i
SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE.
—Having been scratched by a pet cat, the arm
of Mrs, Annie McKinney, of Avis, Clinton coun-
| ha to be amputated. She stood the ordeal
=One thousand and forty-five miners were kill.
{ ed in Pennsylvania in 1909. There were 2,198 ac-
| cidents, a decrease of 16 per cent. from the previ-
| ous year.
—Naturally enough, the most interest
wv
Aes
ing thing about that new comet is its
tail.
—This administration seems committed
ES ———— —
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At A so oh on
—Abbott & Howells have been awarded the
contract to draw up plans and specifications for
the proposed sewer system and sewage disposal
plant of Hastings, Cambria county, by the bor-
to the establishment of postals savings STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION. i sone, mo ”
banks . wab's Bethlehem works
—The trial of architect Hustov—or| VOL. 55. BELLEFONTE, PA.. JANUARY 28, 1910. NO. A, | rn a
should we have said mis-trial—has actual- | « - . m——— apn —————————— - msn — | forging and armament of the four new Dread-
ly been begun. —h Taft as a Party Boss. Taft Punishes Rainey. ~ Bogus Investigation. It is to Laugh. pasitis 10 be eu victed at Caner. N. J., and
—The usual January thaw has PHI President TAPT has succeeded in pack-| A intelligent public will hardly be de. Fo he Johnstown Democrat. —Russell Bowman, a trapper, was killed by be-
more or less in evidence lately. The
other one is still in Matteawan.
—Why the proposition to have Mr,
ROOSEVELT run for Congress with the
idea of becoming Speaker of the House?
Isn't JOE CANNON bad as there is any use
having them.
—The higher cost of living has made
life more of a burden than ever to many
of us, yet, withal, we much prefer stag-
gering along under it to taking a short
route out of it all.
—The husky boys of State put the
Penn wrestlers to the mat on Saturday
night in a way that speaks volumes for
the salubriousness of the climate at the
point of old Nittany.
—We fear that poor little Togo will
have a tough time of it in dog Heaven.
He will hardly know how to make up with
the hordes of common curs that are
doubtless cavorting about that unknown
realm.
—Paris has had something of a flood
recently. Disease and famine are travel-
ing in its wake and considering this phase
of the trouble we reckon that we oughtto
be thankful that our flood of last [week
was no worse.
—It is beginning to look as though the
Riverside National, formerly known as
the western penitentiary, will have to in-
crease its board of directors soon. A few
more Pittsburg bankers seem to have
qualified for membership.
—The Connellsville Courier wants it
understood that “the Republicans are
running this Congress.” Waivinga de-
sire to enter into an argument with our
contemporary as to whether itis “the Re-
publicans” or a Republican, we merely
wish to assure it that we await, with in-
terest, the display of medals they will be
wearing for having done it.
of Quincy, Massachusetts, has just been
given a contract to build two warships for
the Argentine government. The competi-
tion for the work was open to all the ship
builders of the world and the fact that
our own secured it doesn't look much as
if ship subsidies were really needed to
make ship building profitable in thiscoun-
try.
—The mutual endorsement of P. H.
GHERRITY, Democrat, for overseer of the
poor, and EDWARD GEHRET, Republican,
for treasurer of the borough of Bellefonte,
by both parties, not only saves them the
annoyance of having to make a campaign
for re-election but puts the stamp of
public approval on their conduct in the
offices they have held. We congratulate
them on their good fortune, as well as
their good work.
—Notwithstanding the popularity of the
automobile and its growing adaptability
to commercial needs the number of horses
increased in the United States during the
past year by nearly a million. The aver-
age price of the horses hasincreased from
$95.64 to $108.19. The latter is probably
accounted for in part by the fact that
horse raisers everywhere have been
gradually improving their strains, though
economic laws teach us that when feed
stuffs are high the price of horses and
cattle should be low.
—Pennsylvania is threatened with a
BALLINGER-PINCHOT scandal all of her
very own. One of Prof. SURFACES under-
lings in the economic zoologist depart-
ment, has been talking too much for the
Professor and accuses him of being a lit-
tle too econemic for the good of the State.
