“VOL. XC. _ HARRISBURG NEWS LETTER usr To Cost the People $1,400 a Day With No Adjournment fu Sight. ! can faction in Pennsylvania them. Nothing, it appears, ever will reconcile them except some sort of an spoils.” There is nothing of the sort in sight, Appointment of two York County men to office, almost simultaneously, fllustrates this as well as anything which has hsppened in monthe. Searcely had Governor Brumbaugh named Daniel F. Lafean to be bank- fog commissioner than Bamuel Lewis waa given a fat clerkship inthe Audit- or General’s Department when Charles A. Boyder assumed charge. Appointment of Lewis was public no- tice of war to the knife by the Penrose faction. Lafean ‘made’ Lewis. First Lewis was Lafean’s general handy map. Then Lafeap, while in congress, made Lewis postmaster of York, with Penrose sanction. Lewis, at any rate, was ‘‘ loyal to the bossa” the real bose, When Lafean deserted Penrose and cast lots with Brumbaugh Lewis re- fused to follow. He figured he bad more to gain by sticking with Penrose. Recent developments prove him a canny figure. At any rate, the Re- publicaus ini the Twentieth Copgress- ional District are widely separated as the Repub icans in the Stale. Senator Penrose’s organization wi determine when the present general assembly will adjourn,or whether it actually will adjourn at'all or just take a recess, The sharp battle a few days ago over the Dunn resolution fixing May 31 for final adjournment was su!- ficient notice to that effect for any persons who did not already appreci- ate it. The Pentose forces choked off the resolution by 101 votes to 78, with twenty -:ight votes not recorded. As the resolution emanated from the Vare forces in the House the Penrose. ites rallied to the slaughter. They would rally to the slaughter of any- thing coming from the Vare gide, on general principles. Ho scared were the Penrose-McNichol men that the reso- lation might be adopted that Bpeaker Baldwin bimself forsook the chair to lead the fight on the floor, Assembly- man Dunn read from the record of 1915 and taunted Speaker Baldwin with the fact that two years ago the present speaker had been in the front rank in a fight for early adjournment. The best that Speaker Baldwin could retort was that ** conditions are difler- ent this year’. That was quite true. They are different, The Penrose plan probably will be (it hasn’t been quite decided) to hold the assembly in tech- nical session for a good many monthe, very likely until it expires constitu- tionally in December, 1918, This can be dope by the expedient of taking a reces?, instead of adjourning sine die. Except for the fact that the dc-aoth- ing session of 1817 cos's the people a minimum of $1,400 a day, the recess plan instead of adjournment isn’t a bad scheme from a popular standpoing, From the Peurose standpoint its pure- ly a matter of politice. Penrose wants to bave the Legisiatare handy as a check on Governor Brumbsugh., By creating this eituati p, however, each would be something of a check on the other. Without euch a couuter-check no one can fortell to what lengthe either side might go. If the Legisia- ture would take the necessary steps to suspend the per diem pay of employes during a recese, a recess would be the Lest thing for the people, Actual friends of the people will be given a chance to display their colors more than once this month. More than one battle over nooppartisan ballots in cur, ponpartisan bailot in Pittsburgh and reading In the House before many daye. preserve the nonpartisan ballot, ered by the Henate soon, the folly of * machine government’ than any other single law, lie service nnder the blind system o voting a party ticket. er ——— sinued 86 100% Of WOKS COILED, | BIG 85, 8, OONVENTION NEAR, Uentre hall Will Entertain Uentre Oounty hy Sunday-"chool May 22 and 23, Convention, Big preparations are being made for the annusl convention of the Centre County Sabbath School Association which will be held in the Reformed church in Centre Hall, Tuesday and Wednesday, May 22 and 23, Beveral hundred delegates are expected and the committee on entertainment has already canvassed the town and found that practically all the homes are ready to entertain jtheir quota of the delegates and visitors. The convention will open on Tues- day morning and continue until Wed- neaday evening, there being six ses- slons—three each day. A most inter- esting program is being arranged, and among the speakers to be present are many who are in the front line in Sunday-school work in this and other counties, The complete program will appear in next week’s lesue, The music will be under the direc- tion of Prof. B. D. Ackley, of