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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-09-12
HAS HELPING HAND FOR ALL
Red Cross Most Appropriately Deslg'
mated as the "Greatest Mother
In the World"

Stretching forth her hands to all In
need; to Jew or Gentle, black OF
white, knowing no favorite, yet favor
ing all.
Ready and eager to comfort Mt q
time when comfort is most needed;
helping the little home that's crushed
beneath an iron hand by showing
mercy In healthy, human way; rc'
building It. In fact. with stone on
stone; replenishing empty bins and
empty cupboards bringing warmth to
hearts and hearths too long neglected.
Seeing all things with mothers
sixth sense that's blind to jealousy and
meanness; seeing men In their true
light, as naughty children-snatchlng.
biting, blter-but with hidden side
that's quickest touched by mercy.
Reaching out her hands across the sea
to No Mans Land; to cheer with
warmer comforts thousands who must
stand and wait In stenched and crawl.
ing holes and water-soaked entrench.
ments where cold and wet bite deeper,
so they write, than Boche steel or lead.
She's warming thousands, feeding,
healing thousands from her store; the
greatest mother in the woild-the Red
Cross.-Warren Anderson In Pack.
ages"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-09-12

on the second FIVE on the third and five
on the top. In the days that were to
come | was to have plenty OF oppor-
tunlty to famliarlze myself with the
contents of that house but at that time
| did not know II and | was curious
enough to want to know just what the
house contained.
Down in the basement there was n
huge pantry but 1t was absolutely bare,
except OF dust and dirt. A door which
evidently led to n sub-bnsement at
tracted my attention and ] thought 1t
might be good idea to know just
where II led to In case II became neces-
sary for ME to elude searchers.
In that cellar found case after case
OF choice wine-lluyllger subsequently
told me that there were 1,S00 bottles OF
1t! was so happy ut the turn my
affairs had taken and In the rosy pros
pects which now entertained that
was half inclined to Indulge In n little
celebration then and there. On second
thought, however, | remembered the
old warning of the folly of shouting
before you are well ont of the woods
and | decided that II would be just as
well to postpone the festivities for n
while and 90 to bed Instead.
In such an elaborately furnished
house | had naturally conjured ~
IDEAS Of wonderfully large bed
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-09-12
ONLY MADE MATTERS WORSE
Small Girls Efforts to "Fudge" on un-
fortunate Remark Could Not Be
Called Successful.

A number of women were discussing
Liberty bonds one afternoon In a neish-
bor's house. Almost unnotlced n lttle
neighbor girl had entered. AL TINS
point in the discussion she exclaimed
"Well, my aunt says she might Just
as well buy u Liberty bond us TO De
taxed"
Her remark caused good bit OF
comment. one guest, who has son In
the service, became very indignant
and exclaimed:
"The Idea! Buying bond to es-
cane taxatlonl That's patriotism ior
youl That makes me tired--anyDouy
as able us she is to buy bonds or any
thing"
with that last remark the speaker
"lew" out of the house.
The little girl, beholdlng the str'te
and bad feeling she had stirred up
fried TO "fudge" on her remark eX-
nloinIng that 1t wasn't her aunt VINO
mode the remark, but some other wom-
nm. The nelghbor women held her 10
her first remark, and were making II
nretty "warm" for the little GIRL when
she finally burst out with;
"Well, you don't know how much II
costs nv aunt to llve and how much
,ts costs her to take that trip to Nj
agara Falls"
The laugh with which the women
greeted this innocent remark was suf'
ficIent to send the loyal and Innocent
Girl running from the room. Truly, her
"llncs had not fallen In pleasant
rjlaces" that afternoon.
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would prove far more effective in help
ing to get me to the frontier than the
counterfeit one they had manufac-
tured for me.
think | saw through their game
right at the start, but listened pa
tiently to what they had to say.
"Of course, you will have to return
to us the passport we gave you before
we cnn give you the real one" said
Huyliger's brother.
81 haven't the slightest objection l
replied, "lf the new passport is all you
claim for 1t. VIII you let me see itT'
There was considerable hesitation on
the part of Huyllger's brother and the
other chap at this.
"Why, don't think that's necessary
Mt all, Mr.. 0'Brien," said the former
"You give us the old passport and we
will be very glad to give you the new
one for It, Isn't that fair enoughT
ut may he fair enough, my friends,
| retorted, seeing that II was useless to
conceal further the fact that | was
fully aware of their whole plan ana
why | had been brought to this house
ut may be fair enough, my friends l
said, "but you will get the passport
that have here" batting my side ana
indicating my inside breast pocket
"only off my dead body"
suppose the three Of them could
have made short work of me then and
there If they had wanted TO go the
limit, and no one would ever have
been the wiser, but had gone through
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n, best you can. When brought You

