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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-10-04
FO|LED BIG
GERMAN PLOT
Men Arrested in New York
Planned to Cripple Ships.
CHEMICALS FROM TEUT0NS
About One Hundred Aliens Taken,
Many OF Whom Had Carbor-
undum, Used To Destroy
Machinery.

New York.-Plans to wreck ma.
chinery in munition making shops in
America at the bidding of German
agents In Europe are believed by the
police 10 have been defeated through
the arrest of about 100 Germans and
German sympathizers in raids here.
Nearly all the men arrested are me-
chanics. A number are employed in
munitions plants and on navy con
tracts. In the possession of some
were found quantities OF carborundum
IN pulyerized forDl-a chemical used
to destroy delicate machinery. The
men knew one another, had held yari-
Gus meetings at which police and Navy
Department agents were present un-
known to them, and had been under
surveillance for many mouths, accord
ing to the police.
The suspicion is held that the car
borundum reached here from German
agents in Scandinavian countries. EN-
phasis was placed on the discovery OF
this chemical, some of ii in the form
OF lead pencils, in possession Of Ger
man courier in Norway some months
ago. This agent admitted, according
to police information, that he had been
sending carborunduin to Germans in
countries at war with Germany.
Some of the men were arrested, II
was said, at the headquarters of the
Industrial Workers of the World, but
the majority were taken from their
homes.
In the roundup more than 200 city
detectives and patrolmen were en-
gagged. Little difficulty was expert
enced in finding all Of the men on the
lists sent out from headquarters and
with one exception there was no re-
slsting by the men wanted.
Suitcases filled with papers, bundles
of various sizes, boxes, tools. parts Of
machinery and contrivances having
the appearance of explosives, all
seized in the raids, were scattered
about on the floors of Offices at police
headquarters
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-10-04
INDEMNITY ss7, 800, 900, 900.
Pan-German League Says Allies Must
Pay That Sum.

Amsterdam. The Pan-German
League has issued pamphlet telling
the German people that the Imperial
Government will exact an indemnity of
$s75O0, 100000 from the Allies when
the war is won"
A copy of the pamphlet, which has
Just been received here, says that Ger
many will annex the following terri
tories: Greater part of Belgium, a big
district in Northeastern France, the
cities of Calais and Boulogne, the Suez
Canal, the Belgian Kongo, the Canary
Islands, Tunis, Morocco, the Azores,
Madeira, Gibraltar and part of the
French and British colonies in Africa.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-10-04
CATTLE DISEASE
TRACED TO GERMANS
Mrs. s. S. Durand, Stock Breed
er, Can Prove Charge
KILLED HER $4,000 HERD
Or. Charles keane, California State
Veterinarian, Confident Anthrax
Germs Have Been Spread
In That State.

Chicago. - Evidence that German
agents spread throughout the United
States germs that caused an epidemic
of hoof and mouth disease among the
live stock is in her possession, accord
ing to statement made by Mrs. Scott
S. Durand, one of the most widely
known women farmers and stock
breeders in America.
Mrs Durand alleges that the destruc-
tion of her own $4,000 herd of prize
cattle was due to the activity of these
German agents. The plotters are still
active, Mrs. Durand asserts.
A scheme to destroy the wheat crops
of the Northern United States by fire
has also been Matched, she says.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-10-04
state BANKS
SHOW INCREASE
Fourteen Institutions, With
Capital Of $1,815,000,
Formed Since Dec. |.
PROSPERITY Is THE REASON
There Are 221 Banks Of Discount, a18
Trust Companies, 13 Savings lnsti-
tutions and One Saving Fund
Under This Jurisdiction.
Harrisburg.

