~ BY P. GRAY MEEK.
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INK SLINGS.
—It is not a good thing to preserve
your New Year's resolution in alcohol.
—Right now is the time that the boy
with a good horse and comfortable sleigh
can call his girl friends legion.
—Anyway the snow that fell on Sun-
day gives 1914 the bacon so far as mak-
ing things look like real winter is con-
cerned.
—Here’s to the new burgess, the new
council and aii the new officials! May
they lead the way toward making 1914
the best year Bellefonte has ever had.
—Naturally, the WATCHMAN office
doesn’t look with the same pleasure, that
others do, at a big snow. For behind it
all our press rooms invariably see an
equally big flood.
—Many a man who smokes up from
ten to fifty cents a day of his earnings
would be after a divorce at the end of his
first week of married life if his wife were
to eat a nickle’s worth of candy a day.
—In about seventy days the Panama
canal will be open to the commerce of
the world. That is, if some more of the
world don’t take a notion to slide into
Culebra cut in the meanwhile.
—Isn’t it funny! Big business is get-
ting good and little business is just as
happy and hopeful as can be. And all
this under a Democratic administration.
It really isn’t so funny after all. People
are merely becoming more sensible.
—If the borough of Bellefonte has
$18,000 in its sinking fund why wouldn't
it be better business to call in a like
amount of its bonds on which it is pay-
ing 4 per cent. interest per annum than
‘to leave the money continue at interest
“at only 3 per cent.
—The editor of the WATCHMAN re-
spectfully informs the Philadelphia North
American that he isn’t after any “pie,”
doesn’t expect any and that Reorganiza-
tion has so disturbed his half a century
old Democratic digestive apparatus that.
he couldn’t eat any if he had it.
—The unprecedented profit sharing
plan just announced by the FORD com-
pany makes it look as though a good
many of us country editors might apply
for one of those janitorships that are to
pay five plunks a day. But then we
might be taking a shingle off the sheriff's
roof every once in a while.
—BURMAH JONES says: “It's Time
that always beats us. We ain’t no good
before we're twenty-one and we croak at
‘you figure out all the
philosopher, but notwithstanding his
truths most men will continue to hit the
hay for as many hours as are possible
and every now and then we hear the
thud of another falling off the water
wagon.
—Another and strange thing is suppos-
ed to be happening. The New York Sun
of Tuesday is authority for the statement
that Mr. BRYAN’s friends in Pennsylva-
nia seem to be back of the candidacy of
MICHAEL RYAN, of Philadelphia, for the
Democratic nomination for Governor
As it is well known that Mr. PALMER
and his friends are not favorable to Mr.
RYAN’s candidacy this looks like we
might ultimately be treated to the spec-
tacle of seeing the PALMER and BRYAN
Democrats in Pennsylvania in one grand
fight. And then won’t there be a show
down that will be amusing, at least, to
we who are listed as only plain Demo-
crats.
—Strange things are happening in pol-
itics in Pennsylvania just now. At
Scranton, Tuesday night, the banquet,
that was believed would be the occasion
of A. MITCHELL PALMER’S announcement
for Governor, turned out as a boom for
Collector BERRY. The fact that Mr. Jim-
MY BLAKESLIE was there gives color to
the thought that PALMER is not going to
be a candidate at all and that he is going
to back BERRY. If he could get Mr. BER-
RY—who isn’t hard to get—to run for
Governor don’t you see that would give
PALMER a chance to appoint another
man to take BERRY’S fat job in Philadel-
phia, and also save PALMER the good
beating he would probably get were he
the candidate.
—The complete conversion of Mr. To-
NY. BIDDLE, Philadelphia’s erstwhile mill-
ionaire fop, newspaper reporter, prize
fighter and bible class organizer has come
with the year 1914. BIDDLE’S really won-
derful work for good was not taken seri-
ously by many and actually condemned
by some because while posing and work-
ing as an evangelist he served wines and
liquors in his own home and drank them
elsewhere. A glass of milk so revived
him after the fatigue of shaking hands
with his thousands of bible class mem-
bers on New Year’s afternoon that he re-
alized that alcoholic stimulants are not
necessary and at once ordered every bot-
tle of rare old stuff in his wine cellar
broken. “Never again,” says ToNY and
he has done enough already to make
most men believe that he means what he
says. When we see a millionaire club
and society man who has the courage to
stand on a box on the street corners of
his home city and preach the gospel of
CHRIST shame steals over us for having
even thought him a light weight playing
sensationalism to the grand stands. . =
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STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION.
