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TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUAltY 21, 1912.
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BOROUGH OFFICERS.
' Burgess. J. O. Dunn.
Justices of the Peace O. A. Randall, D.
W. Clark.
Couneitmen. J. W, Landers, J. T. Dale,
G, H. Robinson, Wm. Bmearbaugb,
R. J. Hopkins, G. F. Watson, A. B.
Kelly.
Constable 1i. L. Zilver.
Collector W, U. liood.
School Directors W. C. Imel, J. K,
Clark, 8. M. Henry, Q. Jamleson, D. 11.
Blum.
FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS.
Memberof Congress P. M. 8 peer.
Member of Senate J. K. P. Hall.
Assembly W. J. Campbell.
President Judge W. D. Hinckley.
Associate Judges Samuel Aul, Joseph
M. Morgan.
Prothtmotary, Register Recorder, de.
-S. K. Maxwell.
HherHrViva. H. Hood.
Treasurer W. H. Brar.ee.
Commissioners Wm. U. Harrison, J.
C. Hoowden, H. H. MoClellan.
. District AMorny-M. A. Carrlnger.
Jury Commissioners S. B. Eden, A.M.
Moore.
Coroner Dr. M. 0 Kerr.
Oounlv Auditors -Onorge H. Warden,
A. C. Gregii and 8. V. Shields.
County Surveyor Roy 8. Braden.
County Superintendent J. O. Carson. ,
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Fourth Monday of February.
Third Monday of May.
Fourth Monday of September.
Third Monday of November.
Regular Meetings of County Commis
sioners 1st and 3d Tuesdays of month.
Church aa4 Mabkath HefeMl,
Presbyterian Sabbath School at 9:46 a.
m. : M. K. Sabbath School at 10:00 a. m.
Preaching in M. E. Church every Sab
bath evening by Rev. W.S. Burton.
Preaching In the F. M. Church every
Sabbath evening at the usual hour. Rev.
O. A. Uarretl, Psmor.
Preaching in the Presbvterian church
everv Sabbath at 11:00 a. ra. and 7:30 p.
111. Rev. U. A. Bailey, Pastor.
The regular meetings of the W. C. T.
U. are held at the headquartera on the
aeooml and fourth Tuesdays of each
mi nth.
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Wednesday evening ol each month.
TF. RITCHEY,
. ATTOKNEY-AT-LAW,
Tionesta, Pa.
MA. CARRINGER,
Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law.
OnVe over Forest County National
Bank Building, TIONESTA, PA.
CURTIS M. 8HAWKEY,
ATTORN EY-AT- LAW,
Warren, Pa.
Praotioe in Forest Co.
AO BROWN,
ATTORN EY-ATLAW.
Office In Arner Building, Cor. Elm
and Bridge 8ta., Tionesta, Pa.
FRANK 8. HUNTER, D. D. 8.
Rooms over Citizens Nat. Rank,
TIONESTA, PA.
DR. F.J. BOVARD,
Physician it Surgeon,
TIONESTA, PA.
Eyes Tested and Glasses Fitted. .
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R. J. B. 8IUGINS.
Physician and Surgeon,
OIL CITY, PA.
HOTEL WEAVER.
J. B. PIERCE, Proprietor.
Modern and up to-dme in all Its ap
pointments. Evyy convenience and
comfort provided flr the traveling public
CENTRAL HOUSE,
R. A. FULTON, Proprietor.
Tionseta, Pa. This la the most centrally
located hotel in the plaoe, and has all the
modern Improvements. No paius will
be spared to make it a pleasant stopping
place for the traveling public.
pHIL. EMERT .
FANCY BOOT A SHOEMAKER.
Shop over R. L; Haslet's grocery store
on Elm street! Is prepared to do all
Kinds of custom work from the finest to
the coarsest and guarantees his work to
give perfect satisfaction. Prompt atten
tion given to mending, and prices rea
sonable. Fred. Grottenborgor
GENERAL
RlnmNIITH Mnr.HINJST
Ail work pertaining to Machinery, En
sgines, Oil Well Tools, Gas or Wter Fit
tings and General tilacksmlthing prompt
ly Jone at Low Rates. Repairing Mill
Machinery given special attention, and
satisfaction guaranteed.
