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American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-01-25
SAVE 100000 SAYS EAGLEsON
ldahO'S Treasurer Would Sell Road
Bonds for S1,OOO,OOO to State Banks

A saving Of 100000 in interest on
the $1,000, 600 road bond issue asked
for by the state highway department
can be effected if the legislature will
enact a measure permitting the state
banks Of Idaho to invest 8 per cent
OF reserve funds in this paper. That,
in brief, is the suggestion Of John w.
Eagleson, state treasurer. who SAYS il
would mean the sale in Idaho of all
state bonds and reduce the rate of in
terest on them from 4 to 3h per cent.
He has written letters to the 1870 state
banks asking their opinion Of such a
plan.
Could Earn $533,333.
Eagleson will ask favorable atten-
ton from the legislature on his sug-
gestions. He has pointed out that the
banks Of the state a earn $685.
SSS.3S on the road bonds while the
state is making a big saving.
Under the present law it is neces-
per cent Of their deposits in reserve
s per cent OF which must be in cash
and 3 per cent in exchange. National
banks are compelled TO keep but 10
per cent Of their deposits in reserve.
Bonds as Reserve, Too.
The state treasurer says the reserve
in state banks a be cut to l2 per
cent with safety to permit OF the pur
chase OF state bonds with the remain
ing 3 per cent. OF the reserve he
would hold 5 per cent in cash and :
per cent in exchange. He would al.
low banks holding bonds to file them
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-01-25

Mr.. and Mrs. W. C. Sweetwood ed
~tertained at dinner. Mr.. and Mrs.
Chas. Lee and son, Master Donald a.
their country home last Sunday.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-01-25

President Wilson will stand for no more t~rifling from
Carranza. Inasmuch as the First Chief won't sign a pro-
tocol providing for the Withdrawal of the American troops,
Wilson will go ahead and withdraw them anyway-Phil-
adelphia North American.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-01-25

One reason Mr.. Wilson'S well known desire to become
peacemaker does not seem TO have caught the fancy of
belligerents in Europe is that they have some knowledge
of his success in promoting peace in Mexico.-New York
Herald.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-01-25

Carranza is admittedly h~ard-prest for funds, but APP
parently he does not need money badly enough to go after
that $4,000 reward offered for the capture of Villa, dead
or live."-Minneapolis Tribune.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-01-25

Congress is going to provide Lansing with an automo-
bile. The secretary knows how to shift and reverse, but
he'd better look out for leaks-Philadelphia North Amer
lean.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-01-25

A shoe firm reports that a man stole 1900 worth of
shoes. Possibly he just slipt them on and walked out
North American.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-05-17
The French Operations.

Paris. - The official communication
issued by the War Office reads:
Northeast Of scissors and on the
Chemin des Danes the artillery fight
ing was intermittent, except in the
sector OF La Royere and north OF
Braye en- Laonnois, where the two
artillerles displayed great activity.
1--WE carried out detailed operations
which proved of value to us North
of Sancy particularly we captured an
enemy trench system and took about
80 prisoners. In the sector OF Chev-
reux the Germans attempted anew to
drive us from the trenches which we
gained on May s; their attacks were
broken by our barrage and machine
gunfire.
"Our batteries caught under their
fire and dispersed enemy troops con
centrating in that region. Quite
spirited artillery actions occurred
south of Moronvilliers. Northwest OF
Prosnes we made appreciable progress
and tool, about 80 prisoners"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-05-17
% Nan Without
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81 Ed\uord Everett Hale

