INK SLINGS.
—The January thaw has not put in
an appearance as yet.
—No, dear, all these fellows we
hear about as having “a hen settin’”
are not going into the chicken busi-
ness in the spring.
Holland has concluded to join
the League of Nations and that car-
ries with it an agreement to surren-
der William Hohenzollern for trial.
—While Mr. Bryan's prediction that
the peace treaty would be ratified last
Friday was not fulfilled we are like
the late Dr. Munyon in the belief that
“there is hope!”
—According to Admiral Sims’ own
testimony he convicts himself of be-
ing peeved because his opinions
weren't accepted as being superior to
those of any other person in the naval
oragnization.
—1In actual degrees of temperature
it was not, but the bitter wind that
blew, coupled with the temperature
of about twelve degrees at mid-day
made Sunday the coldest day we have
had thus far this winter.
—Cross-roads in Centre county are
all drifted shut and had it not been
for the sleet, on Tuesday, that put a
crust on the very light snow that fell
all day Monday another gale would
have blockaded all roads hopelessly.
—The young lady who doted on
Manhattans because, as she explain-
ed, she loved the Maraschino cherry
that was in them, will probably turn
up her nose at the cherry now, be-
cause it isn’t fresh from a bath of
whiskey and vermouth.
—March 16th and 17th will be reg-
istration days in boroughs and town-
ships and May 18th will be primary
election day. Four parties will be en-
titled to nominate candidates, viz:
The Republican, Democratic, Social-
ist and Prohibition parties.
— The circus business ought to be
better than ever next season for piles
of old tanks will have to depend on
the traveling menageries for glimps-
es of cavorting, fantastic animals that
once passed in review as they laid in
bed recovering from a plunge in the
fountain of Bacchus.
—1It is grim reality now. There is
no more hoping that something will
turn up to sprag the wheels of the
water wagon and fellows who were
never known to be tight before have
forgotten entirely that there ever was
such a combination of words as:
“Won’t you come around to my house
and have one?”
—_Chicago is in the throes of anoth-
ér epidemic of influenza. Already it
has almost reached the high point of
last year’s epidemic. It is prevalent
in many other parts of the country
and our readers will be the better off
if they take the very best care of
themselves possible. Treat the slight-
est cold as promptly and thoroughly
as you can. Take no chances on its
developing into flu.
—Of course we don’t know how the
appointment of William E. Tobias as
their postmaster will please the peo-
ple of Clearfield, but it looks to us
like good politics. Mr. Tobias made
the fight for Congress three times in
this District and once, at least, he
would have been elected had he receiv-
ed any support from the state and na-
tional organizations. He merited this
recognition at the hands of his party
and it goes without question that he
will make a very capable official.
—In principle we regard the stand
taken by the States of New Jersey
and Rhode Island concerning the en-
forcement of the eighteenth amend-
ment as altogether tenable. In spir-
it, however, it is all wrong. There
can be no doubt of the fact that the
country wants prohibition. If it has
been secured by a process that abro-
gates the vested rights of States a
fundamental principle of democracy
has been violated. Be that as it may
the purpose is beneficent and the
States might well waive their rights
in this instance, which they would
probably do were they sure that the
eighteenth amendment will not be
used in the future as a precedent
through which further and less meri-
torious encroachments will be at-
tempted.
tre of it all by having the public be-
lieve that much more could have been
done. He is suffering with the exag-
gerated ego. The malady of self-con-
ceit was symptomatic in his testimony
before Congress and we fancy that all
this fuss is not so much because some
one did or did not get a “D. S. M.” or
a bit of gold lace as it is because the
Admiral himself is not acclaimed as
having won the war single handed.
—From our way of thinking the re-
tirement of Admiral Sims from serv-
ice would be the best thing that could
happen for the morale of the United
States navy. If one department of
our government functioned well dur-
ing the war, achievement led us to
believe it was the Naval Department.
It was off with the crack of the pistol.
From the moment our first flotilla
reached foreign waters the synclinal
curve of submarine destruction began
to decline. More than two million sol-
diers were convoyed across three
thousand miles of sea without a sin-
gle loss and a bridge of ships over
which supplies were carried to them
was kept practically unbroken. Sure-
ly this was achievement never before
approached in the history of the
world. In it was enough honor to add
lasting fame to the memory of all who
had a part in it, from the humblest
gob to the ranking Admiral. And
now Admiral Sims would dull the lus-
PITICL
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STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION.
BELLEFONTE, PA., JANUARY 23, 1920.
