CENTRE HALL, PA
WHEN THE PETS SUFFER.
——
2
eet
death
New
gray cat leaped to
window of a
A large
from a 13-story
guicide in this way because its mis
tress had salled for Europe, leaving it
behind, says the Plitsburg Chronicle
Telegraph. Whether the cat commit
ted suicide or not immaterial, but
the incident does serve a purpose in
calling attention to a pathetic side of
the vacation season In thousands of
homes all over the country there are
household pets, such as dogs and cats
sod birds, and as many of these homes
bre closed during the summer, or at
Jeast for several weeks, the pets are
in most instances left to shift for
themselves. For the sake of the songs
there are neighbors who will take
charge of the canaMes during the ab
gence of their owners, but for the dogs
and the cats there are, as a rule, only
harsh words and buffetings from the
neighbors, and sticks and stones
from the urchins of the community,
and the poor creatures, homeless,
friendless, and abused, are indeed ob-
jects of pity. It would be much more
humane for the owners of these pets
to put them to death before going
away on their vacation trips, instead
of leaving them to their fate, but the
practice of deserting them goes on
year after year,
is
A bulletin recently issued by the
census department shows that the
United States leads the world in man.
ufacturing silk, with the possible ex-
ception of China, from which no fig
ures are obtainable. We took first
place from France in 1905, and have
maintained our lead. We not only are
the greatest manufacturers of silk
goods, but the greatest consumers. Al
though we manufectured in 1909 silk
worth $196,425,000, less
than one per cent
made. Our silk industry
amounted to $12,210,000 It
than $41,000,000 ten years later. It had
more than doubled again in 1889, when
It was $87,208,000 It was $107,256 -
090 in 1909 and more than $133,000,000
five years later,
we exported
of the goods we
in 1869
WAS more
The instruction of children
on the danger of railroad trespassing
is a good thing to take up. Much of
the danger is incurred through child
ish thoughtlessness and failure of re
guisite attention of parents and In-
structors to the matter. The fact that
cars and trains have the right of way
on rallway tracks cannot be too strong
ly impressed on the youthful mind. In
fact, it might with advantage be
brought to some aault attention. At
the same time, much danger, particu
larly to the young and to the aged and
feeble, might be lessened by more at
tention on the part car and train
crews to the laws governing the rate
of speed in cities, the
ordinances applying street
crossings.
school
of
particularly
to the
Surgeon B. M. Brown, U. 8 N,,
discovered a method of treating at
mospheric alr so that it shall sustain
life for us as much as a week in an
enclosure of moderate size even
though no fresh alr is introduced it
the scheme really works, we shall
hear of public men and fashionable
women secking the rest cure by 8
week's vacation in a submarine Im
mersed say a hundred miles off shore
Somebody who claims to have con
ducted a scientific investigation an
nounces that music will quench @#
mans’ thirst for strong liquor 1
this is the ¢ase tha bands that have
been maintained by some of the
fashionable cafes afe likely to be
compelled to look elsewhere for en
gagegments,
Another comet has been sighted, U
it creates all the commotion as
cribed in this sphere to Halley's com
et, its discoverer ought to be jailed op
the charge of disomderly conduct, sc
that other seekers after these mis
lic’s peace of mind,
Now a scientist announces that
glow ean actually come from
brain, the result of radium stored
there. This explanation, however, wil
brains radiate
glows.
nothing but faind
Confectioners say the bonbon has
passed and that young women's appe
tites must be figured upon In candy
making. Time was when an oyste:
stew, at least, was a certain and addi
tional obligation.
As you step up to the marble topped
counter in the drug store and call for
your favorite fizz, ask the young mas
if he mixes saccharin with his sods
water, and watch his face as he ans
wers,
10 STAY PANIC |
SOLD 10 TRUST
pany Deal.
STORY OF A PLOT IS DENIED.
Brother of Mark Hanna Tells the |
House Investigating Commit-
tee That the Transaction
Saved the Day.
