INK SLINGS. -.—Bay, ain't our “Afaletics” goin” fine? : , —Now that he has demonstrated his finesse in politics the editor of the Republican will probobly devote con- siderable time to angling for real fish. —If Gifford will only stay out of it we might be able to save Pennsyl- vania from Vare by electing Wilson to the Senate. - —Well, Mr. Zerby has a great op- portunity as the new chairman of the Centre county Democracy. Let’s hope that he rises to it. - * — Of course Germany is cordially welcomed into the League of Nations but it would hardly be wise to break up the League in order to get her in. —Anyway, the Hon. Holmes didn’t steal the Democratic nomination for Legislature and when he gets through with Andrew Curtin Thompson he’ll know he’s been in a fight. —Spittin “in the eye of a bull- dog” doesn’t seem to have gotten Sen- ator Pepper very far, nor does it look as though he had made much of a job of throwing Vare into the river. —The Governor advertised that he would get twenty-one hundred votes in Centre county. Now who do you suppose put that idea into his head? Was it Rebecca Naomi or Arthur? —We’re just as well satisfied that the Norge didn’t find any land sur- rounding the North Pole. Had its crew discovered a bit of frozen tundra in the Polar seas Uncle Sam, Mus-: solini and the King of Norway are certain to have gotten into a scrap over the ownership of the barren waste —Since the anti-boro-ites won all the offices in the first election that Port Matilda has ever held we are wondering what they are going to do about it. They have the chance of a lifetime now for they are elected until Jan. 1928, and they can make taxes so high that by that time maybe everybody up there will want to get back into the township. —The surest sign, that we're get- ting old is nailed up when we boast that we ate young onions out of our own garden on Sunday.—and they were not “multipliers” or “old hen and chickens” or “leeks”’—they were the real thing. And we ate dozens of them without a care as to who might crab about an onion breath in the vi- cinity. When a man potters arcund in a garden without being driven to it he ain’t what he used to be Deca Cel : LI Senator out there now and are likely to have another. It is wonderful, such a thing in Iowa, but if Pennsylvania should get one this fall, as we stand a very good chance of doing, we shudder for the effect on friend Ker- lin. My, notwithstanding his nearly four score years, he’d be turning hand- springs all over the corn belt. —Frederick Arnold Kummer, who- ever he is, says “the whole future of civilization depends on the training given our coming children in the home.” Fred has the dope and he does well to predicate his prediction on the “‘coming children,” for the Lord knows that if future civilization is to depend on the training in the home that the present generation of kids is getting future civilization will be nothing but filling stations, road houses and the «Charleston. —If Mr. Vare’s campaign was a ref- rendum on the Volstead Act, as he announced it to be, the Republican party will be wet in this campaign. All those Republicans who are not wet, however, will have a chance to © vote for William B. Wilson. Let’s make the fight as Mr. Vare would have it and see just where Pennsylva- nia stands and see whether a lot of dry Republicans would vote for a dry Demccrat rather than a wet candidate of their own party. —O0ld Jim Seibert is the town’s “houn dawg.” Everybody thinks its the thing to kick him ’round. He’s the Borough manager and gets about as much as a good clerk in a haber- «dashery. Walking up High street Monday evening we just happened to note how perfect was its grading and unbroken most of its surface. Jim ‘built it. - And in face of the fact that Jim is one of the best investments the borough of Bellefonte ever made the Street committee of Council employs a boss to lay sewers who knows little more about that kind of work than we do. Is there anything rotten in Den- mark? If there is we shall try to uncover it. —It seems to us that Calvin Cool- idge, Andy Mellon and Senators Pep- per and Reed are the big losers in the recent unpleasantness. They broke all precedents and put the national administration into a scramble for control of the Pennsylvania organiza- tion. Having been licked it must be accepted as a repudiation of Coolidge. The real winner is Joe Grundy. He didn’t give a d—— for Pepper. He has often trained with Vare. All he wanted was to put John Fisher across and he forced the Mellons to get back of Fisher in return for his question- able support of Pepper. They did it. Fisher won and Pepper is an also ran and for Mr. Grundy, it isn’t so far a jump into the Vare camp as it would be for the Mellon—Pepper— Reed crowd. fluence on . duction. One town there, Biglerville, VOL. 71. Coolidge Preaching Democratic Doc- | trine. | In an address delivered at Wil- liamsburg; Virginia, on Saturday, in: celebrating the sesqui-centennial of | Virginia’s declaration of independ- : ence, President Coolidge came peril- | ously near to preaching the funda- mental doctrine of the Democratic | party. Naturally he paid tribute to | the patriotism and ccurage of those | sturdy Virginians who on the 15th of May, 1776, practically absolved them- selves from allegianee to the British | crown. While this was an unusual | expression from a New Englander it | was not the most surprising feature | of his address. In his reference to the malign influence of “artificial propa-., ganda, paid agitators and selfish in- | terests” he condemned the source of | power of his own party. ? His next punch was to the same purpose. “No. plan of centralization,” he said, ‘has ever been adopted which did not result in bureaucracy, tyranny, inflexibility, reaction and decline. Of all forms of government those admin- istered by bureaus are about the least satisfactory to an enlightened and progressive people. Being irrespon- sible they became autocratic and being autocratic they resist all de- velopment. Unless bureaucracy is constantly resisted it breaks down representative government and ever- whelms democracy. It is the one element in our institutions that sets up the pretense of having authority over everybody and being responsible to nobody.” Maybe it was the Virginia atmos- phere that influenced the President to a line of thought that expresses con- demnation of the party to which he professes allegiance. In any event he must have known that the Republican party is based on the policy of cen- tralization as advocated by Alexander Hamilton, still a revered idel of his party leaders, and that bureaucracy in this country is ‘a child of the Re- publican party, nurtured timidly at first but since the Aduinistration of ie mind of President Cool- idge let us hope that he will spend his vacation there. tod ——1It will be a long time before we see another Primary campaign like that just ended. It is not often you see so many millionaires contending for control of a party organization. - Fuel Problem Not Solved. The continued high price of coal is convincing proof that the fuel problem has not been solved by the resumption of “work in the anthracite coal mines. No question is ever finally settled until it is settled right and the recent agreement between ‘he anthracite mine owners and mine workers is simply an expedient to license loot for another indefinite period of time. The mine owners are now holding up prices for the purpose of reimbursing themselves for the expenses incurred in keeping the plants in order during the time they were idle. The distri- butors are consenting to this process of robbery until they can dispose of the stocks acquired at high prices dur- ing the strike, '~ For some years the leaders of the United Mine Workers organization have been advocating government control of the industry. Half a mil- lion of them voted for it in a referen- dum taken some years ago and the discussion of the subject has been re- sumed. Mr. John Brophy, president of District No. 2, of the United Mine Workers, is leading in the movement and he is both forceful and enthusias- tic in the work. He declares that “private initiative has failed signally, its irresponsibility to the workers and the public resulting in the numerous strikes and tie-ups which have afflict- ed the industry.” The accuracy of his appraisement will hardly be question- ed. The nationalization of an industry is a hazardous remedy for even so great an evil. Government ownership would entail so vast an amount of money that the thought of it “staggers imagination.” But - monopoly is so cruel a foe of progress and prosperity that drastic remedies appeal to even conservative minds as a medium of repression. The anthracite coal in- dustry is not only a monopoly but one made more offensive because it is controlled by “absentee” owners who have little if any interest in the pros- perity of the communities in which the mines are - located. Legislation providing for government control of the industry might afford a remedy within reach of the consuming public. ———— emesis ——Last year Pennsylvania ship- ped 2345 car loads of apples to other States. Adams county led in pro- shipped 442 cars. Curtis, Coolidge Creates Trouble. The primary election is over and the defeated candidates have had am- ple time to reconcile themselves to their disappointments. strenuous fight among the aspirants for the favor of “our friend, the enemy,” but rest will soon restore vigor. On the Democratic side there was no bitterness engendered and the