The Centre Reporter Cenire Hal, A BLOW TO TIPPING. The tipping evil has been dealt 3g prushing blow in the place where! above all others, it has flourished ram: pantly In this country. In New York) where every personal service, no mat: a. Jor a gratuity, the discovery has been made that the real beneficiary 1s not plways the person the gift is intended bas been formed to rake in this easy | money. In many places of public re kort In New York, free checkrooms are mri ent AON THE TATE CAPTAL Information and Gossip at Harrisburg. DOINGS OF THE LEGISLATURE. Brief Mention of Matters as They Occur at the State Capital Official and Other- wise. Capitol Hill Notes, The Labor and Industry Commit. provided. From the majority of those whom he serves each check boy re | ceives a tip. A concern came to the front not long ago and contracted with | the proprietors of many of these places | to take charge of the check rooms. The | rest was easy, says the Cleveland i leader. The boys were pald two o1 four dollars a week for their work, and | ordered to turn in all their tips. They | were provided with uni forms and were under the eye of othe: pocketless employes, who acted as cashiers and | monitors. collect at least five dollars a day. course, now checkrooms wil have to go. But New York and all the rest of the country has again had its attention drawn to the fact that tip ping is a European born servile conditions and entirely out of harmony with American pride, self-re spect and independence. Each boy was expected tc Of these custom, ol According to figures prepared by the coroner's office, 185 homicides occurred | in this city in 1910. One hundred and eight persons were shot to death and | practically all the other killings were | due to the tolerance with which the public looks on the vicious habit of | carrying concealed weapons, says the. New York Tribune. It is a melancholy | fact that the restrictions placed on the | sale and use of deadly weapons are | practically nil in effect. Any purchaser | with the price can arm himself with a | revolver, the favorite tool of the crim inal about to commit a burglary or pther crime of violence, and of the | paranoiac about to resent an imagin ary grievance. Instead of compelling | the buyer to show a license, present | references of good character and other wise establish his responsibility, the | community permits him to equip him self and roam at large as a potential taker of life. i Reports from the Cooper hospital in Camden give surprisingly gratifying re sults in the treatment of tetanus Within the past month, it is said, three | patients who had genuine cases of lockjaw had been cured. Two of these were children and the other a man of forty-four. In the latter case the dis ease had reached the state where the man's jaws were locked and his whole nervous system was temporarily para lyzed, says the Philadelphia Inquirer The treatment used is an anti-tetanie serum which is sald to act very quick ly and leave no harmful results. This disease is one that has baffled medica gclence for centuries and if a specific has been one of the mos! Insidious and most serious menaces © life has been overcome. It has beet often sald that medical science is not | progressing with the same rapidity as Its allled branch, surgery, but there seems reason for believing that experi mentation will in the next decade Ot #0 work wonders in this line. discovered A legislator in Missour! proposes s fine for the raliroad station agent whe refuses to answer the questions which the traveling public may fire at him This increases the probability tha! | the hurried inquirer may promptls learn that the six o'clock train leaves at 5:60 The Minneapolis woman who got » | divorce because her husband darned and mended on the lawn in front of the house, disclosed another advantags of sex. No husband will have the hardihood or disposition to get a di vorce because his wife does that. The latest stunt of aviation is the herding of cattle with an aeroplane Before long, possibly, we shall be rails ing a winged-breed of cattle, and with hanging prairies for pastures and serial cowboys the land will be left tc the sharks of finance, Dame Fashion has decreed that woman in the future must wear noth ing but her own hair. Just watch the dear girls arise as one and proclaim joudly unto the world: “Every bit of this hair is my own!” O rats, puffs and switches! the Dunn employers’ liabil'ty bill The House Ways and Means Com heard