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Bellefonte, Pa., November 26, 1915.
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ADDITIONAL LOCAL NEWS.
MINE RESCUE CAR AT STATE CoL-
LEGE.—Mine Rescue car No. 1, of the
United States Bureau of Mines, in charge
of foreman miner Jesse Henson, and a
crew of trained men, arrived at State
College, on November 22nd, on its itiner-
ary through Pennsylvania. The car will
be on exhibition every day from 9.00
a.m. to 5.00 p. m. until December 4th,
and free lectures will be given to miners
on safe methods of mining, the use of
safety lamps and rescue apparatus, and
mine gases. On December 6th, the car
will go to Antrim, Penna., to remain until
December 18th. :
This mine rescue car is one of eight
now in use by the Bureau of Mines for
training miners in first aid and rescue
methods and the use of oxygen breath-
ing apparatus. Each car has a crew that
includes two experienced miners, a min-
ing engineer in charge and a mine sur-
geon, and is equipped with the latest
rescue and first-aid apparatus and sup-
plies. At a moment’s notice the car is
ready to proceed to the scene of a mine
disaster, where the bureau men place
themselves under the direction of the
state mining inspectors and mine officials
to do everything possible to assist or
save miners who may have been injured
or entombed.
Each car carries oxygen breathing ap-
paratus, a supply of oxygen in cylinders,
safetylamps, a field telephone with 2,000
feet of wire, a collapsible steel mine cage,
an apparatus for reviving miners who
have been gassed, and the charts, splints,
and bandages for demonstrating first-aid
methods. Some of the training with
rescue apparatus will be inside the mines,
also in smoke or fumes, so that wearers
will understand the value of the apparatus
and how to use it. A miner wearing the
apparatus can enter a mine immediately
after an explosion, and work in smoke
and black damp for two hours.
RusH TOWNSHIP OVERSEERS THE Los-
ERs.-~In court at Ebensburg last Thurs-
day Judge Stephens handed down a de-
cision in the case of the poor overseers
of Rush township, Centre county, against
Cambria county in which he awarded
the overseers $37.75 on a’ claim of
$423.96.
Several years ago the Rush township
overseers brought suit against the poor
board of Cambria county, claiming the
sum of $423.96. The Center county
folks declared that the support of Wil-
liam Peters, an indigent Cambria
countian, had cost them the sum
named and that it should be paid by the
‘poor directorate of that county. The
latter, through its attorney, Charles
S. Evans, held that the proper place
for the, maintenance of William Pe-
ters was in his own county and it op-
posed the payment to Rush township.
Judge Stephens in his opinion holds that
$37.75 settles the bill of the Centre coun-
ty poor authorities. Itis very probable
that the amount allowed the Rush town-
ship overseers will not pay their attor-
ney’s fees.
FounD DEAD IN CHAIR—Ephriam Fish-
er, a man who lived alone in a small
house on top of the Sugar valley moun-
tain in Clinton county, was found dead
sitting in a chair on Friday evening by
John Cooper and Asher Welshans, his
nearest neighbors. The men had not
seen anything of Fisher since the Tues-
day previous and becoming suspicious
went to his home to investigate, finding
him sitting in the chair cold in death.
Fisher was past sixty years of age and
had moved to his home on the mountain
from Howard township last summer, and
very little is known regarding his life.
The authorities removed the body to his
old home near Howard where the fun-
eral was held on Sunday.
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SOCIAL GATHERINGS FOR A BRIDE.—
Miss Marguerite Lambert entertained
the Seven Darlings sewing club last Fri-
day evening in honor of Mrs. Edward
Russell, nce Miss Stella Whittaker. The
latter was presented with a very service-
able cassarole and a beautiful Angelus
in a mahogany frame. On Sunday even-
ing Miss Ethel Wetzel entertained in
honor of the bride. Mr. Russell re-
turned to Bellefonte on Tuesday from
a business trip to Philadelphia and a
visit to his home in New Haven, Conn,
After a few days stay here both Mr. and
Mrs. Russell will go to New Haven for a
brief visit before locating in Philadelphia
where Mr. Russell has secured a good
position.
