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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-12-27
Ten KILLED
IN AIR RAID
Seventy Others Injured In e.r.
mans Attack on London,
TWO OF ENEMY SHOT DOWN
British Flyer Flights Foo Al u.,..l
OF $4,000 Fsst-1s To 20 Plane.
In Invading
Squadron.

nuon' Aon persons were killed
and 70 injured in London during tbl
air raid Tuesday night by Germa1
aviators.
One of the German airplanes vbicH
took part in the attack on Envl,rl
was brought down and another /, hi
lieved to have been DESTROYED MI
War once announced. From ia n
20 raiders, divided into six grounl
endeayored to reach London, but onl
nve succeeded in dropping bombs a
the city.
Fight $4,000 Feet UP.
There is reason to believe ano,bs
raider dropped into the English CbaI
mel. says the report.
A British pilot fred two drums
ammunition into a raider as II va
dropping bombs on London from
height Of $4,000 feet.
After the main attacks Of the rad
ers ceased. a single airplane fe
over London at about 8 O'Clock.
The raider known definitely to ba,
been destroyed was hit by the FIRE
anti.aircraft guns and finally dropp(
into the sea off Kent. Two OF n
crew Of three were captured alive
an armed trawler.
The Official Report.
The text of the statement issu
by Lord French commander Of d
British home forces, reads:
"The latest reports indicate ID
from 18 to 20 enemy airplanes To-
part in the air raid. Three groups
raiders crossed the Kent coast
tween 6.15 and 6.25 p. NJ. Th1
other groups crossed the Essex co,
between 6.1O and 6.45 P, NJ.
"All six groups made toward IA
don. Most of the raiders were turn
back by gun1re at various plac
only about five machines actua
reaching the capital between 7
s P. M.
after the main attack on Lond
had terminated a single airpl,
made its way over the capital ab
0 P. M.
Two OF Crew Captured.
zone raider, hit by gunhre, fni
came down In the sea of the X
coast, two OF its crew Of three
being captured alive by an arr
trawler. There is reason to supp
that another enemy airplane q
down in the channel, but this has
been confirmed up to the present
"One of our pilots attached
fred two drums of ammunition in
raider as the latter was in the az
dropping bombs on London fro1
height of $4,000 feet. Another Of
pilots also engaged the enemy
London and third in the vlcinlt
the capital at 1000 feet All our
chimes returned safely.
Bombs also we're dropped at
GUS places in Kent and Essex"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-12-27

London.-The predominant fact as
regards the Russian situation at the
moment is the signing Of an armistice,
which is announced officially at the
capitals Of all the countries concerned.
According 10 special dispatches from
Petrograd, every one there believes
that permanent peace between Rus
sia and the Central Powers will re.
suit.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-12-27
LONDON AGAIN BOMBED.
German AirpIanes Raid Essex And
Kent And Reach CAPITAL.

London.-German airplanes raided
English coast towns again. Some Of
the raiders reached London, where
they were met with heavy fire. Nu.
merous bombs were dropped.
An official announcement of the
raid says:
Hostile airplanes crossed the Es.
sex and Kent coast and proceeded to.
ward London. Some OF the raiders
reached the LONDON district and
dropped bombs. Bombs also were
dropped in Kent and Essex.
Reports of casualties and damage
have not yet been received Our guns
and airplanes were both in action"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-12-27
TO TRAM $4,000 SAILORS.
Men VIII Be Used To Man New Mer-
chant Ships.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of plans
for training $4,000 men to man mer.
chant vessels under construction for
the Government were announced by
the Shipping Board. The men will be
schooled for the most part aboard
training ships operating out of an
Atlanic port.
Two Of the training vessels to &C.
commodate 600 men each already have
been selected and others will be put
into service as fast as they can be oh.
tained
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-12-27
TRUCE MADE
FOR FOUR WEEKS
Terms of Russo German Agree.
ment Public.
NO TRANSFER OF TROOPS
German Commanders Believed To
Have Already Shifted All Tkey
Planned To-Washington
To Go Slowly.

