Circulation Over 5,600 Both Phones ~ & Zhe Centre Democrat, Best Advertising Medium In Centre County Everybody Reads It & + 5,600—Largest in Centre county. EN SHOT BY WEDDING CELEBRANT TRAGIC ENDING OF JOY PARTY AT CATO, GIRL DEAD. BROTHER WOUNDED John Masarash, in Jail, Charged With Criminal Negligence That Caused | the Terrible Tragedy on Tuesday— | Claims It Was an Accident. What wedding celebration a tragedy at Centre county, on by one of the parti sarash, who while + revolver, shot was to 1Aave been a Joyous turned into near Clarer Tuesday Was Cato, John handling and killed a 10-y old girl and seriously wounded younger brother, aged § parties are all Polish the foreign element ] represented in that part ty. The little victims and John Duke, ch Duke, Sr., who resided ‘larence Masarash claims that the shooting was unintentional. Eve nesses are scarcely pants, wrelessly oun- Annle ldren able to tell what place, but from what w can gather from who reside the particulars are as The wedding of Andy Annie Puskas had taken Tuesday mornin at Ci party had gone to the tion to meet were to arrive on the ence and Snow at the st was Joh yman, who hit those number trair Sho Ami train ations fo ! Lock Haven hospital, complished as soon as possible. in the meantime Masarash made no attempt to escape. As the traged meant a postponment of the Celebration, Masarash walked to his home, where he was fo ter by constable Thomas Hay placed under arrest Later panied by John Boy brought his prisoner to riving hers a I him in jail Wednesday torney Fortney the tragedy an of Justice of ] son, of tem an inquest consisting of Dr Cham! John Boj W. R. Haines and Fra: dered a verdict to shooting was the negligence on the He will Snow ers, part accordingly 1 at the Common Plea ourt Masarash is a man of thirty years of age, and has a wife and two children. He appears to regret the un- fortunate occurrance greatly feels keenly the sorrow his ness has caused, about BAD WRECK AT TYRONE. Trains Crash and Engineer Killed and | _.,. Many Passengers Injured. In a rear end vilision which curred at the Tyrone minutes of ternoon, station Wednesday Mail, No plunged rear of Chicago lim- ited, No ngineer George R. Funk, of Harris of n No, 13 was In stantly killed and between 40 people were more or less A partial list of the follows clock CARO injured injured is as em- leg injured westward. 1246 Court street of Chestnut chest Pitcairn; low injured Mrs. Ro lis of head, A Ww Bianck of ductor of N 13, severely Oscar Cook of or of No, 13, en Edward Barton, of Harrisburg, fire- man of No. 13 head hurt Kenneth Johnson of Huntingdon; shaken up A relief train ed most of toona hospital westward bound No. 15 was late and had stopped at Tyrone to discharge passengers. The mall train does not stop at Tyrone and Is sald to have been running at a high rate of speed when the collis- fon occurred The impect was so terrible that Funk's engine ploughed almost half way through the rear car on the sta- tionary train, which was a wooden Pullman, “Cape May.” How the pas- sengers of this car escaped instant death is miraculous. The engine was stripped of its cab and the tender was thrown across the track. A steel mall coach immediate. ly back of the tender was hurled from the track Into the station building ten feet or more away, and landed In the ladies’ waiting room. A portion of the station building was torn out, While Engineer Funk was the only person killed outright, a number of others v/sre perhaps fatally injured. His fireman was Injured internally and is sald to be serious, A number about Civil injure n war veteran; Altoona hospital Harrisburg, conduct. head hurt and from Altoona, convey. injured to the Al- Poth trains the Continued at bottom of next column. morning Ma- | U hs {fit for marriage. wedding | { and 50 | Hol- | injured | Harrisburg, con- | leg brok- | i were | | | town | {of colored {dining ARE NOW IN EFFECT BY | NE | SIGNED THE PAST WEEK GOVERNOR TENER. PHYSICALLY UNFIT CANNOT WED Licenses | Disap- Pension | New Act Governing Marriage Is Strict—Many Soldiers pointed in the Vetoing of Bills. womination the state ond | cran aw 100K § “HM Wi t dow not require a pl : examination, an oath must be made ontempliating matrimony | to the effect that they are physically Imbeciles, eplleptics insound mind are al- | from marrying The | oO nse Lo Marry nm written Persons and persons regardir slatement ontracting parties transmissible liseane MArry are thé state Wf health is New Office Created. 1C¥ wit? A Minium sa created A new of 31.000 a sealer | ‘entre | sOme¢« do the | measures and called shall not be removed reduced In pay or p for ine incapa unbecoming employees | Narge mn, except conduct or other just LU Se The ymmodities bill of Benator | Gerberich also signs fixes the re.