| Pennsylvania i State News The entire Reading police force were made members of the Humane Socle- ty of Berks county. The Boyertown School Board has started a crusade against dealers sell- ing cigarettes to minors. Among the jurors drawn for the January Court of Quarter Sessions Court at Lewistown are 18 women. A bonus of 5 per cent on wages for the year of all employees was an nounced by the Bloomsburg Brick Company. The Bethlehem Community Chest | Association has decided that its an nual drive for funds shall take place May 3 to 10. Montour county jurors were notified not to appear for the December term of court, since only three cases, one civil and two criminal, are listed for ‘rial. District Attorney Davis has de manded $500 cash bail of all the | women in the Carbon county jail ar- | rested recently when the Long Run | Hotel was raided by state police. In the spirit of fair dealing and am- ity the newspapers of New Jersey con- tinue to reflect the sentiments of the people of that state who hope that the deadlock on the bridge is in process of breaking with a better feeling and | understanding on all sides. The proposal for ending the anthra cite strike submitted to the miners | and operators by the Luzerne county | members of the Pennsylvania house | of representatives is “simply the op erators’ plan wrapped in a new pack: age,” said John L. Lewis, president of | the United Mine Workers, ‘n a formal | statement. i Governor Pinchot called on the may- | ors and burgesses of communities In | the anthracite region for suggestions | end the anthracite mining contro versy and end the suffering as a resu.: | of the present shutdown. The gover nor made his request in an address | opening a public meeting with the raunicipal executives a his office in Harrisburg. The Charleroi Chamber of Com merce, through its secretary, James T. | He ran, has registered complaint | with the Public Service Commission | against the cars recently placed in op between Charleroi and Ros | coe by the Pittsburgh Rallways Com pany. It is claimed the new cars are too small and sway to such an extent | while running that passengers are | made ill by the motion. i Cash and securities amounting $:0,000 were stolen from the Seven | Valleys National Bank, ten miles south of York. The robbers used a aovel method to obtain their loot After breaking into the vault they cut a hole through the top of the safc by asing a torch. They then filled the safe with water and as the securities and money floated past the opening the burglars fished them out. A few motorists carrying 1926 license tags from Pennsylvania have been stopped on South Jersey highways and made to explain the reason for using them. In New Jersey tags for the new year ca.unot be used untll January 1. The motor vehicle agents have been consulted by police officials and declare that no order has been recelvéd from the state department tu | arrest Pennsylvania owners with the | rew ah so they will be allowed to | use them. | w bids for printing of reports of SWperior Court cases will be asked by | the State January 15, to take the place of bids rejected last summer, . An unidentified man, found uncon | scious in the restroom of a moving | picture house in Pittsburgh by a | watchman, Is dying in the Women's Homeopathic Hospital Physicians | are of the opinion that he suffered a | heart attack. Governor Pinchot has called an ex tra session of the Pennsylvania Gen eral Assembly for 2 p. m., January 13 Eight subjects are set forth in the call for consideration by the Legis lature. Among these {is anthracite | chal and regulation of the mining In. | dustry. Dauphin county's highway improve. | ment program was outlined by Com. | missioners Cumbler, Taylor and Black Commissioner Taylor told the town ship officials that the board of county commissioners considers it its duty to | defer the erection of a new courthouse | or city-county building until the coun- | ty has roads on which citizens can | come to that courthouse every month | in the year. While Clarion county will be the | only one In Western Pennsylvania to | i i to eration to | be given Immediate attention by the State's Fisheries Department fleld he Intention to include Allegheny and other counties within a year and to! map each stredm with a statement tor i fishermen and water users of the char | acter, dimensions, lines, kind of bot. | tom and banks. County Commissioner M. Harvey | Taylor was elécted president of the | Dauphin County Association of Town. | ship Supervisors and Auditors at the | convention of the association In the | Dauphin County Courthouse. He suc. ceeds County Commissioner C. ymbler. Joseph D. Kesselring, of Hazleton, on Janpary 1 will take office as the presi Som ue the Mahanoy and Hazleton di “vision branch of the Lehigh Valley | Irond Clerks’ Association, The | fuera) have just completed the count ' ~ of the referendum vote and esselring | a E lead over all his opponents Pau ITIL i—simeon Radiff, the Japan Is protecting from the warrin Hew who believe In the suspended officer CURRENT EVENTS President Likely to Accept) League's Invitation to Disarmament Parley. By EDWARD W. PICKARD the in of accepting the invitation of League of Nations to participate the preliminary discussion of a world disarmament