Demorralic, Wald
BY P. GRAY MEEK.
INK SLINGS.
~The 1914 model of winter can cer-
tainly be placed in the Big Six class.
—Anyway no one will dispute the
_ground-hog’s right to say “I told you so.”
—And there are only forty-seven days
to wait for the opening of the trout fish-
ing season.
—What has become of the fellow who
asks “is it cold enough for vou?” Really
we haven’t heard the question for some
time.
—From the way Mr. MCCORMICK is
blowing his own horn in his Harrisburg
Patriot are we to infer that he’s fearful
lest others may not blow it for him.
—The fellow who thinks we haven't
had enough snow this winter can start
something by airing his opinion within
the hearing of the one who has a hun-
dred or more feet of sidewalk about his
premises.
——Mr. ROCKERFELLER may dodge his
Ohio tax bill and save the sum of $12,-
000,000 or thereabouts, he is said to owe.
But he is making public sentiment that
is likely to cost much more to him in
the future by his “artful dodging.”
—So JOHN PRICE JACKSON, dean of the |
school of engineering at The Pennsyl- |
_VOL. 59.
STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION.
BELLEFONTE, PA, FEBRUARY 27, 1914.
NO. 9.
Mr. Palmer's _False Statement.
In an interview “published ina Phila- |
delphia contemporary last week Mr. A. | |
MITCHELL PALMER charges that Hon.
MICHAEL J. RYAN, a candidate for the
Democratic nomination for Governor,
“refused to become a member of the
Democratic Advisory Committee,” for |
the campaign of 1912. Mr. PALMER
alleges some other reasons why the ad-
ministration at Washington is under no
obligation to aid Mr. RYAN in his ambi-
tion to secure a nomination for Governor
in Pennsylvania, but in view of the fact
that the administration at Washington
has no moral right to interfere in fac-
| tional quarrels in this or any other State,
‘that is unimportant. But the charge
| that Mr. RYAN refused to become a mem-
| ber of the Advisory Committee, is worth
' considering.
vania State College, and secretary of |
Commerce and Labor, is being spoken of |
as the “dark horse” for the Republican |
nomination for Governor. Well, stranger
things than that have happened.
In reply to Mr. PALMER'S statement
| Mr. RYAN declares that he did not refuse
to become a member of the Advisory
Committee, that he actually did become
i a member of that committee and that on
—The Senate's splendid action in pass-
ing the arbitration treaties’ advocated
by President WILSON keeps the United
September 19th, 1912, “in a letter to A.
MITCHELL PALMER, thanked him for sug-
gesting me as a member, as he wrote me
States in the fore-front of the great he had done.” Mr. RYAN also refers to
powers working to the end that The | the list of members of the Advisory Com-
Hague may ultimately make an end of mittee, as published on page 419 of the
the need for standing armies and bullying | “Democratic Text Book” for 1912, the
navies. { official organ of the National Democratic
—BILLY SUNDAY has finished his eight | Organization. We have examined the
d th exhibit and find that Mr. RYAN’s state-
weeks campaign in Pittsburgh and they |
he. 1 ment is confirmed. On the page indicated
presented him with $42,569 on the ast |
his name appears at the head of the
day of his stay there. That properly | borsltip for PB I Hi i
represented the thanks of those who were | €MUETSHIp for Tennsy vania. His col-
‘ leagues on the committee for Pennsyl-
lad he had come, but if the crowd who |
a glad that he was going had chipped | | vania were JAMES J. RYAN, JERE S. BLACK,
in the contribution would probably have SAMUEL B. PRICE, JOHN S. RILLING and
been too big to count. i Captain WiLLiAM HAssoN, distinguished
| Democrats of the State.
