INK SLINGS.
__ Making promises is the thing
we
Mr. Pinchot does best. Keeping
them is one of his notable failures.
The tax refund record shows
that contributions to the Republican
campaign fund is the most _ profit-
able investemnt that could be made.
Mr. Pinchot has become very
chummy with the Pittsburgh ma-
chine. If it perpetrates its usual
frauds in his interest he will be de-
lighted.
___There seems to be another oil
scandal brewing and on a much
larger scale. The lesson of Secre-
tary Fall’s adventures have had no
influence on the mind of Secretary
Wilbur.
— It's surprising how rapidly some
women who have been yammering
around the house all morning re-
cover their health when they umex-
pectably get a call to substitute in
a bridge game in the afternoon.
—Up to this moment not a mem-
ber of the County W. C. T. U.has
challenged our declaration of last
week that there are members in
their organization who are attempt-
ing to use it for political purposes.
Senator Scott and ithe Hon.
Holmes both voted to put the extra
tax on gasoline. Don't forget that
when you drive up ito the filling
station, Don't forget it, either,
when you go to the polls in Novem- | mercenary voters into
ber.
__John M. Hemphill and Sedgwick | considerable number who want to be
Kistler will bein the county tomor-
row. Mark their dignified progress.ov- | He is trying to
er the highways and compare it with
the blatant processional of Mr. Pin- | will be elected.
the drum the fact Mr.
chot. The bigger
more wind there's in it.
__Mr. Pinchot’s star seems to be
waning.
front page of the metropolitan
papers for a week. It’s just too
pad that Pennsylvania is finding the
gentleman out before he puts his
bunk over for the second time.
Holmes would like you to forget
— Senator Scott and the Hon. | didates despise him as a braggart.
that they voted for the obnoxious for John M. Hemphill,
Reed tax
it by
law. Some will forget
election day, but certainly
none of those whose properties and in the balance and found wantin g.”
names festooned the corridors of the
court house for weeks,
_ Pinchot is the last man in the
world to talk loyalty to anyone. As
chief forester under President Taft
what loyalty did he show to his
superior? As State forester under
Governor Sproul what loyalty did he
show to the Governor? He thinks
forgotten those notori-
of his “know-it-all”
Many have, but many
—The Skidmore boy who created
the sensation on the Allegheny
mountains at the end of last week
is to be pitied. Pitied not to the
extent of clemency for any. of his
crimes. Pitied only ‘because he so
lightly threw away what might have
been a happy and useful life. All
the hopes of family and friends
are blasted. The thrill he probably
got out of his escapades is nothing
but a drab memory and will be poor
solace when he comes to pay the
price.
When Mr. Pinchot was elected
Governor eight years ago Harry
Mackey, now Mayor of Philadel.
phia, was chairman of the State
Workman's Compensation Board.
Gifford lost no time in letting it be
known that he thought Mr. Mackey
incompetent and the latter saved
himself by resigning before he could
be fired. That was eight years ago.
Mr. Pinchot didn’t need votes then.
He does now and he has taken the
“incompetent” Mr. Mackey to his
bosom. What for?
_ Miss M. J. M. who writes from
New Paltz, N. Y, to “raz” usabout
a faux pas made in the Watchman
last week has the goods on us. In
reporting a motor accident that oc-
curred on the new Waddle road,
on Sunday, this paper said: ‘‘— was
arrested on ithe charge of “Wreck.
less’ driving.” To that the alert
lady says: “We wish more of the
accidents were that kind.” It
would be nice, wouldn't it? Then
the drivers of horseless carriages
wouldn’t need to concentrate any
more than the proprietors of fire-
less cookers,
__Relatively few people take
enough interest inthe tariffs that are
imposed on foleign importations - to
have anything more than a hazy
idea about what it is all about.
They must know that it affects
everyone, butin what way or to what
extent they have little or no definite
knowledge. A local merchant was dis-
cussing milady’s handkerchief the
other day when he told us that the
only good article he could buy was
the one made abroad, but that the
new tariff had added one hundred
and forty-five per cent to its cost
and that made it almost prohibitive
in price for his trade. When we
expressed wonderment as to the ac-
curacy of his figures he produced 4a
letter from his New York importer
in which the duty on a bill .of $14,-
808.49 worth of handkerchiefs was
actually $21,527.52. Think of it!
