habit of helping the Democratic party.
~ Never was and never will be. The Ledger
Dewan.
BY P. GRAY MEEK.
INK SLINGS. |
¥
© The big wads have all been ‘shot in
entre county now and as HENRY CUTE
would say: “——and the fight is |
'—Most of the people who have return-
ed from their summer vacations are now
busy figurifig*eut - how soon they can get |
a week off to take a rest.
—Bordeaux may not have enjoyed its i
distinction long but doubtless a sufficient
length of time to be written down in|
history as the “once upon a time” capital |
of France.
—Anyway the Kaiser's army couldn
have made Louvain look any more de-
serted then Republican headquarters
looked on Democratic day at the Grang- |
er’s picnic.
—The boy who is usually the most
anxious to get a bucket of water for the |
ball team, is generally the one who is far |
away when his mother needs rince water
for the front steps. |
—It may have been merely imagination
but we thought we noticed the smile on |
county chairman LOCKE'S face broaden |
perceptibly when GIFF PINCHOT announc- |
ed that “we have plenty of the sinews of
war.”
—If you are for President WILSON there |.
will be only one way of showing it this
fall, you must vote for PALMER for United
States Senator. Such a vote President
WILSON could regard as an expression of
your confidence in him.
—When it comes to shaking hands
with the people and keeping at it the
Hon. GIFF PINCHOT is some artist. We
haven’t seen a candidate so busy in Cen:
tre county since our old friend Jim
GRAMLEY ran for Treasurer.
—While the ultimatum issued by the
Philadelphia North American to candidate
BRUMBAUGH, expired at noon last Tues-
day, we have failed to see the least evi-
dence of any effort, on its part to mobo-
lize the forces it imagines it has at its
command.
—Judging by the peaceful quiet that
accompanied the work of closing up the
work of registering the voters on Tues-
day and Wednesday last, either the ma-
chines were well greased or the rough
spots along the political highway were
carefully avoided.
—As to whether WILLIAM DRAPER
LEwis’ withdrawal from the gubernatorial
fight will help Mr. McCORMICK or not
depends wholly upon where the most of
the votes that would have been cast for
t
him will be thrown. It st he remem-
Rr TRAE Sia : EEwis
supporters were Republicans and Repub-
licans have a habit of getting home to
roost about election time.
—Of course the Philadelphia Ledger
can’t support MCCORMICK. It isn’t in the
has wonderfully high ideals when baiting
Democrats but that is as far as it goes.
Those Democrats who were pulling chest-
nits out of the fire for the Ledger early
in the summer are not quoting that tricky
journal quite so frequently now.
—In years gone bye often we have
heard Republicans say that they would
like to vote for the Democratic nominee
for the Legislature but couldn’t con-
scientiously do ‘so, because if he were
elected he would vote for a Democrat for
United States Senator. Things are dif-
ferent now. Our Legislators no longer
choose the Senators in Congress. They
are merely representatives of their con-
stituencies and no longer have even an
indirect influence in Congress. Therefor
inichoosing the next Member from Centre
county we should pick the man who
wants to represent the masses and that
man is Davib W. MILLER.
—If the Hon. GIFF PINCHOT believes
what he told us in front of the Brock-
erhoff house, in Bellefonte, about 3.30
Tuesday afternoon, that “it was such a
noble thing for my friend WiLLIAM
DRAPER LEWIS to withdraw from the race
for Governor,” why doesn’t he get him-
self into the “noble” class by withdraw-
ing from the race for U. S. Senator, and
give PALMER what strength he can com-
mand. GIFF made a good impression
and sounded sincere up to the time that
he expected us to fall for the story that
he has a better chance of election than
PALMER: Then was when the screw:
driver was needed for it certainly sound-
ed like there was one loose somewhere.
