Th Sn DT INK SLINGS. Serve Centre’s Sick. —Help the hospital drive over the top. —The drive is going over the top. Are you helping to make it go? — All Republicans appear to be for Coolidge except those who enjoy seats in Congress. — Happily the “Columbus crowd” is no longer potential in Washington and some of the assets of the govern- ment are left. ——The principal cause of com- plaint against the pending congres- sional investigations is that they are proving the charges. ——1It’s well enough to avoid temp- tation but there is no real merit in hunting them up in order to boast later of the avoidance. There is and always will be in every community a small minority of the opinion that the Eighteenth amendment will be repealed. ——The accounts of Jake Hamon’s expenditures at the 1920 Republican convention differ widely but they all show that he paid too much. —Bellefonte and Spring township are teetering. They are so near the top that a few big gifts to the hos- pital would push this district over the top. ——Reduced to the last analysis Senator Pepper probably thinks Hard- ing’s most “terrible” mistake was his refusal to appoint Pepper solicitor general. ——Speaking of Burchard it may be remembered that former Governor Sproul “wished” both Pinchot and Pepper on the Grand Oil party of Pennsylvania. ——If the proposition to jail all who buy alcoholic liquor were adopt- ed the average jail would become “a rich man’s club house,” for only rich men can pay the price. —South Potter was the first pre- cinet over the top in the hospital drive and Worth township was second, hav- ing completed its quota on Wednes- day. Which one will be next? —To those people who won’t give to the hospital drive because Pinchot cut its appropriation to the bone we might suggest a better way of getting satisfaction. They know they need the hospital so why don’t they give generously. Then turn around and thumb their noses at Giff. and tel! him they can have one whether he tries to wreck it or not. —Senator Borah’s recent address before the Y. M. C. A., in Washing- ton, was the most sensible utterance we have ever heard that fanatical gentleman give voice to. His declara- tion that great campaign contribu- tions, from whatever source they come, can not be regarded in any oth- er sense than as a form of bribery is all too true. When a man or corpora- tion gives fifty or a hundred thousand dollars to his particular party cam- paign certainly he expects to be fa- vored in some way; either by prefer- ence in naming office holders or spe- cial benefits through legislation. —Many funny incidents have come out of the hospital drive, but the best one of them all happened in a section of Pennsvalley and we must tell it to you. A worker called at a house down there, was cordially received by the husband who evidently anticipated the visit and knew the mission of the vis- itor. When he was asked to put his name on the card for the suggested amount he stated that he always con- sulted his wife in such matters and would have to call her in before doing anything. So Nora was called. When she came into the room and was told what was expected of the pair she said: “Why John, you know we are not in a position to sign that card for anything. I have just come from the 10spital and it cost $500 and we can’t {o it.” Then John said: “That’s true, Nora, but you know that they said you couldn’t pull through when we ;00k you over there and they pulled you through and if you’d a stayed 1ere you’d a died and the undertaker ind the tomb stone maker would have 1ad the $500 anyway and I wouldn’t 1ave you either.” As Nora fled to the sitchen she called back: “John sign he card.” —The man or the woman who tells ny one that the Bellefonte hospital ver “soaked” him, or any body else, s not telling the truth, though he or he may not know it. The hospital as fixed rates. Use of the ambu- ance costs the same to everybody, so oes use of the operating room, the {-ray laboratory or the pathological aboratory. The ward beds are $10 a reek if the patient wants to pay it or ot a cent of he doesn’t want to or an’t pay, the private and semi-pri- ate rooms are at fixed rates that the atient is advised of before entering rem and there is no other charge to ny patient, unless some special serv- 'e outside the regular hospital offer- 1g is required. No physician receives cent for service rendered to a ward atient. If any have paid anything 1ey have done it of their own voli- on. But when a patient elects to ike a private room he or she is in the ume relation with the attending phy- cian as if in his or her own home. he hospital has nothing to do with iat. So that if any one tells you iat the hospital has “soaked” him 11 him to come to this office with the oof and we'll volunteer to try to re- ind every cent of his claim. VOL. 69. _ STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION. BELLEFONTE, PA, APRIL 11. 