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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-05-25
RUIN WROUGHT
BY BIG GUNS
German Shells Poured Upon
Enemy Troops.
vEROUS BATTLE BLOODY
Continuously counter-Attaeklng, Says
German Correspondent A.
Front-German Make
Gains.

Berlin.-Heavy losses are being suf-
fered by the French at Yerdun, despite
the protection OF their earthworks, be-
cause OF the enormous number Of
troops they have concentrated within
a comparatively small area there, ac-
cording to a correspondent at the Yer.
dun front
French prisoners. says the CORE.
spondent, declare that the destruction
wrought by the German artillery Is not
only appalling among the troops on the
firing line, but also among the reserves
closely grouped in territory which the
German guns are able to reach effect
lively
The writer praises the bravery Of the
French soldiers. who defend them
selves with the utmost intrepidity and
are continuously counter.attacking,
and remarks on the notable lines of
earthworks which they have construct.
ed not only before the battle but to
even a greater degree during It's prog
ress.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-05-25
SCOTT. D|SPELLED
MEXICAN FEARS
Now Understood Intervention Is
Not Intended.
PROMISES MADE BY OBREGON
No Withdrawal or American Troops
Until the Mexican Chief Demon.
strates His Ability To Cope
With tho Situation.

Washington. Tuesdays meet
ing OF the Cabinet general satisfaction
was expressed by high officials OF the
administration over the result OF
Major General Hugh l., SCOTS semi
diplomatic mission to the border as a
consequence Of which the tension has
for the present, at least, been removed
from the Mexican situation and danger
OF clash between the military forces
OF the two governments averted.
The net result of General SCOTS
conferences with General Alyaro obre.
gon, the Carranza minister OF war, is
as follows:
/. Major-General Scott Is convinced
that the Carranza de focto government
has a better and more satisfactory un-
derstanding OF the motive and purpose
OF the United States government in
sending troops into Mexico and that
the latter's purpose is not aggression
or armed Intervention.
2. General ObTegon has agreed to
send 10000 picked troops into the Big
Bend and Parral regions Of Mexico 10
stamp out bandits.
3. General 0bregon has given or
ders TO General Trevino TO endeavor to
head Of the bandits who raided the
Glenn Springs section Of the Big Bend
country.
4. The United States troops will
continue TO remain in Mexico until the
Carranza government demonstrates
that II has power 10 control the situa.
tlon in those portions OF Northern Mex
leo, where the United States govern
ment has no troops.
s. General Obregon also gives Gs.
surances that the Carranza forces viii
not do certain things and among these
Is the assurance that the de facto
forces will not attack the American
expeditionary force.
The verbal report made by General
Scott on his return 10 Washington, as
well as the information he brought
from FL Paso in the shape Of tran
script OF the record of the conferences
was laid before President Wilson and
the Cabinet at their meeting. General
satisfaction was expressed during and
after the Cabinet meeting over the
general character OF the results be-
lieved to have been achieved by Gen.
ersl Scott II the de facto forces make
a bona fde effort TO run down bandits,
develop in unmistakable manner their
ability to restore order, TO eliminate
bandits and to prevent further incur
sions along the border the situation be-
tween both governments will be i'm
measurably relieved and the with
drawal Of the American forces viii be
hastened. But until definite results
have been achieved the American
forces will remain in Mexico and Gen.
eral Obregon learned that they viii
not be withdrawn until the President
himself issues the orders, and tina,
these orders Will not be issued until
this government is c@nvinced that the
Carranza government has done what
General obregon promises will be
done.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-05-25
UNCLE SAM DOING
BETTER BUSINESS
Encouraging Report Made BY
Secretary MCAdoO,
LARGE REVENUE RECEIPTS
Much Less VIII Have To Be Raised
To Meet the Larger Army and
Navy Provisions Than
Was Supposed.

