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TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1912.
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BOROUGH OFFICERS.
BwgtM.-S. C. Dunn.
Jwtticea of the Peaee-O. A. Randah, D.
W Clark.
bowMiiinen.3. W. Landers, J. T. Dale,
O. H. Koblnson, Win. Suiearbaugh,
K. J. Hopkins, O. V. Watson, A. 11.
Kelly.
amniablt L. h. Zuver.
Oolleetor-'W. U. Hood.
School Director! W. O. Intel, J. K.
Clark, 8. M. Henry, Q. Jamieson, D. U.
Blum.
FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS.
Member of Oongress-P. M . Sneer.
Member of tiewite-S. K. P. Uall.
Atnemblii-V. J. Campbell.
Prtaident Judge W. U. Hinckley.
Auoetat .wiyea-Sainuel Aul, Joseph
M. Morgan.
Prothonotary, Register t Recorder, ae.
-H. R. Maxwell.
Sheriff Win. H. Hood.
VreamirerVf. H. Braee.
CbmmtMonr-Wm. H. Harrison, J.
C. Hoowden, H. H. MoClellan.
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Jury Oommisiionert J. B. fc.ilen, a. m.
Moore.
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Countv iluditors-deorne H. Warden,
A. C. UregK an a s. v. ninenm.
Cbwntv Auroeyor Koy s- B"'
County Supertntenrferti J. O. Carson.
llcaalar Terms mt :
Fourth Monday of February.
Third Monday of May.
Fourth Monday of September.
Third Monday of November.
Regular Meetings of County Commie
slouera Island 3d Tuesdays of month.
1'k.rck m4 NsTbnlh HcSmI.
Presbyterian Sabbath School at 9:46 a
. i.' u.i.i..ti. si..iwwl at 10:00 a. m
Preaching in M. K. Church every Sab
bath evening by Rev. W-S. Burton,
n i n,o it m. rinirch every
Sabbath evening at the usual hour. Kev.
U. A. Garrett, Pastor.
Preaching in llie rrenuyiermu
everv Sabbath at 11:00 a. in. and 7:.M) p.
m. Rev. b. A. Ha.ley. Paj-tor
The regular meetings of the w. i.
U. are held at the headquarters on tue
secoud and fourtn Tuesdaya of each
utrnth.
SETTLING DOWN
IN COAL FIELDS
Cleveland Referendum's To Be
Out Saturday
A. W. LAFFERTY
RATIFICATION IS PROBABLE
British Coal Miners End Long and
Coatly Struggle Vote Almost 4
to 1 Nearly 50,000 Had Al
ready Returned to Work.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
TM' N ESTA LODGE, No.369.LO.O. F.
i Meow every Tuesday evening, in Odd
' Fellows' Hall, Partridge building.
CAPT. GEORGE STOW POST. No. 274
i. A. R. Meet 1st Tuesday after
noon of each month at 3 o'clock.
CAPT. OEORGE STOW CORPS, No.
137, W. R. C, moets first and third
Wednesday evening of each month.
F. RITCHKY,
ATTORN EV-ATLAW,
Tioneata, Fa.
MA. CARRINQER,
. . ..I iV..naallnr.Rt..T.ftW
Offl.-e over Forest County National
Bank Building, hwmia,
CURTIS M. SHAWKEY,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Warren, Pa
' . Practice in Forest Co.
A C BROWN.
Building. Cor. Elm
and Bridge 8t., Tlonesta, Pa.
CRANK S. HUNTER, D. D. S,
T Rooms over Uilir.ons Nat. Bank.
I ION ESTA, PA
IR. F.J. BOVARD,
I I Di,i.uifian A HnrirHon.
TIONE.STA, PA
F.yes TeHted and Glasses t Itted.
r-vo t R UIIllilNS
1J ' ' Physician and Surgeon,
OIL CITY. PA
ll J. H. PIERCE, Proprietor
. ..... ,i ., i.,.,luin in all its BP
noltinnei.ls. Every convenience ana
(Mimfort provided for the irayenug puuim-
i.Trn . T unlTfi IT.
