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August 10, 1917.
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DEMONSTRATION FOR TROOP L.
Big Crowd of Centre Conutians Turn
Out to Do Honor to the Soldier
Boys.
Fully five thousand people turned
out on Saturday night to witness the
farewell demonstration given by the
citizens of Bellefonte to Troop L, of
the First Pennsylvenia cavalry and
the hospital corps of the same unit.
The affair was planned and all ar-
rangements made within a few days
and its great success can be attributed
to the energetic work of the commit-
tee in charge and the patriotism of
the Centre county citizens generally,
who never fail to show due apprecia-
tion to any and all young men who
volunteer for service to their country.
Prior to the parade Troop L gave
an exhibition drill on the school house
grounds and they were followed with
a brief drill by the Boal machine gun
troop. Later the two troops joined in
a drill. It was about 8:15 o’clock
when the parade formed at the inter-
section of Lamb and Allegheny
streets. Col. H. S. Taylor was chief
marshall and he had selected as aids
twenty-eight citizens of the county,
who had either been past officers in
the Bellefonte military organization
or had sons in the present organiza-
tion.
The parade as formed included the
three state constabulary from the
Pleasant Gap station, who were on
horseback to clear the route of pa-
rade; the chief marshall and aids, Our
Boys band of Milesburg, Troop L, the
hospital corps, Boal machine gun
troop, Coleville band, the Logan and
Undine fire companies massed togeth-
er, the Spanish-American war veter-
ans and Washington - Camp 887 P. O.
S. of A. The route of parade was
south on Allegheny street to the Dia-
mond, west on High to the railroad
and counter march to the Diamond
where the troopers were massed in
front of the speaker’s stand.
Burgess Edmund Blanchard presid-
ed at the meeting and after prayer by
Dr. A. M. Schmidt introduced Rev.
Father Downes. Other speakers were
Col. J. L. Spangler, Dr. W. K. Mec-
Kinney, Col. H. S. Taylor and Capt.
H. Laird Curtin. At the conclusion of
the speechmaking the soldiers were
all invited to adjourn to the Brocker-
hoff house where a delicious luncheon
consisting of sandwiches, ice cream
and cake, cigars and cigarettes were
served. At the luncheon the soldier
boys sang a number of improvised
songs which they have composed in
their leisure hours and Lieut. C. W.
Smith made the announcement that
the troop is likely to be converted
into an artillery unit.
The luncheon was over shortly after
ten o’clock and then the soldier boys
held impromptu receptions among the
crowd until almost the midnight hour.
The committee of arrange-
ments in charge of the reception of
Troop L and the hospital corps held a
meeting in the office of Blanchard &
Blanchard on Tuesday evening and
made payment of all bills contracted.
They further instructed the treasurer
of the Finance committee to pay over
the balance of the cash on hand to
Capt. Curtin, of Troop L, and Major
Huff, of the hospital corps, to be pro-
portioned on the basis of the number
of men in each unit.
TROOP L NOTES.
Fifty-one of the out of town mem-
bers of Troop L and the hospital
corps have been entertained at dinner
the past week, either at the various
hotels, Mrs. Tannner’s or private fam-
ilies by those who are interested in
their welfare.
The troopers signed their first pay-
roll last Saturday and are now anx-
iously awaiting the paymaster.
The first injection of typhoid fever
antitoxin was given the new members
on Friday.
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Troop L Lunch Boxes.
The following women have solicit-
ed the lunch boxes that Troop L will
carry with them when they leave for
the South: Mrs. John P. Lyon, Mrs.
E. J. Ward, Miss Elizabeth Gephart,
Miss Annie Shortlidge, Miss Lucy
Potter, Mrs. Charles Mensch, Mrs.
Gust Heverly, Dr. Edith Schad, Miss
Emma Aiken, Miss Daise Keichline,
Miss Lillian Smith, Mrs. Themas Ha-
zel, Mrs. Harry Yeager, Mrs. George
Hazel, Mrs. R. S. Brouse and Mrs. D.
