Boman
INK SLINGS.
—— Vote for Dunlap for Sheriff.
© ——Vote for Boal for Register.
Vote for Herr for Prothonotary.
——Vote for Smith for County
Treasurer.
——Former Secretary Fall protests
his innocence but vehemently objects
to evidence on the subject. -
——Three men were arrested in
Bristol, the ether day, for stealing
soap. It may be safely said they
were not hobos.
—A vote for Dunlap for Sheriff
would be a nice way to tell an over-
seas veteran how much you appreciate
what he did for you in 1917 and 1918.
Senator Curtis, of Kansas, en-
joys the distinction of being the best
poker player in Congress. But there
are other essential qualifications for
President.
It is rumored that Mrs. Pinchot
will be a candidate for Senator against
Dave Reed next year. Cornelia is
“red headed and hopeful,” as well as a
vigorous fighter.
Mayor Kendrick has agreed to
“be good” until after the eleciton,
which goes a long way toward con-
vincing the public that what has been
said about him is true.
— Secretary Mellon is positive
that the revenue surplus next year
will not exceed $250,000,000. But his
previous guesses on the subject were
so wide of the mark that little confl-
dence is placed in his opinion,
—1If Philipsburg is going to give
Mr. Fleming such a terrific comple-
mentary vote would it be out of the
way for Bellefonte to pay Mr. Walk-
er a like compliment. He has lived a
very honorable life here and certain-
ly he has done as much for our town
as Mr. Fleming has done for his.
—1If you think that Mr. Wilkinson
should have eighty four thousand dol-
lars worth of county offices before any
one else has a look in vote for him.
Claude Herr is quite as capable of
filling the office as Roy is and the
voters of Centre county have refused
to give a third term to many who
have had much more right to it than
he has.
—Don’t forget that Lyman Smith
is the only candidate for County
Treasurer whose election might save
the county piles of money because
of the legal complications that in-
volve his competitor's candidacy. Ly-
‘man, if defeated, won't challenge Mr.
Holtzworth’s lawful right to serve.
Lyman isn’t that kind of a fellow.
Those with buisness with the Treas-
“urer’s office will want to know wheth-
er his signature makes licenses, land |
‘deeds and sundry other papers legal.
—We have it from authority that is
pretty close to- Governor Fisher that
he was very much pleased at the vote
State College gave Judge Furst at
the primary election. "The Governor
might not be displeased if the voters
of State College were to show their
gratitude for what he has done for
them by giving Mr. Fleming a little
set-back. They should keep in mind
that Governor Fisher, not Senator
Scott, will say what the Pennsylvania
State College is to have in the next
appropriation bill.
—Latest reports are to the effect
that the gang is on the run. The
_ county has wakened up and discover-
ed what the Scott-Fleming-Holtz-
worth-Wilkinson combination is try-
_ ing to put over on it. There Is a spirit
of resentment everywhere. Thous-
ands of Republicans are refusing to
take orders because they know what
will happen if they do. They are go-
ing to vote the Democratic ticket in
preference to helping bring: about a
victory for the gang that will make
them eat out of its hand if it wins.
——Do you know Claude Herr,
candidate for Prothonotary? If you
don’t, ask somebody who does what
kind of a man he is. He is one of the
cleanest, christian gentlemen we have
ever known. His life, from boyhood
to the present moment, will stand the
most critical investigation. He has
never held a political office, but he’s
splendidly qualified for any that he
might aspire to. We are sure that he
would make just as good a Prothono-
tary as Mr. Wilkinson thinks he has
‘been and that would be some Prothon-
otary
. —We are wondering how many and
who will be at the “Massing Meeting”
advertised for Bellefonte tonight. The
Republicans of the county haven’
been massing very massingly at the
meetings the gang has been holding.
We note that the Hon. J. Mitchell
Chase is to be the principal speaker.
