"BY P. GRAY MEEK.
A
INK SLINGS.
—The oyster is in the soup again and |
there is real pig in the sausage all be-
cause September is here.
—And the women are to wear fur-
belows during the fall and winter. They
will wear fur above, as well, because
everything is to be trimmed with fur.
—Just eighteen more days of the race
between the Fords and the Buick. And
it must be acknowledged that the Fords
can get furthest on the same quantity of
gas. :
—Many a car load of automobilists was
stuck in that slough west of Zion on Sun-
day, when, really, its occupants might
have had far less discomfort had they
been in church or Sunday school.
—Really the campaign for primary
preference is disappointing. Can’t some-
body start something? This thing of
purifying politics is all right, but there
certainly ought to be some ginger left
in it.
—Germany hat come to her senses.
She has seen the submarine question
through Uncle Sam’s glasses. Wash.
ington is happy. The Germans are hap-
py and ROOSEVELT and the rest of the
jingoes are madder than ever.
—There are a great many customs
that have changed within recent years.
Nowadays you rarely hear of a brass
band serenading a newspaper office,
whereas it used to be that a band’s parade
was never complete until it had played
one or two tunes for the editor and one
or two more for the “puff.”
—MTr. BRYAN has just delivered him-
self of this announcement: “The work
which I have mapped out for my re-
maining years does not include the oc-
cupying of any political positions.” It is
a safe bet to wager that his work does
include the prevention of some others
from occupying any political position.
—PrisciLLA still persists in hiding
her identity. The muse gave her another
little tickle iast week with the result that
we were able to produce another of her
teasing. jingles. This is such a fickle
world, however, that we must admonish
our unknown but pet poetess that she
will have to keep going, else others
might forget her. We never will.
—OR0ZCO, one of the HUERTA generals
in Mexico and the hero of many hard
fought battles, has been shot to death by
Mexican cow boys who caught him steal-
ing horses. Here might be the solution
of all the Mexican troubles. Most of
the Generals down there are of the
Orozco stripe and if they were out of the
way peace would come to the country sO"
why not set out decoy horses all over
Mexico and do a little “watchful wait-
ing” within rifle shot of them.
—IRA BURKET, of Stormstown, disturb-
ed the placidity of the political pond at
the eleventh hour by jumping in after
the Republican nomination for Prothono-
tary. They say that the water got up
WILLARD HALL'’S nose, into his eyes and
ears and, altogether, he wasn’t able to
do much but splutter for about twenty-
four hours. It was a mean trick when
WILLARD was having such a nice time all
by himself in the pond and, you know,
he isn’t a very strong swimmer and that
big IRA BURKET makes some waves when
he jumps in.
—A trio of bums has been loafing
about Bellefonte for two weeks or more
and it is our opinion that itis time for
the police to give them their passports
and inform them that Bellefonte is at
war with the bums. Gradually the old
order of things when they were ordered
out of town immediately upon arrival is
being changed. For what reason we
know not. Certainly there can’t be a
good one for it and the WATCHMAN voices
the sentiments of many people when it
urges our police department to clear the
town of such indigent characters and
keep it cleared.
—A few days ago a prospective Belle-
fonte father was called to the hospital in
order that he might be near when the
stork arrived. It was about 5p. m. when
he received the summons and upon ar-
rival at the institution was assigned to
the anxious bench in the waiting room
on the first floor. An hour or so later
the night nurses reported for duty.
Shortly after that the stork came flying
in with the dearest little boy. Of course
none of the night nurses knew that the
father was waiting to have a look at his
offspring, so he was left to do his share
toward rubbing the polish off of that old
anxious bench. They did, however, call
up his home and inform the friends there
of the happy advent. About two hours
later one of the nurses accidentally dis-
covered a “strange man,” who was acting
“kind of suspicious like,” down in the
waiting room. An investigation soon re-
vealed the fact he really had business
there and after explanations. were made
he was informed that the stork had left
him a fine son some two hours or more
before that. He had every right to be
mad and probably forgot to ask any
more questions so he flew to the tele-
phone where he informed his good
mother-in-law of the arrival of another
boy. The lady, having heard that a boy
had arrived two hours before, must have
been almost overcome for she exclaimed:
“Twins! You don’t mean it!”
STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION.
Vor. 60.
BELLEFONTE, PA.. SEPTEMBER 3, 1915.
NO. 35.
Secretary Garrison was = Right.
