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Bellefonte, Pa., February 8, 1918.
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The New Flour Regulation for Centre
County.
(Continued from page 1, column 4).
trade will be considered sufficient ev-
idence on which to base this deter-
mination. Cereals to be recognized
as wheat substitutes are corn meal,
cornstarch, corn flour, hominy, corn-
grits, barley flour, rice, rice flour, oat-
meal, rolled oats, buckwheat flour, po-
tato flour, sweet potato flour, soy bean
flour, feterita flours and meals, and
no others except that rye may be used |
until March 3. In all counties federal
food administrators are charged with
the duty of seeing that these regu-
lations are strictly observed by the
trade and will promptly report viola-
tions to the State Administrator.
This is a necessary war measure and
appeal is made to the public for pa-
trictic acceptance of the condition im-
posed even though inconvenience in
the purchase of any flour by fact of
temporary trade shortage of substi-
tute materials.
HEINZ,
Federal Food Administrator
for Pennsylvania.
The worst of America’s trou-
bles are yet to come. After the lick-
ing has been pronounced good and
plenty, Germany will refuse to reim-
burse her allies for any of their
losses.
——There is no substantial reason
for prosecuting German language pa-
pers for sedition when English lan-
guage papers say worse things and
are allowed immunity.
——The Bolsheviki have certainly
disappointed the Kaiser but it would
not be safe to send valuable chromos
to Trotsky as a reward for his serv-
ices to our side.
——Nobody has blamed President
Wilson for the zero weather as yet
but all the backwoods statesmen have
not been heard from.
——Hindenburg boasts that he will
be in Paris by April. If that be true
he will be a prisoner of war.
Bellefonte Red Cross Chapter Has
Perfect Record.
The head of the Red Cross work-
room is in receipt of a letter from
Mrs. Clark, superintendent of surgic-
al dressings, Philadelphia, which
reads, in part, as follows:
“Your boxes of surgical dress-
ings have been excellent and with
the exception of a slight mistake
in folding of strips, away back in
December, you have a perfect rec-
ord, which I think calls for con-
gratulation and thanks.”
When you :ake into consideration
the fact that about twenty-three hun-
dred dressings are shipped from here
each month, the Chapter has just
cause to be proud of this record.
Doubtless very few people realize
the strict rules that must be complied
with in folding and packing dressings,
and it would be of interest to every-
one to visit the rooms and see for
themselves how the work is done.
Visitors are always welcome,
whether members of the Red Cross or
not, and now with the opening of the
new quarters in the library in the
court house it is especially desired
that not only the people of the town
will visit the rooms, but also those
from the Auxiliaries will make it a
point to drop in when in town and see
what the organization is doing.
The library is open for work on
Monday and Tuesday afternoons and
the rooms in Petrikin hall are open
both afternoon and evening on these
days.
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Sledded to Pleasant Gap.
A jolly party of young people sled-
ded to Pleasant Gap last evening and
made merry at the hotel kept by Mrs.
Maurice Yeager. A splendid supper
was served at 9.30 and the remainder
of the evening was spent in playing
games and music. Everybody had a
good time and the crowd returned
home early. Those present were as
follows:
Margaret Haupt, Angeline Carpen-
eto, Margaret Mignot, Mary Beezer,
Catherine Connelly, Betty Gherrity,
Elizabeth Hazel, Louise Hartle, Pearl
and Christine Gillen, Eugenia Bauer,
Anthony Compani, Robert Gherrity,
Thomas Todsock, Frank Kelley, An-
drew and John Knapsik, George Mec-
Nichol, James Carpeneto, Thomas
Gross and Basil Doll. The chaperons
were Misses Gertrude Crawford and
Louise Carpeneto.
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Frost — Hartsock. — Preston A.
Frost, of New York city, and Miss
Mary Hartsock, of Waddle, were mar-
ried on Saturday at the Methodist
parsonage in Lock Haven by the pas-
tor, Rev. Wetzler. The bride is a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Hartsock, of Waddle, but during the
past five years has made her home
with her aunt, Mrs. Frank Crosth-
waite, at State College. The bride-
groom is a graduate of State College
class of 1916 and is now an assistant
instructor in the zoological depart-
ment at the College. In honor of
Mrs. Frost Mrs. Crosthwaite enter-
tained with a general shower on Tues-
day evening, about forty guests being
present. ’
| HARRIS.—Mrs. Mary Tonner Har-
ris, widow of the late Henry P. Har-
‘ris, died at her home on east Howard
street at 3:30 o'clock on Monday
‘morning. She had been a sufferer
with heart disease the past several
‘tack which resulted in her death about
itwo weeks previous.