Shon in rear of and lust west of the
Bhaw House, Tidioute, Pa.,
Your patronage solicited.
rpun npK'TTij'Miiir.itiJirR
THE TIONESTA
Racket Store
Can'supply your wauls in such staple
lioes as Hand Painted China, Japan
ese China, Deoorated Glassware, and
Plain ami Fancy Dishes, Candy, as
well as other lioes too numerous to
tueutiotl.
Time to Think of
Paint & Paper.
Before you plan vour spring work
ID painting and papenng let us give
you our estimates on the complete
joo. oaiistaction guaranteed. .
G. F. RODDA,
Next Door to the Fruit Store, Elm
Street, lionesta, l'a.
A Statment of T. I).
the Proposed Dam Near the Mouth
. of Tionesta Creek.
Below you will And a statement In re
gard to the proposed dam to be built near
the mouth of Tionesta creek, In which
every terson living in the Allegheny
vslley between Warren and Pittsburgh is
interested, as follows:
Nebraska, Pa., Feb. 14, 1912.
ln regard to the great dam proposed to
be built on the Tionesta Creek near its
mouth, the writer thought the public
should be informed as to the immense
possibilities that may follow.
This case la a very important one not
only from the Individual standpoint of
the property ownera here, but because of
the effect it wo(d have upon the cltiznns
of the county of Fort at, and also tbo cill-
aens and property owners n the vslley of
the Allegheny River from Tionesta to
Pittsbiugb, a distance of 100 mile.
Of what does the present and the future
of this Tionesta valley nonslslf The
timber. It Is a solid mas. of timber from
one end to the oiber. An area ol timber
not excelled by any similar area in the
stale. Some of these lands have been cut
over three times, nevertheless iters are
large areas of original timber uncut, also
aecond growth timber that Is not of suf
ficient siE4 to cut, and oilier 'corning on.
The owners of the balaace of the land
are contemplating and have, already laid
out large sums of money to replant.
which will make this valley one of, if
not the richest valley In the country.
Home ol the water power ban been used
for mills for over 100 years, and there is
still timber enough left to run them for
years to come.
This valley Is rich in the production of
oil and gas, and a large area of it Is still
undeveloped, which demonstrates the
fact that the future of this valley is Hill
great.
Again, experts have examined our sand
rock and find It a very Hue quality for
glass, which of itself will make a great
luduitry.
When the writer settled In Forest coun
ty fllty-elgbt years ago be (ound iron
plants successfully manufacturing pig
metal from Iron ore found in this valley
and on each side. These plants were
superseded by Lake Superior ore but we
believe tbe time is ripe now for renewing
this inn Industry, inasmuch as we have
railroad facilities, Iron ore, also the oal
and tbe lime to convert this ore into pig
metal in our immediate vicinity.
This propiaed dam on the Tionesta
Creek would cause to be submerged this
valley with all its resources, but can a
dam of this height be built in our bills
with tbe formation as it IS and be sslVT
The writer was talking with Mr. R. U.
Lamberton, Franklin, Pa., a town abojit
thirty miles below Tionesta, a man who
la president of one of the strongest banks
of Western Pennsylvania, a man who .
ranks in judgment and ability among the j
highest, a man of unbounded experience .
and integrity. He states tbat the forma- j
tion of our bills is such tbat a dam of this I
magnitude cannot be built arid' be sale- J
This loose formation of soil and stone will
not bold water. To prove this 'a party
came to Mr. Lamberton asking bim to
take stock in a reservoir plant to supply -
Fianklin with water. Heatatod; "Uyji-
tiemen, yon cannot do this for the forma
tion of our hills will not bold water."
Nevertheless they built itat an expense
of "$75.000 00 and tested it, but it proved a
failure aud the money was gone. Since
this Is tbe result of the experience of a
little thing, what would he thj result of a
greater? It could only be a question of
time when it would break. , '
. Our state has already bad two great
water calamities -tbe Johnstown and the
Austin Bonds. These disasters were not
one one-hundredth part what this would
be, taking tbe trees out by tbe roots and
all timber even down to the brush; taking
bouses, barns, fences, roqks, sjvery
movable thing within its path, thus form
ing a rolling dam taking everything be
fore it. Nothing could live in its track.
