_VOL. LXXXI.
A TREASURY EPISODE,
Experiment Was Fraitful of
Good Result,
The Berry
most beneficent experiment to put an
official of the minority party in charge
of the State Treasury for two years. It
is worth while, now that the experi-
ment is ended, to take a backward |
look and make a mental note of accom
plished results :
(1) The exposure of the enormous
Capitol frauds carried forward under
the eyes, and with the apparent com-
plicity of high Republican State of-
ficials.
(2) The saving brought about by the
interruption and stoppage of contem-
plated grafting.
(8) The prompt payment of all au-
thorized and properly adjudicated
claims against the State funds. The
schools and other creditors of the State
have not been kept waiting to prolong
the deposit of the moneys due them in
favored banks.
(4) There has been an enforced audit
and cleaning up of the Treasury affairs.
For the past two years the money of
the taxpayers has not been at the call
of political gamblers.
(5) The same wave of public senti-
ment that swept William H. Berry in-
tothe Treasury compelled the msjority
party to substitute a Stuart for a Penny-
packer in the Governorship, a Young
for a Snyder as Auditor General, and
Sheatz instead of a Gangster for Biste
Treasurer. The corrupt organization
that controls the selection of Republi.
can Sate officials in Pennsylvania did
pot dare to nominate its favorites, Dis.
honor was compelled to pay tribute to
decency. This capitulation of popular
advantage, resulting from the choice |
of a stubbornly hooest and faithful
white man to look after the adminis.
tration of the Btate Treasury, might
be indefinitely extended by going into
details fresh in the memory. That is
PEACE WITHOUT NOISE,
Japan and United States Sign Arbitration
Treaty—Third Treaty Signed Since
Recommended by the Hague,
There are two radically different
ways of promoting peace.
The battleship fleet reached Ban
Francisco last Thursday. The forts
| saluted with their big guns and im-
mense crowds waved welcome from
the shore. It was a magnificent spec-
tacle, calculated to hold the world’s at-
tention, if not allay the apprehensions
of other nations. The eighteen battle.
ships in line represent the flower of the
United States Navy, which was never
so strong or efficient. They are a fear-
ful power for destruction such as no
other country save Great Britain pos-
sesses, but President Roosevelt ls
alarmed because there are not enough of
them “when we front two oceans,” as
we have done for over a century. He
notified Congress three weeks ago that
the step to be taken at this time to-
ward assuring the United States ‘a
permanent career of peace’’ is to pro-
vide for the building of four additional
battie-ships.
Barely tweuty-four hours before the
battleship fleet entered Ban Francisco
Harbor to the accompaniment of guns
and cheers, Secretary Root and Baron
Takahira sat down quietly at a table at
the State Department and signed a
treaty between the United Btates and
Japan guaranteeing to arbitrate all dis
j utes, excepting those involving na
tional honor and terrified rights. It
was a very tame and undemonsirative
aflair. No gunps roared at the White
House in glorification of the event. No
flags waved from the windows of the
President's office. No crowds had heen
| summoned by curiosity or patriotism
to acclaim the ¢ ¢-remony. The incident
excited no more tumuit than if two
Governwent clerks had indorsed a
voucher for a gross of tin tags.
Yet it was the third arbitration trea
peedless. But it is worth While, | at
this particular time, to take an
counting.
It would have been wise last fall to]
have replaced Berry with Harman, |
who owed nothing but detestation to!
the political masqueraders who were |
compelled, io order to beat him, to|
nominate Shealz. Sheaiz is an honest |
man, but he is hemmed in, hampered |
and bamwstruvg. He will be obliged |
todo his work in an atmosphere of |
eorrupt solicitation and political pi- |
racy.
Still, the Berry experiment was
fruitful of good result.
Better Pay For B FD, Men
Congressman John M. Reynolds, of |
the 19th Pennsylvania district has in-
troduced in the House, a bill increas. |
ing the salaries of rural mail carriers to |
$1,200 per year as the maximum.
