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VOL. XLV. NO. 2.
TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 1912.
$1.00 PER ANNUM.
ICAN
BOROUGH OFFICERb.
Burgess. J. C. Dunn.
Justices of the Peace 0. A. Randall, D.
vv. uiara.
Omneitmen. J. W. Landers, J. T. Dale,
O, B. Robinson, Wui. Smearbaugh,
K. J. Hopkins, U. F. Watson, A. 11,
Kelly.
Constable i. L. Zuver.
Collector W. U. Hnd.
fk-hool Directors W. C. line), J. H.
Clark, a, M, Henry, Q. Jainibson, I), H
Blum.
FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS.
Member of Congress V. M. Npeer.
Member of Senate J. K. P. Hall.
Assembly W. J. Campbell.
President Judge W. I). Hinckley.
Associate Judges Samuel Aul, Joseph
N. Morgan.
Prothonotary, Register Jt Recorder, te
-8. K. Maxwell.
Hheriff Win. H. Hood.
Treasurer W. H. Brar.ne.
Commissioners W m H. Harrison, J.
V. Hoowuen, It. tl. Mcuiellan.
District Kttarney M. A. Oa'rlngnr.
Jury Commissioners J. IS. Eden, A. M.
Moors.
Coroner Dr. M. 0 Kerr.
County Auditors -Gnome H. Warden,
A. O. Urcitu and 8. V. Shields.
County turveyor Roy 8. Brsdnn.
County 4htjerintnrfen( J. O Carson.
Regular Terns mt C!art. '
Fourth Monday of February.
Third Monday of May.
Fourth Monday of September.
Third Monday of November.
Regular Meetings of County Commis
sioners 1st and Sd Tuesdays of month.
Church aaa N.bkatk Kabul.
Presbyterian Sabbath School at 9:46 a.
in. ( M. E. Sabbath School at 10:00 a. in.
Preaching in M. E. Church every Sab
bath evening by Rev. W.8. Burton.
Preaching in the F. M. Church every
Sabbath evening at the usual hour. Rev,
U. VUarrett, Pastor.
Preaching in the Presbyterian church
every Sabbath at 11:00 a. m. and 7:30 p.
in. Rev. H. A. Bailey, Pa-tor.
The regular meetings of the W. C. T.
U. are held at the headquarters on the
seoond and fourth Tuesdays of each
mcntb.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
pi' N ESTA LODU E, No. 3H9, t. O. O. F.
-I l6"ls every Tuesday evening, In Odd
Fellows' Ball, Partridge building.
CA PT. G EORGE STOW POST, No . 274
G. A. K. Meets 1st Tuesday after
noon of each mouth at 3 o'clock.
C APT. GEORGE STOW CORPS, No.
137, W. R. C, meets Brat and third
Weduesday evening of each month.
T.
F. RITCHKY,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
TioneBta. Pa.
MA. CARRINGER,
Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law.
Offlre over Forest County National
Bank Building, TIONESTA, PA.
CURTIS M. 8HAWKEY,
ATTORN EY-AT-LA W,
Warren, Pa.
Practice in Forest Co.
AO BROWN,
ATTORN EY-AT-LAW
Office In Arner Building, Cor. Elm
and Bridge Sts., Tlonesta, Pa.
FRANK S. HUNTER. D. D. 8
Rooms over Citizens Nat. Bank,
I ION ESTA, PA.
DR. J. J. BOVARD,
Physician it Hurgeon,
TIONESTA, PA.
Eves Tested and Glasses Fitted.
D
R. J. B. SIGGINS.
Physician and Surgeon,
OIL CITY, PA.
HOTEL WEAVER.
J. B. PIERCE, Proprietor.
Modern aud up to-daie in all its ap
pointments. Every convenience and
comfort provided for the traveling public
CENTRAL HOUSE,
R. A FULTON, Proprietor.
Tlonseta, Pa. This is the mostcentrally
located hotel in the place, and has all the
modern Improvements, No pains will
be spared to make It a pleasant stopping
place for the traveling public
pHIL. EMERT
FANCY BOOT A SHOEMAKER,
Shop over R. L. Haslet'a 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. Grottenborger
GENERAL
BLACKSMITH & MACHINIST.
