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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-04-02
K|DNAPER 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.
Kldnapper Fooled BY Boys Father,

NIuHdPPtI FUHVU IJ DVJ "NN''
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 Summon. Little Malcolm
was studying his lessons when he
was called out Of the house by a
strange voice. The masked man at
tempted to carry the youth away and
was pursued by the father of the boy.
The boy was dropped and the would
be k%idnapper escaped by running over
fields and wading through Manataw-
ney Creek.
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.arrlval 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
Must Lower Trains, Speed.

The Public Service Commission
ruled in the matter of the complaint
of C. +. 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
i.4ss moosers In schuyIklu Enrolled.

Pottsville.-Only 2S,945 voters are
enrolled in this county, according to.
the list tabulated in the County Com
missioner's Office, although there are
more than $4,000 registered voters!
The Democratic party shows an en-
rollment of 1893, the Republicans
1926. and the Washington party
1.4S6. with scattering returns for
Prohibitionlsts and Socialists.
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
+. Baer is president.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-04-02
Mill Explosion Kills Three.

Allentown.-An explosion that shook
the country for twenty miles around
blew up part of the plant of the Penn
s~ylvania 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
PRESIDENT UPHoLDs PAGE
Says Ambassadors London sP'
Was "Perfectly Proper

Washington, D.. C.-Having rece"
a complete copy of Ambassador fa !,
recent speech in London to when .,
ator Chamberlain and others tooA
ception on account Of reference
the Monroe Doctrine and the rau y.
Canal, President Wilson told c"l
he thought the speech was PEREZ
proper.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-04-02
N. G. P. no Eneamp JuIy is.

Observation-Disclosures General A. j..
Logan. commanding the Second Bril-
gade, n. G.. p. announced that the
annual encampment for field duty will
be held July 1926. 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 a wal footing.
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, m.-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 e
tend its express and exchange business
in every possible direction.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-04-02
QUEEN ELEANoRE SAILS MAY 81.
consort OF Bulqaria's King Coming
To the United States.

Soha.-Queen Eleanore Of Bulgaria
announced that she will start on the
visit to America IN 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
Eleanore 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

A No-License League, organized at
Mannheim, has united with the Ian
caster County Organization.
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
1000 LOST JOBS BY NEW LAW.
Effect OF Restricting Child Labor In
Massachusetts,.

Boston, Mass.-The new law pro-
hibitilg the employment of children
between IA and 16 years of age more
than eight hours a day resulted il the
discharge during the first year of 1900
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
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, IA 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
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 l. 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
Sale or Game Fish Forbidden.

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
Tonic Causes Two Deaths.

Pottstown.-A blood tonic mixture in
which wood alcohol was accidentally
used caused the death of Joseph Buss-
haus, ifty-one years old, and his wife,
at their home at Harmonyville, Ches-
ter county. Their son, Frank. twenty
one. is in a precarious condition.
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.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-04-02
Capitals Mayor overridden.

Mayor Royal took a stand against
increases of salaries and Offices In
city departments. An ordinance for
new positions was passed after the
Mayor had holly opposed II.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-04-02
snarlet Eeuer CLOSES Schools.

Ashland.-Because of, the presence
of twenty-five cases of scarlet fever
at Gordon, near here, the schools.
churches and places of amusement
have been closed by the authorities.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-04-02

One hundred and thirty-seven voters
of Lower Heidelberg Township, petit
toned the court to be allowed to pres
ent before the voters the question of
whether the township should be di-
vided into two political districts.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-04-02

The advantages and disadvantages
OF an automobile to the farmer were
discussed by the Bedminster Farm
ers' Club at its monthly meeting.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-04-02

An explosion Of a coffee receptacle
in a dinner pail may cause the loss
of sight of Aaron Sauerbeer, a p. & r.
brakeman, of Harrisburg. Sauerbeer
was heating coffee IN a small stove
in the caboose.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-04-02

John J. Hamilton, Of Butte City,
Montana, who left Mauch Chunk thir.
ty-one years ago, is visiting his sister
Mrs. Thomas Dougherty. 1t Is the
first time they nave seen each other
in that time.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-04-02

In the absence of money specially
appropriated, the government, it is
said, will take no part in the unveil-
ing of the 100000 memorial arch
erected by the United States at Val
ley Forge.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-04-02

Professor John S. Simons, Of Mariet-
Ia, for several years principal of the
Maytown High School, has been Sc
lected the head of the schools at Du-
Bots, Pa,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-04-02

The degree team of Alpha Camp,
Woodmen of the World, initiated a
class Of forty belonging to the Bethle-
hem camp.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-04-02

John Snyder, a railroad employe,
thirty-two years old, shot and killed
himself, in Lebanon, at his home.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-04-02

Eddie Arthur, of Copley, ten years
old. picked up a railroad torpedo and
was dared by companions to hit it with
a stone. He received a fractured
right thumb, a badly cut left eye, and
a hole was blown in his left leg.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-04-02

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

Joseph K%rentesti, Of Coatesyille,
shot and killed himself as his wife
and child looked on.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-01
NEW GREAT STEAMER
OF GREAT LENGTH

Longer than any transatlantic
liner that flies the American flag is a
steamer which has just been built
for traffic on the Great Lakes to be
operated by an American company.
The steamer is the Colonel John NJ.
Schoonmaker," and is 617 feet long
over all, 80 feet deep, and. with a
draft of 20 feet, has a carrying cap
acity of 1920 tons. IN general, the
design is similar to the modern type
of Great Lake freighters, with pilot
house we'll up TO the bow, the en-
CINE rooms at the extreme aft, and
a long sweep of hull between. with
81 great matches for loading and I'M
loading cargo readily.-Popular Me-
chanics Magazine.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-01
THE SUNDAY PAPERS.

