VOL. XCIII. WASHINGTON WEEKLY CHAT. Important Matters at the National Capital.—By a Special Correspon- dent. CHILDREN PETITION CONGRESS. Congress is accustomed to receiving bulky petitions in various forms and on behalf of many different bills and mea. sures that are before it, but since the opening of the present session it has fair- ly been swamped with pleas and prayers asking that repeal be made promptly of the tax on ice cream, soft drinks and sodas. No petitions like them have ever been presented to Congress before, be- cause the majority of signers are chil ren. They do not understand why the simple luxuries like ice cream cones should bear a tax of 1 cent each. They tell of their disappointment in asking Father or Mother for a nickel to buy a cone, only to learn from the ice cream man that he wants a penny or more for this popular and generally recognized healthy article. And grown-ups, too, protest the tax. It is rougly estimated that more than a million signatures are on the lengthy sheets that are wouud into rolls many feet in length, some of them so heavy and bulky that it 1s a task for one man to carry them. And Congress is heeding the cry of the children. The ways and means committee of the House will bring in bill within sixty days to repeal this tax and several score of other taxes. I recognized that these taxes were laid for war purposes at a time when Congress had to reach out and capture every penny that could be overtaken by tax gatherers. But experience has proven that these taxes did not produce money to compensate for the trouble and O~- a a $ { 18 el 1 is enough expense in collecting them, in some i stances, and certainly not enough to pay for the annoyance and vexation caused the people, so before long words will be sent out that penny taxes are of the]past and that the ever-popular nickel will buy full value in ice cream, pop and soda. HIGH MEAT PRICES, If the Howse Committee on Interstate Commerce has its way, it proposes to lend a hand in trying to chop off a few cents per pound, at any rate, on high meat prices. It plans to insert a clause in the railroad d under the Interstate Commerce Commis- ion the privately owned stock cars now used by the big meat packers, as it has been claimed that the monopoly of these cars induces tothe high cost of meats. It is admitted that little has been accom- plished by legislation to prices during recent months, but evident- ly Congress still has the matter io mind, and if it cannot beat about the bush one way, it will get there in time in several ways, so as to show the people that there is some thing in the motto that ''Keep- ing everlastingly at it brings success.” isposal bill, to place ” jee wen reduce meat So many bills have been introduced in Congress asking that captured Germans cannons be distributed to various cities and towns throughout the country that if all are to be supplied it is estimated that another war with Germany will have to be waged. At the beginning of every session of Congress the old blue law that has repos- ed in the archives of the Capitol for fifty years and which, if re-enacted, would make Wasington city a ‘‘goody-goody” town on Sundays, is revived and propos- ed for passage. This time Senator jones, of Washington State, fathers the bill. The citizens of the Capital City would have no say in the matter, as they have no vote in any of their local affairs, but if the bill passe there will be no Sunday moving pictures, no baseball, no theatres, no stores of any kind open on the Sabbath, and none will be permitted to work, with the exception of news. paper men, men in the public service, charity workers and members of relig. ious sects that obse rve another day as Sunday, The Teasury Department has maoy knotty problems to solve, but usually gets away with them, sooner or later, Since the war revenue tax bill went into effect May 1 the question has been as to what constitutes a ‘union suit,” whether it is a one-piece garment or one of two pieces, The decision has been rendered that it is a one-piece suit, and when sell ing for more than $5 a tax must be paid on it. Many merchants have been evading the tax by hpiding that a union suit is two garments—upper and lower. —— A AA, Big Bequests for 8. 