AXXVIIL,
PA'MER DECLINES JUDGEsHIP,
Finds it Difficult to Give Up Personal sad
Professions! Matters,
Natiousl Democratic Committee-
man A, Mitchell Palmer will not leave
the committer nor his political activi-
ties for a plac: on the United Btlates
court of claims to which he was aj-
poin ed by President Wilson, deciic-
ing the honor in the following state-
ment :
“I have concluded not to accept the
place on the court of claims bench, to
which president appointed me
some time age, At the time of my
appointment I told the president that
I wouldmeed two or three mouths io
which to settle up my personal, politl-
cal aud professional matters before
taking up the work in the court. For
that rea:on I have not taken the oath
of ofli¢
‘* Uhis was quite agreeable to
other judges, because the court is in
vacation frown early May until Octe-
ber, and wy absence from the bench
not, therefore, effect their work,
Hloce returning home, I have found it
{ifficalt than I bad anticipated
to give up my personal and profession
the
the
&i matier
the
‘goio
much of 8 ‘g
ofl my activi-
My roois are down too deap
'
in
i ar
ground and I am to 2
coucern’ to suddenly cut
he acceptance of a place for
sral bench,
y
nor yhich was done mes
on the fed
I have deep! appreciated
uy
for a i
the
ent In 180
uaing me
uj this high court, I cannot in ju
tice to
bo
look after their legal work,
mysell accep Many clieuts,
d sud new, asked me to
aud I have
already undertaken obligations of th
tar from which it is difficult, if
, to withdraw .{’
a
Week at Lock Haven
Olid Home
Haven bids a cordial welcome
{ who will
Olid Hom
aviaiion Ia
t 3 itn
IRVE BB
visitors
r ti
aud
August
erybody will 1
No effort or expeuse
y spared io prepariog a
@ el
-
tion
-——
Unly
most ejsi-
te and high-class progranl of events
s IX dayre,
bailoon
fnciuding seroplans
BECenBi and
day ;
UIg purses
daily ; Ls
srachute drops each trotting
nd pacing for
ezday, Wednesday,
0}
Bb
events
Thursday and
“iiday, 10 which thirly fast steppers
each
the
iil tage part; base ball games
y between the Desi teams in
inty, and Lock Haven E the
Renovo Elke,
i
shoot wil
Rs vr,
Oa Monday an al.-day
be Lield under Lhe BUBspICes
iaven Guan club, sud own
YM
eutlrsi
be oue of
’ ;
«f the Lock
> ir : after:
Paluraay aiter:
{ A.
on Lhe Digest
belid in (
ill
0 any cities
for
athletic meet
Ww
Penvaylvauia in years
feslures Tents fro
wos will «
ft
i
the god
aredt. us other al-
Uig
smuse sod entertain,
York
B
midway,
will [he famous
baud of Jersey
the Lock Haven City band, the
New Central
shore,
Lockport baud and the Mill Hall vand
will give daily concerts. The city wil)
be brilliantly illuminated and
ated and spectacuinr parad
decor -
k
és will take
place each evenivg. The monster dec-
crated automobile parade Moudsy
evening ; parade of bhome-comers ano
reception Tuesday evening ; baby aud
doll parade Wednesday evening ; live
stock and industrial parade Thursday
evening, and Red Men snd fantastic
Friday evening. Attractive
prizes are offered in connection with
parade
each parade,
If you want to have a good time,
visit Lock Haven the week of Aug. 23.
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Working on State Home,
A big force of mechanics are at work
on the home for feeble-minded womer,
west of Hartletor, and soon the first
story of the struciure will be finished.
