NAME APPRAISERS FOR BELL BANK May Know Value of Asses in Two Weeks. SALE OF PHONE CO. APPROVED items, Briefly Con- Sections of the Interesting News densed, From All State, Pa.—D, B. Blackburn, president of the First National Bank of Oakmont, and J. H. McGinnity, trust officer and secretary of the Pitts- burgh Trust npany, were named by the state banking department as appraisers of the assets of the closed Carnegie Trust Company. Difficulty was encountered by the department in getting appraisers. Attorney General Woodruff said this was attributed by some bankers to the publicity that banks In western Pennsylvania were getting as a result of the revelations brought out by the state's investiga- tion into the Carnegie Trust, but he thought the real indifference on the part of bankers In accepting the ap- praisership was due to the tremendous difficulty that would encountered in accurately appraising assets of the closed bank. It is reported the ap praisers have been Instructed to com- plete thelr work within two weeks, Attorney General Woodruff admitted it would be impdssible to do the work in less time. A plea for the farmer on the commissioners {8 made the Grange News, the official organ of the State Grange. An editorial calls attention to the fact that there is a vacancy cause by the death of John 8S. Speer, vice president of the board, which occurred at his home in Lik county, and states that Adolf Muller, Norristown, a nurseryman, Is the nearest approach to a farmer among the hoard members State Grunge members and others Interested farmer the board will visit the governor. Approval of the sale of certain property Telephd Harrisburg, ‘ Cor be app intment of a state board of game in the issue of in seeing a on application of of the Company, located In Center, Chester, Clinton, Lan- lebanon, Lycoming Northum- berland, Schuylkill and Unlon counties, to Pell Company of Peunsylvania, the public commission. The com Iso ordered issuance of a certificate of public convenience to Samuel W. Eckroth for the operation motor vehicles for s! ng pr. poses from Berwick to various points Penn State Plair, me caster, the Telephone was announced by service mission a of ght seein PENNSYLVANIA NUGGETS Resi one against a £150.000 to build tem Members of Shamokin Kiwanis Club are working on plans for a build- ing to be used as a Y. M. C. A. recrea- tion centre, Mrs. Lizzie Lesher, aged 43, of Terre Hill, committed suicide by hanging in the garret of the home of her brother, Martin Bixler, at Reamstown. teappointment of Mrs Aura Harris, of Tamaqua, as a trustee of the Mothers Assistance Fund of Schuylkill county, was announced by Governor Pinchot. The body of Baldwin Breckenridge, G0 years old. who lived at Lyndell, near West Chester, was found field near his home badly decomposed He disappeared from home time ago and physicians sald he had heen dead for probably a week. Depu ty Coroner Johnson ared death had been due to natural causes, prob ahly but neighbors be lieve he struck by lightning Conforming to Pennsylvania railro program the stores department was consolidated on the region on August 1, with head. Harrisburg Howard M housekeeper at the in Altoona, department, members of a Philadelphia staying at a avel pike near their money, watches, nal belongings and three new when the cottage was burned. fire started in a closet, probably defective wiring or a cignrette The lose is estimated at $5000 A large colony of weasels has in- vaded the property of James F. Barry, nt Boot, near West Chester, and the animals have caused great destrue- tion of poultry, as well as killing rabhits and squirrels. Many rahhits have been found In the their throats being cut and the Yoddies left. One weasel was killed with a corn cutter by an emplove while it had its fangs fastened in the throut of n rabbit and six others were loeated In a rall pile, Judge Aaron Hassler will be un- onpozed for judge in Lancaster county next fall, wae Pottsville schenl board elected Villard Bell, of IL. sport, principal > the high school from among eight npplicants, John R. MeCha, honor graduate aot Lancaster high school last Juhe, has heen awarded