Odd and Curious | News | } | | | | 1 A Visitor In Seven Thousand Homes Each Week. ™ The Most Widely Read Newspaper In Centre County. ~ |} SECOND SECTION dhe Cenfre Democraf | NEWS, | FEATURES VOLUME 58. BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 19 J9. NUMBER 6. p— How's the Suit? Thomas H. Suckling, Sr., of Hel- lidaysburg, dean of the clothing mer- chants of Blair county, experienced a surprise the other day. An elderly man who has lived in the borough all | his life walked into the Suckling | store ang inquired if the firm kept a record of business transactiong for | years back. He was told that the only record in the possession of the firm was of those who {alled to pay The man produced a $10 bill. “1 want to make a payment on my wed ding suit which 1 bought here In 1898." he sald. Mr. Suckling blink- ed, checked records (He a receipt on account He's Worried hough he is scheduled to dle 'n the electric chair February 14, Nor- man Williams, 25. of Atlanta, Ga thinks he ought to have his tonsils removed. His throat has been troub- ling him and he would » 10 have that little matter attend he goes. He was exami by a physician, and informed hi throat was so mueh inproved the op- eration would not be "“necessary.' It was quite disappointment to Williams. the and wi 1" All ike d to before 1 1 ae ned, however a Three Answers Three pre employ I sponded to advertisement of : of nective A er the J Lake Sal first sentence not smoke sleep late was drink Wants Action Andrew J. Biemiller, legislator, belleve 40 and wants do sometl duced i1 providing pen any employer w over 40 or fall of his age Fa ruestic help we Milwaukee life begins al 1e state legislature | about He intro- ssembly that ty | jt the states alty of $200 against ho dische nun 3 Man DEC rie 0 ire ahd ed in Worse: uid be exciud Stringless Div Declaring that whey went to across th Mrs. Mau Pa. ask if hel orc y her husband vork, he ¢ front na garet Hol ed for the st Nusoana Taxless Town Aithough the 146 Edna, Ind, paid no or personal property the town wound up the balance of $251.30 Ir balance [rom 1837 from State gasoilne provided und rent PESE citizens t ix eR 1938. | wit | INES auaring year ' rea LE receipt and excise Ltaxe t Lake care Ol ’y Po gd eave a oak ¢ . . Bicycle Kidnaping Somathing new in kKidnaping came to Might recently when George Brickel, 17-year-cid drug store de- livery Ix of C ed thal a r the point crossbar 3rickel tl $1.10 i Fall Cures Leg After slipping on the i pii- ing up in the ow. Jo MoeCGon- agle, of Cleveland received a pleas- ant surprise His iff which | he had injured ech dent four years normally and he wa and walk Predicts Own Dea th Predicting that he would die within a few hours while reading his Bible, fellow circus workers | found John Sweeney, 75, of Roches- ter Ind. who had worked with cir- euses for fifty years, seated in his chair, his Bible in his lap-—dead Drives New Car Off While a crew was unloading auto- mobiles at a railroad dock in Tulsa, Oklp.. 2 man walked up and asked “Is this car ready? Yep," some one replied. The man got in and drove off. Police are now hunting the missing machine. ow mn $e re wt him ge jee and } i 3 i at rg in a similar before, fund able to get tioned ID away i § Intruder Robs | Stranger With Owner er of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Hill who yenige 8 Mile Hill, only a few feet from the Lycoming-Northumberland County line. ft was reported the intruder en- tered the Hill home, last Thursday, demanded money, ang fled after se- curing a small amount of cash and @ in a tussle with Mr. Hill Hill was struck over the head with a black jack in the altercation. The attention of a passing motor- ist was attracted by the scene and he hurried back to Muncy to report the trouble to Chief of Police Harry Mer- oy chief notified the State Motor Police who are réported have secur- ed several valuable clues as lo the jdentity of the robber, Girl Fractures Arm Miss Dorothy Confer, daughter of Claude Confer, of Runville, suffered a fracture of an arm while playing al school one day last week, { other articles, were found intact. | dollar bill, in a special compartment Enters Home and Uses Black Jack in Tussle | : an accomplice, DEGREES AWARDED TO | 27 COLLEGE STUDENTS | FROM CENTRE COUNTY Honors Are Conferred On Total of 194 Un.) dergraduates and Graduates At Penn State Last Week Among 194 