THE CENTRE REPORTER, CENTRE HALL, PA, EASTER DAY first quarter, but they hoped that the receipts for March would run ghove $400,000,000 and those for the first quarter, ending March 81, well above $500,000,000. At ieast one-fourth of the total tax due was pald with the Income tax returns filed, so that col- lections for the first quarter will run somewhat above the average for the four quarters, Indications are that the higher tax rate for 1980 incomes will fall to off- set the losses caused by the economle depression by around $100,000.000. Last year's collections for the first quarter were $0628,000,000, wes. “3.7, 1) iS Ls ER V4 iow a bank within a Northern ‘¥ wood, Long days and nights the drifte snow-wreaths cover, 7 A dark-robed hemlock like a priest A“ hath stood ~ IC An hundred years with blessing “>= arms stretched over A dreary wilderness where naked boughs Make loud complaint when winds are blowing?” The streams are silent, heeding not |r Thar vows To gentle maiden ferns beside President Hoover on Business and Pleasure Trip to Porto Rico and Virgin Islands—Mayor Walker Under Fire. By EDWARD W. PICKARD RESIDENT HOOV- er and a “stag party” sailed from rmy ROBABLY twenty men perished when the sealer Viking was blown up in White bay, Newfound- land. Of the survivors 118, many of them badly Injured, managed to reach ly Seabury had been put In charge of an investigation of police frameups In vice cases and of the conduct of Norfolk, Va., Thurs- day morning on the reconditioned battle. ship Arizona for a twelve day trip on which the Chief Ex- scutive planned to combine rest and Rar pleasure with busl- ness. Included In the Gov. Theodore [arty were Secretary Roosevelt of War Hurley, Secre- tary of the Interior Wilbur, Capt. Wil- liam Furlong, who handles navy island matters; Capt. Charles R. Train, naval alde; Col. Campbell Hodges, army aide; various other officials from the White House, and a bunch of newspa- per men and photographers. Capt. C, 8S. Freeman was in comfmand of the Arl- gona and the vessel carried a full complement of 90 officers and 1,244 men for it was making a shaking down run after being rebuilt. The first stop was at San Juan, Porto Rico, and the President for two days was to be the guest of Governor and Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt at La Fortaleza, the old mansion in which governors of the island have resided from the early days of the Spanish regime. It was planned that Mr. Hoover should make a tour of the is- land in order to observe industrial, agricultural and social conditions, meet the leaders of the political par ties and gain a general idea of the success Governor Roosevelt has at- tained in meeting the problems of the Porto Ricans, which are many and serious, The governor In his official reports and in communications to the Ameri can papers has given detailed pictures of the distress obtaining in the island. Sixty per cent of the people are out of work, he sald, either all or part of the year. The populatiomn density 18 exceeded by few countries. It is 440 to the square mile and even intensive agri culture would not support this popu lation, So it is Incustries that Gov. ernor Roosevelt says must be devel oped. More than 35,000 persons are suffering from tuberculosis, 200,000 from malaria, and 600,000 from hook- worm. From Porto Rico the Arizona was to proceed to St.. Thomas, principal port of the Virgin Islands, where Mr. Hoover was to be met by Dr. Paul M. Pearson of Philadelphia, the recently appointed civil governor, and Waldo Evans of the navy, the retiring gov- ernor. With them he was to study the problems of the group, which are as serious as those of Porto Rico. The Virgin Islands used to prosper on the manufacture of rum and the trans shipment of European cargoes for the entire Caribbean region. The prevall- ing economic distress Is the result of prohibition and the conversion of coal burning vessels to oll consuming ships, Only a few days ago the control of the Virgin Islands was trunsferred from the Navy to the Interior depart. ment, and now in Washington it is suggested that one result of the Presi. dent's visit may be the amalgamation of the group with Porto Rico as a single political unit administered by one governor, HEODORE G. JOSLIN, Washing- ton correspondent of the Boston Transcript, has been made secretary to President Hoover to succeed George Akerson, resigned. Mr. Joslin is a close personal friend of Mr. Hoover. His main duties will be arranging the President's calling list, handling visi- tors at the executive offices andynain- taining contact between the President and the correspondents. The new secretary is an experi- enced political reporter and has a wide acquaintance among public men. He is a native of Massachusetts and is forty-one years old. EVELOPMENTS in the campaign to clean up New York city politically are coming rapidly. Dur. ing the week formal charges of neglect and unfitness were filed against Jimmy § Walker, the dapper and debonair mayor of the metropolis, now regaling himself In California. The Samuel charges were present- Ssabury ed to Governor Roosevelt by leaders of the city affairs committee and were said to be of such a nature as to com- pel the governor to take some action toward widening the investigation now being conducted Ly Sam Seabury and confirmed by police and magls trates. : Governor Roosevelt had let It be come known that he would not re spond to any public clamor for a city. wide investigation