enfre democ Fal. BY TAKING POISON SAD DEATH OF BELLEFONTE YOUNG MAN. WAS FOUND DEAD ON TUESDAY George P. Gault Was the Victim of Ili Health and Despondency—Inquest Held on Wednesday Morning by Cor- oner's Jury. George P. Gault, a Bellefonte car- penter, who had been working in Lock Haven for some time past, committed suicide in his room at the Haag Hotel on Monday night by taking strychnia sulphate. His dead body was found lying in bed on Tuesday forenoon by Henry Kline, the proprietor, who en- tered the locked room by a rear win- dow after repeated efforts had been made to arouse the man by ordinary methods. Dr. Dale was immediately summoned and after an examination of the body declared that Gault had probably been dead for twelve hours. An empty bottle labled “strychnine” and a glass from which the had been drunk, leaving the dyegs, mutely testified to the man's manner of death. The bottle was lying over- turned on a stand, while the was on a chair, both beside the bed. The only reason ascribed for Mr. Gault taking his life is that he had been in poor health lately. He been in Bellefonte for more than a week past, and on Monday had taken dinner at the home of his sister, Mrs A. F. Showers, on east Curtin street, with whom his mother resides. In the morning he had gone to drug store and purchased a one-eighth ounce bottle of strychnia sulphate, claiming that he wanted to poison rats. Mr. Parrish noting that he perfectly sober, and having ly sold him poison for the same pur- pose—that of poisoning rats—gave (it to him. In the afternoon Gault went to Milesburg, coming back to Belle fonte In the evening, and shortly af- ter 7 o'clock went to the Haag House where he engaged a room for the night, Shortly after going to his room, Gault came down stairs and asked for whiskey at the bar. This was refused him, as Mr. Kline knew of his intemperate habits. He then asked for ginger ale, and a quart bot. tle of same was given him About o'clock he called down to Mr. Kline, from the head of the stairs, that he wished a small corkscrew. That was the last seen of him alive Little attention was paid to hig re- maining in his room at the hour for arising, but as the forenoon advanced to almost 10 o'clock Mr. Kline went to the door of the room and called him. After repeated efforts to arouse his guest, and an ineffectual attempt window. Mr. Gault was found lying on his back in bed with his hands crossed on his breast. After Dr. Dale, District Fortney and Policeman Beezer viewed the body permission was giv- en by Acting Coroner Henry Brown to have the body removed to Naginey's morgue. Wednesday morning ner Brown empaneled the following Jury to view the remains and investi- gate the cause of death J. M. Cun- ningham, Frank Naginey, Beezer, Jacob Marks, hart and Howard Smead witnesses had testified to all been stated above, the that “George P. Gault death by his own hand, by means of taking strychnia sulphate.” Later the body was removed to the home of his sister Mrs. A. F. Showers, on east Curtin street, where funeral ervices will be held this afternoon at o'clock 10 be conducted by Rev. G. E. Hawes of the Presbyterian chuvech. Inter- ment will be made in the Union ceme- tery. jeorge P. Gault was the son Samuel (deceased) and Mary C. Gault He was born in Bellefonte, October 15, 1878, thus making his age 34 years 1 month and 12 days. He is survived by his mother, above mentioned: his wife, formerly Miss Dora Sellers, and the following brothers and sisters Mrs. George Barnes and Mrs. H. BE Stover, of Altoona; Mrs. W. A. Knepp, of Huntingdon; James and Henry, of Howard; Mrs. Cyrus Showers and Mrs. A. F. Showers, of Bellefonte The untimely death of Mr. Gault is to be greatly regretted. He was a genial, good-hearted young made friends wherever he went. It Is hard to think that he deliberately took his own life, although such is the con- clusion of those wh8 have authority to pass judgement. There ig also ab- solutely no hint of blame attached to anyone. Many of the dead man's friends are of the opinion that he took the poison in mistake for a sleep- ing potion, as he never advanced least word of taking his own life Ai Attorney Coro- After that has jury found came to his ” « of HUNTER BROKE HIS NECK. James DeMHaas Fell From Stump in the Big Run Section, DeHans, better known with a party of hunters, Jacob DeHaas his son of Ford City, and Edwin 8 of Beech Creek, were out in Run section since the season Wednesday morning James DelHaas, aged 14 years, was out on the watch and In order to get better view of the surroundings stood on the stump of an old tree. In some manner he slip- ped and fell, alighting heavily on the frozen ground. The unfortunate lads neck was broken and his death was Instantaneous. The accident occurred at a point about 12 miles from Beech Creek and quite a distance from habitation of the party walked to the farm of Clarence Shank, on the top of the mountain and telephoned the partic. ulars to Undertaker Edward Bechdel at Blanchard, At noon Mr. Bechdel left for a trip over the rough mountain roads to get the body. Condition Remains Unchanged. The condittion of Mrs. John Stov. er, who suffered a stroke of paralysis James “Reilly.” cluding In James, Mobley, the Big opened at her home at Peru about three weeks | ago, remains unchanged. Her friends are hopeful that signs of her recovery will soon develope, contents | glass | had | Parrish’'s | was | previous- | 10 | XI 0 when cava had | William | Charles Night- | the | man who | ] the | An Ons | Centre County. BELLEFONTE, BIERLEY'S REPLY. The Chestnut Wood Peckers and State Treasury Cormorants. Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. Editor of the Centre Democrat Dear Sir I percelve you have the “last say” from the Chief of the $250,000 Chestnut Blight fakers. If I had the time and you had space I could write you a very inter esting expose of these alleged sclentifie doctors of chestnut bark fungi. To the and as to be swindled In the “science” and “progress” it | good to expose such arrant | I will content myself by showing one-sided unfairness and incompeten- | oy who pretend to save the chestnut trees {from worms. Your readers who were interested enough to follow the con- troversy will remember that my con- test was not based upon the fact that I did not own the land, but upon two other grounds: | 1. if I did not destroy these six eaten saplings within twenty names of does little humbugs worm days, they would go on and do it and charge | | the 8 cost to me. That I claimed bug, that there was as they averred. My appeal was based upon propositions, If that Commission had {examined the law which created them and authorized them to squander $250, {000 of the people's money without giv- {ing any respongible security to any one, they would have found that the only appeal which the property owner { has under it is to the property destroy- ters themselves. | treasury tock good care not to | vide for an appeal from their decision {to a court of justice in the county where the land lies and no compensa- tion to the owners whose property they condemned without his knowl edge or an opportunity to be heard {I was in Harrisburg when I got both notices. There sat Mrs. Greninger in | her home every day, whilst the “field | agent” of this irresponsible and as- | sinine commission was pecking at her | trees within one hundred yards of his { clandestine and illegal operations, If {he had obeyed common he iwould have gone there and inquired who owned the land and she could have told him. So when [ received the notice by mail I sent word to her {of the fact and advised her that her cheapest way was to cut | trees and use them for firewoo« she did. She could not afford to was | time about six trees, Neither could L | But, it was a matter of principle with | me. | The people are groaning under tax- ation of every form. The state is | overrun with the emissaries of var { lous irresponsible “Commissions,” armed with the police power of the state and a big appropriation to spend Yet, here they sit supinely on the broad part of their anatomics, patient- it no all hum- affection Was such sense, taxes, anks to the Ra Moose, whom [I did not support, but thanks just the same, a new legisia- | ture has been elected under the pledge of Bll Flinn that there shall be a weeding out, a trimming down, that {the various ({tinerant Commissions, | with their sples, trespassers and cor- | morants shall be cleaned up The general manager | mission who sits on & Russian leath er chair in the offices of the $250,000 Commission up in the Morris block in Philadelphia, may tell your readers ithat It is “a very simple affair” If he means to say that I have given your readers any “incorrect and abaurd statements.” he Is entitled to become {a full-fledged member of the Chief | Bull Moose's Ananias Club. I have | simply given you facts, whilst in his | statement he avoids the issue and con- |cenls the facts. Their field agent, ap- peared at my old home at Rebersburg, no doubt under instructions of this same manager the aggregation of timber trespassers, and wondered whether I would give up the second notice they sent me after I have the evidence in of this assininity as incompetency and Intend There will be another Harrisburg next of the Com of their own hand well as their to hold It legislature at January and they will not all be agents of some private affair, with an ax to grind and an ap- | propriation to win, Yours sincerely, W. R. BIERLY. HALE AND HEARTY AT 91. George W. Gray, Well Known Centre County Nonagenarian. The Johnstown ‘Tribune published the following jcerning the venerable George Gray, of Tyrone, who celebrated 81st birthday anniversary at the {of his daughter, Mra. B. F. Kyler. Dale Borough, near Johnstown. Mr. Gray {Is a former resident of Milesbure | where he has relatives now living. He Is enjoying the best of health, is stout and hearty, and tips the scales at 20% pounds. The Tribune says “Mr. Gray was born in township, Bedford county, In {spending his boyhood in that borhood. In 1544 he was married Miss Elizabeth Harpster, of Hunting don county Twelve children were born to them, nine of whom. three hove and six girls, were reared. Mr. Gray was a hard-working man all his life In 1861 he quit his labor as a forge man and enlisted in Company E. 83rd Pennsylvania Regiment “After the war Mr to his work at the furnace and thus employed until 1887, two after the death of his wife, when his | children persuaded him to retire | Since then, he says, he has not even | #plit kindling wood. In the last few recently article Ww his Gray wns | years four of his children have passed | away. One daughter, {Gardner with whom Mr. Gray made his home for 15 years, died at her {home In Tyrone three years ago. A | little Jater his son, George W {Jr, of Lancaster county, who fought In the Spanish-American War, dled ans (a result of a fall, A few months ago another daughter, Mra. Emma lLeath- ers, of Washington, D. C, died from lung trouble. Another daughter, Mrs. Lucy Johnson of Milesburg died a year ago, “Mr. Gray has living 75 grandehil- dren and 108 great-grandehildren. His birthday anniversary was marked by the receipt and consumption of a number of cigars” Mra. Araminta A LARGE ELEGTR Cormorant | the | That they twice notified me that | these | The raiders upon the | pro- | "| That my appeal. | cons | home | Hopewell | 1821, | neigh- | to | returned | years | Gray, | ( PLANT T0 BE BUILT AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT MADE PUBLIC THIS WEEK, | STATE COLLEGE PLANT SOLD the | But | | 3 : truly, we live in an age of assininity | Power Plant Located at Mines on the | The Institution Produces a Novel In- long as the people are willing | | Black Moshannon—Will Reach | Many Points in This Section—Talk of Trolley to State College. i — | For some time past negotiations | of these alleged public benefactors | | have been pending for the purchase of {the Nittany Light, Heat and { Company's plant at State College { the Musser, Lee, Wrigley Company Clearfield. We are reliably that arrangements have been | close the deal and the plant, with the | franchises, will be taken r at once by the new company, when the public | may expect some surprising develop- iments in the electric light business {| This company is amply supplied by and is headed by Asbury Lee, Musser and Mr. Wrigley, who rominent business men Pa. It the same { that has sed ranchises oper- ate electric plants in Unionville, { Milesburg, Centre Hall, State {and other points in the county | supposed they will eventually | some central site the county thelr power plant furnish and power to many {ty. At present they | State College plant their lines to by of made ove is | capital A. J are | field, iu ured to Hight It is select in and light | will and the operate the possibly ex- | tend Penitentiary | site | The organization { undoubtedly means {ing of the electrical | locality i The | od Esq. | this | For of the business this company revolutioniz- in this information was furnish- for publication by A. A. Dale who represents these parties in ection, in their negectiations that reason we can ire our readers that it is authentic Mr. Dale | refused to give anything further at {this time for publication. From this we can infer that there will portant developments later that be a benefit to the general bus { terests of this community Sometime ago there was an made to have a similar plant » Scootac regions that cheap x for proposition Appears dropped out of the field, and {now is going ahead to take up a sim | lar work, If they will be able to sup- ply cheap electric current for this sec {tion It is safe to predict that the trol- ley proposition from here to State College may materialize the near future above us a be ness ine effort located would SUp- section to have this one wer this in New Railroad Takes Name. Pennsylvania and ting through Huntingdon county, thal had been organized by capitalists from Lock Haven, Willlamsport and Hunt- ingdon. They have bought up the short five-mile spur now in operation between Markiesburg and Paradise Furnace and will extend their tions immediately The new {extend through the fertile | Creek valley, which is twenty-six i miles long and about four miles wide and which has never had any facilities of any kind Markiesburg will be the terminus of the northern end of Huntingdon county line, while the southern end will connect at Rocky Ridge and Jacobs with the | East Broadtop railroad, which i north through the county into Union | line wil Mount Narrow Escape For Train Crew. A freight orew on the P. & 8. Rall- injury of and death on Friday last week when one-half of the big trestle near West Moshannon lapsed. The