i Bellefonte, Pa., November 29, 1918.
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THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY
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—Spring township tax payers can
eet collector Miller at the Garman
bouse, in this place, tomorrow, Sat-
wkday, November 30th.
: All restrictions on building op-
ions have been lifted by the gov-
ment and in the future it will not
be necessary to secure a permit for
& erection of any kind of a building.
. “True Stories of Trench Life”
dr Arthur Guy Empey, will be-
in the “Watchman” next week. If
u read the first installment we
Rov you will follow them through.to
e end.
The flu is abating at Pleasant
p where it seems to have had a pe-
liar liking for people by the name
Noll. The William H. Jr., Abner
and Samuel Noll families each had
ur members of the family afflicted
th the disease.
Acceptable bail bonds having
n filed with the clerk of the court
Monday morning Clyde Gray was
a ani from the custody of the sher-
and discharged from jail until the
cember term of court, which will
be week after next.
E37, Thomas Mitchell Esq., has
een appointed senatorial return
dge for Centre county and today W.
[arrison Walker Esq., will take him
te Clearfield where the senatorial
wote will be counted and a certificate
issued to the successful candidate, Dr.
8. J. Miller.
: Work on the buildings at the
gbvernment airplane landing station
is progressing very satisfactorily.
All the lumber is on the ground and
here is every assurance that the
buildings will be completed in time
for the first mail-carrying flicht on
December 15th.
The Lyric is making a special-
ty of the Paramount Art-craft mo-
tion pictures and in this line the man-
agers knew they have something that
cannot fail to please the public. If
you are not a Lyric patron try it once
and see for yourself the high-class
pictures shown there.
“America’s Answer,” which is
the second official war picture and the
sequel to “Pershing’s Crusaders,” will
be shown at the Scenic theatre next
Monday and Tuesday, December 2nd
-&nd 3rd, matinee and night, for only
10 and 15 cents. The picture is very
interesting and well worth seeing.
: he ladies bible class of the
Lutheran church will hold a baked
bean supper at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. W. J. Emerick, on north Spring
street, on Thursday evening of next
week, December 5th. Price of sup-
per; 35 cents. Proceeds will be devot-
ed to the heating fund for the church.
——Next week the “Watchman”
will begin the publication of Sergt.
drthur Guy Empey’s “True Stories of
Trench Life,” which equal in interest
his remarkable story, “Over the Top.”
The “Watchman” will be the only pa-
ger in Bellefonte to carry these sto-
ries and if you want to read them you
should subscribe at once.
¢ Miss Benner and Miss Mary S.
Thomas will be hostesses at the De-
eember meeiing of the Bellefonte
hapter of tie D. A. R., to be held at
Miss Benner’s home, Thursday even-
ing of next week. Prof. A. E. Mar-
tin, profe > of American history, of
The Pennsylvania State College, will
be the speaker of the evening. Lieut.
Henry Keller, it is hoped, will address
the meeting.
tM and brs. Richard Gunsal-
lus celebrated Thanksgiving yester-
day by doing the family butchering
and if the
enough ‘W pessess such hogs as the
unsallus’ had we’d take two days to
butcher them. They killed two that
weighed 859 pounds each and two
that weighed 200 pounds each, a total
of 1300 pounds. From the above hogs |
they got 30% pounds of lard. There
rely will be no dearth of fats i Dy : }
: no deni) of fats inthe . and oil lights will be in great demand |
Gunsallus household this winter.
: Now that colder weather pre-
wails and winter is drawing near there
is no comfort in loitering on the
street, but Beliefonters as well as vis- |
tors in town can always find a com-
foriuble place at the Scenic. It isnot
en! well warmed and ventilated but
the ovening programs. of i ic- s :
a2 ¢ € programs. of motion pie | 1, dents have been given a vaca-
tires are all that anyone can desire
ih the ‘way
amusement. Manager T. Clayton
Brown always secures the best on the
market and Scenic patrons ave always
tive of seeing something worthwhile.
y — Lhe fact that over three thous-
d, two hundred hunters’ licenses
hve been issued in Centre county is
idence that the deer hunters will be
t in force next week. The Gentzel
party will again try their luck in the
ereen Woods section, while the usual
hunting parties from Pennsvalley will
go to their old camps in the Seven
mountains. While most of the hunt-
frig parties will spend the entire two
weeks in the woods the “Watchman”
sould appreciate the fact if any one
who hears of deer being killed will
tdlephone the fact to this office.
