3
INK SLINGS.
—Let’s think about the coal strike
now. The election is over.
—Anyway there wasn’t enough of-
fices for all of them so some Just had
to be disappointed.
—The
roosters that surely did need a chance
bei out and exercise their lungs a
i
~The election returns. from all
parts of the country indicate that the
Democrats have. been 2]i4p at the
switeh.
es received the ‘highest yote |
on the Democratic ticket, having had
3668 while Harry Meyer ‘was a dose
second with 3665. :
.—Everybody was so happy Pesase
the country went dry and its been seo
darn’d wet ever since that there ‘is
small chance to enjoy the dry: state ofe
affairs.
——The main objection with the
impending industrial. troubles is that
though the public is in no way re-
sponsible for them it will suffer most;
from them.
-—That independent ticket in Miles-
burg got on a lot of steam before
election day and then saved it all to
blow whistles celebrating an imagin-
ary victory. :
—Farmers report ‘that corn yet in
the field is sprouting and rotting at
the but of the ear. It is probably the
case only where the corn has been
loosely, shocked or down.
—Only forty-nine days until Christ-
mas. : Begin to make yourself believe
that you don’t want a turkey for’din-
ner right now, for. they are going ‘to
be about ’steen dollars a pound.
—They say that money and booze
were both extensively used. We know
that votes were bought, but we saw
no trace of liquor at any of the poH-
ing places in Bellefonte at least.
—The strike of the soft coal miners
has been on a week now and while the
public has' been led to believe that it
will be short lived there are no ‘indica-
tions yet to point to an early’ resump-,
tion of mining.
—Toner Hugg doesn’t want any-
thing. He says so. With Milesburg
in his vest pocket and a fat pay envel-
ope from the Auditor General’s De-
partment in ‘another Toner says: “I
should worry.” ;
.—Careful, observation at the var-
ious polling places in and about Belle-
fonte warrants the conclusion that it
was old John Barleycorn and not par-
ty loyalty after all that put the pep
into politics in former years.
— Everybody who wants to be Com-
missioner’s clerk or deputy sheriff is
advised to begin at once the work’ of
making the lives of Commissioners-
elect Yarnell “Gnd Austin and that of |
Sheriff-elect ‘Dukeman miserable.
—The vote for borough and town-
ship officers in Centre county will be
found complete in another section of
this paper, with the exception of that
of Huston township, which was not |
returned at the time the “Watchman”
went to press. .
~—We're. licked and ‘we know it.
We're not bringing up any alibis
either, but we just can’t help think-
ing that if a bit of punch had been
put into the fight we would have land-
ed every office but that of Treasurer
and District Attorney.
—Congress could do the country no
greater good, at this time, than by
stopping everything else and passing |
such legislation ‘as would make possi-
ble the immediate deportation of
every radical agitator and every for-
eigner who is in. sympathy with them.
—All precedents were broken ‘in|
Tuesday’s election. For the first time
in the history of the county the Re-
publicans captured the Prothonotary’s:
office, for the first time they elected
a full ticket and Bill Brown knocked
the two-term precedent into a cocked
hat.
—Over in Huntingdon county three
soldier boys were given the best coun-
ty offices without opposition. Down
in Northumberland two of them were
thus honored, but here in Centre—
Well, all we can say is: Philipsburg
and Snow Shoe boroughs can point
with everlasting pride to their vote
for the soldier candidate.
—Mothers are complaining that
their children are not permitted to
ride bicycles on the sidewalks of
Bellefonte and as automobiles are
permitted to run at forty or more
miles an hour on the streets they are
in constant danger there. The com-
plaints are well founded, but then you
know it is much easier to frighten the
little folks off the sidewalks than itis
to stop the speeders.
—Comparing the manner in which
the two Republican towns of Belle-
fonte and Philipsburg treated the on-
ly soldier candidate at the last elec-
tion there seems to be a very real rea-
son why the German “77,” that now
stands in the Diamond in Bellefonte,
would be more appropriately placed
if it were in the park on Centre
street, Philipsburg. That town gave
Capt. “Dick” Taylor every ward while
we didn’t give him one.
