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VOL. XLII. NO. 51.
TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 1910.
$1.00 PER ANNUM.
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BOROUGH OFFICERS.
Buexs.J, D. W. Reck.
Justice of the Peace C. A. Randall. I).
W. Clark.
Qmnmmen. J , W, Landers, J. T. Dale,
O. II. Robinson, Wm. Hmearbaugh, J.
W. Jaruleaon, W. J. Campbell, A. U.
Kelly.
CbtutoMe Charles Clark.
Collector W. H. Hood.
fkhoot IHrectori1. O. Soowden, R. M.
Herman, Q Jainlmon, J. J, Landers, J.
R. Clark, V. O. Wymau.
FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS.
Member of Congress N . P. Wheeler.
Member of Senate i. IC. P. Hall.
Assembly A. U. Mncbling.
President Judge Wru. K. Rice.
Associate Judge t -P. U. Hill, Samuel
Aul.
Prolhonotary, Register & Recorder, de.
-J. C. (leiHt.
Meritr-H. R. Maxwell.
Treasurer Goo. W. Holeman.
Commissioners Wm. H. Harrison, J.
M. Zuendel, II. II. McClellan.
District Attorney M. A. Carrlnger.
Jury Commissioners Ernest Kibble,
Lewla Wagner.
(toroner Dr. M. C Kerr.
County Auditors Unorge H. Warden,
A. C. Uregg and J. P. Kelly.
County tturvcyorD. W. Clark.
County Superintendent 0. W. Morri
son. II scalar Term t Caart.
Fourth Monday of February.
Third Monday of May.
fourth Monday of September.
Third Monday of November.
Regular Meeting of County Commis
sioners lxt and 3d Tueadaya of month.
Charrh nut Mafcfcatfc Meant.
. Preabyterian Sabbath School at 9:46 a.
m. i M. K. Sabbath School at 10:00 a. m.
Preaching In M. E. Church every Sab
bath even'i.k' by Rev. W. O. Calhoun.
Preaching in the F. M. Church every
Sabbath evening at the usual hour. Rev.
Z. L. Monroe, Pastor.
Preaching In the Presbyterian etinrcn
every Sabbath at 11:00 a. m. and 7:30 p.
ni. Rev. H. A. liailey. Pastor.
The regular meetings of the W. C. T.
U. are hold at the headquarters on the
aeoond and fourth Tueadsys of each
month.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
' PI' N ESTA LODUE, No. 369, 1. 0. 0. F.
1 M enbi every Tuesday evening, in Odd
Fellows' Hall, Partridge building.
CAPT. GEORGE STOW POST, No. 274
(I. A, R. Meets 1st Monday eveulng
in each month.
CAPT. GEORGE STOW CORPS, No.
1:17, W. R; C, meets first and third
Wednesday evening of each month.
TF. RITCHEY,
ATTORN EY-AT-LAW.
Tionesta, Pa.
n ir A IURRlNnF.lt.
l. liinn.r anil Pnii nMltnr-at-Law.
Olnoe ove Forest County National
Bank Building,
TIONESTA, PA.
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URTIS M. 8IIAWKEY,
ATTORN EY-AT- LAW,
Warren, Pa.
I Practice in Forest Co.
AC BROWN,
ATTORN EY-AT-LAW.
Office In Arner Building, Cor. Elm
and Bridge 8ts., Tloneata. Pa.
FRANK 8. .HUNTER, D. D. 8.
Rooms over Citizens Nat. Bank.
HON ESTA, PA.
F.J. BOVARD,
Physician a Burgeon,
TIONESTA. PA.
M31
Eves Tented and Glasses Fitted.
HR- J- B. SIOGINS.
Phyaician and Surgeon,
OIL CITY, PA.
HOTEL WEAVER,
C. F. WEAVER, Proprietor,
Modern and up to date in all ita ap
pointments. Every convenience and
comfort provided for the traveling public.
CENTRAL HOUSE,
GEROW A GEROW Proprietor.
