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The Washington times., 1917-02-16
BAKER WANTS MORE
ON GENERAL STAFF
Urges Members of Congress to
Provide for Increase in
Army Bill.

Secretary OF War Baker is urging
members of Congress to incorporate
in the army appropriation bill a pro-
vision charging the general staff
from thirty-eight to ninety-two MEM
bers. The Secretary also wants the
bill to provide for the service of all
the members OF the enlarged general
staff in Washington.
Under the existing law only seven
teen OF the members OF the general
staff are allowed to serve in WASH
ington, where they are most needed.
Secretary Baker wants all restrictions
as to where members of the general
staff may serve repealed at the earl
lest date.
Clerks VIII BE Needed.
II the Secretary's plea is needed at
will mean several hundred more cleri-
cal employees for Washington.
The present law gives the President
authority to call more than seven
teen members of the general staff to
Washington in time OF war or great
emergency, but contains restrictions
as to where the members may be sta
toned.
The Army League gave out a state
ment today in which II charges that
House Committee on Military Affairs.
contains two backward steps. The
first is that of providing for a gen.
eral stan smaller than that which
Secretary Baker deems necessary for
The Washington times., 1917-02-16
SITE OF POSTOFFICE
MYSTERY TO MANY
Some still Believe Avenue Build
ing Is Proper Place to
Mail Letters.

Lincoln delivered the famous Gettys-
burg address. Sarah Bernhard is the
greatest living actress. and DR.. Peary
discovered the North Pole.
Most any Washington citizen knows
these facts Of common history, but there
are several hundred people living in the
Nations Capital who don't know where
the Postoffice is.
This is not a riddle or a patent medi-
cine ad, with the obnoxious ''adv." below,
but 1t is a story OF the sad plight OF a
good many Washingtonians who still try
to mail letters at the Postoffice Depart
ment, Twelfth street and Pennsylvania
avenue.
They come in here every day to mail
letters" says Waterman Hyland. the
genial informant, who maintains guard
over the corridors and entrances to the
department.
d. In half an hour yesterday five per-
sons went into the building, thinking 1t
was the seat Of Uncle Sans city mail
business. Two Of them stopped short on
the steps. Realizing they were at the
wrong place, they turned back.
Lifelong Residents.
The other three, who told the watch
man lIlSg ldu hNSu hClS Oil eiSAA AA'SS'
expressed surprise that the city post
office is no longer in the place it occu-
pied for seventeen years.
Half of the blame ought to be laid
to people who tell strangers the wrong
place to CO." explained Watchman Hy-
and. when a stranger asks a native
where the postoffice is. ten to one he'll
be told 1t is here, instead Of down on
Massachusetts avenue, where it is really
located"
Statistics gathered by the officer show
that out of a hundred persons who enter
the Postoffice Department Building and
ask to buy stamps or mail letters, twen-
ty-five are residents Of Washington.
Whats the matter? Is the office
closed today?' is one OF the questions
that greet Waterman Hyland day in
and day out: This interrogation is
prompted by the closed windows that
one time served for money orders. reg
istered mail and general postal supplies.
Directed to Satisfaction.
PIacards have been posted by postal
officials, directing all who enter the
building under the impression that it is
still the postoffce, to the Eleventh street
station.
The city postOffice, at North Capitol
street and Massachusetts avenue. has
been established three years. For a
year. however, postal business was
transacted at the building occupied by
the Postoffice Department.
The Washington times., 1917-02-16
SOCIETY TO MEET

At the meeting of the Society for
Philosophical Inquiry, to be held at
the Public Library tomorrow after
noon at 4:45 o'clock, Z. T. Williams
chief of the division OF far eastern
affairs, State Department, will speak
on "The Relations OF Philosophy to
History"
The Washington times., 1917-02-16
JOYCE FUNERAL.T0MoRRoW
Services to Be Conducted at Immae-
uIat0 Conception Church.

Funeral services for Maurice Joyce. a
pioneer engraver and resident OF this
city for more than fifty years. who died
yesterday at his home. 922 NJ street. are
to be held tomorrow morning at the
Church OF the Immaculate Conception
at 10 o'clock.
The rites will be conducted by the
Rev. NJ. J. Riordon. The following pail
bearers. employees OF the Maurice Joyce
Engraving Company, have been named !:
Walter Dew. Harrison, w. Palmer Hale.
J. Harry Cunningham, Louis Turner.
Thornton o. Crown, H. C. c. Stiles, j.
Oscar Fauth. and Fred G. Metcalf.
Interment will be in Mt. Ollvet Gene
terry.
The Washington times., 1917-02-16
TO TALK ON RELIEF WORK.

