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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-08-30
GIVES GUARDsMEN MORE PAY.
Comptroller OF Treasury Rules On
Status In Federal Service.

Washington.-Ofiicers and men of
the National Guard, the Comptroller of
the Treasury ruled, are entitled to pay
in the Federal service at the rate of
their service in the guard. A third
enlistment man in the guard, for in
stance, is entitled to third enlistment
pay from the Government. Thousands
of officers and men will by this ruling
receive more pay than they expected.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-08-30
ZEEBRUGGE BOMBED.
Vicinity OF Submarines Raided BY
British Airmen.

London, - The important submarine
base of Zeebrugge and other military
detectives in Belgium were attacked
by British airmen, the Admiralty an
nounces. Some hits were obtained.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-08-30
SUFFRAGE PIcKETS F''''
Give Bond Pending wv
Motion For New ''

Washington.-Th six von' .,Iy
banner-bearers arresteu ".3ts "
White House were sen'en,',s !, ss'
police court to pay llnes ,,,tI
serve 80 days in Jail, They y-sss,sly
bonds pending decision OD
a new, trial.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-08-30
GOV. FERGUSON HE"'"'

Suspended Pending A'''0"
OF lmpeachm'n1s. r,ass
Austin, Texas.-Jalue' sadg|
was. suspended from the UD .D,ddS|
ernor of Texas, when ln' ,,,a., dN|
managers named by the y n'I h, 81
resentatives presented " Je|
21 articles of impeacll,D %l
official misconduct '" ",,tIcsgy |
lieutenant governor, ai'OI .SIn -
ceeded to the governv,,,ss "
disposition of the cH''
Senate.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-08-30
Only Barefooted Recruit.

Barefooted and wearing only over
ahs, blue shirt, sweater and cap, Mil.
ton Chreimer, Lancaster county
farm hand, hiked 16 miles over the
mountains to Lebanon to enlist in
the United States army.
Chreimer was pronounced by the
examining surgeon 70 be eligible, but
there was a question as to his being
1S years old.
He proved his age. and asked to
be assigned to the field artillery ser
vice, to be near horses, of which he
is particularly fond.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-08-30
GERARD UNDER GUARD.
Former Ambassador To Berlin Gets
Threatening Letters.

Chicago.-Two detectives are guard
ing James w. Gerard, former ambas-
sador to Berlin. He has received
many anonymous letters showing deep
feeling held against him by persons
whose sympathies are with Germany.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-08-30
WAR COMMISSION ENDS.
One From Belgium Has Completed
Duties In This Country.

New York,-The Belgian War Com
mission officially has come to an end.
Baron Moncheur, head of the mission,
announces that a few days will be
spent in New York in an unofficial
capacity
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-08-30
GERMAN EDITOR JAILED.
lnterned For Publishing Article En-
couraaina Violation OF Draft.

Little Rock, Ark.-Curtis Acker-
mann, editor and proprietor of Ger
man language paper published here,
was interned in the county Jail here
at the direction Of United States At
torney General Gregory.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-08-30
GERMAN SPY NABBED.
One Of Fourteen Working Here For
the Kaiser.

Richmond, Va.-William F. Main, Sc
years old, arrested in Louisa Sunday
as a suspicious character and rearrest-
ed Monday, charged with being Ger
man spy, told the police he was one of
IA spies working in the United States
at the direction of the German govern
ment.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-08-30
Pneumonia Most Fatal.

The following is a statement of the
principal causes of 10473 deaths
In Pennsylvania in hlay, as report.
ed by the Bureau of Vital Stats
tics:
Pneumonia, 14O1; Bright's disease
and nephritis, 979; early infancy,
650; tuberculosis, 1893; cancer, $50;
tuberculosis of other organs, 1873; can.
Ger. $685. accidents in mines, rs; rail.
way injuries, ITO; other forms of vic.
lence, 55S
The number of births in May was
1s,2O5
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-08-30

The cooperative warehouse is gain
ing in popularity in the South.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-08-30

Negroes in the United States have
a taxable wealth of about $500, 100000
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-08-30
RECOMMENDS IMPEACHMENT.
Governor F"r~"son To Be Presented
To Texas Senate.

Austin, Texas.-The House in COM
mittee of the whole reported a recon-
mendation that bill of impeachment
against Governor James E. Ferguson
be presented to the Senate. The vote
was 81 TO So.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-08-30
Restraints Railroads.

