Democratic watchman. (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1855-1940, April 29, 1932, Image 1
)GIST 8 won k in earch, luded gen- Jnited rican is ac- les of - gen- 3 pro- gists , the reign mem- , and the volu- volu- other learn rmed cause eces- 1alify aid, Ld Bassa ® ‘tion had he sensed that, INK SLINGS. BY GEORGE R. MEEK. Col. Fred Kerr, of Clearfield, will pe the first man to represent the re- constructed Twenty-third District of pennsylvania in Congress. __Since the Scott-Rossman and the Betz-White fight was wholly a name-calling campaign the outcome of the primaries indicates that the former faction was the glibbest of tongue. __What Ivar Kruger did to the financial world certainly doesn’t in- spire much confidence in the master minds of high finance. When “a poor Swede” can take it for the ride he did we're for taking our hat off to ‘him. —Monday certainly was washday among the warring Republican fac- tions in Centre county. More dirty political linen was hung out then than we have seen throughout the many years we have looked on at the game of politics. —Reports from the Highway De- partment for the first three months of the current year indicate that the advertisements of progressive refine- ments in the modern automobile are not without warrant. The motors are really becoming much more effi- cient, Over the period referred to there were two hundred and seventy- ‘three less accidents than during the first three months of 1931, but they succeeded in killing fifty-eight more people. —Our congratulations to Merv. Betz. He has nothing to be ashamed of. When a country merchant down at Jacksonville can give an op- ponent as prominent as Senator Scott is in the councils of his party in the State such a run Merv’'s de- feat was something of a victory. As ‘our mind wanders back to a primary campaign in 1927 we put our finger almost on a muff that the Marion township statesman made that might ‘have been the reason his victory on ‘Tuesday was not more fruitful than it was. ; —On page six of this issue is a letter from the head-master of the Bellefonte Academy. All the Watch- man’s readers should ponder over it thoughtfully. The Academy is an institution that Bellefonters have never properly evaluated. We have a lot of great industries here, but only three of them bring more cash into the community, without depleting its natural resources, than the Acade- my does, The historic institution has done much toward keeping Centre county on the map. Owing to the depression the question now arises: What are Centre countians going to dc about helping it over a rough spot ? —Our public schools and Colleges .should specialize more on grammar. There was a day when every boy and girl didn’t have the :advantages of schooling that those of today have; yet we talk to seniors and juniors of our High schools and colleges and even those who are working for Mas- ter’s degrees in the latter institu- tions and grit our teeth at their “I seens,” “I dones” “I have saws,” “he should have dids,” “It is me’s.” You can talk of modern theories of edu- cation as much as you like, but there can be no such thing as higher English unless it is founded on the lowly grammar. By the way, what has become of the old-fashioned grammar school ? —On October 26, 1926, Governor Pinchot made public a statement to the effect that the Republican ma- chine in Pennsylvania was attempting to resume the “contemptible practice that I put an end to four years ago.” He was referring to the custom of assessing State office holders for campaign purposes, In the recent primary, which was purely a contest to make him and his aspiring con- Sort: the super-Lord and Lordess of Pennsylvania, the “contemptible practice” of making State employees finance their campaign was a horse of another color. The Governor might have risen to great heights in public Service to Pennsylvania and the Na- after all, the public’ is