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Take it at once. Do not risk having Bright's Dis- ease or Diabetes. There is nothing gained by delay. 50c. and $1.00 Bottles. REFUSE SUBSTITUTES. SOLD BY ELK LICK PHARMACY | Fire 3, Tire ; Firel SHIRE INSURANCE tb: afford dwelling or household goods go Can you to huve Your up in =tmohe without a cent of in surance with wiiich to cover your Do It Now! Call on E. H. Miller, at the Elk Lick drug store, and have him show you how small the cost would be to have a polacy written insuring you against such losses. EH. Miller, Sasha, Agent for W. B. Cook & oon. RRR SIRES, Baltimore & Ohio R. R. SCHEDULE IN EFFECT MAY 17, 1908. MEYERSDALE. +Daily except Sunday. only. aE ER SR SR A RSF BR ROAR RA 00 93 *Daily. Sunday & PITTSBURG. De- CONNELLSVILLE (local) *2.46 p. m. part *5.44 a. m., 6.36 p. m. #434 p. m. (local). Arrive¥*10.55a. m. (local) »11.24 a. m.,*4.50 p. m.,+6.50 p. m., *0.20 p. m. CHICAGO, Depar t *6.36 p.m. Arrive*11.24 a. | m., *4.50 p. m. WASH. BALTO., PHILA. Depart *11.24 a. m., *4.50 p. m., Arrive *5.44 a. m., *2:46 p. m., 6. 36 p. m. & NEW YORK, ¥9.20 p. m. | CUMBERL AND: Depa *10.55 a. m. (local), | *]1.24 a. m., *4.50 p. m., LB m. (local), #990 | Pp. m. ive bal a. m 52 a. m. (local), | *2.46 p. m., *4.34 p. m. (losal), 6.86 p. m, { JOHNSTOWN and Way Stations, Depa a5 | 8.30 &. m.. pi 22 a m.,*4.34 p. m. Arrive 10.55 8. m., +460 p. m.,*7.05 p. m | store. A SORRY FAILURE. Such Was Likins Meeting at Som- erset—Disgusts Audience. From the Somerset Herald. Colonel W.M. Likins is pleading for votes on the ground that he would like to occupy a seat in Congress as an ad- vertisement for the Prohibition cause. An audience composed of probably fifty voters, and as many more women, turned out to hear the Colonel at the court house, Thursday evening, and it is a safe guess that more than four- fifths of those who heard him were dis- pleased with the argument he made for support. After complimenting the la- dies for their interest in political af- fairs, and assuring them that he would advocate a bill granting them the right of suffrage, should he be chosen to occupy the seat now filled by Hon A. F. Cooper in the lower branch of Congress, the Colonel assailed the Anti-Saloon League, declaring that r~arly, if not all of the organizers and speakers sent out by that organization are handsomely paid for their services: Turning to Bryan’s declaration in favor of guaranteeing bank deposits, he declared that he would go. a step farther and would advocate a measure compelling the publication of the ames of all borrowers from banks, to- Nr with the names of their en- dorsers and the amounts they were obligated to pay. The absurdity of compelling business men to parade their financial dealings before the pub- lic seem#&to have escaped the notice of the Napolionic financier of the coke regions. Incidentally Mr. Likins men- tioned the effect of the money strin- gincy on Fayette county, and intimat- ed that the politicians of Uniontown are responsible for it. “I would have the banks loan money to everybody.” screamed the speaker. He did not mention the kind of security the bank- ers should require before making loans Having disposed of the financial problems, Colonel Likins sailed into the Fayette Judiciary, handling the Bench without gloves and reflecting gravely on Judges chosen by the peo- ple to judicially administer justice in that bailiwick. He asserted that the cost of electing a Judge in Fayette county, only a year ago, had been up- wards of $125,000, and in addition to this enormous expenditure, the politi- -l cians had deemed it necessary to se- cure control of all the newspapers printed over there in order to keep the truth from the voters. Likins next turned on his Republi- can and Democratic opponents, charg- ing that the return of Cooper to Con- gress means the keeping of a compact entered into between the Republican and Democratic , bosses of Fayeite county. He assailed Cooper personally as unworthy to represent the 23rd Districi in Congress, while disclaim- ing any personal feeling against him. All in all Likins’ speech was about the flimsiest argument ever handed out by a candidate for a seat in Con- gress, while on the other hand speaker seemed to. find great pleasure in holding up the alleged dirty linen of his Uniontown neighbors, thereby to win votes for aimself. It ix not believed that Lik- ins will poll the full Prohibition vote of Somerset county. rp NO LIKINS FOR HIM. the Colonel Lou A. Smith. the veteran editor of Meyersdale Commer iil, ~oun.e ine ago published a portrait of “Windy Bill” Likins, the Prohibition candidate for Congress, together with a very lengthy article in support of his can- didacy. wean that the Commercial was a sup- porier of Likins, but the idea was very The article nothing but a lot of disgusting slobber and, .e!