as best you can. When ! brought you
your breakfast this morning / took
q desperate chance. If l had been dis
covered by one Of the German soldiers
entering this house with food In my
possession, would not only have paid
the penalty myself, but you would have
been discovered, too. 1t Is too danger
Gus a proposition. Why don't you go
out by yourself and buy your food at
the stores? That would give you con-
fldence and you'll need plenty OF 1t
when you continue your journey to the
border"
There was a good deal of truth In
what he said and ! really could not
blame him for not wanting to take any
chances to help me In view Of the rela-
tions between us,
"Very WELL" said; "Pve gone with
out food for many hours at time be-
fore and / suppose | shall be able to
do so again. shall look for you to-
morrow evening""
The next evening he came and I ac-
cOmpanled him to another house not
very far from the one In which / had
been staying and not unlike 1t in ap'
pearance. 1t, too, was substantial
dwelling house which had been unten
anted since the beginning save perhaps
for such occasional visits as Huyligel
and his associates made to 1t.
Huyllger let himself In and con
Quoted me to room on the SECOND
floor, where he introduced me to tive
men. One, could readily see by thu
resemblance, was his own brother
The other was n stranger
Very briefly they explained to M
that they had procured another pass
port for me-a genuine one-whicl
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-09-12
Russian sturneon Elsherlea

Sturgeon of various species nre espe-
cinlly abundant In Russia, where the
sturgeon fisheries nre Of great value.
The flesh Is eaten when fresh, hut ls
chiefly used In the preserved form, el-
thcr smoked or salted. More than TO-
600 fish are sometimes caught at n
single fishing station during the up
stream migration, which lasts for
fortnight. The eggs are removed IN
quantity from the ovnries and sepa'
rately prepared rs "caviara"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-09-12
YANKs NEEDN'T sKlMP ON GAS.
Plenty OF MASKS Being Sent Them For
Protec ton.

WASHINGTON. Production Of gas End
Of ras masks in the United States has
reached the point where shipments In
great quantities are being made at reg.
ular intervals, Maior-General Sibert,
chief of the Chemical Division, an
nounced. Enough masks are being pro-
vided to supply all the needs Of the
American forces, In the last year larre
quantities of gas masks and other pro-
tective supplies FOR American troops
were obtained from the British,
Improvement in the protective equip
ment of the Allies has resulted In a
marked decrease in gas casualties, 1t
was stated Officially
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nose you Will believe me, but the
matter of the order which which
asked you to sign was not Of my doing
However, we won't go into that. The
proposltIon was made to you and you
turned II down, and that's the end OF
II. At the same time, hate to leave
you TO your own resources and / am
going to make one more suggestion
to you for your own good, have an
other plan to get you into Holland
and IL you will go with me to another
house, l will introduce you to man
who / think will be In n position to
help you" .
'How many millions of pounds Will
he want for his trouble answered,
sarcastlcally.
"You can arrange that when you see
him. win you gog"
suspected there was something
fishy about the proposition, but felt
that | could take care Of myself and
decided to see the thing through l
! knew Huyllger would not dare TO de-
liver me to the authorities because of
the fact that | had the tell-tale pass
mort, which would be his deathknell as
well rs my own.
Accordingly | sald would be quite
willing to go with him whenever he
wns ready, and he suggested that we
20 the next evening.
pointed out to him that ! was en-
tIrely without food and asked him
whether he could not grange to bring
or send me something to eat while
remained in the house.
'Im sorry, 0'Brleu,' he replied, but
I'm afraid you will have TO get along
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"Outwitting the Hun"
>s>>~s>
By LIEUTENANT PAT OBRIEN
copyrh. y st

