© INK SLINGS.
—Just twenty days intervene. Have
you done it?
, —Senator Wheeler did great
‘wrong and some harm by joining La-
Follette, but he can do vastly more re-
pair work within ‘than ‘without the
party.
© —It must have been the scissors.
Certainly it couldn’t have been the
pen that made the Clearfield Rafts-
man’s Journal admit, last week, that
“business is rotten.”
—We haven’t an idea who the next
‘Governor of Pennsylvania will be, but
it is a foregone conclusion that the
million Republicans in the State will
have nothing to do with his selection.
Andy Mellon will name him and they
will vote him into office.
—The Vancouver Sun says that a
statesman is a man who understands
that Wall Street is an extension of
Main. Charley McCurdy said that long
before the Sun gave the thought pub-
licity. We believe it too, but we're
not going to make any attempt at
converting the other 114,999,998 peo-
ple in this country of ours.
—A Hazleton miner was born with
‘two thumbs on one hand. Recently
he had them both cut off in an acci-
dent. His compensation insurance
guarantees him twelve dollars a week
for sixty weeks for the loss of a
_ thumb. But he has lost two and
wants twenty-four dollars a week. If
you had to decide that one what would
you do about it?
—OQur State chairman, Mr. Bige-
low, has something to point to with
pride. He cut down the debt of the
organization he inherited and prom-
ises to go into the next campaign with
the slate clean. Cutting down the
debt is very pretty, but when that
means cutting down the vote as a con-
sequence we think the Democrats
would sooner have a few offices—even
if they should necessitate “paying for
a dead horse.”
—Governor General Wood is consum-
ing columns in the metropoltan jour-
nals in which to tell us of the Ponzied
condition of our wards, the Filipinos.
We ought to be alarmed at what he
_ says, for the Governor knows, or
ought to, what Ponzied means. If
our memory serves us aright there
were reports not so long ago that a
Republican national convention was
nearly Ponzied into making him its
nominee for President.
- _ —The all absorbing question on the
streets of Bellefonte now is: “Who
“you think will be appointed Judge
ie county ?” People are not mere-
us in asking the question. It
iter of concern to every one,
rn which fanaticism, preju-
exponent and we think the sentiment
of the people of Centre county, if it
could be expressed, would be over-
whelmingly of the same opinion.
—The ‘Altoona Tribune is thankful
two turkeys aboard the ark. Of
course it was a nice thing for Barn-
um’s predecessor in the menagerie
business to have done, but Noah could
have saved a whole flock of turkeys
from the flood and the Tribune’s par-
agrapher wouldn’t be bleating his
thankfulness had it not been for the
angelic little dove that lit on its roof
in the person of Col. Henry W., and
told all hands that turkey was possi-
ble.
—It wasn’t State that was licked at
Pittsburgh on Thanksgiving day.
was a team on which there have been
too many players who think: “That’s
the bunk,” when college spirit is spok-
en of. The brain, the brawn and the
coaching are there, but the heart and
the will seems to be delving ’round in
Russia to find what Wood, Atherton,
Robinson, Sweet, Fay, McCaskey,
“Mother” Dunn, Henry, Vorhis,
Mauthe, Very, Berryman, Miller,
Lamb, Killinger,
real State heroes have left lying at
their very door.
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STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION.
Pinchot “Starts Something.”
In a letter addressed to the Sena-
tors and Representatives in the Gen-
eral Assembly Governor Pinchot im-
plies some rather grave
for the general fund out of which cur-
rent expenses are to be paid. The
Governor appears to see no reason for
such a prediction and recites former
faulty estimates of the Auditor Gen-
eral to show that he is unreliable. In
recent years the collections during
each biennium have progressively in-
creased over those of the preceding
equal period and Mr. Pinchot thinks
there will be no reversal of the rule.
