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INK SLINGS. x —Among 43 aliens naturalized in the
—The wild geese are flying north,
the ball players are starting south and
spring is not far off.
—The Turks got cold feet at Lau-
sanne just at the moment that their
bluff might have gone through.
—When the Governor’s new prohi-
bition bill becomes a law your home
might still be your castle, but not
your castle still.
—Harold Lloyd, the horn-rimmed
film comedian is going to be married;
at least his engagement is announced.
Harold must be slipping.
—The Hon. Jack Dempsey and the
Hon. Jess Willard, having discovered
that this is a poor season for fistic
suckers, have decided to call their pro-
posed revival of the Youngstown
farce off.
—The tomb of old King Tutenk-
hamum has revealed so much wealth
that almost we are persuaded to think
that he must have been in the oil bus-
iness or boot-legging some three
thousand and more years ago.
—The Reds of Russia have been
seeing things ever since they conspir-
ed to take over the job of the Czar.
Evidently, however, they haven’t seen
enough, for they have decreed that
twenty per cent. more alcohol shall be
put in the vodka.
—Governor Pinchot’s demand that
the School of Forestry now at The
Pennsylvania State College shall be re-
moved to Mont Alto doesn’t square
with his demand of 1906, when, as
chief Forester of the United States,
he demanded that the school be es-
tablished at State.
—The value of German money is il-
lustrated by a recent offer of
the French government to indem-
nify the parents of a little Ger-
man girl who was accidentally
shot by a soldier of the French
army of occupation. They were offer-
ed one hundred thousand marks. Mon-
ev in six figures sounds big, but as the
real equivalent at the present rate of
exchange is only two dollars and ten
cents the indemnity looks ridiculous.
—President Harding has announced
that though he would much prefer re-
tirement he will be an aspirant for re-
nomination by his party because he
will not quit under fire. To us this
statement is the strongest thing his
administration has thus far revealed.
It shows the President as a positive
character in something, at least. It
iz also notice to Congress that if it
continues its do-nothing policy and
then tries to “pass the buck” to him
in 1924 he is going to pass it right
back.
—=Strange how the judicial ermine
freezes up the gallantry and temporiz-
ing spirit of men. Here’s Judge Wil-
liam H. Keller, of the Superior court,
talking to the women of Lancaster in
this manner: “Women on the jury
will not bring the millennium in justice
any more than it has brought the mil-
lennium in politics * * * * A re-
cent trial in Philadelphia showed them
to be just as easily swayed by cheap
sentimentality and mush as were the
men.” Who of those who recall the
vouth of the early eighties in Belle-
fonte imagined that this Chesterfield
of the frivolers—we didn’t have tea-
hounds and lounge lizards in those
days—would ever acquire the temeri-
tv to talk rough to the ladies?
—Talk about getting old. We
heard more news in a half hour’s chat
with a youngster Sunday morning
than has flooded our ear in the past
twenty-four months. Gleaning it
carefully the outstanding incident of
interest was a statement that a reg-
ular boot-legger’s car makes a stand,
once a week, at a certain corner in
town where all who have the price
can be served. With the fifteenth of
April looming and with nothing in
sight but a keg of home-made pars-
nip—that was supposed to be akin to
sherry but turned out mother of vin-
egar—we delved for the corner on
which this car is to park tomorrow
night. Nothing doing. That was the
news the boy wouldn’t help break and
that is the reason the boot-leggers
get away with it.
—The Rev. J. T. Brabner, of the
committee on conservation and ad-
vance of the Methodist church, said in
an address, in ' Chicago, on Sunday,
that every church should set aside and
pay money for its advertising. He
added that “every church member
should help the newspapers for “they
speak to thousands and millions where
the preacher speaks to hundreds only,”
# * * criticism of newspapers and
their editorial policies is harmful. The
pulpit and press should pull together
and not apart.” Here’s one of the
very few ministers who seem to have
the right outlook. He recognizes the
power of the press and appraises it
as a power for good. Too many of
them fail to see that it wiélds that
power only because it strives to be a
true mirror of the life of the commu-
nity which it serves; frank, honest
and fearless without regard for creed,
race or color. The “Watchman” has
been criticised more by ministers than
any other class of its readers and yet
it has been giving good, uplifting,
wholesome thoughts to thousands
every week for sixty-five years. And
its congregation is growing whereas
many of the ministers find theirs
dwindling. We think we speak for
the reputable press of the land when
we say these things and we think the
clergy, generally, would do well to
heed the advice of Rev. Brabner.
