C LC entre Hemocrat. in Circulation Over 5,500-—Largest PENROSE'S FORCES COMPLETELY ROUTED DEMOCRATIC MEASURES ADOPT- | ED AT OPENING SESSION. GOV. TENER'S ANNUAL MESSAGE, Many Splendid Features— The Machine Is Busted—Rules Re- vised—Speaker Shorn of Power— | Democracy's Victory. Contains ins | smith doctrine, the restoration of the government to the people, won in the organization of the House and Senate at the convening of the Legis- lature at Harrisburg on Tuesday. Both the Speaker and President pro | tem were stripped of their power to name committees and thus dictate This work will now be done by the members of the chambers, “De-Cannonization” of the cham- bers and revision of the rules to pre- vent strangulation of legislation have formed the keystone of the program of | the Democrats, Organization of the two bodies was extraordinary in Pennsylvania politics. The old Penrose organization was fiouted and routed. Its candidate for Speaker, John R. K. Scott, was de- feated by George E. Alter, represent- ing the new Tener-McAfee-Bigelow | organization, on the fifth ballot. In the Senate Daniel P. Gerberich, of Leban- on, was elected president pro tem on a party vote, the Democrats muster- ing 14 in the Senate and 57 in the | House, Both chambers appointed a commit- tee on committees to name standing committees and in both bodies steps were taken to revise and liberalize the rules along the prin main- | tained by the Demo opening session 18 « important epoch in the tory of Pennsylvania, are far more reaching age reader may anti ganization of the H forecasts a remarkable future political compl state, While there strong Republican Democratic minority evidence an awakening of lic conscience that has so dormant. The Id politic controlled by Quay the now i8 badly shattered to thrown along with it the aspirations succeed himself The of the Alter no k this It shows that greasive sentiment tate in all parties Democracy has hot vain for these evident that the Republican party they } Democratic iple so long rats he ipate likely will ma je and there is p the long sity of pub- } ne on the scrap most certainly in result ly the he clear nger state al It show t been batting measures It also r portion of and that opportunity wre may be or details, but Alter endorsing manded We are also erno Tener caught the pleads for many needed tion should ha operation of all good Goverror has made m in his message commended Govern tions of his steps he that what 1 in spirit progressive reforms he as siatu Pennsylvania legi promise for the the OPENING SESSION. The following brief the opening sess Completely Vare defeat In the noon during Legislature of McAfee-Bigelow elected George E. Alter, Allegheny, as Speaker. Both factions posed as re- formers and stuck together on the question of amending the rules of the House, but In spite of them the Demo- | eratic idea of “de-Cannonizing” the Speaker triumphed : The net result of the day's work In the House was that the progressive membership stripped the Speaker of | his dictatorial power to name com- mittees, launched a plan for the com- | plete revision of the rules and elected | as Speaker a higher type of man than the Republican organization of old was accustomed to dream about The Senate organized by the elec. tion of Dr. Daniel P. Gerberich, of Leb- anon County, as President pro tem- pore. There were two ballots taken, Doctor Gerberich’s opponents being Senators Mcllhenny, of Philadelphia, and Herbst, of Berks. One Important change In the rules was made. It pro- vided for the appointment of standing committees by a committee Instead of | by the President of the Senate, | Five ballots were taken by the | House to choose a Speaker, Repre- senative George E. Alter, of Allegheny county, was named on the fifth ballot, A rule similar to the one adopted by | the Senate authorizes a committee to choose the personnel of standing com- mittees, The Progressive faction of the Republican party is In control ] After the election of the presiding | officers a joint committee called upon | the Governor to notify him of the or- nization of the Legislature, and | overnor Tener transmitted his blen- | nial message, Tener's Message Forceful. The document Is one of the most forceful presented in years, It is truly (Continued on 4th page-2 col.) f people of is a nt on routed the MeNichol forces went House on Tuesday the organization 1813 before the triumvirate accou Penrose down 1 after of Tener which 0 the | ed { daughter, fon her | resides { the Ito { but | ing | fense | back | for | served a { stitution by { cory unfortunate that Fvey | others | tried | with | fox, | buildings of which Centre County, Arrested For Assault Upon 14.Year Old Girl. On Friday Policeman Beezer Bert Parks, the 16-year-old son of James Parks, on a charge preferred by Emerick Heaton, in which the young man Is