INK SLINGS. — The oyster season is on but wise guys will take the early offer- ings with a grain of salt. ——The airmen have everybody and everything else crowded off the first pages. Even hijacking opera- tions get scant attention. ——World-wide sympathy will centre at the bed-side of former Premier Poincare, of France, who is critically ill at his home. ——Three hundred and sixty miles an hour is the new speed record for air travel, and we'll say the driver must have been in a hurry. —Another expedition is about to set off for Africa to study the sun’s heat. Why peddle away off there to find out how hot old Sol can real- ly get? After the experience around here for the last week we think that nobody cares a darn about knowing whether the sun can de better. —Now that it has become a rea- sonable certainty that Mr. Cornelius MecGillicudy and his hirelings will be | rallying around the flag in Shibe park in October, “we're off the “Afaletics” for the time being and we think Philadelphia sports writers would be doing the team a good turn by wrecking their spreaders for the rest of the season. —Either the youth of the land is changing or the schools are taking on a lure that they were never sup- posed to have. Most of the boys and girls we know are actually béaming with happiness because the schools have reopened and they have gotten back to their—what? Shall we say studies or would it be nearer the truth to say the thrill of activities of mass- ed children of their own age? — We are told that our local bank- ers don’t like the new paper money. However that may be it takes a pretty gilt-edged note to get any of it away from them. And, talking about money, do you know that the new ten thousand dollar note bears a likeness of Salmon P. Chase? Bet- ter get acquainted with Salmon’s “phyz” so if anybody hands you one you will know whether it’s real or just stage money. a —Whoever can find out just what is back of Gifford Pinchot’s opposi- tion to the confirmation of Albert L. Watson, of Scranton, as a Federal judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, will dig up something that the regular Republican organi- zation would like very much to know. Gifford is after something and he digs in such devious ways that he has the political manipulators guess- ing most of the time. —Some will think William F. Kenny Paris to i York for his barber to go over and cut his hair. Maybe he is and maybe he isn’t. William has so much money that he can’t spen it, even if he were to do fooler things than that. Besides, it’s his money and he has hair to cut. If we should waken up tomorrow morning and find we had suddenly become the proprietor of a crop of hair worthy of harvesting we think we would be just as foolish about it as Mr. Ken- ney. Of course, it goes without say- ing that we wouldn’t be telephoning to Paris for a barber. —As years roll on and the present becomes history as ancient as isthe Paleozoic period when coral reefs were in the building Bellefonte, ev- en though the town might dry up and blow away, will be on the tongues of men. Noah's little trip in the Ark, Columbus’ heading west- ward over uncharted seas and Lind- bergh’s daring flight across the At- lantic are no more - indellibly im- pressed as epochs of civilization than will be the flight of the Graf Zeppe- lin around the world. And no mat- ter when the student of the future turns to his reference book for some details of the first globe encircling by craft lighter than air he will see “Bellefonte” staring him in the face. Bellefonte is on the official log of the: Graf, because she passed over our airport, and that log is history that will be referred to through all time to come. —Not being able to understand why people can’t live in peace with one another Nathan Kofman wants us to write an article that will make them A—rabs lay off the Jews over in Palestine. We strive ever to be obliging, but we’ve lost faith in our ability to make people see straight. Seven years ago we blazed the only trail that might have led the credi- tors of the Centre County bank out of the wilderness in which they have wandered ever since. They are a normal group of humans, yet they wouldn't concentrate long enough to realize that a mob never gets any- thing, except for the few leaders who incite it. ‘They understood, perfectly, the language we talked and all our suggestions got was immolation on the cross of ridicule. After such an experience how could we hope to in- fluence an A—rab? The commission is too much for us. We're sorry to disappoint Nathan because we know him to be a peace loving soul. We also know if Palestine were filled with Jews as amiable and fair as he is the A—rabs would be so busy Ail ear 2 STATE RIGHTS AN. D FEDERAL UNION. VOL. 74. BELLEFONTE. P Vare Threatens to Run Again. It has been semi-officially an- | The World war is ended at last. pounced that in the event William On Saturday, at the Hague, repre- S. Vare is denied a seat in the Sen- sentatives of the several nations im- ate, now practically certain, he will ' mediatey concerned, signed the rep- The World War Ended Finally. Governor Reed of Kansas A.. SEPTEMBER 6. 