1 92 4. NO. 15. Republican Fight in Confusion. The confusion which envelopes the contest for delegates-at-large to the Republican National convention at Cleveland increases as the primary election day draws closer. Last week the Pinchots sounded an alarm in be- half of Secretary Mellon, whose pop- ularity is limited to the wealthy ele- ment, but they failed of their purpose. Their appeal for Mellon was interpre- ted by Mellon’s friends as a proposi- tion to trade rather than a tender of help, and influenced by the admoni- tion “beware of Greeks bearing gifts,” failed to respond. An overture to the friends of Mrs. Martin proved equally | nouncement that the goal is within unsuccessful. As the only woman on the slate she feels reasonably safe. There are seven delegates to be chosen and eight candidates in the field. One of the eight must be dis- appointed. In the beginning the signs pointed plainly to the Governor as the victim. But various developments during the progress of the fight have cast doubts upon the issue. There is something more than a shadow to the weakness of Mrs. Martin, not that she is personally unpopular but for the reason that she is a hand-picked can- didate of Mrs. Barclay Warburton, who treated the rest of the women in the party somewhat cavalierly. Be- sides there is an undercurrent of op- position to sending a woman to the convention in that capacity. The managers were literally forced to “slate” one woman and the rank and file of the party is not yet reconciled. The recent speech of Senator Pep- per, in Maine, has caused considera- ble opposition to his candidacy, more- over. His blundering attempt to be- smirch the character of the late Pres- ident Harding has incensed the many friends of that popular idol in every section of the State, and it would not be surprising if their resentment would be expressed at the primary polls in sufficient volume to snow him under., He has never had a strong hold on the affections of the people and his rather awkward efforts to pose as a strict partisan since his in- duction into public life have disgusted a large part of the element which ad- mired him as an independent voter and an active churchman. It is pos- ‘sible that he may fall “outside the breastworks.” Another element of doubt is trace- able to the inefficiency of Mr. Straas- burger’s campaign work. Reputed to be worth millions of money and in- clined to play the part of “angel” to a group of politicians he has not ful- filled expectations in any direction. His campaign manager, former Lieu- tenant Governor Frank B. McClain, has been loquacious and vociferous but the public has not responded free- ly. Great strength is claimed for Mr. Straasburger in the coal regions by his friends in other sections but to the cursory observer it is not a substan- tial growth. In view of this fact it is possible and even probable that the entire “slate” will go through and the attempt to “rush it” fail. Delaware’s Opportunity. Several weeks ago we were inform- ed that Noah H. Swayne II was a re- ceptive candidate for the Legislature from the Second district of Delaware county. We did not accept the infor- mation seriously for the reason that we could scarcely reconcile the idea of a man of Mr. Swayne’s ability aspir- ing to an office where such men are so sorely needed, yet so rarely recog- nize it as their duty as citizens to go if the opportunity presents. It seems that Mr. Swayne is serious in his aspiration. would seem that the voters of Dela- ware county must have an opportuni- ty rarely presented them. He is the type most to be desired in legislative halls in these days of governmental travail and his candidacy should be espoused by every one in Delaware who really desires the uplift of our General Assembly—and God knows it needs that. Mr. Swayne is of the best type of American citizenship. Endowed with great intellectuality he has the moral courage to advocate the big things, the clean things, the worth-while things. His wide experience in bus- iness enterprises, his knowledge of the problems of society and his recogniz- ed leadership in public affairs wher- ever he hes been fit him peculiarly to give service to his county and the State such as is all too infrequent in our Legislature. Mr. Swayne is a Republican. This is a Democratic paper and such ful- some praise might appear inconsist- ent on our part. It is not, for the “Watchman” fully recognizes that a grave crisis confronts us. There must be sound men in charge at Harrisburg if the future is to be secured and knowing Mr. Swayne to be one of them we urge the people of Delaware county to submerge factional strife and political expediency by a deluge of ballots for a Representative who will certainly bring honor to them. Ser — A —— ——Boost the hospital drive. In consequence it |. Will the Goal be Reached?’ Only Four Days More in which to Put the Hospital Drive Over the Top and Thousands of Dollars are Needed. Two Districts are Over. The public response to the cam- paign for $100,000 for a Centre Coun- ty Hospital has been wonderful in spirit, but not strong enough in ma- terial gifts thus far to justify an an- reach. From all quarters come stories to the effect that there is general rec- ognition of the need for enlarged and more modern service at the institu- tion and the response to the call for funds has been almost unanimous on the part of those to whom giving means a real sacrifice. Gifts of large amounts have not been so many as were anticipated but it may be that some are holding off to throw large contributions in at the last moment when they might be nec- essary to push the drive over the top. There is optimism everywhere among the workers. The spirit of the people has been so fine that they can’t see the possibility of failure. And there won’t be failure if prayers and hard .work are of any avail in this great cause. The canvassing organization for Bellefonte and Spring township met for luncheon at the Brockerhoff house at 12 o’clock on Tuesday. The meet- ing was presided over by Rev. Wilson P. Ard, president of the Kiwanis club in the absence of Colonel Henry C. Quigley, who was spending the day in Philadelphia looking for subscrip- tions. At the conclusion of the lunch- eon Mr. Ard called on the division chairmen for reports. The chairmen all reported progress: Except for Bellefonte and Spring township it was not possible to report definite subscriptions. Each division leader believes that his division will go over the top by next Monday night. Mr. Ard then called on Mr. Emerick to have his Lieptenants report and the result -of these reports is as follows: Lieutenant John M. Bullock $ 4832 | Lieutenant George Hazel - 4,096 Lieutenant A. H. Sloop - - 5,530 Lieutenant Harry C. Yeager - 4,508 Lieutenant George Carpeneto - 4,445 Lieutenant Oscar Gray - - 177% Total - - - 25,186 These contributions represent sub- scriptions from 90 per cent. of the prospective givers who were asked | William McKinney, i ' real personal sacrifice. This same spirit of sacrifice on the part of every citizen would put the campaign far over the top. By the time this report appears in the press it is the hope of the campaign workers that a number of generous gifts will have been re- ported to headquarters. The regular Kiwanis meeting re- solved itself into a meeting devoted entirely to hospital matters. The campaign will close with a din- ner at the Brockerhoff house next Monday. evening, April 14th, at 6:45 o’clock. This dinner will be attended by workers from all parts of the county and it is hoped that when the reports are turned in every division will have secured its quota. At this occasion a silver loving cup will be given to the division securing the largest percentage of over-subscrip- tions. ; Mr. Stephen C. Pohe, whom we had hoped would be present at the open- ing dinner of the campaign, has writ- ten that unless he is called out of the city on company business, he will be with us Monday evening at the clos- ing dinner. Mr. Pohe has been invit- ed to speak on the problem of manag- ing a hospital. His experience in the campaign for the Memorial hospital in Johnstown, and as president of that hig institution, assures the work- ers in this campaign that they will hear a very helpful message. Outside of his business as vice president of the Penn Public Service Corporation Mr. Pohe devotes most of his time to fe interests of the Memorial hospi- tal. SOUTH POTTER FIRST OVER THE TOP The surprise of the campaign came witksthe announcement that the Seuth precinct of Potter township had raised - its quota, turned in all cards properly signed ‘and filled in on a typewriter, before any one else had started. Frank Carson, merchant at Potters Mills, is the lieutenant over there and his workers were Miss Mildred Brown, Frank Palmer, George McCormick, Frank Harshbar- ' ger and Edward Bressler, of Potters for amounts less than $400.00 and in- : cludes a number of subscriptions from those who have given amounts in ex- cess of $400.00. It was evident to the captains and lieutenants, in fact to all the workers, that if the campaign is to be a success and $50,000 is raised from Bellefonte and Spring township by next Monday evening, those who can give large subscriptions will have to do so before that time to assure the success of the drive. After the reports were made by the lieutenants president Ard compli- mented the workers on the thorough- ness with which the canvass had been made and urged them to complete their work at the earliest possible time. It was agreed that every ef- fort should be