“Bellefonte, Pa, March 11, 1927. P. GRAY MEEK, - - - Editor —— To Correspondents.—No communications published unless accompanied by the real mame of the writer. Terms of Subscription.—Until further motice at the following rates: Paid strictly in advance - - $1.50 Paid before expiration of year - 17 Paid after expiration of year - 2.00 Published weekly, every Friday morning. Entered at the postoffice, Bellefonte, Pa., as second class matter. In ordering change of address always given the old as well as the new address. It is important that the publisher be no- tified when a subscriber wishes the paper discontinued. In all such cases the sub- scribtion must be paid up to date of can- cellation. A sample copy of the “Watchman” will be sent without cost to applicants. POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS. FOR SHERIFF. We are authorized to announce that Harry E. (Dep.) Dunlap, of Bellefonte, will be a candidate for the nomination on the Demo- cratic ticket for the office Sheriff of Centre county, subject to the decision of the Cen- tre county voters as expressed at the pri- maries to be held on Tuesday, September 20, 1927. FOR PROTHONOTARY. We are authorized to announce that Claude Herr, of Bellefonte, will be a candidate for the nomination on the Demo- cratic ticket for the office of Prothonotary of Centre county, subject to the decision of the Democratic voters as expressed at the Primary tc be held Tuesday, September 20, 1927. FOR TREASURER. We are authorized to announce that Ly- man L. Smith, of Centre Hall, will be a candidate for the nomination for County Treasurer subject to the decision of the Democratic voters of the county as ex- pressed at the primary to be held Septem- ber 20, 1927. FOR RECORDER. We are authorized to announce that Sinie H. Hoy, of Bellefonte, is a candidate for nomination on the Democratic ticket for the office of Recorder of Centre county, subject to the decision of the voters of the county as expressed at the primary to be held Tuesday, September 20, 1927, COUNTY COMMISSIONER We are authorized to announce that John S. Spearly will be a candidate for the nomination for County Commissioner on the Democratic ticket subject to the decis- ion of the voters of the party as expressed at the primaries on September 20th, 1927. ‘We are authorized to announce that John W. Yearick, of Marion township, will be a candidate for the nominaticn of Coun- ty Commissioner, subject to the decision of the Democratic voters as expressed at the primaries to be held September 20, 1927. «+; + Republican Ticket. - PRESIDENT JUDGE We are authorized to announce that M. Ward Fleming, of Philipsburg, Pa., is a candidate for nomination for President Judge of the Courts of Centre county sub- ject to tlie decision of the Republican voters of the county as expressed at the primary to be held September, 20, 1927. Sutton-Abramsen Co., Banquets its Stock Holders and Holds An- nual Meeting. With plant facilities greatly in- creased and modernized and business already contracted for that will re- -+-quire night and day operation well in- ' to September the outlook for the Sut- ‘ton-Abramsen Engineering Company, ‘of this place, is very bright. .. So bright are the prospects for the ¢ best year it has had since operations “were begun that the Company tender- “ed a’'banquet to its share holders at the Bush house at noon on Monday. The president of the Company, J. ~ Blair Sutton, had a slight motor ac- cident while enroute from his office in Pittsburgh and was unable to get here in time for the affair, but Supt. M. C. Hansen and director Robert F. ‘Hunter took charge, in his absence, and. it was delightfully carried through. ~ Just twenty-five local stock-holders ‘were seated and enjoyed the dinner ‘which was in five courses; palatably prepared and deftly served. With it finished the party visited the plant to make an inspection of all departments. We noted great changes since our last visit there. ‘The office building has been enlarged and more fully equipped, the machine shop al- most doubled in operating floor space and a traveling crain installed so that castings running up to eight tons in weight can be carried from drill, to lathe, to planer at a minimum ex- penditure of time and labor. In foundry and pattern shops the same evidence of improvement in facilities was apparent to the party and the fifty skilled mechanics