INK SLINGS.
—Financially, Calvin Coolidge is the
poorest President the country has ever
had. Let’s hope that every other way
he’ll be the best.
—And now it appears that about all
State Treasurer Charley Snyder is to
get out of that hoped for mandamus
proceeding is the dam.
—With Harding gone the Republi-
cans, nationally, find themselves in
very much the same confused bewil-
derment as was the party in Pennsyl-
vania when Penrose was stricken.
—Our pride, “the Afaletics,” as Pat
Rine calls them, are so near the cel-
lar again that almost we are persuad-
ed to believe that they thought Con-
nie really intended to train them in
home brewing instead of base-balling.
—If President Coolidge is as coura-
geous with the Senate as he was when,
as Governor of Massachusetts, he was
dealing with the striking policemen of
Boston he might find himself the nom-
inee of his own party two years hence
and a formidable opponent for any
Democrat we might name.
—This is the day set apart for a
Nation te mourn the loss of a really
good man. History will record War-
ren Gamaliel Harding as that.
Whether he was a great statesman or
a. great President matters little, for
after all that is ever a question of par-
tisan analysis, whereas the manliness
of a man, the morality of a man are
his witnesses at a court where they
are the only attributes that count.
—1It would take three million Ger-
man marks to pay for the “Watch-
man” for a year. ‘Sounds big, doesn’t
it, yet if we should be forced to the old
practice of taking hay for the cow,
potatoes for the kids or cordwood for
the stove on account of subscription
we think we’d write to the gentleman
out in Janesville, Wis., who offered
us cord wood last week, that “he’s on,”
rather than take the phony stuff that
Havenstein is trying to make Germans
believe is money.
—Our party now has aspirants for
every office on the county ticket. All
of them are good men and it remains
only for the primaries to decide which
ones are to be chosen as the standard
bearers for the fall campaign. For-
tunately all the aspirants are of
such a clean type that it matters little
“which way the cat jumps” the party
will have a ticket it can be proud of
and which will command the support
of those hundreds of Republicans who
are determined to help us clean out
the court house.
—The Governor’s recent surprise
visit to the Department of Health at
an early hour, found many of its em-
ployees not yet on the job. Dr.
‘Charles “H. “Miner, the “Seeretary; is
said to be so peeved that rumors of
his resignation are afloat. We're with
the Governor on that. He stated, long
ago, what working hours at the capi-
tol must be and if the meén and women
who hold their jobs under that condi-
tion can’t live up to it they ought to
be fired and if Dr. Miner wasn’t car-
rying out his chief’s orders he ought
to resign.
—It is a matter of much local grat-
ification that the Governor, after his
recent visit of inspection to the Hunt-
ingdon reformatory, felt constrained
to admit that he found the place in
good physical shape, “clean and ap-
parently in excellent condition.” Of
course it wasn’t intended as such, but
the public must accept it as a great
compliment to the reeently retired
president of the board of that institu-
tion, the gentleman who gave so much
of his time and energy to constructive
work in its upbuilding. The Governor
may have gained a: little satisfaction,
but the State and its wayward boys
lost a very useful man when he failed
to re-appoint the Hon. A. G. Morris.
—The King is dead! Long live the
King! No sooner had the news of
President Harding’s death been flash-
ed over the wires than Vice President
Coolidge took the oath of office. It
was at 2:47 o’clock in the morning in
the little farm house of his father
near . Plymouth, Vermont, and his
father, being a notary public, admin-
istered the oath. Such an accession to
a great office has never been record-
ed before and may never have a par-
allel in history. Such are the tragic
possibilities of fate. The President of
the United States started at once to
Washington to meet the body of his
predecessor and the “first lady of the
land” accompanied him to offer con-
dolence to Mrs. Warren G. Harding.
