INK SLINGS.
—Remember to swat the first fly
‘you see. For with its demise a mil-
lion less flies there’ll be.
—When a confirmed bachelor starts
to make a three-story apartment out
of a six room love nest something is
‘bound to happen. The projector of
the case in mind is in the hospital
taking the rest cure for shattered
nerves.
—Heverly is slated to get the Re-
publican nomination for the Legisla-
ture. The drys are rallying under
‘the Ham banner and the Hon. Holmes
is dying of political indigestion in
‘the attempt to eat words thoughtless-
ly uttered. Incidentally, if the drys
are flocking to Ham does that mean
that Heverly is wet?
—It is altogether likely that Mr.
Ralph Beaver Strassburger failed to
get his name on the ticket for del-
egate-at-large to the Republican na-
tional convention because the powers
that be said thumbs down on Ralph.
If he had been wanted the little mat-
ter of momentary inability to sign his
own nomination petition would never
have been used to nip his ambition.
—Our idea of laying up treasures
in Heaven is to be pleasant when we
are called on the telephone to take
down a notice of a festival, a card
party or a bake sale—“and run
“it three weeks”—by a lady who
““wouldn’t think of reading the Watch-
man” or letting it print the cards
and tickets “for anything she had
-anything to do with.”
—=St. John Ervine, noted English
dramatist says: “My generation cre-
sated a splendid theatre. This one has
‘made a rotten one.” We don’t know
what generation St. John claims as
‘his, so we’re not in position to ques-
‘tion his claim of having created a
splendid theatre. We heartily agree
with his assertion that the present
theatre is a “rotten one.” When sal-
acious themes, bath tub and bed room
scenes and nude women become re-
quisites to success of stage plays we
go farther than St. John and say that
“rotten” is too mild a word for it.
—With seven candidates for Pres-
ident and with a preferential primary
Jaw that they put on the statute books
themselves in order to secure the op-
portunity of expressing a preference,
:it must seem strange to Pennsylvania
Republicans that they are to have no
«chance to vote for any one of their
.seven candidates. All they have to
.do at the primary is sign the proxy
that Mellon has transformed their
‘ballot into and look pleasant. Now,
‘Democrats wouldnt do that. Of
course they wouldn’t, but the Repub-
ilicans do—and get the offices.
—Few of our readers knew him but
‘because he was one of the idols of
our childhood days we drop a line of
tribute to the memory of Simon No-
lan, who died in Woodland, within the
week. As the man of all work on
‘the little farm in Halfmoon valley
“where we spent many happy days Si-
mon was so considerate, and always
seemed to know just what a little
"boy wanted most, that memory of his
“kindliness is very dear to us and
“though we haven’t scen him for years
we know he couldnt have been less
fine at the close of life than we knew
“him to be in its earlier stretches.
—Philadelphia is endeavoring to
put a stop to all night parking on
“the streets of the city. Bellefonte
“tried that, too, some time ago and
-was charged with being a “hick town”
“when it was undertaken. By the way,
“it would be interesting to hear from
the various gentlemen who reported
“that this, that and the other motorist,
who was given a card to appear be-
fore the burgess, had declared they
“would never come back to the town
.again. We wonder how many of the
would-be bluffers made good their
threat. Not one, we'll bet, unless he
“happened to have no further business
opportunity here.
—Some of the Democratic women
«of Centre county should attend the
meeting of the Pennsylvania Federa-
‘tion to be held in Williamsport,
“March 29 and 30. It matters not that
“there is no woman’s organization in
“the party in this county. All are to
“have the privilege of the floor and it
will be a grand chance to tell the
“men politicians what. you think of
“them. By nativity Centre county will
“have one prominent representative
“there. Mrs. Florence Long Dornblaz-
ver, of Penfield, Upper Darby, Phila-
.delphia, is treasurer of the organi-
zation. She is also a daughter of the
.late John B. Long, that stalwart
Democrat and outstanding citizen of
Rush township.
