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Beall.
BY P. GRAY MEEK.
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INK SLINGS.
—Pumpkin pies are beginning to
loom up on the herizon.
Maybe Mr. Bryan is keeping
under cover in order that he can prove
an alibi when people are expressing
themselves about Senators Gore and
Reed.
—Of course it is a little early to
talk about it but the early buyer gets
the good Christmas things and that
great event is only one hundred and
thirty-seven days off.
—Of course traction engines tear
up the smooth surfaces of the state
highways, but are we to stop thresh-
ing our crops and deny the public
bread merely to save the highways?
—Probably one of the reasons that
so many people admire and talk about
Russia’s new premier is the fact that
his name can be rolled about the un-
sophisticated tongue much more easi-
ly than that of most Russians of note.
—From the number of those who
are filing claims for exemption, under
the conscription act, it is quite appa-
rent that there are a great many men
between the ages of twenty-one and
thirty-one in this country who don’t
want to go to war. Thus far about
seventy-five per cent. of those passed
have filed claims for exemption most-
ly because “nobody else knows my
meat route.”
—Days were when there were so
many politicians running into and out
of Bellefonte that the Pennsylvania
railroad company actually took a train
off the Bald Eagle valley because
nearly everybody who rode on it had
a pass. Where are the good old days
when Bellefonte politicians were as
thick as the locusts in Egypt and
where are the passes? They have
passed but we still have the Big
Spring.
—Isn’t it about time to knock the
tax off oleomargarine when some Cen-
tre county farmers boast that they
buy and use it at twenty-two cents a
pound in order to have more of their
own butter to seii at forty. Oleo was
designed as a substitute butter for the
poor man, but no sooner did it come on
the market than the farmers and dai-
rymer demanded that it be taxed so
that it would not cause a drop in the
price of their butter. If the tax were
taken off now the poor man could buy
it and the price of real butter would
not be effected.
—The “Watchman” kesitates to put
such matters in print but the safety
of many travelers on the state high-
way between this place and Lock Ha-
ven compels us to sound a warning to
several owners of cars in the latter
plaec who seem to have little respect
for the rights of others on the road.
They race along at high speed and
when meeting another machine rarely
turn out enough to save the other fel-
low from going into the ditch. It is
unsportsmanlike and very dangerous
and should an accident occur will give
them no defense in a suit for damages.
—The Germans have become deeply
solicitous about the rights of “small
neutrals” since our government plac-
ed an embargo on the shipment of
food-stuffs to those of them who have
been passing the surplus on to Ger-
many. Of course Germany only vio-
lated Belgium’s neutrality for ‘“stra-
tegical purposes.” She didn’t sink the
peaceful boats carrying food to the
women and children who were starv-
ing because she had deported the men
who could have supplied them with
food, she didn’t murder nurses who
were ministering to wounded and dy-
ing and she didn’t profane the cathe-
drals and carry off everything of val-
ue with a thought that she was vio-
lating the rights of “small neutrals.”
—Two fatal accidents on the state
highway within a week should admon-
ish all motor car drivers of the dan-
ger in speeding, but they won’t. The
only thing that will really stop it is a
fine for the first infraction and a re-
vocation of the car’s license for the
second. Put the car in danger of be-
ing rendered useless and owners will
be more careful about who drives it
and how it is driven. Under the pres-
ent system any boy, over the age of
sixteen, no mattér how reckless he
may be or how little judgment he
may possess can get a driver’s license
and the penalty of having it revoked
is nothing to him but if the car he is
permitted to drive were in danger of
being rendered useless by his reckless
driving he would soon find it impossi-
ble to get employment at work that
he is in no wise competent to do.
And Bellefonte has several such boys.
—Those who have responded to the
“Watchman’s” latest call to finish up
the sweaters for the soldier boys be-
fore they leave are Mrs. W. T. Twit-
mire, of Bellefonte; Mrs. Frank Wetz-
ler, of Milesburg; Mr. Frank Wetzler,
of Milesburg; Miss Grace Smith, of
Centre Hall, who is furnishing four;
Mrs. John I. Olewine, of Bellefonte,
who has furnished two; Mrs. M. A.
Geisinger and Mrs. J. Linn Harris,
of Bellefonte. These, with what have
been previously reported, make about
one-third of all the sweaters provided
for Troop L. They have come direct-
ly at the request of the “Watchman”
and we take this opportunity of earn-
estly thanking those who have re-
sponded to the appeal for we know
that their gifts are highly prized by
the boys and when cool nights come
in the service of their country the
snug little garments will warm many
a soldier heart and bring grateful
thoughts of the donors.