“The rural carriers are not given |
enough money for the work they per-|
form,” said Mr. Reyoolds, in discuss.
ing the merits of the bill. “They are
compelled to work all seasons of the
year, in summer, io winter, in rain,
snow and under all conditions. The
government takes no excuse from
them. In addition to this they are
compelled to furnish their own horse
snd wagon and keep both in proper
repair, The amount allowed them by
the government, therefore, hardly en-
ables them to make both ends meet, I
think $1,200 a year is little onough
when one takes into consideration the
duties performed by these servants of
Uncle Bam. I am doling everything
in my power to nave my vill favorably
acted upon by this Congress.”
A An,
Orders for Postmasters,
Stringent orders have been issued by
the postoffice department to all post
masters pot to divulge the names or
addresses of any of the patrons of the
office. Heretofore postoffices have been
considered local directories, bureaus of
information and depositories of all
sorts of neighborly conveniencs and
gossip. If a person wanted sn address
or list of names it was understood that
the postmaster was in duty bound to
supply this information, together with
the habite of character and fitness of
each Individual who comes in contact
with the postmaster or office. The
guardians of Uncle Bam’s postal affairs
are requested to keep the aflairs of
the office as inviolate as the business
of & bank,
For New U. 8, District Court.
A bill introduced into the house by
Representative John M. Reynolds
would establish a new division of the
United States district court, known as
the Altoona division of the Western
division, and which will consist of
Bedford, Blair, Cambris, Clearfield
Centre, Bomerset, Fulton, and Hunt-
ingdon, the latter named counties to
be transferred from the Middle district.
Ifyou have a son or a daughter or
a friend, interested in the local news
~~ of Centre county, who is not already
ty of the kind the United States has
_ | signed since The Hague Peace Confer-
| ence rece ymmended that nations enter
| into these treaties with the purpose of
svoidiog war. And it was Japan with
which Becretary Root signed the tres.
ty, snd we still “front on two oceans.’
pq.
Dend Fisherman Found,
Clark Chase, son of Postmaster John
| M., Chase, of Clearfield, who has been
missing since Thursday, April 30,
| when he left home to fish in one of the
mountain trout streams, was found
idead slong Lick creek, about five
miles from that place,
The young man had evidently been
caught along the stream in the heavy
storm raging in the evening of the day
{he left home aad started for home.
| When he reached the place where he
was found he was exhausted and
dragged himsell into a thicket and
there died. His lunch was intact,
showing toast he had died the first
Searchers from Clearfield in great
numbers tramped a large scope of
country for fouror five days before the
dead body was found, Chase was
twenty-eight years old and married,
Closed to Cigarette Smokers,
Appended is a list of institutions
that have announced that their doors
are closed aguinst cigarette smokers,
Of course, there are many more firms,
colleges, and lopstitutions that have
no use for the young msn who smokes
cigarettes, but the Patriotic American
comes forward with these :
Athletic clube,
A business college.
Union Pacific railroad.
Omaha schools.
Swift & Co, packing house, Chicago,
Marshall Field, dry goods, Chicago.
Life insurance companies (some.)
Lehigh Valley railroad.
United States Army positions.
Carson, Price & Scott, Chicago,
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific railroad,
Central railroad, Georgia.
Three high schools, and more,
Ayer's Barsaparilia Co., Lowell.
Wanamaker's. Philadelphia,
service.)
Burlington railroad.
United States Weather Bureau(Willis M, Moore,
chief.)
Heath & Mulligan.
Montgomery, Ward & Co.
Academy of Northwestern University Chicago.
Telephone company (Cumberland. )
New York, New Haven & Hartford milroad,
Pitsburg and Western railroad,
West Superior (Wisconsin raflroad )
Odd Fellows Edition,
In honor of the eighty-fifth annual
session of the Grand Lodge of Penne
sylvania, Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, in Philadelphia, beginning
give that fraternity a news paper dis.
play unique in this state, In its lesue
of Bunday, May 17, The North Ameri-
illustrated supplement recounting the
origin, growth and work of Penusyl-
vania’s most popular fraternity in all
ita branches, {
The annual
Lodge of Odd §
will meet in
wlon of the Grand
ows of Pennsylvania
Sfubuceivus va Tuo Culire Resorts
this office for information,
week of May 17.
