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Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-10
INCREASE IN THE SPEEDERS
Last Harness Season Adds Twenty
Seven New Names to List of
Two-Ten Trotters.
FoRTY-THREE OF Two-FIvERs

NEW YORK. Jan 9.-During the last
harness racing season the increase in the
number of fast and slow standard speed
performers was a record breaker in turf
history, while the fast marks made, both
in the worlds championship table and
seasons marks, were beyond all expecta-
tions. The complete returns show that
during the season total of twenty-seven
names were added to the 2:lO trotting list,
or an increase OF nearly % per cent over
the best record for any single season.
namely. that Of 1913, while seventeen. that
were already in the fast list, reduced
their records.
The new list is headed by Brighton b..
Linda Wrona and Margaret Druien, all
with records of 2;O5h. while of the total
twenty-three took records OF 2;OS or
faster, which is 10 per cent OF the total
number of trotters in the entire history
Of that division. In the whole list thirty
two of the total gained their marks in
starts against time records which will
not interfere with their eligibility next
year, While OF the twenty-three in the
2:OS class only four were starts against
time. Indicating that the fastest perform
ers made their best showing in actual
races, whether they gained records" OF
win races"
Take Records In Races.
All OF the seventeen that reduced their
former fast marks also took their records
in races except Anvil. which heads the
the list with 2:O2%4. OF these five entered
the 2O5 list. while two that were in that
class-Anvil and Peter Volo-brought theiI
marks TO lower figures. This brings the
total number OF 2;O5 trotters up TO forty
three. The average record OF the seven
teen is exactly 2:Oi, while previous tc
1914 only sixteen horses were in the 2;Oi
list, some OF which secured their marks
in time trials, and two behind wind
shields. while this year all except one
have race records.
For the first time in five years the In
crease In the number of 2:lO PAGERS falls
short 10 comparison with the number OF
fast tratters A total OF liG new names
were added TO the seasons fast racing
list while thirty-nine PAGERS already in
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Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-10
Churchmen stand same.

No. changes took place in the tssfn
standing of the Church league last week.
The First Christians maintained their
lead by a victory over the rejuvenated
Kountze Memorials The South Omaha
Baptists added a few more points to their
standing. but not enough to Jump into
the third position. held by the First Meth
odist Baracas. Both the Aanscom Park
Methodists and First Methodist Baracas
had en- off week in the schedule.
The brand OF basket ball in the Churcn
league has greatly improved since the
first Of the season. This was shown to
marked degree In the Kountze Memorial
First Christian contest Tuesday evening.
The Memorials. after a few weeks Of list
less playing, surprised the church-going
fans by holding the First Christians, the
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Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-10

Read the For Sale" sds If you want
bargains Of the minute.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-10
Standing of League Teams.
EIIIrRCtIr Ia n1rIr
Where They Play This Week


Church League-First Methodists against
Church OF the Covenant. Tuesday at 1880,
and Hanscom Park Methodists against
KountZe Memorials at $3.50 at Young
Mems Christian association.
CONNIE rcial League - Omaha High
School Seconds against First National
Banks, Tuesday at 1880 at University of
Omaha gymnasium. Council Bluffs Cubs
against First National Banks, Friday at
80 at Council Bluffs, Young Mems Chris
tian association. Omaha High School
Seconds against Omaha National Banks,
Saturday at 1880 at Young Mems Chris
tian association.
Tri-City Lcague-Omaha High School
against Swift & Co, Tuesday at $50 at
University Of Omaha gymnasium. Pirates
against Townsends, Thursday at 1880 and
Bellevue College against Walter G.
Clarks at $40 at Young Mems Christian
association, Nebraska School for the
Deaf against Council Bluffs Young Mems
Christian association, Friday at $3.50 at
Council Bluffs Young Mems Christian as
ISOLATION.
All the wrinkles that tended to disrupt
the Commercial league for a while last
week were smoothed out to the satisfac-
tion of all concerned at a meeting of the
organization officials Thursday evening
at the Young Mems Christian associa-
ton. The trouble arose over letting the
Creighton Laws take over the Nebraska
Telephones franchise. The barristers
contended that number Of Creighton
law students were playing on Tri-City
league teams and unless a ruling was made
to allow these players to participate in
Commercial league contests they would
be placed at a great disadvantage It
vas found impossible to comply with the
barristers wishes, as the schedules have
so been arranged that Tri-Clty and Com
mercial league contests are matched for
the same evening. However,/it was de-
cided that player of the Church league
could participate in Commercial league
games or vice versa.
Though greatly handicapped under this
ruling. the Laws decided to enter the
league and win play their first game
January p against the Young Mems
Christian association secretaries. The
barristors will assume the league stand
ing OF the Telephones. with the privilege.
/ IL they wish. Of playing over one OF the
games which the wire tappers lost by de-
( fault.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-10

