Remorrac Yada
BY P. GRAY MEEK.
INK SLINGS.
—Only seventeen days until Christ- |
mas. 7
—Congress is again
Pity poor President Wilson.
——It must be admitted that the | -—-- -——
Kaiser is a resourceful guy. When |
German seamen refused to man the
submarine he put Turks on the job. |
—85,446.18, with more districts to |
hear from, isn’t so bad for Centre
county, when she started out to raise
$3000.00 for the Y. M. C. A. war fund.
—President Wilson’s message to Congress, delivered before a joint ses- | to understand that the Vare conspira- {army in France, gave as one of his
Congress reveals the sublimity of
America’s motives in the war and
proclaims him the Moses of the mod-
ern world.
—Col. House made a speech 225
words long at the inter-Ally confer-
eace in Paris on Monday. He was
running true to form in his long es-
tablished custom of conserving words.
—That Colyer doe that sported a
horn was probably the deer that
“wore the pants” in her particular
household. She got shot for it too.
Moral—There is great danger in doe’s
usurping buck’s prerogatives.
—Brit Steele told us last Saturday
that because the fish were lying in
the bottom of the stream it was going
to snow. It hasn’t snowed yet and
the fish are still at the bottom of the |
stream so the question naturally
arises: What is Brit?
—Two hundred sweaters, two hun-
dred scarfs and two hundred pairs of
wristlets are only part of what the
Red Cross women of Centre county
have thus far done in their work of
love for the soldiers and loyalty to
their country. God bless them! Are
you a Red Cross worker?
—Why shouldn’t the soldier boys in
the camps and the trenches have had
turkey for their Thanksgiving dinners
while we contented ourselves with
chicken? They are fighting our fight
and the sacrifices we ought to make
at home can be nothing to what they |
are offering to make abroad.
—If you want your friend to know
of all of the activities of our soldier
boys at the front and all that the men
and women at home are doing for
them, send him the “Watchman” for
a year as a Christmas gift. It is very
inexpensive but wonderfully appreci-
ated by its recipients.
—Few of the poorer people will find
it much of a difficulty to observe two |
meatless days a week. They are now
having that many and probably more. |
The more affluent are the ones to whom
the appeal is directed. They are the
people who should look upon the “two
meatless days a week” as a test of
democracy, a test of whether they are
able to control their ‘appetites in or- |
der that the nation may endure.
—A personal item that might have
appeared in this issue of the “Watch-
man,” if it hadn't been cénsored, was
to the effect that Miss So and So!
passed through town on Wednesday
on the way to the butchering of her
It was lucky |
that we discovered the unfortunate |
father. Poor father!
phrasing in time else we might
have had to insist that the horrible
ceremony be carried out if for no oth-
er reason than to maintain the
“Watchman’s” reputation for getting
things right.
—Time and again, this year, the
“Watchman” has published special
appeals to farmers to cover their
farm buildings and crops with ample
insurance. And this week we publish
the account of another appalling fire
loss in the county in which owner and
tenant will suffer so seriously as to
embarrass and handicap them for
years. It seems so footless, this
thing of preaching, week in and week
out, to a public so deaf to suggestions
that are made wholly for its own
good. Mr. Alexander saved a few
hundred dollars in insurance premi-
ums and has lost thousands in the de-
struction of his stock, implements and
grain.
—The Hon. George E. Alter, of
Pittsburgh, is being spoken of as a
possible Republican harmony nomi-
nee for Governor and because he
thought that the “Watchman” was
seeing things for Democracy that will
never eventuate, when it mentioned
the fact, several weeks ago, that
our own distinguished townsman,
Judge Quigley, was talked of as “a
leader of the forlorn hope” we want
to assure him that we have no idea of
‘encouraging competition among gen-
tlemen by forthwith putting him in
the “forlorn hope” class. A personal
acquaintanceship with both gentle-
men, however, justifies us in adding
that a greater calamity might befall
the Commonwealth than the selection
of either one of them as its Chief
Magistrate. >
—The New Year is approaching. !
