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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-06-13
j. S. MARINES
FORCE HUNS BACK
Chateau Thierry Scene OF
Furious Fighting.
MARINES START IN EARLY
Begin Attack At 3.45, Before Sunrise,
And BY 7.45 Attain All Their OBJ
jectives In Time For Break
fast-Gain 3N kiIometers.

American Army in Picardy.-Amer.
ican marines attacked the Germans
at dawn and gained three and one
half klometers over four kilometer
front and captured 100 prisoners in
the Chateau.Thierry sector.
The French attacking at the same
time on the left took 100 prisoners.
The Americans now hold all the
important high ground northwest OF
Chateau-Thierry.
The fight started at 3.45 o'clock
and the" Americans had attained all
their objectives by 7.45 o'clock.
The Americans have been pressing
the Germans so hard that the enemy
has been forced to throw three new
divisions of his troops in the line
during the last three days.
The Americans are like tigers.
Their commanders have all they can
do TO hold the men back. Even the
wounded are enthusiastic and eager
to fight. They are proud of their
wounds.
A general who visited fleld-dress.
ing station said he was elated by the
sight
The Americans sang and whistled
Yankee Doodle and cheered as they
went over the top. They made their
way swiftly through the German dead
that lay strewn in No Mans Land.
In addition to prisoners, the Amer
leans captured 10 machine guns.
German prisoners said they had not
been fed for four days, owing to the
deadly fire from the French and
American guns, which prevented the
bringing up Of supplies. These Ger.
mans were without helmets. They
were tired of the war. They had
been told that the British opposes
them, as their commanders were
afraid to let them know that It was
the Americans.
The Germans were cleared out OF
veuilly Wood also by the Americans,
whose guns are laundering against
the enemy. The fiercest fighting was
In progress at last reports near Torcy,
which lies about two and half miles
east of Veuilly.
The French attack was TO straighten
out the American line and II was a
brilliant performance. In this they
were assisted by the American forces.
American infantry cleaned out one
group of S5 Uhlans, who were
mounted.
Don't let one escape" shouted a
big American. All but one was
killed; he was captured.
The Americans advanced In solid
phalanx, their strong. determined
faces and great physique an inspira'
ton to their gallant French COM
rades, who now regard them with
brotherly affection.
On Tuesday the Americans faced
a Saxon division; on Wednesday a
guard division; Thursday crack
Prussian division and also battalion
of famous Jaeger sharpshooters. The
Americans caught one scouting party
Of eight sharpshooters and killed
them all.
Extraordinarily heavy railway train
movements from the northeast to the
westward in the rear OF the enemy
lines northwest of Toul were reported
by the American patrols.
Aerial observers made similar re.
ports, saying that at one time the
flares from the tunnels Of the loco
motives of several trains were visi-
BILE simultaneously.
The trains, apparently headed in
the direction of st. Mihiel, passed
during the better part of the night.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-06-13
U. S. ANTI.LYNcH LAW URGED.
Army Intelligence officers Before
House Committee.

Washington.-En Of a fed.
eral anti-lynch law as war measure
was urged before House committee
by Major j. E. Spingrin and Captain
Hornblower of the Military Intelli-
gence Service. The committee is con.
sidering a bill to impose the death
penalty on those convicted of partici-
pating in lynchings, to punish county
or other local officials who fail to
enforce the law, and to penalize by
fines communities in which lynchings
occur.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-06-13
ECONOMY PLEA BY M'ADoo
Loan Workers Urged To Make Wal
Savings Day Success.

Washington.-,Liberty Loan work.
ers were asked by Secretary McAdoo
TO do all in their power to make a
success of National War Savings Day,
Friday, June 2S, when the campaign
to obtain pledges from every Ameri.
can to economize and purchase War
Savings Stamps will close.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-06-13
BROWNING GUN FOR
AIRCRAFT IS 0. K.
RATE OF FIRE SYNCHRoNlZED
WITH REVOLUTIONS OF THE
TRACTOR PROPELLER.
BASEBALL CAPTURES LONDON
American Army and Navy Teams
Draw Big crowds-British Officers
in v. S. Give instruction in Gas
Defense.

