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VOL. XLV. NO. 29.
TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1912.
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BOROUGH OFFICERS.
Burgeaa.i. C. Duun.
Juaticea of the Peace 0. A. Randall, D.
W.Clark.
Oounmmen. J. W, Landers, J. T. Dale,
1. It, Kohinson, ,Wui. ftmearbaugh,
It. J. Hopkins, U. F. Watson, A. II.
oily.
Oinstable L. L. Znver.
Collector W. 11. Hood.
Ai'Aoot Ihreclora W. O. Imnl, J. It.
Dark, 8. M. Henry, Q. Jamieson, D. II.
Ilium.
FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS.
Member of Congress P. M. Hpeer.
Member of Senate J. K. P, Hall,
Asaembly W, J. Campbell.
PreaidentJwtgeW. I). Hinckley.
Aaaoaate Judge Samuel Aul, Joseph
M. Morgan.
Prothwwtary ,RegUter dt Recorder, te.
H. H. Maxwell.
Sheriff- Wm. H. Hood.
Treasurer Vf . H. Brar.ne.
Oommmaioners Win. II. Harrison, J.
C. Hoowilflii, II. II. McClellan.
District Attorney M. A. Carringer.
Jury Oomwi)ioneraJ. U. Eden, A, M.
Moore.
(kroner Dr. M. C Kerr.
County Auditors George H. Warden,
A. C. Gregg and S. V. Shields.
County iturveyor Roy 8. ISradon.
County Superintendent J . O. Carson.
Itesular Terns mt Caart.
Fourth Monday of February.
Third Monday of May.
Fourth Mouilay of September.
Third Monday of November.
Regular Mooting of County Commis
sioners 1st and 3d Tuesdays of month.
:knrck ana Mabbata Hnhaal.
Prenbyterian Sabbath School at 9:46 a.
in. i M. K. Sabbath School at 10.00 a. m.
Preaching in M. E. Church every Sab
bath evening by Rev. W. S. Burton.
Preaching In the F. M. Church every
Sabbath evening at the usual hour. Rev.
U. A. Uarrett, Pastor.
Preaching in the Presbyterian church
every Sabbath at 11:00 a. ui. aud 7:30 p.
in. Rev. U. A. Kailey, l'a-Uir.
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.
'pi' .N EST A LODGE, No. 869, 1. 0. 0. F.
X Meets every Tuesday evening, In Odd
Fellows' Hall, Partridge building.
CAPT. (JEOIKIESTOW POST, No. 274
U. A. K. Meets 1st Tuesday after
noon of each mouth at 3 o'clock.
C"APT. OEOKGE STOW CORPS, No.
J 137, W. R. C, meets first and third
Wednesday evening ol each month.
rp F. HITCH KY,
1. ATTORN EV-AT-LAW,
Tionesta, Pa.
MA. CARRINQER,
Attorney and Couusellor-at-Law.
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AC BROWN,
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THE TIONESTA
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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYL
VANIA, AND PUBLISHED BY OR
DER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE
COMMONWEALTH, IN PURSU
ANCE OF ARTICLE XVHI OF THE
CONSTITUTION.
Number One.
A JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to article
niuo, section four, of the Constitu
tion of the Commonwealth of 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 reBolved by the
Senate and House of Representative!
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
In General Assembly met, That the
following amendment to the Constitu
tion of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl
vania be, and the same is 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, suppreBB In
surrection, defend the State In war, or
to pay existing debt; and the debt
created to supply deficiency in rev
enue shall never exceed, in the aggre
gate at any one time, one million ol
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, suppressMnsur
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 one time, one million of dol
lars: Provided, however, '.that the
General Assembly, irrespective of any
debt, may authorize the State to issue
bonds to the amount of fifty millions
of dollars for the purpose of improv
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 of 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 of 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 of
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 of 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
powers and duties of officers in coun
ties, cities, boroughs, townships, elec
tion ot 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 ot
public schools, the building or repair
ing ot school houses and the 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 ia 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
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 ot 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 have Jurisdiction to grant the
same or give the relief asked tor."
