- Flannel! Shirts — You want lo see the grey ones we are selling at $700 Better ones up te $2.50. AT BOLTON'S. 's Furnishings, Hats Ave, Sayre. IRS and Both Phones, NATIONAL BANK E. Reynolds, A —————————— : ESTATE For sale in Athens, Sayre and Waverly Acuiaeat INSURANCE Property Bought, Sold and ——Rxchanged — Loans Negotiated 117 Packer Ave. Phone 230x, Sayre.P Pa A "INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE. Negotiated, Insurance , Houses Rented, Rents Taxes Paid. y, ELMER BLOCK IRON AND ion easy and complete; re- sults show fumadiately. L. GILLESPIE Ae Jatt here for D, L.&W, hg prompt attended to by averly. a Go where you may will not find a that enjoys the of of its superiori- It is always the perfectly brew- scier tifically bot- ‘absolutely pure. drink inferior * when you can Btegmaier’ s for N'CURDY ON GRIDDLE Mutual Life's President, Au- gry, Refused to Answer. ————— HUGHES PROBING DEEP FOR GRAFT Wanted to Know Why Salaries Ine ereased While Dividends Decreased. Olds Pald Legislators te Lia- tem to Him Talk. NEW YORK, Oct 18 — President Richard A. McCurdy of the Mutual Life Insurance company was on the griddle aguin before the legislative committee on life Insurance, pur suant to bis policy not te become ci tangled with Chief Inquisitor Huzhes, he refused to answer many which the committee believes a $150, XK) a year officer ought to have been able and willing to answer offhand. While be was ou the stad letters were read from prominent policy holders showing how iu the last twenty years the dividends to policy holders had steadily decreased, while the =alaries bad rapidly iucreased Presideat McCurdy would offer no explanation of this, nor would be ad mit kuowing anything about the money paid out to various persons upon the recommendation of Andrew i. Fields, superintendent of supplies. He did pot even kuow, he sald, that Fields for many years had maintained a house in Albany for the entertaimment aml en- lightenment of legislators whose friendship the company wished to re- tain. By the time recess was declared one of the members of the committee had reached the conclusion that If “Presi dent MeCundy don't know any more than he pretends to know he wouldn't be worth £25 a week.” Chairman Armstrong was asked what the committee lutended to do about President McCundy's refusal to give any explanation for the large lucrease in salartes with the corresponding de crease of dividends to the policy hold ers, and Chairman Armstrong sald: “When the legisiature is In session it could punish for contempt any witness who refused to answer a8 question ma terial to the matter under inquiry. It is a misdemeanor to refuse to answer, and If we were not able to obtain the information better from some oue else and If we did not think that President McCurdy's refusal to suswer was more siguificaut than any explanation he could offer we might lay the matter be- fore the district attorney and ask that Mr. McCurdy be tried for a misde meanor, as provided by law in such cases. But I am inclined to think that the committee will draw its own con- clusions from President McCurdy’'s ret fcence In theses matters and that from other officers of the company we wil get the facts, and the facts in this case will be far more cloquent than any disquisition by President McCurdy.” Associate Counsel James McKeen sald to the court that when Mr. Mc Curdy was on the stand about two weeks ago James M. Beck, counsel for the company, had made the statement and President McCurdy bad adopted It as bis own that the assets of the Mu tual Life were greater than the com- bined assets of the Bank of England, the Bank of France and the Bank of Gerwany. President McCurdy bad adopted that statement to justify his increase in salary from $30,000 a year $180,000. Mr. McKeen said that since testimony to that effect was giv- en the committee had taken palns to ascertain by cable the assets of those three great banking lustitutions, and the answers by cable were 10 the effect that the Bank of France's assets In Au- gust of this year were $1.222.075.000, the Bank of Germany $472,045,000 and the Bank of England $531554,725, a total of $2,220,574,728, which Is an ex cess of §1,780,006,364 over the Mutual Life's combined assets of §$440,978,000. Mr. McKeen sald that he had ascer- tained that the salary of the executive of the Bank of Germany was $30,000 and of the chief governor of the Bank of England only $10,000. He had been unable to gscertalo, be sald, the salary of the president of the Bank of France, but he desired to have it go on record that Mr. Beck and Mr. McCurdy were eutirely erroneous ln protuulgating the statement that the assets of the Mu tual Life were greater than the com bined assets of those three great Euro pean banks, Lawyer Beck then arose and sald that he had not Intended to say that the Mutual's assets were greater than the combined assets of those three big financial institutions, but that the Mu. tunl’'s assets were greater than the combined capital of those three insti tutions, Mr. Hughes remarked dryly that as the Mutual bad no capital whatever most any institution or combination of institutions would have a greater capi tal than the Mutual Mr. Hughes showed to Mr. McCurdy 8 voucher for the payment of £5,000 to Williaa A. Fricke, formerly Insurance commissioner of Wisconsin, and a let ter from: Charlton T. Lewis, an attor ney of Madison, Wis, The letters stat ed that Mr. Fricke would accept a re talner “to see that the interests of the Mutual Life should come to no harm” In that state. Mr. McCurdy approved the voucher, but could not remember the details. A voucher for a payment in 1903 of $3100 to 8. 