®
dey.
VOL. 62.
Hopeful View of Russia.
Senator Root and his colleagues on
country.
Root declared on arriving at a Pacific
port in this country, “that Russia,
through trial
work out, create and perpetuate a
great, free, self-governing Democra-
cy.” In this optimism his colleagues
cordially concurred. Mr. Russell, So-
“cialist, and Mr. Duncan, vice president
of the American Federation of Labor,
paid high tribute to the Russian peo-
ple and General Scott spoke in the
same line. They are equally confident
of victory in the fight between democ-
racy and autocracy.
Such statements from such sources
under such circumstances are encour-
aging though a severe tax on creduli-
ty. The new government of Russia
has certainly been disappointing to
observers at long range. The Social-
ists have demanded too much and de-
layed if they have not defeated the
purposes of the revolution. Mr. Root
remirds us that after 140 years of en-
deavor we have not colved all the
problems of self-government and in
view of that fact have little reason to
criticise the progress of Russia. But
in emergencies the people of the Unit-
od States have been faithful to them
selves and just to each other. At Val-
ley Forge there was no mutiny though
there was great reason for dissatis-
faction.
If Russia had fulfilled expectations
before and since the revolution there
would now be little hope for antocra-
cy even in Berlin. The failure of the
Russian army and the folly of the
Russian people have vastly strength-
ened the arm of the Kaiser. He was
able, because of these things, to with-
draw from the eastern front immense
forces to resist the French and Brit-
ish troops on the west. But for that
the movement begun by General
Haig and General Petain a few weeks
ago would have driven German troops
out of France ard probably out of
Belgium and brought the beginning of
the end into view. As it is, however,
the consummation is only delayed and
possibly not for a long period.
If. the suffragettes who are
‘picketing the-3Vhite House grounds
would give the time thus wasted to
providing comforts for the soldiers
about to go abroad they would make
more friends for their cause.
Answer to Conscription Call.
Nothing could be more unwise than
for men called for examination under
the conscription act to refuse to obey
the call. It was bad enough to neglect
to register as it is reported some did.
But the other offense is infinitely
worse because it is desertion, and the
penalty is correspondingly severe. A
considerable number of those who are
called will be exempt for one reason
or another if they respond. But if
they fail, neglect or refuse to respond
they are marked as deserters and sub-
ject to the full penalty of desertion.
As Adjutant General Crowder says
“desertion in time of war is a capital
offense.” And they will all be appre-
hended. The authorities are in earn-
est in this matter.
There may have been some rea-
son for resisting the drafts made
during the Civil war. That was
a poor man’s draft and neces-
sarily unfair. A rich man draft-
ed then could hire a substitute
or buy his freedom wihle a poor
man had to go to war however valid
his reasons for remaining at home
might have been. But the draft now
in progress is absolutely fair. The
richest man in the community is on
an exact level with the poorest. One
man has precisely the same rights as
the other in camp and in the trenches.
Privileges are not for sale on the fir-
ing line and discrimination is a crime
against military regulations.
Every able-bodied man owes the
country his services in war. The gov-
ernment protects him in person and
property in peace and the only recom-
pense for that service in peace is to
give the service required in war. But
presence on the firing line or in the
trenches is not the only service re-:
quired. The industries of the country
must be kept in motion, the soil must
be tilled and the harvest gathered.
Munitions must be provided and trans-
portation facilities maintained. Many
of those who are called under the con-
scription may be assigned to such
work and thus escape the hazard of
battle. But all must answer the call
to get the assignments and those who
refuse or neglect are deserters.
The esteemed Houston Post im-
agines that the swearing habit might
be cured if LaFollette were excluded
from the public mind. But the Post
is mistaken. There are Gore and
Reed.
——The Kaiser will not abdicate,
that is certain, but he will get anoth-
er job if he lives four years more or
less.
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STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION.
BELLEFONTE, PA. AU
' To Appoint in Spite of the Senate.
The question as to the right of the
the mission to Russia have returned , Governor to continue in office a man
full of confidence in the future of that | whose previous nomination was not
«T have abiding faith,” Mr. | consented to by the Senate, will be ju-
dicially determined within a brief pe-
riod of time unless political expedi-
and tribulation, will | ency intervenes to prevent the test in
court. The Attorney General has be-
gun proceedings to compel the Aud-
itor General to pay salaries of persons
so appointed after the adjournment of
the recent session of the Legislature.