In fact he says the Professor is so very
economic that he isusing State appliances
and State paid men on his own farm at
Mechanicsburg. However unwarranted
the charges may be they will prove a
glorious respite for the San Jose scale, for
now the voluble Professor wiil have to
turn his spraying machines on himself for
awhile to prove to the public that he
isn't infested with a parasite or fungus
deleterious to the economics of Pennsyl-
—You laboring men! You fellows who
have been voting for a tariff that protects
everything but yourselves, find out where
Detroit is then take the map and discover
that Windsor, in Canada, is just a half a
mile away from the American city. But-
ter that sells for 36cts. in Detroit sells for
28cts. in Windsor. Pork that sells for
20 in Detroit sells for 13 in Windsor.
Potatoes that cost 70 in Detroit are 65 in
Windsor and plug tobacco that costs $2.00
the pound in Detroit can be had for $1.00
in Windsor, and everything else in pro-
portion, though wages are practically the
same in both places. Does it look like
there is anything wrong? Well—but
what's the use bothering you about it.
When election time comes around again
they will close up most of the industries
just far enough in advance of it to scare
you into voting the Grand Old Party and
protection for everything but yourself
SI
“President TAFT has announced that he '; 0 po congressional committee charg:
is the leader of the Republican party,” .4 with the investigation of Secretary
writes the Washington correspondent of g,,,,vcer to some extent, at least. That
5 Philadelphia contemporary. ig 1 say he has clubbed the Republican
e has demonstrated “during the Past .,,cyq of the House of Representatives
week,” continues this keen observer of in, rejecting the choice of the Democrats
events, “that the Republican leader is ; wo i
Y person of Representative RAINEY
centered in the White House, and that .¢ppincic It was a personal matter,
Senators and Representatives who desire esti
to participate ‘in the distribution ojiosi, = ae of lew wajesle J
patronage must do as the President de- | oa ticipation in a robbery of the treasury.
sires” The Washingion correspondent Te accusation wasn't carelessly made.
of another esteemed Philadelphia con- yi hag never been disproved. One of the
temporary tells of a conference which the | ;,ggeq of the United States court has de-
President recently had with Senators PEN- | qjared that there was ample ground for
oh SRE Re
cording to this writer the President “took for interfering. with te work of
them into his study and kept them there | ap. paongy's charge was that a syndi-
until they promised him that they would cate of frenzied financiers, including the
eto that a postal banks lawis passed | pr ther of President TAFT and the brothe
at this session.” .in- i >
This is executive encroachment run a re att ERdeez
mad. The government of the United | pronch Panama canal for a nominal sum
States is composed of three equal and co | yn gold them to the government of the
ordinate branches each entirely independ- | (;i00q States for $40,000,000, pocketing
ent of the others. The traditions of the | ye profits, For publication of the state-
country have established an unwritten 1aW | jen; President ROOSEVELT had the New
against the encroachment by one upon | yor World and the Indianapolis News
the prerogatives of the others. The ,. 0 uted for libel. Nearly two years
|
ceived by the false pretenses of investi-
gating the causes of the high cost of liv-
ing that have been announced so numer- |
ously. It is not the purpose of those who |
have plunged into this pool of inquiry, as
a rule, to reveal the causes of high prices.
With the exception of that instituted by
Governor HARMON, of Ohio,it may be said
that all the investigationsof this kind are
the auspices of Representative MOORE, of
Philadelphia, for example, was undertak-
ento head off a real investigation. The
congressional machine simply used Mr.
MOORE to forestall a movement which
meant something.
Every man gifted with even an atom of
intelligence knows the reasons for the
present high prices of the necessaries of |
life. Primarily the tariff tax is responsi- |
ble. That vicious "mother of trusts” |
creates a path of roses upon which mo- |
nopoly rides to the result. The Repub!
lican party fosters these iniquitous com-
binations and burdens the public in order |
that they shall have abundant profits out |
of which to contribute corruption funds
for future campaigns. The HAMPTON
MOORE congressional committee and all |
It is with considerable amusement one
Jade the articles in the Saturday Even-
reactionary ot t Talt od te
congressmen
mailing rates for second class mail matter.
Itis to laugh when we remember how
that same advised its subscribers
giles
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r
thus mildly insinuating that there is graft
founders of the Republic held this danger
as the greatest menace to the perpetuity
of the government and earnestly advised
against it. The opportunities for such |
usurpations have always been present.