—Judge SINGLETON BELL, of Clearfield | | Mr. RYAN adds that he accepted that
county, has just issued drastic orders | appointment to that committee on Sep-
regulating the licensed places within his | tember 19th, 1912, “in a letter addressed
jurisdiction. Under the order all bars | | to W. G. MACADOO, Esq., vice chairman
must close at9 o'clock at night, there | {of the Democratic National committee
cannot be any side rooms or other drink- | at New York city; and on the same date,
ing places in connection with them, no in a Jetter to A. MITCHELL PALMER, I
free lunches and a record must be kept | thanked hirp for suggesting me ‘as a
of all liquors sold to be carried away and | . member, as he wrote me he had done.”
by whom purchased. | Therefore Mr. PALMER must have known
—Now the modish young woman must | that Mr. RYAN had not “refused to be-
paste a little splotch of black velvet, | come a member of the Democratic
about the size of a match head, just | Advisory committee,” and that his state-
under the outer corner of her left eye. | ment to the contrary was a. deliberate
What she does it for, is style, of course, | falsehood, uttered with the malicious
but let the poor things keep themselves | purpose of deceiving the Democrats of
busy. The more their minds are engaged | the State, to the injury of Mr. Ryan.
in such serious (?) operations the oftener | The proverbial infirmity of the public
they'll forget that other little fad of theirs memory was probably depended upon to
about wanting to vote. get away with the trick. But the records
| are not so easily disposed of. In this
—D. CLARENCE GIBBONEY has a new | case they loom large and prove the facts
plan to make Pennsylvania dry. He | beyond even the shadow of a doubt.
suggests that the State first vote for State- | Since the inauguration of President
wide prohibition then appoint a com- na A. MITCHELL. PALMER is the
mission to appraise the property values ' only Pennsylvania Democrat who has
destroyed by the vote, paying this out of | i had the ear of the administration. Upon
the revenues of the State. Of course it’ his report the President has bestowed
is a little premature to discuss what | ouor and distributed patronage. Very
should be done after something has been | | likely the President's alleged interest in
done that has not yet been done, but we another candidate for the Democratic
are inclined to the opinion that there | nomination for Governor of the State
would be 2 great deal of justice in Mr. was influenced by this same false state-
GIBBONEY'S suggestion. ment of facts. Probably most of the ap-
—Col. HAYs GRIER, editor of the 'pointments to office, made by the Presi-
Independent, the Democratic organ of dent, have been influenced by misrepre-
Columbia, is of the opinion that VANCE | sentation of other candidates. In any
McCormick has made a serious mistake | event it is time that a halt should be
in announcing in his platform that if
elected Governor, he will recall the |
Legislature in extra session to compel it
to pare down appropriation bills it may
pass in excess of the State’s revenues.
Col. GRIER thinks such a declaration will
prove an incentive to Legislators to go
the limit in voting appropriations just so
they will be called back and have the
chance to draw the extra salary provided
for such contingencies. There is ground,
for thought in the suggestion. While it
_is to be hoped that the personnel of the |
. next Legislature will be very different.
from that of past bodies it is not probable |
that it will and it is a safe risk to bet
that “log rolling” on appropriation bills
will go on quite as extensively as in the
past.
‘ —The Rev. JouN HEWITT, of Belle-!
fonte, has formally announced that he is
an aspirant for the Democratic nomi-
nation for Congress in this district. The
WATCHMAN, having previously stated |
that it does not believe it to be good
policy for party papers to take sides for
or against candidates before the pri-
maries, will endeavor to give its readers
all the information possible that may
help them, between now and the 19th of
May, in making up their minds as to the
fitness of the men who may aspire to
this honor. Personally our sympathies
are with Rev. HEWITT because of a
friendship almost life long. Naturally
they should be with him because he is
the aspirant from our home county. The
WATCHMAN, however, will take no part
in whatever contest there may be, furth- (
er than to impartially set before you the |
| called upon Mr. PALMER’S reckless
( tongue. The good name of the party is
! involved.
——Any deficit in the revenues of the
Panama canal must be paid by the peo-
"ple of the United States in taxes. Any
ships that pass through the canal with-
| out paying toll are enjoying personal
favors which make for deficits and are
adding to the burdens of the people. it
is more a question of arithmetic than
sentiment and president WILSON is strong
. in arithmetic.
{ et
An Avakening Contemporary.
