County Correspondence
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PINE GROVE MENTION.
Mrs. Winfield Wilson is quite ser-
iously ill with pneumonia.
On Wednesday John F. Kimport
quit the farm and moved to Boals-
burg.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Glenn and son
Guy were Sunday visitors at the Mac
Fry home.
G. A. Goss, the plumber of State
College, spent Sunday in town with
his mother.
The venerable Emil Roan is recov-
ering from a severe attack of acute
indigestion.
Miss Phoebe Miller, of Shingletown,
spent: Tuesday with her brother,
‘Squire D. W. Miller.
The robins are here and the wild
geese are flying to their nesting
grounds in the north.
George C. Harper and wife, of State
College, spent Sunday here with Mr.
Harper’s grandmother.
Homer Walker, a retired farmer
living near town, is driving a new
five passenger Ford car.
Grandmother Margaret Dannley,
who is suffering with a fractured hip,
is but slightly improved.
Mrs. A. J. Tate and daughter Min-
nie spent the Sabbath at the H. H.
Goss home on the Branch.
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Kustaborder,
of Warriorsmark, are visiting the
former’s sister, Mrs. J. W. Houser.
Mrs. Harry Hoy was brought home
from the Bellefonte hospital this
week, very much improved in health.
J. A. Fortney and family moved
from near State College to the D. J.
Meyer farm near Linden Hall, yester-
day. :
Clement Dale Esq., of Bellefonte,
spent Saturday here on legal business
with overseers of the poor Campbell
and Miller.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Decker and
baby girl were over Sunday visitors
at the grandma Peters home on east
Main street.
Arthur Peters and family sledded
up from Oak Hall on Saturday and
spent the day at the Peters and
Everts homes.
Mrs. Charlotte Kepler departed
Friday for Elmira, N. Y., to spend
some time with her daughter, Flor-
ence Devoe Meade.
S. E. Weber, the popular merchant
of Oak Hall, accompanied by his sis-
ter Anna, were here last Friday
greeting old friends.
T. G. Cronover, the lumber king,
who has been confined to the house
the past month with illness, 1s again
able to be on the job.
Horace T. Tussey, the stock bayer,
will ship a car load of horses to the
Lancaster market on Friday and a car
load of cows on Saturday.
Miss Gertrude Miller, of Rock
Springs, is helping to look after the
wants of Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Miller,
both of whom are on the sick list.
David Ross Gregory, who has been
confined to bed the past three months
with a nervous breakdown, is not im-
proving as fast as his friends would
like to see.
John G. Miller came over from
Cleveland, Ohio, to spend a week with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. WwW. Mil-
ler, who are both ill, but somewhat
improved now.
L. H. Sunday was-in Bellefonte on
Tuesday visiting his wife, who is a
patient in the Bellefonte hospital and
who is now well along toward a per-
manent recovery.
George Burwell, a Pine Grove
Mills High school student, had a bad
fall at the Henry Houck sale on Wed-
nesday fracturing his left elbow in
such a way that he will be laid up for
some time.
Hon. J. W. Kepler and Dr. R. M.
Krebs are in Philadelphia this week
on a business trip, the former looking
for a bargain deal in an automobile |
and the latter laying in a supply of
dental goods.
The students of the Ferguson town-
ship High school made a great success
of their production of “The 01d Oaken
Bucket,” in the I. O. O. F. hall last
Saturday evening. Prof. L. S. Sopian-
as was director of the play and all the
students who took part carried it
along with considerable tact and
ability. The sum of $42 was realized
for the young people’s branch of the
W.C.T. U.
The Henry Houck sale on the John
F. Kurtz farm on Wednesday was
one of the best in this section of the
county. Horses sold up to $245, cows
$88, sheep $22.50 and pigs at a price
that figured out twenty cents a pound
live weight. The sale totalled $3,600.
At the N. B. Martz sale on Monday
horses sold at $200 and cows at $106,
with everything else in proportion.
