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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-09-14
BOY Tries TO Ros BANK
Cashiers Shots Save Cash Of Laurel
(Md.) institution.

Laurel, Md.-John R. Morgan, II
years old, of Fincastle, Va, made a
bold attempt Friday morning to rob
the Citizens National Bank Of
Laurel
The attempt failed and the would
be bandit was captured hiding in the
town about an hour and half later.
When first arrested he gave the name
of Henry Jackson and said he was
from Arizona. He was committed to
the Marlboro Jail by Justice George
p. McCeney to await the action of the
jury at the next term of the Prince
Georges County Court.
That Morgan did not succeed in
getting the banks cash was not due
to any lack Of nerve, but rather to
the crudeness of his methods. Those
we're only worthy boy of his years,
In many respects the attempt to
loot the bank in this quiet place in
broad daylight reads like the thrill
ing narrative to be found between
the backs OF some cheap yellow
covered novel.
Morgan had been seen lettering
near the bank before its doors open
ed. He had on long linen duster,
such as is used by automobilists, and
a blue cap. He stood on corner
apparently reading a paper, with a
bundle wrapped in newspapers under
his arm. No one needed him as he
seemed harmless.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-09-14
NAVAL AVIATOR
MAKES A RECORD
Trip From Annapolis to
Washington.
vOLAPLANED TO THE MALL
Lieut. John Rogers Unannounced
Started on the First Ambitious
Flight Made by an Army or
Navy Aviator.

Washington.-Lieu John Rogers,
of the Navy, son of Rear Admiral
Rogers, retired, of Havre de Grace,
Nd, flew in a Wright aeroplane from
Annapolis, Md, to Washington, paid
his respects to naval officials here and
sailed to the Army aviation field at
College Park, Md, where he housed
his machine for the night.
The fight was the most successful
cross-country effort yet made by an
officer of the Navy or Army.
Between Annapolis and College
Park, while sailing along at 5000
feet in the air, his barograph showed
he struck a severe windstorm, and
the frail air craft was buffeted about
by the winds for 20 minutes. 1t was
all the officer could do to keep from
being thrown from the seat of the
machine, and had il not been for the
fact that he kept a cool head he
would probably have been dashed to
the earth and instantly killed.
AS it was, the machine at times
stood at an agile OF nearly 60 degrees,
and farmers who witnessed the per-
formance marveled. When the wind
ceased the machine righted itself
from what might have been called
the trough of the air and then sped
onward The aviator passed over
College Park and the army men sta
toned there were at loss to ex-
plain the strange aeroplane.
The trip to Washington was made
in one hour and twenty minutes and
Lieutenant Rogers arrived over the
city when the streets were crowded
with shoppers and government
clerks, just released from their Of
fees. All traffic was stopped as the
aviator sailed overhead. He circled
the downtown section of the city sew
eral times, executing that dangerous
descent known as the spiral dip. The
crowd in the streets held its breath
and wondered at the exhibition.
Finally the sky pilot came down to
about 500 feet above the ground and
then he circled the Washington
Monument, flew out over Pennsyl-
vania avenue and then back to the
Mall, where he alighted.
The fight was the first ever made
from the new school of aviation to
this city, and in fact it is the first
fight ever made by a naval officer to
amount to anything.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-09-14
EVEN SAILORS
SOUGHT RELICS
Scenes Incident Upon Raising
of the Maine.
UNDERTAKER'S EXPERIEN CE
Seaman on the Rattleshlp Connec;I~
cut Too< Everything They Could
FInd--Mo b d American Who
Wanted A Skull.

