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A WORKER IN GERMANY.
Mrs. Schaub Writes Interestingly of
Her Varied Experiences Overseas.
The “Watchman” .takes pleasure
this week in giving to its readers
another very interesting letter from
Mrs. Harriet Holmes Schaub, who is
engaged in canteen work with the ar-
my of occupation in Germany, to her
sister, Mrs. Willis Weaver, of Win-
burne. Mrs. Schaub writes:
$1.50
1.75
2.00
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Army of Occupation,
Germany, May 11.
I am stationed just about a twenty-
minute walk from Arthur (her broth-
er) and see him very often. He has
not changed at all. He is quite nerv-
ous but looks very well. Queer to see
him here in Germany after not having
seen him in eight years. He may be
going home soon.
Don’t imagine anything happening
to me. I am fit as a fiddle. I will be-
gin with the date I left London. The
day was perfect, the nicest day I have
had since I left the States. Miss Bur-
kett, from Chicago, and I came to-
gether. We went to Southampton
and took the night boat for LaHavre.
For a wonder the channel was smooth
and as it was moonlight we stayed on
deck until midnight. Had breakfast
before we left the boat. Had 2 fine
trip to Paris where we arrived at 1 p.
m. Mrs. Blainey, my friend from Re-
no, came up to the hotel about an
hour later and insisted on me going
out to stay with her and two other
American girls who had an apartment
near where President Wilson is liv-
ing.
Those were the jolliest two weeks
I ever spent. Paris is without a
doubt the most beautiful city in the
world, and the gayest. There is
something in the air that goes to your
head like champagne and makes you
want to be frivolous and gay and
young, and wear pretty clothes, ete.,
etc., etc. We spent all of our days
and most of our nights doing all the
usual and unusual things. We went
to Napoleon’s tomb, the Louvre, the
Luxemberg, Notre Dame cathedral,
Saint Gergias—the church the big
Bertha struck last year when the peo-
ple were gathering for service on
Good Friday—in fact all the famous
churches, stores and galleries and the
usual places visited by sightseers. We
spent a day in going over the ground
Victor Hugo wrote of in his Les Mis-
erables. It would be foolish to try
to describe any of these things, be-
cause I could not do them justice. We
had one perfect: day at Versailles.
Went all through the palace and stood
in the room where the peace treaty
will be signed. We went through the
Swiss village and strolled around the
beautiful gardens all day long.
But the greatest privilege of all
was a trip up through Chateau Thier-
ry to Rheims, from where we walked
five miles across No Man’s Land into
the Hindenberg line. It was hard to
get over the depression caused by the
sights we saw, but I shall always be
glad I went. It makes no difference
how many pictures you see, nor how
vivid may be the descriptions you read,
you never can imagine anything like
the absolute ruin and desolation of
Rheims. The sun was shining in the
morning when we got there, but in
about an hour the wind started blow-
ing a gale and I never can describe
the uncanniness as the wind moaned
and howled like a lost soul through
the wreckage of that once beautiful
city. We had gone only about two
miles across No Maw’s Land when we
were overtaken by athail storm which
was so fierce we had to stop and pro-
tect our faces with our capes. Then
the sun came out and we went on. In
another half hour the rain was com-
ing down in such torrents that we had
to seek shelter under an old wagon
cover left lying on the field of battle.
Four times in the afternoon that
weather performance repeated itself.
By this time the water was running
down the trenches into the dugouts
and pill boxes in streams, and it was
all too easy to picture the misery of
our boys fighting under such condi-
tions.
When we got back to Paris I felt
as if I had been to some other planet,
or had had a hideous dream. Every-
thing seemed so unreal. We went to
grand opera one night and it was won-
derful. The Paris opera house is the
most beautiful place I ever saw. It
makes the Metropolitan opera house
in New York look like a warehouse.
We left Paris at seven o’clock in the
morning and got to Coblenz at mid-
night of the same day. We had two
hours at Metz on the way up and
were glad to have a chance to see that
much-talked-of place. The entire trip
was most picturesque. We were in
Coblenz until the next afternoon when
they brought me out here in an auto
—a queer little village, Ettlingen by
name. The trip out here was lovely,
too. The road follows the Rhine
about half way then turns off abrupt-
ly and climbs up here into the hills
until we seem to be on the edge of
nowhere. The streets are narrow,
crooked and cobblestoned from house
to house. No sidewalks and no lawns.