anc that be would act only upon specific charges, such as led him to appoint Seabury to in. vestigate the conduct of District At torney Thomas C. T. Crain. Previous city magistrates, The governor was asked by Crain to revoke the appointment of Seabury on the ground of bias, but refused, and Crain was summoned to appear and answer the charges made against him by the City club. Republican members of the state legislature were s.ll trying to put through a resolution for a general inquiry Into New York conditions, but were blocked by several recalcitrant members of their own party. URING the next three months, it was announced ‘at the \White House, President Hoover will carry out an extensive speaking program, delivering eight addresses and making nine public appearamces. Besides this, he is contemplating a trip to his home in Palo Alto, Calif. The subjects of his speeches have not been announced, but It is understood he will take the opportunity to set forth his own esti. mate of the achievements of his ad- ministration so far and his alms for the future. Thus he will be In a meas- ure taking up the challenge put out by the progressiv:s at their recent conference in V ashington, The speaking calendar for the Presi- dent as arranged Is: April 13—American Red Cross In Washington. April 14—Pan-American Day, Pan- American Union, Washington. May 4—Internationa! Chamber of Commerce, Washington. May 21—Fiftieth anniversary of the Red Cross, Washington. May 30—Memorial Forge, Pa. June 15—Republican Editorial sociation, Indianapolis, Ind. June 16-%Dedication of Memorial, Marion, Ohio. June 17—Dedication Memorial, Springfield, II. In addition to these engagements, the President is to review veteran: of the Grand Army of the Republic at their reunion June 16 in Columbus, Ohio, Day, Valley As Harding of Lincoln ENATOR HIRAM Johnson of Cali fornia, who is one of the most independent members of the upper house, thinks the ré cent conference of progressive leaders was a “fine thing” and that the leaders of the tepublican party should call a similar meeting, add- ing: “Only good can come from such gath. erings.” He is convinced that “some thing is radically wrong somewhere” with the Republican party, Mr. Johnson gave out a statement In which he agreed with some of the progressive doctrines and disagreed with others, but said that “public con. sideration, study and discussion con. stitute the contribution and value of the conference.” He asserted the coun- try was naturally Interested In unem- ployment, representative government, the power question, monopoly's en- croachments and public utilities, add ing: : “Some of our Republican brethren not only belittle the effort but would transmute it into the one public mat- ter of concern to them-—politics. But a philosophic onlooker who long ago marked his own course, and prefers in his own way to follow it, might sug- gest that only progressives, in the In- terim between sessions, bring these vital questions up In public meeting for public discussion. Can any one imagine the standpat wing of either party meeting together with earnest and able experts and publicly discuss ing economic problems?” # ho Senator Johnson EATH once more has changed the political make-up of the house of representatives which will assemble in December. James B. Aswell of Louisiana, Democrat and ranking minority member of the agricultural committee, passed away at his apart. ment in Washington after a heart at- tack. He was sixty-two years old and had served In congress for nine con- secutive terms, Mr. Aswell's death leaves In the house 217 Republicans, 215 Democrats and one Farmer-Laborite, Represen- tatives John F. Quayle and David J. O'Connell, both Democrats of New York, died last winter, Thelr succes sors, Matthew V. O'Maley and Steph. en A. Rudd, are both Democrats. Rep- resentative Henry Alles Cooper, Re. publican of Wisconsin, died last Mafeh 1. His successor )as npt been chosen, JC YERYONE has now filled his In. come tax return, or should have done so, and the experts in Washing. ton are busy figuring up how much Uncle Sam wiil receive. Treasury of- ficials could not yet make definite pre. dictions as to the collections for the little Horse island, where a few in- habitants tried to care for them with inadequate food and no medical sup- plies. Several others were picked up by vessels that sped to the rescue, called by the messages of the young girl radio operator on the island. Be- sides the large crew the Viking car- ried the members of a moving picture expedition, NE of the earnest hopes of the American Federation of Labor—the affilia- tion ‘of the Brother hood of Rallway Trainmen with the , federation—Iis soon to be realized, according to dispatches from Washington, Repre- 4 sentatives of both bodies and of certain Secretary affiliated rallway Doak engaged during the week In drafting the terms of an agreement for amalgamation. Representing the fed- eration in the conference were Presi- dent Willlam Green, Secretary Frank Morrison and Vice President J. AM. Bu- geniazet, who also Is secretary of the International Brotherhood of Electri- cal Workers. Sitting in for the train- men were President Albert Whitney and James Farquarson, legislative agent. The drafting conference was the culmination of negotiations that have been In progress for a year, in which Secretary of Labor Doak, in his for mer capacity as legisiative ngent of the trainmen's said to have played an important part. organization, Is