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Citizen Am- rC. COMPLfctB ASSOCIATED PRESS Wtttfe MONDAY, JULY 15, ITALY MOVES TO INDICATE Ethiopia Refuses to Con aider New Demands Made By Italy. PILOTS ENLISTED, SUBMARINES BUILT Mussolini Orders Mobili- zation of Extra Military Divisions. Ronie, July With war between Italy and Ethiopia increasingly regarded as Premier Benito ordered today mobilization of another regular army division and the creation of an additional vision of Blackshlrt militia. 11 'Duce also ordered cunsti'uctVm of ten new submarines.

An official communique which announced the new preparations for possible hostilities In East said "the accelerated rhythm of mil itar'y preparation by Ethiopia forces us to additional meas- urrcs of military character." Today's order, brings the number regular army divisions destined for' East Africa to five, PI vo Black- shirt divisions also 'have been created. This means Italy will have at least 250,000 men for service against Ethiopia, should war begin, The communique.said II Duce had summoned new quotas of specialists. Authoritative sources emphasized the certainty of war after Emperor Halle Selassie's statement that Ethiopia would not accept an Italian zone of influence or coii- istruotlon of a railroad through Ethiopia. They pointed out that Italy wants much more 1 'than these two total But that if the Ethiopian emperor refuses small ho also would reject" the "larger one. Park Amphitheatre Sunday Union Services Draw Large Crowds That the use of the amphitheatre in Riverside Tark for union services Is meeting with the approval of local congregations is to be seen in the Sunday evening attendances since the-plan first was inaugurated three weeks ago, Five-hundred people attended 'the opening outdoor union services, while last Sunday -an equally largo congregation heard Rev.

David R. Jones deliver the sermon. Last night another welcome crowd was on hand as Adjutant Jledley A. Burrell of the Salvation Army offered the sermon. The worship service last evening was conducted by Rev.

Russell Dugan, of the First United Presbyterian church. Musical inter, ludes were offered by the Interchurch male chorus, Harold Quay directing, and by the Salvation Army band. Prayers wore offered by Rev, DO.Y- id Jones and Rev. A. J.

Kimmel tho First Presbyterian and Calvary Evangelical churches respeo-' lively, with Rev. Paul Dundoro of the Zlon's Reformed church' offering the'Scrlpture reading, i On next Sunday Rev. William E. Klsenberer of Holy Trinity Lutheran 'church will preach. ENVOYS NAMED Wtvshlngton, July PresJ- dept Roosevelt nominated today Hoffman Philip of New York be to Chile, and Anthony J.

exol Blddlo, of nlii, to be minister to Norway. There Ought to Be a Law, Mr, the Lawyers SanU Monica, July Ifornla hns been hloky. Wo escaped the winds, the drouths and the heat, but pestilence finally caught us. The bo-weovll descend, ed on us In train loads. Thirty-five hundred lawyers of tho American Bar Association are here eating us out of house and home.

They-are here, they save tho Constitution, to preserve state rights." What they ought to be here for, that Would make this convention Immortal, is. to kick the crooks out ot their profession. They should a law that every case that wont on trial, the lawyer defending should be tried first, then if he came clear, he was eligible to defend, As It: Is now they are trying the wrong man. YoUrs, WILL. (Copyright, McNaught Syndicate, Inc.) MOON ECLIPSE DUE TONIGHT Thiel Invites Public to View the Event Through Its Telescope.

GEORGE N. BOYD OF SANDY LAKE IS INVESTIGATOR Officially Succeeds Harry E. Higbee, HarrlsbUrg, July department of nsrlcuHufo shook tip Its payroll taking on IB now em- ployes and dismissing 18. The changes Include: Appointments! Altha E. Akens, New Castle, ciork $900; George Boyd, Sandy Lake, Investigator, Wm.

J. Campbell, Tloncsta, Investigator $1,620. Dlsmlsals: Mrs. Reno, .1, Harry, Sharon, clerk, $900; B. 13.

Hlgbce Stoneboro, Investigator, J.I800. (The announcement oC Mr. Hlg- bee's dismissal and prospoctlvo appointment-of Mr. Boyd'was mado some lime In the'Record-Argus. It will bo rioted that the salary of the Inveattgators has been cut $20 a WALEYS REUNITED IN COURT Tonight, provided'' the weather is fair, tho people 'oC this region will be to witness the greatest show that the skies put on this year.

