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ADDITIONAL LOCAL NEWS.
LEGISLATION THAT SHOULD INTEREST
CENTRE COUNTY PEOPLE. — Three bills
that have recently been introduced in the
House and the Senate relating to the
taxation of forest lands will interest many
of the citizens of this county. Up to the
present time, land on which timber is
growing, has been taxed the same as
other property, paying a tax each year on
the assessed valuation of the property.
Since a crop of timber is not secured for
many years this has resulted in the pay-
ment to the State of an amount of money
in taxes that a crop of timber cannot
well afford, and an amount far out of
proportion to the benefits received from
the State.
It is proposed to place land on which
timber is growing in a separate class for
purposes of taxation. Such lands will be
known as auxiliary forest reserves. The
land will be assessed each year for pur-
poses of taxation at one dollar per acre
and will pay its tax annually. The grow-
ing timber, however, will not be taxed
until it is cut. When trees on such land
are harvested the owner shall pay to the
county treasurer ten per cent. of the
value of the trees. It is also proposed to
subject such land to an annual charge of
two cents per acre for the benefit of
roads and two cents for the benefit of the
schools in the respective district in which
the land is located.
Nothing can be done, however, in
forestry until the annually recurring fires
are stopped. The formation of mutual
protective associations for this purpose,
such as the one proposed for Centre coun-
ty, will control the forest fire problem.
Both of these problems should receive
the hearty support of all owners of forest
lands.
STATE COLLEGE CORN SHOW TODAY.
—To increase the size and quality of the
corn crop of Pennsylvania will be the ob-
ject of a meeting to be held at Pennsyl-
vania State College on February 28th.
The State College has secured valuable
corn exhibits from the National Corn
Show, and also from the State exhibit re-
cently held at Harrisburg. It is proposed
to give the farmers of the State the bene-
fits of these exhibits by making them the
subject of a meeting at State College. The
lecturers of that institution have an-
nounced that they will give practical talks
and demonstrations onimproved methods
of corn culture, and they say that these
will prove of special value to Pennsyl-
vania farmers.
The Pennsylvania railroad is co-operat-
ing with the college authorities and
to-day will run special excursion trains
to State College. One special train will
go from Huntingdon to State College by
way of Tyrone, while another will start
from Sunbury and run by way of Mon-
tandon. Returning, these trains will leave
State College at six o'clock.
————. AAT or man s—
BADLY INJURED ON CIRCULAR Saw.
—Ear.e Markle, who works for Clyde
Fishburn, in College township, was pain-
fully injured on a circular saw on Wed-
nesday afternoon, but he was fortunate in
escaping with his life. He was helping
to saw firewood when something went
wrong with the belt. Markle was in the
act of fixing it when he fell against the
saw with his right shoulder. An ugly
gash was cut diagonally across the front
of the shoulder before he was thrown
from the saw by the force of the con-
tact. A matter of only four inches and
he would have fallen with his neck on the
saw, with probable fatal results. A physi-
cian was secured as soon as possible
after the accident happened and the
man’s injury dressed, and no very serious
result is anticipated.
SHAFFER—FULTON-.On Thursday even-
ing, February 20th, at the Reformed par-
sonage, Mr. Joel S. Shaffer, of Altoona,
and Miss Laura V. Fulton, of Mingoville,
were married by the Rev. Dr. Ambrose
M. Schmidt. Mr. Shaffer is in the em-
ploy of the Pennsylvania railroad at Al-
toona. Both bride and groom are well
known throughout Nittany valley and in
the spring expect to go to housekeeping
on a farm near Zion.
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RuUDY—HARPSTER.—]. C. Rudy and Miss
Grace Harpster, both of Pennsylvania
Furnace, were united in marriage at the
office of justice of the peace B. F. Isen-
berg, in Huntingdon, on Monday evening
of last week.
——For high class Job Work come to
the WATCHMAN Office.
REV. SILAS EVERARD QUIMBY.
QuimBY.—Dr. Silas Everard Quimby, a
retired minister of the Methodist church,
died at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
Horatio S. Moore, on Curtin street, about
noon on Sunday. Though he had been
in feeble health for some time past he
was seriously ill only from the Friday
previous to his death, which was the re-
sult of a general breakdown in health.