Vlonsela, Pa.. This is the most centrally
located hotel in the place, and has all the
modern improvements. No pains will
be spared to make It a pleasant stopping
place for the traveling public. First
class LU-ery in connection.
pHIL. EMERT
FANCY BOOT A SHOEMAKER,
Shop over R. L. Haslet's grocery store
on Elm street. Is prepared to do all
alnds of custom work from the finest to
the coarsest and guarantees his work to
give perfect satisfaction. Prompt atten
tion (riven to mending, and prices rea
. souable.
WAND
Electric Oil. Guaranteed for
Rheumatism, Sprains. Sore
Ket. Pains. o. Aianueaiers
Shoe
Troubles
Are most exasperating, because un
necessary Wear our shoes to find
shoe comfort, shoe service, shoe sat
isfaction. There is never trouble on
foot for the wearer of our shoes.
LAMMERS
OIL CITYV PA.
Sketch of Rev. Hczeklah May.
Rev. Hezekiah May, who blazed the
way for Presbyterians in Northwestern
Pennsylvania, was born at Haddam, Con
necticut, on December 25th 1773, end
died in Tioncsta, Pa., July 4th, 1843. His
life was an eventful one, In youth he
witnessed the closing scenes of the Rev
olutionary war. In onrly manhood we
find him a student at Yale College, from
which he graduated about the time ho
became of age. Ho was particularly gift
ed as a linguist, being proficient in Latin,
Greek, Hebrew and German. In after
life his ability as a linguist was of great
value to him, after having studied theol
ogy he was appointed a missionary to the
early settlers and the Penobscot Indians
of Maine, by the New England Society
for the propagation of the gospel in the
district of Maine. Moving to Bangor and
preaohing to the early settlers there, and
at Uldtowu in Maine, an Indian settle
ment some twenty miles above Bangor,
on the Penobscot river. Before he
went to Maine he was married to Marga
ret White, of Boston, Mass., a lineral de
scendant of an early Puritan family. It
was at Bangor that his oldest son was
born, Benjamin, on September 3, 1808,
who it will be remembered died at Tio
nestn January 19, 1901. He was the last
survivor of the original family. His wife
was a lady of excellent ability and a fit
companion for the young minister She
was his companion all his life and sur
vived him many years, dying on July 4,
1808. Just a quarter of a century after
his death. This coincidence was noted by
many friends and relatives. He remain
ed at Bangor preaching to the whites
and Indians for several years with great
acceptance. While stationed in Maine he
wrote for his friend, Jedediah Morse, the
great American geographer, a history of
the "Burnt Woods of Maine," which is
an article of great merit, an excellent
field for Mr. May's fine descriptive pow
ers. (See Morse's Universal Geography
article on Maine ) About 1810 wishing
to educate his family he removed to
Hinghampton, N. Y., and at Oswego re
mained for awhile, after this at Painted
Post preaching over a large district of
country, establishing churches away
down in Northern Pennsylvania, down
as far as Northumberland county and do
ing great good. In looking over his
journals I have been amazed at the
ground he went over. After leaving
Painted Post, N. Y., we find him at
Franklin, Pa., preaching there and at
Unity church in 18:t0 and 1831, where he
lived for 2 years preaching there and in
that vicinity two years. The churches
were small and weak in that day. About
this time having a large family to sup
port and raise, he being still under the
auspices of the New England society
mentioned, his friend, the celebrated
Elias Boudinot, the founder of the Ameri
can Tract Society, understanding his
circumstances gave him a tract of land
of about 1 ,000 acres at what is known as
Oldtown Flats, three miles above Tio
nesta to which place Mr May with his
family removed and settled upon. Here
he preached to the people all through
this section during his life. Tioncsta
then being a village he moved to it and
established a church, at the same time
his son 8 built a saw mill at Oldtown and
farmed tho flats The place Mr. May
bought at Tioncsta was on the north
side of a tract of 200 ncres, which had
been taken up by Lieutenant John
Range, a soldier of George Washington's
army, who took it by virtue of military
warrant. Range divided the place into
tracts and gave it to his two sons, John
and James Range. Mr. May purchased
the upper part, which is now covered
with what is the north part of Tioncsta
borough. After his removal to Tionesta
the German settlers began to arrive and
settle on the lands surrounding the place.