1929. Governor Clyde M. Reed, of Kan- sas, a straight-laced Republican, has sounded a surprising note of alarm. Addressing the national convention be a candidate for the office at the 'arations pact known as the Young [Of ‘Railroad and Utilities Commission- Spring primary next year. Whether plan. this is a boast or a threat is left to sum which Germany must pay but conjecture but in either event it will apportions the amount to be paid to indicate that his restoration to men- each of the creditor nations. In this tal health has not been as complete lies the principal difference between as his physical recovery. In the con- | the Young and the Dawes plans. test in 1926 he carried only four The Dawes plan, which was really counties for the nomination and at | devised by Mr. Young, provided for the November election, though his K annual payments of fixed sums but colleague on the ticket had nearly a : set no time for final adjustment or million plurality, he was defeated by definite total. The plan agreed upon more than 100.000 outside of Phila- now does both. Germany knows now delphia and Pittsburgh, where the | exactly how much she must pay and vote was so corrupt that a Senate in the absence of unforseen contin- committee denounced it as invalid. gencies, when and how it must be In the primary campaign that: paid. year Mr. Vare and his supporters | This important result has not been spent considerably more than a mil- | achieved without labor and difficul- lion dollars, a large part of which |ties. The Young conference held in was believed to have come from the Paris covered a long and sometimes criminal element of the two big cit- | acrid period of controversy. The ies under promise of protection in | differences between the contending the future. At the general election {forces were wide and confusing. But he had the active and earnest sup- the masterful mind of Owen D. port of his party organization, yet Young, one of the representatives of he ran nearly 300,000 behind his ticket and only obtained an apparent’ majority by the fraudulent votes cast in the big cities and Lackawanna and the people but not the government of the United States, reconciled these differences and led to a conclusion that seemed to satisfy all. Then fol- Schuylkill counties. He has done ‘lowed the conference at the Hague nothing since to change public sen- "in which this country was not repré- timent in his favor. In fact every sented. It assembed on August 6th development in relation to the mat. ! under most favorable auspices. But ter since has not only confirmed but at the very beginning the British It not only fixes the definite ; ers in session at Glazier Park, Mon- tana, the other day, he said, “inter- ference by the federal judiciary in the regulation of public utilities by the States, represents a grave threat to our form of government in which ‘the States have a vital part.” He places responsibility for this fault in administration on the Supreme court ‘of the United States, and ascribes to it any and all delinquencies “in the regulation of public utilities and common carriers in the last twenty years.” Coming from such a source this is an astonishing statement of fact or fancy. Centralization of power in the federal government is, and al- ways has been, a basic feature of the philosophy of the Republican party, and in late years the tendency that direction has been rapidly creasing. It was one of the main points of difference between Jeffer- son and Hamilton in the beginning, and the late President Roosevelt al- most demanded the right to regulate family affairs from the executive of- fice in Washington. Coolidge seem- ed willing to relinquish the preroga- tive to Wall street and Hoover is creating commissions every few days to gather information that will en- able him to regulate everything. increased the opposition to him. But the Democrats of the State will raise no objections to his aspira- tions for another nomination. He will be an easy mark for defeat, and a Pennsylvania Democrat in the Sen- ate will have a wholesome influence on legislation. It is true that the candidacy of such a type implies an impairment of the dignity and impor- tance of the office. A Senator in Congress represents the sovereignty of the State and should express the mental and moral standard of its citizenry. Mr. Vare does not meas- ure - up to the Pennsylvania Jevel Public interest has no appeal to his mind and public service is