were making every movement count toward production on the ponderous straight- ening machines which are the plant’s major output. After the inspection the annual meeting of the Company was held. The statement of last year’s business was read and showed a very healthy condition. ~ Officers were elected as follows: J. Blair Sutton, Pittsburgh, presi- dent; Geo. A. Wise, Pittsburgh, secre- tary-treasurer. The directors are J. Blair Sutton, W. I. Sutton, William Wharton, J. I. Alderdice, Pittsburgh, Robert F. Hunter, Geo. S. Hazel, and W. J. Emerick, Bellefonte. Mr. Emer- ick succeeds the late Geo. M. Gamble on the board. rr ——— pe terme. ——We are curious to know what will happen to the members of that “young people’s church,” when they have reached the age limit. ———— i ——Dr. Emerison, an eminent New York physician, says “there are more quacks to-day than ever and they are more dangerous,” “Bellefonte Blasts” from the Warner- American News. Under the heading of “Bellefonte Blasts,” in the Warner-American News, for February, are the follow- ing interesting items: After being laid up for some time due to an injury received while sur- veying in the mine, “Syd” Swindells is again able to be at his desk in the Engineering Department. “Syd” tum- bled over a safety block which had just been placed on the end of the track near the shaft and not wanting to injure the transit which he was carrying, was unable to break his fall and injured the sciatic nerve rather seriously. He is now able to walk without a cane and we are glad to have him back on the job. The Bellefonte plant can now boast of a real mascot with the character- istic “handle” of BMP (alias Home- less Hector). BMP’s arrival was noval. He was originally purchased by a member of the office force as a companion for his young son, but, un- fortunately, did not fit into the rou- tine of that household. The pup’s case was then taken up by another fond father who met with no better results and within several hours was again transferred—this time to Lynn Fromm at the storeroom where BMP is now at home to the friends he has made. Members of the office force packed a box with fruit and sweets to send to Mark Constance, our cheery janitor, who is again a patient in the Poly- clinic Hospital in Philadelphia, where he has undergone three operations on his eyes. We miss him a lot and hope this will be his last trip to the hospital. Good luck Marko. Mrs. George Porter Lyon, who, be- fore her recent marriage, was Magda- len Sunday, has resigned her position in the cost department. We are sorry to have Mrs. Lyon leave us and hope that she will be very happy in her domestic realm. When the jar of pebble lime was passed around at the dinner for in- spection, Cal Gates opened the jar thinking it was after-dinner mints and put a piece of the lime in his mouth. He remarked that the mint was ex- cepticnally hard, and started to chew it. It was a good thing that he did not take a drink of water or there might have been an explosion. Young Man Arrested for Shooting Electric Power Wires. Clarence Weilacher, seventeen years old, of Hallton, Elk county, was ar- rested last week on the charge of maliciously shooting off an insulator from the Keystone Power corpora- tion’s high voltage transmission line near Hallton. He is now a prisoner in the Elk county jail awaiting trial at the April term of court. For years the power companies have been bothered with persons uninten- tionally or maliciously shooting off insulators on high voltage transmis- sion lines, thereby greatly crippling electric service to whole communities and territories. During the hunting season last fall the Keystone Power corporation had many cases of service interruptions caused by persons shoot- ing insulators on their transmission lines, one of them being over in the Seven mountains, which cut off the service to Bellefonte five hours or longer. Two cases were serious enough to interrupt the total systems of the Keystone Power eorporation thereby interrupting electric service to many industries and resulting in thousands of dollars of damage. In order to curb this practice the poyer company offered a substantial reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of persons in- tentionally shooting insulators . on transmission lines. The reward in the above case will be given to the proper persons. « With the active cooperation