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TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 1913.
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BOROUGH OFFICER.,.
Buroess. J. C. Dunn.
Justices of the Peace C. A. Randall, D,
W. Clark.
0uHCumen.J. W, Landers, J. T. Dale,
O, K. Robinson, Wm. Smearbaugh,
R. J. Hopkins, O. K. Watson, A. B.
Kelly.
Constable L. L. Znver.
Collector W. H. Hood.
Moot Director W. O. Ituel, J. R.
Clark, 8. M. Henry, Q. Jauileson, D. H.
Blum.
FOREST COUNTY OFFICER. S.
Member of Congress Yf. J. Hullng.
Member of Senate 3. IC. P. Hall.
Assembly K. K. Mechlin.
President Judge W. I). Hinckley.
Associate Judges Samuel Aul, Joseph
M. Morgan.
Protnonotary, Register et Recorder, It.
8. R. Maxwell.
Hheriff Wm. H. Hood.
Treasurer W. H. Brac.ee.
Commissioners Wm. H. Harrison, J.
C. Honwden, II. H. McClellan.
District Attorney M. A. Carrlnger.
Jury Commissioners J. B.-iCJen, A.M.
Moore.
Coroner Dr. M. C Kerr.
County Auditors -George H. Warden,
A. C. Gregg and 8. V. Hhlelds.
County surveyor Roy 8. Braden.
County Superintendent J.O. Carson.
Keaalar Terns f Crt.
Fourth Monday of February.
Third Monday of May.
Fourth Monday of September.
Third Monday of November.
Regular Meeting of County Commls
sloners 1st and Sd Tuesdays of month.
Ckarrh Habbatk McbmI.
Presbyterian Habbath School at 9:45 a.
m. t M. K. Sabbath School at 10:00 a. in.
Preaching in M. E. Church every Sab
bath evening by Rev. W. H. Burton.
Preaching in the F. M. Church every
Sabbath evening at the usual hour. Rev.
G. A. Garrett, Pastor.
Preaching in the Presbvterlan church
every Sitbtialh at 11:00 a. m. and 7:30 p.
ra. Rev. H. A. Bailey, Pastor.
The regular meetings of the W. C. T.
C. are held at the headquarters on the
second and fourtn Tuesdays of each
m 'nth.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
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1 M eets every Tuesday evening, in Odd
Fellows' Hall, Partridge building.
CAPT. GEORGE STOW POST, No.274
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noon of each mouth at 3 o'clock.
CAVT. GEORGE STOW CORPS, No.
137, W. R. C, ineeU first and third
Wednesday evening of each month.
F. RITCHEY,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Tlonesta, Pa.
MA. CARRINGER,
Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law.
Office over Forest County National
Bank Building, TIONESTA, PA.
CURTIS M. 8HAWKEY,
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Warren, Pa.
Practice in Forest Co.
AC BROWN,
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DR. F.J. BOVARD,
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TIONESTA, PA.
Eves Tested and Glasses Fitted.
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R. J. B. 8IGGINS.
Physician and Surgeon,
OIL CITY, PA,
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Wednesday. See him at the Central
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located hotel In the place, and has all the
modern improvements. No pains will
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the coarsest and guarantees his work to
give perfect satlslactlon, Prompt atten
tion given to mending, and prices rea
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MUST PREVAIL
Wilson's Warning to Republics
of Latin America
TAFT POLICY TO BE CONTINUE!:
First Statement on New Administr
tion't Foreign Policy Is Given Out.
"Dollar Diplomacy' to Prevail.
President- Wilson gave the flint in
dication or what are to be the foreign
policies of his administration. Ha Is
sued a statement dealing with the re
lations betweeu the United States and
the countries of Latin America.
The statement Is practically a reaf
firmation of the Taft policies and
serves notice on the turbulent ele
ments of Latin America that the Unit
ed States will insist upon law,. order
and constitutional' government in the
southern republics.
The statement is a direct thruHt at
Castro, Zalaya and others understood
to be plotting the destruction of exist
ing governments in certain Latin
American counties. It is a severe
blow to the plans of those profession
al revolutionists who had convinced
themselves that under a Democratic
administration at Washington license
would be permitted in Central
America.
