Republican News Item VOL. XV. NO 7 FIRST NATIONAL BANK, HUOHZES-VXHOLIE], IP.A- CAPITAL STOCK I $50,000 Surplus and Net Profits, 75.000. Transacts a General Banking Business. Accounts oflndivid uals and Firms solicited. W. C. FRONTZ President. FRANK A. REEDER, Cashier. DIRECTORS: Wm. Froiitz, John C. Laird, C. W. Sonen, W. C.Frontz, Frank A.Reeder, Jacob Per, Lyman Myers, W. T. Reedy, Peter Frontz, J. A. S. Ball, Job" BuH. Safe Deposite Boxes for Rent, One Dollar per Year. 3 per cent. INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS COLE'S i SBr 1 — Up-To-Date HARDWARE^^BHp stove, washer, cutlery, gun,"—or •* *■> whatever it piay be —''shall I buy? Don't ponder over these things, nor spend your time looking at pictures in "cheap goods" mail-order catalogs. Come to our store and let us solve the problem. We have a tine variety of standard goods to choose from. When you think of HARDWARE think of COLE S. SANITARY PLUMBING. We give special attention to Piping, Steam, Hot Water and Hot Air Heating. Oeueral job work and repairing In all branches, prompt ly and skillfully executed Samuel Cole, - Dushore, Pa. Summer Knit Underwear. If you have light Summer Underwear to buy, we are showing sonic values that are cheap. Ladies' low neck, short sleeves and sleeveless vests, 10c, 12Ae, 15c, 2 ."><•. Ladies tine Swiss ribbed gauze vests, extra value, for 50c -to 51 00- Mens' Imlbriggan shirt and drawers, shirts have either long or short or long sleeves, foi 25c to 50c. Children's summer knit underwear in all qualities and at right prices. Corsets For All Figures Every figure has its appropriate corset. Our sales ladies u>e the greatest care and tin' utmost patience in securing the right corset for the right figure. Some brands are suited to stout fig ures, others to slender figures. Try us lor your next corset. Curtain Nets, 12 l-2c to 75c. White Dress Skirts, 95c. La dies' Petticoats, 50c. Misses' Long Coats, s•">. Linene Coat Suits. $2.95. White Shirt Waists, $1.95. Children's Wash Dresses, 95c. All Qualities of Silk Umbrellas. Ladies' Black Pttticoats. Made from Mercerized fabric that has the finish of Heather bloom and will wear just as long. They have a deep corded anil ruffled younce. SI.OO, $2.25, $1.50 and $2.00. SHOPBELL DRY GOODS CO., 313 PI N EIISTR EET, WILLIAMSPORT - PENN'A. i , PRINTING TO PLEASE * IWews Item ©fßce. LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 1910. HAMILTON MIKES LONG FLIGHT Flew From New York to Phila • detphla and Return. 172 MILES IN 209 MINUTES Daring Aviator Wins SIO,OOO Prlre Of fcred by New York Newspaper. Cheered by Huge Crowds. Charles K. Hamilton, the little red haired acrobat of the upper airs, llew from New York to Pnlladelplila and back again and won the SIO,OOO prize offered by the New York Times. The flight \\;as made wlihout mis chance. Straight as a pigeon on the wing. Hamilton Hailed over cities, riv ers and farms, winging an unsurveyed course. At 9.28 a. M.he was shaking hands with Governor Stuart, of Penn sylvania, eighty-eight miles from Gov ernor's Island. He made the trip to Philadelphia in 1 hour and 49 minutes. His luck failed him on the journey home, or he might have beaten Paul han's record for uninterrupted (light— -117 miles. London to Litchfield. Fifty three miles from Philadelphia he lost his bearings, mistaking a green patch of Jersey for Statcn Island, and simul taneously two jf the eight cylinders of his engine coughed and quit ,/ork. He dropped into the clutch of a swamp near South Amboy, and it was hours before repairs could be made and the aviator could escape the Immense crowd that swarmed from the Jersey towns. As it was, his actual flying time for the 172 miles was 209 minutes, and he fulfilled to the letter his contract with the New York Times to make a round trip from New York to Philadelphia within twenty-four hours. Glenn H. Photo by Amrrlean Press Association. CHARLES K. HAMILTON. Curtiss. the first man in this country to make long distance calls in a flying machine, said he considered Hamil ton's achievement the greatest in the history of aviation; unsurpassed in that Hamilton struck out a course for himself, without land buoys to guide him, without a charted ro«te to help him, and accomplished the feat with such accuracy that he kept to the sec ond on the schedule he had laid out. Few men have received the kind of reception that Hamilton got when he dropped out of the clouds. Along the Battery, the water front of lower Brooklyn, the edge of Staten Island and the Jersey shore the piers and s. a walls were black with people. Thou sands of them had waited for houis, swayed by rumors that came from the Amboy swamp. On Governor's Island, at the aviation grounds, a thousand chins were turned skyward. Hamilton came so fast that a few Becouds after the officer spotted him the aeroplane was discernible to the naked eye. You saw, painted against the gray mists of Staten Island, a blur. Ten seconds more and it was a wide winged bird, a bird with its head tucked out of sight. On it came in a line a quarter of a mile south of the Statue of Liberty, 400 feet above the bay. In another flash of time you made out the clean lines of the planes and you could see Hamilton crouched over his steering wheel. As the air currents