THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS, McCONNELLSBUEG, FA. STATE NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD PfetW! for In Thlo Departmont Our Readers In Fulton Around the Aorld Alth the nty and Eloowh The Latest Gleanings From All Over the State. ora on the of History INHalclne Happonlnci TOLD IN SHORT PARAGRAPHS NEW MARBLE STEPS FOR CAPITOL AT WASHINGTON MEXICAN BANDITS CAPTURED IN TEXAS Northampton W. C. T. U. Elects Cop. perhead's Bite Fatal To Man. Girl and Man Burned To Death. of mm Events leaders 4 WMeA iMl ( ' X - ' LSTES i i l MS fc , Group of Mexican bandits captured while making a raid in Toxas, guarded by the sulillers and deputy HUur Iffs who took thorn prisoner. HAELEN PAYS TRIBUTE TO ITS DEAD HEROES vurKiuun puLtlut; in new marble Kt"'s at tlio cupitol at WaHlilngton to replace the old smidHtono stvps which time and the weathor had rendered unsightly. AMERICAN NAVY TRYING FOR "INVISIBILITY" 1 II 5 ii I i i i Mali ra( i B ... vW fflK J tui ft :- I ! n iCiT set; . j-ki. h I "", ' ' " fill .' , . .. nai . Taking a lesson from the ruses practiced by the navies of the warring nations of Europe, the naval authori ties of America are experimenting with the "cloak of Invisibility" Idea. The photograph shows the II. S. torpedo bout Tripp painted to resemble the waves. wn the anniversary of the battle of llaelen,. the inhabitants of that llt:Kian town decorated the graves of their fellow citizens who fell in the fierce combat. The photograph bIiows the procession on Its way to the cem etery, the German officer at the light standing at salute. GERMANS PARADING BEFORE CROWN PRINCE SEARCHLIGHT FOR AERIAL DEFENSE One of the Gorman field searchlights which are so useful In guard 't( against attacks from the air. The officer In the left foreground Is observ ing an enemy aeroplane, his instructions being sent by the telegrapher at lila side to the nearest artillery position. . BADGE ON THE CAPITOL LAWN CONGRATULATING A VICTOR I'TJ nil King Luilwlg of Bavaria (at left) congratulating the noted Austrian commander, General von floehm Ermolli, who won high honors in the drive of the Teutonic armies through Russian Poland. i ' - i .-'-'"'". rtm w 1 """V :. yr ':.sA. f ill ftVv w . I'll v " V - ,M - 1V liadgo of the Ladles' Auxiliary of the Grand Army of the Republic, formed ' dowers on the lawn of the capltol at Washington. The plants were put 0 '"at April, so the design would be ready tor the 0. A. R. encampment. Norman Tower Laid Bare. A London letter says there has bean a curious result of one of the fires caused by suffragettes In 1914. The fire In question practically destroyed the historic church of St. Mary at Wargrave, near Henley, which, among other Interesting objects, contained the tomb of Thomas Day, the author. The church is now being rebuilt. In the restoration of the tower it was found that the present casing of red brick Is only a covering for the origi nal Norman tower. The latter proves to be a very fine example of Norman architecture one of the best, in the opinion of experts, existing In Eng land. When the tower was cased with red brick is a mystery, but the work was probably done In the reign of Henry VII or that of Henry VIII. Among oth er discoveries made as a result of the performance of the suffragette "arson squad" are a number of vaults under the chancel, of which no one bad guessed the existence. , Plate Removes Tarnish. There has Just been put upon the market a metal plate that removes tarnish from silver in a few seconds. It Is a thin sheet made of a combina tion ot metals; this Is put Into a dish of hot water In which two tablespoon tuls ot washing soda have been dis solved; the silver Is Immersed In such a way that at loast one piece of It touches the plate, then Is taken out, rinsed and wiped dry. The dish In which the operation Is performed must be ot glass, porcelain or enameled metal; It the latter the enamel must not have been broken. With Its standards crowned by the German eaglo. tho famous Wuerttcinlieig regiment, which covered Itself with glory by Its charges In the Argonne. proudly marched past the crown prinro and his staff, while the hitler saluted tho regiment. The crown prlnco Is seen standing In front and Field Marshal Haeseltr, the German com mander, Is almost directly behind him. SOLDIERS AT PLAY KM r rV TORPEDOED STEAMER ARABIC SINKING Hp Gorman soldiers In the Vosges re gion amusing themselves In leisure hours by making windmills. Diabetes and the Pancreas. Diabetes, according to the latest tboory, Is brought on by a defect In tho operation of the pancreas. Drs. S. J. Metier and I. S. Kleiner ot the Rockefollor Institute Imve been study ing It for two years and have arrived at this conclusion. They have not yet suggested a cure, but now that they feel sure they know the cause they are working toward that end. - Exception. "Show me a woman who isn't al ways thinking of something to put' on hor back." sail Gldlay. "If my wife were here I'd point hor out to you," replied Chubson. Ha!" "She's been begging me for six weeks to buy her a pearl necklace." A c ' . err. ' .vi,-.