Republican News Item.
VOL. XV. NO. 38
FRISCO WINS IN
CANAL FAIR FIGHT
- I Is JJUOI
New Orleans Overwhelmingly
Defeated in House.
GARRY FIGHT TO THE SENATE
House Adopts the Resolution For
Pacific Exposition by a Vote of 259
to 43.
After months of pulling and hauling
by representatives of San Francisco
and New Orleans, the house of repre
sentatives voted to the Pacific coast
city the Panama canal exposition, to
be held in 1915.
First the house voted 188 to 159 to
take up the resolution to invite the
other nations of the world to partici
pate in an exposition at San Francisco
instead of a bill of similar tenor for
New Orleans. This showed where the
victory was going and, after more dis
cussion, the resolution itself went
through with a whoop.
The votes in favor of it numbered
259, while only 43 votes were cast
against it.
Now the fight between the two cit
ies, which has been waged ever since
congress convened, will be trans
ferred to the senate.
In submitting the special rule under
which the exposition was considered,
Representative Dalzell, of Pennsylva
nia, said the rules committee had been
appealed to, as neither city was will
ing to havo the other city's claims
first considered.
It was thereupon determined to put
the issue squarely up to the house and
have a roll call on which those favor
ing the San Francisco proposition
were to answer "San Francisco" and
those favoring New Orleans to answer
"New Orleans."
The San Francisco proposition was
contained in a Joint resolution which
simply asked the government to re
cognize the exposition and invite for
eign nations to participate.
The New Orleans proposition was
contained in a house bill asking re
cognition by the government, an invi
tation to foreign nations to partici
pate and calling for an appropriation
of $1,000,000 for a government ex
hibit.
The galleries held the greatest
crowsd of the session. Many of the
spectators were women.
Representative Kahn's resolution to
invite foreign nations to participate In
an exposition at San Francisco then
came before the house. It provided
that the president should invite for
eign nations to participate in the ex
position when satisfied that $7,500,000
had been raised for the fair. Mr. Kahn
asked that the amount be raised to
$15,000,000 and the amendment was
agreed to.
Oil Trust Strikes Back.
The Standard Oil company has
brought a suit in New York in the
United States circuit court for $250,-
000 damages against the Broadway
Publishing Company, Incorporated,
publishers of Hampton's Magazine,
and Cleveland Moffett, the magazine
writer.
The current issue of Hampton's
Magazine contains an article in which
it is alleged that subsidiaries of the
Standard Oil company sell glucose to
confectioners.
"The only possible connection be
tween the Standard and the manufact
urers of glucose," said counsel for
the Standard, "is that two men who
do make glucose are on the Standard
directorate."
So far as recalled the Standard Oil
company has never brought suit be
fore against any of the many publi
cations that have attacked it.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK,
HUGKESVILLE, '
CAPITAL STOCK
$50,000 W. C. FRONTZ President.
Surplus and FRANK A. REEDER, Cashier.
Net Profits,
75.000. _ tartmnTi ci
DIRECTORS:
Transacts a General Wm. Frontz, John C. Laird, C. W. Sones,
U-inL'infr Ritein<>«« W. C.Frontz, Frank A.Reeder, Jacob Per,
Lyman Myers, W. T. Reedy, Peter Frontz,
Accounts oflndivid- j A 8 Bal]) John Bull
uals and Firms
solicited.
Safe Deposite Boxes for Rent, One Dollar per Year.
3 percent. INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS.
LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1910.
ROBERT S. LOVETT.
Railroad Official Who Sees
Prosperity Ahead.
DOUBLE TRACK PLANS
TO COST $75,000,000
Union and Southern Pacilic tn
Spend Huge Sum.
The executive committee of the Un
ion Pacific and Southern Pacific lines
voted in New York to complete the
double tracking of their lines from
the Missouri river to San Francisco.
They also voted to double track thtf
Oregon Short Line from the Junction
with the Union Pacific main line at
Granger, Wyo., to Huntington, Ore.;
also the line along the Columbia river
in Oregon to Portland, a total distance
of 1673 miles.
The cost of the double tracking of
the lines as determined upon will ag
gregate upwards of $75,000,000, which
will be distributed over a period of
five years.
In a statement accompanying the
announcement of the double tracking
project the president, Robert S. Lov
ett, commented upon the reasons that
had impelled the roads to reach their
decision and declared the belief of
himself and his associates that pres
ent conditions, considered unfavorable
to the railroads, were but temporary.
POSSE KILLS TWO
Desperadoes, Father and Son, Slain
After Long Chase.
Surrounded by a posse after a chase
of thirty miles, Robert Howe and his
son were killed in a pitched battle of
several hours' duration near Sierra
Blanca, about 100 miles southwest of
El Paso, Texas.