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HAYES RUN BRICK COMPANY’S ANNUAL
MEETING— The annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Hayes Run Brick
company was held at Orviston last Fri-
day morning, Judge Ellis L. Orvis pre-
siding. The annual report of general
manager C. W. Keller showed that the
company for the first time in its history
was entirely free of debt, the last of the
bonds having been redeemed and all
liabilities either paid or provided for. All
the old officers and directors were re-
elected.
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mer well known colored resident of
of almost two years with a complication
of diseases. Deceased was born in sla-
very at Macon, Georgia, on October 15th,
Lincoln’s emancipation proclamation Mr.
Thomas made his way north and served
to Bellefonte.
he since resided.
being Miss Susan Jackson, of this place,
who died a number of years ago. In
1902 he married Jane Elizabeth Johnson
who survives. Funeral services were
Tyrone, at 10 o'clock Tuesday morn-
ing by the pastor, Rev. Mr. Norton.
The remains were brought to Bellefonte
on the 1.25 p. m. train the same day and
taken direct to the A. M. E. church
where final services were held by Rev.
Jones, after which burial was made in
the Union cemetery.
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FETTERHOFF.—Mrs. Catharine Fetter-
hoff, widow of the late Howard Fetter-
hoff, died at her home at Centre Hall at
eleven o'clock on Tuesday night, follow-
ing a lingering illness with cancer. Her
maiden name was Catharine Krick and
she was born in Snyder county sixty-
three years ago. She had been a resi-
dent of Centre Hall since the death of
her husband eighteen years ago, and
made many friends who sincerely mourn
her death. Surviving her are the follow-
ing children: Frank, at home; W.T.,
of near Penn’s Cave; Mrs. Newton Em-
erick, of Centre Hall; Mrs. Clarence
Weaver, of Pine Grove Mills, and James,
of Centre Hall. She also leaves three
brothers and one sister. Funeral services
were held yesterday afternoon by Rev.
Kurtz after which burial was made in
the Centre Hall cemetery.
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BAILEY.—Miss Grace I. Bailey died at
the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.
Calvin Bailey, of Pine Grove Mills, at
three o'clock on Sunday afternoon, of
typhoid pneumonia. She was convalesc-
ing very nicely from a siege of typhoid
fever when she contracted a cold which
developed into pneumonia and caused
her death. She was born in Ferguson
township on March 10th, 1901, hence was
less than fifteen years old. In addition
to her parents she is survived by two
sisters and two brothers,namely: Mildred,
Dorothy, Russell and William. Rev. S.
C. Stover had charge of the funeral
which was held at ten o'clock on Wed-
nesday morning, burial being made in
the new cemetery at Pine Grove.
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STROHM.—C. C. Strohm, a native of
Centre county and an uncle of C.C.
Shuey, of this place, died at his home at
Grace Hill, Iowa, on November 14th, fol-
lowing a comparatively brief illness with
hardening of the arteries. He was born
near Rebersburg and was in the neigh-
borhood of seventy years of age. He
went west fifty years ago and had never
been back. He was married in the ‘west
and is survived by his wife and five chil-
dren: Charles, at home; Julian, at Wes-
ton, Kan.; Millie and Howard, at Wayne,
Ill; Alice, in Chicago, and Walter, travel-
ing for the Dennison & Swift Co.
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A MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR.—A weird tale
comes by way of the Tyrone Herald of a
mysterious shooting affair in Ferguson
township, last Thursday evening, when
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mowry, Mrs. Mowry’s
father, James Miller and Paul Long, while
motoring back to their home in Tyrone
from a trip to State College, were shot
at by two unknown men. It is alleged
that several sho” struck a comb on Mrs.
Mowry’s head, breaking it in pieces and
that several other shot penetrated Miller's
back and one Long’s right hand. On
Wednesday the Herald published another
story detailing the arrest of a Ferguson
township man who admitted he did the
shooting just for fun. Bellefonte au-
thorities aver that there is very little
foundation for the story and deny all
knowledge of any arrest being made. At
least nobody has been brought to the
Centre county jail on such a charge.
——The WATCHMAN is in receipt of a
copy of the Tarentum Evening Telegram
of November 17th which contains a full
account of a booster dinner being held
at New Kensington on Tuesday evening
of last week at which six hundred guests
pledged sixty thousand dollars for pur-
chasing factory sites. This is boosting
things in a most substantial manner and
shows what can be done when enough
enterprising, determined men set out to
do it. The men also organized the In-
dustrial Development company, which
will see that the money is properly hand-
led.