Phila- delphis. —— A ——————— To Prospective Volunteers, Ha recent legislation Postmae- ters procuring enlistments for the Army, Navy and Marine corps will be paid $5.00 for each enlistment. To stimulate volunteering the undersign- ed pledges that this sum will not be retained but will be cheerfully pald over to each volunteer or his repre- sentative as soon as it ia remitted by the Government, 8. W. EMITH, Postmaster at Centre Hall, —————————————— Rockview Prigoner at Large. Last Wednesday afternoon-C. A. Wilson escaped from the Western penitentiary at Rockview and asearch wes at once begun to apprehend him, Wilson is a farmer by occapation and was serving a short sentence for lar- ceny. On the day of his escape he was working with a gang of prisoners some distance from the prison build- inge, and pulled off for Nittany moun tain, A reward of fifty dollars isa offered for his retarn. ————— A ————— Festival gt Spring Mille, The Spring Mills Grange, No. 158, will hold a festival in their hall at Spring Mills on the evening of Mem- orisl Day. es eream, cake, and other delicacies will be served. Everybody is invited. S—————— ——————— Od Bloor y--1777 All the other greatly respected flags are youngsters in comparison with “Old Glory’. Bpain’s standard was established in 17585; Great Britain's, 1801 ; Netherlands’, 1806; Japan's, 1869 ; Italy's, 18681 ; Germany's, 1571, and the tri-color of France, 17904. {Continued from previous column.) threats of Penrose leaders, Growling along for montbe, the Penrose contin- gent has accomplished nothing against the Brumbaugh-Vare faction. Pen- roseites have been telling everyone to “wait till May’. May has come. Charles A. Bnyder and Harmon N. Kephart are in office. Penrose is in full control of the two flacal offices. Now it is up to his followers to make goud their threats about holding up paychecks and similar Republican machine tactics to ‘*‘drive Brome baugh into line’’, No one expects Penrose to do anything of the kind. He hasn't been successful in “driv ing Brumbsugh' snywhere so far, ex- cept into a cormer, Brumbaugh has retaliated in kind, The general belief fa that the deadlock will continue with both sides, jackallike, guarrell- ing over the spoils. Attempts to with- hold paychecks are too likely to result in mandamus saite, with’ the law on the anti-Penrose side. Buch a devel- opment, however, would probably re- sult in several more entertaining “wash days’ like the present Legie- Iature has seen, with much Republic- an linen hung out on the line, Both Boyder and Kephart are re- freshingly frank about their appoint- mente. Some persons had thought they would publish a big list of these new officeholders when they took of- fice, Notso. Only two or three were pamed. To Inquiries about further sotion the suditor general and state tréasurer make no bones of the reply : “The rest haven’t been agreed up- on”, Penrose appointments are made , | by the department head only nomin- ally. They actually are made when the marshalls of the army get together in Philadelphia or Atlantic Olty over week-endas, on the department chief comes back to Harrlsburg and ! passes out the word, Bo serious has become the dailly- widening Republican eplit that there i OI a MARSHALL JOFFRE'S OHIDAGO RECEPTION, [ Written for The Centre Reporter by DR. AL- FRED BEIRLY, of Chicago, Ill. | Editors of the Reporter : During every person's life time some days are more eve stful than oth- ere, Today, May 4th, proved to be one of the eventful kind to the writer, brought about mainly through the presence of Marshall Joffre of France, who, together with his compatriote, are paying a two-day visit to Chicago, The name France brings to mind the American Revolution period and the aid that was given the cause by that nation, as well as many of her private citizens. I often wonder If that eight-year conflict would have re- sulted in establishing the first Repub- lic on the Western Hemisphere, dedi- cated to greater human liberty, if France and her patriots had not lent American colonies the substantial aid they did ? Had not Admiral De Grasse, Gener- al Rochambeau and Marquis LaFay- ette come to the ald of General Wash- ingtcn at the most oritical period of the war, could the latter have won the struggle without the very efficient ae- sistance rendered by those patriots ? It Is historically recorded that the French forces succeeded in bottling up the British forces at Yorktown, Vir- ginis, Isying seige to that oitadle, and that Washington, upon being in- formed of the action, hurried forward from his northern position to aid the work so suspiclonsly begun, arriviog in time to consummate the event and