NEXPECTEDIY heavy demands by World war veterans for loans have made it necessary for the treas- ury to raise $200,000000 in less than a month, Secretary Mellon ancounced a request by Veterans’ Administrator Hines for $500.000000 to Boor pay- ments on 1372006 applications re ceived ap to March 15. It had heen estimated $300.000,000 would suffice, and 1'%% per cent treasury certificates were issued to get that sum. Hines sald, however, the £300.000000 would be needed by April 11, The veterans’ administrater also told Mellon £1.000000000 would be required to pay all loans. N AL DAUGHERTY, brother i former Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty, was sentenced at Washington Courthouse, Olio, to ten Years In prison and a fine of $5.000, He was convicted recently of ab stracting funds from the now defunct Ohio State bank of which he was president and was refused a new trial. IETRO CARDI- nal Maffi, arch bishop of Pisa and one of the most emi nent members of the sacred coliege, is dead in Pisa at the age of seventy-three years in his earlier years he gained fame as an as tronomer and teacher of philosophy: he was made archbishop in 1008 and four years Cardinal Mat later was raised to the purple by Pope Pius X. The same pope, it was ru mored, considered deposing him be cause he supporte’. the modernists in a contest with the reactionaries In the church. Twice, afterward, Mam was considered a papal possibility, He was always a great friend of the Ital lan royal family, and he officiated las! year at the marriage of Crown Prince Humbert of Italy and Princess Marie Jose of Belgium. For this he was given the Collar of the Annunziata. the highest gift of the crown. Cardinal Maffi's death reduces the Italian membership in the sacred col lege to 28, against 30 foreign mem bers, Therefore it is expected fu Rome that a consistory will be held before long at which the pope will create a number of cardinals and give the Italians at least equal strength with the foreigners. S° VARIED are the interests of dif ferent countries that the tariff armistice convention called at Geneva by the League of Nations is forced to report that it has falled to reach an agreement, though It has hopes that within & few years enough nations will ratify the pact to make It effec tive for Europe. ; bu The conference was called by the league In an effort to secure a truce on the rnising of tariffs and later to obtain a general reduction of tariffs Only eleven countries ratified the truce clause and all eleven made im portant reservations, The usual res ervation was, “If surrounding eoun tries would also ratify.” (@ 1931, Western Newspaper Unie.) Oh sorrowing heart, "tis Easter day; Put off the robes of sadness. They are not dead—they live for aye; Exult in Easter gladness. They are not dead—they only wait In joyous expectation To greet their loved ones at the gate In glorious resurrection. —Pathfinder Magazine. ' Ancient Symbols of Resurrection The first temple to Ceres, the Ro | man goddess of grain, was built in | 406 B. C. to commemorate the deliver. | ance from a great famine. At the an- | clent festival of Ceres It wos a prac | tice to fasten burning brands to foxes’ {| tails. The foxes—or corn spirits, as | they were called—were turned loose | and left to burn, so that thelr ashes | might charm the grain and produce an abundant crop. During this fest! val grain was scattered about the earth and thrown upon people, he cause it represented fertility—the germ of Ife. Our modern custom of throwing rice on newly married couples can be traced to this old pagan fes | tivity, Long before Christ the Romans burned a new-born calf and scattered the ashes over the soll to induce the earth to yleld much grain. This cus i tom was later Introduced Into China, | und as Iate as 1804 porcelain images | of cows were presented to farmers in { the spring to bring a good rice crop In north Germany, Scotland and England the shepherds used to wor. ship Poles, the shepherd's god, in the springtime. The sheep were first purl fled by brushing and washing, then sulphur was burned about them. At night the shepherds lighted great bon. fires and danced among thelr sheep by the light of the moon and the fires In the morning the shepherd looked to the east, toward the resurrected | sun, and washed his hands in dew. In some sections of Europe the shepherds | ®till dance at Eastertime among their { sheep, which now typifies the sialn | Lamb of God. { The lamb is one of the earliest sym | bols of the resurrection. Among the | Christians of the East a young lamb is always eaten on Easter Sunday. During Passion week hundreds of spring lambs are brought into the mar. ket places and sold for the Easter feast. This I= a great time for the children of the household, who make friends with the lamb as soon as it is brought home. They tle ribbons around Its neck, legs and tall and hang gariands of flowers about its body. Often the father finds it difficult to separate the lamb from the child. But a lamb must be slaughtered for the Easter feast, so two lambs are usually bought—one for the children and one for the festival. The spared lamb be comes the children’s inseparable play. mate. At bedtime they argue with ench other to decide who shall sleep with the lamb. Perhaps this old cus tom inspired the famous nursery rhyme, “Mary had a little lamb and everywhere that Mary went the lamb was sure to go."