Of course our Congressman will give a
good account of himself, but he’s from
Clearfield county and if memory serv-
es us right the Fleming people start-
ed an awful “ballyhoo” about outside |
interference when some lawyers in
Clinton and Elk told, bedore the prim-
ary, how ably Judge Furst had pre-
sided in their courts. Our Represen-
tative, the Hon, Holmes, is also sched-
uled to address the crowd, and right
here is where we want to go on rec-
ord as having said something nice
about the Hon. He can make a po-
litical speech and there are few in
Centre county who can. John Laird
started spouting in Krumrine’s school
house and he was brought up on the
idea that so many lawyers have that
when you've got a weak case the only
thing to do is "give the other side
hell.”
VOL. 72.
EE —
To Celebrate Colonel Wood’s Millions
in Contracts.
The “testimonal dinner” for Colo-
nel Eric Fisher Wood which was
scheduled at Harrisburg for the even-
ing of November 17, has been post-
poned for a week and will be held on
the 24th of November. The reason
given for the postponement is that
“the original date conflicted with the
celebration of Founders’ day at the
Philadelphia Union League, which is
to be attended by President Coolidge,
Governor Fisher and other well known
Republican leaders.” It is not expect-
ed that President Coolidge is anxious
to give testimony as to “the good
character, conduct and ability” of Col-
onel Wood but it is certain that Gov-
ernor Fisher, Mr. Vare, Max Leslie
and probably Tom Cunningham desire
to be “among those present.”
Governor Fisher has great reason
for entertaining a high opinion of
Colonel Wood's ability as a campaign
manager and considerable information
as to his efficiency as a “solicitor of
official favors.” It is generally known
that W. M. Mellon, chairman of the
party during the campaign of last
year, was simply a “figurehead” whose
activities were limited to raising the
slush fund while Colonel Wood; as
chairman of the executive committee,
performed the work. Mr. Vare has
some reason for feeling grateful to
the Colonel also, for though he apol-
ogized for supporting Vare for Sena-
tor as a man “unfit for the office but
a party necessity,” he did the best he
could to get votes for him.
The postponement of the dinner
may be disappointing to some of the
“ten dollars a plate” subscribers to the
enterprise but they have the comfort-
ing assurance that it will be “pulled
off” on the date now fixed and it will
be a notable event. It is not certain
that the speeches will run in the direc-
tion of praise of a political leader or
appreciation of ability as a “getter.
The big majority given Governor
Fisher in all parts of the State and
carrying three counties for Vare was
quite an achievement, but scooping up
$4,000.00 worth of public contracts
within a period of less than a year is
an: nary performance in the
line of ng it back. Viewed from
any angle Colonel Wood is a “bird.”
——Young Roosevelt swears he
didn’t know Teapot . Dome had been |
leased until two weeks after the event.
But he procured from the lessee prof- |.
itable employment for - his brother
while the negotiations were pending.
The Magruders Must be Disciplined.
Admiral T. P. Magruder, who for
fifteen months has been stationed in
Philadelphia as Commandant of the
Fourth Naval district, was “distinctly
shocked” the other day when he was
summarily dismissed from the post by
telegraphed order from Washington.
He has been in the service of the navy
for thirty-six years and received the
Distinguished Service medal as sec-
ond in command of American Naval
forces in European waters during the
World War. Naturally with such a
record he expected to serve out the
full four years’ tenure of his assign-
ment. But the bureaucrats in the de- |
partment at Washington appear to be
“after his sealp” and even denied him
the usual courtesy of communicating
by mail.
Admiral Magruder had recently
written and published in one of the
popular magazines an article mildly .
criticising some of the methods of the
Navy Department. Among other
things he said there “are too many of-
ficers in Washington and with the
fleets and too much money is being
spent on the maintenance of navy
yards and naval stations. He had
said the same thing in testifying be-
fore Congressional committees and
other distinguished officers of the
navy had corroborated his evidence.
Moreover he literally told the truth
both in his evidence and in his maga-
zine article. But the language in the
magazine article has been interpreted
by the bureaucrats as insubordination.
In commenting upon the incident
Admiral Magruder said he had no in-
tention to criticise the methods of the
Navy Department but hoped his “ar-
ticle would be of some good to the
navy. “That” he added, “was my pur-
pose in writing it. I make no effort
to hang out the navy’s dirty laundry.