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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-01-28
SPANGLER AND HARRIS RETIRE.
The Control and Management Of the
McCOnnelIsburg Water Company
now al Hamburg, Pa.

The annual meeting of the Nc
Connellsburg Water Company
was held here Saturday. The
following officers were elected
for the ensuing year. President,
S. B. Woollet; Vice President, E.
R. Schollenberger, of Hamburg,
Pa; Secretary and Treasurer, j.
W. Stokes, of Hamburg, Pa.
The stock owned by C. R.
Spangler and Geo. A. Harris of
this place was purchased by J.
w. Stokes which now gives the
entire control with the Hamburg
people.
Messrs Spangler and Harris
who retired from the Company
have managed the same since
1908 during which time many
important improvements were
made, more land purchased, and
the affairs of the Company put
on a business basis.
Mr.. Schollenberger who in
stalled the plant about fifteen
years ago, and who has since
been superintendent, says the
Company will meter the town
next year-that there is plenty
of water for all use, if not vast
ed.
The meters will not raise the
rent on the average consumer,
but those who waste water will
pay accordingly.
The new company has employ
ed Nick Roettger, to go over the
town and make an inventory of
all the spigots used, and find out
the number and names of per-
sons not patrons.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-01-28
Congregations to Unite.
Northumberland PresbN

Northumberland Presbytery,
composed of churches of that de-
nomination in Northumberland,
Snyder, Union, Columbia. Mon
tour, Lycoming, Clinton and Elk
counties, held its mid-winter ses-
sion at Milton, January 25th.
with more than fifty churches
represented.
That there are too many small
church bodies in the country dis
tricts to do efficient work was the
belief Of the meeting, and it was
decided that there ought to be- a
closer uniting of these bodies.
A resolution urging that all sects
unite in each country district and
work under one pastor was adop-
ted.
1t was agreed that small
Baptist, Lutheran, Methodist and
Presbyterian churches would be
better off if they united in one
church and paid one good pastor
a remunerative salary, than un-
der present conditions.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-01-28
Railroad News.

The work of locating the grade
for the Fort Loudon and McCon-
nellsburg electric railroad is NOV
ing along smoothly. The Cum
berland Valley railroad has signi-
fed it's willingness to assist, in
any way it can. Proper sidings
and connections with that road
will be built by the c. V. The
latest plans are, that the road ov-
er the mountain will be built to
standard guage, and that an cleo
trio locomotive will be used to
draw Cumberland Valley cars to
McConnellsburg. Regular COM
bination trolley cars will be used
for passenger and express SER
vice. Electric locomotives are in
successful use by the Pennsylva-
mia railroad in many of their
yards and on short hauls on feed
err lines, and as soon as exact
grades, curves, &c. can be estab-
lished, representatives of tn e
Westinghouse Company will in
spect same and pass upon the
type of locomotive power most
suitable for this road.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-01-28
OF INTEREST TO MOTORISTS.
II Your Automobile Should Be Stolen,
the State Police Will Help You
Recover II.

John c. Groome, superinten-
dent of the department of State
police has sent out the following
notice to motor clubs relative to
the operation of the automobile
thieves in Pennsylvania.
The operation of organized
bands of automobile thi eve s
throughout the State of Pennsyl-
vania has become so extensive
that it is necessary to bring the
attention of automobile owners
to the Importance of Immediately
notifying the State police upon
the loss of a car.
The information should be
transmitted by telephone or tele-
graph, to the department of State
police, Harrisburg, or to "The
Commanding Officer" or any of
the four troops: Troop "a" State
Police, Greensburg, Westmore-
land County, Pa; Troop "B"
State Police, Wyoming. Luzerne
county, Pa; Troop &c" State
Police, Pottsville, Schuykill coun-
ty, Pa: Troop %" State Police,
Butler, Butler county, Pa.
When giving information the
State police should be notified;
When and where the car was
lost. Name of owner. License
number. manufacturers num-
ber. Year of model. Color of
car. Style of car. md any fur
ther information mat might be
Of use in making search for the
lost car.
Prompt and intelligent cooper
alton on the part of automobile
owners will result in the recov-
cry of stolen cars and the pre-
vention of such crimes in the fu-
ture.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-01-28
Has Seen Seven Generations.

