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~ 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
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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.