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BY P. GRAY MEEK.
INK SLINGS.
—Chautauqua is here and a lot of
high-brow stuff is being passed out.
—August, the last of the summer
months is only four days off. Think
of it.
—Talking about ideal harvest
weather this week has been pretty
near it.
—It was too bad that in order to
get rid of Denman the President felt
obliged to eliminate Gen. Goethals.
—If the President is not to conduct
the war, who is? Certainly not a lot
of log rollihg, politics-playing Sena-
tors and Congressmen.
—The Russians are running away
from the Germans this week about as
fast as the Germans were running
away from them last week.
—Infantile paralysic has broken
out in Lancaster county and already
has become general enough to attract
the serious attention of officials.
—The high cost of liquid refresh-
ment has hit Bellefonte. All of the
‘licensed places have had to raise the
price of drinks or shorten the glasses.
—If Uncle Sam decides to send ten
Indian regiments to France the Ger-
mans will meet up with a class of
fighters they have never come in con-
tact with before.
—Even “is it hot enough for you”
is not heard much anymore. People
just go on working and sweltering
without worrying much about the
heat, and really they feel it much less
in consequence.
—Siam has declared war on Germa-
ny and her allies. Siam isn’t much of
a power except morally, but her ac-
tion will be another reminder to Ger-
many that gradually the world is
turning against her.
—The scalawag who stole the clock
off the writer’s old Ford car probably
thought it was the only thing about
the outfit that would run without
making a noise that could be heard
all over the county. It was a good lit-
tle clock and we are aimost constrain-
ed to offer him the car if he will bring
the clock back.
—The bit of Spring creek that has
been closed to fishing is gradually be-
coming a great aquarium that at-
tracts strangers and home folks alike.
Surely the pleasure that seeing so
many trout in the stream brings to
those who tarry on the sidewalk op-
posite this office is greater than the
satisfaction those who were opposed
to closing the stream might have had
eating them.
—Seventeen billion dollars is the
amount the first year of the war is
estimated to cost us. That is a bur-
den of one hundred and seventy dol-
lars for every man, woman and child
in this country to prepare to carry.
Heavy though it may seem we will be
exceedingly fortunate if we are to gc
out of the trouble before we have
shouldered an indebtedness of four or
five times that amount.
—Now that Kerensky has discover-
ed that he can’t talk Russia into her
senses he has decided to whip her in-
to them. The rod of iron is what Rus-
sia needs most of all right now and
she would be wise if she were to send
every Socialist in the country to Si-
beria until a stable government is
formed. Nothing satisfies them but
continued agitation and that is what
Russia needs least of all now.
—The Chautauqua guarantors have
very little to complain about. The as-
sessment of two dollars and seventy-
five cents each for the deficit is so
small as to be almost negligible.
Gradually Bellefonte is learning to
appreciate Chautauqua. It is just the
kind of an institution that should have
a permanent place here, but its influ-
ence could be greatly extended were
some arrangements made whereby
more people who really need its ad-
vantages could haye them.
—By the way, hasn’t the conduct of
the members of Troop L impressed
you? A hundred and more young
men with nothing to do but report for
duty at the armory and lounge about
the streets ordinarily wouldn’t be re-
garded as a condition favorable to
good habits, but Bellefonte now knows
that so far as our soldier boys are
concerned were it not for the fact that
they are idle and in uniform we would
scarcely be cognizant of their pres-
ence. Certainly they are filling Un-
cle Sam’s uniforms with a dignity that
commands admiration.
— Miss Rebecca Rhoads is No. 83,
Mrs. John Dauberman, of Centre Hall,
is No. 82 and Mr. Charles D. Casebeer,
of Bellefonte, is No. 81 in the list of
those who have presented the material
from which the sweaters for Troop L
are being knitted. We are happy to
announce that all the balance of the
eweaters for Troop L. have been pro-
vided for and now there are needed
only enough for the boys who have en-
enlisted from: Centre county in the
hospital and other branches of the
service. Stories to the effect that the
government furnishes sweaters simi-
lar to the ones the ladies are knitting
for our soldiers are not founded on
fact. Sweaters are no longer part of
the government's equipment issue
and, according to Capt. Curtin, these
sweaters will remain the personal’
property o fthe boys to do with as
they please, and for that reason the
gift is all the more acceptable to
them. Now let us have enough con-
tributions to provide sweaters for the
boys who are going but who are not
enrolled in Troop L.
