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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-04-02
WILSON WINS
OPENING FIGHT
The Majority is in His Favor in
Toll Battle.
CLoTURE RULE ADOPTED.
Speaker Clark, Representative Under.
wood and Others Voice Strong
Opinions On Repeal, But the
White House Is Victorious.

Washington, d. C.-President viii
son won the opening skirmish of the
greatest legislative battle of his Ad-
ministration when the House, over bit
ter protests from the recognized Demo
cratic leaders and almost solid
minority opposition, adopted a special
rule for the consideration of the bill
repeating the free tolls provision OF
the Panama Canal act.
Speaker Clark, Democratic Leader
Underwood, Republican Leader Mann
and Progressive Leader Murdoch were
at the head Of those lined up against
the Administration, but the House re-
sponded to the Presidents personal
appeal for prompt consideration of
the repeal bill as a means of support
ing his Administrations foreign policy.
Two votes demonstrated the Presi-
dents commanding influence with his
party in Congress on the first test, a
motion to end debate and preclude
amendment on the rule, carried by a
vote of 207 to 176; the rule itself was
adopted by 200 to 172.
Nothing to compare with the scene
had occurred in the House since the
famous Cannon rules fight four years
ago. In vain Representative Under
wood took the floor and urged his col
leagues to vote against the rule. The
rank and file Democrats, after listen
ing to three hours Of passionate argu-
ment, swung into the Presidents col
umn, 1919 of them voting to prevent
the amendment Of the special rule,
while only So followed the leader in
going with the minority in opposition.
Administration supporters consider
ed the crucial point passed, and jubi-
lantly predicted the passage of the re.
peal bill itself by a majority Of
than 100.
Following the announcement OF
Speaker Clark against the rule, high
feeling had appeared on both sides Of
the controversy and every influence
available was brought to bear on the
doubtful ones in the House.
AS a result, when the struggle be-
gan. both sides were keyed up to a
high pitch.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-04-02
CONVCT-MADE
GOODS BARRED
House Passes Bill AffeCin
Products Made Abroad, !
CAN DESTROY APPROPRIATIONS
The Tariff Laws Since 1890 H,,
Carried Prohibition, But II
Has Been Difficult To
Enforce.

Washington.-After a vigorous pa,
tisan contest, the House passed a b1
to bar foreign convict.made or paupgI
made goods from competition with Ii,
products of American free labor. Th|
measure, which now goes to the SCI,
ate, follows a bill recently passed b|
the House forbidding the shipment al
convict.made goods in interstate con
merce into States which prohibit t,|
sale of such products in the opaI
market.
The importation OF foreign cOnyie
made goods has been prohibited ges
orally under the tariff laws since lSA|
but, owing to the peculiar constructlc
of the law, 1t has been difficult to col
force, and labor representatives ri
Congress declare it has been ireel
violated.
Under the measure just passed, all
shipments of goods proven to be COZ
vict or pauper-made, could be COIL
fiscated by the Treasury Departmer
through court proceedings similar d
libel prosecutions under the admirall
laws. In addition the bill provide
that any "consignor, seller, owne
shipper, importer, consignee, agent n
other person or persons, who knoE
ingly and fra%udulently introduce u|
seeks to introduce the prohibited art
Giles into the commerce of the Units
States, shall, upon conviction, be find
for each offense a sun not eyceediu
$4,000 or be imprisoned for not efl
ceeding two years"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-04-02
nsnippery Cuts off Girls Hair.

Pottsville.-While Ida Reed, l3-year-
old daughter of Sherman Reed, an auc-
tioneer, stood talking with a crowd of
young people in front Of the p~ostofice
at Cressona. some one, following the
tactics of the Philadelphia Jack the
Shipper" stepped up behind her and
cut off her hair with a pair OF scissors.
Her tresses were gone almost before
she was aware of it. She felt some
movement at the back of her head, as
If she had been inadvertently jostled,
and when she placed her hands to her
mead she found that her crown of
hair was missing.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-04-02
Coal Dust Non.Explosive.

