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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-05-14
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Pittsburg Especially A secret
panel door leading from his private
Office enabled William Montgomery.
cashier OF the Allegheny National
banK, TO cover up his alleged defal-
cations for many years, according TO
Wliiiam L.. Fields, national bank ex-
aminer, who has charge of the case
Mr. Fields declares Montgomery
worked with some employe of an
other bank, presumably Henry Reib~
er, the teller of the Farmers Deposit
National Bank. When the presence
or the bank examiner would be an
nounced, he says, Montgomery would
slip out through his panel door, hur-
ry to the other and secure a tempor-
ary loan sufficient TO make good the
deficit. The money would be re-
turned after the departure of the
examiner.
The directors of the Allegheny
Bank met and deducted from their
surplus the sum of 100000, the
amount Montgomery is charged with
getting away with. II is probable
that an assessment will be made
against the stockholders of the fnstt-
tuition later on. AS soon as the bank
opened a telegram was sent to the
Seaboard National and the Park Ma
tional Banks, of New York, asking
them to forward Immediately $780,
600 that the Allegheny National has
on deposit. The bank also secured
all the cash 1t could get it's hands on,
and this was piled several feet high
on a big table in the center of the
banking room. The immense sum
could be seen from the street, and
was sufficient in itself to prevent
run, although a run was at no time
threatened
1t Is declared here that Montgom- |
cry did not profit to the extent of a |
single cent. 1t is alleged that many
Pittsburg business houses and man |
ufacturers owe their existence to |
Montgomery who advanced them |
money to keep them alive. When |
he attempted to get this money back, |
1t is asserted, he found that the |
people whom he had favored were |
unable to give 1t to him. Today, |
when 1t is too late, II is remarked |
that friends of Montgomery would |
raise $1,000,000 If necessary to get |
him out of his trouble.
Montgomery appeared at a meet |
ing of the bank directors. He was |
closely questioned but refused to ad- |
NIT that any other person had any
thing to do with the robbery. In |
spite of this statement, however,
there are persistent rumors that sew
eral prominent politicians are i'm
plicated.
Because OF the large number of |
peculations in Pittsburg banks Of
ficials of the banks have adopted a |
system of shifting their employees. |
In number of the banks man is
allowed to remain in a position for
few months only, after which he |
Is transferred to some other depart
ment
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Thc sailor holding the rope dared

