BY P. GRAY MEEK.
EE EE SASS:
Ulbgladukum.
For months the energetic young men
who originated the Old Home week cel-
ebration that begins in Bellefonte this
morning have placarded persons and
blank walls, fence rails, automobiles and
telephone poles ali over Central Pennsyl-
vania with that unique jumble of letters
ulbgladukum. It was a sort of
acrostic designed to arrest attention and
center it upon the fact that Bellefonte
will have open house from July 2nd to
8th, 1915.
It was more than that, however. It
was an invitation to come and a guaran-
tee that those who accepted it would
have nothing to regret so far as our
hospitality is’concerned.
Indications are everywhere that many
have ‘already taken us at our word.
Doubtless there are thousands more fol-
lowing them. We have invited all of
these people back to their home county
and their home town not for the purpose
of taking advantage of congested condi-
tions and charging them exorbitant prices
for necessaries while here, but that they
may know that the old place is just as
dear as the memories they have treasured
of it and that its people are just as warm
hearted as they were in the olden days
when railroads, telephones, rural mails
and automobiles were not and individuals
were more dependent, one upon the
other, than they are now.
Naturally there has been much of un-
pleasantness in arranging what will be
the most pretentious undertaking Belle-
fonte has ever made. As we look at our
streets and the program we cannot re-
frain from an expression of admiration
for the young men who have done the
work. They have had many difficulties
to overcome, some criticism to allay, but
they have come through with it all
splendidly and today they put up to the
rest of us the opportunity to make good
the promise that those who come to
Bellefonte will be glad they came.
Let us make good. Let us not try to
commercialize the celebration in anyway.
Let us give the home comers a glad wel-
come, lavish courteous hospitality upon
them while they are here, remembering
that they are our invited guests and that
we are citizens of Bellefonte with a
reputation for courtliness to maintain.
Professor Nearing and His Case.
The failure of the trustees of the Uni-
versity of Pennsylvania to re-employ
Prof. NEARING has developed into some-
thing like a National issue. It appears
that for some time Prof. NEARING has
been in the service of the University in
the capacity of under teacher of political
economy. Recently he has expressed
some views which were not in accord
with those of the trustees. Because of
this he was not re-employed. If the
incident had related to Harvard, Princeton
or Yale, no notice would have been taken
of it. But the University of Pennsylvania
is a semi-public institution, is supported
in part by the Legislature of the State,
and the taxpayers, or certain taxpayers,
were more or less outraged by the action
of the trustees and volumes have been
written, spoken and published about it.
If Prof. NEARING has any intelligence
at all and a reasonable measure of in-
formation upon the science of political
economy, he would be obliged to differ
in opinion from the trustees of the Uni-
versity of Pennsylvania. Those smug
gentlemen are still laboring under the
absurd delusion that a community or a
State may be made wealthy by taxing
the people—that robbing an individual
enriches him, provided, of course, that
the proceeds of the robbery goes into the
hands of themselves, their friends or
their favorites. If anybody expresses a
different opinion or teaches a different
philosophy, he is a heretic and entitled
to no consideration. At least he is dis-
qualified from service as a teacher in
their school and as they feel that they
own the institution, they also feel that
they have a right to dismiss him at
pleasure.
Under the circumstances we have no
complaint against the failure to re-employ
Professor NEARING. But we do complain
against taxing the people of Pennsylvania
to maintain such an institution as the
University of Pennsylvania. It would be
just as fair to ask the Legislature to
appropriate money of the people to main-
tain the Union League or the Republican
State committee. As the president of
the board of trustees said to the student
body in 1906, that institution is anxious
to keep the Republican party in power
in Harrisburg and it has no right to ask
for support from citizens of the State
who are not deluded with the notion that
the surest way to make a farmer rich is
to burn his barn just after his crop has
been stored in it. The last appropria-
tion to the University of Pennsylvania
was probably approved for that reason.
