THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS, McCONNELLSBURO, PA.
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PENNSYLVANIA
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Dopar-fcmon-t Our Roadors in Pul ton Ooun-ty and Elsowhoro May journey
Around tho World Al-th the Camera on the TV sail
of History Making Happenings.
BURIAL PLACE OF OUR FIRST SOLDIERS KILLED IN FRANCE
fill I i;(('M&4mTf$ k-r.ir
VOLUNTEERS ENROLLING TO BUILD AMERICAN SHIPS
In n lit 1 1 ('cmi'lcry Jul owislih; (lie riuiu'il villiic? if liiitluili'iiii-nt in l.nrriiiin ri'sl ihc ihrrc llrst AiihtIciiii hhI
dlcrs to 1'isc their lives Turin;,' ilio enemy. The hnys, (ni'iionil (Jresliiiin mill Privates Knight unil liny, were killed
(InrliiK nn eiiKJiyeineiit Niivenilirr 3, 1!17. A inniiunient will mark I lie ict w liere tliey nre Imrieil. 'J'liis plmt ;rii pli
shows a party of Amerlenii new ipajier eorresiimidenls at one of the Knives.
FRENCH TRGCPS ADVANCING BEHIND HEAVY CURTAIN FIRE
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1'lils Is hut n Ninall liatrh of tlie men who are daily enrolling' to Imilil ships to heat the kaiser,
vnlunli'erliii; for tliis work are enrolled in the United States shipyard volunteers of the puhlle serviee
eaeli one of tlieni will he iven a certilieate slyned by
board, to testify to the volunteer's patriotism.
All the
reserve.
men
To
Kdwnrd S. Hurley, ihiilniian of the United States shippliiii
BRITISH USE DUMMY TANKS TO DECEIVE THE GERMANS
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"lilch makes them indistiiiL:iiish::hli- to Hie eni-niy. This r:i hi was made dhvetly across ' Man's I.aml on II nemy
treni'ln's. and the pholoraplier evidently risked his life as he must have been at an advaneed listening post.
TAKING ON BOfciBS FOR 'AN AERIAL RAID ! bishop becomes chaplain
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A I niieh aviator taking lioinlis ;dfo:ird his maclilne in pn-iiaralioii for a
rild over tlie military establishments of (lie ei y.
ASSEMBLES MACHINE GUN BLINDFOLDED
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Having found llii' battle tanks a meat stieecss, the I'.r
tlie ei;emy to indui e hll:i to waste hi ammunition and to
Is here shown beintf taken to a position near the front.
ish are now ii-lnu' iliiiimiy imitalions of
rover movements of tlie real HiillKs. One
them to ileeeiva
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BRITISH PEERESS A NURSE
AERIAL BATTLE IN PROGRESS
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lilsliop William 1'. Iteiulnuton, who
was reetor of tlie St. 1'aul's church In
Minneapolis for seven years ami Is
well known In religious circles In tin:
Northwest, is now serving ns rhnpluln
of a hospital unit at Fort Mcpherson,
(!a. The ' photograph shows 1 '.I shop
neailiiKton In the uniform of the army.
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I.ildy rurness, one of the noted
women of the I'.ritisli peerage, Is serv
ing as n nurse in the lied Cross be
hind tlie line s in France. Many, like
her, have given up personal comforts
and the Joys of social life, to enlist
their efforts: In their country's muse.
Many are serving in Hie hospitals
close to the tiling line in France.
Tlie Yankees have always been noted for their ingenuity and nlilllty to
1'iitidle tho most lntriruto pieces of machinery, bo It Is not surprising to see
Nils iiriny expert tnkltiff npnrt und then putting together nguin, while bllnd-fulUi.-d.
a machine gun. The photogruph was made at an army trutulug cauiy.
What We Believe.
If we nil acted upon what; we nil be
lieve, what u different world this would
he. Kvoryone admits that it Is more
blessed to give than to receive. Yet
Instead of seeking happiness by giv
ing of our best to those about us, we
sit walling for It to be brought to us,
through the kindness of cithers. We
are like those who are learning to
swim ami though they know the wa
ter will bear them up If they follow ell-
l lions, cannot bring themselves to
let go. it Is safe to trust to tho
trnllis that all believe, but so few act
upon. (ilrl's Companion.
Exciting.
