Democratic watchman. (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1855-1940, October 26, 1923, Image 1

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INK SLINGS.
— Chicago claims to be the “big-
gest dry city” in the country. That
may be but what anti-saloon people
are looking for is the dryest big city.
——1It might be worth while to ap-
point a commission to find out what
the coal commission did during the
year or more it was investigating.
—The fellow who thinks Governor
Pinchot isn’t a candidate for Presi-
dent must be having an awful time
kiddin’ himself into such a frame of
mind.
—If Bill Brown is elected Sheriff
we're going to send him a perfect dic-
tionary a Christmas present. Bill
needs it. There is every evidence that
the compilers forgot to put the word
“enough” in the one he’s using now.
—Let us hope that the little Repub-
lics that are being born in what was
once a great German empire will not
emulate those of Central America that
for years weren’t happy unless they
staged one or more rebellions every
year.
—Governor Pinchot has a method
in his madness. He wants to make
Pennsylvania so dry that he can kick
up dust enough to blind the public to
the manner in which he settled the
coal strike and the way he saved the
tax payers’ money by reclassifying
the departmental employees at Har-
risburg so that they will get a hun-
dred thousand dollars a year more
than they ever got before.
—If you have a job with the State
Highway department in Centre coun-
ty and care about holding it you had
better keep your trap shut. Don’t say
anything about Pinchot to any one
Joe Geary, of Pottsville, expressed
himself the other day and now he's
looking for another job. He was su-
perintendent of the highways in
Schuylkill county, but he has lost his
meal ticket because he was what the
Governor says he won’t stand: dis-
loyal.
—The present board of Commis-
sioners are laying their troubles on
the loss of the dog tax and the extra
costs occasioned by Woman's Suf-
frage. They should worry, the gaso-
line tax will yield far more than the
dog tax ever did and as they levied
$58,330.75 more taxes last year than
were levied in 1919 most people will
think they ought to have handled the
assessment and clerical work imposed
by giving the vote to the women with-
out blaming their short-comings on
that.
—The shortage of paper money in
Germany discloses rather an anoma-
lous condition of the currency over
there. All the paper they can gather
up has been: converted into money on
presses that are kept running night
and day. There isn’t much else in
Germany but money—of the kind, yet
there is an acute shortage. The rea-
son is because it takes so much of it
to get a purchaser anywhere. Now
they are going to issue a hundred-
billion mark note. But even it won't
be one-hundred billionth as big as it
sounds.
—An interesting political incident.
has developed in Northumberland
county. Anthony Swaboskie has peti-
tioned the court to have his opponent
for the office of Justice of the Peace
in Mt. Carmel kicked off the ticket be-
cause he hasn’t paid a State or county
tax for three years. The constitution
and the election laws say that none
but qualified voters may be candidates
for office and as a qualified voter is
one who has paid a State or county
tax within two years it looks rather
bad for Mr. Hughes, the Republican
candidate, who is out to beat Swabos-
kie. "
——1In a signed statement publish- |
ed in the Gazette last week Commis-
sioners Austin and Yarnell charged
this paper with having forgotten that
their predecessors raised the valua-
tions in Centre county during the last
year of their term. We didn’t forget.
We didn’t know, and don’t yet, that
they did. However that may be it
doesn’t refute our statement that un-
der the present board valuations have
been raised $1,775,750.00 and the tax
rate raised two mills. That is taking it
from the tax payers fore and aft. A
raise of over 12% in valuations and
33% in millage is going some.
—As for us, we're going to vote for
the road-bond amendment and against
the one that forbids railroads giving
any but employees passes. If the road
bill goes through the walking will be
good enough to satisfy us, but we'd
just love to have a pass once before
we die. We wouldn’t be any more
particular about where it carried us
than was an old friend—Leander
Green by name. That was just prior
to a fall election years ago, when
there were bales of political tickets to
every corner of Pennsylvania. Three
or four days be.ore the election Lean-
der revealed that he had a perfectly
good job waiting for him in Williams-
port and volunteered to march right
into the polls and call for the needed
assistance, without even a look at the
notorious “blind horse” of the West
ward if the paper could be produced
that would carry him to the Lycoming
metropolis. We accepted the bet. But
when Leander came to claim the stake
—because he had won—we had no
ticket to Williamsport. All that was
left was one to Renovo, which he took
and departed in glee. Next day we
met him on the street and asked why
he quit his job so soon. With that
chuckle that only those who know Le-
ander know, he replied: “I had no job
in Williamsport and ah was glad the
ticket took me to Ren-o-vo ’cause I’se
nebbah dar befo’.
