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VOL. XL VII. NO. 14.
TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1914.
$1.00 PER ANNUM.
THE FOREST REPUBLICAN.
ICAN.
BOROUGH OFFICERS.
Burgess. S. D. Irwin.
Justices of the Peace O. A. Randall, D.
W. Clark.
Couneitmen. J. W. Landers, O. B. Rob
inson, R. J. Hopkins, O. F. Watson, (i.
W. Holeman. J. B. Muse, Charles Clark.
Constable L. L. Zuver.
Collector W. H. Hood.
(School Directors W . C. Iuiel, J. R.
Clark, S. M. Heury, Q. Jauiieson, D. H.
Blum.
FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS.
Member of Congress Vf, J. Hullngs.
Member of Senate 3. IC. P. Hall.
Assembly A. R. Meohlinn.
President Judge W. D. U Inckley.
Associate Judges Samuel Aul, Joseph
M. Morgan.
Prothonotary, Register dt Recorder, -te.
S. R. Maxwell.
Sheriff Wm. H. Hood.
Treasurer W. H. B razee.
Commissioners Wm. H. Harrison, J.
C. Soowden, II. II. McClellan.
District Attorney M. A. Oarringer.
Jury Commissioners J. B. Eden A.M.
Moore.
Coroner Dr. M. C Kerr.
County Auditor George H. Warden,
A. C. Gregg and 8. V. Shields.
County Surveyor Roy 8. Braden.
County Superintendent J. O. Carson.
Regular Term of Court.
Third Monday of February.
Third Monday of May.
Third Monday of September.
Third Monday of November,
Regular Meetings of County Commis
sioners 1st and 8d Tuesdays of month.
Church und Habbnth Hcbeel.
Presbyterian Sabbath School at 9:45 a.
m. J M. E. Sabbath School at 10:00 a. m.
Preaching in M. E. Church every Sab
bath evening by Rev. H. L. Dunlavey.
Preaching in the F. M. Church every
Sabbath evening at the usual hour. Rev.
M. E. Wolcolt, Pastor.
Preaching in the Presbyterian church
every Sabbath at 11:00 a. m. and 7:30 p.
in. Rev. U. A. Bailey, Pastor.
The regular meetings of the W. C. T.
U. are held at the headquarters on the
second and fourth Tuesdays of each
mouth.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
TV ,N ESTA LODGE, No. 869, 1. 0. 0. F.
Meets every Tuesday evening, in Odd
Fellows' Hall, Partridge building.
CAPT. GEORGE STOW POST, No. 274
G. A. R. Meets 1st Tuesday after
noon of each month at 3 o'clock.
CAPT. GEORGE STOW CORPS, No.
187, W. R. C, meets first and third
Wednesday evening of each month.
TF. RITCHEY.
. ATTORN EY-AT-L AW,
Tionesta, Pa.
MA. CARRINGER,
Attorney aud Counsellor-at-Law.
Office over Forest County National
Bank Buildiug, TIONESTA, PA.
CURTIS M. 8HAWKEY,
ATTORNEY-AT- LAW,
Warren, Pa.
Practice in Forest Co. .
AO BROWN,
ATTORN EY-AT-LAW.
Office in Arner Buildiug, Cor. Elm
and Bridge Sts., Tionesta, Pa.
FRANK S. HUNTER, D. D. S.
Rooms over Citizens Nat. Rank.
TIONESTA, PA.
DR. F. J. BOVARD,
Physiolan 4 Surgeon,
TIONESTA, PA.
Eyes Tested and Glasses Fitted.
DR.
B. SIGGINS,
Physician and Surgeon,
piL,CjjM
HOTEL WEAVER,
H. E. PIERCE, Proprietor.
Modern and up-to-date in all its ap
pointments. Every convenieuce and
comfort provided for the traveling public
CENTRAL HOUSE,
R. A. FULTON, Proprietor.
Tlonseta, Pa. This is the niostcentrally
located hotel in the place, and has all the
modern Improvements. No pains will
be spared to make it a pleaHaut stopping
place for the traveling public
pHIL. EMERT
FANCY BOOT A SHOEMAKER.