There thas been some feeling be-
tween the Governor and the Auditor
General for some time and it is pos-
sible that the letter in question was
inspired by a spirt of resentment. It
will be remembered that during the
recent campaign, in a speech at Wil-
liamsport, the Auditor General ac-
cused the Governor of falsely claim-
ing that he had saved a large amount
of money to the people by wise econ-
omies in administration. The contro-
versy which might have been started
then was averted by a machine order
muzzling the accuser “until after the
election.” The Governor may imag-
ine the present an auspicious time to
start something and without reflec-
tion as to how it will end opens the
battle.
The Governor’s letter contains a
confusing jumble of figures intended
and expected to show that he was not
responsible for the increased taxes
imposed by the last Legislature ‘and
will not be responsible for the in-
crease which will be necessary during
the coming session. He seems to be
an adept at “passing the buck” and
persistent in claiming credit for re-
sults never achieved. But for the
present he has the advantage of his
adversary. Nobody can understand
his figures and because of his high of-
fice public credulity will give him the
benefit of the doubt. But it is a safe
guess that his statements will be ans-
weredy mditot General is not a
man of the ‘timid or shrinking type.
In an entirely casual way it
may be remarked that the vote of
New York city at the recent election
. yy 8 1
because Noah had wit enough to take {Will not, gredtly | promote . Governor
Smith’s chances for election as Pres-
ident in the future.
‘ Automobile Revenues Properly Used.
It is said that during the coming
session of the Legislature a strenu-
ous effort will be made by Senators
and Representatives of Philadelphia
and Pittsburgh to so amend the high-
way laws as to divert a part of the
automobile revenues from the State
to the local treasuries. Chief engi-
neer Connell, of the Highway Depart-
ment, though a Philadelphian, is op-
posed to the proposition, wisely and
justly. He reasons that all the mon-
ey so acquired is and will be needed to
keep the highways of the State in
proper repair. The road program for
the next two years is both comprehen-
sive and important.
There is some reason in the propo-
sition that the big cities contribute in
, large proportion to the automobile
Wilson and other | yevenues and are entitled to a fair
share of the advantages of good
roads. But it must be admitted that
—In another paragraph we have they cause in “equal ratio the damage to
stated that ‘Andy Mellon will name the highways which _absorb the reve-
the next Republican candidate for nues in making repairs. The big city
Governor. Since writing it, we have
learned that Andy’s finger of prefer-
ment is showing signs of pointing to-
wards Hollidaysburg and singling out
Judge Baldridge. Whether the Judge
would give up the eight years of his
unexpired term on the Blair county
bench for a chance to have four in the
executive chambers in Harrisburg
would be a matter for him to decide,
but if he did, and won, Pennsylvania
would have a very pleasing as well as
able Governor and a Republican about
whose stalwartness nobody could have
a doubt.
—The State Game Commission, the
sportsmen and the farmers—of the
South. Mountain particularly—have
been meeting to solve the problem of
destruction that deer do to the trees
and crops of farmers in sections where
they are over plentiful. Some have
advocated fencing against them. Oth-
ers want to kill off a lot of the does.
And some think the State ought to
pay for the damage done. Fencing
against them would seem almost im-
possible, certainly very expensive.
Killing off a lot of the does would be
no assurance that those left would not
continue nipping tree buds and brows-
ing on young grain. Paying for the
damage done is the proper corrective,
to our mind. It would be more satis-
factory and not half so expensive as
helping to keep up an eight foot wire
fence around all the cultivated land
abutting on mountains where deer
run.
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automobles have almost the exclusive
use of the city streets. Now and then
a country vehicle is driven into Phil-
adelphia or Pittsburgh on time sched-
ules made by the . city authorities
which inflict little harm. But all the
time the country highways are used
by city automobiles, usually running
at high rates of speed, to the full en-
joyment of their occupants.
The people of the country offer no
objection to the free use of the high-
ways by city automobile owners. On
the contrary they welcome them with
generous hospitality. But they feel
that it is fair and reasonable that the
revenues acquired from automobile
taxation are properly expended under
existing laws in the maintenance of
the roads in such conditions as to give
pleasure to the owners and users of
the machines, whether living in the
city or country. It would be a hard-
ship, as Mr. Connell says, to divert
any part of the highway revenues
from the purpose contemplated by the
present laws.