accused of assaulting his Annle Heaton. crime for which Parks is held is sald to have been committed on Friday morning between 7 and 7:30, while the girl was way to the shirt factory where employed. The Heaton at Vernona, near the Furnace, and the daughter young Parks attacked her on she was nearing Mallory's shop. Her clothes were torn and her face scratched in the struggle. Some of the section hands on the Lewisburg rallroad witnessed assault, but by the time they got the scene, Parks had fled, Mr. Heaton came to Bellefonte and had a warrant issued for the young man's arrest. Constable Musser went to the Parks home above Prossertown, could find no trace of the boy The latter had, in the meanwhile, come to town, and was picked up by Policeman Beezer at Wm. Lyon's ble, and laced in jall Friday he was given a Squire Musser, where offered was "he she is alleges the pike badly ata before de hearing the only # denial by the boy it was him who had committed assault. Squire Musser im to jail, to awalt disposition of case in Juvenile urt urrence Is Parks, as term in the I. He was Judge two years rob! that the sent | his The young o« very unfortunate he has already Glen Mills re sent to that in- Orvis In Juvenile ago for break- and ing Sheffer's gro- He was released on parole and sent h employed OC form schoo Court about ing into store June been last since market a school of reform. FRED EVEY KILLED. Caught While College. of last By Cave-in Ditch at State Thursday afte Digging On Fred the rood lege VRS it work In stantly kille on the M large s¢ number tragedy TY working of the snide man, but it 8 presumed was stooping over when the trench fell ir The ditch who side of “ rom f r Lo eet deel and BUTrvVIVve Musser brothers Was man Colle f ¢ theral on Sat conduct Presi terian } in the Branch cemets HIGH JINKS IN BARNYARD. Fowls, “Soused” on Wine Indulged Turkey Trot. ard fowls doing the up th a d yused”™ “ey 1 tur suffr the farme His 1} spolled and cele Arn wine winding bratl Key wi n ar parade James 1, Morgan, a ing south of Marion, O his wife witnessed recen Ww hens ref to lay Morgan threw keg of w into a corner of the bs lot One his 1} keg, Chickens, ducks, keys indulged freely wine, and the fun began, Some exe- cuted a buck and wing affair, while did the turkey trot Roosters to do that Gaby glide. Finally the whole flock joined in what look- ed like a suffragette meeting and then went to roost is tacle 1 Re ine of oys smashed geese and tur in the flowing Arrested For Hunting on Sunday. Last Sunday Milton James and Mil ton Bowman, two young men of Blanchard, were arrested by Con- stable William Coder for hunting on Sunday. The constable, In company Alvin Winslow, of wilked over on the mountain to visit H. E. Harder, who has a saw mill, and hearing a shot the constable went up into the timber and caught James and Bowman in the act of skinning a nice The constable placed them un- der arrest and Monday they were given a hearing and fined each $25 besides the costs for hunting on the Sabbath day. Wants Fire-Proof Fish Hatcheries. Bulldings for Sate fish hatcheries for which appropriations will be ask- ed from the next legisiature will be of fire-proof construction. The plan of Commissioner N. R. Buller is to ask for appropriations to rebulld parts of the different plants, including the Bellefonte hatchery, some of the need repair, Mr, Buller plans structures of concrete and steel which will cost $10,000 or $12,000 each. He says it would be economy in the end. «Bee Keene, the great magician, at the opera house, Baturday afternoon and evening. Popular prices, arrest- family | Nittany | even- | Blanchard, | BELLEFONTE, PA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 9th, 1913, SONERS AGT AND PRI BIG NEW YEAR EVENT IN WEST- ERN PENITENTIARY. (WARDEN FRANGIES PRESENT i Two Clever Preformances Given By Brought to One Level at Riverside— The Diversion Was Greatly Enjoyed. | black- | | Th who consider that the | walls of a great prison like the West- ern Penitentiary contain within noth- ing but sombreness and heavy-hearted men who have forgotten how to laugh and s will read the following with interest It relates of a big New Year event the form of a minstre! show ven by the prisoners at the Penitentiary of h Mr warden We reprint the from the columns of the Ose four ing, in recently gi Western Francie article Pitt In the same hour We noon in wit poured 500 men marched file fr WH 8 was in dnesday after crowds theatres, holiday downtown h merry the 15d from the with springly m the cl penitentiary. Behind played a ly exit annual Year | mans RI step, in double f the Western them an orchestra march, closing the tt eatrical t} . the res Lp i perfor | of idents erside The performance few officials and newspapermen from whom, ther Varden Francies his was attended by a aside John We and re 3 wed colony aude As con