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INTERESTING SIGHTS IN THE
FLOWERY KINGDOM.
North Graphically Describes
Native Life and Scenes in
Western China.
$1.50
Dr.
Chengtu, Sze., West China,
December 16, 1923.
Dear Home Folks:
I have been going to write ever
since we reached here nine days ago,
but I have been so busy getting accli-
mated, as it were, that I have only
just reached my goal. T’ll go back a
few weeks and give our history to
date.
We left Chungking on Wednesday
morning, November 22, by steamer
for Luchow (pronounced Loo-dzo), a
city that lies at the confluence of the
Yangtsze and Lu or To rivers. The
steamer was a native boat, although
of British registry. We had to use
Chinese cabins, but they were clean
and comfortable, although small. We
would have had to eat Chinese food,
had we not had Havermale’s cook.
He is a good cook, and consequently
we were well fed. We reached Lu-
chow on Thursday afternoon. By the
time we had attended to preliminaries
it was growing dusk. We hired a
small boat to take us up the Lu river
a short distance to one of the side
gates, where we were to enter the
city, for we had written ahead for ac-
commodations with the Canadian
Methodists who have a station there.
Our boatman was so slow that it was
dark long before we reached the city
gate. When we did arrive there we
found it locked. We were told to go
to the large gate to the west, I think.
It was quite a sight to see us walking
around the wall with our baggage and
lanterns. I was reminded of Joshua's
march around the walls of Jericho. We
were so close to the walls of Luchow,
however, that I hoped the walls would
not fall. We reached the Canadian
compounds at last, and were hospita-
bly greeted and entertained. The la-
dy with whom we stayed, Mrs. Veals,
is a graduate of the nurses’ training
school of the Hospital of the Good
Shepherd, at Syracuse, N. Y.
Friday we spent in preparation for
the journey, getting our boat ready,
etc. We traveled from Luchow to
Tzechow, Havermale’s station, by
small native boats. Our party, con-
sisting of Mr. and Mrs. Havermale,
Jerrold Havermale, Miss Flessel, of
the W. F. M. S., Mr. and Mrs. Blanch-
ard, Miss Burdeshaw, of the W. F. M.
S., and Mrs. Fung, of the Chinese Y.
W. C. A, along with we, us, and com-
pany, had four boats to our credit—or
discredit. The Havermales had one,
the Blanchards one, the ladies one,
and we one. The whole journey from
Luchow to Tzechow up the Lu river,
a distance of some 400 li, I believe,
took us from early Saturday morning,
November 24, to Saturday afternoon
on December 1. One can figure about
three li to the mile, although it seems
that with the Chinese a li is 3 relative
term. They have “long” li and
“short” li. As in almost everything
they are not famous for accuracy in
measurement of distances. We passed
through bandit country, but no ban-
dits bothered us. When we reached
Tzechow we found that the trackers
on Blanchard’s boat were ex-bandits
whom the loapan, or captain, was try-
ing to reform. One of them was very
bellicose, having two or three violent
encounters with rival trackers in the
course of the journey.
The method of travel is most inter-
esting. The boats are pulled or towed
by trackers who walk along the river
banks. Well worn paths along the
banks show where for centuries the
Chinese have followed the methods of
their ancestors in the propelling of
river boats. When one side becomes
too steep or otherwise disadvantag-
eous for tracking, the trackers jump
into the boats and row to the oppo-
site bank, there getting out and track-
ing again. Boats the size of ours
have two or three trackers, generally.
Some of the large freight boats have
many more. At difficult passages in
the river, where rapids or swift cur-
rents make tracking difficult, are
found trackers’ stations, where men
wait to help pull these boats to a safe
point above the rushing water. Some-
times as many as twenty or thirty
men will be found pulling one boat.
