Bemorralics Walon
INK SLINGS.
—Wise ones say that the recent
frosts didn’t hurt the fruit. :
—Now that the hospital drive is on
keep this in mind. Bad as the hospital
needs funds right now, you might
‘need the hospital far worse some day.
—The best way to be sure of a
mess of fish is to cultivate the friend-
ship of someone who can catch them.
This isn’t an invitation, however.
—Get out the swatter and sock it
‘to every fly you see. A few deaths
now mean millions less of the pestif-
erous insects when the sticky, humid
August days come.
—If Prince Carold, of Roumania,
can find no other asylum the latch
string might be hanging out at
Doorn. Misery loves company, you
know. .
—Eighteen inches of snow one
week, ninety-four in the shade the
next and frosts two mornings of the
third week are surely enough to try
the adaptability of both animal and
plant life.
—The old fashion of a dark sack
«coat and light trousers is coming
‘back again for men and who can say
it was not an effective sartorial com-
bination.
—The further the German and Ir-
ish fliers penetrate the hinterlands
the more evidence they will have to
confirm their expressd conviction that
“America is a great country.” How-
ever, it is doubtful if they will find
another Jimmy Walker.
—Now that the work of resurfac-
ing Bellefonte streets has begun it
is reasonable to suppose that what
tar isn’t needed to ornament the un-
derside of your motor fenders will be
carried home and smeared all over
the house by your young hopeful.
—The lady on the fountain at the
Big Spring has been rouged and lined
so artistically that she looks entirely
too modern for her long dress.
‘Couldn’t manager Seibert tuck the
trailing robe up to her knees, put a
pair of bloomers and a brassier on
her?
—Senator Jim Reed, of Missouri,
has spent fifteen hundred dollars thus
far in his presidential campaign. The
money is wasted, of course; just as
the rest that he probably will spend
will be, but think of the good time
the gentleman from Missouri is hav-
ing.
—The Pittsburgh conference of
Methodist preachers recently went on
record as being opposed to “heredity
wealth.” Having a rather general
acquaintance with ministers of the
Methodist persuasion we are rather
inclined to the belief that that Pitts-
burgh group were not voting as they
pray. ;
—If Sam Lewis was right when he
declared that nine million dollars
would be sufficient to buy up all the
-purchasable land in Pennsylvania that
‘is suitable for forest preserves it does
‘seem improvident to authorize a
twenty-five million bond issue for
that purpose besides, bond issues
are getting entirely too frequent in
Pennsylvania.
—Present tabulations on delegates
‘to the Republican national convention
place the balance of power in the
Pennsylvania delegation. Secretary
Mellon is certainly sitting pretty. He
controls the delegation and the Re-
publican who expects to be his party’s
choice won’t be that at all. In fact
there won’t be any party choice,
Andy will name the candidate.
—We would view the advent of the
.circus season with far more pleasur-
.able anticipation were the showmen
_advertising over-stuffed seats. Our
natural cushion has been deflating for
some vears and nowhere are we So
.conscious of the fact as when perched
.on one of those hard seats under a
“big top.” Often we have wondered
‘what kind of hard wood is used for
making circus seats.
—Dr. Ham, recent aspirant for the
Republican nomination for the Legis-
lature, has filed his expense account
and, as was to be expected, it is very
Hamesque. Among other items list-
ed is twenty-five hundred miles by
auto at four cents a mile. The Doc-
tor certainly did some traveling to
get nowhere, but that was but ful-
fillment of our pre-primary statement
‘that he didn’t know where he was go-
“ing, but he was on his way.
—Griorgia Mario Suriani, an Ital
jan baron, who has been trying to
peddle his title in this country for
some time, was left waiting at the
church in New York, on Tuesday. He
expected Winifred Barry to join him
in matrimony there, but the lady re-
negged. Foreign titles are not as
marketable in this country as they
once were and that is another evi-
dence that the modern American girl
has more sense than her older sisters
had.
