REDUCE TANNERY WASTE
Interesting News Items, Briefly Con.
densed, From All Sections of the
State,
Pa.—Revoeation of mo-
tor licenses for violation of state laws
have gone ahead of all records, accord-
ing people at the state bureau of
motor vehicles, and present indlea-
tions are the 1000 mark in taking away
licenses will be reachedg this week.
Thus far 954 persons, including half
a dozen women, have lost their rights
to drive cars, while 442 pamesg have
been placed on the list to be refused
if they should apply. The
total of the penalties thus far Is close
to the figures for last year.
In every instance the revocations
have followed official certification,
chiefly from courts, of violations, and
three-fourths of them have been for
running cars while drunk, transport
ing liquor being the next:highest of-
fense. There has been a ghin in the
number of cards taken away for reck.
less driving.
Governor Pinchot has been asked
by the convention of Negro Women's
Clubs, meeting in Johnstown, to ap-
prove commutation of death sentehces
of two men convicted in Philadelphia.
Their will hefore the state
board of pardons this fall
Inspection of methods ysed
experiments to reduce tannery waste
products in Elk county have been
made by state officials and will be sug.
gested to people In other industries
ns a means of cutting down stream
pollution. The tannery work has
been the most extensive undertaken
in the joint co-operation of the state
sanitary waters board ang the indus
tries.
State sanitary water board officials
will be prepared to meet the offer of
co-operation by the state conservation
council to abate pollution of streams
by waste products. Arrangements for
co-operative studies will be made.
State agricultural officials say work
in stiffening up the Japanese
quarantine is going on very well and
there has been much less loss of time
than a year The motor patrol
has been getting in its work.
More applications for state aid in
building fences to keep out deer have
been flied with the state game commis
sion so there will a further allot
ment of money made necessary in the
opinion of-«people watching develop
ments. A
Public service authorities have had
such a run for copies of the regula-
tions governing issuance of certifi
cates of motor vehicies for carrying
passengers or freight that they have
had the general order of 1919 reprint-
ed. Another order much in demand
is that requiring common carriers to
come to a full stop before crossing
tracks of a steam or electric rallway.
This latter order iz being rigorously
enforced and it cost one upstate con-
cern a $300 fine for disregarding it.
PENNSYLVANIA NUGGETS
Thieves entered the garage of
James A. Oliver, at Dallas, and stole
tires valuled at $3000.
Mrs. Russell Jacobs, aged
Hazleton, died at the State Hospital!
after falling down stairs.
Engineers of the state highway de-
partment completed a survey of a new
route betwen Ashland and Centralia
to eliminate a steep grade.
John G. Saver, who sent five bullets
into his body in an attempt at suleide,
died In the Lancaster General Hos
pital G8 hours later.
The toll of fatalities from the Dor
rance explosion August 3 was increas.
ed to 10 by the death of Joseph Druss.
aged 44. an Edwardsville miner
The Harrisburg camp of the United
Spanish War Veterans offered to give
a decent burial to John Rodgers, a
comrade, who 8 reputed to have sav.
ed the life of Chief Justice Taft when
he was governor general of the Phili-p-
pines. Rodgers’ body was found In
the river and buried in potter's field,
lodgers was credited with shooting a
Filipino as the latter was about to as
gassinate Justice Taft,
Condemnation and forfeiture of
2450 cases of whisky, valued at ap
proximately $367,000, seized in a ware.
house of John T. Hoover, at Unlon-
town, were sought in a petition by the
government in federal court In Pitts.
burgh. The court issued a rule upon
Hoover and A. A. Millman, alias A. A.
Robertson, of Philadelphia, to show
cause why the request should not be
allowed, The whisky was seized by
state relice in 1923 and trials resulted
in verdicts of guilty.
Burglars robbed the home of Temy
Maston. at Snow Shoe, taking a gold
watch, diamond ring and $215.
