BY P. GRAY MEEK
—
INK SLINGS.
—_ What of the Hindenburg line |
that could never be crossed now.
© Isn't it great news we are get-
ting from the other side these days.
_ —The iron horse no longer dis-
turbs the peaceful quiet of Nittany
valley.
—If influenza is not soon stopped
the stream of soldiers embarking for
the other side will be stopped.
—Bulgaria has surrendered uncon-
ditionally. Now for Turkey, then
Austria. After that it will be easy.
Von Hertling has resigned, ac-
cording to news dispatches, but the
fools are not all dead and the Kaiser
may find another puppet.
— One Liberty bond will send 1000
three-inch trench mortar shells on
their way to help break the Hinden-
burg line. Don’t you want to help do
that.
— Snow Shoe not only “went over
the top” in the Liberty loan drive in
two hours, but donated a car load of
coal to the Bellefonte hospital for
good measure,
When the round up is made it
will be discovered that the little town
of Orviston has gone four or five
times “over the top” in the Liberty
loan. Let us have more such reports.
—The Bulgarians surely must have
been anxious for peace when they
were willing to say to the allies “go
as far as you like” in naming the con-
ditions under which they could have
it.
— The fact that the Germans are
moving their heavy artillery away
from the Belgian coast makes it look
as though they intend giving up Os-
tend and Bruges, their submarine
bases.
— Two statesmen for whom we
can’t conceive punishment cruel
enough are Lenine and Trotzy.
Russia’s reign of blood now can be
ascribed to these two Judas and to
them alone.
—When you are reading and thrill-
ing about what our machine gunners
are ‘doing over there just let it soak
into your head that one $100 bond
will pay for five thousand machine
gun cartridges.
—Bulgaria thought she was getting
in out of the storm while the getting
was good, but she found that the al-
lies have no promises of immunity
for her foes, whether they turn state’s
evidence or not.
The first man who stepped up to
the Liberty bond salesmen who were
launching a drive at Cato, Wednes-
an Austrian. He laid
ed dollars in cash and
—Have you bought your bonds
yet? Why not do it now. Snow Shoe
had the real idea when she went
“gyer the top” the first day. Youare
going to buy them anyway, sO Why
put it off longer?
—Anyway, if Turkey doesn’t give
up while the givin’s good, it won’t
matter much. With Bulgaria cutting
off her communication with Germany
it will be easy to knock what little
stuffin’s left out of her.
_It is estimated that there are
SOL od.
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STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION.
BELLEFONTE, PA.. OCTOBER 4, 191
8.
Mr. Fess’ False Reasoning.
The chairman of the Republican
Congressional committee has joined
the chairman of the Republican Na-
tional committee in an appeal to the
voters of the country to support Re-
publican candidates for Congress “in
order to secure a more vigorous and
intelligent prosecution of the war.”
Mr. Fess is a veteran in Congress and
in the service of the Republican par-
ty and ought to know something of
the matter upon which he offers ad-
vice. Upon the question of forbid-
ding Americans the freedom of the
seas he voted for the McLemore reso-
lution. On the selective service bill
he voted no. On all other measures
looking to the preparation and pros-
ecution of the war he aided his party
colleagues in retarding the work and
embarrassing the administration.
It is the consensus of world wide
opinion that the government of the
United States has achieved more
within the time limit since the decla-
ration of a state of war with Germa-
ny than any nation in any period of
the history of the world accomplish-
ed. Yet every step taken has been
opposed by the Republicans in Con-
gress. They have not all voted
against essential measures such as
the selective service bill and all of
them voted for the eight billion reve-
nue bill the other day. But they have
invoked every expedient to delay the
vote in order that the German autoc-
racy might be encouraged with the
false impression that the people of
the United States are divided on the
subject of prosecuting the war and
uncertain in their support of the
President.
The opposition to the selective
service bill helped nobody except the
enemies of the country. That law ad-
mittedly provided the fairest method
of enlisting a great army that has
ever been devised by human intellect.
It put the millionaire and the me-
chanic upon an exact equality in so
far as military service is concerned.
Yet if the Republican party had been
in majority in Congress when the
vote on it was taken it would have
been defeated. The only reason any
Republican voted for it was because
the party hadp’t strength enough in
either branch of Congress to defeat it.
The Tope nue, hill, unanimously passed.
the other day would have been defeat-
ed if the Republican strength in the
House had been sufficient to compass
that result.
