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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-01-29
FARM SCHOOLS
HOLD INTEREST
Attendance at Institutes This
Winter Surpasses all Records
BOYS AND GIRLS CONTEST
State Provides No Money for Prizes
Local Farmers Raise Funds to En-
Courage Children to Cultivate
Corn and Vegetables.

Especial Harrisburg Correspondence
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. this winter
at the movable schools and the farm
ers' Institutes, conducted by the State
Department Of Agriculture and under
the direct supervision of Deputy Sec
rotary A. i. Martin, has surpassed
all records OF the past years. The
movable schools, which bring the ex-
perts Of the department and the lee
turers into close touch with the farm.
ers and their families have ended, the
institutes will continue until the mid.
die of March. The Institutes have
also resulted this winter in many
eager contests among the boys and
girls who have taken an interest in
agriculture, and, while the State pro-
vides no money for prizes, the farmers
OF many communities have raised
funds to encourage the children in
their displays of corr and vegetables.
considering the bad weather the at.
tendance at the institutes and nova
BILE schools has been phenomenal"
said Mr.. Martin. AT Bloomsbury the
Columbia County farmers turned out
by hundreds to attend the movable
school when the thermometer was
down below zero. It shows the in
terest in the movement when farmers
will drive over rough roads with their
families for miles through the zero
weather. The six-day meeting we
held there was one of the best in
the State. The ten meetings at In
diana County recently brought out a
total attendance of 1000 farmers and
members Of their families, and in
Cambria County four-day meetings
were so well attended we had to hold
overflow meetings. During the heavy
SHOWS, rain and excessive cold weather
the attendance has kept up undated,
and the toal records for attendance
this season will establish a new rec
ord. Four days of institutes at Frank
lin, Venango County, resulted In big
attendances, and at Westfeld, Law
renee County, where there is not a
hotel, farmers came for four days
through two feet of snow to listen to
the lectures"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-01-29
Coal OUTPUT Increases.

The coal production during 1913 is
estimated at 25S, OOO, 900 tons, which
exceeds the record of 1912, which was
approximately 244, 100000 tons for this
State. The production of anthracite
coal for 1913 is estimated by State
Chief of Mines James Il. Roderick at
3d. O0, 900 tons, the Seventh district
leading. with 100000 tons, while the
production of bituminous coal is given
at 16S, OOO, 900 tons, the Second district
leading, with an estimated output Of
$500, 900 tons. The number Of en-
ployes in the anthracite field is given
as 100000, and in the bituminous as
1S5, 900. There were 526 fatal acct
dents in the bituminous district, and
Clio in the anthracite.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-01-29
TO CLIP BLEAsE'S WINGS.
Resolution To Strip Him OF Power OF
Clemency.

Columbia, S. C.-Governor Cole
Blease's record of having pardoned,
paroled or committed 1856 convlcts dur
ing his three years of office was re.
called by the introduction in the Gen
eral Assembly of a resolution to amend
the State constitution to strip the gov
ernor of the power Of clemency ex'
cept upon recommendation of a State
board. 1t proposed further that cases
in which the governor does not accept
the recommendations Of the board
must be referred to the Legislature.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-01-29
Witness and Juror Missing.

The trial OF Jacob II. Eckert, whose
liquor license was recently revoked by
the Dauphin County Court, was con-
tinued because one OF the jurors, w.
p. Howard, a farmer, had disappeared.
The session of Criminal Court was
started and the Eckert case about to
be resumed, when It vas seen that but
II Jurors were in the box. A witness,
Hiram SINNERS, a former clerk to the
Mayor, was also absent, and Judge
Kunkel issued an attachment. Eckert's
beer garden was raided early in the
crusade here against vice.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-01-29
TANGO CAUSES LOSS OF LIFE.
Girl Says Man Broke His Head Strik.
ina Door In Dance.

Boston.-William II. Brown lost his
life as a result of dancing the tango,
Judge Ely ruled in the police court.
Miss Ollie Thompson, testifying at a
hearing on a charge of m~anslaughter
brought against Daniel Spencer for
having caused Browns death, said that
Brown was "tangoing" with her when
he struck his head against a door and
knocked out a panel, fracturing his
skull. Spencer was discharged.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-01-29
GETS FAMOUS PORTRAITS.
Those of Garabaldl and Mazzinl Pre-
scented To New York.

