ennsylvania ~ State News All records for home bullding were broken. in. Bloomsburg in 1925, sixty- two new ones being erected, William D. Wilson, mail carrier, of Columbia, having reached the age limit, was retired on the first of the year, William G. Morgan, for many years an Altoona business man, left his es- tate, valued at $14,900, to his barber, Emil A. Vetter. A new course devoted entirely to the present day theatre and contem- porary playwrights has been added to the English courses at: State College. The new year starts out with the fewest number of prisoners in the county jail at ¥ranklin that Venango County has known in years. There are only 10, G. Norman Benjamin, son of Qeorge Benjamin, former councilman and has been ‘for N. school director of ‘Chester, appointed mercantile appraiser Delaware County. The Coatesville 'Y. 'M. C. A. Thrift Week Committee has reorganizetl. A campaign will be-waged: from January 17 to 23 tomake the people of Coates ville more saving, The business district of Charlerol was endangered when fire of untleter mined origin raged through the dry goods store of M. J. Greenberg, 534 Fallowfield avenue, causing a loss of more than $12,000. Charged with swindling ‘Charles Reap, sheriff of Lackawanna County, of $39,000 in cash antd stocks, Harry Bloom and ‘Reginald Franco, salesmen of New York, were arrested and held in $20,000 ball, Cornered in an alley by out Police Thomas Morris of Brownsville ‘was shot and instantly killed and 'his un companion was wounded probably fatally. "Each had ‘a loaded revolver. Miss Katie ‘Brunner, 19 years old a maid empioved by Joseph Katz of 22 Township line, committed suicide in the kitchen of Katz home at Jenkintown 'by inhaling illuminating She was a native of Germany i had in ‘this country months. The appointment of A of the Seventh Ward Morals Court announced at Pitts by Mayor«élect H Mr. Brandon, who served as a during ‘part of admin Mayor E. V. Bab of Magis 3 lace who resigned identified the heen about ine D. Brandon as magistrate of was burgh Charles the of former take the p Tensard DeWolf, time ago. Hall, Chester will some aged 58, assistunt County pr carpet storage He would Hardan J. warden of the killed himself in ‘the the institution been appointed eting of the board of H on for twenty Wig warden had been en tchman, then position death *hildren 1d ‘in jall 1 their way Police a report 2 S roskie shot 4 i mn tall to re gway Trom her home to churcl oting ing girl main Roads are bloc schools the Chri annual and held, W. H. Con 1ighways er, chairmaag i e of the ber of C made public recently, ment hoped t« work on the L aigl { Pittsburgh before the end of 1926 A total of 3.264.964 otters were rolled and registered in Pennsylvaaia in 1925, reports of county commission ers to the secretary of the common wealth announced showed. But at the November election only 1.693.220, or 51.76 per cent of them, cast ballots for the office of judge of the superior court, the only state wide elected The report of the Steclton borough health officer for the month of Decam ber shows that during a period of thirty days the number of chicken pox cases under quarantine in (he bor ough reached an unusually high mark and then dropped to what is conaid ered a few cases only contagious diseage.. of which there are any cases under q :arantine The number of forest fire wardens in Dauphin county is now sixty-three, the Department of Forests and Waters announces, in a tabulation of the way 't which Its fire fighting or ganization has Increased during re cent years Of the thirty-nine third-class elties In Pennsylvania, seven have sewage disposal plants, three are constructing such plants, and has a tempo rary plant, a survey by the Pennsyl vanla Housing and ‘rown Planning Assoclation reveals Harrisburg Is listed as of the cities without such a plant in a lett Iran ads com ymmerce said the y complete of Cham depart nxiruction hway west of en one che i | AS a on las at Coral Gables, Fla. 4 NEWS REVIEW OF | CURRENT EVENTS. Test Vote Indicates World Court Resolution Will Win in the Senate. By EDWARD WwW. PICKARD HA’ on the was taken In and 1t Indicated vin the to regarded as a test vole was world court proposition Wednesday Louse the senate that the ipper pass resolu adherence the was on Senator Reed's ing for an investigatior ing of the