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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-03-30
SAFETY SOCIETY IN
EACH PLANT URG[ D
Conference At Capital comrnends
Vocational Schools and Urges
Their Extension.
Harrisburg.

tthTTlSDuTB--
Development OF safety organiza.
tlons In every industrial plant, on
every railroad and about every form
OF work where danger exists, the edu-
cation of the employe to the import.
ance OF taking care OF himself, and
closer cooperation OF employer and
employe were the means most favored
for reducing the toll of accidents In
Pennsylvania industries in the discus
sion at the conference here II was
attended by between 100 and 200 men
representing almost Eve billions Of
capital, and by the leaders Of organ
lied labor, assembled under the call OF
the State Government.
Governor Brumhaugh pointed out
that HIS idea IN calling the conference
came from the reports of accidents re.
ceived by State authorities. Commits.
sioner John Price Jackson followed
with a statement from the State off.
cials' side, and Samuel Gompers, spoke
for the American Federation Of Labor.
The discussion closed by adoption
Of resolutions which urged safety edu.
cation and organization. A suggestion
by l.. i. Loree, president Of the Della.
ware & Hudson Railroad, that the con.
ference recommend law prohibiting
railroad trespassing was laid over
until the safety conference in Novem.
Der.
The resolutions committee com.
mended Governor Brumbaugh for his
stand for vocational schools and urged
extension Of the system through the
State so that all workers may be bet.
ter trained and aliens be taught Eng.
llsh.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-03-30
BOYS RADIO PLANTS SEIZED.
Said To Explain Why Army Wireless
Has Worked So Badly.

Douglas, Ariz.-Amateur wireless
stations along the border have been
picking up radio messages from Cen.
eral Pcrshing's headquarters, Govern.
ment officials said in explaining why
the wireless with the expeditionary
forces has been working so badly the
last two days. No arrests have been
made. but stations put up by several
boys have been dismantled.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-03-30
IS BLOCKS BURNED.
Two Churches and Little Sisters OF
the Poor and 6o1 Residences.

Nashville, Tenn.-A ball OF yarn,
lighted and thrown by boy into dry
grass in a vacant lot, started a con.
hagratlon in East Nashville which was
not got under control until after S5
residence blocks had been swept by
the fire. The loss is estimated at 81,
100000. 1t was estimated that at least
1900 persons are homeless as a result
OF the confiagration.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-03-30
rrnlnmen Indorse nrumhauah.

While Governor Drumbaugh was ad-
dressing railroad corporation and la
'bor leaders who came here at his invl-
tation to discuss safety First" prof.
ects, a delegation from Franklin coun.
ty called on Attorney General Francis
Skunk Brown, the leading spirit in the
Governors campaign. and pledged
their answering support to his can
dldacy for President Mr.. Brown also
received several representatives Of the
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen.
They. too. were enthusiastic toward
the Governors candidacy.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-03-30
VILLA SENDS Def.
"lf Americans Take Me, They WIN
Take Me Dead"

IL Paso, Texas.-Francisco villa
will never surrender, but will die fight
ing the Americans sent to capture him.
This is the grim defiance sent to the
border by the bandit leader through
messengers who succeeded in passing
by Carranza troops in night dashes.
"1f the American soldiers take me,
they will take me dead" says Villa in
this message. "Tm going to kill every
American can find. They won't find
1t an easy task to whip Francisco
villa. Count on this: | will never sur
render, but will die fighting"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-03-30
$4,000 FOR VILLAS BODY.
Resolution To Pay For Capture offered
In Senate.

Washlngton.-A resolution authorlz-
ing the Government to offer a reward
Of $4,000 for the body of Francisco
villa" was introduced in the House by
Representative Sect. o. Pennsylvania.
It stipulated that the body of the ban.
dit was to be turned over to the mill.
tary authorities. The resolution was
referred to the Foreign Affairs Com
mittoe
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-03-30
FEAR FELT AT rL PAso.
carranza's Ability To Hold Mexlcans
From Conflict With U. S. Doubted.

Ell Paso, Texas-The silence which
has enveloped the Mexican situation,
as far as definite news Of the pursuit
Of Francisco villa is concerned, gave
fresh force to the numerous reports
from various sources of grave disaf.
fection among the Carranza troops.
On the border, at least, 1t is firmly
believed that the soldiers of the first
chief are far from giving any real co.
operation to the American expedition.
airy force. 1t is admitted that General
Carranza and some Of his lieutenants
are sincerely anxious to avoid friction
with the United States. but 1t is not
believed that the head of the de facto
government represents the attitude or
sentiments of his army or fellow-citi.
zens.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-03-30

John Tarsel and Andrew Lady were
cutting coal at the Philadelphia a
Reading Coal & Iron Company's Burn
side Colliery. when a huge fall of top
rock occurred. Both we're injured. the
former probably fatally.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-03-30
RESCUED FROM GYPSY BAND.
Girl OF is Says She Was Atfianced To
One OF the Nomads.

