BY P. GRAY MEEK.
INK SLINGS.
—This is summer.
— Now let’s all do our best for the
Red Cross work.
— Less than two weeks and the
Fourth of July will be here.
_ Just now Bellefonte has the
measliest lot of kids that it has ever
owned to.
—The average owner of a large
lawn is not exactly unhappy because
it rains so much that he can’t get an
opportunity to mow the grass.
—The Kaiser must have trembled
in his boots when he learned that the
American people over-subscribed the
Liberty Loan nearly fifty per cent.
—Save your last winter’s flannels
if you can. Raw wool is sixty cents a
pound now and the Lord only knows
what union suits will be next fall.
—Anyway, if the war brings this
country no other blessing it affords
the government opportunity to shut
up such firebrands as Emma Goldman
and Alexander Berkman.
—The King of Spain is showing
symptoms of going for a hike. That
Rom in off business in Russia “some-
time ago seems to have caught the
fancy of a lot of potentates.
—If you can’t go across the water
to fight you can at least come across
with a contribution to every fund that
is being raised to make it more com-
fortable for those who do go across to
fight for you.
— The reduction of the number of
trout a fisherman may catch in a day
to twenty-five won’t affect the average
fellow who has the craze, for he rare-
ly gets half that many. It will hit the
fish hog and he is the animal who de-
serves it.
— France did honor to Gen. Persh-
ing by ordering all her own military
prisoners released and issuing an ex-
tra litre of wine to everybody. We
presume there will be those in this
country who will think that the
French populace at once got drunk
with joy.
—Billy Sunday had 98,264 trail hit-
ters during his ten week's campaign
in New York. His farewell collection
was $114,000. He knocked all records
into a cocked hat in Gotham and this
in the face of very general predictions
that he would meet his Waterloo if he
ever attempted a religious revival in
the big city.
—Bugs are playing havoc with
pumpkin and cucumber vines: Don’t
give up, you new gardeners. Keep
right after them. One teaspoonful of
Paris green mixed with half a pound
of flour dusted on the vines will turn
the trick for you and save the pump-
kins for pie and the cucumbers for
cholera morbus.
__M. A. Landsy is ninety-six and
Mrs. Charles Harrison is ninety-five.
Each of them has sent the “Watch-
man” $1.50 within the week and the
money has been forwarded to the la-
dies who are knitting the sweaters for
Troop L. Each $1.50 buys the yarn
for one sweater and ninety-four more
are needed. Who will be number
ninety-four? Will you?
—Tyrone, or Lock Haven ‘or State
College or Bellefonte—if it had the
thing within its gift—would probably
have to do a lot of tall thinking be-
fore either of them could rise to the
patriotic heights attained by the town
of Ripon, Wisconsin, which has just
asked Uncle Sam to keep the $75,000
he has allotted it for a public build-
ing and use the money to help defend
the nation.
— All the married men and those
having dependents having been mus-
tered out of Troop L about twenty re-
cruits are needed to fill the gap.
Young men contemplating entering
service will do very well to enlist with
Troop L, for in its ranks they will al-
ways have better opportunities to
communicate with the home folks and
be under personal care of home offi-
cers who appreciate their obligation
to the parents of their men.
—The “Watchman” has been so
busy for the past few months seeking
funds to pay the Democratic National
campaign debt, distributing seed po-
tatoes to those in need and trying to
* help the funds for Troop L’s truck and
sweaters that it has forgotten itself
and unless all those subscribers whose
labels are back of the present date
send in a contribution soon it will have
to stop operations along other lines
and go to begging for itself.
—Do everything you can for the
soldiers now. A few little comforts
now and provision for their proper
care if wounded will be worth a thous-
and fold more to them than all the lit-
tle flags and posies you can stick on
their graves after they are gone. Dec-
oration day parades and eulogies are
all right as a patriotic inspiration to
rising generations, but the soldier in
the trench or the hospital doesn’t want
to be laid away in the cemetery to find
out how much is thought of him.