Our esteemed contemporary, the Cata-
wissa News Item, utters this rather plain-
tive lament:
The Democratic voters of "Penn-
sylvania are beginning to realize that
they got out of the clutches of the
Guffey-Donnelly bosses only to fall
into the hands of the PALMER-Mc-
CorMmICK holding company. The lat-
ter hold in their hands all the Feder-
al offices coming to the State and
are after the principal holdings of
the Democratic voters of the State:
The Guffey-Donnelly crowd used to
Jistribute the few offices that fell to
them.
We congratulate our esteemed Cata-
wissa contemporory upon this sign of
awakening, for editor RANDALL, though
usually keen and alert, seemed, for a
time, to have fallen under the somno-
lent influence of the GUTHRIE-PALMER-
McCorMICK dope. The reorganization
of the party, in so far as those gentlemen
were concerned, had no other purpose
than to put them in control of the organ-
ization that they might serve their sel-
fish ends. They felt that Democratic
victory was impending and wanted to
be in position to turn it to their own ad-
vantage. In the pursuit of this ambition
they traduced faithful Democrats and
vilified honest citizens.
The leaders in this movement were
GEORGE W. GUTHRIE, WILLIAM B. WiL-
SON, A. MITCHELL PALMER, VANCE C. Mc-
CorMICK and JAMES I. BLAKESLEE.
GUTHRIE, PALMER and BLAKESLEE in-
sinuated themselves into the control of
the organization and resisted every ef-
fort to put their title to office to judicial
review. Upon the inauguration of the
Democratic President all of them, ex-
cept MCcCorMICK, applied for office.
got into the Cabinet, BLAKESLEE an im-
portant position in Washington, and the
smaller offices were divided among their
obedient tools, abject servility being the
only test of fitness required.
Finally, the opportunities of an office
brokerage having been exhausted, PAL-
MER and MCCORMICK. dertake:
to seize the “principal FS of thi
Democratic voters of the State,” as our
esteemed contemporay indicates. At a
practically secret meeting held in Wash-
ington the office of Senator in Congress
was bestowed upon one and that of Gov-
ernor of the State on the other, while
the machinery of the party organization
has been prostituted to the service of
dragooning the rank and file of the party
into acquiescence. The old organization
didn’t pervert power in that way. The
old leaders were less greedy. As the
News Item says “they distributed the few
offices that fell to them ”’
President Wilson Doesn’t Interfere.
The enemies of United States Senator
CLARKE, of Arkansas, who is a candidate
for re-election, circulated a report that
President WILSON is averse to the ambi-
tion of the Senator whereupon the ques-
tion was put up to the President, the
other day. His reply was characteristic
and significant. He said it was his duty
to refrain from expressions of support of
the candidacy of one Democrat against
another Democrat in a State of which he
was not a resident. “But,” he added, “it
is permissible for me to say that Senator
CLARKE has always been a valued friend
and capable supporter of the administra-
tion and that his friendship is and has
been appreciat
In other words the calumniators of
“hoist upon their own petard.” They
hoped to injure the Senator by sneaking-
ly circulating the report that his influence
in the Senate had been against the poli-
cies of the Democratic administration at
! Washington and that President WILSON
would be glad to have him defeated for
Mr. McCor McCormick's Platform.
In announcing his candidacy for Gov-
ernor of Pennsylvania,Mr. VANCE McCOR-
MICK states that he is “a thorough believ- -|
er in local self-government.” Does he im- |
agine that the principle of self-government :
was expressed when A. MITCHELL PAL-
MER, ROLAND S. MORRIS and himself met
in Washington, appointed him candidate |
of the party for Governor and directed the
organization to set its machinery in mo-
tion to ratify their action? Wouldn't the
principle of self-government require that
the Democratic voters of the State, unin-
fluenced by bribery in patronage, un-
coerced by the force of party organization |
and unbossed by office brokers, select
their own candidates for nomination for |
all offices?
Does Mr. VANCE C. MCCORMICK im-
A Stealthy Move.
: From the Johnstown Democrat.
| Congressman Clyde A. Tavenner calls
| attention to a very stealthy attack made
upon the integrity of the parcel post law
by the senate postoffice committee. The
i statesmen of the upper house would take
away from the postmaster general the
power to make the changes in wegight
limits, zones or charges.
