. INK SLINGS.
——Love may laugh at locksmiths
and sometimes weep over nuptial
knots. : :
— Probably if there had been au-
tomobiles in Atlas’ time he would have
fallen down on his job.
—Under a decision of the United
States Supreme Court, handed down
on Monday the Fourth amendment of
the Constitution can stand up again,
look the Eighteenth in the face and
say: You're not the whole show. The
ruling is clear cut and positive to the
effect that a man’s home is really his
castle and cannot be searched for any
purpose without a warrant.
—We place a wreath on a new
mound that has appeared in the ceme-
tery at Lancaster. Under it lies all
that was mortal of Frank McClain, for
thirty years a two fisted, square deal-
ing, lovable Republican leader, who
had the courage to challenge his own
party when he thought it wrong and a
nature that forgave and forgot the
moment a fight was won or lost. “The
Red Rose of Lancaster” is gone, he
lies “in dust life’s glory dead, and
from the ground there blossoms red
life that shall endless be.”
—Of course we are supposed to
know nothing about it, but the report
that Barney Dreyfuss is to dispose of
his baseball franchise in Pittsburgh
rather confirms a suspicion we have
had for some years that the Pitts-
burgh magnate didn’t want a pennant
winning team because it might de-
mand more than he was willing to put
in the pay envelope. If Barney is
really going to sell, now that Me-
Kechnie has landed a pennant for
him, it would look as though he would
rather retire while the retiring’s good
than be “cutting” problematical prof-
its with a ‘lot of “hold-outs” next
spring.
—Talk about campaigners. Every-
body will admit that W. Harrison
Walker is the most incessant one of
them all. It’s a habit with him to be
on the job—no matter what it is—
until it is completed. Morning, noon
and night he is presenting his cause
to. the voters of Centre county, be-
cause, morning, noon and night he has
worked for years in order that his cli-
ents might have speedy solution of
their legal problems. By his activity
Mr. Walker is probably unwittingly
showing the people of Centre county
one of the very best reasons why they
should vote for him. A Judge with a
habit of doing it now would eliminate
much mental distress and save a lot in
the maintenance of our courts.
—Just because they seem to have
been entirely lost sight of ‘let us tell
you that Billy Runkle and John Love
are hoping that somebody will discov-
er that they are bona fide candidates
for the office of District Attorney. It’s
a shame that they have been so utter-
ly obliterated by the glamour of the
judicial contest. Rebecca Naomi is
evidently not on the job. She’s the
lady who helped lick John in 1923. He
was then running as a Republican
against a Republican whom we Demo-
crats had given a place on our ticket
that no lawyer of our party would ac-
cept. Rebecca’s in an awful hole now.
She’s the kind of Prohibitionist who
is a Republican first and she’s got to
admit it or declare for William Groh.
The voters of Centre county are be-
ginning to see that the moon that
Pinchot and Rebecca put up is only a
“green cheese” affair.
—“The pious, plain people” of Hec-
la Park, about whom “a Staff corres-
pondent” of the Philadelphia Ledger
wove such a fantastic tale in his story
of the finding of Charley Ames and
his wrecked mail plane, would scarce-
ly recognize themselves in the story
picture of that tragic day. They are
not “mountaineers,” they are not any
more “pious” or “plain” than the av-
erage citizen of this great U. S. A,
and they didn’t stay away from
“preaching” to spend the time hunt-
ing for the lost aviator. We know
them all. And while acquaintance
compels us to reveal that none of them
are gluttons for religion we are right
here to say that every one of them
knows enough about the Bible to have
a good laugh at a city newspaper re-
porter who thinks it was a “lamb”
that the Master referred to as being
in a pit in Luke 14 and 5.
—We’re probably an old fogy, but
the announcement that the President
of the United States had attended a
baseball game on Sunday made a dis-
tressing impression on us. As a youth
we were taught that playing cards,
dancing, pool rooms and liquor were
not, in themselves, harmful but they
were likely to lead to no good end.