In an attempt to throw a base ball
Dr. M. P. Pinto, a Shamokin osteo
path, fractured one of the small bones
in an arm,
CC. W. Rumberger, of Shamokin, has
resigned his post with the state bank.
ing department to become cashier of
the new West End Bk,
Falling 60 feet into a mine breach
while picking blackberries, James
Penson, need 08, was taken to the
Conldale Hospital In a critical con,
dition. ‘
Harrisburg,
to
licenses
Cases gO
in the
heetle
ago,
be
Mo
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en
1-—Fiench troops, evacuating t
who was indicted, with 43 others,
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he Ruhr, marching out of Essen. 2
NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENT EVENTS
France and Britain Agree
on Reply to Germany
—Crop Report of
Government.
By EDWARD W, PICKARD
RANCE and Great Britain, In the
persons of Foreign Minister Briand
and Foreign Secretary Austen Chun
berlaln, have reached complete agree
ment as to the reply which the allles
are to make to Germany's latest note
on a security pact for Europe,
text will not be made public
has been submitted to Italy,
and Japan, and then delivered to Ber
lin. However, enough of its
has leaked out to show that it
elgium
is Cor
the other nations.
a few points
that the time Is ripe for getting
to business, which
take the form first
among the ambassadors
offices. It Is hoped the foreign minis
ters can get together for the final ar
rangements in September, when the
League of Nations is In session,
France still insists on
Dealing
specifically, it
with oni
Suggests
presumably
of conversations
and
therefore still demands that
ern boundaries of Germany, as
#8 the western, Le guaranteed. This Is
not acceptable to Great Britain, any
more than It is to Germany. France
also clings to her claim to the right
to send troops through Germany to
help Poland In case the Poles are at-
tacked by Russia. Gefmany doesn't
concede this and the British are loath
to insist on it.
The allies probably will Insist that
Germany first of all enter the League
of Nations. This Beriin is willing to
do only with special treatment in re
spect to Article 16 of the covenant.
Also, the Germans will demand that
the east
some of their former African colonies.
In the reichstag last week the govern.
ment was attacked for "making
cesslons to the whole world that fall
to take into account Germany's na-
tional honor.” In replying, Foreign
Minister Stresemann sald:
“As to our right to have colonies
I can only state that the first time
the question of our entering the
League of Nations was debated Ger
many took the stand that as long as
the league distributes colonies and ac
cepts the principle that fully civilized
nations have the right to control the
less progressive nations, the Germans
have the right to be counted among
the civilized nations. On this point,
too, Germany demands full equality
and rights.”
con
ARON VON MALTZAN, German
ambassador to Washington, uas
handed to Secretary of State Kellogg
the formal request of his government
that the United States return the Ger.
and now In the custody of the alien
property custodian, The State depart.
ment's reply must be that it Is neces
sary to await the action of congress
on the matter, The properties were
seized by act of congress and that body
stipulated that they could be disposed
of only under congressional authority.
Those yet retained are valued at about
That Germany would make this
claim was expected, but it Is probable
that it will reopen the whole matter
of the collection of American claims
on Germany for payment for damages
sustained ty American citizens during
the war, Including the Lusitania
claims; and for the expenses of main.
taining the American army of occupa.
tion in the Rhine country. There are
many advocates of the proposition that
the seized properties should be kept
to liquidate these dekts; in part. The
entire matter is up to congress,
EGOTIATIONS for the funding of
the Belgian debt, now in progress
In Washington, were not especially sat
isfactory Inst week. sneh side put
forward a proposition which the other
side rejected, so it was necessary to
seek new ground,
commissions were rather far apart in
thelr on Beigium’'s capacity to
pay, which Is the crucial point. “There
wus still no doubt expressed that they
would finally
ment. It has decided that
glum shall be granted a brief morn
torium, but the problems of the inter
rate, the annual payments on
count of
Years
views
cone come 10 an agree
:
' y
been jel
i est ac
in which the whole debit Is to
retired are yet unsettled.