Ernest P. BickneIl. of the American
Red Cross; Col. Jefferson r. Keen,
U. S. A, director general of. mill
tary relief, and DR.. John Van Schaick,
jr., of the Church of Our Father. will
speak at a special meeting Of the
Twentieth Century Club at All Souls
Church next Tuesday night. They
will talk on the need Of preparation
for hospital work.
The Washington times., 1917-02-16
TIDAL BASIN IS CLOSED
Col. W. w. Harris. Keeps Skaters on
Rough Ice.

Tidal basin was closed to skaters at
noon today by order of Col. w. w.
Harris, commissioner of public build
ings and grounds. Boat house guards
reported that the ice was rough and
coated with snow.
II the snow melts and freezes over
tonight skating may be allowed to-
morrow, It was intimated. The ice
on the basin is ten inches thick, and
1t will require many days of modera-
ting weather TO soften it.
Fair and warmer was the prediction
from the Weather Bureau for tonight
and Saturday.
The Washington times., 1917-02-16
COUNT MONTGELAS
ONCE SERVED HERE
German Whom Ambassador
Gerard Defied Has An Ameri-
can Wife.

al told Montgelas that 1 would sit
here in Berlin until kingdom come
and not leave until all Americans
were permitted free exit" Ambassa-
dor Gerard said on his arrival in
Switzerland after his stormy session
with the Berlin foreign office.
The Montgelas he referred to is
Count Adolph Montgelas, chief of the
American division of the German for
eign office, who, like Ambassador Won
Bernstorff,> married an American
woman. His wife was Miss Fanny
Dickinson Hazeltine, daughter of DR..
Charles S. Hazeltine, of Grand Rapids,
at Milan, Italy, under President
Cleveland.
Met Wife At Tokyo.
Count Montgelas met Miss Hazel
tine in Tokyo, where he was counsel
or to the German embassy. She ives
spending a winter there as the guest
of former United States Ambassador
and Mrs. Thomas ]. O'Bricn. They
were married in Grand Rapids De-
cember %. 1908, and have one child,
Carl Max, born November 8, 1909.
Count Montgelas was born in 1872.
in Munich. His father was an officer
of the Bavarian court. After leaving
the University of Munich in 1897
Count Montgelas studied in Berlin.
later entering the German foreign
service.
Served In Washington.
In 1900 he went to Constantinople
as secretary of the legation, and
after That was sent to Washington
and Petrograd. Following his recall
from Tokyo he YVES assigned to work
in the foreign office in Berlin.
Mrs. Charles Hazeltine, mother Of
Countess Montgelas, lives in Grand
Rapids. Mrs. Ralph Ellis. OF Chicago.
and Mrs. George Douglas. of Cedar
Rapids. Iowa, are sisters Of the
countess
The Washington times., 1917-02-16
ASKS LIMITED DIVORCE.

Eva C. Steele today instituted suit
for limited divorce in the District
Supreme Court against Harvey J.
Steele. The wife asks the custody of
the couples nine-year-old son, Law
renee Edward Steele, and requests ali
mony pending the disposition of her
suit. Justice Hitz issued a rule on the
defendant requiring HIN to show
cause February % why he should not
be compelled to pay the plaintiff tenn.
porary alimony.
The Washington times., 1917-02-16
G. w. U. oEsATERs TO Dine.

Guests OF honor at the annual ban
quet of the Columbian Debating So
ciety of George Washington Unfver-
sity, at the Dewey Hotel tomorrow
night, will be DR.. William, Allen viii
bur, dean OF the English department,
and Prof. Everett Fraser, dean OF the
law school. The annual banquet of
the Engineering Society OF the uni
versity will be held at the Ebbitt on
Tuesday night.
The Washington times., 1917-02-16
MEETING DATES ANNOUNCED.

committees of the Washington Board
of Trade will be held in the rooms
of that organization Tuesday, ac-
cording to announcement made today
by ]. Harry Cunningham, the secre-
tary. They are the committees on
streets and avenues at 1870 o'clock,
and public health at 1880 o'clock.
The Washington times., 1917-02-16
TO TELL OF RELIEF WORK.

