as
- expense of theircharacter. ~~
Demorralit atc
BY P. GRAY MEEK.
sms
INK SLINGS.
—A week from tomorrow will be the
day, boys. Are you ready?
—Up to this writing winter has shown
no disposition to linger in the lap of
spring.
—Most of the girls will have their new
spring hats half worn out before the
Easter parade is formed.
——How anybody ever imagined that
VILLA as a military genius is inconceiv-
able. He is simply a murderous maniac.
—Farmers are looking longingly at
their fields with the hope that they will
soon be in condition to start spring plow-
ing.
—With one leg out of commission
VILLA seems to be able to hop out of
every trap our dashing cavalrymen set
for him.
. —Council is worried because it cannot
decide what color to paint the electric
light poles on the streets. Why not put
the color scheme up to the Civic club?
—Dust was blowing on some of the
hard roads of the county last Saturday,
while many of the dirt cross roads were
either banked full of snow or hub-deep
with mud.
—— The public has at last got THEO-
DORE ROOSEVELT’S exact measure. The
New York Evening Post designates him |
as “a barroom politician.” The title fits
admirably.
. —Anyway the approach of spring has
started a lot of folks to fussing with
their gardens and flower beds who might
otherwise have been lying in wait for
Col. TAYLOR.
— RODMAN WANAMAKER is going to
try to fly across the Atlantic during the
coming summer. Here's hoping that the
last thing to bring him down will be the
English anti-air craft guns.
—Since the chase for VILLA began the
average American reader does little more
than look at the headlines over the
stories of the troubles they are having on
the other side of the pond.
——Speaker CLARK resents the impu-
tation that Congress is ‘‘dawdling in its
work,” and with reason. The present
session has been industrious and intelli-
gent in its work and is a credit to the
Democratic party and the country.
—There are always. people ready to
profit by the misfortunes of others, but
it is not often that men as high up in
official circles as those Canadians were
who have been caught in the shell
scandal, seek to line their pockets at th
——The Boston Transcript says that
everybody is busy in New England. And
everybody who wants to be is busy in
every other section of the country and
how cheerfully the vast majority of them !
will vote, next November, to re-elect the
President in office during these busy
times.
—From investigation of one hundred
thousand words used in personal and
business letters it has been learned that
the word “the” was used nearly seven
thousand times. The word “mother”
was used twice as often as “father,”
which latter goes to prove that mother
is the one for whom the tenderest love is
cherished and whose welfare evokes the
greatest concern.
—The condition of the Nittany valley
state highway along the BEAVER farm,
east of Bellefonte, presents a suggestion
to the state highway engineers that they
might well consider.
along the road the winter has completely
disintegrated the asphaltum-oil dressing
that was put on last fall and the road
has no bond whatever. But on the stretch
referred to the coal tar that was put on
two years ago by Mr. BEAVER himself, is
still holding and the surface of the road
shows less wear than it does any place
between Bellefonte and Lock Haven.
Judged from its present condition the
asphaltum-oil which gave promise of
good results at first has not proven dur-
able.
—While the WATCHMAN does not be-
lieve that it is best for the Democracy of
Pennsylvania to continue A. MITCHELL
PALMER as its member of the National
committee it does not believe that bring-
ing Congressman LIEBEL, of Erie, out as
an opponent is a wise move either. Such
a contest will only have the effect of
opening wider the split in our party
which should be closing instead. If the
gentlemen who encouraged Mr. PALMER
and Mr. LIEBEL to go in for this contest
were to meet in a joint conference and
ask both to withdraw, then name some-
one who has not been prominently identi-
fied with either wing of the party to go
before it for endorsement they would be
doing something constructive rather than
destructive. Congressman LEIBEL has
quite as much right, and more, to run as
Mr. PALMER and would make quite as
capable a committeeman, but the WATCH-
MAN feels that neither one of them should
be in the field at this time. However,
since they are in the field Mr. LIEBEL’S
candidacy gives promise at least of serv-
ing notice on the two or three Democrats
who have the habit of getting together
in Washington and naming a ticket for
us, that there are Democrats in Pennsyl-
vania who think that right should be ex-
ercised by the rank and file of the voters
at the primaries.
STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION.
VOL. 61.
BELLEFONTE, PA., APRIL 7, 1916.
Insurance Commissioner Johnson’s Charge.
ant office of Insurance Commissioner a
week ago, Mr. CHARLES JOHNSON wrote
Attorney General FRANCIS SHUNK
BROWN, “you told us in so many words
that we were holding our jobs by the
grace of Governor BRUMBAUGH and
that any one of us who would not or
could not deliver his district for the Gov-
ernor at the Presidential primaries in
May would find his position with the
administration decidedly uncomfortable.”
Naturally such a message came asa
| shock to Mr. JounsoN. He has been in
| the service a long time and had “never
before been told that the price of hold-
ing office was personal service and not
| public service.” Certainly not. The
| selection of public officials has never be-
i fore been committed to men under con-
| trol of the Contractors VARE.
| Things are different now, however.
| When some years ago some genuine re-
| formers, men of the type of GEORGE
WiLLIAM CukTis. and CARL SCHURZ
| undertook to improve the methods of
: politics by introducing the merit system,
i the atrocity of public life was the dra-
gooning of office holders into support of
| craatures of the machine. The practice
{became so odious that legislation
forbidding it was enacted by Con-
| gress and the Legislatures of several
States. The agitation on the subject
| culminated in the civil service regula-
| tions which prohibit the dismissal of any
public official, not in a confidential posi-
| tion, on account of politics. Since the |
i accession to power of bogus reformers
'the evil has been revived, and in the
| order of SHUNK BROWN, has attained full
| power.
In putting such conditions upon the
' officials of the State Attorney General
i FRANCIS SHUNK BROWN has violated not
In resigning the lucrative and import-
Congressman Liebel for National Com-
mitteeman.
The announcement of the candidacy of
MICHAEL LIEBEL Jr., of Erie, Representa-
tive in Congress for the Twenty-fifth dis-
| trict of this State, for the important
“office of Member of the Democratic Na-
. tional committee will inspire hope in the
breasts of the Democrats of Pennsyl-
vania. Mr. LIEBEL is an earnest, capable
and sterling Democratic leader. He has
labored assiduously and efficiently for
the success of the party for many years,
is an organizer of much force and as un-
selfish as he is effective. Under his
local leadership the party in the city and
county in which he lives has been free
from factionalism and has constantly in-
creased in strength and virility.
Mr. LIEBEL has served three terms as
mayor of his native city and has never
been defeated. Modest to a degree he
has always been averse to holding office
but obedient to public duty. To rescue
his Congress district from Republican
domination he consented to run for
Representative and was elected against
vast odds. In entering the contest for a
seat in the National committee he is
equally unselfish. “In consenting to be
a candidate,” he states, “I am actuated
by a single motive, and that is to aid in
an effort to compose the differences,
unify the forces and effectively organize
the Democracy of the State.” What
higher motive could influence the actions
of any man? Every Democrat in the
State should aid him in that purpose.
Mr. LIEBEL makes no pretense that
President WILSON is behind his candi-
dacy though the President was made ac-
quainted with his purpose and is not
! averse to its: consummation. National
leaders of the party, however, are con-
cerned in the matter and freely offer
| moral support. This State is looked upon
only the spirit but the letter of all merit | as one upon which hope of victory in the
system legislation and he ought 10 be coming election may be based if the
impeached. But rank as his orders are | party management is taken away from
they are not the greatest or gravest of the office brokers who have betrayed it
the offences which BRUMBAUGH’S ama- | in order to serve selfish interests and it
Bolitidans have porsetelY a isfelt that'in the success of Mr. LIEBEL
JOHNSON adds: The presumption shown | these hopes ay. be fulfilled.
in attempting™d purchase BRUMBAUGH been among sy staunchest supporters
, votes with salaries paid by the State ot of the President’s policies in the House
Pennsylvania is probably without prece- and his fidelity is unquestioned.
dent in American politics.” It is certainly | Mr. LIEBEL'S announcement will at
precendent. Two years ago the man- State organization from making a farce
agers of the Democratic organization did of the purposes of the preferential pri-
practically the same thing. They used mary.
the funds of the party to promote the |
success of a faction.