Theimoon will rise'nearly full, but at 10:12 p. m. l(EST) it will begin to creep into the shadow of the earth, since at' that time tho earth, tho moon and the sun will be In a direct line, like apples 'on -a stick; at 11:09 th6 moon'wllr be corn pie In the remain BO minutes.j^At ern'edge of the'jnob'n wlll'neop out of the shadow, and Since-the'moon moves at the speed of 2287 miles an hour in her orbft, It will be out of the shadow completely at 1:52. In other words a total eclipse of moon will Of course the earth will not cut off ail the light the' moon' ordinarily reflects rom the sun, because the layer of atmosphiro' that surrounds us will refract or bend some of this light nto the shadow; The atmosphere filters out green and blue'rays of tho sun, however, and as a consequence the mbon will appear a dingy red. To celebrate this somewhat rare celestial.

display, Prof. N. W. Harter of the departments of 'astronomy and mathematics at invites all who are to come Thlel campus and witness the ecljpse through -the TJiiel telescope. This telescope Is a 3-Inch refractor given to tho school by Dr.

Henry 'Elson of New York University, world-known' historian and an amateur! -Astronomer. Aside from the eclipse, there will 56 ample opportunity for observing several other Interesting objects in ho sky, some of which are: Venus, A-hlch Is rapidly approaching- the imit of her eastward swing; Mars, ong famous for Its canals; Jupiter five moons; Saturn, with ts beautiful rings; and In addition these, many stars which become highly'i interesting when viewed telescope. Registry Asiessors to Be at Polling Places on Wednesday, July 17 The registry assessors' sit at the various voting places in Greenville from ,10 to a and 6 to 9 on Wednesday, Jiily 17, to correct registration lists and to register voters who may" have moved into their respective district. EXTRA TAX ON CIGARETTES IN EFFECT TODAY Harrlsburg, July cigarette tax went into effect 1 today, despite a shortage of the little red and white stamps. of revenue attaches urged to collect the two cent tax on every package of 20 and lay the.

money aside until they receive their stamps. Tho department 'said it may be a week before' all the stamps have been distributed. "The demand was' greater -than tho'manufacture of the'stamps could produce the department explained, "WV; between jjeroent for, stamps." stamps were sent out. Another shipment Is expected today. Governor estimated -the tax will yield' $10,000,000 the two years it will be effective, 'to help pay relief costs and general expenses.

Tax stamps must, be on every package of cigarettes sold and the state holds the wholesaler or jobber responsible, STATE'S RELIEF LOAD DECLINES Harrisburg, July Relief for the unemployed cost Pennsylvania less the this month than any time this i The load, has declined steadily since Robert administrator, reported. Expenditures for the week ending July 6 totalled $3,599,767,32, he said. One fifth of this, for work relief direct relief cost Sixteen thousand persons from 29,000 families went off the relief rolls during the week- A total of 11,590 cases were closed, and only 8,698 new ones opened. The state's jobless army Is now down to 1,615,822 persons, 128,000 below the season peak of three months ago, Counsel for Mrs. Margaret convicted Saturday of complicity In tho WeyoHiiMMiser kidnaping, planned new movm to keep lu-r out ot prUon today.

for a new trial will 1m arguod before Fedoral Judge K. B. Ciishmmi, when Waloy apponrn for RonUMten, IIIM- band, Harmon AV. Waloy, who pleaded guilty and'recelved a HOII- teiii'o, failed to tootlfy for Ills wife at her trial. Tim Walt-ys arc nhown were reunited for tho flrat tlmp since their arrest at Mm.

trial at Tacoma, Wawli; Waloy IN looking over hid wlfo'n shoulder and at right In Stephen O'llrlcn of defunno 1'ross 1'hoto) List 10,000 Dead in Chinese Flood EABLE SEES VICTORY, DEFEAT AS SIX MONTHS OF "NEW DEAL" PASS Harrlsburg, July sylvania's Dejjjopratio "new deal 1 ed its first half year today. Surveying the. since ha stood i a enow flurry' the government from, the KB, for Jn 10 Governor George H. JSurle back oi; a jnlxe4 pattern of victory and -jrt of his prosmnj enacted much remained. pf the holders wane wholesale from the beshmlijev Others predicted tftat 16 that the new have TMaembly.

