Republican News Item.
VOL. XVI. NO. 8
TAFTS RECEIVE
5000 GUESTS
Itirong of Friends Attend Silver
. Wedding Anniversary.
HAND CLASP FCR ALL
The President and His Wife Receive
Congratulations and Many Beautiful
Presents White House Grounds
Elaborately Decorated.
President and Mrs. Taft celebrated
their silver wedding anniversary, ami
it will be many a day before the na
tional capital forgets the function.
Every one, from the most exclusive
social cave dweller to the newest
member of congress, seems willing to
admit that the reception was one of
the most notable social affairs evot
held at the White House.
With the weather absolutely perfect,
the White House grounds transformed
almost into fairyland, the 5000 invite 1
guests having tlie best kind of a time,
and four times that many interested
and enthusiastic spectators stan.ling
twenty deep outside the spiked iron
fence that surrounds the execu ive .
mansion, President Taft as he stood I
at the head of the receiving line with j
the first lady of the land, didn't seem
to have a care in the world. He was,
particularly happy, as he said iei>eat-|
edly in the course of the evening, that
Airs. Taft, lately not in the best of j
health, seemed to have won strength j
lor the occasion and was with him j
every moment of the time that tho!
thousands of guests were iiling by, I
exchanging hand grips and expressing |
the hope that they niigmt be spared;
to be present away off in the future
at the Taft golden wedding day.
Probably not a single one of the
guests had the slightest conception of
the elaborate preparations that had
been made in a decorative way. And [
to those entering the White House,
either from the avenue side or the!
carriage entrance, there was little be -
yond a searchlight playing on the
fountain in front of the porticochere
and a few clusters of lights on the,
lawn to indicate what awaited them,
011 the specious grounds in the rear. \
Pack there, though, the scene was
beautiful beyond description. All
around the outer edge of the acres of
level, short clipped grass within the
White House enclosure swung Chinese
lanterns of fantastic designs, blocks
upon blocks of them, barely six inches
apart, swaying in the light breeze and
casting queer shapes and shadows 011
the lawn.
Within the great square of lanterns
every tree, big and little, every ever
green, every shrub and hush wore a
dress of colored light. From the top of
ancient elms and oaks long streamers
of lights in the national colors, looped
hero and there from branch to branch,
swung downward to the ground. In
the pines and cedars clusters of
smaller bulbs, wound about the
trunks, glowed within the green. From
the roof of the White House a squad
of white-clad jackies from the dispatch
boat Dolphin operated a big navy
searchlight, casting ever-changing col
ored rays on the converging streams
of the great fountain and basin in the
center of the lawn. Just underneath
the huge stream of white light cast
from the Dolphin's big reflector, the
red, white and blue of the national
emblem shone out from the thousands
of colored incandescents arranged
near the top of the back portico of the
White House.
It was a busy 'day at the executive
mansion and a busy and happy day
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@ 1911, by American Press Association
for the Tufts. They were tho recipients
of a fortune in silver, gilts pouring
into the White House by the wagon
load.
Congratulatory cablegrams from
many of the rulers of the world pour
ed into the White House. Former
President and Mrs. Roosevelt sent an
antique silver bowl.
In addition to the silver service
sent by the senate, tho Vice President
and Mrs. Sherman individually senl a
tall silver vase, marked with the mon
ograms of the President and Mrs. Tuft.
The Speaker of the House and Mrs.
Clark sent twenty-five American
Beauty roses, one for each year of
the married life of the recipients.
Tho Secretary of State and Mrs.
Knox sent a massive silver vase for
American Heauty roses.
From the Secretary of the Treasury
and Mrs. MacYoagh the President and
Mre Taft received a fruit platter of
Silver, designed by Mrs. MacVeagh,
and intended for state dinners. It is
oblong in shape, two feet wide and
very deep, with an inner rim of gold.
At either end is a spread eagle, with
the coat of arms of the United Sta'es
The gift of the Secretary of War
ami Mrs. Stimson is a tall silver vaso
and a silver tray.
The Attorney General and Mrs.
Wiekersliam sent a large repousse sil
ver jewel case. It is considered a rare
piece of workmanship.
From Postmaster General Hitchcock
there is a handsome silver vase, in
scribed with the initials of the Presi
dent and Mrs. Taft and the date.
The Secretary of the Navy and
Mrs. Meyer have sent a loving cup.
There are gifts in silver from all tlie
other members of the cabinet. Charles
D. Norton former secretary to the
president, and Mrs. Norton sent a sil
ver jewel case.
