2 CAMERON COUNTY PRESS. H. H. MULI.IN, Editor. Published Every Thursday* TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Per year t; on if paid In advance 1 .>0 ADVERTISING RATES: Aflvcrtinements are published at the rate of lone dollar jirr square fur one insertion a'id lirty ,i*ui« per square for each subsequent insertion. Rates by the ycur. or for six or tlirnc months, «re low and uniform, and will be furnished on (Kpplication. Legal and Official Advertising per square, three tinu s or less. »B; each subsequi ut inser tion to cents per square. Loral notices 1U cents per line for one inser •erilon: f> cents per line lor each subsequent consecutive insertion. Obituary notices over five lines. 10 cents r p r line. Simple announcements of births, ir.ar v.aees and deaths will be inserted free. Business cards, live lines or less, *5 per year; ever live lines, at the regular rates of adver ts! ng. No local Inserted for less tlian 73 cents per tissue. JOB PRINTING. The Job department of the PRESS is complete •nd affords facilities for doing tke best class of "W. >rU. I'AUTICIiI.AH ATTEM ION PAID TO LAW PRINTING. No paper will he discontinued until arrear ages are paid, except at the option of the pub lisher. Papers sent out of the county must be paid for in advance. Author's Early Life. J Fennimore Cooper was considera bly older than his village. He was born in Burlington, N. J., in 1789, and "was a year old when his father moved to the great estates by Otsego lake, in New York, from which Coopers-,town "was later to take its name. As train ing fui his literary can cr Cooper had village schooling, part of a course at Yale and about five years at sea. He was past 30 and had a wife and six children before he thought of author chip. Why the Surplus of Widows. Why does the proportional number of widows increase steadily? asks a Swiss journal, and gives in reply sev eral reasons—the men are engaged in more hazardous occupations; tliey waste too much time in taverns, drink ing and squabbling over politics; and they generally burn the candle at both ends. Hence, the insurance com panies are beginning to ask a higher rate of men than of women. Overworked Motor Cars. There is no doubt that many cars to-day are being practically worked to death, and if the truth were known it would he found that a good many of the so-called lazy chauffeurs are quite as much overworked as their cars in their struggle to drive them every day and almost ail day, not to mention night work, and at the same time keep them in proper running order. —Auto- car. Natural Sleep. It behooves us to remember that natural sleep is the heritage of man. that it is in our power to conserve it for him, and that we are responsible for guarding liini against the misuse of such drugs as may rob him of the sweet sleep which was his possession before the evil times of yesterday.— .London Hospital. "Savagery Recommended." We have too long been out of touch with wholesome savagery. Surely it Is only our conservatism and conven tionalism that prevent us from choos ing camp life, not as a mere pastime for the strong, but as the healthiest mode of summer life for all. —Good Health. American Capital in Chili. Several millions of American capi talist are invested in the copper fields of central Chili, the gold fields of the extreme south and the nitrate fields of the north. The best of feeling pre vails toward Americans and American goods. Even Then. "My son," said Lord Chesterfield, "if a man asks you if it is hot enough for you, say; 'Yes. thank you,' polite ly. Never forget that you are a gen tleman, no matter how warm the weather may be." Housekeeping. One's mental attitude toward house keeping will make it drudgery or oth erwise, and much depends upon the condition of the mind when perform ing the work as to whether fatigue is experienced when night time comes. Seek Knowledge Early. Knowledge is a comfortable and nec essary retreat and shelter for us in an advanced age; and if we do not plant it while young, it will give us no shade when we grow old. —Lord Chester field. No One Indispensable. There are men whom everybody thinks the concern couldn't, get along without, but it is astonishingly easy to accompli, li the feat when death makes it n< cessary.—.John A. How land. Sea Furnishes Living to Many. In Norway and Sweden ■)'> persons sut of every thousand live by seafar ing. The next best average in this particular is in England, where there are 17 in every thousand. Two Fool-Killers. As a fool-killer wood alcohol is way ahead of the automobile. The former takes the fool every time, while the automobile not infrequently takes somebody else. Beyond Her Understanding. It. is impossible for any woman to understand how a man can have so much money that he doesn't know arkat to do with it. NEEDS OF FILIPINOS PROGRAM FOR CONGRESS IN AF FAIRS OF THE ISLANDS. Governing Body Is Urged to Grant More Favorable Terms for the Admission of Their Goods to Ur.lted States. No dispassionate observers of affairs in the Philippines ever leave long un spoken the wish that congress may cease listening to the blindly selfish demands of the sugar and tobacco In terests and give the Philippines more favorable terms for the admission of their commodities to our markets. The Lake Mohonk conference, which has just finished its annual session, puts this subject at the head of that, part of its platform which deals with the Philippines. It makes no imputations against congress for its motives in the past, and asks in a conciliatory spirit for nothing more than "a radi cal reduction of duties," when no doubt its members unanimously be lieve that simple justice requires free • trade in all commodities. If