congress, and with in view he has conferred with con is necessary to obtain the permission of congress and an appropriation Among others, Chairman Borah of the senate foreign relations committee was called to the White House. When he with the President on the subject, it was indicated that the Chief Execu tive intended to submit the matter to congress. Senator Lenroot of Wiscon sin also talked with Mr. Coolidge, he sald most of the senate would fas or accepting invitation of league. Former Secretary of State Hughes was a guest of the President at luncheon and this led to the belief he would be named to head the Amer. scan delegation to the which was held to be quite fitting since he is given large credit for the Washington armament conference the CONETess, ! erland, will represent America in the preliminaries, According to Information from White House, the President has con- siderably modified his idca that the United States might appropriately par. limitation of compose take part in the discussion matter unless invited In to differences of the European nations on the question. Whether it will be necessary to ob tain the consent of congress to accept. ance of the league's Invitation Is a matter still undetermined. The Knox reservation to the Berlin treaty appar ently is not applicable, but the act of 1913 forbids acceptance of an invita: tion to an international conference without specific authority of law. Sen. ator King of Utah has Introduced in the senate a resolution authorizing the President to accept the Invitation, and Representative Hamilton Fish of New York has Introduced a similar resolution In the house. The matter probably must await the reassembling of congress on January 4. Another matter upon which Mr Coolidge sought the advice of Mr. Hughes was the appeal by Chile from the decision of General Pershing de- laying the Tacna-Arica plebiscite un- til April 15. ONGRESS adjourned Wednesday for a 13-day holiday recess. The house had passed the tax reduction bill—which will not have such an easy passage through the senate-—and had made ready to take a vote on the treasury-post office supply bill immed! ately after reconvening. It also adopt. ed a resolution ealling for an investi. gation of the alleged manipulation of crude rubber prices by the British colonial government, While considering the treasury ap- propriation measure the representa. tives found an opportunity to give old John Barleycorn another hard jab, Mr. Tucker of Virginia, a dry, sought to amend the bill go as to restrict the use of fands in the purchase of liquor as evidence of law violation. The pro. posed appropriation for this purpose Is $250,000, and Mr. Tucker's amend: ment would have provided that no por tion of this might be used “to induce any person by fraud, deceit or false hood to violate the prohibition law.” The argument was long and warm, em- bracing the merits or demerits of pro hibition, but when it came to a vote only 17 supported Mr. Tucker, while 180 were against him. This being In the committee of the whole, the votes were not recorded, OLONEL MITCHELL may well | i i than the action of such men as Blan and Tillman of Arkansas, who have and seeking ways of undoing what It did. Secretary of War Davis Is said in Washington, Is golng to restore harmony between the try and at is determined to take if discipline time measures absolute sume 0 drastic necessary the of the Mitchell home to any other branch of the ice where there has been evidence of gignificance Cage sery open disagreement with settled depart York Walker apphinted city would to Representative Bloom of New to Mayor Elect that Mitchell be police commissioner of New York he any Colonel sald belleved congress legislation appointment possible NECesKAry ake the RIG. GEN. SMEDLEY ID. BUTLER resigned from the marine corps | as director of m I safety of Philadelphia, Kend { rick then, In a Butler, told hin Mayor stormy interviev i he did not resis want any cabinet “as a he dia mi his because pot the of ahsence had refused leave ho gen He 3utier resign. and this he dismissed him It was understood that General Butler's resignation from the marine corps would be withdrawn Concerning his plans he sald: “I'm going my home in brook and I'm going to drive there in of the United States marine corps. The marines can take care of me, and I'd rather be in the marine corps than in 15000000 cities like Philadelphia.” further demanded that being refused, his position to Over ISSATISFACTION with President policies was voleed at Des Moines by the executive committee of the Amer. fcan Council of Agriculture and the Corn Belt Committee of Farm Organi The Joint committee, which clzed Mr. Coolidge's recent address concerning agriculture, denied that the Fordney-McCumber tariff is benefit to agriculture as a whele, announced that an export would be submitted to resolution adopted notes “with degree of amusement” that the new measure sponsored by Secretary Jar dine is to prove a means of salvation to the farmer by supplying him with an expert fund of information about the “mysteries of co-operative market. ing.” Farmers, the resolution says, hgve more information than they need in fact, have but little else, and need “a falr price rather than more Infor mation.” Congress