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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-07-20
TEDDY REFUSES TO
III, DISCUSS POLITICS

Seattle, Wash, July 19.-Former
President Theodore, Roosevelt left
here early today for San Francisco, af-
ter. having spent a busy evening &C
knowled ging the greeting of enthusiast
tic crowds and comforting with local
leaders OF the progressive party. Furth-
er than his statement: Tell me what
will be the conditions in 1915 and l
will tell you what shall d" Colonel
Roosevelt would not discuss his plans
for next year.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-07-20
DIPLOMACY TO BE
THROWN ASIDE
Continued From Page ~

~ ~ --|- -r-.I.- l-|-I
warning, impressed high officials that
German submarine warfare still held
forth many hazards for Americans
travelling the high seas ION lawful err
rands."
Secretary Lansing was at the white
house for more than an hour While
he had been in frequent communica-
ton with the president since the latter
went to Cornish, N. H., it Is understood
that he did not obtained until today the
presidents final decision Of the extent
to which the purposes of the United
States should be stated in the next
note.
The president Is said to have be-
come convinced that the next COM
munication to Germany must point in
much more emphatic terms than have
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-07-20

Abba, have returned home after visit
| Ing in Ottumwa.
Mrs. John Cecil Of Cedar Rapids, haa
returned home after visiting in Ottum
wa and Moravia.
Miss Flora Galley, At Glenwood
avenue. has gone to Oskaloosa to visit
relatives.
Mrs. E. Shaver Of Kirkville, has
returned home after visiting friends
in Ottumwa.
Mrs. e. L. Moss Of siSourney has re.
turned home after visiting friends in
Ottumwa.
Mrs. A. s. Anthony, who has been
visiting in Batavia and Ottumwa, has
returned to her home In Olivet.
Mrs. Eva Walsh, 30 South Vino
street, has gone to Foster to visit re-
latives.
Mrs. William Gordon of Oskaloosa,
has returned home after visiting In Of
tumwa.
Mrs. James Taylor of Oskaloosa
spent the day in Ottumwa visiting
friends.
Mrs. A. Roberts of Brookfield. Mo-,
has gone to Moravia, after visiting
Mrs. G.. R. Bartlett, S25 West Fourth
street.
Mrs. John Smith and children, Edgar
and Freda. sos East Williams street,
hove gone to Krkville to visit rela-
tives.
Mrs. M. Kasoi and daughter. Mar
tina. Of Kansas CITY, NO., are spend
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-07-20
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS

Mr. and Mrs. S. c. Lane of Des
4 Moines are visiting relatives in the
city.
Mrs. Frank Harmon of Eldon visited
n, Ottunlwa enroute to Hedrick, where
she will visit relatives.
Miss Laura Highbee of Des Moines,
has returned home after visiting rela-
4tives in Ottumwa
Mrs. John Towne and sons Orville
and Clarence Of Ottumwa, have gone
to Cedar Rapids to visit relatives.
Mrs. F.. E. Sullivan Of Mill street,
has gone to sigourney to visit rela-
tives. B.
M. and Mrs. George E. Munroe Of
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-07-20
Tri-Weekly Courier
CHANGING ADDRESSES.

Subscribers wishing their address
changed will plea-e give the name Of
the postoffice to which the paper has
been sent as we'll as the postoffice
where they desire it to be changed to.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-07
CELEBRATE GOLDEN WEDDING.
Beloit Couple Received New Bunga.
low as Anniversary Gift

Beloit, Kan, Sept. Mr.. and Mrs
B. ]. Bragdon are old-time settlers
in Beloit, coming here in 1879. Mr.
Bragdon was married in Amelia, O., in
September, 1855. Their relatives and
friends gathered and helped them
celebrate their golden wedding.
A present unusual at these an
niversaries came from DR.. and Mrs
Cora Bragdon O'Brien. 1t was a
modern, up-to-date bungalow, which
will be their home as long as they
live. Many more presents were
showered upon them by their friends.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-07
NEW TOWN STARTS WITH RUSH
Business and Residence Lots Sold at
Tice, Morton County.

