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BY P. GRAY MEEK.
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—They are making high altitudes at
the New York aviation meet this week,
but just wait and see Mr. STIMSON go up
next Tuesday.
—Take it from us. There is no chance
of electing Mr. BERRY next Tuesday. It
will be either TENER or GRIM and the
victory can be wrested from TENER if the
Democrats vote solidly for GRIM.
—Is it Judge ORvis or councilman
HARPER who has a right to bz mad at
the blunder the Philadelphia Inquirer
made on Tuesday, when it published the
former's picture and gave it the latter's
name? -
—Don't forget that we have a very
able man running for State Senator. He
will be elected if you all vote for him. If
not the district will have a Senator in
Harrisburg of whom you might not be
overly proud.
—Don’t be scared if they tell you that a
panic will come if you vote the Democratic
ticket. Ask them who brought the pan-
ic in 1907 and whether they ever knew of
a time before that when business condi-
tions were worse.
—While it is certainly true that Mr.
RUDOLF BLANKENBERG is one of “the very
eminent and respectable” residents of
Philadelphia it must be just as certainly
true that his eminence isn't founded on
his political perspicacity.
—No, dear reader, it is not true that
AL DALE is to bedeputy Attorney General
in the event of BERRY'S election but we
have heard W. MiLes WALKERS name
mentioned in connection with the office
of State Insurance Commissioner.
—We trust that the Democrats of Cen-
tre county will make every effort to get
to the polls next Tuesday. Any material
falling off in our vote will result in
diminishing the number of delegates the
county will be given in the next State
convention.
—The argument that bases itself on
the fact that Mr. BERRY lifted the lid in
the state treasury is argument for the
Democracy and not for Mr. BErrY. The |
Democracy put him in the office and any
other Democrat who might have been
chosen for that office would have done
the same thing,
—If Miss GERALDINE FARRAR will kindly
tell us whether she really used the word
she wanted to use when she said she
“never knew a Duke who was wortha
ding” we will be better able to give her
the credit that is due such an expression |
of good sense in the matter of marrying
titled foreigners.
—Indiana, Ohio, New York, New Jersey
and probably Connecticut and Massachu-
setts will go Democratic next Tuesday.
Pennsylvania will do the same thing if
every Democrat votes the ticket. Are
you going to be one who will help keep
the State out of such a great procession
of progressiveness.
—If reports be true as to the vandalism
that was indulged in at The Pennsylvania
State College on Hallowe'en there are
some boys there who should finish their
course at Huntingdon. Such practices
necessarily proclaim the coarseness of
their authors, but they reflect on the in-
stitution and the hundreds of REAL col-
lege men who are there as well.
—If the distinguished district attorney |
of Centre county really did tell WILLIAM
KESSINGER to “lick” his wife when she
wouldn't do what he wanted her to, as
he testified on Tuesday, he must have
known that she was not capable of fight-
ing back, for we know that Mr. RUNKLE
has a most wholesome respect for the
prowess of an “able bodied woman.”
—If the Independent voter in this
State is really serious there is only one
candidate for whom he can vote with a
thought of being consistent and that can-
didate is Mr. GRIM. Mr. TENER is unfit
and Mr. BERRY means nothing. The cnly
claim for his candidacy is morality in pol-
itics, yet Mr. GRIM’s record on that score
surpasses that of Mr. BERRY. Besides this
Mr. GRiM's election would be a warning
to those tariff sharks in Congress who
have put the cost of living out of all pro- |
portion to the common income.
—This is the way the Philadelphia
Public Ledger, the old conservative Re-
publican paper of that city, put it in its
leading editorial on Wednesday: “Loy
al Republicans in other States are not
afraid to vote for a Democratic candidate
to discipline and clarify their own party
leadership. They feel that they may
serve their party and the national Ad-
ministration vastly better than by either
actively or passively promoting the elec-
tion of unfit candidates.” The Ledger is
advocating the election of GRIM.