The time is here to think about your
home reading for 1918. We assume
that you are going to continue read-
ing the “Watchman” because we feel
that you believe it to be the one real-
ly worth-while newspaper in the coun-
ty. May we ask you to tell your
neighbor, if perchance he is not a
subscriber, just what you think of the
“Watchman” as a reliable home news-
paper; tell him how frequently it is a
week ahead of all the others
spreading the news of important
events in the county and how thor-
oughly it covers its field and what a
clean, uplifting newspaper it is. Find
a reader of the “Watchman,” no mat-
ter where, and you will find one of the | imagines he is not at war with this ed at Washington?”
best informed persons in his or her
community. There is a reason.
in session. |
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STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION.
VOL 62.
BELLEFONTE, PA.. DECEMBER 7, 1917.
NO’
| President Wilson’s Message.
i In his annual message to the War
sion on Tuesday, President Wilson is
| as felicitous as ever and even more
| forceful than usual.
| Penrose Will Press the Fight.
{ Senator Penrose has at last come
Great Reason for Thanksgiving.
General Seibert, with the American
|v is State wide instead of a local reasons for gratefulness on Thanks-
question.
The dominant | bosses acquired the ownership of a! have gone “over there”
Ever since the contractor giving day that none of the men who
to fight for |
{idea expressed is that “our present Governor they have been extending ‘democracy were killed or injured dur- ;
| and immediate task is to win the war
rand nothing shall turn us aside from
{it until it is accomplished.” Omitting
| details as to the causes of the strug-
|gle and overlooking the work that has
{been performed and the results that
have been achieved, he struck the
{ keynote in the words quoted and add-
ed, “every power and resource we
| possess, whether of men, of money or
| of materials, is being devoted and will
| continue to be devoted to that purpose
‘until it is achieved.”
The surprise in the President’s ad-
I dress was the suggestion that a state
of war with Austria-Hungary be de-
!clared at once while such action with
respect to Turkey and Bulgaria be
omitted. “Austria-Hungary are not
| free agents,” he says. Its govern-
| ment is “not acting upon its own initi-
ative or in response to the wishes and
| feelings of its own peoples.” That is
equally true of Turkey and Bulgaria.
But “they do not stand in the direct
path of our necessary action. We
i shall go wherever the necessities of
‘this war carry us,” he adds, “but it
seems to me that we should go only
where immediate and practical con-
! siderations lead us.” 'In other words
they will receive attention in due
i time.
In conclusion the President, in most
incisive and eloquent phrases states
our purposes in the war. “In the
‘present session of Congress,” he
states, “our whole attention and every
| energy should be concentrated on the
‘vigorous, rapid and successful prose-
| cution of the great task of winning
{the war. We can do this with all the
greater zeal and enthusiasm,” he con-
tinues, “because we know and all the
i world knows, that we have been forc-
{ed into to save the very institutions
we live under from corruption and
| destruction.” We have no selfish mo-
i tive, no sinister purpose. We are not
| fighting to aggrandize England or
| preserve France. We are fighting to
save our own soil and principles.
Ports
. ——One trouble practically certain
to be encountered by Germany is that
it may be necessary to make a new
separate peace with Russia about
once a week. And making peace
with an irresponsible foe is such a
confusing and annoying operation.
Lord Lansdowne a Traitor.
| The proposition of Lord Lansdowne,
'a conspicuous Tory statesman of
England, that the allies make an im-
{mediate statement of their aims in
the war and their terms of peace, is
{so manifestly in the interest of Ger-
| many, as to fix him in the class with
LaFollette. Every intelligent man
and woman in the world knows pre-
| cisely the purposes of the government
of the United States in the war and
the peace terms which will be accept-
able in this country. The purposes of
England, France, Italy, Belgium and
Serbia are equally well known and
their terms of peace quite as well un-
derstood. Therefore the demand of
Lord Lansdowne could have had no
other purpose than to let Germany
know that Britain is not a unit in the
present crisis.
