INK SLINGS.
* —The peonies will hardly make it
Memorial day.
. —These cool May days are certain-
ly giving the family coal pile the
marasmus. :
—TUp to the present writing straw
hat day doesn’t seem to have taken
with much virulence.
—When somebody starts asking
you how wet Smith is answer by ask-
ing how dry is Hoover. ?
—1It’s all right with us if the Prince
of Wales wants to wear red garters
and we hope the youth of our land
will ape the new style for we're tired
seeing their socks sloshing between
their shoe tops and their ankle bones.
—W. R. Inge, of England, says:
“All young people with soft hearts
tend to be socialists at twenty-one.
Only those with soft heads are Social-
ists twenty-one years later.” If the
“gloomy dean” ever said a mouthful
he did it when he emitted that opin-
ion.
—If Mr. Guffey, Mr. McCormick
and a few others will kindly keep
their hands off the Democrats of
Pennsylvania might select a chair-
man at Harrisburg tomorrow who
will be for the success of the Demo-
cratic party and not for the exploita-
‘tion of those who think they are
above the party.
Herbert Hoover was on a fishing
expedition to Central Pennsylvania
during the early part of the week.
Real fish are what Mr. Hoover is said
‘to have been after. Perhaps that’s
‘true, but delegates would not have
been scorned, we’ll bet. For the lat-
ter the gentleman should have baited
his hook with Melon.
—If we had our way we'd set the
fool killers on these he-dancers who
drape a leopard skin about their loins
and cavort about in movements that
remind us of the indulations of a gi-
raffe’s neck. They call it classic danc-
‘ing but their descriptive adjective
"has too many letters in it the ¢ and
1 ought to be left off.
—The investment yield of the bet-
ter grade of stocks having fallen
nearly a third of one per cent under
‘that of the better class of bonds it is
‘but natural to expect that money will
turn to the purchase of the latter.
If his should happen the crowd that
‘specializes in buying at the top will
be left holding the bag, as it always
has done and probably always will
do.
—From New York to Los Angeles
in two days, by train and plane,
sounds good for those who want to
make the trip quickly. When we cross
the continent the old covered wagon
won’t be too slow, for we want to get
something else than a flying glimpse
at the country we traverse. This
“here she comes, there she goes” man-
ner of traveling leaves one with noth-
ing to tell of a trip except that he has
been there and back.
—Of course those in charge of the
work know more about it than we do;
at least they are supposed to, but we
are going to have our say, notwith-
standing. ‘The stone that is being
put on the highways hereabouts is too
large. It doesn’t bond, there is not
enough asphaltum to hold it and
much of it is sloughed to the sides of
the road, leaving the old road bed, in
many places, without the slightest ap-
pearance of having been resurfaced.
—In the mail this week was one
.of the Brigg’s comic strips which
Bill Scullin, Tyrone tailor, evidently
cut out and sent us as a reminder of
the days when “melody flowed freely
and unconfined.” It is a jesting car-
icature of the “pick-up” male quar-
ter and really very cleverly done. We
see ourselves in it as others possibly
saw us years ago, but the smile it
should bring is halted by the sadness
of the thought that those days of ef-
fervescent spirit and nightly comra-
derie are gone forever. God, what a
tragedy life is when one has the will to
-do it yet, but the voice is so cracked
and wavering that it would be farcical
to attempt a comeback. Perhaps the
fact that we have sense enough to
know that our days or first tenoring
are over should be compensation
enough, but it doesn’t stop the long-
“ing for
Time to turn back just for one night
To the scenes where memories hang
And give us the joy; Oh! the delight,
Of singing old songs with the gang.
—Central Pennsylvania Republican
papers have been devoting consider-
~able space lately to the launching of
a boom for our Senator, the Hon.
