JUDGE PARTNER IN COAL DEALS. Tells of Contracts With Railroads and of Coal Dealers Who Refused to Dis- count Judge's Note and Lost Case. Charges against Judge Robert W. Archbald, of the commerce court, were unfolded before the house committee on judiciary in Washington, which is to determine if impeachment proceed- ings shall be brought against the jurist. How Judgé Archbald, in partnership with Edward J. Williams, a Scranton coal dealer, while deliberating as a judge on the “lighterage cases” to which the Erie railroad was a party, is alleged to have negotiated an op- tion from that railroad for 42,000 tons of culm dump property to be sold at a profit of $12,000, was related to the committee by Williams himself. Judge Archbald, accompanied by his two sons and his counsel, A. 8. Worth- ington, heard the testimony and occa- sionally looked at photographic copies of letters bearing on the case, one of them a letter in which the judge told of his connection with the culm bank negotiations in his own words. In addition to that transaction Wil liams told of another deal in which he said Judge Archbald acquired an in- terest with in in an option on a mil lion acres of Venezuela timber land, for which the judge gave a note for $500. Williams tried to discount this note with C. J. and W. P. Boland, of the Marion Coal company, of Scran- ton, who at that time had a case pend- ing before Judge Archbald in the fed: eral court. The Bolands refused to dis- count the note and later lost their case. Williams admitted telling W. P. Bo. land that if he had discounted Judge Archbald’s note the case might have resulted differently, but he denied that Judge Archbald knew anything of his making such a remark to Bo land. The testimony relating to the culm bank transaction included reference to an assignment by Williams of an in. terest in the options secured to W. P. Boland and a “silent party,” whom he admitted under examination was Judge Archbald. When asked why Judge Archbald had been referred to as a “silent party” Williams said he thought it was not lawful for a jurist's name to he used in such transactions, Williams related how the option for the culm bank property was negotiat: ed from officers of the Erie railroad and told how a sale for the property was negotiated and that he and Judge Archbald were to divide the profits. Judge Archbald, during the negotia- tions with the Erle, told him that the lighterage case was then before his court. “Judge Archbald showed me the briefs in the case,” said Williams, “and told me it was about the lighterage case in which the Erie was interested. I didn't know what lighterage meant and he told me. Then he gave me a letter to Mr. May, of the Erie, and also told me that he would see the general counsel for the Erie, Mr. Brownell, about the option.” How the option was given soon thereafter and a deal to sell the prop erty at a $12,000 profit, later frustrat. ed, to the Lackawanna & Wyoming Railroad company, was described by the witness in detail. Another transaction which the com mittee did not get to, but will inquire about when the hearing is resimed, involved an alleged transaction for other culm bank property, in which Judge Archbald, a man named Dainty ; and the Lehigh Valley railroad were sald to be interested. This deal, it is sald, was interrupted by charges filed with the department of justice against Judge Archbald in connection with the other cases. Williams told of getting an option | on the Katydid culm bank near Moo sic, Pa., on the Erie railroad. Williams said no money was turned over in the transaction. After he got the option he went back to Judge Archbald and told him. “Then Judge Archbald told me,’ Williams continued, “that he would see Mr. Brownell, attorney for the Erie railrord, about it. When Judge Archbald came back from Washington last September, he said he had me! Captain W. A. May, of the Erie, anc that Captain May had told him to tel’ me to come up and he would let me fave the culm bank property. I went to see May and he gave me the op tion.” Williams produced a lettes from May granting the option. Morse Improved by Travel Abroad. Charles W. Morse, the former New York banker, is expected to arrive ir Bath, Me., his native city, in three weeks to pass the summer and pos sibly make his residence there for longer period. Word has been receive( by relatives in Bath that he is consid erably improved in health. Killed by Falling Rock. Harry Laden, a young Catasauqua contractor, died at the Allentown, Pa., hospital from injuries received while supervising the digging of a well. Laden had descended eighteen feet to the bottom to inspect the work, when a bucket was being raised by a windlass. The