Bellefonte, Pa., December 14, 1917. ss P. GRAY MEEK, - - - { Editor. | Terms of Subscription.—Until further | notice this paper will be furnished to sub- gcribers at the following rates: Paid strictly in advance - - $1.50 Paid before expiration of year - 1.75 Paid after expiration of year - 2.00 Centre County Soldiers at Home and Abroad. In the reorganization of the Twen- ty-eighth division U. S. army at Camp Hancock (composed of the former National Guard of Pennsylvania) an- nouncement was made on Sunday of 2 number of promotions included in which were the following: Second Lieut. John F. Harvey, for- merly of the Boal machine gun troop, to first lieutenant in the 108th ma- chine gun battalion. Charles G. Cruse from sergeant to second lieutenant in the same organ- ization William Frederick Reynolds, for- merly a sergeant in Troop L, to sec- one lieutenant in the 112th infantry. Henry Keller, formerly a corporal in Troop L, to a sergeant, probably in the cavalry. Orian E. Kline, a member of, old Troop L, arrived home on Sunday, having been granted an honorable discharge on account of a bad attack of rheumatism. Frank (Buckie) Smith came home last Friday on a fifteen days’ vaca- tion. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Morris received a cablegram the latter part of last week from their son, Elliot Lyon Morris, stating that he had been given his commission as a lieutenant, had been assigned to a one passenger machine and that he expected to see service at the front in!the near future. Dr. Will S. Glenn Jr., who has been in: Philadelphia the past two or three months making a special study of X- Ray work was notified last Friday that he could have twenty-four hours’ leave to go see his family and report for duty on Tuesday for foreign serv- ice, consequently he spent Sunday with his friends at State College, re- turning to Philadelphia the same evening. = : Walter McCullough, a clerk in the Bellefonte office of the State Highway Department, went to Williamsport on Monday: to take the examination for the aviation service. If he is accept- ed he will be the sixth office man dis- trict engineer W. D. Meyer will lose _ in his district. Ellis Hines, formerly mechanician at, the Palace garage, left Tuesday for the Brooklyn Navy yard, to which he has been assigned for his enlist- ment as,a mechanic in the hydro-areo- plane service. ; ¢ i Orvis Sholl, who has been chauf- feur for Mrs. George Harris, left on Tyesday to enter the service. His first assignment is to Texas as ‘a mo- tor truck driver. Imer E. Rockey, of State College, who has been a driver of one of the Emerick motor busses, left with Hines and Sholl to enter the service also. He has enlisted as a truck driver. Prof. Eugene H. Weik, an instruc- tor in the Bellefonte High school, left yesterday morning for Fort Slocum, N. Y., where he will enlist in the band of the coast defense artillery. Sergt. Henry Keller, the “Watch- man’s” versatile correspondent with Troop L at Camp Hancock, arrived home on Wednesday morning on a brief furlough. He states that the censorship lid is being clamped down tighter and tighter on the reporters about the camp so that it is practical- ly impossible to get a real newsy let- ter through. Charles E. Gates and W. Lester Musser, two old Troop L boys, sur- prised their friends by coming home “on Wednesday evening from Camp Hancock on a ten days’ furlough. Donald Gettig, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Gettig, a naval reserve station- ed at Newport, has been commission- ed a chief apprentice petty officer. “Casey” Jones, the well known Academy. and State football star, writes from France that aeroplanes are as thick over there as Fords in the Diamond the night an Uncle Tom’ Cabin show plays at Garman’s. Gen. Clement Relieved of Command. Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga., Dec. 12.—Major General Charles Clement, commander of the twenty-eighth di- vision, was today relieved of his com- mand on. account of physical disabili- ty and this afternoon left for his home at Sunbury, Pa., where he will return to civil life. j ; General Clement had been a mem- * ber of the Pennsylvania national guard forty years. He is 62 years old. Brigadier General Frederick W. Stillwell, commander of the fifty-fifth infantry brigade, whose home is in Scranton, Pa., assumed command to- day by virtue of his being the senior ranking. general in the division. General Clement will be accompa- nied to his home by Captain Theodore Davis Boal, his aide, who was with him on his tour to the French front. Besides Major John F. Clement, of the 11th infantry. Major Charles F. Clement, of the military police, and Lieutenant Theron