CENTRE HALL, PA.
Pennsylvania
State News
Citizens of Reading may be called
upon to vote on a loan of $4,000,000
for sewers and streets,
Ursinus College opened its
sixth year with an address by
Paul 8S. Leinbach of Philadelphia.
Nearly 2,600 off-campus students
will study through the University of
Pittsburgh extension division this
year,
The state health department is in-
vestigating an outbreak of typhoid
fever in Hereford township, Berks
county.
For the first time
Bell Telephone Company
vania has started to advertise
new subscribers.
Appointment of Mrs. Alice F. Kier:
nan of Somerset as a member of the
State Council of Education was an-
nounced at Governor Pinchot's office.
The cornerstone of the new Grave
Memorial Methodist Episcopal church
at Lewistown was laid Sunday after:
noon by Bishop McDowell of Chicago.
The concreting of the new Mauch
Chunk-Stroudsburg road to the new
concrete bridge across Poho Poco
creek at Harrity has been completed.
Convicted by a jury of driving an
automobile while intoxicated, Roland
Kemmerer of Bethlehem was sen:
tenced to three months in the county
jail and fined $200.
The premier event of the year for
Fayette county is the Great Dawson
Fair, which will wind up with the
first automobile races ever attempted
on the Dawson track.
Former Democratic State Chair
man Charles F. McDonald of English
town died at Clifton Springs, N. Y.,
where he ‘went a week ago for a Le
riod of rest. He was sixty-seven years
old.
According to the assistant superin
tendent of parks, V. Grant Forrer,
skunks have made nests In Reservoir
Park. One of tue guards breathless
ly reported on Sunday night that he
had been chased by them
For the second time in a few
the Trinity P. E. Mission at Gulph
Mills has been looted. Several weeks
ego thieves stripped the altar of all
furnishings, and on the second visi:
the sink in the basement kitchen was
torn out and carted away.
improvising a noose with his neck
tle, F. James Baker, aged fifty, an In.
surance agent, hanged himself in his
the Park Place hotel, Sewick-
ley. He and his wife had roomed at
6701 Margaretta street, East End
His wife sald he had been despondent
because of {ll health.
Fifty persons were .ffected for sev
eral minutes when three lightning
bolts in rapid succession struck the
mill on the Millside summer resort
property at Palm. Wrist watches on
the arms of women were tarnished
and their arms paralyzed. Windows
in the mill and the Harley bungalow
near by were shattered. A fire which
started in the mill was quickly ex
tinguished.
Earl, three-year-old son of
8. Erb of Colebrookdale,
lid from a pump floor and fell into 12
feet of water In a well at the barn
The lad’s father, woking in an ad
§ field, saw the child fall
with the a ance of a
Harold binall, drew him out with
a garden hoe tied to a pole, but every
effort by the two men and a physician
to resuscitate the child was in vain
fifty-
Dr.
since 1915 the
of Pennsyl
for
woeks
room in
Harry
removed the
neighbor,
The state banking department took
over the First State Bank of New
Castle following a hearing before Dep
uly Attorney General J. W.
which it was disclosed that a short
age of $30,000 had been discovered.
Criminal Informations against
alleged mutilators of
the Gettysburg battlefield were filed
with Federal Judge Albert W. John-
son in Scranton by United tates
District Attorney Andrew B. Duns
more,
The Reading Company is planning
to place its own motor busses on
Pennsylvania highways to cope with
inroads in local passenger traffic
which has followed operation of z net
work of Independent busses in terri
tory served by the rallroad.
Jernice Munroe, Brant lake moun:
talneer, saw a five story building the
firat time recently, had his first ride
in. an elevator and the first time
watched a motion picture show. Mun-
roe, who Is forty-six and has ten chil
dren, had never seen a trolley car.
Contracts for approximately 21
miles of state highway construction
were awarded by the state highway
department. The largest contract,
for approximately 13 miles, ia for the
‘Roosevelt highway, across the north-
ern tier counties. This contract, for
66,821 feet on Route 102, in Yiysses
and Sweden townships, Potter coun-
ty, when completed will provide a
completely Improved highway con.
necting Erie and the Susquehanna
Trall, The contract was awarded
D. L. Dennis of Smethport at $743,
567.19.