Harrisburg,
Harrisburg, September 24.-Banks
and trust companies incorporated in
Pennsylvania since December /, 1916,
TO September l5, this year, according
TO a statement issued by State Bank
ing Commissioner Daniel F. Lafean,
started in business with q capital stock
OF $1,815,000. Fourteen banks incor-
porated during this period OF less tnan
nine months have a capital stock OF
$1,140,V 900, and the four new trust COM
penies that have begun business dur
ing the same period have a capital
stock OF $675,0O0.
At the present time there are 22l
banks OF discount, 3lS trust companies,
thirteen savings institutions and one
unincorporated saving fund under the
jurisdiction OF the State Banking De-
partment, making total of 553 insti-
tutions.
Prosperity of the time is the reason
for the formation OF the numerous new
banks and trust companies at the
Banking Department. With deposits
growing larger in the older banking
institutions, many communities find
there is still room for one or more
banks.
The new banks incorporated since
last December are:
Philadelphia Cooperative Banking
Association; Sheraden Bank, Pitts
burgh; the Sons of Italy State Bank
OF Philadelphia; State Bank OF Beaver
Falls; the Citizens State Bank, Lock
Haven; Bank of Erie; Pennsylvania
Bank, Philadelphia; the Merchants
Cooperative Banking Association,
Easton; Hungaro Russian -Slavonic
State Bank, Johnstown; the Citizens
Bank of Palmerton; the Dormont
Bank; Union Deposit Bank, South
Fork; Safe Deposit Bank, Tarentum;
American Bank of Commerce, Scran-
ton.
Trust Companies - Commercial
Trust Company of Harrisburg; Hol-
lidaysburg Trust Company; Miners
Banking Trust Company, Shenandoah; !;
Central Trust and Title Company,
Erie.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-10-04
Revise Tobacco Crop Losses.

Packers and growers have revised
their first estimates OF the losses caus-
ed to the tobacco growers OF Lancas-
ter County by the big l-ost OF two
weeks ago, when many fields were bit
ten. The growers place their loss at
half million dollars, while the pack
ers scale this down materially by
pointing out that most of the frosted
crops will be sold to scrap tobacco
manufacturers at higher prices than
were paid for sound tobacco prior to
the boom caused ty the war, due to
the buying of vast quantities OF tobac-
co by the agents of foreign govern
ments for their soldiers.
During the last week scrap dealers
have offered as high as 15 cents a
pound for damaged tobacco, without
being able to get any, and since the
frost The growers have even stiffened
prices on their sound tobacco. Before
the freeze most of them asked 20 cents
a pound, and since the frost many are
asking as much as 30 cents. AS a re-
suit the buyers have all been called
in by their firms, and no sales were
reported during the last week. The
prediction has been made that II the
packers let the growers alone until
after January l prices will break to
such an extent that the tobacco can
be bought at reasonable figure, one
fai. to packer and grower.
1t is a significant fact that for some
years past Lancaster County's tobacco
crop has been bought on the field
while growing, and this year very lit
tie indeed has been bought. The
growers year after year have express
ed the wish that the dealers would
let them alone and not tempt them to
sell until after the crop was stripped,
and this year, unless the unexpected
happens, their wish is likely to be
gratified.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-10-04
BERLIN OFFER
HAS A STRING
Germans Will Evacuate Belgium
on Condition.
ALSO DEMANDS GUARANTEES
The New German Offer Is To Give
UP Belgium Provided Germany Is
Guaranteed the Right To De-
velop Her Enterprises.

London.-Germany has agreed to
evacuate Belgium on certain condi-
tions, ii is declared in German Off
cial statement, according TO a dispatch
from Berne.
Germany, it Is stipulated, must have
the right to develop her economic
enterprises freely in Belgium, especi-
ally in Antwerp.
The proposal was made in a sup
Elementary note to the Vatican, re-
plying TO the peace initiative OF Pope
Benedict. 1t was in the form of E
verbal communication made by For
eign Secretary Kuehlmann TO the
papal nuncie at Munich, wherein the
Foreign Secretary specified tie con
ditions under which Germany was will
ing to conclude peace on the basis OF
the evacuation of Belgium The ver
bal note to the papal nuncio said Ger
many would contribute a share of the
compensation to be paid to Belgium
for war damages. Belgium would be
required, Il said, to give a guarantee
that any such menace as that which
threatened Germany in 1914 would in
future be excluded.
Belgium must undertake to maintain
administrative separation of the
Flanders and Walloon districts intro
duced by Germany, the verbal note
says, because this separation CORE
spends to the wishes of majority of
the Belgian people and because Ger.
many desires such separation on ac-
count of racial sympathy.
a semi.oflcial communication in the
German press in explanation of the
new German proposal says the govern
ment Intentionally avoided stating
more clearly the conditions thus out
lined. These conditions are said to be
compatible with the dignity of Bel
GUM.
Germany avoided mentioning the
question of the throne, because this
was Belgian domestic matter. Ger
many, the communication says, will
agree to any government in Belgium
which accepts the conditions set forth
The principal question is how the
guarantees enumerated can be formu-
lated.
Any peace worth having cannot be
found in a cessation of active hostil.
tiles, followed by process of terri
torial bargaining TO be embodied in
protocols and pacts, and still less in
an arrangement imposed either by vic
tors or vanquished which sets at de.
fiance the historic traditions, aspira-
tions and liberties of the peoples af.
fected.
Ex-Premier Herbert H. Asquith, who
has recently returned from visit to
the western front, made this declara-
tion in addressing a mass.meeting at
Leeds under the auspices of the War
Aims Committee. He described the
German reply to the papal note as
teeming with "nebulous and unctuous
generalities," but giving no indication
that Germany will take any practical
steps to open the road to real and
lasting peace.
Was Germany ready to restore
French territory and give Belgium full
independence, without fetters or reser-
vations? he asked. A definite reply to
these questions, he said, would be
worth a whole column of "pious plati-
tudes."
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-10-04
MAY END LoNe-TERM CREDITS.
Reserve Board Already Has Taken
Steps To Stop six-Month Notes.