a state scholarship at Franklin and Marshall College, While switching ears at the Dor. ronee eolllery, Thomas Murphy, aged 09 of Kingston, a Lehigh Valley train. man fell under the wheels and was killed dents of Columbia voted two to proposal to borrow new seweruge sys- the IL in n his some deel heart disease, Was he ad's economy eastern quarters at Thompson, company’s store shops heads the new Three club who were the Gr lost all cottage nlong Graters ford. nDerso write The from batt, many dead Coons, A aa As dor to Berlin, Begin In Qucbec, ambassa- rdinal daughter of the 3—Funeral cortege of Ca NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS Sudden Death of W. J. Bryan Shocks the Coun- try—His Burial in Arlington. By EDWARD W. PICKARD JILLIAM JENNINGS one of the most notable figures in American public life, has passed on to another world, and his body now lies In Arlington National cemetery — a consistent disciple of peace surround. ed by the tombs of those who dle the armed service of their But he belongs there, 1 Was a “pacificist” In the objectionable of the term, and when the nation went to war with Spain he held a gion as colonel raised a regime in Nebraska, The sudden of Mr. Bryan Dayton, Tenn, where he had ju A temporary battle against the of evolution, country, and indee was known in country. not gONRe comiis- and nt death theory to the for as a shock d to ’ came the world, he in all lands He died by Indigestion. He was sixty years old. After the holding of morial services in Dayton the body transported {oo a special train ington. There, the New York nue Presbyterian church, the funeral rites were celebrated on Friday, and the casket on an artillery calsson and escorted by a military detail, was tak- en to Arlington where the War depart- ment officials had selected for the burial a fine site near the Admiral Dewey tomb. It was In this most beautiful cemetery In the world Mr. Bryan had expressed his desire to be interred. It would be presumptuous to under take to characterize Bryan. There can be but few Americans who have not formed their own opinion of his character and his work. He had a de voted following of hundreds of thou sands; a host persons knew him personally and loved him; and every- one was familiar with his life record and his views on all manner of topics. Thrice nominated by the Democratic party for the Presidency, he virtually controlled that party for years, and though he lost that control in 1920 he was still the leader of a powerful fac- tion. Outside of politics his (nfluence on the life of the people was Immense ~an emotional rather than an intellec. tual influence. From President idge's telegram of condolence to Mrs Bryan may well be quoted phrases: “Mr. Bryan has been a prominent figure In public affairs for a third of a century. He has been a leader In the advocacy of many moral reforms and was representative of the for purity In our political life. endowed with the quence, “The sincerity beyond dispute. five 110 in of (ool these He was He party and held the exalted secretary of state, other example of what American op- portunity affords to those who have the will Industriously to apply them- gelves, “It would be difficult to find among his contemporaries any one with so large a circle of friends and acquaint ances who had so generously bestowed upon him their esteem and confidence.” By direction of the President, Sec. retary of State Kellogg announced Mr, Bryan's death, and the flag was dis played at half staff on all public build Ings In Washington on the day of the funeral. EATH took another eminent Amer. fean last week-—Edgar A, Ban. croft, our ambassador to Japan. He had been ill for several weeks and died at Karulzawa, a health resort. Throughout Japan the mourning for Mr. Bancroft was general and sincere, for he had endeared himself to the Japanese people and was held In the highest esteem by the officials there Our own State department feels his loss deeply, as do his many friends and admirers in the United States, Mr, Bancroft, who was born In Galesburg, Ill, In 1857, had as an attorney, a bu i road official and a civic | appointed