The Centre Reporter
CENTRE HALL PA
THE CARELESS SMOKER.
The average smoker ig 100 careless
ifn the manner in which he tosses burn-
ed matches about The
that no damage will be caused, and he
takes those chances... When a home,
a business house, a city block, or even
a large section of a city, is burned by
a fire starting from a smoker's care
the smoker goes free.
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ORE WARSHI
SENT TO CHINA
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should punish a man
the sidewalk because some one might
his carelessness, wiile no punishment
is fixed to deter him from throwing
fire about, although millions of dollars
worth of property and many lives may
fall where it can start a fire. The cru-
sade of the anti-smoke contingent is
not making much headway as a moral
issue, a movement for the Improve
ment of public health or an agitation
against the boorish Individual who is
to those with whom he
comes in contact, says the lLoulsville
Courier-Journal If it should result in
the enactment of city ordinances mak.
ing it a misdemeanor to throw lighted
natches and butts ahout, and In state
discourteous
laws providing punishment where it is
possible to fix the blame for a fire upon
& negligent smoker, millions of dollars’
worth of and many lives
might The habit of smoking
agitation
property
Le saved
cannot be ended by
Wh
This
quiry
en does slang cease to be slang?
conundrum, but the Iin-
who seeks
worq
used
not a
of a correspondent
life a
it be
before
to kn what length of
long must
understood,
ow
must have, how
and generally it
passes from being un-
desirable allen
as il were, an
of our
Every
in the realm
words and becomes naturalized
“the herring-
Most
schoolboy knows that
pond”
would probably it an American-
ism relerring Atlantic ocean
The only dictionary handy duly admits
AN
means the sea people
term
to the
the hyphenated word, describes it
BIALE, with
Eent
transport
The
763, when an
it "10
herring-pond: to be
the lL.ondon Chront
used as long 8g
English ambassador
fllustrates be
the
' BAYS
and
ACross
ed
cle. word was
as 1
wrote to a secretary of
that the her
pond after about ten howrs' sail”
state he had “traversed
ring
The will
seeking for a chance
i=
e thieves
burglar always be about
to rob, and the
police problem how to reduce the
ranks of thes
and
that few
Carelessnuess
the
these
{0 8a minimum
make thelr work dangerous
It
the
make the
fer than
The police
they can, but
the
op
EO
will dare to undertake
”
al
d forgetfulness on
part of
of
would
housekeeper
work far
it
gentry ea
otherwise
the
far
be
ily do best
t
ao better were not
al
A under inted on a gun
carriage is sald now to solve t
one pe mo
he prob
lem of firlng at aeroplanes. How such
& weapon could be effec sighted
to The convie-
tion grows that eorts to prepare for
the aerial battlesalp should be along
the lin the sight,
larging and
the range of sharpshooter
for
most accurate use
tively
remains be shown.
e of perfecting
en
the caliber lengthening
rifles. and
and
training men their speediest
The seizure of Dr
German
Richter, a noted
engineer, by Greek bandits
who held him for a ransome of $225.
000 will be apt to cause travelers to
avold Mount Olympus until assurance
that the government of
is strong enough to prevent
such proceedings by the Gresk Na
tional soclety, so-called, for the re
plienishment of the socieiy’s treasury
is received
Greece
A Boston Chinaman is going back
to his native land after. baving
amassed a fortune of half a million
dollars out of chop suey. We venture
to predict that he will loge hls head
if he ever tries to spring that Amer
ican invention on his fellow country-
men.
When we read bow the aviators are
held
and more evident that an Immense de.
much usefulness
—
fn certain parts of
their automobiles. Unfortunately
will not be possible for many of them
to dig potatoes with automobiles this
year.
One difference between joy riders
and night riders is that Joy riders
sometimes manage to kill themselves,
But they are both dangerous to the In
nocent bystanders,
Are Increased.
Chinese Government
Terminating the Revolution By Con.
Li
Proclaims Himself
Yin the
cessionsg—Gen, Yuan
Rebel Leader,
President—Gen.
Minister Of War,
Over the Imperial Forces.
Tchang,
Washington Unable to do much
more than
maintainicg a naval force in the upper
reaches of the Chinese ri
of the
Admiral
chief of
cided to
naval
water treaty p
ordered the coast defense
erey and the
Monadnock
Mauila
Quiros,
boats left at
dered to China and will
up the
tional
the
foreigners
Ambassador
Paris that the
decided that it
necessity for
has been done toward
vers because
ft gw
commander-in
lack of lightdra
Murdock,
Asiatic
strengthen
the station, has
the
American
representation at the deep
has
ship Mont.
urreted m
Therefore, he
doublet nitor
to once fr
the
last of
proceed at
Chinese t The
the
#80 has been op
io Coa
the small gun
Man
probably
These
solely
Yaugtiee add
ships ‘are to look
interests Americans
eign naval {ore
doubtless in rep!
ments rion n
can and Ministers
they leara the purposes of the gover:
suggestion to
Ambassadors
which they were
the situation in
rench response
ments 1
in dealing with
and the F
line with the desires of
partment at this
The State De pa
through the Chi
the apy
the supreme comma
m
press reports
Yuan Shi Kai, at
negotiations between
and
gin, is
awaiting
part of
senting
t 52
plage
riment
nese
intment of
vementis in Chin
insurrectionists
believed her
such a «
the
io take active
ampaign. H
eld
government
part
aking
Girected oy the thr
Cc is delay in
fl when
assume
troops |
more to acceplance of
for bringing about
Tha Brot
fhe prog
charge of the government
thought {oo have been a
{i
ee
oMmted
Yir
n-ch
out,
1 cher 5
ister of comm:
proteges Indicat
Yuan w
TRAPPING SPARROWS
Government's Experiments
Unexpected
Develop
Results.
