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VOL. XLV. NO. 1.
TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUAHY 28, 1912.
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BOROUGH OFFlCKRb.
Burgess. J. 0. Dunn.
Justices of the Peace C. A. Randall, D.
W. Clark.
OuuHciimeii.J.'W. Landers, J. T. Dale,
O, H. Knhlnson, Win. SmearbBUgh,
K. J. Hopkins, O. K. Watson, A. it.
Kelly.
Constable L. L. Zuver.
Collector W. H. Hood.
Ik-Moot lhreclorsW. O. Imel, J. K.
Clark, H. M. Henry, Q. Jainleaou, D. U.
Blum.
FOREST COUNTY OFFICER. S.
Member of Congress V. M. Hpeer.
Member of 'Senate 3. K. P. iiall.
Assembly W. J. Campbell.
President Judge W. D. Hinckley.
Associate JwijM Hamuel Aul, Joseph
M. Morgan.
Prothonoiary, Register t Recorder, c.
-8. K. Maxwell.
Nkertff Wm. H. Hood.
Treasurer W. H. Hrazne.
Commissioners Win li. Harrison, J.
C. Nonwdmi, II. H. MoClellan.
District Kttorney . A. -Tln(tnr.
Jury Commissioners J. U. Eden, A. M.
Moore.
Coroner Dr. M. 0 Kerr.
Oountv Auditors -(Innrgfl H. Warden,
A. C. Gregg and H. V. Shields.
County tturveyorHny S. Hrarien.
County Superintendent J. O. Caraon.
Hular Tern ( Veart.
Fourth Monday of February.
Third Monday of May.
Fourth Monday of Heptember.
Third Monday of November.
Regular Meeting of County Commis
sioners 1st and 8d Taeedaya or mouth.
Church and Nabbalh Nrhaal.
Presbyterian Habbath School at 9:45 a.
m. J M. K. Sabbath School at 10:00 a. in.
Preaching in M. K. Church every Sab
bath evening by Rev. W.N. Burton.
Preaching in the F. M. Church every
Sabbath evening at the uaual hour. Rev,
U. A. Uarrett, Pastor.
Preaching in the Preabyterlan church
every Mabbaih at 11:00 a. m. and 7:30 p.
in. 'Rev. U. A. Kailey, Pastor.
The regular meetings of the W. C. T.
U. are held at the headquarters on the
second and fourth Tuesdays of each
im-nth.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
'pi' NKSTA LODOE, No. S69, 1. 0. 0. F.
L M eU every Tuosdny evening, In Odd
Fellows' Hall, Partridge building.
CAPT. GEO ROE STOW POST, No. 274
U. A. K. Meets IhI Tumday after
noon Ol'eai'h month at 3 o'clock.
CAPT. OEORQE STOW CORPS, No.
187, W. K. C, meet tlrat and third
Wednesday evening of each month.
TF. KITCHEY,
. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Tioneala, Pa.
MA. CARRINOER,
Attorney and Counsallor-at-Law,
OfflVe over Forest County National
Bank Building, TIONESTA, PA.
CURTIS M. 8HAWKEY, -ATTORN
EY-AT-LA W,
Warren, Pa.
Practice in Forest Co.
A O BROWN,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
OlUcein Arner Building, Cor. Elm
and Bridge St., TloneHta, Pa.
FRANK 8. HUNTER, D. D. S
Rooms over Citizens Nat. Rank.
UONESTA, PA.
DR. F. J. BOVARD,
Physician A Surgeon,
TIONESTA, PA.
Eyes Tested and Glasses Fitted.
D
R. J. B. SIGUINS.
Physician and Surgeon,
OIL CITY, PA.
HOTEL WEAVER.
.1. B. PIERCE, Proprietor.
Modern and up to-dute in all Its ap
pointments. Every convenience and
com tort provided for the traveling publio.
CENTRAL HOUSE,
W R. A FULTON, Proprietor.