According to the government press
| of Rome, Italy hopes the total of her
| American debt will be made a variable
sum, the German rep
arations under the Dawes plan,
bassador de Martino will
Washington with the
| that Italy is ready
of her
should
be
somewhat lke
i tO
but that
be considered In
| possible ‘partic of American
capital in Italian private and p
: industrial enterprises,
capacity the malter
the light of
ipption
de publie last week
| [UNCLE SAM m
{ EF %
American farmer will raise
At current
that the
{ this year,
{ and
prices the wheat
Le
De
the
corn ns forecast, will
partment of
crop
Agriculture pls
wheat al O70. (XK) hushels
that of corn at 2
The 1.387.000.0000 by
farm prices, Is estim:
(Mi), the 214.0) (8M) hushels of harley
at 52.0060 000)
bushels This
crops at
TR IMR IRN)
hels of oats, nt
ted at $416,000,
S1280000xX), and the
of rye at $47,000,000,
would the five
| close to £4.500.000,000,
Total for the five
| corn, rye, oats and barley
000.000 bushels. or 183.000.0000 more
{| than harvested last year and 67,000,000
{less than suggested by the report Au
| gust 1 last year.
i The most striking feature In the
| winter wheat report Is the smallness
i
make grain
grains
of the Kansas crop, 68.000,000 bushels,
the poorest showing with three excep
Kansas,
combined
of
{ tlong In the last 20 years
| Nebraska and Oklahoma
have 121.735,000 hushels, a
{ more than 10000000 bushels
{ month and of 141,000,000 bushels fron
last year.
drop
decreased 13.000.000
i July and 20000000 from last year.
{ Minnesota, the Dakotas, and Mon
| tana have 187.000.000 hushels, a loss
{| bushels
| 000,000 from last year.
i A corn crop estimate of 2.050.000,
1000000 as a result of heat and
drought last month, yet the promise
His 22000000 above the average and
a gain of 519,000,000 bushels over last
year. The nine tig statés where the
surplus corn Is raised have 1.905.000.
| 000 bushels, a logs of 85.000000 from
last month and a gain of 454,000,000
compared with a yeur ago,
with 10542000000 bushels last year.
‘bushels.
HICAGO and the region round
by the arrest of Col. Will Gray Deach,
chief narcotic agent there, and three
of his aids, on charges of trafficking
in drugs. This action followed close
upon a raid in which Kitty Glihooley,
“queen of the dope peddlers” was
arrested and a great quantity of dope
seized. Later many oplum joints in
Chicago were raided, and there were
fears that a new tong war would
break out, hecause members of one
tong accused those of another tong
of being informers. In the apartment
of Colonel Beach were found many
Oriental treasures, some radio sets
and othr articles of value which it
was svopected he had obtained in
trade fur seized narcotics. He asserts
they were legitimately purchased by
him from addicts. It is alleged that
the activities of the government
agents in Chicago have smashed a
dope ring that operated throughout
the country, and that the subsequent
revelations will involve politicians,
lawyers and policemen In various
cities.
(yN THE northwest part of the
fightipg line In Morocco the
French, moving northward from the
Quigley of Chelsea, Mass,
First unposed plcture of the
Ouezzan sector, und the Spanish,
the E! Arish re
gion, have effected a Junction and
started a joint offensive with the pur-
pose of rolling the right wing of
Abd-el-Krim's and pushing It
rowan This movement,
up
army
Chechounn
according to dispatches from Fez 1s
going far toward destroying the pow.
er of the RIY leader, for some of the
have told him they will fight
no longer outside of thelr own terri
tory, and others have opened negotia-
tions for peace with French. It
is announced In Paris that Marshal
Petain, the defender of Verdun, Is be
ing sent to Morocco 10 take the su
preme command there and to direct
a great offensive planned for Septem.
ber. The army of 200000 has Leen
reorganized by General Naulin, com-
mander in the and most the
infantry are being supplied with the
Chattellerault automatic rifles
revolting Druses In Syria, after
capturing 817 French
on the de
driven out of
the
announce
the
field, of
new
lie
sO
hav-
or
fensive,
8
diers, are
been
now
ing pediah,
( FFICIALS
Wark
government
of
Mine
the
United
that
with
strike,
authorities
ers it
the
the
interferes
anthracite
that
nlleged wage
In the }
threat to cal
pro-
posed union
will ask the first
consider cutting in the
So 1
3
soft conl fields yckgronnd
is the Implied i out the
onal
Ww.
