pe
Peoria
INK SLINGS.
—Why is it that so often when you
hire just the right man to do a job
you have to tell him how to do it.
—At this distance it looks as though
France and Germany might get to-
gether for partial settlement of their
difficulties before very long.
—If the present dry spell and in-
tense heat continues much longer the
farmers will have short clover and
very thin timothy to cut next month.
—With the thermometer register-
ing 88 degrees at eight o’clock Wed-
nesday evening, we are wondering
what the fellow is thinking who pre-
dicted a cold, unseasonable summer.
—After Germany has used up all
of the synonyms available for re-
phrasing her first offer of reparations
to the Allies the world may hope for
something definite in the way of set-
tlement of the European troubles.
—Ten Pullman cars are required to
haul the President and his party
across the country to Alaska. Ex-
travagant as that may sound it looks
like a piker junket when compared
with Lasker’s farewell trip on the Le-
viathan.
— President Meiklejohn has done
about the only thing he could do: Re-
sign and get out of Amherst. When
any group of men start out on a man
hunt they never stop until some sac-
rifice has been laid on the altar of
their vindictive natures.
—Mt. Etna is on a rampage over
in Sicily and thousands are fleeing
before the floods of molten lava that
is coursing down her sides. We note
that the King of Italy is on the way
to offer the stricken populace comfort.
And that’ll do them a lot of good.
—The President has started on his
much advertised “swing around the
circle.” He headed right into the en-
emy’s country, the great Middle West,
where they are likely to make his for-
eign policy so hot for him that he
will be glad enough to escape to the
cooling climes of Alaska.
—The resignation of Marcus Aaron,
prominent Pittsburgh publicist from
the State council of education, is the
first direct slap Governor Pinchot has
received in consequence of his treat-
ment of Dr. Finegan. It was a right
smart wallop, however, and suggests
to the Governor that it would be well
to prepare for more than an ordinary
fight if he aims to make the public
school system a political asset.
— Our revised edition of Lamenta-
‘tions, Chapter I, third verse, should
really read as follows: And when we
realized that the infected finger about
which we have been bawling for the
past two weeks was the one absolute-
ly essential to proper fly casting and
that the days of the trout fishing sea-
‘son in the year of our Lord 1923, are
flitting fast; there came upon us a
surge of wailing and gnashing of
teeth.
—We note that William Jennings
Bryan did not give up newspaper
work with the death of the Commoner.
He has contracted to write for the ag-
ricultural publications of Senator Ar-
thur Capper, Republican. In this it
seems to us that Mr. Bryan has cut
out for himself the job of his life, for
he has agreed to write nothing of a
partisan nature and that is something
Mr. Bryan has never successfully
done before.
—Col. House is beginning to emerge
from the quiescence that fell upon him
so suddenly several years ago. While
in his recent public utterance he
doesn’t tell all that the public would
like to know from him, he does reiter-
ate his belief that America should go
into the League of Nations, which is
rather discomfiting to those enemies
of Woodrow Wilson who sought to
have the country believe that House
was really opposed to the League.
—With the announcement that Fred
Hazeltine is to be removed as prohi-
bition enforcement officer at Philadel-
phia, on July 1st, the information is
given out that the Sams fellow
who is to succeed him, is the
“hot dog” of the prohibition sleuths.
Every time things get so rotten in en-
forcement circles that the public
comes near asking Haynes and Wheel-
er why they are, there is a “shake up”
and great things are promised that
never materialize.
—Those of you who had interest
enough to read it last week, were
vouchsafed some very profound ad-
vice as to the right and wrong days
on which to cut bean poles. We told
you that Sunday was the wrong day,
because we tried it and got an infect-
ed finger from which we have been
suffering the torments of the damned
ever since. Our main pencil pusher is
clear out of commission but, from the
number of tied up fingers that we
have met up with, going to and from
the doctor’s office, we imagine there
must have been a lot of people cut-
ting bean poles on Sunday, or doing
worse things.