Harry B. Scott, for Governor. For
several years there have been hints
of such a possibility. Where they
have originated we have never been
able to find out, but since they have
been persistently consistent we opine
‘that they haven’t just been sucked
out of somebody’s thumb. It is about
time for Centre county to produce
another Governor for Pennsylvania
and since Senator Scott has both the
time, the money and, doubtless, the
ambition why shouldn’t he become an
aspirant for the honor? We have
known many Governors in Pennsylva-
nia and of them we think we are be-
‘ing quite truthful when we say very
few have been superior in capacity
for such an office to our Senator. Its
overwhelming majority in Pennsylva-
nia makes it possible for the Repub-
lican party to make Governors out of
whom ever it chooses. That being the
fact the party might go further and
fair far worse than by making the
+: Senator its candidate two years hence.
&@
4 ~~"
STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION.
VOL. 73.
Big Business Under Suspicion.
Mr. John D. Rockefeller Jr., who as
an individual and trustee, controls a
large proportion, though not a major-
ity of the shares of the Standard il
company of Indiana, has asked Rob-
ert W. Stewart to resign the chair-
manship of that corporation. When
the question of Mr. Stewart’s partici-
pation in the rascally deal of the Con-
tinental Trading company was under
investigation by a Senate committee,
he testified that he had received none
of the bonds or profits of that sin-
ister operation. Mr. Rockefeller then
assured the committee that if subse-
quent inquiry proved the contrary he
would ask Mr. Stewart to resign the
chairmanship in order to vindicate the
integrity of the corporation.
At a later session of the committee,
—————
quitted of conspiracy to rob the gov-
ernment, Mr. Stewart acknowledged
that he had received $759,000 of the
bonds as his share of the profits of
the Continental Trading company’s
shabby transaction, and Mr. Rocke-
feller has asked for his resignation.
“Your recent testimony before the
Senate committee,” Mr. Rockefeller
wrote Mr. Stewart, leaves me no al-
ternative other than to ask you to
make good the promise you voluntar-
ily gave some weeks ago, that you
would resign at my request. That
request I now make.” Thus far it
has not been complied with and the
indications are it will require force
to remove him, and the force may not
be available.
The oil scandal has strengthened
greatly a suspicion in the public mind
that the entire fabric of Big Business
in this country is resting on a rot-
ten foundation. It is now freely pre-
dicted in financial circles that a mjor-
ity of the stockholders of the Indiana
corporation will sustain Stewart, not-
withstanding his moral delinquencies,
because his management has pro-
duced big dividends. Other evidences
of moral degeneracy are abundant
and flagrant. The Governor of Penn-
sylvania, the Secretary of the United
States treasury, some Senators in
Congress and leading bankers and
commercial organizations have ex-
hausted all’ their resources to confirm
Bill Vare’s stolen title to a seat in
the United States Senate.
guished jurist sounds an admonitory
note against this dangerous trend. In
Washington, the other day, Judge Ed-
win B. Parker, addressing the United
States Chamber of Commerce said,
“business must, in order to reap the
advantage of group action, scrupu-
lously discharge its group responsi-
bilities. It must condemn and repu-
diate, not alone the principal offend-
ers, but also those social outlaws
whose conduct is in the twilight zone
between acts illegal and criminal and
acts simply unmoral,” which acts
will inevitably bring upon them -
selves and the entire institution of
business the thunderbolts of public
wrath.” Those who are supporting
Vare are equally culpable in his
crime,
—The Athletics got a bad start in
the pennant race but theyre going
strong now.
Type of Man Needed.
The Democratic State committee
will assemble at Harrisburg tomorrow
for the purpose of reorganization.
The most important feature of its
work will be the election of a chair-
man of the committee and chairmen
of the several district committees. So
far as our information goes there are
no active candidates for the chair-
manship though it is an important of-
fice. This being a Presidential year
a man should be chosen for this serv-
ice who commands respect, is adapt-
ed for the work and is capable and
honest.
