Calls John D* to
Tell of Ore Deal.
Merritt Sent Word to Oil King Thal
“When | Steal For a Living | Wil
Steal For Myself"—Then Lost His |
Property.”
The house committee investigating
the steel trust will invite John D
Rockefeller to tell how he got hold of
A Light About to Dawn. :
From the Milwaukee Journal. :
The tariff board has been conferring |
with Mr. Tait at the White House. It
won't be long befoge he will know if he!
| knew what he was talking about when he !
said that the woolen schedule was in-|
defensible. Knowledge is power.
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EGAL NOTICE.— Notice is hereby given that
the following Account will be presented
to the Court for confirmation on Wednes-
day Dec. 6th, 1911, And unless exceptions be filed
thereto, on or before the 2nd day of the Term, the
same will be confirmed.
Oct. 20th 1811 A. B. KIMPORT
56.43.5¢ Prothonotary.
HARTER NOTICE.—~Notice 1s hereby given
that an application will be made to the
Governor of the State of
December 6, 1911, by John P. Kelley
Kelley and Logan }
Jvania on |
Kelley under the Act of |
Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
tar the incorporation |
ore and railroad property valued af! UBLIC SALE. | entitled “An Act to provide for
: and
$700,000,000 and now owned by the | P a | Apri 2 184 and the sHpplements thereto or the |
steel corporation. charter an int i. patio to be called
This declaration was made by Rep | BROWN SWISS CATTLE, | li a coaxany, |
reesntative Staniey, chairman of the | HEAD OF HORSES ing a I store and mercantile business, to
probers, after the committee had
‘heard Leonidas Merritt, with a bitter !
ness that lent emphasis to his utter
ances, and at times fairly besiage him
self with pent-up rage, tell a personal
narrative of his dealings with Rocke |
feller and how (he latter had forced |
him out of business in Minnesota. |
With the expressed determination |
of the chairman to have Mr. Rocke
feller appear, the committee adjourn
ed not to met again until after com
gress convenes,
The lands and railroad properties
involved were controlled and largely
owned a few years ago by Alfred and
Leonidas Merritt, The former declar
ed and the latter reiterated that the
“oil king” got the properties by call
ing a loan of less than $1,000,000 in
the panic days of 1833, although the
Merritts =aid that they had heen as-
sured by Rev. Gates, chief almoner
now for Rockefeller, that they would
not be pushéd for the loans.
Alfred Merritt also declared his be- |
lief that Rockefeller had closed the
financial world to him so that he could | {
not redeem his properties within the
year allowed by Rockefeller.
It also was declared that the Rev.
Gates, who figured in the witness’ ac
count as the intermediary of the “oil
king,” who brought about the crushing
of Merritt and his brother, Alfred
Merritt, would be summoned as a.
witness.
Mr. Merritt declared that it was af-
ter he had turned down a proposition
from Mr. Rockefeller, which he char
acterized as “stealing,” that Rockefel-
ler called npon him to pay z million
dollar loan and brought about his
downfall. The proposition, Mr. Merritt
said, came through Rev. Gates, Mr.
Rocketeller's almoner.
The witness said that Gates outs
lined to him how Mr. Rockefeller and
his interest: could throw him and his’
brother out of the company to protect
other interests, but as they had borne |
the “burden and heat” of the day, he |
believed that they shonld reap the _
benefits.
“Gates sald Mr. Rockefeller would |
rather deal with us,” Merritt contin- |
ued, “and if we would deal with him
we could remain in the company and |
be taken care of. In order to do that |
he said we would have to do the will |
of Rockefeller. 1 listened in amaze-
ment when he said that if Rockefeller
protected us thé stocks of others !
would be thrown down, and he men-
tioned the names of several men. My |
brother, who was present, turned to:
Mr. Gates and =aid:
Called Deal “Stealing.”
“ ‘Mr. Gates, we've got laws in our |
country. To do what you want to do |
would land us in jail. Mr. Rockefeller
with his $70,000,000 can't make us
do that.’ :
“I turned to Gates and said: ‘Mr.
Gates, you came from John D. Rocke- |
feller. Go back to John D. Rocke- |
feller and tell him that when I steal
for a living [ will steal for myself. |
“It was soon after this interview ,
that I was notified that we would have
twenty-four hours to take up our |
Rockefeller loan. There | was with |
all my stocks up—stecks that 1 have |
never scen since. 1 didn’t have money |
enough to get home with, Gates seem- |
ed to be amazed to think that [ would |
not do what he wanted me to do and |
at one time told me I would have to |
walk home on the ties.”
Merritt said that he had never been
fble to realize just how Rockefeller |
took over his stock. i
“I know I went to New York think-
ing we were worth several millions. |
After it was over | was left without a |
cent. I hadn't even fare home, and
when | got home my people wouldn't |
have enough for car tickets. [ wag a |
wreck physically and mentally for a |
long time. My brother, Cassius, a
stronger man than I, died from the : °
shock of the affair.”