. u a k'lil.TOV. Pronr etor
Tionseta, Pa. ' This is the most centrally
located hotel in me piace, mm im? " yj
modern lmproveiiienta. No pains win
be spared to make it a pleasant sUipping
place lor the traveling public
DHIL. KMERT
FANCY BOOT A SHOEMAKER.
Shop over R. L. Haslet's grocery store
ou Elm street. Is prepared to do all
itld of cuatoui work from the liiiest to
the coarsest ami guarantees his work to
give perlwa satisfaction. Prompt atten
tion given to meuding, and prices reasonable.
Plttsburnh, Pa. Hy next Saturday
the referendum vote upon the wage
RSreement us fixed by the Joint scale
committee at the conference of coai
operators nnd union miners in Cleve
land, O., will have been completed.
Sentiment among local union coai
miners indicates that the agreemunl
will he ratitled. In that vent the
order for BimpeiiBion or work lu the
mines will expire automatically.
The stand of Pittsbursli District
No. 5 as io the suspension order waB
shown Saturday ut the annual con
vention in the Labor Temple' The
men at the Roscos mines peuiioncu
the convention to reconsider the sus
pension pension order The inference
among the delegates was that a vote
was wanted hb to the sense of the
convention regarding the suspension
of work in the niiiiea, pending the
referendum vote upon the wage
sohcdu.e. The RoBCoe measure was
presented to the convention aim was
tabled in short oruer. me if""' '
the debute showed a disinclination to
reconsider th suspension older.
It is considered likely that the
clause of the national constitution
providing for an assessment oi one
ha f of 1 per cent upon the oaniinsJ
of the men may be enforced soon.
This constitutional provision is
the establishment of a defense fund
and in the event of uoii-iatilication ot
the wage scale, the assessment, it Is
said, may be levied. The miners
now pav 25 cents a month in dues to
the national organization; u cents i
the district, and 10 cenis io iu
organization.
i Knelimd. After five stag
nallng weeks that have cost the
I'nited Kingdom upwards oi i,,
OOO.tiul) and have rendered more than
2,00(1.(10(1 men, women and boy work
ers idle, the national coai Biuae
b-'en cailed off by the olfidals of the
Federated Miners Tnion. The deci
sion was reached alter a ions in
ference iu West in luster, wnete (
miners' delegates, representing every
coal field in Creat Britain, gathered.
The resolution to end the Btrujsgle
was carried by a vote of 410 to 12.
Betore the meeting It had been seen
that the strike spirit liau greau,
weakened in Scotland and Wales
where the vote had becu in favor ol
the minimum wage hill and return U
wotk. It Is believed that, oy uie imu
die of the week the coal industry wi .
anain be iu f"'l b.ast. Nearly 50,0(k
men had returned to work heiore tlit
nilners' officials decided on endins tht
strike. The next step will be to
appoint Joint boards throughout t it
various mining districts to fix a m In
limini wage as provided for In thc
nilnimuin wage bilU
Said Ho Brought on Gettysburg.
vo, vm-w Cotirtland Cunningham,
70 years old, who as a telegraph oper
ator claimed to have brought about
the battle o; Gettysburg, dropped dean
in a Brooklyn restaurant last week.
As a member of a military telegraph
corps in the Civil War, he claimed he
Intercepted a message that was being
. f, nir.hiiimwl to General Lee
peiu. Mum .... iii
with instructions to begin the illu
sion of the north. He hurried this
Information to Washington and Gener
al Meade received orders which re
sulted ill the batt'e of Gettysburg.
Congressman Lafferty of Oregon!
loon coming up for re-election a
finds It necesaary to explain the tro
ole Into which he got a few montl
ago by trying to make an engageme
with a young girl of Waahlngton. H
laya he did only what any otner u
CO-OPERATION "
IS SUGGESTED
National Waterways Commis
sion Not Too Sanguine
THE CASH MUST BE SHOWN
Extenaive Analysis of Lake Erie-Ohi
River Canal Situation On
the Whole Favorable,
WORST OF FLOOD
ALL THE PREVIOUS HIGH WATtj
MARKS ALONG THE MISSISSIM
PI COVERED.