The Presidents order forbids rail
road.owned mines from selling TO
other mines and prohibits dealers from
selling coal produced by railroad-own.
ed mines on a basis of prices fixed for
other mines.
The btumnous jobbers' prices be-
comes effective Immediately, as did
bituminous mine prices.
The coal administration will be or
ganized as soon as Dr. Garfield has
completed his work of recommending
TO the food administration a govern.
ment price for the 1917 wheat crop.
Dr. Garfeld's price-fxing committee,
will be ready to announce price
within a few days
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-08-30
PRESIDENT SETS
PRICE ON HARD COAL
Federal Government Cuts Into
Profits Of JObbers.
ALSO NAMES ADMINISTRATORS
Next Step viii Be Regulations For
Distribution and To Fix Anthra-
cite and Bituminous Re-
tail Prices.

Washington.-Go control of
the coal industry was made almost
complete, when President Wilson
named Dr. II. A. Garfield, president of
Williams College, fuel administrator,
fixed anthracite prices for producers
and jobbers and set limit on profits
to be made by bituminous wholesalers.
The next and final step will be To
make regulations for coal distribution
and TO fix anthracite and bitumlnous
retail prices. This will be done when
a distribution program is perfected
and when the Federal Trade Commis-
sion has completed plan under which
retail profits may be fixed.
The anthracite prices fixed effective
September / are virtually the same as
those now charged at the mines under
voluntary arrangement made by the
producers with the Trade Commission.
The prices that may be charged by
jobbers, however, will reduce present
costs sharply. Bituminous jobbers'
profits, too, will be cut by the new
price scale set for wholesale trans.
actions.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-08-30
The Scale.

The anthracite scale for railroad
owned mines, which include practical.
ly all the big producers, follow:
White Ash-Broken, S455; egg,
s445; stove, S4.7O; chestnut, $3.50;
pea, $4 Red Ash-Broken, $475;
egg, s465; stove, S49O; chestnut,
$3.50; pea, $40. Lykens Valley
Broken, IS; egg, $3.50; stoves, $3.50;
chestnut, $3.50; pea, S435.
Other producers may charge an ad-
vance Of rs cents ton of 2,24O pounds
over the figures set for the railroad
owned mines. Those who incur the
expense of rescreening It at Atlantic
or Lake ports may add an additional
five cents ton.
Anthracite jobbers delivering coal
at Buffalo ard points east of that city
will be allowed a maximum profit of
20 cents a ton of 2,24O pounds, and
those delivering IL west of Buffalo may
charge an excess of 80 cents. The
combined gross profits of any number
of jobbers handling a shipment must
not exceed the limit of profit set for a
single jobber, except that a screening
charge of five cents may be made on
water shipments at Atlantic or Lake
ports.
Bituminous profits for iobbers are
fixed nj IL cents q ton of OOO mounds
and the same restrictions that govern
dealings by a number of anthracite
jobbers apply to bituminous trans.
actions
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-08-04
LABOR AND LABORERS OF LONG AGO
By ROBERT BURTON BRUCE.

Not many things are so profoundly
interesting to the searching mind as
an industrial survey of ancient times,
especially when the aim and purpose
is to draw fair and impartial compar-
ison between labor and capital in past
ages, and as they are in these modern
times.
Labor is always expanding, devel-
oping. 1t was crude and feeble in the
early centuries, and only from the an
cient writers do we learn that it had
form in some manner, but no exact
science or system to guide with skill
and progression, tho this may be due
to the slow advance of intelligence and
civilization, view that seems remark
able in the presence of evidences of
beautiful and wonderful construction
seen in temples and palaces which sur
vive as ruins of a once grand era. The
accuracy and truthfulness of such
transmissions appear to have changed
only in the improvement which new
and more graphic language has
brought them to nearer realism,
change that only indicates the onward
movement of the industrial mind and
muscle.
When what is known as the feudal
system was established, it was found
to be an instrument fashioned to gov
ern the toilers in their relations with
their employers and that the latter
were thus made their heartless and
tyrannical masters. Thus, too, were
the working masses forced to the nee
essity of forming among themselves
guilds or organizations to secure their
right to measure and value their time
and labor and to protect themselves
against the unnatural and unjust i'm
a al
and physical endurance.
IN the sequence OF results, the wage
question became exceedingly import
ant and prominent Any effort to in
crease and secure a higher wage was
met by an increase of working hours,
counter action which, according to
Gibbon, was added to the power of the
system. For the historian tells US ''la-
borers were required to work not by
the hour but steadily from seven
o'clock in the morning to six at night,
constitute a full day of working time"
Gibbon, however, said, notwithstand-
ing Herodctus, who made the number,
exclusive of the noon hour for meals,
ten, "the Shaving workers could only
eat their porridge at such times as
their masters permitted" and that
this permission "was charged by the
workers as another effort by the more
wealthy and powerful masters to work
their men to their fullest capacity"
A scrap of history, by an anony-
nous writer, published in the London
Times in 1858, records the fact that
"thruout the old Roman Empire every
workman in the fields, the highways
and in the shops was prohibited from
demanding higher pay for his days
work above what his master usually
paid or agreed to pay for full days
work" and that whoever made such a
demand was required by his master
or the authorities of the dominion to
work five full days without pay as a
penalty Of violating the systems pre-
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-08-04

