Bromide, | T Bellefonte, Pa., July 14, 1916. P- GRAY MEEK, - - EDITOR. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION,—Until further notice his paper will be furnished to subscribers at the following rates: Paid strictly in advance $1.50 Paid before expiration of year - 175 Paid after expiration of year - 2.00 Sm———— DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL TICKET For President, WOODROW WILSON, of Virginia For Vice President, THOS. R. MARSHALL, of Indiana Democratic State Ticket For United States Senator, ELLIS L. ORVIS, of Bellefonte For State Treasurer, SAM’L B. PHILSON, Somerset Co. For Auditor General, JAS. B. MURRIN, Lackawanna Co. For Congressmen-at-Large, JOSEPH T. KINSLEY, Philadelphia JOHN J. MOORE, Luzerne county THOMAS ROSS, Bucks county JACOB D. WAIDELECK, Lehigh Co. District and County Ticket For Congress, WM. E. TOBIAS, Clearfield county For Assenibly, MITCHELL I. GARDNER, Bellefonte ——The only certain thing about the proposed tariff commission is that it will not be approved by the Philadelphia “Ledger.” That mori- bund tariff monger will not be satis- fied with anything that comes from a Democratic Congress. ——The surprise is that Roose- velt doesn’t enlist as Commander-in- Chief of the army. Of course there is the constitution, but what’s the constitution among Generals. ADDITIONAL LOCAL NEWS. Youthful Robbers Under Bail for Court. The wholesale grocery of G. R. Danenhower & Son was robbed on Wednesday night of last week of a large amount of cigars, cigarettes, tobacco, candy, dried beef, breakfast food, etec., to an amount estimated at between thirty and forty dollars. Manager G. Fred Musser had a hard time discovering how the robbers got into the building but finally found where a pane of glass had been deft- ly removed then replaced. At the spot he found a coat button of rath- er peculiar design and this was the only tangible clue he had to give chief of police Harry Dukeman. The latter went to work, however, and on Friday found the wearer of the coat from which the button was torn to be George Howard. Con- fronted with the evidence against him the latter confessed and impli- cated his brother Martin, John Mec- Clincey, John Fisher, Charles Bran- don and John Madis, the latter an Italian. The boys, who range from fifteen to nineteen years, were all ‘notified to appear before justice of the peace G. Wash Rees at ten _ o'clock on Saturday morning, and all did so with the exception of Madis, who skipped to Johnstown where his father is working. The evidence at the hearing was very conclusive, in view of the fact that some of the stolen stuff had been recovered and each one of the five boys were held under one hun- dred dollars bail for his appear- .ance at court. They were all able to give bond. A warrant was also sent to Johnstown for the arrest and return to Bellefonte of young Madis. The boys also admitted having broken into the small store room of Mrs. Amanda Houser, on Pine street, where Robert Klinger and David Miller have some goods stored, and also to breaking into Doll’s ice house. Farmers’ Institutes. The places fixed for the meetings of the three two-day Farmers’ Insti- tutes in Centre county for the com- ing winter are Eagleville, Boalsburg and Philipsburg. This is the only in- formation concerning them yet avail- able. The dates and the personnel of the corps of speakers are in the hands of the Department of Agri- culture, and will be promulgated by Director Carrothers as soon as he can arrange the itinerary, probably some timein September. The location chosen foreshadows a series of unus- ually interesting and helpful meet- ings; the farmers and citizens at each place being of the intelligent and progressive class who appreciate this wonderful educational influence. ——At a meeting of the State Bar association at Bedford Springs last week W. Harrison Walker Esq., of this place, was elected a member of the executive committee, which is composed of fifteen attorneys throughout the State. Mr. and Mrs. Walker and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kel- ler motored to Bedford Springs and back in Mr. Walker's car. _ Troop L on the Trip to the Texas Border An Interesting Letter from the ‘“Watchman’s” Own Corres- pondent. Boys All Well and in Splendid Spirits. Food Good and Plenty of it. The Troop Hankerin’ for a Mascot. By Cerp. Harry J. Cohen. On board the Troop train, St. Louis, Mo., July 