York No ulterior motives
lurked behind the taking over of the
Tennessee Coal and Iron Company by
the United States Steel Corporation
during the financial panic of 1807,
in the opinion of L. C. Hanna, of
Cleveland, one of the syndicate own-
ers of
the merger, who spent the day on the!
witness-stand before the Steel Trust
Investigating Committee the
House of Representatives That
surreptitious motives had been sug-
gested, Mr. Hanna, is a bro-
ther of the late Benator Mark Hanna,
admitted, but he had credited
the reports He the trans-
action was necessary to the
fallure of the New York banking and
brokerage firm of Moore & Schley,
who too much Coal
and Iron stock as collateral for loans,
and to avert wild spreading of threat-
ening business
In answer
Representative
r. Hanna said
gressman
framed whereby the
and Iron Company would be
up by the steel interests, but
no knowledge of such a plot,
not credit such an idea
"Before ned
Moore & asked
tive Beall, "had not the
Treasury poured $50,000,600
New York to stop the panic?”
“I think so,”” Mr
“Also before that i
continued, "had not J
Morgan and his
$60,000,000 to
New
the Tennessee concern before
of
who
ever
believed
avert
held Tennessee
disaster
10 a series of
Beall,
he thought the
plot had
Tennessee Coal
gobbled
he had
ict
A
AG GIG
questions
by of Texas,
M he Con-
believed a been
f
the of
th threats failure
Schley,” Representa-
United States
into
Hanna replied
Mr. Beall
Pierpont
associates advanced
relieve the financial
situation?”
“1 heard it
Hanna
"After all WAS
Mr. Beall “and
can you tell me why the taking up of
only $6,000,000 in loar
Tennessee Coal and Iron col
Moore &
of
80 stated,”
that the panic not
averted,” resumed,
on the
lateral of
Schley affected that restora-
confidence In
which the United St
the Morgan m
unable to do?"
tion the business
world
ury
heen
ates Treas-
and {ilions had
“The only explanation.”
replied, after
that panic
not reached
ness houses were
this transaction I think
line of questions that
sale of the Tennessee
Company was a plot. |
a0 .
Mr. Hanna
some hesitation,
up
that
which
ig
had
busi-
involved in
the to that time
character of
from your
You halieve the
and Iron
never thought
Coal
I still wish |
to mv stock, but
nNecez8ary
could have held on
it seemed absolutely
to sell it to
avert serious
'"
trouble
BUTTED TO DEATH BY RAM
Mra. Antionette Zoil Found Dead in
Her Cowshea.
Muskegon, Mich That Mrs
Antoinette Zoll, of Conklin, was
found dead in a cowshed in the rear
w ho
of her farm home was not murdered,
but came to her death
butted by a ram, is
practically arrived at
vestigating the case
The sheep was found in the fields.
its horns bloody and a large pateh of
blood on the back of its neck The
theory is that the ram attacked Mrs
Zoll as she ran around the house in
teror and finally knocked her down
When it left her, it Is thought she
managed to drag herself into the
shed, where she died
by being
the conclusion
by officers in-
Fright Cures Cr pple.
Harrisonburg, Va A eripple from
birth, Joseph Summers Friday threw
away his crutches and, crazed with
fright after accidentally shooting a
small girl, ran in his bare feet into
the country. He fled so rapidly that
he has not yet been overtaken The
child, Ruth Enswiler, five years old.
may die. The shooting occurred
Fell Dead at Card Table.
Paris. — Naoum Pacha, Turkish |!
ambassador to France, fell dead at!
the Union Diplomats’ Club. Naoum |
had taken a place at a card table and
was in the act of taking up a hand |
when he fell backward. Death was
due to congestion of the brain, caused
by the Intense heat.
Historic Sh p Saved
Washington.—The ofl sailing na-
val vessel Portsmouth, now used as
8 quarantine ship at Norfolk, Va.
will not be dismantled or disturbed
in any way until Congress passes
upon the proposition to fit her out
in condition to sail around to San
Francisco to be preserved there as
a relic. The Portsmouth raised the
American flag at Buena Yerba, now
fan Francisco, in the war with Mex-
feo. It Is estimated the repairs will
cost $25,000,
| THE WIRE TRUST MEN FINED
Thirty Ssven Manufac u ers P.ead
Guilty = Joinsd to Re-
sirelis Trace.
