LEAGUE PROTESTS
6 APPROPRIATIONS
Lobbyist Hits Funds For Cath-
olic Institutions.
ENABLING BILL SIGNED
Highway Officials Plan For Sale of
First $20,000,000 Within Few Weeks.
Other Legislative News.
Harrisburg, Pa.—Acting on a pro-
test filled by Luther Kauffman, of
Philadelphia, counsel and general di-
rector of the Non-sectarian League,
the Legislative League decided to take
a firm stand against six appropriation
bills. Five of them carry grant for
Catholic institutions and the sixth
makes an appropriation to a Jewish
day nursery.
It was charged at the weekly meet-
ing of the Legislative League that the
bills in question were quietly slipped
out of committee and placed on the
third reading calendar “while no one
was locking” In addition to opposing
the measures the leaguers sald they
were guided by protests that have
come from numerous organizations
that are on record against the state
paying public funds to the support of
private charities,
The six Institutions listed are the
Rosella Foundling Asylum, Pittsburgh ;
St. John's Genz2ral Hospital, Pitts-
burgh; Spencer Hospital, Meadville;
Northern Hebrew Day Nursery, Phila-
delphia; Orphan Asylum of the Holy
Family, Emsworth; St. Francis Hos-
pital, Pittsburgh.
With the exception of the Hebrew
I»ay Nursery al the institutions are
alleged to be controlled by the Catho-
lic Church.
The Legislative League
the bills In question from the stand-
point of information submitted by
Kauffman. This was in the form of
a typewritten statement in which the
history of the various institutions was
outlined. In addition Kauffman's
statement called attention to the fact
that about two years ago the Supreme
Court ruled it was unconstitutional
for the state to make appropriations
to the institutions coming within the
sectarian classification.
considered
Third Road Bond Issue Proposed.
Resolutions to Increase the state's In-
debtedness for road construction to
£150,000,000 were introduced In the
senate and house by Senator C. J.
Buckman, chairman of the senate
Roads Committee, and Chalrman A.
B. Hess, of the house Roads Commit.
tee. The resolutions provide for a
third £50,000000 road bond issue,
Two similar issues have been ap-
proved by the voters of the state, one
in 1918 and the other in 1924. Before
the proposed third road bond Issue
is effective It must pass two snecessive
sessions of the legizgiature and then
be approved by the voters
Nothing will be done by the legisla-
ture toward the erection of a new
Eastern Penitentiary outside Philadel-
phia except possibly the appropriation
of a small sum with which to take
option on a site, according to the
present plans of the dominant leaders,
This attitude, It was learned, is not
attributable to any real belief that
the state should concentrate on the
building of "one big Jafl” at Rockview,
Centre county, as Senator Schahtz and
Representative MeCalg, the chairmen
of the appropriations committee,
have contended.
The real reason, it appears, is that
the controlling factors feel that the
starting of work on the new Eastern
Penitentiary would require appropria-
tion of at least $1,000,000, the sum al-
located In the governor's budget, and
it Is not felt that such a course would
be expedient at this time, when de-
mands are being made by many other
interests of greater value to the or-
ganization,
Bond Enabling Bill Signed.
Governor Pinchot signed the Buck-
man enabling act which will permit
sale of the $50,000,000 road bonds ap-
proved by the voters in November,
1923.
Passage of the bill was necessitated
by a decision of the Supreme Court
declaring the original enabling act un-
constitutional, in that it falled to state
the purpose for which the bonds were
to be Issued, Preparations for sell
ing the $20,000,000 issue will be start-
ed at once, the new law providing
that they can be sold on April 1.
The exposure of bare legs or the un-
covered body at theatrical perform.
ances is prohibited In a bill offered
in the house by Representative
Thomds J. Burke, Philadelphia. Both
men and women performers would be
subject to the provisions of the mens-
ure. This bill Is understood to be an
outcome of the recent ban upon por
tions of the Earl Carroll show that
played in Philadelphia recently.
The governor would be authorized
to appoint a commission to make na
further study of ola age pensions
under a bill Introduced In the senate
by Senator Flora Vaire, Philadelphia.
The bill carries an appropriation
of 320000 for the purpose. The
committee would be composed of five
persons who would serve without
compensation,
The legislature two years ago pass.
ead hn old age assistance act which
was sponsored by Senator William 8.
