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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-12-14

In favoring a liberal appropriation
by the state to pay the tuition OF boys
and girls at colleges already estab-
lished, rather than to found a new
state university, Governor Foss advo-
Gates a very sensible policy. says the
Boston Globe. II the state Is to aid
deserving young men and young wom
en- in their efforts to obtain college
education. II would certainly seem
wiser, for economical reasons. II
for no other reasons, to take
advantage OF the many excellent insti-
tutions OF the higher learning already
existing in Massachusetts. The prob
lem OF selecting the right boys and
girls upon whom to bestow free schol-
arships ought not to be difficult 70
solve, for that might be left to the
judgment and fairness OF high school
teachers and boards of education In
every community. who certainly would
have means OF knowing whether the
scholarships were we'll bestowed.
Neither political pull nor other i'm
proper influences need enter into the
decision.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-12-14
BATTLE FOUGHT ON OASIS
Several Hundred Turks Killed and
About 100 ltalians-A Long Line
OF camels Carry OF the
Turkish Wounded.

Tripoli, Tripoli.-A force OF 10000
Italians Tuesday attacked and occu-
pied the Turkish military camp on
the oasis of Ain-Zara, in the vicinity
OF the town Of Tripoli, after severe
battle, In which both sides are report
ed to have lost heavily.
The fighting lasted from daylight to
dusk. When darkness began to fall
5000 Turks and Arabs disappeared
rapidly to the southeast. A long line
OF camels were with them, bearing
their wounded.
The Turks lost several hundred
killed, while the Italian casualties are
estimated at 100.
The regular Turkish troops, assist.
ed by Arabs. defended the settlement
bravely, but were forced to retreat to
the interior, abandoning eight cannon,
many tents and quantity of provi-
sions.
The battle opened in the morning
with a heavy bombardment by the
fleet, under cover of which the Italians
advanced to the attack.
The headquarters staff of the Ital-
ian army assert that the battle was
decisive one for the possession of
the country, as 1t almost entirely
clears the oasis around the town of
Tripoli and forces the Turks from the
coast and away from their base Of
supplies.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-12-14
rdton County News
McConnellsburg, Pa.
PuckERLEss PERsIMMoNs.

Apparently the scientists cannot be
prevented from robbing us Of all our
cherished traditions and privileges.
After having upset about everything
else In the world they have now dis
covered way Of taking the pucker
out OF the persimmon. although why
they should have thought this neces-
sary no one seems to know. The sci
entists clearly are interfering with
law OF nature and also roDbing life OF
one of its sources OF Joy. There are
few more mirth-provoking things In
the world than watching the nniniti-
ated attempting to eat green persim-
mon. The pucker OF the persimmon
comes from tannic acid and we fall to
see what the scientists are going to
accomplish by removing tannin from
the persimmon. One might as well eat
cucumber and be done with It. The
danger In the discovery is the harm
1t may DO to the persimmon In the
later stage OF It's development How
do the scientists know that nature did
not put the tannic acid into the per
simmon as one OF the elements that.
when the frost comes. conspires to
make the once puckery and unedible
persimmon a richer. ripper, sweeter
morsel than science ever smacked its
lips over?
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-12-14
THE N 'NAMARAS
ARE CONDEMNED
Federation of Labor Disposed
TO Blame Conditions.
AWFUL COMMENTARY 1T SAYS
Ways and Means Committee Issues
Statement Diselaiming Response.
billty For the "kid.
mapping"