ket and the head master of the dis
trict in which the contract was eff
fective.
If you have followed US closely, you
will discover that our notes and ref
erences reveal the fact that our re-
view is analogous to the writings of
modern students and authors, altho it
is strikingly remarkable that one
author whose voluminous work pur-
porting to historize labor and what
we know as 'the labor union move
ment," appears to have deemed these
olden matters of useless comparison.
No one, however, will give them a
careful digest and fail to see the
genesis of the present organized labor
bodies in our land.
Cruel wrong was done, as now, in
ancient days by the rich and powerful
against the poor and dependent toilers.
In this great country opportunities
for advancement have long been and
are still open to all, but no wage earn
er should ignore the fact that in or
ganized or union labor, he has his
greatest weapon of defense, and that
if he would use that defensive factor,
it is instinctively and naturally human
to uphold such organizations as the
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-08-04
THINGS THAT NEVER DIE.

The pure, the bright, the beautiful
That stirred our hearts in youth,
The impulses to wordless prayer,
The stream of love and truth;
The longing after something lost,
The spirits yearning cry,
The striving after better hopes
These things can never die.
The timid hand stretched forth to aid
A brother in his need;
A kindly word in grief's dark hour
That proves a friend indeed;
The plea for mercy softly breathed,
When justice threatens high,
The SORROWS of contrite heart
These things shall never die.
Let nothing pass, for every hand
Must find some work to do;
Lose not a chance to waken love
Be firm and just and true;
So shall light that cannot fade
Beam on thee from on high,
And angel voices say to thee
"These things shall never die"
Charles Dickens.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-08-04

{ scription, refusal to continue to
work meeting the same infliction. This
seems to have been taken from Prich-
ards Roman and Egyptian Customs
and Antiquities" Richardson's "Tra-
vels Through Ancient Countries" and
the analysis of Ancient Chronology"
Richardson narrating that according
to a law which prevailed in Sicily in
1927, whoever did "more work for
whoever employed him and had no
order or direction" was "allowed no
extra money"
Nowhere in old or new history of
ancient times is there mention of Gin
dustriar injury. Altho the British
Museum contains an Egyptian hierog-
lyphic which has been deciphered as
'the docket of a suit" against the then
king of Egypt. In erecting a temple in
honor of Minerva, it was shown that
the kings architect had misplaced a
lever, which, working imperfectly,
caused the death of the laborer operat-
ing it and the king compelled the
architect to support the workman's
widow as long as she remained such
Herodotus also speaks of a similar
case, but there is no evidence that
shysterlng lawyer ever suggested that
the architect who was a young un-
married man, would have been wise to
have wed the woman, unless she was
too old or had too many children.
Hardly will it be disputed that hu-
manity decrees every working man,
woman and child should not work or
be required to work beyond natures
power and endurance, nor for an en-
ployer who grinds his employees by
requiring only hard labor or pays them
pittance that is scarcely enough to
buy an almost marrowless bone. If
this is humanity then it ought to be
the edict of justice that civil law
should compel such an employer to
partake of the same medicine.
However, we are told that Nero,
brutal and tyrannical as he was, de-
creed that a per cent of fees and sal
aries of his chief officers should be
paid the wife, mother or youngest
child of any yeoman killed or stricken
down while in public service. But
don't rush into panegyrics over the
noble Nero. If that ,yeoman lived and
was again able to work he made the
poor fellow labor along at half pay
until the per cent was paid back.
We find this in RussePs Mechanical
Labors of the Romans and Egyptians"
Browns Commerce of Ancient Ma
tions" and the British metropolitan
Encyclopedia" which latter also in
forms us that there existed among
the Greeks a contract which required,
under sufficient surety, four causes for
annulling the document by either the
hirer or the hired" these being (D
"Discontinuance of the business
named" (2) Failure of the workman
to skillfully perform and complete his
work." (3) "Failure of the hirer to
regularly pay the hired" az Failure
of either to complain within sixty
days to the councillors of any viola
tion Of the agreement" Sir William
Drummond stating the councillors"
had arbitral powers, and were the
bash-aga, or master of police; the
motesib, or minister Of labor and mar
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-08-04
PAVING HIS WAY.