to him only a means to promote selfish in- in Congress he would be a misfit. —— What's in a name. Ruther- ford Hayes was shot for rum-run- ning at Buffalo, the other day, and Daniel Hastings addressed a Hebrew convention at Wilmington on Sun- day. —p ment. MacDonald Has Changed His Mind. If the latest information on the subject is accurate Premier Mac- Donald will not come to this coun- try to arrange with President Hoov- er for either ‘a decrease in naval equipment of both countries or a parity of naval strength between his country and ours. He has had fre- quent, long and satisfactory conver- sations on the subject with Ambas- sador Dawes. But “on sober second thought” the level-headed Scotchman has arrived at the opinion that the right place to consider such ques- tions is the council table of the League of Nations and he has po- litely asked Mr. Hoover's consent to present it to that body, now in ses- sion. Premier MacDonald wants univer- sal peace, and so do all men and wo- men of the United States, with the exception of the warship builders and the manufacturers of war ma- ment between only two of the many nations of the world, even though of such power and importance as the United States and Great Britain, would be of doubtful expediency at pest. It might do much good and it would be capable of considerable harm. Jealousies are easily aroused among small nations, and two great powers arrogating to themselves the right to regulate the world would not be polite and might make trou- ble. Half the anxiety among certain politicians in this country to settle world affairs by agreements between two or among three or four powers is based on a desire to discredit the League of Nations. Premier Ram- sey MacDonald is apparently not in sympathy with this purpose. He understands that the safest and san- est means of promoting peace, reduc- ing armaments and cultivating amity among nations is the League of Na- tions. It was created for that pur- pose by the greatest minds of the world and is provided with facilities for achievement which will never be assembled by another agency, and in that he is absolutely right. : . ——Suggestion to some esteemed gathering junk for them that they couldn't afford to take time off for & Senator.refect instead fighting as they are doing now. contemporaries: Why not write it ( : of Senator- elect. It would be more accurate. terials and munitions. But an agree-| ' Governor Reed, of Kansas, is a faithful, it might be said even a ser- vile follower of President Hoover. For that reason his statement is sur- prising. But he may not mean ex- actly what he says. Language is not always used to express thoughts. Sometimes it is employed to conceal purposes and possibly that is what the Governor of Kansas had in mind. The utility corporations are unani- mously against federal control. They are spending millions of dollars an- nually to mislead the public mind in- to opposition _to it, and Governor Reed may be speaking for them. The confusion that might grow out of conflicting State laws would make | delegates “threw a monkey wrench into the machinery” and almost wrecked the works. But after long and patient effort the trouble has been adjusted. The justice of the British claim for a : larger share of the German payments has been recognized, and though not allowed in full were made acceptable to Mr. Snowden, the British Chancel- lor. That settled the disagreement so. far as reparations are concerned. The graver question of the alien oc- cupation of the Rhine was set- tled with less defficulty. It isagreed that the removal of foreign troops from German territory shall begin at once and continue in full vigor until of the partisan malice which has Lindbergh may have been a kept us out of the League of Nations. trifle indiscreet in operating his plane : at Cleveland, the other day, but it’s — The Graf Zeppelin is a daring his first offense and he meant well. adventurer but it hadn’t the nerve.to : carry a quantity of Jersey applejack | on its home voyage. Hard Bunch for Monopoly. - The Power trust got a well deserv- ed bump at the hands of the Federal Power Commission, the other day. Advice to Philadelphia Reformers. that menacing monopoly were warn- ed against padding their capital ac- counts with’ fictitious items and it is ; estimated” that ‘it ‘will result in the draining out of the aggregate capi- tal of those already under license of a billion dollars worth of “water.” Under the law these corporations are allowed to exact from consumers a rate which will yield a fair profit on Sighs invested capital. By the wa- te rocess their capital is inflat- stantial sum of $31,112.20 in fees, in ed = that they are able to a excess of the regular salary. A man profits on a vastly greater amount with such a record can contribute no . than is invested in the enterprises. strength as a leader in the move- For example, take a local utility ment for “cleaner politics and better company, the organization and equip- municipal government.” His identity ment of which cost the owners say with the movement casts a doubt $100,000. It is rendering fairly good upon its sincerity. service at moderate rates and earn- Before the Slush Fund committee ing satisfactory dividends. Along of the Senate investigating the ex- comes a promoter who organizes a penditures of the Senatorial election “holding company” with little capital of. 1926 he boastfully revealed the in- and no conscience. He induces the iquities of machine politics. He was proud of the achievements of the or- ganization under his management in “the neck.” He drew much enjoy- ment from his description of the morons and criminals who thought turn He promises better service as they were voting for the ward lead- 2 result of ‘greater sfciency in ‘ops er for every office on the ballot. In eration and lower rates because of decreased overhead expense. In afew his radio speech, the other night, he ro manifested equal indifference to mor- months, without improvement in serv al obligations. He offered no apolo- ioé; the Tales to’ consumers are in. gy for his effort to mulct the city in the underlier conspiracy and makes no promise of restoring to the city the considerable fees he ab- stracted over and above his salary. It would be all right for Mayor Mackey to join a force of reformers as a penitent “private in the ranks,” anxious to make amends for faults of the past. No party organization can “pick and choose” its supporters. Even undesirables may serve a good purpose by promoting a just cause. But they should be modest in their activities and not presumptuous. The reformers of Philadelphia are en- gaged in a great enterprise for pub- lic service. Their purposes should not be defeated, their labors nullified by the “butting-in” of selfish pre. tenders. The loss to the cause of Hampy Moore may not be important. in the contest. But it is a symptom and should receive attention. Put a muzzle on Mackey. is wise it will dump Mayor Mackey. He is too heavy a load to carry. “Ev- ery time he opens his mouth he puts his foot in it.” In a recent speech over the radio he set himself down as a political hijacker. He admitted a part in the fraudulent vote for Vare in 1926 and acknowledged that during the two years he occupied the office of city treasurer he drew from the people of Philadelphia the sub- come into his corporatin with a lot of others by offering $500,000, not in cash but in shares of the new concern and guarantees a much larger re- there is no redress. The suffering consumers kick, of course, and if they have grit and the price they appeal to the State Pub- lic Service Commission. But that gets them nowhere. In deference to appearances the Commission holds a hearing and the holding company certifies its stock at the cost price of $500,000, plus $50,000, for the pro- motor, $100,000 for the organizer, a large sum for the engineering, man- agement, supervision, financing, de- velopment and various other imagin- ary expenses, and the Commission hands down an opinion that the in- crease in rates is necessary to earn fair profits on the product. The rul- ing of the Federal Power Commis- sion, if sustained, will put an end to this form of legalized banditry. ——The disturbed political condi- tions in Virginia seem to have devel- oped a man-hunting snake. completed probably. within six; &dmirable smoke screens for various, with this great achievement because > If the reform party in Philadelphia’ The several subsidiaries composing share-holders of the local ‘concern to creased 25, 50 or 100 per cent., and Li NO. 35. Alarmed. | Spite Screen Reveals Bad Blood at Mountain Top Resort. The quiet stillness of the Sabbath morning, on the top of Nittany moun- tain, was broken by the active ham- mering of nails and handling of lumber and by noontime there had been put up a board screen in front of the observatory erected by James Nixon which afforded tourists an unobstructed view of the long and broad expanse of the beautiful farms and fertile acres of Pennsvalley. But the view is now obstructed and prob- ably will be until the first heavy storm when the flimsy spite screen will probably fall before the wind. Ever since the top of Nittany mountain has been made a play- ground a spirit of contention has prevailed between the proprietors of the two refreshment stands. Just who was the first man to divine the money making possibilities of the top of the mountain is not definitely known, but John H. Detweiler, of Centre Hall, purchased a tract of land there which includes all the flat top of the mountain. Later Musser E. Coldren bought a strip on