Woodrow Wilson has been able to
accomplish the marvels he has achiev-
ed in the matter of recruiting an ar-
my and navy and transporting them
across the seas because the Demo-
crats were in majority in both
branches of Congress. He was cor-
dially and earnestly supported in
every step of his progress toward the
now about 1,525,000 men actually
fighting on all of the allied fronts.
This includes British, Belgians,
French, Italians, Greeks, Czech,
Slovaks, Serbians and Americans.
And Penrose and Knox both vot-
ed against giving women suffrage.
Let the women knit socks.
Says Penrose and Knox
A pretty pair of statesmen to repre-
sent a Commonwealth in which wom-
an has more than proven herself
worthy of the ballot.
_It was a few automatics and a
machine gun that saved Lieut. Claude
Smith and his remnant of men. It
might have been the money that you
invested in the last loan that provid-
ed the very ammunition used in those
guns. Save some other Centre coun-
ty boys by lending Uncle Sam the
money to buy more ammunition for
them.
—Here’s to Snow Shoe. Here's to
the spirit of men who do things. In
less than two hours Saturday night
that town went “over the top” in ‘he
Liberty loan quota and is going yet.
Snow Shoe is only a little town. We
have plenty of Snow Shoes in Centre
county but, unfortunately, they are
not inhabited by the bunch of open
purse-stringed fellows who call the
real Snow Shoe home.
— Chairman Lawrence H. Rupp, of
the Democratic State committee, and
his secretary, Warren Van Dyke, are
traveling over the State having a look
into political conditions in the various
counties. We presume Judge Bonni-
well’s chairman and secretary will
soon be doing the same thing. Then
will the Democratic organization take
rank with the modern, mammoth, big,
double Uncle Tom’s show. It will
have two Uncle Toms and two little
Evas.
—A very hifalutin gentleman of
color was traveling on a street car
one day and said to the conductor:
«procrastinate me at the next. cor-
ner.” The conductor was amused and
asked him what he meant. Where-
upon the ebony hued passenger in-
formed him that the dictionary says
procrastinate means put off and the
dictionary am my guide whether ig-
norant pussons understand it or not.”
So, if you want to be talked to in hi-
falutin language, don’t procrastinate
end by the Democratic majority in
Congress and whenever 2 recreant
Democrat revealed himself he was
applauded by Mr. Fess and every oth-
er prominent Republican in Congress.
If the Republicans succeed in revers-
ing the political complexion of Con-
gress in the next session as they hope
to, President Wilson will be overrid-
den in every purpose and the work of
winning the war will be badly shat-
tered if not entirely defeated.
In view of these indisputable facts
it is the duty of every patriotic voter
in the country to support Democratic
candidates for Congress at the com-
ing election. As a result of the splen-
did work of the Democratic adminis-
tration in Washington the forces of
the enemy are rapidly failing. Aus-
tria is quivering on the edge of dis-
pair and Bulgaria and Turkey “are
all in.” It is no idle boast to say that
this demoralization of the enemy is
attributable to the splendid qualities
of the American troops. In the name
of reason, therefore, why should ex-
isting conditions be changed? Only
the German cause can be benefitted
by the election of Republicans to
Congress and every true American
citizen will cast his vote with that
understanding for a Democrat.
—
——Congress again promises to do
something to check profiteering in
food stuffs but Congress doesn’t ful-
fill its promises in that particular
line. There is a remedy for that
great evil and somebody ought to ap-
ply it without further delay.
—The Liberty loan poster and
the Liberty loan speeches have help-
ed amazingly but the achievements
of Jack Pershing’s army in France
are the inspiration which will put the
big loan across.
——
— Turkey will be the next to give
up the fight but under present condi-
tions Turkey is unimportant. Still
Thanksgiving is coming and home
grown birds are scarce.
Se
— Our fighters at the front are
doing fine and the subscriptions to the
of those at home.
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Scientists say that the earth
is drying up. Probably they are tak-
ing the work of the Prohibitionists
buying Liberty bonds.
too seriously.
Final Word on Peace Terms.
In an address delivered in New
York last Friday evening President
| Wilson, the only American who has
| the right and authority to speak for
| the American people, reiterated the
terms of peace which will be accepta-
' ble to all throughout the world, who
aspire to make the world’ safe and
just. He said no military power shall
| determine the fortunes of peoples
| over whom they have no right to rule.
| No strong nation shall be allowed to
| wrong weak nations. No peoples
| shall be dominated, even in their in-
| ternal affairs, by arbitrary and irre-
| sponsible forces. There shall be a
| common standard of right and privi-
i lege for all peoples and all nations.
| The assertion of right shall not be
haphazarded.
