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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.
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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.
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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
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313 PINE STREET,
WILUAMSPORT - PENN'A.
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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