vIV. NO 31 FIRST NATIONAL BANK, HUaHESVirLB. CAPITAL STOCK $50,000 w C. FRONTZ President. Surplus and FRANK A. REEDER, Casliicr \ct Profits, , 75 - 000 - DIRECTORS: l->ontz, John C. Laird, ('. \Y. Souen, Stat© Library Prank VKeedrr, Jacob Per, fvy, \Y. T. Kfi dy, Peter Frontz, Accountsofladivfd- 112 A s 1M|1) ' j,,| in jjai], nals and Firms solicited. Safe Dopositn Boxes for Rent, One Dollar per Yf nr. 3 percent INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEFOSITS. No Place Like this Place For Reliable STOVES and RANGES, COAL OB WOO D HE A TERS: ONE OF WINTER'S GREAT DELIGHTS. House furnishing Goods, Toois of Every Description, Guns and Ammunition , Bargains that bring the buyer back. Come and test the truth of our talk. A Jot of sacond Tav.d «&ov ? arul ranges fc.r sale choap. We can seli you stoves anything from a Quo J- wel Basr Burner to a low priced but satisfactory cook stove. Hot Air, Steam and Hot Water Heating and General Repairing. Roofing and Spouting. -.p.. ie'*it W i Vjf : V P i** f jw j* U Ready For Christmas Shoppers . . . The Commencement of the Holiday Hear"in finds thi< -dore ready with i A|i|>ro|ii'iate Gifts for personal or household needs. HO! IDAY HAN OKI R CHIEFS Always one of the leading stocks at Christmas time. Larger and more varied this year than ever. Tempting values to show you for "ic to $2,00. _ \ Chris mas Gloves Umbrellas Dress Goods and Si ks are here for your choosing and at our verv low (trices. You would seek j far to find a more acieptabirf remembrance. SILK PETTICOATS LADIES NECKWEAR Good W 00l 1)1 ail Icets All timely and serviceable gifts. Petticoat- jvl.OS to sio 00. Mlankets f>o.- ! to SIO.OO a pair. Whatever js the fad in neckwear, you'll find it here * SHOPfiELL DRY GOODS CO., 313 PINE STREET, WILUAMSPORT - PENN'A. PRINTING TO PLEASE at-thc ii'lcwe litem ©face ♦ LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. FRIDAY DECEMRER 17, 1909. ii £ IF/ Se I 1 Says tie WiilDeal with Anti=Trust and Inter* siaie Commerce Am endments Separately ! Favors Slip Subsidy, Postal Sa vings Banks and Reform in Judicial P roc ed.u re De nounces ''Unspeakable Barbarities" Washington, Dec. 14 President Taft transmitted to Congress his first an nual message, tl is a document 17.000 words long. The most signiftcfiaut fact concerning it—at least for the b> si r. vs world—is the omission of all con sideration of the anti-trust and inter state commerce laws. The omission, however, in reality is merely a post ponement, for he promises early spe j cial message.* dealing with these sub jects and makes it plain that he will I have amendments to offer. His fail f uro to deal with these laws at tiii3 i tine does not come as a surprise. A denunciation of the "unspeakable barbarities and oppression alleged to have been committed by the Zelaya government in Nicaragua," a rconi i endatier, for legislation to limit by statute the writ of injunction in labor cares, and a strong plea for the ship sniisidy, are »iree of tiie striking points brought out. Piosident Taft ascribes nearly all the turmoil in Central America of re cent years to President Zelayn of ! Nicaragua, and recalls the patient ef fort: the United States has taken to keep the peace between the Central American republics. lie say- the Americans, Groce and Cannon, who were executed by order o: Zelaya. were officers of the revolu tionary forces and were entitled to treatment as prisoners of war. Opposition to an immediate investi gation by Congress of the sugar im portation scandals in New York is i based by the President on the ground ' that such an inquiry "might, by giv ing immunity and otherwise, prove an eniU.o':, >. ment in securing conviction ot tiie guilty parties." Mr. Taft is opposed to any further revi ion of the tariff at present, but asks for a continuation of the appro priation for the tariff board. lie expresses confidence that the duty imposed upon the executive of enforcing the maximum rates of the Payne bill against nations unduly dis criminating against the United States will not lead to any tariff war. The message urges the establish j ment. of a system of postal savings j banks. Other recommendations are: | A subsidy to encourage American I shipping. Is lie of bonds to meet expenses of j the Panama canal. Publicity of political contributions in elections of members of Congress. A higher rate of postage on periodi cals and magazines. A fund of $a5,000 to aid in suppress ing the "white sla\e" trade. A commission to evolve a plan to expedite legal procedure and mitigate ; the "law's delays." Construction of an artificial island j and fortification in the entrance to I Chesapeake bay, two