How many generations in the
line of your immediate family
have you seen? If you have seen
your grandfather, your father,
yourself, and your son or daugh-
ter, you have seen four. We
were led to think of this by a
letter written by Rev. E. Duffield
Aller, of Crete, Nebraska. The
name easily suggests that the
family physician in the preach
er's fathers family was the late
Samuel Elliott Duffield, who for
many years, was the leading ply
sician in this county.
In the letter which was writ
ten to his cousin, George w.
Wagner, of Knobsville, Rev.
Aller writes of the pleasure he
had last Christmas in being per-
mitted to be seated at dinner sur
rounded by his children and
grandchildren, and only those
who have been permitted to enjoy
that privilege, knows what it
means. (Th he Editor doesn't
know.
Mr.. Wagner, however, has a
distinction, that comes to very
few people. A comparatively
young man-only 67-he has
seen seven consecutive genera
tions in his own genealogical
line, namely, he has seen his
great. grandfather, Chris tian
Wagner; his grandfather, Geo.
Wagner; his father, George
Wagner; his own name is George
w. Wagner; he has a son George
D. Wagner, a grandson, Rush
Wagner, and a grand d-daughter,
Olive Wagner.
Both the Aller and the Wagon
er families are among the first
settlers in this county. Peter
Aller, Revolutionary soldier,
cast his lot in the upper end of
the Cove just after the. close of
that great struggle for Inde-
pendence. He was succeeded by
his son, George, and grandson
Christian - Christian being the
father of Rev. Elliott Duffield
Aller, Rev. E. M. Aller, and 9TH
er members of the Aller family.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-01-28
HEREDlTY.
Little Talks on Health and Hygiene by
Samuel G. Dixon, NJ. D., IL. D.,
Commissioner Health.

commissioner IleaiII.
The influence of heredity upon
the mental and physical health Of
the individual has been deeply
discussed question and one on
which there is much to say both
pro and con.
Almost every physician who
practiced for any length Of time
can cite instances of individuals
who by rigid adherence to the
rules of right living and hygiene
have triumphed over serious ply
sical handicaps due to heredity.
If you have an individual weak
ness, whether inherited or not,
it is always worth while to try to
overcome it, In many cases they
can be favorably modified by a
continued and faithful effort.
Where the parents have suf-
fered from organic or certain
forms of communicable disease,
children may be unfortunate
enough to be physically marred
beyond any hope of recovery.
Fortunately, laws are being en-
acted to prevent such marriages;
and stronger than the law, is the
growing sentiment against these
unions to prevent the intensity
ing of defects. Unfortunately,
people too often believe them in
surmountable.
We are all familiar with the
story of how Demosthenes over
came the physical handicaps
which seems to threaten his
career as an orator.
For many years it was the
general belief that tuberculosis
was a hereditary disease. Ithas
been demonstrated that this is
the rare exception. However,
when the parents are suffering
from tuberculosis, there is always
chance of the direct infection
of the children and this led to the
belief that the disease was in
herited, 1t is true that the chill
dren of tuberculous parents may
inherit physical conformations
that will reduce their resistance
to the tubercle bacillus. There
fore, every effort should be made
to develop whatever weakness
may be inherited such as narrow
chest, etc.
Care, training and persever-
ance will work wonders in cor
recting physical or mental de-
fects whether inherited or the
result of individual weakness.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-01-28
SERIOUSLY INJURED.
James WOOdall, Sr., Suffering Much
from Having Been Kicked by
a Horse Last Week.

Mr.. James Woodall, Sr., of Ayr
township, is suffering greatly
from the effects of an accident
which befell him on Wednesday
of last week. While standing
near a trough where some horses
were drinking, one of the ami
mails kicked, striking Mr.. Wood
all near the knee of one of his
legs. The skin was scarcely
broken, and the accident was at
first regarded as trifing, but
later inflammation and pain set
in, and for several days he has
been suffering greatly.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-01-28
Recent Weddings.
CARBAUGH-PALMER.