Dr. Quimby was a son of Silas and
Penelope Fifield Quimby and was born at
Haverhill, New Hampshire, on October
19th, 1837, so that at his death he was 75
years, 4 months and 4 days old. After
receiving a public school education he
took a course in Wesleyan College, gradu-
ating with the class of 1858. During his
college term he became a member of the
Phi Beta Kappa Society. After his gradu-
ation he went to teaching in the Newbury
Seminary and it was while there in 1862
that he was married to Miss Anna Scott,
art teacher at the Seminary. In 1863 he
joined the New Hampshire conference of
the Methodist Episcopal church and was
quite active in the ministry until 1879
when he was selected as principal of the
Tilton (N. H.) Seminary, a position he
filled until 1886 when he returned to the
ministry in the New Hampshire confer-
ence where he remained until retiring in
1909, since which time he has made his
home with his daughter in Bellefonte
with the exception of two or three months
each summer which he spent with his son
in New England.
During Rev. Quimby’s residence in
Bellefonte he kept in close touch with
ministerial life, always assisting and
sometimes officiating alone in the Metho-
dist church. He was a great bible stu-
dent and a learned scholar in Greek and
Latin. Since coming to Bellefonte he
lived quietly and appeared of a somewhat
retiring disposition, but this was mostly
on account of his age, as he was a man
of great force of character and remark- |
able persuasive powers during his years |
of service in the Master's vineyard. He
was awarded his degree of D. D. by :
Syracuse University, was secretary of the |
New Hampshire conference for twenty- |
five years and delegate to the general
conference of the Methodist church on
two occasions.
His wife died twelve years ago but sur-
viving him are four children, namely:
Clarence, of Toledo, Ohio; Carl Noyes, of
Boston; Mrs. Horatio S. Moore, of Belle-
fonte, and Ernest S.,, of New York city:
Funeral services were held in the Metho-
dist church at two o'clock on Wednesday
afternoon. Rev. E. H. Yocum was in
charge and was assisted by various min-
isters of the town. The remains, accom-
panied only by the youngest son, were
taken from Bellefonte the same afternoon
on the 4.44 train to Tilton, N. H., where
final obsequies will be held in the Tilton
Seminary and burial be made in the cem-
etery at that place. :
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WiLLIAMS. ~The sudden and unexpected
death of George Williams, at his home
on east Linn street, at seven o'clock last
Friday evening, was quite a shock to his
many friends and acquaintances about
town, very few of whom even knew of
his illness. He was employed in Hazel
Bros. grocery store but had not been at
work for a week or ten days, though he
had been down town two days before he
died. The cause of his death was neu-
ralgia of the heart (angina pectoris.)
Deceased was born at Beech Creek on
January 6th, 1846, being aged at death 67
years, 1 month and 15 days. Most of his
life was spent in his native town where
for many years he was in the mercantile
business. In 1897 he with his family |
moved to Bellefonte and this had been
his home ever since. He was a member
of the Bellefonte Methodist church and a
quiet, unassuming gentleman.
Surviving him are his wife, Mrs. Kathe-
rine Williams, and the following children:
Claire B. Williams, Bayonne, N. J.; Miss
Eulalia, of Swarthmore; Miss Helene, at
home, and Mrs. V. Lorne Hummel, of
Harrisburg. He also leaves three broth-
ers ard one sister, namely: William Wil.
liams, of Salona; H. C., of Beech Creek;
C. A, of Blanchard, and Mrs. O. E. Hall,
of Champaign, Ill.
Funeral services were held at his late '
home, No. 15 east Linn street, at 10.30
o'clock Tuesday morning by Rev. Ezra H.
Yocum, and at 1.25 p. m. the remains were
taken to Beech Creek for interment in’
the Fearon cemetery, the family and |
friends returning to Bellefonte on the!
4.44 train the same afternoon.
—"“The Yankee Brigands,” a musical
comedy by John Stanley Crandall and
Victor Lecog, is the production the State
College Thespians will give this year, the
date in Bellefonte being Saturday even-
ing, March twenty-ninth. The music is
all new, written especially for this play,
and it is said to be the best thing The
Thespians have attempted since “Popocat-
erpillar IL” )
Humes.—Hamilton B. Humes, a promi- |
nent citizen of Jersey Shore and a
cousin of William P. and Miss Myra
Humes, of Bellefonte, died quite suddenly
last Friday evening. He had not been in
the best of health for some months and
as was his usual custom he took a short
walk after dinner. He stopped in front
of the Dunkle hotel to listen to a concert
by the New York Central railroad band
and while standing there had an attack
of heart failure. He was helped into the
hotel but died before a physician arrived.
