Pennsylvania
State News
Kutztown will install six automatic
traffic signals on Main street,
The new State highway from Ham-
burg to Lenhartsville was opened.
The Chester Day Nursery gave an
outing to children at the Philadelphia
Zoological Garden.
The Berks Teachers’ Institute went
on record as favoring additional state
ald for rural districts,
Professor W. H. Barto of Weather-
iy has been elected principal of the
Pine street school at Hazleton.
Charles A. Baer, of Reading,
held up by three bandits, struck
a blackjack and robbed of §20.
Philadelphia real estate men have
purchased the Thurlow tract of land
at Ninth and Flower streets, Chester.
Fined on a charge of selling short
weight coal, Warren O. Brey, of Read-
ing, said he would take an appeal to
Court, ‘
The Campbell property, a Potts.
town landmark, has been sold to
Thomas R. Stalker, who will convert
it into apartments.
Chester public school
xpect the largest enrollment
er in the history.of the city
the schools reopen.
The colored citizens of Bucks coun-
ty will hold their annual! picnic on
September 12 at the Booker T. Wash-
ington clubhouse at Buckingham.
Bennevelle Dreher, aged eighty, of
Leighton is in the Palmerton Hos
pital receiving treatment for a broken
hip for the second time within a year,
A portrait of the late Adjutant Gen
eral Thomas J. Stewart will be pre.
sented to the new junior high school
at Norristown bearing the General's
name,
The Center Valley Dramatic Socle-
ty will present an Sherutie. “The
Windmills of Holland,” in Spring-
fleld high school auditorium Septem.
ber 12.
Norristown council will
half a mile of the lower end of Main
street, one of the worst hes of
the Ridge pike between ladelp
and Reading.
As the result of playing
namite cap Andrew
fou and Joseph
nine, are In a Reading
ing been fully injur
exploded,
Thirteen
Brewery at
county, were
for Federal
Smith oa charges of violating
hibition laws.
Dr. Henry Wils tendered
resignation as superintendent of
County Home and Hospital at Somer.
set, due to the refusal of the
of the poor to make some
ments he advocated and to
his salary.
was
with
authorities
of pu
when
the
resurface
strat
girel
Phi hia
rteen,
hospital,
pain ed when
employees of
Simpson, La
held in $1000
Court by Con
cka
Ball
the pro
1 has ns
an estimated attendance of at
150 more pupils
gain is expected to be further
creased in the first few months of the
fall term, with new families constant.
ly arriving.
Several thousand
Fairmount, Clarksb
Run field attended a union mass meet
ing at Monongah where several In
ternational representatives of the
United Mine Workers addressed the
meeting, one of the largest in more
than a month.
After 35 years of work B. Frank
Dehart, veteran Reading letter car
rier, retired.
Work had been started on the ex-
tensive remodeling of the Mauch
Chunk National Bank building.
The Hazleton school board has de-
cided to issue $600,000 im bonds to
finance a new senior high school
The iron bridge crossing the
Schuylkill river at Birdsboro, former
ly used by the Reading railway, is be-
ing dismantled.
Of the $256,000 pledged to the
Reading Community Chest {n the re.
cent campalgn more than $100,000 has
been paid in cash,
Nineteen hundred and sixty-eight
boys and girls between six and six
teen years of age will be enrolled in
the schools of the West Shore district
this year,
Building is adding $1,500,000 to the
value of real estate in Pottsville an-
nually, stated City Assessor Charles
Meyers, who completed the triennial
assessment,
A trafiic expert will be employed to
solve Lancaster's Lincoln Highway
traffic puzzle, if the suggestions of
the highway committee of the Cham-
ber of Commerce are followed.
The Montgomery county commis
sloners have awarded to Irvin T.
Stoudt the contract for a onespan
reinforced concrete bridge over Min-
o creek In Limerick township.
An inspection of the site of the
proposed new bridge over the Alle
gheny river at New Kensington was
conducted by Paul Didler, assistant
eagineer for the State Public Service
Commission,
The Cumberland Valley has pro
duced a bumper crop of grasshoppers
this year.
damage to peaches in Franklin coun-
ty and parts o! York county, accord:
ing to reports reaching the depart
ment of agriculture,
The Bureau of Animal Industry has
authority to formulate rules to con.
trol itinerant butchers who find it
more convenient to do their slaugh-
tering on farms than In a central
ghamble, Frank [| Gollmar, deputy
attorney general, held In an opinion
to Sacretary of Agriculture Frank P.
. Willits
miners from the
urg and Scott's
i
1—Fresident Coolidge
Directors of the anthracite strike;
the United Mine Workewms;
dling of traffic in the principal cities
Bedford school
below:
Golden and James Gleason,
medals to New
C. J.
Ean
for proficiency in English, 2
8—8ir Henry P. May-
in the United States studying han.
