INK SLINGS.
—The “Afaletics” are ctiil out in
front in the American League race
and if Connie’s tribe only knew that
we have a cigar wagered that they’ll
stay there, we know they'd do it.
—That the surest way to kill a
thing is to stop talking about it has
been made all the more certain by the
death of Mr. Bryan. Since he was
laid to rest in Arlington only two
weeks ago evolution has been as little
heard of as A. Mitchell Palmer.
—A gentleman, by name Jarvis, has
made a statement that is likely to rob
Governor Pinchot of all the thunder
he expected to start reverberating
over Pennsylvania because of the Bell
bank scandals in the Pittsburgh dis-
trict. In effect he asks why the Gov-
. ernor’s bank examiners didn’t report
the conditions long before the blow-
up. The inquiry is quite natural, and
Pinchot can’t convincingly answer it.-
—The preliminaries are almost
over. In less than a month we’ll know
who was qualified for the finals in the
judicial race. Watching the runners,
as they come into the home-stretch,
unless one of them casts a shoe or
“breaks,” we are inclined to believe
that there will be three candidates to
vote for when the ballots are printed.
And one will be a Democrat, one a Re-
publican and one a Prohibition offer-
ing to the voters.
—-Samuel P. Rotan, for eighteen
years District Attorney of the city of
Philadelphia, has withdrawn as a can-
didate for re-election. He is not tired
of the office. Boss Vare is tired of
making concessions to the remnants
of the old Penrose organization. He
has the city so firmly in his grip now
that there is no longer expediency in
doing it. That such is the fact one
needs no more positive proof than Mr.
Rotan’s declination to run against
Vare’s hand-picked candidate.
—To the Scott Nearings who, un-
fortunately, have been called into po-
sition where they are privileged to use
the stationery of The Pennsylvania
State College, let us say this: Letters
that you write to Governor Pinchot
are sheer waste of typist’s time and
postage stamps. Pinchot is too smart
to monkey with the College. He hates
it like the devil hates Holy water, but
if he were to start reorganizing it,
like he has done every other public
institution in Pennsylvania, he would
be admitting that it really is Penn-
sylvania’s only institution of higher
education and thereby would turn both
the University of Pennsylvania' and
Pittsburgh against him. The Gover-
nor is thinking too much of Gifford
Pinchot to give heed to their asinine
and—disgustingly disloyal, communi-
cations. en :
~ TFSKTter many years of mealy-
mouthed modesty we have come to the
conclusion that it doesn’t pay. We
never liked the blowhard, but every
day we see him getting the white meat
of the chicken, while we have consid-
ered ourselves fortunate to have the
back and neck to pick. So, for the
nine hundred and ninety-ninth time,
we have resolved to become hard-
boiled and before we get time to break
the revived resolution let us teil you
that on last Friday the “Watchman”
was paid a compliment such as prob-
ably no other newspaper in America
ever received. From a reader in Port-
land, Oregon, came this telegram:
“Received no paper last week, kindly
mail me a copy.” Whad ’ya think of
that? More than the price of a year’s
subscription spent on a request for
one copy. To some it might look like
extravagance, but to the Portland
reader the “Watchman” is viewed as
a necessity and failure to receive a
single edition takes too much out of
the home life to be measured in dol-
lars or cents.
In unusual compliments we thought
we had reached the furthest point
North last Christmas Eve, when a lady
in Detroit, Mich., telephoned us to
send the “Watchman” to a friend as a
Christmas present, but the telegram
from Portland is indexed so indelibly
in the old bean that at eighty-five—
if it is given to us to pester you that
long—we presume we'll be doddering
about it.
And on Tuesday we received a card
from a reader in Unionville saying
how much she enjoyed Edna Ferber’s
story, “So Big,” that we concluded
last week. Of course she was disap-
pointed because “Dirk De Jong didn’t
get married, or engaged at least.” Un-
doubtedly he would have made a des-
perate effort in that direction had our
charming correspondent been a resi-
dent in the vicinity of Chicago instead
of hibernating in Unionville, but that
would have spoiled the story.