—While we haven't much confidence in
it as long as tariffs are revised upward,
instead of downward, yet because it has
a ray of hope for the most of us we give
publicity to a prediction of PATRICK CuD-
AHY, the millionaire meat packer, of
Milwaukee, that the price of meat will
fall ten per cent and that of pork twenty-
five within the next year. Of course it
will be a long time to wait for that steak
or sausage that so many of us are no
longer able to buy now, but if there is
anything in this prediction it will be a |
happy day for the meatless dinnerpail
when it comes true.
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OL. 35,
The Pending Campaign.
“BELLEFONTE, PA
| would leave him 262,500 and his fifteen
ty cxmpigntvgiacteiy eve Tiare | er 150 em thc Epica 2
will be meetings here and there through- | .,. malority over TENER,
out the State today. tomorrow and Mon- | ~ puppy's vote will be just what he picks.
day and the candidates wil! continue their | up. There is no nucleus to build upon |
efforts until the last moment. The most | core was no Keystone party before |
important work of all, that of getting out |, } 16 dozen gentl of Philadelphia |
the vote on Tuesday, remains to be per- gent amen : |
formed, however. aor, | assemble in that city 20d appolated dd. |
rt hr ruptuts Ialicioat, | [Stes from all pies of the State to al
‘convention which nominated him. He
However cles the Shyu TOE | ve vad epectators, Seton, be
campaign committees may have applied | youd the twenty-five per cent. of the Re,
ares fue coral wig be arsaprolut. |LiMisan vote which is 158281 and oe
ing unless the vote is polled on Tuesday _ 87,500, making a total of less than
and if the full straight Democratic vote 213.000. He may get a few Socialists and
is polled a most glorious victory will be :
The excellent tes of Anarchists, of course, but they are a neg-
ow eved. aaticporty will eS ga- tly ligible quantity in Pennsylvania and will
. Des os the victory will be as endur- . not make BERRY a possible winner.
ing as it will be complete.
In many respects the campaign just
closing has been an extraordinary one. |
At its opening the conditions were most |
auspicious. Three special congressional
elections had shown the trend of public
sentiment surging toward Democracy.
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Only One of Three Entirely Clean.
During the campaign now drawing to a
close the Republican candidate for Gov-
| ernor has been accused of participating
| in swindling operations and his defense
lis lame and impotent. He declares he
The harty secmed to be entirely har. | didn't intend to swindle and didn't know
| monious and unusually militant and hope- | that the transactions with which he was
ful. When the convention to nominate | associated were of that character. Most
our ticket met in Allentown in June there | criminals could set up the same claim.
wasn't a Democrat in the broad Com. | Few men have. deliberately embezzled
monwealth who wasn't confident of vic. | funds and probably no banker has ever
tory impending. The convention was | looted the vaults of money that belonged |
composed of delegates elected by the | to others without fully intending to make |
popular vote of the people, earnest in restitution. Disappointed in expecta-
their desire to select lar and capabl | tions, however, their criminal acts are
eir desire to select popular anc Capave | nately revealed and they are con-
| candidates. The proceedings of the body |
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| were orderly and harmonious. The re-| demned under the law. If hopes had been
| sult of its deliberations ought to have! ly there would have been no ex-
th h ) :
Be Scape tothe wuibie ol ned party. | The Keystone candidate for Governor
bers of it accept the work of its repre- bes ligewise been solo Fuistionaile
sentatives, in convention assembled, as Ban Serasions. ved oe Sas >
binding upon them as individuals. If] AY Fe . 3 Songerpan fu
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there are two or three or five candidates epiracy. He incre the State t
in his bank from $200,000 to $700,000 and
for sheriff of any county the nomination
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is without value unless all those defeated | Closed iis vin to 1he'® tion ‘of
' money due the State for interest on the
acquiesce in the result of the vote and
give their support to the man chosen. In| GG :
: : | capitol building funds amounting to many
fact there is an unwritten but absolutely tho ds of dollars. If Mr. BERRY'S
binding moral obligation on all who enter | with z to cuterprists in which
into competition for a nomination to’
candidate W t he was concerned had been fulfilled proba-
SUppOIt fhe £7 2 who has sue bly those things would not have happen. |
oust. i viey 0, ine Shey Hind ‘ed. If he had not been disappointed in |
which they profess allegiance, which is ome of his enterprises the GuFFEY loan |
} ett 1 in the phrase “majority rule.” | would have been paid at maturity, no
| The candidate for office who will not obey | doubt, and nobody would have ever known |
| that obligation will respect no pledge. that his collateral was practically worth-
| After the adjournment of the Allen- il
| town convention the defeated candidate
{ for the nomination for Governor freely |
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| acknowledged his obligation to his suc- |
cessful competitor. The manager of his | under the rays of the searchlight, is
| campaign for the nomination moved that | WEBSTER Grim, the candidate of the
: | Democratic party and the nominee of the
% | Allentown convention. Wealth has never
unanimous and every delegate who voted | . A .
