Srna
INK SLINGS.
—The weather man is doing his
best to conserve our little coal piles.
—Judge Witmer has begun to salt
Eighteenth amendment breakers with
a vengeance.
—O0ld Mother Nature put the blink
on the moonshine in Centre county on
Sunday night.
—Pennsylvania now has two poli-
ticians and no Senator in the upper
branch of Congress.
Nobody will ever imagine Sen-
ator Knox’s successor is a “great
constitutional lawyer.”
—The silence of Col. George Har-
vey makes a noise like he had really
been told by Washington to keep his
mouth shut.
—Premier Lloyd George, of Eng-
land, is coming over to the disarma-
ment conference in Washington if he
can get rid of the Seinn Feiners long
enough to make the trip.
—The peace treaties with Germa-
many, Austria and Hungary were rat-
ified by the Senate and the kind of
war we have been in with the Central
Powers since November 11th, 1918, is
officially called off.
—Football is a very rough game,
but reports are on our desk to the ef-
fect that Greensburg, Pennsylvania,
High school players and their follow-
ers have some rough stuff, not resort-
ed to by regular sportsmen, that they
bring into action when a visiting
team appears dangerous.
—Ambassador Herrick’s sojourn in
Paris is likely to be freighted with
uneasiness. He received an infernal
‘machine in the mail and only the
prompt action of a servant averted
an explosion. The attempt to blow
our Ambassador up, before he has had
a chance is hardly a fair deal.
—The haste with which that Con-
gressional investigation of the Ku
Klux Klan was dropped leads us to
believe that imperial wizard Simmons
ought to be in Congress himself. At
least he succeeded in getting final and
decisive action and that is something
the present Congress hadn't been
guilty of before.
—1It is to the everlasting credit of
the men of the Pennsylvania system
that they are considering refusal to
obey the general strike order. They
know they are well paid. They know
they are fairly treated and they know
that no class of workmen any where
have had such provisions made for
possible disabilities and certain old
age.
— There is something more than
mere desire to “dry up” Pennsylvania
behind the coming of federal com-
missioner Roy Haynes into the terri-
tory of state commissioner McConnell.
We are of the opinion that something
big is going to happen in Republican
leadership centres in this State be-
- sade against the booze runners is only
a bit of stage dressing.
—Certainly there was some reason
for the appointment of Senator Crow,
of Uniontown, to fill the unexpired
term of the late Senator Knox in the
United States Senate. Opinion is
unanimous to the effect that the rea-
son was not because of Senator
Crow’s transcendent fitness for such
an exalted position. It was political,
pure and simple and it means the pay-
ment of a political debt or the hand-
money in a new contract for the con-
trol of Pennsylvania. Nothing else.
— The big strike of railroad opera-
tives, called for November 1st, will be
calamitous if a walk-out actually oc-
curs. The public would suffer great
inconvenience and the loss sustained
by a complete tie-up of transporta-
tion would be incalculable. Notwith-
standing such disastrous possibilities
there should be no temporizing in the
matter; no comprimises that merely
push a complete settlement of the
difficulty a little further into the fu-
ture. It is a public matter. The peo-
ple are the ones who have to pay the
bills in passenger fares and freight
rates and since they know that in
many instances the freight on a ton
of coal is more than the coal cost at
the mouth of the mine and since they
also know that four years ago it was
less than a third as much as it is now
they are with the railroads if they
can be shown that excessive wages
are making the present prohibitive
rates necessary.
—My, how we would have liked to
have been in Philadelphia, Tuesday,
to ask our state chairman, Hon. Bruce
Sterling, a few questions. He found
occasion, while talking to the assem-
bled women Democrats of the State,
to call upon the men to let by-gones
be by-gones and pull together for the
redemption of Pennsylvania from ma- |
chine control. Truly did he say that
a great opportunity awaits a militant
Democracy in the Commonwealth and
just as true was his statement that
thousands of Republicans would sup-
port the right kind of Democrats next
year. Aye, there’s the rub. The right
kind of Democrats! If Mr. Sterling
were to tell us that the candidates of
our party will be picked next year by
the Democrats of the State and not
by the hand-picked committee over
which he presides, then we would
have hope. Hope that our nominees
will be men to whose banners all
Democrats can rally and in whom Re-
publicans, who earnestly seek the re-
demption of Pennsylvania, may see
their ideals fulfilled.
