Bellefonte, Pa., December 9, 1910. P.GRAY MEEK, - - following rates : Paid strictly in advance - - $1.00 Paid before expiration of year - 1.50 Paid after expiration of year 2.00 L Taft’s Natural Home. Delige on Trial for Murder | | Case Was Called TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. —Until further notice | his paper will be furnished to subscribers at the day Morning and Most of the Day Was Taken Up in Securing the Jury. Trial May Not Be Concluded Until Late Saturday. A third confession made by Delige con | victs him of the most unspeakable | crime of having outraged his victim then i murdered her to hide his guilt, after she Presid : : ... | had recognized him. If this be true there ked = ar Re ry wg ith | cannot be any question as to what the the chasm” which separates the factions | verdict in his case will be. of his party. He seems to be shy on tact, | He can't fool a considerable number of he people even part of the time. His thabit of playing fast and loose with every- body has lost its potency. His perennial and expansive smile has ceased to charm and it looks as if he is destined to “fall between the stools.” He gets no comfort from the stand-patters and as little solace from the insurgents. Even his “lame- duck alley,” in the executive building fails to furnish recompense for disappoint- ments that are attributed to him by the victims of both sides. Speaker CANNON is more philosophic. He says things might have been worse for his party. They couldn’t have been much worse, of course, for Pennsylvania was only saved by a fluke and Wisconsin and Minnesota might as well have gone Democratic as insurgent. But the per- sonal equation intervenes to help CAN- NON. He was re-elected. His majority was reduced, certainly, but a reduced ma- jority carries a commission. TAFT has no such consolation and very little hope for it. Out of the overwhelming majority of Judge HARMON, of Ohio, there is dis- cernible nothing but TAFT disaster. It is sad but certain. Excuse these tears. President TAFT “is in wrong.” He be- gan his work of reconciliation badly. He first sent for ALDRICH and CANNON and then for CumMINS and LAFOLLETTE. If he had pinned his faith to one or the other of these discordant elements, he might have had a chance. The audacity of the action might have served as a soperific. But he undertook to placate both and revealed his own uncertainty. That “God hates a coward” is axiomatic, and men despise a trimmer. Poor TAFT is the victim of hisown folly. The “lame duck alley" which he prepared for dis- pairing Senators and Representatives in Congress is his logical home. ——Mr. DAVID LANE, first lieutenant to boss PENROSE, has announced that such is his devotion to recognized authority that “had he lived during the days of the Revolution he would have been a Tory.” No doubt of that. And even as a “Tory” he wouldn't have been as great a men. ace to the welfare of the people and the honor of the country as he is in being the manipulator of election returns and the encourager of a debauched ballot that he has shown himself to be. No, Mr. LANE, there are depths of disgrace even deeper than that of being a “Tory” and yourself and brother “gangsters” seem to take pride in wallowing in them. + ——The jury having been filled in the DELIGE case the fight is now on to decide whether the law will permit the hanging of the brute. Hanging is a mild punish- ment for the crime to which he has con- fessed, but the law in the case might not even permit that. ADDITIONAL LOCAL NEWS. ——Miss Edith Payne has been seri ously ill for the past week, at her home on Reynolds avenue. ~—Pitt Parker, the “Crayon Wizard,” will appear in Petriken hall in crayon recitals on Monday evening, December 12th, as the second entertainment in the Y. M. C. A. Star course. The originality and seeming spontaneity of his programs have made them one of the most popular forms of amusement and education. Aside from his pictures his recital is full of wit, good sense and inspiration. His humor is as irresistible as it is original. The regular price of fifty cents admission will prevail ——On Sunday register Earle C. Tuten was forty years old and in celebration of the event his wife arranged for him and carried out very successfully a surprise party on Saturday night, at which a num- ber of the court house officials and sev- eral other friends, to the number of one dozen, were entertained at a chicken and waffle supper. Through the connivance of a friend Mr. Tuten was detained down town until after six o'clock when he finally managed to escape and made his way