Bemorna atc.
BY P. GRAY MEEK.
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INK SLINGS.
—It looks like there is nothing to it
but fight, for PENROSE to keep his place
in the sun.
—Talking about March winds, April
had something to blow about on Monday
and Tuesday.
—Practically every farmer in Centre|
county is plowing, and pushing his teams
as he has never done before.
—Next week the Odd Fellows will be
with us. Let us give them the glad hand
and look as gay as NICHOLS’ decorations.
—Hair cutting was once a crime in
France and it still appears to be regard-
ed as such by some people in our midst.
—Anyway, all the trout were not tak-
en out of the streams on the opening
day of the season. It will be several
weeks before the water falls enough to
make trout fishing worth while.
—Now is the time to put a little time.
into the business of reducing the high
cost of living. If you have a little gar-
den make it yield something. If you have
a chicken house raise some chickens.
—Ten years ago today the meeting
was called to make arrangements for the
dedication of Centre county’s soldiers
monument. It doesn’t seem possible
that the monument has been standing
that long, does it?
—Just ten years ago during this week
D. PAuL FoRTNEY and Jas. C. FURST |
were admitted to the practice of law.
They have both been District Attorney
of the county and each one has beaten
the other for the office.
—Very little has been heard from Un-
cle CEPHAS GRAMLEY lately. Inasmuch
as we haven’t heard the rattle of the
water wagon at all we surmise he is
trying to pussy foot it a little of the way
back to the Legislature.
—The employees of the United States
Steel company have just been notified
that they are to receive another raise of
ten per cent. in wages, the second since
February 1st. And WooDRoOw WILSON
is President of the United States.
»—And we're to have a fifty-eight car
circus in May, all the commencements in
June, the Chautauqua in July, the dog
days in August, the kids back to school
in September and then——winter. It
can’t come too soon, we don’t think,
—The total product of the farms of
‘the United States has amounted to more
than that of all the gold mines in the
‘world during the last six centuries. The
wealth of our country surely is its agri-
culture and it seems to be coming into
its own as fast as automobiles will car-
ry it.
~The mother who discarded her three
weeks’ old baby on the convent porch, on
Bishop street, Monday night, didn’t
know Bellefonte well or she would have
deposited it on a certain section of North
Allegheny street, where open arms have
been extended for just such blessings for,
lo! these many years.
—The inconsistencies of government
are very forcibly illustrated in the de-
struction of $9000 worth of illegally im-
ported feathers by U. S. customs officials
at Laredo, Texas, the other day. While
the government is teaching and preach-
ing conservation in everything itis de-
stroying valuable property just because
no better way to dispose of it. has been
provided.
—Let us hope that our relations with
Germany are not strained to the point
where they must shortly break. While a
severance of diplomatic relations would
not necessarily mean war it would be a
step in that direction and with all inter-
course broken off the slightest false move
on the part of either country would cer-
tainly precipitate the clash that is. so
horrible to contemplate.
—When it takes three days for a let-
ter to go from Bellefonte to Stormstown |
and return by the fastest mail route, and
Stormstown is only fifteen miles from
Bellefonte, it seems to us that Jim
BLAKESLIE would earn more of his salary
if he were to spend more time reorgan-
izing the postal service and less of it at-
tempting to “reorganize” the - Democrat-
ic party in Pennsylvania.
—The opinion of Deputy Attorney
General KELLER on the matter of state-
aid for borough streets isn’t calculated
to please the people of his old home
town much, but they have the satisfac-
tion of knowing that WiLL KELLER
wouldn’t have rendered it “if he hadn’t
believed it to be an exact interpretation
of the law and they know that he is a
very conscientious and capable interpre-
ter. :
—Many a Republican newspaper that
has been busy for months trying to em-
barrass the President by criticism of his
foreign policy will get cold feet as a re-
sult of his message to Congress Wednes-
day. They have all been yelling for
more display of determination and now
that the President has put it squarely up
to Congress to put its seal of approval on
such a course they are beginning to sing
out of the other corner of the mouth.
