INK SLINGS.
——A doctor says that motoring
impairs health. It certainly has that
- effect on pedestrians that are run
down.
—The Prince of Wales will go to
Canada on Sunday and nobody knows
how much progress he made in learn-
ing to play poker.
——Life imprisonment may be as
"hard a sentence as hanging to those
young fiends in Chicago but it is not
as satisfying to the public.
—Surely the Prince is growing more
democratic every day. At the inter-
national polo match on Tuesday he
actually “walked a hundred yards on
a dusty path used by the public.” At
least that is the way the sycophantic
news writers, who are following his
comings and goings, put it.
—There is iiothing they can say
against Davis and as they have dis-
covered that LaFollette is taking
many votes from Coolidge the Repub-
licans have turned all of their bag
"guns on the Senator from Wisconsin.
' Meanwhile we are going confidently
on our way securing the votes that
will make Mr. Davis President.
—Eighty thousand people paid from
ten to one hundred dollars a seat for
a chance to see the negro, Wills,
punch the stuffin’ out of Firpo. And if
a hat had been passed among them to
put a little stuffin’ into the millions of
starving children in the Near East
‘the contributions wouldn’t have rang-
ed more than from ten to one hundred
«cents.
—Talking about peaceful mobiliza-
tion for Defense day, the free dance
that wound up the ceremonies in
Bellefonte was as peaceful, placid and
pleasant a Terpsichorean diversion as
any one could ask to participate in.
Everybody was there from Dan to
Beersheba and the hoi polloi comport-
"ed itself with a dignity that the elite
of recent years seems to have had no
sense of whatever.
—On Labor day Joe Boyer sacri-
ficed his life to make a holiday for
Central Pennsylvania, Jimmy Mur-
phy set the pace that urged him on to
it. Monday Jimmy gave his life to
make a holiday for the populace at
Syracuse, N. Y. Why do they do it?
Yes, why do the speed demons, the
aerial acrobats, the steeple jacks, the
~ human flies go on with their death-
defying exhibitions? Only because
Nero fiddles while Rome burns.
—In really valuable service to the
people of Centre county William H.
Noll is outstanding among those who
‘have served as a County Commission-
er. In the Legislature he would be
equally valuable. He knows the coun-
ty, he knows its needs and he knows
that its people are the ones to be rep-
resented in Harrisburg. His platform
is to represent you——not some politic-
al machine or some ‘self-seeking indi-
viduals who are trying to exploit the
masses for their own personal ag-
grandizement.
—An advertisement in the “Watch-
man” today announce that some one
in Tyrone will pay an experienced cook
one hundred dollars a month—also
room and board. If it were not for
two things we'd consider chucking
this job and grabbing off the snit that
awaits some one up in the place that
Jack Johnson’s oratory has made as
famous as a blue ribbon once made
Milwaukee. We're a good cook.
We've had experience with cooking for
large families. The only chefistical
blunder we have ever made was when
we undertook to put warmed up pie
dough over on the boys as mashed po-
tatoes. We'd take this job if the ad-
vertiser had not specified that the ap-
plicant must be either a female, a
Slav or a Hungarian, neither of which
we are. -
—Mighty interesting to us is the
result of recent experimentation by
old Doc. Steinach, of Vienna. He's
" been working on a substitute for that
monkey gland operation. By tying
up a certain little gland he says some-
thing better than DeSoto was hunt-
ing for down in Florida away back in
1500, will be assured to all of us. He’s
tried it on a thousand or more rats
with the result that on the old and de-
crepit ones the fur came back and
they grew fat, agile and pugnacious.
We care nothing about being fat, agile
or pugnacious, but if you know any-
thing at all of how the mustica do-
mestica pesters a warm, barren dome
in September you’ll understand why
we're interested in Doc. Steinach’s
experiment. Years ago Doc. Munyon
told us: “There is hope!” Can it be
possible that tomorrow Doc. Steinach
will make the fur come back on us.
