Bellefonte, Pa., August 10, 1917. — — re | To Correspondents.—No0 communications published unless accompanied by the real name of the writer. aman THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY — Dennis Mongan, who gave his residence as Milesburg, was among the men who enlisted at Altoona on Saturday. ——Thus far the enrollment of stu- dents at The Pennsylvania State Col- lege has been about ninety per cent. of normal. ——A beekeeper’s field meeting will be held at the farm apiary of A. A. Howell, at Petersburg, on Tuesday, August 21st at two o'clock p. m. ——Dr. M. Salm, the well known specialist of Pottsville, will visit Bellefonte next Tuesday. Read his advertisement published in this paper. — Peter Gray Meek II and George Reuben Meek Jr., entertained twenty- two of their little friends at their grandfather’s cabin at Hecla, Wednes- day afternoon. — Howard Casper has resigned his position as driver of the Adams Express company delivery wagen and has been succeeded temporarily by Harold Hollobaugh. — The ladies of the United Breth- ren church will hold a bake sale with ice cream and cake, Saturday after- noon and evening, August 11th, in the basement of the church. ——On Saturday Governor Brum- baugh appointed Philip C. Shoemaker, son oi Mrs. Thomas A. Shoemaker, of this place, second lieutenant of the Boal machine gun troop of Boalsburg. ——Edward Zones, who for some time past has been a chauffeur in the employ of the Titan Metal company, on Monday moved his family to Clear- field, where he will drive for Dr. C. T. Hennig. A dinner for which fourteen covers were laid, was given by Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Snyder at their home in Snow Shee, Saturday evening, in cel- ebration of their fifteenth wedding an- niversary. ——The Young People’s society of the Methodist church of Milesburg will hold a parcel post sale on Friday evening, August 17th, at the home of Mrs. Lloyd Smith, on Main street. Ice eream, cake and candy will be on sale. The public is invited. ——A habeas corpus hearing will be given William Shannon, of Sandy Ridge, next Monday. Shannon is in jail on the charge of shooting and kill- ing Leanore Saylor, the three year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Saylor, of Sandy Ridge. ——The new Nickel-Alloy compa- ny, in Clearfield, in which Dr. C. T. Hennig and a number of other Bellefonters are interested, started up about three weeks ago and are al- ready turning out about twenty tons of valuable product daily. ——One day last week a bull got into landlord August Glinz’s truck patch up Spring creek and ate up and destroyed nine good-sized heads of cabbage, trampled down a lot of corn and left a blazed trail from one end of the patch to the other. And notwith- standing the damage Glinz has no re- dress because it was his own bull. ——In the “Watchman’s” list last week of the people who had contribu- ted in work and money toward fur- nishing the members of Troop I. with sweaters the names of Mrs. Orin Kline, Miss Elizabeth Barnhart, Mrs. Samuel Sheffer and Mrs. Louis Grau- er were unintentionally omitted, and we herewith record them grateful rec- ognition. ——The tenth annual reunion of the society of the McAlisterville sol- diers’ orphans’ school, 1864-1889, will be held on the old school grounds at MecAlisterville on Wednesday * and Thursday, August 22nd and 23rd. The festivities will open with a corn roast on the evening of the first day and close with a business meeting on the afternoon of the second day. ——A fifteen months old Guernsey bull attacked Walter Rishel, son of A. M. Rishel, of near Axe Mann, last Fri- day afternoon when he was rounding up the herd to drive them to the barn. Rishel was knocked down and pretty badly bruised but fortunately no bones were broken. He might have fared worse, however, had the animal not been driven off by a fellow workman. ——The Scenic is still open to our soldier boys and any whe see fit to take advantage of manager Brown’s generosity are at liberty to do so. And all of “the boys” who have been there know that 1t is a good place to spend an evening. It is not only comforta- ble and pleasant but the pictures are always worth seeing. The best seri- als, good comics and most interesting pictures of the European war are shown. ——On Saturday evening Andrew