V THE FOREST REPUBLICAN. PubllHlied every Wednesday by J. E. WENK. Offioe in Smearbaugh & Wenk Building, KLM 8TRKKT, TI0NB8TA, PA. Tern, II.OOA Year, Mtrlptly la Advaac. Entered as seoond-cIaHs matter at the poHt-olllce at Tlonesla. No subscription received for a shorter period than three months. Correspondence solicited, but no notloe will be taken of anonymous communica tions. Always give your name. Burgess. 3. C. Dunn. Justices of the Peace O. A. Randall, D, W. Clark. Oounciimen. J.W, T-amlers, J. T. Dale, " . Koninson, Wui. Hmearbaugh it. J. llopkius, G. F. Watson, A. 1! OonsUMe T,. Ij. uver. Collector W. H. Hood. AfcAoot Directors W. 0. Iinel, J. K, t iara, a. m. tienry, Jamlesoti, V, 11 Mill III. FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS. Member of Congress P. M . Hpeer, Member of Senate J. K. P. Hall, Assembly W. J. Campbell. PiMiilml.Tu.iln W I) MlnnVlmt . Associate Judges Hamuel Aul, Joseph M. Morgan. Prothonotary , Register t Recorder, te. n. n. inaxweii. MerHrWm. H. Hood. Commissioners Win. if. Harrison, J. V. Hoowden, 11, 11. MoClollan. District Attorney M. A. Carrlnger. Jury Commissioners J. It. Eden, A.M Moore. (ttrnnxr Ilr M ft Varr County Auditors (leorge H. Warden, A. V. uregg ana s. V. Nlilelils. County Surveyor Koy 8. Hraden. County Superintendent J . O. Carson. Iteaular Tras ( Caart, Fourth Monday of February. Third Monday of May. Fourth Monday of Hoptetnber. Third Monday of November. Regular Meeting of County Com in Is siouers 1st and 3d Tuesdays of month. t'hurrh ana Nnbbalb Hehaal. Presbyterian Sabbath School at9:46 a. in. i M. E. Sabbath School at 10:00 a. m. Preaching In M. E. Church every Sab' bath evening by Rev. W.8. Hurton. Preaching in the F. M. Church every Sabbath evening at the usual hour. Kev. U. A. Uarretl. Pastor. Preaching in the Presbyterian church every naimatn at ll:oo a. in. 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 second and tourtn Tuesdays or eacn month. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. TM . N ESTA LODU K, No. 369, 1. 0. 0. F. JL Meets every Tuesday evening, In Odd Fellows' Hall, Partridge building. CAPT. GKORGK STOW POST, No. 274 G. A. R. Meets 1st Tuesday after noon of each mouth at 3 o'clock, CAPT. GEORGE STOW CORPS, No. 137, W. K. C, meets first and third Wednesday evening oi each month. F. BITCH KY, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Tionesla, Pa. MA. CARRINGER, Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law. Oniee over Forest County National Bank Building, TIONESTA, PA. CUBTIS M. 8HAWKEY, ATTORN EY-AT- LAW, Warren, Pa. Practice in Forest Co. AC BBOWN, ATTOBN KY-AT-LAW. Olflooln Arner Building, Cor. Elm and Bridge Sts., Tlonesta, Pa. IBANK S. UUNTF.lt, D. 1). H. L Booms over Citizens Nat. Bank, TIONESTA, PA. DR. K.J. BOVARD, Physician it Surgeon, TIONESTA, PA. Eyes Tested and Glasses Fitted. DR. J. B. SIGGINS. Physiciau and Surgeon, OIL CITY, PA. HOTEL WEAVER. J. B. PIKBCE, Proprietor. Modern aud up-to-date in all its ap pointments. Every convenience and comfort provided for tbo traveling public. pENTRAL HOUSE, B. A. FULTON, Proprietor. Tlnnsota, Pa. This Is the most centrally 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. EMEBT FANCY BOOT A SHOEMAKER. Shop over B. L. Haslet's grocery store on Elm street. Is prepared to do all K I inI.i of custom work from the finest to the coarsest and guarantees his work to give perfect satisfaction. Prompt atten tion given to mending, aud prices rea sonable. Fred. Grottenborger GENERAL BLACKSMITH & MACHINIST. All work pertaining to Machinery, K Bines, Oil W ell Tools, Gas or Water F En- it- tings and General Blacksinithiiig nromnl. ly done at Low Bates. Repairing Mill Machinery given special attention, and satisfaction guaranteed. Shop in roar of and just west of the Shaw House, Tiftioute, Pa. Your patronage solicited. ' FRED. GRETTENBKRGER Tim TIONESTA Racket Store Can supply your want iu such staple lines as llatnl Painted China, Japan ese Chioa, Decorated Glassware, and riain ami Fancy Dishes, Candy, as well as other liuea too numerous to mention. Time to Think of Paint & Paper. llefore you plan your spring work io paiDtiug and papering let us give you our estimates on the complete job. Satisfaction guarauteed. G. F. RODDA, Next Door to the Fruit Store, Elm Street, Tiooesta, Pa. . . - uu u mi very . borough uFFir.KHs. I I i - -rrr- ', - i I I i i : Fore VOL. XLV. NO. 28 PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO TIUS CONSTITUTION SUBMIT TED TO THE CITIZENS OF THIS COMMONWEALTH FOR THEIR AP PROVAL OB REJECTION, BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OP THE COMMONWEALTH OP PENNSYL VANIA, AND PUBLISHED BY OR DER OP THE SECRETARY OP THE COMMONWEALTH, IN PURSU ANCE OP ARTICLE