At the Dr. Kidder sale on Tuesday
horses reached $ 240, sheep $20, and
the sale totalled $4,350.
LINDEN HALL.
William McClintic lost a valuable
cow last week.
Mrs. Clarence Blazer spent a week
with her aunt, Mrs. Taylor, in Belle-
fonte.
Mrs. Annie Noll went to Greens-
burg for a two week’s visit with her
daughter, Mrs. Nellie Wolfe.
Mrs. Irvin Stover left for her home
in Philadelphia on Monday, after
spending a few months with relatives
here.
J. S. Miller accompanied by his
little son Raymond and sister, Miss
Gertrude Miller, spent Tuesday
among friends here.
Lloyd Smith came over from
Blanchard to William Housers last
week to visit his aged grandfather,
Mr. John Houser, whose health has
been failing.
Mrs. George Searson gave a dinner
last Wednesday in honor of her moth-
er, Mrs. David Glasgow, whose birth-
day they celebrated. The children,
grand-children and a few invited
guests were present. :
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to the “Watchman” Office.
AXE MANN.
Foster V. Jodon sold his little driv-
ing horse, expecting to get a car.
Edward Beck had his arm broken
while holding one of Roland Spicer’s
horses.
Calvin and Boyd Corl loaded a car
of corn this week, shipping it to the
city market.
Edward Gfrerer gave ap his work
at D. M. Kline’s Monday. John Brown
has taken his place.
Mrs. S. A. Hile is spending the
week with friends in Altoona, having
gone over Saturday.
There will be quite a few movings
around our town this spring, which
will be mentioned at a iater date.
Homer Decker and W. W. Tate
shipped a car of wheat Monday to El-
mer Ross, getting $1.90 per bushel.
James Stover was taken to the
Bellefonte hospital Saturday, ill with
typhoid fever. At this writing he is
in a critical condition.
Mrs. Clarence Blazer and her
daughter, Dorothy, were guests at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Foster V.
Jodon, from Wednesday until Fri-
day. ;
T. E. Jodon’s sale Friday was large-
ly attended. Everything brought top
prices, horses as high as $267.00, cows
as high as $114.00, yearling heifer
$62.50, and a sow with seven pigs
brought $85.00.
COLEVILLE.
Darius Cole, who came from Lewis-
‘town last week, moved on to Ohio in
search of work.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kellerman and
two children spent last week with rel-
atives at Scotia.
Mrs. Edward Roan, of Fillmore,
spent Saturday with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph Lowery.
Nelson Grubb is moving from the
James Rote property to the house va-
cated by Harvey Eminhizer.
Mrs. Willard Eminhizer and two
children spent Thursday at the Forge
with her sister, Mrs. Shultz.
Quite a number of friends gave
Mrs. William Cox a surprise party
Wednesday evening in honor of her
birthday.
Services at the Olive Branch
church Sunday evening, by Rev.
Dunn, the new Evangelical minister.
All attend.
Word from Miss Oleta Hollabaugh,
from Macon, Missouri, claims the
young lady is improving nicely under
the treatment at the sanitorium.
Qur sympathy is with Edward
Houser of Valley View, who is quar-
antined in again for diphtheria. Mr.
Houser lost his wife and little daugh-
ter this winter with the same disease.
BIRTHS.
Rossman—On Feb. 2nd, to Mr. and
Mrs. John Rossman, of Walker town-
ship, a son, Lawrence Edward Ross-
man.
Tressler—On Feb. 6th, to Mr. and
Mrs. Boyd Tressler, of Walker town-
ship, a son; Harry Irvin Tressler.
King— Feb. 8th, to Mr. and Mrs.
William J. King, of Benner township,
a daughter, Hazel Louise King.
Dullen—On Feb. 13th, to Mr. and
Mrs. Edward Dullen, of Marion town-
ship, a daughter, Pearl Rebecca Dul-
len.