Representative Beall asked Merritt |
whether he understood when he put |
up his collateral with Rockefeller that |
it was only for a short time, and he |
said that he so understood.
“1 was assured all the time,” said
Merritt, “that the colalteral would be |
up only a short time. Gates told me
that. Cates was my Rockefeller.”
“What was the value of your se-!
curities put up to cover that Rocke-
feller loan?” asked Mr. Beall. “About
ten million,” Merritt answered,
“Then vour negotiations with Rock-
efeller lasied only a few months? |
“Yen." |
“At the end of that time did yon
own the railroad?” “No.” !
“What did you have?’ “I had a |
chance to walk from New York to!
Duluth on the ties. That was all 1 |
had in sight.” {
Kill President of Santo Domingo.
Ramon Caceres, president of Santo
Domingo, was assassinated hy politi
cal malcontents in San Domingo City,
according to reports to the state de
partment in Washington. No uprising
has followed as vet, ;
Ag tiie constitution of the Republic
of Santo Domingo makes no provision
for a vice president, it will be neces-
sary for the cabinet to call an extra:
ordinary session of congress to pro
vide for a special election. i
In the interim the cabinet will dis.
charge the duties of the president,
Lincluded amd goes with the farm.
| Pungurvin station on Tyrone & Lewisburg R. R.. |
[3 mm {
TWO LARGE FARMS
i head of Full Blood Brown Swiss cows, heif- |
i
, ers and bulls, will be sold to the highest bidder by
| the undersigned at Huntingdon Furnace, Hun-
tingdon County, Pa., 4 miles irom Warrior's Mark |
on the Tyrone & Lewisburg R. R. and 4 niles |
from Spruce Creek on the Main Line of I. R.R..
and 8 miles from Tyrone.
Sale commences at 10 o'clock a. m }
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1911 !
I'he cattle consist of 22 cows in milking, ages 3 |
to 9 years, most of them with cali. 4 cows dry,
will be fresh about day of sale, 11 heifers coming
2 years old, some bred. 12 heifers coming | year
old. 13 bulls coming | year old. 1 bull coming § !
vears old. 1 bull coming 7 years old. i
HORSES. — Pair Gray Mares 13 to 14 years old: |
+ one with foal. Pair Bay Driving Mares coming {
jand 5 years old, full sisters, well bred and
| broken single and double, fearless of steam or |
automobiles. One Bay Gelding coming 3 years |
old well bred and =» fine individual, will make a |
fine roadster. One Brown Gelding, coming 2
years old, well bred and a fine individual.
FARMS.—No. I. Known as the CANOE
FARM, contains 316 acres more or less, 191 acres
under cultivation and 125 acres young timber |
about 30 years old, finest in the State, good bank |
barn, frame house and out buildings, well water |
at house and pond water for stock, good orchard. !
This farm is located one mile from Eyer station |
on Tyrone & Lewisburg R. R., Z miles from
Warrior's Mark, and 5 miles from Tyrone: school
house 14 mile irom buildings. The iron ore right |
No.2. Known asthe PRY HOLLOW FARM,
contains 230 acres more or less, 210 acres under
cultivation, 20 acres timber, wood bank barn and
rame house, young orchard in bearing. two good
wells. The iron ore right included and goes with
the farm. The farm is located one mile from
from Warrior's Mark. School house
about 3; mile from buildings. :
Winter grain on both of these farms reserved,
and possession given April 1, 1912.
Will show any prospective buyer of farms over
these properties any time prior to day of sale.
Cattlecan be seen any time at Huntingdon Fur
nace, also the horse stock.
TERMS. —For horses and cattle, i per cent. off
! for cash, orone veur's time with good and ap
proved security.
For farms, 10 per cent. of purchase price, when
knoe down: 15 per cent. on delivery of deed,
and the balance (7) percent.) in three equal an-
nual payments “vith interest ut 6 per cent. and se
cured hy hond and mortgage
C. GRAZIER,
P. 0. Address—Warrim’s Mark, Pu. |
Gro. OC. WATE, Auctioneer W-46-2 |
ITTLE PIGS.~—For sale seven (7) thoro-bied |
Chester white and Berkshire pigs, six!
weeks old, Apply at this office |
OST. ~A bunch of keys lost somewhere on |
the streets of Hellelonte during the week
of Nov. 6th. Finder will kindly return
same Lo this office. 5.45
HYSICIAN'S CHAIR.~A good leather up
holstered physician's and surgeon's ex
amining chair for sale cheap. Maden
and in good condition. Apply to
JOHN MM. SHUGERT.
| 56-45 Bellefonte. Ia. |
wit: purchase and sale of merchandise for
personal, household or other use and omament, '
and generally such articles of merchandise as are
ordinarily it in by rtment stores at
| wholesale or retail, or both, and for these pur-
poses to have and possess and enjoy all the
rights, benefits and privileges of the said Act of
Assembly and ita supplements,
3H44.3 HARRY KELLER
Solicitor.
