~ ‘BY P. GRAY MEEK.
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Seem
INK SLINGS.
—And this is fall.
—The political pot is beginning to
simmer. In a few weeks it will be
boiling.
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'SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE.
" —The annual reunion of the survivors
of the Pennsylvania Canal Boatmen’s as-
sociation will be held in Johnstown on
Thursday, Cetober 12. ”
—It is said that the chestnut blight has
killed thousands of trees in Clinton and
adjoining counties and that the chestnut
crop this year will be slim. *
—Men arrested for drunkenness or
street loafing in Latrobe are now put to
work cn the public streets if they haven’t
got the money to pay their fine. ;
—J. L. Abraham, a deputy delinquent
; . tax eosllector of Johnstown, has deen
NO 3 " found guilty of extortion. Judge O’Con-
® ®
nor directed the jury to return such a ver-
dict.
THE CROSS ROADS.
—Naturally, we were not thinking
as much about the steam heat works
in July as we are now.
STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION.
BELLEFONTE, PA.. SEPTEMBER 22, 1916.
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VOL. 61.
—We hold ir grateful memory
those who have contributed to the
depleted condition of our exchequer
within the past few weeks. Are you
one of the dear readers whom we thus
revere ?
—Seven tons of honey were recently
shipped from Greenville, Pa, by Edgar
Williams, who received a check for $2,800
from the Newcastle, Pa., buyers of the
sweetness.
—Because there was not sufficient evi-
dence to hold him, Nicholas Moritz, a Rus-
sian, charged with the murder of Mrs.
Catherine Yerkow, at Mount Union, a
month ago, has been discharged from cus-
tody.
—Playing with matches cost Leo Mellis,
‘aged three years, his life. The child man-
aged to get some matches in his home, at
Manor, and set his clothing on fire. He
was so badly burned that death followed
within a few hours.
.'—The largest eel ever caught in the vi-
cinity of Millheim was taken from a mill
dam there, when the water was drawn’ oft
to allow certain repairs. It measured
forty-four inches and weighed seven and
three-quarter pounds.
Hughes Will Quit Blackguarding.
Amos Pinchot for Wilson. Slander of the Navy Reported.
In a recent issue of the Philadel- |
It has been semi-officially announc- |
ed that Justice Hughes will be less
personal and more polite in his future
campaign speeches. His campaign
managers have discov ered that his “Explain yourselves,” the stranger cried,
abuse of the President is INJuring | «phe time is now, I must decide.
: himself rather than his opponent and | What secret tales can you unfold? -
have given orders for a change. Be- What offering does your silence hold ?
ing 100 per cent. a candidate and a | The Bad Road chuckled inwardly,
very small fraction a statesman, he | The Good Road laughed aloud BE,
. “He’s mine,” the former said, “I know
has agreed to take orders and the ep: You're wrong,” the latter murmured low.
thets of the future will be left for the ! v ied :
i; “Your cravings I can e're appease,
use of the cheap demagogues who are Y offer you a 1H of tages To
supporting him on the stump. The The Bad Road said: “Wine, women, song,
habit the people of these United | Just follow me, you can’t go wrong.”
States have of insisting upon equal
and exact justice in politics as well as
M. MURRAY BALSAM
The stranger stood ’neath scorching rays;
Two roads lay ’fore his level gaze,
One was a narrow path and straight,
The other, crooked; tempting fate.
In a letter declaring his intention ]
to support Woodrow Wilson for Pres- , phia “Public Ledger” a Washington
ident, Amos Pinchot, ‘he millionaire | correspondent states that “the re-
and philanthropic brother of Gifford markable performancz of hitting a
Pinchot, of Pike county, tells some | target at a distance of 22,000 yards,
pertinent truths about Theodore | or approximately eleven sea miles,
Roosevelt and his present political as- | five times out of twelve shots fired
sociates. Two years ago Mr Pinchot in simultaneous salvo, has just been
remonstrated in somewhat emphatic made by the new superdreadnaught
terms against the leadership of i Pennsylvania in firing tests conduct-
George W. Perkins, the trust mag- ed in the Chesapeake bay. The Penn-
nate. But he withheld criticism of sylvania is armed with a main battery
Roosevelt at that time for some rea- of twelve fourteen-inch guns. These
son. That he had suspicions then is were fired last week in a single salvo
revealed in his letter in question. But at the distance stated, and at that
the friendship between Gifford and distance five of the twelve shots hit
the “coinel” was so close, the rela- the target.” The target was the
—In a moment of reckless haste
you can run down a child, crippling it
for life. If you are an auto driver
think of the life of distress you might
bring on some one by a second’s care-
lessness on your own part.
