Bower apn
EE Ss Cm,
INK SLINGS.
—8o far as weather was concerned
Easter was a dandy, but there hasn't
been much to rave about since.
—The Burgess is right. The fire-
men are too valuable to risk their
lives driving fire apparatus at more
dangerous speeds than they would
drive their own cars,
* —Wives of Republican workers
shouldn’t nag their husbands too much
about getting enough garden ready
for a few rows of early peas. The
men are too busy building senatorial
fences for other Ps.
—The Stillmans are taking a psy-
choanalysis course in Paris, so it is
evident that the lawyers they employ-
ed in their divorce scandal must have
been decent enough to leave them in
possession of part of their wealth,
—Both Vare and Beidleman appear
to be gaining strength in Centre coun-
ty. Pepper and Fisher haven't every-
thing their own way, by any means.
The leaders are for the latter, but
many of the Republican voters are
showing signs of refusing to be led.
—Half of his life spent dodging
detection for the crimes he had com-
mitted, the other half spent in serving
prison sentences for failing to keep
dodging Gerald Chapman, super-ban-
dit, came to the end of his string early
Tuesday morning. It was the hang-
man’s noose in the prison at Hartford,
Conn. His every act had crime as its
objective and the world is better with-
out him.
—While we have no intention of
advising any Democrat as to what to
do in the primary we shall take great
pleasure in voting for “Billy” Wilson
for United States Senator, if for nc
other reason than that he is a warm
friend of one of our distinguished
townsmen whose whole hearted prof-
fer of aid and assurance of friendship
came marching up almost abreast of
the first real trouble that ever beset
us.
-—In other columns of the Watch-
man, prior to the primaries on May
18th, will appear articles concerning
the various men of our party who are
seeking nomination for the positions
on the ticket then to be filled. We
give publicity without becoming the
advocate of any. The good judgment
of the Democrats of the State can be
depended on to select a ticket that
will be a credit to the party and when
they have done that the Watchman
can ‘be depended on to support it.
—Out in Kansas City the papers
carried full page advertisements ad-
dressed to “Flaming Youth,” urging
them to go to Easter church services
for “a real thrill.” It would have been
‘of them, no doubt, es-
pecially for those who think they can
be happy, and square and succeed
without visiting a church more than
twice in their lives—once when they
are carried in by a prayerful mother
to be baptized and again when they
are carried in for the community to
see “how natural” they look.
—Bouncing babies, “human pin
cushions” and “rubber-necks” are all
explained. Science has just discover-
ed that there is much of elasticity of
rubber in the cells of the human or-
ganizism, so, of course, they’ll stretch.
Just how far often depends on the
curiosity of the individual and what
the flapper looks like. If the amount
of rubber in man is in any appreciable
quantity there is a lot of him who
would be more valuable dead than
alive. Why wouldn’t it be a good plan
to kill all hit-and-run motorists and
get the rubber out of them? It might
reduce the price of tires some.
—Many nasty situations are likely
to crop out of the Republican political
muddle in this State. We hope that,
for the good of The Pennsylvania
State College, the borough of State
College will stop, look and listen long
enough to realize that if ever there
was a time for it to be politically
tongue-tied that time is right now. If
the Pennsylvania State College had
nothing more on its Campus than it
had in 1880 the borough of State Col-
lege would not be a borough. It would
be little more than the village it was
in 1880. The prosperity of the borough
is so definitely contingent upon the
development of the College and
the College is so unfortunately
at the mercy of politicians that
choosing between the latter, when
they are at war, would be inviting
drastic reprisal should the wrong
choice happen to be made. The voters
of that borough owe it to the institu-
tion that has made their fine town pos-
sible to refrain from saying anything
that will rise up to haunt it di-
rectly and them indirectly. In
the eyes of the victorious can-
didate State College the bor-
ough and State College the institution
are all one and if he knows that the
former has been actively against him
he will certainly not be any too
friendly toward the latter. Two years
ago we said that the candidacy of
Mr. Holmes for the Legislature was
bad politics. Today, he knows that it
was and every citizen of State Col-
lege who is interested in the ‘welfare
of their institution should know the
same. Mr. Holmes might be able to
squirm out of the ugly situation he is
in, but he can’t do it successfully with
any self respect. The greatest service
he ever has or ever can render the
Pennsylvania State College he will be
giving if he becomes tongue-tied mntil
after May 18.
HO
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STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION.
VOL. 71.