Dangerous Usurpation of Power.
The effort to draw a parallel be-
tween the action of Congress in re-
fusing to seat Victor Berger, of Mil-
waukee, and that of the New York
Legislature in refusing to seat five
Socialist members cannot succeed.
There is no analogy. Mr. Berger was
refused a seat not because of his po- :
litical opinions or for the reason that
his opinions upon political questions
are different from those of the major-
ity of members. He is under sentence
of a court of justice for the violation
of the laws of the land. He was con-
victed after a full and fair hearing
and sentenced according to law.
the exercises of the right to determine
the qualification of its members Con-
gress decided that he is unfit. It was
a reasonable conclusion.
The five Socialist members of the
New York Legislature are not even
charged with crime. Upon the as-
sembling of the body the Speaker de-
clared they would not be admitted to
membership for reasons that would
be made public afterward. In pursu-
ance of that statement a resolution
was subsequently introduced and
passed denying them the seats to
which they had been elected for the
reason that “they entertained views
on public questions inimical to the
interests of the State of New York
and the United States.” How did the
Speaker or the House or the Members
of the House know this?
had been submitted on the subject.
They had never even been legally ac-
cused.
The action of the Legislature of
New York was a dangerous invasion
of the rights of the men denied their
seats and of the constituencies that !
elected them. Possibly they are un-
worthy of the honor bestowed upon
them by their election. But that fact
ought to be clearly shown by legal
process before sentence is pronounced.
In the case of Berger the proof was
presented and the sentence of impris-
onment legally pronounced. In the
case of the New York Assemblymen
an extraordinary and probably unjust
sentence.was_given before trial and
without accusation. It was an usurp-
ation of power that cannot be justi-
fied and ought not to be condoned.
We have no sympathy for socialism
but great respect for justice.
Rhode Island has been given
permission to bring suit to test the
validity of the eighteenth amendment
and the chances are that the privi-
lege of paying the costs is included.
Sims a Creator of Confusion.
In his controversy with the Secre-
tary of the Navy Admiral Sims is
doing more to demoralize the service
than the acts of which he complains
could have accomplished in a hundred
years of constant repetition. Because
of a disagreement with a board ap-
pointed, to award tokens of apprecia-
tion for distinguished service, the Ad-
miral accuses the Department of all
sorts of faults and reveals some se-
crets, if he is truthful, that no hon-
orable man and faithful subordinate
would have exposed under any cir-
cumstances. In fact he has indulged
himself in a tirade of faultfinding
which might easily be interpreted as
insubordination and punished by the
severest penalty imposed for that of-
fense.
It is unfortunate that Admiral
Sims is not in accord with the board
of awards in the distribution of hon-
ors earned by men of the navy dur-
ing the world war. A great deal of
“distinguished service” was rendered
and as Admiral Schley said in dis-
cussing another naval dispute, “there |
is enough honor to go around.” But
Admiral Sims’ opinion hardly justi-
fies him in arraigning the Navy De-
partment with offenses of omission
and commission sufficient to condemn
every high official in the Department
of treason. It may be admitted that
in the early period of the war some of
the demands of the Admiral were not :
complied with promptly. But he
should have taken into consideration
the fact that the government was not
fully prepared for war when hostili-
ties began.
Admiral Sims was a most capable |
and efficient officer and the country is
justly grateful for his distinguished
service as Commander-in-Chief of the
naval forces in the war zone. But
even at that he “wasn’t the whole
cheese.” He is entitled to a medal
and probably the biggest medal of the
lot. But others in the service per-
formed their part to the best of their
ability and they had important parts
too, and there ought to be no quarrel
with a board of award that did its best
to do full and exact justice to all. It is
a safe guess that nobody wanted to
It is equally |
certain that nobody played favorites |
offend Admiral Sims.
in distributing awards.
If the war has really brought
thrift to the country it was worth all |
it cost in currency and if it has made
the world safe for democracy all oth-
er accounts are balanced.
In!
The men ;
had never been tried. No evidence |
| Republican Plans Changed.
The Republican program for this
| State has been changed since last
i week, according to the “dopesters” of
the daily newspapers. A week ago it
' was confidently declared that Colonel
- Martin, of Greene county, was “slat-
ed” for the nomination for Auditor
General. This was a matter of geo-
graphical expediency, no doubt, for
‘with Sadler, of Cumberland county,
: for Justice of the Supreme court, and
Snyder, of Schuylkill county, for
State Treasurer, Lewis, of York, for
the only other office would make a
. badly balanced ticket. But leaders
i more experienced than Governor
: Sproul have probably assured him
| that geography has nothing to do
with the case. The faithful will fol-
low under any conditions.