BELLEFONTE, PA. \.. JANUARY 9, 1914.
NO. :
_Yoi.59.
Woodrow Wilson’s Greatest Triumph.
The withdrawal of J. P. MORGAN & |
Co., from the directorates of the several
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A Word to Our New Councilmen.
We notice that there were three bor
' ough orders for $2000.00 each in the
corporations with which its members sinking fund when the old council wound
were associated, is easily the greatest | up its business. In other words a sink-
triumph of the ‘WILSON administration. | ing fund that on paper looked like $18,-
The passage of the tariff bill was a splen- | 000 amounted to only $12,000 because
did achievement. It not only revealed a ; there was no money in the treasury to
standard of constructive statesmanship |
in the Democratic party that is admira-
ble but proved a party solidarity that
guarantees endurance. The passage of
the currency bill was a grand victory for
it showed that persistent and militant
devotion to moral obligations that literal-
ly commands respect. But the recent
incident which involves the breaking up
of the Money trust, is more important to
the people than either of these. It
means the restoration of the government
of the United States to the people of the
United States.
The Money trust began operations |
during the: administration of THEODORE ;
ROOSEVELT and so long as he occupied
the White House the late JOHN PIER-
POINT MORGAN enjoyed absolute control
of the destinies of this great Kepublic.
Happily Mr. MORGAN was big enough to
exercise his power with such moderation
as to make it serve his purpose without
incensing the public mind beyond con-
trol. But there was no time during the
four years of ROOSEVELT’S second term
that MORGAN could not have wrecked
the ship of state and established himself
as the absolute dictator as he was the ab-
solute controller of the money and cred-
it of the country. All industrial endeav-
or is controlled by money and with his
hand in the management of all the great
corporations, he could crush any man or
industry or create any enterprise he
liked.
The withdrawal of the MORGAN firm
from these corporations is the beginning
of the end of interlocking directorates.
That means the destruction of the Mon-
ey trust for it depended upon that sys-
tem of controlling currency and credit.
Mr. MORGAN from his Wall Street office
could tie up every railroad, every steel
| plant, every. Sisamship company and
0 cri D
fall into the lines laid by him under pen-
alty of having its credit cut off and its
sources of supply closed. At the outset
of his administration President WILSON
set himself to the task of checking this
evil. It was an herculian undertaking
but it has been accomplished and the
achievement is as much ascribable to
the splendid statesmanship of WooOD-
ROW WILSON as to the patriotism of the
Democratic party.
Mr. Wanamaker Borrows Trouble.
Mr. JouN WANAMAKER graciously pays
tribute to President WILSON’s intelligence
and patriotism. He even admitted in a
speech at the Union League, Philadelphia,
the other evening, that the President’s
tariff policy has done no great harm to
business and that his currency policy is
an improvement upon that which pre-
ceded it. But he admonishes the Presi-
dent against introducing politics into the
affairs of the government. He is espe-
cially anxious that no political considera-
tions shall enter into the selection of the
Board which will administer the curren-
cy law. Big, broad-minded men who are
not partisans are needed for that service,
Mr. WANAMAKER believes.
So long, probably, “that the memory of
man runneth not to the contrary,” dis-
tinguished Republicans have given Dem-
ocratic executives the same advice.
Whenever a Democrat gets into office he
is solemnly warned against putting men
of his own political faith in control of af-
fairs. In this Mr. WANAMAKER is sim-
ply following the example of such unself-
ish patriots as the late Senator QUAY
whose heart was always filled with fear
within the shadow of Democratic admin-
istration. Democrats should never as-
pire to office, they insist, and when one
of them does get in he should instantly
set his face against the admission of oth-
ers. The offices belong to the Republi-
cans.