* praise written by Likins himself, .nd published by the Commercial as ad- vertising matter, and nothing more. We weel sure that the article was as nauseating to Editor Smith as to any- one else, yet it was legitimate adver- tising. and as such he or any other newspaper man could publish it with- out being inconsistent. But it is plain that the old army veteran who pre- sides over the Commercial wants no Likins in his, for in his last few issues he has been very outspoken for Con- gressman Cooper, the old soldiers’ friend and all-around active and effi- cient representative who justly merets a re-election. In his issue of last week, Editor Smith has the following to say: “This year Somerset county will give Congressman Cooper 3,800 majority. Mark that! Likely a few hundred more to clinch it. The boys in blue are to the front again. “Keep an eye on Congress. That is the crucial point in the whole game. ‘| Taft is safe. Pennsylvania is safe, and we must not only win and elect our Congressman here, but win two in the state that were lost by our fool fight- ing.” Rome people construed this 1o erroneous, was WHERE BULLETS FLEW. David Parker, of Fayette, N. Y,, veteran of the civil war, who lost a foot at Gettysburg, says: “The good Electric Bitters, have done is worth more than five hundred dollars to me. | T spent much money doctoring for a bad case.of stomach trouble, to little | purpose. I then tried Electric Bitters, and they cured me. as a tonic, and well.” 11-1 hoping, LABOR ABROAD I3 SUFFERING SADLY Industrial Depression World- Wide, But is Passing Here. AMERICAN OUTLOOK IS BRIGHT While Manufacturing Establishments In the United States Are Increasing Their Payrolls, Distress Among the Unemployed Prevails Theoughout Great Britain and the European Con- tinent. [Special Correspondence.] New York, Oct. 13. That the recent financial panic from which the Unitell States is now re covering was not the result ef local conditions is Indicated by the fact that a severe business and {industrial depression for months has prevailed throughout the world. The United States has suffered less than any other country. In fact, the situation in this coun..y is not to be compared to that abroad. Official reports recently received by the department of commerce and labor furnish an accurate index to the busi- ness conditions of foreign countries: These reports show that the imports into the United Kingdom for home consumption and the exports of do- mestic manufacture have declined greatly. The situation there grows worse. . In August the decline in exports was 18.7 per cent. The decline in re- exports, that is goods imported from other countries for sale to foreign purchasers, was $67,532,420 for eight months this year, or over 20 per cent. The falling off in net imports was $137,079,672 for the same time. The decline in exports of domestic manu- facture in that country was $146,000,- 000, or 10.6 per cent, in eight months, about 2 per cent greater than the de- cline in the United States in the same time. Many Unemployed Abroad. \ Pauperism has increased enormous- ly in the United Kingdom this year, and the number of persons peceiving indoor relief is the greatest since the records began in 1868. A census of the unemployed, taken by the newspapers, shows an extra- ordinary number—over 22,000 in Glas- gow alone. The London Times says that the outlook is “the worst that the younger men have faced,” adding: “The dominant fact is that there is no life in shipbuilding, and no pros- pect of any revival. The railway shops have cut down their staffs; 50 per cent of the masons are out of work, and 25 per cent of the plumbers.” Many Seek Charity. A Blue Book of the British govern- ment shows that nearly 1,000,000 per-' sons were receiving relief on Jan. 1, which number has greatly increased since that time. In London alone 1489, 000 persons were securing relief—a great number over the previous year. Wages have declined greatly. The London Financial Times, a high authority, of Sept. 19, says: “For the greater part of the year we have been passing through a very acute phase of commercial depression, and we have seen both imports and ex- ports decline at a rate that has been anything but consoling. A review of the business of