Republican News Item JOHN a ENGLISH. Editor. PA WEEK'S NEWS BY TICK AND FLASH What Interests the World Chron icled by Telegraph and Cable. GLANCE AT FOREIGN AFFAIRS Washington Looms Large as a Center of Interest—Legislatures Busy In Many States—The Lights and Shadows of the News. Washington The revenues of the postal service from April 1 to June 30, 1911, the sec ond quarter of the year, aggregate 557,333,453, the expenditures $59,513,- 247, an excess of expenditures over receipts-of $2,179,794. The United States Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Safety Appliance act and practically placed control of all railways doing interstate business under the Inter state Commerce Commission, even as to business exclusively intrastate. Personal Sons of President Taft and J.istice, Hughes won two of the four Sears prizes in the Harvard Law School. Postmaster-General Hitchcock said he is not resigning, is too busy to mar ry and hopes to carry out several pos tal reforms. Representative William B. McKin ley of Illinois, chairman of the Repub lican Congressional committee, issued a call for a meeting of the committee In Washington the first week of the coming session of Congress. It would be a mighty good thing, in the opinion of Lawrence C. Murray, the controller of the currency, if each clearing house association in the United States should appoint a clear ing house examiner. Sporting Harvard will not enter into the In tercollegiate Hockey League this sea son. Clark Griffith, manager of the Cin cinnati National League t9am last season, was unanimously selected as manager of the Washington Senators, to succeed James McAleer, now part owner of the Boston Americans. General 'i lie contract for the bridge across Hen Gate, *\ew xorn, nao oeeu let. ivyrie nenew, actor, died ot pneu monia in bait Lake City. Tiie Armour Grain Company trans ferred many minions of Dus>neis of wheat, thereby outgeneraning the government. President Taft took part in the in stallation of the president of the Uni versity of West Virgiuia at Morgan town. It was announced that Stuyvesaut Fish would head a committee that is to make an inquiry into the United States Steel Corporation's labor con ditions. Pittsburgh gave President Taft the greatest reception of his trip, the crowds which welcomed him being estimated at 250,000 persons; he re viewed a parade of river craft. Secretary Meyer reviewed one hun dred warships in the Hudson at New York and said the presence of the fleet demonstrated the preparedness of the navy for any emergency. Two business men of Pleasantville, N. J., were shot and killed, a third man was seriously wounded and a fourth slightly so by a hunter who mistook them for deer in woods near Mays Landing. The Rev. Frank W. Sandl'crd, head of the Holy Ghost and Us Society , was arraigned before a United States com missioner in Portland, Me., charged with causing the death of a member of the company aboard the yacht Coronet. Judge Harold McClure sentenced Herman Behrens. manager of the Scranton (Pa.) Iron Works, to six months in jail and imposed a fine ol SIOO and the costs of prosecution, for running down in an automobile and 'killing Hayden Leslie Evans, a young collegian. Lawyers for Richeson's defense in Boston declared that Mr. father of the clergyman's fiancee, had lull confidence in the innocence of the prisoner. At the same time it was also hinted that Mr. Edmands's prin cipal interest in the case lay in th« recovery of letters written by his daughter to her fiance and their de struction President Taft, on board the May flower, reviewed the warships in the Hudson River, at New York, in the forenoon and agaJn in the afternoon as the fleet passed out to sea, salutes being fired on both occasions. Serving of liquors in cafes, restaur ants and hotel dining rooms in th« Eftat.e of lowa was stopped for good when the Supreme Court refused to rehear a case to test, the law which It liad previously declared constitutional. Cafe keepers may not permit their waiters togo to nearby saloons to ®et drinks for the customers. Archbishop O'Connell, of Boston, was officially Informed that he is to be elevated to the cardlnalate. The grand Jury of Suffolk County, Mass., Indicted the Rev. C. V. T. Richeson for the murder of Avis Lin nell Seoretary Stimeon accepted a gift of two fine breeding horses from Au gust Belmont. The horses are Vesti bule and Footprint. Governor Foss asked District At torney Pelletier of Boston, to examine Theodore Roosevelt and others before the grand jury on charges of "flagrant violations" of the elections laws. Wholesale liquor men and members of the Board of Supervisors of San Francisco, at a conference, agreed on term 3 of an ordinance which will pro hibit saloons serving free lunch. The United States Steel Corporation declared the usual quarterly dividends on common and preferred