sm ton ee —Of course Mr. Harold Cowher sn’t dead yet but, politically speak- ng, he is on the undertaker's cool- ng board. sri, —Spring township did handsomely yy “Sandy” McDowell and the voters f Spring township did great credit o themselves. — Pottsville politics is growing ad to worse. Somebody tried to ssassinate the Democratic candi- ate for Mayor on Saturday even- 1g. —They double teamed Jimmy Valker over in New York, but the apper Mayor of Gotham came arough with such a victory that he robably feels like he hadn't been in race at all. ; —Newton B. Spangler Esq., hav- ig ordered us to “stop my paper” ¢ are at the point of jumping into 1e lake. Won't somebody come to ur aid. For goodness sake send us bathing suit a new subscriber to we the Watchman from the rocks r. Spangler probably thought he 1d headed it for. —Congress seems to be having an ful time separating the sheep om the goats in that body. Just hy our national Legislators should y fooling their time away in such ferentiation we can’t understand, pecially when the public is more mcerned as to how many honest to yodness camels are among them. —Dauphin county has repelled the ea of buying new voting machines. 'e are not surprised at that. Like m Blaine said on the occasion of his ly visit to Bellefonte, “that would a work of supererogation.” Dau- in county has a very efficient ting machine now. The late Hile eyer, a Bellefonter, was the inven- r of the mechanical one. The late die Beidleman was the inventor the one that has been in use in wphin county for some years and r what Pennsylvania evidently ints we think Dauphin did well by cking to the one that guarantees 8 on “The Hill.” —John Gulliken, treasurer of the nerican Federation of Lutheran otherhoods, told the biennial con- ntion of hisbrothers in Chicago it “the average church needs a cer- n amount of restrained whoppee.” 3 don’t know much about the Luth- wns, but we can’t imagine a better wing card than the sight of some the saints inthe Methodist church .empting to make whoopee. That uld be a show that would stand ym up every night for months to ne. Just imagine Brother Whats- name, in a paper hat, with a pint gin on his hip, trying to play z on the horns of the altar. _Newton B. Spangler Esq. in- med us, on Wednesday; that what . Watchman said about him last ek was “a dirty, damned lie.” r reference to the gentleman con- ned his recent appearance before . Board of Pardons in the interest Harry Musser, who is in prison. er conviction of the killing of his se Bill Musser. What we said 3 taken from the Harrisburg Tel- aph’s account of the Board's pro- dings and we assumed it to be rect. It’s just too bad how Mr. yngler hates the Watchman. He es it so much that we presume t if we were to say that he is rentleman and a scholar he’d in- . that that would be a “dirty’ aned lie” too. ~Philipsburg was the only district the county that voted on voting shines and the borough favored proposal. Of course if they want m over there they should have m, but it is going to make the we Democrats usually have on tion night more short-lived than r. You know we nearly always : the delusion that we have elect- this, that or the other officer un- mid-night or after and then Phil- yurg comes in with her returns hangs crepe all over Demo- ic hopes. With voting machines use we'll be hearing from there seven o'clock and the hope that ngs eternal in the Democratic 1st won't get even a chance to ng at all. ‘Being that nobody ever follows 'e rise to give some stock market ice. Stay out. It isn’t time to yet. We were “burned” good plenty in May, 1907. After that h it took us years to work our ' put of the hole that we had so lenly been dumped into and the ster burned into our mind so libly that we remember what sened just as vividly as though ad been yesterday. There wasa t rebound after bottom had been hed, but the rebound was based on temporary support. When ras adroitly withdrawn, which ns feeding back into the market ks taken temporarily to support here were a couple of minor ks and then a general sagging | many stocks were actually low- jan they had been at the