ALE OF REAL ESTATE.—Notice is hereby
given that on Ocwber 11th, 1911, the Or-
hans’ Court of Centre county made an or-
der authorizing and direction D. M. Kline, guar- !
| dian of Malcoln Pomroy, Brooks and Eu,
i
ren of Samuel T.
3 , to sell certain real estate be-
longing to said minor children to Oscar A. Gill,
which said real estate is located in Spring town-
ship, Centre county, Pa, and is hou and de- |
scribed as follows, to wit: Beginning at a stone,
thence along the lands of Charles Eckenroth |
North forty-six degrees East cighty-four and three- |
tenth perches to stone; thence by lands of John |
Hoy, Jr., South forty-four degrees East forty-t i
and four-tenth perches to stones; thence by land
of Jacob Gill, Susan Knoffsinger, Isaac Gill's es- |
tate and John Mover, South forty-six degrees
West cighty-nine and nine-tenth perches to a
stone; thence North forty West forty-
two and nine-tenih perches to stone: containing
TWENTY TWO ACRES and FIFTY PERCHES
Ralston Brooks, minor ¢
rooks,
| more or Jess. Reserving out of the above tract of |
land a lot which was by Richard Brooks to |
asper N. Brooks, bounded and described as fol- |
we: On the North-east by land of Jacob Gill's |
estate: on the North-west by lands of John Hoy: |
on the South-east by lands of Susan KnodSinger
and on the South-west by lands of Richard B y
said lot being forty-three and four-tenth perches
long and ten perches wides, containing two and
! one-half acres,
If no exceptions be filed to said sale as aforesaid
ordered to be made, the same will be confirmed
absolutely on the fourth day of December, 1911.
EARLE C, TUTEN.
CLEMENT DALE, Clerk of Orphans’ Court.
Attorney. 36-44.3¢,
Produce.
WANTED
Chickens, Eggs, Ducks,
Geese, Turkevs, Pigeons,
Apples and Potatoes,
Chestnuts, Shellbarks and
Walnuts. Highest mark-
et prices paid. We ac-
cept small or car lots. Ad-
dress
P. K. KISECKER,
344 N. Water St., PHILADELPHIA, Pa. |
6-43.41.
The Centre County
Strength and
Banking Company.
Conservatism
are the banking qualities demanded by careful
depositors.
perience we invite you
With forty vears of banking ex-
to become a depositor,
assuring you of every courtesy and attention.
We pay 3 per ! cent interest on savings and
cheerfully give you any information at our
command concerning
desire to make.
investments you may
The Centre County Banking Co.
Bellefonte, Pa.
The First National Bank.
or bad weather.
56-46-1y
We want to remind you that a bank is a sim-
ple, plain necessity to every business man. Very
early he seesthow convenient itis to be able to
pay his bills by check instead of by cash, and to
borrow money,when his business demands it. No
other friend is as valuable a help to him in good
ES WER
The First National Bank,
Bellefonte, Penna.
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Christmas Groceries. Coristmas Groceries.
Slaiement 10 The Public.
. HIS space has been re-
. served by Sechler & Co.,
from this issue until
issue of December 29th,
inclusive. It is a goodly sized
space, but it will take every
inch of it every week of the
time for which it has been
secured to give the readers of
the Watchman a reasonable
idea of the kind, the variety
and the amount of goods this
firm has ordered to supply its
Christmas trade.
Messrs. Sechler & Co.,
have long been known and
recognized as the leading Fine
Grocers of Central Pennsyl-
vania. And they are entitled
to this homor. Other towns
and cities may have establish-
ments of the same kind as
large and as extensive, but
none that excel, in the quality
of the goods handled. In fact
while none excel there are but
few that equal them in this
matter; a matter of most vital
importance to every man,
woman and child, that eats.
For many, many, years
they have made it a rule to
handle nothing that was not
the BEST that could be pro-
cured. There will be nodevia-
tion from that rule now that
Christmas goods in greater abundance and in
greater variety. (if that is possible) than ever be-
fore are being received.
Next week this advertising campaign will
be commenced. You should not fail to read what
they have to say. Neither should you fail to re-
member that there will he NOTHING —-ABSO-
LUTELY NOTHING in the line of either Groceries.
Confections. Fruits or other edibles, that will not
be there waiting your wants or demands. To hunt.
or send elsewhere for what you need will be sim-
ply a waste of both time and effort. Sechler & Co.
will have it. They are going to a big expense to
tell you where you can get what you want—of
much that you may not think of but need and we
would advise your close reading of what they have
to tell you. :
And when you read what they have to say
don’t forget that the word of that firm is as good
as a bond. They won't mislead or deceive you.
What they say they know you will find there. .