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OL. XLV. NO. 5.
TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 1912.
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BOROUGH OFFICERS.
Burgeitn.-J. C. Dunn.
JwMcet of lhe reace-O. A. Randall, D.
W Clurk
Cbuncumen. J.W. Tenders. J. T. Dale,
O B. Koblnaon. Win. Smearbaugh,
R. J. Hopkins, G. V. WatHon, A. O.
Ke,,y- .
OonKtnbleX. L. Zuver.
Collector W. H. Hood.
School JHrectorsW. C. Imel, J.
Clark, 8. M. Henry, Q. Jamleaon, D. H.
Ilium.
FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS.
AfeWeroOmorM-P. M.Hpeer.
Member of tienate-J. K. P. Hall.
4Mmoly-W. J. Campbell.
AiuoetateJwtge -Samuel Aul, Joseph
M. Morgan.
rrothonotary. Register Recorder, r
8. R. Maxwell.
tfAerir-Wm. H. Hood.
rbmmtrfoner-Wm H. Harrison, J.
C. Hcowden, H. U. MeClellan.
Xt Attorney-1.
Jury Oommitor J. U. fcden, a.m
Moore.
Cunfv urtUuM-Uenrge H. Warden,
A. C. Gregg ami . v . oniem.
Cbunfy Surveyor-Roy H. Uraden.
County Superintendent J . O Carson
Keaulur Tre f C"rt.
Fourth Monday of February.
Third Monday of May.
u .i. v(ni.,i.n nf Snntnmber.
rOUTiU iinmuwj -i
Inipottiint Opinion Hy The Court.
In tlieane of the County Commisaionerb
veru WH. Brazee, Treasurer of Forest
County, tie Court bas filed the following
opinion : Jttltion fur writ of peremptory
tnandamuio compel Ibe respondent, the
Couuty Treuurer of Forest county, to pay
certain urun given Dy me Uounty Coin-
missione s i tbelr salary. The petition of
the relators e forth that the petitioners
are the Couty Cominisaioners of Forest
county, dulylectod at the municipal elec
tion held Notnber 7, 1911, for the term of
4 years and Ive duly qualified as such;
mat me popuiion or me uounty or iroreet
according to e last census is D,W; that
the Couuly ororest constitutes a separate
poor dintrlct.kylng complied with the Act
of Assembly tproved June 4, 1879; that
W. H. BrazeireBpoudent, is the County
Treasurer of Hi Forest county; that under
the Act of Aspbly approved May 10, 1909,
the County (luinsiouers are eutltlrd to a
salary or JHOUr year; that on February
-u, wit, iua nuiy i omnnsslvuers gave
orders upon tlCouuty Treasurer, pa able
to each respilye, for the sum of $lii.67
each, for llirpeetlve salaries for the
mouth of Janu 1912. and that the said
Couuty Treaiiu has refused upon demand
to pay Bldr, olalinlng that the amount
of the orde ul. be $', each as provid
ed by the ft ijuue 13, 1911. The Act of
April II, I vl eulltled "An Act fixing
Third Monday of wovemuor. Apru ii,v euutied "An Act fixing
Regular Meetings of County Cominls- lhJ itiarf,l( provUling for ,be eXpenses
loners 1st aud 8d Toeedey. of month. of CoHtll..(Jimil(11,lonerHi , C0U0tl(.8 of
- . . . ... , I tl.la fr.llta.OBlll. I T I J .
b.NfeM4MMIiltak-l
PreHbyterian Sabbath S19;45
nul M. K. Sabbath School at 10:00 a. rn.
Preaching In M. K. S',,u",hV",ryn
bath evening by Rev. VV.
Preaching in me r. m.wiuiv,u..,
Sabbath eveulng at tbeuBual hour. Rev.
U. A. Oarrett, Pastor. .
Preaching in the Presbyterian cbnrob
every Sabbath at 11:H) a. m. and 7:. p.
m. Rev. H. A. Badey. Pastor.
The regular meetings or the W . C. , 1 .
U. are held at the headquarters on tae
iecond and fourth Tuesdaya of each
UJI'Dth.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
"PI' N EST A LODC1 K, No. 869, 1. 0 O. K.
1 Menta every Tuesday evening, In Odd
Fellowa' Hall, Partridge bulldiug.
n PT. OEOBOR STOW POST. No. 574
(J U A. R. Meets let Tuesday aOer
nK)u of eah month at 3 o'clock.
rAPT. OEOROE STOW CORPS, No.
