Republican News Item. VOL. XIY. NO 40 FIRST NATIONAL BANK, HUGHESYIILE, CAPITAL STOCK j $50,000 | WC. FRONTZ President. Surplus and FRANK A. REEDER, Cashier. Net Profits, 75 - 000 - DIRECTORS: Transacts a General Win. Fronts, John C. Laird, C. W. Sones, i) i* i) I W C.Frontz, Frank A.Reeder, Jacob Per, Banking u. 1 . Lyinan Myers, W. T. Reedy, Peter Frontz, Accounts oflndivid- j j A s p l ,n ) John Ball, uals and Firms solicited. 1 Safe Deposite Boxes for Rent, One Dollar per Year. 3 per cent. INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS. No Place Like this Place For Reliable STOVES and RANGES, CO-A-L OB WOOD HEATERS; ONE OP WINTER'S GREAT DELIGHTS. House Furnishiug Goods, Tools of Every Description, Guns and Ammunition Bargains that bring the buyer back. Come and test the truth of our talk, A. lot of second hand stoves and ranges for sale cheap. We can sell you in stc ves anything ft-om a fine Jewel Base Burner to a low priced but satisfactory cook stove. Hot Air, Steam and Hot Water Heating and General Repairing, Roofing and Spouting. HARDWARE? Warm Winter Underwear SOME SPLENDID VALUES Men's heavy cotton full fleeced i Ladies' Vests|and Drawers, heavy brown mixed .Shirts and Drawers;; ribbed full fleeced. 25c to 50c al*» ribbed garments for 50c p mltlm(1 colurM Drawers wooLaml t finer Vests and Drawers, in P-t w«ol and aU wool grades; from 75c to $1.75 fine ail wool garments 75c to $2.00 Blankets and Comforts at Exceptional Prices WOOL BLANKETS—It is blanket time now and;wo are "offering some exceptional values in blankets ranging in price from 50c to $lO. GOOD COMFORTS— Each comfort is filled with cotton; brat silkoline and sateen coverings in plain or floral design $1.00.t0 OUTING FLANNEL WEAR—Ladies' outing flannel gowns 50c to ft. Ladi cm outing flannel short skirts from 25c to 50- OUTING FLANNEL — Splendid assortment of the latest fancy stripes and checks, just the qualities you will be wanting for the cooj nights W«• are showing some exceptional values for 7c, 8c and K»e Ladies' Winter Hosiery. Ladies' Black Fleece Lined Hose Ladies' Fast Black Cotton Hose, a t 12c, 25c, 35c and 50c. extra qualities for 12Jc to 50c. Ladies' Black Wool and Fine Cas- Ladies' Fast Black Silk Lisle Hose si mere Hose; fine lot from 25c to sl. especially good values at 25c to 75c. SHOPDELL DRY GOODS CO., 313 PINE STREET, WILLIAMSPORT - PENN'A. PRINTING TO PLEASE * a J- tbe flews ITtem ©fftce. LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. FRIDAY FEBRUARY ,25 1910. CANNON ANSWERS Hi CRITICS A Majority Should Be Disciplin ed, Because It Will Be Held Responsible for Results HAS SCORN FOR THE PRESS Switches to the Subject of Newspaper Abuse of Him and Defense of the House Rules—Majority Must Have the Machinery to Transact Business. Washington, Feb. 22. —Just like an ordinary member, Speaker Cannon Btood In the middle of the House ol Representatives and spoke in favor of the $42,000,000 Rivers and Harbors bill, which was under consideration. He made no effort to discuss Indivi dual items of the measure, but sup ported it In general, on the ground that the Nation was growing and would need all the waterways it could develop. In the latter part of his address, ha got onto the subject nearest to his heart, that of majority rule, and dis cussed It to the evident satisfaction of the regulars, who applauded freely. Incidentally, he took the newspapers and magazines to task again, for pub lishing lnacurate Information regard ing Congress in general and his part In the proceedings In particular. He eald, that on the recent trip down the Mississippi River the accounts In the public print were so Imaginative, that when he read them he didn't know whether he was "a-foot or a horse back." "It is for us," he went on, "while we temporarily occupy the places that we do, to preserve the machinery by which a majority can transact the public business and to preserve it, looking into the faces of the gentle men on the other side, so that when the wisdom of the American people and the favor of God may give, per chance, a majority to them, they will have the rules and the order of pro cedure, a product of the experience of 120 years, unhampered, and thus run the business of this House for the ad vantage, not of the men of their or ganization alone, but of all the 90,000,- 000. And while we seemingly strut and fret, declaim and are Interviewed constantly in the public prints, the people of the United States will hold responsible from time to time the par ty In power for legislative results, and unless that party has the machinery and the procedure to achieve those results, they will not have the full power, though they may have the ma jority. "I expect wo will continue to re ceive all kinds of fake Information that is finished for here and there," continued the Speaker, "in order that our great metropolitan Journals may continue, some of them, to