alate Ea ER is 23 much difference In 0 coal as there is NATIONAL BANK OF SAYRE . . GENERAL L BANKING Paid on Time Deposits. DIRRCTORS. RK PF. Wilbur, Je Huis, W. A Wider, E. E. Reynolds, RA ESTA Por sale in Athens, Sayre and Waverly. docisees INSURANCE a tT, —Exohanged— IT Packer Ave., "Lehigh Valley Coal "ELMER A. WILBER, Wholesaler of “BEERS AND ALES 3 rosy cheeks, bright eyes snd | Wanted fadge to) to Define Cam- paign Contributions. CORTELYOU AND BLISS BROUCHT IN Disiriet Attorney Would Definitely Seitie as 210 Aceusailons Against izsanrance Oficianla Samed In the Armastreag ianguiry. NEW YORK, March 24 — When Judge O'Sullivan lu geuweral sessions fSatly refused to charge the grand jury in point of fact as to whether the crime of grand larceny had been comuwitted Ly the officers of the insurance compa: nies ia paylug contributions to the cawpaign foud, buf Leld that It was the grand jury's duty to determine frow the facts whether such a crime had been committed~or pot, District Attoriiey Jervinie attacked the ruling of the court and cutered into a con- troversy with Judge O'Suliivan which brought out seusational dJevelopwnents in regard to lis own investigation of insurance matters. “From your houor's charge,” Mr. Je rome sald, “1 deem that the grand jury bas not received the luformation. What the graud jury wants to know Is wheth- or the insurance officials committed grand larceny In donating political con- tributions withput having that felonl- ous inteat which Is a supposed essen tial of all crimes, “The district attorney, as legal ad- viser, and the grand jury are perfectly sable to go ahead with ordinary cases of larcemy, bul what we want to ksow is whether political campaign coutri- butiens under the circumstances givea by the lusurance officers constitute the erie of larceny. The decision of the grand jury In this matter is all impor tant and will affect interests and em}- nent men In this community. “1 appeal 16 your honor to sit as a magistrate and let me present to you depositions’ upon which your warrant may follow for the arrest of George B. QCortelyou and Cornelins N. Bliss, for- mer treasurer of the Republican cawm- paigu committee, on charges of recdly- ing stolen goods “If your contention that a crime may have been committed on the stated facts which have been presented to the grand jury holds it also wakes George W. Perkins, partner of J. Plerpont Morgan, a felon, who testified at the insurance inguiry that be pald $45,000 to Mr. Bliss and Mr. Cortelyou. “If you back up your judgment by a warrant the question will be determin- od by a court of final resort, the most eminent lawyers both civil and crim- inal will be retained by both sides, and for the people I will retain that smi pant jurist, Alten B. Parker.” Mr. Jerome then asked Judge O'Sul- livan If he would sutertaln his deposl- tion. Judge O'Sullivan refused to do so. Judge O'Sullivan In refusing to sit A & magistrate sald that he couldn't understand why this great commotion bad been raised at this time. “It bas been your praetics, Mr. Je- rome, to take matters from the magle trates to the grand jury. Why take this matter from the grand jury te the magistrate 7’ asked Judge O'Sullivan Mr. Jerome flushed, and, rising, be sald be weuld like to answer that question. “If this grand jury takes your ad- vies rather than mine It will indict these people.” be sald “This ls a case of such paramount impertayce that the question lavelved can be decided nome too soon. There is not a financial institution in this city whose officers could not be ad- judged felons in case the grand jury should find an indictment in this mat. tor.” By the serving of the complaint in a suit brought by the Mutual Life Insur ance company against Richard A. Mec- Curdy, its former president, it was learned that the company seeks to re cover from him §$3,8Y0,841.08, whieh, it is alleged, the former president paid out wastefully and without reason for various objects, including $292,000 for eampaign purposes. Startling facts hitherte never formally set forth are brought to light in the complaint. The summons in the sult was served on Mr, MeOurdy before he left for Eu- rope, but no inkling of its nature came out, Wesley Chick Guilty of Marder, SOUTH PARIS, Me, March 24.