| Bron BY P. GRAY MEEK. INK SLINGS. — Russia sent Nick Rom-an-off, but will she be able to make the Bolshe- viki Trot-sky. : —— German naval officers take to the submersible service reluctantly but they have to take to it when or- dered “or else.” The next gubernatorial cam- paign in this State will be full of sur- prises but the greatest surprise will be in the result to the Republicans. — Here we sit in Centre county boasting of our superior intelligence and our beautiful environment and one hundred and eighteen out of every thousand babies born die in infancy. Think of it! Centre county has the eleventh highest infant death rate of all the counties in the State. —Bellefonte’s heating prospect looks good now. The government coal commission has ordered four cars a week to be placed for the use of the local plant. The cars will be on the sidings, and the coal is in the hill, and all that stands between us and heat is the dough that’s in the till. Some time ago Philipsburg got into the lime-light when a dead deer was found in the reservoir that sup- plies the town with water. If imita- tion is really the sincerest form of flattery our sister town ought to feel all puffed up for a dead cat was fish- ed out of Bellefonte’s reservoir a few days ago. —If “country butter” keeps on soaring in price we'll have to screw up our courage like we did when we first acknowledged that our motor was in reality a Ford, and take to oleo. And, incidentally, oleo is about as much superior to a lot of “country butter” as the Ford is superior to a lot of motors that we know of. — Waste is evidently being warred upon in Bellefonte. An aged garbage lifter said, the other morning, that there is so little in the cans now that the pigs he has in charge are getting go thin that it breaks his heart to look at them. Aint it awful! Mr. Hoover importunes us to stop the waste and we do it. Then he im- plores us to produce more fats and we starve Tom Beaver’s pigs because we can’t make his anti-waste rule work both ways. —1In exactly three minutes after the most advanced detachment of Canadians had taken a German posi- tion in Flanders, and before they had time to dig themselves in a Y. M. C. A. worker was with them with hot coffee and words of cheer. Isn’t it a consolation to think that our sons and our friends are fighting, always with such company at their sides? Shouldn’t it be a work of pleasure and of love for Centre county to give generously to support such a work. The campaign for funds is on now. Have you contributed your bit? — The Y. M. C. A. is campaigning for $35,000,000 this week with which to carry on its work among the sol- diers and sailors. Centre county has given nearly four hundred of the most precious young men to the army and navy already and will give more and more. There isn’t a mother of one of these boys who doesn’t prostrate herself daily and pray to God that her son will be kept undefiled and return to her clean as he left. Do you know that the Y. M. C. A. is doing more than any other human agency to help answer that prayer? And do you know you can help answer it too if you reach down in your pocket and give something with which to carry on the wonderful work? Let Centre county be lavish in her gifts to the agency that is creating the sacred atmos- phere of home for every one of her sons who are away from it today. — Last spring when the “Watch- man” was furnishing seed potatoes at cost to those who were unable to procure them anywhere else the most asinine stories were afloat as to our purpose. The one most ridiculous of all was to the effect that the “Watch- man” expected to demand from each person to’ whom it supplied seed a re- turn of a like quantity of potatoes out of the crop grown. It is needless to say that we paid no attention to such either ignorant or malicious stories at the time, but now comes one that needs some attention be- cause it is founded on either the kind of ignorance that should be suppress- ed or is the machination of disloyal people right in our midst. On Wed- nesday the food conservation train that is traveling through Pennsylva- nia at the expense of the committee of Public Safety was in Bellefonte. Its purpose is to carry right to the homes of the people the best exam- ples of scientific experiments in con- serving and preparing food and there- by help everyone to make a little go the farthest should a pinch come. All over Bellefonte, on Tuesday, were stories to the effect that the train is only part of the governmental scheme to find out what the individuals have stored in their own cellars and if it should prove to be more than they are supposed to have the government will confiscate the excess. What lies! And why did people conjure up such malicious stories unless it was to frighten others into not visiting the train and thereby remaining in igno- rance of what they should know for their own preservation. Let us warn those who may have been guilty of even repeating such a story that these are dangerous times for glib tongues, especially when the motives of the gevernment are