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30 TIMES-LEADER. WILKES-BARRE. SATURDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 17, 1927. PRESIDENTIAL IRE F7 -WILKES A QUESTIONS DIMES' It, now turns out that President Coolidge has a temper.

LEADER For which discovery we have to thank, or blame, the Chamber il Cx. rt-. ry nun rrr. jjfc ui omic la vcil JbVcIIUlgS 4111 lUiBtuuu ANSWERS AN ABSOLUTELY INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED EVERY VEEK U'AY APTEANDON AT THE TIMES LEADER PLANT, 44 48 WEST MARKET STREET WILKES BARRE. PA, 8V THE LEADER PUBLISHING COMPANY ERNEST 0 Pridnl an Editor P.C.

KIRKENDAIL Jrand Aeseeiate Sditere JOSEPH Crty Editor JAMES A CRAWLEY Advertlsinej Manager of Commerceof the JJnited States. V' The chamber, it is well known, has been conducting a campaign for $400,000,000 reduction in federal taxes by Congress. President Coolidge, with Secretary Mellon, says that a cut of $225,000,000 is all that should be made. When the chamber intimated that the Treasury Depart 7 1 rn 70 II 1m P. A GOLDEN Manaosr tor HUGH JONES Aud ment had purposely underestimated the surplus, offering its own figures as more nearly correct than those of Mr Mellon's adding E.

PROPHET Superintendent SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVES Story, Brook A Flaley. London and Accident Btdg. Chicago! Perehing Squaro Bldg, New Vorki Equitable ddg- Philadelphia! Sharon Bldg. San Franeiacoi Higgine Blag. Lea Angola The Times Loadar la on aal at all mwi aganeia within radio or ISO rnliee of Wilkee Barre.

Cerriere service throughout Anthraeita rB.en machines, Coolidge to have lost some of his coolness and QUESTIONS ANSWERED You can net an amtwit te any ouestlon or fact er Informstlon by writing to The Question Editor Times Lasdtr Washington Bureau, 1322 New York Avenue Washington C. sne'osing two esnta In etampt for reply Mtdicsi. legal- end marital' advice eannot be given, nor can extended research be undertaken. All ether questions' wllf receive a persona reply. Unaigned requests eannot 'be answered Al letters are confidential.

"EDITOR exploded for the benefit of Washington correspondents. We had been wondering all this time if there were not some Featured Now At zJf spark of real fire behind that Vermont squint. The chamber's Subscription price $6.50 par year 1ZV cant par wee oeuverea oy earnsr or mail. Entered as second -class matter at tha Wllhaa-Barre Postofftce. MFnlRErToF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS statement that even if the $400,000,000 reduction should result I Q.

Row mncb damage is th 'Oaltea DAILY DISTRIBUTION NOV, 1927, 28,971 COPIES PAIUT Biases rasoitea iron, zersn res AVERAGE iaer A Thers were fl.ISi ilres that ma deficit, let us not be bothered money is so cheap, has left usjvpndering ho longer. We have seen the spark of presidential ire ahd know that the president is a very human being, after all. A. Kevtda hSa no National Guard. Wyoming haa the smallest number of National Guardsmen, lit, and New Tork the largest number, Q.

What ia tha difference la grata In a poaad avoirdnpola aad a poaad A THOlKiHT FOR TODAY burned Over 14, 516,133 acres causing Ti 1 iff a Sat thlna hauaa in orders Isaiah 38:1. Jbetty' and free command over Order tneans light and peace, inward Music Jew6hy Store a aamase or Q. What is5 tbs mesniag of the name Braes A. Happy Conqueror. Q.

How do oraitholorlsta aooonnt one' self: order is Am let. I A --T for the homing lnstlaot ta plgsoasf A. A pound avoirdupois contains T.ono grains and a pousd troy contains i7a graina Q. rrom whom is the enotatloa, "Heaven has so. rage Uke love to hatred tnraed, nor hell a fury Uke a A.

ornltnoloirlsts or the U. S. rs' i woman feoraea. taken? A. Fivim "the Morrilni" Brldetn ly Biological Survey associate the homing Instinct of these -birds with the mtgraiery Instinct, It nhsuld be een-eldered as a specialized form of migration, developed and exploited by man through training and selective breeding.

