Bellwood Bulletin 1923-11-08

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VOL. XXXVI.
BELLWOOD. PA.
LOCAL NEWS COLUMN« moments passed
Short Items That Will Interest Our Readers
BIFSyilllllRUF THE WEEK
Tarts Paragraph* Concarning lba Doing*
•I Osr Boroagh—The OsIbbu
Oar ScBterlbera Ealoy.
—-Tieupiiss ii'-'ioo-i for »**'■* at
this office, 10cents each
—A fine line of s;lvorware is
(arrie-1 at Barrett*-, ths Jeweler,
come end aee for yourself.
—At the Ead nf the Rainbow,
Friday evening i < 1%. Y. M. C.
FaKi- t,     xd-
A auditorium a* $ o*clo k.
mission 50 cents.
-X_ —For* Sale—young dog, half
Airdule "and pcotch coolie, will
makea g. oa farm dog Inquire
at this office.
—Vh%*k Cherry, who has been
at the Altoona hospital very critically ill, wpg laat evening report-
ted in fair condition.
- Mr. rod Mrs. W. Stewart
Bell, ot Joiiretown, aii>.oil' ce the
liitth ot a baby daughter. They
me both well known in Bellwood.
—Tuesday evening Mrs. Hnll-
inuer entered a numlier "t ladies
at bsr h *me on South First street.
Tits event was a missionary tea
and a spendi I si-uial time wee
enjoyed.
—A iiew daughter haa been
welcomed to tbe home of Mr. and
Mis. Raymond D. Irwin, in tbe
apartments over Fuoss' bnkerv.
The wee girl'n giandtath* r, J J.
Irwin, i■ sharing congratulations.
—Wedo+eday   evenin_ a num.
church ' who attend the weekly
I rayer meeting ! p-irtook of an
enjoyable lunch in the festal hall.
About ta en ty live v\ ere present.
—An auto turning the oorner
st the Mitbodiat church SundOy
atternooii, bumped into the s eps
at the home of Harry Qwiu. by
a fortunate combination,* no' one
was on the much traveled aide
welk at the moment, else a fetal*
ity would have i-e**ulted. The
driver wss an Altoonan. He w aa
informed hy Officer Hetrick .that
he must pay for n pairing the
steps, ss well as for the daimige to
his own fender.      .  WE
—The hunting season is now
in all its glory. Maity ot oor
(■poriBinan In v ■ made excursion
to the woods with indiiterent
ancoesc. Tho=e Who have gone
to other counties report gantf
plentiful und have returned bearing with ihem fine ttpphiea of the
outing. A uumber of wild turkeys
have been brought do vn by oar
gunnere since tbe tie -son opened,
some of whieh have been shot on
the mountainsin the immediate
vein'ty. Thoe-* who go alter
big game aie anxiously a-** ai'ing
tbe tims when tbey will be
permitted to go to tbe thickets.
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Death sf s sofcool Birl.
Es'hor Eliz ibeth. only daughter
ol Prof, and Mra. T. D. E. Dili-
man, of 504 Orchard street, Bell-
v ood, died at 1:85 Friday atter
noon of a complicati n of diseases She had been ill only four
day*. Prof. Diltman, ot ths
niatbi matial departmeot of the
Altoon-i high school, and his wite
had oulphrat week moved mtO
tbelr *n*w home. Little Esther
was born July 27, 1917. Sbe was
a member of tbe • primary deparu
ment ot the Metbodiat   Spit-copal
Sunday school and a public school
pupil, 0 bright loveable cbi'd,
wbo had a legion of friends, jou
ug and   old.    Surviving are   ber
Sarents and one brother, William
. Funeral services   wsrs hsld at
ibe Methodist church at 2 o'clock
Monday    afternoon.   Interment
was made in Logan Valiey oeme-
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150,000,000 mm bees  Per Itai rar-
pssss PrlBSisal taset •':■.'■
From different parts ot he sta'e
indicated tint the four proposed
amendments to the state consi'u.
tion wire aprovtd by the voters-
State Chairman W. Harry Pak< r
said tbere wss no doubt abi nt
them     having    been    carried.