All work pertaining to Machinery, En
gines, Oil Well Tools, Gas or Water Fit
tings and General Blavksmithiug prompt
ly done at Low Kates. Repairing Mill
Machinery given special attention, and
satisfaction guaranteed.
Shop In rear of and justiwestof the
Shaw House, Tidioute, Pa.
Your patronage aolicited.
FRED. GRETTENBKRGER
THE T.I0N ESTA
Racket Store
(Jan supply your waut in such staple
lines as Hand Painted" China, Japan
ese" China, Decorated Glassware, and
Plain aud Fancy -Dishes, Candy, as
well as other lines too numerous to
mention.
Time to Think of
Paint & Paper.
Before you plan your epriog work
in painting and paper. ng let us give
you our estimates on the complete
job. Satisfaction guaranteed.
G. F. RODDA,
Next Door to the Fruit vStore, Elm
grreetTionesta, Pa.
MILLION BRITISH
MINERHTRIKE
Greatest Industrial Walkout in
the World's History.
5,000,000 FACE IDLENESS
Asqulth Contemplates Government
Working of the Coal Mines Work
ers Wont Compromise Hot
Fight in Parliament.
London. The natloual mine strike,
the greatest Industrial walkout in the
world's history, is in full swing. All
the underground workers in England,
Wales and Scotland except a compara
tive few who are permitted to remain
and care for the safety of the pits
ceased work at midnight. Over a mil
lion men were affected and this num
ber will be augmented dally through
the closing of Industries which are de
pendent on fuel supply for their exist
ence. It Is expected that If the strike is
prolouged 500,000 men In the allied
trades of London alone will be thrown
out of work. It Is impossible to esti
mate the multitude that will ultimate
ly be affected, but It la so large that it
will be certain to bring about a gener
al pnralysls of British trade. Five mil
lion worklngmen face idleness.
England la facing the crisis, now
that it has actually come to a head,
much more calmly than she regarded
Its development. The stock markers
regained courage after some flurry,
and the general public Is asking, "How
long will the strike laat?"rather than
"What will happen during Its continu
ance?" This philosophic calm Is largely due
to the belief that the attitude taken
by the Government will bring the re
calcitrant mine owners to terms.
It is believed that if such action still
falls to relieve the situation the Gov
ernment Is prepared to go still further,
perhaps to the extent of taking over
and operating the mines.
Mr. Asqulth In his speech to the
Miners Federation was emphatic in in
dicating that the Ministry would re
fuse to let the strike proceed. The
collieries, he said, were the life blood
of the country's industry and in the
continuance of mining lay the very
root not only of its prosperity but of
Its existence..
"We," he said, "are how face to face
with a warfare which will paralyze
all the other Industries of the coun
try." The Premier declared that the Gov
ernment was determined that the
minimum wage should become part
and parcel of the organized working
of thi coal Industry by whatever ap
propriate means the Government could
command.
PEKING TROOPS MUTINY.
Yuan't Soldlera Rampage Through
Streets Shooting and Pillaging.
Ppklne. A mutiny of Yuan Shl-kai's
soldiers started In Peking causing a
reign of terror. Many of the natives
ur killed or wounded, hut ail ior-
eigners are Bate. The legation quarter
is crowded, and the missionaries are
holding forth in their own compounds.
The mutineers number about auuu.
For some unknown reason, probably,
however, because they had not been
paid, the soldlera mutinied and started
fighting. This was followed by rioting
and looting and then the torch was ap
plied.
Ten ereat fires set by the mutinous
troops raged In the northern section
of this city.
Tho soldiers, armed with rifles and
bayonets, each with about a hundred
rnnnrlB of ammunition, started out by
burning their barracks. They then
ransacked the goldsmiths' shops.
The mutineers having apparently
tiBed up most of their ammunition fled
from the city with their horsos laden
with loot.