the south of the Detweiler tract, the line running right along the edge of the crest of the mountain. Detweiler then gave James Nixon a refreshment stand privilege on his land, and also built a bungalow for himself. Nixon, an old Philipsburg- er, purchased two abandoned cars of the Philipsburg street rail- way, had them moved to the top of the mountain and set up as refresh- ment stands. He also built a twen- ty foot high observatory to afford tourists a good view of Pennsvalley. On his land Coldren erected a nice frame building as an eating place, with an observatory in front and a second story as living quarters for. himself and family. He also moved a smaller frame building from Grange park and set it down a lit- tle northwest of his other building. Detwiler claimed this was partly on his land and promptly brought eject- ment proceedings to compel its re- moval. The matter is still in the courts of Centre county and is sched- uled for trial at this month’s term “In thé meantime the two promot- ters are not living in peace and con- tentment, and according to all re- ports Mr. Coldren is the most agres- sive because Nixon's stands are bet- ter located to catch the bulk of the trade. The Nixon observatory is al- so the highest and affords the best view of Pennsvalley, or at least did so until Coldren erected the spite screen on Sunday morning. The screen was probably built that day to avoid any possibility of injunction proceedings. It is thirty feet in height, twelve feet wide, and while an apparently flimsy affair it proves a good obstruction to the view. It is built on Coldren’s land and there- fore cannot be touched by Nixon without laying him open to the charge of trespassing. On the screen Coldren has attach- ed a sign which reads: “You only heard one side of the story. Come over and hear the other side.” A large sign on his own stand reads “Best view from our observatory. Come and try it.” The fence was removed, on Tues- | day, and serenity again prevails. Summer Ends. From the Williamsport Sun. Regardless of what the calendar may have to say on the subject, summer is at an end when Labor Day comes around. This holiday, once devoted to ‘a celebration in hon- | or of labor, in most communities re- tains only its name to indicate its | origin. It serves as a culmination of the summer vacation season, a final day of freedom before returning to the routine schedule of existence. It marks the departure of guests from summer resorts; the exodus of campers from the cottages and tents they have occupied for weeks; the return of thousands of motorists to their homes from tours which haye taken them to distant places, with new scenes and new friendships; the return of workers to their labors, and the exchange of carefree, outdoor life for the more serious routine of the school room by millions of children. According ‘o the calculations by which such things are determined, summer, as one of the seasons of the year, still has some days torun. But with Labar Day past, summer, as the play period of the year, has ended. — Chancellor Snowden ‘is the most popular man in London at pres- ent. His achievements at the Hague conference will put a vast amount of money in the British treasury, and an Englishman likes money. Being assured of his own elec- tion Controller Hadley. of Philadel- phia, ‘doesn’t seem to care which of the factions'win,’ ' “' “CC SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE. —Police are seeking two men for ques- tioning in connection with slaying of Joseph Paladino, 35, crippled World War yeteran found murdered in a field near Farrell. EIT —A force of twenty-five men and wo- men began work this week at Shamokin Darf, when the Greene Silk company, Inc., began its operations. The force is expect- ed to be gradually increased. —Dr. F. W. Black announced that he has signed a contract for the construc- tion of a thirty-six-bed hospital near Lewistown. The hospital, to cost $125,- 000, will care for Dr. Black's private pa- tients. > \ —Edward Newcomer and Harry Kilpat- rick have received $50 each from the Pennsylvania Motor Federation for their aid in the arrest and conviction of Elmer Martin, of Williamsport, held to be a hit- and-run driver. - : —The American Car and Foundry com- pany, of Berwick, will fill two large or- ders. An $8,000,000 order for subway cars for New York has been received and the plant also will fill an order of 1000 all- steel freight cars. —While the town policeman, Robert Simons, was standing near the front en- trance, a burglar broke into the back of the Headings Drug Store, in Lewisburg. The policeman heard the cash register - gong sound when the drawer was open- ed, but the burglar dashed out before the officer could reach him. —State Police and county officers are investigating the reported