9th. We are just at this moment leav- ing St. Louis, Mo., where we stopped for a change of crews, and as the train is running along smoothly at a twenty-five mile an hour clip, my thoughts go back to the time I wrote my last letter, nearly two weeks ago, and I note the events that have hap- pened in that short period. About one of the first incidents of note was the arrival in camp at Mt. Gretna of private Joe Hull, who when the call was sent out for mobi- lization was employed on one of the steamers on the Great Lakes. It was impossible to reach him there and he did not hear of the call until he reached Ashtabula, Ohio, where a telegram awaited him. He started immediately and arrived at camp on Saturday, all the boys giving him a hearty ovation. A funny incident happened on Fri- day night. While our captain was taking a stroll around the Colebrook station a train load of rookies came in and unloaded. They were all lined up and one among them attracted the captain’s attention. He exclaimed to himself, “Gee, what a big, husky rookie,” but upon close examination he discovered that the man was his own brother, John Curtin, who had come to visit the camp. Another station incident: First Sergt. Saxion tendered a $2.00 bill in payment for a ticket to Lebanon. The agent gave the change for a five spot. As yet nobody has said anything, and we're an awful long ways from the station. Saturday and Sunday were Belle- fonte days at camp, as we had the following visitors: Philip D. Foster, of State College; G. Fred Musser, Col. W. Fred Reynolds, “Griz” Rhoads, Peter Saylor, W. H. Brouse, Henry Kline, Jacob Marks, Ed. Geh- ret, W. H. Brown, Daley Justice, Thomas Beaver, Capt. Robt. F.Hun- ter, Col. H. S. Taylor, Judge Ellis L. Orvis, Harry Keller, John M. Shugert,. Doctor David Dale, Ad. Fauble, John CcCoy, William Burn- side and Hon. Jno. Noll, who told the boys some of his experiences as a cavalryman in 1861--5. Naturally every man was glad to see the visit- ors. It will be of interest to note that Troop L was awarded high honors, for having the most sanitary and cleanest troop street in the camp. And how could they be otherwise, with the knowledge of the good work of our Civic club at home. Also, when it comes to discipline we are drilled to such perfection that one night Pete Delal, when on guard re- fused Col. Wood admission camp. Pete says, as yet he hadn’t made the acquaintance of the €ol- onel, so you can’t blame him for not knowing him. On Monday we were all lined up according to rank and every man signed the new oath of allegiance and on Tuesday we were sworn in by our captain. The rookies, twenty-eight in num- ber, accompanied by Lieut. Smith, arrived in camp on Tuesday evening and the following morning were giv- en a preliminary examination and nine of them sent home. Just about that time a newsboy came along yelling that Carranza had freed the American prisoners, and to show the patriotism of the boys, and the desire of the bunch to go south, we all joined in shouting at him, “what he meant by trying to break up our party.” Wednesday was noted for the vis- it of Mrs. Curtin, wife of our Cap- tain, and Dr. George E. Hawes, a former Bellefonte pastor, to our camp. Also the rigid physical ex- amination of the War Department took place that day and eight of our regular men were turned down. They surely had the sympathy of the Troop when they left for their homes. Thursday morning at 9 bells we were mustered in as regulars by a U. S. army officer and we immediate- ly started to break camp. This be- ing accomplished we were notified that private Frank Smith had been appointed color sergeant of our reg- iment and Lieut. E. R. Taylor quar- termaster for the Troop, showing the regard in which we are held by our superior commanders. It was exactly ten o'clock in the evening when we entrained and the boys were all pleased at the pros- pect of getting started on the first leg of our journey. We reached Philadelphia on time and prominent into. (among the crowd at the station to greet us were councilman Ira D. Garman and daughter, although it was two o’clock in the morning. The good women of Philadelphia gave each soldier sandwiches, chewing gum and cigarettes, and cheered lus- tily as our train of twelve coaches, containing the entire third squadron of cavalry, pulled out of the station. At seven ‘o'clock Friday morning we arrived at Baltimore and kept right