In no country in which free thought
and frank expression are encouraged
can there be found absolute unity of
purpose. Here and there will be
found self-opinionated individuals
who imagine that they know it all or
that everything is wrong which has
not been suggested by themselves.
Lord Lansdowne appears to be in this
class and his preposterous demand
last week created more joy in Berlin
and did more to hearten the Kaiser’s
troops in the field, than anything else
that has happened within a fortnight.
| Such things are plainly giving “aid
jand comfort to the enemy” and
| whether coming from an imbecile
peer in London or a traitorous Sena-
tor in Washington, should be punish-
against treason.
As a matter of fact the present du-
ty of those in authority in all the
countries allied in the fight for de-
mocracy is to discover the means by
‘which it may be most speedily
brought to a successful conclusion.
A successful conclusion of this war is
a peace which will make it impossible
for one or two or a dozen half-de-
mented autocrats to start another
war for financial profit, self-aggrand-
izement or territorial conquest and
no blithering idiot has a right to put
difficulties in the way of the achieve-
ment of that result. Lansdowne has
performed his little part, however, in
the service of autocracy and against
| democracy and he is welcome to en-
joy whatever satisfaction comes
| from it.
—1If any Austrian or Bulgarian
j sonniny let him get in front of the
guns held by Pershing’s men.
ed by the full penalty of the law !
| their lines and expanding their area ing the voyage.
i of operations so as to compass control | there are at least 250,000 in the Amer- |
form of iniquity has been invoked to
complete a Vare machine in the State.
Senator Penrose declares that he is
unalterably opposed to this vicious en-
terprise and that he will exhaust all
his personal and political influence to
prevent the government of this State
by street scavengers. He consulted
with his friends, last week, and
though his time will be taken largely
by Congressional duties in the near
future, he states emphatically that he
will spend his week-ends at his Phil-
adelphia office planning a campaign of
extinction against the contractor boss-
es. He believes that a majority of the
voters of Philadelphia are in sympa-
thy with him and feels confident that
a majority of the Republicans of the
State will support him in his endeav-
or to place his party on a higher
plane.
We sincerely hope that Senator
Penrose will succeed in his purpose to
eliminate corrupt control from gov-
ernment, State and municipal. Byt
we again admonish those associa
with him in the present effort to act
promptly and move rapidly. He may
not always feel the impulse of the
crusader and the Vares are not
above surrendering considerable in or-
der to save a moiety. Before anoth-
er election these new discordant ele-
‘ments may be working together in
perfect harmony in order to save a
“batch of spoils” placed in jeopardy
by the quarrel.
} ed. But an armistice might be fatal.
‘in Philadelphia that the people are
{But a community which
tamely to “government by scaven-
gers” will get little sympathy how-
ever much it may be looted.
i TE —————————
Kaiser William’s Wicked Folly.
| Unless the signs are misleading war
{ operations will be very active during
'this month and probably ‘through
‘next. Germany wants to accomplish
as much as possible before the Amer-
ican troops get into action and the
perfidy of Russia will release a great
many troops hitherto acting on the
enburg is massing forces in the Ital-
ian line with the obvious purpose of
breaking through. He has also been
exceedingly energetic in offensive op-
erations in Belgium where he hoped
to break the lines laid by General
Byng. These activities are plainly
for the purpose of doing much harm
within a brief time. -
For more than two years the Ger-
man army has been sacrificed in
France and Belgium without gaining
a foot of territory or accomplishing
anything that gave promise of ulti-
mate victory. Men and equipment
have been provided for these opera-
tions but such things cannot go on
forever. All summer the slaughter
has been kept up and while it may af-
the other side is losing men and
spending vast sums of money, there
iis hardly enough of it to balance ac-
| counts. An end to it must come and
| the longer it is delayed the greater
| the evil. The army is being reduced
rand the spirit of the people crushed.