—When the late President Wilson
confirmed Secretary Baker’s selection
_ of Jack Pershing to head the Ameri-
can expeditionary force in Europe,
in 1917, the Republican press of the
country fairly frothed at the mouth.
It charged him with playing politics
in the face of a National crisis be-
cause he had not selected Maj. Gen,
Wood. The President ignored the
ravings of those who were studiously
trying to harass him when he was
carrying greater burdens than any
American - President has ever been
called upon to bear. Last Saturday
President Coolidge gave the lie to the
defamers of Wilson in his own party
when in an unprecedented Executive
order he said of Pershing: “* * * he
demonstrated his capacity for the
highest military functions and his se-
lection as the commander of the
American expeditionary forces in the
world war was a natural conse-
quence.”
{ pledges fo the
VOL. 69.
Mr. Davis’ Middle West Tour. |
With an out-door meeting at Fort
Wayne, Indiana, tomorrow evening
John W. Davis, Democratic candidate
for President, will complete a most
successful tour of the Middle West.
Within the period of three weeks he
will have spoken in Wheeling, West
Virginia; Columbus, Ohio; twice in
Chicago, Ill.; Omaha and Lincoln, Ne-
braska; Denver, Colorado; Cheyenne,
Wyoming; Topeka, Kansas; Kansas
City and Bunceton, Missouri; De-
Moines, Iowa; Gary and South Bend,
Indiana. Besides these major speech-
es he delivered a great many short
addresses from the car platform and
at points where brief stops were made
and enjoyed brief but encouraging
visits with the people in various com-
munities.
Few candidates for President have
undertaken as strenuous a campaign
and none has measured up to the re-
quirements of such a task more com-
pletely. In the prime of life and in
the enjoyment of perfect mental and
physical health Mr. Davis has made
of this arduous and exacting work a
source of keen enjoyment. Every-
where he has been received with cor-
dial expressions of confidence and giv-
en sincere assurances of enthusiastic
support. Altogether his “swinging
the circle” has been a heartening ex-
perience both to himself and his par-
ty managers and may justly be de-
scribed as “a continuous ovation.” It
was an auspicious beginning of the
most important political campaign in
the history of the country.
In the character of the speeches of
the candidate there is a difference be-
tween this tour of John W. Davis and
those of most of his predecessors.
Like the speeches of Grover Cleveland
these addresses reveal the matured
purpose of a sincere man and able law-
ver. Instead of the platitudes and
specious promises of a politician,
made to entice the voters, John W.
Davis speaks the language of a states-
man, sure of himself, certain of the
power of his office and confident of
his courage and ability to meet his
obligations. He offers no apology for
his past because it is justified, and his
‘op. the future are equal rights]
and exact Justice to all, rich and poor.
During all of the year 1923
there were 3490 dog licenses issued in
Centre county. For the first seven
months of 1924, or up to August 1st,
there have been 8142 licenses issued. .
Joy Over Maine Brief.
The exultation of the Republican
managers over the result of the elec-
tion in Maine was short lived. An
analysis of the vote and comparison
of the gains has taken the joy out of
chairman Butler and the White House
“mutual admiration society.” The
total vote of the State four years ago
was 197,631, of which 186,355 were
cast for the Republican candidates.
The total vote this year was about
240,000, of which 103,000 were cast
for the Democratic candidate and 136,-
000 for the Ku Klux representative on
the Republican ticket. In other words,
the Democratic vote increased 45,000,
or nearly fifty per cent. while the Re-
publican strength had no increase.
The increase in the total vote of the
State is ascribable mainly to the wom-
en. Four years ago comparatively
few women exercised the privilege of
voting in Maine, as elsewehere, while
this year a considerable proportion of
them are taking an interest in politics.
It may be assumed that the Republi-
cans in Maine lost some votes because
of their affiliation with the Ku Klux
and that the Democrats had a corres-
ponding gain. But it is reasonable to
conclude that most of the women in
that State voted the Democratic tick-
et and to hope that the same trend
will be shown throughout the country.
