The Centre Reporter
CENTRE HALL PA.
THE THIRTIETH MAN.
The president ¢ of the College of the |
City of New York finds that one per
gon In every 30 adults in the United
States holds public office of some de
gree, “a public servant who Is going
up and down in some vicarious capac
ity for the other 29." So large an estl-
mate of the proportion of function:
aries to the total adult population,
male and female, seems surprising un-
til the variety and bulk of the classi
fications is considered, says the Provi-
dence Journal. School teachers, for
example, must be while the
development of public of 80
ciological enterprises, or the pure
food laws, readily come to mind
among elements newly expanding the
public service and employing a grow-
ing host of performers of vicarious du-
ties. Dr. Finley submits a partial di-
rectory of the thirtieth man. He is
the man who sweeps the streets as
well as the one in the White House
He gathers and distributes the let.
ters; forecasts heat and cold; tastes
the milk before the child may drink
it; forest and
stream; doctor,
and guard in hospital, prison and alms
house; is mayor, judge, sheriff, sailor
and soldier, libramsan,
of taxes, guardian
comes friendless into
chaplain at the burial of
goes friendless out of it;
counted,
hygiene,
keeps watch over
is supervisor, nurse
collector
the child
the world
public
to who
and
the man who
and so on
Experts of the federal hospital serv-
ice have been compiling data from the
that
showing of the cost of disease in
country and emphasi
of more rigid enforcement,
ly in cities,
designed
census reports make a striking
this
ize the necessity
particular-
of laws and regulations
safeguard the pu
health. Tuberculosis is stated to cost
this country in the
stroyed, $259,000,000 a year and
mere expenses in medicine, food, medi
to le
value of lives de-
the
cal attendance and
$50,000,060 annually,
Pioneer Press. The
estimate the value
lost annually
212,000,000
that the
diseases,
loss of wages is
Paul
reports
says the St
census
of the 33.000 lives
typhoid
experts
fever at
estimate
from
The
total loss from
including tuberculosis,
$750,000,000 a of which 40
cent., or $300,000,000, is preventable
The cost of prevention
mere fraction of the cost of preventa
contagious
is
year, per
would be a
ble diseases and there should be no
false economy in expenditures for the
campaign The
health of the people is the greatest
set of the nation
against contagion
as
The thoughtful
i his journey leads
tant lands, will
but he will be gr
problem of assimilation seems heavier
the
citizens of those
here
observer, especially
dis
boastful
him to very
not return
ateful The weighty
when one thinks on
of making American
possibilities
people now coming as he con
templates them in ace
The esthetics of a E
are a delight. But
lage outweights
scales of
ity.
the pl of origin
uropean journey
on American vil
an Alhambra
opportunity
in the
and of human
A citizen of Denver whose appendix
reecntly was removed, is awakened at
5 o'clock every morning by the void
left by the operation. Owing to the
cheapness of alarm clocks, however,
the practice is not likely
general,
to become
A Massachusetts man reports having
batched eight eggs from a dozen cold
storage eggs Poor story An orig
inal lar, like the Winsted genius,
would have had the chicks wearing
earmuffs and mittens.
in Prussia a governmental decree
nas been issued against long hatpins
on rallroad trains The authorities
think it would be well to have room for
something else in the cars,
tice of the peace in Chicago have been
declared illegal, but the legality of
Chicago divorces remains unquestion.
ed after years of notariety.
who rocks the aeroplane.
somewhat alike, only one is more so.
psychology and get down to common
sense he might be able to understand
why women conceal their ages.
ow
Too much should not be expected of
a ball team before it is properly crip
pled up.
One of our aviators says he is going
to be married in an sreoplane, just as
if marriage in the ordinary way is not
hazardous enough.
Since this new comet is classified as
a tramp the man in the moon should
hand it out a hunk of cheese and tell
it to go away.
GREAT LABOR
Trade Unionists of London in |
Celebration.
