Beer atc
INK SLINGS.
' —Vote “Yes” on amendments 2,
and 13. :
—Centre county should go 100%
strong for amendment No. 2. That's
the one that would give State Col-
lege enough money to end this thing
of having every year, to deny a thou-
sand or more boys and girls a chance
to get an education.
—Every vote in Centre county
should be “Yes” on amendment No.
2. It is a proposal that means so
much to everyone that we are look-
ing to next Tuesday to see all election
precedents broken here. We expect
the return to show that there has not
‘been a single “No” vote cast against
giving State College what she so
richly deserves and so sorely needs.
— Surely there is no Centre coun-
tian who will fail to vote “Yes” on
the proposal to give State College
eight million dollars. You readers of
the Watchman who happen to be liv-
ing in some other part of the State
can help a lot by electioneering
among your friends for amendment
6
No. 2. Go to it. Every vote will
count and this proposal should be
carried.
—The enigma of this campaign is
not so much the breaking up of party
lines. That can be accounted for
among the masses by the religious
and the prohibition factors. By why,
if Smith is such an illiterate, are
most of the presidents of our great-
est universities and colleges for him?
And why, if he is such a devil, are so
many of the really great ministers
of the country for him—Dr. Henry
Van Dyke, for instance?
—Say what you will about him we
are ready to meet any one in debate
on the question as to what Governor
of the States of our Union has been
responsible for writing into their
statutes the most laws affecting the
welfare of the people. As Governor
of New York Al Smith has suggested
and caused to be enacted more hu-
mane legislation than any other Gov-
ernor of any other State from the
time of the Declaration of Independ-
ence to the present day.
——We notice that Mr. Charles H.
Buckius, an employee of the State
‘Highway Department, and located at
Scranton, is given credit with having
presented one of the best arguments
in favor of the proposed fifty million
dollar bond issue for State roads. Mr.
Buckius, of course, would present a
good argument because the Highway
Department wants the fifty million
and the Highway Department is his
meal ticket. We have a hazy recol-
lection of having once seen this gen-
tleman pushing a peanut down High
street with a twenty foot pike pole.
He had to do that because one of his
good arguments didn’t turn out to be
80 good.
—Some of the ladies have been
jumping all over us because we are
against levying a tax on the people
of Centre county to buy books and
provide a push-cart so they can be
peddled around to the schools of the
county. From the fuss they are mak-
ing one would suppose that our word
went for as many votes in Centre
county as Vare’s does in Philadelphia.
Without boasting we have reason to
believe that it goes for more—very
many more—than a lot of people are
willing to admit, but, be that as it
may, we're against the proposal be-
cause it is just another scheme to
pile more taxes on the people of Cen-
tre county.
— Nobody has said. In fact, no-
body could say that Herbert Hoover
is not a good engineer. But is a good
engineer, necessarily, a good execu-
tive? We know numbers of men who
probably would have proven just as
capable as Mr. Hoover had they been
called to perform the tasks fortune
decreed him to do. And as for feed-
ing the Belgians—that’s his big stock
in the trade—the Belgians would
have starved right under his nose if
it hadn’t been for a Jew, who man-
aged the finances on this side, and a
conglomeration of Protestants and
Catholics who engineered the safe
transport of the food over to his haven
in Belgium. We don’t want to de-
tract an iota from the honor that is
due Mr. Hoover, but if his advocates
insist on making a moon out of him,
then, we are forced back to our child-
hood fantasies when we believed that
the moon was made of green cheese.
—Do you know that there is re-
corded in the court house in Belle-
fonte a draft of all the state roads
in Centre county. Do you know that
that draft presumes that some day
all of these roads will be made very
much wider than they are today. Do
you know that when the State decides
to widen them out—whether it
is next year or twenty years hence
—it is empowered by law to take
whatever land it needs at the value
it had the day the law was passed,
not at the day it takes it? Do you
know that if a State road runs
through your farm and you should
hereafter put any necessary building
within this pre-empted right of way,
or scll a building lot on it or want to
use it for any other purpose of your
own that all such improvements will
be a dead loss to you? The new plant
of the Central Pennsylvania Gas com-
pany is located where it is only be-
cause its projectors discovered that
they might be forced to move off the
site they would rather have had be-
cause of the very law we refer to and,
do you know that our Representative
in Harrisburg, the gentleman who
wants to go back there for the third
term, voted for this law?
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STATE RIGHTS AN
D FEDERAL UNION.
VOL. 73.
