THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS. McCONNELLSBURG, PA.
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In Tola Department Our Readers In Fulton County andjElaewhen
Around the NAorld NAlth the Camera on the Trail
of HII story IN1 a llng: Hopponlnea.
CLEMENCEAU VISITS
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One of Hie first photograph of tho actunl buttle of Chuteuu Thierry, In which the gallant American soldiers
successfully stopped, defeated nnd drove back the Oeno.in hordes, Is here presented find shows Premier Clemen
renu, In clvllliin attire, and General Mordacq ut his right, surrounded by the American lighter of the buttle, viewing
the remains of the annihilated German troops.
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This Is the field head(Uarteni of General Pershing, established since lie left
BRITISH GIRLS MAKING AIRPLANES
&mw' m! i tihzMv few ' ' ; f
Upholstering department of n rent airplane factory In Ijclnnd where
girls are putting on the fabric covering for the deck and fuselage.
MACHINE GUNNERS GALLOPING INTO ACTION
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Pritlfh machlri" gutiners are partl'tilarly acilve In the great Franco-I'.rltlfclt-Auierlcnn
drive In Plcnrdy and Flanders. 'J Ids P.rltlsh olllclal photo
graph shown some of tlii-ni galloping Into action.
Bud Reult
"They tried the new play on the
dog."
"What happencdr
"The ungel got blttn."
YANKS IN BATTLE OF
GENERAL PERSHING'S FIELD HEADQUARTERS
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--ifk-ttM ivit(i L'.t..iutf.xmm;;-nrnit
Paradoxieil.
f(ptlbbs Funny, Isn't it?
HfjiwhliM Yes, what?
illbbs Why a spoiled child Is
thought to bo so aweet by It parent.
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CHATEAU THIERRY
,:'M M'-t1. WAW- & ,V'4 it I
assure
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the lienibiuarters ut Paris.
WHERE THREE YANKS DIED
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Aiiierlciin ii lid Fnnrli soldiers
searching tliroiiili the ruins of u
French chateau where three American
olllcers were killed and one wounded
uhen 11 was Midlcd by the Huns.
He Wii a Fighter, Too.
"And what do you do for u living?"
united the Judge of the man before htm.
"i write poetry, your honor,"
"What kind of poetry?"
"War poetry, your honor."
"I'.ut that seems like n nonessential
occupation Just now. Why don't you
go and light ?"
"Fight? Kay, Judge, that' Just
what I have to do when I try to get
money for my poetry."
Applet Cook on Tree.
Apples cooking on the tree In the
great orchard region of northern Vir
ginia was one of the freaks of nature
caused by the hot f-pcll. Slate Fuel
Administrator I'.yrd Is displacing tmrn
his orclian', where the thermometer
registered degrees In the sun, fmit
whbb has been thoroughly sizzled, If
It actually lias not baked, and other
growers of fnilts are tlireatened with
ruin. Other growing crops withered
tiiuler the hot nave, and It I mild tre
mendous losses uro likely.
CHATEAU THIERRY PEOPLE GREET THEIR LIBERATORS
In this, one of the first pictures to recch this country of the' battle of Chateau Thierry are shown some In
habitants of the town who remained during the German occupation walking through the destroyed streets to
meet the American soldiers.
cattured!
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This German plane of the Klherxtadt
closely resembling the emblem of the Ited
dcHlgmitlon. Switzerland has complained
MRS. ROCKEFELLER HIT HARD
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Prominent Y. V. A. workers who
were holding a convention In Portland.
Me., visited a shipyard where the trawl
er Albatross was under constnicllon.
Mr. John I . Rockefeller. Jr.. tried
her hand at driving a Dolt in the keel,
and wielded thy hammer with skill
and force.
The Horror of War.
If n tough war I Company K Is
en ling Ice cream and strawberry short
cake every nlglit. The mess fund was
drawn upon for the purchase of an Ice
cream freezer. Strawberries are plen
tiful and cheap In France these days.
