May Check Law
By Referendum
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Demands of Conductors and Others
Would Cost $17,000,000 a Year.
| Simultaneously the railroads of the
The Assembly Passes Measure by Big east refused to grant the demands of
Majority—Secretary Bryan Heading their conductors and trainmen for an
Home. increase in pay and announced that
| they would ask the interstate com-
The opponents of anti-Japanese leg- merce commission to permit an in-
fslation in Sacramento, Cal, are now | crecse of 5 per cent on all freight
banking strongly on the referendum to | rates.
delay a crisis and give time for an! The refusal to grant higher wages
amicable adjustment with Japan. to the conductors and trainmen, the
The Webb bill, passed by the as-!| demands of the enginemen and firemen
sembly with a big majority, is in Gov-| having been settled by arbitration,
ernor Johnson's hands. He will prob-| was made public by the conference
ably sign it. committee of the managers of the
A referendum petition would require | eastern roads in New York.
20,000 signatures before the law could “The wages and working conditions
be temporarily nullified, pending an! which you request,” says the reply,
election. The matter could not be sub-; “would increase the pay of the 100,000
mitted to the people until the fall of | conductors and trainmen of the rail-
1914, a delay of nineteen months, in| roads in the eastern district by ap-
case the proposed referendum petition | proximately $17,000,000, or 20 per cent
gained enough signatures. per annum.
Representatives of the board of di- “The increase would be equivalent
rectors of the Panama-Pacific exposi-| to placing on thuse properties a lien
tion at San Francisco have intimated | of $425,000,000 of 4 per cent securi-
that the board might foster a move-| ties which would have a preference
ment to invoke the referendum against | over first mortgage bonds.
any anti-alien bill that might be pass- “If the railroads are forced to pay
ed. Recently the exposition company | extravagant wages to men in train
has been joined by several commer- | service, the burden must fall on the
cial and trade bodies in the larger | public. You will readily see, there-
cities, who fear Japan will levy re-| fore, why, in considering your de-
prisals upon california by abrogating | mands, we hold the public interest
present business relations. paramount.
As Secretary Bryan concluded his| “Already the traffic of a growing
mission with a message of farewell | country has overtaxed the existing fa-
to the joint session of the two houses, | cilities; and the heavy burdens in-
he gave renewed assurance of the | curred through ill-advised legislation,
friendly interest and co-operative at-| such an extra crew bills—for which
titude of the national administration | the Brotherhood of Rrailroad Train-
toward the peculiar problems of Cali- | men is alone responsible—have forced
fornia, transmtting the president's | on the railroads, and consequently on
latest criticism of the bill and re-| the public, needless expenditures of
bearing against those objections al- | millions of dollars annually. All of
ready made public. In reply Senator these factors are making it impossible
Gates, speaking for the state, said: for many of the roads to provide those
“This legislature appreciates the facilities which prudent foresight de-
honor that has been done to this state | mands, and which the interests of the
by the visit of the secretary of state. | Public require.
We realize that his coming to co-op-| “In making demands for extrava-
erate with us marks an era in Ameri- | 8ant wages—wages entirely out of ac-
can politics. It brings the federal gov- cord with the railroads’ obligations as
ernment into close touch with the indi- | @ Whole—railway employes apparently
vidual states. act on the assumption that a strike
“On the part of the legislature | that would tie up traffic would never
wish to express our profound appre be permitted by the public. They seem
ciation and gratitude for the interest | to think that if a strike is to be avoid-
taken by the national government in| ©d the railroads must give way—that
a problem confronting the state of Cal. | the public will force them to give
ifornia, and to assure the president | Way, believing that arbitration must
that, even if we may differ with him, | take place, and that in the end the
we do it with the profoundest respect splitting of differences between what
for his opinions and those of the sec. | they demand and the wages they re
retary of state. And if we feel impelled | ceive Will result in their favor.
to depart from that advice, we do it In other words, the employes have
with respect for that advice. everything to gain and nothing to
“I propose and desire on the part of | 108.”
this legislature to thank the president
and his secretary for their assistance,
and I express the hope that this visit
may be a forerunner of further activ-
ity by the national government in as-
sisting the states in their work.”