1. Willard.
This committee asks that the lunch
be packed in two boxes of individual
size—each box containing one meal,
and suggests sandwiches, hard boiled
eggs, pickles, olives, etc., food that
will carry well. Sweetened lemon
juice would be relished for lemonade.
Wrap the food in wax paper. When
the time arrives for leaving pack
your lunch and deliver it to the home
of the woman nearest to you on the
above named committee.
The committee asks that a book or
magazine be sent with each lunch, and
that every woman interested help
. whether she has been solicited or not.
It will probably require a day for
the Troop to load after the railroad
company places the cars, which will
be notice to get the lunch boxes ready.
——Subscribe for the “Watchman.”
ALLISON.—The uncertainty of life | MOYER.—Mrs. Christina Moyer, SIMS.—John Thomas Sims, an old
was very poignantly brought to the!
attention of the people of Bellefonte
the past week by the untimely death
of Mrs. Archibald Allison. Although
she had been ill two weeks it seems
but a day since she was seen going
about, her smiling face and sunshiny
manner radiating cheer and good will.
Her death was the result of cerebral
hemorrhages and she silently slept
away at four o’clock last Friday after-
noon.
Rachael Humes Allison was a
daughter of William H. and Katharine
Jones Humes and was born in Belle-
fonte on November 28th, 1863. She
was educated in the public schools of
the town and at the Bellefonte Acad-
emy and thus admirably fitted herself
for the station she has occupied in the
life and society of Bellefonte. When a
girl she became a member of the Pres-
byterian church and had not only been
faithful to its precepts all her life but
its very doctrines gave her a broad
view in everything charitable and she
was a noble worker along all lines
that tended to the uplift of humanity
or the improvement and progress of
the community in which she lived. In
doing this she did not neglect the
greater duties that devolved upon her
as a wife and mother and made of her
home a place of real comfort and per-
sonal enjoyment.
Her marriage to Archibald Allison
took place twenty-five years ago and
to mourn her death are left her hus-
band and one daughter, Katharine.
She also leaves two sisters and two
brothers, namely: Mrs. Luther Rob-
erts, of Pasadena, Cal.; Mrs. Charles
Gilmour, of Bellefonte; Edward
Humes, whose whereabouts are un-
known, and Irvin L. Humes, of La-
trobe.
Funeral services were held at her
late home on Allegheny street at four
o’clock on Monday afternoon by her
pastor, Rev. W. K. McKinney, after
which her remains were laid to rest
in the Union cemetery.
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DECKER.—James A. Decker, a
well known resident of State College,
died at 11:15 o’clock on Friday night
as the result of a stroke of paralysis
sustained two days previous.
Deceased was a son of Jury Com-
missioner John D. Decker and was
born at Potters Mills on January 16th,
1859, making his age at death 53
years, 6 months and 18 days. His ear-
ly life was spent on the farm and lat-
er he engaged in the butchering busi-
ness and as a dealer in livestock. Up-
wards of thirty years ago he located
at Pine Grove Mills and conducted the
hotel there for a long period, selling
out a few years ago and moving to
stato College. He was a member of’
the Refomed church and a man who
had the confidence and esteem of all
his fellowmen.
On March 8th, 1883, he was united
in marriage to Miss Catharine A.
Rishel who suryives with the follow-
ing children: J. Homer, William R.,
Helen C. and Dorothy, at home; Mrs.
M. A. Foster and Mrs. Richard Mar-
kle, of Altoona; Mrs. John Auman, of
Warriorsmark, and James E. Decker,
of Bellefonte. He also leaves the
following brothers and sisters: Lo-
gan M. Decker, Misses Martha and
Alice Decker, at home; Thomas, of
Milroy, and S. C. Decker, of Spring
Mills.
Funeral services were held in the
Reformed church at Tusseyville at 9
o’clock on Tuesday morning by Rev.
S. C. Stover, assisted by Rev. Horn,
after which burial was made in the
Tusseyville cemetery.