Clarlsburg. W. Va.-Rescued by
ministers and Police from gypsy
band that has been quartered here all
winter, Annie Awfrancijo. a l5.year.
old brazilian girl Of Chicago. is on her
way to that city. The girl said that
she had been kept prisoner under
threats of death and that she had been
aflianced to one of the gypsies.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-03-30
VlLLlsTAs coURT.MARTlALEp.
One Prominent General Faces Car.
rama Military Tribunal.

Mexico City.-Carrera Torres, form.
erly prominent as general under
villa, and Luis Escoto Cabrera, the
alleged executioner Of Abraham Con.
zales, Governor of the State of Chihu.
ahua during the Madero Administra.
tion, were taken TO Queretaro to be
tried by court-martial on a charge Of
rebellion.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-03-30
State College To Have Trade Course.

State College To Have Trade Course.
Secretaries Of Chambers Of Com
merce throughout this State will study
factory organization. cost accounting
and scientific management at sum
mer course established at the state
College. Prof. Hugo Diemer. head Of
the Department Of Industrial Engineer.
inT. win be in charge. Cooperating
with him is the Pennsylvania Com.
mercial Secre'aries' Association.
through their secretary, Charles NJ.
Ketchum. of Washington, Pa
According to Mr.. Ketchum, mem.
bers are enthusiastic over the idea of
having series Of lectures and die.
cussions on such subjects as Industrial
psychology, Industrial education and
industrial organization Methods and
systems Of promoting commercial or.
ganization activities will be discussed
bv experts. II is probable the course
viii be given from August Il to 26.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-03-30
SOLDIERS WEAR SAND MASKS.
Those In Mexican Campaign Adopt
colorful Protection.

Washington.---The sand mask is the
latest in military dress.
The Mexican campaign through
desert land motEered this invention,
which is gay and colorful. not mon.
strous, like the gas masks Of Europe.
In fact. all there is TO sand mask
is handkerchief pulled up over the
mouth and nose, in bandit style. Red
bandanpas are much worn
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-03-30
10000 ARE HOMELESS.
Two-Thirds or Paris, Texas, Destroyed
BY Fire.

Paris, Texas.-Twothirds of the
residential and business districts Of
Paris were wiped out by flames which
left a funnel-shaped wake of destruc-
tion from 2 to 10 blocks wide cross
the city The loss is estimated at
from s2,OOO,OOO to s3,OOO,OOO Fully
one-half of the population of 10000 is
shelterless.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-03-30

State Fish Wardens were instructed
to push work Of inspection of streams
for pollution from factories or any
other sources at n conference held at
The State Department of Fisheries.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-03-30
Boiler Code EffeotIve Iulv I

The State Industrial Board an.
nounced that the new State Boiler
Code which is to govern constructor
and inspection Of boilers would become
effective July l. The ruling prohibit
ing carrying OF matches into powder
mills has been amended to prohibit
carrying Of matches into any place
where explosives are stored.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-03-30
Full Crew Cases Continued.

The closing argument in the full
crew cases was continued by the Pub.
lie Service Commission until April 6,
owing to absence of counsel for the
trainmen and railroad conductors,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-03-30

Rev. w. N. Yates, a minister. who
was elected TO the Harrisburg School
Board on the Washington ticket, an
nounced that he would be candidate
for Senator on the Washington ticket
Senator E. E. Beidleman will be the
Republican nominee.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-03-30
French Position Dangerous.

By battering through the French
lines in Ayocourt wood the Crown
Prince bent the French front In the
shape of a dangerous loop. The neck
OF this loop is less than four miles
wide.
German artillery posted on the ridge
near Dead Man Hin, on the northeast
side, Is sweeping the four miles OF
wooded plain with a heavy fire. On
the southwestern side Bavarian regi-
ments are striving to cut through the
intervening four miles, cutting off
French forces holding BethIncourt and
halancourt.
Dispitches from Berlin declared the
French were in an extremely pre-
carious position.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-03-30
TO STOP FAKE STORIES.
New Ell Paso Law Provides Fine For
False Reports.