-. . v c-j- " ' .tw..'.-. i nicSin -i'r-i 1 .... JMT J fc-r4" - .. . .. .' J, J Two hundred members of the Pomona Grange of Bucks, an J Phila delphia counties, representing a total membership of 1,175 grangers, held their quarterly convention and picnic at George School, Newtown. Granger of Lower Ilucks county and Philadel phia county consl.Hting of Tyro Hall, EdlHon, Carversvllle, Plneyvllle, Now. town, Edgewood, Mlddletown, Phila delphia, I'enns Manor and Delaware Valley nil of thete comprising the Pomona Grange, were entertained by the Newtown Grani?e on the grounds of Hip picturesque George School. Nelson Trate started suit In court at Reading, against his brother, How ard Trate, for recovery of $.',000 d;inv ages for alleged alienation of affec tion of the plaintiff's wife, Lydia A. Trate. It appears that the defendant was a boarder at his brother's house. In his affidavit, the plaintiff allege that the defendant, stole his wife's af fections, poisoned her mind against him, and tried to induce hor to leave him. Plans for the elaborate celebration October 3-9, of South nethlelim as a borough, are progressing and the finances received a boost upon the an nouncement that Charles M. Schwab had given $5,000 toward the obser? ance and Town Council the sam amount. The sum of $20,000 will be spent during the week on the celebration. Two persons were burned to death In a fire which broke out In a three story frame building at Vandergrift, owned and occupied by Lugl Cueci. Cuecl ran a poolroom In the building and also a restaurant. He had sleep ing quarters In the upper floors. When the fire was discovered nothing was known of the girl's whereabouts, but tho bodies were found In the ruins. This remarkable photograph ot the steamer Arabic as she was plunging beneath the water after being torpedoed by a German submarine was taken by Professor Still of Purdue university as be was being rowed from the sinking vessel in a lifeboat IWause he bad $600 on his person, the money having been drawn from bank for payment on a house, the fam ily of Treoblll Zellman, of Oakbrook, a suburb of Readine, reported to the police as missing from home for ser eral dp.ys, fear that he has met with foul play. The authorities of nearby cities have been asked to search for him. Having voted favorably a year or two ago to become a third-class city, but re-it rained by court decision from taking up the city form of govern ment, because of an Illegal electkij), 272 residents of South Bethlehem peti tioned Town Council to again allow the people to decide whether they want a city government or not. The body of John Slnravage, aged twenty-six years, of Beaver Meadow, was found near Coleraine, by Joseph Henry. There were four bullet wounds In his head and body. The man visited Beaver Meadow during the night, evidently was murdered and his money taken while on his way home. The Women's Christian Temp"rance Union of Northampton county held It twenty-eighth annual convention at East Bangor. These officers wer elected: President, Miss Emma Stock er: vice-president, Mrs. A. Snyder; corresponding secretary. Miss E. Tin-ney. Michael Slnkebls, an unmarried young miner, of Coleraine, was found murdered on the road between that town and Beaver Meadow, with three bullet holes In his body. He was last seen alive at Beaver Meadow. There Is no clew as to the motive or Identity of his slayers. Ralph Kahl. twenty-three years old, of Sheridan, died In great agony after an illness of twelve days, with blood poisoning, the result of being bitten by a copperhead Rnake, while harvest ing oats on a farm at Newnvmstown. Instead of adding $l.r0 to the appro priation of the Net. 1 Bridgeport Fire Company, as requested. Town Council cut the $600 It had been receiving In two and gave a half to the old com pany and the other half to a new company. Anthony Segro, mnll carrier from Mt. Carmel to Marion Heights, while riding In an automobile near the lat ter place, was held up by a highway man. The latter was about to leap Into the car when Segro ran It away. The man discharged a number of re volver shots. His mind affected by the extreme heat, his friends believe, Theodore Bolder, a silk weaver, fifty-seven years old, at'empted suicide at hi home, Allentown, by Inhaling Illumi nating gas. Taul C. CreRsman, eighth grade teacher In the Lohlghton Rchools, re signed his position to become manual training teacher in Bloomsburg State Normal School. He is succeeded by D. B. David, of this place, who"ts suc ceeded by Ellsworth Palmer, of Stroudsburg. Daniel Purcell, who had a Dooley manner In discussing national and world topics, died In Charity Hospital, Norrlatown. He was a shoemaker In Conshohocken, and an lntoreatint character In the "Iron Burg."
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