“VOL. 66.
BELLEFONTE
STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION.
> PA. O
CTOBER
21, 1921.
NO. 41
Interesting Political History.
The autobiography of the late Wil-
liam F. McCombs, chairman of the
Democratic National committee in
the campaign of 1921, recently pub-
lished serially in a New York news-
paper, reveals the fault of spiteful-
ness here and there, but is highly in-
teresting nevertheless. It exposes the
ambitions as well as the hypocrisies
of some of the prominent figures in
the Baltimore convention which nom-
inated Woodrow Wilson and the weak-
nesses of the candidate, though gen-
erously praising his merits. A refer-
ence in Part V, paragraph 1, to the
activities of A. Mitchell Palmer is
particularly appealing to Pennsylva-
nia Democrats who have watched the
development of that gentleman’s am-
bitions in recent years.
It will be remembered that local
friends of Mr. Palmer during that
campaign and since frequently refer-
red to his fidelity to Wilson as shown
in his refusal to accept the nomina-
tion tendered to him during a crisis
in the proceedings which threatened
a deadlock. Mr. McCombs had chos-
en Palmer as “parliamentary expert”
of the convention, not because of his
ability in that line, but in order to
“hold him to the faith.” But during
the work of the convention he found
him in conference with Burleson, of
Texas; Murphy, of New York, and
Sullivan, of Illinois, not urging sup-
port of Wilson but scheming to get
himself nominated. What happened
cen best be expressed in the language
of Mr. McCombs. He says: “I went
to Palmer Sunday night and told him
the details of the conference and that
if he did another thing I had fifty
good, husky Irishmen to throw him
out of Baltimore.”
To those who know Mr. Palmer it
was not necessary to add “there was
no more display.” With Mr. Bryan,
who was also scheming to “break
through the middle,” Mr. McCombs
was less candid but no less resentful.
The common scold of Nebraska being
more dangerous had to be handled
more gingerly. But when Mr. Bryan
directly asked him to betray Wilson
and turn in for Bryan, Mr. McCombs
answered: “Mr. Wilson entrusted me
with the management of his campaign
in Baltimore. I told him before Ileft
Sea Girt that I would rise or fall with
his fortunes. We have not fallen.”
Mr. Bryan flew into a rage, according
to the narrative. But the strange
| thing about it all is that all these
fore the fall of 1922 and that the cru-
traitors were taken into favor.
eee lle ee
Probably became
Congress
of the Ku Klux Klan were exhibited in
the committee room.
Republican Leaders Responsible.
Within the shadow of an industrial
calamity the fact that the people are
to blame forces itself upon the
thoughtful mind. If the people of this
country had set themselves to an in-
telligent effort at readjustment im-
ties in France and Flanders we would
not now be threatened with a condi-
tion which may cause infinite suffer-
ing all over the world. When the
armistice was signed every condition
was favorable to an easy return to a
peace basis. But the Republican pol-
iticians made up their partisan minds
to rob President Wilson of the glory
him and in their drive to carry the
elections of 1918 laid the foundation
of present troubles.
Every right minded man and wom-
an in the country cordially approved
of a peace just to all concerned. Ger-
many had inflicted grave harm upon
the world by creating the war and
proper penalties should have been
imposed upon her. Others of the
belligerents had suffered vast losses
and were entitled to just reparations.
But above all civilization was enti-
tled to a substantial guarantee that
there would be no recurrence of such
a war and to that end the League of
Nations was an essential. All rec-
ognized that fact and favored it. But
in order to rob President Wilson of
ers bought the congressional election
of 1918 and sowed the whirlwind of
disaster which is now threatening the
industrial life of the country.
