i
_—1t is safe to predict that May-
or Mackey, who managed the Vare
primary campaign in 1926, will not |
be invited to that service for the!
impending campaign. i
—The hunter who sat on a deer
ICT
EO
that he had knocked down must |
have decided that he wasn't much
of a heavy weight after the -deer
sumped from under him and escap-
ed. |
VOL. 74. BELLEFONTE. PA.
STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION.
. DECEMBER 13.
1929.
—When one drags a deer, single-
handed, through a mile of mountain
brush and loads it on his automo-
bile it is not surprising that he
should think the butcher, who griday, on the resolution denying
weighed it for him and made it william S. Vare's claim to a seat in
only one hundred and ten pounds,'that body, was that of Senator Pitt-
yas oy uae the game Sates that 8, of Nevada. He protested against
e weighs the meat he sells on. | the denial of the disputed seat to
—The Supreme Court of Colorado, William B. Wilson with a force and
has disbarred former Judge Ben B. logic that deserved greater consid-
Lindsey from the practice of law in | eration than it received, His conten-
that State. It appears that the tion was that the adoption of the
Judge took money for doing some- Norris resolution did not dispose of
thing he ought not to have done. the Wilson-Vare contest, It simply
That's bad, of course, but is it as | eliminated Vare from the equation
bad as taking money for doing noth- "and left for the Senate to decide
ing, as So many are prone to do. | which of the other candidates voted
— One thing is certain, now that | for at the election received a major-
Jovernor Fisher has appointed Mr. | ity of the legal vote polled. Of a
Srundy to Pennsylvania's vacant | total of 1,470,867 votes returned Vare
seat in the U. S. Senate, Mr. Vare | had 922,187, Wilson 648,680 and all
aust either be persuaded to retire other candidates 100,000.
rom his intention to run again or| When Vare was eliminated from
‘here is going to be a whale of a | the contest by the adoption of the
ight at the primary next year. If | Norris resolution it became the duty
he Senate admits Mr. Grundy he of the Senate committee to deter-
will like his job and want to be re- mine which of the other candidates
urned and he can’t go back unless had a plurality of the legal votes.
1e gets the nomination and Mr. Vare ! Nobody questioned the legality of
vants it too. | the 648,680 votes polled for Wilson,
__An effort is being made td in- | and as these votes constituted a
luce former President Coolidge to | majority of the legal votes cast for
un for the Senate as successor Of | Senator he was entitled to the seat.
omator Gillett, of Massachusetts. | Said Mr. Pitman, here is a man
alvin apparently smells some | WhO received 648,680 votes out of a
ireeks bearing gifts in the proposi- | total of 1,470,867. Here is a candi-
ion. And, as we have often told | date before the people who carried
ou, his pictures indicate that a |out of 67 counties every one except
00d smeller is his most alert organ. three; and what are you going to
ie Knows that if he is buried at | do to him? I tell you you are go-
he Senate end of Pennsylvania | ing to penalize him because of the
.ve., he will never see the White frauds of his opponent. You say
louse end again. that Vare’'s vote was tainted with
: fraud and corruption; that his votes
rh = 5 a a ait were obtained through intimidation
rill show the lowest birth rate on and bribery, and dough the Bm.
scord in Pennsylvania. In fact it dreds of thousands of votes obiam-
ow looks as if it will fall lower ed by Wilson were obtained fairly
aan twenty for every thousand of and honestly, you will ignore those
opulation. What, with the automo- votes just exactly the same as you
; ignore the votes of Vare.”
i Se onsisnly Gi In that statement the Senator
A _ {from Nevada expressed the question
oS 48 That me sor, of se in. issue. The partisan committee
\lled to discuss ways and means which pretended ‘to investigate the
: stimulating human replacements vote acknowledged that Lins Vare
Pennsylvania vote was saturated with fraud. Bu
ih : ident: oF | I failed to disclose the full extent
—Miss Gertrude Ely, predijen of | f the fraud. It recounted the votes
e Pennsylvania League of Women | the ballot boxes of the two cities
ier; was Le pine Ls Which showed. 2 majority for Jere.
