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ANOTHER APPEAL LIKELY IN
GRAY CASE.
Records Received Wednesday and De-
fendants Promptly Surrendered
to Custody of the Court.
The records in the now famous
Gray case were received in Bellefonte
Wednesday morning from the Super-
ior court and they included two quite
lengthy opinions, in the decree of both
of which the defendants were requir-
ed to surrender themselves into the
custody of the trial court to the end
that the sentence “be carried into ef-
fect to the extent to which it has not
been served.” Counsel for the de-
fendants promptly notified them of
the decree and the three men, Irvin G.
Gray, Clyde Gray and George Gray,
came to Bellefonte on Wednesday
afternoon and surrendered themselves
into the custody of the sheriff.
The defendants, of course, have the
right of appeal to the Supreme court
and have twenty-one days from the
date of the return of the records in
which to file papers, ete. While it
could not be stated definitely yester-
day what action will be taken, it was
admitted that the defendants were
strongly inclined to appeal the case. If
they do so, it will again be necessary
for them to give bond for their ap-
pearance in court upon receipt of the
decision of the Supreme court, pro-
viding the higher court directs that
they be admitted to bail pending its
decision.
The “Watchman” below publishes
the opinion and decree of Justice
Henderson in the first case at issue,
which is the most elaborate opinion of
any filed:
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF PENN-
SYLVANIA SITTING AT PHILA-
DELPHIA.
Commonwealth vs. Irvin G. Gray,
Clyde G. Gray and George F. Gray.
Nos. 106, 120, 122 October Term,
1919. Appeal by defendants from the
Judgment of the Court of Quarter
Sessions of Centre county.
Filed July 17, 1919.
Henderson, J.
The appellants were jointly indicted
for the larceny of two heifers, the
property of Kyle M. Alexander. These
animals were kept with other cattle
of the prosecutor on a tract of land on
the north side of what is known as
Muncy mountain, in Bald Eagle val-
ley, at a distance of. about two miles
from his residence. The cattle were
in charge of James Stere, living near
the pasture land. He went personally
from time to time to look after them.
The last time they were seen by him
was about the 27th of July, 1918.
About the 7th or 8th of August, Mr. |
Stere went to the premises and found
that four of the cattle in the pasture
were missing, among which were
those described in the indictment. He
notified Mr. Alexander of the fact,
and they thereupon made a careful
and extensive search of the pasttire
land and of the adjoining farms. but
were unable to find the cattle. They
did, however, discover tracks leading
from the pasture through land known
as the Mattern tract, west of the Al-
exander land, toward a farm known
as the Way place, where two of the
defendants, Clyde and George Gray
lived.
Having shown this state of facts,
the Commonwealth called a witness,
Miss Meris Mann, who had lived with
George Gray, ostensibly as his wife,
for seven or eight years, who gave ev-
idence to the effect that she was pres-
ent at the Way farm on Monday even-
ing, July 29th, when George and
Clyde Gray went away and returned
about ten o’clock in the evening with
two heifers, which later in the night
they killed and dressed at the barn,
and that they were Mr. Alexander’s
property. She described the animals,
and her description corresponded with
the description of the missing animals
given by other witnesses for the Com-
monwealth. The greater part of the
night was spent in preparing the
meat for market, and early in the
morning George Gray, accompanied
by the witness, tock it to the home of
Irvin Gray, seven or eight miles dis-
tant, at which place the latter took
charge of it and accompanied by his
{uSehoeper brought it to State Col-
ege.
Testimony was given that at about
half-past ten o’clock on Sunday night,
July 28th, Irvin Gray came to the
home of F. P. Resides, a dealer in
meat at State College, for the pur-
pose of selling him some slaughtered
cattle, which Resides promised to take
on condition that they were not to be
brought until Gray was notified that
Resides wanted them. Without re-
ceiving instructions from the latter,
the meat was taken by Irvin Gray to
Resides’ shop on Tuesday, July 30th.
Resides was away from home on that
day, but the man in charge of the bus-
iness received the carcasses of two
heifers which corresponded in weight
to the size of the animals Alexander
had lost.