| for him in the convention assented to the | been sufficiently alluring to him to mis.
lo ition. But within a fortnight from ! lead him into dubious operations or ques-
| the time of adjournment both of them Honelie transactions. He has pursued
| were canvassing the State to organize a even tenor of his way, earning the
ti : d _ just reward of his labors and wisely hus-
repudiation of their expressed and im banding his resources. Noman can point |
the finger of suspicion against WEBSTER
Grim. Noshadow of crime envelopes his |
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The only candidate for Governor whose
record is unassailable, the only candidate
of the three whose reputation is safe
| the nomination of his competitor be made
{ plied pledges. That provesthat they are
| either moral perverts or mental delin- |
| quents. No man has ever entertained a | “is cl Yonmd 4
| doubt or raised a question as to their in- | PETS0™ ean as a hound's tooth,” |
| tellectual soundness. The other horn of | his life is worthy of emulation and his |
| the dilemma is the alternative. record is radiant in honorable achieve- |
| The Republican candidate is both {rent. |
| morally and mentally unfit for the office. |
| The election of such a man on any ticket alas : : aj
to the office of Governor of Pennsylvania ' The “Coinel” is having the time of his
‘would be a public shame and disgrace. | life. He has not only undertaken toboss |
|If W. H. Berry had acquiesced in the the politics of New York but he is try- |
| result of the Allentown convention there | ing to run the party affairs of all the oth-
| would be no danger of this humiliation, | ef States. In Kansas his policies mean |
| The united voice of the better element of °° thing and in Massachusetts another. |
i parties would have overwhelmed | He is an Insurgent in Indiana and a
| him at the polls. But Mr. BERRY'S moral stand-patter in Connecticut. In fact he
recreancy has put this result in jeopardy. | 8 consistent only in one thing. He is
His candidacy has divided the vote of the | °PPosed to tiie candidates of the Demo.
opposition to the PENROSE machine and | Fatie party inall sections and under all |
made the election of a speculator in wild | Circumstances. His antipathy to Judge |
cat securities and bogus enterprises pos | BALDWIN, of Connecticut, and Dr. Wi. |
sible. Mr. Berry has deliberately put | 30% Of New Jersey, is quite as incapable |
himself in the hands of party pirates to | 8 his enmity against CHARLES F. MUR.
be used as an instrument to prostitute PHY, of Tammany Hall is intense.