the next congressional session passes without 1 action to this end congress will be ; more than ever open to accusation for Its neglect. The other suggestions of the con- '■ ferenee make together an interesting \ program. It asks that special em- j phasis he put on the primary schools i of the islands, especially with the oh- J ject of preparing the pupils for indus trial occupations. It believes that con- [ gress could properly appropriate funds from our own treasury for this pur- j pose, but it thinks that reduced tariff duties will add to the prosperity of ; the islands, increase taxable property and taxes and so indirectly provide the needed funds. Education in the duties of citizenship is also urged. . i As for increased powers of self- : government, it contents itself with this plank: "So fast as the Filipinos ; demonstrate their political capacity, ' powers of self-government should be granted and enlarged." It recommends legislation by congress enabling a large number of persons in the islands to be naturalized as citizens of the is lands. Planks for the suppression of the opium trade and for the perman- I ent suspension of the coastwise ship ping act so far as it applies to the islands are also included. After praising the administrative work of the officials of the bureau of insular affairs in the war department, the hope is expressed that this bureau may ultimately be taken out of the hands of the war department and placed under officials whose experi ence is primarily that of civil life. Most of these suggestions will bo : generally commended. Those concern- | Ing the material welfare of the is lands are in crying need of immediate , adoption. Mr. Roosevelt at Vicksburg. Though he spoke to the people of Vicksburg on a subject of vital inter est to all residents of that region, the subject of improving the levees by federal assistance so that the terror of floods may pass away from .a broad district of marvelous fertility, Presi dent Roosevelt's most striking words j had reference to another matter. He had been introduced to the great audience of Mississippians by the Yazoo valley's most conspicuous citi zen, Congressman John Sharp Wil liams. There in the chief city of the Yazoo delta, throughout practically the whole extent of which every bale of cotton is taxed $1 for levee im- ; provements the people naturally re- j ceived with enthusiasm this declara- j tinn made by the chief executive: "In my next message to congress I i shall advocate as heartily as I know how that the congress now elected shall take the first steps to bring about the deep channel way and the ! attendant high and broad levee ays tem which will make of these alluviir bottoms the richest and most popu lous agricultural land not only in this nation but on the face of the globe." j But the president said also, and the j public will believe that he spoke j truly: "Mr. Williams has said that for a day we can sink all mere party dif ferences. Since 1 have been president I have found that most of the time I have needed to sink them, because the differences of party are of small im portance compared to the great funda mentals of good citizenship upon which all American citizens should be j united." This is a lesson which Americans everywhere ought, to learn. Rates and Values. Would the tariff revisionists not have been satisfied with a reduction of "0 per cent, from the Dingley rates? Would they not have been satisfied with a reduction of 20 per cent.? Would they not have been sat isfied with a reduction of even 15 or 10 per cent.? Of course they would. Rut they have got the equivalent to a reduction of anywhere from 20 to 50 per cent, in the new method of valuing imports for dutiab!" purposes. ! Yet they boldly keep on asking for a revision of rates. What does the for eign exporter care for rates when lie can put his owu value on his ; goods? On Higher Ground. In New York Mr. Bryan discussed "The Average Man." This is a change from his usual policy of talking about Demo era* CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, IQO7. TAFT'S CALL AT BERLIN. Folly to Attribute Political Signifi cance to Visit. Some alarmists are professing to see sinister signs iir the decision of Secretary Taft to return to the United States by way of Berlin. They af fect to spell serious international complications in the visit to the Ger man capital to the exclusion of the other European political centers. T'ney declare that there must be something hidden from the public view that makes for war and causes the "Sec retary of Peace" to hurry to adjust af fairs. This is rather cool weather for such talk. The silly season passed some weeks ago. Men have returned to a normal basis of reasoning and action, and it is surprising to find that Judge Taft's itinerary is being inter preted in such pessimistic terms. That itinerary was arranged before he left Washington, and the inclusion of Berlin was merely part of the gen eral plan of the secretary togo back to the United States in the shortest possible time. He is not on a round of visits to foreign capitals. He left here togo to our most distant island possessions, there to observe condi tions and to set in motion the process :of representative administration. On | the way he stopped in Japan, to what good effect the country now thorough ily understands. But this was strict ly on his line of travel, and in his ; line of business. It there is any foreign complication affecting the United States of which i the public is unaware, any hidden dan | gcr to the peace of the world, the ; work of adjustment belongs to the de partment headed by Secretary Hoot. | This government would never make so serious a mistake