an Aa = UL. XC. IS THE UNITED STATES A COWARD ? Of the Thirty Nations Immediately Concerned, Only the United States is Acting the Part of Coward. a No great state paper has ever been subjected to more downright mendacity than the covenant of the League of Na- tions and no other provision of the cove- nant has been the object of so much de- liberate falsehood as Article X, The language of Article X. is plain and the meaning of it is clear to any- body who'is not trying to pervert it The members of the League under- take to respect and preserve as against external aggression the ter- ritorial integrity and existing politi- cal independence of all members of the League. In case of any such aggression or in case of any threat or danger of such aggression, the Council shall advise upon the means by which this obligation shall be ful- filled, The Republicans who are opposed to the League, and in particular the Re- publican Senators, insist that under the terms of this article the Council of the League can order the United States into war and send our troops wherever it pleases. They are the only people in the world who so construe it, Senator Harding continues to talk about *'a toreign Council” commanding the United States to go to war and Con- gress being obliged to submit, That not only demagogic nonsense but Sena- tor Harding kflows that it is demagogic nonsense. Even so illiterate a candi- date as he cannot be so ignorant as he appears, Lloyd George in defining in a speefh in the House of Commons a few days ago the responsibilities of Great Britain said is We have entered into a covenant with the nations who signed the peace treaty to have recourse to oth- er methods than the bridal. methods of war for the purpose of settling in- ternational disputes, and the whole governing and root idea of that cov- enant, as I understand it, does not contemplate, necessarily, / action in, support of an nation ; it contemplates acticn and presgure. plates support of the struggling | ple, and when it is said | that if you give any support at all to Poland it involves.a great war, with conserip- tion and all the mechanism of war with which we have been so painful- ly acquainted during the past few years, that is inconsistent with th whole theory of the covenant into which we have entered. It contem- plates other methods of pressure to bear upon rec nations which are guilty of acts aggression against their neighbors and endadger their independence, ing Deo ~ 0 ba ibging That is substantially President Wil- son's interpretation o It is the terpretation of all the statesmen who framed the covenant, all of them repre- senting constitutional Governments in which the war-making power is solely in the hands of the legislative department. Article X. gives the Council no author- ity whatever, It can only *‘advise” and that advice must be unanimious in order to be official. The whole machinery of the League is designed to prevent war, and Article X. is the Magna Charta of the small nations, It was not inserted fcr the benefit of Great Britain and the United States, which can protect their own territorial and political integrity from foreign aggression, but for the curity of the little countiies. It is the pledge of the civilized world that the rights of the weak are not overridden by the strong. a i IK. SC There was little opposition in this arti cle in Republican circles until the Sena- tors discovered that President Wilson was author of it. Since that time they have cent attacks upon it, re gardless of truth or even decency. us Twenty-nine other nations have ac- cepted Article X. without question, twenty-nine other nations that are quite as anxious to preserve their nationality unimpaired as the United States and quite as scrupulous about keeping their treaty obligations, None of them is afaid that *‘a foreign Council” as Sena- tor Harding calls it, can order it to make war against its will or send its troops to fight on alien soil. Of the thirty nations immediately con- cerned with the League, ohly the Unit. ed States is acting the part of a coward, and the responsibility for that cowardice rests entirely upon the Republican Sena- tors, including Warren G. Harding. —— A] TY] SASS Mingle Home for Sale. One