Signs indicate that an effort may
be made at the meeting to-morrow to
select a chairman who may not be in
sympathy with the candidate for
President in the event that this hon-
or is bestowed by the Houston con-
vention upon a man now popular in
the public mind. Such a result of the
reorganization would be a major, if
not a fatal mistake. The chairman
of the party in Pennsylvania this year
should be a broadminded, enthusias-
tic and militant Democrat, to whom
the arduous work of the campaign
will be “a labor of love.”
There are plenty of men in Penn-
sylvania who measure up to this high
standard of fitness. It is not an en-
ticing job, for it involves hard work
and little recompense, other than the
satisfaction that follows faithful en-
deavor and worthy achievement. If
such a man is called to head the par-
ty organization to-morrow, no matter
who the candidate for President may
be, the Democratic voters of Pennsyl-
vania will be encouraged to invest
both energy and enthusiasm in a su-
preme effort to win a deserved vic-
tory in November.
after Harry Sinclair had been ac-
It is small wonder that a distin-
: Uncle Andy and Hoover in Agreement.
i Now it may be safely predicted that
! Uncle Andy and Sir Herbert Hoover
have piactically come to an agree-
Tent: It hasn’t been signed, sealed
| and delivered as yet, but it has be-
| come a custom among these eminent
i politicians to transact business care-
!lessly and make ‘“gentlemen’s agree-
| ments” serve the purpose of a “sealed
"instrument in writing on paper or
| parchment.” Harry Sinclair paid Al-
‘bert Fall more than a quarter of a
‘million of dollars for a third interest
in a property worth less than that
without even taking a receipt for the
money, and Uncle Andy might well
take Sir Herbert’s word for the fu-
ture delivery of a favor, that might
never be available, in consideration of
a service of much present value.
At the caucus of the Pennsylvania
delegates to the Kansas City conven-
tion, held in Philadelphia last Satur-
day, Uncle Andy was elected chair-
man and in expressing appreciation
of the honor he said, “we hear much
talk of the various candidates and of
their policies. Among them all Mr.
Hoover seems to come closest to the
standard we set for this high office.”
That was hardly a frank avowal of
support, but as Mercutio remarked,
“it is enough” to put the Hoover
managers in a high state of exulta-
tion and persuade his convention col-
leagues that the nomination of Mr.
Hoover will be “best for Pennsylva-
nia and the nation.” Anything that
benefits Uncle Andy necessarily helps
| the party in Pennsylvania.
| In other respects the caucus re-
"vealed a happy frame of mind among
the delegates and a sublime interest
in the prosperity of the organization.
| There were a lot of speakers and all
| of them in jovial mood. Big Tom
! Cunningham was re-elected treasurer
of the State committee and appraised
the ‘selection of General Atterbury
as a guarantee of “free passes all
over the country.” William S. Vare
was signally honored and Max Leslie,
of Pittsburgh, was not overlooked in
the disposal of favors. In fact sub-
stantial evidence was registered that
the ballot thieves, big and little, still
stand high in the favor of the organi-
zation. If there are any veformers left
in the party they will find little com
fort in the proceedings.
—Secretary Hoover got very much
peevd when the Senate committee
asked him personal questions. But if
he is nominated for President even
more embarrassing questions will be
put to him.
Big Tom “Marching On.”
Big Tom Cunningham, of Phila-
delphia, is still moving toward the
District of Columbia jail. In the
United States District court at Phila-
delphia, the other day, Judge Dick-
inson gave him another substantial
push. The Judge decided that Mr.
Cunningham must stand trial in
Washington on a charge of “contempt
of the Senate,” and that court has al-
ready established a record of convict-
ing other offenders more important,
more affluent and more influential. Mr.
Cunningham may escape conviction
and sentence, as Colonel Stewart, of
the Indiana Standard Oil company, did
‘by practically confessing perjury. But
| that is a humiliating process.
Judge Dickinson not only dismissed
i Big Tom’s application for a writ of
habeas corpus but issued a warrant
‘for his removal to Washington. Of
course there will be an appeal and
delay in the execution of’ this process.
