VOL. XCIII.
7,354,000 MEN WERE
KILLED IN BATTLE,
Russia Heaviest Loser With 1,700,000
Battle Deaths.— Germany Was
Second and France Third.
Seven million three hundred and fifty-
four thousand men died in battle during
the greatworld war according to official
figures given out by Chief of Staff
March on the first of the month,
Russia was the heaviest sufferer with
1,700,000 battle deaths, Germany was
second, France third and the U., 8. last
among the great powers,
Battle deaths are those occurring in
action or from wounds received in action.
The total battle deaths aside from Rus-
are: Germany, 1,600,000, France
X.3 Austria Hungary 800,000,
Great Britain 706,800, Italy
Turkey 250,000, Belgium 102,000, Bul-
garia 100,000, Servia and Montenegro
100.000, and the United States of Ameri-
Ca 50,000,
Chief of Staff March also announced
that demobolization to date numbers
52 officers and 1,284,524 men,
sia
385.300,
460,000,
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Rhone—Dunlap.
On Tuesday morning of last week, at
10:30 o'clock, Miss May V. Rhone, of
Centre Hall, and Rev. W. C. Dunlap,
D. D., of Louisville, Kentucky, were
united in holy marriage at Newport,
Kentucky.
The past fifteen years the bride has
k 4
sible position in the Penn-
at
f
i
held a respon
sylvania Dairy and Food department
Harrisburg, and last week Commission-
er James Foust and the ladies and gen-
tiemen of the department prese the
then Miss Rhone with a handsome silver
Mr. Foust
ation stated : *
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ated
$
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3
in
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ia
making the
view your
in
prese n
iendl
efficient service and the fri
« er set,
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ra
n of
y relations
t is a pleasure
| token of
that bave always existed, it i
to present you with a small t re-
gard and appreciation. "
The, br native of Centre
county, is a daughter of late Hon.
f years
Lor
Pennsylvania
ide whois a
the
Rhone, eighteen
Worthy Master
f
wr
Leonard
of the
range and who represented Cen-
State
tre county in the General Assembly sev-
She is a highly cultured
itted to fill her
be groom, Rev, Wilton
ative
bride
ther
marriage is the realization of a youthful
He is a man of sterling
the First Luth-
eral terms.
lady and well f new
sphere in life,
Clyde Duglap D. D.. is also a
Ce fact he and
were schoolmates and it known
of
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.
h
mnt
otre county, in fac
is
is
dream of both,
is pastor of
of
character and
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church, Louisvill
largest
southern city.
The Reporter
a Kentooky
eran sentlucky,
one of the in well known
large circle
11% or
Ning
nd happiness,
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Orphans’ Home Receives Bequest.
The Tressler Orphans’ Ho
Lutheran Church at Loysville, will re
2000 by the will of Reuben Bru-
ker, of Carlisle.
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State Agricultural Notes.
ill county leads in the ten year
average for buckwheat with 22.6 bushels
to the acre.
1s in wist them
me of the
3
“
Schuylk
The highest average yield in the past
few years for buckwheat was made in
Northampton county with 26 bushels in
g1
Pennsylvania woolen manufacturers
used the second largest amount of wool
in the United States during 1918,
I
An increase in the number of flocks of
sheep in the State over last year is re-
ported to the Department of Agricul-
ture,
CLIP YOUR COUPONS
The Saturday Evening
gives the following®fadvice:
It seems that many holders of
Liberty Bonds are not collecting
the interest when it falls due. If
it is a small bond the half-yearly
interest a small sum. Perhaps
it not seem to the holder
worth bothering with. Perhaps he
does not know how to do it.
Every six months an interest
coupon, attached to the bond, falls
due, It is as good as money at
any respectable bank. Cut it off
and hand it in at the bank. Then
put the amount Into War Savings
Stamps or into another Liberty
Bond subseription,
We have found bondholders who
failed to elip coupons with the
Idea that by letting the government
keep the interest money they were
helping on with the war. but that
Is not the way to do it. When in-
terest falls due the Treasurer must
hold in readiness a sum sufficient
to pay it all. By collecting the in.
terest and investing the proceeds
In stamps you take it off the
Treasurer's hands and clean up the
books,
Take your Liberty Bond invest.
ment seriously. Clip the coupons
when they fall due,
Post
is
does
.