: Contractor R. B. Taylor be-
lieves in the old adage of “making
hay while’ the sun shines” and on
Sunday had a full force of men at
work putting down brick on south
Water street, completing the brick
work to the intersection of High
street. On Monday the gang of work-
men began at Bullock’s shop and have
been laying out toward the railroad
tHis week: Men have also been at
» br putting the top dressing of ce-
nt on the brick and if everything
z6es right south Water street will be
open for travel as far as the railroad
ini ten days or two weeks.
writer had been lucky .
of entertainment and
BIG FIRE AT STATE COLLEGE.
Engineering Building Burned to the
Ground Monday Evening.
The big brownstone engineering
building at State College was burned
to the ground on Monday evening, so
far as it was possible for it to burn,
while further demolition was wrought
in the cracking and falling of the
walls, and all that remains of the
handsome and commodious structure
today are portions of the blackened
and misshapen walls and possibly the
big boilers in the engine room which
supplied the college buildings with
steam heat and furnished the power
for the electric light plant, which is
also out of commission.
The fire started in the wood work-
ing department shortly after seven
o’clock but just how it eriginated is
not known. One theory is that a stu-
dent might have thrown aside a light-
ed cigarette; another that the fire
started in the conveyor used to trans-
port the shavings and odds and ends
{ from the room to the boiler room in
the basement, but both theories are
only problematical. No one knows
definitely how it originated, but once
started it spread with great rapidity.
All the woodwork in the interior of
the building was southern yellow pine,
and naturally very dry, so that it not
only burned easily and fiercely but
made a very hot fire so that it was al-
most impossible to get close enough
to fight it successfully. When it be-
came evident that the building was
doomed telephone messages were sent
sistance and the Tyrone fire depart-
ment responded with their big chem-
ical engine. Bellefonte sent up the
Undine engine and truck and the Lo-
gan truck and a lot of hose, some
thirty or more firemen going along.
While they were unable to save the
engineering building they assisted
The building was of red pressed
brick with brown-stone trimmings and |
Saracenic capping. It was designed
by F. L. Olds, architect, and had a
frontage of 266 feet, being 208 feet
deep. It contained 50,824 square feet
or about one and one-seventh acres,
had 57 rooms with a combined floor
space of two and one-third acres and |
over four million brick were used in
its construction.
At its completion it was far and |
away the finest building on the cam- |
pus, but little was known of steel and |
concrete then so while its walls were |
of most massive masonry the interior |
construction was practically all of
wood’ which made it an easy prey to |
the flames.
The building was only |
the nucleus of a great many engineer-
ing units that have sprung up about |
it in later years and while its destrue- °
tion is a very serious loss to the col-
lege it really only vitally affects the
mechanical branch of the great school
of engineering there.
The building was completed and
dedicated February 22, 1893, with one
of the most notable gatherings ever
witnessed at State College. Among
the distinguished persons in attend-
retary of the Interior; Governor Rob-
ert EK. Pattison, former Governor
James A. Beaver, Gen. Francis A.
Walker, president Boston Institute
of Technology, and Supt. of the 10th
| U. S. Census; Adjt. Gen. Greenland,
Hon. James Keer, clerk of the Nation-
al House of Representatives; Con-
' gressmen Charles W. Stare, Reyburn,
to both Bellefonte and Tyrone for as- | Knobbs and Ammerman, and many
members of the Pennsylvania Senate
| and House; Col. T. H. Hudson, Col.
Edwards, Capt. Booth and Lieut. Pax-
| ton, of the regular army.
It was a desperately cold, snowy
day but a gala one at the college. A
great dinner was served in the, then
new Armory and in the evening the
THE PENNSYLVANIA S
materially in saving the big annex,
which is just being completed; the
Nittany Inn and other business build-
ings and dwellings across the avenue.
The Nittany Inn was on fire twice
but the flames were extinguished be-
fore they did much damage, although
the interior was more or less damag-
ed by water. A peculiar incident of
the fire was the throwing of a big
stone weighing upwards of one hun-
dred pounds into the Times office and
just how it happened no one knows
definitely. It is believed, however,
that it occurred when the walls fell
down. The stone must have hit some-
thing that sent it hurtling on its
course, as it crashed through the up-
per window of the Times building and
, over presses and machinery back to
| the rear of the room, injuring no one
and doing little damage outside of
breaking the window.
