Democratic watchman. (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1855-1940, June 27, 1930, Image 1

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    Eo EE RAE CRE ie a
Temorraic; Waldo
EE SS AS,
INK SLINGS
—The Lindbergs have a son. The
“we” is three now and the “Lone
Eagle” will probably be doing a lot
— After all maybe Charlie Hall,
of Philadelphia, has power to ex-
press in advance the opinions of the
Supreme court.
——Admiral Byrd finds the tem-
perature much warmer at home than
in Antartica, but the tax on his
nerves is little less exacting.
——Anyway when the Luzerne
county vote is certified to the Sec-
retary of the Commonwealth Pin-
chot will be the Republican nominee
for a few days.
— President Hoover asked Con-
gress to appropriate $40,000 to ex-
tinguish the mosquitoes on the White
House lawn, but a proposition to
provide necessaries of life to vet-
erans throws him into a fit.
of hopping on the nursery floor.
—The Watchman will not visit
you next week. It will be our
semi-annual week off and we propose
to loaf so hard that it will take
several weeks of work to get over
it.
—At midnight next Monday one
cent will automatically drop from
the price of gasoline. Remember,
that on the morning of July 1 gas
ought to be a cent cheaper. If your
filling station doesn’t remember give
the proprietor a little gas. Tell him
that the cent that is to come off
automatically is just half the tax
that the Hon. Holmes voted to put
‘on you.
—The reports that potato bugs
are unusually numerous this season
brings a very important matter to
our mind. One that we think we
have never before revealed. Inas-
much as all great men, at one time,
or another, have occasion to refer
to the first dollar they earned we
don’t know just why such an occa-
sion never smacked us on the
bean until this moment. It's done
it, however, so we here record that
the first dollar we have recollection
of having earned was made by
picking potato bugs at five cents
a hundred. We can see ourselves
now, going through the lot on grand-
father’s farm up in Ferguson town-
ship with the right hand stained
with yellow bug juice and the left
guarding the can into which we
dropped the yellow and black strip-
ed pests. We picked them with our
fingers. We didn’t knock them into
a can with a paddle, And when we
got a leaf with the underside speck-
led with the tiny yellow eggs that
was a bonanza, for we sat and
counted every egg and chalked them
down as potential bugs. Counting the
eggsina potato bug nest was a rather
intricate operation. We probably
had a normal child’s mind for exag-
geration and, in consequence, _grand-
father might have paid for a few
more “million” bugs than were ac-
tually in the making on those
leaves, but he took our word for it,
always.
—She was just a plain, simple
little woman upon whom nature had
lavished no special charm and upon
whom fortune had never turned
more than a feeble smile. Her’s
was a life of such constant drudg-
ery that she probably never thought
that pleasure and leisure were ever
obtainable except through slaving
so that others might have them.
For more than half a century this
little woman has been known to al-
most everyone in Bellefonte. One
saw her daily trudging the streets
on her way to earn the paltry pit-
tance on which she subsisted or car-
ying a bunch of flowers or some
little dainty to a stricken friend.
She was part of Bellefonte, just a
self effacing, patient little plodder
‘whose life has left an impress pos-
‘sibly far beyond that of any of the
sons and daughters of the town
whose lot has been more opulent
and whose work has been taken
more notice of. When the gates of
‘Heaven swung open, last Sunday
morning, to welcome her soul there
must have been a ring of joyous-
ness in the angelic chorus such as
few can be expectant of hearing;
for no one knows how many in that
«chorus Miss Ida Greene taught to
‘have their lamps trimmed and burn-
ing. Every community has its “Miss
Ida,” but few communities realize
‘what such persons contribute to
them so the Watchman pays tribute
‘to a woman whom few thought of
except when they wanted her to
serve, and
At the end of the day
She still had a smile
At the end of the day
There were things worth while
At the end of the day
Ne'er pretense nor guile
For hope was her guide
At the end of the day.
At the end of the day
She trudged alone,
‘On a mission of mercy,
To brighten some home,
At the end of the day
Church work was to do
At the end of the day
That was for me and for you
The end of her day
Came, most ere it begun
‘The end of her day
Her race had been run
“For the end of her day
Brought her home to the One
‘Whom she’d loved and served
With work, well done.
WwW Ek M
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STATE RIGHTS AN
D FEDERAL UNION.
BELLEFONTE.
County’s Primary Vote.
