| PENNSYLVANIA STATE ITEMS Berwick.—This place successfully closed u community drive for $29,250, Altoona.—In the confusion incldent to vacating old City Hall some one has stolen the smallpox blanket be- longing to the municipal health bu- reau, Chief Thomas J. Herbert stated that he had used it to wrap at least 20 smallpox patients whlle they were being taken to the contagious disease hospital, Reading.—At the meeting of the al- tiled commanders of the P. O. 8. of A. of Berks and adjacent counties resolu- tions were passed opposing the plac- ing of a statue of Christopher Colum. bus in Penn's Common by the Sons of Italy, on the ground that the park should be reserved for native heroes. York.~—Arrested by Patrolman Me Williams as a suspicious character, a man about 52 years old, is being held in the city prison for investigation, He gave his name ag A, H. Alapllaya- yuy Apyuyuyuzuzuy Astapulannnal Anttiyvuyapy Hestslanuauzy Aluy. He speaks some language fluently but the police cannot find out what it is. He has two other middie names, but the desk clerk flunked on them. lLancaster.— Lancaster county motor- ists announced theler Intention to “de- clare war” on the commissioners un- less definite action relative to the erection of a free bridge across the Susquehanna river between Wrights. ville and Columbia Is forthcoming. At the same time a drive opened against the supervisors for thelr In- action toward accepting $500,000 of state money for road buliding in the county. Only a few more days remain within which state ald may be obtaln- ed, but to date a meeting of the super visors has not even been called. Waynesboro.—Mra. Ellen Stitt, 54 near Dry Ron, was drowned at her home when she fell Into a elstern when the flooring broke under her weight. A boy who lived with the familly dis covered her plight and ran for ald, but life was extinct when the body was finally recovered about twenty minutes after the aceident. Inquest was deemed unnecessary. Harrisburg. —Registration of pas. senger motor vehicles cn April 18 was 925,608, compared with 800,046 on the same day last year, officials in the de- partment of highways announced. An increase also was shown In the regls- tration for commercial vehicies, which was 156080, compared with 141.020 in 1924. Total! registration receipts were $14.280.000, compared with $12. 615,865 on April 16, 1924. Altoona.—Alderman Charles A. Plp- er, Constable H. 8 Banmgardner, De- tective R. J. Haverly and Mrs. Rose Geller, charged with conspiracy, ex tortion, blackmail and accepting bribes have given bail for a bearing. They are alleged to have taken $400 and $350 respectively from two persons charged with violating the ligunor laws Scranton. — Frank Malowisez, 54, sald to be a former resident of Phila- delphia, died from wounds received In a brawl in the saloon of John Wyzin- ski, at Dickson City. The proprietor and his bartender, Stanley Fuchoski, are being held at the county jall on a homicide charge. Pottsville.—A uniformed state po- liceman i8 so much more Impressive to Iawbreakers when he appears on horseback that Troop C, which began moving from Pottsville to Reading, will add to its number of horses in- stead of discarding them, as has been the tendency for several years. A trooper on a motorcycle covers more ground than a man on horseback, but the latter can travel many mountain paths where a motorcycle cannot go and has more terrors f r offenders. ‘The only state policemen remaining here will be several members of the highway patrol and they engaged pri- vate boarding houses, as the barracks ased by the troop will be abandon- ed with its removal from the city. Pittsburgh — Seventeen persons dled from alcoholism in Allegheny county during April, setting a new record for deaths from that cause, Coroner Me. Gregor reported. There were 18 deaths in the month from automobile accidents, lebanon —David, 44-year-old son of Frank Sonon, of West Cornwall, died from blood poisoning, resulting from what had been thought but a slight bruise on a knee. The Injury was suf- fered in a fall down stairs. Beranton.