PINE GROVE MENTION. i Now we write 1912. George Woods spent Christmas at Sunbury. John O. Stover was a Millheim visitor last week. Miss Bertha Dale, of Milton, was home over the Holidays. Harry Miller reports another boy, a week old, at his home. Mrs. C. B. Hess has been ill with a nervous | break down. Curt and Jet Neidigh are visiting friends at Patton this week. C. B. McCormick and W. C. Meyers are among the sick this week. i Clyde Baney and family visited friends at Hol- | lidaysburg last week. Hiram Thompson, a Civil war veteran, is quite + ill with heart trouble. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Rigley. of Bucks county, were home for X-mas. J. B. Rockey and wife visited friends down Pennsvalley last week. W. P. Ard and J. E. Reish, of Susquehanna Uni- versity, were here for X-mas. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Tressler, of Altoona, were home over the X-mas season. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Walters, of Altoona, spent Christmas at the D. Baney home. Tommy Glenn, one of Joseph Bros. genial clerks, was home over Christmas. J. A. Decker and wife are visiting friends in | Altoona and Johnstown this week. ! H. S. lllingsworth, of Marietta, has been visit- | ing grandpa Snyder, at White Hall. | Claude Aikens. of Cornell, is spending a few f days with the chums of his youth here. Dr. C. T. Aikens was a welcome visitor among | his old parishioners hereabouts last week. Bair Miller and family, of Hollidaysburg, were at the "Squire Miller home for Christmas. | John and George Dunlap, of Ebensburg, came home for the family dinner on Christmas. | John il, Breon, who was laid up with an attack | of heart trouble, is now able to be around. Dr. Hugh L. Fry, of Milton, and Fred R. Fry, of Lena, Ills., were here for the holiday season. Mrs. Sallie Bloom and Mrs. Susan Comfort | have been under the doctor's care the past week: | Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Shaw spent the holiday | season among friends rt Buffalo and Rochester, N.Y. Mr. J. S. Oliver, of Culver, Kansas, is visiting : friends in the old Keystone State, the home of his | birth. Rev. A. A. Black and wife have been visiting their former parishioners in the valley the past week. Clarence McCormick. wife and baby boy came | up from Danville for a week among friends in the valley. Prayer week will be observed in the Presby- terian church here next week, beginning on the evening of the Tth. Margaret Moore and mother came over from State College to gladden grandmother Danley’s home on Christmas day. Theodore Richie, of Altoona, came down to see how X-mas entertainments were conducted in the county and enjoyed the festivities. Charley Hess, one of Rush township's success- ful farmers, spent several days with friends on the Branch and attended Farmer's Week at State College. M:s. Wm. Houtz is suffering with a sore hand, | caused by a broken needle penetrating her hand | four years ago. It is now causing her much anxiety as well as pain. Dr. Frank Bowersox, of Philadelphia, has been at his parental home on Main street the past two | weeks. The doctor sold his drug interest in the | city and is resting on his oars. At seven o'clock Christmas morning Mrs. A. J. Tate presented her husband with a real X-mas gift. Not a doll baby, but a real sweet little girl, to gladden the hearts of that happy family. J. B. Campbell, of Tyrone, and Robert Camp- | bell, of Penns Cave, both up-to-date and proges- | sive farmers, are among the holiday visitors here ' and attending the Farmer's meeting at State College. At the Chrisimas exercies of the Reformed | church and Sunday school at Pine Hall Rev. S. C. | Stover was presented with a pair of driving | gloves and the musicians, Miss Maude Dreiblebis | and William K. Corl each a flexible back bible. The most social event of the season was that of | the 63rd annual banquet of Pennsvalley Lodge | No.27,1. 0.0. F., held in their spacious hall last | Friday evening. One hundred and sixty covers were laid and all taken. The feast consisted of oysters, chicken, cake and ice cream, fruit, nuts, etc. Dr. C.T. Aikens was toastmaster and was in a most happy frame of mind. Rev. J. § Shultz, Rev. J. C. Stover and members of the orders responded to toasts. Wednesday evening. December 27th, the Junior Mechanics celebrated their seventeenth anniversary with a banquet held in the St. Elmo parlors. One hundred and thirty covers were laid and all taken. Oysters, chicken, cake, ice cream and fruit were served, Capt. W. H. Fry was toastmaster and by way of introducing told of the organization and its progress. Rev. Stover, Rev. Shultz and Rev. Pittinger made addresses. It was a social gathering for the younger set and all had a joyful time. SPRING MILLS. All our stores report an excellent business during the Holidays. Miss Bessie Greene left on Saturday last on a visit to friends in Philadelphia. 