——The Senate subcommittee has
He has
At all other places |
——RO0OT has been forgiven by the
Colonel and if he behaves himself in the
future may hope to be regarded in the
Oyster Bay region as nearly as good a
man as BILL FLINN.
War of the Republican Factions.
Blowing alternately hot and cold the
temperature of the Republican camp
this week indicates a savage battle.
The olive branch which was swaying
over the Brumbaugh headquarters last
week has disappeared, the Penrose man-
agers having positively and somewhat
summarily rejected it. A delegation
from western Pennsylvania has assured
the Penrose managers that “the Govern-
or is already beaten,” and there being as
the systems of these warring factionists,
the declaration of war has been reissued.
A week ago the indications pointed to-
ward compromise. Now the signs are
for war tc the last ditch and savage mu-
tilation of the victims.
In the Governor's trenches there are
signs of renewed activity also. ‘The auc-
tion block has been in view very conspic-
votes has been exceedingly active.
Strangely enough our esteemed friend,
DR. JOHN PRICE JACKSON, late of State
College, has been the moving spirit in
this branch of the business and it is said
that he has developed a high standard of
efficiency in submarine politics. In any
event he has been switching the “ref-
erees’” in the Department of Labor and
Industry, so as to make the most of the
material in manufacturing BRUMBAUGH
sentiment. His operations are a trifle
raw, but not nearly so coarse as those of
FRANCIS SHUNK BROWN.
observed the other day: “What a pity
the Democratic party of Pennsylvania is
not in position to take advantage of the
demoralization in the Republican party?
But the selfish office brokers and stupid
or venal managers of the party are so
bent upon serving their own selfish in-
terests that they have neither time nor
inclination to look after the interests of
the party and the people. Let us hope
that in the near future things will be
different and that before the opportunity
entirely disappears we will have men in
control of the party organization who
will have the intelligence and fidelity
necessary to accomplish results.
little magnanimity as there is affection in :
uously- and the trading of offices for
As the esteemed Philadelphia Record
voted to confirm the nomination of Mr.
BRANDIES for the Supreme court but the
vote indicated a division on party lines.
i It is gratifying, however, that the Demo-
cratic majority in the Senate is sufficient
to carry him to the seat and not surpris-
ing that the Republicans should obey the
mandate of the corporations to defeat
i that result.
Pursuit of Outlaw Villa.
progress in its perilous enterprise but not
as rapid as was hoped. The bandit got
several day’s start on General PERSH-
ING’S troops and made the best of his
tains. afford. But he was overtaken last
week and his force dispersed with con-
siderable loss in men and munitions. The
object of the expedition escaped, how-
ever, and though every effort to discover
him has been made thus far it has been
without avail. He is familiar with the
trails and hiding places and uses his
knowledge to the full measure. .
But the enterprise has. served a good
| purpose even though it should fail in its
original purpose. It has established a
better understanding ‘between the gov-
ernment of the United States and the
people of Mexico which is likely to re-
move the suspicions that have been
‘sources of trouble ever since the Mexican
muddle began. Besides it has shown the
: admirable efficiency of our small army
and completely refutés the charges of
| degeneracy which some of the Republi-
can orators and papers have been mak-
{ing during the last several months. No
force on earth could have done better
. work and few could have done as well.