Tlonaeta, Pa. This is the moHtcentrally
located hotel in the place, and has all the
modern improvement. No pains will
be spared to make Unpleasant 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 ciiHtom work from the Quest to
the coarsest and guarantees his work to
give perfect satisfaction. Prompt atten
tion given to mending, and prices rea
sonable. Fred. Grottenbergor
GENERAL
BLACKSMITH & MACHINIST.
All work pertaining to Machinery, En
gines, Oil W ell Tools, Gas or Water Fit
tings and General lilacksmithltig prompt
ly done at Low Rates. Repairing Mill
Machinery given special attentiou, and
satisfaction guaranteed.
Shop in rear of and just west of the
Shaw House, Tidioute, Pa,
Yorr patronage solicited.
FRED. HRETTENBERGER
THE TIONESTA
. Racket Store
Can supply your wants in such staple
liuea as llaml Painted China, Japan
ese China, Decorated Glassware, and
Tlaiu and Fancy Dishes, Candy, as
well ati other lines too numerous to
mention.
Time to Think of
Paint & Paper.
Before you plan your spring work
id painting and papenng let us give
you our estimates on the complete
job. Satisfaction guaranteed.
G. F. RODDA,
Next Door to the Fruit Ktore, Elm
Street, Tioneata, Pa.
ROOSEVELT'S HAT
IS IN THE RING
Says He Will Accept If Nomi
nation Is Tendered Him.
REPLIES TO THE GOVERNORS
6peaka Again for Direct Primaries.
Taft and Followers Still -Profess
Serenity and
Confidence.
New York. "I will accept the nom
ination for president if It Is tendered
to me and I will adhere to this deci
sion until the convention has express
ed Its preference."
Theodore Roosevelt In these words
broke his silence of months, dispelled
whatever mystery may have surround
ed his secret campaign against Tait
and formally declared himself In the
lace for the Republican nomination.
Th3 colonel's statement was issued
from the Outlook offices In the form
of a reply to a petition from eight
western governors, dated February
10, In which they Implored him to ex
press his willingness to accept the
nomination. Following is his reply:
New York, Feb. 24, 1912.
Gentlemen: II deeply appreciate
your letter and I realize to the full
the heavy responsibility It puts upon
me, expressing as it does the carefully
considered convictions of the men
elected by popular vote to stand au
the heads of government in their sev
eral stales.
I absolutely agree with you that
this matter Is not one to be decided
with any reference to the personal
preferences or Interests of any man.
but purely from the standpoint of the
interests of the people as a whole. I
will accept the nomination for presi
dent if it Is tendered to me and I will
adhere to this decision until the con
vention has expressed Its preference.
One of the chief principles for which I
have stoood and for whk-h I now Btaud
and which I have always endeavored
and always shall endeavor to reduce
to action, Is the genuine rule of the
people and therefore I hope that so
far as possible the people may be
given the chance, through direct
primaries, to express their preference
as to who shall be the nominees of the
Republican convention.
Very truly yours,
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
The letter Is addressed to Governor
William E. Glasscock of West Vir
ginia, Governor II. C. Aldwich of Ne
braska, Governor Robert P. Bass of
New Hampshire, Governor Joseph M.
Carey of Wyoming. Governor Chase
S. Osborn of Michigan, Governor W.
R. Stubbs of Kansas and Governor
llertbcrt S. Hadley of Missouri.
The only remark which has emanat
ed from President Taft since the an
nouncenient that at all bore upon the
tense political situation, was made to
a senator who asked that his name
be not used. It was this:
"I know that we're right and 1 am
confident that we will be successful."
After reading the statement of
Colonel Roosevelt, Charles P. Taft of
Cincinnati, brother of President Taft,
Bald: "I don't think Mr. Roosevelt
will get the nomination. In fact 1
am positive we will beat him. Mr.
Roosevelt has made himself unpopular
with tho Republican party by hlR
speech at Columbus." Mr. Taft said
that this statement waB his own per
sonal opinion.
VERDICT AGANST P. R. R.