— Those Wilmington, Delaware,
twins who celebrated the eighty-sev-
enth anniversary of their birth give
as their recipe for reaching such a
ripe old age: “Eat moderately, avoid
dancing and theatres, and retire ear-
ly.” The dear old ladies are doubt-
less very sincere in giving the modern
world an idea of how they have man-
aged to live so long, but since neither
of them have ever danced a step in
their lives, seen the inside of a theatre
more than once, most people will pass
up their gratuitous advice as a bit of
hokum on the part of a couple of old
folks for whose reception the good
Lord isn’t just quite ready.
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STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION.
VOL. 68.
BELLEFONTE, PA
.. JUNE 22. 1923.
NO. 25.
Centre Democrats Should Lead.
A movement looking toward the
strengthening of the line of Democ-
racy in Pennsylvania has
grown to considerable proportions in
and about Philadelphia.
cratic women of the city recently or-
ganized a “luncheon club,” which has
met with such success in the direc-
tion of party rehabilitation, that men
of that political faith are inclined to
imitate the excellent example of their
political sisters. It is a commendable
movement and deserves every encour-
agement. But this is no good rea-
son to limit it to Philadelphia and ad-
jacent counties. The Democratic
women and men of every county in
the State should promptly get behind
this proposition. There is glory
enough to go around.
Last fall encouraging signs of party
rejuvenation were revealed in all parts
of Pennsylvania. The representation
of the party in Congress and the Gen-
eral Assembly of the State was con-
siderably increased and but for false
pretenses of the Republican candidate
for Governor and the fraudulent votes
cast in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh,
the Republican majority in the State
would have been reduced to nominal
figures. Those results were accom-
plished with comparatively little ef-
fort, which was limited to a brief peri-
od of time. By beginning the work
now and continuing it with energy
enough during the remainder of this
sylvania may be made a doubtful
State.
During the session of the Legisla-
ture just ended Democratic Senators
vent corruption of the ballot. But the
Governor discouraged the effort,
mindful, no doubt, that he is largely
indebted to illegal votes for his elec-
tion. This fact should admonish the
, voters who desire fair elections that
| the only way to secure them is by
electing Democrats. To promote this
result greater energy must be invest-
ed in the work of organizing the
party, and the time to begin it is
| now. There should be a strong, earn-
est and active Democratic organiza-
| tion in every county and city in Penn-
"sylvania, and<we hope Centre county
will set the example.
——If Governor Pinchot will prom-
ise to use part of his espionage fund
in a search for the whereabouts of
Ambassador George Harvey a num-
ber of persons now disinterested will
contribute.
|
| Readjustment Under Way.
The work of reorganizing or read-
justing the machinery of the State
government in pursuance of the pro-
visions of the reorganization code has
been set in motion by the Governor.
Thus far little has been accomplish-
ed of practical value, though much is
promised. The titles of some of the
public officials have been changed and
But there has been no weeding out of
undesirable material or dismissal of
redundant employees. One or two of
the promotions announced may be
commended as indicating improve-
ment. But others invite criticism and
suggest doubts. There was great
need for better methods in administra-
tion, however, and we shall wait hope-
fully for developments.
The objection to the code is that its
trend is toward centralization. A fun-
damental principle of democracy is
expressed in diffusion of power. Jef-
ferson conveyed the essence of popu-
lar government when he said “that
government is best which governs
least.” The hearts of the people are
right. The vast majority of the men
and women of Pennsylvania favor just
and honest administration. But they
are not persuaded that it is necessary
to vest in an individual all the pow-
ers of government in order to secure
just and honest administration. Leg-
islation and administration should be
kept separate and apart. A system
nity from accountability is dangerous.
This is precisely what the so-called
administrative code does. It makes
the Governor absolute master of the
people and undisputed controller of the
State. It is the antithesis of popular
government. Exercised wisely such
power may work good. Possibly Gov-
ernor Pinchot may get the best out of
it, but that is a question. He is es-
sentially an imperialist. His com-
plete domination of the General As-
sembly is ample proof of this fact.