as to commission its war secretary to drop in on the kaiser on his way around the world {to settle a trouble of first conse -1 qucnce. They do things differently on that side of the water. They have 1 foreign offices and fully equipped dip lomatic corps, and established lines lof communication, and a diplomatic | visit from the war minister of the I nited States might be awkwardly in terpreted. Secretary Taft is entitled to come home by any route he may select, after so arduous a journey. If lie wants to pay a call on the German emperor in passing he will of course be warmly received, and as the head of the American war department he will doubtless bo shown much that is {of great interest to him. But his pause in Berlin need not cause embar rassment in any quarter or arouse the least anxiety lest this country is men aced by a hidden political mine. We are not in the Intriguing business and our diplomacy is open and above i board. FAVORS REVISION OF TARIFF Prominent Chicago Newspaper In dorses Senator Eeveridge. A strong appeal of the senior sena tor from Indiana for a commission to deal scientifically with the problem j of tariff revision is part of Mr. Bever idge's presentation of his views on the tariff from the Bryan and Beveridge debates, now appearing in The Read ' er magazine. j It is needless to say to the readers |of The Evening Post how heartily we concur in Senator Beveridge's ; plea that the consideration of the complex and difficult problems of our present protective policy should be at first given over to a permanent non-political or non-partisan body of experts. In other words, the first I stage of our dealing with the tariff | should be scientific, devoted to a full, j free study of the subject. It should be broadly and thoroughly and dispas ! sionately dealt with. The conclusions reached by such a I commission, after such an examina tion, should, and if present signs are to be credited will, not only provide i for tiie inost intelligent amendment ; of the present system by the congress, but will insure a progressive deveiop ment of that system as experience i justifies. Senator Bevwridge emphasizes the ! deliberateness with which the Ger mans acted in tariff legislation and .urges the reasons against considera tion of tariff problems during the heated partisanship of a compaign. Necessarily brief as is Senator Bev eridge's discussion of hir* subject, it would seem that lie baa given suc cinctly but adequately the views of the main revisionist wing of the Itc ! publican party. These are the eon ; servative-progressives who oppose the stand-patter on the one hand and the immediate revision extremist on the other. The views of Senator Bev eridge are views which have t lie weight of the party back of them, and they will prevail.—Chicago Evening Post. Bsyond Power of Democrats. How can Mr. Bryan bo expected to put all of his eggs in the tariff bas i ket? He knows that his party is no more united on that i?:,ue now than it was in IS!)I, when, i:i an effort to legis'ate on the subject, it went all to pieces. It could, now as then, whoop up things on the stump and ring all the changes on the robbery of protec tion, but it could no more prepare now than then a tariff bill which | would cut out protection or fail to disclose the humbuggery of its cam paign oratory and promises on that subject. "There is nothing in the country to be alarmed about," says Mr. Bryan. , No, not even Mr. Bryan. GRAND LARCENY m FORGERY ARE ALLEGED IN INDICTMENTS OF BROOKLYN BANKERS. THREE MEN ARE ARRESTED Two are Released on Giving $20,000 Bail and the Third, a Former Pres ident of the Borough Bank, Is Jailed. New York City. The Kings county grand jury, which is investi gating the recent management of the suspended Borough bank, of Brook lyn, oil Thursday returned indictments charging larceny and other offenses against Howard Maxwell, who was president of the institution when its doors were closed; Arthur D. Camp bell, the deposed cashier, and William Gow, a director who holds a con trolling share of the bank's stock. These three men are jointly charg ed with grand larceny in the first de gree in the misappropriation of $ 145,- 000 deposited by the executors of the Carrie M. McGuire estate. There is a second indictment for grand larceny against Maxwell, who is also indicted for forgery in the third degree. A sec ond indictment against Campbell charges forgery in the thirl degree. In addition to the grand larceny charge Gow is indicted on four counts alleging misdemeanors in the matter of overdrafts. He is charged with hav ing overdrawn his account to the amount of nearly $24,000. Maxwell also, it is alleged, secured overdrafts aggregating nearly $73,000. Following the report of the jury the three men were arrested and arraign ed. All pleaded not guilty and were held for a hearing. Campbell and Gow each furnished $20,000 bail. Ex-Presi dent Maxwell was unable to secure the $30,000 bond required of him and went to jail for the night. The larceny charge grew out of the establishment of the International Trust Co., of which Gow is president. The executors of the McGuire estate some time ago deposited $145,000 of the estate's cash in the Borough bank. The following day, it is alleged, upon Gow's order, approved by Maxwell, Cashier Campbell drew a check for $145,000 against this account and turned the check over to the Oriental bank, the depository for the newly or ganized International Trust Co. This check, it is alleged, was used to make up the $1,00,000 capital and surplus required before the new bank was permitted to open. This money was returned to the Borough bank as fast as the stock of the International was disposed of, and all