Y— Centre Reporter Cen re Ha |, Pa. COUCH OF LUXURY. The most perfect resting place ever fevised for a human being Is just be peath the roof, and then you must be Able to see the shingle nails sticking ghrough. If a gentle rain be falling, wo much the better. Five fpent in that sweet retreat are enough Debt and death lose their terrors, and gomes upon you, says the Washington mutter once more into the world that msed to be. Soon the dark comers of Rhe room are peopled with the images of childhood. Over where the old own the sandy shore come Robinson soe and Man Friday. A swarthy peeps from behind the big trunk is Faringhea, the strangler, creep stealthily upon his victim. ferocious. You welcome fing, some pononotonous sound. thlank. Next morning the spell Mind that the only gobelin tapestry in the little dormer window. But you ound it most refreshing. The passenger traffic between their fleets. Sngs is that of a ship that is being built by a French line, to run to New yet completed, and when put in com $5,000,000. That is what foreign con oerns are doing to get American trade American control and Be a most important auxiliary in ex mmding American commerce phy. Many will dismiss the cemparative weakness of the current which wireleas telegraphy brings into play. The answer to this is that current does not kill the birds, enly confuses them, causing them tc miss thelr wav If the rent affects pigeons, why not mdeed, It would seem not impossible be the means of greater gulls than lighthouses disaster to From London comes the announce Porrit,” Dickens. that famous character thers. It is also asserted that he served in part as the model for “Paul Dombey.” If all those asser Mons can be proved it would For Dickens characters considerable proportion enlled automobile of the “accidents” Buddled heads and unsteady nerves ihe menace of a man under the in jluence of liquor and in an automobile Be easily appreciated, and when It Is demonstrated that crashes on the goad are due tc drunkenness the pun dshment should be severe. Those who insist upon running Amuck on the highways should be made to pay a er drunk. The usual fate of getrich-quiek sathemes is collapse at the end. And he “lambs” are fleeced as a prelim mary. A speculative scheme of this ‘kind In Connecticut has brought up dn the bankruptcy court, with unse wured claims of $500,000 to be set Med. And the further sequel no doubt ‘will be the charging of the sum to the profit and loss account of those foolish enough to “invest.” A German musician says that our graze for ragtime is the great obstacle Ao creative work In American music Ragtime? Sounds like a faint echo from our past. Our friend must have got his idea from old newspaper files. Among airmen excessive avoirdupolse fs at a discount, most of the success ful atmosphere navigators being phys foal lightweights. In this as in some other matters good goods often come po small packages. GENERAL REYES LOYAL T0 DIAZ His Statement a Blow to the Revolutionary Leaders. WIRED 10 ALL PARTS OF WN.XICO For Standing By the President In the Orisis Dinz Will Likely Reyes To His Former Position As Minister Of War New Ad- ministration—HRamon Restore In the Corral Succeeded By Enrique Creel, Mexico City The state- ment which General issued from Paris, France, in regard to the revolutionary situation in t country, and in he reaflivins his loyalty to the President Diaz and belittles the pres ent uprisings, published in Mexico It was wired by the go» ernment all the republic and orders given to the authorities of the different districts that the be acquainted with the ment it came as a ardor and hopes of leaders, who have been diligently « the that Reyes was the movement and { Special) Bernardo which was widely to parts of people made state telling blow to ti y revolutions culating of even on repor 1 back present Was av to Mexico to & hie w MIS W sume command of the revolutionary forces General yes sures that the ar will to the present tter what the gtatement i the express b les that the taker tion of t are still roving intry, ihe report is Reves minister of his new ad: Ramon C ill hospital His the fore upon ber in health near this physical condit report resign position as president soon his coming inauguration for a second term and that he be Enrique Creel, present er of foreign affairs Eduardo Chalix. Puebla, has presented a against the government for damages done Julio Sibi chant of that city, during the revolutionary disturbances 161 Other elalms for demages to the prop- erty of forelgn residents will be sented, it is stated 11 3 will BUCCOw bs the $ consul in i, YL Ee TO CIRCLE WORLD ON STILTS. Acrobats Are After Wager Of 85,000. German For a wag acrobals world on New York (Special) of 35,008, two German attempt the They obtained a pro