Secretary of War GARRISON was emi- |
nently right in publicly rebuking General |
LeoNARD WooD for the unpatriotic and |
untruthful speech made by THEODORE :
ROOSEVELT at the Plattsburg training '
camp last week. Of course General WooD
didn’t. know exactly what ROOSEVELT
would say when he invited him to speak.
Probably ROOSEVELT didn’t know what |
he would say when he ascended the. plat- |
form. No ome can predict what will
come out of a crazy brain when it gets:
into motion. But General WooD knew
that ROOSEVELT would proclaim militar- |
ism. It may safely be said that because |
he knew that ROOSEVELT was invited to
speak. Anybody else would have known, !
moreover, that ROOSEVELT would traduce |
the President. |
We have no objection to the training
camps which General Woob .has pro-!
jected. They may serve an admirable |
purpose if held strictly to educational |
lines. But General WooD has perverted
that one held at Plattsburg into a propa.
ganda of militarism. His own speech of
a few days previous to the ROOSEVELT |
eruption was in that line and nearly all |
the other speeches made tended in the |
same direction. In so far as the culti- |
vation of that spirit runs against the |
policies of the administration at Wash-
ington, it is objectionable, if not actually
treasonable. In the present frame of the
public mind it is intolerable and if Sec-
retary GARRISON had ordered General
Woob to return to his headquarters on
Governor's Island, New York, he would
have been within reason.
When ROOSEVELT was President he
prohibited cabinent officers from com:
municating official information to the |
public and censured General MILES be-
cause he complained of one of the absurd
orders which came from the President
through the office of the Secretary of
War. Yet before he became President |
he was constantly violating rules and
offending propriety by asserting his indi-
vidual views. Since he was refused “the
third cup of coffee” he has gone from
bad to worse in this direction and made
of himself a perpetual nuisance. He is
obsessed with’ “himself ‘and’ {imagines t that
| his. opinions are desired by ‘everybody |
upon every subject whereas his views
are less potent than those of a child.
——From the number of wet days we
have had and the amount of rain that
has fallen since Mary came back across
the mountain there is room for grave
suspicion of her having gone on another
trip and using a leaky water wagon to
make it. :
Proper Military * Preparations.
That provision should be made for in-
creasing the strength and efficiency of
the army and navy is made. imperative
by recent events. Probably the war
cloud which has been discernible in the
eastern sky since the sinking of the!
Lusitania may blow away and leave us in
the enjoyment of peace. But at present
it is sufficiently menacing to admonish us
to preparation and therefore the steps
which have been taken by the adminis-
tration at Washington will meet with
practically universal popular approval.
The plans of the Secretary of War and
the Secretary of the Navy and approved
by the President are sufficiently :onserv-
ative tr challenge admiration and radic-
al enough to serve the purpose in mind.
It is proposed to increased the army to
200,000 men and the navy by the addi-
tion of four or five battleships of the
dreadnaught type and as many cruisers,
destroyers and submarines as will make |
a well-balanced floating force. Special
attention will be given to improving the
efficiency of the National Guard of the
several States and increasing that import-
ant defensive element by introducing all
the modern devices and equipments.
This will guarantee ‘the maximum of
strength and efficiency ‘at a minimum of
expense and, in so far as possible, avoid
the evil of militarism. At least it will
hold in check that spirit which leads to
war of conquest and restrains the im-
pulse to “hunt trouble.”
Probably even this conservative in-
crease of the army and navy may not be
needed for after the close of the present
war in Europe there will be little inclina-
tion to foment trouble in any direction.
But it is as well to make some prepara-
tion for emergencies, however remote,
and the present administration may be
depended upon to go as far as necessary
and to do well whatever it undertakes.
Meantime the activities of the President,
Secretary of War and Secretary of the
Navy should silence the military propa-
ganda of which Major General LEONARD
Woop appears to be the head and Con-
gressman GARDNER, of Massachusetts,the
tail. At least something better ought to
be found for General WoobD to do.
——Have your Job Work done here.
An Interesting Write-up of Happenings at Harrisburg.
HARRISBURG, Pa, Septanioer. 1st, 1915.
Cavern BRUMBAUGH has shown scant respect for the intelligence of the
people of Pennsylvania in his mix-up with the Philadelphia bosses in the Mayor-
alty matter. In the first place the contractor bosses had an irreconcilable fight
. on concerning the spoils of the municipal administration. Each wanted the lion’s
share of the contracts and all knew that unless there was agreement among them
both sets would lose to an aroused public conscience as happened four years ago.