Wilmer Crow, of Har- president of the Pennsyl- | vania Retail Merchants’ Association urge repeal of the mercantile 'tax | law, on the ground that it is burden some, The presented by Mr phia, i Ago the appointment of five to investigate the sording real other States, mittee risburg, adopted resol Vare, Phils providing commission Senate a of some time a system of re as carried on view estate h a of improv ing the system in Pennsylvania The resolution to the House for action. The National further matter of wit was sent . - v ta t rl § (Government Ig asked States in tl education in 8 to assist the ie industrial Senator Ernest LL. Tustin, of! Philadelphia The resolution vides that Congress be petitioned appropriate annually to State and Territory one dollar per head of the population of each State and Ter ritory {or the purpose of establishing maintaining and extending in the ele mentary and secondary schools, prac pro it each ing. The measure known as the Capito Park bill, providing for the purchases of twenty-eight acres of land east of | the Capitol from the Pennsylvania Railroad was passed finally by the Senate by a vote of 34 to 6 The $2,000,000, not more one year, unless the condition of the expenditure. A bill which will require all deal cigarette tobacco to take out licenses Matt, Bedford. It also wholesalers from selling to un licensed dealers Violation of the act is made a misdemeanor punish able by fine of not more than $500 prohibits Governor Tener has served notice that the $50,000. 000 bond issue at tached to the Sproul good roads bil will not be available for any purpose than the construction maintenance of the new highway sys tem embodied In bill It was anticipated that several amendments would be offered which would permit the canals and waterways of the State to share in the bond issue and thereby curtail the power of Highway Department in carrying out the work suggested by the Sproul bill, The governor has forestalled any such movement by declaring that such amendments would defeat the true purpose and spirit of the bill and leave the roads question in the same position it has been Any movement therefore, to secure funds for the im- provement of canal and waterways will have to stand on its own The sub-committees of the two Legis lative Committees on Public Roads, which have under condideration suggestions for changes in the routes carried in the Sproul bill, will com- plete thelr work this week, and it is the hope have the bill reported back to the House within ten davs The number of changes suggested has been less than expected, other and the the feet the to Ask £100,.000.000 Of State, Bills ealling for appropriations of | more than $100,000,000 of State money ' in the next two years are in the hands of the Appropriation Committees of the Senate and House of Representa. | tives and a tremendous cutting will have to be made. The House commit. tee, which has bills aggregating $87. | Hearings will be held almost dally and | nightly this week at the Capitol. It in the intentioh of the Appropriation | Committee to hold appropriations with. in the limits of the prospective reve. | nue, BILLS PASSED. The House passed finally the follow. ing bills: i Regulating sale or offering for sale | of shares of stock In mining com, panies. Prohibiting obstruction of drains by butchers’ offal, under penalty of fine of $100 to $500. The bill providing that electrocution ! SICNED BIG POSTAL CONTRACT Printing of Stamped Envelopes and Wrappers--A Saving of $297,880. Washington, D. C.—By affixing his signature the for the manufacture and printing of stamped envelopes and wrappers Postmaster General Hitch- cock put an end for at least four years from July 1 next to a contest that has waged intermittently for more than a quarter of a century. The contract is made by the Post- office Department with Myron C. Tay- lor, president of the Mercantile Cor- poration, of New York city, and calls for the delivery to the government of to contract stamped newspaper such stamped envelopes and stamped newspaper wrappers as it may re-| quire during the next four years. The | Mercantile Corporation is the present | contractor, but the prices to be paid] by government for the supplies during the next four years will effect a saving of $267.880, based upon the number of and used in the envelopes wrappers 1810 During the last O00 fiscal vear 40,000, - en- * govern-i wrappers an 1.500.000.0600 velopes were sul The stamped envelopes the