XVUI OP THE CONSTITUTION. Number One. A JOINT RESOLUTION. Proposing an amendment to article nlno, section four, of the Constitu tion of the Commonwealth ot Penn sylvania, authorizing the State to issue bonds to the amount of fifty millions of dollars for the Improve' ment of the highways of the Com monwealth. Section 1. Be It resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania In General Assembly met, That the following amendment to the Constltu tlon of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl vania be, and the same la hereby, pro posed, in aevcordance with the eigh teenth article thereof: That section four of article nine, which reads as follows: "Section 4. No debt shall be creat ed by or on behalf of the State, ex cept to supply casual deficiencies of revenue, repel invasion, suppress in' surrection, defend the State In war, or to pay existing debt; and the debt created to supply deficiency in rev enue Bhall never exceed, in the aggre grate at any one time, one million of dollars," be amended so as to read as follows: Section 4. No debt shall be created by or on behalf of the State, except to supply casual deficiencies or rev enue, repel invasion, suppress Insur rection, defend the State in war, or to pay existing debt; and the debt creat ed to supply deficiencies In revenue shall never exceed, in the aggregate at any ona time, one million ot dol lars: Provided, however, 'ihat the General Assembly, irrespective ot any debt, may authorize the State to issue bonds to the amount of fifty millions of dollars for the purpose of lmprov ing and rebuilding the highways of the Commonwealth. A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 1. ROBERT MCAFEE, Secretary of the Commonwealth. Number Two. A JOINT RESOLUTION. Proposing an amendment to section seven, article three ot the Constitu tion of Pennsylvania, so as to per mit special legislation regulating labor. , Section 1. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, That the following is proposed as an amend ment to the Constitution ot the Com monwealth of Pennsylvania, in ac cordance with the provisions of the eighteenth article thereof. Amend ment to Article Three, Section Seven. Section 2. Amend section seven, article three of the Constitution ot Pennsylvania, which reads as fol lows: "Section 7. The General Assembly shall not pass any local or special law authorizing the creation, extension, or impairing of liens: "Regulating the affairs of counties, cities, townships, wards, boroughs, or school districts: "Changing the names ot persons or places: ' Changing the venue in civil or criminal cases: "Authorizing the laying out, open ing, altering, or maintaining roads, highways, streets or alleys: "Relating to ferries or bridges, or Incorporating ferry or bridge compan ies, except for the erection of bridges crossing streams which form bounda ries between this and any other State: "Vacating roads, town plats, streets or alleys: "Relating to cemeteries, graveyards, or public grounds not of the State: "Authorizing the adoption or legiti mation of children: "Locating or changing county-seats, erecting new counties, or changing county lines: "Incorporating cities, towns, or vil lages, or changing their charters: "For the opening and conducting Of elections, or fixing or changing the place of voting: ' Granting divorces: "Erecting new townships or bor oughs, changing township lines, bor ough limits, or school districts: "Creating offices, or prescribing the Dowers and duties ot officers in coun ties, cities, boroughB, townships, elec tion of school districts: "Changing the law of descent or succession: "Regulating the practice or Juris diction of, or changing the rules of evidence in, any Judicial proceeding or inquiry before courts, aldermen, Justices of the peace, sheriffs, commis sioners, arbitrators, auditors, masters in chancery, or other tribunals, or providing or changing methods for the collection of debts, or the enforcing of Judgments, or prescribing the effect of Judicial sales of real estate: "Regulating the fees, or extending the powers and duties of aldermen, Justices of the peace, magistrates or constables: "Regulating the management of public schools, the building or repair ing of school houses and tue raising of money for such purposes: "Fixing the rate of interest: "Affecting the estates of minors or persons under disability, except after due notice to all parties in interest, to be recited iu the special enact ment: "Remitting fines, penalties and for feitures, or refunding moneys legally paid Into the treasury: "Exempting property from taxation: "Regulating labor, trade, mining or manufacturing: "Creating corporations, or amend ing, renewing or extending the chart