B. Clement, at- tached to the division staff, his sons, many officers of his staff, were pres- ent to bid him farewell as the train pulled out. Since his return to the camp he had made it a practice of touring the camp for two hours each morning and two hours each afternoon. There has been a marked change .in the general attitude of the ‘division since his ar- rival last week. Confidence has been restored and a fighting spirit engen- dered that presages a splendid course { to his death he was unable to take his MEYERS. — J. Henry Meyers, Boalsburg’s oldest citizen, passed away about 1:30 o'clock last Friday afternoon. His death was the result of a general wearing out of the sys- tem. During the past few years it was his daily custom to walk to the postoffice for his mail and there he would meet and chat with his old-time friends as well as men of younger generations. For several days prior accustomed walk and last Friday morning he did not venture outside the house. Toward noon he felt wea- ry and lay down on the couch where he finally fell asleep and passed away without a tremor of pain. Deceased was a son of George and Anna Meyers, early settlers in Leba- non county where he was born on February 21st, 1830, hence at his death had reached the advanced age of 87 years, 9 months and 16 days. When a lad three years of age his par- ents came to Centre county and set- tled at Spring Bank where he grew to manhood. Early in life he learned the milling trade in the old Meyer's mill at Linden Hall. In 1854 his father purchased a tract of land, which is now the Fred Krumrine farm, which was then a wilderness, cleared it of trees and underbrush and brought it into a good state of culti- vation. In this he was helped very much by the deceased and the result was that he became an enthusiastic tiller of the soil and when he married settled on a farm adjoining that of his father and proved very successful. In 1903 he purchased another farm onto which he moved and where he lived until 1908 when he quit the farm and retired to a cosy home in Boalsburg. Mr. Meyers was a member of the Reformed church and a ruling elder in the same for many years. In poli- tics he was a staunch Democrat and so far as known never missed an elec- tion. He was a genial, whole-souled gentleman and even though he had passed the allotted age of man by al- most a score of years his death is re- gretted by a host of friends. On March 15th, 1865, he was unit- ed in marriage to Miss Phoebe Web- er, of Boalsburg, who survives with four children, namely: Mrs. Mary Gettig, of Altoona; Mrs. William Mothersbaugh, Nevin and Edward Meyers, all of Boalsburg. Of his father’s family of eight children the only survivor is W. Calvin Meyers, of State College. Funeral services were held at his late home at two o’clock on Tuesday afternoon . by his pastor, Rev. S. C. Stover, after which the remains were laid to rest in the Boalsburg cemetery. il ll GRAY.—James Gray, a well known resident of Boggs township, died in the Bellefonte hospital at noon last Friday of an affection of the heart. He was taken to the hospital several when heart trouble developed which resulted in his death. Had he lived | until December 27th he would have been sixty years old. In early life Mr. Gray followed the occupation of a forgeman but for a number of years had been one of the brick burners at the Milesburg brick plant. He serv- ed one or two terms as constable of Boggs twonship. He was united in marriage to Miss Gertrude McKinley who survives with the following children: Elizabeth, of Pittsburgh; Mrs. Frank Haldeman and Mrs. George Waite, of Renovo; Mrs. Eugene Sumpter, of Pittsburgh; Mrs. Jessie Wilcox, of Renovo; Fred, of Pittsburgh; Corp. Joseph Gray, a member of Troop I, mounted police at Camp Hancock, Ga.; J. Lingle, of Renovo; Mrs. Archie McNichol, of Bellefonte; Mrs. Fred Dyke, of Milesburg; Marjorie, Hardman and Lillie at home. He leaves one brother and two sisters, namely: Joseph, of Hayes City, Pa.; Mrs. Jacob Shirk, of Tyrone, and Mrs. William Kyper, of Johnstown. Rev. M. C. Piper had charge of the funeral services which were held at his late home at 2:30 o'clock on Tues- weeks ago. for an operation for gall || stones and was recovering very nicely |: TT TT STROOP.