THE PULTON COUNTY NEWS, McCONNELLSBURO, PA.
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AUSTRIAN CORRftPON DENTS OFF FOR THE FRONT
Xlils la the foreign olllee at Iiuchurcst, tliu Roumanian capital which the armies of thu cent ml powers have occupied.
War correspondents from Austria-Hungary being taken to tho front In the Ison.o region.
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i I'art of the Immense crowd that assembled In Toky. nteiitly wlmi Crown l'rlnce llliolilio whs iroclalineil
jiielr apparent to the .Inpniieiio throne. These peoplo ure walling to see the prln.e pass on Mm way to the sacred
siinne or iuh nncesiors.
LIBERTY ALL LIT UP
The high cost of print paper has heen utilized ly Washington schoolchildren to xwell their fund for municipal
playgrounds. They have added several hundred dollars by a few weeks' collections. Each school has designated reg
ular days for bringing old papers.
PENNSYLVANIA OFF FOR A SPEED TEST
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A view of the I.. S. S. lVnnsylvnnla Just as she poke l her nose beneath the Brooklyn bridge spanning the East
river. The monster vessel was outward bound from New i'ork navy yard to Uocklainl, Me., where she was to be put
through her Fpeed tests.
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T. I.arye of llarcroft. a., lias Invented an auxiliary keyboard for use
ll" nay standard typewriter which .Is capable of transcribing and translating
y"y message In n manner which mukos It ImiMisslble, lie declares, for anyone
other than the person or persons possessing the key to read. The keys of
"i Invention merely operate the keys of the typewriter. An endless belt on
lileh are nil the letters of the alphabet, slides between these keys, which
'"e arranged In two rows. The sender of the message begins by moving the
"he so w (,) ,(.e n predetermined letter opposite a certain letter on the key
"'"'I. llo and his correspondent know which letters ure to face each other
t the start. Instead of following the keyboard In forming words, (he sender
"Hows the tape, striking the key vhlch happens to bo opposite the desired
"Her mi n, tup,.. After each letter Is made the operator moves the tape a
"iiln number of spaces to the right or left, according to prearrangement.
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Statue of Liberty In New York har
bor Illuminated by the new system of
lighting which was Inaugurated by
President Wilson.
Ir. C'lMtord Kaler nl I'lnclnnntt. who
iiniHiuuccs that he has Isolated the can
cer germ, lie is shown In his labor
atory experimenting on u rabbit. Ills
work occupied many years.
WORTH KNOWING
A tool operated by compressed air
has been -designed for roughing side
walks or other stone work.
l-'rom mines In Japan and South
Manchuria the Japanese are mining
'JO.OOO.IKKI tons of coal annually.
After the 1'nlted States, Oerinany
and France are the largest producers
of Iron ore among the nations.
A recently patented haggnge carrier
for automobiles is Intended to be fas
tened over the hood of n car.
In Japan the crater of an extinct
volcauo In which there nrc many ho.
springs Js utilized ns a sanitarium.
t,'ash registers ure being tested In
New .ealand to record the number ot
words lu various kinds of telegrams.
The word "plate' Is often Incorrect
ly applied to vessels of gold. It Is de
rived from the word plata, which, In
Spanish, means wrought silver.
ITnly about one-tenth of the vast
amounts of Iron ore mined In Spain
annually are utilized at home because
of the scarcity of native coal.
One per cent of the water In the
oceans would cover the land areas of
the world to n depth of l.".K) feet.
A Chicago man Is the Inventor of
"lectrlcal and Innguctlc apparatus to
move miniature ships about models
of waterways or participate In nuvnl
battles In a realistic minuter.
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Latest Doings in Various Parts
of the State.
PREPAREDFORQUICKREAD'.NG
"tins poster, designed by William Meade Prince of New York city, won tho
couniry-wldo competition for Hie best prepandness poster to be exhibited ut
the preparedness bazaar ut the (irnnd IVnlial Palace.
SEAPLANE PRESENTED TO NAVAL MILITIA
'I Naval Milllbi of the stale of Massachusetts was formally presented
wltn a Mi.phiiic of the lal-si type, the Hift of Eben l' lraper, ut Mnrblehead,
Mass. The photograih shows the new nun hlne, with the two "rookie" pilots,
Just before the llrst tllglit.
Water Permit Granted.
Harrlsburg. The State Water Sup
ply Commission granted permission ta
supervisors of Chester county to erect
a bridge over 8ton Run, near
Spring City and to tie Providence
Water Company to s'ipplv water In
Nether Providence Towoshlp, Dela
ware county.
