Demorai Wc "Bellefonte, Pa., January 21, 1927. NAVY BUREAU LISTS ALL SEA DERELICTS. Washington.—While seas quietly bap the shores of the world, a vigilant maritime patrol, unknown to most |“landlubbers,” busily stalks the silent ‘but treacherous foes to commercial shipping. Icebergs, floating debris, land abut- ‘ments, drifting buoys, derelicts and opaque fogs are constant menaces to ‘mavigation against which war must be waged. The nerve center of opera- ‘tions the world over is the hydro- graphic office of the Navy department. This bureau tries first of all to keep a finger on the whereabouts of all dan- gers to shipping about which it is im- perative, in safety’s cause, to know. An elaborate intelligence service, en- Hsting co-operation of hydrographic services of other countries, assists the bureau to chart known impediments to water traffic, and send out warn- fngs. Report New Derelicts. Constant communication with ships at sea, advising them of newly sight- ed derelicts, rafts and other things is maintained. The bureau supplies all navigators with information and asks their reciprocation by advising of the tongitude and latitude of icebergs and other straylings. It immediately dis- seminates the news over all ocear highways. Meanwhile the navy and coast guard annihilation squadrons are notified 8nd patrols sent to visit the scenes of drifters and remove them, A task which the coast guard tackled last July was to find and de- stroy 37 steel cylindrical pontoons which were lost from a barge that broke adrift off the coast of North €aroling, menacing coastwise shir ving. Hauled it In. A target raft which had to be aban- doned during a hurricane while it was being towed caused “policemen of the main” seme trouble. After a ten-day search it was located, the position sig- mnaled te the hydrographic bureau and six destroyers were sent to look for it. The minesweeper Rail eventually picked up the tow and hauled it inte port. Reconnaissance patrols are main- tained along water highways in the spring months to look out for errant fcebergs. The patrols are withdrawn June 30 when it is assumed the ship- ping lanes are safe. The duty of pa- tro} boats is to report daily the situa- tion in their territories to the hydro- graphic office, which rebroadcasts twice & day warnings to mariners. Invatuable service is carried on by radio from the hydrographic office for the. guidance of open-sea navigators who may lack knowledge of condi- tions on approaching American shores. Radio compass bearings are broad- east to aid them. Finds Yank Molder Has $17,000 Home London.—English workmen have re- geived a colorful picture of the Ameri- , €an prosperity from J. T. Kay, trades’ . union official who visited the United . States as a member of the mission to viv] was ~ search for the secret of Americar high wages. Mr. Kay told the institute of British foundrymen in Birmingham how. hav- ing a letter of introduction to a Pitts- burgh melder, he called on the man ynexpectedly to satisfy himself that the introduction was not a “catch” te deceive him. A negro maid answered the bell of & fine house and said the molder was at dinner, but the man came out at ance, resplendent in evening dress. W®ining with him, also in correct at- tire. were his wife, brother and son. . After a pleasant evening, the host erought out his 80-horsepower car, drove Mr. Kay to his hotel. mention- - tng, ieidentally, that he had paid $17,- 000 for his house and had $10,000 in the bank. assured.” said Mr. Kay, ~that that was a fair example of a man's achievement when he fried hon- estly to get on.” tHe Wears Same Suit 23 Years; She Sues Lawrence, Mass.—When he took the witness stand In the local probate court, Matthias Florence of this city -told Judge Harry R. Dow that he was fagrried 23 years ago, had worn only gne- suit during that time, and that . the . has never been inside a moving picture theater. His wife, Antoinette, is suing him for divorce on the ground of cruel and abusive treatment and he contested the.action. She testiffed he never gave her enough money to run their home, al- though: he- owns two. tenement houses. She also asked: for the custody of their two minor children. Judge Dow took the plea under advisement. Drop in Weddings London.—Weddings have dropped oft’ more than 60 per cent ip the South Wales coal fields since tho dispute of the miners and mine owners threw more than 1,000,000 men out of work last May. Must Pay Taxes. Paris—~Amenicans having “an ha- tual residence in France” must pay ‘ench income: tax on all their reve- ie, whether derived from the United ates or France. BAD WEATHER OF 1926 EXPENSIVE Research Fixes Cost at Over $500,000,000. New Haven, Conn.—The inclement weather this year has cost the United States $500,000,000 and that of last June more than $100,000,000 alone, Prof. Ellsworth Huntington, research associate at Yale university and me- teorologist, said here. This astonish- Ing loss never was realized by the pop- ulace, however, because they were “still extraordinarily stupid,” Profes sor Huntington added. “Ever since the earliest men began to think,” he said, “they have known that their happiness depends to a cop- siderable degree upon the weather. “Nevertheless, even in our day, we still have only the crudest conception of just what the weather is doing to us. The relationships between the sun and the weather and between the weather and the crops, and between crops and general circles of business are very complex, “A solar condition which brings prosperity in one region is almost cer- tain to bring calamity somewhere else,” he explained. “When one re- gion has unusually warm weather others may be cooler than normal; when one region is unusually stormy or rainy others are practically cer- tain to be free from storms and te suffer from drought, He pointed out. that the financial panics of 1837, 1874 and 1893 came after several years of low rainfall over a wide area. He also said a short, overly hot spell would take more than the usual number of lives. He valued each life at $7,000, and showed that these willing heat spells had a very definite effect upon financial equilib rium. His Family of Three Holds Down Ten Jobs Morrisville, Vt.