Demon don
BY P. GRAY MEEK
INK SLINGS.
— Sheer up. As the days lengthen
the cold strengthens.
—Anyway the Bolsheviki seems to
be foxy enough to keep out of the
German trap.
—Does anybody know that all the
fire hydrants in Bellefonte are open
and ready for use.
—Let us plan for our summer
planting now. We will need more of
it next summer than we raised dur-
ing the last.
—Better pack all the ice you can
get now. The quality is fine and the
quantity without limit. Next summer
ammonia will probably be scarce and
artificial ice plants will not be able to
supply all of our neds.
—Bellefonters once grew wroth
when others referred to the town as
the place that the trains backed into.
Sore as the old spot was and is we
would all welcome the sight of a few
cars of hard coal backing in.
—Milesburg, Coburn, State College,
Pennsylvania Furnace and all the
ether real towns in Centre county are
getting all the anthracite they need
and Bellefonte—well Bellefonte seems
to have dropped off the map entirely.
— President Wilson has enunciated
a new doctrine. He has taken a long
look into the future and seen the peo-
ples of the earth at peace after they
Wave all been given equality of op-
portunity. That is what we are fight-
ing for and that alone. May God
hasten its coming.
—“Victory quartets” and “Yankee
Poodle glee clubs” are great antidotes
for sedition. Let us have a great re-
vival of patriotic songs in old Centre.
®f course the school children can sing
“America” and “The Star Spangled
Banner” clear through, but how many
verses do you know of either?
—It seemed almost like mid-sum-
mer on Saturday when the back-bone
ef the cold wave broke. It was still
real winter weather, but the change
from any number of degrees below ze-
ro to twenty above was so welcome
that we celebrated it by forgetting
overcoats and mittens and arctics.
—1It is the patriotic duty of every
person to cut out pleasure trips on
the railroads until the freight con-
gestion is relieved. With people pos-
itively suffering in nearly every com-
munity for want of necessaries that
the railroads are too overtaxed to
cerry to them it is high time that
selfishness be crushed if there is not
a voluntary effort on the part of the
public to relieve the situation by con-
fining passenger traffic to only neces-
sary travel.
—On Tuesday five Fayette county
taxi drivers were sentenced to terms
of from three to five years in the pen-
itentiary for pandering. More power
to the court that gave such drastic
treatment to men convicted of this
growing and vicious offense to society.
The commercial and the private au-
tomobile afford a very attractive lure
to young girls which unscrupulous
men have been quick to take advan-
tage of, but a few doses of the Fay-
ette county medicine would have the
effect of curbing it in every commu-
nity.
—The “Watchman” has sent broad-
cast over the county copies of “Cen-
tre County’s Honor Roll” with the
hope that the public will interest it-
self in making it complete and relia-
ble. The name of every man who has
offered his services to his country
should be enrolled on it and we ex-
pect to have it there before publish-
ing the Roll in a form that will be ap-
propriate for preservation. If you
know any one whose name is not on
it now, or if you know of any names
that are on it that should not be there,
any that are misspelled or improper-
ly designated please communicate
with us at once. In this work the
“Watchman” has initiated something
that is going to be of incalculable val-
ue to all in the future and we feel that
all should help us with whatever in-
formation is at hand. Think of how
interesting and valuable such a Roll
would be if we had one now of the
men who went out from Centre coun-
ty to the Civil war or to the Spanish-
American war.
— “Tt should be noted that the fuel
famine came on just about the time
regulation was got into good working
order” says the Johnstown Democrat.
How insidious our contemporary is in
its efforts to foment trouble, and how
unfair such a statement. The Demo-
crat knows full well that the coal fam-
ine would have come whether there
had been regulation or not. It ought
to know, if it does not, that there
were more than five thousand cars
loaded with coal standing on sidings
between Altoona and Pittsburgh for
weeks prior to last Saturday, that a
thousand more are on Huntingdon
and Broad Top sidings now and thous-
ands scattered along the rail arteries
of the country merely because it has
been a physical impossibility to move
them. The crux of the famine lies
away back of present conditions and
war excesses. It had its origin inthe
activities of meddling Congressmen
and two by four Commerce Commis-
sions who made laws and’ executed
them in ways that reduced the effi-
ciency of our railway systems. There
is where the trouble began and the
Democrat and the public will appre-
ciate the accuracy of our diagnosis
when it discovers Director McAdoo
clearing up the congestion through
his power to sweep aside all this mis-
STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION.