Pbiadelpbia voted heavily for
the four amendments and tbe Re.
publican organizations i>i the
larger countbs also supported the
proposils.
Th re wso some opposition
manifested among railroad men.
according to Information et Republican state headquarters, to
the amendment permitting railroad companies to stent tree
passes or reduced rates to e'ergy-
meo,bnttbe voiting against it
wes sui I not to b*- heavy e rough
to over come tbe ballots east in
favor ofthe proposition.
Tlie otber three amendments
provid d lor a #50,000,000 bond
is*>ue for road purposes exempte 1
from taxation buildi'gs occupied
by G. A. R., American Legion
and a simu ar orgs izations, aid
allowed tht olass-fication of couu
ties, cities, a-id other muuioipeli
ti s f r li gislative purposes.
WSISaS si OresBabart
A quiet hat very petty wed !-
ing was solemnized tit the
personage ot tbe United Pren-by. I
tenan i-hureh in Greensburg at
2.80 Monday atternoon, Oa. 29,
wheu ihe pastor, Rev W. J. Mc-
Micbael, performed the ceremony
I wl,ivbuuUedi*}.warfii^e Tliomaui
oTjif- , . .j ■, r   ra |i ai* m fn -*y tS. ***-*3mmr.----w
S. Closson oi TlpVoo"?
Hiittie A. Rumhaugh of BollwobH.
The young couple were unattended und the beautiful* ring ceremony was us-ed. Following the
ceiemony thiy were feted by
friends in Greensburg and later
returned bore. The bridegroom
ii- a son of Mr. and Mrs. W. L.
Closson ot Tiptou and is employ-
e>l as a boilermaker in tbe local
railroad shops, while the young
lady ot bis §election has tor some
time held a position with the same
company in tbs railroad telep
phone exchange here She is s
daughter ot Mrt. G. E. Rumbaugb of 815 First street, Sonth
side Both are held in high esteem
in the community end bave many
friends to wish them abundance
of success iii lile. They* will reside in Tipton.
SWINDLER mBED IH MABTUini
Sssikt Sy -elharitlas Siaoa Hatek la__,J0a*rtt« Witt lav-*
Whta Ha Vieti-Bis-Ml Twt Oaaka    "jm>*	
E. 0. Mcfeaters, alias E. C Mc
Fell, of Philadelphia wanted
Altoons, on e charge of swindling the First National Bank ot
Juniata out of $18,000 in an alle
ged fraudulent' bond deal, we!
arrested Tuesday by private detectives from Pittsburg in a On jnber-.
la- d Md., hotel.
Information against McFeatt-rs
was sworn oot in Msreb 1922,
almost at the same time be disap-f
peered, and efforts to locate him
np unfi Tu sday had been frui*-
b ss. He is said to have worked
similar schemes on a _*yro* e
bank, banking instutio.s in Cent
re county and numerous individual.
McFeaters, who is thought to
have worked ont of Pittsburg, ia
charged with having forged bond
suppos dly fl mt d hy boroughs
aod with 'having disposed
of tbem to banks aud individuals. He is said *o have ob.
tained th -usandsof dollars in *h*a
way.    '¥$0
The arrest ass brought about
when delicti ves, r gistering at a
fotel at Cumber and, recognized
McFeaters, a ho was a guest in
the same bos'erly, as the man for
whom their agency bad been
looking in connection witb the
Juniata bank case. n
According to E. A. Gillette and
Frank H. Thomas, who made the
arrest, McFeaters is accused also
ot defrauding banks in varipns
parts of the oonntry out of app
^^!_t§_g*__t_.
BenHJoiTd dew ^^^^^
McFea**i rs was said by tbs dee1
fives to have a f mi* ted that he
knew son ething abont the Juniata bank case. He denies, they
saya that he was oue ofthe princi
pals in tbe deal.
Trapper tr veto la Heatt lsst
William J.-Blair is enjoying a
novel trapping tiip on   tbe Juniata river and ex pecs to continue
until tbe river is  closed witb iee.
