THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS, McCONNELLSBURO, PA.
SOUNDS ANEW THE
DOOM OF TINNY
President Proclaims a Reign of
Law as Object in World War
DEFENDS HELPLESS RUSSIA
New And Unqualified Consecration Of
America To Struggle For Clearing
Military Autocracy From The
Earth la Independence Day Answer
To Hun A Notable Independence
Day Aeiemblage Of Officials And
Foreign-born Loyal Citizens At The
Tomb Of Washington A Belgian's
Speech.
Washington. From the shadow of
Washington's tomb President Wilson
on the Fourth of July offered Amer
ica's Declaration of Independence to
the people of the world, with a pledge
that the United States and Us Allies
will not sheathe the sword in the war
gainst the Central Powers until there
Is settled, "once for all" for the world,
what was settled for America in 1776.
President Wilson's speech at Mount
Vernon was as follows:
Gentlemen of the Diplomatic Corps
- and my Fellow Citizens:
I am happy to draw apart with
you to this quiet place of old counsel
In order to speak a little of the
meaning of this day of our nation's
Independence. The place seems very
till and remote. It Is as serene and
untouched by the hurry of the world
as It was In those great days long
go, when General Washington was
here and held leisurely conference
with the men who were to be asso
ciated with him In the creation of a
nation. From these gentle slopes they
looked out upon the world and saw
It as whole, saw it with the light of
the future upon It, saw it with modern
yes that turned away from past
which men of liberated spirits could
do longer endure. It is for that rea
son that we cannot feel, even here,
In the Immediate presence of this
acred tomb, that this Is a pla:e of
death. It was a place of achievement.
A great promise that was meant for
11 mankind was here given plan and
reality. The associations by which
we are surrounded are the In
spiring associations of that noble
death which is only glorious con
summation. From this green hillside
we also ought to be able to see with
comprehending eyes the world that
ilea about us and should conceive
anew the purposes that must set men
free.
Spoke For A People.
It is significant significant of their
own character and purpose and of the
Influence they were setting afoot
that Washington and his associates,
like tbe barons at Runnymede, Bpoke
nd acted, not for a class, but for a
people. It has been left for us to see
to it that It shall be understood that
they spoke and acted not for a single
people only, but for all mankind. They
were thinking, not of themselves and
of the material Interests which cen
tered in the little groups of landhold
ers and merchants and men of affairs
with whom they were accustomed to
act, In Virginia and the colonies to the
north and south of her, but of a peo
ple which wished to be done with
classes and special interests and the
authority of men whom they had not
themselves chosen to rule over them.
They entertained no private purpose
desired no peculiar privilege. Thej
were consciously planning that men
of every class should be free ant'
America a place to which men out
of every nation might resort who
wished to share with them the rightr
and privileges of free men. And we
take our cue from them do we not?
We Intend what they Intended. We
here In America believe our partici
pation In thlB present war to be only
the fruitage of what they planted. Our
ruse differs from theirs only In this,
that It is our inestimable privilege to
concert wloh men out of every nation
what shall make not only the liberties
of America secure but the liberties of
every other people as well. We are
happy in the thought that we are per
mitted to do what they would have
done had they been In our place.
It Must Be Settled Now.
There must now be settled once
for all what was settled for America
in the great age upon wliose inspira
tion we draw today. This Is nurely a
fitting pla?e from which calmly to
look out upon our tank, that we may
fortify our spirits for Its accomplish
ment And this li the appropriate
place from which to avow, alike to
the friends who look on and to tho
friends with whom we have the hap
FIREWORKS KILL TWO.
Two Others Also Believed Dead In
Warehouse Blast.
San Francisco. Two boys were kill
ed Instantly, two more ere believed to
have met a similar fate and one. was
injured, probably fatally, when they
accidentally exploded some fireworks In
warehouse while attempting to steal
fire-crackers. According to the police,
the Injured boy admitted he had drop
ped a lighted match near the explos
ives. THE WORLD WAR.
The British took l.iiOO prisoners In
their attack on Hamel.
Mohammed V Sultan of Turkey,
' died lnvConstantlnople.
