” -- Circulation Over 5500-—Largest i: Cerire County. FRED KURTZ, Sr. Senior Editor of “The Centre Democrat”"—Died June Brief Frederic Kurtz born a Pa., December 28th, 1833; died home in jellefonte, Pa. morning at § o'clock, June after being confined to ten days with kidney other complications, Age 5 months and 12 days. the family plot, in the tery, Bellefonte, Pa. forenoon. Services were conducted at family residence on High street, at 10 o'clock, and was attended by rel- atlives and a few friends. Owing to the vacancy in the Lutheran church at this time, and Rev. Barry, the former pastor, being called to Selins- grove to the bedside of his father, Rev, Yocum, of the Methodist officiated, and paid a glowing tribute to the memory of the deceased.’ As Mrs. Kurtz is now slowly recovering from a month's iliness, the were as brief as possible was at his Monday 10th, 1812, his bed for ailment and 78 years in ceme- Interment Union on Wednesday the The deceased was a son of Ludwig and Johanne 8. Kurtz. Ludwig Kurtz, the father, of whera he received a tion, and was a man of Nterary cul. tur, The mother (nee Johanne 8S Brehm) Was of Erlact Germany, where the family pr inentl identified in an ity witl the (yer Owing to the o of the German y, wit} where they resi the father conduct per at that ¢ Kurtz d burg, charge Berichter advanced printing | by his ceased until were later a merchant John George founder Bellefonte built and oc from whicl now is pu a member V. with rank quartern i ™ at is n ni ve MY ' 41 D ) ily, ANY > Pa plac nr f th ar i" ount and pul A Gen } AKe ne is sper lis} ‘ An 4 r retired the led irtz, the | Aaronshurg Their children z a printer ind wl died In riz who Central Press the Civil War, and same on and Frederic resided deat} Kur usiness WARS SUCCed son The their K at ¢ 18 rt Kansas Ku was the of the prior to ipied the lished the ilding Centre Democrat In 1} he 145th Regiment Lieutenant He rem UTR became Pp and KE? f the of 1 nt i ut ed from ! t ore ' at Frederi next famil } Vis th M the voungest, d Harshbarger, of CAR ' Anna to Day Pa ) . 1UATY oh 1881 Harter Mrs Frederic were mar Kurtz sur sons Charles publisher of and J. Fred Anna ronshurg with two ! the present “The Centre Democrat.” Kurtz, publisher of the Lewishure, Pa. “Journal” Willam L., the old est son and former publisher of "The Journal,” died In 1900. Walter GG, the youngest son, was drowned at Paddy mountain, in 1883 After conducting the “Centre BHer- ehter” for upwards of ten years Fred. eric Kurtz moved from Aaronsburg to Centre Hall, Pa. In April, 186§, where he established the present “Centre Reporter” as a purely Eng- lish publication. It soon grew in pop- ular favor. and Influence as a Demo cratic newspaper. This paper was successfully published by him until July 1900, when he disposed of the plant and removed to Bellefonte and became associated with his son as the senior editor of “The Centre Democrat,” which position he regu- larly and most efficiently filled for twelve years, untill two weeks ago, when he was stricken with his last Hiness Mr A Ives nin R. Kurtz Kurtz was a born printer and publisher; at a tender the "Art Preservative” by learning his alphabet in his father's office, and for a period of over seventy years was continuously and actively con nected with the business. Although he had only the advantage of a few months’ schooling In his youth, but through Individual effort, the influ- ence of his cultured parents, and the educational features of the “print shop,” he became a man of scholarly attainments, was a forceful and a complished editorial writer, as as a noted public speaker, Mr, fined to the journalistic field -1 (Continued on 4th page Col.) York, 1 hh church § exercises | was born at Michelstadt, | t, Germany classical educa- | | Highway | road I the | or | It age he began | well Kurtz's activities were not con. | family, alone. | friends are usually well represented, { will August 16th, at Stevens park, Tyrone, | tents In the hospital 1912, After a 10th, Hiness. OOL YEAR BEGINS JULY 1. SCH Effective This Year and the Appro- priations a Month Later. The provision In the school code that the school financial year should begin with the first