HI n
FACES JHf
Continued from Ist Page.
Cross-examination. Heard Dietrich
say that he shot Jones in self defense.
He threw up his arms and said, "My
CJod, I am uo murderer. Take me and
do with me what you please." He
was very nervous,talked iu an excited
rambling way.
DR. PAULES TAKES STAND.
Dr. W. R. Paules, the physician
who was called to the hotel after the
shooting, was the next witness. He
found Jones deal with a bullet hole
on the left side of the face. The wit
ness the next morning tLade a post
mortem examination at undertaking
establishment of George W. Roat. The
bullet hole was fouud to be a few
inches below the left eye aud about an
inch from the bridge of the nose. Re
moving t'iC top of theskui! they fou* d
the bui ft had ploughed through the
orbit »• rough the base of tl.ebr iin
aud wan lodged in tic.' occipital boue.
The woo .1 was a surtly fatal cae !
ducing Instant do*th. They examined
the body and coilid atlnua. rho death
to nothing e ' tli-.'i t ■a ■ ouu
The witne >' I sri .■•'"■>' 1 1 ra'.jd
that of the chief of p ■ • ' otlit 1
aud finally culminated .1 a I scu
sational evideuc
ifter being ; i 1
Between 1 and i 0 . ; •« 1 "" :
.. 1 > 1 ■.
aceampnn 1 l.v Dr. P. '
ness went 11 the jail I-'i 1 *•'' l 1 ' ,s
reclinii": a a liatu no. k ■ y
- ■
Patten. Dietrich inquireJ whether
Jones was dead. Tlio witness replied
that lie was dead. Dietrich then in
luireii how he hit him. When the wit
less attempted to answer Dietrich
said :
"Hold on,l'll tell you,l hit him just
below the left eye; where I aimed
for."
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Upon reconvening at 1:30 o'clock
the court proceeded with the cross "x
animation of Dr. Paules, which was
conducted by Mr. Lanahau. Witness
said he gave Dietrich a drink of whisk
ey and a hyperdermlo injection at the
jail as he seemed in a very nervous
condition. Dr. Patten assisted to pre
pare the injection. Dr. Patten and
George Maiers, witness said, were
within hearing when Dietrich made
the remark that he had shot Jones
where he aimed at.
DR. PATTEN RECALLED.
Dr. Patten was recalled to the stand :
Dr. Paults Introduced witness to Diet
rioh at jail. Defendant recalled when j
they had met previously—on a Dan- j
ville and Bloomsburg street car, the |
facts as Dietrich recalled them being j
literally true as recalled by the wit
ness. He did not hear Dietrich make
the alleged remark that lie "had shot
Jones where he aimed at, as he was
busy about that time preparing the
hyperdermic injection.
WOLL WON'T TESTIFY.
Mr. Hinckley gave notice to attor
neys for the defense that John W oil.
who was in the courthouse at t' .
:ime, would not he called bv t>. i
mouwealth aud that, if the > "112«
thought he would help their ca .the.
were at liberty to call him. -lr. Lena
mn took excepti os to Mr. Iliu I.i j
;saiarks as one,ailed for. ,Ti. I .e.
overruled t ! < objection.
At o'clock the Comm■■,awealth
rc-sted.
HERRING OPENS DEI -N
At 2 o'clock Hon. Grant Herring
opened for the defense. Ho outlined
the facts as they would be submitted
to the jury, all of which tended to
show that tlicro was 1111 murder iu
Dietrich's heart, that the pistol inad
vertently went off and ti.at the stray
bullet found its victim in Diet
rich's friend. Corky Jones.
DIETRICH WILL TESTIFY.
Mi. Herring said they would put
Dietrich on the stand, who would
show as best he could how tiie accid
ent occurred.
It
tinned, that Diotrich ; id i
liab t ■ 112 s .jiikin < .r • 1 4 tj ■ 1 is j
of v.hi?key iu as many l ours 11 t1 e
was s 1 shaky :1 in v.ais tl.it •• d-
H1 t- g ti i'' >-' t ill 1 >! 11l I s
o' i
W: i I- - 11 ' 9
was i' i • 1- tof gu l : 1
by the beer glass full. For 30 > - op
tit iaie of the shooting such \ s
his 110 lition Under the clrcnm .or is
Mr. Her ing held it would le. folly ;o
ho!a a mail accaatiti.b. J- '
herent, aud contradictory eelf-inurim
inating remarks at the jail or else
where. There was no mind left and j
the trigger was Dulled mechanically.