New York
4 wire manufacturers and
indicted by
Thirty-seven of the
thelr em-
the
the
who
grand jury
charge of combining in nine pools to
the of the wire
entered pleas of nolo con-
Archbald, in
the United
Pioyes, were
here on June 29 on
restraint trade in
business,
tendere before Judge
ithe criminal of
| Btates Circuit here,
was fined $1,000 on the initial count
and $100 on every additional count
in the indictment against him The
total amount of the fines imposed is
$42,700, and of this sum $21,000 was
paid to Commissioner before
he closed his office for the night
In the case of most of ap-
pearing before Judge Archbald the
contendere was entered to sup-
plant the original plea of not gully
already made; for a few nolo
contendere was the initial Dis-
branch
Court and each
Bhields
the 37
nie
the
piea
pF righ iL
ACH BANKER
SLAIN IN HOTEL
Wm, H. Jackson Dead on Bed-
room Floor.
Jackson, Aroused by Attempts
Chioroform Hm, Makes a Brave
Fight for Life--Firat Stun-
ned by a Biow
K Paul Geidel, a 17 year
Hartford, Contr who was
at the Hotel
connection
Henry
Go
head
GUariers,
Poli
where, according to Deputy
Commissioner Dougherty
be charged with the mur
Four other persons, three men and
a woman, is believed can shed
light on tl}
taken to police headquarters
It
that
ues
who it
goMme 1¢ tragedy, were also
oh’ 4 T :
was declared
Geldel
LCOommissioner
frist At
iloroformed and
Mr. Jackson
f hotel
at headquarters
Paul confessed to Dep
and
he
Dougherty
Whitman that
robbed Jackson
tornes
was murdered the
of the and club district,
where the night life is almost as ac-
five as the day
in
not
gome manner which the police
do the man
Mr. Jack
floor of the
48% West Forty-
While he was rifling
broker
explain
entrance to
the Tenth
attempt to
effected an
gon's room on
Fah :
fotel Iroquois, at
fourt
hh street
the apartment the
awoke and attacked
gle have
the evidence is
evidently
him The strug-
short for
the thief was a
Mr. Jackson was
had been in bad
been a
that
and
feeble, but
nust one,
powerful man
not
health
only
for some time
Three terrific blows over the head,
which left ugly gashes, evidently
floored the old man Not content
with the murderer then stuffed
a vasheloth half way down Mr. Jack-
son's thoat and with his bare hands
throttled little remaining life
of
this,
the
out
The price of this crime was about
$50 in money, a that was an
heirloom in Jackson's family and a
few small winkets, such as searfpins,
cuff buttons and shirt studs
While Mr. Jackson was not a rich
man, he was generally reputed to be
wealthy Connected with the Wall
street firm of Van Schaick & Co. a
member of the New York Yacht and
other exclusive clubs, and much given
to extreme liberality in his tips to the
emploves of the hotel, he gained the
reputation of being a man of means.
him
watch
MORE MONEY FOR THE MAINE
Whole Vessel May MHavs to be Re-
moved Pieesmeal
Washington, — Congress is to be
asked by the War Department to ap-
money for the re-
Though the exact
asked for is not known, it is under-
stood that it will be more than $200,-
000,
has been expended on the task.
It was sald that least three months
more will be required for the work.
Practically the whole vessel will have
to be removed plecemeal.
Stimson in Po to Ries.
San Juan, Porto Rico.-—Henry 1.
