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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-03-23
INDICTED IN LAND CONSPIRACY
Men Charged With Trying to Defraud
Government--To Grab
10000 Acres.

Chicago. -- Nine men, including a
former railroad president, bankers,
brokers and hnanciers, were indicted
by a federal grand jury here in the
Matanuska River (AlaskaJ coal land
cases. The men are charged with
having conspired to defraud the
United States government of 10000
acres of coal lands, valued at $lO,-
100000.
Those indicted are A. c. Frost, for
merly president OF the Alaskan
Northern Railroad, formerly presi-
dent and promoter OF the Chicago
and Milwaukee Electric Road and
president of A. c. Frost & Co.
George NJ. Seward, Chicago, re-
ceiver for A. C.. Frost e. Co.
Pierre G.. Beach, Chicago, former
ly secretary of the Alaska Northern
Railroad, and secretary and treasur-
er Of the Frost Company.
Frank Watson, Spokane, Wash
George A. Ball. Muncie, Ind, said
TO be financial backer of Frost.
Duncan NJ. Stewart, Seward, Alas
ka, formerly manager of the South
ern Bank of Toronto, Canada.
Harry c. Osborne, Gwyn l.. Fran
els and Francis II. Stewart, bankers
and brokers of Toronto.
There are two counts in the in
dictment, which is drawn under what
is known as the Conspiracy Statute.
The penalty provided is a fine of
$4,000, or Imprisonment for two
years on all counts.
The land which the nine men are
charged with having conspired to
gain is situated on the south side OF
the Matanuska River, extending from
Chickaloon to Kings River, and land
on the north side of the Matanuska,
near Moose Creek. The tracts are
known as the Watson group Of coal
claims and the Matanuska Coal Com
pany group.
The alleged conspiracy was begun
at Chicago on April /, 1908, accord
ing to the indictment, and Frost,
Hail. Osborne and Gwyn L. Fran
els were to have been the chief bene-
ficiaries. The acquisition of the land,
the indictment reads, was to be eff
fected by unlawful, fraudulent, false
and colusive locations, preferential
rights to purchase, and final entries
and locations under the coal land
laws.
That by cunning persuasion and
promises of pecuniary reward and
other corrupt means divers persons
qualified by law to make location up
on and enter and purchase coal
lands, should be procured to make
unlawful locations, ostensibly for ex-
elusive use of claims, but in truth
and fact for the benefit of the con.
spirators"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-03-23
TREATY WITH GREAT BRITAIN
Taft May Redeem Promise at Reeu-
lar Session OF Congress.

Washington, d. c. When Con.
gress assemblies in regular session
next December 1t is believed the
President may be able to redeem his
promise to submit a treaty with
Great Britain, providing for general
and unlimited arbitration of all ques-
tions arising between America and
Great Britain. Attention having been
directed to the subject by the re-
markable speech of Sir Edward Grey
in Parliament, it is learned that ne
gotiations for such a treaty have been
proceeding informally for a long
time, though neither side has sub.
mitted final, concrete proposition.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-03-23
SONS DEATH
PAVED THE WAY
Mrs. Warmers Mission to Or.
ganized Labor.
WAS KILLED IN STRIKE RIOT.
Mother Of Stabbed Strikehreaker Says
the Death OF Her Son Gives Her
the Right TO Demand to Be
Heard at Labor Meetings.

New York-"Organized labor owes
me a debt Organized labor stabbed
my son to death and now organized
labor has to pay what It owes. And
what It owes me is the right to speak
Rt It's meetings and let me do what
/ can to show It that organized CAPT.
tai on top Of organized labor is the
solution to the present under bal.
ance system Of capital and labor"
Mrs. Louise e. Warner, mother Of
John c. Warner, who, mistaken as a
strikebreaker, was stabbed to death
last fall, thus declared that her sons
death had paved the way for realiza.
tion of her life's ambition. James
Mulligan was acquitted of charge
of killing Warner Friday, and Mrs.
Warner congratulated Mulligan's
mother upon the verdict.
"All my lfe," Mrs. Warner said,
81 have been interested in the prob.
lens Of labor and have not always
had an opportunity to help. What
wanted was the chance 10 talk at
meetings Of unions and labor organi
Eations and do what | could to aid
Only a few privileges We're given me.
Yet was very earnest.
Then | prayed for opportunity.
prayed for the open door through
which | could go to my goal. And
In my prayers would say Dear
Lord. Thou knowest what that open
door is to be, and I will be patient
ald wait until Thou chooseth the
way and sendest It to me-"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-03-23