not so dumb as it ap- bears to be. It knows the difference between the ethics of a statesman and a snake doctor. —An anonymous correspondent has written:to the editor of this Paper to know why the Court House grounds are converted into “a livery stable.” The communication fell into oup hands because the editor has the ‘Pipp” and looks at his mail only Semi-occasionally. Let us say for him that the Watchman publishes no un- Signed communications. It must have the name and address of all persons Who expect to see what they have written published in its columns. The Watchman would be very glad to publish the merited criticism of Whoever has charge of the grouuds Surrounding the Court House and Sign it “Citizen and Subscriber,” but it must know who the “Citizen and | As a matter of fact | Subseriber” is. this column raised the very question Several times last year and it hoped that when Democrats were put in Charge of the County’s Capitol there Would be an end to making the ‘approach to that - stately edifice a Parking place, litem STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION. q. PINCHOT FORCES LOSE AT SPRING PRIMARIES IN CENTRE COUNTY Scott and Rossman Both Elected but Chase Lost Fight for Congress. As the jate lamented James P. Hughes used to say when he came home from a drive with his fox hounds that he “had a beautiful chase but didn’t get anything,” so also with the Pinchot followers, on Tuesday, They had a spirited chase at the primaries in an effort to cap- ture control of the party organiza- tion and all they got was to carry the county for Gen. Smedley Dar- lington Butler, for United State Senator and that was an empty hon- or, as the hot-blooded Marine was completely snowed under in an ava- lanche of votes from other sectiong of the State. So deep was the interest in the fight between State Senator Harry B, Scott and Mervin S. Betz, for membership on the Republican State committee, and Harry A. Rossman and Bond White for Republican county chairman, that the stalwarts almost lost sight of the rest of their ticket. Both Scott and Rossman won out but at that they bad no walk- over. Interest in the Democratic ranks centered in the contest between Smith and Roosevelt, for President, and Charles A. Freeman and John J. Bower for county chairman. Smith had a very small following while Bower nosed out by the small ma- jority of 140. The complete returns for some of the leading candidates on both Dem- ocratic and Republican tickets will be found in the tables published to- day. The total vote in the county for the Delegates at large to the Na- tional Democratic convention is as follows: Lynett 1218 Campbell 990 Niles 685 Gilmore 1240 Bard ne7 VAN DYKE cooiiiriinrrinnisnnsiscsisnsnnass snssesias 1061 Donohoe 884 Collins 654 { Shull o01 | Cassidy 286 Short 1040 Morris 340 Kistler 575 McDevitt 465 Unofficial Returns of Democratic Vote, Primaries April 26, 193 I J am ERT plallipliprliw ie w wl ala 27055] 2 TIEIEIT EEE ® E 2 5 | & - 2.18 Ed 4 2 = al Ei w ® ||" | 0 | 0m 5 | DB |v Er al 8 I +e |o || & 4 22 | a || Brille mimi plalal ell | @ Plglmliwtoiglialol, me Tech 1 | | | i | DISTRICTS. ol olo@ lel gis lle 22 38| &| 9 | E mE EE EI Elbigll 3; Fleiss Elle BIEIRIFLEBY BI EE Ea oR | [JEN |BHE 2 3 IB: BYE [iF] gna Eee nant PE Li Ebi ola Po Widbihnd Bellefonte, N. W. 13| 84]| 15] 81|| 88] 73| 78|| 67] 24] 76|| 43] 58 Bellefonte, S. W. .. 25| 75|| 32| b54|| 74| 61] b55|| 58 24| 65|| 51] 44 Bellefonte, W. W. 6| 35|| 6] 31|| 37| 28] 30|| 24] 13] 30|| 22| 19 Centre Hall .... 2| 76|| 13] 61|| 73| 55 60|| 63] 9] 70|| 12| 68 Howard ......... 2| 34|| 13] 21|| 33] 30| 30|| 28 6 29] 19] 80 EH . 2 5 a 7 LE GRRL elim: 81| 73| 74|| 75] 4] 76|| 56] 27 Philipsburg, 1st 8) 20|| 15] 9|| 20 oo (H 18 H 17|] 15] 10 Philipsburg, 2nd W. 6) 24|| 9] 19] 26] 22] 22|| 28] 15 27] 21] 11 Philipsburg, 3rd W. 7| 24|] 8 17] 20/ 15] 17|| 21] 8] 23|| 25 2 South Philipsburg .. 73 7 1 9 5/5] 5 35 9 1 Port Matilda ...... 