The Sunday papers, according to
George Fitch, author of At Good Old
Siwash, Is the most of anything in
the world for five cents. For this
sum a man can stuff himself on in
formation and literature for TWEEN
ty-four hours. A steady course OF
Sunday paper reading will give a
man a working knowledge of politics,
history. banking, pugilism. art,
music, drama, fraternal societies.
burnt wood decorating, religion,
philosophy. occultism, popular scien-
ce, automobile repairing, under
taking, plain and fancy intensive
gardening, swimming, job hunting
salad making, baby feeding, mar
riage, divorce and gasoline engines
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-01
POTASH

The results of explorations for
salines in Silver Peak Marsh, New,
recently made by the United States
Geological Survey are just published
in a short report by R. B. Dole, of
the Survey, as Bulletin 530-R. an
advance chapter from Bulletin $50.
Silver Marsh is a salt playa or dried
up lake, of prehistoric origin, about
20 miles west of Goldield and 25
miles southwest of Tonopah, two
wellknown mining eenters of Nevada.
The exploration was made for the
purpose of ascertaining whether de-
posts of potash salt in commercial
qualities lie within easy reach of the
surface. No extensive beds of such
salts were discovered, although the
salts in certain samples of brine o n
tain as much as 3.43 and $50 per
cent of potash K. 2 o.. Drill holes
were sunk at several points in the
old lake bed by means of a small
portable drilling outfit, operated to
a depth of about so feet.
Practically the entire surface of
the playa, 80 square miles, is cover
ed with salt that averages in depth
about one-quarter of an inch. The
upper muds, averaging probably 10
feet thick, contain. not less than 2
per cen of salt. 1t is estimated that
not less than Is square miles of the
northeastern part contains a 10-foot
saline bed of which at least 90 per
cent Is salt 1t is calculated from
these moderate estimates that 15.-
900, 5000 tons of salt lies within 40
feet of the surface. The high rate
of evaporation, which would permit
solar concentration of brines, the alb
sence of long-continued rainfall to
interfere with operations, the near
ness of a railroad, and more especial
ly the high degree of purity of the
product as indicated by analyses of
the brines are extremely favorable
features in regard to the possibility
of utilizing these deposits.
Salt is now being produced on a
small scale by Frank Porter, of Sill
yer Peak, who states that about $50
tons has been bagged and sold in
three years.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-01
Road TO Happiness.

This is the road to Happiness;
Start now from where you are:
Turn to the right and keep straight
on"
And you'll not find it far.
Along the Path of Willing Feet,
And over Heartless Hill.
Across the field of Sweet Content,
The stream of Glad Good VIII;
Then through the lane of Loving
Heart,
The gate that's called Today.
And down the steps of Little Things
Into the Common Way.
And take the Cloak of Charity,
The staff of Wise Employ,
A loaf of Bread of Daily Grace.
A flask well filled with Joy;
A word of cheer, a helping Hand,
Some good to give or share,
A bit of song, a high resolve,
A hope, a smile. a prayer.
And In the Place Of Duty Done.
Besides the Door of Home,
You'll find the House of Happiness
For happiness does not roam.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-01

respondent. are very profitable.
Some Of them are. Some of them
are not. There are more railroad
paupers than princes. There is only
one Lakswanna and many dividend
less ones. What was the average
amount OF dividend paid on rail
road capital IN this country during
the last YEAR, Ten per cent. Eight
per cent? Six per cent? Five per
cent? No. not even four per cent.
Only Is per cent, Is that out
rageous? But the roads have been
grossly overeapitalized, may be re
Piled. Yes. there have been fragrant
cases Of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
as fragrant as certain federal and
state government graft jobs-yet
these could not be remedied by the
government now. but it does not
need government ownership to pre-
vent criminal DISQUALIFICATION in
the future. Our railroads could not
now be duplicated for their present
capitalization.
How many government servants
are there already? Well. oyer 400
600. The number under civil ser
vice regulations is in excess of 300
600. These totals do not include the
army or navy.
Thor ~ far mare than EQO i
600 railway employees in this eoun-
try. Is It desirable TO add this stag
gering total to the number already
bossed by Washington gentlemen?
Haven't We enough patronage al
ready? Just think of placing be-
tween 1,500, 900 and 2.000,0 00 ad-
ditional places at the disposal of poll
%ticlans. This is one of the most
serious drawbacks to government
management of RAILROADS.&C. serious
is it indeed. that most people who
stop Il ponder this phase of the
proposal will conclude that We had
better bear the railway Ills all nave
than fly TO Others We Wot not Of.
What the government now does is
as spinning a few tops as contrasted
with the herculean task of operating
a quarter of a million miles or rail-
road. Any one European system
could be disposed of on our side
tracks. The working of Americas
vast network of railroads is not a
fit task for a bureaucracy. 1t needs
all the brains. all the energy, all the
initiative of the stalwarts who are
now engaged in ii.
No; at this stage of our develop
ment our railroads had better be
regulated not controlled, by Wash
ington.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-01

