: BY P. GRAY MEEK. | ESS, INK SLINGS. —The recent primaries in Centre coun- ty cost about 70 cents per vote cast. —The prospects are fine for a wonder- ful cherry and fruit crop in Centre county. —This week has wound up the bulk of the corn planting in Centre county. It has been the latest planting in years. —1If it was as hot in Mexico on Mon- day and Tuesday as it was here war down there must certainly be what SHER- MAN said it was. —After a forty years’ struggle Ireland is to have home rule. Here's luck and good sense to the Irish in the govern- ment of themselves. —Recent police raids on the red-light district of Bellefonte would not have been so much of a surprise had any one known we had such a district. —I1f ROOSEVELT wants to come into Pennsylvania to attack the policies of President WILSON he can, but he will only be hurting PINCHOTT by doing it. ! —Tomorrow will be Decoration day, then commencements, the safe and sane Fourth of July, Chautauqua, Granger's picnic, the fair and winter again. Let's all move to Florida. —Probably Mr. MCCORMICK might now find it convenient to prove an alibi con- cerning that meeting that determined that all old-line Democrats should be eliminated from the party as “bi-parti- sans.” —In twenty generations every person has had 131,076 ancestors; so statisti- cians tell us. And thatis a very suffi- cient reason why every person should duck when some one shouts “Low bridge.” —If the foresight of some of our lead- ers had only been as good as their hind- sight now seems to be, that Democratic mediation committee wouldn't have, what promises to be, a whole summer's job on its hands. : —Anyway we don’t hear nearly so much shoutin’ in the front pews now about the “elimination” of us untrusty “bi-partisans,” as we did a few weeks - “ago. Have we grown better, or have —RooskysLT has submitted his evi- dence of the discovery of the “River of Doubt” to the National Geographical so- ciety. Dr. Cook once submitted evidence of the discov ery of the at t Co statement. —If the question as to who stole that MiTcH PALMER expense account state- ment from the Stroudsburg prothono- tary’s office keeps growing in importance it will soon rival those sixteenth century conundrums as to “who struck BILLY PATTERSON?” or “who knocked the bull off the bridge?” —Had “elimination” eliminated every time it was called upon to do so by some of our self constituted leaders, it would be a very straggly looking party that we would now have to muster against the bosses, the machines and the gangs that are rallying to the support of PENROSE and PENROSEism. —If some of these fellows who are up | toward the front of the procession wav- ing their arms and hello-ing so vocifer- ously for everybody to “lay hold and all pull together” would try to do a little pulling themselves the Democratic band- wagon might be gotten out of the ruts they have run it into. —Some of our Republican exchanges are trying to make themselves believe that the Progressive party “is sick.” If they will investigate the matter they will discover that he only lost a little flesh while in the jungle and suffered for some time, as poor old JoB did, with boils on his sitting down end. There is nothing dangerous at all in his ailment, nor “ should it give them hope that the Pro- gressive fight is off. “We gathered at the’ mountain side Ten thousand strong were we We swore by all the gods of war That Ireland should be free. Then along came twelve policemen They were a burly crew They chased us to the mountain top What the h—1I else could we do.” We talked up there for forty years And now we're coming down To rule our own ould native sod By order of the crown We'll show those burly policemen That we can put it through The job is right up to us, so What the h—1 else can we do. —The act of the Westmoreland county miner, who plunged headlong into a four hundred feet deep mine shaft after a two year old baby that had fallen into it, and beat it in the tumble to the bottom where his body made a cushion upon which the tot landed and escaped unhurt, reminds us of a similar performance of a thoughtful telegraph lineman. He was working on the top of a fifty foot pole on the corner of a crowded city street one frosty morn- ing when a tool that weighed ten pounds slipped out of his hands. Realizing that it might strike a passing pedestrian on the head and kill him the lineman in- . stantly plunged after the falling tool. Be- ing so much heavier than it was he over- took it when ten feet from the ground, grabbed it with one hand and the pole with the other; then climbed back to his court bench are admirably equipped for ; ee eves | ferred to they opportun STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION. VOL. 09. A Bad Feature of the Primary Law. | Roosevelt in the New Haven Scandal. : 3 .... | Every scandal that developed during t , with : a 2 papers the administration of THEODORE ROOSE- for either the office of Supreme court or | hows ne on Superior court judge at the coming elec- |. wi remenmier at wien Steel trust wanted to take over the tion. Section 13 of the Act of Assembly ! v Coal and I ov vios to “regulate nominations and