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TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 1912.
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BOROUGH OFFICE Rb.
Rurgeaa. J. C, Dunn.
Justices of the react C. A. Randall, D.
W. Clark.
OouKCUmen. J.W, Landers, J. T. Dale,
O, l Hobinson, Win. Smearbaugh,
R. J. Hopkins, U. F. Watson, A. 11.
Kelly.
Constable L. L. Zuver.
Collector W. H. Hood.
" School DirectoraW. C. Imel.J. R.
Clark, S. M. Henry, Q. Jamleson, D. H.
Blum. '
FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS.
Member of OongresaP. M. Speer.
Member of Senate J. K. P. Hall.
Assevibly'W . J. Campbell.
Presulent Judge W. 1). Ulnckley.
Associate Judges ttHinwl Aul, Joseph
M. Morgan.
Prothmtotary, Regiater Recorder, Se.
-S. R. Maxwell. .
Sheriff Wm.-H. Hood.
Treasurer W. H. Brazeej
Commissioners Win. H. Harrison, J.
C. Hcowden, II. U. McClellan.
District Attorney V. A. Carrlnger.
Jury OommtaaioneraJ. B. Eden, A.M.
Moore.
Coroner Dr. M. 0 Kerr. "
County Auditors Ueorge H. Warden,
A. C. Oregg and 8. V. Shields.
County Surveyor Roy 8. Hraden.
County .Superintendent J . O. Carson,
Keaulnr Termi of f!nrt.
Fourth Monday of February.
Third Monday of May.
Fourth Monday of September.
Third Monday of November.
Rogular Meetings of County Commis
sioners 1st and 8d Tuesdays of month. .
Ckareh mat Habkath Mchaat.
Presbyterian SabWh School at 9:45 a.
ui. ; id. B. 8abl)th ..School at 10:00 a. m.
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. A. Oarrett, Pastor.
Preaching lii the Presbvterlan church
every Sabbath 811:00 a. in. and 7:30 p.
in. Rev. H.-A. llailey, Pastor.
The regular meetings of the W. C. T.
U. are held at the headquarters on the
second and fourth Tuesdays of each
month.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
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Meets every Tuesday evening, In Odd
Fellows' Hall, Partridge building.
CAPT. GEOROESTOW POST, No. 274
U. A. R. Meets 1st Tuesday after
uoon of each mouth at 3 o'clock,
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Wednesday evening of each month.
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ARMY OF COPS
TO KEEP PEACE
Republican Convention Opened
at Noon Today
BATTLE STARTS IMMEDIATELY
freat Throng Fills Auditorium of
Coliseum, Chicago, to Watch Politi
cal Adversaries Grapple Roosevelt
Plan Forbidding Contested Delegates
to Sit in Judgment on Their Own
Cases Will Indicate Strength.
TODAY'S PROGRAM.
Noon Convention called to
order by Chairman Rosewater of
the national committee.
Prayer by Rev. James F. Gal-
lagher. Presentation of the
gavel from the Chicago citizens'
committee.
Reading of the temporary roll.
Fight on the temporary roll.
Election of the temporary
chairman.
Address of the temporary
chairman.
Election of temporary of-
fleers.
Roll call of states for pre-
sentation of committee selec-
tions.
Adjournment.
Chicago, June 18. Bringing to a
climax a week filled with events with
out political precedent a week which
has been marked by extreme bitter
ness between the forces of President
Taft and Colonel Roosevelt and which
has see.n the entrance Into Chicago of
the colonel himself after an already
sensational campaign the 1,078 dele
gates to the Republican national con
vention were called to order shortly
after noon today by Chairman Victor
Rosewater of the national committee.
The scenes inside the great audi
torium of the Coliseum before the
gavel fell on what promises to be the
most tumultuous convention since the
Republican party was formed were In
spiring. The doors opened early and
thousands of ticket holders, including
hundreds of women, passed through,
filling the seats in the galleries and
crowding into every Inch of standing
room.
On the floor of the convention hall
the delegates coming in by states
made the steel rafters of the great
hall ring with their shouts and cheers
for their favorite candidates. The
abilities of Sergeant-at-Arms Stone
and his army of employes especially
trained for the occasion wore severely
strained bringing order out of the
crush and Jam.