River aly » Ore ap wel irst act in the n he 1 ’ ' } TAs an old Hime mind rel line-up of blackfaon mon fl r and show r y Inter it Vaudeville Acts Please. g and dar singir gwer the median his bed In which dbug between bed by NETO « plank ~ ig 1 ) : means of ' gilen a half-serious pl for application of the parole termers was urged Evidently the chefs in Riverside have been supplyliag thelr guests with plenty of apples; for through the show there was constant objection to apples; no- body wanted them under any circums- stances The vaudeville acts were of all sorts There was buck and wing dancing, grotesque dancing, singing, burlesque boxing, character comedians, comedy sketches, recitations, club swinging, and Scotch Highland dancing by a negro in kilts The grand finale was melo drama, "A Great Smoke Hollow,” In which virtue and the hero's horse triumphed and the villain lost the girl, The writer of it hag brought about a hew sort of a | finish, by having the hero and the vil- {lain shake hands at the denouement, | The cast was composed of all sorts and conditions of Riversiders. Most lof the singing was done by Negroes, and It was of an order that showed the visitors that splendid volces are being lost to the stage. There was very Jdittle of the amateurish in the entire performance. This Information Is, however, of little value to vaude- ville managers, as most of the actors are held in their present capacities by long contracts, The work of the orchestra gave evi dence of careful training and individ- ual, as well as collective, merit. It was led, as In former years, by A man whore name flashed in large headlines for many months, a decade ago. | Touched by Old Songs. "There was very little of the pathetic In the program, There was deep si- (Continued at bottom of next col.) speedy law to long a travesly- Race Day in Men of All Classes Who Have Been | r faces bright and smiling, ! BELLEFONTE T0 HAVE SING IN MINSTRELSY MONTHLY BARGAIN DAYS :: INAUGURATED BY MERCHANTS’ PROGRESSIVE LEAGUE. T0 BEGIN JANUARY 22 AND 23 On the Days Specially Selected Each! Month All Members Will Offer Spec- ial Bargains—Out-of-town Patrons Can Make Use of Parcel Post. The ness men merchants and bus) Bellefonte recently form ed an association for the purposs improving the general business in town It known as “Merchan Progressive League { Bellefonte,’ Une of movements have un dertaken is to establish trade days in the town month All members of the offer special bargains stores or places of } certain date In this way come to town on these will find a general line ed that will to all date selected and Thursday, In our leading of the the 1d ance ch JEAN E 4 Wii thelr resps isiness pers Npecind al rates inducement The fir Wednesda wt Janua LET IH pages and 23rd next ague wil peveral this paper to set forth have offer They Centre Democrat as the announcing these sales, for the pon that it reaches the greater tion people throug! county Last undertaken it wis iv merch many 1 “Ar 00 Je extra what they selected medium use to summer BAIN and | ach Insts ertis of the nts Parcels Post Rates. ne it ase the following a apply in Lhe rates for the same " The frst Rural Free D fol weight Hr nn wit axer owifl schedule tw Bfte R.F.D. Routes 50-Mile Zone. f : nt nt the 1 was made the exte n ay only a few but iy increase in ¢ n and sent ™ been suf! help, but the are f as isiness PMCKAROS Were ther has imber far It require add }, | find that since there out in jent rriera 1Cke vier or gener ten the regulations ling 1 rT 4 no estimate or benefits sending packages that rdinary stamps should the Pare CRABATY extent reons nher ¢ need ae stamps Ren special only will be n« Hospital Notes. Admitted for treatment Milligan Richards, Julian; Robert Way Port Matilda Elmer J Clark, Waddle; Steve Boskorich, Clarence Operations Mrs Emily Shawley, Curtin; Mre. Mary Doughman, Curtin; Mrs. Louise SBhawiley, BeJefonte, Digscharged-—Martin Keller, Hall; Mrs. Leda Korman, State lege Thirty-four patients are now in the hospital Col- A Waste of Energy. Woodrow Wilson does not take kindly to the custom of Presidents shaking several thousand hands at ev. ery public function. He believes the President of the U, 8B, can devote his time and energies to better advantage. Woodrow is right again. lence and less noisy applause than ordinarily, however, when one of the performers sang “The Songs My Moth- er Used to Sing." Although there was frequent and di- rect reference to the surroundings of players and auditors, it was never un- pleasant. Through it all there was constantly evident a peculiar and cur- fous sense of humor obtainable in no other surroundings. Gray and worn faces brightened from the beginning of the performance and were lighted up with real merri- ment and absence of care while the performance lasted and long after it The rudience went to dinner after