successful candidates are in “fine fettle” for a great battle and we hope a glorious victory in November. promise of patronage has a marvel- ous curative power but it will hardly be possible to bridge the broad chasms | created in the Republican ranks dur- ing the past period of bitter accusa- tions. If will be a heavy tax on the magnanimity of the losers to support the winners. But the Pennsylvania campaign cre- ated one vgly ulcer outside of the State which is not likely to heal up soon. - When the Coolidge administra- tion set the full force of its influence and activity behind Senator Pepper it created an antagonism on the part of the friends of the opposing candidates which will persist for a long tme. As Senator Harrison, of Mississippi, and on the floor of the Senate,the Presi- dent allowed Senator McKinley, of Illinois, who. was a real administra- tion supporter “fall outside the breastworks,” while he exhausted all his resources to save Pepper, who has opposed him on every vital question. It is believed that the corporation in- terest in Pepper was the reason. There will be several other Sena- torial vacancies to be filled in Novem- ber and the sitting Republican Sena- | tors will have a right to demand that he give their aspirations the same consideration he has shown to Mr. Pepper. For example, there are Cameron, Nevada; Shortridge, Califor- nia; Goodring, Idaho; Cummins, Iowa; Kansas; Ernst, Kentucky; Weiler, Maryland; Spencer, Missouri; | Oddie, Nevada; Willis, Ohio; Harrold, Oklahoma; Stanfield, Oregon; Nor- beck, South Dak will he abandon them as he did Me- Kinley? + ! % ——The Grange encampment and and Centre county fair will be held at Grange Park; Centre Hall, August 28th to September 3rd, inclusive, ac- | cording to an advance notice sent out by the management this week. ——Nobody is likely to find out just what Tom Phillips, of Butler county, had in mind when he began spending money like “a drunken sai- lor.” ——At this distance from Washing- ton it looks as if the Republicans of the Senate are ungrateful if they re- fuse any request of Oscar Underwood. ——Icebergs in the North Atlantic shipping lanes may be the cause of the cold weather here and if they do no other dafhage it will be all right. ——1If Vare is half as bad as Gov- ernor Pinchot, Senator Pepper and the Public Ledger said he is Philadel- phia certainly does love bad men. ——Babe Ruth is handling the stick in great shape but he will have to hump himself to keep ahead of some of the youngsters. ——Last year there were 1450 bee hives in Centre county and the busy little occupants of them produced 37,000 lbs. of honey. ——A good many people are cur- ious to know just what they will do to Harry Baker after the smoke blows away. ——Premier Baldwin has pushed the achievements of all his predeces- sors in office off the map. ——If there is no valuable land about the North Pole what’s the use of monkeying with it. ——Even now it is hard to figure out what the real issue of the cam- paign was. : Ps didn’t do so well in the Pennsylvania political garden this spring. ——Amundsen rather likes to see people anxious for his safety. ——The annual Centre county .in- terscholastic track and field meet will be held at State College tomorrow. ——————— ~—It’s all in the “Watchman” and it’s all true. 5 STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION, BELLEFONTE, PA.. MAY 21. 1926. It was a The. ; Smoot, Utah; ones EE | VARE AND FISHER WIN REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS. ‘While Wilson and Bonniwell will Probably Head the Democratic Ticket. The most exciting primary ever ocrats and Republicans, alike, are aghast at the result. Sweeping every- thing before it in Philadelphia the Republican organization - stood’ solid- ly behind Congressman William S. Vare and his light wine and beer plat- form in his Senatorial fight Tuesday and polled 333,973 votes for its favor- ite. Vare's plurality in that city is 220,147 over Senator George Whar- i ton Pepper. Vare carried every one of the 48 wards but one, the Twenty-second, which. went to Pepper by only 1937 plurality. - Governor Pinchot, making the fight on an absolutely dry basis, { Governor in 1922 against former At- | torney General George E. Alter his {ote in Philadelphia was 119,000. { Vare’s total vote in Philadelphia more than doubled the combined vote of | Pepper and Pinchot, which amounted (to 141,882. While he received a ma- i jority of the votes polled in that city | the vote of his opponents throughout | the State constitutes him a minority winner. ‘Vares plurality in the State will held in Pennsylvania is over and Dem. Aftermath of a Strike. From the Philadelphia Inquirer. Getting back to normal after a grueling strain is as difficult for a na- tion as a man. It was not