——John McCormack, having a
radio contract, there is promise of
good music in the air for some time
to come.
——Even the head of the Philadel-
phia police department must respect
the naval uniform or lose the re-
spect of Secretary Adams.
——While Governor Pinchot's
friends are making political hay in
Philadelphia reports indicate that he
is losing in rural districts.
——Having ended his vacation
Governor Pinchot may now be ex-
pected to give his time and atten-
tion to weeding the political garden.
——Even numerous criminal indict-
ments fail to restrain the political
activity of Mayor Kline, of Pitts-
burgh. Nothing short of a commit-
ment will stop that bird.
— The county jails in Pennsyl-
vania had thirty per cent more in-
mates in May, 1931, than they held
in the corresponding month in 1929.
Of course prohibition isn't wholly
responsible for this, but such a con-
dition certainly should force prohibi-
tion to admit that it didn't know
what it was talking about when it
said: Put me in force and there will
be no more use for jails.
——1In paying unusual tribute to
the beauty of Bellefonte, in the New
York Times, last Sunday, Zona Gale,
eminent author, said she was writ-
ing the story in a lovely Wisconsin
town—lovely because it “has more
trees than people.” It is a pity that
so many of our citizens fail to un-
derstand what Joyce Kilmer meant
when he ended his epic with “But
only God can make a tree.” If
there were any way to trace such
results we fancy that Bellefonte's
trees would be found to have done
far more in arresting world-wide at-
tention to the town than any of
those who want to cut them down.
—Mr. Joseph Guffey's prediction
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—Two bandits on Monday locked Max
Moskowitz, 34, market proprietor at
Beaver Falls, in an ice box and escaped
with $1,000. -
—The proposed training camp site at
Indiantown Gap near Jonestown, has been
unofficially inspected and approved by
high officers of the regular army at-
| tending the National Guard encampment.
—John Kowalchick, 16, of Centralia,
died in the Ashland State hospital of
tetanus as the result of a burn in the
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when he exploded a cartridge in a blank
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| complete by the enlistment of two
| wealthy society women of New York
in the crew of the Soviet ice-break-
(er, Maligin, which has sailed from
| Archangel for a voyage toward the
North Pole. They are Mrs. Ken-
‘neth A. Patterson and Mrs. Emma 8S.
| Dresser. It is the purpose of the
ship to cut its way to within 420
miles of the Pole and “make scien-
tific observations.” The Maligin will
carry forty passengers and a crew of
fifty. The passengers are mostly
scientists and sportsmen. The prin-
cipal purpose of Mrs. Dresser, who
will be accompanied by her son, an
engineer, is to search for the body
of Roald Amudson.
With this object in mind Mrs.
Dresser had prepared and presented
to the Soviet government a detailed
map of Rudolph Island, Franz Josef
Land, by Anthony Fiaia, an exper-
jenced Arctic explorer who imagines
that Amudson may be at Camp
Abruzzi. In 1903 an expedition of
which Mr. Fiala was a member,
| left, “cached” at that point, enough
| food to last several men for several
years. Amudson, he declares, was
acquainted with that fact, and in
distress on his last Arctic adventure,
sought it out. If the conjecture has
| foundation in fact the enterprise of
Mrs. Dresser will be a splendid
| achievement. In any event the So-
| viet government of Russia isin sym-
BELLEFONTE, PA., JULY 2
The invasion of the masculine
ym
Vice President Curtis Worried. COUNCIL ORDERS
We freely own to a deep-seated OF TROUT PEN FROM CREEK.
sympathy for Vice President Curtis. At the regular meeting of borough
He is up against a perplexing dilem- council, on Monday evening, a mo-
ma upon one or another horn of tion was passed ordering the re-
which he is certain to be impaled. moval of the trout pen from the
He is admittedly the favorite son of overflow stream from the Big Spring.
