Deora atc
—Joy be, Bellefonte has a brass
band again.
—Take all the Victory bonds you
want. It’s the last time ‘round.
—We are wondering as to why no
report has been forthcoming as yet to
the killing of the Delaware peach
crop.
—The Pennsylvania Legislature is
beginning to make noises like a body
that intends to give the women suf-
frage.
—Centre county must not fall down
on the last bond issue. Her record
thus far is one to be proud of and it
must be kept unsullied.
—Nearly every man in Bellefonte
who hasn’t anything else to do goes
fishing and a lot of us go fishing when
we ought to be doing something else.
—1It is a fine “Welcome Home” ban-
ner that the county and the borough
have flung to the breeze in Bellefonte.
Let us make the actual welcome
just as pretentious.
—Centre county is not going to
make an unseemly clamor for war
trophies. The ones she will cherish
most are her brave boys who have
been spared to return.
—Memorial day is approaching and
we hope the war has consecrated it in
the minds and hearts of later genera-
tions so that it will be more reverent-
ly observed than it has been for years.
—President Wilson might lend the
George Washington to Premier Or-
lando if he wants to leave Paris in a
hurry. She is at Brest, with steam
up, and all rigged for just such an
emergency. :
—We can’t get back to normal un-
til we get our war debts paid. The
more Victory bonds we buy the soon-
er it will all be over and we can set-
tle down to doing undisturbed busi-
ness again.
The Kaiser persists in his pre-
vious statement that he didn’t want
the war. All he wanted was control
of the whole world and if that had
been conceded the war might have
been averted.
—A bit of Bolshevism won’t hurt
Turkey. The red hand of the Otto-
man empire has caused such sorrow
in Armenia and Syria in years gone
by that its bloody grip on its own
throat might prove a very salutary
lesson.
—Respect the laws of the land and
you will take a long step toward mak-
ing American soil barren for the seed
of Bolshevism. It is what one fellow
does, and gets away with, while the
other fellow has to suffer that makes
for unrest.
—Pay your part of the cost of your
war by buying Victory bonds. It is
an easy way to pay a debt, because
you will get 43 per cent. interest on
all the money you pay and the money,
itself, back in a few years. You can’t
pay any other debt that way.
—The German government’s repre-
sentatives have been invited to go to
Versailles to hear the peace terms
read on April 28th. They will be giv-
en until May 15th to consider and
sign and no time in which to put the
question of signing to a vote of the
German people will be given.
—A girl packer at the Pennsylva-
nia Match factory put a love missive
into one of the boxes she recently
packed. Yesterday a stranger arriv-
ed here to see if it was a regular mat-
rimonial match factory, but he was
doomed to disappointment for the
match he thought he had wouldn’t
strike.
—1It is fine to plan a great welcome
home for our soldier boys, but what
if they should ask us about what we
did on the Victory loan. They won’t
have much faith in the genuineness
of a welcome that isn’t backed up by
service to the country and service to
the country means buying its Victory
bonds. Have you bought any?
—Giff. Pinchot is out to make Gen-
eral Leonard Wood the Republican
nominee for President. Giff. doesn’t
always accomplish what he sets his
head to do, but he usually stirs up
no end of trouble in his party. And
it might also be added that Gen.
Wood’s: chances are not improved by
the service which has launched his
boom.
—President Wilson’s statement to
the world concerning the Italian
claims in the Peace Conference may
not convince our Italian allies that
they are asking for more than it is
possible to grant them, but it will con-
vince all others of the righteous and
open attitude he has taken on behalf
of our own country. We want noth-
ing but peace and we can scarcely be
called upon to let the cupidity of
another nation stand in the way of
securing that.
—Italy is kicking up a muss in the
Peace Conference. She wants Fiume
and her delegates threaten to leave
Paris if her demands are not satisfied.
