Bement Yate
BY P. GRAY MEEK.
INK SLINGS.
—Tomorrow will be Christmas.
—We're still far away from the three
thousand mark. Come on across, won't
you.
—The allies have withdrawn from the
Gallipoli Peninsula and given up hope of
getting a piece of Turkey for Christmas.
— Is ROOSEVELT making go00-g00 eyes
at the steam roller again? “A burnt
child dreads the fire.” Not so, the Colo-
nel.
—The British claim to have lost only
three men in the evacuation of Turkey.
The Turks claim that they lost every-
thing else.
—The President and his bride are
probably carving their names on that
lonesome pine in the Blue Ridge moun-
tains of Virginia. :
— How in the world can they sell can-
dy for eight cents the pound when sugar
is seven? Possibly the candy is like
some of the tobacco, mostly alfalfa.
—The latest news from Christiana,
Norway, is to the effect that HENRY
FORD is getting cold feet. Little wonder.
Norway is a cold country these times.
—Tomorrow, more than any other day
in the year, should we remember: “In-
asmuch as ye have done it unto the least
of these, ye have done it also to Me.”
—Uncle JAKE WOODRING expects to find
the job of court crier stuffed down in the
toe of his Christmas stocking when he
goes to look for it tomorrow morning.
—There isn’t any gift in the world
that you could give us that would be
more appreciated than just your good
wishes; if they are genuinely given.
We give you ours.
—Have the Christmas candle burning in
the window of your home tonight and let
the Christmas spirit burn in your soul to-
morrow so brightly that it will shine out
through your eyes, the windows of your
soul.
—BiLL FLINN has announced that he |
will be the last man to leave the good
ship “Progressive.” When they are all
gone but BILL there will be none left to
rock it. Unless he dees a little of it
himself.
—Of course the WATCHMAN is always
worth while, but we are going to make
it more so than ever during 1916. If
you have been reading some one else’s
paper each week we would be very hap-
py to have you sign the declaration of
independence by writing your own name
and address on our mailing list.
—It is reported that when the Panthers
presented their checks to the game war-
dens in payment of the fines imposed
upon them for having doe in their pos-
session the wardens had a list of the
guilty parties, togother with their share
of the fine and costs. When the first
one cashed in the warden merely wrote
down the word “Paid” at the top of the
column and then as each one of the oth-
ers stepped up to the captain’s office he
wrote “do” under the word “Paid.” It
just seemed as though the poor Panthers
couldn’t get away from that doe any-
where.
—Looking over the news columns of
this issue of the WATCHMAN men will
find out that their sisters are the real
angels of mercy in this community, as
well as everywhere else. They are the
Needlework Guild. They are the Asso-
ciated Charities, they arrange the Sun-
day school treats, they sell the Red Cross
seals to stamp out tuberculosis among
the poor, they are the *‘good angels” to
whom the men trustees of the hospital
fly when they fail themselves, they are
the Childrens’ Aid Society, they keep the
church doors open, they make the world
a’decent, clean place to live in and they
make the home. God bless the women!
—Dr. DIxoN is all wrong in thinking
that our beautiful “Big Spring” ought to
be locked up, but he is all right in de-
claring that many of us are nervous, ir-
ritable and out of sorts because we are
in too great haste all the time. He ad-
vises us, in his health letter this week,
to be more tranquil and composed and
suggests that a New Year's resolution to
the effect that we will take more time to
eat properly, to think properly and to
rest properly might be the very best res-
olution we could make when we turn
over the new leaf on New Year’s day.
But how in the world does the dear old
gentleman expect Bellefonters to remain
tranquil and composed when they pass
their very own “Big Spring” all padlock-
ed shut because the Doctor has ordered
it so. For 120 years and more Belle-
fonte has slaked its thirst, cooked its
food, washed its clothes and bathed its
babies with water from this same “Big
Spring” and there is not a case of record
where disease of any sort has been trac-
ed to the water. Time and again analy-
ses have shown that the water of the
“Big Spring’ is as near aqua pura as it
is possible to get that necessity. And
now, that we have surrounded it with
concrete walls, eliminated the danger of
surface drainage and even put sanitary
drinking cups there, the Doctor comes
along with an order that it must be
locked up for fear some one might dis-
compose its composedness or disturb its
tranquility, we presume, We have heard
of cows giving curdled milk when bad
boys run them too much on hot days,
but the spring only laughs and ripples |
away when its placid surface is agitated.
STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION.
BELLEFONTE, PA.. DECEMBER 24, 1915.
NO. 51.
VOL 60.
Judge Gary's New Entertainments.
Judge GARY, head of the Steel trust,
discontinued his “rate-making” dinners,
some years ago, at the suggestion of a
United States District court. These lux-
urious and mellowing events had the ef-
fect and purpose of leading certain
“malefactors of great wealth” to a com-
mon understanding concerning prices.
The law forbids manufacturers and deal-
ers in commodities from making agree-
ments as to prices, but Judge GARY could
see nothing against the assembling of the
leading operators in a given industry
around’ his hospitable mahogany and
coming to an implied understanding.
The court got the question from a differ-
ent angle, however, and suggested to
Judge GARY to “cut out” the feeds.
Judge GARY is a hospitable soul, and
rich. He dotes on dinners and delights
in banquet. But he has a wholesome re-
spect for the law and when the court in-
timated that rate-making feasts were
top-surfacing the road to jail, he was
compelled to seek some other form of
entertainment. And he has at last found
a soul-satisfying substitute. Being anep-
icure his new diversion partakes of the
nature of the old. He is now giving
“slate-making” dinners instead of ‘‘rate-
making” banquets and instead of cap-
tains of industry his guests are experts’
in politics. Under the impulses of war
orders prices soar upward of their own
volition and the powerful minds of his
merry-makers are turned toward the task
of selecting candidates for President.
The first of this series of entertain-
ment, was given by Judge GARY at his
New York palace last week and the guest
of honor was Colonel ROOSEVELT. The
public has not been informed as to the
trend of conversation during the feast,
but Colonel ROOSEVELT has been talking
freely of his political purposes ever since.
He is ready to return to the Republican
fold, he declares, under conditions and it
is widely surmised that Judge GARY will
create the conditions.
always friendly to the Judge and his en-
terprises and the Judge yearns for a re-
turn of those conditions which opened |
the back door of the White House to
him in emergencies. Meanwhile look
out for a stampede of the Chicago con-!
vention.
——It was hardly necessary for Secre-
tary GARRISON to show that ROOSEVELT
is a humbug, a false pretense and a fraud.
The Colonel has proved that himself
many ‘times. But at that there is no
harm in keeping an established fact well
in mind.
End of the Mexican Revolution.
The withdrawal of PANCHO VILLA from
Mexico indicates the early, if not the
immediate restoration of order in that
long-suffering Republic. There are other
disturbers of the peace there and other
bandits who would be glad to shield their
crimes under the pretense of revolution.
But none of them nor all of them together
is as formidable as VILLA and neither of
them is likely to develop sufficient strength
to even menace the government of Car-
ranza. ZAPATA is an outlaw and a mur-
derer and will probably continue a sort of
bushwacking campaign so long as he is
able to maintain a guerrila force.
that will not be long for the people of
Mexico want peace and prosperity.
This practical settlement of affairs in
Mexico is the very strongest vindication
of the policy of President WILSON in the
premises. It was a long drawn-out pro-
cess and costly in life and treasure. But
it was the only method by which en-
during peace could have been obtained.
If, as the Republican leaders suggested,
intervention had been resorted to thous-
ands of American lives would have been
sacrificed and it may be doubted if the
desired end could have been achieved.
A government thus established would
not have been a government of the peo-
ple and though Mexican civilization is
not of the highest type or Mexican intel-
ligence the most certain, an alien gov-
ernment would have been obnoxious to
them and could not have proved per-
manent.