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VOL. 68.
BELLEFONTE, PA.
Cheering News for Democrats.
Information comes from Washing-
ton, welcome to Democrats at least,
that President Harding will be a can-
didate for another term. “He is un-
willing to quit under fire,” is the rea-
son given by correspondents and “he
can’t be forced out” is the concensus
s
Apparently Unjust Criticism. :
| “A cat may look at a Queen” and
| irresponsible politicians who have no
hope of official favor may criticise a
Governor. It is not surprising, there-
fore, to find that some of the “small-
fry” Republican partisans are casting
reflections upon the economy program
! Pinchot Prohibition Started.
The much discussed Pinchot prohi-
| bition bill has been started on its
| course through the General Assembly
{ at Harrisburg. On Monday evening it
| was read in place simultaneously in
both branches and faded all other pub-
Ilic questions off the legislative map.
of opinion among the shrewd observ- ' of Governor Pinchot. The Governor, 'It will probably become a law sub-
ers in the press gallery.
of the elections last fall is justly in-
terpreted as an expression of popular :
opposition to Harding and he refuses
to accept the responsibility. In fact
he has already “cast his hat into the
ring” and gone into training for the
battle. He is arranging an itinerary
for “a swing around the circle” next
summer and it will be a comprehen-
sive one.
President Harding is a rather skill- !
ful word juggler and confidently be-
lieves that he can persuade the peo-
ple that his administration has been a
brilliant success rather than the dis-
mal failure that it appears to the vast |
majority of the thinking people.
Even if he should fail in his expecta-
tions of his proposed trip his friends
reason that the office holders could
easily control the nominating conven- !
tion and make him the standard-bear- '
er in 1924. This was done for Pres-
ident Taft in 1912, notwithstanding
the vigorous opposition of Colonel
Roosevelt. It brought disaster in its
wake in that instance and the Harding
bcosters are not unmindful of that.
But there is no Roosevelt to revolt
now.
Of course the nomination of Weor-
ren Gamaliel Harding as the Republi-
can candidate next year will be the
extreme measure of partisan folly.
His measure as a statesman has been
taken and is bulletined in the brain of
every voter not blinded by political
bigotry. The office holders will be for
him with all the enthusiasm of self-
ishness and the bitter-enders will sup-
port him with the earnestness of mis-
guided prejudice. But the carefully
considered judgment of thoughtful
voters was clearly expressed in the
Congressional elections last fall, when
the Democrats gained a dozen Sena-
tors and seventy seats in the House of |
Representatives in Washington. Hard-
ing’s purpose “is cheering “to Demo-
crats.
——The groundhog may have
caught a glimmering shadow of him-
self last Friday but it wasn’t anything
very substantial. However, Sunday
gave us real winter weather, with the
thermometer down to within ten de-
grees of zero, and yroundhog or no
groundhog it is quile likely that the
weather influence will be directed by
higher power than a little varmint
from a hole in the ground.
Pinchot is the Real Boss.
Governor Pinchot may not be famil-
iar with the provisions of the consti-
tution of Pennsylvania but he appears
to thoroughly understand the psychol-
ogy of Republican politicians of the
State. When, after his election and
before his induction into the office, he
began functioning as Governor nine
out of ten of the experienced observ-
ers felt that he was riding to a speedy
and hard fall. But as a matter of fact
he has forced all the machine leaders to
accept his plans and present indica-
tions point to a personal triumph un-
precedented in the history of the Com-
monwealth. There actually appears to
be no man with courage or temerity
enough to raise a voice against any
proposition he presents.
We refer to this fact not in a spirit !
of derogation but as an expression of
appreciation. The Republican ma-
chine in Pennsylvania was rotten to
the core. It had been looting the pub-
lic for years by devious methods in ad-
ministration. Within the period of a
score of years the taxes had been
doubled and notwithstanding the enor-
mously increased revenue a vast
mountain of debt had been created to
menace the industrial life of the fu-
ture. Governor Pinchot has set out
to correct the methods and cure the
evils of this misrule.
legal processes in accomplishing his
purpose. After the fashion of Roose-
velt he acts and lets the people talk
afterward,
That he has completely squelched
the arrogant and infamous Republican
machine is beyond question. The
Vares, the Leslies and the Eyres are
as docile under the lash as whipped
dogs. Tt is possible that he will make
concessions on the question of the ap-
propriation for the Delaware river
bridge, but that will be in obedience
to the suggestion of Auditor General
Lewis rather than in deference to the
wishes of the old machine leaders. On
main questions he will compel acquies-
cence and, at least until after the pub-
lic patronage of his office has been
dispensed, he will be the actual as
well as the titular boss. What may
happen after that is left to conjecture.
