i i : ! i i i i : E g 2 i EE a — to | ——For high class Job Work come to COAL OPERATORS REJECT DEMANDS. Action of Mine Owners Was Unani- | mous In Turning Down All Conges- sions. A flat rejection of their demands | will be the answer the representatives of the miners will get from the an- | thracite coal operators at their con- ference to be held in New York on March 13. This action was decided upon at a conference of the operators which lasted just one hour. While the action taken does not nec- essarily preclude further negotiations | should the miners subsequently decide upon a modification of their demands, it nevertheless seems to heighten the prospect of a strike. The conference of the operators was the first to be held since the formal | presentation of the miners demands last week. There were present forty four men representing the indepen- dents as well as the large coal com- panies. The operators assembled at 143 Lib- erty street and it was very clear that a unanimity of sentiment prevailed and that the discussion did not last long. J. L. Cake, of the Clear Spring Coal company, a leading independent, presided. It was decided to appoint & sub-committee to meet with the miners on March 13, this committee to draw up the formal reply of the oper- ators rejecting the miners’ demands. The formal rejection of the demands which the committee is instructed to prepare will be drawn up at a meet- ing the committee will hold next Mon- day. It will take up each demand and give the operators’ reasons for refus- ing it. The action of the coal operators in thus rejecting the miners’ demands at the start is a departure from their attitude of three years ago when they entered into negotiations with Presi dent Mitchell and committee with & counter proposal. The most important demands of the miners are the 20 per cent. wage in- crease, an eight-hour day and the col- lection of dues by the operators. President White is in Indianapolis. The belief was pretty general, how- ever. that the miners would seek to bring about further conferences. Not one of the operators who was seen would discuss the question of coal on hand. One operator said that he thought it very likely that there would be a suspension of work on March 31, when the present agreement expires. The agreement ends at noon on that day. One of the best posted men on the coal conditions in the city said that he expects a strike of the anthracite miners on April 1. As in the strike of 1902 bituminous coal would be used for steam purposes if the small steam sizes of anthracite cannot be obtained. For Free Sugar and Income Tax. The Democratic caucus ratified the sugar bill and the income tax or excise bili presented by Democratic Leader Underwood, with the indorsement of the ways and means committee. Both bills will now be presented to the house. In reporting the free sugar bill to the caucus, Chairman Underwood also submitted a bill which in effect would provide an income tax in the United States. It was proposed that the present corporation tax be extended to include “individuals and co-partnerships doing a business of $5000 a year or over.” Mr. Underwood stated that this prac- tically would accomplish the purposes of an income tax, and at the same time comply with the supreme court decision against the constitutionality of an income tax. The proposed tax would be one per cent. Chairman Underwood made a state- ment to the caucus that he had been directed by the ways and means com- mittee to'submit a bill to place sugar on the free list and another bill ex: tending the present excise tax, now levied by law on corporations, to indi- viduals and co-partnerships having an annual income of more than $5000 a year. In explaining the effect of the bill Mr. Underwood said: “The bill removing the taxes levied * at the customs houses on sugar, im- ported into this country, will have the effect of reducing the price of sugar to the consumer about 1% cents a pound.” The statement further says that in the opinion of the ways and means committee the large profits made by manufacturers and refiners of sugar have been due to the customs tariff and that placing sugar on the free list would not destroy the industry in the United States, but would result in a saving to the American people of $107,000,0006. Body Was Found In Ohio River at Pittsburg. The morgue ambulance in Pitts burg, Pa., was temporarily turned in- to an ice wagon. Its cargo was a huge cake of ice taken from the