Three years ago machinery might
‘have been easily set in motion by
!' which wages and prices could have
| been brought down to a peace level
without even a ripple on the surface
| of the industrial sea. But that was
| prevented by Republican leaders for
| partisan reasons and the menace
| which now appalls the country is the
i result. The strike may be averted
| and the suffering which would be in-
| evitable as well as unbearable avoid-
ed. But a temporary armistice in the
battle of elements that is impending
| {
| affords no guarantee of future secu- |
| rity from the horrors and the waste
of war, and such a guarantee is what
| is needed. The Republican leaders
are responsible for the present alarm-
i: a
ing condition.
frightened when the ghostly uniforms
mediately after the close of hostili-
that would necessarily have come to |
his just reward the Republican lead- |
Death of Senator Knox.
The sudden death of Senator Phil-
ander Chase Knox, at his residence in
Washington, caused not only a dis-
tinct shock but is a loss to the people
of the State. It is not that he was a
great statesman, for though he had
given considerable time to public af-
fairs he never achieved great results.
In the office of Attorney General he
was efficient and successful until the
prosecution of the coal trust was
about ready for trial when under the
advice of President Roosevelt he quit
the office to become a Senator in Con-
gress. As a Senator he accomplish-
ed little and as Secretary of State
discovered and applied what became
known as “Dollar Diplomacy.” On
his return to the Senate he fought
Wilson.
But Senator Knox was a great law-
yer and in his public and private life
was clean and creditable. His most
conspicuous speech in the Senate was
against the ratification of the Ver-
sailles treaty and his strongest ob-
jection to that instrument was be-
cause he appraised it as too severe on
Germany. He was the originator of
the idea of making a separate peace
with Germany and the author of the
resolution which after amendment in
the House of - Representatives was,
adopted and has since become the ba- |
sis of that convention. But that serv-
ice contributed nothing to his reputa- :
tion as an international lawyer. He
assumed that a resolution by Con-
gress was sufficient to legally end the
war status. It is universally admit-
ted now that he was wrong.
But the loss to the State is in the
fact that his successor is likely to be
of a different type. Knox was no pol-
itician and even though he fell short
of the stature of statesmanship he
was above the standard of the aver-
age Pennsylvania politician. While
he sat in the Senate a Pennsylvanian
might justly feel that we had some-
thing more than an intrigueing par-
tisan spoilsman in the body. But we
are not certain of that distinction in
the future. The new Senator is more
likely to represent the underworld of
politics than the aspirations of the
civic leaders of the State, and for that
reason the death of Senator Knox is a
direct loss to Pennsylvania.
— Everybody will be glad that
General Pershing will be in London
when the American tribute to the
British “unknown soldier” is deliver-
ed. If Ambassador Harvey had offi-
| ciated on that occasion every Amer-
"ican soldier would have been insulted.
The Worst Seems to Have Come.
The suspicion expressed last week
"that Governor Sproul has “got under”
- Senator Penrose in Washington ap-
pears to be fully confirmed by events
which have developed since. Senator
McConnell has not been actually re-
moved from his office as prohibition
enforcement officer, but he has been
compelled to accept a deputy with
power to perform all the duties of the
office, including the selection of sub-
ordinates. Of course the office can
hold no attractions for the Senator
with such restrictions in force. As
has been said in these columns the of-
fice could have had little attraction
for him in the beginning. He has
never revealed even a suspicion of
sympathy for prohibition.
It is probably true that the affairs
"of the office were administered in a
‘slovenly way by Senator McConnell.
He has never been a “snooper,” and
' we can imagine nothing more repul-
' sive to a man of his type than acting
! the part of a professional sleuth
| hunting criminals. But the political
| erful in political manipulation than
| booze, and McConnell probably imag-
| ined that as enforcing prohibition of-
| inant figure in the party affairs of the
' State. This expectation would come
ito him with additional force in view
| of the fact that he has a friend who
‘aspires to be Governor.