ers thereof: "Granting to any corporation, asso. TIONESTA, elation or individual any special or ex clusive privilege or Immunity, or to any corporation, association or indi vidual the right to lay down a railroad track, "Nor shall the General Assembly In directly enact such special or local law by the partial repeal of a general law; but laws repealing local or spec ial acts may be passed: "Nor shall any law be passed grant ing powers and privileges In any case where the granting of such powers and privileges shall have been provid ed for by general law, nor where the courts nave jurisdiction to grant tne same or give the relief asked for." bo as to read as follows: Section 7. The General Assembly shall not pass any local or special law authorizing the creation, extension or impairing of Hens: Regulating the affairs of counties, cities, townships, wards, boroughs, or school districts: Changing the names ot persons oi places: Changing the venue In civil or crim inal cases: Authorizing the laying out, opening, altering, or maintaining roads, high ways, streets or alleys: Relating to ferries or bridges, or in corporating ferry or bridge com pan' les, except for the erection ot bridges crossing streams which form bounda ries between this and other States: Vacating roads, town plats, streets or alleys: Relating to cemeteries, graveyards, or public grounds not ot the State: Authorizing the adoption, or legiti mation of children: Locating or changing county-seats, erecting new counties or changing county lines: Incorporating cities, towns or vill ages, by changing their charters: For the opening and conducting ot elections, or fixing or changing the place of voting. Granting divorces: Erecting new townships or bor oughs, changing township lineB, bor ough limits or school districts: Creating offices, or prescribing the powers and duties of officers in coun ties, cities, boroughs, townships, elec Mon or school districts: Changing the law ot descent or suc cession: Regulating the practice or Jurlsdlc tlon of, or changing the rules of evl dence In, any Judicial proceeding or inquiry before courts, aldermen. Jus tices of the peace, sheriffs, commis sioners, arbitrators, auditors, masters in chancery or other tribunals, or pro vlding or changing methods for the collection of debts, or the enforcing of Judgments, or prescribing the ef fect of Judicial sales of real estate: Regulating the tees, or extending the powers and duties of aldermen, Justices of the peace, magistrates or constables: Regulating the management of pub lic schools, the building or repairing of school houses and the raising of money tor such purposes: Fixing the rate of interest: Affecting the estates of minors or persons under disability, except after due notice to all parties in interest, to be recited in the special enact ment: Remitting fines, penalties and for feitures, or refunding moneys legally paid Into the treasury: Exempting property from taxation: Regulating labor, trade, mining or manufacturing; but the legislature may regulate and fix the wages or salaries, the hours of work or labcr, and make provision for the protection, welfare and safety of persons employ ed by the State, or by any county, city, borough, village, or other civil di vision of the State, or by any contract or or sub-contractor performing work, labor or services for the State, or for any county, city, borough, town, town ship, school district, village or other civil division thereof: Creating corporations, or amending, renewing or extending the charters thereof: Granting to any corporation, asso ciation, or individual any special or exclusive privilege or Immunity, or to any corporation, association, or in dividual the right to lay down a rail road track: Nor shall the General Assembly In directly enact such special or local law by the partial repeal of a special law; but laws repealing local or spec iau acts may be passed: Nor shall any law be passed grant ing powers or privileges in any case where the granting of such powers and privileges shall have been pro vided for by general law, nor where the courts have Jurisdiction to grant the same or give the relief asked for, A true copy ot Joint Resolution No. 2. ROBERT MCAFEE. Secretary of the Commonwealth. Number Three. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION, proposing an amendment to section three of article eight of the Consti tution ot Pennsylvania. Section 1. Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the Com monwealth of Pennsylvania (if the Senate concur), That the following Is proposed as an amendment to the Con stitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, In accordance with the provisions ot the eighteenth article thereof: Section 2. Amend section three of article eight, which reads as follows: "All Judges elected by the electors of the State at large may be elected at either a general or municipal election, as circumstances may require. All the elections for Judges of the courts for the several judicial districts, and for county, city, ward, borough, and township officers, for regular terms of service, shall be held on the municipal election day; namely, the Tuesday next following the first Monday of No vember In each odd-numbered year, but the General Assembly may by law fix a different day, two-thirds of all the members of each House consent ing thereto: Provided, That such elections shall always be held In an odd-numbered year," so as to read: Section 3. All Judges elected by the electors of the State at large may be elected at either a general or mu nicipal election, as circumstances may require. All elections for judges ot the courts for the several judicial dis tricts, and for county, city, ward, bor ough, and township officers, tor regu Republ PA., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1912. lar terms of service, shall be held oa the municipal election day; namely, the Tuesday following the first Mon day of November in each odd-number ed year, but the General Assembly may by law fix a different day, two thirds ot all the members of each House consenting thereto: Provided, That such elections shall be held In an odd-numbered year: Provided fur ther. That all judges for the courts of the several judicial districts hold ing office at the present time, whose terms of office may end In an odd numbered year, shall continue to hold their offices until the first Monday ot January in the next succeeding even' numbered year. A true copy of Concurrent Resolu tion No. 3. ROBERT McAFEE, Secretary of the Commonwealth Number Four. A JOINT RESOLUTION. Proposing an amendment to section one of article nine of the Const! tution of Pennsylvania, relating to taxation. Section 1. Be it resolved by the State and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, That the following is proposed as an amend ment to the Constitution of the Com monwealth of Pennsylvania, in ae cordance with the provisions ot the eighteenth article thereof: Section 2. Amend section one ot article nine of the Constitution of Pennsylvania, which reads as follows: "All taxes shall be uniform, upon the same class of subjects, within the territorial limits of the authority levy Ing the tax, and shall be levied and collected under general laws; but the General Assembly may, by genera laws, exempt from taxation public property used for public purposes, actual places of religious worship, places of burial not used or held for private or corporate profit, and Institu Hons of purely public charity, so as to read as follows: All taxes shall be uniform upon the same class of subjects, within the ter ritorial limits of the authority levying the tax, and shall be levied and col lected under general laws, and the subject of taxation may be classified for the purpose of laying graded or progressive taxes; but the General Assembly may, by general laws, ex empt from taxation public property used for public purposes, actual places of religious worship, places of burial not used or held for private or cor porate profit, and Institutions of pure ly public charity. A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 4. ROBERT McAFEE, Secretary of the Commonwealth, Number Five. A JOINT RESOLUTION. Proposing an amendment to the Con stitution of Pennsylvania. Do it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Com monwealth of Pennsylvania in Gener al Assembly met, That the follow ing is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of Pennsylvania in accordance with the provisions of the eighteenth article thereof: Article IX. Section 15. No obligations which have been heretofore Issued, or which may hereafter be issued, by any coun ty or municipality, other than Phila delphia, to provide for the construc tion or acquisition of waterworks, subways, underground railways or street railways, or the appurtenances thereof, shall be considered as a debt of a municipality, within the meaning ot section eight ot article nine ot the Constitution of Pennsylvania or of this amendment, If the net revenue derived from said property for a per iod of five years, either before or after the acquisition thereof, or, where the same is constructed by the county or municipality, after the completion thereof, shall have been sufficient to pay interest and sinking-fund charges during said period upon said obliga tions, or if the said obligations shall be secured by liens upon the respec tive properties, and Bhall Impose no municipal liability. Where