Washington. branding James b.
and John ]. Mcnamara as. "recreant
to the good names and high ideals Of
labor" and expressing the satisfaction
of organized labor that the "culprits
have been commensurately punished
for their crime" the Mcnamara ways
and means committee of the American
Federation of Labor, after two
days conference here. issued state
ment which vigorously condemns the
McNamaras for their "inhumanity"
and declares that II would be "cruelly
unjust to hold organized labor either
legally or morally responsible for the
crimes of an individual member"
The labor leaders assert that t..ey
will welcome any investigation which
either Federal or State courts may
undertake.
The statement is signed by every
member of the Mcnamara committee,
except +. NJ. Ryan, president of the
International Bridge and Structural
Iron Workers Union, with which j. ].
Mcnamara was prominently con-
nected officially
Gompers Says Ryan Approves.
Had he remained, however" said
President Gompers, II am sure that
Mr.. Ryan would have added his name.
He was called back to Indianapolis by
pressure of business. He did not see
the statement, but am sure he is in
hearty accord with its sentiments"
AS to the knowledge OF the crimes
which the McNamaras confessed the
committee in its statement asserts:
I'VE here and now, individually and
collectively, declare that the first
knowledge or intimation of their guilt
was conveyed by the press in their
confessions of guilt.
From the outset we assure all
contributors and the public generally
that we would publish an accounting
of the moneys received, from whom
received and to whom paid. A report
in full will be made first to the Execu-
tive Council of the American Fedora
ton of Labor at its meeting to be held
at Washington January s, 1912"
Crime Partly Excused.
Partly excusing the crime Of the
McNamaras, the statement says
And yet it is an awful commentary
upon existing conditions when any
one man among all the millions Of
workers can bring himself to the
frame of mind that the only means to
secure justice for labor is in violence,
outrage and murder"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-12-14
$4,000 In Wooden Leo.

Oklahoma City.-Alexander p. Ham
ilton, who was supposed to be a
pauper and died in the county poor
house of Canadian county Sunday, had
$4,000 hidden in the stock of his
wooden leg. The money was found
Wednesday by another pauper to
whom the wooden leg had been given.
Hamilton was picked up on the street
at El Reno and sent to the county
farm. If he has any relatives they
are unknown.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-12-14
Plumhers, Trust Next.

Washington - Assistant Attorney
General Fowler announced that pro-
ceedings would be filed in Los Angeles
against the Western Wholesale Plumb
ors Association within the next week,
alleging a monopoly in restraint Of
trade. Federal District Attorney Nc
Cormick left Washington and within
a few days after reaching Los Angeles
he win file this latest trust-busting
suit. 1t is thought Mr.. Mccormick
will stop at Indianapolis to become
better acquainted with the develop
ments In the dynamiting cases.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-12-14
SOUGHT Taft,s Life, Is Report.

Washington,-Un States District
Attorney Mccormick, of Los Angeles,
held an extended conference with
President TAFT Saturday and is said
to have made a detailed report on the
dynamite plot probe 1t is stated that
the Los Angeles attorney has secured
evidence which will implicate the al
legged allies of the McNamaras in the
attempt to blow up the Presidential
special in California last October.
OfTicials at the Department of Justice
refuse to affirm or deny this report
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-12-14
More Paw For Manv Men.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. the high
cost of living and continued increase
thereof makes it impossible for men
to devote their best energies because
of nagging anxiety" Admiral T. j
Cowie, paymaster general of the
Navy, in his annual report asks salary
Increases for all of his employees. Ad.
miral Cowie urges Congress to open
the Alaskan coal fields to procure coal
for the Navy at lower cost. To sup
port the Navy establishment. Admiral
Cowie says S11S,O0O,OO0 was drawn
from the Treasury last year.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-12-14
A COSTLY JOY RIDE.
One Youth Dead and Two Sentenced
To Prison.

Hartford, Gonna term CT from
three to FIVE years in state prison for
Robert r. Taft, a sentence of 10
months in jail for Raymond Manson
and grave in lonely country Gem
etery seven miles from Buchanan, Va,
for Richard Clark is the termination
of an escapade of three Springfield
(Mass.) youths, which began on Sep
tember 20 last with the theft of a
$4,000 automobile belonging to George
l.. Bidwell, of this city.
The boys drove the machine to Vir-
ginia, and when near Buchanan met
with an accident in which the car was
overturned and Clark killed. He was
buried in a small cemetery near the
scene of the accident The other two
were subsequently arrested, and in
the Superior Court here the sentences
were imposed, Taft is 10 years old
and Manson H.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-12-14
Riches In Old Bag.

