=r CC ~ BY P. GRAY MEEK. SS . INK SLINGS. —These are the times when even the righteous take an occasional tumble in slippery places. ’ —Medical journals are warning “old folks” of the danger in attending dances. What's the use when we don’t have any- body willing to be placed in that class anymore. —Congressman BEN JOHNSON, of Kentucky, had the wrong number when he got into Congress. The army was the place for him. That's where Uncle SAM keeps his fighters. ——The Democratic leaders in Con- gress are striving to complete the work of the session by July first and they will probably accomplish the purpose. The Democratic leaders of the present Con- gress have a habit of doing things. ——The destruction of battleship mod- els in a fire at Cramp’s ship-yard, Phila- delpia, the other day, is a matter of no great consequence. A battleship model ‘becomes obsolete almost as soon as the ship built from it strikes the water. ~ —In several Pennsylvania colleges one student in every fifteen owns an auto- mobile. In all probability the fourteens who don’t will be fellows who will be first to make good enough to buy a ma- chine of their own after they get out of college. * —Uncle SAM is going to ask the Mexi- can women who followed those Mexican soldiers over the border into his country to do the cooking for the entire party | his esteemed journal so frequently refers distinction by the liberality of his con- during their visit. And he will probably ! to. However that may be we stand by tributions to the campaign fund in 1912 | them just as we stand by other state- 'as well as on account of the vehemence ask it in such a way that if they refuse there will be no cooking done. . ——A Philadelphia contemporary has discovered, by diligent inquiry, that a majority of the clergy are opposed to the new dances. If our memory serves us right, however, the clergy- men of the country never were enthu- siastically in favor of any kind of dances. + —We notice that among the distin- guished up-State politicians who called on Senator PENROSE, in Philadelphia, on Saturday, was our own HENRY CUTE QUIGLEY. It is so unfashionable among Republicans now-a-days to own that they are on calling terms with the senior Senator that we rather admire the cour- age of our local candidate for judge. . —If it were worth while to pay serious attention to the utterances of those hot- headed Mexicans the federal soldiers who flew under Uncle SAM’s coat tails men last week might be usked what they think of Uncle SAM’S reception of them as compared with the kind they boasted so bombastically about giving him should he venture into their country. ; —Realizing that if he goes back to Congress he can’t beat the Hon. CLAUDE KiTcHIN, of North Carolina, for the chair- manship of the Ways and Means com- | mittee and thereby secure the Demo- cratic leadership of the House, the Hon. MitcH PALMER is about to notify the Democrats of Pennsylvania that he will permit them to make him their candidate for the Senate. How altogether lovely is this magnanimous man. ——What keeps the Pennsylvania Democrats, who are now occupying seats at the public pie counter, busiest is try- ing to cipher out what the other patriots in the same class with themselves ever did for the party to entitle them to the honors they think they are holding and the emoluments they are each enjoying. And there are scores of other Democrats in almost every section of the State greatly interested in the solution of the same problem. —Judge FULLER, of Wilkesbarre, ruled against a young attorney of that place who had sued a client for a fee of $450 for pre- senting a license petition for him. The court said: “no such fee would be prom- ised were it not for the client’s belief that the attorney possesses some peculiar occult access to the ear of the judge.” Of course no such fees are charged in Centre county, but we fancy that pros- pective clients have occasionally been given a little of that “peculiar occult access” dope. + —The last hope of ROBERT F. HUNTER to be made United States Marshall for J STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION. VOL. 59. BELLEFONTE, PA. JANUARY 23, 1914. Col. Bailey’s Dilemma. The Bull Moose Conference. It would be a pity to note the recall of the Hon. WARREN WORTH BAILEY at burg last week was disappointing. Every- | the end of his first term in Congress. body expected it would do something There are a great many elements that worth while, but as a matter of fact it make for a great ‘and useful career in did nothing that will make even a tran- the make-up of the Johnstown editor, sient impression on the public mind. but, unfortunately, there are some others Probably there were substantial reasons obstructive, rather than constructive, and for this. Maybe it was because Boss they are the ones causing the trouble FLINN, of Pittsburgh, and Boss VAN VALK- ; just now. Itis not a compliment to say ENBURG, of Philadelphia, didn’t have as that there is probably not a more pro- complete control of the forces in attend- : found thinker in Congress than Col. BAI- . ance as they hoped to show and possibly | LEY. Itis the truth. And we have no it was for the reason that these enter- intention of exalting one and minimiz- prising proprietors of the party in Penn- ing the other when we say that were sylvania