The sailor holding the rope dared
not pull for fear OF injuring Philip
in drawing his body through the ice.
For a moment or two there was con-
sternation aboard the tug, but the
pilot was equal to the emergency.
Leaplng to the deck he seizcl a boat
hook and began pushing aside the
cakes directly over Philips head,
shouting to one of his men to do the
name.
Quick and strong manipulation of
the poles was all that saved the
young barge captain. for when an
opening large enough for him to
force his head and shoulders through
was made, and Philips white face
arose, he was gasping for breath.
Leaning over the side of the tug the
men seized him and drew him aboard.
Two hours later when he had had
his bruises attended to, had been
rubbed dry by the kind hearted cook
on board the tug, warmed with hot
coffee, and attired in a suit of the
mates clothes, Philip hurried ashore
and uptown to where he had left the
barge, and found it tied snugly at
bow and stern.
A passing tug captain, so he learn
ed the next day. seeing the barge
about to break her moorings, had
towed her back and mended the
broken hawser.-Young People.
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Gug, and at a suggestion from the
pilot sailor threw Philip a rope.
Tie that around your waist, and
when | give the word, jump for the
tug. Wen haul you aboard" he
cried cheeringly.
Philip did as he was told, and, pre-
pared to leap at the signal, stood
watching the distance between him
and safety lessen. One moment it
would seem to the anxious lad as
though the space between the two
craft was not diminished an inch ;
then the heaving mass of floating ice
would thin out trifie and the cur
rent would bear the dory forward
perhaps six inches.
With the line securely fastened
about his waist, Philip felt a tenn
porary assurance of safety, followed
Immediately by an almost overpower-
ing desire to throw himself overheard
and trust to the rope and the eager
crew to haul him upon the deck of
the tug. But he put the temptation
aside, assured that the older man
knew best.
SLOWLY the seconds dragged along.
and foot by foot the little boat and
the tug drew together. The distance
narrowed to twelve feet, and although
the ice cakes were threatening every
instant to capsize the diminutive
craft, the dory still held her own.
Ten feet was the distance when the
long looked for deathblow was re-
>ceived. With a loud crash a huge
block slipped over its fellows, and
swapping short the light oar Philip
interposed, hurled itself against the
dory and struck 1t a glancing blow
that stove in the gunwaie. The boat
began to sink slowly, but Philip,
whose control over himself had
grown more rigid as the danger in
creased, heard no order to leap, and
held his position, although 1t seemed
like courting death to- do so.
When eight feet away the gallant
little craft was still above the water
but struggling painfully to keep
afioat. Not until the distance to the
tug had narrowed to six feet did the
pilot shout loud. Now then!" and
Philip leaped, just as a big wave
washed entirely over the boat send
ing 1t down instantly. The great ice
cakes came tumbling together in the
spot where the dory had been. Philip
found an instant's footing on one of
the largest of the blocks, and was
just about to lay hold of the out
stretched hands. when a wave tossed
a big cake on top of the one giving
him his temporary footing, knocking
his feet out from under him.
Had the man with the rope re-
tanned his presence OF mind and
hauled in on Il when Philip leaped,
the latter would have escaped an
other narrowing experience. But the
sailor was slow, and Philip went in
the ice laden water. the huge blocks
and smaller pieces jamming together
over the spot wnere he had disap-
peared. and when he would have
thrust arms and head above Water,
he found barrier over him whicA he
could not pierce. The strong current,
pushing the ice-floe against the hull
of the tug directly in its path. kept
the cakes wedged together SO tightly
that to break through frem beneath
was an impossibility.
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larger and more formidable than they
had seemed to Philip from the deck
OF the barge. and buffeted about by
| the wind and current, were thrown
against the sides of the frail craft
with dangerous force. While using
the oars to ward of the larger cakes
that came toward him, he tried az the
| same time to work the boat forward
In first one direction, then another.
but fifteen minutes of this course
demonstrated its futility. Reluctant
ly he gave up all hope of regaining
the barge and directed his energies
In efforts to steer clear of and push
aside the largest of the tumbling
cakes, outstanding his strength for a
time of need.
The foe that held his boat swept
along in about the centre of the
channel and was avoided by the
smaller craft plying up and down or
across the river, while the pilots of
ferryboats that came close enough
for the young captain to hail did not
seem to think his danger sufficiently
great to warrant their stopping in
midstream and taking him aboard.
The foe with which his boat was
floating soon approached the lower
cnd of the city where the water was
more frequently churmed by vessels.
and Philip began to entertain hopes
OF speedy rescue. But he was DOOM
ed to disappointment. Each vessel
that came anywhere near his boat
sent ugly waves toward him, and
these threw the cakes of ice about so
that several times he fully expected
the planking of his frail craft to be
crushed. All his attention was re-
quired to keep the dory from being
struck fatal blow, and he had little
opportunity to signal his plight.
Passed by again and again, Philip
grew disheartened after two or three
such experiences, and was about to
sink down on a seat in sheer despair
when he saw right ahead of him the
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Greatest Need of the Air Ship.

According TO A. Mallock, before
heavier-than-air flying machines can
become popular, some method of au-
tomatically balancing them--that is,
keeping them on an even keel-must
be devised. In the few practical
machines now built the balancing has
to be done by the operator, and, while
the ability to do this could probably
be gained by most persons, if they
had opportunity for practice when
young, the great difficulty with such
schooling must always be that an ac-
cident usually puts an end to the les
sons by putting an end to the scholar.
Mr.. Mallock suggests that an auto
matte balancer might be devised by
the use of pendulums, one with very
long and ths other a very short
period.
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WIRELESS WILL
PROTECT ENGLAND.
The Admiralty Rapidly Extend.
ing the Number OF the Coast
Stations. !

