INK SLINGS.
——Maybe Mayor Mackey, of Phil-
adelphia, is still on the pay roll of
the Mitten management.
— Mr. Hoover's protest against
intolerance would be more effective in |
the form of an order to muzzle Mrs. |
Willebrandt.
— Inasmuch as the “Afaletics” didn’t
win we're off Mr. Cornelius McGilli- |
cuddy until next season, 2 t |
least. Almost we would be saying :
mean things about his inability to’
nose out Miller Huggins’ bunch of |
crippled Yanks were it not for the |
belief that “Conny” is going to vote
for Smith. |
— We're in trouble again. Re-.
becca Naomi is after us. We antici- |
pated a rise out of her when we quot- |
ed Lincoln on Prohibition last week,
but since we thrive on trouble we're |
delighted, especially when the ladies :
heap it on us. Miss Rhoads’ challenge
of our accuracy is published in “Talks |
With the Editor.” |
—We're out of step with our State |
chairman. Mr. Collins is doing a fine |
work but he is seeing things. When
he predicts a hundred and fifty thous- |
and majority for Smith in Pennsyl- |
vania we fear his wish is father to
the thought. Pennsylvania will prob- |
ably not give Smith a majority at all, !
but the State is so uncertain as to |
give Mr. Hoover’s managers a lot of |
sleepless nights.
—Where was the man we are pay-
ing taxes to support when young
John Coolidge got into that automo-
bile smash-up. Of course we will be
accused of villifying some sacrosanct
Republican by even referring to the
ridiculousness of paying a secret ser-
vice man to watch over the Presi-
dent’s son while he works at his job,
but what we want to know is: What's
‘the use of paying the fellow if he
can’t keep John out of jeopardy and
why is John of any more value fo
this good old U. S. A. than the son of
any other parent.
—By way of starting something,
we want to ask the Hon. Holmes just
what he has done to stimulate the
idea that he should be our perpetual
Representative at Harrisburg. Did
he get any more for The Pennsyl-
ania State College, the new peni-
tentiary, the hospitals and other State
dependent institutions than somebody
else might have gotten? Did he
make himself so consequential in the
Legislative halls of Pennsylvania that
his own party in the Commonwealth
is clamoring to have him back there
to guide the Ship of State? Did he
do anything, like the late Calvin
Meyer did, by way of making Har-
risburg sit up and take notice that
Centre ‘county wants to-send a states-
man to represent her—and when the
has found one she wants to keep him
there.
—We are not unappreciative of the
service the members of our National
Guard unit are rendering the State
and the Nation—should an emer-
gency arrive—but we're against the
proposed bond issue for the erection
of armories, etc. The State has am-
ple current funds to take care of such
needs and if this bond issue mania is
encouraged the millions of dollars
that are garnered in to the State
Treasury annually will be squander-
ed in all directions. Because we don’t
pay any direct State tax we are sup-
posed to believe that it will cost us
nothing. We don’t believe any such
thing, because we know that we pay
for it all indirectly which is the very
worst method for us. Corporation
taxes mean nothing to the person
without wit to understand that he or
she pays them in every transaction
with the corporation so taxed. We
happen to know that for several
years the Adjutant Generals’ Depart-
ment of Pennsylvania has been look-
ing for a suitable site for an armory
and drill ground for our local troop.
It wasn’t doing that in anticipation of
the present proposed bond issue. It
was planning to take proper care of
the local organization and it will do
that eventually whether the bond is-
sue is approved or disapproved.
—When you are asking yourself:
What has Al. Smith ever done to
qualify himself to be President of
the United States why not hark back
four years and try to recall whether
you asked yourself the same ques-
tion when you went into the booth
and voted for Coolidge—if you voted
that way. Mr. Coolidge would never
have been President if it had not been
for the death of Warren G. Harding.
In all probability not one in one
‘hundred readers of the Watchman
would ever have known that such a
person existed had not political ex-
pediency seized on the possible po-
tency of a bally-hoo over his sup-
posed settlement of a police strike in
Boston. It was that and nothing else
that caused the Chicago convention of
his party to name him for Vice Pres-
ident on the
We don’t know that Al Smith ever
forced warring “bulls” back into their
proper pasture, but we do know that
he has been four times Governor of
a darned sight bigger State than
Massachusetts ever will be. We al-
so know that Grover Cleveland, as
ticket with Harding. |
Dem
STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION.
VOL. 73.
BELLEFONTE. PA.
OCTOBER 5. 1928.