The taxpayers have been generous to
the navy and Congress has been gen-
erous, too, but I fear we have taken
advantage of them.” That is precise-
ly the fact and the bureaucrats in
Washington want the generosity to be
continued indefinitely. The publica-
tion of faults and exposure of waste |
and extravagance may arouse popular
indignation and force a correction of
the faults. Magruder must be dis-
ciplined.
——Vote for Spearly and Parrish
for County Commissioners.
BELLEFONTE. PA..
Democrats of Centre, Respond
To This Republican Call.
STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNIO
It is not often in political eéampaigns that Republicans implore
Democrats: to get out their vote, yet that is the situation in Centre
county today.
On all sides we hear expressions like this: “If you Democrats will on-
ly get your vote out on election day here ‘is a Republican who is going
to help you elect your entire ticket.”
We have quoted the gentleman’s words as nearly as we remember
them. Ordinarily we have little trouble recalling the exact language of
conversations, but in this case the declaration was so wholly unexpected
as to take us completely by surprise and we might be slightly in error
as to his verbiage. However, that may be, it was what he meant that
counts.
As we have frequently said the county is full of voters of both par-
ties who vote for men more than ‘they are credited with doing. They
are the ones who are not partisan in their politics. There is another
class which is partisan always on national issues but not wholly so when
voting for county and borough officials. They split their ticket occasion-
ally to cast a complimentary vote for a friend or when they recognize in
the candidate of an opposing ticket one whom they believe to be very
much better equipped for the office than the candidate of their own par-
ty.
The gentleman we have quo ed is of the latter class and that is
why we were so greatly surprised when he told us that he intends vot-
‘ing the straight Democratic ticket next week. We didn’t discuss the
relative ability of contesting ¢andidates, their character or their records.
That wasn’t necessary, for he said he intends voting with us purely to
go on record as being against bossism in his “own party or any other
party.” :
‘We told him that we accepted that statement with the proverbial
“grain of salt” because we know that Republicans usually do their
scrapping before election day and Democrats usally save it all for the
only day that it could spell disaster for them. :
He laughed at that and said: “Well, I -guess that is the case very
often, but this time it is going to be different. I am going to vote your
entire ticket and I know a number of others who are going to do the
same thing.” : .
“I am heartily disgusted with the manner in which our party is run
in some other parts of the State and I am determined to do everything,
I can to keep Centre county out of such debauchery.” “There is only one
thing to do and that is to put your party in power long enough to teach
ours the lesson that there are still Republicans who will follow construc-
tive leadership but won’t swallow destructive dictatorship.”
Democrats, of Centre county, there are thousands of Repubicans
who feel exactly as the gentleman we have quoted does. They are not
broadcasting their sentiments. But they are going quietly to the polls
on Tuesday to vote them: They know they are giving us a chance.
That's exactly what they want to do and that’s why they want us all to
go out and vote. It’s their way and the only effectual way of crushing the
attempt of self-seeking political manipulators who are trying to run
the Republican party in Centre county like Vare does in “the neck” in
Philadelphia and like Leslie does in the “Strip of Allegheny.
Get out to the polls on Tuesday, Democrats, it will be the greatest
chance you have had in years to win a great victory not wholly for your
ticket but for pure politics as well. ;
“Lest We Forget”
In 1917, when the flower of the young manhood of Centre county
was marching away to. fight the battles that were as much ours as theirs
we patted them on the -back, clasped hands and pledged our everlasting
loyalty to them. : t
It seemed years that they were gone. Alas! Some of them are
gone forever, and when those who went through that inferno in France
returned we were overwhelmed with joy. We were so grateful at what
they had done that with one voice, almost, we told them that nothing
was too much to ask in payment of the service they had rendered us.
One of that little army that went out from Centre county in the
dark days of 1917 is now asking you to make him Sheriff of Centre
county. He was too good a soldier to be asking you to repay him with
your vote. All he probably thinks about is that he is qualified for the
office, and is just as good, otherwise, as his opponent and ought to be
entitled to one term more than his opponent is to two.
Whether he likes it or not we are going to ask you to look at his ap-
peal for your support from another angle. We ask you to carry yourself
back ten years, when you enter the voting booth next Tuesday, and when
you see H. E. Dunlap’s name printed in the block set apart for aspirants
you are not one of the
for Sheriff of the county prove to yourself that
kind who forgets.