They were by Herman Blum, an old
soldier of the Napoleon's campaigns, a
man of considerable nbility and culture,
with him Mr. May speedily formed an
Jfcquaintaiice and rapidly acquired tho
language too for he was in this like his
relative David Brainerd, "The apostle to
the Indians" speedy in the acquisition of
languages and in a short time Mr. May
could talk German as volubly as a na
tive to the manor born. Consequently
he not only acted as a spiritual adviser
to the German's coming into this coun
try, but was their temporul adviser too
and during his life was their trusted
counsellor keening them clear of litiga
tion and shielding them from imposition.
In short he was regarded by them as an
oracle, his word being both law and
gospel. A man of marked and decided
character, his good example and teach
ings left their impress on tho community
to this day. He was a pioneer of enter
prise and right, carrying the faith of his
fathers to a new region, giving a good
examplo in industry and application, was
the man providentially sent to this sec
tion for good. If it is true what the
poet says "That kind words can never
die," then all is true and that is strength
ened in his case by more than words, for
he gave both the precept and the ex
umple Many children were named for
him one young man Hezekiah May
Range always gave his name in full.
Hezekiah even imitated him so far as to
want to be a preacher, commenced to
study but had peculiar ideas as to re
ligious services. Having been given a
life of David Brainerd, for a starter on
his theological course lie returned it to
Mr. May who asked him what he thought
of David Brainerd by this time, lie
said, "Well Mr. May he was a big gun no
mistake, but I tell you now don't you
think he was just a little behindhand in
religion." He wrote a little poetry some
times. There was an early settler Poland
Hunter, who lived on the west side of
the river and who owned a large island
known to tins day as Hunter's island.
Straying animals from Tionesta village
often got over on this island, injuring
the crops, this of course aggravated Mr.
Hunter very much and some of them
were injured by him in the heat of his
excitement on each occasion. Mr. May
had a horse and filly named Mike and
Lid that on one occasion got over on to
his island, Poland with a hue and cry
and a shot gun drove them away from
the island, they swimming the river got
over safely on the high bank and escap
ed. Mr. May described this incident in
verse thus I
Mike and Ld to get a quid,
Went on to Poland's island,
Pole was mad but I was glad
When they got back on highland.
He was great as a conversationalist,
always cheerful, social and friendly. As
a preaoher ho was logical and precise,
perhaps to much so, this prooeeded from
his love of such works, as Dugald Stew
art, mental philosophy, Euclid, Burns'
philosophy. He knew well that the
early settlers were better suited as a
rule with very plain preaching than a
controversional or logical - style.
Therefore he was careful to be very
plain and clear in his preaching. As
a conversationalist he excelled most men
and as a writer was excellent. He was
a useful man in hi" day and ho and
Amos Chase, also Nathaniel D. Snowden,
who succeeded him as pastor at Franklin
were among tho pioneers of Presbytcr
ianlsm in Northwestern Pennsylvania
a"nd have left the impress of their lives
upon the people of this section. It is
worthy of note that the late Rev. J. V.
McAiiuich, so highly valued the memory
of this pioneer of the faith, that he de
sired to be buried near him. This wish
was carried out by his friends and they
sleep near each other in our beautiful
cemetery and it may be added that in
tho new Presbyterian church two beauti
ful memorial windows on each side of
the pulpit to perpetuate the memory
of these worthies. e. d. i.
UTTLE USE FOR JAILS
Forest County Has No Prisoners, Vert
ango Only One.
Franklin, Pa., March 1. Venangt
and Forest counties are believed tc
hold a record for goodness. The for
mer, with a population of nearly 60,
000, has only one prisoner In its conn
ty Jail and he la a non-resident. For
est county, with nearly 10,000 resi
dents, has no prisoners.
This is the first time in 20 yean
that the Venango Jail has thus been
all but untenanted. The only prison
er Is serving a year's sentence for
robbery. Members of the local Chris
tian Science church call on him oc
casionally and provide him with
reading mutter.
The Forest county Jail has been
empty since Christmas eve, when the
only prisoner escaped. The man's of
Sense was not perious and Sheriff Max
well made no effort to capture him.