Auditor General Snyder holds that the |
constitution of the State forbids such
executive action, that the appoint-
ments are invalid and that the offices
are vacant. Attorney General Brown
takes the opposite view of the subject.
Section 8 of Article IV of the con-
stitution of Pennsylvania provides
that the Governor “shall nominate
and, by and with the consent of two-
thirds of all the members of the Sen-
ate, avpoint a Secretary of the Com-
monwealth and an Attorney General
during pleasure, a Superintendent of
Public Instruction for four years, and
such other officers of the Common-
wealth as he is or may be authorized
by the constitution or by law to ap-
point; he shall have power to fill all
vacancies that may happen, in offices
to which he may appoint, during the
recess of the Senate, by granting com-
missions which shall expire at the end
of their next session.” The obvious
purpose of the framers of that provis-
ion was to give the Senate a check
upon the executive in the matter of
apvointments.
In the case in point, the Gover-
nor, during a recess of the Senate,
granted commissions to certain gen-
tlemen to exercise the duties of cer-
tain offices. During the subsequent
session of the Serate the nominations
were submitted to that body as pro-
vided by the fundaraental law. But
less than the number required by the
constitution voted in favor of advising
and consenting to the nomination,
thus defeating the purpose of the Gov-
ernor with respect to their appoint-
ment. Governor Brumbaugh deter-
mined to make the appointments in
spite of the Senate, however, and the
decision of the ccurt will be both in-
teresting and important. If he is jus-
tified by the court the provision of the
constitution quoted above is ‘worthless.
——Of course the President is more
interested in legislation than in peace
propositions now. After a million or
so of our troops have had a brush
with the Germans peace talk will be
more appropriate.
Peace Talk is Treason.
Congress can find no more effective
way of making mischief than that of
considering resolutions proposing
terms of peace. Two of these were in-
troduced on Saturday last, one by
London, Socialist, of New York, and
the other by Stephens, of Mississippi.
They will be discussed, of course, but
as the House is only marking time,
that will make little difference, The
harm comes in another way, however.
Such actions create the impression
that the country is not in sympathy
with the policies of the President,
which encourages the enemy and dis-
heartens our allies. As a matter of
fact the country has never been so en-
tirely united on any subject as it is
now in support of the President.
The people of the United States are
peace-loving but will not accept peace
that is tainted with dishonor. For
just and ample reasons we are under
obligations to our allies te perform
our part in the prosecution of the war
until an honorable peace is procured.
That cannot be achieved until autoc-
racy as an instrument of government
has been absolutely eliminated. The
principle upon which the government
of the United States was established,
that “governments derive all their
just power from the consent of the
governed,” must be expressed in the
policies of every government in the
world before the pecple of the United
States will consent to treat for peace
and premature movements in the di-
rection are dangerous and damaging.
In the course of time and possibly
within a year there will be establish-
ed a peace as enduring as time and as
certain as eternity. But the bone-
heads in and out of Congress who are
delaying necessary legislation and de-
manding overtures for peace are
neither promoting nor hastening that
happy conelusion. The wickedly ab-
surd notion that one man or a small
group of men who imagine themselves
divinely ordained may plunge a nation
into war and sacrifice millions of lives
to promote selfish ambitions must be
given up completely before there can
be peace and when that great purpose
of civilization is accomplished we will
mark the end of the last war. Before
that time talk of pezce is treasen.
——There are grafters in Great
Britain also and the fellow who work-
ed the flying machine operations for
$240,000 must be a dandy.
——And Kerensky grows in popu-
lar estimation “while you wait.”
Aliens Welcome in the Army.
Whatever misunderstanding there
might have been concerning the ex-
‘clusion of friendly aliens from serv-
{ice in the army under the conscription
i law has been removed by the commu-
‘nication which Adjutant General
Crowder has forwarded to the Gover-
| nors of the several States on the sub-
ject. Under treaty obligations these
aliens would have a right to claim ex-
emption from service. But thousands
of them are not inclined to do so and
as General Crowder declalares “it
should be fully understood that their
service is heartily welcomed, and they
of exemption.”
The feeling that was developed in
various sections of the country bhe-
cause of the misconception on this
subject was not justified under any
circumstances. Aliens who exercise
the privileges and enjoy the benefits:
the country in return for the favor
thus bestowed upon them, just as cit-
izens of this country sojourning in
foreign lards with which we have
treaties are protected in their persons
and property and owe the obligation
in which they are staying. But our
eign army and foreign citizens can’t be
drafted into our army except with
their consent. There was no partiali-
ty in the ruling or favoritism in the
action.