We have lived to see strong charac-
ters resist their lure, but more that
have fallen for them. Sunday base-
ball is less harmful than Sunday joy-
riding, it is no more so than Sunday
golf or Sunday sports of any kind,
but while there might be thousands
who can use them recreatively there
are millions who will abuse them and
throw up such a smoke-screen as will
eventually obliterate the sanctity of
the Sabbath, We deny entry to our
country to those who would preach
“Communism” in our social and polit-
ical relations all the while we are in-
oculating our se¢il with its poison
spawn by insidiously breaking down
the one barrier that arms us against.
it. When physical recreation super-
cedes spiritual recreation in the minds.
of Americans then Communism will
be in the saddle, without Red Russia’s
having lent a hand in the mounting.
Ll
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STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION.
VOL. 70.
Purposes of the A. F. L.
When Mr. William Green, president
of the American Federation of Labor,
declared that “the American labor
movement will not affiliate with an or-
ganization that preaches communism
or stands for that philosophy,” he ex-
pressed the settled view of ninety-
five per cent. of the industrial popu-
lation of the United States. His
statement was in the form of a reply
to a speech of Arthur A. Purcel, mem-
ber of the British Parliament and rep-
resentative of the International Fed-
eration of Trades Unions in the an-
nual convention of the Federation of
Labor in session at Atlantic City, in
which he suggested affiliation with the
Soviet movement in Russia. Mr.
Green’s statement was cordially ap-
plauded.
The outstanding principle of Amer-
ican wage earners is loyalty not only
to the government but devotion to the
principles upon which the government
is founded. From the beginning of
the Russian labor movement effort
has been made to enlist the sympathy
of American working men and women
in the purposes of that organization.
That purpose was not to benefit the
industrial life of this country but, as
frankly stated by the Trade Union
Educational League, “to destroy it
and substitute for their philosophy
the philosophy of communism.” It
comes in the form of “Greek bearing
gifts” and the American Federation of
Labor has stood steadfastly against it
and repelled it in every instance.
In declaring the attitude of Amer-
ican labor on the subject of commun-
ism president Green has fitly and firm-
ly maintained the policy and princi-
ples of Samuel Gompers, his illus-
trious predecessor in office. It is that
the organization was created and is
maintained for the purpose of improv-
ing the conditions and promoting the
interests of wage earners. This re-
sult cannot be achieved by creating
disturbances and fostering hatreds be-
tween ‘employers and employees.
Murdering men and destroying prop-
erty helps nobody to a harvest of
prosperity and the labor movement of
Russia proposes. no other method of
procedure or tolirse of action. Not
only labor but capital will freely agree
to Mr. Green’s theory.
——Senator Pepper appears to
think the bankers of the State will se-
lect the next Senator in Congress for
Pennsylvania.
Air Service Investigations.
The double-barrel inquiry respect-
ing the air service now in progress in
Washington and at Mitchell Field is
making slow progress toward its des-
tination, which seems to be nowhere.
In Washington witnesses before the
so-called President’s commission ex-
press conflicting opinions, the airmen
practically agreeing with Colonel
Mitchell and the swivel-chair experts
taking the opposite view. At Mitch-
ell field the testimony is almost equal-
ly conflicting, the bureaucrats hold-
ing to the view that the disaster to
the Shenandoah was unavoidable and
the supporters of the late Commander
Lansdowne protesting that it might
have been prevented but disagreeing
as to responsibility.
An analysis of the testimony estab-
lishes one lamentable fact, however.
That is that the expedition which re-
sulted in the destruction of the Shen-
andoah and the death of Commander
Lansdowne and thirteen of his com-
rades aboard was a political enter-
prise without any pretense of a use-
ful public purpose. The Republican
managers at Washington had conceiv-
ed the idea that making an exhibition
cf the great airship an attraction at
several midwestern State fairs would
enlist popular favor for President
Coolidge, and it was undertaken not-
withstanding the protest of the com-
manding officer. This fact has been
proved by the records of the depart-
ment and the evidence of the com-
mander’s widow,
There is little comfort in this to the
mourners of the dead airmen whose
lives have been sacrificed on the altar
of partisanship. It may prevent fu-
ture enterprises of the sort but it can
hardly be expected to procure bread
and meat for the families of the vic-
tims. The only hope, therefore, is
that it will compel important changes
in the policy of the government in de-
veloping the air service in the future.
This is “a consummation devoutly to
be wished.” The country has paid a
high price for an improvement that
ought to have been made without ex-
pense long ago, but like necessary war
material during war periods, may be
regarded as cheap at any price.