In the streets outside the building
where history Is to be made thousands
of persons watched the big doings.
Marching clubs with brass bands ad
ded to the noiBe and confusion.
The Taft chieftains had taken steps
to preserve peace In the convention if
possible. Twenty members of the na
tional committee headed by Senator
Crane had a long conference with
Governor Deneen of Illinois and with
the police authorities of Chicago. Be
cause of this conference scores of po
licemen were stationed inside the
big building and it is arranged that
every bluecoat in Chicago will be
called if their services are necessary.
As an extra precaution Governor
Deneen visited Colonel Roosevelt and
Mr. Klinn and Informed them that he
would insist on lawful procedure
during the convention.
The Roosevelt men will begin their
fight when Chairman Rosewater di
rects the secretary of the convention
to call the temporary rolls. The light
Is to begin when the state of Cali
fornia is called.
Governor Johnson has Insisted that
he would vote the delegation as a
unit for Roosevelt, although there are
two Taft men In the delegation. This
action by Governor Johnson, it is ex
pected, will be objected to by the twq
Taft delegates from the Fourth Call;
fornla district.
This Juncture will be grasped by
the Roosevelt, floor leader as the pne
upon which to get the "expurgated"
vote of delegates. The floor leudor
will move at once that the temporary
roll as made up by the national com
mittee be rejected and that a substi
tute roll. Including the seventy or
eighty delegates claimed by Teddy.
If the Roosevelt forces succeed
Viey will be shifting the fight upon the
! aft followers' shoulders. Instead of
ippearing as contestants before the
credentials committee they would ap
pear "absolved." The Taft forces then
would have to again battle for all the
seats awarded them by the national
committee and at the same time they
could attack the standing of but nine
teen of the Roosevelt delegates.
Eyeii in such an event the Taft fpl
Ipwers will be in preponderance on
the credentials committee. If they
stand Ann the majority report will b
In favor of seating the Taft delegates.
With the majority report a minority
report recommending the seating of
the Roosevelt delegates will be of
fered. The real test of strength will
then come. It will be a straight out-and-out
Issue as to which of the prin
cipal candidates controls the delegates
ami as to which report is ratilied. Con
trol of the convention by either Ta!t
or Roosevelt will be marked from that
time on.
VICE PRESIDENT "IFS."
Chicago, June 18. In all the
melee between the Taft and
Roosevelt forces there is still
time to talk of vice presidential
possibilities. The situation to-
day may be put as follows:
If T.-.ft Wins:
James Sherman of New York,
C. M. Fairbanks of Indiana,
John A. Mead of Vermont, John
Wanamaker of Pennsylvania.
If Roosevent Wins:
II. S. Hadley of Missouri,
James R. Garfield of Ohio, Ben
Lindsey of Colorado, William E.
Borah of Idaho, Albert J. Bev-
erldge of Indiana, W. R. Stubbs
of Kansas, Hiram W. Johnson of
California, W. P. Glasscock of
West Virginia.
DENY DEFECTIONS
IN TAFT'S RANKS
Only Two Southern Delegates
Lost, Say Leaders
Chicago, June 18. This morning the
Taft chieftains Issued a statement
saying in substance that the efforts of
the Roosevelt men to win delegates
from Taft have resulted in the ac
quisitlon of but two southern dele
gates.
J. C. Styles, S. S. Mlnsey and J. H.
Boone of the Georgia delegation,
whom the Roosevelt managers assert
ed had Joined Delegate Grler in the
revolt from the Taft column, repudi
ated the assertions of Grier.
Then, too, the Taft managers got
after Mr. Klinn and Roosevelt for
slamming the Hawaiian delegation for
Roosevelt and issued a letter from the
governor of Hawaii saying that the
delegates from Hawaii were Instruct
ed to vote for President Taft.
Louisiana held a meeting and
agreed to vote for Taft and Senator
Root as temporary chairman of the
convention.