But aliens in this country who de-
sire tc serve the cause of Democracy
and humanity by enlisting in our ar-
my for service in the war pending in
Europe have the right to do so and
their sincerity in coming here is prov-
ed by their action. Bat the best serv-
ice is not always expressed in enlist-
ing in the army. Enough force must
remain at home to maintain the indus-
trial, commercial and agricultural life
of the country and aliens who are not
willing to engage in war operations
may do a useful bit by engaging in
this necessary home work. Meantime,
however, welcome aliens who are fit
to the army.
The public in general are spec-
ulating daily on what they consider de-
layin getting troops into training for
service in our army abroad, and spec-
ulating without any idea of the vast
work required to get the training
camps in readiness. In all there will
be sixteen camps for the training of
the National Guard and to build these
will require 40,000 carloads of mate-
rial. There are also sixteen canton-
thents for the training of the national
army and to build these will require
64,000 carloads of material. The
moving of this vast amount of ma-
terial without interfering with regular
traffic is a stupendous undertaking
but so well have the big railroad
heads prepared for the emergency
that within thirty days from the date
the first order was placed 12,000 car-
loads had been delivered. One in-
stance of how the work is being ex-
pedited can be cited at Louisville, Ky.
The administration buildings there
were built of Mississippi pine. The
trees were cut on a Saturday, kiln
dried on Sunday, loaded on Monday,
delivered on the ground on Wednesday
and the buildings ready for occupancy
on Saturday, just one week for the
entire operation.
Select councilman Ira D. Gar-
man, of Philadelphia, who is spend-
ing the summer at Edgefonte, the
Garman summer place at Axe Mann,
is looming up in Philadelphia politic-
al circles. On Wednesday the non-
partisan municipal committee, of that
city, pledged its support for him for
both the Republican and Democratic
of the most lucrative posts in the city
government. If Philadelphia really
wants a strong and clean administra-
tion of a very important office Mr.
Garman’s nomination and election
would give it.
— Wednesday afternoon and
night’s good rain came at an oppor-
of garden truck that has not yet ma-
tured. In fact the corn is now so well
advanced that Wednesday’s rain will
go a long ways toward maturing it, if
we should not get another shower.
—The Pennsylvania railroad com-
pany has cancelled its order for a sea-
shore excursion from this district on
August 19th. This looks to us as
though it is preparing to move our
troops away on or before that date.
If President Wilson had not in-
terfered in the last Senatorial elec-
tion in Oklahoma he wouldnt have a
demagogue like Gore nagging him in
these times of trouble and tribulation.
——The new King of Greece is
learning in the school of experience
that “uneasy lies the head that wears
a crown.” But he is doing fairly well
for a man convinced against his will.
S————————————
—When the wind blows over the
oats stubble fall is just six weeks off.
GUST 10, 1917.
should be accepted whenever upon
summons they fail to claim their right :
of our government owe something to
of obedience to the laws of the lands’
citizens cannot be drafted into a for- :
nominations for receiver of taxes, one |
tune time for the corn and all kinds
NO.31.
Tighten the Embargo.
| From the Altoona Tribune (Rep.)
| British and French soldiers and
| statesmen are facing the likelihood of
Russia’s complete elimination from
| the war. “We cannot any longer,”
| says General Frederick B. Maurice,
| “count on any great assistance from
! Russia.” He might say that we may
not muck longer be able to count on
any assistance at all, unless Kerensky
' proves to be the man of the hour in
‘that country. And in this situation
all are looking to the United States to
take Russia’s place. In meeting this
demand—and the American nation
will never fail its allies-there are some
things that we can do but slowly, but
there are others that we can do
promptly. One of these last is the
tightest possible application of the
embargo. That the embargo is hit-
ting the Germans hard is apparent
from what they say about it. Their
| frame of mind regarding it is simply
desperate. The nkfurter Zeitung
| says that we are “shamefully oppress-
ing the small neutrals,” and that we
are “tyrannizing over the seal” Some-
body’s ox is certainly being gored,
judging from the roar that is emitted.
We have struck a good lead in this
matter. No obligation rests upon us
to feed the Scandinavians, but if hu-
manity suggests that we feed - them,
let our food be rationed out to them.
