The Centre Reporter |
PA.
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CENTRE HALL,
YOUNGEST EUROPEAN CITY,
Odessa is one of the youngest of |
European cities, Only 120 years ago,
Haj! Bey, a little Turkish settlement, |
nestled on the cliffs that overlook the
harbor and dozed undcr the sultan
across the Black sea, writes Sydney
Adamson in Harper's Magazine. The
long arm of Russia reached out and
took it, and planted there, upon the
plateau overlooking the bay, the be-
ginners of a commercizl city that now |
holds between 500,000 and 600,000. The
revolution in France soon sent refu- |
gees scattering over the world, and
noble names came to Odessa, and one
may read them still gn street corners
—Daribas, Richelleu and Langeron.
Later Englishmen came and brought
ships to carry away Russian grain, and
then the Crimean war swept Across
this friendly relation. But the English
staid when the war had passed, and
then Germany snd afterward
Americans, with reapers and plows
and steam traction engines, to help
the Russians to grow more richly the
grain that the English and the Ger
man ships carried out to the world.
Last of all came the Jews, and they
cut the business so fine that the Eng-
lish starved and gave up; so the busi-
ness of exporting today is mainly In
the hands of the Jews. A few hardy
Germans and English are le®
came,
The Mercury de France has been
making some inquiries as to the re-
spective popularity of the various mod-
ern languages in the schools of
Europe, and it finds that French is
still far ahead of all competitors. It
says that in England German finds
less and favor, and that pupils
who have any option in regard to a
modern language choose
French In France since
1870, German has perhaps secured a
preponderance over English in the
Lycees, gays the Ga
zettre. In Germany study of
French has progressed to the detri-
ment of English, but the government
has intervened in order to develop the
teaching of English, which it regards
as of great importance in commercial
matters.
less
always
jowever,
Westminster
the
French is taught in
Italy more than ever before, but Ger
man is also gaining some ground, es-
pecially in the In Spain
French has more pupils than any oth-
er foreign
comes next.
now
north
language, and English
The passion for censorship seems to
be on the increase. may
be consideréd as a by-product of the
growing paternalism on the part
our government. the newspaper
post office bill we have the first stages
of a censorship of the press
also a censorship of the moving
ture industry, which will doubt
It properly
of
In
There is
pic-
i in
time be extended to the whole theatri
cal fleld. Already
land, says Life. What is really needed.
'
ess
this is true in Eng
however, 1s a censorship to suppress
the truth. The
bold in these
measures are taken
tivities,
low.
truth is getting very
and unless some
to curtail her
results will
days,
ac-
lamentable fol-
The governor of Michigan urges =a
sort of church uniform dress for wom-
en, plain and Inexpensive, which all
can wear. So guilelegs a theory ought
to be followed up by a proposal that
horse races should be conducted with
a view of affording artistic enjoyment
by the easy grace ol! horses, with all
betting eliminated.
A great joke was played upon Presi
dent Hadley at the recent banquet for
the Harvard fooiball team by the Bos-
ton alumni. A student, cleverly dis-
guised, and speaking broken English,
was Introduced to the “Prexy” aa
“Herr Baron von Keppel” just over
from Germany. President Lowell lent
himself to the foreigner’'s entertalin-
ment, recalling other distinguished for
eigners who had shown Interest in the
university. When the stranger asked,
“What time do they chase the eats on
board?” the president promptly recog:
nized him as a Harvard man by his
university English.
At a Lacrosse poultry show a $200
prize hen swallowed a $200 ruby,
which aecidentally dropped intd> her
coop and thus increased her value to |
$400. This blueribbon poultry-show |
business is making the hens too vale
and bigh-minded for ordinary uses. A |
$200 hen ought to be satisfied with her |
plutocratic position, but the female
mind ever aspires (o what is fanciful |
and dazzling.
It is said that the sultan of Turkey
{s skilled as a pianist. Most of his
victims would prefer to be massa
ered.
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They say that the new $10,000 bill
is a work of art. But only the million.
aire collectors can afford to have It
framed.
A Seattle boy of twelve has a bean
tiful crop of whiskers. Wonder ff
they're the latest style?
SULZER PARDONS
FOLKE E. BRANDI
Sentence of Schiff's Former
Valet Called Excessive.
SENATORS PLEAD HIS CAUSE
Brandt Had
Lead
Promised To
a Better
Life.
N. }
Folke KE
Albany, Gove
pardoned
valet Mortimer L
York banker, on
Brandt's ence
burglary
At the Su
Attorney Carmody made
statement, in which he said he favored
Brandt's pardon, as a
mercy, but matter of justice.”