El Paso, Texas.-The city council Of
p Paso, Texas. passed an ordinance
providing that correspondents sending
out matter calculated TO iniure the
general business or reputation OF Fl
Paso and known 10 be false" shall be
fined from S25 to 5000. Mayor Lea said
the ordinance was prompted by the
circulation Of reports that a state OF
anarchy existed here. As a matter Of
fact, FL Paso is peaceful and as busy
with the ordinary enterprises as any
city in the land" he said.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-03-30
WON'T DlsARM SHIPS.
Entente Powers Formally Reject Pro-
posal Made BY v. S.

Entente POWERS FORMALLY Reject Pro-
posa Made BY v. S.
Washington.-Al Of the Entente
Powers, through their embassies here,
have handed to Secretary Lansing,
formal responses rejecting the pro-
posal made by the State Department
in Its circular memorandum that they
enter into a modus vivendi and dis.
arm all Of their merchant ships with
the understanding that the United
States Government would endeavor to
secure from the Central Powers a
pledge not TO attack any such unarmed
ship without warning and without pro-
viding for the safety Of the passengers
and crew.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-03-30

Falling into tub Of water at her
home in Shamoliin, Catherine Donahue
was scalded to death. The girls
mother had prepared the water for
bath for the baby. The girl picked
up small mirror and while glancing
into It fell backwards into the tub,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-03-30
CHILD LABOR BILL UP.
Redrafted, Its Friends Believe II To De
Lawyer.Proof.

Lawyer.Proof.
Observation-Disclosures so that its
friends believe II "lawyer-proof." the
Heating owen child labor bill was be-
fore the Senate Interstate Commerce
Committee for final action. The sub
committee Of redrafters-Cummins,
Robinson and Smith tS C.)-en-
deavored to meet especially the consti.
tutional objections urged ag;,inst the
law bv James Emery. counsel for the
National Manufacturers Association.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-03-30
Savage Fighting In Russia.

Savage fighting is going on at Jacob
stadt, so miles southeast Of Riga,
where the Russians, using liquid fire
and gas bombs, are battering in the
German salient.
At the same time the Slavs are at.
tacking vigorously at Friedrichstadt.
General Kuropatkin's aim apparently
is to squeeze Won Hindenburg out Of
this important salient by threats of
development forcing the retirement
Of the whole German line from Riga
TO Dyinsk, on a front OF 40 miles.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-03-30
HANDLED s2s,ooo,ooo,ooo.
Vault Clerk In U. S. Treasury csle,
bratea Elghteth Birthday.

Washington. - Alfred r. Quaiffe,
vault clerk Of the United States Treas.
ury, who has handled somewhere in
the neighborhood Of s25,0OO,OOO,OO0 in
so years OF service, Tuesday cele-
brated his eightieth birthday.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-03-30

A, A. Barrett, eighty-one wears old
Civil War veteran and Mason. Of
Northumberland. died suddenly OF
heart failure.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-03-30
NOrrIstOwn Man On Coal Commission

Governor Brumbaugh appointed C.
Tyson Kratz. attorney, Norristown. to
be a member Of the commission to in
vestlgate the increase of prices in
anthracite coal. He will take the
place Of Thomas Martindale, Philadel-
phia. who declined the appointment,
Mr., Martindale was appointed a mem.
Der of the State Game Commission to
I'll a vacancy caused by death Of A. b.
Chapman, Bucks county.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-03-30

Eva Colfman, Of Mount Pocono,
twenty years old, shot wildcat at her
benhouse.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-03-30

The New York office of the Holland
American Line announced the with
drawal OF the Rotterdam from the
service on account of mines in the
North Sea.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-03-30
POLICE GET "PolsoN PEN" MAIL.
Wilmington Girls Bothered BY An.
onymous Writer.

Wilmington, Del.--Postal officials
are seeking for the writer Of poison
pen" letters which have been sent to
several wellknown women of this city.
Miss Agnes McDermott is one OF those
to receive such letters and her brother,
City Councilman Joseph l.. McDermott,
turned them over to the postal off,
cials. Miss Mabel Evans, 1901 Mary
land avenue, and the Misses Fitz.
gerald. 1909 Maryland avenue, have re-.
ceived similar letters.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-03-30
SUSSEX HIT OFF DlEPPE.
Channel Vessel, With 3s5 Passengers
Aboard, Believed Torpedoed.