‘While the world knows very little of
the merits of any of the claims it is
quite apparent that many of them
must be prejudicial to permanent
peace, else our own delegates, for in-
stance, who have no axes to grind
themselves would be disposed to fa-
vorable action on all of them. Italy’s
part in the war was wonderful, but
then it was only part and she should
give and take with all the other na-
tions in interest in order to bring
about a permanent settlement of the
questions at issue. And it is only
reasonable to suppose that the judg-
ment as to Fiume of the three other
members of the Big Four should be
predicated on sounder premises than
her own.
STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION.
VOL. 64.
BELLEFONTE, PA., APRIL 25, 1919.
NO. 17.
Disgrace of American Politics.
That “a prophet is not without hon-
or, save in his own country,” we have
the inspired word of St. Matthew.
The news which comes from the seat
of the Peace Conference informs us
that one day the Armenians appeal to
President Wilson, another day the
Servians ask for his good offices and |
soon up and down the line. The
statesmen of all Europe, Asia and
Africa pay defference to his wisdom
and implore his friendship. In Eng-
land, France and Italy he has been
lauded for his unselfish devotion to
the cause of humanity and wherever
he has gone abroad he has been ac-
claimed a capable and conscientious
helper of mankind. No man has ex-
ercised as great an influence in the
work of readjusting the world.
But we find no such feeling in this
country if the voice of the Republican
politicians is to be accepted as an ex-
pression of public sentiment. They
picture him as a monster of selfish
ambitions and sinister purposes.
Chairman Hays, of the Republican
National committee, has even gone so
far as to try to prostitute the Chau-
tauqua platforms to the service of his
traducers. These agencies of morali-
ty and promoters of religious life
have hitherto escaped the taint of
politics. But the Republican man-
agers are ready to pervert any medi-
um within reach to their evil purpos-
es. They hope to recover control of
the government so that they may re-
sume the looting operations of pre-
vious years.
President Wilson has given the best
of his useful life to the service of the
country and is now striving to extend
the beneficences of civil and religious
liberty to the whole world. Every de-
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General Wood for Faction Favor.
It is practically certain that Gener-
al Leonard Wood will be the Roose-
velt candidate for the Republican
nomination for President next year.
There are others willing and some of
them even anxious to fill that role in
the inevitable factional fight but Gif-
ford Pinchot has declared for the Gen-
eral and it would be something like
treason to Roosevelt’s memory to fa-
vor any other than the choice of Pin-
chot, who is the self-appointed if not
the legal executor of the Roosevelt
political estate. General Wood has
shown no qualifications for the office
so far as the public is able to discov-
But he hates President Wilson
i with a stronger hatred than most oth-
i ers and that is enough.
Senator Borah, Hungry Hi. John-
son and Senator Lenroot have been
mentioned prominently among the ir-
reconcilables as eligible for the pur-
pose of laying Senator Penrose on the
shelf but Pinchot thinks that they are
too new in the game and too uncer-
tain as to the future. There would be
no great gain, the original Forester
reasons, in defeating the stalwarts in
the convention if they are likely to be
in control afterward, and Wood is
the only certain proposition to pre-
vent that result.
Roosevelt influence will be concentrat-
ed behind the General in the cam-
paign for the mastery of the machine
and the signal to mobilize has been
given by the faithful Gifford.
Besides there are a good many peo-
ple who imagine that General Wood
is some sort of a martyr to his devo-
tion to Roosevelt. For some time pre-
vious to our declaration of war
against Germany General Wood avail-
cent and just man and woman in the | ed himself of every opportunity to
wide world will help rather than hin- | echo Colonel Roosevelt’s denuncia-
der him in this great purpose. But
the Republican politicians of the
country have invoked every expedient
fair and unfair to prevent the consum- | American forces
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tions of the administration and when
the duty devolved upon the President
of selecting a commander of the
abroad he named
Therefore the
| A Tempest in a Teapot.
