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TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 1910.
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BOROUGH OFFICERS.
-BuiVw.-J. D. W. Reck,
Juetieet of the JVooe C. A.Randah. D.
W.Clark.
Oounctimen. J. W. Landers, J. T. Dale,
G. I). Hoblnson, Wm. Smesrbsagh, J.
W. Jsroleson, W. J. Campbell, A. B.
Kelly.
Cbtwtaoie-Charle Clark.
Collector W, H. Hood.
School Mreotor J. O. Soowden, R. M.
Herman, Q Jsinleson, J. J. Landers, J.
R. Clark, W. O. Wymau.
I' FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS.
Member of CongresaH . P. Wheeler.
Member of Senate J. K. P. Hall.
Assembly A. R. Mochling.
, President Judge W iu. E. Illoe.
A stoma te JwlgetV. C. U 111, Samuel
Aul.
Prothonntary, Register dt Reeorder, de.
J. C. Oelst.
Sheriff 8. R. Maxwell.
Treasurer Geo. W. Holeman.
Oommxfuiontns Wm. H. Harrison, J.
M. Zuendol, II. II. McClellan.
Ihttricl KUurney M. A. Carrlngar.
Jury OommUiionert Ernest Hlbble,
Lewis Wanner.
Cbroner Dr. M. C Kerr.
Countv Auditors Gnome H. Warden,
A. C. Gregg and J. P. Kelly.
Countv Surveyor D. W. Clark.
County Superintendent D. W. Morri
son. deaalur Teraa ml t'aart.
Fourth Monday of February.
Third Monday or May.
fourth Monday of September.
Third Monday of November.
Regular Meetings of County Commis
sioners 1st and 8d Tuesdays of month.
Chares aa Habkath HcbmI.
. Presbyterian Sabbath School at 9:46 a.
m. t M. K. Sabbath School at 10:00 a. m.
Preaching in M. E. Church every Sab
bath evening by Rev. W. O. Calhoun.
Preaching In the F. M. Church every
"-Hibbath evening at the usual hour. Rev;
. 111 L. Monroe, Pastor.
Preaching In the Presbyterian cbnrch
every Sabbath at 11:00 a. in. and 7:30 p.
m. "Rev. H . A. llailey, Pastor.
The regular meetings of the W. C. T.
U. are held at the headquarters on the
second and fourth Tuesdaya of each
month.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
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1 M ents every Tuesdny evening, In Odd
Fellows' Hall, Partridge building.
CAPT. GEORGE STOW POST, No. 274
G. A, R. Meets 1st Monday evening
In each month.
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137, W. R. C, meets first and third
Wednesday evening of each month.
TF. RITCHEY,
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Tionesta, Pa.
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end Bridge Sta., Tionesta, Pa.
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OIL CITY, PA,
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, WEAVER, Proprietor,
Modern and up to dste in all Ita ap
pointments. Every oonvenlenoe and
coniforC provided for the traveling public
flENTRAL HOUSE,
j gf.ROW A GEROW Proprietor,
ionsela, 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
far the traveling public First
class Livery in connection.
DHIL. EMERT
FANCY BOOT A SHOEMAKER.
Shop over R. L. Haslet's grocery store
on. Elm street.' Is prepared to do all
alrtds of custom work from the nueet to
the oosrsest and guarantees his work to
?tve perfect satislmaion. rrompi auu
ion vlven to mending, and prices rea
sonable. WiO
Klectrio Oil. Guaranteed for
Kbeumatism, Sprains, aore
Feet. Pains. Ac At all dealer.
Shoe
Troubles
Aramnst exasDeratine. because un
nannsaarv Wear our shoes to find
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shgool
faotioi
'iool for
comfort, shoe service, snne sai
mi nn. There u never irouuie ou
the wearer of our shoes.
LAMMERS
OiLCITYvPA.
Sketch or Rev. Hezektah May.