8-<dinertgi- 1 Cent: : | But it e frauds perpetrat-
pie aiding nigh, Mito uy chive Tegrains, bal: boy
£ | stuffing and other expedients :
snpeRensive ay re Panne which the Republican matine of
r Leagu : Pennsylvania is familiar. ese
2 Wide. She Was, 5. Susntly Ee | fraudulent methods had been reveal-
3 Tog: ed there would probably have n
niesing ad The. ~ Sninnities no majority for Vare in the total
political economy, oF BOVErh- | oll and if the votes of the two cit-
ent, the tenn and o rd Er Ee jes had been thrown out as they
SHBJOULS OS , will Work ought to have been Vare would
fg Jase Be y : have had no claim to contest.
__If Vare sticks to his decision to
n for the Senate again and can President’s Plan Not Approved.
Mr. Norman ‘Thomas, who was
rsuade Sam Lewis to become his
rnor that
ae ee att poli- the Socialist candidate for Presi-
s. So smart that any Mellon- dent a year ago and polled nearly
undy_Fisher combination that 100.000 oss = te Soeislis cand
21d be formed would have its € :
rk cut out for it. To our way of month ago, is not in full sympathy.
nking Lewis is stronger in Penn- | With President Hoover’s plan Ior
\vania than the late Eddie Beidle- stableizing business and industry. In
\n was and Eddie actually won a letter to the Philadelphia Record,
ee years ago on the Vare slate | published the other day, Mr. Thomas
en Yes Philadelphia boss didn’t stated that “at a time when the
ve the element that sympathy has crying need is greater purchasing
power for the masses it is absurd
to seek to relieve depression by
Palpable Injustice. to Wilson
during the debate in the Senate, last
-
lied to him since his rejection by
» Senate. s !
; lightening the by no means heavy
—We are still groping for 2 good tax burdens of the rich” That isi
y to selenrate oe ini ng | What President Hoover expects to
ig al Vg suggested that asvouplish by Se Fi we noms |
aE ie foes | a Be
‘our greatest delinquent. That ap- Dr. M. T. Copeland, a world |
ded to us as a good idea until}. J. economist, states that in,
rolled it ‘round far enough to 3 I hn 2
cover that it might prove a this country per |
cent receive one-third of the national
ymerang. If they should =n pa Y | income?” Any decrease of the rate
for fear of having their of income tax, therefore, inures to
es published we'd be in CXL | the benefit of the rich at the ratio
. same position that 8 e “| of say ninety to ten. Income tax is
ister would be were all Go the fairest form of taxation. It
don all paid up OB a > reo | places the burden where it belongs,
lections: We'd have nothing 104.4 4g on shoulders most capable
t about. of carrying it. As Mr. Thomas
_The official demise of “Jack” |puts it “income and inheritance
ss, U. S. Marshall for the mid- | taxes could be used, among other
district of Pennsylvania is a | things, to provide funds for valu-
gedy in his life, of course, but if | able public works, for the relief of
s true that he was thrown down | old age and unemployment*and for
ause he refused to desert his | otherwise increasing the social and
nd Eddie Beidleman and go into | individual incomes of the masses of
Fisher camp three years Seu the workers.” That would be areal
ck” has nothing to feel y
public service,
ut. He has lost a desirable pub- Whether the proposed tax reduc-
office, but he has shown that
tion is the idea of Mr, Hoover Or
ndship means something to red- | Mr. Mellon is of little consequence.
yded men, We know a man in| Whichever of them initiated it, it
tre county who took exactly the
works for the direct advantage of
ie stand that Glass did. When he | the wealthy at a time and under
, approached by Eric Fisher Wood, | conditions when public concern
-e was “nothing doing” so far
should be centered on benefitting
jropping Beidleman was concern- the less fortunate. A tax of thirty
He owed Beidleman nothing
to forty per cent on the. income of
yugh friendship, but he felt that |a million dollars or more is less!
jer had been responsible for
burdensome than a levy of one per |
-hot’s election and he was—and
cent on that of the income of the |
that reason Col. Wood's bland- | head of a family who earns less|
aents fell on deaf ears, We love that two thousand dollars a year.
, with the guts to stand up for | But the tax cut which Congress is
t they believe to be right. That's | showing such eagerness to make, |
. we dedicate this paragraph to obviously for partisan reasons will
xk” Glass and an unnamed Cen- | afford no practical relief to the
countian. families in greatest need of help.
The strongest argument presented
i that
An Unpopular Agreement,
The agreement by which the Re-
publican Senators denied to William
S. Vare the seat in the Senate to
which he made claim and the Dem-
ocratic Senators consented to aban-
don the claim of William B, Wilson
will not appeal to the public as a
correct ' solution of a somewhat
vexed proolem. It was entirely
within the power of the Senate to
refuse the seat to Vare. It had
been clearly proved that too much
money had been spent in getting
the nomination for him, and under
a precedent established in the case
of Newberry, of Michigan, it was
made a cause of disqualification.