President Koenig of the New York
county Republican committee declared
that the New York state delegation
was stronger today for Taft than at
any time during the past month. It
looks, he said, as though all but ten
and perhaps eleven of the delegates
would stick to Taft.
Two members of the Pennsylvania
delegation to the convention hitherto
figured in the Taft column, announced
that they will not support the presi
dent but will vote for a third candi
date. The delegates are Congressman
W. W. Griest and W. H. Keller of
Lancaster. The dark horses they
favor In the order of their preference
are Hughes, Root, Robert Lincoln and
Cummins.
An Intense fight has been going on
by the Roosevelt people In an effort
to defeat Senator Root for temporary
chairman There Is no evidence or
Indication, today, however, that Sen
ator Root Is to be defeated. .
The Illinois delegation at a meeting
furnished a surprise to the Taft man
agers. The latter believed that twenty
two of the fifty-eight delegates would
vote for Root. At the suggestion of
Governor Deneen the question was put
rp to the delegates as to whether they
would support for temporary chair
man any man whom Roosevelt might
select. When the roll call was called
fifty-one voted in the affirmative and
seven In the negative.
Senator Dixon issued an authorized
interview In which he said among
other things:
"The last check we made showed
that Colonel Roosevelt ought to have
In the convention about forty-two ma
jority." He expressed the belief that Colonel
Roosevelt would have thirteen in
South Carolina and said nine have
signed a letter to Colonel Roosevelt
to that effect. He thought there would
be defections to Roosevelt in two or
three states about which they would
have statements later. "There Is not
a southern state," he added, "that has,
not been broken into by the Roosevelt
forces."
TWO MORE AFFIDAVITS
Southern Delegates Allege Bribe For
Votes Was Offered.
Chicago, June 18 The Taft head
quarters issued two additional affi
davits from instructed Taft delegates
telling that one delegate had been of
fered $100 and the other $400 to sup
port Colonel Roosevelt In the conven
tion. These two delegates are from
Mississippi.
The delegates who say they were
approached are Rev. Dr. J. W. Shump
fort, presiding elder in the Meridan
(Miss.) Methodist Episcopal church
conference and A. Buckley of a local
laper In Enterprise, Miss.
GAMBLERS' ESTIMATE
Betting Odds on Chicago Convention
Posted in Wall Street.
New York, June 17. Betting odds
in Wall street on the outcome of the
Chicago convention stood as follows:
$l,(ii.O to $!d0 that Taft will not be
renominated,
$700 to $1,0110 that Roosevelt will be
nominated.
$100 to $'00 that neither will be
nominated.
On the chalice of re-entering the
White House the Wall street odds
uro now 2 '4 to 1 against Kuiscvelt
and also 2 to 1 a-sainst Taft.
"FIRE 'EM OUT,"
GRIESMLONEL
"Fraudulently Seated" Dele
gates Should Be Ousted
CONDEMNS "POLITICAL THEFT"
Roosevelt In Fighting Speech In Chi
cago Coliseum Before Immense
Audience Denounces Taft's Candi
dacy and Charges That Moneyed
Interests Are Behind Him Cannot
Accept National Committee's Work.
Chicago, June 18. Speaking In the
Coliseum last night Colonel Roosevelt
denounced President Taft and the Re
publican national committee and
charged' that" "big business" was
financing Mr. Taft's campaign.
The auditorium was packed by an
enthusiastic crowd which sang Roose
velt songs. In part the colonel said:
"As far as Mr. Taft and 1 are per
sonally concerned it little matters
what the fate of either may be. But
with Mr. Taft's acquiescence or by
his direction and In his Interest his
followers have raised an Issue which
is all important to this country. It Is
not a partisan Issue; it Is more than
a political Issue; it is a great moral
issue.
"If we condone politic al theft. If we
do not resent the kinds of wrong aud
injustice that injuriously affect the
nation, not merely our democratic
form of government but our civiliza
tion Itself cannot endure. If the
methods adopted by the national com
mittee are approved by the convention
which is about to assemble a great
crime will have been committed.