Once or twice we passed points where
the rapids occurred at a bend in the
river, so that it was necessary for the
boat to cross, and therefore for the
trackers. In such a case the cable,
which is made of woven bamboo
strips, is passed across the stream
and attached perhaps to a very long
cable on the opposite bank some dis-
tance upstream. It is most interest-
ing to watch the crew of trackers
straining at a cable perhaps a thous-
heard one since,
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and feet long, walking perhaps ten or
fifteen feet, then in turn leaving the
end of the cable and going back to a
place behind the rear man, just as we
used to do at home when we passed a
medicine ball down a long line to the
last man who had to run with it to
the front of the line, except that here
the order is reversed.
Another interesting feature of this
boating is their boatman’s chant. Es-
pecially when they come to a hard
pull in the river you will hear them
strike up a chant that sounds most
beautiful at a distance. By the
rhythm they manage to pull together
and probably forget the muscular
strain to a considerable degree. This
tracking, is not, however, all pleasant.
On a cold, rainy day a tracker feels
the discomfort, even though he is
hardened to it. Then too, itis at
times almost impossible for the track-
er to pull against the current. He
gets down almost on all fours. Boys
hardly in their teens are put at the
business and do their share—perhaps
nore than their share. They tell me
that the boatmen are a hard lot. I
presume they are, but they are also a
good-hearted crowd, and live up to
their lights, I presume, much better
than some Chinese with better man-
ners and education.
One of the features that impresses
the newcomer is the lack of worry
about clothes. Most of the men are
borefoot or wear only straw sandals.
Their clothing consists of a coat and
pants—Ilittle more. Most of them
take off their coats when the weather
is at all warm, and when they have to
wade they roll up their trousers or re-
move them eritirely. We saw numer-
ous Adams on our journey. Can you
imagine any one walking around in
the States in his birthday suit at
Thanksgiving time—supposing, of
course, that he dared to brave public
opinion ?
After this dissertation on boatmen,
I must hurry on to say that we had
comfortable beds and good food. We
had folding cots with plenty of bed-
clothes. In Chungking Sarah and I
bought from Dr. Laura Jones—Armi-
nius Jones’ daughter—a perfection
oil heater. This kept us cosy during
the cold days. We ate on Havermale’s
boat. At night we would pull up to
shore at some large town where ban-
dits are not known and sleep peace-
fully—except when some heathen
funeral ceremonies kept us awake.
At Niufudu, one of our night stops,
some one had had the misfortune to
die near the boat landing. Drums,
Chinese fiddles, Chinese flutes or
fifes, and a whiskey tenor made night
so hideous that every time that I have
I have shuddered.
Next morning at breakfast I told the
crowd that the sounds were hellish.
They all agreed, although they pro-
fessed to have been afraid to use the
word.
As I said before, we reached Tze-
chow, Havermale’s station, about 1:30
on Saturday afternoon. Apparently
about all the Christians in the city
were down at the river bank to greet
First there were the school chil-
dren, in their uniforms—all school
children in China wear uniforms;—
then there were the teachers; then,
too, the native church members; and
lastly the foreigners—Mr. Starrett,
the district missionary who has been
doing Havermale’s work while he has
been home on furlough; Dr. Hill, the
physician in charge of the hospital;
Miss Proctor, Miss Griffith, Miss Nel-
son, Miss Householder, Miss Fosnot,
of the W. F. M. S. We stayed at the
W. F. M. S. home, as did Miss Flessel
and Miss Burdeshaw, the latter being
appointed to Tzechow. The Blanch-
ards stayed with the Hills. We had a
delightful time, the weather being
pleasant most of the time.
BILL.
A Birthday Dinner.
On Sunday, April 21st, Matthew
Adams, of Port Matilda, was eighty-
four years old and quite a number of
friends gathered at his home to help
celebrate the event. A big dinner
was the principal feature and the
guests included, in addition to the
venerable host and hostess, Mr. and
Mrs. Theodore Adams, Mr. and Mrs.
John G. Adams, Mr. and Mrs. E. J.
Sharer, Mr. and Mrs. John Blazosky
and two children, Clair and Catherine;
Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Goss and daugh-
ter Myrtle, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Laird,
Clair Cowher, Alex Adams, Mahlon,
Gilbert, Paul and Theodore Adams,
Mary E. and Charlotte Adams, Mat-
thew and Clair Sharer.
Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Goss, of Ty-
rone, and Mrs. Ivan Adams, of Juni-
ata, took advantage of the birthday
celebration to visit their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Theodore Adams.
Fengler First to Enter.
Harlan Fengler, the youngest of the
world’s speed kings, is the first fa-
mous pilot to sign the entry blank for
the international championship speed
classic to be held on the new Altoona
speedway June 14th, when eighteen of
the leading drivers will battle for
championship points and the $25,000.-
00 purse in the grueling 250-mile race
on the noted board track.
Fengler, fresh from his victory at
the opening event of the 1924 season
at Los Angeles, where he came in first
in a field of seventeen on Washing-
ton’s birthday, asked the Altoona
management for the privilege of be-
ing the first one to officially sign for
the June classic.
——A collision on the state highway
between Bellefonte and Milesburg,
last Friday evening, occurred between
cars driven by Mack Shay, of Howard,
and Harry Barner, of Bellefonte. No-
body was hurt but both cars were
pretty badly damaged.
IRVIN.—William H. Irvin, one of
the last of the old-time furnace men
in this section of the State, passed
away at his home at Pennsylvania
Furnace at five o'clock on Tuesday
afternoon, as the result of complica-
tions and general debility.
He was a son of Richard and Eliza-
beth Meyers Irvin and was born at
Pennsylvania Furnace on August
22nd, 1844, making his age 79 years,
8 months and 7 days. His entire life
was spent in the neighborhood of his
birth and when he grew to manhood,
following his school-boy days, he
went to work for Lyon, Shorb & Co.,
who then operated the Pennsylvania
furnace, one of a number of charcoal
furnaces then in existence in Centre
county. He is probably the last to
pass away of the old-time employees
of that iron-making industry. Fol-
lowing the shut-down of the furnace
he became manager for the Tyrone
Iron and Manufacturing company at
the Juniata ore mines, but for a num-
ber of years past has lived a retired
life. He was a member of the Spruce
Creek Presbyterian church at Grays-
ville and an exemplary citizen in
every way.
His wife passed away a number of
years ago but surviving him are the
following children: C. P. Irvin, of
Greenwood; G. P. Irvin and Mrs. W.
H. Brown, of Pennsylvania Furnace;
Mrs. J. M. Wilson, W, W. Irvin and
Mrs. B. H. Brennen, all of Altoona.
Funeral services will be held at his
late home at 10:30 o’clock this (Fri-
day) morning, and burial will be made
in the Graysville cemetery.
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STRAW.—Uriah Straw, for a third
of a century a well known blacksmith
of Blue Ball, Clearfield county, died
on Monday following two year’s ill-
ness with dropsy and other complica-
tions.
He was a son of John and Frances
Weaver Straw and was born at Cen-
tre Hall on September 10th, 1851,
hence was in his seventy-third year.
When he was a boy his parents moved
to Julian where Mr. Straw grew to
manhood and learned the trade of a
blacksmith. Thirty years ago he lo-
cated at Blue Ball and that had been
his home ever since. In 1873 he mar-
ried Miss Harriet Fahr, of Julian,
who passed away eleven years ago,
but surviving him are two sons and
twe daughters, Blanchard and Allan
Straw, Mrs. Lester English and Mrs.
Forest English, all of Blue Ball. He
also leaves the following brothers and
sisters: Mrs. Daniel Lindsay, of Blue
Ball; Daniel W. Straw, of Julian; A.
M., of Youngstown, Ohio; Andrew N.,
of Zanesville, Ohio; John J., of Mar-
ion, Ohio; J. E., of Pittsburgh; Mrs.
Michael Murphy, of Julian; Mrs. An-
na Johnstonbaugh, of Braddock; Mrs.
Isaac Holt and Mrs. Emory Beals, of
Julian.
Rev. Ira Fisher, of the Methodist
church, had charge of the funeral
services which were held at two
o’clock yesterday afternoon, burial be-
ing made at Blue Ball.