undergraduate and graduate students who received de- gre the annual midyear com- mencemen: exercises at The Penn- te Colles Friday night students from Centre Coun- including 16 graduate students and 11 undergraduates, Presentation of degrees was made by Dr. Ralph D. Hetzel, president of nd the commencement Dr. F. P. Cor- Dickinson College pic was “The Hab- al the Demands ry World es atl vivania St were 27 i} % the College wl ress was riven by y group, of State College, the honors group receiving advanced WW H How ication in educa- } Lemont omy m State College Kemp master of Bowman, olich 144 rd 8. Coleman, master rsics; Robert F. Do- cience in ceramics; master of education M education; Celeste Hiness Fatal To Newton |. Wilson Former County er Dies Sundav at Old Home- | Rog stead: Was 69 Years Old forn wr Centre member of Wi families passed away Warriors Sunday after 2a ni al al Mark after- & lock resulted .at 3:45 0 Death LiNess : ne with cerebral throm- He was 69 years old nd held in high es- cCoumYy e five) the pa Stolen Purses Found By Boy Pockethooks Taken Lock Haven Students Are Recovered The pocketbooks stolen from two leachers College girls in the hold-up on West Main sireet, Lock Haven Sunday afternoon, Jan, 28th. were recovered by Kenneth McKague, a Queens Run boy. McKague found one about 300 feet east of the Queens Run railroad bridge Wednesday and took it to the { office of Sheriff Jacob B. Bryerton | The sheriff told him of the other and asked him to make a further search. { Thursday morning McKague return- ed with the other which he found about 500 feet west of the bridge. The contents (except for the money) including keys, cards and A in Miss Olga Morvek’s pocketbook, was found. She and Miss Phoebe Varner, the other girl, will be asked to identify the purses, after which they will be returned to them. In { case of need, the Lock Haven police Muncy Resident | authorities can get them. Clayton Bird ang Donald Gardner, of Williamsport, are charged with holding up the girls and. robbing them. Lyle Estes is being held as ts A A—— | WANT SCHWAR'S HOME State Motor Police have been in| vestigating the hold-up by & strang- i FOR VETERAN HOSPITAL A group of veterans asked Penne i de about one mile south of Mun- | sylvania congressman last week to i back proposal that the federal gov. ernment buy Charles M. Schwab's palatial estate at Loretta, Pa, as & site for a veterans hospital Headed by Prothonotary John L. Hite, the veterans wrofe the stale senaiors and Representatives, James Van Zandt and Harvey Tibbott to {help them optain “Immilegrun,” the 1 000-acre estate in central Permayls vania which the industrialist closed recently. The veterans sald the estate was “ideally locatéd high in the Alle. gheny mountains” ang that the 46 room summer home could be used af administrative headquarters, Seek New Equipment Bids will be opened Feb, 21, for $10000 worth of equipment for the Industrial Home for Women, ob Muncy, Col. A. 8. Janeway, executive director of the state authority, has announced, and me; Commission- day mor: Mr. From er fr Fontana, master of science in chem- Isiry; Benjamin R. Harriman, doctor of philosophy In chemistry: James O'Hara Maloney, master of science in chemical Alfred C Heunle master of science in chem- istry: Edward Jay Nichols, doctor of philosophy in English literature; Mary L. Pre master of setence In heme economics; John W. Richards, master of cence in chemistry; Ewal doctor of philoso phy try: and Albert E ence in chem- engineering; eT Rn re County students to receive reate degrees are Jane Wat~ Jellefonte, commerce ve; "Willimm Henderson Le- nd letters; James Stan- Matilda, horticul- nN from rn, com- ny A, Gent- Ralph rusbandry. Bar- arts and letters; McCormick, com- finance; John Philips Rilenour and Charles M. Speidel, health and physical edu- cation; and Herbert Bennett Uhl agricultural and bilogical chemistry a bara Eve Donal merce and an jetters TRUCK SKIDS FROM ROAD; DAMAGES FENCE AND PORCH Sli : Lookout early Pri- hen a truck operated 18, Philips led on icy roads and 10 a fence and front Almond f ard Oh eid NC OX, Lhe paren Lam property wis traveling towards wburg from the Clearfield di- ion when the; fruck went into a Simeox was not injured. Mo- l who investigated the acci- rot skid did not estimate the amount of iy damage Abraham Lineoly " Tr thi | TRUCK STRIKES THREE YOUTHS WALKING ON