I am Billeted with a German fami-
ly and billet is the right word, for the
box-like space I occupy in an upper
| makes the talcum powder.
rents
story, with one window overlooking
the street, can hardly be called a
room. The furnishings consist of a
bed, not too comfortable; a wash-
stand and one chair, quite guiltless of
mirror or carpet or any of the things
we have been taught to consider ne-
cessities. We have our meals at the
officers’ mess, and that is fine. The
men are nice and the food is good.
The woman stationed here is very
nice. A Miss Squibb, of New Jersey,
grand-daughter of the man who
We are
with the third division, so you may
be able to get more information about
us than we know ourselves. We nev-
er see a real newspaper here, and our
letters come first to Paris, thence to
Coblenz, from there to Kottenheim,
the headquarters for this area, and
finally are brought to wus by auto.
There are two companies here, be-
tween 450 and 500 men.
We keep the hut open from 9
o’clock in the morning until 10 at
night, and serve chocolate and dough-
nuts or cookies every night, but as
we have the baking done by a baker
here there is really not enough of
work for two women, so I am going
to ask to be transferred to some place
where there is either no American
woman or more work to do. The boys
are all very restless and dissatisfied
and anxious to get home. In fact
there are all kinds of rumors going
as to when they will leave but as yet
nothing official. The weather of the
past few days was lovely, but last
week it snowed almost every day.
Referring to the unjust censure of
the Y. M. C. A. and its work in France
Mrs. Schaub in a previous letter
wrote as follows:
“We have heard over here that
there is criticism in the States about
the ‘Y’—and I reckon that must al-
ways be true of any large organiza-
tion like this one. There are plenty
to tell of mistakes and few to tell of
the much good they have done. The
boys may complain that they have
have had to pay for chocolates and
cigarettes at the ‘Y’ canteens in an
area where perhaps the K. of C. and
Red Cross have given them away, but
they forget the hundreds of billiard
tables they have had to play on, the
thousands of the best victrolas and
records they have enjoyed, the never
ending moving pictures they have
been able to go to, the many times
they have been entertained by favor-
ite actresses like Elsie Janis, and
many equally high-priced stage fa-
vorites, and so on and so on.”
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A Flattering Tribute to Private
Charles Florey.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Florey, of
Pleasant Gap, this week received a
letter from their son, private Charles
R. Florey, a member of the medical
training corps attached to the Mesves
Hospital Centre, France, in which he
stated that he expected to sail for
home early in June. He sent his par-
Frank U. Russell, captain in charge
of the hospital centre at which he is
located, which is a flattering tribute
to the work of the young man. Inthe
citation Capt. Russell says:
“When I first came to this hospital
centre you were ill—owing to work
and exposure in the pursuance of your
duties as a loyal member of the A. E.
F., and from the first day that I re-
member of your reporting to this
headquarters for duty again—some
five months or more ago—I have not
known you to spend an idle hour dur-
ing the time when this headquarters
has been open for work.
“Your diligence, your painstaking
thoroughness, and your unfailing
courtesy and willingness to do the
thing asked you at once, has earn-
ed the comment of “well done;” and
insofar as it is mine to do I desire to
convey to you the thanks of the Amer-
ican people, through the American
Red Cross, for the service you have
rendered, a service which has never
lagged, not alone during the days of
the heaviest work, but also in the lat-
ter days when at times only a
thoughtful and very earnest worker
could find enough work for the A. E.
F. to occupy one’s entire time.
“Let us hope that your work—as,
let us believe it is with all good work
—shall not go unrewarded in the bal-
ancing up of fortune.”
POO
Soldier Many Years, Now Wants to
be Sheriff.