—In less than a month you might
need it. It won’t cost any more now
than then so why not get your fish-
ing license at once. Don’t do like we
.did four years ago. After having
admonished all our fellow fishermen
lest they forget to legally qualify for
the sport we found ourselves on a
trout stream eighteen miles from the
source of issuance without a license
card. We could probably have had a
very happy day and did up to the time
a joy killer came along and told us
that he believed the fellow who was
fishing the riffle below was a warden.
After that we spent the rest of the
day in camp calling ourselves names
‘that we wouldn’t take from anyone
else and conjuring up haunting pic-
tures of the catches that those who
had taken our advice were making
« everything but.
EO
VOL. 73.
STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION.
Bill Vare in a Bad Fix.
Boss Vare has returned from his
vacation in Florida to enter the cru-
cial contest of his life. Having been
previously eliminated from the su-|
preme council of the State organiza-
tion he came home to face what ap-
peared to be the beginning of a
fight for control of the local organiza-
tion, with odds only slightly in his
favor and a certainty of complete ob-
livion, in the event of his defeat. And
no living soul outside of his own fam-
ily will sincerely regret his misfor-
tune. He was the most selfish boss
that ever inflicted himself upon a com-
munity. He bestowed no favor upon
any one except for a consideration of
greater value. He coveted office as a
miser covets gold and apportioned the.
choicest to himself or members of his
family.
In his preposterous campaign for
United States Senator in 1926, Vare
enticed Congressman John M. Morin
to antagonize the Mellon family in
its stronghold and then abandoned
him to the vengeance of his enemies.
He induced Justice Kephart to serve
as pawn in his game to force the Mel-
lons to underwrite his ambitious pro-
jects and when he imagined he had
accomplished his purpose he betrayed
the jurist. Rather than let another
in for a party favor he ran for Con-
gress and the State Senate at the
same election and juggled the offices
so that he could hold both in the fam-
ily indefinitely. The history of Amer-
ican politics reveals no parallel in
prostitution of power to selfish and
sordid ambition.
Present indications are that this
selfish boss is nearing the end of his
perfidious operations. The State or-
ganization of his party has pitched
him overboard and revolts in the
Philadelphia machine threaten to take
from him his control of that sinister
conspiracy. Mr. J. Hampton Moore
and John R. K. Scott, both able and
skillful politicians, organized a force
to fight his control of the Philadelphia
organization, but by some means
Vare has been able to draw Scott
off. Moore, however, was not so
easily seduced and insists that even
if he has to do it alone he is going
to fight to the finish to arouse the
better element of the Republican par-
ty in Philadelphia to consciousness of
the fact that Vare is a liability to
the party in the State.
—However little the Democratic
representation in Congress might be
able to accomplish in other directions
it must be admitted that it succeeds
wonderfully well in keeping the Re-
publican organization in hot water.
rere fees.
Mr. Mellon’s Confession.
Secretary of the Treasury Mellon,
in his statement concerning the Sin-
clair loot given to the Republican
National committee, levies a high tax
on public credulity, infinitely higher
than the peak revenue tax on in-
comes of six and seven figures. He
admits that Will Hays sent him $50,-
000 worth of the bonds and asked him
to remit to the National committee
his check for that considerable
amount. But he declined to receive
the bonds or at least returned them
to Mr. Hays and sent his check for
the $50,000 as a free will offering.
Why he refused the bonds is left to
conjecture. If it was because they
were tainted with Teapot Dome oil,
his action was a much too mild re-
buke.