from Commi to circle mise proteetion ssioner ’ on the first leg of their jours through the crowded streets from the sey City Hall to the Jersey City ferry an« from there they will make thelr was to Philadelphia The hour of the start has not yet been decided The young men are Albert Marder and Hans Hoeledamp, until recently employed as stewards on a trans atiantie liner, and the purse they hope to win was raised by the Steam. ship Stewards Verein, of Hamburg “We are expert still walkers,” they said “Wea expect walk eleven hours a day, and we can travel five and a half miles an hour We are not allowed to take any money with us, and count on making a living by selling picture cards We will work our passage on the ocean laps of the journey.” to poet Walsh's Friends Still Have Hope. Washington, D. C. (Special) Om elals of the Department of Justice state that the anplication for pardon of John R. Walsh, the Chicago bank er who was sentenced to five years at Fort Leavenworth prison, Kansas, has not been received This dis proves the current reports that the Attorney-General has denied the ap- plication President Taft, it is said, has given no intimation of his in tention to refuse a pardon, and friends of the banker are hopeful The application contains 5.000 names Two Children Suffocated. Kalfmazoo, Mich, (Special) .- Edgar, 6 years old, and his 3-year old sister, Mabel, children of Mr. and Mrs. Adelbert Riley, of this city, were suffocated in an overhoated room. The boy and girl bad been coal stove. conscious when found and soon died. and is now in a hospital. — SAAN SABLA Gaynor Appoints Woman. New York (Special).—Mayor Gay- por has appointed Miss Martha L. Draper, of 18 West Eighth street, a member of the Board of Education to fill one of the vacancies resulticg recently from the expiration of the terme of several commissioners. Misa Draper is chairman of the loeal school board of the Ninth distriet, and has been (interested for some years in edueational work. She Is the first woman to receive an ap- MINISTER AND WIFE KILLED Half-breed Negro Charged With the ( rime, i Trenton, N. J. murder of Rev. (Special) The Anzi L. Armstrong and his wife, Annie Armstrong, at their home at Dutch Neck Wednes- | day night has resulted in charges | being preferred by County Detective James Kirkham, against John Bears, who was arraigned before Justice of the Peace Mills, and held with- out bail to answer (wo separate charges of homicide Rudolph Norhaus, WAS to Trenton by county | with Sears, was al-} to his in New | Prosecutor Crossley was entirely satisfied | no of who the to home gO Brunswick stated that he that Northaus nected with the couple Norhaus was n der pressed the opinion ning that the crime and Dutch Neck was the result arrangement Sears to go on a After A Beevers Was in con murder Way the aged Of at any time un arrest, as the prosecutor ex from the begin man knew that his presence in of a pre himself and trip Bears to Prosecutor Detective Kirk Neck the between gunning having submitted and went to Duteh County Crossley and, as htmself ham prosecutor expr Sears’ mother, Ar pounded in bles at Th stablished Armstrong mstrong the house the and shots from a « which of was found the kitchen ne. This ner Kee ped iv fo “6 & ¥ iy 101 more ths been employed the birth suspected of the years of hefore ages MUST BEGIN LIFE ANEW, Leaves Editor Of a Child. ial) Fol opera removal of a Jesse V. Tay his home in M1 i " ondition of Surgical Operation With Mentality Wayne, Ind. (Spec i ng a successful surgical tion at Chicago for the tumor from the brains lor has been brought this city in the mental c a 5-year-old child Taylor was editor of publication In d®elopment to agricuitur- when a in an of memory an al Chicago strange almost Physicians say that Taylor must now begin to learn as a little child would, and that it will be necessary to start in him Physically is as but there mall mpliete mental recove ry resulted complete lowes AROW teaching well as of hi 4 he ever, is hope HELD FOR WIFE'S DEATH. Leo Appleby, Aged 238, Is Accused Of Marder. Pa Appleby, aged 23 arged with the Mazie, aged 22 was discovered Friday, The of the woman's head had been blown off with a shotgun Appleby notified his neighbors that he had discovered his wife lying dead in the kitchen when returned home When neighbors entered the found the woman's body lying on the floor, her infant was playing nearby soaked in her blood. The coroner was notified, and, after making an investigation, deter. ined to hold Appleby to answer for his wife's death ‘ellshoro, { Special) 140 YOArs, was arrested murder of his years, whose here, « wife, body aide he house they while Elkins May Resume Work. D § { Special) members of the and the physicians of Sena tor Stephen B. Elkins, of West Vir- ginia, Indicate