Petrograd.-The terms OF the Russo.
German armistice. according to a
statement issued here. obligate NO
transference of troops until January
IA (January /, Russian); no increase
Of troops on the fronts or on the
islands In the Noon Sound, or a re-
grouping of forces. The Germans are
not to concentrate troops between the
Black Sea and the Baltic east Of the
fifteeAth degree Of longitude east OF
Greenwich. Intercourse Between the
troops may be allowed from sunrise
to sunset. Groups are limited to 25
persons at time, who may exchange
newspapers and unsealed mails and
who may carry on trade and exchange
articles Of prime necessity.
A special agreement will be made
by the naval general staff regarding
the extension of the armisicc to the
White Sea and the Russian coast in
the Arctic zone. 1t Is agreed also
that attacks on war and commercial
vessels must stop in these regions in
order to avoid attacks in other seas.
The agreement says:
"The armistice shall begin on De.
cember 4 December 17) at o'clock
in the afternoon and continue until
January / (January 14). The con-
tracing parties have the right to
break the armistice by giving seven
days notice. Unless notice is given
the armistice automatically continues.
"The armistice embraces the land
and aerial forces on the front from
the Baltic to the Black Sea and also
the Russo-Turkish front in Asia
Minor. During the armistice the par.
ties concerned obligate themselves
not to increase the number of troops
on the above front or on the above
fronts or on the islands in Moon
Sound. or to make regrouping OF
forces.
Neither side is to make operative
any transfers Of units from the Baltic
Black Sea front until January / Jan
uary 14, excepting those begun be
fore the agreement Is signed They
obligate themselves not to concen
trate troops on parts of the Black
Sea or Baltic Sea east Of Is degrees
of longitude east OF Greenwich.
The question of release Of troops
freed from service who are beyond the
line of demarcation will be solved dur
ing the peace negotiations. This ap
plies also to Polish troops.
Immediately after the signing oi
the armistice peace negotiations are
to be begun. 1t Is provided that meas
ures shall be taken for the exchange
of civil prisoners, invalids, women and
children under fourteen years and fol
the amelioration Of the condition ol
war prisoners. The treaty concludes
with these words:
with the purpose of facilitating
the conduct Of peace negotiations anc
the speedy healing Of the wounds
caused by the war, the contracting
parties take measures for re-establish
ment OF cultural and economic, rela
tions among the signatories. Within
such limits as the armistice permits
postal commercial relations, the mail
ing of books and papers will be per
mitted, the details to be worked ou
by mixed commission, representing
all the interested parties, at Petro
grad"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-12-27
ANOTHER SPANISH WcTl
Steamship Torpedosd BY subm'
Without Warning.

Paris.-The torpedoing by
marine OF the Spanish steamship
viembre, 1854 tons gross, is rep0
In a dispatch from Biarritz TO tn'
celsior. quoting advices received
from Bilbao. Thirty Of the crew
been landed. They say the snlpl
torpedoed without warning al
and that they were all thrown
the sea. After swimming about J
hour they we're picked up by u
patrol ships, which put the suom
to flight.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-12-27
FRENCH TRANsPo"'
u.Boat That Torp'd0'd ~
Sent Down.

paris.-The old ss Frel'a =,
chateau-Renault, employer snnk =,
port, was torpedoed anu .,rnIus min
Mediterranean on the marine lnv,r
cember IA, and the su0ilst dSstrOy
attacked her later was >, made
cording to announcemsn,a, 1,,s' ,p''f| 4
French minister Of nai,nI, naia".Rens|
sengers on the Cha'eaIl eaaOldiers
of whom were either r,.a s0'T,s mem
GERS, were saved lsN
the crew were lost -
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-12-27
PROHIBITION UP TO STATES.
sensee Quickly Concurs In House
Amendments To Dry Bill.

Washington.-The House Of Repre-
sentatives has nothing on the Senate
when it comes to quick and decisive
action upon anti-liquor legislation. II
took the House Ave hours to vote
favorably upon the constitutional
amendment. 1t took the Senate less
than half an hour to concur in every
modification which the House had
made in the measure since 1t original.
ly passed the upper branch.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-12-27
sUFFRAeIsTs WIN POINT.
House viii Vote On Amendment
January 10.