The loss on the engineering build-
ing is complete and is estimated at
$300,000, including machinery, ete.
Everything, however, is covered by
insurance, but the worst phase of the
fire is the destruction of the heating
and lighting plants. These are install-
ments that cannot be replaced in a
few days and in the meantime stoves
at the College. Experts are of the
. opinion that the great battery of
. ed beyond repair and that after some
new connections are installed a few of
the boilers can be put into service
within a few days. Meanwhile all of
tion of ten days. Another unfortunate
result of the fire will be the enforced
suspension of the work of the stu-
dents in some of the engineering
courses, as they not only lost their
workshops but all their mechanical
instruments. The building was erect-
j ed in 1892 at a cost of $210,000 and
{ dedicated February 22nd, 1893.
| The fire burned itself out between
| ten and eleven o’clock and the Belle-
| fonte firemen started home when the
delegation of the Logan fire company
met with an accident in which four of
the members were injured. There
were eight of them in their big Pierce-
Arrow car with Homer P. Barnes at
the wheel. At the sharp curve just
as they were coming out of the col-
lege limits the steering gear caught
and the brakes refusing to work the
car ran ahead-on into the ditch at the
side of the road, which at that place
is over three feet deep. Fortunately
the car didn’t upset, but most of the
occupants were thrown out and some
of them rendered unconscious. George
Eberhart had his left shoulder brok-
en, Recorder William Brown received
an injured back, Register Frank Sas-
serman had one knee badly hurt and
Herbert Auman his right ankle twist-
ed. One of the soldier boys comman-
deered a car and brought the injured
to Bellefonte, taking Mr. Eberhart to
the hospital and the others to their
homes.
TATE COLLEGE-ENGINEERING BUILDING.
boilers that supplied the campus with :
light and heat have not been damag-
class of ’93 gave its mid-winter as-
sembly. One of the incidents worth
. of recall was that in those days mos
of the visitors to State College func-
tions assembled in Bellefonte and
journeyed from here by special train.
There was a great crowd in the train
that evening. In fact much of the
beauty and grace that was expected
to add charm to the assembly. But
the snow was drifted ten feet deep
some places along the line of the B.
C. R. R. and the train had trouble get-
ting through as far as Struble with
its eagerly waited for cargo of love-
ly maidens and austere chaperons. It
arrived at Struble after a hard strug-
gle only to be held up by more snow
and tracks that had been greased with
butter stolen from the college cream-
ery by a lot of studes who didn’t
dance and therefor had no girls on the
train in whom they were especially
interested. The result was that the
train didn’t get into the college until
midnight and as the lights on danc-
‘ing parties were put out at 1 a. m,,
the visitors and their college beaux
were near about heart-broken until
Dr. Atherton considerately “suspend-
"ed all rules” and permitted the affair
to continue until 2 o’clock.
. Court Dismissed Appeal in Humes
i Will Case.
An opinion and order was filed with
; the clerk of the orphans’ court in Ly-
. coming county last Friday afternoon
“in the Humes will case of Jersey
Shore by Judge Harvey W. White-
head in which he dismissed the appeal
from the probate of the will by the
register and dismissed the issue. The
case which involves over $200,000 has
attracted wide attention and promi-
nent Jersey Shore families are inter-
ested. :
The will, which named Mrs. Ra- |
: chael H. Hepburn, the chief benificia-
ry and one of the executors, was con-
tested by Margaret P. Humes and
Samuel Humes, children of Mrs."
James Krom. Mrs. Flora S. Humes, .
wife of Hamilton B. Humes, made the
will over which the contest has aris-
en. All the parties in interest are
quite well known in Bellefonte, hav-
ing a number of relatives here.
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Soldier Vote Counted.
The return judges for Centre coun-
ty met on Friday and opened and |
counted the vote cast by Centre coun--
ty soldiers in this country. Votes
were received from eighteen camps
but it was quite evident that the sol-
dier boys were devoting their time to |
something else in preference to vot- |
ing as the total vote cast was only!
forty-two, and these were so scatter- |
ed and mixed up that they showed |
very plainly that the soldiers had no |
interest in the election. Prothonota- |
ry D. R. Foreman certified the com- |
plete returns to Harrisburg the same |
day, so that the Centre county returns !
were the third received by the Secre-
i tary of the Commonwealth.
