Bellefonte, Pa., March 15, 1912. this entire section of the State, during the ———————————————————— ast two years, who did more to help i Certain it is that there was no one in § Suguing vies 1 si | Mr. Joun F. SHORT, of the Clearfield Re- strictly in advance - - | publican. Evidently Mr. SHORT has sick- Pil iors etpietinont vex a ened of the job, as it is being carried on, ~ ‘and grown tired of his late associates ' who are now without cause showing the i | real-purpose of their undertaking to be Democratic State Headquarters, Harrisburg, | the building up of a selfish and undemo- | | cratic faction, rather than the betterment | Rothe Lancers of Ponisi. of the Democratic party. From Mr. | Yermvh governihg i Dems | SHORTS paper of the two last issues we Stic gary 9 Pens nd eve Com. | clip the following extracts, and ask the mittee at a special meeting held in the Demo- | attention of readers of the WATCHMAN to cratic State Headquarters, Harrisburg, on the | the i truths he makes public. Read this, Democrats, and you'll be wiser semble in the Majestic Theatre, at Harrisburg, | about matters you will be expected to ! on Tuesday, May 7th, 1912, at 12 o'clock, noon. | vote upon at the coming primaries. The business to be transacted at said con- vention will be: / A Change for Worse. The nomination of one candidate for Auditor | p10 Clearfield Republican of March lst. General. The Guthrie-Palmer-McCormick faction of THe wedettis of ove angiame for Seay the Democratic party is no better than the reasurer. Guffey-Hall-Dofinelly-Ryan faction. Mr. Guth- rie received the aid, counsel and financial backing of Colonel Guffey and all of his fol- lowers in his successful contest for Mayor of Pittsburg. “Billy” Brennan was the manager of Guthrie's campaign and the aesthetic Guth. rie never kicked on the use of Guffey-Brennan methods or their money until after he took the oath of office. “Billy” Brennan's best friends in Pittsburg say more than $40,000 of Guffey-Brennan mon- ey was spent for Guthrie and without a mur- mur of protest. Not until he wasout of office and ready for another job did Mr. Guthrie show signs of violent reform tendencies in party managements, Same is largely true of A. Mitchell Palmer. ‘The nomination of six candidates for Electors at large, and to elect in the manner provid- large to the National Democratic Conven- tion and to consider such other matters, pertaining to the interests and success of the party in Pennsyl vania, as may be brought before it. WALTER E. RITTER, P. GRAY MEEK, Chairman Secretary. “Sounding Brass and Tinkling Cymbals.” The Democratic State Executige Committee did a number of important things at its meeting in this city yesterday, but among them all, per- haps, the most important, the most significant of the character and purposes of the reorganiza- tion movement, was the committee's unanimous approval of the proposition made weeks ago by State Chairman Guthrie to Walter E. Ritter, of Williamsport, claiming to be State Chairman, and rejected by him. This proposition made and rejected early in January, was to unite with Mr. Ritter and his committee in a joint call for a.convention, the roll to be made up under joint supervision, placing on it the names of those shown to be elected by the efficial certificates, and no others, and to be call- ed by a temporary president to be also jointly selected, and leave to the convention thus organ- ized the decision of all questions. The above we copy from Mr. McCor- MIcK's Harrisburg Patriot. It is the same kind of rot that Mr. GEORGE W. GUTHRIE and Mr. VANCE C. MCCORMICK—partners in the effort to divide and discourage the Democracy—with the few hangers-on they can get for the price they are will- ing to pay, have been giving the people since January last. Now both Mr. GUTHRIE and Mr. Mc. CorMICK know just as well as does any one else that the rules of the party and the laws of the Commonwealth fix, plainly and explicitly, how the roll of the Hall-DeWalt organization was used to the limit by Palmer to achieve his ends. He even went out on the stump for Grim in 1910 and plead for his election and the repudiation of Berry. Palmer was a tied fast follower of Colonel Guffey and Senator Hall so long as he had use for their money and their or- ganization. Last year he felt he could stand alone and he bloomed out as a reformer, under the wing of Guthrie and backed by Vance McCormick's bank account. It was simply a change of financial backers with Palmer. He thought Colonel Guffey was broke and quick- ly flew to the next best thing he could get close to. How leadership of the Guthrie-Palmer brand with McCormick as the "angel" can improve on the Gufiey-Hall-Donnelly brand is the