Deora Maldon BY P. GRAY MEEK. INK SLINGS. —Every place is in the limelight in Europe except that peace palace at The Hague. —“There shall be wars and rumors of wars.” Who can tell, this might be the fulfillment of the prophecy. 3 —The principal trouble Mr. PINCHOTT and Professor LEWIS seem to have, is to find army enough to try to mobilize. —One thing we can all be sure of and that is that General UNCERTAINTY now has charge of the European situation. —As a “watchful waiter” Mr. HUERTA is now supposed to be filling the job to the entire satisfaction of “all concerned.” —If the Germans should capture Eng- land wouldn't Ireland have the time of her life trying to learn the language of her Kaiser. —Wall Street and the stock market seem to have been in the right range. It only required the first volley to quiet both of them. —HUERTA, ViLLA and CARRANZA are good for only a few inches in the news columns these days when real war stories are to be had. —Why not send the army worm to Germany, Russia or France. We could do that much without being charged with taking sides in the great conflict. —What those foreign governments, now mobilizing their armies for war, most need at this time is the “mobiliza- tion” of whatever common sense they may have. ——As a matter of fact the political fences most in need of repairs are those of Republican Congressmen who are pro- onging the ‘session in order to protect the trusts. —With BRYAN, PALMER, MCCORMICK, PENROSE and BRUMBAUGH all coming to the Granger's picnic there won’t be much chance to see other sights there might be on the grounds. ——Democratic county chairman ARTHUR B. LEE has announced his com- mitteemen for 1914 and a list of the same will be found on the fourth page of this issue of the WATCHMAN. —What’s the use of running off to some summer resort because it advertis- es that you can sleep under blankets there? Can’t you do the same thing at home—if you can stand them? —From all we can learn of the situa- | tion, creating a peace sentiment in Eu- rope now must be just about as promis- ing as creating a Bull Moose sentiment in Pennsylvania is proving to be. (oles Rortunately we have WILSON in the White House. Were ROOSEVELT there he would be doing his level best to in- volve us in the great war that is now beginning on Continental Europe. —Anyway the war in Europe has al- ready eclipsed the military glory of Mr. VILLA to such an extent that, to the | public, he now appears to be only what he is—a common Mexican bandit. —At least some of those American tourists, now stranded in Europe, might find some hope or consolation in remem- bering that their ancestors got to this country without a government appropri- ation. —This country, it is said, has the larg- est search light in the world, and yet it has never been able to show candidate PALMER how the perpetuation of faction- | alism only perpetuates the chances of his defeat. —Those twenty peace treaties that Mr. BRYAN is said to have negotiated must all have been with countries too insig- nificant to get into a war—or, probably they have gotten lost in the general shuffle. —In Denver a woman can sign her husband’s name to a check even when the account is in the husband’s name. So can she in Bellefonte if she is the right kind of woman and has the right kind of a husband. —England faced the grave problem calmly when she considered taking up arms in defense of Belgium. Strange, too, isn’t it, when only a week ago she was shaking with fright over a little family squabble up in Ulster. —The yearly lobster catch is estimat- ed to amount to 125000. Considering the number that Philadelphia and Pitts- burgh always have on hand, the job of gathering up enough to satisfy the mar- ket ought to be an easy one. —The Germans are indeed hard to un- derstand. Slowly being precipitated into a war that might drain their last resource and cost them the position among world powers they have held, they seem as stolid and confident as if the last battle were already closing with the flag of Germany triumphantly flying. ——It has been a whole week since the up-town “trouble breeder” has had a word to say about “bi-partisan” and “traitor” Democrats, who refuse to ac- cept it as their political guide, and already it announces that there is every evidence of “old time Democratic har- mony” in the county. And this is the first admission we have ever known that paper to make, that the Democrats of the county have repudiated its advice, and refuse to longer aid it in keeping up factional trouble in the party. STATE RIGHTS AN D FEDERAL UNION. VOL. 59. BELLEFONTE, PA. AUGUST 7, 1914. NO. 81. Roosevelt and Fusion. Colonel ROOSEVELT'S endorsement of one of the Republican candidates for Gov- ernor of New York has got him into a “peck of trouble ” He- had been advis- ing Progressives of other States to reject all offers of fusion ‘and candidates who have sacrificed fond hopes of victory are not able to figure out why policies which make sauce for his goose should not be employed to feed their ganders. In search of information upon this subject a delegation of Progressives from Maine visited Sagamore Hill, the other day. These shrewd New England Yankees wanted to be assured that the Colonel “had no