1. C. Cameron, of New Berlin, is here visiting relatives and friends in the valley. Miss Mary Bariges, a pupil of the West Chester Academy, spent the Holidays here at her home. Archibald Zettle has his new residence south of the railroad station up and about ready for the roof. This time last year all our ice houses were filled. Some folks are wondering when they will be this vear. James Osman, track foreman of the Lewisburg and Tyrone railroad, who has been ill for several weeks, is on the mend. A street light has been erected nearly opposite the foot bridge over Penns creek. The illumina- tion is a trifle feeble, ‘tis true, but still it beats nothing all to pieces. It was in order on Monday last to turn over an entire new leaf, to be real good for a year, at least. The chairman was wondering whether any one had made the motion. The terrific high winds down this valley on Thursday last did considerable damage to fencing, etc. The iron sheeting on the coal sheds of H. I. Brian & Co. were partly blown off. The Children’s Christmas entertainment in the scholar was presented with a package of choice candy. Admiral Evans Dies Suddenly. He Was Stricken With an Attack of Acute Indigestion and Soon Passed Away. “ear Admiral Robley Dunglison Evans, familiarly known to the ..meri- can people as “Fighting Bob” Evans, died at his home in Washington, fol- { lows ing an illness of less than three | hours. An attack of acute indigestion, which came after he had eaten his luncheon, was the cause of death, With Admiral Evan« nt the time of his death were his wi.. nd his daugh- ter, Mrs. Harold Sewa.. Aother daugh- ter is the wief of Captain C. C. Marsh, of the United States navy. Frank Taylor Evans, is a lieutenant in the navy, attached to the U. 8S. 8. Mo- hican, now stationed at Olongpa, in the Philippines. Admiral Evans, one of the most populr men in the uavy, arose ap- parently in better health than he had ! enjoyed for some time, He had lunch, and almost immediately afterward was stricken. A doctor was called hurried- iy, but the naval officer lapsed into un- consciousness and died before he ar- rived. Admiral Evans started the battle ship fleet in its record breaking cruise around the world, resigning command at San Francisco because of his ap- proaching retirement from the service, From President Taft down, officials of the government expressed the deepest regret over his sndden demise, Born in Floyd county, Va, Aug. 18, 1846, Robley Dunglison Evans went to Washington at the age of eleven to live with his uncle, 4 newspaper man, . upon the death of his father, Dr. Sam- uel Andrew Jackson Evans. It was while attending the public schools in Washington that his yearning for the sea first became manifest, ag he him- self stateg in his auto-blography, “A Sailor's Log.” Securing an appointment to the ‘naval academy from the Territory of Utah, he entered that institution on Sept. 15, 1860. When war broke out between the states, his mother, as- suming that he would take arms for his state against his country, sent in his resignation to Washington and it was promptly accepted. Young Evans was determined, however, to stand by the Union, even against his own fam- ily, and had himself reappointed, much to his mother's chagrin. He was grad- uated in 1863, and served with honor throughout the remainder of the con- flict. He became a lieutenant in 1866, a lieutenant commander two years later and a commander in 1878. He reached the grade of captain in 1893, and as such officer served through the Span- ish-American war, commanding the battleship Iowa at the battle of San- tiago. He was promoted to the rank of rear admiral in 1901, thus reaching the highest rung in the ladder possible without the aid of a special act of CONgress. Rear Admiral Evans had heen in poor health for some time, and al though suffering from rheumatism when the battleship fleet sailed from Hampton Roads in December, 1907, for its world tour, he persisted in his de- termination to gratify his life's ambi- tion to take the fleet around Cape Horn. entire voyage and continued so until after he was relieved of command, May 9, 1908, at San Francisco. It was during the perdiod of strained | relations with Chile that he earned the sobriquet of “Fighting Bob.” He was in command of the gunboat York- town, stationel at Valparaiso, which place he threatened to efface from the topography of Chile in such vigorous . and earnest language that the haughty Latin-Americans speedily released the American sailors whose frolic ashore had led to a riot and incidentally to ‘an unpleasant diplomatie situation. Though possessed of exceptional executive ability, Rear Admiral Evans always preferred sea duty to service ashore. He probably did more than any living man to unify this country’s floating fighting force, and great credit is due him for the high state of effi. ciency of equipment and personnel of the navy. Child Eats Pills and Dies. Knocking a bottle of herb pills from a bureau, John Runyan, aged seven teen months, up. While doing so he evidently ate several of them. In a few moments he wag seized wiih anasms and died. Mother and Two Girls Killed In Fire. Mrs. James Baker <id her two chil