BY P. GRAY MEEK.
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INK SLINGS.
—Now is the time for every Democrat
to start in and blame it on someone else.
—Surely we were convinced that our
next Senator’s name would be PATTER-
SON.
——Anyway Mr. PINCHOT can have all
the time he wants for his honeymoon
Now. :
—And the next President of the United
States will be WooDROW WILSON, all the
same.
—Brother PALMER laid valiant siege to
that “island in the sea of progress” but
the island is still there.
—The average Democratic vote cast in
Centre county on Tuesday was just 381
less than the average vote in 1912.
——Turkey seems to have been forced
into the war and it may be ominous that
she got in just before Thanksgiving.
—There were 4345 Democrats enrolled
in Centre county this year yet the ayer-
age Democratic vote cast was only 3003.
—We missed the snow next day very
much. But Democrats couldn’t have
looked bluef had there been a blizzard
raging.
‘—Turn about is fairplay. The Repub-
licans had an election on Tuesday to
which the Democrats were not generally
invited.
—Paraphrasing an expression or Big
BiLL HOLLENBACK: Its a darned poor
political carcass that can’t take a beatin’
once in awhile.
Getting Together.
~ —1If the election has done nothing else
it has rendered the country the inesti-
mable service of putting the calamity ,
howler out of a job.
—The war may have clouded some of |
the interest of pre-election days, but the
Republican guns evidently found the |
range just right, all the same.
—S. Woops CALDWELL,
the veteran
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STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION.
BELLEFONTE, PA. NOVEMBER 6, 1914.
NO. 44.
VOL. 59.
Lessons of the Election.
The lessons of the election are so plain
that “he who runs may read.” In the
first place they teach that the Demo-
cratic party of Pennsylvania will not en-
dure an alien mastery. The impression
was carefully spread abroad that the
candidates were chosen by the President
and the people were influenced to ratify
the choice by shamelessly huckstering
party patronage. They teach that the
Democratic. party of Pennsylvania has
not degenerated into a common scold.
During the entire campaign not one of
the candidates uttered a single sentence
that expressed a Democratic principle or
favored a cherished Democratic tradition.
They simply vilified other men and put
absurd questions like a parrot might.
The result of the election plainly pro-
claims that the Democrats of Pennsyl-
vania will not stand for the policy of
proscription introduced into the party
management by A. MITCHELL PALMER,
VANCE C. McCormick and JAMES I.
. BLAKESLIE. From the beginning of the
i | national administration until the present
—Maybe it will now soak into the! | no man known to have supported WEB-
heads of those at the front that it is STER GRIM four years ago has been even
about time to stop Reorganizing and start | considered for appointment by the Presi-
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dent and PALMER himself is the only
candidate on the ticket who supported
the party nominee then and he did it
! grudgingly. Even the local Democratic
| organizations were studiously ignored
unless they acknowleged servile obedience
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{to the machine and every office dis-
| tributed was made to perform the serv-
! ice of currency in buying support for the
bosses.
The verdict of the vote, moreover,
hotel man of Lock Haven, was defeated | plainly points cut that the Democratic
for Assemblyman from Clinton Co. by | party has fallen under the control of a
the Republican candidate who ran on a |
local option platform.
—In all of the precincts but one on the
Pennsvalley side of the mountain MILLER
ran a little behind our party vote of 1912;
while SCOTT gained in about the same
proportion that MILLER lost on his party
vote of 1912.
—Centre county Democracy might
have had its Assemblyman, at least, sav-
ed out of the wreck had those who rule
the party not succeeded in tying the
county chairman’s hands before he got
started to work.
—We congratulate Colonel WARREN
WORTH BAILEY, re-elected Congressman
from the Nineteenth Pennsylvania Dis-
trict.
it also. They preferred a bright spot
on the map of American statesmanship,
to obscurity.
—And Jim BLAKESLIE lit a cigarette,
had himself interviewed as the “sure
thing” prophet and told the people of
Pennsylvania to look out for a landslide
to Democracy. JiM would make a dandy
Zeppelin if enough ballast could be found
to regulate his flights.
