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BY P. GRAY MEEK.
INK SLINGS.
—Isn’t the “Governor’s Lady” an inter-
esting story?” :
—Counterfeit happiness is the only
kind you can get out of a counterfeit life.
—It's a pity that the fishing season
doesn’t come in before moving day.
Father would then have such a good
excuse for keeping out of the way.
—Sunday surely was a perfect spring
day. And, for that matter, Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday were spring
days also; insofar as spring is related to
water.
—A petition is being circulated to place
the name of WM. G. RUNKLE Esq, on
the primary ballot for the office of chair-
man of the Democratic organization in
Centre county.
—Spring flowers are pushing up
through the ground, the wild goose flies
northward in the sky, soon the hurdy-
gurdy will be around and then we’ll have
to swat the fly.
—Stopping the career of one fly now |
will stop the possibility of its contribut- |
ing so many millions more to posterity |
before July 1st that you ought to swat
every one you see. |
—Are you going to fool us tomorrow
by sending along a little of the coin of
the realm or, if you are reading the
WATCHMAN that some one else subscribes
for, by having your own name enrolled
as a subscriber.
—We have it from a source that is
generally reliable that Commissioner of
Labor and Industry JOHN PRICE JACKSON
is being groomed to succeed BRUMBAUGH
as Governor of Pennsylvania. Surely
the pedagogues of the land are coming
into their own. More power to them.
They are an under paid, generally berated
{ot anyway and if they can get even by
going in for politics, why not?
—1It is rather amusing to watch the
disorganizer papers of Pennsylvania tak-
ing a crack at poor BRYAN every chance
they get now. He is no longer in a po-
sition to put an “0. K.” on a federal ap-
pointment and as that is the sum and
substance of what they profess Democra-
cy for they hope to curry favor with the
powers that be by sticking the knife into
the man who put them where they are.
—Berlin is complaining because war’s
exigencies have made it impossible for a
person to buy more than five ounces of
butter each week. Right here in Belle-
fonte we have lots of families who don’t
have any butter at all for weeks in suc-
cession. The difference seems to be that
the Germans have the price but butter
is scarce, while with the unfortunates
here butter is plenty but the price is not
at hand.
—On the evening of the last general
election, when sufficient returns had been
received to indicate the election of HEN-
RY C. QUIGLEY, president judge of Cen-
tre county, CLARENCE LONG, of Rebers-
burg, who had figured rather notoriously
in the campaign, called Mr. QUIGLEY on
the telephone to congratulate him. After
the Judge-elect had concluded his conver-
sation with LONG he turned to the crowd
assembled in the room and said: “If
anyone. in Centre county gets license
CLARENCE will.” Yesterday Judge Quig-
LEY granted a license to LONG. We have
no comment to make.
—The latest political dope we have is
to the effect that HARRY KELLER Esq. is
to be the new dispenser of Republican
patronage in Centre county; that is so
far as the state administration favors are
concerned. The announcement has
thrown consternation into several of our
local hopefuls for the reason that along
with it came the statement that no one
who does not come out squarely for
BRUMBAUGH, as against PENROSE, need
apply. You know, our friend G. WASH-
INGTON REES is and always has been an
ardent supporter of PENROSE and as he
would just love to be ’Squire to take the
place of BILLIE CAssIDY, resigned, he
finds himself in a predicament that is
going to take some jockeying:to get out
of. Then there is the “Hon.”}.“Deacon”
HARRIS, who would like to have a job
with real plum trees in it instead]of the
barren fruit of the State Forestry De-
partment. He is up against the proposal
to sell his PENROSE birth-right for a mess
of |BRUMBAUGH pottage.
—We can see in a new course to be of-
fered the girls of the Bellefonte High
school not only an evidence of splendid
judgment on the part of those who have
been instrumental in introducing] it, but
the opening of a new field of usefulness
for women. The girl who may never
have a home of her own, who becomes
proficient in the new courses of cooking,
sewing, first aid, sanitation, laundry
science, household accounts, marketing,
personal hygeine and care of children is
always going to be a well paid member
in some other woman’s home who has
not had the advantage of education in
these essentials of good and economic
housekeeping. You may imagine us to
be looking further into the future than
we really are when we predict that it
will not be long until little captains of
the household industry will begin to
solve the problem of the high cost of liv-
ing and check the increasing consump-
tion of food stuffs to a proper ratio with
STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION.
