Benalla
BY P. GRAY MEEK.
INK SLINGS.
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* —There are lots of things that the av-
erage man would sooner do than work
and fishing is right up front in the list.
—Of course there’s nothing to the talk
that the Titan Metal Co. is going to
leave Bellefonte. Anyway, it couldn’t
leave Bellefonte if it wanted to because
it isn’t located in Bellefonte.
—All those who think MiTCH PALMER
would have written a letter of congratu-
lation to MIKE LIEBEL, had LIEBEL beat-
en him for National committeeman, will
please hold up their hands.
—Heavy frosts in many parts of the
county last Thursday and Friday nights
did no damage to the fruit and very lit-
tle to garden produce. The corn that
‘was up at the time, however, has a de-
cidedly yellow look.
—ROOSEVELT has decided that he will
not attend either the Progressive or Re-
publican National conventions. So much
for peace. Now the feathers of the dove
would never be ruffled if Mr. BRYAN
were to decide that he will not be needed
at St. Louis.
—Should Mr. BRYAN become the Pro-
hibition nominee for President it will be
interesting to note how promptly some
Democrats will read him out of the party,
notwithstanding the fact that it was only
a matter of a few years ago when they
were helping the Nebraskan read every-
body out ot the party who didn’t believe
that BRYAN put up the moon.
—Things have come to a pretty pass
when we can’t properly observe June
14th, our Flag Day, because all of the
little American flags we are accustomed
to wear in the lapels of our coats, boast-
fully parading the emblem bebind which
the most resourceful people in the world
rally, are made in Germany and none
have been imported since the war.
—Did you hear the High school band
on the street Wednesday night? Do you
remember JOHNNY FAGAN and his band
of juveniles? If you do you will agree
with us that JOHNNY would have died of
_envy had he heard that little band Wed-
nesday evening. They had only six wind
instruments but the boys knew how to
play them and they made surprisingly
good music.
——Tuesday of next week will be
memorial day and the public generally
should turn out and assist the old vet-
erans pay their yearly tribute of love and
reveration to their comrades who have
passed to the Great Beyond. The ranks
of the veterans are growing thinner and
thinner with each passing year and
younger hands should assist in the work
which they have so cheerfully and willing-
ly done for a half century.
—Yesterday was good roads day, but
Centre county farmers did not turn out
as generally as they would have done
had it not been such a good corn day, as
well. Farmers throughout this section
are so late with their own work that rel-
atively few of them could afford to take
the time to give a day to the roads. It
wasn’t unwillingness to lend a hand but
many of them are without adequate help
on their farms and are put to to get their
crops in before it is too late.
—The plight of 'Squire HAYES SCHENCK,
of Howard, is pitiable indeed. A de-
scendant of an old and exceedingly repu-
table Bald Eagle valley family, a man
honored by his fellows in many ways
and well along toward three score years
of age, having to serve a term in the pen-
itentiary because he conspired to get il-
legally a paltry sum that Le could have
earned by honorable toil in less time
than it took him to frame up the fraudu-
lent warrants that trapped him.
—The British people are just begin-
ning to ask themselves the question that
all the rest of the world has been asking
for a year or more: If England has five
million men under arms, where are they
and what are they doing. It is a notorious
-fact that France and Russia have been
doing practically all of the fighting and
‘realizing this the English people are ris-
ing up to ask why they have to vote so
‘many loans to the support of an army
that is apparently doing nothing.
—In honor of our soldier dead remem-
ber that on the stroke of twelve noon, on
Memorial day, we should stand uncover-
‘ed for five minutes of thoughtful rever-
ence. Since the cataclysm abroad every-
one of us has come to realize more than
ever what war is, what those who faced
it in defense of our country went through
and with grateful hearts and thoughtful
minds we should be eager to be mute
monuments for this short period to the
memory of our soldiers who are gone
and to the exaltation of those who are
living.