——In another column of this paper
appears the announcement that County
Commissioner W. H. NoLL Jr., will be a
candidate for re-election. Mr. NoLL’s
extensive business operations at Pleasant
Gap almost deterred him from again
seeking the office in which he has ren-
dered such valuable service to the coun-
ty, but so insistent have been the de-
mands and so general the commendation
of his service that he has decided to be a
candidate for the second term.
effort has been made to conserve the
-ble see that they are properly and com-
VOL 60.
Centre County Old Home
mana
STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION.
BELLEFONTE, PA. JULY 2, 1915.
Week Celebration.
Gorgeous Decorations, Large Crowds and an Auspicious Weather Qutlook Marks the Offi-
A BIG PROGRAM EVERY DAY.
cial Opening.
WATCH THE BIG FREE EXHIBITIONS, ETC,
A Complete Account of What Constitutes
the Week’s Program. Information of
Importance to all Visitors. A Very
Complete List of Old Centre
Countians Back for the
Celebration.
By the time this issue of the WATCH-
MAN reaches its many readers the Centre
county Old Home week will be fully
launched in Bellefonte, and with favor-
able weather, this historic old town of
three Governors will entertain more
people during the coming week than it
has ever entertained before in a like |
period of time. And the one thing it be- |
hooves every resident of Bellefonte to do |
isto extend the glad hand to all, whether |
he be a friend or a stranger within our |
gates.
Peruse carefully the very complete
program published in another column of
this paper, as it is the only absolutely
correct program published and differs
materially from former programs. Every
streets for the use of the expected
crowds, and for that reason it was nec-
cessary to concentrate the shows on the
island in Spring creek above this office.
The parking grounds for automobiles
has been changed from Howard street to
a vacant field on east Bishop street. A
big electric light will be erected there
and four watchmen will be in charge.
For these accommodations a fee of 25
cents will be charged. But the commit-
tee desires it distinctly understood that
parking on these grounds is not compul-
sory. Aside from the main business
part of the town the-streets will be open
to all and automobilists may park where
they see fit, only they will do so at their
own risk.
The weather forecast is for a clear day
on Monday and every indication points
to an enormous crowd. Monday’s re-
ception committee will be composed of
the following prominent gentlemen:
Hon. A. G. Morris, Col. W. Fred Rey-
nolds, Dr. R. G. H. Hayes, Sheriff Arthur
B. Lee, Col. H. S. Taylor, John J. Bower
Esq., County Commissioner William H.
Noll and Register J. Frank Smith. These
gentlemen will receive the guests and
visiting delegations and as far as possi-
fortably placed.
The Centre county Old Home week
has been advertised far and wide and
the thousands of visitors who come here
will see everything the committee prom-
ised. All the free attractions mentioned
in the program are here and a regular
carnival of shows has been ertablished
upon the Midway island. The only
spesech-making after this morning’s’
official opening will be at ten o'clock on
Monday morning when United States
Senator Boies Penrose and George W.
Zeigler Esq., of Philigsburg, will make
addresses.
THE FIREMEN’S PARADE.
Naturally the big parades will be a fea-
ture, and the civic and firemen’s parade
on Monday morning will be the first. In
this parade will be the Rescue company,
of Curwensville; the Hope Hose, Citizens
Hose and Hand in Hand companies, of -
Lock Haven; the State College company;
the Logans and Undines, of Bellefonte,
and probably a company from Renovo.
A number of civic organizations will also
be in line as well as six or seven bands-
Capt. M. J. Locke will be chief marshall
of this parade with Lieut. Phil. D. Foster,
chief of staff.
THE CIVIC PARADE.
A number of Lodges of Odd Fellows
will appear in the fraternal parade on
Tuesday, as well as the Moose and other
fraternal organizations, but it is impos-
sible at this time to give the exact num-
ber. J. Will Conley will be chief marshall
of the fraternal parade with Lieut. Thom-
as Beaver, chief of staff. All parades will
form on west High street and the route
will be on High street to Spring, Spring to
Bishop, Bishop to Ridge, counter-march
to Allegheny, Allgheny to Linn, Linn to
Armor, Armor to Curtin, Curtin to Spring,
Spring to High, High to the Diamond
where the parades will be reviewed and’
disband.
: THE AUTOMOBILE PARADE.