Elkhart, Kan, Sept. THE sale
of the town lots at Tice, the new Nor
ton county town on the Santa Fe was
neld last week. Every business lot
and a large part of the residence lots
were sold. Many of the buyers were
Morton county people who believe in
the success of the town. The lots
brought about $4,000.
1t is the plan of the promoters Of
the town to start building there at
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-07

st. Louis at Detroit-both games
postponed; rain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-07
SP0R s
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

At New York-Morning game
Score: r. II. E.
New York IL 3
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-07

once. They want several enterprises
including q store, barber shop, ele-
vator, blacksmith shop nd other bust
neSSeS.
In the evening after the sale there
was q large platform dance at Tice
which was attended by the young
people from miles away
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-07
AthoI Record Gets New Editor.

Smith Center, Kan, Sept. Ed
win Bronaugh, who has been in
charge of the Athol Record for a
year, resigned the management the
first of last week and will seek new
location. His successor on the Rec
ord is Albert Henning, from Ohio.
The Record under Mr.. Bronaugh, was
counted one of the best paying
papers in Smith county.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-07
st. Marys Defeated RossvilIe.

st. Marys, Kan, Sept. st Marys
played two games of ball here Sun
day, winning one and losing one. Ross
vile and st. Marys played the first
game, ST. Marys winning 10 to l.
Sakrider, pitching for ST. Marys. held
Rossville to four hits and struck out
twelve. The score: R. H. E.
RoSSville $500. 1900. 4
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-07

at the Juarez Jockey club track. The
accident occurred in the sixteenth mile
of the twenty-mile race which was
won by Walter S. Smith. Bixler's car
was third when the accident occurred.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-07
CHARTER OAK STAKE TAME.
Peter Scott Won Connecticut Classic
in Straight Heats Monday.

lIUIICdys
Hartford. Conn, Sept. THE thir-
tieth renewal of the Charter Oak
stake, the feature of the grand circuit
meeting for 2:08 trotters and a purse
of $4,000, one-half the amount of the
previous years, was the tamest race in
the history of this classic of the trot-
ting turf.
Peter Scott. Murphy's bay stallion
was an easy first in straight heats
having no contenders in the small field
of four horses that started the race
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-07
Auto Racer KiIIed.

Juarez, Mex, Sept. TO. B. Blk
Ter, driver. was killed and Will Ken
dali, mechanician, probably fatally in
1ured Monday afternoon when their
car threw a tire and ran into a fence
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-08-26
Neal Of the Navy.

A serial story constructed along
entirely new lines will begin in
The North American for Thurs
day, August 26, and be continued
a chapter a day.
The title of the story is Meal
of the Navy; the author is Will
liam Hamilton Osborne. one of
the leading American creators of
fiction. Incident after incident
of the most thrilling character
combine to make the story grip
the attention Of the reader, and
motion pictures based upon these
incidents will be shown in lead
ing theaters, thus heightening
the interest of the reader.
The first episode of the story
the first six instalments and the
first two reels of the motion pic
ture-are based upon the catas-
trophe of Mount Pelee, and so
successfully have they been writ
ten and planned that they send
the story off at a rafting gait.
The picture of the scenes describ-
ed will include many feet of real
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-08-26
TIMBER RIDGE.

Mr.. and Mrs Emory Booth, who
spent a week visiting friends and
relatives here, have returned to
their home near Gettysburg.
The M. E church at Orchard
Ridge, will be dedicated on the
29th of September, and their re.
vival meeting will begin in the
evening.
Miss Rosalie Keefer spent
some time with her sister and
brother in law, Mr.. and Mrs.
Michael Miller, and other rela-
tlves IN Cumberland.
Harry Hull, who has been sick
with fever,is able to be out again.
Mrs. Caroline Carver, of Ha.
gerstown, Is spending couple
weeks with friends near here.
Mrs. Nancy O. Baker and Mrs.
Peter Miller, of Cumberland,
spent a few days in the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Keefer.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-08-26
Number One.
A JOINT RESOLUTION