The announcement of E. R. (Dick)
Taylor, of Bellefonte, as a candidate
for the nomination of Sheriff on the
Democratic ticket, appears in this is-
sue. He was born in Bellefonte, No-
vember 27th, 1879, and educated in
the public schools. He served in the
Spanish-American war in 1898, as a
corporal in Company B, 5th regiment
Penna. volunteer infantry; in the
Philippine insurrection as a sergeant
of Company D, 47th regiment infant-
ry, U. S. volunteers, September 30th,
1899, to July 2nd, 1901; on the Mexi-
can border as first lieutenant of
Troop L, First Penna. cavalry; in the
German-American war as captain of
Companies K and F, 110th U. S. in-
fantry, July 15th, 1917, to May 23rd,
1919. He is a member of the Belle-
fonte Lodge of Elks, and the Logan
fire company. His family are mem-
Des of the Reformed church of Belle-
onte.
——The annual summer reunion
and basket picnic of the Centre coun-
ty association of Philadelphia, will
take place Saturday, June 28th, 1919,
at Belmont Mansion, Fairmont park.
All Centre countians residing in or
near Philadelphia are most cordially
invited to attend, take their luncheon
and enjoy a good, social time in one
of the most beautiful parks known.
The Centre county sailor and soldier
boys now in the city of Brotherly
Love will be most welcome—take
them with you.
AF eitation recéived from Dr.
But Still Lives After Contact with a
22,000 Volt Wire.
C. E. White, an amployee of the
State-Centre Electric company, is in
the Bellefonte hospital recovering
from the shock of a contact with one
of the 22,000 volt high tension wires
of the company on Monday afternoon.
White was one of a gang of men
engaged in trimming the branches
off of some trees at the Hen-
ry Hoy farm which interfered with
the company’s service wires. He cut
off a large limb and climbed a little
higher to ~et at another limb when in
some way the high tension wire drop-
ped onto his shoulders. None of his
companions saw the happening and
the first knowledge they had that
something was wrong was when they
heard the crackling and snapping of
the heavily charged wire.
Realizing that it would be impossi-
ble to pull White loose from the wire
one of the men ran to the Hoy home
and telephoned to the plant of the
electric company to turn off the cur-
rent. This was done at once and for-
tunately White was solidly an-
chored on the tree with his climbers
and belt so that he did not fall to the
ground. One or more of his compan-
ions quickly climbed to his rescue and
by the aid of a strong rope lowered
him to the ground. A hasty examina-
tion showed that White was still alive,
notwithstanding the fact that the
electric fluid coursed through his body
for a period of three or four minutes.
He was brought to the Bellefonte hos-
pital as quickly as possible and the
physicians in charge of his case as-
sert that there is no reason why he
shouldn’t recover from the accident.
The only explanation that can be
offered for White’s miraculous escape
is the fact that the wire in falling on
his shoulders also fell against a limb
of the tree, and that a goodly portion
of the 22,000 volts of electricity was
taken up by the wood.
SUPT. H. J. THOMPSON INJURED.
On Tuesday afternoen H. J. Thomp-
son, superintendent of the State-Cen-
tre Electric company, also came in
contact with a live wire in Bellefonte,
fell from a twenty-five foot pole and
sustained injuries that will keep him
housed up a few days, though fortu-
nately his condition is not serious.
The accident occurred shortly after
one o'clock in the alley back of Scho-
field’s harness store. A gang of men
were engaged in setting a new pole.
Mr. Thompson climbed the old pole to
transfer the wires and in doing so
came in contact with a live wire. For-
tunately it was not a high tension one
and he was able to wrench himself
loose but in doing so lost his balance
and fell.
The pole is set close to the Brocker-
hoff shed occupied by D. Wagner
Geiss’ livery and in falling Mr.
Thompson struck the extension cf the
corrugated iron roof with his hip with
| such ‘force as to bend it down as if
struck with a heavy sledge. This
break in his fall turned his bedy
around so that he fell head down right
into the hole dug for the new: pole.
Workmen pulled him out, and though
he soon regained his wind and was
able to stand up, he was taken to a
physician’s office where an ugly cut
on his chin was sewed up and a hasty
examination made which disclosed the
fact that no bones were broken and
although considerably shaken up he
had sustained no serious injuries. He
was taken home and although he has
felt pretty sore since and is still con-
fined to his home he is getting along
all right and will soon be around
again.
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Two Men Electrocuted.
