INK SLINGS.
—So far as 1928 is concerned the
‘Watchman is all any more, still yet,
already once again. It’s all because
there ain’t any more.
. ——The Smithsonian Institute may
have failed in appreciation of Orville
Wright’s achievements but the public
does him full justice.
~ ——1TIt is said that liquor will cost
more next year, but there is no ex-
pectation that it will be scarcer and
little hope that it will be better.
——The Republican legislative cau-
cus was held in New York, Satur-
day evening, but Mr. Mellon has not
yet made up his mind as to who will
be Speaker.
—If the lounge lizard who has been
running up your light meter, eating
your fudge and keeping your home
evenings when you thought you would
take in the movies, hasn’t been
around lately it’s a sign that he isn’t
going to send you a bunch of flowers
or a box of candy on Christmas.
—We’re going to try to make a
happy Christmas for “Wesley.” If
you want to join us send anything
from a quarter to a dollar. Some
day we're going to put Wesley’s mes-
sage to the world in words that he
can’t command. To us he is an heroic
figure. Heroic because he has plod-
ded his way through life under hand-
icaps that would have broken the spir-
‘it and heart of most of us. 3
—Let the scoffers scoff. They re-
veal their hypocrisy when the Christ- |
mas season approaches for then they | tion tending toward reform that has ment through the operation of the
‘begin to respond to something with- the least political tinge and thus be- Volstead law. The head of the en-
in them that they dont understand , comes a menace to any form of im- forcement bureau of the Treasury De- {
and won’t recognize. Subsconsciously | provement in the government of the , partment recently testified before a
the Christmas spirit | Commonwealth. It will become a committee of Congress that it would
trading post to which the representa- require $300,000,000 to enforce the
they react to
just as one hundred thousand fight |
fans once stood in a New York arena
with bowed heads in silent prayer.
"The prayer was that Lindbergh, who .
was then winging his way over the
Atlantic, might reach Paris in safe- |
‘ty. Many in that mob had little
thought of God, yet none protest- have been a movement, recently or- proved that the enforcement of the
-ed the suggestion that there is One ganized in Philadelphia, to alter the | prohibition amendment has been a
disgraceful farce.
to pray to. |
—Among the many things the tax '
payers of Centre county don’t expect
Santa Claus to drop in their stock-!
ings is the prospect of less expense
in government, yet that is likely just
what is to happen. At the last elec- !
tion neither the Prohibition, Socialist,
Labor, Communist nor Industrialist
parties cast two per cent. of the to-
tal vote, so they will have no place
on the ballot next year. In Centre
county the printing of columns for
‘these parties has an expense
that we have inveighed against, time
and again. It couldn’t be stopped
until Al Smith appeared on the scene.
Then the Prohibs forgot their party
and rushed to Hoover. We don’t
know or care where the rest of them
went, but they went somewhere and
Al, “that bad man” has saved Centre
county really more than Herbert
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‘Hoover can give it with all the pros- |
perity he isn’t going to give.
—Having worked our way out from '
under a load far too heavy for wan-
ing mind and brain to dispatch as'
easily as they once did we started
home Wednesday evening to get a
‘snack before beginning the night
shift. On the bridge something
‘bright, off to the south, attracted our
attention. It was the new moon and
Wwe saw it over our right shoulder.
My, how we were perked up at that
omen of good luck. Then we remem-
bered that we hadn’t a cent in our
pockets and the charm was broken.
For when one sees the new moon over
the right shoulder good luck does not
follow unless he or she has money in
‘hand. We had none, for the day be-
fore we had given the little change we
had to a stranded boy who was try-
ing to get home for Christmas. We
stood there on the bridge to drink in
the glory of that December moon,
poised in the opaline sky of early
evening. The falls of Spring creek
looked like dancing diamonds and for
a moment we were charmed into ut-
ter oblivion as to work and care and
luck. Then we turned to the home-
ward way where garish lights and
man’s puny attempts to create a
Christmas atmosphere snapped us out
of the rhapsody.
We hadn’t thought much of Christ-
mas up to that moment. We had been
too busy, but it’s strange what an
impression such things make on one.
We got to wondering whether that
moon might not have had a message
to us just as the Star of Bethlehem
had for the Wise Men of the East.
We know it did, for it brought us
face to face with the advent of
Christmas. And all of the beauty we
saw as we leaned on the rail of the
bridge was but God’s setting for the
birth of the Christ child. With it
came to us an over-whelning flood of
recreation.