the Commonwealth. i But the “"Coinel” is learning the evil of |
There is a chance, of course, that this | having “too many irons in the fire.” |
conspi between Mr. BERRY and Sena. | Some of them are burning and all of
acy 4 | them are in Of destuenion, He |
tor PENROSE will be defeated. In other
a unhndly (hats eWficiess | ght have Dilied DEVERIBOS, of Ingiips,
number of Democrats will perform their attention to that task. Itis even i
civic duty to elect WEBSTER GRIM. There ble that he could have saved LODGE, of
Massachsetts, if he hadn't diverted his
are 450,000 Democrats in Pennsylvania. efforts to the work of dafeating WILSON
The average vote of the party in the last i; New Jersey. He couldn’t have carried
fifteen years has been 350,000. Even if New York under any ci
our admirable candidate should lose | AXhat hogs eyes is sin x ould
twenty-five per cent. of that total his elec- | : more respectable figure
tion is easily ible. The av Re- | fight if he had concentrated his efforts
publican vote for Governor in the last six |
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We see nothing to regret, however, in
elections was 500,937. Of this total Mr. | the fact that the “Coinel age made an
TeNER is likely to lose twenty-five per | Tt he hadn't § a
cent. in citizens who will not vote at all, uth have happened in 1912. That
which will reduce his aggregate to 375,938. | he is a candidate for another term in the
It is a safe estimate that he will lose | Presidency admits of no doubt. That his
twenty-five per cent. of what is left to | PUPOSe was to Mexicanize the govern- |
Mr. Berry, further reducing his total to Ment is equally was an ho Tons bis of his
281,756. Just as certain as fate he will
| popularity had had patience to |
| lose fifteen per cent. of the remainder to | Wait a year Se two Bis popularity would |
Mr. GRis, reducing his total further to | have contin ut even hero-worship-
: can get too much of a thing and |
less than 236,000. The twenty-five per RoosEVELT has disgusted every . He
cent loss on GRiM's Democratic vote | is “a dead duck in the pond.” '
STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION.
. NOVEMBER 4. 1910.
Causes of the Evil. Insurgent Cummins Leans Backward.
The high cost of living is attributable | From the Chicago Record-Herald.
to two things and the Republican party | TC apecchof Senator Cumm@e 2, this
is responsible for both. The principal | the most 1
cause of the high prices of the necessa- |
ries of life is the tariff. It enables g- |
mestic producers to regulate prices at
level which just about equals the cost
production abroad, the cost of carriage |
to this country and the amount of
tariff tax. This is the most atrocious of ', i. .iff for revenue for
all forms of taxation because while it. Having made
takes tribute from the people it provides the “regulars”
no revenue for the government. Itis . loyalty to party,
simply taxing the masses in order to ve. | FoEvIa
stow unearned bounties upon the classes 'ed
from which campaign contributions are effect
drawn. But it enhances the prices to the Many
extent of the tariff tax on every commod- |
ity included in the tariff schedules.
The other agency in increasing thecost
of living is the profligacy in the adminis- |
tration of the National and State govern- | carvers fancy
ments. Within little more than a dose, ord er ht ir, '
years the cost of the government at carried away an
Washington has been doubled and the enthutisim for party
appropriations now exceed a billion dol- | i; the Repu
lars a year. This increased cost of gov- | wished to emphasize.
ernment is an increased charge upon the | crats, should
people who pay it. It comes out of their | Commits, Snot he 1
. i con
earnings quite as certainly as the cost of | the Repub his
the family clothing and shelter. It |oric and admit \ayeration many
amounts to five hundred million dollars a | sound, excellent statesmanlike men in
year and even if our population is 90,- Detfiocrg He party in enced ats ot the Har.
000,000 it amounts to a tax of five dol- Be
lars each on every man, woman and child rr
in the country. Added to the necessary Mr. Tener’s Sorry Plight.
tax burdens, such as are required to | From the Pittsburg Post.
maintain local governments and schools, he sponsor of Joh EB Bo
it becomes intolerable. No people can | FOOTXON LOREENIE UC Final libel suit
endure it long.
that it ight fore him off the ticket,
The remedy for this ruinous condition | when Mr. himself had failed dso
lies in voting out of power the party re-
sponsible for it. Profligacy has become |. Cot al oh
the settled policy of the Republican party. pitiable pi than 3, Tener
jetty core of a biased Philadelphi
tra
It can no more get away from its record
He enrolled himself
and traditions than a leopard can get rid
of its spots. So long as the Republican
nesses. Or, he denied ever having been
the associate of crooks, without ng
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the
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over into
wonder what Rayner will
As for the independent,
party is in control of the government at
Washington the building of useless battle-
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ships will continue, the increase of the | the important word “known.” His own
| admissions showed with boom
army will go on, all other profligacies will | oc ie not in flower at least in
ted and national bankruptcy | anteed to germinate. Only
will become inevitable. If the paity is de- | ago he sold some insurance company
feated these evils will be checked at once ' stock and couldn't recall the amount re.