receive the surrender of the British forces under command of General Lord Cornwallis, which action closed the Revolution. The public receptions accorded the noted Frenchman today were such ss only a large-hearted city like Chicago can bestow. Everywhere the people by thousands greeted the distivgulshed visitor with fervent huzzas and de- light. Two semi-private receptions and luncheons were tendered the guests during the afternoon by socisl and business clube, and at 6:30 p. m the third reception took place at the Congress Hotel in which the writer enjoyed the pleasure of participating. W hen in regular order of action it be- came our turn to be presented to the victorious French Marshall, General Jofire, hero of the world’s greatest con- flict at srs, the battle of the Maroe, the writer made an effort to flee to the occasion, for reslizing that to bave stayed the on-rushing German legions, then only thirty miles from the city of Paris, defeating sud routllng so army of five hundred thousand, there- by preventing the overthrow of demo- oratic government upon Lhe earth, was one of the greatest achievements ever consummated by mortal man, The great Marshall does not speak English, and the writer is not highly versed in the Freveh topgue, but the event demsnded that the hero be made to understand our sentiment, and to that end we rose (0 the occae- fon and sddressed him accordingly, and as follows : k “ Vive Is Marechal Joflre” (Long live Marshall Joflre), The great hero was visibly pleased to be addressed in his own tongue and gave evidence to that effect by a hearty grasp of the band and a genial smile, > A NOTEWORTHY OCCURRENCE. After departing from the reception hall our thoughts turned to an occas- jon that transpired when Andrew Jackson was president, Prior to that period President Jackson had had his famous controversy with Mr, John C. Calhoun of Bouth Carolina over the question of States Rights. The occas- fon referred to were the commence ment exercises at Yale University, to which President Jacksou had been in- vited as the chief guest, The professor who delivered the sel oration took for his subjec!, “The United Btates of America, '’ and spoke in Latin, After concluding President Jackson was invited to speak. Not being able to respond at length in the Latin tongue, he nevertheless also rosé to the occasion. Rising slowly to hia feet, and with all the dignity de- volving updn the highesi official of the Nation, he stepped forward, and after looking impressively at his sue dience, remarked: “ E Pluritos Unum, "” aud then resumed bis seat. Thus did he once more fortify hie con- tention that our Nation is more than » mere confederation of states from which compact any state may with. draw at will and defy the national authority. ' EVENTS THAT FOLLOWED, While we are engaged in writing this letter to the readers of the Re- porter, a public ovation is being given to our French guests in a great Chi- oago Auditorium where 5,000 persons psy due homage to the noted visitors. Tomorrow, M y 61h, Is set apart as a day when a great street parade will THURSDAY. MAY It's Now Oaptaln T, D, Boal, On Friday of last week Theodore Davis Boal, of Boalsburg, was promot. ed from First Lieutenant to Captain of the Mounted Machine Gun Troop which he organized last sumamer and which spent several months on the Mexican border last fall and winter, The promotion is well merited, and the Btate through the Governor, former captain, C. W. Lloyd, of Philadelphia, resigned his post last week and the vacancy was imwmedi- ately filled, Capt. Boal being justly considered the logical successor, The promoting of Capt. Boal leaves vacant the office of first Lieutenant in the troop, and at this time it Is not known whom the Governor will sap-| point to that post. | The Thieves at Work, At the present high price of poultry, grain and meats, robbing of hen houses, granaries and smoke houses is a profitable business, and the thief who is captured should have his een- tence increased in direct proportion to the increase in the cost of these siufle, ; Over in Buffalo Run Valley a farm- er and his hireling (were arrested for an alleged raid on a neighbor's hen | house, and were relessed on bail last Tuesday for their appearance al court, Considerable stealing of a similar character is reported to be going on, near Bpring Mills, and only recently |< the thieves visited the farm of Mrs, Lettie Goodhar!, ta! * AWAY and chickens, ‘The dice thieves is plainly fact that it they entered upon, knowing full well that molestation would be reduced to a minimum, food- 0 ocorn i of the from the ¢ shown was a widow's premises t ———— i ——— School Boy Labor