INK SLINGS.
BY GEORGE R. MEEK.
—There isn't a candidate on the
Democratic ticket whose character,
ability or value as a citizen of the
county can be questioned.
—John Boob would make a fine
looking Sheriff and, what's more to
the point, he would make an official
that the county would be proud of.
—The more we ponder over Mr.
Coolidge’s clarion call tc keep the
party faith with President Hoover
the more we are convinced that he
has chosen to run in 1936.
—John ¥. Wetzler, candidate for
Register, is a fine, christian gentle-
man whose fitness for the office is
unquestioned and no one would have
reason to regret voting for him.
—If Al. Smith were in the White
House panic would be the word
Since Mr. Hoover is there, of course,
depression is the better form. Al-
ways Democrats have been mealy
mouthed, yet, always, they are ac-
cused of being the mud-slingers.
—Hard times are just another
day to the poor man, because he
has never known anything else.
The people who have been living on
ixed incomes from salaries or in-
restment returns are the real suf-
‘erers when reductions come and
lividends are passed. .
—If you want to halt the orgy of
jpending in Centre county elect a!
ew Board of Commissioners. Put
Victor Brungart in there with John
Jpearly and there will be real man-
igement of the County's business.
Chey'll see to it that we don't keep
going deeper into debt all the time.
—Vote for D. A. McDowell for
Recorder and help a man whom na-
:ure has unfitted for any but the
gsind of work that he might have
io do in the court house. Mr. Mc-
Dowell has made one of the best
:ax collectors Spring township has
sver had. He would make one of
‘he best Recorders Centre county has
swver had.
~—~When Thomas A. Edison puts
ut to sea there will be no moaning
»f the bar, for a greater light than
1e conceived will be his guiding star.
'ourteous official two terms. Surely
here is no one who would have
he temerity to say that Mr. Herr
as not been capable and courteous.
ie has made it a pleasure for those
vho have business in his office to
ook after, he has been an honor to
he official life of the county and he
hould be kept at his post four
'eArs more.
—Sam Lewis must have been
aerely laying down a smoke screen
vhen he urged the recent conven-
ion of County Commissioners to
ive him written evidence of their
harges that his Department is be-
ag used for political purposes, rath-
r than for that of providing work
or men who are out of jobs, irre.
pective of party. We offered him
/ritten evidence last week, but have
eard nothing from him, nor did we
xpect to. Sam didn't know any
sore about building roads than the
ian in the moon when Pinchot ap-
ointed him head of the Highway
department, but he had a world of
xperience as a political hijacker
nd that is why Pinchot wanted him
n his staff.
—Penn State's foot-ball team has
otten off to a bad start. Were
re not so well acquainted with
that is happening in athletics up
gere we might use the ill advised
rord, disappointing. It has not
een disappointing, however, to
10se who know that coach Higgins
as only six “S" men to build on and
iat the pick of the Prep schools
as not been paid to go to State—
> play foot ball. However dis-
strous the season may be we will
now that the defenders of our
slors are fighting for the same
leals that the men who inaugurat-
i competitive sports at State
yught for. It seems to us, how.
ver, that now the “three year
ile” might be abrogated among
lleges that have gone onto the
igh plane that State is pioneering
1. It was invoked to stop the
erigrinations of “tramp athletes.”
ince the were a class whose serv-
es vere offered to the highest bid-
er, they could have no place in a
sllege that honestly adheres to its
stermination to offer no induce-
lent, whatever, to any athlete.
taking Freshmen ineligible for
ympetition in inter-collegiate sports
aver was anything less than ad-
dssion that their bona fide stand-
ig as students might be questioned.
‘ow that there can be no caviling
ser that it seems to us that a
kely Freshman should have his
ght restored to represent his col-
ge in any inter-collegiate sport. i
VOL. 76.
FOUR PEOPLE INJURED
SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
Alleged Intoxicated Driver Crashes
burg.
A carload of Johnstown young
because of an auto accident at|
was H. Strayer who, it is alleged, |
was under the influence of liquor.
pump at the Walter Hugg
from it's
were all brought to the Centre |
County hospital for treatment.
The injured were Fred Lucas,
lacerations and bruises of the left |
foot and a bad cut on the left hip. |
William Thomas, lacerations and
bruises on left foot, leg and hip.