battleships and ! one repair ship for the navy and an J extensive naval base at Pearl island, j Hawaii. A national bureau of health. Separate statehood for New Mexl j co and Arizona and an appointive gov ernor and executive council for Alas -1 Ua. 1 Civil control of the lighthouse board and separation of the national astron omical observatory from naval con . trol. Our relations with foreign govern- I menis, the President reports, are in the normal state of amity and good | will and in general are very satisfac j tory. In conclusion, the President re pels the country in a high state of | prosperity and adds "there is every ' reason to believe we are on the eve ; : of a substantial business expansion." Of the high prices of living, lie | points out that they are world wide ! and cannot be attr ; !>uted to the tariff, j PHOENIX COMPANY LOOTEO Million Lost Through Mismanage ment, Superintendent Says. Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 13. Under charges that cloud a long business ca rcer iu which he was classed among the best in his line, George Preston Sheldon, President since IS'.7 of the Phoenix Insurance Company of Brook lyn, with main offices at No. 08 Wil liam street and for years President of the National Board of Fire Underwrit ers, lies dying in Greenwich, Conn. Th. re is a shortage of from SOOO,OOO to 11.000.000 in the accounts of his companj for which the State Superin tendent of Insurance declares bini re ; sponsible. Ri CONGRESS STARTS TO WOM Fiist Regular Sessicn of the Sixty' first Settles Down to Business. Washington, Dee. 14. — The second S"!. .en of the Sixty-first Congress b»j gin in the House at noon with Joseph C. Caunon in the chair and apparent ly master of a situation which was cm trolled by his carefully oiled ma ch'ne. No sooner had the chaplain finished j. ■ yer than the Speaker started t.lings going, playing politics with b., h hands with the one smoothing the rutiled feelings of Congressman \V. S. Bonnet of New York and With tin other administeiing another slight to Representative Payne of New York. The Speaker's stroke at the besiti ring was the only visible manifesta tion of the war and rumors of war for control of the House which were up pemost in the minds of nil the nieiu ters when the gavel fell. The House was in session just for ty minutes. Henry C. N. Condi n, the blind chaplain, in a fervent prn. er, made reference to the tragic death of Representative He Arrnond of Mis souri Uncle Joe entered the chamber a minute before 12. The handclapping w. s led by Representative Bout ell of Illinois, who, in his eulogistic speech booming Uncle Joe for the Presidency, caied liim "the Ilron Duke of Illlinois.*' Few Democrats joined in the applause. A roll call showed 341 members present. On motion of Representa tive Dalzell the committee was ap pointed to notify President Taft. Rep re. entative Payne moved that the Senate' be notified amL Representative Ta.- oe 's resolution fixed the hour of assembling daily at noon. At 12.4U the House adjourned. Washington. Dec. 1". The Senate sv.-.rg into active and actual life to the acompaniment of gay-colored gown* in the galleries and good na tared schoolboys on the floor. It was four minutes before noon be fore the general influx ot Senators oc curred. First came the less important one-;, and then the big bosses. Sena tors Aldrich, Lodge, Hale. Crane and the powers that be, put off their ap pearance until almost the last m'n ute. They shook hands with a few friends sitting near by. Chaplain Pierce, pastor of the Uni tarian church attended by President Taft, made the opening prayer, which was brief. A roll call had for the pur pose of getting everybody firmly t:.*;ed on the pay roll indicated the presence of SI Senators. The absentees were Messrs. Bradley, BaPuiey, Culbcrseu, Frssier, Martin, Owen. Clark of \rli ansas. McLaurin. Wet more and Smith of Michigan. Senators Money and Bailey announced that their colleagues were absent becaitVe of illness. Senators Hale : nd Bacon were ap pointed us a committee to wait on the President and inform him that the Senate was ready to hear from him. The secretary was instructed to ad- Use the House that the Senate was in session, and noon was fixed as the I.our of daily meeting. Mr. McCutnber announced the death of Martin N. Johnson of North Dakota, and the Senate adjourned. SKATING CLAIMS FIVE Four Boys and a Father, Making a Rescue, Drowned. Philadelphia, Dec. 11. -Five deaths followed the opening of the ice skat in;; season in this state and New Jer sey. Four of the victims were boys who had ventured on thin ice. Charles Bell, thirty-two y£ars old, of Camden, N. J., WHS skating with his son at Forest Lake Park. The boy broke through the thin ice and his father went to his rescue. After lift ing the boy to firm ice'the man fell back into the water and was drowned before assistance reached him. The other victims were William Wo.'