C ,ff W. R. C, meets ttrat and third
Wednesday evening of each month.
F R ATTORNEY-AT-L AW
Tionenta, Pa.
MA. CARRINOER,
. Attorney and Counsellor-at-Iaw.
Offl. over" Forest $"?V?
Bnk Building, TIONbSTA, rA.
O ATT0RNEY-AT-LAWW(irr6njPa
Practice in Forest Co.
A BKWTTORNEY.AT.LAW
OtBoein Arner Building, Cor. Elm
and Bridge Sts., Tionesta, Pa.
PRANK 8. HUNTER. D. D. S
F liooms over Citizen, Mtnk.
DR. F.J. BOVARD,
Physician A Surgeon,
' TIONESTA, PA.
Eyes Tested and Glasses Fitted.
R. J. B. SIOOINS.
Physician ana pA,
D
OTEL WEAVER.krcKi pr()prlet(ri
nottrm, FZirrnverenoe'8 Z
CVaStON. Proprietor.
Tlnnsota Pa. This is the moat central ly
SSSltoWlD the place, and has all the
place for the traveling public.
DHIL. EMERT
FANCY BOOT A SHOEMAKER.
Shop over R. L. Haslet's K""ry.f'r.e
on Elm street. Is prepared to do-all
Kind,, of custom work from the Hujt to
t"b" coarsest and guarantees 1. work to
crivH ner eel saiiHiwinm. . -
tiou giveu to mending, aud pricea
sonable.
Fred. Grottenborger
GENERAL
BLACKSMITH & MACHINIST.
aknd0,erama,Lksi,n
iv done ai i,w -- ,
Machinery given special atlention, and
Mtiafautton guaramecu.
this Confcweallh." It Is nnantnii I
in, that jaunnal salary of each member
of tbs hi of County Commissioners, in
the sevepouutles in this Commonwealth,
shall beWlows: Iu counties containing
ten thoiil population or less three hun
dred di Ttie salaries herein fixed
shall btlill and in lien of all other com.
peosatiir the services of Couuty Coin
missionxcept traveling expenses neces
sarily lred in discharge of their official
duties, tier acting as such or as poor
directnqin the performance of any ser
vice, oftW duty imposed upon County
CommUrs. The Act of May 10, 1909,
is eutlllVo Act regulating the salaries
of Couitoaimissioners aud their em
Dloves. I .aid CmnUKlminr. ra illri-t.
ore of lllnty poor, In counties of less
than selflve thousand inhabitants."
This Aci(de4 that salaries of County
Coinnilun, n counties having a popu
lation of )llu seventy five thouoand in
which CocululuB,onel.g arBi or will
be, the di, 0f the poor shall be as fol
lows: lnjeB 0f H8, lnan twenty-five
thousand 4,I1 eight hundred dollars
per year. kct 0f Juue 13, 1911, is en
titled, "A0 amend an Act, entitled
An Act n,e saliaritss and providing
for the ex,f County CommiAsioners,
in counties Commonwealth approv
ed the folh (Uy 0f April, Anno
Domini oiLaa mue huudred and
five." Thnnend, tne of J!K)j
only In renue grartM 0f population,
thus niakiieconij grade consist of
counties ha ti,ir,y Buj umier ,llr
ty-five thoti,leu in lhe Aot of ms
contaiuou oyty auii unuBr thirty,
eight thoui,ua,olli it joeg -not
change the n.8i Mog C0UD,ieg con.
taluing ten j population or less.
The Act of lever, omits from the
anieudmeut the Aot of m5
designating .ce8 randoms, to wlt:
"whether act,ch or a poor Qirect.
ors." Iu our, tlie amenametit by
the Act of 19lAct of 190.1, has not
Wiped out the,ng 0f the Act of 1909,
aud the Act olLtll lu foroe and ap.
nlies to countil
ty Cominisslo4aoe ex-nfllclo those
of poor dlrectolIt woulJ i0OD c)ear
that by the prof tl)B Act 0f lyoo,
the Leg siaiuryj fof aiarte, t0
County CommSn coauties having
less than sevenl0U(lald p0pulation,
in those cases County Commis
sioners are also 0f the couuty poor
as distinguished,, ca()eg where ,be
counties do not L a 8Bparate poor
district and the I oversight of the
poor does not falll8 County Com
missioners. Tbre by ,ue Ao, ef
June 13, 1911, wit0 ex0uje from
the Act of 190.,lledi tue word8
whether acting a, poor directors.