CLEARFIELD HIGHWAY HH Bruised, bleeding and unconscious, Albert Snyder, of Curwensville, was pieked up from along the Clearfield- Curwensville highway where he was struck by skidding truck early on Sunday morning and rushed to the Clearfield Hospital. According to late hospital reports he had not emerged from the state of coma and grave fears were held for his recovery Albert boys way from { their home a Snyder, 16 was one of walking along the high- Curwensville towards 1:15 a. m. Sunday morning when a pick-up truck driven by Foster Wood, of Clear- field, swung around a curve in the highway and skidded sideways into three of the four youths knocking them off the road onto the berm. The three were rushed to the hos- pital where it was discovered that Albert had a concussion of the brain, fractured jaw, and body bruises. Pranklin Snyder, a brother 0 ' ous treated for a brush-burmned el on bow and numerous body bruise: MAN IN HOSPITAL MAY FACE MOTOR CAR CHARGE LER “Fondly bo we hope . . . fervently do tue prap that this ® mighty scourge of war map speedily pass away.” four al ai Game Birds and Animals Are Pets Of Rockview Penitentiary Inmates With same devolion OF Ue opes plain within gal prisoners and stored poy to his dog oners the § county Peni feeding game birds and animals on institution's 5386-acre mountain reservation t Rockview, near the summit of the Alleghenie pri : penileniinry tentiary are ¥ i a hi that summer mall the Centre AY the H ners have salvaged lumber alls and spent much of thefr time buliding box shelters bird and animal pets at st's edge. They have asked 0 decorate the shelters. d and animal knowing particular shelter, and ita master, seems never 10 make a a With deep snow and ice covering natural food for game, prison- ers who made pets of wild birds and inimals during the suminer are now making certain thelr [riends—the Hungarian partridges, mountain quail, ring-necked pheasants, tur. keys, and deer have ambie food ! Car t! the Walter Sayler, of Florefle, Alle- gheny county, driver of the car which left the road near Martha last week and crashed over an embankment seriously injuring the driver's wife, may {ace charges of misuse of regis- tration plates motor police report Motor police from the Philipsburg station sald the plates used on the car Savier was driving were not the tags assigned Wo the wrecked car The Philipsburg State hospital where Savier and his wife were taken for treatment following the wreck report that Mrs. Sayler's condition was just fair. Mrs. Sayler suffered a fractured skull and a severe fore- head laceration when her head struck the windshield of the car at the Ume of the mishap. Sayler suf- fered a fractured breast bone the $ oar y Le t ariment discussing pet aid SOME One count supremely this need in the life The love of insti for pets is based on nevis, and their birds animals a deep therapeulic effect sation Inmates, swvheth- 1 julls of Wellare's them rous! the hen i } } ‘5 re the prison- Pennsylvania wid Central s their ra} Ol Carried need cin upon and game L laced In SETVe where | ily rAeN the ris taken * Department oi Welfare per- y hunting on the reservation 3 result, the birds and ani- mals have mparatively tame. Herds of deer, sometimes ( many as a come own s mental hygiene’ ner inmates numan for and ‘ econ me x je iw children of 1 Goren Lie STORY OF A CIRCUS DAY TRAGEDY Fancied Grievance Led to Slaying of Belle- fonte Citizen al re- crimes commitied y that have left a the skirts of justice oe- ii a circus day in Bellefonte ty-nine years ago. It was the cowardly killing of Harry Water- he by a supposedly employe of who at fu gave his name y Smith and later turned out » John Wilson he angle of mystery surrounding riiest of sever wt UR a rithe in the apparent ab- of provocation, although there wases., This lay Ye will heightened by the dar- ful escape of the siay- the Bellefonte jall while await t Although rewards were and diligent efforts made to apprehend him, the course of adventuryy of John Wiison from the time he tunneled from his cell and scaled the high wall of the jail yard, remains to this day a mystery He disappeared as completely as though the earth had opened and swallowed him up. Victim and Stranger Meet Rogers’ Circus and Menagerie had ral ¢ ther Crs ST ial offered E a ing of September 3, 1890, and pitched its tents on the Glass Works Meadow, the site now occupied