Ambition to boss has wrecked many a
life.
8usee
He has not held |
himself within constitutional lines or |
to “clean up the mess at Harrisburg”
and curiously enough, owing to some
form of mental strabismus, he imag-
ines that profligacy was the only fault ;
to be corrected. So he framed up a
system of disbursements which will
greatly diminish the cost of adminis-
tration and personally appealed to the
General Assembly to enact it into law.
. The Legislature will probably comply.
Naturally one would imagine that
every right thinking man and woman
in the Commonwealth would give cor-
‘dial support to this amiable purpose
to save them money. Probably the
critics are not tax payers and have no
interest in cutting down expenses, but
' even some of those who have more or
less to do with providing funds for the
State point out the strange fact that
the Governor does not propose to de-
crease the allowance to his own de-
partment or the departments under
the immediate direction and control
of his closest friends.
i under the budget $430,000 will be ap-
' propriated to the Attorney General
this year against $249,000 for the last
biennial term and $281,000 to the
i Secretary of the Commonwealth as
‘ against $172,760 for the last term.
All the other departments of the
State government are shaved down to
‘a minimum and in the absence of an
‘ explanation this is perplexing to say
the least. We all know that Pinchot
is a reformer and though he took
$3000 a year more than he was enti-
tled to as Commissioner of Forestry
in the Sproul administration he pro-
poses to take $8000 less than the law
allows as Governor. This shows the
real spirit of reform but unhappily he
provides increases in the executive
contingent fund and other side-line
allowances which amount to consides-
ably more than the saving in salary.
, These are curious
. should withhold complaints for a time
' at least. :
—Evidently the Governor has been
hearing from the plain people of
Pennsylvania about his attitude to-
: ward their own institution of higher
‘education. Developments during the
week indicate that he has discovered
that he is “in wrong” in that matter,
at least.
Penaity of Our Default.
{ Late news from the Near East
‘holds out the hope of a peaceful set-
‘tlement of the vexed question in that
section of the world. On Monday
Lord Curzon, British representative
in the Lausanne conference, left for
home in dispair. Ismet Pasha had
: positively refused to sign the treaty
' offered and there was nothing left to
! expectation. But when Ismet realized
: that his bluff was called, he came
‘down to earth. Like the late Davy
'Crocket’s coon, he wisely adopted
| “safety first” as his policy. Accord-
"ingly he called upon M. Bompard, of
the French delegation, and signified
his willingness to accept the terms
proposed by the allies.
With the departure of Lord Curzon
from Lausanne war clouds gathered
rapidly and menancingly. The Greeks
i are willing and even anxious to fight
and a renewal of the war would al-
most inevitably force Great Britain
and France into the conflict. How
! jecture. It has already revealed the
futility of the Washington conference,
said to be the greatest achievement of
the Harding administration, for in-
stead of guaranteeing enduring peace
lin the Near East, it seems to have
' created differences and promoted war
spirit. It was a masterpiece of fu-
tility. ;
When the armistice was declared in
1918 the world was ripe for an assur-
ed and everlasting peace. The pride
i of German militarism was completely
| humiliated and the cunning of Turk-
ish perfidy exhausted. If the United
States Senate had promptly ratified
the covenant of the League of Nations
and taken her rightful place at the
head of that benevolent undertaking
there probably never would have been
another war. Germany promptly
signed the peace treaty and Turkey
was ready to sign anything that would
give promise of life to her leaders.
But the United States betrayed her
obligations and the whole world is
paying the penalty.
——Ismet Pasha pretended to think
that the Turks will not get full jus-
tice in the proposed settlement of the
disputed questions. But his real fear
is that they will.