engine and two of | me ven cars loaded with coal had got- ten on the trestle when it gave way | The engine remained on the track and | was not materially Aamaged | Roy Richards, the engineer, sustained | slight bruises, while the fireman and | brakemen escaped without injury | The two coal cars were pretty well demolished. It will require several weeks to rebuild the trestle and will cause severe loss to used the road to make shipments col- very Heavy Damages Against Pennasy. The big discrimination suit of Clarke Bros. Coal Mining Co {the Pennsylvania Rallroad which has been occupying the atten. tion of the Clearfield court for more than a week past was brught to close Tuesday morning about 8:30 o'clock when the jury brought in a | verdict against the Pennay, awarding the plaintiffs damages to the amount lof $41,481.00, which, under the rules, will be trebled, making the total amount $124.4432.00. It is expected, of | course that the case will be appeal- od the Company Oil Struck in Clinton County, Tuesday's lock Haven Democrat | reports oll having been struck on Clinton county It is said that the pressure of the gas from the well was so great on Saturday that it blew out the sand pump and it was followed by a considerable flow of oll that scat. { tered itself over the premises A company composed of John F | Foley, George J. Koller, of Renovo, Frank P and others put | test well down the hole as a Schrank Taken to the Asylum. | John Behrank, who attempted the life of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, | was taken to the Northerm Hospital for the Insane near Oshkosh, Wis, Judge Backus, of the municipal court, committed Schrank to that Institu- tion on Friday last after a commin- sion of allenists had adjudged him in- mane, Hunting Party Got Two Bucks. | The Willis P. Bullock and William {Jones hunting party In eamp at the [old Berryhill camping ground in the | Big run region, killed a fine big buck Tuesday and another Wednesday of last week, wounding a third on the Intter day which they had not suo | ceeded in getting at last reports, PA. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28th, 1912, Power | informed | toi of Clear- | company | College | for | towns in the coun- | The Southern WHF the name of a new Miliroad cut- opera- | Trough | raliroad | runs § road had a narrow escape from serious | morning | the | operators who | against | al the | farm of Uriah Kelley, on Kettle Creek, | Cummings, of Williamsport, | Vol. 35, No. PENNSYLVANIADAY | | | Comes to Grief After a Long Season | AT STATE COLLEGE | PROVED ONE OF THE MOST 8UC- CESSFUL EVENTS, | (GOV.TENER PROMISES STATE AID dustrial and Educational | Maly Notables Were i | Visits Penitentiary Site. Parado— Present Oné of the greatest days in the his. { tory of Pennsylvania State College was last Friday, November 22nd, of felally known as “Pennsylvania Day” and In addition to these exercises, be- ing the occasion, the dedicating of mew engined bullding. The | trustees, faculty am studens of the | college entertained this day Gov- | ernore John K. Teéner, United States Senatar Doles Penrose, State Senators and presentatives, many other state officials and friends of the school, with {a variad and mont interesting program. In addition to the students and citi- zens Of the town there were at least 1,000 Visitors, many being from Belle- | fonte, Among the most prominent in | addition to the Governor and senior | Be r were Attorney-General John {C, Boll Supt. of Bducation Nathan C, | Sch Representative George BE. | Altea of Pittsburg; J. DD. Callery, t of the Pittsburgh Rallways ¥. and a trustee of the college; former Congressman M. E. Olmstead, of ‘Murrisburg: Adjutant General Th J. Btewart, of Harrisburg; N. B hfield, Becretary of Agriculture, Au General elect A. W. Powell, Re niative Harey P. Kuhn, of Pittsburgh: and Walton C. Mitchell, of Plitsburgh, 2 trustee of the col lege; BE 8B. Bayard and J. B. Quigley of Pittsburgh. Among the members of the leginlature present were the following : Senators Powell, | ghen¥ county; Walter McNichols, Scranton; Franklin Martin, Cumber- nnd county; Representatives and H. P. Kuhn, Allegheny county; D. Lloyd Clayecomb, George C. Irwin, Ply- moutll W. Bnyder, Blair; Cephas ¥. Centre; Jopathan Currier, | Alone 8. Moulthop, Peter McDermott, Clearfield; Allen BR. Mechling, Forest: | Homage P. Dunn, Huntingdon; 8, Tay- |lor North, Jefferson; Ralph Gibson, Ly ing, and a number of Central and tern Pennsylvania members, {| the the Industrial parade at 10a m. con- tainifig 15 floats given by the students in Behor of Governor Tener and the other visitors, The parade was re- viewed by Governor Tener, President from a reviewing stand located on Col- lege Avenue in front of the Mechanical Enginesring building. College Avenue waz tironged with people from one the other. The wonderful work ne Py the Institution was » “The floate demonstrated