home on a dog trot, hoping, no doubt, that we would be on time for the good, hot supper he anticipated and little suspecting what awaited him in his own home. His friends in the meantime had assembled in the dining room with the lights all out and as Mr. Tuten rushed through the sitting room and pushed open the dining room door the electric light was turned on and he was confronted by the group of his fellow officials. i of a rather diffident nature he was some- what taken aback, but he soon recovered his self-possession and entered into the spirit of the gathering. When everybody present had disposed of all the chicken and waffles they were able to store under their belts, the guests presented Mr. Tuten with a very comfortable easy chair for use in his de-(re) clining days, Paul Fortney making the presentation speech. lo Naturally the one case of exceeding in- terest in court this week was that of the Commonwealth against Bert Delige, charged with the killing of Mrs. John Baudis on the evening of October 16th, by cutting her throat with a razorin a sod field near her home at Scotia, and the court house is crowded with those anxious to hear the trial. It was expected that the case would be reached by Wednesday morning but the balance of the list was not cleaned up until a half hour after court convened yesterday morning and it was 9:30 o'clock when the case was reached. Delige was brought into court by sheriff Hurley and deputy sheriff Fred Reese, apparently as cool and unconcerned as any man in the room. At the counsel table with him sat his sister Nora and brother Walter. As stated last week the prisoner's chief counsel is Edward R, Chambers with W. D. Zerby as assistant, while district attorney W. G. Runkle and N. B. Spangler looked after the interests of the Commonwealth. To the charge of murder Delige 1efused to make any plea at all. The drawing of the jury began at 9:40 o'clock and it took almost a half hour to get the first one, and most of the day was spent in securing the re- quired twelve. The regular panel was exhausted before three o'clock, when the court house doors were closed and the calling of talesman began. Twenty-one talesman were called before the jury was complete and as made up it is as fol- lows: Green Heaton, farmer, Benner township. Charles D. Moore, laborer, Harris town- ship. B. F. Kreamer, farmer, Benner town- ship. J. A. Scholl, photographer, Millheim. Christ Cowher, clerk, Rush township. Homer Decker, farmer, Spring town. ship. A. Stine Walker, township. Talesmen: George W. Rumberger, clerk, Union- ville. William Tressler, gentleman, Belle- fonte. Isaac Miller, carpenter, Bellefonte. Jonathan Packer, farmer, Boggs town- ship. David Bradford, machine agent, Centre Hall. The history of the Mrs. Baudis murder has been told and retold in this paper so that it is not necessary to reprint it here. The fact that Delige made a confession does not relieve the Commonwealth from giving him a fair and impartial trial and proving him guilty, if such he be. And it depends entirely upon the evidence pro- duced as to the degree of crime for which he can be convicted. The Commonwealth has a big array of witnesses and as it looks at this writing the case may run way into Saturday. The full proceedings will be given in next week's WATCHMAN. While the WATCHMAN does not believe in exploiting horrible crimes of this na- ture and will not issue an extra edition to tell you of the verdict, for that isall theré can be of importance after the confession, it will be very glad to give any one all in- formation at its command concerning the progess of the trial. So if you care to call this office by phone at any time we will give you personally all the information you may desire and the moment a verdict has been reached we will telephone it to all the postoffices in the county. Evidently those goody-goody re- formers of Philadelphia, who have been fixing our election laws ever since they got the old vest pocket system abolished, have determined to give the bosses all the chance they want to have things their own way. Now they demand a ticket like they have down in Australia, that only about one man in ten can vote without assistance, and in addition are asking that the primaries be put off until in Septem- ber. As registration in the country dis- tricts close during the first week in Sep- tember to have the primaries come after it was too late to register would be such a Jim-dandy proposition, to insure a short registration in the country, that we won- der the entire Philadelphia gang is not howling for it. In some way or other the reforms proposed by these professional reformers are always such as best suits the needs and purposes of the fellows they pretend to be fighting. And if the election laws are again changed to suit the wishes of these visionaries, you can bet your bottom dollar that they will suit the bosses better than the rotten ones the people are now to anxious have amended. ———— GUNSALLUS—RINE.