Bellefonte, Pa., November 20, 1914.
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. TwitMIRE.—Henry N. Twitmire, one
of the old-time residents of Pleasant Gap,
died on Wednesday morning after an ill-
tion of diseases. :
Deceased was a son of Emanuel and
aa Lucy Gephart Twitmire and was born in skin.
SHILLING.—MTrs. Sarah Margaret Shil- i
ling, wife of George Shilling, died at the
Bellefonte hospital at 5.45 o'clock on
= | ness of some months with a complica- Wednesday morning, of blood poisoning.
A week or so ago a door blew shut on
her hand maki
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ADDITIONAL LOCAL NEWS.
~ VENERABLE BELLEFONTE HUNTER
‘HUNTS WITH DISLOCATED SHOULDER.—
‘Everybody in Bellefonte knows Isaac
“Miller, the east High street contractor,
- and most everybody knows that he is an
enthusiastic hunter. If he ever missed
a hunt during the deer season he must
‘have been sick or chained fast. And so
this year, although in his seventy-fifth
“year, he went out with his usual party to
the Green woods, about ten miles be-
yond Karthaus. On Sunday evening,
November 8th, he was sitting on the pro-
vision box in the big tent. The tent was
warm, Mr. Miller fell asleep, fell off of
‘the box and dislocated his left shoulder.
i There were no surgeons in the party and
:the next day the other members of the
party wanted Mr. Miller to go to a doc-
tor six miles away and have his injury
-attended to, but he was so eager to be
“on the ground for the opening day that
" "he refused.
~ When the party started out on the
‘morning of the tenth they persuaded Mr.
Miller to remain in camp but they had
not gone far until he strapped the upper
part of his left arm to his body and
shouldering his rifle went out on a trail.
In this way he hunted until Saturday
when L. H. Gettig and Clarence Rhodes
were coming home and they persuaded
Mr. Miller to come along. They walked
six miles to a settlement where Mr. Get-
tig had his automobile and then came
home in the car. Mr. Miller sent for a
doctor and had his shoulder put in place
and except for being a little sore he is
none the worse for the experience.
On the opening day of the season
Misses Mary and Zella Sharer, daughters
of Christ Sharer, of Taylor township. re-
ported to the men husking corn in a
field near the house that they had seen
a deer on the mountain close to the farm.
The men scouted the idea but the young
ladies decided to investigate and taking
a circuitous way got around to where
they believed they had seen the deer.
Suddenly they heard a noise in the brush
and a minute or two later a four-prong-
ed buck advanced into an open glade.
Miss Mary pulled up the rifle and shot,
the animal dropping in his tracks. The
young women dragged the buck home,
skinned and dressed it. The buck weigh-
ed 160 pounds. -
On Monday morning the Bellwood par-
ty, which had been hunting south of Lo-
ganton in Sugar valley, passéd through
Bellefonte with two two-pronged bucks
and two cubs. The latter weighed about
seventy pounds each.
A four pronged buck weighing 175
pounds was killed by the Mountaineer
hunting club, of Philipsburg, in the neigh-
borhood of Bilger.
A report comes from Hannah Furnace
that while out on a hunt Saturday
Michael Walk shot a deer and when he
‘saw it fall believed it to be a doe. With-
out stopping to examine the animal he
hurried to the office of the justice of the
peace of Taylor township, confessed what
he had done, paid one hundred dollars
fine and got a permit to bring the dead
deer to the ’Squire’s office. When he
went to get the deer, however, he was
agreeably surprised to find that it was a
spike buck about a year old. Walk got
his money back and also kept the deer.
The Bellefonte hospital received
another nice doe on Tuesday evening
from Coburn. The deer was shot on the
mountain near that place by a member
of the Reading hunting party, who gave
himself up, arranged the fine and turned
the deer over to a game warden to be
sent to the hospital. The doe was a good
sized one and dressed in the neighbor-
hood of one hundred pounds.