Washington
ed by Dr. A. K
ment biological su
ping and poisoning of
rows have developed some
The
have established the fact,
that
localities
be
Expe rir
Fisher, of
voy,
gpar
unexpected
results governme
nt scientists
by a year's
observation,
prescribed
tire space
them
The grounds of
cultural Department,
Washington, have
made sparrow free. At the same
flocks of the birds range up and down
the streets that bound
tural Department's park
gparrows cl
and that
can trapped «
extensive
in
been
the Agricul
Yegygs Break Oklahoma Bank.
Shawnee, Okla. Robbers attacked
the town of MeComb, seevral miles
from here, cut telephone and tele
graph wires, then blew open the safe
in the town bank They got a large
amount of money and escaped before
& Sherifi's posse could head them off
3ig posses are on the robbers’ trail
Dynamite Pulverized,
San Francisco. Southern
the finding of 36 sticks of dynamite in
& frog on the track at Ellwood, Cal.
a few moments after train No. 18 a
Part of the dynamite was
evidently having been
ground by the car wheels,
plosive wags found within a few miles
of the bridge where a similar cache
Military Aviator Killed.
Rheims, France. While trying out
a military aeroplane the pilot, Jean
Desparment, fell with the
from a height of 600 feet and was
crushed to death.
7 Meno Waramen Drownad.
Kiel, Germany.-~A small boat which
was being lowered over the side of
the German cruiser Muenchen cap-
sized, throwing Its oecupdnts into the
water. A boatswain and six sailors
were drowned.
GEGRGE
ITALY'S LOSS IN TRIPOL
Left Line Of the ferse At
Sharashett Hard
Ar
De
Pressed
italian
Ey the
For
An Advance Into Interior.
abs~—~Canena’'s Plans
rece.vs
CRs]
§
al i
¢
smyrna
Te Ar'R BOMBS
hans abandoned
nig Lhe povers
BRIEFS BY TELEGRAPH
ioas of
a at
them in a wal
ie carried
New York A
Washington,
and
portrait of George
#
woven entirely of gE
preserted to the city in 1858 by
Frenchmen, is gradually splitting, aud
tL is feared will be destroyed
Washington ple
were $1 short of $1.000, East Ber
lin (CL) postmaster loses §700 a year
for rent and A dollar
spent for raved
£00
Because his rece
the
fre
yuld b
clerk
glamps » ave
Wabash, Ind Advertising for
wife William Riley wasn't at
when she arrived He found her cook
ing dinner. “Will be he
cried. “Taste my ple” Mabel
Baker, now Mrs. Riley
a
home
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mine
said
vou
New York.— For preserving moving
picture and phonographic records of
historical eventa, the Modern lis
torical Records Association has been
formed.
New Brunswick, N. J
three men, killing one, while in a
dream was the defense of Marino Bel.
lium when placed on trial for murder
He attributed his mental condition to
$321 Leon Ellery, a subway ticket sell
er, told Judge O'Sullivan he would
rather stay sober five years than go
to jail for that long and was parolied.
THIS GIRL CAN DRIVE NAILS,
Twelve Buried In Board In 4825
Seconds.
St. Paul, Minn. One more stride
was taken in the field of feminine ne
complishment when Miss Florence
the Minnesota Agricultural Scnool in
the annual field meet, drove 12 ten.
penny nails in the girls’ nalldriving
contest in the record breaking time of
46 2.5 seconds.
MEET IN PRISON
Rev.C. V.T. Richeson Declares.
“1 Am Innccent”
-
“MY BOY" SOBS THE PARENT
Cel.
Amherst, Va
Thos, Variand Richeson, Of
Seces His Offapring
Time
in
the
aulopsy
riled
Phill
present at a
P unbar that
second
gut an
Medical Examiner Tim
following which District
The body ected to
hy
Leary
Attorney
declaring
found
Was ex
amination
othevy
issued a statement
receptacle
th the body He
also suggested the possibility that an
poison as well as cyanide of
potassium may have been At
the medical ex
sminer's investigation the cofiin
forwarded to Hyannis and reburied
Pellier
that
buried
no poison
a wi
other
used
of
the conclusion
was
NEW CHINESE MINISTER.
8. Alfred Sze Appointed To Succeed
Chang Yin Tang.