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WIAN.—Lawrence Wian, a former
resident of Bellefonte, died at his
home in Atlantic City, last Friday,
the result of a stroke sustained about
nine years ago while living in Pitts-
burgh. i
Deceased was a son of Mr. and Mrs.
Peter Wian and was born in Mifflin
county on April 11th, 1858, hence was
59 years, 3 months and 23 days old.
When he was a boy his parents moved
to Bellefonte and here ne grew to
manhood and received his education.
As a young man he went to work as a
clerk in a store and proved very effi-
cient. Twenty-five years ago he left
Bellefonte and went to Pittsbuigh
where he lived until going to Atlantic
City during the summer.
He was united in marriage to Miss
Mary Miller, of Pleasant Gap, who
survives with one son, Harry, of At-
lantic City. He also leaves the fol-
lowing brothers and sisters: Longer
C. Wian, of Bellefonte; George, of
New Bethlehem; James, of Bellefonte;
Mrs. Roy Brunner, of Johnstown;
Mrs. Jack Derr, of Harrisburg; Mrs.
Cyrus Labe and Mrs. Harry Gardner,
of Altoona.
The remains were brought to Relle-
fonte on Sunday morning and taken
to the home of Longer Wian, on east
High street, where funeral services
were held at ten o’clock on Monday
morning by Rev. W. M. B. Glanding,
after which burial was made in the
Union cemetery.
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GLENN.) Chauncey p.! Glenn, a
native of Centre county, died quite
suddenly at his home in Harrisburg
at 10:30 o’clock last Thursday morn-
ing. He was born in this county and
spent his boyhood days near Miles-
burg. When the Civil war broke out
he enlisted in Company D, Forty-fifth
Pennsylvania volunteers and served
through the war. Shortly after the
close of the war he went to Harris-
burg where he was bridge tender un-
til two years ago. He was a cousin of
Charles A. Glenn, the old veteran and
well known photographer of Belle-
fonte, and his sole survivor is one sis-
ter, Mrs. S. J. Wetzler, of Portland,
Oregan. Burial was made in Harris-
burg.
wife of James M. Moyer, proprietor of
| the Potters Mills hotel, died on Wed-
nesday evening of last week as the re-
sult of a stroke of paralysis sustain-
ed in February. In fact she never re-
covered therefrom but had been con-
fined constantly in bed since early in
March.
She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Jesse Jordan, and was born in Potter
township on November 29th, 1855,
thus being in her sixty-second year.
Practically her entire life had been
spent in Potter township where she
was well and favorably known. She
was a member of the Reformed church
most all her life.
Surviving her are her husband and
three children, Mifflin Moyer, of Re-
bersburg; James M. Jr., of Milroy, and
Mrs. Annie Cunningham, of Los An-
geles, Cal. She also leaves two sis-
ters and a brother, namely: Mrs. Re-
becca Sheenenberger, living in Iowa;
Mrs. Lena Smith, of Potters Mills,
and Peter Jordan, of Colyer.
The funeral was held on Saturday
morning. Rev. S. C. Stover had
charge of the services and burial was
made in the Boalsburg cemetery.
HEVERI Y.—Miss Helen E. Hever-
ly, a most estimable young woman of
Beech Creek, died at the home of her
parents on Friday evening, of dilita-
tion of the heart, an ailment with
which she had suffered the past two
years. She was 25 years, 6 months
and 18 days old and had been one of
Clinton county’s most successful
school teachers during the past five
years. In fact, it was generally be-
lieved that it was her close application
to her work that brought on the dis-
ease which resulted in her death. She
was also a member of the Methodist
church and a great worker in the pri-
mary department of the Sunday
school.
In addition to her parents she is
survived by the following brothers
and sisters: Mrs. Michael E. Flynn,
cf Wingate, this county; Jesse C. and
Raymond, of Kalamazoo, Mich.; Sher-
man, Merrill and Doyle, of Philadel-
phia, and Miss Hazel, at home.
Rev. Charles W. Rishell had charge
of the funeral services which were
neld at her late home at two o’clock
on Monday afternoon after which
burial was made in the Clark ceme-
tery.