Washington. - Long-term credits in
the United States will disappear for
the period of the war if the Federal
Reserve Board has its way.
Vigorous steps toward the abolish
ment of six.month notes have already
been taken, one being letter sent TO
the IL Federal Reserve Banks by Gov
ernor Harding, head of the reserve
system. recommending the substitution
of 3O-day notes wherever possible ex-
cept on agricultural paper.
Many millions are lent merchants on
from three to six months basis, but in
the future Federal Reserve Banks will
not discount commercial papers for
more than 80 days.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-10-04
U-BoAT MENACE cURSI'
Navy Department Reports S''1
Well Under Control

Washington.-Unless some l'
break of submarines ACTIVITY l'l
many officials are satisfied uI
situation is fairly well undel y
Encouraging results have We
tanned through conveying o. Nv
merchant craft, the loss ha,N
reduced to less than one'n~
per cent. The employment "
screens, kite balloons and OD
lection devices also has sDo'
results, and progress Is V'','
with the reduction Of snon
merchantmen and by palnuS
to make them almost in'i'
distance through a perl'cOF
In discussing submarine 'V-
Admiral Benson, CHIEF OF D,
ations and acting secre'aI' = IA
sence of Secretary DanlelS
the departments purpose ',,,
known more of It's acco~r,n
hereafter than In the past :" ,,,
announcement was made hoN
Experimenting CONTINUES IA "a.
other devices. Thomas A.
still at work on inyestlsauVa, '.,,r
he devoted himself at the ,o,,, oa'
war. Even without the ur
any new implement lo' Tr,s
the U-boat, however 'n' .,s
rate of destruction oi n'''' " b
impresses many officials -
that the submarine nlcu. ". Id
held in check sufficient. :, ,a1
tain the ultimate deIe'' "
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-10-04
DROPS "sLUsH FUND" PROBE.
Congress Practically Agreed To Let
Exposure Rest.

Washington.-Ther will be no Con-
gressional probe of the Bernstorff
"slush fund for peace" exposed by the
State Department.
This was assured, following a CON
ference between Democratic Leader
Senator Martin and Senator Overman,
chairman of the Lobby Investigating
Committee.
House leaders already have decided
to let the general investigation drop,
concerning itself solely with the advis-
ability of inquiring into remarks by
Representative Hefin and Howard re-
flecting on the integrity Of some men,
bers.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-10-04
NEW WAR PROGRAM
ABOUT T0BE BEGUN
viii BE Inaugurated With Pas.
sage Of $7,0O0,00O, 1000 Bill
BILLIONS FOR NEW S HIPS
VIII Give America Commercial c,,,
mand OF Tho Seas-Army Will
Be Raised To A Strength OF
Nearly 100000 Men.

