THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS, McCONNELLSBURO, FA. STATE NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD pie d Latest Doings in Various Parts of the State. In Thlo Dopartmont Our Road era In Fulton County and' Elaow h INlay Journey Around the Aorld NAlth the Oamoro on tho "Frail of History INIatclng Happonlne. PREPAREDFORQUICKREADING GUARDING THE SUMMER WHITE HOUSE BABY PARADE ON BOARDWALK AT ATLANTIC CITY Qlrl Finds Father Suicide In Garret Boy Drowns In Backyard Creek. To Wed After Forty Two Years. Events of Wor for Mews .... "t iSSSfri li'illfrtYiiM.hfliii.lri .1 rl: nlfi it! inwrivn ri1rlT"iv' iiri1iM fclftlWiirTft1imirHH-tf'r Especially since the attempt to assassinate J. P. Morgan, President Wilson U very carefully guarded tu the summer White House at Windsor, Vt. Watchmen and secret service men patrol the grounds constantly and ring up on automatic time clocks on trees. A miniature telephone system also has been Installed, i SERBIAN OFFICERS' HUT IN THE TRENCHES It 7 r 1 -T t ' CMS: Arrm : i w "t f. war, " 5 4? 0 This hut for Serbian officers is behind a protecting embankment In the Inundated area at Zaganlla Island, !lhln 80 yards of the Austrian trenches. WOMEN OF DENMARK CELEBRATE ITALIAN SUN IN ACTION j r :v -II I f .! W I - ; ; a . h . Ifi t 14 F To celebrate the passing of the bill giving the women of Denmark the right to vote, the women of Copenhagen organized an elaborate parade, the 4 of which Is here shown. BRING MESSAGE TO MR. WILSON ';. .x .-.-m v www Sd Pre?0'' J M' A8utlar (left) and MaJ. Irenoi Qarcla, couBlns of the late dent Madero of Mexico, who came to this country with a letter from the Cero family to President WLUon with regard to conditions In Mexico. One of the smaller Italian mountain guns In action on a height In the Aus trian Tyrol A Poet'a Tomb. "Under my eyes," wrote Mistral In his vein of antique tolerance, "1 see the lnclosure and the white dome of where, like the snails, I shall lie hid In the gentle shade. Supreme effort of our pride to escape voracious time! Thta forbids not that yesterday or today quickly is changed Into a long forgetfulneBS. And whon people ask of John o' Figs, of John the galtered, 'What is this dome?' they will reply: 'That's the tomb of the poet a poet who made songs for a beautiful Pro vencal maid called Mlrclllo. They are like niosqultoos In the Camargue, scat tered far and wide. But be lived In Maillane, and the old men or the coun tryside have seen him walking In our paths.' And then one day they will say: 'It's he whom they had chosen king of Provence. But his nnme lives no more save in the song of the brown crickets.' At.laBt, at the end of their knowledge, they will say: "TIs the tomb of a magician, for of a 16-rayed star the monument wears the Image.' " The Century. ' Cost of 8chool Books. For each child enrolled In the public schools in the United States the total annual cost of textbooks Is 78.8 cents. The total expenditure per child for all school purposes la approximately $38.31. The cost of textbooks ! thus approximately 2 per cent of the total cost of maintenance, support and equipment The cost per child on the school-population basis (S to 18 years of age) is 66 6 cents; the annual per capita cost of textbooks on the total population basis la less than 15 cents. i L .i. ,k ..-..v j. jim.li...,a,.,i....i.t-t .. ...i .. ... I.,ff flffYt r ft fift tf ,if ft Hint H Atlantic City without lta famous annual baby parade would lose much of it. distinction. The parade this year was the most successful ever held. IN A RUSSIAN TRENCH Some of the Russians who have been stubbornly resisting the ad vance of the Austro-Qerman forces on Warsaw waiting in their trench for the appearance of the enemy. ABOUT READY TO GIVE UP Conflicting War Reports Had Driven Unfortunate Man to the Limit of Endurance. A humble-looking, middle-aged man. who had been reading the evening pa per on the car, laid It aside with a sigh that made the man next to him ask: "Did you notice the death of a rel ative in your paper?" "Worse than that," was the doleful reply. "Perhaps some great mUfortune is to overtake you?" "That s It," was the reply, with solemn shakes of the head. "You have my sympathies," said the other after a moment "But it won't do me no good, al though you have my thanks. Before I get home, my wife will have read this paper and she'll be all prepared for me. "Prepared how?" "Why, here's a dispatch from Petro- grad which says that the Russians have taken a half million prisoners." "Yes, I see." "And that the Austrians have taken nearly a million." "Yes?" "And that the Germans have cap tured 17 towns in France." "I see." "And that the British and French have driven the Germans back 28 miles." "Well?" "I will have no Booner reached the gate than my wife will come out and wave the paper in her hand and shout until she can be heard down to the corner. The only thing I can do Is to take to my heels." Hut why?" asked the other. "Why should your wife act that way?" "Because I work in the Job office of a newspaper and she holds me re sponsible for all the lies printed in the paper. Either the editor or I must Bigr a pledgo to quit lying about the war or take up some other way of making a living. I've stood It and stood it until I can stand It no long er! Pittsburgh Dlspotch. Muffling the Third Party. Officer (to wounded soldier) So you want me to read your girl's lettor to you? 1 Pat Sure, sir; and as It's rather private will you please stuff some cot ton wool In your ears while ye read It? London Opinion. The Diplomat ' He I really don't know how I haro offended you. Srie You