~—A 7-year-old boy and an 18-year-old youth were killed In two saccidents In Old Forge. The child Anthony Benjamine, was playing on a bank near the Erie rallroad tracks when he fell and rolled down under the wheels of a train. Sam Terroll, the youth killed, was riding on a truck with five others when the steering gear locked and caused the machine to turn over. Terroll received a frae- tured skull and died while being re- moved to a hospital. The others es- ecaped Injury. | Clalrton—Dr. J. C. Cort, aged 6% years, dropped dead from heart dis ease at his home here, Junlata.—~Thieves broke inte Miller Srothers’ general store and Miss Lydia Lang's dry goods store and earried off provisions and goods valued at $1000. Lancaster. ~~ Thomas Henson, 00 years old, was found dead In bed at hig home near here when a neighbor went to his room with food. Hurrisburg.—The appointment of Ralph C. English as justice of the peace for Taylor township, Centre county, was announced by Governor Pinchot Washington. Joseph Emerick, for merly of Canonsburg, but now of De- troit, must marry or serve a sentence of als months In Jail for the illegal possession of liquor Emeaich told Judge Cummins, who sentenced hl, that hte came here from Detroit to marry the girl he left behind and that he brought some whisky with him to celebrate Judge Cummins imposed the sentence, but told Emerich that he could evade it If he could bring his prospective bride and a marriage license into court York.—Burns which she sustained about the body when her clothing caught fire while she was playing with a match she had found, proved fatal at the York Hospital to Mary, 4-year. old daughter of Charles FU Casey. Seranton.—Mrs, Anna Fetherman, of this city, was Installed ax president of the State Camps Patriotic Order of Americans, In convention here, She succeeds Mrs, Sarah Cromley, of Philadelphia. Other officers installed were: G. Allen Smith, Philadelphia, assistant president ; Mrs, Emma Myers, Philadelphia, vice president; EN Kline, Alentown, assistant vice presi dent: George W. Shaffer, Reading, secretary: Mrs. Margaret Neldig, of Sellersville, treasurer, and Mrs. Emma Fox, conductor. Hazleton —Everything in readi ness for the annual convention of the Six-County Firemen's Association In thig city the week of June 15, It wax announced at a meeting of the general executive committee here, Hazleton has raised the $15,000 for the entertalnment of the firemen, who will come from Luzerne, Lackawanna Columbia, Montour, Northumberland and Schuylkill counties, bringing at least 10,000 visitors for parade day. Harrisburg. —Winstox & Co., Seran- ton, have been awarded the contract for 50,181 feet of improved roads In Wyoming county, Harrisburg. — While walking with n friend In a park J. P. Garbieh, an Y. M C. A. employe, shot himself through the head, dying instantly, Wilkes-Barre. Patrick Fiynn, 680, of Pittston, was found dead near the Cy. clone Machine Works by workmen on thelr way to work. An examination of the body by Deputy Coroner . K Howell revealed the fact that the mun had been a victim of bad liquor. Piynn i= the 468th person to have died ns » result of liquor In the county since the first of the year. He I» survived by a large family. Norristown. —In disposing of a $40, 000 estate, P. Frank Hunter, a former assistant treasurer of the Pennsyiva. nia Raliroad Company, who dled here a few days ago after an llineas of 25 is W. Faulkner, of Norristown. Phoenlxville.—Joseph Nelzger, aged 11, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Neiz ger, of near Perfklomen Junction, gasoline he was pouring on a smoul. dering wood fire exploded and shower: ed him with the blazing liquor, that turned him Into g human torch. He, with Samuel and Louls Coseman, aged 8 and 9, had gone to play In an or chard, When the wood did not burn, Nelzger procured the gasoline. The can exploded with a report heard for a quarter mile. Nelzger, screaming for help, ran toward his home, hat dropped sbout 25 feet away. Thomas McAvoy rushed the burned boy to the local hospital, where he died as he was carried Into the bullding York.