on through Washington and along the Chesapeake and Ohio eca- nal to Martinsburg, W. Va., where we arrived at exactly noon. moments later and we were stopped at Brosius, W. Va., where every one of us stripped and went for a swim happened to be a few ladies in the water at the time and when they spied us they scurried to the tall timbers. In their haste—well, any way, there is a pair of beautiful blue silk garters on display as our first trophy of war. We next stopped at Cumberland, Md., where we detrained and march- ed around the city to get the kinks out of our joints, leaving there at 5.30 p. m. The girls at Cumberland and at Oakland, Md., where we were a few hours later, are certainly good entertainers and won a soft spot in the hearts of Troop L. The next morning, Saturday, at 8.35, we arrived at Chillicothe, Ohio, where we also marched through the town and spent a pleasant hour. We left at 8.30, our watches being turn- ed back one hour to standard central time. Our next stop was Cincinnati, which we reached at 12.45. There we made the longest stop of any, due to the fact that a member of Troop K, of Lock Haven, had been taken sick with the measles and we left him at a hospital in the city. The stop gave us an opportunity to march through the city and out into the country where we took another swim in the Ohio river. The water was the proper temperature and quite clear, so that the dip was ap- preciated. pi . > From there until now, as we are leaving St. Louis, the boys are all in good humor, except a little down- hearted because Miss Belle. is not with us any more. She was at the baggage car when we left Bellefonte and upon invitation came along. She stayed with us the two weeks at Mt. Gretna but the powers that be down trip, so- we reluctantly left her at Colebrook station, after taking off her collar and chain for which we collected and paid $2.70. Won’t some- body please send us some kind of a pup, any kind at all, just so it’s alive. We can’t afford to have an empty collar on our hands after spending that amount of money for it. The health of Troop I. has been wonderful ever since we left home. Not a single case of illness has thus far been reported to Captain Huff, our troop surgeon. The trip south is enjoyable. Good grub and good accommodations, and above all, lots to jgeccupy our minds as well as hands. Everybody wishes to be remem- bered to their friends back at home. TROOPLETS. As it looks now the troop is good for an all-summer tampaign on the border, war or no war. Frederick and Philip Reynolds, John Hayes and Hugh Quigley went to the Plattsburg, N. Y., training camp last week where they will do military duty for a month. Capt. H. L. Curtin took with him to the border just seventy-one offi- cers and men. He is accredited by his men as being one of the best offi- cers in the entire regiment. Dr. David Dale was called to the front last week, as one of the re- serve surgeons. He left Bellefonte on Wednesday evening and arrived at Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas, on Saturday. During his ab- sence Dr. John Sebring will look after his practice. The nine troopers who were turn- ed down physically were Corp. Frank E. Taylor, saddler William Shutt, Charles Brown, W. R. Devine, Fearon Lyons, James G. Marshall, Clair F. McKinley, Walter . Weaver and John Young. Donald C. Coch- rane, was turned down on his first examination but applied for the hos- pital corps and was accepted. Sev- eral of the others tried for the hos- pital service but were rejected. All A few in the historic Potomac river. There | at Washington have decreed that no | remarkable live stock be allowed on the southern | doubtless tell some thrilling stories ‘the rejected men arrived home last | Friday. Captain Theodore Davis Boal’s ‘mounted machine gun troop will go into camp on Mr. Boal’s estate at .Boalsburg tomorrow to begin train- ing for what they all hope will be {active military service. They will ‘be in camp ten days or two weeks ‘and will be under the instruction of {a regular army officer who is now on ithe ground. During the time they rare in camp every effort will be made to recruit up to the required ‘strength of seventy-two officers and “men, as the officers and men have ‘been given assurance by the War , Department at Washington that as ; soon as they are in shape, with suf- (ficient men who can successfully !pass the physical examination re- quired, they will be sworn into the !regular army service and sent south as a unit in the Frst Pennsylvania cavalry. It is just possible : that enough of men will be sent from the Plattsburg, N. Y., camp to fill up the troop. Any person desiring to write to a member of Troop L should address ‘their letters thus: Troop L, 1st Pa. Cavalry, N. G. U. 8S. | U. S. Army Headquarters, | El Paso, Texas. Cavalry Reaches Texas. El Paso, Texas, July 11.