Perry county virtually declared a
holiday | recently to celebrate the
formal opening of six stratciies of new
reads and to greet Governor Plachot
on a tour of inspection.
Detectives discovered a large still
in operation, a number of five gallon
empty cans and considerable moon:
shine when they raided a place on
Sherman street In Ridley township.
Warden John C. Grooms of the
Eastern Ponitenliary ann Sunedd the
appo.ntment of Elmer Leithizar, a for
mer sergeant of the rate piles, gin
tioned at Buller, Pi. as deovuty
warsen.
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NEWS REVIEW OF |
Learning From Army
and Navy Officers.
By EDWARD Ww. PICKARD
OL. WILLIAM MITCHELL'S pet
scheme, the creation of a separate
department of deronautics, received
many sharp blows during the first
week of the henrings held by the Pres.
{dent's special aireraft board, For the
army, it was opposed by Acting Secre-
tary of War Davis, Maj. Gen. Mason
M. Patrick, chief of the army alr serv-
fee: Major General Hines, chief
staff, and Brig. Gen. Hugh Drum,
sistant chief of staff. For the
vigorous objections were volced
Secretary Wilbur, Admiral Eberle,
chief of naval operations; Admiral
Moffett, chief of the hureau
nauties, and Admiral Strauss
general board. Incidentally,
as
of the
Colonel
tive service,
Mr. Davis told the board
American people that there
need for fear the cond
the nation’s alr forces”
the service would be quickly put in ex-
cellent shape if congress would grant
larger appropriations, General Patrick,
though opposing a separate aeronau
tics department in the cabinet, did fa-
vor the consolidation War and
Navy departments into a department
of national defense; furthermore, he
supported the Shurges made by Colo
nel Mitchell, that the
of an adequate alr froce has been
hampered by higher officials do
not comprehend its vast Importance.
He Justified the policy of conser
buliding of planes until there is
certainty as the t
ntity production,
Mitchell's
has but a
and
was “no
about ition of
of the
development
who
vative
nore
for
ast
to pes wanted
But in
assertion
handful
con
that
of effect]
with
are
Le
ve,
Patrick said
in an emergency.
20 are bombardment
observation planes, 20
and 31 training planes. He
stated he had no attack planes. In
ion, he has 40 obsolete planes and
has 306 fit for use
planes,
pursuit
additi
Asked just what Is the matter with
the alr service, General Patrick re.
plied:
“The air service Is not treated as a
real member of the family. Our recom.
mendations are frequently ignored and
our motives questioned. The fact is
that the development of the alr arm
has lessened the Importance of every
other arm of the national defense
“Alrcraft reaching out over sea
have minimized somewhat the need of
const defense.
“Scouting far in advance, they have
made cavalry less necessary for recon
naissance,
“Conducting operations far beyond
the range of land guns they have
made artillery less Important, and
even the infantry, the backbone of the
army.
“80, coming Into being as it has, the
alr arm has not been welcomed. The
recommendations for Its development
must be passed on by officers belong:
ing to these various other arms whose
Importance Is being minimized by the
new force and they-—well, they don't
realize the Importance of the new
weapon. It was a long time before 1
could get any recognition of the air
force In the War department.”
Generals Hines and Drum disagreed
with General Patrick as to the su-
perior Importance of the alr force to
infantry, cavalry and artillery, In the
matter of congressional appropriations,
Representative Vinson of Georgia, a
member of the board, asserted con.
gress had voted all the alr force funds
the War department had asked for.
