Demorrai atc
BY P. GRAY MEEK.
INK SLINGS.
—Receat rains have worked wonders
with vegetation in Centre county.
—In three days June, the month of
brides and roses, will be here. Then it
will be only one month more until we |
celebgyate Old Home week.
— Now that Governor BRUMBAUGH has |
the Legislature off his hands he can |
either revel in pedagogics or chase but- |
ter-flies in WETZEL’S swamp. |
—Italy makes the eighth power array- |
ed against Germany and Austria. It is :
beginning to look as if the Kaiser is’
ready and willing to meet all comers.
-—Probably that New York jury found
that ROOSEVELT didn’t libel BARNES on
the ground that few people pay any at-
tention to TEDDY'S utterances these days.
—The plans for Old Home week are
growing more elaborate every day. All
that remains to make it a real success is
the return of multitudes of absentees to
old home scenes.
—Bad weather put a damper on much
of the enthusiasm that had been worked
up in some parts of the county over good
roads day, but at that considerable work
was done. And Bellefonte was second
to no community in the gratuitous serv-
ice rendered.
—Really we think Sup’t THOMAS
should prefer a charge of grand larceny
against the Pennsy. It’s a crime for that
great big corporation to steal the name
of the Bellefonte Central and evervone
knows that it will be guilty of false pre-
tense anyway, because it certainly can’t
get PARKER or any .of his boats.
—The sick Eskimo pays his doctor the
fee before he is treated. If he gets well
the doctor is entitled to retain the fee.
If he dies it must be returned to some
member of the victim’s family. We pub-
lish this bit of information lest some of
our American saw-bones might unwit-
tingly elect to hang out a shingle in Es-
kimo-land.
—The jingoes of this country who are
so persistently trying to goad Uncle Sam
into a fight with some one should bear
in mind that he is not trying to deter
them from joining any army they like
among those already in the war. They
might be very useful, either to the allies
or the Germans, as charges for those new
gas shells they are using.
—The Fairbury, Nebraska, Journal
says that during a big revival at Horton,
a near by town, five hundred convicts
were made, including the mayor and two
councilmen. What a wonderful town
Horton must be to have actually had a
mayor and two councilmen who had
never been regarded as being in the con-
vict class before the revival got going.
—The advance notices were to the ef-
fect that Germany is sending us the dear-
est, sweetest, most conciliatory note imag-
inable, in reply to the President’s de-
mands concerning the blowing up of the
Lusitania. And then, just to drop a little
fly into the ointment along comes anoth-
er cable announcing that Germany had
blown up the American ship Nebraskan.
—Signor MARCONI has invented a cam-
era-like device which, when placed on
the wall or floor of a room, makes metal
or wood transparent and enables the op-
erator to see persons in an adjoining
room. It ought to be suppressed. Think
of the misery a party of bachelor
girls would be in should they be occupy-
ing an apartment above a curious bache-
lor man.
—It is interesting to know that of the
111,536 Italian male population of Penn-
sylvania in 1910 seventy-five per cent.
had not taken out naturalization papers.
Inasmuch as they are evidently here for
the coin only it remains to be seen how
many of them will change their mind
now that they are offered the alternative
of renouncing their allegiance to Italy or
going home to fight.
—All of the Frick coke ovens in the
western part of the State have received
orders that will keep them running at
their maximum capacity indefinitely. In
fact the managers of each plant are
urged to strain every effort to produce
the greatest quantity possible. It will be
just like our friends, the Republicans, to
blame it on the UNDERWOOD tariff if such
bulging business should strain any of the
ovens.
—We just knew it was going to hap-
pen. Last week we told you that be-
tween “PRISCILLA,” our pet poetess, and
the effusions of our Rebersburg corres-
pondent we are being so absorbed as to
render us practically useless for any of
the regular duties that we have to per-
form. We told you of our pleasure at
“poUring over” their pleasantries and
the “spell” was still on us when the proof
of the paragraph came up to be read.