munici palities of counties Bhall issue obliga tions to provide for the construction of property, as herein provided. Bald said municipalities or counties may also issue obligations to provide for the Interest and sinking-fund charges accruing thereon until said properties shall have been completed and In op eration for a period of one year; and said municipalities and counties shall not be required to levy a tax to pay said Interest and sinking-fund charges, as required by section ten of article nine of the Constitution of Pennsyl vania, until after said properties shall have been operated by said counties or municipalities during said period ot one year. Any of the said munici palities or counties may Incur indebt edness in excess ot seven per centum, and not exceeding ten per centum, of the assessed valuation of the taxable property therein, if said Increase of indebtedness shall have been assented to by three-fifths of the electors vot ing at a public election, In such man ner as shall be provided by law. A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 5. ROBERT McAFEE, Secretary of the Commonwealth. 3 The Advertised Article (Is one In which the merchant himself has implicit faith else he would not advertise it. You art safe in patronizing the merchants whose ad appear In this piper because their foods are up-to-date and never hopworn. D do mow 8ubcrtk for THIS !l PAPER TAFT DEFENDS nECENT VETOES Militant Speech at Columbus Centennial Celebration REFORMS SHOULD BE SLOW Mentally Deranged Woman With Two Knives Attemps to Interview Presi dent; Detectives Nab Her In Time. President Taft was the guest at the Ohio-Columbus centennial celebration at Columbus, O. In one of his addresses the presl dent took occasion to warmly defend his recent vetoes and to uphold the veto principle. Referring to his own use of the veto the president said: "1 think I have used It moderately, though some of my friends do no agree. They have said that if I were a king and should do what 1 have done my head would drop in a basket. Hut I am not a king. I am a president elected by the people and representing a greater pr jportion of the people than any legislator. "The president, therefore, is re sponsible to a greater extent for legis lation which Is passed than any other single person. "One trouble with some legislation Is that some reformers want every reform put Into effect tomorrow mora Ing befcre breakfast. It Is well to make progress slowly, but to be sure we are making it. Change is not progress. "A good executive must practice in dividual self-restraint, weigh what he is told and to do what he believes is true. Cod is on the side of popular government and It Is making progress slowly but surely." Caroline Beers, aged forty, of Green' ville, O., was arrested in the Southern hotel while awaiting the coming of President Taft. The woman, who is said to be mentally deranged, is al leged to have declared she intended to punish the president. "I have the sacred knife for President Taft," she said. When searched two knives were found on her, one a long keen-edged weapon. RENEW FIGHT ON SENATORS Chilton and Watson of West Virginia Again Attacked. A demand for an Investigation of the election of Senators William E. Chilton and Clarence W. Watson of West Vir ginia was made in a petition presented to the senate before adjournment. The petition called attention to charges of bribery publicly made In reference to the election of the two West Vir ginia senators. The document was referred to the committee on privileges and elections. Senators Hailey, Bacon and Martin, all Democrats, declared the petition had been made for political purposes. Senator La Follette defended the petition as furnishing more basis for Investigation than did the original charges against William l.orlmer. The petition was signed by Gover nor William E. Glasscock, William Seymour Edwards, Ilerschel C. Ogdea, llavid B. Smith and Frederick A. Mc Donald and made a formal demand for an Investigation. The charges are similar to the ones made to the West Virginia legislature year ago. BODY OF COAL MAN IN LAKE Supposed to Be James Donnelly of Bradford, Pa. Mystery attaches to the finding In Lake .Michigan, near Chicago, of what Is thought to be the body of James Donnelly, a wealthy coal operator of Bradford, Pa. The body was clad In expensive clothing and In the pockets of his coat were found over $2,000 wrapped with a paper of the First National bank of Bradford. There also was a hank book issued by that bank in which a notation of the withdrawal of a larger sum was made. There were no apparent marks of violence, but the suicide theory Is con sidered to be the least likely true of all because of lack of motive. BOY