—At the home of the bride's parents on Hulf Moon Hill, Mr. James D. Gunsallus and Miss Mary Pearl farmer, Ferguson Rine, both of Bellefonte, were in the holy bonds of matrimon ursday evening December first, at 7.30 o'clock. n tor of the Passmore house in Philipsburg | Confessed to Have Outraged His Victim. and quite an extensive coal operator, died oldest and best known residents of Blanchard, died at eight o'clock on Wed- , SNYDER—Henry A. Snyder, one of the | at his home in Philipsburg last Friday at 9.30 O'clock Yester- | | liver, with which he had been afflicted for morning as a result of sorosis of the about a year. Deceased was born in Newton, Devonshire, England, April 4th, | 1846, so that he was in the sixty-fifth | year of his age. In 1865 he emigrated to ; Canada where he remained four years ! then crossed to Portland, Me., and from | there made his way to New York where he assisted in placing the charge of nitro- glycerine which blew out the mountain | | of rock at Hell Gate and made New York | nesday morning. Although he had not been in the best of health the past year he was able to be around and look after his business until ten days ago when he contracted a bad cold. On Thursday of last week pneumonia developed and his death at the above time was the result. Deceased was a son of John and Eliza- beth Snyder and was born in Beaver county November 28th, 1833, making his age 77 years and nine days. He was educated in the public schools of Beaver county and at the age of nineteen | harbor what it is today. He then made a years began teaching, an occupation he monia, after only a few days illness. He was a son of Robert and Mary Crosth- waite and was born in this place May 4th, 1867, hence was 43 years and 6 months old. When a young man he learned the printer's trade in the Gazette office and later worked in the Centre Democrat office. About fifteen years ago he went to Brooklyn, N. Y., to work at his trade but soon after took up electrical trip through the south and west and fi- | followed during the winter while he nally landed in Philipsburg on September | worked for his father on the farm during 3rd, 1863. He at once secured employ- | the summer. In 1855 he came to Beech ment in the old Decatur mines thenoper- ‘Creek and went to clerking in a store, a ated by John Nuttall. A year or so later position he held until the opening of the he married Mrs. Alice Haworth, who | owned and operated the Swan hotel. In 1876 he erected a building on Spruce and Front streets which was the start of the present commodious Passmore house. In addition to his hotel business he was one of the promotors and backers of the Bald Eagle Valley railroad in 1862 when he was made station agent at Eagleville, For some years he was the only telegraph operator between Lock Haven and Belle- : fonte, having had charge of the telegraph office even before the railroad was built. In the latter sixties he left the railroad Philipsburg street railway; he was finan- company and the ensuing twenty years cially interested in the Philipsburg Elec- were spent in clerking and working in tric Light company, of which "he was , the woods until 1889 when he opened the president at the time of his ‘death; was store in Eagleville which he conducted one of the incorporatoss.of the Moshan- until his death. non National bank and’a Lea of the * In politics le wis ‘an ardent Republican same, and was also largely interested in but always fair even to his political op- the Belmore Coal company and the Urey ponents. He was a member of the Odd Ridge Coal company, of Cambria county. Fellows and of theG. A. R. Post of Eagle- A peculiar circumstance in counection ville. with these latter interests is that one of [In May, 1862, he was united in mar- his partners was Mr. Bellis, of Altoona. riage to Miss Susan E. Linn who sur- Less than three weeks before Mr. Pass- vives with four children, namely: Miss more’s death he went to Philipsburg to Cora B., at home; Mrs. Charles H. Foster see him and on leaving remarked to an- and Mrs. M. S. McDowell, of State Col- other friend that probably the next time lege, and Harry B., of Chicago, Ill. He he came to Philipsburg would be | also leaves three sisters and one brother to attend Mr. Passmore's funeral. He , as follows: Mrs. Roland Smith, living in went home, was taker sick with typhoid the State of Washington; Miss Sarah, of fever and died Thanksgiving week. | Eagleville; Mrs. William Bechdel, of Mr. Passmore was twice married, his second wife being Miss Janet Donaldson, who survives with three children, name- ly: Mrs. S. H. Wigton, James and Miss | Janet. The funeral was held on Monday | afternoon. Services were held in St. | Paul’s]Protestant Episcopal church, of | which he was a member, and burial was made in the Philipsburg cemetery. Gl | BURNS AND SHOCK CAUSES DEATH.