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LARIMER —Mrs. Emily I. Lari-
mer, wife of John G. Larimer, passed
away at her home on south Spring
street at seven o’clock last Thursday
evening, following a prolonged illness
with chronic nephritis.
She was a daughter of W. Morris
and Annie English Furey and was
born in Bellefonte on August 16th,
1880, making her age 386 years, 11
months and 14 days. She was united
in marriage to Mr. Larimer sixteen
years age and they made their home
in Bellefonte .until going to Mt. Car-
mel about four years ago.
Surviving her are her husband and:
three young children, Herbert, Morris
and Emily, all at home. She also
leaves two brothers and two sisters,
namely: Miss Margaret, of Bellefonte;
William M. Furey, of Pittsburgh; Mrs.
Web. Kerstetter, of Curwensville, and
George, of Bellefonte. Funeral serv-
ices were held at her late home at four
o’clock on Saturday afternoon by Rev.
M. DePue Maynard, of St. John’s Epis-
copal church, assisted by Dr. Yocum,
of the Methodist church. Burial was
made in the Union cemetery.
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SCHLOTTMAN.—Mrs. Clarissa
Garver Schlottman, wife of Daniel
Schlottman, died at her home at
Pleasant Gap at 1:30 o’clock last
Thursday afternoon as the result of a
stroke of paralysis sustained twelve
weeks previous.
She was a daughter of Henry and
Mary Garver and was born in Penns-
valley on July 26th, 1850, making her
age 67 years and 6 days. Hers was
the first death in a family of nine
children, the eldest of whom is seven-
ty-two years old and the youngest for-
ty-seven. She never had any children
but is survived by the following broth-
ers and sisters: E. S. Garver, of
Grant City, Mo.; O. P., of Cornell,
Mo.; A. W.,, of Pleasant Gap; M. N.
and J. H., of Centre Hall; Mrs. Malin-
da Smith, of Spring Mills, and Mrs.
Beulah Campbell, of Potters Mills.
Funeral services were held in the
Methodist church at Centre Hall at 10
o’clock on Monday morning by Rev. J.
H. McKetchnie, after which burial
was made in the Centre Hall ceme-
tery.
JOHNSON. Following 9 illness
of several years Edward Johnson, a
well known resident of Milesburg,
died last Friday evening. He was a
son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Johnson
and was born at Axe Mann fifty-sev-
en years ago. He had been a resident
of Milesburg, however, most of his
life. He was married to Miss Edith
McGinley who survives with the fol-
lowing children: Ray, of Clearfield;
Lane, of Johnstown, and Claude, of
Niagara Falls. He also leaves the fol-
lowing brothers and sisters: Thomas,
of Nevada; Mrs. Elizabeth Kirk and
Mrs. Chester McKinley, of Milesburg;
Mrs. Rachael Zimmerman, of Clear-
field, and Harry, of Mileshurg. Rev.
M. C. Piper had charge of the funeral
which was held on Monday afternoon,
burial being made in the Advent cem-
etery.
HOY.—Roy Merrill Hoy, She young
son of Harry I. and Annie M. Fisher
Hoy, of Marion township, died last
Wednesday of convulsions, the result
of heat prostration. He was born in
Marion township on November 23rd,
1914, hence was 2 years, 8 months and
9 days old. Burial was made at Jack-
sonville on Friday morning.
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Centre = county veteran, died at the
soldiers’ home at Hampton, Virginia,
last Thursday morning, following an
illness of some months with Bright's
disease.
He was born at Pennsylvania Fur-
nace on June 3rd, 1844, hence was 73
{ years and two months old. When the
Civil war broke out he enlisted as a
member of Company E, Forty-fifth
regiment for the three month’s serv-
ice. At the expiration of that time he
reenlisted for nine months and when
that enlistment expired re-enlisted for
three years, so that he fought
throughout the entire war and was in
many hard-fought battles. Return-
ing from the war he went to work at
Pennsylvania Furnace and that was
his home until almost thirty years ago
when he moved to Tyrone.
