INK SLINGS.
—The recurrent thunder showers
this week have taken all the joy out of
life for those hay-makers who didn’t |
get it all done during the propitious
weather of last week.
—The curiosity of a child differs
from that of grown-ups. The former
merely seeks knowledge while the lat-
ter is usually hunting something he
has no business to know.
—Gradually the country is coming
to fear that President Harding has no
developed foreign policy; that he is
only stalling until some plan that will
command popular approval is evolved
for him to appropriate.
—So far as knocking old Earth into
smithereens, last Sunday night, was
concerned the Pons-comet turned out
to be as poor a wizard in the astronom-
ical world as was Ponzi, of Boston, in
the financial a few moons ago.
—In this column, on April 15th last,
it was stated that John L. Knisely will
be the next postmaster of Bellefonte.
Ordinarily it is said that one guess is
as good as another, but in this matter
if yours doesn’t coincide with ours you
will discover ere long that it is not.
—Congress having voted that Mr.
Palmer didn’t know what he was talk-
ing about when he made the ruling
that beer is medicine those who can’t
survive without a “tub of suds” or so
a day will have to join the rapidly
growing, polite, though clandestine so-
ciety of home brewers.
—The one piece bathing suit for
women is said to have made its ap-
pearance in and about Bellefonte. The
mayor of Somers Point, N. J., being
near-sighted, created a sensation by
saying it could go down there, but the
mayor of Bellefonte has good eyes and
we await with interest his pronuncia-
mento after he has lamped one of
these local dolphins in her one-piece
bathing regalia.
—A Norwegian rat is accused of
having carried off the false teeth of
STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION.
VOL. 66.
The esteemed Philadelphia Record
declares that it is “opposed to the
power given the Governor to name
any of the delegates to the proposed
convention” to frame a mew constitu-
tion. But it favors a convention in
the creation of which the Governor
will exercise that power to the extent
of nearly one-third of the membership,
for the reason that the present con-
stitution “seems to be so drawn as to
| permit the Legislature to confer such
| bower of appointment upon the Gov-
ernor.”” We never expected to see
, such faulty reasoning in the columns
of our esteemed Philadelphia contem-
| porary. In the first place, power of
‘the Legislature to authorize the ap-
! pointment of delegates is vague. Sec-
| tion 1 of Article XII of the. present
, constitution states that “all officers
' whose selection is not provided for in
' this constitution, shall be elected or
' appointed as may be directed by law.”
But the custom for all time had been
‘to elect delegates to a constitutional
i convention in this and in all other
States, and presumably the constitu-
tional convention of 1873 thought it
unnecessary to provide methods for
+ the election of such delegates in the
t future.
The Record adds:
“The “Watch-
man’s” fear that the delegates to be
| selected by the Governor will be men
and women who are likely to blindly
follow any machine is not well found-
ed. It is likely that Governor Sproul
will name the men and women who
McVeytown’s P. M. The postmaster | co veq under his appointment as mem-
removed his store grinders on retir-| pos of the commission which recom-
ing and when he awoke in the morning y\endeq to the Legislature the calling
they were gone and report has it that
he is convinced that the unusually
large rat that occupies the premises
with him is the thief. Surely the
times are hard when the poor rats
have to resort to false teeth to masti-
cate the kind of food they have to sub-
sist on.
If half the reports heard on the
streets these days are correct the re-
cent edict issued to tax collector J.
Jennedy Johnston by the Bellefonte
borough council is resulting in the
gathering in of considerable bacon
from tax. deli Back taxes in
~~ wads of from five to two thousand dol-
lars have been gathered in, according
to reports, and the assertion of the
Finance committee of borough council
that those two triple pumpers in con-
templation could be paid out of delin-
quent taxes is beginning to look like
more of a sure thing every day.
—The death of the Rev. Robert E.