A double electrocution took place
at the Rockview penitentiary on Mon-
day morning, when Peter Smollack,
of Northumberland county, and Wil-
liam “Bush’ Brown, a southern ne-
gro, who was convicted of murder in
Clearfield county, were sent to the
death chair.
Smollack, while under the influence
of liquor, killed his wife with a hatch-
et one day last summer, plead guilty
to the indictment charging him with
murder and was sentenced to death
without the formality of a trial.
Brown killed Walter Moore, a re-
cluse at Woodland, in May, 1918, un-
der the impression that the man had
money and got only a few cents for
his crime. He escaped but was
caught in South Carolina in Septem-
ber and taken back to Clearfield coun-
ty for trial which lasted less than one
day. The bodies of both men were
buried in the penitentiary cemetery.
——Last winter when there was
eight and ten inch ice the “Watch-
man” advised cutting and storing
promptly to insure an ample supply
of ice this summer. R. B. Taylor, the
only man who now stores natural ice
as a part of Bellefonte’s supply, filled
his houses but a number of individu-
als who usually store ice in the winter
time failed to do so at the right time
and the stock in Bellefonte is natur-
ally just that much short. In addi-
tion to Mr. Taylor, Doll’s ice plant is
the only other source of supply for
the town and the mesult is the whole
town is short on ice while many peo-
ple cannot get it at all. And this,
with the warm weather only begin-
ning. If ever there was an auspic-
ious opening for an artificial ice plant
in Bellefonte of twenty tons capacity
the time is right now. A twenty ton
plant would yield ten tons of good ice
per day, and there would be no trou-
ble im disposing of all of it. As it is
the butchers, bakers and most every-
body are compelled to get along on
considerably less ice than they ought
to, not counting the dozens of fami-
lies who can’t get any.
— Probably Brockdorff-Rantzau
didn’t know those fourteen points are
sharp.
KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT.
Walter Winton, of Scranton, Heir to
a Large Fortune, the Victim.
Walter Winton, a seventeen-year-
old youth of Scranton, and heir to
a large fortune, was almost in-
stantly killed in an auto accident near
State College shortly after seven
o’clock last Friday morning.
The boy, who was quite tall for his
age, had been a student at the Belle-
fonte Academy the past two years.
About a month ago his father, W. W.
Winton, who was known as the “dia-
mond king” of Scranton, died very
suddenly and the son was naturally
summoned home. He did not return
to the Academy until Tuesday of last
week when he arrived in Bellefonte
in a big Winton Six car, accompanied
by the family chauffeur who has
worked for the Wintons since 1907.
Instead of going to his old room at
the Academy the boy stopped at a ho-
tel and then asked to be given his ex-
aminations. Having missed the clos-
ing weeks of the Academy headmas-
ter James R. Hughes told him that
he would not be able to pass and ad-
vised him to take his personal belong-
ings and return home on Wednesday.
Winton promised to do so, but did
not. Instead he stopped at a hotel
and drove his car around the town at
such speed that he was reported two
or three times for fast driving.
dance at the Academy and at a later
hour tock several young ladies to Al-
toona to catch the two o’clock train
to Pittsburgh Friday morning. He
returned to Bellefonte about six
o'clock and induced William Griffin,
of Erie; Karl VosKamp, of Pitts-
burgh; Clement Keeler, of Philadel-
N. V., and Francis Riley, of Pitts-
burgh, all Academy students, to ac-
company him on a run to State Col-
lege. The six young men made the
trip up without a mishap, turned
around and started back. According
to reports Winton was driving at a
speed of from forty to fifty miles an
hour and when he reached the upper
sharp curve at the Musser farm was
headed straight for the deep ditch
alongside of the road. According to
the other young men with him Win-
ton lost his nerve when he saw the
danger ahead and made no effort to
check. the onrush of the car. Two of
the boys, however, grabbed the emer-
gency brake and when the car hit the
curve it upset. Griffin was thrown
out onto the bank while all the others
were caught under the car. They all
managed to crawl out and were unin-
jured except Winton, whose foot was
caught under the side of the car and
the machine had to be raised up be-
fore he could be released. He was
still alive but died shortly afterwards.