the principal foreign countries and colonies shows that practically everywhere business is in a very lethargic state. The board of trade returns of the commerce of for- eign countries furnishes the necessary figures showing the condition of busi- ness in those countries. “The imports for home consumption of Belgium for seven months show a decline of nearly $25,000,000. Those of Canada show a decline of 23 per cent, or nearly $40,000,000; France, $25,000,000; Germany, $45,000,000, and #0 on with other countries. The domes- tic exports from those nations also show large declines. The .greatest is that of Egypt, which for the seven moxths shows a decline of over 19 per cent, or nearly $13,000,000. France shows a decline of nearly $35,000,000, or over 6 per cent. Germany's decline in exports is less, but reached a total of about $10,000,000. Japan shows a decline of 12 per cent, or $12,000,000, and Switzerland a decline of 10 per cent, or over $10,000,000, and so on with other countries. “The decline in the domestic ex- ports of the United States is very much less than those from the United Kingdom, and the relative decline was very much less than that of Switzer- jand, Japan, Egypt, British. South Africa, and some other countries. The average decline shown in imports of all the countries was over 12 per cent, and in some exports over 8 per cent. The later returns show even worse figures. Generally speaking, therefore, we have abundant proof of the wide- af spread nature of the present depres sion in trade, and we need not alarm outselves that we are experiencing of fate.” I now take them | and they keep me strong | 50c. at E. H. Miller's drug | The London Times in a recent issue, speaking about the condition of affairs in Scotland, says: “The present generation Joes r.ot recall such slackness In all ladustri=a, | of unemployed.” any special chastisement in the hands | “The Thunderer’s” Tale of Distress. /| and, of course, in commerce wl 3 depends upon the activity of wora- shups and factories. “The outlook for the winter is the worst that the younger men have yc. faced. One shipbuilding yard has not a vessel on the docks, and another largc one is employing only a third of it: full complement of workmen. Toe dominant fact is that there is no life In shipbuilding, no prospect of any revival, no orders in sight of any con- siderable magnitude, Therefore it is teared that the winter will be a very hard one. Cautious estimates put the total number of men, including labor- ers, out of work in Glasgow at from 20,000 to 30,000. Yarrow’s is the on. shipbuilding yard that {is fullly em- ployed. The largest forge has reduce! its staff from 4000 to 2500. The rci! way shops have cut down their sta = sn account of economies. Fifty per cent of the masons are out of worl and 25 per cent of the plumbers. “In the textile trade most of the fac- tories -are on short time or keeping down their output, so that women’s wages are in fact reduced from 18 shillings ($4.37) a week to 10 shil- lings ($2.43). Half of the 4000 dockers are unemployed. The provident so- cieties tell rather doleful tales. Life policies are lapsing all around, in short, work is scare and threatens to become scarcer. Following the exam- ple set by the Glasgow Herald, the lord provost has opened a distress fund, and liberal response in being made b) the citizens.” The New York Journal of Con merce, in its issue for Sept. 23, r¢ viewing American and British foreizu trade, states: Home Conditions Not So Bad. “The falling off in American expo: ~ In Augus* amounted to only 13.2 p:: cent, while on the British side ther: was a decrease of 18.7 per cent. Ou own export figures for the eight months ‘as compared with the eis. months ending with August, 1907, show a decrease of less than 9 per cent. T c¢ British figures for the correspon..n’ period show a decline of 10.5 p:r cent.” From this it will seem that the sit- uation is much worse in the Unitel Kingdom and in some other countries than it is in the United States. The British board of trade returns fcr August show the largest aggregate de crease in trade for any month of the year. The imports fell over $30,000,0G0 in that month, and the exports about $37,000,000. This enormous decline in trade, the London Times says, “is of much importance to the working classes owing to the enormous number A dispatch says: “With the trade declining in the tslarming manner shown by the above figures, the outlook for the workers lyring the coming winter is very gloomy. The most serious feature in the point of view of