And now that we have gotten into
high in the matter of blowing let us
get lips that are calloused to the
mouth-piece of Dave Kelly’s horn.
Dave, as you know, is down at Greer,
Greer is a God-forsaken, hopeless
niche in the limestone rocks of West
Virginia, but it appears that the Belle-
fonte, Centre county, Pennsylvanian
has outdone Joshua by commanding
the sun, moon and stars, all, to stand-
still over Greer. We get this idea
from the “Observations of the Ramb-
ler” in the Morgantown, W. Va,
Post. He used two columns to tell the
world that Dave has spread sunshine
and prosperity dll over Monogalia
county and is THE man on a job that
is attracting the attention of engi-
neering and production experts all
over the country,
STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION.
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VOL. 70.
BELLEFONTE, PA.. AUGUST 14.19
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NO. 32.
Work Which Deserves Encouragement
On Monday Representative Oldfield,
of Kentucky, chairman of the Demo-
cratic Congressional committee, start-
ed upon a tour of the middle western
States for the purpose of urging Dem-
ocrats in that section of the country
to organize and invest new energy and
additional effort to strengthen the
party. On the eve of his departure
from Washington Mr. Oldfield said,
“Democratic leaders in all of the
States have written me that the west
is ripe for a great Democratic move-
ment. They tell me that the western
farmers are disgusted with’ this ad-
ministration, with its protective tariff,
which protects only the rich, with its
unfilled promises of agricultural and
general prosperity, with its false
claim of economy and its flat declara-
tion to the farmers to work out their
own salvation.”
The paramount need of the country
at this time is a Democratic: majority
in Congress. The Coolidge adminis-
tration is irretrievably committed to
the sinister interest of predatory
forces and unless restrained by a
Democratic majority in the next Con-
gress the rights as well as the prop-
erty of the people will be sacrificed to
the cupidity of the big business.
Plans have been laid to perpetuate the
odious tariff law and supplement this
medium of robbery by the adoption of
the Mellon tax scheme, which will
shift additional burdens from the
wealthy to those less able to pay .the
tax collector. The only hope of pre-
venting the consummation of these
crimes against the people lies in the
reanimation of the Democratic party
and the revival of a militant spirit
among Democrats. ~
Chairman Oldfield deserves the
most cordial as well as the most help-
ful encouragement of the Democracy
throughout the country in the work he
has undertaken. If he succeeds in re-
storing the party in the States,
through which he proposes to cam-
paign, the plain people of all sections
of the country will be greatly benefit-
ted. And there are various ways of
expressing this encouragement. The
easiest and best way, however, is to
supplement his work in the west by
equally earnest and energetic effort to
rejuvenate Zhe party .at home.. The
present Pennsylvania delegation in
Congress is unanimously Republican.
That unanimity was obtained by
fraud, but it is none the less effective
on that account. Let us see to it that
at least twelve Democrats be elected
next year.
If the State Highway Depart-
ment is looking for popular approval
it will proceed against glaring head-
lights instead of talking about them.
Dawes Hopelessly Beaten.
When Vice President Dawes failed
to stampede the Senate into changing
its rules on the Fourth of March, he
declared he would appeal to the pub-
lic. In pursuance of this statement he
has since made several speeches in
various sections of the country. The
result of his labor was succinctly ex-
pressed by Senator George H. Moses,
Republican, of New Hampshire, at
Swampscott, on Monday. After
emerging from a conference with
President Coolidge the New Hamp-
shire Senator, who is President pro
tem of the Senate, said: “Vice Pres-
ident Dawes is hopelessly beaten in
his fight to amend the Senate rules.”
