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Bellefonte, Pa., February 9, 1917.
P- GRAY MEEK, -. EDITOR.
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The Last Call.
This is the last appeal the “Watch-
man” will make to the Democrats of
Centre county to join the popular
movement to wipe out the debt that
has proven the only dark spot in the
glorious victory we won at the polls
last November.
Thus far we feel that the results
have been only partially gratifying
for we had hoped that long ere this
the voluntary contributons would have
equalled the amount that the National
Committee was expecting from old
Centre. We can see little use of de-
voting future space to the movement.
We have repeatedly presented the
matter and urged a general response
and feel that everything aside from a
personal canvass has been done, so
that if you have been holding back for
any cause whatever this is the last
appeal the “Watchman” will make.
We will hold the last remittance to
treasurer Marsh until the 15th inst, so
that remittances either in person or
by mail to this office before that time
will be forwarded and acknowledged
by the National Treasurer.
Aren’t there enough Democrats in
the county who feel like giving a dol-
lar or so to run the total up to one
hundred, at least.
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WILL THERE BE WAR WITH
GERMANY.
Sinking of Another Passenger Liner
Makes the Situation Acute.
Washington, February 7.—The |
steady stream of reports telling of the
destruction of merchant ships by
German submarines was brought toa |
climax tonight by a cablegram to the
State Department from Consul Frost
at Queenstown announcing that the
British passenger liner California had
been torpedoed without warning and
that an American citizen was among
the survivors.
Whether this will prove to be the |’
overt act to drive the United States
into war no one would attempt to say
tonight. President Wilson who must
make the decision had retired when
the news came and officials did not
wake him. Late in the afternoon he
had been informed of a message from
Consul Frost telling or the sinking of
the California but giving no details
as to warning or the presence of
Americans.
The President undoubtedly will
wait for complete reports on the dis-
aster before determining whether the
time has come for him to go to Con-
gress to ask authority to “use any
means that may be necessary for the
protection of our seamen and our peo-
le.”
b THE OFFICIAL REPORT.
The Consul’s first report said there
was “one death and thirty hospital
casess” among the more than 200 peo-
ple on board the liner. The _ second
added no information concerning cas-
ualties except that the survivors were
landed at Queenstown tonight among
them being John A. Lee, of Mont-
gomery, Ala., the only American
known to have been aboard, and that
some still were missing, including
two women and several children. Lee
is supposed to have been a member
of the crew, as his name does not
appear on the passenger list made
public at New York.
The fact that the American escap-
ed lessened in a degree the excitement
created by the news, but only in a
degree. More than a score of mer-
chant craft have been sent to the
bottom in the war zone within the
past twenty-four hours and fifty or
more since the German proclamation
of ruthless warfare on the seas went
into effect last Thursday. It is real-
ized that if no citizen of the United
States ‘was among the victims, it
merely was a fortunate accident and
that it can be only a matter of hours
before Americans are caught in such
wholesale des ruction.
LAST HOPE GONE.
The California, which was bound
from New York for Glasgow, is the
first big passenger steamer to be
destroyed since the Arabia was torpe-
doed in the Mediterranean months
ago. Her sinking has about swept
away the last lingering hope here
that Germany after all would permit
passenger carriers to escape in an
effort to avoid driving the United
States to hostilities. ’
Ryndam Returns to New York.
New York, Feb. 7.—The Holland-
American liner Ryndam, which sail-
ed from New York January 29, is re-
turning to this port, a cable message
from the Holland-American line’s of-
fices abroad informed the local offices
today.
——They are all good enough, but the
WATCHMAN is always the best.
The President Announces Severance
of Relations With Germany
Washington.—President Wilson has broken off diplomatic relations with
Germany and warned the Kaiser that ruthless
lives and rights means war.
Similar action is waiting for Austria should she notify this government
that she joins in the campaign of unrestricted submarine warfare.
Passports have been handed to Count von Bernstorff, and Ambassador
Gerard with all his staff and all American consuls are on their way out of
Germany. All German consuls in the United States are expected to with-
draw that the severance may be complete. American diplomatic interests in
Berlin have been turned over to Spain; German diplomatic interests in the
United States have been taken over by Switzerland. Foreign diplomatic in-
terests which the United States had in charge in Germany have been turned
over to various neutrals.