There was evidence also that at a
later time early in the morning. after
the defendants were arrested, Sue
Wellers, the housekeeper referred to,
gave to Meris Mann two hides wrap-
ped in a burlap sack, which the latter
dragged to a saw mill where George
Gray worked and which seems to have
been operated by Irvin Gray. These
hides she put in the firebex of the en-
gine, and was in the act of burning
them when the prosecutor and a mem-
ber of the state police, with whom
was a deputy state fire warden, ap-
peared and obtained from the fire a
piece of black hide, which was produe-
ed in evidence at the trial, and which
corresponded in color with one of the
animals which belonged to the prose-
cutor. Miss Mann then related to the
officers what she knew about the tak-
ing of the cattle.
Evidence was also offered to show
that after the defendants were con-
fined in the county jail, Irvin Gray of-
fered two prisoners confined therein
sums of money if they would secure
and destroy the remnant of the hide
obtained by the fire warden and state
policemen at the saw mill.
A prisoner in the jail testified that
Irvin Gray tried to induce him by a
bribe to obtain from Meris Mann, who
was also confined in the jail, a written
statement that what she had said to
the prosecutor, the fire warden and
the state policemen was not true.
On the part of the defence there
was a general and specific denial of
the evidence of the Commonwealth
tending to show the participation of
the defendants in the larceny. Expla-
nation was given by Irvin Gray of his
trip to State College to sell cattle and
of the circumstances under which the
meat was taken there on the follow-
ing Tuesday. It was alleged by all
the defendants and by witnesses call-
ed by them, that the cattle killed be-
longed to Irvin G. Gray and were not
the property of Alexander. There
was also evidence that the Alexander
cattle were seen by one or more wit-
nesses of the defendants after the
time when the Commonwealth’s evi-
dence showed they were killed.
The case went to the jury, there-
fore, on the issue raised by the evi-
dence as to the identity of the cattle
and the credibility of the witnesses
called by the Commonwealth and the
defendants. No points for instruction
by the Court were presented by the
defence, but a general exception was
taken to the charge of the court.
The principal ground of complaint
are:
1. That the Court did not exclude
the testimony of Meris Mann because
she was the wife of one of the defend-
ants.
2. That there was error in the in-
struction of the Court with reference
to the relation of Irvin Gray to the
cause as an accessory after the fact.
3. That the trial judge did not
caution the jury of the danger of con-
victing on uncorroborated testimony
of an accomplice.
We will consider these objections in
their order:
1. Meris Mann was called as wit-
ness for the Commonwealth and was
examined without objection from any
of the defendants. She was presuma-
bly a competent witness, and the evi-
dence indicates that she was regard-
ed as a single woman by the counsel
for the defendants themselves. It is
contended, however, by the learned
counsel for the appellant, that the tes-
timony disclodéd a common-law mar-
riage between George Gray and her,
and that it was the duty of the trial
judge on his own motion to enforce
the policy of the law which forbids
that a married woman testify against
her husband under such circumstanc-
es. The weakness of the argument is,
that the fact does not exist upon
which it must rest. It is true the wit-
ness and George Gray lived together
at different places; that she was rec-
ognized by relatives and friends as
his wife, and that she was called Mrs.
George Gray; but she expressly de-
nied that a marriage ceremony had
ever been performed or that George
Gray ever had married her. When
she went to live with him he promis-
ed, as she claimed, that he would
marry her, and she apparently lived
in anticipation that this promise
would be kept, but it was declared by
her and admitted by George Gray that
there never had been a marriage per-
formed. Gray alleged that at Provi-
dence, Rhode Island, they had agreed
to be husband and wife; but shortly
before the trial he stated on oath in
answer to questions fixing his status
under the federal draft regulations,
that he was a single man. The pre-
sumption being in favor of the com-
petency of the witness, the burden
was on the defendant to show other-
wise, and as this was not done, no du-
ty rested on the Court to exclude the
witness. Cohabitation and reputation
are not marriage. They are merely
curcumstances from which marriage
may be presumed. Yardlev’s Estate,
75 Pa. 207; Hunt’s App. 86 Pa. 284.
Where the circumstances of cohabita-
tion and repute might raise a pre-
sumption of marriage, such presump-
tion may be rebutted and is rendered
valueless by proof that no marriage
in fact had taken place. It is further
to be observed that the relation be-
tween these parties was illegal at the
beginning. It is not pretended that
the alleged mutual promise as testi-
fied to by George Gray, was made un-
til they had been living together for
some time; and where the relation of
the parties is illicit at its commence:
ment, it is presumed to contin-
ue so until proof of change. Such a
relation raises no presumption of
marriage. As there was neither mar-
riage in fact nor a lawful relation be-
tween the parties at the beginning of
their association together, there is no
support for the theory of a common-
law marriage and the incapacity of
the witness to testify.