Deceased was born at Jersey Shore and |
was sixty-nine years old. He was edu-
cated in the common schools, the West |
Branch High school which was controlled |
by the Presbyterian church, Pennsylvania
State College and Columbia University, |
New York. He graduated from the law
department of Columbia in 1865 and was
admitted to the bar in New York shortly
after. Mr. Humes returned to Jersey
Shore where he entered the National
bank as a clerk. In 1869 he was made
cashier offa new institution established
under the firm name of Gamble, Humes
and White. In 1878 the institution be-
came the! Jersey Shore Banking company
and Mr. Humes was made its president,
a position he held continuously until his
death. He was treasurer of the Jersey
Shorefcemeteryfcompany, a director in
the Bald Eagle valley railroad company
and,was actively interested in the build. |
ing of the Jersey Shore electric light plant |
and the town’s trolley system. He was |
made a Mason in La Belle Valley lodge in |
1865, and was a thirty-second degree
member of the fraternity, a member of |
Baldwin Commandery H, Williamsport, |
and of Irene Temple, Ancient Arabic |
Order of the Mystic Shrine. |
In 1868 he was married to Miss S. |
Floretta Sebring, of Jersey Shore, who |
survives with two children, John Humes |
and Mrs. William Hepburn, both of Jersey |
Shore. The funeral was held at two
o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, burial
being made inthe Jersey Shore cemetery.
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HAINEs.—David C. Haines, an old ond
well known resident of Bellefonte, died |
at his home on Beaver street at 9:50 |
o'clock on Sunday evening, after a brief |
illness with acute indigestion. He had!
been down town only two days prior to !
his death. |
He was a son af Daniel and Elizabeth |
was 73 years, 8 months and 18 days old. |
When a young man he worked at the old |
Hatfield furnace and became an expert |
forgeman. In 1874 he came to Bellefonte |
and went to work as a forgeman for the
old Valentine Iron company. Later he
worked in the same capacity at the Cur-
tin Iron works and for McCoy & Linn. |
He was a member of the old Undine Fire |
company, was a member of the borough |
council from the West ward and school
director in the same ward for fifteen
years. He also served a number of years
on the Bellefonte police force, in those
days being a man of powerful physique
and undaunted courage. He was a good
citizen in every way and one who was a
credit to any community.
On July 5th, 1862, he was united in
marriage to Miss Mary Elizabeth Barry,
of Huntingdon county, who survives with
three children, namely: Mrs. E. C. King,
of Sunbury; William, of Bellefonte, and
Charles, of Beaver Falls. He also leaves
two sisters, Mrs. John Gilmen, of Tyrone,
and Miss Martha Haines, of Altoona.
He was affiliated with the United
Brethren church and the funeral services
at the house at two o'clock on Wednesday
afternoon were in charge of the pastor,
Rev. C. W. Winey, assisted by Rev. C. C.
Shuey, burial being made in the Union
cemetery.
JonEes.—Johnson Cook Jones died at his
home in Philipsburg last Wednesday
evening after an illness of a year or over
with a complication of diseases, having
been confined to his home the past three
months.
He was born at Port Matilda on Oc-
tober 14th, 1852, hence at his death was
60 years, 4 months and 5 days old. When
a young man he learned the black-
smithing trade and followed that occupa-
tion in his native town a number of
. | back was broken. He was able to be taken to
——A brief session of court was held
on Monday at which various petitions,
ete, were presented for confirmation and |
approval, but nothing of great public in- |
terest was done. :
—— ——e at— i
——About seven o'clock yesterday |
morning the gas pipes exploded in the!
block on Bishop street owned by the |
Pierpoint
mediately shut off and thus a bad con.
flagration was possibly averted. The!
| force of the explosion knocked some of |
the plastering off of the walls and ceil- |
ings in Edward Harper's grocery and
Miss Snyder's millinery store, but the
damage was not very great.