PULICTL
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STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION.
VOL. 62.
BELLEFONTE, PA. J ULY 27, 1917.
NO. 29.
The Nefarious Practice of Mischief
Makers.
The meanest method of nagging the
administration at Washington is that
of introducing resolutions in the
House or Senate asking for informa-
tion as to this or that act or incident.
By law as well as custom it is the du-
ty of the President to transmit to
Congress any information desired by
any crank in either branch, if “not in-
compatible with public interests.” In
that event such resolutions are
promptly and courteously responded
to by the President or the member of
the Cabinet from whose department
it is required. But in war times giv-
ing out information is almost invari-
ably incompatible with public inter-
est. It is equivalent to handing im-
portant news to the enemy.
The Mormon Senator for Utah,
Reed Smoot; the rough-neck Senator
for Illinois, L. Y. Sherman; our own
Senator Boies Penrose, and one or
two others have been especially ac-
tive in this nefarious work. They
pretend that they want to know
things but they only want to embar-
rass the President. One particularly
senile mischief maker asked in a res-
olution the other day why the military
training camps are in the South rath-
er than in the North and another de-
manded information as to the report-
ed attack of the transports, conveying
troops to France, by German subma-
rines. Both these inquiries have been
politely answered though a fit answer
to the effect that the question is im-
pudert and irrelevant would have been
in orcer and entirely proper.
The administration is properly
maintaining strict secrecy as to the
movements of the army and navy.
Germany has hoards of spies in this
country, liberally paid and alert, try-
ing to get information on every sub-
ject that pertains to war. The unpa-
triotic Senators and Representatives
in Congress are taking off the shoul-
ders of these spies the burden of their
work. Every answer to such inqui-
ries is promptly sent to Berlin or
wheraver the German war chiefs hap-
pen to be and is used against our in-
terests whenever an opportunity of-
fers. Because of this fact the intro-
ducing of such resolutions is inimical
to the public welfare and should be
condemned universally.
The people of Missouri have
not made the best use of Senator
Reed of that State. Instead of send-
ing him to Washington as Senator in
Congress he ought to have been put
to dredging the Missouri river. He
may have positive talent for such
work.
German Ruthlessness Continues.
The new Chancellcr of the German
empire has plainly expressed his con-
currence in the policies of the Kaiser,
General von Hindenburg and Admiral
von Tirpitz. He is for autocracy if
it costs the lives of every able-bodied
man in the empire. In his maiden
speech as Chancellor he professed to
be for peace but his profession was
refuted by the conditions he announe-
ed. The peace that he favors must
be “made in Germany,” and promote
the German ambition to rule the
world. That sort of peace would be
intolerable outside of Germany. Even
the German allies, Austria-Hungary,
Turkey and Bulgaria would suffer
from such a settlement of the war.
They would be reduced to-German de-
pendencies.
The resignation of Bethmann-Hol-
weg inspired hope in some quarters
that ruthlessness in the methods of
warfare would be abandoned or modi-
fied by the action of his successor, Dr.
Michaelis. He is of the common peo-
ple and it was believed had no sympa-
thy with the barbarous methods of
militarism. The resignation of Beth-
mann-Holweg was forced, moreover,
by the Reichstag as a protest against
the methods of the militarists. But
the new Chancellor has already gone
further in supporting ruthlessness
than his predecessor and it may well
be believed that the change was
achieved by the machinations of the
Crown Prince and his military confi-
dantes and the expectation of im-
provement is disappointed.