—The First Pennsylvania cavalry, of {which Troop L, of Bellefonte, is a (unit, and the thirty-first Michigan infantry arrived today and went in- ‘to camp. More than 16,000 National Guardsmen are now encamped here. ——— ee Back from the War Zone. | Edward Shields, son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Shields, vas an arrival in Bellefonte on Saturday, July first, and the next day left for Cleveland, Ohio, on a business trip. Along {about Thanksgiving, 1914, Mr. | Shields was sent by the White Auto- | mobile Manufacturing company to {France with a consignment of three {hundred trucks. The machines were {knocked down and it was Mr. | Shields’ work to see that they were | properly set up and operated. Since that time the French governmeént i has imported many more White ma- | chines but there is one part of the ‘machine that proved a little weak for the strenuous use required of: {them in the war zone. Consequently { Mr. Shields was given a free pass- port by the French government and sent back to America to see if the ! defect complained of could not be 'remedied, and it is on that business "he is now in Cleveland. i He expects to return to Bellefonte, however, either today or tomorrow and spend one week with his parents before returning to France. During {his nineteen months residence in the {French Republic he has had many experiences and can ‘of the war zone. In fact he has been right on the French front line since the beginning of the great battle of Verdun and knows just what the big war is like. Williamsport Commercial College. If you are interested in a business education, bookkeeping, shorthand, typewriting, banking, etc., write for catalogue. 160 calls received for office help during the past year. We need more graduates. Salaries were never better. Employment is sure. Send us a list of names and address- es of young people who are inter- ested in an education and we will mail you a pack of calling cards with your name beautifully written. Fall term begins September 5th. Book- keeping course $65. Shorthand and typewriting $55. Trial lessons free. 61-27-1t F. F. HEALEY, Proprietor. ——The farmers are well along with their hay making and next week will be cutting grain. Lack of help has been a big drawback to some farmers this season, with the result that they are a little behind in their work. Ordinarily farm help is not so scarce but this year as high as $2.00 a day and board has been offered for men to work in the hay field, and they could not be secured at that price. rn fp Gp fp rm ——Word has been received from Altoona of the critical illness of John H. Wilson, for a number of years manager of the Western Un- ion Telegraph office in that place. Mr. Wilson is an old Bellefonter and his friends here hope that his condition may prove less serious than is now believed. ——Don’t fail to read the poem published in another column enti- tled, “Practise What You Preach,” by M. Murray Balsam. He is the young man who paid a poetical trib- ute to Troop L, published in the last issue of the “Watchman,” and his verses are always worth reading. ——The Dale family reunion will be held at Oak Hall on August 5th. ~The “Watchman” should be ‘read in every home in Centre coun- ty. Why don’t you try it? | [Lock Haven Business Men Visit | —— - - wh Fourth of July Celebrations. Bellefonte. ..! The Fourth of July this year was Almost to the minute the large | more generally and patriotically cel- delegation of Lock Haven business ebrated in Centre county than in men who made a two days trade tour any previous year, caused no doubt through the central part of the by the spirit of preparedness sweep- State, drove into ° Bellefonte ating over the land. 9.15 o’clock on Tuesday morning.