—Charles Evans Hughes is said to
be willing to take the Republican
nomination for President should the
Kansas City convention be forced to
take a compromise candidate. Not
long ago Mr. Hughes is supposed to
have said: “I am too old to rum,”
when his name was suggested. Now
it is being made to appear that he
didn’t mean exactly what his words
implied. What he did intend to say
was that he would be too old to run
for a second term. That is probably
true, but Mr. Hughes needn’t worry
about it at all. If he should be given
the nomination he won’t even have a
first term.
STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION.
_ VOL. 73.
BELLEFONTE, PA.. MAY 11. 19
Senator Walsh Withdraws.
The formal withdrawal of his
name from the list of contestants for
the Democratic nomination for Presi-
dent by Senator Thomas J. Walsh, of
Montana, expresses a willing obedi-
ence to the will of the majority.
There were many reasons why Mr.
Walsh might have aspired for the
party honor. He is a distinguished
lawyer, a great statesman and a
faithful Democrat, who has unselfish-
ly rendered distinguished service to
the country and the party. He is pre-
cisely the type of man that ought to
be chosen to administer the govern-
ment, for he measures up to the Jef-
ferson standard of capability and in-
tegrity. But he reslizes that at this
time the voters of the party prefer
another candidate.
There seems to be a discordant ele-
ment in the party which is deter-
mined to prevent its success at the
approaching election. For months
these mischief makers have been in-
dustriously striving to discredit one
of the leading candidates by insinua-
tions and half-truths that might, and
were intended to be, detrimental to
his availability. Having failed to de-
stroy public confidence in, or divert
support from, him they are now bend-
ing their energies to an effort to
frighten his friends by threatening a
third ticket in the event of his nomi-
nation. The answer made by Jose-
phus Daniels, of North Carolina, to an
overture in this direction has prob-
ably put a quietus on this contemp-
tible expedient.
That public sentiment is over-
whelmingly in favor of the election
of a Democrat to the office of Presi-
dent this year, is beyond question.
The signs point to that fact from
every direction and the result can ke
prevented only by blunders at the
Houston convention. The mischief
makers are now trying to organize
such blunders. They are willing to
condone all the crimes which have
been perpetrated in Washington dur-
ing the present and the previous ad-
ministration and renew the license of
the Republican machine to plunder in-
definitely rather than allow the popa-
lar choice of the party to be nomi-
nated and elected. Senator Walsh
serves notice that he will not be a
party to the conspiracy.
—The Senate investigation of cam-
but it may put a wholesonie restraint
on rich politicians who want to buy
future public favors.
————— remem.
Concerning Reforestation and Loans.
The statement by State Treasurer
Lewis with respect to the proposed
loan of $25,000,000 for the purpose of
reforestation the other day, “listens
good,” as they would say in Lebanon
county. The idea of authorizing such
a bond issue originated with former
Governor Pinchot, who was more or
less obsessed with the subject. As he
reasoned it there was a strong appeal
to popular favor. Abundant forests
afford so many advantages and in-
volve so little expense, comparatively
an argument against any movement
looking toward that achievement. But
desirable as it is there is no justifica-
tion in either profligacy or waste in
accomplishing it.
Mr. Lewis figures that the interest
on $25,000,000 at four per cent would
amount to $1,000,000 a year, and that
the appropriation of that amount an-
nually, for the purpose of reforesta-
rection that is possible within that
period of time. Moreover, it is al-
leged that the State Game Commis-
sion proposes to invest $200,000 a
year, out of the hunters’ license fund,
in the purchase of forest land, and in
Mr. Lewis’ opinion an appropriation
of $500,000 a year to the Department
of Forests and Waters for reforesta-
tion added, would supply all the mon-
the work of reforestation. If that be
true the proposed loan would be
waste.