HOUSER—MONGAN.— A quiet wedding
at the United Evangelical parsonage on
November 12th, was that of Fred K.
Houser and Miss Katherine E. Mongan,
both of Bellefonte. The ceremony was
performed by the pastor, Rev. E. Ful-
comer. They have the best wishes of
their many friends.
Coxey—KoOCH. — Roy H. Coxey and
Miss Nannie Ruth Koch, both well known
young people of Boalsburg, came to
Bellefonte on Wednesday of last week
and were united in marriage at the par-
sonage of the Lutheran church by the
pastor, Rev. W. M. B. Glanding.
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BRICKLEY—PACKER.—On Thursday of
last week Jacob W. Brickley and Miss
Gertrude F. Packer, both of Curtin town-
ship, came to Bellefonte and were united
in marriage at the parsonage of the
United Brethren church by the pastor,
Rev. A. B. Sprague.
CORTER—SANDUSKEY.—On Wednesday
of last week John A. Corter, of Mill Hall,
and Miss Anna E. Sanduskey, of Jersey
Shore, were married at the Lutheran
parsonage by the pastor, Rev. W. M. B.
Glanding.
——Four second-hand Double Heaters
and one second-hand Range, all practi-
cally as good as new, for sale at right
prices at the Potter-Hoy Company's store.
| of a carpenter and when the Civil war
broke out in 1861 he enlisted as a private '
i in Company, N, Fourth regiment, in
| which he served three years. At the ex-
| piration of that period he re-enlisted in
| Company M, Third regiment New York
! light artillery (Newell’s battery) and
| served until the end of the war. Return-
ing home he located in Pleasant Gap and
worked at his trade as a carpenter, and
that place had been his home ever since.
He was a man of sterling worth, honest,
upright and straightforward in all his
dealings, and was well known and highly
respected throughout the country. He
was a member of the Pleasant Gap M. E.
church since 1864 and the efficient leader
of the choir for fifty years. In politics
he was a Republican but conscientiously
cast his ballot for the candidates whom
he believed to be the right men for the
respective offices.
On February 1st, 1866, he was united
in marriage to Miss Elmira Brooks who
survives with the following children:
Mrs. J. Abner Noll and Mrs. W. H. Noll,
Chicago; Harry E. Twitmire, of Pit-
cairn; Mrs. Jared Evey and Mrs. Ward
Showers, of Spring towtship. He also
leaves the following brothers and sisters:
Dr. J. N. Twitmire, of Sharpsville; Jere-
miah V., of Brookfield, Ill.; Mrs. Mary
E. Schreffler, of Wilkinsburg; Edwin, of
burgh; Mrs. Samuel Decker, of Belle-
fonte, and Miss Mary G., at home.
Funeral services will be held in the
Methodist church at Pleasant Gap at
2.30 this (Friday) afternoon by Rev. D.
J. Frum, after which the remains will be
taken to Zion for interment in the fami-
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THERESSA Z. MEEK.—Theressa Z. Meek
died at her home in Patton township at
two o'clock Wednesday morning from
the effects of a stroke of paralysis, fol-
lowing a fall, which she suffered nine
weeks ago. She rallied only slightly
after she was stricken and then began
the decline that culminated so peacefully
Wednesday.
She was the second of the children of
Reuben Heron and Mary Ann Gray
Meek and was born on the family home-
stead in Patton township in 1839. Her
parents having died, both in the spring
of 1873, she elected to keep the old home
open and until her declining vears suc-
ceeded so well that genuine hospitality
could find no fuller exemplification any-
where. “She was a woman of splendid
mentality and exceptional physical en-
durance. Of a most amiable, modest
disposition she was generally beloved,
but only those connected with her by
ties of blood know of the rare loveliness
of her nature and her complete immola-
tion of self at the shrine of her family
altar. :
Surviving members of her immediate
family are P. Gray, L. Olin and Sara A.
