Beni itd.
~ Bellefonte, Pa., >a., January 14, 1927.
NATION'S CHILDREN
BEHAVING BETTER
Marked Decrease in Delin-
quency Is Observed.
Washington.—*In response to many
requests,” Secretary of Labor Davis
in his annual report for the fiscal year
of 1926. states that “the children’s bu-
reau has just assembled such informa-
tion as can be secured from the annual
reports of Juvenile courts, and reports
of the bureau of census with reference
to the trend in juvenile delinquency.
A study of this material indicates (1)
that the present condition of the Ju-
venile court statistics is unsatisfac-
tory and (2) that according to the evi-
‘dence available juvenile delinquency
has decreased.
“Lack of unifermity in methods of
compiling statistics used In the courts
and marked variations in inclusions
and methods of presentation make the
statistics practically valueless for pur-
poses of comparing delinquency rates
in one city with those of other cities.
The fact that for only 14 cities of 100,
000 population and over in the United
States can information be obtained on
which delinquency rates can be com-
puted over a period of years indicates
the woeful inadequacy of statistical
material regarding the work of an in-
stitution as important as the Juvenile
court.
Figures for Fourteen Cities,
“The figures for these 14 widely
separated cities—Boston, Buffalo, Chi-
cago, Detroit, Minneapolis, New Or-
leans, New York, Philadelphia, Provi-
dence, Richmond, Rochester, St. Louis,
Seattle, Washington—covering in most
instances the 10-year period from
1915 to 1924, doubtless indicate the
trend in juvenile delinquency. That
9 of the 14 show a decrease in the de-
linquency rate (i. e., the number of
cases of delinquency per 1,000 children
of the delinquency age fixed by the
Juvenile court law) furnishes a strong
presumption that sensational state-
ments regarding increase of juvenile
crime do not have a basis in fact.
“Moreover, much more reliable fig
ares as to. commitments to institu-
tions, based on census reports cover-
ing the entire country, indicate a de-
cline in the number of delinquent chil-
dren committed to Institutions, if
growth in population be taken into
consideration, and reveal no signifi
cant increase in the numbers com-
mitted for the more serious offenses—
homicide, robbery and t.rglary. Ac-
cording to the census reports, the age
of icommitment to penal iastitutions
has not decreased, as has frequently
been asserted.
Plan for Reporting Published.
“The plan for reporting of Juvenile
court statistics of delinquency and
neglect: on which the children’s bureau
has been at work for some years was
published during the year as a bulle-
tin entitled ‘Juvenile Court Statistics.’
This bulletin contains an introductory
statement of the purpose of Juvenile
court statistics and the methods by
which they may be obtained and a
description of the plan proposed Ly the
children’s bureau, with outlines of the
statistical ‘cards to be ‘used and the
tables to be compiled. }
“In the. preparation of the plan the
aureau . bad the co-operation of the
committee on records and statistics of
‘the National Probation association and
of others who are familiar with statis-
tical problems of the courts.
. “A representative of the burean is
20w visiting courts and state depart
ments having supervisory authority
ar power to require reports from Juve-
nile courts, and is working out with
these courts and departments the
niethods by which the plan may be
made to fit in with present systems
af recording, filing and summarizing
the data called for. The co-operation
of: a number of courts and state de-
partments has already been assured.”
Steals His Own House;
Makes Police History
t.os Angeles.—Detective Lieutenants
©urry and Bradley of the Lincoln
Heights station went gunning for
plumbing fixture thieves and assert
they discovered “a new one for the
book” in the person of a man who pur-
lpined his own house.
Lheir search led them to Wilmar,
where the detectives arrested A. C.
Carlander and his cousin, Rudolph
Carlander, after, they assert, the men
admitted having stolen various sinks,
heaters, bath tubs and other plumbing
fixtupes with which thelr Wilmar
homes: were fitted.
“And: on, the way in,” Curry sald,
4A. O. admitted he had moved the
house we found him in ten miles from
the 800 block on Bullard avenue,
where he had erected it, to 2939
Gladys avenue, Wilmar, after he had
decided he couldn't make scheduled
payments on it when they fell due.
We understand he has made several
payments on the land.”
The prisoners were locked up In the
Jincoln Heights station on burglary
charges in connection with the assert-
&d stolen plumbing fixtures.
Finds Diabetes Cure
Phiiadelphia.—A discovery for the
treatment of diabetes as important as
that of insulin, is announced by Dr.
Pavid: Biesman, head of the medical
department of the University of
Pennsylvania. Details are withheld.
GANDER TRAILED
T0 FAR ALBERTA
Texas Breeder Trails Big
Halfbreed Goose All the
Way to Canada.