BELLEFONTE, PA. JANUARY 11, 1918.
NO. 2.
Evil Results Will be Minimized.
If Congress adheres strictly tothe
plans of the President the evils of
government control of the transpor-
tation business of the country will be
minimized. He contemplates only
such changes in the processes of op-
eration as are absolutely necessary
and the return of control to the own-
ers of the property as soon as the
exigencies which compelled the action
have passed. “We are serving the
public interest and safeguarding the
public safety,” he said in his address
to Congress, “but we are also regard-
ful of the interests of those by whom
these great properties are owned and
glad to avail ourselves of the exper-
ijence and trained ability of those who
have been managing them.”
Persons who have less reason to be
careful even of their thoughts have
imagined that for some sinister pur-
poses the railroad managers were not
trying to fulfill their obligations to
the public. Reports were published
and statements circulated that vast
quantities of coal an foodstuffs were
purposely left in railroad storage
yards and that the rapidly ascending
cost of living was ascribable in large
measure to thus holding products out
of the markets. But the President
didn’t share that suspicion.. He said
the railroad managers had “perform-
ed their difficulties with patriotic zeal
and marked ability,” and that the
control of the business was taken out
of their hands “not because of any
dereliction or failure on their part
but only because there were some
things which the government can do
and private management cannot.”
For example, among the first or-
ders issued by Director McAdoo was
one which eliminated the costly luxu-
ries from the passenger traffic, sav-
ing vastly in expenses and releasing
immense power to the work of trans-
porting necessaries. Under private
ownership that would have been im-
possible because wealthy travelers
are willing to pay for luxuries what-
ever the result is to others. Opening
terminals to all companies and for-
warding by the most direct route are
other improvements
have been impossible under private
management and all these things will
work to the advantage of the public.
We may not discern the advantages
immediately but they will come and
the whole people will get the benefit. |
The socialists in Germany are
exactly like the socialists everyplace
else. They are a bunch of blather-
skites who pretend one thing and help
another along.
Good News from Russia.
German intrigue has failed in Rus-
sia as it has failed elsewhere. In this
country many murders were commit-
ted under its sanction of high officials
and considerable property was de-
stroyed and in Mexico, South Ameri-
ca and Japan some harm was done by
lying diplomats and vicious agents of
the Kaiser. For a time it looked as if
the inexperienced men at the head of
the Russian government had been
completely hypnotized and the force
of the nation entirely paralyzed by
German intrigue. But the latest in-
formation from that section of war
ridden Europe indicates that the con-
spirators have finally failed and that
Russia may yet perform a part in the
war for the extinction of autocracy.
In other words information from
Brest-Litovsk, where the peace con-
ference was held indicates that the
negotiations are ended. ‘Germany, in-
toxicated with the apparent success of
her plans, set up conditions of peace
so humiliating that the Bolsheviki re-
volted and even Trotsky, believed to
be in the secret service of Germany,
has declared against the propositions
and is setting forces together in or-
der to resume the fighting so inop-
portunely interrupted a few weeks
ago. With the German force deplet-
ed on the Russian line as it has been
to support the drives in France, Flan-
ders and Italy, the most important re-'
sults may be expected. The Eastern
front cannot be built up without sac-
rificing the Western lines.
Of course there is great confusion
on all the battle fronts in view of
these incidents and only meagre in-
formation gets out for public use.
But it is certain that the nego-
tiations for separate peace between
Germany and Russia have been
broken off temporarily and in the
face of that fact anything is
possible. The hearts of the Russian
people have been right from the be-
ginning but the selfish ambitions of
adventurers and traitors have inter-
vened and prevented the operations
of justice and patriotism. The new
aspect presented by the break at
Brest-Litovsk may work marvelous
results, however, and before another
week the fighting for liberty may be
as vigorous and effective as in the
beginning.
——“Touchin’ on and appertainin’
to” the weather, we had troubles
enough this year without this perver-
fit legislation.
sity of mature.
which would |
Lloyd George’s Significant Speech. | Senator Sproul and the Governorship.