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VOL. 68.
Pinchot Increases Expenses.
If the figures of State Treasurer
Snyder are correct the salary account
of the State will be about $100,000
more under the Pinchot code than it
was under the old rules and rates. It
is true that some of the high salaries
have been reduced and some of the
low salaries increased. But what is
the use of all that if it saves nothing
to the tax payers. There was no pub-
lic complaint that any of the salaries
were too small. No trouble was ever
experienced in getting men to fill the
low salaried jobs. Some of the sal-
aries were far above the earning ca-
pacity of the men receiving them in
any other employment. Such salaries
as those ought to have been cut down.
The promise made by Gifford Pin-
chot, during his campaign for elec-
tion, was that he would clean up the
mess at Harrisburg. The most objec-
tionable feature of the mess was re-
dundant officials and exorbitant sal-
aries for those who stood in the fa-
vor of the bosses. Mr. Pinchot has
been in office for nearly a year and
nothing worth while has been done
toward cutting down the number of
needless offices and reducing the ex-
cessive salaries. It is a well known
fact that the number of officers might
be cut one-third without impairing the
efficiency of the service. Clerks in
some of the departments are in each
other’s road, but nothing has been
done to correct this fault.
While the code was pending in the
Legislature Mr. Pinchot assured the
public that the cost of government
would be greatly reduced by the class-
ification which the code contemplated.
Not only has this promise been vio-
lated but as a matter of fact, if
Treasurer Snyder tells the truth, the
cost of administration will be increas-
ed by the enormous sum of $100,000.
The decrease might have been effect-
ed easily by cutting out the needless
offices and cutting down the excessive
salaries. But nothing of the kind has
"| been done, except on paper, and re-
forms ‘on paper are of little value.
Probably the Governor thinks the peo-
ple of Pennsylvania like to be fooled.
Cc Ae
or a Judge in Centre county this fall.
All the tax payers are after are some
county officials who will look after lo-
cal business economically and effi-
ciently.
The Pinchot Code Affirmed.
The Dauphin county court has af-
firmed the validity of the administra-
tive code with reservations. That is,
the court declares that the Legisla-
ture had a constitutional right to en-
act the legislation embodied in the
code act but it is not certain that it
exercised the right in a legal manner.
This is somewhat equivocal but en-
tirely satisfactory to both sides. The
Governor said “the decision of the
Dauphin county court in sustaining
the validity of the administrative code
is highly gratifying to me.” State
Treasurer Snyder declared that “the
conclusion of the court as to the pow-
er of the Attorney General over the
Auditor General and State Treasurer
of course is satisfactory.” :
But the State Treasurer has taken
an appeal, nevertheless. Possibly he
hopes for a reversal by the Supreme
court, and apparently such a result of
the appeal. will not surprise the lower
court, for the presiding judge stated
that he would not only allow an ap-
peal but would grant a supercedeas in
case an appeal were taken. This may
be interpreted by Mr. Snyder not only
as a vindication but as a victory. His
purpose may have been only to em-
barrass the administration by with-
holding salaries of employees. The
supercedeas permits him to do this
until the matter is definitely settled
by the Supreme court and that may
be delayed for a considerable time.
Snyder is a funny fellow.
But if that was the influencing cause
of the litigation, or if the State Treas-
urer actually believed that the legis-
lation unlawfully and unjustly rob-
bed him of prerogatives guaranteed
by the constitution, the Attorney Gen-
eral stands defeated. He held that
the State Treasurer had no legal right
to appeal to the court as an official,
and that an appeal as a citizen made
him personally liable for the consid-
erable costs incurred in the action.
The decision of the Dauphin county
court overthrows that contention en-
tirely. The expense of the judicial
procedure will have to be paid by the
State and it will be greatly enhanced
by the fees of Treasurer Snyder’s
friendly counsel.
——Of course we're pleased be-
cause Zev outran the English Derby
winner, Papyrus, but we would have
been very much happier had “My
Own” been given the chance to turn
the trick.