—Inasmuch as the Republican party
was the only one that didn’t endorse
Woman’s Suffrage in Pennsylvania it
looks very much as if our beloved friends,
the ladies, will have to continue to con-
fine their activities to “clean-up” days
and artistic Fourth of July parades.
—Who would ever have thought that
Centre county would vote wet? That's
what it did Tuesday when it rolled up a
majority of 440 for SCOTT, the wet
nominee for Assemblyman. The issue.
was clean cut in that fight and it proves
the oft-repeated charge that there are
quite a number of voters who fail to vote
as they pray.
—WiLLiaM F. McCoMmss, chairman of
the Democratic national committee, an-
nounces to the world that it was ROGER
C. SuLLIVAN, of Illinois, who made Presi-
dent WILSON’S nomination at Baltimore
possible. But Ji.t BLAKESI IE has told us
repeatedly that it was somebody else
and, of course, JIM always knows more
than other people.
——Of course the Democratic State
committee will now revise the rules of the
party so as to conform with the law as
expressed in the recent decision of Judge
McCARROLL. But it will never be able
to remove from the minds of Democratic
voters the impression that the bosses cre-
ated the discredited rules for the pur-
pose of usurping authority which belong-
ed to the people.
—State chairman ROLAND S. MORRIS
made his pre-election forecast on Satur-
day. He was so cock-sure that his two
year’s experience in State politics had
made him the wisest man in the party
that he asked every Democrat to paste
the prediction in his hat so that he could
verify its accuracy Wednesday morning.
Those who clipped the prediction out of
the papers for the purpose of making
such comparison are now requested to
return them to the State chairman. He
needs them for stuffing in his own hat
which is much too large since the swelling
has gone out of his head.
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The voters of the District deserve |
group of demagogues, hypocrites and
opportunists, and that the Democratic
voters will not submit to such a manage-
ment. Absolutely stupid and at least
under suspicion of venality, the party
funds were misappropriated to finance
the campaigns of certain candidates be-
fore and after their nominations, while
the interests of candidates for Congress,
State Senate and the Legislature were
grossly neglected. ' The Democratic vot-
ers of Pennsylvania will not" submit to
such recreancy and the vote of Tuesday
is a grave reminder of that fact. If the
faults are corrected the lessons are worth
while.
——1In imitation of the Buy a Bale of
Cotton movement somebody is trying to
get up a Buy a Bale of Hay movement.
The Buy a Bag of Peanuts movement is
now a practical monopoly in the hands
of the Italians.
| sms core bss oe
Roosevelt Must be Crazy.
In a speech delivered at Princeton,
New Jersey, the other day THEODORE
ROOSEVELT stated that he has “seen the
plans of at least two empires, now in-
volved in war, to capture our great cities
and hold them for ransom, because our
standing army is too weak to protect
them. I have seen deliberate plans pre-.
i pared to take both San Francisco and
New York and hold them for ransoms
that would cripple our country and give
funds to the enemy for carrying on war.”
The Colonel's remedy is an army and
navy strong’ enough to ‘‘coerce any re-
calcitrant power.” He would compel
“every man to have practice in marks-
manship and some military training.”
He would make militarism the dominant
note of our policy.
How long will this homicidal lunatic be
permitted to run at large? Such a prop-
osition is subversive not only of our
form of government but of any form of
popular government. It would convert
the Republic into a satrapy. It is the
essence of treason. The leaders of the
southern confederacy were less guilty of
a purpose to overthrow the government
than the author of such a scheme. They
proposed to withdraw from the union,
peaceably if possible, and forcibly if
necessary, but to leave the remnant
of the government undisturbued.
But the ROOSEVELT plan would
tear our system of government up
by the roots: and bury it in oblivion. It.
would utterly annihilate every principle’
of law and liberty.