The president undoubtedly Issued
bis statement chiefly for the purpose
of disabusing the agitators of Latin
America of any notion that the Taft
policies or the upholding of good gov
ernment in tnose countries woum ue
repudiated. . -':;..
Hut the statement has another Im
portant significance. It la construed
as notice to the Huerta government
In Mexico City that the United States
will not recognize It until it has Itself
received the Indorsement of the ma
jority of the people in Mexico In a
regular election.
There is found In the statement
also assjirances to the business Inter
ests In the United States who have
participated in business relations with
the countries of Latin America that
they will not be disregarded by the
present administration.
Senate Organization.
The personnel of the senate finanm
committee, which is to handle all
tariff bills, became definitely known.
As now agreed upon It is:
Democrats Chairman, Senator Sim
mons, North Carolina; Senators Stone,
Missouri; Williams, Mississippi;
Johnson, Maine; Shlvely, Indiana;
Gore, Oklahoma; Thomas, Colorado;
James, Kentucky; Hughes, New
Jersey.
Republicans Senators Penrose,
Pennsylvania; I-odge, Massachusetts;
McCumber, North Dakota; Smoot,
I'tah; Gallinger, New Hampshire;
Clark, Wyoming; La Foilette, Wiscon
sin. Senator Martin of Virginia was niad&
chairman of the second most pgirfxil
committee in the senate, tU'vutpui It
tee on appropriations. '''M'''
Senator Owen has been aeleoted for
thechairmanship of the banking and
currency committee, which will handle
all currency reform legislation. Sena
tor O'Gorman will be made,-chairman
of the committee on anteroceanic
canals. , - ,
Other chairmanships Include 'fne
following:
Senatur Gore, agriculture and for
estry; Senator Bacou, foreign rela
tions; Senator Stone, Indian affairs;
Senator Nowlands, interstate com
merce; Senator Johnston, military af
fairs; Senntor Culberson, ..Judiciary;
Senator Bankhead, postofTices and post
roads; Senator Swanson, public build,
ings and grounds; Senator Overman,
rules; Senator Fletcher, printing; Sen
ator Pomerene, District of Columbia;
Senator Thornton, fisheries. . .
PROMOTERS FOUND GUILTY
Hawthorne, Morton and Freeman Ar
Given Prison Sentences.
Julian Hawthorne, Dr. W. J. Morton
and Albert Freeman are guilty of
using the United States mails to de
fraud the public "in connection with
the promotion of four mining prop
erties in Canada which the three men
knew to be worthless."
The verdict was brought In by a Jury
in New York which had been de
liberating twenty-eight hours upon the
guilt or innocence of the accused.
Judge Julius Mayer thereupon sen
tenced Freeman to serve five years
and three days in the federal prison
at Atlanta and Hawthorne and Mortoc
lo each serve one year and one day
in Atlanta prison. Ex-Mayor Joslah
Quincy of Boston was acquitted of the
charge brought against him by the
government.
TAFT MAY BE COLLEGE HEAD
Talk of Making Him President of
Johns Hopkins University.
There has been niu.ob discussion in
university circles regarding the possl.
bllity of ex-I'resident Taft being asked
to take the presidency of Johns Hop
kins university. Dr. A. R. L. Dohme,
a Johns Hopkins university1 graduate,
said:
"I have become so convinced of tha
correctness and advisability of the
plan that I have laid my views upon
It be'ore the trustees of the university
and have ad'. awed the election of Mr.
Taft us provident of the university. In
as 'forceful' a tuanrer as I could."
Speaker Clark Helped to
'Land Job For Him
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TV
ALEXANDER M. DOCKERY.
President 'ilson sent to the senate
for confirmation tho name of Alex
Missouri for third assistant post
master general. Speaker Clark went
to the front far Mr. Dookery.
GET AWAY WITH $300,000
Burglars Tunnel Way Into Gotham
Pawnbrokers' Vault.
Uncut diamonds and diamond Jew
airy valued at $200,000, perhaps $.100.