Jury Awards Coal Company $145,830.25
In Discrlminrtlon Case.
Clearfield, Pa. The largest verdict
ever obtained against any common
carrier in tho many discrimination
cases brought by operators in the
Clearfield soft coal region has been
returned by a Jury In the Clearfield
Common Pleas Court In the case of
the Sonmen Coal Company against the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company. It
gives the plaintiff $145,830.25.
The company operates a mine in
Cambria county, near Portage, and
claimed damages to the amount of
$180,000. Former Mayor Vance C.
McCormtck of Harrlsburg, is presi
dent of the company.
The injured, or, alleged to be in
jured, operators, all over this coal
field have been bringing suits in the
Clearfield court within the past few
weeks. The Puritan Coal Company
obtained a substantial wrdict, and
so did the Walnut Run Cpal Company,
both in the same county.
This week the Beu'ah Coal Compa
ny suit, in which about $200,000 is
asked for, will be tiled.
Water Company Makes Offer.
Johnstown, Pa Municipal owner
ship of the local water system has re
ceived an impetus in the announce
ment of President Charles S. Price of
the Johnstown Water Company that
the directors are willing to sell to the
city at an appraisement equal to the
value of the property, including the
bonded indebtedness. No figures
are given In Mr. Price's statement, but
It is estimated that $1,250,000 will be
necessary.
New College Papers Appear.
Meadville, Pu. The Revelation and
the Jawbone, two new Allegheny Col
lege papers published by students,
made their nppearere here.
Bank Examiner Is Named
Wilkinsburg, Fa. J. Francis Miller
of this place has been appointed a na
tional bank examiner. He is 45 years
of age and has been engaged in the
banking business since 18S7, having
filled the position of clearing house
clerk general clerk, bookkeeper, dis
count clerk and receiving tel'er in the
Tradesmen's National Hank, Pitts
burgh, until 1900, when he resigned
to become cashier of the Central Na
tional Bank, Wilkinsburg. He was
active vice president and director of
the latter bank from June 1310 to Jan
uary, 1912.
DR1G.BRUIM
DECLARES THAT SIXTEEN AND
NOT FOURTEEN SHOULD BE
THE MINIMUM
IN THE EMPLOYMENT OF LABOR
Surface to Fight the Fruit Tree Pest
Will Commence a Crusade
About March 4 Fire Appa
ratus Tags Free.
Harrlsburg. Considerable attention
has been arouBed at the capltol by a
report made in Philadelphia by Dr.
M. O. Brumbaugh, member of the
state board of education and superin
tendent of Philadelphia schools. It
deals with the question of child labor
and the superintendent is Insistent in
hiB recommendation to the board of
Education that some plans be devised
which will compel children who have
secured permission to leave school
after attaining the age of 14 to either
remain in employment or return to
school.
He states that In his mind It is a
grave question whether a child should
be allowed to accept a position in any
line of employment until the age of
16 has been reached, and in connec
tion with this statement he sayB that
It Is an indisputable matter that it
.lot employed the child should be In
school. The manual training schools
have created a larger appeal to the
child, accordlag to the report, and at
present, meeting the Ideal of training
In study work and play as the school
of Philadelphia does, some legal com
pulsion or community sentiment
should keep the child In school for a
longer period.
To Oust Water Companies.
The attorney general's department
have Instituted quo warranto proceed
ings to oust from exercise of state
charter rights Hire water companies
which were found by the State Water
Supply Commission not to have gone
into operation. They were the Alle
gheny Valley Water Co., Hyde Park
Water Co. and Paulton Water Co., the
latter of Westmoreland county. The
rules are returnable March 4.
Fire Apparatus Tags Tree.
Deputy Attorney General W. N.
Trlnkle has given an opinion to the
State Highway Department that
motor fire apparatus owned by bor
oughs or townships and under the
control of such municipalities at all
times shall be granted registration
and license tags by the State free of
charge. The question arose as to
whether the act of June 1, 1911, cov
ered suh apparatus.