Plenty of money can be obtained from
| the sources that supplied his $50,000
to the Vare campaign corruption fund
to retard the progress of justice. But
it will be a foolish and futile invest-
iment. The Philadelphia methods of
protecting criminals will not avail.
The issue will be joined outside of
the jurisdiction of that system. When
Big Tom got to “cutting up” in Wash-
ington he “took in too much terri-
tory.” The “organization” is impo-
tent outside of Philadelphia.
And it is right and proper that this
arrogant political pirate should be
checked in his career of electoral
crime. It ought to, and may have, a
wholesome influence on the political
morals of Pennsylvania. For years
Big Tom and a group of men of his
type, servile followers of Vare, have
been debauching the elections, not on-
ly of Philadelphia but of Pennsylva-
nia. When they are made to under-
stand that they are not immune from
punishment they will probably be less
eager to build up big majorities by
fraud, and honest men and women
will be able to rescue the government
of the State and cities from “the
gang.” It is “a consummation de-
voutly to be wished.” It may be hard
on Tom but he deserves it.
— Philadelphia has scored big in
achievement in the past, according to
the esteemed Record, but its most
marvelous work is in voting dcad
men, infants and animals.
BELLEFONTE. PA.. MAY 18. 1928.
vealed.
tire city of Philadelphia.
| It is a principle of law that fraud
'tiates any transaction with which it
. is concerned and a vote so submerged
in fraud as that is certainly void.
consternation,”
aged them,
ganization.”
“organization” protected
“organization” did so in the name
was the head.
pable in supporting Vare’s bog
L-elaim. by . Se
eee.
on during the week. The map,
cian to figure it out.
send him to Sing Sing for life.
knows no cost.
ested in his opinions.
PEESSEE—— EE
us” run is alive with trout, but
Tun is.
ere ———
— Senator Watson carried the
that the President’s compromise
like an unconditional surrender.
General Martin, but the hand will
the hand of Uncle Andy.
mud at Greenly Island.
delegates will be willing to vote
else to defeat Hoover.
of his nomination.
—Now if Goff defeats Hoover
West Virginia the
ed in the future.
EOP
Philadelphia Criminal Method Re- |
The testimony of former district
attorney Fox, of Philadelphia, before
the Senate Slush Fund committee last
week, makes the duty of the Senate
in the Wilson-Vare contest plain. Mr.
Fox testified to such a volume and
variety of fraud in the Senatorial
election of 1926 as to invalidate the
returns in at least what are known as
the “river wards,” if not of the er
The “river
wards” are those from one to twenty,
and the votes of those wards elimi-
‘nated the fraudulent majority re-
turned for Vare would be wiped out.
The newspaper correspondents who
| reported the testimony for publica-
| tion declared that the members of the
committee “were filled with visible
that those present
were “shocked” and “amazed” by the
exposure of crime and venality made
by Mr. Fox. As a matter of fact the
only surprising feature of the recital
lies in the fact that the corrupt meth-
ods are not limited to the river wards
but permeate the entire city. Until
within recent years there were sec-
tions of the city in which honest and
independent voters were able to pre-
vent fraud and conduct elections fair-
ly. But in late years the organiza-
tion has been successful in its efforts
to debauch the vote of the entire city.
Mr. Fox would not say that Mr.
Vare directed these frauds but he de-
clared that the “organization” encour-
that the “organization
leaders” are cognizant of them and
that Mz. Vare is the head of the “or-
He did say that the
criminals
and though Mr. Vare, personally, nev-
er appealed to him, as district attor-
ney, to condone crime or be easy with
criminals, subordinate leaders in the
the “organization” of which Mr. Vare
In fact he showed
clearly that William S. Vare is a cor-
ruptionist and by inference that the
Republican State organization is cul-
—The State Highway Department |
has started the issue of a weekly bul-
letin showing the progress of State
highway construction throughout the
State, the various detours and where
oiling operations are being carried
course, carries all the primary as well
as secondary highway routes in the
State, and is comprehensive in detail,
though it almost takes a mathemati-
‘'—_A New York boy for whom the
police have been looking since last
November was arrested while pray-
ing at his mother’s grave on Sunday.