Meek. Funeral services will be held at
her late home this afternoon at 3 o’clock
and interment will be made beside her
parents in the Meek burying ground at
Fairbrook on Saturday morning at 11
o'clock.
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STEWART. — Mrs. Susanna Stewart,
widow of William Stewart, died at the
home of her grand-daughter, Mrs. H. C.
Fulton, in Philipsburg, last Thursday
evening of diseases incident to her ad-
vanced age. Her maiden name was
Susanna Gennett and she was born in
Clearfield county on November 24ths
1833, making her age 80 years, 11 months
and 18 days. When but twenty years of
age she married Mr. Stewart and they
took up their residence near Runville, in
Boggs township. When the Civil war
broke out in 1861 Mr. Stewart enlisted
and within a year died of typhoid fever.
Surviving the deceased are three chil-
dren, Mrs. J. T. Marks, of Jersey Shore;
John Stewart, of Munson, and William,
of Martha. One sister, ninety-one years
of age, resides at Mt. Eagle. The fun-
eral was held at ten o’clock on Monday
morning, the. remains being taken to
Allport, Clearfield county, for burial.
|
WooMER.—Milton Woomer died at his
home in Tyrone on Monday evening.
Over two years ago he was stricken with
paralysis which rendered him almost
helpless. About a month ago gangrene
developed in one of his legs and that ;
caused his death. He was born at Bald
Eagle and was in his seventy-fourth year.
He followed farming most of his life. He
was married to Catharine Houser forty-
eight years ago and she survives with |
ten children, one brother and three sis- |
ters. Burial was made at Bald Eagle on
Wednesday morning. !
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HILDEBRAND.—Mrs. Dorothea Hilde-
brand died at her home at Osceola Mills
on Monday and was buried in the Phil-
ipsburg cemetery on Wednesday, which
was the ninety sixth anniversary ot her
birth. Mrs. Hildebrand was the widow
of Rev. Hildebrand, who in the early fif-
ties was rector of St. John’s Protestant
Episcopal church of Bellefonte, and she
will probably be remembered by some of
the older people of the town. She leaves
three children, Rebecca, William and
Roy Savage, the latter two children of
1
of Pleasant Gap; Mrs. James C. Corl, of |
Seattle, Wash.; Prof. Harvey B., of Pitts- |
ly lot in the cemetery at that place. }
© | When a young man he learned the trade | underwent an operation but the infection
had progressed too far and her death
ensued.
Deceased was a daughter of James and
' Margaret Loder and was born at How-
ard on September 3rd, 1870, making her
age 44 years, 2 months and 15 days. On
February 21st, 1889, she was united in
marriage to George Shilling and since
' then had been a resident of Bellefonte.
When a girl she became a member of the
Evangelical church but five years ago
' she transferred her membership to the
i United Brethren church of Bellefonte.
! In addition to her husband she is sur-
vived by two children, Daniel LeRoy, of
| State College, and Mrs. Albert Rhodes,
of Bellefonte. She also leaves the fol-
| lowing brothers and sister: John L., and
| William T. Loder, of Howard; George R.,
of Zion; Philip B., of Pittsburgh, and
| Mrs. J. G. Pletcher, of Bellwood.
| Funeral services will be held at the
{ United Brethren church at 2.30 o'clock
| this (Friday) afternoon by Rev. A. B.
| Sprague, assisted by Rev. C. C. Shuey.
| The ladies bible class, of which Mrs.
| Shilling was a member, will attend in a
body, and burial will be made in the
Union cemetery.
| 1
STROHMYER.—MTrs. Matilda Strohmyer,
wife of Fred Strohmyer, died at her home
in Tyrone on Sunday evening of internal
hemorrhages. Her maiden name was
Matilda Harpster and she was born at
Barree Forge on November 18th, 1865.