It would be shown. Mr. Herring said, 1
that the bullet which killed Corky
Jones came within an aco of going
through Dietrich's own arm.
DR. STOCK. FIRST WITNESS.
Dr. G. A. Stock was the first wit
ness called by the defense. Witness
treated Peter Dietrich for alcoholism
from September, 1905, to a time sub
sequent to the shooting. Dietrich tried
repeatedly to stop drinking, but was
unable to overcome his appetite and
periodically drank very heavily. About
three weeks before Christmas prior to
the shooting he was drinking unusu
ally hard. Dietrich had marked de
lusions. On one occasion he imagined
25 dogs were after him and to protect
himself from his imaginary assailants
110 wrested a paling off the fence.
He was frequently in a state of col
lapse. He told the doctor not to come
| any more rs he was taking his own
I medicine. Meauwhile he looked like
I a maniac. He drank from a shell beer
glass. Dr. Stock continued to treat
Dietrich iu jail,, withdrawing ail
whiskey finally and administering
bromide.
Cross-examined by Mr. Hinckley.
THOMPSON JENKINS.
Thompson Jenkins was sworn. Wit
ness tended bar lor Peter Dietrich oc
| casionallv prior to October, 1905, aud
j regularly thertafter until February
following, who 1 t' e shooting occur
red Dietrich drank as much or more
than two men should drink, Drank
continually. He would quit for a
couple of days and then start up again.
He continued until the shooting 01 -
eprred. lie would 1.1; . link every
1 live minutes aud was not t t blicd with
: a whiskey glass but had the l.quor
j carried to him iu a shell lifer glass.
I Dietrich said he loved the tasie til
j whiskey. On tl d - of the shooting
lie was drank and crazy. Witness was
1 sure 1 1 1:11 jit.e days Dietrich drank
.1 gallo'- • a' liis . . He would aiue
.1 len • . 1 "1 , r 1 want to !
runs( 10 ' ' . • On ouc
o. a-. .1.1 . .-I'd m>i bareheaded ;
Dit'trioii >' . ir> wav a • «r down««
the railroa 1 cicss..c
Cross-e nmiued by Mr. HinckU y.
JOHN . ."KINK.
John Jenkins sworn, llis testimony j
teued to. irrobctat 1 bat of Thompson 1
Jenkin
il KER.
Th. .n. W:'.- at;
Dieiiic: '- ' s.; . o'clock ou the
night of 1 lie described
Pet-r Dietri coaduct in the bar
room. II v. .- dr.i i,- an 1 anion;* oth- ■
er ant is tc; t ill- bii up d his .
head apaiu-t the wall Witness de
-111 ns»r:i' 1 to tl. jury iiow Dietrich
was obliged to use both bauds in get-'
iiiig ti glass of whiskey to his lips ow
ing to his nervousness.
On cross ;xamir.a!ion w'tness was
asked whether he had not told A. L.
Delcaoip that he was outside the saloon
and through the window saw Dietrich
shoot James A. Jones. Witness denied
that he ever told Delcamp any such
story.
FRANK BEYER.
Frank Beyer was sworn. He test ifi
od as to Dietrich's drunken condition
ou the night of the shooting.
EXPERT CALLED.
Dr. Trapold, a practicing physician
of Wilkes-Barre, was called to the
stand as an expert. Before Dr. Trap
old was permitted to testify Judge
Lynch adjourned court until lOo'clook
Wednesday morning.
WILKEri-HAKliii, Sept. J'J.
The third day of the Dietrich trial
here was marked thic- afternoon by the
closing of the testimony in the case, j
Tomorrow morning Hon. John T. j
Lenahan and llou H. M. Hinckley
will go boforo the jnrv. It is prob
able that the case will be given to the
jury tomorrow afternoon.
To lay's proceedings disclosed the
fact that the defense will base its plea
for Dietrich": freedom on the conten
tion that I lie accused was insane on
the ni -lit off deal'l o f ,T ises A
Jones .ml tliit the shooting •<. ; a'-
■idental
The ti ; fro ion> iu t c 1
of Oommonw »! v . Peier Dl.tv oh
wa-i returned in 1 ity bull at 10 a. 111.
today Ti:-.- culinin; ing poin' <■> in,
t'-i r-; i.!■ ial was re -cherl : 10 30
o' look * ! ■! Pf u- - Dietrich v. » p' 1
eii ,n tie •, ud to testify in hi iwu
D, U'Rl ION HE STAND.