of the most desirable home in Centre Hall, known as the Mingle home, is offered for sale. Large corner lot, good ten-room house, with bath, hot water heat, electricity, good stable or garage, chicken house, etc. Immediate possession, Inquire of W. Gross Min- gle or C. D. Bartholomew, i ——— A ————— Notice te Campers on Grange Park. Campers at the coming Encampment and Fair are requested to equip their camp with stoves, where such are de sired, since the committes finds their supply of stoves practically exhausted. ~Secretary. red their GERMAN VOTER RS FOR HARDING. Harding is Candidate of Pro-Ger- mans —~German Newspapers Sup- port Him. After making an ‘‘exhaustive and com- prehensive canvass,” the New York Evening Sun finds cause for great grati- fication because Senator Harding is the « ‘overwhelming choice” of the foreign- born voters of the country, particularly the Germans. In marshalling evidence in support of their conclusion it cites various German dailies published here or in Western cities as showing *'the general trend of the German-language newspapers thro- ughout the country toward licans.” the Repub- Aside from those that it tions by name, Not one prominent German daily stands behind Gov. Cox in his drive for the Presidency, and against him are added hundreds of man weekly and monthly period- icals which are rapidly coming the field again after being virtually starved out in the war, men. it reports Ger. nto As illustrating the viewpoints German voter, Julius Holz Staats-Ze publican” of the quotes general manager of the ing, which is ‘‘strongly Re’ in this campaign, the Evening Sun ity itt as follows : It is impossible to speak of the German- American vote any longer. It is the: American-Germian vote, America is first with all Germans if this country. And we do not believe that the League, Mr. Wilson or Mr, Cox are the best that can be obtain- ed for America, And they are the worst that could be obtained Germany. for The Evening Sun's comment ‘‘the Germans is that unanimous their belief that the League of Nations is a thing of great the States and to Et are to United course, des Germany." Fuorthermore, adds, Cox's successful efforts have German as a language barred from danger srope, which, of inclu it Gov, to been the schools of Ohio have not for- gotten by the German Hyphenated Americanism figures prominently in the Republican of ign. Senator Hard pealed to it in his front.porch 8. pian y ap- speech to campal ing open: the Wayne County delegation it an and made the Leag excuse for of Nations red orn. Be BOT foreign-born pot ed by tl States, F of a separate | man voters h aim hopetu ny date, Plans Change for the Schools. Ny . 1" mero au hang 5 of public schools of th i es in the government ad- State on, e state will be Tho ITIAS Fi megan, Superintendent of Pub Instruc 1921 Legi ola have vocated by Dr. ature, when he yes made in bring about administration Dow his department, important changes of the One plan, calls for the payment of State appropriations to the common schools on a basis of the at- tendance of pupils instead of the present plan of the number of pupils and the number U the new plans directors would have to see that which from school before the * will seek to hang existing school laws to methods of school being worked out i Two of the effect the financial school district, most business nde nae of teachers, the compulsory attendance laws, now.do not permit absence on the part of the pupil of even a half day without a valid excuse, are rigidly enforced in order to get a maximum ap- propriation. Another innovation which Dr. Fine- gan is sponsoring is for the examination ot school district books by auditors working from the Department of Public Instruction at Harrisburg, instead through auditors appointed from districts by the county courts, It through this plan that the State Depart. ment hopes to maintain a uniform sys tem of financing in the schools, and to keep in touch with the manner in which the public's money for schools is being spent, Many other changes are likely to be advocated and measures asking for changes in the school laws are expected to be among the most numerdus bills that will be presented to the Legislature when it convenes next year, ———— ey ———— Now Picking Free Stone Peaches. The Buffalo Valley Fruit Farm, Miffl. inburg, Pa., will have a crop of 20,000 baskets of peaches this year consisting of Carmens, Belle of Georgia, Cham- pions, Elbertas, etc, THEY ARE NOW PICKING FREE STONE PEACHES, The same care in packing and grading will be practiced. this year as heretofore. The Buffalo Valley Fruit Farm product 1s well known for its flavor. Remember peaches may be canned without sugar and can be used in winter for jams, pies and puddings. The Buffalo Valley Fruit Farms are seven miles northeast of Mifflinburg, and it is one of the most interesting sights in the ‘beautiful Buffalo Valley and a trip well woth making. All visit- ors are welcome, Peaches can be pur chased at the orchard, Beil ‘phone 62-] of the is 14. HALL. PA. Badly Beaten at Sandy Ridge. The Centre Hall baseball team went a long distance on Saturday, only to re- ceive a double soaking; one at the hands of Jupiter Pluvius and the other from the Sandy Ridge baseball nine. Playing in a continual rain, part of the time in a downpour, the local team took the worst drubbing of the season. "Twas a pity what a pity twas, but it's a fact the count was 24 to 4 against ‘em. The one hundred mile trip, by auto, across the ridges was an enjoyable fea- ture, to be sure, but the joy and pleas. ure of the junket received a jolt when the real business of the day was taken up, The team, comprised princi- pally of high school students, proved no match for the seasoned veterans of San- dy Ridge and Philipsburg. The win- ners had a combination hard to beat, be- ing assisted by several of the All Stars of Philipsburg, paid players of extraor- dipary ability—Almond, the catche and Bailey. center fielder—and stickwork proved a big hindrance tow- ard visitors’ chances of winning. The Centre Hall boys were familiar with two faces in their opponents’ line- up--Shutt, pitcher, burg, and Lose, local Tr, their the formerly of Boals- former slugger of the Pleasant Gap team. Centre Hall opened the though they meant to win. game as John Good. ed a home run to right field, but Not until the ng was the plate again discov- when two more counted, and rt lac ba the scoring soon stopped, ixth inni ered, fourth or final run Sandy Ridge's runs came in blocks of i. 5. 6 and 9 and were not due altogeth- er to Corman’s picthing, which however was to the liking of Sandy A is- the the ninth in ig Came Ridge. wet ball was responsible for many m plays which figured heavily in the scor- ing. Centre Hall found Shutt for eight hits, but came inopportunely the most part. While the ** visitors the they for Ridgers” did ne game, men in every other respect and ion that a squ bunch of bali ®t give the they proved gentle- the 184 boys 1 were of the opin arer and more “white” tossers are hos money ness ser team of Sasdy Ridge estimation of the visitors, ¢ » 14k ed that li not to be found on the globe, The pitality of their homes, a li guarantee and a spirit of mani ved to place the in the eral is hoi ke treatment will them up Centre Hall next Thur turn Park. The hits shown be accorded their visit to ” 0 3} « $y ves £ . wa whe Ha A] Je ay game will be played on Grange and runs of the game are in the following CENTRE HALL Runs score : 1 Crawford, 3b Kaarr, 2b ; Goodhart, ¢ Keller, if Frank, cf Gross, rf Bailey, Ib Bradford, ss Corman, p Totals SANDY RIDGE Ru _— = Bailey, cf Cassidy, 2b Vaughn, If Ard c Lose, 1b Shutt, p Flick, s Moore, rf Smith, 1b NO 0 Neasnaaow f i Totals, THE SCORE BY INNINGS, Centre Hall — 00 1— § Sandy Ridge—3 600 051 9g x—24 A —— I A Resisted Arrest, Killed by Offi cers. Bert Odgen, aged about fifty years, who resides on a farm about two miles from Clearfield, was killed on Tuesday evening of last week in a fight with two members of the State Constabulary. On Monday Odgen was in Clearfield and purchased a load of lumber from John P. Graham, the dealer. He gave a check for it which proved to be worth. less. The state police arrested him Tuesday and he was given a hearing before a justice of the peace, and in de- fault of bail was to be sent to jail. He asked for permission to take his team and some provisions to his farm home, agreeing to return and surrender him- self. Permission was given