THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS, McCONNELLSBURG, PA. Picture Of Word Events for Wews Reac In Thlo Dopar-tmo n-t Our Roadors Ip Fulton round the World With the of History INlalclne !ounty andClsowhe a mora on the Traill ippenlnea. ro INI ay Journoy STEAMSHIP PRATT, TORPEDOED BY SUBMARINE, MAY BE SALVAGED ... i .... ' y ' " fri till 13 rimrrwTi ' y. Tin- steamship Herbert L. I'rutt wus torpedoed nil Cape Ilculopon, southeast of Lew oh, Del., by a auhmnrl aider. Tin hont was ut. out o inllo off shore when lilt by tlm torpedo, but managed to keep nllout and make her wi i shore. The hont MeH In but seven fathoms of water, her stern lilyh In the air. A nuvy tug la on thu scene ii: liere lire ho pen tluit the bout will be salvaged. ne ny and AMERICAN TROOPS LANDING IN A FRENCH PORT i'lilx pliotoKi'i.pli hIious one of the boats of n Irainpcrt loaded with Ainetican troops landing in a French linrbor liiMler llie proteetln guiiH of un Ainei lc.in battleslilp. RECORD MADE IN BUILDING THE WARD mllii v L ! r T ril & i WW This view shows the U. S. desiroyer Ward, under construction at tho J'nie Island navy jm-d, California, 24 hours nfter thu keel was laid! As much Ntrtii'tunil work ns possible was prepared In advance; bulkheads, tiectlons of 'In1 keel, deckhouses and hrldRo structure were riveted up ready for assembling liluee on the ways. The Ward was launched 17,i days from the date of '".ving of her keel. This Is a new world's shipbuilding record. ; KEW TRACTOR FOR THE FIELD ARTILLERY ft l lii Is the new Hve-tnn artillery truetoi that has been tested by the tinny m found to be very successful. COLORS OF MARINES These stnndnrds of victory tire the flags of the marines who added re nown to the nlrendy fnmous ccrps by the gallant attack on the Marne. America Fill the Need. For years It has been the custom for American manufacturers to obtain each season n Inrue number of ParU garments and readnpt them to the needs of American women. Paris has always taken the lend In suggesting possible styles. Put tho war has brought American designs to the fore, nlthough It has by no means served to discourage Paris artists. Now many garments wholly American nre being shown, and tho fact has been clenrly proved this country need never In future play second fiddle. The fact that fabrics and trimmings are scarce and that wool, especially, must be con served hns probably worked to the ad vantage of American designers and would-be designers. For simplicity bus been the rule. Ineffectual Camouflage. Pearl White, the movie star, said at n ten : "If a plrl Is nice, you can enslly tell It, and If she Isn't nice, no matter what enmnuflngo she uses, you can tell It still more enslly. "I met nn nctress the other tiny who claimed to bo very nice Indeed Vns snr graduate, planter's daughter, un fortunate speculations, and nil that sort of thing. "Well, this girl nnd I got Into a tnxlenh to hurry to o rehearsal, and ns she settled buck In her sent she absent ly said : "'When you ride In a taxi, dear, It's a good wrinkle to breathe on the win dows If you don't want to be seen.'" AMERICAN MARINES DISTINGUISH THEMSELVES IN FRANCE f ' - With great satisfaction the American public has rend of the valorous conduct of tho United Stutcs murines In the fighting In France. A large detachment of the men of the corps Is here shown on Its wuy to the fighting front. SIGNAL CORPS MEN INSTALLING TELEPHONE LINES TO TRENCHES J I,,,,,, imM mii in -- --- . rr ...ii: a This ihotograpli shows a Held liattallou detacliuieni oi too oioiini turpi iiiMiiiiuiig telepliuiiu lines to the front line trenches by way of un old culvert. Note the cumoulage. ONE WEAPON OF THE HUN The knlser Is reported to nave said recently that the Germans had taken enough prisoners, the Inference being that all the wounded should he killed. This weapon, one of many thousands raptured, Is a sample of those used by the Huns to murder soldiers taken In their trench raids. Why Ships Are Sunk. Torpedoed merchant vessels arc not sunk by extensive damage of the ship structure, Is the view of o committee of the Ilrltlsh Institution of Navnl Architects, but because watertight compartments are not watertight. Plutlng nnd riveting are not disturbed over largo ureas, while bulkheads nre not burst In by water pressure. Three causes explain muny losses bulkhead doors too low down to be closed nfter explosion, flooding of closed compart ments through fractured suction pipes, nnd penetrating of bulkheads by Hying rivets nnd other fragments of steel. . What Solomon Said. .The teacher was talking to her class nbout Solomon and bis wisdom. "When the queen of Shehn came nnd Inld Jewels und fine rulment be fore Solomon, what did be say?" she usked presently. One sinnll girl, who had evidently had experience ill such mutters, projnptly replied : "Ow much d'yer want for the lot?" MeClary's Wireless. "DEVIL DOG" AND "BLUE DEVIL" TOGETHER The Amerlcnn on tho left Is u United States marine. Fritz, nfter his flrst clash with him, dubbed him a "teufel bund." which Is perfectly good German for "devil dog." The soldier on the right Is n member of tho Chasseurs Alpins, whom the Germans have called "blue devils." Both murine nnd chasseur huvo willingly accepted the appellations. ITEMS OF INTEREST The present congress hns 17 union labor member. Vlrglnln's workmen's compensation bill was vetoed. Female munition workers In France nre limited to ten hours' work a day. The amount of land nbove sen level In the world would make n crust COO feet thick If evenly distributed all over the globe. About 1)0 per cent of Norway's dentists fire graduates of Amerlcnn dentnl colleges or have taken post graduate courses In the United States. Abyssinia Is the original home of the coffee tree; and In tho southern nnd western highlands of that country there nre still Immense forests of It thnt have never been touched. CONDENSATIONS Since WOO trado union membership In