Bru td.
INK SLINGS.
"—Crushed by the most overwhelm-
ing defeat it has ever suffered the
Democratic party is far from being
‘the cadaver some probably imagine it
to be. ”
—We are not going to search the
returns for any crumbs of comfort.
It would take a microscope to find
them.
—We're licked. Licked worse than
we've ever been before and we know
it, but don’t you think for a minute
that there are not a few good fights
left in us yet.
—You remember that Tunney was
down a little longer than he had ever
been before in that seventh round,
out in Chicago. You remember, also,
what he did when he got up and at
the Manassa Mauler again.
—While it really wasn’t necessary
to make a slaughter house out of a
field of battle, they did and we're not
the kind to squeal. To us a political
lickin’, more or less, means about as
much as a wilted cabbage leaf to a
blind cow.
—If it was a fight between Demo-
crats and Republicans (which it
wasn’t) we hope Mr. Hoover’s prom-
ised prosperity will greatly stimulate
the infant industry in our party, for
more Democrats will have to be made
some how.
—If it was a fight between the
“wets” and “drys” (which it was more
or less something of) it is apparent
that the bootlegging industry is as-
sured of four more years of prosper-
ity.
—If it was a fight against the
Catholic church (which candor com-
pels us to admit had something to do
with it) then the fellow who spread
the story that Col. Boal is buying all
those farms over in Harris township
so the Pope can come over here and
run things need have no further con-
cern.
‘—As a matter of fact it wasn’t a
fight at all. It was partisanship
stampeding fanaticism and prejudice
into an unreasoning avalanche that
rolled all before it.
—If partisanship wasn’t exploiting
the guileless let them ponder over the
fact that down in Philadelphia the
machine elected Matt Patterson to the
Legislature again, notwithstanding he
has just been sentenced to five years
in prison for accepting bribes from
saloon keepers?
—If partisanship wasn’t exploiting
fanaticism and prejudice how in the
world could such a worthy christian
gentleman as Andrew Curtin Thomp-
son have ben overwhelmingly de-
feated by a third termer in a county
that has never before given any pub-
lic official more than two terms?
—It's all over and done now. Al
carried only three precincts in Cen-
tre county and eight States in the
Union.
they could from him but his brown
derby and his self respect. Certain-
ly he has the latter to comfort him,
for he was as fearless and frank as
any man who has ever submitted his
cause to the electorate of the United
States.
Sap
SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE.
—Despondent over the death of his land-
lady, Frank L. Wohr, 55, of Lancaster,
went to his room and ended his life by
shooting himself through the head. Wohre
had boarded at-the house for twent
years. :
‘—Bids for the longest single section
road in ‘the last two years will be opened
at Harrisburg on November 23 by the
State Highway Department. The project
is in Warren county on Route 93 and is
more than fifteen miles long. The day's
letting includes about thirty miles of
STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION.
road and the construction of one bridge.
—William Hale, 18, strolled up to: Jailer
VOL. 73. BELLEFONTE. PA..
NOVEMBER 9. 1928S.
Infamous System Revived.
The election is over and within a
few days anybody you meet on the
street will be able and willing to tell
you how and why it happened. But
the sun will rise and set in the future
very much as it did in the past and
most of us will have to struggle along
to earn a living after the manner we
have been accustomed to. Some ex-
pectations have been fulfilled and
some hopes disappointed by the re-
sult but “the government at Wash-
ington still lives,” the prudent will
prosper and the profligate suffer af-
ter the fashion of the world since
“time out of mind.” But methods of
the campaign will disturb the minds
of thoughtful and fair-minded men
and women of Pennsylvania for many
years to come.
Under a pernicious system estab-
lished in this State many years ago,
the dominant party machine annually
but clandestinely levied a tax on the
| public officials to create a slush fund
for campaign purposes. It was so
| repugnant to the sense of decency
{that the utmost secrecy was observed
in imposing it. Several efforts were
made to forbid it by legislation, but
the potency of the machine prevented
iits passage. When Mr. Pinchot be-
i came ‘Governor he publicly prohibited
'such a levy upon the servants of the
people and was rewarded by the cor-
_dial approval of every self-respecting
iman and woman in the Common-
wealth. But in the campaign just
(ended the despicably larcenous sys-
tem was revived.
