The Centre Aemocrat, BELLEFONTE, PENNSYLVANIA A. C. DERR PAUL M. DUBBS CECIL A. WALKER Issued weekly, every Thursday morning. Butered In the postoffice at Bellefonte, Pa., as second class matter, TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION $1.50 per year, If paid in advance $2.00 per year, If not pald In advance The date your subscription expires is plainly printed on the label bearing your name. All credits are given by a change on the date of label the first issue of each month, We send no receipts unless upon special request. Watch date on your label after you remit, Matters for publication, whether news or advertising, must reach the Centre Democrat office not later than Tuesday noon to {insure publication that week. Advertising copy received after Tuesday morning must run its chances, All reading notices marked (*) are advertisements, Legal notices and all real estate advertisements 10 cents per line each lssue. Subscribers changing postoffice address, and not notifying us, are liable for same. All subscriptions will be continued unless otherwise directed. CIRCULATION OVER 7,000 COPIES EACH WEEK EDITORIAL BE EVER WATCHFUL There are no special rights which protect pedestrians from automobile injuries. According to the common belief, rather than reason, pedestrians are given the right of way. But what differ- ence does it make who is right and who is wrong after the injury has been sustained? Jecause of the legal protection offered to pedestrians we are apt to assume, when we are walking, a greater right than we really have, or one greater than we wisely should exercise. Pedestrians as a group, and we all belong to it, have become careless in the face of a situation that daily is becoming more dangerous and alarming. It is true that a pedestrian walking along a public highway is justified in assuming that he is safe from passing motorists. Likewise, the driver of a car has the right to believe that the pedestrian will exercise care In keeping out of the line of traffic. It is one thing to say that an automobile has no right to run us down, but it is another thing to step in front of a moving machine and expect this “right” to prevent an accident. Traversing the highways at night increases the danger of accident to pedestrians. Motorists are compelled to dim their headlamps when approaching another car, which cuts their vision ahead to a very small area. Who among those who drive at night has not suddenly come upon a group of pedestrians (especially young folks) strung partly across the highway? And who has not swung sharply to the left just in the nick of time to avoid hitting one or more of the group? Most drivers are on the alert for such emergencies, but a great many pedestrians give it no thought. What is needed to prevent this kind of accident is co-operation, and most of all, the co-operation from pedestrians. While the speeder and the reckless driver are major concerns of those interested in accident prevention, the pedestrian must share a substantial part of the responsi- bility. A LARGE SUCKER’ CROP Another drawing in Dublin for the Irish Sweepstakes a short time ago started the American public to read with renewed interest of the rather large sums won by holders of tickets in this country. But few readers know that the many thousands of Americans who put about $100,000,000 into tickets annually were again gulled by one of the smartest enterprises that ever was set up to mulet people of their cash. Perhaps the most amazing fact, as revealed in a re- cent issue of Collier's by one of the big “distributors” is that about twice as many counterfeit tickets are sold in this country as genuine tickets. The swindlers have imi- tated even to the water-marks of the genuine tickets. So that while the odds are a million to one that the buyer of a genuine ticket will get a prize of some size, with so many counterfeits at large the odds are multi- plied several times. Another astonishing fact, according to the article, is the very small amount of money paid for a ticket that actually reaches the pool from which the prizes are drawn. Here is how it is worked: Out of a $2.50 ticket, $1.75 goes into commissions for salesmen, distributors and wholesalers, bribes connected with smuggling the tickets into this country, payment of handsome salaries to execu- tives, and a small part to Irish hospitals. How do the lottery people regard the buyers of the tickets? As “suckers,” to use common parlance. And this is explained by the fact that the average buyer of a Sweep ticket has little curiosity and apparently no resentment about the way his $2.50 is treated after he surrenders it. SAYS UNIONS EXASPERATED HIM The best interests of the people of the United States will be served if capital and labor manage to get together and solve their problems through mutual give-and-take. In struggles between capital and labor, there are some tactical advantages on both sides, Capital can very often win by throwing workers out of jobs when the men need employment to support themselves and their families, Workers, on the other hand, can enforce demands when peculiar circumstances jeopardize large investments if a shut-down results. Occasionally, a