Tlio wil ,("s' na ni'.T was subdued
bul ho 1 >ld t ::e little that ha olaiinetl
t > havo a knowledge of willingly—iu
a ■ ! t for i.ard maimer. 111 reply
t 1 Mr jjavahan's questions Dietrich
diclared that the "whole thing seems
like, a dreitu" to him.
At tlib time of the shooting he lived
ai No. 1, Upper Mulb 'rry street. He
is 43 years of age and is single. lie
was born in Danville and, wiiii the
exc tion of the shoit time that he
was in the west, he has spent his lifj
there.
On theni£!:t wii nt e hooting oc
enrred ho recollect uf f;oing to li
down and of be in;; awakened by some
0-1 .1 iiiii * in. He et c--.t t drinks.
Ho reoalied tie,it the subjeot of 'Eagles' j
wrs under discussion in the barroom;
iso th:., they weretalkiig i.iontthei
weal Wit is recall) d that he gave
an "exhibition of the gun," when the
I'll v t off. This wr~ ahc. I lie
con H.
He 1 not remember that Dr Paules
was at ie jail; lie has a faint recol
lection ofseolngUr. Sto, k somewhere. 1
Ho does not know how long be had'
been drinking excessively, but it was
a long time. He has a vagm- rncollec-j
tion of receiving treatment from Dr. !
Stock. Does not remember who was ;
at the hotel after the shooting.
Witness said he had two revolveis
back of the bar under a olotii. He does
not recall going into another room.
He knew Jaraeis A. .Tones since a
boy. Their relations were always
friendly. He entertained no ill will
against liini ou the night of the shoot
ing. He had uo desire to shoot any
one
Witness identified the shirt and coat
offered in testimony as that he wore
on the night of the shooting—or that j
he wore to the best of his knowledge, j
CROSS-EXAMINED BY HINCKLEY
Dietrich was subjected to a long and
searching cross-examination, by Mr.
Hinckley.
Witness did not ktiow when Jones
came into the bar-room ; neither did
lie know who came in with Jones. He
was certain of nothing. He does not
know wlio was tending bar. He had
three or four coats but to the best- of
Ins knowledge he iiiinks he had tlie
one on that was olfered in evidence.
Woll and witness were members of the
order of Eagles. To the best of hi*
recollection they were talking about
taking Jones into the order.
Witness has a faint recollection of
giving a demonstration of shooting.
He was not positive but thought ho
got the gun from behind the bar. He
does not recall where Jones was. Does
not recall where either Woll or led
gers were. He has uo recollection that
anything was said by Jones.
At this point the witness became
quite dramatic. "After the gun went
off," Dietrich said, raising Ins arms
abov»*his head, "1 walked two or
three steps and then my senses left
me "
Witnen does not recall when he tirst
learned that he had shot Jones. He
doe>n't recall that he told Dr. Panics
that lie knew Dr. Patten He vas
i drunk 011 the night of the shoot n;;
lie does not recall that lie told SI nee
urn <r and other* that ho had shot in
f-el. iefense.
Iu answer to Mr. Hinckley's qui: •
li'itt he said he I ad no recollection of
having had "any word- with Junes
with cference to a book account.'
A profound sensation was | rotli c.
r. Hinckley put the following
41.. -1 in ti Die tricli:
"l> un't you riming the af> oou
; receding the shooting,iu the pir- -t> n
ti J. W. McKt ney,alluding to.l
say ;
"If 1 at comes in Ire and
tit ain i will kill hi '
* - 1 eplieri 11 at he had <a. •
(■" making sue 1 a remark,
s.iiu said he owiu-1 two pistols.
ci. v d tln in h th and 1 id
-Ith 11. lie didn't know how long
lefoJ' the shoot ing—probably lix
months before.
He doesn't know what he did with
the revolver after the shooting. lie
co s not remember of directing his
sister togo up stairs and "get it on
of a cigar box."
Mr. Hinckley asked witness to de
monstrate how the revclvel could be
discharged with one hand—accidental
ly or otherwise. Witness tried and
failed, but he explained that there
volver needed oiling, as it had been
out of use for some two years.
* Dietrich was on the etaud urarly all
fie foreuocu
GEORGE BAOHINGER.