The VARESs felt that they had strength to win the nomination. But a nomination
headed toward certain defeat is a mighty poor asset. :
The MCcNICHOL contingent was in even a worse plight. All it could possibly
do was beg for harmony and plead for compromis¢. Four years ago things were
different and instead of offering the VARES peace platitudes they threw harpoons.
After the primary battle attempts to reconcile failed. The VARES gladly accepted
the proffered olive branch but their followers were obdurate. That experience
| taught both sides that while the leaders are satisfied the followers must be fooled.
In other words the compromise on a MCNICHOL candidate must be made appear
‘like a VARE victory to give it any value.
Accordingly Governor BRUMBAUGH was brought into the conspiracy. Proba-
bly it wasn’t hard to entice him for his ambition is colossal and his conscience
infinitesmal. He appointed the McNICHOL candidate to an important State office
and publicly announced that the VARES were responsible for the favor. There
was a double purpose in this. It made the VARE followers imagine a servile PEN-
ROSE adherent had been bought or stolen and could be depended upon to serve
his new masters with the fidelity he had previously shown for the old. Then it
was hoped that the BRUMBAUGH endorsement would invest him with character to
deceive the reputable voters.
If the conspiracy had ended there it would have been scurvy enough. But it
didn’t. BRUMBAUGH denied that he had any part in a frame up to fasten boss
control on the city and that accusing him of such an outrage was absurd. Subse-
quent events have proved, however, not only that he was a party to one of the
most corrupt political deals ever perpetrated, but that he is absolutely indifferent
to his reputation for veracity. 1
As was predicted in this letter two weeks ago BILL VARE has withdrawn from
the contest for the Mayoralty and Tom SMITH has become the candidate. BRUM-
BAUGH’S reward for the perfidy which made this possible is the promise of the
PENROSE machine to present his name for the Presidential nomination. It is a
poor recompense for a great sacrifice for BRUMBAUGH might have made himself a
creditable figure in the history of Pennsylvania. He came into the limelight under.
auspicious conditions. But an abnormal and absurd ambition has made a monkey
of him as it most always does with its victims.
There are only $4,088,009.36 in the State Treasury at this blessed moment
and some of the officials on the Hill are beginning to worry. During the month
of August the receipts were $1,800,270.98 and the disbursements $2,258,978.54. At
that rate the salary list is good for several months even if the collections should
stop altogether for a time and such a calamity is ‘mot likely to happen. But jokes
aside Pennsylvania is spending too much money. ‘The late Senator ALDRICH said
on an occasion that he could administer the affairs ¢ of the United States govern-
‘ment at- a saving of $300,000,000 annually: The government ‘6f * Pennsylvania *'
could be cheapened in the same ratio without impairment of efficiency.
If you have any unused or inactive State charters concealed about your per-
. son, get busy. The Attorney General has issued an order to vacate charters of
four corporations created to furnish gas or electricity in Monroe and Northampton
counties. Moreover he has declared that hereafter it will be the policy of the
Department in every instance and it may safely be said that the policy will meet
with public approval. Unused charters are a positive evil. They keep out of the
| industrial life of the community in which they happen to be active capital and
' energetic men and nothing could be more harmful.
‘The information from Pittsburgh that the followers of Senator OLIVER have
invited former State Senator BILL FLINN to become their leader in future political
fights caused more amusement among politicians here than surprise. It has been
apparent for some time that there is a political convulsion impending in that old
town. The retirement of Senator OLIVER from official life was the first indication
of an upheaval and the almost immediately following appointment of former
Mayor MAGEE to the board of Public Utility Commissioners, confirmed it. But
nobody imagined that a FLINN-OLIVER alliance was possible, though there is no
obvious reason against it. Both leaders are influenced by selfish considerations
and in the absence of principle anything may turn up.
‘The new workingmen’s compensation bureau, scheduled to begin business on
the first 6f next year, has secured a home, a capacious and luxurious suite having
been leased in the Masonic temple. It is less than ten years since our magnificent
palace of graft was completed and already it is greatly overcrowded, though the
Game Commission, the Department of Fisheries, the Water Supply Commission |
and the Bureau of Veterinary have expensive quarters outside. The proposition
to enlarge the capitol building which was made during the last session of the
Legislature met with little popular favor, but as a matter of fact that would work
an economy. The State always pays enormous rents.