Dimmit, Texas.—Trailing a half-
breed gander from its birthplace near
Dimmit all the way to Canada in a
futile effort to learn its fate and to
be informed later that the fowl was
the victim of a sportsman’s gun in
far off Alberta was one of the expe-
riences of Edwin Ramey, farmer and
ranchman of this section, in his worl
of domesticating wild geese.
It is by permission of the United
States government that Ramey keeps
wild ge>se on his ranch for the pur:
pose of conducting experiments in
crossing them with tame geese and
of studying their characteristics. He
has been devoting much time to this
work for the last 14 years. He has
made a specialty of experimenting
with the Canadian ring neck wild
goose, and he usually has quite a
flock of these birds upon his ranch.
Raises Giant Ganders.
.n the spring of 1923 Ramey suc-
ceeded in mating one of his domestic
geese with a big Canadian gander.
As a result of this mating he raised a
half-breed gander of great size. In the
following spring this gander began te
manifest the wild strain that was in
his blood. He would poise in his
short flights over the ranch and seem
to listen for the call out of the un-
known North.
Then one morning a flock of wild
geese came up from the South and set-
tled down upon one of the ranch
ponds to feed. In this flock was a
trim, beautiful young goose. The half-
breed gander picked up his wings and
went over for a visit. He must have
fallen in love at first sight, for when
the flock gave wing for the far North
a few hours later this wild gander held
an outpost position with his newly
won mate by his side.
Seeks Missing Bird.
The departure of the half-breea
gander with the wild flock was wit
nessed by Mr. Ramey. To him it was
not entirely unexpected, but he want-
ed to find out more about the habits
of the fugitive and to bring him back
to the ranch if he could find him, so
late in the summer of that year he
and Mrs. Ramey went to Alberta and
made inquiries of many sportsmen and
others if they had seen anything of a
gander of unusual size and beauty.
Nothing came of this visit, but the
sad news of the tragic death of the
gander came to Ramey recently. He
received a letter from James H. Dow-
dell, president of the Penn Mines
Limited, Edmonton, Alta., stating that
he had killed this gander. Mr. Dow:
dell’s letter said: k
“While hunting geese near Lake
Minitou, on the border of Saskatch
ewan and Alberta, I shot a goose with
a tag on its leg bearing your name
and address. This goose was the
leader of the flock and the largest one
we got. I am sending inclosed a small
snapshot with the goose and tag to
be seen on the left, marked ‘X. IT will
send the thg if you wish it. = We got
geese, ducks. chickens and Hungarian
partridges:”
tow to Make Fortune:
Plant Black Walnuts
\Washington.—Planting a bushel of
olack walnuts this full the Agriculture
department declared, would make a
«ood investment for farmers in upland
and hill sections of the South, the
Ohio river basin and the central Mis
sissippi valley.
Walnut. one of the. finest cabinet
woods known, is worth abeut $200 a
thousand feet and a bushel of nuts, of
which there is a large crop this year,
numbers about 1,500. Planted in idle
corners, waste strips and along fence
rows, a bushel in time should return
a huge profit.
Mountain Hermit at 83
Learns to Read Bible
Asheville, N. C.—After living for 83
gears without being able to read, Brig
man Keith has learned the mysteries
of the printed word.
Three years ago Keith, whe makes
nis home in a mountain cabin near
here, decided that if he was ever go-
ing to learn te read he had better be-
gin. Now he has achieved counsider-
able suecess.
His reading is confined largely to
aewspapers and the Bible.
ip Him the Prize
as Cheekiest Person
Buenos Aires.—Juan Marti-
nez gave a display of sheer
“cheek” here recently that must
stand unrivaled. Twenty-five
years ago he deserted his wife
in the greatest state of indi-
gence to pursue the charms of
another lady.
The wife went to work, and
even succeeded in amassing a
small capital. A short time ago
she died end then the errgut
spouse appeared upon the scene
and demanded his share of the
estate.
But even the highest court
he appealed to ruled against ;
ANCIENT CULTURE
FOUND IN ALASKA
Attributed to Indians and
Eskimos.
Washington.—*“The ancient inhabi-
tants of the Bering sea coasts and
islands, who developed the ‘fossil ivory
culture,’ reached a degree of indus-
trial differentiation and art so high
that we have nothing to compare with
them In America except among the
more highly developed tribes of the
northwest coast and those of dlexico,
Yucatan and Peru.” That is one of
the conclusions reached by Dr. Ales
Hrdlicka, anthropologist of the Smith-
sonian institution, as a result of his
exploration of Alaska last summer for
the bureau of American ethnology.
