Bellefonte, Pa., October 31, 1913.
P. GRAY MEEK, EpiToR
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Non-Partisan State Ticket.
For Judges of the Superior Court,
JonN J. HENDERSON, of Crawford county.
James ALCORN, of Philadelphia.
WEBSTER GRIM, of Bucks county.
Joun W. KEPHART, of Cambria county.
[Two Judges to be elected but the voter can
only vote for one.)
Democratic County Ticket.
For Jury Commissioner,
J. ApaM HazEL, of Spring township.
For Coroner,
DR. JOHN SEBRING JR., of Bellefonte.
does anybody know anybody who has
anything on Mr. HUERTA, of Mexico.
——Mrs. PANKHURST has not indulged
in any escapades of a criminal character
in this country but then she is being
watched rather closely.
—All employers of women or girls
should read carefully the digest of the
new “Female Labor Act” which becomes
a law tomorrow. It is published in
another column of this paper.
—— Commissioner FOUST, of the Pure
Food Department, Harrisburg, has issued
a circular letter to show that farmers
are not making exorbitant profits out of
dairy operations. Most farmers had that
idea before Mr. FousT “took his pen in
hand.”
——The War Department at Washing-
ton refuses to collect bills of San Fran-
cisco jewelers against soldiers who have
been stationed out there and indulging
in the frivolity of buying trinkets on
credit. Itis really too bad that Uncle
SAM isn't willing to become a collection
agent. ROGSEVELT would have liked
nothing better.
ADDITIONAL LOCAL NEWS.
PRIZES FOR ORATOR.—Prof. R. U. Was-
son, principal of the Penn township
schools, has arranged the preliminaries
for an oratorical contest for male pupils
of the public schools of Centre county.
The pupil who wins out in the contest
will receive a prize of $25 in gold, the
gift of the First National Bank of Belle-
fonte. The Millheim Banking company
also offers a prize of $10 in gold to the
winner in district No. 1. The following
tentative plans for the contest will be
submitted to the teachers for their ap-
proval at the annual teachers’ institute
to be held the week beginning Novem-
ber 10th:
In order to encourage public speaking
among the male pupils of the public
schools of Centre county the First Na-
tional Bank of Bellefonte offers a prize
of twenty-five dollars in gold to the male
pupil of the public schools of Centre
county who shall excel in an oratorical
or declamatory contest.
The county shall be divided into four
districts and each district shall be en-
titled to two contestants, who shall be
declared to be the winners or honor
pupils in the several district contests.
0 pupil who is a member of the third
or fourth year classes of a first-grade
High school shall be allowed to enter the
contest. +
The judges of the county contest shall
consist of the Judge of the District court
and the Professor of English of the Penn-
sylvania State College, or persons named
by them, and one person named by the
County Superintendent of schools.
The time and place of holding the con-
test shall be named by the Judge of the
District court and County Superintendent
of schools. The Principal of the schools
of the town in which the contest is held
shall preside at the contest, or some per-
son named by him.
(The time should be about one month
after the district contest.)
The names of the contestants shall
appear on the program in alphabetical
The district contests shall be governed
by the following conditions:
Each township and each borough High
school shall be entitled to at least one
pupil in the district contest. A township
not maintaining a High school shall be
entitled to have one pupil enter the con-
test.
The judges of district contests shall
consist of one to be named by the
Judge of the ct court, and two per-
sons to be named by the County Super-
intendent of schools. The County Su;
intendent shall name the time and
of holding the contest, and also name a
person to preside at the contest. (The
time should be about the latter part of
.)
The directors and teachers of the sev-
eral Sownships and may de-
termine in what manner pupils shall be
selected to represent the township or
borough in the district contest.
The County Superintendent should ap-
point one person in each district, and
one for the county, to act as Socretaly;
such person to program of con-
test and keep a ed same.
The following
District No. 3.--Liberty,
ard, Boggs, Union, Huston, Worth and
r No. 4.--Rush, Snow Shoe and
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—Have your Job Work done here.