The record of attendance at the several camps of the National Guard this
year is a subject of pride in the Adjutant General's office, and justly so. There
were in attendance 752 commissioned officers out of a total of 781, the average .
being 96.3 per cent. There are 10,751 non-commissioned officers and enlisted men
in the force of whom 9748 attended camp, an average of 90.7 per cent. Nc regi-
ment or other unit had a full attendance though all the officers of the field artil-
lery, the Third, Fourth and Eighth regiments and the separate battalion of in-
fantry were present. The division and brigade headquarters had a perfect attend-
ance of noncommissioned officers and enlisted men. This indicates a high stand-
ard of efficiency as well as deep interest in the service.
JoHN J. DOHONEY, the capable and alert Chief of the Bureau of Accidents of
. the Public Service Commission, puts an admonitory note in his report recently
submitted to the Commission. He says that between July 1. 1914, and June 30,
1915, there was an increase in the number of fatalities at grade crossings of
twenty-nine and in the number of non-fatal injuries of sixty-six. Thirty-four of
those killed, out of a total of 108, were stricken at what are known as protected
crossings. The total of accidents to pedestrians was eighty-four; to automobiles
fifty-five; to wagons, ninety-six; to motorcycles six, to trolley cars four. Mr.
DOHONEY attributes many of the accidents to reckless running of automobiles.
The State Highway Department has determined to invoke the aid of the State
Constabulary. Commissioner CUNNINGHAM appealed to Major GROOME, head of |
the State police, the other day ‘‘to have the troopers instructed to report all viola-
tions of the automobile law which comes under their notice, including improperly
displayed registration tags, reckless driving and all other violations.” Major
Crouse replied that the request will be complied with and automobilists “had bet-
ter look out.”
Congressman EDGAR KEIss, of Lycoming county, has been reappointed a Trus-
tke of State College. Having declined the office of Public Service Commissioner
the Governor determined to put him into some office worth while ‘and in which
he would stay.
Small Game.
From the Philadelphia 1 Record. .
Colonel Roosevelt's retort of “Friday to
Secretary Garrison’s strictures upon his
indiscretion at the Plattsburg camp is
characteristically unscrupulous and hypo-
critical. The man never’ did have any
regard for the truth when the truth did
not serve his personal and political ends,
and this is an occasion when mendacity
achieved by infiluendo better answers his
purpose. Therefore he professes. to be-
lieve that it was his advocacy of military
preparedness, and not his sneaking, fur-
tive attack upon the foreign policy of the
government in the midst of an inter-
national crisis, that brought down upon
his head the displeasure of the Secretary
of War. What could be more discredi-
| table to a man having any pretensions of
i honor than the contemptibly false state-
ment that “it is an unconscious com-
mentary by the adminis ation itself upon
its own attitude that the administration
should at once denounce a plea for pre-
paredness as an assault upon the War
Department under the administration?”
| _ Secretary of War Garrison was at par-
| ticular pains on Friday to make it clear
| that his rebukeof General Wood, and his
subsequent informal retort to the original
| Roosevelt - statement, were. of his own
"initiative, and that he had not consulted
the President about the matter. The
Colonel is similarly at particular pains té
ignore the facts and to involve the Presi-
dent at any hazard. Thus “the adminis:
tration, through Mr. Garrison, has
sought;’’ “the. administration, when it
acted through Mr. Garrison;” “the admin-
istration, through Mr. Garrison, says of
me,” etc.
Colonel Roosevelt flatters. himself 5
his own labored falsehoods. “The ad-
ministration,” meaning the President, is
busy with affairs of state, trying to serve
the interests of a majority of its citizens,
and has no time for the pleasures: of the
chase. And even if President Wilson had
time to go hunting, itis unthinkable that
he would waste his ammunition on pole-
cats or chipmunks.
The End Not in Sight.
Fiom the Altoona Times.
: € Notwithstanding the rapid fall in the
“1 value of the English pound sterling and
the steady decline of all European credit,
there are large orders being placed by
belligerent governments on the ' basis of
three years more of war. During the
first year of . the war the hope that it
would be short has been steadily declin-
ing. It was incredible a year ago that
any group of nations in the world would
-endure losses of more than 414,298,000 of
men in killed, wounded and ‘captured,
‘and of more billions of dollars’ than can
‘be even approximately. estimated, or that
any nation would propose an indefinite
extension of a war at a cost of more than
$1,500,000 a day, which is the estimate for
each of the nations of Germany, France,
Britain and Russia, or that the world
would look calmly on at a war that is
causing an average of more than 10, 000
casualties a day.
But such is the fact. And the end is
not in sight. It recedes rather than
draws near, as far as seeming prospects
£0.
| The deadlock in the west shows no
, sign of breaking: The prospect that Rus-
* sia would be able to force a peace in the
| east has disappeared.
