter, the Lebanon in
surance agent, pleaded guilty to com
plicity in the wrecking of the Schaef
ferstown National Bank. Judge C. B.
Wltmer, In the United States Court,
?entenced him to five years in the
Lebanon Jail. A plea by Hoverter's
counsel saved him from serving his
term in the penitentiary.
F. N. D. Ruchman, secretary of the
College Y. M. C. A., at the Pennsyl
vania State College, will spend the
dimmer in Europe ministering to the
spiritual needs of the troops In
Tenches and the injured men in hos
nitnl. Mr. Buchmnn goes to the front,
probably with the German army, at the
request of Dr. John R. Mott.
A romance that started when they
went to school as children, resulted
in the wedding of Miss Isabella
Shields, of Allentown, and W. H.
Dodge, of Rorchester, N. Y., the cere
nony being performed In the Church
f the Immaculate Conception by
pather J. J. Mahon.
Active operations were br gun on the
Irst State Institution in Union county,
vhen ground was broken near Laurel
on for cottage No. 1 of Pennsylvania
'.Milage for Feeble Minded Women.
'Vork on this building, which will cost
'25,600. will be pushed as rapidly as
tosslble.
With a gash In the head that re
Vilred fifteen stitches to close, both
'rms broken and other Injuries, Mrs
benjamin R. Koch, fifty-eight years
-ild, of Wvft Hamburg, is in a critical
-ondition. the result of a fall down
tnirs while answering a telephone call
it her home.
In his semi-annual report, Charles
S. Foos. superintendent of the Read
ing schools, calls attention to the
necessity for an addition to the Girls'
High School Building; the nord of ad-
lltional funds to maintain the even
ing schools and the general financial
stringency of the school department
The eighteenth annual comrcence
nent of the joint Upper Saucon and
Lower Milford High School took place
In the Union Church, Center Valley.
Thirteen graduates, the largest class
In the school's history, were given
diplomas by County Superintendent
Alvln Rupp.
Her preference for her stocking as
a depository for her money, proved
costly to Mrs. William Townsend, of
Reading, when she lost a roll of $100,
when her stocking wore a hole while
she was shopping on Penn street.
Anthony Brill, n'ne years old, Is in
a critical condition at the ' Home
opathic Hospital, Reading, the result
of a fall from the Reading Railway
bridge on South Hlghth street to the
street below.
Fifteen accidents In which Jitneya
figured characterized circus day In
Ilarrisburg, but no one was Feriously
hurt. Three Jitneys hit trolley cars,
and two crashed Into fences. Over
100 Jitneys were operated.
Taul Dammrlch and Lloyd Miller,
of Allentown, have started to walk to
the San FranclBco Exposition, expect
ing to get there about September 1.
Secretary J. II. Edwards, of the
Reading Y. M. C. A'., was summoned
before the. Board of Directors and In
formed that he had been granted a
vacation to attend tho ranama racific
Exposition, with all his expenses paid.
From injuries received two weeks
ago while roller-skating, eight-year-old
Evan Davtes, ot West Catasauq.ua,
died at the Allentown Hospital.
Albert H. S. Cantlln addressed the
electrlo light workers In Allentown on
"Efficiency in the Public Servlca."