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ance were Hon. John W. Noble, Sec-
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ed Tressler and Miller to give bond
| solicit commercial work and they an-
: of manufactured material at an early
MAN SHOT FOR WILD TURKEY.
James H. Fetzer Victim of Harris
Hugg's Mistake.
The little settlement of Runville, in
Boggs township, was the centre of a
| very distressing incident on Tuesday
afternoon when James H. Fetzer, a
well known and highly esteemed citi- ,
zen of that locality was shot and kill- :
ed instantly by Harris Hugg, of Un-
ion township, who mistook him for a
wild turkey. Both men were out on'
the mountain hunting turkeys. They
were on the woodland of Martin!
Brower, where they felt certain there
were turkeys in hiding. Neither man
knew of the other’s presence in that |
locality. Fetzer decided to lie in wait :
for the birds and concealed himself
between a ledge of rock and a fallen!
Hugg quietly picked his way |
through the brush and as he neared |
Fetzer the latter raised his head. |
Hugg saw the movement through the |
underbrush and Believing it to be a
turkey pulled up and fired.
Hugg was from fifty to sixty yards
away from Fetzer when he fired and
after the shot, seeing no further!
movement and hearing no noise, he
went ahead to investigate. When he
reached the spot he was horrified to |
see the prostrate figure of a man, and
a cursory examination showed him
that instead of a turkey he had shot
James Fetzer, the bullet, which was
from a 32-40 high powered rifle, en- |
tering the man’s head just above the!
left ear and passed clear through. |
Horrified as he was at the mistake he |
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presence of mind, but -at once made |
his way to the Martin Brower home
and told what had happened. Word
was telephoned to Bellefonte for coro- |
ner John Sebring but he being out of |
town sheriff George H. Yarnell was !
notified. He deputized E. S. Bennett |
to go out and make an investigation |
of the shooting and upon receiving |
his report of the affair decided that '
while it was a deplorable accident Mr. |
Hugg was not guilty of intentional |
wrong and should not be held ac-
countable for the deed. He also gave |
permission to remove the body. Con- |
sequently the remains were carried to |
Mr. Fetzer’s home by Rev. Erb, Mar- |
tin Brower, Franklin Lucas, Harry
Harper, Roy Eckley and Harris Hugg.
James H. Fetzer was born in Boggs
township on July 6th, 1886, hence was
32 years, 4 months and 20 days old.
He was a son of George Michael and
Elizabeth Fetzer. His father died a
number of years ago and James re- |
mained at home with his mother un- |
til her death eighteen months or more
ago. On December 22nd, 1917, he was |
united in marriage to Miss Marjorie |
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Eckley, of Fleming, who survives
with no children. He leaves, how- !
ever, one brother and three sisters, |
namely: Harry Fetzer, of Snow |
Shoe; Mrs. Annie Heverley, of Mt. |
Eagle; Mrs. Lulu Hauk, of Rochester,
N. Y., and Mrs. Elwood Comley, of
Fleming. Mr. Fetzer also had a host
of friends who deplore his untimely
death.
. Funeral services will be held in the
Runville U, B. church at ten o’clock
tomorrow (Saturday) morning by
Rev. Erb, after which burial will be
made in the Advent cemetery.
A Lease Case from Hecla.
Some five years ago John Tressler
leased a plot of ground from Albina
and Daniel Peters, at Hecla, for a
period of ten years at an annual stip-
ulated rental of fifteen dollars a year.
He later subleased the ground to E.
R. Miller, who erected thereon a small
storeroom and during the past four
years or more has kept a little store
there. Recently when it became evi-
dent that the Central Railroad Com-
pany of Pennsylvania would go out of
business Miller decided to move his
store.
Mr. Tressler offered to give bond to
the Peters’ for the payment of the
annual rental of the ground but they
refused and brought action to restrain
Miller from removing the store. On
Saturday Judge Quigley filed his de-
cision in the case in which he requir-
for the payment of the rent, dissolved
the order of restraint and put the
costs upon the Peters’, plaintiffs in
the action.
Titan Metal Company to Switch
Work.
During the past year the Titan
Metal company, of this place, has de-
voted their entire time and output to
war work, making bronze material
for the government, but now that
peace is practically in sight and the
exigencies of war are past they are
going to prove that the organization
is elastic enough to switch from war
work to peace times without missing
the turn of a wheel. The government
has already issued them a permit to
ticipate launching out in their old line
date.