Kansas and dearly loves every farm- Only five members were present at
er and every foot of the soil of that the meeting, the absentees including
bleeding bailiwick. He is also and Messrs. Beaver, Jodon, Kline and
essentially a Republican and bound Cobb. Mr. Ardery brought up the
by the many substantial favors the subject by stating that he believed
party has bestowed upon him to it time that council define it's atti-
cherish and conserve its interests. tude on the trout pond question and
Under conditions which have arisen he made a motion that the persons
he is now compelled to betray his who placed the wooden screen in
obligations either to the party or to the creek be requested to remove
the State. If he chooses to be same, at once, and failing to do so
faithful to Kansas he must be false the Water committee be instructed
to the party. to remove it.
The exigencies of the party ré- nr. prerick stated that ne would
quire that he accept the nomina- eo. the removal of the unsightly
tion for Vice President next year g...on hut suggested that a wire
‘and appear to like it. His refusal to ‘screen be placed, temporarily, from
do so would be interpreted as an’
i5ulon that in: the mext: sam the point of the island down to the
the Republican party is pursuing a
forlorn hope, and that would be so fishermen; the screen to be kept
(demoralizing as to make it a verity. por. at least until the close of the |
Everbody knows that he enjoys the
offiee immensely. The dignity of the | 12Hi0E season. Mr. Nighthart, also,
favored putting in a screen but hav-
station flatters his vanity and the
|social advantage, acquired by 8 ing it done by the Water committee
crucial battle, is “the apple of her (and not by a private individual
" | Mr. Ardery consented to having
eye”, to his charming and capable
| the placing of the screen incorporat-
sister, Dolly Gann. The public could |
ed in his motion, which was second-
never be persuaded that these ad-
vantages were relinquished without 3 Dy Mr. Nighthart. The motion
‘a grave reason. passed without a dissenting vote.
On the other hand, if he volunteers When council convened secretary
|falls to keep the trout from going
up stream and being caught by
pistol.
~—Mrs. Anastasia Woods, of Pittsburgh,
is seeking a court judgment of $25,000
. ET ~ | from the Bell Telephone company, al-
FIFTY YEARS AGO |leging in her petition fled last week,
IN CENTRE COUNTY that when she answered the telephone
on May 7 she was knocked down and
injured internally and externally when a
| lash of flame and electricity leaped from
the transmitter,
Items taken from the Watchman issue
of July 29, 1881.
—A festival was held at Hecla on
Saturday evening for the benefit of —Warren Crow, 20, son of the late
a drum corps lately o at | United States Senator W. E. Crow, waa
that place. Master Oliver Yarnell found fatally shot on the office floor of
entertained the patrons with various the Warren Lumber company at Union-
acrobatic performances. town, Sunday morning, and died soon
afterwards in a hospital. The youth
—A. J. Brown & Co. will open a
furniture store in the new Brown
Doin on Bishop street, on August
10th.
—We regret to learn that Mr. S. |
F. Ishler, of near Boalsburg, is lying
very ill with inflammation of the
bowels.
—Old “Jim,” a family horse be-
| longing to P. W. Barnhart, of Boggs |
towasiup, died last Saturday at the
age of 31.
—The church of the United Breth- |
ren, at Houserville, has undergone a
| fine repairing and rem and |
will be re-opened for services OD :, john Burchick, 25, of Minersville,
July 31st. | surgeons said, as they watched the ama-
—One of the Watchman type- teur wrestler whose neck was broken
| stickers dreamed, the other night, when he was thrown by James Veller,
|that he was in Heaven. He said he 33, Minersville, during a friendly bout.
was having a hell of a time, but If Burchick can lie perfectly still for a few
| woke up full of disappointment when weeks it is expected his injury will heal
| he realized he was still in Bellefonte. and he will recover.
—Redmond Powers, brother of Miss Emma Mae White, of Fountain
Mayor John Powers, died on Sunday Springs, was held by Ashland police, on
| evening last, as the result of a com- Monday, after sce drove her sedan into
| plete physical breakdown. He was a the parlor of the home of Ray Mallams,
|stone mason by trade and would highway contractor, injuring his wife and
(have been 48 years old next month. a guest. Mrs. Mallams had her left leg
|He left a widow and a large family broken at the knee and ankle, while Ea-
| of children. ward Watters, 25, suffered a fractured
was employed summers as night watch-
man at the plant. Officials were quoted
as expressing the belief that he accident-
ally shot himself.