MANY LEVEES SWEPT 0
Hickman, Ky., Cut Off and 3,000 Fj
sons Without Abode Face Hun
Taft Urgea Congresa to Grant
lief Senda Tenta to New Mad
Memphis, Tenn., April 4. With
town completely flooded, four or
others partially Inundated, seven
sons dead, 9,000 homeless and
nlles cut off from some sections,
Miauiuuiiml flood situation is ond
grave menace.
Retwepn Cairo. 111., and Arkai
City, Ark., the water is six to ten
above the danger line.- The total
nee is estimated at $2,000,000.
H (ion oersons t
I'iltqiiuri.li I'd n atrw man I i ti r r, r
nilPl'flflnn In tha r.riui Kiint Inn nf iUa
. - . . w . IS uiv t unnii ui nun j i
liroposed ship canal from Pittsburgh
iu i.b cue, out ueing carerui noi
to commit the government to any
financial assistance, the National
WaterwayB Commission, of which
Senator Theodore E. Burton of Ohio,
Is chairman, has made public its re
port on this particular project.
The commission Bees merit in the
canal, believes an adequate water
supply is assured and says no serious
engineering difficulties are to be over
come. Alter an exnaustive invesllga
... me Luiiiiuicoivu Dnj o girai UC1IC
fits would result to the communities
turuugn wnicn me canal wouia pass,
and it believes the government is Jus
tified in co-operating in the enterprise.
It favors the building of the approach
es to the canal by the government and
tilt) f 111-11 I U in tr nf n.niir A(rl..nnna
v" .Mi.iioin,! vi i,i iiij rugiucci o
perform the necessary supervision of
: I ttn ttnrt minl
mrricu man mmin ... . pt.rlurni me necessary supervision o
harm In writing to the young woma the work, such engineers to be assign
! ed bv the secretarv nf war u-hpn till
tween 8.000 and
been driven from their homes.
lives have been iosi. ,.,; " aa
It Is estimated that 300,000 acre throueh routes, ioint rates and
through bills of lading, without which,
the commission believes, the rehabili
tation of water traffic will not be complete.
Fred. Grettenbcrger
GENERAL
BLACKSMITH & MACHINIST.
All work pertaining to Machinery, En
gines, Oil Well Tools, Uas or Water Ht
tings and General Blacksniithing promt) -ly
done at Ixw Rates. Repairing Mill
Machinery given special attention, and
satisfaction guaranteed.
Shop In rear of and just west of the
8haw House, Tldioute, Pa.
Your patronage solicited.
FRED. ORKTTKNBERUER
THE TIONESTA
Racket Store
Can supply your wauts in'such staple
lines aa Hand Tainted Chiua, Japan
nan rhinn llnorated Glassware, and
Plain a i.it Fsncv Dishes. Cundy, as
well as other lines too numerous to
meutiou.
Time to Think of
Paint & Paper.
Before you plan your spring work
in painting and papering let us give
you our estimates on the complete
job. Satisfaction guaranteed.
G. F. RODDA,
Next Door to the Fruit Store, Elm
Street.'Tionesta, Pa.
New Mines to Ba Opened.
Charleston, W. Va.-lUttsburgh and
Nw York men have Incorporated the
Charleston Kanawha Coal Company
with Sii,(i00,ll00 aumorizeu ciiai.
company has bought G0.00O acres ol
coal land in Kanawna cum.i,. -r--aliens
will begin in a few months. The
coal lands are among me mui "
b e in the county. The property op
erated will extend from the Kanawha
river and K. & M. railroad to the lvk
river and the Com & i-ose mm
wha & West Virginia railroads.
Who'll Accommodate the Girls?