made to secure a num- ber of large subscriptions before Mon- day evening. Hundreds of gifts have been made in amounts ranging from $5.00 upwards where the gifts mean Mills, and Albert S. Allen, of Centre Hill. The quota was not large, but that doesn’t detract a bit from the glory of this wonderful achievement. Lieut. Carson knew he had the job to do and “Do it Now” must be his motto for he went to work twenty-four hours be- fore any one was thinking of moving and with the aid of his seven enthu- siastic helpers and the wonderful spir- it of interest in the hospital shown by the people of that precinct put them over the top, with $25.00 surplus, in just four hours and a half. It was some work. In that time they saw 225 people, not one refused and some voluntarily increased the gifts sug- gested. When you come to consider what the condition of the roads in that locality must have been last Friday morning you'll have to join us in a rousing round of cheers for Lieut. Carson, his helpers and the good peo- ple who rewarded their efforts so cheerfully. A Word of Explanation. Bellefonte, Pa., April 7th, 1924. To the Citizens of Bellefonte and Spring Township: It has come to my notice that there is some criticism from cer- tain persons because of the letters sent out from Campaign Head- quarters by the Committee conducting the Hospital Drive; that it was an attempt on the part of the Committee to arbitrarily say what each person should contribute. This is a misapprehension of the facts. In the first place a pe- rusal of the letter will show that the amount indicated was not to be construed as an assessment and was suggested by a committee of “your friends” (made up of twenty or thirty business and professional men). some basis to work upon. IEEE IUD SAE IAS AA UII ETI rd Discordant Keynotes. From the Philadelphia Record. The Republican orchestra would make sweet music if the musicians could agree upon the key. There is no leader, and every fiddler and every tooter upon a horn and every twang- er of the harp strings is hitting a dif- ferent key and beating a different time. While the Republican women of this locality were dining on the oratory of two Senators and an Assistant Attor- ney General, who were assuring them that nothing was the matter in Wash- lington, Senator Pepper was down East telling the Maine folk that two of Mr. Harding’s appointments were “terrible mistakes” and a third was “a serious error of judgment.” In the opinion of Senator Pepper there is nothing the matter with the Republi- can party except a President who is now dead. But while Mr. Harding is not in a position to defend himself, and per- haps the “Columbus crowd” has no interest in doing it, the “serious error of judgment” announces that he is . nothing of the sort, and though Sena- tor Pepper has designated him as the scapegoat of the party, he refuses to play the part. The great moral dra- ma of a Republican Presidential cam- paign may slump for all he cares; he positively refuses to be the goat. i The harmony of the performance is further impaired by the impassioned | speech of Assistant Attorney General | Mrs. Willebrandt, who vindicates the management of the Department of Justice by Mr. Daugherty. But Mr. Daugherty left. the department most unwillingly, and at the imperative de- mand of a Republican President. If Mr. Daugherty is a “serious er- for of judgment,” the error was com- mitted not only by the dead Mr. Hard- ing, but by the living Mr. Coolidge, who took over the cabinet with the of- fice and retained Mr. Daugherty for some time after Mr. Denby concluded ' that “this is the time for disappear- ing.” Mr. Coolidge must have real- ized some time ago that he had made a “serious error of judgment,” but he | made no effort to correct it till Mr. Daugherty refused to furnish certain documents which a Senate committee demanded. As the Attorney General is a subordinate of the President, se- lected by him, removable by him, the i President had to correct the “serious error of judgment” or make himself responsible for the refusal of the pa- pers. Of course, it was important to the President to stand in well with the friends of the deceased President, but at this point the President had to choose between throwing a Harding man overboard or engaging in an al- tercation with a Senate committee, and of course the Harding man had to go. ’ . There is nothing wrong in Wash- ington, according to the Senatorial orators before the Republican women. | There is a good deal that is wrong, according to the Republican orator before the Maine convention, but the | man who was responsible for it is now ‘dead; surviving Republicans are all right. And when the Republican President decides that the “serious er- ror of judgment” must go, Assistant Attorney General Willebrandt stands up for him and insists that