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Bellefonte, Pa., August 31, 1917.
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Train Derailed and Passengers In-
jured.
Train No. 6431 on the Bald Eagle
Valley railroad passing chrough Belle-
fonte at 9:17 Monday mo ning on its
western trip, ran into an open switch
at the east end of the Hannah station
siding about 10:10 o’clock derailing
the engine and tender and the front
end of the baggage car. The engine
and tender turned over on tneir sides
in the ditch and engineer P. B. Smith
and fireman J. H. Stewart saved them-
selves by jumping but both were
slightly injured.
The following passengers on the
train also received slight injuries but
nothing serious: J. E. LeBarre, Belle-
fonte; Miss Deama Stauffer, Snow
Shoe; Miss Cora Mothersbaugh, Bald
Eagle; Abram Hanscom, Mt. Eagle;
Mrs. C. F. Miller, Millheim; Clarence
Lower, Lewisburg; Mrs. Harry Cieme,
Johnstown. All the injured were
treated by the company surgeons up-
on their arrival at Tyrone at 11:55
o’clock, the passengers having been
transferred at the scene of the wreck.
The train was running at a speed of
thirty-five miles an hour when
struck the switch which had been left
open by track workmen and not prop-
erly guarded against an approaching
train. The main track was cleared of
the wreck at 12:30 o’clock so that the
afternoon trains were delayed very
little.
Killed On the Railroad.
The body of LeRoy Rupert, of
Beech Creek, was found along the
railroad tracks at North Bend, Clin-
ton county, at 2:30 o’clock on Monday
morning, and from all appearances he
had met his death by being struck by
a train. Rupert, who only recently
passed the examination in Lock Ha-
ven for the selective conscription ar-
my, worked at the brick works at
North Bend but how he happened to
be on the railroad track at such an
early hour Monday morning is a mys-
tery.
The young man was a son of Mr.
and Mrs. Peter Rupert, of near Beech
Creek, was twenty-six years old and
unmarried. In addition to his par-
ents, however, he is survived by a
number of brothers and sisters. Bur-
ial was made at Blanchard on Wed-
nesday.
Three Birthday Celebrations.
On Monday morning John Rearick,
who lives on the Valentine farm, sent
his wife and daughter down to Zion
ostensibly to buy seed wheat and while
they were away he arranged a big
surprise for Mrs. Rearick in the shape
of a birthday party in celebration of.
her fiftieth anniversary. About fifty
people were present, including a num-
ber from Bellefonte and the dinner
was a most elaborate affair. Mrs.
Rearick also received a large number
of presents as mementoes of the day.
On the same day Mrs. M. J. McMinn
celebrated her eighty-eighth anniver-
sary at the home of Mrs. Harry Cur-
tin, at Curtin, quite a number of her
Bellefonte friends going down for a
part of the day.
On Tuesday evening a birthday par-
ty was held at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. William Taylor, on south Water
street, in celebration of the sixty-
ninth anniversary of Mr. Taylor's
mother, Mrs. George Taylor.
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Troop L Still Awaiting Orders.
While general orders were issued
on Monday for the assembling of the
Pennsylvania National Guard unit at
Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga., and
several regiments were ordered to re-
port there by September first, no defi-
nite orders have been raceived at this
writing for the movement of Troop L,
although Capt. Curtin and all the men
are expecting them any time.
During the past week Lieut. C. W.
Smith has been taking the men out on
long hikes in the morning, tramping
as far as four miles out in the coun-
try and back. So far they have cover-
ed almost every road that converges
in Bellefonte and the hikes are at
least hardening the leg muscles of the
men.
When orders are received to pro-
ceed to Camp Hancock it will probably
be a day or two before the troop
finally entrains for their trip south.
Twenty Years Ago This Week.
A severe thunder storm passed over
Centre county. ‘Lightning struck the
stable of Joel Johnson, on Bishop
street, and it was burned to the
ground. Seven cattle owned by Frank
Blair, near Fillmore, were killed by
another bolt of lightning, and fences
were blown down in 2a number of
places.
At a meeting of the Valentine Iron
company it was decided to continue
the furnace in blast.