—Bakers are contemplating a raise
in the price of bread and that reminds
us that we would have to raise more
dough and we don’t want to have to
do that because every time we think
of any kind of dough we think of the
Panthers.
“Theatres, taxis, balls, cafes,
The Bright Lights, dances, cabarets,
Ponies, midnight orgies, too,
4
—Reports from all over the district
are te the effect that Wm. E. Tobias
will be the next Congressman from
the Twenty-first. Charley Rowland
is a good fellow, but good fellows
don’t always represent their constitu-
ents satisfactorily.
—Thomas A. Edison says: “If the
President is blundering he seems to
tions so intimate then, that he re-
frained from mkaing public his opin-
ion. 4
Mr. Pinchot is a philosopher as well
as a philanthropist and somewhat of
an analyst. “For quite a good while,”
he writes, “it was fairly clear to
most of us that Roosevelt, Perkins,
and the Steel trust Old Guard group
around them, have not heen interest-
sunken hulk of tae former battleship
Texas placed off Tangier Sound.
The Philadelphia “Public Ledger” is
the vehicle by which a mercenary and
malicious writer named Reuterdahl
has been maligning the navy and
everybody associated with its opera-
tion and management since the be-
ginning of the present administration
in Washington. Posing as a naval ex-
other things have brought about this
wholesome change in Justice Hughes.
The Republican candidate having
been out of politics for a long period
of time was not aware of the vast
change in public sentiment which has
set in. Men nominated for high of-
fice no longer resert to the language
of a blackguard in referring to antag-
onists and when he adopted that man-
This, I have to offer you.”
“I offer hard work, ceaseless toil,”
The Good Road said, “perhaps turmoil;
‘Wholesome food, peaceful hours,
Perhaps a cottage, decked with flowers.”
“A glowing body, strong with life
To fight the Demons, care and strife ;
I offer conscience, rested, clear,
‘A nature radiating cheer.”
“My path is rocky, long and rough,
—While playing in a tub of water, pre-
sumably in the absence of any adult mem-
bers of the family, a two year old ckild
named Supe, living in Latrobe, fell over
and was drowned. The child was dead
when his body was found. ’
—The new First Presbyterian house of
worship in Greensburg is to have a pipe
organ of sufficient size and capacity to
supply appropriate music, the cost not ex-
ceeding $15,000. It is to be the gift of
Mrs. Elizabeth Stauffer Moore.
have the faculty of blundering |ed in the things which the Fro- pert he has declared and reiterated | ner of campaigning his party man- Yor iy = i 2 tush. —Willlamsport's ;Board of Trade secre
ahead.” Edison’s views are shared | gressive party stood for. In fact, the vicious falsehood that no improve- | agers were shocked. But they could Lux’ries, ease, will be yours, Friend. tary declares ‘that within the next year
by many, many men in this country
who are thankful to the President for
what he has done during the past
four years and especially for having
kept their country out of warfare and
their sons from soldier’s graves.
they have effectually thrown all lib- ;
eralism and Democracy overboard
and are now playing pure, old-fash-
ioned Republican politics.” Then he
adds: “The sabre-rattling concep- ;
tion of national honor that Mr. Roose-
ment has been made in the navy since
the retirement of the Taft administra-
tion. The “Public Ledger” has also
featured every falsehood written by
former Secretary of the Navy, von
Meyer, in derogation of the navy as
not stop him until he returned to
headquarters. He imagined that he
had a right to control his own
tongue and that nobody would under-
take to censor the utterances of a
candidate for President. He knows
road.
Democratic Opportunity.
THE DECISION.
The stranger, less his mental load,
Trudged down the straight and narrow
that city will be able to furnish employ-
ment to 1,000 additional men and the
same number of wemen. He believes at
least 200 new houses will be needed.
