Pemorralic acum BY P. GRAY MEEK INK SLINGS. * In ten days the great spring drive on the trout will be launched. . —Winter tried hard to jump back into the lap of spring yesterday morn- ing. _ —Let us hope the weather man isn’t getting mixed up and giving us our June weather now. —'Twas a pity every person mature enough to think deeply of our coun- try’s crisis could not have heard Lieut. Paul Perigord. —_The element of uncertainty is all removed and south Water street, Bellefonte, will really be paved this summer. What a blessing it will be. —If you have already bought Lib- erty Bonds buy more if you can. If you haven't as yet loaned any of your money to your country start tomotr- row. — Lieutenant Paul Perigord and Senator E. L. Tustin surely must have carried away with them a deep con- viction that Centre county people are at last aroused. — Mr. Hoover now complains that we use too much soap and we enter the plea of not guilty by desire at least on the part of a vast army of kiddies that we know of. —Again let us remind you that shouting Amen! to the other fellow’s efforts isn’t doing your own part You want to do some things that will command a few Amens! from the oth- er fellow. —The recent German drive in France, that looked so alarming dur- ing the first few days of its progress, has been stopped so long now as to make it appear that it can never again gather momentum. German prisoners want Americans to let them alone. That is easy. If they will go home and behave themselves Americans will not only let them alone but will help them to behave. — With commencement at The Pennsylvania State College coming in April it makes a lot of us feel as though we ought to have torn a few sheets off our calendar at the same time we turned our clocks on. say they — Tomorrow the drive to put the third Liberty Loan over the top will begin. Let us go to the work so en- thusiastically that long before the closing day of the campaign, on May 4th, our full quota will have been sub- scribed. —The fight our Republican friends are having over the make up of their state ticket isn’t hurting the chances of the Democratic nominees for the same offices, if they happen to be men | who can command the united and en- thusiastic support of the party. —If eagerness to hear the spoken words of those urging more activity on our part in the successful carrying on of the war means anything then Wednesday night's meeting in Belle- fonte leaves no doubt as to what can be expected from Centre county in the future. —Of course it was only to be ex- pected that this community would dis- cover a few people so contrary as to determine that they won't go by the new government time. It is only nat- ural for that class because they are ordinarily so far behind in everything else that they won’t even give their clocks a chance to catch up. —Ludendorff’s advice to the Ger- man people not to expect too much might have been amplified by the lines that made a hit in an amateur play here some years ago. “Often we get what we don’t expect and often we expect what we don’t get.” They seem peculiarly applicable to the Ger- man drive, for the Germans are cer- tainly getting cut to pieces faster than they expected to be and they expected to be in Paris on April 1st and are not there yet. — This will be the spring that the wise man will plant plenty of pota- toes. Because of the large acreage, and propitious season last year there was a great crop and prices were low. Many were disappointed because they did not get fancy prices for their crops and in consequence there will not be as many planted this spring. Suppose the acreage is reduced and the season should be unfavorable, what will happen then? The man who has planted plenty when the oth- er fellow has planted only a few will be the winner. — The “Watchman” has always in- sisted that for beneficial results to Centre county a good Representative can’t be kept too long in the Legisla- ture or a bad one too short a time. Consequently it has never had much patience with arguments based on the two term precedent. Mr. Scott is out to break the precedent, but while Mr. Scott is not a bad Representative he is far away from having the qualifi- cations necessary to make him the forceful man in the General Assem- bly that we have had in mind always when advocating the theory that a good man can’t be kept there too long. Had the late J. C. Meyer lived, for