NEWS REVIEW OF |
CURRENT EVENTS
Dirigible Shenandoah and
Honolulu Flight Plane
Lost—Nineteen Dead.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD i
D OUBLE disaster befell the navy's
alr service last week. The Shen
andoah, military dirigible, lies
in fragments in the corufields of Ohlo
The PN-O No, 1 1s
the waters of the Pacific I
19 of men
huge dird
seaplane lost
the best
h, on her wi
wn Was
the Middle
suddenly
three
turn
into
the controller cabin,
the 13 men in the cabin were all Kill
Among them was the com
the gieigile, Lieutenant
Lansdowne, A
near the first, and
‘
drifted
eq
pieces
lan yy rd
tion,
sec long,
balloon
Sharon,
crew
miles, falling
Two £ {
Besides
Lieut 3
county.
red.
include
mander Louis Har
R. Houghton.
P N$ No. 1
cock
. se if the »
was one of the two se
attempted
the nonsto]
Cisco 0 H ind
John Ro
with a crew of four others
out over the Pacific at
apparently going well
two hundred
Then its
one of
stationed along
supply was
San Fr
by Commander gers
and
surged
speed
was onl
its goal.
lessed to
were the route ti
gas J08t gone,
wns compelled to descend to the ox
soon after. This was at nig! 3
heavy sea was running. Crulser
stroyers and submarines at once
gearching for the plane, and
as possible three naval seaplanes took
off from the island of Maul to help in
the hunt. By that time the ocean had
calmed down and the weather had =
cleared that the aviato rs coul d gee for
pany miles, but 56 trace of the
plane or its crew had been found
to the time of this writing.
The second plane, which started at
the same time under command of
Lieut. A. P. Sno was forced d
by a broken oll feed pipe when about
300 miles out. No one was injured
and the plane was towed back to San i
Francisco, A third seaplane, the
PB-1, was expected to start on the
attempted flight to Honolulu at the
same time as the others but was de
layed by the necessity of replacing its
motor.
¥ some niles f
com
the
Warsi
alo
as
lost |
up
wv on |
xs wn
OL. WILLIAM MITCHELL is de
termined that the American peo
ple shall know the truth about the alr
service as he sees it, and last week
published his boak, “Winged Defense”
telling the story of the development of
military and commercial aviation. The
War department at ohce began an ex.
amination of the work, but Colonel
Mitchell asserted he had disobeyed no
order, though admitting he had pub
lished the book without submitting it
to his superiors.
“The truth of our deplorable situ.
ation is going to be put before the
American people come whut may,” he
declared. “If the War department
wants to start something, so much the
better. ‘Then I can get the case before
congress and the people and we will
have a chance to remedy this anfor
tunate condition. This book 18 Just
the beginning. I am preparing n series
of articles that will ‘rip off the cover’
of the deplorable situation, One
fourth of the shortcomings of our air
service have not yet been told, but
they are going to be”
NIVERSAL Interest, “snoopy” per-
haps but quite natural, attended
the throwing open to the publie ‘of the
tncome tax returns, In accordance
| wit h the present law, E
ed to know what the
men pald on thelr last
maybe more
at his
paid
tot
very one want-
nation's richest
year's Income,
and especially
acquaintances
Most
euriosity,
print lists,
in the ecountr
now wh
neighbors
| pers catered iis
a few retused the
largest paym
the Ford Motor company of
£160,408,160. Henrs individually
pald f2.008. 808, while s son, Edsel,
pald 32,158,055. The individual
was Joli
ntribut
tO
ent y was hy
2575 008,
His
As n
Jr. who on
OR 420
ial thing the assessments on
i 411 jires
ore 1
p
£301.
movi it ily two were
s the 240.0060 These were
Fairbank £132,114, and
RT OTS Mary Plek-
note
fxsessnent
gngelist, was £10.
As was pald by
Tom Taggart
iiners the
work ac
rder Septem.
NTHRACITE coal to
umber of 150.000 qui
ording to
or 1 Ti
ines and
their strike
¢ suspension shut
coll
.
wheo
of
pry taste ;
20s feries « by
tion
¥ on
ang
rans
ing to
oo
ners tha
M. Ing
tte,
mine
tenis
train crews on
¢ '
losing of shops Presi
othe r
lent Ot
leclara
ope n
operati
an of t
Lewis’
that
Wires Was to the m
ne, W,
he operators’
suspend
Nr tye
wad *
said
“There was a way open
rotors have
comm
that the op
over and over again pro-
namely, that operations should
go on while negotiations for a new
contract were pending
the miners cannot work unless they
have a contract Is unsupported by ren-
son or practice. All
workers continue on thelr jobs
that sooner
contract will be |
later another
made.”
