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Near East Situation
Now “Most Desperate
in World,” Says Hoover.
Herbert
Hoover, who
now Dbe-
a mem-
nas
come
ber of the Ex-
ecutive Com-
mittee of Near
Bast Rellef,
which Is car-
ing tor nearly
2,000,000 Are
menian «nd
Syrian refu-
gees and who,
if any one,
speaks with
authority when he tells of hu-
man suffering, says in a formal
itatement
“In my opinion, the situation
in the Near East is the most
desperate in the world"
Mr. Hoover has sent a letter
to Cleveland H. Dodge, treasurer
vi Near East Relief, 1 Madison
avenue, New York, in which he
says:
“In accepting your invitation
to become a member of the Ex-
wutive Committee of the Near
East committee, I do so with
reluctance, but out of a sense of
duty towards one of the most
difficult situations in Europe.
Until some political settlement
can be obtained for the Near
East and some government es-
tablished in respousibility for
the care and .epatriation of the
Armenian population in the Caun-
casus, this mass of people must
live sheerly by the charity of the
United States, There are in the
approximately 1,800,-
000 Armenians, of whom 800,000
ely destitute—rgf§:izees
‘urkey--and amon ag them
a tremendous mass of ch¥¥ren,
“1 cannot strongly urge
upon the members of the com-
+40 ¥
thelr supporters the
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& Underwood.
Herbert Hoover,
Caucasus
too
Ie
e and
conc
~
mort
4
ts
necessity of
ing every possible e
Colonel Hask
the
otherwise
port
tration in that
requires; we shall
witness one of the greatest trag-
oll’
agmoun
edies of the entire war.”
DEATH RATE DROPS
WHEN RELIEF ARRIVES
Armenian
Armenia
tailed rep
v he
These |
Armer
war 1
parents
Turks.
clothiz
among
tions
thirty a
When
adequate
averags
charge of
time the
reduced, G
the children
normal phys
It is estima
¢
made a survey of
il condition
¥ persons who have
Armenia that 120,000
dari qr
cure
orguni
Western Asia
fo save
children
2 the next ye
unless they a riven food and
Near Eas he only
gation
‘
it
now
n
oud is
the
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appeal
se Christian idren,
school Report — Third Month,
31 for
month
imber of pupils iro
boys, 19, total 42
have been present every
Cay during the month :
Mildred Bitts Luela Bloom
Anna Garis Agnes Geary
Grace Grove Ruth Grove
Edna Luse
Helen Runkle
Irabelle Snyder
Florence Zettle
James Brooks
Harold Durst
Albert Emery
Curtis Reiber
John Osman
Isabell Rowe, teacher
nce, girls 23;
n 11 art v
I'he following
Charlotte Keller
Grace McClenahan
Ruth Runkle
Vianna Zettle
Leonora Foust
Theodore Breon
Howard Emery
Paul Fetterolf
Paul Smith
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Praise for Former Resident.
In stating of the formal opening of
a 325 foot coucrete bridge built over
Tionesta creek, at Tionesta, Forest
county, erected by Whittaker and Deihl,
the Forest Republican makes this refer
ence to a former resident of Centre Hall.
Among the prominent ones connected
with the construction work, and who
were on the ground Wednesday after-
noon were Geo. E. Breon, foreman of
the carpenter crew, who was one of the
first on the job and stayed to see the
bridge finished, having laid out all the
woodwork, patterns, ste, and to whose
expert knowledge is largely due the
' completion of the structure without a
misslip or mishap,
APPEAL
MENIANS
dent Taft Leads in
Plea fer Support of
Near East Relief.
