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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-05

Los Angeles, Cal. Especially -
Arch Hoxsey, Of Pasadena, holder of
the worlds aeroplane altitude record
-11,474 feet-Thursday flew over
Mount Wilson, the highest peak of
the mountain range that rims the
valley in which Los Angeles, Pasa
dena and the towns of the orange
belt lie.
Under ideal weather conditions, he
scared 10,005 feet into the sky, and
cleared the crest of Mount Wilson
with 4,2O0 feet to spare.
Lieut.. Vernon Boiler and several
other army officers, who are here to
see the flights, asserted Hoxsey's per-
formance pointed a new way of
transporting armies across mountain
ranges.
Lieutenant Boiler, who came here
from Fort Whipple, Ariz., said that a
thousand biplanes could transport an
army of 10000 men across noun
tains as high as the Alps in day.
Runs Into Sleet Storm.
Hoxsey used a Wright biplane,
equipped for passenger service, and
he made the journey from the field
to a point beyond the mountains in
hour and 2S minutes.
The distance is estimated at "a
miles. On an air line the distance
from the field to the mountain is less
than that, but Hoxsey circled over
the field until he had reached his
maximum height, before he pointed
the nose of his machine toward the
range. He was out of sight before
he made the attempt at topping the
peak.
News of his success was flashed to
the aviation field by telephone from
the Carnegie Solar Observatory, on
Mount Wilson, directly above which
the aviator scared.
'It was fearfully cold" said Hox-
sey, "and when | got to a point just
above the summit, | found that the
haze, which obscured the mountains
from the aviation field, was a heavy
pail of vapor with fine ice particles
that stung my face. | am certain
that If had had a recording ther-
mometer with me it would have
shown the temperature of the upper
altitude to be far below zero. How
ever. hurdling mountains is much
easier than climbing 1000 feet over
a valley of the sea. The earth does
not seem so far away"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-05
KILLED BY NITROGLYCERIN.
Charge Containing % Quarts Put in
Hot Water.

Washington, Pa. Especially Will
liam c. Maloney was about to shoot
an oil well in Cross Creek township
when he complained that the nitro
glycerin was too thick.
He placed the explosive in bar
rel of hot water and was completing
preparations for the shot when the
charge exploded.
Maloney was blown to pieces, and
the derrick at the well wrecked. His
horses, although knocked down, were
not hurt. The charge contained %
quarts of fluid. Maloney had been
shooter" for 10 years.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-05
TRAIN HIT BUGGY; WIFE DEAD
Husband Thrown On Pilot, Rides Six
Miles Still Holding Reins.

Lemoyne, Pa. Especially Thrown
on the pilot of the engine OF the
southbound fast Hooking Valley pas
senger train, which struck and de-
molished the buggy and instantly
killed his wife, who was riding with
him, John Bartelsheln, a wealthy
farmer, was carried to Pembervllle.
six miles distant, where he alighted,
dazed from the shock and exposure
to the cold, but otherwise unlnjured
When he alighted from the engine
he still held part of the broken lines
in one hand, together with the lap
robe
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-05
ACCIDENTALLY KILLS HIS son.
Shotgun Discharged When Knocked
Against Hollow Tree.

Greensboro, N. C. Especially Fred
Ward, a lad of 15, was instantly
killed when a shotgun in the hands
of his father. Richard Ward, was
accidentally discharged.
The father and son were squirrel
hunting in Orange county, and while
the father was knocking against the
butt of a hollow tree with the gun.
stock the weapon was discharged, the
entire load going through the heart
of the boy.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-05
Yes. The Lion Yawned.

San Francisco Especially While
visiting the winter quarters of a wild
animal show here, John Kellert, OF
Knights Landing, Cal, was told that
he could make lion yawn by tick
ling his chin. John tried, with the
result that he is now in hospital
nursing a hand from which two fin
gers are missing.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-05
Gas Wrecks Home.