— Recent unusual activities of the
submarines in English waters have
resulted in greatly increasing the
amount of shipping destroyed. There
had been a marked decrease in ships
lost, soon after the arrival of the
American flotilla on the other side for
duty, and many hastened to the con-
clusion that our destroyers were mas-
tering the U-boats. Unhappily such
is evidently not the case. Our sailors
are giving a good account of them-
selves but they are too few to protect
all the boats plying in English waters.
YOL.02.
Best News from the Front.
The fighting in France and Belgium
has been favorable to the French and
English troops who have made slow
but certain progress against the Hin-
denburg line. The Italians have been
making steady and substantial gains
against the greatest odds on the Aus-
Greece means much to the allies. But
the signs of the resumption of activ-
ities in behalf of democracy in Rus-
sia contain more reason for hope than
all the other incidents together. Even
under the old order of things Russia
compelled Germany to maintain a
large force on her front. Under the
new conditions, if present promises
are fulfilled, the resources of the
Kaiser will be taxed to keep Russia
out of Berlin.
the sneak-thief from the beginning.
In Russia her energies have been di-
rected, not against the troops on the
firing line, but against the cupidity of
a corrupt controlling force. Finally
these schemes resulted in the over-
throw of the perfidious rulers and the
establishment of an earnest but inex-
perienced agency. The conspirators
were as agile as the people, however,
and turned their demagogic appeals
to the newly invested authorities and
confused them. False promises of
peace appealed strongly to untrained
ears and though the full measure of
evil was not accomplished, Russia was
taken out of the war equation for a
time and the German force on the
Russian front released to take part in
operations elsewhere.
But the recent news from Petro-
grad has taken another complexion.
The American commission, headed by
Elihu Root, has reached the seat of
government, spread before the Rus-
sian people the plans of the American
government and the purposes of the
war against autocracy and the re-
sponse has been both prompt and em-
phatic. Russia will not be decoyed
into an alliance with Germany. She
will not be deceived into a betrayal of
sacred obligations. She will not be
converted into a cat’s paw to feed the
German menster. On the contrary,
she will reorganize and reinvigorate
her magnificent army and send it to
the front to perform its part in the
glorious struggle of democracy
against autocracy and civil and reli-
gious freedom for the whole world.
Every cloud has a silver lining,
it is said, and it must be admitted
that the present war hasn’t brought
out as much bad poetry as some other
less tragic events.
‘
Japan, according to news dispatch-
es, has taken offence because the gov-
ernment of the United States sent a
friendly note to the people of China,
suggesting that they settle their in-
ternal differences and thus fit them-
selves to assist in the pending war
against autocracy. For obvious rea-
sons this course was adopted. The
United States is the oldest Republic
and China one of the youngest. In all
her troubles the United States has
been a helpful friend of China and
after the Boxer war expressed her
sympathy and friendship by declining
a share in the indemnity justly or un-
justly levied. In her recent struggles
for .iberty, the government of the
United States has taken deep interest.
For some reason Japan has assum-
ed a sort of guardianship over China.
She has no real or legal right to ex-
ercise such an office but nobody or na-
tion has considered it worth while to
raise objections. In advising the con-
flicting forces in China to settle their
troubles in a peaceful way the United
States gave no hint of objection to
the attitude of Japan. No protest
against an usurpation that has work-
ed some injustice and is likely to work
more was expressed in the note. But
Japan, according to these news re-
ports, has become ‘“‘cockey” and indi-
cated in a diplomatic way, her dis-
pleasure at the interference by the
United States in the affairs of Asia.
It would be hard to imagine anything
more absurd.
When a big man is down every lit-
tle meddler in the neighborhood
jumps on him. Japan probably imaj-
ined that Uncle Sam has trouble on
his hands and while itis pending
would be a good time to “get gay” and
say things that it wouldn’t be safe to
even think under other circumstances.
