"SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE.
—Patton folks are expecting the mines in that
vicinity to go on full time, ere many weeks
elapse.
—Since the first week in December the com-
missioners of Indiana county have paid out over
$8,000 in bounties for weasels.
—Jacob Bay, a Sunbury shopkeeper, declares
that he will close his place of business for six
months to work for woman suffrage.
—Ore that is believed to contain gold and
silver in paying quantities has been discovered
in Snyder county, just over the Juniata county
line.
—The Clearfield borough council has awarded’
to the Gamewell Fire Alarm Telegraph company
the contract for the installation of an electrical
fire alarm system at a cost of $2,230.
—Mis. Susan Eckenrode, of ‘Bradley Junction,
Cambria county, hale and hearty at the advanced
age of 9 years, took an active partin a birthday
surprise party gotten up in her honor,
—Lock Haven’s new High school building will
probably be completed by March 15 and will be
ready for occupancy April 1. It will be dedicated
soon after with appropriate ceremonies.
~W.R. Johns, 34 years old, of Punxsutawney,
a brakeman on the B. R. & P. railway, fell under
BY P. GRAY MEEK.
INK SLINGS.
—We certainly hope that there will be
no necessity for the calling of an extra
session of Congress.
—In only thirty-seven days spring will
be here and the robins and blue-birds will
probably beat it by a week or more.
~~ ~The alactity with which Turkey sa-
- luted the Italian flag may have been in-
tended merely as an object lesson to cer-
tain ex-officials of Mexico.
—Don’t be railing at the poor ground-
hog. You have no right to expect him
to break up a winter like we have been
" having in such a short time.
—While it is practically impossible to
"mend a human back-bone, once it is
broken, nature seems to have been able
STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION.
_VOL. 60. BELLEFONTE, PA. FEBRUARY 12, 19
15.
“NO.7.
Firm Position.
Britain’s
Brumbaugh and Local Option.
nmin,
State-Wide and Direct Primaries. Rights of Neutrals in Ocean Traffic. | J
We have no objection to State-wide | Obviously the Germangovernment and | The women suffrage amendment to the From the Altoona Times. : bala
primaries except upon the ground of ex- people misinterpret the obligations of constitution and the local option bill have Great Britain's incisive declaration on
. ! 5 : f : s the question of foodstuffs consigned to
penses. They certainly cost the people ; neutrals in the present emergency. They | both been fairly started on their voyage
1 German and Austrian ports and intend-
a lot of money and make candidates ; appear to hold that because ship masters |
through the Legislature. The suffrage ed for distribution among the civil ‘popu-
“cough up” so liberally that only million- | are unable to discharge cargoes’in Ger- | amendment has passed the House finally lation leaves the United States in a some-
aires have a chance of success. But we man ports neutrals should refrain from
‘and is now in the Senate where it may What _emba assing Zesiton, Ve 2
X can’t see why Mr. WILLIAM JENNINGS delivering materials in the ports of the have smooth sailing or encounter a tem- undesirable a namely, the | 2 train at DuBois and was so badly injured that
to promptly repair the crack the back- 1 gpvan is so much excited on the subject allies. In other words they allege that pest at any moment. In the House it withdrawal of our p ‘representa. | his death resulted in less than an hour after the
bone of winter got that one mild day last | ,q pig Indiandpolis speech indicates. It because their ports are under blockade met with no resistance worth speaking tions on the inviolability of non-contra- | accident. 1
week.
—It costs $134,000,000 a year to keep
the American girl’s “sweet tooth” filled
. with candy. Boys, it looks as though it
- would be cheaper to marry them and fill
them up on “the rough stuff” than stand
~Johnstown barbers who have raised the price
of a shave to 15 cents are talking so loudly of
their undiminished patronage that one feels they
are like the lad who whistled while passing
through a graveyard to keep his courage up.