HALL, PA.
re— SUSQUEHANNA CLASSIS,
Fifty first Annonl Session Held at Coburn
Last Week, Closing Sunday,
The West Busquehanna Classis of
the Reformed church met in its 51st
annual session in Bt. Andrew's Re-
formed church at Coburn, Wednes-
day evening of last week. The retiring
president, Rev. E. T. Rhodes, of Lew-
istown, preached the opening sermon,
using ae his text 8t. John 3:17. After
the sermon the president called the
classis to order, when the stated clerk
called the roll. Twenty-one ministers
are enrolled. Each charge was repre-
sented by an Elder delegate. Rev,
Samuel H. Stein, of Lock Haven, was
elected president for the ensuing year.
Thursday morning, session was tak-
en up with the resding of the paro-
chiasl reports of the pastors. Rev,
Daniel Gress, of Centre Hall, and Rev.
Elias 8. Noll, of New Berlin, were
excused for absence on account of ill-
ness in their families.
The various standing committees
were then appointed. On account of
the division of the White Deer charge,
Classis voted $150 sustentation for this
year ; the charge to increase the salary
of the phator $50. Bellef inte was cho-
sen as the place of meeting next year,
May, 1908. The evening session was
in charge of the laymen, D. K. Miller,
of Lock Haven, presiding.
C. H. Btover, of Aaronsburg, spoke
on, “The Elder and Deacon in the
Congregation,” and Jared Harper, of
Bellefonte, told “How to Mapage the
Finsuces of the Church.” Action was
taken looking to the orgapization of
Iaymen’s association in the classis.
The Classis resumed its work Friday
morning with the beariog of the re-
port of the commitiee on overtures.
Among the items was the reception of
the Rev, E. H. Lauback from the East
Ohio classis. The reconstruction of
& number of charges occupied much of
the morniog session. Rev, Preston A.
Delong, of Watsontown, represented
for the hearty support of the body.
Rev. John u. Bowman, D. D., of the
Theological Seminary, Lancaster,
spoke of the great need of the church
in securing young men for the Chris
tian ministry. Also for the need of a
larger endowment for the seminary.
Fhe evening session was given over
to two inlerestiog addresses. The first
by Rev. Wilson F. More, Buperinten-
dent of Bethany Orphan's Home
second by Rev. Ambrose M. Schmidt,
who spoke on the “Activity of the Re
formed church in Japan and Chios.”
A ——
Transfer of Hea! Estate
Thomas Foster et. al. to
Smith April 7, 1908, lot 108,
College, $300
W. H. Bartholomew et. al. to Dane
iel C. Rossman, April 11, 1908, 64a. 90
p. in Potter Twp. $2600
John Stoner to David Lingle, Jan-
uary 29, 1502, 518.30 p., in Gregg Twp.
$50.
Thomas Foster et. al. to Laura Ross
Lytle, April 4, 1908, lot 86, in Biate
College. $300.
Barabh A. DeHass et. al. to Joshua
Rupert April 16, 1908, i acre in Bald
Eagle Valley. 840.
J. H. Reifsnyder to M, CO. Bpigel-
myer, April 20, 1901, 50 feet lot, in Mill
beim. $175.
Alexander Chaney et. ux. to Joseph
Williams, April 20, 1908, 100 acres in
Worth twp. $2400,
Thomas M. Hall sheriff to Thomas
Wilson et. al. August 31, 1848, 100 a. in
Halfmoon twp. $2300,
Thomas Wilson et. al. to Joel Louder
July 29, 1850, 100 a. in Halfmoon twp.
$1900,
Annetia
in State
to HW,
Dinges, April 20, 1908, land in Potter
twp. $1000,
Mary A. Dinges et. al. to J. C. Ross-
man et. al, April 20, 1908, land in Pot-
ter twp. $1000,
Mary A. Dioges et. al. to J. CC. Ross.
man et, al. April 16, 1908, lot in Centre
. $1750,
urgaret Smith heirs to Mary
Wright, April 6, 1908, premises in Pine
Grove. $700,
George Valentine et. ux. to James
Eckenroth, March 25, 1908, 105 a, 66p.
iu Spring twp. $4132.50,
Lillie May Frantz et. al. to Alice R.