Of course THEODORE ROOSEVELT never’
saw such plans. They were probably the
reflection of a bad dream had during one |
of his fever deliriums. But he should
not be permitted to plant such ideas in
the minds of credulous people. It has:
been shown that anarchists may be si-
lenced and their propaganda prevented.
Then the promulgation of such rubbish
may be checked by the same processes.
Weak minded men might be influenced.
to criminal operations by such advice
coming from him and therefore. a menace
ought to be removed. That he was once
honored by the people is no excuse for
his present follies. When he was elected
President he was believed to be sane. No
such belief can be entertained now.
-practically unanimous.
' the campaign to fill the Panama canal.
Important Legislation Coming.
Unless members of t the General Assem-
bly of all parties, chosen last Tuesday,
are recreant to their pledges, there will
be a vast amount of important legislation
enacted during the session which begins
on the first Monday of January next.
Nearly all the candidates were pledged
to support measures making for employ-
ers’ liability, better conditions for work-
ing women and children and other re-'
forms upon which public sentiment is
The Republican
party is pledged, in a platform adopted
by the State committee, to all of them
and the Washington party, in a similarly
constructed platform, is committed to all '
of them. The Democratic party had no’
platform.
It is true that the Democratic State .
committee met at Harrisburg a short
time after the May primaries for the pur-
pose of issuing a platform and that a |
sub-committee was appointed to draft :
such a document. But the committee
adjourned before the sub-committee had |
made its report and the platform was
not ratified and could be binding only!
upon those who made it. Therefore
Democratic Senators and Representatives
are under obligation only to their person- |
al pledges and to their consciences but |
as most of them promised to support the
reforms in question it may safely be as-
sumed that all of them will be enacted
into law.
It is true that Pennsylvania is shame-'
fully backward in labor legislation and it
is to, be hoped that during the coming
session adequate workmen’s compensa-
tion laws will be enacted. Laws making
better conditions for working women and |
children are also sadly needed and we
hope Democratic Senators and Represen-
tatives will give cordial and earnest sup-
port to such measures. Pennsylvania’
ought to be in the advance column in all
such matters instead of straggling along ,
in the rear and if the new Legislature is '
just to itself and fair to the public the’
Keystone State will assume its proper
place in the column “of advancing civil-
ization. In any event the Democratic |
members should so align themselves. |
Ere Hy
——Let us hope that former Senator |
BEVERIDGE, of Indiana, will now find!
some sort of employment that will keep :
him out of politics. BEVERIDGE, of In-
diana, and LAFOLLETTE, of Wisconsin, |
are twin nuisances.
Excellent Outlook for Commerce.
The treasury report for October shows
a considerable balance of trade in favor
of this country. Between the 5th of
October and the 31st of that month the:
imports entered at Baltimore, Boston,
Chicago, Norfolk, Newport News, New |
Orleans, New York, Philadelphia, San |
Francisco, Seattle and Tacoma were of
the value of $106,341,261 and the exports !
from the same points were of the value
of $139,963,631, the difference being $33,- |
622,370. The commerce of those ports
represents about eighty-seven per cent,
of the total imports of the country and:
seventy-two per cent. of the exports. |
The ratio maintained at all the ports;
would considerably increase the balance.
In other words during the month of:
October the balance of international trade:
was in favor of the United States at the:
rate of upward of half a billion: dollars a:
year. This does not.touch or even near- |
ly reach high water mark but in view of |
the paralysis to commerce caused by the. !
European war four months ago it - is far |
better than could have been expected.
Moreover, in view of the practically cut- |
ting out of the expense of American
tourists traveling abroad, this lesser bal- |
ance will produce a larger amount of
actual cash in the settlements than came |
to us when our exports and imports were |
at high tide. And after all it is the cash |
balance that counts in business.
We are not among those who measure
the prosperity of a country by the bal- |
ance of trade in its favor. Business men
make profits on imports as well as ex-
ports and transportation companies get |
as much for carrying products to the sea |
ports as from them, the distance being
equal. Some times excessive exports |
indicate poverty rather than wealth for !
nations like men may be compelled to
make sacrifices of property to get ready
cash. But we refer to the condition ex-
pressed in this treasury report somewhat
exultingly because it refutes the calamity
predictions recently so commonly in-
dulged in consequence of the falling off
of foreign commerce on account of the
war.