Auslrnlla has Incrensed 211 per cent. Tho London & Northwestern railway of Knglnnd has offered spare land by the side of Its line for food plots. Lizards are being raised In Trini dad, British West Indies, to protect the sugnr crop from froghoppers. Bread for the British soldier Is made "nenr the front" by members of the British Women's nrmy auxiliary corps. Post cards were first used In Aus trln. They becnine part of thnt coun try's postal service in 1800. The ratio of unemployment among British trade union members was 7.1 per cent In August, 1014, and for mnny months recently has been prac tically sero. (Conducted by th National Womw'i Christian Tmpranra Union THE CALL OF THE HOUR. I learned as a lad that you .cannot run a saw mill without feeding It logs, a grist mill without feeding It grain, a rock crusher without feeding It rocks. Mo more can we continue the r.um factory without grinding through It sons and duughters. I huve none to spare I Nor will I be a poltroon and by my vote or silence say, "It shall feed on yours I" The citll of the hour Is the challenge of highest patriotism. America must not full; it Is written In the plan of God for the ages that America shall not full I The liquor traffic, because It blocks the road that leads to the realization of our nutionul destiny, Is as doomed toduy as Judas Iscurlot was when he betrayed the Christ of God. Because no humun welfure program can be completed, because humunlty'8 physl cul, morul and spiritual heulth cunnot be rightly conserved while breweries, distilleries, wineries and rum shops continue to trunsuct business, we pledge our constructive and united ef forts, our sacred honor, and our lives, If need be, to accomplish a snlooulesit nation by 1920 and a sulooiiless world by 1030. Duulel A. Poling. THE DRINK TRAFFIC AND THE TAXPAYER. "Saloon revenue aids In reducing taxes 1" This Is one of the most shal low arguments advanced by the liquor lte In support of the drink business. No thoughtful or observant person will uttempt to deny that under prohibition crime decreuses, pauperism grows less, und that, given time for the nuturul re adjustment which must follow the gen eral elimination of the saloon and Its Influences, the need for reform schools, Julls, asylums, almshouses, hospitals, etc., will In the aggregate mean a sav ing of muny millions of dollars to the taxpayers, llemember, too, thut as drunkenness Is eliminated more people will become self-supporting and there will be less need for churlty. Abolish the saloon und much of the money now expended In aiding those who become dependent through drink, and the mon ey now puld for tuxes cuused by the results of drink, will be used In creat ing more taxable property und the bur den will bo more widely und eveuly distributed. TESTIMONY OF CHARITY WORK ERS. The charitable organizations ore quick to realize the blessings of pro hibition, for prohibition not only means less poverty, but It means thnt money which formerly went to enre for the family of the' drinking man is madqj' available for other uses. The testi mony of the Des Moines Associated Charities Is on illustration of this point: "Three years ago 20 per cent of all the families and Individuals aid ed were In a condition of poverty through the drunkenness of the father or supporting member of the house hold. Lust year that flguro bud dwin dled to 10 per cent. This means that with open saloons Des Moines' largest charitable body was spending annual ly more than one-fourth of Its budget to take care of the product of the sa loon, while within a year and a half after the closing of the bars of the city the association was paying out but one tenth of Its Income for the same purpose," PROHIBITION A BENEFIT TO THE WAGE-EARNER. Viewed from whatever angle, there Is no computing tho value of prohibi tion to the Industrial class. Counted by dollars and cents, the elimination of liquor from this country would mean millions of dollars diverted Into a channel thnt would ninke and does make for a higher order of things. Dollars and cents do not count when the question of prohibition Is the sub ject matter. It Is not nlwnys a ques tion of whot prohibition will do; the other side Is: What will It prevent? There Is no man In or out of the la bor movement. If he be honest with himself and others, but must recognize the benefits from every viewpoint thnt huvo come to the workers in those states that have adopted prohibition. -Jerome Jones, President Southern Labor Congress. KENTUCKY GOING DRY. I saw a camel go through the needle's eye, I saw the trust that paid its fine; saw old Kentucky dry. No doubt the populnr writer who had this vision of "Impossibilities" will soon see the necessity of revising it. The legislature of old Kentucky by nn overwhelming vote referred the question of statewide prohibition- to the people, nnd was tho third state (the first wet one) to ratify the fed eral prohibition amendment. INFANT MORTALITY DUE TO DRINK. According to statistics complied by Trof. Lnltlnen of the University of Helslngfors, covering nn lnvejtlgntlon of 19,000 children In (5,700 families, abstaining families lost 13 per cent of the children by denth ; moderate drink ing families lost 23 per cent; exces sive drinking parents lost 32 per cent. Prohibition during the war period! Then If It Is good, keep It. If It is bad, go back to booze. Let the people rule I Clinton N. Howard. PHILISTINISM. Prof. Rudolph Eueken, possibly the greatet4)hlIosopher Germany has pro duced, declares thnt his country must give up beer, which "breeds the wretched type of beer-Phlllstlne with which everyone Is familiar." The term "Philistine," describes the Intel lectual desolation and brutallzatlon re sulting from the beer habit ; When the liquor traffic will repay a mother for her son, a wife for her husband, and children for the fathers then we will talk about compensation.
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