Johnson, of Philadelphia, was extra-
ordinary in that it was caused by over-
work in his capacity as a public offi-
cial. There is probably no doubt that
many were not in sympathy with the
work of the “Raiding Parson,” but
there can be none who fail to admire
and respect the courageous spirit that
kept him constantly at his job until
his physical powers were broken be- |
yond repair. In these days of looking
on public office as little else than a
ecure it is gratifying to know that
there are some men left who keep the
public trust.
—Next week we will rest from the
labor of producing a real newspaper
in a field where big things break rare- |
ly. The week after that we expect to
be very hard up. In fact so complete-
ly out of funds that the only thing
that will restore our mind to our bus-
iness will be a deluge of letters con-
taining checks for subscriptions due.
When we open up here again on Mon-
day, July 11th, we want to tackle a
mountain of mail. We want to have
something on old Mahomet. We
want the mountain to come right up
to us. It’s up to you to push it along,
if you are in arrears at all.
—Some months ago an Italian
whipped out a big knife and stabbed
another frightfully on the streets of
Bellefonte. Last Friday evening an
sin- |
of a constitutional convention.” This
| confidence in the Governor’s unself-
i ishness reveals a greater measure of
credulity than wisdom. In the entire
history of the State we have never
had a Governor more partisan in the
exercise of the appointing power.
‘Even in the selection of members of
_ the commission referred to the minor-
ity members with one or two excep-
, tions were men whe had betrayed
their party in the interest of Governor
, Sproul in the campaign of 1918. There
were no women members of that com-
mission and we.recall no body of men
more unanimously: obedient to the
mandates of an unseen authority than
, that commission. Except Judge Gor-
, don, of Philadelphia, they seemed to
be of one mind upon all questions un-
, der consideration, with Mr. Pepper as
the “bell-wether.”
As we have said, the present con-
stitution is a pretty good charter. In
| its creation the greatest minds of the
State were employed and the best ef-
forts of an illustrious group of men
' were given to the work. It has weak
' spots, among them that provision un-
der which the Legislature undertook
'to feed the abnormal ambition of a
' partisan.
tions have been remedied by amend-
ment and that medium is still open
to the people of Pennsylvania. We
‘ suggest, therefore, and cordially in-
| vite the esteemed Philadelphia Record
i to join in the movement, that before a
constitutional convention is called the
| present instrument be so amended as
i to forbid a servile Legislature from
surrendering a fundamental right of
i the people to the caprices of an ambi-
i tious politician. It would delay the
final action a few years but that will
‘cause no great danger to public in-
| terests. Besides public sentiment
might then be in fitter form to tackle
| the problems that will necessarily
1 arise in such a convention.
| nothing pressing in the matter. From
i time to eternity is a long period.
——1In writing from Nelson, Neb.,
| renewing his subscription to the
| “Watchman” for another year E. W.
{Kline says: “Hope this reaches you
i before the issue of another paper as I
, would about as soon miss my dinner
' Governor who is as selfish as he is
But many of its imperfec-
There is
Italian pulled a gun and shot another ,o ico on issue of the “Watchman.”
to deatnonihe Hrsg vol brlwrs , Mr. Kline is an old Centre countian
1
centage of foreign born residents in
our country carry concealed deadly
weapons. Certainly developments
have proven that they make a prac-
tice of doing what the average native
son never thinks of. For the most
part they are of volatile tempera-
ment and have a low estimate of the
value of human life. Is it safe to
longer permit this menace to contin- |
ue unrestrained in peaceful communi-
ties? True, we have laws prohibiting
the carrying of concealed deadly weap-
ons, but does any one know that the
other fellow doesn’t have a gun or
knife in his clothes? Usually not un-
and is only one of the many readers
of this paper who take it as a means
of keeping fully informed on every-
, thing that is going on “back at home.”
i It is more to them than a dozen letters
would be, because it gives them news
, that they would not get from any cor-
respondence, no matter how versatile
it might be.
——Mayor Hoan, of Milwaukee, has
a permanent peace plan worth while.