Washington. - Secretary McAdoo
submitted to Chairman Kitchin, Of the
House Ways and Means Committee,
and Chairman Simmons, Of the Senate
Finance Committee, revised estimates
Of the governments receipts and ex'
penditures for the remainder Of the
current fiscal year and the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1917. tending to show
that much less new revenue will have
10 be raised to meet the bin for pre-
paredness and other large contem-
plated expenditures than had been sup
posed.
Only about S15O,OOO,00O in additional
revenue will have 10 be provided dur
ing the coming year, Mr. McAdoo said.
This Is less by s75,OO0OO0 than the
most conservative members Of Con
gress calculated at the outset Of the
session would be needed. All OF the
additional revenue will come from
taxes on incomes, inheritances and
munitions in accordance with a plan
approved by President Wilson.
News of the condition Of the Treas
ury came as a pleasant surprise to
members Of the Ways and Means Com.
mittee, who have been pondering for
weeks on the framing Of revenue
measures.
It is probable that all OF the reve-
nue. measures, including provision for
preparedness revenues. tariff com.
mission and the announcement Of the
dyestuns industry will be included in
an omnibus bill. The President is un.
derstood to favor that plan.
General Fund Balance.
Secretary McAdoo's figures showed
that the balance in the general fund,
exclusive OF disbursing officers credits,
probably would be S15O,0OO,OOO at the
end Of the present fiscal year and S1S,.
100000 at the end OF the fiscal year Of
1917. This estimate included expendi-
lures likely to be made for the pro
posed increase in the standing army on
the basis Of the conference measure
passed by the Senate and expenditures
which probably viii be made next year
on the naval program now before Con.
gress.
In addition 10 preparedness meas
ures. the revised estimate presented
by Mr.. McAdoo included liberal pro-
visions for good roads, rural credits
and expenditures to prevent and cope
with foods In making up the esti'
mates the additional cost to the coun.
try Of preparedness during the year
1917 was placed at from S9O,OOOOOO to
800, 100000, a figure probably con
slderably less than appropriations to
be authorized by Congress, but approx
imately the sum which actually would
be spent during the year under the
authorization.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-05-25
VOLUNTEERS PLAN
WORK ON ROADS
Flve-county Organizations To Co.
Operate With State Bureau
on Highways.
Harrisburg


Delaware, Lancaster. York. Law.
rcnce and Cambria county good roads
organizations have sent word to tho
State Highway Department Of plans TO
make effective work on the highways
Of the State on good roads day which
comes on Thursday. Probably ten
other counties have sent notices Of
calls for meetings to organize the vol
unteer workers. and the State Bureau
Of Township Highway has received as
surances Of cooperation from ,more
than 500 supervisors in response to the
call made by Deputy Commissioner
Hunter
The Lancaster county good roads
people have sent word OF organization
of communities TO cut down hills on
several roads and automobile clubs
have offered the use OF cars, while, the
presidents OF the Cambria county and
Lawrence county organizations have
sent word that the number Of workers
last year will be exceeded and that
the work Is to be systematized. In
Cambria. calls have been issued to
supervisors TO meet with citizens Of
their districts 70 plan work. At
Stewartstown. special attention is to
be given to drainage Of roads in the
vicinity.
Several counties have reported spe-
cial appeals to ministers Of county
churches to urge work on the roads so
that the highways to churches may be
made better.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-05-25
CAPITAL TEACHERS IN UNION.
Those OF High Schools Join Fedora
ton OF Labor.

Washington.-TIigh school teachers
here have formed union which has be.
come local organization of the
American Federation Of Teachers and
10 which the American Federation Of
Labor has issued charter. SO far
t0l OF the 2i3 teachers in the high and
normal schools have Joined the union
and an effort is being made to organ
lie The lower grades.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-05-25
AMERICAN A|RNEN
IN AERIAL FIGHT
shelIed as They Fly Over
German Fort
ALL RETURN TO BASE SAFELY
All Return To French Camp Un.
wounded-Forty Additional AmerI-
can Volunteers Now In Train
Ing For Air Service.

Paris.--The American ayiators who
have been In the service Of the French
Army for the past year and who we're
recently brought together to form a
flotilla. under the name Of the Franco.
American Flying Corps, took part In
an expedition over the German lines
for the first time as a separate unit
They sustained particularly heavy
shelling as they recrossed the front.
The machine piloted by Lieut.. VII
liam X. Thaw, Of Pittsburgh, lost part
Of its tail piece and the propeller was
damaged by shell, but Lieutenant
Thaw brought It safely back to camp.
Corporal Victor Chapman's machine
was also hit and driven out OF its
course, returning so late to its base as
to cause anxiety regarding Chapman's
fate.
Corporal J. L. Mcconnell, Of Cart.
hage, ~ c., was flying at height of
1900 feet, but German shells burst
all around him, showing that the range
Of the German anti-aircraft guns has
been heightened
The fotil,a started at daybreak and
spent nearly two hours reconnoitering
under sustained fire, but encountered
no German machines and no one was
wounded. Sergt Elliott Cowdin, Of
New York; Corporal Kiifen Rockwell,
Of Atlanta, Ca. Sergt Norman Prince,
Of Boston. and Sergeant Hall, Of Cal
weston, Texas, also took part in the eX-
pedition.
Three more Franco.American hotillas
are to be organized from the 40 addi-
tional American volunteers now in
training.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-05-25
MORE BRITISH GOLD ARRIVES.
st3,ooO,oOo In All Expected To Reach
United States.

