U nks pu
0 Rind
Bema flat.
INK SLINGS.
—If there wasn’t always so much
brewing some folks could get more
done.
—And now they are going to marry
the Prince of Wales to some Welsh
girl. Pity the poor Prince. The
match makers’ll make a woman hater
of him yet.
—So far as observation in Centre
county informs us we are convinced
that the wheat that was put out on
the roughest ground last fall is show-
ing the best stand now.
—The physican who answered the
questionnaire recently sent out by Dr.
Ford, of the Logan Methodist church,
Philadelphia, to the effect that “It is
the imperfect man who should be in
the church” gave the cne and only rea-
son why we should all be there. None
of us are perfect.
—If Governor Pinchot can force the
Legislature into laying a lot of new
taxes he can make good his campaign
promises to clean up the mess, claim
all the glory in sight and make a lot
of people believe that he had nothing
to do with and didn’t need the new
taxes to carry out his program.
—Of all the modern champions who
have been getting front page space of
late because of their marathon danc-
ing, marble shooting, mouth organ
playing, etc., we have some respect
for the lady who claims to be the
champion dish-washer of the country
and that Burton fellow from Carbon-
hill, Ala., who wants the belt for hav-
ing killed sixteen hundred rats in a
week.
—Really radio development is fast
assuming the possibilities of becoming
a menace. Some time ago we called
attention to the embarrassments that
might grow out of listening through
the medium of the bed springs and
now it is announced that baths are to
be given by radio. Imagine yourself
all tuned in to hear a concert up in
Schenectady when some kid at a “P.
D. Q.” station starts giving you a bath
when you don’t want it and, maybe,
don’t need it.
—Andrew Bonar Law’s resignation
as Premier of Great Britain was not
wholly unexpected. Though the con-
dition of his health is given as the
cause, and that may have been a con-
tributing factor, the probability is
strong that realization of impossibili-
ty to accomplish what he had hoped to
accomplish admonished him to quit
before his cabinet fell, as there was
every indication of its doing. Sniping
by Lloyd George and the loss of Aus-
ten Chamberlain with the split in the
Mr, Law's govers-
the defensive that
«constructive endeavor seemed futile.
—A perfectly good foot just missed
the coat tail of a perfectly precocious
kid, as he fled from the front door of
this sanctum last Monday morning.
Effervescent with the big news in him
he busted in with the local sensation
of the morning. Things were dull.
Nothing was breaking and the ma-
chine was bawlin’ for copy. Hence our
welcome with open arms. He spilled
his stuff thusly: “Old man Emig was
nearly killed up at the City Bakery
just a while ago!” Then we grabbed
the pencil and paper and asked how?
Quick came the reply: “He was set-
tin’ a fruit cake and a currant ran
through him.”
—Away back in July, 1896, a crowd
of the faithful stood in front of this
office waiting for the bulletin that
would finally announce a nominee for
President. The flash came. “Conven-
tion stampeded and Bryan nominat-
ed.” Strange as it may seem a great
political party had named a candidate
whom no one in that crowd knew and
in it were many of the old time Dem-
ocrats of Centre who knew our par-
ty’s coming men almost better than
they knew anything else. Then up
along the creek, from the gas works,
came the late Jimmie Cornelley, peace
to his soul, and he told the wonderers
who Bryan was, what he had done as a
Congressman from Nebraska and all
that. We followed Bryan closely
through the campgign though we
questioned the practicability of his
advanced theories. It seemed to us
that his best thoughts were a genera-
tion ahead of the times and our judg-
ment of 1896 has been fairly well
borne out, for nearly every one of
Bryan’s forecasting ideas of govern-
ment, with the exception of the 16 to
1 fallacy—which we never had any
respect for—have been put into prac-
tice in one form or another; that is,
evolved or adapted forms of them.