~The tipple and scale house of the Electric
colliery near Osceola were entirely destroyed by
i aii : ‘band merchandise when conveyed in
about and the local option measure is i y ded for oth
likely to have equally easy going in that Reutr al be ttoms and inten oF fo ete
chamber. In the Senate, however, surrender
is not a new subject and there are two ; business with other ports should be dis-
sides to it. But as. usual Mr. BRYAN sees continued. Such a policy would shift the
only one and threatens everlasting ostra- | heaviest burden of war upon the neutrals
cism to every Senator and Representa- | for the reason that “it would work the
tive in the Indiana Legislature who fails ' paralysis of commerce in the present
or refuses to vote for State-wide and di- case at least for nearly all the commercial
MT tary. purposes, or
it will ‘and undignified backdown and 1
be defeated beyond question, if it gets to the direct and unequivocal diplomacy
: i : . of the British foreign office. go
apo the floor at all, of which there is no, © Le British foreign of desirous of avert-
for this bill of expense.
—Two hundred women in Pike county,
Kentucky, have been indicted for selling
their votes. Isn’t it awful, fellows! Just
- when we were beginning to imagine this
pernicious practice on the wane in poli-
tics here come the dear ladies along to
start it all up again.
—Because the advertisements of the
applicants for liquor license in Tioga
county did not bear the addresses of the
applicants the court has ruled that they
were illegal and in consequence no li-
censes can be granted in the county for
a year. Thirty hotels will have to close
their bars.
—One way of reducing the high cost
of living is to FLETCHERize your food.
Just try thorough mastication of the food
you eat at one meal and see whether
one-half the quantity you usually gulp
down won't satisfy your appetite perfeet-
ly and make you feel far more comforta-
ble after eating. The same thing ap-
plies to anything that you drink. Try
sipping it instead of taking great swal-
lows. You will be surprised at the re-
freshment to be had from a very small
glass of water.
—The passing of JOHN WAGNER was
more than an incident in the life of
Bellefonte. For years he had been a
“character,” one of a type varying so
widely yet always to be found and very
much a part of the life of every commu-
nity. “Bully,” as most of his intimates
rect primaries. Who gave him authority
to speak for the Democrats of Indiana
he leaves to conjucture.
The candidates of the machine are
nominated at «State-wide primaries quite
as certainly as they are generally chosen
by other nominating methods. This was
clearly shown by the nomination of BoIES
PENROSE by one party, GIFFORD PINCHOT
by another and VANCE C. MCCORMICK by
the thirq, in this State last year. Left to
their own impulses and the exercise of
their own judgment few of the voters of
the party they aspired to lead would
have voted for either PINCHOT or MCCOR-
MICK. It may be said with equal confi-
dence that under such circumstances
PENROSE would have also been defeated
for the nomination, though he had a con-
siderable personal following. But the
chine.
At no time in the history of politics in
Pennsylvania has the nominations of the
parties been so clearly the result of
purchase and sale as last year which
was our first experience with the State-
wide direct primary. We do not under-
take to say that the same candidates
would not have been nominated if con-
ventions had been held for money is and
always has been a potent force in poli-
tics and’ the candidates had the money
and were willing to spend it. But we do
say that the result of the State-wide pri-
maries in this State last year was not
such as to recommend the adoption of
knew him, was one of the most familiar | 0 system by the Democrats of Indiana
figures on our streets and while he had or any. other State. It means big ex-
his short comings-~who- hasn't2-—there | co the'people ‘and little good:
will be none to say that he didn’t have : to topic angi
good qualities as well. Probably mis- |
spent, as most of his years were, the last
week brought the change that so m ny
of his friends had prayed for and he
died a child of God. * ;
—Governor BRUMBAUGH’S local option
bill has been introduced in the Legisla-
ture. It provides for county units and
that every county shall be given the
chance to vote on the question, within
thirty and not later than forty days, after
twenty-five per cent. of the qualified
voters at the last preceding general elec-
tion have petitioned the court for such
an election. The regular election laws
to govern the election as to officials and
tickets, but that elections for such pur-
pose may not be held oftener than once
in three years. The bill will probably
pass the House easily and its friends are
announcing that the Governor, himself,
may be able to force it through the Sen’
ate, should he essay to make the attempt
on personal grounds.