George Bachinger swor:>. He de
scribed size and contents of the tide
room into which Dietrich is alleged
t-i have witl drawn at the time of the
eho ing. There t;re 110 cupboards in
it 0 far as witness knows.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Dr. Trapold, the expert phy-ician,
s worn on Tuesday eveuiug, was ex
amined as the iirst witness tl is after
noon.
lu tlie form of a hypothetical ques
tion lie was a'ked by Mr. Lenahan to
give his views as to what Dietrich's
mental condition was 011 the night of
tl .-hooting, illuming that the testi
n- .iy was true adduced by witnesses
for the defense as to Dietrich's exces
sive drinking, i&o, ahont that time.
I'lie exp it exp iu"d that if the
ft iuiony were correct, Dietrich must
< \ bt n r-ufferu:;.: wlf!i ihololic in- !
ma* a.ul iu that 1 ouditiou did nit !
1
entitled b-iween altoholio iusauit |
i!, i d-Uriuoi tremcn., e.qilaini.' xll at
<..! .
. wi ... : 1 tlatter it is brief
. more spfisuioilir.
ri |. 1 v.l i.: : i rr.'ss-. x
mined by B 11 I ties. Witue s . :g
--tliat Dietrich's cunduct and all his
movements on tin- night of the shoot
ing were those o f au insane man. Ur
Trapold was on t-Jiu stand foi nearly
an hour.
JOHN BACHINUER.
John Hachinger.of Plymouth,sworn '
He wag raised iu Danville and has
known Peter Dietrich ever since lie
was a boy. The character of Dietr eh
to the time of the shooting he
sa , was a!way very good
FREDERICK HELD.
Kiedrti U Hold sworn. He l a liv
-lin Danville 43 years. Up to the
tin shooting, iu the.•-pee h of
:1: p.iple, Dietrich hal ahvay en
j 1, c 1 a gaod reputation.
(JH \RACIER WITNESS. '.
•I •> IJ« IhoH'on, Peter May »n,
, ar> l Irckeusteiu, August Baching
•' , ■ ngust Brent, W. C. Williams,
n / i rbaugh, Jacob Held, Valeu
tiuo Mi;, an and Theodore Becker, all
u if, tha 11 icy had known Di.rri.h
ira. 1 fatly all his life anil that, in the
1 milium a..-t.h of the people up to the
time of tiie shooting he enjoyed a good
reputation.
Me KINNEY IN REBUTTAL
,T. W. M( Kinney was the oulv wit
ness called in rebuttal. He was asked
l>; 'udge Hinckley whother on the
afternoon of February 13. 1006, he
was iu tie bar room of Peter Dietrich
and whether while there lie heard
Dietrich soy : " If that comes iu
here again I will kill him. "g The an
swer of the witness was that he heaid
Dietrich make that remark.
The defense objected and after a
brief argument J- 'ge Lynch ordered
tlio witness' arts stricken out.
At !> o'clock ti.. ■ 'dunce closed and
the witnesses we dismissed. The
jury was also excu .d until 10 o'clock
Thursday morning.
The last hour of the afternoon was
speut iu arguiug points of law relat
ing to the trial. Tomorrow the case
will goto the jury.
DEFENSE ARGUES FIRST.
The addresses wil! be made tomor
row morning. Join T. Leuah»u, for
the defense, will gc to the jury first.
Hon. H. M. Hiucklsy, for the Com
monwealth, will make the closing ad
dress. Both will no doubt be very
| masterly efforts.
| DEFENSE Id IN
LENAHAN'S HANDS.
Tlie presentation of the case is whol
ly iu the haods of Mr. Lenaliau, who
has given evidence of great energy
and ability during the trial. Hon.
Grant Herring, who had the prepara
tion of the case in hand, took no part
in the examination of witnesses, but
lie was at all times proseut during the
trial
Jost at what hour tlio case may be
j given to the jury depends upon how
much time may be spent by the at
torneys in their addresses as well as
| by the judge in his charge. It is hard
! ly probable that the case will he given
| to the jury before tomorrow afternoon.
DIETRICH WAS INSANE
In disoussing the paints of law it
was brought out that the defense will
| contend that Jones was killed accid
entally and that Dietrich was insane
when he fired the shot.
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SHOOTING THE SUN.
Simplest V/ay of Locating a Ship's
Position at Sea.
