- INK SLINGS.
——We’ll have two day’s rest for
Labor day this year but the first
doesn’t count. - It’s Sunday, Septem-
ber 5. :
—The “Big Interests” must be thor-
oughly satisfied with Coolidge. Oth-
erwise there would not be so much
talk of. a third term for “Silent Cal.”
—The Grangers are gathering for
their annual outing at Centre Hall.
This Grange picnic is a proverbial
rain-maker, but the heavens must be
squeezed dry by this time and, on that
theory, we rise to prophesy that they
dre going to have fine weather this
year.
+ —When Marie, Queen of the Ruma-
nians, visits us she is coming not
incog, but as her royal self, probably
thus to avoid the annoyance of the
“climbers” who would insist on enter-
taining her. As a royal person she
«can not accept an invitation from in-
dividuals.
—To the little ladies in this vicinity
who are so busy with their compotes
that they haven’t time to help their
mothers wash the dishes let us say
that the “Charleston” is passe. They
must dance the Valencia now if they
would continue their futile struggle
to get a man.
—With some of the ablest Republi-
can Senators in Congress announcing
their intention to stump Pennsylva-
nia for William B. Wilson, Democrat,
we have only the smile of pity for
those Republicans who declare they
can’t stomach Vare, but will have to
vote for him to maintain their party
regularity.
. —A tariff, except for revenue, is all
bunk. All this talk of protecting
American industry from low priced
foreign labor is apple-sauce. Get this
into your head and let it soak. We
exported, last year, two billion dollars’
worth of manufactured articles to for-
eign countries that pay far less wages
than are paid here.
—Only ten of the thirty million
wage-earners in this country are em-
ployed in tariff protected industries
and the two-thirds are expected to
keep their mouths shut, pay fictitious
prices for what they need and vote
the Republican ticket for the benefit
of the one-third. That’s a fine exam-
ple of the beneficence of a democracy,
isn’t it?
~ —We know that if this particular
pencil point could speak it would be
saying to us right now: Guide me to
express the hope that Gene Tunney
will knock the block off Estelle Tay-
lor’s husband when they meet in the
" ‘Sesqui stadium next month. You will
note that the inanimate graphite used
the word “hope.” We fear it is a for-
lorn one, however. -
« =Not since George: Washington
-crossed ‘the ’ ‘Alps has there been so
much of a sensation in Bellefonte as
was caused by John Eckel, when he
purchased the Centre County Bank
building. And since all the sensation
is really curiosity as te what, he wants
it for the “Watchman” makes another
prophecy. John might be going into
the circus business and, you know it
was what everybody thought was a
white elephant that made Barnum
rich.
—The death of the Hon. Robert
McAfee, of Pittsburgh, will bring sor-
row to the hearts of the older ‘politi-
cians of the State, Republicans and
Democrats, alike. “Bob” McAfee was
the best political diagnostician of his
.day. He was an unassuming and like-
able gentleman, but his clear vision
.of possible party exigencies made him
a potential factor in all Republican
conferences in Pennsylvania for years.
It was McAfee who brought forward
‘ Tener and McAfee who accomplished
“his nomination for Governor.
—When they can show us that a
farmer gets as much for every hour
he works as a railroader, a bricklay-
er, a plasterer, a carpenter or barber
‘then we will agree with those who
think the farmer has no problem to
solve today. Two decades from now,
when the population of the country
has increased to the point that its
food source becomes a matter of con-
cern, the urban part of it will begin
“to realize that even if it does live out
of cans it can’t live long without the
fellows who grow the stuff that fills
them.