BELLEFONTE, PA., MARCH 31, 1916.
Colonel Roosevelt’s Plans.
The mysterious Congressmen who
failed to induce Colonel ROOSEVELT to
submit his name to the Pennsylvania
Republicans as a candidate for the Presi-
dential nomination the other day, never-
theless performed an important public
service. He extracted from the reluctant
warrior and bird fancier a somewhat
comprehensive statement of his political
plans and purposes in the near future.
Reading the lines and “between the
lines” of this statement it may be learn-
ed that the paramount desire of the
ROOSEVELT heart is to defeat the Demo-
cratic party. Probably he had the same
object in mind in 1914 when, with the
aid of BILL FLINN, he inveigled stupid or
| venal managers of the Pennsylvania
Democracy to enter into a corrupt deal
to finance a tour of the State in order
that he might “tear WILSON to pieces.”
The ROOSEVELT scheme, as disclosed
by the mysterious Pennsylvania Con-
gresman who recently visited Oyster Bay,
is, first, “to remain in the Progressive
party and become its nominee at Chica-
go.” Second, “to be in position to be-
come the compromise candidate of the
Republican party if there is a dead lock
in the convention after he has been
nominated by the Progressives.” But
the action of the Republican convention
is not to be left to chance. The mysteri- i
ous Pennnsylvania Congressman adds
that “efforts will be made by Progressive
Republicans to force the nomination of
ROOSEVELT by the Republican conven-
tion.” The delegates will be compelled
to adopt an “heroic mood,” for the
Colonel declared to his visitor that “the
country must be redeemed from the
Democratic party” because “we are los-
ing standing before the nations of the
world and our own self-respect.”
This is certainly an ambitious, though
it must be added, a trifle selfish program.
But “the best laid plans 0’ mice and men
gang aft aglee.” It may be safely said
that the Colonel will have no trouble in
remaining in the Progressive party. No
other party will kidnap him unless con-
ditions change vastly within the next
couple of months. Other Progressives
are welcomed back because as a rule
they are innocuous but ROOSEVELT’S re-
turn means trouble. Getting into posi-
tion to become the compromise candi-
date of the Republican party is altogether |
different, however, and for the Colonel |
immensely difficult. And “to force the
nomination of ROOSEVELT by the Repub-
lican convention” would be nothing less
than an herculean task, far beyond the
capacity of PERKINS and FLINN or any
other “angels” at present in view.
Justice to Secretary Daniels.
We have never been an ardent admir-
er of JosepHUS DANIELS, Secretary of the
Navy, but he is entitled to just treatment
at the hands of the press and public. It
might have been possible for the Presi-
dent to have chosen a fitter man for the
office that Mr. DANIELS occupies but that
fact doesn’t justify the detraction that
has been heaped upon him by some of
the Republican papers in this State. He
probably had no experience in marine
affairs before his appointment to the
Secretaryship of the Navy, but he is not
the first “land-lubber” who has been
called to that service nor the least capa-
ble. As a matter of fact Mr. DANIELS
has proved an efficient Secretary and a
faithful public servant.
One of the principal causes of com-
plaint against Secretary DANIELS is the
allegation that he curtails the freedom
of speech of naval officers. He has for-
bidden, it is said, the bureaucrats con-
nected with the naval department serv-
ice from criticising the administration of
the department and the policy of the
President with respect to naval affairs.
It may be that Secretary DANIELS has
followed the example of his predecessors
in office in this respect, but he did not
originate the practice. It has been the
rule of the navy for a hundred years and
is a wise rule. If the Secretary of War
would adopt it for that department the
country would be the better for it.