EXT the navy came to bat, and
Secretary Wilbur led off with
the declaration that to divorce the
aeronautics arm from the navy arm
wollld be “a well nigh Irreparable mls.
take.” Admiral Eberle asserted that
adoption of the Mitchell proposals
would "bring disaster to nstional de
fense Interests”; and Admiral Moffett
ergued that because of the Inthuste
rinls, 2
w president of the
President's special alr-
League of Nations
vessels av
of fu
jconbeetion between naval
naval alreraft in
battles,
the fighting
sen it would be suick
to take away from the
and put it in a separate department,
cha in
141
aviation navy
“Such a nge
which
plan
of national defense,
he expl “The
department is
strategically, tactically and
cally The organization of a
air service would fatally complicate
national defense problen This
has been amply demonstrated abroad
Commander J. H. Towers, a naval avi
ator of wide experience, who has late-
ly returned from duty abroad, has
stated, "The more [ see of the sepa-
rate alr force idea the more opposed
Iamto It."
Admiral Strauss sald that
periment of England and Italy
unified alr service has been a fal
unity.” lained.
economi-
single
the ex.
lure
old
system
Secretary Hoover and
were enlled
of Commerce
New
oard about commercial
prospects, and they agreed
that America about to witness the
development of the greatest commer.
transport system
is
cial alr In the world,
Mr. Hoover told the board that com.
mercial aviation can be established on
scale
the payment of the
private
resulted In the
¥
in
this country
large government
enterprise which
have development
carriage systems
helleves,
direct
necessary
alr transport
to the merchant marine
and to provide for air
fee hy
forded
and, he without the payment
all. But
COnEress 10 on
subsidy at
will be for
act legisiation analogous
he said
aw,
navigation se
re
the government such as Is af.
water navigation
ESIDES starting its
of the
disaster,
hrought
the dirigihle’s
was learned that Lieutenan
vestigntion
8h en ar do val 3
of Inquiry out a
facts concerning
It
Commander Zachary L
that the
flight
recommended
ferred untll the second
tember, but this was not
probable weather conditions
ly oa the
week of Sep
bernns
but s
ground of the limited tin
for receiving, regussing and
the alrship at Scott field, II
at Detroit. The Navy department
ready had deferred to the opinion
Lansdowne that the flight
made In September instead of July be |
cause the earlier month was the sea.
son of violent storms in the Middle
West, but it disapproved of his sug
gestion to walt until the second week
of September because It was desired
that the dirigible should fly over a!
refueling
tigansi #
HRoig, 85
of
should he
first week.
JosEry CAILLAUX, French finance |
minister, together with his
iengues of the debt-funding cominis.
sion, arrived In Washington, prepared
to settle the French debt terms quick.
ly and avowedly hopeful of that re
sult, On the way across the Atlantic |
M. Calllaux formulated the terms he |
intended to offer the United States, |
but he did not tell them to anyone, |
not even to the other members of the |
commission. Moreover, the American
commission has agreed that the pro- |
ceedings shall be In secret. so prob. |
ably the public must await their con.
clusion to learn authoritatively what
is offered by the Frenchman, It was
stated in Washington that If no agree.
ment has been reached before Octo-
ber 3, when Calllaux must leave for
home to prepare for the opening of
the French parliament, he will offer
annual payments, beginning in 1620,
of $40,000000, to be Incrensed after
1981, If this Is not accepted fie will
ask the United States to send a com
mission across to study France's finan.
cial situation and capacity to pay. He
frankly sald he expected eneler terms
than those granted Great Dritain.
the League of
A? WAR expected,
Nations found the Mosul question
too hard for it to settle, and go ree
ferred it to The Hague court. The |
British and French members of the
Inquiry conunittes had agreed that the
lengue should handle the problem. hat
the Swedish delegnte was obdurnte,
and ax the constitution dxounds
vnanimity of all committee reports, he
enl-
and had the matter
both the
the officials
dele
at
referred. The British,
gates In Geneva and
are much disgruntled and now
of them to doubt the full
efficacy of the lengue, As for T
there 18 no assurance that
cept the decision of the
it Is adverse to her
{ home,
rome begin
irkey,
she will ane
world court if
claims,
| AA CCORDING to the London Dally
Graphic, the British government
| has learned that since 1922 more than
| S800 0000 of Moscow gold has Leen
Socialist members of parila.