The Browning machine gun has sue
cessfully undergone test to deter
mine its value for use with aircraft
This is one of three types of machine
guns with which the rate of fire can
be so synchronized with the revolu'
tions of the propeller Of tractor air
plane that the gun can be fired by the
pilot of a combat plane through the
revolving blades.
Airplane propellers revolve at from
500 to 1000 revolutions per minute.
The machine gun is connected with
the airplane engine by mechanical
or hydraulic device, and impulses from
the crank shaft are transmitted to the
machine gun. The rate of fire of the
machine gun Is constant and its fire Is
synchronzed with the revolving pro-
peller blades by wasting" certain
percentage of the impulses 1t receives
from the airplane engine and by nav
ing the remaining impulses trip or pull
the trigger so that the gun fires just
at the fraction of the second when
the propeller blades are clear of the
line OF fire.
The pilot operates the gun by means
of a lever which controls the circuit
and allows the impulses to trip the
trigger.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-06-13

The northern half of the town of
Chateau.Thierry was finally captured
by the Germans. The southern half
of the town, lying to the left bank of
the River Marne, still is being firmly
held by the Entente Allied forces.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-06-13
HUNS IGNORE SAFE CONDUCT.
Takes Norwegian Ship In AZ a
Prize.

Washington. The Norwegian
steamship Eikundasund, which had
German safe conduct, has been cap.
tured by German submarine ana
taken to Swinemuende as prize. the
ship was on its way to Stockholm with
cargo of herring consigned to the
Swedish Food Commission.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-06-13
RAID SURPRISES LONDON.
British Public Stirred BY U-Boats' Wis
it To u. S,

London.-The first news that Ger
man submarines were operating Oh
the Atlantic Coast of the United
States was published here WedneS'
day afternoon. 1t came as a complete
surprise to the British public.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-06-13

The restriction on the importation Of
crude rubber has been followed by re-
strlctions on importation of four com
modities possessing some of the char
acteristics of rubber, and capable un-
der some circumstances of being used
MS substitutes for natural rubber.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-06-13

Increased demands for common Ia
Dor are shown by recent employment
survey by the United States employ
ment service. Fifty-three centers have
calls exceeding the present supply
while but three cities, all In the West,
report q surplus. Normal conditions
are reported by % cities,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-06-13

Arrangements have been made for a
reduced railroad fare OF approximately
! cent mile for soldiers and sailors
who desire to visit their homes before
going overseas
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-06-13

Bottlers of soft drinks in the United
States may save approximately 10000
tons of sugar annually by using other
sweetening materials, according to in
vestlgatlons by specialists Of the bu-
reau of chemistry, United States de-
partment of agriculture. The bureau
of chemistry is preparing to furnish
bottlers with sweetening formulas that
will allow the actual sugar content In
soft drinks to be cut to so per cent or
less and at the same time will preserve
the customary taste Of the beverages.
Starch sugar, starch sirup, matose sir
up and honey are the substitutes used.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-06-13
8 FRENCH FLlERs KILLED.
Airplanes Collide Near End or Tria
Fliqht.

Paris - Three French aviators
named Gaillauroux, Hutin and Flam'
and were killed at the American air
drome when two airplanes collided
just as they were about to land after
a trial flight.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-06-13

A new oil-burning apparatus heats
and lights the room at the same time.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-06-13

In March and April the secretary of
agriculture, on recommendation Of the
office of public roads and rural engi-
neering approved 212 state road-build-
Ing projects involving more than $500
miles of highways under the federal
aid road act. The estimated cost Of
these improvements to the states is
about $15.000.000. The federal aid al
lowed is more than S5000,000.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-06-13