—Miss Neva Matthews has brought suit
against the borough of Latrobe to recover
$10,000 damages. She alleges she wag
badly and probably permanently injured
by falling into an excavation in one of
the town’s avenues on September 30th,
1915. ?
—W. W. Moore, a well known resident.
of Clearfield, was found dead in his bed
Saturday morning. He had retired in his
usual health and the finding of his dead
body was a severe shock to his family.
He was aged 57 years and is survived by
his wife and seven children.
better now, however. He has to obey
before the election just as he would
have to obey the bosses afterward if
elected.
There are some things that public
opinion will insist on, however,
which the party ‘managers will not in-
sist on him doing. ‘He will not tell
what he would have done, if he had
From the Harrisburg Patriot.
The unmistakably genuine char-
acter of the enthusiasm manifested
by the chairmen of the Democratic
organizations from m~:t of the coun-
ties of the State, at the big rally and
notification meeting at the opening of
the State campaign here on Thursday,
speaks volumes for the chances of
success of ‘the Democratic State ticket
in November. It was not enthusiasm
velt advances, to wit, that it is credit- | well as the slanders of that most un-
able to seize the first opportunity to . corscionable calumniator of all time,
physically injure anyone who has in : Theodore Roosevelt.
the slightest degree injured you, has' That this achievement refutes
no larger following among intelli- every word that has been spoken or
gent, patriotic foreigners than it has | written in detraction of the navy
among intelligent, patrictic Ameri- must be admitted and though the
cans. | “Public Ledger” gives it publicity it
For these fails to make proper apology to the
—Ice froze at Curtin’s Works Tues-
day morning, but the coolness was
not charged to President Wilson be-
cause right now they are working
night and day down there to get start-
ed on the biggest order the plant has
had in years. The stack has been re-
lined and is going to blow in and the
the forge is going the first time since reasons and because
1910. That doesn’t look much as
though Woodrow has wrecked the
country.
—With potatoes nearing the two
_ dollar a bushel mark the “Watchman”
wishes to remind those who complain
that early in the spring it advised
everyone, not only for health’s sake
but for reasons of economy as well,
to make every foot of productive soil
about his premises yield something.
There are many gardens in Bellefonte
that have grown nothing but weeds
President Wilson has favored pro- | officers and men of the navy whom it
gressive - legislation and maintained
peace with honor, Mr. Pinchot will
support him for re-election and -ast
his vote for the Democratic candidate
for Governor: of New York, He has
never voted that way before but con- .
ditions were never before as they are
now and Mr. Pinchot with abundance
of money and no “itch for cffice” can
well afford to vote - as his conscience
dictates. Therefore he joins with Mr.
Edison and Mr. Ford in suoport of
has permitted scandal-mongers to |
vilify in its columns. If this country |
had been at war at the time every
sentence written by Reuterdahl and
von Meyer would have given aid and
comfort to our ‘énemies.. Therefore
the publication of the refutation of
their falsehoods ought to have been
accompanied by or followed with an
ample apology to those malignantly
injured. But the Philadelphia jour-
nalistic porch-cli:nber adopts the less
been President, when the German ar-
my invaded Belgium or when the
German submarines torpedoed the
Lusitania. He will not say what he
would have done in the matter of rec-
©ognizing an-atrocious murderer as the
‘head of the government of Mexico.
President Wilson remonstrated
against the Lusitania outrage in lan-
guage which compelled the abandon-
ment of submarine operations and
Hughes criticises hin. Then what
would Hughes have done? We will
the German
based on visionary hopes doubtful of
realization, but enthusiasm founded
on accurate information compiled by
each chairman after thorough study
of facts and conditions
district.
erally speaking, that the st: ngt ot
the national candidacy of ‘President
Wilson, based on the almost unpre-
cedented record of fine administrative
achievement in Washington; the un-
animity of purpose among the Demo-
crats of the State, and the lamentable
weakness of the present Republican
administration in Pennsylvania cou-
The chairmen’s report, sh wed,
C
8
—A stranger representing himself to be
a government agent endeavored to gain a
private interview with Charles Decker, a
1 ; Lock Haven fruit dealer, but produced no
, in: his home | evidence of the authenticity of his claim
: : and left the place when a customer enter-
ed. It is believed he meant. robbery.