Secretary Bryan in his address vofe-
ed the president's opinion that the
words “eligibie to citizenship” substi-
tuted in the California attorney gen-
eral’s redraft of the alien land meas-
ure for the words “ineligible to citi-
zenship” were equally discriminatory
and, therefore, objectionable to Japan.
If a law must pass, he urged that it
be limited in its operation to two
years, in order that meanwhile diplo-
macy might so improve the interna:
tional situation that re- enactment by
the next legislature would be unnec-
essary.
This suggestion, which had not yet
reached the president, he said, was
made “for the consideration of those
who have yet to act upon the sub-
ject.”
Labor Leaders’ Sentences Reduced.
The contempt of court judgments
against Samuel Gompers, Frank Mor
rison and John Mitchell, officials of
the American Federation of Labor,
were sustained by the court of appeals
of the District of Columbia in Wash-
ington.
The court revised the sentences so
as to give Gompers thirty days’ im
prisonment and fine Mitchell and Mor
rison $500 each, with no jail term.
The chief justice, dissenting, held
that the entire judgment should be re
versed. The lower court gave Gompers
one year, Mitchell nine months and
Morrison six months, without options
of fines. All were convicted of violat-
ing a court injunction in the noted
Bucks Stove and Range case.
An appeal from the decision will be
taken to the supreme court of the
United States if attorneys for the la-
bor leaders can find ground upon
which to ask the highest court to re-
view the judgment.
On a previous appeal to the supreme
court the judgment was effectually
dismissed and the contempt proceed.
ings were brought all over again.
In the previous action the decision
of the court below holding the men in
contempt was unanimous. The dissent.
ing opinion of the chief justice prob-
ably will present one avenue of fur-
ther appeal. The case has been a
hard-fought one and attracted wide
attention because of the prominence
of the men involved.
U. 8. Recognizes China.
The new Chinese republic was for-
mally recognized by the United States,
Mr. Williams, the charge d'affaires
at Pekin, cabled that he had delivered
the formal recognition, as he was au-
thorized to do, upon complete organi-
zation of the new government,
This action by the United States
government has brought about a most
interesting international situation and
brings to the fore the intentions of
the five other powers, in the loan ne-
gotiation, from which the United
States recently withdrew, announcing
its purpose to recognize China and
urging the other powers to do the
same.
It is known that some of them re-
quired more than a mere organization
of a national legislature, between
which and the provisional executive
serious friction already had developed,
and that they were disposed to await
the installation of a president chosen
by constitutional metheds and with
evident adequate support to maintain
himself.
been the publication of the name of
the Bucks Stove and Range company
in a so-called “boycott list” in the
American Federation of Labor's offi-
cial magazine after it had been forbid-
den by the court.
Cow Beats Horse In Race.
To settle a controversy of long
standing as to their racing ability, a
contest between a cow and a pacing
mare owned by rival hotelkeepers in
3 New Richmond, Wis.,, drew a big
crowd to the fair grounds.
OB (io, other haid. the Tecent ue The cow is the property of Anthony
tion of Yuan Shi Kai in concluding the
125,000,000 loan wi fi er! Meath, proprietor of the Commercial
3 ius the: ive pon | house, and the horse is owned by
group is expected to prove a powerful
incentive to those governments to join | Seong Cranston, of to Nations) no
n e horse el was trot or
the United States in the recognition ord to go as she pl 1 It
of China, was to be once around the half-mile
track, standing start. The cow was a
safe winner. Colonel Meath’s winnings
aggregated $24.
“Squire's” House Dynamited.
The home of E. J. Dailey, of Mec-
Adoo, near Hazleton, Pa., a justice of
the peace, was dynamited and damag-
ed to the extent of $1500. Part of the
property was shattered and much of
the furniture destroyed, but the family
escaped uninjured. It is believed the
dynamiting was the work of persons
svho had a grievance against the jus.
tice because of adverse decisions in
litigation.
