The Centre Reporter CENTRE HALL, PA. STREETS LESS DANGEROUS, That the automobile has introduced another serious element of into metropolitan streets is not to be denied. This applies to all large gities. They face a common problem. Local interests, therefore, attaches to a recently published dispatch from London announcing that better control of power-driven vehicles in the Eng- lish metropolis is likely to be recom- mended by a select committee for ae tion by the house of commons. Lon don’s commissioner of police suggests, among other things, that reckless driving, as well as drunkenness of drivers, be made a penal offense. American cities, ordinarily follow for eign cities in such matters, Eays the Chicago News. For example, the first bill to be signed by Governor Sulzer of New York establishes a penitentiary term for any person who drives an au. tomobile while intoxicated This 1s the first law of the kind in the United States. There are still other precau fons, however, which must be taken to make streets safer. This is indi cated by the fact that the number of persons killed in Chicago in 1912 by motor-driven vehicles the neighborhood of 100. One the perils, course, is the variety of speeds of different types of vehicles. The purposes to work toward equalization of speed. tion of trafic of dif- n a Was of # Of London commissioner of police Separa 1 tid ferent speeds is another possibility Certain streets, for example, get aside for slow-moving others for the more If these sc vestigations 1 with will be obl iged to con. be .¥ as “bad habits” fess that they indulged them cause they wish to, instead of ;m indulgence upon altruistic « grounds. Thus, Profs. Lee J. Knigh William Croker of the Chicago | ddresses delivered the vancement University of before Ad Cleveland n a American Association for the of at tobacco sn benefit house p injures them of pouses Science, Q., declared that not woke doe lants, husbands, im to at the shrine of Nicotia, declined upon the house plants needed house discontinue hav that smoke ground the the absolute The plants, being necessi- tles of our present day civilization, naturally overrode all other considera tions. The house p plea is no ation. The is only one longer a palll 3 recourse left to the u wearer It comes ling ® off, and that is the clothes moths some enterprising sclentist demonstrates that clothes and thrive upon tobacco smoke, indignant forever along moths the 3] men of the nation will of seli-sac their pose heroism. People the tardi- is country are com who complain of justice in th by a contemporary to the case lumber dealers ac cused of defrauding the Prussian treas ury of $250,000. “The preliminary In vestigation,” adds the dispatch, “last ed four years and the evidence fills 400 pages.” But delay make less for the man in the United who is held away from his rights by a similar four years’ delay? many States ness of mended in Berlin of seven will the four years ang States in Prussia the loss There are places than the United : but (oes that prove that faults in our system are not faults? worse An English woman is coming here teach American women how to acquire soft, low volces, which Shapes. peare proncanced an excellent thing in thelr sex. However, the demand for the volces of women to be heard in the land just now is overshadowing that for low softness which is apt to be drowned in the age's turmoil A New York woman, now in a dl vorce action’ told her husband that four years was enough for a woman to live with any man. Judging from results, he must have come to the same conclasion Jack Barrymore has been sued by a California barber for $50,000 because he thrashed the tonsorial artist when a halr cut was not to his liking The barber must have felt quite cut up about It A London physician has componded an elixir which he says will cure nine ty-nine diseases. Luck in odd numbers must be his belief, A new remedy for pneumonia Is ethylhydrocupreinhyochloride. The it to a drug clerk after the victim has the disease. The New York physician who says he can cure epilepsy with rattlesnake venom will have