is INK SLINGS.
—Now, don’t forget that the sun
was shining gloriously yesterday.
¢ —What could be more useless than
an armless boy at a petting party?
——Speaker Bluett could avert a|-
lot of trouble for the bosses by declin-
ing a second term in the chair.
+ —When you. go hunting for any-
thing pass up the faults. There are
too many of them found as it is.
—Paying for a dead horse always is
an unpleasant job, so Philadelphia
views the Sesqui deficit of five million |
dollars with a wry face.
—So far as we are concerned the
foot-ball season ended very satis-
factorily. There appeared a team
that licked Notre Dame.
—Mr. Fil-suds-ki has cancelled the
dry law in Poland. We refer to the
matter merely to prove that there is
something in a name after all.
——The Montana type of Thanks-
giving turkeys which carry gold nug-
gets in their gizzards are worth even
the current price in this section.
——Gifford Pinchot can have a good
deal of fun with the machine between
this time and the middle of January,
and the Governor dearly loves fun.
—“Wheeler Promises Wave of “Dry
Facts” says a Philadelphia Ledger
‘head-line. Certainly nothing but dry
stuff could be expected from Wayne.
—Governor-elect Fisher ought to
find a nice, clean house when he moves
to Harrisburg next month. Governor
Pinchot thinks he’s been cleaning it
for four years.
—People are more interested in
what somebody else was doing “fifty
years ago today” than they seem to
be in what they might be doing fifty
years from today.
—David Lloyd George is making a
noise like a statesman who intends
staging a come-back. He took to the
tall timbers two years ago, but Eng-
land is expecting him to find his way
out most any moment.
—Senator Simpson’s threat to have
a “mistrial” declared in the Hall-Mills"
murder case sounds very much as if
he were preparing a little alibi for
himself. He’s been weighing “the
poor fish” in the jury box.
—Here’s hoping that no bad luck
stalks the camp of the Yarnell-Mc-
Mullen hunting party in consequence
of its having shot “a snow white
buck.” The superstitious woodsman
‘believes the killing of a, white deer to
be a very ill omen. -
—Siam is turning handsprings be-
«cause ‘@& white . elephant was born in,
‘thé kingdom last week. White ele-
phants might mean a lot to the Siam-
ese, but with us they are as much of
2 Jonah as seeing the new moon over
one’s left shoulder.
—Governor Brewster, of Maine, will
‘have to revise his notion of the public
conscience of his State. Gould was
elected to the Senate and Maine takes
her place alongside of Pennsylvania
and Illinois in the matter of winking
.at corruption in politics.
—Mayor Kendrick, of Philadelphia,
said he was glad when the Sesqui
closed. We should think he would be.
‘The Mayor was the boy who got it
open before it got started and it
‘might be added that he also got it
closed before it was fully started.
Having his picture taken with every
‘bunch of dignitaries that visited the
exhibition the Mayor must have been
.a very busy person during the show.
—Bucknell University co-eds and
some of their parents are said to be
resenting a “biological questionnaire”
recently sent the girls by the faculty
.of that institution. It seems that the
Profs. wanted to know what the girls
«do with their time, whether they roll
their stockings, with which foot they
start at their step-ins and a lot of
other intimate information. We can
see nothing to get riled about in such
inquiries. Those girls would probably
tell their boy friends all these things
.. without a blush, yet they curl up when
.a group of harmless pedagogues want
to get more in their heads.
—Having taken a lady in Washing-
ton so far into our confidence as to
tell her of our thought of writing a
new book of “Lamentations” we drew
from her, in reply, this choice bit of
Jingle:
r Never say die, say damn.
It may not be classic
It may be profane
But we mortals have need of it
Time and again.
You'll find you'll recover
From fate’s hardest slam
If you never say die
Say damn.