Under such hypnotic influences, dear
reader, you certainly will overlook our
having overlooked that u that somehow
had crept into the word poring and sym-
pathize with us in the misery we have in
being made fun of by a country corres-.
pondent. Our Rebersburg friend comes
back at us as follows: “Pray, what is’
the editor going to “pour over” pretty’
PRISCILLA, the pet poetess, and this pur-
veyor of pleasantries? Hot honey, hey!”
The come-back is so clever and unex-
pected that we are going to be more cir-
cumspect in the future, lest we start
something we can’t finish.
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SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE.
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| —Lewistown has a near-epidemic of mumps
! and chicken-pox.
_—Johnstown’s Young Men's Christian Asso-
ciation has a paid up membership of 1,613.
—William Barkey, of Homer City, Indiana
county, whose death has just occurred, spent the
last twelve years of his life in bed, suffering from
a broken back.
—Dr. J. A. Murray, chief of staff of the Miners’
hospital at Spangler, a resident of Patton, has
been accepted for service in England and France
and will soon leave for his new post of duty.
STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION,
—Officer George B. Stahl, of DuBois, has just
received $250 from the authorities of Allegheny
county, N. Y,, for the capture of a man who shot
and killed his uncle, later escaping, only to be
VOL. 60.
The Roosevelt Verdict. |
The verdict in the suit of BARNES vs, |
ROOSEVELT, tried at Syracuse, New York,
acquitting the defendant, is a travesty on |
justice. Libel is a “malicious publication |
tending to expose another to public ha- :
tred, contempt or ridicule.” ROOSEVELT
had clearly made such a publication |
against BARNES. Previous to 1910 they |
were personal friends and political asso: |
ciates. At the State convention of that |
year BARNES refused to obey the orders '
of ROOSEVELT and ROOSEVELT set out to i
destroy him. The publication made the |
subject of the suit, was the culmination
of a series of vicious attacks running |
through a porion of two or three years.
It charged directly a “working agree-
ment” between BARNES and MURPHY,
the so-called Democratic boss of New
York city, to elect a TAMMANY candidate
to the United States Senate in 1911 and
loot the State generally.
Libel is a crime under both common
and statutory law unless justified by the
truth of the charge and proof of the ab-
sence of malice in the publication. In
the trial there was not a scintilla of evi-
dence of a political partnership between
BARNES and MURPHY either in the elec-
tion of the Senator in 1911, or in any-
thing else. In fact it was shown clearly
and proved by dozens of witnesses that
BARNES urged the Republicans of the
General Assembly to join with the Inde-
pendent Democrats and thus elect an an-
ti-TAMMANY man to the Senate. It was
also proved by credible evidence in abun-
dance that there was neither intimacy
nor association between BARNES and
MURPHY. Such an intimacy or associa-
tion would have been infamous and
would justly have condemned both men
to popular execration. That was the ob-
vious purpose of the publication.
The evidence, moreover, revealed the
fact that so long as corrupt politics pro-
moted the political interests of THEODORE
ROOSEVELT he cherished it and so long
as political bosses contributed to his sup-
port he embraced them. There was no
man too vile for ROOSEVELT, if he obey-
ed ROOSEVELT. There was no man so
good-as to escape his vilification, if he-
were unwilling to accept ROOSEVELT’S
will as law. Even while the trial was in
progress he perverted the rules of court
and the principles of law to the base pur-
pose of predjudicing and confusing the
jury. That the court permitted such a
prostitution of its functions is inexplica-
ble. Possibly the change of venue was
demanded in anticipation of such a mis-
use of opportunities and in any event
these outrages afford ample cause for ap-
peal to a tribunal which cannot be bam-
boozled.
Italy’s Declaration of War.