Pittsburgh.-A series of tests con-
cluded by the Pittsburgh station of
the Bureau of Mines and representa-
tives OF the Pennsylvania Mining De
partment, it was announced, showed
that anthracite coal dust is not ex-
plosive unless fire damp is present,
and ever in the explosive mixture the
dust Is not inlammable. The tests
also developed that the presence of
anthracite dust tended to lessen the
length of flame of IN explosive fire
damp mixture.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-04-02
KIDNAPER Fooled
By Boys FATHER
Allentown Court House Con,
tract Let.
POWDER MILL EXPLOSION.
K%idnapper Fooled BY Boys Father.
Coal Dust Observation-Disclosures
OF Men Engulfed Found.
N. G. p. Camp.
k%idnapper Fooled BY Boys Father.

k%idnapper Fooled BY Boys Father.
Pottstown "A tall man, wearing a
mask and with a lantern in one hand
and a revolver in the other, made a
daring attempt TO kidnap t~welve-year-
old Malcolm Summons, son of j.
Maurice Summons. Little Malcolm
was studying his lessons when he
was called out of the house by a
strange voice. The masked mar at
tempted to carry the youth away and
was pursued by the father Of the boy.
The boy was dropped and the would
be kidnapper escaped by running over
fields and wading through Manataw-
ney Creek.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-04-02
ARMS FOR THE EMBASSY.
First Consignment Received BY Char,
O'Shaughnessy.

Mexico City.-The first instalmet
of arms and ammunition sent by ID.
United States War Department to tI
American Embassy for the protecta
of American citizens in the event d
disturbances in the federal capital va
delivered here. The consignmer,
which includes $50 rifles and two 100
chine guns, had been held at the CGs
toms house under orders issued 81
provisional President Huerta for fOl,
teen days. Nelson O'Shaughnessy, Dbl
American charge d'affaires, anticipate
no further trouble in getting the NJ
mainder of the rifles and the machli'
guns.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-04-02
oUNMAN STAYS sTEP.MoTHEa
Holds Mob At Bay With Revolver !
Escapes On Bicycle.

New York, N. EVERY policeDD
in New York is on the lookout Y
George Disma, gunman, who shot "
instantly killed his stepmother, Nn
Ella Disma, in her home In Wilhap,
burg because she refused his denl"I
for the whereabouts of the youa
mans wife, VINO had fed to hiding !
fear Of her life, After the shoOu1
young Disma fed before the crown
enraged neighbors, mounted a blGvl
standing on the street, distauVl
pursuing police and vanished.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-04-02
Three Seek denomination.

Three members Of the last House OF
Representatives, William j. Caldwell.
Democrat, Northumberland; James
Wettack and Daniel A. Male, Repub-
licans, Seventh Allegheny District,
fled petitions to be candidates for re-
nomination for the next House Nom
mating petitions were also filed by
James G.. Dell, Huntingdon. Republi-
can Huntingdon County Legislative
District. and John Luppert. Williams
port, Republican, Lycoming County
Legislative District.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-04-02
Saves Bows From River.

Sunbury.-Attracted by the cries of
Harry Kemp and Isaac Wolf, both four
years old, who were helpless in a
drifting boat along the swollen Susque!
hanna River at Sunbury, Forest Mes
sinner leaped from the window of a
bridge toll house. and, swimming to
the children, arrived just as they
jumped out of the boat. He rescued
the Kemp boy and swan back to the
Wolf boy just as he arose the second
time and rescued him. Messimer was
exhausted when he reached shore.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-04-02
DIES ON THE al" PLATFORM
Walter Laidlaw Was Stricken
Heart Failure.

New York.-Walter LaidlaW ~,
tary of the International Pump y,
pany. living at the Colonial Ho'et
stricken with heart failure and ulv ,a
the platform of the Thirty'thlrd S rs
Station Sixth avenue elevated ran.
He was 65 years old and in gooa I'D b
when he left his Office. HIS M
Robert, is a member of the Lasa
Dunn, Gordon Company, CineiH"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-04-02
Sixteen New Druggists.

Just half of the applicants for reg
istered pharmacists certificates passed
the recent examination held by the
State Pharmaceutical Examining
Board, here. Thirtytwo applied and
sixteen were successful. OF the
eighty-four who applied for certificates
of assistant pharmacist, sixty passed
the test. The State board announces
that II will hold the next examinations
on June IL and 10 at Philadelphia
aud Pittsburgh.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-04-02
FIFTY YEARS AT ONE JOB.
Secretary McAdoo congratulates Two
Treasury Employees.