bucket began to s and near the top struck the side, lees- ening a heavy rock, which fell on Laden's head, fracturing his skull. Falling Building Kills Two. Joseph Yonkowski and Charles Dun | lavare, of Girardville, near Pottsville, Pa., were killed Tuesday when a two- and-a-half story building which they were raising with screw jacks slipped and fell upon them. The men had failed to put blocking under the structure, which was being raised to dig a cellar. Wife, Was Not Mentioned — Other Bequests, The will of John Jacob Astor, dis- posing of an estate valued roughly at $100,000,000, was summarized in New York by Lewis Cass Ledyard, the law- yer who drew it. Mr. Astor, following the example of his father and grandfather, did not split up his estate. He left it almost intact to his son, William Vincent Astor, who is not yet twenty-one years of age. Not much more than $8,000, 000 can in any event be diverted from the main Astor line. Mrs. Ava Willing Astor, his first wife, was not men- tioned. The bulk of the will concerned the restrictions which will bind his exe- cutors and the trustees of the Astor estate, James Roosevelt, Douglass Robinson, Nicholas Biddle and Vin- cent Astor, who begins to serve as soon as he comes of age six months hence. The precise value of the estate was not mentioned. A man who has been familiar with Mr. Astor's affairs said the value lies probably between $75, 000,000 and $125,000,000, To his son William Vincent Astor he leaves outright all the lands personal grounds at Newport, with all personal property therein; all the pectures and statuary left to him for life by his father's will; all his jewelry, wearing apparel, personal effects, yachts and boats. To his widow, Madeline Force As- tor, the town house and stables at the corner of Fifth avenue and Sixty-fifth street, together with the printed books, paintings, pictures, engravings, stat. vary and all household effects, useful and ornamental; also a trust fund of $5,000,000, of which she is to receive the income. The house and stables, contents and income from the trast fund are to be hers during her life and as long as she remains his widow, Upon her death or remarriage all this property is bequeathed to the testa. tor's son, William Vincent Astor. The will in addition to this leaves the widow an outright legacy of $100, 000, payable testator's death. These provisions for his widow, ac- cording to the will, are made in leu of dower and all other claims upon his estate, and until a trust fund of $5,000,000 is set up the executors are directed to pay to her an income at the rate of $200,000 a year. A trust of $5,000,000 is created for the benefit of his daughter, Ava Alice Murie! Astor, and so much of the in- | come as the trustees shall determine | to be proper is to be applied to her! maintenance and education during her | minority. Upon attaining the age o! twenty-one years she is to receive this fund with its accumulations absolute ly. In case of her death and in de fault of a will by her the fund rever:s to William Vincent Astor. A trust fund of $3,000,000 is created for the benefit of each child who shall survive the testator other than his son, William Vincent Astor, and his daughter, Muriel, to be held in trus: | for such child until attaining the age | of twenty-one years. Among other bequests are the fol lowing: To St. Paul's school, at Con: cord, N. H., $30,000; to his brother in-law, James Roosevelt, $20,000; to his friend, $20,000; to his friend, Nicholas Bid- dle, $20,000; to his secretary, William A. Dobbyn, $25,000; to his steward, Thomas Hade, $10,000; to Herber: A. Pinkham, the superintendent of his country place at Rhinebeck, $10,000. All the rest, residue and remainde: . of his estate and of all property over ! which he had any power of testamen- | tary disposition is given outright to | his son, William Vincent Astor. i Miners to Meet May 14. The 170,000 miners in the hard coal | fields of Pennsylvania will decide in | convention at Wilkes-Barre on May 14 | whether to accept or reject the peace | plans proposed. This was decided ' on at a conference in New York of the | tri-district union board, the workers’ : committee of ten and the miners scale committee, in session four hours at the Hotel Earlington, endeavoring ! to reach an agreement as to the next | move. | State Senator William H. Green, of ' Ohio, delegated as spokesman for the | union during the illness of John P. | White, issued a statement in which he said that negotiations with the oper: ators had not been broken off. Senator Green said: “We have nol | broken off negotiations with the oper | ators, and will meet them again afte: ! the convention of miners. We hope tu | reach