don't? He No; but will you accept my apology and let me know what it's all about? LIBERTY BELL TRAVERSES THE COUNTRY mmmemaam rmnuvammmmutiAtmmmmm mnr '.r,',,"jigri"''i',-i'jfwi''v Liberty Bell on its Journey across the country to the Panama-Pacific exposition at San Francisco, has been greeted everywhere by many thou sands of persons, the children being especially enthusiastic. The precious rello is carried on a specially constructed car and Is protected by a detail of Philadelphia police. SMALLEST DONKEY IN THE WORLD r ' t i i. V " t Wiinmii rwmw wwi iib.i if)ftwrtMfcMtfej 4 li 3 BP v, TSS. It it 4 lit 1 I rf- .. Oil :j Ji ' , M ft' . . . !"j .. : v - ; n J f-1 - This smallest donkev on earth mm hmnclit tn New YnrU rntu .nh other animals, by Hugh T. Drake of England, owner of an Immense private menagerie. The donkey is Ave years old and stands 29 Inches hi?h at th shoulder, Perfectly Pardonable. "Have women the strength of mind to conduct themselves in politics like men? Could a woman, like Caesar, have refused the crown?" "I think so," said the lady addressed. Ot course, she might have tried it 00, Just to see if it was a fit" Judge. Proving an Alibi. Police Judge I believe you are a sneak thief. Tired Thomas No, I ain't, Jedge, and I can prove it. "What are your proofs?" "Rubber-soled shoes always make me feet sore." Youugstown Telegram. Going Into the attic to note' the prog ress of fruit she was drying since she became the little mother of the family a fortnight ago when her mother died in a hospital, fifteen-year-old Mabel Huckcnberg, of Beaver Springs, found her father, Robert lying on the floor. a suicide. Melancholia, Induced by bis wife's death, It is believed, prompted him to fire a revolver bullet Into bis temple. Mayor Ward presided at a pre liminary meeting for the purpose of organizing a local branch of the Men's League for Women's Suffrage of Penn sylvania. State Organizer Arthur M. Dewees, delivered an address, while Jacob M. ZrHik, organizer for the State League, was another speaker. Louis, the three-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Mathew Dolan, of Girardville, while playing In the rear of their horn was swept down the Shenandoan Creek by the breaking of the fenca. The body was carried to Homesville, a mile away. The Allentown School Board adopt ed a resolution that all bidders on the new schoolliouse would have to em ploy union labor and sign the scale. Bidders declined to comply, and the m .tter has been referred to the Solici tor for an opinion. When Mrs. Harman Cronies, of Beaver Valley, represented to the Court that her son-in-law, George Schllcher, proprietor of the Beaver Valley Hotel, sold liquor openly on Sunday, a rule to revoke the license was granted. Washlneton Townshli) taxnavers have begun proceedings In equity to restrain the school directors from erecting a new building at Wayne Heights, doing away with the present high schools at Rouzervllle. The funeral of John Thuma, Civil War veteran, was held at Marietta. being largely attended. Taps were blown to fulfill a pact made on the battlefield fifty-two years ago between Thuma and Adam Wlsman. The centennial exercises were mar red at Kutztown when Howard Heth erlngton, thirty years old, of Allen town, a Reading Railway brakeman, was run down and killed by his own train while shifting In the local yards. As a result of the dissatisfaction of nearly 100 machinists over the ques tion of wages at the Bethlehem Steel Works, there has been a general rais ing of wages among the men in sev eral departments. John A. Snyder, a Harrisburg, let ter carrier, left for Los Angeles, to wed Mary C. Stemler, to whom he was engaged forty-two years ago. He Is sixty years old. Contractors started with the con crete work for the foundation of the ways at the new shipyard wlilch will be established on the site of the old Roach shipyard, Chester. William S. Roth, chief detective for the Lehigh Valley Transit Company, while wrestling with a friend In camp at the Poconos, made a misstep and broke a leg. In suing for a divorce from John S. Kelm, of Terry Township, Sallie M. Kelm avers that he caused her to "work as a day laborer on neighbor ing farms." Francis Delowry, 21 years old, a prominent athlete, had his head pinned under falling mine cars at Kohlnoor Colliery, Shenandoah. His skull was fractured. Practically all wheat fields in the Waynesboro section have been harv ested and the yield averages thirty bushels to the acre. Julius Kramsky, forty-six years old. was caught behind a heavy fall of coal at William Penn Colliery, Shenandoah, and was entombed seven hours. Martin Glrvln, eighty-four years old, Quarryviue, ib in a serious condition from the bite by a large copperhead snake. He was putting some hiiy into e trough for the horses, when a ake. hidden in the hay. sprang at him, biting him on the left band. of Falling from the wharf of the Con sumers' Ice Company, Charles Strat ton, aged twenty -five years, of Ches ter, struck his head against the rail of the towboat Helen Bechtol and sus tained concussions of the brain and probable fracture of the skull. The factory of the Nitrate Products Company at Mt. Carbon, where ex plosives in a raw state are manut&Cr tured for the French army. Is to- be doubled In size immediately. Work already has been started and the addl. tlon will be rushed to an early com pletion. , Thomas Gibson and Isabel Springer, both of Media, were married by a Nor rlstown Magistrate. The bride con fessed to twenty-nine years, and the 1 groom, who was only eighteen, had to obtain his father's oonsent
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