—Away back in 1916, it seems to
.us, a certain bombastic strutter now
.erported to be sawing wood at Doorn,
smiled contemptuously at the sug-
gestion that Uncle Sam’s little army
might be drawn into the fracas. Well,
.it was. And Uncle Samuel’s boys
multiplied by millions over night and
_.got so gay that they over ran France
.and actually tried catching Germans
with their hands. Why did they do
:it? The answer is simple: You know
what they've got. They all have it
and that’s what saved Lieut. Bettis,
TU. S. A., who is all smashed up and
lying in our hospital today. With a
broken leg, two double jaw fractures,
a broken nose and an eye that he
« couldn’t have known was good or gone,
‘he crawled three miles rather than
_give up the fight, as most of us would
have done. His was the grit that
caused the flight of the German war
“lord in 1918 and his is the grit that
prompts us to assure you that Uncle
-Sam’s little old army: still has an eye
on the torch ‘that was*flung down on
‘Flanders Fields. God savéd and God
be praised for -such men‘is Lieut.
“Bettis.
STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION.
VOL. 71.
BELLEFONTE, PA.. AUGUST 27. 1926.
: NO. 34.
Democratic Campaign Opened Au- |
spiciously.
In a down-pour of rain that would
have drowned the enthusiasm of all
except ardent believers in the philos-
ophy of Jefferson, the Democratic
party of Pennsylvania opened the
campaign of 1926 on Saturday in
Community park, near Allentown.
Three notable speeches were deliver-
ed on the occasion. Judge Eugene C.
Bonniwell, the nominee for Governor,
Hon. William B. Wilson, the candi-
date for Senator in Congress, and
Representative William B. Oldfield,
of Arkansas, chairman of the Nation-
al Democratic Congressional commit-
tee, united their voices in a plea to
the people of the State to rebuke the
corruption: of the primary election and
restore the government of the Com-
monwealth to the people who pay tax-
es and create the prosperity of the
public.
In opening his address Mr. Wilson,
former Secretary of Labor in the cab-
inet of Woodrow Wilson, said: “No
scandal is attached to the nomination
of any Democrat in Pennsylvania
from Judge Bonniwell, who is the gu-
bernatorial candidate, down to the
humblest nominee on the list.” That
cannot be said of the Republican nom-,
inees. It is on record that $800,000
was expended by the Republican nom-
inee for the Senate and his running
mate, and no one believes that all the
money expended by Vare and his col-
league has been uncovered. When
black satchels and strong boxes are
utilized - it is difficult to trace the
amount of money that was spent in
the campaign. Vare’s opponent, Sen-
ator Pepper, and his running mate,
according to the record, expended $1,-
800,000 to secure the nominations.
Judge Bonniwell said: “We are ap-
proaching the most ominous hour in
the civil life of Pennsylvania. The
Republican party, defiant of public
opinion as the result of thirty-two
years of control at the recent primary
election so transcended all bounds of
decency as to compel an outraged Sen-
ate to formally inquire into the un-
parallelled corruption which the pri-
mary election disclosed. There was
expended on behalf of William S.
Vare, for the nomination for United
States Se ‘an admitted total of
$700,000." “There was “expended in the
campaign in the interest of John S.
Fisher, candidate for Governor, an ad-
mitted total of $1,700,000. It is not
admitted nor is it doubted by any ob-
servers conversant with the facts that
the figures spent on behalf of these
candidates were double the sworn
amounts.”
Both these eloquent orators refer-
red to other issues of the impending
campaign and Representative Old-
field tore the absurd economy claims
of the Republican party and Presi-
dent Coolidge into tatters by showing
that the greatest reductions in the
public debt after the war were made
by the Wilson administration between
the periods of the armistice and the
expiration of his term of office. He
also made plain the fact that all the
tax reductions were forced by the
Democratic minority in Congress and
that in tax reduction the Republican
party and the Coolidge administration
invariably tried to benefit the rich
taxpayers at the expense of those less
fortunate. But the question of cor-
ruption in public life and the purchase
of nominations are paramount in this
campaign.
H. G. Wells says that “the
modern university or college is worth-
less as a means of imparting real ed-
ucation.” Mr. Wells must have de-
pended on college education for the in-
formation upon which he wrote his
history.