——And ROOSEVELT is also a new re-
cruit in the army of the unemployed.
But FLINN and PERKINS will be ungrate-.
ful wretches 'if they allow him to go
hungry.
——There was enough mud thrown in
, of life and treasure in the interval but
- and probably for years.
! only important country in Europe outside
as firmly as if none of her soldiers had
{| were unimpaired.
! this country. Every family in the Unit-
: commodities and though there may be
: some recompense in increased commerce
| a result now.
! year outside of the annual commence-
| there from Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and
Four Months of War.
The European war has been in prog-
ress four months and there are no indi-
cations of its end. In less time than that
Germany subdued France and changed
the map of Europe a generation ago and
most people thought that the conquerers
of that time would be destroyed in an
equally ‘brief space of time now. But
these expectations have been disappoint-
ed and the legions from the Fatherland
appear to be as vigorous and determined
as when the declaration of war was is-
sued. There have been vast sacrifices
the lessons have failed of their proper
purpose and it is safe td predict now
that the end will not come for months
Within a week Turkey has entered the
strife and nearly all the participants in
the recent Balkan war are likely soon to
be involved. Thus far Italy has not been
drawn into the struggle but she is the
of the contention and is likely to be
drawn in within a fortnight. Holland is
almost as completely impoverished as if
within the zone. Belgium is practically
wiped off the map and France is crippled
financially and physically almost to the.
breaking point. But the German squad-
rons continue to hold their line of battle
been killed and her financial resources
It is simply marvel-
ous. :
The fight is far off but its evil effect
has been keenly felt in all sections of
ed States has paid tribute to the forbid-
ding god of war in the higher prices of
and broadened zones of trade in the fu-
ture, there are few if any signs of such
As a matter of fact war
is as repulsive as it has been painted
and those who encourage strife among
nations, other than in the peaceful form
of commercial rivalry, are enemies of
civilization and recreants to the spirit of
ygress. If this war teaches the lessons
of peace effectively, however, it ll be
worth while.
+—Next Friday will be a big day at
State Coliege if the weather is favorable.
It will be Pennsylvania day, one of the
most important events in the college
ment. Governor Tener and many state
officials, as well as Senators and Repre-
! sentatives will be there, while this year
Martin G. Brumbaugh, the Governor-
elect, is also expected present. The day
has grown to be one of considerable
‘ social importance and visitors will be
i scores of towns throughout the State.
Beginning Thursday evening house par-
ties will be held at most of the fraternity
houses and will continue over Sunday.
One big feature of the day, if the weath-
er is fine, will be the football game be:
tween State’ and the Michigan’ Aggies.
The Governor and his party. will occupy.
seats in front of the granusiand and; s0-
ciety will'be there in force.’
~—— Passengers on the Bald Pasi Val.
ley train. west at noon on Wednesday
were treated to an unusual sight as’ ‘the
strain sped along this side * of Howard.,
: Standing in an open field not over aj
stoné’s ‘throw from the track was a:
magnificent three pronged buck. The
animal must have been used to trains as.
it stood there watching the train speed
by and was ‘still standing there when
the train rounded a curve. This proves
that there is at least one deer in Centre
. county that is eligible. for the hunters.
rifle.
——The rabbit and quail season opens
ed on Ménday and while there are not
' enough of the latter in Centre county to
' afford good sport rabbits are unusually
plentiful. The dry weather, however,
has been against good. hunting jas it is
difficult for a dog to take up the scent or.
follow a trail. All the same quite a num-
ber of the cottontails have been bagged
in various sections of the county and
| under propitious conditions rabbit hunt-
ers should have some rare sport.
——Will Rees, a son of G." W. Rees, of
this place, who was running for the
Legislature in Cambria county on the
Republican ticket, was defeated in a
triangular fight up there that resulted in
election of “wet” Assemblymen.
