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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-08-13

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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-05-02
Good Word for the Mule.

"A mule" says one army officer, In
singing Mauds praises, sis most en-
phatically not the low-down, ornery
animal that she is commonly supposed
to he. As far MS strength, sure-footed-
ness and staying power are concerned,
there is no comparison between her
and horse.
81 have never seen mule ratified.
And let me tell you, their ears are not
big for nothing. They hear the least
uttIe sound and are not backward in
lifting their voices and telling you
about It, They are Indispensable In
trench warfare"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-05-02
Hoover Not Popular With Her.

Helen was fond Of the icing on cake.
A cnke was brought to the table with
ont the customary icing and Helen
was much disappointed and wanted to
know why the loved icing was missing
Her mother told her that we were
helping Mr.. Hoover by using less SUI
gar. The little maid was silent for n
few moments, then said. 81 wish God
hodnt made Mr.. Hoover"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-05-02
Dldn't Want That One.

central, have you got my call?"
Buzz, buzz.
lie took down the receiver and list
ened.
"Where have you been, you bruteF
"Ring off, please" responded the
gentleman gently. "Thank goodness.
| have the wrong number. ."-Louisville
CplrieI Journal.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-05-02

As m introduction to n valentine
song that c. H. Park, supervisor of
music in the Rushvile schools. was
going to teach to first-grade pupils, he
asked them: "What day is tomor-
row." He expected the reply to be
valentine day" but small voice
plpcd from the back of the room:
"Mentess day." - indianapolis
News.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-05-02
Makinu Il Easier.

"Do you have meatless days at your
house,
"Ycs," replied Mr.. Meekton. "Ev-
erybody except the dog"
"Why the eXceptlon?"
"Well, Henrietta is right compli-
mentary about it, She says my SUI
perior intelligence enables me to be
philosophical about situation which
would grieve Fido because he couldn't
understand It,"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-05-02

The leaning Virgin at the top of the
Albert cathedral now behind the Ger
man lines, was shot down by German
artillery. The figure had been over
hanging the street since 1914, when the
city was sheled by the Germans.
There was n widespread superstition
that when the Virgin fell peace would
be declared.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-05-02
Seems That Way.

on-Conservatlon is the thing
Just now.
Egbert-Then suppose the man
who makes two blades of grass grow
where only one grew before Is In dis
grace7
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-05-02
One Secure.

There may be meat and egg and
milk trusts, but there never could be
a successful vegetable trust"
"Why not?"
Because there would be sure to be
n leek in It somewhere"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-05-02

The presidents first public appear
ance since he burned his left hand on
the red.hot exhaust pipe of the tank
"Brlttania" was at the funeral of Don
Santiago Aldunate, ambassador from
Chile. The president is accompanied
by Mrs. Wilson.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-06-27

A two-wheeled cart which auto
matically loads and unloads corn
stalks is the invention of New Jer-
sey farmer
Cast iron shells. once thought ohso-
leie, are being manufactured in Fra5ce
ct the rate or i,0U0.000 a day. They
ere more effective against earthworks
than those of steel.
Metallic sodium hardens lead with
out changing It's color. Two per cent
Of sodium will harden lead so that 1t
will ring when struck; larger amount
causes II to become brittle.
A complete network of wires, suit
ably grounded, covers a nitr0glycerin
factory In Europe as protection
against lightning
The Deutsche bank of Berlin, en-
joylng record prosperity on account
Of war industries in which It Is in
terested, is paying employees war
bonuses ranging from 30 to so per
cent.
An artificial coffee is being made in
Austria from figs, dried either In the
sun or evaporatlng pans, ground into
powder and then compressed into tab
let's, to be dissolved In hot water when
desired.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-06-27
GERMAN TRENCHES
CLEANED OUT.
Americans Carry Positions In
Front of Cantigny.
HUNS MAKE LYING CLAIM
Battle Is Short, Sharp And Deadly
Enemy Ordered To Hold At
Any Cost And Many
Are Killed.