The news from Harrisburg increas-
es in public interest. For more than
three months the session of the Leg-
islature has been listlessly dragging |
| along. But with the opening of this
i week the real boss, Senator Penrose,
put in an appearance and as one of
the capable correspondents states,
“injected ‘pep’ and dash” into the pro- |
ceedings. He is determined to force
. the Philadelphia reform bills through
' the Senate, the story goes, after which
it may be inferred, negotiations will
be in order. That is to say the meas-
ures will be held in the House com-
- mittee on Municipal Corporations
“until amendments are added and cer-
tain provisions eliminated.” In other
words until Penrose and Vare come to
an agreement.
The Governor is still absent, con-
, veniently, and both sides are confi-
dently claiming his support. Senator
Vare openly declares that the Gover-
nor takes his view of the situation and
significantly adds “any program that
suits the Governor will suit me. We
are for the Governor and anything he
desires from the General Assembly.”
Upon hearing this alluring offer of
servility as coming from Vare Sena-
tor Penrose remarked “the Governor
t and I are in entire accord on “2 prop-
| osition of legislation for Philadel-
| phia.” Thus these cunning political
wire pullers have laid a substantial
! foundation upon which to place ma-
‘ chinery that will divide the spoils in
equal shares and deliver it promptly.
© The Governor’s part in this party
| play is also revealed by the corres-
| pondent already quoted, who writes
that “Governor Sproul will not stand
i for any legislation which would ex-
terminate one faction and work to the
advantage of the other.” Certainly
not. A state leader ‘close to the
Chief Executive” confided to the cor-
. respondent “that the good of the par-
' ty will be the Governor's first consid-
| eration,” and added, “there must be a
mation of the Saviour’s hope “on earth | General Pershing instead of Wood show down of strength and this show
peace, good will to et Chairman | Who was then the ranking officer. He down will be made before the Gover-
Hays would prostitute the citadels of | had for this selection the precedent nor and not on the floor of the Senate
christianity in order to make a renew- | established by Roosevelt in promoting | and the House.” The interests of the
al of his commission to plunder the
Wood over many more experienced
: public are of no consequence to either
resources and loot the treasuries of | 2nd quite as capable officers and the’, of these party leaders. The preserva-
the country. He
the disgrace of
is
Former Lieutenant Governor
Frank B. McClain blames the Nation-
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seniority rule. The seniority rule is
a concession to the Brotherhoods. But
Mr. McClain knows about as much on | that Germany will sign and the other
that subject as on any other.
Slow Progress of Legislation.
The bill for the reorganization of
the Department of Agriculture seems
to have gone to sleep in the House of
Representatives. It was read in place
in the Senate on March 17th and pass-
ed finally in that chamber on the 31st
of that month. It made fair progress
in the House until it reached the final
passage calendar where it reposes for
one reason or another. It is said that
the present State Board of Agricul-
ture demands a hearing and that the
hold-up is to give that organization
an opportunity to muster its forces
and present its objections. But the
members of the board appear to be in
no hurry to move. They probably im-
agine that delay is a wise action.
The Agricultural Department cer-
tainly needs some sort of stirring up.
It costs a good deal for maintenance
and gives the public little return for
the money. It may be only just to say
that the members of the board are
less to blame for this state of affairs
than the system. But that is only an
added reason why the reorganization
measure should be pushed along. The
plan is at least promising and though
it is certain to augment the cost of
the service it is equally sure to in-
crease the efficiency. The objection
to the present system is not so much
on account of the expense as because
of its worthlessness. Poor service is
expensive at any price.
The present bill will make the Sec-
retary of Agriculture a responsible
executive with power to do good if so
inclined, as well as a person upon
whom to lay the blame if he is not
disposed to do good. He will have
plenty of opportunity to promote the
interests of agriculture and few to
shift responsibilities for failure.
This is precisely what is needed in the
Department and because it will fill a
long felt want its progress in the Leg-
islature ought to be expedited rather
than retarded. It provides a good
many bureaus and bureaus are abom-
inations, but they are preferable to
commissions that do nothing and
dodge the consequences of their neg-
lect.
