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COURT NEWS
Orphans’ Court
Proceedings,
Real Estate, Marriage
Licences, Etc.
REAL ESTATE.
Wm. Friedline, to Henry P. Kraft,
Lincoln twp., $2,000.
Maust Lumber Co.,
Elk Lick twp.,, $100.
Wm. H. Miller to Wm. Daley,
Quemahoning twp., $5,000.
Daniel Saylor, to Henry Friedline,
Jennertown, $100.
Joseph W. Daniels to Frauk R.
Daniels, Jenner twp., $1.
Jesse H. Tressler,to Michael Martin,
Fair Hope twp., $50.
George W. Emerick to John W.
Sturtz, Fair Hope, twp., $65.
John W. Sturtz, to Wesley A.
Sturtz, Fair Hope twp., $700.
Benjamin H. Husband to Amanda
Husband, Summit twp., $1,600.
Edgar M. Mack to Preston W.
Rishel, Windber, $500.
Andrew Coughenour to Droney
Lumber OCo., Addison twp., $1.
Joseph Ringer, to Francis J.
Maust, Somerset twp., $2,000.
Wilmore Coal Co., to Jane] To-
manec, Windber, $625.
John Jersick to Mary Stefancsik,
Windber, $1,100.
Noah Pritts to Virginia C. Walker,
Garrett, $800.
John H. Seibert, to Annie M.
Queer, Somerset twp., $1,500.
Robert G. Colborn to Joseph
Krivanejak, Windber, $725.
J. William Christner’s executor to
Joseph M. Bricker, Somerset, $1,682.
MARRIAGE LICENSE.
Morris Isaacson, of Boswell and
Fannie Berger, of New York City.
Daniel McOarthy, of Windber, and
Verna Florence Weyand, of Shanks-
ville.
Harvey F. Shipley, of Confluence,
and Lucy Lucille Hoffman, of Addi
son.
John Edward McQuaide and Bin-
nie Bebecca Tipton, both of Berlin.
George W. Pritts, of Brothersvalley
twp., and” Lottie M. Hoover, of
Rockwood.
Edward Doyle, of Brookville,
Ontario, and Ada May Walker, of
Meyersdale.
John Wesley Clouse, of Somerfield,
and Mary N. Grawford, of Henry
Clay twp., Fayette county. k
John Parnell and Edna Tressler,
both of Confluence.
Olay T. Yaist of Meyersdale and
Ruth McKenzie of Garrett.
Constantonia Palumbo and Anninni
Bartolomucei, both of Windber.
Michael Chupek and Anna M
Bubnar, both of Listie.
WILLS.
to Eli Clites
The will of Rosanna Saylor, late of
Somerset was probated. She directs
that her estate be equally divided
among her children—0. O. Saylor,
Luther 8. Saylor, Ida B. Nycum,
Malinda Miller’s —heirs, Virgil R.
Saylor, and Wm. A. Saylor. 0. O.
Saylor, is named as executor. The
will was dated September 7, 1910,
and witnessed by W. H. Ruppel and
Charles H. Ealy. \
Elizabeth Lehman, late of Windber,
bequeathed equal shares of her es-
tate to the following heirs —Katha-
rine Anne Custer, Mary Keim, Susan
Thomas, Sarah Orris, Elizabeth Baum-
gardner and Henry Lehman. George
H. Fyock is appointed executor.
The will was dated October 17,
1908 aud witnessed by Maude Milliken
and John H. Morley.
Herman Shaffer, late of Friedens,
bequeathed his entire estate to his
widow, Julia Shaffer, who is also
named as executor. The will was
dated October 19, 1918, and witness-
ed by Wm. Winters and Haryey A.
Leydig.
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION.
Harry E. Weigley, estate of Ezra
J. Weigley, late of Somerset. Bond
$2,600.
J. W. Barkley, estate of William
Bearl, late of Jefferson twp. Bond
$1,000.