Monday of July becomes effective this year for the first time and the appropriations, which for years have dated from June's first Monday, will be made a month later. The effect of this change of the time will make the state's appro- priation of $7,500,000 available next month instead of next Monday. Coincident with this change of time of beginning distribution to districts, which file the required reports with the State Department of Public In- struction, a new system of calculat- Mg ‘the allotment to each district will fe made. Heretofore the appropria- tion has been based on the number of taxable Inhabitants, teachers regular- ly employed and school children. This year and hereafter it will he paid ac- cording to number of children and teachers The apportionment the $7.500000 which will he avaliable for education- pa next month will be as dub J Pmschool districts, schools, 300.000 ; 009; resident $: / of 74.000; normal schools, $225 schoo pupils 31 : $6.5 high high pet non 6 600 salaries POSTMEN HELP RANGERS. Route Carriers to Watch For Fire Rural ths P strength ntive for 8 mer arriers These ite are dir forest rang whenever r 4 rurs arriers. Their Goo th parsel Chinese Student at State. enns \u y ) Stats ‘ } ‘ 8 'eRgis n the was 1885 rae re Chang Pekin, In government ‘ter t the na near ed ated Pekir and i al entered the Pekin uni At this university Chang A. degree Chang enter of political science Chang has been con the Chinese legation at Washington as student interpreter Through the Chinese ambassador at Washington, who delivered the com- mencement address at State last June, Chang was led to make Penn State a factor in the rounding out of his educational career Was in ‘ ols of | China his M the that nected with 1] ors in Kk in Since ours time Repairs to State Road. Clinton eounty commissioners received notice from the State department at Harrisburg, the state will repair the state between Flemington and Mil boroughs Immediately, providing county commissioner will furnish, at the county's expense, a steam roll- to be used on that plece of road Is to be hoped that a roller can be gotten and the road put in better shape for It Is completely worn out and the dust makes travel on It, as well as travel In the street cars which run parallel with It unbearable The have that Hall Flag Day June 14, Tomorrow, Friday, June 14. will be the 136th anniversary of the adoption of the stars and stripes as the flag of the United Sintes,. The American flag association calls upon the presi. dent, the governor of each state and the mayors of all cities and the mem. bers of all American patriotie so cletien to celebrate the day by unfurl ing the stars and stripes The Mattern Reunion, The annual reunion of the nt which Centre Mattern be held this year on Thursday, College | county | BELLEFONTE, PA, THURSDAY, T0 BEGIN EXTENSIVE R. R. OPERATIONS PENNSYLVANIA CO. TO EXPEND | A HALF MILLION DOLLARS. | | ON BALD EAGLE VALLEY ROA [To Straighten Tracks and Eliminate | the Steep Grades Between Lock Ha- ven and Tyrone—Bids Opened at | Tyrone This Week. ! That active building operations will | soon commence on the Bald Eagle | Valley railroad from Lock Haven and | Tyrone, as predicted last year, is veri- | fled by the following news item which | appeared In Pennsylvania Grit on | Sunday: { Tomorrow morning, at Tyrone, bids | will be opened on a Pennsylvania rall- | road job that will involve the expen- diture of about $600,000, the excava- tion of 200,000 cubic yards of earth, the straightening of six miles of track! and lowering of the average grade and the elimination of a number of steep grades between Lock Haven and Ty- {rone. Six of the biggest raliroad con tractors in the east are bidding on {the job, Fred A. Field, a civil engl neer of lock Haven, formerly In charge of the heavy construction | work west of Johnstown, under the late C. 8. a'Invililers, will be in charge of the work, and will report to H. 5. Meily, at Tyrone. Mr. Field was al- so employed on the Northumberland | vard on the Pennsylvania railroad, and is well known In Lock Haven, It is planned that work shall be begun at once, and that three steam shovels shall be kept busy until the entire job Is