——The rapid recovery of M. C.
Gephart from his recent illness has made
it possible for Mrs. Gephart to return to
Bellefonte this week, to re-open her
“Corset Shop” in the Garman building on
the corner ot High and Spring streets.
Mrs. Gephart has been in Johnstown
with her husband for several weeks.
—The Thanksgiving vacation began
at State College Wednesday noon and
will last until chapel hour Monday morn.
ing.
He was twice married, his first wife |
held in the Bethel A. M. E. chuach, :
THOMAS.—John Philip Thomas, a for- !
Bellefonte, died at his home in Tyrone
on Sunday evening following an illness :
1835, hence at his death was 80 years, 1 :
month and 11 days old. Following the |
freeing of the negroes by President
as a cook for officers in the Union army. :
At the close of the war he went to Phil-
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adelphia but several years later he came | men:
He lived here twelve or | Amos Garbrick, Hammon Sechler,
fifteen years then moved to Tyrone where : Sechler, Henry Walkey and the writer, |
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CELEBRATED SIXTY-EIGHTH Anniver | With the Churches of the
SARY. — Col. Emanuel Noll, the very |
courteous baggage master at the Pennsyl- |
vania railroad depot in this place, was
sixty-eight years old on Monday and
celebrated the event by entertaining a:
few of his friends with a chicken and!
waffle supperat his comfortable home on |
north Allegheny street. In fact the af- |
fair was planned as a surprise for him |
by his daughter, Miss Rebie Noll, but
the Colonel was wise to what was hap- |
pening, even if he did keep one eye shut. |
The guests included the following “young”
Monroe Armor, Henry Taylor |
Robert |
and just to prove their youngness they |
compared ages and the total years for:
the eight gentlemen, which included Mr. |
Noll, is 562, or an average of 70 years |
and 3 months. i
Of course it would not be polite to tell |
who was the oldest or who the youngest
man present, but from the way every one
of them did justice to Miss Noll’s deli-
cious supper it would seem as if all of
them were young. Following the sump-
tuous.repast an hour or two were spent
in swapping yarns of bygone days and in :
leaving everyone most heartily wished
Col. Noll many more similar anniver-!
saries.
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HOUSER—MACDONALD.—A. M. Houser, |
son of vr. and Mrs. L. M. Houser, of |
Pennsylvania Furnace, and Miss Evelyn |
MacDonald, of Williamsport, were mar- |
ried at the home of the bride’s aunt, Mrs.
J. T. Stevenson, in Lock Haven, at four |
o'clock last Saturday afternoon, by Rev. |
C. H. Williamson, of the Presbyterian |
church. Only the immediate relatives
witnessed the ceremony. The bride |
formerly resided in Lock Haven where '
she has a large circle of friends. The |
bridegroom is a representative of the
Lehigh Portland Cement company, and |
an enterprising young man. They will |
reside at Johnstown. |
NEss—NOLAN.—On Saturday afternoon |
at four o'clock Bernard W. Ness and Mrs.
Carrie Nolan, both of Bellefonte, were
married at the home of the bride’s par- |
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Thomas, by |
Rev. T. Hugh MacLeod, pastor of the!
United Brethren church. Mr. and Mrs.
Ness left on the evening train for a wed-
ding trip to Johnstown and other places.
Returning home they will take up their
residence with the bride's parents for the
winter, expecting to go to house keeping
next spring.
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HALL — HARVEY.—On Wednesday of
last week Claire Hall, son of Mr. and
Mrs. William B. Hall, of Snow Shoe, and
Miss Marie Harvey, a daughter of Mr. y
and Mrs. John Harvey, of Cooper, Clear- |
field county, were united in marriage by |
justice of the peace W. F. Taylor, at his
office in Tyrone. The bride is a gradu- |
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ate nurse and is a splendid young wom- i
an. The bridegroom is a mining engineer |
and holds a responsible position at Snow
Shoe, where the young couple will make
their home.
