Dewora dn BY P. GRAY MEEK. INK SLINGS. —Senator PATTERSON sounds quite as well as it looks. —Good bye, Mr. BENSON, it’s into the discard for you. —Well it don’t appear to have been unanimous for any one except Mr. Dis- sension. ~ —Anyway there is promise enough of warm weather at least to allow us to lay aside our ear mufflers. —Well, we've all seen the political menagerie! Now for the big show that is to come off in November. —One of the strange results of our present marriage system is the fact that the bride never gets the “best man.” —Its to be hoped that Mr. MCCORMICK will take a rest of a few weeks before he starts out again with that muffler of his wide open. —Ferguson hasn’t had a Representative in the Legislature since JoHN T. McCoRr- MICK was there, but it is going to have another when DAVID MILLER goes down to add dignity to that body of law-makers. The PENROSE candidate for Senate car- ried Centre county over AL DALE, an eminently respectable citizen of the coun- ty. Surely Centre Republicans do as many funny things as Centre Democrats. —Ferguson township certainly did the handsome thing for her candidate for the Legislature. But then Mr. WILLIAMS has no reason to feel sore at any of his neigh- bors because Worth township voted unan- imously for him. —The Mexican sentiment must be catchin’ about Washington. Only a few days ago a clerk in Mr. BRYAN’Ss office de- clared war against a Consul from some place or other and it was with consider- able difficulty that both parties were pre- vented from rushing to arms. —Possibly neither Mr. PALMER nor Mr. McCormick will continue to consid- er the “elimination” of the old line Dem- ocracy from the party ranks as the only hope of Democratic success this fall. But there is no tellin’ what fool ideas may be attached to the brains of some people. —Centre county gave CRONISTER a ma- jority of 768 while Clearfield county gave PATTERSON a majority of 1096 which makes PATTERSON our nominee for Sena- tor in the district by a majority of 328. A very small balance in favor of the Clearfield county man in so large a dis- trict. * —And now the difficulty will be to un- do the work of the factionists whose chief effort has been to divide the party and drive out of it the many good Dem- ocrats who don’t believe the way to win isto “eliminate” from its ranks every fellow who doesn’t see everything just as some people think they should. —MCCORMICK sure was the popular boy with the voters of State College. To get 96 of the 102 votes polled is a sure sign that every one of the numerous would-be postmasters were hustling for him, but if you listen hard enough you can hear BoB whispering to VANCE who really pulled the big job off all alone. —RYAN carried only seven precincts in Centre county. They are the South ward of Bellefonte, Snow Shoe borough and both precincts of Snow Shoe township, South Philipsburg, Unionville, and the west precinct of Rush. He tied McCoRr- MICK in Taylor, but didn’t get a vote in Milesburg, Penn township or Middle Walker. —The total vote in Centre county doesn’t indicate that the masses regard the preferential primary as the greatest political boon they have been given. In fact so few of them take advantage of it that it would not be worth the additional expense it entails were it not for the sat- isfaction of having it available when it is needed. —Of course Mr. McCorMICK will be too polite to ask State Committeeman ZErBY who was looking after his inter- ests in the South ward of Bellefonte. That is ZERBY’S home and it is common rumor that he claims to carry it around in his vest pocket. If there is anything in the rumor ZERBY was probably hot on election day and left his vest at home. - —We are proud of every Democrat in Centre county who helped keep BENSON’S majority down as low as it was and every- one of them has reason to feel proud of himself. We regret, however, that a man like BENSON could have carried the coun- ty at all and we feel sure that those who helped him do it will never publicly boast of their work. If there ever was a can- didate whom the Democrats of Centre county ought to have rebuked it was the one who insulted them by publicly de- clining to honor a man whom they had honored. —Of course Col. TAYLOR didn’t get as many votes as he should have had in Centre county, but he received more than we expected he would get in these days of “When you see a head hit it.” We often wonder when our home county treats home candidates in this manner what ones of the individuals who do it will be candidates next and whether they will think it strange that those whom they have thrown down for strangers do not enthuse over their candidacy. Those Democrats who have a hope of filling the county offices in the future are the men whose fat is falling into the fire each time a thing of this sort occurs. AH CITACE STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION. VOL. 59. BELLEFONTE, PA. MAY 22, 1914. Flinn and Van Valkenburg Found Out.’ Though the primary campaign is end- | ed, and it was one of unusual interest, there is within view the promise of another political quarrel of less general but quite as intense a feeling. It is the impending movement to dethrone Mr. E. Bryan, Berry and W. B. Wilson. There is no conceivable excuse worl An Evil to be Avoided.’ We sincerely hope that one feature of | WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN, a citizen of | the primary campaign just closed will | Nebraska and Secretary of State in the | never reassert itself. We refer to the | in his tribute to the dead sailors and ' President’s Cabinet, for having come into | activity of the Democratic State commit- i contest for party nominations. There | contention. That is the essential evil of A. VAN VALKENBURG, sub-boss under ‘can be no reason for such an impropriety | boss politics. The State committee is WiLLIAM FLINN, of the Washington par- ty. This movement is indicated in a re- . unless it be that he wants to bring the | the parliament of the party. It has been , administration of President WILSON into created and has hitherto been maintain- cent statement made by Mr. WILLIAM F. | public contempt. Local self government ; ed to conserve the interests of the entire DEAKYNE, of Philadelphia, until recently : is a fundamental principle of the Demo- | party. Never before in the history of treasurer of the Washington party com- cratic party. The interference of Mr. the party has it departed from this just I mittee of that city and of the Progress- | BRYAN in our primary contest was a di- | policy. In the convention which nomi- » Would have recognized Huerta and the ive League. During the closing period | rect violation of that basic tenet. If the ' nated Justice MESTREZAT for the Supreme of the primary campaign Mr. DEAKYNE : administration, of which Mr. BRYAN is a | court bench the officers of the commit- associated himself with the supporters of J. BENJAMIN DIMMICK, after having re- signed his offices in the Progressive or- ganizations. “For some time it has been very plain to me and others, friends of nine, inter- ested in the Progressive movement,” said Mr. DEAKYNE, “that the Washington party county committee was being used for selfish ends. In this connection I have long since realized that the Wash- ington party was being dominated by E. A. VAN VALKENBURG, editor-in-chief, and JAMES S. BENN, city editor of the North American, chiefly for material to adver- tise that newspaper more than for the success of the cause of progressiveism. Almost from the inception of the pro- gressive movement in this State,” he continued, ‘the high-handed actions of VAN VALKENBURG has caused many sin- cere minds to look askance.” This may be sad but it is not surpris- ing to those who know VAN. He has always been selfish and whenever possi- ble dominating. But there is pathos in what follows in Mr. DEAKYNE’S narra- tive. There was a revolt threatened but “the cooler heads, in order to head off a disruption that would have harmed the progressive cause, proposed that an ap- peal be made to ex-State Senator WIL- LIAM FLINN the head of the Washington party, to squelch the VAN VALKENBURG coterie of newspaper politicians.” Shades of Moses, what a spectacle was thus cre- ated. BILL FLINN sitting in judgment upon questions. of political ethics. Surely here was a DANIEL summoned to the per- formance of a grave duty. - As to the result listen to Mr. DEAKYNE. “Twenty-four men met Mr. FLINN by ap- pointment in my office. Every one of us was opposed to the VAN VALKENBURG ‘methods. We protested to FLINN and he promised us that he would ‘straighten VAN VALKENBURG out.’ We objected to VAN VALKENBURG remaining in sole lo- cal control of the movement. But noth- ing was done. VAN VALKENBURG only grew more dictatorial and then party trading began. The strong men that stood behind the Washington party were driven away one by one.” FLINN probably advised VAN to go as far as he liked and make as much as he could out of it for himself and FLINN. That would be char- acteristic of the coarse Pittsburgh boss. Mr. DEAKYNE continues: “We were forced to believe that FLINN wanted VAN VALKENBURG to hold the reins and drive the party at his (FLINN’S) dictation. There is no telling what deals FLINN has in contemplation. Nevertheless it is pat- ent that the party is being used to the detriment of the cause of good govern- ment.” Nothing could be more certain. That is what it was organized for. FLINN had been trying for years to break into high official life and had subsidized VaN VALKENBURG as an auxiliary in his en- terprise and taking advantage of ROOSE- VELT’S popularity they used the Washing- ton party to promote their selfish pur- poses. That they have been found out is fortunate. : ——Those Senators who are talking against the repeal of the toll exemption clause in the Panama canal legislation may delay the result somewhat but they will accomplish nothing else. The mind of the American people is made up on that subject. They prefer to maintain the honor of our government rather than provide subsidies for the ship trust. ——Scientists are predicting the extinc- tion of the sturgeon, one of the most valuable food fishes. But so long as the Pennsylvania Legislature continues to as- semble at regular intervals there will be plenty of lobsters, though