At the home of the bride in
Rockford, ILL.,, recently, in the
presence of forty guests, Elmer
Carbaugh and Bessie Palmer
were united in marriage by Rev.
Story. The Palmer home was
attractively decorated and tn e
ceremony was a brilliant and i'm
pressive one. Mrs. Story played
the wedding march and nieces of
the bride were flower girls and
ring bearer.
A reception followed the cere-
mony, Mr.. and Mrs. Carbaugh
leaving later on a brief wedding
trip and on their return will for
the time being. reside with the
parents of the bride.
Mr.. Carb&ugh is a son of Aus
tin Carbaugh who formerly re-
sided near Knobsville, this coun-
ty. He went west some years
ago where he has a lucrative po-
sition. Mr.. Carbaugh is an en-
ployee of the Hess & Hopkins
Company and his bride has been
a successful music teacher.
MELLoTT-HESS.
At the home of the brides
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.
Hess, of Licking Creek township,
on Tuesday, January 10, 1915,
Mr.. Bryan Mellott, son of E. R.
Mellott, of the same township,
was united in marriage to Miss
Lottie B. Hess. The ceremony
that united the hearts and lives
of this young couple was per-
formed by Rev. 7. P. Garland,
of Needmore.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mellott will re-
side on the Fruit Farm, formerly
owned by the groom's father.
GoLDEN-ANDREws.
Mr.. Daniel L. Golden and Miss
Nettie Andrews, of Warfords-
burg, were marrieI on Tuesday,
January 10, 1915, in the parlors
of the Hotel Hamilton, Hagers-
town. by Rev. c. Kennedy Lew
is, of Hancock.
Mr.. and Mrs. Golden left i'm
mediately after the ceremony for
Harrisburg and other points on
their honeymoon. On their re-
turn they will reside near War,
forbsburg.
MANN BRININGER.
From last Fridays North Amer
lean, we get the information that
James Harold Mann, son of Mr..
and Mrs. P. P. Mann, of this
place, was recently married in
Hagerstown to Miss Verna Grace
Brininger, of Reedsville.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-01-28
Killed a Wild Cat.

Peter Wright, of Horse Valley,
Franklin county, found a cata-
mount in one of his traps last
week. The animal had broken
the chain and was getting away
with the trap. He killed it with
his rifle. The cat measured fif-
ty-eight inches from tip to tip,
and weighed thirty-two pounds.
1t was very thin from starvation.
Wright received four dollars for
the scalp. He insists that there
are wolves in that section.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-01-28
State Buys 200 Quail.

Two hundred Mexican quail
are being cared for at the Capt.
tol in Harrisburg, and when
spring arrives they will be liber-
ated in lots of ten in various
parts of the State. We very
much doubt the wisdom of the
expenditure. Our native or Vir-
ginia quail are not hardy enough
for our rigorous climate, and for
this reason we fail to understand
why the Commission should mag
inc that Mexican quail, accustom-
ed to mild climate, could with
stand our winters. Believing
that our opinions are as good as
some that the Game Commission
has exploited, we venture the as
sertion that if this money had
been expended for the propaga-
tion of native pheasants, it would
have resulted in lasting good.
Pheasants seem to be fairly able
to take care of themselves when
snow covers the ground, as they
can sustain life better by eating
buds, instead of having to depend
almost altogether on seeds. They
do not seek open fields for roost-
ing places and thereby become
covered with drifting snow and
perish.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-01-28
A Bird Refuge.

When the birds flew southwark
last fall they found a new place
of refuge in eighty-fve thousand
acres of swamp land in Louisiana.
The Rockefeller Foundation has
bought the land for the exclusive
use of birds. 1t is not far from
Marsh Island, which Mrs. Rus
sell Sage bought for the same
purpose in 1912. The cost of the
two tracts was 1915, 900.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-01-28
FARMERS WEEK AT STATE COLLEGE.
Mr.. Patterson Makes Notes on Alfalfa.
More Fulton County Boys Should
Go 10 State College.