—If it were possible of being put into
practice the WATCHMAN would favor
Socialist ALLEN S. BENSON’S proposal
that in the future the declarations of war
against any country should be left to a
vote of the people. He proposes that
under such circumstances if a majority
should desire war all those who voted in
favor of it should be compelled to go to
the front before those who opposed it
could be called to the colors. It looks
like a sensible proposition. Too often
the men who involve countries in war-
fare are the last to look down the barrels
of the enemy’s guns, rarely do they suffer
the sorrow and distress, the privation
and broken home ties that the masses
feel. It is scarcely practicable, however,
because in the sixty day interim that
Solialist BENSON proposes in which
a vote should be taken the enemy might
give us a solar plexus blow and it would
all be off.
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STATE RIGHTS AN
D FEDERAL UNION.
VOL. 5%.
~ NO.37.
Withdrawal of Dean Le
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The withdrawal of DEAN LEWIS as the |
up” to excite enthusiasm. * Naturally
both Mr. Lewis and Mr. MCCORMICK
protest that there has been no “deal” or
promise of consideration from one to the
other, and possibly that is true. But it
is significant that while the Bull Moose
bosses were in one room of the Philadel-
phia hotel arranging the surrender, the
managers of the Democratic machine
were in another room of the same hotel
fixing up their finances. And by the
same token Colonel ROOSEVELT was at
the same time in New Orleans trying to
drop bombs into the citadel of Democracy,
the solid south, with a view to results in
1916. ’
- The retirement of DEAN LEWIS from
the Bull Moose ticket was not influenced
' by a desire to promote civic righteous-
ness. It was to “save the face” of
THEODORE ROOSEVELT. A slump in the
vote of the Bull Moose party in Pennsyl-
vania such as present conditions indicate
would make ROOSEVELT'S candidacy in
1916 an absurd farce. With the ticket
broken by the withdrawal of LEwIs the
Bull Moosers may set up any claim they
like with respect to numerical strength
and get away with it. “We yielded cer-
tain victory to guarantee the overthrow
of PENROSEism,” they may say and the
credulous public which ROOSEVELT holds
under hypnotic power will believe. Thus
the bitterest enemy of Democracy and
the most inveterate traducer of Woob-
ROW WILSON is given new hope by this
traffic in office.
It is remotely possible that the trans-
action will add a few thousands to the
vote of Mr. McCORMICK but the price is
enormous. The platform of the Bull
Moose party upon which Mr. McCORMICK
will be obliged to take his place de-
nounces every fundamental principle that
is cherished by Democrats. The man
for whose political aggrandizement the
Bull Moose party is maintained is the
most caustic and persistent
professing to be a Democrat and pro-
testing friendship for President WILSON
inferentially pledges contributions from
his plethoric purse to prolong the life of
the Bull Moose party and restore the
opportunity of ROOSEVELT to force him-
candidate for President in 1916.
With a complete ticket in the field the
Bull Moose party in Pennsylvania would
have had strength to defeat the Republi-
can candidates, in all probability.
——The farmers are now busy cutting
corn and reports from various sections
of the county indicate that the crop is a
fair one, the ears being large and well
filled. So far the corn has not been
seriously affected by the frost.
President Wilson and the Railroads.
President WILSON invokes public sym-
pathy for the railroads. President FRANK
TRUMBULL, of the Chesapeake and Ohio,
asked him “to call the attention of the
country to the imperative need that rail-
roads be helped in every possible way,
whether by private co-operative effort or
by action, wherever feasible, of govern-
meatal agencies.” To this appeal the
President replied that he is glad to do so
because he thinks “the need very real.”
It is certain that the railroads have been
pleading poverty strong enough for a
considerable period of time.
Every citizen of the country is concern-
ed in the efficiency of the railroads. The
breaking down of the transportation sys-
tem of the country would destroy pros-
perity and cripple industry in all direc-
tions. We have seen within the past few
weeks the effect of the paralysis of ocean
transportation and the destruction or
serious impairment of the efficiency of
railroads would be infinitely worse. But
we don’t see how governmental agencies
can be invoked to help raiiroad any
more than they may be employed to help
shoemakers or blacksmiths. “The Lord
helps those who help themselves,” we are
told, and the railroads might find assist-
ance from outside, if they did more on
the inside.
The railroads of the country have been
complaining a good deal lately, we are
forced to believe, for ulterior motives.