HORSES AVERAGE $250.00.
Sale of Ohio Horses at Centre Hall on
Monday Well Attended by
Farmers.
Ohio horses sold at good figures at
the public sale held by C. E, Shively, of
Mifflinburg, at Centre Hall on Monday
afternoon. The day was a perfect one
and there was a big turnout of farmers,
nine out of every ten coming to town in
their own automobiles,
As the list published herewith shows,
the buyers in the main were Mifflinburg
parties. There was spirited bidding for
the animals and with the exception of
two, the horses were sold in teams. Six-
teen animals sold at an average of
nearly $250.00, the highest team selling
for $552.00,
The list of purchasers and prices paid,
follows :
J. C. Hackenburg, Mifflinburg, $550.00
A. W, Witmer, Bellefonte, 215.00
‘loyd Wetzel, Mifflinburg, 502.50
B. C. Kleckner, Mifflinburg, 542.50
Hoyd Walter, Miflinburg, - 5.00
Joseph Oister, Mifflinburg -
S. W. Ripka, Pleasant Gap, -
00
14.00
E. H. Ziegler, Madisoaburg, - 504.00
J. H. Burkholder, Potters Mills,
- a -
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
¥
5
00
was a beautiful with
mercury standing at so,
Mrs. H. J.
build
day,
Lambert is preparin
on her property
g to
a garage
Church street,
Miss Emma McCoy, after spending
two months with relatives in the easte
part of the state, returned
bere on Monday,
Mr, and Mrs. J. 8S. Getchell and son
Wendell, of Greensburg, are here on a
visit at the home of Mrs.
ell’'s parents, "Squire and Mrs.
Brungart,
or
2 #
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mn
ia
to
>
hier
11
i
short Getch
Cyrus
“dward and Fred Horner, sons of Mr.
George Horner, of Linden Hall, have
rented the big farm of James I. Thomp
son, near State College, and will
i
operations April 1st,
i
begin
f near Milroy,
George W. Bradford, o
hter, Mrs.
the home of his gh
John A. Martz, in this place. An at-
tack ess prevented his returning
bome when he contemplated,
Robert E. Harter, of
South Dakota, was an arrival
heim, his old bome, «
noon of last
1% om
at dau
§ in
Of un
Bridgewater,
Mill.
n Mouday afte
Mr. Harter
to Suuth Dakota seventeen
A
i“
in
in
wy
week. moved
years ago,
it is eight years since he last visited
s valley.
an
-moving day—is fast ap
1g, and there are several fam-
lies in Centre Hall who have né place to
While housing
4
i serious,
proachir
go the situation in
c
entr lis so conditions
e Ha in
the town right across the mountain.
Pleasant Gap-are of the other extreme
.
.
plenty of houses and no tenants.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph C. Boozer and
two interesting little children—Mary
Ellen and David—of Wilmette, Illinois,
were arrivals in Centre Hall on Satur-
day, at the home of Mr. Boozer's father,
D. A. Boozer. Owing to the pressure
of business, Mr. Boozer was forced to re-
turn to Chicago on Monday, but his
family will enjoy a month's visit in Cen-
tre Hall !
———— A A ——
Fire Cleans Up Cash and Liberty
Bonds.
An Italian shanty in Burnham was to-
tally destroyed by fire Saturday morn.
ing. Cash and Liberty Bonds amount.
ing to $2,000 stored in a trunk in the
home were burned. Mr. and Mrs. Ig.
nace Fernez and three children occupied
the four room one story frame buiiding
owned by William C. Musser, of Burn
ham,
It is stated that Mr. Fernez is a pros
perous naturalized Italian, In his effort
to save his children from being burned
to death he forgot about the large sum
of money he had placed in the trunk,
and when be returned to the burning
dwelling to get his savings he found his
way blocked by flames,
War Savings.