15|| 5] 10] 14 uy 120 12) 8 220 UU 7 Snow Shoe Boro . 4] 6 5/ 3] 10] 4] 6|] 9 4 5 5 6 State College, E. D. .. 7 60/i 19] 35|| 50| 46| 47|| 37( 45] 16] 11] 19 State College, W. D. ... 2| 58|| 18| 38|| 59] 50] b51|| 41 17| 53|| 24 87 Unionville .............. - 14 6 71 11] 10{ 9|| 11] 6] 9 4 8 Benner, N. P. A 15 8 9 4 7 9 1] 10] 5 7 Benner, S. P, . Ak Ea Ee 4 4] 5j-3 4 1j 1 8 Boggs, N. P. . . 10-8: 4 8 8 ‘H.. | | al 1 Boggs E. P. ... 10 3 7 9] 5 6/] 4 3] 4 8 Boggs, W. P. 6! 16] 10{ 11j| 22| 20| 20|| 13] 8] 17|| 14] 9 Burnside ...... 1] 10 2 7 9 7 9] 100 1] 11 71 38 College ...... 1) 30|| 4] 22|| 24 17/ 19|| 20| 10! 16|| 3| 27 Curtin, N. 15 161 9] 8] 14] 13] 11j| 7 4 10] 9] 7 Curtin, S. P. 21 Bi-.o5i oir 4 4 Sif 3 2 4 of 4 Ferguson, N, P. 34 2| 29|| 31] 20| 24|| 23] 4| 25/| 5| 25 Ferguson, E. P. . 2| 37|| 13] 26] 38| 29] 30|| 31 4| 33|| 7| 28 Ferguson, W. P. .. 1 11 1 10] 11] 8 9|| 9 1] 10] 3] 8 Ferguson, Nw. P. 1 4 4 df 4 Bli 2 | 4] 4 1 Gregg, N. P. .. 16|| 2] 12) 13] 10] 10f[ 8 2| 12|| 5] 9 Gregg, E. P. .. 4) 29|| 8] 24|| 31] 25| 27|| 29] 11| 24 13] 19 Gregg, W. P, .. 4| 82|| 11] 60|| 69] 63] 58] 55 15 60]| 20] 23 Haines, E. P. .. 1| 18|| 6] 10|| 15] 12| 11j| 12] 8 13|| 8 10 Haines, W. P. 46|| 10] 30|| 35| 32] 31|| 34] 11] 35|| 14] 30 Halfmoon ......... 2] 12 7 7 111 8 10 8 3] 9 5 7 Harris, E. P. .. 1| 19|| 5| 15] 16] 14] 14] 12] 5 4] 2 13 Harris, W. P. . 1] 43|| 4| 38|j 42| 39] 40|| 39] 6] 43] 9] 35 Howard ....... 4| 18|| 6| 14] 15] 15| 14|| 12] 7] 14]; 21] 16 Huston ........ 14 4 7 12] 7] 6) 9 ni 7 5 17 Liberty, E. P. 221| 6 13] 17| 15 13|| 15] 4| 18|] 4] 14 Liberty, W, P. 1 9 2/ 6 7 6 6 5 5 6 4 8 Marion .. 3] 20i| 6] 13] 20] 16/ 17|| 15] 8] 13|i 16] 5 Miles, E. “off 31 sit si ‘70 ‘sil “6 3 TN. A 6 Miles, M. P. 70] 6] 56|| 54] 44] 46] 47] 9] 54|| 32] 3b Miles, W. P. 2| 18|| 1| 15|| 15 12] 13] 9] 5] 12|| 10[ 8 Patton .............. 2 8 al 5 8 7 Tl 8 2( 8 6 4 Penn 3] 53|! 11] 39|| 48 38 34|| 32| 9] 39|| 30] 22 Potter, N. P. 24|| 2] .23|| 24| 22] 21|| 19] 4| 22|] 8 17 Potter, S. P, .... 3] 28|| 8 22|| 28] 22| 24] 21] 7] 23|| 16] 19 Potter, W. P. . 3 17|| 6] 10] 15] 15| 15|| 15] 4] 15] 7| 10 Rush, N. P. .. 2| 11|| 3] 7] 11| 5/ 6|| 5 2] 10] 10f 3 Rush, E. P 6 6] 7 5] 12/ 10] 10/| 9 9 3] 7 4 Rush, 8S. P. woe cof of ar 3 Sl o8 oo 48 2 Rush, W. P 15 3|| 10/ 8|| 17] 11] 10|| 12] 4] 13|| 12| 4 Snow Shoe, 3 4 3 3 5 4 3 0 4 2 3 4 Snow Shoe 7] 13|| 7| 11|| 13] 13] 13|| 8 9] 12|| 20 Spring, N. 1] 17 5/ 10 6 11] 11] 10] 3| 12 9] 5 Spring, S. 2| 43|| 8| 34|| 38| 31] 29|| 32| 6] 34[| 10] 30 Spring, W. sl 7 71 41 7 4 5] 6 8 5|l 2 6 Taylor ... ail 81 Ii Bl: 4 4 Hy 2 2 2 2 Union 1 8|| 1 bi 5 5 6 5 2| 4] 2 4 Walker, i 1] 14) 71 8|| 14] 13] 15) 8 6] 10] 6] 9 Walker, M. P. ... Ll 2] 82) 5] 27] 83] 27] 27|| 27] 5] 30 Walker, L2| 26) 6] 23]| 27] 24] 25) 20] 11] 24|| 18] 11 Worth ..oool. ol 0) 3 8 8 6 6] 6 1 8 8 2 Totals mn 191[1475]| 421[1104][1409(1175(1189((1140] 412|1149|| 687| 827|| Majorities | [1284] | 683|| 234] | 14|| 728] | 737 | 140]| f Republican Primary Tuesday, April 26, 1932 Unofficial Vote 0 = THHEBHEBEHALE #588 38 E|F|L% § 3 $ > AGE HELIER 3 154: DISTRICTS ®| wm 3 | 9 > =} Q ARHHHHHHHEE 22 -] [-] Ql: sisiz||8|3|&|8|% |B 8 ; EBERT TITI2|E [=] es H | : : n = =] H 3 : i n : : a L | | 11 | Bellefonte, N. W....covnnnnininisnsnianns 274] 176] 9 Bellefonte, S. W.... 4] 145 85] 17 Bellefonte, W. W. «| 46] 29] 3 Centre Hall BOTO......cccooevemsisusesenseass 271 50 2 Howard Boro. Jf 63 113] 2 Milesburg Boro 92! 1T5|....... Miltheim Boro 26] 94 3 Philipsburg, 186 W......cccouniineninisinnss 80 94 2 Philipsburg, 2nd W. ..| 85 91 4 Philipsburg, 3rd W...... 106] 65 8 So. Philipsburg BOro......ccccousseinnecs 170 10] 4 Port Matilda Boro...... «| 68 86 2 Snow Shoe Boro...... J 61] 49) 2 State College, E. D.......cccousenirinsenns 144} 221| 11 State College, W. D.....cccvveisinsnscsnnnes *98| 231] 15 Unionville Boro. J 36] 44... Benner Twp. N. P 3 6 2 Benner Twp, 8S. P 137 BL. Boggs Twp, N. P 2] 16] 1j|. Boggs Twp, E. P 5 21] 1 Boggs Twp., W. P 49] 64) 6 Burnside Twp 5 35 1 College Twp 36 69 2 Curtin Twp., N. Pu. 16 26........ Curtin Twp., S. P 6 26 1 Ferguson Twp. N. 5| 14 3 Ferguson Twp, 18, 39] 2 Ferguson Twp., 11} 26 2 Ferguson Twp., 130 Te Gregg Twp., N. 7 3 1 : Gregg Twp, E. 8) 1... Gregg Twp., W. 21| 56|........ Haines Twp, E. 5 48... Haines TWp., W. Puviiiinnnininninng 18] 72 1 Halfmoon Twp 14] 43] 4 Harris Twp., E. P 8 6 4 Harris Twp.,, W 037 Sl.....on Howard Twp 23| 51 1 Huston Twp | 29] 38... Liberty TWD., E. Poin 26| 50] 1 Liberty Twp, W. Pussies 10, 14 2 Marion Twp 23] 5 4 Miles Twp., E. P. 4 Dhani Miles Twp., M 0528 sere Miles Twp., 9........ 1 Patton Twp 11 9 1 Penn Twp 6] 45[....... Potter TWP, N. Poiiinininisissinsns J] 8 6 3 Potter Twp., S. P. 9 31 2 Potter Twp, W. P. 13 2] 2 Rush Twp, N. P... 75 40 2 Rush Twp, W. P 56) 48| 5 Rush Twp, E. P Bl oi Blin Rush Twp, S. Pu... 47 102] 1 Snow Shoe Twp., E. Pinna 188) 58 3 Snow Shoe Twp., W. P 24| 29........ Spring Twp, N. Pui 31] 24... Spring TWD, S. Poin 70, 58) 1 Spring Twp, W. Pon, 21 26] 1 TAYIOr TWD.iiirriesesssssssssmssssssinssssnsisns 26 19 3 Union TWpP...cooreeee 30] 35 2 Walker TWD, E. Pui 16] 14 3 Walker Twp., M. P. 14| 26 1 Walker Twp, W. Poiana] 18 22| 1f| 16 11) 16 23|| 20 20 WOrth TWD...coeeseressessrssmssnssnsnneennannnnt | 20] 21) 411 16 19} 25 17|| 20] 22 1) } } Total........ oe 2503/3032] 149((2409| 777 86] 52 198112537 3128 lar ass Ma jorities.....cuummimissssseisns 529 478 | | 586|| 484 | inveterate dabbler in politics Mrs. NO “HELL'S STRETCH” NOR “AVIATOR’S GRAVEYARD.” In a report sent out last week, by the Aeronautical Chamber of Com- merce of America it was emphatic- ally stated that flying across Pennsylvania mountains heretofore characterized as ‘Hell's Stretch” and ‘“‘Aviator’s Graveyard,” has be- come as safe as any other route in the world. As proof of the assertion it was announced that the four trunk avia- tion lines crossing these mountains have carried a total of 45,460 pass- engers without injury to a single passenger. Of this total the United Air lines from New York to Cleve- land, by way of Bellefonte carried the larger number, 17,457 people. American Airways, 2988; Transcon- tinental and Western, 13383, and Pennsylvania Air Lines, 11672. “It is a remarkable performance,” said William E. Berchtold of the Aeronautical Chamber, “when these lines can fly such a large number of passengers over a stretch of mountain territory called ‘“Aviator’s Graveyard,’ without injury to a sin- gle person. “The fact is the danger is non- existent. Certainly, in the early days of long distance flying, there were accidents in the hills. But today equipment is so much superior that accidents are unheard of. “For one thing a perfect system of weather reports keeps pilots in- formed of conditions ahead of them. The radio adds to the safety, since flying bases are in almost constant communication with the ships that are out. “We feel that the popular super- stition regarding the Pennsylvania mountains should be dispelled, since there is nothing whatever upon which to base it.” BELLEFONTE SPORTSMEN BECOMING QUITE ACTIVE Up to the present time approxi- mately 250 members have been en- rolled in the Bellefonte Sportsmen’s Association and all the lists have not yet been turned in. The secretary of the Association calls attention to the fact that all lists must be turned in by May 1st, if the solicitors desire to share in the award of prizes. The first prize will be a hunting knife, given by the S, H. Poorman garage. Second prize, a landing net offered by Heverly’'s sporting goods store, and the third a flashlight, donated by the Potter-Hoy Hardware company. These are all worthwhile prizes and will go to. those turning in the largest list of members, so get your lists in to the secretary be- fore May 1st. Also, don’t forget the fact that a meeting of representatives