Centre Reporter Centre Hall, Pa. FHOSE SUMMER ROMANCES Bac Awakening of Man Who Asked “the Girl of His Dreams” for Her Hand. The dark wood had become rosy d sweet. A new dawn had entered to Harkaway's vision, and it was all glortously golden, says Weekly Mabel, as they wands on that wonderful night, had yielded to his passionate sntreatioes, in which he had volced all the aspirations of his ardent and had spoken a soft tion. “Yes, Harold,” had with a shy glance at the moon dear, I will be your wife. For a long while Harkaway si Jent. He feared to break the spell of the moment with ordinars human speech. So far and away his | real expectations had her answer heen : that it was difficult for him for the | time being to realize that it was not all a dream, and who could tell but that the sound of his own voles would awaken him to a lonely reality? Thus they walked on for a brief period, then summoning his courage aid he ventured “Bay it again, Mabel let chanting assent come once my devoted ears that | is true!” “Yes, Harold,” she dear, [| will be your wife.” He folded her in his arms, kindly cloud obscured the moon for a second, as though to hide her blushes “Tomorrow | shall go to New York he cried, his heart elate ‘What your father's address, sweetheart? “Father ?’ she Oh ther’'s address-—why, steen-i dred and two Wall What you want daddy's address dear? “1 am going to ask him upon our—" he began “Oh, no, Harold,” she *l wouldn't do that. Dad's and we never bother him things.’ Little things?" he cried “Yes, dear. The much, indeed,” she think I'm engaged to now who's been makes him so mad comes and I break it paced naturs yes to his ques she Yes, was beyond to his the more know on 0 it may repeated a and ‘ is | repeatad it sireet in for, remonstrated very busy with annoy him replied sin Li 00 when oft in War. maneuvers this new Motor Omnibus Useful The great army gear will, as usual, possess many and interesting departures affecting | modern warfare. Among other vations it is this year anticipated that motor omnlibuses play a ry great part in the maneuvers Each motor omnibus will be vided with room for 50 soldiers, and possess a speed of about 25 kilometers an hour. This experiment was tried with a small pertion of autumn In Germany. and to work spendidly, the conveyed to the desired positions far quicker than if they had marched on foot, in addition reaching their destination much fresher and readier for the work before This year when a long march taking place it is intended to use the motor buses in conjunction with foot marches The buses will convey a portion of the troops ahead, drop them at a certain point, whence they will continue their march refreshed with the rest and the drive, and the buses | will return to the main body for an other load of =oldiers, who will in turn | be conveyed to the advance | guard inno will pro troops last ’ was found men being to them in now The Flags of France. ; From the time of Henry IV. 1586 to 1794, a white flag was the standard | of the French monarchy. It consisted | of 8 white fleld bearing three flours de-lis in gold. This was the flag of France at the time of the conquest of | Canada by the British. In 1784, dur. | ing the Revolution, the tricolor of | three vertical divisions, blue, red, and white, was adopted This was also i MANY DEAD IN DISASTER CR With Car Ferry One Woman and a Passenger Are Among the Victims. Pere Marquette Car Ferry, No. 18, Lost In the Middle of Lake Mich. igan—Vessel Carried Crew of 60-— Eight Bodies Are Recovered—Car Ferry, No. 17, Responds to Appeal for Aid and Brings In the Survivors Cargo Will Million Dol Vessel and Amount to Over Half a lars, — Loss to \ Loss More ° Wigs i p i Cause of Disaster Not Known ine men a i two Napoleons, but it was powdered with golden bees and on stripe was the cagle of the empire The tricolor Is the flag of the repub lle at the present time Students Find Relics 700 Years Old. Skeletons and skulls of centuries | Bgo are being exhumed near the mouths of the Topango and Temescal canyons In California by geologies! students from Stanford university | For years tides bave been washing | away an occasional relic of former life on this coast, but the Stanford stu dents have followed the lead and dug further back from the shore. The search has also been rewarded by the exhuming