Hut one cottage has been contracted
for in the nugaber of uuits planned for
this institution. Its cost will be $26.-
000, and with favorable action on the
part of the next legislature, others may
follow, Among the Biate officials
there ie a strong and carefully conceal-
ed sentiment against the structure, but
they bave so far been frustrated in
thwarting the plans and acts of the
previous sessions,
EH E——
Deaths of Ventre Countinne,
John W. Woods died at Nigh Bank,
Bpring towuoship, Monday of last
week, of stomach trouble, aged sever-
ty-yeare., He was born st Potters
“Mills and was a farmer by occupation,
Nathan Haugh, a Civil war veteran,
and a native of Brush Valley, died at
Lock Haver, sged seventy-two years,
\
The Dally Sentinel of Lewistown,
in its Saturday edition, carried a six-
page section devoted exclusively to the
aflairs of Reedaville. The write-ups of
the town’s ipstitutions aud citizens
were of an excellent and not over-ix-
aggerated character, and the edition is
Bo doubt highly prized by the iubabis
Janis of that turiviug Millia county
Be
SIX DROWN NEAR WILLIAMSPORT,
Four Girls Step Into Hole and Drown
While Other Two Fall From Hoat and
Perish,
Five girls and a boy lost their lives
in drowuiog accidents pear Willlames-
port on Saturday. Four of the girls
met their death in the water at Flem-
ingtor, while the other two drowned
in the streams at Williamsport, The
four who drowned at Flemington are
Esther Fisher, 20 years; Thelma
Floruse, 135 years ;° Marion Bower, 19
years ; and Erms Buttenbsugb, 18
years,
According to the story of George W.
A. McDonald, the only other person
who witnessed the accident, the four
girle, after donning bathing suite, join-
ed hands and waded out into the
streamer. As he watched thew, the en-
tire four disappeared suddenly, hav-
ing stepped evidently into a deep
hole,
MeDonald jumped into the stream
aud succeeded in reaching the strug-
gling girls, He made deperate efforts
to save thew, but was pulled under
time after time. Exhaustion corapel!-
ed him finally to cease his efforts, and
he was barely able to reach safety him-
self, his clothes being nearly all torn
off by the drowning girle. The bodies
of three of the girls were recovered
immediately, while that of Mies Bow-
er was found late in the afternoor.,
Miss Nellie Kinley, 21, of West
Williamsport, was the fifth girl
Miss Kinley, with ar-
were
e Busquehanna River in a canoe,
near the Mayoerd street bridge, when
the craft upset,
The
ting the ot!
to
OR life,
her |
other girl end two young men,
on th
young men
er girl
Kinley sank to her death.
succeeded in gel
to safety, but Miss
Her body
a few
made
minutes
LO revive
but life
was recovered within
and an sttempl was
her by the use of a pulmotor,
was extinct,
¥
he sixth victim of the day was
Liv-
, with comparione, was swim-
ming in Lycoming creek, when
water wings, which the boy was
fromm beneath his arme
Le sank
sald resch
fwd
stv 3
ngstor, 15 years old,
the
Us -
lipped
ny, Bi
and being a poor swimmer,
his
im. Hia
hour ater.
ore COmMPpanior
body was
8 C
recovered ap
i
Centre County Teachers at © State.’
with
its total enrollment of 1024, ia the only
Penn State's summer school,
one of its kind that admits only teach-
ls of the
w Lhe largest summer school in
ers in the pabiie scho HNiatr,
Its
this Stats, and is surpassed by few ip
From
the following teachers are in
ADCs J
the country. Centre © anty,
attenc-
ior's Mark.
of Blanchard
i B. Tate, of Pine Grove
Sormsown,
if Livonia
of Pleasaut Gap
Verne M_ Way, Frank M.
Stewart, Helen V. Sayder,
nith LD. Pailister, Nora Zoe Owens, Ed
ward E. Owen, Ardie Owen, Mrs. Mabel G. D
Mense, C. E. McQuigg, Nannie Kuhlman, 8. H
Karr, Mary Bnston, William Imboden, Vir. inis
A. Holmes, Mrs. Elin 8, Hostetter, Mrs. Carrie 8
Hitshman, Margaret G, Glenn, Vernon 8. Foster,
Marian E. Fisgg, Grace F, Eider, Henry N. Ea
miston, Milton W, Arthur Deering, Nan
M. y rciay Bottenhorn, Csroiyn K
Buckout Edith Cole, and
Martha Conner, of state College. :
A
Eddy,
H
8. Cocklin,
©
A fc
Returned from West,
Jacob Gephart of Rebersburg, and
his hall sister, Mere, Martha Luse, of
Centre Hall, returned Wedopesdsy of
last week from various parts of [il-
lucie where they spent five weeks
with the formet’s son and daughter,
Charles Gephart and Mre. Ammon
Hchroyer, and also with Jasper and
Asron Gramley. They were so weil
plessed with the country there that
they expect to return again in the
fall,
Announcement of Auto Service.