make their papers from day today, like the Yan kee made his razors, to sell. But I de sire to say to the gentlemen on this side of the House, and to the gentle men on that side of the House, that in the last analysis out of one of the two great organizations—the minority from time to time putting the majority on its good behavior, seeking to be come the majority—will come correct legislation and correct appropriations, for the greatest good to the people of the Republic; and if we lose sight of our own Importance and of our posi tion for the time being, there will come into our places better and wiser men, who will not lose sight of these necessities. Where responsibility rest, there must bo power." WAR ON LAWLESS TRUBTB. Wlckerßham Drives Home Points In Taft's Speech Here. Washington. Feb. 21.—1t is a bitter, relentless war to a finish on the law less trusts that the Taft Administra tion has entered upon. The Administration Issued another proclamation In this struggle to-day, a manifesto from the office of Attor ney-General Wickersham, driving home the savage thrusts of President Taft in his New York speech of Satur day night. It Is in the nature of a final warning, which clearly and ex plicitly sets forth the purposes of the Administration. "It was not the intention of the Ad ministration," says the Attorney-Gen eral, "to provide a revenue from trusts, nor, through the enactment of this law, to repeal the Sherman act. It was pointed out by -the President In his message of January 7 that Its pur pose was to provide for the grant of a Federal charter to an industrial com bination, 'to make and sell In Inter state and foreign commerce the prod ucts of useful manufacture, under such limitations as will secure a com pliance with the anti-Trust law." Washington, Feb. 22.—The AmerV can woman Is wearing more silk every year and more American-made silk. Last year the value of silk used by the country was $165,000,000, of which $ 132,000,000 was home-manufactured. BEEF TRUST INDICTED FDD FIXING PRICES Armours, Swifts, Morris, and Meeker Accused of Conspiracy by Hud son County (N.J.) Grand Jury. Jersey City, N. J., Feb. 22.—The National Packing Company of Chicago and New York, one of the largest con cerns doing a cold storage business in this country, will be indicted by the Grand Jury In Hudson County, N. J., on charges of conspiracy in restraint of trade, according to Prosecutor Gar ven in Jersey City. Garven said the Grand Jury ordered him to draw the indictment on his recommendation that It do so. He said he believed he could go into court with the evidence he has and show that the corporation has been acting directly to depress the market to raise the prices of food stuffs and maintain them at a high level. The National Packing Company, he said, included In its list of directors men who are the recognized heads of great packing and food Interests. Ap parently those concerns were working independently of one another, but there was evidence that the directors of the National Packing Company met and took formal action to raise the price of beef and to hold the surplus beef In cold storage until their price was met. The directors are J. Ogden Armour, Edwin Morris, E. F. Swift, E. M. Morris, Abraham Meeker, Edward Tllden, T. J. Connors, L. A. Carton, T. E. Wilson, C. H. Swift, L. 11. Heyman, Samuel L. C. Roberts, F. A. Fowler, A. W. Armour, L. F. Swift and Ken neth K. McLaren. The Indictment, Garven said, will be a blanket charge broad enough to cover every detail of the case In which he thinks the chances of a con viction possible. He said one of the best witnesses relative to the meet ing at which It was agreed to raise the price of beef consists of the minutes of the corporation. In speaking of the general Investi gation, Garven said he had positive evidence of where fowl had been kept in cold storage for seven years. The corporation has been under fire for several weeks in Chicago, where it operates, and numerous witnesses have been summoned before the fed eral Grand Jury there. The prosecution of the Beef Trust in New Jersey is based on testimony showing an arbitrary increase of prices, which is made possible larjre ly through the warehouses which are grouped about the Jersey City termi nals of the railroads and are being used by the trust In furthering its plan to artificially Increase the cost otf moats and other commodities. Thousands of tons of food are also cached against the day of higher prices in New York, and for that rea son the District Attorney of New York County will co-operate with the Now Jersey authorities In further investi gation. In New York County the Grand Jury decided to find Indictments against a dozen or more members of the milk combine. TILLMAN REGAINS SPEECH. Doctors to Whom He Talks Think Re covery of It Will Be Complete. Washington, Feb. 22. —Until to-day Senator Tillman had spoken but two words