Congress might easily cripple the execu-
tive by refusing to provide, by appropria-
tion, the funds necessary for administra-
tion. The judicial department might
easily encroach upon the others by the
process of interpretation of laws. But
until recently no such crimes against the |
government were attempted. Each de-
partment fulfilled its own mission.
Of late, however, a different order has
been intruding itself into the affairs of
the government. The executive depart-
| be convicted. In other words the thought-
have elapsed and neither of the defend-
ants have been convicted. It is a safe
conjecture that neither of them ever will
ful people of the country believe that the
charges are true.
But Mr. RAINEY'S presence on the coms
mittee to investigate BALLINGER was not
objected to on that account. That is
only the ostensible reason given to fool
the public. Mr. RAINEY is persona non
grata in this case because he has a habit
of investigating thoroughly and is one of
the keenest lawyers inthe country. When
he heard about the Panama scandal he
went to Paris and Panama and probed
the charge to the bottom before he ut-
ment is no longer content with its con- | ered a word on the subject. Having
stitutional prerogatives. It has “policies” | , artained the facts, however, he reveal-
which it aims to force through Congress | oq them in a speech in Congress and the
and the immediate predecessor of the ,.cygeq were compelled to take notice.
present President lectured the courts like |
adverse to his President TAFT | ame thoroughness and the administra:
has not invaded the courts, thus far, but | 55, doesn't want that. Whitewash rather
he has out-ROOSEVELT-ed ROOSEVELT in p.. ¢icts is the order.
hectoring Congress. In the case in point, |
according to one of the correspondents
quoted, he “didn’t make an appeal” to the ,
three Senators whom he held inhis study |
Bad for Ship Subsidies.
A Massachusetts shipbuilding company
has secured the contract to build two
until they promised him the legislation he
wanted. On the contrary “he was so
mandatory toward them that they never
had a chance to defend themselves.”
What would WEBSTER or CLAY or SHER-
MAN have done under such circumstances?
The Capitol Grafters.
Nearly four years ago WiLiam H.
BERRY, then State Treasurer, surprised
the State by asserting that frauds had
been perpetrated in the construction and
furnishing of the new capitol at Harris-
burg. In a speech delivered at Erie, he
declared that the expenditures had
reached nearer ten than the four and a
half million dollars appropriated by the
Legislature and that the difference repre-
sented graft. During the campaign of
1906 this was the issue and the Republi-
can candidate for Governor, expressing
doubts as to the charges, pledged himself
to the punishment of the criminals, if
the accusations were proven. One of
these cases is on trial in the Dauphin
county courts at this time.
While the Republican candidate for
Governor was pledging himself and his
party to the prosecution and punishment
of any grafters in connection with the
construction and furnishiug of the capi-
tol, the WATCHMAN predicted that in
the event of the election of the Republi-
can ticket there would be no punishment
Since that event MATHUES and SANDER-
soN have died and the others have evaded
the processes of the -law. We take it,
therefore, that the pending prosecution of
architect Huston will prove a farce.
The State was robbed of something
like $9,000,000 as the result of a conspir-
acy in which those convicted, HUSTON,
CasseLL and the then Governor, were con-
cerned. Every consideration of justice
But the exi- | in naval construction and all other forms
! battleships, of the dreadnaught type, for
| the Argentine Republic, at the aggregate
| cost of $23,000,000. The competition for
| this award was open to the whole world
and though European builders had the
| advantage of cheaper labor, if that is an
| advantage, and untaxed raw materials,
« the American concern was able to secure
| the work. The superior skill and intel
ligence of our mechanics and the higher
. standard of our machinery, compensates
for the differences in wages, according to
i the estimate of these successful bidders.
, Nobody has anything on this country if
| self-reliance and courage is asserted.
| In view of these facts what excuse is
| there for legislation providing for ship
. subsidies? There is the bargain between
| the late Senator MARK HANNA and the
ship trust made during the campaign of
1896, of course, which commercial honor
requires to be fulfilled. The shipbuilding
| trust supplied Mr. HANNA, who was at the
time chairman of the Republican National
committee, with vast sums for use in de-
bauching the ballot. Legally such a cor-
rupt bargain is a nullity. But most of
the bargains made by Mr. HANNA during
that campaign, including that with the
Mormon church, were legally outlawed.
But the others were fulfilled and the
polygamists of Utah are still enjoying
representation in the Senate.