A second son, Guy Howe, twenty
seven years old, was wounded when
the posse first overtook the Howes.
The elder Howe shot and killed
Customs Guard Thomas L. O'Connor
at Fort Hancock when O'Connor at
tempted to arrest him for the killling
of I. K. McClure, a special agent of
the Santa Fe railroad, at Belen, N. M.
College Women Flee Fire In Nighties.
The Marylaud Colege for Women,
at Luthervllle, Baltimore county Md.,
was destroyed by fire, entailing a loss
of SIOO,OOO. Little of value waa saved,
many of the 100 or more students los
ing all their effects. Occupants of
North hail, where the fire started, fled
in a panic, some of them In their
night, dresses.
MINE WORKERS
ATTACK MITCHELL
j ———
Must Quit Civic Federation or
the Union.
SOCIALISTS AGAINST HIM
Former President of Mine Workers
Will Have Until April to Decide to
Which Organization He Will Cling.
After debating the question at two
previous conventions, the United
Mine Workers of America, at Colum
bus, 0., by a vote of 1213 to 967, de
cided to amend their constitution so
that John Mitchell, former president
of the miners, will either have to re
sign from the Civic Federation or get
out of the miners' organization.
The amendment stipulates that all
miners becoming mine bosses, super
intendents, members of the National
Civic Federation or other organiza
tions allied with the employer class
shall be ineligible to the membership
of the United Mine Workers.
The Socialist element of the conven
tion voted almost solidly against the
connection of Mitchell with the Civic
Federation, as did also the Lewis
strength. Mitchell will have until next
April to decide to which organization
he will cling. A year ago he was quot
ed as saying that he would not forsake
the miners under any consideration.
Indianapolis probably will land the
next convention, although Washing
ton, Portland, Ore.; Columbus and
other cities are seeking to win the
honor. Although it has been suggested
that Columbus be selected for perma
nent headquarters, tho Idea has been
given up.
In a telegram to the convention,
John Mitchell, from New York, de
clared the action a "cruel injustice,''
and went onto say:
"I recognize the legal right of the
convention to enact this legislation,
and while I believe that an investiga
tion should have been made by your
convention before passing Judgment
averse to the National Civic Federa
tion and against me personally, never
theless, I submit to your wishes, al
though I shall live in the conscious
ness that the men and women at
home, for whom I worked for many
years, will not concur in your conclu
sions."
MASKED MEN ROB HOUSE
Beat Head of Family and Scare Wom
en With Guns.
Jacob M. Kooker, of Aquetong, eight
miles from Doylestown, Pa., was the
victim of a daring pair of hold-up men.
While Kooker was at the supper
table two maskod men, displaying re
volvers, entered the* house. Mrs.
Kooker and a serving maid were the
only other persons in the house, and
the intruders at once attacked Mr.
Kooker, striking him with a blackjack
and rendering him unconscious. Then
they fired their revolvers to frighten'
tho women and proceeded to ransack
the house.
During the day Kooker had gone to
bank with S3OO, and ail the robbers
got was a few dollnrs and some trin
kets. Kooker remained unconscious
for some time and is suffering from
his severe injuries. Mrs. Kooker, who
is an invalid, is said to be in a criti
cal condition from fright and nervous
shock.
Bhoots Husbar.d -nd Herself.
Driven half mad by the thought of
being divorced from her husband,
Mrs. Alice E. Baker, the wife of Wil
liam M. Baker, a wealthy building con
tractor of South Bend, Ind., attempt
ed to kill him in a crowded downtown
street. She then turned the smoking
revolver on heiself and tried to com
mit suicide. Baker will live, but the
woman, who i« in tlie hospital with
bullet wounds in hor head and body,
will die.
Wrestler Dies of Broken Neck.
Joseph McCreary, the champion
wrestler of Colorado, died at Amarillo,
Tex., from a dislocated neck, received
in a wrestling match there on Friday
night with an opponent going under
the name of Ed Mayes. It is under
stood here that the contest was a
frame-up and that Mayes is a wrestler
of considerable importance.
Two Men Drink Poison.
John Scheir and Fred Yerke com
mitted suicide by drinking carbolic
acid in their beer in a Main streei
saloon at Towanda., Pa, Despondency
because of lack of work was given as
the cause of the death pact.
One of D. A. R. Founders Dead.
MISB Mary Desha, one of the three
founders of the Daughters of the
American Revolution, died suddenly
of apoplexy while walking near her
home at Washington, aged sixty-five
VUPI . _ J.
AVIATOR DROPS
INTO OCEAN
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Forced to Descend When Ten
Miles From Havana.