his man- agement of the Department of Jus- tice was commendable in every re- | spect. . | If Mr. Stokowski should be desert- . ed by his orchestra, he might get an engagement to lead the Republican orchestra and make the performers ! play the same tune. Women and the Tariff. From the Milwaukee Journal. Bits of beads, bits of lace—any- thing in trimming—double and treble | the price of goods dear to a woman’s heart. This is not “protection” to : American industries, for they do not compete in this sort of wearing ap- parel. This is not legitimate protec- tion when women are forced to pay $1.87 a pair in tariff taxation on long kid gloves. For no such gloves are made here, and women refuse to wear the clumsy glove which is made here, despite the duty intended to force them to give up the ones they prefer. This tariff is a principal reason why a $20 a week wage goes no farther now than $12 before the war. Yet in all the fuss made by the administra- tion about lowering by $222,000,000 the income taxes of those best able to pay, not one word is said about cut- ting down some of this $3,000,000,000 tariff tax that falls upon the poor and the better-to-do alike. This is why about 99 women out of every 100 must If $100,000 was to be raised the proposition had to be put on a business basis and the committee was told by our expert that every- body of giving power should first be listed and afterwards rated ac- cording to the best judgment of the committee so that there would be Naturally in such a big undertaking mis- takes have been made—a very few have been rated too high and some too low, as evidenced by the fact that many have voluntarily increased the amount indicated when called upon for their subscriptions. Don’t confuse the issue by making a personal matter out of it. Keep in mind “hat it is your hospital making a plea for funds—not myself or any inember of the committee. Sincerely, HENRY C: QUIGLEY, Chairman. look into the entrancing windows and ! pass on with a sigh—to the plainer, | machine-made clothing that is not put on display. lp prem ——rs Give Us the Dandelion. From the Pittsburgh Post. That school of thought which would have spinach made the national herb might enlighten us on whether it ever heard of such things as spinach bit- ters, spinach wine or spinach coffee. The dandelion sees spinach as greens and then raises it several by perform- ing stunts of both a tonic and pleas- urable character. Then there is its flower as one of the first gladsome signs of spring. Spinach, with its one i ——A hard rain Saturday night and quite high enough to Sunday filled all the streams in Cen- | ty county. Spring creek carried a three foot flood but fortunately oot! | reach the “Watchman” press room. Bald Ea- gle creek overflowed its banks in some of the lower section of the valley. ' quiet when the dandelion is around. little trick as a pot herb, should keep ——A contemporary wonders why the late Mr. Wallingford never got a’ cabinet - appointment. Probably he didn’t have money enough to compete with the oil speculators. SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE. —With a gas well producing 1,500,000 feet daily near Cross Fork, that town is likely to grow again to the 2,000 or more of population which it had in the lumber- ing days of Potter and Clinton counties. —Lewis McGill, who is a patient at the Wills Eye hospital, Philadelphia, follow- ing injuries sustained in an explosion in the clay mines at Monument, will lose the sight of one eye, but physicians are hope- ful that the sight of the other eye may not be lost. —Evidently transferring their operations from Hazleton to Freeland, church thieves broke into St. Mary's Greek Catholic edi- fice in that place, on Sunday night, and securred $100 left in collection boxes. They overlooked $200 in silver. At St. John's Roman Catholic church they got nothing. —Miss Jane Leonard, 83 years old, known to thousands of the alumni and stu- dents of the Indiana State Normal school, died while asleep in her apartment at In- diana on Sunday night. She was precep- tress of the school for 46 years and con- ‘tinued to reside there after retiring three years ago. —“Hand over the money in the cash register, or I'll put a bullet through you,” ordered a lone young unmasked bandit, walking into William H. Burgoon’s drug store in Altoona, on Monday night, and leveling a revolver at him. Burgoon, who was alone, handed over $40 in change and the bandit fled. —When Howard Brennan, a 10 year old Port Carbon boy, was operated upon at the Anthracite hospital, at Pottsville, his hearing was perfectly restored. For four vears he had been almost totally deaf. Surgeons found that the boy had stuck wads of paper into each ear and forget about the obstruction. The paper worked down toward the ear drum and produced deafness. —The Columbia