On December 20th, 1866, he married
Miss Adaline Kinch, of Huntingdon
Furnace, who survives with four sons
and two daughters. He also leaves
two sisters and a brother. The re-
mains were taken to Tyrone where
funeral services were held at two
o’clock on Sunday afternoon by Rev.
M. S. Derstine. Burial was made in
the Grandview cemetery.
First Men Examined for Conscrip-
tion Army.’
The exemption board of Centre
county composed of Sheriff George H.
Yarnell, County Commissioner D. A.
Grove and Dr. L. E. Kidder, with Wal-
ter Armstrong as clerk, held a special
session on Wednesday afternoon pri-
marily to examine four men who are
residents of other States and who are
not, registered in Centre county, and
then by request examined eighteen res-
idents of Philipsburg and vicinity. Of
the twenty-two men examined eight
were discharged as physically unfit
for service, while fourteen successful-
ly passed the examination. Of the
fourteen, however, twelve claimed ex-
emption on the dependent family
clause and only two made no claim for
exemption. The identity of these two
the board did not make public.
those who claim exemption on account
of dependent families were given the
regulation affidavits which they will
have to execute and return to the
board within the prescribed time and
the board will then give their decision
as to whether the men are entitled to
exemption. The following men from
Philipsburg were examined:
Alton Paul Nelson.................. passed
Victor ZI8F.............c000ui. passed
Frank Hecklin Cadwallader......... passed
John Loraine Dinsmore............. passed
Charles Ernest Snyder.............. passed
Harry Hughes Kanour.......:i..... passed
Thomas Harry MeCune............. passed
Daniel B. Gilbert............ 0... passed
John Binzosky....................... passed
Harry lliott Cowher..............; passed
Guy Clayron Askey.................. passed
Samuel Binberg............... 5 discharged
ik oq. ou. sa discharged
Henry Fredolph Fleming....... discharged
Simon: ZIX.......... on ees discharged .
Conrad Bott BrattoR..’..... discharged
kh: Nicholas 'Gallanis.'’.. .... 000, discharged
John Ellis, of State College, was
examined and passed and the follow-
ing from out of the State:
Harry Harrison Havner..,........... passed
George BW. Marvin............. 0.5 passed
Hdward Moore. ............L..., discharged
Wilbur C. Gillespie....... temp. discharged
The board will meet in its first reg-
ular session tomorrow when 33 men
have been summoned to appear. Mon-
day there will be 37, Tuesday 46 and
Wednesday 36, and if enough men
cannot be secured out of that number
to make up Centre county’s first quo-
ta the sheriff will issue another call.
Birthday Celebration.
Mrs. Annie Gray, of Tyrone, was
given a big birthday celebration last
Friday at the home of Miss Annie S.
Gray, in Patton township, it being the
occasion of her eighty-third anniver-
sary. The guests went to the Gray
home in automobiles and all told nine-
teen were present. The dinner was
served on the lawn and was a delight-
ful as well as sumptuous meal. A
large birthday cake which bore in
large candle letters the figures “83,”
was baked by Miss Susan Dewalt.
Mrs. Gray received many costly and
useful gifts as well as a shower of
postcards, two of the latter being
from persons whose birthday fell on
the same date as her own, Miss Helen
Love and Mrs. Lee T. Wilson. Mrs.
Gray’s only surviving children are
Budd D. Gray, of Washington, D. C.,
and Mrs. Elmer Brown, of Tyrone.
Those present at the celebration were
as follows:
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Brown, Mrs.
Ada Gray, widow of Mrs. Gray’s son,
Harvey M. Gray, Allen Grazier, of
Tyrone; Mrs. Eva Fields and daugh-
ter, = Katharine, of Philadelphia;
Misses Maude and Annie Hutchinson,
of Warriorsmark; Miss Katharine Lu-
kenbach, Miss Helen Love, Miss Vir-
ginia Scullin, of Tyrone; Miss Esther
Gray, of Half Moon valley; Rev. Geo.