——Helen Wills, the tennis cham-
pion, is “flirting” with professional-
ism and the young American girl who
recently swam the British channel, is
willing to give exhibitions for pay.
“Whither are we drifting?”
——The Sesqui-Centennial manag-
ers are determined to offend the “tru-
ly good.” First they decided to op-
erate on Sunday and now have intro-
duced prize fighting as an attraction.
The head of the leading mail
order house of the country assures the
President that the farmers are pros-
perous, but says nothing of the local
merchants.
——arirmi———
—It’s a long, wet season that
drowns hope entirely. Farmers who
have oats still in shock might get a
crop of oat-hay if it keeps on grow-
ing.
i ote
An esteemed contemporary
wants carrying a dog on the running
board legally defined as “cruelty to
animals.”
—Subscribe for the “Watchman.’
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| at several points.
Wide Interest in Our Campaign.
The Pennsylvania campaign this |
year enjoys a nation-wide interest.
The Democratic Congressional com-
mittee proposes to send to every voter
in the State the salient points of a
speech recently delivered on the floor
of the House by Representative Gar-
rett, of Texas, entitled “An Appeal to
the Patriotism of Pennsylvania.” In
that speech Mr. Garrett said: Penn-
sylvania has now reached that posi-
tion where it is the open shame of this
Republic. If this were a mere State
matter, if the nation were not involv-
ed, I should not mention it here and
that great Commonwealth might be
left to stew in its own juice of cor-
ruption. But the interests of the na-
tion are involved.”
Senator Norris, Republican of Ne-
braska, said in a speech delivered in |
the Senate: “No free people will stand
for the election of members of the
United States Senate by methods that
were used in the Pennsylvania pri-
mary. Those methods shocked the
National conscience. The evil results
from the expenditures of such huge
in the election of a United
States Senator are contrary to the:
sums
fundamental principles that underlie
every free government. If the special.
interests are willing to spend $3,000,-
000 to control one vote in the Senate,;-
what can be expected from the high-
est law making body in the land when
its membership depends upon the |
wishes of those who expect to get
financial favors from national legisla-
tion and are willing to pay for it in
advance in cold cash ?”
Senator Norris will make a number
of speeches in Pennsylvania during
the campaign and other distinguished
orators from outside the State have
signified a desire to be heard. Con-
gressman Oldfield, of Arkansas, will
speak at the opening meeting of the
campaign at Allentown to-morrow,
and Mr. Garrett, of Texas, will speak
It is believed that
Senator Borah, of Idaho, Republican
chairman of the Senate committee on .
Foreign Relations, will address an
open letter to the Republicans of |
Pennsylvania protesting against the .
slush fund methods employed in the Fisher candidacy.” This palpable lack |
interest of both Vare and Fisher, and
admonishing the public of the danger.
of letting such methods go, unrebuked.
Less than half the voters in
Pennsylvania voted at the primary
| Both Candidates Marked for Defeat.
msn,
There is something more than care-
less gossip in the current rumors of a
divided house in the Republican or-
ganization. The story goes that the
candidate for Governor, John. SS.
Fisher, “who has a good reputation,”
is averse to forming intimate rela-
tions with Vare, whose record is not
such as Caesar required in a wife. Of
do with this feeling for the Fisher
slush fund was three times that
of Vare. But Fisher is a banker
and his affiliations have been with men
of affairs while Vare has developed
from a political contractor to a party
boss of disreputable methods. Pri-
i marily the difference is a matter of
| caste, and like an ulcer on the body
it grows.
There has never Deen any genuine
sympathy between the supporters of
, Fisher and those of Vare. During
his service in the State Senate Mr.
Fisher was always a servile follower
of Joe Grundy, who forced him upon
the Mellons as a candidate for Gov-
ernor in order to defeat Beidleman.