The truth is, however, that there is no |
muzzle on the mouth of any officer of |
the navy. For weeks and weeks naval
experts have been testifying before Con-
gressional committees as freely as if
they had been private citizens and thus
any good that can be accomplished by
the free use of their tongues is fully
achieved. Nothing can be gained by
permitting a disappointed naval crank to
bellow maudlin opinions upon subjects
of which he has no knowledge. That is
about all that Secretary DANIELS has
done and he is to be commended rather
than condemned for it.
DANIELS is winning public approbation
by his service in the department and de-
serves praise rather than censure.
the increased production.
—Have your Job Work done here.
Commissioner Johnson May Resign.
Whether the factional fight among the
Republican leaders of this State goes on
to a finish or not, it has developed some
surprises which will linger in the minds
of thoughtful men for many years. Con-
spicuous among these are the coarse
methods that Governor BRUMBAUGH has
adopted and is pursuing. Politicians of
Pennsylvania haye become accustomed
to sharp practice and “for ways that are
dark” they have long been peculiar. But
hitherto there has been regard for nice-
ties, more or less, in the political subma-
rine operations and the coarseness of
BRUMBAUGH’S methods is amazing.
When he wanted votes in the Legislature
{ast year he simply bought them in the
open market and now that he wants sup-
port for office he dragoons the State offi-
cials into service.
Of course this sort of thing is bound
to provoke resentments. In fact there
are mutterings heard all along the line
already and it is reported that Insurance
Commissioner JOHNSON is threatening to
resign. Mr. JOHNSON has long been a
close friend of PENROSE and his re-ap-
pointment a few months ago caused con-
siderable surprise. When Speaker AM-
BLER announced his candidacy for Audit-
or General,
same county, promptly announced his
friendshiz and support of him. But
! when BRUMBAUGH and the VARES sched-
uled the AMBLER candidacy as a move-
ment to humiliate PENROSE JOHNSON’S
ardor abated and his support weakened.
It has since been whispered that he will
withdraw his support altogether and give
his influence to Senator SNYDER.
A very large proportion of the officials
in the BRUMBAUGH administration are
personal friends of PENROSE and obtain-
ed their positions in the public service
through him. It is popularly believed in
Harrisburg, according to newspaper gos-
nation, a number of others will follow
his example. If such a condition should
arise a battle royal will ensue. The BRUM-
BAUGH forces are managed by amateurs
whose blunderings, like his own coarse
In fact ‘Mr.
| Senior Senator. But patronage is a great
force in politics and with the National,
| State and Philadelphia municipal admin-
istrations against PENROSE, he is greatly
handicapped, which may account for his
' timidity.
——VILLA is eluding the army but the
army aviators have not got a line on him
yetas they will in a short time. When the
clouds get eyes ravines are small protec-
tion.
Literacy Test an Evil.
The vote in the House of Representa-
tives on Monday indicates the passage of
an immigration bill with the literacy test
as a feature. This is surprising in view
of the fact that three immigration bills
have been vetoed because of this pro-
vision and in every case the vetoes were
sustained in Congress and approved by
public sentiment. But Congress seems
determined to force such legislation into
the statute book. Those Senators and
Representatives who favor such restric-
tion confidently hope that sooner or later
the executive objection will be overcome
or that public opinion will reverse itself
upon the subject. Probably they are
right. The vote in the House on Monday
indicates that the time is here.
What is hoped to be gained by such
legislation is beyond conjecture. Every
man of alert mind favors such restric-
tions in immigration as will exclude from
our shores criminals, defectives and
paupers. But the literacy test in no re-
spect makes for this result. Men and
boys of the highest natural intelligence
may be unable to read and write because
the opportunities to acquire such accom-
plishments were entirely absent from
them in the countries from which they
have come. One person should not be
punished for the faults of others and no
fair minded man will say that it is the
fault of the immigrant that the authori-
| ties from whom he has gladly escaped
' have maintained conditions that have
| forced him to be unable to read and
write.