——All those persons who think
Bill Brown’s “long, honorable military
career” in the National Guard of
Pennsylvania, entitles him to fifteen
years in county office will surely vote
for him for Sheriff.
not electing a President ;
STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION.
tion, almost, are on Centre county.
proud, always, of those who in the
departed great threw down.
little band that he was leading at
mans just enough to make possible
lines behind them and some, go as
victory.
the one whom the fortunes of war
gratitude to all of them.
in the north, her sons in the south
man of Civil war days.
Editor Watchman.
102nd New York Vol.
in the great Civil war.
ia It is not 5 Sing to be a
: t we give but 3 ( ; 3
Ty he when death takes a
had been wounded in the’ battles
Ringgold Gap and Pine Mountain.
To show to the Colonel some
$75,000 a year.
be incalculable.
of physical and moral manhood and
asks.
Brooklyn were ?
to refuse to support Dick—well, its
‘value. Col. Stegman never asked hi i
He was one of the most noted veterans in the borough of
BELLEFONTE, PA., OCTOBER 26. 1923.
A Writ of Certiorari Granted in the
| Stegman and Taylor.
Last week we called attention to the fact that the eyes of the Na-
Scattered to the furthermost corners of this broad land of ours
are those who still look on Old Centré county as home. Just as they
are sentimentally attached to its mountains and valleys are they
past brought fame to the county
and those of present generations who are holding up the torch that the .
Who can tell what history will write of Capt. Dick Taylor and the
Appremonte. Blind to everything
else than duty that gallant little company harried the on-coming Ger-
a reorganization of the wavering
far as to say, saved Paris and
5
Centre county has the opportunity of recognizing the honor that
her soldiers have won for her. They have selected “Dick” Taylor as
gave the greatest opportunity to
prove the metal of the sons of Centre, They are asking that he be
made Sheriff. Not wholly because of the emoluments that may fall
directly to him from the office. More as an expression of the public
¥
~The fame of Centre county is in the contest. In every demand of
1917 and 1918 she went over the top. Her sons in the west, her sons
read of the millions she gave in
money and pointed with pride to the great spirit of their homeland.
Now they are looking back to see what we are going to do when the
heat of battle has cooled, when the effervescence of patriotism has
worked off.. They are hoping, longing for a verdict in November that
will prove beyond peradventure that Centre does not forget.
Already we have published several of the many letters that have
come to this office. Let us here publish another that suggests a par-
allel in the achievements of soldiers little thought of at the time but
grown richer and more glorious with each passing year.
Yes, who can tell? History might write Taylor down as the Steg-
New Dorp, N. Y., October 16th, 1923.
A few days ago, in Brooklyn, Col. Lewis R. Stegman died at the
advanced age of eighty-four years, and it is because of his death that
we recall, at this time, his deathless exploit in the never-to-be forgot-
ten battle of Gettysburg, in the first week of July, 1863.
; The man who kept the Confederate forces from taking Culp’s
Hill and thus crumpling up the Union line was Col. Stegman, of the
_ The battle of Gettysburg was one of the fifteen decisive battles
of all our wars. It was vital in that it proved to be the turning point
roud of, but the fact remains,
y
favors.
rooklyn;
of Cedar Mountain, Gettysburg,
measure of the esteem in which
s fe
‘they held him, his fellow citizens of Brooklyn took great delight in
electing him to the office of Sheriff of King’s county.
In those days it was a fee office and it was supposed to be worth
1 do not know what the office of Sheriff of Centre county is worth
to the Sheriff, but I believe the worth of Dick Taylor to the office to
I have had many years’ acquaintanceship with him, dating back
to his childhood, when he as a small boy came to the farm of Robert
McKnight, at Hunter’s Park, and assisted in the farm work.
I soldiered with him in Co. B, during the Spanish-American war,
and I believe the county never grew a better soldier than Dick.
I fully trust that the voters of Centre county will, for once, lay
aside their party allegiance and show that of her two sons, both as-
pirants for the same office, the one to be chosen, is the one who chose
to be, and was, and still is, a good soldier, not for one instant losin
“ “sight of the fact that the office of Sheriff requires a mighty fine bran
courage.
As Col. Stegman and Gettysburg saved the Union, aided by the
remnants of the 102nd N. Y. Vol., let there be enough Republicans in
this battle of Ballots to aid the remnants (Democrats), in a Republi-
can stronghold to save to soldier Dick Taylor the office for which he
Can Centre countians be as loyal to its soldiers as tk: people of
I feel that for any voter, no matter what his politics, ..
perjury.