stock; it was said no definite action was taken at the directors' meeting regarding the dissolution suit. The contest over the will of" Clar ence F. Glover, the murderedlaundry man, of W'altham, Mass., was settled at Cambridge, Mass., through a pri vate arrangement between the widow and the five brothers of her husband. Attorney-General Wickersham an nounced that the Tobacco Trust's plan of reorganization would satisfy the Government with the adoption of a few modifications which he outlined to the Court in New York. President Taft in issued the customary proclamation fixing Thursday, Nov. 30, as Thanksgiving Day. Bountiful crops, prosperity, na tional peace and the brotherhood of nations are given as special reasons for thanksgiving at this time. Details of the blackballing of Gen eral Daniel E. Sickles by the New York Commandery of the Loyal Le gion on the grounds of military un skilfulness and the reckless sacrifice of his men were made public. Miss Rebecca Krut.tsch.nitt, daugh ter of the Harriman railroad chief, was married in New Orleans to Henry Clifford Woodhouse, a young Canadian railroad man. Her father's present was a million dollars. United States Marshall Henkel served a subpoena on John D. Rocke feller at his estate at Pocantico Hills for his appearance in the United States District Court in Trenton in the government's case aßainst the United States Steel Corporation, in which he is a stockholder. The government filed its answer to the Tobacco plan; Mr. Wickersham insisting on the right to demand furth ed relief, if necessary, within five years; that the United Cigar Stores Company be sold, and that no officer er relief, if necessary, within five mitted to serve in any other during five years. Foreign Secretary Stimson approved the Taylor shop system as installed at the Watertown Arsenal. American missionaries at Peking conferred with the legation jn regard to defense in case of attack. The Porte notified the powers that all vessels whose cargoes were made up of one-half contraband of war would be liable to seizure. Admiral Aubrey notified the Italian government that he was now prepared to carry the war into European or Asiatic Turkey. General Paul Lang, United States consul at Sherbrooke, Que., died after a short illness. He had been consul at Sherbrooke for 15 years. Yuan Shih-kai was appointed Pre mier of China, foreshadowing a cessa tion of hostilitie- and a real constitu tional government. The first bombs to be dropped from aeroplanes in actual warfa-e fell in the Turkish encampment outside Tri poli. The municipal elections in England were noteworthy for the large gains of the Laborites and Socialists, especi ally in the big provincial cities, such as Bradford, Liverpool, Leeds and Manchester. Italy gave unofficial notice of her Intention to extend the belligerent zone to Turkish islands in the Aegeau unless the Porte Eubmlts to the loss of Tripoli. The Chinese throne made further concessions and declared that "here after Manchus and Chinese will be re garded equally," but it is a question whether the rebels will be placated. The complete surrender of the throne to the demands of the revolu tionists is considered at Shanghai, China, to have been an outcome of the negotiations between the latter and Yuan-Shi-Ki. It was stated that the amalagatioa of London's electric tubes and rail roads and omnibus service had been practically agreed upon; the capital of the combined interests is $165,000,- 000; much American money is in volved. Canadian tories now in control will wipe out th,e "navy" established by Laurier. All the northwestern suburbs and approaches to Tripoli were reported recaptured by the Turks. Lady Cclin Campbell died in Lon don. The Chinese Assembly adopted the British constitution as the model on which the new Chinese government is to be patterned; Prince Ching agreed to recommend to the throne that for a parliament be held immediately. The grand lodge of Free and Ac cepted Masons of Scotland has inhib ited the lodge of Forfar and Kincar dine from conferring any further de- Cress on Jack Johnson, the negro prize fighter. TURKEY BEGS US TO INTERVENE Necessity of Prompt Action to Stop Italian Atrocities. OFFICIAL REPLY DEFERRED Youssouf Zia Pasha Formally Lays Complaint of His Government Be fore State Depart.nent and Prays for Aid to Check Butchery. Washington.