impugned. yoiL. 62. STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION. BELLEFONTE, PA., NOVEMBER 1 ref 6, 1917. NO. 45. Republican Factions Shifting. One of the results of the recent election, according to current reports, is a complete readjustment of the plans of the Penrose faction for the immediate future. Previous to the vote it was practically settled that Senator Sproul would have the Pen- rose support for Governor with a fair prospect that the Brumbaugh-Vare influence would be centered on Attor- ney General Shunk Brown. But the defeat of the Vares in Pittsburgh and the narrow escape from a similar re- puke in Philadelphia, has bowled Brown out and substituted J. Denny O'Neil, present Highway Commis- sioner as the victim. “Denny” has the Prohibition vote in his inside pock- et and that makes him a “good bet.” This shifting of favorites on the Vare side has caused a similar trans- fer of support on the Penrose side. Pittsburgh has entered an emphatic protest against Senator Sproul and sent out a call for Senator E. E. Bid- leman, of Harrisburg, and the per- sonal friends of that gentleman de- clare with much positiveness that he is to be the candidate not only of that faction but of the party. His force as a “spell-binder” is said to have been the influencing cause of his se- lection. For some years he has been one of the most willing if not among the most eloquent of the “stunners,” while Sproul is greatly deficient in that respect. Sproul has money, however, and Bidleman hasn’t, which would indicate that some other source of party revenue has been discovered. Senator Bidleman is a lawyer un- der fifty years of age and a devoted adherent of the Penrose machine. He served two terms in the House of Representatives and is now in his sec- ond term in the State Senate. It has been understood for some years that his ambition was in the direction of Congressional service but the present member of the National House from his district is reluctant to get out of his way and probably has engaged to finance the gubernatorial campaign as a sort of “consolation” offering for the disappointment. Besides it is whispered that an aversion which Brumbaugh bears toward Bidleman has made a deep impression on the Penrose mind. If the Fins imagine that Ger- many can or will feed them they have a right to help the Kaiser in his fight for autocracy. But if they depend upon the United States for food they are pursuing an unwise course for the people of this country will not feed those who smite them. Withdraw Support from Russia. The government of the United States has advanced large sums of money to the provisional government of Russia since the dethronement of the Romanoff family. The first pro- visional government was severe but weak but received the moral support of this country from the beginning. The second was neither strong nor patriotic and lasted for only a brief period. Upon the accession of Keren- sky, however, hope developed into confidence and material as well as moral, support was tendered. No bet- ter use could have been made of the money. If the reasonable expecta- tions had been fulfilled, the new Rus- sia would have taken an active and ef- fective part in the world war for de- mocracy. : But the time has come to withdraw the support of this country to Russia. Obviously funds so appropriated will be, if not already, misused. Long un- der the debauching influence of autoc- racy the people of that country are either mentally unfit for self-govern- ment or else they are so corrupt as to be morally unfit. In either event the material support of the government of the United States should be stop- ped until indications point with rea- sonable accuracy to a government suf- ficiently patriotic and stable to guar- antee that the funds will be used in the interest of democracy. The peo- ple of the United States are not will- ing to contribute to pay German spies or subsidize Russian traitors. For this reason the new loan to Russia, in contemplation, should be withheld for the present. If Keren- sky returns and resumes control un- der conditions which promise perma- nency, he ought to be helped in every way possible. He means to give Rus- sia an honest government and the Re- publican States of the world a faith- ful sister. But the hoodlum adven-. turers now in control in Petrograd and Moscow have no such purpose. Their aim is to betray the country while filling their own pockets and the people of the United States are not in sympathy with such plans. For the present, therefore, all moral and material support should be withdrawn and the shipment of foodstuffs stop- ped. ferences assembled for the conserva- tion of food include an elaborate “feed.” Subscribe for the “Watchman.” It is a curious fact that all con-' Notable Service to the Country. | i Whole Truth About the War. Only those who expected the Pres-| There is a good deal of humbug in | ident to “rough-house” the Federa- the alarming stories of the scarcity tion of Labor convention are disap- |of labor now current in all sections of pointed in the President’s