DROPS 2.000 FEET Balloon Rope Grips Lad and Whirls Him to Death From Lofty Height. At Flint, Mich., fourteen-year-old Chester Betts, son of Bert N. Betts of Flint, was accidentally caught by fie guy rope of a balloon and curried up 2,0110 feet in the uir before the rope untangled and hurled him to his death, lie crashed against the roof of a barn ml was still aive when spectators reached Ii i m. hut he soon expired. Many at first tlionshl the youMi angling at the end of a rope was a iiiumy. Titanic Woman Suea Company. Mrs. Elizabeth Faunthrope, widow f a Titanic victim and herself a sur ivor, has sued the White Star com pany for $10,000 in the federal court li Philadelphia for the loss of her iisliaud. Chicago's Population 2,450,000. Chicago's new directory gives the city an estimated population of 2,- 0,000. Witnesses Get Away. Three witnesses for the state in the Rosenthal case are missing. ICAN. i no PEP AWWT1U Wealthy Washingtonian Called Tax Dodger PERRY BELMONT. Washington Is aroused over the chaise that some of Us wealthiest and most prominent residents have been undervaluing their fine houses in the northwest section of the city In order to dodge their fair share of taxes. Among those accused Is Perry Belmont, former New Yorker, whose fine house, built on a triangular plot, is always pointed out to sightseers. PARCELS POST JAN. 1 Postmaster General Hitchcock Work ing Out Details. Announcement was made by Post master General Hitchcock that the postolhce department would be in readiness .Ian. 1, 191 :t, to put Into gen. eral operation the recently authorized parcels post system. The postal express business, whirl must be organized within the next four months, will extend over mori than a million miles of rural delivery and the star routes and will cover, 1b Us various ramifications, all systems of transportation of parcels now utilized by private express companies. In order to take up personally and Immediately the work of organization of the new service Mr. Hitchcock has cancelled engagements he had for his vacation and will remain in Washing ton to direct the organization. OPTIMISM REIGNS Period of Prosperity at Hand Dun's Review. Dun's Review of Trade sajs this week: "Advices from leading cities, both east and west, with scarcely an excep tion, speak of a bigger volnme of trade, larger advance orders, better employ ment of labor and a growing conti dence that the now practically as sured crops make the future secure. "In every part of the country busi ness optimism is the rule and all other considerations are practically Ignored In the light of the conviction that a period of national prosperity has set in which only some great and im probable calamity could stop." WOMEN TOOK TO THE ROOF Imagined Burglars Were In House. Rescued by Cop. Mrs. V. I. Whitehouse, a seventeen- year-old bride, and I.avinla Adams were rescued by a policeman from tho roof of the former's home at Louis ville, Ky., where they had marooned themselves to escape supposed bur glars. The two were startled by noises In the house and climbed out of a window onto a slanting root', where they stood in the rain until their cries attracted a neighbor, who untitled the police. TEMPTS FATE AND LOSES After Being Rescued Striley Goes Back on River and Drowns. A few minutes after he had been rescued from drowning In the Alle gheny river at Montrose, near Pitts burg, Edward A. Striley, aged eighteen, ventured hack upon the stream in an (doit to recover a canoe which had been abandoned in Hie lirst mishap. Stiilev ai:ain fell Into the water, drowning before assistance could reach 1 j iiii. Pcnnsy Telegraphers Vcte on Strike. A strikp ballot Is being taken among the telei:r;iiers employed on the Pennsylvania Railroad lines east uf Pittsburg. Three thousand men are nvolved. Storm Scares Boy to Death. ICvideiitly frightened by a severe electricul storm Frank C. Iloelzle, aged lil'teen, of Sharon, who was visit- ng at Uulontown, Pa., died suddenly n bed. Prod For Uncle Sam. Protection for foreign interests In Nicaragua may be made on the I'nited States by England, Germany and France. t i i. sJr 'Av 13 RATES OF ADVERTISING! One Square, one Inch, one week.. .J 1 00 One Square, one Inch, one month.. 8 00 One Square, one inch, 3 months...- 5 00 One Square, one Inch, one year ..... 