Washing ngton.-Vote in the House on
the Woman Suffrage Constitutional
Amendment on Thursday, January
10, was assured when the Rules Com.
mittee agreed on that date.
On a test vote, indicating sentiment
in the House toward the Woman Suf
frage Constitutional Amendment, the
suffragists polled seven more than a
two-thirds vote. The question was on
referring suffrage resolutions to the
new Woman Suffrage Committee, as
the suffragists wished. instead of the
Elections Committee, as the anti.
suffragists asked
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-12-27
fhree soldier. surned to Death.


Three enlisted men Of the 18th
Aero Squadron. Signal Corps, U. S. A.,
were burned to death when the guard
house in which they were serving
short terms was burned at the United
Btates aviation warehouse at Middle
town, near Harrisburg. The dead are ::
=. +. GALLAGHER, % Harrison
street, Munhall, Pa.
Nv. ]. KRAMER, 81 Sheridan street,
Detroit. Mich.
i. WILEY, Rockford, Ill.
The guardhouse caught fire from
bar paper that had been put in an
egg stove in the building to raise
the temperature. Gallagher and
Kramer died before aid reached them
and Wiley died few hours later in
lie post hospital.
The three dead men we're the only
prisoners In the guardhouse, and they
were serving time for minor offenses,
hccording to Major Garrison, in
charge OF the aviation warehouse.
A sentry had passed the guard
house only few minutes before the
uames made their appearance on the
outside. but when they were seen
the fire had gained such headway
that the soldiers Of the camp could
make no progress In extinguishing
them. The guardhouse was twelve
feet long and eight feet wide. II
was securely locked and II the men,
who were probably asleep. made any
effort to get out, their endeavors we're
not heard on the outside.
Coroner Jacob Eckinger, of Dauphin
county, is making an investigation.
Old Hotel Closed
Another Lebanon county hotel went
put OF existence with the closing of
the Coover House, one of the oldest
licensed places in the eastern section
Of the county H. c. Smith, owner and
proprietor OF the hotel, has left for
parts unknown, and the property has
been placed in the hands OF Harry A.
Honker, an attorney as trustee for
creditors in involuntary bankruptcy
proceedings. He is to wind up the
business and the proceeds will be
applied to the liquidation of Smiths
Indebtedness, which is $4,000.
Court Gives Girls Chance.
-Four pathetic girls were put upon
parole by Judge Johnson at Media,
when Catherine White, Margaret
Hickey and Margaret Devries, OF
Philadelphia, and Bertha Spilgree,
Eddystone, were arraigned before him
for sentence on convictions growing
out of immoral lives led in Chester.
All were in tears and all were willing
10 go home and try to lead better
lIvss--except that Margaret Hickey
had no home Miss McNiff, probation
bflicer, pledged herself to do what she
could to get A1argaret position,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-12-27

Washington.-Rec OF the
Bolsheviki Government by the United
States Is still remote. 1t was indicated
at the State Department. Reports in
Europe suggesting developing ssnti-
ment in favor of dealing with the new
regime as de facto government have
found no response here and It was
made plain that the United States
would continue It's policy Of awaiting
developments.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-12-27
SLEPT ON WAR-zoNE WATCH.

Sailor On Liner Given Four Months
In Jail For II.
Boston, '-Axel Jansen, sailor, was
sentenced to four months In jail by
Judge Morton in Federal Court on a
charge Of falling to obey orders and
endangering a transatlantic liner by
going asleep in the submarine zone
while supposed to be on watch. "If
you were in the United States Navy"
said Judge Morton in imposing sem
tence, you would be dead now" The
judge announced that in future cases
of this kind he would impose the max
imum penalty Of one year.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-12-27
ALLENBY MAKES NEW GAIN.