—-A verdict of murder iu the first degree was returned by the jury lu the case of Wesley Chick, a young farm hand, accused of shooting and killing his great-uncle, David Varney. The trial was concluded after it had been In progress four days, and the jury, bhav- ing deliberated for fifty minutes, re- ported a verdict of gulity, Judge Spear will sentence the prisoner next week. The pepaily Is imprisonment for life. Gevernor Patilseon’s Condition. COLUMBUS, O., March 24.~1t 1s be lieved bere thal Gavernor Pattison Is in a critical condition. Upon the au- thority of an emluent physician It Is stated that his condition is very dis couraging, end unless Improvement comes soon the patient cannot survive. J. D, Reskefeller's New Esiate, PASADENA, Cal, March 24.-John D. Rockefeller has purchased the Reed estate In this city, “considered to be one of the finest residences lu the state, and it Is sald be will spend at least two months of each year in California. The des! involved nearly $800,000, El On Exhibitars of iy TON, March 24. Repro- ontative Bennett of New York intro duced a Sa i apstuiatioe $0,000 for Hen by the United States ln ; ng at Milan, Italy, HADLEY ON DISHONESTY. Missouri's Distriet Attorney Seores Corporations and Boesism. NEW YORK, March 24. Attorney General Herbert 8. Hadley of Mis souri at the ansual meeting of the Mis- souri society bere last night when call od on by the chalrman said: “When you Investigate any one of the evils or abuses which today com: mand the attention of the best thought and the best ability which our coeutry van produce you will, in the great me- jority of cuses, find as the original source or cause of such evil & busi ness suterprise lllegnl in its plan of organization or unlawful io its busi ness wethods. Behind the political boss, sustaining him in his power, di recting hia efforts for omnipotence in the legislative, executive and judicial departments of our state. county or city governments, is the Industrial boss, the captain of Industry, who seeks to profit thereby, * “If you will search for am explana- tion as to how and why it was that the city councils or state legislatures bare beer Lribed you will in the great majority of cases find that some bus! ness Interest has been seeking some special privilege. or dishonest advan- tage which it could not secure by the honest judgment of the representatives of the people “If you find a legislative act unfair and unjust io its provisions and Its purposés which has been killed by the use of money you will find in the great majority of cases that it has been di- rected against some great business en- terprise whose plan of organization or whose method of business is such that it fears to make an open fight with the possibilities of resulting exposure. “To my mind the vital problem that confronts the American people today is the question as to whether thesc great commercial enterprises can continue, as they have continued In the past, In open defiance and violation of the laws of the pation and the state. “The cure will only be accomplished as the result of an aroused public seuti- ment and conscience which will re quire that mea who would be regarded a8 respectable must be honest.” PARKER DENIES. Did Net Name MoClellan Fer Presi. dent While South. NEW YORK, March 24 — Alton B, Parker made the following statement: “An alleged conversation Letwesn 8 man from Maine and the president on the subject of a third term reports the latter, according to a printed state ment, as having sald that ‘a secoud nominatien was an impossibility.’ This has been brought te my attention with the suggestion that it is Intended a8 AR answer to an alleged interview or speech by me while io the south expressing a different view. “1 do net belleve, howdéver, that it ‘was 80 Intended, because It is so wuoch more temperate than hig last reply to a statement of mine; but, be that as it may, the fact ia that neither tn speech nor interview did [ at Birmingham of elsewhere make any statemeat on the subject. “Nor did I at Jackson or elsewhere suggest Mayor MeClellan for the pres idency. My friendship for him would not permit me to make such a sugges tion at this time In view of his well knewn and often expressed determina. tion not to be a candidate for another public office. The people may later on compel him to forego that determina. tion, but I am sure he does not think so, and se I would not wrong bim in a suggestion that bis friends are plan. ning otherwise. “Nor is it true, as reported, that Pre siding Justice Morgan J. O'Brien was in the south while I was there. He was during that period and all of it with the court over which he bre. sides.” Rejected the Overtime Bil BOSTON, March 24. After a turbu- lent