an agreement.” i ! Kills Husband and Herself. In a fit of jealous rage, Mrs. Luther | Jenkins, twenty-three years old, shot | and mortally wounded her husband in | Hagerstown, Md. She then commit ted suicide by shooting. Jenkins died | two hours later. | Jenkins was thirty years old. He | came from Stanley, Va., and had been i a pitcher in a minor base ball league, but lately was employed on the Wes! i ern Maryland railway. : Ends Life In Rain Barrel. | Letting himself down head first in ! to a barrel of rain water under the | eaves of his home in Arcadia, Md., | Rev. Charles Martz committed suicide. | He was sixty years old and had | been a minister of the Christian | church thirty years. Lately he had | shown signs of insanity. i Loses Eye Playing Golf. John F. Whalen will lose his left eye as the result of being struck by a go'l ball on the links of the Siwanoy Coun | try club at Mount Vernon, N. Y. The i ball, which was propelled by Whale: | struck a tree and rebounded, splitting | the eye. Mrs. Ava Willing Astor, His First Railroad Firemen Present Demands. immediately upon the! Douglas Robinson, si The firemen employed on the east ern railroads have followed the ex ample of the engineers and made » demand for an in‘rease in pay. This is what the railroad manag + expected would happen. Now thoy are waiting for the trainmen, conduc tors and other sallroad employes t¢ step forwarc and ask for more money The differ .~»s between the railroad: and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Ingineers have been left to a board of wrbitration to adjust. As the railroad managers figured it mt, the demands of the firemen, if | ' ranted, would mean a yearly increase if between $25,000,000 and $30,000,000 o the expenses of the railroads. The | . mgineers asked for about $8,000,000. Among other things the firemen ask n addition to more pay is that there ' thall be an assistant fireman on coal jurning freight locomotives. They also 18k to be relieved of cleaning engines, n substance these are the demands of , he firemen. There are 14,600 engineers employed n the (reight service of the railroads flected, and the managers figured that it $2.50 a day for an assistant fireman | ,m each freight train the salary lists | )f the railroads would jump over $10, 100,000 a year from this item alone. ' property at Rhinebeck; the house and | 40,000 New Graves to Decorate. Forty thousand new graves of the reterans of the Civil War are to be lecorated on Memorial Day, May 30. A mere handful of the men, bent ind grizzled and weakened with age, '¢ pitiful remnant of the hundreds of jhousands who marched to the de- ‘ense of the Union, are left to pay the sacred tribute to their dead com- | ades. These facts are included in the gen- ! aral order for Memorial Day observ- ince which has been issued from the ieadquarters of the Grand Army cof ' .he Republic. | The five-minute pause for “to re- nember” will be observed throughout . he country at the same moment and [all Grand Army veterans will stand , with uncovered heads while the bells ire being tolled. In clesing the order sets forth: That i he posts making arrangements asso- | slate with them Women's Rellef Corps, | Sons of Veterans, Ladies of the Grand | Army of the Republic and the Daugh- | ers of Veterans, and invite all other ! patriotic societies, especially the vol | anteers of the Spanish War und the | Philippine insurrection, to take part in , the celebration of the day. I It is furiher ordered that as a part | of the public exercises bells he tolled placed at half-mast and that comrades stand with uncovered heads while the | bells are tolling. Underwood Carries Mississippi. Oscar W. Underwood defeated Gov ernor Woodrow Wilson by a decisive majority in the Democratic presiden tial primary in Mississippi on Tuesday according to figures compiled. Keep the Balance Up. { Ithasbeen truthfully said that any distur- bance of the even balance of health causes serious trouble. Nobody can be too care- ful to keep this balance up. When peo- ple begin to lose appetite, or to get tired easily, the least imprudence brings on ckness, weakness, or debility. The sys- tem needs a tonic, craves it, and should not be denied it; and the best tonic of which we have any knowledge is Hood's SE En fo 0 done in keepin, people y in keeping up the even balance of health, gives it the same distinction as a pre- ventive that it enjoys as a cure. Its early use has illustrated the wisdom of the old saying that a stitch in time saves nine. Take Hood's for appetite, the strength, and endurance. BOOKS, MAGAZINES, ETC. The North American Enables Every One to Secure the Famous Brady War Photographs Every American home is full of