Speer.—Following an illness of some GREGG.—James Gregg, principal of the |
weeks as th~ result of a cardiacal heart, Adams avenue public school, Tyrone, dle in the affairs of Mexico. You can
Mrs. Katharine Larimer Speer, widow of died shortly before noon on Saturday, of = take that from us and believe it.
the late William T. Speer, died at her paralysis, with which he was stricken on |
home on west High streetSaturday night Wednesday evening. He was a son of |
about eleven o'clock. She was a daugh-
ter of James and Mary Mooney Larimer
the late Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Gregg and
was born on the old Gregg homestead in
————
——Honeysuckles are a nice flower but
“Smoke” Miller (colored) is now lan-
: guishing in the Lycoming county jail for
and was born on the old Larimer home- Potter township about forty-seven years handling one of them. The charge
stead at Pleasant Gap on December 11th,
1835, hence was in her seventy-eighth all his life and prior to going to Tyrone |
year. She was the youngest and last twelve years ago lived in Milesburg and | Suckle, of Williamsport.
ago. He has been engaged in teaching
: against him is assault and battery and
| it was preferred by Miss Hattie Honey-
surviving member of a family of ten was principal of the schools there. Dur-, ——The Women's Home and Foreign
children. Her girlhood days were spent ing his residence in that place he served Missionary societies of Huntingdon Pres-
in the vicinity of her birth and later she as a member of Company B, Fifth regi- | bytery will hold an all day union district
lived for a number of years with her ment N. G. P. After moving to Tyrone | meeting in the Presbyterian chapel
brother, Adam Larimer, of Council he became a member of the Allegheny | Thursday, November 6th, beginning at
Bluffs, Iowa. Returning to Bellefonte | Gateway Lodgeof Odd Fellows, and later | 10 a. m. There will be good speakers
she was united in marriage to Mr. Speer ' became a member of the Encampment and music, and at noon a box luncheon
in 1877 and for a number of years there- | and Canton Lodges. He was also a mem- | and social hour. The women from the
after they lived on the farm at Pleasant | ber of the Knights of Malta, the Inde- | churches in Centre county are cordially
Gap. Later they moved to Bellefonte i pendent Order of Foresters and the | invited.
and this place had been her residence Modern Woodmen of America. At the |
ever since. She was a member of the | time of his death he was a member of |
——Postmaster Harry C. Valentine is
. already anticipating how much the par-
Presbyterian church and a woman who the Tyrone borough council from the: . :
had the greatest esteem of all who knew Fifth ward. He was a member of the cels post is liable to increase business at
her. |
Herfhusband died in December, 1910, !
and her closest survivors are three nieces |
and two nephews, namely: Mrs. Mollie |
Valentine, of Bellefonte; Mrs. Ernest’
Weatherly, of Omaha; Mrs. Katharine '
Hunter, of Pittsburgh; William and Rush i
Larimer, of Bellefonte. Five step-chil- |
dren survive, as follows: W. Francis |
Speer, of Bellefonte; Edward, of Hoxie, |
Kan.; Mrs. Harris Mann, of Lewistown; |
W. T., of Pittsburgh, and Irvin, of St.
Louis. i
Funeral services were held at her late |
home on west High street at two o'clock
on Tuesday afternoon by Rev. George E. |
which private burial was made in the
Union cemetery. Out of town people |
here for the funeral were Mrs. Ernest |
Weatherly, of Omaha; Mrs. Thomas
Mallory, of Altoona; Miss Claire Rhule,
of Philipsburg, and W. T. Speer Jr. of
Pittsburgh.
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HUFFMAN.—Mrs. Gertrude Spigelmyer |
Huffman, wife of J. E. D. Huffman, of
Williamsport, and eldest daughter of Mr. |
and Mrs. G. Ralph Spigelmyer, of this |
place, died at ten o'clock on Wednesday ' valley. Until his retirement to private |
evening in the German hospital, Phil
adelphia, where she had been for two
weeks under the care of Dr. John Deaver.