—It is all right to extend a welcome
to the Belgians for they have shown them-
selves sturdy warriors. But unless the
theatre of the war is shifted pretty soon
a Belgian would have to swim across to
get here.
—If you always want to have the
craft
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wo a treaty is sometimes broken is no rea-
best take the WATCHMAN and you'll
have it.
BR
War and Business.
From the Philadelphia Record.
Representatives of a syndicate acting
for the French government are in the
market for 1,000,000 pairs of army boots.
Of course, army boots are not kept in
stock ready-made in 1, 1000, 000 pair lots,
and the order would keep several large
factories busy for a long time. The im-
mediate placing of the order is delayed
only by a difference over the manner of
payment. The agents of the manufac-
turers demand cash in advance. The
reason why the manufacturers take this
position is that on a recent occasion,
after the execution of a large order, the
French consignees would not pay cash,
as the contract required, but tried to ef-
fect a settlement with certificates of the
French war loan.
A similar position was assumed a
couple of weeks ago by the Swiss. The
German trade, which was heavily in-
debted to the watchmakers of Geneva,
made an offer through the chambers of
commerce to square accounts by de-
bentures representing subscriptions to
the German billion-dollar war fund. The
canny Swiss were assured that they
would be making a good investment and
in addition to the principal amount of
the debt due them, they would get 5 per
cent. interest for the rest of their lives
and the lives of a generation or two yet
unborn. Naturally, neutral foreigners
would not take as optimistic, not to say
enthusiastic, view of the matter as would
a patriotic belligerent so the hard-fisted
Swiss declined the offer,with considerable
official indignation, and insisted upon
payment down to the nail. Incidentally,
the watchmakers were made conscious
of one of the few advantages of neutral-
ity. If Switzerland had become an enemy
of Germany the debt would have been
cancelled by the simple process of repu-
diation.
Overwrought Imaginations.
From the Altoona Times.
Perfervid imaginations have been at
work for a week or more picturing the
raids of a dramatic character which the
Germans are to make on England and es-
pecially on London.
Zeppelins and aeroplanes are to swoop
across the channel by the hundreds and
to drop bombs right and left, while it has
even been stated that an attack is to be
made by submarines, aircraft, warships
and troops combined.
The Germans are to land a large force
in England by means of troop ships mov-
ing in conjunction with the fleet which
is to come out and fight aided by the aie
and the submarines. But, |
would become of the Germans who wou
get to England with the channel between
them and their base? Does any general
care to risk his army so far from its
source of supplies, the line of communi-
cation with which must always be kept
open?
It all seems to be very astonishing and
impossible and there is little likelihood
that the Germans are losing much time
in planning such a melodramatic raid or
that the English commanders are losing
much sleep over the fear of it.
Mr. Taft on Treaties.
From the Boston Globe.
Arbitration agreements between the
United States and foreign powers, which
have multiplied of late, need no defense,
but former President Taft put the case
in their favor very happily in an address
to students at a Yale mass-meeting this
week.
“It is true that treaties are not ab-
solute guarantee against war,” said he,
“yet they are the best means we have of
avoiding it. After the close of every
‘war treaties become stronger, and their
efficacy becomes greater. Just because
son why we should not make treaties.”
Without faith nothing much can be ac-
complished.
i Occasionally a business man. fails to
follow specifications or neglects to pay
his honest debts. Do we, in consequence
always refuse thereafter to make con-
tracts or extend credit? No, indeed! If
we did, ‘the wheels of industry and com-
merce would stop instanter, leaving most
of the population in danger of starvation.
"This world is run largely on trust.
A Recipe for War.
Amos R. Wellsin Life.
Take a wrong and keep it tillit is thor-
:| oughly rotten, smelling to Heaven.
' Take also an army, fattened by high
taxes to the bursting point.
And a navy, similarly prepared.
a Make an under crust, heavy and sod-
en.
‘Make an upper crust, rich and swollen
with pride.
Mix your material in a bowl of na-
tional vanity.