Among the deaths in Centre county
were Henry J. Tressler, of Rock Mills;
Simon Sellers, of Stormstown; Adam
Vonada, of Zion; Mrs. Sara Jane Ir-
win, Bernard Morrison and Mrs. Har-
‘ry Teats, of Bellefonte.
——Clyde I. Blackford was arrest-
ed recently on the charge of maintain-
ing gambling devices in his place of
business and was held under heavy
bail for his appearance at court.
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——1If you find it in the “Watch-
man” it’s true.
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hb He followed farming all his life until
wife of Isaiah Boob, died at her home’
near Woodward last Friday evening, |
following a stroke of paralysis, aged |
63 years, 11 months and 17 days. Her |
maiden name was Orndorf and she!
was born at Woodward. On Decem-
ber 30th, 1869, she was united in mar-
riage to Mr. Boob. Their union was
blessed with thirteen children, twelve
of whom survive, as follows. Clayton
E., of Millheim; Mrs. G. W. Morning-
star, of Milton; William F., of Spring
Mills; Mrs. Annie Brungard, of Mif-
flinburg; John D., of Northumberland;
Mrs. Cora Meyer, of near Rebersburg;
Mrs. Sadie Richardson, at home; Mrs.
Minnie Kint, of Milton; Mrs. Ida
Wolfe, of Aaronsburg; Warren, of Co-
burn; Mrs. Mabel Weaver, of Aarons-
burg, and Bruce at home. She also
leaves two brothers, Isaac M. Orn-
dorf, of Woodward, and Alfred, of
Danville. Funeral services were held
in the Evangelical church at Wood-
ward on Tuesday morning by Rev. H.
P. Maneval, after which burial was
made in the Woodward Union ceme-
tery.
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SHARER.—Henry S. Sharer, a for-
mer Centre countian, died at his home
in Tyrone on Tuesday morning, fol-
lowing a general decline in health.
He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. George
Sharer and was born at Port Matilda
in 1840, making his age about seven-
ty-seven years. In his early life he
learned the trade of a carpenter, an
occupation he followed many years,
but the last few years of his life he
had been caretaker of the Conrad
properties in Tyrone.
Thirty or more years ago he was
united in marriage to Miss Anna Eliza
Weaver, of Bald Eagle, who died in
1912, but surviving him 1s one daugh-
ter, Mrs. Alvin Fetters, of Tyrone.
He also leaves one sister, Mrs. Susie
Moore, of Port Matilda. Funeral serv-
ices were held in the caurch at Bald
Eagle at 10 o’clock yesterday morn-
ing by Rev. Mr. Hoover, after which
burial was made in the Bald Eagle
cemetery.
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STOVER.—Samuel W. Stover, well
known as a retired farmer, died at
his home at Spring Mills on Friday
of last week as the result of a stroke
of paralysis. He was a son of George
and Catharine Walberger Stover and
was born at Zion, being at his death
61 years, 5 months and 20 days old.
his retirement a few years ago.
Thirty-nine years ago he was united
in marriage to Miss Emma Hull who
survives with the following children:
Mrs. John Hoy, of Bellefonte; James
and Harold, of Spring Mills. He also
leaves three brothers, namely: John,
of Hublersburg; Benjamin, of Yeager-
town, and Howard, of Georges valley.
Rev. Williams, of Spring Mills, had
charge of the funeral services which
were held at his late home on Mon-
day morning, after which the remains
were taken to Zion for interment.
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WILSON.—Huntingdon has lost one
of its best known citizens in the per-
son oi Daniel Burket Wilson who died
on Tuesday afternoon following a long
illness with tuberculosis. He was a
son of Lee T. and Eliza Neff Wilson
and was born at Masseysburg, Hunt-
ingdon county on December 9th, 1850,
hence was in his sixty-seventh year.
He was educated at the old Pine Grove
Mills Academy and the Millersville
Normal school. While yet a young
man he learned the jeweler’s trade
and followed that occupation most of
his life. He is survived by his wife,
step-mother and two sisters. Burial
was made at Huntingdon yesterday
afternoon.
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WALKER.—Potter Walker died on
Friday evening at his home at Cato
following an illness of some weeks
with a complication of diseases. He
was a son of James and Rachael
Walker and was born at Runville on
September 7th, 1846, hence was al-
most seventy-one years old. Surviv-
ing him are his wife and two sons,
Alfred and William. He was a mem-
ber of the United Brethran church and
Rev. A. J. Orlidge, of Runville, had
charge of the funeral services which
were held in the Advent church in
Boggs township at ten o’clock on Mon-
day morning, burial being made in the
Advent cemetery.