Rev. Ilczekiah May, who blazed the
way for Presbyterians in Northwestern
Pennsylvania, was bora at Haddnm, Con
necticut, on December 25th 1773, and
died in Tionesta, Pa., July 4th, 1843. His
life was an eventful one, In youth he
witnessed the closing scenes of the Rev
olutionary war. In early manhood we
Una him a student at xale college, irom
which he graduated about the time he
became of age. He 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, lifter 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 Oldtown in Maine, an Indian settle
ment some twenty miles above Bungor,
on the I'enoDscot river, uciore no
went to Maine ho was married to Marga
ret White, of Boston, Mass., a lincral de
scendant of an early Puritan family. It
was at Bungor that his oldest son was
born, Benjamin, on September 3, 1808,
who it will be remembered died at Tio
nesta Januory 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. Jedcdiah Morse, the
great American geographer, a history of
the "Burnt Woods ol Maine," wnicn is
an article of great merit, an excellent
field for Mr. Mays line descriptive pow
ers. (See Morse s universal ueogrnpny
article on Maine ) About 1816 wishing
to educate his family he removed to
Binehampton. 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 tnere ana at
Unity church in 1830 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 an inrougn
this section during his life. Tionesta
then being a village he moved to it and
established a church, at the same time
his sons built a saw null at Oldtown and
farmed the flats The place Mr. May
bought at Tionesta was on the north
side of a tract of 200 acres, which had
been taken ud 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 coverea
with what is the north part of Tionesta
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 ability and culture,
Iwlth him Mr. May speedily tormea an
Wequaintance and rapidly acquired the
language too for he was in this like nis
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
ho not only acted as a spiritual adviser
to the German's coming into this coun
try, but was their temporal adviser too
and during his life was their trusted
counsellor keening them clear of litiga
tion and shielding themirom imposition.
In short he was regarded by thein as an
oracle, his word being both law and
gospel. A man of marked and decided
character, his good example ana teacn
ings left their impress on the community
to this day. He was a pioneer oi enter
prise and right, carrying the faith of his
fathers to a new region, giving a good
example in industry and application, was
the man providentially sent to this sec
tion for food. 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, ior
he gave both the precept and the ex
ample Many children were named for
him one young man nezcKiun amy
Range always gave his name in full.
Ilczekiah even imitated him so far as to
wont 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 theoloiffcal course he returned it to
Mr. May who asked him what he thought
of David Brainerd by this time. He
said, "Well Mr. May he was a big gun no
mistake, but I tell you now don't you
think he was lust a little behindhand in
relieion." 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 largo island
known to this dav as Hunter's island.
Straying animals from Tionesta village
often got over on this island, injuring
the crops, this of course aggravated Mr.
Ilsmter 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, air. May acscrmca tins wciucnt in
verse t hus 1
Mike and Lid to get a mild,
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 he was logical and precise,
perhaps to much so, this prooeeded from
his love of suoh 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 his day and he and
Amos Chase, also Nathaniel D. Snowden,
who succeeded him as pastor at Franklin
were among the pioneers of Presbytcr
ianism in Northwestern Pennsylvania
and have left the impress of their lives
upon the people of this section. It is
worthy of note that the late Rev. J. V.
McAninch, so highly valued the memory
of this pioneer of the faith, that ho 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
the 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 Prisoner, Ven
ango Only One.
Franklin, Pa., March 1. Venangi
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 coin
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
Hip l 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 witli
reading matter.
The Forest county Jail has been
empty since Christmas eve, when the
only prisoner eseaiied. The man's of
.tense was not serious and Sheriff Max
well made no effort to capture him.
BLOCKS TRACK
FOR MANY HOURS
Landslide Hear West Bellevue
Gives Fort Wayne Big Job,
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
wen; cleared and traffic renewed over
this track.
Thn point Is a dangerous one, as
the 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
trades 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 exist 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
won-'t flood In jears before tomorrow
noon.
Strike Gas Well at Brass Plant.
Oreensburg, Pa.. March 1. The
striking of a gaa well on the vroperty
of the Kelly & Jones brass .workj, 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 gaa.
Ohio Doctor Kills Himself.
.I'pper Sandusky, March 1. Dr. J.
D. Johnson, aged (J4, one of the most
prominent physicians in Nortfujrn
Ohio, also noted as an electric rail
road promoter, while chatting with his
wife and children In his sitting-room,
without a word of warning, pulled a
revolver from his pocket and shot
himself through the head, dying
shortly after. No cause is known.
Schoolhousen on Wheels.
Frie, Pa.. March 1 . -St-hoolhoiises on
whcils are the latest thing In Krie.
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 R0 pupils. The buildings will be
moved from one place to another, as
t.hey are needed.
Identifies Murdered Woman.
Pittsburg, March 1. Leonard Fusco
of 323 Langdon street, Nlles, O., called
at. the morgue and Identified the body
of .Mrs, Mariana (iodlnl, who was shot
and killed by her husband in their lit
tle grocery store at 49 Chatham street
Saturday night as his sitter.
FOR GENERAL STRIKE
Central Labor Union Backs Up
the Striking Car Men.
