~The Centre Reporter
Centre Hall, Pa.
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ELIMINATING SPACE.
Of devices for the elimination of
space there is no end. There can be
fone, until the people stop progress
Ing. Occasionally project is pro-
ain————
i“
which the
striving
for
now
particular prize
mercial world is
trade of South
~leveland Plain Dealer,
fea and
of it
this
been
pean
rope
distance
object of her commercial
ifs figured that
enough to t goods
to South To
establish such a schedule Involves en-
gineering and inancial difficulties
which may, of course, finally
its impossibility By reliable parties
the “Ibero-Afro-American rallway is
proposed, Spain to
Gibraltar, will
transport trains to the African cost;
thence Bathhurst, the nearest
point to South America. From Bath-
hurst to Pernambuco, Brazil, is but a
three-day run for fast steamers. The
cost of carrying this project,
daring as it would be but a
mere the United
States alone is paying for the Pana
ma And half Euro
pean nations be
it. It seems by no means impossible.
is the
America, says the
North Amer-
the bulk
The natural advantage which
Europe each want
has so far
by
now
continent possesses
han bala
aggressiveness
need Euro
And
two
more t
Ew
the tims
proposes to cut in
the
it
long
that separates her from
longing
five days are
ansport European
American consumers.
prove
first, to cross
where ferry boats
run to
out
seems,
¢
fraction of
what
dozen
benefited
canal. a
would by
peculiar damage suit
in New York
fire chief
for the loss
An unusually
has just been
by which the
has been awarded $25,000
of his life in a furniture
ment fire. The chief fell through an
open well hole in the building into a
cellar half filled with was
drowned before
The open well
of a city
its large
phasize t
such ord
vent just such accel
regard of them leads to criminal and
clvic is
There
kind
fatal
into enforcement
decided
widow of a
establish.
water and
be rescued
hole was in
This sult,
damages, help to
e highly important fact that
he.could
violation
with
em
ordinance
will
I
inances re
are intended to p
lents, and that dis
lost
of the
until a
life
liability when a
are ordinances
held
accident
many
lightly in regard
shocks the authorities
ided
the
Since it bh
lish municipal
at Coney island,
ambitious plans for its improvement
have been formuls Thes
a continuous walk and
the five
front, and a new bulkhead line,
has been authorized
engineers A contract
for a
at its
top, surmounted
This will
those periodic
lantic which
to estab
Hon
as be
i0rT
mii
and ever more
e include
drive along
entire miles of its water
which
by government
has been let
forty thick
twenty feet at the
by a concrete walk
the island from
by the At
frequently been
quite destructive All of which
expected to a higher average
of patronage than the resort has hith-
erto enjoyed
rip-rap wall feet
base and
protect
invasions
have
is
attract
The barbers of Annapolis have ap-
pealed secretary of the navy
to compel the musicians in the Acad
emy band opened barber
shops to abandon com.
petition with tonsorial artists
From the consumer's point of view
there may be poor expectation of get-
ting na shave from the hand
that the drum, al
though this is offset by the prospect
of an expert massage from the nim-
ble-fingered flutist Possibly the bar
bers, per se, may force the issue by
carrying the war into Africa, form a
band of their own and serenade the
commandant at unwonted tours.
to the
who have
“on the side”
local
velvet
hammers bass
Alfred Giraudet, professor of oper-
atic expression at the Paris Conserva-
tolre, sa¥s that he knows there must
be good voices somewhere in the
of the Americans who apply for in-
struction in singing are
handicapped by never having studied
plano playing.
resentment of folks who
door,
unmarried sisters.
tattooed for every marriage, some of
our soclety queens would resemble
picture galleries,
A 26-cent plece was recently taken
from the foot of an elephant In the
New York Zoo, where it had been se.
curely hidden till the creature's dis
comfort over its ill-gotten wealth be
came apparent. The animals must
be catching graft from the humans.
TAFT WARNS DIAZ
INTERVENTION NAF
Must Cease Jeopardizing the
Lives of Americans.
SITUATION GROWING SERIOUS
Commanders of the American Forces
at the Several Places Instructed
to See That American Cities
Are Not Endangered.
sof
D.C
ined tha
Wasl
8 determ
Mexican
mn
on,
shall not
He
lives
shall n
of President
eral Madero
tween the
Ot be
Diaz and
Future
forces
and the
the Mexican government must not be
rebels
fought out so close to the merican
line as to put
and property of
The Mexican
ing to the view
ment,
the loss
cans in
at Agua Prieta
the fi
insurrectos
will be the federal
which the U
reparation
As
the fighting and
tained by Americans n
received, it be
made to the Mexican government, it
is said, and in due cour
of those injured
in jeopardy the lives
Amer
government,
at the
icans
accord-
Depart
will be held accountable for
i and injury to Ameri
Douglas during the
No
derals
inflicted the
slate
o
of fe
whether
of the
$
x
matter
re of the fe that
injury,
government
d States will
or
to
nite look for
BOON aS
representations will
pe
presse
he nt
oe i nied
will
BRITISH FORCE LANDS
Britain in
Foreign intervention.