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HARTSWICK.—Mr. and Mrs. J.
Millard Hartswick are mourning the
death of their only child, a little son
named James Melvin, who died early
Friday morning, aged 10 months.
The child’s death was caused hy an at-
tack of cholera infantum after an ill-
ness of two weeks. Dr. Ambrose M.
Schmidt had charge of the funeral
services which were held at ten o’clock
on Monday morning, after which bur-
ial was made in the Union cemetery.
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WOLFE.—David John Wolfe, sec-
ond son of Rev. and Mrs. D. J. Wolfe,
died at his parents’ home at Apollo on
Monday morning, following a pro-
tracted illness, aged 16 years. The re-
mains were taken to Centre Hall on
Wednesday for burial, the young
man’s mother before her marriage be-
ing Miss Durst, daughter of Alfred
Durst, of that place.
W. C. T. U. Convention.
The thirty-second annual W. C. T.
U. county convention will be held in
the Methodist Episcopal church at
Unionville on Wednesday and Thurs-
day of next week, Septe:nber 5th and
6th.
Mrs. Viola D. Romans, a national
W. C. T. U. organizer and Chautau-
qua lecturer, will be one of the speak-
ers. The public is cordially invited to
attend any one or all the sessions of
the convention.
| BOOB.—Mrs. Alice Miranda Boob, 52 MEN CERTIFIED FOR SERVICE
The Above Number Secured Out of
First 152 Examined in Centre
County.
The Six to Go First.
Yesterday afternoon Sheriff Yar-
nell mailed the red cards to
Basil Mott, Bellefonte.
Otto Corman, Bellefonte.
Paul Rumberger, Bellefonte.
Gerome Ailman, State College.
Otto Spicer, State College.
Joseph L. Lingle, Philipsburg.
They will represent 5 per cent. of
Centre county’s quota and will report
here on September 5th to be sent to
Camp Fairfax. Mr. Lingle, who is a
son of the Hon. W. C. Lingle request-
ed that he be sent with the first con-
tingent. Vinton Roy Schenck, of
Howard, will likely be called also as
an emergency man.
The exemption board of Centre
county on Monday certified the names
of fifty-two registrants under the se-
lective conscription act to the district
board for service in the first new na-
tional army. This is the allotment
passed and accepted by the local board
out of the first call of 152 men exam-
ined, and they will be the first to be
called for duty. Of course some of
the above have probably filed claims
for exemption with the district board
on account of industrial reasons, but
those, if there are any, have not been
acted upon, so it is not known wheth-
er they will be granted or refused.
The board on Monday received the
final papers for the assembling of the
new national army, which included
the red cards of notification to report
to the local board, the cards for
beard and lodging while keld in Belle-
fonte and the cards for transporta-
tion from Bellefonte to the training
cantonment at Camp Fairfax, Md.
The very day a man receives a red no-
tification card that he has been called
for service he automatically enters in-
to the service of the United States
government and is subject to all the
rules and regulations of the regular
army. Should he fail to report at the
time specified on his card he will be
classed either as absent without leave
or as a deserter. His pay also begins
the aay he receives the red card.
The first call of the government will
be for five per cent. of the total quota
to report on September 5th. As Cen-
tre county’s quota is 116 men this will
mean that six men will be summoned
to leave on that date. But these six
men will probably have an opportuni-
ty that those who go later will not
have. According to an arnouncement
from Washington twenty-five thous-
and of the first call of men will be
specially trained for offiecrs and hence
will have an opportunity of advance-
ment that those going loter will not
have so readily. Following is the list
of the men certified to the district
board:
Charles Ernest Snyder, Philipsburg.
Andy Koblichik, Clarence.
Guy C. Given, State College.
John Henry Weaver, Bellefonte, R. I. D.
Neil Shaw, Snow Shoe.
Peter Lyons, Bellefonte.
Ellery Merril Miller, Howard, R. F. D.
Richard Wm. Lucas, Howard.
Charles I. Arney, Aaronsburg.
John Bazosky, Philipsburg.