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BAKER.—From the Modesta, Cal.,
Herald we learn of the death at Ceres,
Cal., on March 31st, of James McClay
Baker, a native Centre countian. He
was born in Howard on July 25th,
1851, hence was in his seventy-third
year. When sixteen years of age he
went to Iillinois and two years later
went to Iowa. In 1876 he returned to
Centre county and a year later mar-
ried Miss Lida A. Knox. Shortly
thereafter they returned to Iowa
where they lived until 1886 when they
moved to Nebraska, but returned to
Iowa in 1897 and located in Des-
Moines. In 1908 they moved to Ceres,
Cal.,, where they occupied a ranch
ever since.
Mr. Baker was for many years a
member of the Masonic order and a
past master in the organization. He
is survived by his wife and one son,
James Hiram Baker, of Allen, Ne-
braska. Mr. Baker's remains were
buried on April 9th at Modesta, Cal.
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BUCHER.—Abbott G. Bucher, a son
of the late Judge Joseph Bucher, of
Lewisburg, and who was well known
in Bellefonte through his frequent
trips here as a traveling salesman,
dropped dead at Andover, N. Y., on
April 22nd, as the result of heart fail-
ure. He was forty-eight years old and
is survived by his wife, who prior to
her marriage was Mrs. Roberta
Smith, for a number of years a resi-
dent of Bellefonte; two brothers and
one sister, John W. and J. Casper
Bucher, of Lewisburg, and Mrs. Har-
ry W. Chamberlain, of Milton. The
remains were taken to Lewisburg
where burial was made last Thursday
afternoon.
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McELHATTAN.—Mrs. Sarah E.
McElhattan, widow of William McEIl-
hattan, died at her home on Beaver
street, last Saturday, following an ill-
ness of ten years. She was a daugh-
ter of George and Susan Rohrabaugh
Wagner and was born on May 29th,
1847, hence had reached the age of 76
years, 10 months and 27 days. She
had been a resident of Bellefonte most
of her life. Her husband died many
years ago but surviving her are a
number of children. Burial was made
in the Union cemetery on Momsen:
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MILES.—Reed King Miles, of Mar-
tha Furnace, died at the Bellefonte
hospital on Tuesday morning follow-
ing almost four week’s illness with
pneumonia. He was a son of John B.
and Martha Eberts Miles and was 16
years, 3 months and 18 days old. The
young man was a second year student
in the Bellefonte High school and
quite popular among his fellow pu-
pils. In addition to his parents one
brother survives. Burial was made in
the Williams cemetery yesterday
afternoon.
YOCUM.—Mrs. Catherine Yocum,
widow of the late David Yocum, and
one of the oldest and most highly re-
spected women of Nittany valley,
passed to her reward at the home of
her son, L. H. Yocum, of Hublersburg,
last Friday, as the result of a stroke
of apoplexy.
She was a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Philip Deitz and was born in
Marion township on June 1st, 1841,
hence had reached the advanced age
of 82 years, 10 months and 24 days.
Sixty-four years ago she married Da-
vid Yocum and the greater part of
their married life was spent on the
farm in Walker township. She was a
consistent member of the Reformed
church from childhood, an earnest
worker in the Sunday school and took
a leading part in the activities of the
missionary society. Notwithstanding
her advanced age she enjoyed remark-
able "health up until her late illness
and always enjoyed the companionship
of her many neighbors and friends
who loved to gather at her fireside.
Her husband passed away twenty-
two years ago and of her three chil-
dren only one survives, L. H. Yocum,
with whom she has made her home.
She leaves, however, four grand-chil-
dren and five great grand-children.
Funeral services were held at her late
home at 2:30 o’clock on Monday after-
noon by Rev. Harry Hartman, pastor
of the Reformed church, and burial
was made in the Hublersburg cem-
etery.
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WALIZER.—Samuel Walizer, a na-
tive of Centre county, died last Fri-
day at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
Upton Haines, at Graysville, follow-
ing a protracted illness. He was sev-
enty-seven years old and is survived
by three children, Walter Walizer, of
Seward; Mary, of Trenton, N. J., and
Mrs. Haines, of Graysville. Burial
was made in the Graysville cemetery
on Sunday afternoon.