frisked above the water, they dipped the aeroplane to the left and right. While still over the bay, but rapidly Hearing the sea wall of Governor's Island, Hamilton shut off power. The propeller ceased its faint droning, revolved slowly for a few and the machine com menced to drop, slowly at first, then faster. Hamilton set the motor work ing just ♦ong enough to reverse the propeller and make sure of an easy landing. RICHARD W. PARKER. Congressman Accused of Accept i Ing "Gifts" From Railroads. I PUTS "GIFT" TAKING UP TO CONGRESSMEN Says Judiciary Committee is Empicyed by Railroads. Sensationnl charges were made in congress against Representative Rich ard Wayne Parker, of New Jersey, chairman, i>nd other members of the house committee on the judiciary. The sensation was sprung by Rep resentative Choice B. Randell, Demo crat, of Texas. He charged that Rej>- reesntallvi Parker and other members of the committee were "receiving gifts, franks, employment and compen sation of great and pecuniary value" from railroads Mr. Randell charged that this was true to such an extent as to disqualify these members of the committee from deciding upon the bill to prohibit con gressmen and judges from receiving such gifts from railroads or other cor porations. Randi'U brought before the house a privileged resolution to remove the measure refirred to from the commit tee on judi< iary and to have it imme diately reported back to the house. The committee assailed by Mr. Ran dell includes some of the most promi nent members of the house. Its mem bers are: Richard Wayne Parker, New Jersey, chairman; Charles Q. Tirrell, Massachusetts; John A. Sterling, Illi nois; Reuben O. Moon, Philadelphia; Gerrltt J. Dlehema, Michigan; G. R. Malby, New York; E. \V. Higgins. Connecticut; H. P. Ooebel. Ohio; Ed win Denby, Michigan; Paul Howland, Ohio; P. M. Nye, Minnesota; W. P. Sheffield, Rhode Island; Henry D. Clayton, Alabama; Robert L. Henry, Texas; W. G. Brantley, Georgia; C. C. Reid, Aarksnsas; E. Y. Webb, North Carolina; Charles C. Carlin, Virginia. FLOOD TAKES 200 LIVES Fifty Spectators Persh When Bridge Is Swept Away. It is estimated that 200 persons lost their lives in the flood that swept the valley of the river Ahr, In the Elfel region in Germany. Elghty-fieven bodies were recovered. These were found along the river banks, tossed high by the flood, or left stranded as the waters subsided. A report says that fifty lives were lost at the village of Schult when a bridge which was crowded with per sons watching the turbulent waters was carried away. Two barracks In which Italian and Croatian laborers were housed were swept away and their occupants, who were in their beds, were drowned. 1 Morocco. Morocco, In spite of Its close proxim ity to Europe, is the most fanatical of the Mohammedan countries. With" yells exploding aii arounl him he droped his biplane to the sail.ls I' a long sweep, as a gull dives. Th bicycle wheels thumped the grouii'l the aeroplane bounced a foot perhap and then ran along without a jar foi '«»RS than fifty feet. The crowd engulfed the little mat' and gave him no chance to climb oil of the machine and stretch his cramp ed limbs. He was a sight. If ever lii Hie worM there was a soiled atlator Hamilton was that bird. CONFEREES AGREE ON RAILROAD BILL Taft Gets Commission to Probe Stock Watering. REPORTED TO THE SENATE House Short Haul Clause and the Sen ate Provision For Suspension of New Rates Accepted by Conferees. The conferees of the senate and house reached a complete agreement on the railroad bill, and Senator Kl kins Immediately presented the report to the senate. The agreement was In accordance with an announcement made at the end of a conference at the White House, In which Senators Elldns and Aldrlch participated with the presi dent. Although the Democratic conferees, Senator Newlands and Representative A damson, refused to sign the report, inasmuch as they had not participated in its preparation, it is conceded that the report will have a substantial ma jority in both houses, and that a con siderable number of the members of the minority will vote for it. The president's wishes for a com mission to investigate and recommend a method for supervising future stock and bond Issues are included in the conference report. The conferees adopted the house long and short haul provision and the senate provision in regard to the sus pension of the increase in rates. The latter section provides in ef fect that the proposed increases shall not go into effect for a period of elev en months from the time notice is given by the railroads; but it is fur ther provided that the interstate corn merce commission shall give to hear ings on such questions preference over all other questions pending before it and shall make decisions thereon as speedily as possible. The report provides that the section relating to the suspension of Increasi s ill rates and the section providing for the appointment of a commission t > investigate the question of fedorr.l regulation of stocks and bonds shall take effect immediately. The remain ing portions of the bill will go Into effect sixty days from the date of ap proval by the president. There was some friction over put ting into th" hill the paragraph to au thorize the apointmcnt