William Shultz, cuts on left hip.
All the men are residents of Miles-
burg.
Corporal Turner, of the State
highway patrol, investigated the ac-
cident and placed the entire Johns-
town party under arrest. In addi-
tion to Strayer, the driver of the
car, the other members of the party
were Frederick John, Thomas Jor-
dan, William Keating, James Woods,
John Boden and Paul Woods. They
were all given a hearing before
justice of the peace Tressell Satur-
day evening. Strayer was held in
$300 bail for trial at court. Being
unable to give bond he was sent to
jail. The other six men were dis-
injuries of the head and right hip
and was brought to the hospital for
no action has been brought against
the driver or owner of the truck.
Last Thursday afternoon a col-
lision occurred, at Milesburg, be-
tween a machine driven by Arthur
Wensel, of Howard, and a car ope-
rated by George Young, of Coleville,
and containing George Davis and
little grandson, Charles Minneymer.
Mr. Davis and the Minnemyer boy
were both cut with broken glass
from the windshield but their in-
juries were not serious. Both
Young and Wensel escaped injury
but their cars were badly damaged.
Patrolman Duck investigated the ac-
cident.
WOMEN’S CLUBS TO
MEET IN CONFERENCE.
The annual meeting of the Centre
county conference of Women’s Clubs
will be held at State College, in the
High school building, on Saturday,
October 24th. Luncheon will be
served by the hostess club, but each
woman is asked to take sandwiches
as usual. Displays of biind skill
and of Girl Scout activities will be
shown and a further interesting pro-
gram has been prepared of inspira-
tional speakers.
By request of the State Federa-
tion there will be a constructive
round table discussion of “How can
we help the present economic situa-
tion.” Every woman's organization
in the county has a place in this
conference and is requested to give
a written report of the year's work.
Morning and afternoon sessions will
be held, the first opening at 10:00
a. m. Plan to go, if you are a
member of any woman's society,
and help to make this an interest-
ing meeting, says Mrs. George Ma-
gargle, county chairman.
FIRE COMPANY MAKES
DONATION TO ACADEMY.
The Undine Fire company, last
week, made a generous donation to
James R. Hughes, headmaster of the
Bellefonte Acadmy, to be applied to
the athletic expenses of the school.
Mr. Hughes was most agreeably sur-
prised and expressed himself as pro-
foundly grateful for the gift and es-
pecially for the kindly spirit of
friendship that inspired it. Mr.
Hughes has always been a warm
friend of the Bellefonte firemen, and
reasonably so for they have gone to
the rescue of the old school on
many occasions in past years. This
money will be used in purchasing
new equipment for the football
IN TWO AUTO ACCIDENTS
Into Crowd On Pavement at Miles- pany has
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team.
TO ERECT NEW BUILDING
ON LAMB STREET SITE,
The West Penn Power com-
completed plans for
| the erection of a new garage and
store house building, on the site of
the present structure on thé corner
men, bound for Lock Haven to wit- of Lamb and north Water streets.
ness the football game between an appropriation of $25,000, or as
Johnstown High and Lock Haven much thereof as necessary, has been
High, landed at the Centre county get aside for the work and local
jail and failed to get to the game contractors will be given an oppor-
tunity to bid on the job.
The present building faces 58 feel
on Lamb street and has a depth of
69 feet on north Water street. The
At any rate he crashed into the gas pew building will be twenty feet
wider on Lamb street and will be
station, knocked the pump loose 50 feet deeper, extending 119 feet
connections and injured on north Water. The increase in
three men to that extent that they size is necessary to accommodate all
the cars and trucks of the company,
as the present building is too small
to house them all and as a result
in
private garages.
In razing the present building
{only that portion of it now used as
a garage will be torn down. The
store room side will stand as it is
and the new building connected
with it, though the entire structure
will be under one roof. The new
building will have a concrete foun-
dation and walls of brick. A fire
wall will be built between the ga-
rage and space allotted for the store
room.
Officials of the company from
Ridgway were in Bellefonte, on
Tuesday, in consultation with bor-
ough engineer H. B. Shattuck re-
garding grades, etc. It is the inten-
tion of the company to have the
work started as soon as possible so
it can be completed before winter
weather sets in.
BOALSBURG MINISTER
' FORTY YEARS IN SERVICE.