Congressman Tavenner points out
the very life of the parcel post system
lies in the power given the Postusasies
as an executive. That official may, as
occasion arises, make such readjustments
in rates, zones and charges as may be
necessary in order to meet express com-
pany competition. At the present time
i it is complained that the parcel post rates
naturally attract the short hauls leaving
the long hauls to the express compan-
ies. There is money in the long hauls
and unless the express companies skim
{ the cream of the business some adjust-
ments are necessary.
ay from the postmaster general all power of
principles of local self-government when i initiative. Pp It would Fina an ioe
he declared to representative Democrats | of a great business enterprise for a year
of Clearfield county that no name would | in advance and make it impossible to
meet business conditions as they might
be considered for appointment to local arise. No board of directors: would tie
federal offices in that county unless it | their business manager the way the sen-
agine that he was exemplifying the grand | The senate provision would take away
GUTHRIE secured an Embassy, WILSON }
Senator CLARKE, of Arkansas, bave been |
was endorsed by a certain party recreant
who has been serving the re-organizers in
the work of traducing honest and faithful
Democrats? Does he believe that he was
conserving those principles when he made
‘a similar statement with respect to this
county? Can he even delude himself with
the notion that he was promoting home
rule when he replied to a protest repre-
senting ninety per cent of the Democrats
of Mercer, against the appointment of a
recent carpet-bagger to the office of post-
master of that town, for the reason that
“he has been attending our meetings here
and weregard him as our representa-
tive?”
As a matter of fact VANCE C. McCor-
MICK doesn’t want the principles of local
self-government to prevail. If he had his
way the functions of government would
be limited to his own class and the offices
which were not desired by men of wealth
outs,” to those who would grovel at his
o-0f manhood he has Been‘an arrogant,
purse-proud boss. When he was Mayor of
Harrisburg he made the patronage of the
office a matter of personal favor and re-
buked the suggestion that faithful party
service was a recommendation. He is a
purely selfish luster after power and
would wreck the party to achieve his
purposes.
——HARRY THAW has converted a New
England United States court into a mov-
ing picture show and that achievement
will probably hold him awhile even if he
doesn’t get away from the police.
The Mexican Situation.
The killing of an Englishman named
BENTON at Jaurez, Mexico, the other day,
at the instance or by the consent of Gen-
eral VILLA, has somewhat complicated
the Mexican situation. That is to say it
has aroused British indignation at the
methods of the constitutionals, or rebels,
as they are variously designated, and
stimulated the opposition to President
WILSON’s policy of “watching and wait-
cause alarm. The London government
has determined to submit its grievance
to the government at Washington and
abide by the result of an investigation
into the affair by our Deparment of
State.
The stories of the killing of BENTON
are conflicting. Those which ‘were has- |
tened to London described the affair as
a most brutal murder perpetrated by the
bloody hands of General ViLLA. Those
which have come to Washington, cor-
roborated by the official records, indicate
under judicial sanction. Of course one
re-election. The response of the Presi-
dent will contribute materially to his
——Colonel GOETHALS doesn’t want
! to participate in the exercises at the
' opening of the Isthmian canal for the |
reason that he detests crowds. Yet as,
the principal figure in the preparation
for those exercises it is his .duty to be
present and the records show that Col-
onel GOETHALS never failed to perform |
his duty.
——-By the same token it may be said |
that PENROSE didn’t spend much time in !
Pennsylvania during the period which
has intervened since his first election as
Senator in Congress. But he didn’t have
to, for that matter, because the machine
the State.
——Meantime is there no Democrat in
Pennsylvania who cares more for party
success than for the triumph of a faction
or a favorite? If not PENROSE is justified
in his expectations.
Spe ROOSEVELT gets home in the
claims of the several aspirants for your Spring he will find things so different 4 bi
that he won’t know which way to turn, ==—Have your Job Work done Bete: the WATCHMAN Office.
suffrage.
he represented was never absent from,
support in so far as outside influence may |
{ work that result among Democrats who
‘ are committed to the principle of home
‘rule. President WILSON understands
: that he has no right to interfere in local
| party contests, but he has a right to re-
| buke those who drag his name into them. |
| In this State there have been a lot of
| assertions of President WILSON's prefer-
ence for certain candidates who selfishly
aspire to office and a good deal of in-
sinuation: as to his opposition to other
Democrats who indulge in laudable ambi- |
tions to serve the party and the country.