speech in Buffalo on Monday. One of these, | scarce, comparatively speaking, writing for a Philadelphia contem- porary says: “Many of the Presi- | | i { the country. No doubt that labor is | and | that the farmers, especially, have dif- | ficulty in getting the help needed to | dent’s warmest supporters are disap- ! take care of the present crops and | pointed to-night that.in his speech to the American Federation of Labor he contented himself with generaliza- tions on the labor problem and failed to reveal a broad constructive plan for the adjustment of labor disputes.” As a matter of fact those who enter- tain such thoughts on the subject are not warm supporters of the Presi- dent, but are secret allies of the Ger- man Kaiser, and aiders and abettors of his ambitions. President Wilson didn’t go to Buf- falo to take the delegates to the la- bor convention by the throats and force upon them the acceptance of doctrines repugnant to their sense of justice. He went there, as he stated, to speak, “not the words of authority but the words of counsel, the words which men should speak to one another who wish to be frank in a moment more critical perhaps than the history of the world has ever known.” With that exalted idea in mind he appealed to the best impuls- es of his audience to the righteous end that “the power of this country and the productivity of this country is raised to its absolute maximum, and that absolutely nobody is allowed to stand in the way of it.” It was gravely suspected that an organized effort would be made by emissaries of the Kaiser to disturb the councils of the American Federa- tion of Labor by introducing sinister differences among the leaders of the organization and diverting it from the patriotic course it has been pur- suing since the beginning of the Eu- ropean war. But President Wilson's wise words addressed to the reason of those who compose the body quick- ly dissipated this danger and restored those responsible for the good work to the full confidence of the organi- zation. It was a notable service to the country and promptly removed apprehensions which were as disturb- ing as it was possible to be. Subscribing for Liberty Bonds is a good #ign that the heart is in the right place but not an absolute guar- antee that a workman of German or Austrian birth is to be trusted in a munition factory or powder mill. Exploiting the Soldiers’ Vote. The election returns from the mili- tary cantonments make plain the ne- cessity for improving the methods of taking the soldiers’ vote. Nobody wants to deprive the soldiers of their right to vote. Having offered their lives, “the full measure of devotion,” to the country, they certainly deserve the right of a voice in selecting the officials in the communities in which those near and dear to them live. But the opportunity to exploit their sa- cred privilege of voting by crafty politicians must be checked. The re- turns of the votes from the camp in- dicate that frauds have been perpe- trated or deceptions practiced upon the soldiers of Pennsylvania that have nullified their purposes in voting. Of course little of good was expect- ed from an electoral machinery con- trolled absolutely by Governor Brum- baugh in the interest of the party pi- rates who control him. Ever since his induction into the office he occu- pies he appears to have been striving to prove his unfitness for the trust reposed in him by the people. But in nothing has he succeeded so well, in this respect, as in the perversion of the power to regulate the taking of the soldiers’ votes, so as to make it an instrument for promoting the po- litical ambition of the Vares in Phil- adelphia and the Magee interests in Pittsburgh. The soldiers seem to have had no choice in the selection of candidates or else their votes were changed in the returning process. It will be impossible, of course, to change the system of voting in the camps before the next election for the Legislature doesn’t meet until after that event. But progressive and hon- est citizens of the Commonwealth may, during the next campaign, take such steps as will at least inform the soldiers who are running for offices and what each candidate stands for. If this had been done during the re- cent campaign it is not likely that a unanimous vote of one of the canton- ments would have been cast for the Vare ticket, even though the voters were negroes. Both tickets were composed of Republicans and colored voters have differences of opinion even though they are mostly Repub- licans. While we are fighting fer free- dom,” President Wilson said in his Buffalo speech, “we must see among other things, that labor is free.” Mr. Hoover's bread rules prom- ise to accomplish something besides vindicating his reputation. i i 1 get ready for the greater crops hoped | for in the future. But with proper vigilance and sufficient energy, the la- | bor can be procured. There are plen- ty of idle men in the cities and a great | WHO MADE THE KAISER. Some people were made to be soldiers, The Irish were made to be cops, Limberger was made for