The most dangerous immigrants who
have come to this country are men of
literary attainments. Most of the anarch-
ists and nihilists who preach the doctrine
of murder and arson are graduates of
foreign universities or colleges who see
opportunities for criminal operations
here that are not present in Europe. The
literacy test will not exclude them or
circumscribe their activities. But it will
keep out healthy, honest and industrious
young men and women who come to the
United States in order to better their
own conditions and secure their children
from the evils of illiteracy and the lack
of opportunity which impaired their lives
in their native lands.
JOHNSON, who lives in the |
sip, that in the event of JOHNSON’S resig- |
work, is freely ridiculed by the niore ex-
‘ perienced and smoother followers of the
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NO. 13.
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Brumbaugh and ‘Penrose.
—
There are. indications that the threaten- From the Johnstown Democrat.
| ed fight between BRUMBAUGH and PEN-
ROSE may be averted for the present. A
week ago the signs pointed to an im-
mediate and destructive battle. BRUM-
BAUGH had practically denounced PEN
ROSE as a malefactor and "PENROSE had
declared that within a few days he would |
reply in. e of condemnation. But the;
battle has not been begun. PENROSE re-
fuses to move. He believes in peace at
any price. BRUMBAUGH is of the same
mind. Both live in glass houses and hesi-
tate to throw stones. There are oppor-
tunities for plunder for some years if the
machine - can be kept together. A fight
would dissipate all chances for future '
spoliation.
As the conditions appear at present
PENROSE: has no objections to giving
BRUMBAUGH a complimentary vote for
the Presidential nomination at Chicago
in June but he is unalterably opposed to
giving Speaker AMBLER the Republican
nomination for Auditor General of Penn-
sylvania. Why this attitude has not been
reveal AMBLER is a corporation man,
body and soul. His nomination and elec-
tion to the office of Auditor General will
not cause trouble to any corporate in-
terest. « It might give the VARE contract.
ing firm some advantage over competitors
| in performing State work but that is
hardly important enough to cause a party
fight. There must be some reason, how-
ever, for that is the bone of contention.
Possibly the reason for postponing an
inevitable fight lies in the lack of courage
of PENROSE. He has shown the white
feather frequently by running away from
contests in which he might easily have
come out winner if he had had the nerve
to assert his strength. But this is an in-
auspicious time to employ such tactics.
This year compromise is as bad as defeat
and if the Senator yields his followers
will desert him finally. Probably he
doesn’t know this but if he will appeal
to a “medium” and call up the spirit of
QuAY he will get the information at first
hand and in unmistakable terms. The
“old man’’ never ran away from 2 fight
and rarely lost one.« «ELL
—If State Fish Commissioner BULLER
wants to convert his present popularity
into most deserved unpopularity let him
go through with his proposal to puta
tax on everyone who wants to go a fish- |
ing. This license business is going en-
tirely too far. The public is getting ir-
ritated about it, for already we are pay-
ing personal and property taxes and li-
censes enough, without having another
tag pinned on us before we have a right
to go out to spend a half day composing
our nerves on the banks of our favorite |
fishing hole.
——Sunday was an ideal spring day, in
fact so warm and balmy that overcoats
and wraps were laid aside and spring
suits and dresses were much in evidence.
Naturally the warm weather made a big
dent in the snow that covered the fields
and mountains and the rain which fol-
lowed on Monday and Tuesday resulted
in the highest water in Spring creek we
have had in two years. Fortunately,
however, it did not reach a point where
any great damage resulted. Buffalo Run
and Bald Eagle creek were also quite ; ‘There is nothing to support it beyond
high.
~——Nobody will complain much if the
tax on whiskey and beer is increased
and adding a trifle to the tax on incomes
ought not to cause much public worry.
The country must have increased reve-
nues and levying taxes upon those able
to bear it looks like wisdom.
——“Uncle” JoE CANNON is always for
Philadelphia when he isn’t in his seat in
the House of Representatives in Wash-
ington. In fact he may be for Philadel-
phia even while in his seat if the ques-
tion under consideration doesn’t concern
Philadelphia.
——Of course Justice HUGHES can con-
trol the Republican National convention
but what’s the use. He can’t control the
votes of the people and a nomination un-
der such circumstances is less substan-
tial than an “irridescent dream.”