Pittsburg, Pa. especially An ex-
plosion OF gas, followed by FIRE, Mon
day, caused the death of two persons,
injured another, and wrecked the lit
tie home OF Mrs. Laura Bryan, a
widow, at Coropolls. Six other mem
bers of the family had narrow
escapes A rubber hose, 1t is sup
posed, became detached from pipe,
allowing the gas to escape until
ignited by fire burning in an adjoin-
ing room.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-05
3 CHILDREN PERISH IN FIRE.
Mother Away, They Are Trapped by
Locked Doors.

Glasgow, Ky. Especially On re.
turning home from an errand Sun.
day Mrs. Robert Boles, of Wisdom,
Ky, found her home in ashes and in
one corner of the ruins the charred
bodies of her three young children.
When Mrs. Boles left home she
covered the fire and locked the doors.
The children had apparently tried to
escape, but we're trapped.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-05

A Worcester (Mass.) man, So years
DID, has been sentenced to the house of
correction for ten months because he
kissed a widow who is 70 years of age.
The old theory that women, after pass
dng certain age, become thankful for
such attentions must be all wrong
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-05
o TONS OF BAD EGGS SEIZED.
Board of Health viii BE Asked tC
Destroy Them.

New York Especially Nine tons
of Liquid eggs" were seized Tuesday
by federal officers in the cold storage
plant of the Merchants Refrigerator
Company, Jersey City.
The warrant of seizure, which was
issued by the United States Commis-
sioner, described the eggs as filthy,
decomposed and putrid animal mat
ter" The Jersey City Board of
Health will be asked to destroy them.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-05
Gem For Mrs. Taft,

Washington, d. C. Especially -
Among the earliest presents received
at the White House for Mrs. Taft
was one which came as testimonial
from her associates, the women of
the Cabinet. The gift was beau
tiful ring, set with rubies and dia-
monds.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-05
Lives Saved From shipwrecks.

Washington, D. C. Especially .-Ac-
cording to the annual report of the
general superintendent of the life
saving service, just made public
6,6O1 lives we're saved and 1,463
disasters to shipping at sea were aid
ed during the course OF the year
Fifty-three lives were lost.
More than $10,051,160 was saved
to the companies owning vessels
The entire cost of the service was S2,-
249,395.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-05
Poisoned At Communion.

st. Petersburg Especially BY ac-
cident a priest in the Lutheran
Church in the Peterhof district filled
the communion cup with chemical
compound instead of wine. AS re-
suit, three of the communicates died
Thursday and more than a score are
in a serious condition.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-05
Messina Fire Costs 81, 900, 900.

Messina (SpeclaD Fire among
the wooden buildings along the har-
Dor was got under control Friday af-
ter loss of approximately $1,000
600. The postofllce, telegraph Office
and railroad station were among the
buildings destroyed.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-05

Washington, d. G. (SpeciaD -
An international railway commission,
with supervisory authority over the
railroads operating between the Unit
ed States and Canada, practically is
assured. After many months OF
negotiations between the govern
ments of the United States and the
Dominion of Canada, a conclusion
was reached Friday which means
that, in the course probably of few
months, regulatory authority will be
extended over railway operation be-
tween the two countries.
For several days chairman Martin
A. Knapp, of the Interstate Com
merce Commission, and the Hon.
p. Mabie, chief commissioner of the
railway commission of Canada, have
tatives of their respective govern.
ments, on the subject of the creation of
an international railway commission
The commissioners reached an agree.
ment last Wednesday. Since that
time they have been working out the
details OF the report
Chairman Knapp and Judge Mabie
called at the Department of State and
presented their joint report. AS 1t
is diplomatic matter, the commits
sioners were directed by the State De-
partment not TO make public at pres
ent the result of their negotiations
The text of the report, therefore, Is
hot available.
Commission Recommended.
1t is known, however, that the
commissioners have agreed as to the
advisability of the creation of an in,
ternational railway commission,
which shall have supervisory author
ity over the railway lines doing an
international business between the
two countries. This authority is to
extend to the regulation Of interna-
tional rates, both freight and pas
senger, and by the exercise of the
powers conferred upon 1t, the inter
national commission may prescribe
through routes and Joint rates and
through bills of lading between
points in one country to points in the
other. The commission will have the
authority over all international trans
portation and may be appealed to by
shippers or carriers in either country
for relief from what they may deem
oppressive methods or regulations, or
excessive or unreasonable rates.
The principal subject under con-
sideration by the designated repre-
sentatives of the two governments
was the method by which the COM
mission should be created. 1t finally
was decided to recommend that the
arrangement between the two coun-
tries should be concluded by treaty,
rather than by joint legislation. In
the nature of things, it will be neces-
sary to have whatever treaty may be
negotiated submitted to the Senate
Of the United States. No serious diff
iculty in that regard Is anticipated.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-05