have been too far removed his talents to run true to the needle of from Mr. ROOSEVELT for a considerable orthodox Democracy the people of Penn: time that they have. become afraid to sylvania who do not know it now act. In any event nothing was done ex- would soon discover that as compared cept the issue of a few platitudes in the with Congressman BAILEY our Pennsyl- form of a platform and the practical vania leader in Congress rattles very like guarantee of the Senatorial nomination an empty wagon. | to Mr. GIFFORD PINCHOTT, of New York. | Modesty may persuade Col. BAILEY to For ourselves we own that we hoped believe that these are more of the mis- | the conference would declare for Boss guided utterances of the WATCHMAN that FLINN for Governor. He has earned that ments to which he has taken exception. of his opposition to Senator PENROSE and Being so it is all the more pity that he is the machine he represents. Some years threatened with very serious opposition ago he was willing to serve that machine if he isambitious to return to Congress with all the energy and fidelity ‘he could to represent the - Blair-Bedford-Cambria command. He even organized the Pitts- district. burgh Republican machine on the Phila- Rumor hasit that Representative MATT, delphia plan and laid it at the feet of the of Bedford county, a Reorganizer, will late Senator QUAY to command. But enter the contest against Col. BAILEY; | QUAY was a pretty good judge of men while THOMAS H. GREEVY, of Blair, and ' and refused to have anything to do with others of prominence and influence in FLINN. PENROSE has pursued the same the district, will put whatever obstacles course since he succeeded QUAY as the they can in his path. We can not ac- | machine leader. For these reasons FLINN count for the attitude of the Bedford As- has been consistently opposed to the ma- semblyman. He has been part and par- | chine since. : Thi cel of the Reorganization movement in | But the conference was not disposed which Col. BAILEY has been such a dis- | to favor FLINN in this way. The ma- tinguished leader and while the only ' jority of those present seem to have motive that would seem at all logical is reached the conclusion that if the party that he is peeved because Reorganization hopes to endure, it will be obliged to put has not brought him more of glory or forward a different type of leaders. If pap that can certainly not be the®one, ROOSEVELT had been present things r Reorganizers have. the welfare (?). might have been different. ROOSEVELT { little matter of that sort stir up a war of ' is insistent upon liberality and he might the Middle district of Pennsylvania, went a glimmering on Saturday, when JAMES | A. MAGEE, of New Bloomfield, was agreed | upon for the place. We are sorry that | BoB has to be disappointed and while we regret that Centre county has missed | this opportunity of getting one into the | federal service of whom it could be rea- | sonably proud, it may be some comfort | to him to know that Mr. MAGEE is a fine fellow and will make a splendid official. | —The announcement has been made | that Senator J. K. P. HALL will not be a | candidate to succeed himself in the Elk- Clinton-Cameron district. The Senator has reached his seventieth year and, we | reprisal in their own ranks. As for the have advised the party to take FLINN , unfriendliness of the opposition from the notwithstanding his record. But ROOSE- | other sources Col. BAILEY, himselt is VELT wasn’t present or within reach and | responsible. the Bosses probably thought it would be | Here is where we find the obstructive as well to post-pone action on candidates ‘elements ’in the make up of this able until he comes. It won’t be hard to | man acting as a deterrent to his useful- hand out the tip upon his arrival. The ness, possibly eliminating him at a time newspapers are good to ROOSEVELT and when he could be of great service to his they will cheerfully spread his views on party in particular and to society as a that or any other subject. So FLINN whole. As we said before Col. BAILEY may be the candidate in the end. was and is a Reorganizer. In all the | | vagaries he has indulged in his rather | vagarious career he has not been more vindictive or arrogant than in the man- ! ner he has assumed since the turn of the | | political wheel in Pennsylvania put his side up and the other side down. His constant attitude has been one of arro- gating to the Reorganizers everything of virtue that there can be in politics and charging those who have chanced to dis- agree with him with being actuated only Proposed National Guard Law. While neither the Secretary of War nor the President is committed to the proposed legislation providing for the ' payment of National Guardsmen out of the federal treasury, it is reasonable to .expect such a result in the end. The proposed legislation does not contemplate the conversion of our citizen soldiers into sinecurists. It simply provides that b y irimical to. th ¢ 3 they will be paid out of the funds of the y motives Te 2 e Size 0 a National government for services ren- government. Rather trying 10,.make it 4... 