THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS, McCONNELLSBURG, PA.
PRESIDENT LEADS
BEST PEACHES
ARE MEAPEST
this Is The Conclusion Reached
by the State Bureau
of Markets
AT
The Rookie
President of France at Persh
ing's Headquarters.
Marches With Cabinet and
Officer of Medical Corps
American Army Killed.
Congress Up Avenue.
POINCARE
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PARADE
OFFERS THEM IN CARLOADS
urpoie of the Bureau li to Bring the
Consumer Into Direct Touch With
Producer Community Ship
ping Arrangements Made.
( Harrlsburg.
One hundred carloads, or 32,500
bushels, of peaches, from the. famous
Kach districts of Adams and Frank
i counties are offered to consumers
In Pennsylvania through direct pur
chase by the Dureau of Markets, re
cently established.
For the past week a survey of ths
peach crop has been made, and many
growers have listed their supply with
the Bureau of Markets for dlspoHal.
)t Is the purpose of the bureau to bring
(he consumer In direct touch with
producers, and the first figures, Issued
cover the peach crop. They are: 100
carlosds of two-Inch minimum ma
chin graded, hand quality selected,
carefully picked, packed and Iced;
about 325 bushels to the car, In one
lislf or bushel baskets. Belles (now
Shipping); Elbertas (ready September
I to September 16); Crawfords
!( ready September 4 to September 15);
Cmock (ready September 15 to Sep
tember 25).
i All are freestone and all are yel
low, except Belles, which are white.
Prices can be obtained and shipping
arrangements made by community or
ganizations, clubs or by dealers, by
Writing or wiring Bureau of Markets,
Department of Agriculture, Harris
burg, Ta.
In Conflict on Judiciary.
Conflict In provisions of the State
Constitution Is demonstrated by the
fling here of nomination papers by
6. E. Shull, of Stroudsburg, for elec
tion at the general elections In No
vember to the Judgeship of the dis
trict to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of Judge Staples.
One section of the Constitution pro
vides that In event of a Judge's death
less than three months before election
the Covernor shall appoint. Another
provides that when a death occurs less
than two months previous to a pri
mary election the vacancy shall be
filled by all candidates going on the
ticket at the general election, without
the formality of a primary. Mr. Sliull
tiles under the latter provision.
A similar vacancy exists in the
Orphans' Court of Philadelphia.
Cities Do Not Co-operate.
Lack of co-operation on the part
ef all cities in the Third-Class City
League was blamed at the convention
of that organization for the failure to
have passed at the recent Legislature
many Important amendments .and
laws needed In the commission form
of government. Appeals for extensive
cooperation on the part of City Coun
cils all over the State resulted In
authorization to appoint a legislative
"steering" committee to report at the
convention next year on the best
method to use In lobbying for needed
legislation. Mayor Miles B. Kltts, of
Erie, was among the leaders In urging
delegates to do all in their power to
have the needed laws passed.
Erie was chosen for the 1918 meet
ing after invitations from Mayor
Kltts, Coatesville, through Solicitor
W. E. Greenwood, and Hazleton.
through Mayor James O. Harvey, also
bad been extended.
. A comprehensive report of all laws
passed and those which did not go
through the last Legislature was pre
sented by Solicitor Jimes A. Gardner
cf New Castle, chairman of the Law
Committee of the League.
Thrift on Toll Roads Only.
The attention of the State Highway
Department was called to an editorial
in "The Philadelphia Record," stating
that In some counties in the State
advertisers had erected along the
roads signs constructed in Imitation
ot the standard railroad crossing
warning, to "Stop, Look and Listen"
for the locomotive, bearing thereon
advertisements of merchandise, cal
culated to cause carelessness on the
part of automobile drivers and result
In accidents.
It is stated that It has been the aim
of the department to eliminate all
advertisement from the rights of way
along State highways; but the signs
In question are along toll roads, over
which the department has no Juris
diction until the State acquires them.