Ohio river, Frozen in the ice was a man’s body, which was discovered by two ferry- men. It is thought the ice and body came otu of the Aliegheny when sev- eral gorges went out a few days ago. Made Wooden Keys: Escaped Jail. John Phonish, under sentence of two years for attempted murder, and John Crowley, under sentence of two years for forgery, broke jail at Sparta, Wis, and escaped. The two opened threy Jocks with: keys they had made out Burned to Death In Buggy. Edward Wallace, a well-to-do far. mer, sixty-five vears old, was burned to death in his buggy while returning to his home at Mansfield, 0. from Sullivan. He had a ighted lantern in the buggy, and it is supposed that {he lantern overturned and set fire fo his clothing. ! Died After Hold-Up. Harvey Grasley, a blacksmith, died ’ eed pigs too Bad rich foods, particular- in Allentown, Pa. He had returned {ly corn, as itis to starve them. If the | to his home from Philadelphia Sun- | Minister Calhoun Ordered to Protect | is fed on stuff that is purely fatten- | day night, and said that he had been beaten up by thugs on Tenth street, in that city. He was dazed and unable | to give any connected account of what | had happened to him. i { wanderings while in Philadelphia, nor | | is it known whether or not he ha¢ | any large sum of money on his person | when he was attacked. He had none | when he reached his home. The po- | lice in Allentown have communicated | with the Philadelphia authorities, in | an effort to find out whether or not | they can tell where Grasley was at- tacked. Slay 36 In Mexican Jail, ! Thirty-six lives paid the penalty of a revolt in the penitentiary at Mon- terey, Mexico, according to incoming passengers at El Paso, Tex. These passengers said six of the prisoners were killed during the out- break and twenty-five others, regarded as ringleaders, were executed. There were about 3000 prisoners in the institution. Reports said the war den of the penitentiary was among the slain, The passengers were unable to de- scribe in what manner the remaining five victims were killed, but it is as. sumed they were among the number slain in the first rush of revolting pris- oners. Woman to Die In Electric Chair, For the first time in Massachusetts criminal procedure a woman, Mrs. Lena Cusumano, was sentenced in | Plymouth to death in the electric chair. Enrico Masciolo, whose name has ! been anglicized into “Harry Marshall,” | and who was convicted jointly with | Mrs. Cusumano for the murder of the | woman's husband, in September, 1910, | also was sentenced to death. ' Both sentences are to be carried out | in the state prison at Charlestown | during the week heginning June gs! next. : i Her Dowry Too Small. ! It has been learned in German mili tary circles in Berlin that Count Graf Fugge had proposed for the hand of Nancy Leishman, but withdrew his ! proposal on learning the amount of | Nancy's probable dowry, which is re- ported as not being sufficient. In American circles, while awaiting confirmation of the report, it is sup- posed the ambassador may have placed the figure lo was a polite way of re- | fusing the count's offer. ! Vaccinated From Sisters. i Miss Ella McHale, of Altoona, Pa. | is just recovering from a double ill. | ness, one-half of which was contracted in a peculiar manner. While dressing the arms of two of | her sis’2re, who had been vaccinated, | she vaccinated herself involuntarily, ! through a cut on the end of one of her | fingers. Her vaccination “took” all | right. Meantime she contracted diph- | theria, but antitoxin brought her around. ' | — | Clown Quits to Be a Preacher. + After making thousands of persons | laugh during the ten years he has been a clown with one of the big circuses, with winter quarters in Peru, Ind.. Raleigh lL. Wilson, of Lincoln, | Neb., has resigned. He will devote his | time to evangelistic work. i Wins $40,000 Heart Balm. The United States circuit court of appeals has sustained a decision by a lower court in St. Louis, awarding $40,000 to Miss Ellen R. Day, of Me- nominee, Mich., for breach of promise and loss of service. Miss Day said that James S. San- born, of Pukwana, S. D., had broken a promise to marry her and for that asked $25,000. She said also that she had worked for Sanborn without com- pensation, believing she was to become his wife. For this service she asked $15,000. The jury gave her the full amount, $40,000. Starving Persians Eat Each Other. Startling allegations of cannibalism