The high cost of living issue touches
them more directly than it hits the
male voters.
The Republican managers never
made a stronger effort for a decisive
result in Maine than they put forth
this year. They appealed to New
England prejudice on sectional
grounds and to New England bigot-
ry on religious and racial grounds.
But their efforts were futile. Instead
of gaining on the record of four years
ago they lost heavily and the result
is simply a “Dutch victory in Hol-
land” which is without value or sig-
nificance. The same ratio of Demo-
cratic gain throughout the country
will hold Coolidge to about the same
strength in the electoral vote as that
of Taft in 1912. That is, he will trail
as a bad third with the vote of two or
three States while Davis will have a
majority. :
—————ar—————
——The Republican National plat-
form declares against “putting the
government into business.” Yet the
tariff tax has no other purpose.
m———— A —
——1If every Democrat in Centre
county will do his best this year it
will require four figures to express
STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION.
Party Strength in Pennsylvania.
Some careless or casual observers
of political events are inclined to
question the sincerity of our predic-
tion that LaFollette may carry the
electoral vote of Pennsylvania. The
Harding majority four years ago,
705,013, was of such appalling pro-
portions as to daze the average po-
litical statistician and almost compels
him to acknowledge that the party is
invincible in this State. But facts
frequently make figures look foolish.
For example, in 1904 the Republican
candidate for President had nearly a
million plurality in Pennsylvania and
in 1912 the nomine€ of the same party
ran a rather poor third in the race,
with a considerable plurality for the
Independent candidate.
The plurality of about a million in
1904 fell off to some 300,000 in 1908,
and the 1912 campaign was waged
with unusual vigor and earnestness.
It was practically agreed that the plu-
rality of 1908 about correctly meas-
ured the strength of the parties. But
there were three candidates in the
field in 1912 and the supporters of the
Democratic and Independent candi-
dates felt hopeful while the suppor-
ters of the Republican candidate were
confident of a victory. The day be-
fore the election, Senator Penrose,
then the party dictator, issued a state-
ment claiming a majority of at least
a quarter of a million for Taft. The
returns showed Taft 273,305; Wilson,
395,619 and Roosevelt 444,894.
In the pending campaign the lines
are drawn very much as they were in
1912. LaFollette may not be equal to
Roosevelt as a vote getter but his ap-
peal to the people is strong and his
running mate, Senator Wheeler is a
helpful figure in the fight. Moreover,
the conditions are much more in fa-
vor of the Independent party for the
corruption in ‘Washington during the
last four years is very offensive to the
nose of decency. We have not claim-
ed a majority in the State for Davis,
but if Coolidge is a trifle stronger
than Taft, and the vote between the
two more evenly balanced, such a
thing might happen, for it may be set
down ‘as certain that Davis will poll
100,000 more votes than Wilson got in
1912.
— The renomination of Senator
Couzens, in Michigan, and Senator
cans give little promise of support for
Coolidge.
Impending Trouble in Harrisburg.
There is trouble brewing between
Governor Pinchot and the Public Ser-
vice Board. Some time ago the Phil-
adelphia Rapid Transit Co. filed with
the Board notice of an increase of
rates. After appointing a time for
hearing the Board authorized the cor-
poration to make the increase pending
the investigation which was promised.
The suffering Philadelphia public pro-
tested vehemently against the action
and appealed to one of the local courts
for an order restraining the increase
of rates. The court promptly grant-
ed the injunction and declared a su-
percedeas until the evidence is heard
and a decision is made upon the mer-
it of the case. {
At this juncture Governor Pinchot,
who was in a New York hospital as
the result of a recent surgical opera-
tion, “butted in.” He asked the
Board why it adopted the course com-
plained of and failing to get a satis-
factory answer called the chairman of
the Board to New York for a person-
al interview on the subject. Mr. Ai-
ney, president of the Board, promptly
responded and a conference was held
in the hospital quarters occupied by
the Governor. What the result of this
conference was or will be has not been
revealed but speculation is running
wild on the subject. Some of the
Governor's friends predict a summary
dismissal of all the members of the
Board.