The Immediate ancestry of the nuiiam uongreve, Q. Whtre ia the largtet clock la the world? A. On the Colgate Building. Jersey New Jersey. Its minute hand Is 'I IV .11 TV modern homer Is traced to three distinct types the English Dragoon, of the carrier type, noted for Its physique: the Smerle, a Belgian bird zt rest long ann its hour nand Is 1IU I IS- II I.v.-Jl it 1 it.

I "flfc" feet long. Together they weigh ffMMI'l -11 il i 1 lM having an inherent homing instinct. Times-Leader Platform Of Progress Thig nswspapsr advocate tha following tan accomplishments aa "vital to regaining Wilkes-Bsrre's prestigs as tha Third City of Pann. aylvania. 1.

Revival of community spirit in thinking in bigger terms of itself. 2. Consolidation of area now aarvad through tha Wilksa-Barr Pott Office to adequately express population and resources. 3. New and adequate bridges to meat acute transportation problems.

4. A real net-work of concrete highways. A new $2,000,000 hotel. 6. An adequate Union Railroad Station with elimination of dan.

perouo grade oioaainga. 7. Eatension of parka and municipal recreation center to meat the need of a city of 1S0.000 populatoin. 8. Widening of central city atreet and cutting through nw ones to enlarge the buainese district 9.

Adherence to the Haldamtn Plan 6f Cmmunity Planning. Aggressive action on the part of representatives in atata and national legislatures to secure an adequate share of publio improve rnents due Wilkee Barre and Luierne County. Partly accomplished in 1927 neariy two wins. Tnt aiai is BO feet Wide. i Q.

What birds or animal hare tha keenest and what the weakeat aa. and the Camulet. a small bird that Is noteworthy because of Its ability to fly hours at a time. These prominent characteristics have been combined to a remarkable degree in the homing iir I il I mi li Tn Hun 1 1 ill'ill li i eight? A. The eagle and the vulture have the keenest eyesight and animals that ila was a young blood enamored New Tork.

Dee. 17. Most of ut who pigeons or tooay. live in the mid-town sections of New Q. What is tha meaning of the York spend our working hours high word glyptics? 1 in the air.

We catch faint echoes A. It is the art of engravlnr. Par of the city rumbling In turmoil. We ttcuterty sS applied to- ther -carving of precious stones. It Is now generally performed by means of diamond 4U8t look down from our aerie ana see autos resembling: beetles and humans ana aiamonu poiniea instruments, in resembling ants scurrying in ail direc ailldtion to gems the engravlnr of va live underground, such as- moles, gophers, the weakest.

Q. How many dimes with the "Bn. mint trark ware coined lav 18941'- A. Only twentyfour. Q.

Why is Boaae called "Tha Eternal A legend states that Rome was raised by or under the immediate supervision of the immortal goda. and the term "Eternal City" arose from that fact. Q. What ia done with money found tn lettere sent the Dead 3etter Of floe? A. It is held in that office for a aSa-f rious euhstances such as coral and tions.

The dally vista of jagg-ed sky 1 of a chorus cutie and his stern papa was berating him for hanging around stage doors. "Why don't yoti pick out'glrls ot a different type?" he was aaked, Ziegfeld la good enough picker," he replied. Among purely per jonal prejudices as If you cared is one for ladles who smoke cigarettes in hotel elevators and that has become smart hereabouts. Nearly all the quaint, old-fashioned notions have been knocked out of me, but ladles could wait until they" reach their quarters before lighting up, I may be old-fashioned, but until I ivory and unusually hard woods, such scrapers would seem to be rather un as box "and ebony Is included under interesting. And yet there are fleet this head.

Q. What was tha "flood Farlla JUST BEFORE SUNDAY lngr bits of continuous drama from every There is the pert little A. The Parliament of England In stenographer across tha way two We' are close upon the season of. festivity and Christmas. (t.V vyjti famous for ita attempt to "brfng Sefut political reform and I floore down who often kisses the boss on his bald head as she' passes for its impeachment or i-atimer, I Perhaps we miss a good deal of what this festival should mean, year.

un it rt mt ni vra. time it Is turned Into the United I States Treasury with the regular poa- tal recelnts. Neville nnd others. a. -What la tna nut nunlor of b.v Eot-obsarviJi24he approaches to.

iLTlxe-ancient. churches his ehalr. In a tailoring -establishment -during the noon lull is the die game held in came to fcwt YorfetheronljrWHwr' who smoked cigarettes were those Taagaay? A. lit Mass; 8' lzzc. tiam xt Pleasant.