Notably among them is the Pittsburgh
Dispatch, which reversed its form on
Wednesday by editorially declaring that
“the safety of Americans and other neu-
trals at sea will be more. endangered
than before” should we sever diplomat-
ic relations with Germany. :
| State wide primary law a candidate for
| ceived and decoyed by the false adyice is V
not known bit #t “is certain ‘that a good |
sents the exact facts. 29 %
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STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION.
BELLEFONTE, PA.. APRIL 21, 1916.
NO. 16._
Last Hour Trick of Shunk Brown.
The “fine Roman hand” of SHUNK
BROWN, Attorney General, is clearly re-
vealed in what the friends of Senator
PENROSE have denounced as “the last
hour trick of the BRUMBAUGH—VARE fac-
tion,” in the pending party strife for con-
trol: of the organization. Under the
delegate to the National convention may
make affidavit that “he will” or “will
not” support the popular choice of his
district, as expressed in the ballot, for
President. Mr. BROWN had one of his
deputies officially declare that such an
affidavit is essential to qualify as a can-
_didate for delegate and when a petition
was received .in the office of the Sec-
retary of the Commonwealth without the
affidavit it was returned with a sugges-
tion to amend, according to the decision -
| of the deputy Attorney General, which
was enclosed. ;
As the only candidate for President
who has qualified under the law is BRUM-
BAUGH, and no candidate : for delegate
would be likely to swear that “he will
not support the popular choice,” BRUM-
BAUGH stood an easy fifty-to one chance
of getting a majority of the delegates.
Accepting support under such circum-
stances would be like obtaining goods
under false pretense, but SHUNK BROWN
and the VARES wouldn’t mind a little
thing like that. Their political morality
is based upon the commercial idea that
everything is fair in war and that steal-
ing votes is a meritorious operation if
successful. A considerable number of
BRUMBAUGH’S votes for Governor were
secured through his nomination on the
Personal Liberty party ticket which was
inferentially pledged to the liquor inter-
ests. {
It seems that a copy of this letter sent
out from the office of the Secretary of
the Commonwealth came into the posses- |
sion of Senator PENROSE on Monday and
he immediately dispatched a telegraphic |
letter to. the several county chairmen i
calling their attention to the fraud. How |
many candidates for the office were de- ;
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many were worgied as is shown by the
action of former Judge BUSHONG, of
Reading, who filed a statement declaring :
that as he does “not consider the Gov-
ernor a possible candidate for President,”
therefore he filed no statement with his:
papers. But all candidates for delegate |
are not as familiar with the law as Mr.
BUSHONG, as all of them have not served |
upon the bench, the trick may have pro- |
duced a considerable harvest of fraud. |
—VILLA is dead. So say some rumors |
from Mexico. But VILLA is the kind of |
a Mexican cat who has eight more lives |
to live.
The Soft Coal Agreement.
The soft coal operators of Central
Pennsylvania have wisely come to an |
agreement with their employees even
though it involves a considerable increase
in wages. Nothing is more discouraging
to men and demoralizing to business
than labor troubles and the agreement
arrived at in Philadelghia last Friday
evening is for a period of two years. It.
is estimated that the increase in wages
during the period will amount to three
and a-half million dollars a year, but
there are a vast number of ‘men to share
this fund and as it will be' taken from
the consumers, in the last analysis, the
operators will lose nothing. This sounds
like an unfair proposition but it repre-
Whatever happens in the . industrial |
world the consumer is ‘the: goat.” : If
there is a strike prices are increased be- |
cause of the scarcity of product and if
there is an increase of wages prices are
advanced on account of the added cost |
of production. If the increase follows a ;
strike the advance ‘is doubled because |
there has been both scarcity of product’
added to cost of production. The trap is
‘always set so as to catch “the consumer
“coming or going” and however careful
the consumer may be he falls into the
trap. “This agreement,” the president
of the labor organization states, “gives
the highest rate of wages ever paid in
District No. 2.” Sw ;
But notwithstanding these facts the
public will learn of the settlement with
satisfaction. Strikes are an abomination.