We most cordially concur in Mr. WAN-
AMAKER’S opinion that the administra
tion of the new currency bill is of the ut-
most importance and that the most ca-
pable men should be called to the service.
But there are plenty of capable men in
the Democratic party and the President
will have no more trouble in selecting
Democrats for that job than he had in
selecting Democrats to sit in his cabinet
or represent the country in important
diplomatic posts. No President should
sacrifice the country for party and no
President we have ever had would have
been less inclined to do that than Woob-
ROW WILSON. But the best service can
be obtained from Democrats and we
hope President WILSON will put no .oth-
ers in control.
pay the three orders in question.
Some years ago this was the practice
with council, but it was stopped when
it was revealed that the sinking fund
had actually nothing in it but such
orders, which the borough did not have
the money to redeem. At that time an
additional bond issue had to be made to
re-establish the sinking fund and pay out-
standing notes.
It is quite probable that the three
orders found in the sinking fund on the
first of January, 1914, were placed there
lin lieu of cash that had been expended
on the Green mill property, therefore it
was quite the proper thing that council
should pay off those orders out of the
proceeds of the sale of that property.
In this particular instance the practice
of putting orders instead of cash into
the sinking fund might-be justified, but
we hope that the new council will see to
it that it is not continued. The integrity
of the sinking fund required by law for
the redemption of the Borough's bonded
indebtedness should not be impaired for
temporary expediency. Taxes are levied
and gathered for that specific purpose
and council should so arrange its budget
of expenditures that it will not be neces-
sary to borrow from the sinking fund or
to be unable to put the required amount
into it each year.
The danger is here. You say why not
borrow the money from the sinking fund
at 3 per cent. rather than go outside and
pay 5 or 6 per cent. for it? It does look
as though you would save 2 or 3 per
cent. by such an operation, but would
the same incentive to be prepared to pay
off the obligation be there at maturity as
would if the money were owed to some-
one else than the borough itself. We
fear not, and past experience has dem-
onstrated: its folly, thevsfor the Suggestion; g
fre pon: n or 0 Juggle “with “the Si
2 ch of these enterprises had to
fund and to plan all expenditures with !
the thought in mind that $2000 in cash,
not orders, must be added to it each
year.
——The British Minister of Mexico
who has been sympathizing with HUERTA
and making matters as difficult as pos-
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promises of reforms.
sible for President WILSON has been re-
called and as we used to say in speaking | to make appropriations for the National |
abont election probabilities, “straws show | Guard of the several States, and “a wink
which way the winds are blowing.”
Democratic Slump in 1912.
In 1908 Mr. WILLIAM JENNINGS |
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Woodrow Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt,
When THEODORE ROOSEVELT was Pres-
ident of the United States the news-
papers were constantly burdened with
epigrams and trite phrases emanating
form his brain and intended for popular
instruction as to duty. “Do things,”
“achieve results,” “strike hard,” were
favorite platitudes used to punctuate
The “malefactor
of great wealth” was his pet aversion
‘and he had a big stick perpetually poised
‘to thump him when opportunity offered.
Any very rich man who failed to con-
Important if True.
From the Johnstown Democrat. :
The Hon. Thomas H. Greevy, of Altoo-
na, has been visiting the Hon. Eugene C.
Bonniwell at Philadelphia, and telling
that gentleman and the newspapers that
“the entire western section of the State
is a unit for Mr. Ryan” for the Governar-
ship. “Never in my time,” he is quoted
as saying, “has the candidacy of a Dem-
ocrat been so strongly endorsed as Mr.
Ryan’s.”
We are inclined to think this will be
news to most of the Democrats in the
western part of Pennsylvania, Apparent-
ly they have taken but a languid interest
| in the Ryan candidacy and very few of
| them have taken the trouble to declare
tribute to corruption funds to support themselves on the subject of the Govern-
his political ambitions was that sort of | orship at all.
an “undesirable citizen” and any trust!
which failed to open its purse to his col-
lectors was “a predatory trust,” to be
| suppressed.