Street, Hoi yoke, a partitioned booth and the. look-out who lived in shuttered houses across A. This Is a legal an wen as a popular expression in common use fo signify personal property. The two prepare a way to Easter through the sombre paths of Lent And so the greater glory of Christmas really appears only when who watches out the window for the the railroad tracks and came to town -WImi should seas, be sssreA ia Words are hot identical in tneanmg, in closed cabs. Now look at 'em! a cap? A II Jl maT iti employer5 to round tfie comer.

And the dignified executive who goes into the 'stock room at the same hour to A. At luncneon or supper it should I people have kept in mind the cry, tnat rung aown xnrougn vne years for a Messiah, the prophesies that solemnly assured of In a Swedish restaurant I notice in although the term chattel includes the other. The term "goods" corresponds closely in meaning to the "bona" of the common law and to movables" of be served in cups. At dinner it is served in a plate. a weeK or so they will offer penguin practice on a harp.

And the dentist who gives pas. ex Qv Xow many oil prodnoing com aa a gastronomical delicacy. That the civil law, I. chattels movable, Including domestic animals and cer panics are there la the United VtataB? that coming and the solemn warnings to people to prepare them. selves.

with a few JIggere of Swedish punch, tracts th offending molar and reads a magazine until his patient comes A. The number ia roughly estimated tain incorporeal rights such as copy ougnt to do rawer dandy. at Q. What are tae cook zalaaas? All this is somewhat photographed in the Advent myster- back to consciousness often in hysterics. And there is that Oriental- rights, patent rights, etc.

wnereas "chattels" Includes as well certain rights in land, such as estates for High brown strutters In the Har. A. An archloelaeo of small Islands lem Black Belt hold an evening feB Silverware pss looking individual who comes to a in Polynesia, Tactflo Ocean Is called promenade around o'clock similar years, the Interest of mortgagee in mortgaged lands, etc. The term Cook Islands or Hervey Tha window -and salaams gravely toward to that of Fifth Avenue. The Lulu Important ones are Rarotonvaa, the descending sun.

"goods" Is now generally employed ss Mansaia. Atiu. Aitutaki. Mauke. Mit Belles and the chocolate ehleks turn coextensive In meaning with the old One begins to watch with fascina tro and Hervey Of these out in tony togs and offer a parade tion for the weekly visits of those in expression! "goods, wares and merchandise," used in the seventeenth section of the Statute of Frauds.

Rarotonaa. the largest, has a populaa-tion of S01 and an area of 24 sail are With Serving Tray GiMnntee! Thl. fine ffl 1 wiai is dazzling. There are spats. trepid window cleaners who, strapped canes ana monocles among, the frip to slender hooks, chat and whistle at miles.

There are no cities on these peries. The overtone may be a little q. wiui is a "jtarnssB A. A large wooden cssk, commonly islands. their perilous tasks.

Wo see new employes go in In shifting panorama and Q. What is the vame of a vaitea garisn, but it is a stylish aggrega That will the ffi P'-f m.d. and g. 'n9 hostess. in handy guaranteed by the 1 sTfeped like the frustum or a cone, flattened at the sides and used on Btstea one dollar gold piece dated tion.

The girls are generously coated ies. Advent is one of the churches, rnoijrning periods. One of its most serious epochs for meditation and devotion. We hardly give it enough of that flavor, The mistake is in the" Christmas being anticipated eagerly, without much thought of what is involved- beforehand. These two penetential seasons of Advent and Lent are supposed to involve increased attention to the flavor of the Messiah came into a world that had hoped and prayed for a deliverer.