Her childhood was spent at Pennsylvania
Furnace, and when fourteen years of age
she was united in marriage to Fred
Strohmyer, of Warriorsmark. For a
number of years past the family has lived
in Tyrone. She is survived by her hus-
{ band and seven children; also her aged
mother, Mrs. Maria Harpster, of Pennsyl-
vania Furnace, and the following broth-
! ers and sisters: George Harpster, of
| Duncansville; William, of Birmingham;
Charles, of Johnstown; John and Mrs.
| Maggie Eyer, of Pennsylvania Furnace;
Mrs. Annie Foust, of Tyrone; Mrs. Nettie
Vaughn, of Mt. Pleasant, and Mrs. Laura
Neason, of Percy, Pa. The funeral was
held on Wednesday afternoon, burial
being made in the Grandview cemetery,
Tyrone. :
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JAcoBs.—Samuel Jacobs, a native of
Centre county, died at his home in Al-
toona last Thursday afternoon, of gen-
eral debility, aged 88 years, 10 months
and 21 days. He was a son of Samuel
‘and Nancy Lemon ‘Jacobs and was born
at Pennsylvania Furnace. When a young
man he learned the carpenter trade and
fifty years ago he went to Altoona and
went to work as a carpenter for the
Pennsylvania railroad company. He was
retired in 1900 but continued to work at
his trade until last spring. He was twice
married, both wives preceding him to the
grave. He leaves one daughter, Mrs. Ida
McCartney, of Altoona. Rev. Horace
Lincoln Jacobs had charge of the funeral
services which were held on Saturday
afternoon, burial being made in Fairview
cemetery. :
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SHIELDS.—Following an illness of two
weeks with pneumonia Miss Peninah
Shields died at the home of Mrs. Thomas
Shope, in Milesburg, at 9.30 o'clock on
Monday morning. She was a daughter
of John and Jane Shields and was born
at Lamar on September 9th, 1843. She
had been a resident of Milesburg for
many years. Her only survivors are a
number of nieces and nephews. Funeral
services were held in the Presbyterian
church at Jacksonville at 10.30 o’clock on
Wednesday morning by Rev. H. K. Ash,
of Milesburg, after which burial was
made in the Jacksonville cemetery.
| |
BARGER.—Mrs. Anna E. Barger, wife
| of Samuel S. Barger, died at her home in
Altoona on Tuesday morning. Her
maiden name was Anna Stiver and she
was born at Potters Mills, this county, a
little over fifty-two years ago. She is
survived by her husband and one daugh-
The funeral was held yesterday after-
noon, burial being made in Greenwood
cemetery.
LINGLE.—Mrs. Jane Ellen Lingle, wife
i of George W. Lingle, of Beech Creek,
and mother of Mrs. James Clark, of
Bellefonte, died on Sunday evening after
a long illness with catarrh of the stom-
ach. She was almost eighty years of age
and in addition to her husband is sur-
vived by eight children, one brother and
a sister. The funeral was held on Wed-
nesday, burial being made in the Dis-
| ciple cemetery.
——Between seventy-five and one hun-
dred men were present at the meeting
‘for men in the Presbyterian chapel on
Tuesday evening. The ladies of the
church furnishud a very substantial hot
supper which was served by a dozen
charming maidens. The High school
band and orchestra furnished music and
R. Russell Blair sang several songs. Fol-
lowing the supper Rev. W. W. Beiber, of
Tyrone, gave a very interesting talk on
his ideas of the European war. It was a
her first husband.
delightful evening for ‘those fortunate
enough to be present, :
ng a slight abrasion of the i
Infection followed and last Fri-
ter, Charlotte; her mother, Mrs. Charlotte ;
Stiver, three brothers and ‘two sisters.
Our Correspondents’ Opinions.
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who desire lo express their views on any subject
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in no ay be responsible for their ideas or state
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pany all communications, but will be withheld
Jrom publication when the request is made.
That Clinton County Trouble.