0 that the expenses of equip- appear that some men who have been | | ment will be divided between the State . . . | identified with the party far longer than governments and the National govern- he has himself, and who have been more | |; "1" oncideration of these favors the National Guardsmen will be required constantly devoted to bringing about : : tie) its supremacy, are millstones about its | to swear that they are willing to respond | to call to service in or out of the coun- neck. Such having been the attitude of | the Congressman from Johnstown he | try. certainly must : realize that those | From the beginning the State militia whom he has striven so assiduously to ' has been the basis of our safety in war. drive away cannot be easily coaxed back | Washington admonished the people to now that he may .Stand_ in, very great : maintain it and all his illustrious suc- need of their Suppo Th ! | cessors have shown a friendly inclination | Again wesay the district has no abler | toward the inexpensive defensive agency ! | man to send to Congress, but if he fails | it affbrds. So long as an efficient militia to succeed himself it will be solely be- is maintained hy the veveral Statesitherg Sune of that fool tangent, oe Widen al is neither occasion nor excuse for a large | e01ganizers seen 10 Shoot off that they | standing army. These always willing | can kick all Democrats into the polls to and ever ready citizens, as has been prov. vote for em wish te ae mpdent | ed on several occasions, can be mustered the councils of the partys in the field in ample time to repel any ’ ; Coens serusesiie invasion or resist any enemy. It is proper, — The Progressives have been busy | therefore, that every available means of in organization work in this State for Creating and maintaining an efficient some time and the Republicans are get- State militia be adopted, that every &= ting ready to do things. But we hear of Pedient in that direction be invoked. no movement in this direction on the The bill recently drafted by the Sec- part of the Democratic organization. retary of War, officers of the army and | Probably our chairman is too busy work- | 'éPresentatives of the National Guard of | ing up sentiment in favor of factionists the several States promises the very best | for nomination to give time or attention | TeSults in this direction. It will add to the interests of the party. something to the immediate expense of biti dl our military equipment, but there will be | recompense, in the future, for this ex- ——The President is all right in invit- Efficacy of the Cigarette. The Bull Moose conference in Harris- 1 Jack LoNDON and others of “them | From Collier's Weekly. : literary fellers,” who chop magazine fic- tion out of the raw material with butch- er’s cleavers, place high value on the cigarette as an all-around sedative. In| one of the stories written by one of these | gentlemen there is a startling picture of | daring. The hero is building a bridge across the Salmon river in the Klondike country, a raging torrent of ice and water which defies control. An immense structure of steel has been brought al- most to the point of completion when a deluge sets the icebergs above in motion with such force as to threaten the entire distruction of plans, fortunes and every- thing else. While hundreds of sturdy workmen were watching in dismay and waiting for the collapse, the hero rushed into the net work of steel and practically into the jaws of death and “lit a cigarette.” The storm almost instantly subsided, the hero’s best girl followed him and in the teeth of danger they fell into each others arms and “lived happily ever afterward.” In another story by another of these famous writers an industrial disturb- ance developes into a bitter war between capital and labor. The hero of this robust romance is a teamster of clean life and exemplary habits who had been operating in the prize ring, as aside line. He had recently married a- most charming young woman and furnished a bungalow home on the installment plan. The enforced idle- ness drove him to desperation and he accepted a place on the force of strikers whose business it was to prevent others ‘ from filling their places, by one means or another. One night while trying to per- | . suade a strike-breaker from taking a job by administering a few well directed under cuts, elbow jolts and solar plexes jabs, he was set upon by a bunch of ruffians and literally tramped to pieces. | After being left for’ dead his friends | assembled, got him together 'as well as they could and carried him home. For some time he lay ‘unconscious, between ' life and death until finally one day he T8( “lit a cigarette.” sufficient ‘to prove the efficacy of the cigarette even if they fail to justify the habit. But happily we are now able to ! supplement this evidence with stronger | testimony. According to the Hon. Jim BLAKESLIE when the Hon. MITCH PAL- | MER told him, during the deliberations of | the Baltimore convention that “hyenas,” from New York, Indiana and Illinois had ! ‘“dead-locked” the convention against Woobrow WILSON and offered the nomi: nation to Mr. PALMER, what did Hon. Jim do? Precisely what the other two | heroes under equally trying circumstances | did. He “lit a cigarette” and after its | soothing influence had composed his perturbed spirits, he told the Hon. | MitcH what was what. It is true that | he took a drink of water first, but that | was probably a matter of habit. Some men take a swallow