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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-04-04
ONE OF THE "SURES."

Wyoming is one of the seven states
which will vote upon the question of
statewide prohibition next November.
The Republican party Of that state has
through It's central committee declared
itself emphatically for the measure.
The resolution indOrsing prohibition
concludes with these words:
"We, the representatives of the Re
publican party of the state of Wyom-
Ing, In committee assembled, do here
and now pledge every person receiv-
Ing n nomination for any public office
within the state of Wyoming at our
hands, from United States senator
down TO ward constable, to the policy
of absolute prohibition and the en-
forcement Of every law enacted for the
purpose OF bringing about the COM
plete prohibition of the manufacture,
barter and sale of alcoholic liquors for
beverage purposes"
Entirely surrounded by dry states, on
the south and west two deep. Wyoming
cannot logically remain wet. Ninety.
nine per cent of the state Is already
dry under state and municipal statute.
Women have voted there since 1869.
That statewide prohibition will win
next fall is foregone conclusion.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-04-04

and nulllfy in It's entirety the drive
that has been accomplished 1t is not
improbable that British and French
reserves, and possibly American
troops known to be behind the battle
front, will soon be thrown against the
weakened enemy.
Notwithstanding the strength Of the
German drive, nowhere has the Brit.
ish or French front, along the latter
of which American troops have given
a good account of their ability as
fighters, been even dented. Ground
has been given, 1t Is true, but 30 skill
fully and with such precision Of move.
ment that from north to south sur.
yey could scarcely have worked out
more even line. Still intact in the
hands Of the Allied forces are portions
Of the old line from which Hlnden.
burg fell back in his strategic" re.
tirement in 1916.
Just who is in command OF the Ger.
man forces seems to be somewhat in
doubt. Late dispatches report that
Field Marshal Won Hindenburg has
been at Dvlnsk, in the Russian the.
atre, and German war correspondents
assert that General Won Ludendorff
not only planned the offensive but was
on the ground last Friday personally
to control the attacks.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-04-04
EXPLODED ARGUMENTS!

estates which have already adapted
themselves to prohibition can smile at
the arguments advanced by its oppo-
nents In New York for they have al
ready been exploded" says the Port
land Oregon!an, paper formerly
opposed to prohibition. "The lost rev.
.enue Is already made up by other
forms of taxation without hardship or
complaint, especially as the effect Of
prohibition is already becoming ap-
parent in n dimlnution of crime and
insanity and consequently of public
burdens. Breweries are applied to
other uses than making beer and other
retail business has occupied vacant
saloons. Former employees of brewer
les and saloons have found other occu-
pations, for there are practically no
unemployed In Oregon who wish to
work. States and cities have learned
that they can get along without liquor
revenue, capital has learned that II
can find profitable use for property
which was formerly applied to pro.
tluction Of revenue, and workingmen
have found other jobs. The liquor
traffic has disappeared and we have
quickly closed the gaps which it left"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-04-04
Temperance
AwNOteSa
Conducted by the National Woman'f
THE EAGLE SCREAMS.
Conducted by the National Woman'f
Christian Temperance Union.)

1t Is enough to make the eagle on
the American dollar scream with
agony and despair at the number Of
times 1t Is thrown across the bar in
payment for kalserism's liquid fire,
booze, when II could, II thrown into
the treasury Of the United States, soar
over the trenches OF the German army
and scream defiance and final victory
for the world and for democracy.
If the $2,43S,037, ,9S5.50 spent for
liquor In the United States last year
were used for the support Of her army
for one year this Is what 1t would ac-
compllsh: 1t would insure the salaries
OF our fighting men (S715,S2S, ,440)
would pay for necessary transporta-
tlon In moblllzlng our troops and equip
ment ($4j0, 100000; would clothe
(S375,5 5,506J00O and provide subsistence
($320,672,2lS) for the army; would al
low the medical corps TO keep up its
work and erect hospitals ($l00,026.-
OOO) would cover the ordnance stores
ammunition tS30,52000) and ord
nance stores supplies (S70O00,0OO)
would erect barracks and quarters for
the troops tSS2, ,11S.O00 maintain the
civilian training camps (S2, 100000
the very important engineer depart
ment could operate with sufficient
funds (Sl0i,B00,000) would maintain
the quartermaster's departments
(Sl63,917,025), and the signal corps
(S3,0OO,OOO; and besides all this
would leave balance Of $1,540000.50.
Malcolm c. Patterson, formerly Gov
ernor of Tennessee.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-04-04
GREATEST GERMAN DRIVE ABOUT
TWENTY-FIVE MILES.

