THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS. McCONNELLSBURG, PA. for W STATE NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD in Thlo Department Our Roadore In Fulton County ondiClaowhe Camera on the Trail VI y Journey Latest Doings in Various Parts of the State. Around the Aorld WltH the of Wor Events Readers tores of History IVlalclne: Happenlnci OLD BRITISH WARSHIP COMES FOR CARGO I- I 1111111 I H I II II lllfllllll iiwiibii ii ii -'- y-' T " TTi-n-ii Triii ii YOUNG WAR REFUGEES FROM FLANDERS rw m n H'" ' rr"-r 1 i nTn J w , I , . ct flaii-f::'i " - "' ii 7 . -- v,.,,,.-. I ' 111 IJ Jv., IV i ::: II TT J .,.:!,.3- V" r fa 1 The steam bark Pollcan, formerly a British sloop of-war and until recently a "mother" ship for submarines, forced Into the merchant service and shipping a cargo ot war munitions at Brooklyn dock. The Pelican took part In the attack on Alexandria In which Lord Charles Boresford gained fame. GREAT STRIKE OF STANDARD OIL WORKERS 1 I 11 J o V ll fV. Ik I Scone at the Constable Hook plant of the Standard Oil company at Bayonne, N. J., during the strike ot 5,000 mployees, which was accompanied by rioting, homicide and arson. BIG CHIEFS MEET IN GLACIER PARK I general von hoetzendorf Many-Tall-Keathers, chief or the Blackfeet Indians, and John J. Fitz lerald, chairman of the house appropriations committee and a big chief of Tammany Hall, In Glacier National park, Montana, near which Is the Clack fat reservation. The appropriations committee, which under the new reda ction extension law now has the say of how much money Is to be expended Q reclamation projects, has been touring the West Inspecting this work, SHE OBJECTED TO THE CAMERA 'J'' 1 M V ,. .... V -- VP'"1" l i 0 -v ' K5lHlWtCNlw5ll!ViCt raster- ' "XrlsTiiik Vl) Tills Interesting snapshot was made tn Newport, ft. I.. Just as Mrs. R. T. on h Wu ,ecelvln8 from a newspaper photographer a plate he bad exposed er and which she demanded be given her. Owing to the complaints ot piCtet 'oik In the fashionable resort, each newspaper photographer making f,tt8ra nd the Intended subject Gen. Conrad von Hoettendorf, chief of the Austro-Hungarlan headquarters staff, studying the plan of the cam paign against Italy. He designed the fortifications on the Auatro-Itallan frontier. Politeness Personified. Not long ago a popular Massachu setts avenue tailor, who tips the beam near the 200-pound mark, attempted to force his way through a line of au tomobiles which was moving around the Circle and south Into Meridian street, reports the Indianapolis Star. Incidentally this tailor Is ot a rather nervous temperament and Is easily embarrassed when public attention is directed toward him. He dashed across the street ahead of a large car as fast as his avoirdupois and short legs would permit and stepped In front of a small machine. The car struck him with a thud, wbeezed and came to a stop, while the tailor rolled tn the dust Scrambling to his feet and without regaining bis bat, which had rolled to the curb, the avenue merchant turned to the driver of the little puffing machine and exclaimed In his excitement: "I beg pardon, slrl" and went hastily on his way. A scene at the Gare du Nord, Paris, when 450 children, refugees from Flanders, arrived at that point They were sent to the Seminar of St, Sulpice to be enrolled as pupils there. NEWPORT HAS CHARITY CHINESE FETE I a . jjfijt . msrs ' - y?$MM i wit" Each year the members of the Newport summer colony assist at a lawn party for the benefit of St Mary's orphanage of Providence. This summer It took the form ot a Chinese fete at Roslyn, the home of Mrs. William Grosvenor. At the right of the picture Is Miss Anita Grosvenor, who had charge of the fish pond for children. WINS THE ORDER OF MERIT I 'A' &t- I 0 ii1" f 1 i""ii" 1 ifiniiri r ifi nfimmii Lieutenant General von Kneussel, who won the Order of Merit for be ing the first to enter the fortress of Przemysl with his Bavarian troops when It was taken by the Germans. War-Tlma Puzxle. A party o.' Boldiers bound for "somewhere In France" were wait ing for their train at a rural sta tion In Wiltshire. Among the lookers-on were an old countryman and his wife. Walking slowly past the warriors, the woman eyed them carefully, her attention be ing mainly paid to their puttee-clad legs. "I say, Garge," she whispered, when out of earshot, "there's somethln' I can't understand about they solgers." "What be it, lass?" asked her good man, with a superior air. - "I can't think how they get their latgs Into ttrey twisted trousers," said the old woman, In wonder. Pitts burgh Chronicle-Telegraph. Not That Kind. BUI How many bands have you got on your watch t . Jill Why, two. "Where's the second band?" "Oh, this Is not a second-hand watch." SLOTH BEAR PLAYS MOUTH ORGAN .2 oJs 1 In the Central Park zoo at New York Is a Himalayan sloth bear that Is a musical genius. For hours at a time be will sit entranced while one ot the keepers coaxes sweet strains from a mouth organ. Zip, the bear, Is here seen taking a lesson on that musical