Sowers—On Feb. 14th, to Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Sowers, of State College,
a son, Eugene Valentine.
Stover—On Feb. 15th, to Mr. and
Mrs. Paul D. Stover, of Bellefonte,
a daughter.
Biddle—On Feb. 16th, to Mr. and
Mrs. William Ralph Biddle, of Belle-
fonte, a son, LeRoy Bilger Biddle.
Dullen—On Feb. 22nd, to Mr. and
Mrs. John Dullen, of Marion township,
a son.
Caldwell—On Feb. 24th, to Mr. and
Mrs. John Samuel Caldwell, of Belle-
fonte, a son, Daniel Caldwell.
Rosko—On Feb. 26th, to Mr. and
Mrs. Mike Rosko, of Benner township,
a daughter.
Martin—On Feb. 27th, to Mr. and
Mrs. William C. Martin, of Bellefonte,
a daughter, Florence Margaret Mar-
tin. ~
Lucas—On Feb. 28th, to Mr. and
Mrs. Clayton Lucas, of Marion town-
ship, a son, Leonard Lucas.
Evey—On March 3rd, to Mr. and
Mrs. Jared Uriah Evey, of Pleasant
Gap, a daughter, Dorothy Blanche.
At the Hospital.
Mrs. Alice Davis, of State College,
a medical patient; admitted March 8.
Mrs. Irene Howard, of Tyrone, a
medical patient; admitted March 8.
James Wagner, of Martha, a med-
ical patient; admitted March 10.
Harry Fetzer, of Milesburg, a sur-
gical patient; admitted March 10.
Alec } kovitz, of Pleasant Gap, a
surgical patient; admitted March 10.
James Stover, of Axe Mann, a med-
ical patient; admitted March 10.
Rena Turner, of Bellefonte, a sur-
gical patient; admitted March 12.
Mrs. May Martz, of Bellefonte, a
medical patient; admitted March 13.
Mrs. Josephine Barrett, of Belle-
fonte, a medical patient; admitted
March 14. .
Miss Mary Saylor, of Bellefonte, a
medical patient; admitted March 13.
Frederic Schad, of Detroit, Mich., a
surgical patient; admitted March 12.
George Solt, of Moshannon, a med-
ical patient; discharged March 8.
Mrs. Amy Martin, of State College,
a medical patient; discharged Marc
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Mrs. Carrie Haupt, of Bellefonte, a
medical patient; discharged March 10.
Earl Harter, of Nigh Bank, a med-
ical patient; discharged March 10.
Annie Williams, of Axe Mann, a
medical patient; discharged March 10.
Mrs. Katherine Luke, of Tyrone, a
medical patient; discharged March 13.
Mrs. Viola Hoover, of Axe Mann, a
medical patient; discharged March 13.
Mrs. Alma Hoy, of Pine Hall, a
Surgical patient; discharged March
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h | six in number, in Shanghai harbor
Tornado Kills Twenty, Destroys Much
Property.
New Castle, Ind., March 14.—Twen-
ty-one are known to have been killed,
several are missing, more than a hun-
dred persons were injured, some fa-
tally, and property damaged to the
extent of $1,000,000, was the toll of
a tornado, which struck New Castle
shortly after 3 o'clock Sunday after-
noon.
Confusion and disorder followed in
the path of the storm. Those who es-
caped injury and death ran wildly
about the streets, women and chil-
dren crying and wringing their hands
and men shouting and cursing. The
men finally settled down and began
the work of rescue, digging in the
ruins of their homes for missing
members of their families.
Most of the dead were found in the
wreckage of their homes, only two
or three bodies being found in the
streets.
For several hours the town was en-
tirely cut off from outside communi-
cation. Traction cars could not run
into the city because of the demol-
ished power house and even the roads
were blocked in practically all di-
rections with fallen trees and tele-
phone poles. As soon as possible
calls for help were sent out by May-
or Leb Watkins, who started in to
organize rescue work.