since he was stricken last Thursday. When the family physician entered this afternoon his face bright ened and he said: "Hello, Doctor." A little later an other physician, whom ho had seen but once, said to the Senator, "I don't suppose you remember me?" "Yes, I do," replied Mr. Tillman, "you are Dr. White." Tho doctors consider this return at speech most favorable, and they en tertain no doubt now as to the pati ent's full recovery of his speech. NEW YORK MARKETS. Wholesale Prices of Farm Products Quoted for the Week. MILK—Per quart, 4c. BUTTER— Western extra, 28@29c.; State dairy, 23@24c. CHEESE -State. Full cream, special, 17Vi@18c. EGGS— Btate. Fair to choice, 26@ 27c.; do, western firsts, 38©30 c. APPLES—Baldwin, per bbl., $2.75© 4.00. DRESSED POULTRY —Chickens, per lb., 15@21c.; Cocks, per lb., 14c.; Squabs, per dozen, $2.00@5.75. HAY—Prime, per 100 lbs., $1.15. STRAW—Long Rye, per 100 lbs., 80® 90c. POTATOES—State, per bag, $1.30® 1.40. ONIONS—White, per crate, 25@500. FLOUR—Winter patents, $5.60@6.10| Spring patents, $5.50@6.85. WHEAT—No. 2, red, $1.29 >/« @1.30 M J No. 1, Northern Duluth, $1.28%. CORN—No. 2, 71 Vi @73c. OATS —Natural white, 52@65c.; Clip ped white, 63@56c. BEEVES—City Dressed, B@lo%c. CALVES —City Dressed, 10@16c. SHEEP—Per 100 lbs.. S4JO. LAMBS—Per 100 lbs., $8.65. HOGS—Live, per 100 lbs., $9.40; Country Dressed, per lb., ll@lßo. LUPOANDHIS GANG HEAVILY SENTENCED Prison Terms of the Eight Italian Counterfeiters Aggregate 150 Years $7,600 IN FINES ALSO SEI Thirty Year Term for Leader of the Band—Fifteen Years' Imprisonment the Lowest Sentence —Made Spuri ous Bills on Remote Farm. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCOOOOQ O Sentences Imposed on 0 0 Counterfeiters' Band, g O Ignazio Lupo, thirty years at p O hard labor. Q Q Giuseppe Morrello, twenty- q O five years and SI,OOO fine. U Q Giuseppe Callacliio, seventeen p Q years and SI,OOO fine. 5 O Nieolo Sylvestra, fifteen years p Q and SI,OOO fine. Q Q Salvatore Gina, fifteen years a Q and SI,OOO fine. S p Vlneenzo Glglio, fifteen years Q 0 and SI,OOO fine. S Q Giuseppe Palermo, eighteen Q X years and SI,OOO fine. £ p Antonio C'ecala, fifteen years Q x and SI,OOO fine. 8 p Aggregate of sentences, 150 Q 8 years. H CCGOCOOOCOCCOCOCOCCCCOOOCO Nt»w York, N. Y., Feb. 22. —Proba- bly the worst group of criminals that ever came to this country were dealt with here by a United Rtatea Court in a fashion that should strike terror to their kind. The punishment they got was the heaviest ever given for counterfeiting, so far as there Is any record In this country. Fo twenty-five days their counsel had battled for tholr liberty before Judge Ray and a Jury In the Criminal Branch of tho United States Circuit Court. For the same period the coun sel for the government, Abel I. Smith, Assistant United States Attorney, had fought for their conviction. The cul mination came when tho Jury, after a two hours' sess'on, found a verdict of guilty. The same length of time was spent in imposing sentence, which was done amid sobs of the prisoners and one of their counsel, and the col lapse erf Gluseppi Morello, who was said to be the leader of the whole band. The sentences follow: IGNAZIO LUPO, thirty years and SI,OOO fine. GIUSEPPI MORELLO, twenty-five years and SI,OOO fine. GIUSEPPI PALERMO, eighteen years and SI,OOO fine. GIUSEPPI CALICCIIO, seventeen years and S6OO fine. IGNAZIO GIGI.IO, fifteen years and SI,OOO fine. SALVATORE CINA, fifteen years and SI,OOO fine. NICOLO SYLVESTRO, fifteen years and SI,OOO fine. ANTONIO CECALA, fifteen years and SI,OOO fine. The crime for which the eight men were convicted was the making, at Highland, N. Y.. of counterreit bills and their circulation and sale to countrymon. The chief of the Secret Service here, William J. Flynn, and his men worked on the case for nearly a year. The arrests wene made last fall. It Is believed by thoso who have been working on the case for the gov ernment, and by Headquarters men. that in Morello and Lupo, and the men who looked to them for leader ship, they have those responsible for the murder of Detective Petrosino in Palermo. Ignazio Lupo, "the Wolf," and his seven associates, the scum of the out casts of Sicily, who had baffled Chief Flynn's Secret Service men and the Central Office detectives for years, were taken to Atlanta to begin their terras in the Federal penitentiary. TO REPEAL JAG BOARD LAW. Only Few Places Have Tried New sey T«mperance Measure. Trenton, N. J., Feb. 21. —Assembly- man Olwell of Hudson Introduced a bill to-night to repeal the Hillery "Jag board" law, under which habitual drunkards or near drunkards may have their names posted publicly, after which no saloon or tavern keep er may sell them liquor. Jag boards have been named in only a few of the smaller municipalities, but their ef forts to reform the rounders In their communities have been the cause of several disputes and complications. Train Kills Man and Daughter. Lancaster, Ohio, Feb. 22. —W. B. Henry, ex-County Clerk, 55 years old, and his daughter Ellen, aged 18, while driving, were killed by a Hocking Val ley passenger train at Willcw Cross ing, west of this city, near their coun try home. Mr. Henry served two terms as Fairfield County Clerk. 