—This year the average yield of
wheat in Centre county was one and |
one-tenth bushels greater per acre
than it was in 1918 and oats averaged
seven bushels per acre less than last
year. Our average of wheat this year |
was 18.9 bushels per acre, or slightly
larger than any of our boundary |
counties except ‘Clearfield, where the |
yield was the same. Philadelphia and
Mercer counties had an average yield
of twenty-two bushels, the highest in
the State.
“Watchman” has ‘a lot of
STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL’ union
BELLEFONTE, PA., NOVEMBER ; , 1919.
VOL. GL.
Proposed Miners’ Strike.
Mr. John L. Lewis, acting ‘president
of the United Mine Workers, is boast-
ful rather than wise in estimating the
strike of coal ‘miners he appears to
hdve arranged for November | 1st.
After stating that “the steel strike
will pale into insignificance in com-
parison with the walk-out of thé min-
ers,” he predicts that “the railroads
will run short of coal in ten days and
thousands of train crews will be drop-
Beyond doubt,” he adds, “it will ‘be
the biggest strike the country ever
saw. Industries that have been run-
ning. on a day-to-day coal basis will
be shut. down in a short time. The
amount, of coal on: hand will ‘not be
enough to last a month.”
{ verbial chatter of “a beggar on horse-
back.” It appears thatthe industrial
paralysis which Mr. Lewis predicts is
to be staged because the owners, or
operators of ‘coal mines refused to
agree to pay mine labor a dellar an
believe that the working coal miners
of the country have made such a de-
mand of their own volition or that
they will so destroy the industrial life
of the country if such demands are
not complied with. We are ready to
believe that coal mine owners or op-
erators ' have been profiteering to
some extent and that those who have
deserve the severest punishment pes-
sible for that crime against the pub-
lic. But we don’t think the miners
will punish the people.
Bolshevists. As Mr. ‘Lewis says
“they sent 80,000 men into the mili-
tary forces of the country during the
war ‘and those who stayed at home
worked night and day to keep up the
| production, while they gave liberally
| to war charities and subscribed to the
limit, of ' their ability to the various
bond issues.” But that excellent ree-
ord will count for little if they engage
in an enterprise which will have the
effect upon the country predicted by
Mr. Lewis. The good deeds of a man
or a nation are soon forgotten if an
evil life is adopted and pursued after-
ward and in deliberately striking at
the industrial life of the country the
United ‘Ming Workers are heading in
without just cause.
The proposition to penalize strikes
is repulsive but necessity knows
preservation the . country may be
forced to that extreme: to avert ‘a
i cataclysm such as Mr. Lewis predicts
and seemingly desires. As we have
said repeatedly this is no time for
strikes.- The present need is to hus-
A strike against intolerable condi-
tions or starvation wages might be
supported now but a strike for a dol-
lar an hour wages and a six hour day
is preposterous. Mr. Lewis may find
that his boastful predictions of ca-
in mind. “Self preservation is the
not be sacrifieed.”
——Anyway President Wilson did
all in his power to reconcile the dif-
ferences between employers and em-
ployees. If the purpose fails the
blame will be on others than he.
Lame and d Impotent ¢ Conclusion.
If the plans of f the Republican Sen-
ators = are carried out the United
States will not ‘participate in the or-
ganization and work of the League
of Nations. It may be doubted if this
country will even become a member
of the League. The proposed reser-
vations nullify every provision of the
covenant and organized on such a ba-
sis it would necessarily be worthless.
The other powers concerned in the en-
terprise will naturally prefer to leave
us on the outside rather than be ham-
pered by our presence and participa-
tion in the councils.
Thus the achievements of our ar-
my and navy in the great war are
sacrificed to the prejudices of parti-
sanship. We had acquired a place in
the front rank of the progressive na-
tions of the world but instead of oc-
cupying it we are relegated to the
outlaw or inferior powers and made
voiceless in the progressive move-
ments of the time. It is a lame and
impotent conclusion. It is the sad end
of a pleasant dream. But it serves
the purpose of malicious minds set in
the determination to rule or ruin.
This is not a pleasant thought to con-
template but it is a fact.
