The Centre _—— Democrat. Circulal in Centre County. BELLEFONTE, PA. THURSDAY, —————— DECEMBER 5th, 1912, Over 5500—Largest REGULAR SESSION DEGEMBER COURT THE USUAL GRIST OF PETTY LIT- IGATION. CASES TRIED BEFORE JURY | Fred Dunham Wins His Suit—Other Business Before the Court——Opin- | ions and Decrees—Reported by 8S. D. Gettig. December court quarter sessions convened on Monday morning at ten o'clock, and the major portion of the forenoon session was taken up in the hearing of motions and petitions. The Grand Jury was called and charg- ed and F. A. Foreman, farmer, of Gregg township, elected foreman. ter which the constables of the sev- eral districts made their quadrennial report to the court and the civil trial list was gone over and the following cases disposed of: The Dyer Manufacturing vs. H. C. Sinclair, being Settled. Centre county vs. being an assumpsit, not being at issue. WwW. A Hartsock, trayal, prosecutrix Nellie fendant plead guilty and sentence was imposed. George W, Hoyt is acting stenographer this week in the a of the regular stenographer. F. 8. Dunham vs. George G3 Company an appeal Harris township, Continued indicted for Roush. the Da- usual il sence offic { T. Bush, being an appeal, went to trial on Mon- | day afternoon, and the claim grows out of an alleged contract between the plantiff and the defendant for the publication of defendant's book en- titled “A Trip Around the Wo : the plaintiff, the rate [ volume, claiming alan e defendant of $132 Ver i fav- or of the plaintiff on Tuesday morning for the amount of the claim with terest. oon Attorr at a i 10 Hic t Tuesday ma 3 having Grand Jury the e¢ourt and t first case called was vs. John Taylor, prosecutor Ge Zerby, indicted malic chief The case is from Potter ship, and the defendant moved quash ti ‘tment in the th formation made it did not t rime was committed that the alleged in Centre county. Defendant's mo- tion was sustained and the indictment quashed. Whereupon th District Attorney asked of Cot to send up a District Attorney's and a true bill was returned by Grand Jury Jesse Wicks, indicted rning no bill Wr for jous mi to 1 in 1e InGgi as set € leave H Proseq first Clark utor Deibert B. McDonald, second and Dennis count, jarceny; Af- | as | be- | town- Three Howard Boys Arrested and Af- | terwards Discharged. { George Holter, Thomas Putler | Dewey Shay, a trio of Howard and boy 8 | cAuGHT ABET WITH SNARES. SUDDEN DEATH OF HENRY M. KREBBS { whose ages would probably average | WHILE HUNTING DEER IN THE 1156 years, became entangled in a case | of fllegal rabbit hunting recently that | { was successfully unraveled in Squire | { Musser's office on Wednesday after- noon. Nothing serious resulted for | the youhg men beyond a little scare, {and that was so slight as to be hard- {ly noticeable. Several days Department State Davidson, ago the | sent Atlee i that The in Snares, the illegal catching of rabbits vicinity by the use of { warden found the above | boys connected with a number | snares and caused their arrest. | were brought inte Squire | on Wednesday, where | | | | court Mr, Dav- Game | al game warden, to Howard to investigate | i mentioned of | 1¢ nn ! They | Mussenws | { idson testified to the evidence he had | secured. In substance, the boys had | n using snares to catch rabbits {at least it was shown that one cotton- { tail had been captured--but it was {question as to who operated the traps | The warden did not care to push charge against the youthful land stated he simply wanted the prac- i tice abandoned Hence the defendants | were discharged and the placed upbh the county. { A ecard containing the | for 1811-1912, produced in the was probably sponsible getting the trouble, The card, which was tributed by a Lock Haven sporting goods dealer, contained the misleading statement that rabbits may taken in any manner except by ferrets. It was shown that these cards have a wide ¢ ulation in Howard, an their accepted as reliable However rance of the ox - cusett the abov many point to are ins the | bee 1 Costs game laws in Case, for partly boys in dis- be ire i contents 18nd no one iw 1 hut n8¢ oral wreful o | don al th | Thanksgiving a hunters, | | Bons ] | time i evidence | re- | | had | SEVEN MOUNTAINS, "FOUND DEAD ON HIS GROSSING | | | | Was Overcome With Heart Failure— A Sad Thanksgiving Morning in a Hunting