—Vermont's busiest family is the Sweetsers. Three of them—Truman H. Sweetser, his son Percey and his daughter-in-law Min- nie—have between them ten jobs that they are actively engaged upon. Not political sinecures nor soft public service berths are these, but good honest, every-day occupations. Down on Brooklyn street they have Just finished a new “business build- ing” that houses most of their en- deavors. In the front of the structure is the grocery store, managed by Mrs. Sweetser., who also is an expert ste nographer and bookkeeper. On the other side of the building the activities of her husband are housed. He is a plumber, tinsmith, steamfitter and dealer in stoves and heavy hardware, The rear of the es- tablishment is given over to the young man's. father, Truman H. Sweetser, who Is a photographer and has his studio and laboratory there. Besides taking pictures, Mr. Sweet ser is a master mechanic and a car- penter, “turning his hand” to these tasks when he is not busy with his graflex and view camera. While Percey Sweetser was serving a France with the Yankee division his wife was a yeoman at the Charles- town navy yard. Russian Students Must Take Military Training Moscow.—Military training for all iniversity students, both men and women, has been ordered by the com- missariat of war. Under the order all students are re- juired to take 180 hours of instruction in military science during their regu- lar four-year course and two months’ field practice during the summer. When their university course is fin- ished the men must ~erve nine months in the army or, if they prefer, one year in the navy. ‘While the women students are re quired to take the course equally with the men, they are exempt from the two months’ field practice and active serv- ice in the regular army, As the new regulations apply to al universities and academies in Russia, tens of thousands of students will thus become potential soldiers. Favors Music New York.—Music, in the belief nt George Eastman, Is a potent antidote for the restlessness of spirit engen- dered by the drudgery and routine of modern business. Indians Wealthy Oakland, Calif.—The richest people mn the world are the American Indians. Their per capita wealth is $4,700, nearly twice the All-American average. KEXERXEEXLXXERX EX XXXL ERERR®%R Warn Against Rabbit Germs; Produce “Flu” Washington.—An infectious disease known to science as “hueremia,” which mysteriously emanated from the skin of a rabbit some six years ago, was made the subject of warning bulletins issued by the public health department, Humans contract the disease during the process of skinning the rabbit. If the person has a slight cut on his hand, or a rash of any sort, he is more suscepti- ble to the disease, which brings on an illness similar to the “flu.” If the rabbit is properly cooked the consumer is in no danger. doctors said. ARETE Ree Ke He HRA R RXR XF XK XXX XRREXX x : CANADIAN DOLLAR JOLTS VISITORS Dominion Money’s Advan- tage Over Ours Due Part ly to Trade Balance. Toronto, Ont.—United States visi- tors to Canada are chagrined when they find the American dollar is no» at a discount here. In a monetary way the amount of the discount is insignificant. For all ordinary transactions United States currency Is accepted as par by every- one everywhere in Canada. But on large banking transactions the tech- nical discount becomes a reality and the American eagle has a little bi* clipped off its wings. The prosaic rates of exchange tables on the financial pages tell the story. Day after day the Canadian dollar is quoted in New York at a slight pre- mium. Some days it Is only three thirty-seconds of 1 per cent premium; more frequently it is five thirty-see onds or more, What is thé explanation? The sub- ject of rates of exchange is so coms plicated and so contentious that fit would be foolish to be dogmatic, but there are certain explanatory conds- tions that are obvious. Production One Reason. In the first place Canada is produc- ing wealth at a rate which, having re- gard for her small population and scale of expenditure, is enormous. Hundreds of millions of dollars a year from her wheatfields, more hundreds of millions of dollars a year from her pulp-wood forests and mines, to say nothing of the output of factories, grazi~g lands, hardwood forests, fish- eries and other sources of wealth, are building up substantial surpluses. For the year ending July 31, 1926, Canada’s excess of exports over im- ports amounted to $388,000,000—more than $40 for every man, woman and child in the dominion. A proportion- ate favorable trade balance for the United States would be around $5,000, 100,000. A favorable trade balance first made ts appearance in Canada during the war in the era of high prices and mu- nitions business. It was predicted it would disappear when abnormal condi- tions passed. So it did—almost. In 1920 it was only $11,000,000. But since then year by