DIX EXPOSES BRANDT'S PLEA.
Sought Pardon on an Explicit Recital
of Scandal.
Albany, N. Y. Gov. Dlx explained in
a statement he gave out why he de
clined to pardon Folke E. Brandt.
Brandt's own application for pardon,
says the Governor, was based on state
ments reflecting upon the honor of a
woman, mentioned by name, who Is a
member of Mortimer L. Setoff's house
hold. He says that the partisans of Brandt,
as well as the convict's lawyer, have
clouded the case with falsehoods and
innuendoes from the beginning. The
Governor says that Brandt is a self
confessed burglar and in letters to Dlx
a self-confessed liar. The Governor
writes what he calls his "farewell
word" In the case when he says Brandt
will never receive a pardon from him.
KILLS HIS BABY AND HIMSELF.
Father Blamed the Child as the Cause
of His Wife's Death.
New York. James Julias took his
month-old baby. Mary Victoria, from
Bellevue Hospital to his home, where,
after a race with his brothers, Daniel
and Eugene, he shot the chad to death
aud sent a bullet through his own
brain.
Julias was 25, and in business as a
butcher with his brothers. He was
errant lv in love with his wife and her
deatb In child blrib crushed him
ARREST ROBkERS WHO
HELDUP TAXICAB
One of the Bandits Tells Whole Plan
of $25,000 Robbery Gang Them
selves Heldup.
New York. Having arrested live of
the principals of the Trinity Place
holdup, in which two messengers of
the East River National Bank were
assaulted and then robbed of $25,000
that they were taking from the Pro
duce Exchnnge Bank to the East Riv-
er National, the police of New York
and five hundred other American and
Canadian cities continued their aearcli
for five other men who are now kuown
to have had a part tn that daring
crime. Every detail of the crime has
been told in the confession of one of
the prisoners.
Swede Annie, whose name is Annie
Hall; Myrtle Hoyt and Rose Levey,
companions of three of the bandits,
are held In $5,000 ball each as acces
sorles after the crime.
Commissioner Dougherty did not hesi-
tate to give the history of the holdup,
including the way It was planned, the
manner in which It was curried out
and how the highwaymen met later in
a Thompson street dive, split up the
money and got away.
The police weave their story from
the confessions of Jess Albrozza, Ed.
Kinsman and English Scotty. Montanl
mokes a cigar and says nothing, al
though the trio say that $3,000 was
becaus the police arrested him on the
set aside for him, which he never got
day of the robbery.
Reviewing the robbery, and consid
ering it from the viewpoint of the con
fessions obtained, the Commissioner
gave out the following list of tho
dramatis personae" as he called them
The list runs:
The Ten on the List.
Geno Montanl chauffeur of the
taxicab, under arrest and refusing
steadfastly to udmit any complicity.
Eddie Collins, real name Edward E.
Klnsuiau, under arrest, and has freely
confessed his share in the plot. He
rode besldo Montani, he says, and got
$2,750 as his share of the swag.
Eugene Splaine, a former friend of
Kinsman In Boston; arrested in Mem
phis on telegraphed instructions fol
lowing the confession of Kinsman,
who says Splaine blackjacked Smith,
the elder bank messenger, and rode in
side the taxicab until the "get-away"
was accomplished, taking $3,000 as his
share of the $25,000 captured.
"Dutch," an otherwise unidentified
man, who seentB to have taken a most
active part in plotting the robbery, ac
cording to Kinsman's confession.
"Dutch" blackjacked Wardlle, the boy
bank messenger, Kinsman say, and
afterward got $3,000 as his share of
the loot.
"English Scotty," real name Lamb,
a nondescript character who went
through the motions of stumbling in
front of Montani's taxicab to justify
Montanl In coming to a slow speed be
fore the hold-up, according to Kins
man's confession and his own admis
sion to Dougherty. 3cotty" was
promised $25 for his Bin. re in the job,
but got nothing.