The score against the Kaiser is aug-
! menting every day.
Within a few months the American
{troops will be in the fighting and
from that moment conditions will
change. Now peace might be obtain-
led on terms that would preserve the
{ autonomy of the German empire. Of
course autocracy will be eliminated
and the ownership of men abandoned.
| But the German people are capable of
! self-government and under a consti-
| tutional monarchy or parliamentary
| regime they may prosper and live
| happily. Delay is dangerous, how-
| ever, and if the useless and wicked
| slaughter is continued much longer
the burden of debt will overwhelm
‘even so thrifty a people as the Ger-
| mans. Let us hope that the Kaiser
will come to see himself as others
see him before it is too late.
Sal Ay
esteemed contemporary
If the present move- |
ment is pressed to its logical conclu- |abused by partisan newspapers and
sion, excellent results may be obtain- | scolding politicians.
l amergency they prove not only their
Russian front for use in France, Bel- |
gium and Italy. According to the
most authentic reports General Hind- |
ford some satisfaction to know that
the vicious and enlisted the corrupt harm them. But not one has been |
by every means of enticement known. | touched with the evil instruments of |
Brumbaugh has traded patronage as an ingenious and savage foe. A kind '
openly as a huckster sells cabbages. | Providence has protected them night |
The departments of the State govern- and day through storm and calm and
ment have been debased into trading |safely delivered them at their desti- . She sniffies around with half her clothes
posts for political speculators. Every | nation.
It is estimated that
of the Republican party of the State ican contingent in France and Germa- |
In every section they have annexed [ny has invoked all her resources to
Every mother’s son and.
DEAR HAZEL.
By Doc Mardis.
Dear Hazel, the girl with her dress to her
knees,
(Why, gosh, you would think that the poor
girl would freeze) ;
stockings so white that the small
flakes of snow
That flutter and light on her ankles can’t
show,
And a sweater coat 'round her that’s only
a joke,
(A stranger would think that the girl was
flat broke).
Dear Hazel the girl with her dress to her
knees,
And stockings so thin they're a part of the
breeze,
And
off,
‘daughter in this broad land should And sneezes out: “Gee, but I sure got a
— Taxes are increasing so rapidly | are charged but their splendid capa- | "
reine Eg by. z D b iment will try to keep knowledge of
i the facts from the subjects and vic-
i beginning to apprehend confiscation.
submits |
fortunate in securing the services of
‘Mr. Willis Geist Newbold, for many
| Press association at that news cen-
‘tre, as its editor and manager.
{the Republican
‘among the weekly newspapers of the
scripted men, not already called for
!service, keep their local boards ad-
join General Seibert in thanksgiving
for that. i
The safety of our gallant soldiers
is not the only reason for gratitude
because none of them were injured or !
killed during the passage across the
sea. The fact that it marks the im- |
potency of the submarines in the face
of a caution which should always at- |
tend the movement of troops is a |
great reason for thankfulness. When
German savagery entered upon the |
work of ruthlessness it was feared
that no ships could escape the vigi-
lance of these monsters. But in the
statement of General Seibert is re- |
vealed the fact that they can be made
harmless if proper caution is exercis- !
ed in the work of evading them. It'
may be assumed that German officials
knew when and where the troop ships
were sailing. But with such informa- |
tion they were unable to damage them |
in the least.
Of course this is due in great meas-
ure to the vigilance of the seamen in
charge of the operation of transport-
ing them. Always alert and entire-
ly capable, they prevented the ap-
proach of the U-boats to within firing
distance. But a good deal of the cred-
it belongs to Secretary of War Baker
and Secretary of the Navy Daniels,
who directed the movements of the
transports and managed the manou-
vers from start to finish. These two
gentlemen have been shamefully”
But in every
fitness for the work with which they
bility as statesmen.