by the Ameri- can Lime & Stone Co. hydrating plant. he streets were thronged with town and country folks who had turned out to see the parade and later take in the circus at the show ground. As usual] on such occasions, the hotel barrooms were crowded with patrons, and it was at the Brocker- hoff House dispensary that the stranger known as Smith ang later as Wilson, first made his appearance that morning. He got in conversa tion with John Rine, a well known moulder and fellow workman of Waterhouse, When asked his name the stranger, who was a follower of the circus, replied: “just call me Billy.” The two men talked for some time | when Harry Waterhouse came along and joined them, and later they took a drink together and starteq down High street. On the way down they rrived in Bellefonte in the morn- | comm ——————— sli A Crime Without a Motive of cessful Escape From Centre County Jail After he committed the deed Wil- son started 10 run for the show 16% VB! a Belle- whom he had pinion KP y which Mn vt an before, ris Wis purely Recalling the unprov iron worke but 8 few | Lhe that if ¥ fonts * a i oH is @er fon J a anger et is revaliing al Ane { 8 reason” i, noffensive w who wa known to go any length a circug follower by the ped such an intense hatred for wn without explanation. No one , reasonable motive for the das- that Waterhouse and a Wis ghly implausible terward testified Wiaterhou the viet fell never given to quarreling: in fa to A few hours afte the latter deve he shot him H e Was avoid trouble Ive ‘vasik his hand which he finally dropped sying a HES "3 “ of Ww it 0 . ov Roy him to the ground and informeg Of- + ’ *} & . ETHOS “hd L This agedy 'y aa wag caught out near Colling Furnace, at a Hungarian shanty. He made ho attempt to resist arrest, Survived But a Short Time In the meanwhile Dr. H. K. Hoy was summotiad 0 the sofne of the crime where the body of Waterhouse ® companion ! statement, oa Ww to th i Why then did Wilson kill Ha county were abou ithes eu af os vy Waterhouse? His escape from fler in elixling all efforts to re- forty-nine-your-gig question unanswered Lhe gil and success Lhery capture him. has left the Uses Deadly Weapon With Effect, When hallway between the Gere for the morially wounded man and he expired a few minutes after the arrival of the physician. The wound was in the center of the neck, in front, at about the buttonhole of the shirt. The body was taken in charge by the Poor overseers and re- moved to the borough poor home Waterhouse was a moulder got in some misunderstanding and Wilson and Waterhouse gquarreied hes It was the common opinion that Wil- oe ” " ‘ C a berich residence and the old Isaac son had formed some imncied griev- Mitchell home they Law Harry ance, as Waterhouse Was DEVEr (woo. bse coming towards them. known to possess & quarrelsome Na- wun exclaimed “There comes the | ture. Wilson, nevertheless, became old fellow” and grew angry and very angry at the Ume and swO™® uv toward Waterhouse, A few that he would “get even with Waler- words sed between m house yei” A fellow KDOWD 3% yin Wilson strack at Waterhouse, Lade Wd Yiad been a resident “English George” joined them and ,, latter warding off the blow, Me Beliefonte {ar about eight years. they walked over fo the Passenger o uey 5 him again, wher Rine grab- | sition. = was hen near ANDY ,. wiloneand tried to hold him. | : hey separated. A struggle followed and Rine threw | Together in the Afternoon the man down against the bank rer and. Although of dis- RIDe and Wilson met again alter where he held him for some time - sipatéd hablis, he was good natured Wilson struggled hard get jooee dinner and drank somewhat. They hie siruge h to ge and industrious. started 10 have their pictures taken . . « “let me up, I want to get ig but Wilson refused to have one made ’ ‘ of himeel, bus willingly paid for ort Sealy let go and Moves back | After Wi Rine’s picture. Wilson had nothing hous ba 1 ; : wi Jal further to say of Waterhouse at the ROS Jikan utvital ry ulas, ve Hn with time and was to all intents, in & aia Con Bip pork shoot | Aboot $1 much better humor. okt an . A $14°in money They were together until 3 o'clock Slayer Flees From Scene i I ec amonts whith hey ganved He drew a large revolver, firmly reached the former C. T. Gerbrich Wtas Jeet, ook cqnetvl an residence on North Thomas Street weapon, saying, “There, take that, | prof they