8. Associations. Last week the will of the late H. J, Heinz, was filed for probate in Pittsburg. The estimated value of the estate is $4, 000,000. Relatives are given lifetime es ranging from $1,000 to $25,000 a year, while employees are remember. ed with lump sums ranging from $iov to $20,000, Other bequests, payable in five years are : To the University of Pittsburgh $250, 000 ; to the heny county ool 000; to the Pennsyl vania State Sabbath School Association $18.000 and to the World's Sunday tion $100,000, * ' WEDDINGS. Slutterbeck-Klinefelcer. Saturday afternoon, at two o'clock, at the Reformed parsonage in Centre Hall, Rev. R. R, Jones united in marriage Charles E. Slutterbeck and Miss Dora K. Khnefelter, both of Tusseyville, The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Samuel Kligefelter and the groom a son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Slutterbeck, and assists his father on the farm, He is a young man of strict integrity and stands high in his home community. Their many friends wish them much happiness and prosperity, Luse-Long. Ralph F. Luse and Miss Mildred E. well-known young people in this section, were quietly married on Sunday at the noon hour at the Reform. ed parsonage, by Rev. R. R. Jones. The groom is a former school teacher and the oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Per- ry H. Luse, of near Centre Hall. The a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Long, of near Penns Cave. The Reporter joins the many friends of this young couple in extending gr ations, —a———————— Scholarship Examinations A competetive examination for the Mc Allister Scholarship and also for the Mrs. M. Elizabeth Olewine Scholarship in The Pennsylvania State College wil be held at the Court House in Bellefonte t 10:00 A. L i i t { k t t I { Long, { { t bride is i nls aid CO at 7 - 7 & = 3 &11 i nte |! on Saturday, June 21, 1919, M. Thesu algebra to quadratics, plane geometry, civicsand U, 8, Government. The McAllister Scholarship, paying $90. e, 1s open to both The Olewine Scholarship, pay- in college, Inquiries may be adressed to County Superintendent D. O. Etters, a ects will include arithmetic, 5 " t wi . tinh engisn, m for first year in collag sexes, ing $100 for the first year a t 18 open to women only. a Centre Hall to Have Rare Treat, Tre Mifflinburg Dramatic Club will present ‘Isabel the Pearl of Cuba,” a picturing the The scene of the play is laid in and about Havanna. The costumes are elaborate and picture- melodrama in four acts, r Spanish-American War, o esque, This wher tion of Sara E. * ¥ has received v is under the direc- V. Strunk, B. O., and Grace Struble, A. B. are thirteen >eople in the cas Th ib play been well ver en. It { There k it. e play will be given in the Grange Hall Friday evening, June 6th, at 8:00 Bs JU Admission, adults joc, child g , o'clock. rem isc. Special vaudev No war tax, $ : lle between acts adv. | » RE ——— Lighting System for Lutheran Church At a congregational meeting of the Lutheran church, lon Sunday morning, the hight queMion was taken up, and it complete the lighting system begun a year or more ago, A committee recommending a chandelier was instructed to purchase same and have it installed. t fw mld +B to was declded t r § The whole cost of |. lighting will be a little over $400. Enlarging Business Place. D. A. Boozer is enlarging his place of business by extending the building at the rear for a distance of about ten feet. A cellar is also being excavated under a portion of the old building in which will be installed a beating plant and other conveniences. A part of the new sec tion will be set off for an automobile show room. J New Bounty Law. Governor Sproul has signed a bill which makes effective, June 1st, 1919, a new bounty law. Under the provisions of the Act a bounty of $8.00 will be paid for wild cats, $1.00 for a mink and $2.c0 each for foxes and weasels. The skins of all animals for the kill- ing of which a bounty is claimed, must be sent to the office of the Board of Game Commissioners, at Harrisburg, by the claimant, just as they are now sent when the affidavit is made before a Justice of the Peace. The skin must not be mutilated and the affidavit must clearly state when as well as where the animal in question was killed if the claimant hopes to profit by the increased bounty on wild cats and weasels as pro. vided for in this bill. Special deputy game protectors are authorized to take affidavits of this character and are en- titled to the same fee that a Justice could claim for like services. but must supply himself with a proper identifying seal at his own expense, A paid game protector is not entitled to such fee. All individuals in the State authorized to administer oaths can take such affidavit, Any effort to secure the increased bounty on either a wild cat or weasel as provided for by the Act through the pre- sentation of the skin of an animal killed before June 1st, 1919, is punishable by a fine and imprisonment, and a false affi- davit in this regard is perjury. News Agency for Sale. r i ‘The yadorsigtied offers for sale the for the Philadelphia dail y pa tre Hall, Good haanon 100 Lely. uring AEMORIAL DAY OBSERVE Unite in Honoring the Soldier Dead. The ranks of the * ‘boys in blue,” those 1onored veterans of the war of ’61, have These took part in the Memor- al Day exercises