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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-08-26
MANUFACTURES
NO MORE ExEMp'
State Tax on $1,000 Property 10 A,
nouneed In Letter Issued by
Auditor General.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS conn.
MES, which hitherto have been !,
empt from taxation by the State \,
capital actually invested in manui,.
turing, are being taxed on $1,000 worn
OF property, yielding five mills. Tn.
appraisement has been made the l,,,
few days on statements regarding ca,
ital stock taxation, now being worksd
out. A number of companies alresd,
have paid.
The letter issued by the AudIo,
Generals department In regard to IA,
tax says:
"A minimum appraisement Of Sl,O@
on account OF capital stock subjeel
to taxation, is made against all com
panies, irrespective Of the charact.,
OF the activities or the amount D,
property invested In the State Und,,
the former practice the passing Of ,
report without settlement. on accour,
or the entire capital STOCK being en-
gagged in manufacturing, renders 4
possible for the same to be opene.
and settlement made thereon by sub
sequent Auditors General. Under ID,
present practice the settlement 4
closed, except for clerical errors, aitsl
year from date of voluntary pay
ment,"
approximately $500 domestic corw
rations out of about 23,50O on thebooL,
of the State are engaged in manuhc
turing, and quite number in thi
list have been exempted from paymsn
because OF investment Of capital d
manufacturing.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-08-26
CITY SALARIES CUT A FOURTH.
Mayor And All Other Nashville OFF,
cals Affected.

Nashville, Tenn.-Chancellor ALI.
son cut the salaries Of all city officials
and employees from the Mayor down,
25 per cent. and authorized munich
pal loan of $4,000 for current ex-
penses. Chancellor Allison's action
is consequence of the so-called City
Hall scandal in which charges of fl.
nancial Irregularities were made and
receiver was asked for Nashville.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-08-26
TO PUSH DEFENSE MOVEMENT.
Society viii Establish Military Ex.
hibits Everywhere.

New York.-The trustees OF the
American Defense Society announced
that they will Immediately undertake
to establish military exhibit in every
city, town and village in the United
States for the purpose of creating pub
lie sentiment for Congressional action
for IAN adequate army and navy"
"The society addressed letter to
every chamber of commerce and board
of trade in the country" said the an
nouncement, inviting them, as repre-.
sentatives of the society, to open mill
tary exhibits forthwith"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-08-26

ports set II at from 100000 to sew.
eral millions. There are also reports
that the Arabic carried a consignment
OF gold, but this is not credited.
Passengers Chairs Upset
The big liner was a day out from
Liverpool when she met her doom.
She was just off the Irish coast, max
ing a fair speed through a calm sea.
Practically all the passengers are
reported to have been on the wide.
roomy decks which made the Arabic
favorite in the transatlantic sery.
ice.
Suddenly, according TO stories told
by survivors brought into Queenstown
on warships, a terrific shock threw
the vessel far to port, spilling pas.
sengers from the chairs, throwing
those standing to the deck. A terrific
explosion told more plainly than words
what had happened to the Arabic.
After the first momentary excite
ment there was no panic. Passengers
below hastily made their way to deck,
buckling on life belts. Stewards
worked rapidly, assisting the passen.
gers to don the cork preservers, and
the seamen OF the crew, who had been
put through lifeboat drills daily, hasti.
ly and smoothly manned the boats.
Under the direction Of Captain Finch
and the ships officers, the survivors
were hastily put into the boats, which
were cut free and launched as fast as
passengers could be crowded into
them. The sea was calm and the men
at the oars pulled away fast from the
rapidly listing steamer. Eleven boats
in all are reported to have been
launched
Excitement gripped a few, and some
Of these leaped into the sea, according
to the stories Of survivors The few
casualties among passengers were suf-
fered from this cause, It is believed.
The Arabic sank within II minutes,
four less than It took the Lusitania TO
80 down.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-08-26
WOULDN'T MAKE MUNITIONS.
But Sold Ordnance Plant To A Cor
poration That viii.