In defense of a Chicago burg-
lar it was asserted that he was a good
man who neither drank, smoked nor
chewed tobacco. In view of these
facts he ought to have been able to
“purgle” without being caught.
An esteemed contemporary im-
agines that the increase of the tele-
phone rates was an April fool joke.
But those who pay the bills are of
another opinion. 3
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Nevertheless Wood
made him a martyr.
Ea diac ew hoy
imagines
——There are two things in rela-
depended upon absolutely. One is
that the United States will ratify.
Lloyd George Tells the Truth.
In a speech in the British House of
Commons, the other day, Lloyd
George expressed his opinion of those
who are trying to defeat the purposes
of the Peace Conference of Versailles
in no unmistakable terms. He probably
had in mind some of the malicious
quibblers in his own country where
there are a few men and some news-
papers who care more for personal
than patriotic interests. But his de-
nunciation applies with equal force to
and fits quite as well the greater num-
ber of traitors in this country. The
work of the conference is difficult
enough at best and would involve vast
labor even if all concerned were will-
ing to help rather than hinder its pro-
gress. But the quibblers add greatly
to the burdens.
After describing it as a disease the
British Premier added: “When this
kind of disease is carried to the point
of sowing dissension between great
allies whose unity is essential to the
peace of the world; when an attempt
is made to make France distrust
Great Britain, France to hate Ameri-
ca and America to dislike France and
Italy, not even that kind of a disease
is justification for so black a crime
That is precise- |
against humanity.”
ly the right name for it. And the Re-
publican leaders in Congress and out
and a considerable number of the Re-
publican newspapers of this country :
have been perpretating this black
crime ever since the Peace Conference
assembled in France to rescue the |
world from barbarism.
These criminal conspirators have
not succeeded thus far in developing
discord of a dangerous character in
the conference but they have tried |
hard to do so.
duced France to dissent from the
views of Great Britain and the Unit-
ed States and they are now encourag-
ing Italy to make demands impossi- |
Italy performed a |
great part in the war. She might |
have thrown her vast influence. and |
ble of fulfillment.
force to Germany and thereby reves
ed the result of the conflict. Beécaus
she pursued the other and the right
course entitles her to the highest con-
sideration. But the conference can-
not reward her at the expense of oth-
er deserving units in the war. It is
impossible.
———An authority on food prices an-
nounces that the five cent loaf of
bread will never return. Neither will
the high protective tariff.
—A good business in rubber-necks
might be built up in Bellefonte if we
remain on the aerial mail route.
They had almost in- .
as satisfactory to the = of the party machine is para-
er “it
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Wa ARR
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There are a good many people
| outside of Massachusetts who believe
that Postmaster General Burleson “is
| tion to the Peace treaty that may be wrecking the Democratic party.”
! ——Local druggists are very an-
| tagonistic to the passage of Senate
| bill No. 732, introduced by a Senator
| from Pittsburgh, restraining drug-
| gists from selling certain drugs only
{on a doctor’s prescription. Included
lin the list of drugs mentioned are as-
| perin tablets, and if the bill passes
any individual who wants to purch-
i ase ten cent’s worth of tablets would
| be obliged to pay fifty cents for a
| physician’s prescription in order to
get them. This is what the Pitts-
burgh lawmaker considers safeguard-
| ing the public. But his bill is not any
{ more assinine than the one introduc-
ied by a Representative from one of
| the northeastern counties who wants
a law passed forbidding the use of
wood alcohol as a face lotion or the
application of any kind of lotion, cos-
metics or powder on the facé er skin.
Freak bills both of them, but just the
same they are liable to slip through
and become laws simply because the
majority of the members of both
+ houses have not sufficient interest in
| them to oppose them. Without doubt
| there are some good men in the leg-
islative halls at Harrisburg, but on
mental asses and from the kind of
legislation enacted at every session
there is no question but that the
| asses are working over time.
The two airmen who flew from
New York to Bellefonte on Tuesday
afternoon lost their bearing enroute
and after flying over Harrisburg kept
almost due west to Altoona reaching
| that city shortly after five o’clock.