Mrs. Huffman had been ailing for almost |
two years and her condition finally be- |
came so bad that she was taken to the
Presbyterian church since early manhood.
He was united in marriage to Miss
Mollie Sankey who survives with two
sisters and two brothers, namely: Mrs.
Annie E. Edmiston, of State College;
Mrs. Mary S. Miller, of Raton, New Mex-
ico; Andrew, of Allentown, and John, of
Raton, New Mexico.
Funeral services were held in Tyrone
at four o'clock on Sunday afternoon by
Rev. H. W. Beiber, of the Presbyterian
church, assisted by Rev. W.W. Hartman,
of the Methodist church, and on Monday
morning the remains were taken to
Milesburg to the home of Mr. Gregg's
‘aunts, Misses Julia and Susan Gregg, |
Hawes, of the Presbyterian church, after { where final services were held at two |
o'clock on Tuesday afternoon by Rey.
George C. King, pastor of the Milesburg
Methodist church, after which burial was
made in the Gregg lot in the Union cem-
etery, Bellefonte.
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GRAY.—]. Green Gray, a well known
retired farmer,died at hishome in Storms-
town at ten o'clock last Friday morning
following a stroke of paralysis sustained
the previous Saturday. He was seventy-
five years old and was born in Halfmoon
Run valleys. He was a member of the
Methodist church for many years and an
upright, christian gentleman.
Mr. Gray was a son of Peter B. and
| the postoffice during the holiday rush.
To facilitate the work at that time all
patrons of the office are requested to se-
i cure all necessary information before-
| hand regarding the sending of packages,
insurance, C. O. D. delivery, etc. By so
doing they will not only save time them-
selves but relieve the work at the post-
office.
——Friends of his father's family in
! this county will be pleased to learn that
; Dr. Charles Bush is practising medicine
at No. 1433 Walnut St., Philadelphia,
with Dr. Bloom, who is physician for the
Bellevue-Strafford and Colonnade hotels
in that city. Dr. Bush is a son of the
late Dr. John Bush, of Halfmoon, whose
reputation as a cancer specialist most of
the older people of the county know well,
| and we are really glad to learn that the
| son is quite successful in Philadelphia.
| ——One of the features of Pennsyl-
| vania Day next Friday at State College
| will be the football game between Penn
| State and Notre Dame. It will be the
| last game State will play on Beaver field
; this year, and by that time the State team
ought to be in pretty fair condition. Gov-
; ernor Tener and other prominent people
will be in attendance. A special train
life a few years ago his entire life was | wil) leave Belletonte on Friday morning
, spent in farming in Halfmoon and Buffalo |
in time to convey all who desire going up
| to reach the college in time for the
| services.
| ——On Tuesday the
farmers living
hospital almost three weeks ago. Last | Elizabeth Purdue Gray, among the best long the road between Martha and
Friday she underwent an operation and | kncwn residents of Halfmoon valley. He | Julian log-dragged the Bald Eagle road
was so much relieved that her husband is the next to the last of a family of | the entire distance between the two
and attendants were encouraged in the |
belief that she would recover. Her con-
dition showed improvement up until |
Monday afternoon when she suffered a
collapse and her relatives were summon-
ed to her bedside.
seven children, three of whom attained
considerable fame in their different pur-
suits. One of his brothers was Dr. John A that this is one of the routes taken over |
Purdue Gray, who for years was chief | 28 a state highway. Recent rains were | Earl Gingerich, one of Harris township's up-to-
slienist in the New York State asylum
' at Utica, and the man who pronounced
towns. They did the work at their
| own expense, notwithstanding the fact
| responsible for the road getting in a bad
| condition and the farmers in that locality
Deceased was about forty-three years | Guiteau, President Garfield's assassin, | 2r¢ enough interested in having good
of age and was born in Lycoming coun- | sane. Another brother was Rev. Edward | roads to go out and do the work they
ty, where her girlhood was spent. When J. Gray, D. D., for years president of did on Tuesday.
a young woman she came to Bellefonte | Dickinson Seminary, Williamsport, while |
with her parents and lived here until her
marriage to Mr. Huffman about twenty |
years ago, since which time she resided |
in Williamsport. She was a member of |
the Presbyterian church since girlhood, |
and a woman of gentle disposition and |
lovable character.