ex- ample, his ability as a lawyer, an ora- tor and man of affairs would have led to his being recognized as one of the leaders, one of the constructively strong men in our legislative halls, but Mr. Scott, unfortunately has neither of these accomplishments and therefore has nothing upon which to ask the people of Centre county to break the two term precedent in his favor. STATE RIGHTS AN D FEDERAL UNION. BELLEFONTE, PA.. APRIL 5, 1918. NO. 14. Philadelphia the Modern Sodom. | In a statement issued by the Secre- | tary of the Navy Philadelphia is de- nounced as the wickedest city in America. “The police force,” the Secretary declares “is not only ineffi- | cient; it is corrupt.” This judgment | is based on a report made by Ray- | mond B. Fosdick, chairman of the] commission on training camp activi- | ties of the Navy Department, who | spent six months investigating the | subject. He declares that after many attempts to “clean up the unwhole- | some conditions in Philadelphia,” he: has arrived at the conclusion that the | “fundamental reason for the failure of these attempts is the intimate con- | nection of the responsible officials with those who profit by the contin- ued existence of vice conditions.” Little better could .be expected from a community which puts all govern- ing authority in the hands of known corruptionists. Years ago tariff grafters controlled the city and con- tinued to loot until power was finally. turned over to the garbage collectors of South Philadelphia who openly boasted of their ability to debauch elections and in the end resorted to murder in order to retain control at the primary election of last year. It is small wonder that the Secretary of the Navy dispairs of improvement when the municipal administration and the purveyors of vice join in pro- tecting rather than repressing crime. Other cities respond to the appeal for morality but Philadelphia holds to her evil course. In view of these facts isn’t there grave cause for alarm in the purpose of those responsible for vice in Phila- delphia to extend their control so as to cover the State? The Vares are no longer satisfied with control of the city and the rich plunder which that power affords. They want a voice in the government of the State and an emissary upon the Board of Pardons as a guarantee of persondl freedom in the future. The ownership of a Gov- ernor has whetted their ambition to gain greater power and the profits of vice in Philadelphia®stimulates their desire to enlarge their field of opera- tions and incidentally to. strengthen the guarantee of safety by packing the Pardon‘Board.. Denny O’Neil seems to have subsided somewhat. He hasn’t called Senator Sproul a hard name for more than a week. But he may be study- ing a dictionary of epithets with the view of resuming business with in- creased vigor later on. Non-Partisanship With a String. Congressman Guy Campbell, of Pittsburgh, on the roll of the present House as a Democrat, is a candidate for re-election on a non-partisan plat- form. “There is only one major issue in the Congressional campaign,’ he writes. “This is the issue of Ameri- canism, of national unity against na- tional disintegration, of loyalty against disloyalty. With the most vi- cious militarist group of all history threatening our very existence as a nation and traitors in our midst spreading the poison and plots of treason, all other issues and consid- erations must be subordinated to the necessity . of consolidating all our forces and all our strength for the winning of this war.” That is not only true but it is an expression of the right spirit. There ought to be no partisan politics in the country at this time. Every man in the broad land ought to put himself behind Woodrow Wilson in order that his plans for winning the war may be successful. But this result cannot be achieved by the friends of the Presi- dent abdicating. His hands will not be strengthened by substituting oth- ers who are not his friends to the service of holding him up. We recall no time in the recent past when par- ty prejudices ran stronger than they do now. The Republican leaders are organizing for the battle of their lives and they will sacrifice patriotism and principle to compass victory. One. man can’t make a bargain. There must be two sides to an agree- ment. The Democrats in and out of Congress should be as non-partisan as possible without the sacrifice