John A. Heiple, estate of Katha-
rine Heiple, late of Somerset twp.
Bond $600.
Patrick Hogan,
rine Hogan,
Bond $6,000.
estate of Katha-
late of Confiuence.
DEAD LETTER LIST.
John Beéler, Coo Brown, Mrs. T.
W. Connaway, Miss Naomi Derr, H.
L. Folk, Mrs. Henry K. George, Wm.
Kimmel, Mrs. Christena Rodgers,
and J. P. Smith.
Aug. 25, 1913, J. F. NAvUGLE, P. M.
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action weakens the bowels, leads to
| terest will likely be somewhere be-
State Demonstration Orchards
The most remarkable results are
now being seen in the State Demon-
stration Orchards, under State Zoolo-
gist H. A. Surface and the inspectors,
in every County of Pennsylvania.
There are from three to five Public
Demonstration Orchards in each coun-
ty, and in almost every case these
orchards are at the present time by
far better in appearance and in
amount and quality of fruit, than
other orchards in the same regions.
Tens of thousands of persons who
read this article live near enough to
the Demonstration Orchards to see
them, and observe for themselves
that this is t.ue. The locations of
the Demonstration Orchards are now
generally known through the an-
nouncements that were made of
Demonstrations last spring. The
owners in every case are quite proud
of the results, and are quite willing
to show visitors through the orchards,
and let them see what this work
means. :
During a period of scarcity of fruit
these Demonstration Orchards are
the chief ones that are yielding this
year. It has been noticeably so in
several counties. In fact, the or-
chard privately owned by State
Zoologist Surface, and operated un-
der his direction, located near Me-
chanicsburg, in Cumberland county,
now has the largest and finest crop
of peaches grown in Pennsylvania.
He has demonstrated above all else
ability to produce a large cropin a
time of comparative scarcity ecarcity
elsewhere, which as he has long
claimed is the profitable method of
orcharding. On his eighty acres of
bearing trees he will have over twen-
ty thousand baskets of peaches, and
the trees are in healthy condition,
and at this time are forming good
fruit buds for next year’s crop.
Any person wishing to see types of
proper pruning, or results of proper
spraying, or care of trees, is invited
to visit any of the Demonstration
Orchards in any county of this State,
and see that this work means adding
millions of dollars to the productive
resources of Pennsylvania. There
has never been a season when the re-
sults were more gratifying vo ‘the
demonstrators and to the orchard
owners. :
remem —————
For Good Roads.
The stopping of repair work on the
main and State aid highways of the
Pennsylvania State system by the
Highway Department because of the
controversy over the meaning of the
act of assembly appropriating income
from automobile licenses to public
road improvement has brought home
forcibly the unsatisfactory method
now in vogue in this State for provid-
ing money for highway development.
To begin with, the lavish appropria-
tions by the 1913 Legislature forced
reduction of allowances for road pur-
poses and owing to a technicality,
which will require court action to
determine, over three quarters of a
million dollars which the Senate and
House of Representatives clearly
meant should be devoted to the roads,
is held up.
If the State had an authorized loan
for road improvement, by which a
certain amount of bonds could be
issued each year, there would be no
difficulty in outlying a program for a
decade or more. Those in charge of
the State Highway department would
then Ekunow to the dollar how much
would be available for construction
and the biennial appropriation bill
would be relieved of that charge and
liberal allowances could be made for
repairs and for the improvement of
the ‘‘dirt roads’’ in townships The
contention that the loan will require
$3,000,000 a year to carry it is nota
good argument against the loan, even
if it were true. The bonds will run
from thirty to fifty years and the in-
tween four and fiye per cent. Some
of the money now directly appropriat-
ed to . highway construction can be
used for these fixed charges and a
large amout left over for construction
of State aid highways and for better-
ment of township roads. It is fair to
assume that before long the income
from automobile and motor cycle
licenses will run over a million dol-
lars a year and as thisincome is to be
devoted to road improvements it can
easily be seen that there will be more
money available for distribution to
the rural districts.