In addition to her husband she is sur- |
vived by three children, Leonore, Ralph |
and William, all at home. She also leaves
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Spigel- |
myer, of this place, and two sisters, Mrs. |
G. Willard Hall, of Bellefonte, and Mrs. |
Charles Kase, of Sunbury. Arrangements |
for the funeral have not yet been com.
pleted. !
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LINN.—George B. Linn, a native of
Beech Creek, died at his home at Lewis. |
town last Thursday morning, after a lin-
gering illness with creeping paralysis.
He was a son of the late Joseph and Jane !
Linn and was born at Beech Creek al-
most forty-seven years ago. When a
young man he went to Lewistown and |
entered the employ of the Standard steel |
works at Burnham, where he worked |
until incapacitated by failing health. He
is survived by his wife who, prior to her
marriage was Miss Carrie Orr, of Lewis-
town, and the following brothers and sis-
ters: James and William Linn, of Idaho;
Edward, of Beech Creek; Mrs. Clarence
Hoffman, of Rosebud, Clearfield county;
Misses Laura and Mary, of Atlantic City,
and Miss Josie, of New York. Deceased
was a member of the Presbyterian church
and Rev. W. L. Mudge officiated at the
funeral services which were held at his
late home in Lewistown at two o'clock on
Sunday afternoon, burial being made in
the Mt. Rock cemetery.
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KIRK.-~Mrs. Margaret Kirk, widow of
the late Harrison Kirk, of Philipsburg
died on Sunday evening at the home of
her son John, at Sandy Ridge, after an
illness of many weeks. Her maiden
name was Margaret Calhoun, and she
was born at Unionville on February 15th,
1844, hence was 69 years, 8 months and
11 days old. She is survived by two
children, John, of Sandy Ridge, and
Alice, of Philipsburg. The funeral was
held yesterday afternoon.
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FRANKLIN.—Following a few days ill.
ness with pleurisy Charles Franklin died
on Tuesday morning at his home at State
College. He was born at Lewistown and
was 35 years, 3 months and 17 days old.
He and his wife moved to State
four years ago and he has since been
employed there. The funeral took place
Fsestny; burial being made in the
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another brother, Dorsey Gray, was a
railroad contractor and dug the big tun-
nel on the Pennsylvania at Spruce Creek.
Surviving him are two sons and one
daughter, Paul of Philipsburg; Edward, of
Newcomer, and Miss Nannie, at home. He
also leaves one sister, Mrs. Sallie B. Wil- |
son, of Williamsport. Funeral services
were held at his late home at two o'clock
on Sunday afternoon, after which burial
was made in Gray's cemetery.
HORNER.—James B. Horner, a former
Centre countian, died quite unexpectedly
on Monday night, at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. John Bottorf, at Burnham,
He had been in poor health for some
weeks but his condition was not consid-
ered serious up until shortly before his
death when he had an attack of heart
failure.
He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel
Horner, and was born near Centre Hall
being 55 years and 5 months old. He
was united in marriage to Miss Mary
Noll, who died last April, but surviving
him are the following children: W. C.
Horner, of Altoona; Harvey, of Colyer;
Mrs. Minnie Page, of Colyer; Mrs. Elsie
Stemm, of Centre Furnace; Mrs. Edna
Bottorf, of Burnham, and Mrs. Bertha
Bedelyon, of Reedsville. He also leaves
four brothers and three sisters, namely:
George, Andrew, Harry, John, Annie,
Lucy and Sarah. "The remains were
taken to the home of Mrs. Page, at Col-
yer, on Wednesday, where funeral ser-
vices will be held this (Friday) morning,
after which burial will be made at Zion.