—Earl Purdie, 29 years aid, a performer with George E. Bobbins carnival, which opened the season bhete, was seriously injured when motorcycle which he was riding in the carnival, broke and hurled him to the bottom of the hig bowl, fracturing sev eral ribs and possibly injuring him In ternally. Seranton. John Emory Vander. mark, 58 years old, a farmer, was found dead, shot through the heart on the old family farm at Hawley, Wayne county. His brother. Nelson Vandermark, 62 years old, Is under arrest on a charge of murder. Wayne couniy authorities, after sn Investign- tion, sald that the Vanderiasrk bLirot's fre met in an effort to adjust the family estate and that they wrangled over it late Into the night. John re. tired and Nelson Is alleged ta nave she hum through the heart with: a shot Tun Montrose — Engineers of the State Highway Department and viewers named by the Dauphin county court ordered the Halistead-Great Bend bridge closed for an indefinite period They declared the structure unsafe. This orders Interrupts traffic on the Lackawanna Trall between points in Pennsylvania and New York. Clearfield. Five cans of blasting powder proved deadly playtiVags when one boy was killed and five oth- ers were seriously burned at Board. man, near here. The ages of the boys range from 7 to 12 years. The young: sters had taken the powder from a powder house and distributed ft on the ground, when one of them It it with a match. Charles Kasmir was almost blown to pleces when the flam- ing powder ignited a partly filled can he was holding. Harrisburg. — Patricio Russ, aged 72 formerly a widely known hotelman, killed himself at hiz home. Bhenandoah. Pete Miser died as the result of being burned In a gas explosion at Shenandoah City eolilery. 8t. Clair.—When the alr hose on » Reading train burst Joseph Carr, a tralnman, was thrown so violently that his collar bone was broken. Hazleton The monthly Institutes held by the public school tenchers will be discontinued and State College ex- tension courses taken up, Harrisburg. Governor Pinchot ap- pointed State Senator John 0. Hom sher, of Rtrasshurg, to serve on the General George Gordon Mende Statue Mommigeinn ].—8t, before demolition of the hullding. guard preidminary to starting big plane engine In world, installed CURRENT EVENTS France Tells Arms Traffic Conference She Must Have Security Pact. By EDWARD W, PICKARD Fiance is overlivoking no oppor tunity to assure the world that she cannot be expected to adhere tv any international peace and disarmament agreements until she receives gusran- tee of the security of her boundaries and those of Poland and the nations of the Illttlie entente. She continues to distrust Germany and insists that until the other great powers promise protection for her and her allies, she must rewosin fully armed and must keep on manufacturing armament for herself and for the smaller nations that look to her for their safety from German aggression. Paul Boncour, party leader, said all powerful if they persisted In overlooking this tended to revive the discredited Gen eva protocol at the September meet ing of the League of Nations assem- bly; but he offered 7 38 4 wm dro a AR RR MP the tower of of the the rum torpedo from Secretary lowered fleet. bombing and plane, York. coast New of Square garden, inspecting men for us to assume that those who have suffered so much from the war should seek a settlement which as far as humanly possible should be free of the conditions leading directly to war. To that end and in that spirit we have helped. “But we have never forgotten that there was a limit beyond which we could not go. The full measure of American helpfulness can be obtained ouly when the American people are as sured that the time for destructive methods apd poilcies has passed and the time for peaceful npbulliding has come. They sre asking themselves If that time, as a fact, has come. And that question they cannot today an ewer, An snswer must be given to them. It must come from the peoples of Europe, who sione can make deci sions “If the answer is peace, may be sure that America will help to her generous utmost. But If, God | forbid, that answer will continue con. | fused and doubtful, then I fear thowe | bheipful processes which are now In mo tion must Inevitably cease” F THE