Jess Albrozo, ex-saloon keeper,' ex
truckman (when he worked for Mon
tanl), ex-movlng picture man, chief
operator "on the outside" as Kinsman
describes him in his confession, and
Montani's direct repreentative In the
affair. Albrozo has corroborated Kins
ri'an's statements. He got $3,000 for
himself and took charge of Montani's
$3,000 hare when the division was
made. -He put $2,000 cf it away in a
fcufety deposit vault which was open
ed and the money recovered.
"Brigands" Got $10,000.
Matteo, Faull and an unknown,
known as "The Three Brigands."
These men, according to Albrozo cud
Kinsman supervised the robbery, but
tool; no part In It till the division
came, when Mateo grabbed $10,000 as
their share.
ICE FLOW HALTS TRAFFIC.
Rivers In Pittsburgh District on Ram
pageMuch Damage In Lowlands.
Pittsburgh. Millions of tons of ice,
the heaviest flow Been by local river
men in the last three decades, de
scended from the tributaries of the
Monongahela and Allegheny rivers,
crushing houses and covering the low
lands, stopping railroad traffic. It
swept through Pittsburgh at street
level and passed into the Ohio River.
Disastrous results were reported at
Buena Vista.
REBELS CAPTURE JUAREZ.
Defenders Make No Fight, Fearing
Trouble With U. S.
El Paso. Juarez the largest Mexi
can port of entry on the Texas border,
fell in the hands of rebels styling
themselves VaBquistas, without a
struggle. Mexican Consul Lorente
declared Juarez gave up rather than
run the risk of complications with the
United States. Troops of the United
States filled all the business streets
of this city, ready to go Into Juarez, If
bullets fell on American soil.
Expenditure Explained.
Question Don't you know that the
amount charged you for postage by
your campaign manager would buy
enough stamps to paper the side of
the great pyramid? The Answer By
George! Is that what he did with
them? Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Showing the Englishman.
Englishman (patronizingly) "Your
school faculties are excellent, I am
told." American (suavely) "Well, I
ihould Bay. See the Smithsonian In
tltution over there? Think of a build
ing like that, Just to educate tlia
Smiths." Vozuo,
LID ON SUNDAY
IN PITTSBURGH
All Clubs Closed Except To
Bona Fide Members.
CHARTERS ARE AT STAKE
Police Put In Busy Day, but Make
Few Arrestt Club Members
Abstained from Taking
"Friends" at Guests.
Pittsburgh, Pa. Practically the en
tire police and detective force of the
city worked diligently Sunday to com
pel the enforcement of the Sunday
laws regarding the sales of liquor,
groceries meats and other commodi
ties. The steys taken by District Attor
ney William A. B:ake.ey to revoke the
charters of several clubs caused the
operators to be much more careful.
Those who purchased liquor knew
where and when to go to get It and
generally had to be club members.
Chartered clubs were generally warn
ed that the selling of intoxicants to
other members would mean the re
voking of th charter. The warning
was generally heeded.
One foature of the enforcement of
the order was the manner in which
the members of chartered clubs were
compelled to abide by its provisions.
No club member is entitled to take a
friend who is not a member Into his
club on Sunday. Heretofore this was
permitted, but on Sunday none but
those with membership cards were
permitted to enter. The South Side,
is known as the home of the club.
It is said there are more clubs on that
Bide of the river than in any other
section )f ithe city. Not one of
these clubs was open to other than
members.
In the East End district Captain
Vincent stated that the district was
clean and that he would make the
man who would show a speakeasy a
present of $5. The Bame was said of
the Squirrel Hill district.
In Woods Run late risters were un
able to purchase milk, all the stores
having complied with the law. None
of the clubs was open to any but
members in that section. In practi
cally all the other districts with the
exception of the First, or downtown
district, the same reports were made.
A negro and Italian were arrested,
the technical charge being violating a
city ordinance, while the real offense
was to have shined shoes. The pub
lic is wandering whether this state of
things is simly spasmodies and for
political purposes only or is to be
permanent.
OLD PIRATE WITH NEW CLUB.
Deacon Phllllppe Signs at Local Man
ager of U. S. League.