At two minutes after two o’clock last Saturday afternoon President
Wilson addressed the Congress of the United States on a question which
might ultimately become the most serious one that has ever been raised in
the history of our country. Our relations with Germany had become so
strained that only a few moments before he had ordered passports given to
the German Ambassador and directed that Ambassador Gerard be recalled
from Berlin. The President’s speech follows and explains itself.
Let us pray to God, as individuals and as a Nation that though on the
brink of it we may yet be saved from the plunge into the chasm of war.
Gentlemen of the Congress:
The Imperial German Government on the thirty-first day of January an-
nounced to this Government and to the Governments of the other neutral na-
tions that on and after the first day of February, the present month, it would
adopt a policy with regard to the use of submarines against all shipping
seeking to pass through certain designated areas of the high seas, to which
it is clearly my duty to call your attention.
Let me remind the Congress that on the eighth day of April last, in view
of the sinking on the twenty-fourth of March of the cross-Channel passen-
ger steamer Sussex by a German submarine without summons or warning,
and the consequent loss of the lives of several citizens of the United States
who were passengers aboard her, this Government addressed a note to the
Imperial German Government in which it made the following declaration:
If it is still the purpose of the Imperial German Government to prose-
cute relentless and indiscriminate warfare against vessels of commerce
by the use of submarines, without regard to what the Government of the
United States must consider the sacred and indisputable rules of interna-
tional law and the universally recognized dictates of humanity, the Gov-
ernment of the United States is at last forced to the conclusion that
there is but one course it can pursue. Unless the Imperial Government
should now immediately declare and effect an abandonment of its pres-
ent methods of submarine warfare against passenger and freight-carry-
ing vessels the Government of the United States can have no choice but
to sever diplomatic relations with the German Empire altogether.
Germany’s Rejected Pledges Quoted
In reply to this declaration the Imperial German Government gave this
Government the following assurance:
The German Government is prepared to do its utmost to confine the
operations of war for the rest of its duration to the fighting forces of
the belligerents, thereby also insuring the freedom of the seas, a princi-
ple upon which the German Government believes now, as before, to be
in agreement with the government of the United States.
The German Government, guided by this idea, notifies the Govern-
ment of the United States that the German naval forces have received
the following orders: In accordance with the general principles of visit
and search and destruction of merchant vessels recognized by interna-
tional law, such vessels, both within and without the area declared a na-
val war zone, shall not be sunk without warning and without saving hu-
man lives, unless these ships attempt to escape or offer resistance.
But (it added) neutrals cannot expect that Germany, forced to fight
for her existence, shall for the sake of neutral interest restrict the use
of an effective weapon if her enemy is permitted to continue to apply at
will methods of warfare violating the rules of international law. Such
a demand would be incompatible with the character of neutrality, and
States does not think of making such a demand, knowing that the Gov-
ernment of the United States has repeatedly declared that it is determin-
ed to restore the principal of the freedom of the seas, from whatever
quarter it has been violated. :
Warning of “Absolute Responsibility”
To this the Government of the United States replied on the eighth of
May, accepting, of course, the assurances given, but adding:
The Government of the United States feels it necessary to state that
it takes it for granted that the Imperial German Government does not
intend to imply that the maintenance of its newly announced policy is
in any way contingent upon the course or result of diplomatic negotia-
tions between the Government of the United States and any other bellig-
erent Government, notwithstanding the fact that certain passages in the
Imperial Government’s note of the fourth instant might appear to be sus-
ceptible of that construction. .
In order, however, to avoid any misunderstanding, the Government
of the United States notifies the Imperial Government that it cannot for
a moment entertain, much less discuss, a suggestion that respect by Ger-
man naval authorities for the rights of the citizens of the United States
upon the high seas should in any way or in the slightest degree be made
contingent upon the conduct of any other Government affecting the
rights of neutrals and noncombatants. Responsibility in such matters
is single, not joint; absolute, not relative.
To this note of the eighth of May the Imperial German Government
made no reply.
Germany’s Latest Notice of Ruthlessness
; on the thirty-first of January, the Wednesday of the present week, the
German Ambassador handed to the Secretary of State along with a formal
note, a memorandum which contained the following statement:
The Imperial Government, therefore, does not doubt that the Gov-
ernment of the United States will understand the situation thus forced
“upon Germany by the Entente Allies’ brutal methods of war and by
‘their determination to destroy the Central Powers, and that the Govern-
ment of the United States will further realize that the now openly dis-
closed intention of the Entente Allies gives back to Germany the freedom
of action which she reserved in her note addressed to the Government
of the United States on May 4, 1916.