He would have all railroad and coal
| mine employees stop work the moment
| war is declared and thus cut off all ar-
i my supplies. Hoan is a hero or hoax.
til after an assault has been made. |
Until our aliens learn that regular Secretary of the Treasury Mel-
. : : (lon is not too modest. He simply asks
Jeop lo Sg, 32 She] rst.viih dhol | Congress to give him control of the
have officers of the law authorized to | finances of the whole world.
stop them occasionally and search TT
them for weapons. Such a procedure | ——1It is a comforting fact that in
would soon break up what has been a i the international event to. be pulled
most dangerous practice for years, | off in Jersey City tomorrow nobody
and while it might deprive the electric | ares much which wins.
«chair of a few whose occupancy of it
The Constitutional Convention. Penrose Plainly Misrepresented.
The esteemed New York World wil-
fully or carelessly misrepresents the
attitude of Senator Penrose with re-
spect to the proceedings of Congress
in the immediate future. Our New
York contemporary, in last Sunday’s
issue, says: “Steering committees in
the House and Senate are superfluous.
Party caucusses can be dispensed with.
Senator Penrose has announced the
program of business for the session.
It saves wasting time in consulting
the best minds.” The inference to be
drawn from this statement is that
Senator Penrose has been usurping
power and undertaking to boss Con-
gress. Nothing could be further from
the fact, as those who know Senator
Penrose fully understand.
It may be true that Senator Penrose
has indicated that there will be no
general legislation during this session
of Congress. He may have suggested
that “recesses will be taken until the
permanent tariff bill is ready.” But he
didn’t say that in the language or even
the spirit of the boss. He simply ex-
pressed an obvious fact. His party is
well nigh hopelessly divided on the
provisions of the permanent tariff bill.
What Penrose meant is that there will
be no forcing things and that the par-
ty managers will dilly-dally until an
agreement is reached with respect to
the matters in dispute. When this is
accomplished the “House will devote
two weeks to it and the Senate Fi-
nance committee will perfect the bill.”
Now if Senator Penrose had said he
will control the actions of the Presi-
dent in relation to the legislation
pending or contemplated it would be
different. He would have some right
to lay such claims. He discovered Mr.
Warren Gamaliel Harding. He
groomed him for the Presidential race
and nominated him. This is the rea-
son for his statement made some
time ago that “no matter who is Sec-
retary of State tbe Senate would man-
age the foreign relations of the Unit-
ed States.” No doubt there was an
agreement, expressed. or implied, to
that effect. But we don’t believe that
Sénator Penrose imagines he controls
the actions of Congress. He is too:
good a machine man to make stch
boasts. :
——Lord Grey must be losing his
head as well -as his eyes. He says
“the American government and peo-
ple were as anxious te maintain the
peace of the world as the English gov- |
ernment and people.” The English
government and people adopted the
only available means of achieving the
result by promptly joining the League
of Nations and the American govern-
ment didn’t.
Samuel Gompers Re-elected.
The re-election of Samuel Gompers,
as president of the American Federa-
tion of Labor, is a sign that safety
and sanity continues in organized la-
bor.
portant office with great ability for
‘many years. He has had much to do
with the development of labor organ-
ization and his judicial mind and con-
servative methods have contributed
' quite as much as any other element to
' the usefulness of the organization of
' which he will continue to be the offi-
cial head. He has worked hard and
wrought wisely for the betterment of
‘working conditions and adequate
wages, and his appeal has always
been to reason rather than passion.
"work for the improvement of labor
; there was not only a constant but bit-
ter strife between the employers and
employees of the country. Each seem-
ed to think the other was a mortal en-
emy and the hatred that grew out of
this misconception was intensified by
conscienceless agitators on one side
and ignorant bosses on the other. Mr.
Gompers realized the futility of such
strife and set himself to establish
another system of adjustments. He
appealed to the intelligence of both
the employer and employee and soon
created such a feeling of confidence
on both sides that arbitration became
the instrument adjusting differences.