Pittsburgh, Pa. Charles ("Deacon")
Phillippe is now a manager. The
veteran Pirate pitcher, who secured
his unconditional release from the
Pittsburgh National league manage
ment last fall, has signed a contract
to manage the Pittsburgh club in tho
United States league.
It is probable that the lease for Ex
position park, the Pirates old grounds
will be closed within a few days. It
is known that Captain Marshall Hen
derson and W. T. McCullough, the lo
cal promoters, visited General Agent
Robert Finney of the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad Company to complete
negotiations, but it was stated that
papers had not actually passed. Phil
lippe already has a line on some good
players, and expects to have a team
in the field in time for the coming
season.
Phillippe came under the notice of
President Dreyfuss of the Pirates,
four years before the Louisville
Colone's came to Pittsburgh. He
was with Minneapolis for seasoning
before Dreyfuss took him to LouIb-
vIIU Mo never nlaved with any
other professional clubs than these
three. He was a rirate mainstay iu
the nltchois' box until about three
years ago. Probably his greatest
work was in 1903, when he practically
innb nn a world's series battle singl-
handed, losing the title to the Boston
Redaox under Jimmy Collins after he
had pitched the Pirates to three
straight victories. Phillippe is inde
pendently wealthy and enters the new
league as a pioneer.
Good Breeder but Bad Provider.
Tlellefnntaine. O. "I could not earn
enough to support my family the way
prices have been this winter and that
is whv I ran away," was the explana
tion Charles Gilbert of West Mans
fioiit iravo. in Juvenile court here when
brought back from West Unity. He
was accused of deserting his eignr.
rMMren who were found barefooted,
destitute and nearly naked in their
home. "I was down and out. So It
was either steal or beg, and I could
not do either. So I went away,
knowing that my children would be
looked after by charitable organiza
tions," said Gilbert. The court gave
him another chance to provide for his
family.
President Bigclow of the Ohio con
stitutional convention, asserted his
belief in the doctrine of Marx and
George before large audience iu Cin
cinnati. Hit Economy.
The children In the Blank family
were taught habits of neatness at the
table by being compelled to pay a fine
of 1 cent for every spot they put on
the tablecloth. One day Harold, a
boy of seven years, was discovered
rubbing the overhanging part of the
cloth between his fingers, and, when
taken to task for It, he said: "WTiy,
Mummy, I was Just trying to rub two
Bpots' Into one!" Woman's Home
'Companion.
OLD PUFFS AND SWITCHES
Lafiles of Twenty-Five Centuries Age
Made Liberal Use of Bor
rowed Hair.
Caesar's wife may have been above
suspicion so far as her morals were
concerned, but the same could not
bave been said about her hair, any
more than It could about the hair of
the fashionable matron of today.
The Greek, Egyptian, Carthaginian
and Roman ladles of twenty-five ten
turies ago made use of the most as
tenlshlng quantities of borrowed hair,
and the Roman women of the time of
Augustus were especially pleased
when they could outdo their social
rivals by piling upon their heads a
greater tower of additional tresses,
They also arranged curls formally
around the head.
An extensive commerce in human
hair was carried on, and after the con
quest of Gaul, blond hair, such as
grew originally on the heads of Ger-
man girls along the Rhine, became
very fashionable In Rome. Caesar did
not disdain to mix a little commercial
ism with his military enterprises and
collected a vast amount of hair from
the vanquished Gauls, which he sent
to market at Rome, and In the Roman
provinces a cropped head was regard
ed as a badge of slavery or at least
of subjection.
The hairdressers of Rome were per
sons of real Importance and charged
exorbitant prices for forming the hair
into fanciful devices, such as harps,
wreaths and diadems.
WHY THEY LOVE THE LIBRARY
Buch a Nice Place to Sit, Especially
if One Hat Agreeable
Company.
While pleasant weather lingered the
stone benches In front of the New
York public library were occupied by
couples whose presence could not be
attributed wholly to their Interest In
the architectural scheme. They re
mained too long and their eyes spoke
of other things.