Not only is the wireless apparatus
being installed at the new Admiralty
Building in Whitehall, London, for
the purpose of keeping the British
authorities in touch with naval ports
and the home feet without recourse
to the land wires, but 1t is, | UNDER
stand, intended to add to the number
of wireless stations round the coast.
April l saw eleven of these in exist
ence and provision has been made for
the erection of three more during the
current year. So that, including the
war signal stations, there will soon
be 1877 places In the United Kingdom
from which the authorities can COM
municate with the land officers of the
fleets or with the commanders of the
ships.
The functions of the stations are
of course entirely different. At the
wireless telegraphy centres Il is pos
sible to get into touch with vessels
hundreds of miles away from the
English coast, but the passing and
receiving of signals by semaphore
lamp or bunting is at present the linn
1t of usefulness of war signal sta
tions. With the development of wire-
less telegraphy it is, however, expect
ed that their scope will be consider
ably extended. All these stations
have now been placed under the con-
troll of the Admiral commanding the
coast guard and reserves.
hear that the probable jumping
off" spots are receiving most careful
attention, and in this way 1t is hoped
to avoid surprise. The new ar
rangement certainly is vastly super
ior to the system which held good for
so many years.-New York Herald.
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STATE ITEMS.

Joseph Johannes, of Wayne Coun.
ty, has caused the arrest of his neigh.
boris boy for painting his horse green
and red. Aside from the unasthetlc
effect the horse suffered much from
the application of turpentine, and
may die.
Salvatore Magnolia, of Scranton,
has sued John Weisenfuh for ST..
600 damages, because John applied
uncomplimentary spithets to the
plaintiff.
Miss Elizabeth Chelton died at
Blakely, of scarlet fever. She con
tracted the malady from a patient
whom she was nursing. An epidem-
ic of the disease prevails in the bor-
ough.
John Gotwalts, of Oaks, Montgom-
cry County, was relieved of sixty-five
pigeons by thief.
The zwinglian Literary Society of
Ursinus College has awarded the fol-
lowing prizes in the essay contest
for sophomore students: First prize
of $40, +. l.. Moser, Collegeville;
second prize of IS, e. C. Wanger,
West Chester.
Harry Vessel, a stone and brick
mason, hanged himself in the attic
at his home in Chambersburg. Mem
bers of the family found the body.
Officials OF the American Flint
Glass Workers Union and represen-
tatives of the Glass Manufacturers,
in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New
York, West Virginia, Ohio and Indi-
ana, concluded two days confer
ence at Pittsburg by agreeing to dis
continue the usual two months sum.
mer shutdown. Hereafter II will be
optional with glass workers whether
they will close down from July / to
September l,
The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Col
lipgdale Fire Company, No. /, gave
a musical and vocal entertainment
at the Grace Reformed Episcopal
Church, OF that borough for the BEN
eft Of the fire company.
H. M. Bretz. OF Harrisburg, was
appointed auditor of the Newcastle
Savings and Trust Company, by the
Court, upon petition of the Attorney
General.
An Adams Express Company horse
turned complete somersau't at All.
toona. when the frog OF its shoe
caught In the grating over a sewer
inlet while 1t was trottips along the
street. I'
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GET THEIR DIPLOMAS.

Selins Grove Especially. l).-The an
nual commencement exercises of the
Selins Grove High School were held
in the Opera House. A class of ten
was graduated. Miss Lillian Estel-
la Fisher was the salutorian, and
Miss Mary Louise Keiser,. valedictor-
ian.
The Daughters of the American
Revolution prize was won by Miss
Lillian e. Fisher. The w. G.. T. U.
prize was awarded to Fl. Clay Berg
stresser. Orations of the class were
delivered by Ruth Kathryn Crissing-
er, Alice Harriet Hover, Homer
Fisher Fetterolf, Florence Odessa
Meek, Alice Marguerite MusseIman,
Esther Viola Phillips.
George r. Hendricks, president of
the Board of Education, presented
The diplomas.
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Legs and Legs.

After the Ways and Means Com
mittee had been compelled to leave
It's old quarters and go over to the
new House of Representatives Office
building some of his friends were
sympathizing with Champ Clark.
ut might have been worse,
Champ they said. Cheer up.
Pretty soon they will have the cleo
trio cars running in the subway and
then you can ride over"
Yes replied Clark. ut might
have been worse. Reminds me of an
Irishman I knew down in st. Louis
who had both of his legs cut off by
a railroad train. 1T might have
been worse, Mike, they said.
Sure. Mike replied; suppose
had been chorus girl. Saturday
Evening Post.
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WORDS OF WISDOM.