Kansas City, Mo. "The suffragettes
In England hope to be fcllied and soon
er or later that will be the result,
declared the Rev. Mary E. Andrews
former pastor of the Milversalts
-i w 1,0 iii on ndilress to the hqual
BUtIras society. Dr. Andrews, who
has Just returned from London, sa'rt.
"Riot, starvation in prison any
means that will hriug martyrdom-,
these English women court and would
count death but a stepping stone to
victory."
Sunday's Converts Join Churches.
Wheeling. W. Va.-Threo tliouaaiiJ
nniv Sunday converts identified
themwlvea with the varlouB local
churches Sunday, a general invitation
havlnn been given. About another
housa.ul were admitted by churches
not actively Identllled with the recent
revival.
Made New World's Record.
I-ittsburgh, Pa. The Duquesne fur
nnies of the Carnegie Steel Company
broke a world's record last month
when loft.fMl tons of iron were pro
duced. This was at the vate of J.4-0
tons a dav, or an average of 570 tons
for each of the six furnaces.
Iron Plant Changes Hands.
Punxsutawney. l'u.-The Rochester
nnd Pittsburgh Coat anu iron
nv affillnted with the Huffalo, Roches
. .' .i ,.i.i..i.,i, Kniiwavs Company,
icr aim n """" t." t. I
has bought the l'uuxsutawncy . Iron
Qomoany 'b furnace here.
(arm lands iu Kentucky, Temied
Missouri, Arkansasand Mississippi
Hnnried and nrobablv 9.000 more
untilled because of fear that the le
protecting them may break.
Railroads are operating trains
considerable difficulty. The Big
hns abandoned service between
and Mound City, but is maintaU
continuous service into Mound Ci
cuvnrai Bteamboats are rend
livestock from the flooded district!
although many thousand do
worth will be saved, the losa oul
Item aloue will be enormous.
The scene of greatest dlstresj
Hickman, Ky., where 1,000 pe
from Dorena, Mo., have been add
the 2,000 homeless residents ot
town. Some of them were taken
thn roofs of their homes. The
imiilv Is sufficient to last only
days and It will be a week befor
plies can reach the place, as tht
roads are cut off by washouts an
mails are imoassable. No mal
irnnn in or out of Hickman for
Shopkeepers there are wearing r
boots in their stores, as the watt
died even the higher part d
town. The factory district Is
fifteen to twenty feet under
Several houses were washed aJ
Dorena, Mo.
Tim number of lives lost
liroiiL'ht to eisht. when the deJ
three railroad men near Fultotj
was renorted. and two more
iii-nwned near Clarksville, Tenn
latter drove off the road into ovj
water of the Red River. The fa
the loss of life has not been gre
due to the warning given to 1
dwellers of the coming high w
At Columbus, Ky., which w
tirut town to bo inundated, tint
tinn is crave. Residents are
ranidlv. and there Is much Biiffc
olivine districts, llie uama
that vicinity is estimated at
The leeves are sliding badly
astrous breaks are certain wh!
inundate and damage the mat
her companies and various o
dustrles.
Washington. President Taf
ed llie War Department to st
ormv tents to citizens of New
Mo. who have been renderej
less by the flood in the Mi
River.
President Taft sent a mej
Congress asking that $500,00!
propriated for strengthening
and building new dikes in
districts along the Mississij
sour! and Ohio rivers, and vt
teen minutes after it was req
House that body passed 1W
tive Ransdells bill making
available for the purpose.
no niKhed over to the Sena
it also was passed and was s
President for bis signature
000,000 is available in cash and bonds
to me amount oi luu.uun.umi nave Deen
certified by the promoters. The re
port then continues:
The question to which the commis
son has given special consideration is
whether the benefits from the con
struction of this waterways will be
commensurate with the cost. The
surveys made in 11)05 fixed the total
cost at 53,(i00,000. It is generally
conceded now that the figure Is Bome
what too low, that $o, 000,000 would
be a more correct estimate. The fac
tors which determine how much traf
fic can he reasonably expected to
make use of this canal, if it is built,
aie on the whole favorable.