Our heart bulged with hope that all
the world would be at peace, and hap-
py, and come to see the beautiful
things in life and be blinded to the
sordid.
It would have been said anyway,
but we want you to understand that
when we write this message of Good
Cheer to you it isn’t just words. It
is from a beart that prays that all
your life will be as full of content-
ment, and happiness, and self efface-
ment as was ours during that mo-
ment of translation on the birdge.
| West, Samuel
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STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION.
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VOL.
Little Chance of Reform Legislation.
The Philadelphia representatives in
the General Assembly assembled in 'petrated a fine bit of humor during is consistent
BELLE
Senator Bruce’s Grim Humor. i
Senator Bruce, of Maryland, per-
FONTE, PA., DECEMBER 2
. Senator Moses Wants Trouble.
1. 1928.
Senator Moses, of New Hampshire, :
in his movement to
caucus, the other evening, to consider | the consideration of the Treasury Ap- hamper the ratification of the Kellogg
questions of policy and programmes | propriation bill the other day. Sen- pact to outlaw war.
He was among
of legislation to be followed at the or- | ator Bruce is a “lame duck,” having the most energetic of the group which
ganization and during the coming been defeated for re-election in No- opposed the ratification of the coven-
session.
There are thirty-six in the | vember.
He is also a leader of the
ant of the League of Nations. In
delegation and as the chosen leader | wet forces in Congress, and may have that case he was influenced by malig-
of the bunch boasted it “has the pow- been influenced to an extent by dis- nant partisanship. In this case he is
er to make or break any bill intro- | appointment in the result of the elee- probably moved by the spirit of mis-
duced in either the House or Senate.” | tion
in the country as well as in
chief. He asks for four absolutely
That being the case any hope of be- Maryland. In any event he managed impotent reservations to the pact,
neficent legislation during the session to hoodwink the Senate into appro- | which in itself is absolutely impotent.
of 1929 may as well be abandoned. 'priating $270,000,000 for prohibition The adoption of his reservations can
The rebuke administered in Novem- enforcement and “laughed out loud” have no other effect than to humiliate
ber by the election of five Democratic ' at the consternation which followed the President and the Secretary of
Representatives and one Democratic his achievement. It is confidently ex-
It has pected that the provision will be
Senator has had no effect.
failed of its purpose.
If the solidarity of the Philadelphia | mittee.
delegation in the matter of legisla-
tion were confined to measures of ap- | Maryland Senator played the trick on |
plication only to that city we might ; the Senate as a joke, but there is
“Ephri- | some ground for a contrary opinion.
am is joined to his idols” and the rest | Senator Bruce is a serious man and
But ; not given to jesting. He interpreted
the thirty-six may, and no doubt will, : the result of the election as a man-
have no reason to complain.
of us might “let him alone.”
stricken out by the conference com-
It is assumed, of course, that the,
|" The
State. His purpose in opposing the
oague of Nations was to humiliate
resident Woodrow Wilson.
Moses reservations provide
that the treaty imposes no obligation
NO. 50.
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New Milk Ordinance to be Ready for
Council at Next Meeting.
Seven members were present at the
regular meeting of borough council
on Monday evening. Isaac Under-'
wood appeared in person and pre-
sented the advantages of the borough
carrying its compensation insurance
in the Pennsylvania Threshermen and
Farmers’ Mutual Insurance associa-
tion, which he represents. The pre-'
mium is the same in that company as
in any other, but policy holders get
the advantage of a dividend, which
the past two years has averaged 173%
per cent. As the premium on the
compensation insurance the borough
is compelled to carry amounts to
about $450.00 a year it would mean
ia return in dividend of about $75.00.
to resort to coercive measures against
offenders; that it imposes no limita-
tions on the Monroe Doctrine; that
it does not impair the right of the
United States to defend its territory,
or interests and’
possessions, trade
vote as a body against any leglisla- date to enforce the Eighteenth amend- : that it does not obligate the United
tives of all sections of the State must
appeal in order to get legislation
through, and it will drive hard bar-
gains with those who come to it.
The incentive which led up to this
declaration of sinister purpose may
form of government of that city and
adopt the manager system. The un-
concealed purpose of this movement is
to get rid of the Vare machine as a
dominant force in the municipal gov-
ernment. Naturally the delegation is
opposed to that. In Cincinnati and
other cities of large population the
experiment has been adopted with
gratifying results and the chances are
that few, if any, of the present dele-
gation could be elected if the Vare
machine were wiped out. But itis
unfortunate that all
tion is to be sacrifice
machine.
to save the
——The Senate is still withholding |
_legisla-
i rence in that estimate and literally
|
its approval of the nomination of Roy
Secretary of the Interior.