~The borough of State College is ask-
ing the Public Service Commission to
approve acquisition of the State College
Water company under municipal owner-
ship. The application states the pro-
cedure would enable the borough to re-
duce overhead and rates and to finance
| the purchase ultimately out of earnings,
with further rate reductions in event of
such developments.
—A slight move to the right or left on
his hospital cot will bring instant death
that Pennsylvania will give at least with her purpose.
sixty-six of its seventy-two delegates PY ln pnd husband is
to Franklin D. Roosevelt for Presi- , nou york broker, is influenced
dent looks to us like Joe is trying .,ii,e1y by the spirit of adventure
to stage a come back. What he ,. 4 sportsmanship. She is the
did for the Democracy of Pennsyl- .,, seq member of the expedition,
vania as compared with what John }. twice visited Soviet Russia and
Collins, its chairman, and Sedge ,.,, what is said to be the finest
Kistler, Guffey’s successor on the |. jy. tion of Ikons in this country,
pational committee, have dome, iS... of which was the property of
well known to those who have had cua: Nicholas IT and another was
the real interests of the party In ,uneq by the Czarevitch. She will
Pennsylvania at heart. Sentiment ,o.5rq any unusual events of the
In the State might be for Mr. Roose-
velt, but it isn't going to be exploit-
»d for Mr. Guffey’s aggrandizement.
rea Toe} Tort 8
no pats on the
30 Jay emancipated the trout in
Spring creek. It dces wap! today.
nowever, that were it not the
ors that uve backbone
mough to do their duty to the com-
nunities in which they circulate the
nealy-mouthed would have little
shance in this grand old U. S. A.
hs
expedition with a camera and will
write of her experience after her re-
turn. Thus these two American
women will demonstrate not only the
‘courage but the rte
femal hos Ae sgt of
OF Lingle Bis. wi
It is not surprising to hear
that politics has been introduced in-
to road building operations in some
sections. That's what Sam Lewis
und it means by mealy-mouthed the
imid souls who are afraid to yell
‘Stop Thief!" at the fellow who is |
marrying ten fat hens away from
heir coop because they fear he
night not come back to their stores |
ext morning for a five cent loaf
if bread.
—Fish Commissioner Deibler very |
ensibly declined to assume responsi- |
ility for having cooped up the trout
hat are one of Bellefonte's greatest |
\ttractions. He made it very plain, |
n his statement to the press last
veek, that neither he nor his De-|
vartment had had anything to do
vith inaugurating the scheme and
ad only delegated some of his ex-
ert fish culturists to help carry it
ut because he had been led to be-
eve that Bellefonte wanted it done.
tommissioner Deibler discovered that
ot only Bellefonte, but a very large
art of the country, didn't want it
one and promptly let it be known
hat he didn't want the buck passed
> him.
—The gentlemen who surround our
ouncilmanic table have redeemed
aemselves. They have corrected
1e mistake they made when they
joughtlessly gave something that
elongs to all the people of Belle-
mte over to the exploitation of an
udividual enterprise. The coop is
> be pulled out of Spring creek,
1e big trout are to be released to
weir natural habitat and the beauty
{ the prospect ahove the falls is
o longer to be marred by the un-
ghtly blotch put upon it. Men
ho make no mistakes accomplish
ttle and because the Watchman has
ways kept that truism in mind it
mgratulates council on having the
wing virtue of having had enough
jurage to correct this one.
—American fight fans are more
+ less hopeless of soon retrieving
ie world’s heavy-weight champion-
ip which Max Schmelling carried
f to Germany on a foul route some
me ago. Schmelling’s later vic-
ry over Stribling was so impres-
ve that the experts believe that
sither Sharkey nor Walker could
ake him” now. Since there are
» other real contenders in sight the
tuation does seem temporarily hope-
3s. America will get the cham-
onship back, however. The woods
e full of budding young pugilists
20 might come through, but our
w local movie magnate evidently
1't one of them. His foot work
fine but sprinters are for the
ider paths, not the squared ring.
was appointed Highway Commission-
er for.