Ecuador has rejected the proposition
to submit the boundary dispute with
Peru to The Hague tribunal. Colombia
has sent force of troops into terri.
tory claimed by PERI. War seems In.
eyitable between those perennial
squabblers, Haiti and Santo Domingo
And what looks like a pretty full.
fiedged revolution is under way in
Honduras, says the Troy Times. It
would seem that there are several un
ruly children In the international fam
lily of the western hemisphere who
need a little wholesome discipline tc
make them behave themselves prop
erly.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-03-23
Mrs. MeIber Taken TO Prison.

Albany, N Y.-Clad in black from
head to foot, her face hidden by a
heavy veil, Mrs. Edith Melber, CON
victed Of numbering her child, was
taken to Auburn Prison to begin a
minimum sentence of 20 years i'm
prisonment. Hundreds gathered at
the station to get glimpse of the
woman and platoon of police was
necessary to force passage way to
the train for the prisoner and her
guards
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-03-23
CLEVELAND MEMORIAL FUND
Practically All Of the $4,000 Has
Been Raised.

New York. - The Cleveland me,
mortal fund is practically completed
with the contributions received Sat
nrday. The total so far received is
about 100000; the amount neces.
sary is $4,000, but it is expected
that the difference will be made up
by the working of the canvassing
machinery which ex-senator J. f.
Dryden, president of the Prudential
Insurance Company, has set in mo.
tion.
II is proposed to erect a monument
on the golf links at Princeton, near
the graduates college building. The
monument will be 15O feet high and
40 feet square The same architects
who had charge of the buildings will
be employed for the monument.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-03-23

Rats are regarded as the most dan.
gerous propagators OF the bubonit
olague that is raging in the East. and
the matter has been under considera.
ton by the Russian military authorl.
ties east Of the Caucasus. They be.
iieve in killing off the rats to check
the spread Of the disease. But some OF
the methods they propose to employ
will arouse the special wonder even OF
an age which is accustomed to remark.
able developments The military in.
spector OF the district in question has
Issued an order In which is set forth
the hypnotic influence of music, as
employed by wizards and witches. ."
and 1t Is remarked that this should not
be ignored. In fact, the methods by
which rat-catchers can lure their prey
from the hiding places are specified,
and the order concludes with the as.
sumption that 1T is very possible that
among the soldiers of the Caucasian
military district there are such wiz
ards" If there is a pied piper in the
Russian army he may now proceed to
get busy.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-03-23
GEN. CARTER'S
FIRST ORDER
Mobilization is For Maneuver
Purposes.
NEW FIELD SERVICE RULES.
Gen. Carter's Order Sets In Motion
the Severe Regime Of Discipline
and TRAINING to Whip the New
NEW FIELD SERVICE RULES.

San Antonio, General Car.
ter issued, through Lieutenant Col
ouel e. f. Ladd, his first Instructions,
founded on the theory that the mo.
bilization of the divisional army at
Fort Sam Houston Is for manouvers
only. This general order, accom-
panied by memorandum of particu.
lars, sets in motion the severe regime
OF discipline and training which u
to whip the new recruits into soldiers
as fast as possible and try out the old
regulars, under the new field service
regulations adopted by the general
star last December.
This Is the text of General Carter's
order:
Under instructions Of the Secre.
tary of War, this camp of instruc.
ton, consisting of the maneuvers di-
vision, will be conducted:
!. With the view of obtaining the
greatest amount of information as
to the efficiency and fitness of our
present provisional organization and
all that pertains to its strength and
equipment of its component parts.
"2. With a view to economy and
simplicity of administration with spe-
cial reference to avoidance of un-
necessary correspondence and records
and the elimination from the division
OF all unnecessary impediment and
its reduction to the least point con-
sistent with an efficient performance
for field service.
'3. That advantage be taken of the
opportunity furnished this camp of
instruction TO give the division most
efficient instruction in all branches
of field training"
The first attention of all command
ers Is to be toward the instruction OF
the nearly 1900 raw soldiers who
have come into camp within the past
week. For three hours a day. every
day since the first recruit landed on
the hard adobe Of the camp, awk-
ward squads have been doing the set
ting up exercise, squad evolutions
and all Of the grind getting into sol.
der shape. BY next week they will
be ready to be taken into the COM
pany formation and then the next
stunt will be the rife range. II was
said at the camp today that II is the
purpose OF General Carter to rush
the men through to preparation for
rifle practice as soon as possible.
Within a few days additional rife
ranges will he constructed at the
army reservation at Leon Springs, 21
miles out on the prairie, and by com
panies the recruits, from tailor shop
and village smithy alike, will he
taught what a gun is for and how
to use it,
That the men OF every arm of the
service assembled on the camp
ground here are to be given some
pretty severe sprouts, is indicated in
the comprehensive memorandum ac-
companying General Carter's general
orders. In this memorandum the
commanding general emphasizes the
fact that commanders are to see to It
that in every way their men are pre-
pared for the field.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-03-23
The
Fulton County News
THE PRICE OF PROGRESS.