We are glad to have that newspa.
per clipping giving the information
that "flies will not alight on picture
frames if you keep them well rubbed
with oil" but 1t would be just like us
10 lose II before next summer.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-05
Two Killed In Pistol Fight.

Cypress, Fla. Especially Jim"
Whit. of Altha, Fla, shot and fatally
wounded Stephen Johnson, neigh
bor. in a quarrel over trivial mat
ter Sunday. Whit was in turn shot
and instantly killed by the mother
of Johnson.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-05
Father OF 81 Dies.

Grafton, Mass. Especially Frank
King, father of 81 children, died here
Thursday at the age of 1O4 years and
"a days. He was born in Quebec,
and until two days ago, when he suf-
fered a shock, had never been sick q
dnV
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-05

The new counterfeit 500 bill is Just
now givins the treasury agents and
the ultra rich considerable trouble.
This. however. is one of the worries
that the ultimate consumer escapes
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-05

Abdul Hamed, former sultan of Tur.
key, is reported to be happy and grow.
lng fat, Certain middle-aged ladies'
will wonder how anybody who is
growing f.. can possibly be happy
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-05
FLIES OVER
MT. WILSON
Arch HOxsey Scars Above High
est Peak in Range.
UPPER ALTITUD: FAR BELOW ZERO.

Holder OF Worlds Altitude Record
Crosses Range That Rims Cali
fornia Valley-ln the Air One
Hour and Twenty-Eight Minutes
Army Officer Says One Thousand
Aeroplanes Could Carry 10000
Troops Across the Alps In Sin
gle Day.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-05
To CONTROL ALL
RAILRAOD RATES
An international Commission is
Assured.
THE NEGOTIATIONS COME TO END.

Chairman Knapp, OF the Interstate
Commission, and Hon. j. Z. Mabie,
or Canada, Present Report To the
State Department-Question To
BE Settled BY Treaty-Some OF
the Things the Commissioners
Recommended.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-07-06
That steel Trust Scandal.

Il
One object in connection with the
coming investigation Of the steel trust
is to ecure and give to the public.
the facts concerning the absorption Of
the Tennessee Coal and Iron company
by the great corporation.
Permission for this merger was one
of the scandals of the time and of the
Roosevelt administration.
No serious question was raised OF
the lack of power, under the Sherman
law, to prevent absorption.
One day, however, Mr.. Morgan paid
a visit to the White House.
After that, the steel trust absorbed
the Tennessee company, with no least
show of opposition on the part OF the
administration.
Mr.. Roosevelt's admirers always
have asserted that he Is the soul of
honor-that no successful attack could
be made upon his honesty.
If the proposed investigation shall
result In making known to the peopleI
the facts and influences behind what
was and is regarded as a gross per-
version of law and justice, the coun-
try will have occasion to render YER
dict on such assertion.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-07-06
ABUSE OF CORPORATE POWER
Expectation OF ouinIne a Case From
Which Profitable Lesson May
Be Learned.

One Of the items of ship news pub
lished in Philadelphia papers is to
the effect that a ton of quinine. in
Capsules. has just been shipped to.
Brazil.
A few years ago our tariff rate on
Peruvian bark, from which quinine
Is made. was so high that sick folks
were forced to pay IS an ounce for
quinine. There was no possible.
rprotection" reason for any such.
duty, as the bark was not produced
could not be p~roduced-in this coun-i
try.
Finally the duty was removed and
the price OF q~uinine fell to 70 cents Ct
ounce.
Now, as shown by the Philadelphia
new item. we are able to manufac-I
ture the quinine. put it up in capsules
and export it by the ton-right back
to the section from which the bark
comes.
Manipulation of steel common by in
siders has been the scandal of Wall
street. Credulous investors have been
robbed of millions by jackscrewingI
the stock up and down to suit the
purposes Of the steel gamblers.
If congress wishes to do the coun-
try a tangible service, 1t will put AMI
end to this reprehensible abuse Oh
corporate power.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-07-06
Reasonable.