He compelled the most abject servility
on the part of the Senators and Rep-
resentatives of the people and either
by negotiation or by force he secured
acquiescence in every measure he fa-
vored. There is no great promise of
improvment in such a situation.
——The Senatorial tour of Penn-
sylvania is ended so far as Pepper
and Reed are concerned, but the peo-
ple are still wondering what it was
for.
year and throughout next year Penn-
the powers of a few of them enlarged. '
which gives an administrator immu- |
Pinchot and Vare Are Pleased.
1
I
i
i Governor Pinchot and Senator Vare
tare equally well pleased with the
| ing the nearly six months’ session
| expressed his satisfaction in an ad-
dress to the Representatives just be-
‘fore the final adjournment and the
Senator’s approval assumed the form
of an address to the whole world. The
| Governor felicitated the members on
| the ground that they were not bossed.
“We are told of sessions of the General
i Assembly,” he said, “which have done
| their work under control of a boss.
, This session is not one of them. It
has been free from dictation of any
, sort, either by an individual or an or-
' ganization.” This eulogy pleased the
Representatives.
| Senator Vare modestly ascribes the
merits of the session to himself and
the Governor. He informed the peo-
"ple that he surrendered a seat in the
| American Congress for the express
‘purpose of contributing efforts, he
says humble efforts, but that is modes-
| ty, “toward upholding the hand of the
| newly-elected Governor,” and that he
ight “have the honor of assisting
| the Chief Executive in carrying out
| his announced programme, which at
once became important as well as in-
| dispensable to the best interest of the
| people of the State.” The Senator
, went to Harrisburg, he assures the
{ public, “thoroughly convinced of the
sincerity of the Governor’s inten-
| tions,” and being an unselfish and pa-
| triotic citizen, he set himself to the
| work of saving the Commonwealth.
Both these gentlemen have earned
and Representatives constantly urged | the good opinions of the people of abiding,
the consideration of legislation to pre- | Pennsylvania and the admiration of ‘honest and sober. The police powers
themselves. The Governor has cer-
| tainly smashed the Penrose machine
| and substituted a system of negotia-
tion for the coarse methods of boss-
ing that previously prevailed. This
is an achievement worthwhile. It is
much more refined and ought to give
vastly greater satisfaction for the
reason that it represents the commer-
cial principle of “quid pro quo.” It
is a sort of recrudescence of the old
t Simon Cameron system, afterward
adopted by Quay and subsequently
abandoned by Penrose in favor of the
boss system.
porary success, at least. The howls
will come when Pinchot begins to re-
nig.
——If Germany had really tried to standing the fact that government |
But it proved a tom: |B ~The government ownership of
A
That Funny Special Fund.
|
There is no legal reason why any
one so inclined may not contribute to
already | achievements of the Legislature dur- | a fund for the use of the Governor in
{any way he desires to disburse it. If
The Demo- | which ended last week. The Governor | the Governor's fancy should take the
. direction of a funeral pyre Larry
Eyer has an indisputable right to pay
"all or part of the “freight.” It hap-
pens that in the case in point the gu-
bernatorial mind is focussed on anoth-
er purpose. That is, he is soliciting
contributions for use in the enforce-
ment of a law which the Legislature
enacted and refused to provide the
“sinews of war” to make it effective.
Of course every citizen, or for that
matter, every inhabitant of the wide
world has an inherent right to chip
in.
| But there is grave objection to the
introduction into the official life of the
State of a system of espionage under
which any citizen or interest with
abundance of money may employ the
police power of the State to pry into
the affairs of another citizen or rival
interest less opulent. It may be as-
sumed, and in justice it must be ad-
mitted, that it is not Governor Pin-
chot’s intention to employ the funds
he is accumulating to so nefarious a
, purpose. But all Governors are not
philanthropists, and the precedent
which Governor Pinchot is trying to
establish for a rightecus purpose may
be perverted at another time and by
another Governor to promote an evil
result.