officials and promi
nent radical leaders. The home office
| has the detalls of the case and
paper says there would be a tremen-
ment, trade union
the
RINMPR
| of the reciplents of the propaganda
| money were made public, The largest
payment to an individual is sald
have been 820.000. Another London
paper says Georges Toehitcherin, soviet
foreign minister, is likely
moved because he falied to prevent
Germany's turning to England
France instead of tn Russis
curity pact. He
M. Karakhan,
China,
MERICAN aviators
A service of the sult
in the Riffian hnve been wa
the State department that they
the law and are
punishment in
But they assert
no oath of sileg
signed no enlistment papers and
te justified In under
an. They declare they
throughout
ch ander Is
them continually and
onstrated efficiency
to
fo
may be succeed
now ambasen
who are In
3
war Pr
§
liable to
Uni
ar
the
they
innce,
and
States
fuken
rest
foe!
serving the
here the camp
comm
their
tions
fended
ig reported in Fez that
offered £5.00 for ov
we Kherifian squn
oper these
has
of tl dron
dead or alive The
anish are
Riff territors
ompelied to dig In
son, when the no
will have a chance for &
heir foes hope and
winter séascn
compel the
Brimies
ore
exper
will bring famine
Rift submit
that
Hans to
JESIPE facts of the
fo secure Gen
the Republicnn presi
tion in 1820 were brought out
cago In the sult of Wil
Procter of Clneinnat! to recover $50.
from Col. A. A. Sprague of Chi
futile cam
for {oonard
Wom
ientisl noming
in Chi
am Cow er
note for S100.000 to ob
tain a loan from a bank. The defense
alleged the campaign cost £1.750.000
and was conducted entirely by Procter
who had sole coutrol of the expendi
ture of the money, telling those who
protested against extravagance that it
was none of thelr business
who died during
included James Deer.
Miami millionaire
P ROMINENT men
the week
Chicago
ing. and
vester company, who succumbed to a
complication of disenses while at sea
on his return from France; Sir Fran-
cis Darwin, son of Charles Darwin
and himself an eminent scientist; Paul
Bartlett, American sculptor, at his
home in Rome; A. C. Bedford, chalr
man of the board of the Standard Ol
company of New Jersey: and Sir Pra-
tap Singh, the mabarajah of Jammu
and Kashmir, whose nephew and heir
wag the "Mr. A” of the blackmail
case which created such a sensation in
London last winter,
R FSUMPTION of civil war In China
between the forces of General
Feng and Marshal Chang Tesolin Is
expected "within a few days” accord:
ing to dispatches from Tokyo. The
first fighting will be for the control of
Shans! province, and Marshal Wa Pel
Fu is likely to take an active part
there. The Japanese government has
declared It will maintain neutrality.
RESIDENT COOLIDGE has issued
a proclamation recommending that
the week of October 4 be observed ns
national fire prevention week, He ap
penls for “earnest study of the prin
ciples of fire protection” nnd asks all
state and municipal officials and cith
zens generally for fullest co-operation
pt msi gins
RE STITT
| COMMERCIAL
Weekly Review iew of Trade an
Market Reports.
Wheat--No 2 red
$1.58%; No. 2
domestic
BALTIMORE
winter, spot, domestic,
red winter, garlicky,
$1.493;.
Corn
spot,
Domestic yellow corn is quot
able $1.12 per bushel nominal for
No. 2 in carlots on spot
Oats—No. 2 white,
No. 3 white,
Hay—New,
$21.560@ 22;
21; No. 3 timot
light clover
Hight clover
r mixed, §
Per
at
47% @A8c sales
sales.
16% @4
per
wy
+30
be 286 306
B. «80
Fresh Fis
tives, Butte
bars $20@22
$6@ * Gray
barrel, $10@12;
$6@8; do
rr
wei
ArT tare BE
ars Iaree Pe
small 10 medium
large,
to medium,
box, $364
18; do er
per
ae
Crocus,
$5@10
small
boiling
per
Pp box,
12@ 15;
Rock,
per 1b. do
12@16c
do
YORK Whe
arth arn
NEW
: 1 dark
New York
Orage
rathered
fresh gathered
G33%;: do
29@3
ly selected,
Cheese-
fresh,
25%;
whole milk,
seconds, slorage
nearby hennery white
extras,
State
0g 62
whole milk
iis,
any
22%;
fancy
average run
flats, held, fancy,
Chickens. by
by express, 25630: i
24@29; do. by express
16
fancy to gpecis
do,
Live Poultry
26@29%¢; do,
by freight,
33; roosters, by freight,
PHILADELPHIA Wheat
red winter, $1.48 @ 1.50%;
lieky, $1.41 @ 1.43%.