—The Turkish Ambas sador has been ordered by the Otto man government to protest to the United States Department against the Italian atrocities at Tripoli. He presented Acting Secretary of State Adee with, a formal protest, which says: "The Italian atrocities in Tripoli being confirmed officially and from every quarter, I beg your excellency to reiterate the representation pre scribed in my preceding telegram to insist upon the necessity of prompt and efficious intervention in order to put an end immediately to these in human proceedings." The so-caled "Italian barbarities" in Tripoli have now been brought of flcialy to the attention of the Ameri can government in such form that some declaration of the position of the State Department in the matter is expected. The subject was brouehed first in the course of a verbal statement by the Turkish Ambassador to Acting Secretary Adee and later in the day in the shape of a letter. In each case the Ambassador, who declared he was acting by express cabled instructions from his government, described in de tail the acts attributed to the Italian troops and protested in the name of humanity against the alleged barbari ties inflicted upon helpless women and children and non-combatants by the infuriated soldiery. By order of his government the Am bassador appealed to the United States to exert itself to put a stop to practices that, he declared, are in plain violation of the rules of warfare and in contravention of the Hague convention, to which the United States and Italy are parties. Acting Secretary Adee promised to submit the protest to Secretary Knox, who at present is absent from Wash ington. The Ambassador's note was based upon a cablegram from the Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs. RODGERS REACHES CO<\ST. Across-the-Continent Aviator Finshes His Great Flight. Los Angeles, Cal.—Twenty thousand persons saw Calbraith P. Kodgers, the aviator, finish his transcontinental flight at Pasadena with a series of spiral glides that brought him lightly to earth iu the cleared centre of Tour nameut Park. With his descent at Pasadena, a sub urb of Los Angeles, Cal., Calbraith P. Rodgers has ended the first coast-to coast aeroplane flight and established the greatest crosscountry record in the history of aviation. Hodgers started started from Sheepshead Pay race track, New York, for the Pacific Coast on September 17, and has cover ed 3,229 mileß, which more than dou bles the previous world's record o£ 1,265 miles, made by Harry N. At wood in his St. Louis to New York flight. His journey to the coast was full of accidents in which his life was endangered several times, ar.d weath er conditions and delays prevented him from winning the William 11. Hearst prize of $50,000, for which he originally started as a competitor. CRANBERRY PRICES DOUBLED. Corner in Market Brings Cost to $10.50 a Barrel. Chicago—On account of a corner in the market cranberries have been ad vanced $10.50 a barrel, an increase of about $5 from last year, and as a re sult cranberry sauce may be elimi nated as a feature of many Thanks giving dinners. « District Attorney Wilkerson says that in Wisconsin, New Jersey and Massachusetts, where most of the cranberries are grown, there are or ganizations belonging to a central or ganization in New York, which can control the price. . The average crop is 525,000 barrels of two and a half bushels each. MRS. SCHWAB'S AUTO KILLS. Wife of Steel Magnate in Car that Runs Down a Boy. Mauch Chunk, Pa.—An automobile containing Mrs. Charles M. Schwab, wife of the steel magnate, struck and fatally injured six-year-old Wilbur Nansteel near Lehigliton. LOST MIND IN CONFESSIONAL. Father Sherman, Son of Union Gen eral, Committed to Sanatorium. Boston— The Itev. Thomas Ewing Sherman, S. J., the Jesuit preacher and son of Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman, lias been committed to Dr. Henry Stednian's sanatorium, at Ja maica Plains, after a long struggle with insanity. About a year ago r'ather Sherman became insane while hearing confes sions In a California church, and at/- tempted to commit suicide. JhIFIKS OF LITTLE COATS ARRIVE PARISIAN FAD HAS "CAUGHT ON" IN AMERICA. Coatees, Casaquins and Caracos Are Characteristic Features of Present Fashions—Give Air of Distinc tion to Costume. Frenchwomen have accepted the little coatees, casaquins and caracos, which were one of the most charac teristic features of the empire day dresses. They made their first appearance a short time ago and, since Dame Fash ion has declared her preference for empire and directoire styles, they bounded at once into popularity. In tact, Paris has gone quite mad over them —a way the inhabitants of that fitful city have of doing when any new lad in dress is introuduced. That being the case, It is only a question of time when the style will become quite general here; in fact, a few of them are already seen on wo men who have recently returned from a trip abroad. They are quaintly picturesque and simple in line, but possess a peculiar quality that adds just the right note of distinction to the costume. Imagine, If you can, the attractive ness of a perfectly plain skirt of pale blue and white taffeta, cut over a six gore model, with a panel back and front and having a raised waist line, with the bodice taking the shape or a little coatee of pale blue voile, finished at