skiff, 10 show him cane-brake or a
cottonwood tree, as he said, really to
seduce him; and by the time the sail
was over, Nolan was enlisted body and
soul. From that time, though he did
not yet know It, he lived as "a Man
without a Country"
What Burr meant to do / know no
more than you, dear reader. II Is none
OF our business just now. Only, when
the grand catastrophe came, and JEFF
ferson and the House Of Virginia Of
that day undertook to break on the
wheel all the possible Clarences OF the
then House Of York, by the great
treason trial Mt Richmond, some Of the
lesser fry in that distant Mississippi
valley, which was farther from us thon
Puget Sound Is today, introduced the
like novelty on their provincial stage,
and, to while away the monotony OF
the summer ut Fort Adams, got up, for
spectacles, string OF court-martlals
on the officers there. One and anoth-
er OF the cOlonels and majors were
tried, and, to fill out the list, little No
lan,. against whom, heaven knows,
there was evidence enough, that he
was sick of the service, had been will
Ing to be false to II, and would have
Obeyed any order to march anywhither
with anyone who would follow him,
had the order only been signed, by
command Of His Exc. A. Burr" The
courts dragged on. The big flies es-
capped, rightly for all l know. Nolan
was proved guilty enough, as l say ;
yet you and / would never have heard
of him, reader, but that, when the
president Of the court asked him at the
close, whether he wished to say any
thing to show that he had always been
faithful to the United States, he cried
out, in a fit of frenzy:
Oh the United States / wish
l may never hear of the United States
againw
1 suppose he did not know how the
words shocked old Colonel Morgan,
who was holding the court. Half the
officers who sat in 1t had served
through the Revolution, and their
lives, not to say their necks, had been
risied for the very idea which he so
cavalierly cursed in his madness. He,
on his part, had grown up In the West
of those days, in the midst Of Spanish
plot" "Orleans plot" and all the rest.
His education. such as 1t was, had
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-05-17
WAS A MAGNANIMOUS PAGAN
SaIadin, conquerer Of Jerusalem, Did
Not Shed Drop Of Christian Blood
When City Fell.

It was in 1893 that S,lladn died In
Damascus, leaving behind him a repu-
tatlon for magnanlmlty unique in that
age, and only exceeded by his fame as
warrior.
1t was only six years before his
death that Saladln defeated Guy de
Lusignan, the Christian king of Jeru-
salem, and obtained possession of the
sacred city, which had been captured
by the Crusaders SS years before. The
golden cross was pulled down and
dragged through the streets Of the
city, and the Mosque of Omar, which
had been consecrated to Christ, was re-
stored to the worship of Mohammed.
But not drop Of Christian blood was
shed after the capltulatlon. Instead of
butcherlng thousands of the inhabi-.
tants, as the Christians had done after
conQuering the city, Saladin ordered
that none should be harmed. The
weeping queen was treated with great
consideration, and Saladin was so
moved by her misery that he is said to
have shed tears of sympathy. Later,
during the third crusade, the Chris
tians under Richard Occur de Lion be-
headed in cold blood 5000 Saracen
hostages, and Saladin revenged himself
upon Christians in his power. On the
whole, however, he was vastly better
than most of the rulers of his time.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-05-17

been perfected in commercial expedl-
tions to Vera Cruz, and think he told
me his father once hired an English
man to be Il private tutor for winter
on the plantation. He had spent half
his youth with an older brother, hunt
ing horses in Texas; and, in word, to
him "Unlted States" was scarcely n
reality Yet he had been fed by Unit
ed States" for all the years since he
had been in the army. He had sworn
on his faith as Christian to be true to
Omitted States" 1t was UNITED
States" which gave him the uniform he
wore, and the sword by his side. Nay,
my poor Nolan, 1t was only because
UNITED States" had picked you out
first as one of her own confidential
men of honor, that "a. Burr" cared
for you straw more than for the fiat
boat men who sailed his ark for him.
| do not excuse Nolan; | only explain
to the reader why he damned his coun-
try, and wished he might never hear
her name again.
He never did hear her name but once
again. From that moment, Septem-
ber %, 1897, till the day he died, May
II, 1868, he never heard her name
again. For that half century and
more he was man without a coun'
try.
Old Morgan, as said, was terribly
shocked. If Nolan had compared
George Washington to Benedict Ar
mold, or had cried, God save King
George" Morgan would not have felt
worse. He called the court into his
private room, and returned in fifteen
minutes, with face like sheet, to
say;
prisoner, hear the sentence of the
court. The court decides, subject tC
the approval of the president, that you
never hear the name of the United
States again."
Nolan laughed. But nobody else
laughed. Old Morgan was toe
solemn, and the whole room was
hushed dead as night for minute
Even Nolan lost his swagger in a mo
ment. Then Morgan added: "Mr
Marshal, take the prisoner to Orleans
in an armed boat, and deliver him tC
the naval commander there"
The marshal gave his orders, ant
the prisoner was taken out of court.
"Mr. Marshal" continued old Nor
gan, "see that no one mentions th'
United States to the prisoner. Mr.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-05-17
BILLION DOLLARS
AMERICAN SHIPS
Measure Contemplating the Con-
struction Of 100000 Tonnage
MAY COMMANDER PLANTS
Under the Bill Which Will Give the
President Sweeping Powers All Other
steel Construction May Be Re-
duced To Actual Necessity.