Arrests Being Made.
George G. Hutchinson of Hunting
don, In charge of the feeding stuff
control work of the department of
agriculture, has started several suits
against persons who were selling
stuffs which were not up to guarantee.
The arrests were made in Lewistown,
Bloomsburg and other nearby places.
To Fight Fruit Tree Pest.
Harrlsburg. Pennsylvania's dem
onstrations of methods for the con
trol of the Sah Jose scale and other
fruit-tree pests will begin about the
4 th of March, according to plans be
ing made at the office of State Zoolo
gist H. A. Surface, and he is now at
work on the list of model orchards.
It is probable that close to 1,000 or
chards will be used for model or dem
onstration purposes, the object being
to get orchards which are well located
and which, through systematic, care,
Illustrate the value of the work.
Something like 2,000 orchards have
been offered.
Dr. Surface says an announcement
of the date will be made during the
coming week, and, In the course of
some remarks on the volume of let
ters pouring In about fruit tree work,
declared: "It Is amazing to find out
how many people think that extreme
ly cold weather such as we have had
InLely will kill scale.
"When one considers that the scale
come from the other side of the Chi
nese wall, In a country that is colder
than we have ever known here, it is
surprising that people do not reflect
that it had its habitat on apple and
pear trees. Now if it could exist year
after year on fruit trees in that cold
country it stands to reason that it
could survive the comparatively mild
winters we have here. Now is the
time to prune trees, and as soon as
the weather moderates the trees
should be sprayed and the spraying
should be kept up until the buds be
gin to burst. There is no winter that
bus terrors for the scale, and eternal
vigilance is the price we must pay to
keep it down."
State Capital Notes.
Governor Tener has accepted the in
vitation extended to him by the citi
zens of Doylestown to attend the ob
servance of the centennial of that
borough.
President E. E. Sparks of State col
lege has gone on a trip to Egypt and
Palestine.
The proofs of the new state rail
road .commission map ot the state
have been received at th office of the
commission.
GIRL CONFESSES
KILLING BABIES
Young MotherSays 8he Poison
ed Eight In Brooklyn Nursery.
PUT OXALIC ACID IN MILK
But 8he Insist that Sh Did Not Wish
the Llttl Ones to Die Wanted to
Worry the Nurses by "Making
the Babies Sick."
Brooklyn. At the end of two hours,
during w hich she had sat with tense
lips and challenging eyes while deteo-
tives questioned her concerning the
deaths by poison of eight Infants In the
Brooklyn Nursery and Infants' Hospi
tal, on Herkimer street, Winifred An
kers, maid-of-all-work in the institu
tion, said:
'I did It."
Until the words passed her lips her
Inquisitors said she had baffled theii
completely. They were about to end
the ordeal when a suggestion Inspired
by a demonstration of mother love in
the neglected, pasty-faced unmarried
woman of twenty-four, as she coddled
her baby boy, prompted Lieut. John
McKirby to say:
"Winifred, unless you talk more
freely we will have to take your baby
from you and place him In another in
stitution." The woman leaped from her chair
as if stirred by a galvanic shock,
clutched her baby to her bosom and
screamed: "You can't!"
The scream ended swiftly In a sob,
terminating with the plea: "You
mustn't, you mustn't! He is my life,
this boy. Yes, I did it! I will tell you."
The detectives remained silent,
awaiting her recovery from hysteria.
"I did it Saturday night," she began.
"I did not mean to kill the children. I
wanted to get even with the nurses
who had pestered me. About mid
night, when all was quiet, I went into
the kitchen, where the bottles of milk
and lime water were. They'd been
prepared for the children. . I poured
two or three drops of acid in each bot
tle. All I wanted to do was to make
the children sick, and that would
make trouble for the nurses. That is
all. I didn't want to have the babies
die. Good God! I've got one of my
own, haven't I?"
She fell to sobbing and the detec
tives did not press her further. She
was not even placed under formal ar
rest. The police, the hospital authorities
and Coroner's Physician Wuest be
lieve the woman is demented.