Devine, April 18, 1908, 49 a, in Worth
twp. $500.
John 8. Bhafler heirs to W. H.
Bmith, March 4, 1908, house and lot in
Madisonburg. $850,
Rebecoa J. Houtz to C. D., Houtz,
April 16, 1908, 13a. 24 p. In College
twp. $850,
Marcellas A. Thomas et. al. to Leo
Green, May 4. 1908, property in Boggs
twp. $300,
H. A. Moore et. ux to Christian
Holter, March 16, 1908, premises in
Howard boro,
George H. Moore et. al. to H, A.
Moore, April 11, 1908, premises in
Howard boro. $700.
Frederick Herbert et. ux, to John
Herbert et. al. April 25, 1008, two lots
MAY 4,
// HOME WINS FIRST GAME, NV
Milesburg and Centre Hall Play an Inter-
esting Game Saturday Afternoon,
Every feature of the ball game, as
well as the preliminaries, between
Milesburg and Centre Hall was highly
interesting. The score was 8 to 0 in
favor of the home team. Both nines
played well, and omitted the scrap-
ping numbers that largely, among
local teams, make the game tiresome
to the spectators. The scoring was
done in the third and fourth innings,
but there were several ‘‘ deaths’’ on
third on both sides.
Pitcher Bailey put up his best game,
and was cleverly assisted in fleld, and
also had an unerring catcher before
him. There were nineteen strike outs
and not a hit was made off his de-
livery.
The Milesburg team worked well,
and their battery understood the
game. The opposition occasionally
found the horse-hide and sent it over
the diamond, but it was iovariably
taken in the air ; or, if 8 grounder, as
a rule it reached first in time to cause
Umpire Smith to indicate a wave—
out.
Whether on or off the field the
young men who made up the Miles-
burg team were gentlemanly, and left
a good impression on both spectators
on the ball ground and citizens of the
town. They are welcome here any
time, as ball players or as individuals,
The score :
MILESBURG,
Of,
Mi jon W a.
Jodo i. ef
Shope ri
Tota
CENTRE
6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0
6 0120000 x3
lars, Bad oy to Hartman to Stahl: C
ws, Bolen Bases~Metz Hartman
mith, Knarr. Two base hit,
hit, Stahl. Bases on balls
& Hit by 9 itched ball Balle I 5
¥ by Johnson, 7; By Bailey, 19. Um
J ¥ Smith, Scorer, John Bailey.
————— AAR ———
Centre Hall Janlors Lose
By the score of 16 to 12 Bpring Mills
defeated the junior base ball team from
this place Saturday safterncon in an
interesting game, Up until the sixth
inning Centre Hall had the lead, 10 to
8, when, through tha injury of one of
their nine, it became necessary to sub-
stitute an “outsider,” and it was then
and there that the game was lost,
ws —
Men Wanted for Navy,
Three thousand men are wanted im-
mediately to man our battleships, and
three thousand more will be needed
before the year is over, Of laste there
has been no difficulty in getting re-
cruits, because of the general lack of
employment. The revival of industry
on land, however, will make recruit.
ing very slow. Without, heavy addi-
tional appropristions for the naval
service, making possible stronger wage
inducements, ns long as conditions of
peace exist it is doubtful whether it
will be possible to fully man our fight-
ing eraft. When there is fighting to
do, things are different. The danger
itself is a suflicient lure.
“Ball-nose” Picks up Rooster,
When the east bound passenger
train on the Bald Eagle Valley rail-
road pulled into the passenger depot,
at Bellefonte, Saturday afternoon, says
the Daily News, a large rooster was
noticed on the front of the engine, It
was found to be wedged in along side
the “bull-nose’” so tightly that it could
not extricate itself and was carried
along in that manner while the trdin
was running. It was taken out at the
station and given to the fireman on
the engine.