If $25,000,000, or even double that
amount, could be economically used
in reforestation, and there were no
other way of obtaining the funds, the
loan ought to be authorized. But if
the work can be performed as com-
pletely and expeditiously out of the
current revenues, and without impair-
ing the efficiency of the public serv-
ice in other directions, then it would
not only be foolish but criminal to
burden the public with an obligation
that costs a million dollars a year and
does no good. Mr. Lewis has started
something in his speech at Harris-
burg that ought to make the tax-
payers think seriously. Public as
and it is waste to incur them unnec-
essarily.
—Maybe Japan's threat to invade
country and make a real power of it.
paign expenditures just started may |
not reveal any corrupt use of money
ey that can be economically used in’
well as private debts have to be paid,
China will unite the factions in that
Plainly the Price of Perfidy.
The appointment of Joseph S. Mac-
the Vare machine is maintained in
power. MacLaughlin had been af-
filiated with the Washington party
for some years and prevented a mer-
ger of all elements against the Vare
machine in the mayoralty campaign
last year by securing the nomination
of his party for Mayor. While pre-
tending to be opposed to the machine
and anxious to defeat it he refused
to enter into any agreement that
would consolidate the elements favor-
ing clean politics and good govern-
ment.
His attitude aroused suspicion at
the time that he was serving the base
purpose of a stool-pigeon for Vare,
but he protested vehemently that he
was influenced by the highest mo-
tives. He had been nominated by his
party, he said substantially, and to
withdraw, even for the righteous pur-
pose of defeating a corrupt organiza-
tion, would be a betrayal of his obli-
gations to the Washington party. The
result was that he diverted several
thousand votes from the reform can-
didate and materially impaired the
morale of the organization support-
ing him. It is still firmly believed
that if he had joined the forces sup-
porting Mr. Moore in the early per-
iod of the campaign the Vare ma-
chine would have been beaten.
When the vacancy occurred in the
revenue office a number of regular
Republicans entered the contest for
appointment. It carries a salary of
$6000 a year and is a desirable posi-
tion in many ways. But all the faith-
ful followers of Vare were turned
down in order to bestow the favor on
a renegrade who had performed a
sinister service in an emergency. The
appointment is plainly the price of
perfidy and President Coolidge is as
much a part of the corrupt bargain
as either Vare or MacLaughlin. Un-
less the Republican Senators are will-
ing to be made equally culpable they
will defeat an odious conspiracy by
refusing to confirm the appointment.
BE ..,r,p»pr pI
—There will be a third party can-
Republican machine can raise money
enough to finance a Democratic
“boit.”
Caucus of Great Importance.
It may be safely predicted that the
question of Herbert Hoover’s nomi-
nation by the Kansas City convention
will be settled to-morrow, in Phila-
delphia, when the Pennsylvania dele-
gation assembles in caucus. If that
august body of servile politicians de-
cide to support Mr. Hoover, “the stuff
is off.” At this writing the official
returns of the primary vote in In-
diana has not been made public, but
it is of little consequence. The can-
didacy of Senator Watson, favorite
son of that State, is simply a gesture
without significance. No sane man
can contemplate with complacency a
| widespread preference for big, blus-
his aspiration has been a joke.
, All that stands between Mr. Hoov-
er and the nomination is the uncer-
tainty of Secretary Andrew W. Mel-
i lon’s attitude, and all that envelops
{ Mr. Mellon’s attitude in uncertainty
!is the shadow of the third term. If
the elimination of Mr. Coolidge were | OWI! automobile operation.
a settled fact there can be little doubt
didate for President this year if the!
Lauglin, of Philadelphia, to the office of the power trust by the Federal
‘of collector of internal revenue for | Trade Commission, in progress in
the Eastern district of Pennsylvania, | Washington, has revealed some of
reveals the corrupt methods by which the reasons why former Governor
has yet to trace the corruption to}
the deft way in which he handled the shouted: “Boys and girls, let's nomi.
speaking, that it is difficult to make | tering “Jim.” Since the result in Ohio !
|
that the friends of Hoover and Mel- |
tion, would accomplish all in that di- {lon would come to a speedy agree- |
' ment. But the friends of Cooldige re-
| fuse to believe that he is eliminated.
| The Washington correspondent writes
"that the nomination of Hoover is
| still “very much in doubt. The shad-
‘ow of Coolidge still darkens. With
‘only a month before the convention
meets the President has not spoken
the words that would eliminate him
‘as a possible candidate.”