New York.-Gold bars valued at 81
100000, received by J. =, Morgan &
Co. from Canada, we're deposited at
the assay odipe. This consignment
makes a total of about s6,5OO,OO gold
received by the banks from Canada
within the past 10 days. Fully that
much more IS expected to arrive Ia
connection with British obligations in
this market.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-05-25
SCOTS AZ Allies, Claims.

English and French assertions that
the battle OF Verdun has been won by
the Entente Allies are disputed By
Major Moraht, military critic of the
Tageblatt who points to the recent
successes won by the Germans and
says the French and British are In.
capable OF prosecuting a successful Of
fenslve He says:
Some days ago the Manchester
Guardian announced that the battle
had been ended. and that the French
had inflicted their third signal defeat
on the Germans, the other two having
been at the Marne and at Ypres. One
day later the Germans reached the top
OF Hn 3O4.
Not only have the Germans held
Hill SO4 against desperate French
counter-attacks, but they have succeed.
ed in extending their new positions.
More Trenches Captured.
French trenches on both sides Of the
Haucourt-Esnes high road, on the Yer
dun front west OF the Meuse, have been
captured by the Germans, the War
Office announced. Nine French OFF.
GERS and 12O men were taken prison.
ers. The announcement says the cap
tured French positions extend TO the
nelghborhood Of the southern corner
of Ducks wood
"a new attack by the French against
Hill 3O4 broke down with very con
siderable losses to the enemy.
"Airmen on both sides have been
active. First Lieutenant Boelcke shot
down his sixteenth aeroplane, south Of
Ripont The Lunevile station and the
aerodrome and barracks at Epinal
were bOmbarded.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-05-25
BOYS LIFE SEEMS CHARMED.
Iwe-Year.oId, Who Fell 4 Floors, Sur.
Wives Mercury Tablet Meal

Psrkersburg, W. Va.-Physicians say
Chester, twoyear-old son Of Mr. and
Mrs. II. r. Cunningham. bears a
charmed life. He managed 10 secure
box Of bichloride Of mercury tablets,
which he thought candy, and he ate
enough 70 kill an ordinary adult but
he is recovering. Two weeks ago he
fell four stories from the Goetz Build
ing and was unhurt
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-05-25
WILSON AIDS coUNTERFEIrER.
commutes Sentence So That He May
Provide For Children.

Washington. - To enable James
Short to return to Brooklyn and pro-
vide a living for his two small chill
dren, President Wilson cominuted the
sevenyear prison sentence imposed on
Short in 1912 for counterieiting half.
dollars. The sentence given to Shorts
wife, convicted with him, has already
expired.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-05-25
SKULL PIERCED BY plTcHroRk
Pennsylvania Farmer Victim OF a
Strange Accident.

York, Pa-IIis skull pierced by the
prong Of a hay fork, Charles Taylor
aged 30 years, IS IN a critical condition
at his homo in Cordorus township.
While Taylor was sleeping In hay
NOV his younger brother tossed q fork
through the trap door and struck him
on the head. He is suffering from
hemorrhages Of the brain and paralysis
Of the night side Of the face
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-05-25
Each Vote Cost sta.so.

The Rush Township primary election
officers filed an election expense ac-
count amounting to s51.20 with the
Dauphin County Commissioners. Just
four votes were cast, two Republicans
and two Democrats, making the total
expense to the county for the casting
OF each vote $3.50
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-05-25
BRYAN NOT GOING TO ST. LOUIS.
Nor viii Brother Run For Governor
As independent.