on the Farm } Pennsylvania State College suthori-|| ties have the right idea of utilizing school boy lsbor on the farm, when they declare that it is between July lst and October lst that the High school and college youth is most need- od on the farm. Duriog this period |} the crops—hay, grain, polatoes, fruite of all kinde, and much of are harvested, The school boy give material help in caring for ali of these crops, and if the school opening the corp-—ili Can jt his school work. t Wn ——— Mr ttruck by Auto; Badly Irjared, The Milroy correspondent to Dally Sentinel st Lewistown contained this] item of local interest : In an sccident that might have proved serious, Rufus | § Rearick, was struck by an sutomobile |r in front of McNitt's store on Thurs} day snd painfully irjured sbout thet head and body, Mr, Rearick stepped from behind a wagon in front of an sutomobile driven by Dr. Kohler and was kpocked down, Neither party eaw Lhe other until it was too late lo avoid the sccident. The young msop is a son of W, O. Rearick, formerly of Centre Hall, anm————— A SA ————— ( 1 Mothers Day @ I Next Bunday, May 13th, is Mothers Day. The Governor in hie proclsmas- tion says in pari : #s » * If she Ia here still, be thankful, and pay her the respect her exalted station warrants snd merits, If she be not here, may cur thoughts and our pure love climb Lhe angel trod stairs to her abiding home, that of the choir invisible mwesy sing with Him the glad song of a mother belov- ed and remembered ! “ May all of us be drawn on this day to our loved ones, and in their midst let us place our dear mothers, and thank God for what they have done for ur, for our country, for the Lord's Kingdom !"” ——— A ———— Lewihsbarg Man Commii ts Sujelde, Just as the officers of the law were about to lay hands on John E. Rbep- pard, at his home in Lewisburg, fol- lowing the reading of a warrant for his arrest, charging abuse of his wife, he brought a .32 calibre revolver to his right temple and sent a ball crashing through his head. The act occurred Sunday morning of last week. Rhep- pard was aged fifty-five years, and ie survived by his wife and four chil dren, # 2 ’ r Auto License Figures Climbing, Auto licenses are seen issued by the State Hizhway Department which are fa the 224,000 class, More licenses have already been issued in Pennpsyl- vania in the first four months of the year than during 1916. The scarcity of gaeoline, and ite tendency to reach a top-notch figure, apparently does not deter the purchase of the popular machine. ————— a ————— All through April and the begin. ping of may high winds prevailed, making the weather conditions rather uoglessant. The high winds also carried from the soll much moisture that musy be missed later on, 10, 1917. es THE BIOGH SUHOOL PLAY, Will be Presented in the Grange Hall Next Thuredny Evenlug, The 1917 class of the Centre Hall High school, with the help of several Ibe play consists of three acts. An CAST OF CHARACTERS, Mystery . . ‘a RARE a . Robert Neff I'he Inspector—B. J, Cochran , . . : os aaa . Lewis Wolfe I'he Postmaster—J. Li. Reynolds . . v1 . Thomas Foss Money Order Clerk—Steve Ardaine . . Dwight Foes Peavy . . . . James Bweetwood . Lynn Bitoer Octavia . Ethel Rowe . Elizabeth Bweetwood Adaline McClenshan Mary Whiteman Benyon. . .. . :. a . Lillian Emery Act I. The work room of a post- office, Haturday after Christmas. Act ll. Bame as Act I. A week ster. The trial, Act IIl. Same as Acts I. and IL The new life, On Bunday evening, May 20th, Rev, he United Evangelical church. Commencement exercises will be eld on Thureday evening, May 24th, n the Grange hall, at 8:00 dlclock. ——— fp Bev, John A, Bright to Preach The Rev. John A. Bright of Topeka, ev. M. D. Geesey, of Asronsburg, ows : Penn Hall, 10:30 a. m. ; Co urn, 230 p. m., and Miliheim, 7:30 mm. Hev, Bright, who is a native of Aa- raturg, came east 8 few weeks ago ie present at the exercises marking he fiftieth anniversary of the church time among bis pany friends in the valley and the his intention to wresch three times on Bunday will be eccived with much rejoicing by the wople in toe section where he was oro and raised, ——— AAP YP ————— Will Dedicate New Charch on Sunday, The dedication of 8t. Mark's Evan- jap, will take pisce on Sundsy, May Sth, Pre-dedicatory services are in The sermon n Sunday morning will be delivered veuing sermon will be delivered by lev. M. W. B. Glandiog, D. D. Full Week of State ” Commencement. Commencement exeicises at Penn- yivania State College will not be hortened this year, despite the ru- act that a great number of gradustes eserves training camp. Dean Holmes says : ** The fact that —— AP