—The ladies should bear in mind
two things that bear directly on their
rights to vote at the coming primary
and general elections. First, they
must be registered and; second, they
must have paid a tax. Registration
must be made on or before September
4th or 5th and the last day for paying
taxes will be October 6th. Of course
the non-payment of taxes may not
worry those of the gentler sex who do
not care to vote, but as the last Leg-
islature repealed the Act of 1834 ex-
empting women from arrest and im-
prisonment for non-payment of taxes
they will have to pay them whether
they vote or not. ‘The commissioners,
the school boards, the supervisors, the
poor overseers will scarcely exonerate
a tax collector because he is too gal-
lant to arrest a. woman who refuses to
pay her taxes. And .certainly no
woman wants to see the poor tax col-
lector stuck for her taxes. He has
troubles enough gathering the money
to keep a governmental machine going
that he hasn’t any control over. Don’t
ride him. Bump: the fellow who
spends the money he is trying to col-
lect. |
——
"STATE RIGHTS AN
D FEDERAL UNION.
VOL. 68.
Death of Mr. Harding.
——t —
The tendency in the obituary writ-
ing is to overpraise. The late Presi-
dent, Warren G. Harding, possessed
virtues of a high order. He was amia-
ble, kindly disposed and democratic.
But he was scarcely an eminent states-
man or a great President. His elec-
tion by an overwhelming majority was
in large measure the fruitage of false
representation and unfounded preju-
dices. For this he was probably in no
respect responsible. His campaign
managers laid the lines and he simply
followed them. This is not a just
do it. But after the election and in- ;
auguration he failed largely in the
work of fulfilling the pledges they had
cause of complaint for all candidates
made and which he had acquiesced in.
Experience is a great teacher and
responsibility of office a wonderful
force. When Mr. Harding entered up-
on the duties of President of the Unit-
ed States he had little conception of
the burdens he assumed. As a Sena-
tor in Congress he had participated in
the plans of his party leaders to em-
barrass his predecessor in office at
every point and defeat him if possible.
In working out the malevolent
schemes of Lodge he created trouble
for himself as President. The ex-
pressed intention to oppose his plan
as he and his party associates had op-
posed those of Mr. Wilson influenced
him to undertake the work which over-
taxed his strength and resulted in his
death. To that extent he became a
martyr to a principle.
President Harding had a splendid
faculty for making friendships. An
esteemed contemporary states that he
came to his great official estate “with-
out an enemy; and he acquired none.
He had a gift for friendship. Men
disagreed with him but they loved
him.” The taking away of such a man
in any community or any walk of life
must be regretted sincerely. He had
other attractive virtues which com-
mended him to popular admiration.
He was an eloquent orator, a congen-
ial companion and was influenced by
generous impulses and a clean mind.
It may be safely said that Warren G.
Harding wanted to be just and do
——Farmers may be persuaded that |
they have produced too much wheat,
but the hungry stomachs of the starv-
ing millions throughout the world can
hardly be convinced on the subject.
The Resignation of John Francies.
John Francies, the man who dream-
ed of better penal institutions in the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, had
the fortitude to fight for the principles
he espoused and spent the past ten
years working to bring about a reali-
zation of his dream, has resigned his
position as superintendent of construc-
tion of the western penitentiary at
Rockview, effective August first.
The lure of the city of Pittsburgh
and a longing to jump into the polit-
ical arena of the Smoky city are rea-
sons openly assigned as the cause of
his resignation; and the fact that he is
an avowed candidate for clerk of the
courts of Allegheny county is evidence
that he will continue to be in the lime-
light. Within the past year or so Mr.
Francies purchased a farm in Benner
township, and has constructed there-
on a nice, comfortable home. While
we have no intimation at this writing
of his intentions regarding the same
we opine he will keep the home as a
quiet retreat during the hot summer
months when he wishes to escape from
the turbulent turmoil of the city of
iron and steel.
Coincident with the resignation of
Mr. Francies John F. Marks, purchas-
ing agent at the penitentiary, and
Paul Kovach, interpreter, were given
fifteen days vacation beginning Au-
gust 3rd. Both men are speculating
on this being equivalent to dispensing
with their services, although there is
a slight possibility that they may be
recalled at the expiration of their va-
cation.