—A bill has been introduced in the
Legislature to indemnify persons injured
by automobiles. The plan is practically
to make a mutual insurance company
out of owners of automobiles and to coi:
lect from them, in addition to their li-
cense fees, whatever damages may be
awarded their victims in excess of the
amount that the State can collect from
the offender. Such a bill would have far
more justice in it were it to include all
manner of wheeled vehicles traversing
public highways. While we are of the
opinion that victims of negligent drivers
already have recourse in law and that
this bill is useless we can see no reason
why a careless motor driver is any more
of a menace than a careless horse driver
and it looks very much like class legisla-
tion to provide for the punishment of
one and not the other.
—Some : Member of the Legislature
would do a very good thing if he were to
present a bill increasing the salaries of
County Commissioners, in counties like
Centre, so that they would be in some
proportion to the quality and quantity of
service that the tax payers have a right
to expect from such officials. It is ridic-
ulous that the men who have all to do
with the business affairs of the county
should receive little moré than half as
much compensation as the Register, Re-
corder, Prothonotary, Sheriff or Treas:
urer. Of course some ‘might say that
the Commissioners are hot supposed to
be in their office every day, and such was
the case years ago, but; the business of
the county has become 80 much greater
and the demands of ‘the’ public so con-
stant that there would bé general dissat-
isfaction if the ere in session
only one or two days a week.
——On the question of passing the
immigration bill, “the objections of the
President to the contrary notwithstand-
ing,” A. MITCHELL PALMER voted in the
affirmative. That was a queer position
for a man who pretends to be the special
friend and champion of the President to
assume particularly: when the legislation
in question is undemocratic.
Progress of the European War.
More than six months have elapsed
since the beginning of the war in Europe
and instead of modifying, the bitterness
in the period since the firing of the first
gun grave mistakes have been made on
both sides and it looks as if all the com-
batants are anxious to drag the United
by misusing the wireless stations on our
the administration at Washington to pro-
American ships on the high seas. But
neither has been able to involve the Pres-
ident in any dispute which might lead to
head. | y
Two recent incidents have provoked a
good deal of spirited comment through-
out the country. One of these was the
proclamation of Germany enlarging the
war zone so as to jeopardize the ships of
all neutral countries whithersoever bound.
Of course this was an absurd proposition
but one which might lead to serious con-
sequences. For example, if a German
warship were to destroy an American
merchantman not engaged in contraband
service reprisals could hardly be avoided.
On the other hand the American flag
sea the other day. If that practice is
continued the American flag would like-
ly cease to afford protection to any ship
for every ship carrying that flag would
be under suspicion.
But these incidents are less indicative
of a prolonged struggle than the increas-
ing bitterness of the combatants. When
the war began most observers imagined
that at the end of three months both
casting eyes out in search of some one
willing to propose terms of peace. Presi-
dent WILSON tendered the good offices of
the American government at that time
but received little encouragement. It is
not likely that the proposition would re-
ceive great favor now though little prog-
ress has been:made on either side ex-
cept in the direction of bankruptcy. But
the end is bound to come and in the in-
terest of humanity let us hope it will be
soon. wo :
others had no strength outside the ma- |
of feeling seems to be increasing. With. |
States into it. First Germany offended
coasts and then great Britain compelled
test against the seizure and search of
hostilities. Our President still holds his |
was raised on a British ship in the Irish |
sides would begin counting the cost and
, countries are involved in the war on one
: side or the other.
| Great Britain took the ocean carrying
trade away from the United States dur-
ing the war of the rebellion because the
operation of our ships was too hazardous.