Alfred has
Chinese minister
succeed the in
cumbent, Chang Yin Tang, who is
now in Mexico. Mr. Eze is a gradu
ate of Cornell University and connect.
ed with the Chinese Foreign Office
Mr. Sze is not a stranger in Wash.
ington, as he came here first in 1882,
when he was enrolled as a student in
Vashington. --8 Sze
bean selected to be
to Washington, to
he was graduated four years later.
Ambassador Of For Japan.
San Francisco Charles
from the position of United States
minister to Belgium to that of am.
bassador to Japan, sailed Wednesday
for his aew post of duty at Tokio.
Shakespeare Is Rejected.
Chicago. Shakespeare has been re
jected as “licentious,” unclean and ob-
jeotionable” by the Youthful Literary
Lights of the Hammond High School,
and they are receiving the support of
thelr teachers to have the author of
The Taming of the Shrew, Venus and
vdonis and Pericles baniched from the
curriculum. Beebon Amos, represent.
ing the chief literary societies of the
school, in presenting the demand to
ihe faculty, characterized the Bard of
Avon as "a cheap grandstand player.”
Instituted for Its
Dissolution.
Ac'ion is
SURPRISE TO THE OFFICIALS
Sneria
Epecial
the Govern
Bill, Which
Secret.
Counsel Of
Filed the
Was Kept a
ment,
Defendant
iargest Corporation
and the richest
Steel
Sensational Charges
steel cor
I
font of the 7
during
i Ea
mpany
area
GOVERNMENT MAY STEP IN.
Rumors Of Federal Investigation Of
the McNamara Case.
l.os Angeles, Cal Reports from
that a Federal
investigate t socalled
Chases Fup
plied a consideration by
counsel for the of John J. and
James B. McNamara, and attracted at.
District Attor
Fredericks nas well
court procedure while a
was being summoned gave
for consideration of the
subject It was believed that the
whole aspect of the case might be
changed by the action of the Federal
authorities and that the McNamaras,
under 19 indictments for murder in
connection with the destruction of the
los Angeles Times Building, might
enter upon an entirely changed legal
status
Indianapolis grand
jury would he
McNamara dynamiting
for
defense
theme
the office of
Ie)
in
ire
John
full
vet
nes
A
new
opportunity
Farmer Agleep a Week.
Dunkirk, N. Y.-Isaac Belote,
since last Thursday.
teries and other efforts by wellknown
physicians to awaken him prove futile.
Nourishment in lHquid form is being
given him through a tube.
Bailey Will Surely Retire.
Washington. ~~ Emphatically deny
ing reports that he had changed his
mind about retiring 10 private life,
Senator Joseph W. Bailey, of Texas,
in an Interview here, stated that his
decigion to leave the Senate at the
expiration of his present term in 1813
was irrevocable,
insugurate Madero November 8,
El Paso, Texas Telegrams receiv.
ed here from Francisco I. Madero an-
nounce he will be inaugurated Presi
dent of Mexico November §
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THE NEWS OF
PENHSYLVAXIA
Chester of
for
Jonathan Grant, one
who
thie
Chexter's
many
board, died wi
home,
was stricken wit
oldest citizens, was
years a member of school
: i f ws - $a
ile gitting in a chair at
3 8 y i ory ww 4 © - 1
his aged eightythiree years, He
Apapiery.
Bas
ay 2
Waterford,
Firie Lowry ber, a rest esiate
f "A ¥ -
ang trog
dealer of
Democratic
four
ang
wes ki
when
ied
an autom
oth
obile in
were riding
jured will
brought
Telegraph Compan)
damages to hig 17
Brandywine, by reas
cutting down three large shade trees,
of which interfered with
Mr. Eyre
the limbs
wires. The jury awarded
$300
Sharpsville safe in the
The post
office here wae blown open with nitro
glycerine, and $3 stamps and
$1.500 in money taken. The building
was damaged to the extent of $1000
Persons living near the building heard
the report, but atiributed it to an ex
plosion at {f the blast furnaces
The robbery not discovered until
the office was opened for business
WM in
one o©
WAS
Slatington Edward German, the
richest man of this section, was prob
ably fatally injured when a spiteful
bull overpowered him in a second en:
counter and inflicted wounds of a seri
Last summer he was
attacked by the animal that heads his
herd and off victorious after
The animal
came
William PF. Linderman,
yrara, employed as an
engineer at the Deyr Quarries, South
Birdsboro, was killed while oiling the
Reading
i
i
$
i
i
:
ing. It is thought he was caught in
the shafting and whirled to his death.
an investigation and found Linder.
man's body lying near the engine
His neck was broken.
South Bethlehem Michael Nyitray,
a Bethlehem Steel Company brake
man, was almost instantly killed at
the steel works when he was jolted off
a car and fell under the wheels, which
severed both legs,
Carlisle —Reckuse a large number
of citizens of Shippensburg petitioned
the Court to suspend sentence on Wilk
bur Hockersmith, convicted of arson
at the last criminal session, Judge W
F. Sadler has issued an order suspond.
ing sentence on condition that the
youth leaves the State and pays the
cost of prosecution.