Honest Business for Smith.
United States Senator Peter G.
Gerry, of Rhode Island, has prepared
a resume of the reasons which have
influenced a great wany prominent
business men, heretofore Republicans,
who have left their party and are
supporting Governor Smith and con-
tributing liberally to the campaign
fund of the Democratic party.
Among those enumerated are Pierre
DuPont, William A. Wooden, Arthur
Curtis James, Edward S. Harkness.
Charles F. Noyes and many others.
Some of them were influenced by the
Governor's attitude on the prohibition
question and others by his position on
the tariff, to some extent, but all
agree that the moving cause is faith
in “his rare ability and sterling
character.”
Mr. DuPont turned to Governor
Smith because “he believed the Gov-
ernor has the strength of character to
correct the evils of enforcement.”
Edward S. Harkness, director in sev-
eral leading railroads, says: “Any
nation which can produce a real lead-
er is to be congratulated and I can-
not but feel that Governor Smith has
demonstrated to the people that he
possesses those rare qualities of lead-
ership.” Uzal H. McCarter states
that “Governor Smith is a man of un-
doubted sincerity, ability and refine-
ment.” R. L. Agassiz declares that
“if Governor Smith is elected the
country will be assured that the
people of the United States will en-
joy their constitutional right to liber-
ty and happiness.” :
Delancey Kountze states that he has
come to his decision on “account of
Governor Smith’s long public record
of fearlessness in stating in no un-
certain words his convictions on mat-
ters affecting the good of the people.”
W. H. Hibbs will support ‘Governor
Smith because of “admiration for his
ability, character and courage” and
Henry Morganthau because “Alfred
E. Smith is a staunch friend of honest
business.” F. G. Snow, farmer and |
banker, says the “prayer of the
farmer to-day is not for rain but for
Al Smith.” Brigadier General W. D.
Potter says “my conception of true
Americanism compels me to cast my
lot with Governor Smith,” and H, H.
Currin, “formerly Republican candi-
date for Mayor of New York, is for
Smith because “he is right and Hoov-
er wrong on the great issue.”
And so the narrative continues.
John J. Stamler, John Napier Dyer,
James F. Lucas, Nicholas M.
Schwenck, James M. Easter, Waldo
Newcomer, Charles W. Clark, Spruille
Braden, Thomas C. Condon, Edward
W. Gray, Frank W. Murphy, Edward
C. Carrington, L. F. Shuttleworth,
Moses E. Clapp, William H. Woodin,
Charles F. Noyes, Harry L. Reid, R.
Bland, Morton M. Prentiss, and hun-
dreds of others, life-long Republicans
and leaders in big but honest busi-
ness, are actively supporting Gover-
nor Smith for one good reason or an-
other. In the face of this record the
false pretense that legitimate busi-
ness would be impaired by the elec-
tion of Smith is not only absurd but
criminal.
——If you think your taxes are
not high enough now vote for the
proposed traveling library. If you
find it difficult to pay the taxes al-
ready levied in Centre county then
vote against the proposal to add an-
other mill to them for a purpose of
doubtful value.
rete ere —
Vote Progressively.
The ballot, as well as public office,
is a public trust in the hands of each
voter, To fulfill the duties of this
trust each voter should cast his or
her ballot for some good public pur-
pose. For the first time in the his-
tory of Centre county we have a
candidate seeking a third term in the
General Assembly. What reason does
he assign for re-election?
Throughout the entire campaign
Mr. Holmes has failed to submit his
record at Harrisburg to the voters of
Centre county. Has he done nothing
of which he can be proud? He should
have extraordinary reasons before
asking from his county something no
one else has ever requested. The
truth is, that he has accomplished in
two terms, nothing that warrants his
re-election.
Why return a man to the General
Assembly when there is no good rea-
son for doing so. Ome of our coun-
ty’s best citizens has promised en-
ergetic and faithful representation at
Harrisburg, and Andrew Curtin
Thompson is the kind of a man who
will fulfill the pledges he makes.
Vote for Andrew Curtin Thompson
to give to Centre county a high char-
acter of efficient representation.
— The annual income from motor
licenses, gasoline tax and federal aid
to the State Highway Department is
now over fifty million dollars. That
is a stupendous sum. Certainly quite
as much as can be expended judi-
ciously in a year.
BELLEFONTE, PA.. NOVEMBER
a —
| It's Up To the Democrats of
Andrew Curtin Thompson will be elected our Representative in the
Legislature next Tuesday if the Democrats of the county do their part.
