ATTORNEYS. Be ee ——————— H. B. SPANGLER Attorney-at-Law Beliefonte, Pa. Practices in all the courts. Sotauations in English and German, ce, Crider's Exchange Building. Shine ————————— com Penns Valley Banking Company CENTRE HALL, PA. Davaid K. Keller, Cashier Receives Deposits & Discounts Notes H. G. STROHMEIER CENTRE HALL, : : PA. Manufacturer of and Dealer in HIGH GRADE Monumental Work In all kinds of Marble and Granite Jno. F. Gray & Son (Successors to GRANT HOOVER) Control Sixteen of the Largest Fire and Life Insurance Com- ) panies In the World. THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST No Mutuals No Assessments Before insuring your life get the contract of THE HOME which in case of death between ths tenth and twentieth years returns all pre- miums pald in addition to the face of the policy. MONEY TO LOAN ON FIRST MORTGAGE Office In Crider’'s Stone Bulding BELLEFONTE, - PA. 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Determination Of Cabinet Meeting To Avold Any Act That May Be Con- strued As a Break-—Secretary Lan. sing Loath To Believe That German sing Loth To Believe That German Government Has Been Intentionally Holding Gerard. Washington. The fateful “next step” in the controversy United States and Germany will be a declaration of war. This dec was reached at a meeting of President Wilsons Cabinet, which reviewed in detail the delicate international situa tion now confrontin » nation. Still waiting for the “overt act” that will force this country to move, the Presi dent and his advisers let it be known that the following course has been d¢ clded upon: When the President is =atis “American lives American have been destroyed on the } in vic f t} 1 lation of the formerly made by between the not sion yr and He will not suggest war, but will ask of the at LEH) He will then proceed t and naval for the next This would result would leave the It was stated unequi determined that must re umstances for ation is in lir whict ring the carrying out th was atated, however, see to it that honor right the of Members of the Cabinet repo the government London —Dr. Wiillam vo interviev Hande that the measur Ambassador regrets to take prevented Count » n Bernstorff, the retir! The interview, accor Amsterdam in Norden, Prussia is declared to have said that German: received from United Btates about the treatment of Von Bernatorff, or German subjects Btates correaponder no reports the or of German consul 1 nited in the 1 GERARD LEAVES TONIGHT. Am laft Berlin (via London). Former bassador Gerard and his party Berlin Saturday evening Mr. Gerard was offered the choice of leaving Berlin Saturday or Sunday and quickly decided in favor of the earlier date. Washington.— The American Govern- ment still without the official evi- dence of an overt act by Germany con. sldered necessary to justify President Wilson in going before Congress for authority to use necessary means to protect American seamen and people. There no longer is any doubt that the ruthless submarine campaign is in full swing in defiance of the warning of | the United States Saved Only By Chance. Everywhere it is believed that If no American ship hag been destroyed it is | because American ships are lying idle | fn their harbors instead of plying their | usual trade; if no American life has | been lost it is due entirely to chance. | It also is generally conceded that on the basis of preliminary reports the | torpedoing without warning of the! passenger liner California with an American on board makes out a clear eut case of technical violatidn of the rights of the United States, Wilson Wants Full Proof. President Wilson, however, is repre. | sented as determined not to plunge the country Into war on a technicality. | When he moves it will be on complete | evidence of an outrage about which | there can be ho question. Then he ex. | pects to have the American people and | Congress behind him, Unofficial dispatches told of the kill. | Ing of an American negro sailor named i George Washington in the sinking of is f the British Turino. Few and the State Depart eteamer ai were given ment had heard officia idered nothing be I'he Incident will cons BOON as reports are received Departments Visited. all for ident h with country To get in personal tou steps taken to prepare the whatever may come Pre made another quick rou Wa i Navy ’ 1 anda Secretaries Depart: visitin Lansing, and Dan stated that he would con It was practice al me Other Neutrals Protest. me informa. man fleet are peculation (ior May Divert Ships. ign Office American oral re nd 1828 the Gov ernment officials to Sp 1 and Swisg intermediaries The treaties have rights of hationals chants in either their residence there for the purpose of business Mr explained to Montigelas head of the American sec- tion of the Foreign pre ref to the A8 mer continue nine months » rence residing countm for closing to up their Gerard Office who was no longer in a tiate any diplomatic instrument Spain in Germany, for negotiations He suggested that a way wag through the German Interests at Washington. APPRENTICES IN INAUGURAL. Going To Washington. Newport, R. I.