—Thus far this year the automobile
licenses have yielded $1,890,000.00 in rev-
enue to the State. If so much of this
vast sum were not necessary for Depart-
ment expenses it would be ample for all
the road work the State could do in a
year. But the expenses of all Depart-
ments in Harrisburg are growing out of
all proportion to the real service render-
ed the public. The main idea seems to
be to make jobs for party favorites and,
no matter which faction happens to be
in power, this form of robbing the pub-
lic becomes the matter of first considera-
tion
_VOL 61.
STATE RIGHTS AN
D FEDERAL UNION.
BELLEFONTE, PA., MAY 26, 1916.
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The Republican Candidate. !
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t
With the Republican National con- |
Signs of Democratic Harmony.
Hon. Michael Liebel, Jr., the defeat-
| Confirm Brandies Promptly.
The long delay in the confirmation
vention less than two weeks away no ed candidate for member of the Dem- 3 aa. nonlin et Lows D gn
one is able to guess confidently who | ocratic National convention has writ-
the nominee will be. Within a week
two States, widely separated and
vastly different in interests and aims,
Vermont and Oregon, have declared
for Justice Hughes and that gentle-
man has more votes committed to him
than any other. But Roosevelt is
against him and that makes his:
friends afraid. In a speech at Oyster
Bay on Monday the Colonel said:
“Unless, if he is in office or has been
in office, his career has been such as
in fullest measure to warrant the be-
lief that he is 2 man of deeds and not
of words in this matter; and unless
in every crisis, whether he be in or
out of office, he frankly and fully
takes a position on the concrete facts
which are up for decision and applies
the abstract statement to these con-
crete facts,”
Obviously the Colonel had Justice
Hughes in mind in making these ob-
servations and it is equally clear that
he intended to add that a man who
didn’t reach that standard is unfit
for President and would not receive
his support. But like all men obsessed
with absurd ideas or ambitions, he
failed to complete his sentence though
he made his purpose to hit Hughes
with a brick entirely plain. It is
almost universally agreed that Root
is out of the running and Burton,
Weeks, Cummins and Fairbanks are
completely “lost in the shuffle.” The
name of Leonard Wood is looming up
ominously, however. He and Roose-
velt have long maintained a “mutual
admiration society.” As Colonel of
the Rough Riders in the Spanish war
he allowed Roosevelt to reap all the
glory and in turn Roosevelt subse-
quently jumped him over the head of
many real soldiers to the highest rank
in the army.
There is an adage that “one good
turn deserves another” and Roosevelt:
is strong for. eommercializing. He
can’t be nominated himself and wants
some one nominated who will obey his
orders and permit him to exercise
those functions of invisible govern-
ment expressed in the phrase “the
power behind the throne.” Leonard
Wood is a nonentity. As Colonel of
the Rough Riders he was a servile
figurehead for Roosevelt and for
nearly a year he has been prostitut-
ing his office as Major General of the
army by “touting” Roosevelt at every
opportunity. Roosevelt’s first choice
for the nomination is Roosevelt, of
course, for he never enjoyed an un-
selfish impulse in his life. But he
knows he can’t be nominated and is
therefore willing to permit the nomi-
nation of another upon the condition
that the other be a servile slave to
his preposterous caprices. It may be
Hughes but the menace is Wood.
Republican War and Democratic Peace.
The bitter fight among the Republicans
of this State has not been ended by the
vote at the primary election. According
to information, which seems to be reliable,
it is to be carried into the National con-
vention of the party in Chicago, to be
determined by votes of delegates of other
‘States and of diverse political purposes,
A Bull Moose delegate of California will
have as much voice in the matter as a
PENROSE delegate from Philadelphia or a
BRUMBAUGH supporter from Hunting-
don. The Californian will not know
much about the cause of quarrel be-
tween the factions in Pennsylvania but
his prejudices will be just as strong as if
he were a native of VAREville and his
vote as potential.