British troops delivered an attack In
the region of Amiens, capturing the
village of Hamel, northeast of Vlllers
Bretonneux, and advancing their line
In this region to a depth of more than
r. mile.
Australian troops attacked the Ger
piness to be associated In action, the
faith and purpose with which we act.
This, then, Is our conception of the
great struggle In which we are en
gaged. The plot Is written plain upon
every scene and ever act of the
supreme tragedy. On the one band
stand the peoplos of tbe world, not
only the people actually engaged, but
many others also Who suffer under
mastery but cannot act;' peoples of
many races and In every part of the
world the people of stricken Russia
(till, among the rest, though they are
for the moment unorganized and help
less. Opposed to them, masters of
many armies, stand an Isolated, friend
less group of governments who spread
no common purpose but only selfish
ambitions of their own, by which none
can profit but themselves, and whose
peoples are fuel In their hands; gov
ernments which fear their people and
yet are for the time their sovereign
lords, making every choice for them
and disposing of their lives and for.
tunes as they will, as well as of the
lives and fortunes of every people who
fall under their power governments
clothed with the strange trappings
and the primitive authority of an ago
that Is altogether alien and hostile
to our own. The Past and the Pres
ent are in deadly grapple and the peo
plos of the world are being done to
death between them.
But One Issue Possible.
There can be but one Issue. The
settlement must be final. There can
be no compromise. No halfway deci
sion would be tolerable. No halfway
decision is conceivable. These are
the ends for which the associated and
peoples of the world are fighting and
which must bo conceded thera before
there can be peace: t
I. The destruction of every arbi
trary power anywhere that can sep
arately, secretly, and of Its single
choice disturb the peace of the world
or, If It cannot be presently destroyed,
at the least It reduction to virtual
Impotence.
II. The eettlement of every ques
tion, whether of territory, of sov
ereignty, of economic arrangement or
of political relationship, upon the basis
of the free acceptance of that settle
ment by the people Immediately con
cerned, and not upon the basis of the
material interest or advantage of any
other nation or people which may de
sire a different settlement for the sake
of Its own exterior Influence or mas
tery. III. The consent of all nations to
be governed In their conduct toward
each other by the same principles of
honor and of respect for the common
law of civilized society that govern
the Individual citizens of all modern
states In their relations with one an
other; to the end that all promisee
and covenants may be sacredly 'ob
served, no private plots or conspira
cies hatched, no selfish Injuries
wrought with Impunity, and a mutual
trust established upon the handsome
foundation of a mutual respect for
right
IV. ' The establishment of an or
ganization of peace which shall make
It certain that the combined power cf
free nations will check every Invasion
it right and serve to make peace and
Justice the more secure by affording
1 definite tribunal of opinion to which
all muet submit and by which every
international readjustment that can
not be amicably agreed upon by the
peoples directly concerned shall be
sanctioned.
FOR REIGN OF LAW.
These great objects can be put Into
single sentence. What we seek Is
the reign of law, based upon the con'
sent of the governed and sustained by
the organized opinion of mankind.
These great ends cannot be achieved
by debating and seeking to reconcile
ind accommodate what statesmen
nay wish, with their projects for bal
mceg of power and of national op
lortunlty. They can be realized only
v the determination of what the
'hlnklng peoples of the world desire,
vith their longing hope for justice
ind for social freedom and opportun
ity. I can fancy that the air of this place
carries the accent of such principles
with a peculiar kindness. Here were
started forces which the great nation
against which they were primarily dl
rected at first regarded as a revolt
agalnts Its rightful authority, but
which it has long since seen to have
been a step In the liberation of Its
own people as well as of the people
of the United States; and I stand
here now to speak peak proudly
and with confident hope of the
spread of this revolt, this liberation,
to the great stage of the world itself!
The blinded rulers of Prussia have
aroused forces they knew little of
force which, once aroused, can never
be crushed to earth again; for they
have at their heart an inspiration and
a purpose which are deathless and of
the very stuff of triumph!
There are now 5,063 prisoners ol
war In England working In agricul
ture and 1,100 more are to be em
ployed. GETS CUP FOR BEATING U-BOAT.