. A , ceived, or anything else.
and ultimately discontinued. The expen- “po h OF SNYE swear he owned a dollar
ses of the government will be reduced to | in the fake scheme when made
legitimate proportions and the difference | president and drawing two months’ pay
between the high and low figures will e- 3¢ Sac Tig Chri Raker Sh,
main in the pockets of the people. | poration itself was worth a cent when it
The time to make this change is next certified to $2,000,000 of non-assessable
Tuesday. The State and Congressional | stock. Under Judge Gordon's scavifving
elections bear alike upon these questions ' CrUSs examination, Mr. Tener sain plead-
and if the Republican. party is defeated $310psecf memory aso the sl impor
in Pennsylvania next Tuesday it will be Chrisman, called upon him in Washington,
destroyed forever. The next President where he was jumping thro! the tariff
will be a Democrat in any event but the hoop held by Pennsylvania's Senators.
: | We will return to the subject again.
Democrats of Pennsylvania ought to be | nooo Pennsylvania want such a man as
in position to share in the glory and the | chief executive?
benefits of that achievemen
Berry is Indifferent to the Law.
Roosevelt and Hearst.
From Harper's Weekly.
; | Was Roosevelt disa
Mr. BERRY failed to file an account of expected turn in the
“iis expenses as a candidate for the Dem- jective alias? gi
ocratic nomination for Governor, but: WO venture
i AL i teous self consciousness? All seems
that fact does not disturb him in the | {acu oo the true status, at the
least. He failed to file an account of his | present moment, of Hearst himself. Is
expenses as a candidate for” the nomina- fe a crook? Tia is £ihe uastion. If he
tion of the Keystone party, but he is we spurn him. early under-
equally indifferent to that fact. The act | Deauise he js 3 domaagoge 8 demageEn
of Assembly to “regulate nomination and = because he is a gent or to a hobble skirt
election expenses,” is plain and manda- because it is a hobble skirt, but if ne or
tory on the subject but Mr. BERRY do esn't | it is not on the level, we dine alone. If
care a rap. It disqualifies him from Hearst can show that he can deliver the
. goods, we shall treat him as a Coxe; if
holding the office even if elected, but for not, asa Lorimer. Our position, though
obvious reasons Mr. BERRy doesn’t mind | subject, as usual, to and
gross
misrepresentation, is perfectly
inted by the un-
airs of his
that. His candidacy may serve its pur- po bi re i Xe
pose, nevertheless. | every form. We make no distinction be-
The act in question approved March 5,
1906, provides as follows: “Every candi-
date for nomination at any primary elec-
tion, caucus or convention, whether nom-
inated thereat or not, shall, within fifteen ork ce ty vot ii
days after the same was held, if the Step into open we meet
amount received or expended shall ex- them cheek by jowl and cinch "em.
ceed the sum of fifty dollars, file a full, Why “Jim” Was There.
true and detailed account, subscribed and en
: From the Washington Observer.
sworn or affirmed to by him, before an It was of course mast
officer authorized to administer oaths, james P. Mulvihill should
“Republican
tween the poor and the rich. All coons
look alike to us when they appear as
‘ grim of corruption. Let those
who take the other side, those who up-
hol( crookedness and corruption—in bus-
iness or in politics, we care not which—
setting forth each and every sum of mon- | of the isaders summoned by
3 : Penrose to when Tener was
ey contributed, received or disbursed by | ba: .