The experience of tbe Johnstown flood is
tli at wbeu the water left jfiio dam it took
rry thing before it, rolling over aud over
Jejl the valley sweeping trees out by tbe
roots, rocks which lay in its paih and bul.d
ings from their foundation, forming a roll
ing torrent, keeping its height at forty leet.
This flood caused tbe loss of 2,200 lives and
810,000,000.00 worth ot properly. Could
the feeble, the .aged, the children escape?
No, they must be left to be destroyed, and
even the able bodied were unable to escape
the terrific power 'coming down upon them
If a little dam forty feet high could .cause
such destruction and loss of life, what
would a dam 300 feet high-' d? It would
extend from Tionesta' to Pittsburg, taking
in Oil City, Franklin, Einleuton.Mtnd lu
fact everything on tlie Allegheny river in
cluding Pittsburg, destroying thousands of
lives and billions of dollars worth of proper
ty. It would not even stop at Pittsburg !
but would wipe out Pittsburg and continue !
its des'ruction down tbe Qhlo. The bu I
man mind is no able to conceive tbe awful
destruction which this might cause, uor
cau tbe human tongue use words which '
might describe it. I
One of tbe most vital questions is:
Should these waters betaken from the Al
legheny river what would be the health
condition when the water was ion? Oil
City's supply of water Is furnished b, Tio
nesta creek The water works of Oil City
are-situated on the left bank of the Alle
gheny river; tbe water from Tionesta creek
also comes in on tbe left of the Allegheuy
river. At the mouth of Tlonesia creek
there is a string of Islands which divides
tbe water of Tionesta cre-'k from the upper
Allegheny waters, leaving the water of
Tionesta creek flow on the left side down t
Oil City water works. The water of Tio
nesta creek is very pure, coming from large
springs. Should' this dam be built the
water woufd be taken across into Clarion
Collins in Regard to
river and Oil City would be deprived of it.
In its place Oil City would have the water
coming from hundreds of miles above,
which in low water would naturally carry
all the filth the whole distance. This con
dition would result lu epidemics and
diseases and would naturally causa the
death of hundreds, yes, eveu thousands of
human lives.
All the property between Tionesta and
Pittsburg, Including Oil City, Franklin,
and also the Peuusylvaula Railroad from
TiouenU to Pittsburg, would be lessened
fully fifty percent in value on account of
the dam breaking and destroyiog them,
without saying anythiug of the thousands
of lives it would take wi'h the property.
Who are these people asking for thl wat
er right? Are. they cltiznns of Forest coud
ty? No. Do they own any property in
Forest county No. Are they interested
in any way in Forest county? No. Have
they ever done anything to build up Forest
county? No. Who are the water commis
sioners? Are they cllizeus of Forest couu
ty? No Do they owu any property lu
.' Forest county? No. Are tbey Interested
in any way in Forest county? No. What
have they ever dune to build up Forest
I county? Nothing. What are these people
asking for They a s asking for a water
right ibal will ewer at least one hundred
square miles of the most valuable part of
Forest couuty. They are asking that this
county donate them one-half the value of
said county Inasmuch as the law is tuit a
corporation of this character does not. pay
either township or county taxes, but a state
tax only, Aim they are asking that the
business men of this submerged area, who
have been In business year after year even
to half a ceutury shall sacrifice all for a
nnmiual sum. Farmers who have been
raised In this section whose homes are. dear
to them, as dear as those of Acadia at the
time of the English Invasion, must give up
their property for a nominal sum, which
the appraiser might name, and be driven
away as wild Indians.
Considering the preseni and future pros
pects ds this valley, the flnansial loss of
buniuess men and proper! jowuers who will
he forced to leave (heir homes, the heallo
of Oil City and o' her tows along the Alle
gheny valley, should asrch a dam he built
with the posaibilitf of the awful ifiiaster
which mijnt result from the breaking of
tbe dam. It is' utterly impossible for the
humaikiniud mind to conaeive the agiUiy,
tmrrorjud magnitude of such a disaster.
