Republican News Item. VOL. XV. NO. 32 CONGRESS CONTEST NOTICE IS FILED White Alleges 6000 Votes For Heald Were Bought. The first formal move made by Rob ert C. White, of Georgetown, Del., the Democratic nominee for representa tive in congress at the last election, and who was defeated by Congress man William H. Heald, in protesting against the seating of Congressman Heald in the Sixty-second congress as a representative from Delaware, was made when Mr. White went to Wash ington and filed two notices of his proposed contest, one with the clerk of the house of representatives and the other was left with his representa tive to be served upon Mr. Heald. In his notice Mr. White alleges that about 6000 votes were bought for Con gressman Heald at the election on Nov. 8. Mr. Heald has thirty days in which to file his answer, after which the matter will be referred to the com mittee on elections of the house, to gether with the testimony in support the matter will be referred to the com of the petition. The taking of evidence in this state will be started at once. The other plans of Mr. White have not beer made public. He is allowed S2OOO fo expenses and so far he has retained as his attorneys Thomas F. Bayard, the chairman of the Democratic state cen tral committee, and former State Chairman Willard Saulsbury, both of Wilmington; ex-United States Senator R. R. Kenney, of Dover, and John M Richardson, of Georgetown. He will also retain counsel in Washington. TAFT GIVES MEDAL TO HERO South Bethlehem Man Who Saved Bluejacket's Life Is Honored. President Tat't presented to William E. Snyder, chief electrician, attached to the scout cruiser Birmingham, a medal of honor for saving the life of a bluejacket who fell overboard in Hampton Roads last Januady. The thermometer was near zero at the time and a strong tide was run ning, but Fnyder dived into the wa ter and, al'lcr some difficulty, succeed ed in saving his shipmate. Snyder is from South Bethlehem, Pa. He appeared at the White House just prior to the cabinet meeting. Addresses Xmas Cards Then Ends Life With gaily decorated Christmas cards about him, the body of Ferdi nand Sailor, a watchmaker, was dis covered in a room at a hotel in Balti more. Saner had committed suicide by shoo! inn. He had employed the last few minutes before ending his life in directing the cards to his friends in Hungary. Church Gets Bulk of Eddy Fortune. The will of Mrs. Mary Baker Glover Eddy, which will be made public in Boston within a few days, it is said, leaves practically the whole of her sl,- 500,000 estate to the Christian Science church. The board of directors of the church is to have the final decision as to the form the bequest will take, it is said. Ex-Congressman Henry M. Baker, of Bow, N. H., a relative, it is under stood, is named as administrator. The will was drawn in 1904, in Concord, N. H. Not a dollar is left, it is said, to George W. Glover, of Lead, S. D., or to Dr. E. J. Foster Eddy, the son and adopted son, respectively, of Mrs. Ed dy. Both recently received substantial sums from her estate. Bequests of from SIOOO to SIO,OOO go to Mrs. Eddy's household staff. Calvin Frye, one of her advisers, gets $lB,- 000, it is said, and Rev. Irving C. Tom linson and Mrs. Laura E. Sargent also are beneficiaries. Members of the board of directors and other leaders of the mother church are not mentioned in the will. HARDWARE'S* WHEN you think of buying hard ware you naturally ask yourself W thig question: "What kind of stove, washer, cutlery, gun,"—or "».n 1 " whatever it may be —"shall I buy? Don't ponder over these things, nor speud your time looking at pictures in "cheap goods" mail-order catalogs. Coroe to our store and let us solve the problem. We have a fine variety of standard goods to choose from. When you think of HARDWARE tbink of COLE'S. SANITARY PLUMBING. We give special attention to Pipit Steam, Hot Water and Hot Air Heating. General job work and repairing In all branches, prompt ly and skillfully executed Samuel Cole, - Dushore, Pa. LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1910. WILLIAM H. LEWIS. Appointed Assistant Attorney Gen eral by President Taft. FIGHT LEWIS' APPOINTMENT Opposition Develops to Colored Lawyer For Assistant Attorney General. Objections to the proposed appoint ment by President Taft of William H. Lewis, colored, former football star of Harvard, and now an attorney of Boston, as an assistant attorney gen eral, are being presented to Attorney General Wickersham. President Taft's intention to appoint Lewis was learned semi-offleially at the White House several weeks ago. Booker T. Washington, the colored ed ucator, called upon Mr. Wickersham to urge his approval of the appoint ment. City of Rome Buys Beef. Acting on the initiative of Mayor Nathan, the municipality of Rome is negotiating with the Swift company, of Chicago, for the importation of 0000 tons of Argentine meat early in 1911. The object of the movement is to compel the lowering of the present high prices of fresh boef. Child Makes Swimming Record. By swimming under water