Shop over R. L. Haslet's grocery store
on Elm street. Is prepared to do all
Kinds of custom work from the finest to
the ooarsest and guarantees his work to
give perfect satisfaction. Prompt atten
tion given to mending, and prices rea
sonable. ' .
JAMES HASLET,
GENERAL MERCHANT.
Furniture Dealer,
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expert K'(in-h and free report on patentability.
INFRINGEMENT uiu conducted before all
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TISED and SOLD, free. TRADE-MARKS, PEN
SIONS aud COPVRICHTS quickly obuuuid.
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WILSON USES HIS INFLUENCE
Mediation Conferees Ave Upgr Dis
cussion a Commission Form of'Gov
ernment Proposition For Mexico.
President Wilson, it is learned, is
hopeful that eventually General Car
ranza of the Constitutionalists will
take part In the Niagara Falls media
tion conference arranged by the A.
B. C. republics of South America.
While extra pressure Is being
brought to bear on Carranza by the
Washington government the confer
ence at Niagara Falls is said to be
practically at a standstill. What
reason Preaident Wilson lias to feel
certain that the Constitutionalists will
have a representative is not known.
The information was that the media
tion proceedings have reached a stage
where the mediators have proposed
the organization of a commission form
of government in Mexico pending the
organization of constitutional govern
ment. The understanding is that the
mediators have proposed a commis
sion form of government to consist of
three representatives one represent
ing Carranza, one lluerta and one pos
sibly Zapata.
President Wilson is said to favor
a provisional government by five com
missioners and the assumption that
he would be given a voice in the selec
tion of the commission.
If the views of Carranza are ac
curately reflected by his representa
tives in Washington there is a doubt
whether he will consent to consider
any commission form of government.
His agents here contend that such a
government is absolutely unconstitu
tional and that Carranza intends to
stand upon the Mexican constitution.
The information that has readied
Washington is that the Mexican dole
gates have been liberal in their con
cessions they are willing to make for
a provisional government. It is un
derstood they have shown a very
tolerant attitude toward the views of
this government for fundamental re
forms in Mexico bucIi as new land
laws. Persons close to the adminis
tration say that it already has been
apparent that no substantial progress
has been made toward this element of
the question since Carranza has not
been brought In.
Mexico City Is Seething.
An American, one of the foremost
of the American colony of Mexico
City, who refused to leave until two
days ago, arrived at Vera Cruz.
"I left," he said, "because an out
break is inevitable at the capital and
it will come soon. Huerta's own con
duct will bring it about despite the
desperate measures he is taking 10
prevent It.
"Not even Huorta has been strong
enough to cast out Blanquet from the
cabinet. Every attempt he has made
to do it has been met with a strong
protest from quarters even lie has to
respect.
"lluerta will never resign. The be
lief is growing that rather than see
Villa at the gates of his capital lluerta
will bring about American interven
tion. Ho would much rather have
Funston than Villa and Zapata."
Felix Diaz May Be Compromise.
It was stated by a high official that
the name of General Felix Diaz la
being seriously considered by the me
diators and the United States for tho
provisional president of Mexico pend
ing the holding of a constitutional
election.
The nephew of Porflrio Diaz Is now
at Toronto with a party of eight Mexi
cans. The' belief that he is about to be
mentioned prominently in connection
with ..' (he proceedings here was
strengthened by the urrlval of Luis
Reguenu, M. G. Reguena and C. L.
Ocon, who for the past two years have
been stanch supporters of Fellz Diaz.
Plot to Kill Huerta Nipped.
A plan to kill General Victorlano
lluerta as he entered the Cafe Colon,
a restaurant In the Pazco de la Re
forma, Mexico City, Is said to have
been discovered by secret service men.
As a result Huerta became enraged
at General Manuel Guasque, inspector
general of police, and ordered his dis
missal and his arrest.
Secret service men are searching
for several men known to have been
closely associated with General
Guasque. it found they will bo arrest
ed and tried by court-martial.
Hereafter greater efforts will be
exerted to guard Huerta on trips about
the city.
Shots Fired at Aviator.
A number of shots were llrrd by
Mexican federals near the Vrrgara
outposts at Vera Cruz held by Cap
tain Hill of the marine corps as Lieu
tenant P. N. L. Bellinger was passing
overhead in his aeroplane.