Since rain and chill winds have
made marble benches out of doors un
comfortable, even for ardent sweet
henrts, they are to be found on simi
lar seats which are placed for decora
tive purposes in the long corridors In
side the building.
"Don't you love the new library?"
one girl said to another.
"No; It takes too long to got the
books."
"Well, I don't know about that. I
haven't drawn any books yet."
"What do you go there for, then?"
"Oh, It Is so lovely juBt to sit there."
"Alone?"
"No, not alone."
Had His Eye On the Boat.
Alexander Carr has a reputation as
a wit and story teller only equaled by
his reputation as an actor. Ills latest
story was told the other night and
runs as follows:
Two Hebraic gentlemen, frlend3 of
long standing, went to the lake and
each hired a rowboat for a trial ol
skill and strength. In the middle of
the lake one tipped over his boat and
sank from Fight. Coming to the sur
face close to the bow of the other
boat he shouted:
"Ikey, Iltey, save me, I can't swim!"
Carefully holding the boat a few
feet away from his drowning friend,
the other looked on unmoved.
Again the unfortunnte one sank be
low the surface, and as he came up
for the second time repeated his cries
for help.
A third time he came up, and then,
as he started to disappear from sight
for the third and Inst time, his friend
bhouted:
"Able, If you don't come up again
can I have your bout?"
Wanted to See It Bloom.
Mabel Purr, just turned six, liver
In Lauderdale avenue. In Lnkewood,
says the Cleveland Leader. Her
mother, a Scientist, has been trou
bled for Borne days with a cold-sore,
much to her little daughter's concern.
When she could not longer restrain
her sympathy she turned Interroga
tion point.
"Mother," Bhe asked, ' pointing to
the alight disfigurement, "what is:
that you've got?"
"That's a rosebud, dear," said Mrs.
Parr.
Mabel was silent and thoughtful all
the rest of the day. When she yield
ed to pressure she confessed she'd
been worrying about her mother.
"I've been thinking about that rose
bud," she said, "and wondering why
that flower never blooms."
Not a Monothelst.
What might have been Oliver Her
ford's last witticism was delivered of
the poet-artist in a recent attack ol
typhoid, when the malady was near
Ing Its crisis. A frequent visitor was
a clergyman of his acquaintance, who,
leaving the sick room on this occa
sion, remarked cheerfully:
"Good by for the present, and God
be with you."
Mr. Hereford was unable to litt his
head from bis pillow, but he respond
ed feebly:
"The same to you and many of
em."-
Primitive Reasoning.
"Did yon sell your vote?"
"No, sirce! I voted fur that feller
'cause I liked hlni."
"Hut I understand he gave you
$10?"
"Well, when a man gives you $t0
ain' no po-e'n natural to like him,
THOROUGH STUDY
OF SIH BEGUN
Experts to Investigate For the
University of Pittsburgh
2 YEARS MAY BE REQUIRED
Effect of Soot on Health, Wealth and
Mlndt of Plantt and People to
Be Noted Merchanti to
Be Interviewed.
Pittsburgh, Pa. "Does a pall of
smoke hanging over a community add
to the cost of living? Does It stunt
the growth of plants and trcos? Does
it shorter the hours of daylight and
dull the sunbeans? Does It impair
the working efficiency of the health of
the people? And last, but not least,
does smoke tend to make ' persoua
mean, grumpy and depressed?
These are Borne of the questions
that the Industrial Research Depart
ment of the University of Pittsburgh
will strive to answer by means of the
most exhaustive Investigation of the
smoke problem that has ever been
made. Sixteen experts will conduct
the Investigation. Eight of them will
work continually under the direction
of Dr. Raymond C. Benner, who has
charge of the inquiry. The investl
gallon may tako two years to com
plete. By the end of that time or
sooner Dr. Brenner hopes to have
amaBsed a volume of Information that
will show Just what part smoke plays
In the life of any city.
The Investigation will be made
along all possible lines that may be
practicable. The effect of smoke will
be studied from the botanical, econo-
mlcal. physiological aud psychological
points of view. The legal uspects
9f the problem will not he forgotten.