Americans in 1918 invested $1,105,
067,471.80 in Thrift and War Sayings
Stamps, according to the report issued
today by the Savings Division Treasury
Department, The total represents a
per capita investment of $9 64 according
to the latest census figures. sam
To Nebraska goes the credit for hav-
ing attained the highest total with net
sales of $27,450,189 95 and a per capita
sale of $21.18. Ohio came second with a
total of $86,244.733.20 and a per capita
of $16.39 and South Dakota third with
$9,911,807 81 and a per capita of $16.3°,
The District of Columbia, which has or.
ganized as a separate unit for the sale of
Thrift and War Savings Stamps, was
fourth with a per capita of $16.93, sales
being $5,882,850.40. The gross sales
for Ohio were the largest of any state,
December sales alone aggregated $33,
728,119.43. Connecticut leading with
$5 568,370.70, a per capita sale of $2 67.
Vermont with a per capita sale of $2.03
was second and lowa third with a per
A Reporter ad. brings results.
W HALL. P
STATE ASKS FOR BIDS
ON CENTRE COUNTY ROADS.
A.,
Six Miles of Brick and Conerete Con-
struction Road in Spring Twp.,
and Short Stretch of Brick for
Philipsburg.
The State Highway Department has
called for bids for the construction of
fifty and one-twelfth miles of permanent
road in various sections of the State,
This mileage is in addition to the
three miles for which
early last week. Each section for which
bids are asked is part of one of the ar-
terial highways included in Gov, Sproul’s
** primary " system.
Seventeen sections of highway are in-
cluded in the
week,
ftty-
bids were asked
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3
thi
Laas
1
announcement of s
In fourteen instances the
to be built are to be eighteen feet
ices
width and will replace the old one o
Ie 5
JL
in
teen feet, followed for many years by the
department,
In Centre county the Highway Depart.
ment has asked for bids on the followi
construction
In Sprin
route No.
township, feel ;
32.000
“a ie and
2 CK Ana
In Philipst
ipsourg
i 4
-
»H
“: br con-
concrete
struction,
borough,
in
% 13 Sey
struction,
feet of brick ¢«
Cli ounty comes in for 113
construction.
EW Weeks
CIOL
itional mil t
11a f
AA05ICH OF
School Report-—Fifth Month.
Report of }
enrolled,
males 18
Average attend
18, total 33
females
. 1
males g1,
present every
dith Coldrot
Knarr, Paul .
Riter,
Riter, Johr
Wagner, Doroti
y
ye
3
ty Emeric
Clenahan, Margaret Mol
Odenkirk, Estella
Ruble
*
o
and Sara
miss: 3
Eth
McClenahan
Helen
“4
Coldron,
artholomew
Fisk
Grammar sch
Those
sth
td
Oud
1
Florence
————— A SP ——————
Wounded in Battle of Verdusdf.
A grand welcome
his home ino Milroy la uf
lay,
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4
the service.
baving been honorably
charged
2
i
th Division of the U
Verd
irom iewas am
~f
2
France. and in the
it
RG0
¥ xs
uocly
after taking a
§
i
ty
a
Some books whic
deflected the course
t
¥
time
off at the first
his
shoulder and elbow.
robably saving his life,
his left
ioint
0in
thumb
.
right arm
The
was also in the drive against St
Mihiel
t
a .
which his division captured i
unable to make the capture after two
years unsuccessful fighiog againgst
Huns strongly fortified t The 26th
Division held the strategic Mihiel
position for five days and
th
wh
re
Here
S
i was then re.
lieved by another fresh divison
Ouae of his brothers is Private Earl B.
Swartzell who landed at Newport News
last Februry 22,
h
He was with the 28th
Division, Co, A, 10 Machine
Corps, and took pa in the heavy
Marne River battles. He was a volun-
teer, enlisting at Boalsburg,
A third brother, Private Charles Bar-
tiey Swartzell, is a member of the 6th
Pioneer Infantry which is now with the
American Army of Occupation at Cob
lenz, Germany. He spent last Christ
mas Day on German soil,
SE —
THE VICTORY LIBERTY LOAN.