With these fundamental principles
to guide those upon whom the duty of
| framing peace terms will develop
| there can be no uncertain results.
But such a peace cannot be made by
| compromising with any of the evils
| Thigh brought about the war.
|
i
can’t treat with Germany for the rea-
| son that Germany is dishonest,
treacherous and perfidious.
pledge of the present German author-
ities cannot be relied upon and there-
| fore must not be taken. Her solemn
| treaty with Belgium was thrown off
| as “a scrap of paper.” Her treaty
| with the Russian Bolsheviki has al-
| ready been perverted into an instru-
| ment of oppression and a medium of
criminal persecution. There can be
no more of that sort.
After Germany is licked to her
knees those who have achieved this
magnificent result will put their heads
together and frame a peace which will
be enduring. It will not exclude any
people from participation in the priv-
ment nor will it discriminate against
the industry or progress of any na-
tion. But as President Wilson de-
clares, under the benign influences of
|a League of Nations, “formed under
covenants that will be efficacious,” a
convention will be written under
which autocracy will be impossible.
That is the great purpose for which
thousands of Americans are offering
their lives and millions more are
ready for similar sacrifice. ~~.
© The. enrollment of a four. mil
lion strong army and the subscription
for a six billion dollar loan simulta-
neously, is the token the home folks
send to the soldiers abroad of full ap-
preciation.
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BES Be
Just Two of Them.
| “Watchman” subscribers are heed-
| ing the call to make themselves solid
{ for the continuance of their paper be-
| fore the Postoffice Department’s ar-
| bitrary ruling goes into effect on No-
| vember first, and they are doing it
very cheerfully, too. A subscriber in
the eastern part of the State writes
i thusly: :
«Please find enclosed check for dues
on the “Watchman.” I am sorry I
stood you off until Uncle Sam got hot
ander the collar. I hope you have not
stopped the paper, as it is just as
good for me as a trip by train. You
state the doings up there so clearly
that I feel as if I were there and had
seen the happenings myself.”
In a letter from the far west en-
closing his check to make himself sol-
id J. L. Gilliland says:
«When I was a small boy and used
to visit my grandfather, John Gilli-
land, at Salt Lick, I read the “Watch-
man” and still read it. I am the only
John Gilliland, I believe, of my gener-
ation. You likely knew Capt. John
Gilliland, who was an officer in the
Civil war. He was my father’s cous-
in. I am too old for service in the
ranks of the army, although I am
within the registry age, but I have a
boy who is a second lieutenant and
stationed at Camp Travis, Texas. He
left here on May 24th, had just finish-
ed his college course, and we are
proud that he has already won an of-
ficers’ commission.
“We have just started our fourth
Liberty loan campaign. I have the
honor to be the chairman of this dis-
trict and hope we may have the suc-
cess we had with the third loan. We
must raise it—we cannot ask our
boys to make the supreme sacrifice
and we stand here without doing our
part.”
——The Bulger got in like a burg-
lar as an - esteemed contemporary
states that he may have bungled in
getting out. But he is out and that
is the important thing.
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Clocks to be Turned Back Oct. 27th.
| All the clocks in the United States
which have been running one hour
ahead of time during the summer will
be turned back an hour at two o’clock
on the morning of October 27th. The
liberty 1 I wDpronm , United States fuel administration es- |
y loan 8 PP on ' timates that one and a quarter mil- |
| lion tons of coal have been saved
| through the daylight saving scheme
| during the summer months.
ileges and advantages of just govern-
We sent the best element.
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Keep the Factories Going.
We have the keenest sympathy for |
labor in all its reasonable demands.
In ordinary conditions the working
man is entitled to a full share of the
prosperity of his employer. He is re-
ally the producer of wealth and cap-
ital is merely the implement or tool
with which he works. But the imple-
ment is entitled to consideration too.
Labor could do some things without
capital but not many or much. To-
sether they are an invincible force.
pital might get along in a slip-
shod way without labor, but it would
be a precarious life. They ought to
work together, therefore, in the inter-
est of both and in perfect harmony,
if possible.
But this is no time for labor strikes.
Wages are high and work is plenty
and both sides ought to be satisfied.
Some employers want more than their
| share and some workers demand more
| than is coming to them. But neither
the grasping employer nor the cov-
etous worker in these classes repre-
Nor is the
| rate of wages or the price of labor
| the most
The | The good of the country and the suc-
important consideration.
cess of the army is infinitely more de-
serving of consideration than either.