@hS ShN hNtaNOS Va ShAS SeaSNht
will add a few items cleaned
from a weeks attendance at a
school where agriculture is rec
ognized theparamount industry
Of the State. Perhaps the one
crop Of which we heard much
that should most interest Fulton
county farmers is that of Alfalfa.
Prof. Moore in describing that
plant and its root system de-
clared that it sometimes has
roots 35 feet in length, and that
they spread out in the subsoil
like an inverted forest, thereby
gaining fertility as well as by
means of the atmosphere. From
no other plant perhaps, can pro-
tein be obtained as cheaply as
by means of this valuable plant.
1t has been proven a success on
limestone soil and 1t is worth
while trying it on our lighter
shalo soils. 1t seems capable of
successful production where clo-
yer will flourish and as compared
with the latter it is three times
as valuable in protein yearly, and
nearly nine times as valuable as
timothy. The crop can be grown
with oats as a nurse crop-20
pounds Of alfalfa seed to three
pecks of oats. If sown without
a nurse crop, the seed should be
sown in June or July, while the
writer finds that mid-August is
also a good time in which to Sc
cure stand. Soils that will not
produce clover seldom bring a
crop Of alfalfa; but most soils
can be made to produce it. In
oculation of the field may be
necessary, as in Wisconsin, but
lime in some form is necessary.
The land needs to be ploughed if
possible several months previous
ly to sowing. Well rotted ma
nure in liberal quantities is nec-
essary as well as repeated har-
rowings to destroy weeds. The
seedbed should be rolled before
and after seeding, followed with
a light harrow. AS a source of
hay and hog pasture alfalfa has
probably no equal.
Prof. Gardner, of the College
faculty, gave a most valuable
lecture on the use of lime in ag-
riculture. The experiments made
by the College farm were shown
on charts, and while the land on
the farm is all limestone, yet
where any soil showed an excess
of acid, lime in some form was
found to be profitable. In a
series of years ground limestone
was found to give better results
than caustic or hydrated lime,
and never seemed to prove in
furious.
1t is suggested to ambitious
Fulton county boys that college
course can be secured at our ag-
ricultural college at very low
cost. Some students are able to
earn enough during the year to
pay all expenses. Board and
rooms are obtained at low cost
and a healthy moral and religious
atmosphere is noticeable among
the teachers and towns folk.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-01-28
WHOSE AUTO Is TElS?
Mysterious Strangers Pass Through Nc.
COnnellSburg With AGtObns Said
TO Have reen StOl,n.

Last summer Fulton county
figured in a number of auto
thefts, due, doubtless, to its To-
cation on the TRANSLATE highway
and to its isolation from railroads.
The year 1915 had scarcely set
tied down to business before Nc
Connellsburg became the center
of another auto mystery. On
Monday of this week, four men
in Studebaker autobus, stopped
at the Fulton House for dinner.
The party was composed of two
Italians and two Americans.
Three of the men, including the
Italians, are said to have stated
while here that they were return
ing to Pittston, Pa, with the au-
to which had been stolen from
the two Italians by an American
who held a small partnership in
terest in the machine. They said
that they had picked up the
fourth man on this side of Cum
berland, Nd, to which place the
stolen auto had been traced. This
fourth man, the three others
claim, told them that he was
broke" and wanted to ride
with them to Harrisburg. The
Italians paid for the passengers
dinner at the Fulton House, af-
ter which the pick up" man sat
down in the reading room to
write a letter, The three other
men concluded that they would
not wait for him and they left
him sitting in the hotel while
they started for Chambersburg.
When the stranger discovered
that he had been left, he started
after the machine on foot. At
Fort Loudon he telephoned to
Chambersburg that his auto had
been stolen rom the Fulton
House and requested the police
to help find it. Word was ac-
cordingly wired down Cumber-
land Valley that a machine had
been stolen. The mans slowness
in notifying the police, his refu-
sal to let Land lord Little mail a
letter for him, and the leisurely
way in which he proceeded to
Chambersburg, aroused suspicion
that he was taking. Garage men
in Chambersburg say that this
machine was brought to their
place several days ago by a man
who said he was returning with
it to Cumberland, That man was
not with the party that stopped
here for dinner last Monday.
This gives color to the truthful
ness of the Italians statement
that they were lawfully taking
back their stolen machine, and
the stranger who started all the
fuss" may have taken thi S
method to get revenge for hav-
ing been left to walk over Cove
mountain. He told the police in
Chambersburg that his name was
W. T. Gilligan, and that his home
was in Cumberland, Nd, but it
seems that he did not tell them
that he was the guest of the men
whom he accused of having sto-
len the auto.