But all such rosy expectations must
| vanish before the light that comes
‘from Washington
“clipping of his wings,” so to speak,
| by the transfer of all his authority to
| a deputy whose partialities in politics |
| may have taken a directly opposite
' slant.
! tor in full charge of the operations in
| enforcing prohibition it might be easy
!to establish a local force of Witmer
, boomers in every county in the Com-
! monwealth. But if the deputy enter-
tains views antagonistic to Witmer
| and friendly to some other candidate,
and has power to make appointments
! or remove appointees, what pleasure
could McConnell have in occupying an
| office wihout teeth or even good gums.
——A justice of the Supreme court
of
chine a hard jolt, and such a thing is
possible.
| ficer he might hope to become a dom- .
concerning the
For example, with the Sena-'
the type of the late Judge Mestre- |
zat would give the Republican ma-
nts
Grave Charge Openly Made.
In accepting the Democratic nomi-
nation for Justice of the Supreme
court Judge Eugene C. Bonniwell
made some startling statements in
view of his assertion that “he has
documentary proof to back up all his
charges.” He accuses the Republican
machine of increasing the salary of
justices of the Supreme court, “in vi-
olation of the constitution; of oust-
ing the legally elected Speaker of the
House of Representatives “by the
armed power of the constabulary;” of
having passed by an illegal body
“various Acts of Assembly, all to the
end that the burdens of taxation
might be magnified, the offices multi-
plied and the people denied a just and
economical government.”
“They have imposed a tax on coal,”
Judge’ Bonniwell continued, ‘a need-
less burden upon every citizen, in the
face of a decision of the Supreme
court that this tax is unconstitution-
al; they have saddled upon the Com-
mionw Sith of Pennsylvania expendi-
tures in the staggering sum of $116,-
000,000 in the face of almost univei-
sal distress; the funds of the State
have been so maladministered that
millions of indebtedness presently due
cannot be paid for lack of current
funds. The firemen of the State of
Pennsylvania,” he added, “entitled by
' the records of the Auditor General’s
office to a sum approximating $1,500,-
000, for the relief of their sick and
disabled, seek in vain the payment of
this huge sum, a portion of which
dates back to 1919.”
| The Republican machine is anxious
' to have its unlawful acts ratified by
the courts and the surest way to
| achieve that result is by filling the
Supreme bench with judges in sym-
pathy with its purposes. If the pro-
ceedings of the Legislature subse-
quent to the forcible eviction of the
Speaker of the House from the chair
are adjudged illegal, most of the tax
bills would be null and void and such
favorite and expensive measures as
the Public Welfare Department would
be illegal. The Attorney General,
who framed most of this vicious leg-
islation,#is the candidate of the ma-
chiné for a seat on this bench and his
election will make certain the ratifi-
‘ cation desired. Are the people ready
for such a thing?
——— Five members of the state con-
stabulary were decorated with a med-
. al by Governor Sproul at the annual
field day events in Harrisburg last
. week, for bravery in the performance
of duty. Included in the number was
Corporal Cohee, of Troop A, Greens-
burg, who received three separate
wounds while attempting to arrest a
man whom he believed to be a fugi-
tive from justice at Connelsville, Pa.
Corporal Cohee was at one time locat-
"ed in Bellefonte and his friends here
"are glad to know that his act of hero--
“ism was properly recognized. Apro-
| pos of the field day events it might be
{Stated that the Greensburg troop
scored twenty-four points out of “a
possible twenty-five, which is evidence
of its high standing. When the troop
‘returned to Greensburg Saturday
night the citizens of that place met
| them at the depot with a band and
gave them a rousing reception.
| ane ee een.
The partial eclipse of the moon
was plainly visible to residents of
| Bellefonte and Centre county who
took the trouble to look at it on Sun-
day evening. While it was only a
partial eclipse the moon was almost
, entirely in the shadow when it came
i up over the mountains shortly before
six o’clock in the evening and it was
after eight o’clock when the last ves-
gcr y . tige of the shadow disappeared.