While many of the beautiful homes
of the city were damaged, the great-
est destruction was in the factory
district, on the south side, where the
south side school building, a brick
structure, and the big rolling mills
were destroyed. Although the skies
had been threatening during the ear-
ly afternoon, there was little warn-
ing of the approaching tornado. A
huge funnel-shaped cloud suddenly
appeared in the west, hanging low
and sweeping toward the city with
lightning speed. Groups of persons
on the streets began seeking shelter,
men and women running wildly
through the streets.
The tornado lasted only about five
minutes and was followed by a hard
rain, which also stopped in a few
minutes.
THREE KILLED AT CINCINNATL
Cincinnati, O., March 14.—Three
persons are known to have lost their
lives, four others are probably fatally
injured and a score or more less se-
riously hurt as the result of a tornado
whieh wrecked about thirty houses in
the residential district of Hyde Park,
in the eastern section of this city at
7.30 o'clock Sunday evening, Which
was probably the tail end of the tor-
nado which created such havoc at
New Castle, Ind., the same afternoon.
Government Gives Notice of Arming
Ships.
Washington, March 12.—The Unit-
ed States Government today took the
only formal step that will precede the
sailing for the war zone of American
merchant ships armed to resist at-
tacks by German submarines.
Notice to the world of the intention
to place an armed guard on merchant-
men was given in a communication
sent by the State Department to all
embassies and legations in Washing-
ton. The statément, it is assumed,
will be transmitted to Germany by
the Swiss minister.
Officials continued to be reticent to-
day about the arming of ships and
the probable date the first would be
ready to sail. All such details are
regarded as military secrets. In fact,
there is a general disposition to avoid
discussing any phase of the situa-
tion pending the outcome of the de-
fiance of the submarine menace by
American vessels with naval guns and
gunners on board.
Speculation continues as to the part
the United States may play if forced
into actual hostilities by Germany. In
official quarters, the opinion is very
clear that President Wilson, for the
present at least, is contemplating no
more direct connection with the Euro-
pean war than is necessary to pro-
tect American rights on the high seas.
Preparations for any eventuality are
going forward, but the President is
known still to cling to the hope that
there will be no actual clash between
America’s armed merchantmen and
German submarines.
Some Proposed New Laws.
Among the bills introduced in the
House of Representatives at Harris-
burg on Tuesday were the following:
A new codification of bills relative
to automobiles, embodying a number
heretofore presented this session but
not increasing license fees was intro-
duced in the House by Mr. Mearkle,
Allegheny. Among its provisions is
one that keepers of garages shall pre-
serve a record of all cars stored
whether for an hour or a week.
A bill which would prevent names
of jurors being made known until the
time of a trial was introduced by Mr.
McVicar, Allegheny.
Mr. Powell, Luzerne, appropriating
$8,600 to reimburse certain anthracite
mine inspectors for loss of salary due
to change of terms:
Mr. Horton, Lafayette, making sev-
eral administrative changes in the
State Insurance Fund Act, fixing sal-
ary of manager at “not more than
$7,500” and assistant manager at
$6,000.
China Breaks With Germany, Seizes
Vessels.
Washington, March 14.—Diplomat-
ic relations between China and Ger-
many were broken by China today,
according to an official message to
the navy department.
The Chinese government has seized
all German merchant vessels, about
and the crews have been sent ashore.
Armed guards have been placed
aboard the vessels.
The message came from the senior
naval commander in Chinese waters.
The message said:
“China severed diplomatic relations
with Germany today and has seiz
all German merchant vessels which
were lying in the port of Shanghai,
about six in number, and has sent all
crews on shore and placed armed
guards on board of all vessels.”
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With the Churches of the
County.
Notes of Interest to Church People of
all Denominations in all Parts of
the County.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY.