probably not of the edible variety. ; . —If the wheat crop comes up to pres- ent expectations it will be as hard for the calamity howlers to keep up their cry as for a Wall street magnate to pass through the eye of a needle. That’s a mixup but it goes. ——Mr. MELLON’S testimony before the Interstate Commerce Commission had the merit of frankness. It also shot some holes into the halo of the late J. PIERPONT MORGAN, who was his confident in the transactions. ’ . part, were not Democratic, his action ' might be tolerable. As it is Democratic, | it was atrocious. | WiLLIAM H. BERRY was State Treasur- | er of Pennsylvania for a period of two tee refused to express a preference among the several candidates, in obedi- ence to this obligation to be impartial. This year the headquarters of the Democratic State committee were made ———— NO. 21. To Serve or to Harm? : From the New York World. ’ | Our neighbor the Sun is in a great state of agitation because the President | marines said that “we have gone down : Pennsylvania to participate in a factional | tee in the interest of one faction in the | {0 Mexico to serve mankind if we can : find out the way.” Would the Sun feel i happier if he had said that “we haye | gone down to Mexico to harm mankind | if we can find out the way?” Unless the World has misread Presi- | dent Wilson’s Mexican policy, it has been + directed from the outset toward the sim- | ple proposition of serving mankind. Had i Mr. Wilson had any other purpose he | practical principle of government by as- | sassination. Had he had any other pur- | pose he would never have: protested | against government by foreign conces- i sionaires. Had he had any other pur- | pose he would never have declared that | the United States would take no territory | by conquest. Had he had any other pur- | pose he would have given the Huertistas years. In two years there are three the propaganda of one of the factions of the moral support of the United States hundred and twenty-six working days. During his term he spent less than sixty | days in his office, but he drew pay for every working day during the time. For five weeks during the recent primary campaign he was absent from his duties as Collector of the Port at Philadelphia. Unless the office is an absolute sinecure he was cheating the government out of the time thus spent away from his duties. He draws $8000 a year for his services and if it is a sinecure he would resign if he is an honest man. Dishonesty reveals itself in various ways. Drawing unearn- ed money is one of them. There was some excuse for Secretary of Labor WILSON participating in our primary campaign. He is a citizen of Pennsylvania and entitled to a voice in the selection of officials. But there is no ex- cuse for his traducing those who had helped him in his political ambitions be- fore. When he was a candidate for Con- gress in 1906 the partyi managers gave him no cause for complaint. In 1908 they left nothing undone to compass his election and in 1910 they helped to bring him victory. But ever since that he has been in the van of the army of villifica- tion against them and in the recent pri- mary campaign he went out of his way to malign men who had been kind to him. ? ——We are not surprised that Colonel ROOSEVELT’S river runs up hill. ‘Any- body might discover a river that ran down hill and the up hill current is es- sentially ROOSEVELTian. Roosevelts Abnormal Ambition. That THEODORE ROOSEVELT hopes to get the Republican nominttion for Presi- dent in 1916 may be accepted as a cer- tainty. fis statement that he will az- cept it only upon certain conditions is bosh. He is obsessed with the ambition to serve another term in the office. He aims to enjoy a distinction that has not fallen upon any other American. Others have had two terms and he wants some- thing more than others. Therefore he will strive to get the Republican nomina- tion as earnestly as he did in 1912. He has no more interest in principles than a goat has in the Ten Commandments. If he fails to get the nomination he will wreck the party as he did in 1912. ROOSEVELT’S South American explora- tion was simply a feature of his cam- paign. He may or may not have dis- covered a new river but he will insist that he did discover one until after the Presidential nominations are made in 1916. With this claim of achievement ne will appeal to the voters to restore him to power that he may have.another “bully” time for fouryears. If his ambi- tion is fulfilled he will cavort like “a bull in a china shop.” If he were in the office now the country would be deluged with a war in Mexico. If he gets into office again there will be war with some- body, justly or unjustly, in order that he may gratify his desire to kill and con- quer. Of course the nomination of ROOSE- VELT by the Republican convention in 1916 doesn’t mean his election. If he had been nominated in 1912 he would have been defeated for the reason that most of those who voted for TAFT would have voted for WILSON, though the Dem- ocratic candidate was then comparative- ly unknown and altogether untried. But it will be different in 1916. Now Woob- ROW WILSON is known quite