session, during which the mem- bers were locked In their chamber and during which eighteen roll calls were ordered, the Massachusetts senate re considered its previous action of pass: ing tho so called overtime bill and then by the vote of 18 to 18 rejected the measure. The bill prohibited the’ em- ployment of women and minors io tex- tile establishments before 8 o'clock In the morning and after 8 o'clock at night. It waa passed by the legislature lu 1004, but was vetoed by Governor John I. Bates, Crowley Acquitted at Boston, BOSTON, March 24—-Timothy W. Crowley was found uot gullty of mun derous assault upon Joseph P. Lomas ney At a municipal caucug last fall, The case, which has been on trial be fore Judge Stevens and a jury in the superior court, brought out sensation: al testimony, the evidence at one time involving Mayor Joun F. Fitzgerald and other promioent Democrats of the city in ap alleged plot to attack Joseph P. Lomasney, a brother of Martin Lo- masney. Yellow Fever In Costa Niea. PANAMA, March 24-~Another casd of yellow fever baving developed at Bocas del Toro, H. D. Reed, executive secretary lo the departinent of gov: ernment and sanitation on the capal zone, will confer today with Foreign Secrelary Guardia regarding the most efficient menus of exterminating the fe- ver there Deadlock Is Unbroken, INDIANAPOLIE, Ind, Murch 24. The deadlock between coal operators and miners of the central competitive and the soutliwestern districts contin. pes. When the meetings adjourned uo agreement had been reached on the wage scale. The differences seotmed at the bour of adjournment as far from adjustment as ever, nnd AGREEMENT IN SIGHT Algucrss Conteranc = Eve PEACE THROUGH OUR INTERVENTION —— Germany's Threat Last Summer Has Prevalisd—Report Says England, France and Hussia Must Com bine te Prevent War. ALGECIRAS, March 24 There Is very little doubt that the Algeciras con- ference 1s on the eve of ita last sitting and that an agreement will be reach ed pominally upon the basis of the Austrian proposal, but Io reality through the mediation of the United States. The plan outlined deprives Germany of victory In apy dramatic form, but mesns nesortheless the defeat of all the origina] purposes of France and of the British policy on which the Anglo French agreement was founded Mixed control of the ports of Tan gler and Mogador, as foreshadowed, means jnternationalization in its weak: est form, nullifies the policy of pacific i penetration, defeats all the ends almed at in the malo clause of the Anglo French convention and secures Em- peror Willlam's purposes, France ls deprived of all real tnfluence upou the Interior and cenfined to & local role at three ports out of eight. Commenting on the situation a dele gute sald: “The German threat of war last sum- mer should Prance continue to prac- tice ber independent apd successful diplomacy has sufficiently prevailed, and this fact roveals the real situa. tion lo Europe. Political equipolse on the continent Lins ceased to exist, snd in view of the prostration of Rusala, the chaos in Austria and the military impotence of this country there Is In reality only one great power “Germany will be the most inflyen. tial power at Fez, as she Is at the Yildis Kiosk, and the cawpalgu against the entente cordiale will be coutinued, and Germauy will endeavor to destroy that compact by offering to support France io Morocco in returu for Freuch support for the Bagdad rallway “There will be no definite assurance of peace in Europe until England, France and Russia are drawn together io a comblued league to restrain in case of need the one power which holds the {great of war over the heads of its ne re.” Conferencs on Morocesan Situntion. WASHINGTON, March 24.-—Becre tary Root and Mr. Jusserand, the French ambassador, bad a long con: ference with the president at the White House last evening. It ls surmised that the discussion bore on the subject of the Moroccan conference, GENERAL SBANGUILY DEAD. Rese From Ranks In Cuban Insure rection Against Spain. HAVANA, March 24 General Julio Banguily is dead at his bore here. He gained his military title in the Cuban insurrection of 1588, rising from the ranks by notable bravery and energy. He also took part in the last Cuban revolution, but in 1807 he was cap tured by the Spaniards, who tried and sentenced him to be imprisoned for life. Bangully, however, claimed Amer fcan citizenship, and through the Inter vention of the government at Washing- tou he was released. For