All along the 50-mile front, from the
region of Arras to the south of the
Oise near Noyon, the effects of what
was to have been the final stroke to
end the war in victory for the Teu.
tons are only too plainly evident In
the redevastation of the countryside
and the wreck and ruin OF the towns,
villages aud hamlets through which
the armies have passed. Westward
from where the old battle line reared
itself the Germans everywhere have
pushed forward for material gains, but
with foes before them who fought with
the greatest bravery and stubborn.
ness and ceded no ground unless rec.
ompensed at usurious rates in men
killed, wounded or made prisoner. 1t
Is estimated that in the great attacks
delivered in mass formation more than
100000 Of the near 100000 men the
Germans threw into the fray are dead,
wounded or in the hands of their foes.
About 25 miles represents the great.
est point of penetration made at any
place by the enemy, and on the north.
ern and southern ends of the big sal.
lent he has left his 1anks dangerous.
ly open to counter-attacks, which, II
successful, might possibly result in a
retreat greater than. TIE 1916 retro.
grade movement of Won Hindenburg
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-04-04
MEATlESS DAYS HALT.
Suspension OF Order For 80 Days Due
To oversupply OF Hogs.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of the
meatless day regulations for 30 days,
beginning Saturday, was ordered by
che Food Administration in instruc.
tions telegraphed to all State Food
Administrators.
Temporary relaxation of the restric.
tions was decided upon because thou.
sands of hogs now coming into the
market had increased the meat sup
ply beyond the country's shipping and
storage capacity. In statement an
nouncing the order Food Admins.
traitor Hoover expressed confidence
that the producers would not take
advantage of the holiday, to ask
more than fair prices, and that "the
packers and retailers will have sense
enough to realize that this is not to
be a holiday of high prices"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-04-04
must STRIP FOR ACTION"
General March Thus Interprets
Call From France.
Save Ships For Army And Supplies
Every Man Possible To Be Hur-
ried over In Shortest
Time,

Washington.-"W must strip for
action"
That was the official warning of Act.
ing Chief of STAFF March In the light
of pressing appeals from England,
France, General Pershing and else.
where for more ship space for troops
and army freight.
In statement explaining an order
cutting down parcel shipments to SOL
diers March said that "a most urgent
war necessity" required limitation OF
such shipments. At present they take
up 250 tons of shipping space week.
Hereafter parcels will be sent only
on the soldiers request. This limi-
tation of ship space, announced re-
Gently Is in line with March's policy
Of getting every available man to
France in the shortest possible time.
1t also complies with Lloyd Georges
appeal for hurrying reinforcements to
the beleaguered west front.
The restriction and other economies
are being effected Hurrying of Ma
tional Army units across Is one of the
means Of furnishing quick and able
backing to the Allies.
France some weeks ago first urged
the movement and England has now
added her plea in a message to the
British Ambassador, and communi.
Gated to this Government And Gen.
eral Leonard Wood is anxious to have
men hurried across with less train
ing on this side than was accorded the
first draft men.
Wood suggests that slow ships be
segregated in conveys. At present
ships of varying speeds are guarded
by speedy destroyers and the whole
convoy must be tuned down to ac.
commodate the slowest ship. Segre-
cation of the slower ships would tend
to speed up the general troop move
ment, Wood believes.
Council To Straighten Kinks.
President Wilson's informal "war
council" is seeking to straighten out
kinks in the war machine to the end
that there shall be:
Less railroad congestion.
More speed in ship construction.
Better facilities for handling fuel
and food situations.
Increased activity from the War
Industries and War Trade Boards.
And, as whole, more effective
prosecution of the war.
This council, with Secretary Daniels
and Provost Marshal-General Crowder
added, will meet each Wednesday.
And with the need for troops more
pressing than ever before, it will seek
to find the remedies for lis which
have plagued and clogged the war
machine hitherto.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-04-04
GERMAN CASUALTIES ESTIMATED
AT 100000.

