1 tUE FULTOfl COUNTY NEWS, McC ONNELLSBUEO, FA. STATE HEWS . BRIEFLY TOLD n Thlo Dopartm rit: Our Readers In Fulton Oountiy and Eloewhe i IVlray Jou The Latest Gleanings From All Over the State. Around the World AIH the O am era on tho Trail tvents for tows Pictures of History INlailne Happenln ASQUITH IN DUBLIN AS A PEACEMAKER HEROINES OF PERVYSE VISIT LONDON1 , r""7J Ti Llovd-Ceorgo, in Dublin endeavoring to straighten out the affairs of Ireland following tho short-lived rebellion. ' ? 1$" , v" . W'f , jTi. I SY&ftl A ft beins assisted in hla task by Premier Asqulth. The ponograph was made while Mr. Asquith was present at a LyYl WPV ' i y- ' 1 vVTRf I - ill ,-"Y review by Ccn. Sir John Maxwell In Dublin of the Trinity College Officers' Training corps and Irish Association 1 ; iWp'Sr - ''AU x -L- -'' ?OfVX ST r&.V 'x l 'FS"S1 RED CREEK FLOWS BY VERDUN CEMETERY W0Jp -'"K1 ' C"' -2- ti'fV"-1'' r!5: :4 In this comctory lio thousands of i'Yench soldiers Idlle i in Verdun battles. In front of their resting place there flows ' Le Rulsscsu Rouge" (the Red creek), so called by tne soldiers because time and again it has been the scene of bloody conflict This cemetery Is actually on the Vordun battlefield and the thousands of graves and crosses may be bombarded and tramped over any time. TWO FAMOUS FRENCH WARRIORS .l!!ii;iii.tW.'.......'.'lliiii,WWi- ; ,; "'"""yv A' M A jr.itf!!.- J .-.'S.LI W", : CHARLES WARREN FAIRBANKS ,t .jJf : 0. J u kt'''Mi J iff tin i j iuv:i -1 v.. W mniii-'fr --t-i ir-'-r Ueorges Carpentier, the famous French pugilist, and Licutenunl ,avarre. the "Fokker killer," who has Just brought down his sixteenth German war piano. The airmen are standing in front of Navarre's machine, and It will be noted that the lieutenant has tied around hlB neck his talisman, a lady's silk tocklng. Carpentier Is now a trained aviator and skillful pilot GREEK INFANTRY IN ACTION J m . l TO' Vv s.v mum ,r j.'mvk . n :-m r . r .r ' .- v.- ,r . ....... iil il m nri ,v( s-. d m . - . i .1 . m-.v ..( ! i, m i A j rr j New puotograpb of lormer Vice President Charles Warren Fairbanks of Indiana. . m r llW A remarkable trio are the Baroness De T'Sorglaes, her husband, the baron, and Miss Chlsholm. who are shown In this photograph made in London shortly after their ar.lval from the front where they spent 19 months. They went out almost at the beginning of the war, and the ladies won for themselves the title, ''Heroines of Pcrvyse." They have been awarded the highest of all Belgian military orJers by King Albert. Tho baron has been twice decorated by King Albert for bringing down German aircraft. The combination motorcycle shown here was especially de signed by the baroness for use at the front. REORGANIZED SERBIAN ARMY JOINS THE ALLIES "M iFli1 lc: ""7? i Reorganized and re-equipped, a Serbian army of 100,000 has joined the toic-.a of the allies In Greece. The photo graph shows part of the first section of this army marching to the camp at Ealonlkl. SENATOR A. B. CUMMINS Bibles on Watch Chains. The dovout In all lands have their own particular way of giving outward demonstration to their piety. In Rus sia It frequently takes the form of wearing miniature Dlb'es as charms on the watch chain. They are got up In attractive form about an Inch square and three-eighths of an Inch in thick iu'kb and iciniuin the first live books of the Old Testament. The text of the book Is In Hebrew and the titles In Latin It Ib true that the book could nul be read without the aid of a pow erful niapuiriltig glass, but that does i not trouble the Russian "unco' sulci"; he o'aces great reliance on the fact that he carries the "Word" on his per son. . :;. TK, j, I ii ii ff-nr" iv ii u" ir-T JOLLY MILLERS OF NOTTINGHAM Latest snapshot of Albert B. Cum mins. United States senator from Iowa. . (Tbe Greek soldiers already bare had