Three-fifths of the cost of a hand-
kerchief on a store counter in Belle-
fonte is tariff alone. A tariff levied
under the guise of keeping industry
going in the U. S. of A. and how it
is doing it.
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SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE
—Hazleton Lodge of Elks has named
a committee headed by Harold Hawke
to arrange the details of an elaborate
Hallowe'en celebration. 4
—Word was received at Tamaqua
Monday afternoon from Chief of Police
Hughes announcing the arrest in Chica=
go of Marshall Wardrop, defaulting as-
sistant cashier of the First National
Bank, of Tamaqua, who left town in
April, 1929, when shortages amounting
to between $25,000 and $30,000 were dis-
VOL. 75.
Pinchot’s Campaign of False Pre- |
BELLEFONTE, PA.,
tense. \
Gifford Pinchot continues to prac-
tice his game of false pretense. In
Philadelphia, the other day, he shed
crocodile tears copiously in sym.
pathy with a community he has de-
nounced in every known epithet, be-
cause utility corporations have been
robbing them. The Democratic
platform pledges its candidates to
reorganization of the Public Service
Commission “so that itcan be made
to serve faithfully its public func-
John M. Hemphill,
lawyer and profound student
tre county tomorrow.
Haven.
Mr. Kistler is a candidate for
tion.” That is all Mr. Pinchot or :
anyone else can do in the matter, but They are coming
he falsely asserts that he will do
might do something to better
has a personal or selfish motive in
more. Moreover he habitually as-
sumes that his election is certain,
appoints committees to report to
him after his election and promises
impossible things.
The purpose of this type of cam-
paigning is to deceive credulous or
confidence of
influence a
of being Governor of Pennsylvania
nothing ito either Mr, Hemphill or
ficial to their fellows.
his success and thus
integrity have
should be elected their
Pennsylvanians.
on the winning side to support him.
envelope them in
an atmosphere of confidence that he
As a matter of
Pinchot has no more| to the White House.
chance of being elected Governor .
| of Pennsylvania this year than he They are not going jo teil you
sion this week” to investigate why
cisterns are empty
There were a trifle more than
toe-nails.
1,800,000 votes cast in the Repub-
lican primaries and he received only
a fraction over 600,000. Ninety
per cent of the approximately 1,-
200,000 who voted for other cam-
won't do anything for himself.
They are not going to pull off
thee’s a little queer too.”
They are going to talk to you
you now.
We don’t know what they will
of the Watchman that it won't be
buffoon and hypocrite, and will vote
the Demo-
cratic nominee.
Gifford Pinchot “has been weighed
He betrayed most of the promises
made during the campaign of 1922.
The Volstead law closed up the sa-
loons and the Snyder law opened
ten speakeasies for every closed sa-
loon and created an army of boot.
leggers which are infinitely worse.
Mr. Pinchot might have obtained
effective ballot reform legislation
but because of his pre-election bar-
gain with the Vare machine he
never mentioned the subject during
the 1923 session of the Legislature.
He might have abolished the coal
and iron police but he approved a
law increasing that force. He might
have put restraints on utility cor-
porations but he postponed action
until it was too late. His are the
habits of a humbug.
Come in tomorrow night.
Come in and hear them.
They won't promise that after
ready provided for.
Movement Worthy of Support
The movement organized by a
group of lawyers of Pennsylvania
to secure non-partisan appellate
courts in this State deserves the
most cordial support of the voters.
It originated in York and contem-
plates State-wide activity. Every
lawyer in the State has been, or
will be, invited to participate and
branches of the organization will be
organized in various centers. The
plan is to urge lawyers, who are
especially concerned in the action
of the courts, to support Hon. Henry me
C. Niles, for Justice of the Supreme | Pinchot and the Political Crooks.
court, and George F. Douglas and : ct —— - '
Aaron E. Reiber, for Judges of the | Having entered into a hard and
Superior court, the Democratic nom- | fast agreement with the Pittsburgh
inees for those important positions. political crooks Mr. Pinchot is still |
All the members of these courts hopeful of enticing ‘or dragooning |
at present are Republicans and |the Philadelphia party bandits to |
among the reasons advanced for the | come to his support. In a speech |
election of the Democratic candi-
dates is that ‘if ineach appellate
court some other political philoso-
phy should have representation pub-
lic confidence in the administration
of justice would be strengthened.”