Vinton Ray Schenck, Howard.
John Whiteman, Centre Hall.
Alton Paul Nelson, Philipsburg.
Elmer Hoy Corman, Spring Mills.
Robert Lytle, Philipsburg.
William John Bowen, Bellefonte.
Leslie J. Deitrich, Hublersburg.
Allen Robert Wingard, Coburn.
Lewis Alfred Crader, State College.
Harold A. Thompson, Port Matilda.
Harry Elliott Cowher, Philipsburg.
Sam Tenalia, Bellefonte.
Guy C. Askey, Philipsburg.
Thomas Wm. Johnson, Bellefonte.
John Coldren Lingle, Spring Mills.
William Earl Musser, Lemont.
James Nelson Dayon, Philipsburg.
John Kiminski, Powelton.
Frank Torrence Hess, Philipsburg.
James Slaven, Orviston.
Edward Oscar Lyons, Bellefonte.
Sylvester Rene Walk, Port Matilda.
Harry A. Holderman, Bellefonte.
John Benzie, Bellefonte.
Fred D. Reitz, Boalsburg.
George F. Shaver, Martha.
Frank H. Cadwallader, Philipsburg.
Otto Edgar Spicer, State College.
Victor Newton Holt, Howard. .
Jerome McCleary Ailman, State College.
Otto ¥. Corman, Bellefonte.
Douglas F. Brooks, Pleasant Gap.
Frank James Miller, Philipsburg.
Carl Max Furst, Port Matilda.
Kiner Curtis McClure, Nittany.
J. Paul Rumberger, Bellefonte, R. I. D.
John Robert Burns, Snow Shoe.
Frank David Poorman, Orviston.
Effin Lawick, Osceola Mills, R. ¥. D.
Basil J. F. Mott, Bellefonte.
John Thompson Rowan, Fleming.
Claude Confer, Howard.
EXAMINATION OF SECOND CALL OF
MEN COMPLETED.
The exemption board on Monday
completed the examinations of the
second call of 198 men and while they
have not acted upon all the claims for
exemption if the second call yields as
good returns as the first call it will
about make up Centre county's quota,
yet it is altogether likely that a third
call of from seventy-five to one hun-
dred men will be made in order to
have a reserve of twenty-five or thirty
men to make up for any contingency
that may arise, such as illness or
death, exemption by the district board,
ete.
The exemption board has no pleas-
ant job on its hands, and runs up
against some very flimsy reasons put
forth for exemption. One man exam-
ined during the week claimed exemp-
tion on the ground that he was afflict-
ed with stomach trouble. Asked when
he had had the last attack he stated
two days previous, and when asked
what he had eaten for dinner he said
“only seven ears of corn in addition
to other things.” He was not exempt-
ed.
Another man claimed a physical
ailment on account of an injury sus-
tained ten years ago, but two physi-
cians examined him and found him
perfectly sound. Several young men
who werk for their fathers on the
farm have made application to the dis-
trict board for exemption on the
grounds that they are technical and
expert farmers, but so far their appli-
cations have not been acted upon.
Of the 198 men summoned for ex-
amination in the second call thirty-
seven appeared on Wednesday, as re-
corded last week, forty on Thursday,
twenty-nine on Friday, thirty-five on
Saturday and thirty-three on Monday,
making 164, or thirty-four short of
the number called. A third call was
sent out this week for eighty-five
more men to report for examination,
which will make a total of 433 men
called and exhausts the list up to the
seventeenth hundred draft numbers.
Of the men refused exemption and
certified to the district board for serv-
ice nine have taken out an appeal to
the district board as follows:
Carl Max Furst, Port Matilda.
Allen A. Dunlap, Waddle.
John C. Lingle, Spring Mills.
Charles E. Arney, Aaronsburg.
Arthur M. Kerin, Moshannon.
Harold A. Thempson, Port Matilda.
Leslie Joseph Deitrich, Hublersburg.
Richard W. Lucas, Howard.
A. C. Thomas, Port Matilda.
The board has also certified the
names of thirteen men who failed to
appear for examination either because
of enlistment or for some other rea-
son. Those who are known to have
enlisted are as follows:
George D. Thomas, Osceola Mills.
Paul C. Hartsock, Port Matilda.