M. Glenn and daughter, Miss Esther,
of Mount Carmel; Mrs. Ella Gray, of
Bellefonte, and her sister, Miss Bessie
Green, of Brierly (Buffalo Run.)
——An informal dinner was given
at Edgefonte, the Garman’s summer
home at Axe Mann, last Saturday
evening at which Mr. and Mrs. Ira D.
Garman, of Philadelphia, announced
the engagement of their daughter,
Miss Marjorie A. Garman, to Charles
W. Hargens Jr. Mr. Hargens is a son
of Dr. Charles W. Hargens, of Hot
Springs, South Dakota, a prominent
surgeon and president of the North-
western surgical association. Mr.
Hargens and Miss Garman are both
students at the Academy of Fine Arts,
Philadelphia.
——We are not only cheaper on one
or two articles in our cut price gro-
cery department, but we match any
one to meet our prices on every arti-
cle we sell.—Cohen & Co. 31-1t
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BELLEFONTE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. !TWO LIVES LOST RECKLESSLY.
An Outline of the Courses for the En-
suing Year.
In accordance with the policy urged
by the national government and the
Department of Public Instruction of
Pennsylvania, the school board of
Bellefonte is planning to carry out a
very strong High school program this
coming year. While the so-called cul-
tural studies will be strengthened to a
degree, the greatest extensions will
lie in the field of the practical courses,
the inspiration of which has to a cer-
tain extent come from the War Con-
ditions Conference of Pennsylvania
schoolmen, which was held at State
College about a month ago.
The greatest changes will be made
in the manual training and household
arts departments. From the outline
that has already been prepared it is
believed that one of the best courses
for girls that 1s possible to be found
anywhere will be given in the Belle-
fonte High school this coming year.
The board has been guided in the for-
mulation of this course by the
thought that as ninety per cent. of all
girls marry, it is the duty of every
board of education to make the best
provision possible to give to these
young people a type of training that
will mean most to them in their fu-
ture homes. Provision has been made
in the present home economics course
to give half of the time to a study of
the regular subjects of an older type
such as English, the languages, histo-
ry, etc., so that no one need fear that
the new course will only featuve the
vocational studies.
The call for skilled clerks and sten-
ographers is also keen just now. To
provide better for this kind of train-
ing, the commercial course has been
strengthened, and a policy adopted to
limit the students, practically, to such
ones only who seem to possess such
abilities as will give the greatest
guarantee that they will make good
in the better clerical positions. In
other words, the aim of the commer-
cial department of the local High
school will not be to graduate large
numbers, but to send out none but
thoroughly trained pupils.
The French language will be offer-
ed this year as a substitute for those
who do not desire to study German
as a beginning modern language.
Each morning an assembly period
of about twenty-five minutes will be
devoted to Bible reading, literary ex-
ercises, vocal music, music apprecia-
tion, discussion of health subjects,
current events, etc.
The faculty will be made up of the
following teachers whose training is
as indicated:
Mr. Eugene H. Weik, B. S., of
Kleinfeltersville, Pa., who is a gradu-
ate of Albright College, and is now
taking graduate work at Columbia
University, N. Y., will be principal.
Miss Gertrude A. Taylor, of 'Belle-
fonte, who has done advanced work at
Harvard, Columbia, and the Universi-
ty of Pennsylvania, will continue in
charge of the English department.
Miss Maude C. Bear, A. B.,, A. M.,,
of Rock Island, Illinois, who has pur-
sued graduate work in this country
and in Europe, and is now at Colum-
bia University, will be in charge of
her former language courses and will
give the new course in French.
Mr. F. C. Miller, A. B,, M. S., who
is a graduate of Princeton University,
and recently principal of schools of
Mount Morris, N. Y., will assume
charge of mathematics and athletics.
Mr. F. Lorin Godshall, A.B. a
graduate of Ursinus College, and a
resident of Collegeville, Pa., will con-
tinue in charge of the history depart-
ment.
Miss E. Mae Bailer, of Philadelphia,
‘trained in the West Chester Normal
school and Temple University, Phila-
delphia, wili again head the commer-
cial department.