Insull’s lawyer, for
The rec-
ords of Albert Fall and Hubert Work |
in that office make Senators careful.
Monopoly Control a Present Evil.
| The Boulder dam bill, as passed by | Naval ‘Affairs, appears to be deter-
! ocrites of millions of good citizens.
Eighteenth amendment by that med-
ium, and Senator Bruce may have
been simply expressing his concur-
“proving his faith by works.”
Eight years of fruitless effort has
It has cost a vast
sum of money and accomplished noth-
ing except to supply fat jobs for cor-
rupt politicians, create a lucrative in-
dustry of bootlegging, and make hyp-
It has made it difficult for poor peo-
ple and easy for rich men and wo-
men to procure alcoholic beverages,
but impossible for nobody. Senator
Bruce may have come to the conclu-
sion that such conditions are intoler-
able in a state of righ-minded pee:
ple and that the government is under
moral and legal obligations to enforce |
the Volstead law or repeal it. .
re ————p ef rtracet———
——Reports of danger to Mr.
Hoover may be exaggerated, and the
enthusiasm at his receptions in the .
Southland may be manufactured.
mt sree sn ara ——_————
Mr. Britten Takes Another Plan.
Representative Britten, of Illinois,
chairman of the House Committee on
the Senate last week, after eight years | mined to encroach upon the prerog- |
of parliamentary jockeying, promises ' atives of the Department of State. |
little advantage to the people of the Some weeks ago he wrote a personal
section of the country concerned. As letter to the Premier of Great Brit-
originally drawn and agreed to by the
House of Representatives the meas-
ure would have committed the gov-
ernment to construct the dam and.
create plants for irrigation and gen-
erating electric power for public
service. As adopted by the Senate it
authorizes the Secretary of the In-
terior to lease to private corporate
interests the right to supply irriga-
tion and electric power as a commer-
cial enterprise. This change in the
plan may secure executive approval
of the bill but robs it of its value to
the public.
All that is necessary to complete
the monopoly of electric power in the
country is to convey to the power
trust control of the government own- .
ed plant at Muscle Shoals and a
franchise to generate and sell elec-
tric service at Boulder dam. The
Boulder dam bill as passed by the
Senate practically guarantees that
half of the proposition. President
Coolidge is already committed to that
purpose and President-elect Hoover
is in complete accord with him on the
subject. It is not likely, therefore,
that a Secretary of the Interior ap-
pointed by either of them would ve-
fuse to adopt a policy so obviously
adverse to their wishes, In fact the
present Secretary is a part of the
power trust.
President Coolidge’s “pocket veto”
of the Muscle Shoals bill, enacted
during the last session of the present
Congress, is ample evidence of his
desire to turn that property over to
the Trust. In his campaign speeches
Mr. Hoover clearly expressed his con-
currence in that purpose. With in-
creased Republican majorities tn both
branches of Congress, and the poten-
tial advantage of vast patronage at
hand, it is easy to imagine sufficient
executive control of the next Con-
gress to secure any legislation de-
sired by the occupant of the White
House. In view of these conditions
it must be apparent to all thought-
ful persons that the day of monopoly
control in this country is at hand.
——Representative Britten will
probably fail in his enterprise with
Great Britain, but it is certain that he
will get himself disliked at Washing-
ton.
‘a penalty.
tee of the United States Congress at
ain suggesting that a committee of
Parliament meet the Naval commit-
some point in Canada and settle the
differences between the two nations
on the question of naval equipment.
After considerable delay, and proba-
bly some anxiety, he got a polite let-
ter from the Premier indicating that
his intentions were admirable but his
method of procedure irregular and
therefor out of order.
The incident provoked a good deal
of comment in official circles in Wash-
ington. It seems that there is a law
on the statute books, enacted a
hundred years or more ago, forbid-
ding usurpation of functions of the
Executive department and providing
For a short time there
was talk of enforcing this law against
Mr. Britten but President Coolidge
and Secretary of State Kellogg final-
ly concluded that no real harm had
been done and the matter was drop-
ped. But Representative Britten was
not satisfied with such a disposition of
his pet notion and now announces his
purpose to bring the matter before
the Inter-parliamentary Union which
assembles in Geneva in August next.