to be ex- pected that the breakdown of the gen- eral strike would leave England pre- cisely in the old condition. It may test the statesmanship of the Prime | ' Minister ‘and his eo colleagues to the ut- most to allay the bitterness aroused in both parties to the struggle. While there is no question of any refusal on the part of the employers to take the strikers back wherever possible, they can hardly be blamed for standing by the loyal men who stood by them or for demanding some guarantees from Je» unions wa he will not be orced er in this way again. The railway men have already agreed to this, and many others are going back to work. REE There never was a moré signal il- lustration of the fairhess ofthe Eng- lish. mind and the calmness of the ' English temper than these last two lled 28,056 votes. When he ran for 24 ! Moscow at the failure of weeks have furnished. The rage at f every in- citement to revolution is easily intel- ligible. Of the complicity of the Third Internationale in the strike order there is no possible shadow of doubt. Cook, the leader of the miners is an acknowledged Bolshevist. Nor !is he the only one ameng the labor : leaders . who has taken orders from ‘ Zinovieff. The destruction of capital- i probably be in the neighborhood of : 1 100,000. 7981 of the 8281 voting dis- tricts ‘in the State have been heard from.. Those not in will scarcely change the figures mueh. FISHER WILL WIN BY A SMALL MARGIN. It might require the official count to decide whether Beidleman or Fish- er is to be the Republican nominee for Governor. Up to yesterday after- noon Fisher was leading . by a mar- gin of 5000 votes with 300 districts to hear from. Most of the missing districts being rated as Fisher terri- tory his managers were claming vic- tory for him by 15 aE | retary of Internal Affairs and Arthur +H. James, the Vare candidate for Lieutenant Governor. : DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES STILL UN- : CERTAIN. The only thing known definitely as to what our party has done is the cer- tainity of the nomination of William B. Wilson for United States Senator. He had no opposition for the honor. For Governor the fight is close be- tween Bonniwell, Shull and Porter. On the face of the returns so far in the candidates are running in the or- der given above. Bonniwell is lead- ing Shull by about 5000, with Porter 6000 behind Shull, and 300 districts to be heard from, all but one of which are supposed to be Shull or Porter territory and not Bonniwell. On our ticket W. Clayton Hackett, of Easton, is leading for Lieutenant Governor and John Murphy, of Pitts- burgh, is ahead for Secretary of In- ternal Affairs. - Returns have been so slow in get- ting in and so many wild claims have been made that there is general un- certanity as to what the final result will be, though at this hour, 3 o’clock, Thursday afternoon we have just had a wire from Philadelphia which in- dicate that Fisher has won the guber- natorial nomination over Beidleman. The race for the Democratic honor is between Bonniwell and Shull, with Bonniwell as the probable winner. If the nominations turn out as indi- cated the Democrats will have a dry for U. S. Senator and a wet for Gover- nor, while the opposition will meet us with a wet for U. S. Senator and a non-committal for Governor. AN ‘INVITATION. The Hon. William B. Wilson, ‘ex- Congressman and ex-Secretary of La- bor, unitedly supported by his own party, can well stand comparison with William S. Vare, whose highest aspi- rations at present centre upon the im- possible legalization of light wines and beer. We invite Republicans who are not filled with admiration of their own standard-bearer to look him over and think him over. There are more discreditable things that even a Re- publican might do than to vote for a Democrat when their own party ma- chinery is seized by a candidate whose leadership forces them to bow their heads in shame. It was Congressman Vare’s plural- ity of 220,147 in Philadelphia that enabled him to win, although he ran stronger in several of the up-State counties than had been expected by his opponents. Outside of Philadel- phia Senator Pepper carried more counties than Governor Pinchot and his vote far exceeded the Governor's. Nobody knows how much money was spent in the campaign but the amount must; lave been the most stupendous sum ever spent in a political battle in the State. , { Donald put it in the of James F. Woodward for Sec- ism is the avowed purpese of these men. They have exploited the work- ingmen to this end. They have frank- ly said that they dreaded toe great prosperity for labor, lest it make the workingmen better contented with their lot. While the majority of the union members are orderly citizens, they have too willingl Followed