A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to section
one, article eight of the Constitution
of Pennsylvania.
Be 1t resolved by the Senate and
House OF Representatives of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania in Gener'
al Assembly met, That the following
amendment to the Constitution OF
Pennsylvania be, and the same is
hereby, proposed, in accordance with
the eighteenth article thereof
That section one OF article eight
which reads as follows:
Section /. Every male citizen
twenty-one years OF age. possessing
the following qualifications, shall be
entitled to vote at all elections, sub
iect, however, TO such laws requiring
and regulating the registration of cleo
tors as the General Assembly may en-
act:
First. He shall have been citizen
Of the United States at least one
month.
Second. He shall have resided in
the State one year Tor, having previ'
ously been a qualified elector or ma.
tive-born citizen of the State. he shall
have removed therefrom and returned,
then six months) Immediately preced'
Ing the election.
Third. He shall have resided in
the election district where he shall
offer to vote at least two months i'm
mediately preceding the election.
Fourth. II twenty-five years OF
age and upwards, he shall have paid
within two years a State or county
tax, which shall have been assessed at
least two months and paid at least one
month before the election" be amend
ed so that the same shall read as fol
lows:
Section 1. Every citizen, male or
female, of twenty-one years of age
possessing the following qualifications
shall be entitled to vote at all elec'
tons, subject, however, to such laws
requiring and regulating the registra'
ton Of electors as the General Assem-
oily may enact:
First. He or she shall have been
citizen of the United States at least
one month.
Second He or she shall have resld.
ed in the State one year (or, having
previously been a qualified elector or
native-born citizen of the State. he or
she shall have removed therefrom and
returned, then six months) immedl-
ately preceding the election.
Third He or she shall have resid'
ed IN the election district where he
or she shall offer to vote at least two
months Immediately preceding the
election.
Fourth. II twenty-five years OF age
and upwards, he or she shall have
paid within two years State or coun
ty tax, which shall have been assess.
ed at least two months and paid at
least one month before the election.
Fifth. Wherever the words "he,"
his" him." and himself" occur in
any section of article VIII OF this
Constitution the same shall be con.
strued as II written, respectively, "he
or she" ''his or her." him or her."
and himself or herself"
A true copy of Joint Resolution
No. /.
CYRUS z. WOODS,
Secretary Of the Commonwealth.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-08-26
ENID.
Saluvia.

MIR. and Mrs. A. G. Edwards
are visiting their son, DR.. G. S.
Edwards, in Greencastle.
Mrs. Rebecca Edwards left for
home Wednesday. She will visit
her sister, Mrs. A. D. Berkstres.
ser, in Saxton, for a short time
before going to Junlata.
Miss Marion Edwards had a
house party of young ladies from
Six Mile Run last week.
Mss Laura Edwards Is visiting
relatives in Saxton and Juniata
for a short time.
MIR. and Mrs. j. M. Schenck
chaperoned a party Of young folks
to Brush Creek camp over Sun.
day.
Pauline, Robert and John An
derson spent last week with their
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. j.
r. Lockard.
Mrs. Laura c. Dickson, of Phil.
adelphia, is spending some time
with her brother, E A. Horton.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. M. Griffith
we're making last calls on friends
on Sunday before leaving on Mon
day for the years work in Nc
Kean county.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. Robinson and
children, of Conemaugh, after
having visited IN the home of Mr..
and Mrs. James Lockard for
some time, returned home the
first of last week.
A very heavy rain visited the
Valley last Saturday afternoon
The hum of the thresher is
heard IN the Valley now. HaYs:
Strait came in last week with his
outfit.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-08-26
Advertisement.
HUSTONTOWN.

Charles Hoover and family, Of
Turtle Greek, Pa. are visiting old
friends IN and around Huston
town.
Miss Nell Kirk has returned
from three weeks trip to her
uncle Ezra Kirk IN Greensburg,
Pa, and her sister Mrs. Frank
of Mahaffey, Pa.
Miss Maud McKechnle, Of
Pleasant Gap, Pa, was the honor
guest at dinner parties given by
Mrs. II. G. McClain, Miss Sally
Fields and Mrs. B. II. Shaw.
An auto party composed Of
Mrs. Sara Evans and sons Paul
and Harold, sister Viola Mumma
and Miss Maud McKechnie, with
Harry Keller at the wheel, drove
10 Dublin Mills, where they were
Joined by Prof. E. M. Gress and
family, of Edgewood, Geo. Gress
and wife of New Grenada, and
Michael Laidig of Jeanette. They
all journeyed to suitable place
to fish along Sldelng Hill Greek
and camped for the day. The
most enjoyable feature of which
was eating dinner and supper
along the creek.
Mrs. Leo Kearns and daughter
La Rue of Jeanette, Pa. returned
home after having spent four
weeks visiting friends In Fulton
County and Chambersburg.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. H. Shaw ac-
companled by Miss Maud Nc
Kechnie spent Thursday after
noon IN Three Springs attending
a Suffragette meeting.
Miss Jessie Deshong has re-
turned home after having made
an extended visit with her sister
Mrs. Geo. Brenneman, IN Hunt
ingdon, Pa,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-08-26