But there was no reason for refus-
ing the seat to Mr. Wilson. No
charge had been made against him
of that kind.
The Senate Committee on Privi-
leges and Elections, a majority of
which are Republicans, unanimously
reported to the Senate that the
majority returned for Vare was
tainted with fraud, It was evep
stated by the chairman of that
committee, a Republican, that there
was so much fraud in Philadelphia
and Pittsburgh that it was impossible
to ascertain which votes were legal
and which were fraudulent. There
was no question of the legality of
the vote in the sixty-five counties
that returned majorities for Wilson.
In those sixty-five counties his ma-
jority totaled approximately 50,-
000, and they represented the free
offerings of confidence in and
friendship for Mr. Wilson.
It is a well established principle
of law and morals that fraud viti-
ates everything it touches. If the
frauds in Philadelphia and Pitts-
purgh had been limited to a few
voting districts in each city, the re-
turns from such districts could
have been thrown out and those of
the balance of the cities counted.
But in the case in point the frauds
were so widely distributed and so
universal over the cities that the
only expedient would have been to
throw out the entire returns. This
would have been more or less of a
hardship upon the honest voters
but a just punishment to a com-
munity which not only toleratesbut 3 3
illiam
been
encourages” such crimes.
B. Wilson ought to have
awarded the seat.
— Reports from Haiti indicate
that President Hoover's late good
will mission was only a temporary
success.,
ses mime astp fl si
Vare Case Sets a Precedent.
Fisher,
super-patriots
Senator Reed
within
Governor
and other
Pennsylvania and outside the boun-
daries of this great State, are lit-
erally heart-broken because in exer--
right the
cising a constitutional
Senate has violated a principle of
State sovereignty by refusing to
allow Wilson S. Vare to occupy 2
seat which he had bought and paid
for in part with his own money
and in part with money obtained
from sources they are ashamed or j
afraid to acknowledge. The State
| has been deprived of its constitu-'gtreets of our cities and towns. *
| tional representation in the Senate, |
they lament, and thus “set a pre-
cedent that is dangerous and should
give every thoughtful American oc-
casion to pause and think.”
Section 3, of the constitution of
the United States, declares that
“the Senate of the United States
shall be composed of two Senators
| from each State,
elected by the
people thereof, for six years, and
each Senator shall have one vote,”
If there were no other conditions
governing the membership express-
ed in the constitution any buc-
caneer who had acquired sufficient
money to buy an election might
legally claim the right to a seat in
the chamber. But fortunately Sec-
tion 5, of the constitution, provides
“each house shall be the
judge of the elections, returns and
qualifications of its own members.”
The obvious purpose of that pro-
vision was to prevent such raids as
Mr. Vare contemplated.
There can be no doubt that the
action of the Senate in the Vare
case has set a precedent which
“should give every thoughtful Amer-
ican occasion to pause and think.”
For the first time it has officially
served notice on too ambitious rich
{ men that they can’t occupy seats
in that body that have been acquir-
ed by fraud. It has also served
notice on the people of the several
States that men chosen to that
high office must be qualified men-
tally and morally to maintain the
character as well as the dignity of
the office. The primary and general
election in Pennsylvania in 1926
expressed an orgie of scandal and
debauchery without parallel in the
history of the country.
——The appointment of Grundy
will not promote the spirit of amity
between Pennsylvania and the corn
belt States.
&
Coal Fights for a Market
From the Pittsburgh Press.
‘A survey by the United Press of
heating methods throughout the na-
tion indicates that the coal industry
is abandoning its old “take it or
leave it” policy, and has come to a
realization that it must fight to éx-
pand, or even maintain, its markets.
Gone is the day when the mine op-
erator could sit on his pile of coal
and serenely wait for the country,
bucket in hand, to come to him for
its fuel. : :
Oil is the reasom. Oil and some
past shortsighted policies of both
operators and miners, who grew so
engrossed in their battles among
themselves that they were forced to
forego some of the thought which
. should have been taken for the con-
sumer.
In the last protracted anthracite
strike New England and Atlantic
Coast domestic consumers turned to
oil burners, tiring of the uncertain-
ties of anthracite supply which had
become so irregular. When peace fi-
nally came some coal markets had
Christmas Lights Will Make Christ.
mas Bright
“The snow has come early this
‘year and the first white flakes al-
‘ways bring thoughts of Christmas.
