THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS. McCONNELLSBURG, PA. STATE NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD d N rtment Our Readers In Fulton County and Eloowh Around the Aorld XAl-th the Camera on the Trail of History INlalclne Happonlnga. May Journey The Latest Gleanings From All Over the State. rOLD IN SHORT PARAGRAPHS TRAVELING WORKSHOP OF CANADIAN TROOPS NEWFOUNDLAND FIGHTS FOR THE EMPIRE Cok Production Soars 4,000 Tons In Week Release Suspects In Em porium Explosion Girl Run Down By Auto. Pictures of wor Events for Readers n Thlo Dopa m ii..ii.ium.JjJi. L1DGJI.UJ JJ1J1.11 UJ.JJ -t'T mliiiiili0Wll I..1. J'li'iHW '.'. 4 flip M D II U I I 3 . ' .T, 1 . ft .MrtL' ft' r...?,Afa7y'---- gag-. .. - -- .'. ... - ,. V One ot the traveling mechanical workshops with which the Canadian troops In Europe are equipped. sulvTivTER whTte houe selected for next year f7 jiiapitf Newfoundland troops photographed at Aldershot, England, during the last Inspection before they went across tho channel to Join General French's army at the front. WAR CRIPPLES HAPPY OVER NEW LIMBS HI)IIIM 5 S TO I 1 t jb. !J-Lt.T..JM?,. IT m i -i.i-rifi. I I HO. 1 V A. t T-liHil ill I I I i Iff T lli"lflfl ' " ' " 'jA--J'd"-",""'M ' It Is decided that President Wilson, Instead of returning to Cornish, N. H., next year, will spend the sum mer with his bride at Shadow Lawn, the home of the late John A. McCall at Long Branch, N. J. It Is a mag nificent estate, suitable In every way to accommodate the presidential establishment. It Includes about thirty teres of beautiful lawns and terraced gardens, a lake and tennis courts. Golf links are near by. . I t ; ' hf" lmmf f A 'JT 1 flV : ' " t ' '151 M-WW...M.'t,"lW til Hi EFFICIENT AMERICAN SUBMARINE CREW This is the crew of the United States submarine K-8 which won the 'Oclency pennant in the recent maneuvers off the Pacific coast. SIGNING THE PEACE PACT IN HAITI ii v. riiiiiii'l,-.-l,ii'Y.:,fc.iMn1iniiiiitlll-ii iiiii ilHMi.iirtiriirfti-iiiUl lur I'll!" .." rr-'n -TiiTi i - vm ri finifgini - ol. 1. t. Waller, who was In charge of the expedition of marines and Ue jackets sent to Haiti to subdue the brigands who opposed America's Pn tor restoring order in the negro republic Is here shown signing the compact with the leaders of the rebels at Cape Haltlen. LISTENING POST IN PARIS f - A ! ... .1 v.-.1. . . The dnfenses ot Paris aeatnst hos tile aircraft are well organized. One of the most Interesting of the special instruments used is the listening post. It consists of four huge horns which gather up the slightest sound and magnify it by means of a microphone, so that it is Impossible for any air craft to approach unheard. After Twenty Years. He was asking the old man for bis daughter in marriage. He was talk ing tremblingly, hesitatingly, as the heroes do in story books. Now came the old man's turn to speak, and as he began his face was white with pas sion and bis voice shook with excite ment "You want to marry my daughter?" said the father. "Ah! Twenty years ago your father crippled me in a stock deal, and I swore to be revenged. And now ray time has come." - He paused for breath, and the as pirant for the maiden's hand was about to beat a hasty retreat In the face of supposed defeat when the fa ther broke forth again: "Yes, Blr, I swore to be revenged, and I'll strike the father through the son. Want my daughter oh T Well, take her, and may she prove as ex pensive to you as she has to me!" The old man dropped Into his chair, worn out with the excitement ot his plot, and the young man fainted. Opium Smugglers Have Code. A secret code used by opium smug glers is said to have been discovered by agents of the United States gov ernment. Americans, Mexicans and Chinese operating along the Mexican border are reported to have signifi cant emblems tattooed on their arms, showing the relation of the individ uals to the business ot smuggling. in iflrtriWfciiYm-n-r- British soldiers crippled In the war and who have Just received tho artificial limbs that will enable them to got back to some sort ot work in civil life, FRENCH SCOUTS SNIPING IT"-, v? 1 a These French scouts have spied a Gorman In his advanced post near La Bassee, from which he communicates by phone with the trenches. From behind the wall of a ruined French chateau the scouts took shots at the enemy. Soft Answer. A tramp approached a certain Downs home the other morning, rapped on the back door, and when the lady of the house appeared, he began to clear his throat, prepara tory to tolling his hard-luck story. "Get away from here," said tho woman. "1 never feed professional bums." "But, madam. I am not a profes sional bum," said the tramp. "I am a psychologist traveling in the in terest of Bcience. I read character at a glance. In looking into tho soulful depths of your beautiful eyes. I read there that you are by nature a kind-hearted, gentle, gen erous woman. It is these notable im pulses and the contemplation ot chari table deeds that keep you looking so young and handsome." "You poor, tired, hungry man," said the woman. "Come inside and I will give you some breakfast." Moral. Diplomacy is mightier than the sword. Downs (Kan.) Times. . . Crucial Occasion. "You say this speech you are pre paring will be the turning point of your career?" "Yes," replied Senator Sorghum. "This speech will be the effort cf my life. It will decide whether I will have to keep depending on politics fnr a livina or whethor I can go on the lecture platform and rnaJf some rea) money." ENTRANCE HALL OF SHADOW LAWN IIP .i n- V UMH 4 I 3 .... mum 7 r,- r- : M' J'?" r.' -'JWINW.". This is the magnificent entrance hall and main staircase of Shadow Lawn, the McCall home at Long Branch, N. J., which has been selected by President Wilson as the summer White House for next year. AWiERIcSTnD C U P ATI 0 N OF HAITI r ........ -.:ttmtt ,y . . .-. . nHimmmtt jr? L,..,. ........Ji :U . 1 . .Afef 1 fl tllMjtlllIIMflllllilll'MrilW-WI Lieut. Col. L. W. T. Waller, commanding Unitod States marines at Port au Prince, Haiti; Lieutenant Oberlin, connected with Admiral Caperton's staff, and the American charge d'affaires, In front ot the commaudlng olUcur's residence in Port au Prices. Louis SublBkie and A. Fronhotz, the two electricians who were arretted on the cliurge of conspiracy In connection with the recent fatnl explosion at thsl powder plant of the Aetna Explosive ('ompHiiy, In Emporium, were released. It was proved at the hearing on a habeas corpus writ In Clinton county court that the suspects were in no way responsible for t'je explosion, and that a man dlsrharp.'d by Sublskle bad made the charges that brought about their arretts. Two hoiisen have been wrecked, two others badly damaged, and a lurgtf business block, all on Slocum street, Fwoyersvlllr, is threatened with falling Into a cave. Mrs. Mary Qullcy, who occupied one, of the wrecked houses, and members of her family were forced to flee from their homo In their night clothes. The house next door was vacant. Men at work In the mine In an effort to arrest the progress of the cave, say that quicksand are re sponsible for the damage. Durness H. A. Mlshler, of Mechnnlen burg, has put the ban on fames of chance, chancing off articles of any kind of gambling commonly used at fairs and baiaars. This edict was Issued when a fire company of the1 town asked permission to hold a fair and raise money in this manner. Here tofore, the Are companies have raised large sums of money with articles con tributed by cltlznes. The new order, the first of Its kind In this section, has occasioned much comment. In an address before the Perks County Teachers' Institute at Head ing, Dr. Nathan C. Sohaeffer, State Su perintendent of Public Instruction, took a stand against military training In public schools, which Is being con sidered in many cities, including Reading. Dr. SchaelTer said that in augurating such a system "would bo going even a step farther than any of the warring nations of Europe has dared to go." The Ninth District convention of th I'nlted Mine Workers of America at St. Clair, passed a resolution asking Governor Fielder, of New Jersey, to pardon Patrick Quintan, who was sen tenced to seven years' Imprisonment on charges growing out of the Pater son strike riot. A resolution was pre sented to make the district conven tions biennial Instead of annual and to increase the term of the officers to two years. The production of coke In th Con- nellsvllle region last week amounted to 421.000 tons, an increase of nearly 4.000 tons over the previous week. Shipments amounted to 422.000 tons, an inrrease of about 5,000 tons. It is understood that upwards of 200,000 tons weekly have been contracted for 1916. Ovens are being fired as fast as labor can be found for them, 330 being blown In last week. Miss Eleanor Mlxsell, aged nlno years, daughter of A. D. Mlxsell, of Pethlehem, a vice-president of tho Pethlehem Steel Company, was Injured seriously when, Just as she stepped from a trolley ear on her way to school, she was struck by au auto mobile belonging to the State Insane) Uospltnl at Ulttersvllle. A quarrel over ten cents may result In the death of Mary O'Hara, four years old, of Scranton. She is in the .State Hospital with a probnble frac ture of the skull. Mrs. Martin O'Hara and Mrs. John O'llarr., sister In law, quarreled over ten cents. Tho latter threw a stone and it struck the daugh ter of Mrs. Martin O'Hara. William Frelhnfer, of Philadelphia, sold his three large stock farms, con taining 230 acres, with three completo sets of buildings, for $52,800, to J. S. Smith, of Overbrook, who will stock tho farm with three carloads of fancy cattle. County Treasurer Arthur H. Bailey paid the State Treasurer $2,700 repre senting hunters' license revenue from Dauphin county. It is the largest pay ment to be made this season for this) purpose. In her annual report to the Wom an's Home and Foreign Missionary So ciety, of Western Pennsylvania, Miss George C. Henry, of Shlppensburg, showed that more than $10,000 had been contributed by the societies In the past year. When the automobile of J. B. Har vey, of Harvey Station, Del., skidded on the steep hill near the home of George Carter, West Chester, tho front wheel was broken off. Mrs. Harvey was thrown out and received Injuries which may result fatally. Passing through Decker Hollow, Mrs. Samuel B. Beyer and Mrs. Wil liam Murdock saw a flock of wild tur keys alight on a fence. The women got close enough for Mrs. Pryer to grab a big gobbler by the neck. The bird put up a bnttle and Mrs. Beyer released her hold and the turkey Dew away. O. R. Hurd filed complaint against .the station facilities of the New York & Pennsylvania Ttallrond at Genesse The P'ibllc Scrvlcs Commission likely will gW a hearing in the car.e.
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