intention of hitching up again with the old line Republicans, who are opposed to all the principles for which the Progressive party stands.” But they failed to get the desired in- formation. The Colonel ducked, side- stepped, dived and performed all the eva- sive tricks known to “artful dodgers,” of che past and present. He denounced the bosses vigorously and named half a doz- en of them, including a couple of Con- gressmen for Maine, but he didn’t say that he is not striving for the Republican nomination for President in 1916. He said nothing against the Republican par- ty, expressed no opposition to the prin- ciples or policies of the party. He pro- tested his loyalty to the Progressive par- ty, however, and assured the gentlemen from Maine “that it would be only fusion in spots and that it would be localized. Fusion would be sought only,” he con- tinued, “where the Republicans were willing to break with the corrupt bosses.” In other words Colonel ROOSEVELT will be for fusion wherever fusion benefits him personally and against it where the advantage might accrue to some one else. The Maine election will be held on September 14th and by fusion, which was possible, Mr. HALBERT P. GARDNER, the Progressive nominee for Governor might have been elected. But ROOSE- VELT would have none of it. Fusion in a contest to be decided so early in the campaign would have revealed the weak- ness of the Progressive party and led Republicans to believe that the Progress- ives were not strong enough to be worth while. If that impression gets abroad {it’s all off with ROOSEVELT and his pres- ent purpose is to prevent such a calami- (ty. The Republicans will not pay the price he asks for allegience. i ——There is little good to be hoped for as the result of a wide spread and prolonged European war but if it should restore our merchant marine to the posi- tion it occupied before our Civil war there might be some recompense for the burdens of increased cost of living which is certain to ensue. One Bright Spot in the Cloud. The one bright spot on the lining of the European war cloud is the hope that it may bring about the restoration of the American marine. For years our flag has been kept out of the ports and com- merce of the world by an absurd pro- vision of the maritime laws which denied registry to ships not built in this coun- try. The greater cost of materials caus- ed by excessive tariff taxes made Ameri- can ships impossible in international traffic, and the inability to register fore- ign built ships-though owned by Ameri- cans, practically drove our flag from the surface of the seas. Thus millions of dollars were annually diverted to foreign centres of trade which ought to have come to our own cities. For half a century the efforts of Demo- cratic statesmanship have been directed toward the correction of this fault but without success. The ship owners and ship builders resisted the movement be- cause they hoped that ultimately the quack remedy, ship subsidy, would be applied. Millions of dollars have been expended in maintaining lobbies, de- bauching elections and corrupting Con- gress in the endeavor to achieve this re- sult, and half a dozen times it was al- most attained. But the conscience of the country protested with such force that each effort proved futile. Public sentiment was so decidedly against sub- sidy that the evil was endured rather than risk such a remedy. . The indications are, at this time, that the Democratic specific will be applied. In other words it is probable that within a few ddys legislation will Je enacted to permit American registry of foreign built ships and then American owned ships, and there are thousands of them afloat, will carry the American flag into every port open to commerce. This will be a great advantage, not only to American shippers, but to all Americans and to the commerce of the world. It is the only good we are able to discern as a result of the impending world wide war and price which will necessarily be paid for it. It would have come in time anyway. important as it is, it hardly justifies the The European War. The threatened war in Europe is with- out the least excuse in reason. The im- mediate cause would hardly justify a quarrel between school boys. A Grand Duke of Austria was assassinated on Servian territory a few weeks ago. The assassin was arrested and held for trial. That was about all that could be asked or expected under the circumstances. But after the funeral of the victim the government of Austria sent a note to the authorities of Servia demanding a’ public disavowal of sympathy with the assassin, a denial of responsibility and a pledge of punishment. Servia’s answer to the note was rather evasive, the de- mands were renewed, and failure of com- pliance was followed by a declaration of war. There is a tripple alliance between Germany, Italy and Austria-Hungary and a tripple entente between England, Russia and France. Russia, with or without authority, has assumed a sort of protectorate over the Slav people of which the Servians are a part and when Austria began preparations for war Rus- sia protested and ordered the mobiliza- tion of her forces. Instantly Germany | indicated a willingness to join in the