BELLEFONTE. PA.. APRIL 9. 19
William B. Wilson for Senator.
The withdrawal of Mr. George H.
Fisher the Candidate of Corporations.
"As the esteemed Philadelphia Pub-
: The “Packed” Tariff Commission.
i
contest for the Democratic nomina- didates for the Republican nomina- , “packed” in the interest of high pro-
tion for Senator in Congress, leaves
William B. Wilson, of Tioga county, | order named by the Public Ledger ‘some interesting facts. Senator Nor-'
as the unopposed choice of the Demo-
crats of Pennsylvania for that high
tion for Governor. They are in the
i former Governor John K, Tener, of
, Washington county;
tective tariff taxation is disclosing
, Tis, of Nebraska, having publicly
The investigation of the charges i
Rowley, of Mercer county, from the lic Ledger states there are four can- that the Tariff Commission has been
“oreign Debts and U. S. Prosperity.
rom the Philadelphia Record.
The past week witnessed another
; severe reaction in stock walues; fol-
‘lowed by a substantial rally. The
, causes of the latest break, it seems,
rare regarded by most stock brokers
as more obscure than those which
Congressman charged that the Commission had been ' produced the early March reaction,
and important office. Mr. Wilson is Thomas W. Philips, of Butler county; “packed by President Coolidge,” the and the disposition is to refer both
well equipped for the service, having former Lieutenant, Governor Edward efforts of the administration are di- to purely speculative conditions, the
served in Congress and in the Cabinet E. Beidleman, of Dauphin county, and rected to the purpose of refuting the technical position of the market, etc,
of President Woodrow Wilson as
Secretary of Labor. Having been the
first to occupy that office it became his
duty to organize the department,’
which service he performed so well
that his successor has not had to in- :
troduce changes. As a member of
Congress he was equally efficient and
it may be said that he is equal to any
requirement of public life.
In a letter to chairman Bigelow, an- |
nouncing his withdrawal, Mr. Rowley
says: “In William B. Wilson we have
a candidate who will thrill Democracy
to a new life. Voters in all parties
will see in Wilson a virile, upstanding
figure, representing the great body of
our citizens.”
type of man needed at this time. It
has been the custom, as Mr. Rowley
states, to elect as Senator men of
great wealth. They know little of the
needs and aspirations of the average
citizen and the people of Pennsylva-
nia are average citizens. William B.
Wilson is representative of that ele-
ment. He knows what the people
want and has the courage and capa-
bility to demand it.
Mr. Wilson began life as a coal
miner and served for years as secre-
tary-treasurer of the United Mine
Workers of America, the organization
that has stood steadfastly for the in-
terests of labor for many years. He
was serving in that capacity in 1906
when nominated and elected to Con-
gress. After his appointment to the
office of Secretary of Labor he felt
that his official duties deprived him of
the time necessary to efficiently func-
tion in the labor organization and re-
siged, But his sympathies have al-
ways been with the wage-earner in
whatever line of endeavor he has been
employed. He is an eloquent oratcr
and an industrious student of political
science; and if elected. will adorn, the
office.
——If those lawyers would spend
as much time and energy in some
good cause as they wasted in trying
to rescue Gerald Chapman from just: prevent or minimize electoral frauds
punishment, they might accomplish
something.
Pepper, Pinchot and Prohibition.
Those ecclesiatical friends of Sena-
tor Pepper, who prefer him to Gover-
nor Pinchot as the champion of prohi-
bition, will not be strengthened in their
attitude by the Senator’s recent dec-
laration that he will support Vare for
election if that dripping candidate
secures the nomination, a not impos-
sible contingency. In his address be-
fore the League of Women voters, in
Philadelphia last week, the Senator
declared that in the event of his de-
feat for the nomination in May he will
not run as an independent candidate
in November. “In other words,” he
continued, “I shall accept the result
of the primary.” Neither the late Sam
Salter nor “Buck” Devlin could have
given stronger proof of “regularity.”
Assuming that the bulk of the pro-
hibition vote will be cast for Pinchot
and the wet vote practically unani-
mous for Vare the contest is between
those two candidates. But Pepper may
draw enough of the dry vote to defeat
Pinchot and that would leave Pepper
committed to the support of the wet
candidate, not only against the Demo-
cratic nominee, who is an earnest and
cordial supporter of prohibition en-
forcement, but against any candidate,
independent oi otherwise, whom the
dry forces might put up. If the
clergymen professing to be prohibi-
tionists continue to favor Pepper in
view of this situation, they are more
concerned for partisanship than prin-
ciple.