Under these circumstances, Germany will meet the illegal measures
of her enemies by forcibly preventing, after February 1, 1917, in a zone
around Great Britain, France, Italy and in the eastern Mediterranean,
all navigation, that of neutrals included, from and to England and from
and to France, ete. All ships met within the zone will be sunk.
No Alternative But a Break
I think that you will agree with me that, in view of this declaration,
which suddenly and without prior intimation of any kind deliberately with-
draws the solemn assurance given in the Imperial Government’s note of May
4, 1916, this Government has no alternative consistent with the dignity and
honor of the United States but to take the course which, in its note of April
18, 1916, it announced that it would take in the event that the German Gov-
ernment did not declare and effect an abandonment of the methods of sub-
marine warfare which it was then employing and to which it now purposes
again to resort.
I have, therefore, directed the Secretary of State to announce to his Ex-
cellency the German Ambassador that all diplomatic relations between the
United States and the German Empire are severed and that the American
Ambassador at Berlin will immediately be withdrawn; and, in accordance
with this decision, to hand to his Excellency his passports.
Notwithstanding this unexpected action of the German Government,
this sudden and deeply deplorable renunciation of its assurances, given this
Government at one of the most critical moments of tension in the relations
of the two Governments, I refuse to believe that it is the intention of the
German authorities to do in fact what they have warned us they will feel at
liberty to do. I cannot bring myself to believe that they will indeed pay no
regard to the ancient friendship between their people and our own or to the
solemn obligations which have been exchanged between them, and destroy
American ships and take the lives of American citizens in the willful prose-
cution of the ruthless naval program they have announced their intention to
adopt. Only actual overt acts on their part can make me believe it even now.
Prepared to Take Further Steps
If this inveterate confidence on my part in the sobriety and prudent
foresight of their purpose should happily prove unfounded; if American
ships and American lives should in fact be sacrificed by their naval com-
manders in heedless contravention of the just and reasonable understand-
ings of international law and the obvious dictates of humanity, I shall take
the liberty of coming again before the Congress to ask that authority be
given me to use any means that may be necessary for the protection of our
seamen and our people in the prosecution of their peaceful and legitimate
errands on the high seas. I can do nothing less. I take it for granted that
all neutral governments will take the same course.
We do not desire any hostile conflict with the Imperial German Govern-
ment. We are the sincere friends of the German people and earnestly desire
to remain at peace with the Government which speaks for them. We shall
not believe that they are hostile to us unless and until we are obliged to be-
lieve it, and we purpose nothing more than the reasonable defense of the un-
doubted rights of our people.
We wish to serve no selfish ends. We seek merely to stand true alike in
thought and in action to the immemorial principles of our people, which I
have sought to express in my address to the Senate only two weeks ago;
seek merely to vindicate our rights to liberty and justice and an unmolested
life. These are the bases of peace, not war. God grant that we may not be
challenged to defend them by acts of willful injustice on the part of the Gov-
ernment of Germany!
sacrifice of American
UNCLE SAM'S HUMAN RE- . PERSHING COMMAND REACHES
SOURCES. | COLUMBUS.
18,000,000 Men in the United States { General Leads 10,000 Regulars Back
Could be Called to the Colors at | From Mexico Across U. S. Border.
Once. Columbus, N. M., Feb. 5—Maj Gen.
An army of nearly 18,000,000 men John J. P ershing rode out of Mexico
could be called to the colors of the |at 10.05 a. m. today at the head of
United States, if necessary, according | more than 10,000 soldiers of the
to a carefully prepared estimate made i American punitive expedition.
public Monday night by the executive | This little border town which was
‘committee of Mayor Mitchel’s com- | the scene of the raid of Francisco
mittee on national defense, in New | Villa and his bandit forces, was dec-
Yory city. Of this number, 10,535,- | orated with flags in honor of the re-
1 940 are between the ages of eighteen | turn of the troops. :
and forty-five years and now are | General Pershing and his command
physically fit for service in the field, | Were met at the border and escorted
it was said. {into Columbus by the New Mexican
In addition to this vast mobile | National Guard through a lane of
force, the committee declared that if School children waving American
the French standard of 1910 should | flags. :
be applied, 690,000 of the 900,000, At 11 o'clock General Pershing
men who annually reach military age ; mounted the little bandstand in front
in the United States would be fit for | of the headquarters at Columbus, and
service. By the German standard, as | as the band played “When Johnnie
applied in 1910, the United States | Comes Marching Home, gave the
would have 459,000 physically fit; order for the troops to pass in re-
young men reaching military age an- | view. Hard as nails, the expedition-
nually. | ary soldiers passed in review like the
“From this (Tur
than nine-tenths of the force of 1,500),- | chine.