“We cannot be sure yet who these
people were,” sald Doctor Hrdlicka,
“though it is probable that they were
the ancestors of the present Eskimo
or Indian or both. However, there
seems to be a distinction between
their art and that of the Eskimo of
today. The outstanding characteris-
tic of the former is their mastery of
form and line in curves; of the pres-
ent-day Eskimo it is the geometric de-
sign, with the drawings and carving
of animals in their natural form.
No Charje in Inhabitants.
“This might indicate that some oth-
er people were responsible for the
older culture. But when we examine
the skeletal remains there is no indi-
cation that any other people except
Eskimo and Indian lived in these re-
gions at any period thus far repre
sented in the collections.
“The area over which evidences of
the old culture are found is very ex-
tensive, Traces of it are found far
down the American coasts. But it is
not certain that it was actually prac-
ticed evervwhere along these coasfs,
In these parts of the world one of the
most striking phenomenons is the evi-
dence of extensive trade carried on in
implements and other cultural objects,
There is. for example, on the Kobuk
river a mountain called Jade moun-
tain. It was early known to the In-
dians and the Eskimo of the river
and its green stone was made into
adzes, drills. knives, lamps and other
objects. Though this is the sole source
of the green stone, objects made of it
occur all the way from Barrow and
Point Hope to Seward peninsula, the
Asiatic coast, the Diomedes, the St.
Lawrence, and down to Nunivak
island.
Find Objects of Ivory.
“Similarly one finds the highly dec-
Jrated objects of now fossil ivory on
the Diomedes, the St. Lawrence, the
Asiatic coast, Seward peninsula, and
from Barrow again down to Nunivak
island and possibly much farther. The
designs seem to connect with the
characteristic art of the northwest
coast. The indications would seem to
point to the old ivory cult having
been central in northwestern Asia
whence it spread by trading along the
American coasts.”
The Alaskan Eskimo, according. to
Doctor Hrdlicka's conclusions from a
study of the skeletal material coliect-
ed. Is by no means the highly differ-
entiated Rskimo of Labrador and
Greenland. He often appreaches, oc-
ensionally to the point of identity, on
the one hand the Asiatic and Mongo:
‘SHAKER SECT I¢
FAST VANISHING
Once Powerful Community
Victim of Unscrupulous
Exploitation.
New Lebanon, N. Y.—Fantastic re-
ligious dogmas that forbade marriage,
insisted on absolute separation of the
sexes and on equality of inheritance
have thinned the ranks of a once
powerful sect, the Shakers.
Only a handful remain here at New
Lebanon, where the ruling body of
Shaker elders once held forth, direct-
ing the destinies of flourishing Shak-
er communities along the eastern sea-
board whose membership numbered
thousands,
Only a single Shaker colony remains
at Lebanon, Ohio, at one time a
stronghold of the sect. Other colo-
nies still extant but in pitiful contrast
to their former condition may be
found at East Canterbury, N. H., and
Pittsfield, Mass.
History of Sect Strange.
Annals of the sect are strong and
colorful. Under the leadership of
James and Jane Wardleigh, in 1747,
a group of Quakers, whose religious
fervor caused them to twitch and
tremble during services, separated
from the main body and founded
what they termed the United Society
of Believers in Christ's Second Ap-
pearance. The term Shaker, first ap:
plied in derision by scoffers, was later
accepted proudly by the brethren.
Dancing with which the Shakers
accompany their religious rites is de-
scribed as a picturesque ceremony. At
the community house of worship, after
exhortation by the elders, the males
of the congregation would form ranks
In a half circle, according to size and
age, facing the women who were ar-
ranged likewise,
At a signal the choir would sing
while the ranks moved up and down,
swinging arms in rhythm, rising on
tiptoe and shaking or swaying from
side to side.
Shakers contributed much to Amer-
lca’s trade in the early days. Pos-
sessing a reputation for prophecy and
religious foresight, the Shaker com-
munities drew Into the fold the resi-
dents of surrounding neighborhoods
who at that time were willing to give
up their worldly belongings and live a
life of celibacy.
The community became not only
self-sustaining but wealthy. Shrewd
‘Shaker farmers bought the best and
richest lands for the communities, the
Shaker workshops humming at broom
and furniture making, their machin-
ists invented the buzz-saw, ang money
rolled in on the simple people. Their
furniture and other products became
famous for soundness and appearance.
Exploited by Unscrupulous.
Exploited by unscrupulous leaders,
the strength of the Shaker colonses
was dissipated as their wealth grew.
Religious fervor no longer flourished,
the binding tie that held all in the
community was broken, the socialistic
loid types of people and on the other ;
the American Indian, more particular
Iv those of Alaska and the northwest
eoust.