——Charley Snyder is a leading |
member of the Schuylkill county bar |
and the public is likely to find out
soon whether or not he is also a law-
yer.
——The death toll of. the reckless
and drunken automobile drivers con-
tinues to increase and nobody sees a
way to stop the evil. .
4 '+—The present value of German
marks would indicate an early col-
lapse or a reorganization of the finan-
cial system. | '
rm e——— A — te ——_
——The Steel trust has discovered
that it may even survive an eight
hour day if it is economical in other
respects.
——1It does look as if Great Britain
is “renigging” on France.
——Subscribe for the “Watchman.”
President Calvin Coolidge.
Calvin Coolidge’s services in the of-
fice of President had a unique be-
ginning. He was sworn in‘ between
midnight and morning in a farm house
by his .own father, a notary public.
Such a thing had never been done be-
fore and is not likely to ever be done
again.. He came to the office in an at-
mosphere of mourning. His predeces-
sor had acquired great personal popu-
larity and his untimely death caused
widespread and sincere regret. In
these circumstances there could be lit-
tle joy even to the recipient of the hon-
or, which was assumed more as a duty
than a pleasure. Let us hope his serv-
ice will have a glorious ending. He
has the opportunities to make it so
clearly outlined before him.
Comparatively little is known of the
new President but what is before the
public is creditable. He comes from
good stock and was reared in a whole-
some environment. The only import-
ant office he had held before his elec-
tion as Vice President was that of
Governor of Massachusetts and. his
only conspicuous service in that office
was the suppression of a “strike” un-
der conditions which required good
judgment and courage. He fulfilled
his obligations to the public in that in-
stance in a manner that challenged ad-
miration and won the personal con-
gratulations of Woodrow Wilson, then
President of the United States, and in
political opposition to him. In other
respects he was simply a good Gov-
ernor.
He comes to his new office under
conditions quite as perplexing as his
entrance into it was unique. With a
meager majority in Congress his par-
ty is divided into factions bitterly an-
tagonistic to each other and his first
efforts, if he pursues the policies ‘of
his predecessor, will be to reconcile
these conflicting elements. If he
chooses to pursue a different course,
if he follows the lines laid by Wood-
row Wilson rather than those laid by
Harding, the burden may not be light-
ened but the reward may be vastly
greater. Wilson aimed at the good of
the country and Harding worked for
the good of his party. Both overtax-
right. His death came as a shock to | ed their strength in the effort. It re}
‘the country ‘and his memory will ‘be [mains to be-seen what Coolidge-will
held in kindness. do. /
——Governor Pinchot declares there
will be no extra session of the Legis-
lature. This is gratifying, if he will
also give assurances that the State
institutions will not be starved.
Chaotic Campaign Predicted.
The political dopesters in Washing-
ton are predicting the “most chaotic
Presidential campaign the country has
ever known” next year. The surpris-
ing result of the Senatorial election in
Minnesota is the principal reason for
this opinion. It indicated a complete
elimination of old party lines, not on-
ly in that agricultural State, but a
practical destruction of the Republi-
can machine in all or nearly all the
mid-western States. Upon the safe
majorities of those States the Repub-
lican managers depended for future
victories as they were indebted to
them for past triumphs. The election
of Magnus Johnson to succeed Knute
Nelson, therefore, was like a call to a
funeral feast.
The confusion caused by the reverse
in Minnesota has since been worse
confounded by the death of President
Harding. All remaining party hopes
were centered upon him. His renom-
ination was practically “a fixed fact,”
and his personal popularity and his
persuasive eloquence was justly ex-
pected to guarantee at least a respec-
table pretense of maintaining an or-
ganization and presenting a hope for
the future. But there is no such hope
now. The National convention of the
party will be a mob of place hunters
without understanding or expectation.