Of course Mr. Gompers sometimes
failed in his benevolent purposes. The
mouthy agitator continued to make
trouble on one side and the selfish em-
ployer on the other, so that strikes
were not always avoidable. But even
in such emergencies Mr. Gompers
counseled = moderation and lawful
methods. He opposed violence in all
cases. It was on this account that the
radical element in the several labor
movements has been trying for years
to defeat him for President. This
year they tackled the work with more
than usual confidence and energy and
their defeat was more than usually
pronounced. By a vote of nearly two
to one Mr. Gompers has been re-
elected.
| ——Attorney General Daugherty is
Mr. Gompers has filled this im-
When Mr. Gompers began his life
~ BELLEFONTE, PA., JULY 1, 1921.
Sims Mildly Rebuked.
Admiral Sims has been reprimanded
but not much damaged. “Having
spilt the beans,” he remarked, “I got
what was coming to me.” A good
many people think he got less than
was coming to him. But that was to
be expected. Admiral Sims is one of
the traducers of former President
Woodrow Wilson, and they stand high
in administration circles. Still some
officers would think “the punishment
fits the crime.” Sims was reminded
that he had been reprimanded before
for a similar offense. In 1911 he was
officially warned against the too free
use of his tongue. But the admoni-
tion seems to have had no effect. He
took it smilingly then. He laughed
over it the other day.
Admirals of the navy are supposed
to be educated gentlemen. At the
Academy, where they get their in-
structions at public expense, they are
taught, to paraphrase the language of
Secretary of the Navy Denby, that
“servants of the government, in his
class, are not to discuss political
questions when abroad on leave or for
pleasure.” Sims said in his London
speech that sympathizers in this
country with the Sinn Feiners in Ire-
land, are asses. Men in high office
who violate the orders of their gov-
ernment the second time are not far
removed from asses. They reveal the
stubborn propensities of the mule. A
well-behaved jackass will obey orders.
Secretary Denby states that “the
incident is closed.” The culprit seems
to be of the same opinion. Immedi-
ately after the event he visited the
White House and had a pleasant chat
with the President. Then he left
' Washington to resume his office as
head of the Naval College at Ports-
mouth, New Hampshire. He may
make it a point there to teach the
young men under his direction to be
more courteous and discreet in their
speeches, and he may not. His ex-
ample is not encouraging. They may
come to think that such infractions of
propriety are not serious. But as a
matter of fact they are. If it had been
Benson instead of Sims the peacock
feather would have been taken away
front dim.
———One "thing is certain. High
rents and lower wages will slash the
income returns next year and there is
no prospect of reducing government
expenses in sight. :
A Lame and Impotent Conclusion.
The conference committee which
has been wrangling over the differenc-
es between the Senate and the House
of Representatives on the language of
a resolution making a separate peace
with Germany and Austria-Hungary,
has finally come to an. agreement.
' Part of the Knox resolution adopted
in the Senate some months ago and
part of the Porter resolution adopted
by the House more recently have been
dove-tailed together and passed. .The
difference between these resolutions
is about the, same as that between
twedledum and twedledee, and the
only value of either of them or both
lies in the fact that they express pre-
cisely what the German military co-
terie wanted to say.
The irrevokable law of custom has
fixed the method of making peace.
Since time out of mind warring na-
tions have ended their differences by
treaty. The constitution of the Unit-
ed States lodges the treaty-making
power in the President exclusively.
That being true it makes no difference
whether Congress repeals the resolu-
tion of 1917 declaring “a state of war
with Germany,” as Knox wanted to do
"or declares “the state of war at an
end,” as Porter phrased it. Either
form of expression must be entirely
‘ satisfactory to the Kaiser and both
‘are repugnant to the constitution of
‘the United States, the customs of all
time since the dawn of civilization and
the common sense of every right
thinking citizen. ;
So far as actual war between this
' country and Germany goes the armis-
tice ended it. So far as fixing the fu-
ture relations between the contending
forces is concerned a treaty is necessa-
ry. All those concerned in the matter
with the exception of the government
of the United States, joined in such a
treaty more than two years ago. But
the munition makers and profiteers in
this country who want the chances of
' plunder which future wars will pro-
vide, influenced the Congress of the
, United States to withhold consent to
the treaty and have now given us this
lame and impotent substitute which
means nothing, and can aceomplish
less. But it satisfies malice.