"The triumph of such proceedings
at the moment would mean the wreck
of the Republican party; and if such
proceedings become habitual it would
mean the wreck of popular govern
ment. "We come together to protest
against a crime which strikes straight
at the heart of every principle of
political decency and honesty a crime
which represents treason to the peo
ple and the usurpation of the sov
ereignty of the people by irresponsi
ble political bosses, inspired by the
similar influence of moneyed priv
ilege." Mr. Roosevelt reviewed the reasons
which led him to enter the present
contest, chief among' them being to
prevent Mr. Taft's renomlnatlon be
cause he had, Mr. Roosevelt asserted,
abandoned the cause of the people
and only represented the bosses.
"The big bosses," he continued,
"who control the national committee
represent not merely the leading cap
tains of mercenary politics, but the
great crooked financiers who stand be
hind these leading captains. These
political bosses are obnoxious In them
selves but they are even more ob
noxious because they represent priv
ilege in Its most sordid and dangerous
form.
"One thousand, seventy-eight men
are to meet here in convention to de
cide the future of the Republican
party. At least seven out of eight of
those among them who really repre
sent the people are against the nomi
nation of Mr. Taft.
"It is the duty of all of them, their
first duty, to throw out of the conven
tion every man fraudulently seated
there by the national committee.
"I cannot with honesty or propriety
stand in any shape or way for the
action of the bosses by accepting ttie
committee's nomination of the tem
porary chairman nor by accepting Its
disposition as to the seating and un
seating of contested delegations. I
hold that the convention itself Is of
right the only Judge of the qualifica
tions of Its own members.
"The action of these men Is In no
sense 'regular,' as they claim to be.
They do not represent the people and
dishonesty cannot gjve and never
shall give a title to regularity,"
PLATFORMS NEGLECTED
Too Much Excitement in Chicago For
Framers to Work,
Chicago, June 18. In the tense situ
ation between the rival political forces
nobody has much time to give to plat
form discussion. Senator Root ami
others who had expected to put in
some work on the Taft platform were
all engaged elsewhere. This was true,
too, of the Roosevelt men.
Colonel Roosevelt has told the
framers who are at work on his plat
form that ho does not want that docu
ment to contain an extensive review
of the record of the Republican party,
nor does ho want any glorification of
himself in It and that It need not
mention his name."
COMMITTEEMEN CHOSEN
Brown In Ohio and Flinn In Penn
sylvania, Chicago, June 18. Walter Brown of
Ohio, state committeeman and Roose
velt leader, was elected national com
mitteeman from his state by the Ohio
delegatlou. J. J. Sullivan of Cleveland
is slated to be a member of tho com
mittee on resolutions, lie is a Roose
velt man.
The Pennsylvania delegation con
firmed the election of William Flinn,
Roosevelt leader of Pennsylvania, as
national committeeman from that
state.
Making Political History at
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It Is n great surprise to tho unini
tiated to see how uniform the surface
of the earth appeal's when viewed
from a great nltitiido. Although Indi
vidual oblocts are hard to Identify.
such tilings ns rivers, lakes n ml rail
roads ii ro easily recognized by their
contour, direct ion or some slight indi
viduality or cliaracteiistlc which can
readily he shown upon a map, espe
cially If tho limps are made or correct
ed by men who lly above the earth
und get an accurate and literal bird's-
eye view of Its surface. Objects
wliicli seem to loom up with the great
est clearness to one standing on (lie
surface of tho earth appear very dif
ferent and iiiilo Insi-iiili.-aiit when
viewed from above, while it patch of
colored soil which would not be no
ticed at all by a person standing on
the ground is u must valuable land
mark to the air sailor. Columbian
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ALASKANS ASK
FOR ASSISTANCE
Crops Destroyed by Volcano's
Ashjs; Miiiions ot Fish Killed
CNLY 15 DAYS' FOOD SUPPLY
L'rgent Request Sent to Congress For
Money to Purchase Necessaries of
Life For Natives of Kodisk Island.
The first direct news from Kodiak
island, Alaska, which was almost de
vastated by the eruption of Katmai
volcano, was received when the tug
Printer arrived in Seward, Alaska,
bringing Lieutenant Searles of the
revenue cutter Manning and J. E.