to thle August, He went ber and already hs smooth out th distinetion a rail and wi Japanese post to Tokio In Novem id done much to ¥ 1e¢ difficulties between the nchleved siness man, ender, is t * as arising from law, United States and the Immigrant e i Japan xelusion HOUGH compelled to postyon reorganization of i forcement m . t ' i rohibition Assistant Se Treasury Andrews ls carry- government's enforcem ampaign most vigorously. Just now hie is devoting attention to stopping leaks along the Canadlan bor der and in South, particularly in Florida, for is determined to check the entry of liquor Into 1} country. It is the Dian sf 1} he feder uthorities to bull up i i i wchinery, ary of the £ on the o> ¥ tel especial the he Hegnl pe al working patros at the horders te cO-0] ile ith a working In of prohibition forces interior so through lestination slip olesale ainst organ 5 oistend ae Congidera? than raiding by dry 3 % more FON agents of and the se bers’ | kKers, T Hiquor found in me here wis prom 11d lead In a fight methods of t At present jals Swampscott ae lent Cool the. posit} the fod Sox liortyy ov specializing itself Presi die leral in nation: in readiness enforcemen to glen lapses, an cases ns the special rea the federal in enforcement 3 he assumes that Chicago rald there were sons the nction of agents, " good in such for ELGIUM'S debt co sisting of Baron Cartier dor to the | ¥§ mmission, con- Former Premier T! de March! ne, gamba nited Enlil Fran- qui and Felician Cattler, is éxpected In Washington on August 4, and a meet- ing of the American debt funding com- mission has been calied for August All the members of the Iatter body cept Congressman Crisp will be pres ent and It is believed the negotiations with the Belgians will not require more than ten days. Meanwhile the Beigian newspapers are saying mighty mean thing about the United States for claiming the war debt, asserting the late President Wil- son promised the Brussels government that Germany should defray of Jeligium's foreign indebtedness. The papers accuse America of Imperialism and of an ambition to exploit Europe, citing the large American colony and merican newspapers in Paris French now In Lorn- don negotiating an agreement on the French debt to Great Britain Until thelr business is settled the makeup of France's maission to Washington will not be formally announced. It is un- derstood, however, that it will unis fen States ; © eT. all delegates are bres Simon, and that it will come over In M. Caillaux, finance min- ister, will follow later. OHN HAYS HAMMOND, chairman of the fact finding commission created during the coal mine strike of 1923, has visited Swampscott several times to discuss with Mr. Coolidge the danger of another strike this summer. Mr. Hammond holds that the right of consumers to a continuous supply of fuel is paramount to the rights of operitors and miners, and that as =a last resort the govermment would be Just fied In assuming control of the mines, “The President's position, as 1 in- terpret It,” Mr, Hammond sald, “ls that it would be premature to assume that the dispute is not going to be settled. He hag advocated repeatedly a policy of the minimum amount of government interference with Industrial affairs. The public should grant with patience every opportunity to the parties nt in- terest to settle the controversy them selves, “If by any chance, however, ocom- =lon should arise for President Coole idge to exert his Influence, | belleve be could rally public support 14 have He will find al ted behind him” has had efforts avert the the British coal at this writing his prob ematical. A nine Hand would be backed by ! few other Presidents i political parties uni Premier Baldw charge of the threatened st in personal 10 rike of miners, but SUCCESS strike In the Brit min- and *Onomic workers and bs the ions of the continent Bt: An e arope would result, i ish transport i ery’ organizat i of the United erigls In IE i11e8, E =nceT1( action by the French < forces in Morocco resulted In the retreat of the Rifflang from the center of the Ouerga river line northward to the foot of the Atlas mounts But Abdel-Krim's