There is really no need for a spe-
cial fund for use of prohibition en-
| forcement in Pennsylvania. The peo-
: ple of Pennsylvania are as a rule law-
peace-loving, industrious,
and peace officials may be depended
upon to enforce the laws and punish
violators of the statutes. The em-
ployment of two hundred and fifty
thousand dollar’s worth of cheap po-
litical dependents would help consid-
erably in building up an arrogant
personal partisan machine, but could
not possibly contribute materially to-
ward the moral improvement of the
people. Those who contribute to the
fund are clearly within their rights
but are not doing much good.
railroads has long been a mooted ques-
tion for argument by the general pub-
i li, and even now many intelligent peo-
i ple advocate that doctrine, notwith-
War Debts and Reparations.
From the Philadelphia Record.
Frenchmen and Italians, in office
and out of it, are very generally de-
termined to unite the war debts and
the reparations, making the war debts
contingenc upon. the sums collected
from Germany. Loucheur, recently
Minister of Devastated Territories,
suggests a reduction of the indemnity
to two items; one, the actual cost of
reconstruction of the devastated areas,
and two, the repayment of the debts
due to this country and Great Britain.
Our government has catagorically re-
fused to allow war debts and repara-
tions to be considered together. Eng-
land has never suggested the combi-
nation except in the Balfour note of
last August, and that has been pretty
Hroroughly explained away or retract-
ed.
There is one simple test before
which the Italian and French idea
collapses at once. When these debts
were incurred was there the slightest
suggestion that their payment was
contingent on what could be got from
Germany? England, France and Ita-
ly were in great need of supplies from
this country, and they borrowed from
our government the means of paying
for them. There was no suggestion
that we were advancing money to be
repaid by Germany, and it is not rea-
sonable that the debtors should now
interpose a condition that was never
thought of then, and is not now sug-
gested by Great Britain. The liabili-
ty of the borrowers was absolute; it
was not contingent upon what could
be extracted from Germany.
If Italy and France are unable to
pay we might forgive the debt, but
there is not the least reason why the
ability of Germany to pay, or the suc-
cess of France in extorting money
from Germany, should be the measure
of - the obligation.
It is also urged by Frenchmen and
‘ Italians, and by occasional English
, men, that all the Allied and Associat-
ied Powers were fighting for a com-
"mon object, which they ultimately at-
; tained, and therefore all their debts
ought to be pooled. There is an ele-
| ment of plausibility in this, but it
, does not go farther than to reconcile
, us to the loss of what we advanced to
| our comrades in arms if they plead
inability.
i The fact that we went to the res-
cue of France at an expense of about
25 billion. dofiars, put C2000 200 sol-
| diers in France 4 almo
: 000,000 here to
. that we made no small ef ;
common cause. We incurred
ample
, expenses ourselves besides the $10,-
1 000,000,000 that we advanced to our
"associates in arms.
We are not in a hurry. We are not
keep its first promise to pay indemni- . control during the world war did not crowding them. If they can’t pay, it
ties France might have been more
willing to accept its second promise.
Jack Flinn the Real Leader.
The work of the last session of the
|
‘prove the success hoped for. But does
| any one suppose for a minute that the
government could have equalled the
privately controlled Pennsylvania rail-
| road in restoring to public use the
Broad Street station, Philadelphia, so
is very likely that we would forgive
them the debt. But we fail to see any
merit in the suggestion that because
we entered the war and incurred a
; debt of about $25,000,000,000 and rais-
.ed almost 5,000,000 soldiers we are.