Sunday Wat 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
es in their fight against the Phll
idelphla Rapid Transit company. The
Central Labor union, after a secret
meeting of 600 delegates, voted for
,i general Rtrlke to go Into effect next
Saturday.
Sunday was a day of almost con
.inuous rioting In which a boy was
killed and sixty persons were hurt.
It waB one of the worst days Philadel
adelphla 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 ur'ons allied with the Amal
gamated, the car men, declared frank
ly that their principal purpose was to
make the 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
strike. 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 switch.
After the car had 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 the
car following. It was attacked so
viciously at Dickinson street 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 of a store at the south
west corner of Fifth and Jackson. Tha
impact was so heavy that the wall
gave way, letting the nose of the car
into the store. The motorman and
conductor jumped before the smash
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 hli Injuries. The others
who were hurt are three boys, Abra
ham Sklnsky, Raymond Tralnor and
Edward Moore.
A boy and two women In the store
narrowly escaped death. The car
whirled a heavy counter from lta
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
street.
CHICKENSJLY HIGH
Price Asked For Fowls In Chicago
Market Eclipses That of Civil
War Times.
Chickens are flying high. Fowls,
better known as old hens, sold at ITi
cents 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.
Se-veral 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
Raid to have been frozen during the
winter, while shippers are afraid to
send In stock when the thermometer
Is close to zc;-o 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 io ntparate the 10,0(10 acres
which Bhe recently offered the Btute
as a state park from the main llarrl
man estate, Mrs. Mary llarrlman la
building a boundary road nine miles
long through the estate at Arden
which will be one of the finest roads
hi the state.
A large force of Bn are employed
on the now road aO 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 new station at Turner, Orange
county, to the Erie railroad. The new
station will be 600 feet east of the
present station.
HIGHER MILK LIKELY
Producers at Meeting Say They Can't
Stand Freight Rate.
1'nleff"! the public service commis
sion. Second district, decides that the
railroads must reduce their present
rate of two cents a gallon on milk
shipped 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
they are paying 1314 cents was refuted
when a rollcall showed but three pro
ducers who got that price. In spite
of this, however, the producers say the
dealers 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 corporations; 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 sins of two years back
In a way that leaves no kind 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 8peech Was Barely
Defeated.
The English house of commons
voted on the official opposition amend
ment to the address in reply to
King Edward's speech offered by
Austen Chamberlain, which amend
ment raised tho fiscal question gen
erally, with the result that It waa de
feated by a vote of 285 to 254. The
Redmondltes 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 be recalled that an amend
ment practically Identical with that
offered by Austen Chamberlain was
defeated four years ago by a vote of
488 to 9R. Tho protectionists trium
phantly claim that the vote la 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 hef 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 Waa Last Survivor ol
Washington's Army.
Lemuel Cook, the last survlvoi
of the Continental army, Is to he hon
ored with a congressional monument,
after a number of years of effort and
search by the war department to find
who was entitled to it. He dlod and
was burned In tho town of Clarendon
N. Y., May 20, 1XC6, at the age of lOi
years. His discharge from service
was signed by Washington in 1783.
. The Orleans County Pioneer asso
elation Is planning to hold itsfnnua
picnic at Clarendon on Aug. 10 in his
honor.
Needle Causes Woman's Death.
Mrs. Edwatd Boohcr, 31 years
of age, of Karns City, Pa., died at
the Butkr county general hospital
following an operation for the romov
al of a needle she bad swallowei:
three months ago. A husband ami
four children survive.
,11
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 Doei
Not"Flnd In It Any Meaning That
Caused Governor Hughes' Objection.
Why New York State Would Have
to Pay 8uch a Large Part.
Albany. March 1. With no com
ment In the senate and but a word or
two following Its reading in the as-
rembly the letter of United 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 bouse. The letter waa referred
to the Judiciary committees of both
houses and ordered printed.
In the assembly Minority Leader
Friable said he was glad' Buch an em
inent Republican would so strongly ar
gue a principle of the Democratic
party. Assemblyman James Oliver
said be was just as good a Democrat
as Mr. Frisble but could not agree
wiih 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 siibmlt the proposed amend
ment, it seems appropriate that 1
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 iiower to
tax incomes derived from bonds Is
sued by the states or under the au
thority of the states, and will place
the borrowing capacity of the state
and Its 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 that the tax
shall be apportioned among the sev
eral states.