Npod1ui believed lorpeuoed,
London - The channel steamer
Sussex, with 336 passengers and a
crew Of so, was torpedoed or struck a
mine off Dieppe.
Announcement was made also that
the steamer Englishman, Of the
Dominion Line, had been sunk Lloyds
rtates that so far 6S survivors have
been accounted for
In addition to these vessels the
British steamer Fulmar and the Danish
steamship Chrlstianssund have been
sunk, according to announcements. All
Of the crew OF the Danish vessel and
is Of the crew Of the Fulmar were
rescued, It is stated.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-03-30

After voters Of Zerbe Township, IN.
cluding Trevorton. at special election
decided In favor Of erecting a 1000
public school building, church bells
were rung along with the blowing OF
whistles, after which men, women and
children participated in a street
parade.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-03-30

Candidates for positions az teaohen
In the Pottsville schools must b
neither fat nor nossy. the Board Of
School Directors ruled. 1t was stated
that fat teachers would be incapabl,
of climbing the steep hills of that city,
while "hossy" teachers would pay TOO
much attention to their personal ap
pearance. Because of criticism Of the
condition Of the schools. Superlnten'
dent T.. r. Barclay rendered his resig'
nation, but the board refused to accept
1t and said he was not TO blame.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-03-30
FRENCH At vERDUN
BENT INTO LOOP
Germans Renew Heavy Attacks
Along That Front.
RUSSIAN FIGHTING SAVAGE
slavs Use Liquid Fire and Gas Bombs
Against Won Hindenburs, Who
counter.Attaeks In South.
Germans Report Gains.

London.-German troops have re-
Bumed heavy attacks against the
French front northwest OF verdun, ac.
cording to Paris dispatches.
Following a 24-hour lull. the German
batteries turned a terrific fre on the
French positions south OF Malancourt
and around Dead Man Hill. French
guns roared in reply. It is believed
in Paris that the decisive battle on this
sector has begun.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-03-30

Norfolk has more churches in pro.
portion to its population than any
other English county.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-03-30
TORNADO KILLS EIGHT.
Had Taken Refuge In Farmhouse In
Storms Path.

Oklahoma City, Okla.-Eight per.
sons we're killed in a farm house two
miles east Of Davis, Okla, by tor.
nado which struck that section. The
path of the tornado was eight miles
wide.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-03-30

Two hundred miners employed by
the w. ], Rainey Coke Company,
Brownsville, hurried to the surface
when couriers ran through the mines
shouting the ten-acre reservoir on a
hill near the opening was about to
burst. They set to work with their
picks and shovels and finally sue
ceeded in digging ditch which carried
the flood waters away from the mine
and saved the property.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-03-30

Three new she'll loading plants were
put in operation at the Redington fuse
plant of the Bethlehem Steel Company,
1t is said that the night force will bo
transferred to day work. According
to workmen, the local plant is turn.
ing out more than 100000 loaded
Ghells q month.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-03-30

Mystery surrounds the death Of vii.
liam Haines, forty-6ve years old.
whose body was found on the tracks Of
the Pittsburgh, Shawmut & Northern
Railroad, at Spranker's Mills. Haines
is known to have possessed large
sum of money and the authorities be.
lieve he was murdered.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-03-30

Henry Doherty, part owner Of
large silk mill in Paterson, N. j., Of.
fereJ to turn over the mill to the
operators at per cent on the invest
ment
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-03-30

A sentence of two years at hard Ia.
Dor in the Berks county Jail. with a
fine Of SS5 and costs, was imposed In
Criminal Court. Reading. upon Charles
Reinhardt, thirty.two years old, fol.
lowing his conviction of the theft OF a
lot of chickens belonging 10 farmers
in Tllden Township.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-03-30
TELEGRAPH TICKS.

An armed band kept the guards at
bay while John d. Pace. accused Of
killing his parents, broke jail at Man
chester KY, and made his escape.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-03-30

Major General Goethals, governor Of
the Panama Canal Zone. sailed from
New York for the Isthmus.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-03-30

Twenty-three cars were wrecked
and several hundred feet of track were
torn up in freight train wreck on tho
low grade line Of the Pennsylvania
Railroad, one mile east of Buzzards
Rocks. No one was injured. The
wreck was caused by the dropping Of
a brake rigging.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-03-30
NO REVISION OF ALLIANCE.
Japan Foreign Office Says Japan and
England Are Agreed.

Tokio.-The Foreign Office declares
that rumors concerning a revision Of
the Anglo-Japanese Alliance are base
less. Japan and Great Britain have
reached an amicable understanding
concerning patrols in the Pacific FOR
the inspection Of ships
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-03-30

Simon S. Petersboro. sevcnty-one
years old. and Sarah W. Kiest, both
Of Willies.Barre, were welded at Sun.
bury by Rev. DR.. ]. NJ. Francis. The
bride declared her husband Is tho
"ideal man OF the United States"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-03-30

Union County Court granted a
mandamus on the County Commission
ers directing them to join with the
Northumberland County Commission.
ers in erecting a bridge over the Sus'
quehanna River between Watsontown
and White Beer at cost Of s150.0O0.