Deworraiic aidan, Bellefonte, Pa., October 10, 1919. Editor P. GRAY MEEK, - - “To Correspondents.—No communications published unless accompanied by the real name of the writer. Terms of Subscription.—Until further notice this paper will be furnished to sub- scribers at the following rates: Paid strictly in advance - =- $150 Paid before expiration of year - 175 Paid after expiration of year - 2.00 EE EARTH. NON-PARTISAN TICKET. For Judge of the Superior Court, WILLIAM H. KELLER, of Lancaster. DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET. For Sheriff, Capt. E. R. “DICK” Taylor, of Bellefonte. For Prothonotary, HARRY N. MEYER, Bellefonte, For Treasurer, JAMES E. HARTER, of Penn Twp. For Register, J. FRANK SMITH, of Bellefonte. For Recorder, D. WAGNER GEISS, of Bellefonte. For County Commissioners, Capt. Wm. H. FRY, of Ferguson Twp. GEORGE M. HARTER, of Marion Twp. For District Attorney, JOHN J. BOWER, of Bellefonte, For County Auditirs, J. C. CONDO, of Marion Twp. HERBERT H. STOVER, of Miles Twp. Shooting Affair at Central City. Considerable excitement was occa- sioned at Central City, on Saturday evening, by the report of five shots in rapid succession and a hurriedly- spread rumor that a man had been shot down on the street. Investiga- tion disclosed the fact that the only reason the man hadn’t been shot down was because the man who did the shooting was a poor shot, but at that he sent one bullet through the lobe of his victim’s left ear, one ball cut him over the thumb of the right hand, one struck the left lapel of his coat, cut through the outer cloth without cut- ting the lining and came out at the fold of the lapel, and another bullet went through his trouser leg on the inside of the left knee without dam- aging his underclothing. The fifth bullet went wild. The principals in the affair were Tony Popla, an Italian, and Willis Sowers, and the cause of the shooting was a girl. According to reports To- ny was enamored with the girl for two years or more and prior to being called into the service over a year ago not only lavished money upon her but just before he went away gave her some money and personal trinkets to keep for him. While the Italian was playing the part of a soldier the girl in question transferred some of her affections to Sowers, and since the Italian’s return there has been more or less enmity between the two men. Saturday night about 9:30 o’clock they met on the street of Central City near the girl’s home and the shooting was the result. As soon as Tony emptied his gun he made a get-away. The affair was later reported to the authorities and an effort was made to apprehend the Italian but up to this writing (Monday afternoon) his whereabouts have not been discover- ed. When Tony was called before the exemption board for examination pri- or to being sent away for service he not only pleaded ignorance to about every question asked him, but was so badly frightened at .the time that after his examination he put on all his clothes but his trousers and was at the door ready to leave when one of the board asked him why he didn’t put his trousers on. A Big Blacksnake Trees a Youthful Chestnut Hunter. Last Saturday Billy Curtin, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Curtin, and Evan Blanchard, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Blanchard, were with a party at the Country club and the two boys decid- ed to go up on the side of the moun- tain for some chestnuts. The nuts were not very plentiful on the ground and selecting a fair sized tree that was pretty full of burrs Evan decid- ed to climb it and switch off the burrs. He had no trouble getting up and succeeded in knocking down a quanti- ty of chestnuts but when he began the descent of the tree he was very much startled to see a big blacksnake crawl out of a hole in the tree between him and the ground and partly coil him- self on a limb near the trunk of the tree as a sort of guard against poach- ing on his domains. Naturally Evan made no effort to go down past the snake and all attempts of Billy Cur- tin to dislodge it by throwing stones and sticks at it proving futile the only thing to do was go for help. So leaving Evan up the tree Billy ran down the mountain to Hecla and told the story of their predicament to a man working for Lawrence McMullen and he went along up the mountain side. When the man and boy reach- ed the place, however, they found that the snake had left the chestnut tree and swung itself onto a smaller tree, so that Evan got to the ground safely. The snake was about six feet long and the fact that it was quite active and crawling around at this time of