‘This bargain, however, involves a waste
of vast amountsof public money and thus
| the Presidency, however, they have taken
on new courage in iniquity. The Presi-
| dent has given the scheme his endorse-
! ment and the others had fully determined
| to put it through. This development of
the strength of local shipbuilders is some-
| what embarrassing, therefore. It indicates
| that there is no need for ship subsidies,
and proves that such legislation is simply
a wanton waste of money. It shows,
| moreover, that with sane maritime legis.
! lation this country could beat the world
of shipbuilding. _______
absolved from punishment and these con. | ——The meat boycott may cause loss |
siderations are more important than | to local butchers here and there and
those ofthe public. CASSELL was ac- | force some worthy citizens into bank- |
quitted though the evidence of his guilt | ruptcy but it can hardly achieve any re-
was stronger than that upon which SNY- | sults in the direction of cheapening pro-
DER, MATHUES and SHUMAKER were con- | ducts. The meat trast will simply put
victed. Whether or not HUSTON will be | another bolt on the cold storage house
convicted is a problem yet to be solved, and let the meat alone until it is
but whether he willor not, it is asafeguess called for at prices which recom
that he will never be punished. The ma- pense for The remedy is in
the delay.
chine managers don’t dare fulfill the law. the ballot box rather than the boycott.
the other committees directed by the
Republican machine will strive to confuse
the evidence in order to conceal these
facts. But they will fool only the unthink-
ing fools.
If RooseveLT had proceeded in a ra-
tional way, five years ago, there would
not be a lawless trust in the country to-
day. The way to stop trust lawlessness
is to prosecute in the criminal courts and
didn’t pursue that course. It would have
deprived some of his intimate and confi-
dential friends of personal liberty. There-
fore he preferred to harangue the coun-
try on “malefactors of great wealth” and
divide the proceeds of their operations
among his friends. Cutting the tariff rate
will cut the teeth of the trusts and bring
prices down to the normal level created
———————
——We were misled by © usually ac-
curate Philadelphia contemporary into
the statement, last week, that Jon E. Sion PRY Sh T
STOTT, who was secretary of the Board of . there is going
Public Grounds and Buildings during the | likely that the
period in which the treasury was being | With countries that follow a
policy
looted by the capitol building conspira- | Shn® lke OUE CW 1 bir. io
tors, had since died. Mr. STOTT is not
dead. When the public conscience drove levies only a small revenue tariff, and is
him into seclusion he was given a snug a free
place in the office of the Auditor General
and has occupied it ever since without
missing a pay day.
maintains a vigorous ve
, policy and also certain monopolies and
su
:
One Source of Corruption.
We cordially concur in the recommenda: | what we charge on
tions of State Treasurer SHEATZ that | other lands, we challenge and antagonize
what is known as “continuing appropria- | the Germans. For what we still continue
tions” be discontinued. It has been the | to buy from them ourselves would pay
: the tariff, a of the cost of “war.
custom, Treasurer SHEATZ declares, since | would feel our big stick not in tariff
the administration of Governor HAST- | payments, but in the of exports
INGS, to carry from one year to another, | to this country, and it would be only hu-
the unexpended balances of appropria- | A a yn
tions for specific purposes. This custom, | tively strike back.
Mr. SHEATZ adds, is a source of profligacy ar is hell,” said General Sherman.
and corruption. Whether that be true or | Now how about tariff war?
not, it is certainly a public danger and a! zhting Extortion
Poplar menses. WHon Hose in CRISS | i
of works find themselves with a balance *™om ip .
on hand, they are more than likely to ex- | The Heat Bovsukt {6 pIOdusng Luni,
pend it in one way or another. I Sasa »
) Ay | meat wherever it hes been employed a5 2
During the period of unrestrained ring | weapol to fight aging . Choice
has been offered
TD the co re or = at ten cents a
;
£
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: Milwaukee, and the wholesale
of 1905, it was the custom to make ex- has decreased fifteen cents
¥
an order of Moose, both for the men, the city are still “corrupt and contented.”
women might get busy and institute an The contractors’ combine had everything
order of Doe in the community- its own way in nearly all parts of the city.
to | Benson set up the alibi thit he was
ing caught under a falling tree near Boswell, Som-
erset county. A searching party came across the
body. He evidently had chopped down a tree
and it had caught on another. He was picking up
his effects when it dislodged and feli on him.