The Victory Liberty Loan campaign
will begin not later than April 2st
The requirements of the Treasury are
imperative and cannot be financed with-
out such a campaign, The form and
tering of the securities to be issued res
main to be determined. Whether they
be bonds or notes, it is absolutely essen
tial that the widest possible measure of
distribution be realized. This will nec.
essitate a campaign of the same charac
ter as that conducted in the past
through the existing Liberty Loan or-
ganizations. They have pledged again
their united support in order that the
Victory Liberty Loan bonds or notes
may be distributed as widely as possi
ble among the American people.
tr
N
‘bh 4 x
pid] (rut
ri
$s
a
C
¢
a
bl
Public sales in this section within the
next week, are: To-day (Thursday),
capita of 81,71,
Heckman farm near Potters Mills,
Fire at Spring Mills,
J. D. Long, near the
at Spring Mills, was
totally destroyed by fire early Saturday
evenir The stable joined the Huss
property and with plenty of assistance
those buildings were
The stable of
railroad station,
yer
‘Ee
saved,
Huss
A public
sale was held on the premises in
the afternoon,
The origin of the fire is unknown.
There was no insurance.
——— og ———
Ross Bushman Landed Safely.
On Monday, Mrs: Sadie Bushman re
Bushman, apprising her of his safe ar-
val at New York, after six and one-half
nths in Fra
f Co E, a
tre Hall on
a member
He left Cew
ear,
’
)
the 2 e of last y
S———— A ———————
Encampment and Fair,
ncampment
-eutre Hall,
September
ee sat—
1
1 5
: Ii
airteenth
Farmers’ Week
noon
lf ntl
Bread as Usual.
Millinery Opening, March 15th.
LEI
SE1r ey 5
“ i sad
“8
4
OR1
oss A A
teady for Discharged
Soldiers
1
Gate of last discharges
to h
2.3
addresses which
»
nus checks sent and
5 letter their
r ¢
lischarge
itary order for
dis
{ both were issued,
sons have been
ntitled to :
rhile payments will be made as expedi-
ously as practic Able, it will manifestly
*
Wi
» write and mail
many checks,
————— ea ————
CENTRE MILLS.
if will move
« of Spring Bank,
Thursday,
from Sunbury to
ast Thursday,
lilroy’s prosperous
and Mrs. Henry,
liss Minnie Kline on Monday.
is mother's hon
Mr. Heary, ote
rerchants, visited
Joseph Beckenbaugh will make sale of
is farm stock and implements and
George Bechtol moved his parents
oudition pecessitated George's help in
aring for him,
The sale held by Mrs, Levi Stump last
aturday was well attended and house.
orth more thay twice that sum.
Adam Reish and Mrs, Paul Hackman
isited relatives in Nittany Valley over
Willis Dest, who sailed for France in
rmistice was signed. He brought
ome war relics with bim and it was in.
SAL MSG AGP SAAB.
O. M. Lonberger, of near Pleasant
7 THE DEATH RECORD.
Wion.—The remains of Mrs. Mary
Jane Wion were laid to rest in the local
cemetery Saturday afternoon, her death
having taken place Wednesday previous
at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Rich-
ard Brooks, west of Centre Hall, Her
pastor, Rev. D. 8, Kurtz, was the officiat-
ing minister, Her age was eighty-one
years, one month and fifteen days.
Mrs, Wion was born in Juniata coun-
ty, and with her parents moved to Miff.
lin county early in her lifa About
forty-eight years ago, she and her hus-
band, the late Daniel Wion, moved
the rfoot farm, west of Centre Hall
where they lived for nine when
they moved to Valentine near
@
1c
;
2
»A
years,
farm,
Jellefonte, for a period of over twenty
years. From there they moved Cen
tre Hall, where Mr. Wion died.
after her husband's death, Mrs. Wion
made her ho
to
Shortly
"wy
me with her daughter men.
n " H “ ile
tioned . and during her last sick-
ness which covered a long period, anoth-
er daughter, Mrs, Margaret Holms, gave
+
.
ber almost contin attention.
Mrs, Wion was a reti
disposition, and was greatly devoted
fami 1 of
v
3
i
ly, which consisted these
i
i
iol
Rev. Beiber's Father D:
ead.