This is an incontrovertible truth.
It was recognized by the framers of
the present constitution of Pennsyl-
vania and reasserted in the law
creating the Superior court. Mi-
nority [represer tation was - guaran-
teed by both instruments and contin.
ued for some years with the best
results. But when the Republi-
can machine became lustful for pow-
er and began filling the benches by
the catapulting process, the funda- |!
mental law was mutilated so as to |
deprive the minority of representa-
tion.
The present is an auspicious time
to correct the evil thus perpetrated |
on the people of Pennsylvania. The
Democratic candidates for these
judicial offices are eminently fit for |
the service. Henry C. Niles stands
among the foremost of the judges | philadelphia machine but apparent.
of the State and is so recognized by |1y without success, and now he is
the bench and bar. George F. Douglas | trying to coerce them, Such po-
and Aaron E. Reiber are eminent jifical banditry has no parallel in
lawyers richly qualified by learning |the history of the State. It proves
and experience for judicial service, |that the forester is entirely desti-
To commend them to the favor of tute of political morality.
fair-minded men and women it i8| If the voters of Philadelphia, in-
not necessary to cast aspersions on !fiyenced by scurrilous attacks upon
the candidate of the Republican party. | the good and bad, by Pinchot, cast
It is sufficient to say that their their ballots for John M. Hemphill,
election will restore confidence in | for Governor, they will do so with-
the administration of justice. | out promise or pledge of any kind.
{ They could have obtained any sort
killed cock robin,
Maybe he is. Maybe he’s the
nor Fisher to do the big things he
apologize right here.
please the Governor.
here to admit that we believe that
A LTR ET ir ce me Sor
he said; “If the Philadelphians bolt
the ticket and want war with the |
next Republican administration in
Harrisburg, Ill see that they get
it. Their sins will be on their
own heads and TI'll"’see that they
are plenty heavy.” If this is not a
threat or a promise it doesn’t mean .
anything. If it is either a threat
or a promise it is a violation of the
corrupt practices act and a crime
against the election laws of the
State. " :
If Mr. Pinchot imagines that he
can fool the voters of Pennsylvania
with such bunk he is mistaken.
The Philadelphia machine is bad
and its iniquities have scandalized
the Commonwealth frequently. But
the Pittsburgh machine is infinitely
worse and Mr. Pinchot sits at a
council table with its most corrupt
leaders and enters into agreement
with them for services and reward.
He made an effort to make a sim-
ilar agreement with leaders of the
STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UN ION.
OCTOBER 3. 1930.
Neither one of them are politicians.
They are just Pennsylvanians whose moral, professional and business
attracted public attention
sole ambition will be tc help Pennsylvania and
or why you have warts,
Holmes Ts Passing the “Buck”
From what we hear our friend,
Jekyll and Mr. Hyde sort of a statesman. How he squares it off
with Senator Scott, we don’t know, but a snug smile spreads over
his map whenever anything is said about the fine appropriation that
was made to the Pennsylvania State College by the last Legislature.
Governor Fisher thinks he arranged for that.
it was his fine Italian hand that turned the trick. The Hon. Holmes,
he just laughs up his sleeve because he has half of Centre county be-
lieving that he is the super-statesman whose little bow and arrow
delivered at Easton, the other day, ' og
—Get your job work done here. of pledges they desired from FPin-
covered. Wardrop is enroute to Phila-
delphia in‘ company with Chief of Po-
lice Hughes and an agent of the Depart-
ment of Justice of the United States
where he has been indicted for embez-
zlement, forgery and making false en-
NO. 39.
Hemphill and Kistler Will Visit Centre
County Tomorrow.
distinguished World War veteran, eminent
of governmental questions will bein Cen.