completed. It is hoped | ito do the work in about four months. | | From Bald Eagle creek west to How- | ard several light curves will be elimi- | nated and the average grade, which | is now about 9-10 per cent, will be reduced to 1-10 per cent. For two] miles west of Bald Bagle creek, a slight curve will be eliminated, Seve) eral thousand feet of township road) will have to be changed to make some | of the Improvements possible. For) over a mile and a half the track will} be moved about 2,000 feet nearer Dald Eagle creek, 20 as to eliminate some {of the hard grades. Over 2,000 cubic | yards of masonry will be required ] | For years the Tyrone division and | | Bald Eagle branch of the Pennsylva- nia railroad have been known for] | their grades and curves. When the | improvements are made the line will be as free from curves as it can be] made, and as near an even grade the construction crews can aecom- | plish, Mr. Field declares there wil be some tall hustling on the division | this summer and a complete trans formation of the road bed will result | Ax VALUABLE DOCUMENTS. —————— 3 od Shipped to the Cofgrissional at Washington from Bellefonte. Very few people in Delicfonte have distinct tior t! Hon W W 3 of this re lew i itter r of Wm mother documents they National Library were giad arknowisde large boxes ghi commer Mr. Humes Ww res ney ihrarian f the hres and these i Modern Dairy Farm ‘ the ntine I Hall | the farm as the pia On Thurs vd of The that night the farm CAr rar Inckemit}? more was he " stock : We rat we that 10 « taken 1] ar | the day « Cat WAR receive place CAT lock tn 1" inloaded A th Wis e onttle t) , her ne three of or less hurt One of so badly mijured that conveyed on a sled to At While ints shoy tre ute's | and COWE were the cows it had to the farm ) Found an Island, It seems a trifle odd at this late day there could be found an island {in the Juniata river that didn’t belong | to anybody, especially when the island {is about four acres in extent; bt George B. Black, of Harrisburg: made the discovery, and in course of time Iwill own the island. The ground Is in the river at Newport, and Mr, Black discovered that nobody had leg- al claim to It, whereupon he filed an application for it with the state board of property To Get Bride in England, The Phillipsburg Journal says Ham Henry Philips, Jr., having re! signed his position at Windber, re. turned to Philipsburg Friday even Ing, and left again on Monday for England, where, it Is announced, he will take to himself a bride. If the Hitle romance, so auspiciously start. ed, works out all right, he will In a short time return to Philipsburg with this bride, whom he has not yet mel, The whole affair was arranged by letter Wil Hospital Notes. Operations Mrs. Pla Linden Hall; Mra. Jennie Bellefonte Admitted for treatment: ry Moran, Fleming. A son born to Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hull, of Axemann. ! There are now twenty-three pa of of Houmer, Monsell, Mr. Per. | ——————— lcom'ng and | Neéne, | blah | nAMey | nia | tal, lon Ww ednesday. Pentre Hemocrat. JUNE, 13th. EXCURSION TO WASHINGTON. List of Teachers Who Visited the Na- My tion's Capitol. | . David Todd, division ticket agent of he Pennsylvania Rallroad, w Whlamupo ry, appeared before the Centre County teachers’ annual insti- tule st November to learn the sen- timent of the teachers relative to an | educations) and pleasure tour tol Washintgon, 1D. CC. The institute ac- | cepted Mr. Todd's invitation and on | Monday morning, June 8rd the tour- Ing party left Bellefonte in a special car sllached to the regular train which leaves at 6:35 for Sunbury where the party was joined by sim- Har touring parties from Clinton, Ly- Union counties. At Sun- bury the touring party was met by Mr. HY. Darnell, tourist agent, Mr. Wilson, baggage master, and Mrs, I. W. Beaty, chaperon, who personally conducted the excursion and did ev- erything possible to make the trip one of profit and pleasure to all. Mr. Darnell, the touring agent, who had entlre charge of the party saw that all amungements made for the pleas- ures; comfort and needs of those un- der bls care were properly carried | outl even the lunch, on the return train, at