ROOSEVELT was President seven years
and a-half and during all that time the |
air was charged with threats against |
such combinations and the public was
held in constant expectation of some de-
cisive action. But time passed, as is its
habit, and nothing was accomplished.
An investigation of the Santa Fe rebat-
ing fastened crime upon a member of his
cabinet, but he refused to prosecute. A
trail led to the door of the MORGAN
It was perhaps unfortunate" that the
Ryan candidacy was predicated at the very
| beginning on avowed hostility to the re-
organization Democrats. Mr. Ryan may
not have been responsible for this, but
he seems not to have disavowed it and
so must accept whatever effect it may
! have on Democrats who feel that the re-
organization was necessary, that it has
| vindicated itself and tha: it ought to be
upheld.
Standing Pat on Mexico.
From the Harrisburg Star-Independent.
The mystery that, at this writing, still
surrounds the nature of the conference
held on board the cruiser Chester, be-
tween President Wilson and his confi-
‘banking firm but he ordered a stop to | dential agent, John Lind, is of course
the inquiry because those people “had | arousing the curiosity of all Americans
been so friendly to us,” meaning him.
Rumors were frequent and constant but
| and others who are intensely interested
in the badly muddled situation in the re-
public to the south of us, but when Presi-
nothing was achieved for the reason,prob- | dent Wilson unseals his lips and makes
ably, that their purpose was to force
campaign contributions rather than cor-
rect public evils.
President WILSON has been in office
less than a year and yet the preda-
tary trusts are scampering to cover all
over the country. The Western Union
combine has been dissolved, the Money
trust stifled and finally the Union Pacific-
Southern Pacific combination has yielded
obedience to the law which forbids the
merging of parallel and competing lines
of railroads. These results show the dif-
ference between the man who promises
and one who acts. WooDROW WILSON
“does things.” He indulges in no mean-
|ingless platitudes but accomplishes re-
alts faz reaching and beneficent. The
but acts effectively.
——Of course the National Guard
doesn’t have to “comply with the order
of the War Department requiring the
organization of the State forces into
brigades and divisions.” But neither is
the government at Washington obliged
is as good as a nod to a blind mule.”
Dean Lewis Shows Resentment.
Mr. S. DRAPER LEWIS, Dean of the Uni-
BRYAN, as the Democratic candidate | versity of Pennsylvania, has resigned his
for President, polled 448,872 votes in | office as president of the Progressive
Pennsylvania.
The campaign was con- | League of Philadelphia.
Mr. LEWIS was
ducted by the “Old Guard” and GEORGE |a conspicuous figure among the Bull
W. GUTHRIE, VANCE C. MCCORMICK and : Moosers in the campaign of 1912.
In
many of the other so-called “Reorganiz- | fact his name gave credit and character
ers’ voted for the Republican candidate.
A factional breech which had been made
by Mr. BRYAN’s first nomination was
somewhat widened by the action of Mr.
BRYAN and his adherents at the Denver
convention, and it was impossible to
arouse even the shadow of a hope of
victory. Nevertheless the party vote
was well up to the highest average of
recent Presidential years and the Repub-
lican majority very much less than in
1904.
In 1908 Connecticut gave TAFT a ma-
jority of about 200,000. In Kansas it
was in the neighborhood of 35,000. Min-
nesota gave TAFT about 90,000 majority.
New Hampshire scored a Republican
majority of 20,000. New Jersey gave
TAFT nearly 70,000 majority. New York
polled about 200,000 Republican majority.
Ohio gave Taft 50,000 majority; Oregon
about 25,000 and Wisconsin upward of
80,000. These majorities represented the |
normal strength of the parties in those
States at that time. The Republican ma-
jority in Pennsylvania in 1908 was 298,-
997. In 1904 it was 505,519.
After the election of TAFT and the be-
trayal of pledges made to the people dur-
ing his administration a radical change
in public sentiment set in and spread
‘rapidly throughout the country. It was
as obvious in Pennsylvania as in New
Jersey or New York. The nomination of
WooDROW WILSON stimulated this senti-
ment amazingly and changed hope into
confidence here as well as elsewhere.