! potentialities of the office might eas- |
'ily attract his favor. He loves poli- |
‘ tics and ‘there is no agent more pow- |
— Governor Sproul confidently ex-
pects the Supreme court to reverse
itself on the question of the validity
of the coal tax because he appointed
| three members of the court, and as
' Tim Campbell said, “what is the con-
stitution among friends,” anyway.
— Secretary of the Treasury Mel-
lon is willing to yield a little. He will
consent to have a commission to deal
"with the foreign loan question if he
is authorized to appoint the commis-
sioners.
elle.
——Harding is a fine compromiser,
but thus far he has not been able to
come to a satisfactory agreement
with the “agrarian bloc” in the Sen-
ate.
mee eee
: ——A good many citizens of Penn-
| sylvania who knew the old and know
the new Senator will have doubts as
to the fit of the toga.
R———
— Happily prohibition enforcer,
Senator McConnell, will be allowed
the privilege of drawing his own sal-
ary.
———The urgent need of a man who
would obey orders may justify the ap-
' pointment of Senator Crow.
|
For a State University.
From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
In his address of installation as
president of Pennsylvania State Col-
lege last Friday, Dr. John M. Thom-
as outlined a plan whose working out
would be to make a great State uni-
versity with accommodations for 10,-
000 students out of the institution.
the plan were adopted, all State aid
that is now given to higher education-
al institutions would go to the State
university, and the others now receiv-
ing such aid, like the University of
Pennsylvania, would be deprived of it
and be forced to rely on funds and en-
dowments derived wholly from pri- |
vate individuals. The new State uni-
versity would be constituted as the
capstone of the public educational
system of Pennsylvania, which would
then provide for the education of a
child from the lowest primary grade
through all the steps leading to grad-
uation with a university degree. %
At the installation exercises Gov-
ernor Sproul _indorsed the plan for a
State university. Dr. Thomas E. Fin-
egan, State Superintendent of Public
Instruction, has indorsed it. Public sen-
timent throughout the State will also
indorse it, it is to be expected, as
soon as the plan is understood among
our people generally.
As an aid to understanding, the
words of Dr. Thomas on the subject
may be studied. He said:
Instead of asking whether Pennsylvania
can afford a State university we should
ask rather, “Can the great Commenwealth
of Pennsylvania afford not to have one?”
Can we afford to say to the youth of this
State, if vou had been born in Ohio or
Wisconsin you might have attended 2a
magnificent university provided by the
State. If you were a citizen of Utah or
Arizona, your own State university doors
would swing open to you. But you had
the misfortune to be born in Pennsylva-
nia, and Pennsylvania was too r to
follow the example of twenty-three other
States and develop its land-grant college
into a real State university. I cannot be-
lieve that it is the will of the people of
this great Commonwealth that such
answer should be returned to its ambi-
tious youth.
That is the broad way of looking at
the question, unobscured by academic
policy or problems of administration.
The broad view-point will convince
the public that the principle underly-
ing the innovation is correct. Adjust-
ments of academic policy and prob-
lems of administration, which are,
after all, the detail, can be made later.
One of these adjustments will eoncern
the policy which the State issto adop*-
toward the other institutions of high-
*| Perry M. Lytle,
er education which have been receiv-
ing State grants and have come to re-
ly on them in their scheme of financ-
ing. Principal of these institutions,
if not the only ones, are the Universi-
ty of Pennsylvania and the Universi-
ty of Pittsburgh.
The University of Pennsylvania al-
ready has discounted the effect of
ceasing to receive appropriations
from the General Assembly. After
much discussion, the alumni and the
University authorities have agreed on
the policy of divorcing the institution
from even partial dependence on pub-
lic money. An endowment campaign
is under way. The appointment of
ak *
SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE
— Resolutions expressing disapproval of
the holding of funerals on Sunday, except
in rare and special cases, were adopted by
the Altoona Ministerial Association on
Sunday. »
—Arrested for begging on the streets of
Philadelphia on Sunday, Sarah Lipschutz,
70 vears old, no address, was found to
have $129.98 in cash, a diamond bracelet,
diamond Ilavalliere and bank-book show-
ing deposits of $3,048 in her possession.