The obvious purpose of Senator
Pepper’s declaration on the subject
was to inveigle Governor Pinchot into
a similar indiscreet statement. But
the expectation has been disappointed.
At the same time and to the same au-
dience he said, “first, last and always
I will do my utmost for the yZople
against the monopolists and corrupt
politicians and leave nothing undone
to give the plain people a square
deal,” which evoked an enthusiastic
burst of applause from the women.
Mr. Vare did not respond to the invi-
tation to present his views, for rea-
sons not revealed, but the action of
the League members affords a basis
for conjecture, The wet element
among the women voters was also
absent.
——All the candidates profess con-
fidence, but act as if they are in dis-
pair.
That is precisely the’
j better than the other eandidates serv
, former Banking Commissioner John S.
Fisher, of Indiana county. Nobody
appears to be interested in the Tener
aspiration. Mr. Philips seems to be
_ the only active supporter of his ambi-
tion. It is alleged that the Vare in-
terests and State chairman Baker are
behind Beidleman and the corpora-
tions are vigorously supporting Fish-
er.
quartet is a curious group. Former
Governor Tener points with pride to
his 1ecord, which is creditable but
not enticing to the party leaders. Mr.
Philips, relies on his “bar’l” to allure
the voters and Beidleman has the
practical politicians and the party
organization to depend upon. Of these
three, therefore, the Dauphin county
candidate has “the call” by large odds.
But there are other elements to reck-
on with. The corporations are reach-
ing out in all directions, not only in
Pennsylvania but throughout theen-
, tire country, to control the politics as
( well as the business of the people and
ithe corporations will exhaust all
their resources to nominate Fisher.
It is quite possible that Mr. Fisher
(is as fit for the service as either of
the others. If he were left to his own
mediocre antagonists for the favor.
But he has been chosen by the repre-
sentatives of corporations to serve
them rather than the people of the
State, and if he is nominated and
elected they will hold him rigidly to
;the implied agreement. Secretary
i Mellon has not picked Mr. Fisher be-
{cause of his ability or his integrity.
The choice was made in pursuance of
a purpose of certain predatory and
sinister interests to gain control, and
it was believed that Mr. Fisher would
their Purpose. «= sw wissen ale
——Senator Pepper was as quiet as
a clam when the question of honest or
fraudulent elections was pending in
the General Assembly. But if he will
'in Philadelphia this year, as he ought
!to be able to do, some of his sins of
| omission will be forgiven.
Pepper’s Remote Chance,
Senator Pepper has hardly one
chance in a hundred to get the Re-
publican nomination for Senator. Up
until the day that Mellon and Grundy
tied him up with Fisher for Governor
he had the support cf many of the
most adroit organization managers,
which was a valuable asset. But that
combination alienated State chairman
Baker and many others, and though
they may vote for him they are no
longer greatly interested in his suc-
cess. It is true that he has annexed
Joe Grundy, but that is a doubtful
acquisition. Mr. Grundy’s frequent
flip-flops in holding a place in the sun
have practically put him out of all
reckonings in the political manoeuvers
of the State.
Senator Pepper’s one chance lies in
getting the vast army of indifferent
voters to register. It is said that
there are nearly 400,000 un-registered
voters in Philadelphia and quite as
many in other cities and towns in the
State. If all this force could be
brought to the polls in May it would
give Mr. Pepper an equal chance with
Pinchot to beat Vare. It is not likely
that all these new voters would sup-
port Pepper. Some of them might go
to Vare and a good many of them to
Pinchot. But a considerable majority
would join the Pepper supporters and
at least advance him to a point “with-
in hailing distance” of one or both of
the others. But it wouldn’t guarantee
victory.
The rumors which come from the
centres of political activity indicate
that the Senator and his friends rea-
lize the situation. They are directing
their energies to the work of stirring
up the delinquents and are operating
with such energy as to promise suc-
cess to some extent. Of course they
are working under disadvantage. The
well meaning and industrious men
and women acting in the matter are
faithful but not highly educated in the
business. That is an important detail
of organization and operatives have
to be trained to it. But reports show
that they are doing “as well as could
be expected” and fortunately they are
building for the future if they fail
now.
Good character is a valuable
asset but most bankers require other
collateral.