of the county apthorities any future cases of this kind will be severely prosecut- ed. - bh Scenic Attractions. Next week’s program is, without doubt, one of the greatest we have ever offered to date. It contains such Hughes, and Doris Kenyon, in a mar- velous comedy, “Ladies at Play.” Evelyn Brent and William Powell in the great Liberty Magazine serial story, “Love’s Greatest Mistake,” and Norma Shearer, in a class by her self, in “Upstage.” Coming from the greatest producers you could only expect to see a superior program. These shows are being se- lected for you with great difficulty, as vou realize, and are in keeping with our slogan, “where the better class of photoplays are shown.” We enjoy screening such shows and we know you certainly enjoy seeing the last word in screen entertainmnt. Don’t follow the crowd, get in ahead of it. 10-1t Rev. Reed O. Steely Returned to Belle- fonte by Conference. The many friends of Rev. Reed O. Steely, pastor of the United Evangel- ical church, will be glad to know that he has been returned to the Bellefonte church in the annual appointments made at the church conference which closed at York, Pa., on Monday. Other Centre county appointments are as follows: . : Howard, T. R. Husler; Nittany, W. P. Grove; Centre Hall, W. E. Smith; Millheim, H. C. Klepfel; Spring Mills, M. W. Dayton. Members of quarterly conference appointments included D. Artel, of Spring Mills, and W. C. Bierly, State College. : great and famed stars as Lloyd SPIGELMYER.—Mrs. Hannah Mary Spigelmyer, wife of William M. Spigelmyer, superintendent of schools in Sandy township, Clearfield county, died unexpectedly on Sunday evening at her home in DuBois. She had been a sufferer for several months with phlebitis but was quite cheerful all day on Sunday and early in the even- ing she collapsed and died before a physician could be summoned. A daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Showalter she was born at State College on May 2nd, 1880, hence was not quite forty-seven years old. Her childhood was spent at State College but eventually her father purchased a farm at Hartleton, Union county. where she lived until her marriage to Mr. Spigelmyer 1901. Her husband was a school teacher but later was elected county superintendent of Union county after which they took up their residence in Mifflinburg where they lived until moving to DuBois a little over four years ago. She was a member of the Trinity Lutheran church, of DuBois, the Amaranth court, the Eastern Star, of Mifflinburg; the Patriotic Order of Americans, of Millmont, and the Protected Home Circle. Surviving her are her husband and three children, John, a teacherin the | Houtzdale High school; Margaret and Herbert, at home. Her father died a few years ago but she leaves her mother, Mrs. Andreas, wife of Rev. J. F. Andreas, a Methodist minister of Hastings, and four brothers, Charles W. Showalter, of Wilkinsburg; Daniel, a mail carrier, of Bellefonte; John, of Millmont, and Dr. William B. Show- walter, of Oswego, N. Y. Funeral services were held at her late home in DuBois at 2:30 ¢’clock on Tuesday afternoon, the remains being taken to Mifflinburg for burial on Wednesday. ! ] WILLIAMS — Mrs. Mary E. Wil- liams, beloved wife of E. J. Wil- liams, president of the Peoples’ Na- tional Bank of State College, died at her home on Burrowes Street in that place, on Thursday, March 3rd, at 12 o’clock midnight. She was born at Unionville on Au- gust 17th, 1873, a daughter of Thomas and Clara (Cox) Eckenroth. On Sep- tember 2, 1897, she was united in mar- riage to Edward J. Williams, who sur- vives her with their two children, Mrs. Mildred Kerns and Charles Edward Williams, both of State College. She is also survived by her mother, Mrs. Clara Eckenroth, and the following bothers and sisters: Harry E. Ecken- roth, of Tyrone, Chas. R. Eckenroth, of Unionville, William Eckenroth, cf Spring Township; Mrs. A. M. Rishel, of Bellefonte, and Mrs. Geo. A. Cal- houn, of Gary, Indiana. Her father, Thomas Eckenroth, died about four years ago. She was a wonderful wife and mother and those who knew: her best loved her most. Funeral services were held on Sun- day at 2 o'clock p. m., by her pastor, Rev. A. E. Mackie, of St. Paul’s M. E. church, State College, of which she had been a consistent member since girlhood. Bellefonte Academy Won Boxing Meet from Bucknell. A large crowd gathered in the Moose theatre, last Friday evening, to see the first annual boxing meet he- tween Bellefonte Academy and Buck- nell Freshmen. The Academy won five bouts to two. The 115 and 135 pound houts were exceptionally close and exciting. William Turish, ; of- Penn State, refereed the meet while the judges were Essic Kline and Ralph Haag. The events and winners were as follows: 115-pound class—Brehm. Bellefonte, won from Hughes, Bucknell. 