.se, fourteen years old, and Rob ert Glunt, sixteen years old, drowned in the Susquehanna River at Williams port, Pa.; Stanley Shenk, sixteen years old, and Harry Iloefel, thirteen years old, drowned at Lancaster, Pa. Oak Harbor, Ohio, Dec. 14. Nelson Davids, nineteen years old, and Mary Mylander, twenty-one years old,- both school teachers, were drowned while skating on the Portage River. ICE CASE JURY FINDS 'GUILTY' Verdict or. Two Counts Alleging Com bination to Restrain Trade. New York, N. Y.. Dec. 13. The jury that has b- en hearing the ca#e against the American Ice Company under the Donnelly anti-monopoly law before Supreme Court Justice Wheeler for the last two months brought in a ver dict. of guilty on two c< .nts of the in dictment. Justice Wheeler at ence fined the corporation $5,000, but grant ed a stay of execution pending appeal. ' WORLD NEWS OF I THE WLEK. Covering Minor Happenings Frorr All Over the Globe DOMESTIC. John P. Warren, wife murderer, in the WeXhersfleld, Conn., penitentiary fifty years, asked for a pardon, which he believes will be granted, and he probably will be freed nto a world he was dead to since before the civil war. Samuel S. Koenig, Secretary or State, announced at Albany, N. Y., that the four constitutional amend ments and the proposition to improve Seneca aud Cayuga canals, which were voted on at the recent election, had been carried, mainly through the vote of New York and Kings counties. About a hundred mat 'nes have been ordered from New England navy yards on service in Southern waters. A Cleveland taxpayer enjoined the legalizing of the Cleveland subway ordinance, alleging collusion between city officials and the Cleveland Under ground Rapid Transit Company. Prof. Thomas of Bucharest demonstrated his method of anaesthe sia on four patients in a Ne'.v York hospital and all went through opera tions conscious and without pain; fifty noted surgeons witnessed the test. It developed at the trial of the Sugar Trust in New York that the present managers, to some extent, are aiding the Government in the prose cution of the trusts former em ployees. .lohn Drew, the actor, was thro.vn from his horse and seriously hurt while riuing in Central Park, New York City. Charles (!. Guthinger, of New York City, bringing home a birthday pres ent for his wife, entered the wrong flat by mistake and was shot as a burglar and killed bv James Allen. The ranks of the railway workers who threaten to strike were swelled to 188,000 by the accesion of conduc tors and firemen. A compromise seems likely. WASHINGTON. President Taft, with his brother, Charles P. Taft, visited the Capitol at Washington to view the statuary; no parallel to the visit is found. Serr'fe'P.ry Nagel, of tiie Department of Commerce and I.abor, reports that only 1.247 vessels were built in Ameri can shipyards in li>o9, the smallest number in eleven years. "Insurgent" republican members of the House of Representatives ha\e ar ranged a consolation meeting to dis cuss the Jost rules cause and Speaker Cannon's coolness. Secretary of the Treasury Mac- Vt: gb in his annual -port held the spoils system rcsponsibla for the cus toms frauds in New Yoik. The projected Latin-A.nerican bank, indorsed by the Administration and mentioned in the President's message, is In control of the Mc.'gun-Rockefel ler interests. Government estimates for 1911 show ; decrease of $123,0G6,41i3 from those for 1910. The State Department announces that W. J. Calhoun will acept the ap pointment as Minister to China. FOREICN. Bleriot fell twenty-five feet with his aeroplane at Constantinople, Turkey, and was taken to a hospital. A reign of terror was reported in Managua, where troops arc intrenched to pi vent American marines from entering capital. Revolutionists rose in Honduras and President Davila proclaimed a state of siege. John E. Redmond issued a manifes to in behalf of the Irish party, saying that it would probably hold the bal ance of power, and asking contribu tions from America. "The Birmingham Post" outlines the Unionist programme of tariff re form; it places a duty of two shillings a quarter on foreign wheat, and inti mates that concessions will be made ou colonial manufactured products. The Philippines government, sold 65,000 acres of land sui.able lor sugar growing to E. L. Poole, who is said to .represent Havemeyer interests. A syndicate of creditors is said to have begun suit for $1 000,000 against Prince Miguel of Braganza, who ir.ar ried Miss Anita Stewart. 