manufacturer, facing union demands, does the unexpected. This is illustrated by a pie-maker of California, who was selling about a million dollars orth of pies a year. Employing eighty-five people, one hundred per cent. unionized, R. H. Bradley, of Los Angeles, faced declining business and because “labor rulings were practi- cally operating the shop,” decided to quit. Of course, we are not familiar with the conditions which led to Mr. Bradley's decision. He says he “tried to be fair” with organized labor but in view of all demands “the business wasn't worth the effort.” He dismissed his exployes and closed his plant. Usually, we are in sympathy with the demands of labor. However, we recognize that sometimes unjust de- mands are made and that, in some instances, the employer is compelled to grant them in order to avoid serious loss. In the long run, however, it will not pay labor to demand too much or other employers might follow the example of Mr. Bradley, a dm 5 ne, We A GR AN Re i A THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA. " er PH NP or Sr m—— BRITAIN AND MEXICO Not long ago the Government of Mexico took over the oil properties in its borders, declaring a policy of na- tionalization of oil and promising to pay the present own- ers proper indemnities for the seizures of their properties, Similar action had been taken previously by at least two South American Republics, namely, Bolivia and Brazil, The seizure of these properties raised certain inter- national questions, It should be recognized, however, that it is well within the right of a state to regulate its own affairs, exercise sovereignity over everything within its boundaries, and that the seizure of private property is not illegal or improper provided proper compensation is made to idemnify the previous owners, At the time of the seizure Mexico promised such payment but the owners of the oil wells seriously doubt the ability of the Mexican Government to pay as promised. The United States Government has not yet taken any aggressive action in the support of the American oil in- terests, In fact, & public statement by Président Roosevelt more or less conceded the right of Mexico to act as she did, providing compensation was made, A little later, how- ever, the United States discontinued the purchase of sil- ver, and many considered this an indirect reaction to the new Mexican oil policy, The developments of this quarrel are of considerable interest to the United States. Since the proclamation of the Roosevelt “good neighbor” policy, our relations with Spanish America have been greatly improved. On the other hand, the traditional friendship of the United States and Great Britain causes the American position to be a very delicate one, The Monroe Doctrine, pronounced over a century ago, prohibits the seizure of territory by European powers or any interference with the government of republics in the Western Hemisphere. It does not necessarily make the United States a partisan and defender of any American republic regardless of its quarrel. British action against Mexico in itself would not alarm the United States because of any suspicion that the Jritish might seize American territory. However, the American Department of State would hesitate to see a precedent established whereby a European nation exert- ed military pressure against one of our Spanish American neighbors for it might serve as an example for other state of whose intentions we would be suspicion Owing to the large investment of American oil in terests in Mexico and the fact that our country, to a cer- tain extent, is just as vitally concerned as Great Britain in having these seized properties adequately paid for, there is a possibility that the United States may keep in the background but at the same time passively endorse the British policy of pressure, knowing that whatever is given to the British claims will likewise be extended to those of Americans. RELIEF AND THE STATES The unemployment situation in the United States has grown worse in the past six months, according te the President of the United States. This means that demands for relief will be greater in the future. Some experts pre- dict that the load will grow steadily for the next three months. The people of the United States seem to be facing the problem of permanent relief, It is time for them to think and formulate a definite policy toward relief, There is much difference of opinion but practically everyone ad- mits that the needy should have succor, One object of debate is whether the work or relief should be turned over to local, community and state gov- ernments. This is advocated by many financial and indus. trial leaders, including Orvil W. Adams, president of the American Bankers’ Association, who declares that a sound fiscal policy in Government “can never be achieved until the major part of the relief load is turned back to local communities,” Mr. Adams says, "Providing for the worthy needy is a legitimate function of local and State governments and should never have been centralized at political Washing- ton.” There are many persons who will agree with this statement, including some Federal officials, who would be glad to see the states and