All over the State there are com-
plaints that road improvement is not
going fast enough and that applica-
tions for State aid are not put through
because of lack of funds. The diffi-
culty is that Pennsylvania, having
for the first time a comprehensive
road building program, has not the
money under the present system of
providing for charitable institutions
and other objects, to construct the
roads. Its income is large, but there
is no fixed plan of distribution. This
is the very thing which the constitu-
tional amendment permitting the
State to issue bonds for road improved
is designed to provide. Special taxes
for special objects or upon certain
classes of property have generally
brought complications, and in the
chronic constipatton. Get Doan’s
Regulets. They operate easily. 25c
at all stores. ad
Peas D UP IN
ENNSYLVANIA
Bradford.—William Gallagher, alias
Carl McCarthy, and James Hayes are
in the county jail at Smethport await-
ing trial for burglary. The store of
Oberg & Co. at Hazelhurst, Pa., was
robbed. The two prisoners were iden-
tified by Mrs. Joseph Rheinhart and
Mrs. Mary Dickson, who live in the
rear of the store and saw the two men
enter and leave the building. Shirts
upon the backs of the prisoners were
identified as those taken from the
Oberg store and Gallagher had a quan-
tity of postage stamps which were
taken from the cash register.
i
Johnstown.—The Operators’ Coal
Co. of Johnstown is securing titles tc
a tract of 6,000 acres of coal and 1,000
acres of surface in east and west
Wheatfield townships. This company
has just secured options on a fine res-
ervoir site on Butler Run, one of the
few available sites that are not con-
trolled in this section by the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Co. or other large cor-
porations., This is the tract of coal
that the Pressed Steel Car Co. tried
to purchase several years ago.
Washington.—A bench warrant was
issued by the courts of Washington
county for the arrest of John Speich-
or, a wholesale liquor dealer, of Heid-
leberg. Allegheny county, who was to
have been tried for alleged violation
of the liquor laws in this county.
When the case was called Speicher
was not present. His attorney, a
Pittsburg man, also was absent.
Conemaugh.—Annexation to Johns-
town is desired by fully 90 per cent
~f the residents of Conemaugh, say
well known men of that place, who al-
lege that the only persons who are
igainst the move for annexation are
‘he town officials and stockholders of
1 local water company, who benefit
yy the fact that the contiguous bor-
ough is not a part of the city.
Esplen—Fred Hamilton, foreman,
snd Victor Fenton were severely
burned when a temporary building of
the Prestolite Co. was struck by light-
ning and destroyed by fire. The dam-
ijge to building and machinery is
$6,000.
Leroy Batzler, aged 23, a brakeman
on the Pennsylvania railroad, was
struck by a train on the Monongahela
iivision and died in St. joseph’s hos-
pital.
Erie.—After hearing the testimony
of Motorman Shuring and Conductor
Matz, in charge of the street car that
struck and fatally injured Harry
Southard, and of Dr. W. R. Hunter,
vho attended him until his death, the
zoroner’s jury exonerated Motorman
“huring from all blame and held that:
he accident was unavoidable.
Uniontown.—Diving into the waters
f the Monongahela river at Mount
terling, Edward W. Boyd, aged 40, a
rominent attorney of this place,
same to the surface and called for
1elp. His companions could not
each him in time to save him from
‘eath. Attorney Boyd was a son of
the late Col. A. B. Boyd of Uniontown.
He was a graduate of the University
~f West Virgiria and of the Univer-
-ity of Pennsylvania Law school. He
was a veteran of the Spanish-Ameri-
can war. .