—Paul" ' :Lapcevic, -- the . Westmoreland
ounty man who killed his wife because
he was preparing to run away with
another man, and in whose case the un-
written law failed to work, goes to the
western penitentiary
twelve and not more than twenty years.
for not less than.
—In an effort to have the shops of
the Pittsburgh and Shawmuf railroad lo-
pled with widespread Republican dis-
affection, justified their firm convie-
tion that this year the Democrats
have the best opportunity in decades
to elect the heads of their State ticket
and to make material gains in the
number of Democrats in the Penn-
never know because
propaganda has silenced him on that
subject.
Woodrow Wilson and the Democratic honorable course.
principles which he represents in the |
full belief that in so doing he is rcon-
serving the real interests of the coun-
try and pronicting the purest .Ameri-
canism. :
cated at Brookville, the people of that
town have raised $21,159.50 to purchase
land and grade the location of the shops.
The amount subscribed is sufficient to ac-
complish what the Shawmut company
asked.
this season, whereas numbers of them
would have produced enough pctatoes
to have lasted their owners a year.
*—Who is Thomas A. Edison? Who
"is Henry Ford? Who is Amos Pin-
Justice Hughes and Mr. Underwood.
—The “Watchman” has always in-
sisted, both through its columns and
President Underwood of the Erie
railroad interprets the eight hour day
chot? Ever hear of any of them? —— law differently from candidate | the personal expressions of its editor ania Tetvsaniation Jn Conmess. Ry 2 day Tieton,
Guess you must have, because their Brumbaugh’s Second Junket. Hughes. Mr. Hughes declares that it | to various visiting delegations, that county chairmen, together with the | the water and on hurrying to the edge of
the real and only place to settle the
local option question is in the Legis-
lature. It has never had any patience
with movements to threaten or coerce
a Judge of the courts into refusing
licenses as long zs there are laws on
the statutes legalizing the granting of
them. There sheuld be no such dis-
cretionary power imposed on any
Judge. The voters of Centre county
will have a fair chance this fall to
record just what they want and to
send a man to the Legislature to do it
in the only place that it can effective-
ly be done. If they wan’t local option
the river saw a large snapping turtle
struggling with a young duck which it
had caught in its mouth. The boy captured
the turtle and the Eichenlaub family
feasted on soup.
—Tke Rev. A.
inspiring optimism of the speeches of
Secretary Wilson, of the President’s
Cabinet; National Committeeman
Palmer, State Chairman Guffey,
former State Chairman Morris and
several of the leading candidates on
the State ticket, were perhaps, the
strongest influences that contributed
to making Thursday’s big rally a
most successful opening of the Demo-
cratic campaign in Pennsylvania.
The enthusiasm of the notification
meeting will undoubtecly serve as an
inspiration to the Democratic workers
in all parts of the State. The Penn-
sylvania Democrats everywhere can
feel assured that this year’s fight is
no forlorn hope; that victory is with-
in their grasp, and that it will be
is not an eight-hour law but an act to
increase wages and that in approving
it the President played politics. Mr.
Underwood, on ‘he other hand, pro-
nounces it wise and just legislation
and protests that “Mr. Wilson is not
playing politics” but “was doing what
he honestly believed was for the good
of the country.” Candidate Hughes
is a selfish office seeker, striving to
prejudice the public mind against his
opponent. Mr. Underwood is an in-
telligent and successful business man
who measures matters with an open
mind and is moved by conscience
names are on everybody’s lips. They
are three men who have really done
great things, and they are three Re-
publicans who have publicly announc-
ed their intention of voting for Wood-
row Wilson for re-election as Presi-
dent because they believe he has done
great things for the country and be-
cause they don’t believe in swapping
horses in the middle of the stream.
Governor Brumbaugh is completing
his second tour under the false pre-
tense of inspecting highways and en-
couraging agricultural enterprise. He
left Harrisburg on Tuesday morning
with a train of thirty automobiles
carrying 125 persons. His itinerary
covered Berks, Montgomery, Lehigh,
Northampton, Monroe, Lackawanna
and Luzerne courties. His operations
included speech-making and feasting.