With this object in mind Mr. Brit-
ten recently cabled to Commander
Joseph M. Kenworthy, member of the
British Parliament, suggesting a plan
for “frequent inter-parliamentary
groups of two or more nations,” pre-
sumably to discuss such questions up-
on which the participating nations are
in disagreement. Commenting on this
Mr. Britten says “I propose to do in
August, 1929, exactly what I had
hoped might be done this year in
Canada.” In other words, he hopes by
this method to take out of the hands
of the Executive department certain
questions relative to war and peace
and vest them in the representatives
of the people, namely the Congress of
the United States, so far as this coun-
try is concerned.
——Lloyd George says “the nations
are heading straight for war,” and it
may be said that he isn’t doing much
to divert them from the course.
——Airships seem to have taken
the place of automobiles as death
dealing agents.
States to the conditions of any treaty
£0 which the United States is not a
2 y.” As a matter of fact there
nothing in the treaty in question
which could be construed into impos-
ing such obligations on the govern-
1
, the 1928, a total of $1100.
ment or people of the United States. |
The treaty actually imposes no obli- '
gation of any kind upon the United
States or anybody else.
But having opposed the ratification
of the covenant of the League of Na- '
tions
without just reason Senator.
Moses is justified in opposing the rat-
ification of the Kellogg pact without
any kind of reason at all.
9
Consis-
tency is a great virtue to small minds
and the New Hampshire Senator feels
that he must maintain his record,
even if it is a bad one. It is not like-
ly that his proposition will meet with
much favor in the Senate or approval
in the popular mind, for most of the
thinking people appraise the pact as
a harmless gesture the ratification of
which will flatter the vanity of Presi-
Coolidge and Secretary of State |
without doing either harm or
good to any one else.
—As a precautionary measure it
would be wise for Mr. Hoover to stay
away from Bolivia and Paraguay un-
til the smoke blows off.”
Shower of Letters in Airmail Cele-
were unable to get the plug open.
bration.
Upwards of ten thousand letters,
or a total of 350 pounds of mail, were
sent out from Bellefonte by airplane,
on Tuesday afternoon, as an adver-
tising stunt in honor of the tenth
anniversary of the inauguration of
the government air mail between New
York and Chicago and the opening
‘of a landing field in Bellefonte.
The celebration was conceived at a
meeting of the Kiwanis club several
months ago and a committee appoint-
ed of which George T. Bush was
chairman. As it was impossible to
have a parade of airplanes the com-
mittee decided to put out a letter
which will advertise the town. The
, wisdom of their decision was shown
"in the fact that such a large number
were sent out.
At first there was some uncertain-
ty as to whether the heavy cargo of
letters could be sent out by plane,
owing to the fact that Bellefonte is
not a regular stopping place and also
that because of the near approach of
the holiday season the airmail now is
very heavy. But it just happened that
H. P. Little, the pilot who got lost
in the clouds, on Monday, and came
down in New York State, was sent
back to Cleveland without a cargo of
mail and he stopped in Bellefonte and
took on the letters mailed here, leav-
ing for Cleveland about 2 o'clock p.
m. All mail sent from here was ship-
ped to Cleveland and there it will be
distributed for consignment to the
various destinations.
Included in the large number of
letters were some to every State
in the Union and quite a number to
foreign countries. That it will be a
good advertisement for Bellefonte is
quite certain.
——0On Wednesday afternoon a
large moving van going up High
street caught an electric light wire
strung across the street from a
standard in front of the Bush Arcade
to the Potter-Hoy hardware store and
pulled it down. In attempting to pull
the slack out of the wire in replac-
ing it employees of the West Penn
Power company pulled over the stand-
ard which fell on the Brouse grocery
delivery truck, knocking a hole in the
top and side. Fortunately nobody
was hurt. The wire was one put up
temporarily to furnish current for the
curb trees.
——The Philadelphia professional
gamblers seem to have taken Mayor
Mackey’s campaign pledges at “face
value.”
On motion of Mr. Emerick, seconded
by Mr. Badger, council voted to give
Mr. Underwood the insurance for the
coming year.
The Street committee had no report
to submit.