BLOCKS TRACK
FOR MANY HOURS
landslide Near West Beltane
Gives Fort Wayne Big Jot).
Pittsburg, March 1. A small army
of workmen were rushed to a point
Just east of West Bellevue Sunday
afternoon, where they worked for 12
hours with picks, shovels, drills, dyna
mite and a steam shovel to clear west
bound passenger tracks of the Pitts
burg, Fort Wayne and Chicago rail
road, which were covered with rock
and earth caused by a landslide.
At 4:30 p. m. an employe noticed a
large rock above the track give way
and drop to the passenger track, car
rying with It smaller rocks and dirt.
He notified the nearest agent to stop
all westbound trains. Workmen ex
perienced In the use of dynamite were
sent to the scene and worked with
drills and blasted until after 3 o'clock
Monday morning before the tracks
wore clean j umi traffic renewed over
this track.
TIih point Is a dangerous one, as
lhe track runs close along the side of
the hill which was cut down to make
space for laying the tracks, and the
rock was one of the largest along the
tracks at that point. It has been
watched ar.d never gave any indica
tion of being loose.
BRADFORD IS FLOODED
Dynamite Is Being Used to Disgorge
Ice In Creek.
Bradford, March 1. Flood condi
tions exlsl In this region, following a
heavy rain for nearly 24 hours on top
of three to four feet of snow. Streams
are overflowing their banks and Ice Is
gorged in Tuna creek within the city
limits.
Dynamite Is being used to relieve
the situation. Streets and sidewalks
are flooded. Bradford anticipates the
worst flood In jears before tomorrow
noon.
Strike Gas Well at Brass Plant.
Crcensburg, Pa., March 1. The
striking of a gas well on the yroperty
of the Kelly & Jones brass .woikj, a
mile south of here, has created a stir
In manufacturing circles. While the
pressure Is only 27 pounds, it is con
sidered sufficient to furnish fuel for
the big works, effecting a saving of
$1,000 a month to the company. The
gas was found at a depth of 1,420
feet. Other manufacturers in the lo
cality will drill for gas.
Ohio Doctor Kills Himself.
.Upper Sandusky. March 1. Dr. J.
D. Johnson, aged 04, one of the most
prominent physicians In Northern
Ohio, also noted as an electric rail
road promoter, while chatting with his
wife and children in his slulngroora,
without a word of warning, pulled a
revolver from his pocket and shot
himself through the head, dying
shortly after. No cause is known.
Schoolhouses on Wheels.
Erie, l'a., March 1. Schoolhouses on
wheels are the latest thing In Kile.
The school authorities have decided
on this scheme to relieve congestion,
and this week will award contracts
for two such buildings, each contain
ing two rooms, with accommodations
for Si) pupils. The buildings will he
moved from one place to another, as
they are needed.
Identifies Murdered Woman,
Pittsburg, March 1. Leonard Fusco
of 323 Langdon street, Niles, O., called
at the morgue and Identified the body
of Mrs. Mariana Ciodlnl, who was shot
and killed by her husband in their lit
tle grocery store at 4'J Chatham street
Saturday night as his sibter.
FOR GENERAL STRIKE
Central Labor Union Backs Up
the Striking Car Men.
Sunday Was a Day of Almost Continu
ous Rioting Car That Was Derailed
by Blocking of a Switch Crashed
Into a Building and a Boy Was Kill
ed and a Man Fatally Injured Boy
and Two Women In the Store Nar
rowly Escaped Death.
Union labor In the city of Phil
adelphia voted Sunday night to back
'P the striking motormen and conduc
ors In their fight against the Phil
adelphia Rapid Transit company. The
Central Labor union, after a secret
meeting of 600 delegates, voted for
.i general strike to go into effect next
Saturday.
Sunday was a day of almost con
tinuous rioting In which a boy was
killed and sixty persons were hurt.
It was one of the worst days Phlladel
adelphia has suffered since the em
ployes of the P. R. T. walked out.
Individual Unions to Vote.