Ana we musi rnIciU810n as In
tentioual, aud It t0 ba for tlle
purpose of leavln,ue provjaion 0f
the Act of 1909, ljflcany oovered
lhe salaries of thd Commissioners
who were acnng Actors. We are
constrained to hde Aot 0f iom
amending ibe Actjogg uot enct
those couuties wboraceil wltuu
the provisions 01 im . nAr.
rea-
Shop In rear of and just west of
Shaw House, Tidioute, Pa.
the
Your patronage solicited. .
FRED. GRETTENBERGER
THE TIONESTA
Eacket Store
Can supply yur wants in such staple
a. N.iwi PRinteil China. Japan
ese China. Decorated Glassware, aud
Plain nl.rl PlinrV Disheg. Candy, as
well as other lines too numerous to
meutiou. ,
Time to Think of
Paint & Paper.
TuCvre vmi titan your snriue work
in painting and papermg let us give
vou our estimates on the complete
job. Satisfaction guaranteed.
G F. RODDA,
Next Door to the Fruit Store, Elm
Street, Tiouesta, Pa.
queue vs. Berks Oj,lper,or court
;7. mereiuro, tne Treasurer
should pay the ord(y ,ue County
Commissioners for n at t,,e rata
ofH00 per annum, by tue Aot
of 1909. Kow, Ma a pra eajp.
tory mandamus is irecteii lo ue
iHHiied against V. hnni.T.uaa.
urer. commanding ltn t0 pay tb8
relators, w. a. .c gcowd0n
and H. H. MoClellah.0nul88lo1.
ers. the three said lr.1(,rH ,,.,..
February 20, 1912, , of ji(JG7
each payable to eily for tb9
respective salary ol, Cou),.
Commissioners, for t jauuaryi
WVl. The cost of thL t() b() paiJ'
by the County of Fof
Ickley,
?nt Judge.
The number of inJoy Qny
popularity In Ire Bmall
although personalte q(mll
fled to attract It. H magge
hnow the history ocountry
better than the cldit Thpy
have long niemor
tradition what Le
thorlty, that "the
titles are histotica
memories not of h
A "Union" peer at
the same category
llan" landholder in U
uiin hnld cn tpnaciofcw
Btock." Londou Trut:
HUNGRY TOILERS
LQOKJOMINERS
Desperate. Effort to Stop Suf
fering and End Trade Crisis.
HOUSE PASSES INCOME
TAX BY LARGE MAJORITY
FOR MINIMUM WAGE BILL
Ex-Premier's Opposition to Legislation
Rushed to End Coal Strike Voted
Down by Large Majority In
creasing Destitution.
London. By un astonishingly large
majority, the minimum wage bill was
passed in I'arlianient and it la hoped
that the unprecedented distress caus
ed by the coal strike will cease. Al
ready the strike's consequences are
appalling and every day sees further
curtailment of business and railway
services.
It Is announced that the Great East
ern Railway, which up to the present,
because of its enormous coal reserve,
has been able to maintain a full ser
vice, will begin to cut down. The tram
way company serving the London su
burbs was given notice to Its employ
es that It will not be able to run any
cars after the end of the month.
From ull grear industrial district!,
come tales of increuBing destitution.
luteiiBllied by the cold and Inclement
weather, and, In the northern coun
ties, snow and sleet. The Paisleys
Thread Mills were closed, letting out
12,000 workers.
The ports are all congested by idle
shipping. It Is estimated that tonnage
amounting to 100,000 is lying idle at
the Southampton docks, Including the
liners Oceanic, Majestic, St. Paul
New York and Philadelphia.
The total of the men out of employ
ment is Increasing daily, and it Is now
estimated that besides the million
miners on strike nearly two million
other persons have been made idle
The people In many centres dally
besiege the offices of the mayors,
where relief Is freely distributed. It
is thought probable that unless some
thing is quickly done to bring thecriBis
to an end, hunger marches, such as
that which took place In the fishing
town of Grimsby, when three hundred
starving men marched to the town
hall and begged for relief, will become
a common sight all over the country.
Details of the hundreds of individu
al cases of starvation and Buffering
would fill pages of a newspaper
Through the Lancashire district con
ditions are pitiable. Relief funds have
been started In Wigan,- St. Helens,
Bolton, Preston and other coal towns,
where fully 40 per cent, of the coal
workers are women and quite 10 per
cent, children.