'UNITED STATES OF CENTRAL AMERIGV Mexican Envoy on His Way to Wash ington to Urge Such a Federation. Washington, Dec. 13.—A United States of Central American, to con sist of Nicaragua, Guatemala, Costa liica, Honduras and Salvador, is the dream of Mexico, and it is the pro posal which Enrique Creel, former Ambassador in Washington and now Governor of the State of Chihuahua and envoy of President Diaz, will make to the State Department, accord ing to an authority on Latin-Ameri can diplomacy. 75C PLR YEAR Gov. Creel is now on his way to Washington, and it Is said that he ; will propose that such a federation i be the object to be sought by joint representations from the United | States and Mexico. It is declared that Mexico looks to this outcome with anxious eyes and that Gov. Creel is prepared to paint it in glowing colors to Secretary Ivnox and President Taft 1 on his arrival. Mexico expects Attorney-General 1 Wickersham to exert his influence in : furtherance of the federation plan. WIFE AND COMPANION KILLFH ! Woman Had Left Danbury v :th Hus band's Former Fartner. Danbury, Conn., Di'S 14.—Mrs. Ru* I dolph Wagner wife of a business man, and who disappeared from home yes terday, was killed with her compan ion, Edward Madden, as they were driving across the railroad tracks at Mill Plain, four miles from here. Wagner, who had been nearly (ran* ; tic over his wife's disappearance, and who had asked the police to find her, was dazed with surprise and grief when word came that she and his former partner had met death. H. CLAY PIERCE ACQUITTED Texas Court Rules Oil Man to Be Im mune from Prosecution. Austin, Tex., Dee. 13—The trial of H. Clay Pierce, head of the Waters- Pierce Oil Co., for perjury and false swearing ca'.ne to a sudden end when Judge George Calhoun rendered a de cision to the effect that Mr. Pierce whs immune from prosecution on the charges against him, and the court instructed the jury to bring a veraict of acquittal, which was done. Newark, N. J., Dec. 13. —Mrs. Mary J. Wilhelm was found guilty of mur der in the second degree with a rec ommendation for mercy by a jury in the Court of Oyer and Terminer in this city, for the -Killing of her hus band. Frank Wilhelm. lie was shot to d< ii'.i in his home, 448 High street, Xcv, ... '.j ,i February 1 last. ; iLLION FOB CANCER STUDY Perhaps $'.500,000, Under George Crocker's Will. New York, N. V., Dec. 13. —It be er me known yesterday that by the will of the late George Crocker, young est son of Charles Crocker of Cali fornia, who died of cancer last Satur i iv at his home, 1 East Sixty-fourth siieot, the Trustees of Columbia Uni i'erslty are to receive a fund of about on.ooo io be known as the "George Crocker Special Research Fund," the income from which is to be applied in the prosecution of researches as to Mic cause, prevention, and cure of can cer. PI EDGES IRISH HIM RULE As<iuith Says Liberals Will Give Full Self-Government. London, Dec. 13. —Pledging the lib eral party to home rule for Ireland and curtailment of the power of the House of Lords by placing upon the statute book as part of the British constitution an act of Parliament de claring that the Lords have no power to meddle with any bill dealing with the finances of the nation, Mr. Herbert AMi'iith, the Prime Minister, officially defined the issues on which the liberal party is appealing to the country at a c ouster meeting in Albert Hall. NEW YORK MARKETS. Wholesale Prices of Farm Products Quoted for the Week. MILK —Per quart, 4 Vic. BI TTER- Western extra, 33(0 34c.; i'tate dairy, 25i3)28c. CHEESE- State, full cream, special, 17 <0 17 :< 4 c. E(K!S State. Fair to choice. 35® 40c.; do, western firsts, 1 , 7@32c. APPLES—Baldwin, per bbl., $2.00@ 3.50. DRESSED POULTRY—Chickens, per lb., 12@23c.; Cocks, per lb., 12Vic.; Squabs, per donen, $1.50(tf : 4.25. TURKEYS—Per lb., l!t@2sc. HAY—Prime, per 100 lbs., OT'ic.'j) SI.OO. STRAW —Long Rye, per 100 lbs., SO 5i 90c. POTATOES—Jersey, per bbl., 1.75. PUMPKINS—Per bbl., 60@90c. CIIANBERRIES—C. Cod, per bbl., $3.00@6.50; Jersey, per bbl.. $4.25 <55.00. ONIONS—White, per crate. 60@U0c. FLOUR- Winter patents, }s.3sifj 5.X5; Spring patents, $5.30@6.60. WHEAT—No. 2. red. $1.25 >i @1.26; No. 1, Northern Duluth, $1.19 CORN No. 2, 72iT72V6c. OATS-Natural, while. 45@47c.; ('lip ped white. 45 y a 48 uc. BEEVES-City Dressed, S'i 11 i_.c. CALVES—City Dressed, 10<[rl5 , ( ! e. SHEEP-Per 100 lbs., $3.00@ 4.62 >i. LAMBS Per 100 lbs., S.OO. HOGS —Live, per 100 lbs., s7.so(fi 5.50; Country Dressed, per
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