The 75 delegates to the Republican |
ational convention will te elected
basis of two from each of
wen
n as to how many votes the
lvania Democratic delegation will
allotted, which will not be deter-|
ned until January 9 at a meeting |
! the Democratic national commit:
ie in Washington. |
One faction of the Democratic
arty insists that the State delega-
on should be of the same numerical |
rength as four years ago and an-
sher fraction insists it should be on
)e same basis of the present con-
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fo
jails
with regular meals,
sports, amusements, reading.
the loss of liberty remains as a
Congressional districts and | g¢orm of punishment. Even freedom
at large. There is a ques- jg extended in the case of trusties,
Penn- | mer, who have behaved, established
| .the mother country for some time.
records, and, seemingly, are,
to be trusted.
Certainly, the lot of the trusty,
then, is to be preferred to that of
the forlorn and neglected unemploy-
who begs for a coin for a cup of
coffee. The criminal is assured of
work, of food, of sheiter, of clothing,
of
ressional representation cut from | liberty, all without the burden of re-
} to 34. . i
If «ne Democratic delegation from
ennsylvania is on the present con-
ressional apportionment the party
ill elect two delegates from each
! 34 districts and eight at large,
wr of whom would be men and
ur women, each with a half-vote,
total of 72 votes and 76 delegates. |
therwise the party would elect two
slegates from each congressional
strict and 16 at large, eight wom-
1 and eight men, each with a half- |
iy total of 76 votes and 84 del-
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yates.
The two superior court judges
hose terms expire are Robert S.
awthrop, Chester county, and Jo-
JOR Staff: Allegheny county.
primary will be held Tuesday,
pril 26, and the general election on
uesday, November 8.
Pennsylvania has 3,859,985 regis-
wed electors who may vote at
rimary election.
This was made public on
onday by the state bureau of elec-
ons. Of the number, 2,032,465
sted at the municipal elections last:
onth.
This year 2,936,378 Republicans
ere registered in the State, 1,688,
19 being men and 1,205,119 wom-
5. The Democratic registration
as 724,387, 401,672 being men and
22,665 women. In all other parties
sere were 26,435 persons registered,
1,008 being men and 12,427 wom-
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UCKER FISHING IS LURE
FOR MANY IDLE MEN |
always popular
ith thousands of Pennsylvania fish- |
‘men, holds exceptional appeal this
Mild days prevalent during
1e past mouth have | 2 i
lers to r luck for suckers,
pe iy food fish,
in heavy catches
winter, the flesh
firm and sweet.
desirability as a’
of suck-
of tributary waters, |
in fine catches
i
anglers esteem but its g
w anglers step put Hs, Jove
time of
it
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BOY PLANS TO
PUBLISH NEWSPAPER |
he believes blindness
ould not thwart ambition, Bernard |
rebs, 20-year-old blind student of |
arnalism, plans to found a Braille
swspaper for
the blind as soon as |
finished |
It will probably
be in St. Louis, he |
\ys or perhaps Chicago. He ex-!
friends of the blind to subsi-
The staff will be composed chiefly
hustle with preference giv-
ege , Th
iE
ze.
available, {
Krebs believes that the 64,000)
ind persons in the
: current events, and he does not
ink radio bridges the gap.
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“Well Pat, do the twins make
uch noise at 3"
“Praise be to Hivin!
which we
not spurred Miami, Florida, Herald.
| sehoDl’ hem
sponsibility. Under such circum-
stances the thought of imprisonment
might even become attractive, es-
pecially to the hungry idle.
Thus, all of the primary purposes
of jail are wiped out. The punish-
ment is slight; the fear, which af-
fords general public protection, 1s
| ed, the man who walks the streets,
pleasure and’ a limited amount or
lifted; while the freedom removes
the last reason, the protection of so-
ciety from the individual offender.
How this may work out was re-
vealed in the brutal murder of
Betty Hickok, 22-year-old daughter
of Dr. A. L. Hickok, chief of the
psychopathic ward at the Rockview '
penitenitary near Bellefonte, Pa.
She was attacked and slaughtered
by Fred Collins, 37, negro, who was |
supposed to be serving a 10 to 20-
year term for second degree murder.
He had already killed and so was
dangerous. He should have been
confined for punishment and to pro-
tect the public. He was mentally
weak and foolishly considered as
harmless.
man as cook and guard in a
Imagine engaging sucha |
resi- |
dence, where he had free access. That |
was inviting the very crime which
was committed.
| the trend of British history for cen-
Immediately the prison officials
took precautions to protect the
negro. State police were rushed to
the penitentiary.
was transferred to Pittsburgh.
is a topsy turvey world.
effort is made to -guard-the safety
of the double murderer, but none
was taken to guard the public from
the slayer.
Such insane
ly the rule in our model prisons.
e thought is for the criminal and
not for society. It is madness for
pay in blood.—From the
GIRL SCOUTS CARRY
ON EDUCATIONAL WORK
The Girl Scout Poster or “Stay in
School,” posters are sent out by the
Girl Scout News Bureau.