Vare, whom Mrs, Vare, a sisterin.
flaw. succeded. This met was declared
snconstititunal hy 3
STATE ITEMS
Huntingdon. — A proposed school
loan of $300,000 was defeated here.
New Holand.—J. Alvin Myers, 43
years old, commited suicide by hang
ing.
Bloomsburg, The commissioners
adopted the 1925 budget for Columbia
county, totaling $269.515, an Increase
of about $40,000,
Hollidaysburg.—By a vote of 4 to 3
council ousted Chlef of Police Harry
T. Bowman from office on grounds of
physical disability.
Lebanon, Brack Finch convicted
of operating an automobile while in
toxicated, was sentenced to four
months’ imprisonment and fined $100.
Northumberland, —When a flue
their locomotive burst In the yards
here Engineer A. Bloom and Fireman
P. Wolding escaped by jumping, but
not until after they had been scalded.
Pittsburgh.—A toy balloon caused
the death by strangulation of James
Kerrigan, aged 6, of McKees Rocks,
when he attempted inflate It ip
school, He dled shortly after ‘'med|
cal ald arrived.
Orwigsburg.—When the factory of
the A. E. Brown Shoe Company, own
ed by John 8. Krater and Herman 8S
Krater, was burned with a
mated at 2200000 8S. G. Woodington
a proprietor of the Ketner-Scott Bho
Company, adjoining the Brown plant
fell dead of heart disease while pae
ing the floor of his office. He was 77
vears old and one of the best
manufacturers In the country.
Uniontown.—Locked
thelr mother to prevent
leaving while she
child was burned to and thre
others rescued by neighbors when
destroyed thelr dwelling at Leckrone
Mrs. Edward Willams, the mother
returne< while the home was
of flames. Three children had
removed from the burning
when Mrs. Wiliams discovered
Margaret, aged 8, not
those rescued. Firen were
to re-enter the house.
Allentown.—Reporting
to locate Ann Penn Greenleaf,
garet F. Dale, Walter C
Livingston, relatives of William Penn
and among the first settlers of Allen
on
10
loss estl
them
was absent,
death
fiw
ire
was
his
Mar
ceeings started by Martin A. Rein
smith, real estate dealer, for the re
moval of ground rent on a
once owned by the Penn family, Sher
iff Sensbach received
Judge Reno ordering the striking off
of the encumbrance on the lot. The
Penn relatives, upon whom It was
sought to serve the papers, have been
dead nearly 150 years. To
an
pearch for them them and advertised
In the newspapers,
Pittsburgh .-
of a Pennsylvania rallroad passenger
crossing in Homested,
Injuries which resulted in his death
Canonsburg. —A on the head
with & crow bar, said to
wielded by Cleo Brown, a negress
caused the death of James Willlams
af negro, with whom the woman Is
sald to have been living. She gave
herself up to the police.
Warren.—John Stefos, charged with
the murder of his 21-year-old wife or
the morning of December 14, 1024
wang found guilty of murder In the
second degree hy a Jury. The jury
deliberated more than four hours be
fore reaching a verdict,
Pittsburgh.—Finding another
in the apartment of his wife, Mrs
Kate Platt, of Clairton, from whom
he had been separated for two years
Peter Piatt shot both, according te
the police. Mra Platt was struck In
the abdomen and her companion, The
odore Jordan, In the neck Both were
taken to the McKeesport Hospital
where It was sald that each has a
chance of recovery. Platt remained In
his wife's apartment until arrested,
Pottsville—Mre., Annie Kolbank, of
Braystown, near here, who was mar
ried only five weeks ago on her 16th
birthday, wag buried last week. Her
seven bridesmaids of five weeks ago
acted as flowers girls, while the six
ushers at the wedding were pallbear
ers Mrs. Kolbank was operated on
for appendicitis and dled at the An
thracite Hospital
Harrisburg Contract for the com
struction of 0143 feet of highway In
Fawn Grove borough, York county, te
Harry T. Campbell Sons Company
Ine, Towson, Md. for 857.647, was
announced at the department of high.
ways. Other contracts announced
were : McKean county, Otto and Fos
ter townships, 18844 feet, to D. L.
Dennis, Smethport, $68808, and In
Susquehanna county, Great Bend and
Oakiand townships, 10.207 feet, to the
Lane Construction Corporation, Merl
den, Conn., for $160.9062,
Lewistown ~The school for student
nurses at the Lewistown Hospital was
opened after a lapse of five years,
LebanonDavid J. Ieopold was
elected president of the Lebanon Ma-
sonic Temple Association, which plans
the erection of a $250,000 temple.