As a rule the labor element which is the '
weaker loses and at the settlement finds
the wasted time irrecoverable and a'
mortgage on his energies for the future |
to pay the debt incurred for maintenance |
during the period of idleness. The
operator suffers of course, for his profits
are cut out. But his unmined coal isin
the ground worth full value and he is
able to lose the profits. For all these
reasons as well as plenty of others the
agreement is a subject for popular felici- |
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tation. )
PACKER,) was maligned while .in office
! operations during his term as Governor,
Pennypacker and Brumbaugh.
The letter of former Governor PENNY- |
PACKER assuring Governor BRUMBAUGH
of his sympathy and continued confi-
dence in his present dilemma, may have
been comforting to BRUMBAUGH but it
didn’t help him much in popular estima-
tion. Governor BRUMBAUGH is accused
of having sworn falsely concerning the
receipts and expenditures for his cam-
paign two years ago and has practically
confessed the crime, for it is nothing
less. But PENNYPACKER writes him to
“bear up,” intimates that no harm will
follow, and tells him that he, (PENNY-
and came out of it without impairment
of his character or reputation. He paid
no attention to charges and suggests
that BRUMBAUGH follow his example.
It is literally true that PENNYPACKER
passed “hrough a period of scandal that
is without parallel in the hist)ry of the
State. During his administration those
about him were plundering the public
constantly and he made no protest.
When the exposure came he brazenly
faced it, and boldly defended the crimi-
nals, and as he says, apparently no harm
to him followed. He has been kept in
public service at high salary ever since
and has been permitted to pose as a be-
neficent. philosopher and safe guide to
the public. Probably that was his share
of the loot. In any event he has been
generously recompensed for his acquies-
cence in the crimes and his subsequent
defense of the criminals.
But Mr. PENNYPACKER misinterprets
public sentiment in relation to looting
in his letter to BRUMBAUGH. For some
reason he was not indicted with the oth-
ers and thus escaped the prison sentence
imposed upon them. But he is held in
contempt by every right thinking citizen
of the Commonwealth who understands
the case and if he would submit any am-
bition he may have to the arbitrament
of the ballot, he would. discover the
truth. He is grateful to BRUMBAUGH for
his present office, of course, though prob-
ably BRUMBAUGH had nothing to do with
his selection. That was the work of the
machine out of respect to the memory
of Quay. :
In view of that fact Mr. PENNYPACKER
not only insults the intelligence and as-
perses the integrity of the people of
Pennsylvania by assuring BRUMBAUGH
that possible perjury injures no public of-
ficial in the popular mind and he misrep-
resents the facts. The electorate of
Pennsylvania will not put the seal of ap-
proval upon criminal practices by high
public officials. They will not condone
the apparent perjury resorted to to
conceal facts which under the law they
have a right to know. The citizens of
Pennsylvania do not and will not accept
such slovenly morality and in giving
BRUMBAUGH such assurance PENNYPACK-
ER did him more harm than good, how-
ever soothing the statement may have
been.
When ROOSEVELT sent the battleships
around the world the squadron was eu-
logized by the magazine writers as the
perfection of power. All experts admit
that the ships are in better form now
than ever before and the same writers
are denouncing them as bundles of junk.
The main difference isin the fact that
we have a Democratic administration.
* ROOSEVELT isn’t in favor of making
the tariff a leading issue in the campaign.
He isn’t strong on tariff. When he was
young and honest he wrote a lot of things
about the iniquity of tariff which he is
unable to refute now. Hence his aver-
sion to tackling the subject.
: _ other neutral countries
have suffered from the operations of the
German submarines but they are not
urged to declare war in consequence.
In. other countries, however, political
prejudices do not lead to treasonable
expressions.
Spain and
The picture of “Uncle JOE ” CANNON
voting for ROOSEVELT would be an inter-
esting spectacle on a movie film. TEDDY
has said things about “UNCLE Jor”
which wouldn’t look well in print and
“Uncle JOE“ hates to “forget and for-
give.”