CRACKED HEADS IN DUBLIN.
Dockers’ St ike at Liverpool May
Soon Be Settied--S.eamers Cel-
tic and Corsnia Both Sail
With Fuil Passenger Lists.
L.ondon. The railway men
throughout the kingdom are return-
ing to work, and it ig hoped within
a few days to great transit
systems working under normal
ditions Following
ment Saturday night that
way managers and their
had agreed permit a
to settle thelr difficulties «
reassuring ight
was great of ending
ers’ strike at Liverpool, and
workers there would
their dutles
No rioting
troubles was
cept Dublin
constables
mob which
striking
deavoring to prevent
newspapers
have the
con-
the announce-
rail
employes
the
to commission
the
there
ame
news tor that
hope the
dock
that the
shortly resume
labor
ex-
and
resul of
. 11 4 a
Suna
as a
at police
came
was
newsboys wl
the
of
had
melee,
The 3
ings throughou
to
& victory
With the
men 0
celebrate what
over the
excepti
Nor
Company, whicl
the strike sett]
3 LERTRY)
passed
sumption of
The
Manchester
resojutu
work
PRLOY 8
ploves demand an hour day
shil
WAReS with
of 20 shillin
Although
hdve n
restored the
sented
aud
ing
gtr!
ress
a two advance
weekly
services on
iines ot yet been « ompietely
men
themselves
a start was mad
the disicoation
ke During the
was made in cle
of freight trains, but
days UYefore
restored
I'nfortun
shed
ight
fire, reached
ahot hy
The
freight
number were
terday m
the
used
orning
explosion in
by
the
tha
was
a box of cartridges looted
troop train being throws
fire
inj
being
Many persor were
8
seriously ured
and
pitals
by the explosion,
are treated in the hos
Mine Organizer Arrested
Shamokin, Pa George Hartlein,
general of the United
Mine America
formerly Treasurer Dis
trict No. 8, comprising the counties
of Northumberland, Schuylkill, Co-
lumbia and Dauphin, this
arrested Saturday, charged by
John Fahey, of the district,
having embezzled 21,600 belonging
to the organization and mutilating
records Hartlein entered ball for
a further hearing He nied the
charges
organizer
Workers of and
Secretary of
State, was
Preai-
with
dent
de
Poultrymen in the Tombs.
New York Supreme Court
tice Delany signed an order
fing that the 13 convicted
of the Poultry Trust
Tomb, pending the decision of Jus-
tice Bischoff upon their application
for a certificate of reasonable doubt
Under Sheriff John J. Cartwright
was about to take the men to the
penitentiary on Blackwells Island to
serve the sentence of three months
Jus-
direct-
Congressman Bartholdt Sails.
New York Congressman Richard
BarthoMt, of Missouri, commission-
to deliver a
gtatue of Baron von Steuben to the
Emperor of Germany, sailed Satur-
day on the North German Lloyd
steamship George Washington, tak-
ing the gift with him.
Engine Ploks Up Auto Vietim
New York. George Massie, a
widower 66 years old, and Harriet
Ingersoll, aged 35 years, his house-
keeper, were killed when am auto-
mobile In whith they were riding
was struck by an express train on
the Long Island raliroad near Bald-
win Station. Part of the ear, with
Massie In it, was carried on the
engine pilot for nearly 100 yards and
dropped. His body was lifeless when
pieked up and the woman lived but
a few minvtes,
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Troops Again Ordered to the Mexi-
can Boroer --- Threaten-
ing Situation,
Washington A
rol of
pat
{fornia frontier
troops abolished
ne BEO,
ished Wednes
Departn
was
VETOES WOOL BILL
Upset Business.
CONGRESS WITHOUT FACTS.
States
Ameri
Secretary
‘
spredations
reason LNoxX appealed
v « 13 '
War Departn
according
consul
of the
Prieto, Mexican
Of the
EO purpose
tates
Government to send tro«
he be rder
by
onths off
probably
FIXED TO SUIT TAFT.