Is warned In another see. tion of joint committee's resolu tions that industry “should not blame the farmers if they Invoke the prin ciple of seif-preservation and declare war on the protective tariff.” This “war” is promised if industry insists that it cannot exist without the tariff and refuses to grant agriculture ike protection, High up In the Republican party, too, there are those who bélleve that the President's plans do not go far enough. Among them are Senator Cap- per, Former Governor Lowden of lili nols and Vice President Dawes. Mr. Capper has his own program, the main features of which are: 1. Legislation providing machinery for segregating the surplus of any crop, selling it abroad for what it will bring, presumably at a price below that of the home market, and dis tributing the loss among the pro- ducers, 2. Development of co-operative mar. keting with the assistance of govern ment agencies, : 8. Liberalization of the farm loan law and amplification of the farm credit system, . 4. Tax relief for the farmer, to be accomplished by rigid economy lm na- tional and loeal governments and hy a constitutional amendment prohibit. ing lssuance of tax-free securities, the present and Increasing volume of and measure A a CONETress the pray to be saved from his friends i those who arose in congress in his which is becoming an unbearable tax burden to agriculture. i 2--Walls of Mukden, which city of the most sensational crop re issued Wednesday by the government and caused prices of wheat, corn and oats to skyrocket on the Chicago board of trade, The forced i cover without able to back materially. The released by the government were | final estimate the yield grains, which showed a downward re. in the vicinity This indicated country had used some 15. bushels of carry- Total yield of all wheat Is fixed G05 3605 006) decrease of 193262000 bushels, { with final figures a year ago | The total crop and | amount to 756.000.0000 bushels, shorts were being on 1025 somewhere 30.000 O06) that the O00 O00 vision bushels. last year's i over bushels { i at or a as compared carry-over Of this { the people consume in bread and seed 40.000 00x) bushels, leaving a surplus { of 116,000,000 bushels, Exports to De cember 1 total wroximately 500K). 00 hushels, making a 66.000 000-Hhy- CArTY-OVer, | 00.000 bushels, reduction of with or a compared 1 shel { year, 3 NE of the Middie West's tional murder trials { with a verdict of guilty. John Looney, who used to be caiied the “king the | underworld” of Rock Island, NL, 1d { who formerly was editor of the Rock News, was convicted of killing | William Gabel, a {| ncvording to the charges of the state had betrayed Looney and eight others in 8 blackmall conspiracy. Looney | wag sentenced to 14 years in the penl- tentiary The Gabel killing was an upshot of { vice and factional in Rock Island for several years during | which Looney's son, Conner, was killed as he sat in an automobile in front of a hotel, and Looney fled to the South. west and for a long time successful iy fought attempts to return him for trial. SONSH has ended of ni Island saloonkeeper who, feud conditions T THE insistence of Prime Min i ister Baldwin, the British parila. ment accepted the League of Nations council's award of the Mosul Great Britain's mandate to state Mr opened the house in 1 body. Baldwin and { his cabinet at once negotia- { ions with Turkey which it is believed | will remove the danger of war over { the oil lands The prime minister | held a long conference with Ahmed | Ferid Bey, the Turkish ambassador, i and it was understood the latter | left, pleased with the hope that Tur { key would receive compensation for [ tes loss. Paris correspondents assert | that in case Turkey should remain re | ealeitrant and start hostilities, the | British have planned for an attack on | Turkey by the Greek and [Italian | armies and a naval demonstration by { the British, French, Italian and Greek | fleets | been moving to lnduce Russia to with. { draw her support of Turkey. i HERE are signs of early peace in A yoth Morocco and Syria, though some bloody engagements have taken place in recent days, Abdel-Krim Las sent an emissary to France to receive the French and Spanish terms, and the Druses in 8yria are inclined to accept the offers of M. Jouvenal, the French high commissioner, All, king of the Hedjaz, has abdi cated because the Wahabls under Ibn Saud captured the city of Mecca after defeating the army at Jedda, HERE was fierce fighting in China last week between the troops of Chang and the people's army, and the vietories alternated, if dispatches can be credited. The last report at this writing is that the Manchurian has defeated his foes and occupled strong positions, Meanwhile the Japanese forces continue to hold Mukden to pro- tect the city and foreign interests there from the warring factions, RANK A. MUNSEY, millionaire publisher of newspapers and maga- zines, died In New York after an op- eration for appendicitis, He was a bachelor and left no direct heirs, and the disposition of his estate Is a mat ter of interested speculation. His for tune, Including the New York Sun and the Telegram, Is variously esti. mated at from $20,000,000 to $40, 00a, : Importance of Garden since man and woman lost [it dige ! Why? lecause instinctively they know that it contained all the lements of happiness: beautiful sor f the world—a place all their The garden of Eden—paradise—is not visualized by any man or woman as a rrowded park horoughfare, me man and -in it! Where, ask, but in hat or busy countryside It is 8 garden with woman--one fa not 4 4 one mily may we is it whole our own glorious dream can he But we can't the pa rity hearts to it chess: ‘ent f there is to he our at uny Bed in We niust take care that he lure zarden and close the gates by doesn't us out of the us Biren and Gardens School Beauty Spot The of the McPherson (Kan.) chamber of commerce have In fugurated a campalgn bj the ¢ of the a in The dire directors io convert (iivee Pesaran school uty “ured rounds City Highway Problems The rant out rTeRiest 8 ioyance | x juirements thing as the but proach to the task, i problem must be 2 nothing direct The route ideal to be from the garage house, with litt wou the cellar of ms le comtrol or traffic regulation, In ans to the open country. the country perfect direction If we can reach easily, the city becomes We live In comfort and the gre and yet have all ures of rural pleas life. The problem obvi ously requires a separation of classes of traffic, and the elimination of grade crossings of sireets on trunk high ways.—Nofth American Review Paint Right “Penny wise and pound foolish’ the man who thinks to save money paint and in cheap varnish in his house, poor paint and for good paint tieal. The only difference is that poor paint will have to be put on twice as You can figure it out for your A new house of frame construe. in the market has about is iden golf wonld sell $5,000 usually nt £50 Is about cent of the total of home to save one-half of 1 per cent, and then have to do the painting over again In a year? cost Lightning Rod Value lightning hazard rapidly from year to year with of telegraph, and power A is in the telephone lines over the near such lines or rush of current, which is likely not but also to be carried into bulidings, machinery and possibly cause fires Bulldings are protected by lightning AN EXCEPTION flusband Just like make Wife—I'm glad to hear it, You have never sald before that anything of mine was as good as mother's | She was a fine cook, 1 suppose? Husband-—Yes. There was only one thing she couldn't make properly. Wife-—What that? Husband-—Tomato soup | —Btock- holm Kasper, “This that tomato soup my mother tastes used to your was Unto This End the way,” sald the lawyer whe drawing the will, “I notice you've named six bankers to be pallbearers. Would you rather choose friends with whom you 1 better terms? “No, that's all right,” was the quick reply. “Those have carried me so long they might as well finish the job.’ Transcript. “By WHS that your up some are om fellows foston First Citizen—Ha money in the ice cream business The Other One—He wade a cool miil- 1 won She Wants to Know He sald he had loved before As he gave the girl a kiss “Then how the girl, With her head in 8 whirl Did you learn to love like this™ never asked Showed Her New Steps Hostess (at dance)—What have you and Arthur been doing outside all this time? Dolly—Oh, he showed me some Dew sleps, “But 1 thought “He doesn’t. he didn't dance.” We sat on them™ Willing to Swap. Wealthy Judge (lecturing a prison- er)—A clear conscience, my man, is | more to be desired than riches i Prisoner—All right, sir, I'li ! with you, Love's Labor The man who loves his little wife And heefls her every call and beck Has stil] another duty now-— He shaves the back of dearie’s neck sWup Dangerous Sport "Are you going to the masquerade?” “No; last time I won a prize and my friends all got mad at me.” Retreat “Why should we buy a house, dear? “Well, we lave no car, and we ought to get a place to hide™ | RENEWABLE CHARMS i i : Mr. ‘is all Laurels—Mere too fleeting. Miss Manchester It doesn’t last long { but, then, It can be renewed every | day. physical beauty by statistics. New York World Schoolhouses Crowded =choolliouses are found In stagnant cities or communi ties, munity growth, but they are tempo crowding rather than stop the grow: Ing. ~-Anniston Star, Collectors’ Hobbies Eyeglasses, unless they are suited to your own sight, are singularly use London's Weekly, yet these form the subject of several collections, The Inte queen of Denmmrk used to collect them, Many people specialize In “black museums” on a small scale; relics of famous crimes, pleces of rope with which famous criminale have been ex: ecuted, and the like To some minds these possess a certaln morbid inter ont, i Breakfast Didn't Worry “You don’t mean to tell me you mar | ried Elsie Spender?” “But I do—1 mean I did.” replied the optimistic bridgegroom, “Why, your salary won't even buy | her breakfast I" “Ha! Ha!" laughed the optimist “That's where I've got you Eisle | won't get ap for breakfast!” Once Upon a Time Counsel-—Now, sir, tell me, are you { well acquainted with the prisoner? Witness—I've known him for twenty | years. “Have yon ever known him to be a ; disturber of the public peace?” | “Well—er—~he used to belong to a { band.” A Trade Trick “Are you familinr with Brownin | “Yes, I've been a baker for years." Pitt Panther,
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