Grand Lodge Delegates,
The Pennsylvania State Grand
Lodge, 1. O. O. F,, meets in Philadel
phia, Baturday, and the sessions will
continue for several days during the
next week. The representatives of the
local lodges in Penns Valley are as
follows :
Centre Hall, C. W, Black.
Spring Mills, B. F. Kennelly,
Rebersburg, L. P. Bower.
Boalsburg, O. I. Rishel.
Pioe Grove Mills, Dr. RB. M. Krebs,
Bell Telephone at Penns Cave,
For the first time in its history,
Penns Cave is connected with the out
side world by telephone, a Bell instro-
ment having been installed at that re
sort Saturday, under the Patrons
telephones on Branch
h Company No, 21
ween Centre Hall and Penns Cave,
1908.
Paragraphs Picked from Exchanges of
Interest to Heporter Readers,
Millheim Journal—
F. O, Hosterman spent Monday and
Tuesday at Altoons.
Hon. Willis Blerly, of Wiiliamsport,
epent a short time in Millheim, Tues
day.
Miss Helen Kister spent several days
last week visiting her brother, Harry,
at Bellefonte,
B. F. Royer, of Lamar, spent sev-
eral days this week visiting in this
place, his old home.
Alfred Btover, of Pine Creek, was
stricken with paralysis one day last
week and his condition is reported
rather serious.
Mr, and Mrs, John Burns, of Bhamo-
kin, spent several days at the home of
Mrs. Burns’ mother, Mrs. Rebecca
Behlelffer,
Mra. W. BS. S8helton,and two daugh-
ters, Bessie and Mamie, who had been
visiting at Towanda, returned home
Monday afternoon.
Mra. 8. Ward Gramley spent sever-
al days the past week at Wilkinsburg
with her husband, who is teaching
school at that place,
Prof. T. J. Geist, who taught the
high school in this place last winter,
but who is now located at Perkiomen,
spent Monday night in Millheim.
Hosterman & Btover, the hardware
firm of this place, have built a large
addition to the rear of their implement
store on Penn street for the purpose of
storing cement, which they receive in
car lots,
Keystone Gazette—
At the regular meeting of the Ty-
rone Council on Monday evening J.
H. Musser and F. M. Waring, of that
plsce, were appointed as members of
the board of managers of the Pruner
Orphanage.
On Burday morning the pug dog
which for the past fourteen years has
been a pet in the family of W. R.
Brachblll, suddenly went mad and
quite an exciting time was experienced
until the animal was caught and later
shot.
Joseph E. Spangler, of Newton,
Kansas, who came east about two
weeks ago to see his aged father, Jona-
than Spangler, of Rebersburg, who has
been in ill health for some time return-
ed to his home in the West on Tues
day of this week. Mr, Spangler at one
time was a Penns Valley farmer, but
eight years ago moved west, and is
now in charge of a farm containing
450 scres of the finest kind of soll,
which is being tilled by his four sons
and himself. Mr. Bpaugler states that
from indications the wheat crop of
Kansas this year will be the largest
harvested for many years,
Democratic Watchman—
The walker limestone quarries up
Buflalo Run were started up the past
week, and from present appearances
it will not be long until every plant
and all the kilns io this neighborhood
will be operated on full time.
Peter Mendis recently bought a
farm down Nittany valley and now
divides his time between farming and
carpet cleaning and dealing in rags.
If he proves assuccessful in the former
as he has in the latter he will be 8
millionaire some day.
Matthew Hemmis and Daniel Ryver
two residents of South Philipsburg,
were arrested on Monday for stealing
chickens from John Dalton. They
were given a hearing before justice of
peace John B, Hoflman snd in default
of $300 bail were brought to Bellefonte
and lodged io jail to await trial at
court,
Howard Hustler.
The Centre Brick Co., started their
Iarge pisut last week which gives em-
ployment to a large number of our
men.
J. Will Mayes, the marble and gran-
ite dealer, had the misfortuns while
handling granite, of having two fing-
ers on the right hand crushed.