KNOX ON HIS WAY.
Leaves on Cruiser Washington for
Momentous Trip.
Key West, Fla. Secretary of State
Philander C. Knox embarked on the
U. S. S. Washington here on his offi
cial tour of tho Cental American and
Carribbean republics. The Washing
ton got under way at once for Colon,
Pananra. When Mr. Knox stepped
upon the deck of the Washington he
was given a salute of nineteen guns.
Commander R. M. Hush's, command
ing the Washington, rocaived the sec
retary and his party, aud ma .e the in
traductions.
With Mr. Knox were Mrs. Knox, hli
two sons, Hugh and Philander C, Jr.,
and their wives, W. T. S. Doyle, chief
of the Latin-American division of the
State Department, and Leslie Coombs,
confidential clerk to Mr. Knox. Hugh
Knox is private secretary to hi.-
father. Lieut. Commander .1. L. Stitcht
of the Washington has been designat
ed naval aide to the secretary of state
for the trip.
COMPROMISE IN OKLAHOMA.
Delegates Instructed to Divide Be
tween Wilson and Clark.
Oklahoma City, Okla. Oklahoma's
Democratc State Convention, which
began with all indications pointing to
a bitter factonal fight, ended In a poli
tical love feast, the selection of a split
delegation to the Baltimore conven
tion and the election of ltoger Gal
berath, of Tulsa, uncommitted as to
his preference for Presidential nomi
nees, as national committeeman.
The delegates are instructed to di
vide the Oklahoma vote so long as
Clark and Wilson are before the con
vention and with the withdrawal of
either to centre in the candidate re
maining. PAINTED CHECK MAN JAILED.
Carlesi Sentenced to 12 Years and 11
Months In Sing Sing,
New York. Charles Carlesi, repufc
ed to be the leader of a gang of paint
ed check men, whose operations have
caused the less of more than half a
million dollars to banks throughout
the country and long suspected by
Deputy Polio Commissioner Dougher
ty, wa sentenced to tweh ,rs by
Judge Rosalsky.
MUST FAVOR LOWH6T HATS8.
Commerce Board Rule en Trnfr of
Shipment by load.
Washington. The Interstate Com
merce Commission in a decision hand
ed down held that where more than
one route is available for forwarding
a shipment It Is the duty of the car
rier in the absence of routing instruc
tions, to forward it by the rouUfiklng
the lowest rate.
The ruling, it is said, will apply to
a large number o fhlprAW.U annually.
OREGON INITIATIVE AND
REFERENDUM UPHELD
Supreme Court Refuses to Declare
Them Unconstitutional Great
Rejoicing in West.
Washington. Only Congress, and
not the Supreme Court of the United
States, may object to the initiative
and referendum method of legislation
in the states, so the court Itself de
cided. That tribunal held that the quest ion
of whether a state still maintained a
republican form of government, guar
anteed by the federal Constitution,
after It adopted the initiative and
referendum method was a political
problem for Congress and not a judi
cial one for the courts.
The decision was based on the claim
of tho Pacific States Telephone and
Telegraph Company that a tax I in
posed on it by the Initiative and refer
endum method iu Oregon was uncon
stitutional. The Initiative and refer
endum provisions in Missouri, Cali
fornia, Arkansas, Colorado, South Da
kota, Utah, Montana, Oklahoma, Maine
and Arizona bung in the balance. An
adverse decision would have affected
proposed legislation of that character
in many other states.
The decision in the case has. been
waited with vital Interest by the states
that have the initiative and referendum
and there is great rejoicing among
many folks from the West. Advocates
of this form of government say the
Supreme Court's decision will be of
great benefit to them in their efforts
to spread the propaganda.
PITNEY SUCCEEDS HARLAN.
Chancellor of State of New Jersey
Named for Supreme Bench.
Washington. Mahlon Pitney, clian
cellor of the state of New Jersey, has
been appointed to the vacancy on the
MAHLON PITNEY.
