THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS, McCONNELLSBURG, PA.
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n This Department Our Roadors In Fulton County and Elsowhoro May Journey
Around the World With the Camora on the Trail
of History Making Happenings.
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POTOMAC RAILWAY BRIDGE GUARDED
"aImivp. const guard recruits drilling with a slx-pounder nt Fort Trumbull, Connecticut. Ik-low, scene In the
rijlon through which the French troops nre now advancing, showing how big guns nro mounted In the ruins of
ttooc dwellings. Insert, Prince George E. Lvoff, who remains premier In the reconstruct ,'d Ilusslun cabinet.
! WHERE OUR WAR PLANS ARE FORMULATED
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NAVAL RESERVES ON BOSTON PIER
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MAJ. THEODORE ROOSEVELT
MnJ. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., of the
Officers' Reserve corps In training at
the, Plattsburg camp. Major Roosevelt
Is only one of the Roosevclts In camp.
Kermlt, another son of Colonel Roose
velt, and J. A. Roosevelt are also train
ing there.
Some Good and Bad Guesses.
At a recent examination In common
knowledge connected with war terms,
nt a certain school, the pupils were
asked to write down the English of
frnnc-tlreur, which Is the French equi
valent for a free lance, and the boy
who took the "cake" won with, "A
well-known dog-funcler."
Unfamiliar foreign words are often
strangely defined. A young studeut
said that an appendix was a portion of
the body which was neither use nor
ornament, another snld an octopus was
an eight-sided figure, whilst a bright
young lndy defined a synonym as the
word you use when you can't spell tho
other.
As She Understood It.
Paul and Alice, age six and four, re
spectively, were discussing family rela
tionship. "Now, you know, Alice, dad
married mother nnd I guess she mar
ried him," said Paul.
"Nnw, sbo didn't, nothln' of the
kind," responded Alice, gravely.
" 'cnuse dad said tho minister married
him."
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A strong guard of soldiers hns been placed nt the railway bridge over the Potonmc river leudlng Into Washington.
J nis is the only rnllwny bridge nt tho nntlonul capital, nnd hence Is of great Importnncp.
"MUSHROOM" BRIDGE BUILT BY THE FRENCH
As fast ns the Germans destroy the bridges In their retreat the French engineering corps builds them up again
with remarkable speed. Hero Is n French mushroom bride nt Solssons.
YOUNGEST RADIO OPERATOR
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AVnltor D. Slddull of Washington,
who will be fifteen years old next Au
gust, has obtained a license from the
government as a first-grnde commercial
radio operator. Ability to take 20
words a minute is required. SIddall
,took 25. He Is In school now and be
came Interested In wireless less than a
year ago. The small plant which he
built was closed by government or
ders a short time ago.
At Dorothy Understood It.
While Dorothy's mother wus rending
to tho Uttlo girl she came to the word
"gravitation." She explained Its mean
ing briefly, but thought the child would
forget It. Consequently, she was much
surprised when, a few days later, Dor
othy came running In, exclaiming ex
citedly: "Oh, mnnunn, It's a good thing for
me there's a law of gravitation, or I'd
hove stumbled head over heels Into
heaven Just now, when I fell oft the
ladder."
Militancy.
Heis your friend a pnclflstr
She I should sny not 1 Why, rather
than consent to a dishonorable pence
she refuses to divorce her husband.
Judge.
BERNHARDT'S CHATEAU IS SPARED
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This pretty little chateau belongs to Sarah llernhnrdt, the famous French
actress, who hns not seen It since the beginning of the war. It Is now held
by tho Germans and this picture wus made recently showing that until then, at
least, the Germans hod spnred tho chnrmlng llttlo place.
UNDERGROUND AMBULANCE STATIONS
Trentlng wounded French soldiers underground. This Is but one of many
similar dressing stntlons organized by the French Red Cross along tho battle
fronts. Located far underground, the doctors and Injured are seldom the
target for enemy shells. In the case of serious Injury, the men nre given tem
porary treatment In these subterranean hospitals and then removed to the
hospitals In the rear as quickly as possible.
Carbondale. Before A. L. Sahms
was elocte.l Mayor he was a leader In
the movement to establish small
parks about the city. As Mayor he
was even morn successful In that di
rection. Harrlsburg The Senate f301
Anally the bill providing for a county
home In each county excepting Alle
gheny and Philadelphia for Indigent
orphans, dependent and neglected
children under 16.
Hazleton. James Collins, GtS, for
yearn State Health Officer in Hazle
township and former School Director
of -that district, dropped dead from
heart trouble, whllo repairing the
family burial plot in St. Gabriel Cem
etery. Ilarrlsburg. Recruitments of unlU
of the National Guard to war strength
will bo pushed rapidly.