Men and women are literally starv
ing by tens of thousands. But it is
war to a finish with the miners. Their
leaders vow they will starve to death
before they will give In. The fight is
equally bitter on the side of the opera
tors, who insist the Minimum Wage
bill la a revolutionary, blackmailing
piece of legislation. Some o f them
hint that the mines may remain clos
ed; but no one believes this for a mo
ment. Their profits are quite enough
to take care of the minimum wage.
$130,000 PEARL THIEF CAUGHT.
Postoffice Inspectors Nab Man Who
Stole Jewels Aboard Liner.
St. Louis. Postofiice Inspectors ar
rested Daniel Callahan on a charge of
stealing pearls worth $130,000 belong
ing to Mrs. Maldwin Drummond from
a stateroom on the Hamburg-American
liner Amerika in February, 1911.
Callahan was taken In a restaurant,
and a man with him, who gave his
name as Charles F. Miller, was arrest
ed at the same time. The rewards
ottered for the arrest of Callahan total
$10,0000.
Washington. The arrest in St.
Louis of Daniel Callahan by postofiice
Inspectors ends a chase of a year,
which took lu a large portion of the
United Stales and England. Callahan,
who is 30 years old according to re
cords of the PoBtoffice Department,
has a long criminal career and lias
been the leading spirit in some of the
largest robberies in the country.
INDIANA FOR GOV. MARSHALL.
Delegates to National Democratic Con
vention So lnstn-td.
liidianapolts, Ind. The thirty-delegates
from Indlcna to the Democratic
National Convention were instructed,
in the platform adopted by the State
convention, "to present to that body
the name of Governor Thomas II. Mar
shall as the first and only choice of the
Democracy of Indiana for the nomina
tion of President." '
Marshall, who cal'ed the convention
to order as temporary chairman, was
wildly cheered. Kern w permanent
chairman.
TOM MANN SENT TO PRISON.
w bv
llth nn.
IJ1 1DU
.1 with
v.h in
W-.7
D.
Held IWthout Bail, Charged With In
citing Soldiers to Mutiny.
Manchester, England. Tom Mann,
the noted British Socialist labor lead
er, was sent to jail in Salford because
he urged soldiers to refuse to shoot
tliPtr lathers and brothers if called out
ior strike duty.
The charge against Mann was
'ought by attorneys representing the
Office, who alleged he had inclW
-rg to mutiny.
Eighty Republicans Join Democrats
in Vote on Measure Expect
Senate to Concur. -
Washington. The Democratic Ex
cise bill to tax virtually everybody's
income when it is $5,000 or more a
year passed the House, 250 to 40. The
Democrats voted solidly for it, and
carried 80 Republican voteB with
them. Forty regular Republicans were
the opposition.
The bill now goes to the Senate,
where its fate is a guess. Many Sena
tors said that if on analysis they found
the House measure would tax all
classes of people alike they would sup
port it. Democratic Senators, with a
few exceptions, are expected to vote
for it. Democratic Leader Martin ex
preBsed the hope that the Democratic
Senators and the progressive Republi
cans might put the bill through. Re
publican leaders are depending on the
President's veto to check revenue re
vision bills from the House.
f l.c Kxclse bill, though primarily In
tended to produce anywhere from $20,
000,000 to $60,000,000 a year to make
tip for the losses on free sugar, is also
expected' to be oue of the offsets to
general pension legislation, which
seems sure to be enucted. Democrat
ic Leader Underwood held his majori
ty Intact through the passage of the
bill. Not one Democratic vote was cast
against it, and the measure was pass
ed exactly as framed.
An outburst of applause from the
Democratic side accompanied the an
nouncement of the vote, and was re
newed when it was learned that 80
Republicans had voted for the meas
ure. The bill would extend the existing
Corporation Tax law to include a tax
of 1 per cent, on the yearly net In
comes of all firms or individuals in ex
cess of $5,000.
N. DAKOTA FOR LA FOLLETTE.
Results of the First Presidential Pri
mary Ever Held.
Fargo, N. D. Senator La Follette
carried the primaries in North Dako
ta by at least 15,000, and he may
have more votes than Roosevelt and
Taft combined. It Is not Improbable
that he carried every one of the forty-nine
counties. The Progressive
Democrats went for him almost to a
man. There was no real contest In
the Democratic ranks and as a conse
quence the radicals in the party vot
ed for La Follette, as they cau under
the primary systeiCSllu this State.