She was a daughter of John and
‘Lydia Kreamer Tonner and was born
in Millheim about eighty-two years
ago. In 1838 her father was elected
{ Register and Recorder of Centre
county and on taking the office in
; January, 1839, he moved his family to
i Bellefonte and this place had been
| Mrs. Harris’ home ever since. Her
father at one time owned the corner
i where the Methodist church now
|stands and lived where the Presby-
| terian parsonage is located. He held
office for a period of twelve years and
was also a local preacher in the
i Methodist church and a man intimate-
{ly identified with all public activities
{in the early days of the county.
Miss Tonner was married to Mr.
| Harris fifty-six years ago and they
(went to housekeeping in a house on
the corner of Howard and Spring
streets where the M. I. Gardner prop-
erty is now located. After living
there a number of years they moved
into the property on the corner of
Howard and Penn streets which has
been the family home ever since.
While Mrs. Harris never aspired to
what some might believe to be the
great things of life she achieved a
more substantial greatness in the
building and management of her
home. She was not only a good wife
but a real life-partner of her hus-
band, earnestly helpful in all of his
undertakings. As a mother she
was kind, considerate and all that any
mother could be and was as much in-
terested in the success of her children
when they had grown to manhood and
womanhood as she was quick to re-
spond with loving ministrations dur-
ing their childhood and youth. And
her consistent care and affection was
amply rewarded in that she was per-
mitted to live to see them all grow
into useful, respected citizens. In her
younger life she was a leader in the
work of the women in the local Meth-
odist church; having been organist, a
member of the choir and enthusias-
tically active in all of the woman’s or-
ganizations. In truth, she was the
life of many of them, for no woman
within our knowledge possessed a
more keen sense of humor and called
it more tactfully into service to
brighten up a dull gathering or make
easy unpleasant tasks.
Mr. Harris died a number of years
ago but surviving her are five chil-
dren, ra ~ely: Wilbur F., of Harris-
burg; Hardman P., of Bellefonte;
Mrs. William Galway, of Radford,
Va.; James H., of Reading, and John
Tonner, of Harrisburg. She also
leaves two sisters, Mrs. Brisbin, of
Medford, Mass., and Mrs. McClain, of
Massillon, Ohio.
Funeral services were held at her
late home yesterday morning by Dr.
Ezra H. Yocum and Dr. W. K. Mec-
Kinney, after which private burial
was made in the Union cemetery.
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AMMERMAN.—Mrs. Eliza Am-
merman, widow of the late Thomas
Ammerman, died on Sunday morning
following an illness of some weeks
with heart trouble. She was a daugh-
ter of Joseph and Sarah Walk and
was born at Boalsburg on January
24th, 1843, hence at her death was 75
years and 10 days old. She was mar-
ried to Mr. Ammerman on February
1st, 1860, who died a number of years
ago. Surviving her, however, are the
following children: John T. Ammer-
man, of Bellefonte; A. C., of State
College, and W. W. Ammerman, of
Mt. Carmel. She also leaves two
brothers and one sister, namely: Wil-
liam, Augustus and Sarah Walk, all
of Bellefonte. She was a member of
the United Brethren church and fun-
eral services were held in the church
on Wednesday afternoon by Rev. A.
B. Sprague, assisted by Rev. T.
Hugh MacLeod, after which burial
was made in the Union cemetery.
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OLIVER.—Miss Sarah Oliver pass-
ed peacefully away at four o'clock
last Saturday afternoon at the home
of her brother, A. W. Oliver, at Grays-
ville. She had been an invalid for
thirty years and had been confined to
her bed the past sixteen years. She
was a daughter of James and Marga-
ret Oliver and was born on January
20th, 1843, hence was 75 years and 13
days old. She was a member of the
Presbyterian church from girlhood
and until ill health overtook her al-
ways an ardent worker in the same.
Her only survivor is her brother, A.
W. Oliver. Burial was made in the
Graysville cemetery on Monday morn-
ing.