Gettysburg ~The directors of the
Gettysburg Theologienl Reminary
elected Dr. M, R. Fischer, of Phila.
delphia, to the new chalr of English
Bible and religious eduneation,
Carlisle ~The Cumberland County
hlow
man
ed Galen
president.
Gates, of SWppenshurg,
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CURRENT EVENTS
Matsudaira Talks Peace—
Senate Rejects Warren—
Jardine Appointed.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
SUNEO MATSUDAIRA, the
Japanese ambassador to the
States,
day, “with gratitude In
the preliminary
ceived at San Francisco
cago. His official
ital will be no less warm, for
tinctly persona grata
States government.
great family of
does speaks En
was secretary general of th
delegation to the Washington
ference: has
diplomatic
vice minister of foreign affairs
Japanese cabinet at the time
pointmer In short, he is «
arrived In Washington
his
welcomes
welcome
to ‘
He comes
historical
his wife:
held several
posts In Europe,
of
the
ap
new
smen The
ambassador's unofficial words
Rcross America explain why he
come at the capital:
“1 bring greetings from nc
Pacific the people of America. |
your
mission of
0 rogte
is wel
ross the
to
ghores. 1 am come on a
peace. 1 consider It a duty and a
privilege all that J can to
strengthen the bonds of friendship be
tween the United States d Japan
There Is no question or difference of
opinion that Is not capable of amicable
settlement if approached in the spirit
of friendship. If the press of both na
confine self to facts—-that
to do
an
tions will
will help”
m—
For
the
appreciated at Washington
as the new ambassador neared
Golden Gate he may have had gilmpse
of the great American fleet now prac
ticing in the Pacific, preparatory to
starting for the much vexed Hawalian
maneuvers and a visit to Australia
and New Zealand. And it
parted from Washington. It
easy to recall that Japan at one time
strenuously protested against our Pa.
war in the Hawalian islands
the attacking “Blue” fleet and the de
fending “Black” land forces is to de
naval base in the Pacific, can
fended against enemy attack.
Oahu In our possession,
Oahu
attack,
the military viewpoint,
defended against enemy pro-
an American fleet In the Pacific. Bat
in the Atlantic—that’s another and
different story. Hence the lmportance
of the coming Hawaiian maneuvers
ambassador who does not necessarily
read into this mimic war the inference
that the hypothetical “enemy attack”
is on the part of Japan and does not
necessarily see In the “friendship
visit” of the American fleet to Aus
tralia and New Zealand a combination
and conspiracy against Japan by the
inglish-speaking peoples of the Pa
cific.
: R. WILLIAM M. JARDINE has
succeeded Howard M. Gore as sec
retary of agriculture. There is nat
urally nation-wide inter:st in the new
Agriculture department bead. If ex-
perience guarantees fiiness, Secretary
Jardine should approximate 100 per
cent’ efficiency. He has first-hand
knowledge of agricniture and has a
practical background based on experi
ence us cowboy, dalry farmer, ranch
manager and man, of nffairs. At the
same time his scientific attainments
are large. When «appointed he was
head of the Kansas State Agricultural
college,
Washington gossip has it that Sec
rotary Jurdibe will stage a shakeup in
the department, His public utter
ances would Indicate that he holds
views harmonious with those of Presi
dent Coolidge on the solution of the
CA OAS SA ASAP BES AAI SBI PBF SSI
ambassador, who says he brings
problems of the farmer. In
pposed to the MceNary-Haugen
price
ine Lil
4
Xing Dil.
The
116 ¢ ig nny
HRIGEDS 18 nnx;
vast army
the
wrest
from tl )
» Inverior depart:
rooting the
policy and
a sia
HE struggle in the senate over con
Fan ation of the President's nomina
t of Charles B. Warreg to ba
is still
a lively fish
a lively fight,
' adontion
0 adoption
forestry
tement
si
torneéy general on at this
ing It is with surpris
form nS Sha Ty $0 wr x i
ing features Tuesday, while
President “peacefully
wizing™ at his hotel,
proached a tle
Dawes wns
the senate ap
desperate ef
Vice President
y break it As
her, Overman
vote
fort was made to
there In
Dawes entered the of
of North Carolina
who had voted for Warren, dramati
Dawes time
the only
ical
switched his vote. This destroyed
of 40 to 40, cinched Warren's
and made the automob
Dawes more or less ridiculot
Whereupon the senate-—at least
anti-Warren senators, if no
Dawes the “ha, ha!”
with him for reading the riot
Mareh 4.