In many citidgs and towns Girl
Scouts are being taken out of school
due greatly to the lack of employ-
ment for their parents.
There is a campaign on at present
in the school room even though
for working papers.
has the endorse-
ment of the President's za:
tion on Unemplo t (Relief with
the National’ Girl Scout Or-
ganization is officially co-operating.
The movement to keep them in
s already proven of great
value elsewhere not only in reducing
in assur-
potential competitors on the employ-
ment market. Being kept in school,
these young people are not only oc-
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a
2
The
of
situation was considered
at the annual Girl Scout convention
at Buffalo in October, when the mat-
ter was introduced Mrs. Nicholas
ORIGIN OF BARBER'S POLE
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United States The spiral red stripe on a barber's |
iffer chiefly from not being abreast | pole is sald to symbolize the wind-
ing of a ribbon or bandage around
| the arm of a patient upon whom the
| barber had operated in the capacity
| of surgeon.
In former times, when
| the operation of bleeding was ex-
Shure each | tensively practiced, blood-letting
an cries so loud you can't hear the | formed a part of the duties of a
her wan.”
i barber.
| of all three other suits and Petes
‘revenues are used for the maintenance
London.~With the passage of the
statute of Westminster, each separate
member of the British commonwealth
is a self-governing nation, free to
make its own laws and in no Way
hound by any law enacted in London,
so that the crown alone now link#
he British empire together.
Britons have been slow to realize
the full implications of the statute.
They knew, in a general way, that
the dominions have heen “free” from
But the knowledge that this freedom
pow has the most solemn legal force
has come as a shock to those who had
not appreciated the profound changes
that have been taking place in the en"
pire structure,
Irish State Included.
Each dominion now may enter into
any relations with a foreign power
that It may desire, quite irrespective
of the wishes of Britain or any other
member of the commonwealth,
The Irish Free State Is expressl;
mmeluded among the dominions In the
statute. Ireland's relations with Brit-
ain are, however, defined in the treaty
signed in 1922 and registered at
Geneva, as are all treaties between in.
dependent members of the League of
Nations, |
Opponents of the statute argued hb
the house of commons that a clanse
should be inserted saying that [re
land's inclusion gave her no power to
denounce the 1922 treaty.
Government spokesmen answerey |
that Ireland could denounce the treaty |
just as well If she were not included
in the statute as if she were, and that |
in any case she had no wish to go |
hack on her solemn obligations.
This point of view carried the day
and Treland thus took her place among
the free and independent forelgn na- |
tions forming the Pritish common: i
wealth,
Presents Problem,
How a system, In which a single |
king is “advised” by the cabinets of
half a dozen different countries, will |
function 18 a problem that is bother
ing students of constitutional affairs.
It 1s generally agreed that the Im
portance of the crown has heen in-
creased greatly Wy the statute, which
in itself is a noticeable reversal of
turies past. i
Whether any two dominions wih |
aver “advise” the king or take two
totally opposing courses, or will use
the statute as a means for breaking
away from the empire, Is a moot ques-
tion among experts on basic laws.
For the present, the English peop. i
as a whole believe that the measure |
was necessary and that, now they have
won thelr freedom from British par-
Tiamentary control, the dominions will |
he even more willing and contented
members of the commonwesnith than |
they were before,
So Many Waste Cards
Churchill, Manitoba,—From the grim
wastes of the arctic circle come the |
tidings of one more tragedy. |
The scene was the Hudson Bay com |
pany post at Chesterfield inlet. The |
bunch of the boys who were whooping
it up consisted of two trappers, a Hud-
son Bay co-official and an Bekimo, and
the extent of their whoopee consisted |
of a rubber of bridge. :
Pete. one of the trappers, gasped al
ae shuffled cards and realized that the
fates had dealt him a perfect hand--
thirteen spades, y
“Seven spades,” he gasped,
‘Then came the tragedy—for the Ex
ximo, with a smile as child-like and
bland as that of Bret Harte's heathen
Chinee. deprecatingly murmured “sev-
en no trump.”
The lead came from Pete's partner
rhe Eskimo held Invincible command
spades fell as so many waste cards.
Swedish Motor Growth
Revealed by Auto Tax
Stockholm.—The rapld growth of
the motor traffic in Sweden Is filus-
trated by the ‘fact that the automo-
bile, tire and gasoline taxes for the
last year, 1980-31, amounted to $13,
786.920. Of this sum the tax on cars
accounts for $4,703,400, the tire tax for
$1,075,160 and the gasoline tax for |
$7,102,000. The greater part of these
and Improvement of the roads and
highways,
Lots of Oriental Bugs
in Stockholm; Dead Ones
Stockholm. —Stockholm has more
kinds of Oriental insects than any
other city In the world—but they are
all dead and preserved fn the Museum
of Natural History. Recently a new
addition was received from the Far
East, consisting of 6.000 specimens
from the Kurile isiands, More than
thirty-five hooks and pamphlets have
heen written on these flies and bugs
Burglar Uses Cemetery
Chapel for His Home
Limoges, France.—A chapel in a
cemetery on the outskirts of the town
served as m snug little home for a
burgiar until raided by police. On the
altar, the thief kept his shaving mug,
a piece of soap and a wash basin,
whieh he apparently filled from a hose
used to sprinkle graves, He utilized
two suitcases full of loot for a bed.
| state banking examination, and the
| Allan Institution; indictment, arrest,
| Anenclal world, Allan rose to a posi-
| Suburban home, and entertained lav.