A dispatch from British Army Head.
quarters in France says:
From the average OF casualties in
the various German units as given by
prisoners, one arrives at the conclus.
ion that the German Emperor has lost
so per cent Of these men since he
gave the signal for the advance.
The official British statement OF
Tuesday said 1t had been established
that more than 70 German divisions
had been engaged in the battle. The
usual estimate Of the present strength
OF a German division is 10000 men,
so that loss Of so per cent would
mean casualties In excess Of 100000
for the Germans in less than a week
of fighting.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-04-04
QUESTIONS FOR LABOR TO AN.
SWER.

In an appeal to the labor unions of
the country to refuse to longer be the
catspaw Of the liquor industry when
labor circles are In reality largely dry,
Charles Stelze says: "Shall the trades
unions be made the scapegoat for an
evil which 1t is sought to continue,
against the best judgment OF increas-
Ing numbers Of workingmen? Shall
future generations hold 1t against or
ganlzed labor that, in the twentieth
century, II allied itself with those who
stood for sin and the debauchery of
the saloon? Shall the saloon DOM
mate the labor movement when every
other decent organization and institu-
tion is breaking loose from Its power?
These are questions which labor must
answer, and answer so emphatically
that no one can mistake the real at
titude Of the trades unions"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-04-04
FARMERS MUST SELL WHEAT.
National Food Administration Sets
May I And is AS Dates.

Washington. - Following charges
that German farmers in this country
are holding wheat. the Food Admin
istration set May : and 10 as the
dates upon which residue wheat
should be marketed. Southern and
Hldle states farmers arc urged to
Ell al whe't aside fvor red require
r on;s by M 1 and No thern States
farmers by May Is.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-04-04

London.-Field Marshal Haig has is.
sued the following special order of the
day:
ITO all ranks of the British Army
In France and Flanders:
ave are again at crisis in the
war. The enemy has collected on this
front every available division and is
aiming at the destruction OF the Brit.
ish Army. We have already inflicted
on the enemy in the course OF the last
few days a very heavy loss and the
French are sending troops as quickly
as possible to our support.
az feel that everyone in the army,
fully realizing how much depends on
the eXertions and steadfastness of each
one Of us, will do his utmost to pre-
vent the enemy from attaining his
object"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-04-04
TO BREAK ENEMY GRASP.
Palmer Now Authorized To Sell All
German-owned Property.

Washington.-German capital will
be divorced rom American Industrial
and commercial enterprises and Ger.
man plants and enterprises in this
country will be thoroughly American
lied, A. Mitchell Palmer, Alien Prop.
erty Custodian, announced in com.
menting upon the extension of his
powers under the Trading With the
Enemy act.
An amendment to the Urgent DE.
iciency Appropriation bill, which fl.
nally passed Congress, gives the Alien
Property Custodian the general pow.
er of sale of all property which shall
come into his possession under the
Trading With the Enemy act.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-04-04
HAlG REPLIES TO WILSON.

Washington.-Field Marshal Haig's
reply to President Wilson's cablegram
was received at the White House.
"Your message Of generous appre-
ciation OF the steadfastness and vale :
Of our soldiers in the great battle now
raging has greatly touched us all"
cabled the Marshal. please accept our
heartfelt thanks. One and all believe
in the justice of our cause and are
determined to fight on without count.
ing the cost until the freedom of man.
kind Is safe"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-04-04
HOUSE PASSES FARMERS BILL.
Provides For Loans To Purchase Seed
Grain.