the Germans, Spaghetti was made for the wops; Fish were made to live in water, Bums were made to live on booze; Banks were made to hold money, And the money was made for the Jews; Everything was made for something, Most everything but a miser; God made Wilson for President, But who in H——1 made the Kaiser? —A Camp Meade Soldier. FERTILIZER EXPERIMENTS. many in city and country who" could help along even if not able to do the full measure of a man’s work. In the stress incident to war these men | ought to be willing to help and if not | willing should be made do their part. Nearly a million men have already been taken from the industrial life of the country for the service in the ar- my and navy and it is now proposed to increase this draft by eight or nine fold. Meantime the industrial life of the country must be maintain- ed and the agricultural interests con- served to the highest standard of ef- | ficiency. But these results can be achieved if every man will do his share. or the old man that he can’t do as much as one will when maturity is reached or the other could when in full physical vigor. But it is the fault of the youth and the old man if ! they refuse to do what they can at a time when every little counts. The people of the United States must win this war for democracy and this result can only be accomplished | by every one doing his part in full. If we don’t win it the people of the United States will become serfs of the German war lords just as certain as the sun rises in the east. In that event all will have to do their part not for the cause of civil and reli- gious freedom, but for the glory and pleasure of militarism dominated by autocracy. The war is on and in earnest. It will continue for a long or short period accordingly as the people of this country give prompt or reluctant support to the army and the government. It is for us to say and to do but we must act promptly. Samuel - Blythe, in a summary of the situation published in the Satur- day Evening Post says “We must whip Germany or Germany will whip us.” That is “the whole truth and nothing but the truth.” If we fail to whip Germany with the help of Great Britain, France and Italy, Germany will find it an easy task to whip us with the help of the navy and mili- tary equipment of our conquered al- lies. We can whip Germany if we go about the task in the proper spir- it. But we must eliminate the slack- ers in finance, industry and army and navy. Every one must do a full share according to his capability and it must be done promptly and cheer- fully. Otherwise Germany will put faster upon us greater than we can ear. The food conservation train which visited Bellefonte on Wednes- day was visited by hundreds of peo- ple, including most of the school teach- ers in attendance at institute. The people in charge of the train are giv- ing their time and their labor in an honest effort to impress upon the peo- ple of Pennsylvania the necessity of the very utmost conservation of food supplies and every one who visited the train as it stood on the siding near the Pennsylvania railroad pas- senger depot can make their work worthwhile if they simply cut the waste down to the very lowest mini- mum and conserve in every way pos- sible. This does not mean that any one is to go hungry or not have suf- ficient of the actual necessities of life. But it does mean to get along on plain, substantial food and cut out many of the luxuries that require so much sugar to concoct, and to save the fats and use them in the most ec- onomical way. By doing this you will suffer no real hardship yourself and will help to save what our soldier boys need at the front. The train was in charge of J. S. Foster, of Philadelphia, while the lecturers were Mrs. Frank H. Griffin, of Swarth- more; Mrs. Mary McClain, Miss Louise J. Robertson and Miss Marga- ret Hiller, of State College. The reg- ister showed that just 650 people vis- i the cars while they were in Belle- onte. ——Wednesday was butchering day for our friend, George Robb Sr., at his home along the mountain, and from the three nice hogs he killed he got three good sized cans of lard, so that there is little danger of his run- ning short on fats during the ensu- ing year. Of course Mrs. Robb serv- ed the customary big dinner which had the effect of drawing some of their friends who did not do very much at the butchering. The honor guests of the day were Mrs. Robb’s brother, Samuel Irvin and wife, of Osceola Mills, the first time that Mr. Irvin had been at the Robb home in forty years. It isn’t the fault of the youth | Inspected by State College Experts and Farmers, Near Snow Shoe, Last Friday. | Last Friday morning a corps of ex- perts from the School of Agriculture | of The Pennsylvania State College, i headed by Dr. E. E. Sparks, president { of the college, prominent agricultur- ists throughout the State and a half | dozen or more newspaper men, includ- ing a representative of the “Watch- | man,” motored to Snow Shoe to in- | spect the fertilizer experiments being conducted there by college experts in , an effort to