bottom he crash. We are wrong, of se, but if we had any money put it in our bank at three per so that we'd have it ready 1 a real bargain presents itself. one real bargain would make up 3 in a very few months ten times uch as we might imagine our- $s to be losing by not jumping very time someone, who doesn’t 7 any more about it than we do, us that United Flapdoodle is y to go to seventy-three within y ‘months. VOL. 74. Grundy Still Surprising and Amusing Mr. Grundy continues to astound the Senators and amuse the public with his testimony before the lobby | committee of the Senate. At the session of the committee, on Wed- | ‘| nesday of last week, he gave details | of the movement which led up to the ! nomination of Albert L. Watson, of | Scranton, for the office of judge for | the Middle district federal court, which acquires interest from the statement of President Hoover that “no longer shall public office be re- garded as political patronage but it shall be regarded as public service,” and that “his primary responsibility was to select men for public office who will execute the laws of the | United States with integrity and | without fear, favor or political col- lusion.” According to Mr. Grundy, the se- lection of Mr. Watson was made at a luncheon in his apartment in a Washington hotel at which his guests were Senator Dave Reed, Governor Fisher, W. L. Mellon, of Pittsburgh. State Chairman Mar- tin, of the Republican State commit- tee; Attorney General Woods and others. It is only just to say that this was not the Washington lunch- eon which wags paid for out of funds of the Republican State committee, for Mr. Grundy assured the commit. tee that he paid the expenses of this feast himself. But it requires no great measure of perspicacity to see that the result of the conference was to pervert public office to the low level of political patronage. Mr. Grundy likewise gave the committee an interesting account of the nomination of Warren G. Hard- ing, for President, in 1920. Con- trary to common understanding and belief Senator Lodge was responsible for that event rather than the late Senator Penrose, though Penrose had a sympathetic interest in the matter but was too sick to give it practical expression. The inference to be drawn from this is that Grun- dy, himself, expressed the voice of Pénnsylvania in that midnight con- ference and wants the public to know it. He repeated the story of his activities in collecting campaign finds and raised the amount he se- cured for the Hoover campaign to a round million. dollars. — The Anthracite Co-operative association is moving on the right track now. It is appealing to the Interstate Commerce -Commission to order a reduction in freight rates. Mr. Pinchot Will Think It Over . Former Governor Gifford Pinchot has returned from his cruise in the South seas full of vigor and curios- ity. He had a wonderful time dur- ing six months of exploration znd investigation and discovery. On cae island he saw 300 pound land turtles, sat beside sea lions and held mock- ing birds in his hands. He fished and loafed and sailed about from one place to another as any other perfectly contented man with plen- ty of money and leisure might and discovered that the women in that part of the world do not wear grass skirts. “You see more grass skirts in the movies than in real life,” he said. But there must be some there for he brought a few home as sou- venirs. : But however interesting his exper- iences during his absence from Penn- sylvania, they failed to divert his mind from the Keystone State poli- tics. He is interested in Mr. Vare and his progresstoward a seat in the Senate and curious as to public re- action to Mr. Grundy’s testimony before the Senate Lobby committee. It will be remembered that Mr. Grundy’s timely “flop” to him in the primary campaign for Governor in 1922 gave him the nomination and made him a figure in the political life of Pennsylvania. But Grundy’s revolutionary notions as to the composition of the United States Senate might sever a friendship which never could have had a stronger foundation than expediency. It