Luzerne
The pronouncement of the Su-
Luzerne county primary vote im-
merses the subject in doubt. The
Republican primary vote gave Mr.
Pinchot a plurality of approximately
26,500 over Mr. Brown, the Vare
candidate for Governor, Mr. Brown
challenged 'the result on the ground
that the ballots had been mutilated.
The Luzerne county court, one of
the judges dissenting, decided against
the complaint. An appeal was taken
and on Saturday last the Supreme
court handed down an opinion di-
recting the county commissioners to
certify the return to the Secretary
of the Commonwealth, “subject to
modification, correction or rejection
after a full hearing” by that court
on September 29.
The charge of mutilation is based
on the fact that the ballots had been
perforated. At the election of 1926
the vote of Luzerne county was so
polluted with fraud that in 1927 the
court directed the commissioners to
perforate the ballots. With the
consent of all the judges and the
managers of both parties this prac-
when objection was made. The com-
missioners referred the matter to
the court and a judicial orde” Was
issued to follow a custom which had
been adopted to prevent fraud by
using unofficial ballots as had been
done in 1926. The vote in a few dis-
tricts in the county in which vot-
ing machines were used was unchal
lenged in the complaint.
The equivocal decision handed
down by the court, on Saturday, is
the more surprising because in 1922,
the same court, unchanged in per-
sonnel since, handed down an opin-
ion diametrically opposite in pur-
pose and substance. Justice Simp-
son, in that opinion, declared “to
eliminate an entire poll, though no
ly because public officials did not
perform their duties properly, would
result in the very wrong sought to
be prevented.” Even if the judges
of Luzerne county did give wrong
instructions in the matter of per-
forating the ballots it was not done
to promote fraud but to prevent it,
and disfranchising 60,000 voters on
that account would be an unendur-
able hardship.
—— A ——————
——1It would look bad if 60,000
legal voters were disfranchised in
order to shift the Vare machine
activities from Philadelphia to Har-
risburg.
mm —————p sn
Team Work in Washington.
The administration in Washington,
in team-work form, is valiantly
striving to fool “all the people all
the time” on the effects of the
Grundy tariff bill. The head-liner
in the enterpriseis Uncle Andy Mel-
lon, who in a statement declares
that (the new tariff law will not
adversely affect the business inter-
ests of the United States or re-
tard business recovery.” Secretary
of State Stimson simultaneously
announced that “the administration
in not planning to resort to repris-
als against France if increased
rates are put into effect by the
French against American imports.
Finally, President Hoover states
that he “will make changes in the
Tariff Commission before Congress
adjourns.”
This is literally whistling to keep
courage up. With characteristic
caution Uncle Andy admits that the
measure has defects, but unlike his
spokesman on the floor of the Sen.
ate he fails to enumerate them. It
will be remembered that Senato:
Reed, apologizing for voting for the
bill, enumerated various bad features
and trusts to luck for the fulfill
ment of his expectations, Mr. Stim-
son “casts an anchor to the wind-
ward” to temporarily allay a grow-
ing apprehension of a tariff war
with France while President Hoover
“throws a tub to the whale’ of
ridicule developing in the Senate.
But all these efforts will be futile.
Big business is doing its best to
prevent a smash. The big banks
have made money cheaper than ever
before with the idea of encouraging
speculation and thus bolstering the
false pretense of prosperity. But
share values decline rather than in-
crease. Public intelligence has ad-
vanced too far to be deceived by
such sophistry as the tarif apolo-
gists are able to advance. As Sen-
ator Barclay, of Kentucky, remarked
in reference to the signing of the
measure, ‘while six prominent citi-
zens each received gold pens, all the
rest of the people received gold
bricks.” That is the sum and sub-
stance of the prosperity the Grundy
tariff promises.
——The honors bestowed on Ad-
miral Byrd have been richly earned
and worthily given.
preme court in the matter of the |
tice was continued until this year, |
Trust Arrogance Frankly
Expressed.
The insolence of monopoly was
frankly expressed, the other day,
| when Samuel Insull, of Chicago,
‘undertook to censor a speech which
the United States Ambassador to
Germany was about to deliver at
"a convention of Power magnates in
Berlin. Mr. Insull, wio is a dele-
: gate in the convention, happened to
see an advance copy of the speech
‘and finding some features of it ad-
, verse to his interests demanded that
(it be deleted. Ambassadcr Sacket
‘was first inclined to comply with
Ithe demand but encountered se
| many difficulties in the way he fi-
; nally decided to let it go as prepar-
ed. This incident aroused the indig-
| nation of Senator Norris, who sub-
sequently brought it to the atten-
tion of the Senate.