American Army in France.-Ameri.
can Army in France.-American
troops stormed German trenches and
machine-gun nests in front OF Can.
tigny, in the Montdidier sector. Those
of the German garrison who remained
to fight and carry out their orders to
hold the positions at any cost were
killed by rifle and machine-gun fire
and bayonet. The Americans also
took prisoners.
The American artillery put down a
heavy box barrage on the rear OF the
enemy positions. A few minutes later
the infantry swarmed over the top
and rushed the trenches. Some OF
the Germans had tried to escape
through the barrage, crashing to their
rear, but few of them got through, for
numerous German dead were found
later.
Prisoners captured declare that they
had orders to hold on at all costs,
and this was apparent by the desper-
ate manner in which they fought The
battle was short, but deadly, for the
enemy positions we're swept clean OF
Germans. The official report says
that great many Germans were
killed.
One machine-gun nest containing
eight men, which had been sprinkling
Cantigny for some days, was blown
up by a direct hit from trench NOR
tar bomb.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-06-27
OUTRAGE BY TURKS
MAY FORCE WAR
Looting of United States Hos.
pitaI at Tabriz.
CONSULATE ALSO INVADED
Presbyterian Missionary Institution At
Tabriz, Persia, Invaded BY The
Moslems over The Protest OF
The Spanish Consul.

Misunderstanding Of the Amer.
ican hospital at Tabriz, Persia, and
seizure Of the American and British
consulates thereby invading Turkish
troops was reported to the State Dc.
partment by the American minister
at Teheran.
II the report as II reached the min.
lister is officially confirmed, the out.
RACES may be considered an act OF
war and settle the long-pending ques.
ton of whether the Ottoman allies
Germany should be formally listed
among Americas enemies.
According to the dispatch the Turks
sacked the hospital over the protest
Of the Spanish consul, in charge as
representative of American interests
and In defiance of the Spanish flag
flying over the building.
Consul Paddock and the other
Americans at Tabriz were believed to
be making their way overland either
to Teheran, some 400 miles from
Tabriz or to Hamedan, where they
would strike the great caravan route
leading to Bagdad, from which city
a British force has been sent out to,
ward Tabriz. Mr.. Paddock is said
to be much experienced in Oriental
countries and is regarded as well able
to take care of himself and his com
panions.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-06-27
Z7KE SZHZZE OFLIHE27XA arr E0OH
The He0HZE 0<ESHHCE |0T

NJ freedom. To La1ayette 'i"ne0
owed its first declaration OF rignts
drawn in the revolution. To him also
1t owed its tricolored flag tne sune
red. white and blue as that which s'o'
ifies our own Stars and Stripes unuer
which Major General Lafayette " o.
A., fought for the existence Oh h"
ton Of American freemen'
In the present struggle for the wrest-
ing of the world from the grip OF an
avid Attila Americans, British ana
French are shoulder to shoulder at the
front. How our General Lafayette
would have enthused and gladdened ut
the thought! The quarrel OF the Amer
ican colonies, many historians show
was not with the people Of England but
with a Hanoverian king who acted
against the counsel of the wisest states
men of British birth. The instructive
love of fair play which Is implanted In
the Englishman rebelled at the thought
of a colonial taxation without represen-
tation.
Lafayette's attitude to the English
was revealed when, while visiting his
uncle, the Marquis de Noailles. then
ambassador to the Court OF st. James,
he declined all invitations to visit ar
senals and shipyards, believing that by
so doing he would be taking an unfair
advantage of nation which was to be
his foe through the stupidity Of rul-
er who could not and would not under
stand.
His home In Paris after the close OF
the war Of the revolution became a
place of rendezvous for both English
and Americans.
"Since the war Is over and we have
won it," he wrote to General Wash
ington in 1856, 81 have, / confess, an
extreme pleasure in meeting English
people. Either as Frenchman, or a
soldier or an American, or mere In
dividual, / find myself without embar-
rassment In the presence Of that proud
nation"
There could have been no gentler
acts of courtesy than those which he
did when CORVALLIS had surrendered
at Yorktown, for he had the highest
opinion of the British commander as
a man. and, as he modestly wrote Corn
wallis, "held him in high esteem"
Long before there were hands
stretched across the sea between this
country and England, Lafayette, the
American general was doing much to
bring about a reunion of the two ma
tions which are brothers Of one blood
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-06-27
Mountain Offensive Falls.