None of the shots, however, went
near the flyhg machine. The lire was
not returned by the American forces,
who wore stationed nenr by.
Several cases of dysentery have been
reported among tho soldiers. The
health of the troops, however, as a
rule, is regarded ae good.
CARRANZA BEIN
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BOIES PENROSE (Rep.)
A. M. PALMER (Dem.)
KENYON FOR REPEAL
It Friends Now Claim Majority of
Twelve' In Senate.
The advocates of repeal of the tolls
exemption In the senate received an
other recruit. Senator Kenyon of Iowa,
Progressive Republican, announced
that he would vote for repeal.
The friends of repeal now claim at
least twelve majority and say this will
be increased before the vote is taken.
Senator Knyon said that his former
vote for the exemption of coastwise
ships from the payment of tolls was
wrong.
"Call this what we will," said he,
"it Is the voting of a special privilege
to those engaged in a certain line of
business, namely the coastwise ship
ping." Vets For Union Exemption.
President Wilson will veto the Clay
ton anti trust bill If it reaches him
with a provision exempting labor from
prosecution under the Sherman act.
Notice to this effect has been served
on Representative Lewis of Maryland,
the spokesman of organized labor in
the house. Just what effect this notice
will have on Mr. Lewis and followers
is not known.
Three Treaties Ratified.
The senate in executive session rati
fied three treaties of general arbitra
tion by renewing existing conventions
that had expired. These treaties were
with Austro-Hungary, the Nether
lands and Salvador.
PITTSBURG MEN ACCUSED
Charged That Steel In Panama Canal
Locks Is Inferior.
The Indictment of an official and
four employ ?s of the Carbon Steel
company, Pittsburg, on a charge of
conspiracy to defraud the government
in connection with steel furnished for
the locks in the Panama canal was
handed down by the federal grand Jury
In United States court in Pittsburg.
The men named are Samuel M.
Wetmoro, general sales manager and
former superintendent of the Carbon
Steel company, and David J. Simpson,
Henry Lutz, James E. Lacey and Den
nis K. Bullon, employes. The latter
was formerly the steel company's
metallurgist.
Steel in Canal O. K.
The great steel locks in the Panama
canal are us strong and as safe ns
engineering skill can make them and
there is not the slightest danger to
life or property In their use.
This statement was mado at the
isthmian canal ollices when attention
was called to criminal presentments
found by tho grand jury In Pittsburg
against five steelworkers on a charge
of conspiracy to furnish inferior ma
terial for the lockii.
Major Boggs, in charge of the canal
ollices here, explained that every
piece of metal under suspicion was
replaced if found defective before
being riveted into the gates. The gov
ernment, it was declared, had lost no
money. The purpose ofthe prosecu
tions, it is asserted, is to warn con
tractors. Whitewashing Prize Won by Girl.
The first prize In whitewashing in
the Altoona (Pa.) cleanup campaign
was awarded to a girl, Marie Shcllc.t
bcrgor, a btudent at the Irving public
School, who received CSS points for
whitewashing a grapo arbor.
Oil Man Is Found Dead.
Charles Reed, thirty-six years old,
employed as a pumper on the oil lease
of Charles V. Schwab at Red Rock,
near Bradford, Pa., was found dead
near a kakiug gib councxliou.
KEPT MORGAN
OUT-OTTROUBLE
Mellen Says He Took Blame
For Grand Trunk Deal
HE RISKED HIS OWN FREEDOM
Former President of New Haven Be
lieves Public Would Be Benefited
If There Wat Railroad Monopoly.
Charles S. Mellen, ex-president of
the New Haven railroad ended Us
four days' confession before the inter
state commission with the statement
that he had subjected himself to In
dictment under the Sherman anti-trust
law In order to shield J. P. Morgan.
This was in the so-called Grand
Trunk conspiracy, on account of which
Mr. Mellen stands under indictment.
Mr. Mellen asserted that he wrote
a letter to the district attorney In New
York assuming responsibility for the
so-called Grand Trunk deal because
lie realized that Mr. Morgan's health
was poor and that to subject him to
the grand jury proceeding would have
resulted in his death.