Hiram Johnson will probably be the
leading aspirant for nomination but
Henry Ford is easily their best bet.
On the Democratic side there is no
unusual excitement or anxiety. The
names of several capable men are be-
ing considered among the party lead-
ers. The party rules make emotional
explosions impossible and it is certain
that after mature deliberation a fit
candidate will be chosen as the nomi-
nee and his election is certain to fol-
low. The three years of - inactivity
since the inauguration of the Repub-
lican President has confirmed the pop-
ular belief that a grave mistake was
made in the election of Harding .and
no chances of another costly blunder
will be taken next year. It was un-
fortunate for the Republican party
that Harding followed. Wilson. The
standard set was too high.
——Chairman Adams, of the Re-
publican National committee, made an
early call on President Coolidge and
it is a safe bet that it was not a con-
solation visit. Bo
The lamented death of Mr.
Harding may create an opportunity
for Henry Ford to get a Presidential
- Pinchot Takes Another Way.
The Attorney General will not sub-
mit the Pinchot code to a judicial test
if he can help it. That fact has been
made clear by the maneuvering - at
Harrisburg. State Treasurer Snyder:
held up the wages of certain :em-
ployees of the State in the hope that
the administration would resort to
mandamus proceedings against him.
That would enable him to assert the
unconstitutionality of the code as his
defense. The administration almost
fell into the trap. The Attorney Gen-
eral promptly proclaimed the purpose
of invoking the equity court. But
somebody or some influence interven-
ed. After a solemn conclave in the
mansion at Milford the plan was
abandoned. For the time being Sny-
der won.
It is stated in Harrisburg gossip
that the Attorney General has de-
manded that Treasurer Snyder “forth-
with return requisitions for salary pay
rolls, which he refused to approve, to
Auditor General Lewis,” under an
act passed by the Legislature of 1911
which provides that the “State Treas-
urer shall return the requisitions with-
in a reasonable time to the Auditor
General with his approval and in case
of disapproval he shall state the rea-
sons in writing at the time of their
return,” the Governor having power
to decide the matter in dispute. Of
course this would involve mandamus
proceedings but might not raise; the
question of the validity of the justly
celebrated Pinchot code. Fils in
During the week in which these pon-
derous questions have been under con-
sideration at Harrisburg there was
created and maintained a more or less
“flirtatious” correspondence between
the Governor and the Auditor General
and it is quite possible that it may re-
sult in shoving. Treasurer Snyder in-
to the trap which he laid for the Gov-
ernor. Pending the consideration of
the code in the Legislature the Au-
ditor General protested that he would
not submit to any impairment of his
constitutional power, but now that
Governor Pinchot has the Penrose
machine completely under his feet it
ig not improbable, that . the Auditor
Geipral has made up his mind to. go
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‘control.
——Probably if the steel magnates
will cut out contributions to the Re-
publican slush fund they will save
enough to make up the additional cost
of the eight hour day.
How Bellefonte Received News of
President Harding’s Death.
Seven minutes after the death of
President Harding was publicly an-
nounced in San Francisco it was re-
ceived in Bellefonte over the radio
phones. One of the first announce-
ments caught was from a newspaper
in Memphis, Tenn. Then came the
news from Chicago, Pittsburgh, and
other places. Of course only a com-
paratively few people got the news
Thursday night, but it came with a
shock to those who did.
Naturally the news of the Presi-
dent’s death was received with feel-
ings of deep regret by everybody, re-
gardless of politics. He was the lead-
er of every man, woman and child in
the country and any mistakes he may
have made were mistakes of judgment
and not of heart, as few doubted his
sincerity of purpose. Under those cir-
cumstances it is only natural that his
death is just cause for a nation’s
mourning. y
President Harding was a prominent
member of the Elks and the Elks
lodge in Bellefonte was appropriately
draped in mourning while draped flags
hung suspended in front of the court
house, at the American Legion head-
quarters and the postoffice.. Memorial
services were also held in practically
all the churches on Sunday.