We know that Mr. Holmes is not overly sanguine of the success of
his attempt to get back for a third
term.
We know that hundreds of Republicans are going to vote for Mr.
Thompson. Some of them will do
gentleman worthy the compliment
s0 because they know him to be a
of their vote. Some are going to
vote for him because they think Mr. Holmes has shown nothing that
stamps him as a Representative who should be kept in Harrisburg per-
petually. The world war veterans feel that they owe him nothing be-
cause he said, in substance, in a speech made not so long ago, that the
country owes them nothing. Many
of those familiar with his course
during the two terms he has had in Harrisburg will not support him
for a third term because they believe him to be a wobbler.
In other
words he attempts to carry political water on both shoulders.
Mr. Thompson is a man of most exemplary personal habits, for
years a school teacher and now in business, he has been superintendent
of the largest Sunday school in the
county for a long time. In charac-
ter and ability he is worthy of the honor of representing the county at
Harrisburg. At least his equipment justifies the thought that it is
worth while to give him a chance.
He has the chance if the Democrats of the county go out, on Tues-
day, and vote for him. As we have
‘said enough Republicans are going
to join in the attempt to send him to Harrisburg to do it if the Demo-
crats do their part.
Being perfectly candid about the matter we know that in certain
sections of the county there is indifference over this election because of
our nominee for President.
In such districts it is probable that some
Democrats will not go to the polls at all. It is to those we are appeal-
ing.
ing.
no fault with Mr. Thompson and as
No matter how they feel on the head of the ticke they can find
No matter how they feel on the head of the ticket they can find
the nominee of their party, locally,
he has a right to expect them to go out and vote for him. We hope
they do it. Not only because we
er representation in Harrisburg,
the county think the same
think the minority party needs strong-
but because so many Republicans in
thing and are ready to vote with us.
Vote Early and Save a Possible Jam.
As election day is drawing near,
we want to caution all voters in the
State and appeal to them to get out
as early as possible on election morn-
ing, November 6th, and cast their
votes. The ballot is unusually large
and the registration very heavy this
year, and unless people get out and
vote early in the morning there will
be such a jam at the close of the polls
that it may cost Governor Smith a
great many votes.
We want alse to caution you about
what ‘the ‘leaders and i
er ups in the Republican party are say- |
ing and that is that the friends of
Governor Smith in Pennsylvania can
shout all they please and claim the
State before election day, but on the
night of election, after the polls close, !
is when the real work will be done;
that is to say they expect to get it by
their usual methods and you all know
what that means.
We are appealing to every true
American, every man and woman in
the State who wants to see an hon-
est election this fall and an honest
man elected to the Presidency of the
United States, that they not only cast
their votes early, but see to it that
every vote is counted for the person
for whom it is cast. If you all do
this, there is no question but what
Governor Smith will carry this State
by a handsome majority, regardless
of what Governor Fisher says about
his million majority for Hoover. We
say to the voters of Pennsylvania that
there is no way under God’s Heavens
that Hoover can carry this State un-
less the same tactics are applied that
were applied by Fisher and his crowd
in Pittsburgh two years ago when he
received the nomination for Governor
of this State and Ed Beidleman was
deprived of it.
Governor Fisher’s administration
seems to be sufficiently worried about
Pennsylvania that they felt compelled
to levy an assessment of three per
cent. on every State employee, includ-
ing widows, stenographers, normal
school teachers, doctors and nurses in
State hospitals, road laborers, butlers
and watchmen, to produce an enor-
mous campaign fund running into
hundreds of thousands of dollars, in
order to stem the tide for Governor |
‘| Smith in Pennsylvania.
All the women, especially, and the
men who are masters of their own |
time should go to the polls in the
morning or early afternoon; ‘leaving
the hours between five and seven for
the workers who can’t leave their jobs
until then.
Too Late.
In the mail, yesterday morning,
just about an hour before our time
for going to press, three very inter-
esting communications arrived. All
of them would have been published
had they arrived in time.
One is from a correspondent at
State College who seems to be a
master at political epigraming.
Another is from Col. J. Miles Kep-
heart whose views on intolerance are
convincingly expressed. Col. Kep-
heart is at New Smyrna, Florida.
The third is from the Hon. Fred-
eric A. Godcharles, director of the
State Library at Harrisburg. It
challenges our position on the library
loan for Centre county and is so il-
luminative that we think we will pub-
i clear.
. association
lish it next week.