local communities finance the relief needs of their people. At the same time, one should not overlook the local and state officials who beat the tomtoms at Washington whenever there seems to be a tendency to cut down on the amount of Federal funds to be spent for relief. We are frank to admit a preference for the handling of relief by local and state agencies. We think it would be fine if each state could care for its own people. Such a process would relieve the Federal Government of a heavy expense and almost balance the budget. Unfortunately, however, if relief is left to the state and local funds, there will be much suffering on the part of the people. The Federal budget may be balanced, as the bankers desire, but relief to needy people will be a byword and not a reality if it depends upon State funds. INNOCENT MEN SERVE TERMS In March, a man was convicted of robbing a bank in Nebraska. He was “positively identified” by employes as the robber. Although the bandit insisted that he never had been in the county of the robbery, he was neverthe- less, sentenced to a term in prison. A few days ago, two men were captured after robbing a bank in lowa. They gave written statements, describ- ing bank robberies in four or five states, and the confes- sions were so accurate that officials became convinced that innocent men had been convicted for their crimes. As a result, Joseph Murray, of Sioux City, Iowa, has been freed. In addition, three other men, now definitely de- clared innocent, will be freed in a few weeks from the Kansas Penitentiary. They had also been convicted of rob- bing banks and were serving sentences of ten Years or more, The conviction of these innocent men illustrates again the mistakes that can be made in the identification of persons accused of crime. Luckily for the men involved, the guilty parties were apprehended before they had served much of their sentences, However, a grave injustice has been done to the four men. They deserve the apology of society and some form of restoration. GRIM POLITICAL BATTLE It is somewhat plain that those who, for lack of a bet- ter name, we call the capitalists, since the beginning the so-called New Deal looked to the Supreme Court to suve them from the newly enacted statutes, While making their fight in the courts, they have nursed the idea that Mr. Roosevelt would, in time, be defeated at the polls, Today, the capitalists have lost practically all hopes of the Su- preme Court and they are making another effort to defeat the supporters of the President at the polls this fall, "FARM CRISIS NEAR It is now apparent that by the end of this year, t% will be large surpluses of wheat, corn and, cotton, ‘An prices of these farm cm products reflect the possibility. Orrick CAT “A Little Nonsense Now and Then, Is Relished by the Wisest Men” + TIME TURNS A FLIPPER Backward, turn backward, oh time in your fight, To the time when the folks went to bed in the night When we knew no electric or even gas light, To the days when the family could be all alone, Unannoyed by the cry: “There is the '‘phone.” And when broadcasters were altogether unknown When men were content to stay on the ground, The time when Old Dobbin would take us around, Or before such a thing as an auto was found, Backward, turn backward, oh time in your flight, But tarry, we ask you, just for a night, For things as they are, sult us just about right Here Are The Answers Asked for a definition of the stomach, a fifth grade pupll in subur- ban Carnegie, near Pittsburgh, wrote in his final examination papers: “The stomach is the largest bone in the leg.” Other rib-ticklers chosen from the papers by the teacher whose job tL was to grade the tests, included The fountain of youth where the British stayed.” Died is he seaport of Pennsylvania is Philadelphia on means peace or death, The hall moon Is when you want to get thin the Olio river INFORMATION WANTED Where can 8 man buy a cap for his knee? Or a key for the lock of his hair? Can his eyes be called an Academy Because there are pupils there? In the crown of his head what are found? Who travels the bridge of his nose? Can when building, the roof of his The nalls on the end of his toes? he use mouth? Can the crook of his elbow be sent to jall? If so, what did he do? How does he sharpen his 11 be hanged if 1 know shoulder blades? ao you? Can he sit in the shade of the palm of his hand? And Leal Lhe drum Does the calf of hi not of his ear? ieg eal the cam grow orn on on hi the ear? s toes? If 20, why Every Dog Has His Dav Somewhat along the reasoning of “Me and My Mule published In ciumn several weeks ago, Is the following soliloquy by a Dutchman, hich is submitted by a reader A Dutchman, addressing his dog. said You vas only a dog, but 1 vish 1 vas you. When you go mit your u shust turn around dree times and lay down. Ven I go de bed wind up de clock and put the cat Land ondres vakes up and fights, and the baby cries and I haf Ww valk him mid de house around yet. Den, maybe ven 1 get mysel!l 10 bed, if Is time to get up again. Ven you gel up you hust stretch yourself, scratch you I ha! t de fire, put on de kiddie, scrap some mit my wife already, and veel! breakiast yet. You play around all day