The. work of the Belgian Relief
Commission in alternating the condi-
ton of the stricken people OF Bel
GUM IS to be described to the men,
bers- of the National Geographic So
ciety by Herbert Clark Hoover, chair
man of the commission, in an address
at the New Masonic auditorium to-
morrow afternoon at 4:30 o'clock.
This is a special lecture in the So
ciety's course and win be given in
the afternoon only.
The Washington times., 1917-02-16
EXTRA CAVALRY DRILL.

An extra drill by the crack caval-
rymen of Fort >Myer has been ordered
for Friday, March 2, at 2:30 o'clock
in the afternoon. All OF the tickets
for drill for next Friday have been
exhausted. Other. drills are scheduled
for March 8, March %. and April O.
The Washington times., 1917-02-16

the defense of the nation and the
second Is an effort to reduce the
strength of the army below that au-
thorized by the defense act passed at,
the last session of Congress.
The Washington times., 1917-02-16
LAW COMMITTEE TO MEET.

OF the Washington Board OF Trade,
will be held in the Board of Trade
rooms Monday afternoon at 4:15
o'clock.
The Washington times., 1917-02-16
MAY REVISE CONSTITUTION.

Revision of the constitution of Plate
Printers Union, Local 40. .. will be
discussed at a meeting OF that organi-
zation at the Pythian Temple at s
o'clock tonight.
The Washington times., 1917-02-16
MAsouE BALL TONIGHT.

For the benefit Of the Washington
Ward Hospital in France, a masQuer-
ade ball will be given by the Gale
DOMAIN Club at Eagles Hall tonight
The Washington times., 1917-02-16

SOVEREIGN. It's a compliment it
proves that l must be right that must
be of the finest.
So, I say to myself am worthy of
these fine friends of mine, u keep myself
clean, and sweet, and pure,-I see to it
that l live up to my every promise"
And so when my friends refer to my good
old Virginia and Carolina stock, and my
fine, white, clearly home-I certainly am
proud. Because
The Washington times., 1917-02-16

Down South here folks are mighty keen
on sizing things up. We know how to
tell the sheep from the goats. There isn't
much sense trying to pull the wool over
our eyes.
It must be the way we're raised. We get
over baby talk pretty early. We soon stop
trying to put salt on the birds tails. We
learn it's no use to fib.
Yes-we get pretty wise. And Pm
mighty pleased to know that millions CT
men of the South are smoking me
The Home news., 1917-01-19
New Edice Is Modern in Every Respect and Ranks wit
 Those in Towns Much Larger than McCrory.
with l

The hot air is driven to all parts of the building by means of a large fan which will also be used in summer to supply cool air.
 Two beautiful golden chande- Hers w t h numerous electric bulbs and swinging to large brass chains which are fastened to the center of the high ceiling furnish the light for the audi torium. Other electric lights are provided in all parts of the house and are conviently located.
 The walls are plastered and the inside finish is a plain mould ed architrave around all open ings with picture mould around all rooms and halls. Wainscoating five and one-half feet high and finished in mission Lacklustre extends along the auditorium walls and class rooms. All other of the inside woodwork is finish ed in dark weathered Lacklustre.
 The seats are massive and fin- ished in plain oak. A two inch b r a S s rail on a bujlt-up railing which separates the choir from the pulpit makes quite an attrac- tive decoration, but prettiest of all is the thirty-eight memorial windows which add more beauty to the building than everything else. E c h window is of art glass and contains some bible pictures of Christ. The old bell with the sweet tone which hung
The Home news., 1917-01-19
The Building

The building, w h c h is con- structed of brick of ivory color and chinchilla finish set in motar of moss green color, has main auditorium 38 X 66 feet with ten class rooms equipped with roll ing partitions which allow their being u e d when necessary to accommodate extra large audienc- es. A large balcony which will seat 15O people is provided in the rear of the auditorium and it is estimated that the church will accommodate 800 people.
 Concrete walks lead to three entrances ac h provided with large vestibules and double doors. In the front is a long porch reach ing across the entire structure the roof of which is supported by five arched entrances a n d the floor of which is concrete with steps made of the same material running the entire length of the porch.
 A pastors study and base ment also comprise a part of the edifce. In the basement which has a concrete floor is the furn- ace and light plant. The heat ing of the house is done with Campbell Warm Moist Air Sys- tenn which readily supplies heat to every part of the building.
The Home news., 1917-01-19
John L. Conner