Ordinances adopted by different cities
in this country and abroad will be re
viewed and the results of their en
forcement noted.
Engineers will find out Just what
manufacturing plants are emitting
smoke and which are not. Why smoke
is emitted or why It 1b absent, as the
raso may be, what means, if any, have
l?en employed to prevent smoke.
The relation of smoke to efficient me
chanical operation will be studied,
is It is maintained by some authorities
that the imperfect consumption of
coal which causes smoke, means a
wast-3 of fuel ranging from 15 to oO
per cent.
A botanical survey of Pittsburgh
and vicinity will be made to find out
what plans grow beBt and which are
hindered by smoke. Extensive labor
atory experiments will be made to de
termine what Injury It any Is done to
plant life by smoke.
Architects will take observations as.
to tiie damage caused by smoke to
buildings and building materials. The
additional cost of maintenance due to
these condtions will be estimated.
The merchants of the city will be
interviewed to find out to what ex
tent goods are damaged by Binoke.
The additional labor necessary
for housewives to keep their homes
clean, and, the work required with
scrubbing brushes to counteract the
blight o'f smoke will be computed In
dollars and cents as nearly as ltossl
ble. Seven doctors will sillily the effect
of smoke on the general health of tho
community and Its results on differ
ent organs when breathed Into the
lungs. Some medical authorities say
this does not harm and believe that
smoke has an Injurious effect on nose,
throat and lungs. It will be the aim
of the physiological probe to get at
the facts.
Dr. Benner will make an exhaustive
utiidy of the chemistry of stnolie.
"Very little is known of the chemistry
of Bmoke," said he. "Ordinarily
smoke Ib considered soot. If that
were all It Is tho problem would be
easy. But smoke contains other sub
stances. It Is probable that it con
tains tar and it has acids, including
hydrochloric and sulphuric. It Is tho
tar that makes It stick to buildings,
while the acid eats away the material
In time."
The psychological nsiiect of the
smoke question Is the most Interest
ing as well as the most Intangible
that the research department will en
counter. It is impossible to deter
mine Just what effect Binoke has on
the disposition and temperament of a
person. The men In cliarse of this
part of the investigation have heard
of people committing suicide because
of gloomy surroundings. It la con
sidered ce-tain that the efrect or liv
ing In the place which Is overhung by
clouds of Binoke Is depressing on tho
mind.
Annie Yeamant la Dead.
New York. Mrs. Annie Yeamans,
known as the "Grand old lady of the
Stage, died at her apartment In the
Hotel Gerard Sunday, a victim of
paralysis. She was In her seventy
eeventh year and her last appearance
was In vaudeville at Lynn, Mass.,
June 13 last. At her bedBldo was her
only surviving daughter, Mrs. Lydia
Yeamans Titus, an actress. Tho fu
neral services will be held in the Lit
tle Church Around tho Comer. She
Mil be burled in tills city. .Mrs. Yea
lnaus was booked to play at the
Grand In Pittsburgh, on "Old Home
Week" .March 18.
Landefeld It Roosevelt Candidate.
WsiNhinirtnn. Pn Tlieodm-e I.:itulc-
feld of Monongahela hns filed with the
county commissioners his petition to
ive bis name p aced on the UepuMt
n nrlmai-v hallot as a candidate for
delegate to the state convention, lie
la for Roosevelt.
Conducting Free School for Farmers.
Greensville. Pa.--"lhe faculty of the
State Col'epe Agricultural School,
headed by Dean Thomas F. Hunt is
here and will spend a week conduct-
Inn a echncA tor the benefit, of the far
mers c( Western Vvnnsyh'anli. .