A——————— Meeting of Pomona Uraage. Centre County Pomona Grange will regular session, Saturday, 19ib, with the Penn Biate There will ——— IP — Did You Get froper Uredit 7 The Reporter's mailing list waa cor- All payments on Be suse to look at Ask for Presidential Saffrage, Defeated in their attempt to have TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS, HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTERESBT FROM ALL PARTS The T. L. Moore residence was wired for electric light last week, A number of Masons of the local fra ternity attended the Masonic lecture in Bellefonte on Wednesday night. Lumbermsn snd su'omobile dealer, L. L. Weaver, of Woodward, received a severe Injury to bie foot when 8 log rolled onto it, and now he is obliged to use crutches. More then 1756 babies ia State Col- lege are booked for the popularity con~ test which closes on Saturday. With a list such as that the futare of the col lege town looke safe, Despite the fact that Friday was a cold and rainy day there wae a fair attendance st the district Bocday- school convention beld at Spring Mille on that day. Prof. and Mre. George P. Bible, of Bellefonte, announce the engagement of their dsughter, Dorothy Margurette, to Louis B. Bechad, The wedding will take place eariy in June. Forester Leonard UG, Barnes finished planting bis allotment of seedlings on the Greens Valley Blate forest on Thursday. The number of trees put out this yesr was 150,000, - Pine Grove Mille is planning for a big flag raising on Baturday of this week, The State College and Citizens bands will be in attendance and prom- inent speakers will be on hand. Mre. William Magee and little son, Huyett, of Wenonah, New Jersey, were arrivals at the home of the form- er's parents in this place last Friday, and will remsin for several weeks, Miss Margaret Musser, an instructor in a college at Barnesville, N. C., ar- rived at the home of her parente, Mr, and Mre, W. 8. Musser, In Millbeim, and will spend her summer vacation there, TA copy of the Omaha Daily Bee, forwarded to this office by William EB, Kerr, heralds in big headlines the passing of the liquor business in the whole state of Nebraesks, commencing May lst, J. J. Kitner, a Lock Haven attor- ney, hss announced his name ss a candidate for President Judge in Clin- ton county. The nominations will be made at the primary election in Begp- tember. At this time, May 10th, finds ai- most all the oate sown and here and there corn planted. Much of the corn ground has been ready for planting, but the cold weather deterred the farmer from putting the kernels into the ground, fearing the ill effects of the cold soil on germination. F. M, Ackerman has been doing painting on the interior of several bomes io Centre Hall, and also finish~ ed the Golden Eagle Lodge rooms on the third floor of the Reporter build- ing. Later on he will paint the ex- terior of the J. 8B. Rowe home, William Hoy, of Lemont, has been awarded the contract for hauling the mall between Lemont and State Col lege, Hereafter the mail will be deliv- ered by automobile instead of horse and wagon. This will enable the residents of State College to get their mail an hour earlier. Walter Webb, turnkey at the Clic ton jall, was miade a prisoner the oth- er afternoon, charged with opening a registered jetter and taking from it $20 00. The lelter was addressed to a prisoner. On being questioned by = poet office inspector, Webb finally ao knowledged guilt, Last week mention was made of the very liberal spirit exhibited by the parishioners in tbe Methodist charge, at Howard, of which Rev. C. W. Rishel is the pastor, but it now appears that hie flock wae even more liberal than it was given credit for being in the article referred to, for instead of pre. senting him with a Ford car it was a Bell touring oar. The roads covered by mail route No, 2, J. A. Wagner, carrier, are at pres ent in very bad condition, owing to the fact that the supervisors in the two townships through which the route passes have squads of men snd machinery doing repair work on them. The state Is also doing woik on the Brush Valley road. Of course, when the work ls completed, Lhe roads will have been improved. s Don't expect too much of Provi dence when gardening. Do what you can yourself. Much of the planting and sowing, both in fields and . is done in tes mach faith. No gard- per nor farmer however oan make the seed sprout and plant grow, but he oan use his best efforts to put the soll in proper coddition to aid na tare in working the miracles that must be accomplished within the next six months to keep us all well fed for another yest,
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