That is to say they have been neglecting
duties which might have been performed
in order to force the government to
adopt policies which would help the rail-
roads at the expense of the public. Pres-
ident WILSON refused to be dragooned
by such expedients and will not be be-
gufled new with this new appeal for sym-
pathy. He willdo all he can, and all
good citizens will support him in it, to
mete out complete and exact justice to
the railroads and if they will do their
share success will be certain.
and homicidal maniacs in this country bly have lost as they would then have
- The European War.
Within
this time the German army was
within less than thirty miles of Paris and
moving forward with confidence of the
capture of that city. Now they are
double that distance from that objective
point and moving backward in more or
less disorder. Then the people of Paris
were almost without hope of saving their
homes from destruction. Now they are
elated with the expectation of seeing the.
enemy driven from the soil of France.
.The change is important but hardly sur-
prising to thoughtful observers of events.
In the nature of things it was not to be
imagined that the splendid war machines
of France and England would yield so
readily.
At this writing appearances ‘indicate
that the German empire is tottering to-
ward the grave. But that result is not
likely to be fulfilled in the immediate
future. The German invaders may be
driven out of France and even be com-
pelled to abandon Belgium but they will
not cease fighting for a considerable
time. The legions under command of
the Kaiser, trained to the efficiency of
modern machinery, will resist as long
as a squadron can be kept together and
it will take a long time to decimate their
ranks to the extent of helplessness. A
force of the proportions of that which
assembled under the colors of Austria
and Germany will endure a long time
under the most adverse conditions.
But the student of life finds new les-
sons in the events transpiring in the war
zone every day. One of the most valu-
able is the revealing of the folly of mili-
tarism. For more than a third of a cen-
tury Emperor William has been expend-
ing his energies and wasting the sub-
stance of his people in building up a war
machine capable of dominating the world
and in less than three months it has
been proved to be no better than a cita-
del of glass. Billions upon billions of
dollars have been squandered through-
out the world because of this absurd am-
bition of the Kaiser and brought
but happily they are decreasing in num-
ber. :
——An esteemed Philadelphia coniem-
porary has discovered by careful inquiry
self upon the Republican party as its made at great expense that the foreign
; i war hasn’t materially affected the busi.
ness of Coatesville. This is encouraging.
Woodrow Wilson Will be Upheld.
The party disorganizers in Philadelphia
have been organizing leagues and in-
dependent committees and casting as-
persions upon the regular party organiza-
tion of that city for months but on the
first registration day only 5000 Demo-
cratic voters registered while the Repub-
licans enrolled 70,000 voters. In 1912
Woobprow WILSON received 66,308 votes
in that city and for the spring primaries
the Democratic enrollment was upwards
of 32,000. But the disorganizers were
less active then and Democratic hopes
were not so completely abandoned. The
regular organization proceeded in an or-
derly way to conserve the interests of the
party but this year outside organizations
insist on “butting in.”
If the Democratic State organization
had addressed itself to harmonizing the
party after the nominations were made
last May and expended its energies in an
effort to get out a full Democratic vote
in November, there would have been no
need for fusion in Pennsylvania this
the week conditions have
Bull Moose candidate for Governor and ‘changed vastly in Europe. Last week at
,, | the substitution of VANCE C. MCCORMICK
4 : has too much the appearance of a “frame
5
__BELLEFONTE, PA. SEPTEMBER 18, 1914.
| E. ssons of ‘the Maine Elections.
It may be said that the death knell of
the Bull Moose party was sounded in
Maile on Monday. From a formidable
in 1912 it has degenerated into a
straggling “corporal’s guard.” In 450
to and cities which gave ROOSEVELT
45, votes two years ago the candidate
of hfs party for Governor this year re-
gd only 18,822. The Republicans in-
creased their vote in the same towns
from 24,860 for TAFT to 54.956 for
‘HAINES, their candidate for Governor,
andthe Democrats ran their total up
from 48,467 for WILSON to 57,513 for
CURTIS, the gubernatorial nominee. But
the Bull Moosers lost all along the line.
Maine was their citadel and it has fallen
and lies hopelessly crushed.