The undersigied, having jast re-
turned frpm Philadelphia with a 1016
model, seven passenger Paige touring
car, desires to announce to the publie
that he Is ready to give the best ser-
vice to parties desiring to make tours
to any part in or out of the state, es-
pecially to Gettysburg, Atlantic Ulty,
and other poiuts of juterest, st very
reasonable rates, Short wipe also
iven best attention. Experienced
river. Address J. UC. MOULENAHAN,
Bpring Mille, Pr., BR. D. 8, 4
A IM.
Ripka Reunion, Aogast 13,
The Ripka families will hold their
annual reunion on Grange Park Fri-
day of next week, ( August 13th.)
The general public is luvited to _evjoy
the wiia thew, ~E, #, Ripss,
HALL. P
THU]
Wil be in Centre Hall on *
For on
Woman's
umphant t«
& hour on Saturday after:
Liberty Bell, on
ar of
where it
the
the state, w
Centre Hall may te
replica of the
the only feature
FE, I'he
pounds and is conve:
truck Aci
f national
OF
Liberty
CrRe
on s&s motor
are speakers
Regar
Hees of what
your views oi
flrs
»
ge Gay
d what it stands for
womsu's e Callen
bell ar
will
The
and leave
pr
bell
™
interesting to everyone
arrive a! one o'clock
‘eloek for
In case of rain the exercises
Lwi
0 josisbury
will be
held in Grange Arcadis
MES, RICHARD Y. FITZGERALD.
Woman's Suffrage Associa
wii
tions
3 who speak
Fate Now Frege of F. & M, Disense
Ata meeting of the Pénnpsylvanis
Live Block Benitary board, last week,
the entire state was declared to be free
from foot and mouth disease and in the
future there will be no restriction up-
on movements of live stock origina!-
from a few premises which are under
special quarantine.
Cautle and swine originating in fed-
eral closed exposed and modified areas
continue to be forbidden to enter this
state but live stock from federal free
and restr ited districts may be brought
here for immediate slaughter.
Philadelphia snd Allegheny ecour-
ties are still under federal quarantine
into other states only subject to federal
regulatione,
TI ————— MM —————
CENTRAL STATE NORMAL SUHOOL,
vharies Lose, Principal,
This school aflords rare sdvantages
in the special Musical Expression,
Domestic Beilence, Kintergarden, and
Jommercial courses. The regular
Normal course In Music, Domestic
Science, Domestic Arte, Manual
Training, and Physical Training are
well planned and are giving excellent
resulte,
For those not desiring the regular
Normal courses, which are very
strong, but a special course, this school
should receive careful consideration,
Bend for a catalogue and learn more,
Lock Haven, Pa.
Millhelm’s annual union pienio will
be held Thursday of next week,
w
mt PM antit 29.0
DEAYMS
intermen
miin gs.
of Mr. ai
& Wels
and interment
cemelery at B
Registered Voters in Centre Ue
The registra
votiog precioet |
made the
have d
G
if relarn
fcinred their
party affilist
a they were « the
ise)
nnpiled in
ers office last Fridsy. 10
ficial figures show the following resol
Republicans
Democrats
Washington
Mocialists ,
Prohibition ists
Not Declared |
Party
Total .
Raut a
10,834
The Armay Worm Comlsg !
Look out for the army worm ! They
are marching io greater numbers than
the combined Allies and German
forces, from the south and eas’,
are due this way
aaa
before very long.
much of the crops of Centre county
farmers last year and if they put iu
their appearance shortly the only erop
left for them is corr. In anticipation
of an attack upon this crop the De-
partment of Agriculiure at Washing-
ton has jssusd the following notice :
“When a close examination of 8
the department recommends
dusting them with powdered arsenate
of lead, using from 3 to 5 pounds per
acre, mixed with two or three times
its weight of flour. But care should
be taken for fear of poisonivg corn
fodder.