Mr. Sacket was an invited speak-
er in the conference but he evident-
ly has a rather clear understanding
of the subject in which if was con-
cerned. He said: “I know of no
other manufacturing industry where
the sale price of the product to the
great mass of consumers is fifteen
times the actual cost of production of
the article sold. My purpose is sharp-
ly to define a weakness that calls.
for the keenest thought in your
1
Power
|
astrue as it was timely. The power
corporations are organizing a monop-
oly and the records show that in
every instance where they acquire
control they exact “all the traffic
will bear,” and as much more as
possible.
Senator Norris, after reading the
press dispatches on the subject, said:
| “Thus we learn that Samuel Insull,
‘who at one time thought he had
‘bought a seat in the United States
| Senate with money taken from the
| consumers of high-priced power, this
same Insull, representing the Power
harm has actually been done, mere- trust which has crept into the back. |
door of schoolhouses, into lodges,
| women’s clubs and farmer’s organi-
| zations; this same outfit which has
| heen crawling and creeping every:
| where and boasting of its decepe
| tions, approaches the American Am-
i passador and tells him what he
cannot say.” This is the destinaticn |
to which the Republican party is
leading. As Senator Norris added:
“Are we willing to submit tc this”
——The record for non-stop flying
from New York to Mexico is now
in possession of a Mexican, but re-
cords are transient properties at
best. -
Sr —g A —————
False Reports Responsible..
It would be hard to persuade air
craft manufacturers that the Grundy
tariff is either stabilizing or im.
proving business. Automobile build-
ers are loudly complaining of van-
ishing trade and reports from De-
troit indicate an almost complete
paralysis of that industry. But the
builders of air ships seem to be in
an even worse predicament, Their
product is unable to find a market
at any price and the surplusage is
still increasing. Bargain sale offers
create no appeal! and as one writer
on 'the subject declares, “no reason-
able offer, backed up with real mo-
ney will be refused by many air
craft manufacturers who were left
financially high and dry by last
year’s business slump.
Air ships are luxuries that a
good many of us can do without,
but that is also true of passenger
automobiles. But during the period
of fictitious prosperity, encouraged
by what seemed an unlimited air-
mindedness among the people, a con-
siderable number of people and a
vast amount of capital were enticed
into the manufacture of air craft
with the result that now a great
many machines are in stock and
few people have the price to pur-
{chase them even at the cut rates
at which they are offered, in some
| cases fifty per cent. off and in all
| cases below the actual cost of pro-
| duction. And this condition is in
| the face of an undiminished popular
'interest in aviation, at home and
| abroad.
| Of course it will be said that men
j engaged in the enterprise and in-
vested their money at their own
| option, and frequently without solic-
!itation, and have themselves to
(blame for the disappointments that
‘have come from their adventures.
But this is not altogether true,
| Capital is always seeking employ-
ment and the absurdly optimistic
‘announcements of the President, the
| Secretary of the Treasury and the
| Secretary of Commerce that pros-
perity in abundance was “just around
ithe corner,” misled many usually
cautious investors to believe that
‘this new and appealing industry
would grow as the automobile in-
j dustry developed a few year ago.
i The administration is in some mea-
'sure to blame.
deliberations.” This statement was;
PA.. JUNE 27. 1930.
NO. 26.
Mr. Morrow’s Nomination.
Dwight Morrow would probably
have been nominated for Senator
by the Republicans of New Jersey
if he had not said a word about
| prohibition or the Eighteenth amend-
ment to the Federal constitution.
He was widely and favorably known
as a banker and a lawyer and, hav-
ing recently been called into public
serv-
life. rendered valuable public
ice. As a member of the banking
house of J. P. Morgan he had ac-
‘quired a high standing in the busi-
‘ness world. As Ambassador in
‘Mexico he had affected some recon-
ciliations and ironed out some diffi-
culties between that government and
ours. As a delegate to the London
Naval conference he was incon-
‘spicuous but agreeable.
New Jersey is notoriously and
dripping “wet.” If upon entering
the campaign for Senator Mr. Mor-
row had taken the “dry” side he
might have lost some votes but he
would have been nominated anyway.