With him will be Sedgwick Kistler successful manufacturer, phi-
lanthropist and modest gentleman from
our neighboring town of Lock
Mr. Hemphill is a candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania.
United States Senator.
here to have a plain talk witn the voters of
Centre county. Both are genuinely convicted with the idea that they
conditions, generally. Neither one
his aspiration.
We think we know the gentlemen, so we say that the possibility
and a Senator in Congress means
Mr. Kistler more than an opportu-
nity to do something corrective in government that might prove bene-
They never have been.
and guarantee that if they
i
They are not John Gilpins imagining themselves to be galloping
that they “will appoint a commis-
your hair is falling out, why your
bunions and ingrowing
They won't pledge themselves to do something for the fellow who
any “Darby” stuff. They are not
going to say that “everything's wrong but me and thee and I fear
as honestly as we are talking to
say, but we stake the reputation
any such “bull” as Mr. Pinchot
has spread from the court house steps in Bellefonte.
Mr. Hemphill, Mr, Kistler and others
will speak either in or out of the court house about eight o’clock.
I am Governor all gl babies will
be born with permanent waves and boy progeny will appear in Rolls-
Royces with their own chauffeurs, tire factories
and gas refineries al-
Sk
the Hon. Holmes, is rather a Dr.
Senator Scott thinks
’
very fellow who persuaded Gover-
did for State College. If he is we
But if he is he is aregular political chameleon,
because now he is excusing his vote for the Reed tax law
that it was “an Administration Bill” and he had to vote for it in order to
by saying
In other words, the Hon. Holmes is trying to make Centre county
believe that he had to pay Governor Fisher for doing something we are
Governor Fisher had a more un-
selfish interest in than the Hon. Holmes himself had.
chot, as the Pittsburgh crooks un-
questionably did. But it is to their
credit that they refused to trade
with him. Possibly they were not
influenced by moral consideration in
their refusal. Eight years ago
Mr. Pinchot bargained with them
and subsequently violated his pledg-
It may be that this year
| they refuse toe deal with him be-
cause he fails to keep his promises.
me ees eee fem eneememeen.
— The Democratic Senatorial
committee promises no aid to its
candidate for Senator in Nebraska
and the Republican committee will
probably do less for Senator Norris.
The Hoover administration
must repudiate the Republican nom-
inee for Governor of New York - or
abandon its pretense of favoring the
18th amendment.
— What Pennsylvania needs at
this time is a man of the Pattison
type for Governor, and John M,
Hemphill will supply the need.
Records in the office of the
Clerk of the House in Washington
show that monoply is still stead-
fast to the Republican party.
en —— ie —
Wonder if Secretary of Labor
Davis is still on the pay roll in
Washington. He doesn’t seem to be
doing much work there.
___ Jt does look as if the leaders
of Tammany are working in the in-
terest of the Republican machine,
oe niacin
— The New York Republicans
have nominated the champion muck-
raker of the world for Governor.
—Subscribe for the Watchman.
' matter of deciding on the fees to be
| Referee Makes Big Cut in Bank
! Receiver’s Fees.
tries.
“The $3,000,000 bridge over the Sus-
quehanna river, between Columbia and
Wrightsville was used for public pur-
poses Monday for the first time. The
span, the longest multiple arch concrete
structure in the world, was opened for
a few minutes to permit the passage of
the funeral procession of H. King Ken-
dig, a Mountville raerchant and ex-serv-
ice man. It was an initial tribute to the
service men of the two counties in whose
memory the bridge will be dedicated
November 1, although the bridge was
opened to traffic at 12 o'clock Tuesday
nighi. - ® :
—Judge William Parker, in Venango
county court, last Saturday issued an
order revoking the ruling of five years
ago declaring John W. Raymond, who
The question at issue. was to de- | left Franklin 30 years ago, “legally
cide whether the award of $7,500 as | dead.” Raymond, now 70, returned there
pay for the receivers and $9,500 as !onsFriday on the verge of collapse and
fees for their attorneys, as request- had to be taken to Franklin hospital.
ed in petition of the receivers, John |He is eligible automatically toa $10.