It would be better for Almighty God to
cause the arm to be paralysed, that to b
guilty of signing a charter granting the
rights which would, cause such disaster.
. Yours truly. . .
-a. - T. D. Collins.
HOW HISTORY IS DISTORTED
Russian Text-Book Shows Curious In
stance of Tampering With
French history.
Reasons of church, Btnte or other
policy have frequently caused the
scholars of one country to tamper with
tbe history of another with which it
has been intimately, connecied. A
curious Instance of such a distortion
of French history was that found in a
Russian textbook; used in all Russian
public Bchools, and edited by a great
Russian scholar, Ilovaiskl. The fol
lowing may be-cited 04 an illustra
tion: "Louis XVI. was a godd and peace
ful, king.. After a long and famous
reign, in which fee was moat happy In
his choice of minister of finance, he
died quietly in Paris, beloved by all
his people. His death was caused by
a hemorrhage.
"The successor of Louis XVI. was
his son, Louis XVII. During his reign
the brave royal army, commanded by
General Napoleon Donaparte, captured
the larger part of the European con
tingent for the French crown. But
the faithless Napoleon showed ten
dencies toward misusing bis power,
and was suspected of harboring dis
honest schemes against the legitimate
ruler. With the help of his majesty
the emperor and autocrat of all the
Russias, his plans were frustrated, and
he was deprived of all his posses
Blona, honors, and rights to a pension.
He was then exiled to tbe Island of
St. Helena, where he died." The Sun
day Magazine.
ALWAYS BUSY.
Jinks How did they happen to flra
that new stenographer? I thought
she was a hard worker?
' Blnks So did the boss, until he
discovered she was practicing her pU
ano exercl; 9 on tha typewriter.
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HOLDUP TAXI,
GET125.000
Bandits Rob Bank Messengers
on Busy New York Street.
ESCAPE IN AN AUTOMOBILE
Men with Money Beaten Chauffeur
Forced at Piatol'a Point to Drive
Ten Blocka Past Three Patrol
menPolice Are Puzzled.
New York. The most daring and
remarkable robbery the city has
known in years was accomplished in
broad daylight on the margin of the
financial district by five automobile
bandits, who held up a taxicab and
robbed two, bank messengers who were
inside of 125,000 in $5 and $10 bills.
The robbers escaped in a black tour
ing, car that was .waiting for them at
the corner of Park Place and Church
street, leaving no clew behind them.
After working all day on the case yie
police confessed that they were puz
zled. The money was the property of the
East River National Bank, to which in
stitution, at No. 680 Broadway, it was
being transferred in the care of two
messengers, both unarmed, from the
Produce Exchange Bank, at Beaver
street and Broadway.
At the bank the .two messengers,
Wilbur F. Smith, 61 years old, of
Brooklyn, and Frank Woreu, 16 years
old, of Paterson, N. J., presented
checks for $25,000 and. received three
thousand $5 bills and one thousand $10
bills, some new aud some old. These
they put into a brown leather telescope
bag.
The messengers, with the money,
got into Ihe taxicab, and the chauffeur,
Geno Mantanl, drove away.
In Trinity Place, between Exchange
Place and Rector street, were five
nieu. Four had no overcoats. Three
of these wore cups. A. fourth wore a
soft slouch haThe fifth wore .a.
gray cap and a well cut 'brown over
coat. ,
.They had; been waiting thera abput
half an hour. Jptaeif the JaxlAb 'uru
ed the corner the five Jumned 4nto thjo
street aud surrounded-the taxicab. The
chauffeur came to a stop. .
Ail that followed'was In an-e)V
tw'inkling, showing with what care the
quintet bad studied. their parts. One
of the five jumped on. the chauffeur's
seat and stuck -a revolver atfatnst the
driver's stomarfi. Two ot the remain
ing four threw open the floors of the
taxicab, while the oJk'r two jumped
in. The two on the outside then Blam
jued the doors.