If the entry of Italy into the European
war will hasten the approach of peace,
as some wise observers imagine, the dec-
laration which issued from the Quirinal
the other day may be justified. But in
the present unsettled state of Europe the
lust for land is no more justification than
the real or imaginary weakness of the
enemy. The position of Italy with re-
spect to the war has not thus far been
admirable. Solemnly bound to Germany
and Austria as an ally, she has been bar-
gaining and dickering for a price for
keeping faith and having set too high a
value upon her services, disappointment
is followed by a declaration of war. It
seems to be a” question of profit rather
than honor.
Of course the couple of million men
which Italy can project into the equation
and place on the firing line against Ger-
many, Austria, Hungary and Turkey,
will make a difference. The Teutonic
allies had a full-grown man’s job on their
hands before and this additional force
may make their burden too heavy to
bear long. At least we may hope that
will be the result and that the com-
plete conquest and dissection of the
German and Austrian empires may be
averted by an early appeal for peace.
The latest estimate of present expenses
of the war is $2,000,000 an hour. This
waste continued for tw) or three years
will impoverish the whole world for no
part of civilization is exempt from the
burden.
No one is greatly concerned about the
future of Turkey except in the hope that
it may be completely revolutionized or
“wiped off the map.” But no one wants
to see the German empire obliterated or
the Austrian, government too severely
chastised. Germany has offended gravely
in diffusing the spirit of militarism and
Austria deserves punishment for senility.
But to cut either or both up into parti-
cles for distribution among others lust-
ing for land and hungering for conquest,
would be an unsatisfactory remedy at
best. The action of Italy may prevent
such a calamity and if it works that result
civilization will be grateful. But that is
not what was intended.
BELLEFONTE, PA. MAY 28, 1915.
Our Weekly Summary of Legislative Activities.
Feeling that the people of Centre county have a personal interest in what is
being done by the Legislators at Harrisburg and that laws that may affect the
future of every individual more directly than ever before are under consideration
; now and may be written into the statutes of, the Commonwealth, the WATCHMAN
has arranged to publish a weekly summary of what has been done at Harrisburg.
It is not the purpose to go into detail of the various Acts proposed and furnish
you with a burdensome account of them. Merely to set them, and whatever else
is deemed of interest to the people of this ommunity, before you in a general,
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unbiased statement that will keep you informed of the progress that is being
made. The contributor of this Summary is one of the most capable and best
informed of Harrisburg’s newspaper men and the WATCHMAN has been very for-
tunate in enlisting his service for this work.—ED.
HARRISBURG, PA., May 26th, 1915.
Under the spur of necessity the Legislature, before final adjournment, last
week, passed finally and sent to the Governor for approval, a number of measures
which the Democrats have been trying to force into the statutes for more than a
dozen years. They are the workmen’s compensation bills and though they passed
the Senate unanimously they were among the last measures to get through. The
Attorney General was greatly pleased with the achievement, according to press
reports, but as a matter of fact if he and BRUMBAUGH, though then private citi-
zens, had asserted a deep-seated and determined interest in the subject two, four,
six, eight or ten years ago, the Legislature would have been performing its benef-
icent purposes ever since. :
There is a difference of opinion among ekperts as to the adequacy of the reve.
nues to meet the appropriations made during%the recent session. The appropri-
ations aggregate $67,000,000, and the revenues for the two years, according to es-
timates, will be $65,000,000. If both estimates are accurate the Governor will be
obliged to cut $2,000,000 off the appropriation or create a state of bankruptcy.
Mr. BRUMBAUGH has declared that under no éircumstances will he violate the con-
stitution by “shaving” items after the fashion adopted by his recent predecessors.
If he adheres to that determination he will find it necessary to veto ‘separate and
distinct” items and in that event nobody knows what project would suffer. There
is a fine opportunity for favoritism.