the workingman Is the falling off of exports of manu- factured goods.” The situation in Germany is much: the same, although not quite so bad as In the United Kingdom. The Canad. .an government, owing to the trade condi- tions, has adopted regulations to pre- vent immigrants from coming to tha: sountry unless well supplied with '‘unds. At the recent session of the Janadian Manufacturers’ association mn Winnipeg, the parliamentary com- nittee reported as follows: “The one outstanding feature of the year has been the pinch of hard times which all of us have suffered in a greater or less degree. The London labor bureau of the association ha been closed as a result of the indus trial and financial depression.” FOREIGN CAPITAL IS CONCERNED Europeans Will Make Invest- ments Here if Taft Wins. An argument against Bryan that i growing {in importance, says th Philadelphia Inquirer, is that which deals with the sentiment said to b- held by some voters, that the Demc cratic candidate would not be in a po- sition to do much harm as presiden because of the fact that the senat would still be Republican. A New Ycri bankers, Mr. Jules Bache, is back fren Europe with reports that financial in terests over there are taking much i= terest in the canvass and that if Tait is elected foreign investments will i: crease. He explains that the grea: fear would be of the men with whon Bryan would surround himself. Roos: velt, he says, has always had firs class business men in his cabinet. Mr. Bryan’s surroundings, on thc contrary, have been of the opposit character, and the principal danger, i: the event of his election, would lie i the fact that & large number of vacar cles In the United States courts woul have to be filled during his incum bency. We can judge the future on! by the past, so we must assume tha Mr. Bryan would take the same clas of men for those offices that he ha taken for his political advisers. While it is true that as presiden Mr. Bryan could not force throu: flaws against the judgment of the R> publican senate and thus could not b much of a menace to the country i that way, at least for two years, u could play havoc with it through khi- appointments. Not only could he revo lutionize the supreme court by invi ing men of socialistic tendencies the bench, but he could upset the trea ury and upheave the departme:i: through a radical change in policic Suppose a Haskell to be called to t.e treasury department? We must either continue the princi ples of Roosevelt by the election of Taft or submit to the exploitation o a lot of theories for the next fou: years by Bryan. There can be no com- promise. It is one thing or the other. Bryan Pictured On a Postal. This is a picture of the Democratic nominee for president that is beirnc circulated upon a postal card througa- out Pennsylvania: “William Jennings Bryan. “A permanent presidential candi date. “A statesman who never wrote a statute. “A soldier who never fought a bat: tle. : “A farmer who never plowed a fur- row. : “A ‘peerless’ leader, under whore leadership and teachings the number of states controlled by his party has dwindled from twenty-three to thir- teen; its senators from forty-eight to thirty-one, and its congressmen from 220 to 164. “ ‘Shall the People Rule.’ 1908). ~*“In the north, and south, the eat and west, and in the ‘middle west.’ and the ‘enemy’s country,” Democra s and Republicans in mighty numbe:s again united as in 1896 and 1900, and for the third time ruled kim out on Nov. 3, 1908. HISTORY.” GOMPERS CAN'T CONTROL LABOR President of United Ming Work: ers Speaks Out Plainly. (Bryan, HE DECLINES TO BE CATS’ PAW An Official Declaration Which Spreadc Consternation Among Men Working In the Interest of Bryan and Which Shows the Temper of the Leaders Who Seek Only to Promote the Cause of Labor and Not Advance Selfish Ends. [Special Correspondence.] Indianapolis, Oct. 13. Bamuel Gompers, who has been try. ing to swing the labor vote to Bryan. got a severe jolt when he read an official circular issued by T. L. Lewis the national president of the United Mine Workers of America. The Bryan managers have been claiming a big following among the mine workers, but President Lewis has made it clear that this organiza- tion shall not be used to pull the chest- nuts out of the fire of men who seek to work union labor in politics to ad’ vance their own aims. In this letter, sent out a few dass’ ago by President Lewis, among other things says: “We are in the midst of a political campaign. Every method known to political managers will be used to s= cure votes