as widely as ROOSEVELT and is respected more. .His management of the difficult and delicate Mexican situation has marked him as a master mind in statesmanship and guar- antees his re-election regardless of who the Republicans nominate or what alli- ances ROOSEVELT makes. —1If Argentina will discover a way for eliminating HUERTA and establishing civilized government in Mexico we will feel disposed to forgive her for inventing the tango. : —The best Job Work done here. the party. All the machinery of the par- ty was invoked to help one part of the par- ty to defeat the other. The chairman of the State committee traveled with the candidates of one faction and maligned those of the other faction from every stump. The employees of the commit- tee spent all their time and energy in preparing and distributing literature in the interest of one faction and against the other. Even the funds of the com- mittee were misappropriated to the use of the faction favored by the party ma- chine and the Federal cfficers were dra- gooned into the service of the faction. Such a spectacle is reprehensible in every way. In all the years during which WALLACE and RANDALL or GUFFEY and KERR contended for leadership no such thing was thought of. In those days the contention of leaders was upon a fair ba- sis each faction enjoying equal opportu- nities to present its case to the people and when the contest was ended both factions came together in support of the ticket chosen. But since demagogy and hypocrisy have assumed control the new order has come in and its demoralizing in- fluence will be felt for years to come. Let us hope that we have seen the last of it and that men of a higher sense of honor ‘will assume control. ——Besides, if you don’t accept the story of ROOSEVELT’S up hill river you’ll have to accept membership in the An- anias club. Facts About Mexico. The failure of HUERTA is the best evi- dence of the intelligence of the people of Mexico. He is a usurper and intelligent people will not tolerate a government forced upon them. This accounts for his defeats wherever his force encounters the rebels. It also justifies the Mexican policies of President WILSON. If he had recognized HUERTA that tyrant might have been able to keep up his false pre- tense of government for a considerable period of time. As it is he has failed at every step and each day brings the peo- ple of that country nearer to a stable | government chosen by the people and of the people. As we have previously said no intelli- gent people will tolerate an alien govern- ment. If President WiLsON had inter- vened in Mexico the government thus established would have had no more sym- pathy with the people than that of HUER- TA. He is not an alien but his govern- ment is. It is the creation of force and fraud. Any government created by for- eign intervention within the territorial limits of Mexico, whoever might have been placed at the head of it, would have been regarded in the same light. An en- during government must be not only just but fairly chosen by the people gov- erned. That proposition proves itself. The people of Mexico are moving for- ward under the guidance of progressive civilization to a government which will meet the requirements of advanced civili- zation. It may be necessary to eliminate VILLA as well as HUERTA before this great result is achieved. It is not im- possible that CARRANZA will not serve the purpose. But the consummation is essential to the development of civiliza- tion and it will come as certain as fate. There will be no steps backward in the future of the western hemisphere. Every indication is for advance and at this time Mexico happens to be the theatre of operations. . ——HUERTA might have held RICHARD HARDING DAVIS a few days longer-just to test the patience of the American peo- ple. ——The weather on Sunday was ideal for motoring and very few owners of ma chines failed to take advantage of it. Not only were Bellefonte motorists out in force but scores of cars from other places passed through Bellefonte on trips to various points. . —Senator PENROSE was in Bellefonte last night. ! until they were overthrown by assassi- nation, recognized the next high benefici- ary of murder and given Mexico over to | indefinite anarchy so far as we were con- cerned. , Huerta’s insult to the American flag, which caused the occupation of Vera Cruz, was a definite outcome of the Pres- ident’s refusal to recognize the Huerta government. That may appeal to the Sun as ridiculous “altruism,” as it ap- peals to the Z7ibune as ridiculous “ideal- ism,” yet we think that a great majority of the American people agree with the President about it. Trevelyan said that George III could never “forgive a politician for taking the right course unless it was from a wrong motive.”” Would the Sun be better satis- fied with the President if he’ had acted from a wrong motive. s 1 The Tail Goes With the Hide. From the Altoona Times. "Republican stalwarts who had dared to hope that time would mellow Colonel Roosevelt's disposition and heal the wounds inflicted by the Old Guard at Chicago are ‘disappointed. The Colonel has disposed of peace talk by