among starving Persians are contained in letters from Teheran to the Per- sian-American society in Washington. The writer, Dr. Susan I. Moody, for merly of Chicago, declares fathers are eating their children and children are eating each other in northwestern Per sia, in the vicinity of Hamadan, where famine has followed the sacking of twenty-five towns and villages by the rebel troops of Salar ed Dowleh, broth er of the deposed shah. Forty thousand persons are starve ing, it is declared. The society has started a relief fund. Broken Neck Heals. With one chance in a thousand, Adam Patten, fifty years old, of Pitts. burg, Pa., has won, and recovered en- tirely from a broken neck. Patten’s neck was broken three months ago. The axle of his wagon snapped, the wagon was jolted and he was thrown head first against the pa- ving stones. For a month he lay in bed with a five pound lead on one end of a rope, attached to a pulley which held his head in such position that the | guards. broken vertebrae might grom together -—and it did. Dr. Wiley Upheld. i By a vote of two to one, the board of cabinet officers charged with the enforcement of the pure food law en- tered a final decision against the use of saccharine in prepared foods. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson and Secretary of Commerce and Labor Na- i gel confirmed the decision that food containing saccharine was adulterat- ed. Secretary of the Treasury Mac. Veagh dissented. One month's grace will be given the manufacturers to arrange for the elim. ination of saccharine. i 5,000 KILLED IN CHINESE MUTINY. Americans In Danger Zone at Any Cost. Yuan Shi Kai stated in Pekin that five thousand persons were killed in Nothing is known concerning his | that city since the outbreak of the mu- tiny. The property loss amounts up to more than $15,000,000. Rushing Foreign Troops to Scene. After a four days’ reign of terror in China, marked by indiscriminate mur- der, looting, arson and general de- struction of property under the Man- chu soldiers, a calm developed, ac- | cording to dispatches received in Washington, Minister Calhoun, of Pekin, was in- structed to keep the closest possible watch on the situation, to give every protection possible to Americans in the danger zone, which has been spreading in the last few days, and to call directly upon General Bell, at Ma- nila, and upon Admiral Murdock, at Shanghai, for any number of rein- forcements that an emergency may seem to require. Admiral Murdock, commanding the American Asiatic squadron at Shang- hai, notified the navy department that he is dispatching 200 additional ma- rines from his warships on the collier Abarenda for Tientsin. The cruiser Cincinnati will accompany the col- | ler. At the present time there are ap- proximately 6700 foreign soldiers in the trouble zone, including the regular legation guards. Minister Calhoun, in one of his dis- patches, recites that although the riots started at Pekin last Thursday, no at- tempt was made until Sunday vo sup- press them. Mr. Calhoun states that a number of bullets and one shell fell in the Ameri- can legation compound, though the shell did not explode. While this was not an apparent intentional attack on the American property, the minister | has demanded an apology of the Pekin authorities. On the whole conditions are most pitiable, Mr. Calhoun states. Many coolies and boys, who had picked up articles discarded by the soldiers, have been summarily executed, while the soldiers themselves so far have es caped. Sunday night, however, the au- thorities managed to confine the sol- diers to their barracks, while the po- lice preserved order, such as it was, Last Friday the mutineers seized three trains and went to Tao-Ping-Fu, where there was an uprising, and at Feng-Tai and Tientsin, where there was much burning, plundering and killing. Mr. Cahoun states that the situation at Titntsin is very grave, the losses by fire being enormous and over one million taels have been taken from the government mint. The Chinese au- thorities have appealed to the foreign consuls to assume control of the city with the foreign military forces, and this will be done if found necessary upon a further consultation of the for- eign ministers. The mutineers attempted to hold up a train carrying American troops from Tientsin to Pekin, but were fought off by the American and British railway A machine gun on a flat car in front of the engine proved effective, Mitchell Declines