The witness let it be known that he
favored a monopoly of railroads llnss.
His testimony along this line was in
teresting. Explaining why he favored consoli
dation of the trolleys In New Eng
land with the New Haven railroad sys
tem Mr. Mellen said:
"Because consolidation would result
in better Bervlce, lower rates and
greater satisfaction to the public. I
believe the public is better served by
a monopoly of transportation than iu
any other way. I think, however, that
the monopoly should be controlled and
regulated by the government."
"What do you think railroads gen
erally are doing about the matter?"
"I know of nothing a railroad can
do now except take off its hat to some
government official."
"If Mr. Morgan had not died how far
would you have gone in tills dream of
consolidation ?"
"To Heaven, I suppose."
"Didn't Morgan have more power
than any state government under
which you operated?"
"lie never tried to exercise any
such power."
"What would the meetings of the
directors of the New Haven have be-m
like without Mr. Morgan?"
"About as tame as a lot of cows
without a bull."
Mr. Mellen said he was opposed to
the New Haven holding and operating
steamship lines.
"I always was against the plan. I
was afraid of disasters on those
tinder boxes."
Mr. Mellen, after testifying regard
ing an offer of $20,000,000 made by
Charles W. Morse, for the purchase of
steamships owned by the New Haven,
said he came to Washington and con
sulted President Roosevelt in regard
to the matter.
"Mr. Morse," he said, "wanted our
holdings and I finally got a definite of
fer of J20,0'j0,000 from him. I wanted
to sell, but I was a great admirer of
President Roosevelt and I thought a
matter of that kind ought to be laid
before the president of the United
States. I saw him and lie was
anxious, apparently, that Morse should
be checked in his acquisition of con
trol of steamer lines. He urged me
not to sell."
Questioned by Mr. Folk as to his
present business relations, Mr. Mel
len said:
"I have not a dollar's interest today
in the New Haven. I disposed of all
my stock. I retain a little Interest yet
in the Boston and Maine and in the
Ontario and Western."
SIX MASTERPIECES RUINED
Women Destroy Famous Pictures In
London Galleries.
The "wild women" of the Women's
Social and Political union, the militant
suffragette organization of London,
continued their terrorizing tactics by
making two separate attacks on the
national art treasures. One woman
armed with a loaded cana ruined five
masterpieces iu the National gallery.
Almost simultaneously another wo
man wrecked a picture hanging in the
Royal Academy of Art. The academy
was filled with a fashionable throng
when the woman drew a butcher's
cleaver which she had concealed in
her clothing and dashed at the picture.
Attendants at once seized her and it
was only the presence of the police
that prevented her from being rough
ly handled by the Irate spectators.
Both women were arrested.
King George and Queen Mary were
compelled to listen to the harangue
.of a militant suffragette while they
were attending a matinee at His
Majesty's theater. A woman rose in
the stalls and began to address the
king. "You Russian czar!" she
shrieked. The attendants quickly
rushed In and tried to get her out,
but found that she was chained to the
seat. They had to file through a link
before she could be removed.
Truck Goes Down Bank; Two Hurt
Two persons were hurt, ono serious
ly when un automobile truck v ent
orr an embankment at Pricedale, Pa.
Charles McCullo, aged fourteen, of
Pricedale, was internally Injured. . An
other man was' hurt, but left the
bconc afU-r having hie injuries at
tended.
Found Guilty ot Rosenthal
Murder Second Time
1914, by American Prtsi Association.
CHARLES BECKER.
BECKER AGAIN CONVICTED
Former Police Lieutenant Found
Guilty of Rosenthal Murder.
Charles Becker, former New York
.police lieutenant, was found guilty
of instigating the murder of Herman
Rosenthal. The jury reached a verdict
in four hours and four minutes.
They asked for no instructions and
reached an agreement without leaving
the Jury room.
Five ballots were taken before the
jurors were in agreement that the evi
dence justified conviction for murder
in the first degree. This conclusion
was not unanimous until after a deal
of argument In which the incredibility
of witnesses were weighed, some testi
mony rejected and the stories of Rose,
Vallon and Webber thoroughly ana
lyzed. Becker's counsel was shockingly dis
appointed at the verdict. They had
hoped for acquittal. Tly bullded
positively .upon a disagreement. But
they never tnought there was a chance
in the world that twelve men, after
the court of appeals decided, would
ever send Becker to the chair.