In an address before the “delegates
of the trades unions” of Great Britain
Saturday evening Premier Lloyd
George restated the war aims of that lican nomination for Governor but he |
country in language that cannot be
| misunderstood. His speech is taken
{to be a reply to a recent peace propo-
| sition put forth by the Premier of
| Austria and serves as an answer to
| misrepresentations made to the Ger-
‘man people and the Bolsheviki of
| Russia. It so closely follows the lines
{laid down by President Wilson in his
| annual address to Congress as to cre-
ate the impression that they had
‘been in personal consultation with
{each other. The only difference is
| that President Wilson spoke for the
| United States and Mr. George for all
| European allies.
| Probably the feature of the address
| was the statement that in the settle-
ment of terms of peace Alsace-Lo
raine, taken from France after the
{war of 1870, must be restored to
| France. Thoughtful people all over
‘the world had this in mind but out-
| side of France it was not previously
expressed. Of course the restoration
"of Belgium and Serbia to their con-
' dition before the war follows and
‘reasonable indemnities to Rumania
and Greece is a natural consequence
of the other conditions. These de-
mands will put a heavy burden on
Germany but that is hardly to be re-
gretted. A less penalty would not
serve the purpose of teaching that au-
tocracy that war must not be made
an industry for profit. 3
| The statement by Mr. George in
| authoritative language that it is not
the purpose of the European allies to
| either force Germany off the map or
| destroy its autonomy is likewise sig-
nificant, coming from that source.
President Wilson has made clear to
| the world that the United States had
{no such purpose in mind either. Not-
| withstanding such assurances, how-
ever, Germany has been holding that
bugaboo up before the German peo-
ple to make them fight more desper-
| ately and handing it out to Russia to
{ stimulate the desire for separate
peace there. It can hardly serve that
| sinister purpose any longer now that
both England and America have spok-
len on the subject so directly.
i personal investigation asserts that
{the health of Camp Dix, in New Jer-
sey, is fine. But General Scott is
nothing but an accomplished soldier
‘and experienced military expert and
! can’t see as far into that kind of a
i millstone as the ordinary politician.
Taft Helping a Wrong Movement.
Former President Taft, usually so
| just in his measurements of public af-
‘fairs, is hardly fair to himself when
he says “the selection of some exper-
ienced and able Republicans for
particular tasks would greatly
strengthen the administration in its
work.” That statement implies that
the President has not recognized ‘“ex-
perienced and able Republicans” in
appointments for war services and
nothing could be further from the
facts. In every case appointments
have been made without regard to the
political affiliations of the men chos-
en. Efficiency has been the only
standard held in view in the selection
of men for such service and party
lines have been practically eliminated.
'! There has been created by some
process a mean partisan demand that
the President reconstruct his Cabinet
in order to make places at the official
council table for some Republicans.
This is as unjust as it is mischievous.
The Cabinet was created before the
beginning of the war and from the
date of the appointment of each mem-
ber to his place he has performed his
duties well. To remove a man who is
doing well for no other reason than
to put another in his place who might
not be so fortunate would be an un-
warranted assault upon the principles
of the civil service regulations as well
as an unjust aspersion upon the per-
son so sacrificed. It would be vicious
partisanship.
It would be unfortunate if former
President Taft should yield to the ob-
vious but masked movement of the
Republicans in Congress and out to
organize a partisan opposition to the
President in his conduct of the war.
The next Presidential campaign is be-
ginning to cast shadows over the
country and partisanship is spurring
the less patriotic of the citizenship
into preparations for a partisan fight.
All that is needed is leadership and
while Taft was never a political tac-
tician, his approval of the movement
would contribute to its success. There
is no objection to a Republican effort
to elect the next President but it
should be organized without imperil-
ing the life of the country.
——The 2000 members of the Na-
tional Retail Shoe Dealers’ Associa-
tion needn’t bother their heads hunt-
ing an excuse for the high prices.
We all know that things have “gone
up” and that includes profits.
——Subscribe for the “Watchman.”
| General Scott after a thorough |
Senator William G. Sproul, of Del-
~aware county, has not formally an-
{ nounced his candidacy for the Repub-
! revealed strong symptoms of willing-
;ness. He has had himself elected
president of the Union League and is
‘allowing his friends to distribute
‘buttons decorated with his portrait
‘and the name of the office, at his ex-
| pense ultimately if not at present.
: Friendly newspapers are also sound-
,ing his praises and neighbors are
‘urging others to support his ambi-
! tion. In fact it has been said by men
lin his confidence that official an-|
nouncement will be made within a
| brief period and that it will be attend-
ed with all the trimmings that mean
business.