We cannot feed Germany and fight
her too. The enibargo is one of the
quickest and surest ways of bringing
our force to bear as a substitute for
the power which Russia might have
exercised.
! Waste in the Home.
{ From the Altoona Times.
i We are undoubtedly the most waste-
' ful people in the world. In America
| frugality is almost a lost art. Count-
| less men and women are actually suf-
| fering, both physically and mentally,
| because they do not know how to stop
waste in their own homes.
Waste is a devastating thing. If
| goes on under our eyes; it goes on
while we sleep—it is always going on.
There is as much difference between
honest wear and tear and waste as
there is between an honest man and a
thief. We waste our time, our money,
our food.
In a hcusehold about 85 per cent. of
the heat from the furnace is wasted.
Our children take more than they can
eat and waste the rest. But before we
correct them we should look at our own
plates. The amount of gas wasted in a
single day all over the United States
would, if we coald compute it, he a
staggering indictment of our folly.
The American business man goes on
the principle that it is easier for him
to make more money to pay for the
waste in his home than it is to waste
his time trying to stop it. His wife
is unconsciously influenced by his ex-
ample.
What can we do about it? Some-
thing, anyway. We can talk about it,
gesticulate about it, think about it
and make up our minds now to fight
it in every possible way.
Caught in Own Trap.
From the Johnstown Democraf.
The seniority rule in Congress is a
Repukblican institution. If it is to be
changed, it should be changed as a re-
sult of objections registered by Demo-
crats. It does not lie in the mouth of
Republican statesmen, in office or out,
to make honest criticism. At best they
are not voicing the views of righteous-
ness, but simply welching, now that
they are caught in their own trap.
It would perhaps be better if less
emphasis were placed upon mere age
in Congress. It is quite possible for
young men to possess great ability.
Of course it is quite possible for the
right sort of man to make his mark
as a member of a committee. It is
not necessary to be a committee chair-
man in order to shine. The point is
that the criticism directed against the
seniority rule by the “outs” just now
is insineczre.
There is not the slightest indication
that the Republicans in Congress
would change the rule if they had the
' chance.
Years ago the Democrat contended
that the Republicans were making a
mistake by working tbe solid north
idea so strenuously. We held the view
that some day the tables would be
turned, as they have been. Now the
| squealers are squealing.
‘ How About “Peace Without Victory.”
From the Detroit Free Press.
We must face the truth of the situ-
ation. There is just one peace that is
likely to be of the slightest benefit to
the United States and her confeder-
ates, a peace enfcrced on the enemy,
a peace made under conditions which
will ensure the fulfillment of terms
and make the document setting forth
those terms something more than a
scrap of paper, because the enemy will
be physically unable to ignore its
pledges.
Not All Velvet.
From the Houston Fost.
Washington says the high prices of
farm products “are mot all velvet for
the farmer.” No, indeed; we observe
quite a lot of ginghams, calico, jeans
and other unvretentious textiles in
use among the farm people, and
scarcely any of the farm women wear
georgette crepe and voile in the fields.
——For high class job work come
to the “Watchman” office.
SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE.
—A miner who lived alone in a shanty at
the Heverly mines near Coalport, Clear-
field county, was burned to death in a fire
which destroyed his shanty Sunday night
cr early Monday morning. The matter
has been referred to Coroner Pollum for
investigation. :
—The Cushake Coal Mining company is
the name of a new concern formed by E.
C. Ake, cashier of the Glenn Campbell Na-
tional bank. The new company has pur-
chased large tracts from John Dowler and
H. P. Dowler, Indiana county, and expect
to mine coal on an extensive scale. The
company is negotiating for other proper-
ties on McCoy Run.
—Sixty-five cases of whooping ‘cough
were reported at Johnstown last week. The
epidemic has spread alarmingly, due, the
health authorities say, to lack of proper
precaution in families where the disease
has developed. Fearing quarantine, sever.
al families have not called in a physician
and allow their children to mingle freely
with other tots of the neighborhood.
—With a full realization that his end
was near, John Riley, aged 38 years, who,
when arrested and sent to the county jail,
at Uniontown, for a year on the charge of
stealing an automobile, said his home was
in New York city, requested that he be
buried in potters field, rather than dis-
grace members of his family, whom he de-
clared were high in New York society.
—Reports which have gained much head-
way throughout the State to the effect that
St. Francis’ college would not open for the
regular school year in September, have
been denied by the college authorities.
Although many of last year’s students
have enlisted in different branches of the
war service, the college is making plans to
admit as many students this fall as for-
merly.