England promises to take an active
part on the firing line early in the Spring.
Thus far the French and Russians have
done most of the fighting but there will
be plenty of opportunities to make a re-
cord of achievement yet. :
- Of course this country ought to be
prepared for self-defense, but that obli-
gation doesn't require us to tax the
people into poverty in order to build
battleships and maintain armies.
If VILLA is dead let us hope that he
will stay dead a long time.
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Brumbaugh and His Defenders.
The most surprising feature of the
BRUMBAUGH-OLIVER incident is the tol-
erance of fraud expressed in the com-
ments of a considerable number of ap-
parently goodcitizens. The law explicitly
requires every candidate for public office,
in the event his expenditures have ex-
ceeded fifty dollars, to file an affidavit
“setting forth each and every sum of
money contributed, received or disbursed
by him for election expenses.” Govern-
or BRUMBAUGH received from DAVID
B. OLIVER, of Pittsburg, a contribution of
$1000 and his sworn statement of re-
ceipts and expenditures contains no men-
tion of it. This omission was not only a
violation of the law but a falsification of
the facts under oath.
Some two or three weeks ago Govern-
or BRUMBAUGH was notified through
friends that the details of his offence
against the law had been assembled and
that if he persisted in his declared pur-
pose of running for the Presidential nom-
ination, they would be published. He
promptly entered ‘into negotiations to
prevent such an exposure and, according
to current gossip, promised to relinquish
his purpose. But SHUNK BROWN and the
VARES subsequently persuaded him to
violate that promise, publish a state-
ment of the caseand set up the claim
that an attempt had been made to black
mail him. Finally he acted upon this
sinister suggestion and strangely enough
alot of honest men have certified to
their cordial approval of an obvious
fraud.
Public morals will never be materially
improved so long as men representing
the righteousness of the community will
acquiesce in fraud and encourage false
pretense. If what has been charged
against the Governor is true he has com-
mifted perjury and the crime is aggra-
vated by his position in the social and
political life of the State. It is no more
heroic to admit perjury in order to fore-
stall exposure than it is to confess bur-
glary that conviction in corrtt mav be
avoided. A just man may properly re-
mgia silent. if his friend is caught in
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‘some crooked transaction. But when he |
commends the crime and eulogizes the
{ criminal, he becomes accessory and is
little better than the principal.
Roosevelt and the Nomination.
The Old Guard Republicans are cipher-
ing out an easy victory over ROOSE-
VELT in the Republican National conven-
tion. They claim that of 581 delegates
already elected, 339 are pledged to “fa-
vorite sons” or are uninstructed. There
are 404 delegates yet to be elected in
twenty-three States and the five terri-
tories, including Pennsylvania which is
entitled to seventy-six delegates. If the
regulars secure the same ratio of dele-
gates yet to be chosen as they claim of
those already elected, their expectations
will be fulfilled. But at this distance
from the base of computation it doesn’t
seem likely that their present estimates
are accurate or their hopes based on
solid foundations.
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT is a marvelous-
ly adroit politician. Absolutely without
conscience or honor he will employ meth-
ods utterly abhorrent to men of fine in-
stincts. Backed by all the predatory
forces of Wall Street he will buy or steal
votes wherever possible. Besides he will
go to the convention with the Progress-
ive nomination in his pocket and threat-
en a repetition of the campaign of 1912
unless he is nominated. That will have
potent influence upon the prejudiced
minds of delegates and itis not certain
that a majority of the Pennsylvania del-
egation will vote against him. He has
been ‘working with that purpose ever
since the Democratic State committee
brought him into the State in 1914 to
“tear WILSON to pieces,” which he then
tried his best to accomplish.
The stalwart Republicans who claim
that he is already doomed to defeat are
“laying a flattering unction to their
souls.” He may be defeated for th2
nomination, as his enemies in the party
predict, but itis no certain proposition at
this time. He will summon to his sup-
port every corrupting influence and the
“hoards of Wall Street” are very entic-
ing to the hungry partisans who have
been living on husks for four years and
mouldy husks at that. We sincerely
hope the estimates of his opponents are
accurate, for the nomination of such a
man at this time by any party is a reflec-
tion upon the intelligence and patriotism
of the people of this country.