2. In that portion of the charge
bearing on the relation of Irvin Gray
to the case as an accessory after the
fact the Court instructed the jury
that if he had guilty knowledge after
the killing, and was in any manner in-
terested in concealing the crime, he
would be treated the same as if he
were a principal, and would be known
in law as an accessory after the fact.
As a proposition of law this could
not be sustained. The act of June 3,
1893, P. L. 286, which is an amend-
ment of the crimes Act of March 31,
1860, provides that every accessory
after the fact to any felony punisha-
ble under the act for whom no punish-
ment has been therein provided shall,
on conviction, be sentenced to a fine
not exceeding $500 and undergo im-
prisonment with or without labor, at
the discretion of the Court, not ex-
ceeding two years. The learned
Judge probably had in mind the pen-
alty applicable to an accessory before
the fact and inadvertently made an
incorrect reference, but no harm was
done the defendant. The indictment
coutained a single count charging
larceny, and all the evidence bearing
against Irvin G. Gray related to that
charge. If he had a guilty connec-
tion with the transaction the evidence
shows that it was that of a principal,
and the jury so regarded it. An er-
ror, therefore, by the Court on the
question of law inapplicable under the | HOUCK.—Mrs. Mary Ellen Houck, |
evidence, is not a reversible error un- |
less it be made te appear that the de-
fendant was prejudiced: Common- |
wealth vs. Lee, 226 Pa. 283. i
3. No request was made for in-|
structions with respect to the weight |
to be attached to the testimony of |
Meris Mann. At the close of the!
charge the trial judge, moved by a de- |
sire to present the case fully and im- |
partially, inquired of the counsel for
the defendants whether there was]
anything further which they desired |
the Court to charge the jury with ref- |
erence to, whereupon the defendants’ |
counsel requested the Court to cau-
tion the jury against any prejudice
that may have arisen in their minds
by reason of the great publicity given
the case by the newspapers of the
county and the comments upon it, as
well as any comments which they
may have heard by persons with whom
they may have come in contact. The
request of the counsel was complied
with and the jury appropriately in-
structed. No other request was of-
fered, nor was there any suggestion
of any omission on the part of the
Court. There is no law which pre-
vents a jury from convicting on the
uncorroborated testimony of an ac-
complice. When they do so convict
the control of the verdict is with the
trial judge and is not subject to re-
view. A jury may believe an uncor-
roborated accomplice and if his testi- |
mony produce in their minds a convie- |
tion of the defendant’s guilt, that is!
sufficient to convict: Cox vs. Com-!
monwealth, 125 Pa. 94; Common- |
wealth vs. Craif, 19 Superior Ct. 81. |
It is the common and proper prac- |
tice for the courts to advise jurors |
not to convict on the uncorroborated |
testimony of an accomplice; but the!
evidence may be so convincing as fo |
induce a jury to convict and to satis- |
fy the trial judge that the verdict
should be sustained. Where the jury |
and the Court are satisfied that the
witness has told the truth, there is no |
compelling reason why the verdict
should be set aside. |
The fourth assignment charges the |
Court with error in defining the.
crime for which the defendants were !
tried. It is not clear to what part of |
the charge the assignment relates, as |
no part of it is quoted in the assign-
ment. At the beginning of the charge
it was stated to the jury that the de-
fendants were indicted for the crime
of larceny, and all of the testimony
was directed to the accusation of the
Commonwealth that the defendants
had stolen two of the prosecutor’s cat-
tle. We are bound to presume that
the jury possessed intelligence neces-
sary to understand the meaning of
larceny as applied to the facts dis-
closed by the evidence. If a definition
were desired, it was the duty of the
defendants to bring the subject to the
attention of the trial judge in order
that the omission might be corrected:
Com. vs. Zappe, 153 Pa. 498. In
Hockenberry vs. New Castle Electric
Co. 251 Pa. 406, it was said: “This
Court has repeatedly held, in bofh
criminal and civil cases, where no
special instructions were requested,
that, unless it is clear that an omis-
sion to charge the jury on a relevant
point of law did in fact work material |
harm to the appellant, we will not re-
verse; further, we have said that in
such cases there is a presumption in
favor of the justice of the verdict
which must be overcome by the appel-
lant before we will reverse.”