Several years ago the men in charge
of State highways all over the State
iwere directed to tear down any ad
vertising signs found on the right of
way of any State highway, and there
lias been no report of the orders being
disregarded.
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Motor Licenses Jump.
Revenue from the licensing of motor
rehicles In Pennsylvania for the first
eight months of 1917 will pass the
.tlf0,000 mark, according to esti
mates made at the State Highway
Department.
t This is $250,000 ahead of the rev
enue of last year, and far beyond
the income to this date of 191G.
The revenue to the close of busi
ness )vas $3.1 45.0fj7.50, and the re
ceipts have been running from $3000
to $5000 a day. The number of solid
tired machines has increased rapidly.
Frees Pike After Century.
After an existence of a century the
perks and Dauphin turnpike passed
Into history, and the stretch of road
frm Wernprsvllle, In Berks county,
through Lebanon county to ITummols
towu, in Dauphin county, became a
part of the William Penn highway.
In return for checks representing $70,
000 tendered on behalf of the State
and the three counties, the company
gave a deed for the turnpike.
The agitation which resulted in the
ale of the turnpike was begun a year
ago by the motor clubs.
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The 'Pennsylvania Railroad an
nounces that 2,540 of Us employes on
lines east ot Pittsburgh have entered
the army and navy of the United
States as volunteers. They have been
granted furloughB from rallrcad ser
vice. The former mine hole at Wyomls
sing, where ore was removed and used
to make cannonballs for the Conti
nental Army, will be turned into a
lake and added to WyomlssLng's park
ing system.
Three brothers Clarence, Arthur
and Milton tPolk of Reading, are serv
ing in the army, all having answered
the first call for volunteers.
The Health Board of Pottstown
takes pride In the fact tbw there is
not one quarantined home ttiere.
For selling hard elder- that Intoxi
cated several men on the jag list In
West Chester, JoBeph Pagnetto, a
storekeeper, has been fined $500 and
costs, though the jail sentence was
suspended by the Court.
Many young women are to be
brougnt from the plant of the General
Chemical Company In New York to
the works of the concern In Marcus
Hook, to take the places of young men
about to go to war, or who return to
colleges.
Charles Hooker's perfect handling ol
a heavily loaded automobile truck,
which ran unchecked down a nill at
Sellersvllle when the brakes became
locked, averted serious Injury.
The "Potatrlots" of Wayne and St.
David's paraded In honor of Labor
Day, several 'hundred strong, with
hoes and rakes at "light shoulder
arms."
Colored Sons of Veterans of West
Chester and vicinity held a "field day"
In West Chester's athletiq park, with
sports, drills, etc.
Mabel Reed, a 16-year-old school
girl, was arrested at Trenton when
she declared her Intention of commit
ting suicide by Jumping Into Sanhican
Creek. The girl spent two nights
with soldiers andsald she was afraid
to go home. She "claimed she left her
home because her family was too
strict with her, and later she met the
soldiers. She has been placed In a
detention ward for Investigation.
As John Y. Guldin, of Yellow House,
was crossing a pasture, he was at
tacked by a bull, but rolled himself
under a fence to escape death after
five of hia ribs had been broken.
German will continue to be an op
tional study in Pittsburgh's', high
schools.
A round-up shows that Pittsburgh
Slavs bought $7,000,000 worth of Lib
erty Bonds.
Fifteen girls have been employed in
the chemical laboratory of the Stand
ard Steel Works, Lewlstown.
Phoenixvllle is holding a Chautau
qua In a large tent.
Bridgeport will honor drafted men
with a demonstration. '
Many "war gardens" about Norris
town have been looted.
Fruit growers near Phoenixvllle
complain of grasshoppers' ravages on
fruit trees, especially peaches.
The Reading Railway Company's
school of telegraphy. Pottstown, has
42 pupils, 20 of them young women.
Nearly $000 was netted at a festi
val for the "tobacco Fund" of Com
pany A, Pottstown.