year when all wise snakes ought to to be holed up, is taken as evidence that mild weather may be expected for some time to come. ——At the State convention of the American Legion held in Harrisburg last week Major H. Laird Curtin was named as one of the delegates to at- tend the National encampment to be held in Minneapolis the second week in November. WHO THE CANDIDATES ARE. In order that the voters of Centre county may know exactly who and what manner of men are asking to be made their county officials the “Watchman” is going to publish a brief historical sketch of those We do this with a feeling of pride, for certainly seldom has the personnel of any ticket presented by any par- ty comprised such a group of men of splendid equipment and high whose election it advocates. character. These are times when the very foundations of government are shaking and to maintain confidence in and guarantee the justice of our institutions it is necessary to have men of the highest standard, strong christian men in all of our offices. We call your most critical attention to the sketches of the lives of the gentlemen here presented, feeling sure that their superiority will be evident. Capt. E. R. “DICK” TAYLOR. Capt. Taylor was born in Belle- fonte, November 27th, 1878, and all of his life has been spent in this com- munity, with the exception of the years he has served abroad with the army of our country. His education was secured in the public schools and at the age of sixteen he entered an apprenticeship for the plumbing trade which he mastered in such a | way as to earn for himself the repu- tation of being a splendid mechanic. For a man not yet forty-one years of age he has a military record which we feel is scarcely equalled by any man living who has not made soldier- ing his profession. On July 2nd, 1895, he enlisted as a private in Co. B, 5th Reg. N. G. P. and served with that organization until the outbreak of the Spanish-American war, in 1898. On April 27th of that year the regiment was called into service and he was with it until it was mustered out on the 11th of the following No- vember. When President McKinley called for volunteers to put down the Phil- ippine insurrection in 1899 Dick re- sponded. He enlisted September 9th, 1899, and was assigned to Co. D, 47th Reg. as a private. Before sail- ing for the Philippines he was pro- moted to a sergeant and on November 2nd shipped for the scene of a long and hazardous campaign. He was fighting insurrectos for nineteen months. In that time he took part in twenty-nine major engagements and after returning to the States was hon- orably discharged on July 2nd, 1901. A month after his return he took charge of the repair work at the Bellefonte gas and steam plant and a month later was made assistant su- perintendent, which position he capa- bly filled until the fall of 1909, when he resigned to accept the position of military instructor in the Pennsylva- nia Industrial Reformatory at Hunt- ingdon. This position he filled with marked ability until the call for pa- triotism again brought him to Uncle Sam and he enlisted with Troop L, 1st Penna. Cavalry, on June 25th, 1916, for service on the Mexican bor- der. There he served with rank of a Lieutenant for seven months and up- on the return home of his command he resumed his position in Hunting- don. While drilling with Troop L, at accidentally kicked by a horse and suffered a broken leg. But two months later we find him volunteer- ing for service in the world war and going off to Camp Hancock with his troop. There it was disbanded and “Dick” was assigned to Co. K, 110th Inf., of which organization he was in command. They sailed for France May 2nd, 1917, and were fifteen days crossing. His first work on the other side was in support of the British, French and Marines and digging trenches which kept him busy until July 12th, when his command was sent to the front line. Two days later, when the Germans started their last big offen- sive, he was in the fighting. He was in the front line acting with the French and was out recon- noitering a position near Courthiezy, on the Marne, that his company was to take over on July 18th, when he was surprised by a squad of Germans and taken prisoner. He remained in the hands of the Huns until Novem- ber 27th, when he was released, but was in such a condition that he could not rejoin his command for a month. After his capture he was promoted to the rank of Captain and when he was mustered out of the service, last May 24th, his men presented him with a gold watch as a mark of their esteem for him as a commander and as a man. In infancy he was baptized in the