There is at least one redeemine
feature about air castles, and that is
we do not have to pay taxes on
them.
The kindness of inslncerity is like
the beauty of artificial roses; we val.
ue 1t for what it is intended to repre-
sent
When you are In error never be
ashamed to acknowledge 1t. 1t gives
the other fellow no excuse for keep
ing up the argument.
II you want to know how people
speak of you behind your back, lis
ten to the reckless manner in which
they pitch into others.
The man who is always proclaim.
ing that he is in the right is intoler-
able; the man who admits he has
been in the wrong is charming.
A couple of interviewers spent the
night in cell with man who was
doomed to be hanged. and in the
morning the prisoner was perfectly
willing to die.
Better be defeated in an honest ef-
fort than to be discouraged and cease
to mako that effort. Up and at II
should ever be the watchword OF the
man who feels that he has right on
his side.
There is always more than enough
brightness in life to Offset the gloom,
II we will look for 1t, And there Is
still enough gloom In life to quench
all brightness. II we are determined
to have 1t that way, From Nuggets
OF WISDOM" in the Bes-&Iiys-
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THE REAL
HUSkHNG BEE
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There will be husking tonight
The boys have selected about thirty
huge and solid pumpkins for seats,
and the stocks of corn stand twenty
feet thick, all around outside. Wires
are fixed, on which to hang the Ian
terms of the workers. Inside the
seats, the whole centre of the yard
is left clear for the clean golden
ears after they are stripped. Josiah
Andrews and Ephraim Foote are the
chief competitors; only old man Dem
nison gives them a close race. 1t
is curious and pretty piece of busi-
ness. At o'clock every seat is occu-
pied with laughing, storytelling
farmers, farmers boys and farm
hands. Grandfather Hull gives the
signal. Lifting a stalk deftly, so as
to bring the ear to the left hand, he
strips the husks down with the right,
and then twists the golden spur cum
ningly out of the stalk and the husks
quick as a flash tossing the ear to
the ground. Soon there is a pile,
and each man and boy has his own
heap. Now all are at work. The
jokes grow fewer, the talk lags. Ears
fly thickly through the air. There
will be one hours pull, and every
bit of 1t will be farmers science. With
all their inventions they have never
yet got better corn husker than the
two human hands, with brains run
ming through them. You will easily
see that it is brains If you watch
the piles. Modern invention has
spoiled moving and reaping, and
indoors there is no more sewing or
knitting or candle making, but corn
husklng is, and l think 1t will long
remain.
The kitchen is lighted with un-
usual brilliance, and there is hum
doughnuts come to the champions
If you could only look indoors YOU
would see a long row of pumpkin
pies, and there are seven jars of
honey, for these huskers are hearty
eaters. Parson Chase is here, and
Deacon Hanford, and they are doing
work neither need be ashamed Of
After the feasting, when 1t comes to
the dancing. and the champion leads
the girl of his choice, the parson
smiles and says genially: Folks do
not see things as they used" "Bless
the Lord, MOI" says the deacon.
There's no use manufacturing sins.
There's enough of them In the nature
of things"
The hour is up yes, a good long
hour and a half. The village clock
strikes $ before the huskers shove
back from the stocks-what there is
left of them. The girls are coming
from the house with arms full. Cider
first-a genuine brew. l should like
to stop right here. to sing the praise
of real cider-September cider
made half and half of pound sweets
and gravensteins. But really il l
were to tell you all that know, and
all that | think of this pure brewing
OF the best fruit God ever made, ]
should never get to the end of the
dancing and feasting, and we should
not get home until midnight. Only
this l say. cider Is fit for mortals only
when made of sound apples, and
every one washed at the spring.
Coffee comes for those whose blood
goes slow, and are already sleeping
or nodding. This is one of the fine
things about farm life, that as soon
as the work is done the worker
Corn and Grapes"
by e. P. Powell, in the Outing Maya
zine.
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oCTOGENARIAN DIES.