WashiIg gton.-Mr. Oliver Il. Jen-
kins, an undertaken, has returned to
this city from Havana, where he was
employed by the government to pre-
pare for burial the remains of the
sailors who were killed by the ex-
plosion of the battleship Maine. Mr..
Jenkins stated that at present the
weather is such as to make 1t impos-
sible to search the wreck for bodies.
There are times, he said, when the
water and the spray dash 100 feet
high. Mr.. jenkins is out-spoken In
his criticism of morbid Americans
who seek to obtain souvenirs of the
tragedy.
There were people in Havana"
said he, who would have taken any
thing from the Maine just to have a
souvenir of the wreck. | met one
man who told me that there was just
one thing he would like to get off the
Maine, and that was the skull of some
sailor or officer. | told him that If
ever he got a skull off that ship he
would have to take mine with II. !
never knew that Americans were 80
forgetful of respect for the dead"
Mr.. Jenkins stated that no one was
allowed on board the Maine, because
of this fear of relic-hunters. He
commented sharply on the conduct Of
the men from the battleship Con-
necticut, the ship which brought Sec
retary Stimson to Havana from
Panama, and then brought him up to
Washington. Il never was SO sur
prised and disappointed" said Mr.
Jenkins, when | found that those
American sailors were themselves
ransacking the battleship from end
to end for souvenirs. They broke
into boxes and pried open desks and
tried to carry away everything that
wasn't actually nailed down.
I'VE found IL bodies under the
turret which had been blown over by
the force of the explosion. They
we're men who had laid down there
for a nap. In the pantry we found
the body Of boy leaning over
dishwasher. Lieutenant Merritt's
body we found in the wardroom. Al
togther we have found 27 bodies so
far"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-09-14
ENVOY WEEDS BY PROXY
Or. Forros In Washington, Bride In
Costa Rlca-- Groom Gould
Not Get Home.

Washington.-Dr. Belisario Por-
ras, minister from Panama to Wash
ington, was married in San Jose,
Costa Rica, last week. DR.. Porras
was not present at the ceremony, be-
ing now in Washington. His place
at the altar was taken by a trusted
friend, who responded in his name to
the questions in the marriage cere-
mony, placed the ring on the brides
finger and afterward signed the name
of DR.. Porras in the marriage regis
ter. In other words, the almost
medieval ceremony of marriage by
proxy" was observed. Sonora Porras
will be in Washington next October
to meet her husband, and in defer
ence to modern thought there will be
another marriage ceremony in this
city. The second ceremony, how
ever, is unnecessary, because the mar
riage ceremony performed in San
Jose is wholly legal and is recognized
as legal and binding by both the state
and the church.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-09-14
UnveIi Gorsuch Shaft

Christiana, Pa.-Upon the spot
where, 10 years before the first bat
tie Of Bull Run, occurred a riot that
hastened the outbreak Of the Civil
War, monument was unveiled here
Saturday to the victim Of that riot.
Edward Gorsuch, of Glencoe. Balti-
more county, Md, and North and
South clasped hands to signify that
past enmity is dead, and that the
United States holds now but one peo-
pie. Miss Rebecca Mitchell. Of
Glencoe, great-granddaughter of Ed
ward Gorsuch, released the flag
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-09-14

WINS At LAST.
Burgess Finally Swims the
English Channel.
BATTLE WITH THE TIDE
Il Was His Sixteen nth Attempt and He
Won Out Only After Des perate
Effort--Was twenty-five
Hours In the Water

Deal, England.-After a lapse OF
sc years Capt. Matthew Webb's feat
of swimming the English channel has
been duplicated by VIM. T. Burgess,
Yorkshire man by birth and a
naturalized Frenchman. II was
Burgess sixteenth attempt, he having
first essayed the task in 1904.
Burgess started from South Fore
land, Dover, at Ills o'clock Tues
day morning. He landed at lie
Chatelet, little village two miles
east of Cape Girls Nez, at $50 o'clock
Wednesday morning, accomplishing
the passage in 22 hours and 35 min
utes. A motor boat accompanied the
swimmer, and 1t is estimated that
Burgess, owing to the zig-zag course
he was compelled to take because OF
the battling tides, covered 60 miles.
Soon after the start a dense fog set
| tied down over the channel, and no
further tidings of his progress were
received until the announcement was
made that he had successfully accom-
plished the task and landed on the
French side.
Throughout the trip Burgess was
favored by calm sea, but strong
tide was running, and severe strain
was put on the swimmer to get past
the Goodwin Sands. Twice he was
attacked by sickness and several
times was only held to his task by
the strongest will power and the en-
couraging words of the men in the
} boat.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-09-14
SCORES PROPOSED
PEACE TREATIES
Roosevelt Attacks Pending
Agreement.
DECLARES 1T A HYPOCRISY
Country Would Repudiate II When
ever Suggestion Was Made That
II Refer a Question Of National
Honor to Ou. sidets.