The Whispering Campaign Again. |
The Literary Digest discredits its
pretense of non-partizanship by in-
ferentially supporting the complaint
of Hubert Work, chairman of the Re-
publican National committee, that Mr.
Hoover has been made the victim =f
the “whispering” campaign. In its
issue of last week it says: “It was
whispered diligently, especially dur-
ing the preconvention campaign, that
Mr. Hoover’s Americanism was open
to grave suspicion and that his wealth
had been acquired none too scrupu-
lously,” and quotes the Republican
Hartford Courant as stating that Mr.
Hoover “has been called everything
from a traitor to a superior type of
horse thief.” The obvious purpose
was to convey the impression that
the charges were made by Democrat-
ic campaigners.
Even if Democratic leaders had or-
iginated or promulgated scandalous
charges against Mr. Hoover such 2
violation of ethics and decency would
not justify the vicious methods which
have been adopted, apparently with
the sanction of chairman Work, for
the purpose of alienating support
from Governor Smith. But as a mat-
ter of fact no Democratic leader,
manager, newspaper or spokesman
has charged or encoruaged the cir-
culation of scandals against the Re-
publican candidate. Mr. chairman
Work’s emissaries in the Ku Klux
Klan bureau of the Republican Na-
tional committee, a few ecclesiastical
mountebanks like Dr. John Roach
Straton and a few journalistic charle-
tans have enjoyed a monopoly of this
mendacious method of campaigning.
Previous to the Kansas City con-
vention Senator Charles Curtis, now
the Republican candidate for Vice
President, said some nasty things
about Mr. Hoover and on the day be-
fore the balloting in the convention
he admonished the delegates that the
nomination of Hoover would result in
the defeat of the party in November.
Senator Jim Watson, of Indiana, Sen-
ator Goff, of West Virginia and a
number of other acknowledged lead-
ers of the Republican party, traduced
him shamefully. But the Democratic
leaders and the Democratic press of
the country have scrupulously held to
the lines of' decency in the campaign
and refrained from even encouraging
the circulation of such statements as
the Literary Digest and the Hartford
Courant complains of.
——The motor clubs of the State
seem to be opposed to the proposed
road loan, and motorists ought to
know something on the subject.
Judge Monaghan’s Valuable Service.
District Atty. Monaghan, of Phila-
delphia, is performing an admirable
public service in exposing the corrup-
tion of the official life of that city. Itis
true that he did not initiate the cru-
sade against organized vice which has
been known to exist. But he respond-
ed promptly and efficiently when
Judge Lewis issued the call to action
and the Grand Inquest pointed the
way. He has not only shown that
the police force is affiliated with
the criminal element of the city but
that organized crime practically con-
trols the municipal government.
When it is remembered that he was
elected to punish his predecessor in
office for fidelity to duty his activi-
ty is somewhat surprising but highly
gratifying.
It has been widely known for many
years that the city of Philadelphia is
governed by a gang of political pi-
rates operating for selfish purposes.
Nearly a quarter of a century ago
Elihu Root, of New York, an eminent
lawyer and distinguished Republican
leader, declared that the Republican
organization there “is a criminal con-
spiracy masquerading as the Republi-
can party.” About the same time a
conspicuous reformer said “Philadel-
phia is corrupt and contented.” But
meantime no steps had been taken to
reform the morals or correct the
methods of the governing power un-
til a few years ago the Board of
! Judges selected a District Attorney
who prosecuted a few ballot box
stuffers.
Because of this righteous action the
corrupt machine “marked him for
slaughter” and at the Primary eleac-
| tion a year ago defeated him for the
party nomination. It was expected
that this summary punishment would
admonish his successor against a sim-
ilar use of the office. That expecta-
tion has been disappointed and though
Judge Monaghan has not attacked the
ballot thieves he has achieved an
equally valuable service in exposing
| the partnership of politics and crime
| which has made the evil of ballot pol-
Governor of New York, had no such |
constructive administra- |
lution possible and tracing the cause
to its source.
record for But he is not helping
tion in that Commonwealth as Al |the cause of reform by throwing bo-
Smith has. And who is there to say | quets at Mayor Mackey. As much as
that Cleveland wasn’t among our | any other of the conspirators, Mackey
great Presidents? "is to blame,
NO. 39.
Referendum on Amendment.