——The numerous hard rains of
late have completely relieved the
water situation in every section of
Centre county.
Someone Must be Afraid of G. W.
The candidacy of G. W. Rees for
the nomination for Register on the
Republican ticket must be worrying
some one. :
We know very little of the relative
strength of the various Republican
aspirants for that office and we can’t
conceive of any of them resorting to
such despicable methods, but some
one, probably a misguided friend of
one of Mr. Ress’ opponents has been
tearing down his campaign cards. A
few nights ago a large muslin banner
he had hung on Water street was torn
down and many of his window cards
have been destroyed in some mys-
terious way.
It is just possible that these mali-
cious acts may be pure vandalism, as
there has been quite a lot of that
about here lately.
But even if it has no political sig-
nificance and is. only, vandalism the
police ought to ferret out the miscre-
nomination, but it’s his only chance.
ant and bring him to justice.
BELLEFONTE, PA. AUGUST 10. 1923.
NO. 31.
President Coolidge.
From the Philadelphia Record.
But once before in all the history of
the nation has a Vice President suc-
ceeding to the Presidency, been called
upon to face tasks so difficult and deal
svith problems so momentous as those
which confront the successor to the
lamented Warren G. Harding. When
Abraham Lincoln was summoned from
his unfinished labors and the burdens
of the reconstruction period fell upon
the shoulders of Andrew Johnson, the
political horizon was practically lim-
ited by the boundaries of our own
country. Today internal issues of
grave import must share a place in
the Executive program with even
more weighty questions concerning
our relations with the rest of the
world. The maintenance of interna-
tional peace has become as essential
to our national welfare as domestic
tranquility. The world war has awak-
ened us to the fact that without the
former we cannot depend upon the
latter.
The question in every mind is: How
will President Coolidge size up to the
new responsibilities thrust upon him
by the accident of death? ’
We must find the answer to that in
his public record, in his ' expressed
views and in what is known of his
personality.
Despite the fact that Calvin Cool-
idge served with efficiency and dis-
tinction as Governor of Massachu-
setts, and that he has been prominent-
ly in public life for six years, the man
is more or less of an enigma. He is
described ‘as having few intimates; as
being exceptionally reserved and taci-
turn; as absorbing information and
advice without gratuituosly express- |
ing opinions; as having the qualities
of a good listener and a rather paor
speaker. These are not bad character-
istics if they shall prove o be supple-
mented’ by that ‘sound judgmént and
firm determination which usually go
with deliberation ‘and "caution. They
are often the attributes of men who
lead, and who cannot be driven. -
In at least one respect President
Coolidge is peculiarly fitted for the
assumption of the duties to which he
is called. He has made it his business
to keep in touch with the program of
his chief to an extent ‘unusual with
Vice Presidents. As d regular attend-
ant apon Cabinet meetings he has
been able to familiarize himself with
the routine of the Presidency not only,
but with the development. and. treat:
a on ith development, and. treat:
ti R3 ie 2 “Bo a
which the late President
advice of his official family. The first
public announcement of the new Pres-
ident was to the effect that he would
steer by the Harding compass.
Mr. Coolidge’s public utterances as
Vice President. have been compara-
tively few and not very original or
striking, because, perhaps, there has
been no occasion for him to put him-
self on record as to the solution of
questions with which the President
was dealing, except to express com-
plete accordance with the attitude ‘of
his superior. Any other course would
have been in bad taste. He comes to
the great office with a clean slate, and
he has his own record to make.
We believe, and the people gener-
ally believe, that Calvin Coolidge will
make a good President. If he shall
bring to bear upon his onerous task
those numerous excellent qualities
which he seems to possess, with an
eye single to the national welfare and
without regard to the machinations of
professional politicians who will all
be looking forward to 1924 and try-
ing to influence him accordingly, he
will doubtless be able to perform a
notable service to his country.
What is the Matter With Wheat?
From the Detroit Free Press.