Mr. Dawes, who is a swashbuckler
in manners and a plunger in method,
imagined that he would dominate the
Senate as he and the late Senator
Lorimer had run the banking opera-
tions of the packing-house section of
Chicago while he was building up his
considerable fortune. He proposed to
prevent discussion of pending legisla-
tion by invoking party prejudice and
forcing a vote of cloture, thus giving
the minority no opportunity to state
its case to the Senate and the country.
This drastic form of procedure was
repulsive to the older Senators of both
parties and they very sharply rebuked
the Vice President for his temerity.
The time and place of Senator Mo-
ses’ announcement of the hopeless de-
feat of the Dawes enterprise is sug-
gestive of a conversion to the opposi-
tion of great significance. In the be-
ginning Mr. Dawes had every reason
to expect the support of the President
in his crusade. Mr. Coolidge had
stressed the value of party team work
and Senator Butler was among his
supporters. But coming direct from
the President’s home, Senator Moses
declared in unequivocal language that
the scheme is dead, and the presump-
tion is that he expressed the opinion
of the President as well as his own.
i Lee ns Sr
The Athletics have held the
lead long enough to justify a hope of
winning the pennant, butybaseball is
as uncertain ag horse racing.
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——Silence is golden - and some-
times has an additional value of con-
cealing ignorance.
Philadelphia Surrenders to Vare.
Unless appearances are misleading
the people of Philadelphia are about
to surrender to Boss Vare the only
place of power which has hitherto
withstood his assaults. The district
attorney’s office has been able thus
far to defy his power, though for at
least eight years he has worked assid-
uously to bring it within his net. The
district attorney is a powerful agent
in local administration. His preroga-
tives are wide and potential. Boss
Vare has coveted control of the office
for this reason. It would give him ab-
solute mastery of the city. In view of
the coming Sesquicentennial control
of that office during the next year
would make Bill Vare the most potent
figure in the public life of the country.
We have little interest in the af-
fairs of Philadelphia, “corrupt and
contented.” But in the light of the
testimony of the only Democratic
newspaper and the leading Republican
organ of the city that the present in-
cumbent, Samuel P. Rotan, is an ef-
ficient and capable public servant we
can see no reason why the office should
be taken away from him and given
over to a hand-picked emissary of
Boss Vare. Mr. Rotan has held the
office for eighteen years. During all
that time the malign influence of
Vareism has been kept out. The ad-
ministration of the office has been sat-
isfactory to everybody other than the
Vare henchmen. They have been un-
able to grant immunity to criminals
that come within the purview of that
office. -
The people of Philadelphia “are pe-
culiar.,” Mr, Vare is able to prostitute
the judges to base uses. He seems to
be able to command the political ac-
tions of the Mayor. He has proved
that he is able to cast the votes of
certain sections for any candidate he
selects for any office. “Upon what
meat hath this Caesar fed, that he has
grown so great?” Or is it for the
reason that the people of that city are
destitute of civic virtue and willing to
exchange all their rights for immuni-
ty for their criminals? The surrender
of the office of district attorney to the
sinister purposes of Boss Vare means
that, if it means anything, and the
present indications are that it will be
done. i
mn re pA see ere.
It is estimated that 400,000,000
gallons of gasoline are wasted in a
year by failing to shut off the motor
when the car is not in use. But im-
agine the trouble in starting the mo-
tor of some machines.
aaa
Prohibition Hope Destroyed.
The hope raised high in the public
mind when General Anderson, new
head of prohibition enforcement, an-
nounced that politics would be elim-
inated in the selection of enforcement
agents, has been rudely shattered.
The Treasury Department, fountain
of authority in that service, has sum-
marily reversed General Anderson by
announcing that “Senators will have
a veto power over tentative selections
of district administrators.” In other
words politics “will resume business
at the old stand” when General An-
derson announces his selections and
only those will be commissioned who
are endorsed by the Senators in the
several districts. That seems to work
a reversal of the President as well as
General Anderson.