several enuouuters with the Hul tnans and it may be war will ensu bjfore long The photograph shows 0retik tnfantry in action. Making Progress. "When 1 started out In business," said Mr Cuuirox, "I made It a rule never to work less than ten hours a day." , 'You have succeeded wonderfully." , ".Yes It wasn't long boiore I had built up a businubs big enough to keep me going 18 or 20 hours a day." Sternly Rebuked. A large firm In Aberdeen, says Pearpon'B Weekly, recently engaged oa oflice boy a raw country youth, It was part of his duties to attend to the telephone In his master's ab sence When first called upon to an awer tho boll. In reply to the usual query, "Are you there?" he noddod assont. Again the question came, and still, again, and each time the boy guve an answering nod. When the questlonTame for the fourth time, however, the boy. losing his temper ro.ired through the telephone: Miin. y blind?- I've been nod din me head off for the last halt hour!" 14 IllnW&m I x , -i t.r- V' (4i;jff s t MA Wlf I " llt '1IIWII11 i "I " ' 1" 1 1 " T f ' ft t : t-- vmh WUl-MCMM4iMiHCMiMM I tic joi.y ii iiiet s ' ot b( i.j; and Sioiy iiuvu given way. like uuiur llino honored occupations tilled by men, to women. Nottingham, England, has a number of girl millers. They atteud to all the work excepting the heavy weight lifting, which is done by men. Curbed In overalls, from early dawn till sot of sun tho "Jolly Millers" go about their taslt with a song on their lips. It Works, Too. A small boy's Ides of leaving foot prints on the sands of time Is to sneak across a newly-made cement walk. Columbus. Ohio, Citizen. Arab Brlckmakcrs. Arab laborers ore now successfully operating two American brlckmaklng machines In what Is said to be the original site of the Garden of Eden. When the contract was given by the Turkish government to a British com pany, the use of concrete was consid ered. When this plan proved too ex pensive, It was decided to use bricks made by the Arabs In the vicinity. But these bricks were made by hand, and were as costly as the concrete Ma chines for making bricks were next Imported from England. Germany and Belgium, and each was In turn found to be too complicated to be used by the Arabs. Finally a couple of Ameri can r-rlckmaktng plants wers In stalled, and these proved so simple that the laborers could easily work them. Those In charge of the scheme to Irrigate theTlgro-Euphrates valley are so pleased with the results that other kinds of machines are be ing sent there from America. Go to War in Autos. The soldier goes to battle nowadays Just as you go to your office, shop, or mill In a motor-bus or tramcar. Eighty thousand men went Into the battle of the Marne In taxlcabs from Paris. Now motorbuses are working IVp trnmcnrsll along the front. They form an almost endless procession. said Plain Speech. "I'm a plain-spoken person,' the aggressive man. "That's lucky. You're at least on subscriber who saves the telephone operator the trouble of asking you to repeat your number." TOLD IN SHCRT PARAGRAPHS Alleged to have become unbalanced mentally from constant reading of the Bible, Peter Lean, a blacksmith, forty one years old, of Hyde i-ark.'mui deied Abraham Fick, a farmhand, about fifty six years old, almost severing his head with an ax. Leas made no effort to escape and was arrested an hour after ward, lie said he had been prompted to murder by a charcoal buiiier wuo lives In the mountains near his home and by his rcad.ns of the Seventh Cook of Moses, "A Handbook for Bible Readers and Christian Workers," and a memorandum book In which were written numerous Scriptural messages were found In his pocketB. Tractically the eui.j-e $30,000 estate of Henry Close, a native of Cerks county, who died more thun a year ago in Philadelphia, goes to the im provement of Berks county cemoterics and