000 trained and organized troops,
: tort San Antonio, Texas, Feb. 5—Orders
which the war college division of the ; 2 is
general staff thinks should be avail. 1°F the homeward movements of the
Second Wisconsin Infantry, at San
able at the outbreak of a war, could ve ~ ’
be made up from the men of two ages Spots, > 7d Die Pi Malena Ins
—say nineteen and twenty—if the | i Li 2 ind border h n 0
French standard is applied; and that 8 Bt Baen on i P y have oe
under the stricter German standard | c3n¢ellea. General Funston declined
of 1910 more than nine-tenths of the 't© discuss the cancellation of the or- |
force could be made up from the men der.
of three ages, say nineteen, twenty | Mexico City, Feb. 5~The new con-
and twenty-one,” the committee said. ! stitution was promulgated today. A
RESOURCES OF THE NATION. | Congress will be elected on March 11.
In estimating the resources of the! The members of Congress will take
nation in men between eighteen and | office on April 15 and the President
forty-five years available for milita- ion May 1.
ry service, the committee’s statement, | ETE
after deductions for “morbidity,” | Legislation in Which You Are Inter-
physical defect, industrial necessities | ested.
and d d 7 of families, placed | ——
hh poh pr RI tos. -prace The following bills are among the
. “In the attempts to estimate a na- | Many already introduced in the Leg-
tion’s human military resources, it | islature at Harrisburg. We publish
“has to be borne in mind that the re- | them because you are more or less
sult depends upon highly elastic fae- i interested in the subjects covered.
| tors,” the report asserted. “Upon tue: = These have been reported favorably
seriousness of the emergency thac, from committee. =
faces a nation must depend, in a great | Substituting life imprisonment for
' degree, the proportion of exemptions death penalty. ely.
‘from military duty. | Authorizing school districts to es-
“Just as the United States, even | tablish evening and vacation schools,
| under a system of obligatory service, | Playgrounds, gymnasiums, libraries,
| standards, and by the employment of | ete., and authorizing tax of two-tenths
1 4,788,050, so also—by the recruiting ; of mill for purpose. ;
‘of older men, by the lowering of | = The following bills have been intro-
physical standards, and by the em- | duced but not yet reported out of com-
ployment of women in occupations je . ;
{ now open only to men—it could put a | . Requiring permit for purchase of
! fap greater number under arms.” | firearms that can be concealed upon
BASED ON FEDERAL CENSUS, LO fithing on Senday
The committee said it based its re- | : : :
port on the Federal census of 1910 | Levying graduated income tax for
State purposes. The tax rises to 50
and had made an effort to reach an | 3 . :
, approximate estimate of the number lig TODes mouni/ng in 2s
‘of men who could be spared for mili- i 7 : year,
; : Authorizing municipalities to sell
tary duty in a serious emergency. Out coal to their citizens,
of 30,091,564 men employed in all | ii sa
manner of pursuits, it was found that |, Constitutional Amendment provid
i ing for woman suffrage.
Be er aaiate, 3nd
geil unconsidered however is | gift of Intoxicating liquors in State.
! marital condition, or dependency | Requiring State-aided charitable in-
the committee declared. “Thou oh stitutions to report monthly to Audi-
unmarried men have
| tor-General the name, address and na-
dependents, | V0 . ’ .
there are married men, who are in | tule of treatment of each patient
: treated free.
such circumstances that they can do. : ; Conf
military service without imposing | After an investigation
hardship upon their families.
‘nearly the latter come to offsetting
| the former cannot be stated even ap-
| proximately.”
In the calculation, it was said, all
' the single men, widowers without de-
pendents and divorced men, were as-
(sumed to be available, and all the
married men unavailable.