The commission points to the traffic
posibilities of the Lake Erie and Ohio
canal and says substantial reductions
of the railroad rates may be expected
to follow operation. The Lake Erie
Michigan canal would obviate the de
tour around the Michigan peninsula
and give a more direct route from
Chicago to New York.
Legislation Is necessary to prevent
the elimination of water competition
and to prevent the raising of water
rates under railway control, In the
opinion of the commission. It be
lieves the interstate commerce laws
are now insufficient to preserve water
transportation and foster its growth,
It urges that every water carrier 1
Interstate commerce be under control
oi the interstate commerce tommis-
NEWS FROM THE CHURCHES.
Notable Dedication and Farewell Cere
monies at Various Points.
Butler, Pa. The Second United
Presbyterian church, this city, was
dedicated with appropriate ceremon
ies Sunday. The Second church Is
composed of former members of the
First church and has built a $27,000
edifice. A debt of $11,000 was wiped
out by contributions at the services.
The improved St. Mark's Lutheran
church ilso was reconsecrated.
Rochester, Pa. The new church
edifice erected by the First Methodist
Episcopal congregation at a cost of
$:s:i,000, was dedicated Sunday. The
furnishings cost about $S,000. An
drew Carnegie gave $1,250 on the cost
of the pipe organ.
Kittanning, Pa. With special serv
ices St. Paul's Potestant Episcopal
parish on Sunday bade farewell to the
old edifice, which is to be torn down
preparatory to the erection of a new
one. Holy communion was held
Sunday morning, and later there was
a choral celebration of holy commun
ion, with a sermon by the rector, the
Kev. Dr. W. E. H. Neller. The last
service In the old church was held
Sunday evening when the Rev. Dr.
Courtlandt Whitehead of Pittsburgh,
bishop of the Pittsburgh diocese, de
livered the farewell sermon. The
new church, exclusive of furnishings,
will cost $50,000.
Four Died Within Twenty-Four Hours.
tttooKvire, 'vwtnm 2i hours
four of Brookville's well-known resi
dents have died. Mrs. John Camp
bell, aged 5, while watching an un
dertaker's wagon drive up to a house
across the street, fell from her chair.
When picked up she was dead. Heart
failure caused death. William 1.
Sowers, aged 55, died Saturday even
ing of stomach trouble. Mrs. Walter
Richards, aged ):!, died Sunday from a
complication of diseases. Miss Eliza
beth Reed, aged 41, died Saturday.
Pittsburgh Postoffice aid to suffer
annual loss of $."iii,tioo since advent of
luallometer.
Girl Takes Poison.
Carbon, Pa. Mary Matey, aged 15,
of this place, is dead of poison, self
admfnistered. She was one of the
plucipals in the sensational hearing
given two young Grcensburg men, last
autumn. They took a party of girls
from here toward Llgonler, and It
was said one of the girls was attack
ed by one of the men, charges were
made by the father ot the girl, but
later withdrawn.
Chicago, 111. Elisha W, Case, aged
79, known tu tuo world's njost extejn
ti.e maker of pies, s dead here.
ECOMGiMY IS URGED
PRESIDENT WOULD PLACE ALL
DEPARTMENT EMPLOYE8 UN
DER CLASSIFIED SERVICE.
RADICAL RECOMMENDATIONS
To Be Selected on Merit Other Rec
ommendations of Legislation by
Which He Hopea to Save More
Than $11,000,000.
Economiea Urged
By the Preaident.
Putting postmasters in class!
service, saving $4,512,000.
Placing pension agents in classi
fied service, saving $62,000 a year.
Abolition of office of receivers
of district land offices and trans
ferring their duties to the regis
ter, saving $200,000.
Transfer ot "political ap
pointees" in Internal revenue and
customs services to the classified
Bervice.