— Our esteemed contemporary |
the Brookville Republican, has been |
years a Harrisburg correspondent and
for some time manager of the United
It is
scant praise to say that Mr. Newbold
is among the forémost political writ-
ers of the State and if he fails to put
in the front rank
country, we shall be greatly disap-
pointed.
Notice to Conscripts.
It is very necessary that all con-
vised of any changes in their address.
The law is particular about this point
and conscripts who have changed their
address without notifying the local
board of such change will be denied
the privilege of preferred classes of
service when they are called.
Conscripts of Centre county don’t
fail to let Sheriff Yarnell know if you
make a change in your residence be-
fore you are called. It may save you
considerable trouble.
——Bright and early yesterday
morning there was a call on our of-
fice telephone and a charming female '
voice said: “We failed to get our |
“Watchman” this morning.” Of |
course we had to inform the young la-
dy that she was just one day ahead
of time, that the “Watchman” went |
out on Friday morning, but at that
we consider the young lady’s mistake |
a great compliment. There is always |
a feeling of supreme satisfaction in!
knowing that the “Watchman” is
missed so much if by any chance it is |
not delivered promptly, but when sub- |
scribers are so anxious for it that
cough!”
While each day she says:
through me!”
When the wind’s got nothing to stop it,
you see.
Dear Hazel, the girl with her dress to her
Knees,
And legs most as bare as the limbs on the
trees,
You'll probably live a lot longer than
those
Who wrap themselves up in warm, heavy
clothes.
“The wind cuts
From the Philadelphia Record.
We have no idea that it will be nec-
essary to send to Europe 5,000,000
troops, or half that, but the President
has a sound idea in insisting that the
plans for the next fiscal year shall
provide for an army of that number.
We are not trying to kill Germans;
we are trying to make Germany see
the hopelessness of the struggle and
give up. If the Kaiser won’t give up
so long as his subjects consent to die
for him, it is important to impress his
subjects with the conviction that it is
of no use to die for him because Ger-
many cannot win in any event, and it
might as well give up before exter-
minated.
It is important to make the Ger-
man people understand that we can
send 100,000 troops to Europe every
month not only till next summer, but
all the year, and all the years after.
We've got the men and we've got the
ships, and the ships we are getting in
increasing numbers: Hundreds of
new American steamers will go into
service before the end of 1918 ‘ Scores
have gone into service late 4 will
continue going into servide.
So far as it can the German govern-
tims, but it cannot succeed. A good
deal of news percolates into Germany,
and pretty much all gets there event-
ually, even if some of it arrives a lit-
tle late. The war will be shortened
by every demonstration that Germany
cannot possibly win. In the course
of time the German people will dis-
cover that they have been crushed,
but that is a slow process. We need
to make our plans on so vast a scale
that the German people will realize
i the hopelessness of going on with the
struggle.
So long as the Germans were in the
ascendant, the result of the elaborate
preparations for this war, they were
eager to have the war stop “in the in-
terest of humanity.” Now, the allies
have caught up with the Germans in
the military equipment, and, while
they still show a good, solid front,
their supplies are approaching ex-
haustion. Now, humanity demands
that the Germans give up and save
the useless effusion of blood. They
have been pretending that the respon-
sibility for continuing the war was on
their enemies. Now, it is palpably on
the Germans.
the more Germans will get killed, but
under no circumstances whatever can
the Germans win.
The spectacle of an army of 5,000,-
000 men in the United States from
which we are sending 100,000 or 200,-
000—as it may be, in a year—to
France every month will make an im-
! pression on the German mind. The
bigger the force we can collect, the
shorter time will be necessary to use
it. An army of 5,000,000 would be a
powerful peace argument. Even the
Germans could feel the force of it.
The Italian Situation,
From the New York Tribune.