in Centre Hall, and hey were the following : B. D. Brisbin, +. M. Boal, W. H. Bartholomew, James Durst. Iu automobiles they 1eaded the parade which took form at School children, he Red Cross, the boys in khaki, and he various fraternal organizations took art in the parade. The Woodmen band of State College was also in line and ipon reaching the cemetery played a lirge while the flowers were placed upon he graves, The “vets” of the war of 61, one vet. ng the exercises. Capt. G. M, Boal thirty-six in number—while a drum- ner sounded taps after the cplling of ach name. After the singing of sever. +3 ul e speaker of the day, Rev, iis address was fitting to the imes and made a profound impression ipon the most made to it 3 forth in I ee the fruitts of he dark days of the War of weir efforts pu ’ : WE the call- this Among other things, Rev. Jones of t which the men who wore the blue and he men who are wearing the khaki par- Continuing, he said they have right to stand together on this occas. ght for {the same ; he men who wore the icipate, yo in- iple. blue acy. and the men who wear the khaki ight to make the World safe for de- th Lik laid the a Germans, ui i ver wan when in 1918, ty years ago, one nation. Had they ailed there would have been no men haki crossing the Atlantic in 1018 to A been ndle into he great work to be done, You men in blue, continued the speak- r, and you men in khaki, are builders. structure--world de. You builded larger than you You thought that you were only democracy, you were laying the foundation, he very cornerstone, of World democ. acy. You men in khaki placed the key- tone in the first arch of that magnifi- ent structure, “I am glad,” said the speaker, that “You men in khaki are builders. You It You the safe for eligion, so that a government of the The committee in charge of the prog- sion. John admitted that facing an The following poetic lines in the poem With no regret to yield to them our place ! Bat now we feel we've almost ren our race, These lads who stook the five from German day, While they were foroed to deal with ruthless Huns, © Bios back for the Khaki Boys, The line of Is very thin at best, down the hill, The Khaki Lads have hardly reached the crest. IURSDAY. JUNE » J) C. H. H. 8. COMMENCEMENT Ten in Class of 1919 Receive Diplomas for Faithful Work.— All Deliver Fine Orations. If the outpouring of citizens at a High school commencement exercise may be taken as a criterion, then the interest ir education on the part of residents of entre Hall and vicinity might be said to be waxing —net waning, Long before the hour appointed for beginning the exercises the Grange Hall was filled to its seating capacity and before the first number on the program began the hall 5] being occupied, many standing through. out the exercises Promptly at eight r was crowded, all available Ace o'clock the ten by their marched Miss Adeline Mc n, Miss Marga ] Ww i rraduates, preceded teacher, 4 i Prof. N. L.. Bartges, stage, in this order onto the ¥ v ret Clegahan, Floyd Jorda imery, Miss Belle Meeker, Miss E y. M B M r., Miss Heckman, Boyd Jordan, Miss ine Bradford, Miss Miriam Huyett, Mamie Brooks, Harold They looked handsome~—boys % bi} Alexan and ana alike—in their gowns and ladies lovely of the young been made especially for 10T suits, those « having the occasion oid rose Everywhere the class colors, ver grey, caught the rear of the stage was § and sil the eye, wh 1 83% ve A BOUG THAEsS § » P LE BT . Foss Oi + ILLAD moun spruce, taken from tain. Roses and other cut flowers, and potted plants formed a beauty spot t . t the front of the stage, giving the atmos- phere a del Miss Adeline exercises with | tion, and ‘Harold Alexander the Fr wroved & rel na valedictory end the excrcises I audience Years ably spe Prof. Bart teachin The variou in #3 ia Re ui, ges, who closed or of ina credit were with interspersed Bellefonte High school orche } torch i ership ow f the able Weik. Pro dress on the work a f. Bartges delivered a short ad. lone during the term, and good percentage of a the term, despite the fact that g { tt f { 3 SCHOOL Yea 4 ance, demic at the start t Fol- present played havoc with the atten ) lowing the class with bh his talk be proceeded to di had their diplomas, the goal which they been 4 : { at 5 oF for il 54 ohot ghout school work. throu the three years of theis The graduates delivered ora oy Pet the following ¢ Centre Hall.’ ‘Patriotis of Household Poet,” come Heckman ; * on the Farm.” Boyd 10jecls Adeline Floydtjorda ’ Margaret Emery t3 Beile Meeker ; 34, Nature,” “Wel soldiers,” Fernie © Rural People Je : “The Red Work,” Catharine Bradford ; “Girls of Olden Days and Girls of Today,” Miriam Huyett ; *'Be- youd the Rockies Lies the Golden Gate,” Mamie Brooks ; Harold Alexander. Margaret Emery delivered the mantle oration and Ruth Bartges, president of the junior class, made the response, Because of the local interest which at- taches to Miss McClenahan's paper, the Reporter decided to print it in full, It is here given : i “ P 1, waan Cross—Origin and mi mi valedictory, HISTORY OF CENTRE HALL.” The commencement of the village of Centre Hall proper dates from the year 1846. At that time there was no build. ing here except an old log school house which stood on the corner where the ho- tel now stands, and on the opposite cor- ser, where the bank building stands, there was a blacksmith shop. After the school law was passed in 1834 this school house was converted into a dwelling for a blacksmith, All this time Mr, Christian Hoffer was trying to get a town started. He owned much land and thus could offer building lots for sale. He was anxious to have some one come and build a hotel and start a store, as he believed it would be a good place for both and a great con- venience to the farmers, as all on this side of the valley had to go a long dis- tance for anything they needed. Mr. Henry Witmer, a brotherdn.law of Mr. Hoffer, lived in Aaronsburg, where he conducted a store and hotel, Thru the influence of Mr, Hoffer, Mr. Witmer made up his mind about the year 1844 to come to this place and build, At this time there was not a house here, but when Mr, Hoffer was certain that Mr, Witmer was coming, in order to encour- age the movement, went to work add built the first house. This was used as a boarding house for some time, but as late as 1902 was used 4s the printing office of the Centre Reporter, and stood between the houses now owned by Mr, Fisher and Mr. Brisbin, In the fall of 1846 Mr, Witmer had his hotel about completed and he and his family and Mr. William Wolf, his clerk, moved to this place and they had a grand opening. Hereafter. the people Those lade so keen, so wideawske alive They')t not forget the Boys of Sixty five | did not have to go all the way to Potters (Contiousd ou lnmde prge. ) » /4 The Flower Contributors. The following children contributed flowers for decorating the deceased vet- erans’ graves io the Centre Hall ceme- tery, on Memorial Day : Algie Emery, Adeline Dinges, Helen Brown, Ruth Brown, Margaret Delaney; Agnes Geary, Curtis Reiber, George Reiber, Ruth Reiber, Mary Reiber, Charlotte Keller, Grace Brubaker, Eliza. beth Charles, Meredith Coldron, Jack” Coldron, Grace McClenahan, Anna Ga. ris, Florence Zettle, Vianna Zettle, Lila Stover, Miriam Moore, Louise Smith, Eugene Colyer, Russel Colyer, Wilbur McClellan, Bradford, Martz, Catherine Martz, Paul Smith, Ralph Martz, Frank Gross, Catherine Smith, (Byers Rip Helen Runkle, Margaret Luse, Catherine Runkle. Ruth Runkle, Elizabeth Bartholomew, Edit Moltz, Ruble Ruble, Miriam Gross, Elizabeth Gross, Mildred 1 % merick, Madeline Eme- Isabelle Father tee wa, + Stella Grenevieve Bitts, Dorothy Marion Meyers, School Classes Enjoyed Themselves. The Centre Hall grammar school py a vacation on the where they Isabel Rowe, th 14h 4 VIC B ~ 3 y CRO0I, to Big the spot on eir dinne . Li Tr and ate anc ale : riges was along with the 1g with th Seniors con £m Bellefonte ure lagen. attendin Wife of Reformed Minister at Aarons- burg Dead. Rev. W. Reformed « Mrs wd Ha, Do- at home D. aur wife of y ional, r of th 3 tor of the cil pa Aarousburg, passed away at her in the sn Thuredas 1 in that pace onl i hursday ast havi night of ng t ifferer from tuber- $ Ber husband she is sur- Nevin, ev lf Wau by one 2h 3 son, aged worker we missed, ten years f i for her Ma 1 e Was a 1 . will t ster, am he remains Were taken to Wanamak er, Lehigh county, on Tuesday, for burial. Death of an Infant, i M Louise Hubler, teen days, argaret ar aged one { intest ils parents . and iv 5 A0G Din sid e £ i | 1 nai ire »e atl th in 9Y Fr lock Haven, TIM May 2 ; Beliefonte May 3r« >a, day afte oy a quad. "1 irl was born in 8, its parents be- ing Madeiene Hubler, the father of an age where it in the home, sunshine and turally the parents hearts are heavy. fonts POEL, The corpse was tak- and on Sunday the fu neral wok place from the home of the mother’s parenty, Mr. and Mrs, William Is A AO ABI, Gehret -r Record Price for Bull Ragapple the Great, a two year-old Holstein bull, was sold for $12¢, 000 at the dispersal sale of the stock farm of Oliver Cabana, Jr., near Buffalo, New York on Thursday. The price is said to be the highest ever paid for a sire. Robert E. Pointer, of Detroit, was the buyer, Another record was made when the cow Fairview was sold to John T. Shan- ahan, of Buffalo, for §35.000. About four months ago the cow was bought for $18 400, Mr. Shanahan obtained the cow after spirited bidding against A, W, Greene, of Ohio, a representative of Coleman T. du Pont, of Deleware. en to Belle he al ur State