upon the conditions hereinafter sci
forth, may increase its Indebtedness
to the extent of three per centum III
excess Of seven per centum upon sucn
assessed valuation for the specihc
purpose OF providing for all or any OF
the following purposes,-to wit: For
the construction and improvement OF
subways. tunnels, railways. elevated
railways, and other transit facilities,
for the construction and improvement
Of wharves and docks and for the re-
clamation OF land to be used In the
construction of wharyes and DOCKS,
owned or to be owned by said CITY,
Such increase, however, shall only Dc
made with the assent OF the electors
thereof at public election. TO be
held In such manner as shall De pro
vided by law. In ascertaining the Dor
rowing capacity of said city OF Phil'
adelphia, at any time, there shail Do
excluded from the calculation a creu'
II, where the work resulting from any
previous expenditure. for any one or
more of the specific purposes herein
above enumerated shall be yielding 10
said city an annual current net rev
enue; the amount OF which credit
shall be ascertained by capitalizing the
annual net revenue during the year
Immediately preceding the time OF
such ascertainment. Such capitaliza'
ton shall be accomplished by ascer'
tanning the principal amount when
would yield such annual, current net
revenue, at the average rate OF inter-
est, and slnking-fund charges payable
upon the indebtedness incurred Dy
said city for such purposes. up TO the
time Of such ascertainment. The
method OF determining such amount
SO to be excluded or allowed as
credit. may be prescribed by the Gen.
eral Assembly.
In incurring Indebtedness, for any
one, or more OF said purposes OF con
struction, improvement, or reclama'
ton, the city OF Philadelphia may Is
sue its obligations maturing not later
than fifty years from the date thereon
with provision for sinking-fund SUI
icient to retire said obligation at ma
turity, the payments to such SINKING
fund to be In equal or graded annual
lnstalment. Such obligations may De
In an amount sufficient to provide for
and may include the amount OF the In
terest and sinking-fund charges accru'
Ing and which may accrue thereon
throughout the period Of construction
and until the expiration OF one year
after the completion of the work for
which said Indebtedness shall have
been incurred; and said city shall not
be required to levy tax to pay said
interest and sinking-fund charges, as
required by section ten of article nine
Of the Constitution OF Pennsylvania,
until the expiration of said period OF
one year after the completion OF sucn
work.
A true copy OF Joint Resolution
No. 2.
CYRUS e. WOODS.
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-08-26
Church Notices.

Preaching in the Presbyterian
church next Sunday at l0;30. Un-
ion services in the evening.
The Reformed Sunday School
will picnic on top of Cove noun
tain, on the Lincoln Highway,
Tuesday, August 9lst.
Tho Boys Brotherhood Class of
the Reformed church, Miss So
phia Holman teacher, will hold
a festival in front of the Court
House, nextSaturday evening. At
tend an encourage the boys.
The people of the M. E. church
at Cito, Pa, will hold a picnic in
Charles Reeds locust grove just
south of Cito, Saturday, Septem-
Der 4th, beginning at 10 o'clock
a. m. There will be a festival in
the evening, proceeds are for the
benefit of the church. You are
invited and will be welcome.
Come. COMMITTEE.
Rev. A. Dotterman will hold a
ten days meeting in w. E. Stones
grove on Timber Ridge begin
ming with praise meeting next
Sunday afternoon at2:90 o'clock.
Evening meeting at 1880. Subject
"The Whole Round World" " All
are welcome.
The Needmore Sunday School
will hold its annual picnic in the
Palmer Grove (the old reunion
ground } on Saturday, Septem-
ber 4th. The Committe is leav-
ing nothing undone to make this
a very enjoyable affair. The
Needmore Band will furnish the
the music; good speechmakers
will furnish the speeches, the
children, the recitations. Take
your dinner, stay all day, and
have a good time.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-08-26
The ThriCe-a- Week Edition OIL
THE NEW YORK WORLD
Practically Daily at the PrleeV'
a Weekly, No other Newspa'
per in the world gives so
much at so low a price

The year 1914 has been the most %
traordinary in the history OF moue''
times. II has witnessed the outpie''
of the Great European war, a sfus
gle so titanic that 1t makes all oln'''
look small.
You live In momentous times 'D'
you should not miss any OF the :"
mendous events that are occurriDs
No other newspaper will inform ",
with the promptness and cheapness :
the Thrice-a-Wee edition OF the Nv.
York World. Moreover, a ye',
subscription to 1t will take you ls'
to our next Presidential campaign
THE THRICE. A-wEEK WORIp,s
regular subscription price Is O,y "a
$l.00 per year, and this pays lot IA
papers. We offer this unequs~s
newspaper and THE FULTON ooos !,
TY NEWS together for one year =
$l.65. i,
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the two papers is $500.
FULTON COUNTY NEw'1u :.
McConnells5urg "
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-08-26
SALuYlA