‘Season with misinformation, rumors,
lies, tariff wars, colonial disputes, petty
aggressions and sensational newspapers,
chopped fine.
Bake it in the oven of prejudice with
the fire of passion, stirred by the poker
of personal ambition.
rve hot.
Turkey Enters the War.
From the Philadelphia Evening Ledger.
. No effort to limit the European war
seems to have any chance of success.
The beginning of hostilities by Turkey
.| may bring the very gravest consequences.
Undoubtedly the. Balkan States will again
be in flames.- Italy is more likely than
ever to be drawn in on the side of the
Allies. While Greece and the fleets of
the Allies take care of what little there
is of Turkey in Europe, Japan may be-
come more active in Asia. The entire
situation looks like the temporary break-
down of civilization, with America only
standing firm.
——For high class Job Work come to
the WATCHMAN Office.
SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE."
—It is reported that Newton Hamilton is with-
out either a doctor or an undertaker, although
nobody hints that the one is the sequence of the
other.
— Jefferson Wyckoff, a veteran of the Civil war,
aged 71 years, a resident of Williamsport’s south
side, has killed two bears since the season
opened.
—Burglars entered the general store of S. A.
Wilt, at Mill hall, the other night and appropriat-
ed goods to the value of at least $100 and also
carried off several hundred pennies.
—Evangelist Peacock, who has been conduct-
ing a campaign against sin in Irwin for the past
four weeks, is ill with diphtheria and is quaran- *
‘| tined at the Presbyterian parsonage.
—Clifford Cohan. aged 20, was sent to Hunting-
don reformatory and Mary Cohan, his mother,
was given a year in the Lycoming county jail for
kindling a fire in the Williamsport house occu-
pied by them prior to their arrest.
—Misses Mildred and Laura Herring, daugh-
ters of ex-Judge Grant Herring, of Sunbury, who
died a year ago, are now employed as Red Cross
nurses in the German army. They were study-
ing music in Berlin, and when the call to arms
came, volunteered and were accepted.
—George W. Hoffman, 56 years old, widely
known as a manufacturer of lumber, died sud-
denly of a hemorrhage of the lungs at his home
in Centre township, Perry county, one morning
last week. He had been in seeming good health
for some time past. His wife is critically ill with
Bright’s disease,
—William George, aged 69, and his daughter
Alma, 26, died in a Bradford hospital on Sunday
from burns sustained when their home at Duke
Centre, near Kane, was wrecked by a gas explo-
sion late Saturday night. George and his daugh-
ter were thrown through a window of their home
by the explosion.
—A flow of gas which registers 20 pounds, and
which is steadily increasing, developed unexpect-
edly Saturday in one of the deep water wells at
the Punxsutawney iron furnace. The flow is of
sufficient volume to lead Superintendent George
Grimm to believe that a drilled well would devel-
op a marketable pressure.
—After a shutdown of six months the plant of
the Wilcox Window Giass company at Wilcox,
near Kane, started operation at mid-night Sun-
day and as a result 150 men are given employ-
ment. Tank No. 2 at the plant of the American
Window Glass company has also started opera-
tions, giving employmemt to 300 men.
—We learn from the Punxsutawney Spirit that
Emanuel Thomas, whose foot was torn off in a
threshing machine a week ago, died shortly after
11 o'clock Tuesday forenoon and shortly after
his father-in-law, Emanuel Oxenreiter, was
found dead in afield at his home near Ohl.
Thomas was 59 years old, Oxenreiter, 74.
—Mike Barberick, a well-known Austrian
resident of Josephine, Indiana county, while on
his way home from a dance the other night fell
from a steep embankment, a distance of forty
feet. He fell into a pool of water and was par-
tially submerged for ten hours. He died on a
street car while being conveyed to the Indiana
hospital. "
—Anton Toje, an Austrian 17 years old, who
has been insane for three years, was restored to
reason by an operation performed by the chief
surgeon of the Williamsport hospital. By a blow
inflicted with a hatchet in the hands of a com-
panion three years ago his skull was depressed
and pressed upon the brain. The operation re-
moved the pressure.