They, too, asked nor pave quarter to the new 'administration. This feud carried tho general assembly far past tnid-June, Barjo proposed $203,000,000 in new taxes, ire ordered elimination of lobr bying. Ho wanted tho constitution revised, ta.liiorea.se the eta.tb's borrowing pcnveri and. he presented, numerous measures, dealing Wttlul and labor In tho the aswsnjljly Wurle ftOO In'jiewf iw-ses, put, ie but killed his the of otjier bills, Oil Driller Sustains Fractured Skull When Heavy Casing Drops Grove Vogt, 49, of Bruin, Butler county, Is In a serious condition at the Osteopnlhio hospital with a skull received this morning while ut work on a gas well at tho Howard McCoy farm, three miles north of Grove City, Vogt, a contractor for the Union Jicat and bight company was pulling a casing when the elevator slipped and ho was struck on the hcnd by a piece of cosine IBrfeet long and six inches square. He was unconscious when admitted.

He ateo suffered a broken nose. Jve Cream Social, Carpenters t'oruors church, Friday, July II), '20o. All jnenibers of, the Sons 91' thq, requested to be ut tho (wipliitlHatri) ut 7:80 17 fur publlo reduoea 'A'lie Hub, 'ji5-adv Associated Press, Dikes Out, Hankow, Threatened. Hankow, Chinese perished of the Han' river which surged throUgh a dyke near Hanyang-nnd overwhelmed tho thickly' pop.ulttted countryside. A member of a Chinese motorboat crow who saw tho bursting of tho dike, said "a wall of water literally leaped through the' breach, sweeping everything bof6ro livestock and humans.

Two-thirds of Hanyang, adjacent to Hankow, was reported under water. Tho remainder of the city Is sit- uatnd on hills to which'much of tho populace fled. The Han river flood is more severe than previous oiios. The' district survived disasters of 1870 and 1081. The Yangtze river at Hankow dropped slightly late today but this city, was menaced with dikes already weakened by pounding waters.

1 A further rise was predicted. Tho roaring stream has ripped a'section ten foot deep and one-third of a mile long from the Changkung dike, principal bulwark of the city. Thousands of coolies and refugees from other cities 'went to work repairing the dike and the entire military garrison was'summoned. Other thousands pf workers began building a secondary defense. Five thousand bags of beans woro set into one minor broach, Reports from Chungking', a city In Szechwan province, said additional rains there caused'the river to rise three feet, foreboding additional torrents for Hankow.

Many workers collapsed under the strain of the crisis and the severe heat, "We are' making a last stand," one official to)d tho Associated Press, we fall, Hankow" is lost," 1 SHUCKS, i Now Yprk A little flattery, a orlmo secret. To John Mnng, accused aw a tho rtrooklyn-Quoons "rifle eluded police for three, years, a police tenn.nl' almost 1 way you boys alwpys 'got 1 iSTang beamed, and They used two license num- i here, ho said, a big one on roar of their car, a little ono on the front, pursued, they drove fast enough to turn around and double back. Margiotti Replies to Musmanno Charge Pittsburgh, July Musmanno, 'Democratic candidate for the Pennsylvania supremo court, termed opponent for tho post, Edgar Barnes, secretary of revenue, "un.flt for In an address at apolitical rally In Allqulppa. Attorney General Charles J. Margiotti, who nominated Barnes for the supremo court, replied to Musman- no's charges and then "Where was 'Musmanno whou Roosevelt ran In 1932? Whore was ho when Earlo ran for governor In ON TAX PLAN IS OPPOSED Attempts Indicated Write Other Measures Into Roosevelt's Program.