The average transatlantic traveler
lisplays very little Interest In the nav
igation of the vessel beyond watching
the ship's officers, sextant in hand,
making observations, says a writer in
Travel Magazine. Very few have any
idea of the process by means of which
the modern navigator is enabled to ac
curately place the ship's position at
a stated time on the chart. Out of
sight of land a ship's geographical po
sition is determined either by keeping
a careful record of the course steered
and the distance run, known as dead
reckoning, or by the combined use of
chronometer and sextant —that is, by
observation of the heavenly bodies.
The operation of finding the latitude
and longitude of observation can be
performed in a number of ways, of
which the simplest and most coiiven.
lent is by measuring the altitude of the
sun above the horizon at noon, as is
indicated on the vernier of the sextant
and spoken of at sea as "shooting the
sun." An arithmetical computation by
the aid of logarithms Is thus quickly
made which shows exactly how far
the ship is north or south of the equa
tor, or, in other words, the latitude.
Finding the longitude, however, is a
somewhat longer process. An observa
tion is made either in the forenoon or
afternoon, the chronometer time of the
horizon contact of the sun's image be
ing noted. A calculation is then made
which gives the exact time at the spot
where the ship happens to be, and, as
the chronometer carried aboard shows
the exact time at Greenwich, the prime
meridian of longitude, the difference
between the two expresses iu hours'
and minutes (easily convertible into
degrees and miles) the distance east
i ■ west of Greenwich.
Having th; .1 :;h!.V spe.il.i::-;. found
the latitnd ! I• itale. a r t ] laced
c!i the chart at l! • « vet p<>lnt where
the lines <t' i itudc and loi xitude
cro s detio: - the ■. iii's pi it inn
WONDERS OF COAL
'Buried Sunshine" H: Become *
Plaything of Science.
Has it ever occurred t > you that the
vanilla with which many a favorite
iisli of yours is llavored I made from
coal? Will you believe that most of
the dyes which have stained the fab
rics of your clothes, that the naphtha
uml benzine which your tailor uses in
removing status and that even the
sweetest perfumes are all of tliem de
rivatives of coal.
it was once said by a scientist, clev
erer and more imaginative than most
of his kind, that coal Is "buried sun
fhine." Something of the enounous
extent of ancient coal forming jungles
may be conceived when It is said that
our pr< i-ni forests would produce only
two or three Inches of coal if they,
too, were subjected to a carbonizing
process.
The magicians who have wrought
woudei ■ with coal are the ga inaker
and the chemist, if coal is burned in
the open air. heat Is p: Iticed and
nothing left bat a little nsb. i'.urn It
in a closed vessel, however, and the
marvelous change occurs. In the first
pi.ice, coal gas is produced and. chem
ically treated, is supplied to every city
home. Furthermore, ammonia is ob
tained. important in modern agricul
ture because by Its means plants can
be artificially supplied with the nitro
gen they need. Then, again, asphalt
Is produced, much used in roadmaking,
although the retort is not tile chief
source of Its supply. Lastly, a black,
noisome ooze is collected which goes
by the name of "coal tar." it is this
which at the touch of the modern
chemist's wand is transformed into the
most widely different substances im
aginable.
The wonders of coal tar do not cease
here. It is * palette of gorgeous col
ors, a medicine chest of potent drugs,
a whole arsenal of terrible explosives,
a vial of delicious flavors and a garden
of perfumes the most protean, varie
gated substance In fie world.—London
l'ali Mall Magazine.
The south sea Islanders believe that
the animal which tempted Eve in the
Garden of Eden was an eel, while in
Egypt the eel was worshiped as a god.
ill Ills fitSl
FOOT ILL 11!
The best foot hall team that has ever
represented die Dauviile high school
will be put on the gridiron this fail,
say the coaches. For the past three
weeks a large squad of candidates for
the team have been practicing daily
on the nail mill grouuds, and excel
leut progress has been made uuder the
coaching of Carl Hibbard, substitute
on this year's Navy team and Victor
Vincent, all-American quarter back
in 18 (3.
Manager Thomas Ryan has about
completed an excellent schedule for
the high school team as follows:
Oct 8, Open.
Oct. 10, Blooinsburg high school at
Danville.
Cot. 17, Berwick high school at Dau
viile.
Oct. 2-i,Snubury high school at Dan
ville.
Oct. 31, Berwick high school at Ber
wick.
Nov. 7, Bloomsbnrg high school at
Bloomsburg.
Nov. 14, Miltou high school at Mil
ton.