On the other hand the PENROSE faction
is arranging for some reprisals. The
Common Pleas court of Philadelphia has
been or will be asked to ‘intervene to
nullify some appointments made by
Mayor SmiTH and said to be in violation
of civil service regulations. The plan is
to enjoin the Controller from issuing
warrants for the salaries and forbid the
City Treasurer from paying the warrants
in the event they are issued. This will
make office holding in Philadelphia an
undesirable employment and will literally
take the joy out of public life in that
city. The VARE machine can’t prosper
under such circumstances.
Meantime the Democrats of the State
are coming together in perfect harmony
and radiant hope. Mr. LIEBEL, recently
the candidate of the anti-PALMER or-
ganization for member of the Democratic
National committee, has written a most
cordial letter of congratulation to his
successful opponent, Mr. PALMER, and
as the late Democratic leader, Hon.
SAMUEL J. RANDALL, once said under
similar circumstances, “both wings of
the Democratic party are flapping to-
gether.” Out of this condition there
ought to beno trouble in abstracting a
complete and enduring victory, making
certain of the electoral vote of Pennsyl-
vania for that matchless statesman and
patriot, Woobrow WILSON.
potent influence upon the politics of
the State. With the Republican party
hopelessly divided a united and vig-
orous effort of the Democrats ought
to and will prove effective.
This action of Mr. Liebel is char-
Committee because he sincerely be-
lieved that the election of some one
other than Mr. Palmer would promote
harmony and advance
party prosperity. The voters of that
party faith in the State have express-
ed their preference for Mr. Palmer,
however, and Mr. Liebel accepts the
verdict thus rendered as an expres-
sion of the will of the majority and
in obedience to a fundamental Dem-
ocratic principle, yields to the man- |
Democratic
date. He believes that with a united |
force and vigorous effort we will be
able to carry the State for Wilson
this year and elect a Democrat to the
office of Governor in 1918.
It is: to be hoped that Mr. Palmer
will respond to Mr. Liebel’s tender of
co-operation with equal sincerity and
enthusiasm and we believe he will.
The party has been in a state of de-
moralization for nearly four years
for the reason that the dominant fac-
tion was arbitrary and in the opinion
of many, unjust. The action of Mr.
Liebel presents .an opportunity to
obliterate all factional lines and bring
the Democrats of all sections of the
State into harmony within the shad-
ow of triumph. It will be a glorious
consummation and a patriotic service
which will be shared in by all the
people of the State.
victory this year will guarantee the
safely of our institutions for all
time.
A Democratic
Roosevelt Continues to Testify.
——
In his speech in Detroit the other day
Colonel ROOSEVELT reasserted the false-
hood which has been the “stock in trade”
of his campaign to purloin the Republi-
can nomination for President.
through our Representatives in Washing-
ton,” he declared, “have absolutely refus-
ed in the smallest degree to prepare, dur-
ing these twenty-two months of world
cataclysm. We have refused to learn
the smallest part of the lesson being
written on the scroll of torment in Eu-
rope. We have fatuously refused to take
the smallest step, either to do our duty
to ourselves or to do our duty to others.
We have endeavored to deceive ourselves
by announcing that in this policy of su-
pine inaction and of failure to perform
duty, we are actuated by the loftiest mo-
tives.”
“We,
Some weeks ago we quoted from an
official statement of the Secretary of the
Navy, a summary of the work, in the di-
rection of preparedness, accomplished
by the Navy Department under the pres-
ent administration, mostly within the
twenty-two months of “world cataclysm.”
Secretary DANIELS showed that the num-
ber of ships of the navy in active service
has been increased twenty-five per cent.
‘within that time, and that our stock of
ammunition, torpedoes, mines “and oth-
er implements of naval warfare” is am-
ple. Admiral Mayo added that during
recent practice our ships had done some
of the farthest shooting, 18,000 yards, the
best maneuvres, the best practice, and
that he is satisfied that the officers and
men “are ready if called upon.”