——The board of pardons on Wednes-
day refused to interfere in the case of
Henry J. H. Webb, the colored man of
Pittsburgh, who is under sentence to be
electrocuted the week of May 1st, but
granted a rehearing in the case of Thomas
Chickerilla and Gaspar Marturana, the
two Cambria county Italians who were
to have been electrocuted next week.
When the Wind Blows.
A jingle by “George” in Johnstown Democrat.
When the North wind blows *
Awesome sights it shows—
And the good lawd knows: =
What the winds expose
Is certainly no trifle!
So last night I stood
Where my optics could—
Not only could, but would—
Look long and good, ..
And I certainly got an eyefull!
If they Would Only Do It.
From the Altoona Times, _ Rd
The Bethlehem Steel company, alarmed
at the demand for the government to go
into the armor-making game, makes this
statement: 2 Jar
“We offer to place all the cardson the tabl
to open poi iia to the nen the table
sion, and to put our experience, our facilities and
our economies at the service of the nation upon
such terms as the government itself shall name
as fair.”
That will solve all of our troubles—if
only they will do it. And we refer not
only to the matter of armor plate, but to
other industries. The trouble all along
has been that the great corporations
would not do that, and the people have
become tired of being robbed.
The day will come when the Standard
Oil company will make the same prom-
ises, but not until after the people have
become disgusted with the way the cor-
poration sends up the price of gasoline
every time it needs the money. When
the government is finally driven to take
over the oil business, or to prohibit the
exportation of oil—which will amount to
about the same thing—the Standard Oil
company will be as meek as the Beth-
lehem Steel company is at this time; but
it may be too late, even as it seems to be
too late now for the steel corporation to
make its fair proposition. . :
Big business has been its own worst
enemy. Take the railroads, asan illustra-
tion. They were not willing to put their
cards upon the table. They were operated
upon the people-be-damned basis for a
long time. Their policies engendered pre-
judice against them, and every State in
the Union passed regulatory laws and
hampered the roads in a hundred ways.
Now the roads want the government to
regulate them; they, too, are willing to
put their cards upon the table.
Scratching the Surface.
From the New York World. 5
Considering that the diameter. of. the
earth is 8,000 miles, we can only scratch
the surface. ;
One of the Lake Superior copper mines
has reached a depth of 4,675 feet; the
Speremberg shaft, near Berlin, is 3,810
feet deep; .the Schladeloch mine, near
Merseburg, Germany, has gone down
5,528 feet, and the Paruschowitz mine, in
Silesia, had to give up operations after
6,009 feet had been reached.
The gigantic ropes can barely carry
their own weight after they reach a
depth of 6,000 feet, and are unable to
carry a carriage besides. Moreover,
mining entails a turning of diamond or
other drills, and no power has been dis-
covered to turn a drill at a greater dis-
tance than 6,000 feet; and even then
several hours are required to give the
drills a turning movement.
So far all delving into the ground has
had a commercial objective; but the Aus-
trian government has promised scien-
tists to allow them to exploit, after the
war, the Silesian mines for scientific pur-
poses. is : :
Prof. Hanauer, of the University of
Breslau, is promoting this investigation
and has arranged to have “way stations”
built along the original shaft, and these
can be multiplied ad libitum. Exactly
how he intends to meet the temperature
conditions has not been disclosed. Prac:
tical men hold that 6,000 feet is the lim-
it of depth that can be reached in safety.
In Respect to the President. .
