Circulation Over 5,600 Both Phones ze Centre Lemoc ~~ al. Bent Advertising Medium In Centre County Everybody Reads It DEPUTY SHERIFF HAD HIS TROUBLES MRS. GRANT JONES DRINKS VIAL OF LAUDANUM, WHILE ON WAY TO COUNTY JAIL The Officer Hastily Summoned Med- ical Aid—Prisoner Was Revived— | Agree to Leave the County—Prov- ed an Annoyance to Community, Circulation Over woman reason his hands a prisoner, whom he had ever) to believe had drank sufficient laud- anum to kill herself, while on a train, was the predicament in which Deputy Sheriff William Rowe found himself | on Thursday afternoon of last week. | That the experience thrfw a scare in- to Billy for 2 time is not to be de- nied, but nothing to his discre dit, as he didn't know whether the under- taker or a doctor would be most need- ed when he reached Bellefonte The would-be suicide Grant Jones, a resident who in the early part of had been employed as a Bellefonte, The deputy bringing Mrs. Jones and her husband to the Bellefonte jail at the time and the | incident urred while coming from Waddle on the Bellefonte tral railroad Mr. Rowe had gone ter the couple by order of the with a bench warrant, He found parties at the home of two colored men by the name of Dixon and Delige He acquainted them with re of his errand and , to pack a few bag. There was that the woman whiskey before house, but t and soon them aboard which arrives in Bellefonte p. m. Mrs. Jones cried and ed her fate, and remarked once she would throw herself from train. Billy felt no uneasiness that point, as he knew she coul accomplish this while he job. She appeared to F nervous state, at times borderis hysteria. Midway between and Coleville Mrs we toilet and upon coming bottle at the feet of then walked f Mr. Rowe picked up was astounded to find laudanum, of whi drained nothing about ing that the train fonte in a few mir gecure medical al When the train reaches fonte state Mrs. Jones, that time beginning to feel the of the drug, was hustled into a taxi- To have on was Mrs of Waddle, | the winter domestic in Was OC Cen- | allow articles reason to had drank he deputy | hat Was be In a Jones b the been d the who was | “Mose,” | fonte | horse | the | Edward | ning, the | thelr | whole down |, af- |, court, | s.. the |, effects | 5,600- ‘urgest in Centre county. COLORED BOY IN JAIL. Accused of Feloniously Pointing Fire- arms Last Week. ving i hearing in Squire office last Friday evening, Pearce, a young colored boy been in the employ of Dr man-of-all-work the past placed in jail in default | wil, to await trial on the harge of pointing Fun at a party white boys at loopshurg | It seems that on the previous af- | ternoon last Thursday Ambrose Pearce Merlin Green, known as colored of Belle on an errand with a buggy to Spring Creek. On | same afternoon a party of hoys consisting of Lawrence Harter, Ralph | Harter, Paul Harter, Edward Klin« Kustaborder and Thos, Fan- | of Spring Creek, and John and | James McCulley, sons of Joseph Me- | Cully, of Bellefonte, were fishing near Brockerhoff's mill, and decided to cut the hill and go to Rock, there resume their fishing. While the party were on their way over the hill the colored boys were ing on the road former began the oons.” This ar the colored and thets had been tormenter crowd Folle iro Ambrose who has Rodgers winter, was of 2300 i wns as es | of | and two started and bhovs Across to below mised hovs epi farther ind the white 1 who slowly vening in Bel had moved ar have picked off hat “if that guy inch he would white hat.” fous i contribute to | walls | Academy | tional class room space, ) WwW hie | basement, then WILL BE ENLARGED EXTENSIVE IMPROVEMENTS BE- GUN THIS WEEK. BEEZER PROPERTY PURCHASED And Will Be Added to the Campus— | Work Will Be Rushed-—Ready For Fall Term—Merits the This Community. workmen improv that this fam- sarily During the week have begun an extensive at the Bellefonte Academy ises much for the future institution, and neces the business Interests Ground was broken for large extension to the main bullding. The present struc be enlarged by which will The general making well as ill give ti past of of the town, of a ture will either ends present presery almost double improvement outlines of larger more im- em addl- h new ium in the nw oentew nes, Ze the it posing th hampered ures Il be a gymnas embly hall fund Lhe et tudents A