The victims of these polieies will be
Germany, however. The new Chan-
cellor’s speech is notice to the world
that the purpose of the combatants on
both sides are now thoroughly under-
stood. German methods and policies
must be entirely extirpated before
there can be enduring and lasting
peace. The cessation of hostilities,
even on the basis of conditions before
the war began, would mean only giv-
ing Germany an opportunity to recup-
erate. The peace for which the allies
tinue for all the time because it: will
be based on principles of human liber-
ty and exact justice.
—Speaking of food control 're-
cent experience in relation to ship
building and operation should ad-
monish Congress against the needless
division of authority. nt a
are fighting is a peace that will con=
Perfidy in Congress.
The emissaries of the German Kai- :
| now bend their energies to delaying
the passage of the revenue bill. They
| served him wonderfully well in delay-
'ing the passage of the Food Control
| ser in the United States Senate will
Goethals and Denman Both Out.
President Wilson has adopted the
only feasible course in respect to the
baby battle between General Goethals
‘and William Denman. General Goeth-
, signing and Mr.
| measure five weeks and as expedition
in the revenue bill is equally impor-
'tant they can accomplish quite as
{much by delaying it. The troops in
| France and those in local camps and |
| training cantonments must be fed and !
|
i expense is essential.
The proceeds of
| hausted in advances tc our allies in
Europe. It is necessary,
that revenue be provided to meet the
charge of preparing for war.
The Kaiser’s emissaries in the Sen-
ate have already accomplished much
in eliminating the revenues from al-
coholic spirits. The four or five hun-
dred millions which might have been
obtained from that source is cut out
and other sources of taxation must be
discovered to make up the amount.
But that is not as bad as delay at this
time. A bankrupt treasury is the
shortest cut to military disaster and
unless the revenue bill is passed with-
in a reasonable time the treasury will
be bankrupt. The current expenses
of the government for war purposes
will run into hundreds of millions a
day and payment cannot be deferred
without confession of defeat and dis-
honor. =
The Kaiser is wasting lives of his
subjects in pressing his enemies on
the eastern and western fronts, but
the traitorious acts of men in Con-
gress who are impeding the passage
of essential war legislation are doing
more for him than the troops under
von Hindenburg or the submarines
under the control of von Tirpitz. The
war for democracy against autocracy
must be won by America and so long
as supplies for the army are withheld
America is impotent. The bigotry of
politics and the jealousies of individ-
uals in Washington and elsewhere
may justify such perfidy in the minds
of those responsible for the treason
but they will not serve to satisfy the
patriotic American people who want
victory.
The Crown Prince seems to
have had his way in the reorganiza-
tion of the German cabinet and the
allies fondly hope that he will have
his way in all operations during the
war. It will hasten the impending
disaster.
Penrose Aiding the German Empire.
The Food Control bill passed the
Senate on Saturday after five weeks
of needless discussion with only six
votes in opposition. Among
small group of German sympthizers
Senator Penrose has placed himself.
There are now enrolled for service in
France and Flanders about 100,000
Pennsylvanians. The measure is es-
sential to the proper feeding of this
contingent and the guarantee of suf-
ficient food for the millions within the
borders of the Commonwealth, left at
home or assigned to service of the
government in other directions. For
some sinister reason, Senator Penrose
has put himself among those who are
indifferent to the necessities of sol-
diers in the field and citizens other-
wise engaged.
It has been suggested that the coal
barons of the country are opposed to
the bill for the reason that it author-
izes' the President to call a halt upon
their piratical operations and that
Senator Penrose voted against the bill
on that account. There are probably
a thousand or more of these pirates
in Pennsylvania who have participat-
ed in and shared the profits of ma-
nipulating coal prices and Senator
Penrose sacrificed the nearly eight
serve them. The alternative is that
he imagined political advantage
might be abstracted out of embar-
rassing the administration and he
concludes that was more important
than feeding the soldiers and citizens.