‘Only two short weeks separate us
‘from the happiest of days and now
the stores are one by one assuming
their holiday attire,
It will not be long before the
homes of the community too are
taking recognition of this festive
season. Shortly more and more
wreaths and holly will begin to peep
from windows and doorways and
‘hard on its heels will follow the
lighting that somehow makes Christ-
‘mas such a distinctive holiday in its
recognition.
~The sight of a home with its col-
ored bulbs winking across the snow
from window and doorway—with
perhaps a cheery Christmas tree on
the snow covered lawn—diffusing
radiance on a little world has some-
thing heart-warming about it. disappeared. Operat pe
"The st ; rators and miners
e Stranger passing up the. street both became concerned, appreciating
says to himself, “There is a home ;
! } that victory for either in their wage
and a family—one would be welcome 5r5 was empty if buyers were lost.
there, They want to share their
The State of Pennsylvania helped
Christmas.” This is the spirit of : z =
by agreeing to gradually eliminate
Christmas that is expressed by light the tax on anthracite, thus assisting
better than perhaps in any other way, in a price reduction. The men en-
Light has always been associated gaged in mining came to a realiza-
with this day and somehow light tion—for the time at least—that
seems the most appropriate of all they had a joint interest, and pro-
decorations. ceeded in their agreements on
Hore. and thi assumption. This year anthracite
more this is coming to expects a production only about one-
be recognized and more and more third of one per cent less than last
homes each year are being decorated year, indicting the slide has been
with light, for the candle which was
ofice so dangerous is now cheaply,
arrested. ;
~ Bituminous looks for a production
easily and more beautifully replaced increase of better than seven per
by electricity. So this year each
cent. This has been brought about
own through stimulating the use of gas
: and city in this section will heaters, bituminous being used for
find itself illuminated as never be- iyo manufacture of the artificial
fore.
“It wouldn't be Chrstmas without
light, would it?” said eleven year
old Jimmie, as he talked with his
mother about the Christmas tree
that soon will be placed on the lawn
in the front of his house. Who can
imagine a dark Christmas. Surely
every kiddie in Bellefonte agrees
with Jimmie, and it is safe to pre-
sume that the fathers and mothers
of all the Jimmies and Marys in
town are of the same opinion,
2 MAfter all, was" it not ‘a light that
guided those Eastern pilgrims to-
ward the little town of Bethlehem
on that first Christmas day. Had it
not been for the shining of that
star they might never have reached
that long-looked for place of des-
tiny. How eager'y they scanned
the evening sky night by night as,
upon their camels, they crossed the
desert wastes. Their names have
come down to us in story, Caspar,
Melchoir and Baltshazar, and as
they followed the leadership of the
light they came with their gifts to
present them to the Christ Child.
As the world of children and
grown-ups looks toward Christmas
every year it seems most natural
that the high road to the day it-
self should be made as bright as
possible. So it is that increasingly
Christmas light with its accompani-
ment of cheer and good will is be-
ing used inside and outside of
homes and along the highways and
fuel used in them. Also, blowers
small enough for private dwellings
have been perfected, so lower grades
of coal have gone out to have its
market, finally realizing the menace
of oil. The latter is expanding its
service, but it will not constitute a
real threat to coal production and
consumption unless the mining in-
dustry forgets the lessons just
taught.
This thought should be pondered
by union officials and mine operators.
Their salvation lies in realizing the
unity of their ‘interest, and not in
the determination of either to put on
the screws whenever economic con-
ditions give it the upper hand. That
system has been tried and found al-
most suicidal.
Black Walnut Trees Getting Scarce.
From the Altoona Tribune.
Dr. Illick, chief forester of Penn-
sylvania, tells us that the supply of
black walnut trees in this State is
greatly depleted. The wonder is
that these trees have lasted so long,
with the steady inroads of buyers
who have combed the State for
them.
Dr. Illick says that there is prob-
ably less black walnut in Pennsyl-
vania today than any other com-
mercially important timber tree. It
still occurs locally throughout the
State, but is extremely rare in the
northern part, where it is often
absent over large areas.