quarrel which of course would force England and Italy as well as France into the scrimmage. These great powers ar- rayed against each other could put mil- lions of troops into the field and create a war unparalleled in destructiveness. Of course neither the demand of Aus- tria upon Servia nor the reply of Servia are the real causes of war. Austria wants part of the territory of Servia and sets up the note and the answer as a pretext for beginning a war of conquest. Russia, which probably has a covetous eye on Servian territory, or at least a set- tled purpose to prevent Austria from ac- quiring it, intervenes and Germany re- sents this action upon the part of Russia for an equally ulterior purpose. And thus it goes from beginning to end. The whole civilized world will be laid under tribute because of the earth hunger or power lust of these royal pirates who as- sume right. ——Senator PENROSE might try to blame the impending European war on the Democratic administration. It would be about as reasonable as blaming the depression in business which has pre- vailed for the past several months, What's the Matter With the Party. Colonel WILLIAM HAYES GRIER, a vet- eran Democrat who has been on the fir- ing line for half a century, asks “What's the matter with the Democratic party in Pennsylvania?” in his interesting news- paper, the Columbia Independent. That there is something the matter is obvious. The other day a protest came from the city of Chester against the arbitrary practices of the friends of Mr. MITCHELL PALMER. Since that the earnest and ca- pable chairman of the Philadelphia Dem- ocratic City committee has been forced to renew a previous complaint against the factional activities of some of Mr. PALMER'S friends in that city. With or without his consent Mr. PALMER’S friends are making trouble everywhere. Colonel GRIER answers his own ques- tion and comes perilously close to a cor- rect diagnosis of the malady. “As now administered,” he says, “revenge appears to be the order of the day and hour, and the party is being used for a foot ball and kicked hither and thither at sweet will. At the late primary Hon. MICHAEL J. RYAN polled about one hundred thousand votes, and these votes were cast by Democrats who had voted for WILSON in 1912.” But they hadn't identified them- selves with the revolution which usurped authority and seized the Democratic or- ganization, subsequently. They didn’t join in the chorus of denunciation of every man who had been faithful to the principles of the party during the period of its adversity. There was a promising outlook for a sweeping Democratic victory in Pennsyl- vania after the primary in May. Many of those who voted for Mr. RYAN were disappointed in the result but ready to acquiesce. But instead of accepting the olive branch cordially extended, the suc- cessful faction began throwing bricks and stirring up strife. The men who voted for Mr. RYAN were to be ostracis- ed on every hand and the party favors were offensively ladled out to the parti- sans of a faction. This is not the way to organize victory. It is not the way to | command success. But it is the way Mr. ; PALMER'S friends have chosen to proceed and that is what's the matter with the Democratic party. . ——The WATCHMAN enjoys the proud distinction of being the best and cleanest ' county paper published. UNDERWOOD tariff law for the world-wide | The Freight Rate Decision. ‘merce commission on the rate question satisfies neither the railroads nor the public. It is a compromise and com- promises are always disappointing. It permits an increase of rates upon some articles to the full measure of the de- mand, in what is known as the Central Freight association territory, which ex- tends from Pittsburgh west to the Mississippi river. But even in this terri- tory the increase is not allowed on coal, coke, brick, tile, clay, cement, iron ore or modities compose seventy per cent. of the freight carried, so that the aggregate increase will amount to less than two- and-a-half per cent. allowed any increase at all for the very tained were due more to bad manage- ment than low rates. Free service to favored shippers and free transportation to certain passengers have cost the com- panies immense sums, the commission ‘believes, and that if such faults in man- agement were eliminated, there would be no decrease in earnings or at least that in that event the earnings would afford ample recompense for the capital in- vested. However the commission casts a doubt upon its own conclusion by sug- gesting in another part of the report that an increase in passenger rates might be made and justified. Another fault in the management re- ferred to by the commission is one to ago. It is to the fact that railroad man- agers have pecuniary interests in con- cerns which supply the roads with ma- terials greater than their interest in the roads. This is the reason that American railroads have for many years paid ten dollars a ton more for steel rails than were charged by the same concerns for precisely the same quality of rails ship- ped abroad. The president of a railroad has say $10,000 interest in his road capitalized at a hundred millions, and $100,000 interest in a rail mill capitalized =the mill rather than save money for the road. We gravely doubt that there was any necessity for an increase in freight rates. Most of the railroads that are honestly and capably managed have been earning fair if not generous returns and only those which have been plundered by selfish or incompetent officials have been losing money. With double the current rates the New Haven and Hartford would have gone to the bad while the Pennsyl- vania and Reading could have paid divi- dends with a less rate. Good and bad managers alike moreover, have been guilty of trying to force the commission to exercise authority by Divine dat a million. His interest is to make TTR tesa hidrofite for increase is just punishment for this seri- ous offence against public policy. ——The WATCHMAN last week told of the destruction wrought by the army worm to many oats fields in Centre coun- ty, causing a loss of hundreds of bushels of oats to the farmers. Since that time the worm has invaded other farms and made its appearance in other portions of the county but have not been as destruc- pearance. This is probably accounted for in the fact that the oats had become too mature for them to work on. Some damage has been done to a few corn fields and potato patches but it is not very great. : ——During the month of July the county commissioners paid out as boun- ties on noxious animals the sum of $875.50, which included 389 weasels, 22 gray foxes, 4 wild cats, 26 hawks and 9 owls. The amount paid out in July was $222.50 less than that paid out during June. ——Some of the present leaders of the Republican party still foolishly imagine that they can prevent the nomination of ROOSEVELT for President in 1916. But every day adds to the increasing number of signs that they are mistaken. TEDDY has a cinch on that empty honor. ——ROOSEVELT now claims credit for the election of Mayor MITCHELL, of New York. Well he’s welcome to whatever he gets out of it. MITCHELL is a bogus reformer and a good deal of a blather- skite anyway. out of tomato seeds, according to trust- worthy authority, but we have no infor- mation that they are selling the bogus product at reduced rates. —It is just as well that HUERTA has dle. The European war news would have forced him off the front pages of the newspapers anyway. + The decision of the Interstate Com- | plaster. It is estimated that these com- The roads east of Pittsburgh are not - just reason that any losses they have sus- * which we called attention 2 dozen years | to favor them and the failure to get an- tive as when they first made their ap- | ~The Italians are making olive oil taken himself out of the Mexican mud- Criminal Lunacy. From t*« Philadelphia Record. The unspeakable crime of the ages is | about to be committed. It is clearly un- derstood by the directors of public affairs and leaders of public opinion in West- ern Europe that the war into which the ! formost civilized nations of the world ! are drifting would be a crime without ex- | tenuation. It cannot even be asserted ‘ that the atrocious act in contemplation would be an unpremeditated crime of passion. The “calm seriousness” of the English nation is commented on in the cable dispatches. Never has the prospect of war been regarded with less enthusi- asm, we are told; and yet “it is doubtful if England ever approached a war with a sterner resolve.” 2, Such deliberateness implies the exist- ence of compelling reasons for the im- pending action—reasons that would ap- peal to the highest order of intelligence or would come home to the minds of men with the force of destiny. One listens in vain, however, for an authoritative ut- terance from anywhere which would carry conviction. On the contrary, when the wherefore of the impending war is referred to by English observers of even ordinary mentality, they regard the par- ticipation of England in -a conflict between Slav and Teuton for the sake of a semi-barbarous Balkan State under Russian influence as “unmitigated folly.” The same opinion prevails in France. The woes of Servia do not cause a thrill of French indignation any more than ; they stir English pulses. Why, then, | these solemn preparations for the sacri- fice of millions to the Moloch of war? The only answer one gets is that the na- tions are obligated. England is bound to France and France is bound to Russia. | If Russia were being wantomly attacked and threatened with dismenberment by | a hostile coalition, one might dimly con- | ceive a justification of her French and English allies in rushing to her aid. But if the engagement of the Western Powers in the Triple Entente requires them to make war whenever Russia, for any reason, good or bad, chooses to become involved, this tripartite bond cannot be | adequately characterized except as a con- | tract between political lunatics. The : statesmen who made such treaties ought to be put into straitgh-jackets and commit- i ted to asylums of the criminal insane; : and the statesmen who, without question- | ing the reasonableness of the bargain, | should carry the criminal conspiracy into effect, ought to share the same fate. Deserves Consideration. From the Harrisburg Star-Independent. _. Congressman J. WashingtonyJ.ogue, of the Sixth Philadelphia