memories of the great Civil War that happened fifty years ago. The famous Brady War Pictures, lost for many years, worth a king's ransom, are now being placed within the reach of every reader of the paper. They are yours practically for the asking. When the Philadelphia North American heard of the magnificent undertaking, it at once deter- mined to secure the prize for its readers, regard- less of expense. These sections are printed on heavy white coated paper, and will continue for sixteen weeks, and can be obtained by securing a coupon issued | Each section will be complete in itself. You can obtain one or all, just as you desire. tion will contain one beautiful colored plate; that for section No. 1 will be the battle of Bull Run. Don't fail to notify your newsdealer to save you History of the Civil War you will have to get busy at once. 5719 A new; feature that adds to the along this line. The Post has made for itself a reputation as one of the half dozen really great sporting authorities as well as one of the greatest | character of The Post under its new management. We are glad to watch the growth of a journal that observes the policy of giving its readers the , best and most up-to date ideas and service. | Neither expense nor pains seem to count with | The Pittsburgh Post in achieving the purpose. | 57.19 . from 12 to 12.05 o'clock, that flags be | i Real Estate Transfers. i H. L. Truckenmiller et ux to W. C. Martin, 3! acres in Sprin twp. | $4500, yn » | gp Flares E. Harter u = io Ww. C | Martin, 19 acres in rin twp.: | $1180, asm i Isador Winterberg et ux to H. V. ; Tilley, 400 acres in Potter twp. James W. Auman et ux to Charles { Smith, 142 acres in Haines twp.; { $4575, Anna lL. Bridge et al to Elsie Noll, premises in Marion twp.; $600, i F. G. Woif et al to James Auman, | 142 acres in Haines twp.; $4500. | Emanuel Kerstetter to Jacob Ker- | stetter, 128 acres in Penn twp.; $3600, J. B. Shank, Admr. to Harvey M. | Harm, house and lot in Snow Shoe; | $700. Frank ¢. Rittenhouse et ux to Em- | ma Delige.” premises in Philipsburg; | $700. 1 TPT. B. Buddinger exr. to John A. Confer, premises in Snow Shoe twp. | $315. { W. H. Corman ex. to Ellen J. Cor- j an. house and lot in Rebersburg; $i. | Earle C. Tuten, clerk of orphans court to AMojlie FE. Leathers, tract of {land in Howard twp.; $2104. Samuel B. | E. Leathers, { twp.; $1, John "Rushnock et ux Rushnock, tract twp... 31, Mabel Morrison exr., Bower et al, | twp; $1. | Harriet 1 i.eathers et ux to Mollie tract of land in Howard to Mary of land in Snow Shoe to Samuel C. tract of land in Howard l.owry et bar to Elijah T. Kellerman, tract of land in Patton i twp. $250, ’ i Elwood Brooks to John Bilger's , heirs, tract of land in Spring twp.; i $812, { Jehn Bilger's heirs to Elwood i Brooks, 1%0 acres in Spring twp.; | $500, i J. Cramond Allport et al to Poor 1 District of Rush twp, 12 acres in Rush twp: $1100, New Advertisements, | T EGAL NOTICE.—In the matter of the Estate ! of Elsie a minor. In the Orphan's Court uf Centre County. The | undersigned, Guardian, has presented his petition | to the aforementioned Court for leave to join with | the other parties, in interest, at private sale the ! said minors _interestin the same, to witthe one- | forty-second part, of the following described p | erty; Situate in Huston Township, Centre County. i n., and beginning at a Chestnut Oak thence | north 401; degrees west 95 perches to stones, | thence south 60 de; s west 90 perches to a ! Maple, thence south 30 degrees east 32 perches to | la Chest, Oak, thence south 60 de s west 18 | perches to stones, thence south 413% degrees east perches to stones,thence north 58 degrees east | 115 perches to the beginning. Containing 65 Acres 9 perches at the price of $370. for the i whole; said minors interest being $8.81. | That unless exceptions are filed thereto on or | before the 22nd day of May 1912 said sale will be confirmed absolute and the guardian empowered | to make a deed in fee simple therefore. i WM. T. HOOVER. | 57.19-3t Guardian, | ANTED.—A first class cook [or a good i second girl at the Fraternity house. ! Apply to Mrs. JAMES R. HUGHES, | 57-18-tf Bellefonte, Pa, { EGAL NOTICE.~ Notice is hereby given that { the account of Clavton S. Rider, Com, of | Margaret Foley will be presented for Con- ! firmation, Wednesday, May 22, 1912, and if no ex- | ceptions be filed thereto on or before the 2nd day { of the term the same will be confirmed. April 16, 1912 D. R. FOREMAN, 57-16-5t Prothonotary. XECUTOR’S NOTICE.~Estate Mrs. Malinda Roush, late of Miles township, Centre aunty Pa. deceased. Letterstestamen he persofts el to the gutate, please make ment to the above numed party and those a ha claims present them for pay- ment, J. A. DEITRICH, 57-15-60 Executor. havi DMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.