The order for a general sympathtlc
strike was determined on as the only
means to force the Rapid Transit com
pany to arbitrate with its men. The
heads of iir'ons allied with the Amal
gamated, the car men, declared frank
ly that their principal purpose was to
make tho company give In. Their
reason for postponing the strike until
next Saturday was that the company
may be forced by public opinion to
agree to arbitration. In that event
the general strike order will be re
scinded. ,
The action of the Central Labor
union puts It up to the individual
unions to vote whether they want to
Btrlke. The danger In declaring a
a general strike to go Into effect next
men will have the active help of per
haps 0,000 idle men.
A southbound car turned east at
Jackson street and the conductor was
In such a hurry to dodge bricks that
he failed to throw back the Bwitch.
After the car hud gone on some one
placed a piece of wood In the switch
to hold It open. ,
Derailed Car Crashed Into Store.
There were three passengers on tho
car following. It was attacked so
viciously at Dickinson Btreet that the
three threw themselves on their faces.
Stones and bricks crashed through the
windows. A policeman on the front
platform, struck with a brick, fired
Into the crowd but hit nobody. The
motorman twisted his controller clear
over and the car ran ahead at top
speed. It was getting dark. The mo
torman failed to notice that the switch
was blocked open. The car took the
switch with a terrific Jerk, righted Itself,
shot ahead the length of the switch,
bounded across a sidewalk and drove
Into the wall r,f a store at the south
west corner of Fifth and Jackson. Th-i
Impact was so heavy that the wall
gave way, letting the nose of the car
into the Btore. The motorman and
conductor jumped before the Bmash
but the policeman was caught and in
jured. Charles McKenna, a 10-year-old boy
could not. get out of the way and was
pinned between the car and the wall.
He died half an hour later in the
Methodist hospital. John E. Freserlck
was crushed In the same way and can
not survive his injuries. The others
who were hurt are three boys, Abra
ham Skinsky, Raymond Trainor and
Edward Moore.
A boy and two women In the store
narrowly escaped death. The car
whirled a heavy counter from ita
place. The women and the boy were
caught behind the counter. They were
squeezed but not seriously hurt. It
required 100 policemen to clear the
Btreet.
CHICKENSJLY HIGH
Price Asked For Fowls In Chicago
Market Eclipses That of Civil
War Times.
Chickens are flying high. Fowls,
bettor known as old hens, sold at 17Vi
centR a pound live, and at 18 cents
dressed. This is the highest price
ever asked in the Chicago wholesale
market for the feathered fowl and to
tally eclipses the high prices of the
civil war.
Several reasons are given for the
high prices now prevailing. Cold
weather seems to be the principal fac
tor. A good many of the fowls are
said to have beer, frozen during the
winter, while shippers are afraid to
send in stock when the thermometer
Is close to zero for fear that their
consignments would never reach the
market alive.
MRS. HARRIMAN BUILDS ROAD
To Separate Arden Estate From Land
She Donated to the State,
Desiring to separate the J 0,4)00 acres
which she recently offered the state
as a state park from the main Hard
man estate, Mrs. Mary llarrimun is
building a boundary road nine miles
long through tho estate at Arden
which will be one of the finest roads
In the state.
A large force of men are employed
on the now road and good progress
Is being made. It Is hoped to com
plete the road this summer. Mrs.
Harriman has also Just donated a site
for a Dew station at Turner, Orange
county, to the Erie railroad. The new
statlor: will be 600 feet east of the
present station.
HIGHER MILK LIKELY
Producers at Meeting Say They Can't
Stand Freight Rates,
Unless the public service commis
sion. Second district, decides that the
railroads must reduce their present
rate of two cents a gallon on milk
phlpped into Buffalo, the milk produc
ers will raise the cost of the dealers
In the city, and the latter will prob
ably boost the price to the consum
ers. This was the ultimatum handed out
by officers of the Western New York
Milk Producers' association .after a
heated meeting in Council hall. While
no official action was taken, the con
sensus of opinion of the 100 or more
producers present was that this would
be the outcome.
Milk is now sold to the dealers at
from 12'4 to 13 cents, the farmers or
producers paying the freight to Buf
falo. The claim of the dealers that
thfy are paying 13!4 cents was refuted
when a -rollcall showed but three pro
ducers who got that price. In spite
of this, however, the producers say the
doelers raised the price last year to
seven cents a quart to the consumers.