Engle accompanied a car load of gen- tlemen on a trip to Snydertown to view the scene of the fatal automobile accident the day previous, and while there Mr. Engle accidentally: stepped on an uneven spot of ground badly in- juring his right ankle. He was brought to Bellefonte and taken to the hospital where an X-Ray was taken to find out the extent of the injury. The photo showed no bones broken but some torn ligaments and a bad sprain and he was later taken to his home on Lamh street where he is undergoing treatment. The injury is just serious enough to keep Mr. Engle housed up for some time. TWO LIVES LOST RECKLESSLY. Speeding On Nittany Valley State Highway Proves Death- Trap That Hurled Two Men Into Eternity. KILLED ON A JOY RIDE. Oscar Brown Crushed to Death When Car Overturns. As the result of a night time joy ride there is unmitigated sorrow in one Bellefonte home and a widow has been left minus her main support. TLis is the story in brief of a trip tc Lock Haven early last Friday morning by LeRoy Cowher, Harry Brandman, Robert Folk and Oscar Brown, in Clyde Blackford’s big Super-Six Hud- son car. Brown was practically kill- ed outright when the car overturned after colliding with three maple trees while the car is sc badly wrecked that it will cost hundreds of dollars to re- pair it. LeRoy Cowher has been employed by Bl:ckford as his chauffeur and iast Thursday evening he drove Mr. and Mrs. Blackford and a party of friends to Lock Haven and back. They re- turned about eleven o’clock and then took a run dowr to Milesburg- and back to try out the car which Mr. Blackford imagined was not working very good. Shortly before two o’clock the four young men above named ap- peared at Beezer’s garage in quest of gasoline, which was furnished them by the night man, Edward Dorman. They informed him that they were going on a trip to Lock Haven with Mur. Blackford. When they returned to the Black- ford house, however, something inter- posed to keep him at home but the boys allege that he told them to take the car and make the trip themselves. In any event the boys went to Lock Haven and when returning shortly after four o’clock in the Cowher lost control of the steering wheel at the lower end of Snydertown, right at a rather sharp curve, with the result that the machine ran up on the bank on the left hand side of the road where there were three maple trees. The first tree was scraped by the fen- der of the car, the second tree was hit by the hub of the wheel and the ma- chine plunged almost head-on against the third tree with the result that it was thrown almost straight across the road and turned over on the top. Cowher, Braadman and Brown were riding on the front seat and when Brown saw that Cowher had lost con- trol .of the car he managed to get cut onto the running board just as the car struck the third tree. The jolt threw him into the road and when the car overturned it fell full upon his head and the upper nart of the body. Brown was not killed instantly be- cause he cried out “For God's sake come and help me” loud enough that it was heard by Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Beck, who live only a short distance away, but they did not realize the ve- riousness of the accident. The other boys were thrown free of the car and while Brandman was somewhat injur- ed the three of them tried to lift the car off of Brown but could not do so. Folk ther ran to the Beck home and called for help. Mrs. Beck was awake before the ac- cident and heard the car coming but Mr. Beck was wakened by the crash of breaking glass. When Folk called for help he got up and asked what was wrong and on being told there was a man pinned under the wrecked car roused his brother Luther and Harry Tressler, who were at his home, and hastily dressing themselves the three of them went to the scene cf the wreck. Securing two fence rails they succeeded in prying the car up suffi- ciently tc enable the boys to pull Brown out, but he was then dead. When Mr. Beck and the others ax- rived on the scere the car was lying practically crosswise in the road and upside down. Brown was under the hood, but was evidently dead then, for he uttered no sound after they arrived and was lifeless when they got him out, which Mr. Beck thinks was not more than fifteen minutes after the