include measures for avoiding
strikes In the Indusiry. Dis
patchea from Swampscott sald Presi
dent Coolidge, being convinced that
the only way to protect the publle
from constant menace of coal strikes
is hy government Interference, will
ask the next congress to enact legls-
ination giving the Chief Executive pow-
er to take decisive action when a
strike threatens. He expects to urge
legiglation embodying practically all
the recommendations made hy the fed-
eral coal commission In 1928
strike
SENATOR WATSON of Indiana con-
ferred with President Coolidge
inst week on rallway legislation and It
wns agreed that the administration
should urge congress to so modify the
Lech-Cumming act that rallroad con.
solidation will be forced after a period
of goven years, Meanwhile they are
desirons that voluntary groupings of
railronds be brought about and think
approval of the Van Sweringen con
solldntion scheme would clear the way
for these,
Sravisn and French forces In Mo
rocco Joined in a great attack on
Adjlr, capital of Abdeel-Krim, and re.
duced it to a mass of ruins by shell
fire and bombardment from squadrons
of airplanes, The RIM leader with his
staff of Turks, Germans and Russians
hud previously moved to n safe piace
in the mountains Heavy reinforce
| ments are
' roge and Marshal Petain's big
sive against Krim Is well under
In Syria the French are
so well, for the rebellious Druse tribes.
men have captured the fortress of
Suedia with its garrison of 700 men,
after destroying a rellef expedition.
{ General Sarrail, In command there,
has been handicapped by the necessity
| of protecting Damascus and the slow-
offen.
way.
COMMERCIAL
Weekly Review of Trade an
Market Reports.
BALTIMORE ~~ Wheat — No. 2 red
spot, $1.63; do, garlicky, domestic,
$1.40,
Corn—Domestic yellow corn is quot-
able at $1.10@1.11 per bushel for No.
2 in car lots on spot.
Oats—No. 2 white, 46c asked; No, 2
white, 40 ‘asked.
Hay—-No. 1 timothy, per ton,
22; Na. 2 timothy, per ton,
21; No. 3 timothy, per ton,
No. 1 light clover mixed, per ton,
@20; No. 2 light clover mixed,
ton, $17@18; No. 1 clover mixed,
ton, $18.50@19.
Straw-—No, 1 wheat,
2: No. 1 oat, per ton,
Millfeed—8pring wheat
gern, per ton, in 100-pound sacks,
Western middlings (brown) in
pound sacks,
Eggs—Western,
{ no bids.
| Butter
| do,
| do,
$21.50
$20.50 «©
oh @1is,;
$19
per
per
$11@
per ton,
126113
12913.
bran, West
$34;
100
-
.
offered
dic,
Creamery,
44@ 45,
460 4%;
| ladles, 26@ 38;
| vania
i
choice,
prints,
roils
rolls, 34@ 25
{ land, Virginia ¢
| prints, 34026
Live Poultry
{ 4% Ibs. and
| medium, 3
98 Gy 07
wn oi
‘hickens
per
15 to 4 lbs, smooth,
aller .
\ 1%
over, 33.,
{per Ib, 2
22; old roo
{ chickens,
| mixed colors,
| reinforcements.
WH Aristide
! the council of of Na-
The bhig-
the Lengue
tions in
gest question for msideration was
the dispute betweed the British
Turks over possession of the
sul vilayet. This rich oll
formerly a part o Turk
but Great Britain contends
| comes withid
vhich Britain holds
the The
ider the
wething
sthing
convened Geneva
its o«
{ the
region
ish
Was
pire
it
the
4
Irak
date
expects
rope but
this until
ne to some
the borders of
league, league also
of Eu
about
security
reement
of Great Britain,
um, Italy
on for preliminary
of the
rest dent
iF sxal ex
France, Bel.
met in Lon
of the
FODORS ad pa Mean
Loebe of the German
ichstag “g gd & boner” In Vienna
aroused anes apprehensions
of France. Addressing Austro-
Germany People's union at a
demonstration, Herr Loehe sald:
Germany becomes a
of Nations,
able to use f«
with Austria.”
government
and Gerry Mny
discussion
terms et.
hile Pr
the
the
“After
member of the
France will be un.
to prevent a union
immediately the French
announced indirectly
uzh its newspaper mouthpiece that
it could not accept a security pact un
less France were allowed a free hand
inst Germany In case the
suddenly annexed Austria.