Joseph B. Pluebell, Philipsburg.
Orie Wade, Philipsburg.
Bruce K. Jacobs, Clearfield.
Ivan Walker, Bellefonte.
Wilfred Nelson Keller, Linden Hall.
Ralph F. Hess, Philipsburg.
Roy K. Metzker, Philipsburg.
Four who failed to appear for ex-
amination and whose names have been
posted thus placing them automatic-
ally into the service are:
John Bland, Howard.
Clayton J. Watson, Moshannon.
Mike Straveva, Orviston.
George Yatchick, Clarence.
Following is the list of men exam-
ined Thursday to Monday inclusive,
those waiving all claims to exemption
being marked with an asterisk:
Examined Thursday, August 23.
J. Friedman. Passed.
Roy Edward Yarnell.
*Ralph Lester Rachau.
James Orris Rice. Passed.
*George Alfred Crawford. Passed.
George Henry Micheltree. Passed.
*Gioranni Pezzin. Passed.
Elmer E. Sharpless. Passed.
*John Elliott Smith. Passed.
Arthur Franklin Parker. Passed.
*William R. Lytle. Passed.
*Michael Sefrick. Passed.
*Calvin Rudy Coble. Passed.
Earl Clark Hosband. Passed.
Harman Bird. Passed.
*Clifford A. Heltman.
*Alfred G. Emenhizer. Passed.
Gasper Cortise. Passed.
*Floyd T. Woomer. Passed.
Walter Scott Williams. Passed.
Orris A. Harris. Passed.
*Gilbert Allen Shope. Passed.
*Allen A. Dunlap. Passed.
*Herman Benson Eves. Passed.
John Albert Kaspick. Passed.
*Jacob Franklin Musick. Passed.
George Edward Zerby. Passed.
Curtis Stiver. Passed.
James Thomas Caldwell.
Frank Poli. Passed.
*William Nowatka. Passed.
William Cledis Kephart. Discharged.
George Clarence Harper. Discharged.
Ray E. Shirley. Temporary Discharge.
Forest I. Gill. Discharged.
Ralph Edward Dinges. Discharged.
Clarence Thomas Miller. Temporary Dis-
charge.
Jero Krazalaic. Discharged.
Curtin Stiver. Temporary Discharge.
Examined Friday, August 24th.
*Alfred Harrison Walker. Passed.
*Joseph Lattimer Bryan. Passed.
*Holtzworth Harold Rowland. Passed.
Arthur M. Kerin. Passed.
*John Girordi. Passed.
Harry Edward Eckenroth.
Antone Krioucky. Passed.
*Blmer Miles Watkins, Passed.
*Joseph Long Lingle. Passed.
Walter H. Traub. Passed.
*James E. Gheret. Passed.
*Steere Jakicle. Passed.
John Linhurst Houtz Passed.
Ralph Stine Walker. Passed.
George A. Lohr. Passed.
George Frank Williams. Passed.
Adam H. Vonada. Passed.
Harrison M. Crane. Passed.
Roland D. Butler. Passed.
J. Ray Williams. Passed.
*Nick Danch. Passed
David Casper. Passed.
Daniel Harold hendricks. Discharged.
John Wilson Condo. Discharged.
John Bososk. Temporory Discharge.
J. Adam Vonada. Discharged.
Edward Thompson. Discharged.
Harry Franklin Auman. Discharged.
John James Hazel. Discharged.
Examined Saturday, August 25th.
George H. Showers. Passed.
Francis R. Musser. Passed.
William P. McGowan. Passed.
Harry Merrill Shawley. Passed.
Harry C. Zeigler. Passed.
William C. Showers. Passed.
Harry F. Jones. Passed.
Walter C. Nicholas. Passed.
Elias Burton Hazzard. Passed.
*Ammon Guy Zimmerman. Passed.
Lester Ieidler. Passed.
William W. Smith. Passed.
Charles Andrew Zettle. Passed.
*Forrest Glenn Rodgers. Passed.
Wilbur Russell Myers. Passed.
*J. B. Moody. Passed.
Thomas W. Robins. Passed.
*John Stania. Passed.
Joseph J. Dancoe. Passed.
*Emmett F. Bathgate. Passed.
*Ray Wilson Kunes. Passed.