accident actually occurred. A singu- lar feature of the accident was that though the car was upside down and otherwise badly smashed up the en- zine was running smoothly when the men got to the scene and continued running until after they got Brown out, when Mr. Beck touched a button on the dash and it stopped. Realizing the seriousness of the sit- uation Mr. Beck sent Folk up to his house to telephone Beezer’s garage about the accident and have some one sent down to get the body of the un- fortunate young man as well as the car. While Folk was doing this Cow- her and Brandman left on the pre- tense of going to the creek to wash up, but they failed to return until after everything was cleared up, when they made their appearance and came to Bellefonte on the motor bus. Cowher claims he was not running fast and that the wheel was knocked from his hand by a board in the road. The writer personally saw Mr. Beck and he declared there was no board in the road, while Mr. C. E. Emerick, who lives a short distance below where the accident happened, stated that he heard the car pass and it sounded as if it was being driven at high speed. The nrobability is that having driven the car most of the night Cowher was about tired out and hurrying to get home and the wheel slipped from his grasp and he could not recover it in time to prevent the accident. Brown’s body was brought to Belle- fonte by F. E. Naginey and prepared (Continued on page 4, column 6.) morning | / ANOTHER SPEED VICTIM. Killed When Auto Crashes Into Mov- ing Train. Andrew J. Rapp, private secretary to John H. Weaver, a prominent coal operator of Williamsport, met a hor- rible death at noon on Tuesday when the Weaver auto crashed into a mov- ing freight train at Dry Run cross- ing on the Central Railroad of Penn- sylvania between Houston and Lamar. Mr. Weaver with his private secre- tary, valet and chauffeur left Wil- liamsport about eleven o’clock on Tuesday in the former’s big Marmon Six car to go to Weaver’s coal mines at-Colver, Cambria county. They in- tended making Bellefonte for lunch- eon and when they struck the mile straight away stretch of state high- way between Lamar and Houston speeded up the car, evidently never thinking of the railroad crossing. The Dry Run crossing occurs right in a piece of woodland where the under- brush is pretty high and it is impos- sible to see the track any distance either way. In fact a stranger could approach to within two hundred feet without knowing there is a railroad there. And at that particular cross- ing there are no signs up warning the traveler of danger. The Weaver party must have been less than two hundred feet from the railroad when local freight east, man- ned by Edward Whittaker engineer, Edward Daley fireman, and John Hall conductor emerged from the woodland right in front of them. The chauffeur evidently did all he could to stop the car as he slid the wheels for a dis- tance of 155 feet, but the momentum was too great and when he saw that a collision was inevitable he attempted to.turn to the right and take chances in running along the railroad but he acted too late. He was too near the crossing and in making the sharp turn to the right in order to run off the road the rear of the heavy car was swung full against the moving train, Rapp, who was sitting in the left of the tonneau, was thrown against the car with such force that his head was literally cut in two, death resulting instantly. The chauffeur and Mr. Weaver were unhurt and the valet sustained a lac- eration of the scalp by being thrown from the machine. Naturally, engi- neer Whittaker, as soon as he saw that a collision was inevitable, did everything possible to stop the train and succeeded in doing so by the time the caboose crossed the road, and the entire crew went to the assistance of the automobilists, but there was little to be ‘done. The nearest house to the scene of the accident is occupied by Thomas Gunsallus and the family were all in the house but hearing the crash Fos- ter, the eldest son, ran out and up to the scene of the disaster, and he was actually the first there outside of the train crew and the automobilists. In’ a very few minutes after the accident one of the men went to a telephone and called Bellefonte for an under- taker but not being aBle to get any here