Applying this doctrine to the
charge of the Court we find no reason
for disturbing the judgment. It is
therefore affirmed, and it is ordered
that the defendants surrender them- |
selves to the Court below to the end
that the sentence be carried into ef-
fect to the extent to which it has not
been served.
Likely the Same Bomberger.
A dispatch in the Philadelphia pa-
pers last Friday announced the arrest
of H. S. Bomberger in Susquehanna
county on the charge of obtaining
money from farmers by false pre-
tense, and in default of bail he was
locked up in the Susquehanna county
jail. This is likely the same Bom-
berger who caught a number of Cen-
tre county farmers a few years ago
for premium insurance in a cattle-
men’s protective association. Accord-
ing to the dispatch Bomberger, who
hails from Lebanon conuty, told the
Susquehanna county farmers an
amazing story of his business deal-
ings which made some of the kings of
finance seem like pigmies alongside of
him.
He is said to have represented him-
self as the permanent secretary and
treasurer of the Pennsylvania State
Cattlemen’s Protective Association.
Various members of the bull associa-
tion assert that he said he is paid a
salary of $20,000 yearly to look after
the cattle interests of the Hershey
Chocolate company; that he sold $1,-
000,000 worth of registered cattle last
fall; that he sold $60,000 worth of
fruit last year from twelve acres of
his extensive fruit farm; that he sold
20,000 sheep at one time to one man;
that he owns Holstein cows with
world records and is making 24,000
pounds of milk per day on his dairy
farm; that his brother left Palmyra
five years ago for California with
$300 and is now rated as worth more
than $2,000,000.
At the Ainey sale of cattle on June
17th he made a speech to the assem-
bled buyers, stating that he is buying
cattle for the French government and
that 500,000 cows will be included in
the first shipment; he raised the bids
on several cows, but did not buy any.
Upon investigation it was found
that there is no foundation in fact for
his amazing stories.
Bomberger is said to live at 400
Railroad avenue, Palmyra, on a town
lot which is cultivated by his wife
and six children while he is traveling
around the country spouting his bom-
bastic stories of his own greatness.
——aA little daughter who has been
named Ann Poultney, was born Sun-
day to Mr. and Mrs. Howard Bishop,
of Media. The little Miss having two
brothers but no sisters, makes her a
very welcome guest to the family.
Mrs. Bishop will be remembered in
Bellefonte as Miss Bertha Shafner.
wife of George H. Houck, died at the |
family farm home in Rush township |
on Monday morning of paralysis, with
which she was stricken about three
months ago.
She was a daughter of Jacob and
Elizabeth Ellenberger and was born
at Marengo, this county, being 54
years, 8 months and 29 days old. On
July 5th, 1888, she was united in mar-
riage to Mr. Houck and most of her |
life since had been spent in Rush
' township. In addition to her husband
she is survived by one daughter, Mrs.
Fred Stout, of Osceola Mills. She
also leaves the following brothers and
sisters: Mrs. Thomas Duke, of Ak-
ron, Ohio; Mrs. Eva Kunzie, of Pitts-
burgh; Mrs. Clarence Gearhart, of Al-
toona; Henry and Stewart Ellenber-
ger, of Marengo, and Clarence, whose
whereabouts are unknown. The re-
mains were taken to Marengo yester-
day morning where funeral services
were held in the Ross M. E. church
by Rev. Charles W. Wasson, after
which burial was made in the Ross
cemetery.
il |
KREAMER.—Mrs. Mary Kreamer,
widow of the late Allen M. Kreamer,
died at the home of her sister, Mrs.
Emma Auman, in Millheim, on Sun-
day evening, following an illness of
six months, aged 60 years, 6 months
and 21 days. She is survived by two
sons, Harry C. and Ralph W. Krea-
mer, both of Williamsport. She also
leaves the following brothers and sis-
ters: Mrs. Joanna Bartges, of Penn
Hall; Mrs. Susan Burrell and Mrs.
Emma Auman, of Millheim; John D.
Horner, of Spring Mills, and William
C. Horner, of Anna, Ill
was held yesterday morning, burial
being made at Woodward.