Permission Given Lieutenant Boesch
To Accept Gift From Azores.
Washington. Official permission has
been given Lleut.-Com. J. II. lioesch,
until recently In charge of the naval
collier Orion, to accept the loving cup
presented to him by tho citizens ol
Ponta Dolgada, Azores, In recognition
of his attacking and driving off the
German submarine which was bom'
barding that city some months aco.
man lines northeast of Vlllers Ilreton
netix, on the Somme front, and beside
taking Hamel village battled their way
forward beyond Hamel and the Valr
woods, between Hamel and Vlllers
Bretonneux. French .troops attacked-the German
lines on a front of a mile and a quar
ter In the neighborhood or Autreches
northwest of Solssons, and pushed Intc
the enemy territory for a distance ol
nearly half a mile.
NEW
II
BLOW
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Teutonic Delay Means Prepara
tion for Attack
AMERICANS ARE HURRYING
Local Boards Ordered To Speed Up
Physical Examination Of The New
Class One Men And Have Them
Ready For Call In August
Washington. The present delay of
the Germans In pressing attacks In
Fiance means only that they are pre
paring new and heavy blows, General
March, chief of staff, said In his week
ly conference wlt!i the newspaper
nien.
"It is perfectly evident." he. said.
"that this delay Is preparatory to a
heavy assault in force by the German
high command. The present condi
tion of ofralrs does not mean an
thing but that. They are reorganl
lng their troops, filling up losses and
preparing to try It again.
"With reference to the American
progrum, ve have embarked a mil
lion men, ubd now we are going after
the second million."
Another Indication of the pressure
under which tht American program Is
being rushed to meet the German
menace came from the Provost Mar
shal General's office, when orders
were Issued to local boards to speed
up physical examination of the new
Class One men and have them ready
for call In August.
Statements of the draft program
made public In Congress Indicated the
purpose of calling out at least 300,000
men during August, although subse
quent calls during the year were not
expected to exceed one-half of that
figure monthly. The orders Just sent
out, however, coupled with the state
ment by the chief of staff. Indicate
that hopes are entertained at the War
Department that the present rate of
moving troops to Europe can be sub
stantially maintained for several
months.
General March said:
"The situation along the various
western fronts has developed a situ
ation where nibbling by the Allied
forces Is going on all the time and
with complete success, so far as the
Allied attacks are concerned. The
most Interesting of these minor raids
fmm the American standpoint was
the successful attack on Vaux, which
occurred on July 1. This town was
taken ty a very nicely planned Amer
iran attack, in which the 9th and 23d
Regiments of Infantry furnished the
Infantry contingent and the 12th, 15th
and 17th Regiments of Field Artillery
supported the attack. These troops
form a part or our second division,
which Is under the command of Major
General Omar Bundy. The successes
attained have been consolidated and
subsequent attacks of the Germans
have not been sufficient to cause our
withdrawal from any terrain which
has been occupied.
"On the Italian front the situation
has now come down to complete oc-
cunatlon by Italy of the southern bank
of the Plave, with the exception of one
small sector. The size of that sector,
which Is the only part of the south
bank of the Piavo still hold by the
Austrlans, Is three and a half by one
and a half miles. It Is on the delta
near Grlsolera. Along that entire
region, which has been held by the
Austrlans for a long time, the Italians
have made successful advances over
practically a nine-mile front, driving
the Austrians back of the river, with
the exception of the little area I have
Indicated to you."
In answer to question General
March said: "There Is nothing to give
out on the subject of Russia."
"So far as our Information goes,
the Germans did not use large bodies
of cavalry In the recent drive."
"The matter of the use of gas in
our Bervlce has recently been con
solidated, as has been announced to
the press, by organizing what we call
the chemical warfare service under
Major General Sibert Gen
eral Pershing has been directed to
make his organization conform to the
oreanlzatlon adoDted he'e sn'l the
Chemical Warfare Service Is the title
now given to that section In France
also. In that connection the tribuf
which has been paid to the fine work
o' our chemists under the Bureau of
Mines is thoroughly deserved. They
have really done unusually good work,
but the work now coming under one
directing head will show the fine re-su'-ts
pc'e'-ed from unity of command
everywhere."