Whether this result ensues or not
it is certain that the Public Service
Commission as at present constituted
is unduly partial to the corporations.
Some months ago an electrical railroad
company . operating near the State
capital was allowed to increase its
rates from seven to eight cents with-
out reasons satisfactory to the com-
munity it served. More recently the
Bell Telephone company was allowed
an increase in rates that was hardly
justified by the arguments presented
in favor of the action and finally the
Philadelphia Transit Co. has been fa-
vored in the same way. It is time the
matter were looked into.
——— a ——————
——The friends of Mr. Coolidge are
unjust to the Ku Klux Klan in claim-
ing a victory in Maine for the Presi-
dent exclusively.
——What’s the use of discussing
the constitutionality of the road
bonds. Most of the money has been
spent.
S———————etse———
——When you see it in the “Watch-
our majority.
man” you know it’s true.
Capper, in Kansas, by the Republi--
Luring the Woman Voter.
In the “drive” of the National
Women’s party “for the election of
four women members of Congress in
Pennsylvania” there may be conceal-
ed a large sized and exceedingly ven-
omous serpent. The four districts in
which the drive is to be staged are so
overwhelmingly Republican and so se-
curely entrenched, that there can be
little or no hope of accomplishing the
result aimed at or pretended to be de-
sired. Two of the districts are in
Philadelphia, where the Vare machine
is omnipotent; one in the Bucks-
Montgomery district, where Mr.
Grundy enjoys a strangle hold, and
the other in the Erie-Crawford dis-
trict, where the Prohibition party has
about as much chance as the proverb-
ial snow ball in the lower region.
The Republican managers are mor-
tally afraid of the woman vote this
year. The excessive tax on every ar-
ticle of necessity or ornament used or
worn by women has aroused among
the female voters an opposition to the
Grand Oil Party, that means disaster
unless it is diverted. The high cost
of living hits the housewife fairly in
the face, whether she happens to be in
the kitchen, the parlor or the bed
chamber. Those of them who are in-
clined to reason things out see that a
large part of the cost of maintaining
a home is ascribable to the tariff tax
and in self-defense set their faces
against it. If their votes are wasted
on hopeless contests the tariff mon-
gers are greatly relieved.
The women voters in Pennsylvania
and throughout the country can cut a
big figure in the election this fall if
they will exercise only half the intel-
ligence in their voting that they show
in the management of their household
affairs. The tariff tax is the most po-
tent influence in depriving them of
pleasures which would cheer their |
hearts, and the way to abate the evil
is by voting the Democratic ticket
from top to bottom. The Republican
machine has been able, by subsidy or
otherwise, to enlist the support of a
number of women conspicuous in the
suffrage and other women movements,
far their candidates ‘and their. meas-
ures. But the real interests: of: wom-
_| en are on the other side.
——Any good statistician might
find pleasant employment in figuring
out what per centage of increase in
marriages has been produced by the
automobile.
sm—— A ——————
Big Court Next Week.
The regular September term of
court will be held next week and it
promises to be one of the biggest
terms held in some years. While there
are over one hundred cases listed on
the criminal docket probably less than
half that number will reach the grand
jury. The big majority of the cases
are infractions of the present liquor
laws and many of the defendants have
already entered pleas of guilty and
their cases disposed of. Several such
cases, however, will be brought to tri-
al unless the defendants change their
mind and plead guilty before they are
called to face the court.
The big case of the week, naturally,
will be the Musser murder trial. Ac-
cording to reports eight or more at-
torneys will be engaged in the prose-
cution and defense, the greater num-
ber having been engaged to defend
the men charged with the killing of
William Musser.
