THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS. McCONNELLSBURG, PA.
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STATE NEWS
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Latest Doings in Various Parts
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OLD BRITISH WARSHIP COMES FOR CARGO
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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
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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,
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.