per- plexing question. It would be the same close corporatian and just as liable to deal with the enemy as it is alleged the present organization is ever ready. There might be a difference as to reasons but none whatever as to results. Guthrie and McCormick have always been ready and willing to aid the enemy when the platform or the personnel of the Democratic ticket did not strike their fancy. Neither of them could “stomach Bryan and the Chicago platform.” They flew the track then and have never been back on the track with all as candidates. Each and all these are as good Democrats as either Barclay or Johnson and may have better claims on the honor than either of Mr. McCormick's favorites. Sure it is that the Democrats of Clearfield county do not intend to tie up to the Guthrie-McCor- mick Palmer faction or line up for candidates who will do the bidding of that faction at Harrisburg or at Baltimore. ® t - * - ® - - - . mami 2 mtr si 1 SO ———————, SOMMERVILLE.—It was with sincere re- gret that the people of Bellefonte receiv- ! ed the intelligence on Sunday evening of the death of Mrs. James L. Sommerville, at her home in Winburne. Pneumonia was the cause of her death after only a few day’s illness. Deceased’s maiden name was Miss Jane Harris. She was a daughter of + James D. and Mary Ann Harris and was born in this place about seventy-eight yearsago. In 1860 she was united in marriage to Jas. L. Sommerville and they made Bellefonte their home until twenty years or more ago when they moved to t ' We want no more betrayal of the sentiment of the Democratic voters of this county in either State or National convention. The Clearfield county Democrats are against both Palmer and Guffey, against both factions now claiming the right to run party affairs. Every Democrat who wants to be a National dele- gate should ‘declare himself—Barclay and Johnson and all the others. Vance McCor- mick is no more fitted to select delegates for the Democrats of this district than is Colonel Guffey, and the people will not tolerate his since. Surviving her are her husband Winburne where they have lived ever ‘ and seven children, namely: Bond V., of | Crafton; John S., of Robertsdale, Allan ee cn a 'Q., of Arcadia; Donald L., of Jersey ——They scared him off once, but!Shore, Robert H.. and Misses Elizabeth yesterday Uncle CEPHAS GRAMLEY came | I. and Mary H., all of Winburne. up from Rebersburg with the Legislative| When a young girl Mrs. Sommerville bee stinging him so badly that he had to | became a member of the Presbyterian do something. His petition was being | church and her entire life was a living circulated last night and today he is in | exampie of the enobling influences ot a the field against WIGTON for the Repub- | sincere christian character. Her activi- lican nomination. !ties in all branches of church work } T— {were always noteworthy and her An Explanation. daily life at home and abroad, was above The absence of the auditor's report, | Feproack. A loving wife and mother, a | on the financial condition of the county, | kind and charitable neighbor, she will be | from this issue of the WATCHMAN is ac- | missed not only in the family circle and counted for by the fact that the board of | her beloved church but by the entire interference any more than that of any of the bosses of the other faction. auditors—composed of Mr. S. H. Hoy, of | Benner township, Mr. JEREMIAH BRUN- | GART, of Miles township, both Democrats {and Mr. W. H. Goss, of Ferguson, Re- | publican-thought it better to furnish a certain number of the readers of the subscribers of the Gazette, EACH THREE copies of it, rather than give to the many | other taxpayers of the county, who are not patrons of those journals, a single copy. Before the printing of the statements was commenced these gentlemen were | shown how 18,000 copies of it could be | placed in the hands of every taxpayer in the county, who reads any of the papers | ‘published in it, at a cost to the county of | $580.00. They preferred, however, to , print 23,000 copies of it and have three | copies sent to each of the subscribers with- in this county to the two papers named | at a cost to the taxpayers of $690.00, or $110 more than it would have been necessary to pay to put the supplements | in every paper published in the county one time and in two of them three times. | Asit is, persons who take both the Democrat and the Gazette will each get 6 copies of this statement, the rest of their patrons, within the county, will each receive three while the thousands of tax- payers who do not take or read either of them will not get any. ] Possibly this will be considered fair treatment of the taxpayers, but to us it | Democrat, and a certain number of the | community in which she lived. The remains were brought to Belle: fonte on Wednesday morning and taken to the home of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Potter, on east Linn Street. Funeral services were held there at 1.30 o'clock the same afternoon by Rev. Leith, Mrs. Sommerville's pastor of Winburne, assist- ed by Rev. George E. Hawes and later the remains were interred in the family lot in the Union cemetery. ! | GEARY.