Following the enactment of a law
to regulate grain exchanges in the in-
terests of the farmer, wheat has just
suffered a disastrous decline. As the
slump began immediately after the
law was placed on the statute books
and has been continued practically
ever since, those against the legisla-
tion find it easy to decide where to
place the blame. It is a reversal of
old conditions, when government offi-
cials and farmers blamed the grain
exchanges and speculators for all bad
declines; now the exchanges are blam-
ing the farmers and government. The
claim is that the new law frightened
away the investor in grain, the specu-
lating buyer, leaving the market with-
out support at a time when the farmer
was selling his winter wheat crop, and
while this may be disputed, there is no
question that the law failed to pre-
vent the decline.
- Speculation in the grain market is
like the balance wheel of an engine,
according to grain dealers, taking up
the slack when selling is greater than
consumption, and exerting a steady-
ing influence that has recently been
entirely absent. The capitalist who
invests in wheat when offerings are
too large to be absorbed otherwise
and holds it until it is needed believes
himself to be as honest and useful a
member of society as one who takes
up real estate or purchases the shares
of a commercial enterprise when he
considers that prices are too low and
there is a profit to be made in buying.
His action keeps the market from
going extremely low at times of heavy
marketing and also from going too
high after the grain is in second
hands. With the prospect of a big
crop and little doing on foreign ac-
count, which is the présent predica-
ment, heavy speculative buying is -nec-
essary. ‘Just now the speculator is
doing’ nothing, wheat is flooding. the
market and a disastrous slump is the
result. : :
AR
Or ————————————————————
sought’ the
SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE.
—Robert Harpster, of Burnham, a 12
year old boy, had his right ear almost sev-
ered when thrown against a windshield in
an automobile collision near Thompson-
town.
—Mrs. Ira Miller, of Blanchard, sustain-
ed a broken collar bone and severe cuts
and bruises when struck by a bycicle rid-
den by Stanford Hoy, as she was crossing
the street in front of her home.
—In a fit of despondency, John Barbera,
an Austrian, 70 years old, of York, Pa., cut
off his left hand with an axe, three inches
above the wrist. He was taken to a hos-
pital, but refused to talk, making the hos-
pital staff believe he was a mute.
—The Cameron store, located in the heart
of the business section of Williamsport,
was burglarized last Thursday night and
more than $6000 worth of fur coats, furs
and silk dresses were stolen. The thieves
used an automobile to cart away the
booty.
—After serving thirty years as a mem-
ber of the. Danville school board, Jacob.
Fischer announces he will retire at the end
of his term. Mr. Fischer has been presi-
dent of the board for many years. III
health and the desire to retire from public
life prompt his decision.
—Going to Sunbury a poor immigrant
and making a fortune of $40,000 by operat-
ing a bootblack stand, Cris Calimeres got
passports last Thursday for himself, his
wife, mother and brother to visit their na-
tive Sparta, in Greece. The latter two are
homesick for their friends in Greece and
will remain there, but Calimeres and his
wife will return to Sunbury.
—EImer Anspach, of Lebanon, aged 33
years, an electrician for the J. Umberger
Electrical company in Lebanon, was elec-
trocuted Saturday forenoon while at work
at the Lebanon Steel Foundry company’s
plant in East Lebanon. He was assisting
in the construction of a new line from the
steel company’s sub-station to its main
foundry building when a wire he was hold-
ing came in contact with a high tension
wire. ;
—Accidentally shot by his 14 year old
son, John, as the two were on a fishing
and hunting trip near Wilmore, Arthur
Milwood, 44 years old, of Nanty Glo, died
at the Johnstewn hospital on Friday. The
father was sitting along the Wilmore dam
fishing, while his son was in the woods
nearby shooting at various objects with a
22 caliber rifle. The boy did not know
that he had shot his father until some
time later when he found the prostrate
body in the clump of bushes. ”
—Enough coal to keep the mines work-
ing 200 years has been discovered on the
Candlemas Coal company’s tract at Silver
Brook, south of McAdoo, in Schuylkill
county, it is said, as the result of the op-
erations of diamond . drillers, who have
been at work the last six months making
tests of the layout of the anthracite veins.