The crime for which he was wanted is
his fifth offense and if he is convicted
the Baumes law of New York will
awful price to pay, but penitence
—Mr. Vare took advantage of the
caucus to “issue a statement.” Judg-
ing by his vote, outside of Pittsburgh
i and Philadelphia in 1926, the people
of Pennsylvania are not much inter-
—We have been told that “Wamp-
have not been able to meet up with
anyone who knows where Wampus
diana primaries and if Hoover is nom-
inated at Kansas City someebody else
may carry the State in November.
—1It is whispered in Washington
the flood relief bill looks a good deal
—In the coming campaign in Penn-
sylvania the voice will be the voice of
—The Bremen bird men are having
a fine time while army planes are try-
ing to rescue their ship out of the
—1Tt is a safe bet that Jim Watson's
Coolidge, Hughes, Curtis or anybody
—It may be said that there are
also a good many scalping knives
ready for Hoover in Ohio, in the event
“favorite son”
idea will be more generally respect-
NO. 20.
No Uprising in Rumania.
! —
From the Fhiladelphia Inquirer.
the programme
in Rumania,
brother.
ated popular sympathy.
vi-
mony.
Rumanians.
archal regime.
for democratic rule.
than one respect.
more politically minded.
new birth of patriotism.
sions.
tions of Prince Carol.
would find few to fight for him.
in a common list of candidates.
“of
us
Not Needed Now.
From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
of | 118 the Constitution.
new constitutional amendments.
any election law.
own membership.
An
nation to act.
pected members-elect.
required to report their outlays.
we primary, is limited by law.
In-
on
tures.
Why Ten Per Cent?
From the Iarrisburg Telegraph.
be
charitable giving.
hers.
for | EENETOUS than many others
per cent.
of sacrifice.
in | ing which represents
sification of “inconvenient service.”
Revolution is obviously no part of
of the Peasant party
The recent march of the
Green Shirts upon Bucharest was a
peaceable affair, and the Government,
had no occasion to interfere by force.
Of the two hundred thousand who set
out for the capital only five thousand
got there; Maniu, the leader of the
party, called them off. All that he
desired, apparently, was a demonstra-
tion which would compel the attention
of Bratianu, second of the dynasty
and far less powerful than his dead
Disorder would have alien-
Most Ru-
manians, fearing Hungary and Soviet
Russia, are anxious for internal har-
The march was a sort of po-
litical strike. Such tactics accord with
the naturally pacific character of the
The elder Bratianu had no great
difficulty in maintaining a semi-patri-
The vast mass of the
people hag little regard or capacity
But the new
Rumania differs from the old in more
The province of
Transylvania, added to Rumania after
the World war, has a more aggressive
and enterprising population, and one
Moreover,
the increased importance of the coun-
try internationally has resulted in a
The Peas-
ant party is no more willing than any
other to see it torn by internal dissen-
That is one reason why there
is so little sympathy with the ambi-
Even if he
were more liked and respected, he
Yet the question whether the peo-
ple are to govern themselves or be
governed by Bratianu with an unrep-
resentative Parliament is on: that
must be settled sooner or later. Brat-
ianu would like to obtain the collab-
oration of Maniu; he would permit
another general election if the Peas-
ants would unite with the Liberals |
But
the former are naturally afraid that
this would mean their elimination as
a party. The best organized opposi-
tion to Bratianu is the National par-
ty—a fusion of blocs, the remnants
of Jonescu’s old following. But there
is apparently no prospect that Maniu
will combine with them. Unless, then,
there is some radical change in the
situation, a political overturn in Ru-
mania does not appear to be immi-
Mr. Cutting, of New Mexico, has
lost little time after entering the Sen-
ate in offering resolutions for amend-
New members
are especially susceptible to the pop-
ular idea that the way to bring about
this or that more or less needed re-
form is to tinker with the fundamen-
tal law. And so he would have two
One
would give Congress control over all
primaries, including presidential ones,
and the other would bar from Senate
or House any candidate who vioiates
The latter sugges- |
tion is particularly inept in view of
the existing constitutional provision
making each house the judge of its
Where violation of
law has been clearly shown, neither
House has ever evinced any disincli-
Contentions, indeed,
have been raised on the other hand
that the Senate especially has tended
to exceed the bounds of its lawful
discretion in excluding accused or sus-
No limit is now imposed on expen-
ditures by presidential candidates, ai-
though national party committees are
The
amount that may be expended person-
ally by candidates for Senate and
House in the general election, not the
Appar-
ently the Constitution would have to
be amended to cover presidential can-
didates’ campaigns; but the desirabpil-
ity of such action has been seriausly
doubted by students of this question.