Johnny was at the concert nnd he
was badly bored. Ills mother was un
easy, for Johnny was disturbing oth
ers, but when a girl began to sing "The
Minstrel Jioy" and reached the line "Ills
father's sword he girded on," Johnny
was nllve with excitement.
"You like this, Johnny?" said his
mother. "It Is" "He quiet, mother,
do.," said Johnny Impatiently. "I wnnt
to see what happens to him when his
futlier gets home."
A Cheerful Liar.
He's n cheerful liar, even when the
thermometer goes to 'siren below zero.
Kcrently, on the coldest morning of tlie
year, ho came Into the ollire mopping
the perspiration off his brow.
"What's the mutter, Jim?" asked his
ollire mutes. "I'.ecn working with your
furnace?"
"Nix," said Jim. "I've been phasing
robins from cherry trees and driv
ing the sparrows from my strawberry
patch."
Then somebody railed attention to
white spots on his nose, cheeks and
ears, and when the frost had been
rubbed out of them, the telephone bell
rang. A wifely voire rung for Jim,
saying:
"Can you come home for n few
hours? The water pipes have frozen
and burst, ami I'm afraid tho house
will be Hooded, and It Is so cold the
children are crying." I
Jim stopped his "canioiillaging and
didn't pretend to wipe any more
sweat from his faro.
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I'llologi it i in-- oi ine iieiuai inani'iit el'ing ol Hie on 1 1 icpuuics in Ilie realms
above have been extremely few and have not shown In any sense the graphic
tenseness of an actual air tight tliat is shown In this photograph. The French
plane at the (op Is maneuvering ,'ui- position preparatory to swooping down
on its icrmnn adversary. After a short hut thrilling macliine-gun duel tho
1 1 'jchmnn succeeded In downing the Teuton. The photograph was Hindu
by observer In another French battleplane
MAKING BIGGEST GUN USED BY ALLIES
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Can't Resist Odor of Onions.
The? Inquisitive subscriber of Whar
ton wauls to know If we are "(rmpta-tion-proof."
We ran piisg n hock sign
ami turn up n successful sniffer at u
Julep, there's n little restaurant on
Travis street thut makes us take tho
other side bemuse of the nlmost Irre
sistible odor of fried onions that pours
out tho front door nil tho time. Hous
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Alleged to have oeaten bis w f 8 to
death, Wasil Tlrum, sixty, of BHllevw,
neur Scranton, was committed to pris
on on a charge of murder.
Two hundred Altoona boys har
Joined the Junior Home Ouards.
Thj 50i) striking miners nnd labor
ers i;t Enterprise colliery, Shaniok'n.
have returned to work upon advlre of
Lender John F. Holllgter.
Milton, with "iioo population, has
bought $30, iinu worth of war stamps.
A coronor'fl.Jury at N'orrlstown hai
found that Miss Sallle Monn, cf Con
ahohncken, caused the death of her
new born baby by choking It.
The Allentown rliamher of com
merce 1ms been asked to support an
application for a charter for a com
pany that plans to run a dally motor
truck service between Wilkes n.vrre
New York and Philadelphia.
After Ifiivlng driven his 'nutom "bl'
41,000 miles, Rev. R. S. finydrr, of
Schwetiksvllle, has ahandom d tho ma
chine and purchased n horse.
Iinprei'slve patriotic rerem dnes
marked the dedication at Shaniokln
High school of a service fl: l; contain
Ing HIT stars.
Unless appendicitis Is shown to
have been due to a strain rrr 'lyr-d
whl'e at work. I' Is not a cause for
state compensation.
The assessed valuation of Carb"n
county, according to the last r-tu-n
made by the assessors, Is ov- $27,
nno.Olin. The assessed valuation of
the mliliKe coal field poor dM-lct,
which comprises a portion of Cirb
and a part of Luzerne counties Is
$40,(100,000,
The man who fell dead In tho
Schmidt hotel. Shenandoah, Ins been
Identified as flecrge I.'ovaneski. seT-pnty-flve,
of the western section,
strange hoarder.
Rev. Harry W. Snyder, pastor of the
Memorial Lutheran church at Ship
pensburg, has rerelved n rail to the
First Lutheran church, Johnstown.
Without a lx'd, money or n? vllnil
attendance, fieorge Hawk, flftyt!ire
died on tlie floor of tho shack In which
he lived, near Penbrook.