Harrisburg was not forgot- ten. The party Ing wchers tle Lucas nell, Delle Ww Thampson Bosgle J thrope follow - Mat- Pow - Anna Clarence consisted of the Bessie Lansberry, Fleming: Samantha Shank, Yarnell C. Thompson, Howard ; Nancy Kelley, hanson, Curtin, Nell Gold- Ruth Lukens, Philipsburg; Mafgaret Glemn, Rae Hoy, Lemont; Floftence Kepler, Gertrude Kelchline, Fine Grove Mills: Cora Brown, Mabel Spring Mills; lida Winkel- ' RU. Wasson, Coburn; Anna Scohroyer, Milewburg. The following Anna | PETRORS were also members of the par- ty: Elia Zettle, Hannah Schroyer, Nell. Weaver, Gussie Gardner and Kaflityn Cassidy, Bellefonte; Jean T. Sandstorm, Philipsburg: Nell Her- maf, Mrs. J. B. Martin, State Col- | lege: Mra. Wm. Goheen, Dr Kidder, wife and daughter, burg; D. IL. Bartges, Centre Hall; F PF. Vosada and wife and I. E. Bartges | and wife, Coburn; Dr. G. 8. Frank and | wife. A. A. Frank and wife, A. E. | Bariges and wife, I. W. Stover, Mil- helm Upon inquiry It I. RB | Boals- | was learned that | no one in the party regretted having made the trip and many of them | persoally thanked Mr. Darnell for the courtesies extended tot hem (xX) BIG LOG JOB. Taking Water Soaked Logs From Mo- shannon Creek. There are many thousands of feet of good lumber In the streams In Cen ra! Pennsylvania, logs that have be- oomie water soaked and now lying at the dottom of the streams. It is now quite an industry getting out these ce which have been under water 16 re. and cutting them up and the product. In the days spol) About an inch on either f these water sonked logs Is soft this ' "Y wher in more feet utzinger where he the } rth ni i we will great siream fone 3 n nat ger CRNINEK some nas beer femired Tears Jaw Broken by Kick of Crank. Bessie HRiand LE in ational bank Bellwood painful accident her pton Monday wrning Mins who has attained the prof f driving her father's autom: ® preparing to take 4 Tipton so te the train pent nds eRin in the i the Ee) Lier the of met at home n 4 two ri h tn In who had at 8 AS She of r Was ’} an the } ‘ mact when piriking her ’ } w 1 ’ g£ the ne around f red or r Her a take tw tw } ) Buy Imitation Tablet mnt rridor f Blalr Hor i 1 rt ! } ss lar ed wn It silat y ge ' ahi A rit 2 Mes f the rida in ed deceptive thery sttorne 0 was len I pvored let ar pai won) RRL "aR . penknife ana dre with his lawyers hun “fake The expended cut the in the politicians who of dollars to preserve their to posterity in the tablet are indignant and an official investigation is planned word tablet Tyrone Woman Sues for $10,000, Declaring that she spent $5,000 in fort to regain her health as the result of being struck on the foot by A lump of con! which rolled from a passing con! train at Tyrone station Anna Yinger, of Tyrone, has filed a sult for $10.000 damages In the Hunt- Inkdon courts against the Pennaylva ralirond. She alleges she Was waiting for a passenger train at the time and that the force of the blow knocked her to the ground. The wo. ma: represented by Attorney Sam- uel Spyker. an i Took Possession of Fruit Farm, Harry B. Hockman and family, of York, pa, who acquired the New Florida fruit farm from Harvey Kelf or, of Flemington, took possession of the property June 6, It is Mr. Hock man's intention to rage the old dwell. INE house and erect a new one AR BOON suible For this reason they | ht with them a large tent in| to dwell during the summer arm comprises about 200 acres | roved land, one-half of whi ' i ited to apple, pear and plum § Mra. Alice Baney, of Pleasant aan | who has been under treatment for | ROME time In the Lock Haven hospi - i : war able to leave for her home | Gives Orders for Certain Tardy State { have | they { consequence, { other | have | many {have had led I not | greater delay was due to the slowness | mere trifles. i and i reaches its readers | reason to doubt the sincerity of those | {John H { Ruth UNNEGESSARY DELAY IN'LIFTING OPTIONS HAS CAUSED MANY FARMERS MUCH ANNOYANCE. GOV. TENER TAKES ACTION Officials to “Get Busy”—Options on Some Lands to be Lifted this Week ~-No More Delays to be Tolerated. It Is a common querry that the newspaper man has to meet frequent- ly every day, “What news have you about the penitentiary?’ or “When will the commission pay over the pur- chase price for the lands.” We would ike to answer this querry definitely and furnish all the good news possi- ble for our readers, but when we have no direct or reliable information we belleve it is best to say nothing, and like the Dutchman, “Saw wood," \ in- stead of getting Into trouble. It has been a disappointment to the many landowners, who gave options to the commission, that the options not been lifted by this time, as were assured would be done. In many farmers made important arrangements, They | belleved that the legal transfer would been completed several months and hence the cakulations of | have been disturbed, and some inconveniences and suffer- hardships In consequence, For several months the explanation was given out that the titles were all perfected. That was true in a large measure, but th week we learn from reliable sources that the BED, is pome of the Harrisburg they stumble with which partments at the manner official move, about de- and Ner It is to the credit of Governor Ten- er that when his attention was called this week to the slow progress made in the state acquiring the lands se- lected for the new institution, the of- ficials were notified to “get busy.” see that the whole matter was cleared up without any rther de- lay This information us direct and is reliable. We also can say that large number of the tracts will likely be pald for this week, and may have been paid by the time the paper | There was some | comes to but there the peniten ously de- back of the Tener has ani be nothing to in tion and build t of t tiary in 1} termined That sctews 1 proposition, that with Gov. | will | loca - winced terfer & New y pre STATE WINS SUIT, Paper Company Fined in Blair Court | for A nota freedom from po the pul oliuting the Juniata, victory ARSUring ution and purity f Pennsyl ir legal Vana minte Buller Ww $l dis ure destruct i Hutions f g the J bmittex 0 and sr Oo There " YT fart is Aine A * niata 1 Found Horse in Creek Rn oh ] thr the loca point run had become en harness and was side In the stream the poor animal was n an exhausted condition with bare sufficient strength to keep its head above the water and was breathing heavily. Mr. Rothrock summoned help from some woodchoppers in the vi. cinity, and the men succeeded In ex- trieating the horse from its perilous position. The buggy was badly wreck- od and the harness torn. The horse was unhitched, tied to a tree and left standing for the return of the own- ar DOK in { quest of animal the ils in on tangled thrown When discovered | ors Finds $5500 in Checks in Desk. While cleaning out his desk In | Sunbury Tuesday of this week, Chas, Tressier, chief clerk to the Northum- berland county commissioners, dis- covered two checks for a total of $5,500, drawn to the order of the county in 190%, but which had never been cashed or entered upon the coun ty records. The checks were given in payment for bands, it is sald, but how they passed the auditors cannot be told, Marriage Licenses. Zerby Nevil «a =» » «Osler Colyer Dellefonte Howard Snow Shoe Snow Bhoe State College . Lemont Ida M., James M. Haupt Florence E. Gardner Lemuel Zindel Ivy M. Uszzle Robert R. Reed A. Bottorf = - = Don't try to repair a roof that has not heen shingled since the year 1881. Move Into some other house You ean discourage the growth of dandelions on your lawn by allowing the neighborhood boys to play there, It Is not considered good form now keep the old family Bible, contain. the record of births, ete, lying on contre-table, to ing the “LITTLE EGYPT” SCANDAL. Prominent Kittaning Pa., Citizens Conduct Private Carnival. Kittaning, Pa., has a scandal which thus far has resulted in the dismissal of a captain from the police depart- ment, and the resignation of four members of the fire company. The troublesome times for Kittane ning’s citizens in due to the desire of some of them to enjoy a night's pleas- ure in which they overstepped the bounds of propriety and the law. On the night of May 11 a party of promi. nent merchants and churchmen, all members of the hose company, kid- napped Mollle Morgan, known on the stage ab “Little Egypt.” After the vaudeville performance