a time San- gully was io bad repute with the Cu- ban fosurgents, the allegation having been made that he was in the pay of the Spanish government and revealed to it the plans cf the Cuban leaders. He admitted that for a long time prior to the breaking out of the last Insurrection he was regularly ewmploy- od in the Spanish secret service and that the counection continued for some time after the revolution began, but asserted that this later connection was only maintained in order that Le might ald the Cuban cause Manila Wants Grand Hetel. WASHINGTON, March 24—As an incident to the American occupation of Manila the civil government found It necessary to purchase for office uses the principal hostelry la the city. In eonsequence there has not been suffi. clent hotel accommodations for visit ors to the place. The city goverument of Manila bas luvited proposals fora hotel to be situated on the Luneta, the most fashionable quarter of the place, upou which must be erected a hotel that will tend to the beautification of Manila. Rallway Manager Dead. WILMINGTON, N. C.. March 2¢.— Horace MM Emerson, general trafic wanager of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad company, died last night at his howe in this city of organic heart trouble. Mr. Emerson was born in Preble county, O., and was forty seven years old. He had been continuously in the service of the Atlantic Coast Line railroad for thirty years. . Mann Pleaded Not Geolity, NEW YORK, March 24. — Colonel Wii: Ham D'Altou Manu, proprietor of Town Teplice, was arraigned before Judge O'Bullivan In geueral sessions court to plead to the indictinent for perjury against him by the grand Jury. His counsel, former Borough President Martin W. Littleton, had a plea of not guilty eutered Governor Gooding Denies It. BOISE, Idan. March 24 Governor Frank I. Gooding has denied that be bad issued any proclamation address od to the "labor unions of the United Btatea” in the matter of Steunenberg's death, ap stated in a special dispatch, BOWLING RECORDS BROKEN, Hamilton and Mussle of Quakes Team Roll 1.308 Combined. LOUISVILLE, Ky, March 24.—-The breaking of records by two twomen | teams and the action of the sxecutive, committee of the American bowling congress in throwing out a high mark established resyied In several changes | among those al the top in the race for | first houors at the bowling tourna: ment. The previous world's record for a! two men team rolled under slightly | different conditions was 1.237, but) Read and Deasback of Columbus. 0.,! went as high as 1.247, only to be them- selves beaten in the same set by Ham. litou and Hussle of Philadelpbla, who! rolled 1,268 The executive committee threw out! the record of 675 made by Walter Tut- | bill of Brookisyn, rolling in the ludivid-| uals for Charles Carlson of the Chi. | cago Centurys. The record was dis carded because Carlson, who had a broken finger, should have engaged Stevens, the man who took his place two days ago. The standing of the In dividuals now shows D. Meyers of De- troit, first, 030; R. Holloway of In- dianapolls, second, 648, and Vander- syde of Chicago, third, 643 An International Chess Mateh. NEW YORK, March 24 —Six players representing Brown, Cornell and the University of Penusylvauia of the Trl- angular College Cliess league begau this woruing au international -ehess match by cabid” with a team represent: ing Oxford and Cagbridge for the Isaac L. Rice Interuational chess tro- phy, which has been Leld by the Eug- lish universities for several years. Freshmen Win Track Honors. PRINCETON, N. J. March 24.—At the third aunual indoor track meet bere individual gymopastic honors were won by E. W. McCabe, 1008, of New- ark, N. J. The freshmen wou the track meet, with 28 points, and the sopho- mores came next. The best time was wade in the fifty yards dash by BR. C. Runyou tu § 80 seconds Wee Lass and Graphite, SAN FRANCISCO, March 24.—Wee Lass and Graphite, recent arrivals from Ascot, won at Oakland The track was deep In mud and water. Fa- vorites won, as a rule, the horses gen- erally running to form Luretta Made a Reecord. HOT BPRINGS, Ark, March 24 Four favorites won at Oaklawn, while second choices took the other events. The feature of the card was wou by Luretts In track record tine for the mile. Three Favorites Wom. NEW ORLEANS, March 24 Creel, Benvolio and Grace Wagner were the winning favorites at Clty park Sav: eral of the winuers were so well back: od that the ring profited little ou the day . Goteh Defeats Olson. ABHEVILLE, N. C., Mach 2d Gotch wou from Olsen in a wrestling match last night for the heavyweight championship of the world Made Newark Man Apologise. BAVANNAH, Ga, March 24.