In rural court the squire had made
ruling so unfair that three young
lawyers at once protested against such
miscarriage of justice. The squire
Immediately fined each of the lawyers
So for contempt of court.
There was silence, and then an older
lawyer walked slowly to the front of
the room and deposited a $40 bill
with the clerk. He then addressed the
judge as follows:
"Your honor, / wish to state that
have twice as much contempt for this
court as any man in the room"
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-08-04
SEVENTEEN NATIONAL PARKS.

The latest addition to the national
parks of the United States is the Mt.
Mckinley reservation in Alaska. This
reservation has an area of 2,200 square
miles and contains the loftiest noun
tain in North America, which rises
10000 feet above sea level. There are
now seventeen great parks that have
been set aside by acts of congress for
the benefit of the American people:
The Sequoia and the General Grant
national parks in southern California,
the Mt Rainier in Washington, the
Hot Springs in Arkansas, the Yellow
stone in northwestern Wyoming, the
Yosemite in California, the Crater
Lake in southern Oregon, the Glacier
national park in Montana, the Wind
Cave in South Dakota, the Mesa Verde
and the Rocky Mountain park in Colo
RADIO, the Casa Grande in Arizona, the
Platte in Oklahoma, Sully's Hill in
North Dakota, Lassen Volcanic park in
California, Hawaii National park in
Hawaii, and Mt. Mckinley national
park in Alaska.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-08-04

real and most powerful element in
safeguarding the sinews and rights of
every person whom circumstances
prompt the necessity of earning liv-
ing "by the sweat of the brow"
81 hear the tread of men marching for
their rights;
Across their banners shine triumph Of
their fights.
Against the grasp and greed and the
wealth and power
OF those who would darken their Ia
boring hour"
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-08-04
A MAN OF AUTHORITY.

A man was appointed detective for
railroad company, and he showed his
authority at every opportunity. While
riding in a coach one day he heard a
little boy behind him shifting.
The detective turned to him and
said: "Have you pocket handker-
chief, my little MANI"
The boy replied: eyes, sir; but
mamma said / shouldn't loan it to
everybody" y."-Christian Herald.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-08-04
ONE THING FRESH.

A certain city gentleman, who was
very well known by porters of a small
railway station not many miles from
London, was one morning waiting for
his usual. train, and, observing a por-
ter coming toward him, said:
"Ah, good morning, John! Anything
fresh this morning?"
"No, sir" said the porter with a
smile "only the paint you are leaning
against"
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-02-22

plan Of having each .spbjsct intro
duced by q formal paper to DO tol-
lowed BY one 6r more especially In
vited speakers 10 open the discussion.
The meeting viii then be thrown open
for discussion by the Membership at
LARGE. The list Of speakers Is not
ready for publication Just now but II
all cases web have sought the very
biggest men In this region. One day
only is given over to formal papers.
THIS is because II seemed that for
this first convention II was not well
to stress heavily the technical end
but rather the social. The selection
OF a hotel for headquarters is to help
out the get acquainted purpose.
Applications for charter member
ship will be received up to the time
Of the convention. The classification
OF these applications to be carried out
the adoption Of the constitution.
Applications will be received by the
following gentlemen who comprise
the temporary membership commit
tee. j. r. Woodyards, Jr., III Paso,
Tex; Dean G. M. Butler, Tucson,
Arig. IS. o. Andras. Albuquerque, N.
NJ; Dean A. f. Barnes, State College,
". M. ? irf-
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-02-22
Of NAMES
FOR j. S. JUR|ES 70
Be HELD MARCH 3
FEDERAL JUDGE NEBLETT NOW
WELL INTO WORK OF NEW or
FlCE