postage 271,240, leaving fo gelling ment ture and distribution contract cost of manuf: 277.329, leaving govern $ Y I the stamped tion by the addition entitled, the Postoflice Departn of nearly $100,000 a yen resents the Hive which would if stamped en- velopes were not supplied Ho nEur © tO t according he i ent to a credit r. which rep cost of ad stamps, be used EXPLOSIONS WRECK VILLAGE Chicago Thought There Had Been An Earthguake, Chicago. — An wrecked the plant of the Laflin-Rand explosion that Powder Company, in Pleasant Prairie, Wis, life, was lose of at least one destroved the town in which it situated and created a vibration that was left for a radius of 50 miles The property loss is estimated at $1. 500.000 Chicago was shaken from iis most western suburbs to the shore of Lake Michigan and from North End to South End Belief that an earth- quake had been experienced was al- most universal for a time Windows were shattered and houses shaken throughout the 30 miles of Chicago's length. Although Pleazant miles west of Kenosha, which is 60 miles due north from Chicago, the concussion was heard and the vibra- tions felt not only in all parts of this city but at Indian Harbor and other points 20 miles south and southwest of here People in the this city felt the ture shake and many of them ran the street, fearing «¢ an earth- quake or that the building had been shaken by some explosion caused the Prairie is six county Ny Hi building In uge granite sgtrue- to ither BALLINGER 1S OUT AT LAST President Taft Accepts His Resig- nation Db. C Ballinger's resignation Secretary the January 19 inst, was accepted Tuesday by Presi dent Taft, and Walter 1... Fisher, a prominent attorney of Chicago, was appointed as his successor, his com- mission being signed immediately by the President Mr. Fisher will take office within a few days Secretary Ballinger tendered his resignation in a letter on January 19, basing it entirely upon the con- dition of his health The President replied at once, expressing his confi- dence in Secretary Ballinger; his reluctance to sceept his resignation, and requested the Secretary to re- main in office until the close of the session of Congress Washington, A - Richard as dated of Interior, WATER IN BUTTER GHAIN GUARD ALONG BORDER Taft Admits the Real Purpose of the Mobilization. U.S. WOULD END REVOLUTION. Forces Sent to Form a Solid Military Wail Along the Rio Grande to Stop Filibustering and Smuggling. Purpose of America’s War- like Move. The mobilization of 20,000 troops on the border and the as sembling of battleships within firing distance of Mexico, it was announced from President Taft's special train, are movements de- signed by the Administration to crush the rebellion in Mexico United States troops have been sent to form a solid military wall along the Rio Grande to stop ili bustering, to see that there is no further smuggling arms and men and in readiness cross the boundary pecure these results if neces- Bary it was result cial representations governments regarding the situa- tion in Mexico intimation that several Europ powers, each er as to the desirability of mak- ing representations the Unit- ed States at an early date it was sald that matter was put up 10 America in such a Way as call the action, if the of to be to 10 deemed sudden either was sald the the move unoff- foreign of of or the of the were sounding to the to for quickest M cirine fonroe d¢ was to be maintained it is estimated that the of operations on the border will Taft ask Congress for an emergency fund at opening of welial session, cost prompt President to the the sj Washington, D. C That the Ad- ministration has decided to dissembl« no longer its reasons for the sudde: and unprecedented ovement troops the Mexican border, is in- dicated by the following statement All doubt as 10 the purpose of the government in sending 20,000 troop: to the Mexican border has at last beer gwept away The United States har determined that the revolution in the republ¥ to the south must end. The American troops have been sent tc 0 fo Officials to Watch for Violations of the Law. Washington, D. C.