Stimson, the American Secretary of
War, who, with Brigadier General
Clarence R, Edward, chief of the
Bureau of Insular Affairs, and others,
arrived here Friday, spent a portion
of the day Interviewing business and
professional men of Porto Rico, The
Secretary was accorded ovations in
all the towns along the automobile
route from Ponce to San Joan. Citl-
genship was the keynote of all the
welcoming speeches,
trict Attorney Wise has heard from
he lawyer representing peveral
other men 1 they,
i
| LOO, court
Gt
nat
and enter
indicted wire
will into
{the plea of nolo contendere
cone
PRESIDENT TAFT
REBUNES DEFAMERS
Controller Bay Message to the
Point.
who were sen-
on
be
as six and eight convictions,
alleged by
pleaded and
of
Those
tenced
as high
represented
the government
in the nine pooling associations
Encased Rubber
Fine Magnet Wire
ber-covered Wire
to fined, some them
the following.
partic ipated
lead
iation,
Rub-
Wire
to have
Cable
Association,
A BBO
Rope Association, Weather
ire Associ
Power Cable ABBOC
Cable Association,
Manufacturers’ Assoc:
Ww i re
A SEBO
ation,
proof and
Under-
M ARENT Ww
ground
Telephone
ation,
ation,
Horse-
MUCH HARM DONE ALASKA.
shoe
Hare
Though
Copper
several who
were listed under scattering
Says There
Controtier
is No Danger of the
2 ments
Railway ang Navi
AR representatives
Copper Wire Apsociat!
gation Company Monopo-
fizing the Field.
Palmer, the president
Bare
who
jicted seven times, was not one
Scorn for Scandaimongers .
of those to appear
The y of and
have
AcCrimor
spirit
that
respect
of
he intense malice
MERELY ADMCUNISHMENT
been engendered in of
Hy $
€ BRaministratic the
%
in Alask
EOV»
Wiison Does Not Ask for Condign
Punishment for Wiley
0
ta and in the
of measures pro-
relief and the
Washington It £8 knos
yf Agri
Presid
her .
SC Tretary «
eT |
and
attempts
to besmirch
Cager-
have
the char-
acters of high officials having to
the Alaskan govern-
and even persons not
i - ! +
in public life, present
wi
ich
nade
do with
nent, of
a condi-
tion that calls for condemnation
and the public be
warned demoralization his
that by the
hysterical good
people and the unscrupulous and
corrupt mis-representations of
wicked. The helpless state
0 which the credulity of some
scandal-
others
of
for
to
requires that
of
been
the usefulness
has produced this reasan he
suspicions of believe that
he
i'nder
should
the President
and the malevolent
mongering
brought
in their
velopment ought
public pause
{From
troller
of have
Alaska
its
Eive
the people
struggle de-
the
the President's
Message. )
Con-
Hay
IN AIR OVER FOUR OURS
Johnstone Breaks Al Amer can En.
durance Reco-ds
In
those
Washington Hempstead, L. 1 St. Croix dohn-
broke
American endurance records for both
terms of bitter
who “in the
intensity of their desire to besmireh
all invest” in Alaska, “operate
upon the minds of weak human in-
terests’” and “prompt fabrications of
testimony,” President Taft
the Benate his version of the
circumstances leading up to the entry
of harbor rights on Controller Bay,
Alaska, by Richard 8 Ryan, and
repudiated with fierce invective the
famous "Dick to Dick’ letter.
The message was almost
veltian in its use of the
ugly” word
That President Taft is strongly in
favor of extending Alaskan develop-
ment without delay is shown by the
following paragraph:
“The thing which Alaska needs is
development, and where rights and
franchises can be properly granted to
encourage investment and construe
tion of railroads without conferring
exclusive privileges, I believe it to be
in accordance with good policy to
grant them.”