nt in one irtment, in var of the tures i The original plot BELLEFONTE, PA, THUR Support of | ement | proms- { Tuesda | Penna will | entensions to | | Reneral | with cond i Bellefonte Academy was found- | of SDAY, MARCH 27th, 1913. AROUSE INTEREST OVER PRO- POSED EXTENSION, REAL ESTATE VALUES BOOM Everybody Has a Site For the New Federal Building—Prices Are Sky- High and Soaring—Some Late Ru- mors—Information Indefinite. BOI { ion thout and over the R. R. officials special cams over the Spruce nore, and there special on the ommot Stats There wa this place at College on appearance of Tuesday up from Tyrone Creek road to Bes they were met by a Bellefonte Central allroad and taken to Waddle, and thence to Stats { where the met President Sparks, and after JIT inspection boarded their «lal and « to Bellefonte Ww h BOMi« morn Hg a ollere the) own The ton, BHImn« Creig | Divi rons wilh The gentlemen INOrs re | commodat) pu on Owns nas Bes 3d We LH h pump cach and them, we doubt if an) information could have beans ~ elicited This I# sufivient te every one of mae deliniie MIFFLINBURG VERY DRY. Down Licenses ounty. Johnson Cuts in Union C - nion Our “1 1¢ rt n satur Albert reducing the county in nine to X the Baker Cameron House at Winfield Laurel ed, in the from wy ted t granted 1 testimon trict a Reish |} men ol License \ | Hotel, bed permitted men to im! ‘ eo of wer ir tto the FARMER INJURED IN RUNAWAY, Daniel Engle and Wife, of Sugarval. ley, Thrown When Team Bolted. Daniel Engle and wife, ag on ft heaped r. Engle was Ar and taken 1 A. B. Painter discos treet Dr the «=i ted i 1 Mill Hall ered that whers MANY LIVES LOST BY FLOOD AND TORADO PROPERTY LOSS WILL BE IN THE MILLIONS, IN THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY Tornado Wrecks Ohio, Suffers Flood—Death Frightful — Omaha—Dayton, a Most Disastrous List Unknown-—A Deluge. M and winds ire four hundred torm at Omaha Sunday, that demolish damaged hundre killed a on homes, Hidings of $5, avall- Were and cau 000 B00 nado Ne samme western in Oma- r be and “ais EnAp«- LOOK jlate fed In 1800 when the { Belle! laid out. The promot. ers felt that a certain portion of the Dayton's Disastrous ayton more than reported drowned Flood. sixty persons following the ends amid dela 1 the Jail. Dr. Kirk, | the fall physician, had been summons ed in the meantime, and he arrived in Squire Brown, ation, decided after a brief deiibher- that Green was erly gentieman HT | {inches long on top of his head and | a gash fhred was onte At | indicate that the proposed new rll road secommodations for State Col- short order. The doctor at once be- gan heroic treatment and gave his patient emetics and h) r ilar order, effect of sav was far into be assured sufficient) experience before Judge Or them was an the order of yunt Hath all of her night The recove to next red could was unpleasant her husband charge against ingness to obey by leaving Centre C« The ths Mrs OTe Pi facts are at Mr Jones were arraigned before Squire Brown last fall on charges pre ferred by Jacob Cass, the German butcher residing at Waddle ™ were then accused of stealing the complainant, and while Mrs. Je escaped punishment her husband sent to jall for several months by court. During the time her was in jail, Mrs. Jones worked in 3ellefonte, and is said to have saved enough money to take herself and hushand, on his release, upon a to Lock Haven. Jones’ sentence a lenient one and he was given to un- derstand that he and his wife woula have to leave Centre county upon his release However they found their way back to Waddle and were Hving at the home of the twn colored men Numerous complaints were made | residents of that vicinity to the iff and to the District Attornej and the officials concluded that it was then time to act, At the hearing, for a few days’ communicate with who resides at Punxsutawne) and with his brother, with the aim of se curing money enough to take them away. The court granted the request and this week Mr Jones’ brother came to Bellefonte and took the cou- ple to his home at Port Matilda Ar- rangements will be made to place Mr Jones in a hospital to be treated an organic trouble Mr has agreed to leave in a few days to reside at Bells Landing, Pa. The irt's order. however, must be obeved they remain away from ty wan 0 was Sher couple pleaded grace by which Mr. Jones’ father, the Jones Centre