Famed Bad Man's Bones
Montana Historical society.
| max to a quarrel over a card game and
| FM
his pardon from the governor was stil’
in his pheket, ’
with well directed harpoons.” L
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Detroit.—The star of destiny, which
skyrocketed Robert Moffat Allan.
youthful banker, to the peak of De
troit finances a year ago, has fallen
‘eaving a trail of blasted ambitions.
Allan, who at thirty-three years of
age became president of the American
State bank, the city's largest independ
ent hank, has been convicted of em- |
bezzlement. The cenviction carries a
sentence of from one to twenty years
'n Michigan State penitentiary.
The youthful banker's career was
meteoric. He started as a messenger
boy and rose rapidly through the ranks
to a directorship. Three years ago, in
January, 1929, his fellow directors
slected him president.
Under his control, the bank grew
to embrace 30 branch offices in the
Greater Detroit area. It was known
as a one-man Institution, with the
youthful “Wizard of Finance” the guid-
Ing genius. Robert Moffatt Allan be-
came a name feared and respected In
Detroit finance.
Allan's star ascended with the
“hoom” period of 1920 and early 1930.
His bank engaged In the pyramiding |
game of high finance, refusing to be
swallowed up by other and larger in-
stitutions. Allan himself bought stock
In banks, the state charged.
Then the crash: Stocks tumbling,
disquieting withdrawals: the anpual
revelation all was not right with the
trial, and lastly conviction.
During his ascent to power In th.
tion of equal importance soclally. He
joined and later hecame president of
a, golf club, He purchased a palatial
tshly. He belonged to a yacht, uni-
versity, and athletic clnh, as well as
two lodges. His friends Included al
of Detroit's socially prominent.
Thought Found in West
Helena, Mont.—A skeleton, believed
to have heen that of James Daniels,
early day “bad man” whose career
was ended by a vigilantes’ noose, was
found buried In a Helena street by
pipe-line workers recently.
The skeleton was turned over to the
museum of pioneer history of the
Daniels was convicted of first degre.
aurder after killing a miner as a cll
was sentenced to serve a term of life
imprisonment in the state penitentiary.
He was pardoned, however, by Gov. T.
F. M or after serving a short time
In the state prison,
He returned to his old haunts. a
tew days after he had returned vigi-
lantes decided to administer justice in
thelr own efficacious way.
He was hanged on the outskirts om
Helena and when his body was found,
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a 80 years in the Business . ol
fs Whale a Fish? No!
Captors Escape Fine
Portland, Ore.—A whale is not a fish,
So ruled Circuit Judge Lusk over the
vernished and embalmed body of Eg
bert which hung In the courtyard. He
reversed a municipal court which or-
dered Ed and Joe Lessard to pay 2
$200 fine.
The whale swam 120 miles up ih:
Columbia river three months ago and
amused thousands by cavorting in-
side the city limits. The Lessards,
father and son, put an end to the show.
“The statute prohibiting the killin,
of fish other than by rod and line lus
nothing to do with whales,” sald Judge
Lusk. “It is little short of absurdity
to ask the court to construe this
statute to cover whales, Oase dis
missed.”
Cow Leads Horse and
Male to Death in Flames |[[If
Newburn, Tenn.—A cow led a mule
ind a horse to death in a fire here re- |}
cently. When the barn on the Law-
rence Mullins farm caught fire, the
three animals pestured in the barn-
yard became infuriated. Both the
horse and the mule began attacking
the cow, and to escape thelr flying
hoofs and snapping teeth, the cow
raced into the barn. The building
collapsed before they could be chased
out. .
, London.—Here, according to
Dr. Thomas E. Lawson, noted
b British physician, is what the
average human being is made of: i
Enough water to fill a ten-gal
lon barrel.
Enough fat for seven bars of 3%
soap.
® Carbon enough for 9,000 lead %
pencils, :
® Phosphorus enough to make §
2,200 mateh heads.
Sufficient maguesinm for one 2
doade of salts,
Enough iron to make one me
diam sized nail.
Sufficient lime to whitewash a
chicken coop.
Sulphur enough to rid one dog
of fleas.
All, at prevailing prices, could
? he bonght for 94 cents, he said.
PATIENCE
ast week we gave in this space a quota-
tion from Standard Statistics, a lead-
ing authority, which was encouraging.
The week before a statement from Roger Babson,
another authority. Both took a more cheerful
view of business prospects.
We publish these more or less cheerful items
in the hope that they may aid in sustaining the
public’s patience, which already has endured a
severe test.
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