Peru, Ind.-A fortune of $4,000 has
been found in an old leather bag in
the home of Mrs. Salome Koerner
who died last Saturday and who was
supposed to be penniless The money
was found by Mrs. Magdalen Klein
haus, a-sister of Mrs Koerner. There
was scarcely any furniture in the
Koerner home and neighbors were OF
the opinion that the woman died in
want. The treasure consisted OF
$1,000 in gold and $4,000 in govern
ment bonds.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-12-14
Saved Son; Lost S65.

Newark, n. J.-Half suffocated
Mrs. John Wensinger carried her Z.
year-old son to safety from brisk
fire which gutted the interior of their
home. In saving her son s65 in cash
all her savings, some of which was
meant for Christmas, slipped from her
hand and was left behind in the fire
that destroyed the building which she
and her husband possessed.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-12-14
Plunged Into River.

st. Petersburg. Between $50 and
200 workmen were plunged into the
Volga River through the collapse of a
railroad bridge near Kazan. The
bridge, which was in course of con.
struction, was carried away by the
pressure of ice Only four corpses
thus far have been recovered. All the
towns along the lower part of the
river have been warned to keep a
lookout for survivors who may have
been able to Chamber on the foes.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-12-14
Starvation Or Prison.

Toledo, 0-Facing the alternative
OF starving or returning to a life of
crime, Charles Harrison, aged 5S, of
Baltimore, gave himself up to the
police here with the statement that
he was a fugitive from justice and
was wanted by the Clinton, N. Y,
penitentiary authorities for violating
his parole. He says he was sent to
the penitentiary 2S years ago for kill
Ing his wife and was paroled 20 years
ago,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-12-14
The Red Eagle Fer Morqan.

Berlin.-The bestowal of the decora-
tion of the frst-class of the Order of
the Red Eagle on j. Pierpont Morgan
was officially announced in the I'm
perial Gazette At the same time the
notification is made that the Red
Eagle of the Third Glass has been
given to Richard August Schnabel, of
New York, The insignia of the order
was presented to Mr. Morgan during
the Kiel yachting week.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-12-14
GAVE HIS WIFE A SPANKING.
She Wouldn't Sit Still While connee.
tlcut Man Whipped Baby.

Derby COMM pleading guilty in
the Police Court here to the charge
of beating his wife Leo Dermody said
he spanked her also because she did
not obey him when he ordered her to
sit still while he spanked their year.
old baby for crying. After driving his
wife from the house, with the child in
her arms, Dermody broke up the fur
niture.
Judge w. S. Downs told Dermody
that a husband had no more right to
exact obedience of his wife than she
had of her husband.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-12-14

New York aldermen are trying to
pass a resolution to prohibit women
from smoking in public places as in
furious to public morals. The practice
aimed at is neither pretty nor ele-
waiting. but as picked out for the sub
ject of special legislation in defense OF
public morals, the proposed ordinance
is distinctly, though unconsclously, hui
morous.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-12-14
Ten Years For 20 Cents.

New York,-For stealing 20 cents
Maurice McGrath, who. the police say
is an old offender, was sentenced to
10 years in Sing Sing Prison. Nc
Grath was arraigned before Judge
O'Sullivan, in Part of General Ses-
sions. 1t was charged that ne robbed
Anthony barrett.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-12-14
TO OPEN OFFICES TO WOMEN
suffragette May Rule California II Bill
Becomes Law

Sacramento, Cal.-"Her Excellency
the Governor of California" may soon
become familiar title if bill swept
through the lower house of the Legis-
lature by unanimous vote finds its way
to the statute books. The measure
would open every elective office of the
State to its feminine citizens.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-12-14

That German doctor who predicts
that American women will have fewer
toes a thousand years hence seems
bound to scare the life out of US some
way. He now tells us that riding up
and down in skyscraper elevators Is
shortening life. Well. life would have
to be considerably prolonged to enable
us to make many round trips by stair
way.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-12-14
Mnrns stlll Elnhtlnu.