It was not that they abandoned the
fight in Maine or yielded to strategic
exigencies. In every section of the State
they fought desperately.” THEODORE
ROOSEVELT made several speeches dur-
ing the last week of the campaign and.
DEAN Lewis: and all the other “spell
binders” of the party shouted themselves
hoarse denouncing the. Democratic party
and the policies of the WiLsoN adminis-.
tration. But the people refused to heark-
en to their voices. A The ROOSEVELT
promises while seeking office were com-
pared with the ROOSEVELT performances
while in office and the bulk. of the Re-
publican progressives returned to: the
Republican mutton while the majority of
those of Democratic antecedents voted
their approval ot the beneficent policies
| of the WILSON administration.
| There are two lessons in this result of
the Maine election. The first is that it
, is folly to stultify ourselves in Pennsyl-
| vania by sacrificing principle and honor
by framing up fusion with the Bull Moos-
ers to strengthen ROOSEVELT in 1916 and
| the other is that it is absurd to predicate
a national political party upon the pre-
_ tenses of a single individual. The Demo-
' crats of Maine made a manly fight upon
, the merits of their principles and the
i popularity of their candidates and they
won. If they had gone to temporizing
withthe evil of Roo
with’ fusion schemes,
| deserved to fail.
1 TTT ;
| —The Gazette is already hinting at a
- “muck raking” campaign in Centre coun-
ty and points out as a probable victim
Davip W. MILLER, nominee for Assembly.
- While we know that Mr. MILLER would
. have nothing to fear from having a spot
! light turned on him we also know that
there are others in whom the Gazette is
very much interested who might not
; show up nearly as well as Mr. MILLER if
| there is to bea campaign of mud-slinging
: and personalities. The WATCHMAN serves
notice .now-that it does not propose to
fight on those lines and won’t unless
forced to it. It is needless to remark, how-
ever, that glass houses in Philipsburg are
just as accessible to stones as they are in
Pine Grove Mills.
i —“CHARLEY ROWLAND was over this
way the other evening and had quite a
lengthy conference behind closed doors
' with GEORGE DIMELING and some others.
: GEORGE ‘continues to pretend he is for
TOBIAS, but he isn’t fooling very many
. people aside from GEORGE.”—Clearfield
| Republican. Strange! Isn’t it! CHARLEY
| ROWLAND was over here several weeks
ago and took charles r. kurtz out for a
, long automobile ride. Nobody here was
| fooled because everybody who knows
| anything at all knows that kurtz will put
. the hook into ToBIAS just as long as he
' can keep under cover in doing it.
of Roosever ism or fooling |
year. The entire ticket would have been | _——We knew from the beginning that
elected under such circumstances not- 'gooner or later “Hampy”” MOORE of
withstanding the bitterness of the pri- Philadelphia would make some important
mary fight. But the selfish or stupid and surprising discovery and he has. ‘The
leaders of the party preferred the oppo- other day he discovered that the consum-
site policy. They continued to denounce ' er will have to pay the war tax. After
the faithful Democrats who had main- ' awhile he may admit that the consumer
tained the organization through years of | pays all taxes except taxes. ;
party adversity and widen the factional
breach already menacing the future of!
—GIFFORD PINCHOT continues to think
| the sea. Mark them well, those soil
the party.
Of course most of the Democrats in
Philadelphia will enroll in time to qualify
for the election and throughout the State
there will be a better showing than has
thus far been made. But if we succeed
in getting out a reasonably full vote it
will be in spite of the organization rath-
er than because of it. The incentive to
overthrow the corrupt Republican ma-
chine is strong in the breasts of old line
Democrats and they will rally to the
standards of the party even under the
discouraging conditions which exist.
Every Democrat believes in WooDROW
WiLsoN and will do whatever is possible
10 support him by voting the Democratic
ticket. It is his fight.
——W. E. Hurley has given up his
hotel at Jersey Shore and with his family
will return to Bellefonte on or about
October first. Bruce Garbrick has tem-
porary charge of the hotel.