KuUNEs—MANN—Russell H. Kunes, son
of Wesley Kunes, of Blanchard, and Miss
Ella Mann, daugher of Mr. and Mrs.
Harvey Mann, of Beech Creek, came to
Bellefonte on Thursday of last week and
were united in marriage at the Lutheran
parsonage by the pastor, Rev. W. M. B.
Glanding. Both young people are well
and favorably known in their home com-
munity and their many friends wish them
a long and happy life. They will reside at
Blanchard.
HOLTER—KLINE.—Last Saturday after-
noon William Holter and Miss Julia
Kline, both of Howard, journeyed to
Lock Haven where they were united in
marriage by Rev. Charles N. Shindler, at
the parsonage of St. John’s English Luth-
eran church. The bridegroom is one of
Centre county’s successful school teach-
ers.
JOHNSON—WILSON — Elwood Johnson
and Miss Edna E. Wilson, both of Belle-
fonte, were married last week at the
Lutheran parsonage in Hollidaysburg
by the pastor, Rev. Julius F. Selbach.
——For high class Job Work come to
the WATCHMAN Office.
Compensation Rule for Civil Divisions.
They Need Not Insure Their Liability—Important
Decision by Board.
HARRISBURG Pa., Nov. 22.—Civil divis-
ions within Pennsylvania that have the
right to levy and collect taxes were ex-
empted today by the Workmen’s Com-
pensation Board from the necessity of in-
suring their compensation liability. This
ruling will relieve county, city, borough,
school and township authorities of much
red tape.
Under this plan, when an employee of
a civil division is injured, the compensa-
tion is to be paid out of the city, bor-
ough or school treasury, as the case may
be. This leaves the division to carry its
own insurance. Thus a policeman, who
is injured in the course of duty, will be
paid out of the city treasury, anda
school janitor will be paid out of the
school treasury.
Another rule adopted today provides
that all confidential business brought be-
fore the board will be kept secret under
all conditions. Any information given
by persons applying for exemptions from
insuring will be considered as strictly
confidential. This will make it possible
for corporations to give secret informa-
tion without the danger of its being used
against them for purposes of taxation.
A number of delegates from some of
the large eastern industrial plants were
present at the session and expressed
their intention of co-operating with the
board. An informal discussion of the
his houses sold for $420 and the other
Act which will become effective on the
first of the year followed. ee
County.
Notes of Interest to Church People of
all Denominations in all Parts of
the County.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY.
Service Sunday 11:00 a. m. Wednes-
day 8 p. m., 93 E. High street.
Rev. T. Hugh MacLeod, pastor of the
U. B. church, will preach on the subject |
of “American Civilization” next Sunday
at 1030 a. m. Mr. Darius Waite will
deliver a Home Mission address and
Mrs. MacLeod will sing a solo at the
evening service.
——Judge Orvis will have two new
license applications to consider at license !
court on the third Saturday in December. |
They are Frank -Kohlbecker, for the |
Kohlbecker hotel at Milesburg, and John |
Bauer, for wholesale liquor license in the |
South ward of Bellefonte. i
——A car load of cabbage consigned
to N. J. Hockman, of Zion, came to Belle-
fonte Tuesday, and was quickly sold at a
cent a pound. Mr. Hockman is one of
the most successful shippers of produce
in the county, sells the best of materials
and at very low prices.
——At the public sale of the real es-
tate of the late John Woods, on Tues-
day, the farm was purchased by Harvey
K. Corman, of Zion, for $6,220. One of
for $300.
EAST BRUSHVALLEY.
The 1915 butchering season is on now.
Our young men feel good on the prices
already offered for furs.
Monday's snow caused some people
to think of their wood sheds and coal
bins
Thos. Harter, of Loganton, was a busi-
ness visitor in our midst one day last
week. :
Dr. M. P. Feidler and Ira Gramley, of
Millheim, spent Sunday at the home of
0. F. Stover.
Wilbur Brungart left on Thursday of
last week for Altoona, where he will be
employed for the winter.
Mr. Ira Harrer, wife and daughter, of
Pittsburgh, are visiting at the home of
C. O. Mallory, at Shady Side.
Earl and Clyde Weber, of Rebersburg,
enjoyed a Sunday dinner with their
brother, A. W. Weber, at this place.