'How long, Lord, how long" was the cry that came welling up from despair. Pros-: trate under the heel of a conqueror, strafed and bitten by Roman severity and hard domination, these worthy and suffer-' ing faithful, prayed for the deliverer their ancient prophets yet all remalh strangers. 1874? Uvlth a purple-shaded powder -and board- shin for the-temporr-y-storage vj-a utility serving tray. We have makers of 1847 I I iutl nriaael thia aat axeantionallv law Hj There are skyscraper flirtations A. 1E0 to 13.50.

heavily perfumed. There is no sec dally waves and smiles across the aat ta-divl Yau h. It noBer mora -j Q. By whom waa the Salvation tion where colored people live so or sa-" provisions' wnicn iu- inienuen for issue to the crew within a day or two. Bailors call "salt beef," "salt horse" and.

of course, a harness ts the Sifal! ..1 ii .1. a 9t Raaera a Ivarolata Arm fonndedf canyons. These, too, are among luxuriously. people who rarely meet. Although A.

Rev. William Booth of Notting- hanv-Rnarland, a. waa Dlaved the Part of WD1 very little down. IB a sold In thie city 5. iS 1 'VAT 1 I Your Own Terms kinda.

I The Black Belt also has a theatrical separated by the width of a street, they, are a apart as the poles. We most natural thing to be around the horse, hence the name. Q. VThtn wss Oateaberr, the la-vwator of movable type, boraf Hsnioa la tha picture "The Covered colony. Several hundred are now playing In Broadway productions and tee troubled men sitting at their desks until far Into the night.

audevuie. A. Xte investigations mx tne aaie Wsgoa." ana wno piayea opposite aimi A. J. Warren Kerrigan played the part of Will Banlon and l)la Wilson anpeared opposite In the role of Molly There is that fellow who drama him between 1394 and 1W.

self with crutches across a roof to a a Whioh ie the proper apeiuar, Gene Buck sneaked a musical com Mea" os Wlngate. aiianld a uu wait for -a woman Both are correct. O. Xa there Knr atata la the United te speak to him or thonld he apeak edy bit into town a few weeks ago without a huzzah. AIL the critics had trotted off the agme night to see the return of Fred and Adele Astalre 4n little glasst enclosure to attend his pots of flowers probably" the only touch of romance In a colorless life, Somehow, those who labor among" the roof tons feel the invisible clasD of nst? States la which there la so Mationsl Oaard orgsalaatloat Which atste has A.

It is- a woman's speak first, another shorn Buck has also atenned tb largest and whloh the smallest? menasntp. lout with his own theatre this year. Christmas Candies and Cakes -Jiad foretold, 4 And then out of this deepening shadow and this advancing darkness came suddenly the glad cry, the news that spread like fire. The humble-shepheTasheartl ltHnd the tidings went winging from one to another -until those procession and pilgrimages were organized that led to the manger. And so in such spirit should people feel the -Advent expectation in awe perhaps, in some fear, somewhat colored with apprehension, until they come upon the anniversary of the song of the heavenly host.

To fritter away much of ther Christmas spirit in anticipation through the weeks ahead is something that modern commercial process has brought to, us. But. in the churches this could be corrected and rightly regarded. Advent Today's Story in Pennsylvania History Our Washington Bureau has a packet ready for you which contains bulletins telling how to make from teste recipe all kinds of CAKKS AND COOKIES. CANDIED FRUITS.

NUTS AND CARAMELS. FONDANTS. FUDGES AND CHOCOLATES, and HARD CANDIKS AND TAFFIES, for the Christmas Holiday season. If you want this packet fill out the coupon below and mail as directed: gjooro ssbisb. (Cprrtakt im, a ta, aataer.t By FREDERIC A.

OOOCHARLEt CLIP COUPON Three Wig Members Desert Stevens and Anti-Masons and End Buckshot War December 17, 1838 has its uses and the season is set apart through the wisdom of me iatners. On Monday, December 17, CHRISTMAS EDITOR. Washington Bureau, Times-Leader, 1322 New York Avenue, Washington, D. C. I want the packet containing bulletins on CAKES AND COOKIES, and CANDY MAKING AT HOME, and enclose herewith IS cents in loose, uncancelled, U.

S. postage stamps for same: Messrs. Chester Butler and John Hturdevant. of Luzr rrro Countyr and SINGLE AND DOUBLE STANDARDS John Montelius, of Miffllnburg. Union three regularly elected Whig We hear evprv flav rfrtnht fhrnwm nn tVio arhume now am.