125-pound class—Marchisano, defeated J. Adams, Bellefonte. 135-pounid eclass—R. Johnson, Bellefonte, won from Guidotti, Bucknell. ? 145-pound class—Storas, Bucknell, .de- feated Hedges, Bellefonte. Sie 160-peund class—Mutzel, .Bellefonte, won over Lepore, Bucknell. : An : 175-pound class—Lucainis, Bellefonte, de- feated Jones, Bucknell. Dresher, of Bellefonte, won the heavy- weight elass. Bucknell, ——Next Monday one of the really big public sales of the spring will be held at the Frank Donovan farm, one mile east of Axe Mann: It will be especially intersting to cattle buyers as Frank has forty-two head of good ones to be sold that day. The sale will start at 10 in the morning, with L. F. Mayes, auctioneering. ——V. J. Bauer, who has been quite seriously ill at his home on Bishop street, was reported as being some- what improved yesteday. OAK HALL. Paul Homan, a young son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Homan, underwent a slight operation for a gland infection last Tuesday. Miss Ruth Martz, who is engaged in nursing in Philadelphia, spent last week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Martz. Mrs. John Lambert and family, of Bellefonte, and Miss Mabel Grove, of Williamsport, visited at the Luther Dale home, Sunday. Richard Mabus, of Bellefonte, spent several days during the past week at the Ross Lowder home as a guest of Miss Kathryn Shaffer. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Alexander, of Unionville, and Mr. and Mrs. James Gilliland and children, of Boalsburg, were visitors on Sunday at the home of Mrs. Nannie Gilliland. Olney Bank Bandits Pay Penalty in Death Chair at Rockview. The four Olney bank bandits from Philadelphia paid the penalty for the murder of patrolman Harry M. Cooper in the death chair at Rockview, on Monday morning, and the four men marked the trail in exactly thirty-two minutes. The first man to go was Jo- selph Curry, 28 years old and mar- ried. As the guards started with him to the chair at seven o’clock he called goodbye to his three comrades and with unfaltering footsteps walked the short distance from the cell room to the death chamber. The current was turned on at 7.02 and only one con- tact was given, the man being pro- nounced dead at 7.07 by Dr. C. J. New- comb. The second man was Harry Bentley, 25 years old and unmarried. He was taken to the chair at 7.10 and was pronounced dead at 7:14 by Dr. John Priestess, of Pittsburgh. William Juliana, 23 years old and unmarried, was taken to the chair at 7:17. Two contacts were given him, one at 7:19 and another at 7:22, and it was 7:24 when he was pronounced dead by Dr. Newcomb. The last man to go was Frank Doris, 23 years old and married. He was taken to the chair at 7:26, the electricity was turned on one minute later and at 7:32 he was pronounced dead by Dr. Priestess. All the bodies were claimed by rela- tives and after being prepared for shipment by West and Co., local fun- eral directors, were sent to Philadel- phia for burial. The crime for which the men went to their death was the murder of Har- ry M. Cooper, a Philadelphia police- man, on the morning of May 4th, 1926, during a holdup and attempted rob- bery of Wiliam O. Miller, a messenger of the Olney bank. The latter was out making collections and had $100,- 417 in two bags. As he came out of a branch institution of the Olney bank a big blue closed car drove up to the curb and stopped. Four men sprang out while one of them stuck to the steering wheel with the engine running. Two of the men grabbed the messenger while one of the others snatched one of the bags containing $83,000 and made for the big car. The holdup attracted the police and shots rang out thick and fast. One police- man was badly wounded and shots from a policeman’s gun cut the com- mutator on the bandit’s car, rendering it useless. They then scattered in an effort to escape, several of them commandeer- ing a milk truck. Patrolman Harry Cooper jumped