In Bavaria the monthly meat ration
has been cut 30 per cent-from 1000
to 800 grams-according to German
newspapers. The monthly meat ration
In Saxony has been reduced from 800
to 700 grams. Public officials are re-
ported in the Prussian press as discus
sing the possibility Of further reduc-
ton of the bread ration In Prussia.
A Munich paper reports that from
the beginning Of the war to March l,
1918, Bavarian hog stocks have de-
creased from 2,1O6312 to 766,391 head.
The Danish hog census shows a de-
crease from 1851, 900 hogs July II,
1917, to $4,000 December 5, 1917, or a
decrease of one-thlrd the number at
the beginning Of the war.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-06-13

Only a third Of South Americas
population Is of pure white blood.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-06-13

"As the latest wonder Of the world
London has taken to baseball" says
a committee on public information
representative In London. "The Eng
lish never before had much use for
our great game. They called 1t an ex'
aggerated form of FOUNDERS and won
dered what the noise was all about,
but the American and Canadian sol
dlers In England have been educating
them.
"a regular league Of eight teams has
started summer schedule, and the
English public is learning what 1t has
missed. Big crowds witness the game
which is played every Saturday, and
the sport bids fair to become widely
popular. Here is the way Thomas
Burke, the short-story writer, reports
a game In the London Star of May
q.
"Last week ! discovered baseball.
The match between the Army and
Navy teams was my first glimpse of a
pastime that has captivated CONT
nent and | can well understand its ap'
peal to modern temperament. Be
!ieve me, it's good goods. And the
crowd / had heard and read much OF
baseball fans and their method of root
ing, but my conceptions were nothing
near the real thing. The grandstands,
crowded with army and navy fans,
bristling with megaphones and tossing
hats and demonlac faces, would have
made superb subject for lithograph
by Sir Frank Bragwyn.
"'The game got hold of me before
the first pitched ball. The players in
their hybrid costumes and huge gloves,
the catcher In his gas mask, and the
movements of the teams as they prac-
ticed runs shook me with excitement.
Then the game began and the roofing
began. In past years have attended
various football matches in mining dis
tricts where the players came in for a
certain amount of Raging, but they
were church services compared with
the furious abuse and hazing handed
to any unfortunate who failed to play
ball.
"'There was, for example, an explo-
sive, reverberating "A-h.h-h-h-h" which
have been practicing In my back yard
ever since, but without once catching
its true quality. You should have
heard Admiral Sims, as college yell
leader, when the Navy made home
run hit, with his Alta boy; oh, alta
way to play ball. and when they got
an error he sure handed the Navy
theirs.
ayes; I've got 1t. From now on I'M
fan. I'm going to see every baseball
match played anywhere near London
| shall never be able TO watch with ex'
citement a cricket or football match
after this; it'd he like tortoise race
Come along with me to the next match
and Join me in roofing and in killing
the umpire"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-06-13

Because of the instruction of gas Of
ficers who have been at the various
camps for the last six months, the
troops which are going forward to
France are well posted on methods OF
combating gas attacks, says state
nent authorized by the war depart
ment. A group of British gas officers
has been in this country since last
summer. One of these men has been
at each of the training camps, advising
and assisting the division gas officer.
All the men going overseas are sup.
piled with gas helmets. Under the di-
vision gas officers and their assistants,
the men are drilled in the use OF
masks, taught how. to detect the pres
ence of gas, and given actual expert
ence with different sorts Of gases.
Mimic gas shells and cloud attacks,
used often at night In connection with
high explosives, help to make the train
ing realistic.
The United States has been able to
build on the experience Of the British
and French, to whom gas attacks were
unknown when they entered the war.
No American troops have been sent to
the front without practical experience
In defending themselves against gas.
The training of instructors in gas de-
fense includes a course Of about one
month. Most of the gas officers are
commissioned first lieutenants.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-06-13

The gas defense service is now manu-
featuring about 5000 horse gas masks
per day. These are being sent to
France, and it is expected that within
short time every horse connected
with the American eXpedtionary
forces will be equipped with the new
masks.
The gas defense service has a COM
pletely equipped factory for the manu-
facture Of the masks. In less than
three weeks n building was selected
and the factory was producing masks.
The introduction of riveting machinery
has done away with the heavy hand
sewing of the frame which supports
the masks on the faces Of the horses.
The masks are so constructed that no
metal or chemically impregnated parts
can chafe the horse.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-06-13