After they circled over the city once
or twice they evidently got their bear-
ings and flew almost in a direct line
to Bellefonte and found the aviation
field without any trouble. But the
people of Altoona were very much
mystified over the appearance of the
In fact the
newspapers were very much wrought
up over the matter and appealed to
the Associated Press for information
flyers above their city.
mewsgathering association
ie to enlighten them. In the
“the two aeronauts had ar-
“Bellefonte, disposed of their
machines and gone to a hotel for their
supper and the night, wholly uncon-
scious of the fact that they had cre-
ated such excitement in other towns
in Pennsylvania. For the information
of our newspaper friends and others
in surrounding towns we might add
| that in the future when you see an
i airplane you will be pretty safe in
| guessing that it is either on its way
| to or from Bellefonte.
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predecessors in office but hie has done
more good. fi
the other hand there are some monu- |
#10 the birdmen, but that
At the Peace Conference.
From the Philadelphia Press.
Since April 25 has officially been set
as the day on which the German dele-
| gates will be received at Versailles
and given the terms of the peace
treaty there can be no doubt that the
conference has reached a final deci-
sion. A formal declaration of peace
may therefore be expected in the near
future unless the enemy rejects the
terms that are offered him.
Speculation on this point is rather
| limited by the lack -of* detailed infor-
! mation as to the terms of peace. It
is known that the Germans are anx-
ious for speedy peace that will raise
the remaining economic barriers and
permit the industrial rehabilitation of
{ the nation. On the other hand, Ger-
man spokesmen have been outspoken
in their warnings that aiburdensome
peace will not be ratified by the peo-
ple, who insist upon a treaty based
on the fourteen points and who will
overturn a government that accepts
less favorable terms.
But neither the German nor the Al-
lied peoples are to hear the terms
prior to the meeting on April 25 at
Versailles. The Peace Conference has
done its best to keep those terms se-
cret, believing that preliminary dis-
cussion of them would only increase
the difficulty of an agreement. Yet
certain details have leaked out. The
reparations plan, for example, is
known with great particularity.
As to the terms of the territorial
settlement there are only vague opin-
ions. In the west, Germany is to be
disarmed on the Rhine and at Kiel
and Helgoland. She is to be required
to maintain a disarmed zone on the
right bank of the Rhine. There is
some question as to her possession of
the Saar Valley. Some reports have
it that the French will get rights in
the Saar coal fields until the Lens
fields have been restored to full oper-
ating efficiency. Other reports add
that after a certain number of years
a plebiscite will be held to determine
whether the Saar shall be French or
German.
In the east, the frontier problem
has been decided neither in - Ger-
many’s favor nor Poland’s. Danzig
is to be internationalized together
with the “corridor” that leads to it.
In this way it is hoped to satisfy both
claimants.
In deciding the Dalmatian
controversy between Italy an
Slavia it. seems likely Pea,
onferénce will resort to -the- same
policy of compromise. To internation-
alize Fiume would wholly satisfy
neither claimant to the Adriatic port,
vet it would prevent the bitterness
which its award to either would cre-
ate. Having disposed of the German
treaty it is expected that the Peace
Conference will now address itself to
the Italian and Austrian questions.
As to Russia it is reported that the
French objections to a neutral relief
commission for selling food to the
Russians have been withdrawn. ¥
this is the case, an early truce on the
Bolshevik fighting fronts may be ex-
pected and the withdrawal of Allied
and American forces from Russia.
There is, however, no intention of
recognizing the Lenine government.
On the contrary, the latest rumors—
supported by a paragraph of Lloyd
George’s recent speech—are to the ef-
fect that the Kolchak government at
Omsk in Siberia is to be recognized
as the de facto government of Rus-
sia. Such a course seems inconsist-
ent, however, with the plan of a truce
with the Bolshevist forces.