Chairman Butler goes to the con-
vention with the entire: delegation of
Massachusetts under control. From
er National Chairman Hillis still
i clings to the hope that Coolidge will
be nominated, and the supporters of
the late Senator Willis, of Ohio, are
'voluble and vociferous in demands
| for a “draft.” One prominent news-
paper in that State intimates that un-
less Coolidge is the candidate Smith
{ may carry the State in November. It
| has even been suggested that Sena-
| tor Fess was chosen to make the “key
note” speech in the convention be-
cause of his activity in the third
term movement. In view of these
facts the caucus in Philadelphia to-
morrow becomes a matter of very
grave importance to Herbert Hoover.
|
—President Coolidge doesn’t want
to veto the McNary-Haugan bill for
party reasons, but unless he can bluff
the corn belt bloc he’ll have to.
—The weather might be all right
| if the changes were not so sudden.
i
Lobby Work in Pennsylvania.
The investigation of the activities
Pinchot’s “giant power” legislation
failed during the regular and special
sessions of the General Assembly of
Pennsylvania of 1925 and 1926. Some
$50,000 were spent by lobbyists in the
interest of the trust to defeat the
measure. The money was paid to at-
torneys, witnesses and propagandists,
the largest amount having gone to
William S. Vare's legislative lieuten-
ant, who received $14,103. The wit-
ness who uncovered these facts was
the “chairman of the publiz pnlicy
committee of the Pennsylvania Elec-
tric association.”
Walter H. Johnson, who occupied
this important office in the electric
organization, enjoys an obliging
memory. To all questions as to the
distribution of the funds he replied,
“I don’t remember,” but he was em-
phatic in his declaration that “it was
all spent honorably and lawfully.”
Mr. Healy, counsel for the commis-
sion, questioned this interpretation of
the operation. He said he was unable
to believe that “paying witnesses
heard by legislative committees as
supposedly independent citizens, was
honorable or lawful.” It partook
more of the nature of bribery and
unquestionably the purpose of the
payment was to influence the witness-
es to confuse rather than inform the
Legislators.
The investigation of the Electric
Power Trust was given to the Federal
Trade Commission for the reason that
the trust were afraid of a Congres-
sional investigation, as contemplated
by Senator Walsh, of Montana, au-
thor of the movement. The trust lob-
by in Washington hoped that the
Trade Commission would be respon-
sive to the demands of Big Busi-
ness and suppress all damaging evi- |
dence. That this expectation is be- |
ing disappointed is a matter for pop- |
ular congratulation. The facts al-
ready brought out are sufficient to
prove the sinister purpose of the
trust. But that is not enough. It |
its source. !
|
—We hereby pay our respects to|
Joseph McSuley, artistic painter, for
brush in painting the lady on the
fountain at the big spring, donated
to the borough by Mr. and Mrs. M.
A. Landsy. He painted the drinking |
fountzin and the base of the big
fountain a bronze color but when it
came to the lady he was uncertain
just what kind of paint they are s-
ing now. Water superintendent J. D.
Seibert suggested the natural flesh
color with a dark cream for the lady’s
clothing. Because of his natural
modesty Mr. McSuley balked on the
proposition but superintendent Sei-
bert finally induced him to go ahead
with the result that the lady now pre-
sents quite an attractive appearance,
and most every man who passes there !
stops to admire the handiwork.
—Dr. William R. Ham, of Boalsburg
and State College, who stood third in'
the race for the Republican nominu-
tion for the Legislature in Centre
county, was the first to file his ex-
pense account, and to the writer's
knowledge is the only candidate in
the county to make an entry of his
The doc-
tor gives one item, “Automobile, 2,-
500 miles, at 4 cents a mile, $100.”