It would be cause for regret If the
amendment were rejected by tho leg
islature of New 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. Thr.t Is undoubtedly true,
but there Is all the more reason why
our legislature should take special
care to exclude every narrow and Bel
fish motive from Influence upon IU
action and should consider the pro
posal in a spirit of broad national
patriotism and should act upon It for
the best Interests of the whole coun
try. The main reason why tho citizens
of New York will pay so large a part
of the tax is that New York city la 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 parts of the
country hive bepn 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 enterprises in
other Btatos have gone to New York
to live because they like the 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 nt large. A continual stream of
wealth pets toward the great city from
the mines and manufactories and rail
roads outside of Now York. The
United States !s no longer a mere
group of separate communities em
braced In a political union; It has bo
coino 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 great source of her wealth
and the chief reason why her citizens
will pay so great a part of an Income
tax. We have the wealth becsuse be
hind the city stands the country. We
ought to be willing to share the bur
dens of the ntitioual government In
)he same proportion In which we share
Its benefits.
Mobilizing Ninth Regiment P. N. G.
Wllkes-liarre, Pa., March 1. Col
onel Ashw Miner of the .Ninth regi
ment and his officers are busily per
fecting plans for mobilizing the the
of the N'Blmi'tit rapidly in case they
ure called to Philadelphia to protect
Ihe property of the street car com
jany. Rather the Other.
"Don't you know that tune? I for
net the na.no of It. but It goes like
this." Aijd lie whistled it.
Afte.- lie laid finished his frleud
turned to Iiltn with a Ik1i. "I wish to
goodness you had remembered the
name and imt the tunc," he said. Llp
pincott's. Exactness In little duties Is a won
derful source of cheerfulness. Fuber.
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DOG BITES SEXTONS ONLY
Montclilr Animal Able to Spot the
Caretakers of House of Worship.
Montclalr, N. J., March 1. Bob, a
large yellow dog owned by Paul Fry of
Bloom field avenue, has been locked
up by his owner to keep him from bit
ing church sextons. He came to Fry's
establishment a few weeks ago and
was adopted. He seemed to be gen
tle, but recently be attacked James
Cherterman, the sexton at St Luke's
Protestant Eilscopal church, and bit
Chesterman in the leg. The next day
Murdock Robertson, -who has been
sexton of the First Congregational
thurch here for thirty years, was bit
ten by Bob.
Within 21 hours Bob took a bite out
of the leg of the sexton of the Presby
terian church on Grove street and tho
excitement of this episode had hardly
passed until he spotted the Janitor of
a church In upper Montclalr 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. Persons who are familiar
with the dog's record have added In
gersoll to his name.
BROKE OLEOMARGARINE LAW
Chicago Dealer Sentenced For Six
Years and Fined $15,000.
Chicago, March 1. William Broad1
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 $15,000 by Judge Landls in the
United States 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 probably
not less than J15.000 and poasibly
more than $30,000 was lost by the
United States government as a re
sult of Broadwell's activities," said
Judge Iandls In sentencing the oleo
margarine dealor. "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. His bond has been supplied
by a manufacturer of the commodity
which he sold Illegally, a proceeding
which I regard It my duty to say la
highly significant."
MILK DIRECTORS IN COURT
Ex-District Attorney Jerome Appeared
as 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 agalnBt 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 additional blanket indictment
against the eight Consolidated Milk
Exchange directors and eight more
bills were filed at the same time
against the directors as individuals.
When the seven milk operators were
brought to the bar Mr. Jerome asked
that his clleLts be allowed to postpone
their pleadings. The pleadings were
set for next Thursday and the men
were released In $1,000 each.
RED ADAMS CONVICTED
Used the Mails to Defraud Heira of
Deceased People Abroad.
New York, March 1. "Red" Adams,
the well-known gold brick and mining
stock swindler, who has been on trial
for a week in the United 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 b.'en convicted of using the
malls to promote consisted In the writ
ing of letters to deceased people In
England who had had 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 made the
promoter disappeared. The scheme
Is a very old one. ,
Berlin American Exposition Postponed
New York. March 1. The Ameri
can exK)sitlon which was to have
been held In Berlin this coming sum-nu-r
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
IKWfponc the project for another year
at least, nud then to endeavor to make
the affair German-American In char
Third Arbitrator Announced.
Washington, March 1. Chalrmar
Knapp of tho interstate conimerc
commission nnd Commissioner of La
bor Nelll, the mediation board under
the Erdman act, announced the ap
pointment of Rev. Dr. William O
Kerby, pmfossor of sociology of th
Catholic university, as the third ar
bitrator k'.twoon the Big Four rail
way aud i's te. graph operators.
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