The historic reluctance Of Oriental
races to indulge in reforms is little un-
derstood, but time and experience will
explain. These races are old In exper-
ience and IN wisdom. Therefore, they
nre always apprehensIve Of the ulti-
mate ends TO which any reform will
reach, 5ays the Detroit News. Japan
has modernlzed rapidly. It enjoys the
benefits Of n very improved form OF
government. Out of this change de.
yelops n gradual rise in the status Of
the masses and one Of the conse-
uuences Is a discomfort Alexander II.
OF Russia emancipated 23,000,000 serfs
IN the spring OF 1861, after giving all
landowners and serf masters three
years notice to prepare for the event
and setting his own serfs cree as an
example, In 1881 the sons and daugh,
ters Of the emancipated serfs, having
enjoyed the benefit OF education and
thereby discovered the wrongs Of the
past and the expressions to which the
poor were still subject at the hands Of
the mobiles and great land owners, ex.
pressed their discomfort by killing the
emperor who had lifted them to the
status Of free men aud women. Rus.
sian discomfort was fomented by Nj
chael Bakounln, the founder OF terror
Ism I'm Russia. Japan has her Bakoun
In in Denjlro Kotoku, a publicist Of dis
rontent. Recently band Of sc con
spirators were arrested upon the
charge Of plotting against the life OF
the emperor. and ~ Of them have al
ready been executed These terrible
blunders seem to be unavoidable con
sequences Of a change in the status Of
the people Of any nation, but only the
superficial observer could condemn all
attempts at progress because, in gov.
ernments as in rallroading, they in
yolve a certain element OF danger
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-03-23
Our interests in Mexlco.

Washington, d. C. A total OF
$S75,7OS,925 gold has been invested
in 81 years by foreign interests in
Mexico outside of the mining indus
try, according to a bulletin issued by
the Bureau of Manufacturers of the
Department of Commerce and Labor.
Americans supplied $33S,OO1,973,
while capitalists of the United King
dom furnished $254,65O.S23; Ger
many, $26,246,3S2; France, $16,-
2O7,076; Austria-Hungary, S4O3,2OO.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-03-23
This Trust Gives Up.

Washington, d. CAS- the first
direct result of the governments S
antitrust suit against the socalled
Electric Lamp Trust the Department
of Justice has received intimation
that the prices of all electric light
bulbs will be reduced 33, 1-3 per cent.
all over the United States. BY such
a cut in present prices folks who buy
the electric lamps will save more
than $6,O00,0O0 a year
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-03-23
Ten and Hail Miles OF Land

Washington, d. C.-The Panama
Canal has been completed for dis
tance OF five miles at the Pacific en-
trance, according to report received
by the lsthmian Canal Commission.
At the Atlantic entrance the canal
channel has been completed to its full
width for distance Of five miles and
a half inland from deep water in
Limon Bay.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-03-23
BANK TELLER SENTENCED
Mellon, Pleading Guilty to Embezzle-
ment, Gets Seven Years.