—~Letters of Administration o CHARLES K. McCAFFERTY, Bradford, Pa. Toss SALE. The unde ined Trust: ppointed the Orphans Court ¢ Centre I, to sell EY real ae TI dei Beet rl at ee on SATURDAY, MAY 18th, 1912, BoE iota Boi: en y od and gesciibed ag follows, to wit: Bene the western half o -four street; on east by lot of Ed 3 - EE Ras 2 feet, in depth two hundred aes. ud exter DWELLING HOUSE AND OTHER OUT- Hoe BUILDINGS. is almost in the centre of the Borough; nuther gan he built on Logan street, 2 de- . House has rooms up stairs and three rooms down stairs; water in ; Borough sewerage close to the house for waste water torunin. Lotina state of $ is only a short from school and stores; house in a needs very little repairing. Prop- Ee old Cha, Nols walt els TOner. ood Barman. " be baa onthe dev of the sale, the other one- J. M. KEICHLINE, Sava TTUstee appointed by the Orphans’ Court Cattle Pasture. © William Burnside Miner and Shipper of SAND For all Purposes Building Sand, Plaster Sand, Concrete Sand Scotia Sand Co., BENORE, Centre Co., Pa. Commercial "Phone 57-16-8t New Advertisements. | Sheriffs Sales. i SALE OR RENT.—House on Curtin . street. Eleven rooms. All moder ‘on | QHERIFE'S veniences. Inquire of i Pleas of Centre County, and direct- Care of Mrs. S. W. Reach, A. L.ORBISON, | od, there will be © pubhe sale at the Princeton, New Jersey. 7.9.41, | rt House in the e, Pa, on | MONDAY, THE 20th DAY OF MAY, 112, HANCE FOR PLUMBERS. — | at 1:30 p. m. All those two certain tracts of land C of a Plumbing. Steam & Gas. Satis Bae | Situate in township, Centre county. Penna. terms. "F702 Lock Hive By. 2 | ho SL56 S'Z MARTIN. | AN Fake ores Ja Every, Community to Td rs for i | i . _ tanic and Great Sea Disasters.” Liberal | A S, commission. Agents making from $5 to $10 per | grees west 49 rods to a hemlock: thence day. Don’t delay. Be first in the field, and you | of same north 64 degrees west 16 rods to a hem- will reap the rich reward. Write today. | lock; thence by same north 76 degrees west 89 Address Box 27, Spring Mills, Centre Co., Pa. | perches to the place of beginning. Containing 5 Both "Phones. Bell 29-2 Comme: ! acres and 64 perches, i po, 2. Beginni at a stone n the middle of TT HOMES FOR SALE.—~The heirs of the ! lefonte & urnpike: thence late lon Pacini gifer at private sale two | along said turniike south 2 ea west 5 homes sou! legheny street, | rods hestnut; loseoh exc repair and so arrang | dings, south east 25 rods toa cent [aii $s ale % ery | stone; thence along lands nn & McCoy north ed. There is also a vacant lot : which to erect anoth 1 ies | north frees will be sold as a whole If so desired. Apply to | ast 2) rods to a post; thence along same north 57-17.2m MRE, C. E. ROBB, Bellefonte. : XECUTOR'S NOTICE. ~In the estate of J. | Calvin Sunday, late of Pern ne oti Moc vi testamentary in phe above] named Lesa te been 0 the u t west Register of ] is of Centre county, eae same north 6 degtocs 39 rods persons 0 said estate are hereby | beginn taining acres requested to make payment and all persons hav- | perches net A NP rereon erected 2 arn re ing claims against said estate a to t the » dul Seized, levied upon, taken in execution, and to ay to same dolly authenticated de ! be sold as the Day of Sarah J. Eckley. . Bl {| TERMS OF SALE.—No deed will be acknowledg~ NV ARRIER SUNDAY. | ed until the purchase money is paid in full. Executors. | ARTHUR B. J : i by Ls i i z : | : : 5 z 5 6 rods to a hemlock; f i g : g W. HARRISON WALKER, Attorney for Estate, Pennsylvania Furnace, Pa., R. F. D. No. 1, | Sherifi's Office, Bellefonte, Pa. §7-17-6t Adril 23rd, 1912, 5717.36 The First National Bank. ——— ——— ————————— a ————— PAYING BY CHECK It adds to the credit of any man to be able to write his check in settlement of an account, payment of a debt or for the purchase of anything, no matter how small, and insures a receipt and record of the transaction that may save trouble later on, The First National Bank, Bellefonte, Pa. Paint Houses Paint Signs Paint Floors Paint Furniture Paint Because We Know How to Paint, Dealers in Wall Paper, Wall Paper Clean- er, Liquid Veneer, Varnish, Stains, Etc. THE PENN DECORATING Co., PETRIKIN HALL Bellefonte, Pa 57-11-3m —— er — — The Centre County Banking Company. Strength and Conservatism are the banking qualities demanded by careful depositors. With forty vears of banking ex- perience we invite you 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 investments you may desire to make. The Centre County Banking Co.
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