I'he ported against the ure the ground inquiry “wonid on the world then world ourt foreign rel on presented senate, and n speech aecusing bankers, especially of putting propaganda and nents of TAN, up foreign war ution w defeated 16 i he ns they welcome it world “show were : As (Dem. ald be carrie ning to delay possible trv the wo ther harge whlch x i membershi In court other words with of Nations; cordially eo world or fLengue ft. but Senator Willis of Ohio, before had in favor of the court, } say sadly: “We can take care of our but God save from preferably ven made an eloquent apes was enemies, us ur friends” RESIDENT COOLIDGE cial message to congress ing the ticipation in sent n gpe announce. for par- inary disarma- ment conference cnlled by the League of Nations and asking for an appro priation of 230.000 to defray the ex- of American delegation, The house foreign affairs committee promptly adopted a resolution au- thorizing “his expenditure and reject. | ed an amendment to Instruct the American delegates to present a reso lution to outlaw nations that start wars of aggression, In his message the President sald: “Participation in the work of the preparatory commission involves no commitment with respect to attend ance upon any future conference or conferences on reduction and limita. tion of armaments: and the attitude of this government in that regard eannot be defingd in advance of the calling of such meetings.” While stating that In his opinion this Is neither the time nor the place to discuss the agenda of the prepara: government's th} He preaat 1 i prians penses the bullt Venetian State Department tory commission or to assess tl be of conference which convened, the President that all question of disarmament Nnros \ pects any Imny later he he said of the he plans understood aspects will thor before completed for a later confer “The of the believes,” sald has oughly discussed are nee council League of Na- the President, time come for st undying ractical possibilities of the re and Hmitat the fon hope thy at th the armaments is need, it will | i co-operation of the g United States In yy NEY (KKK) to take ne wr agricultural 400 MeKinley's commodities seeks to tariff and purposes far place rin on a ries 1its equal 5 commodities of to stimulate The and at other the debentures of farm wonld be by with for equalization provides issuance export exportation products debentures would be received negotinbie the treasury T EARLY all the house amendments A to administrative provisions the revenue bill were approved the senate finance committee, which then recessed to permit Democrats to prepare their tax pro gram. This program will provide for tax reduction of £400,000 000 instead of the $325,000000 provided in the house bill. Secretary Mel. lon says the latter amount should not of new the AR debt settlements made with ftaly, Rumania, Belginm, Czecho- slovakia, Latvia and Esthonla were approved by the house ways and means committee, but that with Italy will be opposed on the floor of the house by a considerable number of representatives, led by Ralney of I- nols and Hull of Tennessee, They in. tend te tell congress what they think of the Mussolini dictatorship. The Rumanian settlement has resulted In the recall of Prince Bibesco, minister to Washington, who will be given an- other post, C - _— RIPE f i the United Stutes, as she run. 2 fo looks on {2en. T. H man the gondo T H. (irecce PANGALOS, premier up a d hin indefinitely ! EN Go for that head and senatorial the sel ctatorship country with self at its postponed the heer Next Greek elections whi of formally CRUSe he republican constitution political § oagel y dec] the day ill and vold and that ti explained action was woud quarrels of He the by made necessary parliamentary politicians Wie supported hy navy ding off sald was li g he ha turn His reeled discovered first repressive % onl t ti i agains i UNGARY Is wr ™ ’ re ot reat est UEEN MOTHER MARGHERITA of Ital ¥ 0 f the assas heen Af Rome her ople elaborate it the {| ter hody wae ald that of her husband an in antheon beside F THE keep warriors of Cl that distracted country may have a period of peace Marshal Chang of Manchuria, winning a great victory over the part | of his army that revolted, and gain | Ing possession of Mukden, declared he { was about to retire permanently