In the face of these records why should
a charlatan, crazed with ambition to
overturn the traditions and disturb the
peace of the country, be allowed to tra-
duce the President and spread discon-
tent among the people who are not in-
formed, probably for the reason that
they have had no sources of information.
Differences of opinion among men’ are
not only proper but desirable. But the
malicious mouthings of a demagogue,
which work impairment of peace and
prosperity of the public, should be for-
bidden as a burglar is forbidden to op-
erate or a scandal monger to poison the
atmosphere with lies. ROOSEVELT bears
false witness against the administration
every time he opens
should be condemned as a villifyer rather
than applauded as a hero.
his mouth and he
. : | Court of the United States, is not
ten a letter to his successful opponent, Stable to the Dembcrztic radios
Hon. A. Mitchell Palmer, congratulat- j Sredriable J
ing him on his victory and pledging
co-operation and cordial support of
My Pa Ime E #74 the DemoeraticSigie side. He has been an able, consist-
tganiiagion in an effort to Carry lent and tireless foe of special priv-
Pennsylvania for Woodrow Wilson | P p
for President. It was a graceful and
| timely submission to the will of the |
people as expressed at the polls, and Spompens privilege aM the 92-
ought to have an immediate and Pre55° peop Pp
| ty of the Senate. It was to be expect-
led that there would be opposition to |
the nomination on the Republican
|
'ilege and a faithful and courageous
friend of the people. Naturally the
putting that type of man on the bench
of the Court of last resort. But the
| Democrats are in a majority in the
| Senate and ought to have held the
, opposition within reasonable bounds.
. It is now promised that a favorable
tals .. report of the committee will be made
acteristic. He has always been andis',. . Te 5 :
: : | this week and it is practically certain
now an earnest, faithful and tireless
| i i rma-
Democrat. He entered the contest for | that the-vois will be in the affirma
: . : | tive. The President has shown that
a seat in the Democratic National
(he carefully considered the question
{ before making the nomination and
‘that he is deeply interested in the
, approval by the Senate of his choice.
Dr. Chas. W. Elliot, President Emer-
itus, of Harvard University, has
added his voice to that of the Presi-
dent in recommending the confirma-
tion. “I believe,” writes Mr. Elliot,
“that the rejection by the Senate of
his nomination to the Supreme court
{would be a grave misfortune for the
i whole legal profession, the court, all
' American business and the country.”
The business interests of the coun-
try are vast and corporate or individ-
ual are entitled to just treatment.
But it is no part of the prerogatives
‘of the corporations of the country to
pack the Supreme court so that the
individual shall be at a disadvantage
in all litigation which reaches that
tribunal. For a period of about six-
teen years under the administrations
of Roosevelt and other Republican
Presidents they have been exercising
this power and now that President
Wilson has put a stop to it Democrats
in the Senate should support him. We
have no doubt they will do so in the
end but they ought to have been more
‘prompt. Half the merit of a good act
is in promptness.
| LE ——————.
——The conference report on the
army bill has been adopted by both
branches of Congress and will be ap-
proved at the earliest opportunity. It
fixed the army strength in times of
peace at 206,000 officers and men but
it will not deter Roosevelt from de-
claring that nothing has been done to
Strengthen the force since he reduced
it to about 60,000.
——The Republican convention is
less than two weeks off and nobody
knows what will come out of it. There
is comfort in the conviction, though,
that however wisely or unwisely it
acts the country will be safe in the
hands of Woodrow Wilson “for four
years more.”
——Roosevelt’s Progressive con-
vention programme provides for ad-
journment on Saturday June 10 which
will enable him to dangle his nomina-
tion before the delegates in the Re-
publican convention just about the
time the balloting begins there.
~——The second and last bill car for
the big Carl Hagenbeck-Wallace circus
was in Bellefonte on Wednesday and the
countryside is now pretty well plastered
with flaming show posters.
——1It is said that there will be six-
teen nominating speeches in the Re-
publican National convention and if
sufficient delegates survive, the bal-
loting will follow. \
——Senator Gore has introduced
another pro-German resolution which
goes to show that the Oklahoman is
mentally unable to see as well as
physically blind.