London.-The failur, Of the Aus.
trian offensive in the mountains, the
most critical sector, is shown ia
Italian official statements. II is be-.
lieved that the Italians have every
prospect of restoring the positions on
the Piave, where alone the enemy
scored some success.
The British held the post Of honor
In the mountains, and how well they
rose to the occasion is proved by the
remark of a correspondent that "the
results of the enemy attack suggest
that 1t was the British who carried
out the most successful offensive"
The Austrians undoubtedly hoped
to sweep into the plains and crush
Italy, but the latter's achievement 10
resisting the first onslaught is assur.
ance that she is capable Of defending
her position.
The Germans are not likely to per.
NIT the Austrians to slacken their ei
forts. Should the Germans be com
PEELED to send assistance, Their
strength on the western front would
be correspondingly weaker.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-06-27

termination In his manner that Wash
ington at once welcomed him to his
staff. AS soon as the opportunity Of
fered the leader of the Continental
army put Lafayette in command OF
large bodies of men and that Judgment
was well justified.
The marquis was severely wounded
at Brandywine without being aware OF
1t for time, so intense was his devo-
tion to duty. When he recovered he
renewed his activities at the right hand
of General Washington, and lost no
opportunity to serve the nation which
was then coming into being. He was
with the great leader at Valley Forge,
where he conducted himself with such
sympathy and understanding that he
was soon as beloved by all the officers
as by the commander himself.
The portrait painters Of the time put
the generals and colOnels Of the day
In fine uniforms of blue and buff, but
very often some of the ablest had only
nondescript clothes, and some were
even ragged.
Washington once remarked to La
fayette that to one accustomed to being
with French troops the appearance OF
the soldiers Of the colonies must indeed
have seemed unusual.
81 come not here to teach, but to
learn" was the reply of Lafayette.
Enlisted Aid Of France.
Part of the year 1779 was spent by
Lafayette in France, where he did SO
much to get substantial aid from the
French government, which was then
In actual war with Great Britain.
That victory ultimately rested upon
the American standards was largely
due to those activities in Paris, for the
coming of the French fleet was de
Gliding factor In the long and unequal
struggle for American independence.
Lafayette was received with affec
tion and admiration by those who hat
so bitterly opposed his going from
France, and he gained support even
from the powerful Noailles, father OF
the Marquise. On Lafayette's return
to America Washington sent him II
1881 to operate against Benedict Ar
mold in Virginia. After Cornwalli'
came with $500 more men Washing
ton showed his confidence in the youni
general by continuing him in the com
mand. Lafayette was near Richmond
when CORVALLIS started for him.
"The boy can't escape me-" said tn,
English general. Lafayette prompt.
retreated made n junction with LOO
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-06-27
Much in Little

American artificial ice factories ana
refrlgeratng plants consume about
10000. 600 tors Of coal n year.
The Bahama islands may becc5:o
extensive producers Of rubber by cul-
tIvatlng the Mexican rubber vine.
At one period no mail reached the
miners of Spltzbergen for eight
months but they are now able to get
,he worlds news twice day by wire
less telegraph.
Raleigh Fox, age seven, who weighs
227 pounds, was seen walking down
the street in Pottersville, No, where
he was visiting, crying because his
shoes hurt and his father would not
carry him.
For handling finished brick econom-
ically and without breakage, Il truck
with an ingenious unloading body has
been constructed. Instead of being
dumped. the load Is deposited In an Or
derly pile when the steel con:a!Der Is
turned to perpendicular position so
that one end rests on the ground. the
open-end body is then pulled AWAY and
the load left standing.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-06-27
STRUGGLE ALONG
THE P|AVE RIVER
The Situation Most Encouraging
TO the Allies.
AUSTRIANS MAY BE TRAPPED
Teutons Making Efforts To Establish
Two Bridgeheads On The Right
Bank For Future
Operations.