Manila Running battles continue
hetween the troops, scouts and con-
stabulary and the Moros in the vicin-
ity of Jolo, the chief town o. the
archipelago of Sulu. Twenty hostile
Moros have been killed, and addition
II troops have been sent into the field
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-12-14

A Massachusetts preacher who is
under indictment charged with hav-
ing murdered young woman has quit
his pulpit. 1t seems a natural thing
10 do. considering the circumstances.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-12-14

Another pretty American heiress Is
to marry a foreign nobleman. This
shows our young American men are
too busy making money to think Of
other things-that the real prizes,
both in beauty and millions. are being
carried of by the leisure class so de-
spised here.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-12-14
NOTED BANKER DEAD.
Leopold seIigman, One OF Eight
Brothers.

New York,-Leopold Seligman, one
of the eight Seligman brothers, whose
names have figured prominently in the
banking history Of the world for sew
eral decades, died in London. He was
so years old,
News of his death was given in
cable dispatch received by Isaac N.
Seligman, banker his nephew, in this
citV
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-12-14
Effect OF the Hobbies On Trade.

Paris.-French dressmakers assert
that they lost $4,OOO,OOO this year. 1t
Is stated that 10000 girls are out Of
employment because of the wearing
of hobble skirts and kimono blouses,
which require only half the usual
amount of material.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-12-14

Remark by the governor OF Call.
fornia to the governor of Massachu.
setts: I've haven't as many women
out here as you have In your little old
state, but they cut more ice"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-12-14

From the effete east comes word OF
the intuitive kiss. The intuitive kiss
is one which you are sure you are
about to get, but you never get It
You feel intuitively that you are to be
come kissee. But you don't. says the
st. Louis Globe-Democrat. The fact
that the kiss is never delivered Is
what makes the girls so angry.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-12-14
GAVE Life To Save Horses.

Boston,-James Cooney was killed
and Is horses perished in a $4,000
fire which destroyed the stables OF
James Il. Noble, in Roxbury. Cooney
lost his life trying to save the horses.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-12-14
INDIAN BAND MOST WIPED OUT.
OF 15o, Few Escape In Attack On
Reyista Force.

Merida, Yucatan, Mexico.-0f a
force of about 150 State guards, most
ly Yaqul Indians, who engaged band
of Reylstas estimated at between 400
and 600, near here, less than dozen
escaped, according to meagre infor.
nation brought here by fugitives.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-12-14

indianapolis ministers denounce mo
tor racing as being as vicious as bull
fighting. indianapolis has mad more
than its share OF the tragedies Of the
game.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-12-14
Tobacco Census Bill Passed.

Washington.-The Cantrill bill, au-
thorizing the taking of a semi.annual
tobacco census under the direction of
the Census Bureau, passed the House
without opposition.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-12-14
Mayor Refuses $500 Raise.

Toledo, O.-Mayor Brand Whitlock
refused to accept an increase of $500
in his salary as chief executive of the
city. He so informed the chairman Of
the finance committee that was to
have made the recommendation.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-12-14
Two Avlators Killed.

London.-A double aviation fatality
occurred at Filey, near Scarborough,
Yorkshire, Hubert Oxley an aviator,
was killed instantly and his passen-
ger. Robert Weiss, sustained injuries
from which he died soon afterwards.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-12-14
SPEAKER CLARK IGNORES 1T.
viii Take No Action On Petition Tc
lmpeach Llttleton.

Washington.-Speaker Clark, of the
House of representatives, announced
that he would take no action on the
petition for the impeachment and ex-
pulsion from the House of Represen-
tative Martin w. Littleton, of New
York. The petition was filed by Henry
b. Martin, of the Antitrust League.
The Speakers decision was based
upon the ground that the petition con-
tanned nothing of a pertinent matter
of business for the House.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-12-14

There is a man In Texas who pre-
fers solid home comfort to pedigree
and prestige. He is looking for a
widow to marry. whose first husband
was hanged. so he may be secure from
having his predecessor held up to him
as model. For genuine. long-seeing
philosophy, this Texan challenges the
wisdom Of Solomon.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-12-14
Famous French Painter Dead.