was returned with the exception of $25,000. For this bal ance a note of F. W. Doolittle, the private secretary of Gow, was put in. The indictments for forgery concern the last quarterly statement in which the overdrafts of the bank were rep resented as $2Ol, whereas it is alleged they really totaled some $24,000. All of the crimes are alleged to have been committed since the first of the present year. It is understood that the inquiry into the Borough bank's affairs is not concluded. BOGUS TAX RECEIPTS. They Will Figure in the Trial of a Former Judge of Common Pleas Court at Pittsburg. Pittsburg, Pa,—A hearing in the alleged bogus tax receipt cases be gan in criminal court Thursday, but was adjourned until to-day, soon af ter a jury had been secured, because of the absence of material witnesses for the prosecution. District Attorney Harry L. Goehring was overruled on a motion for postponement for the same cause when tiie case was called. State Senator Eiliott Rodgers, a former judge of common pleas court; Samuel J. Grenet, director of public safety of Allegheny; Common Council man William Hogel and William J. Lamb, a clerk in the county recorder's office, all prominent Allegheny repub lican politicians, were indicted for procuring and distributing among vot ers fraudulent tax receipts prior to the election in the fall of 100(3, Rodg ers' was the first case called, and be cause he had been on the bench with the present judges they preferred not to hear the case. Judge William I). Patton, of Armstrong county, was called here to preside. It is charged that politics has much to do with these cases and that the prosecution is a phase of the struggle for supremacy between the Penrose and Fiynn factious in Allegheny coun ty. District Attorney Goehring and his supporters indignantly deny this. The defendants accuse the prosecu tion of star chamber methods in pre senting the cases to tiie grand jury without preliminary process in minor courts, and in refusing them particu lars of charges made by witnesses so that they may know what to meet in defense. The prosecution charges that its witnesses have been tampered with. G. H. Bristol is one of the missing witnesses and the district attorney filed an affidavit stating that Bristol is probably in St. Louis; that on No vember 18 he gave the district attor ney one of the alleged bogus tax re eeiptj-j. saying he had voted upon it and Vvl promised to be present and testily at tiie hearing. Attachments have been issued for the other miss ing witnesses. Five Children Burned to Death. Titusville, Pa. Awakened by the barking of his dog early Thurs day, Thomas W. Zuver, an oil pro ducer living east of here, found his house in flames. He saved his wife and their baby. Two sons escaped from the second story, but were badly injured. Five children were burned to death. Hearst Is Held for Libel. New York City. Justice Wyatt in the court of special sessions Thurs day held W. R. Hearst for the grand jury on a charge of criminal libel preferred by William Astor Chanler. A FACT. A curious world it Is forsooth. Where nobody wishes to hear the truth! If a woman queries, "Do I look well?" Does she always wish me the truth t« tell? No! If my chum says: "How do you liko my clothes?" Does he wish tlie actual facts, d'yo s'pose? No! If a singer says: "Do you like my voice?" In your sweet reply have you any choice? No! If some mothers ask: "Isn't baby cute?" Do you think a truthful reply would suit? No! If a girl should ask: "Do you love me, dear?" • Would she like the absolute truth to hear? Not much! In fact, would it always be well for you If the world's opinion of you you knew? Hardly! It's a curious fact, that no one denies. We don't like the truth, but we do like lies. That's right! —Lurana W. Slieldon, In Judge. How He Did It. A well-known officer has a beautiful daughter. A young ensign, with no resources but his salary, fell in love with her, and asked the old gentle man for her hand. The father at once told him that he had hardly enough to keep him in white gloves and to burnish bin brass buttons. "Well, admiral, what you nay i» true; but when you married you were only a midshipman, with even a smaller salary than mine. HOT/ did you get along?" asked the ensign, who thought he had made a good defense. But not so. The crafty old sea-dog thundered forth: "I lived on my father-in-law for the first ten years, but I'll be hanged if you are going to do it." Spiking Her Guns. "John, 1 think it was real mean of you to —" John laid down his paper, and turn ing to his wife, said, wearily: "Before you say any more, my dear, I admit that 1 am selfish, cruel, heartless and mercenary. I am devoted to my club, dislike my home, stay out late at night, do not consider your feelings, do not realize what a hard lot you have in life, and get all the pleasure I can myself. Now, go ahead." But there was nothing more to say. —Life. Signs of the Same. "Accidents are frequent on this part of the road, are they not?" asked the traveler. "No, sir, they are not," answered the indignant conductor. "Why do you think so?" "Because," replied the traveler, as his eyes roamed on the succession of laundry confidences which decked the landscape, "I notice there are wash-outs all along the line." —Balti- more American. Beating the Railways. 'Tis sweet to read astronomy And think how earth speeds on through space, It's rather pleasant, now, you see, To get free rides to any place. —Washington Star. PUZZLED HIM. There once was a bride of Antigua Who said to her spouse what a pig you are He saiO, "Oh, my queen. Is It manners you mean Or do you refer to my figure (112 g-u-are)?" 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