——Recurring to the proposed sus-
quicentennial it appears that the only
thing Philadelphia can raise is a Re-
publican majority, and that is accom-
plished by fraud.
——Republican managers are wast-
ing time in urging Secretary Mellon
to accept the party leadership. A ten-
der of the office to Pinchot will solve
the problem instantly.
charges
against Auditor General Lewis. Gen-
eral Lewis, in a recent estimate of the |
revenues for the ensuing biennium, in- |
dicated a falling off of the receipts
The Triumph of a Personality.
It isn’t with sorrow that we attempt
| tribute to the memory of Henry Cros-
| ky Quigley. Only those of his blood
could feel more keenly the shock of
his passing than we of his friends, so
out of the sadness of it all comes sol-
ace in the thought that his impression
on our lives was worth while.
The career so abruptly ended, yet
certainly completed, was unusual in
that it reveals no great, outstanding
achievement such as we are prone to
“acclaim in the professonal, the sci-
entific, the business avocations of men.
It was one in which a soul, seeking to
be known, expressing itself in the
twinkle of an eye, the break of a
smile, burrowed irresistibly into the
hearts and affections of his fellows.
When Henry Quigley, the lawyer,
became “your Honor,” President
Judge of the courts of Centre county
the chrysalistic shell split and there
was a strong, dominant, full hearted
character, so shorn of superficialities,
that all could see the worth that had
been unseen. With dignity, fairness
and compassion he sat in judgment of
us all and who can say that he was
not a just Judge? :
Long since have we admitted our
failure to properly appraise the char-
acter of our friend. No paper pro-
tested his fight for a chance more
earnestly than the “Watchman.”
But he lived and wrought to show that
what we thought to be froth was only
the quartz that had concealed real
gold.
Judge Quigley, in almost his first
official act, abandoned the needless
and expensive practice of spreading
‘our court sessions out over two week
periods. He devoted himself so dil-
igently to his duties here that the bus-
; iness ‘of the court was always up and
without prejudice to it he found time
to preside in many other districts of
the State. The honor of the impres-
sion and friends he made abroad was
his, but Centre county and Bellefonte,
specially, preened itself in the reflec-
tion of the tributes that were paid
him. He was almost the last link in
the chain of men who have held the
eye of the. outside world on a town
known from -its- founding fer-distin-
guished sons.
He could wither with a look. He
could scourge with a torrent of vin-
dictive, but following after always
came the smile of the soul that made
his a rare personality, the very witch-
ery'of which cemented friendships and
disarmed enemies.
——Speaking of our old friend
Barkis, Bill Vare is equally willin’ to
accept any leadership that is offered.
Then and Now.
In expelling Senators LaFollette,
Brookhart, Ladd and Frazier from the
Republican party, the Republican
Senatorial caucus reverted to the
methods of Quay and Penrose in
Pennsylvania. Appropriately the
Pennsylvania Senators sponsored the
movement. Senator Reed introduced
the resolution and Senator Pepper in-
terpreted it as an expression of Penn-
sylvania policy. “We get results in
Pennsylvania by party organization,”
he declared. “If the efficiency with
which the party is managed in Penn-
sylvania is to be duplicated else-
where,” he continued, “the principles
of party organization which we recog-
nize in Pennsylvania must be insist-
ed upon, no matter who is affected.”
For years Mr. George Wharton
Pepper cherished an inordinate lust
for the power, patronage and emolu-
ments of public office. But he didn’t
understand the “principles of . party
organization,” then as now recogniz-
ed in Pennsylvania. He talked of
: church obligations and moral stand-
ards as essentials in government serv-
ice and Penrose consistently opposed
his ambitions. After the death of
Penrose, however, Mr. Pepper was in-
tiated into the mysteries of party or-
ganization as recognized in Pennsyl-
,vania. “A renegade is worse than
ten Turks,” and now that Pepper has
been installed as a party leader he
has become an extremist. Penrose
wouldn’t allow him in office but never |
, “read him out of the party.”