Paris.-Tony Robert Fleury, the
painter, died Friday. He was once
president of the Society of Franch
Artists.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-12-14

The altitude record for dirigibles
has hitherto been held by the French
balloon Clement-Bayard, which, on
August 29, 1909, attained height of
3. .0S5 feet
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-12-14
A New Altitude Record,

Paris-The military dirigble bal
loon Adjutant Reau beat the worlds
altitude record for dirigibles Thurs
day by ascending to height of just
over 1858 feet.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-12-14

A California poet allowed his wife
one cent a day. thus setting bad ex'
ample for poets
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-12-14

II is funny that stage art so often
pretends to feel insulted when asked
10 wear clothes.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-12-14

Edison says that he likes America
better than Europe. We knew he
would
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-12-14
OUTSIDE FORCE
BLEW UP MAINE
vreeland Board Reports Re-
suit Of Investigation.
NINE EXPLODED MAGAZINE
Verdict OF the Naval Experts Unan.
lmous-Fndlnes or the Sampson
Board Confirmed In General-A
Low Form OF Explosive Used.

Washington. - That the primary
cause Of the destruction of the United
States battleship Maine in Havana
harbor was the explosion of sub
marine mine or some similar contrv.
ance is the verdict of the Vreeland
board OF United States naval experts,
who have examined the exposed
wreck.
The board is unanimously Of the
opinion that an explosion external to
the ship caused the explosion Of the
vessels magazines. This conclusion
was reached after two weeks spent In
Havana examining the wreck, Their
report confirms in general the findings
of the Sampson board, which investi-
gated the disaster in 1898. The Vree-
land board were able TO examine every
detail Of the wreck for the first time
exposed to view by the dewaterlng OF
the cofferdam.
Findings OF Board.
For the present Secretary Meyer
limited official statements regarding
the Vreeland report to the following
brief summary:
THE board finds that the injuries to
the bottom of the Maine were caused
by the explosion of a charge of low
form of explosive exterior to the ship
between frames 2S and 81, strake b,
port side. This resulted in igniting
and exploding the contents of the six
inch reserve magazine, the contents
including a large quantity Of black
powder The more or less complete
explosion of the contents of the re-
naming forward magazine followed.
The magazine explosions resulted in
the destruction of the vessel"
The most striking difference be-
tween the finding of the Vreeland
board and that of the Sampson board,
as far as comparison of the two is pos
sible, with only the brief summary
made public, is in regard to the sup
posed position of the mine. The
Sampson board fixed the position of
the mine at about frame IS. The
Vreeland board puts II between frames
2S and 81, a position very considerably
forward of that estimated by the
Sampson board. Both boards agreed
in the opinion that the mine exploded
on the port side
What Models Show.
The board brought back with them
models showing the Maine as con-
structed and her present condition.
The models disclose the surprising
accuracy of the findings of the Samp-
son Board regarding the displaced
portions of the Maine. These findings
were based on the reports of divers
whose statements were interpreted by
officers familiar with the construction
of the Maine.
A curious feature of the uncovering
Of the Maine is the fact that no trace
of the forward turret has been found.
II is generally supposed that, detached
by the force of the explosion, the tur-
ret has buried itself in the soft mud
of the harbor
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-12-14

An Italian university professor
claims to have found radium in ordt
.arv dew.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-12-14

Perhaps II everybody would carry
an umbrella there might be briei
cessation OF the rain.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-12-14
Owes Life To Dream.

Hugh Larue, miner, probably owes
his life to a dream his wife had Fri
day night. When he arose Saturday
morning and got ready to go to his
daily task Mrs. Larue refused to pre-
pare his lunch for him. She did not
want him to work, because she had
dreamed that she saw scores of
miners with their heads blown off, be-
ing carried out of the mine entrance
as she and her little children stood at
the mines mouth.
Larue had not missed a day from
work for many months, but he was
prevailed upon Saturday to remain
home. Only short time afterward
the explosion occurred
Brlceville, as a mining town, has
had a stormy history, 1t was the
scene in the early nineties of rioting,
when miners rebelled against working
with convicts leased by the State.
Troops were sent there to quell the
trouble.