It is safe to say that President WILSON
has interfered in behalf of certain candi-
| dates in Pennsylvania no more than he
hos interfered against Senator CLARKE
in Arkansas. No doubt when McCORMICK
and PALMER told him they were candi-
dates he assented just as he would if
any other Democrat had conveyed the
| same information to’ him. But ‘to 'say
't _ another for
story is magnified and the other colored
| to suit the purposes of the parties in in-
terest, but the preponderance of evidence
is in favor of the comparative accuracy
of the account which has come to the
official knowledge of the authorities in
- Washington. The investigation will set-
| tle the matter finally.
! But the incident shows how important
it is to exercise care in the management
of such affairs under like circumstances,
. No doubt General VILLA is as atrocious a
figure as he has been painted and there
would be little advantage to civilization
in dethroning HUERTA and entrenching
VILLA in power. But that has nothing to
do with the matter. The only question
which the President of the United States
has to consider is our moral obligation
and respect for that - requires that the
policy thus far pursued be’ continued.
HUERTA is a moral monster who. acquired
the Presidency by murder . and the gov-
ernment of the United "States can give
neither moral nor material Suppore to.
such an establishment.
For high class Job o Job Work come to
‘would be distributed as backdoor ‘“hand-’
Ever since he entered upon the es-
ing,” in this country. But we can see
nothing in the new developments to |
a rather commonplace military execution
ate Proposes trying the postmaster gen-
eral
Congressman Tavenner hesitates to
impute any ulterior motives to the mem-
bers of the senate postoffice committee.
But it must be remembered that the
upper house has stood for years as the
bulwark of the Express companies.
It is worth while considering just how
Boies Penrose would be likely to vote if
a proposition that involved the life of the
parcel post was at stake. Would Big
Boies be found with the express com-
panies or with the people? In the past he
has been the friend of the express com-
pany parcel carriers—the carriers that
declared their rates would never be
changed, but which made sweeping
changes the moment the government
entered the field as a competitor.
There will be some mighty big ques-
tions to be solved during the next year
or so. Progressive legislation will be at-
tacked from every possible angle. The
miners and sappers of privilege will be
busy digging. In such times a reaction-
ary senate becomes? Every day that
comes brings with it a new reason why
Boies Penrose should be elected to stay
at home for the next few years, The
senate will be able to get along, i well
without him. ~~ ~.o Le %
Giving the President Credit.
From the Lowell Courier-Citizen.
There is, we observe, some caviling
over the claim of the Democratic Na-
tional committee of credit for the cur-
rency bill as an achievement of the pres-
ent administration—because, as the ob-
jectors point out, it was passed with Re-
publican aid and indeed was in a consid-
erable degree redrafted by Republican
Senators. Never mind if it was. We
still regard it as very properly credited
to the Wilson administration as an
achievement, and perhaps the most
notable of the list. The tariff measure.
the other leading accomplishment, is far
less a matter of permanent importance,
and its virtues—even if presently great,
which is yet to be demonstrated—will
vary with future time. The currency
bill, if it is really sound, will probably
endure for a much longer time without
tinkering. The fact that Republicans
also largely united in the passage of the
bill and to some extent divested it of its
character as a purely party measure does
not entirely remove it from the realm of
Wilsonian achievements, any more than
did the general concurrence of both
parties in the matter of railroad rate
regulation make that a thing improper
to enumerate in the list of things done
by Mr. Roosevelt. Whatever assistance
may have been given by the Republicans,
it was certainly not universal, and Mr.
! Root has not ceased to predict calamity
as the certain sequel of the currency
law. Over and above everything else,
Congress was kept on the job until the
thing was put through--largely by the
| dogged insistence of the President. We
| ingitne to ascribe the achievement to
him; and, if it is proved a good achieve-
| ment, to give him the credit for it, also,
' without quibbling over the participation
of others in a thing which he, at least,
compelled into being.