maintenance of graves of relatives, according to an opinion and adjudica tion just filed by Judye Gumiuey In tne Orphans' Court of Philadelphia. The will was contested by the next of kin and by the We- tern Home for Poor Children, of Philadelphia, which the will provides shall inherit any bequests that may full. Lightning played a peculiar prank when it ttruck the home of Andrew Levans, Shamokln. It took a down course through the chimney and wrecked the kitchen range, the lids Dying In all directions. Mrs. Levans and daughter were made unconscious by the shock. The home was set afire, but was extinguished with little damage. A gift of $2,500 has been received from Charles M. Schwab by the com mittee having :n cnarte w,e e,ecuin of the new $25,000 Archives Building of the Moravian Church, Ecthleheiu. More than $10,000 of the needed amount has been subscribed. In this building will be placed historical docu ments dealing Willi the early history of this country. Mayor Jor.ca, of Coatesville, whose election Is contested by Rev. T. W. Mc Kinney, was deprived of jurisdiction ovor the police fo;-ce by C.ty Coun cil. An ordinance was passed on lim rending abollahlnt; the oflice of city detective, clving that duty to tho chief of police, and taking the direction of the police force out of the Chief Execu tive's hands. Eleven cars wrre prnnshe'l "d burned at Slate Run, when a truck broke on an Er.e last trtitai . ....i was running over the New York Cen tral tracks to transfer a big shipment of sugar bnund from Honolu'u to Port Richmond to the Reading at Williams port Among the cars burred were three of suirnr, two of automobiles and three of wool In sacks. Burglars entered the home of the late Judse D. Green, at Pott vlVe. nnd secured loot worth fl.000. In a chest, which they ran-acked, va'uabV valued at $1,000 were overlonked. The rob bery was perpetrated durlrg the absence of the family, even t'ie two domestics being away from the premises. P. Homer Brodheck, thirty-five years o'd, was killed at t'ie Wet Vlrcln!a Pulp and Paper Company's p!nnt, Ty rone. Sent to the second floor to see why a conveyor had Ftal'ed.'he evi dently Jumped over the cuard rail to adjust th machinery and was caught In the belting. Judre Freas d"rrond that no rriftr r'ae licences shou'd be iupd In Luzerne county to m!n"r under the a-e of sixteen year". A'r'ermen, Jus tire of the peace and marriage 'icpn- e clerks have ben Informed that the a to limit Is sl. teen year. Consent ef the parents makes no difference. Paul B'be!mer, of Pe'h'elirm, won tve tn dol'ar prl?e in se'ence st tho Moravian Co'lege cnmmenccncrf e-er-cles. Leroy S. Aven, of rtmi'h T-th'e-l-e"!, was gran'ed a degne of A. B. Th degree of n. 3. wa conferred upon Wilfred E. Vop'er. of Nazareth. John Chpnilt, nred tNrty two, In 'o-t1! Brt,,,"re"i, tn n'tmd a chrl-'cn-n wa kr'od by a fa'l from a rrco"d tirv w!ndow In which he was sitting o escape the heat. Mr. An-'e Kvt"e. of Rvet Vni'ev, vns awaked a d'vnree fron h"1 hns V.nd, M-th KyUV Ven""" v rrd n draii'lit horre of her r.r.d her '"vlit.rs and c.tmpel'oJ tl em to draw i plow. Ptrrp'nr of t'ie V'.'V'o f-l P'o'd P.or Pi-t-'rt hr.vo av.av'c' V e con-t-nct 'or t' e f-pc'lon o' a rr'-i"'1l"ii,'e pot tho hvl'iMn-' of the r"-f -'rt rt ri'T't"' fr $1.nr(t. it r.-l'' -o r-cd o-r'iv l"e'v t.1 rai'fi p'p.nta for Cue poor district farm. Pn-t"in"tor Ja'' .U T. Cinder's r"! nntlnn rt lnt ha bcn scrqitid by tr Po",off!ce PrtTtrrtrprrt -No one culd he fn-d ti ti,-n the -hport Jnb, which pavs thirty dr"nrs per month, and the cfT.ce will be aban doned. Northampton Court P. O. fl. of A. wtll raise monev to e-ect a nTorlal to the memory of Governor Wo'fe, who ts re?Rrded as the founder of he pub lic school syrfrri ofth!s B'r.te. and who was a native of Northampton county.
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