Camp—A Citizen of Pid Grove Mills. gad termination of a Thanksgiving Day. the Modoc crowd, of nimrods from about Pine Grove Mills who were en- camped on what is known as Shaf- fer's creek, "in the Seven Mountains, south of Pine Grove Mills in Hunting- county The party went the woods on the 14th the month and were preparing t« leave fi home Day. Among the party Musser Krebbs He had crossing to wale for deer drive was being made | at the customary walked to approached, he Ww lying fiat against f i There unting was omposed was party known mostly a on as h 1 to of ) nr wil Henry to Aa a short rep Hess hi man n while Failing John station and ticed that to ni ns no- the “as i a resh off was he his and with ne hen on 4 | , | Death o m Aan fe STOLEN GEMS TURN TO PASTE, Tangle Over Recovered That Prove to Be Imitations. ram from Detroit tel Mr. Yo When the was discov paste, Mr the bu from last stolen troit idence ported elry ered that York f stitution police believe the jewels once before and that the first { to insure his eScape, put paste in of the reals gems A man giving Hazzay and describing himself waiter from New York alleged have confessed that he took the JEW ston the Since were f made burglary, “ t i the stolen hi * ) were ¢ if of th L. as names ti jewels and count, receiving stolen goods, ste: third | from the York home but says he did! count, stealing from the person, and fourth count, robbery. This from Orviston and from mony it that the cage I8 appears ] a appears and the inst room the they the tion six himself turned hand f& person where he had h Mr. Wick and Mr while he was conscio less and subsequently found that $48.00 of money in bills was missing Mr Clark denies having been in the room at the time alleged by the prosecutor, and that he was too drunk to know and does not know what took pla on that Sunday. He and Mr. Wicks started to go to Snow Shoe on Mon day morning, taking the freight pass ing Orviston, and when the passenger train caught up at Panther Run, they went to get off the freight train and on to the passenger when he progecu- tor and an officer stepped and put them under arrest The trial lasted all of Tuesday af oon. Verdict on Wednesday morning. The following opinions were recently delivered by vis and filed of record Gregg township Isaac Walker Refused plaintiffs bill Penn Chemical merman Judgment dict Lillie Dale Judgment non obstaute veredicto. Lillie C. Etters, et al vs. G. I. Mus- ser al In favor of defendant murrer sustained, Case of Comm Josse HH. Clark, jury returned a verdict on Wednes- day morning of not guilty. After which a jury was selected and sworn try Delbert I. Wicks, and the testimony In this case was similar to the testi mony against Clark loth defend- ants were charged with the same act Verdict on Wednesday afternoon « not gullty. The Register offered his on Wednesday afternoon for ation nisi, Comm. vs. John Taylor, indicted for malicious mischief. Prosecutor, Geo. W. Zerby. This case is from Potter township. During the forenoon of Bep- tember 18th last, an explosion took place along a private road near residence of the prosecutor, whereby a small bridge and the fence prosecutor were destroyed. The test). mony of the Comm. is entirely cir- cumstantial, based on the purchase of dynamite by the defendant a few days previous to the explosion, and state- ments made by the defendant to 4if- ferent parties that if this bridge and fence were not removed what might happen. This, however, was denied by the defendant and his family, defend. ant denying the statements testified to and denying all knowledge of the explosion, while the Commonwealth's witnesses placed the defendant with his family near the scene of the ex- plosion about the time thereof on their way to the plenie. Jury out The Grand Jury made their final in had more prosecu be that sometime in the boarding me or ATE o'clock ng over by of ut ip tern decrees or- and Judge Catherine to and dismiss Co y ve, Mary entered mn ( ve Geo Dale estate. ot ve to of {Continued at bottom of next col.) De- | Acoounts | confirm- | the | of the | not m the anipulnt® ths. stones Tart Jewelry was found in pawnshops the in Hazz room I } is r rest ay's ctory. teers f Proposed Glass Fa or committ Linn Faul further view here ‘ Harris, Frank E we vaginey nted promoters the ndustry 1 le ’ is Vogel's Minstrels Coming. John