Coatesville Especially. - Richard
Strobe, one of the best-known busi-
ness men in this section, died in his
Saith year.
He was a descendant of the origin
al Scotch-Irish settlers of Pennsyl.
vanfa, and brother of the late Rob-
ert Wilson Strobe, a Philadelphia
contractor, and of James w. Strobe,
for many years master mechanic In
the Elmira, N. Y, shops of the Penn
sylyania Railroad.
In 1S49 he bought a large tract
of land in this place and engaged in
the lime burning and brick making
business. He served as burgess and
as Councilman at various times and
was the organizer of the branch of
the Abolition party here.
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SLAYER PRAYs CONSTANTLY.

Easton Especially = Robert Bach
man the religious fanatic, who killed
Irene May Smith, his niece, at Naza-
reth, gives no attention to anything
except his religious devotions. He
does not take the exercise in the Jail
which is allowed the other prisoners
and spend most of the time lying on
his cell cot praying.
His lawyers have made several at
tempts to talk with him about the
crime and discuss his defense. but
without success. To one of them
who attempted to bring him to
realization of his position, he said:
God will keep me and nothing
mortal man can do will injure me-"
Bachman has made no inquiries
whatever about his wife or his rela-
tfves.
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POSTMASTER ACCUSED.

Altoona Especially An investiga-
ton into charges of pernicious activl-
ty in politics, coercion of Govern
ment employees, Illegal delivery of
mail on Sunday and six kindred
counts, lodged against Postmaster
George Fox by Grant G.. Staines, a
letter carrier, who was recently drop
ped from the service, was begun by
Post Office Inspector w. w. Stone
representing the department, and j.
J. Vogle, of Philadelphia, secretary
of the Third Civil Service District
representing the Civil Service Com
mission.
The charges grew out of the last
municipal campaign, when political
literature was distributed on Sunday
to relieve the congested condition of
the Office.
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lights of q vessel anchored in the riv-
er. The ice was bearing down upon
the stationary hulk, and hope rose
high in his heart when a turn in the
current caused the foe to veer, and
he passed by so far away that his
shouts were not heard by any one on
board.
Then a little further ON ferryboat,
loaded with passengers bound for the
suburbs ON the opposite side of the
river, plowed through the ice not fifty
feet ahead of him, but the pilots at
tention was on a. tug and its tow
crossing his quarter, and he did not
see the small boat and its occupant
frantically waving his overcoat. The
passage of the big ferryboat disturbed
the water so much that the blocks
of ice were thrown about more rough
ly than ever. One huge cake fell d.
rectly across the bow of the small
boat, and for few seconds Philip
thought the dory was going down
then and there. But the block slid
off into the water finally, and imme-
diate danger of sinking was past.
On swirled the ice foe uninterrup-
tedly. It. soon reached the point
where the river widened into the bay.
There were fewer vessels there, and
Philip was forced to the conclusion
that his chance of rescue was ex-
tremely slim. But he comforted him
self with one thought. The wider
expanse of water allowed the ice
cakes to float further apart, and i'm
minent danger of being sunk by con-
tact with huge block was over.
Encouraged by this he placed the
oars in the row-locks and tried again
to row, but the floating ice was still
too thick to admit of any progress
that way. Giving way to his despair
he crouched as far forward in the
bottom of the dory as he could, draw
ing his heavy coat about his form as
a protection against the piercing
wind. But the keen blast penetrated
beneath the thick garment and
numbed his whole body.
Then a change came over him.
lIdQQullly ne NlcWSu lhC SituutAOh
and resigned himself to his fate. In
hall stupor he sank further in. the
stern as the blood began to move
sluggishly through his veins.
For fully fifteen minutes he sat
thus, so oblivious to his surround
ings that he failed to see a tug with
tow of three barges approaching in
line that, II continued, would have
cut the dory in half, until the hoarse
whistle. warning him to get out of
the way, had sounded twice. The
second blast aroused him. He looked
up DULY and saw the lights of the
tug.
In second he was all animation.
Leaping to his feet he pulled off his
coat and began waving 1t around his
head.
The pilot had comprehended the
situation when Philip failed to heed
the first warning, and as soon as the
young man began waving his over
coat rang for the engineer to stop the
engine Then opening the wheel
house window he leaned out. the bet
ter to see through the deepening
gloom.
I'm fast in this ice-fioe and can't
get OUT Philip shouted. but his lips
were so cold that he did not speak