8S. Olds “for professional pervices In matter of Michigan” one third of which was to be paid by ench big Inkorance companies, and, fjuestions 4 panies. He procesdad to the capital of the state and discovered the ond of political godparents, the relatio and neighbors of the legislators TH meant journey after journey up and down the state and the inducing of meh to go who would expect their ex {ruses and something else. Then he went to Washington and spent some weeks getting acquainted with the scpators and congressmen froin that state. He got on a friendly footing with them so that he might speak to them of the damage the legis lation would do the Insurance business and got letters from them back to the legislators in the state assembly. For thi= be received $5,000 for his OW | services and expenses for traveling and employing men, but not one dollar ex cept for legitimate purposes" “What did he pay men for?” “Well, many of them were laymen | and he had te pay them to sit and] listen to him. 1 say this explains the matter, and [ resent the suggestion thal the money was spent in Improper ways, but 1 think it would be improp er to publish the names of sowse of those he employed” Mr. McCurdy then stated he knew nothing of S. 8S. Olds, “Can you recall at all what legisla tion you thought it necessary to op pose?” “It would not be In my province. If 1 undertake to run all the departments I wonld soon run myself under the ground.” Mr. Hughes sald that a question bad been raised concerning the money pald by the Mutual fife Insurance com pany for luncheons for its clerks “Yes,” said Mr. McCurdy, “the clerks were fed, but the scrubwomen, eleva tor men and policemen are not fal by the company. About GOO clerks are find daily at a cost of 40 cents a head “Is there a stock of wines kept In the building?’ asked Mr. Hughes “1 don't Lelleve that” A voucher for payment of £10,000 ander date of May 22 1902, for a first payment ou a contract of that date to Thomas H. Howles was brought up Witness sald Bowles was an agent at oue time. The mouey was In part set- tlement of a suit Bowles brought against the company for claims after his removal Io Mliwaukee, Bowles or ganized a campaigu of policy holders against the company, and the cownpany settled the sult for $3000, Witness sald Bowles was rewoved for “insub ordination.” which consisted of oppos- ing the changing of his general ngency to a salaried agency and transferring his agency business to the books of the company. Mr. Bowles had addressed a letter to the trustees denouncing the president. “The trustees referred the matter to the president with power,” witness testified. He added that the board had not read the letter, Witness read only sufficient of it to see what it was and then removed Bowles He testified that Mr. Bowles had been a successful agent In the south and west and he was removed for “throwing mud.” To the charge in the Bowles letter that President McCurdy provided fat offices for his family, witness replied in a lengthy statement as to how his son, Robert H. McCurdy, became the general manager Witness detailed the education his son had received to adapt Lim to take up the foreign buel- ness and sald above all he was loyal to the company. “I know of no other man's son in this city or anywhere else,” he coutinued, “who could have filled that position as the man 1 ap- pointed to It.” Witness “assumed all the Bowles charges were a lie" “Well, why did you settle his suit?’ “Well” replied witness, “not to be disrespectful to the committee, I think a farmer is justified lo buying a rifle to shoot a skunk withont shooting It at close quarters.” “You thought In either case there were unpleasant results you'd rather treat at Jong range?’ asked Mr Hughes. Witness sald that the sult was set. tiled to get rid of the policy holders’ agitation, nod at Mr. Hughes’ sugges- tion witness sald that the agitation ceased when Bowles was dropped. Former Vice President James Hazen Hyde of the Equitable Life Assurance society, having decided that he had bet. ter come to New York and tell all about Equitable matters, Is at Lome and Intends to remain there until the committee Is through with hls. Since Mr. Hyde left Newport after the soclal season closed there hie has been spend Ing most of his time ln Boston. It Is said that his counsel has decided that it would be better for young Hyde to take his chances before the Armstrong committees than to remain an exile from New York Elk Specimens Captared. BAKERSFIELD, Cal, Oct IN As a result of the second day's drive of the herd of wild elk which for years has made Its feeding grounds at the Miller and Lux ranch at Buttonwillow, thirty miles south of this city, twenty three perfect specimens were captured with the lariat, and of these twenty lived to be transferred to the government re serve, Sequoia park. At least 170 ani- mals are still at large Bonaparte on Stump, WASHINGTON, Oct. 18. Secretary Bonaparte has left Washington for Baltimore, and tomorrow evening he will address the Repuulican clubs of Massachusetts at Boston. On Saturday afternoon Mr. Bonaparte will speak at Rising Sun, Md. which will be the be ginning of & series of speeches in Mary land. Meors Fire on British Destroyer, GIBRALTAR, Oct, 15 -The Beitish torpeda boat destroyer (herwell re that ¢ Auchored Bet iaay SHONTS' PARTY BACK Canal Conatrustors Will Re- port to Washington. WEALTH SITUATION ENCOURAGING. Three Questions Agitate Commis. sioners, the Time, Cost and Prac. tieabliity of Traas-Ameri. can Waternay. NEW YORK, vet 1% Rear Admiral MD Endicott, Brigadier General O, 11. Ernst, Benjamin M. Harrod, General George W. Davis, chairinan of the cousulting Williams Barclay Parsons, H. Burr, Henry L Abbott and Eu geue Tioncanzer, Panama canal have arrived here Theodore P. from Co- fon Mr. Shouts =aid that the health situa ton vu the isthmus Is more eucourag ing than auy one had dared to hope. There were sixty two cases of yellow fever ln June, forty-two io JOiy, twen- ty-seven in August, six io September amd none so far in October. In Apcon hospital there were Lut 239 cases of various sorts of disease, where the av- erage at this time of (he year is usu- ally 3060, The party brought a hcavy brand new Ideas abou! Paua the place where the causal through. The ideas were veel in We heads of the twelve members of the board of consulting engineers, who had spent eight busy and inquisitive days in Papama under the sheitering wing of four members of the isthmian canal commission. None of the party, even William: Barclay DPursops, would state very explicitly what they thought or had discovered. Mr Parsons sald that the engineers had collected a great mass of data, which they intended to got off their winds iu the form of maps, projections and calculations at a weet lug of the board in Washingtou tomor row. The results of their meeting will be turned over to the capal commis sfou, which will meet on Friday In Washington Mr. Parsons Said. “Three questions occupied all our time, and in thelr so lation we bent all our energies. They were the practicability of the canal, Its lowest cost and the leugth of time which it would take to complete It These will be the poluts at issue at the meeting tomorrow in Washington. No, we have not yet decided ou the ques- tion of sea level or locks.” To Fortify Canal Terminals, WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 — General plans are to be made for the fortitica- tion of both etds of the Panama capal, according to an announcement made that Secretary Taft had invited a com- mittee of the board on fortifications to accompany him to the isthmus on his coming trip. Secretary Taft will leave for the isthmus the latter part of this month and will be accompanied by a committee of the board ou fortifica- tions appointed by President Roose velit. of and will go CATR: ha =to m——— , Reocsevelt Ade Santo Domingo, WASHINGTON, Oct 18 —~President Roosevelt bas taken another step to preserve peace in Santo Domingo and to prevent the “pereunial revolution- ists of the Island from getting warlike supplies,” as polotal out in an ex- planatory statement issued at the state department, together with a proclama- tion in which the president prohibits the exportation of arms, ammunition or munitions of war from any port of the United States or Porto Rico to any port In Santo Domingo. The state ment accompanying the proclamation says It was made with the concurrence of the Dominican government, Hancock Feared Mob Vieleace. WASHINGTON, Oct 1S - Fearing for his own safety, Wintield 8 Han: cock, General Wiofleld Scott Hanm- cock's nephew, who was arrested Sat- urday night on the charge of murder fog Emma Smallwood, the victim of an alleged crimliual operation at Hyatts. ville, Md., was taken from the police station in this city and lodged in the Jail at Marlboro, Md Hancock de clared to Constable Garrisou that he beard a commotion just outside the window of his cell in the Hyattsville jall, that he belleved himself in danger of being attacke! and should moved from the place be ree Wounded Ex-Pastor Hulnad, REENE. NH, Oct IN -Rev. 4 Ruland, a retired clergyman several mouths has carried over one of the rural free routes iu this vicinity, was shot wonnded by a highwayman, The ter obtalued no plunder The occurred on the Walpole road five miles from this city. The fires] at the the Lin Ing efMMect Just right eye Commander Younes = Defense (losed, MARE ISLAND, Cal, Oct. I At the ses=