D. G. R. Wise, a BirdBboro veteri
narian, has been ordered by the War
Department to Join the National Army
and go at once to France.
A few milk dealers In Reading have
notified customers that they will raise
the retail price to 11 cents a quart.
An unknown robber looted the home
of Howard F. Cox, of Antis township,
and secured $225 In cash. Mr. Cox
sold a quantity of wheat the day be
fore an-i also made some collections
o.i farm machinery.
Planting of potato parings, as sug
gested , by Governor Brumbaugh,
proved highly successful at Hazleton
In the experience of Mrs. M. V. Parks,
who reported a large yield, one tuber
weighing three-quarters of a pound.
Other home gardeners announce simi
lar results.
Edward Kriechbaum. formerly of
Chambersburg, aged 55 years, died
near Musselshell, Mont. He owned a
fine ranch of over 1,100 acres and his
estate is estimated to be worth $50,000
or more. As he was never married,
his mother, Mrs. Rebecca Kriechbaum,
widow, Inherits all his estate.
A sordid story of degeneracy and
brutality was told by Mrs. Annie Del
linger, in the York County Court, in
the course of which she frankly admit
ted the killing of her husband, whose
treatment she declared she could no
longer endure. She picked up , bis
shotgun as he sat in the kitchen with
his back toward her, she said, "and
It went off." The woman, after a vain
effort to arouse neighbors, remained
all night In the house with the corpse
and her two young children.
A grasshopper pest and white pota
to grubs have ruined a large percent
age of Schuylkill's truck yield.
Fearing a coal famine., florists of
Philadelphia have written to Hazle
tonlans, asking them to use their in
fluence to have them supplied with
sufficient fuel.
A severe wind, hall and rainstorm
passed over Lock Haven and vicinity,
causing serious damage to growing
crops, particularly the tobacco. Clin
ton county tobacco growers were pre
paring to harvest a high-grade crop,
but the damage by wind and hail will
delay the work, as well as entail a
'leavy loss on an especially good crop.
In Lock Haven little damage resulted,
although the rainfall was heavy.
Mrs. Sarah Campbell, of the Green
Brier Clubhouse, Lewlstown Narrows,
killed a rattlesnake that sported 19
rattles, and will wear Us skin for a
belt. .
Florence Alexis, aged 14 years, of
Mt. Jewelt, was fatally In-jured when
she was hurled to tho pavement by an
automobile, driven by. Maurice Mc
Gray, of Bradford. The girl had Just
alighted from the automobile of W. J.
Healy In front of the Healy home, to
which she was crossing the street
when struck by the machine. She was
rushed to the Bradford Hospital, where
she died.
HE REVIEWS THE SAMMIES
Leader Of the French Nation and
Commander-in-Chief Of the Army
Inspects the Camp Of the
American Force.
Paris. President Polnrarc, Taul
Painleve, the Secretary of War, and
General Petain, the French commander-in-chief,
visited the headquar
tjrs of the American Army. They
were received by Major General
Pershing, commander of 'the American
forces, with whom they inspected the
training camp.
President Poincare reviewed the
American troops. He said he had se
lected this date because it was a dou
ble anniversary of the birth of Lafay
ette and of the beginning of the bat
tle of tho Marne, In which the forces
of freedom threw back the onslaught
of autocracy.
The President congratulated Gen
eral Pershing on the splendid show
ing of the American troops, and said
that events were drawing France and
America ever closer together.
The American soldiers training In
France had their recond demonstra
tion today of artillery fire by an en
tire French regiment of famous 75's
and learned something more of the
vagaries and Intricacies of rolling bar
rages, annihilating bombardments,
mlnnenwerfers and "flying pigs." As
a matter of fact the "pigs" made a far
deeper Impression on the troops than
the delicate timing and placing of the
perfect French curtain of fire.