*Henry Rockey. Passed.
*Joseph C. Rathmell. Passed.
*Harris G. Bechdel. Passed.
*Boyd A. Hamlin. Passed.
William L. Spangler. Discharged.
James L. Redding. Discharged.
LeRoy Dyer Locke. Discharged.
John David Homan. Discharged.
Michael Stasko. Discharged.
Amos Edgar Rimmey. Discharged.
George A. Saul. Discharged.
George L. Brown. Discharged.
Michael I. Rider. Discharged.
William Scott Parker. Discharged.
Examined Monday, August 27th.
Ira D. Wilson. Passed.
James Glenn Nolan. Passed.
Samuel Mulbarger. Passed.
Egnuts Benzie. Passed.
Norman F. Slagle. Passed.
Allen Legarus Wheiland. Passed.
*Jacob H. Shay. Passed.
*William Albert Marshall.
Boyd C. Vonada. Passed.
*Samuel Ratz. Passed.
Duke Fravel. Passed.
John Wesley Clark. Passed.
*William Franklin Colyer. Passed.
W. T. Brandt. Passed.
*Harold Sawtelle. Passed.
John Wm. Hartley. Passed.
*LeRoy Bertram Love. Passed.
*John Calvin Hockman. Passed.
*Charles Green. Passed.
*Thomas Hurley. Passed.
*Guy Croustine Hopper. Passed.
*Forrest Glenn Rodgers. Passed.
John F. Lansberry. Passed. .
*George Gedraitis. Passed.
Harry Gregg Cox. Passed.
Clarence Reuben Weber. Temp. Discharge.
Wilbur Confer. Discharged.
Joseph Potter Steere. Discharged.
Howard H. Bricker. Discharged.
Thomas I. Deakin. Discharged.
Andrew Gregg Carper. Discharged.
James Hurley. Discharged.
John IL. Davis. Discharged.
The following were granted exemp-
tions during the week:
Howard Leslie Casper, James Thomas
Caldwell, Roy Edward Yarnell, Elisha T.
Kirk, James Philip Shaw, Harvey H. Hor-
ner, Lloyd C. Shuey, Charles E. Frank,
Archie J. Laird, Ralph Stine Walker, Geo.
Franklin Jackson, Elmer Roy Corman,
William Wesley Smith, Herbert Ross
Goodhart, Lester P. Ieidler, John L.
Houtz, Harmon Bird, Walter Scott Wil-
liams, John E. Ertle, Orvis Allen Harris,
Oliver B. Shawver, George Edward Zerby,
Adolph C. Laich, Stanley L. Heylmun,
Harry E. Eckenroth, Harry Merrill Shaw-
Passed.
Passed.
Passed.
Passed.
Passed.
Passed.
ley, David’ E. Casper, Adam H. Vonada,
Joseph G. Rathmel, George F. Williams,
Harry C. Zeigler, Antonio Krioncky, Elmer
E. Sharpless, Gasper Cortese, Samuel V.
Mulbarger, Roland Dicard Butler, J. Ray
Williams, Boyd C. Vonada, George H.
Showers, John Wesley Clark, James Glenn
Nolan.
Exemptions were refased tha fol-
lowing:
Arthur Franklin Parker, William Earl
Musser, Victor N. Holt, John A. Kaspick,
Jacob Friedman, Frank Poll, John Wilson,
Earl C. Hosband.
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Exemption Board Wants
Facts.
The district exemption board for
Central Pennsylvania which has its
headquarters in Harrisburg is evi-
dently having trouble passing upon
applications made to it for exemption
and on Wednesday sent cut more spe-
cific instructions to the various local
boards within the district. Inasmuch
as the instructions are of vital inter-
est to all those desiring to make ap-
plication to the district board we pub-
lish the same as follows:
In order to simplify records of
your registrants, on file in this office,
Iam writing to ask you to adhere
strictly to the rules and regulations
regarding certifications to the District
Board. Forms 146, 146a and 147 are
the only means we have of docketing
for your Board. All of the affidavits,
blanks and evidence relating to each
distinct case should be kept together
with pins or clips and forwarded with
the certification blanks. This will fa-
cilitate filing your records, and will
help expedite your work and ours.
Your attention is called in this con-
nection to Section 24 of the Rules and
Regulations.