of water before they | hit the real thing and others reveal! their eccentricities in other ways. The main thing, however, is that he “lit a cigarette,” and this fact cannot be dis- | puted for the Hon. JiM has himself said it. | i —It is beginning to look as if we won't have to watch and wait much longer for the elimination of HUERTA. Should Hurry Up the Job. Our friends, Mr. F. PIERCE MUSSER, of Millheim, and Mr. PAT GHERRITY, of this ‘place, both of whom are expecting and we understand have been promised, posi- | spectacle of the emancipation of women, | one is struck by a certain rashness of {impulse that characterizes some of the | performance. Young women of decent covered his senses and | zarette. * Those ti Its SH to ie aaely tions in thé revenue service will probably need to exercise considerable patience | yet before enjoying the fulfillment of their expectations. In the first place it is the general understanding that both these two deserving Democrats have the | promise of and reason to expect the same position, the realization of which is ex-! ceedingly doubtful, and in the second place, Mr. McCormMICK’S Harrisburg paper, the official organ of the patronage dispensers in the State, tells us that Mr. FrReD C. KIRKENDALL, of Wilkesbarre, the newly appointed collector of internal revenue for this district, was in Lan- caster to be sworn into office, and assume the duties of the place on Monday last, ' and that it is Mr. KIRKENDALL'S purpose to thoroughly familiarize himself with the different duties of the place before making any changes in his force. In fact that he does “not expect to an- nounce any changes” for some time, and | ers away, it discovers that its expedient _NO.4._ In looking on at the great present day character accept invitations freely, make acquaintances easily, embark on un- defined motor excursions with complete assurance. As the phrase goes, “they get by with it.” One cannot help think- ing that to many girls the American doc- trine of consideration for women has be- come not so much an obligation govern- ing conduct as an opportunity for“ pleas- ure. These young fellows are té be “managed.” Under proper supervision (that female prerogative), inyestment in their acquaintance will yield perfectly safe dividends of “good times.” They will "buy theater tickets, ' confections, motor rides, entertainments, merely for the abstract pleasure of ‘the girl's com- pany. If they begin to “get foolish” severe looks will quell the insubordina- tion. This view is set forth daily in papers and magazines that strike the popular note. So the girl becomes a speculator in sex attraction, an amateur in the most fundamental human passions. The results are in the paper every day— these tragedies .of the. roadhouse, the shady hotel, the ambiguous flat. - These self-sufficient young persons discover bit- terly and often too late that there is sound sense and real purpose in the con- vention. Speculators sometimes win, but economic and other laws are not alterable at will, and the end of speculation is nearly always the same—bankruptcy. We are going to end the commercializa- tion of sex by taking whatever repressive measures are necessary, but speculation in it will always be a matter for the wis- dom of those immediately concerned. Girls and boys and parents will be re- sponsible to the end of the chapter. From 1897 to 1913. From the New York Sun. The law under which Arthur A. Mec- Lean pleaded guilty yesterday to a mis- demeanor, he as treasurer of the Demo- cratic state committee having ‘accepted a contribution from a corporation, was enacted after the insurance investigation, at which the extent to which party can- vasses were financed by corporations was revealed. How far the country has traveled toward a new standard in this matter is shown by the fact that in 1896 Such gonerbutione ‘were openly made and_ their givers were fautied ed “fo their ay by these of th “political faith. In 10 years such gifts were pro- hibited; in 17 years the man who accepts such a gift is before the court for sen- tence. : The district attorney joined in the re- quest fora suspension of sentence, which seems reasonable and proper in the cir- cumstances. McLean followed a custom as old as his party; the prohibitory sec- tion of the law was a dead letter for seven years; nobody will quarrel with the disposition of the acused. But the law has been made to live by this prose- cution and it will hearafter be ignored by political collectors at their peril. Scapegoat Long Enough. From the Boston Globe. Napoleon said once that all his trou- bles dated from the time he divorced Josephine. The New Haven railroad might well say that all its troubles dated from the day it married the Boston & Maine. The alliance is about tc be dis- solved. The families-in-law never could agree. The New Haven road has also made peace with the Department of Justice. The agreement reflects nothing but credit on Mr. McReynolds and the New Haven management. If the government and the railroad have sheathed their swords the public ought to agree to the agree- ment, or show controlling reasons to the contrary. What the New Haven road now needs most of all, is peace and quiet. Progress and, we hope, prosperity will follow. The New Haven has been the scapegoat rail- road of the country