In order to give them ample facili-
ties for the work they expect to en-
gage in they will need more room and
this week they placed an order with
the Truscon Steel .company, of
Youngstown, Ohio, for a steel frame
building 130x30. feet in size to be
completed and ready for occupancy by
January first.
The Kaiser.
Exemplifying to a remarkable de-
gree of reality the monstrous cruel-
ties, barbarous inflictions and inhu-
man treatment being practiced by a
war-crazed monarch on a civilized
people “The Brute of Berlin,” which
will be at Garman’s, Friday, Novem-
ber 29th, is said to be the last word in
the spoken drama. Its patriotic ap-
peal interests every man, woman and
child in our glorious land, and should
be an incentive to a hetter national- |
ism.
NEWS PURELY PERSONAL.
—Mrs, E. P, Irwin is spending Thanks-
giving in Pittsburgh.
—Van Jodon spent
Bellefonte with Mrs. Jodon and their fam-
ily.
—Mrs. R. G. H. Hayes is entertaining
her sister-in-law, Mrs. Orwig, of Harrls-
burg.
—Maurice Miller, of Dunbar, spent Sun-
day with Mrs. Miller at their home on east
High street.
—Rush Larimer has accepted a position
in Ford City, leaving Tuesday to begin
his new work.
Moravian school at Bethlehem, is home for
her Thanksgiving vacation.
—Hardman P. Harris spenf Thanksgiv-
ing with his brothers, Wilbur and John
and their families, in Harrisburg.
—Dr. and Mrs. J. E. Ward have as a
Thanksgiving guest Miss Irene Barnhart,
| of Greensburg.
the week-end in
—Mrs. John Musser went to Tusseyville
to spend Thanksgiving and to visit for
ten days with her sister, Mrs. John Slack.
—Percy Blackford, of New Castle, and
his son Gilbert came to Bellefonte yester-
day for a short visit with relatives and to
spend next week in the mountains hunt-
ing.
—Miss Josephine White will leave to-
morrow for Philadelphia, for a visit with
her sister,
been doing government work there since
i leaving Williamsport several months ago.
—Miss Emily Crider, a student at the
—Mrs. W. S. Mallalieu and her daugh-
ter Eleanor, came to Bellefonte Friday of
: last week to look after Mrs. Denius’ pub-
' lic sale Saturday.
-—Fred Goss, of Pittsburgh, spent Sun-
day in Bellefonte ‘with his mother, Mrs.
Cyrus Goss, and his two children.
—Mrs. McGinnis, of Clearfield, was a
guest the after part of last week of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Schofield.
—Miss Celia Haupt spent Thanksgiving
day and the week-end with her sister, Mrs.
LeRoy Fox and family, in Lock Haven.
—Mrs. George Jacobs, of Philadelphia,
has been a guest for a part ef the week,
of ¥. W. Crider, at his home en Linn
. street.
—Miss Rebie Nolan is in Johnstown,
where she went to spend Thanksgiving
with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Otto and their
family.
—Miss Emma Montgomery spent the
week-end in Bellefonte, a guest of Mrs.
Miller Stewart, returning to Tyrone Mon-
day evening.
fonte this week.
—Mrs. Christ Decker left last week to
accompany her son, John R. Decker, to his
home in Bad. City, Mich., where she will
spend the winter.
-—Mrs. George VanDyke and her daugh-
ter, Miss Mary, left Wednesday for the
it with Mr. VanDyke.
—Mrs. William Doll and her daughter,
Miss Marie Doll, spent Thanksgiving in
Altoona with Mr. Doll, having gone up
Wednesday afternoon.
—Mr. and Mrs. Harry Crissman, of
Coleville, went to Pittsburgh Sunday to
attend the funeral of Mr.
brother, the late Fearon Crissman.
—John Hartswick and his daughter,
Miss Mary Hartswick, are visiting at Ba-
den, Pa., guests of Harold Hartswick and
Newell McCalmont and their families.
—Mrs. Jonathan Miller has closed her
house on Reynolds avenue and gone to
Selinsgrove, where she will visit for an in-
definite time with her sister, Mrs, Straub.
—Philip Barnhart was home from State
College and his sister, Miss Martha, came
down from Tyrone to enjoy Thanksgiving
day with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. K.