——Members of the Brooks-Doll
post of the American Legion are look-
ing around for a property now on the
market with a view of purchasing the
same as a permanent home for them-
selves. They are not looking for a
valuable property in the heart of the
town but something at a moderate
price which they feel they can finance
without becoming a burden to them-
selves or the community. As the re-
sult of the drive made two years ago
there is at present a fund of approx-
imately $3,000 in the Bellefonte Trust
company which can only be used for
the purchase of a home for the post,
and with this as a nucleus they feel
that they can venture the purchase of
a property at a price not to exceed
$6,000 or $7,000. If a suitable build-
ing cannot be found they are also con-
sidering the purchase of a lot and
erecting thereon a moderately priced
home. More definite action will be
taken at the next meeting of the post
on Monday evening.
S—— ee ———————
——Nine members of the Pennsyl-
vania National Guard are to be ap-.
pointed cadets at the West Point mil-
itary academy, and the selection will
be made at an examination to be held
in Harrisburg in November. Any
Bellefonte soldiers who aspire to such
an appointment should start training
for the examination.
—————— fp Po —————
——The picnic and family reunion
season is over but we still have in
view the world’s series, football and
the hunting season.
BELLEFONTE, PA.. SEPTEMBER 19. 1924.
NO. 37.
That “Hell-and-Maria” Stuff,
From the DuBois Express. ;
General Charles G. Dawes was
brought forward by the Republican
party as its picturesque candidate.
He was to make up in pyro cs
what Coolidge lost in ihe Tanker
It was not the fact that the ker
had been director of the budget and
had served with Owen D. Young in a
private capacity as adviser to the rep-
arations commission that fitted him
for the post of second man on the na-
tional ticket; those qualifications
were very good; but not extraordi-
nary. It was the theatrical in Dawes
that made him stand out above others
‘who might run with Coolidge. He
could swear with rare facility; he
smoked his pipe upside down; and,
although he had never done any fight-
ing, being strictly a service of sup-
ply man in France, there was a legend
that he carried a gun in one hand and
a flaming sword in the other. He was
just the candidate to attract attention.
And so, when former Governor Low-
den, of Illinois, declined the privilege
of keeping cool with Coolidge, the
general was drafted b
the Republi-
can statesmen at Cleveland. ?
Now, however, it seems that Dawes
is most too much of a “he-man.” He
scatters strong language in such riot-
ous profusion and with so little judg-
ment that he has struck terror to the
hearts of those Republicans who are
depending more on the Puritanism of
Coolidge than anything else to win
this election.
in New York the other day shocked
the G. O. P. editors. He damned
everything in sight, taking meticulous
care to play no favorites and to omit
nothing. He shot strong language at
the movie operators; he let it be
known in no uncertain terms what he
thought of being himself in the mov-
ies; he strode up and down, puffing
his absurdly tilted pipe and declaring
that he would be just Dawes, no mat-
ter whether he was a candidate for
something or not. r
It is a matter of wide comment that
the Republican papers, in printing the
story, garesally omitted the language
employed by the doughty general and
proceeded to dress up his remarks
with words befitting the dignity of a
vice Presidential candidate. In the
papers he appeared as a very gentle,
if a somewhat peevish, little states-
man, anxious to befriend everybody,
but unwilling to suffer: eityi too
profuse. The way he sti o be
himself and nothing else, ly ‘was
pathetic. Fie Te 2
Arthur Brisbane, in commenting on
the wild western manner in’ which
General Dawes shot up the metropo-
lis with profanity, warned the Cool-
idge running mate that he could do
his chief a great deal of harm by too
much indulgence of his explosive na-
ture. The orthodox Republican ed-
itors seem to feel the same way.
The Reichstag Gives In.
From the Philadelphia Record.
The issue before the Reichstag was
put in such a form by Foreign 'Secre-
tary Stresemann that there was noth-
ing for the body to do but to support
the government.
party will save
The general's conduct.
ee ——.
112 children,
| gether with 25 grand-children, 40 great
SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE.
—Jesse E. Boyer won the crow killing
contest which ended this month, in Indi-
ana county. Seventeen men killed 772
‘crows, fifty-four hawks and thirteen owls.