Fired from nearby trench mortars
at. very low velocity, the flying pork
ers came ambling through the air at
a most ungainly gait and pace, ex
ploding in or near the practice
trenches with a roar that filled all the
air and the surrounding hills with ter
rific echoes.
The soldiers liked the shells, because
they could see them coming and wait
for the big blow up. The trim, true
hells from the French .75 slipped by
so noiselessly overhead without being
seen that the troops rather were' in
clined to underestimate their effective
ness until the barrage curtain was
fully built and maintained across a
space of nearly a thousand yards. The
"flying pigs" roared with the explo
sive force of a 15-Inch shell, calling
forth immediate attention and respect.
Virtually all the American troops in
training saw the demonstration from
neighboring hilltops. They were in
tensely interested at first, but toward
noon some of them rolled over and fell
asleep In the midst of the din Ju.-tt
as tired troopers at the battlefront
sleep peacefully when all the massed
guns are clattering out a song of hate.
WILSON TO YOUNG SOLDIERS
A Message Of Affectionate Confidence
In Which He Calls Them "The
Soldiers Of Freedom."
Washington. Soldiers of the Na
tional Army were welcomed .Into the
nation's service by President Wilson
with a message of affectionate con
fidence and a prayer to God to keep
and guide them.
The first soldiers for the army raised
under the draft started from their
homes for the training cantonments
Wednesday.
The President asks them as brothers
and comrades In the great war to keep
straight and fit by a standard so high
that living up to it will add a new
laurel to the crown of America.
The message follows:
The White House, '
Washington,
To the Soldiers of the National Array:
Ycu are undertaking a great duty.
The heart of the whole country Is with
you. Everything that you do will be
watched with the deepest Interest and
with the deepest solicitude not only
by those who are near and dear to
you, but by the whole nation besides.
For this great war draws us all to
gether, makes us comrades and
brothers, as all true Americans felt
themselves to be when we first made
good our national independence.
The eyes of all the world will be
upon you, because you are In some
special sense' the soldiers of freedom.
Let it be your pride, therefore, to
show all men everywhere not only
what good soldiers you are, but also
what good men you are, keeping your
self fit and straight in everything and
pure and clean through and through.
Let us set for ourselves a standard
to high that It will be a glory to live
up to it and then let us live up to It
and add a new laurel to the crown of
America. My affectionate confidence
goes with you in every battle and every
test. God keep and guide you!
WOOPROW WILSON.
WlLSOtf BUYS FARM BONDS.
President Invests $10,000 In Rural
Loan Issue.
Washington. President Wilson has
Invested $10,000 in farm loan bonds.
Tho President recently took $10,000 of
the first issue of Liberty bonds.
OVERALLS FOR THE TROOPS.
General Wood Thinks They Would
Save Uniforms.
Camp Kunston, Fort Riley, Kan.
Blue overalls for drilling and tren'ch
digging for the drafted men In the
Fourteenth Division cantonment here
have been suggested to the War De
partment by MaJ.-Gen. Leonard Wood.
Not only will the Government save
hundreds of thousands of dollars, Gen
eral Wood declares, but the use of
overalls will help conserve the supply
ot uniforms.
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Five Per Cent of Entire Quota
Has Left Home.
30,000 CALLED TO COLORS
Forty Per Cent Of Entire Quota Will
Then Love For Cantonments
To Prepare For Grim
Work Ahead.
Washington. Approximately 30,000
men left their homes Wednesday
morning In America's first great
mobilization of her citizen manhood
for war.
Reports received at the provost
marshal general's office from gov
ernors of the states declared the
movement was proceeding smoothly.
Practically all the men were In
camp Thursday. Only In the South
and far West were there long Journeys
to camp. In the rest of the country
the railroad trip required only a few
hours.
The 30,000 were the first 5 per cent,
of the var.t drafted army of 687,000
which is to train for service in
France.
Next Call September 19.