~The Street Railway Bulletin of Jan- i
uary contains an excellent picture of C. |
Harvey Hile, born and raised at Pleasant |
Gap and a graduate of State College class |
of 1892. Shortly after his graduation as | w
a mechanical engineer he went to Bos- |
ton and for three years was in charge of |
underground conduit construction. He |
then accepted a position as superinten- |
dent of wires for the Boston Elevated |
Railway company and in 1905 was made
assistant to the vice president of the
company. With the beginning of the |
new year he was made chief of the
| bureau of maintenance of the same com- |
pany, which carries with it a very nice
salary. Mr. Hile’s many friends in this |
section will be glad to learn of his new
advancement.
PINE GROVE MENTION.
Che venerable Michael Segner is quite ill, hav- |
ing suffered several strokes. i
Oneof J. M. Corl’'s Guernseys gave birth to a |
pair of twins Saturday night. |
William Mc. Garner and wife spent Sunday at |
grandpa Cormans, at Oak Hall. |
Miss Isabella Grove, who has been very sick |
with pneumonia, is improving. i
Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Miller were both ill the |
past week but are now improving. |
Howard Grove is near the border line with that
much dreaded and fatal disease, tuberculosis. |
Mrs. Alice Buckwalter, of Lancaster. is lending |
a helping hand to her father during his illness. |
Miss Ella Neese was an over Sunday visitor at |
the home of her aunt, Mrs. Anna Miller, on Main
street, i
Friday of last week J. M. Crotzer moved to the |
Alvin Corl tenant house to assist Mr. Corl in |
farming. |
Rev. Pittinger is conducting a protracted meet- |
ing in the M. E. church here, and it is very well |
{ Haines and was born at Hatfield, Hunt. | attended. |
| ingdon county, on June 5th, 1839, hence | William E. Stover, who has been traveling to- |
ward the setting sun since last summer, is on his |
way home. |
John Thompson, one of Shaver Creek's hustling |
young farmers, transacted business on this side |
on Monday.
William R. Dale has been suffering with bowel
trouble and was taken to the Bellefonte hospital |
on Monday. |
Mrs. J. H. Williams, Mrs. Maude Fry, Mrs. /
Behrers and son Hugh spent Sunday with friends |
at Fairbrook. i
Grandmother Julia Musser is quite ill. Sheis |
nearing the ninetieth year mark and her recovery
| seems doubtful.
Harry McCracken attended the funeral of Rev. |
John A. Adair, at the White church near the |
Fort, last Saturday. i
Mrs. Mary Meyers gave an old fashioned quilt-
ing party on Tuesday to which a number of her
friends were invited.
Earl Markle is setting matters right to flit to
Palm Beach, Florida, where he will engage in
gardening and fruit culture,
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wood house with timber her cook stove for
the next year. “Charity begins at home.”
One evening last week while Mrs. John H.
Strouse was going down stairs with a lamp in
her hand she fell, the lamp exploded and she
was pretty badly though not seriously burned.
The fire was extinguished without doing much
damage.
During the hard wind on Saturday W. K. Corl's
ly shaken up and for a time it was thought his
his home on Monday and is getting along nicely.
William McManus, of Manor Hill, a Civil war
veteran, a member of the 5th Pennsylvania caval
ry, spent several days among friends in town,
just in the nick of time to get a ticket to the big
banquet, one of the great events of the season.
The old veteranis going to Washington on the |
4th, to see the “school teacher” inaugwmiated
President.
Rev. W. K. Harnish has his share of trouble
just now. His son Johnis very sick with pneu.
monia; Charles tumbled down the cellar steps on
Saturday, sustaining several ugly bruises about
his face and head; Walter is in the clutches of
the grip and Mr. Harnish is suffering with a bad
cold, while his good wife is worked almost off her
feet nursing the bunch.
Ed and Homer Decker, Luther Fishbum and
Will Keichline autoed up from the county capi
tal last Saturday evening to get their share of the
chicken and waffle supper at the St. Elmo. Cov-
ers were laid for 120 and all taken. Mrs. John C.
Miller and Mrs. J. D. Tanyer bossed the waffle
baking. The feast was fit for the queens and was
thoroughly enjoyed by all.
Where the Injunction Might Serve.
From the Wisconsin State Journal.
Sand Disreary
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i of Mr. and Mrs. George Smith, were
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food.
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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY.
10:45 a. m. Wednes-
High street.