During the past month walnut
buyers have been particularly ac-
tive in the valleys adjacent to the
Juniata river, and as far north as
Nittany valley in Centre and Clin-
ton counties, These buyers seem
only to use the straight stem or
trunk of the trees, and also grub
out the stumps. They leave behind
the tops and branches. These buy-
ers are said to be paying record
prices for the timber. While most
—We thank the neighbor who
(sent in the nice mess of venison
{and hope we won't be accused of
' looking the gift horse in the mouth
by calling his attention to the fact
‘that he forgot send alo! th
t orgot to a id . of them are evasive, some of them
sherry. We have the currant jelly. to,se org that the wood is being
; sent to Barcelona, Spain, to
i ____Vare's announcement of his made into “Spanish antiques,” for
; intention to run for Senator again re-shipment to the United States.
has created a good deal of conmster- | Before the World war the desti
| pation in the Republican machine nation of most black walnut timber
‘camp. It is not quite certain wheth- © Pennsylvania was Germany,
! ; where it was used for gunstocks.
er his purpose is vindication or re- yp, i4y,5e days stumps, trunks, tops
; venge. and branches were used. 8
| prices were paid, but farmers were
often Slad to, get ready money by
, the e o ese rable trees.
come the shortest day in the year.'n .,. the World war black walnut
Then, as the days lengthen we may vers terrorized Pennsylvania
expect the cold to strengthen. There 'garmers by threatening to report
,won’t be considerable demand for them as “German sympathizers” if
that, however. ; they did not part with roadside or
front yard walnut trees at cheap
prices, Path Valley, in Franklin
: county, was denuded of black wal-
‘nut trees at that time but the Ar-
| mistice coming on, few of the logs
were removed or paid for, and sev-
eral years ago many superb black
walnut logs were to be observed
rotting along the roadside of histor-
ic Path Valley.
eee eet
___Jt is officially reported that
$126,595,318 have been refunded to
income tax payers this year, and
that $339,528941 have been over-
paid. Those figures would indicate
slovenly book-keeping somewhere.
__A week from tomorrow will
— The most regrettable feature
of the affair is that Senator
Nye’s appraisement of the Mellon-
Grundy-Fisher machine is generally
accepted throughout the country as
accurate.
—State-aid highway funds for
the improvement of township roads
was received by three Centre county
townships this week, Potter town-
ship, $1309; Union, $606 and Huston,
$746.
|
| __The new Premier of France,
M, Tardieu, will endeavor to make
over the customs and policies of that
country. It will be a difficult enter-
prise.
| ——JIt was hardly necessary for
Mayor Mackey, of Philadelphia, to
— The reports are not all in but
enough have been received to justi-
fy an estimate that this year’s hunt-
ing season has been successful.
——Jt seems likely that we will
say that he doesn’t want to be get into the world court at last and
Governor. Nobody else wants him to that may let us into the League of
| Nations by “the back door.”
i
‘locked the
|
| tion of Rev. Charles G. Jordan, ‘secretary
SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONR
—Charged by a bull elk he had wound-
ed, Senor A. Rameriz, a rancher of Son-
ora, Mexico, had a narrow escape from
death. With a party hunting in the Sev-
en mountains, he shot and wounded the
elk at a distance of 15 feet. It charged
him and he took refuge behind a big
tree which the enraged animal rammed,
then made off into the woods.
i —Struck on the head when the shaft
of a circular saw broke while he was
cutting wood on his farm at Roamsville,
Lancaster county, Emmor R. Way, 61
years old, was killed. The Way farm
gained prominence several months ago
when Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh made
a landing there when forced down by
a heavy fog while flying from New York
to Washington.
i —Three Perry county girls were elect-
ed to membership in the Ellen H. Rich-
ards Club at the Pennsylvania State Col-
lege in the fall elections to this society
held last week. The girls are Miss Anne
A. D’Olier and Miss Mary K. Rissinger,
of Newport, and Miss Hilda V. Bitting,
Andersonburg. The organization is an
honorary home economics society for wo-
men students at Penn State.
—Paul Griffe, three years old, died in
a hospital at Lebanon, on Friday, fol-
home of his parents, Sheridan, route 1,
on Thursday afternoon. He fell in a
kettle of hot grease during home-lard
rendering. His entire body except an
arm and leg was burned to a crisp.
The father, Isaac Griffe, was treated
for burns of hands sustained in dragg-
ing the youngster from the steaming
lard.
| —Tragedy stalked in the family of
Ernest Gouker, seven miles south of
Gettysburg, on. Monday, when Goufier
and his wife were burned to death in a
fire that destroyed their home. Two
children had gone to school that morn-
ing, and said they and their father had
eaten breakfast together, but that the
mother had not eaten with them. They
denied their parents had quarreled hefore
they left.