"Put on speed and .keep going as
fust as you can!" ordered the bandit
on the seat alongside the chauffeur.
Tlve"Vliauffeur did as he was ordered.
Inside of the cab the two . mes
sengers were being .struck repeated
blow's on the head .with blackjacks.
They fought back, but the older man
soon fell in a daze to tbe floor of the
machine, and a few more blows of a
blackjack put the boy hors de combat,
bat.
At Park Place and Church street,
after going ten blocks, passing three
policemen aud hundreds of citizens,
Mantanl brought the taxicab to a stop,
b'elng ordered to do so by the man
with the revolver.
There the man on the box jumped
from the chauffeur's seat at. the same
time that his companions in the taxi
cab opened the doors and jumped out,
one of them carrying the brown bag
with its precious $25,000.
At the' corner of Church street and
Park Place, right under the uptown
"L" station, on the north side, was a
black touring car, with its engine
throbbing, and a chauffeur at tbe
wheel.
Into this the robbers leaped. In a
moment the car was speeding north
In Church street aud was lost to view.
CHICAGO FLYER WRECKED.
Three Killed and 54 Injured on Penn
sylvania Express.
Hurrisburg, Pa. The Pennsylvania
Limited, eastbound, one of the fast
Chicago-New York fliers, was wrecked
at Warriors Ridge, four miles west ol
Huntingdon.
A dining car and eight steel Pullman
sleeping cars left the track and plung
ed down a thirty foot slope to the edge
of the Juniata River. .
Of 102 persons aboard three were
killed and sixty-seven injured, several
of them seriously. Thirty or more of
the injured were taken to the Blair
Memorial Hospital at Huntington.
The dead are: Harry A. Nauss,
New York city; Mrs. J. K. Taenner,
Cordova, 111.; Mrs. Hall, colored, ma
tron ou I'ullmuii cur.
The wreck is to be carefully studied
by txperu, as it is the first big smash
up of a modorn all steel train.
GEN. AINSWORTH OUT.
Unusual Eequel to Bitter Feud an
Army Reform.
Washington. Major Gen. Fred C.
Ainsworth, Adjutant General of the
army, was relieved from duty under
charges by the Secretary of War
amounting to conduct unbecoming an
oflicer and gentleman, and by order of
President Taft. This unprecedented
step means that Gen. Ainsworth Is to
be tried by court-martial and Is now
.theoretically under arrest for Insubar-rtlnntlon.
NO AINSWORTH
COUReiARTIAL
Adjutant-General of Army Re
tired by Own hsquest.
HAD- CRITICISED SUPERIORS
Accused of Impugning Motives of Sec
retary of War Stimson as Well as
of Chief of Staff Wood in Vari
ous Memoranda.
Washington. Hopes of Washington
sensation lovers that the Wood-Ains-worth
controversy would be aired in a
court-martial of the former Adjutant
General of the army following his re
lief from oflice were blasted by the
announcement that Gen. Ainsworth
had applied for and received retire
ment from active service in Inn army.
As far as the army is concerned this
action ends the whole matter. Gen.
Ainsworth is now a retired officer and
no longer under orders from the War
Department. He will not be tried by
court-martial and no churges are pend
ing against him. He will retire with
the rank of Major-General, with pay of
$6,000 a year instead of with the rank
and pay of a retired Lieutenant-Gen-eral,
aB was the Hay plan.
General Ainsworth was removed by
Secretary of War Stimson in obedience
to an order by President Taft.
MAJ. GEN.' FRD C. AINSWORTH.
- ; ' ,a
Col.'ll. P. McCain, acting Adjutuut
General, was placed ..in charge after
Gen. 4iii'sworMi's dismissal' from that
oflice. " (-. . A'-
The chat-got-agaHiAinKV.'orth were
the outo t' a long.smotliered ill
feeling bctwiJeil the adjplui iTCenepal
and his Turner -Te'tow -army' doctor,
General Le'inanrVyoB;, -chief 0f staff.
Stimson audi Wood,!. -:li Republicans,
ai violently, arrayed' ifruiust. tbn Hay
bill' for the rem-1411 n I Za flu n of theVirmy.