But no great harm has been done
even if what the news reports say is
true. The United States will contin-
ue to give advice and make proper
suggestions to her friends whenever
she feels like it and if any top-heavy
power thinks it has a right to object
she may file her protest. But it
mustn’t go too far. Your Uncle Sam
is not in a mood for trifling and will
brush flies off his nose as they light.
—King Constantine is running on
hard lines but brother-in-law Bill will
have a harder row to hoe in a year or
two.
The most encouraging information |
of the war zone comes from Russia. |
trian front and the altered attitude of |
German policies have been those of |
STATE RIGHTS AN
BELLEFONTE, PA.. JUNE 22, 1917 .
Republican Faction Hopelessly Di-
vided.
The Legislature is practically cer-
| tain to adjourn next Thursday and as
i one of the newspaper correspondents
| puts it, “with the warring leaders
| hopelessly divided.” Senator Penrose
'is too busy in Washington to give the
| attention to local legislation that is
| required under the circumstances and
it costs money for the Legislators to
go to him for consultation and direc-
tion. But some of them go, just the
same, and the “War Board” held a
meeting on Sunday, at which several
were present. But most of the Pen-
rose bills will fail, though they were
reform measures as a rule and had
the support of the “up-lifters” of the
city. The Governor and the Vares
have the country members hypnotiz-
ed, apparently.
leader of the House the other day, in
Washington, Senator
pressed a willingness to make “a
truce with the Vares,” but protested
vehemently that “he will not compro-
mise with Brumbaugh.” And there
you are.
Vares and Brumbaugh is iron-clad
and copper-riveted, and that of course
precludes the possibility of a tfruce
with the Vares without a compromise
with Brumbaugh. It is a sad, sad
situation. The war having already
knocked down miles upon miles of
partisan line fence a division among
the Republicans is certain to result
in the election of a Democrat to the
would put a palsy on both factions
of the Republican machine.
However hopeless the future looks
for the Republican machine in the
State, Penrose intends to hold his
grip on the local
ence on Sunday that was the subject
under consideration and the big boss
admonished all the smaller bosses to
look after the nomination of judges
| and other county and district offices
and see that candidates of the right
kidney get the plums. It is believed
that the Vares will not make a fight
against the nominatien of Senator
easy to believe
acquiesce. The Senator gave the
Governor some hard bumps at the
opening of the session and there has
been no reconciliation.
miss is as good as a mile and
phonso ought to take advantage of
the opportunity the failure affords to
throw a harpoon into the Kaiser.
German Emissaries in the Senate.
It is fortunate indeed that new
rules of procedure in the Senate in
Washington will prevent the hold up
of pending legislation essential to
meet war conditions. Two or three
Senators who might as well be on
the pay-roll of the German empire
are doing all they can to delay if not
defeat the food bill. At the close of
the last session half a dozen Senators
prevented the adoption of legislation
of the highest value and about the
same number are ready and will-
ing to serve the country’s enemies in
the same way now. But the cloture
is now available and the moment an
attempt to filibuster is revealed it
will be invoked. There is infinite
danger however, in the delay which is
still possible.
In the face of the necessity to build
ships as rapidly as possible, the pro-
ducers of steel undertook to put a fan-
cy price on that commodity. Ninety-
four dollars a ton was asked for the
plates and shapes necessary to carry
out the purpose. This demand was
subsequently changed to eighty-four
dollars a ton but the president of the
Shipping Board under the authority of
law fixed the price at fifty-six dollars
and twenty cents a ton, thus saving
millions of dollars. The lumber bar-
ons were equally extortionate. They
were ready to rifle the treasury quite
as completely. But they were pre-
vented by the same summary process
and will be compelled to supply tim-
ber at prices fixed which will give
them plenty of profit.
The food stuff speculative pirates
are preparing to fleece the govern-
ment and people by similar methods.