The boot-legging industry has be-
come too important a part of the po-
litical machinery of the Republican
party to be relegated to the control of
one man, who is neither familiar with
nor interested in politics. Senator
Pepper, who stood to lose in the dis-
trict in which he lives, visited the
President over Sunday and the Treas-
ury order was issued on Monday. Pre-
sumably he got the Presidential ear
after church services and persuaded
the silent Chief Magistrate that po-
litical exigencies are of greater con-
sequence at this time than throttling
the rum demon, and as the Treasury
building in Washington is a long way
from the summer White House at
Swampscott it would be easy to build
up an alibi.
It is easy to imagine the ultimate
result of this change in the policy of
enforcing prohibition. The concensus
of opinion among those who have giv-
en the subject close study is that the
failure to enforce the prohibition law
is ascribable to politics. The enforce-
ment agents appointed on the recom-
mendation of Senators and Represen-
tatives in Congress have almost invar-
iably turned out to be crooks, ready
and willing to betray their trust to
the advantage of distillers, brewers
and bootleggers. The determined
purpose of General Anderson to stop
this evil by eliminating politics in the
selection of agents aroused hope of
immediate improvement, but the
Treasury order destroys the hope.
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——It isn’t necessary to worry over
the danger of “packing” the Public
Service Commission. Pinchot is only
trying to unpack it.
Germany Moving in Right Direction.
For the first time since the close of
the world war Germany is now pre-
senting to the world signs of a sincere
purpose to meet her just obligations.
The Reichstag has voted a tax levy of
7,000,000,000 of gold marks, which is
equivalent to $2,000,000,000 in Amer-
ican money. During the war Germany
refused to increase taxes to meet the
increased expense of government. It
was easier and less hazardous to raise
funds by issuing bonds and selling
them whenever possible to outsiders.
By adopting that policy the German
people felt none of the burdens of war
and seemed happy in the illusion that
they .would ultimately annex the
whole world without paying a cent for
the property.
After the war closed and the bill
for reparations was made out the au-
thorities in Germany imagined they
could escape payment by pleading
poverty. This policy led to the inva-
sion of the Ruhr Valley by French
troops and an irritation throughout
Europe that threatened to open up
another war. To avert that calamity
all sorts of expedients were invoked
which led to nowhere and accomplish-
ed nothing. A reparations commis-
sion was finally created out of which
came the celebrated “Dawes Plan,”
but achieved little in the way of rais-
ing funds to pay the vast but just
debt. Since the inauguration of Pres-
ident Hindenburg more rational ideas
have been considered with a = result
which promises success. :
A tax levy of $2,000,000,000 a year
will impose a heavy burden on the
about 75,000,000 people of Germany,
but other countries have borne equal
burdens and Germany deserves severe
punishment for allowing their wild-
eyed and storm-brained authorities to
precipitate a war which cost the world
so vast an amount in life and treas-
ury and it can be collected and should
be. France and Belgium suffered in
property destroyed and the United
States and England paid in greater
ratio without expectation of gain in
any form. Therefore there is no great
hardship in compelling Germany to
pay her meagre share of the expense
of her own folly, and it is encourag-
ing to see her moving in the right di-
OR, ~via rio : ‘
—Governor Pinchot is on tour in
the State, ostensibly visiting public
institutions, but secretly booming Pin-
chot for any old office that might be
lying around after he gets through in
Harrisburg.
Don’t Criticise but Commend.
There is a probability that there is
going to be some criticism over the
action of borough council, at a special
meeting on Wednesday evening, in
being unanimously in favor of pur-
chasing from the Bellefonte Lumber
company a plot of ground on the south
side of the big spring for the sum of
$3,000, just as there has been criti-
cism over the remodeling of the pump
house at the spring. If every man or
woman who has been criticising
council, or may feel in a mood to do
so, would stop and consider the ques-
tion seriously, we feel certain that
every one will approve instead of crit-
icise.