1 1
STANLEY. — Mrs. Amelia Cain
Stanley, widow of George M. Stanley,
died on Sunday morning at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. D. S. Ale, in Al-
toona, of general infirmities, aged 80
years, 6 months and 1 day. She was
a daughter of John and Catharine
Cain and was born at Boalsburg, this
county, where the early part of her
life was spent. Her husband died six
years ago but surviving her are ten
children. Burial was made in Altoo-
na on Tuesday.
eres eee: A
Charles McGinley Drowned at Spar-
row’s Point, Md.
Charles Cooper McGinley, the
young son of Philip Cooper and Lau-
ra Caldwell McGinley, was drowned
at Sparrow’s Point, Md., last Friday
morning. The lad, who was eleven
years old on the 7th of last March,
got on a delivery truck and with his
twin brother Philip and another play-
mate went to the breakwater to wade.
The water was quite shallow and the
boys had frequently waded there.
Just how the boy met his death by
drowning will never be known, as he
was past all aid when discovered.
In addition to his parents he is sur-
vived by a sister, Ruth, and his twin
brother, Philip.
Funeral services were held at the
McGinley home at Sparrow’s Point on
Sunday afternoon and on Monday
morning the remains were brought to
Bellefonte and burial made in the
Union cemetery.
Mr. McGinley returned the same
day to his home in Sparrow’s Point
while Mrs. McGinley and two children
will remain here for a brief visit with
friends in Bellefonte ard Milesburg.
How to Get Victory Buttons.
World war veterans who desire vie-
tory buttons are no longer required
to send in their original discharge
certificate. The War Department has
made a new ruling and the Williams-
port recruiting office is now able to
provide blank forms on which appli-
cants may make a copy of their orig-
inal discharge. These forms may be
secured upon application in person or
by mail and must be certified to be-
fore an authorized civil officer who is
empowered to administer oaths.
The supply of buttons is temporari-
ly exhausted but service men are urg-
ed to make application now, as a new
supply will be received soon.
Communications should be address-
ed to the U. S. Army Recruiting Sta-
tion, Room 20, Postoffice Building,
Williamsport, Pa. The blank dis-
charge and application form will be
forwarded by return mail.
——The way various drivers speed
up their automobiles on the streets of
Bellefonte and at times run with their
cut-outs wide open does not look as if
the work of the special traffic officer
who spent a month or more in Belle-
fonte amounted to very much. And
peculiar as it may seem, the most per-
sistent violators are not strangers in
Bellefonte, either. The new automo-
bile law is very strict on the very reg-
ulations that are being so persistently
violated, and there is no reason why
Bellefonte should tolerate either
speeding on the streets or running
with wide-open cut-outs. Why not
determine at once to enforce the law
in this direction? It may take a few
arrests to do it, but if a man persists
in wilful violations he has no just
cause of complaint if called upon to
settle.
——The few days nice weather of
last week enabled the majority of
Centre county farmers who had wheat
out to get it all safely housed, and the
most surprising thing about it was
that, contrary to general expectations,
so little of the wheat was spoiled by
the wet weather that it will cut no
figure in the yield at threshing time.
One farmer found but two sheaves
that had started to sprout and those
were in a shock carefully covered.
Some shocks were found where
ground mice had done alittle damage
but the total loss from wet weather
and mice will be a small per cent. of
the total crop.
The funeral |
John McGovern has resigned
his position in Lyon & Co’s store after
eleven years of faithful service.
The borough of State College
is offering thirty cents an hour for
men to work on a sewer being put
down on Atherton street.
Mrs. Bush and Mrs. Callaway
entertained with a luncheon of eleven
covers Monday, in compliment to
some of the summer visitors to Belle-
fonte.
The “Watchman” has received
announcement of the marriage of Dr.
John Beale and Miss Lillian Lacy,
both of Philadelphia, at Manchester-
on-the-Lake, near Erie, last Thurs-
day.
Most of the ministers of Belle-
fonte will be away from home during
the month of August on their summer
vacation and what will become of us
poor mortals if Satan takes a notion
to have a devil of a time here during
their absence?
——The United Telephone and Tel-
egraph company has filed with the
Public Service Commission in Harris-
burg a notice of increase in rates ef-
fective August first which will affect
Pennsylvania, including subscribers
on the Bellefonte and all other ex-
changes in Centre county.
Word has been received from
Tulsa, Cklahoma, that Mrs. N. A.