of party principle and political integrity. While the Republicans are digging trenches and collecting war materials the Dem- ocrats should not stand out in the open to be shot down. It is our duty to support the President but in aban- doning him to the mercies of his ene- mies we are not fulfilling that obliga- tion. Show as little partisanship as possible but be ready at any time for any emergency that may arise. A Republican Congress means crippling the President. See that no such thing happens. \ —————————— — Somebody is going to build a gun for this country that can shoot a hundred miles. That will be fine but it would be a good idea to build the gun first and then talk about it. Hog Island may be living up to its name in some things but in turn- ing out ships she takes the bacon. |year'ago. Roosevelt Preaching Sedition. In a partisan speech delivered at Portland, Maine, the other day, Theo- dore Roosevelt renewed his treasona- ble attacks upon the administration, to the great advantage of Germany. And “he gets away with it.” Any other man would be arrested and pun- ished for treason. Men are now in confinement who have given less aid to the enemies of the country. But Roosevelt is undisturbed and unre- strained. A resolution condemning him ,introduced in the Delaware Leg- islature on Friday last, was indefinite- ly postponed, notwithstanding the Democratic majority of the body and Republicans in the lobby in great glee chanted “the Democratic House had voted to uphold Roosevelt against the Democratic administration.” Why is the political charlatan per- mitted to parade his disloyalty with impunity ? Ever since his defeat for the Presidency in 1912 he has been pursuing his successful antagonist with an unexampled malignity. He had indulged in dreams of empire in which he could rival the Kaiser in power and magnificence and the elec- tion of Woodrow Wilson destroyed the entrancing delusion. But that is hardly a reason sufficient to give him license to aid our enemies in time of war. It doesn’t invest him with pow- er to hearten the enemies that they ' may kill or wound American soldiers. And that is precisely what he is do- ing. His traitorous tongue has al- ready cost millions in treasure and will cost thousands of lives. Two Democrats in the Delaware Legislature joined with the Republi- cans in the vote to postpone the res- olution of censure and three others were absent. These recreants have given no reason for their action and we are not permitted to know wheth- er they are under hypnotic or finan- cial influence of the Republican prop- aganda striving for Roosevelt’s elec- tion to the Presidency in 1920. In either event, however, they are doing harm to the United States and making it harder to win the war for democra- cy in which we are properly involved. No man is so important that he may preach sedition and practice treason. Theodore Roosevelt has been doing both ever since war was declared: a t There are one hundred thous- and Smiths in the army, according to the records, and the Joneses and the Browns are in about the same ratio. They are all Sammies, however, and that means they are fighters. Kaiser and Republicans Triumph. At this writing the indications are that Representative Lenroot, of Wis- consin, has been elected Senator in Congress for that State by a small majority, to succeed the late Paul O. Husting. The early returns indicated the success of Mr. Davies the Demo- cratic candidate and we hoped to be able to announce his election, not as a Democratic victory but as a triumph of loyalty. But a practical combina- tion of the La Follette element and the partisan Republicans, compassed during the closing hours of the cam- paign, secured the election of Lenroot under the false pretense that he will faithfully support the President. If that were true the La Follette influ- ence would have been against him. There is a good deal of significance in the result of this contest. From the beginning of the war the German propaganda has been busy in Wiscon- sin. The population of the State is largely German or of German parent- age and Socialism has been developed to a higher point than in any other section of this country. The combi- nation could not have been effected if conditions had been otherwise. The Republicans are willing to enter into any agreement which promises party success and the Socialists will join any movement to