British Line In Palestine Extended
Northeast OF Jerusalem.
London.-The British have made an
other advance in Palestine, northeast
of Jerusalem, the War once an
nounces. The announcement follows:
General Allenby reports that he
further extended his line northeast
Of Jerusalem on Thursday, capturing
140 prisoners. Otherwise, the situa-
tion is unchanged.
"Since Wednesday three enemy air
planes have been destroyed and an.
other has been brought down"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-12-27
SAYS SWISS WOULD RESIST.
President Calender Warns Any Pos.
slble Invader.

Geneva.-President Felix Calender,
in the first public speech he has de-
livered since his recent election, said
here that the Swiss people were ready
to pour out their blood against any
one who might attempt to invade their
country. Switzerland, declared the
President, would defend her neutrality
to the end.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-12-27
TWO ON JACOB JONES TAKEN.
German Announcement Tells OF Hes
-. E.~n, nastroNar

German Announcement Tells OF Res-
cue From Destroyer.
Amsterdam. = Two sailors we're
saved by the Germans from the Amer
lean destroyer Jacob Jones, according
to an official German announcement
received here. The Jacob Jones was
torpedoed and sunk in the war zone
on December and 65 men on board
were listed as missing. Survivors
reported that one American who
spoke German was taken away a
prisoner on the submarine.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-12-27
NOT BULLET PROOF
German Soldiers Armor p'e''
American ounhrs'

With the American Army IN
The German soldiers .'i, a',.']
not withstand the hard'hl'',ns
lean bullet, 1t has been INV !,
heavy breastplate removeu =.
German prisoner for tes. 81. 'r =
ally chewed to pieces y a,.I
gun fire after a rife Dulle,' ..,a
good range, had torn ,i',", nv
armor as big as a silver 'uUnt n,
the bullets from an au'ODd O".,sd|
did the work 1t was eAp''
would in this respect
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-12-27
VAUDEVILLE MUST '

No Exemption From F''
tlon's order
washington. n-ReQus''tti ',,otiOp 1
ville theatres for els.'pr s. porrdst,|
recent lightless nisu' suas',rIotic /
ground that their parl vas a
deserve. recognition, ,,ou, TheI
the Fuel Admlnl.t'I,slsstn' ,sst tnsy
had cited the fact !. ''st stsges
mitted use Of lhel' .sslIcItor
Minute Men and Oy =
orty bond.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-12-27
Ex-czAR HAS NOT ESCAPED.

Bolsheviki Send Out OFFICIAL Denial OF
Report.
Petrograd. = Oficial denial was
made at the Smolny headquarters OF
the Bolsheviki that Nicholas Roman
off, the former Czar had escaped from
Tobolsk, Siberia. An earlier report
stated that a report giving information
of the ex-Hmperor's escape had been
received and that special train.
manned by sailors. had been sent in
purnuit.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-11-20

can not fail to Lead toward the fedsr-
alton of the world?
Why say we are fighting merely to
defend democracy Are we not fight
ing to spread it? We can not. spread
1t by means of the machine gun. We
do not issue an ultimatum to the Ger
man people. You must accept demo-
crazy. But we do see-and say-that
as long as autecraey continues to ex-
list we shall be obliged to wage some
kind of warfare against it.
But the German people may adopt
some deceptive compromise that is
neither autocracy nor democracy
This we intend to prevent, but we
can prevent it only by demonstrating
to the Germans and to all the world
that democracy is superior in war, in
diplomacy, in industrial technique and
organization, in the handling of racial
and other n1inorities; that we lead in
educating ourselves as to the issues
of war, in the formulation of just
terms of peace, and in willingness to
sacrifice the smaller for the larger
good,
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-11-20
GRAZING FEES
NOT TO BE RAISED