In 1912 Mr. Pepper was one of the
most active supporters of the Roose-
| velt “bolt” of the party nominee for
| President. Senators Brookhart, Fra-
| zier and Ladd committed no greater
party crime this year than Pepper
perpetrated then and LaFollette is no
more culpable now than Roosevelt
| was then. But “the principles of par-
ty organization” as recognized in
Pennsylvania were not so widely pop-
i ular then as now. Corruption was not
| then recognized as a claim for public
| favor and bribery and perfidy were
| penalized rather than rewarded then.
| Fortunately for Mr. Pepper Penrose
is dead and hypocrisy has become a
virtue in politics in order to secure ef-
ficiency in party management.
—————— ye —————
——Photoradiograms may be nov-
elties but they cut a poor figure as
utilities.
! Vague Promise of Improvement.
{ Magistrate O’Connor, of Philadel-
{ phia, has made public proclamation
| that he will prevent the re-election of
| William S. Vare to Congress. This is
! rather a vague promise of improve-
| ment in the Congressional personnel
in Pennsylvania. The next election of
{ Congressmen is two years in the fu-
‘ture and Philadelphia politicians
| transfer their friendships and shift
| their enmities frequently. About two
: do something to Mr. Vare and did
! make a fight against one of the Vare
satellites for a seat in the Republican
city committee. But their differences
‘seem to have been adjusted in one way
, or another for Vare has been elected
| twice since.
It is rather pleasant, however, to
‘hear of a contemplated rebellion
| against the dominance of the corrupt
boss of Philadelphia politics even
though it is difficult to put faith in the
execution of the threat. The Phila-
delphia machine is the source of most
of the political iniquity in Pennsylva-
nia and the defeat of the principal op-
erator would necessarily impair its
efficiency for evil. Moreover there is
encouragement in the prospect of a
war among the crooks that inspires
hope. Magistrate O’Connor is un-
questionably a force in the slum re-
gion of the city where the Vare
self to the task he might accomplish
the result he professes to desire.
But we don’t intend to lay any wa-
gers either on the ability of Mr.
Mr. Vare or the sincerity of his dec-
laration on the subject. Possibly the
Magistrate was influenced to make the
threat against Vare by some purpose
entirely outside of the Congressional
election. Maybe O’Connor wants
some servile supporter put into a
berth that will provide a meal ticket
through the winter and that he imag-
ines Vare will take him seriously
| enough to hand out the patronage.
i On the other hand it is possible that
he cherishes resentments of past dis-
to put up
erce anc
a ye
courage.
——If Senator Curtis is true to the
traditions of his race he will start a
war dance whenever conditions be-
come critical in the Senate.
“Rattling the Saber.”
Ten years ago an Austrian noble-
man, while traveling in Servia, was
assassinated by an irresponsible crank
on the street. Urged by the German
rations. Servia offered to comply
with most of the requirements but
protested against some of the condi-
tions. Still under the spur of the Kai-
ser’s urge Austria demanded “the
pound of flesh.” The greatest and
the world ensued.
Some time ago a distinguished cit-
izen and public official of Great Brit-
ain was assassinated in the street in
Cairo, Egypt. The government of
Egypt had nothing to do with the af-
fair either as principal or accessory.
But the British government promptly
made demands for reparation and be-
sides asking for two-and-a-half mil-
lions of dollars as indemnity to the
Sirdar’s family named other = condi-
tions which were regarded by Egypt-
ian statesmen as unreasonable: Im-
mediately the British authorities be-
gan “rattling the saber” and threaten-
ing all sorts of condign punishment
unless their demards were complied
with. t
Experience is a dear teacher and
sometimes inefficient. The experience
of ten years ago ought to have taught
Great Britain that bullying a weak
competitor is a poor way of obtaining
results. Happily in this case Egypt
is too weak or lacks the spirit reveal-
ed by Servia and therefore what might
have resulted in another world war is
averted. But the methods of coercion
applied under direct orders from Lon-
don will not win the admiration of a
i civilized world, however effective it
| may be in achieving results.
| —The young Mr. Senator Reed
might well have a care before he reads
{ too much of the brains out of his par-
i ty. It is not in evidence that he has
anything to compensate for the loss
of the minds that he wants to purge
it of.