ington] que to the White House the other day and had a frank conference with President Wil- son on the situation in the Pennsylvania Democracy on the eve of a contest in which the Wilson policies are to be put to the test before the voters of Pennsyl- vania. Mr. Logue is reported to have told President Wilson that if the administra- tion looks for an endorsement of its poli- cies by the Pennsylvania Democracy something must be done to bring into line “thousands of true-blue Democrats’ now regarded as beyond the pale of the organization controlled by the Reorgani- zation faction. The Congressional visit- or plainly told President Wilson that the Democratic organization ought to adopt a new and broader policy that will at- tract toward the State candidates, Demo- crats outside of the new organization. Two weeks ago Democratic City Chair- man Gordon Bromley, of Philadelphia, visited the White House and gave Presi- dent Wilson some information along the same lines as that furnished by Congress- man Logue. The situation, when a prominent party official and a prominent party Congressman, who is a candidate for re-election, voluntarily call on the Chief Executive and ask his good offices in the straightening out of family affairs, is one well worth the President’s consid- eration if he has any hope for a Demo- cratic victory in Pennsylvania. The Terror of a Cloud. From the Boston Globe. What a prophetic picture we are see- ing of Europe at war. The frontiers bristling with bayonets like barb wire fences. The Bourses filled with panic or closed and business stopped entirely. The speculators in grains at Chicago, wildly mad-as the prices of ihe necessi- ties cf existence leap upward. Food in Vienna doubling in cost in a day and the government scolding the terrified people for hoarding potatoes and other vegeta- bles. Runs on the savings banks in Aus- tria, Germany and France. All Europe raiding the huge gold pile of the United States, one German ship carrying $10,- 000,000 of it away from New York and the captain listening at the wireless as he crosses the ocean to hear if the war has broken out between the Triple Alli- ance and the Entente, in which event his treasure would become the lawful prey of the British navy. All this terror in- spired by a mere war cloud. What would we see if the cloud should burst into war. Roosevelt's Tester. From the Wall Street Journal. Years ago a Connecticut farmer, son of the one who made the wooden nut- | megs, bored a hole the size of a small | egg through a shingle. This he called ' his market tester. All his eggs were tested by it. Those small enough to go through the hole were accepted as mar- ketable, while those too large to pass - through were broken and scrambled for family use. T. R. selects gubernatorial candidates in the same way. His shingle is 1916; the measure is less than Presi- dential size. Gubernatorial possibilities small enough to go through are accept- able. Those larger than the measure ‘and therefore of Presidential size are not put on the market, but promptly broken. Only one large egg is to be left unbroken. 'SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE. —The sixth annual Chautauqua of Somerset county, which closed last Sunday night, had ar attendance of 50,000 persons during the week, and the receipts exceeded $3,000. —The contract for Spangler’s big paving im- provement has been awarded to Polo Azzara, of Barnesboro. It includes the curbing, grading and paving of the principal streets. —Dr. Rinehart, for the past five years a mem- ber of the staff of the state sanatorium at Cres- son, and a noted specialist in tuberculosis, is about to leave the service there and locate in Pittsburgh. —Two-year-old Richard Thomas fell into a twenty-foot well at Ebensburg on Sunday after- noon and was rescued by his father who made a swift descent int the unused well and rescued the child from a watery grave. —Two carnival companies operating in West- moreland county, one at Jeannette and the other at Mt. Pleasant, were raided by the state police last Thursday night and twenty-two men arrest- ed for gambling, among them six Jeannette fire- men. —Alleging that he jilted her after eight years of courtship, Miss Clara Shaffer, a school teacher of Hooversville, has brought a breach of promise suit against Nelson Speicher, cashier of the First National bank of Stoystown, claiming $5,000 damages, —Nine hundred and fifty persons are onthe waiting list to be admitted to the Mont Alto sani- torium, and officials of the State Health Depart- ment will make efforts to have the Hamburg sanitorium opened, so as to relieve the crowded condition, —Jeremiah Jefferson, described as 64 years old, and ‘wearing a coon skin cap and heavily belted fur coat” appeared at the county commissioner’s office in Sunbury, last Monday, and collected $24 bounty on twelve weasel skins, remarking that he had 200 more. —The 12-year-old daughter of A. Kantner, of Latrobe, who has been held at Ellis Island for more than two years, has been permitted to go to her parents at Latrobe, the authorities deeming her cured of the ailment that barred her en- trance to this country. —Struck by lightning Sunday afternoon, the large barn on the farm of