—John Lutsea, 17, is in St. Luke’s hos-
pital, Bethlehem, with buckshot wounds
in both palms, his chest and right leg,
the result of an odd accident. He found
a brass shell, about 2 inches long and %
inch in diameter, lying in the road.
While reading a paper, Lutsea says, he
laid the shell on the floor and later, with-
out looking, threw away a cigarette he
was smoking. It fell on the shell, and
an explosion followed.
—Harry Blaine, who in 1914 was con-
victed at Uniontown, Pa., of killing his
wife, on Monday was sentenced to six
months in the York county jail for steal-
ing three ducks. He served seven months
for the Unjontown crime. He told the
court on Monday he had never before
been charged with a crime. When the
district attorney informed the court of
the prisoner's criminal record, his sen-
tence was increased from four to six
months. ,
—Fed by oil and ammunition stored in
the building, fire on Monday destroyed
the two-story frame garage of Troop B,
Motor highway patrol, at Greensburg,
and slightly injured one man. Damage
was estimated at $40,000. Walker Adams,
a patrolman who discovered the blaze,
was slightly burned and suffered from
shock when he attempted to save equip-
ment in the structure. He succeeded in
wheeling five motorcycles out. of the flam-
ing garage. Fifteen other motorcycles
and five automobiles were destroyed.
—With a .38 calibre revolver clutched
in his right hand, the body of Harry
Krom, aged about 65, for the last five
years gardener at Altoona hospital, was
found at 5 p. m. last Friday lying ina
wheel barrow in the tool room adjoining
the garage with a bullet wound in the
heart. He was last seen walking about
the grounds about 1:30 p. m. and itis
the belidf of Chester C. Rothrock, cor-
oner, that he took his life shortly af-
ter. He made his home in Pleasant vul-
ley. One brother is said to survive.’
—Joseph Kopec, 20, one of four youths
who escaped from the Morganza Home
for Boys, was shot in the abdomen and
seriously wounded by Constable Ben
W. Smith, of Allegheny county, on Fri-
day, after they had attempted to hold
up a barbecue stand near Brightwood.
They escaped from the reformatory
after intimidating a guard. All but one
of the boys were captured. The boys
had one pair of shoes among them when
they fled the reformatory. Kopec was
wearing the shoes. They walked all
night they said, in their bare feet until
near Pittsburgh.
—For nearly a week a collie dog kept
vigil over the grave of its former owner,
William Ebert, in Prospect Hill cemetery,
at York, Pa. Mr. Ebert died in Wilming-
ton, Del.,, and was buried in the York
cemetery on November 25. The day fol-
lowing burial the dog was seen lying
across the grave. It would flee at the
approach of any one, but would later re-
turn to take up its watch. Dr. E. O.
Glatfelter, veterinarian, tried to capture
the animal. Failing in his efforts, and
fearing that the animal would freeze to
death, he fired a shot at it. The bullet
grazed the dog's head, and though it was
not seriously hurt it has not returned to
its master’s grave.
Their father killed by a Reading
company train Sunday night, their
mother seriously ill for several months,
seven dependent children of the family
of John Camilli, of Berks county, ap-
pealed to police to find 92 chickens and
two turkeys which disappeared from
the family poultry house in Temple
Wednesday morning. The children told
State troopers and county detectives
they fed the fowls Tuesday night and
poultry house as usual.
Wednesday morning they found the
place bare. A neighbor lost 10 chickens
the same night. The father, a track
walker, was struck by a train Sunday
{and died early Monday morning.
—Dismissal of Dr. Samuel E. Brunner,
of Camp Hill, who has been made ‘the
goat” in the $129,000 cattle indemnity
scandal in the State Department of Agri-
culture, was announced, on Tuesday, by
Governor Fisher. The Governor said he
had dismissed Bruner, for 12 years chief
of the tuberculosis eradication division
of the department. Dr. Jordan, in a
of the department. Dr. Jordan, in a
| statement a week ago, admitted that six
| of the tampered vouchers in the $129,000
cattle indemnity fraud had been discov-
ered by employees of the department last
June. He blamed Dr. Brunner for per-
mitting the fraud to run four months
longer by not reporting the finding of the
doctored vouchers to his superiors at
: that time.