"We must either get a reduced rate
from the railroads or raise the price
to the dealers," said an official of the
association after the meeting. "Prices
of labor and food for our cows have
gone up so that we are not making
any money at present rates."
BEEF TRUST INDICTED
Motion to Be Made to Nullify Charter
of National Packing Company.
A motion to nullify the charter of
the National Packing company, one
of the corjorations Indicted for con
spiracy to raise the price of meat, by
the Hudson county, N. J., grand Jury,
will be made this week by Prosecutor
Garven of Jersey City.
Officials of Prosecutor Garven's of
fice said that they had received assur
ance from counsel of the Indicted cor
porations and Individuals that the de
fendants would appear when wanted
for trial.
Their indictment expressed In the
terms of the old English common law,
which are still employed in New Jer
sey, is probably the most picturesque
and pungent philippic ever Issued
from an American court.
It places the culprits on the grill of
the law, turns them over and lambasts
them for the Bins of two years back
In a way that leaves no kind1 of de
nunciation untried.
The conviction of the persons con
cerned would carry with in the possi
bility of three years in prison.
GROWTH OF TARIFF IDEA
Unionist Amendment to Reply to
King's Speech Was Barely
Defeated.
The English house of commons
voted on the official opposition amend
ment to the address in reply to
King Edward's spewh offered by
Austen Chamberlain, which amend
ment raised tho fiscal question gen
erally, with the result that It was de
feated by a vote of 285 to 254. The
Redmondites and most of the O'Brien
ites abstained from voting.
Although the result was foreseen
the division was accompanied by
much excitement and the announce
ment of the result set the Unionists
shouting "Where's your majority
now?" The ministerialists indulged
In counter cheerlngs and the house
for a while was In a hubbub.
It may he recalled that an amend
ment practically Identical with that
offered by Austen Chamberlain was
defeated four years ago by a vote of
488 to 08. The protectionists trium
phantly claim that the vote Is an
indication- of the growth of the tariff
Idea.
MISS STOKES' WILL
All Kin Interested Agree to Her $1,400,
000 Charity.
Supreme Court Justice Gerard In
New York city approved the agree
ment entered Into between the heirs
of Miss Caroline Phelps Stokes and
the trustees of her" estate by which
her residuary estate, amounting to $1.
400,000, goes for the erection of tene
ment houses for poor families and foi
the education of needy white students,
negroes and Indians.
The validity of her bequest to that
effect was doubtful, and all persons In
terested appealed to Justice Gerard
to approve an agreement which would
make It possible for her wishes to be
carried out.
MONUMENT TO COOK
Clarendon Man Was Last Survivor ol
Washington's Army,
Lemuel Cook, the last survlvoi
of the Continental army, Is to be hon
orcd with a congressional monument,
after a number of years of effort and
search by tho war department to find
who was nil I (led to It. He died and
was burned In tho town of Clarendon
N. y., May 20, lNOG, at the age of 101
years. Ills discharge from service
was signed by Washington In 1783.
. The Orleans County Pioneer asso
elation Is planning to hold its annua
picnic at Clarendon on Aug. 10 In hi;
honor.
Needle Causes Woman's Death.
Mrs. Edwaid Booher, 21 year;
of age, of Karns City, Pa., died at
the Butler county general hosplta'
following .in operation for the remov
al of a needlo she bad swallowed
three months ago. A husband ami
four children survive.
P
KM
New York's Junior Senator Dif
Wlth Governor Hughes.
Senator Root Says It Would Be Cause
For Regret If the Amendment Were
Rejected by New York He Doe
NotFlnd In' It Any Meaning That
Caused Governor Hughes' Objection.
Why New York State Would Have
to Pay Such a Large Part.
Albany. March 1. With no com
ment la the senate and but a word or
two following Its reading In the as
sembly the letter of Unlttd States
Senator Root to State Senator Fred
erick M. Davenport taking Issue with
Governor Hughes on the Taft federal
Income tax was read In both houses
of the legislature last night.