The remainder will be called out In
Increments of 40 per cent, on Septem
ber 19 and October 3 and of 15 per
cent, at a date to be set later.
As soon as the troops are settled
down in camps President Wilscn, will
make , a tour of the sixteen canton
ments to review the men and see how
they are progressing In their training.
As commander-in-chief of the Army he
will inspect each camp and get an
idea of tho progress made by the men.
Indications are that at lenrt nine
months' training will be given the
draft recruits at the various mobiliza
tion camps before they are called
upon for active service. This means
that none of the conscripts will be
moved overseas until July, 1918.
Appeals Pending.
Some of the men ' mobilized and
others under mobilization orders still
have appeals for discharge from mili
tary service pending. These appeals
have been rejected by the local and
district boards, but the men are carry
ing them to the President. Mr. Wil
son has as yet made no arrangements
to handle these appeals, tho regula
tions providing that pending action
upon them the men must ga to camp.
General Crowder also issued a ruling
that wliile drafted men may go only
to the camp of the district within
which the local board with which they
registered is located, to prevent hard
ship and undue expense in certain
cases, where men would have to make
long journeys to return to the original
jurisdiction they may be permitted to
transfer to the local board where they
now are and go to the camp where the
quota of that local board is mobilized.
HOUSEWIVES AND THE BANKERS.
Markets For Sale Of Home-Baked
Bread Planned By Government.
Washington. The American house
wife is going to battle the baker for a
5-cent loaf. The Government will
help her. .Government officials here
plan a system of street markets, life
Europe's, where home-baked bread
may be sold. The Department of
Agriculture will teach home baking
methods in every part of the country.
The high cost of living will force the
return of home cooking in the Ameri
can kitchen, experts say.
$200,000,000 MORE TO ALLIES.
War Loan Divided Between Great
Britain and France.
Washington. Loans of $100,000,000
each to Great Britain and France were
made by the government, bringing the
total advanced the Allies up to $2,258,
400,000. The total thus far advanced
Entente governments follows: Great
Britain, $1,105,000,000: France, $630,
000,000; Russia, $275,000,000; Italy,
$200,000,000; Belgium, $53,400,000 and
Serbia, $3,000,000.
FIND CARTRIDGES DEFECTIVE.
Chemical Reaction Ruins Small Arms
Munitions.
" Washington. Practically one-third
of the small arms ammunition supplied
to General Pershing's troops in France
has been found defective from chem
ical reaction set up in the powder
after manufacture at the Frankford
Arsenal. New supplies have been
sent over in fact, have arrived and
steps have been taken to correct the
defect In manufacture.
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GAMP
MONTH FOR THE
NEXT BOND DRIVE
Liberty Loan Campaign From
October 1 to November 1.
M'ADOO WAITS ON CONGRESS
No Details Of Plan Yet Ready.
Foreign Language Organizations
Being Lined Up For Big
Campaign.
Washington. The next Liberty
Loan campaign will be launched Octo
ber 1, according to present plans of
the Treasury Department.
Liberty loan committees throughout
the country, In response to Secretary
McAdoo's appeal, are perfecting their,
organizations in preparation for tho
campaign. '
No announcement concerning details
of the second offering will be made
until Congress acts on the pending
bond bill. It is expected, however,
that the issue will be for about $3,000,
000,000 and that the subscription
books will close November 1. Whether
the offering will be advertised by the
Government through paid newspaper
space will not be determined, said Sec
retary McAdoo in a statement, until
more definite information is at hand
as to its cost and Congress decides
what amount it will appropriate for
the purpose.
Lining Up Alien Clubs.
Cleveland. The opining gun In a
campaign to Interest every fraternal
organization, foreign or otherwise,
every club and every organized society
In the United States in the proposed
new Liberty Loan was fired here, when
Hans Rieg, chief of tho foreign
language division of the Liberty Loan
Publicity Bureau of the Treasury De
partment, at Washington, asked the
order of the Sons of Italy In America
to get behind the coming loan.