S. Dale, John S. Ginter and Reed 000 bequest under the Sarah Lamberton
| will. The money intact, is in the
0; Salt. be allowed by the ref- | hands of a som, who helped in identify-
. | ing Raymond. The man, who had not
At the outset of the hearing, | written in 30 years, was employed on a
Monday morning, attorney Dale filed | Montana ranch since leaving Franklin.
an objection to the procedure Of! _The seventh fatality to occur since
fixing receiver's and counsel fee? in its construction was started, marked the
a creditor's meeting; and compen. | completion Saturday of the new Lan-
sation should be considered under | caster-York inter-county bridge, spanning
the rules of the State courts and , the Susquehanna river between Columbia
not the federal bankruptcy laws. i and Wrightsville. Sidney Lipscomb, 43,
Mr. Spangl er contended that the 2 foreman, failed to live to see the op-
ening on Tuesday of the giant span he
case was one of bankruptcy and ! had helped to build. He was struck by
regular bankruptcy rates should be ' 4 piece of lumber on a crane while
allowed. Referee Lybarger OVer-: superintending the removal of a tem-
ruled the objection of Mr. Dale and porary bridge which had been used to
sealed a bill for the plaintiff.
| transport materials out into the river.
In their petition the receivers | He died shortly after in the Columbia
asked compensation for themselves { hospital, from. a fractured skull and
ne sum Of $7500, of = which | crushed chest.
amount they had already drawn |
$1500. Referee Lybarger ruled that
bankruptcy rates should apply to the
compensation allowed and figured up
they amounted to $911.87, which
he decreed was all the receivers
were entitled to, If his decision
stands it will mean that the receiv-
ers will have to refund to the pres-
ent receiver $588.13.
{ With the receiver's fees decided
, the question of compensation for the
attorneys was taken up. In this | .
| "> | tious names and that Mohler admitted
| connection Mr. Dale offered in evi- i they were married under the fictitious
, dence al the popes ln the case james in St. Paul. 4
i FECQIVETS |: “A .sentence of from two to four
ree.
The adjourned meeting in the
awarded the State receivers and
their attorneys in the Centre Coun-
ty Banking company case was held
before referee Lee F. Lybarger,
in the court house, Bellefonte, on
Monday. Over one hundred bank
depositors = were present. = Former
Judge Arthur C. Dale represented
the receivers and their attorneys,
neither Judge Ellis L. Orvis nor M.
C. Rhone, of Williamsport, being
present. The depositors were rep-
resented by Spangler and Walker.
_Clarence Mchler, 28, former clerk in
the Citizens’ Trust company bank, at
Canonsburg, is under arrest charged
with embezzling funds of the bank.
Mohler was arrested at the Pennsylvania
railroad station at Pittsburgh when he
arrived on a honeymoon journey from
St. Paul, Minn., with his bride of three
weeks. The bank clerk left three weeks
ago to be married and shortly after-
wards a shortage of $7200 in the bank
accounts was discovered. The officers
said the names on a marriage certificate
in the possession of Mohler bore ficti-
from
1 iq
peu Eig xy himsels won 3 oa | years in the eastern penitentiary was
, 1925, to the time the Banking Com-
pany was adjudged a bankrupt in
July, 1929, and asked that the same
be transcribed upon the record. He
again asked for a continuance of
the hearing to give counsel an op-
portunity to develop their case. Mr.
Spangler objected on the grounds
that they had had plenty of time
to prepare and at the original date
of the hearing had pledged their
word to be readyat thistime. Ref-
eree Lybarger sustained Mr. Spang.
ler’s objection and asked Mr. Dale
to proceed with offering his evi- lodged:
dence in support of the petition; —All
, asking $9,500 counsel fees, of which : farm products in the Japanese beetle
' amount counsel has already drawn area in Pennsylvania were removed
| $1,800. In announcing his position ' October 1, under an order issued by
| referee Lybarger stated that the | State Secretary of Agriculture Jordan.