So the present plan is to nominate
Sadler, Snyder and Lewis and give
three of the four nominees for Con-
gressman at Large to the counties
west of the center, with Chairman
Crow and three or four delegates-at-
large to the National convention
thrown in. Mr. Grundy, fat-fryer-in-
chief, has consented to accept Crow
and that removes the only element of
opposition to the re-election of the
chairman. His terms are rather ex-
acting, it is true, for he demands a
voice in the disbursement of the slush
fund as well as in the collecting of it,
which is reasonable. Pittsburgh will
get one Congressman-at-Large and
three delegates-at-large to the con-
vention and the other western coun-
ties may go hang.
The truth is that the only matter
of importance to the Governor and his
date for Justide of the Supreme
court. Judge Kunkel, of Harrisburg,
| is not to be thought of in that connec-
| tion for various reasons. He has not
been forgiven for allowing the capitol
| grafters to be convicted in his court,
| and his attitude on corporate prob-
! lems likely to be before the court
| within the next twenty years, is not
| satisfactory. Judge Sadler, on the
| other hand, is considered safe, and
| that is what is wanted. All other
|
Make the Treaty an Issue.
President Wilson and Senator
‘Lodge appear to agree on one point.
The President having recommended
an appeal to the voters on the ques-
tion of the ratification of the peace
treaty, the Senator declares he will
welcome such a referendum. That
being the case there ought to be no
trouble in effecting the arrange-
ments. As Mr. Bryan said in his
Jackson day speech, the treaty ought
to be ratified at once and the propos-
ed referendum would entail delay.
But the Democrats would not be to
blame for that. Not only the Presi-
dent but all the faithful representa-
tives of his party have been urging
action and the delay is entirely as-
cribable to the opposition of the Re-
publicans.
We believe that a vast majority of
the people of the country desire the
ratification of the treaty without res-
ervations. A fraction of the others
favor ratification with slight reserva-
tions. A small portion of the Republi-
can leaders are opposed to the treaty
on any terms and another small frac-
tion opposes it for the reason that
they imagine ratification would be a
personal triumph for the President.
These elements of the population,
merging their sinister purposes, are
strong enough in the Senate to pre-
vent ratification for the present and
probably may succeed in delaying it
until after the Presidential election.
In that event there is nothing to be
lost by adopting the President’s sug-
. gestion.
machine is the selection of the candi-
Mr. Bryan's offer to surrender to
the Republican irreconcilables by ac-
cepting the terms proposed by Lodge
' will not be accepted by the Democrat-
_ic Senators or the Democratic people.
| considerations must give way to.that.
| The Republican leaders have acquir-
ed large corporate interests which
must be conserved.
! welcomed in Russia according to the
| press dispatches, which is a semi-of-
| ficial assurance that she will be plot-
| ting against the government in the
| near future.
1
Like Just Retribution.
There may be a compromise on terms
which will preserve the substance of
the treaty and give the United States |
her rightful place in the councils of ;
the League of Nations. A week ago
there was reason to hope for such an
issue of the controversy speedily. But
Mr. Bryan has heartened the oppo-
sition and instead of expediting the
ratifi:ation, as he professed to desire,
he hus retarded it. In view of all the
facts, therefore, it would seem to us
wise to make the matter an issue in
the coming campaign.
— Emma Goldman was warmly
Ten millions of dollar’s worth of
| whiskey was seized by revenue offi-
‘cers in New York one day recently,
| and confiscated under the provisions
: of the law for the enforcement of the
! Prohibition amendment to the consti-
| tution. The liquor had been shipped
to New York from various points for
i export but failed of embarkation. It
' is said that other large quantities are
‘held on the way to tide water for.
{ shipment, and will be taken at the
| convenience of the revenue officials.
: Fine. :
! The Prohibition amendment didn’t
| become operative until a year had
i passed after its ratification by three-
| fourths of the States, during which
| time the owners of the liquor were at
liberty to dispose of it in a legitimate
| business way. The law allowed the
owners of the liquor more than six
| months, after the expiration of the
time for sale for domestic beverage
| purposes, to dispose of it for export.
i But the owners of the liquor held if,
| in hope of increased profits, until all
| the time limits had expired.