Atlantic coast ram running | fleet is not routed and dispersed It | will not be the fault of Assistant Sec. | retary of the Treasury Andrews, | then yom charge of the treasury's activities in enforcing probibition. Under bis 4} rection the naval and aerial resources of the coast guard of the New York aren are being used to effect a block. ade against the liguer smugglers More than sixty coast guard boats, | manned by 400 men and fully armed, | the sea and are as | might be offered. As for a convention for the control of traffic In arms, M. Boncour sald mapping sand photographing the posi. tion of the carriers of contraband and | scouting for shore boats. In reserve | unless It were confirmed Immediately by a convention regulating private originating point and traffic is merely the result.” This is contrary to the view expressed hy Congressman Theo delegation, who ments of munitions, not the private manufacture, is the important thing. Burton on Thursday offered a BONONS ERSES Both Brazil and Uruguay advocate submarine chasers. Every vessel of | the rum fleet Is closely watched by | linpossible for shore boats to obtain and land any liquor. blockade extends from Con Jersey and its every that ne nation may sell arms to a rebel party untill a half of the nations signing the treaty, Including a certain number of the great powers, recognize the government of a revolutionary party. This is opposed by the Amer jcan delegation because In most rev. olutions In the western hemisphere the hands of the United States would be tied, while awalting the recogni tion of a revolutionary party by nu merous European powera This Is looked on as a serious menace to the Monroe doctrine. Carton de Wiart of Belgium was elected president of the conference NE of the most significant events of the week was the first publle address of Ambassador Houghton in London. Undoubtedly speaking for President Coolldge's administration, he tactfully but pointedly admonished the nations of Europe that unless they abandoned warlike ambitions and de structive methods and policies the American people would cease to ald in European reconstruction. He did not name any nation, but it was generally accepted that his warning was direct. ed especially at France, and every where except In France the speech was warmly commended. Telling his hearers that Americans looked om the aftermath of the war in Europe » mpathetically and with an intense desire to help, Mr. Hough. ton continued: “But we, too, are a practieal people, When we lent our savings to make It possible for the peoples of central Eu- rope to get work it was because we knew that only In this way could Eu- rope as a whole be made to function economically, When we lent of our savings to rebuild markets that had been destroyed It was because we knew that In no other way could they be enjoyed again, “That was a necessary beginning, It was common sense, If we went at the Job with a certain moral earnestness, let that go to our credit, It is natural FTER defeating the Spanish In Morocco, the RIff tribesmen pro- out the French. But they are up and al-| ready have been defeated In several | sangulnary battles. General Columbat | met the Riffians north of Fer and | drove them back. but be reports that | they were well organized and well | armed and showed themselves able | tacticians, withdrawing In good order despite heavy losses. The French gov- ernment says Its troops will not cross the Spanish border in pursuit of Ab del-Krim's followers unless specifically permitted to do so by Spain and Eng lend. Italy wants a finger In this ple and has notified France that it de wires to share in the operations and in probable spoils, but France and Spain declare no outsider Is wanted. HARGES of recent manipulation of wheat In the Chicago market for speculative purposes are being In. vestigated by the Department of Agri: culture and Senator Capper of Kan sus says a report is to be expected soon. The Chicago Board of Trade also received charges that there was a corner In May corn and rye and it requested all having complaints re garding market manipulation to pre sent them to the directors May 12 A complaint has been