Ar zona and New Mexico Are Likely
to be Admitted.
Wash
Mich
mittee
the W
had given his
bill
House Territories’
ting
gtate
The measu
tne
ington
igan,
on
hite
ie
chairman {on
Territories, announced at
House that President Taf
approval
ise framed by the
comm
Ney
ittoe
Arizona and Mexico
hood
re eliminated the
the
the
House
recall
Arizona
Presi
and
measure he
of from
constitution
dent told
Senate
would sign it
The House
tories decided that
be made pass
over the President
Ary
Smith
that if
judic
said
the
the new
him
passed
Committee Terri-
no attempt would
the statehood bill
's velo If the con-
ferees can agree it is likely that the
Flood resolution, omitting the recall
clause, will be presented to Congress
at this session.
on
fo
Aeroplane Gun for Fieet
Washington Before the Atlantic
fleet begins its battle practice off the
Chesapeake Capes next month it will
gun invented by
of Ordnance.
the Navy
ing, chief of the bureau, and the gun
under construction at
the first of its type ever carrfed by
The gun is a one-
pounder, with a special mount that
AA
Husband's Mad Act.
Altoona, Pa Crazed by jeal-
ousy, J. W. Leslie, 41 years old, a
railroad shop employe, shot and
killed his wife, 35 years, at thejr
home in Juniata Borough, a suburb
of Altoona, and then sent a bullet
through his own head. Neighbors,
glarmed by the shooting, found both
bodies lying undressed on a bed, the
revolver still clutched In the hus-
band’s hand. The couple quarreled
frequently and for some time Leslie
had been dissipating.
ALAA
le Exigency Exists Requiring
Revision in August Wilhout
Ageguate Information.
the
report
the President asserts that
fail of the present bill shou
ba
away the
Ht +)
by thi
fore,
for red
regarded, there as
only chance uction
LL OnNEress
The will be accepted
on iat no tariff bill pre-
of a repor
schedules
Message ax
’ ; 51 th sat $
pared in
tariff board
iil be signed
advance of
upon
by
affected
the President
DEMANDS EXORBITANT
Morocco Negotiations Meet With
Hindrance as 8 Result
l.ondon
and Berlin say
the negotiations
the
Germany
has developed in
over Morocco
tant” demands
owing to “"epxorbi-
making
sr with-
Fore tn Min-
Wachter submitted
the entire correspondence between
him and M. Cambon, the French am-
to the Kaiser, at Wilhelms-
is
from Agadir
jster Kinderlin
lohe
Ex-Shah Sain, Reported
Teheran it is reported here that
Mohammed ANH Mirza, the former
Shah, who recently returned from ex-
fle in Russia and started an uprising
to regain his throne, has been as-
sassinated The last previous news
concerning Mohammed Ali Mirza, re-
ceived on Tuesday, said that he was
in full flight after a crushing defeat
of his forces by Government troops
north of Firuzkh.
ins
Two Men Biown to Pleces.
Pottaville, Pa Two men were
blown to pleces in a powder mill ex-
plosion at Cressona, a few miles
from here. The dead are Herbert
Schappell of Cressona and William
Wenrich of Germantown, near here.
The explosion occurred in the chaser
mill of the Crezzona Powder Com-
pany from some unaccountable cause.
Both men were blown out of the
building and the remains of one of
them fell into a mill race. About 30
kegs of powder exploded.