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KANE. — Herbert Kane, four-
months old son of Joseph and Treca
Yerger Kane, died at the family home
on Railroad street last Saturday night
following a brief illness with bron-
cho-pneumonia. Burial was made in
the Catholic cemetery on Tuesday
morning.
Futile Attempt to Blow Up Rev.
Elmer Williams Family.
A dispatch from Chicago states
that an attempt was made there at an
early hour on Monday of this week to
blow up Rev. Elmer L. Williams and
family, and while the act proved fu-
tile so far as injuring any of the
household is concerned six members
of the family were hurled from their
beds, while most of the windows in
the house were broken and the front
porch damaged.
Centre countians will be interested
in this item because of the fact that
Rev. Williams was born and raised
near Martha Furnace, this county,
his parents being Mr. and Mrs. George
W. Williams. He was one of the
prime movers in instituting the Wil-
liams family reunion association and
most every year returns to Centre
county for that big event.
In Chicago he is chief of law en-
forcement for the Chicago Better Gov-
ernment Association and he charac-
terized the act of the bombers on Mon-
day as “an appeal for light wines and
beer.” He evidently is not frightened
from his work as he promptly stated
that he will open “such a drive in
Chicago against viciousness and booze
as the city has not yet seen.”
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United Brethren Christian Endeavor
Rally.
Last Tuesday evening the Belle-
fonte district, of the Allegheny con-
ference Christian Endeavor Union,
which is the young peoples division of
the United Brethren church, held a
Christian Endeavor rally at Valley
View.
About one hundred of the United
Brethren young people in this district
were present to make the gathering a
success.
The feature of the evening was a
debate on the subject “Resolved that
Christianity is on the Decline.” Rev.
Frank B. Hackett, of Bellefonte, and
Rev. C. E. Shelly, of Port Matilda,
had the affirmative, while Geo. Emen-
hizer, of Houserville, and Roy H.
Grove, of Bellefonte, upheld the neg-
ative side of the question.
After some very hot debating and
startling facts brought out from both
sides the judges decided in favor of
the affirmative.
This debate will long be remember-
ed by the young people of Valley
View and vicinity.
The next rally is scheduled for
Julian, Tuesday evening, May 6th.
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——According to the Lock Haven
papers two Bellefonte men in a high
powered touring car took a leading
part in running down two speed auto-
ists at the Clinton county town last
Friday night. Two young men of
Avis motored to Lock Haven and per-
sisted in speeding on the street not-
withstanding repeated warnings of
traffic officer Charles Fox. The latter
tried to round them up or his motor-
cycle but they first crowed him
against the curb and again against
the side of a bridge. The twc Delle-
fonte men, whose names were not ~'v-
en, happened along and invited ("eo
traffic cop into their machine. They
then gave chase and overtook the of-
fenders between Mill Hall and Beech
Creek, but the officer was compelled
to shoot holes in their rear tires be-
fore they would stop. For their “fun”
the men paid $64 fines and costs and
had two bullet punctured tires.
—It’s all here and it’s all true.
“Buck” Taylor Dead at West Chester.
William Taylor, better known in
Centre countg as “Buck” Taylor, died
in the Chester County hospital, at
West Chester, on Monday, following
three week’s illness with a complica-
tion of diseases. He was a Texan by
birth and probably close to seventy
years old. Reared on the plains of
his native State he naturally drifted
into the life of a cow boy. Standing
six feet seven inches in his stocking
feet and weighing almost three hun-
dred pounds he was a figure to attract
attention wherever he happened to be.
In his life as a cow boy he became
a proficient rider and one of his great
stunts was to pick a dime from the
ground while riding a horse at top
speed.
His proficiency in the saddle finally
attracted the attention of William F.