Colonel Dopp who is approaching the
jogs of retirement made a marvelous
{drive over mountains and plains and.
after seventeen hours in the saddle
| fought a band of desperadoes greater in
number than his own force for a period
of four hours. The Germans and French
have been performing some heroic deeds
but none that required greater endurance
i and courage than that and if the expedi-
| tion achieves nothing else it will have
been worth while. But it will accomplish
more. It will result finally in the capture
and just punishment of the outlaw.
| ——No doubt ViLLA thinks Colonel
, DoDD ought to have been retired at the
age of sixty. :
|
outrageous and criminal but not without east serve the purpose of preventing our -
The punitive expedition pursuing VILLA |
in the mountains of Mexico is making |
time toward the shelter which the moun-
Democratic Ticket Has Been Named.
We are indebted to the Washington
correspondent of an esteemed Philadel-
phia contemporary for the interesting in-
formation that Democratic candidates
for State offices and Delegates-at-Large
to'the Democaatic National convention
have been chosen. Mr. SAMUEL B. PHIL-
SON, of Somerset county, is the candidate
for State Treasurer and Mr. JAMES B.
Mu , of Lackawanna county, for
Auditor General. “It is stated,” writes
the correspondent in question, “that the
Democratic organization has agreed upon
this ticket, and will support it against
any candidates who may file nomination
papers.” By the Democratic organiza-
tion is probably meant Mr. PALMER, Mr.
McCorMICK, Mr. BLAKESLIE and State
| Chairman MORRIS. ;
.The gentlemen chosen for the two
State offices are worthy and fit. Mr.
PHILSON was the candidate of the party
for State Treasurer in 1910 when most of
those who now compose the State organi-
zation shamefully betrayed the party by
supporting the candidates of the Key-
stone party. Mr. MURRIN has been mayor
of Carbondale and is well recommended.
The candidates chosen for Delegates-at-
Large are gentlemen more or less widely
known and some of them more or less
frequently bolters but fully capable of
registering the will of Mr. PALMER and
Mr. McCorMICK. Mr. PALMER has been
chosen as the candidate for National
committee member and as “word will go
out that these men have the backing of
National committeeman A. MITCHELL
PALMER and State chairman ROLAND S.
Morgis,” it is assumed that that “will be
equivalent to a summons to their sup-
port.”
These Democratic bosses have great
faith in the docility of the voters of the
party and sublime confidence in their
own divine right to run the machine. In
the old days such an assumption upon
the part of three or four semi-professional
office brokers would have provoked the |
indignant resentment of the rank and file
of the party and such a storm of protest
as would have driven them to the shel-
ter of the nearest cyclone cellar. But
lust for office and selfish ambition have
usurped the place of party patriotism
and possibly the Democratic State or-
ganization will be able to put this out-
rage upon the people. Cupidity is a
corroding force and is working overtime.
“Hints” to Trout Fishermen.
The opening of the trout fishing sea-
son is but eight days distant and Fish
Commissioner Nathan R. Buller this
week issued some timely hints for the
benefit of the thousands of fishermen
who are sure to be out and try their luck
on the morning of the opening day, April
15th. He starts out by giving the limit
as 40 a day and the size six inches and
over.
i Hecautions fishermen to take every
precaution to preserve the life of all trout
which may be hooked under legal size.
Release the trout under water and don’t
handle it with dry hands. To do so
means sure death.
Don’t fish on the small tributaries
where the little trout are most likely to
be, but pick out the larger streams which
are naturally inhabited by larger trout.
Only a single rod and line can be used
by fishermen in trout streams, and all
true sportsmen who come across any one
fishing with a device not prescribed by
law should report the facts.
And lastly, don’t be a “fish hog.” Be
satisfied with a fair catch and leave the
stream, as in this way it will mean bet-
ter fishing for all.