From the Advance. :
Let us quarrel among ourselves all we
choose, but let us remember that we are
in the midst, not merely of a political
campaign, but of a grave international
complication. Let us support the Presi-
dent in his endeavors to keep the peace,
whether we vote: for his re-election or
‘not. Politically, he isa Democratic candi:
date for re-election; but internationally
he is our President, a conscientious and
high-minded Christian gentleman, seek-
ing light on very vexed problems. It is
the privilege of any American to vote
against his re-election; on that matter
the Advance offers no advice; but while
he is President, and while his hands are
full and his heart is burdened with con-
ditions that threaten our peace and the
peace of the whole world, if he can keep
us out of war; may God and every good
citizen assist him. What we shall do,
individually, next November, let each
voter determine for himself; but from
now to March 4th, 1917, Woodrow Wil-
son is the President, not of the Demo-
cratic party or a faction within it, but of
the United States.
Violet Has Nothing on Bill.
From the Boston Transcript. :
Bill Sulzer is so modest that he merely
claims credit for writing the seventeenth
amendment to the constitution, without
making any mention of his share in’
magna charta and the declaration of
independence.
Helps Add to Gayety of Nations.
From the New York Telegram. Sr
According to the Springfield Republican,
people likes Mr. Taft because he can dis-
agree with others without being angry.
So?‘ Thought it was because he is’ the
one man who can make Mr. Roosevelt
throw fits. ;
" ——Put your ad. in the WATCHMAN.
* SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE.
—State inspectors of the public health depart-
ment are engaged in paying friendly visits to
restaurants in various sections of the Common-
wealth,
—The rubber works at Williamsport are calling
for 400 more workers and for the next two
months will take on fifty more hands each week,
beginning at once.
—Some bold thief, as yet unknown, walked
boldly up to a hitching post in Latrobe and stole
a pony and buggy belonging to Edward Johnson.
The property is still lost.
~—Johnstown Moose have rejected all bids for
the contract to build their projected new home.
The lowest of the nine bids was $61,000 and the
building committee will revise the bids. t
—Frank Gagg, aged 48, a miner employed at
Clymer, was struck by a fall of rock and coal
in the Indiana county mine where he was em-
ployed and instantly killed. He is survived by
his wife and eight children. i
—A double house at Morrisdale was totally
destroved by fire early Wednesday morning, to-
gether with all the contents. The total loss will
reach about $5,000, with partial insurance. Th
cause of the fire was a defective flue. i
—The Brotherhood of Trinity Methodist Epis-
copal church, Clearfield, recently tendered a
a complimentary dinner to Dr. H. R. Bender,
who has been returned to the pastorate of that
church for the seventh time.
—In Lewistown some days ago a 12-year-old
lad named Austin Bell, playing marbles with
. some comrades, approached too closely a chain-
ed dog belonging to Grocer C. P. Calderwood
and was severely bitten on the right arm and
hip. ;
—A car load of horses purchased for the war
zone from the farmers of the Big valley, Mifflin
county, stampeded a few days ago when a shot-
gun was fired ata muskrat. Some of the ani-
mals were caught two days later at the home
barns fifty miles away.
—What proves to be a mysterious affair oc-
curred recently when a well known Everett man
on going to the basement of the Reformed church
to bank the fire for the night was assaulted and
badly bedten up and was later found lying un-
conscious onthe back porch of his father’s house.
—Six of the big smokestacks at the Morrisdale
Coal Company’s No. 1 colliery, near Philipsburg,
were blown over by a sudden wind-storm of
cyclone severity that swept over the locality
Wednesday. One of the stacks dropped on the
air compressor building and crushed in the
roof.
—Setting an old wolf trap near his duck pen
with the purpose of learning the identity of a
night prowler that had frequented his coop and
taken seyeral fowls, Gallitzin Hammell, who re-
sides on a farm near Heilwood, Indiana county,
was surprised to discover next morning that he
had caught an American eagle.
—An early * morning fire Saturday, on the
Tomb farm, at Montoursvile, Lycoming county,
destroyed a barn which was 100 years old and
burned twenty-three head of cattle, the latter
belonging to William Lutz, the tenant, who was
almost smothered under an avalanche of burning
hay. The origin of the fire is unknown.