-and that’s exactly what we did say
when we found ourself with three of
‘the family in hospitals at the same
time, the foreman of the shop in bed
with a complication of complications,
the roof leakin’ and the rain refusing
to stop long enough for us to patch it,
the office “devil” hoppin’ around on
crutches because of ingrown toe-nails,
and the griddle lifter burning our
fingers every time we tried to “keep
the home fires burning” long enough
to get a meal for the boys. Say, we're
the twin brother of the fellow who
exuded the thought that “life is just
one damn thing after another.” And
‘Louie: Mann knew what he was talk-
ing about when he said: “All we get
out of it is what we eat and what we
wear and what we eat don’t agree
‘with us and what we wear don’t fit.”
STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION.
Governor of Maine Protests.
Governor Brewster,
declining to take “the stump” in be-
half of the Republican candidate for
United States Senator, the other day,
made reference to the political meth-
ods of Pennsylvania which ought to
bring a blush of shame to the face of
every man and woman in the State.
“Tt seems necessary to determine,” he
said, “whether the people of Maine
have developed a moral conscience as
blunted as that of Pennsylvania and
Illinois, or whether they are still
mindful of the traditions and heritage
of idealism and moral courage that
have made the Republican party
great.” :
The candidate whom Governor
Brewster thus declined to recommend
to the voters of Maine is Arthur R.
Gould, who is alleged to have spent
the sum of $100,000 to procure his
nomination. The laws of Maine limit
the amount of money a candidate may
spend to a comparatively small sum
and Mr. Gould protests that the con-
siderable amount named was spent by
his friends without his knowledge.
To this lame defense the Governor
points out that under the law every
friend who thus contributed to the
violation of the law is guilty of a
misdemeanor which “must lead to an
indictment, if . the = officials charged
with the enforcement of our statutes
are faithful to their trusts.”
So far as the records show Mr.
Gould had not been a professional
manipulator of electoral frauds. Dur-
ing the primary campaigh it was al-
leged that he had paid a large sum of
money to Canada officials to procure
favors for a corporation in which he
was concerned. His answer to this was
that he was acting for the corporation
and not personally responsible for its
methods of doing business. But it is an
exemplification of © the methods and
morals of big business and a substan-
tial reason why big business should be
completely divorced from politics. It
is a bad system of selecting candidates
for office. ~The natural desire for
reimbursement is certain;
‘ ¢The election of Nr. Gould by a large
Fntajorityy mobwithstanding the protest
of Governor Brewster, indicates that
the average voter in Maine, like the
average voter in Pennsylvania, is en-
tirely indifferent to political morality.
The election of the Democratic candi-
date in that State would have given
that party a majority in the Senate
at the opening of the Seventieth Con-
gress and the political leaders and
feated for re-election,
chairman of the National committee.
to support Gould. ly)
With Vare, of Pennsylvania, Smith,
of Illinois, and Gould, of Maine, under
aspersion of buying their seats in the
Senate the Republican majority of
that body at the next session will
stand as the champion as well as the
aider and abetter of corruption in
politics. When Roosevelt was Presi-
dent and Lorimer, of Illinois, came to
the bar with a title so tainted, the
President refused support. When
Newberry’s title was impeached he re-
signed. But the three aspirants who
will come with tainted title next De-
cember will have the shelter of the
Republican machine and the support
of the leaders from the President
down.
——-A good many Americans who
enjoyed the pleasure of seeing Queen
Marie during her brief tour of this
country will sympathize with her in
her present troubles, however they
end.
rere ————— et —————
State College Professsor Asks Pardon
for Prisoner.
William G. Duncan, an assistant
professor in the mining extension
course at State College, appeared be-
fore the board of pardons, at its
monthly meeting on Wednesday of
last week, and interceded for a par-
don for James Horvath, of Westmore-
land county, serving a minimum sen-
tence of ten years for second degree
murder.
tioned Mr. Duncan’s interest in the
case then took it under consideration
for decision in executive session.