Inasmuch as he was not crushed to
death the impression is that he died
from shock, as he had been troubled
with a weak heart for over a year as
the result of a long siege with pneu-
monia. The only other member of the
party injured was Griffin, who got a
bad cut over one eye, but his condi-
tion at no time was serious.
Winton’s body was prepared for
burial at State College and sent to
his home in Scranton on the early
train Saturday morning. He was an
only child and it is said would have
come into a fortune outright on
his twenty-first birthday had he
lived. Since the death of her hus-
band a month ago Mrs. Winton has
been in poor health and it is feared
that the shock of her son’s untimely
death may prove disastrous to her.
Native Centre Countian Victim of
Murderous Assault.
Chief of police J. W. Norris is dead
at his home in Juniata as the result
of a murderous assault committed up-
on him about 11:30 o’clock on Tues-
day night by two men whom he had
arrested for drunkenness, while his
assailants are now in the Blair coun-
ty jail and will have to stand trial for
murder. The men are Harrison Mum-
my and Wilbur Gibson. The latter
struck the first blow which knocked
policeman Norris down and in falling
his head struck the pavement with
such force as to render him uncon-
scious and cause concussion of the
brain. Both men then jumped on the
officer and had to be pulled off by by-
standers. Norris never regained con-
sciousness and died at 6:50 o’clock on
Wednesday morning.
Joseph Wilson Norris was a son of
William B. and Mary Norris and was
born at State College March 9th,
1853, hence was in his 67th year. His
early life was spent on the farm but
in 1886 he moved to Juniata where he
had since lived, working first for the
Pennsylvania railroad, then conduct-
ing a dairy and finally being elected
a peace officer of the town. In 1881
he married Miss Nancy Rhoan, of
Rock Forge, and she survives with
two children, Harry E., of Philadel-
phia, and Mrs. C. E. Foose, of Junia-
ta. He also leaves one brother and
three sisters, D. B. Norris, of Juniata;
Mrs. Jennie Brotherton, of Pitts-
burgh; Mrs. Harry Pennington, of
State College, and Mrs. W. B. Ray, of
Juniata. Burial will be made in
Greenwood cemetery, Altoona, on Sat-
urday afternoon.
——Over three thousand farmers
and their wives have registered at
State College this week, attending the
summer school for farmers. Caterer
Achenbach, of Lock Haven, is at the
College helping to feed the big crowd.
He prepares all his food in Lock Ha-
ven and hauls it to the College in
trucks, and is giving general satis-
faction.
——Hail fell in such quantities in
Philipsburg and vicinity on Saturday
night that a number of people shovel-
ed itup and used itto freeze ice
cream. Bellefonte got the rain with-
out hail.
phia; William Edwards, of Elmira,
Thursday evening he attended the |
Capt. Pierre Boal Married.
Word has been received from
France that Capt. Pierre de Legarde
Boal, only son of Major Theedore Da-
vis Boal, of Boalsburg, was married
in France on June 10th to Mlle
Jeane de Manthon, the daughter of a
French officer. When the world war
broke out Pierre Boal promptly went
to France and offered his services and
as a lieutenant saw life in the trench-
es. Later he entered the aviation
service and when the United States
entered the war he secured a trans-
fer from the French army to the
American army and for some months
served in this country as an aviation
instructor. He and his bride will
shortly return to the United States
with his father, Major Boal, who has
been in service in France ever since
the Twenty-eighth division went
across in May, 1918, most of the time
serving as an aid on the staff of
Major General Charles Muir.
Keller—Gans.—Major John Orvis
Keller, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Keller, of Bellefonte, and Miss Mary
Lyon Gans, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John L. Gans, of Connellsville, were
married at three o’clock on Wednes-
day afternoon at the home of the
bride’s parents. Only a limited num-
ber of guests were present to witness
the ceremony which was performed
by Rev. G. W. Buckner, of the Chris-
tian church. The only attendants
were the bride’s sister, Miss Catha-
rine Herbert Gans, as maid of honor,
and the bridegroom’s brother, Lieut.
Henry Keller, as best man. Major
and Mrs. Keller will take a short wed-
ding trip before locating at State
College.