plenty of opportunt ties to test the remedy if he includes the old-fashioned antidote for snake bite . OUT OF CHAGS ODER COMING Waters Are Receding in Devas- tated Area. sands Of People Still Marooned, To Biting Cold and Hunger. Exposed COUNTING UP THE COST OF THE FLOOD. of the tend A partial exploration flooded district in Dayton ed to reduce of t timates 16 dead and also 4 - i to not much to & the number of more than 2 more Od led encouraging view of though property at $25,000,004 ¢ OL Ty An; situation, the loss was put num! range nntiry Onna the Ohlo Estimates 1 g : & THE dead at riqua 10, one man « ; were swepl react least 150 80 Caught in Collapse Of H From Hamiiton, Ohi i were rep } } otel pera the flood exceed 25 rdin “ ACC Earlier | fs report es had sned at th of Terre Hau rE in &% 16 10 deaths | 70.000 Marooned in Dayton, Estimates ar that 7 { nes are marool trict, whe submerged viding for ers $26,000,000 Latest that 150 been 3 : homeless Aaron homes Rescue stations aam? fror m Zanecsville believed to 15.000 reporia Myes are there. About A buildings Fire broke at point, wae not belleved would are ves have are lost a gsOOTe of co! out one it lapsed but it spread. Twenty refugees ind. ing to a telephone message has broken out among the report stated Seven States Affected. Beven States are seriously affected by the widening flood area. They are: | Ohio, Indiana, Wzat Virginia, Pennayl- vania. New York, Kentucky and Ili nois. In all of these railroad trafic is paralyzed or greatly hampered. Dam- age to railroad property alone may reach $25,000,000 were found dead among in the Courthouse at Peru, the victims of expogure, accord Contagion refugees, the CHINA THANKS WILSON. Bix-Power Group Loan. Washington, — Formal thanks | the Chinese provisional government | expressed by President Wilson in his recent statement announcing that the Administration would not support the six-power Chinese loan proposition wore tendered Acting Secretary Ades at the State Department by Minister Chang Yin Tang. LT | Blip 1 Bs amsnsmsmantisens ENT ATION. ¢ ¢ ip the tnidiay ingiana PRESID APPEALS TO N ¥ vs § . i erin vi { 8 balk gE apps aud the proportio: of he loss involved t appeal small the in however 5 ' 8 he labors of Red Cro at once to the to send Red n or to the local treasurers fety. We she make this The needs of those 1 sudden and over helming disaster has come should capable of sym- pathy and compassion to give imme American Be Cross at ringt 8d 3 uid mon cause this wliom quicken every one and relieve, (Signed) “WOODROW WILSON." The President also sent the follow- ing telegram both Governor Rals. ton, at Indianapolis, and Governor at Columbus, Ohio: “i deeply sympathize with the ple of your state in the terrible aster that has come upon them, the federal government assist way?” rescue to LOX, peo dis Can in any STOLE M ILITARY PLANS. | A Filipino Spy Sends Prints Of Forts To Japan. ila Man Gansgico, the Filipino, who was recently arrested on a charge of stealing military plans of the Cor | regldor fortifications, was found | guilty and sentenced to serve nine | months In prison. It develops that {two blueprints of the Corregidor de | tenses had already been sent to Japan | through agents before Gansleo's arrest i BULGARS ENTER Desperate But Vain Resistance fo Attack. FIVE MONTHS SEIGE OVER. ANCE TO DETERMINE ATTACK, A SPECTACULAR CLIMAX, Capital Was Finally Taken After a Hard Fight—The City Devastated By Flames. L055 MILLIONS 450 Homes Destroyed in Omaha Alone. HOSPITALS USED AS MORGUES Exp eriences passed ACTOSA suffered off \ k many hours apped took i late news of the d Fire broke out ir buildings i and these gome time were hind blockaded the stress lowed wind, however, hundreds of h but also put out the flames 152 Residents Of Omaha Dead. Of the known dead within area covered by storm 152 residents of Omaha, The remaining dead are over a consider ed the omeless persons, 09 hy «Ue wae the were geattered able range of territory, Council Bluffs Yutan Neb, 18; Ber lin, Neb, Glenwood, lowa, 5; Neola, lowa, 2. and Bartlett Iowa 38. The game cities and towns report an ag gregate of 400 injur i demolished. reporting 12; 1; FAMILY OF EIGHT DROWNED. | Trying To Escapé From Wrecked Mome When Wagon Upset, South Daryvton, Ohio | ter, his wife and six children were | drowned while attempting to | from their wrecked home, The wagon {in which they were being conveyed [to n place of safety overturned and | all lost their lives. i 2 ERlRpe pi _- BARS DOWN FOR FLOOD FOOD. Canadian Supplies Will Be Admitted ! Free For Time. Washington.