THE CENTRE REPORTER, CENTRE HALL. PA,
fire dea-
lowa
that
at Des
Robert E.
at the
in Fairfax county, Virginia, after
of Senator Albert B, Cummins of
Lee
funeral
Gen.
Scene
1—Ruins of “Ravensworth,” home of
stroyed the mansion and many relics, 2
Moines. 8—Willlan
committee,
NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENT EVENTS
Senator Reed Is Defied by
Two “Slush Fund” Wit-
ENATOR REED
ducting the
Chicago, struck a
two snags, in f
Insull, the
Smith and and
Crowe, state's attorney of Coo
ty. Both refused to answer certain
Reed's
of Missouri,
fund
last
Con
slush inquiry in
week
were Samuel
others,
questions, and persisted
Ma) ilitam
the
Hale
had
campaign
mer
told
committee he
£25,000 from Smith's
over to the Cr
He
ager and turned
Barrett organization
sentatives of that faction sought
support, promising In return to
him if he were a candidate for 1
next year. Not much was learned
from Fred Lundin, of
Small's chief supporters, but he pt
record his opinion
wonderful, fine, soulful man
of criminal prosecutors,” Ira C,
ley of Aurora, Interested In
told how and why he
£25,000 to the Smith campaign; and
County Judge Edmund Jarecki paint-
ed a pleture of the crookedness and
corruption in the
nlleged ballot box stuffing,
cil cheating, kidnaping and Impris-
oning of judges clerks and
work of gunmen sluggers
drove election officials from
places,
Frank L.
file with the
ment in which that there
was a clear understanding
him and his campaign manager that
fie was to be put under no obligations
for contributions,
sald repre
myor
Governor
that 8
utilities,
Inst primary
short-pen-
and
and who
Smith was permitted
committee a long state
he declared
between
that the
PRESENT indications are
between state
contest In Mexico
and church will protracted but
will not involve actual armed hostili-
ties. At the appointed time the priests
abandoned the churches and the build-
ings were taken in charge by civilian
committees and kept open for prayer,
the government having directed they
should not be used for other purposes
except by specinl order, The episco-
pate, while asserting the church would
never approve of an armed uprising,
pays It will accept no settlement of
the controversy except that it Include
recognition of the rights of Catholic
priests as Mexican citizens. It Is sup-
ported by a telegram from the pope
condemning the Mexican religious
laws, So far. President Calles has
be
reiterating the
ing or compromising, 1
intention of his "ny
without f
government
aring
shments”
0 en-
force, ‘ interdicts
supernatural puni
tutional provisions regarding re
Replying to a “harmony”
from President Legula of Peru, Cal
the clergy, as always In
prevent the
evolution there,
3 “. ' i
the consti-
iglon,
message
Says
and
he
social
and
seeks to
CON.
cludes:
“If God Is the
of good, both
I do not
stance He has taken sides with
supreme manifesta-
in Individuals and
1 ’
nations, belleve in this In
tho
than a centu
in Mexico
ris tans
internation
who for
heen
mare
responsible
ternal
250 000006 fran
thi Ts
this Dua
year's
11,000,000,000 francs ($2
next year.
Late in the week the premier asked
that chamber of
bound by
deputies be
auzrzled
muzzied and
procedure and that it give the eabl
i} |} emergency
net a vote of confidence on every item
of itg projects, authorizing the Bank
of France to Issue an
of
{ thorizing
| tional ns a prop
| for the sinking fund to retire national
defense bond issues,
In the matter of immediate action
the debt accords with Great Bri.
and the United States M
was balked by members
Such action was greatly de-
foreign currencies and au
the establishment
tobacco corporat fon
chase
on
tain
care
cabinet
ing of credits. Bankers also
urging it. But Herriot, Tardieu and
Marin strenuously opposed, and Poin-
| care gave In rather than to face an
| split In his cabinet.
i
J RIMARIES In Missouri resulted In
{ victories for the wets, the Republi-
| cans nominating Senator George H.
Williams to succeed himself, and the
{ Democrats naming Former Congress-
man Harry B, Hawes.
Former Governor Jonathan M. Da.
vis, accused and acquitted of pardon
selling, was trailing Donald Muir,
young attorney, for the Kansas Dem.
ocratic gubernatorigl nomination, Gov,
Pen 8. Paulen, Republican, was re-
nominated on the face of nearly com.
plete returns. The Kansas klan fight
was reflected in the apparent decisive
victory of three Supreme court judges,
who handed down a declglon ousting
the order from the state and by large
pluralities given the anti-kian eandi-
dates for attorney general and secre.
tary of the stato,
Henry M. Johnson, reputed Rian
candidate, maintained a 7.00.vote
lend for the Okinhoma Democratic
gubernatorial balloting with two.
thirds of the vote counted, W. T.
Otjen of Enid, Okla, led the fleld for
the Republican nomination. Late Ok-
lahoma returns widened the gap In
the Democratic senatorial in
which J. CC. (Jack) Walton,
governor, tralled Congressman
race,
T by more than 1
The Rept |
nated Senator Harreld, and of
Senator Curtis,
1.060)
Oklahoma iblicans renomi-
those
Kansas agaln named
floor
leader,
RESIDENT AND MRS. COOLIDGE
little trip ove nto Ver
spent some qi pleasant
i dE,
+ at
made
» old Cooll
lefore leas
camp the Presi
speaking
tance telephone wire
ts were broad
0}
I ana
jut of
Howell
are
shorite
La
is, Frazier
lined up
the Rep
Nor
usually
Follette,
and Nye
administration,
to flock with
who
agninst the
ind Brookhart Is sure
that group, Others
ways be relied on by the regular or-
lorah, McMaster, Nor
Capper and
that the
of the upper
small or non-
cannot al-
ganization are
beck, Conzens,
McNary. Ro it
administration's control
house will mighty
existent
Senator Cummins’ body lay in state
the Jown state capitol In Des
Moines and then was Interred with
simple ceremonies. His sudden death
was sincerely mourned by men of all
political faiths, for it was recognized
that he had been a most able and de.
voted public servant of the
type.