Another entry is $40 for meals, and
$74.32 to Keystone Gazette for ad-
vertising and printing. His entire
expenses are given as $287.32.
—The withdrawal of Senator]
Walsh from the contest for the Dem-
ocratic nomination for President is |
proof that the distinguished gentle-
man from Montana does not choose
to be a political dog in the manger.
-—There is a widespread impression
that Jim Watson, of Indiana, is
“fighting” in the last ditch” with his
back against the muddy side.
—The Republican National com-
mittee may as well understand that
Will Hays will not undertake to pay |
campaign debts hereafter.
rr ——— A ——————
—Then Mr. Hoover is not altogetn-
er immune from factional perils. The
corn belt threatens a third party if
he is nominated.
i mt
—Roumania’s royal family is
threatened with real trouble now.
Two hundred thousand peasants de-
mand the dismissal of Bratinau as re-
gent.
—Senator “Jim” Reed, of Missouri,
has plenty of nerve and vastly too
much sense to be enticed to run as
a “bolting” candidate for President.
—Subscribe for the Watchman.
HE.
8.
i ——
NO. 19.
Senator Walsh’s Recognition of the
Obvious.
From the Philadelphia Record.
If any doubt remained as to the
likelihood of Governor Alfred E.
Smith’s nomination for the Presiden-
cy by the Democratic National con-
vention it has certainly been removed
by the withdrawal of Senator Thomas
J. Walsh, of Montana, from the field.
Senator Walsh is a particularly at-
tractive figure—an exceptionally able
lawyer, a man of excellent judgment
and a public servant with a fierce
hatred of everything that savors of
official corruption. He is, indeed, the
very embodiment of personal integri-
ty, and we think that it is no exag-
geration to say that during the past
half century no United States Sena-
tor has rendered a more valuable
service to his country than he has in
his ruthless exposure of the rascals
implicated in the oil scandals. Be-
cause of this record he has been re-
garded as exemplifying in himself the
issue of honesty as against official
knavery, which undoubtedly will be
one of the most important questions
submitted to the voters in the ap-
proaching campaign. :
The fact that such a man, stand-
ing for such an issue, regards the re-
sult of the Democratic primary in
California as indicating that “the
Democrats desire Governor Smith as
their candidate,” and that his own
chances at Houston would be hope-
less, speaks volumes for the popu-
larity of the Governor of New York
and for his strength not onty with his
own party, but with many Republi-
cans as well. Under the circumstanc-
es the Senator’s withdrawal is not on-
ly a recognition of the obvious, but
also a graceful personal gesture.
While other candidates, notably Sen-
ator Reed, of Missouri, still remain
as contestants, their chances of suc-
cess are not to be considered serious-
ly. It now looks as if Alfred E. Smith
would be made the Democratic nomi-
nee by acclamation.
cms
Willis and His Type.
From the New Haven Journal-Courier.
Senator Willis in his career illus-
trated at once the strength and weak-
ness of his type of politics. The em-
phasis on schools and country life and
unaffected democracy is good. It is
heavily patriotic. The Middle West
is forever feeding men and women of
power into national life—wholésome
cohorts. The peril is akin to that of
emotionalism in religion. It was Wil-
lis who, when the 1920 Republican
convention was jaded and confused hy
its inability to fix on a candidate
nate Harding!” and it was done.
Harding was an agreeable man and
would attract voters as the result
showed, but the counsel was not wise;
it was indiscriminating and sloppy;
it was ethically flabby and dangerous.
The unthinking crowds in the street
were entitled to be protected by their
‘leaders from this sort of thing. Burt
Frank Willis could hardly know this
—the social system under which he
was brought up had not thought of |
the menace of mediocrity and the im-
perativeness of an aristocracy of
character, ideals, manners in a gov-
ernment where one vote counts as an-
other.
