Es
Demareali aca
INK SLINGS.
— In the spring time the Prince
of Wales turns to hunting elephants
instead of thoughts of love.
——Baseball - will soon command
the attention of the public and Babe
Ruth still seems to be ine champion
of swat.
_ —The trout season opened on
April first in Virginia and the Pres-
ident was on his private stream
bright and early. He caught eleven.
Not so bad for a President who
fishes fly. When Cal. heard that
bit of piscatorial news we'll bet "he
looked as if he had a mouth full of
night crawlers.
—We have noticed no sign of ac-
tivity in the onion bed we set out
two weeks ago, other than what the
cat has done to it. We advise our
gardening friends to keep things
out of the ground until it is warm
enough to make them grow and
uninviting enough to make the cats
seek the services of Chic Sales
“Specialist.” :
—Over in Bethlehem pastors of
many of the Protestant churches
called a community mass meeting
and urged the contribution of fifty-
thousand dollars to the campaign
of a Catholic congregation for two
hundred thousand with which to
erect a new church. Surely, Bethle-
hem is living up to its name in
Christianity.
—“The most unkindest cut of
all” is Clinton W. Gilbert’s recent
allusion to our friend Vance McCor-
mick. In re of the mess Claudius
Huston, chairman of the Republican
national committee, has gotten him-
self into Clint. elaborated on other
aational chairmen whom he thinks
were not so good, either. He dis-
nisses Vance, however, with six
words: “McCormick was respectable
>ut not remarkable.”
__A mew beer bacillus, “Delbrueck-
a,” that will do the work of
nany men has been discovered, It
s made from brewer's malt and
vill replace powerful crushing ma-
shines in extracting oil from ilinty,
ried cocoanuts. When thousands
wre thrown out of employment by
his new beer stuff we suppose the
‘anatics will be anathematizing “Del-
yrueckia” in song like they did “The
3rewers Big Horses.”
—We have been informed that
yur Mayor has at last overcome his
wersion to going up in the air. You
vill recall that we had council about
yersuaded to send the Mayor to
‘Big Bill’ Thompson's party in
Shicago, two years ago, by airplane,
vhen the distinguished gentleman
yalked. We never found out just
vhy, but his flight on Tuesday
yroves that it couldn’t have been be-
ause he was ‘“skeered” of it.
—H. G. W. writes from Media
o chide us for having failed to
ve the usual ten days fishing no-
ice. We would be worried if it had
ame from anybody else, but Horace
ain’t no fisherman, any way.”
there's no use in his having notice
f the opening date. So far as get-
ing any trout are concerned he'll
ie in plenty of time if he gets up
o that hole down at the “round
ouse” by the fifteenth of Novem-
er.
—We passed up a portion of broil- |
d bloater at breakfast, Tuesday
rorning, because we could see
othing desirable in any fish other
han trout, The spell was on us
nd we wanted it to grow until we
7ill be so eager for next Tuesday's
awn that falling over logs, slipping
n stones, pricking nervous fingers
7ith tiny barbed hooks and running
urselves ragged will make us feel
s happy, almost, as Elijah must
ave felt when he was translated.
.nd what will be the end of that
erfect day? The Lord willing, we'll
ome home with a few trout. Not
nough for a mess for the entire fam-
y so we'll have to conjure up the old
ike: “We don’t care for trout. We
ave all our pleasure in catching
jem.” Then watch them disappear
‘hile in silent wonderment as to
‘hether there might be a bit of cold
roiled bloater left in the refrigera-
or for us.
—Monday having been the last day
rr withdrawing nomination papers
1e lines are all drawn now and the
ght is on for the primaries. The
epublicans have four candidates for
cvernor, three for the United
tates Senate, four for Lieutenant
overnor, five for Secretary of In-
rnal Affairs, two for Justice of
ie Supreme Court and three for
idges of the Superior Court. By
‘ay twentieth each one of these
sntlemen will know more about
mself than he ever knew before.
he Democrats have a full State
cket but not a contest for any
fice. It is the same in the county,
here John G. Miller, of Ferguson
wnship, is the only aspirant for
ymination for the only office to be
ted for in the fall. He will
wubtless be nominated and, if so,
n be counted on as one Legislator
10, if elected, will stand up and
‘ht to take off the gasoline tax
at the Hon. Holmes voted to put
. Sam Lewis was right when he
id the State didn’t need that rev-
ue. The condition of the treasury
day proves it and Sam was
wled out of his chance to be Gov-
nor because he had the courage to
ind up and say so. The Hon.
imes voted to put it on. John
ller will vote to take it off.
SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE.
—Pennsylvania will gain $2,000,000 for
road building purposes the coming year
through federal appropriation.
—Winding an electric light cord about
his neck and placing the plug in a wall
socket, Joseph Harvah 50, of Allentown.
permitted his body to sag to the floor,
thus strangling himself. Worry over the
illness of his wife is considered the
motive.
—Frank Communale, a laborer, ot
Roseto, Northampton county, father of
STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION.
ten children, was electrocuted at noon
Monday while working on a cement
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highway. He had climbed a pole bear-
ing high-tension wires and touched one
accidentally. He died on the way to
15.
Pinchot and Grundy Combination.
It may be set down as reasonably
certain that out of the present con-
fusion in the Republican party a
partnership between Pinchot and
Grundy will develop. It will be
recalled that in 1922 that combina-
tion carried the primary for Pinchot
for Governor. At that time Gover-
nor Fisher was a party in the deal
and the chances are that his help
will not be available this time.
But as a rule retiring Governors are
not potential elements in impending
contests and Mr. Fisher is not an
exception to the rule. But Pinchot
and Grundy have considerable fol-
lowing and neither of them is
averse to trading operations, sinister
or otherwise. That they should be
drawn together by the magnet ot
ambition is probable, almost natural.
Republican Factional Lines.
The factional lines which mark
the enmities among the Republicans
of Pennsylvania are now plainly
marked. There are three candidates
for the nomination for Governor,
two for Senator in Congress and two
or three for each of the minor
places on the ticket. The Vare ma-
chine has a complete slate with
Francis Shunk Brown, who Senator
Grundy declares is an apologist for,
a defender of and a participant in
all forms of fraud and corruption,
for Governor. Grundy, candidate for
Senator, has no running mates but
is willing to trade with anybody
who has favors to exchange. Pinchot
has the prohibition vote “tied up”
‘and Phillips hopes to corral the
votes of the ultra wets.
| Even a guess at the ultimate re-
Since his recent denunciation of* guilt of a camapgin among these
Francis Shunk Brown it is obviously
impossible for Mr. Grundy to sup-
port the Vare machine candidate for
Governor. It is true that there are
a couple of others who are also
running, but Pinchot is the only al-'
ternative for those who really de-'
s're to defeat Brown, and besides
tere isno great gulf separating him
from Grundy. They think alike on
most political questions and act
alike in the matter of conducting
campaigns. The only difference is
that Pinchot spends his own money
and Grundy disburses that of other
people,
In other words, Mr. Grundy '
various and varied interests would
! pe futile. The Vare offering, prob-
ably the greater of the evils, seems
to have the advantage at the scor-
ing. The two big cities are counted
‘as practically solid in support of it,
and by a bargain with Judge Maxey,
of Scranton, which in ordinary com-
mercial affairs would be outlawed
| as fraudulent, it will possibly gain
some strength in the coal regions.
‘But if the conscience of the State is
‘aroused as it may be against the
| criminal conspiracy of the cities, the
| combination might be defeated. Gif-
ford Pinchot makes a strong appeal
i levies tribute on the beneficiaries Of to the better element and he is a
|
|
{
his policy the assumption being to
reimburse the contributors with leg- |
islation that will increase their
profits at the expense of the people.
These are not commendable at-
tributes in public officials, and un-
fortunately it .is not possible to
separate them and choose the lesser
evil in the event of a combination
of Pinchot and Grundy. If you
take one you have to take both,
and at that, if what both Grundy
and Pinchot say of Mr. Brown is
true, it is safer to take them to-
gether than to take the Vare ma-
chine candidate with the rotten as-
sociations which must necessarily be
taken with him. The corruption of
‘the Philadelphia “Neck” and the in-
iquities of the Pittsburgh “Strip”
are as much a part of the Brown
outfit as Mr. Brown himself. If you
take Brown, you must take Mackey
and Cunningham and Kline and
Max Leslie and that is a combination
that “smells to high heaven.”
—————— A ————
—A survey made by Republican
leaders in Washington reveals much
dissatisfaction in the party. And the
worst is yet to come.
Huston Wants to Quit in Dignity.