In cither event Senator Penrose by
rendeved substantial service to the
German Empire. So long as that bill
was pending in Congress an impres-
sion was making prcgress in the pop-
ular mind abroad that the people of
the United States are not in sympa-
thy with the attitude of the govern-
ment as to the war. By such a delu-
sion the German Emperor hag been
keeping the German people in heart
and mind to prolong the war and Sen-
ator Penrose’s vote whether primari-
ly intended to help the coal pirates or
the Republican machine, most cer-
tainly and effectively helped the Ger-
man Empire in its attempt to spread
‘autocracy throughout the werld.
Now that ample funds have
been provided for air craft we may
hope for a speedy view of the begin-
ning of thg end.
Submarines may be effective
“but ‘you can’t’ drop anything on ak
ships. : %
this :
millions of other Pennsylvanians to
| clothed and the revenue to meet the
als preserved his self-respect by re-
Denman resigned
after being asked to do so. Presuma-
bly this will settle all differences be-
tween those concerned in the Emer-
gency Fleet Corporation and the com-
mission created to construct ships for !
emergency purposes. These differenc-
es have delayed important enterpris-
i es for several weeks and almost de-
| the Liberty Loan are practically ex-
veloped into a national scandal. Ede
i ward N. Hurley, of Chicago, takes the
therefore, |
i as court plaster.
place of Mr. Denman and Rear Ad-
miral Washington L. Capps succeeds
General Goethals.
The trouble was ascribable in some
measure to outside influences. Dur-
ing the Senatorial debates aspersions
were cast upon General Goethals be-
cause politicians couldn’t use him for
their selfish purposes.
tent he contributed to the purpose of
those opposed to him by announcing
a decided preference for steel ships
rather than wooden bottoms, at a ban-
quet given by the Steel trust in New
York. As to the wisdom of his pref-
erence there can hardly be two opin-
ions. But he was unfertunate in the
time and place chosen to express it.
It gave demagogues an opportunity
to intimate that he was influenced by
the Steel trust. There was nothing
further from the truth, however. He
was influenced by a highly developed
scientific understanding of the sub-
ject.
Wherever there is a large amount
of meney to expend men become ab-
normally suspicious or unduly covet-
ous. If there had been no appropria-
tion for chip building or if the expen-
ditures had been placed in other hands
than those of the double-headed cor-
poration, General Goethals and Mr.
Denman would have quietly and effi-
ciently proceeded to the work assign-
ed them. But the several hundred
millions to be disbursed probably in-
cited in their minds something akin to
cupidity and each claimed the right of
disbursement. The result was the
impairment of the value of the servic-
es of both and it is well that the
President had the courage to meet it
in the right way.
BEWARE OF QUACK PEDDLERS.
Harrisburg, July 23.—Three men,
said to be of German birth, were ar-
rested near New Bloomfield, Perry
county, to day, charged with selling
poisoned court plaster. They made
their way over the mountains from
Franklin county and are said to have
been peddling in the vicinity of New
Germantown. The sheriff was notified
and with deputies made the arrests. |
The federal authorities have heard of
sales of alleged poisoned court plas-
ter and have notified the county au-
thorities to be on the lookout. The
court plaster has been sent away for’
analysis.
The above is the third notice of the
kind that has appeared in the public
press within the past week or ten
days, one of the dispatches coming
from an interior town in New York
and the other from a western State.
It is just possible that there is no
foundaticn in the allegation of the
poisoned court plaster, but why should
any one take a chance on finding out.
In such times as these residents of !
town anc country alike should rigidly
shun either the man or woman who
comes around with something to sell
in the shape of a patent medicine, or
anything claimed to be good for man
or beast. There is ne knowing what
the compound might be composed of
and why risk the illness and possible
death of one of the family in testing
it out.
There are today many enemy aliens
in this country, some of them possess-
ed of bright intellects and inventive
genius, and it is only right and proper
that they should be held in their prop-
er light. Knowing this it would be a
simple thing to send broadcast
throughout the land quaek remedies
. > OY | containing deadly poison, or as above
his vote against the Fcod Control bill |
stated, resort to such a simple thing
Therefore the only
safe and sane thing for the public to
do is to refuse to purchase anything
of the kind from an itinerant sales-
man. Whatever you need of this char-
acter purchase at a reputable drug
store where you know you will get
something you can depend upon. In
fact, every man, woman and young |
person in Centre county should take
it upon themselves to warn their
neighbors of the grave danger in buy-
ing such stuff indiscriminately at this
time.