is safe to predict, however, that Mr, Pinchot will promptly resume acivity in politics and that he will make things lively for his friends and interesting for those who don’t agree with him. On his arrival in New York, where he came by rail from San Francisco, he said, “Iam very anxious to meet a number of my friends and talk over matters with them.” It is revealing no se- and enemies in the Republican par- cret - to say that both his friends ty share in his anxiety in this mat- ter. His conversations with friends, and he has hosts of them, may prove very significant to his enemies. If he gets into the fight for Governor next year it is safe to say that “the fur will fly.” «The wets of Pennnsylvania are organizing for a real fight and, it might be added, for a probable defeat. STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION. BELLEFONTE, PA. NOVEMBER TT ST Back in France, 1917-1929 By Grantland’ Rice It is different now—where the guns are still, It is different now, by valley and hill, Where no one slogs through the rain and mud To hold some trench that is red with blood, Red with the blood of a million men Who sleep—and wait for their mates again. h It is different now—Dby the Meuse and Aisne Where the fields are ripe with the harvest grain; For the harvest then was a shattered wood Where only .he rain-washed crosses stood To keep their guard for the ghosts of men Who sleep—and wait for thelr mates again. No call comes out for the s thrust Of rifles stained with a And no patrol mow holds its-lest — ~~ Through No-Man’s Land where the gray ghosts ear rust; meet; And out of the night no sudden flare Sends up its flame on the midnight air. Today as they turn to the eastward track Old songs, old pals, and old days come back As they fight old wars in the ancient stress From the Argonne drifts to the S. O. 8, As they dream old dreams in the haunts of men Who sleep—and wait for their mates again. Ex- Service Men! at em | Come on! Jack up an over the top again. This We've got to go time for our disabled Bud- dies. There are now 5,000 of them receiving not so much, even, as necessary hospitalization. : JOIN THE LEGION NOW. Important legislation will be enacted by Congress in December. We must present a united front in our demand for help for our disabled comrades. Brooks--DoLL Post, 33 American Legion, Bellefonte Confusion Among Tariff Tinkerers ! The retirement of Senator Wat- son, of Indiana, as majority floor | leader of the Senate, is additional | evidence of dispair with respect to the tariff bill. A few days ago Sen- | ator Reed, of Pittsburgh stated that | the measure is dead and was sharply | criticised by his Republican as-| sociates for his infidelity. But! the action of Watson is full concur- rence in his opinion. Of course Mr. Watson has an excuse. He says that his nerves are shattered and that he needs a three week’s rest to avert a complete breakdown. Under the ad- vice of his physician, therefore, he will go to Florida for that period and leave the duties of leadership to an- other sick man, Senator Jones, au- thor of the “five-and-ten.” It will be recalled thatata White House breakfast, a few weeks ago, Senator Watson informed the Presi- dent that it is impossible to pass the tariff bill during the special session. Later ' on the same day Senator Smoot assured the President that it was not only possible to pass the measure during this session but that it could be put through the Senate by the 20th of ‘November. The stat- ment of Senator Reed and the action of Senator Watson were intended to refute this prediction. Mr. Reed is devoted to the high tariff policy and would not give up while there is hope and Watson, the leader of his | party on the floor, would not aban- don his post if there were a chance of success. Possibly, however, in both cases, the “wish is father to the thought.” Senator Reed and Senator Watson want the tariff bill as it was writ- ten by the Senate committee or they don’t want any tariff bill at all When the Democrats and insurgent Republicans mutilated the measure, first by striking out the flexible pro- vision and