to Dodge Contempt Charge. Declining to accept what Justice Wright in Washington intimated might be immunity from further pro- ceedings in the renewed Bucks Stove & Range company contempt case if he apologized for past actions, Vice President John Mitchell, of the Ameri- can Federation of Labor, stood pat on his testimony. “I would feel more contentment if convicted, conscious of the rectitude of my course and the truthfulness of my evidence, than if acquitted on any other grounds than the facts as they have been presented and the law as it has been enunciated by the higher tribunal,” he sald in a letter to Jus- tice Wright. Deserters May Receive Citizenship. The house passed a bill granting to the president power to set aside the loss of citizenship now imposed on de- serters fro mthe military service. It confines such clemency, however, only to thoes offenders who avoid o rescape militar yor naval service in times of peace. One Killed and Four Hurt In Chemi- |. cal Factory Explosion. A man was blown to bits and four others were badly injured by being hurled through windows by an explo- ' sion in the Anderson Chemical com- pany’s works at Wallington, N. J. The two-story brick building took fire immediately and was entirely de. stroyved before the arrival of the vol- unteer firemen. The loss is estimated at $50,000. . In the room where amylacetate acid and soluble cotton was made were five men. Attending the fifteen-galion draining tank was Andrew Dolak, a Pole. When the explosion occurred he shot toward the roof, and parts of his body was found in the open field. One leg was picked up more than 100 feet from the building. The other four were picked up un- conscious fifty feet from the building and were badly injured. Pottsville, Pa., Girl Dies In Philadel- phia Hospital as Result. Having swallowed a steel rivet she was playing with, Ethel Anderson, col- ored, six years old, of Pottsville, Pa., died in the Jefferson hospital in Phila- delphia. The rivet had lodged in the little girl’s bronchial tubes and she was un- able to breathe. She had heen in the hospital several weeks and underwent an operation. —It is almost as great a mistake ing and without the proper bone-and muscle-building material, the pigs will become soft and flabby and lack stamina. Real Estate Transters. i. H. Haupt Admr. to Sarah E. Heaton, tract of land In Boggs Twp.; $200. { W. H. Thompson et ux to Mary E. Casselberry, tract of !and in Howard Twp.: $303.50, Thomas Houtz et ux et al to Monroe ‘H., Kulp & Co.,, 130 acres of land in Miles Twp.: $150. ! Wm. R. Good et ux to Monroe H. Kulp 1 Co, 150 acres of land in Miles Twp.: | $150, ! Elizabeth S. Shiliingford to Joseph H. | Burroughs, 7333.3 acres of land in Rush {and Taylor Twps.; $1. . Odile A. Mott et al to Eimer E. Bart- ley, 33 acres of land in Boggs Twp.: $2200, Jas. B. Sliker et ux to Charles E. Bart- ley, 21 acres of land in Boggs Twp.: $400. Frank Bronoel et al to Elmer E. Bart- ley, 38 acres of land in Boggs Twp.: $2200 Agnes Shipley et bar to Harry M. Stere, tract of land in Union Twp.: $1000, John C. Lingle et ux to Henry Stover, G5 acres of land in Gregg Twp.; $625. Mary E. Beck to Ida Bell, tract of lan in State College Boro.; $4500. ! May Finberg to John F. Schnars, tract of land in Philipsburg; $600. . Henry Thompson et ux to C, Ellis Pietcher, tract of land in Howard Twp.: Martha S. Shope to Hattie Zimmerman, tract of land in Boggs Twp.: $1. H. H. Harshberger et ux to Harriet Zimmerman, 7 acres of land in Boggs Twp.: $120. Clarence F. Heim et al to Philip Heim, tract of land in Gregg Twp.: $250. Robt. Smith exect to Ellen Long, tract of land in Gregg Twp.: $650. M. L. Gill et ux to Laura H. Gill, 4 acres of land in Spring Twp.; $1200, Julia C. Harvey et bar to Joseph W. Harvey, tract of land in State College: $400, John Hamilton et ux to H. A. Leitzell, tract of land in State College Boro; Arthur B. Lee, sheriff, to Samuel C. Hoy, 175 acres of land in Marion Twp.: $75. Adam Mayes et ux to John Moore, tract of land in Philipsburg; $600. Arthur B. Lee, sheriff, to Frank Mc- ra. tract of land in Bellefonte Boro: 1 Ezra Smith to Martin [shler, J acres of land in Benner Twp.: $800. Life y The Life Guards are two Fegimante of cavalry forming part of the British house- are gallant soldiers, loyal British heart is proud of them. Not only the King’s household, but ours, 's should have its life guards. The of them is es- peciall great when the grea fe, ta find allies in the very