This is somewhat surprising to per-
sons who have known the Senator on-
ly as a somewhat cautious and con-
servative business man. That he has
entertained the ambition to be Gov-
ernor of Pennsylvania is widely and
well known. But that he should put
his inclination to the test at this time
is inexplicable. Even if the Republi-
can party were harmonious and en-
thusiastic its success in Pennsylvania
| would be doubtful this year. The
flood of patriotism has practically
| eliminated party lines and the popu-
| larity of President Wilson has drawn
| support like a powerful magnet. The
" disgraceful record of Brumbaugh and
| the irreconcilable quarrel among Re-
publican factionists are equally po-
tent elements against his success.
At the organization of councils in
Philadelphia on Monday the bitterest
factional feeling was revealed. The
Penrose force has increased in that
city though still far from control.
But it is active and desperate and re-
sisted every cherished purpose of the
Vares. Of course the resentment will
be quite as earnest and bitter and
Sproul will be the first victim of its
malice. For these reasons thoughtful
friends of the Senator are surprised
at his willingness to go to the sacri-
fice. Defeat at this time will be fatal
and final. It will be utterly impossi-
ble to rescue him out of the wreck.
But it is his own affair and Penrose’s.
Tl} Secept - the responsibility and
i take the consequences.
. —What's this talk we hear about
{a probable change of house-keepers at
{the Pruner orphanage? Certainly a
' management that has been as consci-
| entious, that has given to the waifs
| there the loving mother care of a
| christian woman and about which a
just criticism has not been made since
| the orphanage was founded, should
| not be disturbed on any pretext. We
| fear that many experiments would
Ihave to be tried before so admirable
a couple as the Clevenstines could be
secured to take their places.
Burgess Walker's Intentions.
After a lapse of twelve years W.
Harrison Walker on Monday again
assumed the duties of burgess of
Bellefonte. Mr. Walker, having serv-
ed in the same capacity from 1903 to
1906 inclusive will be no novice on the
job. At the present time, however,
he has no very drastic reform meas-
ures in view though he has several
ideas in mind which he contemplates
putting into effect.
One thing will be the enactment of
new ordinances corresponding with
the borough code passed by the Leg-
islature of 1915, which will enable
him to strictly enforce the traffic or-
dinance. No fast or reckless driving
will be tolerated, and streets adjacent
to all schools will be properly posted
with certain notices for the proper
protection of the school children.
Another thing he has in view is the
compilation of a black-list for use of
the various hotels and he will co-oper-
ate with the District Attorney in an
impartial prosecution of any man
guilty of procuring liquor for any
man thus posted, or any man of
known intemperate habits.
He further arnounces that he will
conduct in person all hearings, and
any person for any infraction of the
peace or violation of a borough ordi-
nance will be brought before him.
No hearings, however, will be grant-
ed on Sunday and any person arrest-
ed and committed to the borough
lock-up on Saturday evening will have
to remain there until Monday morn-
ing.
As stated before borough council
on Monday evening, Burgess Walker
does not purpose being judge advo-
cate on trivial complaints of any kind,
and all such matters will have to be
brought to the proper head. He will
however, -welcome all complaints of
gross and wilful violations of the law
and ordinances. -
——There will be plenty of profes-
sions of patriotism during the present
session of Congress but in the hearts
of most of the Republican members
the predominant element is partisan-
ship.
——For high class Job Work come
to the “Watchman” Office.
'! A PRAYER FOR THE KAISER.
| From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
| Oh, may that brute, the Kaiser, float
On open sea, in open boat,
In Arctic seas without a coat—
{ Glory Hallelujah!
{ Without a compass, sail or oar,
{| A million miles away from shore,
Where mighty waves like mountains
roar—
Glory Hallelujah!
{ May sharks devour him, stem and stern,
| A whale engulf him down in turn,
i
: And the Devil get the whole concern—
i Glory Hallelujah!
| Oh, may this cursed Kaiser dwell
In darkest pits of deepest Hell,
! And gnash his teeth and groan and yell—
| Glory Hallelujah!
{ And, ’mid his roars and frantic cries,
Oh, may eternal ashes rise, :
And blow forever in his eyes—
Glory Hallelujah! :
In burning brimstone may he be,
While little devils. dance in glee,
And lock the door and lose the key--
Glory Hallelujah!
Waste is Criminal.
From the Johnstown Leader.
“To waste now is nothing short of
criminal.”—Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo.
The duty of the American people to
economize in consumption of food and
all other materials as well as save
money, cannot be too often or too
strongly urged upon them. The duty
is so imperative, its observance so vi-
tal to our country’s success, that it
should be kept constantly before them.
The proposition is plain and under-
standable. We have lessened the pro-
ductive powers of the country; instead
of producers of one kind or another.
the soldiers are consumers of the
products of our farms, factories, and
mines, and when the munitions they
expend and will expend against
the enemy is considered they are tre-
mendous consumers of the manufac-
tured products of the country.