Wrhen the Jury entered the room the
foreman, F. Meredith Blagden, was in
tears. After Becker had been brought
in Clerk Penny requested the Jury to
arise. When Blagden was asked
whether a verdict had been reached
he brushed the tears away with a
handkerchief and answered:
"We have. We find the defendant
guilty as charged."
Becker, his hands grasping the rail
in front of him, paled as the foreman
spoke and swayed for a moment as if
about to swoon, but immediately
straightened and remained rigid while
each Juror verified the verdict.
Photographer Stung.
That his patron might make a better
showing in a photograph, J. C. Wilson,
a Pittsburg photographer, lent him
his watch und chain to wear during
the sitting. While Wilson was busy
in the dark room a few minutes luter
the customer left. Wilson's watch and
chain went with him.
Defends Andrew Carnegie.
A pastor at the Presbyterian general
assembly in Chicago denied that An
drew Carnegie is an atheist as
charged by a pastor in Kansas City.
Urrutia Quits Vera Cruz.
Dr. Aurcliuno Urrutia, one-time
member of huerta's cabinet, left Vera
Cruz amid a storm of hoots and hisses
by the Mexican natives.
MARKET QUOTATIONS
Chicago, May 26.
Hogs Receipts, 56,000. Light, $8.15
8.40; mixed, $8.15 8.40; heavy,
7.90 8.37 Vi; rough, $7.958.05; pigs,
$7.30fo8.05.
Cattle Receipts, 21,000. Beeves,
$7.409.30; steers, $7.108.20; cows
and heifers, $3.758.75; calves, 7.50
10.50.
Sheep Receipts, 24,000. Sheep,
S5.1G&6.05; yearlings, $G.10(i'7;
luuibs, $tU0' 8.20; springs, $ti.50((j)
8.40.
Wheat May, 97.
Corn May, 70 Ms.
Oats May,
Cleveland, May 2C.
Hogs Yorkers, $8.65; mixed, $8.C5;
pigs, $8.65; stags, $6.75.
Calves Good to choice, $10.25(?j)
10.50; fair to good, $9(&10; heavy and
common, $7 8.75.
Cattle Choice fat steers, $8.35Q)
8.65; good to choice. $7.758.10;
mllchers and springers. $5080.
Pittsburg, May 26.
Cattle Choice, $S.75(fi9; prime,
$8.608.80; good, $8.258.75; com
mon, $6.50 7; heifers, $5.608; com
mon to good fat bulls, $5.50 fi 8.80;
common to good fat cows, S3.507.60;
fresh cows and Bprlngers, $4580.
Sheep and Lambs Prime wethers,
$5.S05.90; good mixed, $5.405.75;
fair mixed, $4.755.80; culls and com
mon, $34; spring lambs, $710;
veal calves, $1010.50; heavy and
thin calves, $7 8.
Hogs Prime heavy, heavy mixed,
$S.708.85; mediums, heavy Yorkers,
light Yorkers, $".50iS.55; pigs, $8.55
fdS.CO; rouths, $7.257.50; stags, $6.50
7.
Butter Prints, 27 Vi 28; tubs, 26 V6
27. Eggs Selected, 1921. Poul
try (live) Fat hens, 1819;
(dressed) hens, 22S23.
HOME RULE FOR
IRELAND IS SURE
Bill Passes House ot Commons
Third and Last Time
78 MAJORITY FOR MEASURE
Because of Threat of Resistance by
Protestant of Ulster England Is
Fearing an Orange Outbreak Soon.
The Irish home rule bill passed the
house of commons on its third reading
by a majority of 78. The vote was:
For, 352; against, 274.
Under the provisions of the parlia
ment act tho bill will become law when
signed as any action taken by the
house of lords will have no affect,
since the measure had already passed
twice through all the stages in two
separate sessions of tlu house of com
mons. English eyes are now focused on
Ulster, which has sworn to resist with
arms the inclusion of the Protestants
in the operation of the home rule bill.