Grundy is a political Hessian ready to
align with anybody who can promise
success. The Mellons wanted Pepper
returned to the Senate as most serv-
i iceable for them and though Grundy
hated Pepper he was willing to adopt
him in consideration of the Mellon
support of Fisher. The election of
| Fisher would be worth millions to the
interests represented by Grundy. The
election of Pepper would be worth as
much to the Mellon group.
But the defeat of Pepper by Vare
and the defeat of Beidleman by Fisher |
created a fissure which it seems im-
| possible to close. There is probability
{in ‘the rumor, therefore, that the
friends of Fisher refuse to co-operate
with the friends of Vare in the con-
duci of the campaign. Vare has pub-
licly stated that “he is in the hands of
the, State committee,” organized ex-
clusively in the interest of Fisher, and
that he will obediently follow orders.
But this lip service doesn’t seem to
| satisfy the friends of Fisher, who de-
clare that “if they attempt to talk for
Vare the only result will be to hurt the
of team work is practically certain to
defeat both. candidates. EEN
I Now that the Democratic cam-
Paign is formally opened in Pennsyl-
| vania let us hope there will be no let
course the slush fund has nothing to :
Germany’s Colonial Demands.
From the Philadelphia I Record. |
Admission of Germany to the
League of Nations, with a permanent
seat in the Council, is generally re-
garded as a necessary move toward
reconstruction . and reconciliation in
Europe. It will not be accomplished,
however, without friction; already the
issue which is to be determined at a
meeting in September, has led to
threats of withdrawal by Spain and
Brazil.
Another disturbing complication is
the undisguised purpose of Germany
to make her League membership a
means of recovering her lost “place in
the sun.” In order to make the cam-
paign impressive “Colonial Week” is
being celebrated throughout the coun-
try, with imperialistic parades and
flag-waving demands for complete
restoration of the overseas posses-
sions surrendered after the war.
The leaders of the movement have
adopted the strategy of claiming
everything in the hope of getting
something. They declare that Ger-
many’s colonies were “stolen in hos-
tile greed,” and demand that full res-
titution be made, not only as a meas-
ure of economic justice, but in ac-
knowledgment that Germany was
guiltless of responsibility for the war.
This is a large order. Under the
treaty of Versailles the colonies were
taken as legitimate prizes of war, rep-
resenting a substantial part of repa-
rations due. Moreover, they were for-
mally distributéd among the Allies
under mandates from the League of
Nations, to be administered primarily
for the benefit of the inhabitants.
Vast areas and populations are in-
volved in the German claims. Some
"of Togoland and Cameroon went to
France, but in greater part: they ad-
ded to the British S5Sendenivies. of .of Ni-
geria and the Gold Coast. Union
{ of South Africa conquered German
Southwest Africa and holds it under
mandate. - Most of German: East Af-
rica is now Taganyika Territory, in
the British Empire, while the rest is
Belgian. German holdings in New
Guinea went to Australia, German Sa-
moa to New Zealand. Japan admin-
istered the Marshall,
chau, the section of Shantung seized
| by the Kaiser, was captured by J apan,
but later restored to China.:
Any extensive change in these set-
tlements is-unlikely. ce and Bel-
gium, in particular, will be wholly dis-
inclined to relinquish any f
| territories which they wrap
rations payments. On the o ‘hand,
| some British publicists urge that Ger-
many’s colonial claims should have
i recognition. Probably she will find
them valuable chiefly for bargaining
election in May, and most of those up before the polls close in Novem- purposes in seeking other modifica-
who voted were office holders.
Vare in Amiable Frame of -Mind.
Mr. William S. Vare, the Republican
nominee for Senator in Congress, by
cash purchase, has returned from
Europe in an amiable frame of mind.