——Now that the American Federa-
tion of Labor has tackled the peace prob-
lem there ought to be something doing.
Old SAM GOMPERS is a mighty force.
——As was once said of another dis-
tinguished pugilist after his fight, FRANK
MORAN knows more than he did before,
but he isn’t as handsome.
——Still the British troops manage to
keep out of the danger zone while the
| French are performing heroic feats at
Verdun.
——Nothing has developed thus far in
the pursuit of VILLA that is discreditable
to CARRANZA who has a hard job on his
hands.
ER, EI
| Getting Out.
| American interests seeking intervention
If the American army gets out of Mex-
ico without a series of serious encounters
and if it gets out within the next year
the United States will have reason to
congratulate itself and President Wilson
can feel that he has handled a difficult
| situation with transcending skill.. The
further the army gets into Mexico the
| more problems arise. There is already an
influential group of men who are coun-
selling the government that Uncle Sam
{ should buy the northern Mexican States.
; These imperialists point out that north-
ern Mexico is far more advanced politic-
ally than the southern portion of the.
Republic: They call attention to the
fact that American business interests
| are largely represented in the various
| border States. They say that American
business interests should be protected by
| the flag. #Buy the northern Mexican
States and end the trouble, is their plea.
Fortunately this is not being taken ser-
iously as yet. It, however, shows the
drift of sentiment in some quarters.
While the United States will hardly
seek to increase its possessions at the
expense of Mexico it will be compara-
tively easy to create the suspicion among
the Mexicans that such is our purpose.
There are papers like the New York
World that contend Villa was financed by
Yankee interests that have long desired
intervention. If such is the case those
same interests can be relied upon to stir
up trouble for Uncle Sam’s soldiers. The
more trouble there is the more vigorous
the repressive measures must be. The.
more vigorous the repressive measures
the harder it will be to let loose. And
there is a real danger—that it will be so
difficult to let loose. We can expect when
it comes time to withdraw our sol-
diers that the press will be flooded by the
lamentations of those who declare that
just as soon as our army is withdrawn
from Mexico our business interests will
suffer. “Will the United States abandon
its citizens to the fury of a Mexican
mob?” it will be asked. “Will we allow
Mexico once again to lapse into an-
archy?” will be a query shouted from
the mountain tops. William Randolph
Hearst, Senator Guggenheim and the
Standard Oil crowd will feel that they
need protection. They can be relied
upon to oppose any effort to withdraw
our army.
The jingo element must be consid-
, ered. There are those in this country
| who believe “the United States should
own every foot of ground between the
Rio Grande and the Janama c can Ch
Jingo big army ye navy 20.
through. So, taken all in all, Cs Sam
is quite likely to find that it will be hard-
er to get out of Mexico than it was to
get in.
Who is Back of Villa?
From the New York World.
According to the dispatches from Mex-
ico City, the Carranza government be-
lieves that Villa has been financed by
in Mexico, and that the plot was wreck-
ed by President Wilson's deft handling
of the diplomatic situation.
The belief that outside interests are
back of Villa is not confined to Mexico
City or the Carranza government. It is
' as strong here as it is there but no con-
clusive evidence has thus far been pre-
sented.
That the Columbus raid was only a
casual manifestation of Villa lawlessness
is more than improbable, and before the
affair is fully cleared up we shall proba-
bly know who was behind this massacre
and what was behind it. If American
financial interests are responsible, if the
blood spilled at Columbus is on their
hands, that fact is capable of proof if
proof is sought in the right way.
The charge has been flatly made in
certain quarters that German influence
inspired Villa’s attack on Columbus.
the general satisfaction expressed in
German circles that the United States is
now too occupied to bother about sub-
marine warfare, and the known activi-
ties of Sintelen, the German agent who
is now under arrest in England.