Presider Coolidge Thursday sur
prised everyone, including the party
leaders, by again sending the nomina-
tion of Warren to the senate. It was
t made public whether the President
determined to force the fight or
f acted In order to give Warren an
opportunity to defend himself
senate charges. Incidentally, the Mich
igan house of representatives Wednes
iy
the tie
defeat
others
gave They
got even
act to them
against
statement of Couzens that nine-tenths
of the people of that state were back
ing his opposition to the confirmation
Sanders aut the White House was this:
“At the request of the President Mr.
Warren consented to allow hig name
to be presented again to the senate.”
enlarge on the an
senators were
Coolidge de
would not
nouncement, but some
of the opinion that Mr
draw a direct issue between himself
HE
dent
emphatic utterance by Presi
Coolidge In his Inaugural
loyalty and regularity suits the reg
ular Republicans in both house and
senate,
ance therewith. The house demoted
followers of LaFollette on Important
committees. The senate, after
and bitter debate, In which the opposi-
demoted LaFol
whole slate being
Norris of Nebraska,
lette senators, the
approved by a vote of G4 to IL
test vote, 346 to 13, was on the effort
North Dakota, a LaFollette follower,
for Stanfield of Oregon as chairman of
the party quarrel and voted “present.”
So the Insurgents are placed at the bot-
tom of the lists in accordance with the
numerical strength of thelr followers,
min
PPORTIONMENT of funds amount.
ing to $2,500,000, appropriated by
congress for the construction of lm-
proved roads and trafls in the various
national parks and national monu-
ments, is announced by the Integlor de-
partment. The Interior department
appropriation act for the fiscal year
1926 containg an appropriation of $1.
500.000 to be expended for the build-
ing of these much-needed roads and
trails in the national parks and monu-
ments under the jurisdiction of the
national parks service. An initial ap-
propriation of $1,000,000 for this road
and trail work was made avallable in
the deficiency act which was signed
by the President December 5, 1024,
making In all $2,500,000 available,
These appropriations were made un-
der authority of the National Park
Highways act of April 0, 1024, which
authorized the appropriation of $7.
HOO000 for the earrying out of a three
year road and teall construction pro-
gram, ‘
Of the $2500000 fand appropriated
the sum of 34583,000 has been allotted
message of peace and friendship.
to Glacier National park, Montana, of
which $410.006 js
Trunsmountuln
£404 000 the next
! itl be ex
half of these fund
paving the® Ei
park boundary
connecting
the stnte
1d which
mohile
im of $A
Mount in
work in ti}
1 he
Mounts!
VON MALTZAN,
German amboss
ARON
new
al 0) the
ador, was offi
Pres}
representative
welcomed day by
$ Codildge
ed the
of Germany than President for
the work of itizens in the
economic and nstractior
of his con
“1 gratefull
tivities
recall the generous ac
of American citizens in social
and the farseeing
and economic
ing an American
scome historical”
and cultural help,
recon
name
he sid
last order of the deceased pres
the reich was to express f«
his feeling of high
his sincere wish
the U
w, Mr
personal
for
of America.’
“It is for
the just
President
the welfare nited States
you to interpret fo Amer
aspirations of your na
sald President Coolidge In
“It is for you to promote the un-
derstanding the only sound
We have had
ica
re.
which Is
bagls of lasting peace
a long history as a republic, and we
hope that you may profit by a study
of our experience of 8 century and a
half of democratic goversment.”
WILLIAM MITCHELL
center of controversy
over air power as a national defense,
by Lieut,
Col. James E. Fechet as assistant chief
of the army alr service. Colonel
Fechet ig now in command of the alr
at Kelly Field.