2 124
™
ne
He
induet rs
inGusiry
years Was
ok wos §
isin
wr
aged
He was born at Cen-
Woman Dies of Burns.
virs, BE. wife of
the
High school,
\ 3
le hospital
princi !
passed away in }
a week ago Saturday as the result of be.
ing badly burned at her in the
Aiken block by the explosion of a pan
containing turpentine, on Friday morn.
ing. In his efforts to extinguish the
flames which enveloped hi Mr.
Rogers had his bands terribly burned
and is also in a serious tondition.
A littie child of the Rogers was suffer.
ing with a bad cold and the parents were
using terpentine as a treatment, heating
the liquid over an alcohol lamp. When
Mr. Rogers attempted to pour additional
turpentine into the container over the
lamp there was an explosion, the flames
striking Mrs. Rodgers and setting fire
to her clothing. Mr, Rodgers at once
carried her to the bathroom asd placed
her under the water, at the same time
being severely burned himself,
The unfortunate woman was taken to
the Bellefonte hospital and died a day
later.
The baby, aged ten months, escaped
without the slightest injury.
8
Fa
*
home
s wife
Mitchell Palmer Named Attorney
General.
A. Mitchell Palmer last Thursday was
nominated by President Wilson to be
attorney general,
Mr. Palmer probably will take office
March 4, the date testatively fixed by
Attorney General Gregory for his retire.
ment when he resigned several months
Ago to return to privdte practice of law,
The resignation of Mr, Palmer as alien
property custodian has not been an
nounced, and there has been no inti-
mation as to who may succeed him in
that office,
Governor's Salary Increased.
Governor Sproul has signed the bill
increasing the salary of the governor
from $10,000, to $18,000, effective in
gat.
On March 1 reports indicated that the
NO. 10
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS,
HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTERE! 7
FROM ALL PARTS
The fifth
Friday,
of hool ended cn
month
f
i
A sure sign o
coal bin,
ing 1
id
efore
. ;
March came ike a
his raging long b
A bill in thé
fix four dollars as
oe)
¢
“a .
ryaer
yay i
Yi vow VET tions
ng conventions.
altending
A class
§
thie
or
&
recent
ven
meeting
Grange, P. of H.
A crate of full
Elk
A
Ana
creek i
last Tq
Limo
lings
{
were brou
1 hatehere and
rap aalichery an
will
nbam Craris laid
rell, of Millheim,
home,
About thirty
Lady of the Valley Rebekah Lodge, I.
0.0, P., of Ce
lodge meeting
hursday eveni
his
ATE members of
ote
atre Hall, attended a
at State College on
piace the
i confer-
:
num.
ng, at which
State officers
red the Past Grand
ber of eligibles,
were present
degree up
an
“i a
About ten inches of snow fell dq ring
the month of February, the equivalent
of about 1.10 inches of rain. There was
also 35 of an inch of rain during the
month. Altogether February was an
“open” month, the lowest temperature
being 8 degrees, on the 11th. The high-
est point reached was 54 degrees, on the
28th.
Bland and Sumner Frankenberger,
sons of G. W. Frankenberger, of near
Millheim, have purchased the threshing
outfit of the Farmers’ Threshing Ma-
chine company. The sale includes the
engive, threshing machine and clover
huller, which outfit was operated by the
Farmers’ company for a number of
years,
Capt. Christy Mathewson, the national
league baseball star, is home from
Fraoce, and is a guest at the bome of
his father-in-law, Frank C. Stoughton,
in Lewisburg, Capt. Mathewson prob
ably saw more ol the war than a great
many other officers who were in the act-
ual fighting as they were confined to
one sector while he as a gas officer cov-
ered a great amount of territory.
The Milroy correspondent to the Lew-
istown Scutioel has this item, which is
of local interest : Jake Bitner, who has
been suffering from the effects of the in-
fluenza since last November, is still un-
able to be about without a crutch, the
disease having bottled in his legs. He
will bave sale in March in order to get
nid of his surplus stock not being able to
grain avd fruit prospects were unusual
ly encouraging throughout the State.
look after them himself and has been un-
able to secure any one to help him,