The automoble parade on Tuesday
evening gives promise of being exceed-
ingly large. Cars are already entered
from all parts of Centre county, and
even adjoining counties. Robert F. Hun-
[Continued on page 4, Col. 1.]
The Really Official Program—Old Home Week.
FRIDAY, JULY 2.
10:30 a. m.—Opening Ceremony at Speaker's Stand in the Diamond.
Prayer....ci.. iii Shih anit inns by Rev. Dr. E. H. Yocum
Address of Welcome..... . .
..... by Mayor Edmund Blanchard
Address of Welcome to Centre County............... by Col. H. S. Taylor
11:00 a, m. to 12:00 m............ Concert in Diamond Our Boys Band of Milesburg
00D. Mee oe hr nai en Aerial Howards, in Diamond
4:00 p. m ...Edward Gheer, on The Island
7:00 p. m Edward Gheer, on The Island
7:30 to 10:00 p. m—General Reception with Concert by Our Boys Band of Miles-
burg, at residence of Mayor Blanchard, East Linn Street. The Coun-
ty and Borough officials will be guests of honor and light refresh-
ments will be served. ‘
0200 DTN eo coe ah rvensisinserarissinnons. i a a Aerial Howards, in Diamond
SATURDAY, JULY 3—ATHLETIC DAY.
10:00 a. m.—5-Mile Marathon Race from the Diamond to Milesburg and return.
Prof. Wright, of State College, the former A. A. U. champion will run
over the same course in an effort to break his own record of 25 min-
utes and 23 seconds for thedistance. The entries for the Marathon
are Lawrence Whiting and John Kline, Bellefonte; James Hugg and
Isaac Murray, Milesburg; Roger Bowman, Harold Diehl and S. C.
Cates, of State College.
Levi Lamb, State’s Champion and Zello, of Philadelphia. Prof. Franks
will give an exhibition of chain breaking, bending iron, brass, Etc.
9:00pm... Aerial Howards in Diamond, pyrotechnical High Wire Act
SUNDAY, JULY 4.
Usual services at all the churches in the morning. At the following
Shichas former Pastors or native Centre countians will preach as
follows:
‘Presbyterian church 10:45—a. m.; Rev. William Potter VanTries, of Al. |th
toona, will preach. 7:30 p. m., song service.
Methodist church 11:00 a. m.—Rev. Dr. Pardo will preach. 7:30 p. m.
Rev. Dr. M. K. Foster will preach.
Reformed :-church—Rev. Frank Wetzel, of Stoyestown, will préach both
morning and evening.
Evangelical church—Rev. Brown, of Millheim, will preach in the evening,
United Brethren church—Rev. Sprague will preach in the morning and
Rev. George E. Emenbhizer in the evening at 7:40.
3:00 p. m.—Union meeting at the Band Stand in the Diamond. Dr. George E.
Hawes, of the Presbyterian church will preside. Visiting ministers
will give 5-minute talks. The P. R. R. band will furnish the music
and the words of the hymns to be sung will be furnished on slips.
7:30t09:30 p. m............... Sacred Concert Tyrone P. R. R. Band, in the Diamond
. MONDAY, JULY 5.
Tyrone P. R. R. Band Concert in Diamond
110 BR Se i Aerial Howards, in Diamond
10:00 a. m—Speeches by U. S. Senator Penrose, and Geo. W. Ziegler, Philipsburg.
10:30 a. FeCIVIC AND FIREMEN’S PARADES. Prizes aggregating $255 will
e given.
Nervo will dive from roof of Bush House
seeeeennneeenn Aviator Richter, at Beaver’s Field
NE Ae Aerial Howards, in Diamond
TAB PD. Meisner bi Sveti Edward Gheer, on The Island
3:00 p. m—Base Ball Game, Hughes Field—(Renovo P. & E. vs. Altoona P. R. R.,)
and Prof. Franks will wrestle with a bull. An admission of 25 cents
will be charged to these events. The Coleville band will play at the
ball game.