under any sort of moral obligation, or
Legislature may have revealed the 'soon after the disastrous fire which | obligation of honor, to give the Allies
poverty of the Republican party of ; destroyed the immense train shed on | ten billions to meet a part of their ex-
Pennsylvania in leadership but it de-
veloped a new, and let ‘us hope an en- | four days sixteen tracks were opened
tirely satisfactory, “guide, philosopher | for use into the station and by the |
At the close of the ses- | time this item gets into print travel
; and friend.”
sion Governor Pinchot and Senator
Vare rather immodestly assumed the
credit of all the achievements of the
session. But as a matter of fact
neither of them figured much in the
equation. The man who really ac-
complished things is our old and
Democratic friend, Jack Flinn, of Elk
county. In every critical emergency
Mr. Flinn was summoned to the coun-
| sel table and he pointed out the way
of escape from disaster.
The mess at Harrisburg would have '
increased .to frightful proportions if
Jack Flinn hadn’t intervened in be-
half of the Governor. Possibly he
was representing Joe Grundy in his
activities in behalf of the machine
rather than the people of Elk county,
. who gave him his commission. But
| that is neither here nor there. Jack
is as practical as he is capable and it
may be safely predicted that whoever
else may suffer through the operation
| of the Pinchot methods Jack’s con-
| stituents will be taken care of. The
{ Ridgway hospital, always a favorite
{of the appropriations committee, will
get what is coming to it when the
State charity funds are being dis-
tributed under the direction of Giff.
When the reorganization code was
on the rocks Jack Flinn was sent to
the wheel, speedily steered to the open
channel and forced it through. No
Republican in the House could have
achieved that result. When the tax
i muddle became mussed up beyond
hope Jack Flinn was summoned to
control and he rescued the administra-
tion. No Republican on the floor or
in the State could have accomplished
that result.
——It may seem paradoxical but
the most vociferous howlers for
“Americanism” are those who make
profit out of ballot box stuffing.
——The idea of getting William
Jennings Bryan to write on subjects
other than partisan is preposterous.
W. J. B. is partisanship itself.
———————eer——————
——Mr. Lasker’s “million dollar
junket” is now on, but a congressional
investigation is likely to call it off
later.
{ the morning of June 11th? In just
| to and from the station will be flow-
ing along in its regular current. Of
. course the work that has been done is
‘only temporary but it is of such a
character that it will serve all the de-
mands made upon it while permanent
restoration is being made.
Several days ago, as the morn-
ing passenger train on the Lewisburg
and Tyrone railroad was on its way to
Bellefonte, a big bull mounted the
tracks this side of Mifflinburg and lit-
erally defied the approaching train.
The engineer slowed down and blew
‘the whistle but the bovine didn’t
budge. Then he stopped the train
with the engine almost touching
the bull but it stuck to the track until
the fireman drove it off with stones.
rn ————— tr a——————
——Residents of Philipsburg evi-
dently are not anxious for paved
streets, as the proposition to increase
the indebtedness of the borough to
the extent of $30,000 for paving pur-
poses was turned down at a special
election on Tuesday by a vote of 656
to 232. ;
LEI RO
Bonar Law resigned the Pre-
miership of Great Britain because he
had lost his voice. If ever that mala-
dy overtakes Senator LaFollette he
won’t resign. He’ll die.
— Henry Ford, having declared
that he has no desire to be President,
it may be hoped that an expected del-
uge of foolish talk will be averted.
meme en ———
———One trouble with the late Wash-
ington conference is that it failed to
take into consideration the cupidity of
Chinese bandits.
Brother Bill Vare seems to im-
agine that he and the Governor form
a strong force in the uplifting line of
endeavor.
i ———— A —————————
—Yesterday was the longest day of
the year and for the comfort of all of
us let us hope it was the hottest.
rm —— A —————
—For all the news you should read
the “Watchman.”
A
‘ penses.
“The White Collars.”
: I'rom the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
| New York’s bricklayers are holding
! out for $12 a day and a two-year con-'
‘tract. If they don’t get it, they may
tie up $500,000,000 worth of new
buildings. In some degree these
knights of the trowel may be wise.