Washington.-As soon as the now
s7.0OO,O00,000 Deficiency ApproDd,.
tion bill is passed in the Senate lte
Administration means to inaugurat ,|
new war program more farreach,y
in its scope than even the warnst
ing departments of the Government
dreamed of six months ago.
Definite plans have been worked
out for projects of enormous maruL
tude. Suggestions of them have ben
given out from time TO time, but n,
information submitted to the two sD
propriations committees Of COnge.
In support of the new deficiency eaL
mates show that the purposes Of M
Government have only been parualv
disclosed.
Here arc some OF the more sEtsD
ing measures which the United Sns,
proposes to take during the CurgI
year:
/. Raising, equipping and trainr
an army OF 100000 men, every one
them destined for foreign service
2. Expenditure OF $2,OOO,OOO for cd
nance, including perhaps 1000 ID
teries of field pieces and million. b
on millions Of high explosive shell.
3, Expenditure Of nearly a quartz
OF a billion for new feet Of tODtd
boat destroyers with which to conia
enemy submarines.
4. An. aggregate expenditure
nearly two billions for merchr
fleet which, when completed, will ID
this country commercial cOmmah!
the seas.
5. An expenditure OF apprOIrii
$1,000, 100000 for the supply TIA.
portation and training Of The NJ
armies.
6. An ultimate increase in the riT
personnel from 10000 TO 20CM
more, and corresponding increase
the enlisted force of the MARINES
These are the bigger projects. 4
do not take into account the IA
which are necessary for the sllid
of such a program. They do nG
clude, for instance, the erection Z
string of base and reconstructed
pitals along the Atlantic coast
creation of exbarkation Cantorrt
at certain ports; the organlatti
a great body Of merchant marine
men who are to man The new q
the location Of sn ARTILLERY TOI
ground capable OF testing 5000 81
a day, and various smaller Su
portant projects OF that sort
1t may be stated that win lA
ception of the Shipping Board ~
priation and the increase Of nt
army every plan indicated atot
In addition to those now unle
In some instances, this pTogn
only an extension OF that oHsi
adopted, but in all cases, It N1 !,
plates new activities on The ~
this Government.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-10-04
TANKS" FOR U. S. ARMY.
War Department Calls For $20,000,00o
For Armored Motorcars.

Sammy" tanks will
fight alongside the big British
"Teddies" in No Mans Land
That the United States is to con-
struct large number of these giant
land cruisers developed with an ex-
planation of an additional $20,0O0,OOO
in the armored motorcar appropriation
in the Urgent Deficiency bill called up
in the Senate.
A total OF $36,750O0O is asked for
motorcars, with authority to contract
for $75,O00,OOO more.
In the sS,OO0,O00,O 900 bill $2O,OO0,O0O
is set aside for artillery, $685., 100000
for ships and s45,OOO,OOO for aircraft.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-10-04
BOXES NEARLY MATCHLES0.
Steel Springs Instead OF Matches In
Swedish Product.

Minneapolis,--W. J. Kennedy, pro
prietor of cigar store, called the at
tention of Federal agents here to a
supply of matches, manufactured in
Sweden and purchased by Kennedy
through local wholesale house, which
contained scores of small steel springs.
Many boxes held two of the springs
and contained only a few matches,
Kennedy declared,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-10-04
California Secs Plot.

Sacramento, Cal DR.. Charles
Keane, State Veterinarian, declares
that an epidemic of anthrax which is
affecting cattle in Yolo county has
reached an alarming stage, and he
feels confident the germs are being
spread by agents of enemies of the
United States.
The anthrax outbreak is character.
lied by Dr. Keane as the worst in the
history of the country Reports indi
cate the spread of the disease to Co
lusa county, adjoining.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-10-04
WOMEN PLAN TO SELL BONDS.
To Dispose OF ore-Third OF New
Issue OF Liberty Bonds.

Washington.-One-third of the sales
in the coming Liberty Loan campaign
is the task set for the women of the
country by the Women's Liberty Loan
Committee, which held a two.day ses-
sion here with more than 100 delegates
from all sections in attendance. Mrs.
W. G. McAdoo, chairman, presided,
and Mrs. Antoinette Funk, of Chicago,
announced the great share of the work
undertaken amid enthusiastic ap-
plause.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-10-04
TWO RAIDS ON ENGLAND.
Bombs Dropped On Lincolnshire, York
shire, Kent and Essex.

London. - Hostile airships appeared
off the coasts of Lincolnshire and
Yorkshire.
Hostile airplanes attacked the south
east coast of England Sunday evening.
According to the official announce
ment, the raiders came in different
places in Kent and Essex. A few of
them followed the Thames and attack
ed London.
Bombs were dropped at several
points. The casualties so far reported
are six persons killed and about 20 in
jured.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-10-04
MEN BLOWN TO PIECES.
Explosion Also Damages Oil Ship and
Standard OH Wharf.

Richmond Cal. - Two men were
blown to pieces, the Standard Oil tank
er ]. A. Moffett was badly damaged and
a portion of the main wharf of the oil
company here was blown in by an ex.
plosion. 1t was definitely established
several hours after the blast that they
were blown to pieces. Two others
were injured
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-10-04
HOLDING ON TO ''''
Treasury officials pr'"
Export To span /,

Washington, TreasuI, y. !, I'D
rying out the goyernms.p' 4, al|
erning the conservauu' = pr)
virtually decided upon :. ,old y
hibiting the export l,,VV',.s,d y, NJ
No gold has been ',n,..,.Idsnis
to Spain since the prs'.s,stf Pr. .sgsfi
nation became effective ,e Inr,tA
small shipments alre'''
steamers.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-10-04
SPIES REPORTED SHOT.