Six strata of hard coal extending from the
bottom of McAdoo hill to Lofty, two miles
farther south, have been located and sur-
veys made for the sinking of slopes.
—Every precaution is being taken with
the alleged will of the late Harry H. Hin-
man, -Altoona - produce agent,’ while itis
in the hands of the court. The document,
was written with lead pencil on a blank
check, undated, and signed with ink. In
granting permission to a handwriting ex-
pert to examine it and make photostatic’
copiés of it, Judge Baldrige stipulated’
that; besides" the expert, no-one but pre-
thonotary Paul L. Hall or one of the dep-,
uties was to be present. The alleged will
disposes of an estate appraised at $104,-
000, which goes to the widow if it is prov-
en geauine; otherwise she will receive only
half.
—One man is dead and two women are
in a serious condition in the Cottage State
hospital at Philipsburg, as a result of an
automobile accident on the state highway
between Philipsburg and Allegheny Satur-
day evening. James Brown, who was driv-
ing the machine, was killed almost instant-
ly when the car turned over on him, crush-
ing his chest and puncturing his lungs.
His wife suffered a number of bruises and
cuts and it is thought she is internally in-
jured. Mrs. Ethel Stephens, who had her
skull fractured, is not expected to live.
Benjamin Stephens, husband of Mrs. Ethel
Stephens, was able to leave the hospital
Sunday afternoon. Ethel Stephens, a
daughter, escaped injury.
‘—John M. Wilson was gored by a vicious
bull at his home, near Butler, Pa., on Fri-
day, and killed. He left on horseback to
drive some cattle from the pasture on
another farm to the farm of G. W. Nixon.
When he did not return next morning his:
sister started an investigation. It was
learned that he had not been to the Nixon:
farm the previous evening with the cattle
and a search was made of the pasture on
the Scott farm. His body was found in the
pasture, with indications that he had been
knocked down and gored by a bull that
belonged to the herd and afterward tram-
pled. The horse that Wilson was riding
was found in the field bridled and saddled.
It is supposed that Wilson had dismounted
from his horse to release the cattle from
the field and had been attacked by the bull
when he was off his guard.
—The radical and frequent changes in
the styles of women’s shoes were the cause
of ‘the failure of the Harrisburg Shoe Man-
ufacturing company, it was brought out
in Federal court at Harrisburg on Satur-
day, while the affairs of the bankrupt con-
cern were being probed. Shoe manufactur-
ers who attended the meeting from many
parts. of the country seemed to concur in
the intimation that the same cause had
brought trouble to many shoe companies.
One representative of a large company
said: “The styles have been changing
over night, and big orders are canceled
and thrown back on the factories about as
frequently as the styles change.” W.
Grant Rauch, who is secretary and treas-
urer of the Harrisburg Shoe Manufactur-
ing company, declared the company had
lost at least $75,000 in the last six months.
—Charles B. Harter, 72 years of age, a
life long resident of Danville, Pa., and the
youngest Pennsylvania volunteer to serve
during the Civil war, died suddenly in the
rooms of the G. A. R. post Saturday morn-
ing. He had gone to the lodge rooms to
drape a flag in tribute to President Hard-
ing when stricken with a heart attack. His
body was found a half hour after death
had oecurred.. Mr. Harter enlisted in Com-
pany A,. 187th Pennsylvania Volunteers,
June, 1863, at the age of 10 years, and
served as drummer boy until the close of
the war. To him belonged the honor of
being drummer at the funeral of President
Abraham Lincoln. He was postmaster at
Danville from 1905 until 1906, served one
term as sheriff “of Montour county, rhad
been president of the Danville boapd of ed-
ucation, and at the time of his death was
county sealer of weights and measures.