And it was placed on an entirely
| different basis. There was no secrecy
.in the operation this year. A mem-
ber of the Governor’s cabinet made
i the demand with the open endorse-
ment of the Governor and women who
scrub floors in the capitol earning
notified that unless they paid three
missed from service. Even teachers
in the State-controlled schools and
nurses in the hospitals were compell-
ed to pay, and some of them dismiss-
ed because they failed to comply.
! probably thirty dollars a month, were
per cent. of their meagre wages to
the slush fund they would be dis-:
| Official Conduct Compared.
In his report of the election in
Nicaragua, held on Friday last week,
Brigadier General Frank R. McCoy
of the United States army said: “The
' American mission is deeply grateful
to President Diaz for his fine co-op-
eration in making the election free
and impartial. He has acted not as
a party leader but as the President of
the Nicaragua people and has done
everything in his power to insure fair-
ness without regard to interests of
either party.” That was certainly a
fine exhibition of executive discretion
and from an unexpected source. The
public has not been taught to expect
amenities from people of the Latin-
American republics. It is commonly
believed they are incapable of self-
| government.
During the past four or five years
a considerable force of American
‘marines have been stationed in Nic-
aragua to maintain a semblance of
civilized government. It has cost a
good deal of money and a lot of hu-'
man lives to prevent what we have '
been led to believe are a bunch of
semi-savages from murdering each
other and killing all outsiders whe
happened to come within gun shot of
their shores. Brigadier General Mes
Coy was sent there by the adminis+
tration at Washington to conduct the
election just held under the pretense
that the natives could not possibly
hold a peaceful and honest election.
But his report puts a different face
“on the affair. The President of Nic-
'aragua gets generous praise from the
man sent to keep him in restraint. |
{ On the day upon which the Nica-
ragua election was held the President
of the United States who represents
the highest standard of civilization
availed himself of an opportunity to’
create a contrast between our ow
methods and those of the Southern
people. Calvin Coolidge President of
the United States the most enlight-
! party leader but as the President” of
(his people joined in with the big-
| ots, the fanatics and the snobs to
{ boost the candidate who was commit-
a
Sellars at Uniontown, on Saturday, and
requested that he be put back in jail,
~ NO. 44.
Encouraging Progress of Improve-
ment
On Friday of last week five police YTom the Philadelphia Record.
officials and one representative in the
Legislature were sentenced to prison
for terms ranging from five years to
eighteen months for grafting, in
Philadelphia. Fines ranging from
$10,000 to $2,500 were also imposed.
But that is of little importance. The
“rum ring” will take care of the fines
and the “hijackers” and racketeer or-
ganizations will see to it that the pris-
oners will be supplied with all the
“comforts of home” in so far as that
is possible. In Pittsburgh, on the
same day, 224 policemen, bootleggers
and gamblers were indicted by the Al-
legheny county grand jury for similar tail shakers were made an indispens-
crimes. The same system seems to
‘have obtained in both cities.
, The apparent purpose to break up
these criminal systems in the two
big cities of Pennsylvania is en-
couraging. In Philadelphia the re-
medial movement set in two months
commendable energy and skill, in the
face of discouraging conditions, ever ed among the youth of the country the
since. The Mayor of the city has
given little help and the police depart-
.ment absolutely none. But a cap-
‘able and conscientious district attor-
ney has persisted in his righteous
. crusade with the result that the be-
ginning of the end seems to be within
view, In Pittsburgh the progress
has been less rapid for the reason,
probably, that is has been pursued
! with less energy. It might be said
that it has been reluctant.