Episcopal church by the late Rev. John Hewitt and has been a commu- nicant member of that denomination ever since. Capt. Taylor is married and has a family of four children. Nine year old Dorothy Young, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew B. Young, had the misfortune to fall from the rear porch at their home on south Allegheny street last Friday | and break her left wrist. | public usefulness. fifty years old. He was born on the this place, on May 6th, 1917, he was , HARRY N. MEYER. Harry N. Meyer, candidate for Pro- thonotary of Centre county, was born on the Jacob S. Meyer homestead, in Penn township, on May 19th, 1877. His early life was spent on his fath- er’s farm where he worked and at- tended the public schools, later taking a course at the Spring Mills Academy. In 1897 he entered the DMlillersville Normal from which institution he was graduated in 1900. Then he was elected superintendent of the schools of Coburn where he taught two years having gone from there to a similar position in the Millheim schools. In connection with his teaching he was a special representative of the Penn Mutual Life Insurance company, and later state organizer for the I. 0. O. F. fraternal insurance with sixteen counties in Central Pennsylvania. He was chosen chief clerk to the board of County Commissioners on January 1st, 1912, and is serving most effi- ciently in that capacity at this time. Mr. Meyer is married and has a son and two daughters. His wife is a daughter of J. C. Condo, of Penn Hall. When a boy of fifteen he joined the Reformed church and was a dea- con during his eleven years residence in Miltheim, as well as superintend- ent of the Sunday schools for eight years. At present Mr. Meyer is affliated with St. John’s Reformed church; Bellefonte. -He has. always been . a4 staunch’advocate of Temperance an is generally regarded here as a man of splendid character, high ideals and Bower and Orvis, and was admitted JAMES E. HARTER. James E. Harter, candidate for the office of County Treasurer, is nearly Andrew Harter farm in Penn town- ship, December 26th, 1869. All of his early life was spent on the farm and his education was acquired in the schools of Penn township and at the Spring Mills Academy. Having taken a course at the New England Conservatory of Music at Boston, he devoted his time to music until 1898, when he embarked in the general store business at Coburn. He was successful in the mercantile line and continued in it for seven years when he sold out and formed a con- nection with his brother in the retail piano business. From youth he has been an ardent member of the Lutheran church and since 1891 has been a deacon and el- der, respectively, of Trinity church of Coburn. He is a member of Lodge 955, I. O. 0. F.,, of Millheim, was chairman of the Penn township Lib- erty Loan committees and was one of the very active men in all of the war work carried on in the lower end of the county. Mr. Harter has held several elec- tive offices in his own township, school director and tax collector, and made good records in both of them. — ders Harry Winton has been award- ed the contract by the Pennsylvania railroad company to carry all local mails between the postoffice and rail- road. In the old location the carrier was paid by the Postoffice Depart- ment, but as the postoffice is now lo- cated within a thousand feet of the railroad depot, it is up to the railroad company to provide the carrier. But at that it is mostly a matter of book- keeping as the railroad company will likely get it all back on their rates for carrying the mails. — James Glenn, young son of Mr. and Mrs. George Glenn, got a bad fall last week while doing some work at the stable and broke his collar bone. | Bellefonte Academy; Bower D. WAGNER GEISS. D. Wagner Geiss, candidate for Register, was born in Potter town- ship, April 15th, 1870. He lived in Centre Hall until 1900 and it was in the schools of that place that he re- ceived his early education; later hav- ing attended Prof. Wolf’s summer school at Spring Mills and the Leba- non Business College. In the fall of 1900 he came to Belle- fonte to enter the employ of the late Edward K. Rhoads, coal and grain merchant, and remained as his super- intendent and accountant until 1913 when he embarked in the produce commission business which, with his livery, is his present occupation. Mr. Geiss is a member of the Luth- eran church, the Masons, P. O. S. of A., Maccabees, Woodsmen and is treasurer of the Bellefonte lodge L. 0.0. M, He has held various precinct elec- tive offices in Bellefonte and was mer- cantile appraiser for Centre county in 1897. He is