But the peace which is now dawning
promises to be permanent and peace and
prosperity travel together. Mexico is
rich in resources.
derlaid with vast quantities of minerals
and together they will make a happy and
prosperous people. These results are in
themselves most gratifying. But to the
minds of thoughtful citizens of the United
States the most gratifying reflection will
come from the part our own government
had in bringing the conditions about.
Through the wise action of President
WILSON a helpless and nearly exhausted
people have been lifted “out of the slough
of despond” and put upon a solid founda-
tion of progress and prosperity. >
——Tuesday was the shortest day in
the year. :
ROOSEVELT was
But
Her fertile soil is un-
A
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Bill Flinn Yields to Penrose. ;
1
| Former State Senator WILLIAM FLINN,
of Pittsburgh, is ready to return to the
Republican party. That party gave him
| some offices and a lot of contracts but
he imagined that he was entitled to more
than he got and joined the Progressives.
But there is nothing in that party to hold
FLINN. He invested a lot of money in
the “prospect” and got a few invitations
to Sagamore Hill and a chance to stand
beside ROOSEVELT in public. But such
things are no recompense to FLINN. He
wants the “bacon,” and he wants it
promptly and well done. He is vain and
ambitious, of course, and the lime-light
pleased him for the moment. But the
lime-light, even with ROOSEVELT in the
picture, puts no money’ in pocket.
The one man in this State who puts
money in the pockets of his followers is
Boies PENROSE, Senator in Congress.
For nearly a score of years BOIES has
been the pet aversion of BILL FLINN.
Ana incidentally, BILL FLINN has been
feeding on political husks and junk, ever
since he broke away from the machine.
He had been enjoying terrapin and truf-
fles during the long period that he served
the bosses. The difference is great to a
connoisseur and the longing for the
choicer viands was strong. Therefore
Mr. FLINN has capitulated. He is will-
ing to eat out of the PENROSE hand if the
eating is good. He has come to realize
that there is no other sure source of
supply.
Naturally the surrender of FLINN to
the PENROSE machine means the yielding
of all the Progressive followers in the
State. In Pennsylvania FLINN was the
Progressive party. He didn't cast all
the votes of that contingent but he paid
the expenses and that carried with it the
right to say .who the votes should be
cast for. PERKINS is the National Pro-
gressive party because he pays the
freight and FLINN had the same claim to |
title in Pennsylvania. Therefore the sur-
render of FLINN means the elimination
| of the party though it-may be said that
| an element will hold to the right to vote
for the Democratic candidate for Presi:
dent next year. There area few Demo-
crats who will not be transferred.
. ——An esteemed Philadelphia contem-
| porary observes that “the logical candi-
date of a party is often the one that can-
not be elected,” which is the ample as
well as the logical reason why PENROSE
should be nominated at Chicago next
| June.
Brumbaugh Working New Jersey.
| Governor ‘BRUMBAUGH has begun a
i campaign for President in New Jersey.
| A year ago he laid the lines for such an
| enterprise in Pennsylvania but his plans
have not prospered. BILL VARE “nomi-
nated” him whenever opportunity offer-
ed. But like a bad vaccination, it “didn’t
take.” Presumably he hopes for better
| results in the southern section of New
Jersey. VARE owns a considerable part
of the sea shore there and imagines that
he can do with it as he does with the
piggeries in South Philadelphia. But the
indications are that he will be disappoint-
ed in this matter. Senator PENROSE has
a good many friends in that section and
he may intervene to sprag the wheels of |
the BRUMBAUGH chariot.
There would be ‘a good deal of comedy
in this ambition of BRUMBAUGH if it were
not so serious a matter. We have been
taught from the beginning that every
male child born in the United States has
a right to aspire to the Presidency and
the lesson has worked excellent results
in various ways. It has inspired merit
and encouraged hope in many an instance
| to public advantage. But nevertheless
i the aspiration to the Presidency is a
grave matter. Only men of great ability
or unudual merit should be considered in
that connection. BRUMBAUGH has neith-
| er performed any important service for
' shown any extraordinary ability and his
; aspiration to the Presidency, backed by
! VARE, is simply absurd.