A man who refuses fair wages to
workmen is unpatriotic. A workman
who invites disaster to the country
| because he thinks his wages are not
' high enough, is a traitor.
We are in an anomalous situation.
' Hundreds of thousands of the flower
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{ ——For high class Job Work come
' to the “Watchman” Office.
of our young manhood have offered
their lives for the preservation of
what they believe to be justice. Their
great purpose will be disappointed if
the support behind them fails. They
must have munitions of war to fight
battles and a strike in a concern
which supplies munitions means the
withdrawal of the support that is es-
sential to their work. For this rea-
son there ought to be no strikes dur-
ing the war. The profiteers can be
settled with afterward and there is
no penalty too severe. But keep the
factory fires burning.
— Don’t cheer each day about what
the boys are doing over there unless
you are doing something over here.
ers won’t buy either ammunition
Aor guns or men, Buy bonds.
TE IT
Men ‘Who will Help You ‘Solve the
Farm Labor Problem.
Several weeks ago this paper pub-
lished a complete report of the efforts
made during the past season by the
Centre County Branch of the Penn-
sylvania Council of National Defense
and committee of Public Safety to
supply boy and man labor to the far-
mers of the county. It was not a spo-
radic movement. It is intended that
it shall be continued until the close of
the war and labor conditions become
normal again.
To this end John L. Holmes of
State College, who is farm labor man-
ager for Centre county, under the
county Branch, has appointed com-
mitteemen in every part of the coun-
ty whose pleasure it will be to take
up the labor situation in their various
communities.
Now is the time to lay plans for
next season and now is the time to
present prospective needs to this com-
mittee. If you anticipate a shortage
of help next season get in touch with
your nearest committeeman so that
during the winter months there will
be ample time to make a survey of
available labor and appertion i.
Don’t wait until the spring work is
at hand. Start the solution of your
problem now. The committee as an-
nounced is as follows:
J. Will Conley, Bellefonte
Thomas M. Tressler, Bellefonte, R. D.
Charles E. Lutz, Bellefonte, B.D.
J. H. McCracken, Pennsylvania Furnace.
Newton Neidigh, State College, R. D.
John Bathgate, State College, R. D.
Daniel C. Harpster, Port Matilda, R. D.
Collins Mattern, Port Matilda, R. D.
Arthur Ellenberger, Warriorsmark, RD.
John B. Meek, Waddle.
John B. Wert, Tusseyville.
J. A. Noll, Pleasant Gap.
C. D. Bartholomew, Centre Hall.
7, M. Gramley, Spring Mills.
¥. O. Hesterman, Millheim.
S. L. Gephart, Rebersburg.
Holloway Hoy, Hublersburg.
WwW. @G. Mothersbaugh, Boalsburg.
Oscar E. Miles, Milesburg.
J. Will Mayes, Howard.
J. H. Turmer, Julian..
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— The “Watchman” would like
every father and mother in Centre
county who has a boy in service to
send us his picture and a brief sketch
of his life for use in “Centre Coun-
ty’s Hall of Fame” now being pub-
lished in this paper. The pictures
will all be preserved and in due time
returned to the owners.
Be sure and see the Liberty
loan war train which will visit Belle-
fonte today. It will arrive here at
three o'clock and will be on exhibition
at the passenger depot until 4:45. It
consists of seven cars and contains
numerous relics of the great Eu-
ropean war.
mmm enemies
— They are all good enough, but
the “Watchman” is always the best.
| BUY LIBERTY BONDS NOW.
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Snow Shoe Citizens Over the Top,
Where Are You?
The Snow Shoe district is over the
top in the purchase of fourth Liberty
loan bonds, in fact went over last
Saturday evening. The quota for
Snow Shoe is $60,000 and for ‘the re-
mainder of the district $16,000; mak-
ing a total of $76,000. Determined
to be in the lead Snow Shoe people
made a whirlwind campaign on Sat-
urday and by seven o'clock in the
evening just $112,000 worth of bonds
had been signed for. Vi
That is the Snow Shoe way of do-
ing business, but how about other
parts of Centre county? Up to the
time this article was written no re-
ports have been received of any other
district going over the top or making
any great stride in that direction. In
fact men who have been going
through the county to the public
meetings held every evening complain
about the apparent disinteredness
and apathy of the public in general.
Most of the meetings are very
poorly attended, whereas, it is
the patriotic duty of every citizen to
attend the meetings and assist in cre-
ating an enthusiasm for the sale of
the bonds.