Bellefonte is noted for various
things. It is called the “home of Gov-
ernors;” it is on the route of the U. S.
government airmail; it is known for
its big trout in Spring creek; it has an
abundance of the purest air to be
found anywhere in the State, but more
than all is it known for its big spring,
the fame of which has been heralded
far and wide. Most Bellefonters take
the spring as a matter of course.
They have all the water they want to
use for every purpose whatsoever.
They know it comes from the spring,
hat it is delivered to their homes in
pipes and that’s all they think about.
But suppose some morning when
they got out of bed they found no wa-
ter in the faucet, and a hurried call
to Mr. Cunningham, or whoever might
be in charge of the water should bring
the astounding information that the
water in the spring had disappeared
because the feeders had been cut off,
or been contaminated from surround-
ing conditions, and there would be no
water for anybody until another
source of supply could be abtained,
what would you think then? Then
you would have just cause for criti-
cism because the men in charge had
not foreseen such an eventuality and
prepared against it. And that is what
the borough councilmen are doing to-
day. Therefore we’ say, don’t, criti-
cise, but commend them for their fore-
sight and judgment.
——The correspondence between
Lewis and Warriner, on the coal con-
ference, reveals the wide difference be-
tween John A. Lewis and John Mitch-
ell.
———————p exer ——.
——The worst thing about a bad
temper is - that you're no better off
when you lose it.
Pay of Patriots in Peace-Time.
From the Pittsburgh Post.
The old question of the basis of re-
ward for public service and the extent
to which patriotism can be expected to
make sacrifices for the good of the
country in peace-time is brought up
again in a remark attributed to Gen-
ereal Andrews, commander in chief of
the prohibition enforcement unit, that
he is looking for $100,000 a year men
to serve for something like $7,500
each. It reminds us that while the la-
borer is supposed to be worthy of his
hire in the public service the same as
in private activities—that the public
servant and his family have to live as
others—there are some emoluments of
glory, of distinction, in his case in ad-
dition to salary in the ordinary sense.
Men of wealth whose family expenses
may be far beyond the average gov-
ernmental salary, clearly make sacri-
fices when they give up their private
business to serve the public. While
some men of means may seek public
office simply for the honor or the love
‘of the “political game,” others make
the sacrifice: of private business much
, as the young man who gives up a good
: paying position to offer his very life
{ as a soldier at possibly a dollar a day
and keep.
What is expected of the soldier up-
on the basis of patriotism in war gives
some idea of what the country has the
right to expect; on occasion, of patri-
otism in time of peace. There are sit-
uations in which the country has to be
saved in time of peace same as in war,
and the citizenship usually responds.
Take the situation in Chicago today.
Many of the ablest lawyers of the city
have offered their services free to aid
the public authorities in combating
crime. Through civic activities there
are men of wealth in practically every
community contributing freely to the
public good. :
The trouble is that .there are not
enough such able patriots in the pub-
lic service. While some may not be
receiying, so far as dollars and cents
are concerned, anything like what
they are worth there are others upon
the public payroll—mere hack poli-
ticians—who are paid far beyond the
value of their public service.” Where-
as some men may sacrifice big in-
comes from private business to: accept
public office there are others upon the
public payroll whose salaries are much
beyond what they could earn in a pri-
vate capacity. Who in private busi-
ness would pay some of the political
henchmen upon the public payroll
what they. are drawing from ‘the gov~
ernment ?
It may be too idealistic to expect
i the public payroll throughout to be
i filled by individuals who could earn
i much more in private capacities, look-
ing upon the extra value they give as
a patriotic offering. Still while some
of the public officers are doing that
very thing a1! while many private
citizens are contributing much in a
civic way, the public at least has the
right to expect that all on its payroll
shall earn what they receive. It ma
be impossible to get many $100,000 a
year men to serve the government for
$7,500 under ordinary conditions, but
if every one engaged at $7,500 is in
fact a $7,500 man it will help consid-
erably.