——Even the horrors of the strug-
gle at Verdun will be overlooked until
after the party conventions. Politics
holds the centre of the stage.
——Now that Oregon has turned
down Roosevelt it must be admitted
that Western public sentiment has
“gone wool gathering.”
——Whatever else is in doubt at
this time the permanent retirement of
the Brumbaugh Presidential boom is a
fixed fact.
—June, with her roses, brides and com-
mencements, will be here before we
know it. “
—-Have your Job Work done here.
NO. 21.
| A Few Days Too Late.
From the Johnstown Democrat.
Premier Asquith landed in Ireland
smiling. He fairly radiated good will. It
is stated that as a result of his visit there
‘will be an era of good feeling. Military
executions will cease. Martial law will
be a thing of the past. The British lion
i is to experience a change of heart.
Mr. Asquith, however, arrived in Ire-
land a few days too late. The time for
magnanimity was before so many men
had been shot. The time for forgiveness
was while those most in need of it were
alive to appreciate the proffer. Premier
Asquith knows why his government was
so relentless in the matter of putting the
‘leaders of the unfortunate uprising in
Ireland to death. He knew that as far
as Ireland was concerned the rebellion
could be considered crushed and that the
fate of the leaders in no way affected
facts that had become history. Great
Britain would be just as safe today if the
Irishmen who were shot had been de-
ported. She would be just as safe as she
is now if the rebellious ones had been
turned loose.
Mr. Asquith has upon occasion admit-
ted that the way to get the Irish ques-
tion settled is for all Irishmen to volun-
teer for the service in the British army.
The reasoning of the Premier ie doubt-
less sound. If all Irishmen were to en-
list, they would probably be sent to the
front immediately and placed in the first-
line trenches. Soon the sons’ of Erin
would all be shot. Ireland could then
be populated with phlegmatic English-
men and the home rule question would
be solved. Asquith is of course to be
congratulated upon the fact that he has
carried the olive branch to the sons of
Erin. The pity is that he was not able
to sail a few days sooner.
The Mule or the Girl?
From the Indianapolis News.
John Jones, farmer, went to his barn
one morning and found there a brand
new mule colt. He raised it until it was
three years old, when $200 was offered
for it. Instead of selling it, he rented it
to the city of Indianapolis for 85 cents a
day, including board, stall, shoeing and
medical attendance. The mule worked
250 days the first year earning $212.50,
or $200 net after taxes, etc., were paid.
Mr. Jones bought another mule with
the $200, which he also rented to the
city, and at the end of the second year
he had two mules and $400 cash, which
he invested in two mules. He kept this
up 15 years, till his first mule colt was 18
years old, at which time he owned 32,-
767 mules, worth an ave #e of $100
; each, or $3,276,700. “The 19th year they
{ earned him a net income of $6,553,400.
Alice Allen, daughter of Albert Allen,
living across the road from John Jones,
was born on the same day the mule colt
registered his first kick. Her father fed,
clothed and educated her for 17 years, at
a cost of $125 a year, and then sent her
to business college for a year at an ex-
pense of $400, making her total cost at 18
years $2,525. When she was 18 she got
a situation as stenographer and office
girl with an Indianapolis business house
at $8 a week, paying for her own room,
board, street car fare, shoes, doctor bills
and as much clothing as what was left
would permit.
All of which merély shows that some
things are different from others.
By Way of Illustration.
From the Altoona Times.
Those who are demanding proof that
the uniform primary is not productive of
the best results need seek no farther than
the election conducted last week.
Judge Walling, an appointee of Gov-
ernor Brumbaugh, whose record is irre-
proachable, against whose legal attain-
ments not one word had been advanced,
‘| was probably defeated for the non-parti-
san nomination by one Palmer, a prac-
tically unknown and untried Chester
county barrister.