Mechanicsburg. — F. K, Ployer, ex-
sashier of the Second National bank
and a well known resident of Me-
chanicsburg, was painfully injured in
~arlisle. Mr. Ployer went to Carlisle
to visit his daughter, Mrs. Walter Stu-
art, and was carrying a basket. On
2lighting from a car he stooped to
nick up the basket from the ground
ind was struck and knocked down.
An ugly gash was cut in his face and
he was badly bruised.
Washington.—A near riot occurred,
t is said, in the Dutch Fork Disciple
church in Donegal township, when
one faction opposed to the present
pastor, Rev. T. B. H. Teeple, is said
to have entered the church during
services and attempted to hold a con-
gregational meeting to elect a pastor.
Neither faction would leave the
church, and a telephone call was sent
to Sheriff R. G. Lutton to send depu-
ties to the church. Two deputy sher-
iffs were sent, but when they. arrived
at the church the edifice was locked
and bolted.
Columbia.—The boys of this bor-
ough have combined to clean up the
streets for the coming old home week
celebration and they have started the
work in East Columbia, where they
have removed all the stones and sur-
plus dirt and all kinds of refuse. mat-
ter from one of the principal thorough-
fares. The work will be taken up in
other sections of the borough and, en-
couraged by the board of health and
council, it is expected that the town
will present an attractive appearance.
The council has awarded a contract
for the painting of the opera house,
which is owned by the borough, and
that work is nearly completed.
Waynesboro. — Several prospectors
were on hand when the work of clear-
ing up the ruins of the Blue Moun-
tain house, recently burned, was
started, anxious to drive a bargain
and, it is said, that a number of wheel-
barrow loads of the ashes were sold
to them for 25 cents each, the pur-
¢haser having in view the possibility
of finding some of the jewelry and
other valuables lost in the fire.
Corry.—The new hose wagon for the
use of the first ward fire team ar-
rived from Rochester and will be
placed in active service. The wagon
is a combination hose and chemical.
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What Would Newspapers Do?
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SULZER SURE OF °
HIS VINDICATION
Says Story He Will Tell Will
Exonerate Him
WILL BARE HIS ENTIRE LIFE
“Am Hounded,” He Declares in Letter
to General Drake—North Carolina
Librarian Ships Gov. Holden Im-
peachment Records to Albany.
Albary, N. Y.—Governor Sulzer ex-
pects vindication at the hands of the
Court 'of Impeachgnent, before which
he is to be tried beginning September
18. He confided this belief to several
of his friends who called to see him in
the Executive Chamber, but when
they asked him on what grounds he
based this hope he refused to state
his reason.
“If the case were submitted to a
vote of the people,” the Governor is
quoted to have said, “I would be ex-
onerated by a vote of more than 3 to
1. But even with the Senate sitting,
I have no fear of the verdict. I am
sure my defense, the story which I
am determined to tell, will leave noth-
ing for the court to do but exonerate
me.”
Publicity, Governor Sulzer made the
declaration that when he tells the
| story his private life and public car-
eer will unfold and leave nothing of
which he will be ashamed. He made
a statement to this effect to a delega-
tion from Albany, which presented
him with a floral horseshoe. This
story, which counsel have advised
Governor Sulzer against telling until
he appears before the Court of Im-
peachment, is the thing upon which
the Governor is staking his hopes.
Governor Sulzer will not stump
New York City in the interest of the
election of John Purroy Mitchel, the
Fueion candidate for Mayor, as has
‘been hig intention since the impeach-
ment proceedings commenced.
No iriendship which Governor Sul-
zer hag for John Purroy Mitchel or no
enmity which he holds for Tammany
Hall and Charles F. Murphy would
influence him to go back on Edward
1. McCall, and for this reason he has
abandoned his plan of stumping New
York City for Mitchel
Judge D-Cady Herrick, chief counsel
for Governor Sulzer, has decided to |
take the controversy to the courts.
Protests His Innocence.
Blizebeth, N. J.—General J. Madi-
son Drake of this city has received a
letter from Governor Sulzer, in which
the impeached executive protests his
innocence of the charges made against
him and declares that he is being
hounded and traduced by Charles F.