reclaim wornout land. These experiments were begun in +1915 on what is known as the Morgan farm about three-quarters of a mile beyond Snow Shoe on the road to Gil- i lentown. The land had been abawdon- ed as farm land for a period of forty years, and during that time had been used as a baseball ground. Nothing would grow on it but weeds and a lit- , tle sour grass. The land is known as the DeKalb soil, a combination of sand and shale, and which, while new, will grow crops for a period of eight or ten years but being light in com- position requires constant applica- tions of fertilizing elements to make it produce, and the object of the ex- periments being conducted by the col- lege experts is not only to see if the land can be made productive but whether it can be made to produce at a cost that will make it profitable to undertake it on a general farming scale. While the mid-year would seem to the “Watchman” editor as a better time to have made the trip of inspec- tion, when the grass grown on the ex- perimental plats was at its best, yet the difference between the fertilized and unfertilized plats was very evi- dent last Friday. The fertilizing ele- ments used inthe experiments were ground limestone, acid phosphate, mu- riate of potash and barnyard manure. The best results were obtained where a combination of all the above was used. The plats are one-tenth of an acre in size and the tests made were on Kentucky blue grass, white and sweet clover. According to the records kept by the college the ground can be made to produce so as to become profitable to any one who will give it the proper attention. When the crowd of experts, farm- ers, etc., arrived at the experimental land they were a rather chilly bunch and Mr. George G. Hutchinson, of the State Dairy and Food department, led a wood-carrying brigade and soon had a rousing bonfire which soon spread warmth among the guests. Then F. W. Gardner announced the sad tidings that Dean R. L. Watts was unable to be present as he had been summoned to his old home on account of the death of his mother. After stating the object of the gathering he introduced Prof. J. W. White, who has been in charge of the fertilizer ex- periments, and that gentleman took the crowd over the field and gave the facts and figures in connection with each plat. While this was being done several college students were busy preparing a lunch. They built a big stone fire- place and made a huge boiler of cof- fee and when it was ready a very sub- stantial luncheon was served all pres- ent. In the meantime Dr. Sparks made his appearance and he took oc- casion to thank everybody for show- ing enough of interest in what the college was trying to do to journey to the top of the mountain that morning. He also invited the crowd to attend the Pennsylvania day exercises at the College on Saturday and see the home work of that big institution. In addition to the college experts there were present F. R. Stevens, the agricultural expert of' the State Chamber of Commerce; H. V. White, of Bloomsburg, chairman of the State Agricultural Commission; Geo. G. Hutchinson, of Warriorsmark; Hon. Harry B. Scott and A. J. Ander- son, .of the “Pennsylvania Farmer,” Philadelphia. Returning home the party arrived in Bellefonte a little after two o’clock. — There was no necessity for is- suing that admonition against cran- berries. Sugar is scarce, of course, but the scarcity of turkeys is the main reason that there will be a di- minished demand for cranberries. — Those Kansans are an invent- ive bunch. One of them has discov- ered that the Congressional Record may be made useful as a fly swatter. SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE. —Beaver county has the unenviabie rec ord of having 700 men classed as slacker in its three exemption districts. Sherif J. P. Bryan has received instructions t round up the men. —QGovernor Brumbaugh has granted a respite to Frank Alfred Wendt, of Blair county, staying his execution from Na- vember 19 to December 3, to permit of 1m appeal to the State Board of Pardor i —Two brothers, Joseph and » Mancuso, were instantly killed Wed y evening, when they were caught under a fall of rock in No. 9 mine of the Pennsyl- vania Coal & Coke corporation at Cresson. —The sugar shortage continues to be quite acute in DuBois and there is little promise that there will be any relief im the near future. In one instance a pound was sold at one time and the price fifteem cents. —Wiliiam McKinley, aged 40 years, was terribly injured Monday afternoon by am explosion of dynamite in the Dagus mines, ten miles from Ridgway. He had one hand amputated and will probably never have the sight of his eyes. —Slab wood used in the school build- ings of Williamsport, is probably the hardest kind of fuel to find this year. Im former years the school board obtained two carloads without delay, and paid $3 a cord. So far not any has been obtained : and what is available costs $8 a cord. —Ralph Charovelli, the DuBois man whe has been in jail at Clearfield for the past year because of his connection with the