WAS PICKED UP UNHURT
J. A. D. McCurdy, Running Short of
Oil, Gave Up Trip From Key West
to Capital of Cuba.
Within ten miles of the Cuban coast
and only a short distance further from
his goal, the Camp Columbia aviation
field at Havana, Cuba. J. A. D. Mc-
Curdy, the Canadian aviator, ran out
of lubricating oil and was compelled
to abandon a magnificent flight from
Key West, Fla.
When he saw that he could not
quite reach Havana, McCurdy alighted
safely on the calm sea, and the pon
toons with which it was equipped
floated the aeroplane until the United
States torpedo boat destroyer Pau'd
ing, speeding along in Its wake, had
overtaken the aerial craft. McCurdy
and his biplane were tftien on board,
neither the worse for the mishap.
At first It was thought that the avia
tor could make a new start from the
deck of the destroyer, but this provei
impracticable, and after considerable
delay the Paulding brought both ma
chine and aviator to Havana. The
other boats that marked the course
across the strait had in the meantime
Joined the Paulding and the fleet came
in together.
McCurdy had covered approximate
ly eighty miles when he was obliged
to descend, and though he failed to
meet the requirements of the compe
tition, he accomplished a feat unpre
cedented in cross-sea flying.
Compared with the twenty-mile
flights across the English channel, the
performance stands out as far and
away more remarkable. But for a slip
in the amount of supplies It is not to
be doubted that the trip would have
been successful.
Great disappointment felt by
the thousands who had assembled to
catch a glimpse of the bird-man. The
aviation meeting opened Sunday, but
the flight of McCurdy across the Flor
ida strait was looked farward to as
the big feature to start the meet un
der way and give a new impetus to
the art of flying In Cuba.
The Paulding was about thirty miles
off shore, and when she reported that
the Belmont racer had passed over
head going strong, thousands of pairs
of eyes were strained seaward. Then
there was a prolonged interval, during
which there was no sight of or word
from the airman.
The crowd became oppressed with
a premonition that an accident had
occurred and there was a feeling of
relief, mingled with the disappoint
ment at the receipt of the report that
he had dropped into the water, but
was picked up unharmed.
The flight was for a prize of SSOOO,
offered by the Havana Post and S3OOO
appropriated by the Havana city
council.
Crack Postoffice Safe.
Safe crackers got into the pot
office at Medford, near Mount Holly,
N. J., and after blowing open the
safe with nitro-glycerine took all the
money and stamps. Entrance was
gained through a side door. The sale
was completely wrecked. Postmasler
Holmes has not determined the loss.
Indicted Banker Declared Sane.
Joseph G. Robin, the indicted bank
er, was declared sane by a jury be
fore Judge Swann in the general ses
sions In New York, and will have to
stand trial. The jury was but a little
short of half an hour in making up
its verdict.
Virginia Holds Up Taft Auto License.
Virginia will not issue a license to
the president of the United States to
operate hie automobiles without the
payment of the proper fee. Clerk J.
M. Hays held up the request of Sec
retary Norton for four automobile li
censes for the use of the president.
Virginia wants S6O from the president.
3 Dead, 10 Missing In Snowslide.
Three men are reported to have
been killed and ten others are miss
ing as the result of a snowslide at the
Utah Coalition mine in Big Cotton
wood canyon, near Alta, Utah. Res
cue parties have gone out from Salt
Lake City and Park City.
Fir* at Soldiers' Home.
Hot fat ir the kitchen of the sol
diers' home at Bristol, R. 1., started a
fire that destroyed the main building
and a dormitory. The loss Is $20,000.
Senate Passes G. A. R. Bill.
The senate passed a bill Incorporate
log the Grand Army of the Republic.
PETER C. HAINS, JR.
Slayer of W. E. Annis Resigns
Commission In Army.
Hains Resigns as Army Officer.
President Tait accepted the resigna
tion from the army of Captain Peter
C. Hains, Jr., Coast Artillery Corps,
effective Jan. 28.
Captain Hains is now serving a
nine years' penitentiary sentence lor
the murder of William E. Annis at
Bay ridge, N. Y., in 1909.
Captain Hains shot and killed An
nis in the belief that the man had
conducted himself improperly with
Mrs. Hains. The shooting took place
near the Bayside Yacht club as Auni.s
was about to row out to his yacht.
The sentencing of Captain Hains
did not affect his status as an army
officer. He was until Monday on the
records as "detained by civil authori
ties," but as he was not on duty did
not receive pay.
Princeton Chair For McClellan.
George B. McClellan, ex-mayor ot'
New York, is to be professor either of
public affairs or,political economy at
Princeton university, uniess the plans
of his friends, who have been active
in his behalf, go awry.