Gov. Penr.ewill Has ivy Poisoning.
Governor Pennewill, of Delaware, is
a victim of poison ivy. The executive
is at his home, Greenwood, suffering
from extraneous poisoning due to the
weed.
It was stated that the governor had
come into contact with the plant while
inspecting the state militia camping
ground at Kehoboth, Del., last Satur
day.
LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 1911.
WOOL BILL
PASSESJIOUSE
Revision Measure Put Through
&y Veto of 221 to 100.
27 REPUBLICANS FOR IT
Fresident Sent Message Saying Tariff
Board Had Not Completed Report
and He Could Not Send Data or
Wool.
n> a vote of 221 to 100 the house
of representatives at Washington has
passed the Democratic wool revision
bill The announcement of the result
was greeted with great applause by
the Democrats, who gave Representa
tive Underwood, of Alabama, the ma
joiity leader, an ovation as he stood
in his place to make the final motion
following the formal passage of the
bill.
Democratic joy was quickly changed
to chagrin as Speaker Clark, taking a
document from the table, announced
that a message had been received
from the president of tho United
States. In the message the president
said that flic tariff, board had not
completed its report on the wool
schedule, and that for this reason he
found it impracticable to comply vvitl
the resolution recently passed by the
house calling for the data 011 wool col
lected b f v the board.
The president's opportune announce
ment that the complete wool report of
the board would be forwarded to con
gress in December this year provoked
applause among the Republicans, who
jeered at the Democrats, the house as
a whole having in mind assertions re
peatedly made by Republicans in do
bate that it was unwise to attempt J
revision of schedule Kin advance of
a scientific statement as to conditions
by the tariff board.
Unconsciously the president bail
played a joke on the Democrats.
Twenty-seven Republicans jumped
the reservation and voted for the
Democratic bill. Most of them were
insurgents, some of thein near-insur
gents, while two representatives, An
thony and Campbell, of Kansas, have
hitherto been classed as regulars.
Representative Herger, of Milwau
kee, Socialist, stood by the bill, as did
Representative Aken, of New York,
who is not classified politically. Rep
resentative Francis, of Ohio, who
conies from a big wool district, was
the only Democrat to desert his party.
The last stand of the Republicans
against the bill was made on a motion
of Representative Payne, of New
York, that the measure be sent back
to the committee on ways and means,
with instructions to that committee to
hold it until a report on the wool
schedule was made by the administra
tion board. This was defeated by a
strict party vote.
The wool bill goes to the senate
with the prestige of having passed the
house by a big majority.
ADOPTS NEW GOVERNMENT
City of Trenton Votes In Favor of
Commission Form.
At a special election held in the
city of Trenton, N. J., the voters adopt
ed the provisions of the Walsh act
of last winter, providing for a com
mission form of government, wt!
most of the radical features that are
being tried out in a number of the
cities of the west and south.
The majority in favor of the propo
sition was 11)02, the vote being (1792
for and 4890 against.
Under the Walsh act the entire
present system of government will be
wiped out in the city, whose affairs
will be placed in complete control of
an elective commission of live mem
bers, exercising both legislative and
administrative functions. The com
missioners will elect one of their mem
bers, who will be the putative mayor
of the city. They will hold office for
four years, unless the recall feature of
the act should be placed in operation
in the meantime. The initiative and
referendum are among the other fea
tures of the act accounted upon to add
to the novelty of the new scheme of
government.
Dived From Train to Save Boy.
Willard Allen, a Pennsylvania rail- |
road trainman, jumped from the top
of a fast moving freight car directly
into the feeder of the Delaware &
Raritan canal, near Trenton, N. J., and
saved the life of Charles Johnson, a
fifteen-year-old lad, whose cries for
help had reached the railroader.
Johnson sank just as the trainman
Jumped and he was found on the bot-'
torn of the canal. The risk taken by j
the railroader was very great, but he
did not hesitate an instant.
HiR conductor said he had to report
him for deserting the train, but would
ask the company to reward instead of
censuring him, in that he had saved
life by the brave deed.
SUES FOR DIVORCE
ON BIRTHUF SUN
John Bancroft, Jr., Starts Action
Against Wife, a Dupunt.
CASE CREATES A SENSATION
Wilmington Millionaire Declares Max
Heibler Is Father of Child Born
Three weeks Ago.