killing of Abe Horn, and who was found guilty of murder in the second degree last spring, was sentenced to serve a term of not less than 12 nor more than 15 years im the western penitentiary. —Miss Aida Derr, who had both legs and an arm broken and was nearly scalp- ed seven weeks ago when the auto im which she was riding was hit by a traim near Milton, suddenly recovered conscious- ness a week ago and has since been recu- perating rapidly. Her parents, sister and aunt were killed in the accident. —James Flynn, aged 69 years, for many years a resident of DuBois, was found dead at the bottom of the Johnson stone quarry, by quarrymen when they report- ed for work Tuesday morning. It is thought that he lost his way going home the night before and walked too near the edge of the quarry and fell to the bottom of the pit. y —Mrs. Minerva Stiteler, of Smicksburg, was seriously burned at her home om Thursday, when her clothing caught fire from a hot plate. She was cleaning about the stove and had set the hot plate on the floor and her apron brushed over it and caught fire, the flames burning most all her clothing before neighbors came to her assistance. —The property of the Northumberland county traction company operating street car lines in Sunbury and Northumberland, was sold at foreclosure sale last Thursday for $200,000 to the Bondholders Protective committee, composed of Allen P. Perley, John L. Hall and David A. Howe, all of Williamsport. It is understood the bond- holders will operate the road. —Caught between a cabin and an en- gine while switching in the Williamsport vards of the Pennsylvania railroad at about 10:15 o'clock Thursday night, Hor- ace W. Gross, of Northumberland, receiv- eduinjuries that proved fatal a short time later. His head was caught and crushed. He died while being rushed to a Williams- port hospital in a police ambulance. —Wirt brothers, of Huntingdon, have the honor of taking the first bear from the Seven mountains this season. A large black bear which dressed 350 pounds was taken by them near the Martin Wirt farm in New Lancaster valley last week. Bruin was feeding on the frozen apples in one of the wild orchards that abound in that lo- cality, relics of the early lumbering days of that section. The bear with two cubs was treed by the dogs and the mother bear shot, the two cubs making their get- away in the semi-darkness of the early morning. —Rumors abroad say the iron ore mines in Formaugh township, Juniata county, will again be worked in the near future. These mines are located just across the Juniata river from Denholm water and coaling station on the Pennsylvania rail- road and were abandoned finally in 1889 after the big flood had put the Pennsyl- vania canal out of business. The ore tak- en from the mountains at this point was considered among the best in the State and ‘their working was only abandoned be- cause it meant hauling the ore three miles over an inaccessible road but the advent of the state highway and the automobile has furnished a remedy for this drawback. —Frederick Shields, a hero of the Cri- mear war, and for many years a well known resident of Stumptown, near Osce- ola, died on Wednesday, November 7th, at the Clearfield county home, well advanc- ed in years. He was a native of England and served under General Lord George Paget in the Fourth Queen’s Own Light Dragoons during the Crimean war and was a member of the regiment for five years. He was in the famous “Charge of the Light Brigade.” He came to America in 1865 expecting to enlist in the service here. The war being over he, of course, was obliged to seek other occupation, and be- came a coal miner in the Moshannon min- ing region. —A sugar cargo valued at $28,000 and placed in the Rink warehouse in Wilkes- Barre several weeks ago has mysteriously disappeared and three banks of that city are holding worthless security in the form of releases that governed the sale of the commodity. Noah Raskin, of Harvey's Lake, original owner of the sugar has been arrested and accuses the manager of the warehouse with having sold the sugar. The manager denies the charge. The su- gar was posted as security fer a $22,000 loan made by Heights, south side and Wyoming Valley trust banks, it is said. These banks held the releases and declare the sale of the sugar was illegal without their consent. —Owing to the outbreak of smallpox at Blue Ball, Clearfield county, state health authorities have ordered train service to and from that station discontinued and the schools to be closed not only in the village but in the surrounding townships until all pupils have been vaccinated. One of the patients is a justice of the peace who has been transacting business until recently. Sunday schoels will be closed and probably churches. Smallpox has alse appeared at Trout Run, Clinton county, im the family of the postmistress, requiring transfer of the office to the home of the assistant and fumigation of all mail Bight people, six of them children, were in the house with the patient. go
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