on the running board of another car and chased the men in the milk truck and it was in the chase that he was shot dead by one of the bandits. Four of the men were round- ed up within a short time but the: fifth escaped and has never tured. Sh Speedy trials followed, Curry hav- ing been convicted on May 13th, Bent- ley on May 26th, Juliana on June 5th and Doris on June 14th. Applications for new trials were refused and the cases were appealed to the Supreme court. The appeal was refused on De- cember 6th and the date for their elec- trocution was set for January 31st. After Governor Fisher was inaugurat- ed the cases were carried to the board of pardons and a stay was granted been cap- until. March 7th. The pardon board refused the applications and the four men were brought to the death house last Wednesday. : During the latter part of the week the bandits’ attorney, C. Stuart Pat- terson, made every effort possible to secure another respite for the men but Governor Fisher refused to interfere, and the sentence of the law was car- ried out on Monday morning. The case had been so widely dis- cussed in newspapers of the State that staff newspapermen from Phila-. delphia, New York and Pittsburgh | were admitted as : witnesses. of the electrocution, oi : This was“ the-second time in the history of the death chair that four men were electrocuted at one time for the commission of the same crime, the other occasion being on June 20th, 1921, when four men from Erie paid the penalty for murder. From the day the bandits were brought, to Rockview penitentiary, Wednesday of last week, up until Monday evening, following the elec- trocution, approximately 35,000 words of press matter was sent out from the Western Union office in Bellefonte, not counting long-distance telephone messages. This was the largest amount of “special” sent from Belle- fonte at any one time since the tragic death of Charles H. Ames, the intrepid airmail pilot, who fell to his death on Nittany mountain in October, 1925. At that time 47,000 words were sent. eb ——On Tuesday evening Mrs. Alice Robb tipped over a rocking chair in which she was sitting, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. Harrison Walker, fell heavily to the floor and dislocated her right shoulder and broke her right arm near the shoulder. She was taken to the Centre county hospital on Wednesday morning to have the fracture reduced. ————— et ————— Thaddeus R. Hamilton has been critically ill during the past week, at the home of his brother, Thomas B. Hamilton, on north Allegheny street. His condition was such that his daughter, Mrs. Broderick, was called from State Cellege a week ago and has remained with him since that time. days. tion during the sale. | paid in advance. each dollar sent and Your Opportunity at the Watchman Office To keep step with the plan to make next Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday real golden opportunity days in Bellefonte this office will do its bit and join with the local merchants in their effort to make it worth while for everyone to come to Bellefonte on those We will give a golden opportunity ticket with each dollar paid on subscrip- back subscriptions, as well as to those In case of remittances by mail, which must be received by noon, Satur- day March 19, we will fill in tickets for others, so that a Walchman reader in Altoona, for instance, can have the same opportunity as one right here at home. For every new subscription sent or brought to this office we will give a a golden opportunity ticket and a hand- some, new Valet Auto-Strop Safety Razor. The latter is put up in a velvet-lined metal case, so compact and neat that it is a very handy companion for either man or woman at home or traveling. This will apply to place them with all Judge Harry Keller's Funeral Large- ly Attended on Saturday. A large concourse of people attend- ed the funeral of the late Judge Har- ry Keller, on Saturday; men and wo- men not drawn there through idle curiosity but with heavy hearts and bowed heads to pay their last homage of respect to one they ored. Prior to the services at the home of former Judge Ellis L. Orvis, a meeting of the Centre county bar was held in the court house where Judge Keller was so ably presiding when stricken with a fatal illness on Wed- nesday morning. John Blanchard Esq., presided and in a brief talk told of the purpose of