The Rev. William J. Wagner, pas-
tor of the Boalsburg parish of the
United Lu church,
ent charge, consisting of the Boals-
burg, Pleasant Gap and Shiloh Luth-
eran churches.
Appropriate services will be held
at Boalsburg Sunday morning at
10:30, and at 7:30 in the evening at
Pleasant Gap. At the former, the
Rev. John H. Wagner, a son, who is
pastor of Trinity Lutheran church,
Hudson Heights, N. J., will preach
on the subject, “And It Was Good,”
and at the latter, the Rev. John F.
Harkins, son-in-law, pastor of Grace
Lutheran church, State College, will
bring the message of “Answering a
Worthy Call” Special music will
be given by the choirs of both
churches, and the parish members
and many friends of Mr. Wagner
are expected in large numbers to
honor their veteran pastor and, to
many, life-long friend.
The Rev. Mr. Wagner was born
near Tusseyville and spent his boy-
heod and young manhood on his
father’s farm. After preparing him-
self for teaching, a vocation which
he followed for several years in
Centre county schools—he completed
his ministerial education at Gettys-
burg College and Seminary. He
has served charges at Muncy Val-
ley, Glasgow, Buckhorn, New Bloom-
field, Pottsgrove, and for the last
ten years at Boalsburg, all of them
in Central Pennsylvania. He is re-
spected by all as a man of irre-
proachable character and boundless
sympathy; in short, a Christian gen-
tleman.
PHILIPSBURG BANK
CLOSED LAST FRIDAY.
The Moshannon National bank, of
Philipsburg, of which State Senator
Harry B. Scott is president, failed
to open for business last Friday
morning. Withdrawal of deposits
during the year was assigned as the
reason for closing, according to a
statement of Theodore C. Jackson,
cashier. The bank is not consider-
ed insolvent. It has total resources
of $2,021,808.34, while it's deposits
are $1,418461.60. The bank was
so heavily tied up with local paper
on which it could not realize with-
out distressing others that it was
impossible to meet the continued
drain of withdrawals. It is possible
an effort will be made to liquidate
its assets and reopen the bank.
——S8ixty delegates who are rep-
resenting Latin-America at the
fourth Pan-American commercial
conference will spend this week-end
at the Pennsylvania State College
while on a tour of the State. The
travelers expect to arrive Saturday
and remain until Monday, making
their headquarters at the Nittany
Lion, college inn.
EELS AGAIN CLOG THE
~ NEW WATER WHEEL AT
GAMBLE MILL STATION,
Nine Big Ones, 37 to 44 Inches
Long, Taken from Wheel on Sat-
urday Morning.
When the Watchman suggested to
water superintendent J. D. Seibert
two weeks ago, that he drive a big
eel into the water wheel at Gamble's
mill so as to conserve the water
supply in Spring creek and allow
of it to flow over the falls
no thought that the
d be clogged so soon for
time. It practically
afternoon and
drained out of
urday morning, it was
eels. Nine of
and when laid
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large, is a mystery that
old. fishermen here are at a loss to
solye. Patsy Bathurst, who knows
considerable about fish in general,
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One authority states that
breeding in the deep sea waters dur.
ing the winter season eels return in
the spring, and if such is the
we are open to an explanation as
how they get up Spring creek.
the more than a quarter of a cen-
tury that the writer has been em-
ployed in the Watchman office he
has never seen an eel go up over
the falls. Authorities state that
eels can live for some time out of
water and can travel overland like
a snake. We concur in this be-
cause we have seen them in the
grass on the banks of a stream but
we never saw any of them crawling
along the street to get around the
falls above this office. So the ques.
tion of how they get up Spring
creek in the spring is still unan-
¥Y. M. C. A. MEMBERSHIP
DRIVE STILL GOING ON.
The annual drive for membership
is
delays with the result that the
tory outlined is still far from
being covered. To date a little
over seven hundred members have
been enrolled, which doesn't quite
touch last year’s total. But the
canvassers will continue their work
as long as there is a possibility of
increasing the enrollment. Because
of general conditions the Y will not
undertake its open-to-all Hallowe'en
celebration this year. However, on
Friday night, the 30th, the younger
folks, from 10 to 18, will be enter-
tained in the usual way and they
are cordially invited tobe in attend-
ance.