elections elnessee Lop! and:lron company in \ : tes . lation of the law, Mr. FRICK, of Pitts- for all elective offices of cities of the tush. and Mi. Pe S of 1. PIERPONT second class and all offices of judge of a ae 25 % = on ’ LS OEE r and court of record,” provides that “the can- R ed i on » tN didates for nomination at any primary | a guaran 2s Im i ow for any office within the provisions of °F LLEN, /9(e ¥ presicent 0 New York, New Haven and Hartford this act, to be filled at the succeeding i ~~ e : election, equal in number to twice the: railroad, declares under oath that Mr. number to be elected at the succeeding ROOSEVELT’s fingers were deepin that election, who shall have received at such | noisome pie. The ownership of com- primary the highest number of votes peting steamship lines was forbidden by cast for the nomination to the office for moral if not statute law but ROOSEVELT which they are candidates * * * shall be | gave assurance thatit would not be in- | terfered with. i ffice.” : 8 Morin a o wip of this pro- | The Steel trust was a MORGAN enter- prise and the New Haven road was vision of the law was to guarantee the : non-partizanship principle professed in under the complete dominance of Mr. p DD MORGAN. In appealing to ROOSEVELT the act. As a matter of fact it has pro- for Tngbunity “fiom Drosscilion’ of the duced the opposite result. In the nomi- Lo = 0 a oa Pre ae nations of 1913 WEBSTER GRIM became g one of the candidates by the accident of of Roan § De Knox Sue his wide acquaintanceship and personal commissioner of corporations, wrote popularity. But in the recent nomination, the MorcaN Interests have begn 's0 though there was a Democrat in the run- ! friendly 10. us,” and. procesdings were ning for both offices, two of the Republi- discontinued. In the New Haven case, can candidates ran in the lead, one in Mr, MELLEN testifies, that ROOSEVELY each case because slated by the majority assured him that in violating the law a : + party and the other because of residence > oa wil aay ne Tie fron me in the more populous section. In other ong as Tesiden y . fish were required to “toe the mark” but words Judge FRAZER, of Pittsburgh, and ; : s Judge TREXLER, of Allentown, were Mr. MORGAN and his associate pirates . could do as they pleased. They were A ray ai ie A liberal contributors to his campaign funds . ’ Philadelphia, succeeded for the other and enthusiastic supporters of his ambi- | tions. reason. : | Yet ROOSEVELT is now and has been Judge BNDLICH, of Berks county, can-i___ since his retirement from office . td d ! € E y didate for Supreme court judge an the’ champion of -the people Judge PRAYTHER, of Crawford county, | pos is ! : : i .2’ | against e predatory interests represent- who aspired to a seat on the Superior : °° ORGAN, and He freely took upon himself of abrogating any laws that the respective offices. Learned in the law, of judicial temperament and long | : : : with their piratical operations experience, they would have adorned the | pan pirati 5 : bench. But because of the circumstances mn Power Trevidlation “of cut 0 : “10. can election in November. Tr fault in the legislation regulating the primary elections. It gives candidates in populous sections and those slated by: the majority party undue advantage in the running and denies to others an equal right in the contention for popular favor and political preferment. | In fact, it simply gives the majority party the power to make the ticket its bosses dictate at the primaries, and pre- vents the minority party the right of having candidates at the general election to vote for. And this kind of a political monstrosity was accepted and supported by men claiming to be “progressive” Democrats. Home Rule in Ireland. that during the impending campaign he will make several speeches in Pennsyl- vania. With his record as an ally of MORGAN and his colleagues, he is en- titled to scant courtesy at the hands of Pennsylvanians. ——1If the Mexican troubles are settled before the fall campaign is ended Sena- "tor PENROSE will be left in a bad way. | The great crops will have knocked all ' the terrors out of his calamity howl be- fore the campaign begins and there will then be no reason he can possibly give for his re-election to the Senate. Roosevelt’s False Note. Colonel ROOSEVELT’S expressed confi- ‘dence that the rank and file of the Re- Unless the signs are misleading the Irish home rule bill will have become a law before this week is ended. It has already passed the Commons twice and publican party of Pennsylvania will vote for and elect PINCHOTT to the office of Senator over PENROSE is clearly a note of enccuragement to the Progressives of work. under the law the adverse vote of the House of Lords will have no effect upon the third passage. Of course the op- ponents of the measure will resort to every expedient to prevent the vote. Last week they compelled an adjourn- ment by creating confusion as the vote was about to be taken. Their present plan, according to dispatches, is to break other States. He must know that the rank and file of the Pennsylvania Repub- licans are for PENROSE. The vote cast for Mr. DIMMICK at the