——Makers of but- ter, who "accidentally” work more’ water into their product than the law allows, will, after May 1, encoun- ter the strong arm of the law, Com- missioner Cabell, of the Internal of Becretary MacVeagh, having in-| Jectors to watch for such violations, ! Water weighs heavily in a pound of but the law allows 16 per’ cent. : For several years the Department! of Agriculture has superintended the packing of hundreds of thousands of! pounds of butter for the Navy where | not more than 13 per cent. moisture! is allowed. | i i —————- —— Shamed By Marem Skirt. i Rio Grande to stop filibustering and to see that there ig no further smug- gling of arms and men across the in- ternational boundary. “It is believed that with this source of contraband supplies cut off, the in surrectionary movement, which has disturbed conditions generally for nearly a year without accomplishing anything like the formation of a re- sponsible independent government will speedily come to a close. “There Is a general belief that the rapid movement of troops into Texas and Southern California will so speedily accomplish its purpose that the net results in the end will consti tute a valuable lesson in quick mobi. lization of an effective fighting force that will prove a revelation to the country at large, to the critics of the army in particular and a justification the diplomatically worded ex- A Place for Tawney. an dn Bn Sn NI A SON that ghting or rioting Was represent 3 nat tment at and act if the Was gn interests act roe doctrine Forel ook maintained CO naturally to the United States for protec- Ilaz govern- 1 in recent hae played not vet ment events has time 10 been disclosed From to time have regarding violation ie neutrality jaws along the bor- protests, protests Washington of been made the tt der Such however, would not ordinarily call out such } been rushed toward Mexican frontier “There is no telling, at this time, long the big army sent the Mexican frontier will have to remain It will not be withdrawn un- revolution has been crushed out and until conditions in Mexico are much more stable than they now are bel to be “The peninsula of Lower California occupies a position of great strategic importance to the United States. That commands Magdalena Bay If law- lessness and disorder should become the rule there and Mexico should be unable to prevent formation of a beyond the United maintain past ir a force as as Texas and the how to there til the leved the is not possibility that undertake to has in new range States would order, as Cuba The ready for republie, It of the it done the Admin this be Hence, to San desires to emergency giration the sending vessels Diego “These. | the main, aH are ovement reasons that it em- for the great miiits Fa raused the world to wonder stated. that the ion has can be however, with has no that serious phasis government efNoct likely to break it should, President Taft would not be going off for a vacation Mr. Dickinson, Secretary of War, would not be planning a trip to Panama, and Mr. Knox, Secretary of State, would be at his desk in State Department.” AMERICANS MADE PRISONERS Thirty-Six Teken in Defeat of Insur- rectos--Four Are Killed in Battle, i to the in Mexico is out at once if trouble the El Casas Tex. A Mex., disastrous Paso, message from Grandes, gives particu. arg of the defeat suffered by the insurrecto force under Pro- visional President Francisco I. Ma- dero. The battle was fought near Casas Grandes, and resulted, accord- ing to the dispatch, in the retreat of the insurrectos, after a loss of 200 killed and wounded, 300 saddle horses, machine guns and 12 wagon ioads of supplies and ammunition. Thirty-six Americans, fighting with the Iinsurrectos, were ers. The Americans were in the front of the battle, and four of them were found dead in one heap. The insurrectos stood up under a can- nonading for 12 hours hefore they retreated. Col. Samuel Garcia Guel- lar, of President Diaz's staff, com- manded the Federal forces. To offset this hard blow to the in- gurrectos the official report of Gen. Luis Torres, military commander of the region around Coral, Sonora. shows a severe defeat of the Federal forces under Gen. Lorenzo Torres at Cumuripa Monday. No Massacre of Jews, i i CONGRESS SPENT Appropriations. Appropriations Committee and Representative Livingston, Democratic Member Washington, D. C Appropria- session of Congresd cording by former Rey » jast $1,026,480 ,662, ac edd of ine “K session's appropriations, estab- OU? ¥yeaise oi » Sixtielh Would Have One Committe. Mr. Tawney his pusolidation of {f the of glive of public service. cousider and bills, and Mr. reform is more (m- Committe Appro- reports inan half the total appropriations of Congress, reported during the first regular session of the last Congress $16,283,925 less than the estimates, while the appropriations by all the other appropriating committees, ac- cording to Mr. Tawney, were $27.