It was announced that arrangements
have been made for founding the chair
in the university which McClellan
will occupy. He is likely to take up j
his new duties next fall at the latest.
The sum needed to endow the new '
professorship is $50,000, and some of .
the former mayor's friends several I
weeks ago undertook to raise this:
sum. Among those who were most \
tctlve In the work are James Martin,
whom McClellan appointed city cham
berlain at a salary of $12,000 a year,
and ex-Comptroller Herman A. Metz. I
I
Force Admiral to Resign. _ I
Rear Admiral Edward B. Barry, for
mer commander-in-chief of the Pacific
fleet, has resigned "for the good of
the service."
His resignation was accepted, to
take effect Friday. This ac:i>n was
taken with the approval of President;
Taft and was announced by Secretary
Meyer after the cabinet meeting. 11 is
resignation will completely separate
him from the nav;il service and lie
will draw no pay from the govern-j
ment.
Admiral Berry's rc-igna'ion follows
charges of a sensational na tire pre
ferred against him by officers oi' his
fleet. They afiectod his personal hab
its and were unprintable in detail. ;
Severely Mauled by a Lion.
George Gray, brother of the lititish
foreign minister, was severely mauled
by a lion near the Athi river, East Af
rica. He was stalking lions with Si:
Alfred Pease and others, when on" oi
the beasts chased and seized him and
worried him as a cat does a mouse.
He was rescued with the greate tot
difficulty. He is recovering.
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YEAR
STEEL TRUST NET
EARN1NG5525,990,978
Unfilled Orders on Hand Are
2,674,757 Tens.
Immediately after the regular quar
terly meeting of the board of direc
tors of the United States Steel Cor
poration in New York the statement
of earnings for the last three months
was given out.
The net earnings for that period
were $25,990,978, as compared with
$37,305,187 for the quarter ended on
Sept. 30; $40,170,9G0 for the quarter
ended June 30, and $37,616,870 report
ed at the end of the first three months
in the year, learnings for the corres
ponding quarter in 1909 were $40,982,-
746.
The net earnings for 1910 were
$141,144,000. In 1909 they were $131,-
491,414, and in 1908 they were $91,-
847,710.
Unfilled orders on hand as of Dec.
31, 1910, were 2,674,757 tons, unchang
ed from the figures reported on Jan.
10. This compares with 2,760,413 tons
on Nov. 30, 1910; 2,871,949 tons on
Oct. 31, 1910; 3,158,106 tons on Sept.
30, 1910, and 5,927,031 tons on Dec.
31, 1909.
At the meeting the regular quarterly
dividend of l I A pei" cent on the com
mon and 1% per cent on the preferred
stock were declared.
Carnegie Gives $1,250,000.
It was learned that Andrew Carne
gie has donated an additional $1,250,-
000 in furtherance of his philanthrop
ies at his birthplace, Dunfermline, in
Scotland.
Dog Saves Two Children.
Ilex, an overgrown St. Bernard
puppy owned by David Wilson, a far
mer of Rotoga, N. J., saved the lives
of Wilson's two children.
Ilarry Wilson, twelve years old, and
Grace, nine years old, fell through
the ice on a small pond back of the
Wilson barn, l\ex jumped In and
pulled first the boy and theu the girl
ashore.
Doth children had swallowed a
quantity of water and were helpless
for a time. As soon as he had them
ashore the dog ran to the farmhouse
and fetched the father.
Duke of Connauoht to Rule Canada.
The nppoir.tirent of the Duke of
Connauglit, uncle of Kin:; George, as
governor general of Canada, is offi
cially announced in London,
duke to Montreal. He will en:or upon
the oflice in September and will ! old
the appointment for two years, which
may be subject to a further exten
sion.
Tries to Kill His Child.
W. J. Garrison, of Wyoming, near
Wilkes-Harre, Pa., while demented,
tried to mu-der his one-year-old child
by throwing it under the wheels of a
street car.
The child struck the side of the car,
however, and escaped with only se
vere bruises. Dr. Garrison has been
arrested.
Dupont Re-elected Senator.
There was not an anti-Dupont
leader present in the Delaware leg
islature at Dover when the thirty
one Republican members all voted for
the powder manufacturer, who will
now go to Washington to enter upon
his first full term senatorship. The
vote was: Dupont, 31: Saulsbury, 21.
Boy of Five Kills Grandmother.
After his father had been arrested
in connection with the shooting to
death of his grandmother, a fire year
old bay at Danville, Ky., confessed that
he had shot her accidentally while
pointing an old shotgun at hsr in fun.
He bid in an outbuilding all right