Taken jointly or severally this
impulses he would be as safe as his, ly ?
from the evidence of Mr. Dennis is
= oppo
aspérsion. Among the witnesses ex-'
‘amined at a hearing, on Monday,
. Alfred P. Dennis, one of the Commis-
. sioners, declared that the President
is not responsible for the fact, yet
. “the majority of the members form a
"high protective bloc,” so prejudiced
in favor of high tariff rates as to be
incapable of fair and independent
! judgment.
Though President Coolidge appoint-
ed Commissioner Dennis and two of
the ‘other Commissioners, Mr. Dennis
absolves him from blame for the ex-
isting condition. He says that Com-
missioners Baldwin and Bousard were
chosen upon the recommendation of
Secretary Hoover and himself, and
that they are influenced to their action
in favor of high tariff rates by the
fear that if they vote otherwise their
appointments will not be confirmed by
the Senate, that formality having
been neglected thus far. He admitted
that he, himself, is unfit, because of
temperament, for the job but holds on
to it, presumably because of the fat
salary it affords him. His appoint-
ment was made on the recommenda-
tion of Secretary Hoover who also
joined in the recommendation of Bald-
' win and Bousard.
The only inference to be drawn
that Mr. Hoover is responsible for the
packing of the Commission. But there
_is a link missing in this chain of evi-
dence. The Commission, as it existed
‘ when Mr. Coolidge was elevated to
the Presidency, was not composed of
“men so. prejudiced in favor of high
tariff rates as to be incapable of fair
and independent judgment.” There
is no evidence that Secretary Hoover
inflgenced the President to remove
one, Commissioner and entice another
i n am cov-
+4 anity to “pack” the body. This
is the real substance of the charge of
Senator Norris. =
i ——If Vare, and Beidleman are
nominated the ‘flip-flop of the Phila-
delphia Public Ledger will be an in-
teresting spectacle.
i
i
State Democrats, Take Your Choice.
On our party’s primary ballots will
appear the names of enough candi-
to be filled next fall to give each voter
opportunity to express a preference.
For Governor we have three candi-
dates: Judge Samuel Shull, of Monroe
county; former Judge William E.
: Porter, of Lawrence county, and
Judge Eugene C. Bonniwell, of Phila-
delphia. Porter is supposed to be dry.
Shull is for strict law enforcement and
Bonniwell is for repeal of the Eigh-
teenth amendment.
For United States Senator we have
former Secretary of Labor, William
B. Wilson, of Tioga county, whose
platform appears in full in another
column of this issue, and George H.
Rowley, of Mercer county.
For Lieutenant Governor former
Senator Hackett, of Northampton
county, has filed nomination papers
and for Secretary of Internal Affairs
‘ we have Lewis C. Cassidy, of Phila-
delphia.
In our congressional District Clar-
ence R. Kramer, lawyer and world
war veteran, of Clearfield, is seeking
the homination and has no opposition
so that a strenuous pre-primary cam-
paign will be unnecessary so far as he
is concerned. L
Senator William I. Betts will, of
course, be a candidate to succeed him-
self in the upper House of the Penn-
sylvania General Assembly, and will
have no opposition for the nomination.
The Watchman will, without par-
tiality, give its readers thorough in-
formation as to who these gentlemen
are and what they stand for, so that
each one can intelligently vote his or
her preference at the primaries on
May 18th.
——The Senate Republicans were
perfectly willing to unseat Brook-
hart, of Iowa, but they are not willing
to seat Steck, who must have been his
successful opponent.
mss fl
——Sir Thomas Lipton is again
“in our midst” and it behooves who-
ever has custody of America’s cup to
nail it down.
——Henry Ford thinks enforcing
the Volstead law would be an easy
Ba Probably he is bidding for the
Jou, ?
dates for each one of the State offices |
This however, leaves out of account
several influences which may have
really been at the bottom of the re-
cent upheaval in securities, the col-
lapse of the real estate speculative
booms in the South and elsewhere and
the sudden apprehensions felt in
some quarters over the prevalence of
instalment buying. We are living not
only in the United States, some eco-
nomists point out, but are also sub-
ject to world conditions in business
and finance. One unsettling feature,
which is beginning to receive more or
less attention in Washington and else-
where, is the growing disillusionment
in this country concerning the pros-
pects of the United States ever get-
ting back more than a very small per-
centage of its war loans to Europe,
which represent many billions of dol-
lars. ;
The assumption that these debts
would ultimately be paid, with inter-
est extending over a long period of
years, has been one of the founda-
tions of bullish stock market senti-
ment since 1923. Should the war
debts owed by the larger European
nations finally be canceled or re-
pudiated by one means or another,
the people of this country will be just
that much out of pocket, to say noth-
ing of other tremendous readjust-
I ments of viewpoints which such an
| outcome will necessitate in our re-
lations to the rest of the world.