Horvath shot Louis Fernock, his
father-in-law, as the result of a fam-
ily quarrel and in what he contends
was self defense. In asking for a par-
don he claims his aged mother needs
his support, that he never before was
in trouble and that he has learned his
lesson. He was sentenced February
24, 1924.
During his term in prison Mr. Dun-
can said Horvath has studied mining
engineering at the college, has passed
the state examination for fire boss and
has been certified for appointment.
The board was told further that W. D.
Horvath a position if his petition is
granted.
of Maine, in |
corporation managers would resort to !
any expedient to avert that. Senator
Butler, of Massachusetts, recently de- |
appealed, as |
Members of the board yues- |
McGinnis, of Connelsville, will give
| Big Business and Politics.
'
Governor-elect Fisher is apprecia-
tive enough to express faith in “the
bridge that carried him across.” ‘At a
dinner spread in his honor at the
Union League, Philadelphia, the other
evening, he spoke approvingly of the
activity of big business in politics.
“Business and politics are closely re-
lated and big business should get into
business.” That is precisely what oc-
curred in the May primary election in
this State. Big business invested con-
siderably more than $3,000,000, and as
big business in this State is composed
of wise men and shrewd calculators,
the investment is expected to yield a
generous profit.
For example, Mr. Joseph R. Grundy
{ invested about $400,000 in the nomi-
{ nation of Mr. Fisher. As he said to
| the Slush Fund committee of the Sen-
ate, he expects to get most of this
amount back. He was acting, not for
himself, but for the Pennsylvania
Manufacturers’ association with an
understanding expressed or implied,
that the sum would be apportioned
| among the members. A moderate tax
{ on manufacturing corporation. shares
: would produce a revenue of $10,000,-
1000 a year or $40,000,000 in four
years. If’it be trudfas intimated by
Mr. Grundy in his festimony before
the Senate committee, that Mr. Fisher
as Governor will prévent the levy of
that tax, big business made a marvel-
ously -profitable investment when it
ventured $400,000 in Mr. Fisher’s
nomination.
For many years big business has
been the most corrupting agency in
politics. More than half a century ago
the late Jay Gould testified before a
Congressional committee that in Re-
publican States he contributed freely
to the campaign fund of the Republi-
can party and in Democratic States he
gave with equal generosity to the
Democratic fund. He had no interest
in either party but great concern in
the railroads he was manipulating or
wrecking. Big business has under-
gone no change in its purpeses.
Grundy is. now precisely like Jay
‘Gould was in his day and the Mellons;
of Pittsburgh, couldn’t have been
forced into politics with a thousand
ton lever if they hadn’t been shown
that there is profit in it.
————————r——
——1If Mellon and Grundy come to
an agreement on the Cabinet it will
| be comparatively easy for Fisher to
i make up his mind.
Senator Reed’s Absurd Threats.
. Senator David A. Reed, of Pitts-
burgh, is doing his best to acquire the
| title of clown of Congress. His early
‘and eager offer to support the claims
of William S. Vare to a seat in the
: Senate, palpably obtained by fraud,
i revealed a low standard of morals.
| His more recent threat to institute re-
prisals in the event that Mr. Vare’s
title is challenged, indicates mental
delinquency. Nobody denies that many
, fraudulent votes were cast in Phila-
i delphia and Pittsburgh for Vare. Even
Senator Reed inferentially admits it.
But he hopes to frighten away investi-
gation by declaring that if Vare’s title
is questioned the validity of other Sen-
atorial elections will be attacked.
In an interview given out in Wash-
ington, the other day, Senator Reed
said; “Let the Democrats beware of
the opening of a Pandora’s box. Have
the Democrats so short memories that
they have forgotten how Wagner was
elected in New York, how Hawes was
elected in Missouri and how Waish
was elected in Massachusetts? Have
they forgotten that it was the Tam-
many-bosses and Tammany-organized
{ vote of greater New York that alone
overcame Senator Wadsworth’s up-
State lead and accomplished his de-
feat?” No, Senator, the Democrats
have not forgotten that or anything
else in relation to the recent election.