The public undoubtedly would be
content if every individual upon its
payroll were to give it a dollar’s worth
of service for a dollar of pay.
Wouldn’t Let George Do It.
From the Portland, Oregon, Journal.
. Richard T. Harriss got a habit down
in Waco, Tex. He was a newsboy
then, selling papers on a street corner.
The habit he contracted was, when he
found that something should be done,
“do it.” He kept on doing things that
way. He made himself a motto of two
words. They were, “Do it.” As a
newsboy Harriss “did it.” He passed
on and upward, always “doing it.”
Whatever he undertook, he never hes-
itated, he never delayed, he never
postponed, he never quit. He always
“did it.” He was recently elected
president of the New York Cotton Ex-
change. There are always reasons
why men rise from the job of news-
boy to heads of corporations and other
distinguished positions. There was
one very good reason why Harriss
rose. He always “did it.”
Ruling Passion.
From the Brooklyn Citizen.
And now the Senate committee on
Public Lands which exposed the Tea-
pot Dome and Elk Hills naval reserve
leases is going to investigate the ad-
ministration of the public domain, the
forestry bureau and the national
parks. It is asserted that the admin-
istration of the public domain and the
forest reserve has worked great inju-
ry to the stock raising business. Dis-
position of mineral and oil lands will
be inquired into as well as homestead-
ing features. It is charged that thous-
ands of prospectors have been driven
to Canada by regulations put into
force by the Department of the Inter-
ior. Sensational developments are ex-
pected.
Ns
——After all it can’t be said that
the convic#ion of Professor Scopes has
lessened the number of believers in
evolution or diminished their earnest-
ness.
. ——————— A ——————
——Belgium is willing to pay us
when Germany pays her, and though
that is an indefinite promise it reveals
the right spirit.
UT e—— ae v3
—Agnew Wharton, 20 years old, the list
girl who essayed the role of girl bandit in
Philadelphia, was sentenced on Monday to
from seven and a half to fifteen years in
the county prison for her part in the hold-
up of the Trocadero theatre office, July 11.
—Burglars with discriminating taste in
women’s wear looted the store of Myer
Johnnassen, in Altoona, Saturday night of
garments worth $10,000. Entrance was
gained through a fire escape and more
than one hundred fine gowns and fur coats
were packed in trunks and removed by au-
tomobile. g
—Robert J. Bressler, of Sunbury, State
highway inspector, died last Friday even-
ing of pneumonia resulting from. injuries
suffered two weeks ago. He was on the
platform of an agremeter plant when a
cable of a steam shovel broke, causing the
dipper to ram the mixer, hurling the in-
spector to the ground. £2
—State authorities have decided to defer
asking for bids on the second instalment
of $20,000,000 ‘State highway bonds until
October. The act provided for an August
sale unless it was determined the money
was not needed. The Highway. Depart-
ment will get along on what it has on
hand for a while, it is stated.
—A large cabinet safe in the office of
Mead and Goodrich, Inc, of Williamsport,
was burglarized Wednesday night of last
week and money and jewelry to the value
of about $500 removed. The thieves made
a more successful night of it than on pre-
vious occasions when several lumber and
coal offices in that city were entered.
—The most unique will filed for probate
in the Luzerne county court in some time
was that of Albert G. Groblewski Sr.
‘wealthy patent medicine manufacturer, of
Plymouth. One clause directed the execu-
tors to spend $2000 on his monument in
the Edge Hill cemetery. On the monument
is to be carved a hunter spearing a rattle-
snake.
—Bitten by a tarantula while handling
bananas at Sunbury, on Saturday, Clark
Rupp applied heroje first-aid measures.
He took a sharp knife and cut a deep slit
each way across the bite and allowed it to
bleed profusely. Then he applied antisep-
tics. Despite these, the arm is swollen to
almost twice its size, but doctors say his
prompt action will save his life.