——1It would be interesting to spec-
ulate on what General Dawes will say
when a Senator appeals from his de-
cision.
——Members of the Legislature are
now in the favored class. They are on
the State pay roll.
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——State secrets in England ap-
. pear to consist of nasty things about
I nasty people.
O’Connor to prevent the re-election of |
appointments along that line suffi-
BELLEFONTE, PA.. DECEMBER 5. 1924.
NO. 48.
Penrose and Reed.
From the Philadelphia Record.
| Senator Reed, of Pittsburgh, is
comparatively young in politics, State
or national, but he emphasized the
new order of things in Washington
when he was put forward in the con-
{ ference of Republican Senators to in-
: troduce the resolution inviting Sena-
tors La Follette, Ladd, Brookhart and
Frazier to absent themselves from fu-
ture Republican conferences and de-
claring that none of them shall be
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| years ago Mr. O’Connor threatened to | ¢hosen to fill any Republican vacan-
cies in Senate committees. The Reed
resolution was adopted, of course, and
at the same meeting Senator Curtis,
of Kansas, a bolter himself only a few
years ago and supporter of a Demo-
cratic Senatorial candidate, was chos-
en leader in place of Lodge. Many of
the vociferous “ayes” shouted by Re-
publican Senators came from men who
followed the insurgent Roosevelt into
the Progressive fold in 1912. Party
discipline must be maintained—if pos-
sible—but it all depends, after all, on
whose ox is gored. National chair-
man Butler approved of the Reed pro-
ject of political ostracism, while Sen-
ator Borah, with a better understand-
ing of western sentiment, shakes his
long, black locks and expresses vigor-
ous dissent.
To the casual observer it may look
Year to see the young Senator from
ennsylvania take such a determined
stand against La Follette and his
‘ small following in the Senate. It isa
matter of camparatively recent histo-
strength lies and if he would set him- !
ry that the late Senator Penrose, who
was a good deal of a regular Republi-
can himself, maintained intimate re-
| lations with the Wisconsin Senator.
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He sought and obtained La Follette’s
help to hold his place at the head of
the powerful Senate Finance commit-
tee. It is a safe guess that if Penrose
were living today no Republican -Sen-
ate conference would have considered,
much less adopted, sucha resolution
of rebuke to La Folletté and his
friends as Senator Reed presented.
Mr. Coolidge and the World Court.
From the New York World. 2
Whether or not the World Court
proposals will be neglected in a com-
mittee of the Senate during another
session of Congress, as Senator Swan-
son, of Virginia, fears, is a matter
which Mr. Coolidge may help to deter-
“mine. - It is riot at all likel DI ey
will go through unaided or of their
own weight.
Mr. Coolidge took over from Presi-
dent Harding the plan of American
participation in the World Court. As
a matter of duty he gave it his ap-
But, however strongly he
may believe in it, he has been more
: languid than vigorous in its support.
It has fallen to Secretary Hughes to
i figure as its active advocate on behalf
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of the administration, and the Secre-
tary of State, as an occasional public
speaker, possesses no such powers of
persuasion with the Senate as Mr.
Kaiser the government of Austria | Coolidge acting in his own right.
made preposterous demands upon the |
people of Serva in the matter of repa- | World Court proposals gather dust, he
If Mr. Coolidge is content to let the
will hardly find Republican Senators
eager to go counter to his wishes. They :
will accept his indifference as a signal
for doing nothing. But if he really
holds the World Court close at heart
and intends to commit the administra-
tion by word and act to the promotion
most destructive war in the history of | of world peace in co-operation with
other nations, he will not subseribe to
a policy of inaction.