married and has three children. JOHN J. BOWER. John J. Bower is a son of the late Calvin *M. and Ella Meyer Bower. He was born in Bellefonte, May 9th, 1875. Was graduated from the Bellefonte High school and complet- ed his preparatory education at the having later been graduated from Franklin and ‘1 Marshall College. He read law with the firm of Qrvis, to practice in 1900 since which time he has been actively engaged in his profession, both in the courts of Pennsylvania and the District Court of the United States. He is a member of the Reformed church, a Mason, Bellefonte Lodge of Elks, the Bellefonte Board of Trade and the Logan Fire company. He has always been active in every forward movement in this community and is known about Bellefonte as one of the men who is ready at a moment’s no- tice to do his bit in wha'ever is to be done for the public welfare. It is rather a coincidence that Mr. is now contesting with Mr. Furst for the County Attorneyship, for just ten years ago he defeated the same gentleman for burgess of Belle- fonte by a handsome majority. Opening of Game Season. Beginning next Wednesday, Octo- ber 15th, it will be lawful to hunt and shoot bear in Pennsylania and the sea- son will last until December 15th. Bear are becoming quite numerous in the mountains of Pennsylvania and are worth going after for the meat as well as the pelt. Squirrel, pheasants and quail will come in season on Monday, October 20th, and it will be lawful to hunt ali three until November 30th inclusive. Centre county was closed to the kill- ing of pheasants last season but this year it will again be lawful to kill these game birds. But remember the limit is but four in one day and twen- ty-four in a season. Woodsmen re- port pheasants as being quite plenti- ful this year so they ought to furnish good sport. Only six squirrels may be killed in one day and twenty in a season, but as they are reported as being very scarce it is hardly likely any hunter will be taxed very hard to keep from breaking the law. Btn ern: Thrift and Savings. Eugene H. Weik, principal of the Bellefonte High school, has inaugu- | rated the government plan of teach- ing the thrift and savings movement ! in the Bellefonte High school and chairman W. Harrison Walker has | suggested the idea for adoption in all | other High schools in Group No. 3. Three prizes have been offered to the three pupils who will write the best | essay on the subject during the month of October. Every school in Group 3 should organize these savings socie- |} ties immediately, and industrial plants and business organizations should organize societies among their employees. hold second 1 place in the district. The State "College Boot Shop is now carrying a complete line of Red Cross shoes which they are offer- ing to the pecple of State College and vicinity. See their advertisement on ! page 3. Centre county now has a per capita of $2.11 and continues to | KELLY.—Mrs. Sarah J. Kelly, wid- ow of Theodore Kelly, died at her home on east Bishop street on Tues- day night after an illness of four months following an operation at the Lock Haven hospital. She was a daughter of James and Margaret McMullen Woods and was born at Centre Hill, in Potter town- ship, about sixty-nine years ago. Her girlhood life was spent at the place of her birth and in Bellefonte and vicin- ity and in 1872 she was united in marriage to Theodore Kelly and ever since had been a resident of Belle- fonte. She was a lifelong member of St. John’s Catholic church, a devout christian woman, and had many friends who sincerely mourn her death. Her husband passed away in 1882 leaving her with two sons, William T. and David J. Kelly, both of whom survive. She also leaves one brother, William Woods, of State College. Among the friends who are here for the funeral which will be held from St. John’s Catholic church at ten o'clock tomorrow (Saturday) morn- ing are Mr. and Mrs. David J. Kelly, with their three children, Mary, Frank and Theodore, of Ford City; Miss Betty Heinle, of New York, and Mrs. Hewes, a cousin, of New York city. | Il HAINES Mrs. Luther Haines, of Lewisburg, but for many years a resi- dent of Centre county, passed away at the Geissinger hospital, in Dan- ville, on Saturday afternoon follow- ing an operation the day previous for the removal of an abscess. Mrs. Haines had been ailing for some time and was taken to the Danville hos- pital on September 26th. Deceased was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Auman and was born at Coburn, this county, in 1877, hence was about forty-two years old. She was married to Mr. Haines thir- teen years ago and they made their home at Woodward until three years ago when they moved to Lewisburg. In addition to her husband she is sur- vived by one daughter, Edna Eliza- beth. She also leaves her parents living at Coburn and the following sisters and brothers: Mrs. Sarah A. Twigg, of Lock Haven; Mrs. Lottie Rogers, of Mill Hall; Alfred and Ja- cob Auman, at home, The remains were taken from the hospital to her late home at Lewis- burg where brief funeral services were held on Monday morning and on Monday afternoon the body was taken to Woodward where final services were held by Rev. Kehrs, of the Evangelical Association, burial being made in the Woodward cemetery. J 1 MARSHALL.