As a shrewd reasoner, however, he
adopted the popular side of the
question, on the principle of
“safety first” His only opponent
at the time, former Senator Fre-
lingheysen, had set up the weather-
vane and Mr. Morrow sensed the
course of the wind and set his sails
accordingly. But his nomination is
neither a substantial wet victory
nor a disastrous dry defeat. It
simply shows that the Republican
voters of New Jersey prefer a rep-
utable business man to a crafty
politician.
A Republican nomination is not
equivalent to an election in New
Jersey and Mr. Morrow has the
fight of his life before him. He
had the party organization behind
him in the primary campaign and
will have the full force of the Na-
tional administration and the ma-
|
'
|
zation in the impending contest. But
he will have an harmonious, vigor-
ous and militant force against him
and the halo which adorned him
through the primary contest will
vanish. The voters will come to
ealize that his idea with respect to
Governor Smith's of
last fall.
programme
——The destructive bean beetle
which played havoc with the bean
crop in various sections of the coun-
ty, last year, has again made its
appearance in a number of gardens
in Bellefonte as well as other sec-
that “its just one d—n thing after
another.” Both farmers and garden-
year
plentiful or destructive as they have
been this year.
ident who put out 180 cabbage
plants has already used over 500
plants in replacement. Up near
Rockview a gardener put out 84
cabbage plants one evening and the
next morning 43 of them had been
cut off, Pepper plants also have
suffered from this destructive worm,
as well as corn fields. Sm
eee ereeeem—
——Dan R. Schnabel, a member
of Johnstown city council, member
of the board of fish commissioners
and a personal friend of editor T,
H. Harter, of the Keystone Gazette,
was accidentally shot, last week,
while riding in an automobile in
Westmont, by a colored boy shoot-
ting mark. Fortunately the wound
was not of a serious nature and
“Uncle Dan,” as he is familiarly
known, has not lost much sleep ov-
er the accident.
ma asi
——Fourth of July fire works
are making their appearance in the
display windows of Bellefonte stores,
but so far both merchants and
boys have heeded the proclamation
of burgess Harris restricting the
sale and use of the deadly explos-
ives to the Fourth only.
——It may be only a coincidence
but it seems that President Hoover
always developes an economy spasm
when Congress legislates favors to
war veterans,
— The Lindberg baby will prob-
ably be a high-flyer but if he is as
modest about it ashis daddy nobody
will complain.
——The open season for bass,
pike, pickerel and muscallonge in
Pennsylvania will open next Tues-
day, July 1.
rt — A fp nm —
——A. scientest has discovered
that heat has weight. Hverybody
knows that too much of it is bur-
densome.
—Read the Watchman and
the news worth reading.
get all
terial help of the National organi-
the Eighteenth amendment was not
an inspiration but a plagiarism from
tions, which leads to the old saw, !
ers report that they can’t recall a’
when cut worms were SO
One Bellefonte res-
IT'S FATHER.
| Authorship Unknown.
~ Who is it wears the patch work hose
‘And seldom goes to picture shows,
That his girl may have fine clothes?
It's Father!
Who is it wears last summer’s hat,
That his boy may join a sporty frat
And thinks it quite all right at that?
It’s Father!
Who is it buys the bread and meat?
Who keeps the shoes on all our feet?
It’s Father!
We've Mother's Day and Poppy Day,
But almost all are Labor Days
For Father!
Get out his slippers and easy chair,
Caress and smooth his rumpled hair,
And let him know you're glad he’s there—
| Your Father!
FIFTY YEARS AGO
IN CENTRE COUNYY.
Items from the Watchman issue of
July 2, 1880
Married.—On the 24th of June, at
the residence of H. B. Pontius, by
Rev. J. F. DeLong, Mr. Elias
Breon to Miss Laura Etta Harter,
both of Bellefonte,
—The W. C. Coup shows are ad-
vertised for an appearance in Belle-
fonte on Wednesday, July 14. It is
really a monster tented exhibition
and as a special feature attraction
is exhibiting Ritchell’s flying ma-
chine; something Bellefonte has
never seen before and a contraption
that will really fly.
I _Wheat is $1.00 a bushel, corm!
45¢, oats 40cts, potatoes 20c, butter |
12¢, eggs 10c, bacon 7c and ham 9c. |
—Ex-Governor Curtin arrived home,
yesterday morning, with, it is sup-
posed, the final arrangements in re-
gard to the car works in his pocket.