county auditors have made their final report, surcharging coun- ty commissioners Knittle, Croft and Un- angst $1000 for a subscription made by the county to insure placing of two pedestal lights in front of the court house. The auditors in their statement said they ‘“per- sonally regret we are unable to find any legal authority that would warrant our approval.” ‘ —Ogden M. Hoaglund, formerly of Ridg- way, and son of Mrs. Anna Beck, of that place, who ten years ago was one of the leading musical comedy stars, has spurn- ed a legacy of $250,000 left him by Mrs. George B. Wilson, aged 72 years, of Phil- adelphia. Papers filed last week in surro- gate’s court disclosed that he had renounc- ed the legacy and assigned the money to Mrs. Wilson's three sons, Mrs. Wilson left an estate worth several millions, and the bequest was made to Hoaglund, known as Jack Henderson on the stage, as a token of his friendship at a time most needed. —William 8. Mayes, of Lock Haven, was thrown under the wheels of a car on a wood train which was backing through the yard at the paper mill in that place on Saturday. His left leg was almost severed and had to be amputated, while the toes on his right foot were so badly crushed that they also had to be taken off, He sustained severe lacerations on the face be- low the right eye and of the right hand. He had been engaged in sanding the track and attempted to board the train when his foot slipped and he was thrown under the ‘wheels. He is an employe of the paper mill. sien : —Plant diseases and insects will have a hard summer in Northumberland county. The spraying program just issued by county agent J. M. Fry states that twen- ty-four combination pressure spray ma- chines will operate in the county this year. In addition, fourteen traction machines will work largely on potato spraying and six large orchard machines are prepared to fight the diseases and pests in the orch- ards. It is estimated that 400 acres of po- tatoes will be sprayed on about eighty farms this summer. Between forty and fifty farm orchards are also due to receive their periodic “bath.” —Charged with branding Miss Ruth Hauck, aged 18 years, of Connellsville, Pa., with a hot curling iron when she refused to carry out orders he gave her, Andrew Galos, of McKees Rocks, a suburb, was turned over to county authorities last Sat- urday by a police magistrate. The girl told detectives that Galos lured her from her home by promising her a life of luxu- ry in Pittsburgh. Miss Hauck was remov- ed from a train several days ago when she fainted. It was believed that she was suf- fering from poison, but an investigation disclosed scores of burns on her body. Her condition is serious. —One hundred and seventy-seven men paid fines totalling $3,750 following a spec- tacular raid by state troopers late on Sun- day on “the Paddock,” an alleged gamb- ling resort near Chester, Pa. Receiving word that Major Lynn G. Adams, and sher- iff Thomas Allison, at the head of twenty troopers, had captured the proprietors and habitues of the place, police magistrate Thomas Barry removed his records to the entrance of the building, but two blocks from the city hall, and held court. The alleged proprietors, Thomas McCoembs and Michael Larkin, paid $1,000 each. The other 175 were fined $10 each. —John Harrier, 35 years old, clay miner employed by the Harbison-Walker Refrac- tories company, at Woodland, Clearfield county, met almost instant death Friday when a charge of dynamite he was pre- paring exploded. Harrier was kneeling over the charge, tamping down the ground about it, when the explosion occurred. On his bed in the Clearfield hospital, he ex- plained to physicians he had pierced the cap with a needle and caused the charge to go off prematurely. He died at seven oclock Friday evening. Harrier is sur- vived by his widow and four children, the oldest of whom is 9 years old and the youngest only a year. { —Two men were killed, another proba- bly fatally wounded and a score of others more or less seriously hurt in a Sunday evening riot between townspeople at Lilly, Cambria county, and members of the Ku Klux Klan, a close check-up by the state police and deputy sheriffs disclosed on Monday. Four residents of Lilly are held by the state police on charges of rioting while at Johnstown, 25 men, said to be Klansmen, are being held by Sheriff Kel- ler pending an investigation. The rioting occurred when a stream from a fire hose was turned upon the Klansmen as they were boarding a special train for Johns- -| town, after having paraded in the dark- ness through Lilly from an adjoining hill where a ceremony attended by some 600 Klansmen had been held. According to re- borts all the Klansmen had gone to the meeting armed, and a bushel basket full ‘of revolvers were confiscated by the offi- cers in Johnstown.