——While walking on one of the prin-
cipal streets of Philipsburg, about 7.30
o’clock on Monday evening, Miss Lizzie
Dean was brutally assaulted by and un-
known man who struck her twice over
the head with a club, then grabbed her
hand bag in which was her purse con-
taining nine dollars. The girl clung to
the hand bag and screamed for help. C.
OO me
~——Pupils in the public schools of
Pennsylvania are to be given the benefit
of all the expert advice possible in draw-
; ing, and a plan has just been announced
| at the Department of Public Instruction
lin Harrisburg whereby the expert as-
i sistants of state superintendent N. C.
Schaeffer will meet supervisors and draw-
ing teachers in various districts through-
out the State and give them the benefit
of their knowledge. The date for the
! meeting in the district of which Centre
county is a part will be January 10th, and
the place of meeting Altoona.
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——Many people are superstitious and
believe in luck, but it isn’t luck that
draws big crowds to the Scenic every
night. The comfortable and well ven-
tilated room, good order and proper
management have something to, do with
it, of course, but the pictures are without
doubt the big drawing card. New and
interesting photo plays,the drama, comedy
and travel pictures are on the program
every week and they are of a range wide
and varied enough to suit all who attend.
While large crowds are present every
evening there is always room for more.
——The Buffalo Courier last week an-
nounced the candidacy of Norman D.
Fish Esq. for Judge-surrogate in Niagara
county, New York, with comments that
would indicate his election as a foregone
conclusion. Mr. Fish will be remember-
ed as one of the party of New York
gentlemen who spent a few days in Cen-
tre county last summer as guests of
William A. Moore. Judged from the op-
portunities afforded in only a casual ac-
quaintance we should say that Mr. Fish
is both by temperament and intelligence,
a splendid tpye of man and certainly
should add dignity to the bench of Niag
ara county. Incidentally, Bellefonters
Bellefonte,
—Where there are barns and equip-
ment for pi she), it
Dp ay 0 ey Sruuling owas
dition immediately after lambing causes
them to slip their wool, with the result
that the fleece is broken and the amount
of wool secured is less than if the shear-
ing were done before lambing.
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~——Subscribe for the WATCHMAN.
——Meantime Englan¢ will not med- |
With the Churches of the
County.
Notes of Interest to Church People of
all Denominations in all Parts of
the County.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY.
Service Suaday 10:45 a. m. Wednes-
day 8 p. m., 9} E. High street.
FREE METHODIST CHURCH.
The annual Sunday school convention
of the Tyrone district will be held in
connection with the district quarterly
meeting at Bellefonte, Pa, November
6th-9th. Convention in session Novem-
ber 6th, at 9.30 a. m., and 2 p. m. Sermon
Sunday at 11 a. m., by Rev. J. J. Zahniser,
district elder. Everybody welcome.
Mrs. E. A. HOLBROOK, Pastor.
Female Labor Act Effective November
First.
Law Ziadically Changes Hours of Women Workers—
Labor Dept. Ready to Act.
HARRISBURG, PA., Oct. 25.—Pennsylva-
nia’s new female employment law will
become operative next Saturday, No- |
vember 1st, and preparations tor its en-
forcement are being made by the De- |
partment of Labor and Industry. The |
new law makes some radical changes in
hours and provides for mid-day and rest
periods
Commissioner John Price Jackson, of
the department, who is charged with the
enforcement of the act, said in speaking
of it, that he hoped for the tion
of employers and employees and that the
department would be reasonable and fair
in carrying out its provisions. {
No female may be employed more than |
six days of fifty-four hours in any one
week, or more than ten hours in any one
day except in fruit and vegetable can-
neries and as nurse in hospitals with ex-
ceptions during holidays and at times
when Machinery is stopped for alteration |
or r :
No female under twenty-one may be |
employed between nine p. m. and six a. |
m., except telephone operators over eigh-
teen, and no female may be employed in |
any manufacturi lishment be- |
tween tenp. m. a X a. m., except as
managers, superintendents, clerks and |
stenographers.