H. Y. Stitzer and wife, of Shady Side,
were Saturday and Sunday visitors at
Loganton, with Mrs. Stitzer’s sister, Mrs.
Mark.
Rumor has it that I. A. Shwver will
move to Loganton next spring on the Dr.
Goodman farm. We are sorry to lose
him.
The Bierley’s produce wagons are
passing through here nearly every day,
loaded with chickens and turkeys. There
must be a good market some where.
Samuel Mowery and family nicely en-
tertained Thos. B. Stitzer on Sunday |
afternoon. Der Tom is Noch anes fun
de olda sot Demogranda! immer lush-
tich.
Stanley Zeigler, who left this place in
the spring for Warren, where he is em-
ployed as a watchman in the State asy-
lum, is spending this week under the
parental roof.
A quietly planned surprise party was
held on last Thursday evening for Mrs.
Samuel Mowery, who passed her forty-
sixth milestone. Some time during the
day Mrs. Mowery and her daughter Mi-
randa were motored to Mifflinburg while
the house was being put in order for the
occasion. At nine o'clock when they re-
turned, with Mrs. Alfred Reed and daugh-
ter Frances, who came to participate in
the celebration, to their surprise the
room was filled with invited friends and
neighbors. At a reasonable hour of the
night, after several severe defeats of
haas and pepper, and discussions of cur-
rent events, all adjourned wishing Mrs.
Mowery forty-six more happy birthdays.
Companies Get Another Month's De
fay in Enforcement of Order.
Renewed activity in the region ta
the south of Riga is reported in the
Russian official statement issued by
the war office in Petrograd.
It is apparent from the statement
that the Russians have begun a cam
paign to wear down the Germans op
erating on this front, the invaders
losing ground in the fighting refer
red to.
There is a renewal of the fighting
in Galicia, on the eastern bank of the
Stripa river. The war office admits
the enemy has crossed this stream,
but says the Russians have repulsed
all attempts to advance.
Kovel, west of the Styr river in
Volhynia, where the Russians have
recently reported successes over the
Teutonic adversaries, is being pre
pared for the possibility of an ad
vance of the battle line westward, ac
cording to refugees from that city
The Germans are declared to have pul
enforced labor rules into effect, press
ing the work of constructing strong
fortifications.
Military stores have been removed
and the able-bodied pepulation has
left the city in the expectation of
heavy fighting, the refugees state. A
food shortage in the city is reported
Bull Gores Chiid to Death
The three-year-old daughter of
Frank Borton, a farmer, living near
‘Woodstown, N. J., was gored to death
by a bull on her father’s farm. Farm
hands had to fight the maddened
beast before they could recover the
child’s mangled body.
Insane Patient Beaten to Death
William Rapp, of Chambersburg,
Pa, an Inmate of the State hose
pital for the insane at Harrishurg, was
found dead at that institution. His
body was badly battered and it is
believed he was killed by J. W. Graeff,
a fellow patient.
| The prison physician tried with slight
| Scene of execution.
HILLSTRQOM SHOT IN UTAH PRISON
The Man President Wilson Twice Ap:
pealed for Pays Penalty for Mur:
der. :
Joseph Hillstrom, condemned mur-
derer, whose case attracted attention
throughout the country and prompt:
ed the intercession of President Wil- |
son, the minister to the United States
from Sweden and the American Fed-
eration of Labor, was put to death
by a firing squad in the state prison,
at Salt Lake City. :
Hillstrom was convicted of the mur
der of John G. Morrison, a grocer,
and his son, Arling, January 10, 1914,
Under tke law, he was allowed to
choose between shooting and hang-!
ing. He was the nineteenth person to
pay the death penalty in Utah and the
fifteenth to choose shooting instead
of hanging.
President Wilson twice appealed
for further respite for Hillstrom. The
president’s second request, made
Thursday, was denied by Governor
Spry as not based on any new facts.
Although self-posssessed, when he
faced his executioners, Hillstrom had
a sensational nervous collapse just
previously. He tied the door of his
cell with strips torn from his blankets |
and fought the guards fiercely with
the handle of a broom he had snatch:
ed from an attendant in the corridor.
The outburst was unexpected.