Cladius H. Huston, chairman of
the Republican National committee,
is willing to resign his political of-
fice, according to Washington press
dispatches, but he wants to do it in
“a dignified way.’ That is he wants
to remain at the head of the Repub-
lican organization until the public
discussion - of his Muscle Shoals
lobbying activities has subsided and
the manner in which he used the
lobby fund entrusted to him is for-
gotten. It will be remembered that
the $36,000 given him by the
Cyanamid company, of New York, to
create sentiment against govern-
ment operation of the Muscle Shoals
plant to manfacture fertilizers was
used in speculating operations in
Wall street.
There isn’t a great deal of dignity
in misappropriating funds for what-
ever purpose obtained, There is ab-
solutely no dignity in soliciting
funds for a sinister purpose and
using them _for questionable invest-
ments. @&e evidence taken by the
Lobby committee shows that when-
ever Mr. Huston’s “margins” in
speculative transactions ran low he
urged the Cyanamid corporation to
send money for immediate use in
lobby work and deposited it with
his brokers to strengthen his mar-,
He says that he sub-
gin account.
sequently remitted it to its proper
destination but has thus far failed
to produce evidence of that fact,
which
ised to provide.
At the time of his appointment
to the office of chairman of the Re-
publican committee it was popularly
believed that Mr. Huston was the
personal choice of the President.
He had been an assistant secretary |
of commerce under Mr. Hoover and
was largely instrumental in carry-
ing Tennessee for the Republican
candidates in 1928. But the testi-
mony of witnesses before the Lobby
committee -put a different face on
the matter. It was alleged, under
oath, that he was made chairman
of the committee in order to in-
crease his influence and opportuni-
ties as a lobbyist in the conspiracy
to rob the government of the valu-
able Muscle Shoals property. In
any event the party is responsible
for his actions.
he was asked for and prom- '
: resourceful campaigner.
| If the so-called “wet” organization
; were half as sincere as it is vocifer-
| ous, it might cut considerable figure
"in the contest. As an esteemed con-
| temporary has stated, it’s candidates
| are the fitter of the bunch. But it’s
i most conspicuous members are SO
immersed in partisan bigotry that
| the first signal of distress from Re-
| publican headquarters will palsy
i their energies in the fight if it
‘doesn’t entice them to desert the
party candidates. Still there is a
| fighting chance to defeat the two-
| city machine by nominating Pinchot
‘ for Governor and Davis for Senator.
i The, nomination of Davis for Senator
| would be a grim joke on the people
of Pennsylvania and the Senate, but
there are worse things.
i ——We lay no claim to phophesy
{but it is safe to predict that the
: question of arms parity and kindred
| subjects will be settled by the League
| of Nations, ultimately.
| remem
A Lame and Impotent Adventure.
Senator Robinson, of Indiana, Re-
publican member of the Lobby com-
mittee of the Senate, has wilfully or
stupidly misinterpreted the purpose
‘of the interrogation of Claudius H.
Huston, chairman of the Republican
' National committee. Mr. Huston
i was a conspicuous figurein the con-
i spiracy to turn the valuable Muscles
i Shoals property of the government
over tothe power trust. In that
, capacity he had solicited funds from
tone of the power trust subsidiaries
for use in his lobby activities ' and
| converted them to his own use. He
| was not charged with misconduct as
i chairman of the committee. But his
fitness for that important office, in
{ view of his lobbying and misappro-
“priation of funds, was challenged.
But because of the wilfull or
| stupid misinterpretation of the in-
|cident Senator Robinson assumed
‘that he had a right to interrogate
| Mr. Raskob, chairman of the Demo-
lcratic National committee. Mr.
| Raskob’s name had not been brought
into the scandalous gossip of the
lobby in any way. No one had ac-
"cused him of lobbying for or against
any measure pending in Congress at
present or in the past. No one even
' suspected him of lobbying. But in
' the provincial mind of this Indiana
‘Ku Klux Klansmen there probably
developed a hope that annoying Mr.
Raskob might divert attention from
proofs against Huston, and Raskob
‘was subpoenaed. It was a lame
‘and impotent adventure but charac-
teristic of Robinson.
What Mr. John J. Raskob thinks
on the subject of prohibition is of
no concern to the Senate and of
comparatively little interest to the
public. In association with a num-
ber of other prominent business men,
including the president of the Penn-
sylvania railroad, Mr. Raskob has
joined an organization to do some-
| thing with the Eighteenth amend-
ment to the Federal constitution.