Palmer’s name happened to lead that
of Judge Walling on the official ballot
and he received the votes of many thous-
ands of citizens who cast their ballot
blindly. di
Now, when such a slight matter can
favorably influence an election, who will
contend that the voters are manifesting
due regard for the right which they
enjoy?
Unless there is an awakening of
patriotism, of civic interest, and the in-
culcation of a proper appreciation of the
inevitable effect of such misfit nomina-
tions and elections, government in this
State will sink to lower depths than have
yet been attained. wi
If Judge Walling is not re-elected, it
will, in our humble opinion, be proof posi-
tive that the primary law isa joke or
that the people of Pennsylvania are not
competent to participate in the selection
of public officials.
Where the Colonel Trails.
From the Louisville Courier Journal.
Inasmuch as Col. Roosevelt soon will
be a candidate, claiming to have been
the daddy of every advance, it may as
well be said that thousands of stenog-
raphers practiced simplified spelling be-
fore he ever advocated it. '
-
How to Win.
From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Philadelphia yachtsmen who pro-
pose to form a citizens’ navy will be able
to win the enemy by giving him the keys
to the champagne lockers amidship, even
if they cannot defeat him with projec-
tiles in the midriff.
Just Starting.
From the New York Evening Telegram.
Son-in-law of James J. Hill says the
war is nearly over. Nonsense. Just be-
ginning. Listen to the “Irish”-Americans
singing “Die Wacht am Rhein.” :
SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE.
—The San Jose scale is destroying the shade
trees in Williamsport in the vicinity of High
street and First avenue. A united effort will be
i made to fight this troublesome pest.
—Philipsburg voted for a $15,000 loan on pri-
mary day. The money will be devoted to better-
ment of thefire department, street improvement
and brightening up of the public buildings.
—The Morrellyille United Brethren church will
hold special services on May 28th when they will
burn a note for $1,000, also to commemorate the
third anniversary of the dedication of the church.
—At the sale of the Carothers farm in Wil-
liamsport, the city hospital will receive $4,200.
This farm had been left to the hospital through
the will of John Carothers, who died some years
ago. : .
—Cambria county states that so far this season
only ten forest fires have occurred. The largest
fire occurred in West Taylor township on May
1st, covering 200 acres and entailing a loss of
$200.
—Among recent Clinton county deaths we note
that of Joseph M. Allison, one of the oldest farn -
ers of Porter township, at the ageof 79. Paralysis
ended his life. His wife and two children sur-
vive. :
—The Punxsutawnev Iron and Steel company
are now ready for business and on Tuesday the
mill will start on their orders for over 4,500 tons
of iron and steel. The outlook for this new pro-
ject is very bright.
—Eugene R. Payne, a well known lumberman,
died at his home in Williamsport, on Thursday
morning. Mr. Payne was in his seventy-second
year and was a son of Col. Lewis S. Payne and
Mary Taber Payne.
—Clearfield’s council has passed an ordinance
providing for additionally bonding that borough
to the extent of $75,000 for street improvements.
The measure will be voted upon by the people at
a special election on June 23rd.
—The Williamsport Rifle club will have an up-
to-date range made from three old box cars
which will be set end to end and at one end of
the box cars a building will be erected to be
used for club rooms and a place for keeping the
guns.
—Robert C. Quiggle, aged 84, a resident of
Pine, Clinton county, recently suffered the ampu-
tation of his left leg for gangrene. He seemed to
be doing very well for a few days when he sus-
tained a paralytic stroke, which is likely to cause
his death.
. —Provoked because a Port Allegheny editor
called him unkind names, Samuel W. Smith, of
that town, hasthreatened to dismantle his theater»
discontinue his cemetery, dispose of his water
works and disappoint the town forever by re-
fusing to grace it with his presence.
—The Supreme court has sustained the de-
cision of Judge Singleton Bell, of Clearfield, in
holding that Lowell is the rightful owner of the
sealer of weights and measures job in that coun-
ty, which was contested by W. S. Hoyt, who was
ousted by the county commissioners.