The London Conference.
The London conference, composed
of the heads of seven sovereign
| States concerned in the reparation of
debts and international obligations
of the World War,
Monday under most favorable aus-
pices. In opening the conference
and welcoming the delegates Prime
Minister MacDonald said: “The
present moment may be one of tHe
turning points in the history of the
world, for good or ill. If we can-
mot find a solution of the present
| crisis, no one can foretell the politi-
(cal and financial dangers which will
| ensue.”
| That expresses a correct appraise-
| ment, not only of the gravity of the
| situation, but of the importance of
| the conference. Through a succes-
sion of misadventures the economic
|lite of Germany had gone from bad
to worse until the Grundy tariff law
closed every avenue of hope. She
had vast obligations to meet and no
medium of payment except the prod-
ucts of her soil and factories. The
Grundy law cut that source of pay-
ment out and made collapse immi-
nent if not inevitable. The Hoover
moratorium provided an opportunity
to analyze the danger.
The collapse of Germany at this
time would impoverish Europe and
greatly distress the economic life
of the United States. The Americdn
investors in foreign securities were
| first to realize the danger and pro-
measures to avert it. The Lon-
|don conference is the medium of
| putting force and value into the
| moratorium. It has opened in an at-
| mosphere of sympathy and helpful-
ness and it will succeed because
capital can't afford to let it fail
| But it is not an humanitarian enter-
| prise. If it were President Hoover
!would not be concerned.
——— a ——————
| ———Some scientists are doing
| great work. The other day a group
of them decided that “loose, porous
| clothing allows the heat to pass
| easily from the body.”
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| ——The Republican factional fight
|in Philadelphia affords a great deal
|of pleasure to Governor Pinchot and
| Senator Grundy.
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| —Two rains in August are not
| much to hope for, but if they come
there will be a bumper corn corp.
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to save Hoover, he mortally offends |
Kansas and cordially invites oblivion.
| He realizes the fact that Demo-
| cratic victory is impending and that
any sacrifice he might make would
‘be futile. Meanwhile Kansas holds |
'out to him an alluring future. He
can have his Senatorial seat with all
‘the pleasures and perquisites there-
|unto belonging, and with the repu-|
| tation as the best poker player in
| Washington these are not trifling.
This injects the personal element into
the equation. No man cheerfully
obliterates himself from the official
calendar, and that is the problem
that worries Mr. Curtis.
are provided for the members be-
tween sessions.
One Gratifying Result
Not the least of the blessings
which have come out of the Hoover
moratorium is the death and burial
of that pestiferous absurdity, the
“isolation wraith,” which has been
retary of State Stimson and Secre-
tary of the Treasury Mellon will
| represent the United States at the
conference of allied Ministers which
opened at London, on Monday, ex-
presses the complete abandonment
lof that imaginary shield of Ameri-
can life, independence and prosperi-
ty. Hereafter this country may take
its proper place at the council table
of nations and fulfill its part in
shaping the destinies of the world.
Obedience to the preposterous pol-
icy of isolation by the government
of the United States is responsible,
more than anything else, for the
prolonged delay in readjustment
after the World war and the conse-
quent evils, including the economic
depression and unemployment. If we
had promptly entered the League of
Nations and thus expressed sympa-
thy with the universal desire for per-
manent peace, the readjustment
would have come naturally and with-
out delay. But the isolationists con-
jured up a false theory that some
selfish advantage might be obtained
by holding aloof. Our failure to join
the League weakened that benevo-
lent enterprise and thus invited the
evils which have culminated in world
wide disaster.
Happily, now, that mischievous
disturber is ended. When the Secre-
tary of State and the Secretary of
the Treasury of the United States
sat down in conference with the
secretaries of other leading nations,
to discuss questions of world-wide
interest they recognized that the
well being and prosperity of one na-
tion is a matter of grave concern
for all other civilized nations and
that fraternity and co-operation is,
better than isolation. It now remains
for us to “prove our faith by works.”