Mr. Hays has testified twice in ref-
erence to those bonds. The first time
he said Sinclair had contributed $75,-
000 in Liberty bonds and the second
time he fixed the amount at $260,000,
quite a discrepancy. In both cases
he showed a reluctance to exposing |
the source of the contribution. At
his second examination he described
in part his method of exchanging the
tainted bonds for money and named
several of the men who performed
this service for him. There were
Patten and Upham, of Chicago, Pratt,
of New York, and DuPont, of Dela-
ware, but no mention of Mellon, of
Pennsylvania, Secretary of the Treas-
ury, or Butler, chairman of the Re-
publican National committee. These
names were studiously ‘concealed.
In the search for details of this
sinister transaction some memoranda
in the office of Mr. Pratt contained a
list of names including “Andy.” Sus-
picion, always alert and sometimes
accurate, jumped to the conclusion
that this might mean the Secretary
of the Treasury and the investigators
turned in that direction. Then Mr.
Mellon came forward with his “plea
of confession and avoidance,” prob-
ably with the view of halting the pro-
ceedings. Whether it will have that
effect remains to be seen but all ob-
serving minds will note that until the
moment that exposure became inevi-
even startling information on the sub-
ject.
table he was “as quiet as a mouse,”
though possessed of important and
Strassburger Off Again.
In denying the motion for a man-
damus to accept the nomination pe-
tition of Ralph Beaver Strassburger
as delegate-at-large to the Republican
| national convention, most persons will
agree that the Dauphin county court
correctly interpreted the law. It may
be true that power of attorney con-
veys the right to subscribe a. signa-
ture but taking an oath is different
and in the nature of things it is im-
possible to legally delegate authority
to perform that function to another.
Mr. Strassburger attempted to do
that and the Secretary of the Com-
monwealth, under instructions from
the Attorney General’s office, refused.
The court sustained him.
From a legal point, however, the
question is of very little importance.
It is not likely to arise again within
the period of a generation. Most
men who aspire to important party !
favors are within reach when wanted
either to sign oaths or checks. In
the case in point it may be assumed
that the very rich aspirant depended
upon the power of the machine to
pull him through, and that under or-
dinary circumstances his expectations
would have been fulfilled. But con-
ditions have changed within a short
time. Mr. Strassburger was sched-
uled for the place at the demand of
Mr. Vare and Mr. Vare is no longer
in high favor of the party organiza-
tion and the State administration at
Harrisburg. ot
When notified by cable that his pe-
tition had been rejected Mr. Strass-
burger fastened responsibility for the
fact on chairman Mellon who had
been playing fast and loose with the
Vare contingent. In the slate mak-
ing processes Strassburger had been
put on, then off and finally “on again.”
But the last placement came too late
for the candidate to get home from
Paris to qualify and the result is a
judicial decision that bestows the hon-
or, highly coveted by many, upon a
prime favorite of the machine. It
was a rather skillful manipulation of
a vexed party problem, the more sur-'
prising because chairman Mellon is
not noted for finesse. It will leave
Vare as helpless as he will be lone-
some at the convention. _
eee lene eet ee
—Maybe, after all, the refusal to
register Mr. Strassburger as candi-
date for delegate-at-large was a
thrust at Mr. Vare. The Philadelphia
boss doesn’t stand high with the ad-
ministration at Harrisburg.
Possibly a Menace to Senator Reed.
It may be a playful pin prick in the
cuticle of chairman Mellon, and on
the other hand the entry of the Rev.
Dr. W. O. Harpster as a candidate for
the Republican nomination for United
States Senator may have considerable
significance. Dr. Harper is a colored
clergyman of high standing and pop- |
ularity among the voters of his race.
He is an outspoken and militant pro- |
hibitionist. In a statement issued in
support of his candidacy he says: “I
believe that we need better represen-
tation in the United States Senate—
a representative whose feelings are
touched by the infirmities of the com-
mon people.” He declares that he will
remain in the contest until the pri-
maries.
There are a good many people in
Pennsylvania in sympathy with the
views expressed by Dr. Harper on the
subject of representation in the Sen-
ate. For more than a quarter of a
century the corporate interests of the
State have chosen the Senators and
the Steel trust, the Standard Oil com-
pany and the Pennsylvania Railroad
company have had attorneys on the
floor in the person of the Senator.