Both men and women in various
guises are going through the country
now selling alleged patent medicines,
‘court plaster, ete., and it is the duty
of every citizen to refuse to purchase
from them. In fact, only about two
weeks ago a strange woman appeared
onthe streets of Bellefonte withwcourt
plaster for sale and she later was seen
meeting a very foreign-looking tan, |
which in itself was very suspicious.
To some ex- |
; sre me
DRAFT MADE LAST FRIDAY.
i How Centre Countians Will be Af-
fected by the Drawing.
The drawing for the selective con-
| scription army was made in Washing-
! ton last Friday and naturally keen in-
terest was manifested throughout
Centre county as to the standing of
‘the men within the prescribed age
limit. The drawing began at 9:30
; ¢’clock in the morning and it took un-
til 2:38 o’clock Saturday morning to
complete the work, so that the ful
list was not available to Centre coun-
tians until brought here by the papers
Sunday morning. The first number
pulled out of the big glass receptacle
was 258 and the Centre countian who
‘has the honor of holding that number
is Fred Weaver, of the West ward,
Bellefonte.
As now figured out by the War De-
partment at Washington it will take
‘the first three thousand numbers to
recruit the regular army and Nation-
"al Guard to war strength, as 687,000
men are needed for this purpose.
These men will probably be called out
' next week, at least summoned for ex-
amination before the local exemption
board, consisting of Sheriff George H.
Yarnell, County Commissioner D. A.
t Grove and Dr. M. J. Locke. Every
man called will have to report for ex-
amination. Any who have good
‘ claims for exemption or discharge be-
cause of physical disability or on ac-
count of dependents will be given an
opportunity to duly present the same
| before the local board. Claims for
| exemption, however, on vocational or
other causes outside of physical disa-
: bility and dependents must be made to
| the district board, which for the dis-
| trict embracing Centre county is com-
posed of the following gentlemen:
George H. Stuart Jr., Shippensburg;
Vance C. McCormick, Harrisburg;
Howard E. Butz, Huntingdon; Henry
F. Snyder, Lebanon, and Dr. John A.
Shower, York.
Up until drafted men have been
| summoned to appear for examination
before the local exemption board they
have the right of voluntary enlistment
in any department of the army, but
once they have been summoned for ex-
amination they cease to be eligible for
voluntary enlistment. Ly
Naturally there may be those#who
consider it hard luck to have been
drawn among the first few hundred
names as that puts them in rank for
are away down the line are flattering
themselves that it will be a long time
before they are called. As matters
look row there is little caase for de-
ploring in the first case and congrat-
ulation in the second. If it takes the
first three thousand numbers to fill
up the regular army and National
Guard, just as soon as this is accom-
plished another call will be made for
either 500,000 or 1,000,000 men, and
it will take the bulk of the available
men to make up an army of that size,
so that most every man drafted is li-
able to be called out this fall.
While the list is too long to publish
the name and standing of the 3170
men in Centre county subject to call
we herewith give the names of those
appedring in the first three thousand
numbers and the exact rotation in
which they are subject to call:
FIRST DRAFT CALL.