sailor. My birthplace we gave as
Spain, and we put my age at thirty.
AS a matter Of fact, at that time l
could easily have passed for thirty
five, but we figured that with proper
food and decent place to sleep at
night, could soon regain my normal
appearance, and the passport would
have to serve me, perhaps, for several
weeks to come.
Filling In the blank spaces on the
passport was, as l have said, COM
paratlvely easy matter. but that did
not begin to I'll the bill. Every genu-
Inc passport bore an official rubber
stamp, something like an elaborate
postmark, and | was at loss TO know
how to get over that difficulty.
Fortunately, however, Huyllger had
half Of n rubber stamp which had evil
IDENTIFY been thrown away by the Ger.
mans, and he planned to construct the
other half out Of the cork from wine
bottle, He was very skillful with n
penknlfe, and although he spoilt n
score or more OF corks before he sue
ceeded In getting anything like the
result he was after, the finished article
was far better than our most sangulne
expectations. Indeed, after we had
pared 1t over here and there, and re-
moved whatever imperfectlons our re-
peated test disclosed, we had stamp
which made an impression so closely
resembling the original that without n
magnlfylng glass, we were sure, 1t
would have been impossible to tell
that It was a counterfeit.
Huyliger procured a camera and
took a photograph OF me to paste on
the passport In the place provided for
that purpose, and we then had pass
port which was entirely satisfactory
to both Of us and would, we hoped,
prove equally so to our friends the
Huns.
1t had taken two days to fix up the
passport In the meanwhile Huyllger
informed me that he had changed his
plans about the convent and that In
stead he would take me to an empty
house, where | could remain In safety
until he told me 1t was advisable for
me to proceed to the frontier.
This was quite agreeable to me, ms
had had misgivlngs as to the kind
of priest | would make and II seemed
to me to be safer to remain aloof from
everyone In deserted house than tC
have to mngle with people or come In
contact with them, even with the best
Of DISCUSSES.
That night accompanied Huyllgei
to fashionable section Of the city
where the house In which was to b'
concealed was located.
This house turned out to be four
story structure Of brick. Huyliger tolt
me that 1t had been occupied by {
wealthy Belgian before the war, bu
since 1914 1t had been uniahablted SAVE
for the occasional habitation Of som'
refugee whom Huyllger was befriend
ing.
Huyllger had key and let me In
but he did not enter the house Will
me, stating that he would visit me II
the morning.
explored the place from top to bot
tom as well as could without lights
The house was deliberately furnished
but, Of course, the dust lay quartz
Of an inch thick everywhere. 1t was
large house, containing some twent
rooms. There were two rooms In tn
basement four on the first floor, fou
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-09-12
JAMES SUCCESSOR NAMED.

Governor Stanley Appoints G. q. Mar
tin To Late Senator's Place.
Frankfort, Ky.--Gov A. o. Stanley
announced his decision TO appoint Geo.
Brown Martin, an attorney of Catletts-
burg, TO Oil the unexplred term OF the
late United States Senator Ollie NJ
James ending March next, Gov
ernor Stanley himself is the party
nominee for the full term to which
Senator James was nominated at the
Statewide primary last month.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-09-12
Culinary Camouflaae.

Our first recollection Of the art OF
camoufluge is the way they used to
put nice brown merIngue on top of
tie bread pudding. making II look like
something good.-0hio State Journal.
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fContinued From Page One !

CONTINUED From Page One.)
not as serious as they at first ap-
peared.
when they have been due to
the failure of the human element,
punitive measures have been
TAKEN"
Baker cited three cases In
which the department, he said,
firmly set its face against calloue
disregard of human life." Three
officers have been courtmartialed
and dismissed from the army, a
result of proof that they neglect
ed their duty with regard to sick
men In cantonments, Baker said.
II want the country to know
that the health and care of the
men in camps Ii responsibility
l will not allow to be lodged" said
Baker.
Baker read letter from Mary
Roberts Rhinehart, who has visit
ed practically all the camps.
81 do feel some steps should be
taken to reassure the country"
wrote Mrs. Rhinehart. 1--WE
women will not rest until all in
competents in camp have been re-
moved. l have a con In an army
camp. I would have no hesi-
fancy in letting him be cared for
in the camp hospital. In fact, he
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SNOW CLOGS
u. S. FREIGHT