Prove to this honorable soldier-candidate that in 1927 you haven’t
forgotten the sense of gratitude you felt in 1917.
NOVEMBER 4. 1927.
rom —————————————
Howard Must Have Gotten Another
Lawyer.
After Howard Holtzworth, appoint-
ed a County Commissioner by the late
| Judge Keller, announced that he
. would be a candidate for the office of
County Treasurer this fall some one
| dug up an old act of 1841 that says,
in. substance, that a person who has
"been “elected” a County Commission-
ler is ineligble to the office of County
, Treasurer within a year after the
termination of his term as Commis-
sioner.
| This act was brought to Howard’s
attention by the Watchman.
i We presume he took counsel with
someone of the legal profession, for
"soon thereafter came the announce-
' ment, through the press of Mr. Holtz-
, worth’s party, that he had consulted
able lawyers and was convinced that
the act of 1841 didn’t apply to his
| case because he had been appointed—
not “elected” to the office of County
Commissioner.
The Watchman then published the
.opinion that should a contest arise
over the question the courts would
probably find that the intent not the
letter of the act would prevail.
On last Thursday Howard resigned
office as Commissioner.
| ~ That eleventh hour action is what
| arouses the suspicion in our mind that
i he must have gotten another lawyer.
If he did or he didn’t we want to
say right here that his resignation
doesn’t help the situation a particle.
——Mr. Holtzworth is having an
awful time “lickin” the devil "round
the stump.” The very fact that he
has resigned as a County Commission-
er goes a long way toward proving
our contention that the county
would be buying .a possible law suit
if it elected him County Treasurer.
Howard is thoroughly capable of mak- |
ing a good County Treasurer but: a
law of 1841 says that it is unlawful
for one who has been elected a Coun-
ty Commissioner to step from that |
office into that of County Treasurer. |
When that fact was brought to Mr.
Holtzworth’s notice, shortly after he
launched his present campaign, he an-
nounced that the law didn’t apply mn
his case since he was appointed, not
elected a County Commissioner. If
he was so sure of that why has he re-
signed? It doesn’t look good. Bet-'
ter elect Lyman Smith. Lyman is
just as capable as Howard.
——Centre county has never broken
its established precedent that tro]
terms are enough for anybody in one
of the office gifts it has to confer. It
remains for next Tuesday to reveal
whether the time honored custom is to
be broken. For an outsider Mr. Wil- |
kinson has been very fortunate, Ie
has had eight years in the fattest of-
fice, except that of Judge, that: the
county has to offer and the time has
come when others have a right to a
bite of that plum.
——-Vote for Dunlap for Sheriff.
NO. 43.
so
State College Will Make Amends Next
41 ~ Tuesday.
Some of the Republican business
men and a lot of other property own-
ers at State College realize that their
investments there are considerably af-
fected by the appropriations made by
the State to the institution from
which the town takes its name.
If the College is well taken care of
at Harrisburg things boom in State
College. If it isn’t buisness becorhes
dull, property values fall and there is
consequent depression.
While Governor Pinchot did permit
a slight increase in the appropriations
to State it is generally believed, by
those who are close enough in to
know, that he might have done much
more had not certain things happen-
ed in a political way up there.
The town has been dull in conse-
quence of the Pinchot parsimony—or
shall we call it retaliation. Now,
however, it sees the dawn of a new
boom in the immense College building
program that Governor Fisher pro-
vided the funds for by sheathing the
gubernatorial paring knife almost to
the hilt when the College bill went to
his desk. : chang
At the primaries the Governor was
naturaly interested in the campatgn
of Judge Furst for nomination to suc-
ceed himself, He had. appointed
Judge Furst and, in a manner, the
verdict of the primary was a vindica-
tion of his action. State College is
so peculiarly affected by what a Gov-
ernor does or doesn’t that it responded
by giving Judge Furst a handsome
vote, which was quite to the contrary
of what had been expected before the
town wakened up to the real situat-
jon. And Governor Fisher was pleas-
Those who brought about that re-
sult are going: to go further next
Tuesday. They are going to try to
make amends for the wholly blunder-
ing tactics of the Fleming leader up
there who declined to give the work-
ers for Judge Furst the parlor in his
hotel for a little meeting that Gen.