Nov. 2l,Sunbury high school at Km -
bury.
Nov. 20, Thanksgiving, Milton high
sc!.oo] at Danvillr.
The t am has not yet been final!v
selected, aMiouyh the line rp t'
will represent high Bthool in the tirst
game will likely be:
lieiui, full back: lvase, It't ' ilf;
Dailey, righ' half; Price,quarter h k
and captain; Hurley or Brill, neuter;
Rvau ami Breltcrbaoli, guards; Bow
ers and Sl.epperd, tackles; Edmonds n
and Wilkinson, ends ; Arms pud Rcd
ding, substitutes.
NEW BOOKS HAVE
BEEN ORDERED
In liue with the policy of the Thom
as Beaver free library to keep ou the
shelves the latest books, the book com
mittee of the board ol' directors of the
institution has recently or lered 150
volumes. Included among the new
books are some of the latest fiction nud
other line .liti rature.
Also the above committee has decid
ed to purchase an atlas to replace the
old one now iu the i en's reading
room. The uew atlai is to be the best
of its kind.
TU MAKE REPAIRS.
The executive committee cf the
board of directors has decided to .ke
a number of needed repairs about the
building iu tho near future. An cng
the repairs that have been decided up
on will be painting on the exterior of
tin building.
TO OBSERVE !H l
JEWISH NKW YEAR
The Hebrew New Vear will be ob
served ou Fiiday aud Saturday of this
week, as Saturday is the dawning of
the year 566!».
All the business places of the Heb
rews iu this city will be closed from
Friday night until Saturday after
no m. At B'oai Zion temple the a\
will be observed bv services Frida\
e.'oiling aud Saturday morning. Rati
hi Dr. Jt Kelson will deliver a sei Don
Friday evening on the nI .i• ft, "Tlit
Book of 1 !e," aud . atnrinv > it;,
his subject will be, "VVi it Are >Ye,
and What Is Our Life: A s[:e
choir has been organize I for tl ■:
V ice-.
RESPONSES ARE
COMING IN
The responses to the (100 invit • ons
to the leunion of the Spatiis! -Anie.
can war veterans' association, wl h
will be l.eld in this city on (j. a' er
'.'ti h, are beinc received by tie loeil
committee. A boat 200 replies are at
hand, ii dof Hue only about 20 are
in the negative.
A fine program of entertainment is
being airanged and excellent talent of
different kind* has been engaged for
the smoker which will be held in the
evening.
Tiiose iu charge of iho affair ure
much encouraged. A great d::.l cf
enthusiasm is being aroused among tie
veterans in c.ther towns.
RAIN AND FROST
SAYS WEATHER "AN
The weather bureau at Washington
has sent out iuformation to the eli.it
that the long-coutinued and disastr us
drought is nearly at au end. In the
central states tho drought was broken
Tuesday by rains that extended fron;
St. Louis to St. Faul. At stve; al placi
in Illinois tho fall wan \or> h ivy.
The following iutr Jigenco i ent cut
by the weather bureau :
'' A barometric disturbance will r loss
the country from about Septnube 21
to 28, attendee > rains that wiu set
iu over the oen .ai valleys about the
Atlantic states by the begiuuiug of
next week.
"Following t'-c rains there w ill lie
a sharp fall jo literature,with frit
in the central valleys and Eastern
states north of the fortieth parallel."
Family Party.
Mr. aud Mrs. William M. Dielil gave
a very pleasant family party at their
home iu Mahoning township on Tues
day. Among the guests were Mrs.
Levi Berger.of Westmont.New Jersey ;
Mrs. J. C. Hinchmau, of Haddonfleld,
New Jersey; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Diehl, Mrs Frank Fisher and Jacob
Johnson, of Danville.
CLUBMEN BLAZE
WAY TO VICTORY
Pennsylvania League Lines Up
For the Campaign,
ARE READY FOR BATTLE
Republicans Inaugurate An Aggressive
Canvass to Insure the Election of
Taft and Sherman ana to Keep the
Keystone State at the Head of the
Party Column In November.
(.Special Correspondence.]
Wilkes-Barre, Sept. 22.
Pennsylvania's Republican campaign
was formally opened last week at tin
convention of the League of lit publi
can clubs, and there is every assur
ance that the Keystone state will give
a splendid account of her: ti at It
; election on Nov. a next.