sat down on the steps for about | pu vo, » . ) Sve Juin and talkeq over differ Wainhouse staggered back a few ; steps and fell on the walk and never | | ‘Wilson pulled out a large revolver uiiered a word afterward. The aim from his coat pocket and showed it WAS Sure and the ball dig its deadly to Rine and made some threats in re- work. gard to Waterhouse, He also told Hayes Holter was nearby and saw |? Rine he had another revolver with the crime committed. Robert Me- | (him. The latter persuaded him to Knight, Jr. and Prank Crosthwait Wilson put the weapon in his pocket and Were coming from the show ground helg wi {they stamed again for the show. and also witnassed the affair, (Continued on page by of , Murderer Makes Suc- ground, having the revolver still in MeKnight and Crosthwaly followed ficers Garis, Folk and Mullen, who started in pursuit of the man. He waiting rooms, the titeves emtered was lying. Nothing could be done HA A ae I ' One of Group Picked Up Bleeding and Uncon- Hat | scious Is In Serious Condition In Clearfield Hospital | Robert Hoak was treated for black eye, ankle injury, and body jacera- tions, Walter Snyder, another ther and member of party wa He wa behind file swing of the vehicle The driver told police four boys he and steered 0 berth In he applied his bro- the far fourth untouched enough the 10 escape the the Kaw an roungeq UU curve give Lh At the brakes to siow wige time down the “a passing are nd Lhe act) 1 pon n believed 10 end of slippery pas is nave caus ail he back he around strike walking boys ————— ——— Three Juniata Youths Confess Bovs Admit Numerous Robberies of Implications in Garages, Stores The wave of petty thievery which has swept across Juniata recently was partially solved Sunday night when Altoona police took into cus- tody three 14-year-old youths, all of whom admitted implications in nu- merous robberies or breaking and emerings Reaching the peak of the banditry jast Thursday and Priday, the trio is sald 10 have broken Into many gar- ages, automobiles, business establish. ments ang clubs, while the confession , light a case of aute larceny. The Juniata, include Paul Harris, Regin- ald K. Hall. and Ralph C. Reed. Booked charges of breaking, entering and larceny, the trio was taken to the detention home pending further questioning. Reed and Har- are sald 10 have police records, being taken into custody sum- mer for minor theft, Lieutenant IL. W. Haberstroh sald [that the number of actaal robberies | committed both inside and out of the joy, would reach a figure but {nothing defirdte could Le revealed (until questioning had been complet- ed. He sald the monetary value of the loo was small three youths on iast Railroad Station Burglarized Passenger and freight stations of both the Reading and Pennsylvania railroad companies at Herndon were broken into and ransacked the same night, but as far as agents were able 0 determine, nothing was taken Doors 10 both waiting rooms were | immied open far enough to be Gn- latched from the Inside. From the jie Heit offices which were not { JOCKed, sins I —————— Three Philipsburg . Coasters Injured Crash Into Rear of Automeo- | bile Driven by Donald J. Crain Three young children of Mr. and | Mrs Merrill Fleck. Windy Hil i Philipsburg, R. D., were injured {Sunday afternoon while sledding iy their sled struck a car one mile east of Phifipsbu in township. ca J Fath The injured were Nell Fleck his | brother Merrill and sister Delores The three children were admitted ito the Philipsburg State Hospital where they were treated and dis- tharged. Neil. the most seriomsly Injured, suffered a severe scalp | laceration. The other two coasters were freated for brush burns. i The children were sledding on al slight grade near their home when | the sied they were riding. guided by Neil, struck the rear fender of a car operated by Donald J. Crain of Pine street, Philipsburg. The driver did not see the children who sled- ded out of a private drive onto the | slippery road. Crain applied his brakes and swerved in an effort to | avoid hitting them. ! As the sled struck the fender Neil was badly hurt on the scalp and the other children were tossed off | the sled onto the road. { The coasters were immediately | taken to the hospital where they were examined and treated for the | burns and injuries. ‘KEEPING UP WITH THE JON } == Eddie’s Taking No More Chances i {i By POP