Martin was to address. ;
Ca
Gen, Martin is part.of ghe.admin
tration at Harrisburg; besides that, he
is a member of *he American Legion
and was wounded twic: whila over
seas. P {
The parlor, or room, was asked for
by a Centre counzy soldier who also
won distinguishm=nt in Frince. so
that the refusal by the Flerainz lead-
er and boss of the hotel is regarded .
as a slap, both at Jovernor Ficher |
and the American Legion. A glap
that many of them showed thelr re-
sentment of at the primary and ircre
intend making amends for next Tues-
ay.
State College doesa’t want to see
Governor Fisher hurtling throngh the
town at thirty miles an hour like
Governor Pinchot did after it had
displeased him. It wants the Cover.)
nor to do more than wave from the
back seat of a handsome car number- |
ed 1. It also wants him to do bet-
ter next time than he Jid the last by |
way of appropriation. And figuring
that the Governor is human those
with investments up there realize that |
there own fat might be in the fire and
they are not going to let it burn en-
tirely by rolling up 2 big vote for the
candidate of the gentleman who re-
fused a room in his hotel in which a
friend of Governor Fisher had been
invited to speak.
——Vote for Spearly and Parrish
for County Commissioners. ’
!
A Very Desirable Combination. |
|
What better combination could be
had in the County Commissioners’ of-
fice than Spearly and Parrish. |
Spearly has had four year’s exper-
ience in the office. He knows the
county business and has made an hon-
est effort to serve the public. His
record there is an open book.
Parrish is a sound and successful | :
business man. He has managed his
own affairs well and would help do the
same for the county. A man like Dr.
Parrish would undoubtedly carry to
the office many ideas that might mean
savings to the tax payers through
more economical handling of the coun-'
ty business.
——-Vote for Herr for Prothonotary. ;
Secretary Mellon's plan for tax
reduction shows deep sympathy for
corporations, and those poor fellows ,
whose incomes are between fifty and
one hundred thousand a year.
————————
——Vote for Boal for Register.
— Strangely enough the question
of Coolidge’s real purpose is still a
subject of controversy.
———Vote for Spearly and Parrish
for County Commissioners. 3
’
! of them in Akron, Ohio,
EE
SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE.
~While her invalid husband lay half
asleep in. the next room; 5. Esther
Kimmelblatt, 65, was choked and beaten
to death in: her home in Philadelphia by
a robber. : : a.
—Her husband - threatened her with a
1 revolver ‘when she objected to his keep-
ing 500 chicks in their bedroom with the
temperature at 90 degrees, Mrs. Freda
Neus, of Pittsburgh, testified in her suc-
cessful suit for divoree.
—Thieves who entered six homes in the
same section of Easton on Sunday night
got only $12 in money, two gold watches
a suit of clothes and edibles. In each case
entrance was gained through a window
on the first floor that had been left un-
locked. The intruders did not venture be-
yond the first floor.
—William Long, of Jerseytown, near
Milton, stole two pigs from a neighbor
and willingly admitted the theft- in court.
He agreed to return the pigs to thelr own-
er, 8. F. Shoup, and to pay the costs of
the case, $7.50, but before he left the
court-room he demanded that he be paid
for the feed he had given the pigs while
they were in his possession. The court
disallowed the claim.
—After several days of wandering the
streets in melancholy complaint, Mrs,
Mary Jagenhofer, 48, of Egypt, Lehigh
county, was found a suicide on Monday
with a bullet in her heart. According to
neighbors, she was afraid of being killed
by the ghost of her husband, Ruldoiph
Jagenhofer, who last March committed
suicide by hurling himself in front of a
train at Northampton.
—Three men, all heavily armed, were
arrested at Bristol, Pa., early on Monday
by police as they attempted to drive away
from the Manhatten Soap Company's plant
with 1000 cases of soap, valued at $4,000.
Pending a hearing before Justice of he
Peace Kraft, police are endeavoring to link
the men with a similar robbery which oc-
curred at the same place two weeks ago.