+ D.C A force of
1 the Brit-
Great Takes Initiative
Washington 30
men and a maxim
ish man-of-
landed at
tect that
attack
ary
terialize, and the
gun were withdrawn
This, the first r
> yy ¥ ¥ ”
Eun ron
war Shearwater ware
San
tov
pro-
of Inyses ve * by i
Of insur ne tion-
m
revoiu
m t
did ne
tishers and
ovement
foreign forces on Mex
ada
at Ensen
cker
POLO GROUNDS BURNED
National League Park in New York
Partly Destroyed.
New York
grandstand
$¢ +)
a + 1
Bana
ers a
unknown
} almost
double and
spreading ther to bleachers a
the south and north
The grandetand was a crescent In
had been enlarged In
last two years so that it covered half
the circ
shape and the
umference of the ground and
seated about 20,000 persons
New Trial For Dr. Hyde.
Jefferson City, Mo.— The State 8u-
preme Court reversed the verdlet of
gree of Dr
convicted
Thomas
Mo
trial.
B. Clark Hyde, who was
of the murder of Col
Swope, of Independence,
The case was remanded for re-
At'ands Own Funeral,
Bristol, Tenn
posed to be that of James Swecker,
and startled the mourners
semblance was remarkable.
The re-
Referendum Bill Loses,
rejected two bills proposing
amendments to the Constitution, One
eligible to seats In the Assembly,
J. P. Morgan For President.
Detroit, Mich. Joseph C. Clutts,
the Wellston (0.) iron magnate,
thinks J. Plerpont Morgan would
make an ideal president of the United
States from a business standpoint.
bb—
FARM MATERIALS ON FREE LIST
Bill to Make Canadian Reciprocity
Easier--Both Measures
introduced,
» (
SOrwerian >
ition tares, or any
is or fibers {
: suitable
on and burlaps and b
wholly or in par 2 jute
her materials suitable
ng agricultural
into
not coated
preparation,
saddles and
finished
omposed wholly or in ¢}
er, and leather
pers or vampa or other forms
for into
Arness,
or in parts,
loatl eed
HE
ihla
5 conversion manu
ed articles
Bill Against the Negro
D.C A bill was
dnced In House by Re;
Hardwick, of Georgia, provid.
ing for the repeal of the fourteenth
amendment to the Constitution. The
neasure secka to prevent Congress
from limiting the representation
the Bouthern States, because of the
tisfranchisement of the negro. which
curtails the voting population of the
“lates,
Washinclon,
the
in-
$y
re resen-
: thtive
Editor Burned to
Claremont, N. H Hamuel Henry
Htory, editor of the Narrative,
weekly publication, met a tragie fate
today While apparently asleep on a
sofa fire from an over-heated stove
{rommunicated to the furniture and
| burned him to death.
Death,
$2,435 FROM OLD LOUNGE
bR0SS THE BORDER
AMERICAN TROOPS
Killing and Wounding of Ameri-
cans Causes Invasion.
AMERICAN TOWN UNDER FIRE.
son Mas Been Siain on American
Side as the Resu ts of Border
Fighting--Many See Battie.
ognition as belliz
States
the Americs
OBERT HARRINGTON
EDWARDS
ded
MKO
CROW: probabil
! i" DADDY
A. R. DI
CKSON. shot
hie h
E. E will die
through the
i condition serious
FOREST RUTHERFORD. at
CARLOS LENNON. shot
GENEVIEVE COLE. shot
arm
Ww
arm
At 3.35 o'clock Capt. J. E. Gaujot,
of Troop K, Fifth 8S A.
learned of the Agua Prieta
and command 40
troopers international line
Between the Customs House and the
first the Federal bullets
and the rebel rifles
father and dusted the
the United
along the
SINGLETON. flesh
Cavalry, U
attack on
his
ordered of
to the
monument
those from
peeked
this
cavalry, deploving
south
desert Into rode
States
line
Peace Overtures Fail
Chihuahua, Mexico
Peace
Moye and Dr. F. R
Bustillos, 60 miles west
Francisco 1. Madero,
recto leader, refused
peace terms offered. whieh
garded as nothing more
promise already made
the insur.
he
than
re-
in Street. :
Boston. Coins and crumpled bills
Nations Wi't Meet.