made that the Grain Marketing company, a farmer's concern, should not be allowed to trade in provision futures, as it is supposed to be doing business for the farmers and they are mot supposed to be In- terested In provision trading. This was to be taken up with other mat. ters, IRECTOR of the Budget Lord has Just completed a tour of the coun try lasting ome month, In which be has told many thousands of tax pay: ers about the President's economy program. He has now begun work on the next budget, In which there will be a substantial reduction, Mr. Cool idge hopes this cut will be as great as $300,000,000, making the total es timates to be submitted to the next congress about $3,000000,000. The treasury, it ls predicted, will show a surplus of about $100,000,000 for the current year, The total volume of tax receipts may be cut by 12 per cent, the method of doing this to be decided by congress. Secretary Mel lon wants surtaxes reduced and rates on estate taxes lowered or eliminated N RECOGNITION of the growing importance of aviation In warfare and, possibly, in the belief that it will check the movement for a separate alr force, Secretary of the Navy MNilbur has announced that hereafler aviation is to be a major course of study in the Naval scademy at Annapolis and that every graduate must qualify as a fiyer within two years after gradua- tion, A communists In Bolgaria have been outiawed by the govern ment and their organizations are being exterminated. The Macedonian revo lutionary organization, whose chief, Alexandroff, was assassinated last September on orders from Moscow be- cause he would not bolshevize It, Is the government great assist. ance, providing large bands of €ighting men where they are most needed. This secret force numbers, it Is sald, about 100.000. The communists, who are being hunted like rats, are fight. ing back desperately Several wit nesses In the trial of those sccused of the Sofia cathedral bomb outrage have testified that the Third Interna- the affair. but Zinovieff has reiterated his denial of this HE dirigible Lor Angeles made a speedy and altogether successful flight from Lakehurst to Mayragues, Porto Rico, where she found the moor ing ship Patoka. From there the big ROMINENT women from many lands wet last week In Washing: the president, was in the and Secretary of Commerce the welcoming ad of the government. dress on behalf governments the League of Nations” and QUCIALISTS of CGCermany made \J charges of irregularity and fraud in the election of Von Hindenberg as president and formally asked that the election be declared void. Neverthe. less the arrangements for the inaugy- ration of the field marshal on May 12 went right abead. There was spec. ulation as to the attitnde the allied governments would adopt. Von Hin denburg is still listed as a war culprit, so those governments would have to “forget™ that fact or else decline to congratulate him, which would be eon sidered an Insult by Germany. EON TROTZKY, who used to be the soviet war minister and was deposed and sent to Transcaucasia, has been recalled to Moscow on his promise to obey the dictates of the Bolshevist party, and probably will be given the post of commissar of foreign trade, vacated by Krassin on his ap pointment as ambassador to France His arrival In Moscow was virtually ignored by the people and he will have hard work to recover his influence and popularity. Zinovieff, it was an nounced, would take a long vacation In the Caucasus—probably because of his failure to produce the promised revolutions in other lands, T. VAN ORMAN, piloting the * Goodyear III, won the nation al elimination balloon race and will represent the United States in the In ternational contest. Starting from St Joseph, Mo., his balloon traveled about "w miles, coming down at Reform, ness are made codefendants The sult is based on contracts between the Ford company and the dealers | COMMERCIAL | | Weekly Review of Trade an Market Reports. BALTIMORE. —Wheat—No, 2 red winter, domestic, $1.90; No. 2 red win ter, domestic (garlicky), $1.90 Corn—No. 2 yellow, domestic Oats-—No, 2 white, white, 63 asked. Rye No. 2 spot, §1.27 Hay—No. 2 timothy, per