-—I. Newton Taylor, assistant postmas-
ter, will retire October 1st, after complef-
ing twenty-seven years in the Mount Un-
ion office, having served as postmaster and
assistant postmaster.
—A safety pin, which she swallowed on
Friday morning, was removed from the
throat of Mrs. Joel Peterman, of Benton,
at the Bloomsburg hospital on Saturday.
She was dressing a child when she placed
the pin in her mouth and did not realize
until Friday night that she had swallowed
it.
—The Liberty Brewing company’s plant
at Tamaqua was sold on Saturday for
$39,000 by Sheriff Jenkins to A. L. Shay,
attorney for some of the creditors. The
sale included stables and bottling plant.
The company was founded by J. F. Mc-
Ginty and for many years paid 20 per cent.
dividends.
—A coroner’s jury summoned to inquire
into the death of Arthur Elliot, on Friday,
in Penn township, Huntingdon county,
after hearing witnesses found that his
death was caused by injuries received
when hit on the head with a club in the
hands ef Archie Younkers in self defense
and recommended that Younkers be dis-
charged.
—A number of leading farmers of Mount
Joy and vicinity, at a meeting in Garber’s
drug store, Mount Joy, organized a night
school, with a course for studenis ranging
from 16 to 50 years of age. The course
will be given at the public school and will
benefit many children who work in facto-
ries during the day, as well as students
from the rural districts.
—Lying apparently unconscious on a re-
ceiving table at the Mary M. Packer hos-
pital at Sunbury, last Thursday, after he
was struck by an automobile, N. B. Clark,
young son of Mr. and Mrs. Calvin E. Clark,
screamed, jumped from between two doc-
tors and made a dash for freedom before
ether could be administered. It was learn-
ed later he was not seriously injured.
—Members of the Girls’ League of the
Altoona High school, with which virtual-
ly all girl students are affiliated, have
adopted a uniform dress for school wear.
A jumper of serge, flannel or jersey, with
blouses of pongee, broadcloth or some oth-
er soft fabric, and ties to suit individual
taste, will be worn after the first week in
October. The idea is to promote economy.
—Judge Thomas D. Finletter, of Phila-
delphia, has approved a nolle pros being
entered in the cases of the remaining de-
fendants indicted in connection with the
riot at Lilly, Pa. last spring, but who
were not tried. The action taken was at
‘the request of District Attorney Weimer, of
Cambria county. The riot was the out-
growth of a Ku Klux Klan demonstration.
—Mrs. Mary Amelia Beake Hinkle, aged
102 .years, died on Monday at her home in
New Brighton, near Pittsburgh. She was
born in Allentown, June 22, 1822. On her
twenty-second birthday she was married
to Joseph Hinkle and the two crossed the
mountains, locating in Rochester, Pa.
They later took up their residence at New
Brighton. Mrs. Hinkle was the mother of
three of whom survive, to-
grand-children and 11 great great grand-
children. > ’ a
—John Giles, line foreman of the Delta
Electric Power company, was electrocuted
while at work at Delta, York county, Sat-
urday. Sixty-six hundred volts passed
through his body. He had just completed
his work on the top of a pole, just above a
transformer, and planning to descend when
he slipped and threw an arm across an
uncovered high tension wire in an effort
to regain his balance. The wire crossed
his arm just two inches above the top of
his rubber glove. He remained suspended
by his safety belt until fellow workmen
took him down.