from all the sportsmen’s association’s in the county will be held in the court house, Thursday evening of next week, for the purpose of forming a county federation of clubs. MORE LICENSE AGENCIES ESTABLISHED IN COUNTY In order to make it more conven- ient for sportsmen to secure fishing and hunting licenses the Secretary of Revenue, in cooperation with County Treasurer, R. F. Hunter, has estab- lished a number of agencies in the county where such licenses can be obtained. This will avoid the necess- ity of coming or writing to the Treasurer's office in Bellefonte. The agents in Centre are: Mrs. Grace Keefer, State College; J. Frank Kephart, Philipsburg; A. A. Schenck, Howard; Robert S. Stover, Millheim. All agents will serve without remuneration and without additional expense to the county or State. The license charge will be the same at the agencies as it would be at the Treasurer’s office here. ——In a report of what took place at a recent session of court, published in the Watchman, last week, it was stated that Harry Ruhl had been granted a parole from the Allegheny county work house where he had been confined because of failure to comply with a court or- der for the support of his wife and child. It should have been Guy Coll, as Mr. Ruhl never had a support order made against him. ——QGovernor Pinchot, last Satur- day, appointed Mrs. Ella J. Mountz, of Smith’s Mills, Clearfield county, a member of the board of trustees of the Philipsburg State hospital. Aside from the fact that she is an Mountz is an able business woman and will without doubt prove a worthwhile member of the control- —One day brought a big increase in the animal population at the Fred Straub farm at Kitchen Corners, near Greenville. Within a 24-hour period triplets were born to one cow, twins to another, a lit- ter of 15 pigs to a sow and a cat gave birth to six kittens. —Burglars knocked the combination off a safe in the Standard Oil company office, at Bloomsburg, last Wednesday, and es- caped with $500. State police said they found no fingerprints. They reported that efforts of burglars to enter the office of the Hidlay Oil company, nearby, failed. —An application for a state charter for the Methodist Home for the aged at Ty- rone was filled before judge Marion D. Patterson in Hollidaysburg court on Mon- day for approval. The home has been in existence for approximately 13 years, the first formal application for a charter be- ing made only two months ago. —John P. Wild, of Sheraden, Pa., park- ed his car on a grade in Charleroi, on Sunday, leaving it in gear. Another auto- mobile bumped the machine and it ran down the grade, passed four other cars, speeded around a curve, missed a group of children, and ran up a driveway into a garage, the door of which was open. It was undamaged. Wild then started to drive the car home. It left the highway and was wrecked against a telephone ,pole. —Richard Schrader, of Shamokin, has a record for the number of operations per- formed upon one person, surgeons at the State hospital at Ashland declared, after operating on the man for the one hundred and sixty-fifth time. In 1912 Schrader was caught between cars at Enterprise mine at Shamokin and his pelvis was broken. Since that time he has been operated on an average of once every six weeks. He is still optimistic about tife, and hopes some day to recover completely. —John A. McSparran, secretary of the State Department of Agriculture, believes daylight saving time is ‘‘an infernal nui- sance to men in agriculture.”” In a letter to H. M. J. Klein, of Lancaster, which he made public on Friday, DMcSparran said that there is no objection to men going to work an hour earlier and quit- ting an hour earlier if the clocks are not altered. To alter the clocks and compel everyone to adjust their routine to the advanced time, he asserted, is an intense- ly selfish procedure.” —Engineers of the Berwick Lumber and Supply