Miss Anne E. Dashiell, of Salis-
bury, Maryland, a graduate of Drexel
Institute, and who has pursued ad-
vanced work at Harvard and the Uni-
versity of Virginia, and is this sum-
mer doing work at Columbia Universi-
ty, will continue at the head of the
household arts department. She will
be assisted by Miss Catherine H. Al-
lison, of this town, and a recent grad-
uate of Drexel Iustitute.
Mr. Harry C. Menold, of Harris-
burg, who is a graduate of William-
son Trade ' school, and is at present
taking manual training instruction
at State College, will continue to be
in charge of the manual training de-
partment.
As all of the departments of the
public schools will open on Monday,
September 10th, it is strongly urged
that all parents having children for
entrance into the High school for the
first time, or for the grades, may find
time to consult with Jonas E. Wagner,
supervising principal, relative to the
choice of course to be taken, and that
the matter of vaccination be not over-
looked.
Bouse—Ishler.—Clyde W. Bouse, of
Moscow, Pa., and Miss Marion J. Ish-
ler, of State College, were united in
marriage atthe Lutherar parsonage
in this place, on Friday of last week.
Using the ring service the ceremony
was performed by the pastor, Rev. W.
M. B. Glanding. The young couple
were attended by John G. Ishler and
Miss Luella Dale. The bride is a re-
cent graduate of State College. Mr.
and Mrs. Bouse will make their home
at Juniata.
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——The Red Cross rooms in Petri-
kin hall are open Wednesday and Fri-
day mornings at nine o’clock and
Tuesday aftei noons at two. Workers
being needed, everyone is asked to do
their bit by helping along with the
work of this great organization.
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for burial and he avers that in his
judgment the boy was crushed to
death. The unfortunate youth was a
son of John (deceased) and Catharine
Baney Brown and was born in Belle-
fonte on March 15th, 1898, making his
age 19 years, 4 months and 7 days.
For several years past he had been
employed at the match factory and
was an industrious young man. Sur-
viving him are his mother and the
following brothers and sisters: John,
William and Mrs. Margaret Miller, of
Niagara Falls; Mrs. Thomas Cowher,
of Bellefonte; Edward, at the Forge;
Charles and Arthur at home. The
funeral was held on Monday morning
from the Methodist church. Rev. Yo-
cum officiated and burial was made in
the Union cemetery.
The demolished car was towed into
Beezer’s garage where it is now mute
evidence of a tragedy that should
never have happened.
On Friday covoner John Sebring
held an inquest and a hearing was
held on Saturday but nothing was
brought out different from the above
story. Although the jury did not ree-
ommend the holding ef any of the men
for the death of Brown young Cow-
her has voluntarily surrendered his
driver’s license. The full finding of
the jury is as follows:
STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA (8S. S.
COUNTY OF CENTRE
An inquisition taken at Bellefonte, in the
County and State aforesaid, the 4th day of
August, 1917, before John Sebring, Jr.,
Coroner of the County aforesaid, upon
view of the body of one Oscar Brown, then
and there lying dead, upon the solemn
oaths respectively of Claude Cook,
Walker, Alvie Derr, Edward L.
Robert F. Hunter and Charles
worth, six good
County aforesaid,
Ivan
Gates,
E. Dor-
and lawful men of the
charged to inquire on
the part of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl-
vania, when, where, and by what means,
the said Oscar Brown came to his death,
who, upon their respective oaths do say
that from the evidence produced before
them that the said Oscar Brown came to
his death between the hours of 2 and 5
o'clock a. m., August 3, 1917, at or near
Snydertown, Centre county, Pennsylvania,
the result of an accident fo an automobile
driven by one LeRoy Cowher, of Belle-
fonte, Centre county, Pa.