He was particularly pleased," accord-
ing to an esteemed contemporary,
“with the manner in which ‘Big Tom’
Cunningham resisted the Senate in-
vestigating committee’s effort to as-
certain where he got the $50,000 Cun-
ningham contributed to the slush
fund.” That is a source of temporary
happiness to a number of politicians
in Pennsylvania. If Cunningham had
divulged others might have been
called on to tell where they got it
with startling results to the candi-
dates. Mr. Vare thinks Cunningham
ought to have been put on the cam-
paign committee as a reward.
This cordial
Tom” is not the only token of amia-
bility revealed by Mr. Vare on his re-
turn from abroad. He has determined
to yield complete and servile obedi-
ence to the Mellon organization dur-
ing the campaign. As he himself
states it, “I am going to place myself
entirely at the disposal of the State
committee. Whatever programme the
State committee plans for me will be
satisfactory.” This indicates that
chairman Mellon or his understudy,
Mr. Eric Wood, of Pittsburgh, has had
a word with him. Mr. Vare is not
usually so tractable and years of un-
disputed control
some measure justified his confidence
in his title to command.
But this concession to the State
committee puts Mr. Vare’s solitary
campaign issue in a rather doubtful
attitude.
declared that modification of the Vol-
stead law so as to permit the sale of
beer and wine was his sole and only
purpose. Now it is well known that
the Republican candidate for Gov-
ernor and the Republican State com-
mittee are “bone dry,” and if Mr. Vare
yields entirely to the State committee
he will be obliged to accept the dry
programme of the committee. To the
average man in his position this
would be an embarrassing situation.
But to Mr. Vare it probably means
nothing. His attitude on the question
was a false pretense.
——Supporting Fisher and oppos-
ing Vare on account of the slush fund
is like “straining at a gnat and swal-
lowing a camel.”
appreciation of “Big |
in Philadelphia in :
In the primary campaign he |
ber.
Colonel Roosevelt Denounces Slush,
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, of New
York, assistant Secretary of the Na-
vy in the Harding administration, ad-
dressed the Republican club of that
|
1
city, the other evening, and took oc-'
casion to express his detestation of
the slush-fund methods of his party
in Pennsylvania. After declaring '
that “the Pennsylvania and Illinois
primaries were a burning disgrace”
he added: “It makes little difference
whether “great sums of money” are
raised from big corporations or levied
as the price of protection on illegal
operations such as gambling, dope
peddling, bootlegging or the adultera-
tion of milk. When public office is
for sale to the highest bidder, democ-
racy will cease to exist in the United
- States.”
This is an arraignment of both the
Fisher and Vare organizations. The
nomination of Fisher was purchased
with money contributed by Grundy '
and the Mellons, representing the big
corporations and financial interests
under an implied pledge that the don-
ors would be reimbursed in the event
of Fisher's election through the me-
dium of special privileges and tax dis-
crimination in their favor. The nom-
ination of Vare was bought with mon-
ey presumably obtained by levies on
gamblers and bootleggers under an
penalties in the future. There is no
moral difference between them except
that Fisher was “counted in” after
the polls closed by manipulation of
the ballots in Pittsburgh.
This statement of Colonel Roose-
, velt expresses the aroused conscience
of the country in protest against the
orgie of corruption which obtained at
the Republican primaries as well as
the enlightened apprehension of the
public if these practices are contin-
ued. As the Locomotive Engineer's
Journal, from which we quoted last
“by defeating Vare, the corrupt Phil-
and Fisher, the tool for the big man-
ufacturers for the Governorship.” If
the purchased result of the primaries
by the election of these candidates, it
will be interpreted by the rich bosses
as license to continue the system.
day. Our colored brethen held their
annual picnic at Hecla park that day.
implied promise of immunity from |
week says, the only way to stop it is.
adelphia gang leader for the Senate,
is ratified by the people in November |
——No wonder it rained on Tues-
| tions of the war settlement.
Farmers as Automobile Owners.
From the Pittsburgh Post.