If upon his return from his amazing-
ly popular trip around the world he
hadn’t declared for government own-
ership of public utilities the moment
he landed in New York we believe he
would have been chosen President in
1908. Mr. Bryan’s sun has set as a
political leader but, aside from Wood-
row Wilson, he is probably the coun-
try’s most eminent public figure. And
it may be reserved for him to render
his country his greatest service in the
mellow years of age. Certainly the
“Watchman” will accord him that if
he can succeed in keeping his Presby-
terian brethren from doing now what
he urged the Democratic party to do
twenty-seven years ago; becoming
radical and leaving the fundamental
moorings which have held them since
the days of Christ. Anomalous as Mr.
Bryan may appear in his role of con-
servatism he is right. Political prin-
ciples, society and all may be exper-
imented with but fundamentals of re-
ligion never. All religion is nothing
more than faith. Shatter faith and it
is gone.
STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION.
NO. 21.
VOL. 68.
BELLEFONTE, PA., MAY 25. 1923.
Absurd Opinion Not Needed.
The recent statement of President
Harding that approval of the bill en-
Causes of High Coal Prices.
The decree of Mr. John Hays Ham-
mond, chairman of a commission nam-
acted by the Legislature of New York |ed by the President some months ago
repealing the Sullivan-Gage law might | to inquire into the causes of the ex-
“lead to conflict between State and !cessive prices of Anthracite coal, that
Federal authorities” is easily the most | freight rates on the commodity are too
absurd utterance that has ever come high, is the first encouraging word
from the lips of a President of the that has come to the public ear on the
United States. The basis of the subject. Some years ago a similar in-
thought is that the repeal bill is an !vestigation resulted in an order from
assault against the Eighteenth amend- {the State Public Service Commission
ment of the constitution of the United | to cut the price which was obeyed for
States and an act of rebellion against a brief period. But since that increas-
the government. The Sullivan-Gage 'ed tariffs have been put on gradually
law is an act for the enforcement of until the figure complained of then
the Volstead law in the State of New has been exceeded. Mr. Hammond's
York znd its repeal simply means that report, made the other day, may result
the State will leave to the Federal au- 'in some relief, but there is no certain-
thorities the enforcement of Acts of ty of that.
Congress. Freight charges on Anthracite coal
If the Legislature of New York had to points in Pennsylvania are not only
by legislation declared a purpose to
prevent the Federal authorities from
enforcing the acts of Congress in that
State there might be danger of “a
conflict between State and Federal au-
thorities.”
lina did during the administration of
President Jackson who promptly and
That is what South Caro-
excessive but unequal. That is to say,
the cost of a short haul is in most cas-
es as high as for a much longer dis-
tance. But at that the main cause of
the excessive prices of Anthracite are
not ascribable to the carrying cost.
The profiteering in which the railroads
have been indulging has probably been
properly squelched the incipient re-'exceeded by the operations along that
bellion. But the repeal of the Sulli- line by the coal producers and the
van-Gage law is a eordial invitation to | wholesale and retail dealers. Between
the Federal authorities to “go to it” these three piratical handlers of coal
in the matter of enforcement and an excessive charge of from five to
“help themselves.” They have the un- seven dollars is levied on every ton of
limited financial backing and full sup- | Authracite consumed within the lim-
port of the administration at Wash: ics of the State of Pennsylvania.
ington and will not be resisted or in-| So far as we have been able to dis-
terfered with by the administration at cover Mr. Hammond has not suggest-
Albany. ed a remedy for this evil. It has tak-
Whether the repeal bill ought to be en him nearly a year to find out what
approved or vetoed is another ques- is the matter and it will probably take
tion and one for Governor Smith, of as long a time to devise and put in ex-
New York, to determine. He was ecution the remedy. For a while it
elected Governor on what was called a will be possible to cut coal bills by re-
“wet” platform and presumably the fusing to burn coal at all, which is
sentiment of the State is expressed in ‘the best remedy the authorities at
the repeal bill. Other considerations Washington have been able to suggest
than that of wet or dry entered into
the campaign that resulted in the
overwhelming majority for Governor
Smith, and in any event he is under
moral observation to conserve the best
interests of the people. The Volstead
law has not been of much value as a
moral agent and the approval or veto
of the bill" repealing the Sullivan-
Gage law may well be left to Gover-'
nor Smith. Harding’s advice was not
needed.