Following are some of the terms of
the home rule bill:
Imperial parliament remains su
preme, but Ireland is given real au
thority in regard to purely Irish af
fairs, subject to certain reservations
and safeguards.
Irish parliament, to sit in Dublin,
consisting of a senate of forty mem
bers and a house of commons of 164
members, elected by existing constit
uencies. Power of Irish parliament subject
to "territorial limitation." No authority
to deal with questions of peace and
war, army, navy or treason.
Irish parliament prohibited from di
rectly or indirectly establishing or
endowing any religion, from giving
any preference or privilege or im
posing any disability on account of
religious belief.
Lord lieutenant, appointed by
crown, will have power to veto laws
which go beyond constitutional powers
of Irish parliament.
Lord lieutenant's appointment not
subject to religious disabilities as now.
(Thus, a Catholic may be appointed.)
Forty-two Irish members will sit In
imperial parliament at Westminster,
instead of 103 as at present.
NEARLY DIE OF STARVATION
Roosevelt and Party Had Thrilling Ex
periences in Brazil Wilds.
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt returned
from the Brazilian jungles with a
story of his exciting experiences. The
colonel suffered from Jungle fever and
the whole party came near dying in
the wilds because of a lack of food.
The desperate experiences of the
party occurred between April 5 aud 15
First the colonel was stricken with
the Jungle fever after his party had
met with several mishaps. Ho fought
his way down the river, however, and
when another canoe was overturned
and was in danger of being swept
away the colonel Jumped into the
river himself. He saved the canoe,
but he gashed his leg severely. The
Insects poisoned it and the fever ag
gravated the wound still more.
He and the members of his party,
with their food supplies almost gone,
made their way, however, but when
the colonel reached Manaos on the
Amazon he still was so weak that he
could not walk. Ho had lost sixty
pounds and he was exceedingly de
pressed in spirits as the result of the
stress of body and mind through
which he had been.
TRADE GETS A BOOST
Weather Acts as Stimulus Pig Iron
Sales Encouraging.
Dun's Review ot Trade says this
week:
"Higher temperatures in many sec
tions have afforded stimulus to dis
tribution of seasonable merchandise
at retail, while Jobbing trade has also
benefited. Confidence is not disturbed
by reports of damage to winter wheat,
as some Impairment of the crop was
expected before harvest and condi
tions have uot chuuged the prospect
of an unprecedented yield.
"Substantial purchases of pig iron
Iu eastern territory are an encourag
ing feature and have helped to sustain
improved sentiment iu tilt, basic in
dustry. The demand from the rail
roads is still confined to close limits."
DR. ALEXANDER MODERATOR
Presbyterians In Assembly Unan
imously Choose Pittsburg Clergyman.
Rev. Dr. Maitland Alexander, pastor
of First Presbyterian church, Pitts
burg,, was elected moderator of the
Presbyterian general assembly in Chi
cago by a unanimous vote.
The general assembly ia composed
of 920 members, half ministers and
half elders. Representation Is upon
the basis of the number of ministers.
This gives a strong representation
to the "home mission" fields, a state
like Washington having several times
more representatives than the city of
Philadelphia, though the state has
fewtr church members.
Man' Body Hanging From Rafter.
Benjamin Davis, forty years old,
was found hanging to a rafter In tho
cellar of his home in Greensburg, Pa.
His wife discovered the body and cut
it down. There is no caise assigned
(or the suicide.
Wife Dies Trying to Save Husband.
Rushing from her bed to prevent
her husband, who is a somnambulist,
from walking through an open door
while carrying a lighted lamp, Mrs. C.
M. Wheeler, aged fifty-seven, wife of
a lumber dealer of Central City, near
Hooversville, Pa., was precipitated to
the ground, eighteen feet below, and
killed almost Instantly. She was an
able to drag her husband back and
when he walked out of the door she
clung to him and dropped to the
ground. He was seriously injured and
may die.
Stormy June and July.