Agusta, John L. Conner aged AS, died at his home in Denver Colorado, where he has lived for the past two and a half years. Interment was made in the Au- gusta cemetery Sundayafternoon. He leaves a wife and five child ren. He was an extensive rice and cotton planter, president of the Home Oil and Manufacturing Company and member of the Methodist church. The children include Mrs. E. B. Timmermei- ster of Wapokoneta, Ohio, Clem- ents, E. E., Edwin and Erin Con- ner, Mrs. Cora Mcdonald and Mrs. T. Ed. Bonner of Augusta, are sisters.
The Home news., 1917-01-19
All Buying Fords

Among the recent sales of Ford cars made by Riggs Brothers local agents recently, we note: Messrs F a n k Barber, L. w. Sturdivant, Jeff Padgett of Grays J. R. McCommons of Bullville, w. J. Mitchell, c. c. Simmons and Mayo and Robinson, of Jelks. The distributors state that they have half a dozen more sold but can't get the cars fast enough to supply the demand. Read their ad in this paper each week.
The Home news., 1917-01-19
NUMBER 25
New City Jail

The McCrory T o W n Council has let a contract to MT. J. s. Kelley of Judsonia for the erec- tion of a new city jail which he now has under construction.
 The old frame jails have been torn away and the brick walls for the new jail are almost com pleted. The building will be of brick with a concrete floor.
 The steel cage arrived Tues day and will be placed within the walls which are large enough to allow a 2 feet space around the cage. The cage has two com- partments which will accommo- date six whites and six colored prisoners at one time.
 The improvement is one that has been needed for sometime as the old calaboose was only rot ten shell and unfit for use in re- taining prisoners. The new jail complete will cost about $1,0O0.
The Home news., 1917-01-19

If we are to get any criticism about this new church, it will be for building it too large and ex- pensive, instead of cheap and small, /" is the way the building committee looked at the proposi- tlon from the start and we are glad t h they have had con- structed a building that is large enough and elaborate enough for our town not only for the present put for several years to come.
 The gentlemen who constitute the Building Committee have gwen freely of their time, money and labor in seeing to it that the membership of the Methodist Church got value received for every dollar invested and we be- leVe h e y have succeeded in every undertaking. It has been ',ielr duty to see after not only 'ne building, but the installation or the light plant and fixtures, ''e turnance, seats, windows, walks, etc., and we believe we nave the cooperation of all the oonors and members in extend Ing to them sincere thanks and congratulations upon the suc- cess which they have achieved.
 me membership of the con- 1nl,'ee nl, IS as follows: Dr. G. B. ahes' chairman; G. G. McCrory ne.retary; ,'ss H. D. Swayze, treas ;a er, Y, W. E. Jelks, Fletcher Lew ls, p',n W. Il. Jimerson, and D. M. ta.i +auil' n Rev. s. M. Yancey, pas '0f' I. F. Campbell, contractor
The Home news., 1917-01-19
Was Cotton Plant Girl

Cotton P an t. The Cotton Plant people are rejoicing over the selection of Mrs. Eva Bar nett's song, Arkansas" as the state song. Mrs. Barnett form erly Miss Eva Ware, was born and reared here, and returned to Cotton Plant after studying in Berlin. Her compositions are used for m u s ic lessons in the public schools.
The Home news., 1917-01-19

and J. P. Almand, architect. To them we say, Well done, thou good and faithful servants. :"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-01-18
Snow Fall.