PRESIDENT SAVES SOLDIER.
Commutes Death Sentence To 20
Years In Prison.
Washington. Commutation by the
President of the death sentence im-
r rl by a military court-ma' tlal on
I'r.vate Oscar Valentine, of Troop B.
Ninth Cavalry, to 20 years imprison
ment at hard labor, was announre I b
the War DepnrLn-ent. Valentine wai
t-'ed and convicted at St'P'in? Bato.
t'Mlipn'nes, of hav'rg murdered Pri
vate Ilcnjrtmln J. Wllyon, also of the
Ninth Cavalry.
CIHCUS TRAIN IN COLLISION.
One Man Killed A' ?tsult Of Accident
In Ohio.
pYouns.Mown, Ohio. One man kllle,
was the toll of a railroad r.ccidcnl
when Ba-nur.i & TVi'.Iey circus train
No. 2 crashe I Into fie rear end of th
:w Yo k . ( ent-;'l's New York Ch
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ABOUT
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SUNK BY U-BOAT
Former Liner Sent Down on
Homeward Voyage
THE THIRD TRANSPORT SUNK
Six Of Crew Are Missing No Army
Personnel Or Passengers
Aboard Coving
ton. Washington. The American army
transport Covington, homeward bound
after landing several thousand soldiers
In France, was torpedoed and sunk
In the war zone. Six members of the
crew are mlsHlng, but all tho other
men, with the ship's officers, have
been landed at a French port. No
a:my personnel or passengers were
aboard.
The Navy Department's announce
ment of the torpedoing of the Coving
ton said none of the officers and men
landed was "seriously Injured." Ap
' parently some of them were hurt, but
the number probably was not given
In Vlce-Adinlral Sims' dispatch.
The Covington was struck, while
proceeding with a fleet of other trans
ports, convoyed by de.it royers. The
submarine was not sighted.
"The torpedo struck Just forward of
the engine room bulkheads," said the
Navy Department's announcement,
"and the engine room and fire room
were rapidly flooded. With Its motive
power gone, the vessel was helpless,
and. facing the possibility of the tor
pedoing of ancther ship In the convoy,
the Covington was temporarily aban
doned. This was done In excellent
order and the officers and crew were
taken on board a destroyer. The
submarine was not seen.
"At daybreak, the captain, several
officers and a number of members of
the crew returned to supervise salvag
ing operations. Another vessel and
two tugs took the Covington In tow
In the effort to get her to port, but
she was too badly damaged to keep
afloat and sank.
There was no explanation by the
department as to whether the six men
we'-e missing after the transfer of the
crew from the troop ship to tho de
stroyer or after the transport actually
went down. It was feared, !howev:r,
that they cither were killed by the
force of the explosion or were caught
by the Inrush of water Into the engine
and fire rooms.
The Covington was formerly the
Hamburg-American liner Cincinnati,
which was laid up at Boston and was
taken over when the United States
entered te war. She was 608 feet
Ion?, of 6 339 gross tonnage and had
a Kneed of lf' knots an hour.
The Covington is the Becond of the
great Cernmn liners seized at the out
break of the war to be sent down by
Ge-many's sea wolves and Is the third
American troop ship to be destroyed.
All wee homeward bound. The for
mer Hamburg-American liner Presi
dent Lincoln was sunk last May 31
and the Antilles, formerly a Morgan
liner, was sent down last October 17.
Olficers here believe 1 that the sub
marine was on tho surface recharging
Its batteries when the convoy came
along and that it submerged Imme
diately after discharging the torpedo
wiinnu attempting luriner attack on
the fleet. The theory that tho sub
marine niade off In hni-te would seem
to be ho-ne out by the. fact that the
transport's crew was transferred to
one of the destroyers without apparent
IncMent. Some surprise was occa
sioned by the fact that the submarine
did nnt return after the fleet had
p-o"ceded and -umlertuke'to finish the
sinking of the Covington.