——Postmaster
General Hays’
statement that “our future is up in the |
air” forecasts an enlargement of the
' aerial mail ‘service.
{
——Residents of State College are
advocating a celebration some time
no longer the chief patronage broker this summer of the twenty-fifth an-
for a minute or three wouldn't be a
——An added horror of hot weath-
great loss it would save the lives of a er is the numerous “dont’s” issued by
lot of others who have a right to be
protected.
' everywhere.
of the administration. If President
Wilson had applied the penalty to his
have been greatly modified.
niversary of that town’s incorporation
as a borough. Just what manner of
self-appointed conservators of health Attorney General our defeat might blowout will be held has not yet been
determined.
Harding Vagueness.
From the Chicago Evening Post.
We have no wish to criticise the
head of the nation at this early date
in his term, especially when the bal-
ance of his acts are heavily in his fa-
vor. But his high public position
makes it permissible to comment on
the peculiarities of his technique, the
most striking feature of which is the
vagueness of his public utterances.
In his speech in New York President
Harding spoke of his desire that this
nation should be “so powerful in
righteousness that none will provoke
her wrath.” The casual reader para-
phrased that expression quite justifi-
ably as meaning “so sure she is right
that nobody can make her angry.” One
such reader paused, and then gasped
out: “By jove, President Harding al-
. so thinks that a nation can be too
, This time the phrase seemed to mean
i
:
proud to fight, but he used ten words
to say what Wilson said in four—
takes the sharpness out of it in a mist
of words, God bless him!” ii |
This thought being too incredible to
pass muster, the reader tried again.
no
“so powerful in righteousness that 0
one will dare to provoke her wrath.
That was more plausible, in view of
the sworn hostility of the present Ad-
ministration to every tenet held by its
predecessor.
But what did the speaker visualize
as “righteousness?” Did "he mean
that combination of honesty and mus-
=.
SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE.
—=Samuel Stine, postmaster at McVey-
town, is short one lower set of store teeth
which he laid aside Saturday night upon
retiring only to have them carried away
during‘the night by a large Norwegian rat,
—After the first of July the Lock Haven
postoffice will be rated as a first-class of-
fice. The reason for. this is an increase in
the amount of business done which is the
city’s industries. :
—The Gearhart knitting machine factory,
a new plant.
ing 36x100 feet in size and three stories
high with an L 30x30 feet in size. )
cat of Joseph Matelechy, of Highland, Pa.,
quite nervous, and-it lodged between the
legs of Thomas Gibbons, a neighbor, as
Matelechy fired. The bullet penetrated
Gibbons’ right foot. The cat was finally
killed after Gibbons had been taken to the
doctor:
—The Rev. Father Zachary Girlami, as-
sistant rector at Our Lady of Mount Car-
ly by the elevator in the Altoona Trust
company block last Friday that he died
while en route to the hospital.
stepping into thé elevator, when ‘it started
to descend and could not be controlled. !
tle, Washington, now visiting in Latrobe,
{declare that there is no scemery to com-
pare with Pennsylvania's.
| miles traveled it remained for Pennsylva-
| nia to provide the most picturesque scen-
.ery of all. Mr. Stemson is particularly
loud in his praises of the Lincoln high-
i way. .
| —Thomas Beegle, of Everett, an employe
of the State Highway Department, died
a
‘| logical development of the growth of th :
of Clearfield, has outgrown its present
quarters and ground has been broken for
The new factory will be of
brick and cencrete, the main building be-
—The prospect of being shot made the
mel Catholic church, was crushed so bad- :
He was
—Mr. and Mrs. Fred Stemson, of Seat-
In all the 7,000
last Thursday afternoon, from a fractured :
skull sustained while working at the stone
; quarry at Mt. Dallas, near Everett.