We might have gotten a large part of it
back during the interval since the close
of that war if we had adapted our mari-
time laws and regulations to the changed
conditions. But we have no cause of
quarrel with Great Britain on account of
her gain and our loss in shipping opera-
tions. The present war offers us the
: opportunity to recover but if the rule
made in Germany were applied it would
be forfeited. At the close of hostilities
Great Britain would “resume business:
the old stand,” and that would be. the
end of the matter. eS
The first duty of the government of
' the United States is to conserve the in-
terests of the people of thiscountry. The
practical withdrawal from the service of
the merchant marine of Europe gives the
ships of this country the cargoes available
.and it is the duty of the government to
_ protect them in their rights. If any ship
master is willing to take the chance of
| going into a German port he has the
| right to do so, whatever the nature of
| his cargo. But American manufacturers
and American ships have an equal right
| to enter any port of the allies or of other
neutrals and lay their cargoes in the
! market. That is not only the law of na-
tions but it is good “horse sense.”
| —ee
| ——Up to this writing . the ground
as ti i o1 s haven” ae oo § it ¥i A
section, and the old saw has surely gone
ja glimmering. There was no question
about the groundhog not seeing his
| shadow on Tuesday of last week, as it
; rained and was heavily clouded ali day,
i but the very next day it grew colder and
i we have had real winter weather ever
since. And now comes a New Jersey
| weather-prophet who advises the public
|to be prepared for the coldest weather of
| the winter on February 13th to 16th in-
: clusive. So much for the groundhog.
| Pennsylvania in Next Congress.
| The Pennsylvania Democrats in the
next Congress will be fewer in number
las compared with the present delegation
' but scarcely less potent in power and in-
"fluence. We ought to have elected half
“a dozen more Congressmen but the party
, managers seemed to have no interest in
candidates other than those for«Governor
and Senator and LOGUE, LEE, DONOHOE
| and others fell victims of party perfidy
or political stupidity. LEE and DONOHOE
were certainly sold out and GRIM, CARR,
MCINTYRE and BRODBECK could have
intelligently invested in the effort. Mr.
LIEBEL was elected in spite of the work
of the Democratic State organization to
But in the six gentlemen who will com-
pose the Democratic contingent from
Pennsylvania in the next House the par-
ty will have an earnest and efficient
force. John J. CASEY who has wisely
been chosen a member of the committee
known as a capable and sagacious lead-
er in the interest of Democracy and la-
bor and he will direct his energies to the
; conservation of the public good rather
than the promotion of selfish interests.
Mr. L1EBEL has served his community in
various capacities with signal ability and
fidelity and may be depended upon to
serve the party and State to good pur-
pose in the Congress. He is both ener-
getic and resourceful.
In the new member from the Thir-
teenth District, Berks and Lehigh coun-
ties, the Pennsylvania delegation will
have a tower of strength. ARTHUR G.
DEWALT has all the qualifications for a
successful floor leader, and no Democrat-
ic interest will suffer while he is sentinel
on duty. His long service in the Penn-
sylvania Senate has made him a master
of parliamentary usage and his high
standing as a lawyer is a guarantee of
efficiency in framing and advocating leg-
islation. Taking it all in all, the Demo-
cratic delegation of Pennsylvania will
constitute a force to be reckoned with
and some of the present members who
| are retired will not be greatly missed.
deliberately “pick a
been elected if proper energy had been '
defeat him. tf
on Ways and Means has long been |
will be referred isalmost a unit in opposi-
tion to its passage.
Governor BRUMBAUGH is pledged to
the support of both these pieces of legis-
lation and will no doubt fulfill his obli-
gation so far as possible. That is to say
he will candidly tell such Senators as he
meets that he favors the bills and would
like to see them adopted by the Legis-
lature. He may even go so far as to say
that support of the measures would be
)ersonally. But he
hat. More than
at e offensive to sensitive Sena-
tors who are not favorable to the bills
and it would be unwise for the Governor,
at the outset of his. administration; ‘to
FE
with the
dicted that the local option bill will
be defeated and that the event will cause
no quarrel between the Governor and the
Legislature. Some of the radical ad-
vocates of local option will ‘denounce the
Governor for treachery but that won't
make any difference to him. They can’t
help or harm him in his political estate
to any great extent and like other men,
new and successful in politics, he will
look out for his own interests and they
lie in the direction of preserving peace
‘with the managers of his party. Dr.