him for election expenses, the date of : ’
contriontion. ipt and dist roe. | [0 ie Narth American charges. Mv
He made him
ment, the name of the person from whom | He Congteseimian by thie: ssc of
received or to whom paid, and the object | money collected from breweries
: and liquor dealers. Mulvihill is also largely
or purpose for which the same was gis responsible for Penrose and Tener was
bursed. to be made Governor because Mulvihill
The penalty for failure to make such wanted him. Therefore when Tener was
return is set forth in another section of in trouble it was most fitting that Jim
tn same ow. Tt shat be sntewl to Mal tid be cll ts help him
administer the oath of office to any per- ' frauds and was also in court but
son elected to any public office,” unless Brads an a a
he has filed an account as required by idate for certainly
said act, but that doesn’t worry Mr. BER-
RY. He knows he can't be elected any-
way and that his only purpose in running
for Governor is to defeat the Democrat-
ic candidate and elect the puppet of the
PENROSE machine, and if Democrats and
good citizens of other parties, in sufficient
number, will vote for him that purpose
will be subserved whether he has com-
D. CLarence GisoNY and Doctor REED.
Of course their coming to Bellefonte on
the Sabbath will mean political work of
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SPAWLS
FROM THE KEYSTONE.
~When W. A. Light, of Marietta, came to dis-
sect a large radish taken from his garden, he was
amazed to find enclosed therein a pair of pincers
lost fifty years ago.
—~James A. Wensel, who has been clerk to the
commissioners of Clinton county. has resigned
that position and accepted that of cashier of a
new state bank at Avis.
~The people of Reading celebrated Tubercu-
losis Day to such good effect a little time ago that
they have been able to hand over to the sanato-
rium the sum of $9,830,74.
—Isaac Davis, aged 74 years, of Ebensburg,
committed suicide Saturday moming last by
hanging himself in his chicken coop. He had
been despondent because of ill health.
—Thieves who regard neither God nor man
stole the automobile of the Rev. Dr. Maitland
Alexander, pastor of the First Presbyterian
church of Pittsburg, last Sunday night, while the
reverend gentleman was preaching.
put to work to earn their board and lodging.
~The workingmen of Pennsylvania are laugh-
ing at Greenawalt’s sensational “strike order” for
election day. Some of them will follow their
usual custom of taking a half holiday then, but
it will not be because Greenawalt ordered them
to take a whole day off.
—A colony of honey bees took up their resi-
dence in the belfry of the Lutheran church at
Mill Creek, Huntingdon county, last spring, and
arecent peep at the result of their summer's
labors leads the janitor to believe there are at
least 100 pounds of honey ready for harvest-
ing.
—Fred Dennison, a lumberman of Jenner town-
ship, Somerset county, was recently convicted in
the courts of that county of maintaining a public
nuisance in the shape of a road engine. He was
sentenced to six months in prison and to pay the
costs of prosecution. In addition he was fined
$200.
—John Mountain and his two children were
burned to death early Saturday in the burning of
their home at Alexandria. He had escaped but
came back and sacrificed his life in an endeavor
to save the children. He was 55 years of age. The
wife and mother escaped, The origin of the
fire is not known.
—At the moment that thieves had gathered up
alot of valuables in the residence of W. J.
Mitchell, Pittsburg, early Sunday morning, the
lady of the house, troubled by a bad dream, fell
from her bed to the floor. The noise frightened
the robbers and they ran, leaving all their booty
behind them, except $25 in money.
—Dr. S. H. Gump, of Bedford, has picked from
his orchard in Napier township so far this sea-
son over 4,000 bushels of apples. The fruit is
being stored with the exception of about 800
bushels which were sold. From the smaller and
damaged apples Mr. Gump has made over 100
barrels of cider, which will be cured for vine-
gar.
—Clothed in fine garments from which laundry
marks and other means of identification had been
carefully removed the body of a girl baby several
weeks old, was discovered on Sunday wrapped in
abundle on a lot near Sixty-third and Market
streets in West Philadelphia. Marks on the
child's neck indicated that she had been stran-
"| gled.