The testimony submitted at the inquest
established clearly that a short time pre-
vious to the accident the automobile was
driven by the said LeRoy Cowher in a
most reckless manner it being frankly
admitted by one or more witnesses that
at various times a speed of fifty miles was
attained. The accident occurred while the
automobile was enroute from Lock Haven
to Bellefonte on which trip it was testified
that a speed not in excess of 20 or 25 miles
per hour was attained. The said LeRoy
Cowher testified that the accident was
caused by the front wheel or wheels of the
automobile striking a stone or plank in the
road resulting in the car making a sharp
turn to the left of the road, side-swiping
two or three trees and then turning upside
down across the road, pinioning the said
Oscar Brown underneath the engine of the
machine.
Taking into consideration all the circum-
stances as revealed by the evidence sub-
mitted it is the belief and report of this
jury that the admitted reckless driving of
the car previous to the accident justified a
more than reasonable belief that an un-
warranted speed did prevail at the actual
time of the accident; that the driver of the
car, the said LeRoy Cowher, was reckless-
ly careless or inexcusably irresponsible in
driving the car, which would seem to be
established by his own testimony that at
the time of the accident he permitted the
two other occupants to be with him in the
front seat; that the owner.of the automo-
bile, one Clyde Blackford, of Bellefonte,
Centre county, Pa., merits severe censure
for according permission to a group of
young boys to take the car for a drive at
an unreasonably late hour in the night.
The frequency of automobile accidents
resulting from what is popularly known
as “joy-riding,” is of such grave impor-
tance as to prompt this jury to call pub-
lic attention to it in most emphatic terms.
It is a menace to human life and must be
stamped out if the public highways are to
be safe to law-respecting travelers. The
system whereby young boys and some oth-
er persons, regardless of their fitness in
| general and their conception of responsi-
bility in particular, are licensed to drive
high-power cars by merely paying a nom-
inal fee, is to our mind in large measure
responsible for much of the “joy-ride” evil.
We earnestly call this fact to the attention
of the State Highway Commissioner, at
Harrisburg, Pa., in the hope that some re-
medial legislation may be recommended or
oSolunions formulated covering the mat-
er.
The practice of irresponsible boys and
other in speeding automobiles on the pub-
lis highways in Centre county particular-
ly in the late hours in the night, calls for
immediate attention and correction by the
owners of the automobiles and where such
owners are indifferent and fail to act then
for prompt action by the proper officials.
JOHN SEBRING, Jr.,
Coroner of Centre County.
CHARLES E. DORWORTH.
CLAUDE COOK.
ALVIE DERR.
EDWARD L..GATES.
ROBERT F. HUNTER.
IVAN WALKER.
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Three Men Escape from New Peni-
tentiary.
Three more prisoners escaped from
the new penitentiary in Benner town-
ship last Friday afternoon. The men
were Melvin Cannis 22 years old, 5
feet 7% inches tall and weighing 147
pounds. He was a railroad brakeman
and sent up from Beaver county.
Walter E. West, alias Guy H. Crane,
26 years old, 5 feet 10% inches tall and
weighing 192 pounds. He was a rail-
road fireman and was also sent up
from Beaver county.
The third man was Walter A. Dress,
23 years old, 5 feet 6 inches tall and
weighing 172 pounds. He was an au-
tomobile mechanic and was sent up
from Butler county.
The men escaped about the middle
of the afternoon and between four and
five o’clock Dan Houser saw three men
near bis place with papers in their
hands which they were studying as if
they were plans of something and
from the description given they were
evidently the escaped prisoners dis-
cussing their plans of the road to
freedom.
ANOTHER PRISONER ESCAPED BUT
WAS RECAPTURED.
On Monday afternoon another pris-
oner, an Italian, made a get-away
from the penitentiary but his liberty
was of short duration as he was re-
captured on Tuesday afterncon in the
vicinity of Fillmore and promptly
brought to the Centre county jail.
Capt. H. Laird Curtin has rent-
ed the Paul Kerk house on Linn street
and his family will spend the winter
in Bellefonte instead of at Curtin.
The Kerk’s let the house furnished as
they are moving in with Mrs. Kerk’s
parents, the Hurleys, owing to Mrs.
Hurley’s illness.
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