Washington.-Relief for farmers
who raise wheat, corn, rye, oats or
barley and who are unable to purchase
seed this year, would be provided in
a bill just passed by the House. 1t
would supply fund of S7500,OOO from
which to lend farmers money to buy
seed and would give the Secretaries of
Agriculture and Labor s2,5OO,0OO to
mobilize labor for the harvest this
year. The bill originally gave relief
to farmers in the spring wheat belt
and stipulated that only wheat, oats
and barley seed might be included.
After a bitter fight it was amended
to make It applicable to the whole
country. Much opposition also de.
veloped to efforts to include corn and
rye.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-04-04

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Mrs. LIZZIE COURTNEY, 108 9th Ave,
West, Oskaloosa, Iowa.
Why will women drag along from d,
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such misery as did Mrs. Courtney, when
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hams Vegetable Compound, a trial. 70,
special advice write Lydia Z. Pinkham
Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass. - The resul!
Of its long experience is at your service.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-04-04
MRS. MOONEY RELEASED.
Charges OF Murder In Connection
With Explosion Dropped.

San Francisco.-Mrs. Rena Mooney
was granted release from Jail on bail
of $500 on each of two charges of
murder against her in connection with
Preparedness Day parade bomb ex
plosion here in 1916 Mrs. Moone'
rad been in jail since July 27. 1o1,
~'e was brought to ti'l mi qclulttt
of one Of eight charges AGAINST her
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-04-04
AMERICANS ON
BATTLE FRONT
France Accepts General Persh'
lng's Offer.
ON PLAINS OF PICARDf
khaki.oIad Americans Singing, March
Through Driving Rain And Wade
Through Deep Mud, In Order To
Get Into Position For Great Battle.

American Army in France.-All the
American troops have been turned
over to the Allies for such use as they
see ft to make Of them. American
troops may soon be fighting side by
side with their British and French
allies in the battle which Is raging in
Northern France.
1t is enough to say that gerat ac
tivity OF many sorts is in progress in
the entire American zone. Miles OF
motor trucks loaded with ammunition
have passed through the towns, some
going in one direction, some in an
other. Through a driving rain the
motor trucks plowed their way aloni
muddy roads, the Americans singing.
Many of the trucks had American
flags fastened TO their tailboards.
On other roads mile after mile OF
marching Americans splashed through
the mud, which came over their
ankles. The horses were steamlng
from the work they had to do. All
the men are working as hard as pos
sible, with the realization that they
are to be of service in the common
cause and used in the present con.
dict.
Every man is thrilled to the core
by General Pershing's offer.
They show the results OF their train.
Ing in their whole conduct, even in
the salute when staff cars passed. The
training is now over. The beginning
Of the real thing is at hand. The
troops are glad to get into action,
particularly in this crucial period.
News reaching here is to the effect
that the French and British have
definitely stopped the enemy. This
is indicated even by the communique
from Berlin.
The news was received with the
intentest JOY by the Americans, who
now feel sure that they will be in the
thick Of 1t when the tables are turned
on the foe.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-04-04
MATURE LOOKS FATAL.
Boy Under Draft Age Jailed For POP
Days.

indianapolis, Ind-Just because he
looks to be 25, but in fact is only 20
years old, Murphy Cutrer, of Shreve.
port, La, has spent 202 days since
June S last in jails on charges of be.
Ing draft Stacker Cutrer has just
been released from his latest trouble
after having been in the Marion coun.
ty Jail 20 days. He was first arrested
in Fredonia, Kan, and held for 120
days. Then he spent Sc days in an.
other Jail on similar charges. In
each case he was able to prove he
lacked one day of being 21 on Reg
istration Day.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-04-04

"Vice," declare the retail liquor deal
ers of Illinois, "tends to degrade and
demoralIze the liquor traffic" Where
as liquor so softens the outlines Of
vice that the monster OF frightful mien
ls readily embraced.-B. T.. in Chi
eago Tribune.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-04-04
VIENNA PAPER WARNS.
Tells Germany U. S. And Britain Cant
De Conquered.

Basel, Switzerland.-The Arbiter
zeitung of Vienna, a copy of the
Thursday edition of which has been
received here, sounds a note OF warn
ing to the Teutonic allies as follows:
"Do not be deceived. Germany's
victories will never force the Entente
to accept a peace OF violence. If the
Germans could take Calias and Paris.
and even force France and Italy to
capitulate, there will ever remain the
English den in their isle and America
protected by the ocean. They can al.
ways continue the war by sea. The
greatest victory cannot impose a
peace of violence on America and
England"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-04-04
FOCH SUPREME
ON WESTERN FRONT
President Wilson Sends His
Congratulations.
PERSHING OFFERS ARMY
Places Whole American Force In
France And Those To Follow
Command OF General
Foch.