year it has grown. Last year the increase was $100,000,- 700 and there is no sign now of its Jdiminution. Another factor in the Canadian dol- «ar premium is the continued influx of outside capital. Every year for 11 years there has been a stream of United States capital flowing into Ccnada at the rate of $200,000,000 a year. It finds investment either in government bonds or in industrial en- terprises. Before 1914 the flow was from Great Britain. Some economists, particularly high protectionists, who are dissatisfied with the present conditions of trade, claim that it is this stream of United States capital inte Canada that is the decisive factor In putting the Cana- dian dollar at a premium. They say the favorable trade balance is illusory and disappears when invisible exports and imports are taken into account. Interest Big Item. 3ut the chief invisible item is in- .erest on foreign investments in Cana- da. These are estimated at around $5,000,000,000, on whieh the interest would be, say $300,000,000. Substantial reductions must be made from this amount. Some of this interest remains in Canada for fresh investment, the balance or tourist traffic will account for another huge sum. Canadians also have investments abroad on which they collect interest. Demonstrably Canada’s real favor able trade balance is large even if some deduction has to be made from the $388,000,000 which the government figures show. It represents a real in- crease in wealth in the country. When there is added to it the large annual acquisitions of fresh foreign capital comirg in to be added to the invest- ments of profits that Canadians are themselves making, the anomaly of the premium on the Canadian dollar is not as puzzling, Canada’s pros-erity makes her a netter customer than ever of Uncle Sam. While her excess of exports over imports last year were $388,000, 000 for the whole world, she bought from Uncle Sam $170,000,000 more than she sold to him. Even if the United States did take payment in se- curities, the condition reflected here is not one which Canadians accept as permanently satisfactory. Paper From Bamboo May Supply the Earth Bombay.—Forest research experts in India hava discovered how to use bamboo as pulpwood in the manufac- ture of white paper. The process, it is announced, has been perfected afte: 15 years’ experimenting by the Forest Research institute and college at Dehra Dun. The authorities say that by the aew process India will soon be in a position to supply the paper demands of a large part of the world. Ten Days; Ten Gallons Dover, Ohlo.—For every day they do not drink a gallon of water while in jail, a day will be added to the sentence of four men sentenced by Mayor P. J. Groh for intoxication. The quartette was given a minimum of ten days. APPLIED SCIENCE USED BY INDUSTRY Bureau of Standards Repor* Indicates Advantages. Washington.—American industry is more and more turning to applied science to ald in solving its many and intricate technical problems. This is Indicated in the annual report. of George K. Burgess, director of the bu- reau of standards of the Department of Commerce. The bureau, it shows, has contact with industry through ap- proximately 80 advisory committees and through a large number of “re- search associates” sent by industrial groups to work on problems of inter est to their respective industries. Results are applied quickly by the industries concerned, so that the pub- lic soon benefits from Improved proc- esses. In the fiscal year 1925-26 there were 62 of those associates at the bu- reau, representing 36 separate indue- tries. About 180,000 tests, having a fee value of $675,046, were completed by the bureau in the year. The char- acter and scope of these tests spanned the province of applied science from sugar to cement, from thermometers and pyrometers to paints and var- nishes, and from aerial photography to studies In city planning. In addi- tion to a vast amount of consultation and specification work from various governmental departments, specific re- search covering 40 projects was per- formed from 15 government establish- ments, Forty-five simplified practice recom- mendations have been accepted by in- dustries, resulting in great savings in the production of articles in common use. This is one of the most impor- tant ways, it is pointed out, in which an industry can effect immediate economies. The demand for publica- tion on this work is evidence of in- terest manufacturers are showing in it. Attention to building and housing produced important results. A stand- ard building code, submitted for gen- eral adoption, was drawn up by a special committee. A report was is- sued on the important subject of city planning. and zoning, containing a list of 436 municipalities which have adopted zoning ordinances. Among outstanding research under takings of the bureau was that in con- nection with increasing the wearing quality of paper currency. By intro- ducing certain changes in the manu- facturing process, a paper was devel- oped which it is believed will increase the life of bills by 50 per cent. / Out of 1,513 Women Want to Be Housewives Lawrence, Kans.—Gentlemen who prefer homemakers will have to look some place other than the University of Kansas in their search for such, if statistics made public here as a re- sult of a questionnaire bear up. Of 1,513 young women students at «he university who turned in their preferences as to what line of work they wish to follow after graduation, only seven expressed a desire to be- come homemakers, There were 97 different occupations iisted by the men and women of the university in the report. Of these. 