The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-11-21
Twenty-Five young women and girls

III New castle 10 DO tcd cross Work.
Cumberland county has passed the
80 per cent mark in war savings
stamps sales.
Hezekiah Snow, Of Marietta, was
run down by an automobile and In.
ternally injured.
Paid employees Of the Allentown po.
lice and fire departments have petit
toned city council for an increase in
pay Of $50 month, effective January
l.
A university extension course is be-
ing organized at Mauch Chunk for the
study Of French, under the instruction
of Professor Toohy, of Lehigh Uni
versity.
Because of shortage CT teachers,
Rev. Charles TruaX, pastor of the Ce-
dar Hill Methodist church, has taken
charge Of Il Chester county school near
POttstown.
The Lykens-WicOnisc district was
first to raise its quota in the war work
drive.
The first Church Of Christ, at Har-
risburg, was badly damaged when the
boiler Of its heating plant blew up.
On account of lack of help at the
Uniontown emergency hospital, nurses
have been compelled to fire the fur.
mace and do other lahorlous work.
In the peace demonstration at
Grindstone Thursday night, Peter Cap.
ers was seriously shot by an unknown
woman, who was firing promiscuously.
George Krapf, elected treasurer Of
West Haleton, to succeed the late
Benjamin Reese, has donated his sal
AIRY for the balance Of the term to
Reese's widow.
Robert Hawn, Harrisburg ambu-
lance driver. turned an ambulance Of
the reserve militia into pole to avoid
running down woman bewildered In
thee middle of the street.
Frank Durawowski, Of Redngton,
went to EastOn and met two Hungarl-
ans, who invited him TO have a drink,
held him up and robbed him Of $l25
Walter KutZ of Summit Hill, car
penter in the employ of the Lehigh
Coal and Navigation company, died as
the result of being squeezed between
cars.
Because he refused to pay his fare
on Reading trolley car, Jere Eads
was sentenced to twenty days by a
police court magistrate.
Charged with threatening to kill
Charles Fries, Reading railway tick
ct agent AT POttstOwn, Russell Stroll
was held for court.
While on the street near her home,
Elizabeth Bowers, aged fourteen, Of
Reading, was accidentally shot in the
right arm by boys.
After an absence of forty-eight
years, Charles Bealer, of Penn Argyll,
Is visiting the scenes. of his child
hood, near Thatcher.
Automobile thieves invaded Morgan
town, stealing the cars of Aaron
Stoltzfus and John Snyder and $500
worth of tires from David Kurtz's ga
rage.
Missing for twenty years, Kate
Xweizig and Salle DundOre, sisters,
We're declared legally dead by the
Berks court and brother, John
SChmack, inherits their estate
RallrOading was rendered so hazard
Gus at Hazleton by boys peppering
freight ears with heavy rifles that
the Lehigh Valley railroad appealed
to the city police for protection. Spar
rows perch on the bOX-cars and brake.
men are bOmbarded by the youthful
marksmen.
William BOlitis, aged fourteen, Ha-
zletOn's juvenile jailbreaker, was
caught sleeping under a porch near
his home. Bolitis twice escaped
| from the Home of the United Chari-
ties managed to get away from the
Luzerne county Industrial school at
kil-Lyn, and slipped from the clutch
rs of the MahanOy City police two
times. While he was being chased
by the authorities his father was mur-
dered.
William A. Wynn, engineer of the
bureau of township highways of the
state highway department and for
fourteen years connected with the en-.
glneering forces of the state highway
department, resigned to enter engin-
cerng work in the Texas oil fields.
City Commissioner Alexander c.
Graham died suddenly of heart fail
ure in BcthlelGm, aged lifty-three
years, He was prominent manufac-
turcr and real estate dealer and
trustee of st. Luke's hospital.
The state highway department an
nOunccd that the United States high
way council having approved the pro-
lect for construction of lll6 feet Of
roadway in Yeadon borough, Delaware
county, which is on the main road
from Philadelphia to Baltimore, the
contract had been let TO the Union
Paving company, Of Philadelphia.
Mrs. Mary BOnncci, of Park View,
Is at the State hospital in Hazleton
and may lose her right eye as the re.
suit Of the accidental discharge of
toy gun picked up by her four-year-
old daughter.
Miss Kathryn NJ. Haag, Williams,
port for the last year connected with
executive department, was appoint.
ed secretary to acting Commissioner
of Labor and Industry Walter Nc
Nichols.
The public service commission has
started to list cases for hearings in
Harrisburg, Philadelphia and Pitts.
burgh for November II.
The Wcstmoreland county poor