-
Washington, Now 20-Secretary
Houston announced today that, de-
spite his conviction that the gov
eminent fees charged this year for
grazing privileges in the national fer
ests are below the real value of the
forage, there will be no further adj
vance in those fees for the pres
ent.,
On account of war conditions Sec
rotary Houston said in a letter sent
to the secretaries of the National Live
Stock and Wool Growers associations,
stock men have been called upon to
overcome many difficulties in order
to keep up the supply of beef, NUT
ton, hides and wool for this country
and the Allies, and for that reason he
has decided that grazing fees now N
force will be continued, With the
exception Of CHI minor changes as
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-11-20
BAKERS Blame M|LLERS FOR
HIGH BREAD PRICES, INQUIRY
SHOW WHERE PROFITS EXIST

the near future some Federal actor
by both the Washington and Hartford
offices OF the United States Food Ad-
mtnisHation may make available q
larger supply Of the wheat substitutes
in this state No evidence has been
gathered tending to show the house
holder or the ultimate consumer is
unwilling, except in a few, isolated
cases, to observe the food conserve
ton pledges and to cooperate in con-
serving white flour.
Some OF the general rules and regu-
lations governing all licenses manu-
featuring bakery products are:
The Hcensee4 IN selling bakery
products, shall keep such products
moving to the consumer in as direct
line as practicabie, and without un-
reasonable delay Resales within the
/ Hcation will be dealt with as an IN
fair practice.
THE Hcensee shall not buy. contract
for. sell, store OF otherwise handle OF
deal In any food commodities for the
purpose of unreasonab1y increasing
the price or restricting the supply OF
such commodities or Of monopolizing
any Of such commodities e
THE Hcensee shall not destroy any
bakers products and shall not COM
NIT waste -
'-The 1icenseeL shall not. accept re-
turns Of bread or other bakery prod
ucts - nor allow credit, to any re-
taller for any unso1d bread or other
unso1d bakery products 4
Special rules and regulations pro-
vide that: The lfcensee shall manu-
facture bread and offer 1t for sale
only IN the following specified weights
or mut1lp1es thereof which shall be
net weights. unwrapped, twelve hours
after baking. 1S ounce units (not to
run over II ounces) "a ounce units
(not to run over rs LIZ ounces)
'-The licensee shall manufacture
rolls and offer them for sale only In
units Weighing from one to three
ounces, but no roll shall be manufac-
tured or offered for sale which shall
weigh. tnwrapped. twelve hours after
baking, less than one ounce or more
than three ounces. The ncensee in
mixing any dough for bread or rolls
shall not use the following ingredients
in amounts exceeding those specfH led
below; per unit Of 196 pounds Of any
flour. or meal, or any mixture there
OF:
Sugar. Not to exceed three pounds
of cane or beet sugar. or in Lieu there
of. three and one-half pounds OF corn
sugar. Where sweetened condensed
milk is used, the tcensee. In determin-
ing the permitted amount Of sugar
shall deduct the added sugar contend
of such condensed milk from the net
amount of other sugar, OF the kinds
herein designated. Milk: Not to ex-
eeed six pounds of fresh milk from
which the butter fats have been ex-
tracted, or the equivalent thereof
14Shortsning: No shortening shall be
used except as follows. Not to exceed
two pounds of -teonpoandsSt contain
ing not more than Ii per cent of ami,
NAL fats. =
In lieu of such @eompounds' the Ii
censee may use not to exceed tvs
pounds of vegetable fats. "
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-11-20
WARNING AUTOIsTs
ABOUT THEIR LIGHTS

Hartford, Nov. 20-Inspecters of
the state motor vehicle department,
are busy this week warning automo-
bile tourists with regard to the new
law about glaring headlights.
Motor Vehicle Commissioner Rob-
bins B. Stoeckel said yesterday that
sol many autoists have violated the
law, when they thought they were
complying with it, that he was loathe
to have the offenders arrested until
it was thoroughly understood about;
the state, just what compliance
means. AS soon as the warnings
have become widespread. inspectors
will baRin to maka ARRESTS
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-11-20
We are fighting to demonstrate the

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s,,rerio,itv Of denocracv B,1t what
a,nocrac ~ has ,yive1, ne cl,fef1v SO far
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tho 1sck ~ ,,ationa1 orrsytzation this
o,,1,o,-+1,rftv bss heen uttie nff1ized
far tba rattona1 welfare
W. - f,er,,+f,,s, r., sae.,at,,, a s,,r,er-
to,-stv I1uI,ara GERMANY has thrown
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