subsequently writing in the debenture provision, that in- fringement upon the prerogatives of the Pennsylvania Senator and other Senators from manufacturing States so completely disgusted Reed and Watson that they determined to “strike.” But they are not likely to succeed in their purpose to kill the bill. Rumor has it that the Presi- dent has joined the coalition. sermons a fp A —————— — The Attorney General esti- mates that the country needs $6,500- 000 worth of new jails. The ex- pectation that prohibition would empty the jails already in service seems to have been disappointed. — The Republican leaders in Congress seem to be short on sporting spirit. — Mr. Grundy has an opportu. LY 5 measure the kup SE he. Maat y an , S. 1929. "| Coun—Clyde Jodon 155_E. E. Ard NO. 44. NO BIG SURPRISES IN TUESDAY'S ELECTION Election day was rather quiet in _ Bellefonte, considering the fact that there were several interesting local contests, but the final results show- “ed no surprises. On the county tick- ‘et John G. Love was re-elected for ia second term as district attorney {by 871 of a majority over Philip { H. Johnston, which was the closest contest on the ticket. Superior i court judge William H. Keller had a | total of 6433 votes, Judge Baldridge | 5359, while Henry C. Niles the Demo- | cratic candidate, had 3224. Love's total vote was 5701 to 4830 for Johnston. For jury commissioner J. C. Gates had 5786 votes and J. C. Condo 3770. In Bellefonte Hard P. Harris was re-elected burgess over. Harold D. Cowher, the Peoples’ party . candi- date, by a vote of 953 to 515. O. A. Kline defeated Charles A Schaeffer, for tax collector by a vote of 910 to 654. W. J. Emerick and Thomas B. Beaver, being unopposed, were elect- ed councilmen in the North ward. | In the South ward William Night- | hart was elected over John Mignot by 138 of a majority while the men chosen in the West ward are J. C. Jodon, Republican, and E. E. Ardery, Democrat. In the North ward Mrs. Anna Wil- kinson was elected judge of elec- | tion over Mrs. Ruth Bower. Philipsburg was the only place in the county where the voting ma- chine proposition was submited to the people and it carried in every ward, the total vote in the borough being 561 for to 322 against. At State College the proposal for a bond issue of $10,000, for the de- velopment of a borough park, was defeated. Following is the complete returns from every district in the county: BELLEFONTE, N. W. Republican Democrat Judge—A. Wilkinson 422._R. K. Bower 260 Ins—M. R. Johnson 435_Clar. Zeigler 236 T. Col—O. A. Kline 281_C. A Schaeffer 336 Aud—M T Eisenhauer 425. M T Eisenhauer 210 Coun—Ths. B Beaver 483 : T 138 127 "Coun—Thos B Beaver 483 i W J Emerick 432_.__W J Emerick 12 1 106 os B Beaver S Dr—Melvin Locke 416_Melvin Locke Bur—H P Harris 410.___H P Harris Bur—Non-Par Harold Cowher 102 BELLEFONTE, S. W. Judge—Ed Keichline 292_Ed Keichline Ins—Harry Keeler 355_Boyd Vonada T Col—O A Kline 406.C A Schaeffer 209 Aud—M T Eisenhauer 363 M T Eisenhauer 173 Coun—Wm Nighthart 372.John Mignot 234 S Dir—Melvin Locke 380_Melvin Locke 156 Bur—H P Harris 233....H P Harris 83 Bur—Non-Par Harold Cowher 302 BELLEFONTE, W. W. Judge—J T Cherry 150...J T Cherry Ins—Wm Sager 139-___John Garthoff T Col—O A Kline 123.C A Schaeffer Aud—M T Eisenhauer 145 M T Eisenhauer ery Harmon Krouse 95 S Dir—Melvin Locke 151_Mel Locke Bur—H P Harris 98 _._..H P Harris Bur—Non-Par Harold Cowher 111 CENTRE HALL BOROUGH Judge— Chas E Flink 130..J E Rishel Ins—F J McClellan 79_._.Verna Rowe T Col—C N Kryder 117... a C D Bartholomew 171 Aud—T L Smith 95...J W Whiteman 191 Coun—Fred Bender 172..W H Homan 113 C F Emery 156...._.J L Tressler 101 R ichard Brooks 166..W F Colyer 89 S Dr—J M Kirkpatrick 141 E E Bailey 139 Bur—G C Benner 166_.__-H Spangler 112 J P—C A Spyker 151__Chas W Slack 148 O P—W S Brooks 103..J A Hecfman 181 Con—Wm Odenkirk 112_._B Homan 168 HOWARD BOROUGH Judge—Lee Tice 16-.....W E Confer 40 Ins—G Frank Williams 24.__.J Diehl 4 T Col—T A Pletcher 125.C A Yearick 113 Aud—H Derment 134___.