—The “Watchman” last week contained a brief notice of the 1 { December Term eof Court. il | The regular term of December court death of George Stroop, which occur- | convened on Monday with Judge Hen- | red on November 30th at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Frank C. McClure, at Patton, after ten day’s illness with pneumonia. Deceased was a son of George and Mary Purcell Stroop and was born at New Bloomfield, Perry county, on November 29th, 1835, hence was just eighty-two years and one day old. His father was associate judge in Per- ry county and also the founder of the Perry county Democrat. When the son grew to manhood he succeeded his father on the paper and associated with Hon. John A. Magee conducted the same from 1854 to 1858. When the Civil war broke out in 1861 he responded to President Lin- coln’s first call for troops and enlist- ed as a member of Company D, 2nd regiment of volunteers on April 20th, 1861, for the three months’ service, Capt. Henry D. Woodruff command- ing. On August 31st, 1861, he was commissioned a second lieutenant of Company D, 47th regiment. On Octo- ber 1st, 1862, he was detailed as an acting signal officer on board the U. S. ship New Hampshire, stationed in Port Royal harbor, South Carolina. On August 31st, 1864, he was reliev- ed of that service and commissioned as captain of Company D, 47th in- fantry. On March 30th, 1865, he was | promoted to a major in the 47th reg- iment, an office he held until the close of the war. Returning from the war he again entered the newspaper field and some years later became editor and propri- etor of the Tyrone Democrat. His plant was finally destroyed by fire when he went to West Chester as ed- itor of the Chester County Democrat. Some years later he moved to Miles- burg, this county, and for several years worked on Bellefonte papers. The last few years of his life, how- ever, were spent in Patton. He was among the oldest Masons in the State, being a member of the New Bloomfield Lodge. He was a member of the Presbyterian church and admired by his friends for his firm orthodoxy and insistence upon the fundamental doctrines of the christian faith. On July 15th, 1873, he was united in marriage at Landisburg, Pa. to Miss Annie Diren, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James L. Diren. They had four children, three sons who died in infancy and one daughter, Elizabeth Junkin, now Mrs. Frank C. McClure, of Patton, who, with her mother, are the only survivors. Funeral services were held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. McClure, at Patton, on Sunday evening, Decem- ber 2nd, and on Monday the remains were taken to Tyrone and buried in the Grandview cemetery. ll i an early hour on Wednesday morning after a brief illness. He was born in Bellefonte on September 27th, 1880, hence was 37 years, 2 months and 15 days old. When a lad three years old his parents moved to Anderson, Ind., where he lived five years then return- ed to Centre county and located in Snow Shoe, making his residence with Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Watson. When he was nineteen years old he enlisted in the United States navy, serving a term of four years. On Ju- ly 31st, 1903, he was honorably dis- charged at Boston, Mass., having served on the Wabash. Returning to Snow Shoe he engaged as a miner and has followed that occupation ever since. He was a member of the Snow Shoe Lodge No. 226, I. 0. O. F., and’ a man who had the esteem of a wide circle of friends. y On July 11th, 1911, he was united in marriage to Miss Lorena Uzzle who survives with three little children, namely: George Uzzle, Sydney Eliza and Harry Logan. He also leaves the following brother and sisters: Mrs. Nettie Thomas, of Jamestown, N. Y.; Mrs. Clara Dewitt, of Detroit, Mich.; Mrs. Lena Rich, of Philadelphia; day afternoon, after which burial was made in the Treziyulny cemetery. Il GARBRICK.—Jacob M. Garbrick, a life long resident of Zion, passed away on Tuesday night after an extended illness with hardening of the arteries, aged almost eighty years. He was a son of William Garbrick and was born in Walker township. When a young man he chose teaching as a profession and followed that line of work until sixty years of age. He was a member of the Lutheran church and a consist- en’; christian gentleman. - He was married to Miss Elizabeth Kauffman who survives with two children: Alpheus E., on the old homestead, and Mrs. Boyd A. Noll, of Zion. He also leaves three brothers and two sisters, namely: William, of Lock Haven; Joseph, of Bellefonte; Amos, of Pittsburgh; Mrs. William Showers, of Hecla Park, and Mrs. James Rote, of Coleville. Rev. W. J. Shultz will have charge of the funeral services which will be held at his late home tomorrow (Saturday) morning, burial to be made in the Zion ceme- tery. il ll DeLISLE.—Leon Delisle, of Coud- ley, Clearfield county, died on No- vember 14th, after a brief illness. He and his family at one time resided in this vicinity and will probably be re- membered by a number of people hereabouts. Burial was made at Coudley on November 16th. Il 1 STIVER.