000, were stolen from the vault ol
Martin Simons & Sons, pawn brokers,
94 Hester street, New York.
The thieves tunneled under a cellar
wall, popped up through the floor and
got into the vault by making a hole
through two feet of brick. In doing
this they evaded a network of burglar
alarm wires and made uo sound that
was heard outside.
They came and went through a hole
In the ground so small that a child
would have to squirm to pass In it.
The contents of the vault were
worth about $800,000. Negotiable
bonds worth $130,000 they cast aside
and $100,000 in negotiable notes they
scattered on the floor of the vault or
Jammed In pigeon holes. Neither did
they take many thousands of dollars
worth of gold watches. Diamonds
were their game.
The vault in which the pledged
articles were kept is so strong and "so
well protected by electric wires. Jhat
Simons believed It impenetrable. It.
is nine feet high, twelve feet long ami
about ten feet wide. It has doubla
steel doors with a combination lock.
JUST NERVOUS BREAKDOWN
Nothing Seriously Wrong With Mor
gan, Avers His Son-in-Law,
Herbert L. Satterlee, son-in-law of
J. P. Morgan, said in an Interview at
Rome ;'
'V'.VtYf-ilorgan is not suffering from
njr organic disease nor because he !s
an old man. His illness in Just plain
and simple nervous prostration. Mr.
Morgan has worked hard all his life
and has practically had no real vaca
tion. Even when he was supposed to
be resting abroad he was usually very
busy.
"Mr. Morgan," continued Mr. Satter
lee, "has recovered from the .effects
of his Illness. He has been separately
examined by three doctors. They all
agree that Mr. Morgan's constitution
is perfect and his organs Hi the normal
condition of a man ten years younger
than he is."
B. AND 0. FOILED
Johnstown's Council Sustains Mayor's
Veto Prohibiting Improvements.
Plans of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad to spend $1,500,000 In im
provements on Its Somerset and Cam
bria division were defeated when the
select council of Johnstown, Pa.,
agreed by an overwhelming vote to
sustain the vetoes by the mayor of five
ordinances providing for improve
ments by the railroad in that city.
The Improvements were planned to
take care of the increased traffic on
the Somerset and Cambria division
and under the plans Johnstown would
have become ne of the most Im
portant terminal Nations of the rail
road. LADS SWEPT TO WATERY END
Three Drowned When Canoe Shoota
Falls In Sunuylkill.
Three boys ranging in age from
leventeen to nineteen years were
drowned when their canoe shot over
a falls in the Schuylkill river near
Reading, Pa.
Despite the warning of friends be
cause of the swollen condition of the
river, the lads William E. Uxley and
Charles Uxley, brothers, and Paul Wet
ter went out. They soon lost con
trol of their canoe in the swift cur
rent. Th.;. bodies have not been re
covered. Penned For Hazing.
Three students of the University of
North Carolina were found guilty of
manslaughter in connection with the
hai!'ng of a fellow-student. Four
months in Jail was the sentence.
500 P. R. R. Men on Strike.
More than "on section hands em
ployed In the yards of the Pennsyl
vania railroad In and about Philadel
phia axe nor oji strlk".
WEST AND SOUTH
SUFFERJN BLOW
Cyclone and Blizzard Cause
Great Loss ot Lite
51 DEAD; HUNDREDS INJURED
Itorie of Families Being Made Home
less Come In From Many Sec
tions Train Is Blown From Tracks.
The storm of last week which spread
over the entire middle west, the
Rocky mountain region, the south and
the southeast caused great loss of life
and property damage.
In the middle west and the southern
states the storm took the form of
winds of high velocity, and from
further west blizzards that are moving
eastward are reported. A fierce bliz
zard raged along the line of the Union
Pacific in Wyoming and moved east
ward. An estimate places the number of
dead in the lower middle west, south
west and southeast at fifty-one, with
no fewer than 200 Injured and a prop
erty loss of $3,000,000 or mere.
Four persons were killed, twelve
injured and five are mtsKlng as the
result of a blizzard In Nebraska which
caused two wrecks. Two passenger
trains crashed together in a snow
storm. Two Union Pacific freights
were wrecked in a similar manner.