Murphy and his “hirelings.” The let-
ter was a reply to 'a note of sympathy
sent by General Drake to the accused
Joverncr.
North Carolina Sends Records.
Raleigh, N. C.—North Carolina ship-
ped from its library to Albany, N. Y,,
the records of the impeachment of
Governor Wiliam Holden, who was
convicted in 1871 and retired frem the
goverucrship. New York State’s lib-
rary called for the records to be used
tn tha trial of Governor Sulzer.
Governor Holden was convicted
chiefly on his refusal to recognize
writs of habeas corpus for alleged
members of the Ku Klux Klan.
ADMITS KILLING 50 BABIES.
Woman's Confession Involves Five
Philadelphia Doctors.
Philadelphia, Pa. — A handsomely
gowned woman was arrested by Coro-
ner'’s detectives at an undertaking
establishment, where she was about
to give directions for the shipment of
the body of a young woman to a Mary-
land town.
The woman gave the name of May
Simmons and her residence as Arch
street above Fifteenth. She confessed
she had either burned or drowned at
least fifty new born babies.
Warrants have been sworn out for
five doctors implicated in the con-
fession, and for several nurses and
three men who are said to have exact
ed tribute from the syndicate for po-
lice protection.
DIES TRYING TO LAND BIG FISH.
Dr. Van Riempst Catches in Line
When Boat Upsets and Drowns.
Sararac Lake, N. Y.—Dr. Theodor
Schaspkens Van Riempst of Hudson
was drowned in upper Saranac Lake
when trying to land a great northern
pike which he had hooked and played
for a Lalf hour.
Dr. Van Riempst was trying to gaff
the pike when swells of a passing
launch struck their rowboat, capsiz-
ing it. In the struggle in the water
the physician became entangled in
the fish line, sinking at once.
AUTOIST GETS 18 MONTHS.
A. B. Perrine Sentenced in Jersey
Court for Death of Man in Collision
Trenton, N. J.—Addison B. Perrine,
of Hightstown, N. J, convicted "of
mansiaughter for running his automo-
bile into an autotruck several months
ago, when Joseph B. Wishart driver of
the truck, was thrown out and killed,
was sentenced to 18 months in the
Mercer County workhouse.
Perrine, it was charged, had been
drinking when the automobile he was
driving collided with the truck.
HUERTA PRESSED
BY THE POWERS
Central America Supports Wil-
son in Eff ts to Secure Peace
PRESIDENT WANTS SUPPORT
Ready to Proclaim His Policy—Great
Britain, France and Japan United in
Advising Mexico's Military Presi-
dent to Move for Peace.
Washington. — Besides Great Brit-
ain, ‘France and Japdn, practically all
the Central and South American coun-
tries are lending their support to the
efforts of the United States to bring
about a peaceful settlement of the
Mexican revolution.
Unless satisfactory overtures are
made by the Huerta Government
President Wilsbn will proclaim in per-
son in a message to both houses oi
Congress the principle that constitu-
tional government alone can be recog
nized in Mexico.
He also will outline the suggestions
of the United States for the elimina
tion of Huerta and the establishment
of a legally constituted administratios
in the Southern republic.
That the United States is backed b:
a world wide sentiment in its peac:
policy is conceded in diplomatic ci
cles here. Tangible evidence of th:
attitude of France came in news dis
patches from Paris saying it was prac
tically certain President Poincare anc
Foreign Minister Pichon would not re
ceive Francisco de la Barra, appointec
Minister to France by Provisiona
President Huerta and now on the wa;
to his post.
His status, it was pointed out in the
advices from Paris, was similar tt
that of General Felix Diaz, specia
Ambassador to Japan from the Huert:
administration, who, it was announce«
in Tokio, would not be welcomed.
Pressure Put on Huerta.