—Murderers who soaked a man’s body in
oil and then waited until it was cremated,
in a vacant house near Indiana, Pa., so
Still, no political | successfully covered their tracks that not
its country without the slightest clew has been unearthed. Of-
getting something for itself, and it is ficer Check, in making a search near the
reported that what the National party burned building, found a newly dug grave
got was the promise of representation
in the Ministry. If some of the Min-
isters are taken from that party they
can supervise the execution of the
laws passed to put the Dawes plan in
operation. Perhaps that will make
them more content. Very likely it will
satisfy the people better. If a Minis-
try of all parties, or of several par-
ties, can be formed it would be more
representative than a Ministry of only
one or two parties, or blocs, in the
phraseology of Continental parlia-
ments. ; :
What Minister Stresemann remind-
ed the opposition of was ‘the necessi-
ty of employing the present psycho-
logical moment to consolidate peace,
for if we now ignore British sympa-
thy we must keep in mind the danger
that the ideas of former Premier Poin-
care might return.” That is what
brought the Nationalists to the sup-
port of the government, even if rep-
resentation in the Ministry were
thrown in to sweeten the dose.
Ever since the peace conference
Great Britain has been trying to re-
strain France from militant action. In
spite of English opposition the Ruhr
was occupied, but the consent of Poin-'
care to the two committees of investi-
gation under the Reparation Commis-
sion was due to the fact that the oc-
cupation failed to bring in any money.
Then a parliamentary vote cost Poin-
care his Premiership. Herriot has
been much less belligerent. The fail-
ure of the London conference was
averted by French concessions, which
strengthened the ties of the Entente.
Parliament and the French Cham-
bers ratified the London agreement.
France and England were on the best
terms since the armistice. Germany,
was faced by the united Allies and not
by a single one. If Germany should
refuse the Dawes plan it could no
longer have the sympathy of England.
On the other hand, France would have
the Syipathy and probably the sup-
port of England in any steps it should
ake for the collection of the repara-
tions. ‘If Germany were disposed to
measure itself against France it was
too late. It would have to deal with:
the Allies collectively. :
The Minstry understood this, and
we suspect that the whole Reichstag
did. But the Minstry needed the votes
of the Nationalists, and it probably
paid for them with places in the gov-
ernment. o it :
within thirty feet of the house among the
underbrush. The grave was about four
by six feet and about a foot and a half
deep. A big stone had halted further dig-
ging. Rather than dig a second grave, it
is believed, the murderers robbed their au-
tomobile of sufficient oil to soak the body
and cremate it.
—Announcement has been made by Wil-
liam C. Boardman, of the New York Con-
struction companey, that his concern had
been awarded a contract for the erection
of an automobile factory between Blooms-
burg and Berwick on four farms on which
options were taken a month ago. The
buildings will be from 60 to 200 feet long
and from one to four stories high. He did
not reveal the name: of the automobile
company and efforts to learn the concern’s
name have so far proven fruitless. The
property includes about 300 acres and L.
B. Ketcham, of the construction company,
said $10,000,000 would be spent.
—Seized with a stroke of apoplexy as
his train was speeding along between
Douglassville and Monocacy, shortly after
8 o'clock last Thursday evening, Edward
Connelly, of Port Carbon, engineer of train
No. 9, Reading flyer, between Philadelphia
and Pottsville, managed to bring his train
to a stop before he collapsed and fell to
the floor of his cab. Fireman Leiby took
the train into Reading where a relief en-
gineer was furnished and Connelly remov-
ed to the Reading hospital where he is re-
ported to be in a serious condition. The
train is one of the heaviest operated by
the Reading in that section and usually «
has from ten to twelve coaches south of
Reading. !
—W. J. Barron, of Port Carbon, last Sat-
urday dug up some old gold coins in his
cellar which totalled $800. It is believed
they were buried more than half a century
ago, from the dates.’ The gold was in an
old firkin and was found in the prepara-
tions Barron was making to enlarge his
home. It is not known to whom the mon-
ey belonged, but it is certain that the own-
er is dead and Barron has been informed
by a lawyer that it is legally his. Barrom
has remarked that he hoped to get some
money to meet the cost.of the improve-
ments just before he uncovered the gold.
He is a Philadelphia and Reading passen-
ger brakeman between Pottsville and Sha-
mokin. Some of the coins are so ancient
that. there is a premium upon them and
with the gold were some old half dollars,
one of which is dated 1829 and a big Eng-
lish copper penny dated 1700.