—William Allen Mar- shall, a native of Centre county, died at his home in Kansas City, Kansas, on Wednesday, October 1st, following an illness of some weeks. He was a son of Joseph W. and Mary Allen Marshall and was born in . Buffalo ! Run vailey on July 25th, 1850, hence was 69 years, 3 months and 6 days old. When a young man he taught school in Centre county and in 1880 he went to Kansas and taught there a number of years. He quit teaching to become a general agent for the In- ternational Harvester company and his success in this line led the com- pany to send him to South America on two different occasions to intro- duce the push binders into the great Argentina wheat belt in the vicinity of Buenos Aires. For many years past he had made his home in Kansas City. His wife died on October 25th, 1918, but surviving him is one son, Charles, and an adopted daughter, Verna. He also leaves the following brothers and sisters: Joseph L., on the old home- stead in Buffalo Run valley; James G., of Niagara Falls; Mrs. George H. Musser, of Boggs township; Mrs. Et- ta Shivery, of Buffalo Run, and Mrs. Alice Alexander, of near Unionville. Burial was made in Kansas City. Interchurch Movement in County. Centre Rev. R. Raymond Jones, of Centre Hall, and Hon. Ives L. Harvey, of Bellefonte, will have charge of the In- terchurch movement in Centre county. They have divided the county on the lines of the twelve Sunday school dis- tricts and appointed leaders of each district. These leaders have already begun the work of making the survey in their respective districts. It is likely that in Centre county the con- ditions will be found to be similar to that of the rest of the county. This survey should help Centre county in solving its most perplexing religious problem, namely, overchurching. Itis hoped that this movement will receive the hearty support of the ministers and all others who are asked to as- sist in furnishing information to | those making the survey. | ——Last p Saturday 1 morning Mrs. | Robert Walters and Mrs. Susan | Brickley, of Shiloh, drove to Belle- | | fonte in the buggy to do some shop- ping. At noontime they went to the home of Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Poorman, on east High street, for dinner. As | | they were in the act of feeding their | horse on the street the animal fright- ened at something and ran out High street to Wilson, south on Wilson to | | Bishop street and down Bishop. The animal fell down but quickly regain- | i street to the intersection of Bishop with Allegheny street where it ran in- to an auto delivery truck that Clar- ence Turner was driving. The horse was caught at that place and aside from several small cuts was uninjur- ed and the buggy was very little damaged. But the Ford truck sus- tained a stoved-in radiator, one light broken, and a badly bent fender. Just what frightened the horse is un- known. ing its feet continued on down the! Aviator Budwig Leaves Bellefonte. After making Bellefonte his head- quarters for almost seven weeks avi- ator Gilbert B. Budwig shook the dust of the town off his feet and metaphor- ically spreading his wings flew away on Tuesday to other scenes to con- quer. To be exact he went to Milton where he will do stunts for the pa- trons of the Milton fair this week and incidentally take all who desire a flight through the air at the rate of a dollar a minute a ride in his Curtis machine. Next week he will be one of the attractions at the Lewisburg fair and then he will stick his nose in the wind and head for the southern part of California. His original plan was to spend the winter in Florida but re- ports that he received recently indi- cate California as a better field for flyers just now and this was the cause of his changing his decision from Florida. He expects to fly a portion of the way but had not definitely decid- ed on how far when he left Bellefonte. During the six weeks or more avia- tor Budwig was in Bellefonte he took up dozens of