ele- ments as colds, influenza, catarrh, the grip, and pneumonia do in the stormy month of March. The best way that we know of to against these diseases is to stren the system with Hood's Sarsaparilla—the greatest of all life gua It removes the conditions in which these diseases make their most successful attack, gives vigor and tone to all the vital organs and functions, and imparts a genial warmth to the blood. Remember the weaker the the | Six,” Inquire of 9, greater the to disease. Hood's Sarsaparilla the system strong. POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS. FOR THE LEGISLATURE, pave are authorised to anntunce that, Robert M, Romer gf State College, ll DE a from Centre count; bject to the approval of the DE vats 1 eapreaee ot primaries on April 13th, 1912, * We are toannounce that George A. Beezer of will be a candidate for Leg- Deemer af emt wl dot x ay an oxDrGisey at. the form primaries to be held Saturday, April 13th, FOR NATIONAL DELEGATE. We are authorized to announce that Wiliam fas candidate for i ga Bemotratic o to be held Satu Aor ith 1912, subject a en I Voters of the 21st congressional district. ‘We are requested to announce that W. t . of Clearfield will be foregut ts the Democrat Nationa of the 21st al 8 P to ic 28 expres a 1 primaries Saturday DELEGATES TO STATE CONVENTION, We are authorized to Abram Webs Esq. of Howard as a the doar at the oil Th. ie ‘We are authorized to of as a candidate for Bermocoui Su So the expressed at t HEHEHE - RE —— : New Advertisements. sot HARRY KELLER J N Attorney Administrators. 57-10-6t Lemont, Pa, AP. is given to be Fe for the Huston, Snow ush, Taylor and Worth Town- 16 hear and de. No will be allowed oi HCE the espReive di less damaged or fire, New Advertisements. the WATCHMAN Office. = - —— F¥* SALE OR RENT.—House on Curtin a . A > rooms 3 New Advertisements, Sttect, Elves s0oma.* All modern con I ———— ———— SE ————————— - - A. i ORBISON, Care of Mrs. 5. W. Beach, UTOMOBILE FOR SALE.—One six passen- Princeton, New Jersey. ger touring car, 50 horse vor, fully equipped 1911 model 18 Matheson. ‘Silent | {"MIRLS WANTED. —Six or eight girl HUGH N. CRIDER, | G iO Su i nk | 51-8 79:2, years, in the shirt factory to learn shirt Bellefonte : 57-10-11, making. D. RAY 5 Pellefonte, Pa. i ——— —————————————— R SALE. —Genera! store, located at State College. Doing good business, fine loca- i tion, stock in good condition, rent not { high. Steam heat, elecuric light. Will give bar- | gan to quick buyer. Reason for selling, health | failing. Address MERCHANT. 57.83* Box 02, Sta OST.~In the vicinity of the Public School building, a pair Gold-rimmed eye glasses =< «in a Haskin's case. A suitable reward will be paid for their return to this office or to the Bush House. 56-49 ti, EWING MACHINES OF ALL MAKES Can be repaired by G. S. Clements. You will his est . i iS shop on Ww t Bishop street, opposite machine te College, Pa. : i 8 = £ i B 5 g of Li SE oh Lr of a first-class farm, all in Toe will bs made known of sale. L. Frans will be ude lnown on doy of Sale. The Centre County Banking Company. Strength and Conservatism are the banking qualities demanded by careful depositors. With forty vears of banking ex- perience we invite you to become a depositor, assuring you of every courtesy and attention. We pay 3 per cent interest on savings and cheerfully give you any information at our command concerning investments you may desire to make. The Centre County Banking Co. Bellefonte, Pa. 6 Currant Bread How To Make Currant Bread Housewives who have heard about the wholesomeness of Currant Bread and know thai it is as nourishing as it is “good to eat” will appreciate these two new receipes : No. 1.—Scald 2% cups milk. butter the size Ri pa ~Scald (do not 1 ul Gs a Eh cool add three When y sugar, a little salt, Tr "2p 3d one pound ae There is nothing so good as Currant Bread for growing children. It makes ideal school lunches. That no butter is needed is also worth consid- ering. —57-7-4t* Do Not Forget that up to date business methods are necessary these Your business must be small indeed if you do It helps you to save, it records you transactions, days. not have a checking account in a good bank. and best of all it makes you known where you can borrow money in time of need. The First National Bank, Bellefonte, Pa. a H. NOLL, Jr., ATTEST: . A : H. N. MEYER. BA EROVEN Clerk March 5, 1912 County Commisgionurs:
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