A tremendous amount of the manu-
facturing energy of the country has
sen withdrawn from manufacturing
the things we use in peace and put to
manufacturing the things we use in
war. The total loss to the country of
the productive energy of our soldiers
and sailors and the diversion of a
great portion of the other pre-dgetive
es lessen to a great extent the
amount of material and supplies pro-
duced by the country.
To this condition of lessened pro-
duction and increased consumption of
and by our own men must be added
the extraordinary demand made upon
this country to supply the armies of
our allies and to a great extent their
population with food and other ma-
terial.
We must meet the condition that
confronts us in two ways—by the
strictest economy in consumption, for
every pound we refrain from using
adds a pound to be devoted to the
uses of our Army and Navy and the
military forces of our production to
the limit. The American people are
going to do all that they know to be
necessary to win this war—to shorten
this war. They have only to realize
the imperative duty of economy in
saving and they will economize and
save. :
The Russian Crisis.
From the Pittsburgh Dispatch.
While the suspicion that Lenine
and Trotzky have all along been play-
ing Germany’s game, treacherously
or unconsciously, still persists, the
possibility must be admitted, if they
are honest, although fanatical, that
they may yet see the folly of their
methods and strive, though unable to
undo the harm they have done, to re-
vive Russia as a factor in the war.
The reports from Petrograd, if they
can be trusted, assert that some such
revulsion of feeling is already in pro-
gress.
Trotzky and the Council of Work-
men and Soldiers, are now said to be
aware of the actual worthlessness of
the German proposals at the Brest-
Litovsk conference. Acceptance of
the Russian formula of no annexa-
tions has been found to exclude those
portions of Russia occupied by the
German troops. The Kaiser wants to
hold on to Courland, Livonia, Lithua-
nia and Poland, either directly or un-
der the guise of a protectorate. Nat-
urally, the Bolsheviki cannot afford
to tolerate any such terms. Russians
may be anxious for peace, but it is
inconceivable that even the most pa-
cifist among them could welcome a
peace at the cost of conquest of Rus-
sian territory. Having got rid of the
Czar, they cannot be expected ready
to don the yoke of the Kaiser. If
Germany has been using the Bolshe-
viki for its own purposes its useful-
ness is ended if it shows any signs of
accepting such conditions. Either
way, Lenine and Trotzky must repu-
diate them if they mean to retain con-
trol of Petrograd. And if they are
not working for Germany, that repu-
diation must take the form of organ-
izing armed resistance for the defense
of the menaced provinces.
Whether they can, as reported, re-
turn an army of 3,000,000 to the front,
must depend upon the demonstration.
if they can, or if Germany fears they
can, there will have to be some hasty
retransferring of German troops tak-
en from the east, with lessening prob-
abilities of that advertised German
drive in the west.
energy of the country to way A oA
SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE.
—George E. Rabb, proprietor of a wall
paper store in Johnstown, was killed re-
cently in a fall down the cellar stairs at
his home.
—Investigation into the assertion that
more Mifflin county boys are being drafted
than the county quota calls for, has been
started in Lewistown.
—Mrs. George Fillman, of Mifflin town-
ship, Mifflin county, was severely burned
about the head and left side as the result
of a bottle of stove polish exploding while
she was blackening the stove on Saturday
morning.
—The school house at Belsano, Cambria
county, was completely destroyed by fire
Friday night. The blaze is supposed to
have started from the second floor near the
flue. School will be continued in the I.
0. O. F. hall at Belsano.
—Losing his balance and falling from
the bumpers of a moving freight car, last
Friday, Lawrence S. Ridell was instantly
killed, when the wheels of the car passed
over his body in the yards of the Railway
Steel Spring company, Latrobe.
—Hazard A. Murray, son of the late
Thomas H. Murray, of Clearfield, has en-
tered suit against James P. O'Loughlin,
his former law partner, asking damages
in the sum of $60,000 as recompense for the
alleged illegal acts of Mr. O'Loughlin.
—While George W. Haley was smoking
at his home in Hoboken, Pa., on Monday
morning, a spark from his cigar flew into
the eye of his little son, who was playing
in the same room. Physicians did every-
thing possible, but it is feared he may
lose the sight of his eye.
—The State Health Department was me-
- | tified on Saturday of the discovery of a
case of smallpox in the Westinghouse
plant at Pittsburgh. A representative of
the Department will go to Pittsburgh to
make an inspection and assist in guard-
ing against the spread of the disease.