MOMAND i] OM" My woo! ot rou MURDER Tes ¢ irr NS TERRIBLE Y wy PUBIC Tid MARS 1S A ENEMY CHEN CIOME HUMBER Or! WAVE « THATS THEY sre WHAT HE 16 + SURE ue x + attempted | of one of the youths alse brought to... all residents of andom ~ tems | The list of ingredients used in ty- ing Mies for fishing oftentimes sounds ike 4 recipe for a hex cure, Por ex~ igmple, 10 make certain kind of fly you may need the hair of a deers tall, the breas id a ruffed grouse, a bit of tines from year's Christma 5 whisker and a liver of green celiophane, The in- piruction books do not gay that files furing the Pull Moon are more Live than those made 1 a grave ’ } norm, but who Les hone {eed t Fire ealiaers sp suf a tree; a cal QUring = Liruncer DOW or oLher ¢ : he man gels own Les probably {ler a time of Commerce official marihiuanag weeds grow tain place along the banks of long-abandoned Cent Rall Pennxyivania right-of mines from Bellefonte Dame Rumor culated reporis there reefer” smokers Bellefonie should be destroyed Wo #mptation al road of road ol wn even 48 that " in weeds remove ur WwW opened a wLleries Districe Attorney who last week M Gets drive com~ i exis prove a case First there must be a consideration; sec- ond, a chance, and third, a prize. The consideration need not be the direct paymen; of money or other valuables, he sald. Courts have held indirect rumunerstion for a or right 0 participate in a drawing, constitutes a consideration The 3 whereby winners are selected, whether it be by drawing stubs from a box, or by the arrangement of figures in the dally balance | treasury. AlECT KE against gamt 0 of that ticket yBlem the 1 chance § nthe U. 8 The prize, of couse, is what we're all after, Fashion Note: Put even an unat- under one of these 1, dreary, rainy day, and her appearance improves remarkably is attractive to begin with Is 30 much the better ight there wems to filter r the umbrella, picking up some reflects in the 4 — Science 1f the gir the result What is 1 v §Oes, and of the umbrelia-toter, wonderful thing! a Sewage Disposal Note: This de- partment is reliably informed that at east group of Bellefonte tax- payers, described as good, honest, substantial working folks, are quietly organizing a sit-down strike against the payment of the new tax assessed for constructing and operating the sewage disposal plant. They're just not going to pay the tax, it is report- #d, and i the thing goes 10 court—it gos 10 coum, ne o——— Someone's Cheating: During the weekend the West Penn Power Com- pany had a carpenter install in from of the Company's offices on North Al- legheny Strvet what might be called an inexpensive reproduction of the lefonte Trust Companys new after-hours depository. For the pas. number of years the West Penni has had two ordinary mail slots in the front door, with boxes attached in- side. where patrons could drop their monthly light bili payments when the offices were closed. Of late, however, the company has found that someone with more patience than honesty has been fishing out some of the money -bearing envelopes from the mall slots. To cope with the situation they had Ben Bradley build a chile leading from the side of the show window down through to the basement you drop 8 Jetter in the new slot, it will slide down the chute into a box in the basement. The chute has a curve or two to discourage any “anglers” who think they may be able to fish up let- ters with a stone smeared with chew- £4 One 3 i vy “ ling gum and attached to a string. Because 50 many pseudo-patriots, pseudo-liberals and organizations have wrapped themselves in the Américan flag in the past few years, and have traded on the term “Ameri canism.” the National Elks Lodge efforts v0 clear up & word which In recent years has come to mean & things to all men. M. Isadore Clagier, better known as “Izzy,” of North Spring Street, has always contended one child com- prised an “ideal” family. The other day after the hew Claster child had been home from the Hospital for M4 hours “In” called up a friend t change his previous oontentions, Above the squalls of the mfant the friend heard the harassed father's voice, shouting: “One is too many!™ COLLEGE DISPLAYS RARE INDIAN POT A perfect specimen of Indian pot- tery is being preserved in the mu- seum of the School of Mineral In- dustries at the Pennsylvania State
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