Mr. Bair erected    a   bouse boat,
even by ten feet,   wbieb he took
overland from Lewistown to Hun*;
ington where he launched it  on
tne river-  There he began floating down tbe river et the  rate of
one mile per  day   trapping  for
muiikra's, skunks, weasels, opo.-*-
suras,  racoons, and   sxpec's to
c'virhis   expenses  aod a grab*
stake for the* spring time   in the
ssle of tbs furs   taken during the
fall and winter months.
Al Ths Bsd tf Tks Rslaksw
Friday evening at 8 o'clock the
above named play will be presented in the Y. M. O* A. auditorium
a-* the second entertainment of
Chautauqua by Home Folks. This
is a clever three aet play taken
from tba pleasures of college life
at tbe present time. Students ot
the local bigh school will cbm-
price t be cast and a few boors of
real eutertainment is assured those
who will avail themselves of the
opportunity to be present. Aside
from tbe play itself several musical numbers bave beeu arranged
to provide entertainment before
ahd between the acts. Single admission 50 cents.
j
W-*->*.    ■        ••_*___
jt When a warrant charging bim
with impersonating a stats polioe
"oftcer   snd Mm  pretense wus
v«d upon Bony  A   Eernm,
uty constables   of  the   First
rd Altoona on Monday, Ksomo
meg a surprise by producing a
,000 bail bond  whieh be bed
ecjted iu ad vanes, apparently
ving   been ewers ot tbo feet
at s warrant  bed been issued
| bis arrest.
I The warrant, issued by Jestios
m  the  Peace  Veil, Ot Cresson,
Was served by Corparl   Couch,
Mtbe   state   police   detail, wbo
.secured the evidence  oo which
the cbsrges are based. *
f; Earn m waived  a bearing end
*Sias permitted to en ter ths ball aa
Security   for bit   appearance et
§be December  term ot criminal
eourt in   Cambria   country, ths
llleged illegal    operations  eitri-
'\ oted to him having taken pleoe
i I ths oounty.
The arrest is in connection witjb
t ie same series of i ncideots whieh J
1 id to the arrest  of Jobo Me
array, also of Altooua, wbo is
w in jail at Ebeosborg, being
Id for   tbe  Cambria  eonoty
art on s charge ot impettonet-
{4ig a state officer, tales pretense
Md   extortion.    McMarray    is
charged with haviug posed so o
afete   police    officer . to obtain
dance of moonshine operations
Upon and vicinity and  then
0 have made ass of-this informe-
||^|^tiggjiirge! soms   of
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  omm	
fitted several day* ego.
'"Corporal Cronoh states that be
found evidence that Kamm had
beeu assoaiated with MoMurrey ia
bis operation*, wbieb extended
over a period of aome month*,
although oo charge of extorting
money has been made egaiast
Eamm. The state polios offioer
states that he has a witness to
testify thst Eamm said be wss
the '-corporal trom Hollidaysburg," a phrase wbieb McMarray
is said to bave used very
effectively. There sre also other
witnesses who will appear agaiaat
Eamm.
Bavival WUl Oste
Tbe Bev. Murthall C. Piper
will be present next Sabbath eod
will probably preach both more
ing aud evening io* tbe -Methodist
Episcopal church. Tbie is ths beginning of revival services in the
chorcb. Rodeheaver's gospel songs
will'be used edd everybody wfll
be cordially welcomed.
Bracelets watches, in solid
gold case**, $10.00 to $40.00, at
Barretts.
—Finest line of watches we
ever • carried—Elgin watches sixteen size, (20.00 . and np at
Barretts.
—Wauied Ladies (o take orders
during to r_ time for oor famous
remant rolia at (1.00 eaoh. Liberal commissi ui paid. An oppor-
tuuitp to make some easy money.