The message
documents
Bay, called
adopted
last.
denunciation for #tone, in 8 monoplane, all
who biplane and monoplane on the Hemp-
stead Plaine
Mr. Johnstone remained
ously in the air for four hours one
minute and a fraction In this time
his machine flew than 185
miles His time Was
401.53 4-5 He had planned to fly
for seven hours, but a leak in
of the three gasoline tanks caused
much of the fluid to be lost, and this
compelled the aviator to descend af:
ter he had made 39 laps of the five
mile course
conting-
false
Eave
more
official
one
Roose-
“short and
Tidal! Wave Kilis Forty
Tokio Forty persons are known
to be dead in the Province of Tokio,
part of which was overwhelmed by
a tidal wave following in the wake
of a devastating typhoon which had
raged for 24 hours. Part of the em-
bankment in the Fukagawa distriet
was washed away. The Suzaki guar-
ter was inundated and scores of
concerning Controller houses demolished. The damage is |
for by a resolution estimated at $1,000,000.
in the Senate on June 27 Sl
Lives With a Broken Neck
Minneapolis, Sixteen - year - old
Martin Gray 8 at a hospital in
Minneapolis with a broken neck and
the father, Fred L. Gray, president |
of the Fred L. Gray Company, is!
plowing through seas on a fast liner |
toward the bedside of his injured son.
the county is valued at $720,000,000, | The boy struck a dredge heap head
accompanied the
{
|
Cook County's Vas* Waeasith. |
Chicago. Cook county's real es
tate is worth more than the personal
property of its residents, according
to figures given out by the Board
total of $1,372,710,448, geons.
Find Wateh in A'ligatsr More Germae Than lece-cream.
Forsyth, Ga.—A gold watch bear-| Boston.——Announcement that 55.
ing the monogram “J. T.” was found (40,000 bacteria had been found in
in the stomach of a giant alligator | , half spoonful of ice-cream by the
killed near here. Residents belleve poston health authorities caused the
this explains the disappearance of | geclaration by Prof. James O. Jordan,
Janet Thornton, 12 years ago. of the Board of Health, that he would
exp ask the Legislature to pass an emerg-
City's Auto Bill Bin, | ency measure providing that the
New York.-The 100 automobiles frozen delicacy must hereafter be
of the city cost $220,805.78 and were sold and served only In original
repaired last year at an expense of packages. The sample was purchas-
$176,670.91. Joy riding cost the ed in the North End tenement dis
city a pretty penny. triet.
7 STATE
| CAPITAL
CHA
Leader Of Guard.
I of the Tenth
by Capt iin
stationed
Company
commanded
i
a line and
Westmoreland county, is sh
»
lead the National Guard again
Guard
inspection
tent
Spring ins
ied the
at
last yea
237 1.0000
State in
rensus. just issued
tor Falkner
The rt is based
ren
prepared direction
eo
nder the
chief statistician
Bu f
The figures are preliminary
Grand Pawers
AETIC
Census
for uiture in the reau o
and subject to slight revision later
when a whose re
included
It is not expected
few other farms
now are
in the fin
that
turns, incomplete,
al tables
these additions will materially
modify the amounts or rates stated
horein Special attention is called
to the fact that the present statement
farms
'
3
only
to live stock on
and does not give
the cities and towns of
relates
3 nd
figures
ranees the
for
t1 State
Lae
. —
Lancaster Road
Surveve of roads in
which will form part of the
highway system of the State
Harrisburg with Phila-
way of Lancaster
were ordered by State Highway
Commissioner E. M. Bigelow The
commissioner has made an inspec
tion the road between this city
and Lancaster and this week a corps
of engineers under the direction of
tohn T. Gephart, Lancaster, one of
the assistant engineers of the depart.
ment, will start work The survey
will be preliminary to taking over
Survey.
lL.ancaster
county
main
and
delphia
connect
by city,
of
the routes in the county Later on
gurveys will be made in Chester and
Berks counties. The commissioner
work on the sur
ty roads be inaugurated immediately
The highway commissioner sent
word to all the engineers to have
their corps ready to take up road sur
veye this week. In all fourteen
corps will begin surveys and every
section of the State will be covered.
Chestnut Blight.
State Forestry Commissioner Rob.
art 8. Conklin states that the chest.
nut tree blight had been found on
State forestry reservations in Pike,
Franklin and Perry counties. Im.
mediate steps to eradicate the pest
will be taken by the State Foresters
and the students at the State Fores.
try Academy will study the methods
A bill has just passed in France
permitting women lawyers to act as
magistrates in trying cases of chil
Aren under 13.
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