from | public life. About the same time Gen. eral Feng, who had occupied Tientsin { and Peking, announced his immediate { retirement. Next came the official announcement that Tuan Chi-jul had prepared a mandate for his own ree ignation as president, fwd chief their ina words, after MERICANS were considerably interested In the sudden mar riage of Ellin Mackay. daughter of Clarence Mackay, the multimillionaire president of the Postal Telegraph company, and Irving Berlin, once n Bowery walter and now called the “gong king.” The young couple sought Mr. Mackay's approval of the mar riage, but up to the time of writing he has withheld it. Indeed, it is re ported in New York that he has made & new will which cuts the bride off from any share in his millions, Mr. Berlin Is a Jew and Mrs. Berlin a Catholle, She is highly educated, widely traveled and has been prom! nent in soclety. deference foot [foie boo ee HOW TO KEEP WELL FREDERICK R. GREEN Editor of "HEALTH" DR. Western Newspaper Unlon,) LMOST open count of every morning, when your paper, you ac- committed by some boy young man. Sometimes it isn't an actual crime, but senseless prank or unnecessary of mischief, Often It is able and foolish that you immediately recognize that it mitted by a person of unsound mind Later on If the the newspaper, you find that when the boy went trial the de ted by lawyers that the testify victim Bee un some crime or plece 80 unreason must have been com you follow case In submit and de to fenge the experts te is =n What is Insanity that the of it dementia praescox, what it? Dementia in und CHUSeH is a Latin term of the knows praecox means “insanity young.” course, anvhbhody in the and why does it There are four There mentin, powers erally N are beginning to realize now y v4 menta 0 i IONS Ariss Vout and that conditions can in nl are con and these preventable { mental checked or entirely removed rly stages, which, if yay become serious and incur afflictions 20 on, nental In a the promotion of mental hygiene have been formed, to prevent, far possible, the development of insanity work includes talks on mental conditions hefore scl women's clubs and local organizations, pam philets and articles mental condi: tiens. Some day, as knowledge on this subject grows, the strange or unusual child, the odd eccentric person, the confused and harassed man or woman who realizes that there is something wrong with thelr minds, will volun. tarily or at the suggestion of thelr friends go to the hospital for mental diseases for treatment and care, just as the patient of today, suffering from typhoid fever, pneumonia or tubercu losis applies for admission to a hos pital because he knows that there he will get the best possible care. The old idea was that the insane person was possessed of a devil, To day, the idea is far too prevalent that there is something disgraceful about an abnormal mental condition. Both ideas are incorrect. Mental conditions are dependent on body conditions which csp often be prevented or cured as ols, on A REASONABLE GUESS s———— “Hobbs Hooble, from down there In Holler, has been away for quite a spell,” sald Gap Jolinson « Ridge. “1 reckon he revenuers, or that-a-way.’ “Did he tell you so? BEery. but ' ha aid 5 “No, 1 sorter he sal when he been of my busiiess” Star, Striving for the Touch The time ore BO had asked time he stud professor again for personal touch one of the papers ceived ended 1} “Well, 1 Kiddies ; it, us rofessor, and, by You how and the Avoiding Argument > wt Hearing Not Good Ti¢ The Fair Coed Convenient for Them Kawloer—. It Old Salt ling yarn) I'm en’ ain't used woods, but at Gosh, three sailor, friend, to deep last we Zot inte the pirate cave floor the over the was all feet deep ! Auditor--R8ay, pardner, yer Zit into yer git Inte pretty don't yer? whatever deep, Talecum vs. Tears Today girls seldom weep, And this Is why. The pretty dears must keep Their powder dry — No Suh “Ras, I heah you is gone Into busi ness,” sald Miss Amy Brown “Yas dasso,” answered Rastus Pinkley. “I'se raisin’ chickens an’ sellin’ ‘em.” “What's de matter? Has you los’ ¥yo' appetite?” —- AABN And Worse Applicant for Roow-—~What are your terme for students? x Landlady (in college won) Pind loafers, dead beats and wonderful promisers.~<Colby White Mule
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