BRUMBAUGH has not reached the zenith
of his political hopes by along shot and
he carries no chip on his shoulder.
| —+=—Of course HAMPY MOORE didn’t
be personal or unkind, but|
Che Hou
: sentatives, the other day,
"ing the President’s veto of the immigra-
tion bill he reminded SamueL GOMPERS,.
FRANK MORRISY and W. B. WILSON, prin-
cipal sponsors of that “offspring of
bigotry” that they were all born in
foreign countries, he certainly threw a
harpoon which made a deep wound.
Tne Pittsburgh Gazette- Times cele-
brated Monday by occupying its new
. building in Times Square and coming
| out in-an entire new dress of type which
lis larger faced and easier to read than
{its old style. The Gazette- Times is one of
the best western Pennsylvania papers
among our exchanges and in its improv-
ed makeup will no doubt become even
more popular and appreciated by the
general public.
t
——Representative CLAUDE KITCHEN,
of North Carolina, who will take the place
of OSCAR UNDERWOOD as Democratic
floor leader, has a big job cut our for
him. UNDERWOOD is a parliamentary
giant and the man who takes his place
must be able, eloquent and alert. But
we predict that KITCHEN will meet the
requirements in full measure and we
congratulate the party on his selection.
{ —Those European belligerents have
been fighting six months and neither side
seems to have made material headway.
Unless a decisive victory falls to one side
or the other ere long the matter of
further financing of the stupendous un-
dertaking will require greater generals
than the fighting,
! ——Mr. CARNEGIE declared, under
oath, the other day, that his ony busi-
ness is “to do all the good in the world
that he can.” With his wealth and the
opportunities the war affords, he ought
to be the busiest man in this wide and
wicked world.
——Possibly business is being over-
, regulated, as some of the captains insist,
but according to our observation so long
as business behaves itself nobody inter-
feres with it.
| —It may be confidently predicted
that so long as the United States supplies
food for the fighters in Europe we will
have little need for battleships of our
own.
——A civil service examination will be’
, held in Bellefonte on Saturday, February
| 27th, to fill a contemplated vacancy in
| the position of fourth-class postmaster
at Pleasant Gap, Pa. and any other
. vacancies that may occur at that office.
The compensation at the Pleasant Gap
office was $383 for the the last fiscal
. year. Application forms may be secured
' from the postmaster at Pleasant Gap.
while defend.
dency? However,
+ people live and learn, and maybe he has.
{ the high seas with a cargo of uf
for German ports, from seizure without
' compensation. The vessel,
Sas poet informed, will be d to a
ritish port, its cargo confiscated and its
owners de the British gov-
ernment. Henceforth, however, ships as
| well as cargoes will be taken as legiti-
mate prizes of war. . Sn
| So specifically has Great Britain defin-
‘ed her position that her note to the
‘American government assumes all the
force of an ultimatum. No points have
been left open for future consideration.
The United States may take or leave
what has been offered. There can be no
doubt of the course that will be pursued
if American shippers seek to send their
merchandise to Teutonic ports.
What the position of the United States
will be under the circumstances has not
yet been defined by the State Depart-
ment. President Wilson is confronted
with a very ticklish situation, and its So0-
lution will require diplomatic skill of
high order if this nation is to escape the
humiliation of an unconditional surren-
der of that which has been clearly stat-
ed in the presentation of our interpreta-
tion as the rights of neutral shipping
under the usage of international law.
The Washington Way.
i exemption of the Wilhelmina, now on
foods
conv
i
i
i
From the Philadelphia Record.