The clubmen wei- particularly l r
tunate in having so n.a iy ; . n 112 na
tional prominence as tli< ir ;u« mid
to speak at their mas meeting.
Vice Presidential iNoniin e Jam-
S. Sherman was very happy in his
1 i references to the Btalwartis n td P nn
sylvania Republican ad he d dared
that their fellow Republican . 01 tb
Empire state would vit with :>m a'
. the coming election in roili. up a
big majority for the entire i'. ,■ i!:-
can ticket.
Congressman Ni I • >
Senator Boies Penrt ■ and Jehu Huy.-
Ilammond were anion:' othei . ad
■
i armory.
This meeting, the , !•. nli i -n !
ance at the convention ; a,I t!> ■ip >n
stratton made by tin n.'ne v. i\ rs
and others in the par: le whi-h was
given prior to the opening of the
) ! meeting, left no room to doubt the en
| thusiasm for Taft and Sherman among
: the Republicans of this state
Aside from the cordial Indorsement
1 of the nominees and the platform oi
- the Republican national convention.
the club league placed upon reeor I
) strong testimonials to United States
, Senators Penrose and Knox, and later
l on there was an exhibition of earnest
and sincere approval of a suggestion
from Colonel John R. Wiggins that the
members of the league should goto
work at once to insure the election of
Republican members of the legislature
t 1 who will In January next be called
! upon to elect a successor to Senator
1 Penrose. Colonel Wiggins was ap
; plauded when he advocated the re
* election of Senator Penrose.
a Following the r< election of Robert
■ TV Habgood, of McKean county, to the
presidency of the league an I the elec
tion of other officers, a platform was
j ! adopted, which among other things
says-
A Patriotic Party.
"The Pennsylvania St ;; ' pof
j Republican clubs in !t« twenty o ond
M annual convention a mbl 1 declares
I its unwavering faith in the j is of
the Republican party tinier which the
state of Pennsyhania. in ■ im u with
112 j Its sister states, lias grown an i pros
pered. In the more than fifty jars of
| its existence the Reput in party in
| stat.' l and nation has . r been loyal
1 to the patriotic Institute of the
while it ha« a! vance 1 the
' ,-ts ut an tliv ji ope..- by
1 | v.i > ;r< sslvc !«•;■ i Ia r ion.
\ .. . • it movement l . the
' i do' !■ pm nt of industry or the irn
p.overient of commerce it ha , taken
r. ca t and maintained the asc. ni
! • u it ha:, been oppo. id and »<b*
, j struct* i >y the Democratic party, at.d
i its a hfe cements hav • b > a in
' t spis ot the .tssa- i, tri tl"
I tactics of'the Dei. icra' part Only
! once in the par- la >•« ■ ' avt the
pople voted : ir a ac fr n Re
: publican to Domociitit i They
j v/ere misled by the argument., of the
1 supporters of Grover Cleveland into
| believing that tariff revisit n "■ ■ icii
i would lead to ultimate free trad
, would be better for the comm n ;:eo-
I pie than the Republican system of pro
tection to American industry.
A Painful Experience.
"The experience was a wretched and
j painful one, as the records of the soc
' ond Cleveland administration clearly
demonstrate From tl. ('level, :.H ad
r ministration to the pn ut ime Re
' publican presidents and liepublh an
! policies have been sustain !. Under
i Republicanism thus ri tn■<l to power,
112 the country has experienced its great
! est progress It has en the Ir« : il
. vor heresy come and go. " ha - ob
. served the cry of rati imptx.t. . . ;nd
| of government own r3hip of ra
j These theories wi a iv a.-'d a < th - *
i entering wedge for the overthrow of
' Republican success, but they have
been met and count, red in each sue
t* 'ding national election. Wo are u<>w
I approaching an election where now
. J theories are to be met.
Democratic Experiments.
"One of those is the proposition to
i impose upon the gov. rnment of the
; United States the business of an ir.
| surance company for the protection of
| j deposits in national banks to thi pre-
L j judice of the larger deposits of the
; farmers and thrifty industrialists of
• ; the country who have placed their
I faitli instate banks and savings
\, funds. We are opposed to the introdue
, tion of this theory as an experiment
112 in our national life, believing that it is
not a government function to protect
the money of the schemer and specu
lator. while the savings of the honest
1 toiler are to be prejudiced and endan
i gered.