80 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 liens:
Regulating the affairs of counties,
cities, townships, wards, boroughs, or
school districts:
Changing the names of 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 compan
ies, except for the erection of 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 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 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 lines, bor
ough limits or school districts:
Creating offices, or prescribing the
powers and duties of officers in coun
ties, cities, boroughs, townships, elec
tion or school districts:
Changing the law of descent or suc
cession: Regulating the practice or Jurisdic
tion of, or changing the rules of evi
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
viding 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 fees, 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 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 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
la u acts may be passed:
Nor shall any law be passed grant
ing powers or privileges in any case
where the granting ot 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 of 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 la 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
lar terms of service, shall be held on
the municipal election day; numely,
the TueBday following the first .Mon
day of November in each odd-numbered
year, but the General Assembly
may by law fix a different day, two
thirds of all tbo 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
lng 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 of
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 Constl
tutlon ot 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 ac
cordance with the provisions of the
eighteenth article thereof:
Section 2. Amend section one ot
article nine ot the Constitution of
Pennsylvania, which reads as follows:
"AH 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 general
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
tions 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.
Bo 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 ot Pennsylvania, lu
accordance with the provisions ot 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
of section eight of article nine of 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 shall impose no
municipal liability. Where munici
palities of counties shall issue obliga
tions to provide for the construction
of property, as herein provided, said
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; nnd
said municipalities and counties bIirII
not bo 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
of 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 rentum, of
the assessed valuation of the taxablo
property therein, if said increase ot
indebtedness shall have been assented
to by three-fifths ot 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. B.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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FORJKION
Mexican Situation Serious;
Hands ol U. S, Tied
UP TO CONGRESS, TAFT SAYS
War Department Ready at Moment's
Notice to Dump Soldiers Into Repub
lic, But No One Hopes to See Order.
Intervention In Mexico and the pos
sibility of President Tart calling a
special session of congress to de
termine whether American troops
should be sent across the line were
discussed in Waihingtcn by public
men and In diplomatic circles. .
It In known that the government has
bepn pressed on many sides to tako
such a step and various accounts of
what influences were being brought to
bear and the objects sought to be ac
complished are related among tho,;e
interested on both Bides of the ques
tion. President Taft and the slate depart
ment are holding to the principle that
no such action should bo taken with
out authorization of congress.
That American soldiers have been
sent into China or that American
naval forces are engaged In Nicaragua
without authorization of congress is
held not to be a precedent for sending
troops to Mexico. In China, American
missionaries are besieged and in
danger of torture and death. In Nica
ragua the rebels had shelled the
American legation and endangered the
lives of American citizens by bombard
ing an unfortified city in violation of
the rules of international law. No
such situation has been reported in
Mexico.
The news that President Taft ha1!
given thought to the expediency of
placing the matter before congress is
expected to bring out the usual crop of
reports of troops under orders to move
nnd plans completed by the general
staff of the army for campaigning In
Mexico.
It is perfectly proper to say the war
department is ready to invade Mexico
at a moment's notice. Hut it is no
more ready to invade Mexico than it
la to repel Invaders from across the
oceans.
While they are apprehensive of the
situation army officers hope there will
be no intervention.
Juan Didapp, who claims to repre
sent the rebel factions in Washington,
published a statement to the effect
that Zapata, leader of rebel bands In
the state of Morelos, threatened meas
ures of reprisal If the Fnlted States
were to intervene, "on the ground that
It would be impossible for command
ing oflicers to restrain their soldiers
from doing acts never done before."
Representatives of the Madero gov
ernment declare there are no Ameri
cans in Morelos to suffer from
Zapata's bands and that the relation
of Zapata's forces to the City of Mex
ico Is the same as would be the rela
tion of Washington to marauding
bandj In North Carolina.
F0RTY-8IX IS TOLL OF DEATH
Millions of Dollars of Damage Done
by Storm.
Death and desolation accompanied
the terrific rains, violent electrical
itorms and eloi.dlmrsts that encom
passed and overswept southwestern
Pennsylvania, the Panhandle district
of West Virginia and a section of
eastern Ohio.
The last reports say forty-Bix per
sons are dead. Many towns were sub
merged In water from four to six feet
ueep. i ne financial loss will run into
the millions. All traflic has been sus
pended in the devastated regions and
housands of men have been made
Idle.
In Colliers, W. Va., at least nine are
drowned and possibly twenty, Includ
ing an Italian, his wife and three chil
dren, who were swept away. The Pan
handle tracks In Colliers were washed
out for miles.
In Cherry Valley, fa., the remains
f George Gillespie, his wife and two
children were found in their homo.
In New Philadelphia, a suburb of
Canonsburg, a lad was wrenched from
his father's arms by the waters and
drowned.
Wiley's Accuser Resigns.