primary was lit- | tle, if anything, more than an expression of personal friendship for a very worthy gentleman. The rank and file of the party voted for PENROSE at the primary and with practical unanimity will sup- the quorum, but it is not likely to suc- : port him at the general election. PIN- ceed. The government has ample! choTT’s candidacy makes no appeal to strength to maintain a quorum and pass ' Pennsylvania Republicans. the measure and that course is likely to; Upon an enrollment of nearly 700,000 be pursued. | Republican voters of Pennsylvania Mr. For nearly half a century this struggle | Divmick polled less than 100,000 votes. for a cherished and just principle has If each of these voters were influenced been maintained and in almost every in- ito his action by the principle which stance the failure has been ascribable to prought Mr. DiMMICK into the contest the opposition of the Irish themselves. and would withhold his vote from PEN- In the pending contest the most deter- | rose as Mr. DIMMICK declares he intends mined and troublesome resistance came | to do, or cast it for Mr. PINCHOTT, he from the members for ULSTER who have ' would have no effect upon the result in endeavored to make it a religious issue. November. The vote for PENROSE There being a considerable Protestant’ jndicates that the Republicans who de- element in the population of ULSTER the ' gerted their party for ROOSEVELT in 1912 bugaboo has been set up that an Irish | have gone back to their former align- parliament would mean Catholic domina- | ment, with the few exceptions who vot- tion and alien rule is preferable to that!ed for PINCHOTT at the primary. The in the minds of Irishmen not of that faith Divmick supporters and the PINCHOTT in that province. It is a recrudescence of ' voters combined would not defeat PEN- the prejudice expressed at the battle of | grosk. the Boyne. The only way to defeat PENROSE at the This opposition may or may not result ' November election is to combine the in Civil war. The members of parliament DIMMICK . vote with that of the Demo- | for ULSTER freely threaten armed opposi- | cratic candidate and if Colonel ROOSE- tion to the, home government project and ; vgLT were honest with himself and can- have been preparing for war ever since did with the voters of his party he would the passage of the bill became probable. tell them so. Mr. DIMMICK has said that But they represent a comparatively | he will not support PENROSE but has not meager portion of the population of Ire- | jndicated his purpose further. If hesim- land and may be only bluffing to frighten | ply refrains from voting for PENROSE or the ministry. However if they inaugu-| votes for PINCHOTT his political right- rate a war it will be one that will be | eousness assumes a negative form which remembered for while the opponents of | means nothing and accomplishes little. home rule enjoy a preponderance of the | But if he will vote for the Democratic wealth of the Island they have no monop- | nominee for Senator in Congress and in- oly of the fighting spirit. It is to be | duce those who voted for him at the pri- hoped that such a conflict will be averted | mary, to do so, he will put PENROSE into | the discard surely and permanently. r~ without the sacrifice of home rule. | on team work. Judge GARY, head of the BELLEFONTE, PA.. MAY 29, 1914. Baltimore Platform and Canal Tolls. An esteemed Philadelphia contempo- rary has gone to the pains and expense of polling the Pennsylvania delegation to the Baltimore National convention upon the subject of tolls on coasters passing through the Panama canal. All of them have expressed approval of President WILSON’S present attitude upon the ques- tion. Many of them say that they didn’t know that there was a provision in the platform endorsing the exemption clause of the existing legislation and others in- dicate that there was such confusion in the convention when the platform was adopted that no one could tell what it contained. Some of them might have added that they wouldn't have known it contained a “joker” if it had not been pointed out. There was one man in the convention, however, who knew everything that was expressed in the platform, including the “joker.” That man was WILLIAM JEN- NINGS BRYAN. He not only wrote the platform but dominated the vote by which it was adopted. The policy ex- pressed in the provision endorsing the tolls’ exemption, if continued for a few years, would have beén worth hundreds of millions of dollars to the Ship trust which owns and operates the favored coasters. The managers of the Ship trust are practical men. They know a good thing when they see it and are will- ing to pay liberally for favors bestowed upon them. They also knew of the “joker” in the platform and urged the adoption of it in the confusion. We would not say that there was an understanding between the managers of the Ship trust and the author of the Bal- timore convention platform. But it was well known that the ship trust had an extensive and insistent lobby at the Bal- timore convention as it had also at the Chicago convention which nominated TAFT and the subsequent gathering which