fifteen feet at the Brooklln, Mass., natatorium recently, Miss Mlldren Wyman, seven years of age, has undoubtedly set up a record for a swimmer of her age. She has been swimming for two years and knows all the strokes of the fancy performers. Man Pawns Own Coffin. The high cost of living has forced M. L. Breman, of Atlanta, Ga., to pawn his coffin. Some time ago Breman bought a coffin for his own use be cause he could "pick it up at a bar gain." He needed money, and not hav ing anything else to "soak" he had the coffin carried to a pawnshop. Tight Shoe Costs a Leg. Robert Shapple, of Pottsville, Pa., lost his leg as a result of wearing a tight shoe. His right foot was rubbed to a blister and the new leather poi soned it to such an extent that gan grene set in. Hip leg was amputated below the knee. For Minimum Pension of sls. A modification of the service pen sion bill so as to provide for a mini mum pension of sls is proposed in a bill introduced by Senator Dick, of Ohio. The present rate 13 ?12. M'KINLEY'SNATAL DAYIN DOUBT May be February 26 Instead ot January 29. ■ 11 CONGRESS' OATA CONFLICTS _______ > Directory Issued While He Was Presi dent Gave Birthday as Jan. 29, Bui Six Other Directories Give the Feb ruary Date. January 29 is known from one end of the United States to the other as "McKinley day," but the admirers of the martyred president in his native state of Ohio and elsewhere through out the country will be astonished to learn that Jan. 29 is probably not President McKinley 'B birthday anni versary at all. It is true that in one of the con gressional directories issued when Mr. McKinley was president the date of his birth was given as January 29, 1843. But in all the directories pub lished during McKlnley's six terms as a member of the house of represen tatives the date is given as Feb. 26, 1844. The first sketch of Mr. McKlnley's life which appears in the directory Issued at the beginning of the first session of the Forty-fifth congress Mr. McKinley wrote himself. There are two or three editions of the directory each session, and before each edition waa printed a proof of this 6ketch was seus to him for revision. He must have seen it dozens of times after he origi nally wrote It, and a man Is usually supposed to know the date of his own birth, but there was nevor a sugges tion that the date waa wrong. The same can be said, howaver, of the date of Jan. 29 published in the direc tories during Mr. McKinley's term as president. It was commented upon by members of the Ohio delegation as remarkably that up to this time the question has never been raised. Senator Dick, Rep resentative Keifer, of Ohio, who says he has talked birthdays and ages with President McKinley dozens of tiroes; Representatives Cassldy and Howland, of Cleveland, and other members of the delegation seem to accept the date of Feb. 26, 1844, as correct. One thing is certain, the members of the Ohio delegation are sufficiently Interested in the proposition to make a thorough inquiry. If McKinley day <s really Feb. 26 they don't want Jan. 29 celebrated as such, but that Is the date accepted for some reason or oth er, and they propose to find out why. The dlscreparcy was discovered by Representative Burke, of Pennsylva nia, who had received an invitation to a McKinley day banquet, had lost the card and undertook to dig up the date in a congressional directory. WOULD ADOPT BAPTISM Change In Presbyterian Book of Disci pline Is Proposed. At the meeting of the Pittsburg, Pa., Presbyterians Rev. John IJ. Schaff, of the Western Theological seminary, re porting for a committee of is chairman, recommended the elimina tlon of the words "sprinkling and pour ing" from the book of discipline, and the use of the word "baptize." The adoption of the overture would mean that Presbyterian churches then could immerse men tiers just as they are immersed in Bapiist and some oth er churches. Dr. Schaff urged itd adoption as be ing a means of bringing the churches closer together. PLANS MEMOHIALTO LINCOLN Bill Introduced b" 6*raior Cullom Pro vides $2.0C(,,.0u •' or Monument. A national memorial to Abraham Lincoln, to be erected in Washington at a cost of $2,000,000, is proposed in a bill introduced by Senator Cullom, of Illinois. The bill names a permanent com mission, to be composed of President Taft, Senators Wetmore, of Rhode Isl and, and Money, of Mississippi; Rep iesentaM»es McCall, of Massachusetts, anil Champ Clark, of Missouri. The sum of SIOO,OOO is to be immediately available under the bill. New College Head. Dr. George E. Vincent, of the Uni versity of Chicago, was dent of the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis. He has accepted the place. National Museum Gets Peary Medals. Civil Engineer Peary, the Arctic ex plorer, has deposited in the National museum at Washington the series of sixteen gold and two silver medals that have been awarded to him. WHITE IS NOW CHIEHUSTICE Nominated by President and Confirmed by Senate. OTHER JUDICIAL PUCES Willlis Van Devanter and Joseph R. Lamar Named For Associate Jus tices New Court