They are bent on getting “a-plenty
while they are a-getting” and while
the getting still is reasonably good.
For these good labor days may not
last. Apprenticeships, closed shops
and copper-riveted labor monopolies to
the contrary, notwithstanding, there
are signs that something may be about
to happen to the labor market. That
somathing may be the growing revolt
of “the white collars.”
The other day a Chicago plasterer
cashed his check for a week’s work.
It was $220. Sunday work, especially
arranged, and over time had fattened
it. The common laborer working on
the same job was pulling down $60
and even $70 a week.
Bank tellers who cash such checks
peer out through their wickets, full of
envy. Book-keepers, clerks and sales-
men are thinking. Some of them are
heading for trade schools, shedding
that middle-class badge of soft-handed
servitude, the white collar, as they go.
The “hickory shirt” has been in re-
volt a long time. A couple of million
or so farmers struck out for the cities
last year. Missouri reports a loss of
47,000 farm workers in a year. Penn-
sylvania finds 800,000 acres of farm
land idle this year because the work-
ers have been sucked into cities. A
farmer sells a 300-pound hog for $20
and an acre of wheat for $15. With
Joss work in the city he may get $15 a
ay.
The old law of supply and demand
has not been repealed and is working
in the labor markets. The black coats
and the “white collars” are feeling its
grip. As they come crowding in or-
ganized labor may find it harder and
harder to keep up its defenses."
Sr ————— A —————
Perhaps They Have.
From the Washington Star.
The action of Switzerland in legal-
izing home brew makes it seem prob-
able that the Swiss have discovered a
better set of recipes than any of those
used in this country. :
——1In a couple of years President
Harding may “pass” from the tall ce-
dars to the tall timbers.
ling the T
SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE.
—The Rev. Paul M. Limbert, pastor of
the St. John's Reformed church at Potts-
town, has resigned to become instructor in
religion at Franklin and Marshall College,
Lancaster.
—More than 200 Pottstown women have
refused to pay poll tax on the plea that
they do not vote. Council will hold a spe-
cial meeting to decide upon how they shall
instruct tax collector Riegner in the cases
of these delinquents.
—Two gunmen shot and killed an uni-
dentified man as he was walking in a bus-
ness street of McKees Rocks, on Sunday.
Six bullets were fired into the man’s body.
As their victim crumpled to the sidewalk
while scores of pedestrians sought shel-
ter, the gunmen fled.
—Official announcement of the merger of
the Erie Coal Mining company and the Ar-
gentine Coal Mining company, involving
property valued at $1,600,000, was made at
Butler, on Saturday. The companies own
five operating mines and a large acreage
of coal land in the Butler district. Edward
Sophitt and Charles Hosford, Jr., of But-
ler, have been named chairman and presi-
dent, respectively.
—On Saturday afternoon, while the
Fritzinger family, living near Lowhill
church, Lehigh county, were working in
the fields, entrance was gained through
the cellar of the house and $800 taken
from a bureau drawer. The money repre-
sented the savings of Miss Meta E. Fritz-
inger and of her brothers, Richard and
Fred. A tramp, who was seen in that vi-
cinity was suspected. Nothing else was
disturbed.
—Councilman John Schroeder, of West
Hazleton, has made a sensation by his
proposal that the council apply to federal
court for the appointment of a receiver,
and that the borough go through bank-
ruptey court to have its affairs wound up.
He claims the town cannot pay its debts,
and ‘that the tax limit is reached. Coun-
cil, instead of taking his advice, arranged
to go before voters at the primaries on
September 18, for approval of a $25,000
bond issue.
—Members of the Pennsylvania railroad
police have been warned to be on the watch
for James Robb, alleged murderer of Lieu-
tenant Lehman, who escaped from the au-
thorities at Wilmington, Del, on Satur-
day. Lieutenant Lehman, a railroad offi-
cer, was shot and killed in the freight plat-
form at Media, Pa., about a year ago by
bandits who had been robbing freight sta-
tions in the vicinity. Robb was arrested
as one of the murderers and was being
held for trial when he escaped.