Barnhart, in this place.
—DMiss Ella A. Gates went over to Lew-
istown on Wednesday to spend Thanks-
giving with her brother, Benner G. Gates
and family. She was accompanied by her
niece, Miss Eva J. Gates.
—Jesse Derstine will go to Ambridge
tomorrow to join Mrs. Derstine and their
two children, who have been there since
Wednseday. Mr, Derstine and his family
will return to Bellefonte Monday.
—Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dale, of Fergu-
son township, went to Pittsburgh to spend
Thanksgiving with their sen, Lieut. W. R.
Dale, who is one of the officers in charge
at the University of Pittsburgh training
camp.
—Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Baird, of Lewis-
town, were in Bellefonte Tuesday, stop-
ping here on a drive to Milesburg, where
they were going for a short visit with rel-
atives. Mrs. Baird will be remembered as
Miss Madge Orris.
—Mr. and Mrs. Walter Rankin and Miss
Mary Rankin, all of Harrisburg, have been
Thanksgiving guests of their father, Wil-
liam B. Rankin. Mr. and Mrs. Rankin
came to Bellefonte a week ago, Miss Mary
joining them here Wednesday.
—Mr., and Mrs. John Marks, who recent-
ly moved from the Shoemaker apartments
into the McQuistion house on west High
street, went out to Derry last Friday to
spend the Thanksgiving week among rel-
atives. Mr, Marks is purchasing agent at
the western penijtentiary.
—Mrs. James Blair Holzworth, of Ha-
gerstown, and her small son, have been
guests since the early part of the week of
Mr. Holzworth’s brother Howard and his
family, at Unionville. Mr. Holzworth join-
ed his wife and son there Wednesday, ex-
pecting to return to Maryland with them
the beginning of the week.
—Mr. and Mrs. Henry S. Meyer, of Tif-
fin, Ohio, were guests the after part of
last week of Miss Lettie Hartman, at her
home on Thomas street. As in the case
of many visitors to Bellefonte, Mr. and
Mrs. Meyer were deeply impressed by our
spring, the stream and its fish, which are
a great curiosity to travelers from every
section of the country.
—Mrs. William Bell, accompanied by her
daughter, Mrs. Lemuel Brooks, arrived in
Bellefonte Saturday night, coming here
from Coatesville, where Mrs. Bell had been
with Mrs. Brooks for less than a week.
Mrs. Bell was returning home from a vis-
it of several months with her sons, Dr.
Finley Bell, of Englewood, N. J., and W.
T. Bell, of East Hampton, N. Y.
—Miss Helen McCullough, of Jersey
Shore, and her nephew, Mac Larimer, came
to Bellefonte a week ago, visiting with the
child’s grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Wil-
liam Larimer, until Sunday. Mr. and Mrs.
Lee Larimer motored up for them, the par-
ty returning to Jersey Shore Sunday
night, accompanied by Charles Larimer,
who has been spending a part of his va-
cation with his brother.
—'Squire W. M. Grove, of Spring Mills,
was in town on Monday on his way to
Erie whither he was traveling to visit the
soldiers home with a view to finding a
permanent residence for an old veteran in
whom he is interested. Mr. Grove is a far-
mer and surveyor well known in Penns-
valley and active in Democratic politics in
the county. He is one of the “Watch-
man’s” most valued friends and has read
the paper for more than half a century.
—Dr. J. BE. Ward returned from South
Carolina Friday night, where he had been
for four weeks with his son Arthur, who
has been critically ill with pneumonia, at
Camp Wadsworth. Although better at the
time his father left; Arthur's condition has
become grave again owing to another re-
lapse. Dr. and Mrs. Ward's second son,
Harold, in service at Pig Point, Va. is
home on a ten day’s furlough, coming here
Sunday from Camp Wadsworth, where he
had been on a short visit with his brother.
During their stay here
they were guests of Mrs. Geerge Miller, of
Reynolds avenue, returning to Williams-
port Sunday afternoon.
“Mrs. Louisa V. Harris has closed her
house on Allegheny street and has been
i living at the Bush house for the past two
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weeks, but is now’ centemplating going te
Philadelphia for the winter. Miss Alice
Wilson, who has an apartment in Mrs.
Harris’ house, is also at the Bush house.