———
——Nearly all judges now appraise
a drunken auto driver as worthy of a
jail sentence, which is a sign of im-
provement.
——Frankness is a virtue but it is
not always safe to say what you think
in a mixed company.
A Few Plain Words On the Judicial Contest, | Pinot Uniapsy Omciat Fam
BELLEFONTE, PA.. OCTOBER 16. 1925.
The selection of a Judge to preside over its courts is the most serious
duty that devolves upon the electorate of a district. The positien, itself,
is one of the highest honor, to be conferred only on those worthy of it and
its occupant sits in judgment on every phase of its social and business life.
For very good reasons the term has been made for ten years. It is well
that it is so, but because there is. no chance to make a change in the office
for so long a period there is all the more reason for careful study of the
character and fitness of aspirants for the bench,
There are many qualifications that are quite as essential to the mak-
ing of a good Judge as a profound knowledge of the law. The best law-
yer doesn’t always make the best Judge. Legal sense and judicial sense
are quite different and only rarely are they found in the same mind. In
Pennsylvania we could point to many men who are making splendid rec-
ords on the bench, who had attracted little attention at the bar before their
elevation. And we could cite several instances where brilliant lawyers at
the bar have failed to fulfill expectations on the bench.
No. It is not
requisite that a Judge should be a great lawyer. Knowledge of the law is
not everything. The spirit of humanity, the sense of proportion, balanced
judgment, open mindedness, lack of prejudice, even temper and a will to
work are all characteristics as much to be desired as knowledge of the
law, for how can law be justly and equitably administered without these.
Often, common sense dispenses far more just justice than the most
literal interpretation of statutes can give to a case.
From the angle of the voter about to select a person to preside over
the courts that will sit in judgment of his acts for a period of ten years
there should be two outstanding questions to consider. Does this candi-
date or that have a working knowledge of the law, is he a partisan or not
in the sense of having strong and uncontrollable likes and dislikes, is he
open minded enough to be responsive to sound argument, does he know the
people who come pleading before him. And will he, if I vote for him,
conduct the courts with such reasonable dispatch that litigants will not be
ruined by fees and costs while waiting for the mill of justice to grind and
taxpayers be called upon to bear the burden of slothful procedure.
As you have probably divined we have written this with the candida-
cy of Mr. W. Harrison Walker in mind. He has every one of the essential
qualifications and none of those not to be desired.
Mr. Walker is a successful lawyer. He could not have been success-
ful without a working knowledge of the law. He is not a partisan, for
no man who is a partisan in the sense of having strong and uncontrolla-
ble likes and dislikes could hold the legion of friends that are his in all
walks of life. He is open minded and fair and he knows the people of
Centre county, because he was raised in an humble farm home and has
had a taste of the drudgery of life himself. More than that, he has kept
in touch with it in his various public activities so that today he probably
is as intimately acquainted with the problems that beset every corner of
Centre county as any man in it.
Surely these qualifications are all any
one could ask of an aspirant for the position he seeks. But he has anoth-
er. A great outstanding one.
Mr. Walker’s admitted reputation for promptness in all things is en-
viable. He is of the do it now type—and there are too few of them. He
just can’t quit with an unfinished job on his hands and the courts of Centre
county would be right up to the minute with him on the bench. That
would mean relief to litigants and less taxes for those who have to bear
the burden of maintaining the courts.
There is no politics in the election of a Judge. A Judge makes no
laws; he merely administers them. The many Republicans who are open-
ly supporting Mr. Walker’s candidacy know this. They are not striking at
their party by their determination to vote for a Democrat. In a matter
where party principles cannot, by any distortion of the mind, be involved
they are going to vote for the candidate with the all around qualifications.
They feel that the nominee of the Democratic party is wholly free of con-
stricting obligations to machine organization and they are only hoping
that all Democrats will take advantage of the aid they propose giving to
put a man on the bench in Centre county who will not be watching to see
whether Pinchot, or whoever may be in control of the Republican ma-
chine nods approval every time a decree is handed down.
Opportunity for Next Year.
The esteemed Clearfield Republican
in earnest and impressive words urges
the Democrats of Pennsylvania to
prepare now “for next year’s battle.”