bad advice; they have let the demagogues use them against their real interests. The employers as a class do not so | much wish to smash the unions as to smash those influences that now toe greatly control them, No doubt the collapse of the strike will have a strong effect in that direction. But the spirit of the leaders is still un- | repentant and defiant. “We are going to crawl back,” is the way Mr. Mac- Hou mons. No one asks them 3 a = heaval as an arrogant group of labor leaders brought upon it. This is rot vindictiveness, but common sense. Sr ————— lp rm Presidential Successions. From the Philadelphia Record. Just because President : Coolidge has favored putting radio control and supervision into the hands of the head of the Department of Commerce some persons profess:to believe that he favors Secretary Hoover as his successor in the White House. The House bill provided for the Hoover control, but a Senate committee has reported a bill creating a board of five members to exercise the control which the President wishes to have turned over to Mr. Hoover. =~ President Coolidge’s position on radio control is one thing, and his in- tervention in naming the Republican candidate for the Presidency after his own ambitions are satisfied is quite another. It is not likely that so sen- sible a politician would make ‘such a foolish move at this time, or at any time. He has before him the Roose- velt example of 1908; when the Presi- dent as a “practical” man demanded the nomination of his Secretary of War, Mr. Taft. Evidently Mr. Roose- velt expected Mr. Taft to accept “my policies” and to seek advice. and coun- sel from the sage of Oyster Bay, but he did neither, and in 1912 Roosevelt set out deliberately to accomplish the defeat of Taft, first in the Republican National Convention and then at the polls. : Curiously enough, the Roosevelt- Taft political fiasco has just had its counterpart in the leading South American republic, Argentina. In 1916 the Radicals of Buenos Aires and throughout the country succeed ed in electing their first President, Dr. Irigoyen, for the constitutional term of six years, with ineligibility for another term. In 1922 President Irigoyen was daring enough to name Dr. Alvear as the radical candidate and elected him in triumph, only to discover that Alvear had a mind of his own and a will to ignore Irigoy- en’s suggestions. This condition has come to an open breach between President Alvear and his sponsor. In the Congressional elections the Iri- goyen faction has been victorious by a decisive majority, and his partisans sent a deputation to the Argentine Pink House with a demand that Al- vear conform to “true radical poli- cies” as indicated by his predecessor or else resign from the Presidency. At last accounts President Alvear was holding the fort. ~The big forest fire which raged the fore part of last week in the west- ern section of Centre county, and por tions of Clearfield and Blair, was fin- ally extinguished on Thursday after it had burned over a tract estimated ab from forty to fitfy thousand acres. During the four days the fire burned a thousand to twelve hundred men and boys were engaged in fighting the flames. EH Com-. SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE. —While promenaders down in front of Herman Mendelsohn’s women's garment store on a central busi- ness street in Reading, drove away. Remorse, caused by the accidental starting of a forest fire at Glen Summit, near Wilkes Barre, caused a young _wo- man to take her life on Friday, according to the Department of Forests .and Waters at Harrisburg. Reports received at the de- partment did not give her name Chief Fire Warden Wirt, said. |’ John R. Heller, 25, of Lock Haven, suffered a fracture of the neck on Friday in a fall from a building on which he was working. Heller, a foreman of the Hyde- Murphy Construction company, was work- ing on the house which was to be his fu- and fell fourteen feet to the ground, crush- ing several vertebrae in his neck. He is paralyzed from the neck down. —A wedding ring lost 15 years ago by Mrs. Charles Reep, of Duncansville, was found last Friday by Charles R. Stewart while working in his garden, at his home in that place. It was dropped by one of the Reep children, and search atthe time proved fruitless. The garden has been worked every year since. The Reeps mov- ed away from Duncansville several years ago, and Stewart is trying to find them fo return the ring. : —A verdict of $15,510 against N. E. Trod, of Altoona, and in favor of Mrs. Flon S. Horton, of Brockway, has been awarded by a jury at Clearfield, for the death of her husband on July 22, 1925. Horton's automobile was struck by a car driven by Trod near -Luthersburg and Horton was dict in a case of this kind ever