| weights of commodities bushel. Blue gras bushel should weig the measure Is uld eigh 50; dried yrrect pounds | apples, 100 Pension Bills. ils to pension gerved in the Civil Vetoed two soldiers ! and those vho answered the call as emergency men were vetoed by Governor Tener Saturday night on the ground of in ufficient winte revenue, The Matt bills 1.000, provided for | served one year | bill for the £R10.000 The both war pensions who and (Gira men carried Matt bill covers men or less the emergency to of the A festival will be held at Cooper Saturday evening, August 2nd Everybody Invited the just In Pullman, were porters who were In car on train No. 13. front of the wooden seriously injured. The Ward House, the hotel near the station, was turned into an emergency hospital, and the injured as fast as they could be extricated from the wreck were taken there. All the phy. siciane of Tyrone were summoned to the place and gave temporary ald, When the collision occurred train No. 15 was just pulling out. The flag- man who had been guarding the rear had been called in, It Is said that Funk evidently dis- regarded the danger signals which otherwise would have held him back until the forward train would be out of the way, Whether the storm had anything to do with the cause of the wreck has not been learned yet by the officials. JULY 31st, 1913, IES. When Supplied with Information and Official Re- cords Proving Guilt, the same are Suppressed --Meek, Disloyal to his Country and a Traitor to the Democratic Party. Committee,” EX-"“Su f Custon Philadelphia,” EX-in general, “Democratic now and publisher 11 1 sddly ou been 1.1 profitabit man. ues of the “Democr: june 2 about the writer, CUTIVE VOr ( The principal charg in Deputy Surveyors ie lived in Centre county almost fifty vear evoted to newspaper effor time was exclusively d | f est Interest Three Untruthful Articles: 1 | Can ret “Is Fixed Himself, Others Lookout for Themselves.” vig tive f ita new MOCTracy t kind that takes a prids n asting that it ha been ‘re- organized sworn into his $5 Monday Imme- diately after getting his own name upon the government pay roll his first official act was to appoint two Republican deputies at salaries of $2,500 each.” (From Democratic Was Wt office on Last 0) Watchman, June “Still Waiting an Explanation” “Although our up town contemporary, w pt busy drawing a § Democratic wm 3 nds s¢ owner and reputed ample reiteratior iingness to be the sed 10 “of corporat y barged 1 in the issue of May 22, it has not room for a single line explanatory to its owner's appointment of two Republican assistants, (at $2,500 each,) to the only places he had at his disposal in the office given him by the Democracy. “It Il take more vera 1 the purct ons and than the different excuses he is said me on Monday treachery 1 mls satisfy any is elt r fit deservir he place, he holds he disgusted friends, whil ! know t} r on f this orted hi t to 1 Y AR We to alleged that ti on wh enars. Vance MeCormick A fitche Palmer and George W e-—required a pledge from him before the appointment was given, to allow them to dictate the appointments under him; to others he tried to crawl out of th } had placed himself ir by asserting that these appointments had not been made: and that Capt. Carson, (one of the Republicans appointed by him and sworn in on the 9th of June, at the same time, the same place, and by the same official who administered the cath of office to himself, the authority to make the facts public. “These explanation made “Our readers can imagine how much manliness or truth there is in a creature who thus skulks his own doings and has not the cour- age to acknowledge his ‘first official’ act.” (From Democratic Wate “Mr ‘illiam ked him for the pos f ¢ unenviable hole he assumed two stories were the or hman, June 27.) Croll, the newl Democrati Nava officer was sworn on Monday last To the credit of party and Demox of Berks wunty who backed him for the position he didn't make his ‘first official act’ the appointment of two Penrose henchmen to the two best salaried positions in his department, nor did he make publ announcement of the fact that he ‘did not con- template an fu hanges in his department So far, at least Mr oll has a« Democrat ch is more t said brother gervice Charges Proven Malicious Lies: In order to prove that the above charges, made by Meek untruth fi reproduce the following official correspond ence, under eal of the Custom Philadel- phia, the original manuscript numerou parties in Bellefonte the past TREASURY appointed the rats ted as a than can be some of his officials | he custom are Department of having been shown to week : DEZARTMENT UNITED STATE ZJSTOMS SERVICE PORT ©F PHILADELPHIA, PA, Secretary, Third UU. 8 Civil Service District, Post Office Bulldin.: Philadelphia, I'a Sir In order that y he rights I may have Surveyor of fully cons regard to appx the port of Philadelphia, 1 your kindness if will, at your earliest «¢ with the following information Are all the positions In my department under the Federal compe- titive classified Civil Service? If there are any positions in my of- fice that are excepted from the competitive Civil Service examinations, I will thank you to name them When a vacancy occurs In any position in my office. am I required to make a request upon you for a certificate, giving