In order to defeat their purpose the
President has asked for legislation
that will permit him to throttle their
sinister enterprise. But it is being
opposed by Senators on the ground
that it sets a dangerous precedent.
The precedent in which lurks the
greatest danger is that being set by
the food speculators. They are set-
ting up the right to starve the army
and the people in order to enrich
themselves. The right the President
asks is to prevent their nefarious pur-
pose and as it is a right which will
terminate when the danger passes, it
is a crime to oppose it.
——Mr. Edison is keeping very
quiet now but he will raise his voice
one of these days and it will be hea
all over the world.
During a conference with his floor
Penrose ex-
The alliance between the '
office of Governor next year and that:
organizations
throughout the State. At the confer- |
Sproul for Governor though it is not |
i known throughout Pennsylvania for
* izens of Centre county.
D FEDERAL UNION.
Pershing in London and Paris.
There is something more than emp-
ty compliment in the enthusiasm with |
| which General Pershing was received
'in London and Paris. The leaders in
| both cities might have been influenc-
! ed by convention to extend a welcome
refined in politeness and rehearsed to
perfection. But
Pershing both in London and Paris
the part taken by the leaders was un-
, important. That which counted at
' the time and will linger in memory
' on both sides of the sea was the wel-
come extended by the people, the in-
dustrial and commercial elements of
the communities, and it was as hear-
ty as it was heartening. There is |
‘nothing bogus about the enthusiasm
"of the common people.
In receiving General Pershing with
! such unbounded enthusiasm the peo-
ple expressed their admiration for
‘one of the foremost citizens of the
first government of the world. There
may have been and probably was in
it an expression of popular apprecia-
tion of a capable soldier who came to
them with the offer of his life for the
preservation of their liberties. But
the real source of the sentiment which
found expression in their generous
welcome was in admiration of the
spirit of the American people who
had sent one of their favorite sons to
prove the brotherhood of man in an |
emergency which threatens the de-
struction of that which is dearest to
all freemen, the right of self-govern-
ment. .
In this incident, moreover, there is
revealed the common purpose of
‘thoughtful men of all parts of the
world to advance in the direction of a
higher and more perfect civilization.
The zppearance of General Pershing
in London and Paris is the advance
notice of the coming of a host bear-
ing a banner that has never been rais-
"ed in an unjust cause or lowered be-
| fore an enemy. It marks the begin-
| ning of the end of autocracy as a gov-
| erning agency and the opening of an
| era of peace founded on justice and
! manhood consecrated to the happi-
| ness of humanity. These are the in-
| fluences that moved ithe people of
Loadon and Paris to give General
hal had before.
The sirene fire alarm which has
| been lying in Bellefonte about two
| months because it did not seem satis-
—Germany almost succeeded in factory when tested on the ground be- |
creating a revolution in Spain, but a | tween the court house and the jail,
{and given another test. This second
| test proved more satisfactory than
| the first one. Borough officials mo-
i tored to the outskirts of the town in
| all directions and aver that the
{alarm was very distinct. The writer
| heard it very plainly while at his
desk in the “Watchman” office, not-
withstanding the fact that doors and
windows were closed and machinery
in full operation. It was also tested
at midnight Tuesday night and its ef-
ficiency was proven by the fact that |
most of the people in the town were |
awakened by the noise and thought |
there was a fire. The acceptance or
rejection of the alarm is now up to |
borough council, and if they conclude |
to keep it the next question will be to :
find some suitable place to locate it
permanently.
Hon. S. B. Elliott,
widely
his activity in forestry and mining
circles, is dead at his home at Rey-
noldsville, having passed away on
Tuesday at the age of 87 years. He
was a member of the Pennsylvania
Forestry Commission for many years
ané his extensive knowledge was a
valuable help to that body.