ing out the pest and creating sanl-
tary conditions that will prevent its
reeurrenee-resalts which are nov
only a matter Of time. Already. ae-
eording to the commissions reports.
1898 persons have been treated
BY its physicians. at al average ex-
penditure Of S1.27 per capita; 3
225 physicians have been enlisted in
the war and 53,167 persons have re
eeiyed treatment by 1925 of these
local doctors; more than 10000
teachers have been interested and
451,S77 persons have attended the
3620 public lectures on the subject,
while 90S, 436 bulletins on sanitation
have been sent out. The disease has
been found in 719 of the SS4 eoun-
ties in ten states. Eighty-fYe eoun-
ties in nine Of these states have made
appropriations for local hookworm
dispensaTies.
Every man who knows the people
of the southern states sees in the re-
suits of this work a new epoch in
their history. and because Of its
sanitary suggestiveness, a new epoch
in our national history. The south
ern white people are of almost pure
English stock. 1t has been hard to
explain their backwardness, for they
are descended from capable ances-
tors and inhabit a rich land.
Now, for the first time, the main
cause of their long backwardness is
explained, and it is a removable
cause. The hOokworm has probably
played a larger part in our southern
history than slavery or wars or any
political dogma or economic creed.
II has. in fact, had a strong influence
nobody can say how strong) in
political dogmas and econo-
mic creeds. If there had been no
hookwarm victims in our southern
states it is certain that our national
history would in some way, perhaps
many ways have been very
different.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-01
T Il

Two years ago eight newspaper
men were candidates for Office in
various parts of this state. or that
number but one was elected. This
year nine printers. or newspapermen
were candidates, and all were elect
ed but one Who says the voters
are not thinking for themselves
Tonopah Bononza.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-02
OPPOSE E|CHT-HOUR LAW
THAT WOULD HIT CANAL
Change at Present. Time
Would Delay Opening,
Say Officials.

Administration officials are openly con-
cerned over the possibility of legislation
applying the eight-hour law to the fac
tories of all contractors who supply ma
chinery and material of all kinds used in
the construction of the Panama canal
Secretary of War Stimson is authority
for the statement that legislation of that
character undoubtedly would delay the
opening of the canal and interfere seri-
ously with the plans of the big steam
ship companies for the early use of the
great waterway as well as with commerce
generally. He explained that the eight
hour law already applies to every bit Of
work done by the government in the
Canal Zone, but never before has applied
to the work performed in the private
shops and factories of the contractors.
He added that the canal is now about So
per cent completed and a change in the
working system at this late stage of the
work. after the contracts had been made,
would require an entirely new arrange
ment of work, and undoubtedly delay the
completion of the canal beyond the date
fixed by Chief Engineer Goethals.
Several prominent labor leaders with
whom the Secretary of War had con-
ferred on the subject, agreed with him
that it would be unwise to make the
eight-hour law apply to the canal supplies
alton has been presented to congressional
committees with a strong recommendation
that canal supplies be exempted from the
operation of the eight-hour law, or, at
least, until after the waterway is COM
pleted and ready for business.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-02
Burleson on Massachusetts,.

The following was issued by wilson
headquarters last night:
Representative Albert Burleson, the
chairman of the democratic House eau
Gus, who campaigned Massachusetts for
Gov. Wilson until the polls closed, said
today of the primary. result:
THE situation in Massachusetts was
anomalous. The candidates for delegates
at large and the district delegates. who
were elected We're pledged to, Gov. F'oss
for nomination. On the ballot each name
is followed by this notation, Pledge to
Gov. Eugene u. Foss for President OF
all the candidates for delegate. as far as
/ know, only one, George Fred Williams.
was an outspoken Clark partisan. and
he was defeated by a vote of more than
= to 1.
Before the primary took place it was
decided that Gov. Foss' name should not
go on the ballot for presidential prefer
ence. Many democrats. knowing that the
Foss delegates were sure of election, went
into the republican primaries and voted
for Roosevelt. The vote as between
Clark and Wilson Is not che expression of
the majority of the Massachusetts, demo-
Gratis, and the delegates at large do not
so consider it and SO declared in adj
elected as delegates from the state shows
that a considerable majority of them will
vote for Gov Wilson if Gov. Foss is not
a candidate before the convention at
Baltimore. Mayor Fitzgerald of Boston
will head the Massachusetts, delegation
and he has repeatedly said he will not
vote for Clark as q second choice