But the common people have had no
representative in the chamber. The
present incumbent of the office, David
A. Reed, one of Dr. Harper's compet-
itors for the nomination, makes no
concealment of his relationship to the
corporations. He is a Senator, not
for the people but for the Mellon cor-
porations.
Dr. Harper is an earnest and ener-
getic prohibitionist. There are a
great many voters in Pennsylvania
who hold that the enforcement of the
Volstead law is the paramount ques-
tion of the day. During all his serv-
"ice in the Senate David A. Reed has
never raised his voice in the interest
of prohibition law enforcement. If
the prohibition voters in the Repub-
lican party should determine to “vote |
as they pray” Dr. Harper will be tri-
umphantly nominated over Mr. Reed. |
There is another aspirant for the
nomination in the person of W. S.
Adams, of Harrisburg, but as he is
an avowed enemy of the Eighteenth
amendment he will probably do no
more than divide the wet vote with
Reed.
—Senator Borah would be a distinct
force if he would only stay put. But
after a few explosions he is ready
to eat out of the hand of the party
bosses.
BELLEFONTE. PA.. MARCH 16. 1928.
| Woman’s Part and Reward in Politics.
| Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, finance
| chairman of the women’s activities of
the New York Democratic State com-
mittee, complains that women are un-
justly discriminated against in the
political game. “From local to na-
tional committees, she writes, “the
women who are active in politics, find
themselves against a ‘blank wall.” Gen-
erally they are not notified of import-
‘ ant meetings, and when they are, they
' find that all vital matters and the se-
lection of candidates have been set-
tled at secret confabs of the men
long beforehand. They are never
consulted about any grave affairs;
their own candidates are generally re-
jected; the “plums” are distributed to
~men and such as are occasionally put
‘up for office are ‘yes women’ selected
because they are easy tools of party
leaders.”
There is a good deal of reason for,
and some force in, this complaint. In
the Republican party in this State,
for example, a few women, wives of
‘rich men, have been given subordinate
places on committees but few if any
of them have been favored with nom-
inations for important or lucrative
‘offices. Since the enfranchisement of
women the Democrats of Pennsylva-
nia have had few valuable favors to
bestow so it is a matter of conjecture
{as to what course the ‘leaders of our
| party would adopt if their preferences
had any substantial value. But there
{is mo doubt as to the attitude of the
| Republican party on the subject. No
{ woman has been nominated for any
! office, either in Philadelphia or Pitts-
| burgh, and those favored in other com-
munities have been essentially “yes
women.” -
Mrs. Roosevelt, whose distinguished
| husband served as Assistant Secre-
tary of the Navy during the Woodrow
Wilson administration, and the Dem-
ocratic nominee for Vice President in
1920, offers a cure for what seems to
her a grave civic evil. She would
create a female political “boss” in
districts, counties and States,” not to
shape the policies and direct the des-
finies of a women’s party, but to com-
pel the men leaders of the other par-
ties to fully recognize and amply re-
ward the women workers in their sev-
eral party organizations.
party workers “must learn to talk
the language of men,” she declared,
and adds, “against the men bosses
there must be women bosses who can
talk as equals with the backing of a
coherent organization of women vot-
ers behind them.”
—The lame ducks will continue to
squawk in Washington, the bill to
abandon the short session of Con-
gress having been defeated in the
House. 3
Pennsylvania Federation of Demo-
cratic Women to Meet in
Williamsport.
The first annual convention of the
Federation of Democratic Women will
be held at the Lycoming hotel, Wil-
liamsport, March 29 and 30. It is
hoped that a large delegation of wom-
en from Centre county will be in at-
tendance.
There will be a dinner on the even-
ing of March 29 at which Zetta Jew-
ell Miller, of Schenectady, N. Y., and
Mrs. Emily Newell Blair, vice chair-
man of the National Democratic com-
mittee, will be the speakers. Mrs.