| attorneys
; The order conforms with a Federal or-
. were entitled to compen: {der on shipments of farm products. Re-
sation for any work they did
' conserving the assets of the bank, '
in grjctions will remain in force until
October 15 on intrastate and interstate
collections made or for anything : shipments of cut flowers and other por-
| done in the interest of the deposit- tions of plants. Restrictions on shipment
lors. Mr. Dale stated: that he had of nursery, ornamental and greenhouse
no evidence to present ‘at that time stock and all other plants, except cut
lin support of the petition. A side- | flowers and portions of plants, without
are enforced
{ roots and free from soil
‘par conference was held after ’
! h ff d
which referee Lybarger throughout the year and are not affecte
announc- | ~
' by the new order. Ordinarily the beetle
ed that the hearing was adjourned quarantine would not have been lifted
until October 11th, at 9.80 o'clock | in the State until October 10, but few
a. m. | beetles have been found for weeks past
iin produce inspected.
Moris ¥ ps
imposed on Charles J. Kaldes, of Har-
risburg, on Monday, by Judge Hargest
| for conspiracy to defraud insurance com-
panies. Kaldes disappeared about the
time a burned body was found near
Hershey in September 1928. A nation-
wide search for Kaldes followed when a
‘ cousin, Kotas Haldos, of Reading, at-
tempted to cash insurance policies total-
ing $12,000 on Kaldes. Kaldes was ar-
rested in New York. The identity of
the charred body has never been learn-
ed. Kaldes said the body was taken
from the grave by his cousin. The
cousin is in a Detroit jail, where a de-
tainer . for his return there has been
restriction on movements of
Bellefonte and Altoona Will Clash
On October 4.
The foot ball teams of the High
schools of Bellefonte and Altoona |
will fight it out on the Altoona
field on Saturday, October 4th.
It wouldn’t beareal football game,
however, if there were no rough
going for the players.
That's as far as the fighting will
go, for the. Altoona Booster As-
sociation has taken on the job of
making the day in Altoona a mem-
orable one for our team and all
their followers. All of the Altoona]
stores will display the red and white
colors of Bellefonte and the citizens,
generally, will put on their most
cordial manner for the day.
There is plenty of seating ca-
pacity in the handsome new Mansion
Park field of the Altoona schools
and plenty of free parking space.
Let Bellefonte respond to Al-
toona’s cordial invitation with a
great crowd of rooters.
Retail druggists of Central
— Trapped in the meshes of the Sny-
der act for which he had voted as a
member of the Legislature, Dr. T.-C.
Harter Monday pleaded guilty in Co-
lumbia county court to a charge of pos-
sessing liquor. The physician's memory
was hazy during the morning on the
source of six gallons of moonshine
found in his office, and in his confusion
he told the court he could have sold it
all in a little more than an hour. He
was told to refresh his memory until
the afternoon session and then came a
sensation. Harter named "Roy Mocom,
of Sugarloaf township, as the man who
sold him the six gallons. Mocom was
a witness in court in a chicken-stealng
case and was called immediately. ‘When
Harter identified him, Mocom was im-
mediately arrested and committed to
jail. Harter's case was then continued.
Reading police have warned motorists
to beware of holding trysts of any sort
at lonely spots along roads just outside
the city limits, after the third holdup
in a month in which the victims were
robbed, stripped of clothing and bound
to trees was reported. John Keim, 30,
of Reading, told police that while in his
automobile = near Leisz's Bridge, five
miles north of that city, three masked
men held him up, taking $40, a gold
Pennsylvania held their annual meet- | watch and two diamond rings. A girl
ing at the Hotel Dimeling, Clear- | with him was attacked and her clothes
field, last Thursday evening. Of- | torn in her struggle. The thugs drove
off in their own automobile, one of their
number taking Keim's car and abandon-
ing it in the heart of the city. In two
previous holdups, two couples were strip-
ped of their clothing. In Sunday night's
holdup - only a portion of the victim's
clothing was removed. Keim was gagged
with a handkerchief, .. but’ no’ effort was
made to gag his companion.
ficials elected for the ensuing year
included C. P. Bloom, ' Clearfield,
president; Ralph Hunter, Bellefonte,
vice president; Sherman Cowdrick,
Clearfield, secretary; Edwin Brown,
Philipsburg, treasurer, and Ray
White, Bellefonte, chairman of the
executive committee.