After all the irreconcilables have
| won. Senators Reed and Johnson
and Borah and Lodge have triumph-
! ed and they are to be admired for
| their courage if not for their intelli-
gence. They stood in the open in sup-
port of the schemes of the German
militarists and voted their sentiment
| from the beginning. Those who re-
sisted amendments and supported the
reservations are cowards as well as
| poltroons. They had the heart to
murder but lacked the courage. They
have taken an indirect route to an evil
. objective. They put themselves on a
level beneath contempt.
ped off the first day of ‘the strike.
. plainly ‘impeached the
‘This’ sounds very much like a pro-
hour for six hours a day, that to be the:
limit of a day’s work. We can hardly
The United Mine Workers are not :
that wrong direction and apparently -
neither. law nor reason and in self>
band rather than dissipate resources. |
lamity will defeat the purpose he has’
first law of ‘nature and industry must
ee
Ratification Without ‘Amendment Cer-
tain, .
| The defeat of the In Lodge amendment’
! to the peace: treaty, the other day,
may be accepted as ‘a final determina-! |
tion of the Senators to ratify the
treaty without = amendnients. The
Lodge. amendment, ‘was the most ab-,
surd .and mischievous of the several
schemes to help Germany to. aveid
the just penalties of her crimes in the
war.. It made war with Japan and’
Germany against the United States’
inevitable and almost’ justifiable. "It.
“integrity of
purpose and the veracity of Japan as
a nation and without even the shadow
of an excuse for such a causus: beli.
That . is. precisely what Germany
hopes will happen. Senator Lodge
has become as efficient a representa- |
tive of ' Germany in Washington as |
Bernstorff.
The treaty orfitmed "the right ef |
‘Japan to a eoncession made by China ;
to Germany a quarter of a century |
age and acquired by Japan from Ger-
many by conquest under stated con-
ditions. . The Lodge amendment pro-
posed to take this concession from |
Japan and bestow it on China, vith |
out recompense or reason. It belongs!
to Japan as fully as the wages of a i
workman belongs to the workman |
who earned it. Taking it from Japan,
even if the acquisition has been un- |
conditional, would be unjust. Taking
it in view of the conditions would im-
ply a distrust of Japan’s pledge and
added insult to injury. Unless Henry
Cabot Lodge has gone clear erazy, he
must know that war would follow the |
act in the circumstances. ..
Probably Senator Lodge wants war.
of the kind he is thus inviting. The
New England woolen mill owners and!
shoe manufacturers never made mon-
ey as fast as they did during the re-
cent war and since it ‘ended. They |
may want their franchise to loot fhe |
public renewed or, prolonged and that:
senile and seryile worshipper of.
wealth, Senator Lodge, may be the
instrument through whom they hope |
to achieve their purpose. ‘In any
event, however, the danger is now
past. The ratification of the treaty
will be delayed as long as German’
will be ratified in the end and without |
amendments. This fact was made |
certain when the Lodge Shantung !
amendment was buried under a ‘hig |
majority. |
———The League: of Nations that |
doesn’t include the United States will"
be a good deal like the play of Ham-
let with the Royal Dame left out but
the public may be depended upon to
place the blame on the right spot. = |
A meeting of the greatest interest '
and gravest concern was held in Phil-
adelphia a week or more ago. The
American Academy of Political and
Social Science staged a discussion up- |
on “The Railroads of the Nation.”
The speakers were Glenn E, Plumb, |
counsel for the organized railway
employees, of America; Thomas De-
Witt . Cuyler, vice president of the
Pennsylvania Railroad and chairman
of the association of railway execu-.
tives, and Robert W. Wooley, chair-
man of the United States Interstate.
Commerce Commission. These dis-
: tinguished gentlemen didn’t agree on
| any question but Mr. Cuyler and Mr.
‘ Wooley were not so far apart as to
be hopeless of coming together.
Mr. Plumb was the first speaker
and laid down the proposition that
“the consolidation of all the roads in-
to a single system to be owned by the :
government and operated by a corpor-
ation composed of railroad em-
ployees” is the solution of the prob-
lem. He doesn’t ask that the em-
ployees be given the profits and the
government pay the losses. But he
assumed that profits are certain and
suggested a division between the em-
ployee’s corporation and the govern-
ment on a 50-50 basis. Mr. Cuyler
favored private ownership and oper-
ation under government control with
competition maintained and *he joint
use of equipment and terminals estab-
lished by the Railroad administration
continued.