—Rev. J. W.Kirkwood, of Reynoldsville, who
is field missionary for the American Sunday
school Union in Jefferson and Clearfield counties,
is unableto look after his work on account of
being quarantined in with scarlet fever, two of
his children suffering from the disease.
—Robert J. Templeton, erstwhile school
teacher, who was recently arrested in Jefferson
county for forgery and passing bad checks, in-
cluding some in DuBois, plead guilty before
Judge Corbet last week and was sentenced to the
Penitentiary for six months at least and not
longer than 15 months. :
—While rescuers hammered on a bolted door in
a futile effort to awaken them, Felix Premix and
Frank Goevel were burned to death in their
where they were employed by a contracting firm.
When the rescuers succeeded in chopping down
the door both men were dead.
—Oliver Irvin, aged 24, a resident of Sandy
Ridge, employed at the Grace mine, near Osceola,
was the victim of a tragic accident last Wednes-
day morning. He fell to the track while trying to
catch a runaway car and three cars passed over
him. His back and both legs were broken and
death followed within twenty minutes.
—The borough of Loganton is affected with an
epidemic of measles and in almost every family
in the quiet little village there are one or more
cases of the disease. The Board of Health has
ordered the health officer to establish a strict
quarantine over every family infected. The
churches at that place were closed on Sunday.
—The First Methodist Episcopal church of
Blairsville celebrated its ninetieth anniversary
on Sunday and was a day of rejoicing for pastor
and members. As a result of a special effort the
congregation raised $1,060, the money to go to-
ward the paving off of the church indetedness of
$900 and to make the last payment for the water
motor that furnishes power for the organ.
—An auto truck belonging to the Pittsburgh
Brewing company with a load of 127 filled kegs,
four blocks of ice and three men on the seat ran
down Mellen’s hill, east of Latrobe at full speed
on Saturday morning. The brakes refused to
hold and as a result the truck was ditched at the
side of the road, two of the men receiving broken
bones while the other was severely shaken up
and bruised.
—While at work chopping on a timber tract in
East Centre township, Perry county, some days
ago, George Clouszr was knocked down and ren-
dered unconscious by the branches of a falling
tree. He wasbadly hurt but will recover. On
the same tract the axe of Samuel Smee Jr., was
deflected by being caught onthe branch of a tree
and came down on his head, cutting through a
button on the top of his cap. The button was
sliced in two and probably prevented the splitting
of Smee’s skull. . :
—At an unusual proceeding at common pleas
court last Friday before Judge Thomas J. Bald-
ridge, of Blair county, testimony was taken with
a view of having George DeFord, who left that
county more than 40 years ago and who has never
been heard from since, declared legally dead.
DeFord resided at Williamsburgand about 1875
he left his home, without making any statement
of his intentions, and his family never knew what
became of him. - An estate of $1,200 awaiting
settlement was the cause of the above action.
—The Punchios Lumber company, of Curwens-
ville, has purchased the two farms of Daniel
Smith, in Union township, Clearfield county,
together with the timber thereon. There are
about 700,000 feet of virgin pine and hemlock
timber on this land, which is situated between
Rockton and DuBois. The company will put up
their portable mill on the tract and saw the trees
into lumber. This is one of the very few virgin
timber tracts remaining in that county, and the
Punchios Lumber company is fortunate in se-
curing it. The company will sell the farms.
—On Sunday evening, while seated on the side
porch of his home at Lock Haven, with the mem-
bers of his family, Mr. Dunn saw a flash of light
from an auto in the rear of his lot. He at once
made an investigation and discovered that his
five passenger Buick car was missing. He then
notified the proper authorities and several towns
of his loss, giving the number of the car and the
license tag, and started in pursuit himself with a
party of friends. The car was found near Belle-
fonte ditched along the road but the men had
fled. Nevertheless the owner has a pretty good
idea who they are and will have them answer for
their deed.
shanty at the Kiskiminetas bridge near Freeport, -