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SNOW SHOE MINER
KILLED BY CAVE-IN
Caught under a fall of rock and
dirt in a small coal mine, near
Clarence, last Wednesday morning.
Frank Karadimas, of Snow Shoe,
suffered a broken neck and was
dead when dug out by fellow work-
men. He and two other men were
at work in an old drift, presumably
taking out a supply of coal for their
use during the winter. Karadi-
mas was the only one caught be-
neath the cave.in. The other two
men dug him out in a short time
but he was already dead. He was
50 years old, unmarried and had no
relatives in this country. Burial
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The timely arrival of Hassell
Montgomery, last Friday evening,
prevented a robbery at Montgomery
& Co's clothing store, in Crider's
Exchange. He had been up at
State College and returned to Belle-
fonte shortly after nine o'clock.
Going to the store he unlocked and
opened the door and as he stepped
into the room he heard a noise at
the rear end of the store but
thought at first it was out in the
areaway. Then he felt a pronounc-
ed draft of air and going to the
rear of the store found an open
window.
Friday evening was practice night
for the Bellefonte band and under
cover of the music the robbers or
robber had pried open the solid
wooden shutters, then pried up the
window, breaking the sash lock, and
had evidently just stepped into the
room when Mr, Montgomery opened
front door. The noise he
heard was made by the robbers in
making their escape. One box
with two suits of boys underwear
had been taken from a shelf and
placed on the radiator near the
window but the robbers left so
hurriedly they did not take it. That
they had just gained entrance to
Bellefonte High, gave many pounds
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touchdown. Just
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ball again and one of their players
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fairly started. Then we made
another fumble which they recover-
ed and marched right down the field
for 6 more points and a total of 18.
In the second quarter Bellefonte
pulled herself together and held the
visitors even.
In the third quarter we had re-
covered so well from the surprise
that the red and white warriors
started to do things. Kelley made
a forty yard run from mid field
and planted the ball on Windber's
10yd line. In the next play Whip-
po carried it over and Gingery kick-
ed goal. Just a bit later Belle.
fonte took the ball on downs and
started a march down the field. Zim-
merman made a nice run to the 15
yd line. Then Kelley tried a buck
through center for a small gain and
on the next play he went around
the end for a touchdown. Gingery
kicked goal. Score Windber 18
Bellefonte 14.
This so encouraged Bellefonte that
they fought like little demons all
through the final period. They
kept the ball in Windber territory
all the time, but just couldn't get
the break that might have enabled
them to push it over for the victory
they worked so hard to achieve.
FIVE VOTING MACHINES
ARRIVE IN PHILIPSBURG.
The five voting machines ordered
by Secretary of the Commonwealth
Beamish arrived in Philipsburg, on
Saturday. Two will be placed in
the third ward, two in the second
and one in the first. The bill for
the machines, approximately $5700,
will reach the County Commission.
ers in due time and there is little
doubt but that it will be paid, even
if the county has to borrow the
money to make the payment. That
is the way the Pinchot administra-
tion is taking care of the taxpayers.
—Just 439 years ago, on Monday,
Columbus discovered America and
if he could return here today he
would doubtless marvet at the prog-
ress wrought in four centuries.
The Bellefonte banks were closed,
Monday, in celebration of the anni-
versary.
was made on Friday.
SPAWLS FROM THE KNYSTONW,
—Mrs, Chava Seriick, of Philadelphia,
who out lived all her children, died last
Friday of ‘old age.” She was 113. Until
a few days ago she had been mentally
active and healthy, She never wore
glasses nor missed a meal. Besides
numerous great grand-children, she is
survived by six great-great-grand-chil-
dren.
—A single lump of coal, weighing more
than four tons, was uncovered at the
Summit Hill strippings, near Tamaqua,
and was taken to the Coaldale colliery
where it will be squared and sent to one
of the company's dealers for exhibition.
The mammoth lump, pure anthracite, is
one of the best single pieces of coal
ever mined in the hard coal fields.
—Four citizens petitioned the North.
umberland county court to oust nine
councilmen of Mt. Carmel. A list of
twenty charges presented to the court
included: Letting contracts without bids,
using budget funds for other purposes
than appropriated for, making pre-elec-
tion compacts with political followers,
and paying auditors tor their services
before the audit was made.