just what the college In doing In every de- partment, Following the parade the new engi- neering building was dedicated. It is planned to be a unit to the to the Mechanic-Arts building. The construction is of steel brick and | brown sandstone and is a handsome addition to the collection of forty | bulidings already in use {ent Bchaeffer made an address Dean John Price Jackson spoke on “The Bullding and Its Uses” Gov- etnor Tener presented the keys of {the building to the student body and |G. W. Barger of the class of 1913 re- | sponded The regular Pennsylvania Day {ercises ware held in the Schwab Aud- itorfum, the beautiful building being crowded. President Edwin E Sparks introduced Governor Tener as the pre- siding officer. The Governor sald a new era for State College had dawned today. He spoke of the splendid work { accomplished by the college and in- | ninted that the state should be lHberal in ite support. “So far as my | influence goes,” said the governor, “1 | will endeavor to see that | gets the maximum amount appro | priation from the state next year. The {major portion of the state money {should be given to this college. We {should prefer it above all other edu- | cational institutions. ™ | Senator Penrose outlined lcollege has made giant | the efficient management of President Sparks and promised to use his in. fluence In getting the college appropriation. A few remarks also were made by Representative Alter Attorney General Bell was the ora- tor of the day. He reviewed the his | tory of the college and touched a lit tie on politics “We have heard a great deal of late about social betterment and moral up- Iift of the people. Some there are who may think that the cause of so- cial Justice was recently defeated and | dethroned. To these 1 would say, not so. The cause of social justice i= not, never has been, and never will be, de- | pendent upon the success of any po- | Htieal party “No political party, thank God, has {or can have, a monopoly of the cause of social Justice It in the ory of humanity, of human kind It is the cry that was voiced by the Almighty upon Mt. Sinai and that was poured into Apostolic ears in the Sermon on the Mount, and that has been re |verberating down the corridors of time | ever since “The truth and ex - of how strides is we are all progres {gives at heart, whatever may be several faiths, The world Is constant. ly growing better. It was foreordain- od that It should be so from the dawn | more stop | of creation. You ean no the forward movement of the world In this regard than you can stop Its rev {olution upon Its axis. And the most | potent force in this forward movement {is that great body of our citizenship | | engaged In agricultural and the me- | chanle arts. Experience has demon- {strated that the character and well be ling of a nation, In Its last analysis, | must depend upon the character and well being of the Industrial classes.” In the afternoon Adjutant General Stewart reviewed the military regi. ment of students, following which the freshmen and sophomores engaged In a game of football. It resulted In a | the, N State College at present is crowded almost to capacity with students, (Continued at bottom of next col.) Alle- | Alter | L. | The opening event of the day was | Sparks, Benator Penrose and others | additions | Superintend- | more | this college | the | under | A good | our | A STEALER OF CHICKENS, | of Depredations. On Saturday morning Police tain A Beliefonte a young man of Alfred Heaton, who rested the day befare by the officer, on the charge of being a common chicken thief. The young man, whose age In less than 20 years, resided near Unjonville with his grandmother, and ix sald to have been carrying on stealing practices for a year past, with uniform succese. When arrested by OMcer Barr, Heaton confessed to rob- bing many hen roosts between Union- ville and Lock Haven, the product for which he found a ready market at re- duged prices, A number of Bald Eagle Valley residents were named by the young man as having suffered poultry losses by his visits, Heaton had been under suspicion for some time and his arrest followed the of- ficer's vigilant lookout to catch him “with the goods” In this Mr. Barr was successful, for when caught Hea- toa had a bag of chickens on his back, ready to dispose of to Tyrone resi- dents. fe BAfter arriving in Bellefonte, Officer Barr took his prisoner to Squire Mus- ser's office, and notified District At- torney Fortney. On learning that he was under age, the case was turned over $0 Judge Orvis to be disposed of in juvenile court. Without delay the court sentenced him to a term in the Huntingdon reformatory, and he was taken to that institution the same day by Sheriff Lee. The youthful offender Bellefonte, where he has frequently made visits, He is considered men- tally unbalanced and therefore partly irresponsible for his bad habits While living