Distinctive New Diamond Rings shot War." Two reasons, in addition to the abandonment of the anti-Masonic faction of the Three Whigs mentioned above, which "brought the "Buckshot War" to an early and bloodless end, were the Inclemency of the weather and the lack of funds to keep "Baity" Sowers and his gang supplied with liquor. The rrjlitla arrived during a ter NAME mem Pert or the General' Assembly, Diovea in tne teiprjnnne exchancfi of takinc t.h nnmhpr rniiri 7 aoanaonea tneir anti-Masonic associates, led by Thaddeus Stevens, and were sworn in as members of the ST. A NQ. CITY STATE I am a reader-of the Times-Leader. for, without repetition.

They averred that it was a time-saver. 5 Everything is reduced to definite formula including that blood-: heating "excuse it please," and you can't get beyond the walL House over which William H. Hop Values Up kins presided as Speaker since its rific snow storm, and the tempera ture dropped to-nearly aero. Their organization on December 4, which gave the latter body a legal quorum over. nd above eight, claimant Jtniciency is the word.

By and large, experiments are matched np and what lias seemed to work in ther cit ies is spread until Via sonrrh nr Via reallv mml aftiniartt- lUn nl-1 A to $50.00 "Included only shelter were very small canvas COAL DUST tents, clothing was poor and they had rrom whose rights to How Much Do You Know very few warm blankets. To add to membership the Stevens "Rump Dsg-lelature" disputed. these discomforts the soldiers were rtr A Your Own Terms Tbe" action of tha three W'hlgs hot in sympathy with the cause of Washington swarms with men who live by their wits, according to Senator Caraway. We aren't sur their tour of military duty. Oh the other hand, "the landlords brought to an end a disgraceful chapter in the annals of Pennsylvania which has since been known in the history of the Commonwealth as the "Buckshot War." that the senator didn't mean mitts.

of the several hotels where "Baity' Sowers and his ruffianswere quar tered, tired of furnishing credit for the enormous quantity of liquor such Mr. Montelius. in an ooen letter ot 6p'' A university demonstrates that a woman can feed her husband on 61 cents a day. We'd like to listen In ut the peaceful hearth about the third his constituents, set forth his opinion guests consumed and suddenly shut ts thought to be found. But is the single number time saving? Individuals who get 643 for 663, and for and for aver that the thing may save time for the exchange but wastes a yell of a lot of it for subscribers.

It would be an- interesting exhibit if people could be somewhat taken into confidence and told just how the single number is superior to the jsingle and repeat. It might assuage tempo-'rary bursts of anger, or grief, or exasperation. Everybody would go along we suspect, if they only knew. Comparing the time taken to repeat a number, with that consumed after a single bid is misinterpreted and finally corrected and who is the wise man who can tell the time-saving, where, how; and how much. Of course courtesy terms like of the insurrectionary proceedings in on the supply, when they soon wear-led of their unhappy lot and were im attempting to scat members not legally elected and promised to continue patient to return to their accustomed day the little woman tried it.

Just to be sure that there would haunts in Philadelphia? and elsewhere. be srood will on all sides when he The term "Buckshot War was a to act witti the party with which" he waa affiliated. Mr. Butler also explained to the House the course of thorn In the side of the leaders who brought the unfortunate affair upon himself and two colleagues, and they were duly sworn hi aa members. the State.

Finally on December 27. Senator Tomorrow- Opening of Sunbury and Erie Railroad. Feter a Michler of Northampton County submitted a resolution In the Senate which recognised that the please, are now pretty well abolished from subscriber to operator. Please sounds too much like a number, As for in TODAY'S ANNIVERSARIES Finger Rings hopped off for Mexico, Lindbergh carried an army rifle. California is excrlted over development of a seedless lemon.

Now if we could just have a seedless congress. TODAY'S ANNIVERSARIES 1817 Maria Louisa, second wife of Napoleon I died in Vienna. Born Dec. 12, 1791. tS7t Pacific Mall steamship Japan lost near Yokohama; over 400 perished.