Sharon, Pa-The Driggs-Seabury
Ordnance Corporation, recently. incor-
porated in Delaware with ;4,000,O00
capital stock, will take over control
of the old Driggs-Seabury Ordnance
Company, Of Sharon, on September l,
according to a statement issued by
John Stevenson, Jr,, founder and pres
ident of the latter company. Mr..
Stevenson is noted peace advocate
and for this reason the Sharon cor
poration refused to accept contracts
from European nations for the manu-
facture Of war munitions.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-08-26

London.-ltaly has declared war
against Turkey and the Italian am
bassador has left Constantinople. This
announcement is made in a Reuter-
telegram from Constantinople via Ber.
lin and Amsterdam
Marquis dl Garroni. Italian ambas.
sador to Turkey handed to the Porte
a note declaring Italy considered her.
self in a state Of war with Turkey and
demanded mis- passports.
The reasons given in the note for
Italy's declaration of war were the
support given by Turkey to the re.
volt in Libya and the prevention of
the departure of Italian residents
from Syria.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-08-26
NEW EXPRESS RATES ALLOWED
West Virginia Commission Permits
Higher Schedules.

Charleston. w. Va.-The Public
Service Commission issued an order
permitting all express companies in
West Virginia 10 file new schedules
providing for an increase in rates OF
from / to cents on small packages
Of the first class and rs per cent. OF
that increase on second-class pack
ages up Ind including 90 pounds.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-08-26
FIVE KILLED IN POWDER PLANT.
Only Workmen In Gelatine House
Blown To Pieces.

Emporium, Pa.-Five men were
killed and the gelatine house of the
Etna Explosive Company's plant, at
Grove Run, near here, was blown to
pieces by an explosion. Two other
buildings were badly damaged: and the
entire country side shaken. The men
Joseph Strayer. Fred Haskins,
Emery Haskins, Ossie Miller and
Michael Campbell-were the only EN-
ployes in the building when the explo-
sion occurred, and officials said the
cause would probably never be known.
The company has been engaged in
filling war orders, it was stated.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-08-26
BOARDWALK CROWD SEES FIRE.
Riddle Block And Offices In Allan.
tic City Burned.

Atlantic City.-VisitoIs to this re-
sort were treated to the spectacle of
a fire on the Boardwalk. The Riddle
block frame structure, between
North Carolina and Pennsylvania ave
nues, was burned. the flames having
started in the kitchen of the Quaker
Inn, on the Pennsylvania avenue side
Of the building. Several shops and
brokerage Offices were destroyed.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-08-26
KEPT UNDER WATER 70 HOURS.
Italian Submarine Reaches Port With
Tale or Suffering.

Milan, ltaly-The Italian submarine
Nereid, which the Austrians asserted
they had sunk. has arrived safely at
a port in the Adriatic, having escaped
from the Austrian warships. Her
crew suffered nerve-racking ordeal
through the fact that the Nereid was
compelled to remain under water for
70 hours because Of an accident to her
machinery.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-08-26
eRYAN's soN-IN.LAW AT FRONT.
mentioned In orders' For Gallantry
At Dardanelles.

Wsshington.-Info reached
Washington that Capt r. b. Owen,
British Royal Engineers, son-in-law Of
William Jennings Bryan, had been
mentioned in orders" by Sir Ian
Hamilton British commander at the
Dardanelles, for distinguished gal.
lantry in action.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-08-26
TO INSIST UPON RECOGNITION.
carrsnza viii Remove To Mexico City
Before Answering Note.

Northumberland Carranza, is
preparing to move from Vera Cruz to
Mexico City at once and to have his
government established in the old cap
ital by the time his response to the
Pan.American peace appeal reaches
Washington this week.
According TO all information reach
ing here, Carranza, in replying to Sec
retary Lansing and the Latin-Ameri-
can diplomats who offered to aid in
restoring order in Mexico, will reject
the peace conference proposal and
urge recognition Of his government as
the surest guaranty of peace.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-08-26
NAVAL MILITIA AVIATOR DEAD.
Donald Gregory, OF Ann Arbor, Mich.
Falls 500 Feet.