Edith Aleen, of Williamsport, will be
the toast mistress.
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson was invited
to be the guest of the Federation, but
found it impossible to be there at this
time. i
i There will be all day sessions on
| Wednesday and Thursday with lunch-
eons at the Williamsport Women’s
| club house and at the Elk’s club. A
number of women distinguished in the
i State and Nation will have part in the
program so that a very interesting
‘and illuminating time is assured those
who attend.
—The Rodney Wanamaker funeral
procession would have been an impos-
ing spectacle if only the honorary
i pall bearers had been present.
—By diligent effort some curiosity
‘might be aroused as to what Will
! Hays did with the tainted bonds re-
| turned to him by Mr. Mellon.
reeset eee
|
| menting with a device that will elim-
{inate mules from the army equipment.
! Here’s a chance to kick.
——————— ees e—
—Public Service Commissioner
Ainey will be a more agreeable col-
league as well as more complacent to
the Mellons, anyway.
—————————— aaa
—It looks as if most of the Re-
publican leaders will be hating each
other before the Kansas City con-
vention assembles.
—Subscribe for the Watchman.
ai
Women
—The War Department is experi- |
NO. 11.
{ World-Wide Difficulties of the
Farmers.
! From the Philadelphia Record.
When things are not going well it
is cold comfort to be assured that
others are suffering also. But if you
belong to a craft or class that is pass-
ing through an economic crisis there
may be some help in solving problems
in knowing the difficulties of those of
the same craft or class in other coun-
tries, how they arese, and what they
are doing to surmount them.
When the World Economic Confer-
ence mat in Geneva nearly a year ago
the universal character of the depres-
sion in agriculture was revealed.
British, French, Germans, Danes, Can-
adians and Australians, as well as Ar-
gentines, reported that conditions on
farms had not been so bad for a whole
generation. The stimulus to produec-
tion during the war had led to over-
production when the war was fin-
ished; and this overproduction persist-
ed because bad economic conditions
had reduced the purchasing power of
the industrial population throughout
Europe. This caused a fall in the in-
ternal and international prices of
farm products. Some crops it did
not pay to raise for distant markets.
At the same time prices of manufac-
tured articles, which a farmer had to
buy, went up.
The conclusion of the congress was
similar to that of American bankers
and business men given in a mani-
festo to Europe the year before. Tar-
iffs must be lowered, and the new tar-
iffs, put on since the war, should, in
the case of territories formerly in a
common customs union, be abolished.
Excess population should emigrate.
The Economic Conference found
that the increase of population in the
world had been such that, if there
was the per capita consumption of
farm products that prevailed before
the world war, we could not correctly
speak of overproduction. There was
no overprouction from the point of
view of supplying the world’s actual
needs. But the world, not having the
purchasing power per capita of the
antebellum period, could not buy as
much. The demand had weakened.
The remedy for this condition of
affairs is difficult to find, simply be-
cause the output of agriculture is too
vast and toc individual to be con-
trolled. Farmers aim to feed them-
selves with what they raise, first of
all, and then to buy manufactured ar-
ticles with the proceeds of the sur-
plus farm products that they have
left over to sell. We are speaking of
small farmers, of course, as they ex-
ist in innumerable quantities in all
countries. If prices are low and they
do not get much cash for sales they
‘cannot buy. As they are the most
numerous class in the community
i their ability to buy quickly affects the
urban population that lives from
manufactures and commerce. Lower
‘the profits of the city man, and he
| simply lowers his food and clothing
‘and household furnishing bills. On
| both sides high prices influence con-
| suming capacity: there follow lower
wages, inability to buy, economic cris-
es in industry and commerce as well
ag in agriculture. It is a vicious cir-
cle.