Senator Davenport read the letter to
the senate and Clerk Smith in the
lower house. The letter was referred
to the judiciary committees of both
houses and ordered printed.
In the assembly Minority Leader
Frlsble said he was glad1 such an em
inent Republican would so Btrongly ar
gue a principle of the Democratic
parly. Assemblyman James Oliver
said he was just as good a Democrat
as Mr. Frlsble but could not agree
with the "masterful English of the
junior United States senator."
Senator Root says In part:
.Much as I respect the opinion of
the governor of the state, I cannot
agree with the view expressed in his
special message of Jan. 5, and as I
advocated In the senate the resolu
tion to submit the proposed amend
ment, It seems appropriate that I
should state my view of Its effect.
Objection Made to Amendment.
The objection made to the amend
ment Is that this will confer upon
the national government the power to
tax Incomes derived from bonds Is
sued by the state's or under the au
thority of the states, and will place
the borrowing capacity of the state
and Us governmental agencies at tho
mercy of the federal taxing power.
I do not find In the amendment any
such meaning or effect. I do not con
sider that the amendment In any de
gree whatever will enlarge the tax
ing power of the national government
or will have any effect except to re
lieve the exercise of that taxing pow
er from the requirement thnt the tax
shell be apportioned among the sev
eral states.
It would be cause for regret If the
amendment were rejected by tho leg
islature of Xew York.
Spirit of Broad National Patriotism.
It is said that a very large part of
any income tax under the amendment
would be paid by citizens of New
York. That Is undoubtedly true,
but there is all the more reason why
our legislature should take special
care to exclude every narrow and sel
fish motive from influence uion its
action and should consider the pro
posal in a spirit of broad national
patriotism and thould act upon it for
the best interests of the whole coun
try. The main reason why the citizens
of New York will pay so large a part
of the tax is that New York city Is the
chief financial and commercial center
of a great country with vast resources
and Industrial activity. For many
years Americans engaged in develop
ing the wealth of all part of the
country hive been going to New York
to secure capital and market their se
curities and to buy supplies. Thous
ands of men who have amassed fort
unes In all sorts of enterprisers In
other states have gone to New York
to live because they like tho life of
the city or because their distant en
terprises require representation at
the financial center.
The Incomes of New York are In a
great measure derived from the coun
try at large. A continual stream of
wealth sets toward the great city from
the mines and manufactories and rail
roads outside of New York. The
t'nlted States Is no longer n mere
group of separate communities em
braced in a political union; It has be
come a product of organic growth, a
vast Industrial organization covering
and Including the whole country; and
the relation of New York city to the
whole organization of which It Is a
part Is the grent, source of her wealth
and the chief reason why her citizen?
will pay so gre:it a part of an Income
tax. We have the wealth benuse be
hind the city stands the country. We
ought to be willing to share the bur
dens of the nidioual government in
ie same proportion In w hich we share
its benefits.
Mobilizing Ninth Regiment P. N. G.
Wllkes-liarre, Pa., March 1. Col
onel Asher Miner of the Ninth regi
ment and his officers are busily per
fecting plans for mobilizing the the
of the regiment rapidly In umi they
are called to Philadelphia to protect
the property of the street car com
pany. Rather the Other.
"Don't you know that tune? I for
get the name of It. but It goes like
this." Aijd bo whistled It.
Afte.' he bad finished his friend
turned to him with a sli;h. "I wish to
goodiie'ss you had remembered the
name nnd not the tune," he said. Lip
pincotl's. Exactness in little duties is a won
derful source of cheerfulness. Faber.
DOG BITES SEXTONS ONLY
Montclair Animal Able to Spot the
Caretaker of House of Worship.
Montclair, N. J., March 1. Bob, a
large yellow dog owned by Paul Fry of
Bloomfleld avenue, has been locked
up by his owner to keep him from bit
ing church sextons. He came to Fry'a
establishment a few weeks ago and
was adopted. He seemed to be gen
tle, but recently tie attacked James
Chesterman. the sexton at St. Luke's
Protestant Episcopal church, and bit
Chesterman In the leg. The next day
Murdock Robertson, who has ben
sexton of the First Congregational
church here for thirty years, was bit
ten by Bob.