of
Ww, Inglis of
man the
anthracite operators, sald:
feared that, in the past
thracite industry would
victim of necessities Our
industry is relgtively small part of
the coal Industry af a whole The
mine workers’ union is dominant In
both hard and soft coal fields. and
however It may affect the feelings of
hard coal producers and consumers,
they have always come In for second
ary consideration whenaver there has
been a conflict of Interests between
hard and soft coal™
Scranton, chalr
scale committee of the
“We have
the an
become the
ne
soft coal
ARDON for Warren T. McCrary,
former governor Indiana, I=
urged on Attorney General Sargent In
fa petition signed by 14 governors of
states, seven of the jurors who econ
victed him and 30 bankers whn
were victims of his fraudulent trans.
Many other persons also
gigned the petition. McCray was sen
tenced to ten years In prison and hes
served but a year and three months
of
HERE 18 now [HHitle donbt that
John W., Weeks will soon resign
his post ag secretary of war hecnnse
He via
ited President Coolidge nt the White
nied that he already had resigned, nd.
ministration officials sald there were
his. ever resuming
his duties In the eabinet. Indeed, 1
Mr. Weeks himself sald that becsuse
of the coadition of his health follow.
ing his ceration last spring he was
returh to Washington this fall, and
that it woe possible he might not take
up his cabinet work again,
PRESIDENT COOLIDGE is sald to
he considering several men for the
place of ambassador to Japan made
vacant by the death of Edgar A. Ban-
croft. Among those mentioned as
possibilities are Frank W. Mondell,
William C. Boyden, a Chicago attor
ney, and William M. Bullitt, who was
solicitor general for 8 time under
President Taft,
EW YORK’'S mayoralty campaign
is interesting the whole country.
Mayor Hylan, backed by Hearst, is
out after reelection and Tammany
has selected State Senator James J.
Walker to oppose Hylan In the Demo
cratic primaries. A Republican-Fu-
sion ticket has been made up, headed
by Frank D. Waterman, but W, M.
Bennett, a frequent Republican can-
didate In the primaries. announces
that he will again try to get the nom.
ination. X
USTAPHA KEMAL PASHA,
president of Turkey, has divorced
his wife, Latite Hanoum, who was
ope of the foremost feminists of
Turkey. At the same time Kemal Is
sued another presidential decree
abolishing all the old regulations gov.
erning the dress of Turkish women
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COMMERCIAL
Weekly Review of Trade an
Market Reports.
No. 2 red
$1.62; No. 4
domestic,
Wheat
domestic,
garlicky, spot,
IALTIMORE.-
winter, spot,
red winter,
$1.56,
Corn
mestic
do
for
about
Track
delivery is
yellow corn,
quotable at
No. 2 in
$1.27 per bushel nominal for
carlots on spot
Outs~—~No
white, 03 as
2 white, bbc asked; No. 3
ked,
Hay~No
@19;
light
clover, mixed
mixed,
Str
2 timothy, per
8 timothy, $16@ 17.50
$17.50@ 18;
No
clover, mixed,
$17@ 17.60; No
$14@ 15
aw-——No. 1 wheat, $11@12;
$124 13
City Mills
We gtern
brown, §36
oat,
fered, 32
candled,
JIERE
i
AL Gv 4504 ¢
sald oR
Mac ke red,
1
per 100
lium, per
crabs, prin males, per
ine Darn
mixed, $33Q 4. snappers,
Ve
s and
i5cg82
SLPHIA Wheat — No. 2,
§160G1l62;
per dozen
PHILAD
do, garlicky,
1.53@1.55
Corn-—N¢
Oats NG. 2
Butter
= yellow, 81.2660 1.27
7%
%
hite, 56% © 5
Solid
46Q 49¢;
extras, 92 score
90 42, X%
8COoTe,
the latter
lots; 45;
KOGY
score,
40; §¢
BCOTe,
40%: S87
41;
38%
Live Fowls,
‘Iymouth Rock, 28@2%¢; medium,
@p2ic; mixed breeds, fancy, 206G27:
medium, 24@ 25; common, 22@G 23: leg
horns, 20G 24; spring chickens, Ply
Poultry fancy,
33@35
NEW YORK Wheat
No. 1 dark Northern spring, c i f
New York, jake and rail, 81.87;
hard winter, f. 0. b
No. 1 Manitoba, do, in bond, $1 87%.