__Wm Weber 103 Coun—F V Pletcher 100-.J Lyons 4y 92 A M Wentzel 4 yr 105..H Butler 4y 81 D L. Welch 4y 77.D B Gardner 4y 118 Gregg Wensel 2y 94______F Kline 2y 79 S Dir—John Mokle 101___._- J W Orr 135 MILESBURG BOROUGH Judge—W B Miles 89_.Paul Weaver Ins—W T Fulton 86____.Homer Carr T Col—Margaret Holt 113_Marg. Holt Aud—C. Schreckler 108_H McClellan Coun—Leon Yorks 100____Leon Yorks "H A Rossman 105_.._H A Rossman J M Roberts 98-_-—e—o-- 'W Cartright S Dir—A G Herr, 6 y 85-A G Herr, 6 v J F Weaver, 4 y 88.G Newman, 4'y Bur—M E Tyson 43..H E Oakwood MILLHEIM BOROUGH Judge—S L Hubler 53__Grover Musser Ins—J Spigelmeyer 45__P J Meyers T Col—W A Stover 47-.W A Stover Aud—L E Stover. 43__..L E Stover Coun—Dr J W Pearce 31..M L Breon T B Ulrich 38----------C F Stover "W R Grazier 42... H H Leitzell S$ Dir—R S Stover, 6 yr 47 rit R, S. Stover, 6 yr S M Gramley, 6 yr 44 P H Musser 6 yr 43__Jas A Stover 265 225 61 90 109 63 162 60 28 1654 201 Bur—Bond C Musser H Con—F C Mensch 79..G E Mensch Con—F 'C Mensch 48._F C Mensch PHILIPSBURG, 18ST WwW. Judge—F E Bottorf 186_...F Bottorf 68 Ins—I J Bottorf 170 E M Hogge 91 T Col—John Hirst 176__-_J M Pierce 97 Aud—M E Meese 151....John Hoffer 107 Coun—J A Hugg------Roy Schaeffer 230 S Dir—Emma Womelsdorf 192° Emma Womelsdorf 60 Bur—John W Beals 177....J W* Beals 62 J P—E R Hancock 183_..R M Custard 82 Con—D P Brink 182 ______ D P Brink 61 PHILIPSBURG, S. W. Judge—Margaret Peters 200 a aE, Jamés Kephart 128 Ins—R C Herman 232___Joe Demming 76 T Col—John Hirst 232....J M Pierce 110 Aud—M E Meese 209____John Hoffer 118 Coun—Willis M Zither 224_W M Zither 55 H A Marks 211... H A Marks 70 8 Dr—Emma Womelsdorf 238 ——-— meron Bama Womelsdorf 60 Bur—Jno W Beals 235____JnoW Beals 70 J P—B R Hancock 210—-R M Custard 117 Con—N R' LamoreauX 238. .—-—-we- -— ee weeeaN: R: Lamoreaux. 70 .- PHILIPSBURG, 3RD W. Judge—H Simler 280........H Simler 90 _ (Continued on page 4, Col. 2) SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONR —A wild cat chasing a deer was the unusual sight witnessed by a party of motorists along the State highway above Laurelton State Village recently. Mrs. Lee Francis Lybarger and a party of motorists noticed the chase just as it was growing dark and they followed with the aid of a spotlight until the animals disappeared in the bushes. —Pong Bing, of the Wah Hing Com- pany, Pan Choa Chin, China, within a few days will receive from General Ed- ward Martin, State Treasurer, a check for $1.69. Nine cents of this amount is interest, and the $1.60 is the sum for- gotten by Pong Bing when he returned to China. It was escheated to the State by the Farmers’ Deposit Bank of Pitts- burgh. : Lh —Drilling operations for another test gas well on the C. B. Howard company land in Cameron county will soon be un- der way by the Pengasoil company. This company recently made history and surprised geologists when they brought in a gasser that produces be- tween 140,000 and 200,000 cubic feet of gas a day. The first well is within a mile of the McKean county line. —The Public Service Commission has rejected an application of the Pennsyl- vania railroad’s bus subsidiary, the Pennsylvania General Transit company, to operate a motor bus line between Tyrone and Grampian. A number of protests were entered against the appli< cation, and the Commission, in refusing a franchise, held that the territory was being amply served by existing carriers. More than 900 employees of the Goodyear Shoe Company at its two Carlisle plants will benefit under a $900,000 group insurance policy placed with the Metropolitan Insurance com- pany, of New York. The individual policies carry a = $1,000 death benefit and $7.50 per week for sick and acci- dent contingencies. It was effective No- vember first and for fifteen days the ex- penses will be maintained on a coopera- tive basis. : ~The claim of Blair W. Toy, of Kit- tanning, presented to L. E. Christley, of Butler, referee under the workmen's compensation law, is a bit novel in character. Toy wants the West Win- field Coal Co., to pay him the amount he was required to expend in replacing a set of artificial teeth broken in a fall through a roof when employed by the company. Toy