The conditions are propitious, as that
veteran editor, John F. Short, sees
them and “there never was a time in
the history of Pennsylvania when a
virile, worth-while, honest minority
political organization was so much
needed as at present.” This is liter-
ally true. The ballot frauds in Phil-
adelphia, the iniquities of the ma-
chine as exposed by Governor Pinchot
and the confusion of the Republican
organization offer cumulative incen-
tive to the honest voters of the State
to combine in an effort to rescue the
government from the despoilers.
Editor Short continues: “The Dem-
ocratic party of Pennsylvania is fac-
ing a great opportunity next year.
The unselfish leader, or men who
should be leaders, recognize the fact.
There are hundreds of unselfish Dem-
ocrats in this State qualified to lead
who could be induced to become active
and give their best to a complete re-
organization, a respectable organiza-
tion because it would deserve respect,
could they be assured there would be
no bi-partisan agreements, connec-
tions or deals.” Of course such an or-
ganization would be along Democratic
lines, for thus held it must appeal to
well meaning people of high ideals,
whatever fads or fancies they may in-
dulge as to things outside of politics.
We cordially agree with Editor
Short that “the Republican party of
Pennsylvania is worse than top-heavy
today,” and that it “is so unwieldy,
cumbersome and crooked that it can-
not be either led or driven.” But the
“cohesive force of public plunder”
holds it together and enables it to
function because there is no organized
cffort to dispossess it that commands
confidence and energetic support. If
the Democrats of Pennsylvania avail
themselves of the present opportuni-
ty to organize along the lines sug-
gested by the esteemed Clearfield Re-
publican the result may be easily
achieved. Let us all join in the move-
ment and pursue it with such vigor
and determination as will guarantee
victory.
tense fp tte —
——The people will be glad to know
that Governor Pinchot’s health has
recovered sufficiently for him to re- |
His descriptions of
sume his tour.
the iniquities of his own party are too
interesting to be lost.
——The most discouraging rumor
that comes from Washington is that
as soon as the air service scandal is
disposed of a submarine investigation
will be undertaken.
r———— cette —
—Let us see. Isn’t this the month
when the germs of the modern bandits
gathered in Robin Hood’s haunts and
sang of the brown October ale.
nn a pe ——————
——It may be noticed that Mr. |
Coolidge said nothing that would of-
fend the Klansmen while the cam-
paign was in progress.
—If former Secretary Weeks feels
as wretched as his pictures indicate
he gave up his cabinet portfolio none
too soon.
——Now that the question of the
baseball pennant has been settled the |
country can turn its atteention to bus-
iness.
reat ptai—o—
—1It is gratifying to know that
no scandal attached to the contest for
the baseball pennant this year.
From the Pittsburgh Post. 7
_ The unhappiness in the official fam-
ily of Governor Pinchot is in
drawn to the attention of the public
by the resignation of Paul D. Wright
as secretary of the Highway Depart-
ment. While the Governor always
has his side of the story and the airs
of one greatly wronged, observers can
scarcely fail to note that his entire
official career, whether in the Nation-
al forestry service or as State execu-
tive, has n marked to an unusnal
extent by personal conflicts. At the
; outset of his State administration
| there was the Finegan case. All the
: educational leaders and educational
| urged the of the Commonwealth
urged the retention of Dr. Finegan as
| State Superintendent of Public In-
: struction, but the Governor, righteous
.in his own eyes, forced him out in a
, manner so unjust that eyen the Na-
| tional Educational Association made a
protest against it. Later other State
: officers resigned or were dismissed,
| two public service commissioners now
| fighting in court against the Gover-
nor’s order of removal. Then there
was the turmoil over the Executive's
requirement of a personal pledge of
prohibition in addition to the oath of
office to respect the laws. - And now
Secretary Wright resigns because of
differences with the Executive, and
with the latter once more pained that
any one could fail to see what he con-
sidered the righteousness of his own
viewpoint of the situation.
The Governor wanted a piece of
road improved in Bradford county to
connect with a highway improvement
made to the State line by New York.
He held that a verbal pledge had been
given to New York by the Sproul ad-
ministration that this wonld be done,
and he argued that it should be done
as a matter of honor. Wright pointed
out that he had given his pledge in the
road bond campaign, with what he
considered the Pinchot approval, that
$40,000,000 of that money would be
used in ¢ g out the primary road
program. e Bradford county high-
way in question is in the seconda
system and to improve it now would,
in his mind, take State bond money
pledged to the primary system. The
Governor in a public statement now
says that it would not have been nec-
essary to improve in the future
more than nine miles of the: Bagford
road, but Wright seems to have"
the impression that the Executive
wanted much more done.