1383 Dubois, Pa wss almost Wiped out by Are. 1 1SS3 John Mitchell was seated as House or Representatives "was now and it was adopted by the close vote of seventeen yeas to stance 72 please would quite often be taken for 723, etc The determination of course is in the hands of the corpora- sixteen naye. The committee ealled 17-JeweI ILUNOIS Each question counts 10. If yea inswer I corectly. yourlntelllgenee atlng la 10.

Actual teats reveal hat. 8 OUT OF 10 CORRECT IS lOLLEGB STANDARD. OUT OF 10 CORRPJCT IS IS UGH SCHOOL STANDARD. 4 OUT OF 10 CORRECT 18 1RAMMAK SCHOOL STANDARD LESS THAN 4 CORRECT 13 UN-SDUCATED STANDARD. 1.

For what ia "Varsity" an abbreviation? 2. Of what book' Is Lochlnvar the hero? I. What ancfent Greek orator la considered the greatest who ever lived? 4. To what country doea the lale of Plnca in the Weat Indlea belong? 6. Who presides at an Impeachment trial ot a 'President of the United States? 4.

Which are the iargeat and smallest eta tea in' the U. S. in area? 7. What la tha heaviest fluid nown? 8. What is the feminine form of he Word nance? 9.

Who waa Secretary of the State in- the cabinet, of- President Harding? 10. Who is generally recognised as the discoverer of the North Pole rum to th Claatifitd Pag for ht answer after you hav tried As UW for in the resolution was named and viuti. uui, wts muixie LxiuiK mat ine suoscnoers could vote -they would cast their ballots for the repeat system. But that 1733 John Harris received grapt of 800 acres present JJarrfsburg. In addition to his patent grant- cd January 1, 1725.

-it 1737 John Jacob Mickley born in present Lehigh County. Hero Revolution. Died in Allen-town, December 1. 1807. 174S Shlkellamy died at Shamokin uu iv xiiitAc any umerence, pernaps.

waited on Governor Joseph Ritner, informing him that the General Assembly, waa organized. The riots which had preceded this LIFE ISN'T ANY WORRY TO HIM organisation began when two seta Cameo heads of remark able beauty and exquisite carving: in white-gold rings most popular styles. Many to select from at this low pried. Your Own Terms (present Sunbury). He was the great vlce-gerent of the Sia JN'atione.

and friend of the eiecuon returns nail Deen sent to Hon. Thomas H. Burrowes, Secretary of the the Near Poplar Bluff, lives Uncle Ben Hodge. The other day he celebrated his 112th birthday without pomp and cere- whitea. s3, 0V 8- city and connty of Phlladlephia.

That United States senator xrom Oregon. 1888 A training achooffor nursea waa opened at Bellevue New York. J- 1893 Gen. Moses B. Walker, the last man that left the bloody field of Clitckamauga, died at Kenton, I nigo ornciai withheld the leiral return 176C Margaret (Peggy)' Chew born in Philadelphia.

Tory belle of Revolutionary period. Died May Guaranteed! 17-jewel adjust-ad movement in a thin model distinctively shaped, 20-year gold filled case. i Your Own Terms and submitted to the General Assembly the fraudulent one made out Dy unscrupoiouus return tuda-M to 177S Paul Revere began his famous satisfy the ambition of Charles J. ride from Boston to Phliadel Phla. ingersoll who had been defeated for 1S9S The old mining town of Jamea-town, famous in California llter-- ature as "Jtmtown," was almost destroyed by fire, 1900 William Jennings Bryan announced that he would establish 1799 Rkkett's Circus destroyed by a seat in Congress from the Third Philadelphia District.

Radios, Orthophonic Victrolas, Musical Instru-ments of the Best Makes. 'i tire; built Sixth and Chestnut Many rutTffiang. tinder tha- leader. streets. Philadelphia.

1793. 1799 Thomas McKean inaugurated ship of "Baity" Sowers, were sent from Philadelphia to intimidate 1 the Governor. Your Own Terms a weekly newspaper and call It the commoner. 1S2! Last Brltinh troops in Irish Free State (3,000) left Dublin for London. nig-antl-Masonle memhprn eim.

out im me simple announcement hat he was 112.. nr- Uncle Ben has neighbors who will not believe he is that old. Vith these Uncle Ben has no quarrel let each man think what he wishes. Uncle Ben, complacent, alone, honest and happy knows how old he is, and that's that If the rest of the world claims Uncle Ben isn't 112 and Ben says he is, well, Ben wins. Uncle Ben is a remarkable man.