troops stood fast at both ends of the valley and thelr leader was reported t preparing for an of. fensive against Ouezzan, In west, i His acti north of Taza Fide garded as a diversion duce the French r¢ il a 3 ins, o De the were to West vities Intended re- in the drive BOTTER sector where take him to the and and the Spa turne tary a successful rich Charband separate the M also would rahiad sf] over wponsibilis ahd the and polit services to the Mo reco to woe Morocco early this EXT ted France to hY USSOLINI'S government 4 has promulgated a new provi in effect that when a hostile newspaper is not subdued by repeated seizures of editions the director shall onses, after i® no recy law which jer receive two the | publ wilch means the paper Is suppr This has happened in the case of Popalo, and the directors of se other great Journals have received first The Corriere d¢ arranged to continue publi cation abroad when it receives its sec ond summons Last Seldes, correspondent Tribune, was cause his dispatc government, sumn which lisher longer summons Serra has week (sarge 4 hi an Ita deat the from hes didnot of expelled the T IS rumored in Washington that Secretary of the Treasury Mellon will retire from the cabinet next spring by which time he hopes a tax revision { blll, embodying most of his ideas will { have been passed. He believes, also, | that satisfactory progress will have been made toward the funding of the debts owed the United States by for eign nations and that the time will be { favorable for his retirement. Mr. Mellon's private secretary, however, declared there was no foundation for i the report. The main points of the treasursy’s tax ! program are set forth quite definitely | in a letter written by Undersecretary of the Treasury Winston in to an invitation to a meeting fowa tix clubs, It carries i ence that the Ireasury will not { tent merely with a reduction in federal | estate tax rates, but will {sist on their complete repeal. Without qualification the treasury says that the maximum ! surtax should be cut from: 40 per cent { to at least 20 per cent and that the | combined surtax and normal tax should not be more than 25 per cent. “It should be possible from a rev- enue standpoint to have a maximum normal and surtax combined of 25 per cent,” Mr. Winston's letter said. “The treasury thinks, therefore, that 20 per cent is the highest surtax rate which should be In the law. “An Income tax on corporations graduated on the amount of income has no logical basis. The theory of a graduated Income tax Is that it is re lated to the capacity of the taxpayer topay. A man with $100,000 can spare a larger proportion of his income than a man with £10,000, “This reasoning has no relation whatsoever to corporations, A large corporation having a large (ncome may be owned by a great number of small stockholders who cannot afford to have thelr dividends cut down; whereas an. other corporation having a moderate income may be owned entirely by one man who ean well afford to pay a larger proportion of kis Income to the government.” ' Treasury officials, it was learned, have evidences of widespread support of the treasury surtax and estate tax program by Southern Democrats. respor of the infer be cone 150 the I ———— mn. Sa se COMMERCIAL | Weekly Review of Trade an Market Reports. mss stn tsi a ——— BALTIMORE new wheat, and condition, $1.35, $1.40 and $1.43 per goes grade sold basis: For No. 2 garlicky, 3 garlicky, $1.44; No. 4 garl 5 garlicky, $1.37. Corn—Track yellow mestic delivery, is in car lots on spot. Oats—No. 2 white, 58c¢ 8 white, 56 asked. Rye- demand for bag new nearby rye and sales at $1.15 per bushel. Hay—Old hay (per ton): timothy, $1850@19; No. $16@17.50; No. 1 light cl $17.506€ 18; No. 1 clover mixed 17.50; 2 clover mixed, Btraw-—No. 1 straight $186 18.50: No. 1 wheat als No. 1 per Milifeed—Spring ern, in 10540 sacks Western mid sacks, per ton, $36 Wheat by sam sold pie on on the at NO corn, for quotable for asked; Good lots No No rye, per cat we bs go 2 wi dling (brown) Western firsts @44; do, good, Lo ASE 1 th Pai, ao Md 45% 26@:2 per spring id over, mix / a 1% 10 « hE. or over