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KLINGER.—Grace Emeline, the in-
fant daughter of Edward and Bertha
Klinger, of east Lamb street, died at
an early hour Monday morning of an
affection of the heart, aged 1 year
and 4 months. In addition to the
grief-stricken parents three brothers
and a sister survive, namely: John,
in the U. S. navy; Mary, Jesse and
Donald, at home. Rev. Dr. Ambrose
Schmidt had charge of the funeral
services which were held at two
o’clock on Wednesday afternoon, bur-
ial being made in the Union cemetery.
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KOONTZ. — Mrs. Mary Koontz,
mother of Mrs. Sarah Stover, of
Boalsburg, died at her home in Ber-
lin, Somerset county, on Tuesday.
She was aged ninety-two years and
was Berlin’s oldest resident. In ad-
dition to Mrs. Stover she leaves two
other children, Samuel Koontz, of
Stoneycreek township, Somerset coun-
ty, and Mrs. Mary Landis, of Berlin.
and well known resident of Union
; township,
near the
| ly before four o’clock last Wednesday
(afternoon. He lived at the home
Editor. years but was afflicted with the at- | which is kept by Daniel Wellers. He
; had been around the house most of the
afternoon, in fact his presence had not
been missed. Sometime between
three and four o’clock Mr. Wellers
started to Unionville to get his mail
and some six or seven rods from the
house found Irwin lying against a
i snow bank alongside the road, dead.
It was at first feared that the man
had frozen to death but a close ex-
amination showed that he died from
natural causes. >
He was born in Union township
{and was about seventy-three years
lold. He is survived by his wife, who
lat present is living at Danville, and
| the following children: B. H. Irwin, |
|a coal dealer in Unionville; Roland |
Isger, of Elrana, Washington county;
Harry A., of State College; Thomas
H., in the Danville hospital; Orvis, of
Unionville, and Wilbur, whose where-
abouts are unknown. Funeral serv-
ices were held in the Methodist church
after which burial was made in the
Stover cemetery near Unionville.
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HUSS.—Miss Jennie Huss, a
daughter of John R. Huss, of Gregg
township, died on Wednesday at the
home of her grandmother, Mrs. Ellen
Huss, at Spring Mills, aged 24 years.
For a number of years she was an op-
erator in the Bell telephone exchange
at Spring Mills. Her health failed
diagnosed as tuberculosis. In J uly
she resigned her position with the tel-
went to the Mont Alto sanitorium.
The treatment there did her no good
and nine weeks ago she returned and
went to the home of her grandmother.
In addition to her father she is sur-
vived by one brother, George Huss.
Burial was made in the Presbyterian
cemetery at Spring Mills yesterday
morning.
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SCHENCK.—Christian Schenck, a
well known resident of Howard town-
ship, died on Monday morning of gen-
eral infirmities. He was a son of Mr.
and Mrs. Jonathan Schenck and was
seventy years old. He was married
to Miss Emma Strunk by whom he
had three children, Lawrence, of
Johnsonburg; Howard, of Howard
borough, and Minnie, in Williamsport.
Following the death of his first wife
he married Miss Emma Bexry, of Al-
toona, who survives with one daugh-
ter, Marie I., at home. He also leaves
one sister and three brothers, namely:
Mrs. David B. Schenck, Nathan H.,
Hayes and Ralph Schenck. Burial
was made in the Schenck cemetery
yesterday afternoon.
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BAIRD.—Mrs. Blanche E. Baird,
wife of Edward H. Baird, died at her
home in Milesburg on Tuesday of last
week after an illness of three weeks
with pneumonia. She was a daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Campbell
and was born at the McCoy & Linn
iron works on August 8th, 1874, hence
was in her forty-fourth year. She
was married to Mr. Baird in 1903 and
he survives with three children, Car-
oline E., Thomas B. and Anna B. She
also leaves her father and three broth-
ers and a sister, namely: James
Campbell, of Tyrone; Thomas, of Re-
novo; Frank, of Westport, and Mary
at home. Burial was made.in the
Treziyulny cemetery on Saturday
afternoon.
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ZIMMERMAN. — David Zimmer-
mna, a native of Walker township,
died at his home in Pittsburgh last
Friday morning of tuberculosis. He
was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis
Zimmerman and was born at Hecla
Park sixty years ago. He had lived
in Pittsburgh for twenty years or
more, being in charge of a tea store.
