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K. VV. M.Low, President.
James M.Htawr, Vict President.
DI RECTORS:
James M. Staver,
Fred Ikeler,
H. C. Creasy.
Clinton Herring,
E. W.M.Low,
F. O. YorkB,
Lou i (Jross,
M. K Htaekhnuse.
THE COLUMBIAN.
ESTABLISHED 1866.
THE COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT,
iaTAIIl.ISHKD I837. CONSOLIDATED 1869
I'M.ISIIFD EVEKY THURSDAY MnRNISG,
A' Bloomshurg, the County Peat ot (
Columbia County , Pennsylvania.
CEO. E. KLWKU-. Editor.
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HUHSDAY. JUNK 3, liMM)
Political Announcements.
FOR SHERIFF.
BENJAMIN F. FAUST,
of Bloomsburg.
Subject to the decision of tire
Democratic Farty at the Primary
Election on June 5th, 1909, 2 to 8
p. m.
About the CoL P. L. & R. Co. .
Harrisburg Paper Tells of Company That Has
Absorbed Local Plants.
The Harrisburg Star-Indepen-.
ut contained the following article
iating to the recently formed
C ilurabia Power, Light & Rail
v. ays company, which has absorbed
plants in this city and nearby
towns. Inasmuch as Hon. B. F.
Meyers, one of the directors of the
company is the president of the
Star-Independent Publishing com
pany the statements made iu the
article may be taken as authentic:
"A deal resulting in the forma
tion of a $1,250,000 electric com
pany in which Harrisburgers are
prominent was closed Wednesday
through the Common wealth Trust
company in the purchase by the
Columbia Power, Light and Rail
ways company of the capital stock
and, in some instances the bonds,
of the following corporations,
operating in Columbia and Mon
tour counties:
Berwick Electric Light company,
Berwick; West Berwick Electric
Light company, West Berwick;
Columbia and Montour Electric
Railway company; Danville and
Bloomsburg Street Railway com
pany; Irondale Light, Heat and
Power company, Irondale; United
Gas and Electric company, Blooms
bnrg; Standard Gas company,
Danville; Standard Electric Light
company, Danville; Nescopeck
Electric Light, Heat and Power
company, Nescopeck.
The Columbia Power, Light and
Railways company, the new hold
iug company, approaches in capi
talization $1,250,000 and owns the
electric lighting and gas properties
of Danville, Bloomsburg and Ber
wick and the electric railways
connecting these towns. It is a
Delaware corporation holding the
stock and bonds of the foregoing
companies.
Edward R. Sponsler is president
-of the company and the Hon. B.
P. Meyers is a director. Both are
of this city. Other Harrisburgers
are interested owing to the fact
that ihe Columbia and Montour
felectric Railway was largely
vwncu oy residents ot this city.
The other officers and directors
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KRHi
M.vroii I. Low. Vice I'rpHidpnt.
Frank Ikeler, Cashier
Myron I. Low,
H. V.l lower.
Frank Ikeler.
are as follows:
Myron I. Low, Bloomsburg,
vice president; A. VV. Duy, Blooms
burg, secretary; M. Milleiscn,
Bloomsburg, treasurer.
Board of Directors-William F.
Lowry, general manager of the
American Cir and Foundry com
pany, Berwick; Charles M. Creve
ling, president Farmers' National
bank, Bloomsburg; M. I. Lowe,
vice president of First Natioual
bank, Bloomsburg; A. W. Duy,
ex-District Attorney of Columbia
county; R. II. Koch, Pottsville,
ex-Judge of Schuylkill county;
William C. Billmau, of Ferdinand
Goctz Sons, Reading; R. Scott
Ammerman, Danville, member of
the House of Representatives; E.
R. Sponsler, Harrisburg; B. F.
Meyers, Harrisburg; P. M. Bevan.
Wilkes-Barre, manager for J. B.
Russell and Co., New York.
The general manacer of the
company is B. O. Ellis, till recent
ly general manager of the T. G.
White company. New York, elec
tric and construction company.
The power for the operation of
the company's holdings will come
from the Ilarwood Electric Power
company's plant at Lattimer Mines
. 1 - - -
Luzerne county, near Hazletou, of
which Alfred D. Pardee, of Phila
delphia, is general manager. This
power plant is located oracticallv
at the mouth of mines owned bv
the company, and culm and the
other less valuable coals are used
for the eeneration of oower. A
high tension transmission line is
now being built between that com
pany's property and Berwick,
where the Columbia Power. Lieht
and Railways company will take it
tor us own use. and as the renre-
sentative of the Harwood company
tor the terntorv within fifteen
miles of Berwick, Bloomsburg and
uanviue.
All the power houses heretofore
used in the operation of the elec
trical companies will be abandoned
with the exception of the Irondale
property, which will be developed
as a water power plant and its
horsepower increased from 400 to
1,000.
Ask lor Allen's Foot-Ease,
A powder for swollen, tired, hot. smart
ing feet. Sample sent FREE. Also
Free Sample of the Foot-Kase Sanitary
Corn-Pad, anew invention. Address,
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Midshipmen Must Not Wed.