But while all the States above enumerat-
ed “faced about,” and gave Democratic
majorities, in 1912 Pennsylvania slumped
on its votes about twenty per cent. for
the reason that the party managers had
their eves focussed and their minds cen-
tered upon the spoils of office rather
than the glories of victory.
~The best Job Work done here.
to the organization and the movement.
During the recent campaign he was
equally active and if less efficient it was
no fault of his. But it seems that he is
growing weary of the work. In other
words he is losing in zeal and earnest-
ness. His resignation of the presidency
of the League indicates that he proposes
to shift on to other shoulders the bur-
dens which he has hitherto willingly
borne.
In the beginning of the Bull Moose
movement the force behind it was a
rather shabby contingent. BILL FLINN, a
notorious political contractor and a few
thousand party cripples and political
camp followers, composed the force.
Then Mr. LEWIS joined in and brought
with him an atmosphere of respectability
that drew wonderfully from an element
which means well but reasons little.
FLINN’S check book continued, however,
the dominant feature of the affair and
lured ROOSEVELT into a marvelous mani-
festation of affection while it developed
by devious methods a surprising strength.
As a matter of fact, however, Dean LEw-
1S was the figure that conjured, or shall
we say “conned” the public.
After the election of 1912, with its sur-
prising results in this State, Mr. FLINN
and a few of his intimates set about to
apportion the future favors of the party
just as he used to do, in a local way, in
Pittsburgh, when he was in control of
the machine. In this distribution he left
Dean LEWIS out entirely and named for
the office which Mr. LEWIS coveted, a
non-resident of the State who has few
claims but plenty of money, Mr. GIFFORD
PINCHOTT, of Washington, who bappens
to own a shooting preserve in Pike coun-
ty. Naturally this selection had a dis-
heartening influence upon Mr. LEWIS and |
his resignation of the presidency. of the
League may be interpreted as a resent- ! the Presidency.
ment.
Te Opes “but achieves’ «coy
| nothing. The rent reformer talks little
known what took place, it is quite likely
that the public will learn that he has not
changed materially his announced policy
for the treatment of the Mexican situa-
tion.
Despite the renewed talk of annexation
and intervention on the part of the Unit-
ed States it probably will be learned that
the Washington administration has no
more intention now of resorting to either
of these expedients than it has had be-
fore. President Wilson has made it very
clear that this nation will not sacrifice
thousands of men and millions of dollars
for the settlement of a quarrel among
anarchists for which the nation : not Ie
sponsible.
Can Always Come oh &
From the Houston Post. k
Tom Taggart, Democratie ‘Na
ing as “progressives” fave Jong sought
to dangle his political scalp from their
belts, but in vain. Tom Taggart believes
in the real rule of the people, not in a
sham rule in which bossism finds a sub-
terfuge under a display of mock regard
for the welfare of the masses through
their deliberate voicings -uninfluenced by
sentimental appeals to their prejudice.
As further proof of his strength with the
masses, he and his supporters won a
sweeping victory throughout the State
{ Tuesday in the district conventions when
every man elected to a chairmanship was
a Taggart sympathizer. Indiana Demo-
crats believe in Taggart because he has
been true to every trust and supports
their capacity for self-government under
sane conditions of appeal for their suf-
frage.
The Copperheads of Today.
From the New York Commercial.
Leaders of a great party, like Mr. Can-
non and Mr. Mann, should not talk of
panic without proving what they say. A
panic is a state of mind. If’ everybody
can be made to think a panic is impend-
ing or has arrived, panic will come at
once. All we have to do is to cease
spending for one week and the wheels
i of business will stop. If these leaders
have no proofs that panic prevails they
have laid themselves open to the charge
that they are willing to sacrifice the wel-
fare of the country and inflict misery on
thousands to gain a party advantage. It
is evident that Mr. Mann and Mr. Can-
non believe that the only way open for
their return to power and office is over a
road strewn with financial wrecks for
which they will attempt to blame their
political opponents. Such men are the
“copperheads” of today.