—After swallowing a two-ounce vial of carbolic
acid at Matthew's livery stable at Johnstown, Ho-
mer Dorney, of South Fork, died on the way to a
hospital. Heis believed to have been despond-
ent over domestic troubles. He was a well known
division foreman of the Pennsylvania railroad.
~Mrs. William Madera, of Yeagertown, Mif-
flin county, shot at her husband four times after
she had followed him to the home of Mrs. Maude
Stringfellow and missed killing or injuring him
merely on account of her poor markmanship.
Four bullets are said to have whizzed close to the
man's head.
—Kenyon & Hart, the Clearfield contractors,
have received the contract for the construction of
the Methodist church at Brookville, at a cost of
$60,000, They recently finished a $30,000 grocery
house contract at Punxsutawney for the Lauder-
bach-Barber company and now are constructing
a large packing house at Butler.
—Agents of the Guggenheim-Morgan combine
of bituminous cosl concerns are working in Som-
erset county. There are four of themiand one
has announeed that they are trying to secure op-
tions on the Penwood Coal company, near Rock-
wood and the Enterprise, South Side and Hocking
mines, all near Garrett. These plants represent
an acreage of 7,000 acres but the agents declare
that they are only beginning their task.
~Register and Recorder W. T. DeHass, of
Clearfield county, received the modest little re-
quest from a Lock Haven woman for all the infor®
mation he could find on his books concerning the
Williams family. “I am interested in the Wil-
and he would give her access to the books.
—*Guilty of murder in the second degree," was
F the verdict rendered at Brookville, Jefferson coun-
ty, in the trial of William Jones, accused of mur-
dering his wife on August 6, 1908. Mrs. Minnie
Kunselman, aged seventeen, the man's daughter,
was the witness who convicted him. She kept
the secret of the alleged murder for a year be-
cause she said her father threatened her with
death if she confessed what she knew. The
consumed nearly all last week.
failed to agree and was discharged.
Rey Lr A a to investigate. This he
& fi 4 vi
son's where he said he was at the
time in question.
~The farmers and dairymen of the country dis-
tricts that supply Altoona and the other towns of
Blair county with milk will be busy for the next
few weeks cleaning up their stables and milk
ne :
* | houses and making the alterations necessary to
comply with the health regulations. This activi-
ty on the part of the dairymen is in preparation
for the milk inspection that will be made in the
near future by Health Officer T. G. Herbert. In
order to check the annual outbreaks of typhoid
fever the health authorities last fall planned an
extensive inspection of all farms and dairy places
in Blair, Bedford and Huntingdon counties that
supply milk to the city. Such a cleaning up
might not be out of placa in Centre county.
—Another child, the twenty-ninth, has come to
bless the home of Cliarles Porta, an Altoona heat-
er, who was congratulated by Roosevelt, and re-
quested to send one of his photos for the private
cabinet of the anti-race suicide celebrities main-
tained by the president when he was a dweller in
the White House. The latest arrival is a boy, and
is the pride of his fond father. Mr. Porta, whois
85, is a native of Germany, but has lived in Altoo-
na many years. His first wife bore him thirteen
children, eleven of whom are living. His second
wife has given birth to sixteen, nine of whom are
living. Of the family of twenty, fifteen are boys
and five girls. Six of the children are married
and between them have twenty-four children.
—Attorney General Todd has given the State
Game Commission an opinion confirming its right
to sell the guns taken from foreigners in any way
it pleases—wholesale, retail, privately, at auction,
or in any old way. Governor Stuart suggested to
the Commission that it had better get such an
opinion and then it would be done correctly. Sec-
retary Kalbfus, of the State Game Commission,
has in his possession, taken from foreigners,
about 100 double-barrelled guns and 250 single-
barrelled guns of all sizes, shapes and condltions
Some of them are good and most of them arenot
worth anything at all. A number of bids have
been received for them as a whole, but the Com-
mission will wait until there are more bids in be
fore making sale.
George Xunkel for a week and attracted much at-
tention because of the testimony showing
—Fire of an unknown origin practically
out the plant of the Mann Edge Tool
Brown and Water streets, at Lewistown, on
day. The fire was first discovered in
ter shop and quickly spread to the
where it was fed by the turpentines and
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