“There has been plenty of German in-
trigue in Mexico for years. German in-
fluence was back of Huerta, and Captain
Boy-Ed, who was the German naval at-
tache to the United States and actively
concerned in Mexican affairs, protested
as long ago as May 25, 1914, against the
judgment of Admiral von Hintze, who
tried to wash his hands of Huerta as “a
drunken ruffian.” To Boy-Ed, Huerta
was “the only strong man in Mexico,”
and Capt. von Papen’s arguments in be-
half of Huerta “made a great impression
not only on Count von Bernstorff but
also on the Austrian Ambassador.”
Von Jagow as a Cartoonist.
From the Cartoons Magazine.
Like his distinguished superior Em-
peror Wilhelm Herr Gottlieb von ' Jagow,
German secretary for foreign affairs, is a
cartoonist and designer. When not en-
gaged in writing notes to Secretary Lan-
sing he is busy with his pencil. As you
enter his office you will observe a large
clean blotter on his desk, and this, as he
talks, he gradually covers with sketches.
His servant brings him a new blotter for
every visitor.
Will There Be Another?
From the Cnlumbus, Ohio, State Journal.
It takes all kinds of people to make a
‘world and we suppose there are some
who think that Mr. Owen Wister still
has news value and would get mad
at the newsyapers if they didn’t print
his next sonnet in full.
~——The Colonel has discovered a new
bird. But the Colonel is himself an “old
ak rh SLOW. New
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SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE.
‘—Twenty-four deer were seen within three
miles of Williamsport, Sunday. It is thought the
late snows drove them out of the mountains.
—The Elk-Shanley Gas & Oil Co., of Ridgway,
has just been incorporated for $25,000. The com-
pany proposes to bore for petroleum and gas in
the vicinity of Ridgway.
—Mrs. Charles Meck, of Carlisle, was probs
ably fatally injured Saturday, when a balcony at
the front of her residence gave way, causing her
to fall twenty feet to the pavement.
—The blowing up of a cookstove killed Mrs,
Charles E. Gibson, at Scranton, Friday. It is
thought that a piece of dynamite had found its
way into the coal while at the mine.
—Henry Heickenheiser, of Meyerstown, fell in
abank of snow and becoming entangled in a
barbed wire fence, died of exhaustion before as-
sistance arrived, Sunday, near his home. :
—Oscar Wister, a paroled prisoner who was
rearrested Sunday, attempted to commit suicide
by stabbing himself with a penknife, while in the
receiving ward of the eastern penitentiary.
—An outbreak of hog cholera in a couple of
townships in eastern counties will be closely in.
vestigated by agents of the state live stock sani-
tary board with a view of stamping out the dis-
ease.
—While Isadore Bender was driving his team
through the streets of Cresson Friday afternoon,
the horses came in contact with a live wire,
which had been blown down, and were instantly
killed .
—A move is about to be made to test the eligi-
bility of Jonas Fischer to the office of mayor of
Williamsport, to which he was elected. It is al-
leged that he is net a citizen of ‘the United
States.
‘—Governor Brumbaugh on Monday issued a
proclamation fixing Friday, April 14, and Friday,
April 28, as the spring Arbor days in Pennsylva-
nia. He urged a general observance of one of
the two days.
—On second trial, Martin Wislocki was award-
ed $8,092.90 from the Eastern Steel company for
the loss of a thumb and two fingers, while em-
ployed at one of their iron mills at Fishback,
Schuylkill county.
—Mrs. Joseph Neely, of Cannonsburg, had Ser
eye seriously injured Saturday by a toothpick,
which she was holding in her mouth, but which
her sleeve caught while she was cleaning furni-
ture, throwing the splint into her eye.
—The borough of Reynoldsville has asked the
Public Service Commission to approve the pur-
chase, set a price, and issue certificate of Public
Convenience or Conveyance for the purchase of
plant and equipment of the Reynoldsville Water
company.
A bridge estimated to cost $200,000 is to be
constructed over the Conemaugh river near
Johustown. The cost will be paid jointly by the
Johnstown Traction company, the city of Johns-
town, the Pennsylvania Railroad company, the
Cambria Steel conipany and Franklin borough.
—Butler and Kittanning are waging a hot fight
to land appropriations for an armory building.