Merely an Oversight.
From the Philadelphia Record. >
| Philadelphia spent nearly $39,000,000
| for new buildings last year, and there
was not a soup house among them. This
was clearly an oversight on the part of
Senator Penrose and his friends. Now
that the manufacturers have free wool
to work with he should make a’ tour of
Kensington, take a census of the closed
mills and start measures of relief for the
starving millions. A little reading of the
trade journals will add to his enlighten-
ment on the situation.
A Necessary Precaution.
From the Kansas City Journal.
The Ohio representative who is going
to retire from Congress because he can’t
stay there and be honest might employ
a private detective to see that he keeps
his hands out of other people’s pockets.
Still a Power in Politics.
From the Brooklyn Eagle.
Charles F. Murphy’s name still has
some value. If you're an aspirant for
a city job against another fellow and can
get Murphy to indorse him, his goose is
cooked.
Deserves Another One.
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! From the Detroit Free Press.
Senator Root further proves his right
to the peace prize by refusing to run for
Any man who will do
that surely is a lover of peace.
SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE.
—Thirty head of live stock were burned in a
fire of unknown origin which destroyed a large
barn on the farm of William Byerly, near Milton.
—Five foreigners, who broke a scarlet fever
quarantine at Wallopsburg, near Plumville,where
the disease is epidemic, were arrested and fined
$5 each.
—Somerset county has a citizen who cast his
first presidential vote for Henry Clay. This aged
voter is Emanuel Specht. who has just celebrat-
ed the 93rd anniversary of his birth.
—Frank Huff, of Penfield, who was recently
convicted of murder in the first degree in the
Clearfield court and sentenced by Judge Smith to
undergo the death penalty, has been granted a
new trial.
—Governor Tener has appointed Robert W.
Irwin, an attorney of Washington county, to suc-
ceed the late Judge Taylor. The new Judge isa
Democrat, and was endorsed by 78 out of the 100
members of the Washington bar.
—Clarion county is said to have the youngest
sheriff in the United States. W. S. Smathers,
born June 16th, 1891, was appointed sheriff in
February, 1913, before he was 22, and was elected
last November for the usual term.
—Thomas Thom, a Frenchman, stabbed in
the same fight in which Joseph Remedia, an
Italian, was killed at Janesville, Clearfield coun-
ty, on New Years, is likely to recover. The arrest
of all concerned in the riot has been ordered.
—Struck by a falling branch of a tree he was
cutting, Charles Plummer, aged 60, died at his
home at Portageof a fractured skvll. He was
alone when the accident happened and lay un-
conscious for some time before his plight was
discovered.
—The failure of the Huntingdon bank some
time ago has an echo in the bankruptcy of the
retiring burgess of Huntingdon, R. W. Jacobs,
whose assets are likely enough to cover liabili-
ties. His success in big deals was. prevented by
the failure of the bank. %:s
—Tripping over a plate at an oil well on the
Miller farm, six miles from Emlenton, on Satur-
day, John Hall, an oil well shooter, fell against a
tank containing 25 quarts of nitro-glycerine.
In the explosion that followed the unfortunate
man was blown to atoms,
—The war between the Jersey Shore Water
company and citizens of that place goes merrily
on. The company asked to be released from the
injunction forbidding the collecting of water
rent. Citizens claim it has not complied with the
requirements of court and the injunction is still
in force.
—Mill Hall is vpin arms at the raising of the
trolley fare from that place to Lock Haven to 10
cents. Within a short time two big auto trucks,
carrying thirty-two passengers, will be on the
road and a boycott of the trolley carsis already
being instituted. Travelers will use either the
autos or the railroad trains, which charge but 8
cents.
—Rev. R. E. McClure, of Blairsville, is said to.
have received two threatening letters, telling him
that unless he obeys orders his home and church
will be blown up. The preacher refuses to dis-
cuss the matteror tell what the orders were, but
he is emphatic in his position in the fight against
liquor licenses. The letters are not, apparently,
giving him any uneasiness.