At that time, soap, also valued at $4000,
was stolen.
—Joseph McMullen, 31, is dead and a
brother James, 19, a resident of Dry Val-
ley, Mifflin county, is under detention pend-
ing investigation into the death by coun-
ty officials. It is said that in an alterca-
tion, which followed interference by James
when his elder brother started to abuse
his family, the former struck Joseph with
a rake handle. The blow rendered Joseph
unconscious and he died in the hospital
here early Sunday.
.—A monster lump of coal has been
placed along the Sullivan trail where it
enters the anthracite field. The lump
weighs 7,700 pounds and is composed of
the purest anthracite. It was taken from
the Honey Brook stripping and loaded on
a large automobile truck, on which it was
taken to the spot along the trail. It was
placed just prior to the formal opening ~
of that section of the trail between
Wilkes-Barre and Elmira.
—Edward M. Nicklaus, of Renovo, an
employe of the Pennsylvania Railroad
shops there, fell from the river bridge
into the West Branch of the Susquehan-
na River at roon Saturday and was
drowned. His bedy was seen shortly
after noon by four boys, Donald. Sharp,
Clyde Staples, George Bradney and Thom-
as Dismond. Young Dismond got a
canoe and poled the body te shore. Nick-
laus ‘leaves his widow .-and three children,
all at home. He was a lifelong resident
of Renovo.
—The Bell Telephone company of Penn-
sylvania has been formally authorized by
the Interstate Commerce Commission to
acquire the properties of the Huntingdon
"and Clearfield Telephone company, which
‘ has lines in Clearfield, Centre, Blair, Cam-
bria and Indiana counties, Pennsylvania.
Under the decision the Bell company will
! pay $550,000 for the Huntingdon company’s
‘system.
The system purchased includes
14 exchanges which serve 5467 subscriber
stations, with 252 miles of tell lines and
1,068 miles of aerial toll wires.
—The sweet-tooth raids of bears cost
the State $117 in McKean county, last
week, Carl Benson, game protector of Me-
Kean county has announced. Mr. Benson
settled claims of three farmers who said
that bears had destroyed a total of thir-
teen bee hives on their farms. The farm-
ers told unusual tales in making their
claims, one saying that he saw eight beaks
in one drove and another stating that he
fired a shot through a closed window in
an effort to kill a marauding bruin. An-
other ruralite told of a mother bear stand-
ing watch while her two cubs made away
with the contents of five hives.
—M. R. Hoffman, Maytown, Lancaster
county, was arrested on Monday. on a
charge of fraud in connection with a state-
ment of his financial standing filed with
the Lancaster Trust company and upon
which he borrowed $150,000 on notes.
Bankruptcy proceedings followed, and the
creditors charge that the Hoffman Tobac-
co company, of which M. R. Hoffman is
president, was insolvent when the loan was
negotiated. Hoffman is a former member
of the State Legislature and a former
' president of the Union Trust company,
which was recently absorbed by the Lan-
caster Trust company. His chief finan-
cial interests were in tobacco. Following
his arrest, Hoffman gave bail for $5000.
— Frank 8. Searl, railway mail clerk, is
in the Dauphin county jail in default of
$2500 bail, charged with the theft of Gov-
ernment pension checks to the amount of
$8000. He was arrested by postal inspec-
tors from Harrisburg and Pittsburgh and
had a hearing on Firday before Unit-
ed States Commissioner Levin. The charg-
es allege that in June, 1926, Searl stole 135
pension checks amounting to $8000 intend-
ed for veterans in Colorado from two mail
pouches put on his car at Baltimore on
the run to Harrisburg. Searl is charged
with having changed the date on the
checks from 1926 to 1927 and cashing three
at department
stores where he made purchases. On
June 17 Searl drew $800 from a local bank
and went to Altoona, Juniata and Bell-
wood where he deposited $50 in ten differ-
ent accounts, each in the name of payee
on the stolen checks. He would then de-
posit the check to the account and shortly
afterwards draw a check on the account
leaving only a small balance in each case.
When he was arrested at his home bank
books and checks on these banks were
found and it is also said he had prepared
deposit slips on York, Wilkes-Barre and
Scranton banks.