The hope of a peace by the capture of
: Constantinople is indefinitely delayed.
{ Even if Italy should gain substantial
successes in the Adriatic region that
would not affect the final outcome of the
war.
| The most doubtful element in the
forces that might possibly bring peace
, earlier than now appears probable is the
lack of knowledge as to how far the
| scientists of Germany have been or will
be able to supply substitutes for those
i things used in making ammunition, the
: supply of which has been largely lost be-
| cause of the blockade.
i The truth is unknown to the outside
world and can only appear in the future
! conduct of the war.
The Quality of Silence,
From the Pittsburgh Dispatch.
Whatever may be the real importance,
if any at all, of the Belgian diplomatic
cosrespondence from Paris several years
ago, which Germany i is now publishing
. with much glee, it is plain enough that
| diplomats,like politicians, sometimes write
too much. Moreover, what most of them
t write is mere gossip anyhow. They are
not in actual touch with what goes on
vitally, and, knowing this, the minors re-
sort to speculation to impress superiors
with their sagacity and activity. :
‘Simon Cameron, of Pennsylvania, was
once minister from this. country to Russia,
and he held to a philosophic (principle
respecting politics which is as applicable
internationally as nationally,”and which.
it would have been well for the chancel-
leries of Europe to have adopted for their
representatives. This was to the effect
that, when an important matter of poli-
tics was to be discussed, it were better
, to travel 100 miles to see the man than:
write him a letter. This wisdom was re-
emphasized in later years by Senator
| Quay in his famous four-word telegram:
| “Dear Beaver—Don’t talk.” Both these
' astute men were past masters in the
game of politics, and they knew that it
had no more winning quality than that
of holding one’s tongue and pen at the
right time. But Talleyrand’s policy was
wisest of all: “Never write a letter and
never destroy one.’
| terre errors
This is Deliberately Unfriendly.
From the New York World.
| Ohio's offer of four candidates for the
| Republican nomination for President
| shows that there has been no decline in
| the State’s traditional output of favorite
| sons. ~ But the test of quality remains to
j ‘be ‘applied.
1 your ad. in the WATCHMAN.
SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE.
—Charlés Winslow, an inmate of the Clinton
county prison at Lock Haven, has escaped. He
is charged with attempted burglary and other
crimes.” © ;
—Charles Pross company, a Greensburg firm,
sustained a heavy loss by fire of unknown origin
that damaged their stock to an extent of $35,000
to $40,000.
—The presence of eighteen cases of typhoid
fever in the State hospital for the insane at Dan-
ville indicates the existence of a very serious
state of affairs.
—Fred Covert, of Falls Creek, driving a new
Ford car on a trial trip near DuBois, didn’t see a
turn in the road and upset the car. His mother-
in-law was the only one of the family to sustain
injuries.
—Christian Maurer, an aged resident of Lock
Haven, was seriously injured when his horse
dragged him for two squares before passersby
could catch it. - The animal frightened at a pass-
ing train.
—W. H. Sandford, treasurer, and J. W. Grant,
former Philipsburgers, are two of the four incor
porators of the Central Hardware & Supply Co.,
of Patton, for which a charter has just been
granted, with a capital of $50,000.
—Russell- Breon, aged 12, of Williattisport,
wasn’t allowed to ride a bicycle, but borrowed
one for a ride the other day. When the ride was
over he had a sprained ankle and a number of
bruises and the machine was wrecked. He col-
lided with a motor car. :
—Annie Gubas, a pretty little Slavish girl 17
years old, plunged head first to death through an
elevator shaft last Sunday afternoon. Her skull
was crushed and her jaw broken. Death came
to her relief a half hour after the accident. She
had been employed in the hotel but four days.
~Clay Hosten, who stabbed to death John A,
Dunkle, at a dance, at Karthaus, in April 1914,
died a few days ago in the Clearfield jail. For
over a year he suffered from a complication of
diseases which made him an object of pity and
prevented his execution by due process of law.
—John Legonsky, a Crabtree boy who has been
doing well under the care of the probation offi-
cer, found that his mother had $740 and appro-
priated it to have a good time. He was caught
in New York city with $700 still in his possession.
His mother pleaded that he be given another
chance.
—Johnstown people who invested in lots at the
site of a new town, Lacolle, near New Florence,
are feeling rather sore these days since the office
of the realty company that sold them is closed
and the sheriff is selling the entire tract. Eighty
or more people have had their savings subtract"
ed from their sum total of wealth.