The Covington was tho flrrit Ameri
can transport to be sunk while In con
vov. President Lincoln and the An
tilles having been destroyed when re
turning home without tho protection
of war craft.
AMERICANS REACH ITALY.
First Contingent Has Established It
self In Camp.
Rome. The first contingent of Amer
ican troops to arrive In. Italy has within
forty-eight hours established itself In
eimp. The men are sleeping under
their own tents and feeding from their
own kitchen, which was provided by
the American Kcd Cress before the
men 'Started.
Tho rapidity of the mobilization to
their new quarters has crealid a mont
favorable Impn-sslon. The Americas
ore in fine spirits and excellent health,
but the Ped Crofs will within a week
establish a complete honpitul near the
camp.
ASKS ABOUT COASTAL CANALS,
Senate Fecks . Data On Connecting
Chesapeake With Buzzard's Bay.
Washington. The Senate adopted n
resolution by Senator Salisbury, of
De':".vare, directing tho Secretary . of
f'oi-'iiierc? to Pirn' h the Somite with
Information rernrdlnf tho altvlabll
ity of, connecting 'Chesapeake Bay.
Delaware River, New York Bay and
1-'(.-tc'h!scU and Buzzard's Bays by
a r.erlea of canals.
IV ISS RANKIN SEEKS TOGA.
Siyizrcsswo nan Acplres To Senate
From Montana.
Washington. Miss Jer.netto Rankin,
f.etir'ientatlve from Montana, an
i , u : i c f rt that who will be a candidate
' the Republican nomination to th
:.vite to uucceej Senator Walsh, who
I' offer for' re-election In T.'ovembei
lie nil 'i-' tin" iT,:nrlrg will be he!
l!-;i;-t 2" an. ..ibis R vi'.dn S'tld thst
t p ent there Is no other Ropubllcsir
nmil '"to
1RHSP0R
MILLION
IN
NOW
SO MICE
Greatest Oversees Movementof
Troops in History
MILLIONS MORE ARE GOING
Not A Single American Transport
Carrying Troops To Battlefields
In France Sunk By
A U-boat.
Washington. American troops sent
overseas numbered 1,019,115 on July 1.
This wus made known by President
Wilton, who gave to the public a let
ter from Secretary Baker disclosing
a record achievement which the Pres
ident said "must cause universal sat
isfaction." The first units non-combatant-left
American shores oh May 8, 1917.
General Pershing followed twelve days
later and nt tho end of tho month,
1,718 men had started for the battle
fields of France. June saw this num
ber Increased by 12,201 and thereafter
khaki-clad "crusaders" from the west
ern lopublic flowed overseas In n
steady stream until upwards of 300.
0C0 had departed when the great
Germnn thrust began lust March.
President Wilson's determination
to meet Germany's supreme effort
.with the utmost of America's avail
able man power to assist the desper
ately resisting French and British
armies Is sharply reflected In the
movement of troops during the last
three months. The March sailings of
83,811 were Increased In April to 117,
212. May saw another 244,345 men
embark and last month 276,372 were
sent away, making a total for the
three months of 637,929. This, Secre
tary Baker said later, put the troop
movement six months ahead of the
original program.
Substantially thirty divisions are
now in France .ready to meet what
ever move the German Staff has In
preparation. Some of these divisions
already have been formed Into the
First Field Army under Major Gen
eral Liggett, others are holding trench
sectors at important points along the
battle line and still others have been
broken up and brigaded with the
French and British troops. And so,
when the German thrust comes, the
Americans will be called upon to play
no small part In meeting It.
Secretary Baker wrote the Presi
dent that the -supplies and equipment
In France for the million men who
have gone Is shown by latest reports
to Lc adequate and added that "the
output of our war Industries in this
country Is showing marked Improve
ment In practically all lines of neces
sary equipment and supply."
MANY KILLED IN EXPLOSION.
Over 100 Bellsved Dead Or Injured At
TNT Plant Near Syracuse.
Syracuse, N. Y.--Many persons were
killed or injured in two terrible explo
sions at the huge plant of tbe Scmet
Sol way Company, located nt Split
Rock, a suburb.
