Republican News Item! F. L. TAYLOR, EDITOR. PU 31.1 LH ED FRIDAYS >v The Sullivan Publishing Co i*thf» i.'ouutj Beat ol Sullivan County. 1 fiA ports;, 1-A. W c. M isuN, l'li'sifli ti. THOS. .1. INHIIAM, Si c y .V Tn as. ■ nred :i' rile i'"-< Uifioe »t Laporte, ae h ootid-clasp mail matter. i ■ sT N.TTION Al,. HANK OF W7HIIOKK, VBNSA. I v ■rra. ij - - too. ooo i . t'liUS - MO.OOO ! >ne.s a General Banking |i. K. H. 1). SWAKT*. I'rcsldeitt. fuplilei . i»T cent iiit" rc.-t allowed on ivrdflciilcs. ;v VNCIS W. MEYLERT, At t o» noy -at -Law. .tlicc* in Ktvler'pi Block. \POHT ,? , Sullivan Cototity, PA. . & F. H. INGHAM, ATTUI;»BYN A.I LAW, LrgsO l m-» ; ne*s to in 1 iiir ioj'l n4j«»<.ing «occti*» •;TE v ' a j !. MULLEN, Attornay-at Law. LAPOKTK. PA arm. 1 * ix i.oditv Btnintwe gan covvr nvUBK >I. CROWN, ArT >IR * 1 V- A T U», n itaiiv rupuc. ,rri> <t u ■»»■. ■' "but. • Iti Fj, >' A I National Bank! OF LAPORTE. PA. ' ' lit!'ft/ .' - • - 1 Ti i acts aseneval bunking bnsin' ■»«. I u i . .i. i-;i».vv. i..\!>i.t:s : President. Cashier. I ') ■: j sit interest. p»i'l <»n time o :its Ol NTS H ill IU OilEOiT INSURANCE CONCERN INVOLVES ; l,*iejjularities of American Indemnity I Co. Officers Who Overdrew or Corrowed Money Bared. No v York, N. Y.. Dec. 11. i'ollow it kly on the heels of the f'lioe n':; Insurance Company, which re ! -r"ml in the indietmont of its forme? ;■ -o !i'.< at, George P. Sheldon, comes am.' ; :cr which criticises severely tiu cctidiit t and management of the Amor ic.n: < /edit Indemnity Company ol Nc- ■ York 'i'hif', company only last work re ' (i ■ cd its capita' from sl.ooo. tc j .',O 1 1, acting on a preliminary re I if the insurance department:- ol ! ■■ Y.irk and .Massachusetts. . officers against, whom sppcia , ■ :es are made in tho sutnmar> | n report given out at Albany : ! vi. Iready withdrawn fron the ii' • They are Sidney M. Phe i 1 ii nerly presidonl! and S.m.'iie! 1) V formerly Ireasnrer, both of St | 1 1.-, where are the main offices ol ; : . o iipany, although, as the com 1 112: i;> organized under the laws ot j i. es st ite, it n'aintains a nouiina !. d'i iarters at So. .'h)2 nroadway. i j anagement, misleading reports , i. " financial condition, the pavr.tenl 1 1 e. essive dividends and exintva ; . are some of the causes which ' i. .uted to the impairment of thf • i oc|. any's capital, according to lltf i . r .ice commissioners' report. The i i , ay hid $".59,201 by a false re .t ■i 1 Superintendent of Insur.inct i :ti H. Hotchkiss, acting in c<> j i a: on with Frank 11. llaniison 1 ( issioner of Insurance of Massa i • has started on a house clean ong insurance corporations thai j result in some startling disclos- I I'M. j ■ American Credit Indemnity • ny, like the Phoenix Insurance ; i i 'tc ny and some others now uniiet J : gation by Mr. Hotchkiss's tie- : i nt, had not been examined in . ate for ten years. 1 is possible to state, ou the high •• ' authority, that Superintendent . ! cchkiss has begun a series of Invest- I •ens that will take in every iu- ! e corporation that floes husi- | t in New York Stale, fire, credit, ; ! or otherwise. can also be definitely stated that ■' itions exceeding iu importance I s : < resulting from the investigation ■ i o Phoenix Insurance Company , • •. Iready in sight. Public announee i of the facts cannot he made, j ver, until the examiners have j : It ted tlieir investigations and for ited their reports. DROUTH HIIS VftSSAR | G . cj Recommend to Use as Little Wa ter as Possible. P mghkeepsle. N. Y., flee. It. The i ,'inucd absence of ruin in this sec- t t'. vi has caused a serious drouth. ■ y .iters are compelled to carry water their stock a gt eat distance. At «ar College the water supply is very i and notices have been posted j omniendlng that no more water i n necessary be used by the sUi- j c .its. 1 NINE DEAD OF GOLD IN YAWL ON LAKE Belonged to Crew of Steel Car Ferry Which Was Lest in Lake Eri* Storm HAD NO CHANCES FOP, ESCAPE ! Eight of the Men Were Frczen Star'* and Staff; th« Ninth of the Crew was Found Frozen to the Yawl's Bottom—Another Jumps Overboard. Erie, Pa., Deo. 14.