10 CO Two Squares, one year 16 0G Quarter Column, one year SO 00 Half Column, one year 60 00 One Column, one year 100 00 Legal advertisements ten cents per line each Insertion. We do fine Job Printing of every de scription at reasonable rates, but it's cash on delivery. "MY SKIRTS ARE CLEAT T. R. Makes Sweeping Denial of Pen-rose-ArchbDld Allegations GIVES OUT LETTER TO CLAPP Penrose Compared to Grafting Coo. Colonel Promises Full Publicity of His Spring Primary Contributions. Theodore Roosevelt gave out the let ter which he has sent to Senator Clanp, chairman of the senate committee In vestigating campaign contributions, before which Senator Penrose and John U. Archbold charged that Mr. Roosevelt had been party to the solicit ing and accepting of Standard Oil campaign contributions lu 1904. Mr. Roosevelt almost at the opening gives the lie in these words: "As regards tho statements of Mr. Tenrose and Mr. Archbold that with my conseut or knowledge Mr. Bliss asked the Standard Oil people for f 1 110,000 or any other sum, or received such sum from them, It Is an unquali fied falsehood." Further on Colonel Roosevelt com pares Senator Penrose to a grafting policeman and adds: "Ills language Is precisely the language that might be used by a blackmailing police officer in a big city in advising the keeper of a law breaking liquor saloon or a gambling house to contribute liberally, because other .vise he might incur hostility in fertain quarters. If this language were proved against the policeman he would be removed from the police force and as it Is admitted by the sen ator he should bo removed." Mr. Roosevelt promises that there shall be full publicity of contributions in his primary campalcn last spring. "I wish to emphasize the fact," he continues, "that the testimony of Mr. Archbold and Mr. Penrose in this mat ter is an attack on Mr. Bliss, who Is dead, and is also, unwittingly, the severest possible reflection on them selves, but it Is In no sense any attack on me, except insofar as they assert that the dead man said that I knew of his request for money from them. "I do not believe that Mr. Bliss said this any more than I believe their ac cusation that Mr. Bliss deliberately tried to blackmail the Standard Oil. But plcnse keep in mind that this Is an assault on Mr. Bliss and not on me." After a sweeping denial of know ledge or consent to any of the steps in the transactions as set forth by the two witnesses he pays' a glowing tribute to the memory of Mr. Bliss, hut adds that of course he could not say whether Mr. Bliss had asked for or had received the money. Further to prove that his skirts aro entirely clean in the matter, although the skirts of others might not bo 30 clean, Mr. Roosevelt quotes from what purported to be an Interview with Cor nelius N. Bliss, published In the New York Herald of Doc. 24, 1911. In this Mr. Bliss is quoted us correcting Ed ward II. llarriman's assertion that In 1904 he received word of the desperate state In New York from Roosevelt. .Mr. Bliss said that he conveyed that Information to tho railroad man. Ho discussed the situation anil the stops taken to raise the $200,000. At the coiiclu.iion of the Interview this ques tion was quoted In tho Roosevelt let ter which apparently further Involves Mr. Bliss: "Then the president had nothing o do with the raising of the money?" Answer: "Not once In the confer ence of the committee was there any suggestion that he was doing It. Tho only thing that Mr. Roosevelt had to do with such matters was to Issue orders that money was not to be ac cepted from this or that person. His orders were ignored, as it was recog nized that this was something about which he must not Interfere and I brooked no Interference." I'he letter to Senator Ciapp, which s about l.'i.Miin words long, goes x laustively into his correspondence with Chairman Cortelyou of Oct. 26 and 27. In which It Is ordered that the $0il,nun from the Standard Oil com pany be returned at once, although the sum Is not mentioned, all of which was Just uf' -r the time that Alton B. Parker had lirst made his charge that the Republican nominee and his chair man were obtaining money from th great corporations in an unusual way. Tho often printed llarrlman corre spondence Is reprinted In full and liter amimincing Collector Loeb, then private secretary, as corroborating with it, lection Is made of Senator .foii:i tli in Bourne as an intermediary for th" Stan. I ird Oil at about the time the s.'ils wrro to be brought. Incidentally, a pan: graph is Injected to give the colonel nn opportunity to praise William t;. Hearst for his pub lic service cf high importance and Mr. Hearst Is requested to publish every thing he lias of the Archbold letter nies. The Inst part of the letter Is taken up with thirl patty propaganda and a tribute to George W. Perkins. The colonel goes on record as being against the limitation of contributions to J."00 or $o,(ii0. He does not think the amount of money has anything to do with Improper use or purpose. "We are anxious to have the help of honest men of means." s:vs the colonel as he draws near the ecd
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