Tho force of the explosion rocked
this city. Plute-glass windows in tne
business section were broken and res
idences swayed perceptibly, causing
their . occupants to rush into the
streets.
TIip police believe the l'st of dean
and injured will amount above 100
when final details are available In
complete r turns showed l'i persons
had been killed.
Unequipped with fire apparatus, vol-
un!er firemen were unable to make
headway again ;t tin; spreading I!, mire.
Columns of flames cho' 300 feet in
height. The he it was so intense that
it cracked ginss hundreds of yards
away and a thick noxious smoke com
b!r. d to hiimii i ) tiie fiie-figiiteiii nnd
rescues.
CAN'T TRUST THE HUNS.
Plan To Send U. S. Hospital Ship
Without Convoy Held Up
Washington. Plans for the sailing
of the American hospital ship Com
fort, which it was proposed to rend
tlu.iU'h tht submarine zon-i without
convoy, have been delayed by tho
ruthless destruction of t.i-? C.-nadlr.n
hospital ship I.lundovo'.'.v Castle. It
Is not yet decided whether the orig
inal plans will be dinned.
258 Persons Believed Lost.
Ioiuion. A tiwrough search of the
waters in the vicinity of the spot
where the Canadian hospital ship
Llandovery Castle was sunk by a Ger
man submarine has resulted in :;o
further survivors being found. An
olllclai statement Issued by the A(
mlralty says It may be. assumed tlui
only 21 out of the 258 persons on board
were saved.
Andrew Eonar Law, Chancellor of
the Exchequer, speaking In the House
of Commons, said that one would hiv
thought that nothing now as regards
German brutality could have hap
pened, but the sinking of the Canadian
hospital ship Llandovery Castle war
an unspeakable outrage. Nothlnr
could be pained, he added by talklnr
ibotit tills lust example or frigiiifu
nesB.
BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.
War Doard Willing To Relieve Thr
Industry.
Washington. In a statement re
Iterating its disapproval or new built
n? construction, not contributing d!
eCtly or Indirectly toward the prose
cution of the war, the War Industrie
Board expressed willingness to rcllevi
the building Industry under tho ai1
verse condition of the war as far a:
possible and to coni.Idor the merit o
individual projects.
S
Big
German Counter-Attack is
Crushed
MANY PRISONERS CAPTURED
Desperate German Effort To Regain
Important Position Won By The
Americans Ends In Dismal
Failure.,
American Forces on the Murne. A
counter-attack made by the Germans
against the new positions won the
night before by the American forces
to the west of Chateau-Thierry was
completely broken up. The Americans
did not give up a foot of ground which
they had captured.
RcporU from the advanced front,
brought buck through a heavy enemy
barrage, confirmed the earlier state
ments that the Americans have
reached their every objective and are
holding every point
An entire German regiment has
been virtually annihilated in the
fighting west of Hill 204, according
to ofllclal Information.
The total number of Germans cap
tured by the Americans Is now esti
mated to number about 500, Including
seven olflcera. Muny groups of prison
ers have been sent to the rear. Oth
ers have been' located In hospitals
where they were taken after being
wounded.
The German counler-attack which
was fiercely conducted, was launched
against the American positions at 3
o'clock in the morning. It resulted
In the Americans further Increasing
their number of prisoners. . Virtually
the remainder of the enemy attack
ing force was annihilated.
In a brilliant operation after hard
fighting, American troops on this
front captured the village of Vaux,
together with a large slice of the
Paris highway west of Chateau-Thierry
and two patches of wooded land.
The Americans took 275 German
prisoners, Including five officers and
captured a quantity of machine guns
and other equipment.
In the Vaux region the Americans
took the Germans completely by sur
prise. Most of the prisoners were
taken out of cellars and dugouts.
How many Germans were killed, ol
course, Is unknown, but from the num
ber of dead In plain view at variolic
places the total must have been con
siderable. HUNDRED SHIPS ARE LAUNCHED.
Ceremonies Held In Yards In The
East And West.