——Reading over the names of
players eligible to represent Belle-
fonte in the newly organized Centre
County Baseball League we fail to
find that of young old Frank Smith.
It’ll take us a long time to get used !
to a Bellefonte team without ¥'rank. ]
Pinchot’s Capricious Mind.
It is utterly impossible to hold a
line on the mental operations of Gov-
ernor Pinchot. In his speech submit-
ting the “budget,” soon after the be-
ginning of the present session of the
Legislature, he declared that the rev-
enues under existing laws are ample
to meet the requirements of the ad-
ministration. Several times after-
ward he reiterated the statement and
on one or two occasions expressed 2
feeling of impatience because mem-
bers of the General Assembly refused
to accept his estimate at face value.
Finally the House of Representatives,
by considerable majorities, killed all
the pending revenue measures on the
calendar and the Governor somewhat
petulantly threatens an extra session.
The plain inference is that the pre-
tense that the government could be
administered without additional reve-
nue and the criminal mess of previous
Republican administrations cleaned up
was false and fraudulent. In fact this
became evident as soon as an intelli- |
gent survey was made and the Gov-
ernor at once shifted the responsibili-
ty to the school system. If any addi-
tional revenues are needed, he inti-
mated, it is in order to maintain the |
high standard of the public schools.
But he kept on demanding increased
appropriations for the Attorney Gen-
eral’s office and the Department of
State, the funds in both cases being
under his own absolute control and
considerably out of the ordinary.
The Democratic Representatives in
the Legislature properly took him at
his word in voting almost solidly
against increased revenue legislation.
The people of Pennsylvania are al-
ready burdened to the limit of endur-
ance by taxation, and the increased
revenue proposed now is not for the
benefit of the people or the honor of
the State, but to feed the ambition of
Governor Pinchot to become - Presi-
dent. No doubt a good many voters
of the State would be glad to help him |
in this aspiration, but it is unjust and
unfair to the majority to levy tribute
on those not of that mind in order to
achieve it. Governor Pinchot has
enough inherited capital to pay his
own campaign expenses.
——1It may be observed that part of
the business of the Washington con-
ference, the only great achievement
of the Harding administration, was to
establish civilized government in
China.
to check the profiteering in sugar.’
But that will not get the sufferers
very far, for when eold weather
comes again the prices will be increas-
ed to make up for imaginary losses
during the summer. Meantime Mr.
Hammond might turn his attentioa to
the remedy.
The horrible fatality that oc-
curred near Snow Shoe Monday night
should admonish parents of the dan-
ger of permitting little¢boys to be
away from home at night without the
a of an older head among
them.
|
“Railroading” the Code Bill.
The reorganization code measure
passed the Senate on Monday even-
ing by the unexpectedly large major-
ity of thirty-nine to eight. It was
promptly messaged to the House and
referred to committee. On Tuesday
| morning, manifestly without consider-
' ation by the committee, it was report-
ed back and passed on first reading.
This extraordinary speed indicates a
purpose to “railroad” the legislation
through the House of Representatives.
It gives a sinister cast to the proceed-
ing. Meritorious measures are never
rushed. A bill that can stand the test
of complete analysis may safely be
, considered thoroughly and leisurely.
This measure was presented for the
ostensible purpose of modernizing the
{ methods and retrenching the expenses
of administering the State govern-
Grundy Refuses to be Cat’s Paw.
Mr. Joseph R. Grundy, president of
the Manufacturers’ association and
long time “angel” of the old Republi-
can machine, has formally and finally
declined to untangle the tax mess at
Harrisburg for Governor Pinchot.