Washington, d, C,-Secretary of the
Treasury McAdoo sent letters of felici-
tation and congratulation to the two
oldest employees in the Treasury De-
partment. The men were Thomas c..
DALEY, ef Philadelphia, SO years old,
and Thomas p. Keene, of Bremen, Lin
coin county, Me-, rs years old. Both
Daily and Keene have been at work in
the auditing department OF the Trea.
sury for 80 vaars
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-04-02
RIGID STATE LAWS
FOR PRIVATE BANKS
Bedford Company Asks CertifI-
cate of Valuation.
MUST LOWER TRAIN SPEED.
Sixteen Druggists Are Licensed BY
state-Modify N. G. p. Uniform
PIan-Sale OF Game Fish
Forbidden.
Laws For Private Banks.
Harrisburg Correspondence.)

Harrisburg.-State Banking Com
missioner William II. Smith calls at
tention to the adoption of the new
Federal banking law and notes that
II is just 100 years since Pennsylvania
passed its first State banking law,
In his report for the departmental
year. The Commissioners urges the
Legislators to enact laws which will
make more effective It's supervision
over private banks and regrets the de-
feat of the bill to give the department
authority to close up financial institu-
tons instead OF having receivers
named by the Courts, as at present.
The whole cost of the department was
}91, 900.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-04-02
Coal Tax Case Argued.

Argument was heard in the Dauphin
County Court on the demurrer filed
by the State to the suit of the Peo-
pies Coal Company, of Scranton, to
test the constltutionality Of the two
and a half per cent. ad valorem an
thracite coal tax law of 1913, the At
torney Generals Department setting
forth that no grounds for relief in
equity were shown. Major Everett
Warren, in his discussion OF the case
for the plaintiff, said that if the Leg
islature taxed hard coal and o soft
coal It could tax red apples and not
yellow.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-04-02
N. c. p. To Enoamp July is.

Observation-Disclosures General A. ].
Logan. commanding the Second Bril-
gade. \. G.. p. announced that the
annual encampment for field duty will
be held July 1925. Indiana, Washing
ton. Mount Grettna are among places
suggested, but the place for the camp
has not yet been decided. All com
mands of the brigade have been placed
on n war footing.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-04-02
JUST SEEMED LONGER.
Explanation OF Idea That Married Folk
Lived Longer.

New York.-"The old idea that mar
ried people lived longer than single
folk may have originated from the fact
that il seemed longer" said James NJ,
Craig, Jr., of the Metropolitan Life
Insurance Company. in discussing the
statement announced at the Life I'm
derwriters' Association dinner, that
single people lived longer than mar
ried. The statements made at the din
ner by Arthur Hucter only applied to
insured people, and are based on joint
investigation by medical societies and
a~ctuaries.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-04-02
HuRLs HIMSELF DOWN BUILDING.
Bridge Engineer Is Dead Before Body
Is Caught On Eleventh Floor.

New York, n. Y.-Robert Friedman,
a bridge engineer, climbed to the
twenty-hfth story of the new Municipal
Building and hurled himself down the
six-foot-square stairway well. His
body rococheted from one side of the
shaft to the other, breaking every bone
and killing him before he was caught
by one leg on the baluster on the
eleventh floor.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-04-02
Must lower Trains, Speed.

The Public Service Commission
ruled in the matter of the complaint
of C. F. Markell, of Columbia, concern
ing dangerous grade crossing on the
lines Of the Pennsylvania and the
Philadelphia & Reading there that the
Pennsylvania operate its trains at a
speed not exceeding twelve miles an
hour over the crossings and that the
Perry Street crossing be tagged by the
Reading trainmen.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-04-02
Railroad Gets Charter.

The first railroad to be chartered
since the Public Service Company law
went into effect on January ], was
granted letter patent as the Easton &
Western Railroad. to construct and OPP
crate a railroad from Easton to Hopes
Lock. Northampton county. George
4. Baer is president.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-04-02
MT. AIRY HAS 100000 FIRE.
Fire Starts In Boiler Room OF a Mill.
ing Company.