that the Senator may able to resume his seat in Con- | within 30 days His physi- cians are insisting that he fully recuperate from his illness before at- tempting work of any kind Washington, Siatements made by family hat Kress New York 0.113.270, Weshington, D. C (Special) New York will gain from four to five Congressmen on the basis of the offi. | cial figures for 1910, given out at the Census Bureau for that State The total population of New York State is now given as 9,113,279, a net galn of 1,844,385 over 10 years Ago. Dropped Dead Eating Dinner, | Rockford, Ill. (8pecial). George Kaut, a hardware merchapt of Bur. ing a Thanksgiving Day dinner, Firemen Burned To Death. Chicago (Special). -~John Juday, of the fire company of Bwift & Co., packers, was burned to death, fifty city firemen were overcome by smoke of the packing firm by a fire which raged for three hours Thursday. In- sufficient water supply for the extra fire engines ealled out and crowds which hindered the fire fighters wae responsible for the extent of the damage. HOUSES WENT UP LIKE MAGIC Fire Vietims, The With Was a Thrilling One and Building Broke All Employed Race Oncoming Winter “Bees” In Minnesota Records—Method Unique, But It sults Aimed At, Produced the Ree Washington, D. C One (Special) the strangest facts observed forest fires which occasionally sweep Northern Michigan the burning of the bark and life gradually The rains fF damp Falling leaves, plan accumulate in the forests and dense shade keep the mas surface of the The half-re Trees hold Mossges grow on the de caving gtuff settles down and hardens spring up and their take in the peaty substance Then the dampness slowly eva] woodman or raliway vegetation itted rooLs comes a season of drought and Orates A hunter builds a fir« drops a spar} The dry surface of the ground is i and a slow can cer of fire eats deep among the of the nouldering for weeks armen engine Or or a fore i tone IENite TOOLE trees, 81 Ti i ‘ i Hen One day 8 ros or months by ; roots throwing out and burning mater} ag girection, fire iz in full Trail Of the The Northern Min: broke out because mans fires which iW Od Fire forest fit Were this fire abou! country wer villages of tion of 1.200, and swept Hur their hour carving eets, lost thel by lowering or plunging ponds Thirty lives 3,000 persons with food. live stock, machinery all gone When the Red Cross reached trict they realized that winter hand in this and their greatest task was the struction of a large nubs ers it job, be quickly done He which ti Keg r homes and sas lives thems wells, were of the Amer the burned Wan al Agents north country swif of was a big and Ie is ner in 1 { emergency Two simp! were prepared, o spectively standard sizes o ner took the Lumber place of plaster was 1 Canada, Lhe ury at Washing! customs dut) suppl Red Cross A al penters were hurried 1o Then “building ized, with one carpenter of each A half dozen neigh : with saw and hammer, 1 help Ole Olson build his house including Olson, would m« and build Hans Hanson's 80 on Bailding The speed with houses were erected, where several “hoes were “humming'’ at the same time, was startling While this going on the Red Cross was hurry- ing into the fire district from Duluth and 8t. Paul and Minneapolis big or- windows, stoves, kitchen utensils provisions Az rapidly as the little houses were ready they fur- nished and stocked up with food and the families moved in \ It was a desperate race with win- ter, and the Red Cross won. While the race was at its swiftest there was not a busier spot between the oceans desolate stretch the northernmost Much remains to in going to Secretary the bees’ were in command woul Then all, wwe along house, and “Bees” Hummed, which these was bhed- ding, chairs, and were country along done, but nobody frecze or starve Posing Asx Martyrs, L.ondon (Special) <All of the suf- fragettes who were charged with as- gault and the wilful damage of prop- erty, as a result of their recent riot- ing were found guilty in the Bow pay fines of from $10 to $25 or to gpend two weeks or a month In jail, according to the seriousness of their All of the prisoners elected Airship Turns Over, Mobile, Ala. (Special). — While de- scending from a 6500-foot flight Avia- tor 1. A. D. McCurdy dipped too near the earth, one of the wing shields striking the ground when going at a high rate of speed, and turning the machine over. The crowds rushed to the end of the field in which the accident happened, but found Me- Curdy walking about, smiling and uninjured. The aeroplane was bad- iy damaged, although It fell but ten or fifteen foot. | DREXEL FLIES UP 8,970 FEET { y ¢ ' : | Makes a New Word's Record in Bleriot Monoplane. | { { i i 4 fal) J all Arm aeroplane Philadelphia (Spec | strong Drexel broke altitude