disappearance of Mrs. Walter Sharkey, 34, of Tarentum, and her two daughters, said to have drop- ped out of sight while delivering $1500 which Mrs. Sharkey and her husband had saved to pay on a home. The daughters are Alair, 10, and Marie, aged 16. —Playing ‘“mumbletypeg’” four weeks ago, Elvin T. Aument, 14, son of Charles F. Aument, of Lancaster, clerk in the register of wills office, suffered a slight laceration when the blade of his penknife lodged in his left knee. Septic poisoning developed and Thursday afternoon the boy died in St. Joseph's hospital. — Prolonged drought has created a ser- ious condition among many communities in Huntingdon county. Parts of the man- ° ufacturing town of Mt. Union are without a water supply. The 1,000 men at a brick plant there are being supplied with transported water from springs, and the State health department has recommend- ed that all the water be boiled. —Members of the Freeland Rod and Gun Club feel that some form of testi- monial should be given to beavers in Oley Valley, Luzerne county. The club mem- bers worked for a long time to dam Oley creek so fish would not be washed into the Lehigh river. A family of beavers es- tablished itself on the location of the fish- ing grounds and built the dam the club was trying to finance. —As 8S. G. Roush, of York, was driv- - ing over the Trevorton-Dornsife road, he saw a large blacksnake and decided to run over it. The snake coiled itself around one of the front wheels, and, when the car swerved, was thrown directly in- to the lap of one of the woman in the car. She fainted. R. M. Unger, carrier on the mail route between Shamokin and Herndon, passed in time to aid in kill- ing the reptile. : . : “albert Shuts Shd Tony Quemes, alles... - Manande, who were arrested at Greens- burg by State police on the charge of stealing a car in Maryland, are wanted by Lewistown officers in connection with the robbery of the Gottschalk garage, in Reedsville, on the night of July 1, when a number of tires and tubes were taken, A detainer has been sent to Greensburg to hold the men after they have served their sentence for stealing the car. —Believed to have been temporarily in- sane, George Gill, 24, Tyrone, shot his wife in the head and then turning the gun upon himself, ended his own life at his home on Twenty-first street, Tyrone, about 2:30 Tuesday. Gill, shot through the head, is believed to have died almost in- stantly. His wife, critically wounded, is in a serious condition at Altoona hospi- tal, although she is said to have a good chance to recover. No reason could be given for the act. —Housewives of the Homewood district are confronted with a new problem brought about by the present era of air- mindedness. The Frankstown avenue po- lice station has received several com- plaints that oil dripping from planes has ruined clothes hanging out to dry. Householders also said they feared the oil drippings might result in the firing of their homes if patches of oil should be ignited by sparks from engines on a nearby railroad alighting on roofs. —Residents of Merriam, near the site of the New Locust Summit $4,000,000 breaker, in Schuylkill county, are exper- fencing the worst water shortage in their history, despite the fact that they recent- ly petitioned the Butler ‘Water Works company for water lines. All the cisterns in the town of forty-four families are dry. They get their only supply from a small spring a mile from the town, where a twelve-quart bucket can be filled in twenty minutes. This supply is also de- x creasing. A preliminary survey of the farms from which raw milk is sold to the con- sumer and for the pasteurizing plants, is now being carried on throughout the State by members of the health depart- ment’s field milk inspection staff, accord= ing to a report submitted, prepared by Ralph E. Irwin, chief of the milk section. According to Irwin this activity has been undertaken to assist milk distributors in making preparations and developing proper plans for the compliance of the recently enacted milk control law which will be put into active operation in 1930. —A story from Pittsburgh's “Wall Street’ concerns a woman who entered a broker's office and timidly pushed a papet across the counter of the cashier's win- dow and asked if it was worth anything. The cashier examined the paper and said it was. It was a certificate for a share of radio stock, and worth, according to the quotations of the day, $356. She was ov- erjoyed. It developed that she was a widow and had found the paper among her husband's effects. Not knowing whether or not it was of any value: but. facing destitution, she decided to iit to 'a broker ir. “I'm so glad," she t the. cashier, - ‘because there are 20 more at: home”? ii; can Lig indent doesn iiss 1 L3anilpy Dante aol dea AUS B90 ¥