Ainsworth, a Democrat, has been do
ing hiij utmost tQ secure its passage.
.Mnsworth's latltuatliHi that Stimson,
General Wood and, other; men high in
authority in the 'army Hie ."Incompe
tent amateurs" particularly, "enraged
the Ser-reary of War, 'and he conies
back with language' -almost "as Jntenr
perate as that he quotes l'roln the Adjutant-General.
' .
RESPITE THREE. MINUTES LATE.
Four Men Hanged In Chicago JuBt Be
fore Court Granted a Stay.
Chicugo. Five nrfirderers v.p.-()
hanged in the county jail here whilo
arguments which ended in llie grunt
of a respite for four of them convicted
of murdering one 1111111 were being
heard In the Superior Court.
Kwald and Frank Saiblavki, Philip
Siinimerling and Thomas Schitltz were
bunged for the murder of a Polish la-,
borer.
The four men were executed In
pairs. Three minutes after the (list
two had been pronounced dead a bail
iff rushed into the jail with a siinuii 'iis
for the jailer to go the court. The
jailer accepted the service, but refus
ed to delay (he executions.
When the respite was granted llm
four were already dead. Thy were
convicted of murdering Fred Gttilgow,
Jr., a farmer, In order to rob him.
Thomas Jennings, a negro, the first
man ever convicted of a murder on
finger-print evidence In Conk County,
was hanged 011 the name gallows. The
Ave executions took place within two
hours.
ENDS SUFFERING OF DYING.
Doctor ChloroformB Trainman Pinned
Under Wreck and Roasting.
Portland, Me.- Pleading of Harry
Corliss, a trainman on th Grand
Trunk Railway, that something be
done to relieve bis suffering while
pliineil under tons of burning wreck
age at Yarmouth, caused a doctor tu
chloroform him.
NEW ZEALAND SENDS BUTTER.
Canada Imports It From Antipodes to
Check High Prices.
Ottawa. High prices of butter cins
ed, so dealers say, by a shortage have
brought about an unprecedented con
ditlon here in Montreal nnd In Tor
onto. One thousand pnrknges of but
ter. Imported from New Zealand and
shipped across the continent from
Vancouver renched Montreal nnd were
tffered for salo there below tbe priced
f.skod fnr Canadian butter ?hkh has
reschol 41 cntB a pcunl.
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LIMITED "NO. 5"
AGAIN WRECKED
Flyer Westbound Crashes Into
Work Train.
FOUR KILLED, MANY INJURED
Accident Due to Fog Which Obscured
Trackman's Signal No Passen
gers Injured Sixth Death
From First Wreck.
Lnrwlll, Ind. Four men were kill
ed and 11 were injured Saturday
morning when Pennsylvania limited
train No. 6, westbound, dashed into a
wreck train lwre. No one aboard
the limited train was injured except
a baggageman. The wreck was duo
to the fog which was so deuce that a
flagman sent back from the wreck
train was not seen by the engineer
of the limited. The wreck train had
been stopped by a trackman who re
ported a broken rail ahead, and while
the investigation was in progress the
limited dashed into the caboose of
the train ahead. The wreckage
caught fire and two of the dead were
burned almost beyond recognition.
Two or three of the Injured may die.
The doad are railway employes and
all lived in Fort Wayne. Among the
passengers on the Pennsylvania lim
ited was Clyde H. Tavenner of the
sei-geant-at arms' office of the House.
He was taking the body of his mother,
who was killed In the wreck of the
Pennsylvania limited at Huntingdon,
Pa., to Cardova, 111., for buriel. Mr.
Tavenner, who was in the Hunting
don wreck telegraphed here that he
again had escaped uninjured.
Huntingdon, Pa. The sixth death
as a result of the Pennsylvania Lim
ited at Warriors Ridge, near here, oc
curred Saturday night when George
M. Lee, colored of N-?w York, died in
the J. C. Blair Memorial Hospital. He
was second cook aiid was badly scald
ed about the head and body. His
mother. Mis. R. B-. Rhodes, of Greens
boro, N. C, a matron on one of the
southern railroads was with him when
ho died.