4:30 Di Mausaneerarodiniirnnnniininrinionss nave iit tics Aviator Richter, Beaver’s Field
el rn I eR ie ae Edward Gheer, aerialist on The Island
7:00 to 9:00 p m......... .....Tyrone P. R.R.Band Concert on Academy Campus
70010 9:30 Dp. Mocvovevininniieinin iii Concert Aaronsburg Band, in the Diamond
7:30 pom... ahs a ara aa Nervo will dive from roof of Bush House
0:00:0. Mwai initia idbisin itn ni Fire Works on the Glass Works Meadow
TUESDAY, JULY 6.
0:00:a. ma... anu a, San Tyrone P. R. R. Band Concert in Diamond
9:30:a, Movin nenis, Si ies, ieeeiaans at in Aerial Howards, in Diamond
... FRATERNAL PARADE.—$100 in prizes will be given
: Nervo, dives from roof of the Bush House
11:00 a. m—Reunion of Pine Grove Mills Academy students at the High School
Building. :
11:00 a. m—Reunion of Bellefonte Academy Students at the Bellefonte Academy.
11:30'a. m............. Per sr hehe ts ravens anh Aviator Richter, at Beaver’s Field
1.00 to 3:00 p. m................. Tyrone P. R. R. Band Concert on Academy Campus
1:00t0:3:00 p.m. .cctiiihni nd .Boalsburg or Philipsburg Band in Diamond
2:30.p. M.ivviciinee TRL JR Aerial Howards, in Diamond
RIAD. Pi Miva csiniiniiiiniiviinsisns 60s visuhbessnihssns sebnen Edward Gheer, on the Island
4:00 P. Muceeeesniiinieniiiiiiniesisseneeiecniniennes ooo Aviator Richter, at Beaver’s Field
7:00 to 10:00. p. m.............. Tyrone P.R. R. Band Concert on Academy Campus
00D. Mac nn na Edward Gheer, aerialist on The Island
7:30p. m.......... 3euvonatasubisest sressstsritsimminn Nervo dives from roof of Bush House
8:30 p. n—DECORATED AUTOMOBILE PARADE—First prize, $15.00; second
prize, $10.00; third prize, $5.0. Over one hundred automobiles are
already entered for this parade.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 7.
0:00:38... iid is Tyrone P. R. R. Band Concert, in Diamond
9:00 a. m—State College Gun Club Shoot (for Championship of Centre county, )
continuing all day.
DB a mada Ed Aerial Howards, in Diamond
10:30 a. m—INDUSTRIAL PARADE, $50 in prizes will be given. Between fifty
and seventy-five floats are entered for this parade.
00a... iii. aia aay Nervo dives from roof of Bush House
IER LE Uy EE DR Aviator Richter, at Beaver’s Field
2:00 to 4:00 p. m..... Tyrone P. R. R. Band Farewell Concert on Academy Campus
3:00 0300p. mM... Odd Fellows Orphans’ Band, in Diamond
2:30 pm. aa i Aerial Howards, in Diamond
2b p.m. an RRR Edward Gheer, on The Island
LOO PAM. lh a RL LL Aviator Richter, Beaver’s Field
7:00 p. m...........0. cn a Edward Gheer, aerialist on The Island
BOD... hn Nervo dives from roof of Bush House
8:00:t0 10:30 p.m... Orphanage or Coleville Band, in Diamond
THURSDAY, JULY 8,
9:30 8, Moves rinisin tists src sizasseis vines isinnen Aerial Howards, in Diamond
1:00am... co... ivi ass Nervo dives from the roof of the Bush House
YO a. I. a Aviator Richter, at Beaver’s Field
20, Mw en Aerial Howards, in Diamond
: . Edward Gheer, on The Island
4:00. P. Mo... tenn es t3ssevinaness :-Aviator Richter, at Beaver's Field
7:30 p.m... Nervo dives from the roof of the Bush House
8100 PD. M....oiviniiriivicrsiin Giving away of Six-cylinder Mitchell Automobile
10:30 0 12....0...00 00 ran a at Concert, Coleville Band in the Diamond
1:00pm. Tennis Tournament, singles for Boys, at Hughes Field
1:30 D-M..cov.... iid rei Aerial Howards, High Wire Act in Diamond
2 00pm...........0........ Tennis Tournament, doubles for men at Hughes Field
00D. MM... nl Outdoor Track Events at Hughes Field
3:00 p. m.—Prof. Franks, Strong Man, will pull against R. B. Taylor's team of
black horses, at Hughes Field.