yellow, $1.2 DRO olid packed 48c, the a GY w : Je BOLTE lat 44 91 40% 58 score, 331 59 seore 3% extra firsts, 38¢; first . core Eges cases, 34; in 34; Chease flats, fresh, J Live Poultry—Fow!s, mixed 8, fancy, 35G 3%¢c: weighing 1to 1% lbs 27€31; spring chi locks, broilers, 2% G3 Ibs, 35@39; 1 to 1% Ibs. mixed breeds, full fledged A ibs, 35@38; 1 to 1% Ibs. 2763 horn broilers, 26 28; Ibs, 23625 second 1 oY seconds, 30@Q 32 keene, ibs. ibs. Wheat—S8pot NEW YORK- Si No. 1, dark northern spring New York, lake and rail, $1.76%:; 2, hard winter, f. 0. b., 21.722 No. 2, mixed dur No. 1, Man do, No rail am, do in bond TA. eS $1625 $1.7 Corn-- ec 1 4 §1.273%; Ox Spot, itoba. = Yellow New York, all mixed, do, $1.26%; ts easy: No. 2 white, Butter—Creamery, higher, than ex tras, 43% G44c; do, extras (92 gecore), 43; firsts (88 to 81 score), 41@ 42%. Egge—Fresh gathered, extra firsts, 36@ 38¢c; do, firsts, 33% G35; seconds, 32@33; nearby hennery whites, close ly selected, extras, 47G 49. LIVE STOCK PITTSBURGH. — Hogs — Heavies, $14@14.25; heavy Yorkers, $14.40@ 14.45; light ljghts and pige, $12G14.25 Sheep and Lambs-—Clipped sheep, $3.50; clipped lambs, $12; spring lambs, $14. Lot rack, No. 2, steady; No S6e do, BALTIMORE —Cattle—8teers, good to choice, $1050@11.25; medium to good, $90.26@ 9.75; common to medium, $7.50@ 8.50; common, $6@7. Heifers, good to choice, $8.5069; fair to good, $7.50@8.256; common to medium, $5.50 @7.25. Bulls, good to choice, $5500 6; fair to good, $4.76@G5.25; common to medium, $454.50. Cows, good to choice, $6@6.60; fair to good, $6@ 5.75. Hogs-Lights, $14.95@G15; heavy, $14.90; medium, $15.10; pigs, $14.50; light pigs, $12.50; roughs, $8.50G 12.76. Calves, $4010.50. | cor bebe belied ALONG LIFE’S TRAIL RR Rw By THOMAS ARKLE CLARK Dean of Men, University of Illinois. ON Ll Te 1 es Ct ee Newspaper Union) GOING I o CHURCH today are fast, “The young hurch today, #20, "as they young" “It's a fact” Ret) He not as they years ago-—or “You and 1] twice every Sunday” “We did, indeed” Ti fell Into reminiscence We did go untry neighborhood do do were fen, used to he n Wilkin: Hel Wilkins to church y the hel were d in the schoolh little fr We went on horseback, leasures attending of the g anda front prices is genera a real interest in it sta Ik. A ~RAGE MAN WAS a young Sawyer and bh age. He bad no iid he ever hie Was re just We 80h averag wer hrough to ty In t of my 1 vos itn or 3 Im going and work, he which looking ou office i coming every hours were not » Sane mine, He never made na commun’ty, stir in the were or a great an. yet ther important activities of = very hich he was not a "1. very few unfortur he He was n » i yd to office i ical press in the side 1 he never fa vole at ol i them civic of He was energeti ways or dates, an He had n ld 1 tae with his child iren and be took the greatest plea His ho an inviting place into, and his friend<hip one people sought and found in. His friends were not confined to the particular business or social circle in which he generally moved, bat were made up of all classes and came from every stratum of so clety—rich and poor, the educated and the illiterate, found in him sympathy, satisfaction, and help. He was a religious man, not in the ory only, but in practice. He wus a regular attendant upon church serv. ices, he was for years an officer of the church t which he belonged and his contributioas to the support of pre ligious activities were as genesous as he could afford. His pastor sald of him that when In doubt or discouraged he always knew that if he went to Sawyer he would get encouragement and sensible advice und stimulation. No 0. ever thought of him as a great mua, nor wat he. He was quiet cith.en who saw his duty and did It. who met the obligations of eit) renship with Intelligence and cour age, who set an example of honesty and industry which we all might well emulate, Last week 1 saw him going to work as usual; tonight | saw in the .ocnl paper the notice of his death at eighty years of age. His was an average life well lived me, od AY ure Ife Wai to drop that many satisfaction
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