THE CITIZEN, FRIDAY, JULY 28, Wil.
paos
OT "RIPPER" BILL
Harrisburg City Solicitor
Explains to McKeesport.
REASONS FOR ITS PASSAGE.
Daniel S. Seitz Tells How Third Clair)
Cities United In Movement to Have
Terms of Office Conform to
Constitutional Amendments.
Harrisburg, Pa., July 27. Daniel S
Scltz, city solicitor of Harrisburg. win
was active In obtaining the passant
of the Fox bill amending the third
clnss city act so that the term of of
Ilclals would conform to the constltu
tlonal amendments, which Is now com
plained of as a "ripper" bill In Mc
Keesport. said that he was surprisec
that there should hare been any niys
tery about the bill.
"The bill was drafted by a commit
teen of third clnss city solicitors, nam
ed by the Third Clnss City league, ol
which McKeesport Is n member. Tin
McKeesport city solicitor was a mem
her of the committee and I think nt
tended the meeting," said Seltz.
"The 1)111 had to bo passed to mala
the laws conform to constitutions
amendments. The report that it if
aimed at McKeesport is absurd. II
was pointed out by various city solid
tors and by ifiyself that it would nffeel
McKeesport differently from othei
cities of the third class. I am at n loss
to understand Speaker Cos, who says
the bill was aimed at Lancaster. Lan
caster is not a third class city, but Is
under a special charter.
"The bill was passed by the efforts
of officials of a number of cities, In
eluding Hurrisburg, Chester, Bradford
and Easton. The whole object was tc
obtain uniformity in terms. Ther
never was any secrecy about It. The
McKeesport people evidently did not
watch what other cities did."
PAEALYTIC FASTS MONTH.
Also Touches Relic of a Saint Daily
and Now Feels Better.
Philadelphia, July 27, Clear eyed
and pink skinned and apparently Im
proved in health by his experiment,
William J. Sullivan arrived In this city
from New York, bringing with him an
appetite he had been accumulating for
thirty days.
Sullivan did not flirt with starvation
ns a means of gaining notoriety, but
In quest of renewed health. While he
was not entirely successful, he still
has faith In the fastiug treatment and
said that next year he will try the
same cure for sixty days. The right
side of his body, including right arm
and right leg, are paralyzed, and It
was to try to regain the use of these
that he determined to fast.
When his fast began he weighed 140
pounds, nnd today he weighed 117.
His face does not indicate his long
abstinence from nuythlng except grape
Juice and wnter. While ho did not re
cover from paralysis, his nerves are
quieter, and he said ho feels "better
inside" than at any time since he had
the paralytic stroke.
JUSTICE IN A KICK.
Alderman of Wilkesbarre Administers
Shoe Leather Justice.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., 'July 27. Punish
ing a pickpocket by kicking him until
he howled for mercy, Alderman John
F. Donohue saved the county from the
expense of a trial and the imprison
ment of n thieving tramp.
Walking Into his office, near the Le
high Valley railroad, bo saw a tramp
picking the pockets of a drunken mnn.
Seizing the thief by the back of the
neck. Alderman Donohue kicked him
aloug toward the railroad, at the1 same
time lecturing him upon the wrong of
thieving.
"I'll not nrrest you," he said. "I'll
give you another chance to live hon
estly, but not In this city. You'll get
out of here as fust as you can and
never come back. Now go, nnd here
is one to remember me by."
The tramp fled, and the alderman la
satisfied that shoe leather Justice was
effective and opened his court.
ASSAULT ON CHILD SERIOUS.
Little Girl's Condition Grave and
Search For Assailant Continues.
Philadelphia, July 27. Tho victim
of an attack by a twenty-flve-year-old
man, Yetta SUtzky, five and n half
years old, Is in a serious condition In
tho Pennsylvania hospital. Tho man
made his escape as tho child's mother
ran upstairs In response to her screams
When the police later arrested a sus
pect a crowd collected and made such
a demonstration that Lieutenant Ilearn
had the man quickly removed. The
suspect could not be Identified nnd
was discharged.
Tb3 child's assailant, who is believ
ed to be a foreigner, came to the De-
Iancey street house ostensibly to see a
former tenant on the third floor. He
insisted upon going to the floor though
told that the tenant had left, and It
was then that he Induced the little
girl to accompany blm.
Mrs. J. C. Sibley Dies.
Franklin, Pa.. July 27. Mrs. Metta
Babcock Sibley, wlfo of former Con
gressman Joseph C. Sibley, Is dead at
her homo here after an Illness of a
year. Mrs. Sibley was fifty-eight years
old nnd was married in 1871. Her hus
band and two d:l""htrf mirvlvn.