Two automobiles slid, and took
a leap, off Lincoln Highway last
Saturday One driven by a lady
leaped off the ill at the west foot
of Green Hill. The fill is fully
twelve feet high and very steep
The car crashed through a post
aud rail fence and ran into a
meadow. None of the four oc-
cupants of the car were hurt.
Car was damaged but very little
The other unfortunate car leaped
backward over a steep enbank-
ment on the east side OF Betz
Hill. No one was hurt seriously
and the car was not disabled
for running. Fortunately, both
cars kept straight IN going down.
Citizens of this place who saw the
cars descending the hills and
mountains said that their course
initiated a boozy mans zlgzag
trail, owing to the slippery con
diton of the road made so by
mud and oil.
A big rain, electrical, aud Wind
storm passed over Licking Creek
valley last Saturday evening do
ing considerable damage to crops,
helds and roads. Randolph Pal
mer's house was struck by light
ming, his telephone knocked down
and a wardrobe set on fire. For
tunately, no one was hurt, and
the fire soon discovered and ex
tlngulshed.
Mrs. j. Vernon Skipper, OF
Tyrone. is visiting her sister,
Mrs. W. E Bair, and other rela-
tives in this section.
Rev. + NJ. Aller, of Dillsburg,
Pa, visited his sister, Mrs j. j.
Mcdonald, and other relatives IN
this secuon last week, and spent
some time with j. A. Stewart
and family.
A large number of Licking
Creekers than usual. attended
Crystal Springs Camp Meeting
this year. We hope all were
benefited.
The following have recently
visited j. A. Stewart and family:
VIM. n. Stewart and wife, of
Trenton, N. j.; ]. Dram Whole,
of Cham bersburg; Hollis NJ. WI.
ole, of Harrisburg; D. H. Horton,
wife and family, Connellsvllle;
Misses Grace and Marie Ham,
Saluvia.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-08-26
Number Three.
A JOINT RESOLUTION

Proposing an amendment to sectien
twenty-one of article three OF the
Constitution OF Pennsylvania.
Section l. Be It resolved by the
Senate and House OF Representatives
If the Commonwealth OF Pennsyl.
yania in General Assembly met. That
the following amendment to the Con-
,titution of the Commonwealth OF
Pennsylvania be, and the same Is
hereby, proposed, in accordance with
he eighteenth article thereof
Amend section twenty-one, article
three of the Constitution of the Com.
monweath of Pennsylvania, which
reads as follows;
mo act of the General Assembly
shall limit the amount to be recovered
lor injuries resulting in death, or
tor injuries to persons or property. and
in case of death from such injuries,
The right of action shall survive, and
the General Assembly shall prescribe
Tor whose benefit such action shall be
prosecuted. No act shall prescribe
any limitations of time within which
suits may be brought against corpor.
atoms for injuries to persons or prop
erty. or for other causes different
from those fixed by general laws regu-
iating actions against natural persons,
and such acts now existing are avoid
ed" so that 1t shall read as follows:
The General Assembly may enact
laws requiring the payment by en-
ployers, or employers and employees
Jointly, or reasonable compensation
for injuries to employees arising In the
course OF their employment. and for
occupational diseases Of employees,
whether or not such injuries or dis
eases result in death, and regardless
Of fault OF employer or employe, and
fixing the basis of ascertainment OF
such compensation and the maximum
and minimum limits thereof. and pro-
viding special or general remedies for
the collection thereof: but In no other
cases shall the General Assembly lin
It the amount to be recovered for In
Iuries resulting in death. or for in
iuries to persons or property, and In
case OF death from such injuries, the
right of action shall survive, and the
General Assembly shall prescribe for
whose benefit such actions shall be
prosecuted. No act shall prescribe
any limitations of time within which
suits may be brought against corpor'
atoms for injuries to persons or prop
srty, or for other causes, different
from those fixed by general laws reg
ulating actions against natural per-
sons; and such acts now existing arc
avoided.
A true copy of Joint Resolution
No. 8.
CYRUS e. WOODS.
Secretary of the Commonwealth.