Two revenue bills which had been previously defeated were passed during
the closing hours of the session. They were Senate bill imposing a stamp tax of
two cents on each $100 stock transfer and House bill escheating to the State al}
deposits, dividends and other moneys which have lain inactive in banks for a
number of years. Possibly thesé measures will bridge the chasm between receipts
and expenditures and justify the approval of ail the appropriation bills. If this
hope is dissappointed, however, look out! The coal tax will be resisted in the
courts and litigation is proverbially slow. Meantime the friends of State College
would better be alert. The appropriation to that worthy institution was increased
~ from $900,000 to $1,000,000 during the closing hours and the Governor had pre-
viously expressed himself in favor of the lesser sum.
The claim has been made that the Legislature of this year sent a greater
number of bills to the Governor than any of its predecessors from the beginning.
More bills were introduced during the long <€ssion of two years ago, but fewer
got through. The record shows 1045 measures were sent up for approval of
which forty-one were recalled, fifty-three vetoed and 243 were approved. There
are 708 measures still in the hands of the Governor which must be acted upon
within thirty days of the date of adjournment and the indications are that a num-
ber of them will be vetoed. BRUMBAUGH is ambitious to make a record in veto
work and to accomplish that he will have to “go some.” At present he is over a
hundred short of TENER’S number.
There is a good deal of mental speculation as to which bills the Governor
will sign and which he may veto. Of course the compensation bills will be ap-
proved, the revenue raisers are equally certain of favor and the several resolutions
providing for constitutional amendments will be signed. There is an in-
creasing suspicion, however, that the approval or disapproval of bills will be de-
termined more by favor to those interested than by merit of the measures.
BRUMBAUGH appears to be a man of strong prejudices and inclined to resentments.
It is recalled that while the fight for local option was on he administered a re-
buke to VANCE C. MCCORMICK that was rather petty. VANCE had tendered his
“good offices,” and they were curtly declined. !
But there was some reason for the action in the case of MCCORMICK. Out of
the forty-one Democratic members of the House probably less than ten voted for
McCorMICK for Governor and maybe not more than five could have been influ
enced by him. The vast majority resented his star-chamber attempt to force an
anti-Democratic platform upon them and his undertaking to control Democratic
votes on the local option bill might have driven those personally inclined toward
the legislation to vote the other way. But BRUMBAUGH had another reason for
snubbing his recent antagonist. During the campaign McCorMICK did nothing
but iterate and reiterate the charge that BRUMBAUGH was committed to the li-
quor interests and would oppose any sort of temperance legislation. Under the
circumstances his offer to help BRUMBAUGH was surprising, to say the least.
Another suspicion is beginning to reveal itself on the political horizon. It is
that BRUMBAUGH imagines that he is “somewhat of a politician himself,” and
aspires to create a political machine which he can absolutely control. The cloud
was “no bigger than a man’s hand” when attention was first called to it but it has
grown amazingly. Analyze his appointments, for example. He named one of
Senator OLIVER’ friends for Highway Commissioner and thus “sealed” the Sena-
tor to him. Then he put ex-Mayor MAGEE of Pittsburg on the Public Utility
board, dinching the support of those opposed to OLIVER in Allegheny county. In
view of these facts the announcement that there will be no fight for Republican
nominations in Pittsburgh, this fall, is not surprising.
The personnel of the Public Utility board is a subject of admiration, as well
as study, in this connection. PENNYPACKER, BRECHT and MONAGHAN are PENROSE
adherents of the most servile sort; KEiss and MAGEE are sort of political merce-
naries, ready to serve anybody who will help them and AINEY represents, in a fee-
ble way of course, that meagre element in the party which is against the organi-
zation, right or wrong. It is a habit with some men to be opposed to whatever
is and though as a rule they don’t have anything better to offer, they fight blind-
ly. They imagine that everybody in authority is ‘dishonest and that nobody is
righteous except themselves. AINEY is one of this type and probably the only
one that could be relied upon. BRUMBAUGH threw them together with the hope
of fastening all of them to his personal machine.