Antwerp.-Portraits of Garibaldi and
Mazzini, painted from life by Francis
Eugene de Block, the famous Flemish
portrait painter, were presented to the
Metropolitan Museum of Art in New
York by his son, Edward de Looz
Block, a descendant Of the royal line
of Hainaut and Brabant. A picture OF
the donors mother, the late Dowager
Princess, also vas included in the
gift
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-01-29
KEY TO LOWER
PRICES OF FOOD.
Greasy Bids State 0rChardists
Use All the By-PrOducts
BEST FRUIT ALL PROFIT
Live Stock Sells Best Where Meats
Are Cheapest to Communicating
Of Chief Farm Organizations at
York is Well Attended.

York.-This city as the %county-seat
of the States richest agricultural dis
tricts, came into its own, when the
chief farm organizations opened their
joint annual convention here. The
State Horticultural Association, the
Pennsylvania Dairy Union, the State
Plant Breeders Association, the Penn
sylyania Live Stock Breeders Asso.
citation and the American Berkshire
Congress discussed a variety OF topics
bearing upon the advancement OF the
industries they represent. In connec.
ton with the conventions there was a
creditable exhibit of fruits, grain, veg
etables, dairy products and live stock.
Pennsylvania State College contribut.
ed charts and other date Of expert.
ments along various lines of farming.
There were 80 booths displaying farm
machinery and other appliances, fer
tilizers and feeds.
Cooperation In fruit growing was
urged by Farmer" William 7. Greasy
in his address as president Of the hor-
ticulturists. Pennsylvania applegrow-
ers, he declared, can compete with
the world If they will systematic
their business. He advocated coop
erative c%anneries, cider presses and
eyaporators TO turn the surplus and
Gull stock into vinegar and other by
products, preserving only choice fruit
for the markets. Thus, he pointed
out, will be accomplished the two
fold advantage Of elevating the stand
ard Of the marketed fruit and Great
ing a side industry which may In the
end represent the profit in apple-grow-
ing. He declared that there is need Of
more cold storage houses, as in cast Of
a bumper crop the grower will be
helpless to preserve his fruit. From
the number OF trees planted in the
last five or six years, he said, there
will be a tendency to overproduction,
should the orchards of the State bear
a bumper crop.
Il. NJ. Bailey, OF Pittsburgh, presi-
dent of the Pennsylvania Dairy Union,
at the opening session Of this body.
warned dairy and creamery men that
unless they take pains to make a
better-flavored butter, oleomargarine
manufacturers will outstrip them.
"York is the only town in the United
States that has solved the problem
OF marketing" said Il. S. Bayard, Of
Pittsburgh, secretary of the State
Live Stock Breeders Association, who
addressed the live stock men and the
American Berkshire Congress in their
joint assembly. He explained how
farmers come to five public markets,
besides the curb market here, to dis
pose Of their products direct to con
sumers. THAT is one reason for this
clty's prosperity" he asserted.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-01-29
Retires County Bonds.

Norristown.-The annual statement
o, Montgomery County finances shows
a remarkable condition. Three years
ago there we're county bonds to the
amount Of 100000 together with notes
of the county amounting TO $4,000.
The unpaid and delinquent taxes out
standing totaled $4,000. The out
standing taxes have been reduced to
$S5,0O4.02. The floating notes for $780,.
600 have been cancelled and the bond
ed indebtedness has been reduced to
1920, 900, while there is in the sinking
fund $4,000 and in the treasury a bal
ance Of $3.50, 946.57.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-01-29
rramns Must Saw Wood.

Tramps are steering clear Of Nam
ticoke, because they are learning that
they must saw their way through a
number of hard railroad ties to free
dom since Burgess Frank Madajewski
went into office, The Burgess has Is
sued an order that all tramps caught
in the borough shall be arrested. Be-
fore they gain their freedom they are
SEN to the municipal wooopile, there
to carr the meals they get before be-
ing-ordered out of town.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-01-29
WASHINGTON HOME BOUGHT.
British Peace Committee Acquires Old
English Mansion.

London.-Sulgrave Manor, North
ampton, the ancestral home of the fam
fly of George Washington, has passed
into the hands Of the British commit
tee for the celebration of the cen
tenary of peace between Great Britain
and the United States. The deeds
were signed at a meeting of the COM
mittee in London. The price paid was
$42,0 900.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-01-29
TO DINE 500 sowERY ouTcAsTs
Plan OF Mrs. Shepard To Celebrate
Wedding Anniversary.