Gooding,
is evident
be
highest
HERE was a
week between
and Rumania and
threat of war last
ulgaria on one side
Jugo-Slavia on the
other. Ralds over the frontiers by
ulgarian bands of Irregulars have
been so frequent and exasperating
that Rumania declared a state of slege
the entire Dobrudja border, and
Jugo-Biavia sent to Sofia a note of
protest that was practically an ultl
matum. The reply of the Bulgarian
government was that it was doing all
it could to compel the Irregulars to
cease their activities. It is presumed
the matter will be taken up at the
next session of the League of Nations
A Four three thousand Chinese
were drowned by floods that fol.
lowed the bursting of dikes on the
Yangtse river In Hupeh province
on
HERE are
the ul
and offered
of his somewhat
The average
is either old or erippled
ly the task of holding the
stage door where he
newspaper and smoke
without being disturbed
as comfortable an occupation
could hope to find anywhere.
Consider, next, the dressing mald.
She Is taught soon enough to bear
the brunt of her mistress’ tempera.
ment. While the star by whom she
fiever
Com
cumstances
Consequ
today, the maid has learned from ex-
for some mishap, which,
ings completely.
The mald of almost any theatrical
celebrity is to all appearances one of
sons in existence. She Is a quiet and
efficient worker and learns quickly
enough the necessity of not missing
either performances or cues, always
preparing In advance for the next
change of apparel.
with the needle and often Inherit the
discarded but still serviceable gowns
which thelr extravagant employers
have abandoned. There 8 n New
York dancer who ls far from the
ranks of stardom but still
enough to employ two
chauffeur, When things go wrong
backstage she may be heard to shout
and scold them with a thoroughness
were Inundated and vast damage was
done to crops. This may mean an-
other terrible famine. Northwestern
Japan also suffered
floods,
SRAEL ZANGWILL, eminent Jew.
ish novelist, poet and playwright,
died In England at the age of sixty.
two years. He was an ardent Zionist
and founder of the International Jew.
ish Territorial organization, and was
persecuted in Russia under the czarist
regime,
latter
ns are
Oecasionall stage
may be asked by the sho
his
of
will
looking at
curtain
is ready for next
everlastingly “shushing” loud talking
Sometimes It happens that the stage
manager has time to play a small
part In the production. He may have
been an actor once himself, and he is
nse ful he
fer from stage-fright. There
stage managers who are ex
having previously lost In
theatrical gambles,
The lot of the understudy
often one of promise than of fulfill
ment. But the odds are usually worth
taking, for there is the eternal hope
that some time she will be ealled upon
to assume her superiors role,
guch chance may decide a
reer, and In this fashion
player on Broadway today h
her first chance,
The
opinion concerning
But
ordinarily found
his taking note of
times, seeing to
an understudy.
be
watch,
every
the
ene and
because does not suf-
are even
producers,
their own
is more
(ine
cn-
many a
ag earned
whole
man in the box office
prides
He
occasionally
nature, is a shrewd
tleman and may sell an
orchestra seat to a person who feels
he would prefer to sit upstairs, He
knows, for Instance, that there is a
difference in the technique of selling
tickets to men and women, He knows
the laws, rules and regulations for
hoth.
Ticket-takers and ushers
combined as perhaps the
human gen
he
de
may
most
of
again
ont
with
fascinating
list of persons who attach themselves
to the show business. He interprets
to fle outside world the lure of work
ing behind the scenes among painted
and powdered troupers, beautify
chorms girls and principals of every
rank.
A successful press agent 8 among
the world’s most indefatigable and
resourceful beings. His statements to
the paper are, af a rule, couched In
pleturesque and sometimes [lluminat.
ing language, and he leaves many an
editor gasping and guessing as to
whether or not he is telling the truth.
He is not necessarily a pillar of verac-
ity nor likewise at all times a
pillar of the lesser falsehoods. There
are those who belleve that the press
agent one of the most important
factors in the production of a play.
He ean ruin a good one with stupid
publicity and sometimes he ean
“make” a bad one through intelligent
planning.
most
is he
Ho
Neglected Studies
There is a lot of trouble In this
world because some men think they
have learned finance before they have
learned simple arithmetic.—~Atchison
Globe,
Violin of Glass
Attempts to make violing from a
other than wood have all
failed until recently, when a German
sician In a town In the Riesen-Gebirge,
has succeeded In making one of glass,
The Inventor's name is Bartel Hoeller.
lein, and Reclame Universum (Lelp-
pig) speaks of his Invention as fol-
lows:
“One can really use the expression
‘a crystal-clear tone’ In reference to
this Instrument. Before this violin
speak. Herr Hoellerlein ig about to
biow a double-bass viol, which will be
presented to the Provincial museum
at Breslau. "Literary Digest.
Peculiar Figurehead
The cumbersome old warships of
several hundred years ago carried the
most resplendent examples of prow
carving ever known Perhaps the
bandsomest figurehead of which there
is record wns on the frigate Prince
Royal, launched in 1608. The Prince
Royal carried on its bow a huge and
elaborate representation of the i.
fated son of King James I on horse.
back.
Unkind Thought
Maud-—"That man over there has
been staring at Reggle for quite a
while. Wonder who he 18” Marie
“Where? Oh, he's a celebrated mind
reader.” Maud-"Must be on his va.
cation."--Boston Transcript.