the meeting and paid a loyal tribute to the late Judge for his unswerving devotion to the in- terests of his ‘clients, as an attorney, and to his impartial honesty and scrupulous conscientiousness as a judge. : N. B. Spangler, chairman of the committee appointed to draft a min- ute and resolution, read the report, a detailed sketch of the life of Mr. Kel- ler, with a resolution that the same be inscribed upon the court records and that a copy thereof be presented to the bereaved wife and sons. The meeting was then thrown open for remarks and Harry T. Hall Esq., of Lock Haven, conveyed the expres- sions of grief and regret from the members of the Cilnton county bar as- sociation. : : The principal speaker of the mect- ing was Hon. Albert W.“Johnson, of Lewisburg, judge of the federal court for the middle district of Pennsyl- vania. He spoke at some length on the life and character of Judge Kel- ler and in closing expressed the hope that when “we are called to answer the final summons we may be as well prepared to start on that silent: jour- ney into the unknown hereafter as he felt certain Judge Keller was.” . He also paid a tribute to the four. sturdy: sons left. to carry on the work of doing something good and useful, something worthwhile in the world, which for so many years, through sev- eral generations, has characterized the Keller family. 3 Other brief speeches were made by Judge Thomas W. Bailey, of Hunt- ingdon; Judge A. R. Chase, of Clear- field, and Col. H. S. Taylor, of Belle- fonte, who spoke as a neighbor and ——— loved and hon- | tain of the friend. At the conclusion of the re- marks prothonotary Roy Wilkinson read a resolution of regret received from the Lycoming county bar asso- ciation and a telegram of regret from: the State Supreme court centained in a telegram from Chief Justice Robert von Moschzisker. - From the court house the members of the bar, court officials and county officers marched in a body to the Orvis home, on the corner of Allegheny and Curtin streets, where funeral services: were held at eleven o'clock. Rev. Robert Thena, pastor of the Reform- ed church, was in charge, and was as- sisted by Rev. Dr. Ambrose M. Schmidt, of Greenville, Pa., who had been Judge Keller's pastor for about. a quarter of a century. Private in- tement was made’ inthe Union cem- etery. - Honorary pall-bearers. includ- ed "close “personal friends: of the late Judge and members of the Centre county bar and visiting judges and attorreys. The floral offerings were unusually elaborate and profuse. x} Bellefonte Y’s “Krax.” The Bellefonte Y. M. C. A. had a distinguished visitor on Monday even- ing in the person of Philo C. Dix, the new State secretary, who met with the local board and gave a talk on the Y throughout North America. Mr. Dix succeeds Mr. J. B. Carruthers and comes to Pennsylvania after twen’y- three years experience in Kentucky. In the junior girls game tournament the Reds are leading the Blues 41 to 37. Miss Anna Mary Troupe is eap- Reds and Miss Florence Cohen the Blues. Entries are now being taken for the chess tournament which will begin Monday, March 7th. All chess players are invited to enter. ——Word from Harry Peters, one of Bellefonte’s boys now with the U. ‘S. Navy, was recently received by the Harry Clevenstine family, telling of his promotion and transfer, from the S .S. “Pittsburgh” to the S. S. “Pres- ton,” which means that he is now on his way to help protect American in- terect in China. Harry had enlisted’ for four years, the time expiring in September, but has now re-enlisted for: two more years and will probably re- main permanently with the U. S. Navy. 0 Make People Happier—t give them the full use vision—is a worthy work. lieves the discomfort and inconvenience of defective vision To be able to help folks get more out of life, socially, and to help them to greater financial gains, is a real contribution to human welfare. satisfaction because we are performing such service every day. Any member of your family, any friend, or any employe will re- ceive the utmost courtesy and scrupulous professional attention is well worth while, if recommended to our care. Casebeer Registered Optometrist Established 1906 Broken Lens Matched su: Frames Repaired of the priceless faculty of To perform a service that re- Our work gives us joy and BELLEFONTE $.
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