coun CONTRACTED SMALLPOX. Through Living in House Where Dis- ease Existed Six Years Ago. Harvey Weaver, aged VOArs, re siding in Curtin township, Centre county. about three miles f Ro molo. who was convalescing from attack of pneumonia has contracted another malady which the attending physician, Dr. George H. Tibbins, of Beech Creek, has diagnosed as con- fluent smallpox. Mr. Weaver has not been in contact with any person who has had smallpox, but it is learned that there was a case of smallpox In the house occupied by Mr. Weaver some six years ago, and It is believed that the house was not thoroughly fumigated at the time, and even though six years elapsed some of the germs still existed, and that by rea son of that fact Mr. Weaver contract ed the dreaded malady. The house has been quarantined and it ls not likely that the disease will spread. Smallpox At Selinsgrove. Five cases at Selinsgrove of what was thought to be chickenpox were pronounced smallpox Saturday by State Health Inspector Simmons, of Shamokin, The disease is sald to have been transmitted in leather ship- pad to a shoe factory from Philadel- p ar {4 west « from | nes | | husband | trip | to | that | an | not § guilty of any i charged him as conside misdemeanor, and din. Pearce's case, howev- | red more serious and peniter th Well as is new penitentiar unt The e« Cen testimon) that in be } ¥ abuses in the ¢ The Aare ces, insinuation is made financial irregularities and that there are abus onduct of the prison that should be righted. The whole resolution is a stab at John Francies, | who had charge of the Western Pen- itentiary until he took charge of the! work of starting the new penitentiary in this county. There are many peo- in the western part f the are jealous over the ming to this country, be using this Francies' be kK of the Progressives there VO instit and possit method effort entire scheme, Aare using oN means possible discredit the old republican organization. What mer | it there may be in the resolution re- mains to seen. 1e of this paper will pin h ! ! John Francies being an and capable | man, even though he Is an ardent re- | publican and stands by the “regular” organization In the time that he has been in thi ommaunit he made + host of friends, and the generat sentiment, since the resolution ip peared that it nothing more kmail. Until proven to we con tinue to John Fran cles s to be nas in pr than political blac the contrary uphold Warden nt a will Serious Accident to Aged Man. John Trimtt an inmate of the tush Township Home of the Poor, | was found Monday night about 12 lock near the Pennsylvania rail road freight station, Philipsburg suffering from a m on the back of his head was prompt. | taken to the Cottage hospital where the Journal states, he in a ry serious condition, the indications for recovery being very slight The supposition that in attempt- ing to make hig way to the home, he became bewildered, lost his way, was | overcome and fell on the railroad | track and was struck by the 8:20 train. He Is an old man, presum- ably 50 years of age at deep He contusl les his in Fire During Church Service. While the morning service was in progress In St Joseph's Catholic church at Renovo on Easter Sunday, one of the altar boys, bearing » lighted candle, accidentally set fire to the vestments of Frank Liddy, a stu- dent for the priesthood, at Mt. Mary's college, at Emmettsburg, Md, who was assisting at the mass, Father Fox, the rector of the church, quickly tore the burning robe off the young man, and stamped out the flames, No one was injured, On Monday Mrs. J. W. Keller, of Linden Hall, sold her farm of 114 acres to Samuel Kreamer, of Benner township, who will occupy It after i plot should he set mmittee is to have |! { power to summon witnesses and take | easily | cial | brings April lst F an sgucs aside fo i ' 4 ional Institut n rp repal mortgage coming that Mrs F title of ill pass pres and on the strength ighes is now going ahead extensive lan of enlarging impr certainly is a task undertake but Mr Hughes } push in him and the confidence win out, and is going head with that grim determination that ths ret of suc The the will mean much to Bellefonte, It can be shown that the Bellefont« Academy Is a most important finan- asset to the business interests of town The present student body here at $50,000 per year, cent f which