dren, Lillian, five ves's 3%, and Ethel, three years old. Wr sir lives in Uf: fern, N. Y., wher ‘i¢* esiroyed their home. His son, ' He was ill during nearly the : of Altoona, Pa, got | down to help his father pick them Warden Moyer’s Statement ‘Is the Re- sult of Charges of Bad Treatment of Banker In Atlanta Penitentiary. | Warden W. M. Moyer, of the fed- eral penitentiary at Atlanta, Ga, made ‘a formal statement, in whic hhe de- clares that Charles W. Morse, the convicted New York banker, had of- fered him what he construed to he a | bribe shortly after Morse became a prisoner in the institution. He said he | refused it and so notified Attorney Ceneral Wickersham. Moyer's statement was a sequel to the publication in a local paper that a congressional investigation into the al- leged had treatment of Morse in the prison probably would be instituted. | Morse permission on March 11, 1910, Warden Moyer said he had given to send a cipher telegram to purchase | some gas stock, and that subsequently Morse had come into his office and said “Warden, | made $2000 on that deal and 1 want you to have half of it.” The warden said he told Morse to forget he ever said anything like that and never to say such a thing again. ' srpment of China, whose decision shali | He said he advised ‘ttorney General Wiclcirsham that he had permitted Morse to send the telegram, It developed that the department of justice prison last spring. The result of the in- vestigation is nol known. Warden Moyer's statement was © made hefore a gathering of newspaper | men invited to inspect the so-called “dungeon,” where Morse was sent into solitary confinement May 13:15, 1910, made an investigation at the | according to charges against the war- den he discharged a paltry sum of money.” The warden read his report on the cident to the department, in which it was stated that Morse was sent to the “solitary” because he relused to tell where he got about $50, which he subsequently admitted he had re- ceived from a discharged prisoner, his wife and his business partner. The warden denied that it was for giving money to a sick boy. Moyer denied that prejudice against he had strong “for giving a sick boy about to Morse, or that any | statement he had made to the attor- ney general had any influence in de- termining the president's latest action in the case. He admitted a natural prejudice because of the incident .of the gas stock would not mention. Attorney Felder, counsel for Morse, left for Washington, after being pres- ent at the interview, with the avowed purpose of learmmng from the attorney general whether Warden Moyer had been asked for an opinion on Morse's condition. Moyer had declared that on Nov. 27 last, when reporting to Attorney General Wickersham that Morse had heen removed to the hospi- tal at Fort McPherson as directed, he added: “I saw the prisoner on the afternoon of Nov. 25 and in the early morning of the 26th, and he did not then seem to me to have the appearance of a man whose condition is eritical.” Turkish Towels For Milady's Gowns. Milady's next gown will be simple of attainment and it will accord well with the housekeeping curtailment due to the high cost of living, it was said at the exposition of coming fashions on display in Chicago by dry goods trade papers. The bathroom, which supplied her bathrobe (otherwise known as blaun- ket cloih) coat, now will furnish her dress. And the material in it will be Turkish towels, Two or three towels, with or with- out the red stripes and tasseled bor. der, as suits the wearer's individual- ity, a littie dab of Irish lace, an open- ing here and there for an arm to come through, and the gown is com- plete. bottom of the skirt, and costing slight. | and other matters he . Sun Yat Sen !s President. Dr. Sun Yat Sen has been unani- | mously elected presideat of the re- public of China by the rebel conference OST.—In the Butterine. TRY School Fo Cadet askin's case. at Nankin. He will now draw up a wil be paid for their return to this office oF to the cabinet. will now draw up a cabinet. For several years Sun Yat Sen has labored in America and Europe aiding the propagonda for reform in his na- | and in pNng tive land, and is credited with having had a large part in organizing the present revolt. Immediately following the receipt of word from Nankin that he had been elected president of the republic, Dr. Sun Yat Sen gave out the following statement af Shanghai, friends in the United States: presidency. My policy will be to se cure peace and 2 stable government by the promptest methods possible. My single aim is to insure the peace and contentment of the millions of my fellow countrymen.” The peace conference at Shanghai decided on the calling of a national «convention to decide the form of gov- | be binding on both sides. The Manchu | troops are meanwhile to evacuate their | positions and the republicans to main. | tain theirs, Jail Breaker Repents; Returns to Cell | Timing hie blows so that they would not he heard for the shouts of merry langhter cmanating from a party of | young