Myer, Frederick E, Bellefonte
Thomas, George D, Osceola Mills,
R D No 2
Snyder, Chas E, Philipsburg
DeArment, Clarence E, Warriors
Mark
Kobolochik, Andy, Clarence
Given, Guy C, State College
Orner, Alfred L, Monument
Winslow, Melvin, Blanchard
Weaver, Jno H, Bellefonte, RF D
Clemson, Frederick G, Waddle
Luke, Benj H, Warriors Mark
Shaw, Niel, Snow Shoe
Beaty, Robert S, Blanchard
Lyons, Peter, Bellefonte
Miller, Ellery M, Howard
Peilick, Paul, Powelton
Lucas. Richard W, Howard
Nyman, Charles E, Osceola Mills
Swartz, Lewis C, Hublersburg
Curtin, Harry H, Curtin
Arney, Charles E, Aaronsburg
Yandes, Milford, Moshannon
Holter, Wm. H, Howard
Blazosky, John, Philipsburg
Ellis, John, State College
Stine, William T, Benore
Schenck, Vinton R, Howard
Plubell, Joseph B, Philipsburg
Whiteman, John, Centre Hall
Fleming, Harry F, Philipsburg
Walker, Lloyd C, Runville
Nelson, Alton P, Philipsburg
Brown, James F, Centre Hall
Parks, Lytle R, State College
Decker, James W, Nittany
“Wade, Orrie, Philipsburg
Deitrich, David A, Hublersburg
Klapek, Michael J, Kato
Justice, Homer E, Bellefonte R D
Reish, Fred BE, Oak Hall
Kiffer, Clarence W, Spring Mills
258"
2522
458
1436
2624
854
1894
1878
1095
2022
1455
783
1813
2787
1858
2389
1752
2494
3082
1117
1572
3762
1748
2195
837
2036
337
676
275
509
1185
564
2166
945
1913
596
3067
2620
2936
1267
2148
536 Jacobs, Bruce K, Clearfield, Pa
1495 Corman, Elmer R, Spring Mills
2453 Gates, Paul, Osceola Mills
548 Lytle, Robert, Philipsburg
126 Bowen, Wm J, Bellefonte
3070 Deitrich, Leslie J, Hublersburg
1679 Johnsenbangh,. Alvin W, Linden
a
1237 Hoovner, Harry H, State College
784 Stouffer, Elwood T, Snow Shoe
1732 Bland, John, Howard
755 Kelley, Leo H, Snow Shoe
-107 Walker, Ivan, Bellefonte
1546 Immel, George, Spring Mills
1563 Schaeffer, Thos E, Spring Mills
2099 Wingard, Allen R, Coburn
[Continued on page 4 Col. 1.]
the first conseription, and others who
SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE.
—Robert Shepherd, aged fourteen, nar-
rowly escaped drowning in the Juniata
river at Lewistown, and Gerald Weis, aged
twelve has a strong claim for a Carnegie
medal, for saving his companion.
—The Lehigh Valley Coal company has
announced that it has abandoned for the
duration of the war its plan to drive a five-
mile tunnel from Butler Valley to Hazle-
ton coal basin, to drain the mines of that
distriet.
—Dairy and Food Commissioner James
Foust is planning a vigorous inspection of
the cold storage warehouses this summer
and fall because of the heavy deposits of
food which are being made in them. The
State Cold Storage Act has been upheld in
the courts and with other laws relative to
food is being followed up by prosecuting
cases.
—Announcement at the capitol that the
War Department will have no objections
to National Guard organizations parading
after muster into federal service or taking
part in local demonstrations will open the
way for a number of demonstrations in the
State between now and the departure of
the troops for Georgia. The only provis-
ion is that there shall be no expense at-
tached to the government.
—Samuel Royer, who drives one of the
milk condensary trucks at Lewisburg, was
painfully, but not seriously injured, and
Lillian Hoy and Jennie Stackhouse, of the
same place, were injured when the truck
im which all were riding was struck by the
eastbound L. & T. train about 4:30 o'clock
Friday afternoon. A warehouse prevented
the driver from seeing the approaching
train. The truck was demolished.
—H. R. Williams, who operates a jitney
between Hollidaysburg and Roaring
Spring, has filed complaint against six
other jitney operators declaring that they
are runniag illegally. He charges that he
took out certificates, but that the others
failed to go to the Public Service commis-
sion. The men complained against are:
John J. Lingenfelter, Joseph Burke, Eli
Emeigh, Albert Hamilten, Warren McCoy
and Russell Burger.