New York.-Former President
Roosevelt deals with the arbitration
treaties recently presented to the
Senate in an editorial article appear
ing in Outlook. He says in part:
1T is one of our prime duties as
a nation to seek peace. 1t is an even
1t is also our duty not to indulge in
sham, not to make believe we are
getting peace by some patent con-
trivance which sensible men ought
to know cannot work In practice,
and which if we sought to make 1t
work might cause irretrievable harm.
81 sincerely believe in the prin-
ciple of arbitration; | believe in ap-
plying that principle so far as prac-
ticable; but | believe that the effort
to apply it where 1t is not practicable
cannot do good and may do serious
harm. Confused thinking and a
willingness to substitute words for
thought, even though inspired by an
entirely amiable sentimentality, do
not tend toward sound action"
Mr.. Roosevelt cites the Revolu-
tionary War, the Civil War, and the
Spanish-American War as instances
in which 1--WE put Righteousness
above peace" He also cites the ex-
listing arbitration treaties between
the United States, Great Britain and
France as better than the proposed
treaty, because they make no false
pretenses and exclude questions af-
fecting our vital interests, independ-
ence or honor.
He continues:
1.-The wording of the treaty Is 80
loose, it so lacks explictness, as to
allow one set of its advocates to an
nounce that it binds us to arbitrate
everything, and another set to say
that under il we would not have to
arbitrate anything we did not wish
to. Now, no moral movement is per-
manently helped by hypocrisy.
"It is our duty, so far is now pos
sible, so far as human nature In the
present day world will permit, to
try to provide peaceful substitutes
for war as a method for the settle
ment of international disputes. But
progress in this direction is merely
hindered by the folly that believes
in putting peace above righteousness.
1.-THE history of our country the
peace advocates who treat peace as
mere righteousness will never be,
and never have been, OF service,
either to it or to mankind. The true
lovers of peace, the men who have
really helped onward the movement
for peace, have been those who FOL
lowed even though afar off, in the
footsteps of Washington and Lincoln,
and stood for Righteousness as the
supreme end of national life.
"Only by acting on these prin-
ciples, only by following in the foot
steps of these great Americans In the
past, can we of the present genera
tion work for and secure the peace
of righteousness"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-09-14
Americans May Re Lost.

Shanghai.-Grave fears are felt
for the safety of American men and
women missionaries attached to sta
tions in the Yapg-tse-Kiang Valley.
where devastating floods have claim
ed 100000 lives and ruined crops
There are both Presbyterian and
Methodist missions in the devasted
zone, and efforts to get in communi-
cation with them have failed 80 far.
A relief committee of foreign resi-
dents of Shanghai has been formed
and American Consul Wilder has
been asked to act as chairman.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-09-14
Lays Two EGGS Daily.

Athol, Mass.-Townspeople chal-
lenged the statement of Albert Ellis
worth, prominent citizen, that Mary
Hooker, his prize buff Orpington, laid
two eggs every day. To prove 1t
Ellsworth appeared at the Athol Fair
and placed the hen on some straw at
the feet of the judges She laid two
eggs, one of them double-yolked,
chirped triumphant cackle and dis
dainfully strode away Hundreds of
visitors to the city applauded the
Orpington's vindication of her owner.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-09-14
Asks Indictment.

Kittaning, Pa.-For the first time
in the history of the local courts, a
lawyer has petitioned for bill of
Indictment against his own client. At
torney w. l.. Peart asked the court
to re-arrest and indict George Col
den, recently charged with wife MUIR
der and later released on hapeas
corpus proceedings, Golden shot
and killed his wife on the night OF
July IS, in mistake, he claims, for
burglar Since his release so many
rumors have been circulated that
Golden asks for full trial
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-09-14
COLONEL ASroR Welded.
United to Y=une Girl at His Sum-
mer Home.