SALES TARIFFS MENTIONED Legislators Refuse to Be Bound By Agreement to Limit Washington, July 1 tors predicted today that vigorous attempts BOOH will bo mado to write Into President Roosevelt's -now tax plan several proposals, unwonted'by thcT'WhUo House, Drivers for a general sales tax, tariffs and repeal of some ot tho "nuisance" levied wore mentioned aa some ot the things the president's supporters must flght they can got tho tax program out of the House ways and moans committee. Republicans flatly refused to bo bound today by 'any limit the tax bill, to the levies'Mr. Roosevelt suggested." Hop, Jenkins (H-Ohlo) was one of those -who refused to bound, In fact, ho said lie did that' tho committee had voted Its, tacitly to tho matters In tho president's message. Rep. Treadway of Massachusetts, ranking 1 Republican on the commit-; tec, la likely to offer'the sales a measure tho oral, Government to ariV more tax-exempt munU to the, tox'blil.

1 The fool that they are 1 bound to'r forsi (1)' on Inheritances) (3) Increased Uixos levies oil largo those above year; (4) now taxes of.some kind on corporation Incomes; (5) lovylng on dividends received by corporations, prevent "evasion" of tho corporation assoHs-, mont, Dress. Hose' arid Shoes Torn Off But Refused to. Prosecute- Of fender Margloltl "bartered and bargained" with Democrats and Republicans In the last ubernntorlal campaign. The attorney general denied the "accusations. AT THE HOSPITAL A son was born Saturday to Mr.

nnd Mrs. Mary Loulso Pj'ltchard was discharged yesterday, was treated yesterday, tffffc Qreonflold was adnrijttod Saturday. ORGANIZE PYMATUNING GROUP TO REOPEN MOTOR BOAT RULING values to Jieck gon. A Pennsylvania-Ohio Pynmtunlng Pevelopmont Association was formed, at a meeting of those Interested In being left open tp regulated motorboating, which was held Jn the nremen'8 hall cvt Jamestown, Saturday evening. Rlley Clarke, of Jamestown was natncd president, Karl Smith Reiver, K.

A. secretary, and C. Cook, Sovorttl speakers were heard, Including- a moiubpr of PHtsburgh Clmmber ut 'Uulctjatlon who hd to Interview Ohio pf the sWn. J4on. J.

W. Shenkiu, forjner repre. aeniative of the th district of Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, who has ft aummoF reeldonca voiced his oppoaltin to the' ((ucstion before the cominlsslon for reconsideration wns named with power to act, und Is made up of Mel- Yin A. Ulalr, chairman, Hon. J.

fihonkle, Bspyvlllo, Theodore Richardson, Andover, Kllngen- smith, Pittsburgh, and Cook, Andover, Tho fjtrntogy committee pointed uftor an open dlscui-slon pf Uio be taken to imvo the ruling rescinded, und'it WUH dookled an orderly ot procedure ho adopted, ruUntr of tliu com? mission is iiot' to oppoaed by bringing to.worrpv>' the day the edict all craft froui tho luHo ie tCfeotlvo, wfts the eonse ot the oommUtec tljo eommlesloa would ruling when with jh9 proper information, the beltef be Iris thot Jhrough no hod' re- Two YpungBtown men posted forfeits yesterday with borough police for. alleged "disorderlies" on South Moreor street ot 2:16 Sunday, Police woro summoned by a Youiigs town woman who said one of tho men had torn off some ot her clothes when en route from Connoaut Lakci, Her dress, hose and shoes were mH- slng when the police arriyed, Tho woman was treated at tho GroonvUlo hospital for numerous bruises'about, tho face, head and arms, but refused to bring notion against her assailant. Bha was dls- charged from the hospital yesterday afternoon. Police charged tho two mon with disorderly conduct, for which they posted forfeits, A Greenville woman was the fourth member of the party. RALPH FERRIS IS DISMISSED AS After 23 Years' Service Is Succeeded burgh Mait'at Pymatun- ing Lake.