{ Young man was drilling when the air com-
pressor. blew out, striking him on the head.
| He was aged about 33 years and leaves a
+ widow and three children.
|. —The will of the late E. L. Orwig, of
Lansford, Pa., admitted to probate last
"week in the Register of Wills’ office at
‘Mauch Chunk, bequeathes $10,000 to the
cular love of justice and hatred of all Lutheran Ministerium for the education of
wrong which Theodore Roosevelt ! young men for the ministry, the fund to
preached to us in the days of the be known as “Elwood L. Orwig fund.”
strenuous life? Because that funda- | Trinity Lutheran church, of Lansford, al-
mental rightness alone does. .not SO receives a legacy of $10,000.
awe nations from hostile designs, un-, Several hundred employees of the
less it is backed up by united public American Manganese company, of Dunbar,
opinion and by respectable resources. ' Fayette county, asked the firm to cut their
Roosevelt knew this, and coupled 1./ith wages 40 per cent. so that the plant, which
his creed of righteousness the doctrine “was to be closed July 1st, might continue
.half of them are disappointed.
of the “big stick.” Little Belgium
proved it; for she was righteous:
enough in 1914, but she lacked mater-:
ial power. Power, in a national sense,
does not come from righteousness;
the two must go hand in hand. We
suspect that this is what the President
meant. But he did not say it.
We do not believe that this is a cap-
tious criticism. And it applies to
many of the President’s utterances.
His words are so vague that epposing
groups of men are able to read into
them what they wish. Later these
groups look for the fulfillment of what
they believe he has advocated ‘and
n
way the seeds of disruption are being
sown. . ;
For the peace of his party and the
nation, President Harding should
adopt the Rooseveltian practice of sub-
mitting his speeches to his friends for
editing before he delivers them.
Cost of a Political Machine.
From the Pittsburgh Post. : it !
While Governor Sproul has been
cutting a few million dollars from the
lists of extravagant appropriations
made in a number of instances, the
payroll still will be left padded to an
unusual degree even for Pennsylvania,
burdened for years by the toll-taking
of the Republican machine. It -has
come to such a pass that whenever the
public makes a demand for an in-
crease for some vital activity, such as’
the schools, an attempt is made to use
that as an excuse for adding extra
jobs to the payroll in other depart-
ments for the benefit of the machine
politicians. Thus the people are pun-
ished as if it were audacious for them
to claim a voice as to how the public
money they produce shall be expended.
a
to operate. The company accepted the of-
fer and reduced rents 40 per cent. on the
150 houses - it leases to employees. The
Dunbar store also -lowered prices. .
‘—Wolf Charison and A. E. Edelstein,
owners. of the motion picture theatre at
The .
Barnesboro which collapsed and caused
seven deaths last Thursday, together with
two contractors who were engaged in ex-
cavation work about the place, have been
held techmically responsible by a coro-
ner's jury. No recommendation was
made as to what procedure, if any, should
be taken against the four men.
—Claiming that wedding presents are
not subject to levy, Mrs. Annie Freder-
ick, of Allentown, has started a suit in re-
plevin against Sheriff William F. Claussito
recover a large number of costly article
that she says she received from friends
when she was married, and which have
now been seized. The question will
be +
taken to court for decision on the point”
——A wagon load of trout and . suckers
were found dead in the river at Couders-
port, Tuesday evening, above the tannery.
Many of the trout picked up by boys, were
20 inches long and better.
brought indignation to the lips and tears
to the eyes of some of the real sportsmen.
The dead fish, it is said, were found below
the outlet of the Rose condensary dam
drain. The condensary manager, it is said.
admits that soda in solution is used for
cleaning receptacles, but not in sufficient
quantities usually, to kill fish.