confuse the Presi- dent. Because of this state of affairs it was easy to assemble the perverse elements in an enterprise which help- ed the Kaiser and disappointed Wil- son. Mr. Lenroot loudly protested that he has supported the President in the past but the record of his service in Congress refutes the claim. Upon the question of forbidding the freedom of the seas to American citizens he voted with the opposition to the Pres- ident’s policy. On the motion to de- clare a state of war with Germany he insisted on a declaration that no American troops be sent abroad. On every other direct proposition he stood with those who were aiding and abet- ting the enemy and while professing loyalty he constantly retarded prog- ress in making preparations for war. In his election, therefore, the Kaiser and the Republican party have alike scored a victory. — Of course Senator Vare says it is a political frame-up. The Senator has egotism enough to imagine that all industrial and patriotic activities might cease to function in order to get a lick at him. —Subscribe for the “Watchman.” ' Action of Two Men Greatly Honored. | If it be true, as stated, that an ' agreement has been reached between the employers and employees of the country engaged in the manufacture | of war materials that there will be | neither strikes nor lockouts during | the period of the war, it is one of the | greatest achievements of the time. No | government can be sure of itself so ‘long as industrial paralysis, at a mo- ment’s notice, is possible. If the building of ships or the manufacture of other necessary war equipment can be stopped upon the mandate of a la- bor chief or capitalist boss no depend- ence can be placed in the future. The agreement which only needs the sig- nature of the President to complete it, removes that danger in this coun- try. In the negotiations which have cul- minated in this great triumph Frank P. Walsh represented the labor inter- Howard Taft those of the employers. Mr. Walsh, who has much to his cred- it besides this, ascribes to the patriot- ism and sense of justice of Mr. Taft the success of this vast enterprise. While the only other ex-President of the United States has been bawling out criticism of the administration at Washington in order to promote his own ambition for another term as President, William Howard Taft has been striving with all his force, phys- ical and intellectual, to save the gov- ernment from the greatest peril that threatened, an industrial war. Thus we have before us the aims and activities of two men who have been similarly honored by the people of the United States. One labors as- siduously and intelligently to build up and the other rails madly to tear down and destroy. To which of these individuals is the country indebted in greatest measure? It ought not to be hard to determine. Mr. Taft is unselfishly giving his time and ener- gy, without expectation of .recom- i pense, to the successful issue of the war for democracy against autocracy, while Roosevelt.is striving to coin any errors that may have been made into materials to buy his way into an of- fice in which he was a dead failure during the seven years he filled it. he Li ee — ——And now it is reported that the railroad conductors are to be rob- bed of much of their dignity by losing their coat tails. From time imme- morial the conductor has strutted back and forth through the car clad in a frock coat with flowing tails and the very tails seemed to give him an overbearing mastery that enabled him to lord it over the lowly traveler with the utmost impunity. But once shorn of his coat tails he will be robbed of much of his dignity and will be com- pelled to go through his train clad in a sack coat like the ordinary individ- ual, so that the only distinguishing mark the ticket puncher will have will be his cap and the color of his uni- form. Incidentally it is figured that the cloth thus saved in the abbrevia- tion of the coats of the ten thousand conductors in the United States by fashioning them without tails will save enough of cloth to make dress uniforms for most of the generals in our army. And the Clocks Were Turned Ahead. The turning of the clocks ahead one hour caused little or no confusion in Bellefonte, especially among business places. The clock on the court house, as announced last week by F. P. Blair & Son, was turned ahead at two o’clock Sunday morning by Frank