John Rancroft, Jr., son of John Ban
crott, millionaire textile manufacturer
ot Wilmington, Del., has applied for a
divorce from his wife, daughter of
Allied I. Dupont, multi-millionaire
vice president of the Dupont Powuer
company.
The action, which caused a sensa
tion, is a sequel to the elopement of
the young couple to Washington, Dec.
8, 1907, where they were married by
Rev. D. C. McLeod. The case is
brought on alleged statutory grounds.
The docket reads: "John Bancroft,
Jr., vs. Mrs. Madeline Dupont Ban
croft and Max Heibler, Jr. Libel for
divorce."
The Max Heibler, Jr., mentioned is
a three-vveeks-old son of Mrs. Ban
croft, the paternity of whom Bancroft
denies. Max Heibler was a resident
of Munich, Bavaria, where Mr. and
Mrs. Bancroft passed much of their
time, following their elopement on
Dec. 10, 1007. The husband declares
that the son born to Mrs. Bancroft is
the child of this Max Heibler.
The case promises to be one of the
most sensational that has ever been
heard in the Delaware courts. Di
vorce cases in this state are heard in
open court, and the caso will come up
at the September term of superiot
court.
The wedding of the couple created
a sensation at the time they left the
home of the girl's father in an auto
mobile, following a stormy scene with
tho girl's mother, and were married
in Washington the same day. At the
time the bridegroom was a student at
Princeton.
Shortly after the wedding Mr. and
Mrs. Bancroft went to Munich, where
the husband completed his studies at
Heidelberg University. Upon return
ing to this country, young Bancroft
became connected with his father in
the Bancroft manufactory.
Allegations are to tho effect that
while the young wife was in Munich,
the husband remaining in Wilming
ton, she had improper relations, con
tinuing at other European cities. The
child was born at the home of Mrs.
Bancroft in this city three weeks ago.
The object in joining the child as
defendant with its mother, it is said,
is to have the court pass upon its
legitimacy.
Neither Mr. nor Mrs. Bancroft are
in this city. He is at Minerva, N. Y.,
and she is at Atlantic City. Mr.
Whlteman, attorney for the husband,
declined to discuss the affair.
Thomas Heisal, lawyer for the wife,
said: "I have a perfect defense."
According to the docket, Mrs. Ban
croft's age is twenty-three and her
husband's twenty-six. It is the im
pression in Wilmington that Mrs.
Bancroft is considerably more than
three years younger than her hus
band.
Record Tour of French Actress.
When Sarah Bernhardt sails away
from New York to Paris on the La
Lorraine on Thursday the expressions
of affection for American theater goers
in which she may confidently be ex
pected to indulge ought to come from
her heart, for her tour in its financial
returns has exceeded the records of
any other French dramatic star.
Independent of the retu.ns of her
coming four performances at the
Globe theater in New York, the gross
receipts of Mme. Bernhardt's season
have totalled $982,000. This huge sum
has been earned in less than eight
months, and the physical energy dis
played by the venerable French genius
during her visit has been quite as
amazing as her artistic powers.
Ai the age of sixty-seven, when most
grandmothesr are content to take only
a passive interest in the affairs of the
world, she has traveled more than
25,000 miles, crossing the continent
twice.
More Postal Savings Banks.
Postmaster General Hitchcock des
ignated fifty additional postal savings
banks, making a total of 700 estab
lished to date. Among those named,
which will be open for deposits on
July J4 are: Chestertown, Md.; Red
bank N. J., and Canonsburg and
Pottstown, Pa.
Child Drowned In Wash Tub.
John Monroskow, five years of age,
was drowned in a wash tub filled with
water at the home of his parents in
Wilmington, Del. The child clambered
upon a bench and fell headlong into
the tub while his mother was engaged
in other work.
SENATOR LUKE LEA.
Gave Quart of His Blood to
Save Wife's Life. j
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Senator to Wife's
Mrs. Luke Lea, >»e senator
From Tennessee, Ui whom an oper
ation was performed at the George
town University hospital in Washing
ton a few days ago, became suddenly
worse and Senator Lea was hastily
summoned.
When he arrived Senator Lea was
advised by the physician that a trans
fusion of blood was the only thing
that would save the patient's life. The
senator immediately submitted to an
operation.
Senator Lea was able to walk about
the hospital with assistance and is ra
pidly gaining strength. It is said that
nearly a quart of blood was trans
fused. Mis. Lea is now thought to be
on the road to recovery.
Convicts Save Family From Fire.