—A fea. ture of tbe Greene and Gaynor trial for alleged conspiracy against the gov: ernment was the lmposition by Judge Speer of a fine of $10 for contewpt of court upou P. Banford Rose of New ark, N. J. Mr. Hoss Lad been asked certain questions as to interpolations in bids that were presented to Captalo Carter. “Your question is impudent,” he said to District Attorney Erwin, The court Interrupted and instructed the clerk to prepare an order fining Mr. Ross for contempt Later, when hia testimony had been concluded, Mr. Ross was given au opportunity to apol ogize. He did so, and the Ane was re- mitted. - A Flashing Trust Formed. GLOUCESTER, Mass, March 24.-— A cousolidation of Interests affecting the entire fishing industry of the worth Atlantic was brought about here when four of the largest fisheries concerns in the city were combined under the pame of the Gorton-Pew Fisheries com pany. The four firms affected are Da vid B, Builth & Co, John Pew, Slade, Gorton & Co. and Reed & Gamage. It is the {ntention of the company to seek Incorporation with a capitalization of about $1,000,000 Stele From Harvard and Yale Men. CAMBRIDGE, Mass, March 2¢-— Lucius Rapp, allas Lambert, who Ia wanted at New Haven, Conn. for al leged larceny frows Yale students and by the police of Chicago, has been sen teuced to state prison to from three to five years for steallug fron Harvard students and for obtaining wouney from ther under false pretenses. The sentence was imposed by Judge Law ton In the superior court, Miss Johnstone Bemneit Dylag, MONTCLAIR, N. J, March 24 —Miss Johnstone Bennett, the actress, Is crit leally 111 at ber home here, and her death Is said to be ouly a guestion of days. While appearing tn Deuver Miss Bennett caught an heavy cold, which settled on her lungs. She sought rellef In a sanitarium in southern California; but, learulug that there was no hope for ber recovery, she returned home Had a Fake Bomb. MOBCOW, March 24 A political prisoner named Glasgof terrorized the prison guard with an imitation bomb and walked out of jail. The Credit Mutual bank, which was robbed on March 20 of $482.000 by a band of robbers, offers a reward of 10 per cent of the amount stolen to any person who will return the money taken away by the robbers, ‘MADMAN RAN AMUCK Then Fired House, , HELD POLICE AT BAY, INJURED CHIEF insane Mam Rushed Inte Brether's House During Funeral Services, Opening Fire ou All Within Range—Finally Shet Self. BALTIMORE, March 24 — Walter Potee, a madman, shot and killed sev- squad of police after wounding Chief killed himself The funeral of Potee's nephew, a son progress in the jatter's howe when Walter Potee rushed into the house. He drew a revolver, shot his brother, a man pamed McPherson and Chief of Police Irwin. who wis preseul st the funeral. Others fled in terror from the house and notified the police. He euforce ments were obtained by the police on post, and a platoon surrounded the house. Meanwhile Potee bad set fire to the bullding lu which iay the bodies of bis victims and that of his nephew. The fre burned fiercely, while the po- lice firad several volleys into the Louse, to which Potee responded The total death list had reached wev- en before Potee ceased to fire, and the police assumed that he had been killgd or committed suicide, probably by throwing himself into the flames. The fire had spread to such an extent then that it was Impossible for the police to enter the building The fire department responded to an alarm and as soon as the battle conned began to flood the building with water. The fire had gained such headway that it was Impossible to save the house victims have not been taken from the ruins yet, ROBBERS DID MURDER. Sodus Bank Watehman Killed by Burglars During Fusillade. ROCHESTER, N._X., March 21 —Eq ward Pullman, a coustable and night watchman at Sodus, was murdéred by burglars who were discovered by him while in the act of rifling the Knapp ;bank of that village. The burglars first visited the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg railway depot, where they blew open the large safe, stole a small safe and rpnsacked the express pack- ages. They secured only a small amount of money Then they went to the Knapp bank. They were engaged in drilling a hole in the safe when discovered Ly Pull man. Although