--Nine men, froz j en to death, covered with ice, wore 1 towed here by the State Fisheries' 1 boat. Commodore Perry. | The frigid fetters that bound them I kept eight of the men seated, stark | and stiff, in the littie yawl in which | they had struggled to escape the fate ; that overcame them. The ninth of the dread crew was prone, frozen to the yawl's bottom, i And there had been a tenth passse ger oil this hideous voyage, for in the ] yawl's how was found every stitch of I clothing that a sailorman on the i Great Lakes wears in this m tson. There ts little doubt that this tenth man. seeing his comrades' eyes Mar ! ing at hiin through films of ice, went wad. stripped himself and plunge.l, io ] a quicker end, in the waters of the lake. • The nine s'lassy images were of tho crew of the Bessemer and Maripiet e car ferry, No. 2, which has been miss ' ing since a terrific wintry gale swept Lake Erie last Tuesday. The Com j ntodore Perry, with scores of other , boats, was searching for No. 2. had aboard thirty-eight men. of whom , six were passengers. II seems impos sible that any has escaped. Said Capt. Terry Driscoll of the Commodore Perry: j "A heavy sea was running when we sighted the yawl and we had so:n.> difficulty in reaching it. AH we made her out with our glasses eight of the I men were sitting up in the boat, their life preservers strapped about tl-oir shoulders. The ninth man lay at :.he bottom of the boat frozen to the slat I flooring. The faces of the men were bloated. Their clothing was heavy ' with frozen water. We did not try to | take, the nine dead on board, as we ; feared the yawl would :aps'ze if oui' i non tried to board it." Thousands of persons swarmed to the piers. As soot' as tho fishboac i made fast a force of men with tackle raised the nine bodies to the ic'i"k, where wagons were iu waiting. The 1; occasion passed through the princi pal-streets of the city with hundreds of citizens following. C'onneaut, 0.. where most of the i men lived, was notified by telephone, : ami a hundred residents of that city ' arrived hero within two hours. They I were taken directly to the Morgue, where the following identification * were made: H. Thomas, second cook, I Port Stanley; William Hay. J. W. | waiter: (J. R. Smith, steward; ; F. Steel, fireman; .). Shenk, fireman: , Mart, oiler; O'Hagen, Charles Allen, 1 rll of C'onneaut. liM STATE SWINGS 10 LIQUOR TRAFFIC fell River, New Bedford, Marlboro and Gloucester Reverse "No License" Votes. j Boston, Dec. 13. - Following there ! v 1 of Alabama voters to add a pro bation amendment to their State I Constitution, there has been a reac ! 'ion of the wave of prohibition which i - wept over Massachusetts last year. | I ill Itiver. by 2.1 S majority; New I'cdford, by 2,341, and Marlboro and '»'o* i ester deserted the no-license col j un;ns for license. The only change | the other way was Haverhill, by a 1 f'o e vote, while Fitcbburg, Lawrence, W::! "inpton. Pittsfleld. Springfield I Tauntoa remain in the license | c:i'.•mn. Brockton. Quincy and Walt • haa continue no-license. i T!:.' most notable turnover In the Mayoralty contests was at Springfield. | which for the first time since IfiOl • ted a Democratic Mayor. Edward j H. Lalhrop. Democrat, was elected j o"cr W. E. Sanderson, Republican, ; li ving his third term and widely ! ' 'i as "the Workingman's Mayor," j • II" plurality. Mayor Sanderson. ; o vovivr, carried the only Democratic ard in the city. Mr. Lathrop has j n the Democratic Mayoralty candi date In "forlorn hope" sampaigns in 112 !