Rieg urged the grand lodge, now
in session here, to call upon the 900
sub-lodges of the Sons of Italy to or
ganize Liberty Loan committees for
each lodge. Rieg wl'.l concentrate on
the foreign language organizations He
has lists of 20,000 clubs with 3,000,000
members and representing a total of
36 foreign tongues. Advertising will
be prepared, he said, in 30 languages
and will reach 18,000,000 people.
WILSON'S NOTE A TEXTBOOK.
Chicago Children Will Us Reply To
Pope As English Lesson.
Chicago. Students at the Hyde
Park High School, for their first les
son of the fall term in English, were
handed copies of President Wilson's
reply to the peace proposals of Pope
Benedict XV. They will use as tholr
textbooks for several days printed
leaflets containing the note in full.
"President Wilson's reply to the Pope
should be clearly understood by every
high school student," said Principal
II. B. Loomis.
DUTCH MISSION ARRIVES.
Will Make Plea For Slackening Of
U. S. Embargo On Supplies.
An Atlantic Port. Holland's special
commission to plead the cause of the
Netherlands in connecting with the
American food exports embargo ar
rived here. Irt the party are Van
Elde, former head of the Dutch grain
bureau; J. B. Van Derhouven, Van
Cordt, former president of the' council
of India; Joost Van Vollenhoven and
a staff of clerks.
THE TORPEDOPLANE.
Fund To Develop It At Admiral Fiske's
Disposal.
New York. In an effort to develop
the torpcdoplane as a weapon against
battleships, Godfrey L. Cabot, of Bos
ton, a vice-president of the Aero Club
of America, has placed $:,,0,000 at the
disposal of Rear Admiral Bradley A.
Fiske, U. S. N., retired, to carry on ex
perimental work, it was announced
here by the club.
FATHER KILLS TWO CHILDREN.
Ohio Man's Wife Was Seeking a
Divorce From Him.
Lorain, Ohio. Edward Hazen, 30
years old, shot and killed his 5-month-old
daughter Mary, his 3-year-old son
Edward, Jr., and then wounded himself
here. Hazen is dying in a hospital.
Hazen had called at his wife's home to
ask her to drop divorce proceedings
against him. While his attorney was
inside the house talking to the wife
the father shot the children as they
played on the porch.
CAPITAL HONORS ARMY
Washington Cheers Itself Hoarse Aa
Procession Moves Up Pennsyl
vania Avenue Selected Men
Act Like Soldiers Already.
PRESIDENT ENVIES MEN
GOING TO FRANCE.
Washington, I). C, Sept. 4. A
letter from President Wilson,
made public today, addressed to
Thomas L, Chadbourne, Jr., of the
Mayor's Committee on National
Defense, New York, reads as fol
lows: "Please say to the men on Sept.
4 how entirely my heart Is with
them and how my thoughts will
follow them across the sea with
confidence and also with genuine
envy, for I should like to be with
them on the field and In the
trenches, where the real and flnal
battle for the Independence of the
United States is to be fought,
alongside the other peoples of the
world, struggling, like ourselves,
to make an end of those things
which have threatened the In
tegrity of their territory, the lives
of their people, and the very char
acter and Independence of their
government. Bid them godspeed
for me from a very full heart."
Washington. The President and
Congress of the United States and the
Allied nation, through their diplomatic
representatives, joined Monday In pay
ing honor to the men selected from the
District of Columbia for service in
America's National Army raised for
the battle for democracy.
Washington, long used to glittering
processions, to the blare and noise ot
Inaugurals, opened Its eyes and cheer
ed Itself hoarse at the spectacle. For
two hours, while in other cities
throughout the nations other thou
sands moved over the first part of the
long road that may lead to French
battle fields, Pennsylvania avenue
heard the tramp of marching men, the
jingle of spurs and the rumble of
artillery.
About 26,000 men, women and chil
dren passed a reviewing stand before
the White House, where the President
and his guests watched the parade.