Agricultural Notes. Sheep restore fertility to neglected farms while making a profit for their owners from the sale of wool, lambs and meat, Do not shear sheep on cold, windy days, as it is very severe on the flock. Wait until the weather is settled and fairly warm. The silo is the most economic equip- ment for storing {orage. When space is considered, eight times as much feed can be stored in a silo as in a haymow, If you have a farm that 1s worth liv. ing on, you ought to give it a name. Have some letterheads and gnvelopes printed at your local ®newspaper office. Farming is the best business of the age. and the good farmer should show him. self a business man by the appearance of his stationery. The primury gbject of the cultivation of corn, potatoes, and other cultivated crops may be classified under four heads, as follows : * 1. Ty conserve moisture, 2. To unlock plant food, 3. To aerate the soil. 4. To kill weeds, out the State. Truck crops and tobacco Re NO. 23 OWN AND COUNTY NEWS, ———— HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTERERT FROM ALL PARTS Millbeim has oiled her streets, Henry Brown, in France over a year as a member of an engineering corps, has arrived from He Millbeim boy. Prof. D. O. Etters held a teachers’ ex- amination, for provisional certificates, in Centre Hall High school roor terday (Wednesday). Overseas a in 1 3 o] yes- I am ready to do repairing and paint. ing of automobiles, as well as a genera! line of 1 work, call.—W. A. Henny, Centre Hall, The week commencing June William “I Brown, the negro murderer of his death in the electric view, acksmith Give me a adv, 16th 2 on jy *¥ % dush convicted Woodland, goes chair Cooties, the real, gennine ably sent hom Huon helmets as a joke, in Conn h elisville ave gained a foothold and half of Fayette county is squi tie aun The pests are said to be The Reporter was pleased to f i receive C. Has- he Milton x i editor ard, Frederic of Memorial Day. a fraternal call tings, Evening Stan He was one of a par here by auto, rom ng Q 1 managi sey and beauty of our town, Just 26 years ago on Memorial Mai Gown the moun Day the Walter 1., n circus train, going tain toward Tyrone after showing at Houtzdale the day before. ot away from th n and jumped the track near Vail, piling and liberating menagerie. ¢ trainm nm up a good portion nag nag 5 A baby boy, wei 1, ix shiny ghing was born Miller at > »” » . * ain and three” nd nd e quarriers pound t a Mrs. Raymo 1703 Lrreen street, ih 41h. nd 1 +3 HG J . 7 } The mother was for- merly Miss Elizabeth Saunders, of Cen- tre Hall. Miss Carrie Sweetwood, an- other Centre Hall lady, is in attendance as private nurse, biladelphia, on Sat- urday, May 2 will be g Toes- wae 0es aiinm Farmers’ Week College, beg ¥ ng. June 17th, : til Thursday eveni A Summer ievwn svn inaln held at State aa and oO . cven: ng 3 +4 ‘ un une 1gth, with All the dis- tdoors + two sessions each cussions will be hek at the onstration work under cated, to ten sections, each dealing particular { agriculture. the wad Hs 3 The program will be divided in. with some Thous he state are phase oO ands of farmers througho planning to motor to the College at that time, Ww. Walker, chairman of Group 3 of the Pennsylvania War Sav- - a Harriso ings, on Thursday of last week address- ed the students of Mansfield Norn School in the interest War Fully one thousand students and otbers listened to Chairman Walker make bis pleas for the littie green sta the best securities now offered by the na- tional government. Today Mr. Walker 18 in Philadelphia to consult with his associate group chairmen, Messrs, Geo. E. Lloyd, of Carlisle, and J. N. Schroed- er, of Lancaster, and State Director E, McClain Watters, who just returned from Washington. A new Nash sedan, purchased by S. Ward Gramley, of Millheim, was com- pletely stripped on its way from the fac. tory to Bellefonte, to which place Mr. Gramley went, one day last week, for the purpose of driving the car home. It was discovered that the railroad car had been tampered with. Both seals of the box car which were sealed with seals of the Nask Motor Co. had been broken and railroad seals used to close the doors again. When the car was opened it was discovered that thieves had stolen about everything that could be taken off the car, Tires, headlights, storage battery, generator, horn, speedometer and clock were taken. A touring car in the same shipment suffered a similar fate, and in addition the two plate glass windows in the rear curtain were cot out with a knife. It is estimated that it will cost about $800 tu replace the stolen parts. Ira Confer, storekeeper at Yarnell, met with a horrible accident at the Pennsylvania depot, at Bellefonte, Tues of Saving m PS, dy weather, condition,
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