Mr. Plumb advanced the idea that
the franchise belongs to the public
and is equal in importance with the
capital which belongs to the share- |
holders. The patronage, equally es-
sential to success, comes from the
public, he reasoned, thus making the
money investment only one-third of
the capitalization. The other speak-
ers failed to assent to this nroposi-
tion though they didn’t refute it. But
Mr. Wooley’s proposition that the
government retain control under ex-
isting conditions during the veriod of
reconstruction. seemed to command
the approval of the audience and with
reason. It is plainly the course which |
promises security to the employees
and that is an important point.
If the Republican Senators had
been less obdurate and more patriot-
ic peace might have been established
months ago. But as it is we are as
much at war with Germany now as
we were before the armistice,
! of ‘the ‘campaign. ©’
Railroad Operation and Ownership. |
Ty.
{ Mr. Mayes’ ability, his great personal
‘than offset the ! slight disaffection
‘er go in for it seriously and then he
| tics were.
TUESDAY'S "ELECTION, ABROAD
AND AT: HOME. i
Centre ‘County. “Swept “by the | Re- |
E publicans, ”
‘The election is’ over. The Deni
cratic nominees for ‘office in Centre
county have | been decisively beaten
and in the completeness of their de-:
feat’ we find ‘the only consolation that
we can gather, for had they . gone
down by narrow margins we: might
have charged ourselves ‘with having
left undone something in ‘support ‘of’
them that would have changed defeat
into victory. !
From ‘all’over’ the county reports of.
political upsets‘’are received. While
the Republicans appear as victors in
most of them it can scarcely be said -
: that fundamental , party principles,
' were the test in any. In Massachu-
1 setts, where Governor Coolige, Repub-
lican, was’ re-elected by an unprece-
dented ' majority, the issue was en-
dorsement ‘of his firm stand against
radicalism in ‘the recent Boston police
strike. Long, his’ Democratic oppo-
| nent, undertook to play all things to.
all men, and. became so radical him-
self that his election would have ap-
peared as if the voters of the Bay
| State endorsed 'the ‘policies of such:
agitators as’ Zebulon Foster. Demo-
crats and Republicans alike stood for
| sanity’ in state government and as
Coolige exemplified. that he was very
properly the winner.
In New Jersey, where the Demo-
crats elected ‘Edwards Governor by an:
unexpected majority, it appears that
the ‘whole contest was made to secure
a state-wide expression on Prohibi-
tion enforcement. Edwards was “wet”.
and’ Bughee was “dry” and New Jer-
sey voted as it feels on that issue and
not because Edwards was a Demo-
crat and Bugbee a Republican.’
In Maryland” Albert C. Ritchie,’
Democrat, was elected Governor by a
majority of only 342, the’ contest hav-
ing been made on purely local issues.
An outstanding Republican victory
was that for the Governorship of Ken-
tucky in which Morrow won decisive-
ly but local issues and not national
administration was to the fore front
a
- Tammany’s defeat in’New York has |
little political significance for several !
of the candidates who won - against.
Murphy’s organization are Democrats |
who ran on anti-Tammany tickets.
Missouri and Colorado elected Re-
. publican Senators which would seem:
to be a reversal of political affiliation
in those States, but then we must re-,
member that the attitude of Senator
Reed on the peace treaty has been
such as to completely disgust the De-
mocracy of Missouri.
Coming home to Centre county, we
' have not had time to analyze the vote
but generally speaking the results
show more the effect of an efficient,
determined organization of the Re-
publicans battering at a.Democratic
fortress of cards. We said before the.
election, and we reiterate it now, that
the Democratic nominees made up a
ticket that for integrity of character,’
apparent ability and good citizenship
has rarely been presented for consid- |
eration of the voters of Centre coun-
All of this counted and is unmis-
takably seen in the vote for every of-
fice but that of Treasurer and District
Attorney. There was no question of
popularity and Mr. Harter’s inability
to make an aggressive campaign more
caused by the disappointment of Mr.