—Mr. and Mrs. Curtin Stiver, of Philipsburg, ‘are mourning the death of their infant son, who died on Sunday, aged two days. Bur- for the Pennsylvania division. . ial was made on Tuesday. - Mrs. Minnie Terry, of Rochester, N. Y., and Harry Logan Bland, of Ander- son, Ind. Though the arrangements for the funeral have not been complet- ed it will probably be held on Sunday. [! Il NEFF.—James P. Neff, a well known farmer of Walker township, {died at his home at Hecla Park last Friday morning following a long ill- ness with stomach trouble. He was a son of Samuel and Catharine M. | Neff and was born on January 12th, 1857, hence was 60 years, 10 months and 23 days old. He was united in marriage to Miss Anna Brown who survives with the following children: Claude, of Pitts- burgh; Irvin, Elrie, Ida and Mary, all at home. He also leaves three broth- ers and two sisters, namely: Sam- uel, of Philadelphia; Irvin, of Salina, Kan.; Cline, of Zion; Mrs. David Car- son, of Bellefonte, and Mrs. John White, of Axe Mann. Burial was made at Zion on Tuesday afternoon. ll Il RUNNER.—Richard Runner, the well known mail carrier of Blanch- ard, died on Sunday morning after an illness of some weeks with dropsy. He was eighty years old and was a charter member of the Blanchard Lodge No. 472, I. O. O. F. His wife died a number of years ago but sur- viving him are the following children: Mrs. William T. Fowler and Jeremi- lah Runner, both eof Blanchard; Hen- ry, of Jersey Shore, and Mrs. Arthur Dittsworth, of™Plaiftfreld, N. J. He also leaves one sister, Mrs. Margaret Dean, of Bridgewater, Pa. Burial was made at Blanchard on Wednesday afternoon. BLAND.—Edmund Bland, "a well’ known resident of Snow Shoe, died at” ry C. Quigley presiding. Various mo- | tions and petitions were disposed of | after which the grand jury was called iand W. A. Sickle, of Snow Shoe, ap- | | pointed foreman. They were given | the usual instructions and retired to | take up their official work of consid- {ering the bills of indictment present- ‘ed them by the district attorney. | The civil list of cases was gone over and a number were continued for va- | rious reasons. Owing to the lateness i of all trains Monday afternoon court | adjourned early until ten o’clock Tues- | day morning. : | The first case taken up Tuesday {was C. Day vs. F. A. Carson, an ap- | peal. This was an action to recover {on a bill for brooms sold the defend- ‘ant, the plaintiff alleging that while !the bill had been paid by check the | check had been returned marked “no | funds.” Mr. Carson’s defense was ‘that a representative of Mr. Day had I called on him with the unpaid check ;and that he had given him the money {for it. The jury, however, returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $19.76. Kelley & Co. vs. Kelley & Nugent, an action to recover on a book ac- count. A verdict was returned in fa- vor of the defendants for $30.97. Commonwealth vs. John Kachik, as- sault and battery. Prosecutor, Geo. Mizarek. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty but required the defend- ant to pay the costs. Commonwealth vs. Dewey Hilliard, assault and battery. Prosecutor, Lloyd A. Stover. This case was from Spring township and was the result of a quarrel between children on Oc- tober 27th. The jury returned a ver- dict of guilty. Commonwealth vs. Robert Hilliard, assault and battery. Prosecutor, Lloyd A. Stover. This case grew out of the one above and after the de- fendant had testified he changed his plea from not guilty to guilty and sen- tence on both he and his brother was suspended upon the payment of the costs. 7 Commonwealth vs, William Shock, defrauding a board bill. Prosecutrix, Annie Dokolosky. The case is from Rush township and the prosecutrix testified that while she was imprison- ed in the county jail the defendant was ordered from the house and left without paying his board bill and this action was brought to recover same. The court ruled that under the evi- dence there could be no conviction and the case was dismissed and the county ordered to pay the costs. The grand jury completed their work on Tuesday evening and were discharged after reporting that they had passed on ten bills of indictment and found four true bills and ignored .! six, and that they had inspected the county buildings and found the court house in good repair, and that new linoleum is needed for the hall and of- fice of the county . jail, and recom- mended that a new steel partition be placed between the women’s ward and the male ward, also the tearing down of the old barn and the building of a garage large enough to accommodate at least two automobiles, the old lum- ber being used for same if advisable. The Commonwealth vs. Hon. H. B. Scott. The information was made by Constable Nash, of Philipsburg, who charged our Member of the Assembly with having driven his automobile past a standing street car while it was discharging passengers, thereby endangering life and limb. The grand jury found a true bill against Repre- sentative Scott but the case was con- tinued at the cost of the county. Ladies’ $9.00 Russia calf shoes, low heels, wing tips, $6.00 at Yea- ger’s.