He was married to a Miss Stevenson,
of Beech Creek, who survives with no
children. He leaves, however, three
brothers and one sister, namely:
Kline, Shuman and John Zimmerman,
of Hecla Park, and Mrs. H. C. Robin-
son, of Milesburg. Burial was made
in the Hublersburg cemetery on Sun-
day afternoon. l
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POORMAN.—Mrs. Fleming Poor-
man died at her home near Yarnell
after a year’s illness with tuberculo-
sis. She was a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. William Lucas and was born at
Snow Shoe fifty-five years ago. She
is survived by her husband and the
following children: Mrs. Ellis Pow-
nell, of Blanchard; Charles, Donald
and Blanchard Poorman, at home;
Clyde, of Milesburg, and Malcolm, in
Altoona. No arrangements for the
funeral have yet been made.
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KANARR.—Mrs. John Kanarr died
at her home in Howard on Tuesday
morning following an illness of many
weeks with a complication of diseas-
es, aged seventy-one years. She is
survived by her husband and the fol-
lowing children: Mrs. Roland C.
Mauer, Mrs. George P. Harney and
Mrs. George B. Mann, all of Howard,
and W. A. Kanarr, of Bellefonte. Bur-
ial will be made in the Summit Hill
cemetery this morning.
Germans as Conquerers,
From the Syracuse Post-Standard.
Trotsky’s invitation, “Come on and
take Petrograd if you want to feed
2,000,000 people,” shows a misconcep-
tion of the German method. Germany
does not feed those she conquers. She
robs them of what they have and
leaves them to starve.
IRWIN.—Henry T. Irwin, an old | RESULTS OF SEED CORN
Irwin, of Williamsport; Mrs. Alice ,
at Unionville at 10:30 o’clock on Sun- |
day morning by Rev. M. C. Piper, !
about a year ago and her ailment was ,
ephone company and early in the fall |
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TEST.
was found dead on the road | Emphasizes the Fact that Every Far-
Union township home short- | mer Should Test Every Single Ear. !
| County farm agent R. H. Olmstead
| says that the first results from the
{seed corn survey have been returned,
| bringing a big surprise on the ger-
| mination test. All corn sent in was
crib selected and a good complete
| sample was taken by selecting 25 ears
| through the crib and taking six ker-
‘nels from each ear. This gave a good
| representative sample of 150 kernels
‘from all over the crib.
| Some of the germination tests were
{unusually low, and from the ten sam-
[ples sent in the germination ran from
23 to 100 per cent. Five of the sam-
‘ples tested were below 85 per cent.
,only three tested 90 per cent. and on-
‘ly one tested 100 per cent. It also
‘brings a more critical condition to the
seed corn condition of the State when
lone realizes that Centre county corn
‘has averaged higher than any county
iso far tested. Of course not very
much corn has been tested to date
but it does bring out the fact that
corn for seed is going to be mighty
uncertain this year and no farmer can
afford to plant without testing every
| single ear. He is running a chance
for a very poor stand if he does. Es-
pecially is this true of crib corn and
corn that was selected and stored in
‘the barn or a shed, where it was sub-
ject to the early freezes that we had.
The Bureau has more corn under
test but still wants more samples. If
ithe tests continue as they have the
| farmers may have a chance to sell all
their corn for seed, and it will not
hurt to have it tested at least. If
you have what you consider fair corn
to sell pick out 25 ears and send the
Farm Bureau six kernels from each
ear. You need not keep ear samples
separate but send as a composite sam-
ple for the germination test. If you
are in need of seed corn the Farm Bu-
, reau is now in a position to direct you
to good seed on a germination test
basis. Our own needs should be sup-
plied first, then all outside sources as
the demand comes. Apply early if
you are in need and send samples if
you have mature corn to sell.
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The Tale of Two Dogs.
_ Ordinarily every dog has a tail, but
it took two dogs to make this tale:
County farm agent R. H. Olmstead
is not only well versed in soils and
seeds and how to get the best results
with the various kinds and grades of
fertilizers, but he is also a lover of
dogs—real nice, blooded dogs. Know-
ing just where he could get a dog of
this kind he ordered it sent to him
by express C. O. D.