New York.-To celebrate her first
wedding anniversary Mrs. Finley J..
Shepard, who was Miss Helen Miller
Gould, will provide dinners for 500
Bowery outcasts and 200 beds for the
homeless. The dinner will be served
at the Hadley Rescue Hall, where Mrs.
Shepard entertained 1000 at dinner On
the day of her marriage.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-01-29
12.PoUND RApisH TO BRYAN.
Vegetable Was Grown BY Japanese-in
California.

Los Angeles.-A white radish 8 feet
high, SO inches in circumference and
Weighing IL pounds, was forwarded
from Los Angeles to William ]. Bryan,
Secretary of State, The radish, which
is said to be the largest ever produced
in Southern California, was discovered
BY the secretary of a produce concern,
who, knowing Secretary Bryan's fond.
ness for white radishes, decided to ship
it to him. The vegetable was grown
by Japanese truck gardeners and Is
one year old.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-01-29
CAPE HAITIEN OCCUPIED.
Revolutlonlsts Score Again In Inv
Haitien Revolt.

Washington.-An undated radiograu
to the State Department announced wv
occupation of Cape Haitien, on NV
northern coast of Haiti, by the revoiu
tionists, who were resisted. Presiaeu'
Oreste has called an extraordinary So,
sion Of the newly-elected congres
when a drastic program will be unue,
taken to crush the revolt. The seiau,s
of Cape Haitien gives the revoluliO'
lists q much-needed base of supplies
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-01-29
A NOVEL WANT AID.
Man Desires Someone To Shovel sno"
off Wife's Grave.

Bridgeport, Conn.-The followinS
want ad appeared in a local newspaper
here: ,
WANTED: A young, well educated
nan must be strictly sober and gooo
looking, to shovel snow off of my
wife's grave. A colored mar preferred
on account of deep mourning. STEADY
work to right party If there is plenty
of snow. William Lundberg."
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-01-29
Tries TO Sell Out Irate Father.

Easton.-In revenge because he
was disowned by his father, John EN-
ele, aged 10, sold hundreds of dollars
worth of goods belonging to his parent
for a mere song, and with a compan-
ion, Edward Smith, Of Port Richmond,
Staten Island, was taken into custody
here and committed to the county
fail, after a confession.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-01-29
TO PERPETuATE CELEBRATION.
Declaration OF independence o%rganlza-
tlon Formed.

Charlotte, N. C.-To perpetuate the
celebration of the Mecklenburg Declar-
alton Of independence, an organiza-
ton has just been formed here to be
known as the M~ecklenburg Declare
ton Society. f. Brevard Mcdowell
and DR.. John L. Caldwell are president
and secretary, respectively, of the new
society. Both are lineal descendants
of signers Of the M~ecklenburg Declare
ton.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-01-29
EXPLOSION ON DESTROYER.
Member OF Roe's Crew Hurt At Phila-
delphia Navy Yard.

Philadelphia.-An explosion of an
oil tank below decks on the torpedo
boat destroyer Roe seriously injured
one mar and caused a lot of excite
ment at the Philadelphia Navy Yard.
The injured man is NJ. J.. Carmandy, a
water tender, who was badly burned.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-01-29
Attend Fisher Funeral.

President Protein Kline, Of the
State Senate, named this committee
to attend the funeral of Senator John
T. Fisher, at Shamokin. Senators
Sones, chairman; Beidleman, Catlin,
Dewitt, McNichols, Hall, Snyder, Mar
tin, Washers, Huffman, Miller, Morgan
and Nulty.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-01-29
TEXT BOOK PUBLISHER DEAD.
Edward CHM Also Founder OF Peace
School.

Boston. - Edward CHM, publisher of
school and college text books and
founder of the International School of
Peace, died at his home in Winchester,
aged rs years. He had been in fail
ing health for several months. In adj
dition to his labors in the cause of
universal peace, Mr.. CHM had been
prominent in an effort to establish
more harmonious relations between
capital and labor and in promoting bet
ter housing conditions.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-01-29
pav of Bio Salary Boosts.