— Raymond C. Gensler died at his home at State College last Wednesday evening as the result of burns and shock sustained in an explosion of gasolene gas. Gensler had charge of the mechanical part of the laundry conducted by his brother, Arthur Gensler and Arthur Miller under the firm name of Miller & Gensler. Wednesday morning Gensler went into a basement room to examine the machine by which they manufactured gas from gasolene. For some purpose he was in the act of drawing some gasolene from the tank when it took fire and a loud ex- plosion followed. The fluid was thrown all over Gensler and he was almost im- mediately enveloped in flames, Miller was standing alongside the collar ma- | chine and hearing the explosion and ob- | serving a sheet of flame shoot up along | side the machine by which he was stand ing, realized at once what had happened | and rushed into the wash room to the! trap door leading to the basememt. At! the bottom he saw Gensler standing with | his clothing all on fire and he dragged | him out and tore the burning clothing from his body, being quite badly burned himself while doing so. ! Gensler was hastily removed to the | William Cole heme near the laundry where he was given all the attention pos- sible then taken to his own home. He was badly burned about the face and upper portion of the body, butthe gravest fear was that he had inhaled the fire. Every effort was put forth to relieve his sufferings and save his life but withont avail and he died at ten o'clock the evening. A post-mortem revea fact that his death was directly .. the shock to his system. Gensler was twenty-seven years and had but recently moved to Stat lege from Bethlehem. He leaves a and two small children; his parents, two brothers to mourn his unfortun. end. The remains were taken to Lebano. on Friday for burial. man, a well known resident of Philips- burg, died quite suddenly of heart failure last Friday morning. She left her hom shortly after nine o'clock to go dov street on an errand. She was taken i on the street and was assisted into t} Jacob Swires home and seated in a Mor: chair, where she expired in less than fi minutes. Deceased’s maiden name was M Amanda Jane Copelin, a daughter of V and Mrs. Isaiah Copelin, and she w. born in Philipsburg December 28th, 186. She was married to Mr. Ammerman January, 1875, and to them twelve chi. dren were born, seven of whom, with th. husband survive, namely: Fred, of Phil ipsburg; Robert, Lemoone, Cal.; Herbert S., San Francisco, Cal.; Almeda, Arthur, Andrew and David, all at home. She also leaves the following brother and sisters: | Charles, of Pitcairn; Mrs. S. B. Murray, of Falls Creek; Mrs. Samuel Dunkle, of Munson; Mrs. Andrew Nelson, Mrs. | George Hurley and Mrs. Frank Richards, all of Philipsburg. Rev. S. D. Wilson officiated at the fun- eral services which were held on Monday afternoon, burial being made in the Phil- ipsburg cemetery. Eagleville, and Thomas A., of State Col- lege. The funeral will be held from his ' late home tomorrow morning. il il AIKENS-—Mrs. Athalia C. Aikens, wife of Rev. C. T. Aiken, president of the Susque- hanna University, died very unexpectedly ; at her home in Selinsgrove on Tuesday evening. Just before Christmas of last year Mrs. Aikens suffered a nervous breakdown so severe that for months past she had been undergoing treatment in a private sanitorium just outside of Phil- , adelphia. She had grown so much better that it was deemed best to take her home to Selinsgrove which was done last Thurs- day. During the few days she was at home she was bright and cheerful until Tuesday afternoon when she suffered a collapse and died within a few hours. It is believed that the excitement of being at home caused heart failure. Deceased was a daughter of Josiah and Maria Gitt and was born at Hanover forty-nine years ago. She was highly educated and accomplished and a charm- | ing woman in every way. Twenty-one years ago on Thanksgiving day