Ambassador Page Quoted AS Telling
or German Agents With Pershing.
Durham, N C.-Court-martial and
subsequent putting to death of two
German spies, one a wireless operator
and the other an orderly TO COM
manding officer, in all probability
saved General Pershing's expedition
ary force while en- route to France,
from disaster, according to letter re-
ceived by a son of American Ambas-
sador Walter Hines Page, from his
father.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-10-04
CONGRESS BOWS TO WILSON.
Action On Invitation To Visit Europe
Is Postponed.

Washington. Postponement of
action on invitations to Congress from
British and French officials or a con-
gressional delegation to visit Europe
was agreed upon at joint meeting of
the Senate Foreign Relations and
House Foreign Affairs committees, fol-
lowing receipt of word from President
Wilson that he deemed dispatch of a
congressional commission abroad in
opportunie at this time.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-10-04
WEEKS CASUALTIES 2s,os5.
British Losses Less Than Week Be-
fore Despite Drive.

London Total casualties of British
ranks in all the war theatres for the
last week are reported officially to
have been 23,O35. The casualty lists
are sub.divided as follows: officers
killed or died of wounds, 1903; men
killed or died of wounds, 4,430; Off
GERS wounded or missing, 432; men
wounded or missing, 1900.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-10-04
TO SURVEY ARMY FOOD.
surgeon-GeneraI Gorgas Organizes
Special Division OF Medical Corps.

Washington. - Surgeon General
Gorgas has organized food division
of the Army Medical Corps. Parties
of four officers and eight men will
make the rounds Of all the camps here
and abroad and survey food as to its
nutritional value. All Of the officers
commissioned for this service are
skilled psychologists and biochemists.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-10-04
is KILLED, 70 INJURED IN RAID.
Only One Or Two Machines Able To
Penetrate Defenses OF London.

London.-Fifteen killed and 20 in
jured was the official list announced
of the latest German air raid by Yep
pelins and airplanes.
Lord French. commander-n-chief Of
home defense forces, announced that
the raiders over London had been
driven off by anti-aircraft gunhre, only
one, at the most two, machines having
penetrated the defenses.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-10-04
Girl Refuaee Farm Student.

Miss Rose Brind, a young Russian
Jewess, who was a refugee from Pal
estine, came halfway round the world
to study agriculture at the Pennsylva-
mia State College. She entered college
at the beginning of the first semester
with the freshman class.
Rather than submit to Turkish rule
Miss Brind and her family fed from
Jerusalem in December 1914, and at
yoffa were taken aboard the United
States gunboat Tennessee.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-10-04
: rSs - 800
EX-GOVERNOR FORT RENAMED.
Continued AS Member OF Federal
Trade Commission.

Washington. - President Wilson
signed denomination of John Frank
lin Fort, former Governor of New Jer-
sey, as member Of the Federal Trade
Commission. Governor Fort was ap-
pointed last February to serve out the
unexpired term of George s. Rubles,
of New Hampshire.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-10-04
LIFE SAVED BY CORSET STAY.
DETECTS Bullet Fired BY Husband She
Had Arrested.

Had Arrested.
Houghton, Mich.-The life of Mrs.
Frederick Landroche, of Hancock,
probably was saved by corset stay.
Her husband, arraigned in court on a
charge of non-support, asked for per
mission to speak to his wife. This
being granted, Landroche pulled re-
volver and fred twice. One shot went
wild, the other was detected by the
corset stay. Before Landroche could
FIRE again he was overpowered.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-10-04
GETS 80 YEARS "
Crime In Ff'''

Leavenworth, Kan. :, b, y
Beasley, a member va, ~
expeditionary force here y II
the Federal prison ,,r. inf
sentence OF 80 yv."'s,tisl y
him by a couIsI .I Of
Beasley, convict, s'., Apeny
charge, is the 1,S ,.om fr,ss
to be returned from n,Ins, ~
Ing committed a cruz
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-10-04
ADJOURNMENT TALK AGAIN.
congressman Think They'll Get Away
BY October IL.

Washington.-Agitatlon for adjourn
ment Of Congress was renewed among
Senators. Some leaders thought ad-
journment October possible and
nearly all believed Congress may get
away by October 12.