WILL H. FIELDING.
Ford Accuses Secretary Weeks.
For some reason the administration
at Washington has opposed the ac-
ceptance of Henry Ford’s offer to take
over the unfinished nitrate plant at
Mussel Shoals, Alabama. The plant
was begun during the war as an
emergency measure to supply the gov-
ernment with nitrates for use of the
army and navy. In the construction
work nearly $80,000,000 were expend-
ed and before completion of the pro-
ject the war ended, thus removing the
necessity for it. Following the close
of the war various plans for dispos-
ing of the plant were suggested but
none took practical form. It was
finally announced that unless. some
feasible means were brought forward
the work would be abandoned and the
expense charged to loss.
At this stage of the game Henry
Ford came forward with an offer to
take over the plant, complete it and
manufacture fertilizers at low cost
for the farmers of the country. This
at once aroused the opposition of the
organized fertilizer producers who :
have been charging exorbitant prices !
for their products for years, and
various schemes were undertaken to
prevent the sale to Mr. Ford, though
his offer was admitted to be fair. Fi-
nally the matter was referred to Con-
gress and there it met a lobby so for-
midable as to cripple it for the time
being and possibly strangle it for all
time. Among these was the sale of
an important part of the plant with
the expectation that the offer would
be withdrawn.
In a statement given to the public,
the other day, Mr. Ford declared that
politics are responsible for the oppo-
sition to his acquisition of the proper-
ty. He accuses Secretary of War |
Weeks with conspiring to defeat his |
plans in order to protect the fertilizer
trust in its franchise to loot the far-
mers, as they have been doing for the
past several years. Secretary Weeks
promptly issued a denial of the charge
but the circumstantial evidence in
support of Mr. Ford’s accusation is so
strong that only the most credulous
will be deceived by the Weeks’ state-
ment. At this distance from the cap-
ital it looks as if Ford’s fight against
Senator Newberry is responsible for
the present trouble.
Penn State defeated the Navy
last Saturday by the score of 21 to 3.
Our victory was not as impressive,
however, as the score might indicate
to those who did not witness the
game. Offensively the Navy was the
stronger team. She gained many
more first downs than State and com-
pleted far more forward passes. De-
fensively they might be rated by some
as on a par because neither was able
to cross the other’s goal line from
straight scrimmage, but it must not
. be forgotten that the Navy went
i through State’s line for two marches
almost the entire length of the field
and State never made two first downs
in succession. It was a brilliant
game, however. Clean and interest-
ing. And while the three scores made
by our team were thrillingly spectac-
ular we shudder to: think what might
have been the result had we not gone
into the second half with fourteen
points sewed up through breaks that
happen rarely. Im fact we don’t re-
call that State has scored from a kick
off since Killinger did it in New
York and “Shorty” Miller’s historic
performance of two such feats at
Penn some years ago.
i ———— A ors
—Get your job work done here.
while they . i he tir which they wil
oe wake io gar {taken up is indefinite. “The Sup
NO. 42.
Centie County Bank Case.
On Monday the United States Su-
preme court granted the petitions of
.| Florence F. Dale, Andrew Breese and
George R. Meek praying for a writ of
certiorari.
The petition was presented to the
Supreme court on Monday, October
8th. The next morning the Public
Ledger announced, among its legal
news, that it had been denied. This
gave rise to a popular impression that
the petitions had been summarily
thrown out of court. The “Watch-
man,” being reasonably sure that suth
was not the case, made no report of
the occurrence. It would have been a
very unusual procedure for the Su-
preme court, in fact almost a physic-
al impossibility. The local attorneys
who were interested in the case were
in the court room until one o’clock. It
was then filled with others waiting to
present causes to. the bench... The Su-
preme court adjourns at 3:15 so that
persons familiar with its practice
were certain that it could not have
disposed of all the business before it
for that afternoon and taken up the
Covie County bank case specially as
well. Hi
The error probably was caused by
the Ledger’s Washington correspond-
ent. In reporting the local cases, he
evidently got them in among the pe-
titions that had been presented at an
earlier session and were *
the Court, whereas they shou
been merely marked “submitted.