The Local Boards at all times
should stand ready to render assist-
ance to applicants who wish to file
claims for exemption. Forms should
be furnished and help given the ap-
plicant in filling it out; make sure
that it contains his serial number, the
name of the Local Board, etc. Answer
his questions and set him right when
he has the wrong idea; bearing in
mind that, while the District Board
has original jurisdiction in indus-
trial and agricultural claims, your as-
sistance in your community is neccs-
sary.
The District Board can only render
a just decision when full information
is given. The Board wants facts and
details. Impress on the applicant
that he must make out a case; ne
should show that his industry, includ-
ing agriculture, is necessary and that
he is necessary to the industry. Help
the applicant to make out his case.
Explain that accompanying affidavits
must be his own story; that the gov-
ernment has not provided affidavit
forms for industrial and agricultural
claims.
Send to the District Board all the
evidence in every case, substantiated
with a statement of the motive that
actuated the Local Board in making
its decision in cases where the Local
Board has jurisdiction. Make returns
daily if possible, keeping in mind that
the dockets of this Board are a con-
tinuation of the local dockets. Take
extra care that “Order Nos.” are not
duplicated on certifications to this
Board. Any assistance you can ren-
der will be appreciated.
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Fall Movings.
The fall movings will include C. C.
Shuey and his family going to Mrs.
M. B. Garman’s house on Curtin
street; William Katz and his family
taking the Shuey house on High
street, which they recently purchased.
Dr. M. W. Reed going from the Shoe-
maker flats to the Harter house va-
cated by Mr. Katz.
Mrs. S. A. Bell moved on Wednes-
day from the Jared Harper house on
the corner of Thomas and High
streets to the apartment she former-
ly occupied in the James Curtin house.
Mrs. John Gray, who vacated this
apartment went to Stat: College to
one of her own houses.
M. F. Hazel and his family will oc-
cupy their new house on Pine street.
G. L. Miller, cominz here from
Mount Morris, N. Y., to take H. F.
Whiting’s place in the schools of
Bellefonte, has rented the house’ on
Curtin street recently occupied by Mr.
Whiting and his family.
Nevin Cole has rented the new
house of W. R. Shope, vacated by Har-
ry Strayer and his family, who are
moving to Williamsport.
Hanley Dunkle and his family will
move from the Miller lime kilns to
Penn street.
Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Gates will go
to their new house on north Thomas
street.
District
Sentences Suspended.
On Monday afternoon Judge Quig-
ley gave a suspended sentence to Ross
Dickey, who plead guilty to the charge
of bigamy. Dickey is originally from
Harrisburg where he has a wife and
one child. Early in the summer while
working at State College he won the
affections of Miss Beulah M. Johnson,
of Pine Grove Mills, and they were
married June 14th. Later Dickey de-
serted his second wife and learning of
his first marriage she had him arrest-
ed for bigamy.
Sentence was also suspended on
Minnie Auman, charged with keeping
a disorderly house, on condition that
she leave town.
LeRoy Cowher, charg=d with speed-
ing, settled his case by the payment of
the costs when the charge was with-
drawn.
mr Qe Qe rr eemnes
Levi Lamb, the former football
player and star heavyweight wrestler
at State College, has been commis-
sioned a second lieutenant in the reg-
ular army and expects to sail within
a few days for France to join the
American forces there. And right
here it might be mentioned that Lamb
will make a very commanding looking
officer and if he ever gets in close
combat with the Germans. they had
better keep out of arm’s length of him
because if he ever gets hold of his
man he'll be able to throw him over
the trenches.
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More Old Court Decisions.
On Monday prothonotary D. R.
Foreman received four mcre Supreme
court decisions on cases carried before
that august body over a quarter of a
century ago. The oldest case was
that begun in 1882 by the Merryman
Est. against D. G. Bush, John H. Or-
vis and others, to establish a division
line. A judgment in favor of the de-
fendents was rendered in the lower
court and the same was affirmed by
the Supreme court. The only real
question at issue now in this case is
that of costs, there being something
over two hundred dollars unpaid on
the docket. But as all the parties di-
rectly concerned in the case are dead
the costs will likely remain unpaid.