W. Vogel's B Minstrels is said to be a combination of mirth mimicry and music, absolutely and 1 the brig! m enter taining and farthest vanced min strel entertainment ever presented for public approval It filled with sparkling fun that vou hardly finish | one laugh hefore iI are plunged into another. There is a fund of humor that holds in constant merriment | from start finish. If wish to enjoy an vening pure wholesome fun without vulgarity, do not fail to attend this entertainment which willl be given at the opera on Thurs- day evening, Deg 12 it will their only appearance this sea son g City yositively i is mo one to vou 4 ¢ oO hose ns 14] here Death Claims Father and Son. Watson MeNally, a Civil war veter an and one of the oldest citizens of | lair county, died at his home at | Mines on Monday, in his 74th vear His son John, who has been a sufferer from a cancerous affection of the liver for many months, died one hour later at the parental home, aged 48 vears A double funeral w=» held on Wed nesday n ns A Buck On The Fly. road employes In the Lewis town Narrows report an eight pronged buck leaving the mountains, clearing the rallroad tracks at a bound, swim- ming the Juniata river and taking to the mountains on the opposite side Saturday afternoon. Htate i | i i {report on Wednesday were discharged, the | stance being that they | bills of indictment, | were found to be true bills and one { Ignored. That the Court House was in good repair, that the floor in the | dungeon and In cell No. § were in bad { condition, and that some of the locks | needed repairing. That the floor In | the bathroom, the roof and gpouting | needed repairing, and some repairs to {the plastering in the ceiling, and rec- | ommend papering the hall and parlor {of the jail, and further that they had approved a county bridge in the bor- ough of Millheim. After the Jury was sworn In the next case which will go to trial Thursday morning, all jurors excepting those in the box and In the jury room were dis- charged, afternoon and report in sub. passed on nine eight of which of HP merchant | paper | has | Street afternoon and at iin {trong volee | been | for more {in his {bath | the | When {home at land {of Lock Haven; Diamonds | Anna would Was near Hive death making He maiden and thre Catherine the lowing brothers sisters John Baker Northumberland; at Pine COrove Roush, Pine Grove Mills hn M i of Tt he omestead nlity he of bis Ke in dentist, of Mrs i WwW Mrs wt H Je r | Fergusor 1 1, in case of an error ¢ ' of ¥ r B ng ‘ xi Janus ask matter number Bt Jan that Ww wt 4 mu t) received all one mber w ArTeATAE®S ¢ N 4 ills same in ‘ months attention January n arrears per under seg i postage charged additional tL] ription rats comply is your free of After 1st YOars w marats for wrapper cent which bis Ww A th der to and It privilege o if postage it ne Served Many Years. learfield Public Spirit says Mrs. I. T. Eddy, of Miles who were the guests of Rev 8S. Oyler, of Dorey days returned Mr. Eddy 56 years, sang the Eleventh 10 of yesterday chorister for Men's Meeting at Methodist church on Sunday the other services of although well advanced possesses a rich and He delighted the people beautiful and soul-stirring which he rendered. He has Sunday School Superintendent than 40 years and is serving consecutive year In the Sab- School which he is connected.” home been the a in the and still day yearns with the selections a "ne Conductor Gottlieb Meyers Killed. Gottlieb Meyers, a well known freight conductor Penna, R. R, was instantly killed Driftwood on Thanksgiving day. Mr. Meyers’ train stopped at Driftwood about 3.50 o'clock on Thurs- day afternoon he was in the act of securing the numbers of the cars. In attempting to cross the tracks he was struck by train No, 88, and instantly killed. The remains were taken to his Renovo, where he leaves a wife and one son. Deceased was born in Beech Creek and was aged 64 years. He in also survived by three brothers one mister: Martin and Thomas, Christ Meyers, of Bald Eagle township, and Mre, Christ Myers, of Beech Creek, Accident at Philipsburg Mine, Three coal miners were seriously injured near Philipsburg on Monday. Charles and Irvin Meyers, of Lock Lamond, and William Hughes, of Hawk Run, each has an injured back, Hughes having vertebrae partially dislocated. Charles Meyers has three ribs