No female shall be allowed less than |
forty-five minutes for the mid-day meal, |
except that if a female is employed less |
than eight hours a day this period may |
be reduced to thirty minutes. No female
may be required to work more than six |
hours continuously without an interval |
of forty-five minutes for rest.
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PINE GROVE MENTION.
Ed. S. Moore is laid up with pulmonary trouble.
John C. Houck, of Bellefonte, was home over
Sunday.
Luther Miller, who has been ill of heart trouble,
is much improved.
Miss Mary Woods is making a month's visit
with her brother George, at Wilmerding, Pa.
date farmers, was here Saturday on business.
Mrs. Ella Magoffin, of Boalsburg, is visiting
her brother, Dr. G. H. Woods. on Main street.
Mrs. Ollie Bowersox, after a month's stay at
her father’s home, left for her home in Altoona
Saturday.
Rev. J. 0. C. McCracken came over from
Johnstown and is visiting the old family home in
the Glades.
C. M. Dale, wife and daughter Virginia, spent
the Sabbath at the Mrs. Sallie Fortney home, on
Main street,
B. F. Davis is moving to his new home near
Quakertown, having shipped his household goods
on Saturday.
Jesse Borest, of Neff’'s Mills, was here several
days last week with a view of some time beinga
Centre county citizen.
Mr. and Mrs. Luther Miller are closing their
home at Baileyville for the winter and will reside
with their son at Altoona. '
Miss Minnie Neidigh went to Columbus, Ohio,
where she has accepted a situation as trimmer
in a large millinery establishment.
Mrs. Esther Nearhood and little daughter
Esther, are down from Spruce Creek, visiting at
the N. C. Neidigh home, at White Hall.
On aocount of the inclement weather Satur.
day evening the entertainment by the blind la-
dies was postponed until Monday evening.
A good roads meeting is slated for Friday
evening, in the I. 0. O. F. hall here. Everybody
is cordially invited tc hear the issue discussed.
N. C. Neidigh sold his property on Beaver ave:
nue, State College, to Wm. Thomas, an old vet-
eran of the Civil war. $3,000 was the price paid.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hazel and Mr. and Mrs, |
Harry Smith autoed up from Bellefonte and
spent Sunday at the O'Bryan home on Church |
street. !
Miss Sadie Dannley spent several days last |
week with her niece, Margaret Moore, to see |
that the young bride got started right in house- |
keeping. !
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Daugherty, of Lemont, and |
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Marsh, of Harrisburg, were
rovally entertained at the C. B. McCormick
home on Monday.
Mrs, John Strouse and Mrs, Luther Strouse are
visiting at Chambersburg, Pa., and e ¥pect to
spend several days in the Monumental city, with
the Strouse brothers.
Mrs. J. G. Bailey returned home from Milton,
Saturday, and reports slight improvement in the
condition of Mrs, Frank Bailey, whose life still
hangs in the balance.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Price, of Yeagertown, ac-
companied by their daughter Mary, are visiting
at the home of their son-in-law, Rev. LeRoy S.
Spangler, at the parsonage.
Mrs. Henry Houck, while coming down stairs
| man liberty springs.
| material interests threaten constitu.
No Conquest by United
States, Says Wilson.
The President Attacks “Material In-
terests” That Influence Attitude of
Some Governments Towards Latin-
America.
President Wilson announced to the
world in Mobile, Ala, that the govern-
ing motive of the United States in its
relationships with the countries on
this hemisphere would be “morality
and not expediency.”
“l want to take this occasion to
say,” he declared, “that the United
States will not again seek to secure
one additional foot of territory by con-
quest.”