——Among the Pennsylvania railroad
employees placed on the Roll of Honor
on March first was Patrick J. Walsh, sec-
tion foreman of the Tyrone yard. He
was born in Ireland and was seventy
years old on February 17th. When eight
years old he came to this country with
his mother and located in Tyrone. At
the age of sixteen he went to work for
the Pennsylvania railroad company as a
laborer and two years later, when the
Confederate army made its raid upon
Chambersburg Walsh was one of the
guards selected to accompany several
carloads of valuable books and papers
which the company transported from
Altoona to Snow Shoe for safe keeping,
evidently fearing the Confederates might
reach Altoona and sack the town. From
February until September, 1867, Walsh
was assistant foreman in charge of spe-
cial work on the Bellefonte and Snow
Shoe railroad, but ever since that time
has been located in Tyrone.
~——1If the Zeppelin raids on the Brit-
ish coast and the submarine outrages in
the several seas accomplished anything
worth while there might be some justifi-
cation for them. But: they simply: per-
petrate murder and intensify bitterness.
IIE
would have followed their announcement |B
say
Demanding War and Fighting it.
i From the Altoona Times. ]
{ Nothing is easier than to drink a ‘cup
| of black coffee ight ‘a perfumed cigaret,
| sit delicately upon an upholstered chair |
; and write an editorial demanding war.
If the editorial carries any weight,
' say just enough to turn the balance be-
| tween peace and war, new opportunities
. for editorial writing immediately arise.
! The failure of the mobilization will
! make room for some bird words. The
| inability to find cre..s to man the
ships will call forth a column. The lack
. of ammunition will furnish a target for
i
editorial hot shots. Lack of Sucgess of
naval and military leaders will furnish
material for editerial triumphs.® The"
sufferi of the boys in the ches
will create an opportunity for pathetic
writings done to the acompaniment of an
after-dinner cigar or a perfumed cigaret.
It is most unlikely, under the present
circumstances, that the war reach
our seacoast sanctums. It is, we truly
believe, beyond the bounds of reason to:
suppose it could reach a bloody hand
into our mountain retreats. 2
But even if the unforseen should hap-
pen, the editorial writer could still con-
tinue his safe and exhilarating occupa-
tion west of the Allegheny mountains or
across the Canadian border.
0, it iseasy to go to war—on paper
—but it is hard for those who have to do
the fighting. If a law could be passed
compelling those who advocated war
to take up arms and face the bullets
there would be less pen and mouth war-
riors in our midst. :
Second “Good Roads Day.”
From the Harrisburg Star-Independent.
Governor Brumbaugh, in a proclama-
tion issued Thursday, fixed May 25th as
the second annual ‘‘State-wide Good
Roads Day,” on which all good citizens
of Pennsylvania are expected either to
put in a full day’s work with pick, shovel
or road machine in repairing the high-
ways, or to contribute financially so
that others can be hired to do the work
instead.
Last
| den onstrate L 1
r of years.
This has been a rather hard, wet win-
ter and the damage to roads must: have
been considerable. Much of the repair
work would drag along for months, per-
haps, if it were not for some sort of
united action such as “Good Roads Day”
will inspire. It is a fine plan to have
everybody turn in and lend a hand to do
it all at once.
Farmers as Strikers.
From the New York World.
The strike of 8,000 milk producers in
the Chicago district has an element of
novelty as showing the use by farmers
of the regulation methods of organized
labor to enforce their demands. But it
is the same old kind of strike as respects
the disregard of the public's rights in
the matter of the strikers. The quarrel
of the producers being wholly with the
distributors, they proceed at once to
punish the consumers by dumping milk
into ditches to prevent dealers from ob-
taining it and emptying cans in transit.
This is a perfect adaptation of the
methods of striking traction motormen
or other public-service employees, and
shows how well the farmers have learn-
ed the game. But while farmers have
as good a right as other people to
go on strike, their function as producers
of the necessaries of life imposes ob-
ligations upon them.
Altogether, the appearance of the
“embattled farmer” in his new role is
not greatly to his credit.
The Country Differs.
From the Boston Post.
If the country believed what Senator
Lodge said at Lynn, any Republican “yel-
low dog” could beat President Wilson.