Christian Science society, Furst
building, High street. Sunday service
11 a. m. Sunday school 9.45. Wed-
nesday evening meeting at 8 o'clock.
To these meetings all are welcome. A
free reading-room is open to the pub-
lic every Thursday afternoon from 2
to 4. Here the Bible and Christian
Science literature may be read, bor-
rowed or purchased. Subject, March
18th, “Substance.”
St. John’s church (Episcopal.)
Services for the week beginning
March 18: Mid-Lent Sunday, 8 a.m,
Holy communion. 10 a. m, church
school. 11 a. m., morning prayer and
sermon, “The Sacrament of Confirma-
tion.” 4:30 p. m., men’s bible class.
7:30 p. m., evensong and mission ser-
mon, “The Christian Warfare.” Con-
firmation instructions Sunday after-
noon at 3:30 and Friday evening at
7:30. Special Lenten services every
day. On Thursday at 7:30 p. m,, the
preacher will be the venerable Arch-
deacon F. O. Musser, Rector of
Bloomsburg. Visitors will find a cor-
dial welcome. Rev. M. DeP. May-
nard, rector.
Work Done on State Forests.
The annual summary of work ac-
complished on Pennsylvania’s State
forests was issued by Commissioner
of Forestry, Robert S. Conklin. It
gives the total area of the State for-
ests on January 1, 1917, as 1,012,180
acres, which cost $2,310,723, an aver-
age of $2.28 per acre. Excluding tax-
es, a total of $2,994,798 has been ap-
propriated for the development of the
forests, about $2.98 per acre. This
expenditure spreads cver a period of
about twenty years since the first
land was bought, and makes the av-
erage appropriation for the actual
practice of forestry about fourteen
cents per acre per year. Careful ap-
praisement of the State forests places
their present value at from $6,000,000
to $8,000,000.
Over 1,500 miles of old roads have
been repaired, and 280 miles of new
roads have been built. A thousand
miles of fire lanes from ten to thirty
feet wide, and 684 miles of trails
have been cut. Forest boundary lines
2,275 miles long have been surveyed,
and 2,175 miles have been blazed and
painted to prevent timber trespass.
More than 300 miles of telephone line
have been built, and a hundred forest
telephones are connected.
The total area of the forest nurser-
ies devoted to raising trees is sev-
enteen acres. The Department’s
nurseries have grown about 26,000,-
000 trees, 22,000,000 of which have
been planted on 13,000 acres of burn-
ed over forest land. The annual pro-
duction of the nurseries is now about
10,000,000 trees, and can still be
much increased.
Fire towers have been built on 119
points of high elevation on the for-
ests, but only seven are of steel. A
million fish have been planted in for-
est streams, and 1,300 of a total of
2,300 springs have been cleaned,
walled, and made accessible. Almost
3,600 handboards have been posted to
guide travelers in the woods, and to
mark plainly the boundary lines of
State land.
Over a thousand camp sites are in
use on the forests, and 342 have been
leased for a period of ten years.
More than 100 leases were executed
during 1916 only, and the number of
campers and visitors on the forests.
last year was over 61,000.
Seventy foresters and seventy-sev-
en rangers were in service January L
A number of the foresters are en-
gaged in surveying, drafting, and of-
fice work, so that the actual field
force numbers only forty-eight. This
gives each forester an area of over
20,000 acres, equivalent to a tract ten
miles long and three miles wide.
Engineer and Brakeman to Blame.
Albert T. Cook, of Harrisburg, en-
gineer of the Pennsy freight train
which crushed into mercantile ex-
press at Mt. Union and killed twenty
persons on February 27, with S. K.
Jacobs, of Harrisburg, rear brake-
man on the passenger train, must face
the Huntingdon county grand jury
on a charge of involuntary man-
slaughter, in May.
Cook and Jacobs were arrested on
Monday following an inquest conduct-
ed by coroner F. L. Schum, at Hunt-
ingdon. They were taken before Jus-
tice Kelly, who took $2,000 bail for
each man. Former captain of Mid-
dle division police G. Chal Port, now
state fire marshal, furnished bail.