Consolidation of lighthouse and
life-saving services, saving $100,
000. Distribution of work of the
Revenue Cutter Service to other
departments, saving about $1,000,
000. Consolidation of auditing offices
in the Treasury Department, sav
ing $200,000. "
Uniformity of travel allowances
for government officers and em
ployes. Better methods of handling offi
cial correspondence.
Centralization of distribution of
government publications, saving
$242,000.
Washington, April 5. President
Taft sent to Congress his second mes
sage of the present year on economy
and efficiency In the government ser
vice. He recommended the passage of
legislation designed to save more
than $11,000,000 a year. Probably his
two most striking proposals were that
the local government officers in the
Treasury, Postoffice, Justice, Interior
and Commerce and Labor departments
be put In the classified service, and
that the revenue cutter service be
consolidated with the lighthouse ser
vice In the Department of Commerce
and Labor.
By the first change, the President
said. Congress could effect a saving of
at least $10,000,000 a year. In a previ
ous message early in the year he pre
dicted economies that would total
about $1,000,000 a year.
His most important recommenda
tions in this second message are to
have all the local officers under the
Departments of the Treasury, the Post
Office of Justice, of the Interior and of
Commerce 'and Labor placed In the
classified service:
"In my message submitted to the
Congress on January 17, I refeired to
the loss occasioned to the Government
because of the fact that in many cases
two persons are paid for doing work
that could easily be done by one. In
the meantime I have caused an In
quiry to be made as to the amount in
money of this loss. The results of this
Inquiry are that the loss amounts to
at least $10,000,000 annually. For ex-
a'mple. It appears that a very sub
stantial economy would result from
putting experienced and trained offi
cers in charge of the first and second
class post offices instead of selecting
the postmaster in accordance with the
present practice. As the annua)
operating expenses of the first and sec
ond class offices aggregate the enor
mous sum of more than $80,000,000,
undoubtedly if the postmasters of
these offices were embraced in the
classified service and required to de
vote all their time to the public ser
vice the annual savings would eventu
ally represent many millions of dollars."
The President says that the same
thing holds true of the pension agents,
in the General Land Office and the in
ternal and revenue customs services,
In the last of which class, he says,
large expenditures are made for sala
ries of political appointees.
THREE KILLED BY TRAIN
Man, Son and Daughter-in-law Struck
While Crossing Railroad
Track.
Ogdensburg, N. Y., April 5. A man
named Doticet, 45 years old; his son,
25, and the son's wife, 21, were killed
while attempting to cross the railroad
tracks ahead of a passenger train at
Biles Junction. Their horse also was
killed.
They were driving across the track
and were nearly over when the train
hit them. The train was stopped and
the bodies picked up. The body of
the woman lay beside the track, but
the two men had been hurled into a
snow bank.
DEPOSITORS L0SE$147,369
Windsor Locks Savings Bank Treas
urer Had Been Stealing
for 30 Years.
Hartfor', Conn., April 5-Deposl-tors
In the Windsor Locks Savings
Bank, whose treasurer, A. W.Converse,
died a defaulter, knovf now where they
ntond. It has taken two months to
check up the books, which had not
been audited for over thirty years,
just before Converse's stealings began.
A statement sU ned by tho directors
issued puts the deficit at $147,369.29.
SOCIALISTS LOSE
MAYOR SEIDEL 13 DEFEATED BY
13,000 FOR RE-ELECTION BY A
BI-PARTISAN COALITION.
CHICAGO GGES DEMOCRATIC
Legislature Expected to Bar National
Parties in City Elections Extra
vagance Cauae of the Prea
j, , ant Landslide.
Milwaukee, Wis., April 3. Milwau
kee has repudiated socialism.
Mayor Seidel, after two years of con
trol of the city with a big majority of
the City Council, has been voted out
of office. His vote was 30,200 to 43,172
for his opponent, Dr. G. A. Bading
Practically all the Aldermen and
other city officials fall with him.
On the question of Americanism vs
Socialism and extravagance as the fu
sion ticket forced the Ibsuo 80,000
votes were recorded.