The Water committee reported a
number of repairs to pipes and me-
ters, and the renting of the first floor
of the Phoenix mill property to the
Beatty Motor company for $20 a
month. Collections on water taxes
included $5.00 on the 1926 duplicate,
$71.43 on the 1927 and $1023.57 on
The committee further reported
that it has been customary at this
season of the year to place a decora- |!
tive illumination at the spring, but
everything tried so far has not given
good satisfaction. This year the West
Penn Power company has agreed to
furnish an under water illuminated |
spray for the price of $54.00 per |
light. If two lights are used it will |
give a combination of three colors |
and be much more effective. The,
_ committee favored the two lights. Mr. |
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Emerick moved that the committee be |
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empowered to put in the two light |
illumination and that they be made
| glades, severely cut herself.
' SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE.
—A confession of how he and two com-
panions stole fifty-seven automobiles and
committed 104 robberies in seven coun-
ties of northeastern Pennsylvania, has
| been made by Anthony Kwatowski, 19, of
| Nanticoke.
|
{ to hunt deer, Abe Kilmer, 65, a farmer of
—Telling his family that he intended
Towanda, Pa., left home on Friday with
a rifle. A short time later he was found
dead, a bullet wound in his head and the
gun at his side. Members of the family
told the police he had been despondent.
—While visiting friends in Mifilinburg,
Mrs. Harry Aurand, 35, of Selinsgrove,
becoming despondent tried to end her life
by slashing her wrists. Excusing herself
from a group of friends with whom she
was visiting, Mrs. Aurand went to an up-
stairs room and, obtaining some razor
Surgeons at
the Ceisinger Memorial Hospital expect
her to recover.
—A lone holdup man walked into the
: Gozstonyi Savings and Trust company
bank in Reading, and waving an auto-
matic pistol to cow the employes, scoop-
ed up $600 in bills and backed out of the
door before turning to flee. He didn’t get
far as he was captured a block away by
patrolman Martin after a pistol duel in
which the robber and policeman each
emptied their weapons.
—DBusses have taken the place of street
cars between Johnstown and Ebensburg,
Cambria county seat, following suspen-
sion of trolley service by the Southern
Cambria Railway company. The trolley
concern was sold at a trustees’ sale Nion-
day to Gomer Walters, Johnstown, for
$52,300. The sale must be confirmed by the
county court before disposition of the
property is made. Walter had no state-
ment to make regarding his plans.
—Harry Berger, former deputy inter-
nal evenue collector attached to the Al-
toona district pleaded guilty on Tuesday,
before Judge F. P. Schoonmaker in Unit-
ed States court, at Pittsburgh, to seven
counts of embezzlement. After it had
been explained that there seemed to be a
multiplication of charges and that Berg-
er's shortage was only $58 he was placed
on probation for three years. He former-
ly was treasurer of Blair county.
—~Claiming that her husband branded a
large “I” on her leg, after forcing her
down on a bed, Mrs. Ida May Myers, of
Hutchinson, Fayette county, was granted
a divorce from Burhl Meyers, also of
Hutchinson. Mrs. Meyers testified that
her husband would force her down on the
bed and then use a heavy strap and buckle
to punish her. When he branded her
leg with the letter “I” he said that he
did so just to have her constantly re-
minded of him.
—The Pennsylvania Hide and Leather
company plant covering five acres near Cur-
wensville, was totally destroyed by fire
last Thursday night. Damage was esti<
mated at $1,000,000. Headquarters of the
firm are in Boston. The cause was un-
known. The tannery was located on what
| a permanent decoration. The motion | is known as the “fats” and lies adjacent
! was seconded by Mr. Mignot and : to the borough of Curwensville. It nor-
| passed by council.
Mr. Cunningham then called atten-
tion of council to the fact that Mr.
Seibert and the Water committee had
been severely criticised by the firs
‘marshall and others for a bad condi-
tion at the fireplug on Howard street
on the night of the fire last week.
When the firemen first hooked onto
i the plug they had an abundance of
‘water but they shut off the water *o
connect another line of hose then
Mr. Seibert exhibited to council the
brass thread stem which operates the
valve, and which was badly bent.
When the firemen shut off the plug
they exerted so much force on the!
stem that the brass was bent and then
the valve naturally couldn’t be open-
ed. Mr. Cunningham made it plain
that he was not censuring the firemen
but made the explanation to show
that the fault was not that of Mr.
Seibert nor the Water committee.
The Finance committee reported a
balance of $6088.39 in the hands of
the borough treasurer and asked for
the renewal of notes totaling $6500,
which was authorized. |
The Fire and Police committee re- |
ported that the street commissioner
was using new fire hose to flush sew-
ers, and should use old hose instead.
The matter was referred to the Street
committee.
Mr. Cobb, of the special committee,
reported considerable progress in the
matter of the new milk ordinance.