Hundreds thronged the arbitration
room of the Huntingdon county court
house Wednesday morning at ten
o'clock, when the inquest opened.
Nearly thirty witnesses were exam-
ined during the forenoon and at two
o’clock, the jury announced the ver-
dict, which fixed the blame on the
freight engineer and the passenger
brakeman, acting in the capacity of
flagman.
A German Regiment in Mexico.
El Paso, Texas, March 14.—Gov-
ernment officials here have received
information from confidential sources
in Chihuahua City, Mexico, that the
Germans residing in that city offered
to raise a German regiment in north-
ern Mexico to fight with the Mexican
troops in the event that the United
States declared war on Germany and
Mexico became involved. German re- |
servists for the United States and
German residents of Mexico were to
make up this regiment, it was said.
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Senator Magee Dead.
Pittsburgh, March 13.—State Sena-
tor Charles J. Magee, died in a hos-
pital here late tonight of pneumonia.
Senator Magee contracted pneu-
monia last Thursday and had been
in a serious condition since that
time. He was 34 years old and was
a brother of William A. Magee, for-
mer mayor of Pittsburgh.
Mr. Magee was elected to the State
Senate in 1912 and was re-elected
to the “Watchman” office.
last November.
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rtisem: . UERNSEY BULL CALF.—Promising looking
New Adverts Ents, bull calf, sire Fearless Boy,” dam, the
imported heifer. ‘““Downington Giddy
2nd.” Win t be sold with registration fees paid
AN WANTED.—Man a= 30 with horse
and buggy to sell Stock Condition Pow- | to first applicant. Address or phone
der in tre County. Salary $70 per GEO. R. MEEK,
month. Address 9 Industrial Bldg., Indianapo- | 62-2-tf Bellefonte, Pa.
lis, Indiana. 62-11-1t*
OLDERS WANTED—We have places for
two or three first class molders. Per-
manent itions and good treatment
for steady men. No drinkers apply.
CLEAKFIELD MACHINE SHOPS
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Wildwood, Cape May,
Ocean City, Sea Isle City, Anglesea,
Stone Harbor, Avalon
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XECUTRIX NOTICE. —Estate of Thomas A.
Shoemaker, late of the Borough of Belle-
fonte, in the County of Centre and State
of Pennsylvania, deceased.
Letters testamentary in the above named es-
tate having been AgTanted to the undersigned by |
the Register of Wills of Centre County, Penn-
sylvania, all persons indebted to the said estate
are here-by requested to make payment, and all
persons having claims against said estate are
requested to present the same, duly authenticat-
ed, without delay to
AUGUSTA C. SHOEMAKER, Executrix,
BLANCHARD & BLANCHARD, Bellefonte, Pa.
Attorneys. 62-11-6t
UDITOR’S NOTICE.—In the Orphans’
Court of Centre County Pennsylvania.
In the matter of the estate of John Ston-
er, late of Millheim Borough, deceased.
The undersigned, Auditor appointed by the
said Court to audit and distribute the balance
in the hands of Henry Stoner, Executor of etc.,
of said John Stoner deceased, as shown by his
first and final account, duly filed and confirmed
by said Court, to and among those legally en-
titled thereto, will meet the parties in interest,
for the purposes of his appointment, on Wednes-
day, April 4, 1917, at 10:00 o'clock a. m. at his
offices in Temple Court, Bellefonte, Pa., when
and where all parties interested are required to
make and prove their claims, or be forever de-
barred from coming in upon said fund.
HARRY KELLER,
r Auditor.
$8.50 rrom Bellefonte
25 cents additional to Atlantic City via
Delaware River Bridge Route.
Proportionate fares from other Points
See Flyers Consult Agents.
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North Water St. 61-tf. BELLEFONTE, PA.