The State Chamber of Commerce
has completed a straw vote on the
bond issues to be voted on next
month. The highway bond issue was
approved by 54.3 per cent. and the
welfare issue by 51.5 per cent. The
forestry bond had 50.8 of the vote in
its favor and the State College loan
63.4 per cent, thus appearing the
most popular. The $5,000,000 loan
for the construction of State armor-
ies got only 87.1 per cent. of the to-
tal vote cast. The referendum was
limited to members of the body and
only 30,000 ballots were issued.
Straw votes are not much value as
a rule and frequently they are in-
spired by ulterior motives. But it
may be assumed that this test of pub-
lic sentiment in some measure reflects
the opinions of the business element
of the electorate. It has been known
for some time that there is an aver-
sion in the minds of the people to in-
creasing the bonded debt except for
necessary improvements. Some lead-
ers of the Republican party in the
State have been vigorously opposing
all the loans. This vote indicates that
business men are not in sympathy
with them.
The vote on the State College loan
is gratifying evidence that among
business men the importance of lib-
eral treatment of that great insti-
tution is recognized. The inade-
quacy of equipment which made it
necessary to turn away a consider-
able number of applicants at the
opening of the present term was a
disgrace to the State. The members
of the State Chamber of Congress
realize this fact now and it is to be
hoped that other elements of the pop-
ulation which have greater reason tc
favor the institution will adopt the
same view of the subject.
It is difficult to understand why the
business voters registered so seant
an approval of the forestry loan. It
seems like a promising investment
and ought to be approved. The State
College and forestry loan amend-
ments and that one providing for vot-
ing machines ought to be endorsed
unanimously.
——_A postponement of the election
a few months would be a great help
to the Democratic candidates. By
that time most of the Republican
leaders in Philadelphia and Pitts-
burgh are likely to be in jail.
Expensive Propaganda at Public Cost.
The activities of the Power trust,
as revealed in the investigation now
in progress under the auspices of the
Federal Trade Commission, increases
in significance. At a recent session
of the commission a letter written by
M. H. Aylesworth, managing direc-
tor of the National Electric Light as-
sociation, was submitted. It seems
that some of the officials of the or-
ganization were becoming alarmed
at the cost of their operations. Mr.
Aylesworth advised them to put no
restraints upon their expenditures.
He seems to have been entirely satis-
fied with the results achieved and
gave no thought to the expense.
There was plenty of money available
and it was literally “as free as wa-
ter.”
“All the money being spent is
worth while,” wrote Mr. Aylesworth
to a group of executives, “and may
I leave this thought with you exec-
utives, don’t quit now. At the next
convention have more young ladies
here to do the job right and let off
more men from the departments so
they may come here. Don’t be afraid
of the expense. The public pays the
expense. Let us continue with big!
meetings.” The public referred to is
the consumers of electric energy.
They are increasing in number as in-
dustry expands and when the trust
secures the monopoly for which it is
striving there will be abundance of |
money to reimburse it forits prof- |
ligate propaganda in securing con-
trol. i
Governor Pinchot warned the peo- !
ple of Pennsylvania of the danger im-
pending three years ago, and in one
of his western speeches Governor |
Smith pointed out the relations of
Herbert Hoover to this monstrous
conspiracy. Several of the officers of
the National Electric Light associa-
tion were formerly associated with
him in the government service, the |
Republican platform makes no pro- |
test against the activities of the trust |
and Mr. Hoover is as silent as the
grave concerning it. Yet Mr. Pinchot |
offers his voice and vote to elect Mr.
Hoover to a station that will enable |
him to give more substantial aid to |
the trust than selecting their execu- |
tive and agents to spend their money.
——John Roach Straton has found
out that the decoration of Doctor of
Divinity is not great help to a polit-
ical scavenger.
Curtis Hooked Up With Sinclair.
Recent disclosures “hook up” Sen-
ator Charles Curtis, Republican can-
didate for Vice President rather close-
ly to the Teapot oil scandal. It will
be recalled that when this conspiracy
to rob the government of that valu-
able oil reserve, was revealed, Sena-
tor Curtis was among the leading Re-
publicans to whom Secretary of the
Interior Fall appealed to prevent an
investigation that there was abundant
That fact created suspicion at the
time but the Senator’s emphatic de-
nial that he had any interest in the
matter or knowledge of the subject
served the purpose of diverting the
search into other channels. It was
believed by those concerned in the
investigation that there was abun-
dance of evidence against the accus-
ed.