If the Governor wanted only nine
miles of the Bradford road improved
now, it seems that by the use of tact
he might have brought the secretary
to his viewpoint. Instead, he appears
to have made public statements on the
subject in a manner resented by
Wright. The latter said that no other
course was left him under the circum-
stances than te resign.
It is a pity, and again the public
service loses by the Pinchot manner of
dealing with official associates. Wright
may have had his faults and some pol-
icies upon which there might well be
differences of opinion, but he gave the
impression of a man whose heart was
deeply in his work. He received praise
not only for the volume of work done
under his direction, but also the char-
acter of it.
But the Pinchot personal view has
to be upheld regardless of how many
able officers and employees have to
get out of the public service.
es eee Aer.
State College and Its Needs.
From the Wilkes-Barre Record.
Governor Pinchot’s reference to
State College in complimentary terms
calls to mind the fact that the welfare
of the institution has had too little at-
tention from the public. The Legisla-
ture has given it as little as it could
without crippling it beyond repair.
While it is a large factor in the edu-
cational system of the State it is not
as influential as a number of other in-
stitutions in States of far less popula-
tion and resources. Some of the col-
leges and universities supported by
the States outrank it in the number of
students and in the advantages afford-
ed to ambitious young people.
An institution that is doing so much
along lines that must be followed if
the welfare of the people is to be pro-
moted is entitled to more enthusiastic
support than State College has been
receiving. Every year the college
management is compelled to turn
, down hundreds of applications for ad-
mission because of lack of facilities.
reer eee:
Children and Sleep.
From the Altoona Tribune.
New York United Parent’s Associa-
tions have issued a list of suggestions
as to how children can be aided to
start the school year right. One of
the suggestions is that parents insist
that children under fourteen years of
age have at least ten hours sleep.
In these days when children have
their dances and parties, when athlet-
ic contests are likely to take up most
of the daylight hours after school
and boys and girls must of necessity
do most of their studying at night—
at the same time when moving picture
shows call them—it will probably be
a big task to keep many of the boys
and girls in bed from nine o’clock in
the evening until seven o’clock the
next morning. But it can be done.
Children may try to get their way by
whining, but if parents can’t control
the children who are dependent upon
| them for everything they have, they
Show a lack of the powers of disci-
pline. ;
ad
SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE.
—Edward Brent has received his com-
mission as postmaster at Lewistown, to
succeed W. F. Eckbert, Jr. Jot
—Lancaster courts decided that approx.
imately 160 gallons of liquor confiscated in
raids shall be distributed among the hos-
pitals of the city.
—Hollidaysburg will decide at the No-
vember election whether to go back to the
old form of government or continue the
borough manager, Ee
—Forty applicants for pardons and
commutation of sentences have been filed
with the State Board of Pardons for cone
sideration at its October meeting.
—Falling from a load of hay when it
tipped over at stop Eight, Buffaio road,
Erie county, Peter Burnett, aged 75 years,
was instantly killed on Monday afternoon.
His skull was fractured when he struck
the pavement. >
—Fifty consecutive years of teaching in
the schools of Northumberland, Montour,
Columbia and Lancaster counties have
been completed by Mrs. Sarah Young,
teacher of the Gass school in Upper Augus-
ta township, of Northumberland county.
Atlhough past the retirement age, her in-
terest in the work has caused her to waive
her pension rights and to continue in ac-
tive service.
—Three thousand acres of hardwood
timber in the northern tier of counties—
in McKean county, principally—is about to
fall before the axe, The tract is owned by
Frank Morrison and Edward G. Anderson,
of Warren, Pa. The first cutting will be
made this month and it is estimated sev-
eral million feet of veneer logs, 75,000 to
100,000 standard railroad ties and about
60,000 cords of chemical wood will be cut.
—Caught in a belt of a tractor he was op-
erating in Irish Valley, Northumberland
county, on Friday, George Swank, aged 22
years, a bridegroom of a few weeks, was
whirled around until his clothing tore and
threw him against the side of a barn,
where he was found unconscious by his
wife and taken to the Sunbury Mary H.