Receipts from automobile licenses
for 1 0 1 S wont over the $2.ooo,oon mark.
Mount CarwV boasts of a Rl Cr ss
membership of fi77r In a population
of 1S,ono.
Miss Kst'ier M. Rarlet tlei'l at
her home In llazleton, i's t'ie result of
Injuries sustained by fill'ng on the
at Hale Park on New icnrB diy
whlV skntim:. Heath w is du to tin
absc: ss on the brain.
Honoring sons who h'iv" enlisted tr)
serve in two armies, the Sacred Heart
Polish Catholic church. Serantcm, Ins
unfurled two serviee flags with 93
nnd 3" slurs.
William .1. Yonn; has b"rn nrmfd
postiiMsier at Uobertsdale, Hutit'ng
ilen county.
Rtinbiry sehoid board has refuel
to grant a Jl'o monthly Increase In par
no Its high school teachers and a's
declined appeals from Janitors f r
mo"-" tm nry.
The fotr-month old baby i f Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Cl'ifberlaln, cf V"
wlek, ftnothered In bed.
Samuel' Shukovls, a MrAd io miner,
wis so hid'y crushed by a fall cf r ck
that he died In the Hazleton State
hospital.
With coal, sa'arles and other c
penses $:to'io to Jli.Oiin nb.ive thng'
of ilast year, Pottstown school d'reet
ors are firtlier dlsecmrag-d bv t'ie
state n)!r:Hation heln'T ?"no 1''
tlian the his! one.
Stepidng aside to avoid nreld 'U.
with a coal train. Retiiamln She-ni'n-Fky,
need thlty two, of Mahanoy Plan?,
was killed wln-n he walkel Into the
path of a Heading ps-senger train on
the opposite track.
Falling forty fee' from n hu'ldlng
on which he was working In Ib rsh y,
Chan'es Rerger, of Chamb T-lmre, ra
reived Injuries whlrh resulted in his
death.
Lehigh county's public snfity com
mittee has Inaugurated a ri'mp'lgn
among farmers with a view of h-!ng
Ini? about the planting of the largest
Herentte of potr.tois In the hls'nry of
the rnunly.
omelr.ls of the Ninth nn'hmr:t
district. United Mine Worke-s cf
Ame'rlca, at Sliamnkin. report that thi
membership has attained a record
standard of 01 per cent.
On farms near Ha.leton women and
girls in bloomers will be "Inrmettes"
the coming spring and summer.
The pnliee are Investiga'lng an
explosion In the home of Mrs. William
,T. Yankl-k. in Washington, whrn sbe
threw coal Into the furnace. Mrs.
Vanklrk was burned on the face and
hands.
Miss Hose Lamb, a t-a'ned ntr
nr Lanst'ord. has left for the League
Tsbuiil navy yard, to enter the Red
Cross service preparatory to Being to
France. .
Although the Ire crop In the T.eLigh
valley this winter was the best the
history of the valley, less Ice his
been stored nwny than H many for
mer years.
On January Alexander Kerscnnr
eot into a fight at Rethlcl rm with Joe
Ounbonts, and the former's upper Up
was comphtely bitten off. It wa
found some time nfter the fight anl
taken to St. Luke's hospital, where p.
was sewed on, nnd nt last Kersrn'.r
has left the hospital with his lip fn'.ly
restored.
Caught In a rush of culm that hi1
been weakened by the thaw nn ' rnln.
Jnmes Monnghan, n;red twcn'yl'v", ef
Clranlvdle, near Scnnton, ;y, sufTiv
rated nt the Wild Cat wishery. TT
was the sole support of e. wI Lwel
qinthr,-. The body was recovered.
This photograph shows men at work on n rO-mllllmeter howitzer In the
Creusot War works, France. The 520-inIllimctcr guua nre the largest used by
tho ullies od the western front,
Many Interpretations Possible.
"Too much silence," says Iiooth
Tnrklnglon, "Is open to suspicion. It
may he reticence, or It may be a
vacuum, it may be dignity, or It may
be false teeth."
The Automoblllst
Tho man In front drives like macj all
day, and tho ladles sit still and look
at the scenery. Man at the wheel has
no time for that When they stop for
the night, he's too tired for conversa
tion. From the Atlantic. . . .... .