~ Washington Star, EASTER FLOWERS Because they bloom at Easter, This is the children’s name For all the yellow blossoms That thus the spring proclaim. Prom out the dark, from out the cold, They offer us a faith to hold, The color of the sunshine, They spread upon the earth; Bid us forget the winter, And turn to days of mirth, Thus hope becomes a joyous thing, When Easter flowers bloom in the ~Kalfus Kurtz Gusling. Easter Prayer In the hour of our shortcomings, teach them growing. believing? M brook so still is! od y 4 70, > = ZA acy 97495 NG {/ & 1 Wa reap / Roman Churches Commemorate Death of Christ Before altars stripped of thelr orna- ments and surmounted by veiled erucl- fixes, with the tabernacles in the cen- ter standing open and empty, black- vestmented priests, solemnly prostrat- ing themselves, commemorate the death of Christ In all the churches of Rome and throughout the Catholic world, A procession of penitent, composed of thousands of clergy and laymen, wends {ts way to Santa Croce in Ger. nsalemme, where a comparatively large piece of what is said to be the cross of Calvary bas been kept for centuries, Between the hours corresponding to the time that Christ is supposed to have suffered his agony, all business is at a standstill, and traffic largely suspended. Holy Staircase Goal. In the city of Rome the scala santa, or holy staircase, enshrined in the church Just scross the way from St John Lateran. is the goal of thousands of penitents, both Italian and foreign. The tradition Is that the staircase is the same that Christ ascended in the praetorium of Pontius Pilate in Jeruss lem, on his way to appear before the Roman governor. The steps, all of marble, are assumed to have been brought fo Rome by St. Helena, moth er of Constantine, the first Christian emperor. All day the pligrims ascend those stairs on their knees, praying at each pause. When they reach the top they are permitted a view through a lattice of the chapel known as the sancta sanctorum, or holy of holies, an early picture of Christ and some precious relics, In every one of Rome's 400 churches the Good Friday mass of the pre sanctified is celebrated. In each the Host, consecrated the day before, on Holy Thursday, is reverently borne from the altar of repose to the main altar, the choir chanting the Seventh. century hymn, “Vexila Regis” by Venantius Fortunatus. Its English title is “The Banners of the Cross Advance.” Veneration of Cross. Thereafter comes the ceremony of the veneration of the cross The veiled crucifix Is taken down from above each altar and gradually on covered, the clergy chanting the “Ecce Lignum Crucis.” whose first line, trans. lated, is “Dehold the wood of the cross, on which hung the salvation of the world” The priests then remove their shoes in sign of reverence, kneel and bow three times and kiss the crucifix, placed on the altar steps. Thereupon the laity are permitted to approach and perform the same act of homage, In the evening the devotion to “Ma. ria Desolata” (Mary Desolate) takes JOYOUS SPRING EASIER is » universal pageant, south of the equator as well as FEAST OF NATIVITY JJ EFORE the advent of Christian- ity, spring was always celebrat- ed by the pagan peoples, and it was only natural that the early Chris- tians should make Easter one glori- ots feast day, for Easter was the same word as Ishtar, the great spring goddess of ancient Babylon, and the same word as “East”—the place of the sun rising—it outranked even Christmas, the early fathers holding the day of the Nativity to be only a preparation for Easter. Some authorities tell us that it was only as early as A. D. 354 that the feast of the Nativity was celebrated on the twenty-fifth of December, while Easter in its origin goes back to the Sunday itself. Among the early Christians every Sunday was a joyful celebration of the resurrec. tion of Jesus. On this joyful sev- enth day, fasting was not in order and the faithful might say their prayers standing instead of on their knees. place in virtually all the churches It begins after sunset snd consists of a sermon on the Blessed Virgin's sor- rows, the recital of the “Rosary” and the singing of the famous “Stabat Mater,” whose refrain, transiated, runs : Holy mother, pierce me through, In my heart each wound renew, Of my Bavior crucified, Santa Maria del Popolo, titular church of Cardinal Mundelein of Chicago, Is among the many churches dedicated to the Virgin in which this ceremony is observed, accompanied by programs of sacred music. Easter Observance by Arizona Papago Indians Summoned by the eastern sunrise and Easter fire burning from an en- shrined plle of volcanic rock, the Papago Indians kneel in prayer Easter morning at the Mission San Xavier Del Bae, Arizona, in a ceremony dat- ing back to the founding of the mis sion In 1700, The white plume of smoke from the hilltop, while not a part of the Chris tian Easter service, has been held over from an age-old Indian legend, and has come to be recognized st the mission as the Eastern morning call to the faithful. A male choir of Papagoes sings the opening of the mass as the sun rises over the Catalina mountains near Tue son, while Rev. M. Murphy of Chicago intones the “Gloria in Excelsius Deo” The Easter fire Is always lighted Just before dawn, so that its plume of smoke may rise against the first rays of the sun, Nature's Awakening Ever since the world began all na- tions have expressed their inherent the merry festival of the cherry blos while the Chinese burn
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