The prosperity of Pennsylvania
farmers is thrown into rather strik-
ing contrast with the complaints of
. those in other parts of the country in
States Department of Agriculture
showing the average earnings of the
tillers of the soil and the report of the
| State Department of Agriculture on:
the ownership of automobiles in the
rural sections. It offers an explana-
tion for the fact that cries for farm
legislation and “farm relief” come
i from the western and southern States,
not from this part of the country.
The Federal report gives the aver-
age return of the farm family from
labor and management in the past
year as $648, which indicates that a
vast multitude of the dwellers in the
rural regions barely made a living
and the majority had little money
available for anything but the neces-
saries of life.
| But in Pennsylvania last year 30
per cent. of the farmers had motor
cars. Trucks are not included in the
compilation. The machines referred
‘to are passenger automobiles. Of
‘ course, they are used to a large extent
by the farmers for business purposes;
but it is significant that there should
be such a large ownership of vehicles
| not suited to heavy work or for carry-
ing crops to market. The farmers ev-
| idently have money to spend for
pleasure.
Even in the Pennsylvania counties
which are poorest in agricultural re-
sources a large percentage of the far-
mers have cars. Cameron county,
which is at the foot of the list, reports
40 per cent. In Allegheny county 90
per cent. own automobiles.
As the building of good roads pro-
gresses and pavement is extended to
farms which can be reached at pres-
ent only over rough unpaved high-
ways, tae proportion of farmers with
cars will increase. There are thous-
ands of farms still on which automo-
biles can not be used to great advan-
tage because the roads are a sea of
mud in spring.
Motor cars, making possible fre-
quent trips to town and to the homes
of neighbors, play a part in making
beg farmers contented.
——The rainy weather of the past
two weeks has interfered with many
(farmers in Centre county getting
their oats into the barn, and much of
!it is growing in the shock.
en ——— fr e——————
——France is moving along the
right lines now. The government has
put a restriction on eating.
| supporting his wife,
Caroline and
{ Ladrone ‘groups in the Pacific. Kaio-'
e | being made ‘through the
{tient was" conscious’ all Sn
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SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE.
—A Baliney, of Mt. Pleasant, caught a
32-inch silver carp in Bridgeport dam,
Westmoreland county.
—Betty Glick, 19 months old, of Ta
trobe, was severely scalded when she pull
ed a pan of hot water off a table.
, —Elder Henry, 17 years of age] of Lew=
istown, lost the middle finger of his left
hand while examining an **uiloaded™ re
volver. oi
—John K. Stern, of Manheim township,
92 years old, was arrested on complaint of
his better half, charged with non support.
He protested against being arrested after
dark, saying he had never been .accustom-
ed to going out after night, and, while he
may have been somewhat indifferent about
he sure did remain
her “steady company.”
—Dr. J. W. Mitchell, a former member ot
the General Assembly from Mifflin county,
is at the Lewistown hospital suffering
from blood poisoning of the right hand.
The doctor had a sliver of hard skin along
the quick of the index finger, right hand;
which was removed by one of the family
with a pair of ordinary shears in daily
use. The injury became infected.
—Committees will be named by the State
Forest Commission to draft a policy for
conservation of the natural resources in all
State forest reserves. The resources are
.now being inventoried and it is believed
there is considerable natural gas. For
years the State has been selling not only
its timber when matured but clay, coal
and other products, deriving considerable
revenue therefrom.
—Peggy Lykens, a young white woman,
is recovering in the Chester hospital from
the effects of a dose of poison which she
swallowed at her boarding house, in Ches-
ter, on Sunday. Allen Harper, said to have
been with the woman at the time, was
taken into custody by the police. He said
the woman told him she was going to
commit suicide and that he attempted to
knock the bottle from her hand. He was
discharged from custody.
. —An alleged plot against game wardens
looking for illegal fishermen along Penn’s
creek, near Mifflinburg, is reported, but de-
tails including the name of a man who
narrowly escaped death are not given.
According to the story, a small platform
along the creek had been undermined and
three sticks of dynamite placed under it.