The appointment iz sald to be
Gen. Mason
N. Patrick, air service chief, and Ma}
John L. Hines, chief of staff,
though he has not publicly indicated
General
Mitchell says that his effofts to secure
a unified air service, distinet from both
army and navy, will be continued. In-
cidentally Representative Florian
Lampert of Wisconshn, chairman of the
house committee on alreraft, issued a
statement Wednesday that the investi-
had vindicated the position
taken by General Mitchell,
¥
RIG. GEN
storm the
R. WALTER SIMONS Thursday
took the oath of President of the
German republic before the various
diplomatic corps and members of the
reichstag in the reichstag. Doctor
Simons will hold the office until the
elections name a new chief, All at
tempts to bring about a coalition of
the right parties failed with the re
fusal of the People's party to back
Herr Gessler's candidacy for the presi.
dency. Herr Stresemann’s objections,
based on the fears of foreign opinion,
were supported by his party. Germany
goes into the election campaign with
five candidates, none of whom seems
able to secure the election on the first
ballot. »
RESIDENT COOLIDGE, arbiter Ip
the historic Tacna-Ariea dispute
between Chile and Peru which has
threatened the peace of South America
for a peneration, acnounced his de
clglon Wednesday that the ultimate
disposition of the contested provinces
must be by popular vote. This Is #
preliminary victory for Chile. The de
cision fixes the conditions of the pleb
iscite and provides for a commission
of three, of which the American mem
ber 18 to be president,
COMMERCIAL
Weekly Review of Trade an
Market Reports.
min
BALTIMORE
spot, domestic,
fomestic, $1 89
Corn—-Track
iomestic delivery
* at $1.29 per
spot,
Wheat
$1.89;
vellow
is quot:
i
bus hel
Onts~-~No. 2 white
3 white, 68% asked
Hye
Hay p
@ 21.50; No. 3 timothy, $317G 19%;
tight mixed, 319556062
lover mixed, $19@ 15.560; N¢
$17@ 1%
I 3 1 AGW
NO. & BPOL, £1 12%
a
No. 2 timothy, per
ciover
mixed
15.50
SBtraw-—-No
BiIB@19; No
16 5G: No
Millfeed
ern, in 10(
ner 1h
per §
Meat
{0 meds
Muskrat
coves 11
gmail
Liams
Oysters—Raw
$3 50G 4: culls
NEW YORK
No. 1 dark Northern
New York. lake
2 hard winter feed,
$105%: No. Z mixed
$196%;: No. 1 Mani
§2.08Y
Corn—Spot easy
f. track New York, all
No. 2 mixed, do, $1 383%;
Oats No. 2 white,
Egges-~Fresh-gathered
30% @3lc; do, storage packed, 21@
31%; fresh-gathered, firsts 28% @
29%; : do, storage packed, 31: nearby
hennery whites, selected, ex
tras, 35@39% nearby and nearby West
ern hennery whites, firsts to average
extras, 32@ 37; nearby henners
browns, extras, 336 35
Butter—Creamery, higher than
tras, YR GEHOc: creamery extia
score), 49: do, firsts (88 to 81
2% G48%;: packing stock,
make, No. 2. 23% G24.
PHILADELPHIA. ~
red winter, $1816 1.92
Corn-No. 2 yellow, $1 40@1.41%
Onts--No. 2 white, 64@65¢c.
Butter—8olid-packed, higher scoring
than extras, 516 53¢c. the latter fo
small lots; extras, 92 score. 50; 9
score, 49; 0 score, 4T%; R89 score
44%: 88 score, 41: R87 score, 40:
score, 80%. -
Cheese-—~New York,
flats, fresh, 26@ 27¢c.
Live Poultry -— Fowles. Plymout}
Rocks, 283@30¢c; mediom, 25627; leg
horns, 26G28; spring chickens, fancy
Plymouth Rock, 3 Ibs. or over each
23@385; mixed breeds. 30§32: ol
roosters, 18@220; turkeys, 30435.
LIVE STOCK
BALTIMORE —Cattle—S8teors, goot
to choice, $9.76@ 10.25; medium tc
good, $8.75G 0.50; common and me
divm, $7.75@8.50% common, $6.35@
7.25. Helfers, good to choice, $7.75@
£25; fair to good, $7@7.50; commor
to medium, $5.75@ 6.50; bulls, 1®
sholce, 85.5086; fair to good, ag
6.25; cows, good to cholee, $5.50G6;
fair to good, $3.5064.50.
‘heat
and
No. 2
rail,
yellow, ¢
$1 301
i. 93%
Spot easy. fic
extra firsts
closely
ex
(9:
geore)
curren
Wheat — No.
whole milk
Sheep and Lambs Sheep, $369.50;
lambs, $11419.
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