The President is not helpless, ex-
cept as he decides to remain helpless.
If he wants encouragement in pressing
the issue of the World Court, let him
listen to the voice of the churches all
over the country and of citizens who
look to him for leadership. He must
, be prepared to face opposition, honest
and malicious, and stand firm.
Mr. Wilbur Guards a Secret.
From the New York World. «
When the firing ceased and the su-
per-dreadnaught Washington sank
under the waters, there was one of
two conclusions to be drawn by naval
experts. Either we were away behind
all modern standards in the matter of
guns, because they took so long to
sink the Washington, or because the
Washington went down before her
sinking might have been expected we
were away behnd in armor plate.
Secretary Wilbur, however, isn’t
satisfied with this much or content to
let the navy go about the business of
applying what it learned without some
public comment on his own part. Bred
to the telling of bed-time stories in
years gone by, the desire to rush into
print never fails him: No sooner has
the Washington gone down than up he
comes with a pronouncement. All
sorts of fascinating facts, he says,
were learned by his bomb-bursting off
the Capes. Tell anybody what they
were? Not much! This is our secret.
“To state with any detail the nature
and character of the experiments con-
ducted upon the hull of this ship would
be not only to give foreign nations the
advantages of the expenditures in-
volved on our part, but”—and so
forth.
Then why not keep still about it in-
stead of broadcasting the news that
we have something to conceal? Be-
cause broadcasting is the Secretary’s
second nature. Who ever heard of a
small boy having a secret without
trumpeting the news to everybody in
his block? Mr. Wilbur started out
with bed-time stories and has never
quite grown up.
—1If you see it in the “Watchman”
it’s all true.
SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE.
—Lester Ogden, 19 years old, accidental-
ly shot and killed his brother Alvin, aged
8 years, ‘at their home near Clearfiield on
Friday night. The boys had taken two
guns not supposed to be loaded and went
out in the yard to fight a duel, but the
one gun, unfortunately, was loaded.
—Missing from her home for over a
week, the body of Mrs. Mary Ostrawski, of
Mt. Carmel, was found lying underneath a
tree near Centralia by three hunters. A
piece of her dress found tied around her
neck and another shred hung from a limb
of a tree, leading authorities to believe she
took her life.
—There are more than 200 cigar facto-
ries in Red Lion, a town that was incor-
porated in 1880. More than 50 per cent. of
the inhabitants are connected with that in-
dustry. The town’s streets are paved to a
total of 71 per cent., five of the seven miles
of highways being thus improved. The
paving has been done within the last three
years, at a cost of $500,000.
—4“I don’t want money; I want my Bil-
ly back,” tearfully said Mrs. William My-
er, wife of a Pennsylvania Railroad freight
conductor, whom she cited into eourt at
Hollidaysburg, on Saturday, for separate
maintenances after a quarrel two weeks
ago. Myer shook his head. They had been
married 31 years. Judge Baldridge de-
creed that Myer should give his wife 25
per cent. of his wages monthly.
—The twenty-one thousandths of an acre
of land caused an action to be brought in
the Northumberland county court last
Wednesday. It is located at Elysburg and
is worth probably $10, lawyers said. The
Pennsylvania Railroad claims it is the
owner and is seeking to take the property
from E. P. and Martin L. Vought, millers.
Court costs will eat up the value of the
property many times, it was said.
—Refusing to sew a button on her hus-
band’s ‘vest until she dried the dishes,
Mrs. Mary Redidsky was shot and serious-
ly wounded by her husband John, who
then killed himself at their home in Dai-
sytown, Fayette county, late Friday night.
Mrs. Redidsky’s condition is critical. Eight
children, ranging in age from 7 to 20 years,
survive the domestic quarrel, which result-
ed in an attempted murder and suicide.
—Two bandits, masked and armed, on
Saturday gagged Arthur Etienne, lone
clerk in the office of the Marion Center Coal
Mining company, near Barnesboro, Cam-
bria county, and got away with $6000.