EANDITS HOLD UP TRAIN.
Blow Open and Rob Express Safe on
the M. & O. Road.
Corinth, Miss. Mobile & Ohio pas
senger train No. 4, northbound, was
held up and the express safe blown
open and robbed seven miles south of
Corinth by four men, heavily armed
iinrl masked. After accomplishing the
robbery the men took to the dense un
derbrush of the Tuscumbia River bot
toms. Bloodhounds were telegraphed for
and a posse was organized to take up
the pursuit.
MILLIONS FOR ORPHANAGE.
Lord Wandsworth's Will Provides $6,
250,000 for Institution.
Loudon. A bequest of $t,250,000
figures in the will of the late Baron
Wandsworth for the foundation of an
orphanage.
Sydney .Tames Stern first Barcn
Wandsworth, who died recently, leav
ing no heir to the title, was the son of
Viscount de Stern, from whom he In
herited the title of viscount In the
kingdom of Portugal aud a large es
tate. Lord Wandsworth never married.
STRIKES ADJOURNMENT GAIT.
House Passes $26,000,000 Rivers and
Harbors Bill in Three Hours.
Washington. Evidence of a dis
position on the pa't of both Deaio
irats and Republicans of the House
to hurry up the work of the session
so that Congress may adjourn In am
ple timo for the national conventions
of the two parties was furnished when
the rivers and harbors appropriation
bill, carrying cash appropriations of
t24,0G2,r20 and contract authoriza
tions of $2,200,000, were put through.
LEGISLATORS FACE INQUIRY.
Four Members of New Mexico House
Accused of Bribery.
Santa Fe, N. M. The trap set by
the Republican State Central Com
mittee in which four members of the
House Jose P. l.'vero, Julian C.
Trujillo, Manuel Cordova and Luis R.
Montoya were arrested, charged with
accepting bribes to vole for certain
senatorial candidates, was declared
by the accused men to ha"e been set
by themselves to catch the "higher
ups.". The accused men resigned.
Substitute for Soap.
Boiled potatoes make an excellent
lubstltute for soap If your hands have
become blackened with contact with
pots and pans. Take a little of the
potato and rub well Into the skin,
(hen rinse It off with warm water.
Cornered.
"That chauffeur was a great disap
pointment." "I thought he would be."
"But you gave him a letter of recom
mendation." "Of course. And I advise you to do
the same. It's the only way to get htm
to eo ru arr-r.M "
IS GIVING AWAY
HIS REALjSTATE
Phipps Tired of the Burden Its
Care Entails
TEN MILLION GOES TO SONS
Were Not Previously suffering for Ne
cessities of Life Public Ben
efactions of Donor Have
Been Many.
Pittsburgh. Pa. Henry Phipps, Sr.,
has divested himself of his realty
holdings In this city, estimated at
$10,000,000, by giving it to three sons,
John 8., Henry and Howard Phipps,
all of Nassau county, New York. The
gift includes the Fulton, Bessemer
and .Manufacturers skyscrapers, all on
the banks of the Allegheny, the McEl
veen Furniture Company's building,
the Philips model tenements on the
North Side, besides other less we!l
known but valuable parcels. Included
In the gilt are two farms, one In Ross
township and another in Jefferson
township.
The deed is an ordinary typewrit
ten document In which no space Is
wasted with recitals other than de
scribing the properties. Nothing is
said about how the three sons are to
share In the ownership of the proper
ty; the $10,000,000 more or less of
skyscrapers and other real estate Is
jtiHt given them In fee. Henry Phipps
and his. wife, Mrs. Annie C. Phipps,
signed and acknowledged the docu
ment in New York city, the date in
the transfer being March 12. 1912.
Less than a month ago Mr. Phipps
gave his "boys" $3,000,000 worth of
Chicago real estate, and neither the
father nor the boiis would comment
upon that gift which, It was Bald, was
simply to relieve the parent of much
work and worry. It was not because
John S., Henry C. and Howard need
the real estate. The eldor ones,
John and Henry, have mansions of
their own In Long Island that are as
imposing as their father's in New
York. They own enough of the
United States Steel Corporation to
enable them to have homes in Pitts
burgh and estates in Scotland. The
youngest son, Howard, lives mostly
with his father, and also has a few
bonds of the Steel Corporation In his
deposit vault.