. The suggestion of BOIES PENROSE for
the Presidency would be preposterous
under ordinary circumstances, notwith-
standing his long service in the Senate
‘and his considerable experience in pub-
lic affairs. But he is essentially the
representative of the Republican party
as it is today. He is the embodiment of
all that the Republican party stands for
‘and in his official actions expresses all
"that it is. But BRUMBAUGH represents
nothing but an absurd ambition and a
disreputable gang of municipal contrac-
tors. His aspiration to the Presidency
is an insult to the intelligence of the peo-
ple of Pennsylvania. Presidents are
moulded from different metal.
|
|
| ——If it is true that GEORGE W. PER-
| KINS arranged the GARY dinner for
ROOSEVELT it is easy to guess why. The
Colonel is too expensive luxury for even
a rich man to maintain single-handed.
Commercial Conditions Satisfactory.
With business conditions normal the
UNDERWOOD tariff law would not only ful- |
fill every expectation with respect to |
revenue, but it might materially reduce |
the cost of living for it would certainly
decrease tax burdens. This is clearly
revealed in records of the treasury for
last week. At the thirteen leading ports |
the exports during the week amounted
to $67,744,927 and the imports to $32,-
364,630, a total of $100,109,557, the bal- :
ance of trade in favor of this country
being about $35,380,297. The customs
receipts amounted to $3,691,113 which .
was considerably greater than the dis-
bursements for the period. This indicates
a turn of the tide which has given the :
calamity howlers their texts.
‘The European war completely upset
commercial conditions and practically
destroyed foreign trade. Whether tariff
schedules be high or low the receipts
from customs depend upon the volume
of imports. If there are no imports there
can be no revenues from that source and
the rate of the tariff tax has nothing to
do with the matter. When the UNDER-
wooD law was enacted there were no
signs of war and the calculations as to
its revenue probabilities were based upon
normal commercial conditions. If such
conditions had continued the law would
have produced ample revenue and vastly
decreased the expenses of living without
in the least impairing the productive
capacity of mills and factories or dimin-
ishing the profits of manufacturers or
agriculturists.
Of course so long as the war continues
commerce will be under restraint. Eu-
rope will not be able to buy as much,
outside of war munitions, and will have
less to sell, so that profits of international
trade will be less. But improvement
will go on gradually and ultimately if the
hostilities are prolonged, normal condi-
tions will be restored and the present
tariff law will become an active agent of
prosperity in all sections of the country.
We can hardly hope that the condition
of last week will continue, for that was
4 ~eptionally good. But we may expect
that within ‘a short time’ it will be*the™
rule rather than the exception and when
the war ends we will “flourish like a green
bay tree.”
——The shipyards of the country. are
enjoying a fair share of the general
prosperity and contributing in just ratio
to the general output. And so long as
this even balance is maintained we can
see no reason why the government
should go into competition with the ship
builders. :
When They are Sworn In.
The new county officials will be sworn
into office on Monday, January 3rd, but
they are not legally entitled to take office
before Tuesday morning, January 4th.
The commission of all officers reads
“from the first Monday in January,” not
from noon of the first Monday, as is gen-
erally supposed; while all reports to be
made out by the old officials in closing
out their work, includes the full day of
Monday, and the old officials are liable
for every transaction in their offices that
day.
The Recorder and Prothonotary are
the two officers qualified to administer
the oath of office to the incoming officials,
and Judge-elect QUIGLEY has already se-
lected Recorder-elect W. H. BROWN to
administer the oath of office to him after
he, himself, has been sworn in. Mr.
QUIGLEY this week announced the fol-
lowing staff of court officers:
Court crier, JAcoB WOODRING, of Worth
township.
Court messenger,
Bellefonte.
Tipstaves, JAMES MCMULLEN, Boggs
township; GEORGE ROBB, Spring town-
ship; GEORGE C. EATON, Liberty town-
ship, and Cyrus W. HUNTER, Halfmoon
township.