It might here be added that Belle-
fonte has almost reached the limit of
its allotment, and will probably do so
this week.
| Centre county's allotment of bonds
this time is $1,125,040. It is a big
sum and to meet it it will be necessa-
ry for every person in the county who
can buy a bond to do so; and those
who have the money must invest just
as liberally as the man who pinches
himself to buy one bond. Think of
the Centre county boys who are over
on the firing line, many of them have
already faced the German guns and
done it with a courage that ought to
send the red blood tingling through
the veins of every man in Centre
county. Recalling what they are do-
ing over there there ought to be no
hesitation among any one over here
when it comes to buying bonds. Every
man ought to be as good a volunteer,
at least, as his boy was, and come
right to the front and buy to the lim-
rh
: all he knows hi XY ;
time the last tit wi go ng
Only when you do this will "you be
doing your duty. ;
There has been more or less specu-
lation regarding the fact as to wheth-
er the bonds are taxable or not, and
to settle the question the “Watch-
man” publishes the following state-
ment from Mr. Charles M. McCurdy,
chairman of the Liberty Loan com-
mittee:
TAX EXEMPTION ON LIBERTY LOAN
BONDS.
As there is some doubt in the minds
of the public as to the tax exemp-
tions on the several issues of the
Liberty loan bonds the following
statement is given as the present
status:
The first loan bearing three and
one-half per cent. interest is free of
all taxes on any amount of holdings,
except inheritance taxes. The sec-
ond loan bearing four per cent. and
the third loan bearing four and one-
half per cent. are exempt on the tax
on income derived from individual
holdings of such bonds not in excess
of $5,000.
The "law under which the fourth
Liberty loan (the present one) is be-
ing issued contains these provisions
relating to tax exemptions:
First: An individual, association
or corporation may own any amount
of the bonds not exceeding $30,000,
the interest from which is exempt
from the payment of graduated in-
come tax, excess-profits tax or war
tax of any kind.
Second: Persons who subscribe
for any amount of the new bonds, not
exceeding $30,000, may hold one and
a half times the amount of such sub-
scription of any of the preceding war
loans and pay no tax thereon. If the
new subscription is $30,000 then the
subscriber may hold a total of $45,-
000 of the second or third issues, and
pay no tax on the income therefrom.
Third: The law provides, to quote
its exact language: “The interest on
an amount of bonds, the principal
of which does not exceed $30,000,
owned by any individual, partnership,
association or corporation, issued up-
on conversion of three and one-half
per centum bonds of the FIRST LIB-
ERTY LOAN in the exercise of any
privilege as a consequence of the is-
sue of the bonds of the FOURTH
LIBERTY LOAN shall be exempt
from such taxes.”
The tax provisions provided for in
the new law remain in force for only
two years after peace is declared.
The tax exempt provisions have lit-
tle interest for persons whose income
is less than $5,000 per year.
CHAS. M. McCURDY, Chairman.
— The German high command
seems to have been prepared for
every thing military except Foch. He
was the one surprise of the war to
Berlin.
SPAWLS FROM E KEYSTONE.
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—Royersford Red Cross has collected
seven barrels of peach stones.
—Two jugs of honey were obtained by
smoking out a swarm of bees in a build-
ing owned by Jacob Croll, near Falmouth.
—A West Chester man who has a good
crop of peanuts this season has agreed to
sell them at 30 cents per pound when har-
vested. ¢ LL
—Two men were killed and three injur-
ed when a locomotive on the Philadel-
phia & Reading railroad blew up at Leb-
anon on Tuesday.
—The triple funeral of Mr. and Mrs.
George W. Shane and their 90-year-old
son, Ira, all of whom died within tweny-
four hours from pneumonia and influen-
za, was held at Pottstown Sunday.
—The apples displayed at the recent
Reading fair were sold at 5 cents to 10
cents each for the benefit of the Red
Cross by a department store that purchas-
ed them from exhibitors.
—Residents of Berlin township, Wayne
county, wants its name changed and start-
ed to circulate petitions which, when
properly signed, will be presented ‘to the
court. The name of “Laurel Township”
has been proposed. r
— Steven Hayes, a tramp, who left $1000
worth of personal property in care of Wal-
ter Hallowell, of Springhouse, Montgom-
ery county, has been missing for several
years, and Hallowell has petitioned the
court for a trustee.