long enough. Emulating the Ostrich. From the Altoona Times. The old party leaders who profess to deprecate the importance of the Progres- sives movement and take pleasure in de- nouncing it in violent terms have their prototype in the ostrich who buries its head in the sand and thus hopes to es- cape threatened danger. When the storm comes and blows the ostrich’s tail feath- was very futile as well as very foolish. When the Progressive storm blows the old-line politicians into oblivion, they will have realized, albeit too late for re- pentance, that their judgment must be reckoned with, as the events of the pres- ent year will demonstrate in the most convincing manner. A Fine Example. From the Boston Globe. President Wilson made no speeches to the station crowds on his way north to Washington, saying, with a smile to all who begged him to talk. “I am not in the habit of talking when I haven’t any- thing to say.” What a great thing it would be if we were all like the Presi- dent in this respect. presume, cares little for the excitements | of politics when the counter attraction of being absolutely free from all public obligations is considered. In all probabil- ity the Democrats of that district will look to the Hon. JOHN FLINN to represent them in the upper branch of the Legis- lature and should they succeed in per- suading him to enter the contest the takes long chances when he proposes public hearings on pending legislation. The average fellow who wants to be i heard under such circumstances is more anxious to delay action than improve measures. —The cackling of the geese saved ing public criticism of his policies but he | penditure because it will avert the neces- | it may be a long “some time” if that ——Burgess Blanchard has done a good sity of increasing the strength of the |’ '% : : regular army at a vastly greater cost. | wait is to continue until the boss be- Besides the National government should | comes, thoroughly . familiar with, the bear a part of the expense of defensive | many difficulties arising in the collection of the government revenues. The equipment and there is greater safety in : a well regulated militia than in battle- | WATCHMAN however hopes that he may ships, which. .would cost: t 2 th | make short work of his preparatory SE Of on, i Sunes ow | schooling and may find himself able at House will lose a sterling Democrat and the ablest man, by far, on the Demo- cratic side. Rome one time, so ’tis said. And then the Hon. Jim BLAKESLIE “lit a cigarette” and saved WCODROW WILSON. ministration will favor the measure. —The best Job Work done here. least to put these good Democrats into two of the many Democratic offices under him in a few days. : ARF thing in opening a police headquarters in Temple Court where an officer can be reached any night after eleven o'clock. Heretofore the only places a call could be made for a policeman at night were the hotels and sometimes it took quite a while to locate one. Under the new order a policeman can be reached imme- diately, if it is after eleven o'clock at night. : SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE. —Drrilling for oil is going on at Blairsvil'e, land having been leased on both sides of the Cone- maugh river. peieilh —A catamount weighing twenty-eight pounds .was shot after a long chase over the mountains by Walter Ellison, of Hughesville, near Eagles- mere. : 3 Bat) —Asbury W. Lee has agreed to give the Clear- field hospital $25,000 if the general public contrib- utes the balance of $22,397.84 to clear it of indebt- edness. —For the tenth time within a few years the ci- gar store of W. C. Bowser, at Lock Haven, has been robbed. This time the thieves got $1 worth of goods. r —The Gleasonton fire brick works, closed for a few weeks, will resume operations this week and the tannery at North Bend, which has been run- ning on half time, will go on full time. —William H. Clawson, of Indiana, will stand trial at the next term of court in that county on a charge of arson, in connection with the fire that recently destroyed his hotel building in Indiana. =Patton’s burgess, Isadore Long, is a victim of smallpox, as well as several others in places nearby. A spread of the disease is greatly fear- ed and every one who came in contact with the victims has been vaccinated. —Wearing a glove while working at a com shredder cost Clay Seltzer, near Williamsport, his left hand and part of the arm. The member was drawn into the machine, which was stopped in time to save it above the elbow. —Cambria county commissioners have fixed the 1914 millage at one and one-half mills, the same as in 1913, which means no improvements at court house, no insane hospital and little for road improvement, unless bonds are issued for the building. —A pair of small boys, finding a purse in the square at Williamsport, decided to take a tour and chose the city trolleys for their joy ride. Their display of wealth brought them to grief, however, and they had spent $1.50 before their career was halted.’ —The assignment of the New York Glass com- pany, of Falls Creek, is unwelcome news at Du- Bois, where thecompany had just equipped an old plant for the manufacture of - bottles. Many workmen were employed and the plant was- sup- posed to be flourishing. : . —A small bucket of formaldehyde, in the place where a bucket of water was usually kept in the band hall at Barnesboro, may cost the life of Ern- est High, a member of the band, who took a drink of the mixture when he wanted a drink of water. His condition is critical. : —Two prominent citizens of Hughesville have offered to contribute $1,000 each toward paving the main street of the town, which is a state highway. Others have offered to pay the entire cost in front of their properties and the boroug! will surely be able to stand the balance.’ ¢ —The big tabernacle at Shamokin was sold at public auction at that place Monday of this week. There were several bidders. It was knocked downto L. C. Myers, wagon builder and painter, for the sum of $800. He will raze the building as soon as the religious campaign at that place closes. —About six weeks ago Dr. E. Bruce Earhart, of Saltsburg, and Dr. C. B. Cramner, of Iselin, performed an operation on a woman at Elders Ridge. Dr. Cramner, who was in ill health at the time, died from a nervous breakdown abcut two weeks ago and Dr. Earhart died of blood poison last week. —The Mt. Carmel Methodist Episcopal church, of =vhich Rev. Dr. C. T. Dunning, formerly pas- tor of the Juniata Methodist Episcopal church, is pastor, was destroyed by fire last week. About fifty ladies, who were quilting irr the church “par-' lors, were driven out in a panic. The origin of the fire is unknown. —The plant of the Barbar Car company, locat- ed at Rolling Green, about two miles from Sun- bury, has been levied on by the sheriff and many people who bought stock are fearful that they will receive no return forthe money which they invested. About $60,000 was raised in Sunbury as an inducement to the company to build a plant at Rolling Green. —It will no doubt be of interest to our readers, who are not already familiar with the facts, to know that the City hotel at Sunbury, recently de- stroyed by fire, was the first electrically lighted hotel in the world. It was in Sunbury that Thomas A. Edison developed the electric light. He was telegraph operator at that place and boarded at the famous hostelry. —Stooping in his wagon to evade a slash from a knife in the hands of a highwayman and at the same time muttering because he could not find his gun, Harry Barnhart, driver for a Mt. Pleas- ant bakery, was surprised tc see the man jump and start away, his companion following. They had evidently misunderstood about the gun. Mr. Barnhart was carrying over $200 in cash. —J. Lewis Breitinger, former member of the Legislature from: Philadelphia, Tuesday was ap- pointed chief moving picture censor for Pennsyl- vania with Mrs. E. C. Niver, of Charleroi, as as- sistant. Steps for inspecting and passing upon films and views will be taken immediately in the capitol, where all pictures to be shown must be approved by the censors before being shown. —The body of a man with his throat cut and several stab wounds in his back was found on the road near Latrobe on Monday morning. Noth- ing about him gave clue to his identity except that he likely was employed at Jamison No. 2 mine. People from the mine identified him as Andy Holovansken, who had started for Braden- ville, to attend a lodge meeting and had not re- turned. —A few minutes after eating a piece of candy he found in his pocket, Frank Zinkerzich, twen- ty-four years old, unmarried, employed in the lo- cal American Car and Foundry plant at Berwick, died in agony Wednesday, a victim of poisoning. That it was placed there for the purpose of caus- ing his death is the belief of the police, who are working on this theory. The man was of power- ful build, and had never been known to be ill. —Two suits for damages totalling $82.000 were brought by J. P. Hackenberg and the Milton Weaving company against Northumberland Co. Gas and Electric company in the Common Pleas court at Sunbury on Thursday. They grew out of the burning of the plaintiffs’ queensware ware- house and lamp wick knitting plants, at Milton, last January. Negligence is alleged, the plain- tiffs asserting that the wiring was defective. —Less than thirty minutes after President Judge Albert W. Johnston made known that bail in the sum of $21,000 or $7,000 each, would be ac. cepted for the appearance of Luther and Henry Kratzer and Harvey Willow, of Snyder county, charged with murder, the bonds were furnished by friends of the accused men. The trio are charged with the murder of George Spade during a drunken riot at Selinsgrove on Ney Year’s day. The Kratzers are well-to-do farmers in the vicini- ty of Kratzerville and a large delegation of neigh- bors attended the hearing, prepared to furnish bail in any amount. —Fire which was discovered in the main lobby of the City hotel at Sunbury, shortly after 2.30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon completely destroy- ed the three story building and resulted in a loss of approximately $150,000. The building was val- ued at $130,000 and insurance amounting to $40,- 000 was carried on it, while furniture, valued at $20,000 was insured for $4,000. The building which stood at the corner of Fourth and Market streets, in the heart of the business section, was owned by Francis E. Drumheller, a major in the Third brigade, N. G. P., and was occupied by Charles E. Rothermel.
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