With the jail doors opening for the
: gang in Philadelphia and the courts in
ia receptive attitude in Pittsburgh,
there is but one “fly in the oint-
| ment.” That is, there is a suspicion
, that the reform movement in both
of improvement may have been made
to create the belief among disgusted
ened and progressive Republic in the voters that the men who orgarized
(world, instead of “acting not as athe criminal operations may bz de-
' pended upon to stamp them out. In
other words, having prevented a
i threatened exodus from the party by
| prosecuting a few of the small-fry of-
Pennsylvania has often been shamed ted to serve the monopolists against fenders the plan is to abandon the
'
i
i
ago and has been prosecuted with spectacular opponents to drink, var-
cities is a “smoke screen” to serve
a
until after the election. The promise
4d p. m,
* #he night
from which he escaped October 13. Hale,
with three companions, was arrested sev-
erai weeks ago, charged with robbing a
store at Sullivan. After escaping he re-
turned to his home in Alton, Ill, but his
2 . mother sent him back to “take his medi-
ithe be win soni RR : cine,” with the hope he would lead a bet-
. ! _ ter life. 3
19%. There has 3lso been a Steady | past year the schools of Pennsylvania
ne In the amount o T sold an- made a State-wide search for the white
nually. England, without giohibition, ‘ pine blister rust and reported their find-
without cven local option laws, is be- ings to the State bureau of plant indus-
coming really temperate. . | try. Following this successful project the
Various causes contribute to this . bureau, with the approval and co-opera-
praiseworthy condition. The first 18 tion of the Department of Public Instrue-
that drunkenness is no longer fashion- tion, has this season issued another call
able. This, of course, held good in the to the schools to search for wheat smut,
United States before the Vols gad ack a disease which causes tremendous losses
nia that the great demand for | Wheat growers,
ornate pocket flasks, suitable for use
at highly fashionable functions, be-
came the thing, and that silver cock-
England Makes Progress Toward
Temperance,
—I. Clarence Yeager, 62, of South Dan-
ville, was a Democrat and took his pol-
itics seriously. He revered his party, his
friends say, but did not want to vote for
Governor Smith, as he could not square
able article in every smart home. i Smith’s stand on some issues with his
The days when the alcoholic breath
: : bef {own views. His friends and mneghbors
was diss ised] ore a man went to teased him about his predicament. Yeag-
p . ‘ er worried and became despondent. ' Early
Education also has played a large
part in reducing the consumption of
strong beverages in England: Dis-
pensing with the tactics of the more
on Saturday he died from a self-inflicted
bullet wound in the right temple.
—Samuel Sipling, of Midway, York
county, who is in his eighty-first year,
believes he has set a record as a corn
husker for a man of his age. Mr. Sipling
Th ; has been assisting Samuel 8. Therit on
number of total abstainers has in- | the C. J. Delone farm in the West End
creased, according to the best author- , to shuck his corn crop. In fourteen days
ities, from 2,000,000 before the war | Mr. Sipling threw out 587 bushels of corn
to 10,000,000 today. In England few- and bound all his own fodder, averaging
er of the new generation are drink- | forty-two bushels per day. On no day did
ing. In the United States the advo- jhe husk less than forty-one bushels.
cates of prohibition declare that| —Vincenzo Loise, 23, of Ambridge, as-
drinking among high school girls and serted by federal officers to be the head
bogs is common. of a gang that had passed counterfeit mon-
e hours at which drink is obtain- iey in Fayette and other southwestern
able have been shortened and the Pennsylvania counties, is in the Allegheny
price of all beverages has been great- county jail in default of $5.000 bail. Vin-
ly increased in England. Prices have cenzo is charged wth possessing spurious
gone up here, too, but so have the Federal Reserve Bank notes. Four other
standards of living and wages. The men were committed to jail at Uniontown
price the ordinary man pays for his on similar charges. Loise has not divulg-
liquor is not much higher, compara- | ed the source of the spurious money, Fed-
tively, than it was before prohibition "eral officers say.
came. And, while in England the, grieving over the fact that he had
majority of public houses close before been left with strangers by his mother,
over here the Speakeasies, William Painz, 12 years old, committed
clubs and the roadhouses in ‘suicide by hanging himself in the barn
many places are just beginning the farm of Joseph Santee, at Ta-
y on
liven up at that hour. {tamy, near Easton. Hs mother, a widow
The public houses are growing few- | with four children, had been striving to
er in England. Licenses are lapsing, | keep together her brood, but had not been
and exceptional reasons must be Pre- ' meeting with much success. A few days
sented before the authorities will al- ‘ago she left William at the Sautee farm
low new bars to open. Here, where upq departed for parts unknown. The
there is no control, when a speakeasy father died a few years ago in a State
is closed it opens again just around pogpital,
the corner.
ious societies have quietly emphasiz-
evil effects of overindulgence.
—QGeorge Gardner, of Blanchard, aged
They took about everything :
‘cial customs we might take pattern
from our less cultured neighbors.
——If we could hope that “whis- |
pering campaigns” passed out for- | In taking Harry Tucker and
‘ever with the close of the polls on Captain Collyer, heroes of the Yankee
i Tuesday what “a grand and glorious” Doodle plane, death has sustained its
{thing it would be. | Hpuiation of “seeking a shining
i mark.
moustaetion “caps the climax.”