After all other expedients to achieve
this result had been exhausted the
Governor last week dispatched an em-
issary to Grundy, who is sojourning
for recuperative purposes at Hot
Springs, Virginia. A tax on shares
or profits of manufactures is the on-
ly available solution of the problem.
But Grundy contributed $80,000 to
the Pinchot campaign fund and the
i Governor may feel that he cannot as-
sent to such a tax unless Grundy re-
leases him from obligations thus cre-
ated.
Representative Wheeler, of Forest
county, a member of the House com-
mittee on Ways and Means, made the
appeal to Grundy in behalf of the
Governor. Mr. Wheeler is possessed
of strong persuasive powers and sob-
bed out “his tale of woe” in plaintive
periods. He recited the various fail-
ures to extract from the people’s pock-
ets a matter of $20,000,000 which
stands between the Governor and his
ambitions. He pointed out that the
agricultural bloc, the anthracite bloc
and all the other blocks are adamant
against additional taxation other than
a levy on the hitherto exempt manu-
facturers and begged Grundy to con-
sent to a small sacrifice of his “in-
fants” to save “the old flag” and some
appropriations.
But Grundy flatly, and rumor indi-
cates with some asperity, refused. He
is not altogether satisfied with his in-
vestment of eighty thousand good dol-
lars in Pinchot. The Pinchot purpose
to create a personal machine strong
enough to snap its fingers at Grundy
and his colleagues in the Manufactur-
er’s club has alienated his affections
for the Pike county forester and he
practically told the Governor’s emis-
A Treaty Super-Council.
From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
The mania for Constitution-tinker-
ing has claimed another victim. When
an American citizen in these times
finds the organic law in the way of
some pet scheme of his or interfering
with his aims and intents, his first
thought is to change it. Frank Van-
derlip, banker and publicist, does not
think much of our present system of
making and approving treaties.
He thinks it is archaic and incom-
petent. Therefore, he would take
these powers away from the Presi-
dent, the Secretary of State and the
Senate and put them in the hands of a
“Council of Foreign Relations,” twen-
ty-five members, all to be elected by
the vote of the people. Serving for
. ten years, they would spend half their
. time abroad so they might come to an
understanding of foreign affairs.” Mr.
Vanderlip is of the opinion that our
Presidents and Senators know mighty
little of such matters.
There are times, of course, when the
Senate does carry on amazingly over
a treaty. We have in mind the Bor-
ahs, Lodges, McCormicks, Brandegees
and a few others of this day and time.
They have given very excellent imita-
tions of a bunch of hatchetmen from
a Chinese tong on occasion. They
chopped the Versailles Treaty into cat
meat and are whetting their blades for
the World Court.
However, taking it by and large, the
present plan has worked very well
through a good many years. The out-
cries over Senate outrages to certain
treaties die away and are forgotten,
or a changed Senate comes along and
approves the treaties and all is well.
One of the practical difficulties in the
way of the Vanderlip plan would be
hand-picking a President and a Sen-
ate willing to surrender these great
powers. We fear also that the candi-
dates for such a “Council” would get
about as much consideration from the
average voter as do the presidential
electors now on the ballot. Which
means no consideration at all.
Considering the various ramifica-
. tions of the Vanderlip idea, probably
| we had best totter along under the
: present system. The Senate may be a
sary to “go to,” as Shakespeare on an ; bunch of fine old-crusted and dodder-
. : : : ing fossils when it comes to dealin
important occasion happily put it. Of | !'8 4 Ing
course this turn of affairs has spread a Me Vining 2. forsign
consternation among the “kitchen cab- | might be better to bear those ills we
a no APgteers” at Harrisburg. But it may have than others w, tof.
a good result. It may [The Vaunderlip super-cou
cause a permanent break between big have far more power than is good for
business and bad politics in Pennsyl- any twenty-five councilors.
vania.
-
nuance Facts for the Legislature.