HN.
Williamsport Commercial College,
A business education is the best in-
Veslmentl young people can make.
Bookkeepers, Stenographers and office
people can siwaye get good positions.
Halaries are goot. Woik is pleasant,
and promotions sure. We tain
youug people in bookkeeping, shor(-
hand, typewriting, Eoglish branches,
and for office work, Fall term begins
Beptember lst, Write for catalogue
giving sll information, aud pames of
600 graduates Lolding positiope, —F,
F, Healey
' *
- atx
dD, 1915.
YLEAVYANT GAY, 9; CENTRE HALL, 5.
Tenm Across the Mountain Clinches Victory
in Eighth louing by Scoring Five Rane
The hustling little town of Pleasant
hi
=
number
this
first-olase
Clap is building more than
brick sand
uliding
# putting to rout
atl
dismond. Baturday
increased their percent-
floe frame
VERT
§
i
baseball
01 Uses
$
Lt 8 ming
i
i
tesa that
number of ciubs ti
on the
afternoon the
of and incidentally
caused a slump in the staudiug of the
Hall ¢ record this
and four
boast of ability
skinned
v
7
age victories
ub whose
the
victors’ new grounds which lies at the
{id
wind:
little
pur-
The game was played on
#0 Ciose Lo
which
pretty
the
upper end of the towr,
Nittany's point, sround
road the
per ved
to
leading
that
ae
iL almost
pose of a for the sk;
Were
back slop "
of which
pg the gate,
to get to Lhe
there
’
it
w dur
which
inning.
Bradford
Hut EAI WB
the eighin
for Pleasant Gap, and
f both in flue form
re a ue
ei }
GOR)
were not mings
and while hi
during the game were
ecatiered in the
- - -—
ng Miles Defences Bonlebarg
dowped Boalsbur
£19 ts 1
i de VO 3
Mills lias one of Lhe best teams
vs 4
aunty resens
Ny
# are all young an
The wiouers gathered
ofl Boslsburg’s thres
twirlerr, while Cormsn pitched his
usual air-tight brand of ball, sllowing
aly four bingler, one of which, by
Lytle, wae good for three bases, Cor-
man also caused ten of the enemy to
dent the (zone on the third strike and
was supported in good style, ‘‘Stufly”
Stover, of minor league fame, essayed
to relieve Bhutt on the mound in the
second lnplog and was compelled to
quit when he straionea a ligsment in
his pitching arm. The linc-up was as
follows :
Boalsburg-~Weaver, se; J. Stover,
¢ py 1b; Coxey, 3b; Lytle, 1b, p;
suust, p, ¢; RB. Buover, If; Ishler, of :
Houtz, 2b ; Lucas, rf,
Bpring Millt—E, Gramley, se; J.
Goodhart, ef; W. Gramley, 1b; R.
Cormap, 2b; Condo, 3b; Meyer, if;
Allison, If ; H. Gooabart, ¢; J. Cor-
man, p.
ihe al
i of
at the §
Ayel exc
Home for Aged Evangelicals,
The Central Pennsylvania confer-
ence of the United Evangelical church
inst week purchased the Colonel Eli
Blifer mansion, located just north of
Lewisburg, from Dr, Li. K. Ross and
will convert it into a home for aged
women and orphans of Evangelical
families, The purchase prive was
$30,000, The mansion was the home
of the Iate Colonel Eli Blifer at one
time state tremsurer of Pennsylvania
and secrelary of the commonwealth
under Governor Curtin,
——— AIS A————
Fertival by Ladies’ Temple,
The Ladies’ Temple, K. G. E,, will
hold a festival in the Grange Hall,
Saturday evening, August 14th, lce
creaw, cake and coffee will be served,
The proceeds derived will be used in
furnishing a room where friends ac-
companying members of the lodge
may rest while lodge is in meeting,
Everybody is cordially lavited,
NO.