—A score or more of members and
friends of the Pennsylvania Alpine club
made the ascent of Paddy mountain, in
Centre county, on Sunday. There were al-
‘so large delegations from Williamsport,
Lock Haven and other places. The ascent
of ‘Paddy mountain * was originally plan-
that Mrs. Frederick makes the legal issue.:”
The disaster ;
‘ned for May 28th, but owing to .adverse
| weather’ conditions, the trip was postpen=
‘ed at that time. In addition to visiting
' the mountain, the climbers inspected Joyce
benefit of the machine are seen re- Kilmer park, at its foot and the beaver
peatedly; as, for instance, the dismis- 'dam nearby, which was one of the most
sal of competent employees and re- interesting points visited. :
placing of them with men who know | _A piece of iron an inch square, was re-
nothing about the work for the sup- moved from the hip of Miss Olive Hellein,
posed performance for which they 23 years of age, of Mt. Pleasant, last Fri-
draw salary. Instances of men placed | day. The operation, performed at the Mt.
as heads of bureaus at big salaries, ' Pleasant Memorial hospital, will be suc-
when they know.scarcely more than 'cessful. Fifteen years ago George Bruner
Flagrant examples of the use of pub-
lic positions—public money—for the
the office boys about the duties to be "placed dynamite in the kitchen stove at
performed. the Hellein home, to dry. The dynamite
"It is in that way, of course, that exploded, shattered the room and drove
the public is made to bear the expense parts of the stove and dirt into Miss Hel-
of the machine; of the very system lein’s body. Although she complained of
that is making war on the best inter- pains in her hip, physicians were never
ests of citizenship. Talk about col- aware that the piece of iron had not been
lecting war indemnities. The theory "removed until an X-ray revealed it.
of the political machine is to make the |
public stand for everything from the of the Altoona shops of the Pennsylvania
outset; to make the people provide a ' railroad, recently chosen to formulate a
war chest against themselves, in the new agreement to replace the national
—Representatives of the various crafts
shape of a padded payroll that takes'
care of the “political workers” under
titles of public employees, and then to
submit to renewed toll-taking after
the machine victory they financed
agreement, abrogated by the railroad. la-
bor board, has reached a decision on the
eight-hour day, seniority and piece-work,
it is announced. Under the agreement, a
man must work forty-eight hours a week
against themselves. before being entitled to overtime. He can-
Not long ago some of the women not work several half days and then claim
voters said they were minded to take ‘over time if called upon to work more than
a look at the entire public payroll eight hours one day during the week. Rel-
throughout the State. If they did the | ative to the seniority rule, a man trans-
result undoubtedly would be interest- | ferred will not begin over again as in the
ing and profitable to the taxpayers. ! past, but will retain his record at his pre-
Many of those ostensibly on the pay- | vious point. The piece work principle will
roll as servants of the public would be be carried out along lines to be definitely
found to be rendering service only {fo |
some political machine or political |
clique.
urn on the light.
Newberry Diagnosed.
From the Houston Chronicle.
Even if Senator Newberry is honest
he is too poor a business man to be
permitted to remain in the Senate. A
man who will spend more than fifty
times the salary the job will bring
him, in order to get the job, is not
quite right between the auricular ap-
named at further conferences.
—When a private still in his cellar ex-
ploded on Wednesday, Joseph A. Fryer,
aged 35 years, of Parsons, Luzerne county,
was showered with burning whiskey and
died later of his injuries. The accident
was kept secret until last Thursday when
a physician, who had been called, reported
the case to the authorities. - Upon. being
questioned Fryer's wife admitted that the
accident occurred on Wednesday. She said
that her husband was in the cellar engag-
ed in operating the still. He had placed a
quantity of ingredients and alcohol in the
apparatus enly a short time before a heavy
pendages.
—~——Jt may be said that General
Charles G. Dawes literally swore him-.
self into a fat office.
explosion shook the house, and upon in-
vestigation she found her husband uncon-
scious in the cellar. His face, shoulders
and chest had received the full blast of tha
burning liquor as it left the still.