Washington.-President Wilson will
ask Congress to appropriate imme-
diately $1,000, 100000 for the construc-
tion of 100000 tonnage of American
ships to defeat Germany's submarine
blockade.
The administration bill, providing
for this colossal program and vesting
in government heads sweeping powers
to make merchant shipping the most
powerful factor in winning the war,
will be introduced in both houses of
Congress and will speedily be rushed
through.
With this appropriation a great
fleet of steel and wooden vessels will
be put into the steamer lanes within
a comparatively short time to rush a
steady stream of supplies of all kinds
to the nations Allies. The entire pro-
gram outlined by the shipping board
in the proposed legislation will be
completed within Is months or two
years at the most. The legislation
would authorize the President to di-
vert to government use the products
of every steel plant in the country and
would provide for the cancellation of
existing contracts between those
plants and private consumers. 1t was
explained that perhaps part of the bill
lion-dollar appropriation will be used
to indemnify fully parties whose con-
tracts are cancelled.
Only those steel manufacturers will
be exempt from the provisions of the
proposed law who are needed in
other ways for national defense work.
Sheel mills also will be permitted to
supply the railroads with the mini
mum amount of steel products which
are shown to be absolutely necessary
to meet the nations war needs.
Such prompt action is expected by
Congress that administration leaders
are confident that the machinery for
turning out the ships would be set in
motion within one month. Large num-
bers of contracts have been drawn and
are ready to be signed when authoriza-
tion for their construction is given,
No embarrassment on account of la
Dor with which to carry on operations
upon a 24-hour basis in shipyards will
be encountered. Assurances of the
utmost cooperation of the labor
masses has been pledged by organized
labors authorized spokesmen.
National defense heads declared
that as a war measure the diversion
of steel products to ship building
would mean the discontinuance of the
use of structural steel in high build
ings and in bridge building except for
military purposes.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-05-17
MINIMUM LIBERTY
LOAN BOND IS $50
II Must Be Paid For in Four
InstaIlmentS.
M'ADOO ANNOUNCES DETAILS
Balance To Be Paid In Four Install
ments, Running TO August 80.
Bonds Will Be Dated
June IS.

Washington. - The S2,000,000 900
issue OF Liberty Loan bonds, Secretary
McAdoo announced, will be in denomi-
nations Of from $50 to 100000, will
mature in so years and may be re-
deemed by the Government in Is; will
be subject to payment in four install
ments, and will carry the privilege OF
conversion into any bonds which may
be issued later during the war az a
higher rate of interest.
Two per cent. of the subscription
must be paid on application. The re-
mainder will be paid as follows:
June 2S, Is per cent; July. 30, 20
per cent; August 10, 80 per cent, and
August so, 80 per cent.
The bonds will be dated June Is in
stead of July /, the date previously
DESIGNATED, and interest will be pay
able semi-annually on June Is and
December 15
Bonds In Two Glasses.
Two classes Of bonds will be issued,
coupon and registered The lowest
denomination of registered bonds will
be 500, other denominations being
$500 $1,000, $5,OOO $4,000, $4,000 and
100000. Coupon bonds payable to
bearer will be issued in denominations
of $50, 500, $500 and $1,000.
The present offering, it was an
nounced, viii be limited to $2,OOO,OOO,-
goo, and mo allotments will be made
in excess of that amount" This dis
poses finally of reports that Mr.. Nc
Adoo had under consideration the ad-
visibility Of extending the amount Of
the offer to include a percentage OF
oversubscription which apparently will
result when the subscription books are
closed June Is next.
May Be Closed Before June is.
Applications must be made on or
before June IS, 1917" reads the formal
announcement, reserving to the Secre-
tary the right in his discretion to close
the subscription books at an earlier
date. The statement then gives the
terms of payment and continues:
Accrued interest will be payable
with the full and final payment
august 3O). Provision will be made
for the privilege to pay earlier the full
subscription price upon terms and
conditions determined by the Secre-
tary."
In order that the various payments
required for the settlement of this
transaction bay be completed with
the least possible disturbance of
monetary conditions, the Secretary
will avail himself of the privilege given
him by the act to redeposit the pro.
ceeds Of the bonds, in so far as it is
practicable, with the various national
and state banks and trust companies
throughout the country.
Change in the date of the bonds
from July / to June 10 was made. it
was announced, Ito avoid adding to
the heavy burden of work incident to
the July l and January 1 settlements" ="
The second offering Of $2OO,000,0O
in Treasury certificates of indebted
ness, it is understood, has about been
taken up and another Offering may be
made within 10 days. From the pro-
ceeds an additional loan may be made
to Great Britain.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-05-17
Whales.