Charles Whiting, a St. Paul en
gineer, saved a trainload of passen
gers In Minnesota. Ho feared a wash
out and ran slowly as he approached
a bridge. His engine plunfied through
the bridge. His fireman was killed
and he was hurt fatally.
Hundreds were rendered homeless
In the eastern part of Wisconsin and
hundreds of lives were endangered.
The damage Is estimated at $.'.00,000.
Late reports received at Memphis,
Tenn., fr,om the tornado swept portion
of the south and middle west are that
the death list will reach fifty, 200 in
jured and a property, loss approxi
mately $3,000,000 at a conservative es
timate. Wires are down to many of
the affected localities and only an
approximate estimate was possible.
Five persons were killed in Madison
and Hudson counties, Tenn. At Lex
ington, Tenn., three persons were
killed and 100 houses wrecked. Four
children were killed at Huling, Tenn
Eight persons were killed in northern
Mississippi.
Several Texas cities were badly
rimneed. Six nersons were killed in
the vicinity of Gadsden, Ala. A South4
ern railroad train that left for the
tornado swept territory was wrecked.
At Atlanta five persons are known to
be dead. At Dalton, Ga., tremors of
the earth were felt after the cyclone
passed and many houses were rocked.
After two days of the hardest gale
ever known in the Ozark mountain
district, the apple belt of Missouri,
the temperature fell to 22 above zero
and the wind died down. The freeze
is not believed to have done much
damage to fruit.
Atlanta, Ga., reports that scores of
people in Georgia were killed by the
cyclone.
LYNCH LAW TOWN NOW DRY
Coatesville, Pa., Loses Licenses as Re
sult of Burning Negro.
The borough of Coatesville, Pa., lost
all its liquor licenses as an indirect
result of the lynching of a negro there
in August, 1911, for which crime-no
one has yet been punished.
For more than two weeks at the
county courthouse there the license
and no license contenders have fought
a bitter battle. Of fourteen prominent
hotels and saloons In the county
eleven were ordered to close their
bars at once, three being given a
further hearing.
In fighting against license in Coates.
vllle the burgess of the town said:
"Coatesville dirtied her skirts some
time ago when It lynched a negro.
That lynching never would have oc
curred had it not been for rum. It
was a whisky Inflamed crowd which
was responsible for the outrage."
SCOTT 0USTED BY SULZER
Governor Calls Prison Superintendent
"Inefficient and Incompetent."
Colonel Joseph Scott, superinten
dent of prisons of New York, was re
moved by Governor Sulzer subsequent
to a resolution passed by the senate
requesting the Governor to have the
charges against Colonel Scott heard
by an Impartial and unbiased tribu
al." In removing Scott the governor says
he Is convinced Scott was "Inefficient,
Incompetent, derelict and neglectful."
Gunboat Knocks Out Bombardier.
After one minute and seventeen sec
onds of fighting In the second round
Bombardier Wells. Great Britain's
heavyweight champion, was knocked
out cold by Gunboat Smith of Cali
fornia in .Madison Square Garden,
New York.
Goes Over Niagara.
A polish wqman, named Josephine
Kigititch, accidentally slipped and fell
Into the Niagara river from the Lund
Island shore and was carried over the
falls. :,
Olney Declines Ambassadorship.
Richard Olney of Boston has de
clined the English, ambassadorship of.
fered bj' President Wilson.
TENER FOR VICt PROBE
Ccvertor Say White Slave Traffic la
Most Abominable.
Govfinor Tener of Pennsylvania
favors a leglslativi commission to In
tcxtigaie the white slave traffic and
announces that be will see that the
necessary resolution Is introduced
into the legislature.
The line of Inquiry will be similar
lo the Investigation now In progress
In Illinois and is being urged by the
governor because of the request of
Ilarratt O'Hara, lieutenant governor of
Illinois, who Is chairman of the legis
lative commission of his state, and
wants a nationwide probe.