Recorder W. H. BROWN this week an-
nounced his appointment of WALTER H.
| ARMSTRONG. as deputy recorder.
——If the Progressives hold their Na-
tional convention in the same city and at
the same time as the Republican conven
tion is held the accident insurance busi-
ness ought to be brisk for a period just
"before the date.
——Meantime bear in mind that
ROOSEVELT is as ready to pounce on the
Republican nomination as ever a buzzard
was to feast on a carcass.
——The ForD peace enterprise which
was a joke has developed into a farce
and its advertising value has become a
matter of doubt.
——After a strenuous year the Presi-
dent probably thought he needed some |
one to help him enjoy a rest.
——For high class Job Work come to
the WATCHMAN Office.
THOMAS FLEMING, !
| A “Spring” Lock.
Health Office Dixon did say
I don’t like Bellefonte people’s way;
And the lock going zip
Gave the Burgess a trip
To see what the Solons would say.
A “Beautiful Fountain,” well named,
But the Borough Dad guys
Who thought they were wise
Decided it ought to be framed.
The crowd really must not go near,
For the water must always be clear;
It’s a nasty mean thing,
And all the folks sing
Why we can’t seethe ‘big trout” from here.
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Fifty Cents a Day.
! From the Altoona Times.
“I agree with. President Wilson in
! many of his recommendations for the na-
| tional defense,” says ex-President Taft,
i “but I do not see how we can raise the
' 80,000 men that he wants. A scldier gets
| but $15 a month, and with men earning
that much a week and more, you see
| how hard it will be to get that 80,000
| without conscription.”
| That's a problem that most of the peo-
| ple advocating an army increase don’t
seem to give any thought to. Our pres-
ent army, small as it is, has no end of
trouble in trying to recruit enough men
to make up its full complement. Itis
invariably smaller in reality than on pa-
per, and so is the navy. Even the added
interest in military matters aroused by
the present war has not sufficed to fill
up the gaps.
How will it be, then, when Congress
passes bills calling for an increase of
tens of thousands in the regular army
and navy, not to mention the hundreds
of thousands expected to volunteer as a
citizen reserve?
Patriotism may work a change here,
as it has in England, and swell the en-
listments. But will it take as great and
imminent peril te bring out our volun-
teers as it has taken in England?
Theodore Roosevelt believes that con-
scription is the only way. If we're to
have a much larger army, we may come,
sooner or later, to a choice between high-
er pay and some form of conscription—
the Swiss system, for example, which
makes all citizens submit to training at
regular intervals, but doesn’t take up
much of their time.
A Prince and a Job.
From the Johnstown Democrat,
~The Prince of ‘Wales is an
alty. The young man was recently dis-
cussing the political and economic effects
of the pending war and’ it was suggested
i to him that there might be a change of
| public opinion that would bring about a
republic in his native land. The royal
{ youth was not greatly concerned. If he
| were to be kicked out as King he would
i get a job. The prince was apparently
quite delighted with the job idea. He
! was, he insisted, an excellent automobile
| mechanic. His father, the king, if the
| worst came to the worst, could qualify as
ia master mariner. There was a brother
| who would make a jolly good plumber
+ and a sister who could qualify as a horse
! trainer. The family would pull through.
i They could make a living. Young Wales
| was quite sure of that. The mental pic-
| ture presented by the young man is a
i pleasing one. Instinctively the Prince of
| Wales seems to recognize that when the
| people want a republic it ill becomes roy-
alty to fight for its place. Instead of en-
| gaging in a revolution, he would get a
| job and see that his mother did not want
"in her old age. ra
{ King Edward, in discussing the same
| possibility, used to say that if he were
. ever deposed as king he would ask Sir
| Thomas Lipton to take him into partner-
| ship. Monarchs who talk like that are
seldom ripped out of office and royal
| striplings who nonchalantly discuss their
| ability to make good on their own mer-
its in the labor mart generally land on a
' throne. Re 1
A Rural-School Campaign.