and haf plenty of fun { to work a'l day and hai plenty of drubble. Ven you die vas Ven 1 die tnaybe | i to go to hell yet’ { 10 lock up de place yet, and ¢ i 3 i mysell yet: atid my f ahg my tau you hia Doing Double Duty Are you a union man?” asked Pat ‘Bure. answered Mike “and § work sixteen hour “I thought union men worked only eight hours "They do, but ye see, 1 belong to two unions Our New Song Hit The title? “My Coat Belongs to the Pants Else Fizzle This One Out A reader “If Minnie in sola mean?” Some people are dumb all t anks an means waler, what does Ninne- It means sola walter OLD-TIME EPITAPHS SEEN IN A CEMETERY “He Was Young, He Was Fair, Bul the Indians Raised His Hair” “Beneath This Btone Our Baby Lays He Never Cries Nor Hollers, He Lived Just One and Twenty Days Atud Cost Us Forty Dollars” “Mammy and I Lived Just Two Years snd a Hall She Went First 1 Followed Next The Cow Before the Call” “Here Lies Ann Mann, She Lived an Old Maid, She Died an Old Mann” “My wife is Dead And Here She Lies Nobody Laughs And Nobody Cries Where She is Gone And How Bhe Fares Nobody Knows and Nobody Cares.” “Stephen and Time Are Now Both Even, Stephen Beat Time, But Now Time's Beat Stephen” News Item “Burglar finds lady in the bath tub. Covers her with his revolver” An All-Time Driver Come to think of it, it is an injustice to accuse women of being back. seat drivers. Why, they drive from the living room chair, the dinner place and from almost every other kind of a seat there is, : Let Him Help Himself Son-—"8ay, Dad, that, too.” Dad--"What. Here drink this water and wash it down” But Junior shook his head. “Aw, let ‘im walk down.” That's All, Folks. They tell us Methuselah lived 969 years—but they no regular physician in those days. wane SCAT.” - He pe I kf had T— L—. uy the world will have crops far in excess of prospective needs. Consequently, it is certain that the farmers of the United States will face the necessity of controlling their production or of accepting ruinously low prices. Govern- mental bounties and payments can hardly be high enough to give growers the income that they would receive if the production is kep? within reasonable bounds. THE WEEPING WIFE According to the newspaper humorists, the lady said she always felt better after a good cry. Her friend said she did also as it got things out of her system. The other replied that it didn’t get anything out of her system, but it did get things out of her husband. The men, it is said, can’t resist feminine tears. Some wives are said to feel that such outbursts are essential in keeping the husband up to his duty. The men must not be too kardon the sobbing wives, Their tears are more or less genuine. Women have emo- natures, which won't behave under all conditions ] le mY a. that Belong to Somebody that apple I just ate had a worm In it, and I ate | | Query and Answer Column A PROBLEM~Why 1s it sald that stars and satellites sometimes get drunk? (Answer elsewhere in this column.) H. E~What was the day and date that Patrick Henry was born? Was he a Pennsylvanian?. Ans Patrick Henry was born on Tuesday, May 29, 1736. He was » Virginian, and was particularly noted for his oratorical ability. Prior to 1776 he was untiring in his efforts to secure independence for the colon. jes, and because of this the Btate of Virginia voted for this indepen dence in 1776. In one of the most stirring speeches in the annals of his. tory In support of independence, in which he climaxed it with the lm- martal phrase: “I know not what others may think, but as for me give me liberty or give me death” RK. YI would like to ask you if Thomas Huxley was an infidel? Ans Thomas Huxley was a naturalist and philosopher. He was not an infidel In its generally accepled meaning. He was classed a8 an sg- nostic, which has been defined as one who refuses to adopt a statement which is not susceptible of scientific proof. His “Physical Basis of Life” proves that he was not an absolute materialist H, W.-What has Richmond, Va. during the Civil War? Ans Alter the close of the Clvil War Libby Prison was taken apart and removed 10 Chicago, where it was put together exactly in the same condition it was in at Richmond. In 1800 it was taken down for its mae terial 8. H~Can you answer what the Magna Charta is? Ans, ~The Magna Charta was a8 document brought tyranny and oppression practiced by the Norman kings under the feud- al system. On account of this the barons in 1215 A. D., rose up with the hearty support of the people in thelr demand for reformatory measures T. R—What causes Ans ~The cause of knows how to utilize about it HF. Ans Stonewall Jackson's fui] name son. He received the nickname Stonewall’ Gen. Bee to encourage his soldiers exclaimed: “Look! There is Jackson hing the Virginians N. B phere at larger? Ans Jt Ls phere was 1 among the trustworthy tion in North and South at iz known this has become of the Libby Prison which was located in about by the magnetic foroe? force ls but thal is unknown about magnetic that foree What was Stonewall Jackson's given name? was Thomas Jonathan Jack. from an expression made by when he pointed toward Jackson and standing like az stone wall: rally be- What was the time Col the total Indian