P. Blair himself, and any man who thinks it an easy matter to turn a clock ahead should have been with Mr. Blair ‘when he did the job. He went into the clock tower shortly before two o'clock and made all disconnections so that the clock never struck two at all. In fact, it took him almost three quarters of an hour to do the work, make the change and proper adjust- ments and when the clock struck three it was just two seconds ahead of standard time, which is quite ac- curate for such a clock. Some Bellefonte business men turn- ed their clocks ahead when they closed up Saturday night and in most of the homes the clocks were turned ahead on going to bed. There are a few peo- ple in Bellefonte, however, who did not turn their clocks on, maintaining that they are going to go by the old- time schedule, but they will probably find this so confusing that eventually they will fall into the new rut. Then, remarkable as it may seem, there are a few people in Bellefonte and vicini- ty who. did not know the clocks were to be turned ahead an hour and the result was that when they got around on Monday morning they were much mystified to find that other people had been at work an hour before. A number of children, whose par- ents did not know of the clocks being turned ahead an hour, were late for school, but this confusion is being rapidly adjusted by this time. — Von Hindenburg failed to reach Paris on April 1st but in that he fool- ed nobody but himself. ests and former President William | THE THIRD LIBERTY LOAN. [A Patriotic Call Sent Out to the Peo- ple of Centre County. Secretary McAdoo has announced | the third Liberty loan to begin in Cen- {tre county next Wednesday, April {10th. The amount is $3,000,000,000; The relation the banks sustain to | these great loans may not be clear to | some persons. Practically all the sub- ! scriptions are made through them and | payments are made by them for the | subscribers. This entails a heavy bur- {den on the banks. Every dollar paid 'out in subscriptions means a loss in “deposits and banks do not like to lose | deposits. Yet not only in this district | but all over the United States, we find | bankers serving on committees with- | out pay, devoting their time to ob- | taining subscriptions, and urging their | depositors to withdraw money and {buy bonds. Why do they do this? |. First—Because they are patriotic : and have put aside self interest at the | high call of duty. | Second—Because they are intelli- vital issues are at stake, and that the suffers the government must get the money it needs. They know that de- avert it. in the world. Self render a patriotic service in this shall we not do this little thing? Will country, hesitate? crisis. LIBERTY LOAN MEETINGS. tomorrow (Saturday) eight o’clock,. the list. speakers being ‘as follows: =. Aaronsburg—Dr. W. K. McKinney, Bellefonte. College. Millheim—Dr. Arthur Helmes, College. College. Stormstown—Prof. Mairs, of State Col- lege. Boalsburg—Dr. Anderson, of State Col- lege. Pine Grove Mills—W. D. Crockett, State College. Lemont—Dr. C. A. Harris, of State Col- lege. CHAS. M. McCURDY, Chairman. WOMEN TO DO THEIR PART IN LIB- ERTY LOAN. share of the Liberty loan. The fol- the chairman: Bellefonte—Mrs. Roger S. Brouse, Miss Grace McCurdy, Miss Mary H. Linn, Miss Lillian Smith, Miss Mary G. Meek, Mrs. John P. Lyon, Mrs. John I. Olewine, Mrs. Robert Sechler, Mrs. Lewis Geitig, Mrs. Joseph Ceader, Mrs. W. F. Reynolds, Mrs. Harry Keller, Mrs. J. 8S. Walker. Centre Hall—Mrs. W. W. Kerlin, Mrs. G. O. Benner, Mrs. W. K. Keller, Miss Til- lie Keller, Miss Florence Rhone, Miss Grace Smith. Howard—Miss Helene Weber, Miss Anna Mufily, Miss Harriet Woodward. Millheim—Mrs. P. H. Musser, Mrs. W. L. Gramley, Mrs. W. EF. Smith, Mrs. G. F. Frank, Miss Jennie Reifsnyder. Snow Shoe—Mrs. W. Corlis Snyder, Mrs. John P. Kelly, Mrs. E. H. Harris, Mrs. O. J. Harm, Miss Annie David, Miss May Redding. State College—Mrs. H. B. Shattuck, Mrs. A, J. Wood, Mrs. F. L. Pattee, Mrs. F. D Keth, Miss Margaret Kennedy. Unionville—Miss Susan Shipley, MS M. C. Buck, Mrs. W. U. Irwin, Mrs. E. Holzworth. Boggs Twp.—Miss Catherine Curtin, Curtin. Burnside Twp.—Miss Edith Beates, Pine Glen. College Twp.—Mrs. L. F. Mayes, Mrs. George Mitchell, Mrs. John Hoy, Mrs. D. A. Grove, Miss Mabel Kline, Miss Ella Bot- torf, Lemont; Miss Margaret Bottorf, houserville; Mrs. W. A. Ferree, Oak Hall. Curtin Twp.