of Commerce Created. The nomination of Associate Justice Edward Douglas White, of Louisiana, as chief justice of the United States supreme court, which was sent to the senate by President Taft, was con firmed at once. The other nominations sent in will be confirmed later. They are: To be associate Justices, United States supreme court—Judge Willis Van Devanter, of Wyoming, and Judge Joseph Rucker Lamar, of Georgia. To be judges of the new court of commerce: Martin A. Knapp, now chairman of the interstate commerce commission, for a term of five years. Robert W. Archbald, of Scranton, now United Stateß district Judge for the middle district of Pennsylvania, term of four years. William H. Hunt, now a judge of the court of customs appeals, term of three years. John Emmett Carland, of South Da kota, for a term of two years. This is a change from the original slate, Ar thur C. Denison, United States district Judge for the western district of Mich igan, having been selected for this place. Julian W. Mack, now judge in the appellate circuit court of the first Illi nois district, term of one year. To be members of the interstate commerce Commission —B. H. Meyer, of Wisconsin, and C. C. McChord, of Kentucky. The appointments to the interstate commerce commiooion ai«s to nil the vacancies caused by the elevation ot Mr. Knapp to the commerce court and the forthcoming retirement of formei Senator Francis M. Cockrell, of Mis sourl. The commerce court is a court created in the amendment in the Inter state commerce act, passed in June last by this congress. The law pro vides for the appointment of five addi tional circuit judges by the president, who are to constitute the court. The Judges so appointed are to serve on the commerce court, and after being relieved from that service are to be assigned to work on the circuits as circuit judges. The law requires the president to designate in the first appointments the term of years during which the appointed shall serve on the commeice court, and the judge designated to sit for five years on this court is to act as presiding judge. Thereafter the court is to be composed of five judges to be designated by the supreme court from the circuit judges of the United States. Mr. Knapp is named as a judge for the second judicial circuit; Mr. Aarch bold for the third judicial circuit; Mr. Hunt for the ninth judicial circuit; Mr. Carland for the eighth Judicial cir cuit, and Mr. Mack for the seventh judicial circuit. Temple Company Enjoined. The Temple Iron company, of which George F. Baer is president, was de clared an Illegal corporation by the United States circuit court in Phlladel phia. The other features of the petition, which involved the railroads serving the anthracite regions, and alleged agreements for the purpose of creat Ing a pool for the control of the an thraclte coal mining business, as well a 8 the tonnage, were dismissed. The decision was dissented from by Judge Lannlng, who held that the en tire petition should be dismissed. The suit was directed against four teen anthracite railroads and forty-five other companies and operators, con trolling about 90 per cent of the an thracite coal lands of Pennsylvania, and three-quarters of the output of hard coal. The case was argued in the United States circuit court last February by James C. Mcßeynolds, for the United States, while a dozen or more proi.il nent lawyers appeared for the various defendants. Pin Stuck In Her Lung. While helping her mother sew Grace Youngvlsh, of Shamokln, Pa., was seiz ed with an epileptic fit and swallowed three pins, one piercing the lungs. Revised. "Laugh and the world laughs with you," or If it doesn't you needn't care. —Albany Journal. |- -.r. . EDWARD D. WHITE. i Named by Taft as Chief Justice of Supreme Court. / Italy to Get Wife Murderer. Porter Charlton, the youth who has confessed that he murdered his wife, Mary Scott Castle Charlton, last June, thrusting her body into a trunk and sinking it in Lake Como, Italy, and who is now locked up in Hobokeu, N. J., will be extradited to Italy for trial. The announcement that the United States will honor the requisition of the Italian government was made at the state department by Secretary of State Knox. It came as a decided sur prise, the general impression having been that this government would de cline to surrender Charlton because of the construction which the Italian gov ernment has placed on the extradition treaty between the two countries. In the event of the state department having refused the requisition, Charl ton, although a self-confessed mar derer, would have walked out a free man, because the United States courts have no jurisdiction to try the case, Now the young man will be turnea over to the Italian authorities as soon as papers can be made out, provided the extradition isn't attacked in the United States courts on habeas corpus proceedings. It is practically certain, however, that counsel for Charlton will take ad vantage of their legal opportunties to oppose extradition. The usual proce dure would be to bring him into