Italian Army Headquarters.-The
Italians, with their French and British
Allies, are successfully resisting the
Austrian onslaughts and are counter,
attacking vigorously everywhere. In
addition, there is acute watchfulness
for all enemy movements either 10
the Brent, River area, the mountains
or toward the plains.
Whether the enemy effort upon
Montello Plateau is an attempt to
move toward the rear OF the famous
Monte Grappa, key to the Italian
mountain positions, or else to menace
the Venetian Plains and the city Of
Venice, 1t is certain that the Austrian.
are fighting desperately to hold what
they have so far attained.
The Italian command feels that
while the first great attempt to ad
vance has been blocked, each day will
bring new efforts, and with eaCi ei
tort the fighting will be more arduous
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-06-27

Washington Successful bombing
OF the German railroad yards at Con
fans was reported in General Persh-
ing's communique. Artillery activity
at various points, the repulse of an
enemy raid in the Woevre and the
capture of more prisoners by Amer
lean patrols crossing the Marne also
was announced.
Hand-to.hand fighting between pa
trolls in No Mans Land has made
necessary change in equipment OF
the American Army that will call for
increased output of the 45-calibre au.
tomato pistol. Manufacturers were
urged by the War Department to
speed up production, although the out
nut is now about 5000 pistols daily.
The Germans are said to have q
wholesome respect for American pis-
fol fighters. one bullet from an Amer
ican As invariably putting an enemy
completely out of business. Men hit
bv shots from the smaller pistols used
bv the Germans frequently continue
In action.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-06-27
REWARD ON U-BoAT BASE.
Daniels Offers $1,000 For information
Leading To Discovery.

Washington. Extension to all naval
districts of an offer of $1,000 reward
for information leading to the location
OF the enemy submarine base on the
Atlantic Coast was announced by Sec.
retary Daniels after he learned that
such an offer had been made by one
district commander. Mr.. Daniels said
there was no evidence indicating the
presence of such base, but some
Of the officers of the Coast Patrol
thought the prospect Of reward would
stimulate vigilance on the part of peo'
pie living In the vicinity OF unfre'
quented bays and inlets.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-06-27
over THERE
BY A|RSH|P ROUTE
will Be Established by the
British Air Council.
NO DEFINITE PLAN YET
Initial Flight Set For This Summer
General Brancker, OF British
Service, Arranging Plans
With U. S. Officials.

Establishment Of an
air route to Europe from the United
States in order to bring the full force
Of American effort in the air to bear
against Germany has been decided
upon az definite project by the Brit
kh Air Council, the new organization
into which all British air service has
been merged. This was disclosed BY
Major General William Brancker, con.
troller of equipment on the council,
who is in Washington to discuss this
and other projects relating to air war.
fare with American officials.
The plans for an initial flight across
the Atlantic in August, September or
October Of this year are already well
advanced. American cooperation Is
sought and General Brancker hopes
that the first machine to make the
crossing will carry both British and
American pilots. At least three Brit
ish pilots, regarded as qualified for
the trip, are here now and several
types of machines produced in Eng
land have ample fuel capacity for the
40 hours OF flying 1t is estimated the
trip would take.
The attitude OF the American Gov
ernment toward the project has not
been disclosed, although General
Brancker laid stress on the fact that
the sole purpose Of the trip was to
blaze a new trail to Europe over which
American aircraft can be delivered
next year without taxing shipping
Presumably, it arises from the fixed
purpose of the British Air Ministry
TO carry the bombing warfare into
Germany on a steadily increasing scale
until not vital spot in the German
Empire Is safe from Allied raiders.
After Ger eral Brancker had made
public his plans, Secretary Baker said
that no army aviation officers had as
vet been assigned to work in conjunc
ton with the British on the project
Successful navigation of the air tt
Europe Is to be hoped for, he said, bu'
no definite plan to attempt it Is now
before Government officials.
There is litte doubt, however, thai
the strong advocacy Of the air-road-to
the-front plan brought by Genera
Brancker already has had consider
able effect. The General laid 1t before
officers OF the Army General Staff a:
an achievement that could be realized
in the immediate future. Some Off
cials connected with the air program
previously had given 1t serious con
sideraton.
Many officers beliere II would b
wise to inject an element Of friendl!
rivalry into the effor, to be first t
make the flight. They argue tina
since the real value CT the plan de
pends upon the ability of American
built night bombers and American
pilots to cross the ocean, the initia
effort should be partially, at least al
American enterprise.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-06-27
Raise German Tanker