24 appeal alike to the men and women. Forty-eight were listed by the men which did net show in the women's list, while 25 were chosen by the wom- en which the men passed up. The teaching profession came first with 816 women and 144 men desiring to enter this field. The medical field was next with 412 men and 20 wom- en; business eame third with 361 and 27; law next with 301 and 7, with the various branches of engineering listed in the next place. Journalism appeals to 89 men and 70 women. Nature Freak Taken Fresno, Calif.—A ring-tailed cat that has the ears of a fox and the eyes and nose of a coon was captured by B. P. Lester, while on a hunting trip on the Kings river and has been brought back to this city. Taught Poisoning Belgrade, Yugo-Slavia.—Five ring: readers of the Lucretia club, which taught its members, unhappy, how to mix mediaeval poisons, are in jail. Murders of husbands are attributed by the police to the club. Deport 10,904 Aliens in Year; Bar 20,550 Washington.—A total of 10, 904 aliens found to be unlawful ly within the United States dur ing the last fiscal year were de- poried to their home countries, Secretary of Labor Davis an- nounced in his annual report. This is greater than the number so deported in any previous year, and was 1,400 more than were deported in 1925. Aliens debarred from enter ing the country numbered 20,- 550. Nearly 86 per cent were turned back at the international land boundaries, 15,808 from Canada, and 1,755 from Mexico, the others being principally stowaways and seamen trying to enter without passports, Of the deported aliens, Europe received 5,088; Mexico, 2,588; Canada, 2,102 and Central and South America, 430. The emigrant aliens during 1926 totaled 76,992. COORCOOCRRERRERINOREORREORE mn They Take Long Chances on the Weather in Arizona, Isaac Ward, who recently left his haunts up about Pennsylvania Fur- nace to make his home with his daughter, Mrs. A. Heil, in Phoenix, Arizona, writes under date of January 1, that they have confidence in the weather out there. Such incredible confidence that we shall let him tell the story himself. Phoenix, Arizona, 1, 1, 27. Dear Editor: I have been keeping quiet or—still would be better—so that it has been some time since I have asked you to change my address on your mailing list. I left Penna. Furnace October 14 and drove through to the Coast by auto. Lived in San Diego long enough to find out that the climate is fine and nearly the same all the year around, but at this season of the year is very damp from 6 p. m. to 8 or 9 a. m. Here in Phoenix it is cool during the night but nice and warm all day. People are going around here without coats and sitting outside like we do in June in Pennsylvania. We had a few frosts here in the city last week, but six miles to the south where the oranges and grape fruit groves are they never have any. This is a greater produce section than I imagined it to be before com- ing. Why they are shipping 600 car loads of lettuce, alone, from here every week. While over in California they adver- tise sunshine every day in the year really I think this country has more of it than they do on the Coast. Of course I haven’t been here long enough to know of my own observation, but they must have sunshine pretty de- pendably for, the other day, I saw a sign on a restaurant in the western bos of the State with this startling offer: ALL MEALS FREE on Days the Sun Does Not Shine and at another place a filling station had a sign out that read: “Gas and Oil Free on days that the sun doesn’t shine.” Imagine how long a business up in Centre county would last if it pinned its faith to the weather like that Wishing you all a happy and pros- perous New Year, I am Yours truly, ISAAC WARD. Builds N. Y. Apartments for $25-a- Week Incomes. Families with incomes of $25 a week will be tenants in a $500,000 apartment house to be built by a paint Keep Fit! Good HealthRequiresGood Elimination O be well, you must keep the blood stream free from impur- ities. If the kidneys lag, allowing body poisons to accumulate, a toxic condition is created. One is apt to feel dull, languid, tired and achy. A nagging backache is sometimes a symptom, with drowsy headaches and dizzy spells. That the kidneys are not functioning properly is often shown by burning or scanty passage of secretions. If you have reason to suspect improper kidney function- ing, try Doan’s Pills—a tested stimulant diuretic. Users praise them throughout the United States. Ask your neighbor! DOAN’S Fils 60c Stimulant Diuretic to the Kidneys Foster-Milburn Co., Mfg. Chem., Buffalo, N.Y. 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 P. L. Beezer Estate Market on the Diamond BELLEFONTE, PA. 34-34 manufacturer in New Yorks East|™ Tr side, the New York Evening World CHICHESTER S PILLS says. The rental is not stated. TIE DIAMOND BRAND. “His only condition for becoming a Tadice] Ask your for tenant, is that when the family gets Pilis in Ted tnd Gold mesic more money it shall be replaced by Nx lo a Ba at oo another $25-a-week family,” the paper Bb okies ON SE ern says. Each apartment consists of © yearsknown as Best, Safast, Always Reliable four rooms. SOLD BY DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE SeNSRSASREE, ISTE Te I a Te ee SASIan=H Sara SHS SSe = 5 Suits and good now Buy Now! 3% OFF the regular price of All NONE RESERVED, selections Don’t delay. It’s at Fauble’s Oe Sana SSNS eS ETE] Sa aie 5 Overcoats
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