Newport, r. Col. John Jacob
Astor and Miss Madeline Talmadge
Force were married Saturday at
Beechwood, the Astor home here.
The ceremony was performed by
Rev. DR.. Joseph Lambert, Congre-
gational minister of Providence.
William Force, the brides father,
gave her away.
Just before leaving Beechwood
Colonel Astor gave out the following
statement
Now that we are happily married,
do not care how difficult divorce
and re-marriage laws are made. |
sympathize heartily with the most
straight laced people in most of Their
ideas, but believe re-marriage should
be made possible, as marriage is the
happiest condition for the individual
and the community"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-09-14
Killed ey Je.,ou. Husband.

Kansas City, Mo.-Henry c. Gum
bel, Jr., wealthy speculator in hay,
with headquarters in Wichita, Kan,
and a son of Henry c. Gumbel, a
Kansas City capitalist, was shot and
probably mortally wounded by Rob-
ert F. Curtiss, a cigar salesman. On
September Curtiss brought suit for
divorce against his wife, Lucie b.
Curtiss, and Gumbel was mentioned
as one OF the men friendly with Mrs.
Curtiss. Several years ago CurtisD
killed a man in Austin, Texas.
Jealousy was the motive.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-09-14

Last year there died In the United
States Of pulmonary tuberculosis
about 10000 people! Multiply this
number by three and a fraction-the
ratio OF Tndias population to our own
and you will find that these terrible
figures covering the loss Of life from
the plague in India, when analyzed.
show that out Of a thousand men.
women and children In the United
States. practically as many die OF
consumption in the ordinary year as
died OF the plague in India during the
past six months of epidemic. II real
iy seems as If civilized America ought
TO be able to do little better than
thatI
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-09-14
Two Tail for Army

Louisville, Ky. - Dempsey G.
Wren, Kentucky giant, 6 feet 0
inches tall, and physically perfect,
has been denied admission to the
United States Army. The local re-
cruiting Office sought permission
from the War Department to enlist
Wren, but the department refused
because his height would prevent
symmetry of ranks.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-09-14

Among the other interesting pieces
of news set afoat this summer is one
coming from the shoemakers OF Bos-
ton TO the effect that women's feet
are growing larger The shoemakers
do not like this, as more leather is
thus required for every pair OF shoes
turned out. Chicago. having heard the
word from Boston. has explanations
ready. A large retailer Of woman's
footgear In the Windy City admits
that women's feet are growing larger,
but says this is due to outings and
athletics. For several years, he de-
clares, women have been taking more
exercise, doing more walking, playing
more games.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-09-14
Poisoned by Mushrooms.

New York-Poisonous mushrooms
caused another death here. making
a total of 10 victims since the first of
the month. The recent heavy rains
brought out an immense crop of
mushrooms, both edible and poison
Gus, and both kinds have been sold
extensively by vendors in the Italian
quarter. Mrs. Marietta Casico, the
latest victim, ate the poisonous vari-
ETY. purchased from pushcart. Her
husband, who shared the dish, is not
expected to live.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-09-14
Family Mourrsa Wrong Man.

San Francisco Mrs. Geo. Weber,
of Port Richmond, Cal, called up the
coroner here. I'VE made mistake
in holding that funeral" she said.
my husband has just came home. ''
Services we're held month ago over
a body found in the bay and identi-
fed by Mrs. Weber as that of her
husband. When Weber returned he
said he had wandered away in a
daEed condition and did not know
ShSre he(had been.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-09-14
BRYAN Calls on Roosevelt

New York.-William j. Bryan
dropped in for call on Col Theo-
dore Roosevelt Friday, at the former
Presidents editorial Offices. Mr.
Bryan spent some time there, and
after the visit Colonel Roosevelt
said: "Mr. Bryan and | have had
quite a nice visit. We had a gen
eral talk on interesting subjects.
That was ALL"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-09-14
Gems Stolen In Dining Car

Cleveland.-Lake Shore and Miohi-
gan Southern Railroad detectives re-
ported that a woman giving her name
as Mrs. A. A. Mccormick, of Chicago,
was robbed Of handbag containing
$4,000 worth OF jewels in the dining
car of a Lake Shore and Michigan
Southern passenger train somewhere
between Toledo and Cleveland, De-
tectives are looking for young man
who sat opposite Mrs. Mccormick
and engaged her in conversation.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-09-14
Little Girl kidnapped.