—When teachers in the Kingston schooi
return to’ their duties next fall, they will
cease any indulgence in flap jacks and
sausage, if they heed the advice of Dr. W.
F. Davidson, medical inspector of the bor-
ough schools. He has issued a warning to
the members of the teaching staff that
these foods are injurious to the health of
the instructors since their work is mental
and not physical.
—Mrs. James Foster, of Graham town-
ship, Clearfield county, ended her life with
a shotgun and the same charge seriously
wounded her husband, on Wednesday
night of last week. Investigators said that
the woman, while in bed, placed the muz-
zle of the gun near her head and pulied
the trigger with her toe. The shot Killed
her and also wounded Foster. No motive
was assigned for the act!
—A horseshoe above his door, a cricket
on the hearth, a rabbit's foot in his pock-
et and a horseshoe nail carried continual-
ly in a hand failed to stave off the police
and bad luck for Louis Campbell, a negro,
who was arrested at Pittsburgh Saturday
night and held for court on a charge of vi-
olating the Snyder act. Campbell's home,
when raided, produced six quarts of alco-
hol and several bottles of juniper berry
extract. :
—Edward Murray, aged 23 years, of
Archibald, Lackawanna county, was killed
on Monday when struck on the head by a
piece of steel thorwn from a window in
the Gravity Slope colliery breaker of the
Hudson Coal company at Archibald. The
name of the person who threw the object
from the breaker was not known, but it
Y | was said that the killing of Murray was an
accident. An investigation is being con-
ducted by coal company officials.
—Suit for $25,000 on behalf of a widow
and her four children living in Italy, was
brought in the Northumberland county
courts on Saturday by Stephén Perna, of
Kulpmont, brother of Mike Perna, against
Alexander Savitskie, of Kulpmont, whose
automobile ran down and killed Perna last
fall. The suit is the first in that part of
the State to be brought by foreign persons
as the result of an automobile accident
5000 miles away. The defendant is
wealthy.
—Orville William Albright, aged 20
years; of Roaring Spring, was instantly
killed by a fall of rock at 2:30 Monday
afternoon at the stone quarry operated by
M. A. Showalter, just below that town.
The young man was standing on a ledge of
rocks, twenty feet above the ground, pry-
ing loose some rocks a blast had failed to
dislodge. Suddenly the rock on which he
was standing slipped and he jumped. Just
as he landed a three ton rock fell on him,
crushing him to death.
—Albert Murray, of St. Marys, has been
a patient in the Elk county general hos-
pital four years. On August 4, 1921, he
sustained a broken back while at work on
a lumber operation near Beechwoods, Cam-
eron . county. He was taken to the Elk
county general hospital and his condition
was such that it was feared he could not
long survive. While Murray's physicians
are loth to hold out hope of permanent re-
covery he is cheerful at all times and put-
ting up a game fight for his life.
— Forbidden to hunt in Pennsylvania by
a decree of the State Game Commission,
Michael Pinnin, of Altoona, will take a trip
to Greece to gratify his love of the sport.
He will leave the first of next month on
his long hunting trip, which is scheduled
to last five or six months. Pinnirn’s license
was recently revoked by the Game Com-
mission because of a violation of the hunt-
ing laws, along with the licenses of a num-
ber of others. However, this decree will
make no difference in his plans to indulge
in this sport as he has decided to go where
he will be allowed to hunt.
—Pennsylvania Railroad officers are try-
ing to unravel the mystery “of a stone
thrown through the window of a passen-
ger coach near Sunbury, Wednesday after-
noon, resulting in the injury of Mrs. An-
drew J. Musser and little son, of Harris-
burg, on their way to visit friends in Lew-
isburg. While the train was speeding
along the passengers were startled by a
crash of glass and the screams of the ba-
by. Somebody had hurled a stone through
the window, cutting both Mrs. Musser and
the child. The conductor stopped the train
immediately but trainmen who went back
were unable to find anybody in the vicin-
ity.