a list of names of persons who are eligible for appointment ? Respectfully, ersant with the privileges or positions nes would appreciate mvenience, furnish me intments to Customs at you CHAR, R. KURTZ Surveyor of Customs THIRD UNITED STATES CIVIL SERVICE DISTRICT OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY PHILADELPHIA, PA, Hon. Chas. R. Kurtz, Surveyor of Customs, Philadelphia, Pa. June 26, 1913. Sir: In response to your request of the 26th Instant for Informa- tion as to the positions in the customs service at Philadelphia, which are not subject to civil service examination, you are advised that the following positions In the classified service are excepted from ex- amination under section I, subdivision III, of Schedule A of the Civil Service Rules : One confidential clerk to the Collector of Customs. One confidential clerk to the Appraisor, There are no other positions in your office or in the customs ser- (Continued on page 6.) DEATH CAME SUDDENLY | ROLANDS. MORRIS | Phil {Lil 1871 | time | the lumber | founded | crat in I | 1862 Vol. 36, Neo. 30. TOWELL KNOWN FARMER CHOSEN CHAIRMAN MORRIS FUREY'S DEMISE 18 A WILL LEAD DEMOCPATIC FORCES SHOCK TO FRIENDS. IN PENNA, OTHER OBITUARY WRITE-UPS GUTHRIE & BLAKESLEE RESIGN Not a many Discordant Prevailed [Jacob M. Kepler, a Prominent Citizen Note {| of Pine Grove Mills, Last Week—Was Newspaper Man Heard—Har- Throughout—Pal. Makes a Stirring Address—En- Made, Passed Away Formerly a mes covraging Reports nd efforts 'S ¥ rpense. This is a striking com- parison with the custom or former practices in the party where secre- tariss prospered and reveled in party spoiis. aaminisira. dges made to Year ARO Palmer never spoke to ple people one i % ‘ held fron on M: jon M a ted 1 Revs, Alkens interment mad Mills emelers I Ferguson t ] "Tr f Ja ‘ herine (M Kepler ot} vhom were na- | the mocrat i rt of Centre county and of Gern nday morning gathering wit more Spangier enthusia and WAS » a Was inters and vas aged them mer | hid tood the test for scores war the ir { dad s Veg also 1} y the abo I nt | ¢ in ti} t i of t Pt member present The subject t ‘ ganization was sported only by irled iladelphia 1e last the ER Awa ¢ived his mmon sot ® supplemented vy wirse in the Pin seeking po and i man aching for he embarked in hotel business which he ontinued un- | when he went to Petroleum | affair 0 hi publication Venango county, and for some Morris was successfully engaged In the ils Iphis 1 hairman Later he went to Tion- made became associated with lout a dissenting vot Mr trade In 1880 Mr, Kepler (a Young aggressive attorney “Forest National Demo- |delphin and a man of the the first Democratic newspaper | type, morally and intellectual wrest county, and continued in the | stood for Clean polit editor and proprietor until straight Democracy all his life, when he suspended its operation | in season and out of seaRoOn NAS on account of ill health, Leaving | fought against the Democratic-Pen. Tionesta he came back to Centre Co. | roge bipartizan machine in this state and settled upon his large farm in Fer | that formerly betraved the party and guson township. In 1863 Mr. Kepler [made it a laughing stock in the eyes was united in marriage with Mary |of all good people. Roland Morris is Jane Hutton, who survives him aslalso a man of courage and has cone above stated. Mr. Kepler always took | Victiung, at the same time he does not an active part in promoting the inter. | purvose to drive anyone from the pare ests of the Democratic party, and ser- | ty who will stand by the party pledges ved with credit a term as chairman [and platforms, and votes for the par- of the Democratic County Committee ty nominees, He will give his best Centre county has indeed lost a good | labors to accomplish a united democ- citizen in the death of Jacob Kepler. racy, but there will be no compro. mise with dishonor in his leadership. BATHURST Lawrence Bathurst, | Mr. Morris is well known to many of one of the oldest and best known res- | our Bellefonte citizens, being a great. idents of Curtin, Centre county, died | grandson of the noted Judge Thomas Monday morning at 8:30, at the home | Burnside, a distinguished jurist who of his daughter, Mrs, D. W. Varner, | formerly resided in Bellefonte and at Altoona, death being due to senil- | has relatives here. We congratulate ity. The aged man had been resid. |the Democracy of Pennsylvania on ing in that city for the past ten |]thelr new leader. months with his daughter, with whom Samuel W. Kunkle was re-elected he had gone to visit. Shortly after | treasurer. The secretary will be ap- arriving there he was stricken with | pointed later by Chairman Morris, fliness, His condition would not al. Those Democrats who are interested low his returning to his home at Cur- [in the welfare of thelr party should tin, and he gradually became worse [read the editorial of the Philadelphia ips re Centre il business esta, Pa, and the ) Iy has capacity of (Continued on page 6.) (Continued on page 2.) -
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