From the New York World. ER
In his plea for “the eo-operative lead-
ership of the government” in building up
the rural schools of the country, Secre-
tary Lane urges that the bureau.of edu-
cation be put to more serious purpose.
He proposes that it be converted into a
federal bureau of educational methods
and standards, a sort of clearing house
where can be gathered and exchanged
the results of educational experiments of
general value.
More than half the children of the
United States receive their education in
country school-houses. Of necessity the
teachers as a rule are underpaid, the
classes overcrowded and the school-
houses poorly equipped. Inthe main the
rural schools suffer not only from pover-
ty but from stagnation. They are not
‘modern institutions. For obvious rea-
sons they have not progressed at the
same rate in improving their methods as
the city schools.
By a rural-school campaign Secretary
Lane would give to the country school-
house new dignity and new usefulness.
He would make it respond better to lo-
cal requirements. His plan does not con-
template compulsory changes through
legislation or outside interference. It rests
entirely upon the idea that “the tcach-
ers, the superintendents and the school
boards need leadership; they need an
authoritative statement of conclusions
by the wisest and most practical men in
the land; they need to be shown the
better way.”
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A Saul Among the Prophets.
From the Chicago Herald.
When Secretary Daniels got converted
to the preparedness he went right up to
the front bench, opened the hymn book
services.
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oh pee en
asset to roy- |
! SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE.
i
—The last will and testament of Miss Belle
Ritz, of Lewistown, gives $3,000 for the main-
tenance of the Lewistown hospital.
—The outlook now is that Portage is about to
| become the home of a soap factory the erection
of which building and installation of the plant
will cost $30,000.
—The demand for licenses to sell oleo will keep
the Pure Food Bureau of the Agricultural De-
partment busy for some time. More licenses
will be issued for 1916 than for any previous
year.
—Only a few hours after his wife had received
a message from Blairsville announcing the death
of her sister, A. S. Mason, a prominent resident
of Conemaugh, learned of the death of his sister
in Maine.
—The store of G. Watson Fredericks, at Flem-
ington, Clinton county, enjoys the doubtful dis.
tinction of having been robbed once a year for
the last forty years. The annual spoliation for
this year occurred one night last week.
—William Walker, aged 90, a resident of New
Castle, is just now cutting his third set of teeth,
according to a story coming out of his home
town. The teeth are coming out back of the
second set which are in good condition.
—Roy McGhee, of Burnt Cabins, Huntingdon
county, lost a ring fourteen years ago. Recently
he found it again in a parsnip raised in his gar-
den this season. [It is supposed to have been
lost in the stable and carried out with the refuse
of the stable.
—Miss Bessie Hudson, aged 29, a resident of
Johnstown, used bichloride of mercury as an
antiseptic wash and not being familiar with the
nature of the drug made the solution too strong.
so that it burned its way into her blood, killing
her last Thursday night.
—In court at Greensburg Saturday morning,
Mrs. Mary C. Cline, the widowed mother of
eight children, submitted to the charge of selling
liquor without license. She is a resident of Van-
degrift and was permitted to go upon payment
of the costs after she had promised to obey the
law hereafter.
—While Oscar Huff and Benjamin Elliott, of
White Deer, were out hunting in the mountains
near the White Deer reservoir on Wednesday of
last week they saw a large black doe. The
animal was jet black and came down a small hill
towards the men who were dumbfounded and
could scarcely believe their eyes.
—Rev. Dr. John S. Stahr, president of the Cen-
tral Synod of the Reformed church of the United
States and former president of Franklin and
Marshall college, died at his home in Lancaster
Tuesday night, from infirmities incident to old
age. He was made professor emeritus of the col-
lege several years ago, and was honored by the
general synod in 1914. He was 70 years old.
—After saving her four little children from
their burning home early on Tuesday, Mrs. Anna
Adelson, of Reynoldsville, perished inthe flames
when she returned to rescue two sleeping chil
dren of a neighbor. Her charred body was found
after the house had been destroyed. The chil-
dren were rescued by Hugh Haggerty, Central
league baseball player, who went into the house
in search of Mrs. Adelson.