But since the inauguration of the
whispering campaign by the Republi-
can organization, with the apparent’
sanction of both Hoover and Curtis
the lead then laid was again taken up
and it has been discovered that at the
time Senator Curtis held a consider-
able amount of stock in the Sinclair
companies which had been so liber-
ally favored through the corrupt
lease. Not only that but it is now
known that Senator Curtis had pro-
cured for his son, Harry K. Curtis,
an easy and lucrative job in the em-
ployment of Sinclair which he con-
tinues to enjoy. One of Sinclair’s pol-
icies was to enlist the favor of in-
fluential persons by bestowing that
kind of jobs upon dependant relatives.
When the investigation began
young Curtis suggested to his father
that it might be wise to sever the
family relations with the Sinclair cor-
porations. But it was decided that
such drastic measures were not neces-
sary. Mr. Sinclair had a profitable
sinecure in Chicago and the young
man was shifted to that city where,
in an interview the other day, he
naively stated he has “definite work ’
Its not like Archie Roosevelt |
to do.
who capitalized his father’s name to |
get a job with Sinclair” he added, ‘and |
then had to be shoved around, from
‘department to
they couldn’t find any work that he
spould do.” But the Senator promptly
disposed of his shares in the Sinclair
corporations.
——Republican managers
and South Dakota, Montana,
braska, Minnesota,
Jersey, Rhode Island, Connecticut,
Massachusetts and a few other nor-
mally Republican States, but they
hope to carry Oklahoma and North
Carolina.
League of Women Voters to Banquet
Next Week.
Kiwanians to Celebrate Air Mail
Field Anniversary.
! M. I. Gardner, of Clearfield, was
a guest at the weekly Kiwanian
luncheon, at the Brockerhoff house,
on Tuesday. President W. Harrison
Walker called attention to the fact
that the annual meeting of the Cen-
tre County hospital corporation will
be held in the court house next Mon-
day evening, and every member
should attend. .
George T. Bush called attention to
the fact that December 18th will be
the tenth anniversary of the opening
of the air mail field in Bellefonte and
suggested the holding of some kind
of a celebration commemorating the
event. If nothing else can be done
make an effort to send out to friends
“on that day a special letter of greet-
ing by air mail. It would likely be pos-
sible to have the planes stop at the
Bellefonte field that day, and if prop-
| SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE.
—Edward Cain, fourteen, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Cain and a fresbman in the
Berwick High schol, died at the Berwick
‘hospital on Sunday as the result of a
fractured skull suffered when he fell from
{a truck while delivering newspapers Sat-
i urday.
—Despite the fact that they were re-
ceiving nothing for work they were doing,
three prisoners in the Lycoming county
jail went on strike for “more” money
when they refused to continue work for a
contractor engaged in renovating the fur-
nace and cleaning out the heating pipes in
the prison.
—The dial system of telephones, at a
cost of $307,000 for Lewistown, has been
decided upon by the Bell Telephone Com-
pany, to be installed in 1930, according to
| John F. Kirby, Jr., manager at that place.
| The company will build a general office
| building and Lewistown will become the
center of business for the company be-
tween Altoona and Harrisburg.
| —Constable Paul Wagner, who is in a
i hospital at Reading with a fractured skull,
' was able to speak a few words, on Mon-
day, for the first time since he was beat-
en by a prisoner with an iron bucket 16
1 days ago. The blows paralyzed the con-
! stable’s tongue. Wagner has been ex-
{ onerated by authorities in the killing of
| his assailant, John Monikowski.
| —Because he cut off several pieces of a
! cow’s tail Charles Merrill, a farm hand, is
1 in the Chester county jail awaiting a hear-
"ing. He was arrested on Saturday on a
i charge of cruelty to animals by a justice
‘of the peace sitting at Edgemont. While
{ milking a cow Merrill became angered
! when it struck him in the face with its
| tail. In retaliation, it was alleged, Mer-
! rill eut the tail with his pen knife.
—City and county authorities have join-
{ed in trying to solve the mysterious dis-
j appearance three days ago of Henry Tice,
er interest is shown Bellefonte may 46, a Lebanon county farmer. Tice went
be made a regular stop in the near | to Lebanon last Friday to sell wheat. He
future. Acting on the suggestion the | was last seen boarding an electric car for
i president appointed as » committee | Annville, which is several miles distant
to arrange for the celebration George | from his home at Heilmandale. Because
department, because '
admit
that results are doubtful in North
Ne- |
California, New '
T. Bush, chairman; post-master John
L. Knisely, Robert F. Hunter, Judge
M. Ward Fleming and Samuel M.
Shallcross.