But the country doesn’t believe it, and it
is perfectly evident that Mr. Lodge
knows that the country doesn’t believe it.
The earnest call from Republican news-
papers and Republican orators for a
“good, strong man,” a “big figure,” for
the opposing of Mr. Wilson is the real
measure of what they think of the
President. Their partisan vilification of
him is another matter altogether.
An Impossible Undertaking.
From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
“A detail of militiamen will guard the
Roosevelt dam.” No attempt, you under-
stand, to muzzle the Colonel in the event
that the Republican nomination is not
handed to him.
3
~ Silence Gives Consent, Colonel.
From the Birmingham Age Herald.
The authorship of that novel credited
to Colonel House has not yet been deter-
mined. If the Colonel is not guilty, he
should lose no time in proving his in-
nocence.
Likely Enough.
From the Rochester Herald. )
We are inclined to think that by.the
time the war is finished Europe will
comet the conclusion that the King
business is overdone.
Will Be Going Some.
From the Philadelphia Record. :
If Penrose can be converted to Roose-
velt “Billy” Sunday’s -achievements will
look pretty small. Wh
SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE.
—Only forty new cases of measles were report-
ed in Johnstown last week and the youngsters
and their next friends are feeling encouraged.
—Pasquale Coloiano, of Greensburg, has sued
John A. Kelley & Co., for $25,000 because of the
loss of an eye while in the employ of the defend-
ant.
—The West Branch National bank, of Wil-
liamsport, has paid $60,000 for a site upon which
it isto erect a new bank building at a cost of
$200,000.
—There are twelve cases of small-pox in Paint
township, Somerset county. The disease existed
there several weeks before its real nature was
known.
—Martin Nelson, a prisoner in the Warren
'| county jail, has fallen heir to $6,000 in Denmark,
through the death of his step-father. The Dan-
ish consul has been searching for Nelson for five
years. :
- —William J. Weaklen, of Susquehanna town-
ship, Cambria county, has entered suit against
the Cambria Coal company, operating near
Barnesboro, for $5,000, because of damage done
to his house.
—Judge Whitehead, of Lycoming county, has
decided that the Act of June 18, 1915, purporting
| to provide for the reimbursement of county fair
associations for sums paid out in premiums, is
unconstitutional,
-\=W. L. Horman, of Lock Haven, has brought
suit for $10,000 for injuries against the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad company. Horman was injured
by coming in contact with the safety gates when
attempting to cross the railroad.
~~ —An interesting situation exists in Lewisburg,
where both the larger hotels having been refus-
ed license, have closed their doors, and their fur-
nishings, as well as the real estate, it is announc-
ed, will be sold at auction at an early day.
—J. Harris McKinney, former associate judge
of Clinton county, aged 78, is dead at his home
near South Avis, after an illness extending over
several months. Up to within a year ago he was
president of the Jersey Shore bank. Two daugh-
‘ters survive.
. —LeRoy Moore, aged 10 vears, of Beech Creek,
Clinton county, threw a lighted match into a bot-
tle containing powder. The explosion that: re--
sulted cut the lad’s face and shoulders badly and
feared the sight may be lost.
—The snow which fell in March hassaved the
owners of the thirty chemical plants in McKean,
having rade it possible for the manufacturers to
chemical wood cut in the forests last sum:ner.
After the wound had been dressed by a physi-
cian he returned, and had been at work less than
ten minutes when two more fingers were cut off.
~—Sheriff Mulhollen, of Cambria county, and
Constable Miller, of Ebensburg, mean to careful-
ly shun Clearfield county for the ensuing two
years, their purpose being to elude a summons
in a civil suit for $5,000 damages, instituted by
rested.
—A young resident of Jefferson county named
Mottarn, in jail charged with the murder of Wil-
liam Haynes, has made a written confession in
which he charges that he did the deed at the in-
stigation of the murdered man’s son, Edward.
plot to kill him.