people being entertained by Sheriff Harry C. Smith and family in the county prison at Huntinggdon, Pa., Saturday ight, Louis Rossi, a Mount Union young man, serving a long term for illegal liquor selling, pounded to pieces a heavy lock, securing an iron window, and escaped. Taking a late train, he arrived home before midnight, but quickly repenting his flight, he hired a team and had the ! driver rusn him back over the rough | twelve mil: road to Huntingdon, and | entered the prison two hours before daylight, while Sheriff Smith and offi- cers were still scouring the county, Must Pay to Show He is Alive. Joseph Hlaney offered decidea ob- | jection in Newark, N. J, to paying $63 to prove that he was alive. ‘ Blaney, wi:o was about to be declared | “officially dead” because nothing had | been heard of him here for eighteen ! years, turned up at the surrogate's of- | fice and put in a ciaim for a share ol his father's estate. When he found that he would have to pay $62 to keep himself off the dead list,” however, he demurred, an explanation that the expense was (0: advertising for him in various places, failig tc satisfy him. Blaney said he would consult counsel to find out why this paymen: was necessary to bring himself officially to life again. Sues Croker For $100,000 John J. Breeu, the riding master, who on April 28, 1910, married Miss Ethel Croker, the daughter of Richard Croker, former leader of Tammany Hall, filed =ui' in the supreme court In New York against Richard Croker and his two sons, Howard and Rich: ard, Jr., for $100,000 for alleged alien ation of his wife's affections. The couple were married in Hobo: ken hy a justice of the peace. Several | | months later Breen's wife left him and | , was admired returned to her faiher. Jersey Woman Has Pellagra. : Mrs. Macy de Shay, wife of a farmer, | is a patient in the Paterson, N. J., | General hospital with what the phy- sicians of that institution believe is | a real case of pellagra, the disease which haz been baffling the medical | men of many countries, The woman to the hospital thres ' weeks ago. A simple silk underskirt, toned to show off the towel fringe left at the ! For Nation-Wide Woman Suffrage. | Representative Lafferty, of Oregon, | ly in excess of the overdress, cOm- | ;n;roquced in the house a bill for na- | tion-wide woman suffrage. Lafferty is | | | the man who acquired fame as the au- | plete the costume. Shoots Girl and Kills Himself. Barrett Nioa Lawrence, of Waverly, N. committed suicide. The young woman was shot once in Y., and then the leg and three times in the neck, performance. “The Pittsburgh Post” enters a but it is believed that she has a good New Year, and what it confidently believes a New chance for recovery. Young Levis shot Era in its history. It makes a promise now to its The himself three times in the head and | formance. Booming Year | a I uct thr P08 with a SEE a, a popular member of the younger so-| died an hour later. Jealonsy over the attentions of an- other man to Miss Lawrence, who is ciety set in Waverly, is supposed to have caused young Levis to commit | the deed. Died cn Barbed Wire Fence. Held a prisoner by a barbed wire! fence through which he had attempted i with for its to ¢icep on the mountain, about three ts policy. and with the confidence of from his home, the body of Company. grow. ‘The Fost Louis Stoffregen, a wealthy octogenar- | miles ian of Pottsville, Pa., was found by two state policemen, after hundreds of people had scoured the surrounding’ country day and night since Tuesday afternoon. Death was due (6 exposure, he hav- ' within fifteen days. ing apparertly been too weakened by his long tramp to release himself from the barb which held his clothing. Steal Municipal Hospital. Health Officer Jones visited the site of the municipal hospital, half a mile east of Freeland, Pa. and was amazed pe to find only the frame of the bellaisg, ness as may i L.A SCHAEEFER, | anuary 5th, 1912. Lr remaining. The last patient there was a small pox victim. The hed upon which he’ . died, bed ciothing, furniture and uten sils were stolen, even the windows and doors were carried off. No little apprehension is felt, be- pus 20 . Huy 20, 0a cause the bedidng and other material , may retoin smallpox germs. 1.evis, the nineteen-year-old thor of “I'd like to meet you” notes som oi Francis Levis, of Detroit, shot| Written to a Washington school girl Lawrence, daughter of O. H.| Some months ago. BOOKS, MAGAZINES, ETC. | Bla omter Pax: Ob 1842 Tue New YEAR ® 1912.—A Promise and the I its | & | Ei Lie ttm | New Advertisements. Ngee is hereby to all ges present same to pu BL hd Jan. 4th, 1912 Dok Grove: ove: RING, 57.¢ Commissioners of Centre County. orice Th ae annual Whiterock of the Ra held. a the. ofices abi pimry Sh the cnn: vei ad to transact such © ther bust W. ~An » ETE Bey county, ood We ust d 2, neiee letter stat. y , Wages and Lr 56-49 tf. | 5 ‘My Maple Leaf Brand YSICIAN'S CHAIR.— holstered 56-45 Rr Jom Sane = s 's Align, sale cheap. 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