Tho kitchen police turn I lie freezer In
the shade of the chnteuu trees dur
ing the nrtcrnoou, milk Is obtained
from the near-by dairies und eery
thing U ready for the evening meal.
The Ice cream and strawberries are
eaten to plensliig liiiM'H turned out by
the company orchestra. Ve. It's n
tough war! From tho Splkcr, France.
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type shot down by FriMich (.'titiners was found to be marked with a cross
Cross and of tho Republic of Switzerland, Instead of the usual "Iron cross"
to tin; German government about the use of this cross.
"LICK THE HUN"
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The ciiinmiindlng olllcer of a famous It. A. F. lighting squadron In France
with tlieir inaseoi, ii parrot, which llnds a very coiiiroriiihio perch on a
propeller blade, are shown In this lli'ltlsli olllclnl plinticrnph. I'.eslilei having
a siiiiiiterlug of tlio'"polly-vous" language, the parrot is particularly vigorous
in Its denunciation of the lluus In virile Fngllsh.
W0UNDE HOSPITAL
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1'liem Atiiei'lcau soldiers are convalescing from wounds In n l.ondoiia
ho";iltnl. 'liny are receiving the best of treatment und seem ipiltu content
with Ihelr lol.
IVIay Journey
MMiiWiilllliMiiliiiiii! jj m 11 HnHiili Hit III Ml
IS HIS CHANT
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While Wllllnm C. Feallier, (if,,..
year old, member of Wolfer,ib,.rJ 'T
Feutlier, iindertnkers, at h"
vllle, wu embalnilng n body, IH , 7"
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ru u lllil IIKIO, WHICH mm ,,..( 1
been benvllv -liu rci.il fi'..,,. ,t
of the preceding; storm due t ,.r '
wire and was Instantly killed -n
' n- it ..n-
oect,
byslnndeis were shocked.
. The state health depmi, .
spectors are making carerm illllllr'
Into outbreak of Itifiimii,. mu.
which have been reported. Tin. i.,,,,'
have been more or less lni iiii7.,.( y.
fort are being made to piw,.h
iilif.lil iiiiilii-iiniu ii-liii.li e
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likely to happen about this i!,,,,. ,'
Ing to the. people traveling in.
Owners of tlmberliiiid on i.
Mountain, near Womeisdorf. wi,,, ' .n
permission to conlless lions, -h, ,," '
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in ueini uee on ineir ni, i
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I iiinit mat g.-eat iliuniic to jv
her has been done. Fach j j,,
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boundary trees have
blM
en i..'siri,v.j
I. C. loore, former mti. iihv 'u.
treasurer of tin? Sharon Savin-.
Trust company, who is far ov, r ult
draft age, IniH been nceepted for s,rv.
Ices for overHciiK duty by H. ,w
Cross society. He will he oiinw,,
with the linaiicliil end of lie- 1 1 u in.,r,j.
larlan organization and w ill iVl. M
services ror the duration of u,,.
gratis.
George II. Kcliwnn, I'lilinii-, nllvg
the work on . the new komtihi,,.',,,
houses In Shiiron will I r .,,
wllhln the next six weeks. Tie n,.
structlou will start Just as m ;l
the house drawings are ii i n v .-) aI
WiiKhlngton. A tnajorlty of ti. hnii-n
will be of live and six rooms, with m,
occasional tenement house.
All consumers of city water in
Casile have been ordered by 1 1 . - ,-r.j
bacteriologist, Dr. W. I,. S'een, n, ,;
water to be used for driiikinif mr.
poses. Contauilualion hits I n f,,u
In the supply recently, he iiiiiihiiik,.,.
Kllwood City raised .n,'!r,ii fr u,e
Salvation Army war fund.
Scores of foreigners were arreviK)
for cutting timber on lands nf iw
Prince Metallic Paint Manaraiiirii,
company, at ISowmnnstown. Kvcrj
case was settled by the defi-aduiiin
paying line ami costs.