In the past few years, especially, the
people have become very familiar with
the doctrine of .reasonabIeness' In
court decisions.
The power of regulation of corpora
lions. for example, is upheld by the
courts; but, with or without express
provision In the regulatory statutes,
the courts have uniformly ruled of late
years that control of rates or of SER
vice must permit a reasonable profit.
They have even declared what are
reasonable profits in specific cases
as the six per cent. rule in the consoli-
dated gas case.
With this in mind, 1t would seem
that the recognition of the rule of
reason" in constituting the Sherman
antitrust act is hardly as u~nprecedent-
ed and revolutionary as some states
men appear to regard 1t. The whole
subject of the relation Of courts to
statutes, to the constitution, to the po-
lice power of the people. ETC., may pre-
sent a problem OF readjustment. But
there seems, at any rate, to have been
a quite consistent development or ex-
ercise Of judicial power along these
lines.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-07-06
obstructive Competition"

To the Stanley committee Messrs.
Roberts and Gayley talked about the
necessity Of stopping destructive
competition" as if the steel interests
were exposed to some different sort
of competition from other forms Of
business. This is a mistake. The
competition which Messrs. Gayley and
Roberts talk about as though it were
a confiagration or an earthquake, or
some other portentous calamity. Is
just the plain, ordinary competition
that all merchants and much the.
greater part of the manufacturers are
exposed to, and to maintain which
was the sole purpose of the Sherman
law. The steel manufacturers are as
well able to stand 1t as the dealers
in groceries, but, being fewer in num-
Der, it is possible for them to agree
on prices, or consolidate their inter-
ests, and suppress the competition
which the merchants and most of the
manufacturers must face through the
whole Of their business careers
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-07-06
n

most part the stones lie just where they fell.
In its entirety this section OF the city must
have presented an imposing appearance, being
literally a forest of columns surrounding and
connecting the various courts. AS to the use
Of these great colonnades, tradition and his.
tory are equally silent. Some think that they
were the law courts of the ancient city, where
justice was administered and punishment
melted out. Others say that they were the
market places, where the produce Of the sur.
rounding country was bought and sold. This
latter explanation has one strong recommends.
ton in its favor in that the descendants OF
the builders of the ancient city of Yucatan,
the present Maya Indians, still hold their mar
kets under the portals surrounding the plazas
in the towns and villages throughout the coan-
try today.
South of the Cenote Grande there are a mum.
Der of well-preserved structures, most of them
presenting beautifully sculptured facades. To
these fanciful names have been given, which
probably have little or nothing to do with
the original uses of the buildings. One large
structure, for example, has been called 1.-THE
Akabtzib." The name is Maya and means
The House of the Dark Writing" This build.
ing was SO called, because of the fact that
over one of its interior doorways there is a
Intel inscribed with hieroglyphs. This Intel
is SO placed that the 'hieroglyphics can only
be seen by artificial light, hence the name.
The House of the Dark Writing" Nearby ia
a round tower, with but one exception the
only structure Of its kind in the Maya area,
This is called "The Caraco.' Caracol is the
Spanish word for snail, and since the interior
circular corridor and spiral stairway of this
structure bear some remote resemblance to the
convolutions of a snail shell, the name was
applied to the building. The Manjos (Spanish
for monastery is perhaps the most beautiful
building at Chichen TIA. 1t is composite,
showing three different periods Of construction,
The above are only a few of the many struc.
lures at ChicEen TIA. But In all directions for
several miles the brush is strewn with ruins.
Crumbling walls and jungle-ridden courts are
to lee encountered on every side; disintegration
so far advanced that these once splendid pal.
aces and temples are now but little more than
shapeless mounds of fallen masonry. The total
area covered by ruins which may be assigned
to this center of primitive population has been
estimated by some as high as ten square miles,
That larger Maya cities yet remain to be dis.
covered now seem highly improbable so thor
oughly has the general exploration of the area
been done. Consequently we may affirm with
but little hesitation that "The Holy City Of the
ltzas' was the largest and most important Of
the Maya civilization ard probably Of abor.
fginal America as well.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-07-06