—Fretful Freeland husbands who sete
tle arguments caveman style with their
wives are to be paddled in police court,
burgess Gecrge L. Lewis anrounces. He
sald he is tired of hearing so many
cases where men are charged with wife-
beating. Starting with the next case,
prisoners who have abused their spouses
are to be put across a chair and spank-
ed with a ruler, he warned.
—Damages caused by uncontrolled dogs
to Pennsylvania livestock and poultry
amounted to $40,427.68 for the nine
months ending October 1, according to
the Bureau of Animal Industry, Pennsyl-
vania Department of Agriculture. The
amount of damage is $5000 less than last
year and $10,000 less than for the corres-
ponding period in 1929, due primarily to
the downward trend in prices.
—T. W. McFadden, receiver for the
People's National bank, of Osceola Mills,
Centre county, on Tuesday filed suit for
$50,000 in United States district court at
Pittsburgh, against the National Surety
| company, New York. It is for the pur-
| pose of recovering on a bond placed on
lc. B. Gardner while he was cashier. It
| was alleged in the statement of claim
that Gardner misapplied $111,397.90.
-wJohn G. Ziegler, chief of the school
sanitation section, Pennsylvania State
Health Department. reports that the
medical school inspection in the fourth
class school districts of Pennsylvania is
now well under way. He said that
405 medical inspectors are in the field
examining a total of 326,000 school chil-
dren for visible physical defects. The
examination in Bellefonte schools has
been almost completed by Dr. Barlett, of
| Bloomsburg, will have natural gas early
next spring. A pipe line now being
built from Muncy to Milton, will pro-
| vide the final connecting link in the
| gigantic system extending from the gas
'flelds of Tioga coynty to Sunbury. Work
lon this construction will be completed
‘early in the new year, when steps will
|be taken to hook up ths consuming pub-
lic in that vicinity with Tioga county.
—Pete Pecarado and his wife, Mary,
who sought damages from a hardware
|store in New Castle, which allegedly
sold their minor son a rifle with which
the boy accidentally shot and killed his
sister, were denied a new trial of their
| case. They sought damages from the
| Cartwright Hardware company on the
| ground it violated a state law in selling
a weapon to a minor. The court ruled
the parents were guilty of contributory
negligence in failing to take the gun
from the boy.
—Andrew Dubetsky, Sr., of Weatherly,
who located a colony of bees in a tree
on the Henry Graff farm in Lowrytown,
found that gathering wild honey is ex-
pensive. To get the bees he felled the
tree and found it necessary to smoke
the bees into slumber. In doing so he
set fire to the woodland. He was ar-
rested by the land owners, given a hear-
ng before Squire Kistler, of Weatherly,
fined $25 for cutting down the tree,
for setting the woodland afire and
costs with the option of spending 28
in the county jail or paying the
bill. He decided to take the county
board, but later changed his mind and
paid.
—With the arrest of two men on the
Lincoln highway near Columbia and re-
covery of loot, State police at Columbia
aided in solving at least one robbery at
Reading and uncovered clues which point
towards the solution of others. The
prisoners are John W. Failon, Clearfield,
Pa., and Roger Kiscardin, Lebanon, They
were arrested by Troopers Herman and
Dooner, of the Columbia sub-station, in
a machine loaded with automobile tires,
auto batteries, a check-writing machine,
an adding machine, a commercial acety~
lene outfit, two generators removed from
an auto motor and other accessories.
The men are said to have confessed to
looting the establishment of Philip Bren-
ner & Co., in Reading. The loot was
identified by Brenner.
~The estate of Dr. Homer C. Bloom,
prominent and supposedly wealthy Phila-
delphia physician, who died at Martins-
burg, Rlair county, recently, which was
estimated at approximately $620,000,
dwindled pitiably when the appraisement
and inventory was made and filed at the
office of register and recorder, Thomas
G. Peoples, in Blair county, last week,
by the executors. Thus the gifts made
to the Morrison's Cove vocational school,
Nason hospitai, Rearing Spring; Presby-
terian Home, Holildaysburg, churches,
hospitals, colleges and societies went for
naught. the will did not disclose the
nature of the Investments and it re-
mained for the executors and appraisers
to make the necessary investigations. It
was shown that many of the dead physi-
clan's investments were in bad stocks
and it will be impossible to carry out
most of the terms of the will,
—We will do your job work right