The petitions were in the nature of
prayers for a review. of the
the U. S. Circuit court of
will be recalled that’ Mrs.“
Messrs. Breese and Meek ‘appealed to
the Circuit court from Judge Witmer’s
ruling in the District court. The Cir-
cuit court sustained Judge Witmer in |
an opinion filed by Judge Davis in the
latter part of August. - wo ms
All the questions involved are juris-
dictional. They have no bearing on
the facts of merits of any of the cas-
es.
The cases are now regularly on the
Supreme court calendar for argument,
but the time at which they will
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court adjourned on Monday and will
not sit again until November 12th.
——The “Watchman” is indebted to
Miss Helen Bartholomew, of Centre
Hall, for the splendid report of the
county institute proceedings that ap-
pears in this issue. Miss Bartholo-
mew is teaching in the Centre Hall
schools and is a very versatile young
woman. Besides being a most capa-
ble teacher she does very good news-
paper work and enjoys the distinction
of being the county’s most self-reli-
ant motorist.
——Bellefonte has about one-elev-
enth of the population of Centre coun-
ty, yet it cost about one-fifth of the
county’s total outlay for assessing.
Evidently the assessors in the other
districts are not getting their share.
——It is said that Colonel Harvey
resigned the Ambassadorship in Lon-
don to become press agent for the J.
Pierpont Morgan bank. There is less
distinction in his new office but con-
siderably more profit.
— The Bellefonte hospital is
under many obligations to thc good
people of Unionville for a very gen-
erous donation sent to the institution
last Friday.
——1It is said the hatters are try-
ing to bring the silk dicer into vogue
again. They have probably reached
the limit in high prices of the soft
and cady varieties.
——A Democratic mass meeting
will be held in Grange hall, at Spring
Mills, this (Friday) evening. Every-
body is invited, especially the ladies.
— Pinchot hasn’t much cause for
complaint. Coolidge is perfectly will-
ing to let him enforce the dry laws in
Pennsylvania in his own way.
—It is said that the American
people eat on an average 15,000,000
bananas a day. It’s small wonder
that dago run short.
——Senator Smoot, of Utah, is like-
ly to get himself disliked among the
leaders of his party. He recommends
a luxury tax.
——The Ku Kluxers claim to be
100 per cent. American but they al-
ways employ un-American methods.
——The New York Tribune asks
“How dry is Pennsylvania?” and the
only answer is: “nobody knows.”
——— A ————————
——With the defeat of Papyrus the
last hope of the English sporting
world is extinguished.
——Charlie Snyder is too busy at
home to annoy Pinchot in Harrisburg
these days.
dead in bed at Lewistown on Sunday
morning.
—Fire late on Monday night badly dame«
aged the Bloomsburg High school build«
ing, a three-story brick structure, located
half a block from the town’s business dis-
trict. The loss is estimated at $75,000.
—Thieves, who some days ago entered
the Bethlehem Presbyterian church near
Gringo, Beaver county, and stole the Bi-
ble, it is believed by some, are guilty of a
new outrage. In a later visit not only
was: the carpet stripped from the floor
and taken, but the clock was removed
from the wall and carried away.
—Grabbing for his dinner can, which
had fallen from his hand, Andrew Pascoe,
of Pottsville, aged 17 years, lost his bal-
ance on a mine cage at the No. 9 colliery
of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation com-
pany and fell 400 feet down the mine shaft
to instant death. Pascoe was going to the
surface on the cage when the can was jolf-
ed from his hand.
—Caught in an explosion of dynamite
Thursday while working in a mine near
Carrolltown, Albert Cebrat, aged 35 years,
of St. Benedict, had both eyes blown out
and a portion of his face torn off. He also
suffered severe burns of the face, a frac-
ture of the jaw and his one hand was so
badly mutilated that amputation of three
fingers was found necessary. 2
—The jury in the case of Mr. and Mrs.
Leidy K. Trate vs. the city of Williams-
port returned a verdict last Friday of
$5,820.79 in favor of the plaintiffs. In pass-
ing over an iron doorway set in the pave-
ment in front of a Fourth street place of
business one of the doors opened, throw-
ing ‘Mrs. Trate to the pavement and frac-
turing her hip and a bone in her foot.
—Joseph Cauffiel, mayor of Johnstown,
will be required to return a sum of money
aggregating with interest, $13,140, to D. A.
Boyer, of the same city, as the jury serv-
ing on the case of Boyer vs. Cauffiel, that
was brought in the Blair county courts on
a change of venue and tried at the Octo-
ber term of civil court last week, rendered
a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for the
full amount as claimed.