But they know that the vote in New
York city was honestly cast and fairly
counted and the integrity of the re-
turns has not been disputed by any
reliable person.
In the city of New York a consider-
able portion of the vote is cast by
! means of voting machines and it is
universally admitted that they are in-
capable of fraudulent registering of
i the vote or falsely returning it. If
| there had been a suspicion of fraud
iin the Tammany-organized vote of
| New York city the Republicans of that
- State would have promptly uttered a
' protest and demanded an investiga-
i tion. No charge of fraud has come
from Massachusetts or Missouri.
{ There are plenty of earnest and cap-
able Republicans in those States to
| take care of the party interests. The
| only suspicion of them has evolved in
i the mind of the gentleman whom the
| Steel trust catapulted into the Sen-
| .
i
——The Watchman publishes news
| when it is news. Read it.
polities and big polities should get into
"VOL. 71. BELLEFONTE, PA.. DECEMBER 3. 1926.
| Contest for Speaker Certain.
| The growing antipathy to William
i 8. Vare and his methods is revealed in
the movement now in process of or-
! ganization to oppose the re-election of
| Speaker Bluett, of Philadelphia. It is
not alleged that Mr. Bluett is incap-
able or inefficient, though at the open-
ing of the 1923 session he was charged
with an attempt to pack the committee
the “wets.” The reasons for opposing
his re-election are that he is a subser-
vient follower of Vare and that his
election would give the $3,000,000
Senator-elect an undue and dangerous
influence over legislation. Senator
Salus, an equally servile follower of
Vare, is slated for the office of presi-
dent pro tem. of the Senate.
The movement against Bluett was
country members. During the last
Philadelphia and Pittsburgh represen-
tatives grabbed up most of the pa-
tives and since W. L. Mellon has taken
the place of Max Leslie as manager
of “the strip” the menace to rural
legislation is multiplied. As a measure
of self-proteetion, therefore, some of
the more energetic members set their
faces against the re-election of Bluett,
and curiously enough some of the Re-
publican papers of Philadelphia have
given the movement cordial endorse-
ment. But Vare and Mellon make a
formidable force to reckon with.
The office of Speaker is a potent
force in the House of Representatives
and Mr. Vare will not relinquish the
advantage it affords if he can help it.
And he can help it unless Governor-
elect Fisher intervenes against him.
During the first session of the Legis-
can have anything he wants. Every
Senator and Representative is “hot
foot” after official favors and will go
any length to oblige the dispenser of
| such favors. Firmly as Vare is en-
trenched, however, it is safe to say
that if the Governor-elect expresses
sympathy with the, let us say insur-
‘gepts, Bluett will be defeated for
‘Speaker-in the event he should be 4
candidate under those conditions.
——Secretary of the Common-
wealth Clyde King is a wise gazabo.
He secured a new job and lucrative
employment before the marriage of
big business and machine politics was
announced officially.
Vare Seat Should be Contested.
It would seem to the lay mind that
the Democratic leaders in Washing-
ton are over cautious in considering
the question of entering a contest for
the seat in the Senate that will in due
time be certified to William S. Vare.
The Senators who have been deliberat-
ing on the subject say they want to
be certain of success before they be-
gin a contest.
of affairs there is nothing certain in
such things. In the Bailey case, in
the House of Representatives, facts
and law were ignored in the interest
contest was worth-while just the
same.
Possibly it will be impossible to get
a verdict in the Senate in favor of a
Democratic contestant at a time when
it might mean a change in the political
complexion of the body.
assumed that Mr. Vare is depending
upon that critical situation to confirm
his title. But if a full exposure of the
purpose than determining the party
majority in the Senate for a brief
period, It will not only compel a vast
of the country but it will expose the
rotten foundation upon which the Re-
publican organization is built.