Dr. F. L. Punlnp of the United
States bureau of chemistry and as
sociate chomlst under Dr. Harvey
W. Wiley whllo the latter was chief
of the bureau, resigned to accept a
Commercial position In Chicago. Or.
Punlap was a member of the pure
food board and came Into public notice
as one of the authors of charges of
Irregularity against Dr. Wiley.
Leaves Bed in Nick of Time.
Alarmed by a severe electrical
storm .Mrs. .lennle Mct'onilm of Oil
City, Pa., arose from her bed and went
Into another room. A bolt of lightning
struck the dwelling and shattered the
bed in which she had been sleeninir.
The fatally escaped Injury and the
house was not set on fire.
111-Year-Old Man Marries.
Andy Alexander. HI years old, and
a hostler for President Polk, was nif.n
rled at Helena. Ark., to Susie McGhco,
forty year3 old.
Chinamen Revolt.
Thousands of Chinese soldiers aro
in revolt throughout the empire.
Chosen to Run For Governor
by Progressives o( Ohio
r
A. L. GAilKOItD.
A. L. Garford, the Progressive
nominee for governor of Ohio, ia a
manufacturer at Klyria. He was a
candidate for nomination In the Re
publican convention on July 2, but was
defeated by Judge E. B. Dillon of Co
lumbus. PUNISHMENT FOR LYNCHERS
Believed Wrong Negro Was Put to
Death in West Virginia.
The authorities of Princeton, W.
Va., are planning to take some
action against the members of the
mob who conducted the lynching of
the negro, Walter Johnson, for un al
leged attack on a white girl, Nita
White.
There Is a strong and growing senti
ment that Johnson was the wrong
party. In spite of the fact that the
negro was identified by the girl and
her father the opinion prevails here
that the girl and her father made a
mistake.
While the attack caused much indig
nation among the residents of Prince
ton the lynching of the negro is de
plored by the more conservative resi
dents. Expressions are heard on the
streets there that the lynching was a
mistake and a reflection on this com
munity. Mayor Pennington received a mes
sage from Governor Glasscock saying
that all money and men necessary to
be used in apprehending and prosecut
ing the persons engaeed in the lynch
ing were at the disposition of the of
ficials. Gordon White, father of N'ita White,
was arrested on a warrant charging
him with first degree murder. It is
said he was the first man to shoot
Johnson.
LIGONIER ROAD BLAMED
Coroner's Jury Finds It Responsible
For Fatal Wreck.
The Ligonler Valley Itailroad com
pany was blamed for the disaster
which occurred in Wllpen, Pa., July
5 last by the coroner's Jury at the
close of the Inquest. Twenty-four lives
were lost in the wreck.
The verdict said the company was
responsible through negligonco "In
operating their trains without written
orders, without certainty of verbal
orders, without signal code, without
general rules in respect to operating
trains, without track signals and rail
road Instruction to employes, without
proper appliances especially for a sig
nal system and without any general,
recognized up-to-date method of opera
tion." DID WASHINGTON DO IT?
Inscription, "G. W. 1768," Found
on Stone at Old Headquarters.
Near Waterford, Pa., V. G. Hotsford
unearthed a stone bearing Initials be
lieved to have been carved by George
Washington.
The headquarters of Washington
and Lafayette were at a spot Just op
posite the clubhouse and here also
Indians had white prisoners tied to
stakes for torture. The victims were
rescued nnd taken to the blockhouse;
in Krle. The stone found by Ilnlsford
is believed to have been part of the
walls of Washington's fort. On it,
carved In deep letters, Is tho Inscrip
tion: "G. W. 17ti8."
No Trace of Assailants.
After a search of many hours for
the highwaymen who near Wash
ington, Pa., assaulted James II. Pol
lock of Clokeyville Junction and
robbed him of a New York draft for
$18,000, $2(10 in cash, his watch and
some variable papers sheriff's depiitl"s
with bloodhounds returned without
any tra 'es of the men who committed
the crime.
Bridge Damage Costly.
With nt least forty bridges In Wash
ington county, Pa down as a result
of thf. recent Hoods It is believed a
bond isaue of not losi than 1 1 00, 000
will be required to repair tho damage
Clergyman Dies Under Auto.
Pinned niiiler his overturned auto
Flee. II. Crrfe. pastor of a (lennan
tcwi (la.) church, burned to death.
Travers Wins Golf Championship.
Jerome Travers won tho national
amateur golf championship over
Charles Kvans at Whcaton, 111.