Washington. America's merchant
r.set, grown to 10,040,659 gross tons by
the construction of 1,622 new ships of
1,430,793 tons in the fiscal year ended
June 30, was augmented by the unprece
dented launching of about 100 ships.
The feat of the loyal army of work
men which made the launchlngs po
slide received due recognition from the
highest officials directing the war ac
tivities of the nation.
"We are all comrades in a great
cause," declared President Wilson In
a message read as part of the launch
ing ceremonies In 76 yards. From
General Pershing come the thanks of
the American fighting men In Europe
for the support of which the launch
lngs are substantial evidence.
"With such backing we cannot fall
to win," asserted the commander cf the
United States Army In France.
Chairman Hurley, chief of the men
directing the shipbuilding program, did
not stint his praise of the men actually
building the ships In expressing the
appreciation of the Shipping Board for
tbe work accomplished.
PRAY AS WE GO.
Move To Pause For Supplication
. Blocked In Senate.
Washington. Consideration of a
resolution by Senator Myers, of Mon
tana, requesting the President to call
upon the nation to pause one minute
each day to pray Nr success of the
war was blocked In the Senate by
Senator Thomas, of Colorado. "Let
us pray as we work and work whether
we pray or not," said the Colorado
Senator in refusing unanimous con
sent to take up the resolution.
Senator McCumber, of North Da
kota, Joined In the opposition with
the suggestion, "I think we ought to
get along a little more rapidly In our
war work nnd pray as we go."
Senator Myers, of Montana, author
of the resolution, and Senator
Phelan, of California, spoke briefly
In Us favor.
FOR $9,500,CC0,CC0 IN BONDS.
Senate Finance Committee Approves
Bill Passed Cy House.
Washington. The new bond bill,
which Just passed the Hou.se, provld
ng $8,000,000,000 for domestic pur
poses and $1,500,000 for loans to the
Allies, was approved by the Senate
amendment ordered reported favor
ably.
GAS OFFENSIVE PLANS.
The Chemical Warfare Service Now
Has Charge.
Washington. All phases of gas of
enslve preparations are placed under
.he new chemical warfare uervlce of
the Army, commanded by Major Gen
eral Slbert, by an order unnounced at
he War Department. Thin Includes
xperlniental work heretofore carried
n by the Medical and Ordnance De
lartments of the Army and the Bu
reau of Mines.
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STATE ITEMS
Harleysvllle. When chickens be
longing to Howard Clemmer, of Har
leysvllle, were stolen, the thief drop,
ped a notebook with his mime In it,
Allentown. So rapidly huve the new
street markets In Allen (wn Kulncd
popularity that the city authorities
have decided to conduct 'them three
times ft week Instead of twice.
Sunbury. TV record of W. H.
Similiter, n Pennsylvania railroad con
ductor, of railroading for more than
thirty years without an accident, wan
broken when he was struck by B
freight enr nt the Northumberland
yards. He suffered severe contusions
of the buck nnd arms, but will re
cover. Sunbury. The housing problem In
becoming n serious matter In Sunhury.
Every available home Is filled nnd om
concern, the North Branch Fre Insur
ance compuny, Is advertising for hous
es for Its employes. Kveti rooms that
were formerly used by professional
men are now being adopted as Hats.
Summit Hill. Jacob Chrlsholm win
arrested by Constable McLean on Die
charge of having a gun In his "Ssi-.
hIoii. Chrlsholm la an unnaturalized
Austrian, nnd was fined $25 by 'Squire
Ilrowiiinlllor. Refusing to pay the
line, nit hough being able to do so fi
nancially, he was committed to the
county jail at Muuch Chunk.
Heaver Meadows. The Lehigh Vol
ley Railroad rompnny has ndvaneeil
the wages of l(s trackmen l'J4 cents
nn hour, making their dully wngfs now
$.125, the highest ever puld for similar
work.
Altoonn. Passengers nnd crew of
the collier Cyclops, which sailed from
Norfolk January 1 and disappeared,
hove been officially declared dead, the
navy department Informed Mrs. Imlse
Furrcr, Altoonn, whose son, Churlcs,
was a sailor on bonrd.