3:30 p. m.—Base-ball Game, Blanchard vs. Milesburg for Championship Banner,
at Hughes Field. Admission 25 cents.
A100. P.1n. Lan a an Edward Gheer, high @rialist on The Island
BLod0 pam... i in aR Concert, Coleville Band in Diamond
F100 Diilll..iiaiiivinsihnesiniionen sstiisennits sianics Edward Gheer, aerialist on The Island |
8:30 p. m.—Indoor Athletic meet at Y. M. C. A. Wrestling Match between
NO, 27%.
| War Orders for Germany.
|
| Fron the Philadelphia Record. .
i
An item of current news ina trade
journal states that “the Belgian State
Railways have ordered 20 locomotives
from the American Locomotive com-
| pany.” On its face this does not seem a
{ particularly important matter until it is
| recalled that only a tiny corner of Bel-
| gium remains in the hands of its right-
| ful government, and that along the banks
; of the Yser railway operations are quite
impossible. Clearly, therefore, the order
. must come from that portion of the Bel-
| gian system of State railroads -which is
in German possession and is being con-
ducted under German direction. In other
; words, the order is from Germany itself,
. though the Belgians will doubtless have
i to pay for the locomotives, and this mo-
| tive power is to be used in hauling Ger-
{ man troops and supplies back and forth
i over Belgian territory. They may thus
! be regarded practically as munitions of
| war, though of asomewhat different kind
from shrapnel and high explosives.
! Such an order gives confirmation to
{the recent reports from Connecticut
| cities, which stated that of the war ma-
| terial being turned out for European na-
| tions the proportion for Germany ranged
| from 10 to 15 per cent. Earlier in the
| year we quoted from a reliable Providence
| newspaper, which told of the great
| activity in many New England mills
| caused by the filling of war orders for
| Germany. No secrecy was made about
| the matter.
| The truth is, of course, that the United
| States has been absolutely impartial in
the exercise of its undoubted right to
| make and sell war material to belligerent
nations. If the percentage of production
| for Germany is much less than that for
England or France, that is because of
the difficulty of delivering German orders.
Great Britain has swept German ships
from the seas. Thatis Germany's mis-
fortune, but it constitutes no reason why
the manufacturers of the United States
should forego a right guaranteed to them
by international law. Uncle Sam is play-
ing no favorites in this war game.
Two Billion Dollar Trade Balance.
From the Aloona Times.
Sir George Paish, financial expert of
the London Statist and adviser of the
British government, prophesied last sum-
mer that the United States would, as the
war proceeded, become the financial cen-
ter of the world. We have already at-
tained that distinction. He prophesied
then that our favorable trade balance for
e year would reach a billion dollars,
| and that forecast has been closely ap-
: proximated. We are prepared, now, to
| listen respectfully when he announces
: that our excess of exports over imports
for the next twelve months may reach
$2,000,000,000. The greatest favorable
balance we ever had, before the present
billion-dollar year, was $666,000,000 in
1908. A two-billion-balance in our favor
would be precisely three times that.
Such a situation would mean that we
could use two thousand million dollars a
year in buying up American securities
now held abroad, and in lending money
to foreign nations, without in the slight-
est degree impairing our own domestic
credit or money supply.
With a billion» dollar wheat crop in
prospect and other crops doing well, with
the steel industry reviving and the pros-
pect of getting ahead to the extent of two
billion dollars a year in our foreign busi-
ness, the few pessimists left might just
as well stop croaking. .
Popular Vote Would Favor Lansing.
. From the Philadelphia Evening Ledger.
| Before Mr. Wilson was inaugurated
the press of the country overflowed with
conjectures as to his probable Secretary
of State. The office is now vacant, but
nobody seems to take any interest in the
matter. Possibly most citizens have felt
that the office could not be conducted
with less efficiency than characterized
the conduct of it under Mr. Bryan.