(Unlted Press Leased WirsD
WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. %.
With thousands Of industries
and business houses closed thru
out the country today-the. second
''heatless holiday'-snow and
cold swept the eastern seaboard.
clogging freight.
Tue heaviest snowfall of the
winter hit this section--six inches
by Z o'clock, stopping stseet cars
and all other traffic.
The railroad administration
was again considering new meas
ures to cope with the increasing
congestion caused by the revival
OF the cold and snow throughout
the east. Delayed passenger
trains are being taken off at some
points, embargoes on non-essential
freight are in voluntary effect on
most OF the eastern lines and Of
ficial embargoes, ordered last
week, will be continued until the
present disturbance is over.
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WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
IN FRANCE, Jan. 28.-Orders
are orders, and a mere two or
three silver stars shining on
generals shoulders do not make
any difference to soldier If the
wearer of these stars aren't play
ing the game according to the
rules.
Two of the most valuable gen.
eral officers of the entire Ameri-
can expeditionary force-one an
acting lieutenant general and the
other a major general command
ing the militia division-would be
In the hospital today with bayonet
wounds in their tummies IL they
hadn't stopped violating certain
Boston soldiers instructions.
During the great moonlight ma
neuvers in n certain recent night
the two generals directing the
movement started to walk along
toward the middle of long
trench line In which thousands of
men were massed, waiting signals
10 go over the top. Nobody was
permitted to walk on the para
pet or in sight of the enemy"
One of the generals was too big
to find comfort In the narrow
strenches and the other loathed the
idea CT mud on his polished riding
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Sec. Baker Answers Critics

has already been there several
days with an infected knee. !
know something about hospitals,
having been a nurse and married
to q DOCTOR"
Praises Camp Hospitals.
Mrs. Rhinehart wrote that tho
her tour of camp hospitals had
shown a serious lack Of trained
women nurses and shortages of
supplies, she had found abso-
lutely no evidences OF cruelty or
neglect.
''Ninety-nine men out Of a
hundred In camp hospitals get
better care than they could get
at home," Mrs. Rhinehart wrote.
She highly praised the base hos
pital at Camp Sherman, Chilli
cothe. Ohio. declaring 1t is the
equal Of the best civilian hospi-
tails. She suggested a committee
of representative citizens from the
nearest city visit each hospital
and publish the result of their
visit In the local newspapers.
/ There is no suggestion oil
remedy in this letter that doe
not meet my instant approval. =
said Baker. I'VE have q medical
staff. the like Of which does not
exist elsewhere Aon the face Of the
earth. No army was ever brought
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-01-28
RADICAL DEMANDS
BY GERMAN LABOR

der this plan would be absolutely
prohibited at night, on Sundays
and holidays, on work which is
damaging to health, ana for six
weeks prior to childbirth, for 26
weeks thereafter, and during the
next &c weeks they may work only
four hours day.
No child under Is could be en-
ployed in any kind of work. Those
between Is and Is may not work
more than six hours a day and
these may not be employed at
night on Sunday or holidays, in
mines or on work dangerous to
health.
Ask Right to Strike
Enforcement of the laws pro-
tecting labor in this way would be
in the hands of inspectors chosen
by the laborers themselves.
The right to strike, says the
plea, must be freed from all re-
strictiOns and conceded without
restrictions to all sections of the
population.
Every place employing more
than 20 persons must provide a
committee from the employees to
have a voice in the treatment of
the workers in the place by the
employers. This committee would
have a vote as powerful as that
of the employers.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. %. - An
outline of revolutionary demands
to be made on the kaiser's gov
eminent by German labor, which
reached the American government
today, shows they are asking more
of the despot than American labor
has asked of its democracy.
This program may play an i'm
portant part in settlement of the
social unrest among the people in
1.-The Austro-German empires IL they
i get the whip hand as a result Of
the social upheaval reported I'M
der way there.
The program provides for an
eight-hour day and six day week.
1t prohibits all Sunday work ex-
ceLt that absolutely necessary and
provides for a day of rest during
the week for Sunday workers. 1t
prohibits night work except lin
q few cases where it Is absolutely
necessary and which can be de-
termined by law"
Would Protect Women
Women must not work more
than eight hours a day, five days
q week, and not more than four
hours on Sunday or other days
preceding holidays. They must
not be given work to take home
with them.
Tie employment of women un,
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u. S. Generals Halted
by Sentry's Bayonet