Success of the Graf Zeppelin. |
No Immediate Cause for Alarm.
by criminal, or at least immoral, ac- his opponent who was the champion movement. So far as Philadelphia is
tions of high officials but this infa- of the people. In the matter of offi<! concerned ti
: The drink evil has always been a
erned there is little danger. But preblem in England, 4
what about Pitsburgh?
lem than it ever was here. T,
in their own slow, quiet way, they are
“muddling through” to a solution, it
is still a little early to predict.
Nobody can truthfully say that
Uncle Andy Mellon didn’t try to save
this job. But they miss a lot. No police graft
sensations, no raids, no hi-jacking, no
gang shootings, no innocent citizens
killed by zealous dry agents. Even
though one can get a drink legally, it
must be rather a dull place in which
Reparations On Freight Rates Re-
fused Lime Companies.
The Public Service Commission,
y @ greys ob- |
At
least they are making some advance. .
48, sustained serious injuries to his back
his life when the truck he was driving,
struck a stone in the highway between
‘Beech Creek and Monument, about twelve
miles frem Lock Haven, and turned over
the fifteen. foot embankment, landing up-
side down in Beech creek, and pinning him
under the car. Mr. Gardner is an employe
of the State Highway Department and was
assisting a crew of men in reconditioning
the highway between Beech Creek and
+ Monument, when the accident occurred.
and pelvic bone and narrowly escaped with
i piloting the monster dirigible, the
The achievement of Dr. Eckner in |
| Viscount Gray of Fallodin, who was
—We have nothing to regret. We | Graf Zeppelin, from its home in Ger- a conspicuous figure in British poli-
supported Smith not only because he
was the nominee of our party but be-
cause we believed that he offered
what out country needs most—a
change of governmental affairs. Per-
haps we were a bit too forward look-
ing. However that may have been
it’s going to come and that certainly
is the quickening spirit that will re-
vive prostrate Democracy.
—As we have said: We're a bit
more disfigured than we’ve ever been
‘before, but we're still in the ring. Ap-
propriating a bit of Irving Berlin's
campaign song “We Will be happy
with Hoover,” but we would have
been “happier with Smith.”
it’s better as it is because Charles
Potter Miller doesn’t have to come
clear in from California to make us
post-master and the lady who gave us
hel out of Lake Helen and seems to
have knocked it out of the Democrats
of Florida, as well, is due to send us
a box of oranges.
—Somewhere above these lines we
made reference to the disaster that
befell Andrew Curtin Thompson. We
neglected making obeisance to the
thirteen hundred voters who did stop
to think +hat he was a candidate.
Congressman Chase had a majority
of 7251 in the county, but the Hon.
Holmes had 2615 less, so there must
have been thirteen hundred odd who
weren't stampeded into loss of all
sense of justice.
—Again let us say that it is all
over and we’re going to forget it. But
don’t believe a word of that. We'll
never forget. We haven’t the for-
getting habit. We'll always remem-
ber that our candidate and the per-
igrinating library proposition ran
neck and neck in Centre county in
1928—they each carried three pre-
cinets. At that they carried three
more than we've ever carried, but |
they ain’t got no box of oranges
comin’.
us.
Laugh, Clown, Laugh!
‘many to New Jersey and return, is
i interesting both as a spectacle and as
a mark of progress in the art of avia-
tion. It was not the first time the
,ocean had been crossed through the
j air currents and the clouds. It was
not even the first time that the ven-
ture had succeeded with passengers
; aboard the craft.
enterprise assumed a commercial bas-
But it was the first
time that a considerable number of!
‘ passengers were carried and that the
‘ties and statesmanship at the begin-
{ning of the world war, takes the An-
| glo-Paris pact too seriously. He im-
agines that it is going to make a
| grave disturbance in the relation be-
‘tween the United States and Great
Britain, which he adds, “is very un-
‘desirable in the interest of the Brit-
ish and of the world.”
Lord Gray has been afflicted with
impaired eye-sight for some years
i which may have affected his mental
Perhaps |
™ be willing to pay the price to make
is. That difference invested the en- |vision. At least there is nothing per-
terprise with a measure of impor- ceptible on the horizon to justify a
tance which was absent from the pre- fear of “estrangement between the
vious achievements. British people and the United
But the success of Dr. Eckner is, States.” As a matter of fact neither
not sufficiently marked to inspire con- | the government nor the people of the
fidence in the enterprise, either as a | United States has paid much atten-
‘ commercial venture or a conquest of | tion to the Anglo-Paris pact.
the elements. In acknowledging the That pact tentatively creates an
congratulations of his friends on his agreement between Great Britain and
return to Friedrichshafen, Dr. Eckner | France limiting naval force and con- |
said “we are far from being masters struction to a relative standard. It
i of the ocean. If we have crossed over has nothing to do with the naval
‘and back it was only due to the fact : strength of the United States or any
that we subjected the airship to the other power. If Great Britain, under
- least possible risk. The return flight, | the shelter of it, should undertake to
especially, gave us the lesson that we | build warships in excess of the ratio
| are not masters of the ocean yet be- | agreed upon in the Washington Con-
‘cause 120 miles southeast of Cape | ference, it might be different.