Supieme Court of the United States
caused by the recent death of Asso
ciate Justice John M. llurlan. The
nomination wns sent to the Senate by
President Taft.
Trenton, N. J. Both the Senate and
the House adopted resolutions express
ing appreciation at the selection of
Chancellor Pitney as a Justice of the
United States Supreme Court. The
House resolution congratulated the
Chancellor and the Senate resolution
the President for the choice he had
made.
Gov. Wilson, who was a classmate
of Chancellor Pitney at Princeton, was
doubly pleased over the selec'ion. It
is personally agreeable and It gives
him the opportunity to appoint a Chan
cellor, the highest judicial officer In
the State.
Mahlon Pitney's father, Henry C.
Pitney, was vice-chancellor of New
Jersey. His mother was Sarah Louise
Halsted. He was born at Morristown,
N. J., on Feb. 5, 1858. He was gradu
ated from Princeton In 1879. He was
admitted to the bar in 1882 and he
practiced in Morristown.
LONE BANDIT ROBS TRAIN.
Gets $1,000 in Cash and Much Jewel
ry from B. & O. Sleeping Car.
Baltimore, Md. Flourishing a re
volver in each hand, and his face cov
ered with a handkerchief, a man
boarded the Baltimore & Ohio Rail
road passenger train, No. 1, eight
niles west of Piedmont, West Va.,
and compelled the passengers to sur
render their valuables.
The bandit obtained more tliun $1,-
000 in cash and considerable jew
elry.
PICKED TEXT FITTING DEATH.
Avis Llnnell Killed After Copying
Sermon for Rlcheson.
Boston. Avis Llnnell, the Hyaiiuls
choir sirger. who was murdered with
cyanide of potassium by the Kev.
Clarence V. T. Kicheson, formerly her
pastor, chose for her sweetheart the
text of n sermon he preached just be
fore he killed her. The text was from
the book of Job "Though ho slay me,
yet will 1 trust In him." The t-ei nion,
just found. Is in the girl's handwrit
ing. A Similitude.
"How the people do come and go In
this olllce."
"Yes, they remind mo of guns."
"In what way?"
"Because they are employed only to
be fired."
A Quick Decision.
"I have a new play, entitled 'Con
gress,' " said the enthusiastic dramat
ist. "It won't do," replied the veteran
manager. "You couldn't make It
properly leallttlc without having too
much diik'g'ic and not inot:b action."
iff? ;V MfeaiW.iStW, jf
DEATH CLAIMS
ALBERT J. BARR
Stricken At Club, Passes Away
Almost Instantly.
LONG PROMINENT PUBLISHER
Wa Striking Figure in Pittsburgh
Newspaper and Business Circles. .
A Associated Press Director
Known the Country Over.
Pittsburgh, Pa. Albert J. Barr, for
many years president of the Post
Publishing Company, and during the
last year a member of the Allegheny
County Board of Viewers, died sud
denly Saturday morning at the Du-
quesne club here. He entered the
lobby of the clubhouse and asked an
attendant for a glass of hot wuier. A
few minutes after drinking the water
other persons In the club saw Mr.
Barr stagger. They hastened to his
assistance and helped him to a bed
room upstairs where he died before a
physician, who had been summoned
arrived. Apoplexy, believed to
have been brought jti by i lie strain in
cident to his business reverses of a
lew years ago, was the cause of his
death.
Mr. Hair had been a striking figure
In Pittsburgh Newspaper and business
circles. Both as a business man
and as the editor of a newspaper he
was progressive. Assuming control
of the Pittsburgh Post upon the death
of his father, James P. Barr, in lSSti,
he developed that journal aiong mod
ern lilies.
Always a staunch Democrat, Mr.
Barr earned the admiration of his fel
low editors and business men by his
fairness in politics. He was a be
liever in the doctrine that the ma
jority should rule and bowed smiling
ly to adverse political conditions and
results which were in nowise made
subservient to the tenets of his party
and the conduct ot his newspaper was
dictated by principle rather thau by
policy.