she was united in marriage to Rev. Aikens, who had entered the ministry only a year or two previous and the young couple went to housekeeping at Pine Grove Mills where the reverend was pastor of the Lutheran church. For seventeen years they resided in that place and during that time Mrs. Aikens endeared herself to all with whom she came in contact by her extreme kindness and lovable character, so that her death is the cause of sadness in every home in that locality. It is four years since the family left Pine Grove Mills and moved to Selinsgrove, but in | that time, as long as her health permitted, Mrs. Aikens made many a visit among her old friends in this county. In addition to her hy~®-- = * vived by one sn! lowin- * © sen. Al.MERMAN.—Mrs. Harry B. Ammer- | ! | engineering and ever since has followed | that occupation. He was a steady, in- | dustrious man and his sudden death is deeply regretted by his many friends here. About thirteen years ago he was united in marriage to Miss Blanche Johnson, who died a year later, leaving him a little | daughter, Roxie, who has since made her { home with Mr. and Mrs. Albert Mallory, | in Altoona. In addition he is survived | by one sister, Mrs. C. H. Schroyer, of ! Altoona, and one brother, Frank A. | station agent at State College. After | going to Brooklyn he joined the Masons iand also affiliated with the Methodist i church. The remains arrived in Belle- fonte Wednesday morning and were taken to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Milton R. ‘Johnson, on north Spring street, where they reposed until yesterday morning ‘when the funeral was held from the Methodist church at 10:30 o'clock. Dr. Thomas S. Wilcox officiated and burial was made in the Union cemetery. i i THOMAS.—A sad occurrence in Miles- burg last week was the death of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Thomas within nine hours of each other. Mrs. Thomas had been ill for some time and her death occurred at two o'clock on Thursday afternoon. Mr. Thomas had been ill only about a week and his death occurred about eleven o'clock on Thursday night. The latter was an old soldier with an honorable rec- : ord and the two were among Milesburg’s | most respected residents. Mr. Thomas was | seventy-two years old and Mrs. Thomas | sixty-nine. They are survived by several children. The double funeral was held on Sunday afternoon at two o'clock, burial | being made in the Milesburg cemetery. ! DECEMBER COURT.—The regular term | of December court convened on Monday ' morning with Judge Ellis L. Orvis pre- siding and H. F. Geddis, of Wilkes-Barree, as court reporter. Owing to the illness of prothonotary Arthur B. Kimport L. A. Schaeffer presided as clerk of the court. After the grand jury had been polled and sworn, the constables made their returns | and the list of traverse jurors polled, the list of cases for the two weeks was gone over and a number continued until the | next term of court. | The first case called for trial was a! | civil action between Harvey Hoy and the { overseers of the poor of Benner town- ship. The action was brought by Mr. Hoy to recover for board and mainte- | nance of his daughter, Mrs. Frank Miller and her two children. The Millers lived in Bellefonte until two years ago when they broke up housekeeping, stored their goods and Mrs. Miller with her two chil- dren went to the home of her parents in Benner township. In the spring of 1910 Mr. Hoy and family moved into Spring township and on May 21st an order of relief was taken out for Mrs. Miller and ker children and served on the overseers cf Benner township. After one order had been given the overseers investigated and found that the case rightfully belonged to Bellefonte and the Bellefonte overseers were notified and thereafter furnished re- lief. In the two years she was at home prior to May 21st, 1910, Mr. Hoy never received anything for his daughter's keep, hence the action against the Ben- “ase belonged to Bellefonte and "* ;ownship, and that the wom- bows the plaintiff's own | compulsory non-suit was {oers vs. Joseph Weist, was ight to recover a fee of $82 ntiff alleged he was to re- | ducting the transfer of a The jury returned a ver- the plaintiff for $90.20. vinal case taken up was mmonwealth vs. William | the prosecutor being his '. Kessinger. This is the hard in which the plain- action for assault and | ver husband whom, she “stimes abused her, struck | bruising her cheek and | ag two ribs. A verdict | | urned. { ish vs. W. H. Musser, in- alt and battery. The de- ’* a justice of the peace in | , charged with assaulting | if Milesburg, when he in 7. R. Chambers went into | fice on legal business. The | 's of this case were publish- | ‘1t issue of the WATCHMAN. | [urned a verdict of guilty of | ¢ wealth vs. H. H. Fye, prosecu- . 