for their respective candi dates. This is especially true in the attempt to obtain expressions fre those holding official positions in laber unions. “I am in receipt of hundreds of let ters from men of all shades of political beliefs and from all parts of the Unit- ed States, asking for my opinion of the different candidates, or my views upon the issues involved in the politi cal campaign. “The United Mine Workers &id not elect me international president to in fluence your political preferences, cr how you should cast your vote on elec- tion day. Yu have elected me to di: rect the affairs of the United Mine Workers. The success of the Unite. Mine Workers and the welfare of it- menbers has and will receive my first and only consideration as long as I have the honor of representing you. Not Taking Sides. “I am not responsible for interviews appearing in the newspapers, alleged. to be from me, that I favor any par- ticular candidate. I have declined to express or to give any statement po- litically for or against any candidat- or issue, nor do I intend to do so. Th letter will be my answer to all wh, ask me for any advice along politi. | lines. “lI have the honor to represent an organization of nearly 300,000 mem bers of every known nationality and different political views. We hav among our members Prohibitionists Populists, Independents, Socialist". Democrats and Republicans. From what I know of our members you ar. fully competent to decide for your selves how you will vote on election day. ~All my time is required to look a’ ter the interests of the United Mine Workers. Those interested in the subject matter of this letter will please yefrain from writing me in connecticn with politics if.they hope to get an answer. “The United Mine Workers as on organization has been in’ existence fo many years before this political ca:- | paign, and we all wish that it mo2y live many years after the presen campaign has passed into history, av’ until every wrong of which the mine complains is honorably adjusted.” R. E. MEYERS, Attorney-at-I.aw, SOM ¥RSET, PA. Office in Court House. W. H. KooNTz. KOONTZ & OGLE J. G.OGLE Attorneys-At-L.aw, SOMERSET, PENN’A Office opposite Court House. DR.PETER L. SWANK, Physician and Surgeon, ELK LICK, PA: Successor to Dr. E. H. Perry. BERKEY & SHAVER, Attorneys-a t-Liaw., SOMERSET, Pa. Coffroth & Ruppel Building. ERNEST 0. KOOSER, Attorney~-At-l.aw, SOMERSET, PA. E.C.SAYLOR, D. D. 8., SALISBURY, PA. Office Corner Union St. and Smith Ave. Special attention given to the preserva- tion of the natural teeth. 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That surely is certainty, for Dr. Shoop's Headache Tablets stop 1 in 20 minutes, and the tablets simply distribute the unnatural blood pressure. Bruise your finger, and doesn't is get red, and swell, and pain you? Of course it does. It's con. gestion, blood pressure. You'll find i where pain fs—always. It's simply Common Sense. We sell as 25 cents, and cheerfully recommend Dr. Shoop’s Headache Tablets “ALL DEALERS” Murphy Bros. RESTAURANT! INNS Headquarters for best Oysters, Ice Cream, Lunches, Soft Drinks, ete. Try our Short-Order Meals—Beef- steak, Ham and Eggs, Sausage, Hot Coffee, ete. Meals to Order at All Ae Hours! ess. We also handle a line of Groceries, Confectionery, Tobacco, Cigars, ete. We try to please our patrons, and we would thank you for a share of your buying. MURPHY BROTHERS, Joy BurLpiNG, SALISBURY, PA. THE WORLD JUDGES you by your garm ents. S10 will never visible, into a spuce A PLACE Ladies’ gar- ments may be put. away in thesamecare- ful manner. There will be no occasion then to rush and close the closetdoor be- fore admit. 1; ting anyone to your room. It will be a space ofl which you ff may justly be proud. Send | for circular and testimon- ials. EUREKA STEEL NOVELTY CO. 854 Niagi are St. Buffalo, N v $ nl ER mais a Hoa REF INF Prohib M. Lik his alle in pay Mail. THE not fa banks ¢ ° is no te Thund and ro Uniont 2 Mn. ‘nations success cratic | once su have be it eonti everytlh Ever for Taff do mor least o1 votes fc not on - Cooper, Steady i line onc and har Tart’ ‘hasn’t a rest; bl One” is “still for .con’t st fortune :Bryan’s .and unf shim son .some op «thing as ville Co “MR. ] in Phila mit the Your g song, bu the Mar “ea yout .eause th by Amer death th are not © archist, ; Meyersd ever utts AND b Demoecrs it -is an county § from Gr: the one 1 afraid to name. * Tasker,” Taft’s r by the y: Bryan, a the Presi ® wagon tc is easy fc out pass there, ar
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