The sisters of the Phipps boys, who
do not share In the Pittsburgh real
estate, are Helen, now Mrs. Bradley
Martin, and Amy, now the wife of the
Hon. Frederick Guest.
Mr. Phipps a few years ago spent
$1,000,000 building model tenements
in New York. He gave $500,000 for
a Phipps Institute to treat tuberculosis
in Philadelphia, his birthplace. He
gave a similar sum to Johns Hopkins
University, Baltimore, Md., for the
study of insanity.
A few of his other beneflclencleg
have been: $100,000 for the aid of the
Boer families distressed by the war
with England; $50,000 to Paris to
tight tuberculosis; $100,000 for scien
tific research in India; $10,000 for a
memorial to Henry Ward Bcecher,
and $10,000 to the Educational Alli
ance of this city.
LATHAM RELEASED BY McGR -W.
Old Timer Has to Make Room for
Youngsters Seeking a Job.
Dallas, Tex. Arlie Latham, one of
the most famous of all the old-time
baseball players, aud one of the char
acters of the modern-day game, who
has been carried by the New York
Giants In the capacity of coach for
the past four years, has been released.
Latham's value to the club as a
drawing card was quite definite, hut he
had to he included in the 25 ball play
ers allowed a manager after May 15,
and McGraw drew In so many valuable
youngsters this year that he finally
had to make room for them somehow.
Walter Arlington Latham celebrat
ed hid fifty-third birthday in camp at
Mailin a few days ago. He was the
oldest man in point of service earning
a livelihood out of the game by Btill
appearing in uniform, having been
player, manager, umpire and finally
coach for almost 40 years. He was
one of the greatest baserunners of all
time and one of the best fielding and
hitting third basemen.
Few of the Giants with whom he
worked were even born when he was
in liis prime.
REAL RECALL IN OHIO.
Socialists Will Try to Oust Mayor
Who "Fired" One of the Faith.
Lorain, O Thomas Pape, the Soc
ialist Mayor of Lorain, lias been offic
ially notified by Secretary Goll of the
Socialist party that, unless he appears
at a meeting of the party next Thurs
day and satisfactorily explains why
he'discliarged G. A. Storck, a Socia'ist,
from the office of service director and
appointed L A. Dawes, a Republican,
ho will be recalled by the patty ami
his resignation sent to tho council.
Mayor Pape says that ho will not ut
tend the meeting and will ignore I lie
official notification. There are but two
Socialists In the council and the resig
nation will not cany in tnnt bod-'.
The mavor, when lie dropped Direc
tor Storck, said that it was because
.he latter was entirely Incompetent to
perform the duties of the office.
MARQUIS OF HERTFORD DIES.
His Heir Former Husband of Alice
Thaw of Pittsburgh.
London. Tho Marquis of Hertford,
father of the Karl of Yarmouth, died
on .March 21! and the Earl of Yar
mouth, the former husband of Alice
Thaw of Pittsburgh, succeeds to the
title and what there Is of the estate.
Yarmouth, who went through bunk
iMiptcy for n bout $100,000, succeeds to
tn estate that is impoverished and
mortirasod heavily, and debts of vail
ous descriptions abound.
105 LOSE THEIR LIVES
IN MINE EXPLOSION
disaster in Oklahoma Caused by Ac
cumulated Gas Had No Chance
to Make Escape.
JlcCurtaln, Okla. One hundred and
five lives Is accepted as an approxi
mately correct estimate of the hu
man toll taken when mine No. 2 ol
the Sans Bois Coal Company here was
wrecked by an explosion. Of 11 'J
men of the day shift only eleven are
known to be alive. The otners are
entombed behind the debris. In the
opinion of Government experts and
mine officials they are dead, and a
spiclal train which broiii'lit physi
cians and nurses from Fort Smith,
Ark., returned at once because they
were not npeded. Five physicians re
mained In the faint hope that some
of the imprisoned men may be found
alive Among those unaccounted for
are members of a surveying party,
headed by W. D. Roper of Clio, S. C.
Forty-three Americans were employ
ed in the mine.
Frank Fields, a miner, was the first
to stagger out of the mine. He was
walking In an entry and heard the
explosion, he said. Nine other min
ers escaped through a "man-way."
Superintendent Brown of the coal
company led the first rescue party
Into the mine, but they could proceed
no further than the sixth level. They
returned to the surface with the body
of John Colwas, 17 years old.