1 Groft, charged with larceny | wealth vs. Charles H. Bierly, "first count, furnishing liquor to , second count, furnishing liquor ; ~rson of known intemperate habits. secutor. Elias Breon. Bill ignored | 4d county to pay the costs. , Commonwealth vs. W. G. Bullock, arged with larceny, prosecutor L. H. lusser, settled. i Commonwealth vs. Frank F. Miller, alleged that on March 11th, 1910, his grand-niece, Carrie Kauffman, whom he was raising, was shot in the armby a shot from a target rifle fired by young Rockey,and that she was permanently in- jured thereby. The case was on trial all day Wednesday and given to the jury shortly after five o'clock. It took them until four o'clock Thursday morning to reach a verdict, which was one of not guilty, dividing the costs between the plaintiff and defendant. HIGH SCHOOL ENTERTAINMENT.—The following is the program of Christmas orations at the Bellefonte High school for December 16th, beginning at 2 p. m., in High school auditorium. The Influence of Florence Nightingale f hsiitnrsms insert seseavatnsinsesidonnd Elsie Altenderfer Adopted Children of the United States Let America See America... .... Alice Barnhart Significance of the Italian Christmas Saisie es sastastvincrss resistin sons Marguerite Coxey The Blight of idleness... Bertha Dietrich Wireless Telegraphy..... Roy Grove The Force of Example... . Millard Hartswick The PanamaCanal...................... | Edith Houser The Development of Aviation assess rtarmessassenmisisterrasesses B. Graham Hunter Interest Manifested in Music......... Adaline Kline The Conservation of Our Forests... Harry Noll* Necessity of Knowing Current Events Sts iis stress aren Clare Reynolds Are We Making Serfs of Our Women? | The Flowers of Spring i Recent Results of Aviation. Industrial Schools for Girls. ...... ... Anne Spangler The Future of the Liberty Bell... . Mary Straub Modern Road Building... .... ........ Joseph Taylor The Indian's Service to the White Man orrasdsrssssnenfunras eessiies .....Esther Undercoffer Disadvantage of Life in a Mining Camp Sr sothteatassasaseais vivieerer.. Mildred Wetzel Will the Battleship Remain Supreme? Undeveloped Energy ............. Homer Zimmerman ——It will be lawful to hunt rabbits up to and including next Thursday, De- cember 15th, and after that you can put your gun away until next year's hunting season comes around. Of course the kind of weather we have had this week is not the most ideal hunting weather, even for rabbits. PINE GROVE MENTION. A. J. Fortney, of Tusseyville, spent Sunday among friends in town. Farmer Isaac Harpster will quit the farm in the spring and move here for a good rest. Butchering season is well on and a number of 400 pounders are reported. We are sorry to note the serious illness of Frank Bailey, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Bailey. O. F. Shaw went to Altoona Tuesday on busi- ness pertaining to his extensive harness trade. Sheriff Smith with his deputy, Samuel Martz ourneyed to the temple of justice Monday morn. Jing. Farmer Wm. Gienn is off duty nursing a badly bruised shoulder, caused by a tumble down a Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Potter and Mr. and Mrs. John Rudy enjoyed a drive Sunday over old Tus- sey to visit friends in Stonevailey. : Harry Shugerts came down from Altoona last week to visit old neighbors in the spent a few days with his father, who is ner township overseers. Inasmuch as the | ill. on a tour through Dixie land. Mrs. Woods Miss Virginia will tarry yet awhile. stones a spawl struck the ball of his right eye and it is feared he will lose his sight. Farmer Chas. Johnstonbaugh will till the broad and fertile acres of the Emma Hess farm April 1st, 1911. Jacob ant, will retire and well deserved rest in Boalsburg. Mr. Meyers keys to Centre county's urer’s office next term. Butchering is all the go around here. Mrs. Jesse Pennington is lying very ill at this writing. —Miss Esther Pennington, of State College, is visiting at the home of her brother, Jesse Pen nington, in this place. Mrs. Swope, teacher of the primary school, fell on Monday while going home from school and badly sprained her wrist. The M. E. church will hold a Christmas enter- tainment here on the evening of December 2ith. Everybody is invited to attend. The Christmas Dinner. ! 7 t i i Be 5 g8% i i § 3 2 ¥ g 5) 8 g £23 § £ g sis 1 pleasure 1 should be.