Former Presi
Elogu
ni
Cnt
neanle
i!
than
mel ess
am How
former
Alexander
Ch
the candles
that pi
ears of our souls
cold?”
feed
some of them—before
floerbert Hoover has ca
‘It is Impossi-
tile that the loss of 200,000 lives can at
ted, but the remaln.
r HMO000 can possibly be
ved
die If we w
of him
sheep not havis
while
~naked and
“But we
perigshing ones
it is too late
hi
clothe these
and
ean
«d from the Caucasus,
this day he preve:
§ saved
starve and freeze and
In the name
saw the multitude ‘as
a shepherd and was
moved with wssion toward them,’
who exclaimed when his disciples
would turn them away, “They need not
depart, give ye them to eat!’ open
your heart and purse apd give to
these Christians whom he loves, who
are suffering for him and with whom
bo is suffering. They need not die.
Give ye them to eat
“Fifteen dollars a month will pro-
vide food, clothes, shelter and educa-
tion toward self support for one or
phan child
“Ten dollars a month will provide
food, clothes and shelter for one or
phan child,
“Five dollars a month will provide
food for one orphan child,
“He fed 56,000 hungry people In the
wilderness and sald to his followers,
*The things that I do shall ye do also,
and greater things than these shall ye
do! Today nearly 800,000 destitute
Armenians--his people-—need food and
clothing.
“He took little children In his arms
and blessed thers, Today will you take
one or more of these sad, cold, hungry
little children of Armenia into your
arms and heart in his name and give
them food and warmth and life?
“What a joyful Christmos it will be
when with your songs and your laugh
wr you hear a voice of wondrous
sweetness apeaking to you, '0O, ye
blessed of my Fathes, I was hungry
and ye gave me meat, I was naked and
yo clothed me; funsmuch as ye have
done it to these, my brethren, ye have
done it to me.’
*In his name.
“Faltafully yours,
“WILLIAM H. TAFT.
“ALEXANDER J HEMPHILL
“HENRY MORGENTHAU"
For Executive Committee, Nour East
ellef.
They need not
ill save them.
o
who
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com
i
ms sae MAI MRE
No Reporter Next Week.
To conform to a long established cus-
tom, the Reporter will not be issued
next week, The next issue’ will bear
the date of January 8, 1920. The office
will be open for business at all times,
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«¥% CEBhe BULELLE
Ami
Yyassade
Ffullvaeeauy
Forme
Cave A
wdys
America
Ww
man, w
1 States
Not
ears of ou
to sulle
Must Rest on Past
In other ¥
we sent missionaries
schools and
have played a wonder!
that dark
Our ideas, our
our material ju nt,
leaven in the Near East,
have done well
Coie ms
manizing
edu
he]
in tines We
this great opportunity for the present
The Armenians have been treated as
perhaps no people in history have been
treated because they are the spiritual
brothers of western races.
Will America help them? There
can be but one answer. Thelr neces.
sity is dire, but our power Is great
We are wealthy. We are a member of
the family of nations. Our brothers
eall us. Food, clothes, money, are Im-
mediately wanted. If ever unmeriied
suffering called for succor the plight
of the Armenians should be heeded
now. A few months more and it may
be relief will be too late for those
myriads whom only we can save We
shall not fall them, laa
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In Memoriam
In memory of our dear wife and moth-
er, Elizabeth A. Solt, who died 2 years
ago, Dec, 13, 1917, in Frederick, Md., by
husband, Jacob B. Soit,
ing
a
aud childre:
Two yéars ago we saw her last,
1 home, it was His will,
her sorrow
{vod called b
But in our hearts she lingers still,
Her memory is as dear today
As it was the hour she passed away.
No other person can we fiod
Wasdo us so true and kind,
Keep her, oh, Jesus, in thy keeping,
Till we reach the heavenly shore,
Then, oh, Father, let us have her ;
Love her as we did before,
The above appeared in a Frederick,
Maryland, newspaper, aod refers to a
former resident of Centre Hall,
A
Buy W. 8. 8B, at $4.23.
The Centre Reporter, §1 50 a year,
5.
f URSDA
LETTERS FROM SUBSCRIBERS,
ter's old friend, J
Reporter an advance for his own sub
scription, and a year's subscription for
Mrs, Simon Fogleman, Red Lion, lili
nois, and A. H. Stamm, of McConnell,
Further Mr. Jordan says under
date of December 19:
1 have been a reader of the Reporter
Illinois,
for twenty years, and I assure you 1 ap-
the Centre
just now especially the hunt-
which my
preciate news from about
Hall, and
ing
ing
news, almost makes
uth water for venison.