—The Rev. S. S. Hughes, pastor of the
African Methodist Episcopal church at
Bloomsburg, officiated at the wedding re-
cently of John Williams and Miss Rosie
Brown, both of Berwick. The bridegroom
was without funds. The minister didn’t
know the couple, but the bridegroom said
he worked for the American Car and Foun-
dry company, and would give an order on
his pay for the minister's fee. A few days
later the bridegroom got the bill, reading,
“To marrying man and woman, $5. Please
remit.” On Saturday the minister got his
check.
—John Tallavido, 21 . years of age, of
Hallton, Elk county, was blown to atoms
when a heavy blast of dynamite was ex-
ploded within a foot of him in the right-
| of-way of the Central Pennsylvania Lum-
| ber company, near
his home. Tallavido
gh A a dynamite to
blast stumps. A heavy charge had been
placed under a stump and after the warn-
ing was issued, the fuse was touched off.
Just as it was about to explode, Tallavido
appeared within a. few feet of the stump
and received the full charge.
—A. C. Brothers, cashier of the new
Commodore Bank, at Commodore, Indiana
county, is in the Indiana county jail at In-
diana, charged with misappropriating
funds amounting to $20,000. The money
has been missing for several months and
a week ago Brothers was dismissed from
service. Information was made against
him by State Banking Examiner Phillips.
He was asked for $20,000 bail, but it has
not been forthcoming. Officials of the
bank declare that most of the money has
been recovered and that the stability of
the institution has not been shaken by its
experience.
—PDuring the strike of coal miners in
1922, George B. Hoover, of Woodbury, Pa.,
extended credit in the amount of $7000 to
the strikers in that region. Hoover, a mil-
ler, gave the miners flour and told them
he needed no security other than their
word of honor that they would pay. Afier
the miners returned to work they began |
to pay the bill. From time to time they
paid Hoover amounts ranging from $590
to $1000. Recently a delegation of miners '
called on him and presented a $3000 check,
making the final payment. As a token of
their appreciation they also gave the mil-
ler a gold watch.
—Owen Flanigan, indicted for invelun-
tary manslaughter in connection with the
Spangler mine disaster last November, was
found not guilty in court at Ebensburg,
on Saturday. He was foreman of the mine
when 77 men were killed in an explosion.
The Commonwealth charged that he was
negligent. William Young, mine superin-
tendent, indicted on a similar charge, was
freed when the court ruled that the pros-
ecution had not presented sufficient evi-
dence against him. The jury returned the
verdict after deliberating for one hour and
45 minutes. The costs of the trial were
placed on the county.
—A Snyder county couple motored to
Altoona last week on their honeymoon,
stopping at the home of the bride's sister.
The automobile developed trouble. The
bridegroom sought a garage and learned
that the nearest place where the particular
kind of car he drove could be repaired was
at Sunbury. Off he started for Sunbury.
When he reached there it dawned on him
that he had forgotten something, but he
couldn't recall what. Oh, yes. His bride!
The Altoona police appealed to by the
frantic bridegroom, located the bride at
the home of her sister and dispelled her
fears that she had been deserted.
—Fred Mussare was sentenced to serve
not less than twelve nor more, than eigh-
teen years in the penitentiary, while Tony
Mussare was sentenced to serve not less
than fifteen nor more than twenty years in
the penitentiary. They were charged with
the murder of Joe Ferraci in a street bat-
tle at Bradford. Mayer Drauser, of Brad-
ford, who' testified during their trial, later
went on the State side and swore that he
had testified falsely, and was held under
$2000 bail on a charge of perjury. The
trial created somewhat of a record in that
a husband and his wife served on the same
murder jury. They were Mr, and Mrs. A.
C. Allen, of Red Rock.