—Arrested in Altoona last Friday on the charge
of stealing an express package containing $517.-
84 Otis Wilson, a New York Central brakeman at
Patton, confessed to Captain Clymer, of the
Pennsylvania railroad police, and returned
$498.62. The money was to pay railroad em-
ployees at Patton. Wilson has been held for
trial.
—After a quarter-century Gildo Ramsey, of
Monongahela, has caused the arrest of a man
who he says robbed him of money and jewelry
to the value of $700... The man is under arrest in -
‘ St. Marys, Elk’ county.’ Twenty-five" years ago,’
while the Ramsey family was residing in Smith-
ton, Pa, a boarder disappeared. Money and
jewelry belonging to Mrs. Ramsey vanished at
the same time. Mr. Ramsey was in St. Marys
and saw the man.
—In a gale that made fire fighting useless,
Kings hotel, the homes of George Hill and Miles
Flegal, and seven other dwellings at Morrisdale,
were totally destroyed by fire Tuesday afternoon.
All of the buildings were occupied, three of them
being double houses owned by the Morrisdale
Coal company. The fire started in the Hill home
and consumed everything in its path. Both Phil-
ipsburg fire companies were rushed to the blaze
but could accomplish nothing in the high wind;
The loss is estimated at $50,000.
—John Singley, 28, of Manheim, fatally wound-
ed his sweetheart, Emma Schoenberger, 26, of
Lititz, Lancaster county, at the young woman's
home early Sunday night, and then sent a bullet
through his own head, dying instantly. Jealousy
was ascribed as the motive. Singley called at
the young woman’s home and when she came to
the door he said: “Ive got a present for you.”
When Miss Schoenberger extended her hand
for the “package” Singley fired two bul-
lets into her body below the heart. Her condi-
tion is critical.
—Natt Beers, 32 years old, of St. Marys, was
instantly killed while walking on the Pennsylva-
nia tracks neat the Elk county home on Mon-
day afternoon. The body was seen lying along
the track at 1:30 by a brakeman. Identification
was made by means of a storebook on which
the man’s name was written. The body: was so
badly mutilated that features were unrecogniz-
able. Both legs and the right arm were cut off
and mangled, and every bone in the skull was
broken. Dr. C. G. Wilson, deputy coroner, made
an investigation. Beers leaves a widow and two
children. £
—Carried by terrific winds, sparks from an
engine on a farm near Milton on Tuesday set
fire to the barn of John Brown at Lewisburg,
four miles away, and is said to have been in-
directly responsible for tif destruction of two
other barns several miles further out inthe coun-
try. Sparks from the burning barn at Lewis-
burg were carried to the barn jof James Packer,
five miles distance, and from there to John Shaf-
fer’s barn, three miles further away. All of the
structures with their contents were destroyed at
a total estimated loss of $20,000. Adam Rishel,
a farm hand was badly burned in attempting to
save the live stock in one of the barns.
—Novel means of making some of the bache-
lors of New Castle, Pa., take an activefpart in
cleanup week the first week of May has been
decided. Girls ofthe Y. M. C. A. have selected
100 bachelors and Saturday 100 small balloons
with tags attached will be released. Whoever
finds a baloon is to turn it over to an unmarried
woman, who in turn will take the tag to the com-
mittee. The holder of the tag will be told the
name of the bachelor opposite the number and
the man and the woman are to cultivate!a vacant
lot. Should the bachelor not comply he will
be assessed $5 and should the balloon with num-
ber on not be found he is to be assessed $2.
—The will of Arthur P. Churchill, of Erie, aged
73, who for years lived on charity in a squalid
room for which the landlord, through pity, ex-
acted no rent, was filed for probate last Thurs-
day, showing that he possessed nearly $10,000 in
cash and securities which had been hidden away
in the recesses of his room. Churchill was found
seriously ill by charity workers and waslremoved
to a local hospital. He grew gradually worse
and shortly before he died, called in a’notary
public to whom he dictated his will in which he
bequeathed all of his property to two nephews,
Arthur B, and Perry J. Churchill, of Ambridge,
:| Pa, * Until the will was filed, it was believed the
aged man was penniless,