company began work last Friday preparatory to the construction of the new cottage and detention house to be erected at the Muncy State Industrial Home. The contracts for the structures have been awarded the Berwick company. These buildings, like all others compris- ing the institution, will be built of native mountain stone to be taken from the land belonging to the home grounds. Appro- priation for the erection of the buildings was made at a previous session of the Legislature. —Four hogs, weighing from 185 to 200 pounds apiece, were not only stolen from the owner, Mrs. Emma I. Solman, of Sugar Run, Clinton county, Wednesday evening, but the thieves evidently drove a truck near the pen, slaughtered the hogs in the pen and placed the dead porkers in the car without any noise being heard, according to blood inside the pen and wheel marks outside. The pen is located about an eighth of a mile from Mrs. Solman’s house on route 307 which connects with tne Bucktail trail and the Beech Creek road. —Sheer pluck and rare presence of mind saved Mrs. Daniel Miller, of Mifflinburg R. D. 3, from burning to death Saturday afternoon. She was cleaning out the brooder house in the barn on their farm when her dress ignited. In an instant she was transformed into a human torch. In- stead of losing control of herself, she ran to a water trough a short distance away, immersed herself and extinguished the flames. Mrs. Miller, hawever, suffer- ed painful burns of both hands as a re- sult of tearing at her blazing garments, but her condition is not serious. She was alone on the farm at the time. —Death threats have been made upon the life of Mrs. Mary Wimcox, of Clinton county, a member of the Federal grand jury, at Scranton October last when four Lock Haven policeman were indicted for intimidation of a government witness, Frank Hedge, of Lock Haven. The latter containing the death threat against Mrs. Wimcox was delivered by John Smith, a taxi driver, and conveyed the informa- tion that ‘‘she would be put on the spot.” Another death threat was made against a federal witness in Lock Haven, who testi- fled against the accused officers in Scran- ton last month. The ‘department of justice was given the cases for immediate investi- gation. : —Thefts ‘‘ala Robin Hood’ were un- covered by police in Williamsport when they arrested a gang of boys for a score or more robberies perpetrated during the pest few weeks. The thefts were under- taken, the boys disclosed, so that the loot might be turned over to the needy fami- lies. Cooked foods were spirited out of restaurants, hams were taken from gro- cery stores and food of various descrip- tions was stolen and turned over to the needy families, authorities learned. Be- cause of the nobility of their impulses, it is unlikely that any charges will be lodged against them, police indicated. They have been told, however, that there are safer and more effective ways of doing emergency relief work. —Mrs. Gertrude Deen Timmey, a Read- ing woman who took a taxi ride last summer to meet a woman friend who wanted to join her at a theatre and said she would pay the taxi fare, is a plaintiff in court in a most unusual case, a claim for damages, now being tried by jury. Mrs. Timmey, getting a hurried call from Miss Aquilla Hain, left home with only a few cents in her purse, Miss Hain testified she had called the taxi for Mrs. Timmey, had told her she would pay the fare and would meet her, but was unable to keep the engagement. Instead of going to a theatre, Mrs. Timmey was taken to the police station and late rto an alder- man’s office. The taxi driver held her captive and kept driving around from place to place, refusing to let her leave the taxi when she told him she did not have the amount of the fare $2.50. Later she was taken to an alderman’s office and detained three ‘hours, pending sete ling force of that institution. tlement of the bill and costs, $12.50.