All night half a hundred rescuers
worked In relays. They took out
four bodies. The bodies are black
ened and burned and are practically
unrecognizable. Brown said the force
of the explosion was such that only
by Mie remotest possibility could any
St Lie e.itombed men be alive.
The explosion resulted, mine ex
perts said, from either accumulated
gas or coal dust.
Scranton, Pa. Mine gas creeping
through crevices Into the cellar of a
dwelling In Dunmore, this county, In
which nine persons, seven of them
children, were sleeping, reached the
kitchen where an oil lamp was burn
ing. In the explosion that tore the
house to fragments two mothers and
six children were killed outright and
the seventh child was fatally hurt.
The dead are Mrs. Jean Batiste Co
viello, 48 years old; her children,
William, aged 21; Lizzie, aged 14;
Lucy, aged 12; Domlnlck, aged 8;
Mrs. Vito Summa, aged 28, a mar
ried daughter, and her children, Rose,
aged 4; Frank, aged 5.
The seventh child, Mamie Summa,
was found lodged in the branches of a
tree in the street in front of the
wrecked house when dawn broke two
hours after the explosion.
The region of the explosion Is
honeycombed with worked out veins,
the topmost of which comes within
twonty feet of the surfuce.
ROOSEVELT FEARS OLIGARCHY.
Tells Audience Taft Doesn't Believe
In Popular Government.
New York. Speaking to a large, at
tentive and enthusiastic audience In
Carnegie Hall, Theodore Roosevelt, In
his first appeal made in this Stute for
the Republican nomination for the
Presidency, explained his Columbus
speech, enunciated a more moderate
doctrine than he laid down then, at
tacked President Tuft unqualifiedly
for the latter's Massachusetts address,
and stirred the atiLience to applause
In n passion of oratory which carried
the radical portion of his audience
with him.
That President Taft does not believe
In popular government that he inclines
to oligarchy or government of tho
many by the few, and that representa
tive government in this country is
tending to oligarchy and has got to be
altered to a true democracy, are Bomo
of the things Colonel Roosevelt told
his audience.
JOINCD IN DEATH AS IN LIFE.
Three Aged Women, Seeking Health
Together, Die Within Three Days.
Jersey City, N. J. The Misses Mary
and Alice McCrarn, the first 80 and
the other 78 years old, and their sister-in-law,
Mrs. Susan McCrarn, also
78 years old, went into Orange Coun
ty, New York, rome two weeks ago,
for their health.
A few days after their arrival they
caught tho grip. Mary died on March
1G, her sister-in-law the next day, and
Alice on March 19.
HEARS SHOTS, FALLS DEAD.
Mrs. Murray Mistook Them for FeuJ
at Court House Murder Trial.
London, Ky. Shots fired as a fire
alarm here aud mistaken for tho
sounds of u feud battle at tho Court
House, where dm. May is on trial for
murder, so excited Mrs. W. II. Murray
thnt she fell dead.
May, who it is said has killed four
men, Is on trial for the alleged murder
of Mrs. Sherman Merida, In tho heart
of tho fond country He Is undergoing
a life sentence for killing hor husband.
Friend of Dumas.
There lives at St. Die, France, In a
little commune near Rehatipnl an old
woman of gofcd figure and utidimmcd
eye, notwithstanding the fact that
she was borne 111 years ago. Cente
narians are not at all uncommon
about the Vosges. Her name Is Mine.
Vlry and for a long period she was
In the Bervlce of Alexandre Dumas
pere.
She has many recollections of tht
time spent at the house of the author
of the "Trots Mousquetalrcs," and she
describes Dumas as an excellent man
but very fond of a good dinner, fowls
beliig his specialty
SIDE BY SIDE
IN LONG SLEEP
Aged Couple Pass Away Almosl
Simultaneously
WIDOW'S WISH CARRIED OUT
"I'm Coming John," She Said Lovely
Close of Long Devoted Com
panionship Marriage Ante
dated Civil War.
Reyno'.dsville, Pa. The oldest couple
of this town, in residence as well as
age, ar j dead. They are Mr. and
Mrs. John S. Smith. Mr. Smith, aged
80, died lust Friday morning anil his
wife,, aged 79, Sunday morning. They
will be buried side by Bide Wednes
day, according to a request made by
Mrs. Smith last Friday.