broken and an injured back. at Krebb's | on | Krebbs, | to | who | on the middle division of | LODGE OF SORROW, | [GREAT SCRAMBLE AT | Bunday maori P. L E and Was thi | if the | held In Petrikin attended by members the order from all parts of the coun ty, and by citizens of the town { well prepared program made the ses- tglon one of interest. The opening ex- terclics were conducted according to the iritfl of the order under the diree- tion of William CC, Cassidy, the Ex- {alted Ruler, assisted by various of. figereé of the lodge. One of the pleas- ant features was the musical selec- jtions arranged for this oecasion. | There were two octeties, one of and the other of women, who rendered some exceptionally fine and appro- { priate vocal selections, and which | were under the experienced direction lof M Mary Bradley, {| The memorial address was delivered lby Hon. 1. 8. Walter, of Mt. Carmel, | Pa. who proved to be one of the fin- | ext peakers heard in Bellefonte in many years, His addr Was appro- | print to the occasion his theme iden’’ largely with the principles whi the Benevolent and Protective {Order of Blks Is fo His re- marks were elevating and inspiring to | all present This was Judge Walter's | Rrst appearance before a Bellefonte | nude and it made for him a last. itation with our people #5 masterly and most eloquent; in the choicest English, his jeft a profound impression who were fortunate enough heard him Judge delighted with Bellefonte undings, declaring that of the most inviting inland isited by him annual iellefone afternoon cereises me H is were well 4 4% Us on inded . § pt Ling 1 Jt | i couched address upon all 10 nave Was Burr one evel and it its WAN towns WAS ACCIDENTALLY SHOT. f James DeHaas Not Caused by Breaking of Neck, Have Democra “James 14 old 5 Armsirong county on Sat x n + Hau | City I ord in fallen from neck to have his UTGa) np and broken nting mpany Jacob DeHuaas of Ford 8, Mobley, of Beech C in CA o learn ‘ undertaker been sin that hut the bos het that his gut Hl BOMe UDKNOWHR Wa slipping off the slump had been resting 1t } passed through his hand, entered his abdomen and {ploughed its way up through his bod) coming out of his neck under the left ear. The accident odourred during {the forenoon of Wednesday and the {body was taken in charges by Under- taker Edward Bechdol, of Blanchard. Funeral sérvicds and burial was held tat Blanchard Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clc @ fils harged boy ire t STATE COLLEGE WON. i Stats ins toved Th irey with University ig JEN -elght “nn $ 3 | team eleven iarter "wn WAR Niats This icoonnf them their history completes f the | gives credit vith and in Sold Liquor at Bearding House. Ever since the raijlr peraiions were by the Penna line near the bu Howard, Joseph Sweelig and his Mary Rave been mducting a boarding he for men who are employed on the Besides furnishing all that goes satidry hungry man Mine Host Ig dertook to keep is boarders getting thirsty pensing Sweelig had an uniq ling the booze without ting license laws He used small hecks, containing his initials sold to the men Each ch titled the bearer t dr {thus the flourished practically legitimate manner However, one of the | Thomas regarded it as a | the liquor law, and came t nw, caused Sweelig's case came before Squire Monday night, and after idence Mr Brown's judgment prompted him divide the be tween prosecutor and defendant, as no violation of the law had taken place Sweelig. however, was ordered to cut out using liquor on his premises, which he promised to do. Each party paid $11.18 costs extensive wid starteq N § fe Tat wi X £ a ine from liquor } i Hwee ¥ by WR f it nfl with brass } wh which he ) act 0 ne business in Mike iolation of Bellefonte arrest The Brown on hearing the varders % or ’ to Costs Purchases Fast Horse Henry W. Shoemaker, president of Altoona Tribune, has purchased at Old Glory sale in New York City, the fast trotting stallion Major Delmar, jr. This { animal which is standard-bred and | registered is a son of Major Delmar, 1.58 1-2, and is sald to be the only liv. | Ing foal of a two minute trotter, Mr | Shoemaker intends using him as a road (horse, and will probably drive him {double with Nickabon, a black stallion | which he purchased in Centre county { last summer, Boy Hunter Killed. While Ralph Waite and Sammy Fox, Altoona