Any time within the six months,
since the first of July, the owners of
| the liquor might have disposed of it
at a profit of, say one thousand per
cent. But an abnormal cupidity in-
duced them to hold it for a ten thous-
and per cent. profit. At a fair valua-
tion every drop might have been dis-
posed of and converted to useful pur-
poses, if there are useful purposes
for it. But in the expectation of re-
alizing vastly greater profits they
held on until now, and they have lost
all and justly. Greed has cost them
| not only profits but principal.
The first thought that entered the
heads of the owners of the whiskey
after the Prohibition amendment be-
came a certainty was to make the
most out of the possibilities before
them. They at once ran the price up
out of reach of the average man. For
medicinal purposes it was made im-
possible for poor people by lust for
profits. The loss that has come to
the profiteers by the seizure seems
very much like a just retribution for
criminal usury. The sufferers will
have little sympathy.
———Clemenceau now knows some-
thing about the ingratitude of Repub-
| lics but he might have got a tip in ad-
vance if he had consulted Woodrow
Wilson on the subject.
——It’s lucky that Admiral Sims
kept his mouth under control until
- after the war. ~
——An esteemed contemporary ob-
serves that “all the world is getting
back to a productive basis except the |
United States.” The Republican Sen-
ators prefer politics to prosperity.
Hunting Expansion Joints.
A small force of men digging holes
in the streets of Bellefonte the past ;
week or more looks so much like the
old days of the steam heat service
that many people have been wander-
ing if an effort were being made to
unearth its skeleton. While the ob-
ject isn’t intended to bring into being
the old company it is hoped to at least
unearth a skeleton that is believed to
have reposed in its closet during the
past thirty or more years in the shape
of expansion joints over which suits
entailing patent rights are now hang-
ing fire. Inasmuch as Col. H. 8.
Taylor is probably the only man now
living in Bellefonte who knows any-
thing about the matter, and he isn’t
saying anything, it is not definitely
certain that the joints in question
were ever used in Bellefonte but any
person who recalls the days of the old
steam heat service will not question
the fact that there were lots of ex-
pansion joints in its service on the
streets—so expansive in fact that
traces of them could be seen on every
thoroughfare. As a matter of fact
almost everything about the service in
those good, old days was expansive
except the steam the public didn’t pay :
enough for and kicked just as much
as if it did. But those days are
past, already to the regret of many,
and we hope that now the men who
are hunting expansion joints won’t
find enough of them to despoil the en-
tire street service in the event any |
person can be inveigled into tackling
the steam heating problem in the fu-
ture.
in the woods and valleys to make it
extremely difficult for the birds to get
enough to eat. This is especially the
case with pheasants and wild turkeys,
which do not migrate but winter in
the dense woods and depend for their
feed upon adjacent fields. While it
may be a little trouble and some ex-
pense to feed the birds farmers who
live near the mountainous sections in- '
habited by either pheasants or quail
ought to be willing to contribute a lit-
tle from the bountiful harvests reap-
ed last year to help keep these birds
alive. Do it from a humanitarian
standpoint, whether you get paid for
it or not.
If there were a vacancy in the
The snow is now deep enough !
NO. 4.
No Special Obsequies for Old John in
Bellefonte.
i The official passing of the liquor
traffic by constitutional provision, at
12:01 o’clock last Friday night did not
create even a flurry in Bellefonte.
The main reason was undoubtedly the
fact that there was nothing in stock
with which to create a flurry, or any
other kind of excitement. None of the
hotels had any stock on hand and the
few clubs that had not used up their
supply had previously apportioned it
among the members in good standing
so that there wasn’t any supply of the
“oh, be joyful!” for anybody to get
joyful on, had they felt so inclined.
But the general public had accepted
. the situation with the true American
spirit and at no time felt any doubt as
| to the result, so that there was no
| skirmishing around late Friday night
| in an attempt to get an eleventh hour
| jag on or lay in a supply. In fact,
i the stuff was simply not to be had.
| Of course, by this, we don’t wish to
i convey the impression that there isn’t
| any liquor in Bellefonte, because there
iis. But it is all in private stocks and
‘as one man said, literally guarded
with double barreled shot guns, and
those who have it aren’t giving it
away to satisfy the thirst of any man.
And just who has it and where he
keeps it is a fact that even the census
enumerators didn’t find out. -
It might here be added that a gov-
ernment inspector came to Bellefonte
on Friday and remained over until
Saturday. Whether he came here for
the purpose of seeing that there would
be no infraction of the eighteenth
amendment is of course not known,
but if that was his purpose, he had lit-
tle to do.