of the Cotting Carnival Company, “Lit. tle Egypt” was taken from her dress- ing room sans garments other than her fleshlings and some flilmy gauze lace. Wrapped in blankets she was taken In an auto and to an upper room of the hose company and there danced nude on a large table in the center of the room. The girl was kept in the bullding dancing until the early morning hours, when the tolling of the bell on the Catholic church across the street brought the EADg to Its senses, During the dancing showered the girl with coins. When the party crept out to their homes, the woman, nearly dead from ex- haustion, made her way to the hotel and told her tale. She had picked up 227 In colin and bills before leaving the bullding and considering that she had been well paid, made no formal complaint, The activity displayed by the coun- cll and borough president in round- ing up the persons who were impli- cated in the night's revel is causing great uneasiness among some of the best-known business men in the city. The members of hose company No. 3 are all prominent and married. Much pressure has been brought to bear to keep the scandal down, but the coun- cil is going ahead with its investiga- tion and I= sparing no one. Several divorce suits are a possi- bility before the relations of what took place in the upper room of com- pany No. 3 building during the night of May 21 is finished the onlookers COMING MUSICAL. By Pupils of Parochial Schoo! Tomer- row Night. The pupils of Saint John's parochial schopl will give a musical recital in the Knight's of Columbus Hall on Fri- day evening June 14th, beginning at T:45. "The wing program will be rendered Army and Orchestra Chorus; Pans: price, (duet) Miss B lor Mea w {. Bertran Enc} Navy Volces Overture — Woods— Noonan: Ca- i R Tay- violin solo, Miss Miss M. Beez B Tavior: Miss Tay- Chorus Mott; r LT " Miss an shert io Queen Au Revoir sntment A ise fe let ("“heris! olin = M. Noonar Now lor; Now O'er The Sonata “Moonlight A Birthday, vocal solo gerald: 8 rite Boring. Miss BE H lis Tops Miss M Miss 8 Fitz- trio, Misses OO, arpeneto; Be- Endearing Master Misses % L Those . ronet ‘ of Misses ancred ker M Miss Heart ydults T ochibe Mis ra M Spring Snave- Mills, 0 years, 10 leaves to following *. Bhees- all of Smith, of and was She the A ¥ v me | ngle, Lydia died meme- {f the A ved the mont} and fied In eternal her father, moth. brothers and a and friends to is keenly fell community was 1 AT pr 184 'r 4 ® Dury CAs 4 1 da infancy world er three host brother wl her to % One preceded the She CAVES Riglers Kix i atives mourn her which the family. church and funeral Th forer \ attended re Vo IArge 3 ireday mn T™h well PY oon Prominent Lawyer Dead. T. C. Hipple, Esq. a prominent Clinton county lawyer, died suddenly at his home In Lock Haven early | Wednesday morning. He was in his {usual health and bad been autoing during the evening with his son, Hen- ry, returning to his bome about 10 | o'clock. He had complained of some | discomfort from Indigestion during the evening, but retired and went to | sleep. The cause of his death was {angina pectoris and before a physi. |elan could reach the house the end came. It was so sudden that only Mrs. Hipple was present He is survived by his wife and four Henry Hipple, Esq. of Mre. W. B. Hayes, of Mrs. A. P. Perley, of and Miss Charlotte, at brother, George known lumberman, | ohildren: | Lock Haven; Denver, Col; Honaker, Va. home, and his | Hipple, the well of Lock Haven. . 1 i Young Brakeman Killed. | Charles Fish, of Juniata, a former | resident of Philipsburg, and a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Fish, de- ceased, a brakeman on the Pittsburg division of the P. R FP, was killed | Friday night near Derry. | It is supposed that he was leaning {out to inspect or possibly make an {effort to loosen brakeshoe that was {jammed against a car wheel, and | while in this position struck the fence Int Grays station, five miles east of Derry. He was born at Philipsburg on June 16, 1885, being almost 27 years of age. Surviving are his wife, three brothers and two sisters. The funeral was held at Juniata on Monday af ternoon,
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