II. 8. District Judge Colin NebIett
today announced that the drawing OF
names for the grand and petit juries
for the April term Of district court
shall be held at 10 a. m. March 5.
In the case of the Government VS..
Juan ]. Salasar, the circuit court OF
appeals having cut down the fine Of
$500 to $500, Judge Neblett has order
ed Salazar to appear March ~ for
sentence (, in accordance with such
mandate. Salazar was found guilty Of
selling liquor to Indians.
In Case No. 200, the matter Of the
Santa Fe Lumber & Transfer com-
pany, bankrupt. on final report OF
Referee e. A. Johnston, 1t is ordered
that the estate Of bankrupt be closed.
March 5 is set for consideration Of
the report of the receivers of the
American Lumber company and
March Q set for consideration Of re-
ports of receivers Of the Berrendo r.
rigated Farms company and Security
Savings & Trust company and Henry
E. Fish, i~ntervenors.
The court received a mandate from
the circuit court or appeals reversing
the findings of the lower court in the
case of BeryI Edison VS.. Victor-Amer-
lean Fuel company, the verdict hay
ing been in favor of plaintiff for the
sum OF $4,000 damages. Costs are
taxed against plaintiff. 4
Lindsey Resigns
The resignation of Washington u.
Lindsey, u. s. commissioner at Por-
tales, was accepted as Of December
80, 1916, Judge Linsey Is now gov
ernor of New Mexico. raVel 7.
The court appointed ]. c. Floor
of Springer, U. S. commits
ro sta
IAN order was also entered appoint
ing ]. B. McGhee. Of Roswell, steno-
grapher in the U. S. court. He sue
ceeds Earl G, Iden.
An order having been entered yes
terday accepting the resignation of '.
R. Aguilar as u. S. commissioner at
Mound, a new order was Q
today vaeating the former or
der.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-02-22
GENERAL BELL WILL
SUCCEED GEN. PERSHING

FL Paso, Feb. 21.-Mar. Gen. John J.
Pershing received a message today
from Maj. Gen. Hugh 4. Scott, chief OF
staff Of the y. s. army, announcing
the appointment of General Pershing
to be commander of the southern de.
partment, taking the place made va.
cant by Maj. Gen. Frederick Funston's
death. He will leave tomorrow for
San Antonio to take charge of the de-
partment. 1t is excepted Brig. Gen.
George Bell Jr, will succeed General
Pershing.
General Pershing was born in Mis-
souri, in 1861, entered the West Point
military academy In 1882 and gradual.
cd with the class OF 1886, He distin.
guished himself as a captain of the
Tenth cavalry at San Juan hill during
the Spanish-American war, and was
recommended for gallantry in action.
He was appointed to the general staff
in 1903 and later rendered distinguish.
ed service In the Philippine Islands
again@t the Moros, and also as com.
mander Of the department Of Mindano.
He was made briga6ier general by
President Roosevelt in 1906 and re.
turned to the United States In 1914 to
assume command Of the Mexican Dor.
dor troops at I'll Paso. He was named
as the commander OF the punitive ex.
petition on March ~, 1916, and vSHs
promoted to be major general Oh Sep.
TENDER 2S, 1916, while In Mexico. He
returned at the head OF the expedition
airy troops February 5, 1917 and re.
sumed command OF the FL Paso dis.
trict. He has one son, Warren. a
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-02-22
GENERAL Funston DIES
SUDDENLY: HIS NATION
M0URNs M|L|TAR HERO
Little Giant Who Captured Aguinaldo, Who
Fought in Cuba and at Vera Cruz Stricken
Down at San Antonio and Dies in Few Minutes;
Career One Of Most Picturesque in Army
History h
1PERSHlNG SUCCEEDS TO COMMAND;
GIVES UP VISIT TO SANTA FEE
(By Leased Wire to New Mexican)

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Feb. 2O.-The body Of Major Gen
eral Frederick Funston, idol Of the American army, who died
here suddenly last night, will rest in state in the Alamo this
afternoon before being taken to San Francisco for interment
in the military cemetery at the Presidio. The funeral process
will reach the Alamo about $50 O'Clock and the casket
will rest in state through nightfalL Then it will be placed
aboard a special car to be taken west, either on the Southern
Pacific train that leaves here at $3.50 p. m, or the Limited,
passes through at 4 40 in the morning. This phase of
the arrangements has not been definitely settled.
The body of General Funston will be taken to San Fran
in accordance with the request of Mrs. Funston, who,
with her three children, is now there. According to the sched-
ule the car bearing General Funston's body will reach San
Friday and a military funeral will be held Saturday
under direction of Major General J. Franklin Bell, comman-
Of the western department.