He «
which Brandt »
Mr. Carmody t}
ernor's
the judiciary of the
ed “that is no
defeat the ends of
United
son, of Minnesota,
in which he ce&l
sentence as
The Governor
had
rel
Mr. Schiff
Oppose
rnor Sulzer has
Hrandt,
Schiff,
the
of
New
that
the
ground
gent of 30 vear:
Was excessive,
request of Governor i
lzer,
General a
‘not matter of
as a
the
riticized procedure through
ried and sentence
(OV
iat the
action wiped out a “blot
"and
thing that
on
gtate, show
there an
justice
Senator
Nel
eech
States Knute
de a 8]
Py
Brandt's
promise
eased from
clemency
MONEY TRUST REAL MENACE.
Two Leading Bankers Tell Why It Is
Dangerous.
NATIONAL HIGHWAY BILL.
Provides For Road From Coast To
Coast.
Washington A
tional highway
more is asked for in a bill
Representative Borland,
The measure provides a
of
coast to coast na
or
introduced
of Mis
na
highway commission six
bers and calls the contemplated
“the national old trails road.”
Beginning at Washington, the high-
way pass through Frederick,
Hagerstown, Cumberland, Md.
Petersburg, Uniontown and Alexander,
Pa.; Wheeling, W Va.: Columbus,
Zanesville: Springfield and Dayton,
Ohio: Indianapolis, Terre Haute, Ind.;
Vandalia and Troy, 111; St. Louis, Kan
sas City, Mo.; McPherson and
City, Kan.; Trinidad, Col.; Santa
New Mexico: Douglas and
to cost 320.000 000
road
would
Dodge
Fe,
Centro, Cal.
LAUNCH BLOWS UP.
Petersburg, Fla.
Tampa, Fla.—8even persons are be
lieved to have been killed in Hillsboro
Bay when a launch blew up and sank,
according to advices tonight from St.
Petersburg, Fla.
PICTURES BY TELEGRAPH.
Be Sent In Four Minutes By
Portable French Apparatus.
Can
Paris.—A French physicist has de-
vised an improved photo-telegraphic
apparatus which, it is announced,
transmits photographs and drawings
over telephone wires in four minutes.
A feature of the apparatus is that it
ig easily portable, weighing only a few
pounds, and can be adapted instantly
to any telephone.
AN ny
i
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INAUGURAL BALL
President-elect Considers it an
Unnecessary Expense.
A LOSS TO THE GOVERNMENT.
His Letter To Chairman Eustis Asking
That Ball Be Omitted,
Still Word
the Cab
the
No About
net.
ernment
these balls
sary to the jovment of e visitors
i hope mo that this re.
embarrass you
201
that | have not too long dela)
! ed
making suggestion
“With ordial
yours,
regard, sincerely
“WOODROW WILSON."
(Signed)
WALKED WITH BACK BROKEN.
Man Goes To Hospital After Fall On
the lce.
St John
old, fell on the ice
dispensary
Louis Buchold, 33 years
walked to the city
and complained of severe
paing in his back An examination
revealed that his back was broken
He is in a serious condition
JACK ROSE IS BANKRUPT.
tion In District Court.
New York Jal Jack Rose, whose
testimony convicted Police Lieutenant
Becker for the murder of Herman
Rosenthal, filed a petition of bank-
ruptey in the United States District
| Court, here, showing liabilities of
1 $11,618 and no assets
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TO CUBA DIRECT BY TRAIN,
| Havana Engineer Will Have Confer
ence With Flagler,
1
|
Havana. Robert Orr, general man-
ager of the United Railways of Hav.
| ana, has gone to Bt. Augustine, Fla,
| for the purpose of conferring with
| Henry Flagler regarding the installa.
| Weat and Havana. The object in view
| is the transportation of entire trains
| on the ferries.
PASSES
of Lords.
VOTE STIRS ENTHUSIASM.
Redmond Says Measur
Law During ti
Present
ment.
FLOOD OF PETITIONS.
Titanle Survivors Ask For More Than
$10,000,000 Damages.