Senator Norris for Smith.
In declaring his purpose to support
Governor Smith for President Sena-
tor George Norris, of Nebraska, said:
“Power, cheap electric power, for use
in every home and every industry
throughout the nation—that is the
‘major issue in this campaign. Gov-
ernor Smith stands right on that.
Herbert Hoover stands 100 per cent.
wrong.” Entertaining that belief his
attitude on the question was inevit-
able. Senator Norris
ipussy-footer nor a hypocrite. He is
nd “as been all ‘his life a Republi=
can. But he is a servant of the peo-
ple and a patriot. He could no more
support an unfit candidate for Pres-
ident than he could engage in a crim-
inal operation.
Herbert Hoover stands for private
monopoly. Every act of his official
life and every word he has uttered
since his nomination makes that fact
His whole life has been spent
and his large fortune acquired as the
agent of monopoly. Senator Norris
has been equally active and quite as
consistently fighting against monop-
oly. Pretenders like Senator Borah
and Senator McNary may stultify
themselves by supporting a candidate
for President who is diametrically op-
posed to every principle they profess
to cherish. But Senator Norris is “not
built that way.” He is a partisan on-
ly when party policies are consistent
with his interpretation of justice and
right.
The enlistment of Senator Norris
in the Smith forces is significant be-
cause more than any other man in the
country he is recognized as the ex-
ponent of the principles of the Pro-
gressive party. An ardent follower
of the late President Roosevelt he is
a conservationist of long standing
and earnest purpose. The idea of
giving valuable public property to
corporations is repugnant to his sense
of justice and when Herbert Hoover,
in his New York speech, practically
expressed his willingness to hand the
government’s right in Muscle Shoals
and the Colorado River to the Elec-
tric trust, Senator Norris could see
no other course to pursue than that
he has adopted.
re eee ———
\
Talks With the Editor.
To the editor of the Democratic
Watchman,
In the last issue of your paper you
infer that the movement for the Cen-
tre County Library “is fathered by an
of book publishers.” I
hope you will give the correction of
this mistake prominence in your pa-
per.
The movement for the library was
begun by the Centre County Confer-
ence of Women’s Clubs. A committee
was appointed with representatives
from different parts of the county and
it was this committee who brought
Mr. Cecil here, who is an agent of the
American Association of Book Pub-
lishers. He spoke on the need of
reading of good books and of the lack
of it in our country schools.
This whole work has been carried
on by men and women, who are try-
ing to do something to lessen the il-
literacy in our county, about which
we were all so much shocked at the
time of the draft of American sol- |
diers. The movement is not only to
bring good books to our country
schools but to encourage the children
in good reading habits. ?
MRS. ROBERT MILLS BBACH,
Vice-Chairman, Committee for Centre Co.
Library.
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CONTAMMANYATION.
H. A. Getchel, in the Boston Herald.
Here's to the city of Boston!
Home of the bean and the cod;
Where Lowells speak only to Cabots,
And Cabots speak only to God.
Alas, for the city of Boston!
Her exclusiveness now is a myth:
The Lowells are walking with Hoover,
The Cabots are strolling with Smith.
Mr. Hoover Mas Discovered a Farm
| Emergency.
i
From the Philadelphia Record.
: Now another turn of the Smith
jack-serew has squeezed from his op-
ponent a definite statement concern-
ing his obscure purposes.
Reluctantly, hesitating]
contradiction of his attitud
and in
24 hours
before, Mr. Hoover undertook yester-
day to overcome defections in the
Middle West by promising haste in
seeking solution of the problem of
agricultural depression.
quate farm relief legislation not be
passed at the regular session of Con-
gress beginning in December, he an-
nounced, if elected he “would of ne-
cessity call an extra session so as to
secure early action.”
It is important to note that this
pledge, no less than the constructive
action it suggests, was a product “of
necessity.” That the gesture is a be-
lated move of campaign strategy is
plainly shown by the record.
Both candidates have appealed to
the Republican insurrectionists of the
“corn belt” States. Mr. Hoover's
professions have been general—ex-
cept for his rejection of the McNary-
Haugen plan—and his most finfluen-
tial apologists have been able to offer
nothing more definite than an assur-
ance of his statesmanlike wisdom and
sympathetic concern for the distract-
ed farmers.
‘Governor Smith, on the contrary,
has declared his views with candor.
Moreover, from the beginning he
pledged himself to initiate action im-
mediately upon his election, without
waiting until his assumption of office.