So,. too, when Daugherty was
brought to book, it was Willis who
promptly declared him “as clean as a
hound’s tooth.” Daugherty, who was
much less scrupulous, had recognized
Willis’ power among the voters. Wil-
lis profited by the association and in
ordinary gratitude stood by his
friends, hoping all was right. The
whole Harding chapter was off the
same piece. This hurrah, impulsive,
hand-shaking, emotional school of
politics, whether East or West, is de-
fective because it does not enlist the
mind—it riots in emotionalism. It
despises research. It is a form of
fundamentalism. It does not put
truth at any cost first.
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Camouflaging Political Maneuvres.
From the Ilarrisburg Telegraph.
Our great American republic is
constantly put in a false position by
little men bobbing around in the seats
of the mighty. It’s not enough that
all manner of investigating commit-
tees shall engage in manufacturing
political campaign ammunition at
Washington; these must now summon
before a new committee all the can-
didates for President to tell about
their campaign expenditures. Not
only must the candidates themselves
appear, but they must furnish a list
of all responsible agents of the can-
didates so that the probing may go
on with renewed activity. Informa-
tion on campaign funds is the al-
leged purpose of this latest game of
probing, but the real effect is to cre-
ate doubt as to the honesty of men
in the public service from the Presi-
dent down the line. Reams and reams
of testimony will be taken and out
of it all will come nothing but con-
fusion and a false impression of the
integrity of those serving their coun-
try in public position.
—Thirteen preparatory and High
schools were represented at the an-
nual interscholastic track and field
meet, at State College, on Saturday.
Kiski won the meet with 47 points
to its credit. Bellefonte Academy
athletes scored 6 points, the Belle-
fonte High school 4 and Gregg town-
ship vocational school 2.
SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE.
—Millions of dollars in securities and
valuable “papers were moved from the
vaults of the Northern Central branch of
the Lycoming Trust company, in Wil-
liamsport, to the new vaults at the main
office of ‘the company Friday morning un-
der heavy guard. Hundreds walked past
the truck never suspecting what a for-
tune was being carried along the street. -
—The body of Thomas Gordon, 30, who
jumped into the Shenango river, near New
Castle, two weeks ago in an effort to
escape after engaging in a gun battle with
police officers, was found on Saturday
night floating in the stream. The pistol
fight ensued when efforts were made to
arrest Gordon on charges of robbery. The
body was found by two policemen.
—Because of the prevalence of typhoid
fever in the vicinity of Broad Top, Hunt- .
ingdon county, the State health depart-
ment has ordered a motorized laboratory
moved there from Pittsburgh, to try to
locate a probable carrier of the disease
on a milk route, now under departmental
suspicion. More than twenty-five cases
have occurred.
—The Mosser tannery, at Gleasonton,
suffered a $4000 loss when the tops of
four large bark sheds were blown off at
the tannery by an explosion and bark was
scattered a distance of 400 feet much of
it being lost in Young Woman's creek.
The force of the explosion shattered the
show window in the Albert Benshaw store,
near the tannery, causing a loss of over
$100.
—Dr. Keffer Hartline, son of Professor
and Mrs. D. S. Hartline, of the faculty of
the State Teachers’ College, at Blooms-
burg, has declined an invitation to go to
the South Pole with Commander Richard
E. Byrd. Dr. Hartline was invited to be
the physician of the expedition. Hart-
line is engaged in research work at Johns
Hopkins University and he did not like
to lose two years from that work.
—The project to purchase the Cook for-
est by subscription and State aid has
been accomplished and before the summer
is over the beautiful tract of virgin tim-
ber will belong to the people of Pennsyl-
vania for all time to come. Thomas Lig-
get, of Pittsburgh, who has been doing
the bulk of the work in getting the money
subscribed, announced Friday, that not
only was the forest an assured thing as
a State park, but that Clarion river, which
flows through it, would be cleaned up and
brought back to its pristine glory.