“cold storage for life.
| DEAN LEWIS is a patriotic citizen though |
' he has deserted the firing line. Probably
- GIFF. imagines that the withdrawal of
' LEWIS will help PINCHOT.
——The county fairs having about run
their course the candidates will now
put aside their agricultural false pre-
stand.
—The late Governor KENT, of Maine,
, has nothing on a gentleman of the name
: of CURTIS, so far as the naked eye can
discern, except the salary.
——1If ROOSEVELT can’t do better in
| Pensylvania that he ‘did in Maine he
might as well put his vocal chords into
nyway BiLL FLINN is delighted
because the insatiable Bull Moose has
| found another “angel.” til 4
—As Maine goes, so goes the Union,
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tenses and resume business at the old:
| militarism. In view of all these assur-
$e a © The American Contrast.
From the New York Times.
A dispatch from Toronto contrasting
the 3,000 miles of unguarded frontier
that divide the United States from the
British possession of Canada with the
bristling frontiers of Europe suggests
the real reason why the United States
has for a century maintained peace wi
Great Britain. The arrangement coh
‘cluded in April, 1817, between Rich
Bush, acting Secretary of State, a
Charles Bagot, Great Britain's envoy ex-
i traordinary, limited'the naval force upen
i the great lakes to one vessel of not over
: 100 tons burden on Lake Ontario, armed
‘one. 18-pound cannon; on the up
! lakes to two similar vessels, and on Pe
, Champlain to one sucH vessel. These
- vessels, needless to say, were not for
war, but as a provision against smug-
glers. The few antiquated brick forts
along the great boundary are about as
strong as sheepfolds.
The disarming of the American frontier
disarmed suspicions. The fortifying of
European boundaries has invited sus-
; picion and attack. They are being at-
tacked, and the elaborate European prep-
| arations ‘as “insurance” against war
have made war inevitable. The hun-
dred millions of people this side the
Canadian border do not molest the eight
millions on that side, not because occa-
sions for international jealousy have not
arisen, but because in the absence of
brute force reason has invariably pre-
vailed. Americans did not readily for-
get the burning of Washington by the
British in 1814. Canadians felt that the
Ashburton treaty ot 1842 permitted the
State of Maine to encroach on their terri-
tory, and they enviled over the boundary
question on the Pacific coast. Then there
was the report of the Alaska boundary
commission, so unsatisfactory to the
Dominion. In 1864, when the federal
government was suspected of entertain-
ing designs of invading Canada, and
later during the revival of distrust over
the Alabama incident, one of the deciding
factors for the continuance of peace was
this mutually unguarded frontier. Both
countries had prepared for nothing but
peace, and, in the words of the late Prof.
Sumner, we prepare for that we
shall get.
A Poor Time to Quit.
From the St. Louis Republic.
It all depends upon whose ox is gored.
Two or three weeks ago American news-
papers fell under the displeasure of Ger-
man-Americans and German sympathiz-
ers generally because it was said they
£]
e printing. nothing but. an!
ar news. At that time the Belgians
were making an astonishing stand
against the German invasion, while the
anti-German tone of the news was intensi- |
fied by the silence of Germany. Since then
two things have happened. More news |
is coming from Berlin, and the Germans
have swept through northern France
like a prairie fire. Now the mayor of
Vancouver, presumably representing the
the sentiment of British subjects in his
part of Canada, has inquired of the law
authoritities of the city whether there is
not a way by which he can put an em-
bargo on the circulation of American
papers in his town. He says the Ameri-
cans are printing news which is prejudic-
ed in favor of Germany, and he does not
wish to have the minds of his people
poisoned by pro-German Yankees. All
things considered, this seems to indicate
that the newspapers of the United States
are printing the news as it comes, with
no regard to where it hits, and that is
the duty of newspapers.
What are they Burying?
From the Johnstown Democrat.
They are digging graves for the dead.