—William R. Hendricks, of Bald Eagle town-
ship, Clinton county, is in jail at Lock Haven,
charged with having burglarized the store of S.
A. Wilt, at Mill Hall some nights ago. A consid-
erable number of pennies were stolen from the
t | store and arrest of Hendricks followed his efforts
to have about 400 pennies ‘changed for money of
a larger denomination,
—Caught in a fly wheel at the Mercer broom
works at Sharon, last ‘Friday, Quincy Ryhal, 21
years old, foreman of the plant, was whirled to
his death. He stepped over a gas engine to shut
off the power, when his clothing caught. He was
pulled off his feet and whirled around a hundred
or more times before the machinery was stopped.
Nearly all the bones in his body were broken
and his feet were beaten to a pulp.
—Harrison Wesley Miller, who was born near
Hyndman, Bedford county, July 18, 1882, met
instant death Friday evening by falling down the
shaft of the H. C. Frick company mine at Eden-
boro, Fayette county. He was engaged in con-
creting the shaft, lost his balance and toppled
500 feet to the bottom. Miller lived at Connells-
ville. He was a son of the Rev. W. S. Miller and
is survived by his widow and two children.
—Wohile Mrs. O. E. O. Redoric, of Confluence,
was assisting her son Winfield in cleaning a gun
‘on Monday as he was about to leave on a hunt-
ing trip, the weapon was accidentally discharged
and Mrs. Redoric was instantly killed. The
young man is frantic with grief, being in such a
condition that he is unable to give a clear ac-
count of the shooting. Mrs. Redoric was about
55 vears of age and was a widow. Several chil-
dren survive.
—James Lavery, 19 years old, of Ambridge,
Pa., died on Monday morning inthe Presby-
terian hospital at Pittsburgh from injuries suf-
fered in a football game Saturday. His back
was broken when he was playing with the Am-
bridge eleven against the Delmont Club. His
death marks the second football fatality in Pitts-
burgh this season. Two weeks ago Michael Ken-
nedy, a Lawrenceville youth, was fatally injured
in a game between two amateur teams.
—John Pascolla, a young Italian coal miner of
24 years, residing at Jacob’s Mines near Roberts-
dale, died at the Blair Memorial hospital, Hunt-
ingdon, at 9 o'clock Monday night. He was the
victim of one of the most dastardly and murder-
ous assaults in the annals of Huntingdon county.
He was shot-up by supposed friends, dragged
from the road, cast into a clump of woods and
left for dead. He regained consciousness long
enough to reveal the identity of his assailants.
—Judge John W. Reed, specially presiding in
the Blair county court, has rendered a decision
to the effect that the city of Altoona has the
right to impose a tax of 50 cents on each electric,
telephone or telegraph pole in the Mountain
city. The Postal Telegraph company brought
the suit to determine if the ordinance was con
stitutional. A similar decision was rendered in.
a case brought by the Bell Telephone company.
What's the matter with Bellefonte trying the
same game?
‘—The result of the investigation of the finding
of a deer on the farm of Charles C. Young, who
resides near Sylvan Dell, Lycoming county, has
brought to light the fact that the yearling buck
was shot and not killed by dogs. Game Warden
Joseph Smith, of Muncy, has been making a
careful investigation of the affair and there isa
possibility that arrests will follow. It was at
first believed that the deer was. run to death by
dogs on the mountains. The animal is believed
to have beenshot by some hunter in the woods
and then chased to the open by dogs.
—Released from jail at Bloomsburg, after
spending five days of their honeymoon in con-
finement for illegal car riding, Mr. and’ Mrs.
George Krause, of Reading, began to walk the
rest of their journey to their home because they
had no funds with which to pay car fare. The
pair had been taken from a caboose of a freight
train by railroad cops. They were riding from
Williamsport because they ran: out of money,
and kind hearted railtoad men pitied the woman
They now declare that they wills have ‘nothing
' more to do with railroad property.