—A large barn on the William E. Gheen
farm, near Antes Fort, was struck by
lightning and burned to the ground on
Saturday evening during the severe thun-
der storm. About 1,500 bushels of oats and
about ten tons of hay were destroyed with
the barn. The men of the farm were at
home at the time and removed all of the
cows and horses and saved a lot of farm-
ing machinery with the exception of one
wagon and a hayrake. Several large sheds
and the large tobacco shed near the barn,
were saved through the efforts of neigh-
bors and others whbv aided.
-
—Formal announcement has been made
of the immense deal by which the Electric
Bond & Share company takes over the
plants of the Columbia & Montour Electric
company, the Northumberland County Gas
acd Electric company, the Harwood com-
pany and the Lehigh Coal & Navigation
company. Involved as well is the General
Electric company. Announcement of what
has been undertaken and is proposed has
been made. The system capitalization to-
tals about $40,000,000. New financing now
to be done involves $20,000,000. Philadel-
phia and New York bankers, including
Brown Brothers & company and Edward
B. Smith & company will arrange such
present financing.
—The Newton Hamilton campmeeting
began early this year, July 26th, and will
eontinue. for twelve days to August 6th.
The first week will be devoted to the insti-
tute work, a new feature adopted last year
which was a great success. The camp fea-
ture will be the second week and some ex-
cellent preaching is already booked. Rev.
Dr. Collins, of Clearfield, will have charge
of both the institute and camp services.
Every cottage and tent is rented, which
insures a large attendance, but there will
be accommodations at the hotel, which was
opened for guests July 26th, and is in
in charge of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Barton,
of McVeytown, experienced hotel people,
which insures good accommodations.
—Mrs. J. Fred Loefller, of Washington,
D. C., lost her life on Saturday in Bald Ea-
gle creek, near the Clinton Country club
at Mill Hall. The vietim, a daughter-in-
law of Major Charles Loefller, retired, for
many years doorkeeper at the White
House, went to Lock Haven a few days
ago for a visit at the home of Charles E.
Oberheim. She accompanied a canoeing
party up the creek to the bathing grounds.
Sh was an expert swimmer and diver, and
decided to take another dive after the rest
of the party had gone ashore. She remaln-
ed under the water a considerable length
of time, but her friends were not alarmed.
She finally appeared on the surface, cried
for help, and sank. It took fifteen min-
utes to recover the body. A pulmotor was
used, but it was too late to save her.
—The Supreme court, in a per curiam or-
der by Chief Justice Brown, has declared
unconstitutional the act of April 24, 1917,
by which it was intended to make Clinton
county a separate judicial district, sepa-
rating it from Elk and Cameron counties.
At its recent session in Philadelphia the
Supreme court heard argument on the ap-
peal of F. M. Noecker, a taxpayer of Clin-
ton county, who attacked the act. The
Dauphin county court, which had origi-
nal jurisdiction, dismissed the taxpayer's
suit and the appeal to the higher court was
taken by the taxpayer. This is the second
unsuccessful effort of Clinton county to
get away from Elk .and Cameron counties.
Two years ago a bill was passed by the
Legislature to join it to Potter county, but
that act was also knocked out by the Su-
preme court as unconstitutienal. Judge
Hall will thus continue to ‘preside over
Clinton eounty courts. :
—The verdict for $49,710.29 obtained by
the Beulah Coal eompany, operator of bi-
tuminous mines in Ramey, Clearfield coun-
ty, against the Pennsylvania railroad fer
coal car discrimination, was sustaired last
Thursday by the United States circuit
court of appeals. James H. Minds, one of
the owners of the coal company, is the
father of “Jack” Minds and Chester Minds,
the noted football players. Chester Minds,
his wife and two children were killed in
the railroad accident in Mount Union last
February. The alleged discrimination for
which the Beulah company was awarded
damages occurred between July 1, 1902,
and June 30, 1907. In having its supply of
coal carriers curtailed while the Berwind-
White Coal Mining company and other fa-
vored shippers in the Clearfield district
were receiving their full quota, the Beulah
eompany complained that it lost comsider-
able prefits on coal it was unable to ship,
and because of insufficient transportatiom
facilities it was compelled to shut down
| {ts mines with the concurrent result of its
| working force being disorganised,
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