"In my opinion there la no more
despicable trade in all the world than
the white slave traffic," said the gov
ernor, "and anything I can do to wipe
It out of existence I will assuredly do.
Those who profit by the sins of others,
as they do In this abominable traffic,
should be dealt with most severely."
Tax Figures Are Burned.
Law books, tax books and office sup
plies to the value of nearly $1,000
were destroyed by a lire of unknown
origin In the office building occupied
by Justice of the Peace W. II. Boone
in Washington, Pa. Boone had not
yet settled with Canton township for
the school taxes for 1910. It will be
practically Impossible to get these
taxes straightened out, as nothing re
mains from which to work. .
Boy Found Guilty of Slaying Mother.
Lee Roy Haggins, thirteen years
old, who shot and killed hla mother.
Mrs. Mary Haggins, a widow, at
Monaca on Jau. 23, was adjudged
guilty of murder in the second degree
by Judge Holt at Beaver, Pa. He was
sentenced to the Pennsylvania Train
ing school at Morganza until he be
comes of age.
Convicted on Bigamy Charge.
Accused of having two wives, N. W.
Hoover was convicted of bigamy in
the Blair county (Pa.) court at Al
toona. Both wives were in court.
Hoover was found guilty in ten min
utes, but sentence was suspended umll
the court looked into certain legal
questions involved.
Pension For Noncombatant.
"Colonel" John Rosenberger of Kit
taning, Pa., has been granted a pen
sion of $36 every three months, al
though he never enlisted In Uncle
Sam's army, on the grounds of his
being the son of a deceased veteran
and unable to make a living by manual
labor.
. Objects to Kisting Feet.
Mike'Bellrh of Conemaugh is In the
county Jail at Johnstown. Pa., awaiting
trial on charges made by his wife who
alleges he gave her a severe beating
recently and then placing a gun
against her head compelled her to
kiss his hands and feet.
Schwab Likes His Band.
Again has C. M. Schwab, steel mag
nate, shown his interest in Bethlehem,
Pa., his newly adopted home. This
time it takes the form of a home for
his steel company band, which when
completed will have cost him between
$30,000 and $40,000.
Fatally Stricken After Address.
At Warren, Pa., Frank R. Wood,
aged forty-eight, died from apoplexy.
He was in attendance at a meeting of
the Odd Fellows lodge and after
making an address sank into a chair.
He was removed to the hospital where
he died.
Slayer Gets Respite.
Governor John K. Tener of Penn
sylvania has respited John, .Harris,
the Fayette county inurdeVer, from
March 25 to April 24 to give him an
opportunity to be heard by the board
of pardons on a petition for commuta
tion. Fruit Cupboard Proves Poor Bank.
George Vaughn, a Civil war veteran
of Altoona, Pa.,- used the fruit cup
board In his cellar as a private bank.
Ha placed his pension money in it.
When he went to get $39 he discovered
someone else had taken the money.
Child Stabbed With Lead Pencil.
Regis Thornburg, aged eight, fell on
a sharp lead pencil while playing at
recess in the Bessemer avenue school,
East Pittsburg. Pa., the pencil pene
trating the child's ahdomen. It was
said his condition Is critical.
Man Falls Under Train,
While trying to board a moving
train in the Bessemer and Lake Erie
yards in Greenville, Pa., Thomas Mc
Glynn fell under the wheels and one
leg was si badly mangled that It was
amputated.
Babe's Body Found.
A track walker on the Pittsburg,
Tort Wayne and Chicago railroad
found the corpse of a bube under the
North Avenue bridge In Pittsburg.
The body was wrapped in a piece of
newspaper.
Say Wedded Life Was But a Day.
Declaring that her married life ex
tended over a period of but one day,
Mrs. Lulu Blanche Shelbner of Car
roll township, near Washington, Pa.,
seeks a divorce from Alonzo Howard
Shelbaer.
Carpenter End Life by Hanging.
Michael Klob, aged til'ty-oiie, a
carpenter and the father of live chil
dren, committed suicide by hanging
himself from the rafters In the attic
of his homo in McKeesport. Pa.