A Democrat of Lock Haven for whose
Democracy we have long entertained a
very high opinion sends us the following
with the request that we give it place
among our correspondent’s
which we do.
EDITOR WATCHMAN. Please give the
old friend.
Rich (Republican 1722, Washington 1141)
Caldwell
cluding his Washington vote of 688).. 1843
McCormick including his Washington
Voteof6Ba.... ....0... 0.0 2531
Caldwell... 2205
IN LOCK HAVEN
Caldwell... ann 608
Palmer. ........oicoieni os 302 .
cluding his Washington vote of 68... 443
McCormick nn Democrat ticket includ-
ing his Washington vote of 98
If Caldwell had been supported and not
fought by the Daily and Semi-Weekly
Democrat, and by Brown, Hipple, Bently,
Kistler, Snyder and Brosius, he would
have been elected, beyond all question.
In view of the recent long and bitter
fight over who should be postmaster at
Lock Haven and how Senator Palmer,
(the one accountable for the appoint-
ment,) was severely criticised for the
act, these figures are extremely inter-
esting and the voters of the city of Lock
Haven and Clinton county appear to have
gotten back pretty strong on Mr. Palmer
for it; Mr. McCormick’s money even
could not save him. Long ‘before the
appointment was made a prominent Re-
publican boasted to the writer, that
Brosius will be the postmaster but it will
do much to make a Republican county
out of this. I sincerely hope this pre-
diction will not be fulfilled.
A DEMOCRAT.
Nov. 18th, 1914.
——Invitations have been issued for
the wedding of Rev. A. F. Weaver, pas-
tor of the United Evangelical church of
Lock Haven, and Miss Annie M. Crow-
ell, of York, the wedding to take place
oft Wednesday, November 25th. Rev.
Weaver was formerly pastor of the Belle-
fonte church.
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——A marriage license was granted at
Hollidaysburg on Tuesday to Henry
Mowery, of Aaronsburg, and Miss Jennie
Bell, of Centre Hall.
VILLA TAKES LEON.
He Declares Carranza Has Beer,
Cleverly Trapped by General Gu
tierrez.
General Villa, at the head of 22,000
troops, has taken possession of Leon,
Guanjuanto, Mex. He has ?ordered
General Angeles to take Irapauto and
General Servin to take Tampico.
| When asked if he expected to fight
| at Queretaro, Villa said: “There will
be one big fight in this new war that
will take place at Queretaro or Pue
bla. It is possible the Carranzistas
will make only slight resistance at
Queretaro, but I feel certain that they
will concentrate their entire strength
for the defense of Puebla.”
| General Villa asserted that Carran
za had been cleverly trapped by Gen:
| eral Gutierrez, the provisional presi
| dent of Mexico.
“When Pablo Gonzales sent a wire
saying that the only condition to be
imposed for the retirement of Car
ranza was to be that I leave the coun
try, I had a lengthy conference with
President Gutierrez, following which
I offered to tender my resignation and
leave at once for the United States,”
. said Villa. “I told President Gutierrez
however, that I did not believe that
Carranza counted upon my resigna
tion and that he merely imposed this
condition because he thought that it
would be safe, being convinced thal
I would not comply with the demand
1 “I told Gutierrez and others by tel
egraph that it would be a good thing
| to let Carranza know at once that |
was leaving the country. I told them
that if Carranza was sincere he would
at once announce his readiness t¢
give up the office of first chief and
would withdraw as I had done. Gu
tierrez sent the wire and the trap was
set. Not twenty-four hours later came
Carranza’s frantic message imposing
three new and absolutely impossible
conditions. 2
“When Gutierrez wired me the
text of Carranza’s reply I laughed
until ml stomach ached, for Genera)
Carranza had fallen into the trap. He
proved to the convention and to the
world that he would never resign. If
the convention accepted his condi
tions he would promptly impose 3
second crop, and so on until the end
of time.