After a number of meetings the form
has been decided upon and the bor-
ough solicitor is preparing the ordi-
nance which will be ready to submit
to council at its next meeting. f
Mr. Brouse, of the Street commit-
tee, stated that the borough is now
paying for a light it is not usmg, one
that stood in front of the Bush house,
and he suggested that a light be plac-
ed on west High street, near the
corner of the Potter-Hoy Hardware
company’s warehouse. Council au-,
thorized placing the light. |
Mr. Emerick asked regarding a
light in the rear of the Bush house
and an examination of the map show-
ed that there should be a light there
and the matter was referred to the
Street committee.
Bills totaling $1288.26 were approv- |
ed for payment after which council |
adjoined.
Laughing
T'rom the ITarrisburg Telegraph.
A Texas physician introduces the |
case of a woman given up to die at
87 years of age. She thought that,
inasmuch as it was all settled, she |
might as well stop worrying about it. |
She immediately set about having as |
good a time as she could—and liv
to be 103.
Laughter clears worry out of the
brain and is real exercise for the
body. And if a thing can’t be help-
ed, we might as well laugh as =
helped,
about it. d sometimes it is
—If it is news you are looking for
after all.
take the Watchman,
i rections on parallel tracks.
' severed above the knee.
| Bratton and Charles Hoffman,
nally employs more than 50 men. The
fire is said to have originated in the main
building, which is five stories high, and
of frame construction. :
—Harry William Biddings, 21 years old,
of Mifilin township, Columbia county, was
arrested early Monday evening and plead-
ed guilty to charges of larceny, breaking
and entering in connection with the bur-
glary of the home of Perry McHenry, in
Orange township, Saturday night, while
McHenry was absent. The youth said he
had taken more money than McHenry
‘knew was missing. He said he had taken
$515 in cash, $900 in notes, $150 in Lib-
erty bonds and titles to two automobiles.
Biddings was committed to jail in default
of $1500 bail.
—~Charging that diseased cattle had been
slaughtered and the meat peddled on the
Hanover streets by “frost butchers,” a
group of meat dealers and green grocers
of that place entered a protest at a spec-
jal meeting of the town council, and ask-
ed for more strict regulation of the sale
of food-stuffs. A higher peddlers’ li-
cense fee, which would keep out the small
dealer was also urged. Dealers asked that
the peddlers’ license fee be increased from
$15 to $50 per year. A small additional
fee of $5 for each additional wagon used
for peddling, was suggested.
— Drawn onto a revolving wheel, which
was speeding at the rate of 350 revolutions
a minute, John Hill, 35, father of three
small children, was whirled to death at
the briquette plant at Deiblers Station,
Northumberland county, on Saturday. The
"man, with his brother, Ermy Hill, had
just begun his day's work when the belt
of the large wheel slipped from its posi-
tion, and, in an attempt to replace it with-
out throwing the clutch, stepped so close
to it that the wheel caught his clothing.
A minute after the brother had witnessed
the accident the machinery was stopped.
—Refusing the offer of the Reading
‘ Railway company for compensation for
loss of a leg, trainman Frederick 8. Lin-
derman, of Shamokin, in his suit for
damages, filed in the courts of Newark,
N. J., demands $75,000 restitution. When
the accident occurred Linderman was em-
ployed as brakeman on § yard engine.
Standing along the tracks at the lower
end of the new Reading yards, he was
| caught under the wheels of one of two
! trains which appeared at the same time,
confusing him, traveling in opposite di-
His leg was
He is basing his
claim on the contention that the locomo-
tive which struck him came under the
inter-state commerce regulations, refus-
ing to accept damages under the State
workman's compensation act.
—William P. Woods, cashier and vice-
president of the Mifflin County National
bank, Lewistown, who organized the first
Boy Scout troop in Mifflin county eighteen
years ago, and who now has several camps
in the Seven mountains where the boys
may summer, in company with W. Boyd
of the
Chamber of Commerce; D. C. Bowman,
Foster Cupp and Charles W. Stahl, of the
| Rotary club, and D. B. Gardner, presi-
dent elect of the Kiwanis club, all of
Lewistown, have arranged the prelimi-
naries for an organization to comprise all
Boy Scout troops in Mifflin, Juniata and
Huntingdon counties under a paid exec-
utive with a view to the betterment of
that services The movement will cost
$6500 a year and Mifflin county’s quota
would be $2700. © The National Council
was represented by D., C. Van de Boe, of
Harrisburg.