the high waist with a small rounded basque mounted on a thick cord cov ered with plain blue taffeta. The coatee finishes in the back with two long coat-tails of Irregular length, cut square at the bottom and finished with a narrow ball fringe which also bordered the basque. The front of the coatee crosses in front and is fastened at the waist with a small flat rosette or tiny pink rose buds, the V-shaped opening being bor dered with a collar of finely pleated lawn edged with blue: a little gulmpe of transparent tulle fills in the V. Although seemingly perishable, they really last a remarkably long time. They give a softness to the throat that is unobtainable in any other way. Many or jhem are made ot flesh-col ored tulle, which when worn with af ternoon frocks gives them the appear ance or being decidedly decollete. With evening gowns for semi-dress oc casions they are wonderfully effective. To return to the coatee, these little garments are made of figured silk or satin combined with plain skirts, or vice versa. Others are of cloth, vel vet, marquisette, chiffon or even net lined with a delicate shade of satin. The cut can be varied to suit the wearer, but they all are made with the snort e-. .plre waist and elbow sleeves. New Trimmings. The extensive use of double-faced cloth this season has done away with tlje use of trimmings on many of the utility coats, BB the majority employ the reverse side of the fabric for col lars. revers, cufTs and pocket flaps. When a single texture is used for a garment plain cloth In a contrasting color Is used as a trimming, frequently giving the effect of a coat made of double-faced cloth. Plain and novelty velvets are like wise favored and some satin Is also used. It looks now as If fur and Imitation fur would be popular as a trimming on winter garments, as the few now being shown are taking readily. CASE PROTECTS THE BRUSH Artice of Necessity if Silver Toilet Utensils Are to Be Kept Properly. tlnles-. a silver-backed brush Is pro tected in some manner, while it is not In actual use. It will soon become scratched and tarnished, and the case " A ° for this purpose, of which we give a iketch, is ornamental, and can be »t.sily made. To obtain the size in which to make It, ihe brush should be laid, back downwards, upon a piece of stout card- SIDE FRILLS EASY TO MAKE Heavy White or Ecru Net Best Ma terial for Body—Square Meshed Net Also Good. The side frill that does so much to freshen a simple waist must be o' fine material, or it gives a blouse a com mon look. These are costly to buy, but easy to make with net and lace. The newest frills are cut about three Inches wide at the top and taper to nothing at the bottom, which some times reaches to the belt, more often just below the bust line. A rather heavy white or ecru net Is the best material for the body of the frill. It is generally finely plaited, but launders better if cut straight and slightly held in so as not to span. Edge with a row of heavy lace Inser tion with an edging to match, and if unplaited put a second row of inser tion a half inch from the outer one. A smart frill is made of heavy square meshed net worked on the edge with a shallow, irregular scallop done in white rope silk In buttonhole stitch. ▲ simple cross stitch design in Greek key or other simple lines is worked on the Inside of the frill in the rope silk. Two or three rows of this stitching may be used. The mull frill, delicately embroid ered in white mercerized cotton in a simple floral design, is dainty on a wash silk waist, but is less popular than the net and lace ones. An all lace frill is not pretty unless the lace is a good quality and very fine. BECOMING COIFFURE Of black velvet ribbons tied at the back in a flat bow, with large pa»te buckle. American Woman Rivals Parisian. Society customs have changed much during the past ten years. No longer does the senator or congresman feel that he must wear a silk hat and frouk coat to the white house. Even gloves have been put under the ban. and foreigners Insist that Americau men are becoming careless In their attire, although on the other hand they say that the Americau woman is every year more chic in her dress. "The time is at hand." declared the speaker, "when Parisians will have to look well to their laurels as resi dents of the city of well-dressed wo men." —Affairs at Washington, Joe Mitchell Chappie, in National Maga zine. Longer Skirts. The afternoon frock shows skirts Just a little longer than In the sum mer. The innovation is to be greeted with joy, for the foot must be at tractively shod and of the daintiest proportions to withstand the shortness of the scant skirt that will ride up when the wearer is seated. So longer skirts —and just a little fuller—lf you would heed the mandate of the Paris designers. board, and a line drawn round it with a pencil, about an eighth of an