—A fire of alleged incendiary origin on Sunday
destroyed the Kane sawmill, three miles north of
Kane, one of the finest in the State, entailing a
loss of $25,000. The mill, which was to have
started operation next November, was enveloped
in flames when the firemen arrived. Several
thousand dollars worth of lumber was saved.
—C. E. Shirley, a farmer living near Derry,
was awakened early the other morning bv the
barking of dogs. He and his son took their shot-
guns and went out. The elder man, carrying his
weapon under his arm, stooped to tie his shoes.
The weapon was accidentally discharged and
Shirley is in the Latrobe lioapitaly in a critical con-
dition.
—At a special session of court held in Lewis-
town on Thursday, Harry F. Westbrook, of Read-
ing, who faked a rescue of a Pennsy flyer, plead-
ed guilty to carrying dynamite on passenger
trains and was sentenced to pay a fine of $1,. the
costs, and to undergo imprisonment in the coun-
ty jail for ninety days, to date from the time of
his first incarceration July 19th.
—A trip of loaded cars in the mine of the Gar-
rett (Somerset county) Coal company ran away
from Elmer Degner recently. ' He was knocked
‘against the rib of the mine as each of the four-
teen cars passed him and finally landed on a
steam pipe, which had burned his back badly be-
fore he was rescued. One of his arms was brok-
en and cut and he had 1 numerous other cuts, but
will recover.
—The advantages of electricity are never bet-
ter appreciated than when the current is turned
off, asit was in DuBois for four hours a few after-
noons ago. A cross bar on the engine at the
plant broke and the steam burst out the front of
the building, causing great excitement. The en-
gineer, Grant Doutt, was struck on the head by a
piece of iron. But repairs were quickly made
and the lights were on before dark.
* —The Reilly Coal company, which has head-
quarters in Philadelphia, has begun the develop-
ment of a 600-acre tract of the grade coal in the
neighborhood of Spangler, work on a shaft hav-
ing begun a few days ago. The equipment will
be of the most modern character and will include
a steel tipple and electric machinery. The four-
foot vein that will be tapped is declared to be one
of the best in that section of Cambria county.
—An event of great interest to every business
man in Pennsylvania is the annual gathering of
the Retail Merchants’ Association of Pennsylva-
nia, at Exposition Park, near Meadville. The
convention will open with a meeting of the secre-
taries, September 6th, and will continue for three
days. Some splendid speakers on business top-
ics have been secured, and the program is re-
plete with interest. The State Association is a
body formed of the various local associations
throughout the State and numbers about 12,000
members.
—Charged with making a false return on the
stamps he cancelled, Lewis C. Herbert, postmas-
ter of Shamokin Dam, was held in $600 bail for
appearance before the United States Court. G.
L. Moser, Harrisburg, a postoffice inspector, was
the informant. The postmaster at Shamokin
Dam is paid by percentage on the number of
stamps cancelled in that office and the amount
reported to the government is far in excess of
the number of stamps sent to the postoffice for
sale, it is alleged. Mr. Herbert claims that the
trouble is the result of the method of book-keep-
ing adopted by his wife, who has had charge of
the business.
—By agreement of counsel Judge Witmer, iff’
the United States court at Sunbury on Monday,
signed a decree directing the sale of the property
of the African Ostrich Farm and Feather Com”
pany, at Bloomsburg, against which there is a
debt of more than $30,000. Personal property in-
cluding 36 ostriches, will be sold first, after which
the real estate, or enough of it to meet the bills
and liens will be sold by the receiver. It was
also agreed to sell the real estate divested of all
liens. The African Ostrich Farm and Feather
Company was organized in 1910, and since then
“$152,000 worth of stock was sold but no dividends
were paid. More thantwo months ago dissatis-
fied stockholders petitioned for a receiver.
—Harry Ritter Jr., of Northumberland, a grad-
uate of State College and an all around athlete,
figured in his third rescue within two years on
Friday afternoon, when he ran in front of a fast
approaching train near his home town and pulled
James Grape, an aged workman, from under the
car wheels. Grape, a trackman in the employ of
the Pennsylvania railroad, had just stepped from
a work train directly in the path of the passenger
train. Rutter, seeing the man’s danger, dashed
to his side and jerked him from the track, just as
the train steamed past. In the summer of 1914
Rutter rescued Howard Heisley, a young man of
Huntingdon, from the Susquehanna, and last
month he saved Howard Duke, aged sixteen, of
Northumberland, from drowning at the fourth
pier of the covered bridge betwen that place
“| and Blue Hill.