—William Hallier, of Mauch Chunk, Pa.,
who is a fearless snake catcher, but is
deaf, owes his safety to a peculiar condi-
tion of the calves of his legs, which always
set up tremors when snakes are about.
His legs are especially valuable to him
when a rattler gives warning, as he cam-
not hear.
—Miss Ina Walters, a teacher in Arm-
strong county, was held under $300 bail
to answer a charge of committing an as-
sault upon a pupil. It was testified at the
hearing that the teacher whipped George
McNabb, 11 years of age, with a section
of rubber hose until the boy's back was
black andgblue, necessitating the services
of a physician.
—By retaining his presence of mind,
Carson Deitz, of Lock Haven, escaped be-
ing killed or seriously injured at the Lib-
erty street crossing of the Pennsylvania
railroad at Lock Haven. When he was
almost on the track he beheld the fast
milk train rounding the curve, and he
quickly turned his car down along the
track until he could bring it to a stop.
—Smallpox cases now prevail in twelve
counties of the State, but the increase has
net been as great since January first as
in the same period of time in the latter
part of December. The bulk of the out-
breaks occurred during December and a
number of the cases were traced to Ohie
and Michigan, three instances occurring
where the disease prevailed among labor-
ers moved from place to place,
—To make flying safer for naval avia-
tors, George R. Green, an expert wood
technologist and associate professor of
forestry at The Pennsylvania State Col-
lege, has been engaged as chief inspector
of airplane materials at the Philadelphia
navy yard. He will head a corps of train-
ed foresters who know how to find defects
in lumber which might be overlooked by
men with less scientific knowledge.
—By the transfer of thirty-one tracts of
land in South Mahoning and Washington
townships, in Indiana county, to the Com-
solidated Coal & Coke company, and the
building of a siding from the proposed
opening on the A. H. Miller's heirs’ farm
in the former township, the Buffalo & Sus-
quehanna railroad will have a new coal
operation that bids fair to become one of
the largest feeders of the road in that
section.
—Joe Carlos, a young Italian living in
the Lewistown Narrows, burned up ten
$20 goldbacks the day before Christmas,
because, he said, “A man is better off
without money if he can’t spend it hav-
ing a good time.” To show his friends
that he meant business he held them off
with a brace of guns in real wild west
style while he applied the match to the
yellow backs. He is now lodged in the
Mifflin county jail.
—Postmaster James R. Mowry, of Der-
ry, has tendered his resignation because
of the vast increase in the work of his of-
fice and inability to secure competent help.
The office pays a salary of $1,800 and am
allowance of $66 per month for clerk hire.
Mr. Mowry has found it necessary to hire
three clerks to take care of the volume of
work, paying for the extra ones out of
his salary. As a result, he says, there's
little or nothing left for him at the end of
the year.
—The Rossiter public schools resumed
on Monday after being closed since Neo-
vember 28, on account of an epidemic of
scarlet fever. During the epidemic four-
teen cases of scarlet fever in all were re-
ported. There are still eight cases un-
der quarantine, but the situation is suf-
ficiently well in hand to permit the re-
opening of the schools. It is probable
that an extra month will be added to the
school term in Rossiter, to make up for
the lest time.
—Giordano Raell, an Italian of Broad
Top township, Bedford, was arrested on
Sunday afternoon at Robertsdale, Hunt-
ingdon county, by private Robert Schell,
of the state police, on the charge of hav-
ing shot and killed Guy Imsalaca, a fel-
low countrymen, at Woodvale, Hunting-
don county, on the night of January 2nd.
Coroner J. G. Hanks, of Everett, was no-
tified of the shooting affray and follow-
ing his inquest held last Thursday noti-
fied District Attorney H. C. James that
death was caused by two bullet wounds.
Clarence Hibbler, track foreman at
Ritchie, Lycoming county, shot a wild
duck last October during the hunting sea-
son, and found a metal band on the leg of
the duck, enclosing a note, stating that a
man at Kingsville, Ont., Canada, had cap-
tured the duck in the early summer
months of 1917 and had released it after
attaching the ring. A verse of scripture
was also enclosed, “The way of the Lord
is perfect,” and requesting any hunter in
the southland who might capture or kill
the feathery messenger, to communicate
\ with the Ontario party, which Mr. Hibbler
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did, later receiving a letter of thanks for
—Subseribe for the ‘Watchman,” 'his trouble.