received compensation several weeks for injuries to his head and face, but nothing for the broken teeth. —Fimerson Godown, of Millville, N. J., several days ago sent to General Edward. Martin, State Treasurer a $2 bill issued: August 1, 1861, by the Northwestern bank. of Warren, Pennsylvania. - “I presented. this piece of money at a Philadelphia bank,” Mr. Godown wrote, ‘but they re- fused payment and suggested that per- haps the State Treasury might cash it.” The Northwestern Bank of Warren is not in existence, and N. Brown, president, who signed the bill, has been dead for many years. —A suit for $10,000 damages for per- manent disfiguration to his face and body, alleged to have been due to an au- to crash, was filed in the Dauphin coun- ty court at Harrisburg, on Friday, by Solomon Hurwitz, attorney for Leopold Stern, Brookline, Mass. Mrs. Annie Stern, wife of Leopold, also claims $10,- 000. Both allege disability. Stern says, acid from the battery caused the disfig- urations. The suit is brought against Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Spackman, Philips- burg, Centre county. The accident oc- curred several months ago at Front and Shamokin streets, Harrisburg. 3 —More than 2,300,000 corn plants in 629 fields located in 181 townships of twen- ty-eight counties were examined for European corn borers this summer by scouts of the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. This scouting work as reported by the Bureau of Plant Indus- try shows infestations in 376 corn fields or about one of every five examined. Counties in which more than one-third of the fields were infested include Beaver, - Centre, Clarion, Clinton, Crawford, Erie, Lawrence, Mercer and Venango. In Cen- tre, Clarion, Lawrence and Venango, the infestation was heavier than that found in 1928 while in Beaver and Clinton, the infestation was less. —Cutting off her son with $5 in her will, Mrs. Madeline Alexander, of Pen- field, Pa., bequeathed him the wide, wide world in which to make a living.” The instrument, filed for probation at Media last week, disposes of an estate valued at $50,000 and upwards. Mrs. Alexander died August 10 last in: Phila- delphia. The disinherited son is Sidney Alexander, of Englewood, N. J. In her will his mother wrote that she was prompted to take this action in return for “his unnatural unkindness and be- havior to me.” A daughter, Miss Elsie Alexander, is named as beneficiary of the entire estate. The will was drawn up by Mrs. Alexander, September 232, 1926. : —Eking out an existence in a hog pen, the sordid tale of a family of six came to the attention of -Northumber- land county authorities. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Slickinger and four children, have been living since last spring in a hog pen on an old farm near Bear Gap, and the home-life is one of sickness, skimpy meals and unhappiness. Wel- fare societies of the county were brought face to face with the plight of the family and planned immediate steps to bring relief to the parents and their children. It has been learned that Slickinger and his family formerly liv- ed at Kulpmont. Last spring he lost his job, and finally the family funds became so low that he was forced to move. He chose the hog pen and the six persons have been living in it since that time. —Pong Bing, of the Wah Hing Com- pany, Pan Choa Chin, China, within a few days will receive from General Ed- ward Martin, State Treasurer, a check for $1.69. Nine cents of this amount is in- terest, and $1.60 is the sum forgotten by Pong Bing when he returned to China. It was escheated to the State by the Far- mers’ Deposit of Pittsburgh. The China- man, Pong Bing, some years after he re- turned to - China remembered his $1.60 and wrote to the Pittsburgh bank, which by that time had turned over the money to the State Treasury. ~The bank noti- fied the Board of Finance and Revenue of Pong Bing's demand for his money, and “the refund was authorized. The check was sent to Pan Choa Chin, but re- turned unclaimed, because of insufficient address. Several days ago the remittance was again, put in the mails. 3