—Mrs. John L. Kurtz, who came here
| from Atlantic City during the late sum-
mer, to spend the fall in Bellefonte, left
Monday for Philadelphia. After a short
stay in the city, Mrs. Kurtz will go direct-
ly to Eustis, Florida, for the winter, as
has been her custom for a number of
years.
—Mrs. Cyrus Gess with her mother and
two grand-children are occupying the first
| floor flat in the Shoemaker building. Mrs.
Goss closed her house in Pine Grove Mills
, about a month ago, but is now undecided
; as to whether she will remain here or go
—Dr. and Mrs. R. L. Stevens are visit- |
ing at Dr. Steven's former home at Me- |
Connellsburg, expecting to return to Belle- i
to Pittsburgh to be with the children’s
father, Fred Goss, for the winter.
—Mrs. Elizabeth B. Callaway stopped in
, Bellefonte for several days the early part
! of the week to complete all arrangements
Crissman’s !
for leaving for the winter. Mrs. Callaway,
who had been visiting in Ohio and west-
ern Pennsylvania for six weeks, went di-
rectly to join her mother, Mrs. D. G. Bush,
at Atlantic City, where they have taken
western part of the State for a week’s vis- | AF apwriment for the season,
‘ Worry and m Health Caused Man to
Shoot Himself.
Luther Smith, a well known resi-
dent of Centre Hall, committed sui-
cide by shooting himself in the head
about nine o'clock on Wednesday
| evening. He had been in G. O. Ben-
Jersey Shore; his
ner’s store at the railroad station and
walking out between the store and the
Mouse fired the shot that ended his
ife.
Mr. Smith and his wife moved to
Centre Hall from Johnstown last May
and bought a home expecting to live
there permanently but his health has
not been good and recently he sold his
home intending to return to Johns-
town in the spring. In addition to his
impaired health he worried consider-
ably over his son, Rossman Smith,
who is a soldier in France, and it is -
believed the two so preyed upon his
mind that he was not accountable for
his act.
He was born in Pennsvalley and
was about 52 years old. He is sur-
vived by his wife, who before her
marriage was Miss Mollie Betz, of
soldier son in
France and the following brothers
and sisters: William and John, of
Spring Mills; Michael and Emanuel,
of Potters Mills; Mrs. Hugh Alexan-
der, in Mifflin county, and Mrs. Geiss
Wagner, of Centre Hall. At this
writing no definite arrangements for
the funeral have been made but it is
likely the body will be taken to Johns-
town for burial.
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Drowned in the Juniata River.
About a month ago William H.
Jones, a former resident of Pennsyl-
vania Furnace but who of late had
been making his home at Petersburg,
mysteriously disappeared and no
amount of inquiry elicited any trace °
of his whereabouts. On Sunday some
young men of Petersburg were boat-
ing on the Juniata river when they
found the body of a man which, upon
examination, proved to be that of Mr.
Jones. At first foul play was sus-
pected but an examination revealed
the fact that the pockets of his cloth-
ing had not been rifled of any of their
contents and the only conclusion is
that his death was either accidental
or suicide.
Mr. Jones was born at Pennsylva-
nia Furnace in 1863, hence was about
fifty-five years old. He followed
farming most of his life but the past
few years had lived retired. He nev-
er married but is survived by several
half-sisters whose whereabouts are
unknown. The remains were buried
in the Ross church cemetery on Mon-
day afternoon.
Killed On the Railroad.
On Wednesday morning Clarence
Carper, the eighteen year old son of
Mr. and Mrs. John Carper, of Frank-
linville, started for Tyrone in his au-
tomobile. Just as he struck the rail-
road crossing near Warriorsmark his
motor stalled and before he could get
out of the machine a freight train
rounded the curve, struck the machine
and reduced it to kindling wood, in-
stantly killing the driver.
Carper was a splendid young man
in every way, sober and industrious
and his death was quite a shock to
his many friends. . He is survived by
his parents, six brothers and three
sisters. Burial will be made at
Franklinville today.
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No Relaxation in this Regulation. .
While many of the war regulations
have been relaxed already there are
to be no let ups in the well conceived
rules enforced for the protection of
the moral and physical welfare of the
soldiers. Secretary Baker has tele-
graphed Governor Brumbaugh to the
effect that the War Depertment is
determined to return soldiers to their
families and civil life uncontaminated
by disease and to that end there is to
be no let up in the efforts to protect
soldiers from prostitution and sale of
liquor.
Miss Marie White, whe has |
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