For example,
facts Dut no doubt
i
much further it would spread devasta- |
‘ tion and suffering is a matter of con- |
The result as we all know, has made up his mind ! stantially in its original form, for the
: Governor’s heart is in it. But there
{ will be more or less opposition and the
| resistance will be stubborn and per-
sistent. In fact no other suggestion
of the Governor has been so openly
attacked. There was mild protest
i against the budget scheme. A few
Legislators interested in local chari-
| ties protested mildly against it. But
| the opposition to this measure is earn-
! est.
| The measure is somewhat drastic
. in some respects. For instance, it au-
' thorizes search and seizure of a pri-
| vate dwelling whenever any person
! declares under oath before a magis-
! trate “that there is probable cause to
| believe that intoxicating liquor is un-
lawfully manufactured, sold, offered
for sale or possessed in any room,
house, boat, vehicle, structure, recep-
tacle, premises or any other place or
thing whatsoever.” This is a vast
and dangerous power to invest in a
mischief maker influenced by good or
bad impulses. The nuisance provis-
ions of the bill are equally drastic and
mischievous. Under them malice
might easily convert a community in-
to a neighborhood of nuisances and
get away with it.
But after all experience has proved
that drastic remedies are required to
gress and the constitutional inhibition
of intoxication. In providing drastic
legislation on the subject Governor
Pinchot is deceiving no man or woman
who voted for him. He frankly de-
clared in advance of his election that
his prohibition policy would be the ex-
tinction not only ‘of the traffic but of
the indulgence in intoxicants. Those
Senators and Representatives in the
Législature of his own party who are
protesting now have no ground to
stand on. If they imagined that Pin-
chot was fooling somebody else it is
ng like
themselves
DOEtIC Jus
——According to a press dispatch
457 millionaires and near millionaires
chartered the palatial ship Maureta-
nia for $1,250,000 and sailed from
New York yesterday for a six week’s
Mediterranean cruise. It is quite evi-
dent that there aren’t any country
newspaper men in the crowd as the
cheapest accommodation on the big
liner is one thousand dollars, while for
the two regal suites Elbert H. Gary
and a party of friends put up $40,500.
Judging from above prices if we were
inclined to ocean travel we would of
necessity be compelled to go in an old
| tub.
| —By way of conjuring up some-
| thing to write about the borough coun-
, cil must be hitting on all cylinders
; these times. We haven’t heard of a
scrap around in the town hall for so
long that really we are puzzled when
i trying to recall who are the solons
| who seem to be feeding on olive
| branches.
——No matter what happens in Eu-
rope or Asia this great country is safe.
“Jimmie” Sheehan, of Philadelphia,
has been securely anchored in a new
office.
——Unless the administration at
Washington has lost all humanitarian-
ism it will do something to restore
Ambassador Harvey's voice.
——Turkey has finally accepted the
| terms of the allies in the Near East
! controversy. The bluff was no bet-
ter than the strut.
e———————{eeeesmeeaset—
——A Philadelphia broker lived to
be 101 years of age but most of his
life was passed before moonshine be-
| came a necessity.
————— i Rp min,
——Now that the influenza germ
{has been identified let us hope that
i somebody will discover a method of
| strangling it.
——Possibly the new “baby” in the
Pennsylvania Republican family is the
cause of the affliction in chairman
Baker’s nose.
——Mr. J. P. Morgan says “Europe
must help herself,” which is precisely
what France is trying to do in the
Ruhr valley.
——Germany hadn’t near as much
respect for the scanctity of territory
in 1914 as she pretends to have now.
——The annual testimonial dance to
the football team of the Bellefonte
Academy on Friday night, February
23rd. Dave Harmon’s orchestra will
‘furnish the musie.
FEBRUARY 9. 1923.
enforce the prohibition law of Con-
oh
NO. 6.
The Fragile Entente.
{ From the Philadelphia Record.
If we may judge from the expression;
in several English papers of differing
| polities there is very general British
! opposition to the French occupation: of
' the Ruhr and considerable resentment
{ at the French attitude toward Tur-
key, and a common belief that the en-
{ tente cordiale between England and
' France is not likely to survive long.
i In regard to Lausanne the French
| are warmly protesting that they have
{not acted independently of their Al-
| lies, and that they have not promised
i the Turks to negotiate with them if
the treaty of Lausanne fails. But it
is perfectly evident that the English
delegates in Lausanne do not fully ac-
cept this, and the course of France for
more than four years prepares one. to
believe in the truth of the charges.
| The immediate effect of Bonar
! Law’s warning that if France did not
support Great Britain on the Dardan-
elles England would withdraw from
; the continent was to bring France
, around to the British position, to the
| disgusted astonishment of the Turks
at Mudania. But then came the
| French occupation of the Ruhr, dep-
: recated in England because it is un-
; questionably a menace to the world’s
i peace. England declined to take any
| part in this, and, although it will not
| withdraw its army on the Rhine, it
| does not conceal its lack of sympathy
with France in its present move.