D. B. Zimmerman, north of Somerset, was totally consumed, togeth- er with the season’s crops thus far harvested. The animals in the barn were saved. Loss $6,000, partly covered by insurance. —Charles N. Yeager, aged 55 years, of Hughes- ville who was admitted to the Danville hospital for the insane last May, committed suicide in his room at the institution, hanging himself, from a hook in the ceiling, with a rope constructed from his bed clothing. —Nine people, taking shelter in a small store at Recreation park near Windber, during the storm last Sunday evenifig, were severely shock- ed by a bolt of lightning that came in over a tele- phone wire. One of them, Ervin E. Reaval, of Moxham, was rendered unconscious for half an hour. —Tony Fierro, commonly known as the king of chicken thieves, is in the toils again. He was sentenced to jail six times; four times from Du- Bois, once from Brookville and once from Ridg- way. Now he is arrested again in DuBois. Tony, during his life, is supposed to have stolen 3,900 chickens. —Since the gas has been piped from the Van Orsdall farm near Ridgway, and a meter install ed, the owner of the property will receive at least $100 in three days’ time for the amount of gas used. Less than six months ago Mr. Van Orsdall was a poor farmer, but now he will have an income that few people in that section re- ceive. —Walter S. Herncrane, county commissioner, member of the Democratic state committee and a candidate for the appointment as postmaster o f Huntingdon, was on Thursday placed under $2,000 bail on the charge of forgery, preferred by J. Murray Africa, late county chairman. The charge is that he issued a fraudulent election certificate. —Colver. one of Indiana county’s newer min- ing towns, is in the midst of a building boom. In addition to the many houses already erected this summer contracts have been let for the construc- tion of forty new double dwellings. The C.& I. has placed a new combination storage battery and passenger car in service to meet the increas- ed passenger traffic. —Work on the construction of a new plant to be erected by the Bolinger Andrews Construc- tion company began this week, at Josephine, In- diana county. The plant, which will employ 500 men, will manufacture metal moulds and willbe located near the works of the Josephine Furnace company, from which concern the new opera- tion will get its hot metal. —Not satisfied since his cousin has been held for court on a criminal charge, John Marbaker, of Towanda, who was shot and ‘terribly injured, has sued Luther Marbaker for $10,000 damages, alleging that he fired the shots which maimed him for life. The men are cousins, and both are wealthy farmers. They quarreled over a line fence, and Luther emptied the contents of a shot- gun into the body of John, who is still confined to bed and may. never be able to walk. —Elias Kreiser, 66 years old, who lives about two miles south of Hummelstown, was on Tues- day thrown from the ‘back of a mule under a heavy mowing machine and crushed to death. Kreiser was mowing a field and had mounted the back of the mule, which balked, after trying every other method he could think of to start the animal. The instant Kreiser crawled upon its back the mule bolted and threw him to the ground and then started up the field, drawing the mower over his body. —V. Micklow, aged 28 years on Sunday morn ing climbed a tree near the outskirts of Portage, tied his belt to a limb twenty-five feet in the air, securely fastened the belt around his neck and jumped from the limb. When his body was found, several hours later, it was dangling fif- teen feet above the ground, with life extinct. In order to remove the body it was necessary to cut down the tree. Micklow was unmarried and so far as can be learned had no relatives in this country. No reason for his suicide could be learned. ~While out on a hunting trip last November, M. L. Kreeger, of Globe Mills, near Selinsgrove, had the misfortune to shoot and instantly kill John Haines, a farmer on whose lands the party were hunting, says the Sunbury Daily. This week, Mr. Haines’ widow instituted suit in the Snyder county courts to recover $5000 damages for the death of her husband. Kreeger runs a big flouring mill at Globe Mills, and is wealthy. In her declaration, Mrs. Haines alleges that Kreeger was negligent in the use of firearms, that if he had used due care he could have seen Haines and the accident would not have occur- red. —The family of Ralph Weighman, the well known clerk in the P. R. R. freight office at Ty- rone, has been sorely afflicted by the number of misfortunes that have happened in the past sev- eral weeks. About a month ago a son contracted diphtheria and died. After many night vigils the strain began to tell on the father and he was taken down with a serious attack of pneumonia. During their illness the wife and mother cared for both patients until the son died, and her hus- band recovered a couple weeks ago. Later the mother was taken ill with typhoid fever. Her candition failed to improve and it was decided best to take her to the Altoona hospital for treat- ment, where she now lies in a critical condition. on ra—
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