About nine O'Clock Monday
morning snow began falling, and
by four o'clock. when it ceased,
the ground was covered to a
depth of about eight inches.
This fell on a glaze surface that
started with two inches of snow
on Saturday evening, followed by
almost as much rainfall and a
much lower temperature. The
depth of snow on the mountains
is much greater, and the auto
buses, while making their regu-
lar trips, are having a fight with
the drifts. The snow, Monday,
fell with the temperature at about
II degrees, and consequently it
was very light.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-01-18
FATAL ACCIDENT.
Unfortunate Man Was q Brother Of
Lewis Clark, Of Belfast
Township.
From The Everett republican,

From The Everett Republican.
While Barton M. Clark, a form
er resident of West Providence
township, Bedford county was
engaged in putting threads on
some metal pipe in the manufac.
turing plant of Shears Bros. &
Co., at Alliance, Ohio, his cloth.
ing was caught by the machinery
and he was thrown violently to
the ground and sustained a frac-
ture to his head, resulting in his
death on last Sunday.
Deceased was a son of Philip
and Sarah Sigel Clark. He was
born in East Providence town.
ship, January 2, 1858. He was
united in marriage with Miss
Nancy Conner. His wife pre-.
ceded him to the spirit world
several years ago and a daughter
Mrs. Myrtle Alexander, of West
Chester survives. Three broth
ers, Isaac, of PunXsutawney,
Louis, of Needmore and Harry
H., of Six Mile Run, and two
sisters, Mrs. w. Scott Gordon
and Mrs. Jacob Ritchey, of West
Providence township, also sur
vive.
On receipt of a telegram an
nouncing the accident his brother
Harry H. Clark went to Alliance
but death had ensued before he
reached there. The body was
brought tn Everett and taken to
the home of a relative, Mrs. ].
A. Covalt, on Spring street.
Funeral services were held on
last Wednesday at Union Mem
orial church, Rev. j. W. Hoffman
officiating.
Mr.. Clark was a member of
the |. O. 0. F., of Six Mile Run.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-01-18
ANOTHER Cha nee.

Several of our subscribers have
told US recently that they did no
understand that they might ge
the News at a dollar year, by
paying for it before the goth o.
December. They thought thar
everybody, whether they were
paid ahead or not, would be
charged 81, 80 a year after thc
10th day of Dec e m Der. OF
course they did not understand
it right.
Now, as this will not be an in.
justice to those who paid before
the 10th of December, and to
give every one who wishes to
ia ke advantage Of another
chance" we have decided to re-
ceive renewals aud new subscrip.
tons to the News at one dollar a
year until the first day Of March.
Tell your friends about it.
We intend that the News shall
be worth a dollar and a half a
year, and we know people are
willing to pay when they get
value received.
In this world, we generally
get what we pay for. We have
learned long ago that the cheap
est shoes do not always wear the
longest.
Just a word to those who are in
arrears: If you want q County
paper in your home, and you feel
that you would rather have the
just send in the back sub
scription due, and put to that one
or two dollars more, and you will
have the News that many years
at the same price you would be
paying for one of the other pa
pers.
We want to play fair; but when
we see that more than nine hun
1red newspapers have been oblig-
ed TO 90 out of business on ac-
count of the high cost of publica-
tion, we feel like staying on our
feet, even if we have to ask our
subscribers for additional sub
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-01-18
Cutting Farm Cost Of Production.

A business man in the city has
a plant and equipment with
which he can turn out a certain
article at the lowest possible cost.
The farmers plant and equip
ment is his soil. Every thinking
farmer is thoroughly convinced
that the richer and more depend
able his soil, the cheaper will he
be able to produce the various
farm products. One acre of rich,
dependable soil will produce more
products with much less work
and expense than two or three
acres of poor soil.
The first move of a business
man (or in this case of a busi-
ness farmer should be to get g
certain number of acres in the
best state Of fertility. He should
improve his soil by the best and
most economical means within
his power. When a business man
wishes to turn out more products
and at a cheaper rate, he does
not hesitate to borrow more cap
ital to secure the necessary ma
chinery, or raw materials in large
quantity. The Practical Farmer.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-01-18
New Teacher at NeedmOre.

Last Saturday Miss Esta Hart
took a teachers examination be-
fore County experimentation
as and obtained a certificate by
which she became legally eligible
to take charge of the school at
Needmore made temporarily va
cant by an accident which hap
pened to her brother Floyd. who
was the teacher in charge of the
school.
Wednesday after Christmas,
the steps at the schoolhouse were
glazed with ice, and Floyd, who
always had the comfort and safe
ty of his pupils at heart, took a
basin of hot water out Just be-
fore recess with a view of get
ting the ice off the steps. AS he
stepped from the door his feet
slipped and he fell receiving the
entire contents of the basin of
hot water in his lap. He was
terribly scalded, and from that
time until now, he has been con-
fined to his bed.