Within 2 hours Bcb took a bite out
of the leg of the sexton of the Presby
terian church on Grove street, and the
excitement of this episode had hardly
passed until he spotted the Janitor of
a church In upper Montclair passing
along Bloomfleld avenue. This man
escaped being bitten, for he landed a
kick on the port side of Bob's jaw that
took the fight out of him.
Tho sextons made complaint to Fry
concerning the dog and the owner
has decided to keep Bob locked up for
a time. Tersons who are familiar
with the dog's record have added In
gersoll to his name.
BROKE OLEOMARGARINE LAW
Chicago Dealer Sentenced For Six
Yeara and Fined $15,000.
Chicago, March 1. William Broad
well, charged with violating the law
regulating the sale of oleomargarine,
was sentenced to six years In the fed
eral prison at Leavenworth, Kan., and
fined $15.ono by Judge Landis In the
I'nlted Slates district court. Sent
ence of Edward Broadwell, Samuel
Drlesbach and Daniel Borth. Indicted
with Broadwell, was deferred unt'l
next Thursday.
"It has been disclosed that probnbly
not less thnn 115,000 and possibly
more than $30,000 was lost by the
t'n'ted States government as a re
sult of Broad well's activities," said
Judge landis In sentencing the oleo
margarine dealer. "When arrested
he has given bond and then gone out
and violated the law again the next
day. It has been a wilful defiance of
the law. Ills bond has been supplied
by n manufacturer of the commodity
which he sold Illegally, a proceeding
which I regard It my duty to Bay Is
highly significant."
MILK DIRECTORS IN COURT
Ex-District Attorney Jerome Appeared
aa Counsel For Five of the Eight
Indicted.
New York, March 1. Ex-District
Attorney Jerome was In the criminal
branch of the supreme court as coun
sel for five of the eight Indicted di
rectors of the Consolidated Milk ex
change. His clients and two out of
the other three surrendered them
selves to answer the Indictments
found against them on Feb. 23 charg
ing them with conspiracy In that they
met to fix prices In restraint of trade,
thereby creating a monopoly.
The grand Jury handed up to Justice
Goff an nddltion.il blanket Indictment
against the eight Consolidated Milk
Exchange directors nnd eight more
bills were filed at the same time
against the directors as Individuals.
When the Beven milk operators were
brought to the bar Mr. Jerome asked
that his clients be allowed to postpone
their pleadings. The pleadings were
set for next Thursday and the men
were released in $1,000 ench.
RED ADAMS CONVICTED
Used the Mails to Defraud Heira of
Deceased People Abroad,
New York, Mnrch 1. "Red" Adams,
the well-known gold brick nnd mining
stock swindler, who has be'en on trial
for a week In the I'nlted States cir
cuit court on the charge of using the
malls to defraud, was found guilty.
Adams will be sentenced tomorrow.
The scheme which "Red" Adams
has just been convicted of using the
malls to promote consisted In the writ
ing of letters to deceased people in
Engh'iid who had hnd property say
ing that mining property In the West
which presumably belonged to the
estate had become very valuable and
inviting some one over to Inspect It.
When the heir or heirs appeared, as
the .case might be, they were induced
to buy adjoining property and when
a cash payment had been mado the
promoter disappeared. Tho scheme
Is a very old one. ,
Berlin American Exposition Postponed
New York, March 1. The Ameri
can exH)sitlon which was to have
been held in Berlin this coming sum
mer has been postponed. The execu
tive committee- decided that In view
of the apparent opposition to the ex
position that has developed in Ger
many and this country It was best tc
poHtponc- the project for another year
at least, aud then to ondenvor to makd
the affair German-American In char
acter. i
Third Arbitrator Announced.
Washington, March 1. Chairmar
Knapp of the interstate commerce
commission and Commissioner of La
bor Neill, the mediation board uiidet
the Erdmr.n act, announced the ap
pointment of Rev. Dr. William O
Kerby, pinfessor of sociology of the
Catholic university, as the third ar
bitrator tween the Big Four rail
way aud l'a tek graph operators.