The president spoke before the
Southern Commercial Congress and
delivered a veiled attack on “the ma-
terial interests” that influenced the
foreign policy of some governments in
their relations with Latin-America.
Though he did not mention Mexico,
he devoted his speech to a description
of the degrading influences which for-
eign concessionaries had upon internal
affairs of Latin-American countries.
With the Mexican situation upper:
most now in the president's mind his
address was interpreted as an arraign-
ment of financial influences, which, it
has been charged, have obtained, in
some cases, recognition for the Huerta
government.
He declared it would be the duty of
the United States to assist the nations
of this hemisphere in an "emancipa-
tion” trom “the material interests of
other nations,” so that they might en-
joy constitutional liberty unrestrained.
“lI came here,” the president said,
“not to speak for the south, because
the south has the gift of speaking for
herself. I came here because I would
speak of our present and prospective
relations with our neighbors to the
south,
“You hear of concessions to foreign
captal in Latin-America, but you don’t
hear of concessions to foreign capital
in the United States. They are not
granted concessions, They are invited
to make investments. It is an invita-
tion, not a privilege.
“And states that are obliged to grant
concessions are in the condition that
foreign Interests are apt to dominate
their domestic affairs. Such a condi
tion of affairs is apt to become intoler-
able. And it is emancipation from this
inevitable subordination which we
deem it our duty to assist in.
“Their self-respect, their achieve:
ment in spite of these difficulties de-
serve nothing but the admiration and
applause of the world. I rejoice in
nothing so much as that they will be
emancipated and we ought to be the
first in taking part in assisting in that
emancipation.”
The president digressed to point out
that the department of state recently
had “tried to serve in that wise,” but
mentioned no specific instances.
“In the future,” he continued, “the
nations to the south of us will draw
closer and closer to us because of
these circumstances of which I am
speaking. We must prove ourselves
their friends and champions on terms
of equality and honor. We can't be
fast friends on any other terms than
those of equality.
“I want to take this occasion to say,
too, that the United States will not
again seek to secure one additional
foot of territory by conyuest. It will
devote herself to showing an honest
and fruitful use of the territory she
has and she must regard it as one of
the duties of friendship to see that
from no quarter are material interests
made superier to human liberty and
! national comity.
“Il say this merely to fix what our
real relationship should be. It is a re
' lationship of a family of mankind de
voted to the relations from which hu.
We rave seen
tional liberty in America, so we know
, how to sympathize.
“I would rather belong to a poor na
tion that is free than a rich nation
which has ceased to love freedom.
Morality and not expediency is the
thing that must guide us and we must
never condone iniquity.”
Child Burned; Mother Kills Herself
Unsuccessful in her effort to save
the life of her child, who was burned
to death in their home, Mrs. Joseph
Moste, 19 years old, went to the sec:
ond floor of her home in Wilkes-Barre,
and, kneeling before a small shrine,
committed suicide by shooting herself
in the head.
Moste was brought home from his
work, and when he saw the body of
the child became hysterical. Physi.
cians fear he has become insane. He
was not told of the act of hig wife
because physicians feared the news
would kill him.
The screams of Mrs. Moste when
she found her child attracted neigh-
bors, who came upon the child’s body.
They left the house to get aid, and
in the meantime passers-by saw
smoke coming from the second-story
window of the house. They obtained
a ladder, and, after entering through
a window, found the hody of the
mother,
The child, Mary, 3 years old, set her
clothing on fire by means of a plece
of paper which she had lighted in the
kitchen stove. Her mother was up-
stairs at the time, and when she
reached her daughter the child was
burned fatally. Mrs. Moste then went
to her room, where she knelt before
the shrine and killed herself.
Had Fingers and Toes to Spare.
Edith Fry, a twelve-year-old Penns-
dale girl, underwent a successful op-
‘| eration in Williamsport, Pa., for the
| removal of an extra finger on each of
her hands and an extra toe on each
of her feet.
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