The dog arrived a few days ago and
the express agent notified Mr. Olm-
stead that the dog had arrived and
would be held at the office subject to
his inspection. Mr. Olmstead hied
himself forthwith to the express office
and made an official examination of
the dog, placed upon the canine his
and ordered the dog delivered at his
home, then feeling particularly satis-
fied with his bargain went back to his
office in the court house and his work
on soils and seeds.
In due ¢ourse of time there was a
(call on his telephone and on taking
| down the receiver was greeted by the
| voice of Mrs. Olmstead demanding to
know what he meant by sending such
a dog up there. Mr. Olmstead placid-
'ly assured her that “it was just like
{our other dog,” but she insisted that
{it wasn’t, and that he was to come and
i take it away forthwith.
Dropping his soils and seeds the
! county farm agent hastened home and
was absolutely dumbfounded to see
| not the sleek and blooded canine that
i he had put his seal of approval on but
| Only an old houn’ dog,
! Long and lean and lank.
! Mr. Olmstead had to rub his eyes to
be certain he was seeing right, but
once satisfied he decided he had been
tricked in some way and of course de-
termined to start his investigation
with the express company. And it
was well he did because there was
where the trouble lay.
In the course of his investigation
it developed that when the dog arriv-
ed at the express office in this place
one of the slats on the top of the crate
was broken and another package had
been placed on top of it to keep the
dog in. When the deliveryman start-
ed on his rounds he also put a pack-
age on top of the dog crate. In this
instance said package was for the
John Meese store and when the driver
stopped to deliver the package he for-
got about the broken slat in the dog
crate. The result was when he re-
turned to the sled there was no dog
in the crate. Looking around he saw
a dog standing alongside the sled
wagging its tail and he promptly
caught it and put it into the crate,
smilingly delivering it at the Olm-
stead home. Further investigation
revealed the fact that the dog deliv-
ered was J. Mac Heinle’s old hound
dog, and it later developed that when
the driver was in Meese’s store the
real dog, discovering the opening
through the broken slat, jumped out
of the crate and ran around the cor-
ner, as all dogs sometimes will do,
and when it returned the express com-
pany’s sled was gone, so it attached
itself to the Meese delivery, followed
it home and during the time of all the
disturbance was calmly sleeping in
the Meese barn.
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Lincoln's Book.
Lincoln was a man of one book, and
that book the Bible. Its cool vigor
became his. The compressed energy
of its phrases lent strength to his
acts and utterances, and they became,
in a measure, the salvation of the
! Union.—New York Times.
| seal of approval by paying all charges !
| farm and was
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| Soldier Arrested for Overstaying
Furlough.
| Rice, of Bellefonte, who came home
{from Camp Hancock during the Holi-
idays and overstayed his time two or
three weeks, giving as his reason the
lack of funds to pay his way back:
| On telegraph instructions received
| from Lieutenant Palmer at Camp
| Hancock, Augusta, Ga., Chief of Po-
[lice C. E. Donahue this morning plac-
ed under arrest Private Calvin Rice,
over stayed his furlough. Rice, who
is from Niagara Falls, has been in
this city for a few days. He claims
that he was without funds to return
ito camp and that no response was
| made to his request to his company
commander for funds due him, with
Camp Hancock.
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Marriage Licenses.
Following is a list of the marriage
by Register Frank Sasserman:
Noah M. Hahn, of Pine Glenn, and
Mary H. Cox, of Blanchard.
Earl Thomas Conway, of Woodland,
(and Eugune Derbique, of Philipsburg.
Irvin R. Miller and Olivia E. Gentz-
el, both of State College.
Guerney R. Boob and Mildred B.
Maize, both of Millheim.
Henry W. Brimmeir, of Rock View,
and Bertha A. Hayes, of Bellefonte.
John Koscak and Bertha Smalko,
both of Clarence.
Harry Howe and Madeline Smith,
both of Philipsburg.
In the Society Whirlpool.
Mrs. George Beezer’s dinner last
night was the third of a series.
The Five Hundred club gave a sur-
prise party Wednesday night to Mrs.
Henry Kline, in celebration of her
birthday, the guests being entertained
in Mrs. Kline’s private apartments at
the Haag hotel.
A valentine party originated by
Miss Helen Love and Miss Mary Van-
Dyke will be given in the town hall
Thursday night of next wek.