Mr. Bush was the speaker of the
‘day and regaled the Kiwanians with
an account of his trip to Toronto to
attend the philatelic convention and
also the big Toronto fair. This fair
covers three hundred acres of ground,
has one hundred buildings and rep-
resents a capital investment of six-
! teen million dollars. The attendance
last year exceeded one million eight
hundred thousand.
Mr. Bush told of the public utilities
in Toronto, all of which are owned by
the city. Electricity is one cent a
kilowatt hour and gas 85 cents a
. thousand cubic feet.
i On Tuesday evening the members
i of the board of directors of the club
were entertained at dinner at the
i Nittany Country club by Kiwanian
| F. W. West.
i On Tuesday, October 16th, E. B.
| Dorsett, Master of the State Grange,
will be the club luncheon speaker and
every member has been requested to
-take a farmer friend with ‘hist as a
guest. t
' Afternoon Train Finally Taken Off
Lewisburg Railroad.
The afternoon train made its last
run on the Lewisburg division of the
Pennsylvania railroad, last Saturday,
and before they left on the return
trip to Sunbury the train crew said
good-bye to railroad employees here.
:On Monday the mail and baggage
! car which heretofore came to Belle-
fonte on the morning train over the
. Lewisburg and laid over here until
| the evening train to Sunbury, was
jof a considerable sum of money he car-
! ried, the fear that he met with four play
{is growing.
—Sylvester Watson, 33, Negro pool room
owner .of Oil City, last week pleadea
| guilty to charges of burglary, larceny
| and arson in connection with the robbing
i and firing of the Citizens State bank at
Pleasantville, last Monday. Watson, in an
alleged confession, said E. L. Flick, 5,
: cashier of the bank engineered the robbery
"and incendiarism. About seven thousand
dollars were taken, about half of which
was recovered.
—Arraigned before John W. Burket,
. Warriors Mark justice of the peace, on
charges of illegally shooting deer, Conrad
Deeters, Warriors Mark, was fined $100
and costs. Charges of threats and point-
ing firearms were dropped when John D.
: Stroup, Tyrone, who saw the man shoot
i the animal, but refused to prosecute.
Stroup had asserted that he was threaten-
ed by the hunter after he witnessed the
slaughter of the deer.
—While she was peering into a hand
i mirror after a playmate had dressed her
! hair, Mary Grace Brown, 8 years of age,
; was shot and killed by Edna Lemmon, 10
| years old. The latter child aimed a shot
gun, which she did not know was loaded,
at the mirror. The shot shattered the
mirror - and tore away the - top of the
“Brown girl's head. The children were
| alone in the house of the parents of the
{ Lemmon girl which is located two miles
south of Littlestown, Adams county.
{ —Mrs. Almira Parsons, of Mount Union,
has just celebrated her 83rd birthday an-
niversary with as much enthusiasm as 2a
person half that age. Notwithstanding
the fact that she has reached that number
of years, Mrs. Parsons sews and reads
without spectacles and looks after her
household every day. Her basement is
stored for the winter with rows of pre-
served fruits, which she prepared. Her
health is good. She is the mother of nine
children, has thirty-seven grandchildren
and twenty-nine great grandchildren.
—Shot in the right breast, Joseph Cind-
i
The Centre Co. League of Women | izken back on the morning train, This | 0: 2, of Hammer Park, Westmoreland
t
voters will
county, is in a hospital at Greensburg, and
give a dinner at the train, also, took the milk car from the | you, Smridge, 46, is in the Westmore-
Brockerhoff house, Bellefonte, on the Bellefonte plant of the Sheffield 'land county jail in connection with the
evening of Thursday, October 11th,
at 7 o’clock.
Mrs. Seltzer, Philadelphia
chairman of the League, will be one
of the speakers.
| Farms company.
With the taking off of the afternoon
‘awarded to J. G. Marshall, of Belle-
| fonte, the contract for carrying the
Republican and Democratic candi- ‘ afternoon mail from Bellefonte to
dates for the coming election are in- Millheim by motor truck. Mr. Mar-
vited to be present. Mr. Holmes and | shall will leave Bellefonte at 3 o’clock
Mr. Thompson, candidates for the |p. m., and will carry closed pouches
State Legislature, Mr. Costello and for Pleasant Gap, Centre Hall, Spring
Mr. Chase, candidates or Congress, | Mills and Millheim. The latter place
will be asked to speak. | will probably be utilized as a distrib-
The price of a ticket for the din- | uting office for postoffices in that vi-
ner is $1.00. These can be obtained cinity. Returning Mr. Marshall is
from Mrs. Robert Beach and Mrs. scheduled to reach Bellefonte at 6
Adolph Fauble, both of Bellefonte. It o'clock.
is hoped that many men and women |
will take this opportunity to meet the
i
| shooting. The extent of the wounded
i man’s injuries has not been definitely de-
county | train the Postoffice Department has | termined. Cindrich was shot on Sunday
night. He and Smridge were said to have
quarreled while playing cards. A neigh-
bor heard the shot and told police that he
ran to Smridge and took the gun from
him.