Woman Must Return $40,000.
partment clerk in Washington, who is
fluences” upon Fenton J Hurd, a
Greenwich, Conn. millionaire, to ob-
tain $40,000, will have to turn the
money back to his estate.
Mrs. Cramer admitted having ob-
tained $40,000 “because Hurd was
grateful for her care of him” and a
lower court left her in possession of
the money. The court of appeals re-
versed that decision.
G. A. R. Would Meet In Chaitanooga.
The Grand Army of the Republic
will have its 1913 reunion in Chatta-
nooga, Tenn. if an invitation is ex-
tended to them, according to a state-
ment given out in Chatanooga by Gen-
eral Alfred B. Beers, commander-in-
chief of the Union Veterans’ organiza.
tion.
Congressman Drops Dead.
Representative Lewis J. Martin, of
Newton, N. J, dropped dead in the
. Managers of Eastern Lines Declare |
The contempt was alleged to have :
Mrs. Laura B. Cramer, a state de-|¢n
charged with having used “spook in-! Buildin
Union station in Washington.
Mr. Martin was a Democrat and
was one of the new members of the
house, going in on the Democratic
wave last November. He was born near
Deckertown, Sussex county, N. J, on
Feb. 22, 1844. He was a member of
the house of assembly in 1878, 1880
and 1881 and later was law judge of
Sussex county. He served two terms
in the New Jersey state senate. |
Two Go Over Dam to Death,
Two men were drowned and a third
bad a narrow escape when a rowboat.
containing three fishermen was swept
over the breast of a dam in the Schuyl-
kill river near Klapperthal, below
Reading, Pa.
The dead are: Matthew Pawling,
aged forty years; Anthony Lemmer,'
forty-five years old. |
Harry Luebka, thirty-five years old,
saved himself by clinging to the pro-
jecting limb of a tree until he was
rescued by other fishermen. !
Dr. Patton Resigns From Princeton.
Dr. Francis Tandy Patton, D. D.,
LL. D., who for the past eleven years
has been president of the Princeton
Theological seminary, tendered his
resignation to the board of directors
of the institution at the annual com-
mencement in Princeton, N. J. Old’
age and failing eyesight were Dr. Pat-
seventy years of age.
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500 Love Letters Bring $32,750.
A packet of upwards of 500 love let-
ters of Robert and Elizabeth Barrett
Browning was bought at auction in
London for $32,750 by a New York
dealer. The bidding started at $3000
and rose rapidly by hids of $250 each.
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Suspends Martial Law In Dayton.
Martial Law, which has existed in
Dayton, O., and in Montgomery coun-
ty since the floods, which broke on
March 24, is suspended by a proclama-
tion issued by Governor Cox.
Takes Four Poisons to Die.
David L. Sundquist, a railway engl-
neer, of Fargo, N. D., took the contents '
of four phials, each containing a dif-,
ferent poison. He is still living, but
doctors hold out little hope of his re
covery.
Daughter Born to Queen of Greece. |
A new princess was added to the.
royal household of Greece. The Greek
legation in Washington has received a
cablegram announcing the birth of a
daughter to the queen.
Ohio Aviator Killed. !
His machine becoming unmanage- |
able, Charles Carlson, an Akron, Ohio, |
aviator, was killed by falilng 200 feet. |
It has been truthfully said that any dis-
turbance of the even balance of health |
causes serious trouble. Nobody can be
too careful to keep this balance up. When
people begin to lose appetite, or to get |
tired easily, the least imprudence bri
on sickness, weakness, or debility. The
system needs a tonic, craves it, and |
should not be denied it; and the best |
tonic of which we have any knowledge is '
Hood's Sarsaparilla. What this medicine |
has done in keeping healthy people |
healthy, in keeping up the even balance |
of health, gives it the same dis:inction as
a preventive that it enjoys as a cure. Its |
early use has illustrated the wisdom of |
the old saving that a stitch in time saves !
nine. Take 's for appetite, strength, |
and endurance.