Reading.-A general wholesale IN
e Of salaries was granted by the
Salary Board of the county, affecting
every clerk in the Court House, at the
boards meeting. The increases are
the largest ever granted-an average
Of 10 to 20 per cent. County Control
Ter Hoch protested in some cases,
where he claimed salary increases
were not deserving.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-01-29
WILSON TO BE INVITED.
Alexandria Wants Him To Assist In
Washington Celebration. e.

Alexandria, Va.-President Wilson
will be invited to participate in the
Washington anniversary celebration
here February 20, when a parade will
be held under the auspices of the
George Washington Birthday Associa-
ton. Representative Carlin has been
requested to arrange an appointment
with President Wilson, when a COM
mitee representing the association will
invite the President to attend.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-01-29
Arrests for overworkIno Girls.

Wilkes Barre.-The first arrests in
this city under the new State female
labor law were made when Nicholas
Compass and George Marlonis, con-
%fectioners, were arraigned before AL
derman Brown, charged with having
girls in their employ under the age
limit and keeping them on duty more
than "a hours a week.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-01-29
Enforces Eueenlcs Law.

Allentown.-Judge Clinton A. Gro
man made an order in court here to
the effect that before he will appoint
a guardian to give consent to the
marriage of n bride or bridegroom
under age all questions relative to
the new Pennsylvania eugenics law
must have been satisfactorily ans
wered. This is the first judicial no
tee taken Of the lew In this State.
The questions are vigorously pro-
pounded by the marriage license
clerk to all applicants for marriage,
but no license has yet been refused.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-01-29
jackson Heads Engineers.

~ hhNA11
At the annual meeting of the Engi-
neers' Society of Pennsylvania here
John Price Jackson, State Commits
sioner Of Labor and Industry, was in
stalled as president. The society has
a membership of ZIG and President
Jackson predicted that because Of its
wide interest in State engineering
problems, it would before many years
have a membership of 5000. The
other officers installed were: +. Her
bert Snow, chief Of the engineering
division of the State Department of
Health, first vice-president; Thomas
B. Kennedy, Chambersburg, second
vice-president; Edward r. Dasher, sec
rotary; r. Boone Abbott, treasurer;
Robert II. Irons and Paul Cuenot, resi-
dent directors.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-01-29
THE
CURE Of CANCER
PhiIanthropist Would Buy 100
Grams of Radium.
PLANS TWENTY HOSPITALS
J. M. Flannery, In Opposing With.
drawaI or Ore Lands, Tells Com.
mittee That a Wealthy Friend
Is Considering Such a Plan.

Washington, d. CA complete SUR
prise in the American radium situation
was sprung upon the House Commit
tee on Mines and Mining by Joseph NJ.
Flannery, of Pittsburgh, president of
the Standard Chemical Company, OF
that city, the only concern in this
country that has been successful in
the extraction of radium from
carnotite ore.
Mr.. Flannery told the House Com
mittee that he had a wealthy and
philanthropic friend who was thinking
of giving SIS, OO0, 900 for establishing
radium Institutes throughout the coun-
try for the free treatment of cancer.
According to Mr.. Flannery's testimony
this anonymous friend was considering
a project that would result in the
establishment of 20 radium institutes
in the United States, and the purchase
of 100 grams of radium to be dis
tributed among these Institutes at the
rate of five grams per institution. The
name of this prospective benefactor
was withheld.
Radium is now selling for 100000 a
gram, but cannot be obtained in any
quantity ever at that price. DR.. How
ard A. Kelly, of Baltimore, in his
recent testimony before the House
Mines Committee, told its members he
was in the market for more radium,
but could not obtain it either at home
or abroad. To obtain the necessary
100 grams Of radium to supply the 20
Institutes mentioned by Mr.. Flannery
in his testimony would, at the current
price of $4,000 per gram, involve an
outlay of $12, 600, 900 for the radium
alone. On the basis Of a contribution
of SIS, 900, 900 for the 20 suggested
radium Institutes. If S12, 900, 900 were
paid for the radium, $4,000, 900 would be
available for establishing the 20
radium institutes, or $15O,OO0 for each
institute.
80 Grams In World.
According to the experts Of the Fed
eral Bureau of Mines the worlds pres
ent census of radium is 80 grams, ac-
cording to the very best o%btainable
information. If the project discussed
by Mr.. Flannery before the House COM
mittee were realized it would mean
the equipment of the projected radium
Institutes with more than three times
the quantity Of radium now in use.
Mr.. Flannery was testifying in opposi-
ton to the Foster-Ferris bills provid-
ing for the withdrawal from public
entry of public lands containing
carnotite, pitchblende and other radio
active pres as proposed by Secretary
Lane, Of the Interior Department.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-01-29
SOUTHERN TRAIN HELD UP.
Telephone Message Says Three Men
Robbed Mail Car.