Packer hospital. He suffered a broken
jaw and shoulder as well as serious inter
nal injuries.
—Potter county bears have killed many
sheep and calves, but the first full-grown
cow which has fallen prey to the bruins
belonged to James Pollock, a farmer who
lives less than a mile from the Mills post-
office. Going out to his barn on Friday
morning he found the finest of his herd
had been slaughtered and partly consum-
ed. Believing the marauder will come back
for more, a day and night watch is being
kept in the vicinity.
—Investigation into the repeated tardi-
ness of a tall, athletic senior of the Greens«
burg High school revealed that he had re-
traced his steps three full squares and tak-
en another route to avoid walking past a
black cat that apparently lives near the
American Legion home, and has the habit
of loitering on the street in front of it.
The cat had an annoying way of electing
was on his way to school.
—When the Rev. Milton Lewis Cook was
placed on the retired list at a meeting of
| the Lackawanna Presbytery at Towanda, a
father and son pastorate extending over
seventy years of service in the same church
wag discovered. The father wag the Rev.
Darwin Cook, who for thirty years occu-
pied the pulpit of Merryall church, Brad-
for county, was succeeded by his son, the
Rev. Milton Lewis Cook, who retired after
forty years ministry at Merryall.
—Missing since Friday afternoon, Thom-
as J. Scanlon, 57 years of age, assessor of
Washington township, Cambria county,
was found dead on Sunday afternoon
about two miles from his home in Cassan-
dra. He left home Friday noon on duties
in connection with the assessorship and
search parties found the body after hunt-
ing almost forty-eight hours. There was
no evidence of foul play, heart trouble be-
ing given by physicians as the cause of
death.
—Three years are expected to be requir-
ed to complete the drilling of a 7,000 foot
well started near LaMont, McKean coun-
ty, by the United Gas company. The hole
now is only a trifle more than 100 feet
deep. As the majority of wells range in
depth from 2,506 to 3,000 feet company of-
ficials are of the opinion that information
to be gathered regarding rock formations
below the average depth will be worth the.
undertaking even if no oil or gas is found.
It is planned to continue the drilling to the
set goal regardless of whether or not a
strike is made before the final level is
reached. .
—George M. Stewart, of Silver Creek,
about five miles from Highland Corners,
Jefferson county, shot a large bald eagle
last Thursday afternoon about four oclock,
while the huge bird was in the act of steal-
ing one of his chickens. The eagle had
visited the Stewart place for several days
in succession and generally made away
with a chicken at each call. Mr. Stewart
was on the watch for the feathered chicken
thief and dropped it with one shot. The
eagle measured seven feet from tip to tip
of outspread wings and was put on exhi-
bition at the home of C. H. Adams, at La-
Mont. The eagle will be mounted and kept
by Mr. Stewart.
—Merle Kelley, a Kane youth, who saw-
ed his way out of the McKean county jail
at Smethport, while waiting to be trans-
ferred to the western penitentiary to serve
a three year term imposed for burglary, was
recaptured by police in the kitchen of an
abandoned house on the outskirts of Kane.
Kelley had enjoyed two weeks of freedom
when police learned that he had been mo-
toring into Kane and visiting friends. His
automobile, a big sedan, was followed fo a
lonely house in an isolated part of the out-
skirts, and after Kelley had entered, dep-
uties surrounded the house and broke in
upon him. He submitted to arrest without
resistance, and was returned to jail. He
will be indicted for jail breaking and tried
before starting his term for burglary.
—County Treasurer Russell V. Hyssong,
of Huntingdon, whose troubles with his in-
valid wife were the talk of the county dur-
ing the past summer and whose sudden
disapearance from home in August last
mystified his friends as well as his ene-
mies, has made a final settlement with his
wife of their many difficulties and is now
engaged every day with deputy treasurer
John K. Itriger in performing the varied
duties of the county treasurer's office. The
agreement with Mrs, Hyssong provides
that he shall pay her a lump sum of $750
instead of a monthly alimony, deed to her
the Hyssong residence on Eleventh street,
Huntingdon, and either start an action in
divorce returnable at December term of
court or fail to defend such an action
brought by her.
to cross the street just when the senior