Store and Home Robbed,
Burglars entered a dwelling and a
s'ore in Washington, Pa . gs'tin? away
with $740 Tortn of loot.
CONVENTION BILL
GETS BY HOUSE
Voters May Have Say About
Revision ot Constitution
SENATE REPORTED AS HOSTILE
Anti-Liquor Legislation Again Beaten
In House, the Steele Prohibition
Amendment Going Under, 90 to 108.
The Pennsylvania house of repre
sentatives passed finally by a vote of
122 to "1 the Scott bill providing for
submission to the people of the ques
tion of holding a constitutional conven
tion. The measure would have the ques
tion voted at the general election next
November and at the same time have
delegates to such convention chosen.
This was followed by the passage
by a vote of 144 to 30. without debate,
the Scott bill regulating the manner
of conducting the election. Both bills
go to the senate where their passage
is very doubtful.
Opponents of the first measure
based their objection principally upon
the "double-action" of the bill. They
contended that it was unfair to have
delegates elected to a constitutional
convention at the same time that the
people passed on tho question as t
whether there should be a convention
or not.
The Steele prohibitory amendment
was defeated in the Pennsylvania
house of representatives, It falling
thirteen votes short of a constitutional
majority. The vote was ayes 90 and
nays 108.
The Beidlenian bill, indorsed by tha
allied agricultural organizations, to
provide for a state fair commission
and the holding of an annual state
fair, was'passed finally in the senate.
It would appropriate $200,000 for tha
purchase of a site and preparation of
the grounds.
An anti-liquor bill was presented in
the senate by Sensenicli of Westmore
land. It provides for local option in
an Indirect, but no less effective way
than the measures presented' in the
house. The bill provides that when
ever a number of the qualified electors
of any township, borough, city or coun.
ty of this commonwealth, equaling not
less than ol per cent of the number
of voteB cast therein at the last pre
ceding general election, shall present
a petition to the court of quarter ses
sions praying that the court refuse to
grant licenses for the sale or furnish
ing liquor or an admixture thereof,
the said court shall refuse all applica
tions for license in said township,
borough, city or county.
The bill was referred to the law and
order committee, a majority of the
members of which are against such
measures.
At the instance of Governor Tener
a bill providing for a "blue sky" law
for Pennsylvania to protect Investors
from promoters of "wild cat" or heav
ily watered securities or other forms
of swindling financial schemes was
presented in the house.
, Deputy Attorney General William N.
Trinkla'Spf Philadelphia, who drafted
the bill, "aatfl the proposed law will
reach outside concerns by subjecting
the Intermediary company, firm or the
Individual doing the actual selling In
this state to regulation and examina
tion. Bills before the legislature provide
that a company must Hist obtain con
sent of the banking commissioner be
fore It can issue securities. The ad
ministration bill differs from these in
that it provides for licensing and regu
lating stock brokers. They will be
under the supervision of the banking
department and If their business Is not
conducted according to law can be put
out of business quickly by revocation
of their licenses. Trlnkle continued:
"The administration's public utilities
bill will regulate the issue of stocks,
bonds and securities by the public utll.
lties companies under a plan of pub
licity and investigating closely an
alogous lo that recommended by the
railroad securities commission, of
which President lladley of Yalo uni
versity was chairman, appointed under
an act of congress."
The violet was substituted for the
daisy as the slate flower of Pennsyl
vania by the house educational com
mittee. The bill was reported as
amended. The move for a stale flower
bas excited considerable Interest and
the suggestion that the daisy bo,
chosen met with opposition in some
quarters. The violet was urged by
yiany In the Interests of peace and Ua
sponsors won out in committee.
Governor Tener submitted a mes
sage to the house explaining why ho
advised the state employes to disre
gard the summons of the Investigating
committee which was appointed to In
vestigate the current report that there
are persons in the employ of the sev
eral departments of the common
wealth holding more than one posi
tion, the duties or which are nominal
and the combined salaries of which
are greatly In excess of the services
rendered.
Briefly tho governor politely but
firmly tells the committee that In his
Judgment neither branch of the legis
lature has a right to subpena wit
nesses Of compel their attendance or
the production of books, papers, etc.,
from the executive department of the
state government, and that it would
be Incompatible witJi the public Inter
est to obey such, summons.