Just what they are, however, we
are unable to state at this time.
—The Pleasant Gap band led by
our young friend William H. Noll,
serenaded the Bush house last Sat-
urday night and were complimented
very highly in an appreciation speech
by the proprietor, Mr. Peters. The
Pleasant Gap fellows are no slouches
in the way of music and have lots
of talent *
—Daniel Lowden, of Ferguson
township, found a curio while tear-
ing down the wall of his old barn
lin preparation of building a new one.
|
| Embedded in the mortar he found :
‘a hen’s egg that must have been
' placed there when the barn was built
in 1788. The egg was in perfect
condition as to appearance but it
rattles as though the inside has be-
i come petrified.
—Bellefonte’s school directors met
last Tuesday evening, created a new
school and re-elected all of the old
teachers but two. The staff is now
as follows: Principal, D. M. Lieb;
assistant, Henry Wetzel; third grade,
Rosa Wood; fourth grade, Nannie
McGinley; fifth grade, Lizzie Swartz;
| sixth grade, Mary L, Nesbitt; sev-
enth grade, Bella Rankin; eighth
grade, Annie McAffrey; ninth grade,
Mary Shrom; tenth grade, Carrie
Humes. Miss Humes and Miss
Swartz are the new teachers chosen.
Mr. John M. Duncan and Miss
Lizzie Campbell were not re-elected.
— Martin Foley, of Lamb St., died
last Saturday evening of consump-
tion. Deceased was formerly an
employee of W. P. Duncan & Co,
and the men of that plant attended
the funeral in a body.
meeting was held in this place last
Saturday night and the crowd was
so great that it couldn't be gotten
into the court house, so that over-
flow meetings were held on the hill
at the rear.
somely illuminated, fire works were
shot off from reservoir and Half
Moon hills and cannons roared from
other eminences in town. The speech
making was done by Col. D. F.
Fortney, Major Forster, Hon. C. ,
W. C. Heinle Esq., and J. W. Gep-
hart Esq. Col. Jack L, Spangler,
county chairman, called the meeting
to order John A. Woodward - was
chosen president, with J. P. Gep-
hart, Benjamin F. Hunter, James
F. Weaver and William H. Noll as
vice presidents. (Of all that array of
noted Centre county Democrats of
fifty years ago only two are living:
Col. Spanglerand Wm H. Noll.—ED.
—Postmaster Miles, of Milesburg,
having resigned, J. D. Mitchell has
been appointéd to serve in his stead.
—On Sunday last the weather
was simply distressing: Oh, but it
was hot and close.
—The Presbyterian congregation
of this place has abandoned their
church edifice entirely until it can
be made more secure. Prayer meet-
ings will be held in the wigwam and
church services in Humes’ hall until
the desired reinforcements are made.
——At this distance it looks very
much as if Cloyd Brooks will be the
next postmaster at Centre Hall.
——The Chicago gangster who
ett” ofganation. 1
—A great Hancock ratification '
Buildings were hand.
Alexander, Col. William H. Blair, |
SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE
—Tampering with a juror at Hones-
dale, Frank Conaboy, of Carbondale, was
fined $700. :
—Seven members of one family in
Westmoreland county are believed to
have created a record when they under-
went throat operations in the H. C.
Frick Memorial hospital in Mt. Pleasant
on the same day. The operations were
successful.
—Almost 2,000,00 pounds of honey,
valued at $426,730, were produced in
Pennsylvania last year according to es-
timates of the Federal-State Crop Re-
porting Service. Pennsylvania is now
one of the 10 States which produces on
an average over $425,000 worth of
honey annually.
—Edward L. Spangler, 70 years old
of York county, fell from a cherry tree
in the yard at the rear of his home and
suffered a broken back near the base of
his spine. He is confined to the West
Side sanitarium, in York, where his
condition is reported to be critical. In
the fall from the tree the aged man
lended across a fence and then toppled
to the ground.
—Ninety World war veterans are mak-
ing a house to house canvas for $18,000
for the community chest in Clinton
county. The campaign is being conducted
in Lock Haven and vicinity, the terri-
tory served by the Lock Haven hospital,
the Community Service Association and
the Children’s Aid Socftety. The amount
received will be apportioned to the three
charitable organizations.