—Lester J. Hendershott, who last Febh-
ruary announced that he had invented a
“fueless” magnetic induction motor, and
who subsequently has run a gauntlet of
misadventure, is in McKeesport jail charg-
ed with passing fraudulent checks. Ac-
cording to police of West Elizabeth, Hen-
dershott’s home town, the inventor gave
| two worthless checks to friends totaling
$50. Hendershott told police that friends
had promised to deposit $500 to his ac-
candidates of both parties.
——A good many well informed
persons wonder what process of rea-
soning makes Mr. Hoover proud of
the records of the Harding and Cool-
idge administrations.
——When Emma Goldman was de-
ported to Russia we thought the
country was rid of her ilk, but it
seems that we still have Mabel Wille-
brant.
{ ——Senator Borah is to answer
Governor Smith’s speeches. It is
hoped that “ponderous platitudes”
will serve the purpose of refuting
facts.
Hit and run drivers killed six
and injured sixteen in Pennsylvania
last week. That record ought to urge
the authorities to greater activity.
——Shifting policemen from one
station to another is a poor way of
correcting comrupt service. Shifting
them into jail is a surer remedy.
——One fourth of reported mo- |
tor accidents in Pennsylvania, during
the month of August, happened dur-
ing Sunday driving.
Amount.
The big drive for annual support
of the Bellefonte Y. M. C. A,, put on
last week, has so far fallen short of
the desired amount. A careful com-
pilation of the money needed for the
ensuing year’s maintenance, which
includes the up-keep of the swim-
ming pool and salary of an assisi-
ant athletic instructor, is approxi-
mately $8,000. Towards this amount
about $5,000 were raised last week.
The committees which made a can-
Y. M. C. A. Fund Short of the Desired |
count but that this amount was never
placed in the bank.
—Charles C. Hartman, 56, owner of a
summer resort at Daughlinstown, near
| Greensburg, is in jail on a liquor charge
and another serious complaint lodged by
two women he is alleged to have fleeced
of $4,000 through a matrimonial ad. De-
| tectives said Mrs. Belle M. Adams, 76,
jiformerly of Boston, Mass., told them she
{ answered a matrimonial advertisement
| placed by Hartman, and that after meet-
ing him she gave him $1600, only to be
‘replaced later by Mary Desenberger, 05,
of Altoona. The officers said the latter
| woman gave Hartman more than $2,000.
Hartman, they added, did not marry eith-
vas of the town were somewhat han- .. o¢ the women.
dicapped in their work because of ro
s | _—_One of the most tragic events which
ig pe Spl bein g out ¥4 Wows Naan ever occurred in Clinton county was a
they made their roun s. ereiore ' fire which destroyed the frame dwelling of
the work of raising the necessary prs. Linnie Shadle, at McElhattan, about
fund to the amount needed will be
continued until success has been at-!
tained.
i
|
midnight Saturday night, burning the
bodies of Mrs. Shadle, aged 50, her daugh-
ters, Frances, aged 10, and Lydia Ellen,
aged three, and her son, Freddy, aged six
"years, to a crisp, while LaRue, aged 14,
Another carload of prisoners,
forty-four in number, were transfer-
red from the eastern penitentiary to
Rockview, last Friday. A dozen
guards accompanied the prisoners on |
, the trip. i
| condition is critical.
! twenty-first birthday
and Bennie, aged nine were so seriously
burned that LaRue died four hours later
in the Lock Haven hospital, and Benny’s
Of the family of six
children and the mother, Harrison, whose
occurred Sunday,
was the only one to escape unscathed from
. ‘ the burning building. The origin of the
~———The boot-leggers union 1S UNav= | fire js unknown, but it may have been
imous for Hoover. The election of . caused by the explosion of a lamp down-
Smith would put them out of busi- 'staris. The fifth child, Benjamin Shadle,
ness. died on Tuesday.