This sharp contrast made the work
of the Republican peacemakers ex-
tremely difficult. V » certificates
of character, even ed by such
leaders as McNary, “not satisfy
the embattled farmers. And within
the last week or so the calling of a
special session for the enactment of
ame_the test of the
A
naxaa’ a
candidates
made a valiant attempt a few days
ago to stem the Smith tide by an-
nouncing that Mr. Hoover ‘“contem-
plated” a special session. But that
declaration was swiftly and destruc-
tively overtaken by an official denial
from headquarters. Admitting that
the question had been discussed it
said: “Obviously no conclusion has
been reached.”
Then Senator Borah, most valued
of the Republican farm spellbinders,
gave the screw a not gentle twist.
merging from a luncheon with Mr.
Hoover on Friday he declared that in
default of earlier action a special
session would be imperative. Straight-
way it was announced that this view
in no way bound the candidate. But
24 hours later Mr. Hoover found it
expedient to echo the proposal.
The situation is now simplified.
Both candidates are committed to
early action.
The choice presented to the farm-
ers is between Governor Smith, who
has always stood for measures both
effective and prompt, and Mr. Hoover,
who has just discovered that the
problem is urgent, and who is the
representative of a party that has de-
nied justice to agriculture for seven
and one-half years.
Penn State Bond Issue,
From the Pittsburgh Press.
No State can afford to neglect ed-
ucation, whether in the lower grades
or higher institutions of learning.
Such neglect inevitably is paid for by
a lower standard of citizenship due to
deficiencies in knowledge.
of the State to Pennsylvania State
College is plain.
ing up in Centre county must be ex-
panded, enlarging facilities for the
i daily work of students and for re-
| search. Penn State, doing excellent
| work with the opportunities at its
command, can extend that work if
treated more generously on the score
of - financial assistance.
. Though Penn State is controlled by
| a board of trustees, Governor Fisher
well states the case when he says that
“a direct obligation rests upon the
Commonwealth to provide it with
| Proper buildings and equipment.” The
| Governor in recent - comment added
that the institution in the past “has un-
doubtedly been badly neglected.” That
statement, also, is hardly a subject
of dispute.
| Now friends of Penn State are
seeking authorization by the voters
of the State of a fund of $8,000,000
to be raised through a bond issue
"which will be on the ballot at the
| coming election. Even should the
amendment pass, and should the Leg-
islature enact legislation necessary to
make the funds available, the sum
would not be spent in a single year.
| A building program would be s read
| out, and the first money pro ably
would not be available until next
August.
——Rev. Reed O. Steely, president
of the Farmer's National bank, pre-
sented himself with a new Chrysler
car on Tuesday and started for Milton
immediately upon its delivery.
hould ade- |
{port that the death of BE. A. Slagle,
e duty
The seat of learn- .
SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE.
—While registering for work on the
time clock at the plant of the York Ice Ma-
chinery corporation, Saturday, John Shut-
ter, 74 years old, dropped dead. His
death was caused by a heart condition, the
coroner says. He had been employed at
the plant as a mechanic for 22 years.
—Attempting to remove a nail which
pierced the hoof of a mule he was driving
in Big Lick Colliery, Raymond Miller
of Williamstown, Dauphin county, sus-
tained a painful injury of the knee by the
animal kicking to prevent its removal
Following an examination by Dr. C. C.
Bobb, it was found nc bones were broken.
—Montour county's oldest resident is
109 and a veteran of the Crimean War. He
is William Withers, grizzled and white-
haired, who came to America at the close
of the Civil War. In his younger days
he bore the reputation of being the
strongest man in Columbia and Montour
counties. Two of his thirteen children are
living.
—The Kile church, in Sugarloaf town-
ship, Columbia county, was sold by Sher
iff Pettit for $160 to Paul Achenbach to
satisfy a $600 mortgage. A considerable
tract of land goes with the church. The
building cost about $2000 when built
twenty-five years ago. The sale is the
; first Sheriff’s sale of a church in that see-
| tion in many years.
—Traversing a rich agricultural section,
‘ the Cumberland Valley division of the
Pennsylvania railroad has handled large
shipments of fruits and vegetables this
season. Apples head the list with 2736
cars and peaches follow with 470. The
large potate crop in Franklin county has
been reflected in shipment of 158 cars.
Bight cars of grapes and one of pears
complete the division's shipments of sea-
sonable fruits.