No recent public utterance has
made as profound an impression on the
public mind as the Prasident’s Flag
day speech. It has been generously
praised alike in London and Paris
and what is of more importance it is
endorsed by ninety-nine per cent. of
the American people.
—Of course there will be another
loan and equally of course it will be
oversubscribed. The people of this
country thoroughly understand that it
is a question of paying the govern-
ment now or paying the Kaiser later
on.
— It is revealing no secret to say
that the peace plans will be formulat-
ed outside of Germany and that no
man in Europe will have less to say
about the terms than Mr. William
Hohenzollern.
— Without much inside informa-
tion on the subject we avail ourself of
this opportunity to express the opin-
ion that Russia is all right. °°
— Probably nobody was more sor-
ry at the success of the Liberty Loan
than the German Kaiser unless it was
Senator Reed, of Missouri.
— The Bellefonte banks have been
notified that just $630,000 worth of
Liberty Bonds were purchased by cit-
in the welcome to!
‘| ed corps,
NO. 25.
IN THE WAR ZONE.
Admiral Sims Now in Command of
Submarine Warfare.
London, June 20.—Admiral William
.S. Sims, U. S. N., has been appointed
, to take general charge of the opera-
tions of the allied naval firces in Irish
: waters.
Admiral Sims will act in this capac-
ity while the British naval command-
er-in-chief is absent from his post for
"a period, the cfficial announcement of
| his appointment explains. The Amer-
ican Admiral’s flag, meanwhile, has
i been hoisted as the allied senior offi-
, cer in these waters.
The text of the official statement
| reads:
“During a short absence of the
| British naval commander-in-chief on
i the coast of Ireland Vice Admiral
| Sims, of the United States navy. has
hoisted his flag: as allied senior offi-
| cer in general charge of overaticns of
| the allied naval forces in Irish wa-
| ters.”
|
Regular Army Recruiting Week.
| Washington, June 20.—President
. Wilson issued ‘a proclamation today
designating the week of June 23-30 as
recruiting week for the regular army
and called upon unmarried men with-
out dependents to enroll for war serv-
ice in order that the ranks of the reg-
'ulars might be filled promptly. The
' proclamation follows:
i
“Proclamation by the President:
| “I hereby designate the period of
| June 23 to June 30, next, as recruiting
| week for the regular army and call
i upon unmarried men between the ages
| of 18 and 40 years, who have no de-
pendents and who are not engaged in
| pursuits vitally necessary to the pros-
| ecution of the war, to present them-
| selves for enlistment during the week
| herein designated to the number of
| 70,000.”
WOODROW WILSON.
(Signed)
| The President’s action was taken at
the request of army officials who have
been seriously concerned over the slow
| rate of recruiting for the regular ar-
| my despite the fact that the War De-
| partment’s recruiting agencies cover
| every section of the country and that
| men are asked to serve only for the
period of the war.
| Recruiting was at low ebb again
| yesterday with a total of 1,178 men
| obtained. New York led with 187 and
that Brumbaugh will | Pesshing such a welcome as no man | pennsylvania came second
| with 140.
| Nebraska fell off on its previoyS dail
| average, only eight men having been
i secured. This will postpone a day or
two the filling of Nebraska’s quota.
Austrian Cabinet Crisis Imminent.
Amsterdam, June 20. — Advices
- { was put on top of the jail on Tuesday | from Denmark, Switzerland and Hol-
{land indicate a cabinet crisis in Aus-
| tria by reason of the fact that the
! Poles in the Reichsrath seeking the
downfall of Premier Clam-Martinic
| and also the foreign minister, Count
| Czarnin, have refused to vote the Aus-
| trian budget. A Basel dispatch quot-
{ing Vienna advices, which have not
| yet been confirmed, says the cabinet
| already has resigned.
{ _ The crisis in the Austrian cabinet
| is causing much annoyance to official
j circles in Berlin, according to a dis-
patch from the German capital today.
The Polish members of the Reichsrath
in speeches on the war budget violent-
ly attacked Germany.