—Fulton county is the latest of Penn-
sylvania counties to decide to hold a
county fair. The Fulton County Fair
association has been granted a charter,
being capitalized at $10,000 with George
E. Gladfelter as treasurer. Incorpora-
tion was made for the purpose of buy-
ing a piece of land and erecting a per-
manent building at McConnellsburg, the
county seat, for holding the fair.
—Tentative plans of the West Penn
Power company of Pittsburgh to con-
struct a 31,000-horse-power hydro-electric
plant on the upper reaches of the Alle-
gheny river became known on Monday.
The plans, now being studied by United
States army district engineers, propose
construction of the plant in connection
with dam No. 8, now being constructed
by the government across the river be-
tween Templeton and Mosgrove, above
Kittanning.
—A burglar, daring as he was light-
footed, broke into the homo of Mr. and
Mrs. James M. Love, in York, Pa., ran-
sacked the lower floor of the house,
went to the bedroom where Mr. and
Mrs. Love were asleep, stole $111.25 in
cash and escaped unheard. The robbery
was discovered when the couple awoke
‘the next morning. The empty pocket-
book was fouud in the yard at the rear
of the Love home. Entrance was gain-
ed by means of a pick key.
—The Federal government has moved
to preserve 16,000 acres of natural forest
about the headwaters of the Allegheny
river in Forest and Warren counties.
Included is a tract of 100 acres of vir-
gin white pine, said to be the only per-
fect stand of such timber in the United
States. The government plans to pre-
serve the stand as a show-place for na-
ture lovers... The proceedings, it. was
announced, were inaugurated by Secre-
tary of Agriculture Arthur M. Hyde at
Washington.
—James Carey, who has been a teach-
ler at Penn State College for the past
five years, was awarded a degre of doc-
"tor of science from Massachusetts Insti-
{ tute of Technology, last week at the
commencement exercises. Mr. Carey is
the son of Mrs. Lizette Carey, of Harris
burg. He was graduated from Lehigh
University in 1922, and received his mas-
ter’s degree at Penn State, having work-
'ed for it while teaching there. He is
at present in Ponca City, Okla., where
he is supervising the installation of oil
refinery equipment for the M. W. Kellogg
company.
—After trussing up the turnkey at the
{ Huntingdon county jail about 9:30 p. m.
Friday, two prisoners, sentenced to
' serve a term for violation of liquor law,
| successfully made their escape, accord-
ing to messages broadcast over the tel-
' etype at police headquarters. The prison-
| ers are Frank McEwin, 27, described as
weighing about 220 pounds, and Albert
S, Clark, 32, Their absence was dis-
covered about 10:45 p. m. when guards
jin making their rounds found the turn-
key securely tied and locked in the cell
which previously held the escaped
prisoners. y 3
—The longest and hardest fought
automobile damage casé éver to come
before the Mifflin county court was con-
cluded at Lewistown, on Saturday, when
a jury found a verdict for $5043.50 in
favor of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Hedberg,
of Jamestown, N. Y., who had brought
action against Harry L. Hoffman, of
Lewistown, for injuries Mrs. Hedberg
received in an automobile accident last
November, when the car driven by Mr.
: Hoffman collided with the car driven by
| Mrs. Hedberg as she was coming off a
side street onto South Main street. The
case occupied four full days of the time
of the court,
—With the Japanese beetle making its
annual emergence, the Department of
Agriculture sent uniformed guards tc
boundary points of the quarantine are:
on main highways to check agains
shipment of beetle-infested produce
Warm weather has brought the beetle
out of their winter homes in the so!
earlier than. usual. A large number ¢’
the pests which cause heavy damag:>
each year to farm products, shrubber
and greens were found in sections c¢
Harrisburg by department scouts. Sev-
eral of them showed evidence of havin
been killed by the centerer fly, th.
parasite released by the department.
—Firing 11 shots into the body of hi
uncle, Frank M. Gates, 74, retired A!
toona trolley employee, Harry Linger
felter, of Leamersville, father of
children, was arrested by State polic
on a charge of murder. Police disarme
Lingenfelter, who turned over a ro-
volver fully loaded. He offered no ro-
sistance. Gates, the first man to driv
a horse drawn trolley in Altoona, wa-
farming a small tract at Leamersvill:
adjoining the Lingenfelter - home an!
was shot as he was walking throug:
the field. Lingenfelter was unemployed
the past two years following an acciden:
at his work. Ill health and heat are be-
lieved responsible by the coroner for the
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shot a newspaper reporter stepped
outside: of ‘his territory. -
temporary derangement of the man.