For several years JoSEPH R. GRUNDY, president of the Pennsylvania Manu-
facturers’ association and principal “fat-fryer” of the PENROSE machine, has en-
joyed the purely honorary distinction of a seat in the Suburban Metropolitan
Planning Commission. Duting the campaign for and against the child labor bill
in the Legislature GRUNDY said some things about the Governor which couldn’t
be tortured into a fulsome eulogy. TENER had reappointed GRUNDY and his name
was among those recalled a few days before the close of the session.’ While all
the others were renamed GRUNDY was dropped. But Insurance Commissioner
JonNsoN, State Librarian MONTGOMERY, Water Supply Commissioner LYNCH and
Superintendent of Public Grounds and Buildings RAMBO were reappointed. In
justice to these gentlemen it must be said, however, that they are capable and
efficient officials. : :
The resolution to amend the constitution to authorize the issue of $50,000,000
in bonds, the proceeds of which is to be used in building and maintaining public
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NO. 22.
| Oil on Troubled Waters.
recaptured.
—With ninety-one jitney busses registered,
Johnstown has collected more than $700 taxes for
licenses to operate passenger carrying vehicles.
Somerset people are thinking of establishing a
jitney service with Johnstown.
=A. C. Lansbery, of Bigler, hasdisposed of his
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| From the Johnstown Democrat.
Gov. Brumbaugh is making it evident
' that he is the boss on the hill. There
are also indications that he is a boss pol-
.itician. The new Public Service com-
' mission may or may not meet the expec-
tations of the State as far as service is
neat political turn none will deny. For-
concerned. That it represents a rather |
road, to H. W. Hoover and Alfred Graham, of
i Clearfield, embracing about 1,000,000 feet of hem-
lock, which will be marketed without delay.
—Several young residents of DuBois have re-
| Suber tract near Palestine, on the Deer Creek
mer Mayor Magee gets a place and gets ' ceived neat typewritten letters from an alleged
itin the face of the fact that he and May- | matrimonial agency in that city offering to ar-
or Armstrong have found it quite impos- | range marriages for them. They don’t know
sible to dwell together in unity. Wheth- ; whether to take the proposal in earnest or as a
er or not Md#gee will cease to trouble in
Pittsburgh as a result of his new job is a
matter that the future must oa It
is only natural to suppose, however, that
. the Governor hopes Magee's appointment |
will at least serve to compose the Pitts-
burgh situation.
William B. D. Ainey is another one of
the disgruntled ones. He is not, of
joke.
{ —Francis Halloran, aged 8, a Clinton county
, lad who had gone with his father and an elder
i brother on a fishing expedition last Saturday,
, and suddenly disappeared, is believed to have
; been drowned in Bald Eagle creek. All efforts to
| find his body have been fruitless thus far.
| —Whiletheir parents had supposed they had
ul ins ; | goneto church last Sunday morning, LaVerne
er 0 [SAU Ingurgant. Le " : wie Titus, aged 18 years, was drowned in the river at
ing him in a nice fat job the Governor Villiamsport by the capsizing of his canoe, and
. makes it evident to the “North Tier” that | Ralph Homan, his companion, narrowly escaped
{ the days of warfare are over and that the . 3 Similar fate, but was rescued after he had
| Great Father in the State capitol propos- | abandoned hope, .
es to take care of all his children, even | —john P. Kelly, alias 1 (cBurney, whom a
| to the extent of protecting them from . tender-hearted Westmoreland county jury found
_ the wrath of Big Chief Penrose. | guilty of murderin the second degree, although
The Republican State Machine has for he had dynamited a residence and killed six hu-
| years stood pretty solidly by the doctrine ' man beings, was sentenced to serve not less than
that all those who would not go along’ fifteen nor more than twenty years in the west-
should be run over. Gov. Brumbaugh i ern penitentiary.
| tries different methods. Those who will | :
. not go along are to be given jobs. Their ! —Returns of the constables of Somerset county
enmity is to be tempered a8 a result of | arcaling th tenon o the court othe, fac
‘an infusion of kindness. There is, of fo > Re So aye re o y
course, no ground in the political i rena | have been Haled before the court . ain
3 : | I
i hore Den like Ra es ad Me | of jails to heey their sections of the roads in
footing. Kiess is a regular “regular.” | Passable condition.