Seven years a go a president of the.
United States invited to the White
House a New York railway magnate,
and Spectator and discussed with
him the raising of a great campaign
fund for use In this state at the cleo
ton then approaching, which was
done. The same president made his
commissioner Of corporations chairman
Of the national party committee, and
after the election, in which he was
successful, named him ag a member
of his cabinet. In that campaign this
off e-holder-on-leave secured contri-
buttons among others, from the Stand
ard Oil company, which had been I'M
der prosecution in several states.
We do not believe that n of these
things could be done today without in
slant public condemnation. New
York World.
The World should name the presi,
dent capable of such grossness.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-07-06
Not j Central Bank.

II one meets a business man, or
ven q banker, and asks iAm what he
thinks Of the Aldrich plan, he will be|
found In nearly every case to have
formed an opinion, and will say that
something ought to be done with the
currency and banking system. but that
the Aldrich plan is q central bank In
disguise and that. II put IN operation.
the bank would be controlled by the,
Wall street money power.
This opinion Ia 30 ~deep-rooted and
universal that the public mind should
be disabused Of It, for the facts are
that control Of this character Is en-
tireIy out Of the question under the
Aldrich plan. and that the methods
and operation Of the plan are directed
specifically against such control, be-
ing remarkably well calculated to suc-
ceasfully eliminate it.-Moody's Maya
zine.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-07-06
OBJECT LESSON HERE
METHODS OF TRUST MADE Ex-
cEEDlNeLY PLAIN.
How a Prohibitory Tariff. Falsely
Called Protective" Works Under
Business Methods That Are
at Present In Vogue.

What should easily be shown as an
unreasonable" restraint Of trade
exists in the case of the International
Paper company if the detailed state
ment made by MI. Norris in behalf OF.
the American Newspaper Publishers
association be true. He told the sem
ate committee on finance-where Sem
ator Roots friends are trying with.
his help to defeat Canadian reciprocity
by defeating the wood pulp and paper;
clause-the old familiar story Of;
trusts and combines. Bankrupt and.
antiquated paper mills have been,
brought up and taken in" while by
agreement a reasonable purchaser Of
print paper is deprived Of an opportu-
nifty to buy paper at fair market
prices. Production is restricted to SIS.
per cent. of modern equipment. while
dividends are paid on the combined
capital of 100000, 900. Prices are
marked up secretly and purchase at
the mills is refused, the reason of the
latter being that the paper makers
do not want a public quotation Of
prices. D~ovetailing with these tried
and true trust methods is the practice
of shutting down work at mills In this
country, leaving much labor idle,
while Canadian mills are allowed to
sell here to their advantage and to
that OF Canadian labor.
There are other features, such as a
gigantic woodland speculation by this
International Paper company, which
lis now, in the words Of Mr.. Norris,
asking congress to put a premium
on the antiquity of plants In mills
that were verging on bankruptcy thir-
teen years ago." The whole situation,
in brief, is that of a close combine
controlling the American market,
making prices in secret, shutting out
American labor In idleness, restrict
ing the use of paper and paying divi-
dends on an enormous capitalization,
while the capacity represented in do
ing this amounts to only IS per cent.
of modern equipment. To "cinch"
this situation the combine is having
the help of American senators to
break the proposed reciprocity agree
ment.
There is nothing new in all this. 1t
is the old, old story Of the workings
of a prohibitory tariff called PRO
tective." 1t is retold because Of the
efforts 10y of the American people
to give themselves a bit of freedom
to buy at normal prices. This effort
OF monopoly may not fail here and
now, but 1t is on the road to failure.
The people are beginning to get their
eyes opened. Reform-real reform
like revolutions does not go back
ward. The longer that monopoly puts
off the day of settlement the more it
will have to pay when the day does
come.-Indianapolis News.