“Upon receipt of the old man’s re
ply, I at once ordered my men to pul
an end to the armistice and advance
against the Carranzistas with the
greatest possible dispatch.”
——
General George F. Dick Dead.
General George F. Dick, a brigs.
dier general in the Civil War and
leader of the historic charge of the
soldiers up Missionary Ridge, died in
Bloomington, Ill. General Dick also
participated in Sherman’s march to
the sea. He had been postmaster of
Bloomington since 1902. He was
eighty-six years old. =
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place in the WATCHMAN and oblige an
INTERESTING CLINTON COUNTY RETURNS. '
With the Churches of the
County. :
Notes of Interest to Church People of
all Denominations in all Parts of
the County.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY.
Service Sunday 10:45 a. m. Wednes-
day 8 p..m., 93 E. High street.
i
The special meetings at the United
Brethren church closed on Tuesday eyen-
ing with real benefit to the church as
well as to individual souls. Just what
the results are Eternity alone will reveal.
- Sunday services: Sunday school at 9.30;
! preaching 10.30 a. m., and 7.30 p- MM.
; Juniors at 2.30 p. m.and Seniors 6.30.
All are expected to be present.
CHURCH—SUNDAY NOTICE.
Rev. W. M. B. Glanding, in the Luth- |
eran church next Sunday evening, will
i deliver the third sermon in the Good
Name services, under the topic, “Keeping '
our Good Name from Suspicion.” The
subject of the morning sermon will be,
“Peter, the Enthusiast.”
i Union Thanksgiving services will be
held on Thanksgiving eve (Wednesday
evening, November 25th,) in St. John’s
Reformed church at 7.30. The ser-
mon will be delivered by the Rev. W. M.
B. Glanding. Everybody is invited to
attend this service.
Revival services are in progress at the
{ United Evangelical church, with some |
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revival. The public is cordially invited:
to these services.
“With the Lord in the Air” will be the !
subject of the sermon at the Presbyter- i
ian church on Sunday night. Everybody !
welcome.
PINE GROVE MENTION.
The Modock party report one deer.
Cyrus M. Johnson is breaking ground for a
new house at Mill Hall. |
Farmer George Koch had a good horse to die |
suddenly the other day.
Reports from the hunting camps on old Tussey |
are not very encouraging.
On Monday John Corl, the miller at Struble,
pushed wheat up to the $1.10 mark.
George Fisher, of Boalsburg, came down off of |
old Tussey Saturday with a nice, big buck.
J. F. Kimport and wife, of Walnut Grove, spent
Monday afternoon with friends at Fairbrook.
Mrs. Sadie Warner has gone to Bellwood to
take charge of her brother, J. H. Markle’s home. '
| Our mutual friend, J. Harry Williams, has been
confined to his home with a severe attack of lum-
bago.
Old Boreas got on his job Monday evening
when the mercury dropped 24 degrees in five i
hours.
Remember the Mrs. Myrtle Swabb sale next |
Wednesday, the 25th, two miles east of, Pine !
Grove Mills, i
Dr. J. B. Krebs and Dr. Frank Bailey, of Mil-
ton, joined the Mcdocks last week, over on Stone |
Creek camp.
Charles Auman, a hustling young farmer at !
Walnut Grove, spent several days among friends |
at Fairbrook.
Mrs. Nannie Bailey is spending the week with |
her daughter, Mary Glenn, while Hamill is out |
) for big game. { i
Samuel Young Elder and wife departed last i
week for an extended visit among friends in the
Buckeye State. |
C. Milton Fry, of Altoona, came down between |
trains to see his brother John, , who is now con- |
valescing nicely. |
Ross Gilliford, with his sister Emma and Mis. |
Jennie Stewart attended the Mrs. Burchfield |
funeral last week.
Forest Struble, who has been housed up the
past four months as the result of a gasoline ex-
plosion, is able to be around.