—A brigade of 600 apprentice seamen with a band will go to Washington to take part in the { Inaugural ceremonies, in accordance with orders received at the Naval {| Training Station here. This Is the | first time the brigade has been asked {to take part in the ceremonies, LABOR AGITATOR CONVICTED. Guilty Of Murder For Bomb Explosion That Cost 10 Lives. San Franclsco~Thomas J. Mooney, labor agitator, was convicted of mur der in the first degree by a jury In the Supreme Court here for a bomb exploxion, which cost 10 lives, during a preparedness parade July 22, 1916. . Att in pay: ever poe 8s | BE on a Starck piano. tis up your money in eny way. All you do is to us slip you the pi home where you test it and try it in your own w Le end of 30 dayw you decides st. If it is. you keep it. 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The company to drawn os vehicles When the water st ceased at High the disconnected, at the meter, perch from three length were taken Most of the fish were still They came from the Spring Brook dams ¥ Ek 1ppiy School, two-inch was eighty-two inches in to and eight alive At a meeting of the New Century Club, of Chester, all of the members themselves to assist in Red work in this cougtry in the of war between the United and Germany. The meeting presided over by Mrs. 8S. Blair Luckie, president of the ¢lub Arrested for forging and passing worthless checks, Annle Rargus, aged eighteen, Informed the police that she committed the crime under threata of death by Fred Rinus, aged nineteen, of Pittston, who already has a police record. The girl was sent to the Tnited Charities, and Rinus is under bail for court. Reeidents of Washington Heights have renewed the agitation for incor poration into Lemoyne Borough. They have prepared a petition, signed by half the district's residents, and will present it to Lemoyne Borough Coun: ell. The new petition asks that the ’ Saint which she it Q ntal in founding and promoting ring her life time 000 unde bequeathed $23 i 12 of the will Mise Elizabeth Swift, of Norristown In addition $6,000 is given for an altar and a reredos, and $6,000 is bequeath rector and his wife, Rev Edward R. Noble the ter of ed to the and Mrs A loss of §5260.000 caused at Columbia, when fire of known origin, destroyed the plant the Btandard Garment Company. Fall ing walls added to the perils of the firemen, but no one was injured. The entire section of the town was threatened, but firemen succeeded in confining the flames to the bullding of their origin Or over was un of business The students at Lafavette College rose as one man and asked that mili tary training be made 5 part of the curriculum at Lafayette College. The meeting of the students, at which this faction was taken, demonsirated the greatest wave of patriotiem that has swept Lafayette since the days of the Civil War. The movement has been in process of formation for some time It was brought to a head by a speech which President MeCracken gelivered at the chapel exercises at noon. Mrs. Samuel Sipe, over 104 years, | the oldest person in Cumberland coun. | ty, died at her home at Carlisle. The | personal friend of Molly Pitcher, the { heroine of the battle of Monmouth, to | whom the State last year erected au | #pecial memorial, Mrs. Sipe told many | | stories of the early days of the heroine | iin Carlisle. Mrs. Sipe was bora in | Switzerland on October 5, 1812, and | {came to this country with her parents | | when but six years of age, making the | FEED COST CUTS DAIRY PROFITS Mrs. Cow Will Little Straw With Meals Future Have a form i0TT yet one th cheap also abundant, i i= 0 Washington county. A few enterpris ing dairymen of the West Side are making good use of their surplus straw and at the same time reducing the cost which is recommended by Prof. A. B. Nystrom, Dairy Husbandman of the State Exper! ment Station at Pullman, Washing- ton They gather all the coarse hay left in the mangers after feeding and run it through an aififa chopper, adding enough finely cut straw make a day's ration for their herd. This fine ly chopped feed iz then allowed to especi this true In Eastern to with molasses, prepared by mixing molasses and water in the proportion of one quart of molasses to nine quarts of water. Before feeding it iz placed on a drain board and the surplus moisture allowed to drain back into the tank. After draining it is better to mix the grain to be fed with the molasses mixture, although good re grain on the feed in the manger. The molasses used should be a good grade of crude molasses and can be purchased in barrel lots. Care must be exercised in using this feed as it ger unless it is kept clean. This mix- ture furnishes a bulky sueculent feed and one that is eaten readily by the cows. It will go a long way in provid. ing succulence In the ration where silage or roots are not available. Vacancies On Agriculture Board Filled. Governor Brumbaugh appointed the following to fill vacancies on the State Board of Agriculture: Lloyd B. Bwing, Mt Union, three yess. Charles F. Camp Hill, be incorporated. {in Philadelphia. J. Walton, Hummelstown, one year.
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