, ——=Several weeks ago, after she!
had read what friend Dannley had "po (. Bho pushes
| written about his delinquency as a Store a Ofisto discover how re
subscriber, a Bellefonte girl dropped ture will find 10. one Sa Sere
us a card with an enclosure which she ' or more willing than Auditor General
hoped would “make her a saint instead Lewis to give its members the infor-
of a sinner.” According to the Dann- | mation which they have requested
ley theory she was a sinner up to that | from him. What they have asked of
time, but now that she is one no long- | him, we take it, is how much revenue
er we presume we must find another ing present taxes will produce during
name for her and others like her, who e next two years and how much the
get out of the “sinner” class, Of
| course if one isn’t a sinner he or she
must be a saint. Though we have no
authority from our friends of the cloth
to confer such a title we are going to
do it just the same because everybody
who has their subscription paid in ad-
vance is regarded as saints by the
average Bellefonte publisher. The
Bellefonte girl we have been writing
about is a saint. Our friend Dannley
is a saint and W. R, Adams, of Phil-
ipsburg, writes he wants to be one too,
so we declare him a saint, also.
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An
expert trout fisherman
ment. It is being rushed through the stopped in this office on Monday and
Legislature for the real purpose of stated that he can vouch for the fact
centralizing all powers of administra- | that the waters of Spring creek are in
tion in the Governor. There is great ' Some way so polluted with oil that the
need for modernization and retrench- | fish are very decidedly tainted. And
ment in the administration of the gov- | he knows whereof he speaks because
ernment of Pennsylvania. But that of the fact that he went out that
| result might have been accomplished | morning and caught four trout, down
without creating an oligarchy and in- | by the old fair grounds, and when they
{ viting all the evils possible from un- | were cooked for dinner they tasted so
limited and unrestrained power in the Strongly of oil that none of the fami-
‘hands of a man whose ambitions are ly could eat them. He then decided to
| greater than his patriotism.
{ The great lawyers and statesmen
| who framed the present constitution
; of Pennsylvania expressed their faith
in the people by diffusing the powers
of government. The men who are di-
recting the forces now reveal suspi-
cions of the wisdom of the public by
concentrating the powers of govern-
ment in one man or a small group un-
der control of one man. The adage,
“in the multitude of counsellors there
is wisdom,” never appealed to the
, crafty and grafting politician and the
trend of legislation at Harrisburg this
| session indicates that the sinister ele-
'ment is dominant. There is greater
peril in this than may be measured at
i a casual glance.
——The Ohio idiot who declared
| that “he will not work until he gets
{ beer” is probably trying to prove he
lis a bigger fool than the Indiana im-
, becile who declared he will not get his
hair cut until Bryan is elected Presi-
. dent.
Greece may have some reasons
| for thinking that another war with
| Turkey would end differently but war
estimates are uncertain. The late
Kaiser imagined he had the world at
his feet.
| try them or. the family cat, but the fe-
line took a sniff and left the trout un-
touched. If the pollution continues it
is likely to eventually result in the
death of all the trout in Spring creck
that have become famed all over the
State as one of Bellefonte’s sights
| worth seeing.
DE 5 ——
——~Senator Borah says Harding
will be renominated because there
will be no candidate against him, but
1 at the subsequent election he will have
plenty to keep him busy.
A —
——We are not authorized to speak
| for the President but feel that it is
| perfectly safe to say he will not con-
| demn the farm bloc during his west-
i ern trip.
——The code is not as bad as it was
written, but with all the improvements
made in the Senate it gives one man
more power than any man ought to
have.
——The Legislature will take a re-
cess next week then rush all legisla-
tion so as to adjourn June 14th.
——The vote on the code shows that
! State is obligated to pay under exist-
| ing laws, including the bills unpaid,
| This, however, is not all of the in-
| formation the Legislature needs in its
i present dilemma, nor is it all the tax-
payers who are not members of the
Legislature think is needed. The main
thing is to find out how much money
has been needlessly or foolishly spent
during recent years, what laws are on
the books calling for appropriations
that need not be there and which can
be repealed, and how many highly-
paid officeholders who are useless can
be dispensed with.