Mexican Situation Aggravated.
From the Altoona Times.
The Wanton murder of a British sub-
ject by the reckless and bloodthirsty
Villa puts a new face on the Mexican
situation and increases the perplexities
of the American government.
This crime was in direct violation of
guarantees given by both federal and
rebel commanders that the inviolability
of foreigners’ lives would be respected.
It is one of the most brazen and defiant
of numerous instances of disregard of
the rules of civilized nations, since it
puts the administration to the necessity
of demanding reparation, as the British
government probably will not be content
to permit the incident to pass unnoticed.
Great Britain has a vigorous method
of safeguarding the rights of its citizens,
wherever they may reside. It is recorded
that while little respect has been accord-
ed Americans resident in Mexico, more
than 150 having been killed during the
revolution, neither faction has been dis-
posed to test British patience. Since the
United States has assumed responsibility
for the safety of foreign residents of
Mexico, it may be apprehended for rep-
aration as well as the punishment of
those who are responsible for this inde-
fensible outrage
Are Monkeying with Buzz Saw.
From the Pittsburgh Dispatch.
‘The Democratic statesmen planning to
eves the President’s leadership should
pause ot enough, however, to consider
Wh ther they can goit alone and how far
SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE.
| —Mirs. Rachael Smithgall, aged 56, of Upper
: Fairfield township, Lycoming county, was strick-
. en with paralysis while milking in the barn and
| died twenty-four hours later.
i —Of the fifty-nine aldermen and justices of the
| peace elected in Lycoming county last Novem-
| ber, one alderman and thirty-one justices
| have neglected to lift their commissions.
—Judge L. W. Doty, president judge of the
courts of Westmoreland county, has entered a
Baltimore hospital for the purpose of undergoing
an operation. It is not thought it will be a seri-
ous one.
—A demented citizen of Williamsport wrote a
to President Woodrow Wilson the other
day, ordering him to suspend all business. The
telegram was not sent but the man was hunted
up and conveyed to the hospital.
—Many people in Latrobe are afraid to be seen
under the “influence” lest they be blamed for
having disposed of the ten gallons of wine, or a
portion thereof, that is missing from Harry
Tapolsky’s cellar since the recent fire at his
home.
—Neighbors, attracted by cries of distress on
Tuesday, found William Garner, aged 81, a
wealthy farmer, lying on the floor in the home he
occupied alone near Echo, Armstrong county,
suffering from a probably fatal bullet wound in
the head.
—While returning to Lock Haven from attend-
ing a district institute, Superintendent McClos-
key, of Clinton county, saw two deer on the pub-
lic highway, in the vicinity of Lamar. Both ani-
mals appeared to be in a starving condition and
were as tame as sheep.
—The deep well being drilled at Derrick City,
McKean county, with the hope of finding a pro-
lific oil sand, has reached a depth of more than
5,800 feet. It is the intention to drill down 6,000
feet. At the present time there are no indica-
tions of oil or gas and there is little hope that the
test will be successful.
—Mrs. Thad. Shaw, an aged and feeble resi-
dent of Clearfield. while walking about one of
the rooms of her house last Saturday fell against
a grate in which there was a coal fire. When
found she was unconscious and had been terribly
burned on the back and the side of the head.
Her recovery is very doubtful.
—Stray dogs are chasing deer in various sec-
tions of the State. Near Williamsport a doe pur-
sued by dogs ran into the barn yard of a truck
farmer who drove the dogs away and kept the
animal imprisoned, feeding it carefully, until he
had brought the matter to the Game Commission
which ordered it turned loose. ®
—In 1879 Frank Hipple, of Marietta, bought at
a public sale a cultivator—a new one at that—for
50 cents. The auctioneer told him to get it down
from where it was hanging, and Frank said he
would take it when he was ready for it. He did
not go after it until a few days ago, when he
found it hanging where it hung 35 years ago.
—George Sniko, aged three years, received in-
juries from which he died, his mother was badly
burned and the rear part of the Sniko home at
Sagamore, Jefferson county, was totally wrecked
when the boy placed a red hot poker in a keg of
powder. The accident happened on Saturday.