of stone implements of hus bandry and warfare. The explorers believe the remaine are about 705 years old. A Benefit, “Has that muzzle worried your dog any? “No,” replied the man who likes ani mals. “On the contrary, | think he has improved in both health and dis position since it become more dim. cult for my wife and daughters to feed him candy and salads.” Literary Note, “What Is the moral of William de Morgan's novels?” “Don’t write fletion till you're oM enough to know how.” WATT a men on boar Wiki ad 114 CRITI AP great black how of in the air, bot tom an « splosion and HED ihe atere toward ros arttled awiftls the aed with a and crash like thw fo view Agonized Cries for Help. \gonizing for if the « Irresistible TOA r ship shot downward wae Jost cries help rose above the Font i drawn by a tremendous suction, a score of men eonld bee seen speeding toward the vortex of the sinking steamer’s revolving wheels, whic Then began Wo Lowering of her lifeboats containing four saile, the erew of No, 17 began a work of humanity which marks many of the number as heroes. No soon. er had the tiny lifeboat touched the angry waves than it was hurled with terrifie foree against the side of the steel siramer pnd erudhed into a shapeless mass, Two Rescuers Drowned. of the sailors were resened on board. while the other two-- Joseph Peterson and HN. Jacobson, a sernbber—immediately sank and drown ed. Others quickly manned another life Poat, which was successfully launched. This boat, in charge of Duncan Milligan, of Ludington, did heroie service and in as Laan an hour picked up 14 survivors wha were floating about clinging to hits of wreckage. Then another lifeboat was manned and inined in the work of resene. It was a reer against time, "wa in the fase of great danger more than 30 were saved Pi ; ——_—r ’ sealed their doom fi rear 0Hne Two fae by FATAL EXPLOSION ON NORTH DAKOTA Three Men of Crew Killed and Nine Badly Burned. THIRD ACCIDENT ON WAR VESSEL. Admiral Schroeder's Report Says the Fire Occurred While the Battleship Fleet Was the Way from the Drill Grounds to Hampton Roads The Dead Men Were Coal on Passers. KISSES CURVED NERVES Man Sued for Divorce Cured Wife iy THOUGHT FLYING EASY. Hand Who Posed as Bird Fell 20 Feet y 1 Farm % Newmarket 8 vineed hw ti “ flying was eas ristiansen a farm and tiie up roof of the emploved by hare Fiemn River road. near here, rigged pum ped ofl | 20 feet and % ing on himself wit z : 51 ‘ was hadly «ha 0 §5. bit will gel over it nflated hags tH Over irely he { hirisiiansen Min fiv leap he arms and Taste a parasol 1% gd spe hy a 1 and though 8 Nobody saw (ristiansen make t came actoss him in i by the roadside Urass ny Storm Costs Scores of Lives, PP. BR. (Special) eeovived from the gre of San Joan, that their indicate Inierior probably a Ww inst Hees and property the hundreds of ¢ vonnsands of dollars was done by the hurd island and waters Thursday night and Wednesday, Tt is feared that sey eral small ships. not included in the first reports of losses, went down, persons damage running into Ife Gompers Is Served. St. Louis, Mo, 1 Special). Notices of the injunction suit instituted by C. W, Post to prevent the unioniving of the Bucks Stove and Hange Company plant, were served on Samuel Gonfpers and other labor union officials today by United States Deputy Marchals, Gompers later met with representatives of the Stove Founders’ National Defense Asso chation to discuss methods by which the Bucks plant will be wnionized. Federal Judge McPherson on Monday refused to jssue a temporary injunction for which Post asked. i ' 5 : WOMAN FLOCRED BANKERS Refused to G.ve Mrs. Ida von Claus- sen $25,000. i ii, New Brewer, York Hist { pe Because Calverl { vice-president, and Carl 6G, | Rasmus, second of th vied preside ui i nited States Mortgage and Trust Com give Mrs, lda latussen $25,000, she floored both of any, refused to on of them with well directed blows Employ hustled Mrs it of the building, Sl "ne tf police Clanssen is the mel By E140 Oi I hie rust ompany eT) i arrived KE ; iw to Tipped Off the Papers 5 i i A i Threat to Sue Roosevelt { 111 iz >: PADDED BILLS ‘resident Impl MEN ONCE HAD HORNS Skeletons of Warriors Found In Cals fornia. DROWNS HIMSELF IN RIVER Man Told Wife Where to Find Body and Tied Himself Fast to Tree. New Payne, faAnney stle, ind £) 35 vears