President Roosevelt once referred to
the danger that such laws will “act
only as a penalty upon honest men.”
Certainly the present investigation at
Washington has indicated no pressing
need for a further cumbering of the
statute books in an attempt to en-
force economy in campaign expendi-
A wealthy St. Louis man, dying a
short time ago, remarekd in his will
that for forty years he had given 10
per cent of his income to charity. He
felt he had discharged his obligation
and he made no further provision for
Many will say he did well in giv-
ing away ten per cent of his income.
And he deserves credit for being more
But the fact remains the man does
not necessarily discharge his obliga-
tion to the community or to his own
conscience by giving away any stated
In the case of some men
and women ten per cent of the in-
come would not represent a particle
Generosity and unselfishness can-
not be mathematically computed. Giv-
no sacrifice,
whatever, deserves much less praise
than the giving which earns the clas-
SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE
—Announcement is made by the Pennsge
Ivania Department of Highways that 118
detours are now in effect on Pennsylvania
roads.
—The Beech Creek State bank has be-
come the Beech Creek National Bank by
charter grant at Washington. Federal
bank examiners went over the bank’s af-
fairs and conformity to the requirements
of a national bank were effected.
—An office door apd a laboratory draw-
er containing gold and platinum for fillin¥®
were jimmied Friday noon in the office of
Dr. William E. Black, dentist, in Lewis-
town. Material valued at $100 was taken,
including a fraternity pin and ring.
—Helen A. Smith Baum, of Pittsburgh,
has been awarded $13,000 damages against
the city in a verdict returned by a jury
in common pleas court on Monday, for
injuries she sufferd when an automobile
in which she was riding ran into a hole
in DeSoto street, August 30, 1924.
—Samuel D. Truxall, 82, of Butler, Pa.
has not missed a day from his job as
caretaker of the Butler Guaranty Trust
company in 25 years. Not only that, but
he has lived there 78 years, has been with-
out employment for only two weeks in 52
years and never has beeen confined to bed
on account of illness.
—An offer to give four farms, embrac-
ing 880 acres, ty the county of Berks as a
site for a new jail, workhouse and alms-
house has been made by William W. Es-
sick, Reading manufacturer. The land,
situated a short distance northwest of
Reading, was once the property of Joseph
Hiester, former Governor of Pennsylvania.
—When beavers want to build a dam
they persist regardless of efforts made to
discourage them or the convenience of the
State foresters who use nearby roads, For.
est Ranger Robert Bailey has reported to
the Department of Forests and Waters. .
Beaver are becoming numerous in the vi-
cinity of Bear Meadows, in the Logan
State forest district, Bailey reported.
—William Womeldorf, a farmer residing
about sixteen miles from Lock Haven,
suffered a $15,000 fire loss with no insur-
ance, when straw and hay in his barn
took fire Thursday night as he was at-
tempting to remove an old car from the
barn and the machine backfired. The
barn, five head of cattle, implements and
crops, outbuildings, house and part of the
contents were destroyed.