Contesvllle. Edward Hughes, ngi'il
thirty-four yenrs, was electrocuted in
Downlngtown. He wus on a jMile milk
ing some repairs when he came In con
tact with n live wire. His body hmiR
on the cross arms of the pole until
removed.
Pottsvllle. Mrs. Celln Shlpe Kim
mel, wife of Clayton Klmmel, of Or
wlgsburg, dropped dead Just after com
pleting preparations for breakfast. She
was but thirty-two years of age and
was apparently In good henWh.
Ilethlehem. James Snlvngglo, who
was arrested ns a highwayman at
Northampton Heights recently admit
ted that lie was a deserter from the
United State army nt Fort Slorum.
Ilethlehem. The locnl war chest
renched the totnl of $0."i0,541..r0 with
12,041 subscribers, or a avernge of $r
Enston. Albert Newhnrd, aged s'x
ty, a former professional pedestrian
who once held the world's record for
distance covered In seventy-two hours,
died. from the effects of gns (but leak
ed from a pipe In his home three
weeks ago.
IMhlchem. Cnught while trying to
destroy machinery In a shop at the
Rcthlehem Steel Works, Michael Hu
xar, an alien enemy, was arrested by
Chief Roach nnd turned over to
United Slates commissioner Turner at
Eastnn. He will probably be Interned
during the rest of the war.
Wllkes-Rnrre. Announcement of the
denth of Trlvnte Smith, of the marine
corps renched his mother, n widow, nf
I.orksvllle, within one day after she
hnd gotten letters from him telling of
his Joy nt having been assigned to the
front line.
Sunbury. While holding an ad
vance celebration of the Fourth nf
July, Harry Wll'iims, ten yenrs old,
of Sunbury, lighted n dnulln cap and
lost two lingers.
Scninton. Mnyor Connell declared
hlms.'lf In fnvor of a single tnxcol
looting system In Scran ton.
Freelnnd. Although he came from
Hungary, Martin Suslnskl, of Free
land, enlisted to get back nt the
kaiser.
York. Charles Wire, n trusty at the
York county Joll, with one more
month to serve for burglary, escaped.
Lnncnster. James Shnnd was re
elected president of the Lnncaster T.
M. C. A. for the twenty-second con
secutive time.
Lebanon. Council enjoined agnlnt
extending the city water system t
the Heights section, formally abandon
ed the undertaking.
Shcnrtown. Rlsbop Hoban will of
ficiate at the laying of the corner
stone of the new Polish Catholic or
phanage here.
Shenundonh. Rn'ds by the Shennn-
donh police resulted In fifteen men be
ing picked up on slacker charges.
Reading The Rcnd'ng Trnns't and
Light company will Increase trolley
fnrcs on suburban lines to eight cents
August 1. i
Rending. Mrs. Enimn It. Hecker,
of Rending, left $1000 for the care
of dumb nnlmals.
Shnmnkln. Miss Evn M. Rullard, of
Waukesha, Wis., will teach commer
cial branches In the schools here.
Allentown. Male playground 'n
struetors here who were asked to work
on the city's fnrm vnHR 'he llflh'S
of the quarantine for measles have
declined.
Harrlsburg. Ranking Commission
er Lnfenii Issued n call for statements
of state banks nnd trust companies
ns of June 29. i
, Tiirbotvllle. As the result of n f"
from n ladder. J. Luther Smith. lrM1,
dent of the Tiirbotvllle school board,
died nt bis home.
Sernnton. Dr. P. A. Webb, '
Scrnnton, was wounded when n Ger
man nlr raider bombed n Canadian
hospital In France recently.
Hnrrlsburg Harold M. McC'ure,
the new public servlco comm'ssloncr,
will nssumo his seat when the coin
mlss'on meets next week.
Itellefonte. Centre county was 'he
first county In the stnte to ofllc'ully
report having gone over tho top In
the war snvlngs stomps drive.
Hnzleton. In III health tor snnie
time, Joseph Pernndo, nged fifty of
Hnzleton. banged himself to a tr'-e on
the outskirts of the city.