■'lf i dozen elections, extending over ( pe:*::)d of twenty years. Springfield i vo.od tor a two-year term instead of | vie for Mayor and City Treasurer. | In six cities the Mayors secured re | elections Charles S. Ashley, who I conducted sixteen campaigns for '! -yor in New Bedford, was elected bis fourteenth term. IT 1-1 TOO n.woKitov*. This pistol-toting business is get ting to be altogether too much of a temptation to unprovoked shooting. It is easy enough to imagine that some one is threatening a holdup or an assault and to lake that as an excuse for target practice, but it j Is dangerous to the peace and safety of the community for its inhabitants j to have their revolvers too handy. mm (;oii\T! wmm ixsiihti:. Kliiia'j; Opsra iiavss, Dusharc, December 27- 31, 1909 i NSTRUOTORS 11 lon. {ienry R. Pattengill, Ex-State Superintendent, Michigan, Prof. James M. Coughlin, Gity Superintendent, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Rev. M. R. Wilkes. I)u --shore, Music i i Director. I 1 ' Monday Evening, Dec. 27, Wednesday Evening, L) x\ 2 9. ■ Hon. Henry R. Pattcnfill, «IH(] I'lllU'lS 1.1111l Isiiliji'd— ''Mailfi ill America." 1,1 p i ,|>u ±L? ecita,s - ■ Male Quartets, String Quar n -.h-.; lU'Hi Ivi (1 Sent, tets. Solos, Duos, Folk Songs, j ' —— - Bu. lesques and Comedy Skits. 1 t- 1 112 r-N <> Admission, Reserved S at, i Tuesday Evening, Dec. 28. : The Concert Trio. Thursday Evening, Doc. 30. The Eight College Singing Girls j Chsrles W. Moore, Cha.acter- an( j Walter Eeeles. ist, Mabelle Osgood, Piano, ~ , , . 1 , T - 1!)" RKf'KKTOIWK includes songs Violin and Trombone. Em- . . . , • . r< .{umoir the lollowiny: ! ma Bauman. Soprano, ' . , _ , Spanish Military Dutch j One of the hesi and most Japanese Scotch Indian \rt r.stttii,' orgn nizations of /7.v kin,l on the nluiform Drums, Guitars, Mandolins, Castanets, Tambormes | Admi—ion, 2 V.; I! —rv«.l Seat, :»,V. A(llllission( Hvw . rvw , Sent, .VK-. | , ( j Not a cheap attraction. K very one. i i i Priced and I'irst Class, j There w ill lie iui lies! night. K ich entertainment ivpivsent* the liest j That fonld he Procured in Its Class. * j Entertainment! Instruction! Humor and Pathos!' String Music! Even" Kind of Music! I In -1 i"i-f, -a V iiiety and [•'.veli.'iK'i l that Must Please. t idtfse Tickets, almitling to all tlie entertainments of the w« ek with | ! re.st-i veil >eat privi:■ 'ges,—s|.tin ; si.-2", ai> 1 gi.*ii.i, d peudiag upon locati hi. i These tickets will he pl.te.il on sale i i Kline's < ),iera ! I rise, Tliiir.-day imo ning, I>oc. 2-1, at ' o'clock. First coin ', iir.st served. | After noon, Thursday, i)ec. 2-'i, tickets will li - purchise lat '« •■ >. T. j Dcogan's Store, Main Street, Dusliore. I SEE HANDBILLS AND LARGE ILLUSTRATED —POSTERS W"- _ _ Ms @i is I ' j ! I i illS year we have placed a stock oi Holiday! C! Goods at the disposal of the people of La-| porte and vicinity that is hard to equal and impos-j sible to heat. A complete line of : : Beautiful Hrt Creations For the Grown-ups, and for the Little Tots TOYS TOYS TOYS TOYS AND THEN SOME! Coiiie and see what we have to offer, learn our prices and you wiil he ' ' vinctd that it will he folly for you togo away from ijotue to do your CiriMmas shoppuig. Big Store. La porte. 1 ' VJHITE SLAVE FACTS STiRRFO CONGRESb | Immigration Commission Sub mits Reports Showing Wide spread Nature of the Evil EUROPEAN DEPRAVITY IMPORTED Thousands of Women Imported An- j nually—Cruel Conditions of Servl- j tude, but Not Many Innocent Vic- j tims. Washington, Ilec. 11. Most revolt ing are the disclosures oi an interna tional system of traffic in both the en- i forced and the volant:;ry degradation j of men and women containing in ihe ! report of the so r ailed "white slave trade" submitted to Congress by the t'nited States launig ation Commis sion. Shocking as is the tale of volun tary shame told in the reiiort, im menK-ly more -so is the setting forth 1 of well attested facts n.3 to the torn pulßory consignment of innocent im< migrant girls to an evil life. The report s.iys that the effect of ! the importation of immoral women j into this coiintrj o:.e of increased ! degradation and < ! <■ t;i ioi- iiip women, \ and of contamination and corruption ! by means of the spread o. di.