—It cost John Meskovich, landlord, of
Uniontown, just $2353 for his attempt to
prove to his tenants that there was no
leaking gas in the cellar. When the ten-
ants, Valera and Walter Sumek, com -
plained of leaking gas, Meskovich chal-
lenged their statement by striking a
match. The resulting explosion caused
burns for which the tenants sued for
damages and were awarded $2353.
—Four young women prisoners in the
Indiana county jail dug through a brick
wall and escaped late Sunday night, but
were recaptured on Monday. Several
bricks were pried from the wall of the
hospital section of the jail. As the wom-
en, ranging in age from 19 to 25 years,
escaped an employee at a gasoline station
saw them and reported to police. All of
them were found within the eity. °
—Charles Duser, 50, member of the Pi-
oneer Fire company, of Hazleton, lost his
life in responding to an alarm when a
building occupied by the Jacob Koplin
store, the Pennsylvania House Furnishing
{ company and the Stanley studio was gut-
| ted by fire late Saturday night. Duser
was thrown from a motor fire engine as
{it rounded a cormer and he died from a
| fractured skull at the State hospital. He
was a Lehigh Valley raiiroad irainman.
__The board of trustees of Selinsgrove
State Colony for Epileptice has advertised
for bids for the construction of new cot-
tages. This institution will be the first
State colony for epileptics. At present the
epileptics ure being accomodated in the
mental hospitals and in the schools for
mental defectives, It is estimated that
2000 epileptics are now being cared for
with the insane and feeble-minded. Many
of these patients can be given better care
if segregated in such an institution as is
being developed at Selinsgrove.
—An attempt to blow up and destroy
by fire the $225,000 plant of the Speece-
ville Brick company at Speeceville, Dau-
phin county, was frustrated by employees
i who discovered a pile of black powder
| and kerosene soaked debris in the wooden
cutting room of the plant. State police
started an investigation of the “plant”
and attempted to learn the reason for
starting the blaze. A chance inspection
of a boiler led to the discovery of the
powder. Candles had been placed ou the
pile and were burning at the time.
—The Beech Creek plant of the Gener-
al Refractories company which won the
cup awarded by the General Refractories
company in its safety campaign contest
for 1927, has also been awarded a hand-
some silver cup for the year 1927 awarded
by the Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Cas-
nalty company for the lowest accident
severity experience among the clay group.
The Beech Creek plant is also up in the
front ranks of the no-accident group for
the quarter ending March 31, 1928, being
tied with West Decatur, Danville and
Sandy Ridge.
—TFire, suspected of being of incendiary
origin, early Tuesday morninf swept the
A. J. Black Coal company at Broad Top
city and died out only after destroying
property valued at $70,000. All except
£10,000 of this loss falls directly on the
coal company, the smaller amount repre-
senting the loss of a road contractor who
had road machinery stored there. Last
Thursday morning an explosion, which
authorities believe was caused by idle
miners, destroyed a generator at the mine
with a loss of $20,000. The Black company
loss is one fourth covered by insurance,
while the road contractor carried no in-
surance.
—Free J. Tyrell, 53, attorney and Sun-
day school superintendent, on Sunday
shot and killed Philip J. Clark, 36, in the
First Christian church at Mulhall, a sub-
urb, of Pittsburgh, a few minutes before
Sunday school classes were scheduled to
assemble. Clark died with three bullets
in his body. Tyrrell was arrested a half
hour later. A year ago Tyrell filed. pa-
pers in a divorce suit for the wife of the
slain man, Clark said. Since that time,
the father said Mrs. Clark had been
working in the office of the attorney. De-
tectives said they learned Clark haa
sought to force Tyrell to resign as Sun-
day school superintendent. Clark was
said to have appeared at the church, on
Sunday to make charges against Tyrell.
He was shot withesses said, as he was
talking to a church trustee.