ton @19; No. 3 timothy, $1556@17 light clover mixed, $17 clover mixed, 316.50@ 17; mixed, $154 16. Straw—-—No. 1 straight §18.50@19; No. 1 No. 1 oat, 815.506 18.5 Milifeed—- Sp ern, in 100.1b Western middling, brows Butter—Creamery cholee, 41@ 42; prints, 44@ 46; ladles, 20@ 30; Md. and Pa. rolls, 244 «8; Ohio rolle, 24@ 26; Western Vi ginia rolls, 24@ 26 Live Poultry- 4'4 ibs. and over, per Ib, 20Q%0¢; me. dium, 3% to 4 lbs, smooth, per Ih. 27 @ 2%; smaller or rough and poor, per ib. 24@25; leghorus, per Ib, 24G25; id roosters, per ib, 17; stags : 45; young. winter, 23% Ibs. and under, per Ib, 40@ 45; spring chickens weg! ing 1% lbs. and over, mixed colors, 55 @iL8;, do, smaller, 50054 Ducks young Pekings, 4 Ibe. and over per ib 24@ 20¢c; puddie, ib pt £77 re Pigeons, young, per pair, 35@ 50¢; oid per pair, 50 Guinea fowls, young large, each, 86@ 5c; smaller and old, 08 50 Fish-—Bass, native, per Ib Carp, Inrge, per 1b, 4@bc barrel, 38G'5; per box $5G6 bolling, per 1b.. 20Q 25¢; @22; pan, 15@ 18. Perch, white, large per lb, 15@Q20c; vellow, large €20 Salmon trout, per Ib. 6c Flounders, large, per lb. 10 @12¢c. Catfish, white, ib, S5@&« black, 4@5. Grey trout, per brl. large 812Q 16. Eeels large. per ib, 126 Pike, native, per Ib. 20@380c. Mack erel per ib, 30Q%28c. Shad, roe, N Carolina, 22@25c; buck, do, 12@18 roe, Chesapeake Bay, 220 25; buck. dc Herring, per box, $156@2 Clams Large per $125@1.40 small to medium, 50c@¥1 Hard Crabs Prime males $9@ 10; do. mized $7@s Soft Crabs inches per dozen, $1.50 2 NEW YORK Wheat No. 1 dark Northern spring, c § f New York, lake and rail, $187%. N 2 hard winter, f. 0. b. lake and rs $181%: No 2 mixed durnm, do $1.73%: No. 1 Manitoba. do, in bond $1.06% Corn-—Spot strong: No i. 1. track New York, all rail, No. 2 mized, $1.24% Butter—Strong; Creamery, than extras, 42% @42c; do, extras score), 42: do. firsts (88 to 91 score). 40% G41%; packing stock, make, No. 2, 20@ 25% Eggs —Frech-gathered, extra firsts 21% @32c; do, =torage packed, 32% @ 33; freshgathered, firsts, 31@314%; do, 31% @32; do, secs hennersy 3T@38 $1.27. re . . ’ She asked ox 9 $18.50 ’ ul) S0@is; No No. 2 clos rye, per $15@155 wheat ring wheat do, do, good do, do, blocks, 436 45 Chickens, oid heus per ib, per or - ff 2%¢ Crocus peer Rock medium, 29 0G per 15 orth 100 per bri per br Three or over Spot strong 2 yellow $1.35 higher (582 urreat storage packed nde, 29% 6G 0%; clogely selected nearby whites eXiras nearby Western hennery firsts to average extras, 32@ 36 Live Poultry Stags, by freight, 20 40@ 55; freight, 23g 30 roosters, by whites, by express S0@55; fowls by express, 29@ 31; 16. by freight PHILADELPHIA Wheat — No. 2 red winter, §1.82%@ 1.93%. Corn-—No. 2 vellow, $1.2861.30 Oste—~No. 2 white, §7@58¢c Butter—Solid packed, higher thar extras, 44047. extras, 92 score. 43¢c 81 score, 42; 90 score. 41: 8% score, 40; 88 score, 39: S87 score, 38%; £4 score, 37% Cheese—New York, whole milk, flats fresh, 22@ 23%.c; do, held, 27628 Live Poultry Fowis, fancy, fat, Ply- mouth Rocks, 32¢: medium 308232: mixed breeds. fancy, 31@32; medium 29@ 20; ordinary fowls, 26@ 28; spring chickens, Plymouth Rocks, broilers, 1 @1% pounds. each, 58860. mixed breeds, 52G 57; leghorns, broflers, 16 1% pounds each, 35@ 46; capons. $00 45; roosters, 15@ 20: turkeys, 200206 LIVE STOCK BALTIMORE. ~Cattle—S8teers, good to choice, $8.75@ 10.50; medium to good, $8.50 9.25; common to medium, $7.25@8; common, $666.75. Heifers, good to choice, $S25@S875: fair to good, $7.26608; common to medium, 85.2607. Balls, good to choice, §6.258 6.75. fair to good, $5.25G6; common to medium, $4255. Cows, good to choice, $5.5006.25. Sheep and Lambe-—8heep, $368.25: lambs, $1016.50; spring lambs, $16 @18.25 Hogs—Lights, $12.40§12.50: heavy, $1250@12.60; pigs, $1230@G12.40; that body. The Governor has accepted light pigs, $11@ 11.26: roughs, $7@1L Calves—Calves, $5610.50, CHICAGO. —Cattle~Fed steers, top yearlings in load lots, $11.60: best hoary bullocks, $11.15: little below $9.25 to killers; most fat cows, $5.77 @%; heifers, $3@ 10: lls steady; belognas, mostly $4.90G M25; vealers mostly $5@9. \
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