To the bravery of a squad of con
victs William Lewis, his wife and five
children owe their lives.
Lewis is a wealthy planter, and his
large residence occupies a command
ing position 011 the public road a few
miles from uitman. Some twenty con
victs, at work on the road, camped
with their guards near the Lewis resi
dence.
i.oui two olclock In the morning
one of the convkts discovered tho
Lewis residence in flames. He notified
the other convicts, and they ran to the
burning house, being fired on several
times by the guards, who thought the
prisoners were escaping.
When the convicts reached the home
it was almost completely enveloped in
flames, and the Lewis family was in
the story, facing almost cer
tain death. The convicts quickly im
provised a ladder that reached to the
second story and Lewis, wife and five
children were rescued. Several of the
convicts were badly burned.
Lewis announces that he will en
deavor to obtain pardons? for the con
victs. It is said that nearly every
person in the county will sign the pe
tition for pardon.
Murdered and Robbed.
In a little fringe of woods on the
edge of Paradise creek, near Nor
folk, Va., a murder was revealed witer
a party of searcherH out scourin'
the country In quest of J. L. Benton,
a merchant, who had been missing
from his home on Deep Creek shell
road since last Friday, found him with
a gaping wound in his face.
Robbery was undoubtedly the ruling
motive of the crime and a shotgun was
the weapon.
Industrious and possessed of a large
family to care for, Mr. Benton had ac
cumulated considerable money, which
he carried about with him wherever
he went. He had in his pockets when
he left his home on Friday morning
nearly S9OO. When his pockets were
searched the money was gone.
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Idaho Man Urged For Second
Place on Ticket.
For president of the Unite;! States-
William Howard Tat't, ol' Ohio.
For vice president—William Edgar
Borah, of Idaho.
This is the ticket which it is learned
the leaders in the movement to have
President Taft succeed himself are
working for. They are desirous of hav
ing Senator Borah, of Idaho, take the
nomination for second place en the
presidential ticket.
For some days it has been going the
rounds in high political circles th:;t
the administration looked on the
able young senator from Idaho with a
kindly eye. But Tuesday it came out
from a high source that actual over
tures had been made to Senator
* rah to get him to take the nomina
-jii for vice president. lie ha.i been
given to understand he can have the
administration support.
It is admitted on all hands that Sen
ator Borah would make an excellent
running mate for President Taft. The
president likes him and admires him,
despite the fact that they have clashed
sharply on one or two occasions. In
the light for the direct elections
amendment and in other struggles in
the senate Borah has proved himself
the peer in capacity of the ablest men
of the senate. He is one of the fore
most lawyers of that body.
Among the progressives of the "en
ate Borah is recognized as a F.ttong
factor in their cause. He is less rad
cal than Senator LaFolle te, but a:
the same time generally votes for pro
gressive measures.
KERN FAVORS JAIL TERMS
Stone Pile Only Cure For Trust Evils,
Declares Senator.
"The sentence of one trust official
guilty of violating the Sherman law to
the stone pile for thirty days would do
more to break up trust 3 than the insti
tution of a thousand civil suits. Thee
Is no prospect for relief until Individ
uals shall be held personally respon
sible for their Option of tho crimi
nal law.'
So declares John Worth Korn, Dem
ocratic candidate for vice president in
the last Bryan campaign.
"There is no prospect that dissolu
tion prosecutions against trusts under
the civil sections of the Sherman law
will compel the trusts to good behav
ior," he asserts.
Human Remains From Maine.
The first parts of a human body
from the wreck of the batleship Maine
in Havana harbor were discovered
when workmen removing mud and de
bris from the spar deck forward of
the after superstructure found tho
blackened and coral encrusted bones
of a left forearm and right foot.
They were taken in charge by an
Undertaker and placed in a recepta
cle on tiie collier Leonidas.
Of course there is nothing to sug
gest identification, but it is hoped that
this may be established by discovery
of other objects in the immediate vi
cinity.
The water in the cofferdam has now
been lowered thirteen feet below nor
mal, reavealing considerably more of
the craft, especially amidships.
A superficial examination of tho
most recently uncovered portions has
tended somewhat to revive the hope
that it will be possible to lloat the
after half or more of the bull.
Senator Warren to Wed.
Announcement was made in Wash
ington of the engagement of United
States Senator Francis E. Warren, of
Wyoming, who is chairman of the ap
propriations committee, and Miss
Clara I.e Barron Morgan, daughter of
the late John L. Morgan, of Groton,
Conn.