Eichinger is seriously ill in the Tulsa
Municipal hospital with typhoid fe-
ver, having been stricken just on the
eve of leaving home to join her hus-
band at Rochester, N. Y. Mrs. Eich-
inger will be better remembered by
Bellefonte friends as Mrs. Sabra
Garman.
——Last Saturday Miss Grace Ai-
key, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. To-
ner Aikey, and who was employed as
a waitress at the Brockerhoff house,
was playfully tussling with one of the
Ray boys when in some way she got
a bump on the left side of her nose.
The bump affected her entire left side
which has been partially paralyzed
ever since and up to this time has
shown little indication of clearing up.
ns
The Scenic is still doing busi-
ness at the old stand and if you want
to see good motion pictures that is
the place to go. The evenings are
growing longer and naturally every-
body will want some place to spend
them and no better place can be found
in Bellefonte than the Scenic. The
pictures shown there are not only in-
teresting and entertaining but there
is just enough of the comic variety to
add spice to the entire program.
——On May 8th a man named Har-
ry Rodgers, who was stopping at the
Dugan hotel, Philipsburg, got a check
cashed at the Moshannon National
bank in Philipsburg for $24.00, drawn
in favor of himself and on which the
name of George Hurley had been
forged as the maker of the check. He
was promptly arrested and brought to
the Centre county jail and on Wednes-
day he entered a plea of guilty and
was sentenced by Judge Quigley to
pay a fine of $25.00, costs of prosecu-
tion and undergo imprisonment in the
county jail for a period of one year.
——Louis Tibbens, son of Mr. and |
Mrs. Harry Ulmer Tibbens, of Wheel-
ing, W. Va, is in the Altoona hos-
pital with a bullet wound in his left
leg below the knee, the result of an
accidental discharge of a revolver in
his own hands. The young man, who
is sixteen years old, was visiting
friends in Altoona and while at the |
home of Mayor Charles E. Rhodes,
last Friday evening, he was placing
cartridges in a revolver. Coming to
what he thought was an empty shell
he pulled the trigger, but the shell
was loaded and the ball entered young
Tibbens’ leg. He was immediately
taken to the Altoona hospital for
treatment. The Tibbens family are
well known in Bellefonte and friends
of the young man hope he will recov-
er without any ill effects of the acci-
dent.
From the progress that is be-
ing made on fixing up the new loca-
tion for the Bellefonte postoffice in
the Brockerhoff house block it will be
close to the first of September before
the move takes place. Practically the
entire interior of the new location has
to be rebuilt, which includes hard-
wood floors, new ceiling on most of it
and new plastering on the walls. The
front of the room on Allegheny street
is also being changed, so that when
completed the entrance will be at the
left side of the room instead of in the
centre. This was made necessary in
order to afford space along the right
side of the room for the lock box sec-
tion, various windows, etc. The only
direct day-light in the lobby will be
through the double glass doors at the
entrance, but that will be on a par
with the lobby of the present post-
office.
~~
On Sunday a big freight wreck
occurred near Martha when the loco-
motive and four coal cars of a freight
train were wrecked. The big engine
toppled over on its side but both the
engineer and fireman escaped by
jumping. Some of the steam pipes on
the locomotive were broken and the
escaping steam was hard on the corn
in a field abutting on the railroad just
where the wreck occurred, all the corn
in quite a large circle being literally
boiled to the ground. Another wreck
occurred near Beech Creek on Mon-
day when six cars were wrecked and
the road blocked so that it was neces-
sary to send the Pennsylvania-Lehigh
trains both east and west over thie
Lewisburg division, and it was six
o’clock when the westbound passed
through Bellefonte. The wreck was
so far cleared up that the road was
opened for traffic late Monday even-
ing.
Sacerdotal Silver Jubilee.
The “Watchman” has received from
Sister M. Josephine, of Cresson, the
following interesting account of the
sacerdotal silver jubilee celebrated at
State College last week in honor of
Rev. B. A. O'Hanlon, chaplain:
Tuesday, July 22nd, marking as it
did the sacerdotal silver jubilee of
Rev. B. A. O'Hanlon attracted to the
picturesque mountain town of State
College an enthusiastic throng of
well-wishers, eager to tender greeting
and show honor to their esteemed
friend.
Solemn high mass was celebrated in
the lately erected chapel, Rt. Rev.