Washington. - Official information
has reached Washington that General
Foch, the French Chief OF staff, has
been appointed to supreme command
of all the Allied and American forces
In France.
This means unifcation Of all the
armies opposing the Germans, a step
which the American and French mill
tary men long have urged, and which
apparently has been brought about by
recognition of the imperative demand
for concentration effort to hurl back
the gigantic thrust Of the enemy in
France.
President has been officially advised
OF the action and he sent cablegram
to General Foch congratulating him
ION his new authority"
The first hint Of the historic develop
ment came in cable dispatches telling
how General Pershing had placed the
American Expeditionary Forces at the
disposal of the French commander.
This was confirmed in a message from
General Pershing TO the War Depart
ment. The message, made public by
Major-General March, Acting Chief
of STAFF, follows:
Have made all our resources avail
able and our divisions will be used If
and when needed. French are in fine
spirit and both armies seem conf
dent"
There was no mention in the Perish.
ing dispatch of the new authority
given General Foch, and War Depart
ment officials were specializing over
the reasons for the absence OF any
official announcement. Some still were
inclined to believe that the French
general had been placed in command
only OF the Army of Maneuver," the
reserve force composed of contingents
from all the Allied Armies created
after the formation OF the Supreme
War Council.
In his message to General Foch
President Wilson said:
May | not convey to you my sin.
cere congratulations on your new au-
thority? Such unity OF command Is
most hopeful augury of ultimate sue
cess. We are following with profound
interest the bold and brilliant action
OF your forces"
The news OF the appointment Of
General Foch, one OF the heroes of the
Marne, to supreme command gave rise
instantly to suggestions that the pres
ence Of Secretary Baker in Europe
was connected with the development
Mr.. Baker first visited France and
conferred at length with French Off.
cials and with General Bliss, Ameri.
can Chief OF Staff, attached to the
Supreme War Council and General
Pershing. There followed brief trip
to London just as the great German
drive was starting, after which the
American War Secretary hastened
back to France.
Many observers now surmise that
Mr.. Baker was sent to Europe par
ticularly to urge the coordination of
all Allied armies under single COM
mander. Such is known to have been
President Wilson's desire when his
urging caused the creation Of the
Supreme War Council. Some meas
ure of coordination was secured
throu I that body, but any plan for
appointment Of supreme commander
with authority over all the armies,
French, British, Italian and American,
met with strong opposition in Eng.
land.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-04-04
PLENTY OF HISTORY.

Sidney Lanler said, ut is idle to
argue from prophecy when we can
argue from history" 1t is no longer a
question whether prohibition is n bene-
fit. Twenty-seven states, Alaska, Dis
trict Of Columbia and Porto Rico, not
to mention nearly all of Canada, fur.
nishes the history.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-04-04
TAR AND FEATHERS FOR |. w. W..
Secretary Of Washington State Local
Given Treatment.

Belllngham, Wash.-Ten masked
men took J. Dietz, secretary of the
Industrial Workers of the World local
at Sedro Wolley, from his room and
in public street coated him with
tar and feathers. Dietz was warned
to leave, but was found this morning
and taken to Mount Vernon by the
county authorities.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-04-04
SHELL KILLS AMERICAN WOMAN.
Californian Was Y. M. C. A. canteen
Worker At French Front.

Paris.--Miss Marion G. Crandell, of
Alameda, Cal, has been killed by the
explosion of a shell In the French
soldiers flreside" at the French front,
where she was engaged as a canteen
worker for the Young Mems Christian
Association.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-04-04
Still Restinu,

II see in the Weekly Banner Of
Spruceville that Lem Higgins has
fallen asleep"
''Dead, eh?"
"Yes."
swell, the only difference between
Lem as he is now and as he was for
twenty years is that he doesn't snOre
any more."-Birmingham Age-Herald