But he has not solicited Senators or
Representatives in Congress, or tried
to inveigle them into voting for or
against prohibition. Neither has he
{used other people’s money in Wall
street speculation or attempted to
swindle the government in the inter-
est of monopoly. If he had there
‘would be cause for complaint.
|
| ——Fven the oil wells of Okla-
'homa become disorderly at times.
| Centre County Motor Club Closes
: Membership Drive.
‘An interesting meeting of the
Centre County Motor club was held
in the library, in the court house,
last Friday evening, it being the last
of a series of eight meetings held in
various sections of Centre county
in a campaign of educating car
owners and drivers to the many ad-
vantages to be derived froma mem- In these times of stress and
bership in the club. And the night, perchance, °
About forty members were pres-
ent and Senator Harry B. Scott, of |
Philipsburg, president of the club, |
presided and in a brief talk called
attention to the fact that a member-
ship in the county club carries with {PIETY YEARS AGO
it membership in the American
Automobile Association and the:
Pennsylvania Motor Federation. | April 9, 1930.
These memberships include free |
emergency road service, reciprocal sos :
E102 ciate covering the United LIon Moke. that Se 9
States and Canada, Also, touring turned from her long visit
information, with maps, legal
CONTENT.
One must have courage in
for joy and song
Without start—or—an ending,
Just enough to carry hope
To trek along.
For a day may space a life,
. To keep on forever, going on
Or of bluster, or of pretending,
To keep on forever, hoping on
Make the song you started not so long
Might bring an endless dawn.
W. B. MEEK-MORRIS.
April, 1930.
IN CENTRE COUNTY.
Items from the Watchman issue of
—The many friends of Miss Clara
the young lady having re-
ad- delphia, where she went to prefect
vice in case of accidents, assistance her musical education. The Episco-
the Portland hospital.
—James L. Schrock, of Lock Haven,
who was retired from service as rail-
way mail clerk last month, at the age
of 64, after having been granted a two-
year extension during his forty-one
years of service, travelled over 600,000
miles on trains and was never in any
collision or serious accident.
—A lone bandit staged a daylight hold-
up on a Lebanon jewelry store in the
business district on Saturday, and es-
caped with a loot of $1,500. The bandit
drove up to the curb in front of the
store, crashed a brick through the win-
dow, scooped up the jewelry and made
his escape while a city patrolman stood
in full view a half block away.
—Alvin McCloskey, 14-year-old
school student, of Lock Haven, was
seriously injured Saturday afternoon
when he fell to the concrete pavement
whilé he was roller skating near his
home. He suffered a broken back and a
| fracture of the pelvic bone through the
hip joint. He was taken to a private
hospital and is under the care of Dr.
G. D. Mervine. He is reported in a
serious condition.
—A gas well that is said to be mak-
ing between eight and ten million cubic
one’s heart
strife,
high
again at
to Phila-
in case of unjust arrests, a $500 pal congregation had the benefit of fost every, af hours . Wes. drilled in by
automobile personal accident policy her skill in that direction last Sun. | the T. Wa Prip: Sey snd Off So
free, a subscription to the American 93¥: pany, s; Batlle Moliow, betwosy. pen
ie, 2 P! . .. | sutawney and Reynoldsville. The well
Motorist Magazine, : and finally the | At the reorganization of council | 3qjoins property on which the United
AAA, P.M.F., and “Centre last Monday evening Samuel Ryan | Natural Gas company recently brought
County Motor Club” radiator em- Was continued as water WOrKS |p a well that is said to be making
blem. engineer . at $1.50. per day. Cyrus | nearly 3,000,000 cubic feet daily. It is
E. D. McNelly, field representa- Strickland was retained as Superin-| stated that the latter named company
spoke in behalf of the national asso- |e elected
ciation, stressing particularly its ef-
forts along the line of safety educa-
tion, influence on legislation of bene-
fit to motorists, uniformity of signals,
etc. He also stated that to date
thinty-four countries have established |
reciprocal relations with the A.A.A.
and it’s members.
Robert F. Hunter, vice president
of the club, stressed the advantages
of organization among owners and |
drivers of cars and asserted that it |
was not only a privilege but a duty
to organize, hyn help to better {boyy who used 1 fo
motoring conditions, Jack Frost, | Armsisong at the Stiden
_ price.
amounted as follows:
| Street Committee
Water Committee ....
Fire and Police
Market Committee
Nuisance Committee
Finance Committee
briefly on the importance of a more Ford theatre, Washington,
thorough organization. i
| When the Centre County Motor
Lclub was organized three years ago
.¥ile’ county” was divided into eight
districts - or zones, with a local
the stage in the attempt
hend the assassin.