Erie, Pa,-Donald Gregory, aged "a
years, of Ann Arbor, Mich, an aviator
on board the United States naval
militia ship Essex, Of Toledo, was ia.
tally injured when he fell 800 feet dur
ing flight Gregory was picked up
by officers of the naval militia feet
now maneuvering off this port and hur.
ried to a hospital, where he died.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-08-26
II GERMAN wARsHlPs SUNK.
oresdnauaht, Three Cruisers and Seven
Torpedo Boats.

Petrograd.-The President OF the
Duma announces that the Germans
lost the superdreadnaught Moltke,
three cruisers and seven torpedo boats
In the battle Of the Gulf OF Riga.
The Germans tried to make land
ing near Pernau Bay, Four enormous
bsrques crammed with soldiers took
part. They were repulsed by Rus
sian troops without the cooperation
OF the artillery. The Germans were
exterminated and the barques cap
tured.
An official announcement states that
the German feet has left the Gulf OF
Riga.
The announcement adds that Rus.
sian destroyers in the Black Sea have
sunk over 100 Turkish boats.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-08-26
BALKANS MAKING READY.
RumanIs, Bulgaria And Greece Are
Preparing For War;

Rome, via Paris.-Reports received
by the Italian Government from Ru.
mania, Bulgaria and Greece show that
military preparations in those coun.
tries are being carried on with intense
activity. In some quarters here this
is taken as an indication that these
States are nearng decision as to
their policy In the war.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-08-26

London.-The White Star liner
Arabic, bound from Liverpool for New
York with $50 passengers, 26 OF whom
we're American citizens, and a crew
Of 249, was torpedoed without warn.
ing by a German submarine off Fast
net Light and sank within IL minutes.
Three hundred and ninety-one sur
vivors have been landed at Queens
town and other ports. The remaining
32 are believed to have been lost. Not
more than six Of them, it is reported,
were passengers.
II has not yet been determined
whether any American lives were lost.
In the first official lists Of survivors
compiled the names OF 10 Americans
known to have been aboard as pas
sengers fail to appear.
Great Hole Torn In Ship.
The torpedo struck the liner on the
starboard side, about 100 feet from the
stern. It tore great gap in the ships
side, making the water-tight compart.
ments useless. The scene Of the tor
pedoing was about 40 miles from Old
Head of Kinsale, the grave Of the
Lusitania.
The White Star Line issued an Off.
cial statement containing the state
ment of Captain Finch Of the Arabic,
in which he asserts that the liner was
torpedoed without warning.
In view of the fact that the vessel
was westbound and that she carried
neither guns nor ammunition, London
received with stupefaction the news Of
the attack 1t was hardly believed
possible here, considering the tension
between the United States and Ger.
many over previous submarine attacks
that Berlin would give deliberate prov.
ocation to the United States Govern
ment.
Official London tonight finds It diff.
fcult to conceive a motive for the at.
tack. Although the Arabic has been
in the arms-carrying trade since the
beginning of the war she had unload.
ed the cargo of war supplies and was
bound for New York with a general
cargo Of merchandise.
Reports are prevalent that the yes.
sci carried a large consignment OF
American securities which had been
sold by English investors against de
livery in New York The amount oi
these securities is not known, but re
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-08-26
To Cut Down Phone Calls.

Heads of departments Of the s'''
government have been asked 10
economical in the way they sp''
money for kilograms and telepnO'
messages. Superintendent Hampo'
the Department OF Public Bullun'
and Grounds. sent a letter to va'V'
chiefs calling attention to the reou'. !,
appropriation and the Governors ', =
sire to hold down expenses. IL y. q
suggested that kilograms be SEM M
stead of expensive long distance '''
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-08-26
Many Women Lose Pensions

According to estimates made O' =
hcials OF the Auditor Generals !,
partment, about ten per cent. O
women now receiving pensions Wv y.
the Act of 1918 will lose them 'u'.sr ",
the wording Of the amendment Of =, \,
This amendment restricted pens n
to widows and women whose hu'D''
are insane. About $50 women ~ VA
the pension list and the country W. 10
will be required to drop tno''
within the two classes.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-08-26
Sinking OfArablc May Determine
Relations With Germany.
NO WARNING WAS GIVEN
Eight American Citizens Be-
IieVed TO Be Lost.
Millions In American Securities Went
Down With The Arabe-surVlvor
All Agree That The German
Submarine Gave No Warning.