In other words, we need legislation
that will convey to the world that
the spirit of “live and let live,” is
the paramount purpose of the Amer-
ican people. The Golden Rule is
still in force.
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——Since John A. McSparran has
been placed on the State pay roll he
can see no evil in centralization of
power. He really thinks it's a vir-
tue.
keeping the President awake nights. | eq to
Kelly reported the renewed bond of
the Central Pennsylvania Gas Co.
A communication was received
from the Brooks-Doll post of the
American Legion suggesting that
council appoint one councilman to
serve on a committee of the Legion
to prepare for a suitable celebration
of the 200dth anniversary of the
birth of George Washington next
year. Action was deferred untfl the
next meeting.
Secretary Kelly reported that the
contracts for the erection of the new
Lamb street bridge had been ex-
ecuted and approved by the State
‘| Highway Department, which had
also approved the county's contribu-
tion to the construction of the
Bridge, and and |
here this week
from the borough council of State
College inviting members of Belle-
fonte council to be their guests ata
dinner to be held in the restaurant
in Old Main at 6.30 o'clock on the
evening of July 20th for the purpose
of discussing public utilities and
other municipal questions of import-
ance. The secretary was instruct-
ascertain how many of the
The official announcement that Sec- councilmen can attend the dinner
and notify State College cecuncil not
later than July 27th.
The Street committee reported
various repairs and that all the oil-
ing contemplated for this year has
been done. A check for $30.00 for
a sewer permit was also reported.
The Water committee reported re-
pairs at various places and the col-
lection of $1750 on water taxes and
$65 for rent, etc.
The Finance committee reported a
balance in the borough fund of $1,-
264.24 and $533.42 in the water fund.
A new borough note for $800 was
authorized.
Borough bills totaling $1373.14 and
water bills $786.88 were approved for
payment, after which council ad-
journed.
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Standing Pat Against Buying Voting
Machines.
The Centre county commissioners
are still standing pat against pur-
chasing
four voting machines for
Philipsburg. Last
week Secretary of State Richard J.
notice on the com-
g
In Philadelphia and a number of
counties throughout the State the
fighting the purchase of machires at
this time and defying the Secretary
of State's authority to compel them
to do so. The Centre county com-
missioners are looking for any kind
of a loophole that will save the
county the expense at this time
They claim that the voters of Philips-
burg are not asking for the machines
now; in fact would prefer continuing
the old method of voting, and it is
preposterous for some one in author-
ity at Harrisburg to attempt to com-
pel the purchase.
Just how the matter will end re-
mains to be seen, but if the com-
missioners do not weaken. there will
not be any machines in Philipsburg
this year.
| —John Wian, aged 45, one of our
| most respectable and hard working
| citizens, died from remittent fever
|last Friday morning, leaving a wid-
row and nine children. He was a
| good citizen, a good Democrat and a
| conscientious member of the Meth-
| odist church.
| —The Logan Fire Company
| come to the conclusion that it ought
ito have a steamer, drawn with
| horses, and it intends to suggest the
has |
pelvis and injuries to his back. The
home was damaged badly.
| =—Lebanon girls parading the streets in
| pyjamas will not be molested by police,
| chief Sealer declares. ‘‘What's to stop
them?’ was the chief's comment
asked about this latest fad. Pyjamas
have not been zdopted generally as street
| dress by Lebunoa women, but many girls
| have taken to them. However, Sealer
would not go so far as to give his con-
sent to women wearing shorts on the
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|idea to property owners and other street. “I'll have to see them first and
| citizens of efonte. then decide,” he said.
| —Master E
Hall, son of _gtruck by a bolt of lightning,
Daniel Hall, of Unionville, this coun- | wednesday afternoon, Mathilda iy
|ty, is a natural musician. His fath- 14 years old, of York, Pa. had her right
for recently bought am upright plano | knee dislocated. The hurt knee was the
(and no sooner was it set up than the ,nly mark evident on her body to show
lad sat down and a tune on she been Kk.