He arose and began to shake the
cell door, shrieking as if in a night
mare. The noise reached the outside
guards who turned in a general alarm.
success to quiet the man. It was de-
cided not to interfere with him until
necessary and he was not disturbed |
until the time to take him to the
When the guards arrived for this
purpose Hillstrom attacked them sav-
agely with the broomhandle, which he
had broken in two, leaving a sharp
point on one piece. |
The deputy warden, A. C. Ure, re |
ceived a slight wound in the arm’
from Hillstrom’s weapon. Hillstrom '
fought silently until Sheriff Corless
arrived and appealed to him.
“Joe, this 1s all nonsense,” said
Corless. “What do you mean? You
promised to die like a man.” Hill
strom hesitated a moment and then!
yielded. “Well, I'm through,” he said. |
“But you can’t blame a man for fight |
ing for his life.” |
The firing squad consisted of five:
| men, who were paid $40 each for the |
work. They selected their rifles by
lot, one of the weapons containing a'
blank cartridge.
The chair for Hillstrom was placed
against the inner wall of the prison!
facing a barricade to conceal the fir |
ing squad frem the condemned man |
and the spectators. After he was!
seated attendants asked if he had any
thing to say. He said: :
“Gentlemen, I die with a clear con
science. I never did anything wrong:
in my life. I die fighting, not like a
coward. Well, I'm going, good-bye.”
Hillstrom staggered to the chair and :
his head dropped as he was strapped |
in. Hillstrom’s collapse was attrib. |
uted to an opiate administercd after |
he had offered resistance in his cell. '
The prison physician placed a pa’
per target directly over Hillstrom’s |
heart to guide the members of the
firing squad. , i
When the officer started to give the |
command to fire Hillstrom yelled: |
“Let her go!” The squad fired, and’
four bullets pierced his heart. !
Hatching Copperheads
Orvis Walker, of Rebersburg, Cen.
tre county, Pa., has been so success:
ful as a breeder of black Minorca
chickens that he is trying his hand
at snake hatching. !
Wednesday he uncovered five dozen !
snake eggs under a rock along the
new State road he is helping to build. |
He collected the whole nest and car |
ried it home in his pocket. !
Walker put the eggs in a fruit jar |
and “set” his improvised incubator |
in the warm rays of the sun. He ex. |
pects to wait thirty days for the hatch |
to come out, and says if he has good !
luck there will be about a quart of
little copperheads in the jar.
Furs Give Girl Anthrax
Miss Sophia Rosen, seventeen
years old, the third anthrax victim
in New York within the last few
months, died there. i
The girl is believed to have con. |
tracted the disease, which is common |
among animals, by wearing a fur |
neckpiece, the skin of which had not |
been properly treated. .
When the girl was admitted to the
hospital Wednesday her case was
diagnosed as drug poisoning and acute
nephritis. Three hours later she be.
came unconscious and died. A cul
ture taken from her neck showed an.
thrax bacilli.
Boy Hammers Dynamite
Isaac, twelve-year-old son of New-
ton Barner, residing near Selins-
grove, picked up a dynamite cap ly-
ing upon the State highway.
The boy tried to flatten the cap by
pounding it with a stone, when it
exploded, tearing away his twe fin-
gers and thumb of his left hand.
Mr. Barner went with his son to
the place where the boy found the
explosive and unearthed a long fuse,
partly burnt, leading to the middle of
the road. Digging deeper, the father
discovered a stick of dynamite. The
motive for planting dynamite in the
lonely country road is a mystery to
the authorities.
Charlton is Free
Porter Charlton, the American
who recently was tried im Como,
Italy, on a charge of murdering his
wife and who was found guilty and
sentenced to six years and eight
months’ imprisonment, was released.
He is in good health and spirits.
Arrest Father of
Girl Captive.
Maryland Man Charged With Assault
With Intent to Murder for Impris-
oning Girl Eleven Years.
Frank Marshall, the St. Michael's
farmer, who is accused of imprison-
ing his daughter, Grage, twenty-eight
years old, in an attic room at his
farmhouse for eleven years to break
up a school girl romance, was held
without bail by Justice of the Peace
Tharp, in Easton, Md., for a further
hearing.