Long, narrow trenches are spotting the
battlefields. The slain are tumbled rudely
into their resting places. They are dig-
ging trenches to bury the dead. Yes,
and more than that. They are digging
trenches to bury war. Do you who stand
and watch imagine that only human
corpses are being tumbled into those
ditches? Do you imagine that they are
simply resting places for dismembered
odies? They are dumping more than
the fragments of men into those holes.
i Europe is digging graves but it is also
burying a system. The world is paying
its war debt. It is making atonement for
| its race hatreds, for its subservience to
; wrong ideals. But it is doing more than
‘ that. It is burying militarism, it is bury-
, ing absoluteism. Do those of you across
| the sea who stand and gaze at the trench
- diggers imagine that the men and wom-
"en of the future will not take count of
i the buried thousands; that they will not
make of this war’s graveyards memorials
of their hate against war?
Yes, they are burying the ‘dead across
turners. They are burying the Europe
that you have known.
The Doom of Militarism.
From the Springfield Republican.
The British and French say they pro-
pose to put an end to German militarism.
The Germans say they propose to put an
end to. French and Russian militarism.
The Russians say that they propose to
put an end to German and Austrian
ances, it is a pleasure to announce that
militarism seems doomed.
Might Wish ’Em on Germany.
From the Philadelphla Ledger.
Japan apparently has troubles enough.
already. ft is reported from London
that the Mikado does not want the Phil-
, ippines. And the Democrats do not want
them, either. :
‘Overlooked Colonel Roosevelt.
From the New York World. :
The New York clergyman who likens
the Kaiser to “a noise sounding heaven-
ward for a moment” forgets our native
SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE.
—The many friends of Mrs. Margaret Wolfe,
of Wilmore, are congratulating her upon the ar-
rival of her 93rd birthday. She retains her men-
tal faculties to a remarkable degree.
—Anthony Frank, of St. Mary's, forgot about
the removal of a bridge and stepped off into
space, falling ona pile of iron bars. ‘One bar
passed completely through his stomach.
—The chicken stealing mystery of Marietta has
been solved. Lizzie Reese, a woman of Mariet-
ta, plead guilty of stealing the chickens, which
she had been dressing and selling to citizens.
—Quite a lot of excitement at Williamsport
was caused when an overheated automobile set
fire to gasoline. Dr. Lamade, the owner, was
cleaning the car with the gasoline, which caused
the fire. s
—The savings of a long time were lost when a
thief broke open a trunk in the attic at the home
of Mike Ristum, of Woodvale, Johnstown, and
;Stole an amount of money estimated at more
than $1,000.
—Mrs. Ellen Quigley, an old and highly re:
spected citizen of Kane, was discovered dead on
the floor of her bed-room, with a broken neck.
She had evidently died Sunday morning while
preparing for church. .
—The peach crop this year has been larger than
the farmer dared hope for. The orchard of M.
Grosh Hench, of Blain, will yield at least 3,000
will yield 2,000 bushels.
—Men who have been in the woods in the
mountain counties of Central Pennsylvania say
that wild turkeys have not been as.numerous for
| twenty-five years as they are today, the closed
season for two years having permitted the birds
to multiply.
—Charged with murder committed almost
twenty-three years ago, Tony Dominico was
placed on trial at Latrobe on Friday. Though
one woman swore he was the man who had com-
mitted the murder, the man’s alibi was complete
and the defendant discharged.
—John Wise, one of the best known residents
of Nippenose valley and a noted hunter, died the
other day in the Danville asylum, of which he
‘had been an inmate for the past two years. For
over forty years he lived the life of a hermit, his
sole diversion seeming to consist in hunting small
game.
—The third robbery that has been committed
at the F. V. Heilman hardware store at Empori-
um occurred early Tuesday morning, when a
small hole was cut in the window and goods
dragged out by means of a large hook. Revol-
vers, knives, hunters’ watches and batteries were
among the things taken.
—Big placards calling attention to the dangers
of fires in forests are to be sent broadcast over
Pennsylvania to schools, stations and other
places, by the State Department of Forestry this
month, in order to awaken people to the perils
and the loss by fires started by carelessness in
the autumn season in the woods.