We had a good oats and corn crop in
Illinois. Wheat was not so good, due
big
ue u
9 $
DIACK Tust
which makes
it unfit for making good flour. Corn is
selling at sales at $1.34 per bushel; oats
Le
be Cenls. ay
striklog it
had sale
on Friday and these were the prices ob-
id ¢
5014 1
y brother Samuel
of i253 to )
*
yet
3 it footed ug
He also sold his farm,
$ $1
¢ d
§ per acre for it. S
&
v3 Hy
mit
high as per acre
ith all these high prices, we can't
1 is also scarce,
get sugar
We hava had cold
Thu
Aeoree
degrees
* and coa
weather out here
rsday of last week it
below
: 13lerstc
pien
ty of snow on the gro
all other
back
tuberculosis,
ne in the fall and is
ntr
Ou
n tripiback to Centre coun
state; Green Springs, Ohio
and other points. He was in
ttles, but came out without
Back to Old Home.
heim al makes
Cobura residents
. » } le
iS, Who are Hack
jours
menting
HEDOnD
former
wnces as follows
2
: cated
visitedd re
Fryer, at
ia
he
wi
Ke
ire several days during t
atucky,
gt. Fryer had two and one.
Lalf ye of service overseas in the
World war 2ud was with the First divi,
sion. He had not been to his boyhood
home for eight years, Before his enlist.
ment in the army three years ago, he
had spent most of time ou the weslern
coast
Major Joseph C. Platt and wife, of
Harrisburg, visited among friends at
Coburn aud vicinity over Sunday. Ma.
jor Platt was formerly a Coburn boy
and in 189% at the age of 14. went west
and for a year was employed as a farm
laborer and for the next two years he
was employed by a railroad company in
Wisconsin; at the age of 17 he enlisted
in the United States amy, and saw ser-
vice in Porta Rica, Philipine Islands, Al.
aska and all the states of the Union,
During the World war he was connected
with the Quartermaster corps ia the
western camps and is at present located
at]Quartermaster camp at Middletown,
He was married in 1908 to a Wyoming
girl, He is now a major in the regular
army. For a gpumber of years he was
engaged in army construction work in
the western states, This is the first
time Platt has been back since he left
Coburn 21 years ago, and it was quite a
surprise for his friends to see him as
nothing had been heard of him for a
number of years,
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Ars
Turkeys sold for §» esats per pound
last week, ia the local market.
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WEEK OF PRAYER.
Mills = Opens January 4.
Week of prayer will be observed at
Centre Hall and Spring Mills by holding
union meetings. Preserve this program
as no other will be printed,
PROGRAM —~CENTEE HALL,
Sunday, January 4, Reformed church
Rev. M. 1. Jamison. The Church
awakened by her new opportunities
Monday, January s,
church, Rev, C. F. Catherman.
Church, awakened by
examination,
Presbyterian
The
national self-
Tuesday,
church,
January 6, Presbyterian
Rev. J. A. Shultz The
Church, awakened by a vision of the
world's peed,
Wednesday, January 7,
church, Rev. R. R. Jones.
Church, awakened by the new call! for
A mit rneliat
;MelDoqist
i
i af
Co operation,
Thursday, January 3,
Rev. }]. A. Si
awakened by a revival o
ligion,
1
A103
Rev. C.F.
awakened by the call for worke
Catherman,
¥
hurch, awakened by &
the reaiily.
Rev, R. R. Jones.
ened by ber new opp
Monday. January s
workers,
FETVICOS
All
avitation
3
cordial i
taken each evening to defray
es and for the benefit of
Bible Society.
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The Fourteenth Census.
the local enumerators call
h
iestions
yurieot
eh cens
that
first you may think impertinent, do
hesitate to answer them, {or they are
t what] they bave been cot
manded to do by prociam ation by
and the same p
wiamation
en
mera
Yoo tra + 4
GERITSS LO eMDias-
:
information gath
ered in the census is for general statist -
cal purposes only and h informa.