with his grandmother he was practically incorrigable mother is sald to be dead. A GIRL'S EXPERIENCE. by the name had been ar- is known in {In Passing Through Tunnel on the N. i Y. C. Railroad. { One of the three young ladies of Lock Haven, who accompanied a par- ty of hunters a few days ago to the Panther run district, created much {amusement on the N. YY, €, train which they were traveling to {the hunting grounds, and while her { experience for the moment was shock ling, she later took the joke on herself | good naturedly, says the Democrat of {that city. The young lady was com- | fortably settied In the seat and that { ber mind riveted on an exciting pas- sage In a book she was reading, when the train suddenly entered the first short tunnel on the line, and the train was enveloped in total darkness. Neve or having experienced the sensation of going through a tunnel on a rallroad train, and being unable to see any- thing. the young lady shrieked out, "Oh, m blind, I'm blind!" Bvery passenger in the car heard the agon- izing yell, and as the train just then fiirged from te othte 4nd of: the a_ripple of 1 or ove pd. a LACT het face a crimson hue, settled down still {lower In the seat, to read her novel, | pretending to be unmindful of the | gaze of the passengers in her direction, but as she recovered from her chagrin she returned the smiles, and thus knowledged that she had cause for the laughter among her friends aes Fool Yells “Fire”; 50 Killed. A terrible panic was caused Sunday afternoon by the cry of five at a mov- ing picture show in Bilboa, Spain | About fifty children and others were killed The scene of the accident circus, which had been « Qn continuous As the price is a large onverted into cinematograph show admission was only two cents the building was crowded {to its utmost capacity, for the part with women and children The operator of the machine | nerve when a film ignited, and scream. {ed “fire” He was able to extinguish {the fAames himself without diMculty but the effect of his cry upon the aud lence was instantaneous Almost ev ery one within the bullding sprang up Police and attendants powerless to control the panic-stricken people and were swept away by the masse which sought to fight a way t the exit. Scores were knocked down {and trampled and many were crushed to death in the passages from the galleries and to the streets of lost his wery Peculiar Case of Forgery. Eisenhauer, of Millmont, Cen- unty, is under arrest in Al on the charge having chang- destination on a Pennsylvania ticket. The formal charge is It is alleged that Elsenhauer ticket at Pittsburg to go to Millmont by way of Bellefonte, and that he scratched out some of the printing and made the ticket read for Millmont by way of Harrisburg conductor naturally noticed the change and had the man arrested when the train reached Altoona. J. M. Dockey, a PP. R R officer, swore out the formal information, RJ tre La toona ed the railroad forgery bought a of Smokers Startling Discovery. Frank Dormer, an assessor of Sha- mokin, Pa. while inspecting proper tien, purchased a cigar and started smoking. The cigar was difficult to keep burning and Dormer pressed the leaves of tobacco and felt something hard, Opening the cigar with his knife Dormer discovered an inch of a man's finger, believed to have been that of a cigarmaker who had his finger dismembered at a machine, the {tip being lost In the tobacco, There are now 1.9520 scholars in at- tendance and 150 More expected In | December for the short course. If the | state does not grant more liberal ald to the college than in past year it will | be necessary to limit the number of students, The agricultural department particularly has been growing very fast. In 1885 this department had but | 73 students. ‘This years there are 976 students In this department. Saturday at noon Governor Tener and party were entertained at lunch. eon at the home of Theodore Davis Boal at Boalsburg. In the evening they were the guests of Warden John Francies at the Bungalow on the new prison site. During their stay at the college Governor Tener and wife and senator Penrose were the guests at the home of President Sparks, Cap~ | R. Barr, of Tyrone, brought to | his | His | in | reach | given ample |° most | surging | The | A DEMEN TED MAN FROM ASYLUM | WANDERS ABOUT FROM HARRIS. BURG TO BELLEFONTE, SHERIFF LEE LOCATES HIS MAN Was Glad to Get Back to His Former Home—Was Weary and Harmed No One-—Had Tramp About the Country. Worn-— a Long The man who was arrested at Cole ville last week by Policeman Harry Dukeman and Deputy Sheriff Willlam Rowe, proved to be J, Vought, an es- caped lunatic from the State asylum, near Harrisburg, As stated last week the man's actions plainly showed that he was demented, and his inco- { brent replies to questions put to him {together with his queer manner of | speech led the officers to believe that | he was a