He may prove to be a better judge of | —Boys of Williamsport, Pa., are to have a col-
: fact than he has been of political leaders. ! lege opportunity that boys in other cities may
The striking feature of the new Public | well envy. Through the will of the late A. D.
rService commission is that its first servic- | Hermance, funds are eventually to be made avail.
es are purely political. It constitutes the | able sufficient to give every deserving graduate
. basis for some sort of harmony deal. |
Whether a body so palpably appointed |
with a view of side-tracking factional
i quarrels in the party that Gov. Brum-
of the High school $500 a year for four years
while attending Cornell University.
—Joe Pelleretti, convicted in the Clearfield
baugh is so bravely attempting to cap- | court of manslaughter on the charge of killing
Ban TEnUeE 3 Pg ro on | bis wife at Woodland on the night of April 1th
service; whether it is a body that will be | Was sentenced Thursday of last week by Judg
free from all entangling alliances, is a | Bell to solitary confinement in the western peni-
problem that the future must solve, The | tentiary fora maximum term of eight years. He
people of the State can only hope that
the new commission will be as efficient
as it is political. : ex
The Rose-Colored View.
From the Lancaster Intelligencer. ~~ ©
The Philadelphia Record afte
Ting trade reports from a ;
country, takes a rose-colored view
| industrial and commercial
i must be admitted that it presents an
array of evidence which strongly encour-
i ages that view, even though a return of
| prosperity while the greater part of the
, world remains at war and while we our-
i selves may even be upon the brink of it
seems to be rather too much to expect.
of the
i It is a matter of historic record that we i
| enjoyed a more than feverish prosperity '
i on several occasions when great foreign
wars were in progress and actually
i built up a great American merchant’
| marine during the Napoleonic wars.
Doubt whether we could do it again has
| been based mainly upon the belief that
| long wars were out of date, but this war
: is getting to be amazingly long as well
as broad. ’
It cannot be questioned, however, that
| a stable prosperity is only to be expect-
led as a development of peace, and all the
commercial expansion that comes before
that must be accepted with cautious con-
| sideration of the ways and means by
which it may be retained.
——From the quantity of rain we have
i had during the past two or three weeks
one is almost inclined to believe that na-
ture has provided a regular rainy season
for Pennsylvania, as at no time since
May of last year have we had as much
| rain as we have had this spring. But it
| came at a good time. Most of the farm-
ers have their corn in the ground and
these rains will bring it along in good
shape. Then enough water has already
fallen to soak the ground thoroughly and
i springs and wells that have been dry
| since last fall have started flowing once
again and all the streams in the county
have been replenished. The wheat and
' grass are looking fair and all we need
| now is warmer weather and all vegeta-
! tion will just naturally leap out of the
ground.
| ——Billy Sunday on Sunday closed his
} Seven week’s campaign in Patterson, N.
i J., with a credit of 14,907 converts and a
' contribution of $24,000, which it is ex-
| pected will be increased to $25,000. The
: total expenses of the campaign including
Billy's contribution was $61,742, or an
; average of $4.07 a convert. Billy work-
, ed forty-two days, receiving an average
| of $572.28 per day and preached ninety-
| three sermons at an average of $258.06
la sermon. This makes a total of $410,-
' 529.26 Sunday has received from twenty-
three evangelistic campaigns covering a
period of a little over ten years.
| --J. KENNEDY JOHNSTON has purchased
! a Ford automobile, we presume to put a
. little more speed into his judicial cam-
! paign. Judge ORvIS already being the
: possessor of a “tin Lizzie” there will evi-
“dently be no competition in motive pow-
er, at least, between these two judicial
aspirants. Mr. QUIGLEY has relied on
shank’s mares up to this time, but we
wouldn’t be surprised to see him start
his campaign on a road roller, while can-
didate DALE will probably ride his tripod.