League
ree
thousand veterans
| E feeble In
body but strong In spirit,
the fonal
in
Army
nat
of
parade of the
Grand Republic on
the
It
parade of the organization
of the members are longer
the effort
the last
equal to
MERICANS who have heen vaca
unauthorized strike of
However,
numerous In England,
ports in great numbers,
seamen uit their jobs,
ERT E. HANEY of Oregon, a Dem:
ocratic member of the shipping
quest of President Coolidge.
quest was made in the following tele
gram from the President:
“It having come to my attention that
you are proposing to remove Admiral
Fleet corporation, contrary to the un.
derstanding | had with you when I re
appointed you, your resignation from
the United States shipping board is re
quested.”
Commissioner Haney, insisting that
there was no express understanding as
to the continuance in office of Mr. Pal-
mer, but that, on the contrary, he had
advised the President fully as to why
he was opposed to the present head of
the fleet corporation, declared In a let
ter to the President that he could not
resign because such action would
“carry an implication which 1 cannot
permit”
It is understood that Commissioner
Haney does not intend to wage a con.
troversy with the President relative
to remaining as a member of the
board, but that he feels that he could
not comply with the President's re
quest In the form made because of
the Implication Involved that he had
broken a promise made to the Presi
dent,
A White House spokesman sald that
other members of the board might be
asked to step out unless they dropped
their opposition to the President's
economy campaign,
fancy,
medium,
8G 2%;
mmon 41
216y26; spring chickens
i mouth
mixed
dium, 26@ 27; ©
Leghorns,
25
ay breeds, fancy,
fowls,
NEW YORK Wheat
{ No. 1 dark Northern spring, «
| New York, lake and rail, $§1.72%,: No
| hard winter, f. 0. b lake and rail,
£1,661 No. 2 mixed durum,
| $1.4915: No. 1 Manitoba, do.,
i $1.60.
{ Corn—Spot firm; No.
| track New York, all rail,
2 mixed, do, $1.13%,
QOats—8pot steady:
§7%e.
Butter—Firm: receipts, 16.786 tubs,
higher than extras, 46%. @
46c; do,
Spot
iL. 1.
No.
2 yellow, ¢
$1.145%;
No. 2 white,
47¢; do, extras (92 score),
9 $5
we
ing stock, current make, No,
3514.
Eggs—Fresh gathered extra firsts,
1, @36% ce; do, storage, 34@ 35; fresh
gathered, firsts, 32% @34; do, storage,
324033; do, fresh gathered, seconds,
30% @ 32; do, storage, 20831; nearby
hennery whitas, closely selected, ex
tras, 60@62.
Cheese-—Steady; State, whole milk
flats, fresh, fancy to fancy specials,
WEG 24%e; do, average run, 22%.
LIVE STOCK
BALTIMORE-Cattle— Steers, choice
to prime, $10.76@11.50; good to choice,
$106010.50; medium to good, SHOE
9.25: common to medium, $6.506 7.25;
common, $5@'6. Heifers, good to
choice, $7.50@8; fair to good, 36.500
7.26; common to medium, 34.7506.
Bulls, good to choice, $5.50G6; fair to
good, $4506 5.25. Cows, good to choice,
GC
BUSINESS FIRST
Willis—You look as if you'd been in
a fight,
Nillig—1 hs
didn't treat
Willls-
Nillis~
out, snd
me
dent!
ive, and
fair.
How was
Knocked
opponent
me
#4.
then had the
bill for $2, saying
Aother Was No » Cook
“Gerald,” sald the
ticing how heartily
wife, no-
ing.
as
mono A
“Once
beg
Daring Invitation
$5.20006.25; fair to good, $4.20@6.
that necktie you are wes
“Jim, ring
will you,
VERY SHORT
ay
18 feet
Poor Thing
ing girl,
A 3 work
93 ot
Ehe's
ring overtime
faz © Painter
He'll Have No Competition
3 — $11
ne. put that
parrot
doors
1
close
Golfer The; I to
sfraid
A play
andl
Natural Aversion
Friend--1 hear that
kindly law.
Jig Lawyer (grimiy)—Perha
nldn’t, either, if you'd been
times for violating traffic
ir son doesn't
to the
DE you
“rrest-
Nees,
ABLE TO EXERCISE
Ww
Old Aunt-—So0 your husband aint
really able to dig in the garden any
more?! Don’t he play golf?
«Niece—Oh, yes; but that's exercise,
suntie dear.
Be Sure You're Right
Friend, do not be a guitier,
With fear within your heart;
Unless you are a finisher
Of things you shouldn't start.
Losing Weight
Crist—-My wife is reducing rapidly.
She called me on the phone from
downtown today.
Blake--What of that?
Crist—~It means that she can get
into a telephone booth now.
5. PC. A Supporter
“Maw, isn't paw kind to animals?
“Suppose so, Why?
ing ree 1 huiird him ¢
kins that he'd come over a feed the
kitty If you'd let him ont.”
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