Whales are able to attain such an
enormous size because their bodies are
supported by the water In which they
live. A bird is limited to the weight
which its wings can bear up in the mir.
A land animal, If 1t becomes too large,
cannot hold its body off the ground
or readily move about, and Is doomed
to certain destruction. But a whale
has to face none Of these problems
and can grow without restraint.
Because whales live In supporting
medium their young are of enormous
size at birth, in some instances the calf
being almost half the length of its
mother. / once took 25-foot baby
which weighed about eight tons from
an S5-foot blue whale.-Exchange.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-05-17
ARMY ENGINEERS
TO GO TO FRANZ
Nine Regiments Of Trah]
Railway Men. |
ON COMMUNICATION lIv|
Forces Will Be Volunteers an.
To Be Raised At Nine Gre,
Railway Centers OF
Country.

Washington. - Nine new rerln,
of army engineers, to be compO,II
clusively of highly trained nm
men, will be the first American IN
to be sent to France. They VII
"at the earliest possible moments
War Department announced, for
on communication lines, but gs
ton as to exactly when or 10 +,
points they will be sent is forbs
because of the submarine mep,s
The new forces will be you,,
raised at the nine great railwu
ters of the country. Each ned,
will be commanded by an enn
colonel of the Regular Army, aRyI
an adjutant. All other officers Vi
railway engineers or officials.
The expedition will have
strength Of between 1000 and 4
men, each regiment being cory
of two battalions of three cony
each. Every branch Of railwuH
ers necessary TO the building Uc
ton of lines will be represented,
ranks, and the War DopartmwI
poets a response to the call hrI
permit a careful selection to h
cised and insure a force alroaiyI
ed to the minute, an army Of uI
in railway operation. Il
The department statement M
"The War Department has Sc.
orders for the raising, as rapid
possible, of nine additional req,
Of engineers. which are desti.s
proceed to France at the earllas
sible moment for work on the ID
communication. Il is requested
press that no speculation or d
regarding this force be carried
than that given out. All dett
garding the force will be given
fast as compatible with the bG
lie interests"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-05-17
FRENCH FARMERS CALL TO U. S.
Want Troops So Home Workers Can
Be Released

Moulins, France. - The Agricultural
Society of the Department Of Allier
has asked the Minister of Agriculture
to propose to the Government of the
United States the immediate sending
to France of men to replace French
farmers who have been modified, thus
permitting the farmers to return for
urgent farm work.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-05-17
VAWTER is ACQUITTED
Jury At Christlansburg, Va, H.i
But One Ballot.

Christiansburg, Va. - Chad
Vawter, former professor at v
Polytechnic Institute, was a
by a jury in the Montgomep 1
Circuit Court of the murder dI
ton Heth, Jr.
The scene that FOLLOWED q
nouncement of the verdict wGi
fecting one. Deputy Clerk nj
ters had not finished repeats
jury's decision when PrOiessoi
jumped from his chair and ClGf|
mother in his arms. The asiT|
shouted, "Oh, glory!"
Attorney r. l.. Jordan, Of "a
one of Vawter's counsel and D
lawyer in the room, with a
"Thank God!" sank into his c-
wept.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-05-17
AMERICANS AGAIN CITED.
Third Mention For Section I, Of Field
Ambulance.

Paris.-Section /, Of the American
Field Ambulance, the oldest in the
service, has been mentioned in the dis
patches for the third time. This sec
tion went to DunlSirk in January, 1915,
and served later in the Argonne and
the Champagne. The new citation
mentions particularly brave work at
Verdun in the transportation of wound.
ed under fire.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-05-17
TO GIVE NEWS OF AMERICANS.
Red Cross Announces Creation OF a
Bureau.