Morally speaking, the farmer may
seem to get the worst of it. He al-
ways thinks he does. There are lots
of things he has to do without. His
material well-being is lowered in a
certain way. On the other hand, he
has his home and he has food for him-
self and his family. He is the last to
feel the pinch in the fundamental ne-
cessities of life. The industrial work-
er, the small business man or com-
mercial employee, get a worse deal
than the farmer in hard times. This
was demonstrated during the war in
countries like France, where manpow-
er was suddenly withdrawn from its
normal activities, and in Germany,
where there was a blockade. Those
who lived on the land and tilled it
were the last to feel the pinch—if
they ever felt it at all! :
Primaries and Bosses.
From the Carlisle Sentinel.
There are five avowed candidates
for the Republican nomination for
President but not one of them has
taken advantage of the preferential
provision of the Pennsylvania pri-
mary law. They had the privilege of
going on the primary ballot and sub-
mitting their names to the voters. In
doing so they merely would have been
carrying out the intention of the law.
But for some reason, probably be-
cause of the strangle-hold the Mellon-
Vare combination has on the party in
the State, not one candidate dared op-
pose the organization’s decision for
an uninstructed delegation. There are
preferential primaries in many other
States, but in those States, too, the
candidates have failed to put their
names on the ballots.
If the preferential primary system
is worth anything at all it ought to
be used. If not used it ought to be
abolished. What good does it do to
give the voters of a party the right to
pass judgment upon candidates for
President when the candidates, influ-
enced by the political machines, re-
fuse to submit their names? The
whole thing is a farce, at least as we
have it this year. In fact, we think
that the whole primary system, not
only the preferential feature, is pret-
ty much a failure. The political ma-
chines are just as powerful and the
voters just as impotent and as little
interested now as they ever were un-
der the convention system.
SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE.
—Mrs. June Fisher, 24, of Arden, had
her husband arrested, alleging that he
twice used a paddle on her. The hus-
band’s side of the case is that she refused
to explain when he found cigar and cigar-
et stubs of brands he never used on an
ash tray in their home.
—Twenty-two cars for the Paulista rail-
road, of Brazil, were shipped from the
Berwick plant of the American Car and
Foundry company on a special train over
the Pennsylvania to Wilmington, Del,
where they will be swung aboard a steam=-
er for transportation to Brazil.
—Forty years ago Mrs. Wilson Wagner,
of Catawissa township, Columbia county,
ran a needle in her foot. It gave her no
particular trouble and she did not have it
removed. A few days ago she felt a pain
in her hip and a red spot appeared. From
it, she says, she extracted the needle.
Mrs. Wagner is now 76 years of age.
—When an attendant at the Southern
Tire and Supply company, in Pittsburgh,
refused him admittance, on Saturday
night, a bandit kicked in a plate glass
door, scooped $45 from the cash register,
and then held more than 200 persons ut-
tracted by the breaking glass, at bay
while he escaped in an automobile with
two women companions.
—N. R. Buller, state commissioner of
fisheries, broke ground for the new trout
hatchery at Reynoldsville, Bedford county,
Wednesday of last week. The hatchery
has been made possible by the increase in
fishermen’s license from $1 to $1.50 and it
will cost $300,000. The propagation of
trout will be the essential work of the
hatchery but other species will also be
raised.
—George Douglas, a Wilkes-Barre ‘“hot-
dog” champion, met defeat Saturday night
when he attempted to consume one that
carried with it a $100 prize. A local caf-
eteria had prepared a hot dog of huge
proportions, which contained nine pounds
of meat and twelve pounds of bread. It
was T4 inches long. Douglas kept at the
task six hours, during which time he ate
twelve pounds of it.
—Benjamin F. Swartzwelder, Seward
justice of the peace, and Frank Opelia,
of Curtisville, were held for court at
Pittsburgh, on charges of fraudulently
obtaining nearly $10,000 through an al-
leged swindle involving the estate of
Colonel Jacob Baker, of Philadelphia.