Great Britain’s announcement re
cently that the recognition of Huerte
had been provisional pending an siec
tion, taken together with expression
from France and Japan, all of wion
have formally recognized Huerta, ar
not the only public manifestaticns ¢
sympathy with the pclicy of tr
United States in opposing Huerta, I:
in the quiet reai:a of diplomacy
greater pressure is being brought ft
bear on the Huerta rezime to yield t
the American suggestions for peac:
Assurances that Jatin Americ
stands by President Wilson have bes
informally received here. This ha:
been expected, however, as the inte:
ests of Central and South Americe:
countries, where volatility of gover -
ment has prevailed through milita »
dictatorships, are admittedly in lin?
with the attitude taken by the Unitcd
States in the present situation.
Although President Wilson has fii-
jshed his message, which will embrar :
not only a summary of the proposa:s
made by John Lind and the reply cf
the Huerta government, but a state-
ment of the policy to be followed by
the United States Administration, offi
cials were reticent to discuss what
course would be pursued.
THAW PLANS VERMONT FIGHT.
Campaign of
That State.
Sherbrooke. — While his lawyers
were holding long and serious confer-
ences today, seeking some plan to
prevent his return to Matteawan,
Harry Kendall Thaw paced up and
down in his room in the jail working
out an elaborate publicity campaign
by which he hoped to arouse uublic
sentiment in his favor, both in Can-
ada and Vermont. Thaw served notice
on his counselors that so far as his
relations with the newspapers were
concerned he would steer his own
course, and they have given up their
efforts to check him. Apparently Thaw
believes that there is grave danger
that he will be deported into Vermont
and that is the reason he is preparing
now to wage a fight to capture public
opinion there. When reporters visited
him today, he immediately began to
ask questions about that State, and
wanted to know all about the news-
papers there.
With Thaw the subject of publicity
is an obsession. He believes the legal
side of his case is of secondary im-
portance and that if he can get his
own arguments before the people he
never will go back to Matteawan. He
says he has documents of importance
to reveal, but what they are he does
not say. He did assert, however, that
he wished to tell the public that he
was being persecuted and the officials
of New York State were endeavoring
to use the Canadian immigration lags
te extradite him.
Plans Publicity in
Mexico City, Aug. 24. —Mlilitary de-
velopments last week were much as
to warrant the belief that the Govern-
ment was making much headway
against the revolution and the bandits.
COLONEL WON'T CELEBRATE.
Roosevelt Will Stay Away from Pro-
gressive Birthday Party.
Albuquerque, N. M.—Col. Theodore
Roosevelt will not attend the birthday
celebration of the Progressive Party
‘to be held in Chicfgo on Aug. 30. He
so announced when here on his way
to New York from an outing in north.
ern Arizona. Further than this, he
declined to discuss the subject.
The Colonel will be in Chicago, only
long enough to change trains for New
York.
HUMOR OF VARIOUS NATIONS
Different Races Have Special Ideas!
of Jokes Which Seem to Appeal
to Them Alone.
A man who has nothing else to do,
anyhow, has taken unto himself the
task of gathering from, the comic pa-
pers of six nations the leading topics
which appear to be the favorite:
themes of humor in each country.
Here is a brief summary of the re-
sult:
The Germans’ pet ticklers are: AJ
professor who forgets his umbrella;!
a college student who drinks beer and!
“touches” a friend for a loan; thel
misses who worship army officers, a
husband without the front door key;|
the cook’s lover, usually a soldier, hid
den in the kitchen; mother-in-law.
Englishmen prefer: Kisses (in alll
descriptions) ; boys who are afraid of}
getting mixed up with a miss and bel
sued for breach of promise; an un«
lucky bettor; an unskilled golf player;
ditto, football; ditto, cricket; ditto,
Rugby; Americans who talk througt)
the nose; mothers-in-law.