—Emil Winter, president of the Workingman's
Saving Bank and Trust company of Allegheny,
was on Saturday sentenced to pay a fine of $500
and the costs of prosecution by Judges Thomas
D. Carnahan and Joseph M. Swearingen, follow-
ing his plea of nolo entered on a
charge of bribery made during the councilmanic
scandal invetigation of last spring.
—A test well for oil is being drilled in Benezette
township, Elk county, on the lands belonging to
a Williamsport man. Last week at a depth of
1,300 feet they struck a showing of pure oil, but
it is arranged to send the drill down further. It
is thought oil in paying quantities will be struck
at adepth of 1,700 feet, but if not the drilling
will be continued to the Bradford sand, which at
that point lies 2,800 feet below the surface.
—For the first time in the history of Cambria
county, death has cheated the gallows. William
Williams, jr.. slayer of Mrs. Jennie Pringle in
Johnstown, Sept. 10, died Wednesday midnight at
the home of his father, William Williams, sr., in
Barnesboro. Death was due to tuberculosis, with
the last stages of which the man had been suf-
fering for some time. Williams’ case contained
another unusual feature, the fact that he was
released on bail. The concession was made by
the authorities in a spirit of humanity and also to
reduce the risk for other persons in the jail.
—William M. Lamade, of Williamsport, a lino-
type operator and foreman of the Gri! stereotyp-
ing department, left the office early Sunday morn-
ing feeling as well as usual, and retired as soon
as he reached home. At 10.30 Sunday forenoon
he was found dead in bed by his wife, his heart
having failed. Deceased was a brother of
Dietrick Lamade, one of the proprietors of Grit
and of Fred and Charles Lamade. He also leaves
his wife and one son, and two sisters. Mr.
Lamade was a 32d degree Masson, a member of
the Royal Arcanum and the Knights of Pythias.
~The Rex Aerial Navigation and Construction
company has closed a contract with mayor R. W.
Jacobs to erect an airship planton the mayor's
lands in the suburbs of Huntingdon, the mayor
donating twenty acres of land for that purpose.
Work will be started by November 15. There
will be three concrete and brick buildings erect-
ed. The demonstration field will be 1320 feet by
660 feet, with a seating capacity of 15,000 persons.
The purpose of the plant is not only to build the
Rex flyer but also all manner of airships and
aeroplanes, with monthly meets and demonstra-
tions.
—A new industry for Blair county, that will
give employment tomany men, is the silica brick
works that are about to be built at Claysburg, in
the southern end of the county. The concrete
and other materials for the construction of the
plant have already been taken to the ground and
active work will be taken up within a few days.
The plant, when completed, will turn out 100,-
000 silica bricks aday. These bricks are used
for lining furnaces and are impervious to heat.
The sand found in that section is the; finest in the
State for that purpose and many Pittsburg capi-
talists among whom is D. P. Reighard, are heavi-
ly interested. The plant is located on the farm of
Mr. Reighard.
—The Simplex Surface Contact company, of
Williamsport, which has the contract for electri-
fying the Lewisburg & Tyrone railroad between
Montandon and Mifflinburg, a distance of ten and
one-half miles, will soon begin work on the job.
According to the terms of the contract the Sim-
plex company must have the system ready for
operation between Montandon and Lewisburg by
December 1 and to Miflinburg by March 1. The
help him | adoption of the Simplex system on this stretch of
| road is looked upon as a big thing for the local
company. It is the intention to operate from
six to eight cars in half-hour periods, meeting all
trains at Montandon. The present train service
from Montandon to Mifflinburg will be discon-
| tinued. A substation will be built at Vicksburg.
Power is to be furnished by the new power plant
at Milton, the wires running across country to
the sub-station, where the power will be trans-
formed and distributed over the Simplex sys-
plied with the law or not. some kind or other.
tem.