—The barn of Walter Norris, between Curwens-
ville and Lumber;City caught fire Tuesday after-
noon of last week, at about 6:15 o'clock, and des-
pite the efforts of the neighbors was completely
destroyed. The contents of the barn, consisting
of corn, hay, farming implements and two young
calves were consumed by the flames. The lose
will reach about $1,200.
—John Fenstemacher, one of the best known
residents of Nippenose valley, is in his 90th year
and still hale and hearty. He is a shoemaker by
trade and during a recent week earned $18 at
that occupation. He has tried never to worry, is
a total abstainer from tobacco, has used very lit-
tle liquor, but is fond of his pie and frequently
disposes of a whole one at a sitting.
—McCune McCullough, who is alleged to have
shot Hush Stites ‘in an-altercation -at- Di
Indiana county, last Saturday night, has furnish-
ed bail for his appearance at court in that county
to answer a charge of felonious shooting, the ar-
rest having been made at Bolivar. Stiles is in
in Johnstown and is expected to recover.
Bois Morning Courier ever since its establishment
in January, 1888, and who was editor of the
Weekly Courier from early in 1884, retired from
his connection with the establishment on Mon-
day morning and is succeeded by a new corpora,
tion. His brother, E. W. Gray, is president of
the new corporation while W. B. Ross becomes
editor of the Courier.
—John R. McKelyy, treasurer of Huntingdon
county, died at his home in Mount Union last
Sunday evening of congestion of the lungs and
other troubles. He was about 62 years old. He
was a telegraph operator for many years and
was also engaged in the insurance business. He
was elected treasurer of Huntingdon county on
the Washington ticket in November, 1913. He is
survived by his wife, one adult son and his aged
mother, who is an invalid.
—That the thief who visited the office of the
Miller--Sutton garage at Indiana, last Monday
morning and stole checks, notes and cash to the
amount of $2,500°knows the local field well and
probably is a resident of that place was fairly well
established on Friday, when the checks and notes
were found in a package that had been deposited
on thesill of a window in the rear of the estab-
lishment. It is believed the return of the stolen
property was made some time Thursday night.
—The recent bank robbery at Homestead,
which created so much excitement throughout
that section on account of its similarity to the one
which occurred in Altoona, has been brought to
notice again when Joseph Kauffmann, son of a
wealthy Chicago groceryman, made a full confes-
sion of the crime, claiming that he was an un-
willing accomplice of Frank Hohl, the bandit
who escaped from the Hollidaysburg jail. He re-
stored over $4,000 stolen from the Homestead
bank.
—Mark L. Swab, of Elizabethville, Northum-
berland coonty, deputy treasurer in 1910 and
1911, who was found guilty of aiding and abetting
county treasurer William M. Lloyde, of Shamo-
kin, now in the county jail at Sunbury, charged
with embezzling $19.427 of the county’s money,
was sentenced on Monday by Judge Cummings
to serve two years and nine months in the coun-
ty jail at hard labor,and to pay a fine to the
amount of shortage and the costs. Swab filed
$10,000 bond and will appeal to the Supreme court.
Lloyde will ask for parole soon.
—The sale of the inside of the Hotel Dimeling
carrying lease for five years to Paul Reed, of
Osceola, has not been closed. All the terms be-
tween the parties have been practically agreed
upon. The hitchisin the matter of conveying
legal title to the personal property and executing
a lease that is worth while. For some time the
bondholders, or a majority of them, have been
running the hotel and exercising all authority. It
seems there are some stockholders who have at
least an equity which must be reckoned with.
The wrinkles may beironed ott in a few days
and again they may not in a few months,
—Mrs. Edward Klause, an aged woman of
Clyde, Indiana county, has been missing from
her home for two weeks, no trace having been
secured of her since that time, although a dili-
gent search has been kept up almost incessantly.
Her husband does not know her age, saying that
it is between 85 and 105 years. Neither is he able
to describe the appearance of her clothing at the
time she took her departure. This is the third
disappearance of Mrs. Klause. Eighteen years
ago she left her home and after an absence of
four days was found wandering aimlessly about
in the woods. Five years ago she went after the
e lost and was not located until the
: claimant to that distinction.
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—Ezra S. Gray, who has been editor of the Du.