Grove—Bauer.—Edwin M. Grove, a
son of County Commissioner D. A.
Grove, of Lemont, and Miss Margaret
E. Bauer, daughter of John Bauer,
motored to Bedford on Tuesday where
they were united in marriage at high
noon. The young people were accom-
panied by Mrs. Bauer, Miss Margaret
Bottorf and Orlanda Houtz, the latter
two officiating as attendants. Follow-
ing the ceremony the entire party mo-
tored to Somerset where they spent
Tuesday night with Mrs. Bauer's
friends. Returning to Bellefonte on
Wednesday the young couple went di-
rectly to the Grove home near Le-
mont.
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Williams—Thompson.—Chester W.
Williams, of Philipsburg, and Miss
M. Clare Thompson, of Port Matilda,
were married at the Methodist
parsonage in this place, on Wednesday
of last week by the pastor, Rev. Alex-
ander Scott. The bride is a daugh-
ter of Robert Thompson, and for sev-
eral years has been one of Centre
county’s successful school teachers.
The bridegroom is a son of Mr. and
Mrs. A. C. Williams, of Philipsburg, :
and is a steady, industrious young
man. Following a wedding trip to
Buffalo and Niagara Falls they will
go to housekeeping in Philipsburg.
Clinger—Stuck.—John M. Clinger
and Miss Frieda M. Stuck, both of
Lewistown, were married at the Meth-
odist parsonage in this place on Wed-
nesday afternoon by the pastor, Rev.
Alexander Scott. They were attend-
ed by John T. Hayes and Miss Mary
A. Taylor, also of Lewistown.
Houtz — Mooney. — Paul Luther
Houtz and Miss Ruth A. Mooney, both
of Snow Shoe, were married at the
Methodist parsonage on east Linn
street, on Monday, by the pastor,
Rev. Alexander Scott. They will re-
side in Snow Shoe.
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Memorial and Thanksgiving Service.
A very unique service, and one that
will interest all the people of our
town, will be held in the Presbyterian
church on Sunday evening, June 22nd,
at 7:30 o'clock. This service has been
arranged by the local ministerial as-
sociation and will be a thanksgiving-
memorial.
It is eminently fitting that the peo-
ple of our town, with our returned
soldiers and sailors, meet in this joint
assembly and express our gratitude
to Almighty God for the safe arrival
of the men who have been spared to
join us again in civil life. Many of
these men passed through all the car-
nage of war and faced death in a
thousand forms, but an overshadow-
ing Providence has spared them to
enjoy the blessings of home once
more.
While we are giving thanks for the
lives of those who have come back we
will not forget those who gave their
lives for our sake. Their blood stay-
ed the destroyer’s hand and bought
the world’s freedom. Their memories
we will cherish and their names we
will honor.
As speakers for the occasion, the
ministerial association has secured
the Rev. Charles Leonard, of Wil-
liamsport, who spent fifteen months
as chaplain with our army in France,
and Major H. Laird Curtin, former
captain of Troop L, of Bellefonte.
All returned soldiers and sailors of
Bellefonte and vicinity are requested
to meet at the corner of Spring and
Howard streets at 7:15 o’clock and
enter the church in a body, where
seats will be reserved. Families of
deceased soldiers will notify the ush-
ers accordingly and they will be con-
ducted to pews reserved for them.
Should it be necessary, an overflow
meeting will be held in the Methodist
church, where the same speakers will
be heard.
——A surety of the peace case
brought by Rev. J. C. Moses, of Port
| Matilda, against his mother-in-law,
Mrs. Susan Hileman, furnished con-
siderable excitement at a hearing be-
fore the court on Tuesday morning
until the judge put an end to the pro-
ceedings by ordering Mrs. Hileman
to leave Worth township within ten
days and to keep away from that
neighborhood.
Other Important Business Transacted
by Bellefonte Council.
Only six members, president Walk-
er, Brouse, Cunningham, Fauble,
Flack and Richard were present at
Monday evening’s meeting of bor-
ough council but they did business
with a rush and most of it was of
more than the usual interest and im-
portance.
The session opened with a written
request from W. H. Poorman for per-
mission to place a gasoline tank un-
der the pavement in front of his auto
supply store on Bishop street. The
matter was referred to the Street
committee.