passengers, some of whom insisted on getting all the thrills that go with airplane travel, and in not a single instance did he have an accident or anything near be- ing one. In fact the ease and comfort with which he took up passengers has divested the flying game of much of the fear with which it had originally been viewed by many people in Belle- fonte and Centre county, and if flying ever reaches that point where it won't form such a touching acquaintance with a man’s pocketbook there will be little hesitancy on the part of the peo- ple of Bellefonte in taking a trip at every opportunity. Thirty-three Foreigners Na Naturalzyed. At the regular session of naturali- zation court held in Bellefonte last Thursday citizenship papers were granted to thirty-three foreigners, most of the number being Austrians from Clarence. Six petitions were dismissed, two because the applicants had died since the papers had been filed and four for other reasons. The list of those granted citizenship is as follows: Vtdiniez Teodorowicz, rian, Osceola Mills. Emily Verrichio, Italian, Bellefonte. Dimonto Verrecchia, Italian, Bellefonte. Nich Gianfelice, Italian, Bellefonte. Frank Sciortino, Italian, Bellefonte. Mike Luakovick, Austrian, Bellefonte. John Davko, Austrian, Clarence. George Josefik Koner, Austrian, Clar- ence. Andrew J. Bollosh, Austrian, Clarence. Joseph 8S. Puhalla, Austrian, Clarence. John Kessik, Austrian, Clarence. Joe Kochik, ‘Austrian, ‘Clarence. Nick Koleno, Austrian, Clarence. Jon Marniak, Austrian, Clarence. Frank Kocik, Austrian, Clarence. Joe Padisak, Austrian, Clarence. Andy Petro, Austrian, Clarence. Martin Durachke, Austrian, Clarence. Steve Baron, Austrian, Clarence. Andre Danke, Austrian, Clarence. George Koniack, Austrian, Clarence. Gasper Paulik, Austrian, Clarence. | Andy Hawath, Austrian, Clarence. | Emro Pacipka, Austrian, Clarence. Andy Dubrasky, Austrian, Clarence. P Andro Cingel, Austrian, Clarence. John Josefik, Austrian, Clarence. John Kascak, Austrian, Clarence. John Skerencak, Austrian, Clarence. Steve Olin, Austrian, Clarence. John Parney, Austrian, Clarence. Josef Cennik, Austrian, Clarence. Lawrence Zingel, Austrian, Clarence. — ew mm — Austria Hunga- Union County’s Big Fair October 14-17. Union county’s greatest fair fixed for October 14, 15, 16 and 17, promis- es to excel any previous exhibit by ‘ the agricultural society. Three days of fast horse racing, daily band con- certs by bands of reputation, fakirs galore, a midway only surpassed by { Coney Island, big daily features in front of the grand stand, shows and side shows, female acrobats in glaring pink tights, performing animals, an unusually large exhibit of live stock, poultry, farming machinery, farm products, fancy work and monster crowds. Due to the fact that the Union county fair will be held near the close of the circuit of the fairs in this sec- tion, there will be an unusually large number of horses, fakirs, shows and exhibitors on the ground. Already large numbers have asked for privi- leges, and every bit of available space in the buildings has been given out. Special rates will prevail on all rail- roads, and on Thursday the regular excursion will be run from Centre county, enabling any who desire to attend to go down and return home the same day. sas Rasmussen — Elliott. — Frederick Rasmussen, Secretary of Agriculture of Pennsylvania, and Miss Faith Win- ifred Elliott, of Hillsdale, Mich., were married at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fay Warren Elliott, in Hillsdale, at four o’clock last Thursday afternoon. The wed- ding is of interest to Centre coun- tians because of the fact that during the past two years the bride has been a member of the faculty at State College, connected with the depart- ment of home economics, while Mr. Rasmussen, prior to being appointed | Secretary of Agriculture by Governor Sproul was head of the department of | dairy husbandry at the college. They i will take up their residence in Har- | risburg the first of December. Notwithstanding the fact that attorney W. G. Runkle shipped the books in the Irvin Gray case to Pitts- burgh by express last Friday they | had not yet arrived when he and his | associate, ex-Judge Ellis L. Orvis, James C. Furst and N. B. Spangler arrived in the Smoky city on Monday to hear the appeal of Irvin G. Gray before the Supreme court. All efforts to locate the books proving futile the learned judges on the Supreme court bench permitted the attorneys to re- turn home on Wednesday, stating that they would render a decision after the books arrived. ———They are all good enough, but the “Watchman” is always the best. “-y om