Erskin, a merchant of Kodiak, who
appealed for assistance for the strick
en people of the Island.
Lieutenant Searles said that the
food supply In Kodiak was sufficient
to last only fifteen days. All the crops
on the island were destroyed and mil
lions of fish were killed by the sand
and ashes that fell In the water. The
water supply is polluted by the decay
ing fish rnd springs have been
stopped up w'ith ashes. The Manning
is distilling water for the use of the
people.
At a mass meeting of the citizens a
committee was appointed to handle re
lief funds for the stricken villagers.
An appeal was sent to congress ask
ing that money be placed at the dis
posal of the revenue cutter service to
buy food.
Messages also were sent to Gover
nor Clark urging him to send all the
revenue cutters on duty in Alaskan
waters to the Islands laid waste by
the volcano.
The Manning was la Kodiak when
the eruption began and furnished
refuge for all the Inhabitants of the
town, 500 men, women and children,
doubtless saving many lives. Tho
Manning served distilled water and
government rations. The property loss
will be enormous.
As soon as the hail of ashes, sand
and hot puinicestone began the of
ficers of the Manning ordered every
one in Kodirk and nearby villages on
board the ship. For more than fort'
hours people were huddled together
In the darkness of midnight.
DEATH ON HONEYMOON
Couple Married Two Weeks Ago
Drown In Preeque Isle Bay.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Chine of
Titusville, Pa., spending their honey
moon In Erie, Pa., met death In the
first drowning accident of the season
on Presque Isle bay.
Mr. and Mrs. Cartright. also of
Titusville, and Edward Nunn, occu
pants of tho boat, managed to grasp
the wrecked craft and were rescued.
Two boat'oarts of pleasure seekers
were going to a picnic on the peninsu
la when one of the little boats con
taining Mr. and Mrs. Clime, Mr. and
Mrs. Cartwright nnd Edward Nunn
was overturned In the middle of tho
bay.
The young people who lost their
lives were married in Titusville a few
weeks ago.
THAW SEES FREEDOM
Third Hearing to Gain Release From
Matteawan Begun.
Contending that he la perfectly
rational and that he is being kept in
.Matteawan asylum for the Insane
through a conspiracy of his enemies,
Harry K. Thaw, slayer of Stanford
White, began on Monday before
Justice Keogh In White Plains, N. Y.,
his third attempt for liberty on a
writ of habeas corpus.
Thaw bus expressed an opinion to
several friends that he will gain his
freedom this time and with that end
in view brought all his luggage from
Matteawan to the Jail here.
TWENTY KILLED BY WIND
Whole Families Left Dead in Path ot
Missouri Tornado.
Twenty are known to be dead in
Dates and Johnson counties, Mo.,
where a tornado mowed down great
trees and destroyed all homes In Its
path of death. The twister dipped to
earth near la Cygene, Kan.
Its fury Increased as it entered Mis
souri, blotting out whole families. The
storm path was fifty miles long.
Man Orders Casket.
Uelievlng that he is to die within a
year Major II. V. Van Voorhls ol
Morcantown. W. Ya., has had a larn
iron receptacle constructed in which
ho desires to have his body cremated
following death. The owner has
ordered that gas be used la burning
the body.
Picking cf Pimple Proves Fatal.
A small pimple on her upper lip
caused the death of Mrs. Annie Carr,
agod forty-four years, of Fuirchanre.
Pa. She picked it and blood poisoning
resulted.
Wealthy Farmer Dies.
Ilciijoiniii Williamson, sixty-seven
years old, one of the wealthiest fann
ers of Monongiihrla township, Greene
county, Pa., is de:.d.
Hurt by Falling Tree.
Cast Melrose, aged thirty-nine, of
Kane, Pa., was seriously Injured
when a tree on which he was chopping
fell upon him.
TEACHER AND
POWL KILLED
Fatal Accident on Array Aviation
Field in Maryland
BIPLANE COLLAPSES IN AIH
Lieutenant Hazelhurst and Al Welsh,
Wright Flier, Instantly Killed New
Machine Wat Being Given Tryout.