Hartswick.
The fight between Mr. Furst and
Mr. Bower for District Attorney was
only perfunctory. Not until the last
few days of the contest did Mr. Bow-
covered only’ a small section of the
county.
For all of the other offiéel the Dem-
ocrats had a splendid chance, but effi-
ciency in organization was sadly lack-
ing. We do not censure County
Chairman Runkle for this, for he is
in the anomalous position of being
head of an organization that is a
name only. It has nothing to build
on or with. It has had no voice in the
distribution of party patronage and
deaf nuts are not what attract the
service of dependable, constructive
workers.
Frankly speaking the defeat of
Capt “Dick” Taylor is a crushing blow
to the “Watchman.” We advocated
his election. solely on non-partisan
motives and we think those close stu-
dents of county politics, in both par-
ties, who know the real inwardness of
things will admit our singleness of
purpose. At the time his name was
first connected with the nomination it
will be recalled that the question was
raised by some as to whether he had
been a Republican or a Democrat.
From that day to this we have
made no inquiry as to what his poli-
He was a valiant soldier
and that was enough. Another bit of |
information we are at liberty to re-
veal now in substantiation of the |
“Watchman’s” position in behalf of
Capt. Taylor is this: When Lieut. |
(Continued on page 4, Col. 1). |
{ ed, and there is'some ‘resentment at’
| to function so that we may not 'dis-
. “Enslaved” ved” Miners. a
From: the Philadelphia 1 Record.
* There has been some rather absurd!
| talk about the “enslavement” of the
| miners by the injunction’ inst_the
strike, ‘and Mr. Gompers has’ been!
needlessly questioned about his atti-’
tude toward ‘the Constitution of the
United States if injunctions against
strikes shall be sustained by the Su-’
preme court. The vision of'a poor
miner compelled to cut coal by a dep-
uty marshal prepared to shoot him if
he lays down his pick might be mov-
ing if ‘one had imagination énough to’
picture’ amyfhings of the sort in. his :
mind.
A Federal court has’ now, as var!
ious courts ‘have on other occasions,’
issued an injunction restraining union
leaders from ordering or ’otherwise’
directing strikes. We are not aware
that they have ever issued a mandate
compelling a man to work if he pre-
ferred mot to. “Years ago there was
some injunctions against striking in
certain: cases where the ‘public ' inter-
est was very directly involved, as,
for example, in the operation. of ‘mail
trains. There is not much chance for:
this now that laborers and farmers
exempted from legislation prohibiting
the rest of the community fr om com-
bining in restraint of
The government: is not undertaking
to compel any man to cut coal. It has.
undertaken to restrain the union: offi-:
cials from massing: 400,000 men in
one industry and using them as a
means of clubbing the whole country.
There is no thought of: enslaving the
miners, but the rest of the communi-
| ty has some objection to being enslay-
the power over the rest of the com-
munity claimed by a committe or a
board of officers of a big union.
The courts ‘have often. enjoined
strikers from interfering with men.
who: wish to work, and the executive
power of the nation, : ‘the States and
the counties will be used to prevent
such -interferenee, ' The non-union
men are: as free as the members of
the unions, and these members of the
unions who place their allegiance to
the nation and the government above
their allegiance to the union are as-
sured of their. rsonal safety. If
this is fatal to the strike, then the.
strike could hope for success only by
the use of force and intimidation. We
do not assume that the strike leaders
contemplate, these weapons, but if
they are restrained by deputy -mar-
k or the troops from using them
they. will. complain in. vain: of being
aved. They are undoshusdly free
men, free to work or remain i e. But
so are other men. Et
No Inconsistency.
From the New York kK World.
Although president ‘Lewis, of the
United Mine Workers, probably
knows better, this statement is calcu--
lated to mislead many of his follow-
ers:
President Wilson blows ho and
he blows cold and has judged our .
case without knowledge of the
facts. On Saturday, in the mat-
ter of. our contract, he said the
war is not over. On Monday, in
the matter of Prohibition, he
says-it is over.