| Bellefonte celebrated with a pa- There were eighteen automobiles rade gotten up by the members of containing about one hundred the G. A. R. It included Our Boys business men and they were band of Milesburg, a large delega- piloted on the trip by post-|tion of young ladies and boys and master Paul O. Brosius. Their stop, girls, the Bellefonte-Runville band, here was limited to a half hour, too ! the Logan fire company and a dele- short to hold a public meeting, but gation of the Undines, the Red Men, an impromptu gathering was held in borough officials, G. A. R. and citi- the lobby of the Brockerhoff house zens generally in automobiles. At where many Bellefonte business men | the conclusion of the parade a meet- gathered to meet the visitors. From |ing was held at the Elks and a 're- Bellefonte they went via Pleasant | markably patriotic address was Gap to State College, being piloted | made by Dr. E. H. Yocum. The com- on the trip by John S. Walker, presi- mittee who had the affair in charge dent of the Bellefonte council. {are very grateful to the citizens gen- The object of the trip, naturally, erally for any aid given. They not was to advertise Lock Haven first, {only received an ample sum of mon- and also to get any new ideas that ey to meet all expenses but had $22.- the Lock Haven men found along the 90 of a balance which they contribut- way. And there is hardly any doubt ed to the fund of the Centre county but that some good will result from Soldiers’ Relief association. the trip. If nothing else comes of it,! State College also had a big day every man will be benefitted by ex- tending his acquaintance beyond the confines of his own town, and the communities visited by the trade boomers will be likewise benefitted. The entire delegation was made up of wideawake, intelligent business men, and we venture the that upon their return home they will take advantage of any new ideas they happened to pick up along the! way. The party was made up as fol- lows: No. 1 car—Stewart Lowry, H. W. Shaffer, Cyrus M. Elliott, Charles D. Getz, E. F. Heffner, P. O. Brosius, H. B. Geary. No. 2 car—L. M. Hayes, Frank D. O'Reil- {19s W. H. Klepper, Charles H. Strayer. No. 3 car—E. B. Shaffer, H. H. Wilson, W. T. Knecht, E. A. Lucas, G. A. Wilson. No. 4 car—A. E. Brugan, Roy L. Schuyler, ' I. Boyer, H. A. Stevenson, S. M. Heisey. No. 5 car—Harris Claster, George P. Sing- er, Morris Claster, Samuel Claster, I. Lintz. No. 6 car—Edward Hecht, J. Charles Schwamm, Frank Kinsloe, Wm. Keiner, John W. Dickey, Carl Hecht, Norman L. Hecht. No. 7 car—H. S. Satterlee, Walter C. Win- ter, Prof. Ira N. McCloskey, C. T. Rothrock. No. 8 car—John R. Thompson, R. H. Thompson, C. T. Thompson, Samuel Tate, W. A. Esenwine, No. 9 car—Magnus Cluston, W. H. Klapp, L. H. Anthony, Dr. C. R. Good, J. B. Rosser, F. E. Ritter. No.-10 car—M. B. Rich, R. P. Miller, L. J. Schwarz, George W. Mason, Charles Shoe- maker. : No. 11 car—R. M. Sweet, David Salmon, I. T. Hunter, L. G. Rearick, A. Walters, L A. Fredericks, John L. Bauman. No. 12 car—E. B. Walters, Rev. J. Diehl, Harry J. Fox, John Terrill, Edward Shear- er. No. 13 car—B. Klewans, Earl Heimbach, R. M. Burkett, Roy M. Hanna, Dr. L. L. Liken. } A No. 14 car—E. F. Batcheler, A. E. Mec- Closkey, J. McMahon, O. P. Kreamer, Prof. B. F. Pletcher, I. I. Kalin, Samuel W. Claster. No. 15 car—B. C. Achenbach, J. A. Mec- Fadden, M. E. Wilson, H. E. Probst, Max Lipez. No. 16 car— H. J. Widmann, Lester Wid- mann, C. E. Herr, Fred E. Miller, L. J. Peddie. No. 17 car—W. C. Long, John Haber- stroh, Dean Fredericks, C, E. Kolb. No. 18 car—W. T. Griffith, W. Brown Elliott, George Stevenson, G. Bruce Kerns. ——Last Thursday evening a par- ty of State College people which in- cluded Mr. and Mrs. Linn Blackford and their son Phil, Mrs. Mary Ed- wards and her daughter, Mrs. Mau- rice Baum, and Prof. Gough were on their way home to State College when they met John Duff coming from the College to Bellefonte. The two cars met in a narrow piece of road and in order to avoid a head-on collision Blackford ran his car into the ditch. All the occupants of the car were thrown out and Mrs. Ed- wards sustained a gash on the shoul- der that required ten stitches to close. None of the other members of the party were seriously hurt. The car, a Franklin, was not damaged in! the least. ——On the morning of July 8rd E. W. Hobbs, of this place, and Pat- terson Holt, of Unionville, both em- ployees of the State-Center Electric company, were on their way from Milesburg to Bellefonte in the com- pany’s car. Just opposite the McCoy residence the car swerved from the roadway and before it could be righted plunged through