The nomination ‘of William S. Vare
money obtained from illegal sources.
His election was accomplished by
fraudulent voting and false counting
of the ballots. These facts are known
to all who have given the subject con-
sideration. Outside of Philadelphia
and Pittsburgh Mr. William B. Wil-
| son had nearly 100,000 majority. The
| vote in those two cities was corrupt
(and ought not to be counted. If, in
| the face of these facts, the Republican
| majority in the Senate will award the
| seat to Mr. Vare they assume an obli-
| gation to sponsor the party methods
| whith gave him a bogus majority.
| ———The Agricultural Department at
| Washington has performed a more or
| less valuable service in discovering
i that the light or dark phases of the
| moon at planting time has no influ-
i ence on the growth of the crop.
by
~—~-The : proposition = to make
“Father and Son’ day” a national holi-
| day is not likely to meet with popular
| favor. The old man can come across
without such ceremony.
on Law and Order in the interest of |
originated in the minds of some of the |
several sessions a combination of the
tronage of the House of Representa-
lature after his election a Governor
"The largeness of the Vare vote and |.
In the existing state :
of the Republican claimant. But the |
It may be |
facts is made it will serve a greater
j improvement in the electoral methods
was procured by the corrupt use of |
NO. 48.
A Significant Set of Figures.
From the Pittsburgh Post.
William B. Wilson, in announcing
that he contemplates filing with the
' United States Senate a contest of the
, reputed election of Wiliam 8. Vare
{over him to that body, says that he
‘has run across a set of figures that
seem to him “not without signifi-
cance.”
Here are the figures:
| I find that there were cast in
this year’s senatorial election in
Pennsylvania 267,000 more votes
than were cast in the Reed-Shull
senatorial election of 1922. Of
that increase of 205,000 votes
were officially recorded on No-
vember 2 as having been cast for
Vare. The bulk of them were re-
corded in Philadelphia, Allegheny,
i Luzerne, Lackawanna and Schuyl-
kill counties. Those were five of
the twelve counties in the State
that Vare carried and the votes of
which alone resulted in his being
declared victor over me three
weeks ago.
There will be general agreement
with Mr. Wilson that these. figures
are not without significance. They
suggest much the same thought as
the “zero” returns for candidates op-
posed to the machine. Of course it is
recognized that the machine is usual-
ly more efficient than the independ-
ents in getting its vote registered and
to the polls. Some of those who
would vote independently if they went
to the polls neglect to register. Then
there are other Republicans who show
disgust with the conduct of their
party by not voting at all. Still it
seems just as unbelievable as the zero
returns that Vare, in view of his gen-
eral unpopularity, should get the bulk
of whatever increase there was in the
vote over that of 1922. When it is
observed that this reported increase
for the machine candidate was almost
{ wholly in the districts under suspi-
cion the significance becomes deeper.
the smallness of that of Wilson in
Pittsburgh were a surprise to the ma-
chine as well as to independents. It
was generally believed that the eon-
test in the county as a whole would
be close. This was justified by the re-
turns from the districts outside the
icity. Practically all of Vare’s elaim-
i ed plurality in the eognt Was Ie
! in. 9 2 Tar
with about 60,000 in the eity
| around 20,000 for Wilson.
‘ crats and Independents. The machine
strength apparently had not been at
i lower ebb for years. Ministerial and
' civic bodies had been denouncing the
local Republican administration stead-
‘ily. A number of such organizations
"in the city indorsed Wilson while not
| one of them declared for Vare. It is
‘difficult to believe that the best all of
these forces could do in the city was
to produce a vote of but 20,000 where-
as a few years ago a Democratic
candidate for the mayoralty was giv-
en one of around 35,000. Outside the
city, as pointed out, the total vote was
close; Wilson carried a number of
such districts two to one.