Washington,-Creation of a bureau
to supply news of wounded, dead or
imprisoned Americans at the front,
with w. r. Castle, Jr., Of Honolulu, in
charge, was announced by the Ameri-
can Red Cross. The first work of the
bureau will be to obtain from Germany
list of interned Americans in ex-
change for information about interned
Germans in this country.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-05-17
CHICAGO PAPERS GO TO CENTS.
All Expected To Have Raised Price In
Another Week.

Chicago,-Another week is expected
to see all Chicago newspapers, the
price of which for years has been one
cent, selling at two cents, owing to
the high prices of paper and all other
elements entering into their prepara-
ton. The Herald made formal an
nouncement Of the advance Tuesday
and set the date for next Monday.
Other papers admitted that they had
decided on similar action.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-05-17
AUSTRIA TO SEEK ~
Holland Hears "PoIitician'
France.

London. = The AmstelO,,I
spondent of the Exchanss
Company wires that he n
from the best of sources ,',,.
prominent Austrian ponS
about to leave for SwitseFl''SS l'S|
peace proposals and that "
be given safe conduct " "a
order to discuss with the y
met the possibility OF pe'''
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-05-17
KAISER REPLIES TO sun
lnVokes Aid OF Almighty U
Complete Victory.

London.-A dispatch to ]
Telegram Company from ANS
gives the reply of Emperor W.
recent congratulations sent hIl|
Sultan Of Turkey on the 0Tl
the German troops. The EnF|
the course of his reply, said
"All eyes are turned on lR1
conflict in the west wa
enemies, superior in number1
terial, are seeking a decision
"Our brave troops are thefI
plishing deeds such as neS|
have been recorded in the
all times and of all peoples
Almighty also protect then
future and lead them to cong
tory"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-05-17
TURKEY DELAYS AMERICANS.
Men OF Military Age Find Difficulty In
Leaving.

hington.-American of military
age experience difficulty in leaving
Turkey, and the Embassy at CONSTANT
nople is making recommendations
An official dispatch received by way
OF Stockholm says "a Americans got
away, May 4, but 20 men between IS
and As were not permitted to depart
at the last moment.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-05-17
SLAYS WHOLE FAMILY.
Kentucky Farmer Kills Parents,
Brother and Sister-in-La

Elkton, Ky.-Frank Millen, a young
farmer, killed his father, Charles
Millen; his mother, Mrs. Betty Millen;
his brother, Gilmore, and his brothers
wife, Amy, and hanged himself. Young
Millen notified the authorities here by
telephone that he had slain the men,
bers of his family and was about to
take his own life. "The whole family
is dead but me-" he told Coroner Bart
lett over the wire, "and l will be dead
when you get here"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-05-17
RUSSIA TO SEND MISSION.
Early Departure Of Root For Petrc-
o..
grad Also Announced.

Washmgton.-Omcial announcement
was made of the coming of a commits
sion from Russia, the personnel of
which will be announced later 1t was
announced that Elihu Root, heading
the American Commission to Russia,
will 90 with the distinction of being
special ambassador. The American
commission will depart very soon.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-05-17
FIRST lNSTALLMENT.
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No document In actual Amer
lean history conveys a more
powerful lesson Of what citizen
ship In this republic means, none
delivers a more searching appeal
to loyalty, than this faneiful re-
cltal Of the Man Without a
Country. The unhappy creature
whose living death II has graved
upon the memory Of mankind
was but a figure born Of a writ
er's Imagination. Yet, the ac. i
count Of his passionate outburst
and Of his dreadful cxpiatlon
stirs the duIlest soul, and will
awaken emotion In the minds
Of readers Of generations yet un-
born. There can be no more ar
resting lesson for the dlsloyal or
the needless, no more inspiring
appeal to the spirit Of true Amer
lcanism, than this memorable
work OF literary art and high
souled patriotism.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-05-17
JUNGLE JOE" CANNON 81 YEARS.
As Vigorous AS Ever and Receives
Congratulations

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Joseph
G. Cannon, of Illinois, former Speaker
of the House, was 81 years old Mon.
day. Despite his years, Uncle Joe"
apparently is as vigorous and active
az ever He received many congratu
lations from members of Congress,
Government officials and others.