Corn-—Spot steady; No. 2
¢ L LL tack New York, all
$1.28% ;: No. 2 mixed, do, $1.28.
QOate—Spot steady; No. 2
bd%e
Butter--Steady; creamery, higher
than extras, 444 %c: do, extra (92
geore), 43%: do, firsts (S88 to 9
gcore), 41% @ 43: packing stock, cur
rent make, No. 2, 33.
Eggs—¥Fresh gathered, extra firsts,
36@38c; do, firsts, 32% @34%; do, seo
onds, 31% @32; nearby hennery white,
closely selected extras, 1G 53; near
by and nearby Western hennery
whites, firsts to average extra, 40@ 50;
nearby hennery browns, extras, 4@
48.
Cheese-S8tate, whole milk, flats,
fresh, fancy to fancy specials, 24% @
26%c; do, average run, 23%.
Live Poultry--Brollers, by freight,
27930¢; by express, 2631; fowls, by
freight, 23G26; by express, 22027;
roosters, by freight, 15.
LIVE STOCK
BALTIMORE ~~Cattle--Steers, good
to choice, $10.95@ 11.50; medium to
good, $0@10.75; common to medium,
$7.25G8.50; common, $55006.75
Heifers, good to choice, $3.256G9; fair
to good, $7.20@8; common to medium,
§6.500 6.95. Balls, good to choice,
§5.95@6.50; fair to good, $4.7566056.50;
common to mediom, $4G 4.50. Cows,
good to cholee, $5.50@6.
Sheep and Lambs—Sheep, $206;
lambs, $8015.50,
in
Mistress
America,
“Over there™
Impossibility
minister i
"The
each
“How absurd!”
Legion Week! ¥.
’S a Fact
r &
of the Health
y own £ 14
ng exan » Of
Cit-Bits.
A NEW VERSION
Sympathetic
I'm fond f my denist
He's never a grouct
And when he has hurt me
He always says, “Ouch”
His Choice
He had married a vers
an, and was being chaffed
1G,
look
'
a wom-
about It
811
the «
“Now
” 2 - *
sald It's
ww
ghout this,
bere, fellows." he
all very laughing
tut | always Lase my con
duct on certain definite principles. One
given a evils,
choose the lesser.” -—Tit-Bits.
you
well
thesn is: choice of
aiways
Always Obliging
“What did you say when Jack threat-
“1 told him I'd like to see him try.”
“And then?
“Well, Jack always tries to do what
1 like.” A
Why Not?
Landiord—You've been
only a month
living In
house and it's »
total wreck.
Tenant— to reduce
hen you ought
A MYSTERY
“Goodness, what kind of a bird laid
those funny green eggs!”
The Ultimate Topic
Though many an argument profound
The human mind pursues,
Most everybody mets around
To talking 10U's
Impatient
Customer—Not done yet? And you
advertise, “Shoes repaired while you
walt”
Repairman—That's right; only you
haven't waited more than four days.
Misprint
The reporter was interviewing a
allroad man's heir,
“Did you grandfather really make
that statement about the public?
asked the newspaper man,
“No, 1 don't think so. It was a mis
print, most likely. The old man prob.
ably said, “The Public Be Jammed.' *
His Only Chance
Fred—Why was Adam made frst?
Dad—Toe give him a chance to say
4 word or two, 1 suppose.