Yet the voters of the city, reading
the same newspapers as those of the
county and hearing the same appeals
i —and showing the same sentiment
generally in their talk as the citi-
zens of the boroughs, townships and
| third-class cities—were represented in
| the returns as overwhelmingly of a
different mind. While the voters of
the rest of the county were shown to
be about equally divided between Vare
and Wilson (despite that some of their
' districts had zero boards operating
for the machine) those of Pittsburgh
were represented as being nearly
three to one for Vare. Read that
| again—Pittsburgh represented as
‘nearly three to one for the Philadel-
phia machine candidate while practie-
cally all’ the rest of the county was
about equally divided in the contest.
Let the citizens of Dormont, Mt. Leb-
anon and other districts that were
two-to-one for Wilson reflect upon
that representation of Pittsburgh as
practically three to one for Vare.
What do Pittsburghers themselves
think of it?
i
Hospital Aid.
From the Harrisburg Telegraph.
Dr. Ellen Potter performs a useful
service when she draws public atten-
tion to the extremely small proportion
of total expense the State provides for
the so-called “State aid” hospitals.
The whole subject of hospital main-
tenance is worthy of study. There
are those who are beginning to wonder
how far the public should be called to
contribute to the upkeep of hospitals
that charge full commercial rates for
a great majority of their patients.
There is argument on both sides, to be
sure, and there must be provision al-
ways for the care of those not able to
pay. But whether this share of hos-
pital expense should not be borne en-
tirely from the public purse and the
hospital removed from the necessity of
begging for public support is a ques-
tion that many are asking.
At all events. Dr. Potter has given
the Legislature something to think
about and no doubt the figures she
has presented will be of material as-
sistance to the committees in charge
when they come to the formulation of
biennial budgets.
—Subscribe for the Watchman,
to
Virtually
i the only show of sentiment there was
"in the election campaign in the city
{ was for the candidate of the Demo-
SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE.
~—There are 58 boys and girls being cared
for at the New I. O. O. F. home in Mead-
ville, completed recently.
—A gasoline station is to replace an
ancient Harrisburg house known a cen-
tury or more ago as the White Horse Tav-
ern, :
—With the death of Russell C. Kaufman,
aged 24, at Roaring Springs hospital, on
Sunday, the toll of lives lost in the fire
which destroyed his farmhouse near Oster-
burg, Bedford county, October 22, mounted
to five. His wife and three children were
burned to death when Kaufman tried to
start the kitchen fire with kerosene which
exploded, igniting the house.
—The home of Chief of Police A. Plum-
mer Black of Fallston, Beaver county, was
demolished Sunday night at 9 o'clock when
a large truck containing furniture ran wild
on the Patterson Heights hill and crashed
into the dwelling. Chief Black suffered
bruises and lacerations and had a narrow
escape from death. The chief's home was
damaged to the extent of $7,500.
—Andrew Stanislis and Mrs. Frances
Bogansky, a couple from Eckley, a small
mining village near Freeland, Luzerne
county, broke courtship records last week
when they were married at St. Casimer's
Roman Catholic church. They were in-
troduced on Sunday, Andrew put the ques-
tion on Monday, they were granted a mar-
riage license Tuesday, and married on
Wednesday.
—When Roger I. Miller, a farmer resid-
ing near Bakersville, Somerset county, at-
tempted to drive a number of hogs from
his yard, one of the animals turned upon
him, knocked him down and tore his
throat with its tusks. Mrs. Miller attempt-
ed to drive the animal away, but was un-
able to do so, and before other help ar-
rived he was dead. His widow and three
children survive.
—Judge John M. Garman, of the Luzerne
county common pleas court, and prom-
inent in Democratic political circles, died
on Thanksgiving day at his home in
Wilkes-Barre, from heart disease. He was
75 years old. Judge Garman had served
three times as Democratic state chairman
and was a delegate to four Democratic na-
tional conventions. He was known to
many as the ‘dissenting judge” for he had
attained a new rung on the ladder of fame
by his trenchant dissenting opinions.