the guard rail and down over a twenty-five foot embankment, turning over twice in its descent, and finally landing right side up with both men still in their seats. Holt was badly bruised but neither one was seriously hurt. The car was badly damaged. Big Barn Burned. The large barn on the Michael Spiclier farm about two miles west of Centre Hall on the Earlystown road, was struck by lightning about six o'clock on Wednesday evening and burned to the ground. The farm is tenanted by Robert Glasgow and with the help of his neighbors he was able to get everything out of | the building with the exception of his hay crop and two farm imple- ments. The barn was insured. Pennsvalley had a succession of thunder storms on Wednesda after- noon, lasting from two o'clock until late in the evening. assertion . on the Fourth, one of the features of ‘the parade being the machine gun troop of that place. In the morning Col. H. S. Taylor made an address {on preparedness to the school teach- ers taking the summer course. | Probably the largest turnout.in the county was at Centre Hall where {the Odd Fellows had an ox roast. In ‘fact it was advertised as a roast, but locked more like a stew. However, jit was good and that’s all that was necessary. The size of the crowd ‘can be judged from the fact that the one ox was not enough and another hind quarter had to be prepared for supper. | Big picnics and festivals were also held at Snow Shoe and Howard. : Telephone Companies to Pay Em- ployees. | The companies constituting the Bell Telephone system have agreed | upon the following: Employees of the Bell system who on the 18th of June, 1916, were members of the Na- tional Guard or Naval Militia and ‘who have been called into the service by order issued in accordance with {the proclamation of the President of the United States, or who may be | called into service by similar order, Fwill be allowed full pay at the nor- mal rate in effect on that date in each " case, during absence in such service, not to exceed three full months and the fraction of the month in which called into service; and thereafter for a period not exceeding nine addi- tional months full pay at such rate, less the amount in each case paid by the government. Such employees will also be considered for the pur- poses of the employees’ benefit plan as being continuously employed in ‘the system while absent on such | duty, and upon return from such {duty or after honorable discharge, | will be given such employment as the {needs of the- service will permit and the employee is able and fitted to i perform. Consideration in due time , will be given to the matter of service beyond the pericd above provided for. A Fatal Accident. On Wednesday, June 28th, John Cummings, the thirteen year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Abner Cummings, was harrowing ground for his fath- er on the Mrs. Louisa Harris farm in Potter township, using a disk har- row. While thus engaged a thunder storm passed over the valley and a brilliant flash of lightning frighten- ed the team so that they became un- manageable and ran away. The boy was thrown under the harrow and dragged fully a quarter of a mile, {his body being badly mangled. Teta- nus set in and he died on Sunday, July 2nd. His parents, one brother and one sister survive. Rev. Foss had charge of the funeral which was held at ten o’clock on the moming of July 5th, burial being made in the Zion church cemetery at Tusseyville. Killed on the Railroad. Ambrose Leathers, a former resi- dent of Mt. Eagle but who for some time past has been working on the railroad in Chicago, met with an ac- cident last Wednesday that resulted in his death several hours later. He was working as a brakeman in one of the Chicago yards and in shifting cars he was knocked from the top of a box car. His skull was fractured, eight ribs broken and badly injured internally. He was fifty-five years old and is survived by his wife, who before her marriage was Miss Ida Lyon, of Ly- ontown, and several children. He also leaves two brothers and six sis- ters, most of whom live in Centre county. Burial was made at Chica- go on Saturday. ——County Treasurer David Chambers has received 4000 hunters’ licenses. Judge Quigley. took out the first one and Miss Ida Daughen~ baugh and Miss Gertrude Deitz, of Howard, the second and third re- spectively. nn
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