Mount Airy, Md.-Fanned by a stiff
breeze from the southwest, a fire
which started in the boiler-room of the
Farmers Milling and Grain Company
shortly before noon Wednesday practi-
cally wiped out the business district,
and for a time threatened to spread
TO the residential section. Telephone
and telegraph communication with the
outside world was practically cut off
for several hours. Ten buildings, in
Guiding the First National Bank Of Mt.
Airy, two mills and a large ice plant,
were destroyed. Several other build
ings nearby were partly burned. The
damage will reach 100000, partly
covered by insurance. The origin of
the blaze is a mystery.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-04-02

William Lii and Robert Hall, sold
their homes. at Summit Hill, and left
in an automobile for Oregon, where
they will take up a Government home
stead. Lii has no family, but Hall
has a wife and several children, the
Oldest of which is a boy twelve, whom
he took with him.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-04-02
3. r. KEITH DROPS DEAD
Vaudeville Magnste Sucoumbs On goth
Anniversary OF Theatre.

Palm Beach, Fla.-B. +. Keith, who
established vaudeville in this country,
dropped dead of heart failure in the
Breakers Hotel. His death occurred
on the twentieth anniversary of the
opening of his Boston house, while the
anniversary was being celebrated bril-
liantly there. He was 6S years old.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-04-02
INTUITION WoMAN's ASSET.
Valuable In Public Office, Says @H
Hartman.

Washington, d. C.-Feminlne inl
ition is a valuable asset in puON
office, according to Mrs. j. Boardnl
Hartman, who declared that we ne'
woman's aid in public affairs. I'D
masculine and feminine minds are %
alike" said Mrs. Hartman. "The ni
is more judicial-the woman Is .
tuitive, Intuition often goes more y
rectly to tie point than logic a.,
sometimes it grasps values that wou-
be overlooked by the deliberau'
mind"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-04-02
Modify N. G. p. Uniform Plan.

General orders were issued from Ma
tional Guard headquarters. %announc-
ing a modification of the general or
der requiring guardsmen to wear the
olive drab wooden service uniform at
the inspection of the guard by regular
army officers in April. Because of
non-arrival OF uniforms. the First
Brigade organizations, the two com
panies Of engineers and the field hos
pital will not be required to appear
In the new uniform.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-04-02
sWlNDLER GETS FIVE YEARS.
kiger's Profits Said To Have Been
In Thousands.

Detroit, Mich.-E. r. Kiger, alias f.
r. Jordan, pleaded guilty in Federal
Court here to operating a wholesale
mail-order swindling business at Tren-
ton, a Detroit suburb, and was SEN
fenced to pay a fine of $1,000 and
spend five years in prison. Kiger ad-
vertised his goods for sale on an in
stalment basis. 1t was alleged that
the goods were never delivered, and
that Kiger's profits amounted to thou
sands of dollars.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-04-02
suFFRAelsTs WIN FIRST ROUND.
Massachusetts, Legislature Favors Civ.
ing Votes To Women.

Boston, Massey action of the
House the Legislature has voted for
the first time in its history in favor of
referring to the people the question of
granting suffrage to women. The vote
in the House was 1913 to 80 on a resolve
which had already been acted upon
favorably by the Senate providing for
an amendment to the Constitution
striking the word male" from the
qualifications for voters.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-04-02
PRESIDENT UPHoLDs PAGE
Says Ambassadors London sP''
Was "Perfectly Proper"

Washington, d. C.-Having rece"
q complete copy of Ambassador pss'
recent speech in London to when J.
ator Chamberlain and others TOOK
ception on account of references
the Monroe Doctrine and the Fau y,
Canal, President Wilson told c"T,
ne thought the speech was perez
proper.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-04-02
Bridge Ordered Replaced

The Public Service Commission
served notice on the Schuylkill Rail
ways Company that it must replace
the bridge over Shenandoah Creek by
April /. Notice was given to the com
pany to make the change some time
ago, but nothing has been done and
the State authorities have sent per-
emptory notice.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-04-02
AMERICAN EXPRESS TO STAY.
Vice President Denies It viii Go Out
OF Business.

Chicago, nl.--G. c. Taylor, vice
president and general manager of the
American Express Company, issued a
statement denying recently published
reports that his company would follow
example OF the United States Express
Company and so out OF business. Mr..
TAYLOR said that, on the contrary, the
American Express Company would ex-
tend its express and exchange business
in every possible direction.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-04-02
TAKE TEA ON HORSEBACK.
Unique Event Staged At Riding and
Hunt Club, Washington.

Washington, d. CA unique tea
was given at the Riding and Hunt
Club when fair equestriennes and their
escorts drank their tea on horseback
and rode around the course in what
was called a music ride" Stately
figures and difficult evolutions were
performed to the stirring music of the
Fort Meyer engineer band.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-04-02
LIFE TERM FOR 5o.cENT THEFT
West Virginia Court Upholds Habitual
Criminal Act. .