How characteristic it is of Congres-
sional methods, both Democratic and Re-
publican, that when an attempt at econo-
my is made the pruning knife falls upon
what is important and valuable, while
that which is superfluous and without
merit escapes! Thus we see the House
lopping off some $6,000,000 from the
Naval appropriation bill cutting out
the provision made for five new sub-
matines, 2 hospital ship and a transport
—all of w are es ial to a great
e the Senate
the Rivers and
tim increases
new items that swell it from $34,13
to $38,627,800. When a vigorous filibuster
was made against a much more iniquitous
bill of the same kind in the last session
of Congress it was shown that no really
important project was injured by reduc-
ing the appropriation from some $52,-
000,000 to $20,000,000 and leaving the
expenditure of that amount to the dis-
cretion of army engineers.
If Congress were really in touch with
popular. sentiment it ‘would know that
and army strike a responsive chord
among the people at large, while the
lavish waste of money upon impossible
‘river and harbor projects leaves them
cold. So it is with the expenditures upon
Senator. If these were cut off for a
single year, which would work no harm
whatever, and if the Rivers and Harbors
bill were continued at $20,000,000, there
would be no difficulty in heading off the
deficit of $35,000,000 which chairman
way of Congress. It prefers a little: navy
and big “pork barrels.” It is because
Congress and the people of the United
States differ so radically on these points
that the complexion of that body changes
so frequently.
Good Roads for Business Purposes.
From the Allentown Democrat. : z
In devising a plan for highway im-
provement in Pennsylvania the interests
of the farmers must be considered as
well as the interests of the automobiles.
In other words roads for business inter-
ests are just as important, perhaps a lit-
tle more important—than merely scenic
roads. The farmer has a greater and
more vital interest in good roads than
the pleasure seeker has. It is on the
character of the highwa
verse in order to bring
the city
is products to
] that his livelihood, his profits
and his ity depends. But not
only is the farmer the only one who
reaps the benefit. The consumer is
bound to share, for the less trouble the
farmer has to market his wares the lower
will be the cost to the bu in the city.
But the fact that a road is built to best
serve the interests of the farmer does not
{ necessarily mean that the scenic effect
; will be slighted. Rural Pennsylvania is,
| for the most part, a section of beautiful
to the farmer can be made things of
beauty to the automobile tourist. The
grand boulevards that some of our road
makers have been dreaming of may come
in time, and the Democra‘ believes they
ought to come, but for the present the
State need roads that can be traversed.
well as {jur'sts. When the immediate
and more practical needs of the business
interests have been supplied then we can
consider the boule question.
——————
‘Been Consulting Doc Abbott?
From the Indianapolis News. -
Let's see—wasn't it the same Villa
who declared some months ago that he
was not fitted by education and ability
for the Mexican ' Presi ? H
“4
Washington |
fire. The mine is owned and operated by the
Centre Coal and Coke company. A large num-
ber of men were thrown out of work by the fire.
—The Italian societies in the Windber, Somer-
set county, mining district, have already collect-
ed $1,000 for the relief of the earthquake suffer-
ersin Italy. A benefit play will be given at
Windber at an early date, the proceeds of which
will go to swell the'fund.
—Three boys, their weight aggregating twen-
ty-four pounds, were born Monday morning to
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Kirsch, prominent resi-
dents'of Nicktown, Cambria county. This brings
the number of children in the Kirsch family up
to sixteen, ten of them boys.
~—Tran.ps sleeping in the structure are believed
to have caused the destruction by fire of a large
barn on the Jesse Horner farm, near Ralphton,
Somerset county, together with some cows and
chickens. The horses were saved but the farm-
ing implements were burned.
—According to figures produced at the charity
conference in the offices of the Associated Chari
ties there are between 3,500 and 4,000 unemploy-
ed men in the city of Johnstown at present. It
is said that conditions are better now than they
were in the Flood City a month ago.
.—Bad civic and economic conditions in Johns-
town are responsible for a tremendous’ infant
mortality rate there, according to the report of
the federal children’s bureau. It was shown
that on an average 134 out of each 1,000 ‘babies
born in Johnstown die before they are one year
old. .
' —Mrs. Minerva B. Healey, of Blairsville, re-
cently received her sixth commission as a notary
public. Mrs. Healey enjoyes the distinction of
being the first woman in Pennsylvania to be
appointed notary public west of the Allegheny
mountains. During the many years she has held
the office she has rendered efficient service.