"With this new theory x .aneed as
another expedient by the candidate of
the Democratic party, this convention
j has no other concern than to point
r out its fallacy and 'he danger that
would follow its attempted introduc
tion. We stamp this "new thought'' of
the versatile dreamer of Democracy
' as an insidious and dangerous bit of
r demagofuery. no more entitled to the
i respect of the people than was his
j proposition to sell fifty cents worth of
ellver bullion to the p-overnment of the
] United Stan's tor a eooi gum wuai.
Warring to Rs;*ufcllS£:is.
"We warn Republicans upon the
farm; in the factory; in the mine; and
in business cirel> generally, against
i the experiments that are being pro
posed by our Democratic opponents;
each and every one of them i 3 simply
intended to contuse the political sit
uation and to undermitn the founda
tions upon which the prosperity ot
the country has been ri ared. in order.-
to discredit the Republican parly an»f
to place the Demo< in power. Wo
believe as firmly today In the protec
tive tariff of the Republican party as
we ever did.
"We believe the time lias coaie
v.hen the tariff law may be revised by
its friends in order tori eula'e such
inequalities as may have arisen or to
correct such abuses as may have crept
in. but we do not waive our devotion
to the protective principle nor do we
yield in the slightest measure our de
mand that American industry shall bo
a safeguard against unfair loreign
competition.
"We believe the tat ill should be so
adjusted, so maintained, that every
i imported article that comes into com
petition with domestic manufacture*
shall be made to pay dutv represent
ing the different', in cost between the
wages paid abr. ad and the wag< paid
til home, with a p .finable profit to
tin manufacturer. Our hah. tries have
'•rown and pro. ■ . i u-i.ier this sys
tem, and wi claim for the Republican
; party the credit of having made it
what it Is
The Two Senators.
"Our distinguish! I senator the Hon.
liol • |>, arose and ht 'ion. I ilandei
i C. Knox, are to I e.»t: ', upon,
tin records tin li i V.'ash
e
. Pt in..:', upon t! i • c nsmit
ur
t !••• ' !i
of the postal bu in of tl ■ 1 country
j from eighty mill! per to
two hundred an.. JJnnt par
a in itn, and durii, he hhis con- -
I tributed largi 1) in tl -pins of
the free rural deiivi or
country, is espec 1 illy r
1 "What shall wi ef our junior
senator? When tl pro sit i n to
prosecute the ille-ral tru sol the
. | country was brougi. I fore Mr. Cleve
land's attorney gin ral. Kit inird Ol
ney. it was reasoned that the laws
t j were too feeble to reach the powerful
i malefactor. Under Theodore Roose
velt. how different the situation! Mr.
1 Knox, the attonn' general and now
s the junior senator from Pennsylvania,
r declared the law sufficient to hold the
t rich malefactor equally with the poor
and. still bettor, he ti. monstrated the
a truth of his opinion by bringing the
j illegal combinations to the bar of jus
( tice and overthrowing them. And this
3 brings us to the final declaration of
1 this convention."
r The league convention was one of
the most successful that has been held
. in recent years, and a telegram re
i eeived from Colonel Wesley R An
; ! drews. chairman of fh ■ If >publicatt
st-i-te committee, warmly commending
the work oi the members of the Re-,
s publican clubs In re n' oacnps'gns.
The N 2vv Coo!i'c-,V^,-v.
A new "»v i i:t thue feltt 'ten an®
the mistress v. trying to lie pleased
1 wit!) the way he served dinner The
salad was especially unappetizing
with large, coarse meen leftr.e,> leave:!
112 Instead of the crisp, v.-hite little b. arts
the 112 I'.ni was a > ustomesl to. _■
1 "What did you flo t.» the lettucet"
mildly ln«|ttire<l tie 'id ■>" t'ie house
' after li'mii r
1 ".Surt, 1 '. 1, all 112. I" t-'plled
1 (lie new 1 s
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stray, of ' - ' V • P;
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i A : ' i wo-
I '
m
I j : to! y, tot ' ap
! | ii •! Of
1 their l> 1 fea
' t'!!-.-- : ■ I ' 'Uer
-1 een
.:
v j don chronicle.
A Little Ambiguous.
! Siie S > sony to bear of your eiotor
"icldent! Enthusiastic M»torl>'t--Ob»
thanks! If nothing Uxpect to live
through many more She-Oh, but I
trust not.—London Opinion.
1 i A person i- always startled when ht
! hears himself seriously vailed old for
112 I the tii'-t time.—'o. W. Holmes.
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