ultimately throug! mercantile life of town for for mainte nance, salaries faculty, and the personal the student body By an in the attend. ance that amount « almost be doubled, and that would mean much to the trades people of the town in future Forty sum of ARSUTANCSE BOUrces uals who scriptions alumn! who have a stitution start Mr citizens of pecially the many year have the large trade From a purely the eX red the the 1ifted as in Bog eoR8 enlargement of Academy this least an per passes the the J ipplies for the needs of reas n nn years t hh sand dollars large money, but Mr, of assistance from many There are private individ have Indicated liberal sub- Then there is a large scattered over the country warm feeling for the in- whore they made their Hughes has faith in the his community and es. business who for directly profited by from the Academy. selfish standpoint the business men of Bellefonte can not make a better investment, based pure- ly on what they enjoyed in the past, Over and above all tions there Is on« every thoughtful fonte Academy asset to the general culture community. Glance about you will find scores of men their first inspiration within of this Institution, which prompted hem to lives of great usefulness. It has been the factor for creating new impulses In the younger generation; it has been the stimulus for higher education and culture that leaves a favorable Impression upon an entire community. That Is what the Belle- fonte Academy means to Bellefonte; and the results attained can not be measured In mere dollars and cents Therefore the community owes it, not only that moral support that is needed, bu reasonable and substan tial assistance, which like “bread cast on the waters,” may return In the fu- ture to bless those who so generously gave. is a Hughes people, these considern- that appeals to citizen. The Belle- is A most and who got the walls you | lege has | { bullding | the { who | ployes valuable | of this! are being considared by the Penna. KR. R. officials alance of thers oe 1 n L deal and it when the “cu competition is 1 neighbors, ren in the same ch ng and call other real ugly names. There time not Many Years ago estate at State College by $100 denominations deal in $10,000 figures, and It sounds almost like the fever, when you talk real them: and we would suggest would be a clever idea for the sors to be around, and do a ‘eaves dropping” for future use fixing valuations With a possible ion of the $7 and the possible o from the the seems me want to done sharp breth- Rrowe. » the ting in getting so and even irches are suspicious quietly en War 2 when real was handled Now they then some Klondyke estate to th it ARRON little in nt new rallroad, the 5000 federal bulla. ver-a-million state that is necessary for the increas- attendance it no wonder that good friends there get a lit. inflated on land values If we had a of real in that fortunate community, we doubt would be as bad the them, is up slice estate no as rest of Injured in Falling Trestle, The trestle at the Pennsylvania brick works at Beech Creek. used support the narrow guage track which cars of clay are run Into and dumped above pans, suddenly o'clock Wednesday week under the of loaded cars at work on top the cars but they exception of Conrad went down with the of some 20 feet Fellow em- rushed to him and found him badly hurt, and a physician was sum- moned by telephone while the injure ed man was carried to his home a short distance from the plant. Mr Messerly sustained a broken arm and painful injuries to the back be- sides suffering from shock. He was somewhat delirious until the follow- ing day Since that time he has been resting as comfortably as could be expected, considering his many minor bruises, and his condition is such that no serious consequences are probable.