Miss] Fannie Harpster and Miss Nancy Me- '
Williams were recently entertained at the E. T.;
Parsons home, at Fairbrook. |
John Houck spent several days in the valley
last week aiding a new driver over the route of
the Grand Union Tea company. i
Mrs. Ella Gardner and sister, Belle Goheen, |
closed their summer home at Rock Springs and |
will spend the winter in Tyrone.
Frank E. Weiland, the hustling feed and coal
dealer at Linden Hall, was circulating among '
the farmers in the valley last week.
Claude Hess and friends, Mr. and Mrs. Harry |
Hamilton, of Tyrone, spent several days last
week at the Claude B. Hess home at Baileyville, |
The Sumner Miller public sale last Saturday j
was a ringer. Ten cows averaged $85.00 each |
and horses were hammered down at the $225
notch. i
After a summer visit with her daughter, Mrs. ;
Sara Graff, at Cincinnati, Ohio, Mrs. Charlotte |
Kepler returned home last week, delighted with
her visit. |
Grandmother Hubler, who had just recovered |
from a broken hip so as to be able to go about |
the house, isback in bed with a complication of
diseases. |
Mr. and Mrs, Curry Love, of Clifton, Arizona,
are mourning the death of their daughter Emma. |
Mrs. Love was formerly Belle Musser, of Fer- |
guson township.
Ross Gregory and J. E. Baumgardner shipped
a double decker with hogs and sheep to the east
on Tuesday. Ralph Gregory shipped a car of |
swine on Saturday. ! :
Mrs. Esther O. Ritchie departed on Monday
morning to join her husband at Altoona, where
they will be at home to their friends on Thanks. |
giving day at 17th St. and 15th Ave.
The steam threshers have all pulled in and re
port a big yield. So far Harry McCracken has :
the record of 30 bushels of wheat per acre on 40 |
acres. J. H. Peters is second with 29% bushels
per acre.
Rev. and Mrs. L. S. Spangler enjoyeda spin in |
their new Ford car over the Seven mountains to |
Yeagertown, on Saturday. Mrs. Spangler re
mained to spend several days with her folks,
the reverend returning home the same evening.
At a recent meeting of Pennsvalley Lodge No.
276, 1. 0. O. F. it was decided to make a contri-
bution to the Odd Fellows orphanageat Sunbury,
and a sum of money was also set apart to look
after the needy ones in this locality on Thanks-
giving day. :
Saturday evening the train over from State
College was wrecked near the Mack Fry cross-
ing. The engine, a coal car and an empty were
derailed by a spreading of the rails. An ‘engine
was dispatched from the College to take the
passenger car back. The track was repaired
and the train came to town Monday evening on
schedule time.
Prof. Devo Meade, class of 1912, State College,
and who since graduating has been associated
with the college at Albert, N. Y., has accepted a
position at Cornell as assistant in animal hus-
bandry. He is a hustling and capable young
man and will make good, His many friends here
and elsewhere wish him abundant success, His
wife was Florence Kepler.
ied
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conversions and prospects for a good ;’
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Shot at Flag Stirs Officials.
Tells of Attack on the Tennessee or
Her Launch at Smyrna—Safety of
Consulate Is Feared For.
The flag of the United States haz
been fired upon by Turkey.
Cannon shot were hurled at eit: er
the cruiser Tennessee or her launch—
probably the latter—by the Turkish
forts at Smyrna.
Captain Lenton C. Decker, of the
cruiser, reporting the incident to the
: navy department, gave no details of
the firing, but said fears had been
felt for the safety cf the American
consulate. ¥
Secretary of the Navy Daniels is
i sued a statement, in which he said:
“The Tenncssee proceeded to and
leit Vouriah at ithe request of Ambas
sador Morzenthau and is now anchor
in the harbor of Chios (Schio),
fromm which Captain Decker’s tele
gram was sent.”
Chios is now owned by Greece, so
the Tennessee is no longer in Turk sh
waters. Vouriah is ten miles west of
Smyrna.