They were given hearings before justice
of the peace James A. Hernon, of Sharps-
burg. Complaint against the pair was
made by George Hereto, Sharpsburg res-
taurant owner.
—The largest bridge project in Clinton
county is that spanning the west branch
of the Susquehanna river, near Renovo,
on the Lock Haven-Renovo State highway
now under construction. The bridge is
about one-fourth completed and will have
five spans of 160 feet each and two spans
85 feet each, a total length of 1130 feet.
The roadway will be 20 feet wide and
will be bordered by a walk for pedestrians
which will be four feet in width. The
contract price is $229,531.95.
—Accused of representing himself as an
attorney and thereby practicing law with-
out first being admitted to the bar, Frank
Croop, of Briar Creek, Cslumbia county,
has been arraigned before justice-of-the-
peace Harry, of Berwick, and released un-
der $500 bail. Information had been filed
at the instigation of the Columbia county
bar association by its secretary, Harold
G. Teel, of Bloomsburg. The proceeding
is an unusual one and it is said that a
conviction carries a maximum fine of $500
or one year in jail or both.
—A school teacher, Miss Nellie Ward,
became a heroine when fire destroyed a
general store, two residences and the
building housing the electric light plant
at Bentley Springs near Towanda, Pa.
Miss Ward, who resided with Mr. and
Mrs. James Devoe,” an aged couple, awoke
to find the walls and curtains of her
room in flames. She rushed to the room
occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Devoe and as-
sisted them from the house, which was
entirely enveloped in flames by the' time
the three gained the street.
—Mike Yarsavage, 19, sentenced on Mon-
day in Indiana eounty court to six months
to two years on robbery charges, stopped
in Pittsburgh on his way to the peni-
tentiary to identify the body of his father,
Mike Yarsavage, of Nant-y-Glo, beaten to
death at Rural Ridge, Allegheny coun-
ty, last Monday. A number of men and
youths have been arrested in connection
with Yarsavage's death. Confessions
which detectives said they obtained were
to the effect that the man was fatally
beaten when mistaken for a non-union
worker. !
—William Rimokiatio and wife, resi-
dents of Mount, Carmel, brought suit
against George,K Antoniotis for $10,000 for
injuries received when guests in the lat-
ter’s Jewett sedan. Rimokiatio claims that
Antoniotis invited them to take a drive
with him in his car and then drove like
a “maniac” against their will, with the
result of a collision in which he suffered
injuries to his wrists, hands, arms, legs,
knees, back, spine, spinal cord, spinal
colmun, face, nose, lips, eyes, head, ears,
heart, lungs, liver, stomach, nerves, mus-
cles, ete.
—It became necessary for a funeral di-
rector and a physician to remove an
eighty-pound tumor from the body of
George C. Althouse, following his death,
at Red Lion, York county, before his body
could be placed in a casket for burial.
The deceased was formerly superintend-
ent of the Interboro Gas and Fuel com-
pany. He was afflicted for several years
with tumorous growths. In 1925 he un-
derwent an operation in Philadelphia and
had a growth removed. His condition im-
proved but there was a recurrence. The
last tumor was so large that Mr. Althouse
was unable to walk for about a year.
Pushed from the door of his home sat
Newton, Fayette county, a Brownsville
suburb, when he attempted to strike his
wife following a controversy over a taxi-
cab bill, Stephan Berrish, 39 years old,
died a short time later from a fractured
skull. The conditions surrounding the
man’s death were such that the woman,
mother of six children, was not arrested.
Berrish had been. sent to Brownsville for
groceries. His wife says he spent the
money for booze and was so intoxicated
that he couldn't walk home. He hired a
taxicab and insisted that his wife give
him money to pay the driver. She re-
fused and when he stooped to pick up a
weapon from the floor she gave him a
push and he staggered out the front
door, walking backwards and fell on the
sidewalk.