Chattanooga, Tenn.-It is reported
here that Southern Railway Train No.
IL was held up and robbed at Packers,
Ala. Bloodhounds were sent from
here on q special train in charge of a
number of deputies. A telephone mes
sage said three men boarded the train
at Packers, cut the engine and mail
car and forced the engineer to run six
miles from the scene of the hold-up.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-01-29
HINDU INVASION
GREATLY FEARED
Secretary Wilson Would Close
the Doors to Them.
INFLUX BECOMES ALARMING
Injury To the Laborlng Men On the
Pacific Coast and the Possible
Extension OF Their Activities
To the Southern States.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Wilson, Of
the Department of Labor, suggested to
Congress that the doors Of the United
States be closed hereafter to the Hindu
laborer. Injury to labor conditions on
the Pacific Coast of the United States
through al already unaccountable in
1ux OF Hindus and possible extension
to the Southern States were the rea-
IONS given by Mr.. Wilson for urging
their immediate exclusion.
The Secretary's views were ex-
pressed In a letter to Speaker Clark in
response to q request from Chairman
Burnett, Of the House immigration
Committee, for information on pending
bills. While the Secretary did not dis
cuss with President Wilson the ques-
lions brought up In the letter, he
wrote, he said, after Commissioner
General Caminetti, of the immigration
Bureau, had consulted John Bassett
More and learned that no treaty
would be violated II the recommends.
tons were carried out.
The Secretary suggested that the
term "Asiatlc laborer" be defined as
including all aliens east Of a certain
boundary line, except those-such as
Japanese or Chinese-whose immigra-
ton already is regulated by agree
ments or understanding between the
United States and the governments in
the Far East.
Suggests Army Test.
To solve the problem of Asiatic i'm
migration not covered by existing re-
strictions, Mr.. Wilson proposed that a
physical test, such as is required for
recruits TO the United States Army be
administered before any Asiatic labor
ers, as the term is to be defined, are
admitted. Physically defective aliens
from Persia, Turkistan, Afghanistan,
Siam and other Asiatic countries could
thereby be prevented from entering
into competition with American labor
without violating any treaties, Mr.. VIII
son believes, as there would be no
discrimination against any particular
country. He suggested also that per-
haps all immigrants intending to do
manual labor might well be subjected
to a physical test, but did not develop
this point in his letter other than in
reference to Asiatics.
Secretary Wilson says that a o n
certed movement exists in India and
elsewhere to gain admission to the
United States; that Canada has legis-
lated even in more drastic manner
than is proposed in bills now pending
In Congress. and that If the Hindu
movement is not checked by legisla-
ton not only California and the West
will be affected, "as climatic and in
dustrial conditions, in the Southern
States and other sections of the Union
offer an extensive field for a people
who can come in practically unlimited
numbers If, by failure to do as Canada
and other British colonies have done,
they are tacitly invited"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-01-29

All OF the "a converts at Blooms
burg within a week Of revival services
arc men.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-01-29

In obedience to a police order slot
machines were removed from Halle
ton resorts.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-01-29
MAN CORE OF SNOWFALL.
$50 Feet BY Locomotive; ES'
pected To Die.

pected To Die.
Peabody, Mass, - Alexander Nc
Gregor, an elderly man, was rolled
through wet snow in front of a loco
motive for $50 feet. When assistance
reached him he was in the centre Of
a SNOWFALL six feet in diameter. lie
probably will die.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-01-29
LANDLORDS DEATH ACCIDENT.
coroner's Inquest Verdict Is "Unavold.
able Asphyxiation."

New York.-A coroner's inquest in
Brooklyn found that Richard d. Lark
ford, vice-president Of the Southern
Railway, came to his death by "un-
a~voidable gas asphyxiation." Lark
ford was found dead in his apartment
recently, two days before he was to
have been married. The coroner found
nothing to support the suicide theory
first advanced by the police.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-01-29

Shamodn's anti-rum forces Turned
in u great remonstrance az License
Court, In Sunbury.