Five long woolen mufllers aided in
floating the German tanker Out
He'll" after spending five years on the
muddy bottom of the Mississippi ri.or
OF, Baton Rouge, says Popular Me-
chanics Magazine. When the ship was
finally noated and towed to bank,
where an examination could be made,
It was found that the machinery was
in far better condition than had been
expected.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-06-27
HOLDS HER POTATOES.
Bermuda Forbids Exports And Fixes
Prices.

Washington Bermuda, by procla-
nation issued under martial law, ha
forbidden exports of potatoes as /
measure to insure the food supply o,
her people, report received here
said. A maximum retail price for po
tatoes of three cents pound, and {
price of 1915 a barrel, of approx
mately 100 pounds, for sales in quan
tity have been fixed
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-06-27
MORE GERMAN REpRlsAl''
French Victims To Pay For VI"
Expulslons.

Amsterdam.-When reports 'i,% =,
900 Germans have been expelleu =
China and interned in Austrai%r %.d
proved, says the Deutsches a
Zeitung, of Berlin, the German hJ
ernment will collect 1O,OVO Nv
tants of French occupied disti,O~
send them to prison until the ue,S
are returned to China ana 'O
sated for their losses.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-06-27
GERMANS DEMAND PEACE.
Demonstrations In Berlin, HAMBURG
And Cologne.

London.-Heavily censored private
messages received in Stockholm indi'
cate that peace demonstrations wer'
held recently in Berlin, Hamburg an
Cologne and that several workmer
were killed and many persons arrest
ed says dispatch to the Mornir
Post from Stockholm. The police an
military dispersed crowds of demoi
strants.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-06-27
AN 1s.To45 DRAFT LAW LIKELY.
Congress To Frame Legislation Fol-
lowing Endorsement OF Baker.

Washington.-With Secretary o.
War Baker favorable to an 1S-to-45
draft age, Congress is likely to frame
its legislation practically on that line
1t may be appended as an amendment
to the Army Bill, for 1t appears thai
the Secretary is favorable to that
method, though Provost Marshal Gen.
eral Crowder is undertood to advo.
cate several changes.
Crowder, too, is understood to op-
pose lowering the draft limit to IS.
but Baker originally advocated in
cluding youths Of 10. Now he is fav.
orable to including 1S-year-old boys,
SAYING that their inclusion would have
a less disturbing effect upon industrial
and family relations than would the
drafting of many older men.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-06-27
HUN CRAFT BOTTLED UP.
Harbor OF Zeebruage Blocked S'
Recent British Raid.

London.-Twenty-one German "
stroyers, large number OF H'
marines and numerous auxiliary cTh
are penned in the Bruges canal dotu
as the result OF the recent Brlus
naval operations at Zeebrugge' y y
German submarine base on the Nv
sian Coast. Thomas j. MacNamn1
financial secretary Of the admiray
made announcement in the House
Commons to this effect, and said I
the operations were more succe'sI
than at first had been supposed y
added that the German craft were w
the subject of constant bombing'
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-06-27
KEY DESCENDANT FOUND DEAD.
Body OF Miss Alberta Key, OF Chicago
Found In Bushes.

Chicago.-The body of Miss Alberta
Key, 10 years old, employed at local
bank, was found in clump of bushes
at Jackson Park. The police believe
she committed suicide by poison Miss
Key was the Observation-Disclosures.
ter of Francis Scott Key, author OF
the "Star-spangied Banner" Her
father, Bunyon Atherton Key, for.
mer resident of Buffalo, wds declared
to be doing special Government work
in New York and Pennsylvania.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-06-27
His Preference.

"I wish to look at SONS fountain
pens.'
"Yes, sir. Now, what do you wish
in the way Of fountain penT'
"Well, I'd prefer one that throws
let rather than spray"