Of 21,071,076 men from eighteen to
| forty-five years old in this country,
' 45.35 per cent. are single, widowers
i without dependents or divorced (43.35
‘per cent. being single.) If this per-
- centage were applied to the 10,535,-
1 940 now physically fit for service in
! the field, it was said, the figure ar- |
( rived at after deductions for sickness,
physical defects and industrial neces-
| sities the number available for serv-
| ice would become 4,778,050, or 22.7
| per cent. of the entire number of
| males from eighteen to forty-five.
conducted
How | conjunction with Warden Francies, of
the western penitentiary, the Govern-
or, in a special message, on January
22nd, informed the Legislature that
the site of the new western penitenti-
ary in Centre county was devoid of
clay deposits, from which brick could
be made by the inmates as originally
hoped, but that there is an almost
| unlimited supply of limestone, from
which material for road-building
could be quarried and crushed by the
inmates.
Events That Attended the U. S.
Break With Germany.
Washington, Feb. 3.—Events at-
tending the break with Germany:
10.30 a. m.—It was unofficially an-
nounced that the President had no-
tified Ambassador Gerard to ask
i for passports; that relations with
Germany had been broken, and that
Bernstorff would be handed his
passport at once.
10.45 a. m.—Secretary of the Navy
Daniels issued a statement that all
American navy yards, including the
Washington yard, had been closed
to all but identified Government
employes.
11:20 a. m.—State Department an-
nounces that the United States has
demanded the immediate release of
American prisoners taken in recent
raids, and now held in Germany.
11:30 a. m.—Count Tarnowski, new
Austrian Ambassador, called at the
Senate Approves President’s Act.
| Washington, February 7.—Presi-
| dent Wilson’s severance of diplomat-
jic relations with Germany was ap- |
{ proved formally today by the Senate. |
By a vote of 78 to 5, the Senate ex-
| pressed confidence in the President’s
course, adopting a resolution submit-
ted by Chairman Stone, of the for-
eign relations committee endorsing
the withdrawal of American Ambas.
sador Gerard from Berlin and the |
‘giving to German Ambassador Bern-
storff his passports.
Senators who voted against the
resolution were: Democrats—Kirby, | State Department to present his
of Arkansas, and Vardamann, of| credentials, which have not yet been
Mississippi. Republicans — Grona, accepted. :
North Dakota; Works, California, and | 12:15 p. m.—American Consuls in
Germany were ordered to leave.
12:15 p. m.—Count von Bernstorff an-
nounced that the Swiss Minister,
Doctor Ritter, will handle Ger-
many’s interests here. Spain will
represent the United States in Ger-
many. :
12:30 p. m.—Senator Thomas intro-
duced a resolution for a $500,000,000
bond issue for preparedness.
1:50 p. m.—President Wilson left
the White House for the Capitol. .
1:56 p. m.—Bernstorff handed his
passports. :
2:02 p. m.—President Wilson began
his speech before Congress in joint
session. :
2:16 p. m.—President finished speech.
2:32 p. m.—State, War and Navy
Building was ordered closed until
further notice.
LaFollette, Wisconsin.
Five hours of debate preceded the
t vote, but the only active opposition
came from the five Senators who
stood out against the resolution when
the roll was called. The ranking Re-
publican leaders- joined the Demo
crats in declaring their whole-heart-
ed support of the President.
British Admiralty Intimates Plan to
Offset Sub Losses.
London, Feb. 7.—“We are not
alarmed at the sharpened submarine
war. We knew it was coming and
prepared for it. Time will tell how
our confidence is justified.”
This statement was made to The
Associated Press today at the ad-
miralty, and it was added:
“It must be remembered that one
submarine may cruise whole days
without getting a victim. For in-
stance, on one day since Feb. 1, tor-
pedoes were fired on sight at seven
of our merchantmen without get-
ting a single hit. We have taken
measures which we have every rea-
son to believe will frustrate the U
boat warfare. Of course it is obvi-
ous that we cannot reveal them—
the daily reports of the decrease in
sinking will be the best evidence of
our success.”
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Tobias.
Congressman Charles H. Rowland,
of Philipsburg, through his attorneys,
Geo. W. Zeigler and A. M. Liveright,
replied to the notice of contest of his
election to Congress from the 21st
District on the Republican ticket filed
by William E. Tobias, the Democratic
candidate for the same office at the
November election. He avers that the
notice is vague, uncertain and without
Spacipoation, ap ponies the allega-
> : ions made obias.
There never was a better time ’ Mr. od states that a recount
to subscribe for the “Watchman” than | of votes is unnecessary, but if made
right now. Try it. "| would be to his advantage.
it appears that more functioning of a perfectly made ma- |
i by the Prison Labor Commission in |
i ADDITIONAL LOCAL NEWS.
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| County Secretary Called to State Col-
| lege.