—Robbers broke into the residence of
of Huntingdon, former
member of the Legislature and former
collector of the port of Philadelphia, last
week during the absence of the family and
stole watches, rings and banknotes val-
ued at $850 and $150 in gold. i
— Ten additional cases of diphtheria
were reported to the Lock Haven board of
health during the past week, but thus far
but one death has occurred. These cases,
as well as some of the fourteen cases pre-
viously reported, are of a mild type, and
the patients are already on the road to
recovery.
—Thomas M. Shively, aged 65 years, as-
sociate judge of the Union county courts,
died at his home near Mifilinburg on Fri-
day, from a skull fracture when he fell
from a silo on October 4th. He never re-
gained consciousness. He leaves an unex-
pired term of two years to be filled by ap-
pointment by the Governor.
—Overcome by natural gas fumes last
Friday while taking a bath, Theodore
Kavasheff, 24 years old, of Farrell, Mercer
county, toppled out of the tub to the floor.
The water ran over the top of the tub and
flooded the room. Kavasheff, who had
dropped face downward, was drowned, ac-
cording to the verdict of coromer George
Morgan.
—_0il has been struck in Bedford county,
contrary to reports by geologists that
there is no oil east of the Alleghenies in
that region. Juniata township farmers or-
ganized a company drilling on Hillegas
farm, Schelburg. Oil showed at 1100 feet,
and the well is filled within twelve feet of
the top. Tests by Pittsburgh specialists
show 140, specific gravity. ;
—Finding a big elk feeding on his win-
ter wheat, Norman G. Wilt, a farmer near
Duncansville, shot and killed the animal.
Game protector Frank Myers took the car-
cass to Altoona, had it dressed and divid-
ed the meat between Altoona and Mercy
hospitals. The head and hide were sent
to the Game Commissioner at Harrisburg.
The buck dressed 450 pounds and its ant-
lers had six points.
—Diamond rings worth $5000, tied in a
linen handkerchief, were kicked about the
streets and trampled by residents of Tar-
entum two days before Joseph DeNaze, of
Tarentum, picked up the bundle in Centre
street, The diamonds were lost by Mrs.
Joseph Klein, of Tarentum, last Monday
morning, when she was shopping. The
jewelry was turned over to the owner by
DeNaze: Mrs. Klein had offered $300 re-
‘ward.
—Commissioner of Forestry Gifford Pin-
chot has been informed by E. A. Sherman,
acting forester of the United States, that
the government is about ready to begin
acquisition of lands in Pennsylvania for
the natiomal forest reserve. This reserve
will be leeated at the headwaters of the
SAlegheny and the state forestry. and wa-
«fer supply commissions have given assent
to the proposed purchases. The federal
authorities will give preference to pur-
chases im this State for a time. 1
— The new steel bridge erected by the
State across the Susquehanna river . at
Lock. Haven was formally opened for ve-
hicular trafic at 3 o'clock last Thursday
afternoon. Five minutes before the time
set for the opening the bell in the court
house tower pealed forth the glad tidings
that the old West Branch was again span-
ned by a modern steel bridge and that
vehicles could cross by that means, for
the first time since the destruction of the
old wooden structure by an incendiary
fire in January, 1919.
__Norman E. Hause was instantly killed
Os neral Wood as administrative head and H. L. McClintick was seriously injur
of the University is the sign and seal | ed when their automobile crashed into the
of the new policy. It is believed gen-
erally his first task on taking up his
new duties will be to reconstitute the
finances of the institution so that aid
from the Legislature will be unnec-
essary. This will take time, of course;
and nothing is more likely than that
a “tapering down” of appropriations
by the General Assembly over a per-
iod of years mutually will be agreed
upon between the University authori-
ties and the appropriating agencies of
the Legislature. A similar policy
, probably will be agreed upon with re-
"on the one hand
spect to the University of Pittsburgh.