—Although notice of the death of Mr. Geary was given the readers of the WATCHMAN in ourissue of March 1st, we have been requested to give the fol- lowing insertion and do so with pleasure. John G. Geary, railway postal clerk, died February 26th, at his home in Har- risburg, after a five week's illness. Heart failure following a severe attack of multiple neuritis caused his death. We learn of Mr. Geary's death with much regret as he was born and reared in’ Unionville, Centre county, where he had numerous relatives and a host of friends. In 1887 he received his appointment to the postal service under Gov. Andrew G. Curtin, of Bellefonte, his run being from New York to Pittsburg. In 1895 Mr. Geary moved his family to Harrisburg, as it was more convenient to his work. Mr. Geary was 58 years of age, and is sur- vi by his wife, one daughter, Mrs. Ambrose Thompson,of Pittsburg; and two sons, Thos. Jay, of Paillipsion; W. Floyd, at home, a sister, Mrs. J. C. Smith, of Unionville, Pa. ‘Interment was made in the family plot | at Paxtang cemetery, Harrisburg. i GENSIMORE.—On Thursday afternoon of last week George Gensimore, one of the best known residents of Warriors- mark valley, died quite suddenly of heart failure, after an illness of less than an hour. He was born in Halfmoon town- ship, this county, on May 24th, 1842, hence at his death was 69 years, 10 months and 7 days old. When the Civil war broke out in 1861 he was among the first to respond to the call for volunteers and served for three years as a member of Company I, Fifth regiment. Return- ing from the war he engaged in farming in Halfmoon township and followed that occupation all his life. When the Sheri- dan troop, of Tyrone, was organized in connection with the National Guard of Pennsylvania he enlisted and was made its first lieutenant, an office he held for twenty-two years. Deceased was a mem- ber of the United Brethren church, for a number of years one of the elders and the past two years was superintendent of the Sunday school. He was a consistent christian gentleman and a man who had the respect and esteem of all who knew him. About forty-seven years ago he was united in marriage to Miss Lavina Near- hoof, a member of one of the well known families of that section. Surviving the deceased are the following children: Martin, Harry, Daniel, Annie, Mary and Alice. He also leaves two sisters: Mrs. Anna Lykens and Mrs. Catharine Matthews. Rev. T. P. Orner, of Tyrone, had charge of the funeral services which were held at ten o'clock on Sunday morn- ing in the United Brethren church, inter- ment being made in the Cross R cemetery. : | | HARTER ~Captain John H. Harter, a native of Centre county, died at his home in Osceola, Ohio, last Saturday morning, after suffering for over a year with heart trouble. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. William Harter and was born near Aaronsburg on August 3rd, 1843. His boyhood life was spent on the farm but when he grew to manhood he went to Mifflinburg and learned the coachmaking trade. When the Civil war broke out he enlisted in Captain Crozier's company of the Bucktail regiment, winning promo- tion for his bravery on the field until he was chosen captain to succeed Crozier. At the close of the war he located in Ohio where he engaged in farming and coachmaking, but of late years he had lived a retired life. He is survived by his second wife. three sons and two daughters; also the following brothers and sisters: Andrew Harter, of Rockford, Ill; Daniel, of Sterling, Ohio; Mrs. Frederick Kurtz and Thomas H. Harter, of Bellefonte; Mrs. Rebecca Murray, of Centre Hall; Jonathan Harter and Mrs. Samuel Campbell, of Millheim; Mrs. Jrom publication when the request is nade. Tribulation Third Term President. Editor Democratic Walchman: Shall the people rule by truth and equity? There appears to be a great shortage on the above by our former President to get his administration clean. It made great failures, and one thai caused vast choas financially, labor trou- ble and violations of the Sherman anti- trust laws to wit: his failure to appeal to the people for a commercial bill cn cus- toms, welto pay foreign nations on im- ported labor packages whereby the peo- ple would have a chart to