Washington Eight names appear
on the State Departments list OF
American passengers not found among
survivors of the lost White Star liner
Arabic. A dispatch from the consul
at Queenstown, relayed by Ambassador
Page, at London gives the list
Mrs F. T. Moore, Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Burgess, j. Kellett, Mrs. Jo-
sephine L. Bruguere, DR.. Edward
F. Woods. James Houllhan and
Thomas Gilmore.
No decision has been reached by
President Wilson and his advisers as
to what the course OF the government
should be in connection with the sink
ing of the Arabic, and none will be
until all the facts are at hand and
sufficient time has been given for their
thorough consideration. One Of the
main points TO be determined is
whether the Arabic was under the
convoy of British warships when she
was torpedoed. II she was being con
voyed the German submarine was
within its rights in sinking her with
out warning. And this government
would not be entitled to make an issue
OF the case with Germany.
But the State Department does not
believe that the Arabic was under con
voy. This belief is based on state
ments of survivors that they were in
small boats Of the liner four and a
half hours before they were picked VI
by steamers sent to their relief
According to the view Of officials OF
the department, the boats Of the Arabic
would have been picked up by the con
voying vessels long before the expira
ton Of that length Of time II the
Arabic had been under convoy when
she was torpedoed.
Several of the American survivors
were injured
The White Star Line officials In New
York figured IA passengers in all miss
ing or lost, and according to their
checking Of the list only two Of these
are Americans. Mrs. Josephine l.
Bruguiere and DR.. Edmund Woods
The American Consul at Queens
town, Lewis c. Thompson, is supply
ing the American survivors with all
necessities He has provided for them
documents which will enable them "a
travel without being inconvenienced
by military regulations.
The attitude OF the American gov,
ernment for the moment is receptive
anxiously awaiting accurate details
and reserving judgment as to whether
the action was deliberately unfriend.
ly." The final decision rests with
President Wilson.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-08-26
BAN TO GO ON COTTON.
State Department Learns Allies viii
Make Il contraband.

Washington The Allies intention
TO declare cotton contraband has been
communicated unoticially but author
itatively to the State Department. The
departments advices are that the de-
oision has been reached and the de
lay in making an announcement is due
TO the necessity OF arranging uniform
treatment OF the subject by all the
A!lits.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-08-26
Reading Officials at Capital.

Mayor Ira w. Stratton, Councilnt|
and officials Of Reading will be guss1
Of Harrisburg Council for an inspe|
tion Of the public Improvements mag
in the last two years. Thirty'thf1
men will be in the party.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-08-26
BREAKFAST LATE; KILLS SELF.
Virginia Farmer Fires Revolver Bulle,
Into Brain.

winchester, Va.-Because his house
keeper failed to have breakfast ready
when he came downstairs, Gordon +.
Hardy, S5 years old and unmarried,
living on farm near Winchester,
went into the yard and committed
suicide. He fired a bullet into his
heart and died Instantly. 1t is thought
he was temporarily deranged.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-08-26
OIL CONCERN RAISES WAGES.
All Employees Of Atlantic Refining
Company To Benefit.

Franklin, pam increase in the
wages of all employees of the Atlantic
Refining Company, once subsidiary
of the Standard Oil Company, was
announced Employees at the Franklin,
Pittsburgh and Philadelphia plants are
affected, the base being an advance of
IN cents an hour for laborers.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-08-26
OWED INTO EMPTY TANK.
Cornell Sophomore Dead OF A Broken
Neck.

Utica, NJ Y.-Donald Crawford. of
Laporte, Ind aged q years, sopho-
more at Cornell University, died at a
hospital here from a broken neck
Crawford dived headlong in the dark
Saturday night TO the cement bottom
OF swimming tank which had been
drained for cleaning.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-08-26
WAR SHIPMENTS GROWING.
Allies Getting 5,5oo,ooo OF Supplies
From U. S. Monthly.