John W. I'pdegraff of Pittsburgh,
and George A.. Gates of Nashville,
Tenn., president of Frlck University,
both of whom were at first thought
but slightly hurt have been stricken
vtth pneumonia and are looked upon
'as verj serious.
OFFICER APPARENTLY IN BAD.
Convicted of One Offense and Held
for Others.
Washington, Pa. Harry J. Smith, a
Pennsylvania railroad detective of
California, Pa., and John W. Sarver, a
constable of Monongahela, Pa., wera
found guilty Saturday of highway rob
bery and were immediately sentenced
to not less than one year nor more
than five years lu the Western Peni
tentiary. The plaintiff was Charles
Groft of Coal Center, who alleged
they held up and robbed him near
Coal Center about six weeks ago.
The convicted men were taken to
jail to await trial on other charges.
Smith is to be tried 011 two charges
of assault and battery and one charge
Of impersonating an officer. Sarver
is to be tried on a charge of forcible
entry.
Famous Annual Excursion Feb. 24.
Pittsburgh, Pa. The steamer
Queen City will start on her annual
excursion to New Orleans and th
Mardl Gras on February 21. The
Queen City Ik due to arrive in New
Orleans March 2, and lays owr until
March 5, arriving back in Pittsburgh
Saturday evening, March Iti. About
100 passengers are booked.
'Hadley Heard 1,000 Miles Away.
New Haven, Conn. Sitting in the
lilary of his home hen;. President
Hadley of Yalo talked l.ooo miles by
telephone Saturday night to Iho Yale
alumni in Chicago, assembled for I heir
animal banquet. A telephone cxUmi
sion was placed at the plate of each
diner.
Watch Runs Over 100 Years.
Whitesbiirg, Ky. After ticking
faithfully for 106 years, during which
period It accurately has kept the
time for succeeding generations in
one family, u wateli belinging to
John W. Wright, has just been re
paired here forhe first time in its
existence, and 8ied on another cen
tury. Man and Wife Found Asphyxiated.
Kile, Pa. Tim bodies of II. .1. Cra
burn and his wife were found In their
una'll work shop Saturday morning.
They were asphyxiated and had been
dead fdV several hours. From Ihe
position of the bodies the police lie
lieve Mrs. Ciabiirn was first, to be at
fected and that he had attempted to
carry her from the building and f'il
with his burden to tin- Hoot- where
death overtook both. A small gas
stove without a chimney heated the
room, and it is though consumed all
the oxygen. Mrs. Crahurn ofien
helped her husband In tbe shop. They
were about tin years of age.
Gomez suys be will accept provi
sional presidency of Mexico it Madeio
Is forced out.
Freeport, Pa., Can Issue Bonds.
Freeport, l'a. Judge Willis I). Pal
ton of Kittannln?. has refused to
grant an injunction to Postmaster
Robert B. Thompson of this place, to
Testrain the Freeport borough coun
cil trom issuing $15,000 worth ot
bonds authorized at a recent election
for the erection of a now town hall.
The case was really brought by the
borough council in the name of Post
muster Thompson to secure a final de
cision on the matter.
I Whole ' out Oi Jit. n crnoc, .V 1.
'.t'iiorizcd bv KupiuHcd rabid djg.
STEEL MEN WILL
FIGHUOR LIFE
Declare Tariff Reduction Would
Spell Only Ruin.
ALL CLASSES WOULD SUFFER
So Say Pittsburgh Manufacturers Who
Will Offer Before Senate Finance
Committee Danger of Compe
tition to Be Emphasized.
Pittsburgh, Pa. The question of
foreign competition, which is certain
to develop If the portective tariff on
Iron aud steel is removed, will be ex
plained by leading manufacturers of
the country before the Senate Fi
nance committee. This body Is now
considering the iron and steel sched
ule already passed by the House of
Representatives at Washington, D. C.
While every reason why a high
tariff should be preserved will be pre
sented to the committee by the steel
men when they are heard, it is be
lieved the foreign competition phase
will be emphasized as the most ur
gent reason why the tariff bars should
be raised, instead of lowered.