Philadelphia, Pa.-After pleading
guilty in the United States District
Court here to the charge of embez-
zling about $1,000 from the Western
National Bank of this city, Joseph p.
Mellon, former paying teller of the
institution, was sentenced to seven
years imprisonment in the govern
ment prison at Atlanta, Ga, by Judge
Mcpherson.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-03-23
Handlcap of Burial Life.

Jacksonville, Florida. Lack of CO.
operation among farmers as a handi.
cap of modern rural life will be one
Of the subjects discussed at the four
teenth Conference for Education in
the South, to be held at Jacksonville
April 10, 90 and 81, Among the
speakers on this subject will be
Count Moltke, Danish Minister to the
United States; DR.. Halls B. Frissell
and DR.. John Lee Coulter.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-03-23
Has harem Skirt Ordinance.

Atlanta. - Whereas, the harem
skirt is modelled on lines decidedly
at variance with our traditional and
time-honored ideas of what a wom-
ans skirt should be-" therefore will
Alderman James B. Everett on Mon.
day night introduce an ordinance in
Council barring the species of wear.
ing apparel on Atlanta's streets. He
says he has a majority of the Coun-
Gil with him and that the passage of
the ordinance is assured.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-03-23
For Stnte-Wlde ProhlhltInn

Austin. Textile socalled State.
wide prohibition bill was signed by
Governor Colquitt Friday. 1t pro-
vides for the submission Of consti.
tutional amendment for Statewide
prohibition at an election July 22
next. The Governor also signed the
bill transferring to the United States
the San Jacinto military reservation
on Galveston Island.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-03-23
A Thiefs Dual Role.

Cincinnati. - Anthony Gahl. con-
fessed thief, who posed as a philan.
thropist by day and robbed his neigh,
bors by night, pleaded guilty to two
charges of house-breaking and one Of
petit larceny in the Police Court here
and wept throughout the proceedings.
He was given sentences that will keep
him in the workhouse for four years.
Gahl has been identified by a picture
in the rogues gallery as a former
prisoner in the Kentucky Peniten-
tiary.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-03-23
ROOSEVELT DAM OPENED
Former President Frees Flood 10 lr-
rigate Lands.

Roosevelt, Ariz.-Standing on top
Of the great storage dam which bears
his name, former President Roose-
Velt pressed an electric button at
S.4S o'clock Saturday afternoon
which set in motion a mass of ma
chinery, which in turn raised three
OF the six massive iron gates. BY
this act he officially opened the
Roosevelt storage dam, a part of the
Salt river irrigation project.
The motors which raise the gates
had hardly begun to turn before
three raging torrents OF water came
running through the three openings
at different levels, and ran madly
down the valley, where, after racing
fully 60 miles, it will be used in
the irrigation of about 100000 acres
Of land.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-03-23

Seattle, Wash. -- The Post-Intelli-
gencer says that the Morgan and
Guggenheim interests have disposed
OF the Northwestern Fisheries Com
pany, one of the largest salmon pack
ing companies of Alaska, to the
Booth Fisheries Company, of Chicago
and Baltimore. The consideration ia
placed at S1,5O0,0OO.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-03-23
PROGRESS OF THE WAR
Federel Barracks at Jaurez Blown
Up Minor Fiehts--Ameri-
can Camp.

III Paso, TeXas.-AE attempt was
made to blow up the barracks at
Juarez, Mexico. Two heavy charges
OF nitroglycerin were exploded, tear
ing out parts OF the buildings occu.
pied by the Mexican troops Two Of
a small band OF insurrectos who Sc
cretly entered town We're wounded
and captured.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-03-23
TROOPS TO THE PACIFIC
United States Preparing to Defend
Island Colonies.

Tucson, Ariz. - Having taken a
roundabout source through San An
tonic, Texas, as If headed for the
Army maneuvers, the Second United
States Infantry, under command of
Colonel Mansfield, passed through
Tucson en- route to San Francisco,
where the men will embark imme.
diately for Honolulu. 1t is under.
stood this will be an additional force
for the Hawaiian Islands, and not TO
relieve. other troops.
The men are discussing. rumor
that within the next three months a
force OF 10000, including infantry,
cavalry field and mountain artillery,
will occupy the Hawaiian and Philip
pine Islands.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-03-23

CaleXico, Mexico. Firing from the
American side of the international
line, Mexican customs officials at
llgodones sent yolley into the IN.
surrectos, the latter replying by fir
ing across the line into the Ameri-
can town Of Andrade No one was
wounded so far as known.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-03-23
Tuber Raisers May Combine.