Five weeks ago the German blow
upon Italy fell. Out of the obscurity
of that moment certain facts are now
beginning to emerge. We know, for
example, that the Italian general
staff were not the victims of a sur-
prise attack. Cadorna knew and had
reported to his allies that the attack
The longer- they resist,.
ahead of its issue it is good evidence
that they appreciate it.
——A total eclipse of the moon
ing hours of December 28th. The
moon will enter the shadow at 3:05,
become total at 4:38, and remain so
for just seventeen minutes, or until
4:55. The eclipse will end at 6:27.
Thus it will be seen that all persons
astronomically inclined will of neces-
sity have to get up in the morning if
they want to see this eclipse.
——General Pershing appears to be
equally effective with the pen or the
sword. He can build epigrams quite
‘as well as trenches and when he gets
they begin to call this office a day was coming.
will take place during the early morn- |
Quite as clear now is
| the fact that the main disaster was
not due to the number of German
| men or German guns concentrated up-
| on the upper Isonzo river. It was due
| primarily to treachery. It was due
ito the fact that certain Italian bri-
' gade commanders ordered their men
‘to surrender and this order was due
to a two-fold propaganda of treason,
! the propaganda of Italian Socialists
‘and Italian Clericals, one operating
among the soldiers, the other among
. the officers. Allied armies have now
| come to the support of Italy. Unless
'we recognize that the same forces
which induced the Italian disaster are |
operating in France in England and
i here in the United States we shall
have at no distant date to confront
another crash, another eollapse like
that which has taken place in Russia
' SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE
—Thieves entered the home of Lawrence
Cowher, of Williamsport, and stole $107 in
cash and rings worth $400. They over-
looked $250 more.
—Harry Snyder, a well known DuBois
barber, dropped dead Friday afternoon
while in the aet of shaving a customer.
He was 62 years old and had lived in Du-
Bois for about ten years. ’
—Cresson has an epidemic of measles
and announcement was made that the four
! lower grades of the local school would be
| closed for at least two weeks. Twenty-
nine cases were reported last week.
—Saul Kanarr, of Beech Creek township
Clinton county is proud of the fact that
although eighty years old, he has husked
corn for fifteen days, thereby doing his bit
towards harvesting the nation’s crop.
—Philip Watt, aged seven vears, of Mun-
cy, had his leg broken in two places the
other day when he attempted to jump on
a farm wagon. He was dragged some dis-
tance before a passerby saw the accident
and stopped the horses.
—Administrators and executors of es-
tates are required by a new federal law to
file a complete appraisement of the estates
in their charge with the collector of in-
ternal revenue. This is a new law and
there is a penalty of $500 for failure to
do so.
—The Repasz band of Williamsport ded-
icated a large service flag at the headquar-
ters on Sunday afternoon. It carried thir-
ty-six stars; thirty-two for the members
of the bluejacket and four for am
equal number of members of other bands
of that place in the service of the United
States. :
—Florence, the four year old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. George Durnelle, of Sene-
ca Heights, was burned to death last week
at her home. It is believed that the child
was playing with matches and in some
manner set fire to her clothing. Her moth-
er beat out the flames but it was too late
to save the life of the child.
—Every man who voted at Blue Ball,
Clearfield county, on election day will be
examined by a representative of the State
Health Department in an effort to check
the spread of smallpox in that community.
One of the members of the election board
had the disease in an eruptive stage on
election day. It is considered likely that
every voter will be vaccinated.
—A fire Sunday night caused the death
of nine horses and a loss of $20,000, when
the stable and bakery of Jacob Otto, of
Burgettstown, burned. The residence of
Mr. Otto, nearby, was saved by very hard
work, a bucket brigade being formed,
which saved the properties adjoining the
bakery. About 100 sacks of flour and
many loaves of bread were destroyed.