—Fire of supposed incendiary origin complete.
ly destroyed a barn on a farm in Blair township,
north of Hollidaysburg, owned by Lewis Wagner,
at 10 o'clock last night. In addition to the build-
ing, which was a large two story structure, two
cows, three hogs and a lot of chickens, together
with a large quantity of hay, straw, grain and
farming implements, were burned. The build-
ing and stock were partially insured.
—John Stevens, a walking boss on contract
work atthe Standard Steelworks, -at Burnham,
was taken home Saturday night in an ambulance
unconscious from a rap on the head. Stevens
says he don’t know whether he fell over a rail,
striking his head, or whether a disgruntled
laborer hit him with a brick. The attending
physician says the latter happened, but whether
it was an attempt upon Mr. Stevens’ life is un-
known.
—David R. Kitchen, aged 28 years, of North-
umberliand, an employee of the Pennsylvania
railroad, was instantly killed at the Walnut street
crossing in Williamsport Sunday night, when he
was squeezed between two cars. The train had
been cut at the crossing, and when the engineer
received the signal to close the cut, Kitchen was
between two cars fixing an air hose and was
crushed to death. He leaves a wife and two
children.
—Alfred M. Probst, aged 43, a resident of Lock
Haven, took his shot gun and left his home last
Thursday forenoon, telling his parents he was
going hunting. About 2 o’clock in the afternoon
he was found lying dead on the bank of Bald
Eagle creek, about an eighth of a mile above the
Castanea bridge. His entire head was blown
away. only the face and forehead remaining. It
is not known whether the man’s death was the
result of accident or design.
—Charles H. Dickerman. of Milton, a former
member of Congress from Pennsylvania, died on:
Saturday. He was 72 yearsold. Mr. Dickerman
was the father of William C. Dickerman, of New.
York, vice president of the American, Car and
Foundry Company. He was president. of the
First National bank of Milton and a director i
half a dozen other banks in Milton. Hewas at nl
ber of the Lawyers’ Club, New York; member of
World’s Peace convention at The Hague in 1905,;
and delegate to one of the Democratic National
conventions. Mr. Dickerman was reported to
be worth $5,000,000.
—O. H. Culbertson and Henry Wilson, of Clar-
ion, who have been drilling on the Brown tract,
one and a half miles south of that town, have
struck the largest gas well discovered in Clarion
county for years. The gas was found in the
Speechley sand, and on .open gauge showed a
volume of 11,000,000 cubic feet in twenty-four
hours. The well was tubed and much trouble
was experienced owing to the heavy flow. With
open-gate valve the well developed a forty pound
pressure. The same parties got a 3,000,000 foot
gas well on the same tract a few weeks ago, and
the locality promises to be a very valuable gas
territory.
—William M. Lloyd, of Shamokin, who served
eighteen months of a three years’ sentence for
the embezzlement of $19,427.38, while treasurer
of Northumberland county during 1909-11, was on
Monday granted a Christmas present in the
shape of a parole by Judge Moser in the North.
umberland county court. Petitions containing
thousands of signatures had been presented.
Mark L. Swab, his deputy, isalso in jail serving
two years and nine months’ sentence for partici-
pation in the same crime. Lloyd, who earned
$36,000 in commissions while in office, always
declared that Swab got the money. Swab was
paid $100 monthly. Lloyd comes from a promi-
nent Shamokin family.
—T'he big mill of the Central Pennsylvania
Lumber company at Galeton has been shut
down. Announcement of the closing of the mill
was made at the office Monday morning. The
big tract of timber located in the mountains
around Galeton has been exhausted. The loss
of this mill at Galeton will probably mean that
the future progress of the largest community of
Potter county will depend on other lines of busi-
ness. It has not been decided whether the timber
from the Costello tract will be taken to Galeton
or whether a mill will be erected’ at Costello.
Should this lumber be taken to Galeton it would
and began to take a leading part in the.
| lumber community for several years.’
probably result in that town continuing asa