population of the western hemis- imbus discovered America? Has it ever been any not known what the Indian population of this hemis- hislorians and America wa never increased, but writers that the Indian popuis- approximately 12000000 Bo far steadily decreased J. VV, S~~What |r 0 the number of relatives who cen be employed in the United Slates? Ans -Bection 8, of the Civil Service Act Whenever there are already two or more members of 4 family in service in the Act, no other member of the family shall be eli S810 grades ¢ thie civil servi Gi SAYS: the pulbsiic grades covered by this gible to any of R. C. H--Picase quote the message sent by Myron T Lindbergh the day Colonel Lindbergh landed in Paris Ans --The following ge was sent by Ambassador Herrick to Mrs. Lindbergh Wa wratulations, Your incomparable son has honored me by becoming in fine condition and seeping sweelly under Uncle Herrick to Mrs. C. G~When did President Roosevelt refer to indy x inch dog, being wagged by 8 four-inch tail? Ans President Dinner Bpeech on January 8 -What was the first ~The White House COrTIerslone; y 4&3 a ninety- Roosevelt used 1938 this expression us Jackson Day public building in ington the first public buliding been lai D C2? erected In on October 132 1782 Was ARVALE » the largest a hale, which an ounce mammals? exceeds 100 tons nd the nd smallest F. C. R—Who wa 4 medical degree? person in the United States to receive The first medical degree was conferred on Joliege (now Columbia University) in 1770 4. KH. W--ls Joan of Arcs home still in existence? Ans—The house where she was born still stands st Domremy. in eastern France. Near by are the Chenu woods where the voices called » ¢ " ¥ oa Te d4 “4 SI “ «Th 3 Ler 10 her patriotic mission, The dungeon at Rouen, where she spent Ler wast days, Is also still in existence Robert Tucker by W. F. G~How much unemployment compensation is being paid Ww jobless in this country? ns-~During the first four months of 1838, nearly $105,000,000 in un- employment benefits was paid to insured workers in twenty-five states, P. 0. S~What connection has Co publishing business? Ans Col. Theodore Roosevelt is an Doubleday, Doran and Company to House and Garden the Theodore Roosevell with the editor and Inc. He is vice-president of 8150 a coniributing editor Ys fte iD K. R M.~How many safe can be made In a single inning of a baseball game before tliree men are retired without a single run being scored? Ans —A club can make six hits in a single inning without scoring 4 run. Here's how: The first batter up singles and is caught stretching it into a double, So does the second batter, The third fourth and fifth balters each hit short singles making five hits for the inning ang fill ing the bases with two out. The next batsman hits one of the runners with a balled ball. He gets credit for a hit but the runner is automatically retired. Thus you have six hits in one inning without a score. E. HB. W.—Can sny bird fly backwards? Ans —Humming birds can not only fly backwards. but are capable of remaining practically in one place in the alr E. R. M.—Who is called the father of the Twentieth Amendment to the Constitution? Ans ~8engtor George W. Norris of Nebraska. W. W.—~When did Col. Jacob Ruppert buy the Yankees? Ans —In 1815 Colonel Ruppert and Col. Tillingham Huston togeth- er purchased the Yankees for $365000. In 1923, Huston sold his interest lo Colonel Ruppert, L. C—When was the present size of paper money Issued? Ans—The small size currency was put into circulation in July, 182%, M. C~When is the next registration for Civilian Conservagion Camps? Ans ~The next enrollment period for the CCC will begin July 1. R. M. E~How long have the healin roperties of the wa | Springs, Arkansas, been known? yp : i fm AnsTradition says that thelr curative properties were known the Indians long before the Spanish explorations; that they warred for them, finally making an agreement whereby all tribes had scoess to | the springs. They were probably known to De Soto and were visitad { about 1800 by French hunters and by membe Clark | Expedition in 1828, by 9 die Law ang B. V.-~What would the procedure be for a writer { book to a publishing company? to sell his first | Ans—It is usually a difficult proposition for as writer | first book. The work would have to possess unusual merit ee 2% oo | publishing house to buy it, or even publish it on a royally basis. Any | book publishing concern, however, will print the book of any writer if | the latter will bear the cost. In order to sell his work the writer would have to submit a copy of the complete manuscript to the publisher, who | would then inform the author whether of not it is salable. : i | Answer to problem: Bechuse nearly every night the stars and satel. { Nites gel a “shine on.” Even our own moon “lull” about once | month. gets “luli w i AR <r ENOW SHOE MAN NAMED SERVICE STATION MANAGER Cherry Run Coal Company at Snow Shoe, has had considerable experience in the gare age business there at State Coliege. His assistant at the local I Sg speosiniinis. more of the devotion of their courting days, the bill for handkerchiefs would not rue so big. Husbands
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