July nuohanan, noorolnry ot and Waters', dismissed RlUph li'Qri'lu ftt LlnoBVlllo, today no ronldont' on- at the Vymatunlng Warn. Ho named burgh, to lake' plftoo, The salary Is $8,600, H'orrla had boon with tho department 16 Mr. droonvllle Saturday afternoon, had Jtiat rooolved hls'l'st- tor of dlmnlMsal, effective todny Bulng of a phlloBophlo tcmpornmont, he wan taking tho blow quietly arid philosophically but'his friends, In thin region aro-fnr from roslgncc) to tho fool that ihlths Program Original WorlcfRellefJ By Roo.evdt. LACKOFMON Delay Resulted in Difl rff 6 Hopkins' 1 vS officials said pltrnw prepared'b'y Vh'ft'jNklfi a ease where merit and, oxpbvlonro should rule and not'polities or pars. Anal favor; that Mr, K'orrla has boon' 10 has s.i?i.?"t'?'' connected with the Pymatuhlnp Joot for aajyoara 'nnd that elation With the development of'that' v- 1 project.

Tho board While It may hot roaulOn Instatomont the friends oMho Pynm- tuning project are planning to make ovory effort tho head popnrtniont to keep Mr. Ferris on the' staff -and, thus (iiln' for, the his wut lor Bponaiiig iMo.niigo-appr 11 i 11 Ll I.liL'Ii^vH^'LMitHe^o^ri^^^gfBM 'j A Upsets igMtK I t' 1 ril t. if J- 1 't -n had 1 In Wjliiamsj 18-monthH-old and 'Mrs, Collision Scatters $7,000 in Coini Over Philadelphia Street Philadelphia, July A col- llslon of n. money truck of tho Philadelphia Rapid Transit system and un aut'omoblle today scattered more than $7,000 In coins over a mid-city Intersection and injured five persons ono seriously. Tho truck was taking receipts bank, Two traffic policemen guarded tho scattered money unutll tho arrival of patrol wagons und P.

R. T. prn- p)oyos, Eaglet Have Great Turn Out at the Lake A crowd eaUmftted ul 3,000 per' son's at Cpnnoaut fur un oiHJntf sponsored 1,, Order ol QrqenvUlo No, 806 was represented by nearly 00 inambora and tlmlr tho day's activities a concert rendered by the male phorus, lless Rows ducting, Rt tho Temple of Music. basket plcnlo and sporte wore ln.pju.ded, in the Orris R. Was day'mon pulling.

olootrlo pord poroolntor whoiV the percolator.ovorturnod, apllllnjf Its scalding conto'nta'Ovor burned "about, the ahould- ors, body and one It has do' v'olopod that tho not'oa sorloua as had been feared at i1 Co. Commissioners at State Convention Reading, arrived today for.tho annual oonvon- tlon of tho Pennsylvania. Association of County Cominlsslonora, Helen M. Sohluraff, iho only worn- an eorpinlsslonof Attending, arrlvpd from Urio by plane accompanied'by Erie county solicitor and Ralph chief blerk, convention begins tomorrow. I'osoy, local l-fopubllcan coni- mlHslonor, was prominently mention, od as as'a candidate for president, There also wns talk thit, President Mark of.

S'bnangp county, would run-fpr secretary-treasurer but he denied any aspirations for tho J-ejIon Oullng Waynesburer, July of tho American' Legion, by Pennsylvania Commando)' James E. Jahorwood, will hold a trl-slate out- at Rogersvlllo, July Former National commander i.ouls Johnson will speak. tied areas ywhW the yooji-s to little'for projoots Jarfjj whoro tha destitute are for the 7GO.OOO or workers. 2. Tho HoHgurcps' 13oii.rd.fi; culled for a largo oxiiendlturo ngf' closed but cortolnl to; bo spout lals under the revisit prog, rai EmphoslzilnB and hnrborti sources Hoard army aould Alalcoltn rlcp, 4ho principal Cooper-Bessemer Company Grove 1 City, July of bo at dirpctorfl of tho company voted to the, py'err by closing tUQ MQUIH 0., plant Hnd 'will move putt of tho nuterlajs to the Qvovo Qlty unit which nlroady Hj)dor way, there Is- un ail uhup at iifount' Yfil'noju jWill t.i.

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