One building is to be built and both towns
believe they should have it. The Butler coun-
cil has voted $2500 toward landing it for tha
town and Kittanning is coming back with a bet-
ter offer.
—Suit for $40,300 was brought last week by
Mrs. Margaret M. McCormick, widow of Dennis
J: McCormick, of Mt. Carmel, against the Sha«
mokin and Mt. Carmel Transit company, for the
loss of her husband, who was killed by a street
car of the defendant company at Chestnut street,
Kulpmont, on December 19, 1915.
—Fully 150 wells will be drilled in Greene coun-
ty for gas and oil this year. This will mean an
tions as soon as the condition of the roads per-
mits the shipment of material. The field to be
opened up, while virtually a new one, gives great
promise.
—Failure to meet the physical requirements
for enlistment in the army caused Earl C. Flegal,
aged 17, of Clearfield, Pa., to commit suicide
Friday afternoon by shooting himself through
the heart in the Rittenhouse hotel, Philadelphia.
Flegal registered at the hotel Wendesday. Ac-
cording to Deputy Coroner .Waldin the young
man went to Philadelphia, solely to join the
army. Papers of consent from his parents were
found in his clothing.
—The Northumberland county commissioners
are advertising for sale, cheap, one gallows. This
antedated instrument of capital punishment was
secured from Schuylkill county four years ago,
when Joseph Polichinus was hanged, and after
electrocution became the lawful mode of killing
murderers, it was placed in the jail. Now War-
den Wallace W. Barr has declared he will not
have the gruesome instrument of death around
any longer and it is being offered for sale.
—Stock. certificates, bonds, bank books and.
jewelry were found last Friday by searchers in
the house which for a number of years had been
occupied by Miss K. Anna Rumsey, seventy
years old,” who died ten davs ago at Bristol,
Bucks county. Miss Rumsey at one time was
governess: in the home of Grover Cleveland and
for twenty-five years was a teacher in the Bristol
public schools. For the last eleven years she
had lived on the charity of her friends, although
the valuables found in her home show that she
was worth between $5,000 and $10,000,
—Edward A. Starkloff, Alias Shirley, who was
arrested in Altoona, Pa., last December after he
had evaded the Federal authorities in a chase
over two continents for more than five years
was on Friday sentenced in the United States
district court at Philadelphia to two years and
six months in the Federal penitentiary at Atlan-
ta, Ga. Starkloff and George W. Post were ar-
rested in Philadelphia in 1910 on charges of using
the mails to defraud. They furnished $12,000
bail each and then disappeared. Post was ar-
rested two years laterin New York and sen-
tenced to three years and six months.
—Fire of an unknown origin which broke out
at 5 o'clock Friday morning, destroyed the three
main buildings at the plant of the Union Furnace
Manufacturing company, located at Union Fur-
nace, along the main line of the Pennsylvania
railroad, six miles east of Tyrone, entailing a
loss of about $75,000, partially covered by insur-
ance. The plant was owned by a stock company,
the president of which is J. King McLanahan,
Jr., of Hollidaysburg, and J. S. Sillman, of Al-
toona, vice president. H. H. Himmelsbaugh, of
Tyrone, is the secretary and manager. Shovels
and hardware specialties were manufactured.
—When Judge Harry A. Hall, of Elk county.
early in 1915, sentenced 11 members of the Wil-
cox bounty combine to serve one year in the
penitentiary it was thought that when their term
expired the men would be given their freedom,
but such is not the case. Next May, when their |
time is up, several of them are to be rearrested
and taken to other counties to face trial, which
will undoubtedly result in some of them being
sent back to the penitentiary. Since the mem-
bers of the combine were placed in the peniten-
tiary the State authorities have secured evidence
which shows that some of the members of the
combine swindled other counties in the;State out
of large sums of money. It will be remembered
that the Wilcox combine purchased weasel pelts
from fur houses in New York State [and Canada
for 10 cents each, and thenlturnedithem over toa _
justice of the peace from whom they would re-
ceive a bounty of $2. A number of these men
are now completing their termatZithe new peni-
bird.”
tentiary at Rockview.
has teased seven large aah an, Ee