given in the Clearfield county courts, and was won after a legal battle lasting only two days. —Eluding a nurse at the Chester hos- pital, Frank Miller, 27, a negro, of Kennett Square, soon after he had been admitted dow screen and leaped fifteen feet to the ground in the midst of a heavy rain on Sunday, and clad only in a night dress. He ran in the darkness and rain for half a mile, croszing fences and a deep stream. Internes and nurses took up the chase and found Miller lying dead from a heart attack. Physicians _ say fear of a hospital had much to do with Millers’ fatal flight. —Curtis E. Brenneman, Jr., of Gladfelt- er, York county, a freshman of Gettysburg college, died in a York hospital on Sunday Las the result’ of being struck on the head by a baseball on Saturday. He was at the bat for the first time in the second inning of a game between Seven Valleys and the Iroquois club of an amateur baseball league when hit by Philip Wallick, Iro- ‘quois = pitcher. Brenneman was playing second base for Seven Valleys. A. substi- tute went around the bases for him, but ‘he resumed play until the end of the game. fu do that. rain have to at all. Saver jail. —Held up and beaten by two band mokin on Sunday night, Stephen Shumack, of West Shamokin, was robbed of $16. The two ‘men. escaped before Smee ‘could call help. The highway- men drove up in an automobile to the curbing where Shumack was standing in the heart of the town. They demanded money from him, and when he refused, they knocked him down and robbed him of his cash. In the darkness Shumack could not obtain the license number on their car. : : —Ernest Lehman, 28 years old, of Liberty, two miles east of Lock Haven, who had his leg crushed May 1, with a tractor used in plowing, died at the Lock Haven hospital on Sunday night, due to injury and shock following the, amputa- tion of his injured leg. He leaves his widow and a child. He was formerly a resident of Sugar Valley, and only re- cently moved to the Jacob Kolberger farm, where he was tenant at the time of the accident. He is the second farmer within a mile to lose his life within a month due to losing control of a tractor. —Rolph Kiscadden, twenty-five years old, of Columbia, Pa., was shot dead at 3 o'clock on Monday afternoon, in front of the Pine Creek Inn. John Channel, pro- prietor of the place, was arrested and admitted committing the crime, police state. He was imprisoned in the borough Mrs. Channel alleges her husband came home intoxicated, found Kiscadden in the inn, threw him out, then fired out of the window. The bullet killed Kiscad- den instantly. A neighbor called the police and constable Paul Thomas arrested Chan- nel. He stated the prigoner was highly intoxicated, but admitted having shot Kiscadden. Police believe jealousy prompted an argument and fight, which culminated in the shooting. 3050 —Swallowing a cap from a toy pistol, three-year-old George Baker, son of patrol- man and Mrs. Edward Baker, of Pitts- ton, was stricken seriously ill on Sunday aternoon and died shortly after noom on Monday. He found the ¢ap while he and a sister were on their way to a store. —“My dear husband has no need of any of my estate, and it will be understood why I do not bequeath any to him.” says Mrs. Caroline R. Lippincott, of Wyncote, in her will *which disposes of an estate valuéd at $100,000. Mrs. Lippincott was the wife of Horace @. Lippincott, head of a wholesale grocery concern. To the Epis- copal church of Utah, $10,000 is bequeathed to perpetuate the Virginia Rowland Kirby scholarship in Rowland Hall school for girls, Salt Lake City. —William D. McCormick, postmaster at Lehighton, furnished $1,000 bail on each of two charges, one alleging false reports covering between $60 and $150 and the other involving alleged embezzlement of about $1000, at a hearing before Commis- sioner Jones, at Hazleton, last week, The charges grew out of the looting of the Lehighton post office April 17. Inspectors sent to investigate reported they believed the safe had been opened in the usual way. They claimed to have discovered a chisel used in forcing the inner compart- ments of the safe on which the letters “M. C”, were etched by acid. According to their reports, a desk, with heavy boxes under it, was lodged against a door which was supposed to have been opened to gain entrance to the office, and that dust col- fected on the desk and boxes had not been disturbed. ‘McCormick denied the charges. ‘walked up and on Monday, a number of men, forcing open the front door, carried out $1500 worth of coats and dresses, put them in an automobile and ture home when he slipped from a scaffold - instantly killed. This is the largest ver- suffering from pneumonia, broke a win-
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