govern intel- ligently. Oh, my, the interwooven snares of Col* Roosevelt. He says, “I believe that the American people are fit for complete self - government and that we of this Republic have more nearly realized, than any other people on earth, the ideal of justice at tained through genuine popular govern- ment.” The brand of American brews of beer, porter and ale made out of any- thing and government revenue ‘collected thereon, it makes the nation frauduently and suicidals. The open market by inhabitants product thereof, and a National com- mercial chart on imported labor packages the people are qualified without com- missionaries. ’ Twisted laws by evolution trade of barter through commissions on imports and exports, the first half century of this Republic rules on imports where actual cash paid on the goods O. K. aboard ex- port. The President that sacrificed Ameri- cans hosiery labor, .by the so-called reciprocity bill he lowered taxation on imported Germany hoisery at behest of Germany Embasador, that caused re- duction in American wages. COL. ROOSEVELT ADVOCATES AND OPPOSES, “Where regulation by competition roves insufficient, we should not shrink rom bringing governmental regulation to the point of control of monopoly rices.” Pp - “The anti-trust law does good insofar as it can be invoked. But insofar as its workings are uncertain, or as it threatens corporations which have not been guilty of anti-social conduct, it does harm.” “This country belongs to the people. So do the natural resources which make it rich. Conservation does not stop with the natural resources, but the principle of making the best use of all we have re- quires that we shall stop the waste of human life in industry.” “We ives believe that the peo- ple have t right, the power and the duty to protect themselves and their own welfare; that human rights are supreme over all other rights; that wealth should be the servant, not the master, of the wheels on the rails. Guthrie was a party to people. We believe that unless represen- CodlisnOn: February: 26th Mrs Bar. | Lewis Mensch, of Aaronsburg; William convention shall be made up and what of Hartleton, and Aaron, of looks more like personal favoritism at | 2 E authority shall name the person to call it to order. And they know also, that there is no power under the sun that could authorize Mr. GUTHRIE and Mr. RITTER, or any other self-constituted committee, to attempt to make up that roll or call that convention to order in any manner other than that prescribed by the rules of the party. It is upon the certificate of election furnished by the county commissioners of his county—and upon that alone—that a delegate's name can be put upon the roll and Mr. GUTHRIE or Mr. RITTER have no more authority to exclude from that roll a name that is certified as elected,or add to it one that is not certified, than they would have to add to or take from cer- tain provisions in the regularly enacted laws of the Commonwealth. They know, too, that the rules of the party are just as explicit in specifying how and by whom the temporary chair man shall be chosen and who shall call the convention to order. And they know these things just as well as they deal; declare against both Guffey and Palmer know how and by whom the roll must for National committeeman and for a new be made up and what names mus! be linewpallaround. placed upon it. Endo the sume issue of te Rvuldiean This proposition to ignore and set man in Pennsylvania disrupt aide the run of the party, and to defy | {he Demacac py ad mde it tidied Bulli , is a ever so. gi are a| beenup in the clouds theorizing and gazing 1 h of asses unable to distin- upon the image of George W. Guthrie as the piti only honest Democ rat within the confines of guish between an honest effort to unite | (phe Keystone State. the party, and a deliberate scheme to get — it into additional trouble and make il- Must Declare Themselves. legal every act its convention would| ~~ + 3 That announcement in the Harrisburg Pa- burg in 1905 whea that Pittsburg “reform” bunch placed the name of Lee Plummer at the head of its column on the November election ticket instead of the name of William H. Berry in the State Treasurer fight. Plummer beat Berry 28,804 in Allegheny county because of Guthrie's Citizen party having Plummer’s name at the head of its ticket. Inthe much damned bailiwick of the Donnelly-Ryan co- horts—Philadelphia, Berry had a majority of 32,147 over Plummer. We do not allege for a moment that the Donnelly-Ryan organization in Philadelphia should receive the credit for Mr. Berry's big majority in that city, but we do allege and it is a well known fact that George W. Guthrie and his so called reform bunch in