Lincoln, Neb. 49, William Jennings
Bryan is not going to the Democratic
National Convention as an alternate
delegate from Nebraska, according to
an announcement made by him.
Neither is Charles w. Bryan, defeated
candidate for the Democratic Guber-
Material nomination In Nebraska, plan.
ming to run Independently. Mr., Bryan's
statement was made, he explained, to
correct the deliberate and malicious
misrepresentation Of corporatlon.oon-
trolled papers,"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-05-25
WILSON HINTS
At PEACE MOVE
Speaks Before $4,000 at Meek.
lenburg Celebration.
REFERS TO WARRlNG NATIONS
When You Cannot Overcome You Must
Take Counsel, President Declares.
Seventy Thousand Persons
In the City.

Charlotte, N. C.-President Wilson,
speaking here at an anniversary cele
braton Of the Mecklenburg Declara
ton Of Independence, told his hearers
that Americas example Of bringing all
the world together on terms Of liberty.
cooperation and peace was prophetic
sample OF mankind
Involved in the European struggle
said the President, is the very thinG
that has been going on in America
competition OF national standards. ma
tional traditions and national politics
Europe said he, has grappled in
war as we have grappled in peace &c
see what is going to be done with these
things when they come into hot contact
with each other. What you see taking
place on the other side Of the water g.
the tremendous almost said final
process by which a contest OF elements
may in Gods process be turned into
a coordination and cooperation Of ele
ments.
For Il Is an interesting Clrcum
stance that the processes OF the war
stand still. These hot things that are
N contact with each other do not make
much progress against one another
When you cannot overcome you must
take counsel
The reference was given significance
BY the Presidents hearers, in view Of
recent discussion Of possibilities OF
ending the war.
II would like" said the President.
TO think the spirit OF this occasion
could be expressed II we imagined our
selves lifting some sacred emblem o;
counsel and peace, Of accommodation
and righteous judgment before the ma
tons OF the world and reminded them
" that passage in the Scripture. After
he end. after the earthquake, after the
are. the stiu. small voice OF hu
manity."
His Address Significant
BY those close to the President his
speech was described as being q "de.
Velopment" OF a position which the
President may be expected to take on
the question Of peace In the near
future. II may be stated with author
ity that the President, when he al
dresses the League to Enforce Peace
this week in Washington, will further
indicate the readiness Of this country
10 enter into negotiations the ultimate
object Of which IS TO bring order out Of
the chaos abroad.
There we're some $4,000 persons, rep
resenting the two Carolinas, that heard
President Wilson. Some 10000 more
who crowded into the city from a
radius Of many miles we're disappoint
cd in not being able to get within
range Of the Executive voice.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-05-25

The Pennsylvania state Suffrage AS
sociatlon announces that workers at
county fairs this summer will give
away matches to the men in an effort
to win votes for the cause On the
wrapping Of the box win be these mes
sages "The more light you get on
woman suifrage the better 1t looks"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-05-25
SMOKING SLOWS RECRUITING.
Half New York Marine Enlistment Re.
jeetions Blamed On II.

New York - Excessive cigarette
smoking caused 90 per cent. OF the re.
iections at the United States Marine
Corps recruiting station in this city
since the first Of May, according to
Capt. Frank f. Evans, recruiting Off.
Ger. The specific causes we're faulty
respiration and tachycardis. or rapid
heart beat
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-05-25
MISS GERTRUDE TOWER DEAD.
sueeumbs To Injuries Received In
Automobile Accident.

Philadelphla.-Miss Gertrude Tower,
daughter of Charlemagne Tower, for
mer American Ambassador to Ger
many, who was injured in an auto
mobile accident in Fairmount Park,
died as result Of her injuries in a
hospital hero.
Thomas II. Dougherty, Jr., the polo
player. who was also injured. is in a
critical condition. He suffered CON
cussion Of the brain.
Miss Tower and Dougherty were re-
turning home from the Philadelphia
Country Club in Dougherty's auto.
mobile at the time OF the accident. A
park guard signaled to Dougherty to
lessen the speed Of the car, and in
swinging a curve the automobile threw
one Of It's forward wheels, causing the
machine TO turn turtle.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-05-25
state ouarantIn.s Town.

The State Department Of Health
quarantlned hotel for smallpox, in
Paint Borough, Somerset county, and
took charge of the sanitary affairs OF
the town, the borough having no board
of health. A case of the disease was
discovered in the hotel.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-05-25
TO BUILD NEW RAILROAD.
Proposed Lines From Wheeling VIII
Open Rich Coal Land.