4
i
<
tion C3 % for laxa-
ti ya be used
This
in the president's procia-
V
a
sn. Nor can such iaformati
to harm any persda ia aay
is pointed out
mation
As a matter of fact the identity
wa 4 .
of in-
filled-out
schedules are received at Washington.
For upon reaching there the informa-
tion 1s tranferred from the sheets
cards. This is done by machinery and
names are discarded entirely. More.
over every person connected with the
taking of the census is prohibited by fed.
eral law from divuiging any information
given them in the pertormance of their
duties.
The bureau of the census has always
had the willing cooperation of the public
in the past and confidently looks for-
ward to that same spirit of cooperation
for the census of 1920.
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State Highway Bids.
Bids were opened at the State High
way Department for the construction of
1720 feet of highway in Bellefonte bor-
ough. being the section from Allegheny
street along Bishop, Spring, and Pioe to
the borough line, the lowest bidder for
which was Frank Murphey, of Altoona,
whose bid was $18,783%8.
Bids were also opened for the con-
struction of 5326 feet in State College
borough. Leo. E. Kelly, of Brooklin,
was lowest bidder, his figure being
$154 878.45
dividuals is lost as soon as the
to
Lowisburg has its cavalry unit almost
filled, 1 ceding only six more to make
the seventy-two required.
TOWN AAD COURTY
“4APPENINGS OF LOCAL INTERES
FROM ALL PARTE
Mrs. D L
bed on account of sickness {i
Kerr has been
male.
ry
ihe
foun
European potato wart
d to exist about Snow
JWOCANLY
consequence that
$30
put under quarantine,
The Snow Shoe post office
ary of $999.00,
vice exsminatio:
¥ Wy i 5 } »
ye held at Bellefonte
L me
igerea
The e Rock
re.
wa
Pieasant Gap, is
daily. More men are being
each day, the management
ward to a busy season,
Miss Daisy Rowe, day;
W. Rowe,
course in the
Thaatehise
of Boalsburey
of Boalsburg.
RF i 13m eva tase
Williamsport a
iege aud has aiready sec
state College
ladies are attending i
| Business College
eT
| gelling remarkably well
astitation
work, like the
i
{like th Wo, ana all these
e 3
m for they are
The Reporter re t
be-
came demented short and
last week was taken to the Danville asy-
Mr. Rossman bad long been in
basiness at Tasseyville engaged
as an undertaker and g maker,
and has been a prominent citizen of his
commun His
His friends hope be may recover
s on pane on
pls Vo announce tas
Henry Rossman, Tusseyville,
time ago
» ¢
ee ows
ium.
bsiag
08
“rh
in
ity ind gave way grad.
ually.
and be able to mingle with them again,
the
Shamokin Creek between Sunbury and
Shamokin are working full tilt as a re-
sult of the bituminous strike aod
the resulting shortage of fuel. The fine
coal taken from the creek bas been a
drug on the market for the last year,
but at the present time it is in great de-
mand. A majority of the creek dredges
are hard at work aud considerable quan-
tities of the coal are being removed from
thz stream daily.
+ Coal dredging operations slong
coal
Samuel Durst is another [farmer who
will quit the farm in the spring and
{ move to Centre Hall, having purchased
‘a property from Mrs, Susan Geary.
| About twenty years ago Mr, Durst pur-
' chased one of the Curtin farms at Earlys-
town and erected buildings on it, and
generally improved the place until now
it is not only one ef the: handsomest
properties in appearance on that road,
but is also one of the most productive
farms in the section in which it is locat.
‘ed. Harry Burris, who for several years
has been living on a farm adjoining that
lived on by Mr. Durst ans also owned
by him, will move onto the farm and
operate both places, It might be said
here that Mr. Durst has been an excep-
| tionally successful farmer. His farming
was diversified, growing cattle however
coming in for a loading share of atten.
tion,
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