Ilnrwlck. The First Methodist
Church, Ilcrwlck, gave $2,600 paying
off the last cent of Indebtedness on
an $85,000 church.
Hazleton. The 7,400 mine stripping
men of the Hazleton district bav
agreed to accept the same wage In
crease recently granted the other
miners.
Hazleton. In addition to the scar
city of railroad cars coal diggers com
plain that tome companies can not
supply them with enough smaller car
for gottlng the loose fuel from the
slopes to tbo breakers.
Ilarrlsburg. The ten State work
men's compensation referees holding
ollke at the time of the approval of
tho act Increasing tholr salaries from
$2,r.00 to $3,000, cannot bo paid the
inrreaso, ns they aro "public" officers,"
who can not bo advanced.
Skippack. All night street lighting
has been lnauguarated here.
Gwynedd. Western farming meth
ods. Including tractor plowing, are
proving a success on tho 1200-acra
Kolh farms.
York. Hlood poisoning, which de
veloped from a carbuncle, caused the
death of Professor W. H. Patrick, prln
clpal of tho Patrick Business School,
aged CO.
Mifflin. Tho Farm Bureau has been
granted an appropriation of $1,000 by
the County CommNsioners.
Altoona. Resigning twice because
his pay was not raised. Plumbing In
spector L. W. Ray Is back, still hope
ful of an Increaso.
Hazleton. Id kley Markle. eon of a
local coal operator, has enlisted as
Eergeant In tho United States Army
aviation corps at Boston.
Altoona. High cost of feed and la
bor have driven the Tleasant Valley
Stock Farm, Blair B. Hileman, pro
prietor, Into bankruptcy, with $07,000
liabilities.
Wayne Churches have forwarded
to tho President a Joint resolution urg
ing war prohibition.
Wayne. St. Mary's Protestant Epis
copal Church has been presented with
a silk American flag by William Vor
ner. Belleville. Tho Mcnnonito Breth
ren hnve closed their conference at
this town, 50 visiting ministers. In
cluding returned missionaries and rep
resentatives of all churches east of
the Mississippi River having attended.
Merlon. Jacob A. Kcttenrlng, a
commlssionor, has astounded his cus
tomers nnd acquaintances by changing
his Ardmoro from a retail to a co
operative basis.
Easton. Howard Butler, 45. a
bricklayer, lay on the Lehigh Valley
Railroad tracks In front of a freight
train and was so badly Injured that
he died several hours lator In the
hospital.
Pittsfiold. One thousand acres of
land In thto vicinity, have been loascd
by Warren operators, and a number of
wildcat, deep-test wells will bo dril
led. Hazclton. An underweight seller
near Hazelton was forced to refund
$100 on $259 for hay.
Enola. Citizens turned out In full
array to dedicate tho new $35,000
Summit Hill High School.
York. Tho use of fireworks In
York, as well as the sale of pyrotech
nics, is prohibited by an ordinance
passed by Council.
Shenandoah. A Coroner's jury
found that Patrick Donahue was tho
slayer of Dr. Harry F. Kilty and his
patient, Mrs. May Donahue.
Scranton. Federal Attorney Rod
gers L. Burnett, has handed a check
for $16,500 to Henry Krentzman, the
purchase price of the St. Charles Ho
tel, Lewlstown, where, he assures tho
public, a Federal Building will be
erected.
Ilarrlsburg. Twenty or more High
School boys at St. Mary's learned
something about forestry by assisting
in planting treos on the Silver Creek
water shed near Paul street. The St.
Mary's Water Company received 6,000
evergreen trees for this purpose.
Tltnovllle. The Country Club will
rebuild this summer the $30,000 club
house which was destroyed by lire
recently.
' Hazleton. Principal A. D. Thomas,
of the High School, besides urging his
students to work on farms, has en
couragod some of them to help in
the mining of coal. Accordingly a
number of the students are now wear
ing mining lamps and aro working
beside the miners.
Altoona. Retired employes of the
Pennsylvania Railroad on the Altoona
division have been recalled to active
service, help Is so scares.
Altoona. Forest fires burned off
1000 acros of timber.
Scranton. The Lackawanna Com
pany has notified employes at Scran
ton that It has raised the salarica of
10.000 clerks.
Harrlsburg. A full war census of
miners of the hard coal field was tak
en unofficially through the medium of
the pay windows of the different col
lieries. Lewlstown. A detail of soldiers on
guard at Lewlstown hiked Into the
Narrow and removed two small Aus
trian flags floating from the top of
Huckleberry Peak.