For one thing, if these war debts
are not to be paid, or if there is to be
international wrangling over them
for years to come, it is difficult for
some economists to figure how the
present standard of living in the
United States is going to be sustain-
ed, or, what amounts to the same
thing, how we are going to keep our
prices and production costs sp much
above those of countries whieh are
certain to be strong competitors’ of
ours in the world’s markets.
In short, viewed
rent readjustment of
eral and prolonge
flation of the value of all goods an
services in this country—a leveling
‘process in which industrial and
financial, conditionsin Japan, China,
India and Russia may come to have
a potent influence on the standard of
living in the United States, just as
such conditions today have immense
influence on living standards in Eng-
‘land, Germany, France and Italy.
Balancing of French Budget.
, From the Pittsburgh Post.
Hosts who know nothing of public
- financing were nevertheless able to
| join heartily yesterday in the gen-
! eral rejoicing over the news that the
‘French budget has been balanced.
| The troubles over the financial affairs
of the Republic had been a world topic
i for several years. Premier after pre-
mier, cabinet after cabinet, had been
: seen to fall in controversy over plans
| of adjustment. Naturally this had a
i disturbing effect upon the whole of
| Europe, upon the entire internation-
al system. It kept the question of
the payment of the French debt to
‘the United States and other creditor
nations aggravated. It alarmed many
of the friends of France throughout
. the world. There were fears that she
| was getting into a tangle that would
, bring a dictatorship.
{ To be sure, the plan is yet to be ap-
' plied—there still may be some diffi-
"culties in getting it launched—but
| the fact that it commanded a substan-
| tial majority in the vote in the Cham-
bee of Deputies and the passive sup--
port of others who abstained from
. voting naturally augurs well for it.
The good sense of the country, always
Iliad upon, seems to be asserting it-
‘self,
While the ability and personal
popularity of Finance Minister Peret
; are properly credited with a large
part in the achievement, the states-
manship of the veteran Premier
Briand could not be denied a great
share of the glory. There is grati-
fication that the balancing of the
budget came under the premiership
of this remarkable man who often has
been in and out of power. Of course
it does not say that he has now been
given a permanent hold, but it is tak-
en as assurance that his ministry will
last at least several months. -
Again does France give cheer to
i her friends. :
John May be Wet or Dry.
From the Clearfield Republican.
John Fisher’s friends around this
{ part of the State should not press him
| too close or hard on the wet and dry
' question. While he is not on the slate
with Pepper he has never severed
‘intimate’ relations with Pinchot.
. Many of Pinchot’s supporters are ex-
! pected to support Fisher.
' Fishermen, dont forget your
tackle, your bait and your license.
You won’t need a bottle. It's going to
be too cold for snakes to be out.
SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE.
—Sawing their way through the floor of
the building occupied by the Brod Broth-
ers, waist manufacturers, of Philadelphia,
thieves escaped with silk valued at ap-
proximately $30,000.
—Despondency cver ill health is given as
the cause of the suicide late Monday night
of Leander A. Mason, seventy, prominent
Union City merchant. The suicide is the
fifth to occur in Erie county in less than
a week. :
—Traveling 12,000 miles from India to
have a glass bead removed from his bron-
chus, Thomas Rice, 5, is now out of dan-
ger at the Jefferson hospital in Philadel-
phia. He is the son of missionaries, who
have been working in India.
—Charred bones found in the fire ruins
of three dwellings near East Pittsburgh
have been accepted by relatives as those
of Patrick Delaney, 63, a janitor, who had
been missing since the fire. The bones
were discovered Friday night.
—Haled into Pottsville police court last
week by Mrs. Annie Laudash, a widow,
who claimed that Michael Drumbord stole
$300 from her, the accused admitted the
theft, but begged the woman's forgiveness
so effectively that she accepted his pro-
posal of marriage,
—In the name of his wife, Mary Reber
Herb, bequests of $200 each were given to
the Bethany orphans’ home, at Womels-
dorf, First Reformed church of Reading,
Reading hospital and Home of Friendless
Children, by John Herb, of Reading. The
estate is valued at $20,000.