The question is not whether Germa-
ny shall pay indemnity, but whether it
can and shall pay at once the install-
ments determined by the Reparations
! Commission. Germany has paid a good
deal; in gold and in commodities, and
the English feeling evidently is that it
is wiser to be patient with Germany
than to take steps which might very
probably involve serious consequences.
France resents this attitude on the
part of Great Britain, and it is not a
violent inference that France is not
supporting England at Lausanne any
more warmly than England is sup-
porting France on the Rhine.
From both sides of the Channel,
therefore, there are increasing indica-
tions of friction between the two coun-
tries, a friction that cannot long be
maintained without completely dis-
solving the Entente. The conse-
quences of this would be most unhap-
py for the world, and particularly un-
fortunate for France. The latter can-
not possibly gain anything in the Le-
vant that will compensate for losing
ish support .on the Rhjney It is
possible that France does not realize
this. France may feel strong enough
to deal single-handed with Germany
but it is not certain that this is true.
What is unquestionably true is that
Germany is watching eagerly for signs
of a break between the two leading
Entente nations, and if it shall become
a little clearer that there is a real
break between Great Britain and
France the attitude of Germany to-
ward the latter may undergo a sudden
and unpleasant change.
A dissolution of the entente cordiale
accomplished by Edward VII nineteen
years ago would remove nearly all re-
straints from Germans, Russians and
Turks, and their freedom to follow
their own instincts cannot be contem-
plated with any comfort.
A ———————— eee.
Look the Part.
From the Field.
Whether you call it auto-suggestion,
self-esteem or something else, think
well of yourself, and look the part.
The world is much inclined to take
you at your own estimate of yourself,
Just as your customer buys your goods
at the market price.
If you are down in the mouth, take
a brace. Believe in yourself.
_ Among the ten thousand occupa-
tions in which men address them-
selves, there is one at least about
which you can succeed.
And don’t lose control of your mind,
for your mental poise is your business
balance.
You may have failed. Every fail-
ure should make you stronger for
another effort. And each effort should
stand upon its own bottom.
Assert yourself. Try it in a small
way right now. Say to yourself, “I
am capable and I can do what any one
else in my position could do. I am a
man and men must respect me.” And
they will.
mie me ems es
Pinchot Slaughtering the Regulars.
From the Clearfield Republican.
All those hundreds and thousands
of men on the payroll of the State
Highway Department, who were so
active for George E. Alter in the Re-
publican primary campaign, and said
they had word from Harrisburg to go
the limit, will now be wondering
“where they are at.” The removal of
Commissioner George H. Biles, by
Governor Pinchot last Monday, and
the appointment of William Connell
will cause much anxiety all along the
line. Looks as if the fellows who
went so strong for Alter are all mark-
ed for slaughter. Not a single organ-
ization leader has so far been appoint-
ed. The successor to Biles is not
strong for concrete roads. He rather
prefers Warrenite and other mixtures,
it is alleged. What he thinks of brick
is not yet of record.
——1It is reasonably certain that if
the League of Nations had been ac-
cepted by the United States Turkey
would neither be bluffing nor strut-
ting now.
! Fayette county courts was Charles A. Kai-
ser, aged 73, a German.
| —Frank Lender, aged thirty-five, com-
! mitted suicide by hanging with his belt in
+a cell in the Monessen police station.
—It is estimated that one-half of the
pepulation of Uniontown, or about 10,000
persons, are suffering from severe colds.
—The will of Joseph Noraconk, a Nor-
thumberland Civil war veteran, gave all of
his estate to Mr. and Mrs. John Gilbert,
who carried meals ‘to the aged man and
otherwise befriended him. He is said to
have been worth $3000.
—Because Charles Calvin, of Coatesville,
pleaded guilty to stealing two chickens
from the farm of Richard Schroder, of
Coatesville, he was sentenced in criminal
court at West Chester to serve from two
to three years in the eastern penitentiary
and to pay a fine of $100.
—Watsontown citizens will vote on
March 6th, on a proposal to issue $50,000
worth of bonds for the erectidn of a new
high school with a community auditorium.
The board of education recently purchased
a site for the proposed building on Canal
street, away from the railroads and town’s
industries.
—Fifteen tons of chocolates constituted
part of the cargo that was consumed early
Wednesday morning when two freight cars
on the Lehigh and New England siding at
Allentown were destroyed by fire caused
by gasoline that escaped from a passing
train becoming ignited. The loss is more
than $10,000.