In the meantime, the process. of
building up State College into a mod-
ern State university comparing fa-
vorably with the many models that
are available in other States will be
begun. When all these steps are com-
pleted, we shall have what we ought
to have—a great State university pro-
viding free tuition for ambitious sons
and daughters of Pennsylvania and
wholly under the control of the State
and, on the other,
‘ great universities supplying the needs
| peoples
that can be best supplied by private
institutions and wholly free from any
control by the State. The two types
of institutions live side by side in
many other States, and there is no
reason why they cannot cultivate
their essentially separate fields just
as successfully here in Pennsylvania.
e—————————— er ———————
An Event of Events.
From the Boston Globe. .
One month hence comes an event the
importance of which, to every one of
us, is nothing short of terrific. These
words are no exaggeration. For the
governments of the so-called civilized
nations are going to assemble in
Washington to determine whether
they can get along without more
fighting. If they cannot, the devel-
opment of war engines, and especially
of chemical bombs, is such that anoth-
er war would probably do to our
present-day society what the barbar-
jans did to the Roman Empire. Such
is the situation quite simply stated,
and, be it added, not overstated.
United States and Australia.
Irom the San Francisco Chronicle.
There is a general agreement that
the next great commercial and indus-
trial development will be among the
bordering on the Pacific
Ocean. * * We have much in
common with Australia, and it is well
for us and for the Australians also
that our relations are so cordial.
| side of a Pennsylvania passenger train on
a public crossing a few miles east of Mont-
gomery early Friday morning. Both men
were on their way from their homes in
Dewart to Montgomery, where they were
employed in the construction of a bridge.
The automobile slid over the roadway six-
ty feet, crashing head on into the train
when the brakes of the machine failed to
work. The injured man was placed on the
train and taken to the hospital.
__The first automobile license tags, for
1922, manufactured at the Pennsylvania
Industrial Reformatory at Huntingdon,
have just been turned over to the State
Highway Department by John R. Wald,
president of prison labor bureau of the
state welfare department. The tags have
a background of cream white, with dark
brown numerals. The first shipment of
the tags to Harrisburg numbered 600,000.
One hundred boys at the reformatory are
engaged in manufacturing the tags. They
will manufacture the entire number re-
quired, 1,700,000, all of which will be com-
pleted for the Highway Department by
March 1, 1922. ‘
Mrs. Mary Collins, of Shenandoah, will
probably be one of the first women high
constables in the State. The petition for
her appointment has been presented to
Judge Bechtel by Luther Edwards, solic-
itor for Shenandoah borough council. As
there is no opposition, court indicated the
appointment will be made. Mrs. Collins
will succeed her husband, who was elect-
ed to the office and died recently. The
high constable of a borough is seldom
called upon to make arrests, except at
election polls, and Mrs. Collins’ friends be-
lieve she would be equal to the emergency
if necessary. The office is antiquated, the
chief duty being the posting of election
proclamations, and it is believed only a
question of a little time until the Legis-
lature abolishes it.
—S8heriff Anthony Gorman and his chief
deputy, F. S. Gilliland, of Clearfield coun-
ty, motored to an out-of-the-way home
near Philipsburg one afternoon last week
for the purpose of serving a landlord's
warrant to dispossess one Charles Miteh-
ell, who is alleged to have failed to pay
his rent. Upon approaching the house
they found it apparently abandoned, but,
forcing their way in, found a twenty-five
gallon still busily pouring out a fair grade
of whiskey. The officers sat down and
waited for several hours, watching the
still pursue its unlawful production, when
the owner finally drifted in. A lot of fin-
ished product had been dumped upon the
ground, and instead of ejectment proceed-
ings Mitchell was arrested on a charge of
violating the Woner law and is now lan-
guighing in the county jail.