inch from the edge of the brush. The shape so oHained should then be cut out and smoothly covered on one side with silk, and the other with velvet, with a little wadding underneath. For the side of the case a second piece of cardboard should be cut out in the shape shown by diagram D, and it should be of sufficient length to reach from point B to C In diagram A. This piece of cardboard is also cov ered on one side with velvet and the o.ther with silk, upon which some pret ty little design, such as suggested iu the sketch, has been worked. When this has been done, it may be bent into shape and sewn In an upright position t the lower part, and fo complete the case it is entirely edged with a fine silk cord. The small sketch E at the top shops the brush in the case, and as the silver back of the brush rests upon the velvet It will help to keep it from the effects of the air, and prevent it from being scr-tched. Amber Beads Again. Once more in favor are these glis tening, gleaming yellow beads which since the time of our grandmothers have been worn as necklaces. VVith the collarless blouses and the lingerie frocks, with their low necks, neck ornaments are especially fash ionable, and this gives added oppor tunity for the wearing of this pretty old-fashioned bead. All sizes are worn, from the small pea-sized bead to the one large as a good-sized marble. And In the jewel ers' shops one may purchase them by the string or by the dozen. In this lat ter way making it one pleases. i i ■ \ ■■ ■ .wMtw BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU MERIR C^LDS The danger In using patent medi cines is from the stimulants and dan gerous drugs which many of them de pend on for their temporary effect. Because it is free from alcohol, nar cotics and dangerous drugs, Father John's Medicine has had 50 years of success as a tonic and body builder, for healing throat and lungs and in the treatment of coughs and colds. Father John's Medicine is a doctor's prescription,—pure and wholesome. Guaranteed. What Travelers Needed. A traveler's outfit 300 years ago was somewhat different from the present day. In "Touring in 1600," by / E. S. Hates, the following list is given: "First among requisites Is a book of prayers and hymns effective for salvation without being so pugna cious, doctrinally, as to cause sus picion. Next, a notebook; a watch, or% pocket sundial; if a watch, not a striker, for that warns the wicked you have cash; a broad-rimmed hat, » gaiters, boots, breeches (as if his , friends would let him start without any!), gloves, shoes, shirts, handker chiefs, etc." TWO CURED OF SKIN TROUBLE "I have suffered from birth with skin trouble, and doctored with four of the best doctors that could be found, without any lasting effects. Then I used several kinds of patent medicines, only growing worse in stead of better. After using them a long time I was so bad that it took the hair off my head, and even my eyebrows too, and made my eyes so bad that I was kept in a dark room for several weeks. I was out of my head for a long time. A friend told me to get some of the Cuticura Rem edies and she knew they would cure me, so I got some packages of Cuti cura Ointment and Resolvent and used them and was cured. This was about two years ago, and I have never had a touch of it since. "Also my husband had had salt rheum for twenty-three years, and after I had such a wonderful cure through the use of the Cuticura Reme dies, he sent for some Cuticura Soap. Cuticura Ointment and Resolvent, and used them himself and he was cured. His flesh was covered with stuff like fish scales, especially in the winter, and he even had it in his hair so bad he had to keep his hair cut close to his head. It even grew down on his face, but we are now both happy over our cures through the use of Cuticura treat ment." (Signed) Mrs. Laurence But ler, Chesterfield, N. H.. Jan. 10, 1911. Although Cuticura Soap and Oint ment are sold everywhere, a sample of each, with 32-page book, will be mailed free on application to "Cuti cura," Dept. 17 K, Boston. THE LESSER EVIL. a tree when there's a thunder storm. Second Tramp—Ain't you afraid uv lightning? First Tramp—Well, yes—but I'm more afraid uv water. Natural Ending. "Our cook's dead." "Indeed? Did she die a natural death?" "Yes, the natural death of a person who tries to light a fire with kero sene!" —Stray Stories. COLDS Cured in One Day As a rule, a few doses of Munvon's Cold Remedy will break u[f any cold mid pre vent pneumonia. It relieves the head, throat anil lunas almost instantly. Price 25 rents at any druggist's, or sent postpaid. If you need Medical advice write to Munyon's Doctors. They will carefully diagnose your case and give you advice by mail, absolutely free. Address Professor Munvon, 53d and Jefferson streets, Philadelphia, Pa.
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