Disorders in Turkey have caused
the Peace Conference great concern
and anxiety and has been expressed
concerning the attitude of Japan who,
disgruntled by the failure of the “ra-
cial equality” amendment to the
League of Nations covenant, seems
determined to hold out for dominant
rights in the Far East.
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Germany’s New Poet.
From the Cincinnati Times-Star.
It was in August, 1914, that the
Hun put a copy of Nietzsche in his
pocket and set forth to conquer the
world. He believed that he was
Nietzsche’s “super-man,” appointed
by Jehovah or Wotan or what other
god was at hand, to let the blood of
the world and give it a Teutonim
renaissance. “It is not surprising,”
says Nietzsche, “ that the lambs
should bear a grudge against the
great birds of prey, but that is no
reason for blaming the great birds of
prey for taking the little lambs.”
With this inspiration, the German ea-
gle flew low and struck hard. f
They are not reading Nietzsche in
Germany now. The German eagle is
back, with a broken beak, two lame
wings and clipped talons. The lambs
did not play fair. They hit back. "The
edited. The young Hun has turned
“from such material things as war and
indemnities, and now is reading a po-
et named Stephen George, a product
of the war. Herr George is said to
be a cross between our own Longfel-
low and Whitman. He teaches the
soul to rise, not as a bird of prey, but
as an innocent little thing, and to sail
the empyrean, far from mundane
things. ;
All right. It is an accomplishment
to make the bloodthirsty throw away
their copies of Nietzsche and to buy a
million copies, as reported, of a cross
between Longfellow and hitman,
We loved our Longfellow and Whit-
man before the war. Had the Hun,
there would have been no war. But
Young Germany should not let Herr
George take him too far up there in
the “intense inane,” as Shelley called
it. There is work down heré for him
to do, a little bill to pay. =
superman theory is absolutely dis=
| SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE
| —Plans for a modern ten-room brick
structure, to replace the Mill Hall High
school building, which was destroyed some
{ weeks ago, have been prepared and sub-
! mitted to the proper State officials for ap-
| proval. The estimated cost of the build-
| ing is $32,000.
i —A fire supposed to have been caused
i by eandles used at the Easter vesper serv-
ice burned to the ground St. Joseph's
Catholic church in Bellwood Sunday night.
The loss is about $40,000. The pastor,
Rev. Father Houardy, is a chapain now
with the American army in France.
—DMrs. Henry Kratzer, of Lewisburg,
mother of Bright Kratzer, a member of
the Trench Morter Battery, who was kill-
ed in service, lapsed into unconsciousness
when she received definite information
that her other son, William, also of the
battery, would reach home within a few
hours, and died without being able to
greet him.
—A State Highway Department bulle-
tin says that C. C. Young, a member of
the Jersey Shore borough council, has fil-
ed with the department an objection to
the use of the old canal as a route for the
new state highway from a point near Lar-
ry’s Creek to the borough. The depart-
ment has informed Mr. Young that it will
select the most feasible location. It has
already been announced that the road will
follow the canal route.
—A masked man entered the bedroom
of Sarah Paladine, nineteen years old, of
Ambler, Pa., forced her to cut off enotigh
of her hair to serve as a gag and then,
after he had gagged and bound her to a
chair, cut off the remainder of her thick,
black tresses. After robbing the young
woman of her hair, he heard noises and
climbed through a second-story window.
In his descent to the ground the man lost
the parcel containing the hair.
—Mrs. Howard M. Oakman, a prominent
society woman, was burned to death at
Forty Fort, Pa. trying to save a newly
hatched chick. A maid informed her that
a small incubator was on fire. Mrs. Oak-
man rushed in her night clothes to the
rear porch of her home and saw a little
chick in danger of being burned. As she
lifted the lid of the machine the flames ig-
nited her garment. Her clothes were
burned from her body and she died in a
short time.
—The seventy-third annual commence-
ment of St. Francis’ College, Loretto, will
be held this spring in Altoona, when one
of the largest classes in the history of the
institution will be graduated. A feature
of the exercises will be an address by Dr.