and when he failed to show up the two state police went after him They were Lewis Gold: berg and Thomas Keough, Appearing in the doorway of his home attired in nothing but a shirt he tried to escape. One of the officrs struck him over the head with his mace. Ogden then ran into the house, it is said, and got a Winchester rifle, and made an at- tempt to shoot Goldberg. The latter, with his heavy caliber pistol, shot and killed the man, It is believed at Clearfield that Ogden has been demented for some months, He had been acting queerly lately. The shooting has created great excite "0 ae 100002 meut, 1920. NO. ENCAMPMENT AND FAIR OPENS ON SATURDAY. All In Readiness for the Big Annual Gathering at Centre Hall.—The Program for the Week. Everything is ready for the opening of the Grange Encampment and Fair, Saturday, September 4th, Ten new tents have been bought and fifteen “rented in order to supply de- mands, Tent holders will begin com- ing Wednesday, Sept. 1st, and by Sat- urday all will be occupying their tents, looking forward to a week of pleasure, Every effort has been made to assure pleasure, comfort and amusement for the tent holders, The exhibits and lectures in the audit. orium and other buildings will be full of interest and instructive to all, All the exhibits will be arranged in the best manner possible and attendants will answer all questions relating to ex. hibits, Instructors from State College will conduct interesting demonstrations along agricultural and d omestic science lines, The exhibits of horses, cattle, sheep and bogs promise to be the largest and best we have ever had. The stock judg- ing contest for boys and girls will be of great benefit, The games wil and girl the res Bands will fuz week, teach the country boy of team work. ish music during the THE PROGRAM Saturday, 7:30 p. m.~Picture show in the auditorium, Sunday. 2:30 p. Rev. M. C will preach the sermon and Rev. Dunlap, D. D will assist in m —Harvest Home . Piper, of Milesburg, Ww. C , of Louisville, Kentucky, There will be service, the service. special music Sunday, 7:30 the audit- illustrating m.~In pictures, P orium, moving Bible scenes. Monday.— Placing of exhibits, j0. Moving pictures in the audit- be- nities, graoges and teams. Moving pictures in the audit- Tuesday.— Competitive games tween commu Wednesday. — Cou 10.90 Reunion of Centre oty Veterans® Club, a. m.— Business tum, meeting in auditor . 1:30 p. m~—Speakers of note will be heard in the afternoon in the auditorium 7:30.~Moving pictures in the auditor- iam, Thursday.—Grange Day. Lectures will be delivered in the auditorium by John A. McSparran, Master of Pennsyl- vania State Grange, and Rev. H. G, Teagarden, Lecturer Pennsylvania State Grange, and other speakers, 2:30 p. m,— Baseball game between Centre Hall aud Sandy Ridge. 7:30.~Moving pictures in the audit. rium. Se Frifay eure bred stock consignment sale, Also closing day. All lectures in auditorium free to all and we urge our people to hear these speakers, CHARMAN, —————— A ———. Encampment and Fair Notes. Exhibitors in the Agricultural aod Horticultural Departments will do well, in planning thesr exhibits, to keep in mind the Fifth Farm Prodocts Show in Harrisburg, January 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 1921, Hon. Fred Rasmussen, Secre- tary of Agriculture, asks you to keep your premiums and exhibit them there. Owing to the high price of labor, tent rents Have been increased to: 12x 12 tents, $6.00 and 14 x 14 tents, $7.00, for the Encampment. Two admission tick- ets given with each tent, Old soldiers are requested to wear their bronze buttons on Wednesday, Sept. 8, when entering Grange Park, so gate-keepers can admit them without paying admission. Cases Listed for Trial of Sept. Court. Frank Middleton vs, W. H. Heaton ; trespass, Julia Sokolosky vs. Edward Lobloski; slander, E. George Rothrock vs, Nathan Is. howits ; mechanics lien. Victor Grange No. 159. P, of H., vs, Oak Hall Lime Stone Co, , trespass, Harry Winton vs. J. €. Rogers ; as- sum psit, Armstrong Cator Co, vs. M. H, Say- der ; appeal. Leathers Bros. vs. Howard Auto Sup- ply Co. , trespass. J. 8. Weaver vs, Sarai Mench et al; assum psit, Malissa and Blair Maon vs, James Butler ; trespass. Leonard A. Breon vs Lawrence Will iams, mechanic's lien, Edward Cowdrick vs, Jno, P, Eckles ; trespass, M. E, Shaugbensy vs, Director Gen. eral of R, R, ; trespass, Lancaster county leads in the produc. tion of hay, in 1920, with 161,088 tons, according to figures issued by the State | De t of Agriculture, York coun- ty is second, with 137,930 tons, SEPTEMBER COURT, —— Opens Monday, September 27th.