The new City Council will consist of
twenty-Bix Non-partisans and eleven
Socialists, of whom two are holdovers
Under the fusion plan the victorious
ticket Is under the Democratic desig
nation.
The majority against the Socialists
breaks all records.
The landslide probably eliminated
every national political party from
participation in future municipal elec
tions in Wisconsin, because as a re
sult of the non-partisan victory In Mil
waukee the State Legislature at a spe
cial session soon to be convented Is
expected to pass a distinctly non-partl
san city election statute.
For La Follette and Wilson.
Milwaukee, Wis., April 3. Returns
from the Wisconsin Presidential pref
erence primaries Indicate that Senator
La Follette will have practically a
complete delegation from this State to
the Republican National Convention
and that Gov. Woodrow Wilson of
New Jersey will have just as strong a
following among the Democrats. Both
President Taft and Speaker Champ
Clark were snowed under.
Democrats Sweep Chicago.
Chicago, April 3. The Progressive
Democrats swept the city in the Alder
manic elections. Of thirty-six Alder
men elected twenty-five are Democrats
and eleven Republicans.
The election was the first test of
party strength since the city was re
dlstrlcted. Eighteen of the twenty-six
Democratic nominees indorsed by the
Hearst-Harrison forces were elected.
Bond propositions for $5,000,000 for
harbor construction, $2t0,000 for bath
Ing beaches and $180,000 for Health
Department buildings were carried.
Socialists Lose In Montana.
Helena, Mont., April 3. Former
Mayor R. R. Purcell, Democrat, now
ill in an Eastern hospital, was elected
Mayor of Helena over Republican and
Socialist opposition. Socialists carried
only one of the eight wards in Butte,
where there is a hold-over Soclulist
Mayor.
Former Waif Now Mayor.
Kansas City, Mo., April 3. Henry L.
Jost, 31 years old, Democrat, was
elected Mayor of Kansas City over
Mayor Darius A. Brown, Republican,
by a majority estimated at 3,500 votes.
With Mr. .lost the entire Democratic
ticket, outBitle of a few Aldermen, was
elected.
Mr. Jost Is an Assistant Prosecuting
Attorney. He was a waif In New
York and was sent West for adoption
when a small boy.
Hartford Is Republican.
Hartford, Conn., April 3 Col. Louis
R. Cheney, Republican, was elected
Mayor of Hartford over State Senator
Thomas J. Spellacy, Democrat, by G58
majority. The Democrats have had
the Mayor since 1910.
MAGDALENA BAY QUEST
President Asked to Tell What He
Knowa of Japan'a Intentions
Lodge Pushes Inquiry.
Washington, April 3 The U. S.
Senate took official cognizance of the
reports that have been circulated re
cently that Japan Is seeking to estab
lish a naval station at Maudalena llav.
on the coast of Mexico. Senator
Lodge of Massachusetts, a member of
the Senate Committee on Foreign Re
lations, introduced a resolution rallins
on the President to send to the Senate
all data In the hands of die Govern
ment relative to the reported acquire
ment by Japanese Interests of a strip
of land on Magtiaiena Bav. This resolu
tion was passed Immediately bv dm
Senate without discussion.
UUR RURAL SCHOOLS
SUBJECT WHICH IS BEING GIVEN
SOME SERIOUS CONSIDERA
TION NOW.
NEW ARMORIES FOR STATE
Four New Armories May Be Built
By the State Board the Com
ing Summer Distribution
of Trout.
Harrisburg. The outlines of a bul
letin calling to the attention of rural
school authorities the importance of
better sanitary arrangements for the
"little red school house" and earnest
ly recommending immediate action to
bring about improved conditions will
form one of the most important mat
ters to be brought before the state
board of education at its April meet
ing In Pittsburgh.
The necessity of bringing about a
change in sanitation in country
schools was noticed by Professor J.