At noon on Saturday the church
bells of the town were rung in token
of the world-wide victory for prohi-
bition, and on Sunday all the minis-
ters made it a point in their services.
And thus ends, for the present, a
icustom that has been in vogue
i through all the ages of man. That
; much good will be wrought out of the
| abolition of strong drink is undoubt-
edly an incontrovertable fact, and only.
time will tell what the result will be |
{ nation wide. ;
| As to what will become of the sev-
| enty-five or eighty million gallons of
| whiskey, not counting wines, now tied
| up in this country is a question that
L will probably be disposed of by the
government at some future time. But
we might suggest that some of it be
kept as a sort of curiosity and several
hundred years from now the govern-
ment might make big money by ex-
hibiting it as the sort of stuff that
men and women used to drink with
{ the result that it made them wabbly
‘in their legs, light in their heads and
willing to fight their weight in wild
cats.
——1It cost the government $2100 to
maintain the advanced Reserve Offi-
cers’ Training Corps work at Penn
State College for the three months
ending December 1st. This sum was
recently paid the upper class students
listed in the advanced military course.
They are paid at the rate of forty
cents a day. Forty-four men are en-
gaged in the advanced work, and
twelve of these will complete the
course and be graduated in February.
——The road supervisor’s conven-
tion of Centre county will be held in
the court house on Friday of next
week, January 30th, at 10:30 a. m. A
full turnout is desired.
——W. E. Tobias, of Clearfield,
Democratic candidate for Congress in
11916 and 1918, has been appointed
| postmaster of Clearfield by President
i Wilson.
The Regular Order of Business.
From the New York World.
A guileless young person who
works for The Tribune, in Washing-
ton, telegraphs excitedly to our
' friend and neighbor that the Demo-
. crats are in a state of “panic” over a
| report that William J. Bryan is to
head the Nebraska delegation to the
Democratic National convention and
will be a candidate for the nomina-
| tion.
Although we like to believe every-
| thing we see in print, we suspect that
| the panic existed only in the callow
‘imagination of The Tribune's corres-
pondent. No Democrat old enough to
vote could be astonished by a report
that Mr. Bryan was going to a Demo-
cratic National convention and would
be a candidate. We should as soon
expect to seeHester street in a panic
over the appearance of a pushcart.
| National conventions are creatures '
| of tradition, and no Democratic con-'
vention is formally convened until
' William J. Bryan has opened his
' headquarters and made overtures for
| the nomination. That is as necessary
| as examining the credentials of the
| delegates. If the Washington Demo-
crats heard the report that The Tri-
——
SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE.
—C. W. Randolph, of near Houtzdale,
cut down a bee tree the other day that
netted him 136 pounds of honey. The tree
was located by his wife last summer while
she was out picking berries.
—A class of m¢re than 400 Masons will
receive the Scottish Rite degrees at the
anniversary meeting of Williamsport Com-
sistory next week, and it is expected that
; 1,000 visitors will be in attendance.
—In these days of constitutional prohi-
bition and no whiskey, it is interesting te
note that according to a bill found in the
garret at the home of Mrs. J. A. Ziegler,
Hanover Junction, York county, whiskey
sold for 40 cents a gallon in 1830.
—While reaching for a sled tongue
hanging on the wall of his barn, Abram C.
Smith, of Utahville, Clearfield county, fell
to the floor and rolled under a horse, and
during the fright the horse trampled its
owner to death. Mr. Smith was one of
Utahville’s best known citizens.
—The Rev. Joseph Welch, of Philadel-
phia, who was removed as chaplain of the
eastern penitentiary by Governor Sproul
last week on recommendation of the State
Board of Charities, which investigated
conditions in the institution, died on Sun-
day. He was 83 years old and was chap-
lain of the penitentiary for thirty-eight
years.
—Charles F. Ebert, a member of the Wil-
liamspore police department since 1910,
committed suicide at his home in that city,
about 1:30 o'clock on Saturday. Mr. Eb-
ert had gone to the third floor of his
home and a few minutes later a shot was
heard. An investigation revealed the fact
that Mr. Ebert had ended his life with a
revolver. He was dead when found.
—Five persons, two women and three
children, lost their lives in a fire at Shunk,
in the extreme northwestern part of Sul-
livan county, Saturday night. The sole
survivor, Herbert Forest, aged forty-nine
years, is in the Williamsport hospital, suf-
fering from serious burns, sustained in he-
roic attempts to rescue his aged mother,
his wife, two daughters and a son, whe
were victims.