Hl :
n Bol slat L 3 Wi vw el
= ini: wis. Vestmoreland seem.to be quite
outlook and it |
* was also fined $1.00 and costs of prosecution.
| —Another Westmoreland county jury found
| Fritz Ungerer, a young fellow who deliberately
; choked his wife to death, guilty of murder in the
| second deree. The court sentenced him to im-
prisonment in the western penitentiary for not
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than twelve nor more than twenty years.
—Two naughty Lock Haven lads created an
' excitement by carrying several sticks of dynamite
! and a quantity of caps into the school room. One
: of the boys disappeared promptly after they were
{ compelled to remove the stuff and was later lo-
cated at Philadelphia. He is to receive attention
from the proper authorities when he is landed at
Lock Haven again.
—While working about the machinery in the
plant of the Ligonier Block & Stone company,
, near Cramer, Cambria county, Marion Clark, 19
years old, met a horrible death. In some man-
ner his clothing became entangled in the shafting
and he was whirled about many times, his lifeless
body being discovered by his father,I. G. Clark,
superintendent of the company.
—L. H. Knapp, of Salona, on Saturday arrested
: three Lock Haven men for fishing with set lines
in a trout stream, in Fishing creek, at the head
of the Axe company dam. A hearing was held
before Alderman Anthony in Lock Haven Mon-
day afternoon. One of them was discharged and
"in default of a fine of $20 the other two were
committed to the county jail for 20 days,
1
| —After being robbed of grain, fruit and poultry,
' S. A. Robinson, a farmer, living near Academia,
Juniata county, laid in wait for the mauraders
with a shotgun. Two of them visited his farm
and both are now suffering from the effects of
gun shot wounds inflicted on them by the farmer.
William Hostler received thirty-eight shot in one
leg and nine in the other and had to be taken
home in a wagon. The other man escaped with
very slight injuries.
| —Joseph Smith, of Muncy, state game pro-
tector, has returned to Williamsport from Rose
Valley where he inspected the wheat field on the
: the farm of D. L. Stiger which was damaged by
deer. He found that ten acres had been badly
damaged by the animals. Mr. Stiger has asked
the State to reimburse him for the loss. Mr,
| Stiger states that he has driven as many as seven
| deer from his fields at one time and that he has
lost considerable every year through their dep-
redations.
| —Laborers sinking postholes in Oakdale,
Luzerne county, on Friday, unearthed a crock of
gold. While the exact amount of the treasure
cannot be definitely ascertained on account of
the scramble of the workmen for its possession,
it is estimated at from $500 to $1,000. The mon-
ey wasin $10 and $20 coins. It is believed to
have been the property of a woman who lived on
the premises about 30 years ago and put no faith
in banks. She was known to have money, but
" the secret of its hiding place she carried to the
grave.’
—The complaint brought by the West Virginia
Pulp and Paper Company ‘against the rates ad-
vanced by the Pennsylvania railroad for the
transportation of pulp wood from various points
to paper mills at Tyrone, Williamsburg, Lock
Haven, Roaring Spring, York Haven and Johnson-
burg, has been dismissed by the old Public Serv-
ice Commission. The complainants alleged that
the rates would amount to ten cents per net ton
and that this would be excessive and discrimina-
tory. The Commission found that there was no
discrimination and that the advance of the rates
was just and reasonable,
~The Renovo Record says that two car loads
of flint fire clay taken from land on the mountain
north of Renovo by Michael Dempsey and taken
over the Paddys Run railway, are nowl in the
Renovo yard awaiting shipment to Keesby, N. ;J “
to be used in a large brick plant at that place by
parties who have leased from Mr. Murphy the
land on which the clay was mined. This com-
pany has heretofore purchased clay from Ger-
many, and their experts say that the clay found
on the Murphy lands is superior to any German
product they ever received, containing as it does,
less than half of one per cent. of iron.