' Race we headed into a storm of great | But the statesmen now in control
of the British government are wise
intensity which would have had
| enough power to break the ship.” old birds who are not likely to do any-
i Viewed from the commercial angle | thing that will provoke competition
the enterprise was even less satisfac- | with the United States either in naval
tory. It is estimated that the cost! construction or military operations.
i amounted to $1,500,000. It carried | Such action would certainly be “un-
desirable in the interest of the Brit-
i twenty passengers outward at $4000
ish and the world.’ Viscount Gray
'each and the same number back a%
' $3000 each, making a total of $140,- | of Fallodin may safely bet his mon-
' 000, leaving a margin between re-|acle on that.
! ceipts and expenditures wide enough
(to repel cautious investors. But
these unfavorable conditions may be
‘ overcome in time. Bigger and stronger
' er ships will be built. In fact one is
approaching completion in England
| now which will carry 100 passengers
' and when flying across the ocean be-
comes a “a fad” there will be ven-
turesome men awd women who will
Motor accidents in the big cit-
ies of the country are decreasing ac-
cording to reports and it is to be
hoped the trend will continue.
It is the concensus of opinion
among Philadelphia bankers that con-
fidential relations betwen bankers and
bootleggers is unethical.
the enterprise profitable. *Hope. springs eternal init
human breast.” The Socialist candi-
date for President kept up the fight
until the last minute.
Let us hope that the greatly
over worked word “invaded” will get
a rest now that the election is over.
———The vote on the State College
loan shows that the people appreci-
ate that great institution even if the
politicians do not.
It would be a fine thing, too, if
the church would make up its mind to
keep out of politics hereafter.
last Friday, refused to grant repa-
tre County Lime company and the
Chemical Lime company in their ac-
tion against the Bellefonte Central,
the Pennsylvania and other railroads,
for what the complainants alleged
were excessive charges for the ship-
ment of lime and limestone from
their plants in Buffalo Run valley.
It will be recalled that several
years ago the two lime companies and
ia number of shippers at State Col-
‘lege joined in petitions to the Public
i Service Commission and the Inter-
| state Commerce Commisison for a
arations on freight rates to the Cen-
to live.
—Samuel KE. Toner, a veteran of the
Spanish-American War, Lewistown, was
appointed sealer of weights and measures
for Mifflin county by the county commis-
sioners. The office has been vacant for
the past five years, the commissioners be-
Rising Prices and Living Costs.
From the New York World.
Commodity prices and the cost of
living are both going up. During the
past 12 months wholesale prices, lieving it to be about as much use as the
which are more sensitive than retail “noise of a baby carriage.” In a dozen
prices to changing economic condi- years that the position was active only
tions, have risen approximately 4 per two prosecutions were made, these entail-
cent. This in itself does not indicate ed a %5 fine in each case and the balance of
that we are approaching another per- the Sealer’s reports invariably contained
iod of inflation, inasmuch as the gen- the information “scales tested and adjust.
eral price level, as measured by the ed.” The former salary was $1000 per
index of the Department of Labor, year and expenses.
showed a variation in September of | _A jury in the civil courts of Mifflin
only one-tenth of 1 per cent. from the county gave a verdict of $534 damage in
‘more equitable adjustment of freight
i rates to and from points on the Belle-
{fonte Central railroad. Both eom-
i missions ordered a reduction in rates
i effective almost a year ago, and im-
| mediately afterwards the lime com-
‘panies instituted proceedings to col-
lect reparations under what they
| termed unjust rates. The amount of
average for the whole year 1926.
It is true that the trend of com-
modity prices during the last year
and a half has been decidedly wup-
ward, but the advance in this period
has not yet offset the decline which
ran from the middle of 1925 through
the first quarter of 1927. It would
require another advance about equal
to that of the past 12 months to put
| reparations claimed was in the neigh-
‘borhood of fifty thousand dollars.
| It is said that while this decision is
! adverse to the local companies it is by
{ no means final. They will appeal it
i
‘now to the Superior Court.