Pittsburg were responsible for Plummer’s big majority there. There is just one way to reorganize the Democratic party in Pennsylvania and that is by forcing both factions to stand aside and choose leaders who can and will lead honest- ly: leaders with brains and endowed by na- ture and experience with the elements of lead- ership. Clearfield county Democrats have no use for either faction and will not support candidates for State or National delegate who do not same place that the regular convention a meeting in Clearfield, as candidates for dele- had been called to meet? There can aie 0 tie Baltimore Coven, ig: mal be no dispute as to who the legally . : While V: C. McCormick, of Harrisburg, elected delegates are, for the commis- This the week of February 19th proseet: sioners’ certificates of election ting a damage case in court Democratic Coun- ty Chairman Kimport, and Bob Foster, of of Cavite, and), G. Pak. of the 0 ae them they could run the convention just iim bing FA pm over. They had a conference at Mr. McCor- mick’s hotel but what Clearfield men were present no one knows. No Clearfield Democrat can be found who knows anything of the confer- the endorsement of the Citizens ticket in Pitts- the expense of the publi —Mr. AMUNDSEN, having found the | South pole, took a photograph of it in | order to substantiate his claim of dis- | covery. And you know a fellow who | could take a picture of either one of the | poles must be some photographer, be- sides being a discoverer. The Way It Went. t { | Only a week ago the Harrisburg Patriot, | that shares with the Philadelphia Press, the | honor (?) of being the mouth piece, of the | GUTHRIE,~MCCORMICK—PALMER dis-or- | ganizers, boasted of the majority by which | they would elect the new county chairman for the Democratic people of Bucks coun- ty. The election was held at Doylestown on Monday. Mr. WARREN S. LONG, who has filled the position of Chairman for years, and is the present member of the regular Democratic State Executive Com- mittee for the 9th division, declined a re- the dis-organizers announced that their candidate was Mr. WILLIAM NES, of the | same place. The vote showed thirty-six for Mr. FREED to nineteen: for Mr. Nes. Neither the Patriot nor the Press have as yet explained what was the matter with that "overwhelming sentiment” (?) for factional “re-organization” down in Bucks that they have blowed so much about, And we doubt if they ever intend to. ——King GEORGE, of England, has in- vented a coai-saving cooking range. It is to be hoped that his ingenuity will not be instrumental in getting him into hot water after the fashion of some of his | royal relatives. 3 — ——]Jt is just possible that the that every package be tied with good, strong twine, thus relieving the women of the arduous of assorting the wagons, before they are sent through the town. ' Subscribe for the WATCHMAN. vara Coble, wile of William C. Coble, [B25 died at her home at Houserville, aged 84 years, 3 months and 23 days. She was an invalid for many years but bore her suffering with patience and hope for the life hereafter. She was a consistent member of the Reformed church and al- ways did her utmost to promote the Master's cause. She was twice married. Her first husband was Mr. Bible and of | their children the following survive: George P. Bible, of Philadelphia; Frank Bible, in China; Mrs. Lillie Burd, of California, and Mrs. Annie Oyer, living in the State of Washington. Her second husband, William C. Coble, survives with one son, Grant Coble, of Houserville. Burial was made in the Houserville cemetery, on February 29th, Rev. S.C. Stover officiating. | | CROUSE.—Mrs. Harriet Crouse departed | this life on Wednesday of last week at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Haus- man, of Millheim,after an illness of some weeks. Her maiden name was Miss Harriet Long and she was a daughter of John and Elizabeth Long, having been born in Snyder county on March 28th, 1842. Her husband, Aaron Crouse, died on January 1st, 1904, and of their three children two survive, namely: Mrs. Haus man, of Millheim, and Calvin, of Rebers- burg. Funeral services were held in the Reformed church at Rebersburg last Sat- urday. Rev. G. A. Stauffer officiated and burial was made in the Union cemetery at that place. fl MERRYMAN. — Thomas Merryman, a well known resident of Taylor township, was found dead in bed last Sunday morn- ing. He had been in poor health for some time but his condition was not con- sidered serious so that his death was quite a schock to his friends. He was sixty years of age and is survived by a wife and number of children. Burial was madein the Mt. Pleasant cemetery on | | WoLr.