foreigner. In fact the | prisoner was a puzzle to those at the Jall until] the arrival home of Sheriff Lee. That official began addressing the man in Dutch and was rewarded by direct replies. The Sheriff ques- { tioned him closely and gleaned from Vought's answers that he regarded Steelton ax his home In reply to the Sheriffs question as to whom his phy- sidian had been, Vought mentioned Dr. Orth, who Is known as head phy- sician at the state hospital for the insane at Harrisburg. With this clue Sheriff lee at once { got In communication with the asylum j officials, and they sent C. G. Johnson, {one of the attendants at the Institu- (tion, to Bellefonte. Immediately on seeing the man, Mr. Johnson recog- nized him as a former Inmate whom they were seeking. Mr. Johnson stat- ed that the man had escaped from the institution on November 4th and they had been unable to secure any trace of him until notified by the Centre county officials It appears that Vought's objective point after leaving the asylum was | Bteelton, his former home Steelton is but a short distance from the { asylum, and Vought could have reach. ed it in several hours’ time had he not gotten on the wrong road, which | finally brought him up In Coleville | He had traveled the greater part of | the distance from Harrisburg to this place on foot, thinking all the while that he was journeying homeward. He had subsisted on whatever he could beg, which must have been very lit- tie, as his actions naturally led peo- ple to fear him, Mr. Johnson stated that Vought had been am inmate of the Institution for the past ten years, and was inoffensive in his manner, When picked up by the police last week he was annoying the school children at Coleville by chasing them around the school na% He gave his name as Wil- ihe aime but Trier gated 3t eat J. Vought, which Mr. Johnson ver- fled. The demented man seemed anxious to get back to the asylum, and on Fri- day Mr. Johnson put him on board an | asthe und train and accompanied him t “al Vv | | THANKSGIVING DAY, President Taft og lesignated Thursday, | Nov as Thanksgiving day for 1912. {On the Fourth of July the eagle seems {a little larger than it does on any | other day, and its scream may grate | more harshly on the foreign ear than {it does any other time. But on this day we cultivate reverence and express our appreciation of those | blessings that have come to our coun- try without the thought or ald of Americans. We have reason to look with some degree of pride upon the achievement of the United States; we contemplate the present with satis- faction, and look to the future with { hope; and yet on this occasion “we may { well remember that we are but bulld- ing upon the foundations that have been laid for us. We did not create the fertile soil that is the basis of our agricultural greatness; the streams that drain and feed valleys were t channelled by human hands. We not fashion the climate that gives the white mn belt of the south, the yellow wheat belt of the north, and | the central corn belt that joins the two | and overlaps them both. We do not [gather up the moisture and fix the | date of the (« ly and later rains; we {did not hide ay in the mountains {the gold and we silver did not | store in the ¢ th the deposits of cop- per and zinc: we did not create the measures of coal and the beds of iron. All these natural resources, which we have but commenced to develop, are the gift of Him before whom we bow {in gratitude on this Thanksgiving day lof 1912.-W. J. Bryan at our ne did 1] cot we Oscecla's Postmaster Dead. John H. Warren, who not jong since succeeded Frank H, McCulley as post- master of Osceola, died very sudden {ly Friday morning. He had been down {at the postoffice changing the mail land not feeling well, he repaired to { his home to lie down. When his wife returned to the house about 10:30 she was shocked to find her husband ly- ing on the couch in the cold embrace of death. He had been complaining of late of heart trouble, which is thought to have been the cause of his sudden death Mr. Warren's age was 81 years, 11 {months and 22 days and Is survived ‘by his wife and adopted daughter, Penn State to Battie Pittsburg. Penn State's great undefeated elev. en, acknowledged as one of the best aggregations of foot ball warriors In the country, will battle on Forbes Feld, Pittsburg, this afternoon with | University of that city. Fans who remember last year's close score of the | meeting of these teams, feel sure that one of the classiest games of the sea son will result today. The game will begin at 2:30 this afternoon, Missionary Lecture at Zion. On Sunday morning at 10:30 Mrs Helen Reegle, field worker for the Foreign and Home Missionary So- clety of the Lutheran church, will de- liver a lecture In the Lutheran church at Zion. An invitation is extended to [an who may wish to attend,
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