—Forty-eight bituminous coal mines are
in full operation along the branches of the
Huntingdon & Broad Top railroad im
Huntingdon and Bedford counties. They
are located on Shoup’s Run, Sandy Rum
and Six Mile Run. With the large output
going to the markets, both east and west,
the Broad Top railroad is hauling more
coal just now than for the past five years.
—John Edgar Itinger, of Johnstown,
was instantly killed at the new Franklin
blooming mill of the Cambria Steel com-
pany, Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Itinger
was a foreman of brickmasons and was di-
climbed upon it to test it when it gave
way. and br feilils ho ground. “He died
in an ambulance on the way to the hos-
pital.
—Attorney Reuel Somerville, of Johns-
town, representing a group of creditors,
purchased the plant and equipment of the
Patton Brewery Co. at public sale on
Saturday afternoon. The consideration
was $12,350, plus $3,760 in judgments. The
sale was conducted by attorney Arthur
Simler, receiver for the company. The
Central Hardware Supply Co. will take
over the building.
—The body of Benjamin Rine, aged 55
years, of Beavertown, was found by his
wife beside the furnace in the cellar of
his home late Sunday night. Rine was a
well known business man of the town and
returned late Sunday evening from church
going to the cellar to fix the fire for the
night. When: he failed to return his wife
investigated and found his body. Heart
failure was given as the cause of his
death.
—George Bokovich, aged forty years, an
Austrian, died in Altoona on Sunday from
gunshot wounds received Saturday night
while he was guarding the explosives
house of the Pittsburgh Limestone com-
pany quarry at Clover Creek. Police are
seeking his assailant. The shot came
through a window. No attempt to molest
the explosives was made. The man crawl-
ed to a farm house a mile away and gave
the alarm.
—It is worthy of note that the Rush
township road supervisors at the present
time have over $4,000 in the treasury. In
addition to this splendid sum they have
due them the State bonus for the years
1914, 1915, 1916 and 1917, amounting te
about $5,000. This is surely a splendid
showing, no doubt surpassing any other
township in the county and unequalled by
very few others in the State. The super-
visors are to be commended and congrat-
ulated,
—When a highwayman held up Mrs.
Samuel Fertig near the railroad station at
Dauphin and robbed her of $20 and a gold
watch, the Rev. William Zweizig, pastor
of the Methodist Episcopal church, was the
first to organize a searching party and
hunt the highwayman. The minister
scoured the town for four automobiles and
in one car, led the chase over the moun-
tain roads. The highwayman, it is believ-
ed, evaded capture by hiding in the un-
derbrush.
—Farmers in Butler county who have
been holding their potato crop for higher
prices received a jolt, when it was an-
nounced that the Chamber of Cemmerce
had decided on drastic measures. The re-
tail price there was $2 a bushel and the
wholesale price $1.75. Large producers are
holding out for higher prices. If farmers
‘refuse to sell at reasonable figures, the
Chamber of Commerce plans to ship pota-
toes in from other States and sell them at
cost plus the freight.
—The J. C. McCrory company, operat-
ing a chain of five and ten cent stores, one
of them in Bellefonte, has negotiated a
fifteen year lease on the Witmer Inn prop-
erty, Clearfield, for their store in that
place. The chief reason for wanting the
property is to secure a frontage on Sec-
ond street for the Market street store. In
the event the deal goes through with
|
| asks why “Colonel Roosevelt doesn’t (after the Huns they will find that he jn totality and in Italy in part. Ger- | Landlord Pickering to take over his lease,
i like the way things are being manag- |
Principally be-
‘ cause Colonel Roosevelt isn’t manag-
ing things there.
iis good on the chase.
——For high class Job Work come
to the “Watchman” Office.
. many has lost the war so far as it is
i a military question. She cannot de-
| feat the armies of her enemies, and
cannot hope to win in any way.
| the Witmer Inn will cease to be a place of
. entertainment for travelers, and will be
| converted into a business block and office
| building.
recting the building of a scaffold and had-
o