John M. Horner, who for the past
two months has been in the county
looking after the county and rural
Young Men’s Christian Association
‘work, has recently been called to the
i student department of the Pennsylva-
nia State College, where he will
| temporarily assume active secretary-
| ship of the College Christian Associa-
{tion. The death of Albert L. Dorwart
i last month left a vacancy in the col-
| lege work to which Horner has been
| called until the close of the present
semester. Dorwart was a graduate of
| the College last year, and since that
| time had devoted his time to the work
among the students. While on his
| Christmas trip at his home in New-
{ port he took sick with pneumonia, and
| lingered but a week.
In an endeavor to fill the place left
I vacant by him at the College, Horner
was called, and temporarily left the
work in the county which he has been
i developing. The places which
1 had been organized so far will con-
| tinue active, and will be supervised
{ by him from the College.
Students Hold a Conference.
A delegation of twenty-four men
| representing the Young Men’s Chris-
i tian Association of State College were
| entertained at the Bush house on Sun-
i day, where they held a conference of
the cabinet members. In the evening
i six of the delegates remained over to
| address the Academy students and
| were given a cordial welcome there.
| The members of the cab.net of the
| Christian Association who were pres-
lent were, Kroll, president; Brinker,
: Cochrane, Lindemuth, Greenland, Eby,
i Steele, Diem, Wilkinson, Coombe,
: Long, Free, McDonald, Uibel, Weber,
| Broadbent, Horner, Owens, MecClin-
tock, and Nicholson. “Bill” Miller, of
| the international committee of New
i York, was also present, and gave to
i the men very inspiring addresses.
| Following the meeting he returned to
| the College and spoke to the students
iin their regular Sunday evening meet-
| ing.
Graham—Leech.—A wedding of
| some interest was that at the Luth-
| eran parsonage on Friday of last
| week when Lyman D. Graham, of
{ Washington, D. C., was united in mar-
| riage to Miss Anna L. Leech, of State
College. The ceremony was perform-
{ed by the pastor, Rev. W. M 3
i Glanding, and the only attendant was
! the sister of the bride, Mrs. H. N.
| Musser. The groom is a graduate of
! State College, in the civil engineering
| class of 1915, and is now employed
| by the government in the coast and
| geodetic survey work in Washington,
{D.C .
Lose—Blake.—On February 1st, at
| the residence of Mr. Walker Shutt,
{ Boalsburg, by the Rev. S. C. Stover,
| Mr. Samuel Frederick Lose, of Pleas-
i ant Gap, and Miss Sarah Blake, of
Sandy Ridge, were united in matri-
mony in the presence of a number of
immediate relatives and friends. The
| groom is the noted baseball pitcher
(of the Pleasant Gap team and the
i bride is favorably known. A sumptu-
ous dinner was served, and the bride
I received many useful presents. After
a short honeymoon, they will be at
home at Pleasant Gap.
ar aaa
Hile—Parker.—George H. Hile and
Miss Katharine J. Parker, both of
Bellefonte, were quietly married at
Lewistown last Saturday. The bride
is a daughter of Mrs. Alice Parker,
of east Bishop street, while the bride-
groom is a son of Mrs. Sadie Hile,
now living at Pleasant Gap. They
will make their home at Lewistown
where Mr. Hile holds a good position
at the Burnham steel works.
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Ream—Lentz.—George Ream, a
member of the Boal gun troop, and
Miss Ellen Lentz, a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Lentz, of the Branch,
were quietly married on the evening
of July 27th, by ’Squire Henry Woom-
er, at his office in State College.
Their friends are now tendering con-
gratulations.
Jacobs—Martz.—On Wednesday of
last week John A. Jacobs and Miss
Helen A. Martz, both of State College,
were united in marriage at the Luth-
eran parsonage in this place by the
pastor, Rev. Wm. M. B. Glanding.
They will reside at State College.
Duck—Weaver.—Alva Duck and
Miss Carrie Weaver, both of Centre
Hall, were married last Saturday
evening at the home of Walter Shutt,
at Boalsburg, by Rev. S. C. Stover. A
number of friends witnessed the hap-
py nuptials.
——The people of Pine Grove Mills
and vicinity are being entertained
this week with a traveling chautau-
qua of considerable merit. Those in-
terested in securing the chautauqua
had to pledge a payment of three
hundred dollars and up to yesterday
they were thirty dollars ahead of the
game, a fact which pleases them very
much.
—For high class Job Work come to
the WATCHMAN Office.