- $31,402 in excese of the estimates. Mr. Tawney claims that if this con- solidating reform had effected d saved $62.000.000 at at session alone Mr Tawney SAYER incident to this 4 jurisdiction making availabl renevs CO M- mendation for the «« the appropriating jurisd wtion © House under a singles tow be the branches of 1 ight commi as rel Comm sufficient size to pections of represent all country and hie now Appropriation SAYS NO The lees ort Tawney portant priations, which Gn more of hewn it woul have tha one of vided the the evils BPDTODT B~ practice of immediately portions of many ap- ills being in fact, design- y cover up deficiencies the He 1x that for tion is appropriations large propriation t ic oe ed preceding year ints AZRTeRAte ith Includes Appalachian EGO O00 out the the past se £4 G00 0OOG ftnr forest wr rEROTVe 0 than he he preceding less nggregate for session of ARETERBC which exact { ng ress the entire gate slatement £ AD at the Congress £8 not given AERTS in his increase of $6006 0060 Congress Six Billion in Six Six Years. Mr. Tawney saye that in t £ix years of his chairmanship of the Ap- propriations Commitiee the estin have amounted to $6 061 257.1 which Congress granted all but § 662.264 Declaring that the fo save people of the country the danger h threatens them because of the rampant expend- fture of their money that has been going on for the 12 years. Mr. Livingston, in atement, cone tends that milite 8 menace and that Democratic accession will prevent national bankruptey He gays it ig a superhuman task to re- store expenditures (0 a normal level, because of the enormous liability fas- tened upon the Treasury by the stat- utoryincrease on the enlited strength of the Army and Navy fourfold since Mr. Roosevelt was so unhappily calls ed to the executive office Re- publie ver th Ove thé ceding a ateg of 11 a Democrats want the from whit past his st BI Is of the Sophie Kritchmar insane. Hartford, Ct-—S8ophie Kritchman, the young Union City music teacher confined in state prison for mane slaughter, has been adjudged insane, and, on order of Governor Baldwin, has been transferred to the Con- necticut Hospital for the Insane, at Middleton She war (ried jointly with Joseph Mitchell for the killing of Bronislaw Fulvinskee, ucar Union City, In Bepter ber, 1978 and wae found guilty of manslaughter, the verdict against Mitchell being sec ond degree murder $1,000,000 Storm Damage. Washington, D. C.-—Recent rumors! 1.08 Angeles, Osl With the ex- that a number of Jews had been mas- | hr Pa . sacred at Kiev are untrue, according | CoPtIon of the Southern Pacific Unast Department from the American Con- for several days from washouts and sul at Odessa, Russia. The consul weakened bridges, the railroads rune shall be the means of inflicting the | Rome. ~The harem skirt is direct. | death It 4d it will be i Washington, D. C.--The interna- a aun Ya v w sent i Iy responsible for the death of one tional joint commission to define and anate. 8 Measure was amend: | o¢ the most prominent men of this regulate the boundary waters be ed in the Appropriation Committee ta - . rr No Liriano Pg hd city. The victim was Major Rossi, !*¢en thé United States and Canada, pliances, a high municipal functionary, | will be made wp of former Represen- New York to Berlin by rail over the Bering sea route is the latest project By the time it Is completed thers will be plenty of aeroplanes flitting Biner and yon across the deep. “ho | tative James A. Tawney, of Minne- His friends an- - Perhaps even the Atchison man whe says he is go poor that he couldn't buy a round of ammunition for an alrgun can tell the make of an automobile as far as he can see it. Enlarging powers of constables in serving summons, Establishing a system of municipal | Hens in boroughs. Requiring Aldermen and Justices to file transcripts of judgments at office of Prothonotaries within ten days of rendition, , gota, chairman; former Senator Thomas A. Carter, of Mcstana, and because his two daughters, aged 28 and 19, respectively, adopted the trousers skirt as a part of their everyday costumes. jonal committeeman from New Hamp. shire, The commission is to exist under a treaty of May 13, 1910. The Canadian members have not yet been named. the vicinity of Kiev. In Santa Barbara The country, 000,000.
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