PINE GROVE MENTION.
Mrs. L. D. Musser is in the clutch-
es of the grip.
Mrs. Mae Bailey is housed up with
pulmonary trouble.
J. F. Kimport and Grant Charles
registered at the St. Elmo on Satur-
day.
Lloyd Ripka has leased the Reed
brothers farm east of town for the
ensuing season.
James Keller, a representative citi-
zen of Shaver’s Creek, transacted bus-
iness in town on Friday.
of State College, were Sunday visitors
at the G. Mac Fry home.
Mrs. Beulah Osman and
daughter were over Sunday visitors
(at the J. R. Smith home.
his recent illness and is again on du-
ty as teacher of the Krumrine school.
Just when he had about recovered
from an attack of pneumonia Archey
Laird had a relapse and is still housed
up.
Owing to ill health Jacob Reish will
quit the old farm in the spring and
will be succeeded by his son, Sinus
Reish. .
. Our old friend, Henry McWilliams,
is planning for a month’s visit with
his sister, Mrs. Alice Buchwalter, at
Lancaster.
After a three week’s visit among
friends at Howard Miss Irene Pletch.
er returned to the C. M. Dale home
on Monday.
Charles Mong last week gave up his
job as J. C. Homan’s assistant on the
promptly succeeded by
Charles Sunday.
The woodchuck sure did see his
shadow all day long on Saturday and
now we’ll be compelled to endure six
more weeks of this kind of weather.
On going to the barn last Thurs-
day morning Daniel Harpster found
his best horse with a leg broken. The
animal was shot to put it out of its
misery.
Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Bierly have
been in charge of the A. C. Kepler
home in the Glades during the past
week while the Keplers have been ab-
sent on a trip.
Mrs. S. M. Hess, who has been a
surgical patient in the Bellefonte hos-
pital the past three weeks, is conval-
escing nicely and hopes to return
home this week.
Mr. and Mrs. John Osinan spent the
Sabbath at the S. S. Krumrine home
on east Main street. Mr. Krumrine
had been quite ill for some time but
is now recovering.
While visiting her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. E. C. Musser, in this place, Mrs.
C. M. McCormick had an attack of
heart trouble but has recovered suf-
ficiently to return to her home at Cir-
cleville.
Hugh C. Dale took a party of
Grangers to Centre Hali last Friday
evening to attend a meeting of the
Centre Hall Grange. One of the at-
tractions was a big supper served
free to all.
Mrs. Isabel Musser and baby girl
are visiting the Grandpa McWilliams
home at Rock Springs. Mr. McWil-
liams has just returned from the
Johnstown hospital and is convales-
cing very nicely. :
Henry L. Dale has leased the Boal
farm at Oak Hall for the coming year,
Mr. Snyder, the present occupant, in-
tending to retire. Charles Johnston-
baugh will succeed Mr. Dale on the
Boal farm near Boalsburg.
Elmer Barr, who took Horace Gree-
ley’s advice thirty years ago and went
west, locating in Nevada, is now vis-
iting relatives in this section, with
headquarters at the home of postmas-
ter Barr, on Main street. When he
returns west he expects to leave his
present location and go nearer the
Pacific coast.
Last Thursday’s Lock Hafen Ex-!
| press contained the following item, :
| which probably relates to the Calvin C
of the 109th Field Artillery, who |
which he might return. He was jailed |
and the chief is awaiting orders from |
licenses granted during the past week !
W. K. Corl, wife and four children,,
little
Ernest Trostle has recovered from |
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| AMERICAN SOLDIERS PERISH.
| Transport Sunk Off Irish Coast and
267 Men Missing.
Washington, February
Cunard liner Tuscania,
179 American soldiers, has been tor-
i pedoed and sunk off the Irish coast,
but official reports late tonight said
11,912 of the officers and men had been
{saved and indicated that the list of
‘ rescued might prove even larger. The
| troops, composed chiefly of detach-
ments of Michigan and Wisconsin
| National Guardsmen, were traveling
jon the Tuscania, a British vessel, un.
der convoy of British warships.
A brief despatch to the War De-
‘partment from London early this
levening announced the disaster and
{reported the landing of only 1,100
survivors. This was made public
i shortly after 10 o’clock, and for more
‘than two hours it was feared that
probably 1,400 men, including mem-
bers of the liner’s crew, had gone
down.