Charleston, w, Va.-The Habitual
Criminal act, carrying a penalty of life
Imprisonment, was upheld in the Su-
preme Court of Appeals here in the
cases Of Frank Ponto and James
Franklin. They were committed for
life for a highway robbery in Nc
Dowell county which netted each so
cents.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-04-02
MR.. McADoo WILL NOT ACCEPT
Ambassadorship To France Or Els
where Not In His Line.

Washington, ID. C.-Secretary Of III
Treasury McAdoo will not accept ti
ambassadorship to France or TO any
other country. lie did not admit thE
the position had been rendered 10 bin
but emphatically said he would I'd
consider it if it were. "The duties Z
an ambassador are not attractive n
me-" said Secretary McAdoo. u al
a business man and as such am ints|
ested in things other than diplomat
social glamour. The activity attachs
to an ambassadorship is not the Ei
that appeals to me-"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-04-02
KEYSTONE STATE
IN SHORT ORDER
All Pennsylvania Cleaned for
Items of Interest.
CLASS DAY EXERCISES.
Explosion or Coffee In a Dinner Pail
May Cause the Loss OF Sight
OF Aaron Sauerbeer-other
Live News.

John l.. Rosenberger, OF Lower
Richland, left $500 to Flatland Men.
MONTE Churcn.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-04-02
MIL EMULSION Kills Three.

Allentown.-An explosion that shook
the country for twenty miles around
blew up part of the plant of the Penn
sylvania Trojan Powder Company,
near Guth's Station, six miles north
west Of Allentown, and killed three Of
the employees and seriously injured as
many more. There were sixty men at
work in the plant at the time Of the
explosion. which occurred in the dry
ing department.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-04-02
1000 LOST JOBS BY NEW LAW.
Effect OF Restricting Child Labor In
Massachusetts.

Boston, Mass,-The new law pro-
hibiting the employment of children
between IA and 16 years of age more
than eight hours a day resulted in the
discharge during the first year of 1000
out of between $4,000 and 10000 en-
ployed, according to a special report
filed with Governor Walsh by the La
Dor and Industrial Commission.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-04-02
QUEEN ELEANoRE SAILS MAY 81.
consort or Bulearia's King Coming
To the United States.

Soha-Queen Eleanore of Bulgaria
announced that she will start on the
visit to America on May 81. sailing for
New York on board the steamer
Kaiserin Auguste Victoria from Ham
burg. King Ferdinand will also visit
America, but later II the present plans
hold good. He intends to so to the
San Francisco Exposition. Queen
Eleauore will be the first ~reigning
queen to visit the United States, She
intends TO make a study of American
institutions and people, in which she
has always been greatly interested.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-04-02
Blair Road Supervisors Organize.

Altoona.-In accordance with the
act creating the Bureau of Township
Highways, Blair County Township
Highways. Blair County Township Su-
pervisors met in H~ollidaysburg and
formed a permanent organization with
these officers: President, Francis
Weaver, Freedom Township; secre'
tary. Isaac Krider, Blair Township;
treasurer, b. f. Hyle, Frankstown
Township.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-04-02
1896 Moosers In sohuylklu Enrolled.

Pottsville.-Only 2S,945 voters are
enrolled in this county, according to.
the list tabulated in the County Com
m~lssioner's office, although there are
more than $4,000 registered voters1
The Democratic party shows an en-
rollment of 1893, the Republicans
1926, and the Washington party
1886. with scattering returns for
Prohibitionists and Socialists.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-04-02
sale of Game EIsh EorbIdden.

Sale of game fish is prohibited in
Pennsylvania during the closed sea
son whether the fish are caught in
Pennsylvania or not, according to an
opinion given to the Department of
Fisheries by the Attorney General.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-04-02
GIRLS REBEL AT TUB PLAN.
Parents Aroused, Too, At Plea For
Bath In School.

New York, n. Y.-Great Indignation
is being expressed by Hoboken par
ents of girl students in Hoboken pre-
vocational schools because A. G..
Traua, the principal, has applied to
the Board of Trustees to place a bath
tub in the building. Professor Traua
asserts that some of the 300 or more
girl students are accustomed to year
ly baths. The students are indignant.
The trustees have not decided how to
act on the request.