1925.
therfore, is not in evidence, and it
probability so Jong as our productive
capacity remains largely in excess of
our capacity to consume.
: : _ sions since the war, the firming up
The radio has become the lead of prices has tended "to stimulate
ing element in political campaigning. g,ction" and expanding output may
! be counted upon to check the devel-
The standing of the Pennsyl- opment of runaway markets. Be-
| vania State College as a high ranking cause of this condition in the com-
. educational institution is further at- mercial field speculative activity has
| tested in a report just issued by the been shifted to the more profitable
| college examiner which states that operations in securities.
| 145 students from other colleges and
i universities entered the State College
| this fall with advanced standing.
While most of these students came
from other colleges in Pennsylvania
i there were some from such widely,
scattered institutions as the Univers-
lity of Illinois, New York University,
; Ohio State, Columbia University, San
Diego State Teachers College, Uni-
versity of Vermont, Mechanico Elec
! tor Technical School of Sofia, and the
| University of Porto Rico.
Justified Sentences.
From the Williamsport Sun.
That the courts of Philadelphia
mean business in their efforts to as-
sist in ridding the city of the stain of
corruption involving the polce, politi-
cians and criminals was amply indi-
cated yesterday when the first group
of men convicted in connection with
the current sensational crime inquiry
appeared for sentence.
udge James Gay Gordon, Jr., re-
, vealed a realization of the seriousness
of the situation when he imposed sen-
tences ranging from five years in the
case of Matthew Patterson, Republi-
can ward leader and member of the
Pennsylvania Legislature, to six
months in the case of a special police-
man who was implicated in the
system. Terms of four years, three
years and eighteen months, respec-
tively, were imposed upon others, and
fines ranged from $10,000 downward.
—Subscribe for the Watchman.
——Pennsylvania poultry farmers
i carried off the honors in the interna-
tional egg laying contest at Milford,
Del., which recently came to the close
of its seventeenth year, according to
C. O. Dossin, poultry extension spec-
| ialist of the Pennsylvania State Col-
lege. For individual birds, high hon-
ors went to a bird from Kerlin's
Grand: View Poultry farm, Centre
{ Hall, which laid 276 eggs. i
i
favor of Miss Mildred Adams, 16 of Yeag-
ertown, in her suit against Arthur Snook,
of the Burnham Auto-Sales company,
Burnham, for $12,000, for an injury to her
left knee, sustained March 21, 1927, when
struck by an automobile driven by Stew-
art Hoy, an employee of the company.
Witnesses testified that Miss Adams play-
ed basket ball with her school team, Yeag-
average prices back to the level of:
Commodity price inflation,"
does not appear to be an immediate
t ting the hunter.
ertown, the same night, and that she
played basketball with the Spring Mills
and Mifflintown teams under an assumed
name after the accident. Miss Adams
received a similar verdict at the hands of
a jury several months ago.
—A railroad bridge, costing approxi-
In recent | pately one-half million dollars, is to be
months, as on several previous 0cCa- | constructed across the Susquehanna river
n2ar Muncy by the Reading company.
Pro-; work is to start next spring. The War
Department at Washington, has approved
the plans and the water and power re-
sources board at Harrisburg has also giv-
en its approval. The structure is to re-
place a bridge built in 1825 which has out-
lived its usefulness on account of the heav-
ier equipment now used by the company.
During the 1894 flood the water reached a
point three feet over the rails and in the
reconstruction at that time the tracks were
raised eight feet. The present plans call
for an additional raise of approximately
seven feet on account of the new design.
—W. H. Kepner, 60, of near Newport,
Perry county, returning from a hunting
trip, was killed on Friday afternoon near
New Buffalo, when he stepped in front of
a motor car occupied by four Penn State
students enroute to the Penn State-Notre
Dame game at Philadelphia. According to
information obtained from witnesses by
Dr. J. B. Book, coroner of Perry county,
Kepner came down an embankment to the
road, apparently examining his gun. Rob-
ert Hamilton, driver of the car, applied
the brakes and sounded the horn, at the
same time turning to the left to avoid hit-
Kepner, the vvitnesses
told the coroner, became confused and
stepped directly in front of the car. He
was knocked to the road and suffered a
cerebral hemorrhage. With Hamilton in
the car were Charles Chronister, Russell
Wilkinson and Thomas Anderson, all stu-
dents at State College.