WIFE AND YOUTH
HELD FOR CRIME
Confessed to Slaying of Wealthy
Contractor, it is Alleged
SHOCK FOB EAST LIVERPOOL, 0.
Mrs. Burrows and John Coburns, a
Neighbor, Fled After the Body Was
Found and Hid in the Woods.
Charged by the police with having
confessed that they killed Itichard
Uurrows, a wealthy contractor of
Ka.-;t Liverpool, O., Mrs. Mary Bur
rows, aged thirty-eight, the victim's
wile, and John Coburns, aged twenty
one, the sjn of a neighbor, were
locked up on a charge of murder.
The body of Uurrows wa.i found hid
den beneath hay in the Coburns' cow
stable early last week by Mrs. Co
burns, mother of the young man now
under arre.U. At lirst the police
thought the man had been murdered
by highwaymen on the public road
with robbery as a motive. Upon
learning, however, that Mr3. Burrows
hud disappeared following the report
ed finding of her husband's body a
search of the Uurrows home was made
which revealed bloody clothing and
shoes in the furnace and a heavy
gnarled walking stick stained with
blood.
Uurrows' skull was crushed and five
bullets had entered near the heart
and so close together that a silver dol
lar would cover all tho wounds.
As the result of a tip given by some
person whose name the police decline
to divulge, R. J. Marshall, mayor of
East Liverpool, and Policeman Jay
Fischer went to the home of Mrs. Mary
Russell, ten miles from East Liverpool.
Here it was Intimated that John Co
burns and Mrs. Uurrows were hiding
in the woods.
According to the police a friend of
the fugitives told Mayor Marshall that
Coburns and Mrs. Burrows could ex
plain the death aud declared that tho
fugitives had a good defense.
Tho go-between plunged into the
dense undergrowth and in half an hour
returned with the fugitives.
According to the two prisoners they
will plead self-defense when their trial
is called in court. Coburn was em
ployed by Uurrows as a laborer and
had been raised by the Uurrows fam
ily since he was a child. Coburn stated
that when he entered the Uurrows
home he saw Burrows trying to choke
Mrs. Burrows.
Coburn attempted to Interfere. Bur
rows let go of his wife's throat ami
started to attack Coburn. Coburn
claims that Burrows began striking
him and, to defend himself, he picked
ui a llatiron and threw It at Burrows,
striking him on the head. The blow
only stunned Burrows nnd on recover
ing Burrows again started toward Co
burn. At the same time, so Coburn alleges.
Burrows pulled a revolver from his
pocket nnd pointed it at him. Coburn
then claims that he pulled his own
revolver and began tiling. After the
first three shots Burrows dropped to
the floor. Blood was (lowing from a
wound In his breast.
Mrs. Burrows and Coburn refused
to tell the authorities how the body
of Burrows was taken to the barn on
tho farm of the Coburn family nearby.
HOUSES LEFT TO TENANTS
Landlord's Will Brings Happiness to
Eighteen Families.
William llawkens. a wealthy Phila
delphia leather goods maker, who died
in BilO at the age of ninety-eight, sur
prised eighteen Germantown families
by bequeathing to them the houses in
which they lived and for which for
years they paid rent to Mr. llawkens.
Al'hoiigh Mr. llawkens had been
dead tor two years his will was not
offered for probate until last week,
when the mystery regarding the
houses was explained. Kor two years
tho tenants of the eighteen houses
have been sending their rent regularly
to l he agent of the dead man only to
have It returned by mail with a nolo
saving no rent was due.
Mr. llawkens' hobbles was to ferret
out Isolated persons In need of as
sistance and rendering It without
letting any person know tho Identity
of tho donor.
TRADE IS ACTIVE
Dun's Review Finds That Depression
Is Fast Fading Away.
Dun's Review of Trade says this
fceek:
"Continuous advance in trade ac
tivity Is the tenor of the reports from
the principal manufacturing and dis
tributing centers this week. The ad
vance is both in actual volume of
transactions and in that confidence
which Is the basis of healthy business.
But with this advance there are still
certain developments Indicative of
passing conditions of depression,
coupled with other developments In
dicative of present optimism.
"There continues an unusual do
maud for iron and st. -el for this sea
son of the year with Indications that
the bulk of production Is going direct
ly into consumption."
Authoress Caroline White Din.
Caroline White, tiie authoress, wh.
was well known In literary circles
fifty years ago, died in London at tha
ago of 101.