- The Jurors. Appended is the list of jurors—grand and traverse—drawn for September court, which convenes the fourth Mon- day in September : GRAND JURORS, Louis Arnold, farmer, Rush Twp, W. C. Andrews, merchant, Philipsburg Wilbur H, Baney, clerk, Bellefonte James W, Beck, tarmer, Gregg Twp. Herbert Craft, laborer, Snow Shoe Twp James Eagen, laborer, Liberty Twp. Samuel Everhart, farmer, College Twp Charles Eckenroth, carpenter, Union- ville I. Goldberg, merchant, Rush Twp, C. Hazel, laborer, Spring Twp, L. G. Lambert, clerk, Ferguson Twp. Elwood Johnson, chauffeur, Bellefonte Alfred Lucas, laborer, Howard Twp. Harry McElwain, merchant, Union- ville Harry McClellan, farmer, Potter Twp. Howard Peters, barber, Unionville Alfred Rowan, farmer, Huston Twp. John L. Runkle, laborer, Potter Twp. Charles Struble, retired, Miles Twp. Watson Struble, farmer, College Twp. A. F, Vonada, farmer, Gregg Twp. John H, Walker, farmer, Union Twp. William J. White, farmer, Union Twp Edward Zerby, farmer, Gregg Twp. "TRAVERSE JURORS, Auman, Uriah, shopkeeper, Penn Twp. Beck, Boyd, laborer, State College Benner, William, machinist, Philips burg Jierly, Alfred, laborer, Boggs Twp. Crago, Harry, foreman, Philipsburg Campbell, H. C., farmer, Rush Twp. Duncan, A. H., clerk, Philipsburg Diehl, John, laborer, Howard Boro. Dixon, William, farmer, Taylor Twp. Dunlap, John, laborer, Bellefonte Estright, David, laborer, Boggs Twp. Ertley, William, blacksmith, State College Freeman, William, butcher, burg Frazier, Foster, farmer, Potter Twp. Gleason, Mike, farmer. Snow Shoe Twp. Gramley, Titus M., Gregg Twp. Gilbert, C, F, carpenter, Haines Twp, Glenn, James, farmer, Ferguson Twp. Gephart, P. A, laborer, Liberty Twp. Harvey, Fred, baker, State College Hazel, N, E,, farmer, Hvines Twp. Hicks, P. E., agent, Patton Twp. Hoy. 8. H,, farmer, Beoner Twp. = Hoy, Roy, farmer, Walker Twp. Haines, Calvin, laborer, Haines Twp. Keister, George, farmer, Haines Twp. Lowper, Elmer, farmer, College Twp. Mayes, |. B., granite cutter, College Twp. Meyers, Roy, carpenter, Twp. Marshall, Lester, laborer, Benner Twp Meyer, Nevin, farmer, Harris Twp, Moore, Fred, clerk, Philipsburg McCartney, John, farmer, Curtin Twp McClellan, R. G,, farmer, Haines Twp Pletcher, David, surveyor, Howard Boro. Poorman, Harry, laborer, Spring Twp Sellers, C. I., farmer, Patton Twp. Sweetwood, I. A., laborer, Centre Hall Stover, Martin, merchant, Penn Twp. Schreck, James, farmer, College Twp. Shaughenessey, Joseph, clerk, Belle- fonte Sasseran, John, laborer, Ferguson Twp. Stover, Clayton, tinsmith, GreggTwp. Thomas, D.. foreman, ® Snow Shoe Williams, Mark, clerk, Bellefonte Williams, J. S., foreman, Liberty Twp Wilson, Charles, farmer, Huston Twp. a Department of Agriculture To Super- vise Fair Exhibits. The Pennsylvania Department of Ag- riculture will maintain a close supervis- ion over the agricultural exhibits at the various county fairs held throughout the state this fall. Agents of the depart ment will attend each fair and will re port directly to Secretary of Agriculture Frederik Rasmussen. = Secretary Rasmussen has declared that he will do everything possible to as- sist the fair associations and in line with this policy the department will have exhibits at a opumber of the fairs. The state law provides the man- per in which state funds shall be ex- pended in assisting the agricultural fairs and the Secretary has announced that funds will be paid only in accordance with the provisions of the law. State moneys can only be used in payment of exhibit prizes when exhibits are made in wsctual class competition and cannot be used as prearranged awards to induce persons to exhibit their goods. A AMM AS, Being a full fledged citizen with all the franchise rights doesn't seem to make much difference in the ladies here- Philips- manufacturer, 3 Ferguson like a boy who has