the show, The fare for the day was spec. ial. Appetites had been sharpened by good humor and the meal closed the first and jolllest day of the year for | Warden Francles' guests, After sunset, and until sieep came, a low murmuring wave of humming rose to the high-ceiled house of stone and steel, Centre | RECENT DEATHS. RHOADS again other ny and Rhoads, de Monday morn { his home The announcement death men ith ng at 9:51 fate on west of Hhoady' great the citi town, as very Ww people ny knowledge of h in Mr. Rhoads for many years had been a sufferer from nerve compli cations ut at tims con seemed office at the and attend in WAR a zen the had Ness tical no dition seri his day ently night pells In this hic his remus ame on 4) tated coal appar Thursday vomiting ial seized rendered Rhoads and Was Marla fonte n ¢ Annett tor of the Alexand prominent Her 1 or HOTT fan at attached greatest joy was In her home a happy one, not those who dwelt therein, but partook of her hospitality. Rev. Hawes of the Presbyterian church will con- duct funeral services at the Straub home this afternoon at 2 o'clock, af- ter which the funeral cortege will move to the Unlon cemetery | interment will be made | LOWERY :—Christian Lowery, an | aged and well known farmer of Benner | township, died at the home of his son- in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Rockey, at Fillmore, on Saturday |after a two weeks illness with paraly- |ais. He is survived by one son and {three daughters, namely William, of {| Nittany; Mary and Rachel, of Belle- fonte, and Mrs. Rockey, above men- tioned. of Fillmore. He also leaves | two brothers, Joseph and Henry, | Bellefonte, and a sister, Mrs, bs of Pleasant Gap. Deceased James dey her w tedly and making only for all who was the son of Christian and Hannah Lowery, and was born in Benner town. ship Februry 17, 1838; he had there. fore reached the age of 74 years 10 months and 17 days. August 19, 1862, Mr. Lowery volunteered his services to his country during the period of the Civil war, and enlisted as a private in the ranks of Co. C, 145th Penna. Regt, serving until June 1, 1865, when he received an honorable discharge, In August, 1866, he was united in mar- riage with Miss Katherine EK. Close, and had since then resided in Centre county. Mr, Lowery was a consist. ent member of the M. KE. church and a man highly respected In his com- munity, Funeral services were held ‘at the M. EB. church at Fillmore on | Tuesday, conducted by Rev. M. J. Runyon. Interment was made in the Meyers cemetery. (Additional Deaths on page 65) where | of | Anna | DO WE HAVE T00 MANY CHURCHES AND PASTORS HAS SECTARIANISM BECOME A USELESS BURDEN, POOR SALARIES FOR MINISTERS And Small Congregations Is the Re- sult in Most Cases—A Move For Union Churches—Many Advantages and More Efficient Work. (The following article is a our Howard correspondents letter this Wie find deal of part of regular that ft general of a page, Col. the town Him - small This Var- adapted towns by a names We lowing to sal and re- niains an nditions, well as lead to in many Week 2] question we qeem ition on front made by tive to home and ever) is of Ange of a ommend t} f the small Presbytle- Baptists and Christ hes ngregation wrch. WAS insti- be in an chur in ons n-gectarian cb ard one rianism a pastor Him for na ana iside ives will christiar the 3 munity which it should be done in Pennsylvania ® Missouri; Howard can do as did Alma, and no place | Tn re. ower in the It well i ax needs parsonage of the Lutheran Centre Hall, on Saturday evening, Dec. 28th, Miss Rosie Irene [ Rishel and Harry 1. Brungart were [united in marriage by Rev. F. W. Bar- ry. ‘The bride is a popular young lady land the daughter of the late M. L. Rishel, of Farmers Mills. The groom [is a native of Rebersburg, and is a sales agent for the Grand Rapids Plaster Company of Michigan, with | hendquarters in Pittsburg. Tyrone Y. M. C. A, Gets $4000 Gift | The Penna. Railroad Y. M. C. A, of (Tyrone, received a handsome New | Year's gift of a $4000 lot from A. A. Btevens last week. The doner pre- sented the plot of ground to the as- sociation as a memorial to his gon, the [late George BB. Stevens, who took an {active part in the work. The asso- |elation have planned to erect a mod- {ern home upon the land, operations of which will begin in the early | spring. the in At | church Brungart—Rishel. ! Has Opened Pool Room at Mill Mall. J. C. Gilbody, the former well known merry-go-round proprietor, has rent. ed the Kauffman store room in Mill Hall, for the purpose of opening up a pool room, and has had the interior of the store room repapered and | painted; electric lights installed and [two pool tables set In. Mr. Glibody intends to run a first class place of business and has already received much encouraging patronage.
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