boys, aged about 15 years, were hunting six miles east of Ty- rone Saturday afternoon a rifle in the hands of Fox was accidentally dis- charged, the bullet striking Waite be- tween the shoulders. The boy died within an hour before a physician could be secured, Lutheran* Pastor Has Heavy Loss. A defective flue at the Dutheran parsonage at Lewisburg caused a fire which recently destroyed the interior his Hbrary, valued at $5,000, and some had been working for twelve years, Preaching service in the Zion Evan- dsiien] church (Tusseyville) Sunday, Sth, at 10 A. M.; Sunday school at § A BM Hall | of | A | men | Walter | of the house. Rev, J. F. Seebach lost i manuscript on which he and his wife | THE PIE COUNTER { THE NEW ADMINISTRATION WILL HAVE TROUBLES OF ITS OWN. i | { ‘WANT TAFT'S ORDER REVOKED i | | Officials Overwhelmed by Applications ~=Everybody Wants an Office—~Civil Service Protects Many-—Some of the Big Plums, When Gov. Woodrow Wilson be- | comes president of the United States ion March 4, he will have, directly and indirectly, 100,000 positions, paying about $30,000,000 in salaries, to distribute in payment of his { debts, There are over 100,600 | cations for positions | administration on leaders In Washington, for the ple counter has {ten under Each day {ten tho rom the seek- ers of pa vy, and it now pre- dicted wpplicationeg will be the h office before innug All patron age-secking stampedes of the have broken by the this year, and there Is no telling {the end will be, The ) congressmen have been the capital with the men on thelr faces single senator or 18 nol swamped have a year appli- the new with the party and the rush merely got now Lrings under fil fis is ay I cl ration r day been | representat with his mall een compel aries J one who BCT Lhe . : 1] | =F This Man Wants mi f t of ck, K the letters i K ng ments fro mand ing for pointments Wilson The letter sets forth that workeo Wilson i mplete list of ts a Ot 0 ¢ mads leet ] PA but { township he found i promise Federal {hls neighbors { Pomeérene he tthe patronage i select the Con fand i in 4 ier or I ju } vill 1} Vili 1} Ime wants FY ook ist is he for his fs London Appeals to This Man. rofit, Texas, Benajor Culberson re- li the Spplgyant haw served twi® ap r and moderate the rt his his ends 4 . set forth that he Protects Service ew Demo four Mike this varu Aa more These the and Scar of Le except are the t # department empl administratio change in people rk of the G¢ ranks there ANKs remaining M amps tency mal i 1st VAS r in change than Ale tine whe a the ro wi VR eo} ely the 100 000 pe io r 11.000 at presidential dictated by FON Wilson ance are mere clerkships departments, usually chosen by partment heads themselves, an appointments throughout the states The richest haul of Feder: i= in the Post Office depart- the State department n the Treasury and Justice In addition there are about 1.000 appointments under the control of Congress Want Post Office Plums. The one particular act of the administration that the Democrats do no like is the decree of the President placing all fourth-class postmasters un- der Civil service rule. This edict was issued but last month, and it means, | unless the Democratic administration rescinds this order, that the 65,000 jobs it covers, almost all of which are now held by Republicans, will be protected by the Civil service laws. There is a demand for the rank and file of the party that this action of President Taft be revoked, and that the post. mastershipe of the fourth-class be given to faithful Democrats, but it i» a question whether the new adminis tration will consider this. Gov. Wil- {mon is almost certain to oppose It The men who know Gov. Wilson | | best do not expect any sweeping re- | | tarn to the spoils system under his rule. They say the sentiment of the | country, If nothing else, will preclude | this, They xpect that Mr. Wilson | will appoint Democrats to the minor | | offices as fast as the Republican terms | | expire, but they do not look to any | sweeping removals. In the case of | the more important offices, the big | plums—such as appointments in the | diplomatic and consular service-—the | Republicans now in office, will, of f eourse follow thelr usual custom and | forward their resignations to the new | | president on March 4 next, The great bulk of the $30,000,000 or more