A sensational article intimating
that Germany looks for the partition
of Austria-Hungary was printed in
the Frankfurter Zeitung.
Torpedo Boat Destroyers Pick Up 80
Survivors.
London, June 20.—Bringing 80 sur-
vivors from two torpedoed ships, two
United States torpedo boat destroyers
arrived at their English base today.
The lost vessels were sent down far
out in the Atlantic ocean at the farth-
est point west since the submarine
warfare began. Both ships had gone
down when the United States destroy-
ers appeared and picked up the sur-
vivors who were drifting about in
open boats. Four sailors were killed
by submarine shell fire.
State College Patriots Join Search-
Light Unit.
State College, Pa., June 21.—Stu-
dents and alumni of The Pennsylva-
nia State College, who are experts in
electrical engineering and in gas en-
gine mechanics, have been asked to
join a search-light unit to be organ-
ized immediately by the government.
Captain John C. Gotwals, a graduate
of Penn State, and attached to the
regular army engineering corps; has
urged that volunteers for the unit
communicate with him at Washing-
ton, at once. About twenty-five State
College men will be enrolled.
Druggists Expect a Call.
Pittsburgh, June 20.—Endorsement
was given the National Pharmaceut-
ical association’s appeal that a phar-
maceutical corps be established ‘in
the United States army at_today’s
meeting: of the Pennsylvania Pharma-
ceutical association here. The propos-
if formed, would have a rat-
ing similar to that of the medical
corps.
——A flag raising will take place
at Hoy’s school house in Benner town-
ship on Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
‘Our Boys band of Milesburg will fur-
nish the music and prominent speak-
cre will be on hand.
SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE.
—Mrs. Franciscus Navo, aged 75 years,
of Brockwayville, dropped dead while peel-
ing potatoes at her home at nine o'clock
on Tuesday morning. She had been work-
ing in her garden a short time before and
was apparently in the best of health.
—Isaac G. Walker, aged sixty-seven, and
Sarah S. Gentzel, aged sixty-four, the for-
mer of Laurelton and the latter of Snyder
county, were united in marriage a few
days ago. They will reside at Laurelton.
| Both own farms and both have families.
—Attorney Paul J. Sherwood, counsel
for Rev. Dr. Henry Stough, the evangelist,
of Wheaton, Ill, has issued an execution
against Councilman William J. Cullen, of
Hazleton, for $659.20, the costs in the Cul-
len-Stough slander suit which was decided
against the plaintiff.
—At the meeting of the board of direc-
tors of the Pennsylvania Railroad compa-
ny, Wednesday of last week, Robert Val-
entine Massey, superintendent of the New
York division, was appointed general su-
perintendent of the Eastern Pennsylvania
division with headquarters at Altoona, to
succeed the late George W. Creighton. The
appointment will become effective from
June 16th.
—Harry Gerson, private secretary to
Hon. J. C. McKinney, and one of the most
prominent young business men of Titus-
ville, was shot and instantly killed at 18
o'clock on Saturday night at the home of
William Morton in the above town. Miss
Laura Woods, the only witness to the
tragedy, has told the police that she tried
to kill herself in front of Gerson and that
in the struggle which followed the gun
was accidentally discharged.
—The Haws Refractories company, of
Lewistown, now building a plant at Haw-
stone in the Lewictown Narrows, have de-
cided to double the capacity of the origi-
nal plant, which consisted of nine kilns,
with attendant moulding and dry-floor
space. This will include a large number
of dwelling houses for the accommodation
of their employees. Two hundred and
thirty thousand dollars is the estimated
cost of the entire plant with the addi-
tions.
—A shocking accident occurred at the
plant of the Sweet Steel company of Wil-
liamsport, Wednesday afternoon when a .
12,000 pound ladle filled with 43,000 pounds
of molten metal dropped ten feet, spatter-
ing the ladle crew with molten metal.