—A record of 23 years continuous serv-
ice during which he was not away from
work once or took a single day's vacation
was made by Harry H. Black, an oil man
of Nineveh, who died Sunday in the
‘Waynesburg hospital. Black was employ-
ed as superintendent of production for the
South Penn Oil Co. at Nineveh and was a
veteran employee. His death followed an
operation and his first day away from his
work was on the day he was taken to
Waynesburg to undergo an operation for
appendicitis.
—~Charles Sheriff was killed and George
Luckenbill, John Stuffa and William
Kriner, seriously injured when an explo-
sion occurred at the Eastern steel mill at
Pottsville, early Monday morning. The
accident occurred in the coal pulverizing
plant of the open hearth. Sheriff died
almost instantly, while the condition of
Luck enbill is such that death is expected.
He and the two others are at the Potis-
“ville hospital. The explosion is thought to
have been due to an accumulation of dust
in the plant.
—Worry over his father’s arrest for vio-
lation of the automobile laws is believed to
have prompted Albert Wimer, aged 16, of
Karns City, Butler county, to shoot him-
self. The boy was found in his home Sun-
day at midnight by his mother after he
had ijired a charge of shot through his
heart. He died almost instantly. Hugh
Wimer, the boy’s father, was arrested in
{ Kaylor last week and lodged in the Arm-
strong county jail at Kittanning on a
charge of operating an automobile while
| intoxicated. Neighbors say the boy was
! despondent as a result of the imprisonment
; of his father.
—Percy Allen Rose, of Johnstown, one
of the most prominent attorneys of the
Cambria county bar and counsel for the
defendants in the famous ‘‘check-kiting”
case before the Federal court in Pitts-
burgh, has been indicted on a misdemean-
or charge by the Somerset county grand
jury for passing an alleged worthless
check. He will be placed on trial at Som-
erset on the week of December 6. Rose,
it is alleged, issued a check for $750 nay-
able to “cash” on the Title Trust and
Guarantee company, of Johnstown, of
which he was formerely president. The
check was issued April 24, 1926.
—Desire of Elmer Washburn, aged 17,
of Susquehanna county, to learn the ma-
chinist’s trade, brought a request to the
Montour county court, for his transfer
from the Montour county jail to the west-
ern penitentiary. The petition was pre-
sented by the Montour county commission-
ers. The boy was sentenced from Susque-
hanna county for murder, but was trans-
ferred to Danville about three years ago
from the eastern penitentiary when that
institution became overcrowded. Since the
transfer he has become a member of Trin-
ity Lutheran church at Danville, which is
located across the street from the jail.
—Explanations of an estate of $113,000
earned only $5,000 in 13 years, have been
asked by the Princess of Thurn and
Taxis in an action brought against J. V.
Thompson, former president of the First
National Bank of Uniontown, which was
closed in 1915. In 1913, the Princess,
through her counsel, Congressman Stephen
G. Porter, of Pittsburgh, claims the estate
totaled $113,000. Since only $5,000 now is
available for distribution, according to the
answer of J. V. Thompson, trustee of the
estate, the Princess demands an account-
ing. Mr. Thompson contends that he had
been given sole charge of the estate with
no provisions made for a report to the
court.
—John H. Miller, coal, sand and lumber
king of Mifflin county, has been notified
of a divorce granted to him by the courts
at Paris. The petition was filed in April,
after a six months’ residence. Mr, Miller
visited Paris last February on a trip
around the world, employed an attorney
and his residence began at once. The Mil-
lers lived together 40 years before he said
his money made his wife and children
jealous and envious. Miller says his money
never brought him happiness; nothing but
worry and misery. He applied for a di-
vorce in the Mifflin county courts Decem-
ber 1, 1925, but withdrew the application
February 1, 1926, when he conceived the
idea of being the first from Mifflin county
to get a divorce in Paris.