James J. Walsh, of New York. The exer-
cises were held in Johnstown during. the
past two years, but the college has ac-
cepted the offer of the Altoona Knights of
Columbus to arrange for this year’s com-
mencement. .
—Hrasmus Wilson, dean of Pittsburgh
newspaper men, will be the chief guest of
honor at the thirty-fourth annual ban-
quet of the Pittsburgh Press Club, May 5.
Mr. Wilson will tell of his experiences in
newspaper work and give his recollections
of many prominent people he has met. T.
H. Given, publisher of The Pittsburgh
Post and the Sun, and honorary president
of the Press Club, will preside, and George
S. Oliver, of The Gazette-Times and the
Chronicle Telegraph, will be toastmaster.
Mayor Ole Hanson, of Seattle, Wash., will
e | be the principal orator. .. ;
—The body of Daniel C. Caseman, aged
70 years, was found in Kishacoquillas
creek, near the Gibbony woolen mills,
Lewistown, last Thursday, by Paul Het-
rick and Frank Rowe, who were out fish-
ing for trout. Mr. Caseman was a civil
engineer employed by the Kulp Lumber
company of Shamokin, for thirty-five
years. He was a former resident of Phil-
adelphia. He was last seen in Lewistown
on Tuesday and was supposed to have been
looking over a tract of lumber when he
fell off a foot log some distance further up
stream. The body had been in the water
two days. Heart trouble is believed to
have caused his death. Valuables on his
person were not disturbed.
—The State Livestock Sanitary Board
has ordered a quarantine effective April
28th, established against all handling of
hogs in Adams, Berks, Bucks, Carbon,
Cumberland, Dauphin, Delaware, Frank-
lin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lehigh, Mont-
gomery, Monroe, Northampton, Philadel-
phia and York counties. The quarantine
was ordered because reports to the board
showed prevalence of hog cholera to an
alarming degree in some localities and af-
fects all stockyards, public sales premis-
es, pens for public sales, railroads, roads,
watering yards or pens, chutes and all
lands, public and private where swine are
handled. No hogs can be handled at all
within these counties without special au-
thority from the board and then only for
immediate slaughter.
—In the P. R. R. freight yards to the
west of Marietta there are stored at pres-
ent thirty-five hundred car loads of ma-
terial of almost every description ready
for shipment to France to be used in the
mammoth work of reconstruction. Acting
under instructions from the French High
Commission, Lieutenant LaLande, who
represents his country’s interests here,
has assembled the material at Marietta
and as fast as cars are obtainable, it is
reconsigned to the Philadelphia and Balti-
‘more ports for convoy overseas. The
enormous quantity of goods imparts the
suggestion of a fortress and attracts the
curiosity of every stranger. As rapidly as
the stock is depleted, it is refilled by in-
coming consignments and the handling of
the material furnishes steady employment
to two hundred men.
—Discovery of the money which was re-
moved from the safe when Joseph Carl, an
aged farmer, was murdered in his home
near Bloomsburg &bout ten days ago, ‘has \
added a strong link to the chain of evi-
dence which is being drawn about his son
Ralph, who is accused of the crime. Ralph
was held for court to answer a charge of
murder following a hearing before Justice
of the Peace Rutter. The money was dis-
covered on the farm of Roy Bitler. The
murdered man’s son had visited the Bit-
ler farm just before his arrest, and upon
his arrival there found that Corporal Ira
C. Stevenson, of the state constabulary,
had beer. there a few moments before. It
is charged now that he had the money
with him and that he hid it, thinking that
Stevenson was after him. When he was:
arrested his remark was, “I haven’t the
money.” Some money was found in the
back of the wagon which he was about to
drive away in when arrested. It was sus-
pected that the missing money was about
the Bitler farm and its discovery under a
stone in a shed there adds to the suspi-
cion against Ralph Carl. Among the bills
was a piece of Mexican money recognized
as belonging to the dead man.