—49-1t. Vast Army Cities Growing - Up. No less than one hundred training camps and stations and a number of aviat’on fields are now in full opera- tion fitting men for the shock of bat- tle, in all ends of the service. Official information supplied to the Pennsyl- vania Committee of Public Safety in- dicates that not far from half of the total number of men training are en- camped in the big National Army cantonments. In these the United States has sixteen communities which are military cities. In population two of them are as big as Lancaster. Sixteen camps, nearly as big as the cantonments, but not built so durably, are housing the National Guard divi- sions. Two hundred and fifty thous- and men have joined the regulars since the war broke out. There are seventeen regular army stations and camps being used for the training of these recruits. Seventeen stations are engaged in training men for the navy, and ma- rines are being turned out in three more. Not all the aviation fields have been finished, but in a dozen of them cool-headed young men. are being taught to fight in the air. Nine camps have just rounded off the second increment of officers for the Reserve Corps. Five medical camps are in operation, and three camps for engineers. All of the larg- er camps have been built in the last six months. The biggest of them, the National Army cantonments, were built in three months at a total cost of $150,000,000. Only a little over twice as much was required to build the Panama Canal—and that took ten years. The largest of the cantonments are Camp Lewis, at American Lake, near Tacoma, Washington, and Camp Fun- ston, at Fort Riley, Kansas. The quo- ta for each of these camps is about 47,000. In each camp are about 1400 buildings, lighted by over 20,000 elec- tric lamps. It can safely be said that no large army of soldiers was ever housed so comfortably before. There will be no freezing this winter. Four of the cantonments situated | farthest north have steam heat. The rest have hot air systems. CAPT. PIERRE de LEGARDE BOAL., Capt. Pierre Boal Training Aviators. | The “Watchman” herewith presents one of the latest and best pictures of Capt. Pierre de Legarde Boal, son of Capt. Theodore Pavis Boal, of Boals- burg. The young man holds his com- mission in the U. S. signal corps and is now in France as an instructor at one of the American aviation schools. Before taking up aviation Capt. Boal saw service in the trenches, fighting with the French army during the first two years of the war. He is now re- garded one of the most skillful and daring fliers in France. The above picture was taken in France and is one of his latest and best. ‘the venerable Joel Johnson, of Bellefonte, today celebrated his 86th birthday anniversary. EAST BRUSH VALLEY. How much casier it is to set a mark than to hit it. ’ : five years. A. S. Winkleblech is spending this week at the county seat, performing L0§ ] : the British mowing them down with the duties of a juror. Commissioner’s clerk H. N. Meyer, of Bellefonte, transacted business in our midst one day last week. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Reed and daughter Frances departed for their home in Mifflinburg this week. Bear and deer stories are afloat these evenings, while the Kaiser still looks with revenge on Uncle Sam. Being snowbound for several days Mrs. William E. Shultz left for her home at Spring Mills on Tuesday. Owing to the zero wave which ap- peared over Sunday more than one be- took themselves to the woodpile and forests. Willis Best, who was employed with Paul R. Hackman for several months, has resigned and pitched his tent with A. G. Cummings, near Smullton. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Miller, formerly of this place, but who is now employ- ed by the P. R. R. company at Sun- bury, will move his family and house- hold goods to that place in the near future. “The Roll Call in the Morning.” “his one marched with Jackson and faced the foe with Lee, This one followed Sherman as he gallop- ed te the sea, : Now they're marching on together, united, brave and free, And they'll answer to the- roll call in the morning. “Phe dear old flag above them, is rippling down its red, The true and holy emblem, of the blood by heroes shed, ” It must wave victorious o'er droop above them dead, For they’ll answer to the roll call in the morning. them, ' or “God bless our Union soldiers, our tars upon the sea, And grant they win this battle to save hu- manity, Christ died to make men holy, we must die to make men free, Then answer to the roll call in the morn- ing. “We'll rally to this fight, and stormy day or night, In bonds that no human fate can sever, From the palm and pine shall rise Triumphant to the skies, Our country, our country, forever. Sheep Yield 60 Per Cent. Harrisburg.—According to the State Department of Agriculture bul- letin sheep growers assert that it is possible. to establish a flock and real- ize as high as 60 per cent. on the in- vestment within a year at the present prices. Instances have been reported where as high as 70 per cent. of cost has been received in profit. The sheep in the State are expected to show an increase this year. They increased last year for the first time in more than a decade. — Subscribe for the “Watchman.” | er the defenders. IN THE WAR ZONE. Germans Fail to Break the British Line. Italians Hold Fast. The Germans following their heavy artillery preparations of recent days, have attempted to drive a wedge into the British line west of Cambrai, but although they used numerically su- perior forces their effort brought them only a minor gain. The attack, launched between Bulle- court and Queant, was similar tothat adopted by Crown Prince Rupprecht’s troops when they pierced General Byng's front southwest of Cambrai nearly two weeks ago and caused a re- | tirement of the British on the salient General Byng previously had driven toward Cambrai. A like purpose doubtless was involved in the latest offensive and for its execution huge waves of Bavarians were thrown upon the sector in an endeavor to overpow- The British, howev- er, held tenaciously to their ground, : t except at ‘one point, where the ene- It is reported that December 9th : {and 10th were the coldest in thirty- my penetrated a front line position. BAVARIANS MOWED DOWN. As in their previous attempt to wreck the Cambrai salient, the Ger- mans lost heavily in the enterprise, | machine gun and rifle in the fighting, which lasted from dawn until one o'clock in the afternoon. The spot chosen for the attack was similar, from a strategic standpoint, to that near Gonnelieu, where the offensive of a fortnight ago began, and, had it succeeded, another retirement by the British on the Cambrai sector prob- ably would have been necessary. BOMBARDMENT KEPT UP. Notwithstanding their failure, the Germans are keeping up an intensive bombardment of British and French positions all along the western front and daily are receiving additional re- inforcements in men and guns from the eastern theatre. SNOW AIDS ITALY. Snow is falling heavily in the mountains along the northern Italian front, and optimism prevails among the Italians that this will definitely aid them in holding the Austio-Ger- mans back from the Italian plain. Amid the first flurries of the storm on Tuesday, the enemy resumed his at- tack among the hills and was reward- ed by the capture of several positions. Later, however, the Italians in a coun- ter-attack regained their lost terrian, after which the artillery duels were resumed, but with less strength than previously had been shown. COSSACKS ARE VICTORS. The Cossacks under General Kale- dines and the Bolsheviki forces are reported to have met in at least two fights, with the counter-revolutionists the victors in both. The engagements occurred at Mohliev and at Tamanov- ka, and the Bolsheviki losses are de- clared to have been heavy. ENTERED JERUSALEM. General Allenby, commander of the British forces in Palestine, has enter- ed Jerusalem and taken over control of the Holy City. The populace greet- ed the British commander cordially. In a proclamation he told the inhab- itants that all sacred buildings and holy places would be protected and maintained. Meanwhile the British army continues its successful opera- tions in Palestine, having captured several additional positions from the Turks. Ladies’ $4.00 gun ‘metal shoes, low heels, reduced to $3.00 at Yea- ger’s.—49-1t “Send him a_ photograph”— Mallory Studio. 39-tf Hiring a Horse. Lady—What will you charge me for the use of a horse and buggy for a few hours? Liveryman—It will cost you $2 for the first hour and $1 for each addi- tional hour. Lady—Well, I'll use it for two ad- ditional hours. I've got some shop- ping to do, and will not require it for the first hour. $3.00 saved in ladies’ tan shoes at Yeager’s.—49-1t &
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