His purpose is probably the mending
of political fences and the construc-
tion of a personal party machine. The |
Stapleton, aged sixty-
eight years, pastor of St. Paul's United
Evangelical church, Williamsport, died
suddenly of acute indigestion, a few hours
after he had preached his Sunday evening
sermon. He was a veteran of the Civil
war and the historian of the United
Evangelical church.
—William Nighthart, of Lewistown, ar-
rested on charge of leaving an outline in
the Juniata after sunrise first claimed he
had overslept himself and later changed
it to a plea of guilty. He was fined $20
—Yesterday was just twelve
hours long between sunrise and sun-
set and marked the begianing of au-
tumn. And well we all can see if,
for the trees are beginning to shed
their leaves and soon their naked
limbs will be exposed to the cold
blasts of winter and their bare trunks
stand out in tke moonlight like grim
sentinels defying both wind and
weather. The ice man’s harvest will
soon be over and once again will we
be bound in ties of closer intimacy
with the coal dealer, whose smile
already broadens at the sight of that
additional seventy-five per he will
collect on every ton delivered. It’s
like jumping out of the frying pan
into the fire and the poor consumer is
always IT.
—Things had drifted along in a
thoroughly unbusinesslike way in
Pennsylvania until the entire State
becamegso disgusted with the man-
agement of affairs by the Republican
party that a general protest was reg-
istered and Robert A. Pattison was
elected Governor and with him all the
Democratic nominees for State offices
were elected. There was a general
reconstruction and conditions were
much better for a long time after-
wards. Gradually the Republican
management cf the State has been
slipping ba<k into the old rut. The
lesson of 18% is almost forgotten and
another one is needed to correct the
improvident methods at Harrisburg.
expenses of the enterprise which are
not likely to be meagre, will be paid
out of “any money in the treasury not
otherwise appropriated.” Father Penn
is a liberal gentleman.
There is no need for this expensive
junket and the agricultural interests
in this State wili derive no more ad-
vantage from it than those in China.
Nobody in the party knows much
about farming or highway zonstruc-
tion. They are expert political ma-
chinists and adepts at manipulating
elections but some of them wouldn’t
know a mowing machine from a corn
cultivator. But they know a good
dinner when they see it and enjoy the
pleasure of luxurious travel at other
people’s expense better than most
persons. The pretense that they are
really accomplishing anything in the |
interest of agriculture is an insult to
the intelligence of the farmers of the
State besides being an outrage upon
public morals.
Governor Brumbaugh is fast. per-
suadirg the people of Pennsylvania
that electing preachers to office is a
dangerous busiress. Nc Governor
within the memory of any man now
living has held the obligations of his
office more lightly. No Governor
since the organization of the Com-
monwealth ever engaged in such
petty strifes for party patronage and
personal advantage. Yet he is an
ordained minister of the gospel and
rather than prejudice.
The eight hour law was demanded
by trainmen, not because it increased
their compensation but for the reason
that it improved their living and
working conditions. President Wil-
son recommended acquiescence in the
demand of the trainmen because he
believes that the shorter day will
work for the physical as well as the
moral improvement of employes. It
is the logical day, he declared in his
conference with the railroad Presi-
dents, and should be the rule in all
industrial operations, as it will be
ultimately and not in the remote
future. It is the work-day fixed by
King Solomon when he built the tem-
ple. It expresses the division of the
day which he favored. :
The law recently enacted affects
only railway trainmen now but it will
cover all industrial activities finally
for the reason that it is right and the
vast multitude of wealth producers in
this great country who earn their
living by labor have Woodrow Wilson
to thank for the great improvement
in their condition which it will bring
about. The eight-hour law for rail-
road trainmen is only a part of the
programme for labor legislation
which the President has in mind and
when that beneficent programme is
they should vote for Mitchell I. Gard-
ner. He is running on his personal
pledge to vote for it and his pledge
can be accepted in good faith because
it represents what he has alweys
stood out in the open for and it is of
his own making. If they don’t want
local option Harry B. Scott, the pres-
ent member of the Legislature, is on
record as having voted against it in
the last session and we understand
that he has not changed his mind.