Madison, Wis.-lrene Lemberger,
seven years old, was kidnapped from
her bed, according to the police, The
child went to bed with her sister
about 8 O'Clock and when her parents
arose in the morning the youngest
child was missing. A window in the
bed room had been forced. The
missing girl is the daughter of Mar
tin Lemberger, member Of the local
Italian colony.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-09-14
100000 For Telescopes

San Francisco.-The largest OBJ
servatory in the world is to be To-
Gated on top of Mount Tamalpais, in
Marin county, which is only a short
distance from San Francisco. 1t is
planned to spend at least 100000
on instruments alone, which include
the largest reflector telescope in the
world.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-09-14
THIaTY-TWo WE'RE DROWNED
Wreck OF the Gillian Steamer
TucapeI Near Quilca.

Lima, Peru.-A telegram received
here from the purser of the Chilian
steamer Tucapel, which was wrecked
near Quica, says that the total num-
ber of persons drowned was 32.
Ninety others were saved.
Those who lost their lives were the
captain of the vessel, the first and
second officers, 20 members of the
crew and nine deck passengers.
The Tucapel during a heavy fog
struck on an unchartered stretch of
rocks 20 miles north of Quilca, which
lies several hundred miles south of
Lima.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-09-14
Human Kissing Bue."

Trenton, N. J.-Charles Tulley, a
youth who recently served 10 days in
Jail for causing excitement in a de-
partment store by rushing in and
kissing and hugging at least dozen
girls, has been arrested again for
playing. return engagement on the
Delaware and Raritan Canal bank
here. Several women complained to
the police about him. This time Tul-
ley as the Human kissing Bug
probably will pass some time behind
the bars.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-09-14
Dynamite Hidden In Navy Yard.

Boston.-Dlscover of three sticks
of dynamite in great floating crane
in the lower end of the United States
Navy Yard at Charleston caused the
officials there to start an investiga-
tion with Secret Service men. The
dynamite, enough to have blown the
heavy crane to tiny bits and wrecked
the whole lower part of the yard,
probably killing several hundred
workmen, was found, 1t is said, with
in five feet of where laborers we're
swinging great pledge hammers.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-09-14

After she had jabbed her hatpin
into a mans eye San Francisco
woman scolded her victim for having
his eye where 1t interfered with her
hatpin. We feel almost sure that she
belongs to the class OF women who
regard all men as brutes.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-09-14
Still Has Money To Give

Chicago.-Dr. d. X. Pearsons, the
aged philanthropist, who month
ago, II was announced, had given
away his entire fortune. dug up"
another $4,000 Friday. He sent a
check for that amount to the Chicago
City Missionary Society. During the
last seven years he has given $780,
600 to the society.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-09-14

A rich woman from New York an
grily declined to become a patron OF
q Los Angeles hotel when she was In
formed that her doggie would not be
permitted to receive massage treat
ments In the barber shop. Aren't
some hotel keepers independent!
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-09-14

A practical joker at Atlantic City
wanted to scare the crowd with an
imitation OF drowning man. It took
an hour to restore him after the scare
had become a real one. The water Is
an element which does not lend itself
kindly to this peculiar form OF humor.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-09-14

The highest paid woman in govern
ment service is announced, though
somewhat needlessly. to be engaged
IN the occupation Of making money.
She is in actual charge Of making
coins at the mint.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-09-14

Any French aviator who has not
nown across the English channel Is
considered too unprogressive to take
high rank In his art
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-09-14

The chicken, as we'll as the dog, has
had It's day. A ST. Louis hen bumped
into a motor car and wrecked It. Pos
sfbly this is the solution of the old
conundrum: "why does chicken
cross the road?"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-09-14

A New York woman says she hangs
her head in shame because America
is not producing more great poets
Poets are born. but We can't expect
them at the rate of one a minute.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-09-14

One Of the biggest elephants in cap
tivity is said to Lave broken its leg.
Evidently be tried to stop a freight
train.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-09-14

A Pennsylvania minister has quit
his pulpit to become carpenter.
Hate to think what he'll say when he
hits his thumb instead OF the nail.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-09-14

Soul analysis is the latest cure for
nervousness Its efficacy is likely to
depend somewhat on the findings Of
the analyst.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-09-14

Shoemakers say that either wom-
ems feet are becoming larger. or else
they are wearing shoes that At