Miss Anna Itlchniond Is Die Hint
I.ansford woman to voIuiiIcit h r
services as nurs! for the government.
Thousands of dollars In back
due Lehigh Valley railroad einiln.i
under award of the federal waye nin
mission were destrlbuted in llazliii.u.
The i'ompany Is paying these I.hiuni
In moiilhly Inallnients, which mi
to us high as every thirty (Ijivm In
same cases,
Mrs. F.uiniu Serfafs has linai:!ii
suits au'iilnst the I.ehlgh ami Nw
Kiiglniid Knllrond company In I'a-imi,
for for $."I,(MHI for the hiss of r
husband, Moyd Serfass, who was kill
ed nt a grade crossing and for siy.m
for the loss of bis automobile.
Camp Lafayette has received n aw
oml contingent at -lUO men, who will
be given an eight weeks' course in
mechanical training.
The formal passing of the Curlinle
Indian School on August 1!T will iinli
ahly be marked by n special (( Mira
tion, headed by Carlisle ineivliuiiiK,
who are considering such a plan.
Sam Clark, one of the best loiimn
young attorneys In New Castle, Inn
been notified to ntleiid the i, Hirers'
training camp that will open Septem
ber IS.
Sixty-eight bushels of. oats to the
aire Is the record made by Mnrri
Krlebel, n Itarto farmer;
A line of motor truck to lifiHIe
freight between HnxlHon and I'hlin
delphla has gone Into operatlol..
It has been discovered that It It
lice, not blight, which has daiau'c'l
the p(tnto crop throuirhout the sluic
M. II. Itlcli, Clinton county, has tiled
withdrawal as a candidate fur emi
gres on the Hoosevelt I'rogresslv
ticket.
The annual retreat of priests of th
Seriintirfi dioei'se will begin III Lu
Wlnoln, August lid, Illshop Hobnii iia
noitnce. Three new gushers struck In lh
Middle Itun field nenr New Il't li-tiiii,
are producing fifty to seventy-live bur
rels of oil each dally,
Seven hundred dollar In wnr
stamps were purchased In one "H'
by an Austrian, classed a an illicit
enemy, at Altoona.
A grass lire on the outskirts of
Potlsvllle endangered a number '
homes and required efforls of t'1'-'
whole lire department to subdue I'.
Registered men In Mlllershurg, !)'
kens, Hallfa.'c, Wllllamstown, KM'"
belhvllle and Grtaz I re being drilled
by members of the Jlarrrlsbtirg n.1
serve. The Northtuniiton Traction coinpwiy
of F.nston, operating llti"s fo Nuzan'tli
ami Patigor, will Increase the fare In
cadi one from six cents to seven
cent.
Four sons of Mr. and Mrs. Fred I"'
bo, of F.nston their only children
have entered the army.
Two "work or fight" prisoners
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lilt- la-niniiinil illllill KMMK inii-n
break for liberty and were recapture1'
only after a three hour chase In lh
mountains.
The military enrollment for I.eliln"
county show n total of lll.ldl i'"'"
liable for service.
Accused by his mother of laklng 11
?l pair of shoes from her home im'l
(idling I hem for thirty-five cents, Mi
chael Walllson, fourteen years old, f
Potlstown, was locked up.
Although the average yield of nnt
per 'acre is thirty-live bushels, mnitf
Lehigh Valley farmers are renllxli'ff
a high as forty-two bushels.
Itussell LclhciiMperger, nine year"
old, missed Id fooling when he trie''
to jump on a trnclor. at Alburtls, urn
was crushed to death.
William Hoffman and his hired num.
nf Vernlleld, awakened In Ihe nlglit
by S(iiaw klng clip kens, opened fire oil
the thieves, who escaped lu an n"1"'
Plans for n community nieinorliu
for Conni'llsvllle men, who have fit"'
en In F'iitice, will be arranged "
meeting of the Ministerial OMoclutlua.