Robbers broke into the Franklindale
school, in Bradford county, and stole a
large American flag, the clock and a quan-
tity of pencils and tablets. Thieves also
broke into the school house near Germa-
nia, in Potter county, and stole a victrola.
= Charles McCann was arrested in Al-
toona. Wednesday evening and taken to
Philipsburg for a hearing on charges
which connect him with several robberies
at Osceola Mills, and is alse under sus-
picion of being the fire-bug who caused
several serious fires in the latter town.
—A strange plague has broken out
among cattle in the valleys between Free-
land and White Haven, according to Dr.
Samuel G. Welsh, a Drifton veterinarian, *
who reported that one man had lost
twelve cows through the disease. The
State Livestock Sanitary Board has beem,
notified.
—Harry M. Bretz, a school director of
Harrisburg, and a lawyer, was convicted
of embezzlement on four indictments on
Monday. The jury was out ten minutes.
He was charged with using money paid te
him by clients for other clients, and has
asked for a mew trial. If this is refused
he will appeal, ‘
—An inmate of the Danville State hos-
pital, who escaped from that institution
last week created much excitement in Avis
and vicinity. The man made an effort to
gain an entrance to an Avis home, but was °
frightened by the screams of a woman in
the house. Two days later he was taken
into custody along Pine creek by a state!
policeman. ~ Where he had slept and
where he secured food, during his days of
absence from the hospital, remain a mys-
tery.
— The Commissioners and Controller of
Chester county have agreed, after several
weeks of considering the matter, to turn
over to the Law Library association, com-
posed of members of the Chester county
bar, $1500, being one-half of the bail for-
feited by Charles W. Allen, the Philadel
phia policeman who failed to appear for
trial recently on a charge of tampering:
with the: jury in the Fifth ward trials.
The remaining $1500 goes into the County
Treasury. :
— Lewis Holiday, a deserter from the ar-
-my, escaped from the- Tioga county jail,
at Wellsboro, on Friday evening. His
wife made a visit to him and left a knife
with which he loosened a screw, knocked
out the tops of several bars, cut the weod-
work and crawled out at the top of the
bars. He slid down a blanket and made a
drop of twenty feet. Other priseners im-
mediately notified Sheriff Husted, who set
out in pursuit. He was apprehended at
the home of his father-in-law at Wells-
boro, R. F. D., Saturday, and taken back
to jail.
—Early action in regard to appointment
of commissioners to take the votes of the
Pennsylvania men in the army and at
training camps of the army and marine
corps and at naval stations is expected at
the capitol. The general opinion is that
no commissioners will be sent abroad, but
some may be named in case permission is
granted by the War Department. From
all that has been learned no other States
have sent cemmissioners. Men will be
named for all camps and stations in this
countr”, hut the number has not been
worked ot yet. : /
—Five prisoners in the Franklin county
jail, some time between midnight and 6
a. m., Monday, made their escape by forc--
ing the bars apart with a slat from one of
the iron beds and then slid down a repe
of blankets. Four of the prisoners were
awaiting trial for larceny and one for
beating his wife. Two had previously
served terms in the penitentiary. Several
of the locks on the doors have been defec-
tive for some time, on account of the
scarcity of labor. Repairs were made, and
in this way the prisoners were able to
make their get-away.
Mrs. Mollie Miller, of DuBois, is being
held in $700 bail for December court at
Clearfield for having taken a shot at her
husband. She missed him, but says she
did so purposely, asserting that she can
stand off at the proper distance and plug
a dime nine times out of ten. But Mr.
Miller didn’t have anything smaller than
a quarter with him. In return Mrs. Mil-
ler has advertised in the local newspapers
that she will not be responsible for bills
contracted by her husband and that she
can paddle her own canoe through life if
she is not burdened with her. husband te
support.
— Thomas Lowry, aged 49, of Mifflin, a
lineman for the Penn Central Light and
Power company, was electrocuted at 11:30
o'clock Sunday morning when he came in
contact with a live wire carrying 2,300
volts near the Nant-y-Glo substation. The
man in company with another employee
named McDonald had climbed a pole to
take the slack out of some dead wires, the
Mifflin man accidentally stepping on the
highly charged line. Lowry was almost
instantly killed and was only prevented
from falling to the earth by his heavy
leather belt which was fastened about his
body and secured the pole. McDonald
notified the nearest station and the cur-
rent was turned off less than a minute
after the accident. Medical aid was sum-
moned but life was extinct by the time
physicians arrived. His remains were
turned over to a Nant-y-Glo undertaker to
be prepared for burial,
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