court on a habeas corpus writ, by means of which not only the merits of the mur der case, but also the points involved in the extradition, could be reviewed. Charlton having confessed to the mur der, will have to confine his opposition to the legal points involved in the ex tradition. In any life imprisonment is the severest penalty that may be im posed upon him, as the laws of Italy forbid capital punishment. EXPLOSION KILLS TWO One Was Blown to Atoms by a Pre mature Blast. Two men were killed by a premature explosion in the mine of the Charleroi, Pa.. Coal company's works. The dead are: Job Williams, thirty years old, driver in the coal mine, and A ngelo Bernardo, thirty yearsold. It is supposed that while Bernardo was testing his cable an electric spark In some manner reached the explosive. Bernardo was blown to atoms, while Williams, who was standing about twenty feet from the explosive, was hurled against the side of the mine and instantly killed. Hit Him. Perkins—Did you see Morgan's new machine? Jerkins—Not In time.—Smart Set. FIRST NATIONAL BANK, HUGHTESVILLE, 3P.A.. CAPITAL STOCK $50,000 W, C. FRONTZ President. Surplus and FRANK A. REEDER, Cashier. Net Profits, . 75.000. DIRECTORS: Transacts a General Wm - Frontz, John C. Laird, C. W. Sones, Banking Business ;W. C.Frontz, Frank A.Reader, Jacob Per, Lyman Myers, W. T. Reedy, Peter Frontz, Accounts oflndivid- j A s . Ball> John Bul) uais and Firms solicited. Safe Deposite Boxes for Rent, One Dollar per Year. 3 percent. INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS. 76C PER YEAR GENERAL MARKETS PHILADELPHIA FLOUR quiet; winter clear, $3.U5@3.90; city uii.U, fancy, |5.75®r6. RYE FLOUR quiet, at *4@4.10 per barrel. WHEAT firm; No. 2 red, new, 94Vfe s@95MiC. CORN firm; No. 2 yellow, local, 56@58c. _ 1 OATS steady; No. 2 wbnfe, 38% c.; ■lower grades, 37% c. POULTRY: Live steady; hens, 13% @l4c.; old roosters, 10% c. Dressed steady; turkeys, choice, 25c.; choice fowls, 17c.; old roosters, 12% c. . * BUTTER steady; extra creSnjery, 32c. per 11) EGGS firm; selected, 44@46c.; near by, 39c.; western, 39c. POTATOES quiet, at 58 @ 60c. bush. Live Stock Markets. PITTSBURG (Union Stock Yards)— CATTLE strong; choice, $6.25@6.50; prime, $G<& ti.3o. SHEEP higher; prime wethers, $4.20 (0i4.40; culls and common. s2® 3; veal calves, $9.50@10; lambs, 84.50@6.85. HOGS active; prime neavles and mediums, $7.80; heavy Yorkers. S7.SO @7.85; light Yorkers and pigs, $8; roughs, $G.75@7.15. Barrier Wins Prize and Makes Record. Rene Barrier won the SSOOO prize offered by a newspaper for a flight over the city of Memphis, Tenn., to President's island and return, a dis tance of sixteen miles. Barrier's time was 10 minutes 55% seconds. John B. Moisant also competed for the prize, making the flm flight in 18 minutes 16 2-5 seconds. He drifted out of the course and thus lost to Bar rier. Barrier flew at the rate of 87 and 93-100 miles and hour, establishing a new world's record for the distance. His average height wa3 4000 feet. Moisant, who covered a longer dis tance, flew at un altitude of about 7000 feet. Charles K. Hamilton was painfully bruised when he made a rapid glide of 200 feet to earth, his motor failing at that height. The machine was com pletely wrecked. 101,100,000 Live Under Flag. In the United States and all its possessions the Stars and Stripes pro tect 101,100,000 souls. This enormous number iB the official estimate of the United States bureau of the census, announced in connec tion with the population statistics for the country, as enumerated In the thirteenth decennial rpn.ijs. It in eludes the Philippines, Samoa, Guam, Hawaii, Alaska and the Panama canal zone. Within its borders on the North American continent, exclusive of Alas ka, the Unit«r' States has a population of 91,972,260 inhabitants. Wit.hin the List ten years the states of the Union had an aggregate increase in popula tion of 15,977,691. which amounts to 21 per cent over the 1900 figures. Boys Steal $60,000. The Merchants' National bank, of Manchester, N. H., on last Sunday was robbed of $60,000 worth of col lateral. The affair was not made public until Thursday. The bank's postofflce box, which had been left unlocked, was robbed of checks and drafts. The po3t iflice inspectors suspected Arthur Sag non, a French youth of eighteen, and when he was questioned he said that he and Ernest Harnois, aged sixteen years, had taken the contents of the box. The drafts and checks, with the ex ception of an $lB check, were found in Harnois' room. Both boys were held for the grand jury. Farmer Nearly Killed by Hog. Benjamin Holt, a farmer of near Union Church, Md., four miles west of Elkton, narrowly escaped being killed by a hog. Mr. Holt was driving the hog from the barnyard into a pen, when the boar attacked him, knocked him down and tore his ear. Holt got up, but was again felled by the hog. His clothing was torn and he was badly injured by the hog's tusks. Holt cried for help and a farmhand, coming to his rescue, shot the hog with a gun.
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