—Mrs. J. Ellis Harvey, Or- viston. Ferguson Twp.—Mrs. G. H. Woods, Mrs. Ellis Bierly, Mrs. Elmer Reed, Mrs. Geo. R. Dunlap, Pine Grove Mills; Mrs. John T. Bailey, Miss Sara McWilliams, Penn- sylvania Furnace. wp.—Mrs. William Gramley, Allison, Spring Mills. Haines Twp.—Mrs. John Mohr Otto, Mrs. Luther Stover, Mrs. Holloway Krause, Mrs. F. W. Rachau, Mrs. C. Lois Cunningham, Aaronsburg; Mrs. Paul Win- kleblech, Miss Edna ‘Winkleblech, Feidler. Mrs. BE. J. Hinds, Woodward. Harris Twp.—Miss Anna Dale, Boals- burg; Mrs. ¥. BE. Wieland, Linden Hall. Huston Twp.—Mrs. George W. Bullock, Mrs. ¥. W. Dillen, Mrs. J. H. Turner, Mrs. E. J. Bullock, Mrs, William Fink, Mrs. Reuben Alexander, Miss Lucy Rowan, Miss Emma Swope, Miss Marian Gingrich, Miss Charity Steele, Julian. Liberty Twp.—Miss Catherine W. Quig- ley, Mrs. W. A. Bowes, Mrs. lton Kunes, Mrs. Milford Gardner, Mrs. Hugh Gloss- ner, Miss Emma Miller, Blanchard; Mrs. Williams, Monument. Gregg T Miss Mabel (Continued on page 4, column 6). gent men; they know that great and’ war must be won—must be won at any cost, the mad fury of the great beast stayed, and that no matter who feat would mean disaster so appalling that every sacrifice must be made to Now the position of the man who buys bonds is the reverse of this. He is asked to lend money, at a good rate of interest, and on the best security interest alone should induce him to do this. But when we stop to consider that he can safe and easy way, when we think of the hardships and perils of camp and field to which our boys are exposed, while we live in safety and comfort at home, any true American who loves his Buy a bond, buy all that you can, and help in this great Liberty loan meetings will be held at eight different places in the eounty at of Centre Hall—Dr. E. E. Sparks, of State of State Port Matilda—Dean Blaisdell, of State of The women of Centre county are expected, and undoubtedly will, do their part in placing Centre county’s lowing list of women in practically every precinct in the county has been made public as those who will act as committees in their various localities, the first named in each instance being Mrs. Robert Mills Beach—County Chairman SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE. __ Michael Cuff, of Carmel, Pa., who in 26 years has mended 107,103 pairs of shoes with the same pegging hammer, recently broke the handle. —John R. Smith, of Milton, through his attorney, J. Fred Schaffer, has entered suit against the borough of Shamokin, | claiming $20,000 damages as the result of injuries suffered December 17, 1915. —Operator Rouchie, Lock Haven, was robbed, after being sand-bagged, gagged and bound by two thugs, who surprised him in the CT signal tower at Keating, Clinton county, early Wednesday morning. —George RE. Pifer, aged 63 years, of Greensburg, was found dead at the table by a sister who came home on Thursday to spend Easter with him. He evidently died of heart failure as he was finishing his evening meal. —Slavonic societies in Mahanoy City, Pa., which heavily fine members who de pot attend the funerals of members, abol- ished the custom, to permit the men to re- main at work in the mines hereafter. Six men to act as pallbearers will be selected by the societies. —The oldest Sunday school teacher im Pennsylvania is Miss Elizabeth Hicks, of Holidaysburg, Blair county, who has just rounded out her eighty-first year in ex- cellent health and is still actively engag- ed in her Sabbath duties. She has taught Sunday school classes continuously for sixty-four years. — Tucker Copeland and Odell Copeland, brothers, of Harrisburg, were killed in a razor fight early Sunday mornivg with Benjamin Johnson during a game of crap north of Lykens. Johnson, who surren- dered to the police late Sunday afternoon, first killed Tucker and then in another fight soon afterward slashed the other brother. —Struck by a Pennsylvania passenger train at Clearfield, the other day, a team of horses, belonging to Roessner Brothers, valued at $800, were instantly killed. One horse was hurled through the air a dis- tance of 100 feet. The team was attached to a farm wagon, and the driver, Pete Shaw, escaped with slight injuries. The wagon was not damaged. —DLouis Beck, aged 19, of Pittsburgh, charged with the theft of $86,000 from the Adams Express company in Pittsburgh was arrested in San Francisco, dccording to a dispatch from that city. Beck is