old. well known as a committed suicide hy drowning $iine north of this city is letter saying it 11 and telling her found dy River, a mile water wae only After inches deep to his wife; bid beat where his bods life fed from floating away, | leather strap to his ankle and t to a willow at the edge of stream and also tightly grasped another ite left hand. Tt is said that domeatie trouble mailing a owl hy was toy we took his the baw wn the | free Wilh he had no Stamps Hurt Eyes. { Special) - Saratoga «~The ctirrent issu of postage stamps was condemned hecause of the eolors of the National Association of Postoffice Clerks at the session of its eleventh annual convention. The colors were said to be hard on the eve. A reso lution was adopted favoring stamps with radically varying colors for different de nominations in order to facilitate work at the office. Constable Killed. Huntington, W. Va, {Special}. David Howell, constable of Mingo county, and detective for the Thacer Coal and Coke Company, was shot to death while pass. ing a hotel in Williamson, the shot being fired from an upstairs window. Howell expired within five minutes after receiv. ing the wound. He had been one of Mingo county's widely known officers and nad killed three men during his official career, No arrests have as yet boon Hauer, RESOURCES FOR AL THE PEOPLE Conservation Congress Adopts Platform and Adjonrns. WARM DEBATE IN THE CO¥MITTEE. Co-operation of Governments Urged in All of Divided Jurisdiction—Waters to Be Used Primarily for State and and Irrigation and Secondarily for Navigation and Power. The Platform ar TOs mi And unneerssary State Co-operation Favored. “3s v¢ actio part Ved } wesarvation and wl prevent opsoly favor miates operat and the rai Cad ment looking to tiw tor utilizatvm of nil scientific methods “We approve of thy of {sovernment restoring are the national ana to more Anger ae sci lement Faderal policy of public lands agriculture To Teach Conservation. “We recommend that and private schools instroet the vouth of the land in the fundamental doctrines of con As valuabl the prirh? r Heat Leads to Suicide. New York (Special) Albert Kraft 20 vears old, living at 345 Elton streed East New York, committed suicide hy shooting himself in the temple. He had been crazed hy the heat. Kraft left his work at poon on account of the heat, and on his return home seated himself on the doorstep. Suddenly. be drew a revolve and, placing it to his head, fired. Big Strike Settled. Kansas City, Mo. (Special) «<The Ronthwestern coal miners’ strike of five and a half months’ duration ended at midnight when the operators and miners eed upon the arbitration point re gran future contracts. This point has a the great stumbling block of all negotiations. All the miners in Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas are af fected. They get an increase of 54; per cont. in wages, and agrees to continue work for 60 days pending the making of & new agreemen t SIDES ARE SATISFIED Court Decdes Fisher Controversy. . Hague es 1 |e Ha: o ™ raed id sige orolone ¥ i i i ni HIGHWAYMAN Woman's Attend MEET HORRIBLE DEATH. Killed When Aute Crashes Into Car of Molten Slag. Ira ~~ Chicag 1 Three hired Perens, “ a1 were burned to iano dent y CRED When the aut trod be re riding crashed a loaded with moles slag fram Wisconsin Steel Company Miss Anna Baker, the fourth member of fhe automobile pariy escaped death by jomp ing. but was badly bruised and burned The automobile was two bloeks from { he company when it started to tracks The slag iran basi track hit the automobile, eat hall The ocofipants were under tons of the white into a1 th stove] the {he in buried hot slag metal Miss Baker leaped from the automo bide. but was unable to stap ber progress antil she had rolled into flowing metal fhe Crows ting it Farmers May Strike, Washington, D. OC. {Special} Wash ington is threatened with a vegetable boycott by the farmers of the surround. ing territory, and the Distriel Commis sioners have been requested 0 rescind a new order which eliminates the sity lights on the county roads. The farmers threaten (hat, if the lights are put ont, y will curtail their supplies 80 tha city. The Commissioners are consider ing the matter and the farmers threaten so ship all their produce to PuMimore.
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