A scion of the sturdy band of men
who founded Pittsburgh's gieatnes.i,
early In the last century, Mr. Ilurr was
born January 12, 1 Ss 1, in the section
of Third avenue that is now a part of
the central business district of the
city. He received his elementary
education in the common schools and
afterward was graduated from the
business department of the Western
University, now tho University ot
Pittsburgh. For some years he was
engaged in the insurance business,
relinquishing this occupation to tuke
charge of the Post newspaper proper
ty wheu his father died.
Six yeais ago Mr. Bnrr extended
his publication business by establish
ing the Sun. He served for Borne
time as president of the Artisans in
surance Company and vice president
of the Mercy Hospital. During the
second Cleveland administration he
served as surveyor of the port of Pitts
burgh, served several years as a trus
tee of the Carnegie Library and was
one of Pennsylvania's commissioners
to the World's Columbian Exposition
at Chicago in 1S9:!.
About two years ago .Mr. Burr met
with business reverses and the l'osl
Publishing Company went into the
hands of a receiver. He remained lu
the service of the receiver until he
was appointed a member of the Coun
ty Board of Viewers.
Mr. Barr's activity in tho socii I
life or the city, in the promotion ot
philanthropic and public spirited
movements, and in numerous other
fields, was such ns to make his circle
of friends mid associates a very large
one. His re.u'ation extended, more
over, beyond the confines of city nnd
state, his service us a director of tho
Associated Press nnd his prominence
in the councils of the Democratic par
ty contributing to make him national
ly known.
Amiable, honorable and as demo
cratic in his ways as in his politics,
Albert .T. Barr made many friends and
few enemies. Ills death is a distinct
loss to the community wherein his life
was spent and his success achieved.
NEWS ITEMS FROM OIL CITY.
Oil City, Pa. The case of the Com
mealth verses tho Oil City Lodge ot
Kagies, In which the defendant was
found guilty of selling liquor without
a license at tho November term of
court, bus been appealed to the Su
perior court.
In the whirlwind campaign con
ducted by the Younir Men's Christian
Association to raise $liiii,(itiu in six
days, the report of the canvas Satur
day evening showed a grand total of
$03,090. Iu, with 4S hours of the time
limit remaining.
The eighth annual banquet of tho Ve
nango County Shrlners will be held at
the Arlington hotel here on the even
ing of March 1.
Second Degree for Young Slayer.
Washington, Pa. Clement Dargosh,
not. yet IS years oU, accused of kill
ing I.adlslow i'alatkes al Klverview.
this county, on the night of last Octo
ber 7, was found guilty of second d
gre murder and sentenced to a term
of not lestf than live years nor monv
than "0 years lu Hie Western I'enl
tent la ry.
Hoosac Tunnel Damaged Badly.
North Adams, Mass. Tho Huowic
tunnel was damaged so badly by the
fire that followed the wreck lata week
in which a, whole train was consumed
inside the 'tunnel that it will be ini
possible for trains to pass through
the four and a half mile bore under
the mountain for many days. Tons
Of rock fell on the tracks many pieces
loosened by the Intense, heat muut be
removed from the walls and roof.
Rapid, prosress reported made "ti
surveys of '.lie main hlgtrvay rout's
in Western Pennsylvania counties.
FATAL WRECK IN
HOOSACJUNNEL
Boston Express Hits Freight but
Engineer Saves Passengers.
FOUR TRAINMEN ARE KILLED
Electric Engine, Though Warned by
Flagman, Fails to Stop Passen
ger Saved from Death by
Locomotive Engineer.
North Adams, Mass. Four train
men were killed and Hoosac tunnel
was choked with burning debris as
the result of the collision of an east
bound Bostou and Maine express train
aud a Btrlng of freight cars.
The list of deud as made public by
railroad officials, follows:
DAVIS, LUTHEK, Greenfield, appren
tice ou electric engine.