—R. D. Anderson, North Bast druggist,
of Erie, was beaten over the head and
robbed of $275 in cash and a $900 diamond
ring last night by two armed bandits who
entered his place of business about 10 p.
m. The bandits escaped in a touring car,
which they were forced to abandon when
engine trouble developed.
—Work on the new Lehigh Valley Rail-
road tunnel at Pattenburg which will cost
$3,000,000 and which will take from two to
three years to complete, was begun on
Monday. The tunnel will run through the
Bloomsburg mountain and will be a mile
in length. It will contain two tracks and
will run parallel to the old tunnel now in
use.
—Samuel Irwin Sawyer, 58, coal opera-
tor, of Punxsutawney, was instantly killed
Sunday while en route to inspect one of
his properties. Sawyer fell beneath a
Pennsylvania train he had just disem-
barked from, and his body was cut in two
at the waist. It is believed Mr. Sawyer
suddénly became ill and fainted. He is
survived by his widow and two children.
—The Kingston Coal company, of
Wilkes-Barre, has announced a cut in their
retail coal prices which restores their
rates to the same basis that existed prior
to the coal strike. This company has
maintained a higher price than other local
companies for several years. None of the
other concerns have changed their inten-
tion of keeping winter prices in force dur-
ing the summer.
—As a result of the ice and high water
washing away the Big Rock bridge over
which street car service between Oil City
and Franklin was conducted, the Citizens’
Traction company is offering for sale
Monarch park, an amusement resort mid-
way between the two cities. The park
+. |will not be operated again by the com-
any, it is’ announced as street-car-service
can not be resumed.
—Weak and suffering, but pronounced
out of danger, following an operation last
Thursday for the removal of a tumor
of the stomach, James Coward, Pennsyl-
vania railroad detective of Vandergrift,
now serving a sentence in the eastern peni-
tentiary for his part in the $75,000 robbery
of the Vandergrift Savings and Trust
company, will be questioned regarding his
confession exonerating Albion Anderson,
convicted as an accomplice.
—George Crossley, who conducts two
business places in West Chester but lives
near Milltown, was held up on his arrival
home on Saturday night by two young
men. As he and his wife arrived in their
automoblie, the men approached them,
covered them with revolvers and made a
search of their clothing. They secured but
$15; at that time Crossley had more than
$800 in a wallet concealed in a secret pock-
et. The police suspect two young men
familiar with the movements of Crossley,
and had evidently expected to obtain the
day’s receipts of the stores.
—Husband and wife died at Lewistown,
last Thursday, within a few hours of each
other, with the deaths of John 8. and
Mrs. Anna Stetler Goff. Both were aged
seventy-six years and both deaths were
caused by influenza. Mrs. Groff was taken
ill three days ago and the man died an
hour after he was taken seriously ill. Mr.
Groff was a stonemason until injuries re-
ceived when a wall fell, barred him from
that trade. He operated a small farm
since that time. He was a member of the
Alfarata = Lutheran church for fifty-five
years. The couple leave a son, Harry J.
of Cincinatti, Ohio, and a daughter, Mary
A. of Decatur township.
—Further information concerning the
death of Wesley K. Goss, of Osceola Mills,
the well known Pennsylvania railroad con-
ductor, who was killed on Saturday even-
ing in the Lock Haven yards, shows that
he had entered the telephone booth to
ascertain the location of a milk train
which was about due. While there the
milk train, comprised of eight cars, thun-
dered along. The sixth car in the train
left the rails, broke loose and plunged
down the small embankment, striking and
crushing down the telephone booth in
which Conductor Goss was standing,
crushing him to death. It was to have
been his last day’s work in the Lock Hav-
en yards, he expecting to return to the
Osceola yard on Sunday. ‘
—Prison sentences of 25 years were im-
posed at Philadelphia, on Monday on two
confessed highway robbers and automobile
thieves, both still in their teens. Francis
Otery, 16 years old, and William Kennedy,
17 years old, were the recipients of the
heavy penalties. Both defendants pleaded
guilty to 32 indictments growing out of 13
charges of highway robbery and automo-
bile thefts. The crimes committed also
involved two 15-year-old boys, both of
whom were arrested and sent to the house
of detention, owing to their ages. “I
could give you 300 years on these bills of
indictment,” Judge Harry McDevit toid the
boys when pronouncing sentence. “How-
ever, I will sentence you on three bills and
when the board of pardons intercedes on
account of your youth then I can sentence
you on the remaining bills.”