a Lock Haven undertaker was se- cured who went to the scene of the ac- cident and took away the remains of the dead man which were later pre- pared for burial and shipped to his old home in Philadelphia. Another car was secured and Mr. Weaver and his valet returned to Williamsport. The car was hauled to the Beezer ga- rage in this place for repairs. ——Thke sergeant and five members of the eighteenth regiment, of Pitts- burgh, who have been stationed as guards at the Titan Metal company’s plant the past three months, were or- dered to join their regiment this week and left on Wednesday evening. ——The will of the late Dr. Thomas C. VanTries was probated this week. In it the testator bequeathed one hun- dred dollars each to his sister, Mrs. Louise Harris, and his brother, George L. VanTries, all the balance of his property to go te his son, Rev. Wil- liam Potter VanTries. The estate was appraised at about twelve thousand dollars. Along about two o'clock Friday morning some unknown person at- tempted to steal Dr. M. J. Locke’s au- tomobile from in front of his residence on Allegheny street. Mrs. Locke was awakened by a noise in front of the house and awakening the doctor he jumped out of bed and ran to the bal- cony in time to see the car disappear with some person at the wheel who was wearing khaki trousers. The doc- tor hastily donned his clothes and ran downstairs, as he had the car locked and knew it couldn’t be driven very far. And so it proved, as the car had been abandoned in front of the E. H. Richard home. Meeting a man on the street he knew the doctor inquired if he had seen a man dressed in khaki trousers and the individual in ques- tion stated that he had seen a man run wp Howard street and turn up Penn, but he didn’t notice his clothes. The doctor got in the car and hastily drove up Howard to Penn, up Penn to Lamb and east on Lamb street but saw no one. He crossed to Linn and returned home by way of Linn and Allegheny but failed to see a single person. And it was a good thing for the would-be thief that the doctor didn’t catch him, as he emphatically avers that he would have saved Judge Quigley a job. NEWS PURELY PERSONAL. —Eugere Hall, of Fleming, spent a part of the week visiting friends in Altoona. —Miss Jule Curtin and her nephew, | Gregg Shelden, are at the Nittany Coun- try club. —Miss Alice Kirk, of Altoona, spent the iatter end of the week with friends in Bellefonte. —Miss Pearl MacLeod has returned home from spending her vacation with friends at Liverpool. —Miss Sarah Hockenbery, of State Col- lege, spent the latter part of the week in Bellefonte with friends. —Harry Spicer, of Scottdale, is here vis- iting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Spicer, on Logan street, —Mrs. James Johnson, of Narbeth, has been visiting at Hecla, a guest of her cous- in, Miss Louise McMullen. —Mrs. George Elliott returned home on Friday after spending a month or more with friends in Baltimore. —Mr. and Mrs. W. Harrison Walker spent the week-end at Bedford, having driven over in their car on Friday. —Miss Maude Johnston has been out in Clearfield county the past week where she will teach school the coming winter. —Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Smith and Miss Grace Smith, of Centre Hall, spent Satur- day afternoon and evening in Bellefonte. —Mrs. M. Luther Erlenmeyer, of Liver- pool, is visiting her parents, Rev. and Mrs. T. Hugh MacLeod, on west High street. —Mrs. James I. McClure left on Satur- day to spend two weeks with her son, Lawrence McClure and family, at Renovo. —Albert Ammerman came up from Phil- adelphia on Friday to visit his sister, Mrs. Frank Compani, returning home on Mon- day. —C. D. Moore, for years a resident of State College, left last week for St. James, Me., where he expects to be for an indefi- nite time. —Mrs. Norman Winner and her young son, of Wilmington, Del., are here on their summer visit, making their headquarters with the Misses Pearl. —Mrs. J. M. Curtin, of Pittsburgh, and her two children, Betty and Harry, are here visiting with Mrs. Curtin’s mother, Mrs. George F. Harris. —Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Shook and little daughter, of Catskill, N. Y., are visiting Mrs. Shook’s mother, Mrs. James Shook, on south Allegheny street. —Miss Emma Carpenter, of