George Becht, the secretary of the
board, in his numerous visits of In
spection to schools In the interior
counties of the state. Professor Becht
has been bringing to the attention of
school authorities the plans for uni
form school houses and other prac
tical means by which the state body
Is aiming to assist the small districts
and in some sections he found condi
tions which had to be called to the
notice of the health authorities. It la
thought that much good can be ob
tained by educational work among di
rectors and patrons of schools and a
bulletin on the subject will be Issued.
New Armories for State.
The state armory board will open
bids for the construction of armories
for Battery B, in Pittsburgh, and for
the Infantry companies in Pottsville
and Meadvllle at its meetings on April
19. This will be the second time bids
have been asked for Battery B and for
the Meatlville company of the Six
teenth regiment, the former bids hav
ing been found too high.
Urged to Aid Farmers.
"The grocers of the state should
make an effort to co-operate with the
farmers in the manufacture and sale
3t genuine cidor vinegar," sayB Dairy
and Food Commissioner James Foust
n discussing the activity of his divi
sion In the prosecution of people for
the stile of adulterated cider vinegar.
Allegheny, Butler, Cambria, Indiana
and Westmoreland counties have fur
nished cases of violation of the vine
gar act, it having been found that
some of the stuff sold as vinegar did
not originate in orchards at all. "The
foregoing furnishes ample evidence
that the adulteration of vinegar con
stitutes a favorite practice with those
who are anxious to furnish their
patrons with a low-priced article,"
says the commissioner. "Pennsylva
nia has carefully provided for the en
t'ouragement of the manufacture of
pure citler vinegar by the fanners of
the state. The grocers Bhould co
operate with them."
Demand for Trout.
Western Pennsylvania fishermen
have asked for more trout fry to be
placed In the streams of that Bectlon
of the state than known for years, and
if the plans of Nathan R. Duller, the
slate lish commissioner, can ba
worked out, there will be a large num
ber of young lish "planted" In the
creeks and rivers of Allegheny, Wash-
ngton, Westmoreland, Fayette and
other counties in the southwestern
portion. The applications on file call
for a large amount of young fish and
an equitable distribution has been
promised by the commissioner.
This is the first year under the new
system of (list ri but ion, as the commis
sioner requires assurance that ship
ments of young fish will be followed
up after being "planted" and reports
made to him. Wherever possible he
has encouraged associations and fish
ing clubs to take charge of the dis
tribution and to stock ponds and lo
calities favorable to the propagation
of trout. Furthermore, only trout
known as "lingerlings" or larger will
be put out. Stock lish or breeding fish
will be shipped, but none of the min
ute specimens which cannot take care
of themselves will be put out.
SHOWS RECORD SURPLUS
British Chancellor of the Exchequer
aa $32,725,000 'to Play With"
But Will Hoard It All Up.
Loudon, April 3. David Lloyd
George, Chancellor of the Exchequer,
introduced In the House of Commons
his budget for 1912-'13. His surplus
was $32,725,000, being the largest ou
record.
It Is held as a reserve iin!U the end
of the year, until It could be known
how many extra ships Germany would
compel the Admiralty to lay down and
how much money would ba needed fot
the Insurance system and for tel
phone purchase.
More Highway Money.
Ilarrishurg. As a result of the con
ference held between Attorney Gener
al Bell, Auditor General Sisson, Dep
uty Highway Commissioner Hunter
and Chief Engineer Foster, It Ir un-
lerstood that an opinion will be given
o Mr. Hunter that the department Is
entitled to the $.ViO,oo0 paid into the
state treasury by counties as their
shines of road construction cost in
the last few years. This money was
collected on accounts which had be
come over due and it is the plan to
divide it among counties where it
belongs.
State Capitol Notes.
Dairy and Food Commissioner Jas.
Foust has been assured by a commit
tee representing the executive com
mittee's of the State Confectioners'
association and the wholesale confec
tioners' organization that they would
co-operate with him in driving out
chocolate candies coated with resin
ous glazes. An agreement was reach
ed whereby the commissioner would
work with the committees in prevent
ing salo la this state of such rroducta
(tnt, in fjgjn, other states.