There is a general feeling too, that Mr.
| Larsing fully measures up to the require-
ments of the international situation.
i. It is well to remember, however, that
the Secretary of State has usually been
the President’s closest adviser in politic-
al affairs, a man versed in feeling out
public sentiment and in interpreting pub-
lic wants. Mr. Lansing has not been in
public life long enough to answer these
requirements, it is true, yet McKinley
brought Hay from obscurity in Ohio to
the position and he performed the duties
with skill and success.
A popular vote would doubtless favor
Mr. Lansing above anybody else, on ac-
count of his intimate knowledge of pres-
ent negotiations and conditions. The
President, there is good reason to be-
I lieve, feels the same way about it.
Military Quarrels.
From the Philadelphia Record.
{ If Lord Kitchener and Sir John
, French are on bad terms, the situation
is one with which we are quite familiar.
| Secretary Stanton never made a com-
| mendatory reference to Gen. Grant after
| the period of Fort Donelson, and at the
| grand review in Washington Sherman re-
| fused to shake hands with ‘him. Several
i years after the war Sherman moved his
" headquarters to St. Louis to escape the
| proximity of another Secretary of War.
| Gen. Miles was in a continuous quarrel
with the Secretary of War during the
{ latter part of the time he was in com-
mand of the army. The relations be-
tween Gen. Winfield Scott and Secretary
| Jefferson Davis were very similar.
A Warning.
|
| From the Boston Evening Transcript.
If anybody tries. to haul down the
American flag make him see stars an
, wear stripes! :
——Put your ad. in the WATCHMAN,
| SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE.
—A Johnstown man has been fined $50 and the
costs for drunkenness while driving an automo.
bile. His license will also be revoked.
—Clearfield county prison had a population of
: thirty-one at the close of last week, but this week
| is expected to witness a considerable decrease in
the number.
—The decapitated body of Joe Druepolo, a
miner, was found early Sunday morning along
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad; near Holsopple,
Somerset county.
—W. A. Snyder, of the clerical force of Lock
Haven Trust and Safe Deposit company, has ac-
cepted the position of cashier of the State bank
at Mill Hall, Clinton county.
—The Latrobe Bulletin says that orders were
| issued recently for firing up at once 400 additional
coke ovens, distributed among fifteen plants.
Another report says that 770 additional ovens
will be fired within the next few days.
—While guiding a lawn mower along the road
| Joseph Huright, a well-known resident of
Youngstown, Westmoreland county, was run
down by a runaway horse and so badly injured
that he died within half an hour. He is survived
by five children.
© —The Gulflight, recently torpedoed by the
Germans, had on 'boord a shipment of Hayes
Run fire brick manufactured at Orviston, Pa.
The brick, of course, were lost but as the com-
pany was not responsible after they were loaded
on the vessel it sustains no financial loss.
—Newton A. Mosteller, of Somerset county,
has brought suit against the township of Somer-
set to recover $2,500 damages. He al-
leges that the road supervisors, in using a
grading machine drawn by a traction engine, set
fire to timber, orchards and fences and caused
forest fires.
!
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i
—Earnest Carlson, a big Swede who has estab
lished a reign of terror in the Grass Flat region,
Clearfield county, was arrested on Thursday by
a solitary constable and landed in the Clearfield
jail. He admits that he has committed eleven
robberies but the people out that way place a
score to his credit.
—L. A. Frye, once postmaster at Tipton, for-
merly a prominent lumber dealer, on Monday
pleaded guilty in Blair county court to robbing
the post office and general store at Tipton sever- |,
al weeks ago, and was sentenced to from eigh-
teen months to three years in the penitentiary.
He blamed his downfall on drink.
—Mrs. Howard E. Gray, of Roaring Branch,
who several months ago refused the offer of
John Mock, brother-in-law of Charles M. Schwab,
of $100,000 for her little two-year-old daughter,
Vivian Jane Gray, died ina private hospital in
Williamsport, on Monday, following an opera-
tion, Mrs. Gray was 22 yearsof age.