The two men are diametrically op-
posed on this question and it is up to
Centre county to fearlessly vote
which principle it stands for.
——Cole Blease having been de-
feated for United States Senator
South Carolina has a right to look
upon the future with some measure
of pride. The day of the demagogue
has passed in that zection of the
south.
——The fellow who began figuring
the Maine election by percentages
robbed the Republican leaders of a
great deal of joy. Measured by per
centages the Maine election returns
are not satisfactory to Republicans.
——We have no idea that President
Wilson will ever do or say anything
that will entirely please Hughes and
theirs if they enter the fight with the
same genuine determination to work
and win that was displayed by their
county leaders on Thursday.
Qualifying as a Humorist.
From the New York World.
According to the president of the
Association of Master Bakers, “con-
sumers would save $25,000,000 a year
if the five-cent loaf were abelished and
the 10-cent loaf substituted.”
there ever a contemplated plan of
price-raising that was not intended to
benefit the consumer?
From Company He Keeps.
From the New York World.
Mr. Hughes, in close personal con-
ference with Reed Smoot, Murray
Crane and Senator Gallinger, pre-
sents a spectacle to: convince all
doubting Thomases among
sives that the Republican candidate
is an incorrigible radical.
A Thoroughbred American.
From the Rochester Post Express.
It would be ridiculous to doubt the
of President
American-born of American parents
and honored by the people with their
highest office, it would be increditably
exceptional and strange if he were
not all-American.
In a Loving Mood.
From the Charleston News and Courier.
patriotism
and costs, amounting to $23.50. His son
paid the fine. The State took the line and
eighty hooks, giving Nighthart the seven-
teen eels it contained.
—A practical joker slammed shut the
vault door of a Reynoidsville business
place while Misses Catherine Taafe and
Alice Cooper were putting away the books.
He was horrified to see the bolts slide
into place. Miss Taafe was the only per-
son present who understood the combina-
tion and the girls were imprisoned for
half an hour before she could make those
outside understand her.
—Prosecution of the West Virginia Pulp
& Paper company, for polluting the Juni-
ata river at Williamsburg with wastes
from its plant is the first of a series of ar-
rests to be made this month by state fish
wardens. The West Virginia company ig-
nored notices to filter its wastes and paid
$100 fine. If it does not comply with the
order it will be fined again. There are a
number of plants in northern and eastern
counties which have ignored such notices
and their managers will likely be arrested
this week.
—Walter Wendt, wanted on a charge of
murdering Constable Michael McGinley, of
Altoona, cn Oct. 23, last year is now incar-
cerated in the Blair county jail, to await
trial at the next term of criminal court.
The case against young Wendt, and his
brother, Alfred, has already been acted
upon by a grand jury, and a true bill re-
turned against the boys. Nothing Te-
mains to be done except hear their case
before a jury, and it is understood there
will be no delay in this, the next term of
court being listed for the first Monday in
October. While it could mot be learned
(
positively, it was intimated that an excel-
lent ‘clue to the whereabouts of Fred
‘Wendt has been obtained, and it is pos-
sible that both the boys will be arraigned
_—ee ‘ in court at the same time. Wendt was
. ——Roosevelt “hopes to get that {captured in Chicago on Friday and taken
third cup of coffee by proxy. ; to Altoona oun Sunday. piled y L
The Colonel can love anybody if he
tries hard enough, and he may yet
discover the good that isin Mr.
Barnes and Mr. Penrose. -
Wouldn't this fall be the time to give
it? Let us elect Democratic State of-
ficers again, at least for one term,
and have an audit of our affairs by a
party that has no favorites to protect
or mistakes to conceal.
completed both employers and em-
ployes will be benefitted. Of course
candilate Hughes, who never had
either association with or sympathy
for working men, doesn’t know that
but Mr. Underwcod dees.
Roosevelt. President Wilson acts
and speaks sensibly.
professes the principles of Christian-
ity. This junketing at public expense
for political purposes reveals the
measure of the man and presents him
to public view in anything but a
favorable light. But it is a correct
picture of the men.
——After all it looks as if a
per cent. juige makes only a ten
cent. candidate for President.
100
per
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