Of course, the State has grown and
is growing, but its expenses during
the past twenty years have grown out
of all proportion to the actual needs
,of the State. Under honest and effi-
cient government, many believe, and
“The Record” shares in this opinion,
there will be no need of any added
burdens upon the tax payers. The
millions already assured under the
present tax laws should be sufficient
not only to meet the costs of honest
government during the next two
years, but to wipe out the old bills as
well.
ie i.
The Patronage Language.
From the Pittsburgh Post.
It is one thing to deplore the fla-
grant use of the patronage argument
at Harrisburg and another to show
just how to get some of the machine
members of the Legislature to act
without it. No matter how old the pa-
tronage game at Harrisburg may be,
the frankness with which Governor
Pinchot is represented as playing it
makes it seem more pronounced. The
grand shake-up of the payroll usually
looked for at the beginning of an ad-
ministration has been deferred this
time to a remarkable degree. The
payroll still is full of persons placed
there by politicians under the preced-
ing regime. Now if the political bos-
ses who put henchmen on the payroll
are good to the Pinchot legislation the
supposition is that their appointees
will stay on, while those of the leaders
who are unkind to the Governor will
be removed.
Germany’s latest offer is more
liberal and reasonable than the ome
previously made, and yet it is not
likely to drain the coffee pots or touch
the hordes hidden in the stockings.
——A considerable part of the navy
has been scrapped in accordance with
the Governor still holds the Senate in
the hollow of his hand.
the terms of the Washington confer-
ence, but Admiral Sim’s mouth is as
strong and mischievous as ever.
SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE.
—Levi Crider, 18 years old, who last Oec-
tober is alleged to have run away from the
farm of S. Blaine Lehman, near Chambers-
burg, taking with him the Lehman auto-
mobile, is held in the Huntingdon, Pa.,
jail under $500 bail for setting® fire to
woodland, according to word received ldst
week by sheriff J. H. Mayer, of Franklin
county.
" —Because two women serving at Greens-
burg on a jury refused to march down the
street to a local restaurant, with the ten
men, the entire jury was forced to partake
of sandwiches in the solitude of the re-
tiring room, and call it a dinner. The jury
agreed upon a verdict by noontime, but the
stubbornness of the women jurors resulted
in a cold breakfast for the twelve in the
morning.
—The life of a woman juror in Beaver
county will be made attractive in the new
court house, according to county officials,
who are drawing plans for accommodating
women who serve on juries. Accessories al-
ready ordered include twenty-four mirrors.
They will be installed in twelve private
rooms reserved for women. Twelve single
beds have been contracted for as well as
twelve swivel chairs.
—Mifflin county was enriched to the ex-
tent of $4,715 last week when R. C. Houser,
G. W. Dunmire and W. M. Baker, former
county commissioners, paid to Stewart M.
Peters, prothonotary, the foregoing sum of
money to satisfy judgments entered
against the three defendants on the court's
docket. The sum represents salary in-
creases which the court decided they were
not entitled to retain.
—Joseph Smith, 52 years old, finished his
shift at the Ewen colliery of the Pennsyl-
vania Coal company, near Pittston, on Sat-
urday, and boarded the cage with eight
other miners to go home to his family. At
the top of the shaft, Smith lost his bal-
ance and fell to the bottom. The man’s
body was horribly mangled. Smith had
worked twenty-five years at the Ewen col-
liery without an accident.
—A boy was burned to death and two
men sustained serious injuries early last
Saturday when fire destroyed a residence
at Border Station, Cambria county. Ken-
neth Phoenicie, aged 7, was the victim.
Jerry Jutzell and Edward Roadabush were
burned while trying to rescue the lad. Au-
thorities believe the fire was of incendiary
origin. One thousand in cash secreted in
the house was destroyed.