Presque Isle, Maine. Farmers of
Aroostock county, Maine, the largest
potato-growing district in America,
are contemplating the formation of
a combination to govern the produc.
tion and output of the tubers, with
especial attention to the distillation
of potato spirits. The proposed Or
ganization is planned on the lines of
the tobacco raisers organization in
Kentucky There is talk of sending
a delegation to Sweden to investigate
the distillation question.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-03-23

Douglas, Ariz. - General Blanco
and HIS rebel force moved east of
Douglas to a point four miles from
the American border
OF the three wounded insurrectos
carried off the battlefield on Sunday,
two are dead and the third is near
death. This brings the death list Of
Sundays battle to "A.
Troops sent from Augua Prieta
have not arrived.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-03-23
N. Y. c. AND PENNSY FINED
Both Roads Pleaded Guilty Of Giving
Rebates.

Buffalo. 49, The New York Central
Railroad was fined $4,000 and the
Pennsylvania Railroad $4,000 by
Judge Hazel, In the United States Dis
trict Court here, after attorneys for
the railroads had entered pleas of
guilty to granting rebates to the
Standard Oil Company. The case
was prosecuted by John Lord
o'Brian, United States Attorney, up
on indictments found in 1907. The
fines were paid Immediately.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-03-23

A woman, with a mandolin and a
guitar has sailed from New York on
wager that she can make a trip around
the world on what she can earn with
her music. Perhaps. Those who dc
not appreciate It may be glad enough
70 pay her to move on.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-03-23

The No. 13 is still looked on as
hoodoo In some quarters, although It is
hardly probable that the most super.
stitious person would turn down a gift
OF $4,000, while some would not serl.
ously object to $l3.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-03-23

Files are to be exterminated in Wor.
cester, Mass. college biologist there
has formed plans for this extermina.
tion. and the students will catch the
flies. II remains to be seen in the
contest who stays longer in the ring
the flies or the students.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-03-23

Aviators engaged to be married arc
Withdrawing from aeronautics at the
command OF their fancees. No one
can blame an engaged girl for object.
ing to her lovers being in the clouds
in any other fashion than Cupids way.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-03-23

Ten years ago the total nuIllu' ~, M
passengers carried one mile III VA. m
United States was about l3,5OO'vy.
600. In 10 years time this mas w, WV
increased over 1870 per cent" Ie'''
ing a total of 29,5O0,OOO,OOO'
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-03-23
Warships After Hunters

Copenhagen.- The Government Is
sending warships to Greenland with
instructions to arrest foreign walrus
hunters, chiefly Americans, who are
reported to be killing thousands of
walrus annually.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-03-23

A catch with which window D 'A,
be locked open at any desired H'l,, H,J
contains a fusible link conu','
with a weight to close the windO" "
event of excessive heat.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-03-23
To Accent utah's Gift

Washington, d. C.-The Navy De-
partment has decided that it has no
right to refuse the gift of silver
service from the people of Utah for
the battleship Utah because it bears
Brigham Young's likeness.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-03-23
Carrie Nation Seriously m.

Leayenworth, Kan. - Mrs Carrie
Nation, the militant Kansas temper
ance worker, who is at a sanitarium
here, is gradually growing weaker.
Her condition, which is due to a gen
eral breakdown, is regarded as seri.
Gus.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-03-23

A southern planter has domestlcated
an alligator and is using 1t for a
watchdog" However, our notion OF
nothing to have running around the
house Is an alligator
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-03-23

Chicago has limited all It's sky
Bcrapers to 200 feet" says the New
York Telegram. Not all. Merely those
to be built between the time when the
ordinance goes into force and the time
when it shall be declared Of no effect.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-03-23

Mexico City.--The government re.
ceiyed a report of the battle of Casas
Grandes, in which the rebels were de-
feated, from Colonel Cuellar. He
states that he took 40 prisoners, in.
cluding II foreigners, and that all
those are receiving humane treat.
ment.
Cuellar confirms the report that he
was wounded in the arm. He says
that 81 men were killed.