Much preparation has been made this
week by the Presbyterian congregation
for the meetings they propose to hold
next week, and the week following. About
twenty-five prayer meetings have been
held at as many homes. These have
been largely attended, and the spirit has
most excellent. To conserve the
spirit of these meetings, and carry it over
into the meetings of next week Dr. Hawes
announces that he will preach Sunday
morning on, “the Superlative of Concern
for our Friends who are Away from
Christ; and in the evening on, “The God
ho Answers by Fire.” The public is
cordially invited to these services.
The second quarterly communion serv-
ices will be held in the United Brethren
church on Sunday morning. Members
of the congregation are urged to be pres-
ent. Rev. C. W. Winey, pastor.
Whiskey Drinkers Set New High Record
Mark.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22,—Americans are |
drinking more whiskey, smoking more
cigars and cigarettes and chewing more |
tobacco than ever before in history, ac-
cording to latest six returns to E.|
Cabell, Commissioner of Internal Revenue, '
consumed 94,000,000 gallons of whiskey,
an increase of 5,000,000 gallons over the
corresponding period the previous year;
8,500,000,000 cigarettes, an increase of ,
2,250,009,000; 4,500,000,000 cigars, an in- |
cone of 250,000,000, and 250,000,000
pounds of smoking chewing tobaoco, |
an increase of 12,000,000 pounds. These |
are record-breaking figures.
In addition, drinkers of beer are re- |
suming their stride. During the fiscal
year 1912 the consumption of beer fell |
off materially, but for the first seven |
months of the current fiscal year the
e of the United States have drunk |
000 barrels, an increase of 1,850,000
barrels over last year. i
LEMONT.
Clyde Stamm's child has been quite ill this |
week. |
Zelda Norris spent Sunday at the home of her
mother.
Saturday was warm but Sunday was cold and '
blustery.
Rev. Harnish's little son has been
week with pneumonia.
Orin Osman is helping Charles Hockman run |
the Center Furnace mill. i
Miss Fannie Shuey, who purchased the Jacob |
Shuey home, is busy repairing it at present.
Daniel Schaeffer has been busy working at his |
new house this week and will soon have it ready |
for the plasterers. !
James C. Williams, who has been quarantined
for smallpox, had the same taken down this week '
quite ill this
Harvev Tressler moved from the James Li
| Thompson farm at Center Furnace, down near |
Zion, Thursday of this week. |
Seven Chiidren Burned In Home.
Seven children, ranging in age from
two to twelve years, the entire family
burned to death in their log cabin
home, a few miles from Harrisburg,
Pa. which was totally destroyed by a
fire of unknown origin.
The father and mother had been
in Harrisburg, purchasing supplies for
the family, and made the gruesome
discovery upon their return. Most of
the packages the parents carried were
toys and candies for the children.
Small charred bodies, almost un-
recognizable among the smouldering
ruins, were all the evidence of what
had been a lot of romping children,
The family had expected to move to a
nearby farm.
The father and mother arrived at
their home while the fire was at its
height, and the mother was restrained
with difficulty from dashing into the
flaming building in an effort to save
her children.
The house was built on a hillside,
and during the fire the children could
be seen huddled on their beds, but it
is believed that life was extinct be
fore anyone reached the place.
It is thought that the fire started in
the kitchen and that the dense smoke
caused the deaths of the children be
fore the fire reached them.
Baby Dies of Hunger In Mother's Arms
As Mrs. Frank Stupka, emaciated
and, poorly clad, stood in the court of
domestic relations in Chicago waiting
to testify against her husband on a
charge of non-support, her babe died
in her arms.
Dr. Park, of the city health depart-
ment, and two other doctors, declared
that the baby died of starvation.
Stupka sat stolidly in his chair.
Judge Uhlir called him before the
bench and asked sharply:
“What are you going to do about
ie?”
“I can’t do anything. I can’t sup-
port her,” Stupka replied, though he
admitted he owned some property. He
was sent to jail.
Necxiace and Scarf Pin For Tafts.
As a token of their esteem, promi.
nent society women of Washington
presented President Taft with a rare
pearl scarf pin and Mrs. Taft with a
diamond nr-klace of pure white
stones. The gifts, which were in the
nature of farewell remenbrances to
the Tafts, were from a circle of close
friends they have made during their
long residence in Washington.
Five Tons of Butter Seized.
The United States seized 10,000
pounds of stale butter aboard a steam.
ship in New York awaiting shipmen!
to Porto Rico. The department of agri
et —
TAFT SAYS BUDGET WOULD SAVE
CASH.