Melvin Cowher, aged 20, was so badly
burned that his recovery is doubtful. His
brother, Vernon Cowher, foreman of the
ladle crew, and aged 22 years, was badly
burned about the hands. Eight other men
narrowly escaped serious injury.
—During the two-year period ending
June 1, 1917, the state forests paid into
the State treasury $36,900.72, as shown by
a statement of finances prepared at the
direction of Commission of Forestry Rob-
ert 8. Conklin. If the department had
been willing to sacrifice future benefits
for the sake of making a big showing now,
said the commissioner, this sum could
have been increased fourfold. Practically
all the revenue is derived from the sale of
mineral and dead or over-mature timber.
—Some weeks ago the Columbia county
commissioners engaged Richard Evans, of
Ebensburg, to supervise the reconstrue-
tion and repair of that section of the pike
lying in Cambria county. Labor scarcity
proved a stumbling block until the sug-
gestion was made that jail prisoners be
employed, to be accorded time off their
sentences, together with food far better
than the jail allowance, tobacco free and
other concessions. Prisoners promptly en-
dorsed the idea and a force sufficient for
all purposes was soon available.
—Exhausted from a fruitless search of
the Susquehanna river for the body of lit-
tle LeRoy Neidig, of Milton, who was
drowned Wednesday afternoon at 4:30
o’clock, the parents and relatives of the
child bave practically abandoned hope of
recovering the body until the flood stage
has passed. Men who dragged the river
for thirty-six hours continuously failed to
find any reward for their efforts and no
results were had from the score or more
charges of dynamite that was placed in
the stream by the Shamokin mining men.
— Four persons were killed, two instant-’
ly, late Sunday afternoon near Shintown,
west of Williamsport, when a motor car
driven by Theodore Nicholas, of Renovo,
went over a forty foot embankment and
landed. on the railroad track below. In
addition to the driver, the dead are his
mother, Mrs. Rachel Nicholas, and his un-
cle, Melvin Nicholas, both of Renovo, and
his aunt, Mrs. Ross Chestnut, of Chicago,
who was on a visit to relatives. The par-
ty were going up a steep grade when the
machine got beyond control of the driver
and took the fatal plunge. A fast train a
few minutes later plowed into the wrecked
car.
—A gas well, producing 7,000,000 cubic
feet daily, has been drilled in on the TJ
Ross farm near Sycamore, Washington
county. It is one of the biggest wells that
has been opened in that section in many
months aud has created intense excitement
in oil and gas circles. It is the biggest
strike ever made in the Sycamore field.
The strike was made in the big injun sand.
Gas gushed from the hole in such force
that it could not be controlled for several
hours. The boiler had to be moved to
take away the danger of igniting. The
Manufacturies company has a large lease-
hold in the immediate vicinity of Syca-
more.
—A. L. Forcey, of Bigler, took the worst
scared citizen since the days of the Klu
Klux Klan, to Clearfield on Monday.
Some one had notified this man that his
arrest would surely follow for his negli-
gence in not registering as required by
the late military law. The poor man had
never heard of such a law, never took a
paper in his home and did not know that
the United Staates was at war with Ger-
many. Forcey, knowing something of the
ignorance of some Graham township citi-
zens, took pity on this subject and he is
now being held awaiting the decision of
higher authority before sending him to
jail uader the penalty prescribed.
—One of the most remarkable records
ever made in the history of the public
schools of Sunbury was that of George
Besold Nesline, valedictorian of the Senior
class of the Sunbury High school, who
completed his course at commencement
Thursday night. In the eleven years that
he attended the public schools, he was not
absent a single day. He was not tardy at
a single session. He finished at the head
of his class with a percentage of 99.35,
which is almost as nearly perfect as it is
possible for a student to be. His record
wes described by ‘Superintendent I. C. M.
‘Ellenberger, a former Centre countian, in
his address at commencement as “pure
gold.”