One of the interesting developments
of the war, according to statement
authorized by the war department, Is
the rapid expansion of the various bu-
reaus of the war department. At the
outbreak of the war there were less
than 5000 employees on duty. The
number now is approximately 25,O00,
an increase of 800 per cent. While this
represents a tremendous expansion,
the increase in the army itself has been
more than 1900 per cent.
Only four out of every 100 officers
in the service were in the army at the
time the war began.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-06-13

The army ordnance department has
negotiated approximately 1900 con-
tracts since this country entered tho
war, involving within $175,000,000 of
the total funds directly available for
the department for the present fiscal
year-$3,3S3, ,2S6,045. Additional con,
tracts totaling 81 ,503, 703,741 have beer.
entered into on the authority of con.
eress pending appropriation Of an
amount aggregating $1,67l ,466,750.
The magnitude Of the task of the
ordnance department financially is evil
denced by the disbursement recently in
single day of more than $25,000,OOO
on ordinary contract vouchers. Dis
bursements for the month OF April,
1918, ran to 1856, ,SS4 ,S63 an interesting
amount as compared with the $5,O59,-
264 disbursed by the ordnance depart
ment in April, 1917. These disburse-
ments were made at the ordnance Of
flee in Washington. Amounts dis
bursed at government arsenals are not
included.
One check recently drawn by the ord
nance dlsbursing officer for ordnance
material was for $1S,750,000. One re-
QUESTION made recently by this same
officer on the treasury was for $780,
100000. This is the largest single requi-
slton ever made by any United States
dsburslng officer.
Prior to two months ago, before the
ordnance department established its IL
district offices which zoned the country
to expedite payments to contractors
and relieve the strain upon the main
Office in Washington, the disbursing
officer at Washington signed from 500
to 5000 checks a day.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1918-11-22

count of the Administrative Of the
Estate of said decedent, and her pc.
tition praying for the allowance. OF
said account and for a decree assig-
ing the residue Of said estate to the
by law entitled to the same
It is Ordered, That all persons in
terested in said estate appear before
the said Probate Court on Monday,
the, 9th day Of December, 1918, at ten
o'clock in the forenoon, at the Pro-
bate Court in the Court House at
Minneapolis, in said County, then and
there to show cause, if any threre be
why said account should not be al
lowed and said estate should not be
distributed as prayed for in said Pc
tition. :.
And it is Further Ordered, That
notice of such hearing be given by
publishing this order once in each
| week for three successive weeks,
prior to said day Of hearing in the
Echo de rOuest, a newspaper printed
and published in said County.
Dated at Minneapolis, this 9th day
of November, 1913.
By the Court,
JOHN A. DAHL,
Judge Of the Probate Cour'
J. G. Priebe, Attorney,
1898 Security Bldg. LIZ
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1918-11-22
Emma Loberg,

No. 21121
Order for Hearing Petition for Let
tiers of Administration
State of Minnesota, County of
Hennepin. In Probate Court
In the matter of the Estate Of
Frank Kartousch Decedent.
On receiving and filing the petit
ton of Clifford L. Hilton as Attorney
General of the State Of Minnesota, a
creditor, praying that Letters Of Ad-
m%inistration on said estate issue to
Claude S. Brown Of Ramsey County,
Minnesota;
It is Ordered, That said petition be
heard and that all persons interested
in said matter appear before this
Court on Monday, the 10th day OF
December, 1918, at 10 A. M. at the
Probate Court in the Court House
at Minneapolis, in said County, and
then. or as soon thereafter as said
petition can be heard, show cause,
if any there be, why said petition
should not be granted.
And it is further Ordered, That
notice of such hearing be given by
publishing this order once in each
week, for three successive weeks,
prior to said day of hearing in the
Echo de POuest, a newspaper printed
and published in said County, and by
mailing a copy of this order to all the
heirs-at-law of said decedent when
their address is known or can be as
certained by due diligence, at least
fourteen (14) days before the date of
said hearing, unless notice is waived.
Dated at Minneapolis this 18th.
day of November, 1918.
By the Court,
JOHN A. DAHL
Judge Of the Probate Court
John Overall, Asst. Att. Gen. 1926
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1918-11-22
No. 21O82