Paris.——May has been decided as
the month for the International Con-
ference on Banitary Questions, the
exact dates to be decid~d shortly. Al-
ready 26 countries eignified
i AvVD
eyes of Peter J. Pitts, a toamster,
when his horse backed a wagon over
| a discarded lounge, which had been
thrown out into an East Boston
| street,
Pitts was loading the refuse when
a wheel Mf the wagon broke the
lounge and disclosed the money.
oh
Million From Puzszies
New York. 8am Lloyd, who made
a million dollars out of puzzles,
which he sold to newspapers through
out the United States, died at his
home, 153 Halsey street, in Brook-
lyn, of apoplexy.
1
‘TOWNS BLOWN OFF THE MAP
|
i
| Tornado’s Wide Sweep Over Kansas
and Okiahoma--Many Per-
sons Are Killed,
A
velocity
Mo heavy wind
the of a
some sections, and saceom
and lightning,
Migsour Kan
per
txo
hundred
Kansas City,
storm, attaining
| tornado in
| panied
swept
and
practically
injuring aln
wrecking
rain,
wesiern
by hall
Over i
| gas Oklahoma, 13
i Ons,
| towns,
ons, of bulld-
Yr hi
! K hy
6
XT
i
known to hay
L
Kanss
i
Ly
Netawn
it Mi:
Th ¢
started
f
UNGLE SAM TO MIND BABIES
Bill Introduced in House for Bureau
to Do All Sorts of
Things
vernment
nitro
Henin
SIX KILLED IN STORM
Property Damage of
$3,000,000 in S
More Thad
Louis
uck Jef.
2 o'clock
are
are
is
persons
geveral
damage
storm
nous
Amster
electric
The
GIRLS OFFERED FOR SALE
Pitiful Stories of Suffering in Panic.
Stricken China
Pitiful
the fa ine
gtories of suf-
t in siricken areas of
ina reach ity daily
Sixty girls were offered for sale at
one small town without a purchaser,
because food the slaves eat was
more valuable than their lives. Only
death, therefore, awalts them
Heavy rains Rave partly reflooded
the famine districts for the
Shanghai
this ¢
the
ly difficult the importation of grain
| for the relief of the starving thou-
1
i sands
Greely Coronation Envoy.
Washington, D. .
| Adolphus W. Greely (retired)
King George V. This appointment
supersedes the original selection of
Major-General Frederick Dent Grant,
commanding the Department of the
East, who, on reconsideration, de-
clined the honor.
Ambassador Mill Resigns.
Washington, D. C.—David Jayne
Hill, of Rochester, N. Y., Ambassador
of the United States to Germany, has
resigned his post. The resignation
Neither in Mr. HHl's letter of
resignation nor in the President's
letter of acceptance is any reason
given for the Ambassador's action.
The President thanks Mr, Hill for his
services at Berlin and says that he i»
glad to know that he will remain
there until July 1, when the resigna-
tion goes into effect.
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PROPOSED INGOME
TAX 15 IN DOUBT
Eighteen States Have Not Rati-
fied Income Amendment,
SHORT TIME LEFTFOR ACTION
End
indicates
Wii Fall
the Present.
of Legisiative
Meas
fhe Approaching
Sessions
ure For
3 PK
The Proposed Amendment.
vis
A Game Of See-Saw,
tes thi smendn
SORRY TO PART WITH HILL
Views of His Resignation at German
Crpitatl
he retirement from the
itol of Dr. David Jayne
ambassa-
United States to Germany,
July 1,
OM
between
Hill
ie felt
BT CR
if} Caj
whose ros } On As
of the
become effective
i at
lations
the Foreign
alge and Dr heen
It ¢
here that
bout
tenure
to
embasey has
of the
further QGerman-
RAILROAD BRIDGE BLOWN uP
Nearby Miners Have Been on Strike
a Year,
Greensburg, Pa Unknown
dynamited a bridge, wrecking
abutments, at Harrison
on the Manor Valley branch of
Pennevivania railroad. for the
purpose of preventing coal
from mines in this vi-
cinity., There has been a miners’
girike on in this section for more
per-
sons
one of the
the
alleged
shipments
FIVE DIE IN MOLTEN METAL
of Container.
hiladelphia Five workmen
were killed, 2 were fatally injured
Worke, at Wayne
when a huge container,
molten steel, gave way,
liquid pouring or
Junction,
filled with
the fiery
eplashing over
Would Abolish Senate
Washington, D. C.<-Eleven days’
experience as a member of the
House has convinced Representative
Vietor L. Berger, the only Socialist
In the House, who comes from Mik
wankee, that the Senate is a useless
part of the Government. He may
conclude to go even further than
that.
Mr. Berger will for the present
content himeelf with the introduction
of a hil which will abolish the Sen
ate,