New York The United States Is
now shipping war supplies to the Allies
at the rate Of s15,5OO,OOO a month, or
S1S6,O0O,000 a year. according to fg-
ures made public in custom house
manifests This total, however does
not include the exports by rail via
Canada to England and Russia. It Is
intimated that these American muni-
tions Of war amount to enough to bring
the grand total of exports to 1925, 900.
00O a year.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-08-26
ITALY At WAR
WITH TURKEY
will Now Aid In Forcing The
DardaneIIes.
ARMY OF $4,000 READY

Germany Alone OF the Austro. Ger
man-Turklsh Alliance 10 Not Open.
ly At War With Italy, Though Such
a Declaration is Considered Prob.
able--ltaIy Blames Her Action On
the Support Given BY Turkey To
Revolt In LIbya and Prevention OF
the Departure OF the Italians.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-08-26
Forty Vinegar Prosecutions.

sampling OF the States vineIl
which was made by purchases OF y
bottles in practically all of the cca
ties o fthe State, has resulted In iOT'
prosecutions.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-08-26
STATES "eREATEsT CITIZEN"
]. ]. Hill Selected BY Special Min.
nesota Commission.

st. Paul, Minn.-James j. Hill, of
ST. Paul, capitalist and railroad build
er, was notified of his selection by
Governor Hammond's special commits
sion as 'Minnesota's greatest living
citizen" to represent this State in the
PanamaPacifc Exposition Hall of
Fame.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-08-26
To Start Two steeIton Furnaces

The Pennsylvania Steel COmpal
has started No. blast furnace
Steelton and is preparing another
early starting.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-08-26
GALVESTON WAS
SAVED BY SEAWALL
Reports 80 Killed and Property
Loss Over $15,000,000.
U. S. ARMY CAMP DESTROYED
Ten Soldiers Perish At Texas clty
camp-Entire Gulf Coast DeVas-
tated, Many Towns Being
Wiped Out.

Houston, Texas.-The loss Of life
in the storms which struck the Texas
coast has reached 1S9 and the prop
erty loss is estimated at SS5,0O0,OOO.
The story OF the disaster was aug
mented when a Houston newspaper
man reached this city bearing the first
details OF the destruction of life and
property in Galveston. He went and
returned by steamer.
Property Loss s15,ooo,oooo.
The property loss in Galveston will
total S15,O0O,O00, which includes 500
buildings, 1000 feet of the great sea
wall and the practical destruction Of
the S4,O00,00O causeway, which was
completed three years ago. The loss
of grain elevators and contents in
Galveston amounts to s1,5O0,000.
The known loss of life in Galveston
stands at 80, ffty.fve having been
lost when the barge Houston sank in
Houston Bay, to which crowds had fled
for safety. Fourteen others were lost
in attempts to reach the fremont Ho-
tel and the rest were lost in various
parts OF the town. twenty-five were
lost at Virginia Point. Texas City re-
ports a loss of 50, which includes 10
United States soldiers Eight were
killed at Morgans Point, seven at
Hitchcock, six at Port Arthur, six at
Laporte, three at Sea Brook, two in
Houston's suburbs. Included in the
total property loss Is the ruination Of
the South and Central Texas crops.
Fifty per cent. of them we're destroyed
and it means at least $1O,OOO,OOo to
the farmers.
Transport Piled On Beach.
All the city's resort bath houses and
beach amusements have been swept
away. The Murdoch. the Breakers and
the Surf, bath houses, each of which
was commodious frame structure,
were demolished and heaped upon the
boulevard in debris.
Huddled near the beach boulevard,
from Twenty.frst street to Twenty
sixth street, was a row of small shops,
booths, dancing pavilions, restaurants
and hotels. These are reported to have
been destroyed. To the west and to
the east OF this section were summer
cottages skirting the boulevard, all of
which are said to have been total
losses.
The loss to the city port facilities
has been enormous and all kinds of
craft have suffered. The United States
transport Mcclellan is high aground on
Pelican Island, an artificial spot north
OF Galveston just across the ship
channel. Many vessels have been cap,
sized and several are reported as de-
stroyed.