Lieutenant Leighton W. Hazelhurst,
Jr., an army aviator, and Al Welsh, a
professional flier, were dashed to
death at the army aviation grounds at
College Park, Md.
The Wright biplane which they
were testing had risen about thirty
feet and was going at a tpeed of about
fifty miles an hour when It pitched
suddenly forward.
When spectators reached the scene
of the accident it was found that
both men were dead. Lieutenant
Hazelhurst's neck was broken and
Welsh's skull was crushed. The ma
chine waB badly shattered.
The cause of the accident Is un
known, though it is believed that some
of the supporting wires between the
planes snapped suddenly and caused
It to plunge forward.
Aviator Welsh had been at College
Park for several days demonstrates
a new Wright biplane to the army
aviators. Under the regulations t'ne
machine was required to meet ten
rigid tests. Nine of these require
ments had been successfully met and
Welsh with Lieutenant Hazelhurst as
his passeng-jr was on the tenth test
when the machine collapsed ami
pitched the men to the earth.
Lieutenant Hazelhurst was a new
man at the aviation si'hool. lie had
Just learned to operate one of the
Wright machines and was considered
one of the brightest new pupils.
FAIL TO SAVE JUDGIS
Senate Puts Commerce Court Mem
bers Back Into Private Life.
Another futile effort was made In
the I'nited States senate to savo the
five circuit lud'ges who composed the
comnierco court from being legislat
ed into private lifo.
Senator McCumber offered an
amendment directing that the five
judges be assigned to wor'c by the
I'niteil States supreme court, ln?tead
of being relegated to private life. The
amendment failed by two votes.
Senator Hoke Smith's amendment
legislating the commerce court Judge3
out of office was then passed 34 to 29.
Wood's Finish in Sight.
Startling charges of an intrigue
against Major Cieneral Leonard Wood,
chief of staff of the army, begun by
the lnte Senator Marcus A. Hanna
and kept alive by his friends were
part of a series of sensations which
attended the adoption by t lie house ot
representatives of the army appropria
tiou bill conference report.
Neverthel iss. in spite of a fight led
by Representatives Prince, Coopet
and Martin the house adopted the ri
port, which had been approved by it
conferees and accepted by the senate
and If President Taft signs the bill
as It is said he will, General Wood
will be removed from his o.lico March
4, 19IS, and the retention or disposal
of many nrmy posts which the war de
partment lias characterized as useless
will be left to a commission.
Alleges Taft Misused Fund.
Charging that President Taft has
misused the $2.",000 traveling expense
fund voted yearly by congress, Chair
man Fitzgerald of the house nppropria"
tions committee bitterly attacked the
president during consideration of the
sundry civil appropriation bill. He
declared the president on his recent
western trip had mulcted the ac
companying newspaper and secret
service men. In spile of protests, tc
bolster his depleted funds.
U. S. CROP REPORT
Condition and Yield of Grain Up tc
June 1 Given Out.
According to the crop reporting
hoard of the department of agriculture
in Washington the condition of wintei
wheat on .lime 1 was 74.3 per cent
Yield of winter wheat per acre, 14.1
bushels. Total wliuer wheat yield
30:1,000.000 bushels.
Condition of spring wheat, 9.Y8 pet
cent. I ii il it ited yield spring wheal
per acre, I .8 bushels. Total yield
2ii.'p.000.onn bushels. "
Condition of oats. 91.1 per ren
Yield of oats per acre, '.'.'.M bushels
Total yield, l.lOO.OOO.OnO bushels.
LIGHTNING DISROBES YOUTH
Davis Hit by Bolt While Working on
Farm.
Creo Davis, aged eighteen, son of C.
11. iKivis, a prominent farmer of
itinithbiirg, W. Va , while working ou
the farm was struck by lightning.
Ho was running toward the house to
escane the storm when he was felled
by the bolt. His clothing was almost
entirely burned from his body, 1 i
shoes were torn open and his fa.
was badly disfigured.
$12X00 Haul by Yeggs.
The safe of the national bsnk
Huutsville, ArU., was blown open by
a gang of robbers and $ 12,000 was
lakca.