—As a result of an odd accident Sunday,
William Gardner, aged 16 years, of Altoo-
na, may lose the sight of his right eye.
Gardner was hiking along a road near Al-
toona when he felt a stinging pain in the
one eye. He was taken to the Altoona hos-
pital, where an X-ray examination reveal-
ed a piece of metal in the one eye, pre-
sumably a bullet, although the boy said
that he had heard no shot.
—One million feet of timber will be re-
quired by the American Wood Products
corporation, of Austin, in filling an order
for battery boxes. The transaction will
involve over $100,000 and will tax the
plant to capacity. W. A. Palmer is man-
known as the Peerless Body corporation
builders of truck bodies, also is in opera-
tion under the management of Mr. Pal-
mer.
—The body of William B. Murdock Jr.
a shoe dealer of Tyrone, was found in the
Bastlawn cemetery at that place, on Mon-
body of his wife was buried two years
ago. The police reported he had shot him-
self in the head. Murdock had grieved
* | since. his wife died and was a frequent
visitor to the cemetery. When he did net
return home Sunday night his friends in-
stituted a search and the body was found
early Monday.
—James Hendershot, 65 years old, went
to bed last Wednesday night in the alms-
house of the Bloomsburg poor district, a
pauper. Thursday morning he awoke to
find himself a comparatively rich man.
“Phat’s fine. I guess I'll have to leave
here - now, but I'll wait until I get the
money,” he said, when informed that as
one of the cousins contesting the will of
the late Mrs. Abigail A. Geisinger, of Dan-
ville, he would benefit from the settle-
ment of the case out of court.
—A piece of paper four inches long by
three inches wide, was used by the late
bequeath his entire estate, said to be
worth about $1,000,000, to his widow and
daughter. The will, written in April, was
filed this week with the register. It con-
sists of only two sentences, naming the
widow and his daughter as his sole bene-
ficiaries and executrices. Major Comfort
for many years was connected with the
Standard Oil company of New Jersey. He
died October 11.
—A bomb explosion followed quickly by
fire, completely destroyed the store and
dwelling of Joseph Torsello, on LaSalle
street, Berwick, on Monday, with a loss of
$14,000. A half dozen families’ in the
beds, and windows within a square were
broken. Torsello was to have been mar-
ried that day, but the wedding was post-
poned because fire damaged his dwelling
last week while he was away. He scout-
was responsible for the outrage.
ry Yohn, of Dauphin county, aged 30
years, who fell out of a pear tree at the
farm of her father mear Newport a week
ago. The woman landed on her head and
shoulders and complained. of pain in her
neck. She treated herself with home reme-
dies, but later went to the Harrisburg hos-
pital for an examination. Am X-ray ex-
amination revealed her neck broken. Sev-
eral vertebrae were crushed by the fall.
When Miss Yohn was told of the serious-
ness of her injury and advised to remain
at the hospital, she replied that she had
to go home to attend to some household
duties, but that she would later return.
—Dr. Thomas Brennan, aged 28 years,
of Shenandoah, was killed and three oth-
ers of a party of six men were slightly in-
jured early on Saturday when their auto-
mobile overturned several miles east of
Miffiinburg. The party was on its way to
State College to see the State-Navy foot-
ball game. George Gress, former quarter-
back and half-back at Penn State, driver
of the car, said that the accident occurred
before daylight in a fog. The state high-
way was wet and slippery. The party was
off the right road, and in going back the
car skidded and turned over. Dr. Bren-
nan was next to Gress and the car turned
over on the side on which he was sitting.
He was caught beneath the body of the
machine and his skull was fractured.
Gress said none of the others in the party
suffered serious harm. Carl Wurtz receiv-
ed an injury to his collar-bone. Others in
the party were Thomas Slavin and two
men named O 'Hara and Bachman. Wurtz
and Slavin were former Shenandoah foot-
ball playerrs. The car was only slightly
damaged, being driven into Lewisburg un-
der its own power.
SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE.
—Seneca E. Bennett, aged 62, was found
ager of the plant in Austin. A subsidiary
day, lying across the grave in which the :
Major Samuel Comfort, of Doylestown, to p
neighborhood were thrown out of : their
ed the police theory that a jealous rival
—A broken neck apparently is not con- :
sidered a very serious matter by Miss Ma-