Cody, “Buffalo Bill,” who induced him
to join his wild west show and for a
number of years he was one of his
star riders. Later Mr. Taylor took a
band of cow boys and Indians to Eng-
land and gave a wild west show which
attracted large crowds. Returning to
this country he decided to retire and
coming to Centre county about ten
years ago he purchased a farm on the
Branch, near Boalsburg, where he
lived a number of years. He finally
sold his farm and for some months
lived at the Bush house in Bellefonte
but later drifted east and located in
Chester county. Many people in
Bellefonte and Centre county very
distinctly remember Mr. Taylor and
naturally will feel regret over his
death; especially because of the fact
that during his stay here he became a
member of the Bellefonte Lodge of
Elks, and had always maintained that
he would come back to this county to
round out his life.
Clinton County Detective Awarded
Carnegie Hero Medal.
As a recognition of his bravery in
saving the lives of John M. Reynolds
and Harold E. Reeder county detec-
tive W. H. Myers, of Lock Haven, has
been awarded the Carnegie gold
bronze hero medal and $1,000 in cash.
Mr. Myers’ act of heroism occurred
during the ice flood of 1923, at Lock
Haven, when John M. Reynolds, an
aged man, and Harold E. Reeder row-
ed out in a boat in an attempt to cross
the fields east of that city. They
were swept from their course by the
swift current, and as the boat was be-
ing carried past a small tree, near the
point where Bald Eagle creek enters
into the Susquehanna, they managed
to grasp the branches and cling there
for eight hours. All attempts to res-
cue them failed until Mr. Myers and
Ellery Reeder, father of one of the
water imprisoned men, risked their
lives and succeeded in reaching the
men in a boat and effecting a rescue.
A letter from the Hero Fund Com-
mission to Mr. Myers states that the
medal will be forwarded to him at an
early date and the cash will follow as
soon as he designates the purpose for
which it shall be used as the award
states that he is given the sum of
$1,000 “to use for some worthy pur-
pose which shall be approved by an
executive committee,” which is the
customary string tied to all such
awards.
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Girls’ Gymnastic Closing Exhibition.
Twenty-four members of the young-
er girls’ gymnasium class, which has
been conducted by Mrs. Robert S.
Walker during the past season, gave a
very pleasing demonstration of their
work before a good and appreciative
audience in the Y. M. C. A. gymnasi-
um on Monday evening.
The calisthenics and wand drill
were very well performed, the folk
dancing was graceful and pleasing
and the recreation games provoked
lots of enthusiasm, both amongst the
spectators and the performers, and
the competition ran close.
During the evening the girls pre-
sented Mrs. Walker with a beautiful
bouquet of red roses as a small token
of their appreciation of her faithful
attendance and leadership of the class.
Mrs. Louis Schad presided at the
piano. The music for part of the ex-
ercises was supplied by an excellent
school victrola, which was kindly
loaned by a local store.
This will close the classes for the
season and the girls will anxiously
await the reopening next fall.
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Faculty Play a Money Maker.
Thursday afternoon and evening of
last week the High school faculty
gave a short drama entitled, “Come
Out of the Kitchen,” in the Moose
Temple theatre. The characters were
very well portrayed. Mrs. Maurice
Krader and Ellis O. Keller carried off
the principal roles, while a great deal
of credit is also due to all the other
members of the cast for the excellent
manner in which they handled the
various amusing and complex situa-
tions which confronted them. The
play was directed by Mrs. Krader. In
the afternoon the play was given for
the school pupils, and in the evening
a public performance was held. Over
three hundred dollars were realized,
which was turned over to the Athletic
association.
——Governor Pinchot, accompanied
by Dr. Kirchway, one of his New
! York experts, made a flying visit to
Centre county on Wednesday to in-
spect the new western penitentiary
at Rockview. While the object of the
inspection trip has not been disclosed
from all accounts he wasted little
time in locking over the buildings and
grounds. Superintendent Stutzman
entertained the Governor and his
guest at luncheon at his residence.
Official Count Showed Few Changes
in Primary Vote.