ENDS LONG FICHT.
President Taft Signs Reci
procity Bill.
ALL WORLD CONGRATULATIONS!
Senator Penrose Gets Pen Used by
the Chief Executive For Having
Managed Measure's Course
Through the Senate.
Washington, "July 27. President
Taft has affixed his signature to the
Canadian Teclprocity bill, thereby mak
ing it the law of the land. Very little
ceremony marked the culmination oi
the longest and iiardest flght President
Taft has had in his administration.
Secretary of State Knox stood nt the
desk beside the president when he
signed the measure. The president
used a gold fountain pen purchased
for this occasion nnd will be presented
ns a souvenir to Senator Penrose, chair
man of the senate finance committee,
who managed the bill through the sen
ate. Secretary of Commerce and La
bor Nagel, Secretary Hllles nnd Rep
resentntlve Littleton of New York,
who had been the president's luncheon
guests, were the only other officials
present. The squad of photographers
had lined their cameras up opposite the
president. Mr. Taft walked Into the
room, shook hands with the few people
there and went straight to his desk.
First ho looked at the cameras and
then beckoned to Secretary Knox.
"You'll have to come over here and
get into this," he said. "This Is your
party too."
Mr. Taft took up the pen and quickly
wrote his name.
"It's done," said Secretary Knox.
There were a few Informal congratula
tions for the president nnd Secretary
Uilles brought in an armful of con
gratulatory telegrams nnd letters,
which had been arriving at the Whito
House for several days. Some were
long nnd stilled epistles nnd some
short and characteristically American.
Citizen Schmidt App of Cincinnati
telegraphed the one homely word
"Shake." Andrew Carnegie told the
president that he was sure thnt if he
could finish peace treaties with all
the rest of the world on top of this
reciprocity business there would be
nothing else in this wide world left for
him to do. The telegrams came from
notables all over the country, from
Canada nnd n great many of them
from Europe, a list fur too long to
Index.
LEGALIZES BOXING.
Governor Dix Puts Prizefights Under
Strict Regulation.
Albany, N. Y., July 27. Governor
Dix has signed the Frawloy act to li
cense and regulate boxing exhibitions.
The new law provides that within
thirty days the governor shall appoint
three persons to comprise the commis
sion, two of whom shall reside In
Greater New York, for a term of five
years from Jan. 1 next.
It provides that no match shall go
more than ten rounds. Provision is
mnde for pennllzlng any contestant In
n fake match.
Each club or association giving box
ing matches must file a $10,000 bond
with the state comptroller, who is' au
thorized to collect a tax of 5 per cent
of the total gross receipts from the
sale of tickets to such exhibition.
The expenses of the commission, in
cluding tho salary of a secretary, to
be appointed, are not to exceed $5,000
a year and nre to be paid out of the
tax on receipts. The commission is to
report annually to the legislature. Tho
new law goes into effect immediately.
HOLD NEGRO STUDENT.
Harvard Man Employed as Steamer
Waiter Accused by Passenger.
New York, July 27. Fred G. Mc
Mitchell of Washington, n negro who
has studied medicine for two years at
Harvard nnd hns recently been cm
ployed as a waiter on the Robert Ful
ton, a Hudson day lino steamer, was
held In $300 ball for examination on a
larceny charge made by Mrs. Frank
W. Post of Yonkers, who says Mc
Mitchell took her purse containing $14
on July 10 in the dining room of the
Robert Fulton.
VENEZUELAN CABINET QUITS.
President Gomez Promptly Appoints
New Board of Advisers.
Washington, July 27. John W. Gar
rett, the American minister nt Cara
cas, reported to tho stato department
tho sudden and unexpected resignation
of the entire Venezuelan cabinet.
President Gomez promptly appointed
a now body of official advisers, with
Gonzales Gulnann ns foreign minister.
The cause of the crisis was not
given by Mr. Garrett, and tho state
department is without further infor
matlon. Woman Wins Sculpture Prize.
Paris, July 27. Lucienno Heuvel-
mans was awarded the' prlx de Rome
for sculpture. She won a second prize
In the same award two years ago. She
was the first woman admitted to the
Academy of France nt Rome since its
foundation.
Weather Probabilities.
Probably fair today and tomorrow;
lowly rising temperature; light west
erly winds."
ANOTHER
Government After S!:cn
Machinery Corporation.
SUIT TO BE FILED IN BOSTC'J.
Criminal Action Under Sherman Anti
trust Law to Be Instituted at Once.
Alleged Methods Show How
Companies Were Frozen Out.