President Taft has aDDroved a
change in the naval regulations
recommeded bv Secretary Mever bv
which midshipmen are prohibited
irom marrying until the completion
of the prescribed six years course
of training.
Permission of the Secretary of
the Navy has been sought hv a
number of midshipmen who desired
to be allowed to marry after their
graduation from the Naval academy
ana Dy others while they are on
tnetr two years' tour of Instruction
at sea. The naval academv regula
tions forbid auy midshipmen from
marrying while at the academv.
but do not apply to midshiomen
who have graduated and are serving
at sea. No order existed in the
United States naval regulations
preventing the midshipmen from
marrying and today's change in
these regulations provide an abso
lute prohibition.
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WASHINGTON
From our Regular Correspondent.
Washington, D. C, May 31, 1909.
If the Senate were to vote today
on the question of an income tax
it would be added to the tariff bill.
This fact was made known last
night to the President by Senators
Aldrich and Crane who are greatly
disturbed over the situation, al
though they still hope to induce
enongh of the progressive Republi
cans to abandon the idea. It will
require three more votes than
the leaders can command to send
the income tax amendment to the
Judiciary committee which is the
plan proposed by the Republican
organization for burying the prop
osition for this session and nrnha-
bly for such as they control the
Senate. The chief obieeti an tn an
income tax is that it will under
mine the protective nnlicu Tim
amendments proposed by Senators
Bailey and Cumun'us respectively
wouiu raise a revenue anproximat
. 1 . '
ing $70,000,000 a year. So much
revenue raised bv direct taxation
would necessitate the lowering of
many of the duties and the extreme
protectionists are appalled at such a
prospect. U11 the other hand, they
would not dare eolleor so tmiHi
from incomes and then gather into
me ireasury ttie full amount of
revenue which the nresent bill
would produce because that would
seriously menace the prosperity of
the country and encourage nn nren
ui exiravncancp nvn ovooHi..,.
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that of the last few years.
So grcatlv are the T? pmiblir?in
leaders alarmed at the situation in
the Senate that thev are serintmlv
considering offering the Taft orono-
sition of a tax on the dividends of
corporations as a substitute for the
income tax amendment. The far
mer would raise a revenue, it is es
timated, of about $20,000,000 and
thus obviate to a considerable v.
tent the necessity of lowering the
duties all along the line. The Re-
publicans believe that in this
they may be able to head off the
income tax advocates. PosciMv
they can. It remains to be seen.
The oft repeated question "What
is a Democat"? seems likely to be
presented in a new form and nnv
man who listens to the tariff debate
in the Senate for a few hours may
well ask himself "A
crat"? Senator McEnnery of Louisi
ana nas just been telling the Senate
that the old Democratic doctrine nf
free raw materials, or tariff for rev
enue only. etj.. is all nonsense nnri
has been begging his party col
leagues to vote with him tor the
highest possible duty nn Snmr
Senator Baily says that the pledge
in uie ueraocratic platform to
repeal the duty on lumber is un
warranted and un-Deniocratic, and
senator btone of Missouri says Mr.
Bryan has no rizht to criticise tVmi
Democrats who voted for a duty
on iron ore as the "free raw mate
rial doctrine has been evnlndod"
Senator Clay of Georgia, on the
oiher hand, says that the duty on
sugar is an outrage, that it makes
oniy tor increased profits to the
Sugar Trust and that it im noses
great additional burden on the con
sumer, une need not be in the
condition of the member of the
House who first propounded the
historic question, 'Were -im I at"?
to become confused regarding his
party allegiance after listening to
these Democratic statesmen for a
few hours, and then when he hears
Senator Bristow protesting vigo
rously aeainst the hio-h Hntia
which the Reputliacns are seeking
Pennsylvania Railroad
ANNIVERSARY
Six Counties Firemen's Association
DANVILLE, PA.
June 8 to 10, 1909
EXCURSION TICKETS
will be sold to South Danville, and return, June 7 to 10, good
returning until June 11, inclusive, from WILKES
BARRE, TOMHICKEN, SUNBURY, MT.CARMEL
DE WART, DALMATIA, and intermediate stations, and
from AUBURN, FRACKVILLE, NEW BOSTON, and
intermediate stations at
REDUCED RATES
(Minimum Rate, 25 Cents)
Consult nearest Ticket Agent.
J. R. WOOD oeo. W. BOYD,
Passenger Trafflo Manager. 8-8-1 1 General Passenger Agent.
to impose, hears a majority of the
Democrats vote to retain the duty
on lumber, and learns that Presi
dent Taft is begging his party col
leagues to i moose low.r duties and
"revise the tariff downward" he
will indeed be a wise partisan if he
can determine to what political
camp be belongs.
V
The President has struck terror
to the hearts of many members of
the administration who have long
relied solely on political influence
to retain them in office. He has
practically demanded the resigua
tion of S. N. D. North, Director of
the Census, and has appointed E.