These were attached to a battery with a
contact under one of the boards. When 8
board was found misplaced and an inves-
tigation made, the explosive was discov-
ered.
. —Sergeant H. R. Jacobson and Corporal
Walter J. Lyster, attached to the Greens-
burg barracks of the Pennsylvania State
police, and former chief of police Fred Ly-
tle, of Cresson, who were convicted at the
March term of Cambria county court on a
charge of manslaughter growing out of the
death of Tony Missoura, of Washington
township, were sentenced last Thursday
by president Judge John HE. Evans, in
court at Ebensburg, to serve from four
months to three years in the county jail.
An appeal, however, was granted and the
men were released on $3,500 bail each.
~—What is regarded as an extremely del-
icate operation was successfully perform-
{ed on Sunday at the Jefferson hospital
‘Philadelphia, by Dr. Louis H. Clerf. It
was the removal of a bullet from a man’s
Jung by means of a Sn Mosenpe, Eos
The pa
performed on Teofil Covaleskie, ps -
of Mount Carmel, Pa., a member of Troop
A .of the state mounted police, located at
Greensburg Barracks, Pa. Covaleskie was
formerly a member of the Mount Carmel
police force, and at one time was: looted
in Centre county.
" —What is said to be the highest State
j tion through Nine Mile, Tioga
figures issued recently by the United.
road in Pennsylvania is under construe-
county,
where an elevation of 2,442 feet above sea
level is reached.” The next highest point on
a state highway is said to be on the Sus-
.quehanna Trail, near Blossburg, where the
elevation is 2,140 feet. The State Depart-
ment of Highways has notified township
authorities in Potter county that the road
between Brookland and Sweden Valley
will be abandoned as a state route. This
section originally was a part of the Roose-
velt highway but the route was relocated
through Nine Mile, where about twelve
miles of highway are under construction.
—The entire family. of Walter Yackel, a
prominent tea merchant, of Shenandoah,
consisting of father, mother and three
children, were taken critically ill on Sat-
urday, suffering from ptomaine poisoning
and had a narrow escape from death, caus-
ed by eating canned sardines. John, the
8 year old son, first took sick while ac-
companying his father on a trip to his
customers and before he could get his son
home the father was stricken, and on en:
tering his home, his wife and the other
children were found writhing in agony,
caused by the poisoning. Dr. A. J. Berk-
heiser, a well-known specialist, was sum-
moned, together with the family physi-
cian, and after treating the victims for
hours, finally brought them out of danger.
—Jack Rose, night clerk at the Leister
hotel, Huntingdon, disappeared from the
hotel and town Monday morning shortly
after 2 o'clock, and James L. Stewart, pro-
prietor made the startling discovery
that $678 had also disappeared. Rose,
with his wife and baby went to
Huntingdon from Somerset two months
ago, and took up housekeeping at Mifflin
and Fourteenth streets. Two weeks ago
he obtained employment at the hotel. For
several nights past he had been telling the
‘porter his wife was sick, and at 2 o’clock
Monday morning asked the porter to look
after his work while he went up home to
see his wife. When he had not returned at
6 o'clock the porter notified Mr. Stewart
and it was then the shortage was dis-
covered.
-—Harry Hesselbein, manager of the
Johnstown Chamber of Comerce, has sent
out a warning to the public to be on guard
against a man using the name of Thomas
Pulver, and claiming Pittsburgh as his
home. Pulver was arrested in Johnstown
as a short change man and released when,
he paid $200 and costs rather than serve
60 days. His method follows: Pulver pre-
sents 2 $20 bill in payment for a small
purchase of merchandise and then after
the change has been handed him, to con-
fuse the clerk, asks for the return of the
bill saying he will give a bill of a smaller
denomination. During the’ transaction he
usually manages to slip’ a portion’ of the
money given him as change into his pock-
ets and makes a hasty exit before the clerk
discovers she has been short-changed.