five men were engnged in the job Constable Pullman fearlessly entered the bank and gave battle. A fusillade of shots followed during which the constable was lunstantly kill- «d by a bullet passing through his right long. The robbers, who are supposed to be yeggmen, fled to Rochester by the ald of stolen horses. They were s&u to enter Rochester by Louls Wauser of Clifford stréet. The men upon reach- ing the city line abandoned their rigs and separated, each man striking out for himself. Rochester detectives are on the trail. The village of Bodus Is wrought up over the murder. Constable Pullman Was one of the most prominent citizens of the vilinge. He was an utterly fear. less man, and it was this fearlessness that cost hin his life. He leaves a widow and three children, one a mar ried daughter who lives In Syracuse Train Wrecker Suspect Jalled. AUGUSTA, Ga, March 24 — Jesse Evans, a Crotan half breed working In a sawmill at Crosset Station, ten wmliles north of Camden, was arrested bY Chief Special Agent George Fitzwater of the Seaboard Alr Line ralircad on the charge of putting an Iron bar dcross the Seaboard tracks near Cros set. The prisoner Is 1b jail at Cam den. The arrest is the result of an In- vestigation of several flagrant attempts to wreck trains (n that section. Claimed Rogers Made Millions. BOSTON, March 24. — The eighth day for arguments lu the sult of the Bay State Gas Company of Delaware ver. part by Shermau L. Whipple, counsel for the plaintiff The lawyer claimed that Mr. Rogers had made millions by the transfer of the Boston gas compa nies, locloding the share which should have cowe to the Bay State Gas cow pany. Millionaire Loomis Dropped Dead. BRUNSWICK, Ga., March 24 —John 8S. Loomis, a williopalre lumber dealer of Brooklyu, dropped dead alward his yacht, the Sarawer, while anchored Iu 81. Shimon sound, eight miles from this city. Aboard the yacht were Mrs. Loo tule, her sister and Harris Loowls, son of the deceasvd ‘The party left New York I'eb. 1B for a cruise in southern waters Ex-Prefessor Sent to Prisemn. TAMPA, Fla, March 24. — Judge Bordman sentenced George H. Ste pheus, formerly a professor In Lafa yette college at Esston, Pa, to a term of two years in the penitentiary for counterfeiting. Stephens wept when led away Major R. M. Rogers Dead. PORTLAND, Me, Murch 24 -Major Robert M. Rogers, retired, U. 8, A, Is dead heres. He was born in Georgia about sixty years ago and was gradu- ated from West Point io 1867. He perved throughout the Spanish war, Weather Probabilities. Collars Five gross, new 5S¢ hein stitched turnovers made of good quality lawn assorted widths. Saturday lc each A new lot of several pat terns embroidered turn: overs, we have sold no bet- ter than these for 10, 124 and even 15¢. Choice SBat- urday 5c each. : Ladies’ washable collars, tabs and bands, also some made of silk, chiffon, boxed, worth up to 235¢c each. Choice while they last 10, White Goods Mill ends, any worth’ at least 10c and some 15 to 20c. Choice of seve al hundred yards 8c, 5 Silk Special | 35c and 45c silks, sheer, plains and fancies. Satur- day and Monday 29¢c. Hill's Muslin One case (2200 yards) in. Hill's best “sem idem" muslin, worth 10e. Saturday and Monday Bc, 9-4 Sheeting : Well known brand of 9-4 unbleached sheeting, fini heavy weight, sold every- where for 25c. Satustay and Monday 2lc. Pearl Buttons . An immense purchase at headquarters enables us to offer you imported buttons, plain and fancies, worth from 10 to 15¢, for Sc dozen. = If you have not seen our line of all overs or embroid- eries in sets to match “Give a Look,” al widshs and prices. Se — New light weight fabrics in silk, wool and c8tton in the new spring shades the usual “Globe Ww: house” low prices. Globe War Talmadge Block, Bimer Avs, VALLEY "PRONE W. T. CAREY, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE Office Maney & Page Bilosk, Rooms formerly occupied by the | late John R. Murray, Office hours: —8 t010 a. m.; 8:30 to 8 p,m. Atother times during day at Valley Record ofice. REAL ESTATE BARGANS | a rs Far: Out 440, 5008 fra ot Savatage, or NDREW ere, “rwe phone 81-3] Rove m= Political Announcement To the Republican Voters of Bradford County:- 1 hereby announce myself a8 a capdi« date for Re atin the Penns vania Legislature from m Bradford cous sokjeet to the rulea of the , Rapublicss Py 10, 1908, Pind ard: Athos: , DR. A. 6. REES, M.D. E 100 Lake Bt. West Sayre, OFFICE HOURS: a 810 11:00 5m. 2 to £180, 7:00 0 B04, Fair; northeast winds,