Th eofficial count of the vote cast
at last week’s primaries was complet-
ed by the commissioner’s clerks on
Tuesday and the result showed only
miner changes from the totals pub-
lished last week. For President 857
Republicans voted instructions for
Coolidge, 15 for Johnson and 39 for
Pinchot, while 329 Democrats voted
for McAdoo and 69 for Smith. The
highest vote cast on the Republican
ticket was 1969 for W. I. Fleming for
county chairman. W. H. Noll receiv-
ed 42 Republican votes for Assembly-
man while Holmes received 87 Demo-
cratic votes. Following is the vote
cast for all the candidates on the Dem-
ocratic ticket except the delegates-at-
large and alternates, which vary very
little from the totals published last
week:
Superior Court:
Ringelsmith v.............. c.0ivin, 867
State Treasurer:
Brmentrout a... oveciinisiosssesnss 955.
Auditor General:
COIN ©. ae cinerirrrirsvisensanine 954
Congress:
Benson i. Li I A ns 851
Swoope ............. iia 8
Assembly
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District Delegates:
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Alternates:
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State Committeeman:
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County Chairman:
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Do Night Crawlers Eat Onions?
Several years ago ex-sheriff W.
Miles Walker gave us a story anent
the big, black night crawlers pulling
up his little onions and piling them
up on top of the ground, and we pub-
lished the same with a feeling of con-
siderable reservation. But we are
now willing to take off all reserva-
tions.
In addition to pushing the pencil in
the “Watchman” office we have al-
ways laid claim to some ability as a
gardener. Last Friday we dug our
first garden for this year and put out
a nice bed of onions, feeling somewhat
proud of the job when finished. Then
came the rain of Monday night and
Tuesday morning about five per cent.
of our little onions were lying on top:
of the ground; and most remarkable
of all was the fact that they were in
little piles of three, four and five.
Naturally we harked back to Mr.
Walker’s story of the night crawlers
and in re-sticking the onions the same
day we took particular care to trace
to its source the cause of the onions
being pulled up and piled up, and un-
derneath each pile was found a hole
about the size of a lead pencil. In
fact in several instances the sprouts
on the onions had been pulled down
into the hole as far as possible. That
the depredations were due to night
crawlers is unquestioned, and now we
are prone to wonder if it was an act
of pure devlishness on their part, or
whether they really eat onions.
William Hall Again in Trouble.
William Hall, the man who escaped
from the western penitentiary at
Rockview several years ago and took
a shot or two at Harry Whiteman
down near the Red Roost when he at-
tempted to recapture him, is again in
trouble at Altoona, which he has
adopted as his abiding place. After
serving his full time Hall was dis-
charged from the penitentiary last
December and returned to Altoona
where he has been living in a shanty.
Recently a number of burglaries have
been committed in that city and the
police became suspicious of Hall and
on Tuesday morning several officers
decided to search the shanty in which
he lived.
Hall was in the shack at the time
and received the officers with a show-
er of bullets. Two men were wound-
ed, though not fatally, and Hall
promptly took to his heels and made
his escape to Brush mountain. In the
evening he returned and officers again
tried to capture him but he made his
escape a second time, and up to this
writing has not been captured. Hall
is fifty-six years old and almost half
his life has been spent in prison.
Electrocutions Monday
Morning.
Two on
Two electrouctions took place at
the Rockview penitentiary on Monday
morning, the first being that of Wy-
lie N. Morgan, the young Texan who
brutally murdered six year old Lillian
Gilmore, of Philadelphia, on Febru-
ary 23rd, 1923, then threw the body
into a creek near Germantown. Efforts
were made to save Morgan’s life on
the grounds of insanity but both the
Supreme court and board of pardons
declined to intervene.
The second man to go to the chair
was Albert Platt, of Crawford county,
who killed Robert Ellis McGowan, a
nineteen year old school teacher at
the McGowan home near Meadville.
The crime was committed on Februa-
ry Tth of this year, Platt was convict-
ed on February 18th, and paid the
penalty on Monday morning, just
i eighty-one days from the date of the
commission of the crime. The bodies
were both buried in the penitentiary
cemetery.
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According to a report reaching
this office yesterday there are a num-
ber of cases of scarlet fever on east
Curtin street and residents up there
are blaming the spread of the disease
on a small dog belonging to a family
where the fever was prevalent some
weeks ago, and which has been allow-
ed to run at large.