named ROOSEVELT for President, and that all the platforms endorsed the provisions of existing legislation exempt- . goasters from paying tolls. It can rdly be said that Mr. BRYAN is stupid or that he was fooled into writing such an endorsement into the platform. He is a man of alert mind and not credu- lous. What he did he did understand- ingly. And people must consider for themselves the reasons he had for thus apparently trying to aid the Ship trust. Would Simplify Matters for Some. Newspaper reports give us the assur- ance that the Keystone party, or rather what is left of it, purposes placing the names of the Democratic State candi- dates upon its ticket, which should great- ly simplify matters for our up-town con- temporary, whose proprietor in 1911 filed a certificate in the commissioner's office certifying that it was the only Keystone paper in Centre county and as such was entitled to the printing patronage belong- ing to the majority party. We don’t know that simplifying matters for indi- viduals of his kind and calibre would better conditions of the party in the least but it would help him to get through one campaign without selling out some one and might give him a chance in the fu- ture to point back to one year in which to which he professed political allegiance. —It is asserted that the business men of the town purpose offering a ten dollar premium for the best slogan for Muncy. Judging by the grave-yard quietude that pervades that place and the undisturbed rest its citizens can always enjoy we are convinced that a ‘ten dollar bill would | meet with a more enthusiastic reception than all the slogans that could be con- jured up. ——The esteemed New York Word complains that no man has ever been sent to jail for wrecking a railroad. If our esteemed contemporary will have a little patience it may enjoy such a spec- tacle.. The WILSON administration is after the New Haven wreckers hot foot and there will be “something doing” be- fore that incident is closed. —1It is to be hoped that the Inter- state Commerce Commission will per- mit C. W. MORSE to testify in the New Haven inquiry. He declares that MELLEN has told only half the truth and the whole truth ought to be revealed. ——The Captains of Industry are weak Steel trust, admits the approach of pros- perity while the American Manufactur- ers’ association can see nothing but in- dustrial woe. ——The Colonel would probably find it easier to discover a river that could climb trees in Brazil than he will have in figuring out a majority for PINCHOTT in the Pennsylvania Senatorial contest. he had given honest support to the party | —The best Job Work done here. NO. 22. Come Along, Colonel! From the Harrisburg Star-Independent. Assuming that Colonel Roosevelt still possesses his wonderful ability to sway the sentiment of the voters in a political campaign and that it is his intention, as asserted on what appears to be reliable ‘authority, to come into this State and devote a good deal of his time to ad- vocating the election of the Washington party ticket, regardless of whether that ticket ultimately wins it will be the best thing that can happen for Pennsylvania, viewed from the standpoint of the people as a whole. : It has been proven conclusively in the political history of this and other States that great benefits accrue to the public whenever there are two or more patties, each with a chance of winning, engaged in a contest for control of the govern- ment. Such a condition in politics is ad- mitted to be a most healthful one. If the party in power, whether Democratic or Republican or Washingtonian, knows there is no opportunity of its being de- feated, it is bound to be far less solicitous for the common weal than when it is convinced that it must fight every inch of the way to retain its supremacy. The dry bones of a party in control of a State government need a shaking up every once in a while if the people are to get the best kind of government possible, whether or not that party is destined to be retained in power, and thereis no more effective way of getting the best service out of the party in control than to give it reasonable grounds for believing it is in danger of losing its grip on. the offices. In the present situation in Pennsylvania we do not know of any person more capable of giving the bones a rattle than Theodore Roosevelt. There is no doubt Pennsylvania is better governed since he rattled them in 1912. Without comparing the respective merits of the tickets nominated last Tuesday by the Democrats, the Republi- cans and the Washingtonians, it will be far better for this State if the present campaign develops into one in which there is a chance for each of the three parties to be successful, than if the situa- tion works itself out so that as election day approaches it becomes apparent only one of the three tickets has a chance to succeed. An evenly-waged three-cornered fight is what will guarantee the best results in the November election from the people's standpoint. If Roosevelt comes into Pennsylvania and works earnestly. for the success of the Washington ticket: thare isa strong probability thathe can win’ enough support