—Justice of the peace Isador Simendinger, of
Ehrenfeld, is in serious trouble. One foreigner
accuses him of taking $100 bail and not returning
the case to court. Another accuses of taking a
fine of $10 for peddling in rural districts and $40
for a license, which the peddler never received.
It was stated that there is no license fee for rural
districts and so the squire faces the charge of
misdemeanor, as well as embezzlement.
—Fire chief Everett Johnson makes the inter-
esting announcement that the fire loss in Lock
«| Haven from June 1st, when he was elected, up to
January Ist, was only about $400. In all there
were only nine fires within the city limits, and
one in Castanea township, the latter loss not being
figured in the total. On eight fire losses that oc-
curred in the city limits there was a known in-
surance paid of $183.75, but in the case of one the
amount could not be learned.
—Sixteen hours after he had held up'fand rob-
bed Herbert John, station agent of the
Pennsylvania railroad, David McCollum aged
27, of Wickboro, began to serve a five-
year sentence on charges of assault and battery
with intent to kill, pointing fire arms, robbery,
larceny and carrying concealed weapons. In pass-
ing sentence Judge Painter informed McCollum
that the maximum sentence for the charges
amounted to fifty years, but told McCollum as he
had confessed, the court was lenient.
—Miss Ivy Mountain, aged 19, teacher of
Pritts school, in Springfield township, faces court
trial on charges of assault and battery and
cruelty, preferred by J. W. Barger, whose son,
Perrin Barger, aged 16, the teacher whipped.
Justice of the peace Cassimer Cramer, before
whom Barger’s charge was filed, sentenced Miss
Mountain to 60 days in jail, but when the young
woman was taken to Uniontown Saturday to serve
the sentence, Judge J. Q. Van Swearingen order-
ed that she be released pending a trial in court.
—When James Haynes, of Ralphton, jokingly
remarked to his wife that he had a notion to shoot
her because supper was not ready, the woman
pulled from her pocket a revolver he had pur-
chased recently and remarked that she guessed
she would do the shooting herself. She pulled
the trigger and a 22-calibre bullet struck Haynes
in the throat, inflicting a serious though not fatal
wound. No areest has been made, as the au-
thorities believe the statement of the woman to
the effect that she was joking and had no idea the
weapon was loaded. Haynes is also of the same
opinion.
—To strengthen her claim against the county
commissioners for a reward of $500 offered for
the arrest of her husband, John oO. Keeler con-
demned to die on the gallows January 15th, Mrs.
Keeler had her attorney take.her husband's
deposition relative to the manner of his being
lodged in jail. The attorney for the county ac-
companied the lawyer to the jail and witnessed
the taking of the deposition. The statement will
be submitted to the court at the February term.
The gallows upon which Keeler will hang will be
located in a temporary building on the north side
of the jail. i
—W. A.Rider, Jr., aged 45, nd married, of if
Finleyville, Pa., was burnedto death and Peter
Smith, aged 70, of Oakdale was seriously burned
when Smith's house at Oakdale burned Saturday
night. Rider had been working at Burgetts-
town, Pa., and Saturday night went to visit
Smith, According to Smith they were cooking a
meal in the kitchen before retiring. Their at-
tention was attracted to the front room by
smoke. Smith said he opened the door and was
hurled through another door into the yard as by
an explosion. The flames whirled about Rider
and he fell to the floor where his body was found
later.
—En route through the mountains from Lo-
gantown to White Deer Sunday a passenger
‘| train on the White Deer and Logantown railroad
stalled in snow drifts and could not be moved
until 4 o'clock Monday afternoon, after being
isolated twenty-four hours. A relief train was
sent out, but it could get no nearer than five
miles and the rescue was abandoned until morn
ing when an army of men with shovels released
the train, crew and a-half dozen passengers who
had spent the night in a passenger coach. James
Dougherty, a veteran mail carrier, succeeded in
reaching the imprisoned men with food before
the rescue party got to it. The snow in the
| mountain through which the Toad runs is thirty
inches deep. :