—At the federal court for the Middle’
district of Pennsylvania, which opened at
Harrisburg, on Monday, J. Edward Ru-
pert, former cashier of the National Bank,
of MecVeytown, Mifflin county, was sen-
tenced to thirty days in the Huntingdon
county jail and fined $2000 for violating
a national bank act. He misapplied $2,-
500 of the bank’s funds in 1925. Joseph
Buze and Joseph Dedensky, of Lehighton,
Carbon county, were fined $150 each for
posessing stills on their farms. They said
they used the liquor for themselves.
—Testimony at the inquest into the
death of Anthony Novak, of Chester, a
section hand on the Pennsylvania rail-
road, who was killed by a Washington-
New York flier, revealed that he sacrificed
his life while endeavoring to prevent a
wreck. Novak was working on the ad-
joining track when the express train ap-
proached, but had a pinchbar wedged be-
neath a rail in its path. He heard a com-
panion’s warning shout of the approach-
ing train, but ignored it while attempt-
ing to free the bar.
—Lightning played queer pranks with
the hand and foot of J. W. Dodson, of
Jonestown, Columbia county, Sunday
| night. Dodson was eating supper when a
bolt struck close to him, but did net
{ damage his home. He was holding a fork
in his right hand, and six holes were
purned in the palm of that hand. A
metal dise was attached to the rubber
heel of one shoe, and both the heel and
the metal disc were melted, burning in
- his heel to the bone. While the injuries
are painful, they are expected to have no
serious results.
—The most deserted wife in York is be-
lieved to be Mrs. Melvin Eckenrode, who
told the court that since she married her
i husband he left her exactly thirteen times.
Eckenrode has been in jail on a charge of
desertion and when he appeared for a
parole his wife opposed it. Eckenrode did
| not like his wife’s advice to the court, so
! he appealed to the court probation officer,
| L. David Keesey, to vouch for the fact
| that he made payments for his wife's sup-
port. The officer told the court that “he
{is absolutely no good.” He was returned
I to jail.
—@Gold has been discovered upon the
farm of E. L. Moore, in Damascus town-
ship, Wayne county, near where the Land
family, ancestors of Colomel Charles Lind-
hergh, lived. An assay of a small quan-
tity of dirt and mineral taken from a
bore for a well was made at State Col-
lege, Pa., revealing a gold content of 0.16
ounces, equivalent to $3.31, and a silver
content of 0.24 ounces of a value of 15
cents. Copper and coal are also in evi-
dence in the ledges of the township. A
bed of graphite lies in the Delaware riv-
er valley a short distance from where gold
has beeen discovered.
—A charge of involuntary manslaughter
was lodged against Herbert Johnson, of
Jamestown, N. Y., attendant at the North
Warren State hospital for the insane,
when he was arraigned in connection with
the death of Elvin Roberts, aged 40, of
Coudersport, an inmate. Roberts died on
Thursday night and a coroner's jury held
that he came to his death as a result of
improper treatment, contrary to the rules
of the institution, and poor health. John-
son was an attendant in charge of Rob-
erts’ ward, and Clifford Delp, nother at-
tendant, testified that Roberts had been
roughly handled and that a towel had
been twisted around his neck. Johnson
was held without bail for the June term
of court.
—Tying a stick of dynamite about his
neck, George Malinovsky, aged 51, a Pole,
set fire to the fuse attached to it, and
watched it burn up to the cap, and then
was blown into eternity at his home in
Blazkburn, five miles from Houtzdale, on
Wednesday evening, May 2nd, about 9
o'clock. Neighbors foumd the body the
next day, decapitated, with the breast
mutilated, and the entire body torn and
twisted by the explosion. The interior of
the room where the man committed sul-
cide was badly wrecked, while windows In
the house had been shattered by the ex-
plosion. Malinovsky was alone in his
home at the time of the explosion, having
driven his wife and two children out of
the house on. Tuesday. He continually
abused his family, it was reperted.