ALL AGENTS 1ST
JAKE OUT LICENSE
IS THE ORDER OF INSURANCE
COMMISSIONER JOHNSON TO
ALL COMPANIES
DOING BUSINESS WITHIN THE STATE
Gov. Tener Approves Commutation of
Sentence of Frank Endrukat,
From Hanging to Life lm
prisonment. Harrlsburg. Insurance Commission
er Charles Johnson has sent to 908
Insurance companies listed to do busi
ness In Pennsylvania notice that
every person engaged In soliciting in
surance must take out a license and
that each partner and person em
ployed by a firm must also be li
censed as well as the firm. This ac
tion is taken along lines of an opinion
rendered by Deputy Attorney General
J. E. B. Cunningham. The license no
tice was issued to f36 fire insurance
companies and 372 life, casualty, as
sessment and fraternal organizations
engaged in business In Pennsylvania.
The commissioner also announced
that the law prohibiting insurance
brokers from writing life insurance
would be enforced in every county
and instructions to this end hav
been issued.
Prisoner's Sentence Commuted.
Governor Tener hns approved the
commutation of the sentence of Frank
Endrukat of Philadelphia from hang
ing to life imprisonment. The case
Is one of unusual interest as Endru
kat was found by lunacy experts to
be Insane, one of his vagaries being
to maintain silence during a trial
Four times the date for hanging was
set and respites granted each time to
allow the pardon board opportunity
to study the case.
Hog Cholera Now Checked.
The state live stock sanitary board
appears to have very successfully
coped with an outbreak of hog cholera
that threatened to be serious in parts
of Dauphin, Lancaster and Lebanon
counties and by adoption of the meth
ods used in similar outbreaks in Law
rence, Crawford and other counties
the disease has been almost wiped
out. The board's ugents vaccinated
hundreds of cattle and by a system
of Isolating the hogs and prohibiting
sales from Infected herds prevented
losa of valuable live Btock. The board
has had to contend with half a dozen
outbreaks this year, but tho new
lnethodB have been a boon to farmers,
Judging from letters received by the
board.
Two Hospitals to Be Opened.
Jlarrisburg. Two of the BLttu'a new
insane hospitals will open their doors
for the reception of patients tills year
after having been years in building
and the result will be the ease of the
strain of overcrowding that Is report
ed from many of tho state institutions
In vaitous parts of the state. Gover
nor John K. Tener has taken a per
sonal interest in the completion of
these two Institutions and it is large
ly due to his efforts that they will
be ready to care for the unfortunate
wards of the commonwealth this sum
mer. The big state hospital for the crim
inal insane at Fairvlew In Wayne
county, which lias been in course of
erection for the hist four or five years,
is to lie ready about Juno 1 to tako
in patients and Insano hospitals nnd
the two penitentiaries will Bend peo
ple to it. The hospital is located in
a far olT section and Is one of the
most modern Institutions of Its kind
in the country.
Mill greater relief will be given to
the various state insane hospitals by
the opening of the Institutions for the
homeopathic Insane at Hit ters villa
This Inst it tit ion, which hns been al
most ten years in building, has been
pushed to completion by a commis
sion named by the governor last year
unci will take care of hundreds ot
people.
State Capitol Notes.
Harry It. Shldle of Pittsburg has
been appointed chief clerk of the state
hanking depart meiil, to succeed Wil
liam Dawson of Scruutun. Mr. Shldle
was for years connected with one of
the Pittsburg hanks.
The Dauphin county courth has de
cided in the state tax case of G. W.
Ellis & Co. of New Je..ey that it,
should pay a bonus on only $t0,7n0,!5,
the amount of capital employed in
Pennsylvania. The state claimed a
bonus on $74, HOI!.
Arrests for the sale of colored prt
have been made in Tamaqua by agents
of the dairy and food division. A test
ase will be tried In Pottsvillo next
month.
Governor Tener has accepted the iu-
vital ion extended to him by the citi
zens of Doylestoun to attend the ob
servance of tho centennial of that
borough.
The Issue of automobile license
tags has climbed to 23,0u0 at the state
highway department.
Demitv Attorney General J. E. B.
On
unningham said in reference to the
dccii
ision of the Supreme Court in re-
fusii
he a chaiino of venue for the
Coatcsville cases that the state would
b reuiy tn e-'o on with tb trials In
V- ". Ch'-Vr