The President Recommends Definite
Plan For Handling Big Public Im
provements and Pay Public Debt.
Washington, Feb. 27. — President
Taft sent to congress his much-dis-
cussed “budget” message, probably the
las: he will write
He recommends the adoption of a
budget system relating proposed ex-
penditures to expected revenues, and
declares that congress would be great-
ly benefited hy having such a state
ment before it began the annual grind
upon appropriation bills.
The United States, the president
sets forth, is the only great nation in
the world which does not use the bud-
get system and in consequence it
“may be said to be without plan or
program.” He indicates that, owing to
the late day at which he was able to
transmit his message, he expects lit-
tle legislation on the subject from the
present congress.
Some of the advantages of the bud-
get system as pointed out by the pres-
ident follow:
A means of locating responsibility
for estimates in keeping with reve.
nues
A means of allowing congress to see
how much gross revenue it will have
to spend before it begins appropriat-
ing for each department or detail of
governmental machinery.
Because it would furnish congress
and the public with ready reference to
reports and detailed records of ac-
count.
Because it would produce an ade
quate organization for assembling and
classifying information to be used in
telling the country what has been
done and of the government's future
needs.
To aid in working with a well de-
fined purpose in many bureaus, hith-
erto organized but directed under an
inconsistent and ill-defined program.
To cancel the nation’s debt through
a sinking fund, and to eliminate the
deficit, which is slowly growing.
For carrying out such a budget plan
and to reduce the deficit and the fixed
charges against the government the
president proposes:
To create a sinking fund commis-
sion to consist of the chairman of the
finance committee of the senate, the
chairman of the house ways and
means committee, the attorney gen-
eral and the secretary of the treasury,
with the comptroller of the treasury
as annual auditor of the sinking fund
account.
Legislation which would wipe out
the national debt in twenty years after
July 1, 1914, by congress setting aside
$45,000,000 annually for that purpose.
That would be $15,000,000 a year less
than the present amount required by
law. That fund should be invested in
three per cent government bonds, and
in twenty years the $1,160,000,000
debt, the president says, would be re
tired.
The adoption of a definite theory is
recommended for future proposals for
internal improvements, so that such
improvements would be in accord with
a well thought out plan. In that con-
nection the president suggests the sav-
ing of rent paid in Washington for
buildings used by the government
through the construction of new build-
ings to cost about $100,000,000 to be
paid for through a period of twenty
years.
“Briefly stated,” says the message,
“my suggestion is that the government
first plan for its land purchases, build-
ings and public works, then borrow
money to acquire and to construct
them, proportioning the cost over a
period of twenty years, and making
the bonds issued to meet the cost pay-
able out of an adequate sinking fund.”
Of a reduction of the salary roll of
the government amounting to about
$6,500,000 annually, two-thirds, the
president declares, would be saved by
adopting his scheme to classify what
are now presidential appointments. Al-
most $3,000,000 annually could be kept
in government coffers through post:
office department changes, and $2,000,
000 would be cut from the payroll it
there were a complete executive re
classification of civil service employes.
GOVERNOR WILSON RESIGNS
Will Attend Inauguration of Senator
Fielder on Saturday.
President-elect Wilson resigned as
governor of New Jersey. His resigna-
tion will take effect at noon on Satur
day.
The governor wrote his resignation
In long hand and sent it by his secre
tary, Mr. Tumulty, to David S. Crater,
the secretary of state. At the same
time he sent a message to both houses
of the legislature notifying them of
his act. ‘
Mr. Wilson will attend the cere-
monies at noon Saturday, when his
successor, James Fielder, president of
the state senate, will take the oath as
acting governor.
Kills Wife and Shoots Self.
Leslo Vargo, a Hungarian, of Tren-
ton, N. J, shot and killed his wife
while in a drunken rage. He then shot
nimself and is in a critical condition.
Sets Apri! 1 For Extra Session.
The special session of the
congress will open Tuesday, April 1.
This announcement was made in Tren-
ton, N. J., by President-elect Wilson.
It is the first direct statement that
Mr. Wilson has made as to his course
in any particular upon assuming the
presidency.
The scope of the work to be under
taken at the special session of con-
gress is problematical, and no authori.
tative announcement in this regard
may be forthcoming until after Mr.
Wilson's induction into office.
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