New Secretary ot Agriculture
at His Desk
In
Iff
MsMltf.
1913, by A-icrlCkn Press Association.
DAVID F. HOUSTON.
BUSINESS MAINTAINED
6enttment Conservative, Though Some
Lines Show More Activity.
Dun's Review ot Trade says this
week:
"Business activity is steadily main
tained and in some lines shows an in
crease, although sentiment continue
to be conservative, especially as re
gards speculative transactions. The
international money markets are
slightly easier, as the outlook for
peace in the Balkans has improved
and the German position has been
strengthened by accumulations of gold,
drawn In part from the United States.
"While there has been no expansion
In actual sales of pig iron, specifica
tions in finished lines are of record
breaking volume."
ACCUSER IS ARRESTED
Table Turned in West Virginia
Bribery Allegations.
Willwm R. Gray, a miner of Han
ford. W. Va., who charged Detective
Frank Smith before -the West Virginia
military commission with offering
him a bribe and promising him Im
munity if he would testily against cer
tain of the prisoners taken in the mar
tial la a- zone, w as arrested on a per
jury charge at the instigation of tha
commission.
Witnesses called to support Gray's
testimony declared they knew nothing
of it, anil Smith, it was testified, was
in Charleston tho day the alleged
bribery took place at llanford. Gray
also is charged with .offetu.es against
the martial law proclamation.
PRISONER'SLjFE SOUGHT
Illinois Militia Sent to Quell Mob Bent
on Lynching.
State troops were sent to Salem,
III., by Governor E. F. Dunne to aid In
quelling a mob that surrounded the
Jail and threatened to lynch Frank
Sullens, white, who is held on a charge
or attacking Dorothy Holt, fourteen-year-old
daughter of Judge Charles
Holt.
The angry citizens became so In
sistent In their demands for the pris.
oner that Sheriff Purcell wired for
militia and Adjutant General Dickin
son and a company of Boldiers were
sent on special trains.
SUFFRAGETTE WITH TORCH
Tries to Set Hall Afire While Meeting
Is Under Way.
A dust grimed suffragette carrying a
light crawled beneath a platform on
which Lord Beaucuatnp was making a
speech at Tunbridgo Wells, Ixmdon.
She was arrested.
The woman had hidden under the
platform with the intention of settins
tho place ullre but failed.
Oxford Crew Wins at Finish.
In one nf the most spectacular races
ever rowed oyr the classic Thames
course in England Oxford defeated
Cambridge. Cambridge led nearly all
the way, but tho dark blue, with a re
markable burst of speed at tho end,
passed the light blue and shot over the
mark the winner. It was the closest
race on rerord and the most exciting.
Oxford won by a quarter of a length.
Dxford's time was 20 minutes and 53
seconds.
PITTSBURG MARKETS.
Butter I'.ints. :i8'(ir:i!); tubs, 38
asifc. EgRK-S:lrvted. 20',i(Ii21. Poul
try Hen?, live, ll'fll'O.
Cattle-Choice. $8.708.90; prime,
$S.4rt'ii80; good. $8.208.40; tidy
butchers, $S'-f8.20; fair, 7f7 7.:n;
common, tttfi"!; common lo good fat
bulls, $3.b0iff 7.50; common to good fat
cows, $ tfj 7..",0; heifers, $4.."iO?r8; fresh
cows and springers, $."0ft'7.'. Sheep
and Lambs Prime wethers. $7.10
7.2."p; good mixed, $6.fiOHf'7: fall
mixed. $."i.7."'f( ti."'0; culls and common,
$::'! 4; lambs, $ti'i n.2."; veal calves,
$11 fit 12; heavy and thin calves, $7..'t)
fit !l. Hogs Prime heavy, $'J.50fi 9.55;
heavy mixed, $!.fl."f(f 9.70; mediums,
heavy Yorkers, light Yorkers and pixs.
S' ToiK'is, $s I'ift s.'r; s'aes, $7
f? 7 ;,o.