it, muchte the ie of his fa. t i. rr es
- " F 3 h A few | away, saw | strike her
pn
L-ChasigsFeterion, wf tia | were thrown down by the force trom the
w Vedra ths Samil of same stroke of lightning. «#
Spangle } 1 —Six men, lying in ambush along the
Hall for burial. He was one of the Roosevelt Boulevard, near the city line of
veterans of the wars of the first Philadelphia, last Friday, kidnapped two
| October would have been 85 years '*W Silk valued at $50,000, police re-
'old. He was all through the Rus. Ported. After driving about the city for
sian campal |a while with the two truckmen, they re-
‘leased them and drove away with the
eT 2 sages up nF ort Ma- rc of slik. In reporting the theft
tlds ig 33v8 a8 hoOP ; nonce the truckmen gave their names
e. He sa was a very large | .. , w. Baughn and Joseph E. Hunt,
reptile, stri like a zebra, and
formed itself into a hoop for defense
both of Burlington, N. C. They said they
weie enroute from New York to Burling-
the instant he attacked it. In fact
he thinks it would have killed him |
but for a wild thrust it made. The, —For helping an aged woman who had
fight was going on near a large oak fallen on an icy pavement in Norristown
tree and in one of its vicious rolls six years ago, William F. Martin, of
a dead limb lying on the ground de- | York, Pa., unemployed for three months,
flected its course so that it struck has received word he will get $25,000 and
the tree instead of its intended vic- a home valued at $9000. The money and
tim. It had its spike-like tail in home go to Martin, a widower with one
its mouth and hit with such force | child, from the estate of Mary Ann
t the tail sank three inches into Weaver, 70, who died in Norristown three
the hard green oak. It could not weeks ago. It is her way of repaying
pull itself loose and our informant Martin for helping her when she slipped
then jum and dispatched it. He on the ice and broke a leg. The be-
to the mill at Port quest is part of an estate of approximate
ly $140,000.
—Excavators found more than 600
counterfeit half-dcllars in a cellar that
was being enlarged at Johnstown and
government secret service agents from
Pittsburgh are conducting an investiga-
tion. William Franz, occupant of the
house above the basement, reported the
matter to the postmaster at Johnstown
and the latter notified government oper-
atives. Many tenants preceded Franz as
occupants of the home, the agents said.
The coins were made of a composition
of lead and babbit and were dated 1909.
The house is at 420 Highland avenue,
Johnstown.
—An army of rats, ravenous since the
moving of a feed and flour store house
from a long-standing location in Lewis-
| town, has been invading south Pine street
homes, even in daylight, in quest of food.
One night last week several attacked the
ton.
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TWO BALL TEAMS TIED
IN LEAGUE STANDING.
The Centre county baseball league
has come to an end of the first half
. Droves of the rats have been seen on the
of the season with two teams—Cen- streets and in the alleys in daytime. One
tre Hall and Coburn—tied for first | son killed a half dozen with one
shot from a shotgun.
—The State Water and Power Resources
Board has announced plans and specifica-
follows. ing Dam in the western part of the State
Won Lost Pet. ang the contract probably would be let
Centre Hall ..nvcesimendl 4 788 pygust 15. The dam will comprise an
CODUPTE mimemmss—— 11 4 783 | sarthern embankment 2400 feet long and
Bellefonte cvs 8 7 538 |5) feet In maximum height with a con-
Pleasant Gap ..oreeisinen 7 8 466 | crete spillway at the western end. The
Rebersbhurg ......... 11 .266 | gam will require 870,000 cubic yards of
LAMA cies 11 .266 | embarkment; 180,000 cubic yeards of ex-
riprap and 4000 cublc yards of stone pav-
ing. The board expects to advertise for
bids In a few weeks. The 1881 Legisla-
ture appropriated $1,600,000 for the pro-
ject, which will make the largest artifi-
cial Inland lake in Pennsylvania.
there is considerable local activity
in behalf of the location on the cor-
ner of Howard and Allegheny streets.