Bread Hamper Hurled Against Train.
Jeannette. Four persons were In
jured on Pennsylvania train 37 west
bound, as It rushed past the station
here. The vacuum caused by the rush
of tho train Jorked pevpral bread
hampers from a truck on the plntfornij
The hampers struck the side of the
train with such force that the pas
sengers were cut by flying glass.
Ohio Pyle Wiped Out By Fire.
Connollsvllle. The business section
was practically wiped out and eight
residences were alxo destroyed by lire
t Ohio Pyle, eighteen miles from here
The flames started In the home ol
Mrs. Ami Savior from a defective flue,
and spread rapidly owing to a strona
wind. The loss was estimated at
H'.OOO.
Somnambulist Killed By Fall.
Allentown. Havmond Ilertzoc. 21
years old, of Mertztown, r.erks county,
died at the Allentown Hospital as the
result or Injuries sustained a wees
aeo, when, walking In his sleep, he
fell from the second story window of
his home, fracturing the skull. Tho
young man crawled from there to the
barn where ho was found the next
day In an unconscious condition.
Brakeman Falls From Car; Killed.
Altoona. When the brake chain
broke, Prakeman John A. Cherrv. aed
twenty-five, of Pellwood, was thrown
off a draft of cars he was taking down
the yard at nellwood and crushed un
der the wheels. Notwithstanding both
lees and his left arm were severed, he
lived for two hours and was conscious
almost to the Inst, giving instructions
about family affairs.
Startling Story Wins Acquittal.
Harrlsburg. A Dauphin county Jury
believed the startling story told by
J. n. Garwood In defending himself
against a charge of larceny as bailee
of funds collected for N. C. Pcckley.
Garwood said he became Intoxicated.
was attacked by thugs, robbed and
carried to a house where he was kept
twelve days without clothes and only
a crust of bread and n glass of water
per day. He was acquitted.
War Veteran Dies By The Roadside.
F.ton. Charles Wiggins, aged
eighty, a Civil War veteran, was found
dead by the roadside about four miles
bark from Raubsvllle. He had been
showing mental derangement of late
nd on Monday disappeared from his
home In Easton and police were look
ing for him. It Is supposed he was
trying to get to Upper Wakefield
Township. Ducks county, where his
brother, Marshall Wiggins, lives.
Painter Grasps Electric Wire; Dies.
Reading. While engaged In paint
ing the steel lattice work of a water
tower at the Textile Machine Works.
Genrce Williams, aged forty-two years,
of rhoenlxville. grasped a live electric
wire and was killed. It was estimated
that 13.000 volts passed through his
body. The accident occurred while
the man was at work 100 feet In the
air and his body fell In a smoking
heap to the ground, almost every bone
broken.
$200 For Killing Two Deer Illegally.
Stroudsburg. Came Warden W. S.
Lash has cleared up the mystery sur
rounding the killing of two deer In
the vicinity of Pocono Iake on th
opening day of the hunting season.
The two men arrested for violation of
the State gsme laws were Thomas Mil
ler, of Easton. and Leroy Christian,
of Pocono Lake, Miller was given a
hearing and found guilty, fined one
hundred dollars and costs of case.
Christian pleaded guilty and paid . the
hundred dollars fine and costs.
State Commerce Chamber Formed.
Harrlsburg. Men from thirty-two
cities In Pennsylvania, representing
flfty-lhree associations and organiza
tions, met here at the Harrlsburg Club,
organized a State Chamber of Com
merce, adopted tentative by-laws and
appointed a ooard of forty directors.
The by-laws provide that the organ
ization be known as the Pennsylvania
State Chamber of Commerce, with per
manent headquarters at Harrlsburg.
The nlm and object of the chamber
will be "the development of all civic.
Industrial, agricultural and commercial
affairs, together with co-operation In
the advancement of plans for the wel
fare and prosperity of every one In the
State.
Postmaster Asks To Be Relieved.
Bethlehem. Postmaster . G. William
niegel asked Congressman H. J. Steele
to bo relieved of his ofTlce. Mr. RIegeVa
term as postmaster really expired last
January, but because of political con
ditions no successor has been appoint
ed to succeed hliu as yet. He has hold
the oflice for twelve years and too
months. Mr. Rlegel says that the Pos
tal Department Is not. furnishing tho
support and facilities for the proper
conduct of tho local office, where the
business Is Increasing rapidly.
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