--e:;se for ; those with whom they coaxe in con- | tact. "The economic less, coming from ! the shortening of life and fro: i the | expenditure of the large sums of ! money in all the multifarious ways of ! vice, and which is mere waste from every point of view, is great," it says. "It is unnecessary to comment on the ruinous Influences upon domestic and social life or on its horrible effects which come alike to the guilty and the innocent." The commission says that the im moral traffic is not confined entirely to women, but "it is clear that there is a beginning at any ire of a ti. lie in men and hoys for immoral pur poses. "The need of chockiJ:*-; tills importation is especially great," con tinues the report. "The vilest prac tices are brought here from con! Den tal Europe and beyond doubt there has come from importt d women and their men the most bestial re' no nients of depravity." The report draws a striking p . tare of the systeai of exploitation of a' en wo.nen after they are once in the con trol of theii importers; how they are held practically enslaved in Infamous ren.rts and robbed of their earnings i *:; el held in bondage of debt with Ittie tr no liberty, and when they attempt toe cape are tipped off to the police or hounded by a league of men co cr< "iting with the persons seeking to ei: i ive the women. »' hile the investigation d'sdored a f:*;*:c rnity and co-opt ration among the • .-'its of the trail!e throughout the I need States, the commissioners re port that they we.e unable to t'.nd si v evidence of "a great monopolistic Short Talks on % ~1 "Aci ve I. *tis ino $ - £ V By Charles Austin Bates.^ syJi.. ■* \ j^%s 1 - k ' v^id L-L- IfiSs£3 .3k., In a recent article by William Dean Howells lie tells of a story which lie says has influenced all his life. J he hero of the story is a young Dane, who was going up among the fiords to seek his \ \\ 1 1 12/ fortune in the northern fish — erics. Many times when he _r- . .jw!-"" was sailing through the fiords —,.1! h ' he found himself locked in by ] mountain walls, with no ap- I he kept on, that he would sail - :C>fe j"c-T~ directly into the rocks, but °each time as he proceeded he found some unexpected ' " C." channel, which allowed him "// ict ncJ.jf frr / ■" ;/ Hat V VOHMsail tori) Safclv Olt his Way. dtrcctly into the rocks." . . Sometimes it seems that advertising is being was'ed, that there is r,o possible way that i, will turn out profitably, but if the advertiser will keep right on lie will find clear business channels opening, and in tin: end will make a safe' land ing in the harbor of success. A little advertising may be unprofitable when a great deal would pay handsomely. Short-time advertising seldom pays. That is the reason that ads in the many ephemeral "schemes" that come to every business man are never profitable. It is con tinuous, consist, nt, courageous, intelligent advertising in the best newspapers that always and infal- "*• libly brings good returns. * <3rt Persistence in it pays. ir It's t' ■ man who get ; seared . » "dßlfvWWW"3srsw«*» i •. , u 1 | • , rtt , "It'l th: m.;n • „ .♦• .iuJ uho ions and quits who 1 jses his money. > t: Copyright, Charles .lustin Bates, A'cw Yak. ; ( '>" ttlOn vhO 'c I iir ! •• ! ( <plO i lilt 1 v Tiny do report • v.'i organizations of . ■ ; rr is- '.i and the other '' r>" flo uot import. "j ; c exploitation of thete \vc ■! .-a- arrival in the i'nitert Stu • .-it, !■: te»i:;ed in the report as "aioat . inl ;i v the women and most brutal part of the men." Not only ■ M.i' nit your.;; girls, but expcrl ■ 1 *■ • ■ i:'-7i are made the victims of v.. '"i.l slavery. '•••• lis on su-h a buslne?.- lii . tint a gouts of (he commis si .1 wt re able to report the price of F:< h ■'r! slaves at Chicago and Oui-'hn at from to $1,400; Japan i " girls at Seattle for Eastern ship r ( Ri. ?JOO for OUP or S.IOO e-nh for St-.era I, nnd ( bine •<• stria at Seattle from .*2,0000 to OO'i each. The Rust place to buy goods Is o it'ii asked by tlit* p'ti penl houscwir-.' Money saving advant g.-s ] arealways being search* d for I ose no lime in making i j tFiorouiili examination ofihc New Line of Meicha:uli?e Now en **■**» #**■* *-** it' * i. iEXHIBITIONf ***•;!! .**♦* ? ? ? ??? ? ? ? STEP IN AND ASK ABOUT THEM All answered at Vernon Hull's Large Store. Wi i IWsf rovo. ?». (V l%[ j w C \v vi Xtme Wine. Lime furnisheo »n car load 'lots, 'delivered' at : Right Prices. Your orders solicited. Kilns near Hughesville Tenn'a. M. E. Reeder, MUNC V
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