Mr. _ghewis’ misrepresentation © is’
parroted by Superintendent Ander-
son, chief lobbyist of the Anti-Saloon
League, whose affinity for reckless in-
ferences and utterances is well estab-
lished.
‘Notwithstanding these mischievous
assertions, there is no inconsistency
in the President’s attitude. The con-
tract between the miners and the op-
erators, which was underwritten by
the Fuel Administration, Jus runs “dur-
ing the continuation of the war,” but
not beyond April 1, 1920. War-time.
prohibition was adopted. for the spe-
cific. purpose of conserving the man-
power of the nation and increasing
the production of munitions, ships,
food and clothing, and was to contin-
ue until “the conclusion of the pres-
ent war and thereafter until the ter-
mination of demobilization,” the date
of which was to be fixed by Presiden-
tial proclamation.
Demobilization having been com-
pleted, the President advised the re-
peal of the act on that ground alone,
stating plainly that he would not nul-
lify it by preclamation in advance of
the ratification of the treaty, because
a state of war still existed. Congress
rejected his appeal, and he is now en-
forcing the law, although it is obvious
that it has served its purpose. The |
mine contract, like war-time prohibi-
tion and many other measures, is
full force, in spite of bad faith on the
part of Mr. Lewis and his associates,
a it will be executed like all the
rest of them, by the government.
——Probably if the last year could
be lived over again Republicans would
not urge an extra session of Con-
gress and speaking on that subject
there might not have been a Republi-
can majority in Congress.
~—China is probably disappointed
that the Lodge amendment to the cov-
enant of the League of Nations fail-
ed of passage but Hi Johnson’s con-
stituents in California will survive
the disappointment.
——The League of Nations will be-
gin operations without a representa-
tive of the United States which is
great victory for Hi Johnson and Ca- |
| bot Lodge, and William Hohenzollern.
The mountain springs will con-
tinue to flow and the filtration plants
pair of necessary moisture notwith-
standing the action of Congress.
| friends in the fatherland.
| minutes ‘later.
| SPAWLS FROM {THE | KEYSTONE.
—Miss® Dorothy Vaughs! MeCormil Tot
Harrisburg, has been admitted to p detico
law before the Supreme court of Pennsyl-
vania. She was admitted to the Dauphin
county ‘bar less than six months ago.
—Captain John H. Summers, of Mon-
reeton, ‘in’ his. eighty-fourth year,’ ‘has
4 walked a half mile to and from work this
: fall and husked 400 bushels of corn for
Bernard ‘Cranmer. He issues a challenge
to other men of his age to beat’ this rec-
| ord.
—The' Milton Maiftadturiig company’s
steel works which have been idle since the
| strike began, started work on Tuesday,
according to an announcement of the man-
agement. Many of the old men returned
— || to work. More than four hundred are em-
| ployed normally. :
—For. the first time in many years Mif-'
o flin' county criminal court ‘did nof have a&
jury trial last week, all the jurors being
sent home; their services not being requir
ed. The county jail is empty and ' there
has not been a prisoner in the city lock=
up for five months,
—~Hubley Dunn Albright, author, law-
yer and Civil war veteran, who died at his
home in Lewisburg. last week, directed im
his will - probated in the, Union. county
court house on Friday that his body be
«remated and the ashes placed on the
grave of his wife, whose body is buried in
the Lewisburg cemetery.
—Thirteen blizzards, thirty-three snow-
storms, + a rainy Thanksgiving and twe'
feet of snow on Christmas were promised
the people of northeastern Pennsylvania,
for next winter by weather prophets.
They base their prediction upon the
growth of trees and weather phenomena
of certain days of the present month.
.—The depreciation in valuation of ma-
hogany bars was illustrated at the auec-
tion in Reading en Saturday of the fix=
tures of the Windsor hotel and. a cafe sold
at that place recently to.a new bank, and
closed for remodeling. The bar and its
plate glass ‘accessories, which cost $3000 a’
few years ago, were id to a Hazleton .
man for $250.
—The Danville Iron & Steel company,
one of that town’s largest industries, was
purchased last week by George E. Clark’
alld others, of New York city, and at the
time of taking over the property the mew
owners announced that improvements and
extensions will be made that will make the
plant one of the largest iron and steel in-
dustries in ‘that! seetion of the State. © @ « '!