More than half of the long line was In
uniform. There were regulars from
infantry, cavalry and artillery regi
ments stationed near by, marines, men
from the Officers' Training Camp at
Fort Myer and hundreds of army and
navy officers attached to the depart
ments here.
The Stars and Stripes waved from
the reylewing stand, from the build
ings along the broad avenue, from the
head of every unit and In the hands of
most of the civilian marchers.
All Honor the Flag.
From the corner of Fifteenth street,
where Pennsylvania avenue turns
around the Treasury, the long mile to
the foot of Capitol Hill was one stream
of flags in the breeze and sparkling
under a cloudless September sky. The
President and those In the stand with
him were kept at salute continually.
No one of the dozens of officers of
foreign armies and navies overlooked
the tribute due the emblem of the
great republic that has lined up on
their side to make the world safe for
the principles on which It was founded.
President Wilson himself, eyes to
the front and stepping out like a
freshly-made recruit, marched at the
head of the long line, surrounded by a
committee of citizens which arranged
the parade. Behind him, in unbroken
ranks, came most of the members of
the Senate and House, In such a
tribute as they probably never have
given on any occasion In the long
years since' this country became a
nation.
When he reached the White House
the President left the ranks aaid took
his place in the stand by Mrs. Wilson.
It was the second time he had gone
afoot over Pennsylvania avenue. The
first was when he led the preparedness
parade before the United States went
to' war. Most of the members of the
Cabinet, the Japanese mission, Ambas
sadors Spring-Rice, of Great Britain;
Jusserand, of France; Minister Calder
on, of Bolivia, and dozens of officers in
the uniforms of the nations that are
fighting Germany were In the stand
with them. All stood for the two
hours with eyes steady on the spec
tacle. The President sat grim and
unsmiling most of the time, watching
intently while all trappings of war
came by.
TOBACCO SHIP TO FRANCE.
Record Cargo Of Virginia Product To
Go To Sammies.
An Atlantic Port. Virginia tobacco
for the American soldiers abroad will
fill the holds of a four-master schooner
that sailed from here for another port
to take aboard Its cargo. Smoking
and chewing tobacco will be Included
in the shipment, which, It Is said, will
be the largest of the kind ever sent
from the United States to France.
WON'T FIGHT WITHOUT VOTE.
Bolo Hunter, From Luzon, Makes
Unique Exemption Claim.
New York. James Robert Amok,
late of the Island of Luzon, Philippine
Islands, an Igorrote headhunter, be
lieves he should not be forced to fight
for tho United States unless he is
given the right to vote. His claim
for exemption on that ground was be
fore the district exemption board here.
The bolo hunter now holds a job In a
Coney Island side show.
200THER PERSONS WOUNDE
All Americana U
MMvriM in Mi... .
Killed In German Air Rai(1
ported To Have Been n
a Harvard Hospital.
British Headquarters In
Belglum.-Followlng t1(., ))(,,v J)
tacking military hospitals both
mo i rum unu in mc rem-, V.nniM
men dronneil n nn.i,.. .... .
iuU. ui uriiisn-Anierii-an h,,., ,
the coast. One bomb fell h(
occupied by a St. Uuls
unit, wJ
ing one man. Oth. r bomi,. in J
Harvard hospital, killing one ;'l
wounuing three other o'lin... (
Medical Corps of the American AnJ
niAieru ouicr persons, fie,, of .
Americans, were wotiml.-d. Ten
these 10 were hospital imti.-nt.