. —Mrs. Fannie Fling, Lewistown, who attempt _
ed suicide about two weeks ago by shooting her-
self in the left breast at her home, died Saturday
afternoon at the Harrisburg hospital where she
had been a patient ever since. Mr. Fling said
after firing the shot that she had been
in ill health which was the cause for her attempt-
ing suicide.
—Jonathan A. Miller, of Bratton township,
Mifflin county, in his 84th vear, continues to do
a man's work in the hay fields and in the wheat
harvest and expects to make a full hand when
corn husking time comes around. In his early
days Jonathan was a mighty hunter and many a
deer fell before his double barrel, muzzle loading
rifle which he still treasures as a relic of the
past.
—~Punhxsutawney and vicinity were swept on
one of the closing days of last week by one of the
most violent hail storms within the memory of
theoldest inhabitant. Crops of every descrip-
tion were cut down or beaten to the ground,
truck gardens were battered beyond all sem-
blance of gardens, leaves were stripped from.
trees and in many places windows were broken.
Many of the hail stones were as large as pigeon
eggs.
—Mrs. William Richards, of Williamsport, was
seated on a rocking chair on the porch of her
home watching the progress of an electric storm
when she was struck on the back of the neck by
a bolt which passed through the porch. Her
jaws were locked so that she was unable to talk.
Her face and neck turned green and for a time
she seemed in a serious condition. However,
her jaws relaxed and she is now much improved.
She suffered much pain.
—John McAlarney, who surrendered himself to
the Court at Wilkes-Barre after living the life
of a hermit on the Hazelton mountains, on Mon-
day appeared before Judge O’Boyle and pleaded
guilty to larceny and breaking jail. He was sen-
tenced to serve from six to ten years in the East-
ern Penitentiary, pay a fine of $500 and the costs
of prosecution. County Detective D. T. Mc-
Kelvey said that McAlarney had been charged
with every crime on the calendar excent mur-
der.
—George H. Mundorf, a well known business
man of DuBois, was struck by lightning while in
acorn field at his country home, near DuBois
and seriously injured but he is expected.to re-
cover. His clothing was practically torn from
his body, his eye-brows singed off and one side of
his body badly burned. During the progress of
the same storm a dwelling occupied by August
Palmquist was struck by the electric fluid and set
onfire. The fire was extinguished, however, be-
fore much damage had been done.
—Williamsburg, Blair county, Pa.,is making an
effort to land a $250,000 rubber plant, which the
National Rubber company proposes to establish
in some town. Other towns, including Cumber-
land, Md., are after this new industry. Williams-
burg citizens have been asked to raise $25,000 for
the project, but it isstated that they are so anx-
ious to secure the industry that double that
amount can be raised. According to a represen-
tative of the National Rubber company the new
plant will employ from 600 to 800 men.
—David Flenner, 60 years old, a carpenter, of
Alexandria, was instantly killed and W. Kenaga,
superintendent of Federal Refractories company,
Alexandria, was slightly injured when the latter's
50- horsepower auto turned over along the road
from Hollidaysburg to Alexandria Saturday
afternoon. They had been to Altoona, Kenaga
received word of a death in his family and was
returning home at a fast clip. In turning out for
a wagon near the border line between Hunting-
don and Bedford counties, Kenaga was forced
too close to the edge of the road. The car plung-
ed into aditch and turned over, crushing Flen-
ner to death. Kenaga escaped with slight
bruises. Flenner leaves a widow and three chil-
dren. Mr. Kenaga is well known in Bellefonte
and has figured in a number of previous automo-
bile accidents.
—The limestone industry in Blair county will
take on a new lease of life, with the beginning of
the month, orders being received last week to
start all the quarries in the vicinity of Clover
Creek on full time. Most of the quarries have
been closed since last May. Some days ago the
quarries along Piney Creek were started in opera
tion and the order received last week to put the
Clover Creek quarries on full time means that
practically every quarry inthe southern end of the
county will be in operation within the next week.
Largeorders have been renewed from Braddock
and other steel centers in the Pittsburgh zone
and the orders now on hand will keep most of
the quarries working for many months, The
resumption of work at the quarries indicates that
the steel industry is picking up, this presaging a
general era of prosperity. :