They left behind close to $15,000, the re-
mainder of the company’s payroll. Good
descriptions of the men were obtained
from two women who saw them leave the
office building and who spread the alarm.
—Work of the young men running lines
for ‘the new construction of the Harris-
burg bridge attracts much attention from
people who walk and drive over the big
island. The preliminaries to actual work
are well in hand, but some lines are being
run. The approaching job is to be seen in
the cutting down of trees which have
grown along the sides of the causeway,
one long on the lower edge having gone
the way of the ax.
—Mrs. Luther K. Gerth, of York, has
brought suit against the Pennsylvania
railroad for $100,000 for the loss of her
husband, who was shot to death in a mail
car near Sunbury a year ago. Gerth was
killed, when a revolver dropped from a fel-
lew mail clerk's holster as he leaned over -
to do some work. The widow alleges neg-
ligence in train operation, saying the jolt
in stopping was too heavy. The case will
be tried in the federal court.
—After drilling for 30 months, engineers
in charge of a test well at Longbridge,
near Latrobe, Pa., struck gas at a depth of
7,428 feet, the deepest well in the world.
The gas is flowing at the rate of 500,000
cubic feet a day. The engineers brought
in a producer in the Oriskan sand at 6,-
822 feet in the same region several years
ago. At that time the Oriskan sand was
the deepest ever reached by a drill. Work
on the 7,428-foot well was started in 1922.
—Eflie, aged 3, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
mil Offenbach, was burned to death last
Thursday, when fire destroyed the Offen-
bach home at I{yde, near Clearfield. The
fire is supposed to have been caused by an
overheated stove. Mrs. Offenbach and
another daughter, Edith, aged 20, were
also imprisoned on the second floor by
flames and smoke. Edith was forced to
jump from a second story window and in
s0 doing received a fracture of the leg and
suffered internal injuries. .
—Playing the role of “human fly,” on
Saturday, Carl Kagel, young son of Thom-
as Kagel, of Northampton, climbed up the
front of one of the town’s highest build-
ings. When he turned to wave greetings
to admiring young friends, he fell forty
feet to the sidewalk. He landed on his
feet, but immediately collapsed and was
picked up for dead. He revived soon,
however, and when examined by a physi-
cian, was found to be more frightened than
hurt.
—Charged with murdering her thirteen
days old baby, Mrs. Helen Warfield, 32
vears of age, a widow, and Mike Marku-
lick were arrested at Mount Union Satur-
day night. The body was found in a glow-
ing ash deposit at a factory in Hunting-
don, where Markulick, it is alleged, con-
fessed he secreted it. Marks on it, police
say, point to strangulation. Previously it
had been hidden four days in the wom-
ans home, it was alleged. Mrs. Warfield
was transferred from jail to a hospital on
Sunday.
—Harry W. Jackson, president and man-
ager of the Jackson Vitrified China com-
pany, of DuBois, and William Darden, of
Chicago, the sales manager, were shot and
killed at noon last Wednesday by John
Soukup, of Cleveland, according to the po-
lice, who declared that Soukup then shot
himself through the head, dying instantly.
A dispute over wages claimed by Soukup
to have been due from another company
which formerly operated the china plant,
was said to have been responsible for the
tragedy.
—~Cletus Yoder, seven year old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel K. Yoder, residing a
short distance west of Belleville, Mifflin
county, met with a tragic death on Satur-
day afternoon, at the Belleville flour mills,
where the boy accidentally stepped into an
open. trap door into the hopper of the
mixer of the mills, and was instantly
killed. The revolving machinery of the
mills was stopped as soon as it was pos-
sible, but not until the lad had been crush-
ed to death in the mixer which prepares
the grain for grinding into flour. The
belting leading .to the mixer was quickly
cut to save the boys life, but-the little life
had been crushed out before the belt was
cut in twain. The boy's head was severe-
ly cut, indicating that he fell through the
open trap deor into the mixer head-first.