“With the evidence now in our
nands there can be no longer any hes-
itation,” concludes Doctor Hrdlicka,
“in believing that the Eskimo and In-
diun originally were not any two dis-
tinct races nor even widely distinct
and far away types. but that if we
contd go a little back in time they
wonld be found te be like two neigh-
woring fingers of one hand. both pro-
ceeding from ‘the same palm, or
source.”
Farther exploration in the Far
North. Doetor Hrdlicka is convinced,
wil] be relatively simple and in a few
years is bound to bring far-reaching
conclusions.
“Up Salt Creek” Born
in Clay’s Campaign
Shepherdsville. Ky. — “Up Salt
reek” has long been a popular ex-
pression with a mooted origin, but Dr.
G. ©. Crist, grandson of Gen. Henry
Crist, Kentucky congressman, traces
the phrase to a campaign of Henry
Clay for the presidency.
The Sunday before the election, the
local legend goes, Clay was far down
the Ohio river and hired a boatman
to row him te Louisville. Clay's oppo-
nents bribed the boatman, and when
the skiff bearing Clay reached the
mouth of Salt river the boatman quiet-
ly slipped into the smaller stream, his
passenger being unaware of the move.
After the votes were in some one
asked as to Clay's whereabouts. “He's
gone up Salt creek,” was the reply.
The phrase Is a popular figure of
speech to denote dismay or defeat.
Make Cattle Immune
London.—Cattle have been made im-
- mune from tuberculosis by a Swiss
biologist, Dr. Henry Spahlinger. The
principle is described in a dispatch
to the Daily Mail as the same as vac-
sination against smallpox.
Wove Her Own Shroud
Evening Shade, Ark.—In cloth woven
oy hand from threads she herself had
spun fifty years ago, relatives wrapped
the hody of Mrs. Paralee M. Stovall,
who (Hed here at the age of ninety-
seven
principle of equal distribution aban-
doned.
Shaker evangelists began to en-
counter difficulty in gaining converts.
With the promise of abundance no
longer held out, people were skepti-
cal of Shaker doctrines. The simple
faith of itself possessed ne common
appeal, and thus the sect dwindled
away.
Americans Hold Vigil
on Peak for Science
Cape Town, Union of South Africa.—
Two Americans have begun a tonely
thrée-year vigil on a mountain peak
near here with a view to studying sun
spots in the interest of better weather
forecasting.
Supplied with an immense amount
of astronomical apparatus, F. Greely
and W. Hoover took up their abode on
the peak, a mile high, where the at-
mosphere is clear of dust and there is
little rain to interfere with their ob-
servations.
They have a wireless set and can
listen in on the radio concerts at Jo:
hannesburg and Cape Town.
The observations are being carried
on under the direction of the Smith-
sonian institution in connection with
similar observations in Chile and Cali-
fornia.
Tide Reveals Old Ships
Constantinople.—Five ancient ves.
sels, 400 years old. were brought to
light by an unprecedented low tide
following the recent hurricane on the
Baltic coast.
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Poor Scotsman Finds
He's Heir to Fortune
London. — While playing a
melodeon on the streets of Kirk-
caldy, Scotland, to pick up a
few pennies, and his only daugh-
ter was being cared for in a
children’s home, Andrew Hil-
lock, a widower, fifty-eight, was
told that he had inherited a for-
tune worth more than a million
dollars through the death of his
great-uncle, Andrew Hillock, in
Australia nearly a year before.
Hillock and his daughter recent-
ly left for Australia to view the
extensive sheep ranches, fruit
farms and a mansion surround-
ed by thousands of acres of fer-
tile lands that now are his.
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PEOPLE OF OUR TOWN
The Candidate is around Mitting the
Voter, who is Receiving Gobs of At
tention for a Change. After Election
he Will Tell the Voter Go Take a Gal-
lop for Himself, but Right Now the
Candidate will Promise Anything. We'd
Hate to be a Candidate and Promise
Things We Couldn't Deliver.
PEOPLE OF OUR TOWN
ARLES
GUGHROE
Behold the Classy Loafer with a Fu-
migating Fag pasted to his Lower Lip,
waiting for a Good Job to Turn Up,
when he is going to Blow this Hick
Town. As he Nonchalantly Poses
against the Cigar Case, trying to Look
like Clarence X. Marshmallow but re-
sembling Charlie Chaplin more, he's
one reason for the H. C. of L.
san
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secretions, such as scanty or burn-
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condition. For more than forty years
Doan’s have been winning favor the
country over. Ask your neighbor!
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Meats,
Whether they be fresh,
smoked or the cold-ready to
serve—products, are always
the choicest when they are
purchased at our Market.
We buy nothing but prime
stock on the hoof, kill and re-
frigerate it ourselves and we
know it is good because we
have had years of experience
in handling meat products.
Orders by telephone always receive
prompt attention.
Telephone 450
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Market on the Diamond
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