York A flood of for
petiti
loss of the
ednesday, in
Wallach
who clain 000,000 for
f her i
This is the
Harris the
loss | ners Harrie,
the theatrical
heaviest of the 279% ¢l
Mra. May
asks $300
of
aims so far filed
ate, Mass,
for
Futrelle, of Seitu
006 the
compensation
her husband Jacques Futrelie,
claim of Mrs Lily B
Millet, of Francis D. Millet, the
artist. a Titanic victim, is $160,000
nited States Hand extended
ng petitions of cls
fhe claims
loss
author ‘he
widow
Judge
for fil
February 11
more than $10,000,000,
White Star Line contends
liabilities is limited unde¢
the time
to am
but
that
United
£100,000
and
the
ita
r the
States statutes to less th
value of
passage money
an
the recovered records
EXCLUDES WOMEN LAWYERS,
Voted
Against Them,
London. Women were excluded
from practicing law at the British bar
by an overwhelming vote of the Bar
Association at its annual meeting held
here. A motion to admit women
counsel voted in a body against it.
TRY COMMISSION PLAN.
Louisiana Cities Will Adopt New Gov.
ernment.
New Orleans—A number of Loui
slana cities elected mayors and com:
missioners preparatory to the installa
tion of the commission form of
municipal government, Since the
New Orleans a short time ago there
has been a statewide movement in
| favor of the system.
i
THE DNORCE EVIL
Startling Statistics Compiled
for the Year Just Passed.
100,000 GRANTED IN 1912
Increased
As
Separations Have
Three
Fast
and One-third Times
As the Population,
p
In the Last 40 Years.
Patr
It
THE FARMERS' PROFITS.
His
Federal Statistician
Prices For Products Shown By
yO cents
0 wae
veal calves
in
TUBURCULOSIS SERUM,
Report On the Cure Discovered in
Germany.
In
by
Washington, response to
Senator
the
n
recent resolution Gore
Taft a
a new German tuberculosis
gorum forwarded to the State Depart
ment by Consul General Thackara
Thackara stated that up to No
vember Dr. F. F. Friedman, one of the
principal exponents of the new cure,
had treated 1,182 cases, most of them
successfully. Dr. Friedman, accord
ing to the report, is not yet able to
furnish the serum to physicians and
does not know when it can be supplied
in America.
SPECIAL TUB
President sent to Senate
on
FOR TAFT,
1t Will Be Installed In His Apartments
In New Haven,
New Haven, Conn. President Taft
will make his home here next spring,
for a time at least, at the hotel bear
ing his name. The entire sixth floor
front is being set apart for Mr. Taft
It will make an apartment of nine
rooms. The only remodeling is the
installation of a special bath, which
will be three feet wide, six feet long
and four feet deep.
GOES TO WORK
of Being Heart-Broken
Him
Practice of Law at Old Home
in Washington—Will Begin
-~Says He Is a Martyr.
Robert W.
from
i his
wiring his
the 1 nited
HE BODO
ent Ww
ma for
DE 8OV-
v hiere-
and be
Capl
when he
nt ald;
Judge
|
Ga OY
Pa,
i John
member
with
bald
wgalnst
Ss
ry A
Lea
wo
a dig
passenger
To Make Assessors Hustle,
Sunburs Owing * 1% legation
Comms
TE delay
Te
ai
the fees,
AESEEBOTS
onfer with
Assembly
iV passed
working
Bereaved,
a
He's a Suicide
Robs Her Most Politely.
cast While Mrs. R B
street. thie
Pick
Vine a ipad held
her up on Charlotte
of
RCene6
id-ups,
reticule contain-
request
three other recent similar he
and before
disap
wer to stand and d
could give
Pear a
the alarm he
Dies.
Stein
Has a Mole Cut and
Reading John F
known farmer of Here
or birtl
well
had a mole
h be.
cancer. he had
Then he had
head, which in-
ended suffer
man, a
ford
back wh de
ing
an operati
serious
creased
ing
death his
To Confiscate Air Rifles.
Darby the
horse being killed
being accidentally
a valuable
young woman
shot and several
BAITOW escapes residents at the
hands of boys, Burgess Dawson has
ordered the police to confiscate all sir
rifles found in possession of boys
As result of
a
of
One More Dies of Smallpox.
Chester. — Edward Hulse, assistant
to Deputy Coroner White, died from
emalipox, making the fourth death
from this disease since it made its
in this city about six
Hulse was taken {il two
He was 32 years old
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weeks ago
West
A.W.
Chester. — William
John,
Bartholo
Pietro Moffi and
borough, have been arrested and held
in $300 ball for trial at court on a
charge of selling cigarettes and tobac
©0 to minors.
New Death Before Funeral
Locust Gap.--Mrs. Anna Delaney
went upstairs at her home to prepare
to attend the funeral of a reighbor,
when she found her daughter Anna
dead in bed of heart disease.