7SC PER YEAR GOV. HUGHES ORDERS GSS GRAFT INQUIRE Appoints Men to Investigate Purchase of New York Lands by For est Commission. Albany, N. Y.. Feb. 22. —Gov. Hughes ordered a thorough investiga tion of the scandals alleged to have characterized the purchase and sale of land in the Adirondack Park re gions. He designated Roger Clark and E. Leroy Austin to conduct the inquiry. It has been current rumor that thousands of dollars hare beeu paid out by the State Treasury for doubtful titles to grossly overvalued lands, that tracts denuded of timber, purchased at tax sales or a few cents an acre, have been resold to the State for as high as s2l an acre and that politicians high in Republican councils have tliaied in the transac tions. In the Conger-Allds investigation before the Senate, Senator Conger ad mitted on the witness stand that ono of the two other envelopes alleged to have been passed by Jloe was ad dressed to Jeau L. Burnett, a former Assemblyman from Ontario County, now dead, and that he was "approach ed" in regard to the bridge bill by Louis Bedell, foru.er member of the Assembly from Orange County and now living In New York. The importance of tho forest land Investigation ordered by GOT. Hughes overshadows even the Conger disclos ures. The management of this vast enterprise of the State is Intrusted to the Department of Forests, Fish and Game, of which Mines S. Whipple, a Hughes appointee, la the Commission er, with a large and expensive staff of officials. The Governor, in announcing hU determination to investigate the Adirondack scandal to the bottom, made it very plain to persons with whom he talked that the Investigation will be as thorough as he can direct It, and will follow every trail of dis honesty wherever it may Anally rest. It is pretty well known that the Gov ernor intends to assume the personal direction of the inquiry as far as his other public duties may permit. Clark and Austin are splendidly equipped for the task before them. They will first turn their attention to an Investi gation of all the records of Adiron dack transactions between the State and private persons and through the agency of private counsel designated by the State during the last ten years. Some of the most prominent politi cians and capitalists who have either bought or sold State lands will then be summoned to explain some deals that according to general bellof hare resulted in the spoliation of the State's forest property and Its finances. MILITIA QUELL RIOT. Bherlff and His Deputies Kill One and Wound Four Would-Be-Lynchers. Cairo, 111., Feb. 22. —Throe com panies of militia, commandod by G«i. Frank S. Dickson. Adjutant-General of the State, guar.d the Jail which a mob of 500 attacked in an attempt to seise and lynch two negro prisoners. Sheriff Fred. D. Nellis and twelve of his twenty deputies, who wore armed, fired on the mob. The Dead. HALLIDAY, ALEXANDER, thirty, fire, dairyman, son of the late Mayor Thomas W. Halliday. The Wounded. CREHAN, HORTON; wounded in ankle; had stopped to see what was the trouble. MALONEY, JOHN, brotherJn-Uw of Mrs. Rose Malonoy, whose purse had been stolen by John Pratt, one of the negroes wanted by the mob; ■light wound in cheek. WALKER, GEORGE D., correspond ent of the Associated Press; wounded In the leg while gathering news. WESSINGER, SAMUEL, former po- II earn an; wounded In head and shoul der. The city Is comparatively quiet to night, the riotous spirit Is quelled, temporarily at least, by tho presence of the mllltla, the saloons are closed, no one Is permitted to loiter on the ■treet; If a group of three or four men father the soldiers disperse thetn. John Pratt and Lincoln Wilson are the negroes the mob sought Pratt, who committed a crime In Clerks County, 111., broke his parole, escaped and snatched a poeketbook from Mrs. Rose Maloaey in the street She shot at him with a revolver, but he got away. When arrested he Implicated Lincoln Wilson, who was found guilt less of the theft. So if the mob had caught Wilson an innocent man would have been hanged. Kicked Eight Feet, but Lost Life. Alda, Neb., Feb. 22.—George Han rett, nineteen, champion high kloker of the village, after winning a contest, made a wager that he eo*ild kick and tov.ch a mark eight feet above th« floor. He won. but In doing so buret a blood vessel and died of hemmorrhege. Columbia, 8. C.. Feb. 22.— The In come tax amendment passed final reading in the State Senate. It al ready lias passed the Hour.e and rati fication Is now complete.
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