to that ticket to put it in the running. This would detract from the old line Republican strength, which was shown by the primaries vote to be very great, and would go a long way to- ward dividing the vote among the three parties in a way to make it possible for for any one of them to win. On the other hand, as the situation looks now, if Roosevelt keeps out of the Pennsyl- vania fight the Washington ticket seems doomed to defeat and the Republican strength, as demonstrated in the pri- maries, bids fair to be maintained suffi- ciently to make it hardly likely that the Democrats can win. Those who can see the benefits of an aggressive three-cornered fight, with each party having a chance to win, will welcome Colonel Roosevelt to Pennsyl- vania. The Home Rule Bill. From the Johnstown Democrat. The passage of the home rule bill is a beginning and not an end. Ireland has waged a fight that has lasted 40 years. There are tragic pages in the history of the movement. There have been times when it seemed that home rule would come like a thunder clap upon the wings of political revolution. When it did ar- rive its companion was religious rather than political discord. There can be little doubt that home rule for Ireland is the beginning of a federal system for Great Britain. Erin will have its own parliament; its own Legislature that will deal with Irish problems. It will have a State govern- ment. Home rule for Ireland will mean the lifting of a great burden from the shoulders of the members of the imperial parliament. Next in line, perhaps, will be Wales. That tight little principality has been considering the matter of for- mulating a demand for home rule. In fact, the federal idea is taking root in all parts of Great Britain. Home ruie parliaments for Wales, Scotland, England and Ireland and an imperial parliament for imperial pur- poses would seem to be likely develop- ments in the immediate future. In fact, home rule for Ireland could never have become a fact had it not been that Great Britain had begun to look favorably upon the whole federal plan. Do this for Your Wife. From the Dearborn, Mo., Democrat. “To the married man who cannot get along without his drinks, we suggest the following as a means to freedom from the bondage of the habit. Start a saloon in your own house. Be the only customer. You will have no license to pay. Go to your wife and give her $2 to buy a gallon of whiskey and remember there are sixty-nine drinks in one gallon. Buy your drinks from no one except your wife, and by the time the first gallon is gone, she will have $8 to put in the bank "and $2 to start business again. Should you live ten years and continue to buy booze from her and then die with snakes in your boots, she will have money to bury you decently, educate the children, buy a house and lot, and marry a decent man and quit thinking about you. ——The professions of religious ardor expressed in J. PIERPONT MORGAN'S will wither somewhat when brought into con- tact with MELLEN’S testimony. SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE. —The fishing laws in Cambria county seem to be very stringent. Seven arrests were made by the Johnstown fish wardens, and the majority of the offenders were fined $30 each. —Henry W. Watson, the oldest attorney of the Lycoming county bar, died Sunday morning at the Pennsylvania hospital, Philadelphia. The body was taken to his home in Williamsport for burial. —The 2-year-old son of Mr, and Mrs. Mike Remar, of Williamsport, went to prison with the parents, who were arrested for stealing a horse and buggy. He is the youngest lad to be placed behind the bars in Williamsport. —Two young lads in Williamsport got into a wagon and tapped a jug of rye. Both became intoxicated, and the owners of the wagon were locked up for giving liquor to minors. Both owners are in jail to await a hearing. —The Hyde City steel plant of Clearfield, to- gether with the mines, are again in action and ‘about 100 men have resumed their duties at that place after being idle for some time. It is ex- pected that the working force will be doubled. _ —After serving eight months in the Lycoming county jail, at Williamsport, John Bricker, aged 28 years, a son of the late J. D. Bricker, of Jersey Shore, went to the jail yard and shot himself through the mouth. Death followed soon after. —John Lochrie, of Windber, a well known financier, has purchased 1,130 acres of coal land near Cairnbrook, Somerset county, at an ap- proximate price of $150,000. Mr. Lochrie gets 4,000,000 feet of virgin timber in the transac- tion. —A jury in the Blair county court last Friday ‘gave Foster A. Helfrich, formerly of Altoona, but now of Cumberland, Md., $9,145.17 damages against William J. Orner, a contractor, of Al- toona, for the alienation of the affections of his wife. —A couple of young men stumbled over the body of Mike Flenn, an Italian, on a path near Electric park Greensburg, Wednesday night. Several bullet holes were found in his body and it is believed that he was the victim of some jeal- ous Italians. —Miss Helen Bentley, of Williamsport, who disappeared from her home last Wednesday even- ing is still missing, and