—Traffic officer Martin Peters, of Leck
Haven, has resigned, stating his salary of
$90 a month is inadequate. He says the
upkeep of his motorcycle costs $30 a
month. Several city patrolmen said they
intend to resign unless council grants
them an increase of at least $10 a month.
City engineer W. T. Crowley resigned the
beginning of last week after stating $1,800
is not enough salary, to live.on.
—Cracksmen, who worked throughout
Saturday night tunneling their way from
one store to another in the downtown sec-
tion of Pittsburgh, broke open and looted
three safes early Sunday morning and es-
caped with money and jewelry worth ap-
proximately $6,500. Two of the safes looi-
ed were in the office of the N. E. Cunning-
ham company and the other in the William
Cohen jewelry store, adjoiningg the Cun-
ningham building. :
—Arthur L. Haight, aged 13 years, of
Johusonburg, has been awarded a bronze
medal for bravery by the Ralston Burnia
hero commission, of St. Louis, for saving
the life of a chum, Raymond Hasser,
aged 11 years, who broke through the ice
last winter on the Clarion river while skat-
ing. Donald Blint, aged 14 years, saved
the life of Edward Rippon at the same
time and place. The award was made
through the recommendation of the Rev.
R. A. Thompson, pastor of the Presbyter-
ian church, of Johnsonburg.
—The Supreme court last Thursday or-
dered that the twenty-five year maximum
sentence imposed upon William B. Evans
in the Quarter Sessions court of Northum-
berland county on September 26th, 1919,
be reduced to ten years. Evans was con-
victed on an indictment charging breaking
and entering with intent to commit a felo-
ny and burglary. He was sentenced to the
eastern penitentiary on both counts, but
the trial judge failed to so specify and the
Supreme court ruled that only the maxi-
mum term for the offense in the first in-
dictment is legal.
—Attacked by three men while asleep in
a room with her husband and infant child
at Alpha, three miles from Easton, early
on Sunday, Mrs. Rosa Chiccarelli, 44 years
old, was shot five times, one of the bullets
entering her abdomen. She is in a serious
condition in the hospital at Easton. The
other bullets lodged in her limbs. The
police have learned there were five men in
the party and that they were driven in a
taxicab from Easton to Alpha. They have
not been apprehended. Mrs. Chicearelli
and the authorities are unable to establish
a motive for the attack.
—Sheriff Martz, of Northumberland
county, last Thursday sold half the real
estate of George B. Ostrander, missing
South Danville realty operator, who is al-
leged to have absconded with at least $6000
intrusted to him by friends to make real
estate deals. It appeared that Ostrander
owned eight lots. In the center of these
he built a $5000 bungalow. Then he gave
a mortgage of $1200 to Peirce Rebuck, of
Shamokin, on four of the lots. Rebuck
thought it was on the whole eight. Now
he owns half a bungalow. Lawyers say he
has no right to tear it down.
—Farm news direct from Lancaster coun-
ty, the “garden spot of the world,” is to be
broadcast to the State through an arrange-
ment made by the local farm bureau with
the broadcasting station at State College.
Each Saturday the leading farmers of the
county attend ‘round table” talks at the
farm bureau and the results of these meet-
ings will be dispatched to State College at
once. Each Monday evening the State Col-
lege radio station broadcasts its “farm and
garden” program. The Lancaster county
report will be one of the features and will
enable farmers listening in all over the
State to compare notes with Lancaster
county farm activities.
—After receiving more than twenty-five
applications from physicians who decided
to accept the free-home offer by Mill Run
residents to practice there, a doctor has
been found right at home. Dr. J. H. How-
ard, at present located at Normalville, will
move to Mill Run as soon as the residence
is ready for occupancy. Because there was
no physician in the community and those
called from out of town charged such ex-
orbitant rates, the citizens organized to
build a house for a physician who would
go to that town. Nearly sufficient money
to build the residence has been subscrib-
ed. Applications were received from phy-
sicians from more than twelve different
States.