When a message came to the State
Department from the embassy at
London, saying at 11 o'clock tonight
that 1,912 of the Americans had been
accounted for, the joy of officials al-
(most swept away the distress occa-
sioned by the earlier news. The first
1,100 survivors were landed at Larne
and Buncrana, two widely separated
Irish ports, and this, coupled with the
|evident fact that rescue ships were
iat hand quickly, gave rise to hope
[that nearly everybody on board the
| Tuscania except those injured by the
| explosion might have been saved.
| The State Department's despatch
gave the number of soldiers on board
las 2,173, six less than the War De-
| partment’s report. It told of plans
| promptly made for caring for the sur-
ivivors. The State Department issued
; this statement:
| “The latest advices received by the
i State Department from the embassy
lat London regarding the Tuscania is
that at 11 p. m., February 6, the lat-
est information was that 1,912 officers
and men on the Tuscania were ac-
counted for out of 2,173.
The Tuscania was the first ship car-
rying American troops to Europe to
be sunk by German submarines, but
the American transport Antilles was
torpedoed and sunk in the war zone
while returning to the United States
from France and fourteen soldiers
were lost with 156 other persons, in-
cluding several members of the naval
armed guard.
American war ships convoying
transports to France last June twice
fought off submarine attacks. Since
then, however, there has been no re-
port of an attack on a ship carrying
American troops to France.
Recently the Navy Department has
feared that the Germans would make
a concerted effort to intercept trans-
ports, the recall of many of the sub-
marines to their bases being inter-
preted as preliminary to such a cam-
paign.
The Tuscania was a British passen-
ger and freight steamship of 14,348
tons gross register. She was built at
Glasgow in 1914 and was owned by
the Anchor line.
UNITS ON THE SHIP.
6.—The
carrying 2,-
that its records showed the following
were on board the Tuscania:
| Headquarters detachment and Com-
panies D, E, and F of the 20th Engi-
neers.
107th Engineer train. 107th Mili-
tary police.
107th Supply train. No. 100 Aero
squadron.
158th Aero squadron.
squadron.
Replacement detachments Nos. 1
and 2 of the 32nd division.
Fifty-one casual officers.
The Thirty Second division is com-
posed of National Guard troops from
Michigan and Wisconsin. The divis-
{ion trained at Camp McArthur, Texas.
The 107th Engineers was compos-
ed of the first battalion of Michigan
engineers; the 107th Military police
was made up from the 4th and 6th
Wisconsin infantry and the 107th
Supply train from the Fourth, Fifth
and Sixth Wisconsin infantry.
COLEVILLE.
Oscar Davis spent several days last
week in Johnstown. ”
Frank Cassidy, of Sandy Ridge, vis-
ited at the Jacob Cashier home last
week.
Mr. and Mrs. John Switzer spent
last Thursday evening at a dance at
Pleasant Gap.
Mr. and Mrs. Michaels, of Altoona,
spent several days with Mr. and Mrs.
James Justice.
Miss Ethel Justice returned home
from the hospital on Saturday. She
is improving very nicely.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Shay, of Altoo-
na, spent Sunday with Mrs. Shay’s
sister, Mrs. James Justice.
Lemuel Reese, Arthur Cashier of
Sandy Ridge, and Samuel Cashier and
son William, of Snow Shoe, were vis-
iters over Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Jacob Cashier.
There is a rumor flying around that
one of our young bachelors and a
young widow were married several
months ago and that the young peo-
ple wanted to keep it a secret but
some little bird told. Congratula-
tions.
Wednesday evening a crowd of
neighbors decided to go to the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Robb. The
party folks had the surprise when
they found these worthy people in
bed. Mr. Robb’s hearing the noise at
their door quickly opened their house
to their friends. Social games and re-
freshments were part of the evening
program.
Supt. James Kelley went to town
last Thursday evening and returned
home at nine o'clock to find his home
crowded with neighbors and friends,
who had come to help celebrate his
birthday. A very enjoyable evening
was spent and refreshments were
served by Mrs. Kelley. In the wee
small hours of the morning the peo-
ple left for their homes wishing Mr.
Kelley many more happy birthdays.
Habit.
“Why did your wife leave you?”
“Force of habit, I guess. She was
a cook before I married her.”
213th Aero
The War Department announced.
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