Bishop Garvey D. D., presiding, with
a great number of priests from the
Pittsburgh, Harrisburg and Altoona
dioceses present in the sanctuary.
Many lay friends from different parfs
of the State and Sisters from Pitts-
burgh and Cresson communities also
assitsted. The acting president and
several deans of the faculty of State
College were in attendance.
Erected through Father O’Hanlon’s
devoted personal efforts, with the aid
of admiring friends and especially
through the generous contributions
proffered by the Knights of Columbus,
the handsome and truly devotional
chapel at State College stands, after
fifty years, as a distinet blessing to
that community; above all, to the
ever growing numbers of the Catho-
lic student body. “Surely the finger
of God is here” has been well echoed
by the people who now benefit by the
spiritual ministrations of a zealous
priest, whose devotions to duty,
coupled with a most kindly and genial
personality, endears him to all, while
at the same time merits of the high
esteem and deep respect of the super-
ior college faculty.
Rt. Rev. Bishop Garvey, in his
pleasing address, sincerely congratu-
lated the Rev. Jubilarian, and point-
ing with satisfaction to the excellent
results achieved, alluded to the loss
sustained by the people of Savannah,
where Rev. Father O'Hanlon had been
a powerful figure, beloved and es-
teemed by all. “To be chaplain at
State College calls for very high qual-
ifications,” said Bishop Garvey, when
speaking of the great importance of
the work of caring for the Catholic
students, men who, by reason of su-
perior education, are expected to be
leaders in combating the evils of the
world and in upholding the Catholic
religion always to the utmost of their
endeavor. For this special work he
considers Father O'Hanlon eminently
fitted by reason of his wide culture,
fine mental endowments and oratoric-
al powers of unusual order.
The appropriate "and instructive
| sermon, covering many points of
Catholic doctrine, was preached by
Rev. G. Brown, of Columbia, Pa., but
space limits forbid its reproduction
here.
A fine banquet was served to the
visiting clergy and invited guests in
the Catholic fraternity building.
A pilgrimage of the Knights of
i Columbus from the various cities of
| Pennsylvania to State College chapel
will take place August 10th, when the
| members will arrange about the com-
! pletion of the chapel. The special
| feature of this occasion will be the
| unveiling of the statue of “The Heart
i of Jesus Pleading” to be erected on
_ the chapel lawn overlooking the val-
ley. Shall this dear tribute of love
be a call to prayer and praise—who
. shall say?
| New $100 and $1000 Treasury Sav-
ings Certificates Now Ready.
i
{ What they are. The $100 and $1600
treasury savings certificates are
(new forms of government sav-
(Ings issued in connection with
| the $5 savings stamp and the 25
{ cent thrift stamp. The new denomi-
| nations are offered for the conven-
| ience of investors, eliminating the for-
| mer necessity of saving a number of
| stamps in small denominations.
| How issued. The new certificates
are issued only in registered form
| with the name of the owner written
1in at the time of purchase. The reg-
| istration records will be kept at the
| Treasury Department, Washington,
| by means of registration stubs taken
| from the certificates and forwarded
| by the agent issuing the certificates.
| This registration feature automatic-
(ally protects the purchaser against
| loss.
| Where to obtain them. The $100
certificates may be obtained at all
| first and second class postoffices, in-
| corporated banks and trust compa-
| nies. The $1000 certificates may be
| obtained at incorporated banks and
{ trust companies.
| The cost. The $100 (maturity val-
| ue) treasury savings certificates may
| be purchased this month (August) at
| $83.80, the price of twenty smaller
| savings stamps now selling for $4.19
‘each. The cost will increase 20 cents
| each month reaching $84.60 in Decem-
| ber, 1919.
The $1000 (maturity value) treas-
jury savings certificates may be pur-
| chased this month (August) at $838,
‘and the price will increase $2 each
| month so as to reach $846 in Decem-
- ber, 1919. ($5 savings stamps, 1919
| series, can be converted into $100 and
| $1000 certificates).
| Maturity and interest. All 1919 is-
sues of government savings stamps
"and certificates mature in January,
| 1924, with tea 4 per cent. com-~
i pounded quarterly.
Jo ane ——
i A reality company has been
‘ organized in Millheim for the purpose
: of buying and selling real estate and
| to encourage the ergefion of new
i houses as there is demand for them.
| Something similar to this ought to be
worked out in Bellefonte, as there is
1 always a demand here for desirable
! houses.