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J sre now locsed at 12 Greene St. | Special Meeting of the Stockholders of the E. L.
House, and would be pleased to have persons suman Milling Company, will be held at the
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A. Love, late Potter de- said y from forty-five thousand £45.00)
ceased, having been to the Undersined: dollars to twenty-five thousand (25,000)
all persons knowing indebted to said | EZRA H. AUMAN, Secretary,
Sting are lo ake immediate Payment CLARENCE L. PEASLEE, Att'y.
present them authenticated according to | __ Williamsport, Pa. 58185
lement. HERIFF'S ; of a writ of
Biba N. B. SPANGLER, Var Facias sewed out of the Courtof Com
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SALE.—One A. Barcus horse
stocks, in good for salec
GEORGE M. MALL
58-14-tf Bellefon
Allegheny Street, formerly
Pasture.
CATTLE PASTURE
The Lehigh Valley Coal Company
will open their 5000 acre range on
Beech Creek. Mav 1st, 1913, under
the management of Mr. Geo. Lorrah.
Season May Ist to October 15th.
TERMS, $1.50 PER HEAD PER SEASON.
Cattle received only on Wednesdays
and Saturdays. Address
mer, late of Harris deceased. following described estate 1
BE ELIS: “spar | Sieh yay Coal Company,
are ORL to make immediate payment, and ground being in the borougl h of Beliclonte, coun ot Spon Shoe, Pas Jot any funtties Sformation,
those having claims the same to present ty of Centre, and State of ivania, bounded "
the same duly aut ed, for settlement. and described as follows, to wit: Beginning on | ees —
ALBERT 3.4 LEN, D the South aide of High street near what was for. YT cn % i
N. B. SPANGLER, Executor. along the lot of said school board in the borough Attention Farmers.
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spoainted by the Crpfans Cour of Cen Fronting on High street fihy thice feet and x
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the hands of Albert N. Bierly, Administrator of being the same premises which 1 | Spangler by Is ! Are ing t ?
the estate of David C. Walter, to and among his deed bearing date March 16th, fecorded | 18 almost here! Are you going DAY
those legally entitled thereto, will meet_the par- in Centre in Deed Book $6. page 209. grant- | Sl, ; Sng BARREL SPRAYERS, also Spray
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. onte, Pa.. on T . the 13th Seized, k upon, taken into execution and _
day of May, A. D., 1913, at ten o'clock a. m., tobe as the property of Henry H. Mont- Possibl " ind
whenand w thesame will be heard. TERMS OF SALE.—No deed will be acknowledg- | ve Sin * Nature
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. . ARTHUR B. LEE, | NEW IDEA SPREADER.
HARTER NOTICE. —Notice is hereby given | Bellefonte, Pa., April 21, 1913. $174t| You can try one and know itis the best
that an application, will be made to the before you settle for it.
Court of Pleas of Centre county, HERIFF'S SALE.—By virtue of a writ of Fi.
Ivania, on Saturday, the 31st day of , eri Facias issued out of the Court of Com- WIARD PLOWS.
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which are the promotion of the moral, . at 1.30 p. m. the following described real estate, Spring and Spike Tooth Harrows. Hoos-
tual and social welfare of its members; and for Olt: und lot ier and Evans two row Corn Planters
thoke hurposss to lave: fossens and enjoy all the ay Stun Selisnge, tengo. ad Jot with double disc furrow openers and ferti-
rights, benefits and conferred by the Shay lizer attachments complete. Disc
Act, and the supplements thereto. Baca and Stale of Harrows, Land Rollers Grain
W. HARRISON WALKER, to wit: at a stake one hundred
58-19-3t Solicitor. aX foe} west She caster side of the street run- METAL TROUGHS
ning 3 cout ingation % street : for Cattle; Hons aud Chickens. Poultry
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Pensylvania, on Motuav, July Zh. 1913, a five ourteen 4) square feet. | We Have Barcams For You If You
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