—A burglar entered the home of Irvin
Walter, near the Pennsylvania Pump and
Compressor company’s plant at Easton, on
Saturday night, carried off a small safe, and
took it to a field some distance from the
house, where it was smashed with a sledge
hammer. They got a gold watch, consid-
erable money and a number of insurance
policies.
—Burglars working during Saturday
night at the home of J. Ward Jordan,
principal of the Hazleion High school,
were scared away by the crying of a child
awakened by their operations. Principal
Jordan hastened down stairs when he
heard the men, but they fled as he came
upon them. The attempted Jordan bur-
glary occurred after the residences of sev-
eral neighbors had been looted of silver-
ware and other articles!
—David King, of Butler county, seventy
years old, entered a plea of guilty on Sat-
urday, before Judge A. E. Reiber, to the
charge of second degree murder for Kkill-
ing 8. Clair McClung, forty-two years old,
of Butler, in a hotel in that city Decem-
ber 9th. He was sentenced to from six-
teen to eighteen years in the western pen-
itentiary. King told the court before sen-
tence was passed that hé had been drink-
ing and that the shooting was accidental.
King has served a term of seventeen years
for a murder committed in Clarion county
thirty-five years ago.
—A steer owned by Jonas Bucher, near
Brunnerville, became wild last Friday and
escaped from his place. It made a break
for the hills around the Lebanon pumping
station. It jumped fences like a deer,
going as far as Miners’ village, near Leb-
anon. Men on horseback with guns pur-
‘sued it and although they saw it twice
that day the animal was too wary and
made its escape. On Saturday it was
tracked in the snow by men following oun
foot. At Brickerville a shot crippled the
animal but it continued running as far as
Brubaker's dam, where it was fatally shot
by Harry Gochenour.
—A detachment of state police went into
Pottsville on Saturday with $17,000 seized
at Orwin, in the western part of Schuylkill
county, on Friday night. Given warning
that a eock fight and erap game were to-
take place, the police arrived just when
the sport was at its height and arrested
40 of the participants, who were all fined
on Saturday. The participants were young
miners. It has not been decided what will
be done with the large amount of money
that was seized. Gold was stacked high
and winnings were easy just as the police
stepped in the door, placed their hands on
the cash and notified all present they were
under arrest.
—Six counterfeiters, with pockets bulg-
ing with wads of bad money, arrived in
Shenandeah, Pa., one day last week and
unloaded about $100. One of the gang, a
faultlessly dressed young man, about 31
years old, slim built, nearly six feet tall,
entered the butcher shop of T. G. Dangora
and asked for some pork chops and other
articles and from a bag filled with $10 and
$20 bills paid for the purchase. After get-
ting the change Dangora became suspicious
and questioned the stranger on the legality
of the money. The visitor beat a hasty
retreat from the store, followed by Dan-
gora, who summoned the police, but the
stranger picked up five confederates and
disappeared in an automobile.
—According to reports from the big oil
field at Tidioute, Pa., it is estimated that
the daily perduction of oil from the I’rop-
er No. 3 well, on the Hoffman farm, is 125
barrels. The well, drilled four feet into
the Queen sand, on Friday started to flow
at the rate of from twenty to twenty-five
barrels every half hour, the flow of oil be-
ing accompanied by gas production esti-
mated at 1,000,000 cubic feet. The well on
the A. E. Daniels’ farm, owned by the Tri-
umph Oil company, was drilled two and
one-half feet into the sand Monday, with
a good showing of oil and gas. This well
will extend the Tidioute field about four
miles to the west. The drillers struck the
sand at a depth of 1376 feet. Norton &
Carnahan are preparing to drill another
well. The Pequignot well, it is expected,
will be drilled in next week.
—Bent over the steering wheel of his au-
tomobile, George Fox, of Rockville, uncon-
scious from a blow suffered in a collision,
rode for three miles along the main line
tracks of the Pennsylvania railroad near
Harrisburg, on Sunday, before a towerman
stopped his car. The automobile which
Fox was driving collided with a tree at a
grade crossing at Lucknow. Glass from
the windshield struck him on the head,
rendering him unconscious. The auto was
turned from the road to the railroad
tracks. The rails kept the wheels of the
automobile along their course. The car
was traveling about ten miles an hour. A
towerman saw the automobile, telephoned
to a tower three miles away, where anoth-
er railroad employee was able to board the
runaway automobile and bring it to a stop.
¥ox is in a serious condition.