-—Free entry into the | United States of all supplies designat. led for flood sufférers by Canadians | was authorized by the Treasury De | partment. Following a telephonic mes. | sage from Governor Cox, Secretary | MeAdso also ordered the Cleveland ! LiteSaving Station to send all pos | gible men and equipment in Dayton | and other inundated cities, i RAILWAYS LOSS $50,000, B At For Placed 0. By $10,000,00( Estimate and Ereatest the re be but : ONE DEAD; DAMAGE, $750,000. Ohio, Flooded To Depth In Many Places. Harrison, Great Mas Harrison, Ohlo, broug hat has been recels was lsolated yO & great that only he town to in man life was flooded many piaces, but George Thomas, had lost 8 KENTUCKY RIVERS OVERFLOW, Eastern Portion of State Lacks Rall Communication. Lexington, Ky.--The tion of Kentucky is cut communication with world. The Kentucky, Cumberland, Red, Big Sandy and LicKing rivers are out of thelr banks and inhabitants in the valleys are fleeing to high oastern off from rall the outside por. IN ALBANIA, § i i Lasting Five Hours. Uskup, Turkey.——A sharp battie lasting five hours between the Berv. fans and the Turks to the south of Passan, in Albania, ended In the rout of the Ottoman troops, of whom eight officers and 820 men were taken prisoners, The SBervians lost two offi- cers and 60 men GLASS EYE SAVES HIS LIFE, Prevents Bullet From Rifle Entering Man's Brain. Shamokin, Pa.--An artificial eye probably saved the life of Job Owen, of this place. Owen was walking slong the street when a bullet from a rifie dis charged by an unidentified person struck his glass eye, which prevented the bullet from entering his brain, Aside from a badly lacerated eye socket, Owen was uninjured, | (COMMERCIAL Weekly Review of Trades and Market Reports. Dun's Review says: “General business conditions cone tinue, in the malin, excellent. The vole ume of trade, both domestic and foreign, is heavy, although pur:hases are mostly for Immediate require ments, While there is lees strain im the European markets and the Balkan situation has improved, the monetary outlook abroad 4s still a matter of EOMe Concern. has been called upon export gold and, since the of the year, has sent abroed about The of merchandise por over imports, in favor, wg in $44. Our in “This country again to balance however amounts ann o over February ords for that do, choice, 334 34c¢; do, 384%c. Ladies Pennayiy rolls, @llc 31@3ic; ORC; 34Q 226 24c. land and ils, 20 22 Ohlo West Virgin 20 18g 18¢c. Mary- and Penneylvania dairy Process butter, 26 prints, re prints, gic Egge—Nearby dozen, 173%¢; firsts, logs off, per Eastern Shore, loss off, per dozen, 17%e; Western firsts {Ohio), loss off, per dozen, 17%c; West Virginia, loss off, per dosen, 17%¢;: Southern (North Carolina) firets, loss off, per dozen, 18%ec. Duck Erg, choice nearby, per dozen, 3c; do, Southern, per dozen, 3%c. Live Poultry-—Chickens—Young, 20 @21c: young rough and staggy, 120 13c: winter, under 2 pounds, 230 20e; old hens, 17¢; old roosters and stags, 1c. Turkeys-—~Young hens, 24@26c: young gobblers, 22{23¢c; heavy, old toms, 19¢: poor, thin stock, 14Q 15. Ducks - Young muscovy and mon grel, 17@18¢: young white Peking, 19 200: puddle, 8% pounds and over, 18¢; do, small and poor, 158 18e. Fisvons, both young and old, per pair, Ie. Dressed Poultry-—Turkeys-—Hens, 24 @26¢c; mixed hens and gobblers, 230 23¢; old, 20¢. Chickens--Young, 200 1c; mixed, 18@18¢c; old hens, 18¢; old roosters, 11@12¢c. Ducks—Cholee fat, 200 22¢. Capons—Large, 7 pounds apd over, par pound, 27% 28¢; smaller, UQ25e; small and slips. 18620.
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