~Lock Haven Express, fire by the the collapsed afternoon weight of a Several men of the trestle escaped with A. Messerly crash a dis- grinding about 2 of last string were about tance If you are changing your post office address this spring be sure and notify us at once so that you will not miss a copy of the paper. Do not fall to give the old address as well as the new one, About half of the herd of elk brought to Kennedy Park game pro- serve several weeks ago have been re leased and are running ai ing on the mountaine The balance will be turned out in a few days. to | he was suffering from other cuts and ruises His wile vithough she es ! i frightened NR ROT ver CAUSED A SHOCK. $2000 Check Too Much For dist Minister. Observed Metho- collect Sunday m Lincoln Jacobs Methodist cb taken hurch servi The Res t the best but managed the a After ffering had been lifted and the Mr. Jacobs had offered i prayer Rin ] nced for $2.000 First was suddenly were it Jacobs had ith on Mr f he sho not been in conduct the Rey short alling solicited by a Kk pervices as sual he at hex un plate The had been placed on cal merchant Jacobs returned und himself growis suddenly The services were cut short audience war dismissed while taken to } check the io the wi is preacher in Court, the wife Juniata at the Woman Pleads Case Mrs. W. H. Bossart, locomotive engineer, of ough, created a sensation ening session of the Blair county | conse court Monday morning, by i pearing at the bar of the court and delivering an argument against the granting of a license to Elmer | Braucher, Fair City hotel, j ward, Juniata Mrs Bossart, three other ladies, sat quietly main body of the court room, until the case of Mr. Brancher was called She then arose, approached the bar, and proceeded to deliver her argu- mnt from manuscript. She prefaced | her remarks bh) explaining that she | had been unable to get a lawyer to { plead her cause She pleaded that should be permitted to because there were many in the ward who had lost through drink. Engineers, firemen and brakemen, which compose a large proportion of the population of Jun- fata, cannot safely pilot their trains across the mountain when their heads are muddled by liquor. The burdens of intemperance fall most heavily up- on the innocent women and children, inflicting sorrow, suffering and pov- erty upon them, and these facts had moved her to cast aside womanly re- serve for the time and plead a cause which no lawyer would champion. ’ of A bor. op Ii ap- with the in company in the Fourth ward remain dry, rallroaders Miss Pearl Pletcher, one of How- ard's attractive young iadies, was an over Sunday guest with her cousin, Miss Cora Peters, of Peru. Miss Mary Delinda Potter, a stu- dent in the ladies’ seminary at Buck- nell College, Lewisburg, is spen her Easter vacation at the home her parents, Mr, and Mrs Joshua Potter, near Centre Hall Fourth | ! ! {John | Hamsport {died o'clock la formal | the their jobs | breaking of river levee J} mies est in tid isiqQ aid He t Kho re homeless wn t have and as been one m in an appeal of Springfield re- that the water in the Union the worst con- ils Estimates of ad from the flood ha: to several the principal inundated in water flooding f the city and beforel A te Dayton to Gov- 30,000 poople In The mes- of loss of of the pro- impossible and « ris t re. are aimst wholly of the hand App d ing dwel le- Message Cox sald Were ome less . imate Cause flood, It is ay tor f¥ suffering F 4 ha MOSK he received a from ast of had Great dis- six long Phoneton Dax saving been swept through Miami river tance nor ton n on Wound. shot hy formerly Dies From who was the house ted by Mame Irvin, in Wil- the Sth of last November, at her home in Newberry, at 10 last Thursday morning. The district attorney at once went before Alderman James |. Paul, and made charge of murder against Williamsport Girl Stidfole, Erble at Grace condud Erble, Erb when fole not le he was home stud- writing a letter was told that Grace was dead He seemed at first to understand the meaning of words which Deputy Sheriff Gray sald to him. Then he shuddered like a man suddenly taken with a chill His eyes filled with tears and his head dropped upon his chest. “I would give my life If she had not died,” he sald The news of the girl's death came a8 a complete surprise to him. Ever since she had been taken to her home he had taken it for granted that her ultimate recovery was assured, License application for the Mill heim hotel has not been disposed of up to this time. It is the only one on the list that is pending. At a horse sale in Millheim on Sate urday a oar load of western stock found ready buyers at the average joe of $242 which indicates that reoflesh continues to demand top- notch prices in spite of the fact that the automobile Is becoming the popu. lar mode for travel, and for vy traffic In the cities.
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