Many times Mrs. Smith' had said:
"If my husband dies first 1 want to
live long enough to know that he is
dead." She was greatly uttached to
him. They had been married 02 years,
and when he was serving in the Civil
War she put her four children in an
ox-cart and drove from Reynoldsvllle
;o Georgia, Tenn., to be near him and
to take care of him should he be
wounded.
Both had been ill over a week from
pneumonia. When the husband died
ihe agod woman, in another room,
Knew by the hush that had suddenly
fallen over the household and the sad
."aces of her children that her com
panion had gone. She called them to
iier beuslde.
"John is dead, isn't he?" she asked.
She was told the truth. An expres
sion of eagerness came over the
ATinkled face.
"Don't bury him till Wednesday,"
she said calmly. Those at the bed
lde knew Bhe wished this delay in
he hope that she would be burled be
jide him.
Sunday morning she said, as if to
erself,, "I'm coming John." Then a
nnlle passed over her face and she
vent to ioei).
Mrs. Smith was born iu Panic, five
niles from Reynoldsville. She and
lr. Smith were married 10 years be
ore he joined Company 1, One hun
ired and Filth Pennsylvania Volun
teer Infantry for service in the Civil
.Yar. Mrs. Smith was left with four
mall children. Besides taking care
it her house she worked in fields,
lauled logs and cut timber. Sha
otild endure this but a year, when
onging to be near her husband over
ame her, and she traveled to Ten
essee In an ox-cart with her chil
ron. H-'r husband's regiment was
here. She remained there till the
var was over.
Mr. Smith was born in Clinton coun
y. As a young man lie taught school
vhen schoolhouses were log huts with
vindowH of greased paper, loiter he
lecame a civil engi er and staked off
he plan for Reynoldsville. He sur
'eyed nearly all the roads In Jeffer
jon county.
The following children survive; Sid
ley F., Marietta. O.; Frank D. Wash
ngton, D. C; W. I., of Punxsutawney ;
D. of Lynchburg. Va.; MrB. Joseph
oesan of Woodslkid. O., and Mrs.
iValter Fleming of Buffalo, N. Y.
Newsboy Confesses to Being Firebug.
Butler, Pa. fl'he source of the in
'ndlary fires which have aroused But
er the past week Is said to have been
ienred up when "Mike" Flint, a nlne
earold Ita'.lan newsboy admitted to
'hlef of Police that he (Flint) started
hem. 11-e Is alleged to have said he
darted the two fires because the two
enants did not buy newspapers from
1 1 in and tn have explained the blaze
.11 County Surveyor George Pillow's of
Ice because Pillow "kidded" him and
lecauae lie wanted to see if the auto
noblle fire truck could get to the lire
faster than the horse-drawn engines.
'.Mike" is very industrious and is
veil known about the courthouse. He
vas gWcn u lecture by Burgess Amy
and Chief of Police Sehultz und per
nltted lo go homo on the proniiss
that he would start no more fires.
New Freight Record Established.
Ilarrlsbuig, Pa. The Philadelphia
Hvision of the Pennsylvania Railroad
'omimny handled S.425 freight cars
larch i'i and broke all records for
Movement of freight cars between
t'hiladeiiilila and HairiShurg. By
nil odd coincidence the books of Su
perintendent William U. McCaleb show
that the best previous record was 8,
1 10, made on March 21!, 1907, Ave
ears to the day. The average move-in-lit
of freight cars on t ho division
or the lo da.vB previous was 7,237
laily.
Vile Wretch Gets Swift Justice.
Salt Lake City, I'tah. Quick Justice
jviib dealt out here whes George Par
y. aged lis, arresti d Friday charged
.ilh attacking an 11-year-old girl, was
ntenced to servo til years In the
,tni e penitentiary. Parry was par
Icned ill 1910 alter serving nine years
f a 20 J ear bcntetice ou a similar
charge.
Interstate Commerce Commission
decided railroads must take Biimc rate
between states as within any state
and that federal law truuscenda Mtate
law, in all Interstate commerce.
Whole Life in One House.
Salisbury, Pa. Mr. and Mrs. Char
es R. Haselbarth, who celebrated
heir golden wedding recently, have
pent their entire wedded life heie.
.lr. llatelbarth lb a native of Ger
'.luny and came to America when 24
i us old. His wife, who was Lydla
livelv, was born iu Salisbury, she
has lived her entire life, 72 years, in
the house in which she was borti.
Ttiey luiv-e seven children.
Annuil report of Carnegie Founda
tion showed ui'tch impioveuieut la
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