While awaiting further reports
from Captain Decker and others from
Morgeithau and Consul
General Horton, at Smyrna, officialy
lave two theories.
One is that the cruiser may have
been sending a guard ashore to pro
tect the consulate and Americans and
other foreigners. They draw this from
Captain Decker’s statement that fears
had been felt for the safety of tha
cernsulate.
The other is that Captain Decker
had called on Consul General Horton,
who, after raturning the call, was te
ing taken back to shore by the cruis
er’s launch, which may have been re
turning after hours of entry prescrib
ed by port rflicials.
Befcre 1 ~rding the firing upon
tho” American ship as a hostile act,
. officials are inclined to await further
reports, and hold to the belief that
i it might have been a misunderstand
ing of the act of some local official
| which will
. Censtantinonle.
quickly be corrected in
Those officials who regard the in i
"at as a misunderstanding of some
kiz1, say that had Captain Decker
i been convinced that the Turkish forts
were firing upon his ship as an act of
hostility, the big fizhting machine
would not have steamed away to the
! harbor of Chios without a further in.
cident.
While there is no question whatever
of the right of the Tennessee to pro
tect Americans and their interests in
the Mediterranean, the question of
protecting citizens of England, Russia
and France, which are now at war
with the Porte. may raise delicate sit:
uations.
Secretary Dcniels said he was in
doubt whether it was the cruiser ot
her launch that was fired on. He
pointed out that the cablegram re
ceived from Captain Decker reads
“Boat was fired at,” which is suscep
tible of two interpretations. He re
garded it as unlikely that a cruiser
would attempt to enter a closed port,
particularly one with such a shallow
roadstead as Smyrna. He added: “If
the shot merely was fired across the
bow of either, it might have been in.
tended as an official salute.”
The secretary pointed out that the
port of Smyrna is closed. He cited
that an identical situation arose at
Guantanamo during the Spanish:
America war, when the United
States decuared that port closed, and
| fired across the bow of a foreign mer:
chantman without in any way intend
ing a hostile act.
a ree —— eas
Save Entombed Miners.
After being entombed for more
than seventy hours in the workings
o fthe Brookside colliery, at Tower
City, near Pottsville, Pa, William
Schreiner, aged forty-six years, and
William Evans, aged forty-five years,
were rescued alive when they had
given up all hope of ever seeing day:
light again and when the exhausted
rescue force themselves expected t¢
find only their bodies.
While working at “robbing pillars*
about 10 o’clock last Monday morning
there was a sudden rush of coal and
debris, which entirely closed up the
gangway. Several ‘hours later, when
the men could not be accounted for,
rid
3
| an investigation was made and it wag
found that they were entombed.
For the last hour that the rescuers
tunneled through hundreds of tons of
loose “stuff,” exceedingly dangerous
work, carefuly timbering as they pro
gressed, they were cheered by “rap
pings” behind the barrier, which they
attacked time and again with fever
ish haste. :
Schreiner insisted upon walking
home, but ‘his companion was tog
weak and gladly took advantage of
the colliery ambulance. Evans, whose
condition is the most serious, is in ng
immediate danger. Physicians say
both men will be ready for work’
again by next week.
AUSTRIANS SHELL BELGRADE
Servians Are Swept Before Enemy's
Attack, Says Dispatch.
Belgrade is being bombarded from
the Semlin Hills by Austrian artillery
and by Austrian monitors in the Dan-
ube, according to a dispatch from
Budapest. The Servian artilelry is re-
plying from the Banjilica Hills.
Sea Mine Kills Seven on Shore.
A mine was washed ashore near
| Westkapelle, Holland, and while it
was being examined exploded, killing
three naval officers, one civilian and
three sailors. This information was
contained in an announcement made
by the Dutch ministry of marine and
sent by cable from Amsterdam to the °
Reuter Telegram company. J