Boston. Two hospital un!Si (Ii
monly known as Harvard unitr 'an
cated In a coast village In France i
ported raided by German iilrmi n, ,
vard authorities announced. One
the original Harvard unit, which t
gan Its service In June, imr,, t, r
Hugh Cabot as resident i-urgcon. T;
ki.iviiu uiiii in i.iuen 1 1 a I at (J Ijic
o ijt Iran ui im miiu l C(II'0M;
i
Harvard graduates and former I
vard Medical School f cnitv n i'ih,
pital Unit, No. 6. r. Harvey ll
tnr fit t lin I'otni. ti..:..i ..T
-r- - ... v..,, ,i in iii;.;i:i:h
puai stan and formerly of .!,,:,-. n
kins Hospital, Baltimore, is in (::,v
This organization sailed la.-t M. v
is part of the American Army r.. !
establishment.
Letters received here recently ,t.
uiai me nospuais, in wimli in
ne nospnais, in wuidi in j
shed Boston sum-on ; :
l different sides of the p-;-, I
In a town near tin- Kn-nc'i n I
kn.l f.l ,.r li.. .. . r
tinguished Boston
are on
street
Herbert hitp, or r.nsion, tr.an
of the Harvard medical units, pti-; i
a cablegram from Dr. It.-pjamin ft
.iiieiun, uiiecior oi me oi:.l:iil
vard unit in the ab.-ctice nf r,
stating that all Is will with t---
bers. It is generally belli veil b. !'
vard medical authorities th.t
cablegram was Intended to allay
rears or uojilli or Injn-v or anv o!
members In the reported tm:! li"r
tack made by (Jermnns. Ir. '
operated under the diivction of
British 'government uiul is l.ivivrn
the Harvard unit.
ARMY 2,50C,003 BY JULY.
Great American Fighting Force 7
In France In a Few Months.
Washington. An iwiv.y of ;w
men by January 31, BUS. and nf 2.
000 men by July 1, litis, is tho wj
of the War Department.
If these plans are arhiivul
country will have under anus
five months a greater fiu'litir.; (
than existed at any given time ilu
the Civil War, and within less !';
year a greater force than Hip rni.il
Union and Confederate a.inics at t
maximum strength.
This Is the answer which t lie l'n
States expects to make to the
of Berlin. A serious Jolt Is In f
for the Cterman miscall Milliters ar.
painful shock Is In stove for il.e
luded German people. The lat'er
pnrently have been beguiled in'o
notion that they had no '
enemy in the United States- lus'
all an enemy that could pvitlm
fighting army. And tie e !""; ':
to have swallowed the whole sw
our military Impoteney
ten'thousand KILLED.
106,722 Were Also Injured In Rai
Accidents Last Year.
Washington.--Ten thousand and
persons were killed In nUmu
ilnnld (tnrinc 1!ttfi and l!lti,722 vtTr
lured, nccordlne to a compilation
si f-, u i n ium imp .
mission. As uual the greater nur.
ti'nio rvoL-iiucLnra ntl I'll II road PW
Passengers killed number j
Jured, 8.008; employes killed. 2.94I-
hired. 176.923.
Other persons. Including tre.!s
killed and Injured num" u
11 791 raxtieptlvelv.
These figures show an In""'1 '
1915 of 1.G71 persons kilK'U gnu -
Injured.
PEOPLE'S COUNCIL HOMELES
Forced To Vacate New York 0fT.ee
Police.
x.. vi. Tho People's COUIIC
America was reported to te y
for suitable olhces and a trkw-
lord following tho notice son'
.... i ii,ut It vai'J"
premises on Fifth avenue "
present olhces are located.
,l,er 12.
move is effective SpiI''
. . .. linn - 1 1
Wllfl ltUl'U U. i'" .-...til
.... vf I nu I ui""' .1
said, following a notice froii"
department that the la
violated.
READY FOR AMMONIA PLANTj
As Vi-
U. S. Will Build As Soon
. . Anillrcd.
Olio IS n""- f
Wnshington.-Machin v
000,000 Government nitm"' ,
already been ordered, a"" a
tion will begin as soon ,
.in Southwestern A " ,., .:,
(letlnlteiy seieiieu, f
month. Several hundred ' 4
employed at the plant b( ,,,
patented ammonia proems
In nitrate production lS
quired.