Write for particulars. American
Remuant O >.. Winston-Salem,
N. C.
—Wednesday of last week
James B. Is■•iib«.r_, ot Hensheytown, and J. B. Horning, ol
Altoons, accomparoied hy tbeir
wives aed friend Harry Witael,
motored to Port Royal, Juniata
county, wbere the men spent
several day* hunting. Thsy re-
witb ths ee*
■   Will n-iitisii IWh Isalmt ii
Mr. end Mrs. J. S. H. Smith*
former highly esteemed residents
of tbe boroagh, whea Mr. Smith
was eugaged as en engineer oo
the Bellwood diviaion, will celebrate tbe 50th anniversary of tbeir
merriage on November 21, aad
tbis dete will also bs Mr. Smith's
birthday, wheo be Will bave
a'tained to tbs ago of seventy-two
,10010. These well kopwu people
beve msny friends oad ecqoeio-
tances in oar boroogb. Tbey
were married at Pleassol Grove,
Tork county. At present they
are living at 2008 Kensington
Boulevard, Fort Wayne, Indiana,
and it haa been suggested thet
ftheir many Mends- remember
them oo thit oocetion by sendiag
tbem post csrd greetings. Ths
Bulletin extends tbem congratule-
tioos ia advance and trast thsy
will live to roand many more
pleasant years.
Aboat one-third of tbe voting
strengbt of the boroogb woo on
Tuesday end ex< rcised tbeir right
of franchise and thos assisted in
election of men to take charge of
local government for the next few
yeara. It was aa ideal day for
Sm election, tho weather- beiog
joet abont right, yet this did oot
bave the effect of bringing tbe
voters to tbe poll. Io recent
years there is a seeming leek ef
indifference eo the part of major
ity of voters, who make no effort
te assist in choosing officers.
Tbere waa ao contest of any consequence tbis year aod possibly
this-accounts tet the stay ot bome
The Republicans were successful
in the borough had county.
Io tho ooooty, Marion D. Patterson won over O. L'.o/d Clay-
comb for distriot attorney by 1-
100. ^
Jobo R. Dunkel, W. H. Bel-
witt, Republicans, and John Gor-
such, nominally a Republican,
bat running on .tbe Labor party,
will be the next coanty eommis
sioeers to serve    for foar yeare.
Tom Peoples was the successful
aspirant for register and recorder,
having oo opposition.
John F. Royer, Republican
candidate for oonnty treasurer, ton
fer ahead of Mario Lynam, Demo
oratic opponent, bev! ng a. lead of
nearly 9,000.
P. H. Bridenbeugh edH.IL
Pvosyl, both Republicans, will
tp|j||p aeat dirsotors of too poor.
*fe_J__f-JP*
mmm^n^mWpk*.
sobool diireufor
end will enter opoe hb twenty-
fifth year's service with the now
yesr.   The vote follows:
School director—Dr. W. H.
Morrow, R., 826; Bertha Huoter,
D. Oad P., "111.
Cooncil—-J. J I**vin, R. ood L.,
81% H. G. Laird, R, D. aod L.,
885; B. 0. Legp, R. 286; R. D.
Bell D-, 98; Blair Cornmesser, D.,
P. end L., 185; R. H. Huish, P.,
42; O. L. Weavsr, P., 68.
Auditor*--!. 0. McFarland, R,
189; John Bechtol, D., 2S7.
Constable—F. 8. Hetrick, R.,
P. end L~ 856; W. P. Jackson,
D., 86; Frank Garland, 4.
Judge of election—H. 8 Horn-
mer, R. ead P., 856: H. O. Corn-
meeter, D., 70r iuspector of elections, W. E. Gilmore, R., 265:
Ssmuel Mondorff, D. 174:.
People Who Visit Ht
Thooe Who Go Away.
MOVEMENTS OF OUR CITIZENS
Wks Ate -Marialsei sy
St  rsrssssl ■esllse et
WhsTrsvslTs sal fre.
ITaatttO Tsei
As a result of an odd accident
at Ida boms Sooday morning.
Lather Zitoh, aged 14, eon of
<1haries A. Zitoh, of |?inecroft,
la o petientat ths Altoona hospital
suffsring wite ballet woaado ot
tbe little finger of "the left head
aod ofthe left leg.
Toung Zitch secured e revolver
•from the room of his brother
Pool, aged 24, eod* it is said
slipped a cartridge io the chamber
ofthe goo. He apparently did
oot understand tho working ot
tbe revolver ood It was ecciden-
tally discharged', tho bull*t passing though hw Anger toto the
upper left leg. The ballet did
oot remein in the boy'a body.