Corn——No. 2 yellow, $1. 15% @1.16%.
Oats-—No. 2 white, 50G51¢
Butter--Solid packed, higher
extras, 504 53¢c, the latter for
jote; extras, 92 score, 49;
48; 90 score, 46; 88 score,
score, 44; 87 score, 43; 86 score, 42%.
Eggs-—Extra firsts, 40c: firsts, in
new cases, 36; firsts, in second-hand
cases, 35; seconds, 30G 32.
Cheese——-New York whole cream,
flats, fresh, 25@ 26¢c.
Live Poultry—Fowls, fancy, Ply.
mouth Rocks, § pounds or over, 320
34; medium, 28029; mixed breeds,
fancy, 27028; medium, 24@25; com
mon fowls, 22@23; leghorns, 20G2%;
spring chickens, Plymouth Rocks,
broflers, 3@4 pounds, 32@ 34; do, 20
2% pounds, 283@29; mixed breeds, full
fledged, 3&4 pounds, 294 30.
LIVE STOCK
BALTIMORE. «= Cattle - Steers,
choice to prime, $1025G 11; good to
choice, 30.7510; medium to good,
T76408.50, common to medium, $0@
7; common, $4500 05.60. Heifers, good
to choice, $725@7.78; fair to pood,
$6.25@ 7; common to medium, $4500
5.95. Bulls, good to choice, §5.2506:
fair to good, 84.2505; common to aes
diem, §3.5064. Cows, good 10 choice,
- No, 2
than
small
81 score,
$5.2545.55.
MERE INTRODUCTION
Old Man
right on my
Man
corn,
(flercely)—You've stepped
corn
(joyfully
TR
{ wonderful
GEORGE WAS WISE
“Ueorge Isn't engs
“1 don’t think so.
| pobody’s fou
ged. is
He sald he
hie
Safety First
Krew. All About Them
Sallor—-Yes,
How
little one
ir a fos uy ¥
teresting!
Just in front?
8" - - sep M
that's Just a tug.
of co tug-of-war,
'— Bucknell!
I've
Hop
urse
Jelie
TAKING A LONG CHANCE
Vile
of be ng
until
jul
twelve
fer mania
yl suppose I
fo one
sort of
cak.
aia
chance, s0 to 8;
Why Court in Dark
who can deny?
1 permit me to remark
at doubtless is the reason why
We de our co uring in the dark.
love is biind
8
Probabl, y
sauntered
uch seif-assurance and
down his
office
an alr of
business
ie
vith m
into a raliroad
threw
card
“Who's
here?
“Well,” said the good-looking stenog,
hery'd all take me for it If I'd let
em.”
und inquired:
the main squeeze around
Out of Bounds
“Hello, there,” hailed the motorist,
T'm lost.”
“Huw, haw, thass a good one.” gul-
fawed the native. “To think one of
you city fellers would get lost here
in Cross Timbers."—American Leginn
Weekly.
He Knew Better
The son of a lawyer at Morbihan
came to Paris for his studies. Asked
how he liked 11. he sald:
“The streets are so dangerous at
aight 1”
“Why don’t you carry a revolver?
“What! And have It stolen?
Sane Gene, Paris
Diplomacy
“So Proddier has given up smok.
ing?
“Yes. On the advice of his doctor.
at the request of his wife, and by
command of his motherdndaw "Der.
lin Schmutzige Wasche,
Caught
“1 have been arrested for driving too
slowly I¥ .
“Too fast, you mean!” i:
“No, too slowly, 1 stole the car ay
couldn't get away with i."