Dana Durand, now deputy Com
missioner of Corporations, in his
place. Mr. North has behind him
no less powerful politicians than
Senators Aldricb, Lodge, Crane
and Hale and Representatives
Crumpacker, Olcott and others, to
say nothing of Speaker Cannon
When, just a month ago, it was
learned that Mr. North was under
investigation his powerful political
friends rushed to the White House
and told the President "it would
never do to drop North." The
President said nothing in reply and
they came away convinced that
they had accomplished their end
Mr. North himself said that the
friction was "a thing of the past
and now, from a clear sky, comes
his resignation and the appoint
tnent of his successor. Mr. Du
rana, who succeeds .North, has no
political influence but is known to
be a statistician of exceptional abil
ity and an executive officer of great
force and ability.
The President is having consid
erable difficulty finding the right
man to send as Minister to China
He has begged John Hays Ham
mond to accept it but Mr. Ham
mond has declined. He wauts a
shrewd, keen business man, not a
diplomat, for the place. Rumor
has it that William Nelson Crom
well is under consideration. He
was but it was found that his con
firmation would be opposed in the
Senate and it is doubtful if the
President will turn to bim again.
Tuberculosis Exhibit.
The State tuberculosis exhibit
will take place in the Biological de
partment iu the Science hall at the
Normal School on Tuesday and
Wednesday. In the evening lec
tures illustrated by lantern slides
will be given upon the work being
done in the dispensaries of the state
and at Mount Alto.
The exhibit which with a num
ber of additions is the same as that
shown at Washington, D. C. at
the Inter-National exhibit, will be
free to everybody. The lectures
will also be free and if the crowd is
too great to be held in the Science
hall, they will be held in the big
auditorium. Ample room will be
furnished to everybody.
During the exhibit at the Nor
mal the local dispensary will be
open for the inspection of the pub
lic.
On Thursday the exhibit will be
taken to Berwick where it will be
shown in the Y. M. C. A.
Dr. Walter Davis, of Wilkes-
Barre, on Tuesday evening will lec
ture on "Tuberculosis and Its Caus
es". Dr. Charles H. Minor, of Wilkes-
Barre, Med. Inspector, of Luzerne
County, will lecture in Y. M. C.
A., Berwick, Friday night of next
week.
Lantern slides at Normal after
noon ana evening, luesaay ana
Wednesday for benefit of public,
out of town people especially wel
come.
New Spring Suits!
Spring Suits have arrived!
There's magic in that simple an
nouncement for where's the
woman who is not all eyes to see
the new garment fashions ?
The New Spring Suits Are Low Priced.
A most remarkable feature about
these handsome new models is
their extremely low prices. Your
spring outfit will give you a bet
ter service a much finer appear
ance and yet cost you a small
price. Catering to every taste we've
gathered an assortment of choicest
correct styles. Prices $10 to $35.
Spring Suits
Regularly $20 00 p I j . 5 O
Suits of hard twisted serge and
striped worsted in black, blue,
green, tan and gray. 36 inch hip
less coats; slashed back, patch
pockets, self button trimming, full satin lined; satin collar
ana cutis; bktrt is Demi-Princess with self covered buttons
down the front. All sizes up to 42.
SUIT at $12. 75 Of shadow stripe chiffon panama in
navy blue, elect blue, green, tan, ashes of roses and gray.
Coat 40 inches long, semi-fitting hiplcss cutaway front
forming points on the sides, new small sleeves, lined
throughout with satin: gored flare skirt with trimming of
straps and self covered buttons.
SUIT al $26.50 A 4 button cutaway coat 40 inches
long of striped worsted, slashed back and sides, inlaid
bengaline silk collar; large flap pockets, trimmed with but
tons, lined with taffeta silk; plain 11 gore demi-Princess
skirt.
At $6.00 to $14.00 Junior Suits for the little Misses in
sizes n, 13, 15 and 17 years. Made of shadow stripe pan
ama and fine serge in navy blue, gray and green, .semi
fitting hipless coats, gored and pleated skirt.
SUIT at $27.00 A strictly tailored suit of French
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away effect;) lined with taffeta silk; new small sleeves;
Demi Princess Skirt with inverted plait at sides.
SUITS at $20.00 Of chiffon panama in blue, green
and black; graceful semi-fitting hipless coat 36 inches long,
single breasted, new small sleeves and trimmed with satin
piping; gored flounce skirt.
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BLOOMSBURG,
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Round Corner Cards, Manila Tag Board,
Card Board in Sheets, Bond Papers,
white and colors, Ledger Papers,
Name Cards for all Cover Papers,
Secret Societies. Book Papers.
Window Cards.
Folders for Programs, Menus, Dances, Societies and all
special events.
Lithographed Bonds and Stock Certificates Supplied.
Wedding Invitations and Announcements, Printed or
Engraved.
Visitors are Always Welcome. No Obligation to Purchase.
We Do All Kinds oTPrinting
Columbian Printing House,
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