longed for his twen- ty-first birthday to come, and when it did come he was somewhat astonished to learn that no miraculous transforma. "tion has taken place, that bs was still a boy. a TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS, HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS Next week is the wind-up of vacation days for the school children, School op- ens Monday, September 13th. The Millheim knitting mill has closed until the middle of September. During the past month the mill had not been running on full time. Mr, and Mrs, D, K. Keller and family motored to Mifflinburg in their hand- some Oakland sedan, last Thursday, where they visited relatives. The threshing season has opened The writer has not been able to discov- er a farmer or thresherman who will ad- mit that the yield is altogether punk. The top of the mountain was the scene of a delightful marshmallow toast, on Friday night, in which some thirty young people from this place participat- ed. The Millheim silk mill, according to a statement in the Journal, is being rush ed to completion, with a view of having it ready for operation within a few weeks, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Ralston have be- come residents of Centre Hall, occupy. ing the Nearhood house on Hoffer street, Mr. Ralston will teach school in Potter township the comigg term. A sweet clover stalk, eight and one- half feet long, was reported to the Re- porter by Wallace ligen, east of Centre Hall, It made a .uan look small stand- ing alongside the elongated stalk. A number of baseball “fans” from Centre Hall and Spring Mills attended the Philipsburg-Bellefonte game at the latter place, last Thursday. Philips- burg's paid team came out a winner, Potatoes in the eastern portion of Penns Valley, where potatoes are grown to a greater extent than anywhere else on the south side of Centre county, are reported to be rotting as a result of pota- to blight. Mrs. Reuben Garis and children, of Luxor, have been visiting Mrs, Garis's parents at Pleasant Gap and the Byron Garis family in Centre Hall, the past week. Mr, Garis hopes to join his fam- ily at Centre Hall next week for his va- cation, » The beaver recently planted in the Coburn district of state fopests in Centre county are increasing and the venture of the state game commission along this lige 1s proving succ l. An endeav’ or will be made to sechre more of the beaver from Canada. The Millheim school board elected Prof. L. R, Lenhart, a graduate of Sus- quehanoa University, to the’ principal- ship of the borough's schools. Miss Ro- salie McCormick, who held that position last year, will have charge of the gram- mar grade, Rev. A. H. K. Hashauer, pastor of a Springfield, Ohio, Reformed charge, was booked to preach in the various ap- pointments of the Aaronsburg Reform- ed charge last Sunday with a view of ’ becoming its pastor provided conditions are mutual between the minister and parishioners. The vocal concert given by the Rev Dorsey M. Miller, wife and daughter, in the Jocal M. E. church, last Thurday evening, was pleasing to the small au- dience present, They are from. Harris burg and made the trip here by auto from Millmont where they are spending their vacation, They returned to Mill- mont following the concert, William Edwin McWilliams, of Penn- sylvania Furnace, veteran rural mail carrier and ex-postmaster of his home town, has been placed on the retired list of post office employees after rounding out twenty years of service as mail car- rier, following twenty-one years of work as postmaster, He figures that he has covered 150,000 miles during the twenty years as carrier, a distance equal to six Clymer McClenahan and Alfred Crawford returned from their trip to Vermont, in the former's Ford run. about, last week. They covered 1040 miles, bad but one puncture on the en- tire trip, and made a run of 250 miles in one day. The young men were pleased with the trip and found New York state's roads the best of amy of he states through which they passed, found to be excellent. The is informed the Centre Hall school tax is collected on a three per cent. basis—three per cent. both be- fore and after October st. On this
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