all hopes of finding her alive have been abandoned by members of her family. The Boy Scouts of the city have been ordered to search the mountains for her. —Mrs. Sarah Lawless and her four children tramped from Philipsburg to Danville. Mrs. Lawless was promised a position in Philipsburg, and when she arrived, was refused. Her money was gone, and she was forced to walk back. The children ranged in age from 6 to 12 years. —Faunt Diefenderfer, aged 14 years, was ac- dentally shot and instantly killed on Saturday afternoon at Williamsport, when a rifle in the hands of a schoolmate, Herman Confer, was sud- denly discharged, as they were racing down a hill, the bullet striking Diefenderfer near the heart. —A large doe and two fawns were killed near Trout Run by a passenger train at 3.25 on Sunday morning. Mrs. Wesley Morris, operator at tow- er near No. 9 bridge, was notified by wire that the train had hit some object and search should be made. This resulted in finding the mangled bodies of the doe and fawns. —Miss Annie Bilonsky, aged 47, of Johnstown, who with her four children, had been earning a livelihood there, was mysteriously burned to death early Thursday morning. A boarder found the unconscious body in the basement of her home and she was taken to the Memorial hospital, where she died a few minutes later. —Ross Steiner, a printer of Latrobe, and who resided in West Newton, was Shot in the knee by a young man named Murray last Friday even- ing. He did not think the wound was serious, and after bandaging the knee found that he could not stop the flow of blood. A doctor was sum- moned but Steiner died before his arrival. —John Daughenbaugh, aged 31 years and mar- ried, of Mt. Union, is believed to be dying in the Blair Memorial hospital at Huntingdon, as a re- . sult of a quarrel with John James, at Mt. Union Sunday afternoon. Daughenbaugh’s bladder was penetrated with a 38 calibre bullet and phy- sicians state he cannot recover. James is under arrest. —Robbers entered the home of Mrs. Peter Single, a Slavish woman, of Barnesboro, on Mon- day night and bound and gagged the woman. They ransacked the house and then placed a keg of powder under the bed and set fire to the house. Passersby noticed the flames and sent inthe alarm. The woman was rescued, and the fire was extinguished before much damage was wrought. —Williamsport is to have a battery of artillery and a company of infantry in the reorganization of the National Guard of Pennsylvania which is now taking place. This announcement was made on Monday and the preliminary steps taken. In order not to interfere with the Memorial day ar- rangements the order will not be issued from Harrisburg until Monday, although it is all ready to issue now. —A. B. McCloskey, who resides at Hyner sta- tion, was attacked by a large angry bear Wed- nesday of last week in his backyard, and his body was badly lacerated. The bear tried to at- tack a calf and Mr. McCloskey in his effort to chase the bear shot at it, at close range, when the bear leaped upon him and threw him to the ground. The neighbors scared the animal back to the mountains. —Charged by the state livestock sanitary board with bringing cattle into Pennsylvania from Ohio illegally, D. E. Stambaugh of Sharon, Mer- cer county, was ordered to pay a heavy fine and costs by the local court. With the exception of cattle for immediate slaughter, all bulls, cows and heifers above the age of six monthss are re- quired when brought into Pennsylvania to be ac- companied by a health certificate. —Seventeen patients, supposed to have been suffering with slight fever and skin eruptions were examined Sunday by Dr. F. G. Wagonsel- ler, of Selinsgrove, smallpox expert and were pronounced smallpox victims. They had been ill in their homes at Mount Pleasant Mills, Sny- der county, for three weeks and the sickness spread from two persons to seventeen in that time. The township is under quarantine and Dr. Hunt, of the State Department of Health, will take charge of the situation. —A.L. Anderson & Bros., inc., of Altoona, have been given the contract for reconstructing allthe masonry on the bridges on the Western Maryland road between Cumberland and West Virginia Junction, in West Virginia. The firm has also been given the contract for building a new freight line for the Pennsylvania railroad in Schuylkill county. Work on double tracking the Allegheny division of the Pennsy in Clarion coun- ty has also been resumed by the firm, this work having been started two years ago. —Judge Fred B. Moser, of Sunbury, on Mon- day sentenced former County Treasurer William M. Lloyd, of Shamokin, to serve three years in the county prison and pay a fine of $19,497, and the costs of the recent embezzlement case, in which he and his deputy, Mark L. Swab, of Sun- bury, were found guilty. New trials were refused by Judges Moser and Cummings to both Lloyd and Swab. Swab has not yet been sentenced. The men are charged with embezzling from Northumberland county funds in the years 1910, 1911 and 1912 money amounting to Lloyd’s fine. Lloyd is injail and will appeal to the Supreme court. .
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