A communication was received
from James D. Seibert tendering his
resignation as a ceuncilman from the
South ward, which was accepted on
motion of Mr. Richard.
Mr. Fauble, of the Street commit-
tee, reported that several persons had
let contracts for new pavements which
they intended putting down as soon
as they could secure proper grade.
He also stated that S. Kline Wood-
ring had given grades for two pave-
ments, and in order to legalize the
same council elected Mr. Woodring
acting borough engineer and approv-
ed the grades he established.
The Water committee reported
$103.17 collected on water taxes on
the 1917 duplicate. A request was
also presented for the extension of
the water line on Wilson street from
Linn to Crrtin; also an extension of
the line from the Forge House to Ve-
rora Hill, to accommodate some of
the residents in the latter place, the
expense to be borne by. them. The
matter was referred to the Water
committee. Report was also made
that the spring had been cleaned and
that the wall under the pump house
needed repairing, as the water was
beginning to seep through. This mat-
ter was referred to the Water com-
mittee.
The Fire and Police committee pre-
sented the burgess’ check for $10.00
for fines and licenses collected.
The Special committee reported
that a conference had been held with
the officials of the State-Centre Elec-
tric company regarding the pumping
the agreement now in force, which
will be September first, and the com-
pany will submit its proposition in
writing in the near future.
A resolution was passed authoriz-
ing the Street committee to confer
with the County Commissioners rela-
tive to the application for a state
highway from the intersection of Al-
legheny and Bishop streets over the
i hill on Pine street to the borough line,
to intersect with the highway to
Pleasant Gap.
An ordinance was presented creat-
ing the office of borough manager
whose chief duties will be the super-
vision of the street and water depart-
i ments and any other matters apper-
i taining to borough affairs that may
be delegated to him by authorization
of council. The salary of the bor-
ough manager was fixed at $1800.00
a year, payable in semi-monthly in-
stallments. The ordinance passed by
the unanimous vote of the six mem-
bers present. According to the law
providing for the same a borough
manager can be elected ten days after
the ordinance has been passed, pub-
lished and posted, which will be the
next regular meeting night of coun-
cil.
Since the first of the year Mr. Sei-
bert has had general supervision of
the Water department and owing to
his resignation from council the Wa-
ter committee was authorized to em-
play some one to look after affairs
until the election of a borough man-
ager.
Bills to the amount of $768.43 were
approved and council adjourned.
Red Cross Baseball League.
STANDING OF CLUBS.
Won Lost P.C.
North ward.............. 3 1 750
South ward.............. 3 1 750
Milesburg ......... us. 1 2 .333
West ward .......:..>.. 1 4 .200
Bellefonte baseball fans were treat-
ed to a real surprise last Friday even-
ing when the West ward team defeat-
ed Milesburg to the score of 4 to 2.
The West ward tried out a new pitch-
er and he proved more of a success
than even the most sanguine had
hopes of. All of which goes to show
that the West is just as likely as not
to strike a stride in the near future
that will make all the other teams
hustle.
The biggest crowd that has witness-
ed a game this season went to the
grounds on Tuesday evening to see
the passage at arms between the
North and South wards for first place
honors, and it proved a game worth
seeing though there was no settle-
ment of the relative positions of the
teams. For seven innings they
fought hard and determined but
neither team was able to score and
game had to be called on account of
darkness. With such playing inter-
est in the series cannot help but in-
crease, and a good way to encourage
the players is by a large attendance.
Therefore go out this evening and see
the game. -
— James R. Hughes opened his
camp last week on the top of Snow
Shoe mountain, the party there at
present including Mr. Hughes him-
self, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hughes
and their family, Mrs. Sophia Hughes
and her daughter Ottalie, Miss Daisy
Graham, the Misses Grace Sasserman
and Mary Smith, all of Bellefonte;
William Schuchman and Nelson
Jones, of Pittsburgh, and Frederick
Thies, of Wilkes-Barre.
— Irving Voorhies and Emerosn
.Bowman, two prisoners, escaped from
the western penitentiary last Thurs-
day afternoon and up to the present
time have not been recaptured.
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