—An extra dividend of 6 per cent. on the
common stock of the Harbison-Walker Re-
fractories company, of record August 15,
was declared by directors of the company
at a meeting last Friday. The dividend is
payable August 25. The regular quarter-
ly dividend of 114 per cent. on common
stock and the regular quarterly dividend
of 11% per cent. on preferred stock was de-
clared.
—1In view of several workmen G. E. Stew-
art, aged 50, of Monaca, Beaver county,
committed suicide on Tuesday morning by
plunging from the south end of the Point
bridge in Pittsburgh into the Monongahela
river. Workmen who saw the man’s prep-
.aration for the plunge ran toward him to
prevent the act but were too late. Wit-
nesses told the police that the body, after
striking the water, did not appear on the
surface. The body was recovered three
hours later.
—The village of Polk, Venango county,
having a population of several hundred,
has no physician because its only doctor,
Dr. N. S. Reed, has been called into serv-
ice for the army. He recently volunteered
and was summoned to Washington before
he could get any perscn to look after his
practice. The villages sick, who are not
served by Franklin physicians, will be
looked after temporarily by members of
the staff of the State institution for feeble
minded at Polk.
—From college president to stevedore is
a long call, but that is what has happened
to Rev. D. William Henry George, former
president of Geneva college, Beaver Falls,
who is doing his “bit” “somewhere in
in France.” Dr. George enlisted as an am-
bulance driver in the American Red Cross
anit of Harvard University, .of which he is
an alumnus, and, upon arriving in France
found that there were more ambulance
drivers than ambulances so he went to
work as a stevedore.
— Butler county farmers think harvest
help is im sight. The annual suspension of
glass works and other industries in Butler
will throw about 1,000 men out of work,
and the county farm agent will seek to in-
duce the most of thes. to go to nearby
farms and help get in the crops. It is one
of the few instances in western Pennsylva-
nia where the outlook is so promising for
farmers, and the only thing that may up-
set the present plan is that these men will
go into other manufacturing plants tem-
porarily.
—Willard Howe, an Oil City real estate
dealer, has for advertising purposes a lu-
rid crimson automobile, and occasionally
his business takes him into the country.
While driving past a farm the other day
Howe heard a crash, and turned to see a
bull plunging through a fence and start-
ing in his direction. Without waiting to
argue the matter, Howe gave his machine
the gas, and a race was on. The bull pur-
sued him for a mile, and finally gave up
the chase when it saw that overtaking the
car was out of question. When Howe last
saw the bull it was standing in the middle
of the road pawing the dirt and bellowing.
—John Wagoner, colored, aged 43, was
shot in the right leg late Saturday night
when he attempted to force entrance to
the home of Mrs. Fred Barndoller, in Os-
ceola Miils, it is alleged. Mrs. Barndollar
went into hysterics, but her daughter,
Marietta, aged 19, was brave enough to se-
cure a revolver, and after warning away
the intruder, shot twice, both bullets tak-
ing effect, one in the knee and the other in
‘the calf of the leg. Miss Barndollar de-
clared she would have killed the negro,
who, despite his wounds, was still persist-
ing in his efforts to enter the house when
a neighbor named Gates arrived. Wagoner
was arrested.
—High cost of living is ‘being dealt a
stinging blow by nature. People in Ply-
mouth, Luzerne county, have discovered
that a mountain cave contains tons of the
purest of ice, and scores of people are get-
ting their supply from that source. The
supply is unlimited. The discovery was
made after suspicion was attached to the
mysterious trips of the owner of an auto
truck. The truck had been bringing loads
of ice to town daily and was sold at cut
rate prices. Investigation followed and
the sacret of the iceman leaked out. There
are also ice caves in Potter and Hunting-
don counties but they have not yet been
utilized as the above cave is alleged to be.
—Two hundred and forty cooks to serve
at the army cantonment to be opened near
Annapeclis, Md., from August 15 to October
1, are wanted from the State of Pennsyl-
vania by the quartermaster’s department.
Their pay will be $125 a month for skilled
chefs and $95 for less skilled men. The
cooks are being recruited by J. Miller Fra-
zier, a prominent hotel man of Philadel-
phia, who was requested to point out to
men who understand the culinary art that
it will ba a patriotic service for them to
volunteers for the term of six weeks. Mr.
Frazier has divided Pennsylvania into 12
districts for the purposes of the recruit-
ment, with well known hotel men in charge
of the work.