—In the case of Eva Walizer, of Lock
Haven, charged with being a common
| scold, at the October term of criminal
| court, the jury found her guilty, and the
! court is delving in musty law books to
; find what disposition to make of the case,
as it is one of the most unique in the his-
tory of fhe county. The charge coming
from the old English laws, the remedy
offered there suggests itself, which is a
duck stool, placed on the river bank.
—Justice of the Peace William D. Cul-
! ton, of Shamokin, presided at a Leap Year
marital trial, when Walter Lashefakie, of
that city, had his wife, Veronica, arrested
! and taken into the ’Squire’s office, charg-
| ing her with beating him. After a severe
reprimand the wife agreed to refrain in
the future. Two hours later the justice
says he received a telephone call from the
husband, who declared that his wife had
thrown him out of the house and that he
would be down to see him in the morning.
—The timely arrival of George Har-
lacker at his boarding house in York, Pa.,
probably saved his roommate, Harry
Drais, of Hallam, from death by gas as-
phyxiation. Drais, who had retired two
hours before, was asleep in the gas-iilled
room when his companion arrived. The
unconscious man was taken to the York
hospital, where he was revived. Drais, it
is believed, opened the petcock of the gas
| jet when he pushed his bed against the
wall. He went to sleep and probably
would never have awakened had Harlack-
. er not arrived.
—Snydertown received a confirmed re-
a
farmer and proprietor of a general store.
has revealed a fortune of $20,000 or more—
i a portion of which was found in jars bur-
jed in the cellar. Recently, when he was
| certain that he could not recover from his
illness, he confided to his housekepper
| about hidden gold in various parts of the
house and told for the first time the com-
| bination of a safe which he had in his
i bedroom. After the elderly man’s death,
! an appointed executor of the.estate was
given the information, which led to the
finding of gold and bills amounting to
| more than $20,000—to be divided among
| sisters and brothers, the house and a few
personals to be given to the housekeeper.
| — Five hundred days in jail is too se-
vere a penalty for trapping one rabbit, in
the opinion of the attorney for Charles
.Dougard, who filed an appeal for his
‘ client in the Montgomery county court
Friday. The action of a magistrate in
sending the man to jail for failure to pay
a fine of $500 and costs of $6.95 for one
rabbit was “unreasonable, excessive and
irrational,” said the attorney. Dougard
was arrested on information of a game
warden, who said he found traps, and a
rabbit, caught on Dougard’s farm. At his
trial before magistrate H. F. Bourse,
Dougard said the traps had been placed
to catch muskrats and that the rabbit
‘ found in one of them was the first he ever
! caught. He said he kept it as a pet for
, his little daughter.
—A big black bear attacked three hunt-
ers in the woods east of Baden, Beaver
county, when their automobile mired in
the muddy road, and severely injured one
man before it was finally slain. W. Ww.
White, 30, of Conway, is in the Rochester,
Pa., hospital with a lacerated left leg and
bruises about the body. Allen Dusenber-
ry and Roy E. Schnuth, both of Freedom,
were his companions. As the bear knock-
' ed White to the ground. Dusenbery struck
| it with an ax. The animal fled and at-
tacked two cows in a field nearby injury-
ing them. Dusenberry and Schnuth then
fired several loads of buckshot into the in-
furiated bear killing it. It was learned
the animal, owned by A. A. Wehr, New
Sewickley township farmer and sportsl
man had been chained in the yard but had
broken away and escaped into the woods a
few hours before the attack.
— Thomas J. Ayers, of Lewistown, ar-
rested on a warrant issued on oath of D.
J. Davis, president of the Lycoming Trust
company, of Wililamsport, charging false
pretense and fraudulent conversion, is out
on $2000 bail. Ayers first sold power
plants to farmers, then entered the auto-
mobile game. It is alleged he was the in-
fluence that caused Ralph Taylor, cash-
jer of the Milroy bank, to go wrong.
Cashier Reupert, of the McVeytown bank,
also attributes his shortage to dealing
with him. Kary Bergery, cashier of the
Lewistown Trust company, was affiliated
with Ayers. in his shortage of $28,000
Ayers was tried in the Federal courts at
Scranton last February, when he pleaded
guilty to fourteen counts of aiding and
abetting oanking officials fo misapply
funds and falsify records, for which he
paid his fine and had the jail sentence
suspended. He was arrested several weeks
ago in connection with the Bergey short-
age and held in $4,000 bond for court.
Tater he was injured in an automobile
accident on the Buckhorn road, out of Al-
toona, and has been unable to attend
court.
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