‘The boy was left alone in the kitchen where two
kegs of powder also were kept.
—The Butler police department sends out
warning against a crew of canvassers who have
been working Butler for several days, taking or-
ders for various magazines at 49 cents for the
year, which is a heavy reduction from the regular
price. It is said that quite a number of Butlerites
have paid over their 49 cents and from reports
J from up country towns the solicitors have been
driven out of a number of towns in which they
had been working.
—One of the biggest gas-producing wells ever
completed in Elk county is located on the Van-
Orsdall farm, about three miles from Ridgway.
Gas was struck one day last week, and is report-
ed to be a regular bonanza for the owners. Ac-
cording to the guage the first day there was a
flow of 4,500,000 feet. It is said that Mr. Van-
Orsdall, the owner of the land, will receive about
$45 per day royalties when the gas is connected
up. The well is 2,540 feet deep.
—Hugo Mayer, a prominent citizen of,Hunting-
don, will bring suit against the Pullman compa-
ny to recover damages in the amount of $10,000
for injuries sustained while alighting from atrain
at the local Pennsy station. The porter of the
car failed to set out the portable stool when he
alighted, and Mr. Mayer sustained a serious
sprain of the right ankle. He has been unable to
walk without the use of crutches since the acci-
dent two weeks ago, and for a time he was forc-
ed to keep the injured member in a plaster cast,
—At a recent meeting of the Bradford Nurses’
association it was decided to hereafter charge
$25 per week for attending patients at home, a
raise of $4 a week. When the nurse attends a pa-
tient at the hospital a rate of $21 will be charged,
but the employer pays the nurses’ board while at
the institution. A number of years ago when
there were only two or three professional nurses
in Bradford, $10 per week was charged for serv-
ices. This rate lasted a number of years, until it
was raised to $15 which later was raised to $20
per week. About three years ago the nurses de-
cided to charge $21 per week and it so remained’
until this last change.
—The sale of the Summerville Telephone com-
pany, one of the largest independent companies
in Pennsylvania, to the Huntingdon & Clearfield
Telephone company, has practically been com-
pleted. The majority of the stock is being trans-
ferred and the H. & C. company will assume
active charge in a few days. The Summerville
company has exchanges throughout , Jefferson,
Indiana and Clearfield counties, with about 3,000
telephones in use. The H. & C. company has ex-
changes in Altoona, Clearfield, Huntingdon, Pat-
ton, Indiana and several other large towns. They
are not affiliated with the American Telegraph
and Printing company.
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—Harry O. Hess, the “promoter” who went to
Altoona two weeks ago and on the pretense of
desiring to locate a large manufacturing plant,
hoodwinked a number of prominent business
men, was given an indéterminate term of not less
than two nor more than three years in the peni-
tentiary, by Judge Baldridge on Tuesday. Hess
went to Altoona a week ago Friday and by tak-
ing advantage of the enthusiasm recently arous-
ed over the Chamber of Commerce movement
collected $252 in cash on bogus checks before his
duplicity was discovered and his arrest made.
Hess 1s wanted in Reading, where he pulled off
some jobs that will notstand thetest of law or
expediency. A retainer will likely greet him at
the door of the penitentiary at the conclusion of
his term.
| —When Wilson D. Kistler, of Lock Haven, was
fatally stricken with apoplexy while on his way
to the railroad station in that city a few weeks
ago, he left in the hands of his lawyer the notes
for a will which he had drawn a few days before
and from which the attorney was to write and
submit a will. After Mr. Kistler’s death, the at-
torney took these notes to the family and it is
now announced that they will carry out his wish-
es although the will was not completed. The
. Lock Haven hospital will receive $30,000 and the
| Anna H. Ross library will receive $20,000. Be-
' sides these two, a number of other institutions
throughout the county will benefit but the names
of these have not yet been made public. It is un-
derstood, however, that. the Tuskogee institute,
Booker T. W. school, will receive a
‘substantial sum, Mr. Kistler's estate is estimat-
“edat six million dollars.
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