GREGG, HENRY, Scotia, N. Y., assist
ant engineer.
KEMP, REUBEN, 31, North Adams,
flagman attached to freight train.
SI.MONDS, ARCHIBALD L. 60, Wil
liamstown, engineer of electric lo
comotive on passenger train.
Many of the occupants of the coach
es were badly shaken up, but there
were no serious injuries.
With the exception of the electric
locomotive the passenger train was
not damaged, but fifteen freight cars
were burned in the tunnel and the heat
has canted largo rocks to fall from
the roof.
About 4:30 In the afternoon a watch
man at the eastern portal of the tun
nel noticed sinoko pouring out and
realized a train was afire. He went
into the tunnel to investigate, but was
only ablo to penetrate far enough to
see that there had been a collision.
The watchman notified railroad offi
cials and the local H:-e department
sent Chief Montgomery with forty
men. They were taken on flat cars
into the tunnel, but the smoke and
heat wore so intense that they were
unable to get near tho wreck.
The freight train, consisting of thirty-two
cars, for some reason yet to be
learned came to a standstill In the
tunnel. Brakeman Kent was ordered
back with a red lantern. Engineer Si
monds of tho passenger train saw
Kent's danger Blgnal and slowed down
to let Kemp jump aboard the electric
locomotive. The passenger train waB
proceeding slowly ahead, apparently
under control, when from some un
known cause tho electric locomotive
gathered headway and crashed Into
the freight. There was a brilliant dis
play of electric fireworks and the
wreckage wns ignited.
The engineer of the regular engine
on the express train saw that t' only
hope of saving his passengers from
death by suffocation was to get away
from the spot at once, and he immedi
ately started to back away. It was
not until nearly 7 o'clock that the
train finally einerped Into the open air,
having been held up west of the main
airshaft awaiting orders.
Tho accident happened about 2,500
feet from the portal of the tunnel.
Shortly before midnight a gang of
wreckers went Into the tunnel and at
tnmp'ed to Touch the burning debris
They had got to within about three
hundred feet when a car of oil burst
into Sanies. There were n number of
heavy exploFions, and smoke, densei
than ever, spread through tho tunnel.
The wrecking crew was barely able to
escnpf . No further attempt was mado
to get Into the tunnel until tho fire
had burned Itself out.
JERSEY SENATORS ACCUSED.
Order for Investigation Follow Com
mittee Hearing.
Trenton, N. J. Charges of attempt
ed extortion of J3,0OU in connection
Willi two bills now before the Legisla
ture were made by Oscar F. Ostby,
general manager of tho Commercial
Acelylene Gas Company, of New York,
at a hearing on th" measures before
the Judiciary Committee. Mr. Ostby's
charges Involved Senator Richard F
Filzherhert. A committee was empow
ered to conduct an Investigation.
Former Attorney -General Robert II.
McCarter presented to tho Supreme
Court affidavits upon which ho based
an application for a rule requiring
Stale Senator William C. Gebhardt to
show cause why ho should not bo dis
barred. The affidavits allege unprofes
sional conduct In trying to Influence
tho selection of prnnd and petit Jurla
TORNADO KILLS EIGHT.
Fifty Others were Injured by Storm In
Louisiana.
Shroepnrt, La. Eight persons ari
dead and about fifty Injured as the re
sult of a tornado which swept through
the western outskirts of Shreveport.
All the dead are negroes with the ex
ception of the two iiiontlis old baby of
A. .1. .Muiihciiu.
HELD AS TRAIN BANDIT.
Baltimore &. Ohio Brakeman Had Loot
Taken from Passenger.
Kevser, West Va F. A. Becker wa
arrested charged with holding up the
Baltimore & Ohio Express. He is a
freight brakeman on the road. He
lives at this place, and was overtaken
nt Forty Mile Station, nine miles from
Piedmont, by Lieut. Kenney of th
Baltimore & Ohio police.
Becker was searched and money ,
nnd watches taken from th passes
gnrs Were found upon hlrn.