said to have admitted the theft but claimed that all the money with the exception of $300, was stolen from him by pickpockets in a passemger station in Chicago. —When a car in the middle of an east- bound freight train on the Lackawanna railroad, a mile south of Cresco, Monroe county, jumped the track and side-swiped a double header going in the opposite di- rection on Friday morning at nine o'clock, fourteen cars were piled up, the tracks torn up and traffic delayed in one of the worst forms the road has experienced for a long time. The loss may be $100,000. —To avoid interfering with the spring planting season, Judge Charles Corbet, of Brookville, has continued all the cases om the trial list for the April term of the Jef- ferson county civil court and has excused all jurors from attendance. It is expected that the August term of civil court will also be suspended, as it will fall in the harvesting season and therefore, it is said to be prebable that no term of civil court will be held in the county until November, —The Rev. Thomas J. Glynn, of Beaver "Falls, has invented a new chaser and de- stroyer of submarines. It has been nam- ed the “Flying Fish” terpedo and is said to be able to perform some wonderful stunts while submerged within the con- fines of the briny deep. It is made exact- ly like the U-boat, propelled by compress- ed air and gasoline motor and will run for hours in the vicinity of the U-boat as it is controlled by a cock-work combina- tion. —~State fiscal authorities have completed the payment of $166,439 to more than 1,500 cities, boroughs and townships in aid of firemen’s relief associations. This money represents the share appropriated for such purposes by the State out of the tax on premiums of foreign fire insurance com- panies on business originating in Penn- sylvania. The checks ranged from three cents to several thousand dollars. Last year $156,850 was paid and the year be- fore $152,842, Bellefonte’s share was $230.00. —Highway Commissioner J. Denny O’Neil has issued a letter to the fifteen district engineers, the fifty road superin- tendents and the several hundred foremen of the state highway system calling upon them to do what they can to relieve the situation as regards farm labor. State co- operation he says is necessary to enable the farmers to carry out the extensive planting and harvesting of crops which is essential at this time. The highway de- partment men, who are in touch with la- bor situations in their localities, are asked to assist. —“Money all gone. Husband is leaving with a sad face.” That is the last message of Hiram W. Diehm, of Manheim, who has mysteriously disappeared from his home without leaving a single clue to his where- abouts. Efforts by the borough authori- ties and by members of his family have been unavailing. Diehm, according to per- sons who knew him, has been worried for some time. He was a school teacher at White Oak, is the defeated Democratic candidate for burgess of Manheim, and en- gaged slightly in newspaper work as cor- respondent. He has a wife and three children. ~—Michael Drierak, who resides at Clag- horn, just across the Cambria county line in Indiana county, has reported to the au- thorities of Indiana county the disappear- ance of his wife, their three children and $400 of his meney. He says he does not care for his wife and two daughters but would like to secure the custody of his little son, whom, he claims, is the heir to a $14,000 farm in Austria. The woman and the children left their home last Tuesday, Drierak says, ostensibly to fill an appoint- ment Mrs. Drierak had with an Indiana dentist, and they have not been seen since that time. — Robert E. McNamara was a clerk in the South Bethlehem postoffice. In Sep- tember, 1917, a package containing $20,000 was mailed from the Northampton Nation- al bank to Philadelphia. This money did not reach its destination and the package that had contained the money was after- wards found in a barn in South Bethle- hem belonging to the young clerk’s father. This naturally directed suspicion to Me- Namara and he was arrested and taken to Philadelphia to be tried before the United States district court. The trial came off last week and the accused was acquitted. While McNamara denied any knowledge of the crime he did not go on the witness stand and testify in his own behalf. .
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