—Three bandits, traveling in ‘4 ‘high-
powered moter car, on Monday, blew the
safe in the big hardware store of B, F..
Walter, at Christiana, Lancaster county,
obtaining $500, besides ‘important docu-
ments, and escaped. The building was
damaged by the explosion. Residents of
the neighborhood, aroused by the blast,
reached their windows only in time to see:
the men whiz past in their machine. Po-
lice say a heavy charge of black pewder.
was used,
—Shinglehouse is tickled to death over
a new gas well put down 'by the Gray
Chemical company near there, which is:
‘deing 1,000,000 cubic’ feet a day. Near by
is ‘another recently drilled ‘which is doing’
600,000 cubic feet. George Fiske, ‘on
whose land the ‘well is, gets a bonus of
$1000 and $500 each for three wells drilled
on his land. He owns other lands adjoin-
ing, but failed to buy the oil and gas
rights of the same, which could have been
had for $1 an acre additional.
| {Harry Sapiznik, aged 26 years, known
as “Beany Foolyou,” because of his skill
at cards, was found asphyxiated in hig!
apartment on Pennsylvania avenue, Scran-
ton, on Saturday night. His dog, a fox
terrier, was asleep on the floor when tHe
discovery of Sapiznik’s body was made.
During the war, Sapiznik was drafted and
while in camp he is said to have won $8000:
at eards. ‘After having been in the serv-
ice a few months he was discharged on’
the ground of insanity. Following his dis-
charge it was freely stated that he had
.shammed insanity to win his way back to
civilian life.
—Considerable food is being sent from
Hazleton and surrounding towns to Ger-
many by persons who have relatives and
r Last week a
nian bought twelve pairs of shoes at a
‘local store, and when asked what he want-
ed with so many, replied that they were:
for relatives across the water, where leath-
er is so high that only wooden footwear Is
used in ‘the ordinary household. Coffee
and other merchandise is being sent, going
by express at the rate of ten cents a
pound. Some sugar is included in tHe
consignments, some consignments carrying
‘the maximum of one pound allowed there
to a customer.
-—The National Silk Dyeing company, of
Williamsport, is spending approximately
$00,000 at its works east of that city for a
dam, reservoir and sewage disposal plant.
The dyeing company uses immense vol-
umes of water in its business, and has
been using the river water when there is
not toe much pollution in it. But, to com-
bat this condition, the company has just
completed a dam in Miller's run, from
which thousands of gallons of water will
be obtained when weather conditions are
right. The reservoir and sewage disposal’
plant also has been completed, and these
improvements and all the equipment will
figure up in cost of censtruction just
about $50,000, it is stated.
~The passengers sitting on the left side
of train No. 46 on the Pennsylvania rail-
road had a narrow escape from personal
injury and death Sunday night when tHe
train sideswiped a car bulged from ils
lading in a passing freight train just east
of Granville, on the Middle division. The
air pump was torn from the locomotive,
the side of the cab badly stripped and
fireman W. O. Bailor, of Harrisburg, sus-
tained an ugly wound of the shoulder.
Twelve windows were knocked out of the
coaches and the sides stripped. Mrs.
Park Boyer, en route from Akron, Ohio,
to her home in Lewistown, sustained a
punctured wound of the foot, all other
passengers escaping injury.
—Running from a cabbage patch where
they had been gathering old stock in prep-
aration for the celebration of “Cabbage
night,” or Hallowe'en, George Sebring,
thirteen years old, and William Fletcher,
aged sixteen years, were killed almost in-
stantly late last Thursday night in Van-
port, Beaver county, when they came in
contact with a heavily charged telephone
wire. Both boys lived at Vanport. With
their arms filled with stalks, several boys
headed from the field for the residential
section. They had gone only a short dis-
| tance ‘with Sebring and Fletcher leading,
when ‘the two boys stopped suddenly, thems
fell. Others ran up to them and found
Fletcher dead. Sebring was barely alive.
The telephone wire was lying near them.
Apparently it had been torn down by a
storm and had fallen over a trolley wire a
short distance away. Sebring died: a few