Pittsburgh manufacturers are pre
paring to enter into the tariff strug
gle with a determination and vim and
a half dozen of the leading manufac
turers, headed by Willis U King or
the Jones & Laughlin Steel Company,
aro preparing to go to Washington
and testify before the committee.
The Pittsburgh manufacturers will
try and prove to the committee that
it is impossible now to compete with
.'orelgn interests on the Pacific coast,
and that If the tariff is lowered, the
foreigners will invade the eastern
and southern coasts as well. Ger
many will be extolled as our strong
est competitor now in the Iron and
steel export trade, and China will
probably he upheld as a strong com
petitor of the future.
The hearing in Washington Is
scheduled to begin Tuesday morning.
The Pittsburgh manufacturers are
more aroused over the present tariff
siiiiatiou than ever before, for the
reason, they declare, that the life of
the iron and steel iudustry in the
Pittsburgh district is at stake.
"Aapparent," said one of the steel
men, "some of the members ot the
committee do not realize what a re
duction in tariff would mean to tbe
manufacturers of iron and steel. It
would he ruinous.
"If you strike a blow against the
iron and steel industry, you will find
that every other Industry will Buffer
as well. A cut In tariff would nieau
a general wage reduction. A reduc
tion in wages would naturally mean
that the workingman would be unable
to live upon the scale he has been
enjoying. As a result the farmer,
the grocer, the meat dealer, the
clothier, in fact, men In every lino
of business would suffer.
'i doubt if t lie American workman
would submit to a reduction In wages.
This should be made plain to the-,
senators. I am sure they have (
desire to inflict a hardship upon the.
wcrkinsnien, but if they reduce the
tariff, that is just what will happen."
Is Direct Mayflower Descendant.
Krie, Pa. Mrs. Thankful Duranl
has Just celebrated her one hundredth
birthday here at the Old ladies'
Home. She is a direct descendant of
John Metcalf, who came over In the
Mayflower, and was born In Middle--field,
Mass., February Iti, 1S12, com
ing to Krie after her marriage. Hr
only surviving relatives are two
grandchildren now living lu Philadel
phia. Her husband and two children
are long since dead and her only Bis
ter. Mrs. .Mary Smith, died recently
at M-eadvIlle, aged 103 years.
Firemen Prevent Spread of Blaze.
An-.biiilge. l'a. One man was in
jured in a lire which gutted the paint
ing and shipping departments of the
National Metal Molding Company's
p'ant, liere Saturday afternoon. The.
company's fire department and two
companies of volunteer Hrenien from
Ambi-idge prevented the flames from
spreading. The loss was $ 15.00(1.
Sam Carriabis, an employe of the
company, whilo fighting the tire, fell
from a ladder and sustained a fractur
ed tight, leg. He was taken to the
Sewickley Valley hospital at Sewlck
ley. TO LAUNDER PAPER MONEY
Indiana Man Devises Machine That
Will Wash and Iron Soiled
Bills.
It. costs the Tnlted States govern
ment, one and one-third cents to manu
'aeture a $1 bill. When the bill he
'ontes soiled ibroiigh continual han
llinS it Is sent to the treasury depart
ment, which destroys it and Ibsiips a
lice new dean bill In its place. Tbe
111 in o may be said of all other paper
jurreiicy of large denominations.
Now comes a Shelbyvllle, Ind., in
feninr, F. M. Churchill, with a nta-.-liiiti'
for washing-, boning and otber-aIs-
laiimlci ing paper money Accord
ng to the Inventive Age, Washington,
be treasury department redeemed
U.s:i.tlitO,oiM) In soiled bills last year
ttnl Issued new ones in place of them.
Kighty per cent of the bills might
lave been washed at a cost of one
'enth of a cent per bill and reissued
it a considerable saving In cost to the
;rcasury department.
One Risk Sufficient.
Marks If you had to live your life
over again would you marry the same
woman? Parks You Just bet I would.',
I know what sbe Is, and women arei
too uncertain for me to experiment
with another ol.
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