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS,
HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST
FROM ALL PARTS
I. B. Bmetzler of near Potters
30
Milla
wis a business caller on Monday.
of
Mre,
Merchant C. M. Bmith aud wife
Coburn were guests of Mr
E. ® Ripks, one day lest week,
Mr. and Mre. CC, H. Meyer of Reed:-
ville, and J. D. Meyer of Altoogse, were
Bonday visitors at the home
gentlemen's parents, Mr, and Mre, I.
a. Meyer,
Two
VEry appearance,
and
of the
pamer, nDausenting in their
Pave been stric
nen
ff the pages of the metropolitan da
and Becker, 1
they are forgotien the better for al
Mr Morris P. Brecon
Camden ew Yory, have
ies~Thaw he goon
er
i
apd Mire
announ
first bor:
: iis The pewooms
‘1 beamed Perry Henry Breop.
Whi ai services
Fabernacle Thursday even
cel, Mrs
ie aller Eg the al Lhe
ing of
F. P. Geary became sud.
denly ill snd it
take her home, Her cond
Bérious
Ww
WHE NECPRRATY
iB
3 »* fi 14 id ¥
MID of KH, Ww, Headings
sr Milroy
LERT MM LTOY.
" # ‘ ’
minutes before J «
15 wae 8 tolal wreck.
calves and a large quantity
in were consumed by the [lunes
F eck.
and Mrs
lea bel ten
A.
, nade the
a
YORrs
§ . nr
isughter of Mr
f Niagara Falle, N. }
sione from her home to that of he
i WwW.
Hal!, whe
New Yq
* Will Ris0 ¥
nd Mrs =.
ire re
the
« BL Milule 1
arrival
on J
has reached this offic
Lou-
sid 3
na
Kar-
Carroll
An an ent of
sae
ide Carrol aly
Mre. Carroll was { Miss
rrvigaric
ronerly
ells Reynolds of Reedeville, ;
well Enown in Centre Hall, She
a
Mr. Carroll are now residing i:
Mr.
& large five and
Missouri, where
sas CIty,
& manager of
I. Packer
a few
former's cousir
Mr
bud fo
hae Pit
and i+ employed io the
10 his piace
{ Howard
the
resided in
red Morrill of
Ames
arrivals in
Centre Hall Friday and a
with the ialier'se mother,
Mre. Sarah Kerli, and also at the
home of her brother, A. E. Kerlin.
Mere, Morrill was Mise Nellie Kerlin, a
former member of the Reporter foroe,
and } glad
to greet her,
ir. snd Mre. F
ars Massschusellsr, were
Will spend
month
er many friends here were
Use of bicycles or motorcycles in the
rural delivery service is prohibited by
an order issued by Postmaster Ganeral
Baorlesov, eflective January 1, 1616,
lo sunounciog bis order Mr. Burles-
on holds that vehicles of these types
do pot have the carrying ocapscity
needed for the parcel post service, and
do not sfford necessary protection for
the masil in bad wesaihor. The order
will sflect about S000 carriers who now
use bicycles or motorcycles fo cover
their routes,
Ralph Bathgate, a chemist at the
sHinate College experiment siatiop, was
taken suddenly ill while conducting a
series of experiments in fertilizers re-
cently and conveyed to the home of
hie sister, Mre, Dr. E. Roan, on Eset
College avenue, where he has since
been in a precarious condition, his life
having been despaired of several times.
His ragged constitution, however, has
managed to pull him through thas far,
although he is not out of danger. Mr.
Bathgate inhaled the gases which
poisoned his system,
Mre. M. H. Bmith with much pride
was raising a flock of thirty-three
young turkeys and was contemplating
swelling her bank account when they
were ready for market iu the fall, says
the Millheim Journal. Oa Friday
evening the old hens and the gobbler
and five young ones returned from the
fields to the barn, Not knowing what
had become of the others Mre. Smith
told her husband to go and look for
them, In one of the fields along the
Asronsburg road he found the twenty-
eight turkeys dead, scattered within »
small radios. They had been killed
by doge. Now Mr. Smith keeps a gun
in readiness to shoot any dog that he
on his premises, uot aCCOmMPpRnD.
ied by ite master, .,