of a commis sion by the president to take up the subject of stock "watering" by the railroads. The president remained firm in his insistence that there should be some provision looking to the control o' future issues of railroad securities that the party might say it had com plied with its platform pledge in this respect. It is said that a committee of railroad attorneys was urging the conferees not to put such a provision in the bill. This fact did not disturb the president. COL. ROOSEVELT SAILS FOR HOME On Last Lap of Record Mak ing Trip. Theodore Roosevelt is now home ward bound. Accompanied by Mrs. Roosevelt. Kermit, Ethel and Mis. Nicholas Longworth, he sailed June 10 on the Hamburg-American line steamer Kaiserin Auguste Victoria. The steamer is due at Quarantine, New York, on the night of June 17, but the former president will not land in New York until the following morn ing. In company with Sir Edward Grey, the foreign secretary, Colonel Roose velt spent the last night of his visit in England at the Brockenhurst. a ho tel in the vicinity of New Forest, Hampshire. The Kaiserin Auguste Victoria had a large passenger list, and when he went aboard Mr. Roosevelt was given quite a reception by his fellow trav elers. As the tender came alongside, the band on the steamer's deck playe.l the "Star Spangled Banner," aud there was a good deal of cheering. Night Riders' Foe Dead. Judge Harris, president of the West Tennessee Laud company, of 1 ipton ville, Tenn., whose life is said to have been several times sought by the Reel loot lake night riders, was drowned while swimming in the Mississippi river. 75C PER YEAR YOUNG BRONCHO BUSTERS Louis and Temple Abernathy Rode 2000 Miles to Meet Roosevelt. ABERNATHYS REACH GOAL Youthful Oklahoma Rough Riders Are Warmly Received. After a ride of two thousand miles on ponies from their home in Okla homa in a journey to New York to greet their father's friend, ex-Pre3i dent Theodore Roosevelt, upon l id ar crowd of at least a thousand people when they drc-w up their tired bron chos before the Hotel Breslin and. dismounting, rushed into the arms of their proud father. Marshal Jack Abernathy, anxiously awaiting to re ceive them. From the moment they reached the city the little rough riders were the center of a continuous reception. They rode off the ferryboat that brought them from Jersey City into a veritable mob. It took six mounted policemen to clear the way, and a constantly in creasing crowd fell in behind. Smiles as broad as their sombreros lighted up the youngster's faces as they bared their heads In salute. Then they slipped from their ponies and hurried into the hotel. The nervy sons of the Oklahoma United Sta'es marshal left their fath er's rani'h-411 the middle west on April 1G and have received great ovations at all points during their trip across the country. Miss Drexel Now Lady Maidstone. The marriage of Viscount Maid stone, the oldest son of the Karl of Winchelsea and Nottingham, and Miss Margaretta Armstrong Drexel. daugh ter of Anthony J. Drexel, of Philadel phia, the first of turee Anglo-American weddings to take place in London dur ing June, was celebrated at St. Mar garet's, Westminster. Rut for the death of the king placing many people in mourning this was to have been one of the big social events of the season. As it was, there was a large attendance both at the church and at the reception held afterward at Mr. Drexel's residence in Grosvenor square. The service was fully choral, the bishop of I.ondon and Canon Henson, of Westminster Abbey, rector of St. Margaret's, officiating. The interior of the little church had been decorated with white flowers, chiefly margue rites. There were ten bridesmaids iti soft white satin, and instead of hats they wore bandeaux of marguerites with long tulle veils. They were Lady Gladys Finch- Hatten, sister of the bridegroom Miss Hilda Chichester and Miss Essex Vere Gunning, cous ins of the bridegroom; Miss nhoda Astley, daughter of Dowager Lady Hastings; Lady Violet Manners, Miss Sybil Fellowes, daughter of Lord de Ramsey; Kiss Constance Combe, the daughter of Lady Combe; Miss Edith Wayne, of Philadelphia, and two American brides-elect. Miss Mildred Carter, who is to be married to Lord Acheson on June 21, and Miss Helen Post, to be married three days later to Montagu Eliot. Charles Mills, son of Lord Hillingdon, was the best man. The two received many presents. The bride's father gave her a diamond tiara and a medallion of diamonds at tached to a jeweled chain, as well as an automobile, in which and Lady Maidstone are to tour the conti nent on their honeymoon. Mrs. Drex el's gift to her daughter was a rope of pearls. The value of the presents has been estimated at more than a quarter of a million dollars. J. P. Morgan sent a diamond cable two yards long, and the George J. Goulds a twelve-carat gem set In a ring. Lehigh Confers Honors. At the forty-first annual commence ment exercises at Lehigh university, at South Bethlehem. Pa., 118 degrees were conferred by Dr. H. S. Drinker on graduates. The address to the grad uates was delivered by Dr. Henry Price, of Brooklyn, N. Y., an alumnus, he being a member of the first clans to enter Lehigh university.
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