No. 21O82
Order for Hearing Petition for Let
ters of Administration
State of Minnesota, County Of Hen
nepin. Probate Court.
In the matter of the estate OF
Sarah Houston Decedent.
On receiving and filing the petit
ton Of Myron Houston Of Racine
County, Wisconsin, praying
that Letters of Administration on
said estate issue to Louis loft Of
Henenpin County, Minnesota;
1t is Ordered That said petition be
heard and that all persons interested
in said matter appear before this
Court on Monday, the End day Of De-
cember, 1918, at 10 a. NJ, at tho
Probate Court in the Court House
at Minneapolis, in said County, and
then, or as soon thereafter as said
petition can be heard, show cause,
If any there be, why said petition
MOULD not be granted.
And it is Further Ordered, That
notice of such hearing be given, by
publishing this order nee in each
week for three successive weeks,
prior to said day. of hearing in the
echo de lOuest a newspaper printed
and published in said County.
Dated at Minneapolis, this 18th day
of November, 1918.
JOHN A. DAHL
Judge of the Probate Court
D. G. Gorham, Court House. 11-2S
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1918-11-22

No. 20425
Order for Hearing Final Account and
Petition for Distribution
State of Minnesota, County Of
Hennepin. In Probate Court
In the Matter of the Estate Of
Oscar E. Loberg Decedent.
On receiving and filing the final &C
count of the administrative Of the
estate of said decedent, and her
petition praying for the allowance Of
said account and for a decree assign
ing the residue of said estate to the
persons by law entitled to the same.
It is ordered, That all persons in
terested in said estate appear before
said Probate Court on Monday, the
10th day of December, 1918, at ten
o'clock in the forenoon, at the Pro-
bate Court in the Court House at
Minneapolis in said County, then and
there to show cause, if any there be,
why said account should not be al
lowed and said estate should not be
distributed as prayed for in said
petition.
And it is Further Ordered, That
notice of such hearing be given, by
publishing this order once in each
week for three successive weeks,
prior to said day Of hearing in the
Echo de YOuest a newspaper printed
and published in said County, and by
mailing a copy of this order to all
the heirs=at-law Of said decedent
when their address is known or can be
ascertained by due diligence, at
least fourteen (14) days before the
date Of said hearing, unless notice is
waived.
Dated at Minneapolis, this 18th
day of November, 1918.
By the Court;
JOHN A.. DAHL,
Judge Of the Probate Court
Eux ohoxr 1916
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1918-11-22
No. 21O96

No. 21096
Order for Hearing Petition for Let
ters of Administration.
State of Minnesota, County OF Hen
nepin. Probate Court.
In the matter of the Estate Of
Belle M. Bradford Decedent.
On receiving an d filing the petition
of Mary G. Bradford and Charles S.
Bradford, praying that Letters of
Administration on said estate issue
to r. B. Ballard of Hennepin County,
Minnesota;
It is ordered, That said petition be
heard and that all persons interested
in said matter appear before this
Court on Monday, the 9th day of De-
cember, 1918, at 10 a. M, at the
Probate Court in the Court House at
Minneapolis in said County and then,
or as soon thereafter as said petition
can be heard, show cause, if any there
be, why said petition should not be
granted.
And it is Further Ordered, That
notice of such hearing be given, by
publishing this order once in each
week for three successive weeks,
prior to said day of hearing in the
Echo de pOuest a newspaper printed
and published in said County.
Dated at Minneapolis, this 9Th day
Of November, 1918.
By the Court:
JOHN H. DAHL,
Judge of the Probate Court
Frank H.Kurtz, 207 Palace Bldg 1929