Another case was that of a petition
to divide Boggs township into two
voting precincts, one at Milesburg and
one at Curtin. But at the time it was
considered an uneven division owing
to the fact that in the Milesburg dis-
trict there were about four hundred
voters and only one hundred in the
Curtin district, so the matter was ap-
pealed to the Supreme court. In the
meantime the Milesburg district has
been divided so that the township now
has three voting precincts.
The other cases were those of the
Park National bank o® New York
against the Howard Rolling Mill
company, and the National bank of
New York against Bernard Lauth,
president of the Howard Rolling Mill
company. In the lower court judg-
ments had been obtained for $3,400
against the company and $1,600
against Mr. Lauth. The Supreme
court directs that these be set aside.
About six months ago a batch of
such decisions were sent here and
while they were generally looked up-
on as worthless owing to the lapse of
time, there was one in which several
parties in Philipsburg had obtained
judgment against the Lebanon Val-
ley Insurance company. Notwith-
standing the fact that it was about
thirty years old when the company
was notified of the decision they im-
mediately paid over the claim and it
was handed over to the Philipsburg
claimants.
ree
——On two or more occasions with-
in the past several weeks roofing
nails, the sharp-pointed, big-headed
kind, have been scatterad broadcast on
the streets of Bellefonte, evidently to
catch the unwary motorist. Once they
were sown broadcast on High street
opposite Dr. Dale’s residence, and
again on east Bishop street at about
the steepest part of the hill. The very
fact that there were a large number of
them in both cases and that they were
strewn from one side of the street to :
the other is conclusive evidence that
they were planted there deliberately
and with a purpose—that purpose
most likely to catch the speeder. So
far the person or persons who scatter-
ed the nails have escaped detection
but the police are still keeping on the
lookout for them and, if caught, they
will have to pay the penalty. Every
owner of an automobile has paid a li-
cense to the State for the privilege of
operating his car upon the public
roads of the State, and in doing s0 he
is so far protected by the state laws
that no one dara interfere with his
privilege by maliciously ylacing in his
way anything that might obstruct his
travel.
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The Social Doings of the Week.
The dinner at the Nittany Country
club Friday, at which Miss Margery
McGinley was hostess, and the party
at her home on Thomas street Tues-
day night, when the members of the
sewing club were her guests, were
both given in compliment to Miss Mec-
Ginley’s house guest, Mrs. Stewart
Pearce Jr., of Conneaut, Ohio.
Charles M. McCurdy entertained
with a corn roast at the Country club
Saturday, forty men from Bellefonte
being his guests.
Dr. Joseph Helfrich gave a corn
roast at Hecla, Tuesday night, in hon-
or of some of the youager set, who
will leave this week to begin their
work for the winter.
Mrs. Eben Bower was hostess at a
dinner Wednesday night at which her
sister, Mrs. Burd, of Millheim; Mrs.
Pearce, of Conneaut, and Miss Nellie
Smith, who leaves next week for her
war work training, were honor guests.
Henry S. Linn’s supper party Wed-
nesday was in compliment to Mrs.
Frank Barnes, of Washington, and
Mrs. J. M. Curtin, of Pittsburgh.
Dean—Snyder.— Lieut. Arthur C.
Dean, of Philadelphia, and Miss Min-
nie M. Snyder, of State College, were
married at the latter place on Wed-
nesday evening by Rev. W. H. Traub,
pastor of the Lutheran church. The
bride has for some time been a nurse
in the Jefferson hospital, and the wed-
ding is the result of a courtship begun
while Lieut. Dean was a student at
Jefferson medical college, he having
graduated last June and having since
been appointed in the U. S. medical
service. The young couple spent the
night at State College and left yester-
day morning for Philadelphia.
McCrina—Keen.—Frank McCrina,
for some months past employed in
Ruhl’s barber shop, and Miss Edna E.
Keen, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Al-
fred Keen, of Millheim, were married
on Tuesday evening at the Lutheran
parsonage in Aaronsburz by the pas-
tor, Rev. M. D. Geesey. The bride-
groom recently enlisted in the U. S.
navy and expects to report for duty
in a few days.
Hoover—Markle.— Wilbur Hoover,
son of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Hoover, of
Greens valley, and Miss Ethel Mar-
kle, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clinton
Markle, of Axe Mann, were married
at Niagara Falls on Thursday of last
week.