which President-elect Wilson may distributd among the faithful in the Democratic ranks without break- ing Into the present Civil service flelde comes from the salaries of postmas- ters In the first, second and third. (Continued at bottom of next cel) anda The in al tment a the 1 Lo VAFIous al patronage ment, with and then ment of xt ¢ to these political | Depart- } ' | apolis Taft | Vol. 85. No. 48. FROM FAR-OFF CHINA. Interesting Letter From the Orient by Samuel McClure. This week Mr. and Mrs, James L MeClure received interesting letter from their son, the Rev, 8. H. McClure, who is now located in Fushanhsie, China, Shantung Province, where he is engaged in missionary work in cone nection with the Presbyterian church, The young man is a native of Belle- fonte, and as he has many friends throughout thig section we find that he has many things in his letter that { will be of interest to our readers: “an mother: This will be the last letter you wil from me before Christmas, letter was received several just before 1 left Chefoo shanhsien. You will by I have now a new address here last Saturday from am staving here indefinitely come here with the idea of and continuing my present there is a with me. s Monday twWo- | My | doubt CeIve | last HED dear no re- Your days for Fu- this that 1 arrived Chefoo, and Have preaching study. At angelist La 0 language Chiness the roomed of plenty where November here My } sireets people; one vangelist sireet an chapel door room, There house for a i | hous on one DH 8 there are rooms and which 1 him pleased about open today, 80 he once ‘and 100k out removing of course, no hasement and one has the There are windows being used me two 4 month, Mexica much, but 1 wner later about tle more I think more rooms row, Bo for a street inside the am the only There is t Lhe gin the in for i do atl ops the front of the boards, to the BO many } oa 5) + yaper ORE 0. will vi at Re fore French the ith 1§'4 gat ner R Ra a outside west ‘hina ne ed ia, is produ some things map 3 Same look i! in 4 $ in market there are people out dopted the of them The. front of much like the 134 on Saturday morns- every warléty © of (Ing. One can ses i veseilictcediing ar blank saves potatoes, Peliuls, Ish, mitat ole, ele, few Ww the died for Kt rent wrote things ‘hefoo cost ARS Cities The co these cl mbined the offices in classes $2 annually Here of juicies gin t York, Chicago $8.000 each Cleveland, Bal Detroit, Ba Ll San Francis- Milwaukes Cincinnati, Newark, Orleans, Washingt Los An- Minneapolis, St Indian- and a few $6.000 each. All of these are first-class offices There are all told 424 first-class offices, 1,828 second-class offices, pay- ing from $3,000 $6,000 a year: and 5,369 third-class offices ith salaries ranging from $1,000 to § The best paying jo! within Mr, Wilson's gift will be the ten big for- eign embassadorships, each with a sal- ary of $17,500; the nime cabinet posts, with $12,000 each; the seven Panama canal commissioners—the chief en- gineer with a salary of $15000 and the others $14,000 cach: several other canal jobs ranging from $5000 to $7, 000; from one to five assistant secre- tarvehine in each department, averag- ing about 84.7 h two commis. sioners of t} [ie of Columbia, $5,000 each: the public printer, $5,500; several members of ie Civil service and ‘her commissions averaging about $5,000 each; the collector of the port of New York with $7,000, and a number of other important collector- ships There are mn ministers receiving § 24 receiving $10,000 each, and one with a salary of $5,000, The grand total avaliable for distribution by the president-elect in the appointment of United State em- bassadors and ministers will be $516, 000, divided among 42 appointees, The consuls general to London and Paris each receive $12,000; those te Berlin, Havana, Hong-Kong, Ham- burg, Rio De Janeiro and Shanghai, $8,000 each; eight other consuls re ceive $6,000 a year; twelve $5500; seventeen, $4,500, and there are 262 other salaries ranging from $2,000 to $8,000. The salaries available annual ly in the consular service, including vice and deputy consuls and clerks, aggregate $1,000,000, RAIATIOR amounts 6 000 600 are the New Philadelp irookliyn more Pitts. an loston Lo " 8 js Te oO, New geles ¢ others to 1.000 "“ ty i 3 ht «Oy wel Li |
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