: and handed
secretary in each zone. During the police after they arrived
i past two weeks a meeting has been ' geene.
(held in each zone and officials of |
the club are hoping that automo-
bilists will respond by giving their |, y .other of Andrew,
membership to the local secretary. Charles
: ee ” ., | tendent of water works at $14.00
tive of the “A.A.A” and “P.MF. [on ‘month. Thomas Shaughenssy was
street commissioner at
$1.05 per day. Henry Hoffman was
' retained as lamp lighter at the old
During the year the various
| committees made expenditures
—Capt. John Gilliland, of Moshan-
non, who will be remembered by the
“Paddy,” was in to see us on Wed-
secretary of the club, also spoke pesday. Captain Gilliland was in the
Lincoln was assassinated there and he
was the third man on the floor of
It was
John who picked up Booth’s spur
it to the Washington
—Mr. George Cook, youngest son
of the late Capt. Wm. Cook and
Claude and
F. Cook, of this place,
| The Lock Haven Motor club now suprised us on Friday last when he
is laying a pipe line from Meredith into
the Battle Hollow field.
—R. G. Bressler, deputy Secretary of
Agriculture, has been appointed by the
State farm products show commission as
director of the 1931 farm show, Bressle:
is charged. with the responsibility of
setting up an organization for the show
and of recommending to the commission
for its approval whatever assistants are
deemed necessary. The direction of the
1931 show will be assumed by Bressler
in addition to his present duties as
deputy Secretary of the Department of
Agriculture. January 19, 21, 22, 23 and
24, 1931, are the dates set by the com-
mission for the next show.
—Its engineer dead on the floor of
the cab, a Reading company locomotive,
finishing its run from Allentown to
Philadelphia, was brought to a halt
Monday night by the fireman. The engi-
neer, Emanuel Schwartz, of ' Allentown,
is believed to have struck -his head
against some projection as he leaned
from the cab. As the locomotive neared
the freight yards at Frankford and Le-
high avenues in Philadelphia, the fire-
man, also of Allentown, noticed the en-
gineer’s seat empty. He found Schwartz's
body lying on the floor and stopped the
train. How long the engine had been
running with no one at the throttle was
not determined.
that
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....2319.33
18.75
to : Prof.
y here as
the night
to appre-
Cap’t
on the
{has an enrollment of over two , walked into this sanctum. He 1iS| _mvacuations begun Thursday for
| thousand members; Lancaster coun. now working in a store in Girard, | the foundation for the new cutting plant
‘ty has about fifteen thousand and Kansas. to be erected in Ridgway by the Elk
; Centre county ought to have not ' Messrs. Austin Curtin & Co, Tanning company. The structure will
"Jess than two thousand. The mem- are now repairing the Mill Hall fur- | consist largely of steel and glass and the
bership dues are low, considering nace which will be put in blast first part built will be 50x150 feet with
the benefits and advantages to be about mid-summer. 2 shivpig 2p Jose fst, Sr
i . 0 statement made . . each,
derived therefrom. Claude R.! Miss Gertie Butts, of this place, i of the Elk le company,
Moore, the jeweler in Crider’s Ex-'is now off to Philadelphia on a fort- | inis will be only about 35 per cent. of
change, is the local secretary for night's visit.
Bellefonte and vicinity, and he will |
be glad to furnish any further in-
formation desired and will
more pleased to enroll your member- a “boom” in Tyrone.
‘larged to 32 columns,
twenty in number, enjoyed a ban. |
quet at the Brockerhoff house.
smelly nasser.
——Centre county's Department of
Justice is being centralized this
week. The steel desks and filing
cabinets purchased by the county
commissioners from Montgomery,
Ward & Co., have been placed in
position in the former grand jury
room where county detective Leo
Boden, probation and parole officer
Roy Wilkinson and juvenile court
officer Wm. C. Thompson will hold
forth in the future. Detective
Boden moved his papers and equip- |
ment from the commissioner’s office
to his new desk on Tuesday.
and blushed clear back to
Moore, the artist; Rew.
Orvis,
Fal POA St
— The cherry blossoms have had
their day in Washington but the
apple blossom festival of Virginia is
yet to come, and President Hoover
has promised to give it the benefit
of his presence,
the roof of this building.
rem eee
——The “glider” has won a place
in the aeronautic sun through the
achievement of Captain Hawks, and
nobody knows what will come next.
evening did considerable
In Pennsvalley, on Buffalo
about Snow Shoe and here
havoc with trees, fences
houses. While Mrs. Joseph
and a Mr. Seibert were
ese pee
——For crass stupidity profes-
sional politicians “take the cake.”