—Henry M. Keeler, a well known painter and
paperhanger, of Jersey Shore, who left there
Saturday to visit relatives in Williamsport, was
found dead alongside the Reading railroad tracks
Harbors bill about $4,500,000 by adding.
appropridtions for building up the navy |
public buildings, which are especially
dear to the average Representative and
Underwood fears. But that is not the
landscapes and roads that are acceptable |
ashort distance below West Milton Saturday
How he got to that place is not known
lt
orafreight has not yet been learned. . © =
Alphonso DeStefano, the six-year-old son of
Charles DeStefano, was hit by the B.R. & P.
southbound flyer at a Ridgway crossing Satur-
day ‘afternoon, and instantly’ killed. His head
was cut from his body. DeStefano, with a com-
panion, was on one track waiting for a freight to
pass. The other boy saw the rapidly approach-
ing locomotive but too late to ‘get DeStefano out
of the way.
—More than two thousand men employed by
the Reading Iron company began. work on Mon-
day at reduced wages. The puddlers accepted
acutfrom$5 to $4.50 per ton and the other
workers took a reduction in proportion. The
working force was increased over that recently
employed and it is expected that the work dav
will be lengthened in a short time, giving the :
men more income. i
—A barbed wire fence into which Levi Owen, a
ten year old Towanda boy coasted, cut his
throat from ear to ear, and nearly scalped him.
Only the prompt work of a surgeon, who used
twenty stitches to close the wounds, saved the
boy's life. One sharp prong missed his eye by
a quarter of an inch. The lad refused to take
an anesthetic while the doctor was patching him
up, and bravely smiled through the blood which
flooded his face.
—A story comes from Ebensburg to the effect
that Elmer Good, aged 9, a son of the late Chris-
tian Good, who died last Thursday night, after
being ‘considered a semi-mute since birth and
without having spoken, so far as is known, start-
ed to speak after returning from school on Tues-
day a few hours before his father's death. He
could hear but could not talk and was apparently
without the power to articuiate. Now he talks
like other children. :
—The traveling distance between Pittsburgh
and Oil City over the Pennsylvania will be de-
creased seven miles by the opening of two big
tunnels nearing completion at Kennerdell and
Woodhill, on the Allegheny Valley division. The
concrete lining will not be put in until warmer
weather arrives and it is probable that the tun-
nels will not be in use before summer. The one at
Kennerdell is 450 feet in length, and the one at
Weedhill is 2,680 feet. The work is being done
at a cost of $300,000. ; ni
—G. F. Deneen, a Pennsylvania brakeman
whose home is in Juniata, Blair county, fell
under his train at Cresson last Thursday after-
noon and was instantly killed, the body being
horribly mangled. Deneen’s run was between
Altoona and Pitcairn and his train had just left
the Cresson yards when Deneen started to the
rearend. The roofs of the cars were slippery
and it was while passing from one to another
that he fell to the track. Deneen was 35 years of
age and leaves a family.
—With tears streaming down his cheeks, Judge
Evans, of Bloomsburg, on Saturday imprisoned
inthe penitentiary for not less than one nor
more than two years A. N. Yost, a member of
the Columbia county bar, and fined him $500.00.
Yost was one of the most respected citizens
of the county until his exposure, which resulted
in a plea of guilty to embezzling nearly $9,000
from the Industrial Building and Loan associa-
tion, of Bloomsburg. He had for years been
secretary of the Columbia Fair association, |
—Seventy-two men were thrown out of employ-
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| ment when the plant of the Garfield Fire Clay
company at Robinson was destroyed by fire late
Thursday afternoon, but the majority of these
men will be given work in the rebuilding of the
plant, starting within a few days. All the dry-
houses and other frame structures of the plant,
including all the machinery, were destroyed.
The buildings were constructed in 1897. The
loss is declared to be in the neighborhood of
$25,000, which is partly covered by insurance.