Instrument. With the help ot the keeper he actually plays tunes. GIRL'S REMARKABLE SWIMMING FEAT DUM ll.ll.,,. , v ff - ' . - ... Hliti1trlBBnammmfm,imm mmm iiwih m f, ' itnr" i " n i' ' Miss Ida Ellonsky, with her hands and feet tied, swam through Hull Gate, at New York, in 24 minutes, a feat that would not be easy for an un hampered man. The photograph shows her breasting the swift current, and. inserted, is a picture showing how her wrists were tied. PREPAREDFOR?UICKRFA.niNG Big War Order Landed By Mt Carbon Concern Young Girl, Long III, Ends Life By Shooting Weight Kills Boy. Reading was decided upon as the place tor the 1915 meeting and the fol lowing officers were elected at the clos ing session of the twelfth annual con ventlon of the Central Paper Boi Manufacturers' Association at Read ing: President, George P. W. Saul, Schuylkill Haven, Pa.; vice-presidents, Edward Franks, Baltimore, and J. 8. Heller, Norfolk, Va.; secretary and treasurer, E. W. Gilbert, Allentown. While George Kephart, aged thli teen, was killing rats at his home near Roaring .Springs, his father, William Kephart, aged fifty, came around th corner of the house Just as he pulled the trigger of bis gun. The charge lodged in the father's feet and legs. His right foot was almost blown oft and he nearly bled to death before a doctor could be found. His condition Is critical. The Nitrated Products Company, ot Mt Carbon, landed a number of con tracts for high explosives In addition to the large orders recently received and which resulted In runh orders for the enlargement of the plant The company manufactures guncotton and nitrated explosives which will be de livered to the purchasing agents of the Allies at New York. Nine hundred ovens were added to the producing capacity ot the Connells ville coke region, bringing producing possibilities to 400,000 tons a week It all were In blast That point, bow ever, was not reached, reported pro duction having been 371,000 tons with shipments 6,000 tons over the preced ing week. Clayton B. Hertzler, a butcher of Rothsvllle, has disappeared from his borne leaving a note for his wife stat ing he would never return. Co-lncl-' dent with the leaving of Hertzler was the departure of a pretty widow from the same town. The Farmers' Bank of Lititz has issued an attachment for $2,700 against Hertzler. Despondent because ot continued ill health, Miss Margaret Cusattl, aged eighteen, committed suicide at ber home In. Hazleton, by twice shooting herself through the heart. Her mother was taking tea to the bedroom, when she heard the shots and found her daughter dead. Congressman W. W. Grlest, Lieuten ant Governor Frank B. McClaln and Mayor H. L. Trout were In a party of Conestoga Traction Company direc tors, officials and citizens of Lancaster, who were guests ot the Ephrata k Lebanon Railway Company. Struck on the head by the heavy weight which held a Are escape above the street level, Paul V. Estep, af?ed twelve, of Altoona, was Instantly killed. He had jumped on the escape from a fence and the jar snapped the wire chain. Jacob H. Wise, one of the oldest membtis of the Knights of Pythias In this State, was Installed as master of records and seals of Improvement Lodge, 197, of Clifton Heights, for the torty-stxth consecutive time. A deed requiring $18.50 worth of war tax stamps was filed In the office of the Recorder of Deeds at Mauch Chunck. Three others were filed which required a tax amounting to $50.00. Roy D. Hassler, of Lltltz, 'was elected a member of the faculty of the Mo ravian College and Theological Semi nary In tho science department He was a prominent athlete while In college. A movement has been started for a boulevard on top of the Lehigh Moun tain, from Summit Lawn, directly south from Allentown, to Emaus and Macungle. John Strakoz, a quarryman employed by the Giant Cement Company at Egypt, died soon after being admitted to the Allentown Hospital from the effects ot a stone falling on his head. Samuel D. Keener, twenty-flve years old, died at his home near 'Sporting Hill, as the result of a fall from a ladder five days ago. Keener never regained consciousness. Edward Lohman, a farmer residing near Johnsonvllle, having a wife and ten children, was fatally Injured when he was accidentally kicked In the abdomen by a spirited horse he owned. Mrs. Lydla Miller, one of the oldest women in Northumberland County, died at the home of ber daughter, hero today. She was 101 years old. Warren Smith, of Northampton, while romping In a barn with compan ions, fell over a projecting water pip anl fractured a wrist A light engine collided with a ea hooae on the Bessemer & Lake Eile Railroad at Sharon, killing Instantly the conductor, S. L. Foulk, aged fifty eight, of Erie. Herbert Walbert Is In the Allen town Hospital with Injuries the result of trying to fix an electric tan while kt was whirling. In the year 1913 120,000 persons left the Cnlted Statos with tie intention of settling in Canada, compared with 140, 143 in 1912.
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