Note Shunk Brown's straddle on
prohibition.
by
——The soup houses continue to
multiply and the bread lines to in-
crease in length.
as a cigar and tobacco sto
ing and jewelry shop.
—Some of the Howard
——Ambassador Gibson is easily
the optimist of the London naval
conference, and he doesn't expect
complete success.
season. Mr, Sperring
Brickley will each set
ten.
—Read the Watchman and getall
the news.
—We do good job work
| —The Tyrone Herald has been en-
be still columns to the page and talks about
daintiest kind of clocked and strip-
ed hose was revealed. Our reporter
just shut his eyes and went it blind
—Rev. J. S. McMurray was
the middle of Spring creek on Tues-
day trying to persuade the trout to
have confidence in him. The good
dominie was trying to deceive the
trout and we think the next confer-
ence ought to discipline him.
—Deschner, the gunsmith; John
Hughes, the educator; and Ellis L.
aspiring to distinguishment
in the field of science, were on the
roof of the Watchman office last
Saturday. Among them they had a
wager of $5.00 as to which would
reach the pavement first, an iron or
a wooden ball, when dropped from
the iron ball won, but for the life
of us we haven't been able to dis-
cover which one of these scientific
gentlemen thought the wooden one
would have a chance in any other
place than a perfect vacuum.
—The heavy storm of Sunday
from church their buggy was upset
the wind and she was badly
bruised. (It is quite likely she didn’t
say: “Thanks for the Buggy Ride.”)
—The vacant rooms in the McCaf-
ferty block, opposite the depot, are
now occupied by Mr. Harry Lindsay
Frank Galbraith as a watchmak-
tend to put in tobacco crops this
acres and Mr. Woodward will plant
what the anticipated plant will be. The
purpose of the new plant will be to
take sides of leather as it comes from
the tannery located there and cut them
into soles. The output of the first unit
will be about 5000 soles a week and. about
or eight
ship, _ Tuesday was a very naughty
ED t5.. the pilillc. Tueeling ON dh er Sot the lade A Sun when completed :
Friday evening the officers of the |thought it was a shame. The wind —Tender memories of a little red
club and a few invited guests, about | blew and the dust flew and the school house’ - prompted Miss Elsie
Through, a New York business woman,
to make a special trip to bid at public
sale for one of 10 abandoned school
properties in the Newton township
school district, in Cumberland county,
Pa. The one room red brick building
near Stoughtstown, was sold for 3965 to
the woman who first mastered the in-
tricacies of the three R’s within its
walls when a little country girl. Miss
Through will convert the building into
a summer home. The building, along
with nine other one-room structures,
was abandoned in November when two
consolidated schools were erected.
—Joseph Thomas, 45, a miner, and
his son, Thomas, 5, were burned to death
at DuBois before daylight last Thurs-
day, when fire destroyed the Thomas
residence. Five other members of the
family suffered burns and other in-
juries, The father was believed to have
perished in an attempt to save his off-
spring after a New York-to-Clevelanc
air mail plane pilot aroused the family
and others in the neighborhood by fly-
ing low over houses when he noted ths
flames from the sky. Several of th.
family were injured when they droppe!
to the ground from the roof of a porch
One, Frank Thomas, 10, was reporte:
seriously hurt. The mother, Victori
Thomas, was severely burned about thc
hands and face.
his ears.
in
Jas. P.
Of course
damage.
Run, out
it played
and out
Marshall
—March 16, 1928, a workman droppe:
returning are a phe
a hammer from the 22nd floor of th
Pittsburger hotel building. Last Thurs:
day a jury awarded Miss Mary C. Hahn
23 years old, damages totaling $102,427.¢
in her suit against Secretary of th
Treasury Andrew Mellon and R. F
Mellon, trading as the Pittsburger hote’
for injuries she claimed resulted. Th
award was the largest ever returned i:
a personal injury case in Pittsburgi
Miss Hahn claimed that the hamme
bounced and shattered a big window i-
re and Mr,
folks in- a building across the street, and the
flying glass cut a gash 23 inches lon:
and Mr. and 10 inches deep in her hip, as wel!
out . four
as shearing off part of a bone in thc
vertebrae. She then was a clerk at
cigar stand located in a building nea:
the scene of the accident. The Mellons
have appealed the case.
oe
a
promptly