Paul K. Schiuimack, the eccentric
weather forecaster of Washington,
Pa., Issues a pessimistic forecast for
June and July. June, he said, would
bo a dry, cold month with a few very
hot days. Those few days, he de
clared, would be responsible for ter
rillc thunder storms and disastrous
floods. July, he said, would be wet,
cold and unpleasant. Schlmmack
added that the harvest this year would
be extremely short.
Wanner Diet by Own Hand.
Peter D. Wanner, one of the oldest
and best known attorneys of the Berks
county (Pa.) bar, committed suicide
in the bathroom of his home in Read
ing. Ill health is given as the reason
for his act. Wanner was rated high
financially and had viany business
ventures. He was president of twenty
water companies in eastern Pennsyl
vania and was former district attorney
of Berks county.
Shot In Quarrel
In a quarrel at Mt. Union, twelve
miles from Huntingdon, Pa., John
Daughenbaugh, aged thirty-one, re
ceived a gunshot wound, of which he
is dying in Blair hospital. It Is said
Daughenbaugh had been drinking at
his home with John James, aged fifty,
and James quarreled with Daughen
baugh's bride of a few months when
she ordered him from the house.
70 Will Control Sunday Campaign.
Seventy leading clergymen and lay
men of all Protestant denominations
in Philadelphia have been appointed
to the general committee which will
have charge of Billy Sunday's evangel
ization campaign in that city. No
names will be given out until the ac
ceptance of the seventy have been
received.
Bomb Thrown In Love Affair.
Because she spurned his love, John
Pilgrim, aged thirty, is alleged by the
police of Erie, Pa., to have hurled a
bomb at Miss Frances Miller. The
bomb was thrown through a window
at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Her
man Potratz of that city. Miss Miller
is a sister of Mrs. Potratz and lives
with her.
Lumber Promoters Denied New Trial.
Five promoters of the International
Lumber and Development company in
Philadelphia, convicted on a charge
of conspiring to defraud through the
mails, were refused a new trial by
the United States court of appeals.
The postal authorities refer to the
case as "the $6,000,000 swindle."
To ABk New Trial For Griffith.
Immediately after the Jury in
Greensburg, Pa., found Dr. Martin E.
Griffith of Monessen guilty of mans
slaughter in connection with the death
of William L. Robinson, Pittsburg
music teacher, the prisoner's counsel
announced In court that a motion for
a new trial would be filed.
Crane Crushes Off Man's Head.
Daniel A. Malley, aged twenty-four,
au electrician, was instantly killed at
the blooming plant of the Cambria
Steel company in Johnstown, Pa.,
when ho was caught between a travel
ing crane and girder and his head was
crushed from his body.
Train Derailed; No One Hurt.
Train No. 3 on the Pennsylvania
railroad was derailed at Colna, Erin
county, Pa. A spreading rail caused
the accident. The engine, express and
mail car and two passenger coaches
went Into the ditch, but no one was
Berlously injured.
$5,000 For Orphans' Home.
St. Paul's orphans' home, located
near Greenville, Pa., received notice
that a legacy of $5,000 had been left
to the Institution iu the will of the
lute Joseph Koimce, a weulthy farmer
of Westmoreland county.
Robbers Get $200; Escape Under Fire.
'I lie safe in the general store and
postolllce ot J. H. Reitz, proprietor
and post mister at Millway, near Lan
caster, Pa., was blown by four yegg
men. Aboui $200 Iu stamps aud cadh.
was stolen.
Crowded Car Struck by Bolt.
Lightning struck a Fifth and Shady
car at Penn avenuo and Main street.
Pittsburg, and Bet it afire. A rush of
the passengers to the exits followed
and threa were injured in the crush.
Shot From Ambush.
R. G. Stoner, a leading business man
Of West Newton, Pa., was shot dead as
he stepped on the porch nt his resi
dence. Five shots were tired by aa
assassin concealed In shrubbery.
Anyler Dies Fishing.
E. D. Woodward, fifty years old, an
angler of Crucible, Pa., was found
dead sitting by a stream with a fish
ing pole iu his lap. He died ot heart
disease.
Gas Gusher Struck.
Another Uirge gas gusher was struck
near Ridgway, Pa., ou the Nelson
(arm It showed a capacity ot 5,000,
000 feet. A sprinkling cf oil wag
found.