Wheeling, w Va.-Applicatlon for a
charter for the Wheeling and Eastern
Railway Company has been made OF
the Secretaries Of state Of Pennsyl-
vania and West Virginia. The com
pany plans to build line Of railroad
from McCann's Ferry, Pa. on the
Monongahela river to Wheeling, and
also branch line 70 Mlllsboro. Pa,
In order to open up rich coal land in
Mestern pennsyIyanIa.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-05-25
HANGED AFTER 9 RE7RlevEs,
Francisco Rodriguez Murdered His
Wife In 1911.

Phoenix, Ariz Francisco Rodriguez
was hanged at the State Pe1itent.ary
20 Florence for tho murder Of his wife
here January H. 19iL Bodnsuez had
been rcDrleved nine times The case
al cne time assumed international i'm
po-tsnce when Secretary Bryan inter.
ceded on representations Of the Mexi-
can Government and obtained a post.
oanement Of the execution pending fur
TIER uyestigation.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-05-25

An Allentown jury has awarded tp
tho Salvation Army s2,100 damages
for the obstruction Of air, light and
access to It's building by the 81" Of the
Philadelphia & Western Railway,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-05-25
70 TEST NEW MINES FOR U. S.
Destroyer 5enham At Norfolk For Ex.
perimental Trip.

Norfolk, va.-The destroyer Ben.
ham arrived here to make tests with a
new type Of mines turned out by the
Norfolk Navy Yard and designed to
permit mine laying from vessel going
at high speed The Benham viii try
the process at a speed Of 80 knots.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-05-25
Strike May Cost State $4,000.

When all the bills are in 1t IS be.
lieved that the strike service Of the
National Guard organizations In Allie
gheny county this month will cost the
State between $4,000 and 100000.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-05-25

William Dietz, employed in the erec
tion of an addition to the Eagle
Brothers silk mills, Shamokin. plunged
from the fourth story girders to the
ground. He was removed in critical
condition to the State Hospital. his
skull having been fractured.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-05-25
SHOOTS MoTHsR>ANo CHILDREN
Widower Then Commits Suicide On
Grave OF Wife.

Rochester, Ind.--willlam Dollars, 30
years old, miller at Macy, village
near here, shot and killed his mother,
Mrs. Anna Dollars, so years old, and
daughter Agne years old fatally
wounded his son George, IL years old,
and baby Ida, 2 years old, and then
went to a nearby cemetery. where he
killed himself on the grave Of his wife.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-05-25
$4,000 BOY SCOUTS A MONTH.
Big Gain In Recruits Reported A. Gen
eral Conference.

New York-The Boy Scouts are
gaining recruits at the rate OF $1,000
a month, according to a report made
public at the General Conference of
Scout Executives of Eastern Cities. In
session here. Thirty-two cities east OF
81, Louis and Chicago are represented
at the conference. The Scout Execu.
tives are considering plans for the
establishment Of large. permanent
Scout camps in various parts of the
country, as well as numerous weekend
camps.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-05-25
WOULD ASSURE NAVY FUEL OIL
Daniels Urges President To Save Cali
fornls Reserves.

Misunderstanding Daniels ap-
pealed to President Wilson to use his
influence to save the navy's reserves
in the California oil fields as a vital
step in the campaign for adequate ma
tional defense. Should the bill favor.
ably reported by the Senate Public
Lands Committee to legalize certain
entries on lands withdrawn by Presi-
dent Taft in 1909 become law, Mr..
Wilson was told, the navy must aban.
don oil fuel and return to coal, with n
consequent loss In steaming radius and
speed to It's ships.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-05-25

Council of South Bethlehem adopted
a resolution pledging $4,000 toward
the erection of q new bridge across ths
Lehlgh River.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-05-25

On her nrst aitempt 70 run the new
'amily automobile, unassisted, Mrs
George Marburgoy, Of Eberly's Mills,
ran the css down a tweniyfoot EN-.
banlSmeni Neither Mrs. Marburger
nor her two children we're injured
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-05-25
Plan ssOo,OoO Capital vIaduet.

Greiner and Whitman, of baltimore.
were commissioned by Council to make
plans for the new 100000 city yiaduct
over railroad tracks.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-05-25

Caldwell FAINT. thirty-six years old,
OF Harrisburg, cut his finger while al
work two weeks ago and died Thurs
day OF blood poisoning.