declaring that if he runs again for President it “must be on a Progressive platform which the Republicans must accept.” No half-way measures, no temporizing to the demands of expediency, will satisfy his ardent nature. : Ever since the party suffered its deci- sive defeat the vanquished leaders have been endeavoring to patch up:a truce with the insurgent element, and it has been frequently predicted that the Re- publicans would be compelled to nomi- nate the Colonel in 1916 and thereby pull the props from under the Progressive party. But the Colonel refuses to fall in with this handy arrangement. If the Republicans want him as saviour they must accept him as he is, or professes to The Progressive tail goes with the Progressive hide. - Whether the Roots, the Barnes and the other reactionary leaders will be ready to do as the Colonel desires remains to be seen. The rank and file of the par- ty, however, may prefer the fleshpots to principles, and the prospect of four more lean years may be a spur to revolt. Proves Too Much. From the Springfield Republican. Among his arguments to prove that the United States can do what it will ‘ with the Panama canal, Mr. Knox in- : cludes the fact that “we alone have stood for whatever of criticism has come from the manner of acquiring the Canal Zone.” That is an argument which proves too much; it would justify the thief in feel- ing a property right in what he had tak- i en because of the odium incurred in tak- | ing it—possibly some of the big corpora- tions do come to feel some such claim for having to bear denunciations of their methods, but the public has never been disposed to concede such claims. If his reasoning were sound it would be a very simple matter to clinch our case at Pan- ama by incurring more “criticism,” and to insure that happy result it would only be necessary to .insist upon interpreting the treaty to please ourselves and refus- ing to arbitrate it. That would insure enough odium to satisfy a pachyderm, but unfortunately neither the law of na- tions nor the opinion of the world re- gards the odium incurred in acquiring property as a sound title. Unspoken Speeches Costly. From the Harrisburg Patriot. “ Unspoken speeches in Congress may not be as valuable as those that are ut- tered but they are much more costly. A “few remarks” which Senator La Follette obtained “leave to print” in the Congres- sional Record will cost the tax-payers of the country more than $8,000, it is esti- mated. Mexican War Won’t Be in It. From the St. Louis Republic. We shudder to think what will happen when T. Roosevelt hears that A. H. Sav- age Lando has called him a “charlatan” and that an American traveler has refer- red to him as an amateur explorer. He Can’t Live Forever. From the Pittsburgh Gazette-Times. The administration is said to be of opinion that Huerta will be down and out before the mediators can complete their plans. Sure! He's likely to die of old age. As a Gentle Hint. From the Indianapolis News. It would be a nice thing, too, if some of Senor Huerta’s admiring friends would, as a token of their respect and esteem, give him a convenient traveling ‘kit. - | SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE. —Titusville has just dedicated a fine new Y. M. C. A. building. The building and grounds cost $50,000. © The association has an endowment fund of $25,000. —Walter, the 13-year old son of Preston Bossler, of Allentown, has been missing from his home for several days and his parents fear that he has been kidnapped. y —The Lilly mines, which had been idle for six weeks, were again in operation Monday morn- ing. A large number of men went to work under the 1912 wage scale. —Fire of undetermined origin badly damaged the Sunbury Central High school. Valuable rec- ords were saved but thousands of dollars damage ‘was done to school books. —Fire was discovered in a Philadelphia and Reading mail car near Reading. The flames spread rapidly and the fire was not extinguished until a large quantity of mail was destroyed. —Glenn Campbell, Indiana county, was visited by a $100,000 fire on Friday morning. An entire business block and several dwellings were de- stroyed. The origin of the fire is not known. —A large rubber manufacturing plant will be erected in Indiana, by Harry McCreery, of that place. He bought the Allison farm of 164 acres, and is having homes erected for his employees. —Frank Retta is dead at his home in Listie, Somerset county, as a result of being struck on the head with an ax by Dan Casino. Casino’s son was the only" witness that testified against his father. —Owing to the recent robberies in New Florence the ‘members of the borough council will appoint a police officer for that place. Sev- eral robberies have been committed in the past two weeks. —The people of Clearfield have been very gen- erous in regard to helping pay the debt of the Clearfield hospital. The money subscribed amounts to $6,466, and $6,000 is yet needed t clear the debt. - —Barto in Berks county has just fifteen houses, but in these houses there are twelve pianos; six own their own automobiles, arid all but one are Democrats and thelone Republican is the present