When reporters asked him for a recipe of long life he replied that he hadn't He has lived past the century mark actually without any purpose in reaching it He'll tell you himself he "didn't aim to be 100." This man has no fear of death. For him simply it will be "the end of the game," as he says, and there'll be no more fuss about that than there was about his 112th birthday, Death is a matter simply beyond his control, and that is the way he has looked at life, too, without fear, without worry. 1 It was reported once that Uncle Ben wast heir tn fnrnnn 1S07 George W. Crabb born in Mid IN THE DAYS NEWS daily Thaddeus Stevens, Thoraae dietown. -Noted editor in aar-rlsburtr.

Died October 17, Burrowes and Charlea B. Penrose. 2 The RL Rev. Charles H. Beck with, who today celebrates his silver Jubilee 1878.

Speaker ot the The actiona pf this mob caused riots in both 1811 Carlton B. Curtis born in New ONE YEAR AGO TODAY John A. Stewart, eminent New York TELEPHONE 5200 WILKES-BARRE Our Only Store In Wilkes-Barre is House and benate and many mem. bers narrowly escaped being mur- financier, died at the age of 104 years. dered.

as bishop of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of Alabama, ia 76 years old and a native of Virginia. After receiving his A. B. degree from the University of Georgia in 1878 he went to the Governor Ritner called for military assistance, but the Federal Govern TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS Princess Hermlne of Reusa wife of ment refused to Interfere tn a nnlltlral WM) feud. He then ordered General Rob the former German Emperor William born 40 years ago today.

Rt. Hon. William Lyon MacKenale. Lawyer, congressman, colonel in Civil War. Died in Warren.

March 17, 188. Wolle born in. Nazareth. Botanist and educator. Retired in 1881 aa head of Girl's School In Bethlehem.

1SS0 Great celebration at Columbia water waa flrat led. into canal. 1S68 Clinton Rogers Wdodrnfl born. Lawyer and Civil Service Commissioner. Resident of Fhila-.

delphla. 1SS9 Clarion Railroad incorporated. 1891 Dedication of Drexel Institute in Philadelphia. Berkeley Divinity School to prepare for a career in the church. two years he an assistant professor of mathematics ar the University of the South and from 1874 to 1S79 he was professor of mathematics at the same Institution.

Following bis ord I na prime minister of Canada, born at Kitchener, SI years asrb today. Music And Jewelry stoTesij Clinton RoKera Woodruff, a veteran worker in public welfare somewhere in It didn't bother Uncle Ben, not 'even hen the reports came thick and fast and people "wondered why that old man didn't go and claim all that money." If the fortune there, it can stay there, for all of Uncle Ben. Hell stay here. He'll stay right here in these beautiful woods that have given Ufe, full and ripe beyond the average measure that human-! He'll live his life, and you go on and live yours. -s learned how to grow very, very old and be happy.

ert Patterson of Philadelphia, commanding the First Division Pennsylvania Militia, to furnish sufficient of his troops to -quell the insurrection." Refused ammunition by the commandants of the Frankfort and Pittsburgh arsena la General Patterson was forced to issue regular militia, ammunition, which at that time was, buckshot, instead of ball cartrldgea and hence this stirring episode is! since known in history as thjo "iluck- Dor in musdeipnta, 6 years ago today. Fred M. Sackett, aentor United Statea senator from Kentuekv. born in Provi 34 SOUTH MAIN STREET 34 A HARRY MICHLOSKY, Prop: dence. R.

1., 68 yeara ao today. tion be became assistant rector of r-t. Luke's Cathedral tn Atlanta. In 1886 be went to Texas as rector of a church in Houston and that state remained the scene of his labors until his eleva-tlot to the bishopric in 1902. Bishop Beokwith ia the author of several pro- 1 found tomes on ecclesiastical subjects.

I lyrtis ti. oOO, tanioua baseball player and lonjrnanaeer of the Detroit club, born in Canks County. 41 1906 Bensalem Presbyterian Church, 200 years old, destroyed by fire. years ago. today..