Engineer W. A. Gordon oad
wife of Main ttreet were celled to
Reading tbe begining of tbe wesk
to attend tbe funeral ef e sister of
Mr. Gordon.
Mrs. Annie Mulhollem daughter, Mist Sarah, will leave today
tor Fort Wayoe, Ind., to vi«it
Lloyd Mulhollem, wbo is engaged
in business in that city.
Mre. Ellen Loy, a teacher of
Clearfield, end Mrs. M. O. Mailtos,
postmistress of Karthaus, spont
tbe week end with ths former's
aunt, Mrs. G. B. Ague on Sooth
Tuakahoe street.
Mrs. Thomas Long of Clark
street, accompanied by b-*r
daughter, Mrs. Ella Blaek and
Misses Elisabeth, Violet end
Mattie, and Master Paal Black,
returned home Satarday aigbt
trom a most delightful viait witb
friends et Salem, Ohio.
Fred Wooldridge, wife and
tons Domer eod Glenn were over
Sunday visitor* at the home ot J.
M. Bechtol and wife oo Martin
street. Mrs. Wooldrige was formerly Lottie Domer, daughter ot
the lata D. D. Domer, well ko«**wn
in railroad circlet, aad ia a ooetin
Of Mrs. Bechtol.
to tbeir home ao Cambria atreet
after a stay of eieht' weeks at
Fort Wayne. lad., having been
called there on acoount of sickness
iti tbe family of her sister. Her
stay wss somewhst prolonged
owing to the tout that her sob
Deen, who is employed io thet
city, having a nerrow escape from
death in trying to avoid a speeding ear, bis ear skidding on new
gravel which had beeo pieced oo
coontry roads. He was thrown
from the car aod received painful
iuj uries. The dri ver of the speeding ear did aot stop eod there
was oo way of obtaining the
licence number.
port game scares,
 .  jception   of    rabbits, whice aro
—While the eleotion is s thiOg  plentiful  and  tbsy   earns home
ofthe past, tbe foot ball season it   Saturday  eveuiug   witb a good
I still with us te  occupy   our   un- supply of tbem. A delightful time j
' divided attention. it reported hy all.
—Lost—Aut omohile license
--date 586-754, soseowhsro neer.
Bellwood Finder will pi
turn to this offioe.   -;'*%,;
—The young ladies of the Teen
Age department of the Methodist
Snnday aebool trill bold a marhot
next Saturday io the Bollwood
furniture atore, beginning at 19
o'clock a. m. All manner ot first
olass basket things wili bs oa aale.
Yov petrooago solicits^
Strlekta While la Oharsh
Wbils in attendance at services
at tho Evangelical ehareb lest
Snndsy morning, A. D. Bechtol,
well known P. R. R. elerk aad
secretory of the board of health,
was suddenly stricken while
ia prayer. He wes besrd to atter
a few words by those near by ood
wbeo tbe prayer was finished be
was unable to rise. He was assisted to the /fear of tbe chnroh
and later taken to bia bome on
East First street eod ia "still confined to bed. Ho is able to- recognise hia* friends, yet ia otherwise helpless. His msny triends
sre hoping that Ms affliction will
respond speedily to treatment aod*
that be will soon recover.
—How fat the tints to bey
Chnstmes goods, yoo oao save
money Ot Barrett's.
-~Wehaveboso informed by
Congrestmso 4* Books Korta tbat
elaimof WiUiamR. Eaken, RF
D. No 2. Tyrone, Paoo., for io-
ctsssi ooder Motion two of tho
Aet efMay 1, IM0, has beea
alio wed et tba rate of |7S per
May 14,192%. ^
OsUweef Vteew Osts Peessse
Congreeeman J. Banks  Eurts
informs as as follows: "Have thia
day received notice trom the Com .
missiOnsrof   Pensions that  tbe
oleim of Mrs. Angeline  Bowers,
widow ofthe lete Michael   Bow
era, Bellwood, boa  beeo allowed
Ot tbe rate ot $80 per month from
July 20,1928, together with pey-
■oot te widow of invalid accrued
pension to dote of ber • husband'a
death.
•—Typowntar paper for solo at
thfe offioe te aoy ooaattf«