postmaster, H. F. Tyson. —The body of John Solomon, a Gallitzin miner, was found on the railroad tracks near Portage on Sunday morning, badly mangled, and life- less. It is believed he tried to board a freight train and was thrown under the wheels. —A buffalo, belonging to the Kit Carson shows, which exhibited in Latrobe on Saturday, broke loose and ran pell mell through the town. Cow- boys on ponies pursued, and after a lively chase, finally succeeded in capturing the animal. . A spreading forest fire in Mosquito valley, near Williamsport, threatened the farm houses in the vicinity, and men and women went out to fight the flames. They were out till late in the night, and early in the morning were called ou again. —James Reckner, aged 18, of Boswell, while operating a motor in a mine at Jenners No. 2 on Wednesday afternoon, was instantly killed, when the machine picked the switch. Reckner tried to get off and was thrown, his motor running over him. —Three prisoners attempted to escape from the Clearfield county jail. A rope made of bed clothes was hung from a window in the attic of the jail, and was discovered by the guard. Sev- eral deputies were notified and the escape was frustrated. - While fastening a spanner on a trolley car near Latrobe on Saturday evening conductor Harry Roy received the full force of 1,250 volts of the trolley current. Through the quick action of the motorman, who used the first aid method his life was saved. ~A number of boys were playing with matches in a pile of shavings at the Windber Lumber company and set fire to the building. The flames destroyed part of the plant, and had it not been for the quick work of the employees» the whole plant would have been destroyed. —A. L. Lichtenwalder, of Lock Haven, a one armed man, was attacked by two burly hoboes, last Friday morning while loading his produce wagon for market. He had fifty dollars on his person at the time and fought the hoboes until several men appeared, the hoboes made their ‘es- cape. : —James Hill, of Jersey Shore, is in a serious condition at the Lock Haven hospital as a result of being stabbed by Orville Schade, at Hyner, on Tuesday afternoon. Hill was stabbed in the knee and a stiffening of that joint is feared. Schade is locked up to await the outcome of the injury. —The banner dentist bill for Pennsylvania was paid by a Clearfield business man on Monday when, on getting out of the chair and asking for his bill, he was presented with a modest request calling for $1001. He promptly made payment and will frame the receipted bill and keep it for a relic. —While taking two patients toa Philadelphia hospital to be operated upon for appendicitis Dr. R. S. Patton became seriously ill at Sunbury. Physicians diagnosed the case as the same dis- ease. The physician was taken to the hospital with his other patients and had his own re- moved. — The Natural Gas company was sued for $76, 000 in the Westmorelend county courts on Thurs- day, by James J. Lemon, of Arnold. Lemon had the gas pipes placed in his house, and owing to a leak an explosion occurred, and his wife was killed, while he and his daughter were badly burned. —The residence of Allen Dillon, of Patton, was totally destroyed by fire Sunday morning. The blaze started in the attic where several cartridges has been stored. These soon exploded, and through the quick work of Mr. Dillon, all mem- bers of the household, who were sleeping, were rescued. —In an attempt to extinguish the fire on the roof of his house, which was caused by the lightning, Lew Neal, of McIntyre, Indiana coun- ty, fell from the roof to the ground. The fall was broken by hitting a grape arbor, before landing on a cement pavement. He isin a serious condi- tion at the Indiana hospital. —Yeggmen gained entrance to the J. C. Her- man & Co. cigar factory at New Cumberland, blew the safe open and secured $400 in United States revenue stamps. The crooks worked so rapidly that they got away successfully, although a burglar alarm had sounded a warning signal as soon as they entered the building. —The jury in Commonwealth vs. Joe Lova, the Robertsdale Italian, who was indicted for the murder of his friend, Dominico Cealoni, returned late Saturday night a verdict of “not guilty,” and Lova was accordingly accquitted. He was alleged to have shot Cealoni to death on the night of March 28th, in an Italian brawl at Robertsdale, However, the witnesses for the Commonwealth failed to prove that it was Lova who had fired the fatal shot. —On account of the increasing demand for products of the Patton silk mill, improvements approximating $80,000 to $90,000 are contemplated in the very near future. It will be necessary to construct a large addition to the present plant. Work will probably be started within the next two months on the addition to the plant. A total of 100 will be added to the working force. It is proposed to install a 200-horsepower engine in thenew plant, with three 80-horsepower boilers. There will be 50 winding machines, 10 doublers, 23 twisting machines, 11 reeling machines. New ‘ribbon looms will be a feature of the addition.
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