Marshall was arrested at the home
of a brother, W. O. Marshall, near
Kirkham, about six miles from East.
on. Sheriff Stephens and a half doz-
en constables had been searching for
him. Marshall left his farm house
after telephoning a challenge to the
sheriff to come and get him. He
threatened to shoot any one who
came on the farm to serve a warrant.
- Marshall accompanied the sheriff
without a word. He first was taken
in a motor car to the farm house,
where he spoke to his wife, Rose, a
few minutes. “You had better wait
for some money,” she said to him as
he stepped in the sheriff’s car.
“I don’t need any to get out
this,” replied the farmer.
A large crowd awaited the arrival
of the machine, but there was no
demonstratian as the prisoner walked
into the justice's office, and a minute
of
. later was escorted across the street
to the Talbot county jail. Marshall,
who is charged with assault with in-
tent to murder, may not be given his
; further hearing for a week.
While Marshall was arraigned be-
fore Justice Tharp, a warrant was is-
sued by Justice Dodson, of St.
Michaels, for the arrest of his wife,
the stepmother of Grace, on the
charge of assault. The complaint
was made by Miss Emma L. Davies,
agent of the Children’s Aid society.
Tharp earlier has issued a writ for
{ Mrs. Marshall, but, after conferring
' with lawyers, refused to permit it to
be served. He declared the wife
could not be arrested as a co-princi-
pal with her husband.
Grace Marshall, ignorant of the out:
burst of indignation spreading
throughout the Eastern Shore because
of her imprisonment, is lying at the
home of Mrs. M. H. James, an aunt,
and is responding rapidly to nursing.
Marshall denied he had imprisoned
the girl to break up a school girl ro-
mance. At the same time, residents
recall that her sweetheart was John
Yewall, a farmhand, twice her age,
who died five years ago. Yewall’s
death was said to be hastened by an
impression that tne girl was dead.
The Marshalls, the authorities say,
announced 2hont that time that their
daughter way ceal. They say they
gave out this news when another
daughter, much younger, died of diph-
theria. Schrol chums of Grace Mar-
shall were fooled by the assertion, it
is declared, and a group of her class-
mates sent flowers for the funeral.
The farmer, who is fifty years old,
and is a tenant on the farm of for-
mer State Senator Richard S. Dodson,
a Democratic power in Talbot county,
declared that he did not pen up the
girl on account of the romance, but
because she was insane. This state:
ment, however, is contradicted by
Senator Dodson, who recalled that
about eleven years ago Marshall went
to his heme and said he intended “to
shoot a man bothering his daughter.”
“It’s all a lie about me treating my
daughter brutally,” shouted Marshall.
“She is crazy and we hept her at the
farm to give her kind treatment. We
could not bear to have her taken to
a hospital, where she would be away
from us.” Mrs. Marshall said she
personally attended Grace daily.
BATTLES WITH WILD CAT
Two Men Kill Catamount After Close
Encounter.
M. A. Milliron, a member of the
state legislature, and Clarence Walker
returned from a hunting trip and re-
ported killing a big wildcat after a
desperate battle twelve miles east of
Kittanning, Pa.
The men, armed only with shot
guns, encountered the animal on a
ridge near Gray's Furnace. It sprang
at Milliron, who shot at it, inflicting
only a slight wound.
As the cat leaped again Walker
struck it with the butt of his gun.
It fell to the ground, and, before it
could recover, Milliron fired a charge
through its heart.
Train Hits Mourners’ Auto
Five persons were injured, two
seriously, when a Pennsylvania
railroad passenger train struck
an automobile near Mercer, Pa.
The conditien of John Chadderton and
Mrs. Minnie Parker are critical. The
party was en route to attend the
funeral of a relative at the time of
the accident.
New German Army for West
A despatch from Zurick says Ger-
many has completed a new concen-
tration of troops estimated at 680,000.
It is believed they will be sent to the
western front.
Roasts Where He Falls
Nathan Everitt, the proprietor of
the Weissport Silk mill nad the owns
er of another large silk mill at Nan
ticoke, Pa., was found dead in his
mill is Weissport, having fallen
against the furnace in the cellar.
His face was roasted, and as he
had been missing for twenty-four
hours, it is the belief that he was
stricken with heart fatlure in the
evening, and that he was lying
against the furnace all night.