E. 8. Mobley is preparing toopen a
general store in Beech Creek, in the
building which was formerly occupied
by the B. F. Thompson estate,
Ira Guosallus has begun the erection
of a new barn on his farm between
Beech Cresk and Blanchard. C. W.
White and his carpenters will do the
work,
“EA Mose.”
“ Li'l Mose "" * came, saw and con.
quered ”’ the large audience which as
sembled at the Park Theatre, Phils
delphis, last Monday night, and has
entered upon its second week. * Li'l
Mose" is quite a different personage
than formerly, and instead of being a
Rouge Nove Shatuctt, ie da iow
little darky, with a
me aheeiu of Tuo in his make
NO. 20.
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS.
HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST
FROM ALL PARTS,
Bpecial court this week.
Miss Breeze Benner is home from
Philadelphia.
The United Btates Treasury is to-day
$105,000,000 poorer than it was one
year ago,
The week started in with s besuti-
ful day, and farmers began tilling the
soil and floishing seeding.
Henry Lowry, of Bellefonte, has
purchased a lot at State College and
has broken ground for the erection of
a 22-roomed house.
A California trout, twenty-one inch-
es long, and weighing three and one-
half pounds, was caught in Elk Creek
by Grover Musser, of Millheim.
If you have a son or a dsughter or
a friend, interested in the local news
of Centre county, who is not already
a subscriber to The Centre Reporter,
write to this office for information.
Jeremiah P. Clement and Miss Pu-
ella Bwartz were recently married at
Milton. The bride is the daughter of
Mr, and Mrs. W. H. Bwartz, of Lewis-
town, formerly of Potter township.
Miriam Meyer, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. C. H Meyer, of Reedsville, was
presented a Bteinway piano by her
uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs, J. W.
McCormick, of Columbia, Bouth Caro-
lina,
The forestry department of the Penn-
sylvania Btate College has set out
thousands of oak, pine, walnut and
fruit trees on the southern slope of the
land recently purchased by the col-
lege.
The third daughter was born to Rev.
and Mrs. Daniel Gress. The mother
and chidren are at Adamsburg, in
the Pittsburg district, and last week
Rev. Gress went there to see the new
arrival, remaining over Bunday.
About 30,000,000 feet of logs reached
the Busquehanna boom at Williams-
port this season, and they are ali in
now except several hundred thousand
feet belonging to 8, N. Williams. The
logs are now being rafted oui to the
mills as fast as needed.
At a congregational meeting of the
First Presbyterian church of Greens.
burg, a call was issued to the Rev.
Albert J. Welsely, D. D., formerly of
Tyrone, but now pastor of the Central
Presbyterian chuch, of Trenton, New
Jersey. It was also decided to make
the salary $3,000 a year.
The Mifflin and Centre railroad tick-
et office, at Milroy, was entered by
burgiars. They rifled the cash drawer
and succeeded in obtaining about a
dollar and a quarter in money. Noth-
ing else was disturbed. Eotrsnce was
obtained by breaking one of the front
windows in the ticket office.
Dr. W. L. English, of Pittsburg, a
brother of Mrs, John King, in Centre
Hall, is suffering from blood poison
ing. He had been ata health resort
in West Virginia, and was greatly
pleased with the benefits of the cli-
mate, but a short time ago he cut his
band, with the above noted result.
In complimenting itself on install
ing a platen press that takes a form
14x22 inches, the State College Times
makes itself believe that it is the larg-
est platen press in the county. But
this is all a mistake. and all because
there is a Universal of the same size,
in trim order, in the Reporter office,
The following item is making its
sunual rounds in local exchanges :
It is unlawful for any public official,
of a borough, township, county, city
or state, to have any interest, direct or
otherwise, in any job or contract, com-
under his jurisdiction. A severe
ty is named for a violation of
this act.
The sopual ministerial Sunday
school and Keystone League conven-
tion of Centre District of the United
Evangelical church will be held at
Centre Hall, May 19.21. An interest-
ing program has been arranged. The
pastors of various sppointments and
delegates, from each Sunday school
and League are expected to be in at-
*