boots. So both of them walked
on the parapet.
Bayonet Flashes.
Get down from the parapet and
walk in the trench" barked q
non-commissioned sentry standing
in the trench.
Its all right; we are generals, u
said the trespassers.
81 don't give dam IL you are
President Wilson," yelled the sen.
try, and the geenrals saw his
shadowy form lunge toward them
with a cleaning bayonet.
The two generals jumped into
the trench in time to avoid being
stabbed. Their troubles were not
yet over. The soldier had sus-
picion they we're spies.
give me the password" he
demanded, CURLY.
The division commander at
tempted to demonstrate over "in-
considerable treatment" but the
sentrys' bayonet flashed and the
generals backed up few hasty
steps, calling with alarm the pass
word, Paris, Paris. Paris!"
Go "Over the Top"
All night long On this night
machine guns arrayed three yards
apart in a long, thin line barraged
the "enemy's" rear. Star shells
floated to the earth, making pale
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-01-28

This is Victor Morgan,
editor of The Cleveland
Press who has just return
ed from spending many
weeks on the German
frontier where he learned
many startling and infor-
NATIVE things about in
side conditions in Ger
many today. His articles
will appear daily in The
Times. You, as a patriotic
American-will Mant to
read all Of them.
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WOULD CALL
|OXMAN AGAIN

(UAltea Press Leased Wire.)
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 2S.---Ie
Thomas J. Mooney, convicted Of
completely In the preparedness pa
raie dy nariting, Is granted now
trial ~ requested by President
Wilson, District Attorney Fickert
will again call Frank G. Oman
as . witness. It wAs Oman who
was accused Of having framed"
testimony against Mooney when
the latter was convicted.
II shall take no steps in the
case" said Fickert. II could start
a second trial of Mooney on anoths
err count in the indictment, II I
wanted to. but so far as the prec-
emit case Il concerned. Il Il out o
my hands. II the conviction oe
Mooney d affirmed, the penalty
will stand, unless the governmenlI
intefferea-r
Attorney General Wshb ds9lap-
cd his beliof thox Mooney dko1|
have 8 now trial.
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even the brilliance of the silver
moonlight.
Exactly at dawn the militiamen
went over the top. They con-
quered their detectives.
One colonel, demonstrating his
complete confidence in his ma
chine gunners' accuracy. spent
half an hour calmly walking
around under a veritable roof OF
machine gun bullets snarling over
head in a barrage fire.
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GERMANS
HAMMER
CZERNIN
tUnited Press Leased Wire.)

1
AMSTERDAM, Jan. 2s.-Ger-
man annexationists organs fairly
outdid themselves today in de-
nunciation of Count Czernin. Aus
tro-Hungarian foreign minister
for his hint of negotiations with
President Wilson.
The climax was In the con-
GLIDING statement Of an article in
the semi-official Cologne Ca
zette that Count CZernin had sent
the text of his address to Presi-
dent Wilson In advance of It's de-
livery.
Count Czernin's offer to open
negotiations with Wilson endan-
gers Germany's life and interests"
declared Count Won Reventlow,
foremost advocate of Prussianism.
1--WE do not trust Czernin."
commented the Taglische Runds-
chau.
The newspaper Die Post heads
its violent attack on the Austro-
Hungarian minister: "Czernin's
Fraternal Kiss for Wilson!"
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SURVIVORS SUFFER
Omitted Press Leased Wire. /,

u
A COAST TOWN IN THE
COUNTY OF ANTRIM, Ireland,
Jan. 2S.-More than 200 passen-
gers and members OF the crew Of
the Cunard liner Andania were
landed here Sunday afternoon.
Most of the crew were in a pit
liable condition. Some were clad
lightly and had suffered severely
from their exposure In the life
boats. Many were wrapped in
blankets. Two babies were car
ried ashore by the sailors.
1t was reported here that the
explosion of the second torpedo
had killed five stokers. Rescue
of so large a number was explain
ed from the fact that at the mo-
ment of the attack the crew was
preparing for boat drill.