French people giggle on jokes onj
soldiers and nurses; wives who—;'
husbands who—; boys who—; girls]
who—; the German tourist in Paris;|
government-made matches; the model
before the last; the last mode; thei
latest mode; the very latest mode;
Sarah Bernhardt’s age; mothers-in+
law. }
Americans laugh at almost anything,
but their favorite topics are: Theil
common people squashed by a trust;
a stolid Englishman; an.Italian who
eats spaghetti; a silk hat (occasion=
ally a nose) smashed in a fisticuffs; a,
bottle of whisky labeled “lemonade;™
an Italian hurdy-gurdy; mothers-in-
law.
The Italians’ favorites are: A glut<
ton country priest; Roman urchins; a
Neapolitan cabby; a tailor’s bill; a
cigar that does not “draw;” the colo-
nel’s orderly; ladies’ hats; mothers-
in-law,
Finally, the Spaniards’ predilected
jokes are always on corridas, toros y
espadas; when they change they are
on toros, corridas y espadas, or es-
padas, coridas y toros; once in a
while mothers-in-law get a shot, too.
"NOT HARD TO STOP HAZING
Cood Results Have Followed Deter
mined Purpose to Put an End
to College Foolishness.
Hazing, which used to be rampant
at West Point and Annapolis, has
been pretty well suppressed through
the energy with which it has been
combated by the federal authorities.
Under the urgings of the Inquirer and
other newspapers, which detested and
denounced a brutal practice, congress
enacted legislation whose loyal and
energetic enforcement has served to
stamp the evil out. An instance of it
is reported once in a while, but usual-
ly in a materially modified and coms-.
paratively unobjectionable form, and
the convicted offender is punished
without any demoralizing indulgence.
This is a gratifying reform for whose
consummation President Taft de«
serves a large measure of credit.
At other than the two colleges cone
ducted by the government hazing cons
tinues to a greater or less extent, and
with a varying measure of severity,
and within the past few days cases
have been reported in which one
young man died from the effects of
his comrades’ ill-treatment, while an-
other youth was so seriously injured
that his life is endangered. This in-
dicates an unsatisfactory situation. It
shows. the continued existence of an
evil which needs to be eradicated and
demecnstrates the necessity for some
remedial action sufficiently drastic
to be offectively restrictive and ad-
monitory. Would-be hazers must be
frightened into good behavior.—Phila«
delphia Inquirer.
South American Diplomat.
Auguste B. Leguia, who recently
completed a successful term as Presi«
denot of Peru, was one of the counw-
try’s shrewdest business men before
he lentered politics. It was not until?
1903 that he became actively engaged
in affairs of the state, and then only
because the last President Candamo,,
knowing his genius for finance, urged,
him to become the minister of that im-
portant department of the cabinet. He
was born in 1863, and received his|
education in Valparaiso. When the
war with Chile broke out he resigned
from a mercantile position to join the}
army, where he distinguished himself}
in battle. i
None of His Relations. :
A union butcher workman was suing!
a packing firm to recover damages for!
injuries sustained in a Kansas City
establishment. A colored laborer inj
the plant was called as a witness.
“Did you work with Jones, the plains
tiff?” “Yassah.” “Do you know the!
foreman and the other officers of the;
plant?” “Yassah.” ‘What are your
relations with them?” continued the
attorney. “Now, yo’ look-a-here, boss,™
said the witness, “I’se skeared. That's
a-why I looks so white. Them folks
ain’t no relations of mine.” !
Is Working on Large Picture.
Edwin H. Blashfield, who painted
the dome-piece for the Library of
Congress, is working on one of the
largest canvases ever painted in
America, and it is claimed the fig-
ures on it overshadow any even
wrought in this country. The paint-
ing will constitute the dome-piece for
the new state capitol in Madison,
Wisconsin. Several of the figures
measure 141% feet as they float in the
air. The canvas, when in place, will
be 200 feet from the eye of a person
standing in the rotunda.
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