—On Wednesday of last week Bertha Emaline Wolf, one of the twin daughters of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Wolf, of Avis, died quite suddenly after a brief illness, aged 2 years, 3 months and 12 days. The remsins were taken to State College and funeral services held in the Pine Hall Reformed church on Saturday by Rev. S. C. Stover, of Boalsburg. Burial was made in the Pine Hall cemetery. | | WEBER. —Floyd Edwin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose Weber, of Smuliton, died on February 26th, aged 9 years, 9 months and 21 days. Rev. G. A. Stauffer had charge of the funeral services which were held in the Reformed church at Rebers- burg on February 29th, burial being made in the Rebershurg cemetery. by Harrisburg. | | GINGERY-—On Thursday of last week W. B. Gingery was stricken with paralysis at the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. W. Williams, at Port Matilda, becoming un- eonscious and remaining in that condi- tion until Sunday morning when he died. His death was a source of deep regret in that community as he was greatly es- teemed by all who knew him. His wife died ten years ago but surviving him are the following children: Mrs. Mary Martz, Mrs. J. W. Williams, Mrs. P. R. Weaver, Miss Elsie and Rudolph, all of Port Matilda; Mrs. R. S. Stiver, of Bell- wood; Mrs. B. F. Williams, of Philipsburg. He also leaves two brothers and three sisters, namely: Dorsey Gingery, of Clearfield; John, of Woodland; Mrs. W. W. Laird, of Port Matilda; Mrs. W. M. Cronister, of Martha, and Miss Mary Gingery, of Tyrone. The funeral was held at 9:30 o'clock on Wednesday morn- ing, burial being made in Brown's ceme- tery. | | WoOLFE.—Mrs. Lucetta Wolfe, wife of Robert Wolfe, died at her home at Arch Spring last Friday evening, of heart fail- ure, the result of four month's illness with a complication of diseases. She was born in Bald Eagle valiey on May 28th, 1851, hence was in her sixty-first year. In 1852 she was married at Arch Spring, Blair county, to Robert Wolfe who sur- vives with three children, namely: Miss Jean, of Arch Spring; Harry, of Spruce Creek, and Mrs. Maude Tobias, of Mack- both of Mill Hall. Fuperal services were held at her late home at ten o'clock on Monday morning and the same day the remains were taken to Mill Hall ang thence to the Cedar Hill cemetery for leaves one brother and a sister. The re- mains were buried at Mifflinburg on Mon- Say suorming, Gross. — Cora Elizabeth, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Gross, died on Thursday of last week of pneu- monia, following an attack of the measles. She was aged 2 years, 7 months and 9 days. Burial was made on Sunday after- tative government does absolutely repre- sent the people it is not representative government at all.” . Genuine progressives are those that work in truth to develope our resources that are in the make-up of national power by equalizing tariff rates on all imported %oods that we can reproduce for actual nour labor of any nation and grant to labor of this Republic there whole mar- kets to produce real money, coin, silver and gold by government independant coinage. Yours faithfully, Lamar, Pa. JAMES WOLFENDEN, March 9, 1912. SHuLTZz.—Following one week's illness with peritonitis Mrs. Nellie May Shultz, wife of Martin Shultz, died at her home in Williamsburg, Blair county, last Satur- day afternoon. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Walker and was born at Runville, this county, her age at death being 21 years, 9 months and 26 days. She was a member of the Cove Forge Methodist church and a woman univer- William Sunday and brother moved up the country last week. Mrs. Melvin Snyder spent a week here in town, at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Osman. : The ground hog will have one week yet to rule, then spring may get a chance to put in her ap- pearance. Linn S. Bottorf’s goods came last week and they stored them in the house occupied by Ed- ward Dale. Daniel’Kustenborder and wife came down from Warriorsmark to help Milton Carvers get ready for their sale. The weather man has been putting in full time this winter for almost every day found a different kind on hand. . Mrs. Sadie Miller started for Durand, IIL, last Tuesdav, after spending a few months visiting among friends in these parts. Moving will be on the string in a few daysnow, and to start che ball a rolling John Grove will move into his new brick house on the 19th, Mrs. Jacob Shuey has been quite ill the past week with bronchitis, and on Sunday it was fear- noon in the Union cemetery, Rev. C. W. | og hat she would not recover, but on Monday Winey officiating. she was better, ——— LR
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