Elmira, who has been a guest of Mrs. Daggett at the Bush house for a week, will remain in Bellefonte for an indefinite time. —Mr. and Mrs. John G. Larimer, of Philadelphia, motored to Bellefonte the lat- ter part of the week and have been visit- ing among friends in this vicinity. —Charles Wilson, of Julian, was a bus- iness visitor in Bellefonte on Tuesday and among the places that was favored by his presence was the “Watchman” office. —Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Twitmire, of Sun- bury, spent the latter part of the week in Bellefonte, coming here on account of the death and burial of Mrs. John Larimer. —William P. Brew, of Hackensack, N. J., arrived in Bellefonte on Tuesday evening on a visit to Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Fenlon and to look after some business interests. —Mr. and Mrs. Earle Bell, of Huntingdon, accompanied by Mrs. Bell's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Atherton, motored to Bellefonte on Suhday ‘and spent the day as guests of Mr. Bell. —Mr. ¥. W. Topelt, of Brooklyn, N. Y., joined his wife here the latter part of the week and will spend his vacation here at the home of Mrs. Topelt’s mother, Mrs. R. S. Brouse. —Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Mullen with their son, John Mullen 2nd and Mrs. Roberts, all of Shamokin, motored to Bellefonte last week and spent several days as guests at the Brockerhoff house. —Miss Martha Shoemaker, a nurse in training at the Mercy hospital, Pittsburgh, has been in Bellefonte spending her twe week's vacation with her mother, Mrs. Thomas A. Shoemaker. —Among those who were called to Belle- fonte last week on account of the death and burial of Mrs. John Larimer were Mr. and Mrs. William M. Furey, Miss Virgin- ia Furey and Harry Higham, all of Pitts- burgh. —Mr. and Mrs. John XR. Decker with their two children, Jane and M ry, of Bay City, Mich., arrived in Bellefonte on Sat- urday for their annual visit with Mr. Decker’'s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Christ Decker. —Jean Fleming, of Williamsport, with his two daughters, the Misses Grace and Marion, and their brother motored to Bellefonte on Friday accompanied by Mr. I'leming’s brother, W. I. Fleming, remain- ing here until Sunday as the latter’s guest. —After spending her vacation with her parents and family in Bellefonte Miss M. Lillian Walker left on Friday for New York city where she will spend two weeks in a large wholesale millinery before going to her permanent position at Pen. Yan, N.Y. —Miss Sarah Longwell, stenographer for Harry Keller and J. Thomas Mitchell Esqs., left on her summer vacation on Sat- urday, going direct to Steelton to see her moiher, Mrs. Thad Longwell, of Des Moines, Iowa, and will spend some time with Miss Mary Rankin, in Harrisburg. —Calvin Smith, who has been working at Crystal City, Mo., now going on two years, arrived in Bellefonte last Thursday evening on a visit to his father and sister, ex-Register J. Frank Smith and Miss Nel- lie Smith. Inasmuch as he has a vacation of only two weeks he will be compelled to leave Bellefonte next Monday morning. —Among “Watchman” office callers on Saturday was Jeremiah Brungart, of Re- bersburg, one of the old-time stanuch Democrats of Brush valley. Accompany- ing him to Bellefonte were his daughter, Mrs. F. M. Emerick, with her husband and family, who were on their way home to Newton Hamilton after a brief sojourn at the parental home. —John IL. Noll, of Juniata, was a “Watchman” office visitor last Saturday having come here to spend part of his va- cation with his father, Col. Emanuel Noll. Mr. Noll is supervisor of manual training in the Altoona schools and has been a con- stant reader of the “Watchman” the past fifteen years. Mr. Noll has just compiled and had published a cardboard construc- tion plate system of drawing which is one of the best that has ever come to the at- tention of the writer, and because of its very simplicity will no doubt be adopted in many manual training schools. —Mrs. Charles Hughes and children are visiting friends in Lewistown. —Mrs. William B. Wallis is entertaining her friend, Miss Angle, of Pittsburgh. —Mrs. Brown, of Snow Shoe, was a guest of Mrs. McGarvey several days this week. —Miss Mary McClure went to Pitts- burgh last Friday to spend