MESSAGE ON STATEHOOD BILL
President Sends Vigorous Document
to Congress---Condem-
nation Severe.
in
of
the
Washington President
the
Tuesday,
Taft,
4 special message to House
Representatives vetoed
joint resolution providing for the ad
mission of New Mexico and Arizona
y Statehood
His
ecutive
reason for ex-
of
disapproval
of judges clause
Constitution
The that
hood was bound
zona meted out to her
and neither Territory can ¢
Union at this time unless friends
of the joint resolution in Congress
CAD muster two-thirds ¥
eBBary to pass the resolution ov
President's This
tempted
exercising ihe
power veto was based on
his thorough of the re-
in the Arizona
New Mexico's
up with 1
fact
hat of
the same
oie
the
the ole ned
er the
velo may be atl-
Condemns Recall
President did not
condemning the
Arizona
would
decisions "un
The spare
recall feat
Constitution, whi
Judges
der legal
I'he recall provision
WOoras
of
he
make
ized ter-
would
agaln st ¢ officers of
Arizona, Inc botl yunty and
ot of
ious election
in
the
said,
their
ure
ch,
compel to
operate electiy
ate judges
the voters
petitioned
per cent
pres
10
special election
Suc
remove
would be cot
Re
an
f "
ferring
TWO AVIATORS FALL TO
Intarnational Aviation Meet
Chicago.
P-TO-DATE TRUST LAWS
Littieton Introduces Bill for Commis~
sion to Make Changes.
He
presentat
Washington
] New York.
of
the House to create
and corporate commis
recommend any necessar)
n the laws regulating inter.
gtate
The
quire int
Sherman anti
ode by which
¢
commerce
11
proposed sommission will in
0 the influence and effect of
trust law, the meth
great industrial
ransact interstate business,
growth and
nterprises It will be required
to report to COngress as s00n as pos
sible what changes ought to be made
to the Sherman law in order to make
it conform to present-day needs
Fifteen members are to compose
the commission-—five senators, five
representatives and five persons not
members of either branch of Congress
the senators and representatives
to be elected by thelr respective bod-
the
corpo
and the
guch e
development of
to be named by the President
Kited Chasing Boy
Somerville, Mass Harrison P
ductor, was killed, and
of which he was in charge, chased
the boy who was stealing a ride in
front of a swiftly moving automobile
truck.
Fireman Killed in Wreck
Weston, W. Va Baltimore and
Ohio mixed freight and passenger
train was wrecked near Buckhannon,
Fireman William Times, of Weston,
was caught under the engine and
died before he could be extricated.
Sensta Favors Childre«’s Bureau
Washington.~A bill providing
for the establishment in the Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor of »
children's bureau, was reported fa
vorably from the Senate Committe
on Education and Labor.
I
: CAPITAL
CHAT
Bigelow Awards Contracts,
thie Ww ork
under th
e Bproul ia
Bre
app
FOYE
P
1
Red
To Argue Full Crew Case
After Chestnut
Pay School Funds Rapidly.
For Penal Institution.
Francies rd
Penit
Election Ordered.
for Congressman to
term of the
Kipp.
Or-
An elect
fill out
Congressman
on
the une« xpired
late George W
the Fourteenth
by
District
The
B Susquehanna,
and Wyoming
Congressman
lar November
of was
district
Wavne,
Counties,
dered the Governor
comprisir
Bradford
and the
at the regu
chosen
tion
be
ele
After Standard Weights,
Counties and cities in every
the State are falling
with the new State law
standard of weights and
according James Sweeney,
new chief of the bureau
part
into line
creating a
measures,
the
A number
fo
termined
Armory Decisions Delayed.
The State Armory Board consider-
ed numerous applications for armor-
jes. but made no decisions regarding
buildings. Plots of ground offered
{a York, Pottsville, Bradford and
Meadville were discussed.
Requisition Is Granted.
The Governor granted the requi-
tion made by Governor Wilson, of
New Jersey, for the return to Jersey
City of Benjamin Kohler, charged
with larceny. Kohler's counsel had
contested the application, and it was
granted on an opinion rendered by
the Attorney General's department
following a hearing. The cireum-
stances of Kohler's arrest were un-
usual, as he was taken into custody
while on a ferryboat in the Delaware
River travelling from Camden to
Philadelphia,