—Jesse Allen, the colored man of Al-
toona, who was convicted of second de-
gree murder for the killing of Granville
Davis, at the January term of criminal
court last week, was sentenced at a ses-
sion of the county court held at Holli-
daysburg Monday morning by Judge
Baldridge, to serve a term in the western
penitentiary of not less than fourteen
years nor more than sixteen years.
—Hugh Summers, 83 years old, is dead
at his home at Burnham, Mifflin county,
Deceased was one of the oldest employees
of the Standard Steel works, he having
been in their employ sixty years. When
the Civil war broke out he was exempted
from the draft on the grounds that his
service was essential to the making of war
material in the plant. He was a great
deer hunter and probably killed more
deer than any other man in Mifflin county,
—James H. Houser, 75 years of age, of
Hillsboro, is all ready to die now. In fact,
he has already buried himself. Believing
funerals should be enjoyed while living,
he has had his staged recently, Many
friends attended. They sang “Nearer my
God to Thee,” and a lot of other funeral
| songs after a minister delivered Hou
burial service. Houser has prepared hi:
a church in Hillsboro, and at the Houser
home.
—Property that cost the government
$20,000 has been sold by the Kane Manu-
facturing company to a junk dealer of that
McKean county town for approximately
$2000. There were 80,000 pounds of chains
for use on wagon tongues and iron for
wagon boxes and dump wagons. The ma-
terial was left on hand when the armis-
tice was signed, the company having a
contract with the government to manufac-
ture wagons and dump wagons for use i
the war. :
—The largest referee's award ever
awarded a McKean county claimant under
the Pennsylvania Workmen’s Compensa-
tions act was made last Tuesday by Ref-
eree G, Scott Smith to Mrs. Mary Slotta,
of Degolla, Pa., the award being for her-
self and six children in the amount of
$6,017.01. Mrs. Slotta received this money
for the death of her husband, who was in-
stantly killed on October 6th, 1919, while
at work for the Custer City Chemical com-
pany, at its plant at Custer City, Pa.
—Pennsylvania Railroad company police
have been working on a series of car rob-
beries on the Pittsburgh division for the
.past few weeks and as a result of their ac-
tivities R. W. Glenn, C. and Ira J. Ellen-
berger, were arrested at Pitcairn on Sat-
urday. R. W. Glenn was shot by one of
the officers and is now in the Westmore-
land hospital at Greensburg, while the
other two have been lodged in jail. The
three were surprised as they were about
to get away with a large amount of goods
they had removed from the car.
—Alleging that her good name has been
injured by “false, scandalous, malicious
and defamatory” charges, made by Mrs.
A. C. Smith, of South Brownsville, whose
husband is one of the most prominent
physicians in the Monongahela valley, Mrs.
Bertha Brown, a trained nurse of South
Brownsville, has entered suit at Union-
town against Mrs. Smith, charging slander
and asking $50,000 damages. Mrs. Smith
recently sued her husband for a divorce
i and named the nurse as correspondent, al-
{ leging that he spent most of his time in
| the nurse’s home.
—DMiller & Hartswick, attorneys repre-
| senting Wasco Logden, of Beccaria, Clear-
| field county, entered suit Monday against
| Dr. W. Steele Bryan, a Ramey physician.
| Logden says that he is a coal miner, and
on October 4th last suffered a fractured
left arm from a fall of rock. Doctor Bry-
an was called to reduce the fracture, and
| the plaintiff says he did so carelessy, neg-
, ligently and unprofessionally, and as a re-
sult the bones failed to knit together. He
says he suffered great pain and considera-
ble expense in having the error corrected,
and is now asking damages not to exceed
. $15,000.
—The will of Thomas Lilley, West
Brownsville coal operator, which directed
that his estate of $2,500,000 remain intact
for ninety-nine years and then be divided,
will be contested by Walter and C. E. Lil-
ley, nephews, and by W. H. Ulery, who
sets forth that he is interested personally
in the estate. Lilley, always eccentric,
never married and if the provisions of his
will are followed the big estate probably
office of floor leader of the Republi- bune correspondent prattles about, | will be divided among grandchildren and
cans in the Senate it is a safe bet
that Senator Lodge would not be
chosen.
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they were not in a state of panic. On
the contrary, they settled back com-
fortably, knowing that the campaign
| was proceeding according to the reg-
ular order of business. .
| great-grandchildren of his mearest rela-
tives, The Lilley Coal and Coke company,
! of which he was president and in which
| he held a controlling interest, is the chief
| asset in the fortune.
own obituary. The ceremony was held at