records here Wednesday when he climbed above this city un { til his Bleriot monoplane was unable i to make further progress in the rare fied atmosphere. The ink in the nee- of his barograph ran out at 70 feet, which was accepted as a new world's record by Clifford B | Harmon, chairman of the National Council, Associated Aero Clubs America, and James King Duffy, the secretary of that body The ipstrument ig the same which Johnstone carried when made the former record of 9,714 at Park on October 31 was brought to this under by Mr. Duffy order that the ord made be official. Mr left aviation field at Point Breeze in the extreme gouth- ern part of at 3.23 He landed at Oreland, about 20 mile north of the spot where dle 9.9 of one he feet It geal rec Belmont city in would Drexel the this «city gtart- he had » MUTINY IN BRAZIL'S NAVY. Of Paulo. Revolters In Possession Minos Geraes and Sao i that tl} itical character and cribed ¥ 5 as a mutiny re to enforee certain from the against the administra- nt Fonesca DR. CRIPPEN HANGED. Marder Belle Of His Elmore, the Wife, ants from a gli hig canvas scross rr sre the lowe he tragedy a had been put up be ga a small of official wit- i group nesses atiended, and every effort was made to prevent morbid crowds from gathering in the neightorhood Father Carey, has visited Crippen frequetitly, entered the Tuesday evening with the condemn- who prison at 6 o'clock to spend the night ed man and walk with Crippen to the scaffold * Mins Le Neve, at the request of the prisoner, paid a farewéll to Crippen in the afternoon She reached the place in a closed cab and was accompanied by an elderly man, who remained outside visit WAR ON THE HATPIN. The Berlin Police Against Wearing Them. Berlin {8pecial). ~The police president of Berlin has declared war on the dangerously protruding hat- pin In a proclamation just issued he calls the attention of the women of the eity to the many recent reports of injuries inflicted by hatpins that projected beyond the rims of wom en's hats. The accidents have been especially frequent in street cars, and usually men are the vietims The president calls upon the wom- en to either cease using long ping or turn the points so that they will not be a constant menace to the traveling public. He adds that while he ex- pects that the women will comply with his reasonable request he Is prepared in the event that they do not, to adopt compulsory measures. Loses Her Life For Dog. i Mayfield, Mass. (Special). — In | trying to save the life of a dog Miss "Helen Herbert lost her own. She j was walking with a dog, when a motor car rounded the bend of a road ‘and came toward her. The dog ! jumped In front of the oncoming car | and Miss Herbert at once sprang after the animal to save it from its Ime pending fate. Her kindly effort was made at the cost of her life, for the car struck her, fracturing her skull, and she died shortly afterward st Warn Women Henry mi ninent ni CEains author was plaee wi The flour and feed Moyer, at Tamagus was the ground by a fre which started through a crossed wire lumber yard ignit but were tinguished 01 much damage was done The severa thousand doll envered by insurance Pottsville store of H. B burned to ~~ seal Ay line wl Several dwellings ana were 03 reach partially Pittsburg of the recent appr $1,500 Technica of $2 stu ~iation gift of (0 {io the { Carnegie and an endowment by Andrew dents of the institution pur ased ar immense solid silver tray, which was his seventy-fiftn - 3 5 SCOODIS 600.000 Carnegie, presented to him on birthday Howard Wittman, of Lebanon, was arrested by Constable Butz, at Schuylkill Haven for the theft of $168 from a Lebanon horse man Witman vigorously resisted arrest. and put up such a desperate fight that the officer was forced to knock him down several times. Pottaville Tamaqua While returning frem | work to his home in Lansford, Frank | Dreisbhack, aged 55, a carpenter, was | run over and instantly killed by an | automobile driven by George Alt | house, of Reading. The jury brought in a verdict of accidental death, Carlisle. President Reed, of fiek- , inson College, stated that by the will of the late Samuel W. Bowne, of New York city, Dickinson will receive an income equivalent to a money gift of $560,000, Pittsburg. — Bankers, professional men and residents of Oakmont. whose wealth is counted in six fig ures, wielded picks and shovels to rescue Steve Donmino, an Italian Ia borer, who was buried under six feet of clay, when a ditch caved in on him near the Oakmont station, where hundreds of commuters had just left Tamaqua'—John Stahler, aged 85 years, a former Philadelphia & Read: ing engineer, while apparently fi» good health, dropped dead at his home at Hauto from heart failure. - ‘
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