. —Colonial Court, the $80,000 residence of the
late T. A. Snyder, of Lehighton, occupied by
Charles N. Miller, was burned to the ground ear-
lo by the State of Michigan and purchased by
Mr. Snyder at the close of the exposition. !
—In a fit of jealousy, Wilson Fowler, a young
man of Hazleton, shot and killed Joseph Ludwig,
Anna Keuch, the twenty-three-year-old daughter
of former Councilman Nicholas Keuch, owner of
a local saloon, where Fowler was employed as a
helper. Fowler surrendered to the police.
—Dean B. Furst, of Lock Haven, dealer in
hides, has obtained 321 musk rat skins as a result
of the recent high water. They bring an aver-
age of 40 cents apiece and, therefore, about $128.-
40 was turned into the pockets of those who took
the time to hunt the little animals. There isa
brisk demand for musk rat hides in the present
market.
—The Berwind-White scale for the ensuing
two’ years gives the miners a flat advance of
three cents per ton on pick and machine coal and
a five per cent. increase on labor. The same
scale has also been announced by the Beulah
Coal company, or the Minds operations in the
vicinity of Ramey and Beulah, the second largest
independent operation in the district.
—Ines Mackel and Mary Mackel, sisters, who
not seen each other for nineteen years, were
brought together at the wedding of their brother,
Ollie W. Mackel, and Ivy O. Wright, both of
Rochester Mills, March 30. Ines has been resid-
ing in Big Run and Mary in Mahaffey. Neither
sister knew the other when they met.
—The State Water Supply Commission has
made public its policy for the supervision of dams
in Pennsylvania, in an endeavor to prevent such
disasters as that at Johnstown in 1889 and the
later one at Austin, both of which were attended
with large loss of life. The Commission recom-
mends that a larger appropriation be made for
the employment of a larger staff of inspectors of
dams.
—In two weeks the Berkshire Iron Works, at
Sheridan, will blow in its furnace. This plant
was closed three years ago. A large amount of
money was expended in giving the plant a gen-
eral overhauling. When running full the capaci-
ty of the furnace was 700 tons of pig iron per
week. Attention will be given to the making of
ferromanganese. Before the war much of it was
imported from Germany. The plant will have
from 120 to 150 employees.
—Desire to “try out” a pair of red-top boots
that his mother gave him afew days ago cost
George Thomas, four-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Andy Thomas, of Johnstown, his life in the
Conemaugh river on Thursday afternoon. The
lad had gone to the river against the wishes of
his parents and although the current was swift,
he attempted to wade along the bank. He was
carried off his feet and when last seen was in
midstream.
—State Game Warden James H. Carpenter,
who has caused the arrest of four residents of
Bucks township, Clinton county, believes he has
uncovered the biggest scheme yet brought to
light in defrauding the State through bogus affi-
davits on which bounty was collected for killing
noxious animals. The following are under ar.
rest: Milton Hughes, justice of the peace; Ro-
land Reese, a hunter; Sylvester Keenhold and
Harry Searfos, of the Pocono section.
—0il and gas operators about Claysville, Wash-
ington county, are excited over the discovery of
a liquid said to be pure gasoline on the J. D.
Campsey lease, just north of Claysville. Expert
oil men have examined the product and declare
there can be no mistake that it is gasoline. It
has been tried in a motor car and works as well
as the manufactured buzz wagon liquid. To
make sure before putting the product on the mar-
ket; However, samples of the fluid have been sent
to Pittsburgh for analysis.
injured his left eye to such an extent that itis
Warren, Forest and Elk counties about $100,000,
haul to their plants virtually every piece of
—While he was operating a cutting machine in
a Williamsport box factory Saturday afternoon, ’
one of Thomas Smithgall’s fingers was cut off. :
the Oshells, who claim to have been falsely ar-
Rumor links the murdered man’s wife with the -
Silly on Tuesday. The building was originally
#| erected at the Pan-American exposition}at Buffa-
of Warren, Ohio, and seriously wounded Miss *
were separated when young girls and who had
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