Boston, July 27. Tho United Shoo
Mnchlnery company, the so called shoo
machinery trust, is the next big lndns
trial corporation that tho government
will tackle as a conspiracy in restraint
of trade. It is learned that tho depart
ment of Justice will begin proceedings
before the federnl grand Jury hero
within a few days with a view to
bringing crlmlnnl nctlon under the
Sherman antitrust law.
The investigators of the department
have been working upon tho case slnco
early this spring and have, It Is said,
turned up n mass of evidence showln?
the alleged methods of tho trust in
driving competitors from tho field nnd
In controlling the shoe manufacturing
business through a system of leasin?
machlnos on a royalty basis to shoe
manufacturers Instead of selling them
outright.
Tho government Investigators, it is
understood, will lay before the grand
Jury Instances where the United com
pany, after first making an offer to
buy out a competitor nt a price fnr he
low the netunl value of his plant equip
ment, have forced shoe manufactur
ers who used this competitor's m-i
chines to defend themselves ngnln
suits for Infringements on tho pntenn
of tho United compnny, though thci--wns
scarcely any chnnce, it Is con
tended, of the United company's w
nlng in these actions.
The government has Information
that when the United company flnnlh
got their competitors' machines they
smashed them to pieces with sledf
hammers to get them off the market.
MRS. G0ELET IN SUBMARINE.
Newport Society Leader Third Woman
to Have Experience.
Newport. It. i., July 27. Mrs. Rob
crt Goelet achieved at Newport thi;
distinction of being one of the few
women to go under water in n sub
marine. At Newport but three wo
men have had tills experience, former
trips having been made by Mrs. Nich
olas Longworth nnd Mrs. TImmons,
wife of Lieutenant John W. Tlmmonu.
U. S. N.
Mrs. Goelet was accompanied i;
George von L. Meyer, secretary of tl.p
nnvy, and Commander W. Williami.
the new head of the torpedo station
The party boarded the Octopu;.
which Is commanded by Ensign A. 11.
Nlles nnd which is used ns a practlu;
boat at the station. On the trip up
around Goat Island Mrs. Goelet expe
rienced the sensation of riding In a
craft not entirely submerged, but Jtnt
nwash, nnd n little later of sinklni;
benenth the surface.
READY FOR BIG REGATTA.
Saratoga a Blaze of Rowing Colors
For Office Men's Raoes.
Saratoga, N. Y., July 27. Everything
hero Is in gala rowing colors for the
thirty-ninth annual regatta of the Na
tional Association of Amateur Office
Men to bo held nt Saratoga Lake to
moiTow and Saturday. Rowing club
colors flash on the hotel plnzzas, and
bont clubs have been busy carrying
their shells to their headquarters at
the lake.
Tho Harlem Boat clnb and tho Du
luth (Minn.) club members have ar
rived. Other clubs on the water were
tho Arlels and Arundels of Baltimore.
Philadelphia Boat club and Detroit
clubs.
Tho national officers established
headquarters here this morning.
"RED" DOOIN HAS BROKEN LEG
Leader of Philadelphia Nationals In
Collision With St. Louis Player.
St. Louis, July 27. What will un
doubtedly prove tho severest handicap
the Quaker team has suffered since
the National Baseball league's season
opened happened hero when Manager
Charlie Dooln bad a leg broken In
making a play on Oakcs at tho plate.
As a result tho Phillies will have to
continue tholr flght for tho pennant
without their flery leader.
In- sliding to the plate Onkes cracked
Dooln on the leg n hard blow with his
foot. Dooln was unconscious for some
time. Dr. Nledrlnghaus, who was
called from tho stand, ordered the in
Jured player sent to a hospital. Play
ers of both teams carried Dooln from
the Held to an automobile.
TALE OF THE WEATHER.
Observations of the United
Stntes weather bureau taken nt
8 p. m. yesterday follow:
Temp. Weather.
New York 70 Cloudy
Albany 00 Cloudy
Atlantic City . . 70 Cloudy
Boston 72 Clear
Buffalo 04 Cloudy
Chicago ........ 08 Clear
St. Louis 78 Clear
New Orleans .. 80 Cloudy
Washington ... 74 Cloudy
FOREVER BARS NEGROES.
Proposed Amendment to Georgia Con
stitution Radical.
Atlanta, Ga July 27. Fixing good
cheer as n requisite for qunllfylng to
vote and determining good character
by the test of respect for good wo
manhood Is the Intent of a proposed
change in the constitution of Georgia
fathered by Representative J. J. Sludo
of Muskogee county and favorably re
ported to the legislature by tho com
mittee on constitutional amendmentH.
Tho friends of the nmondment frankly
admit Its purpose Is to forever dis
franchise the negro. Discussing the
measure before tho committee, Cup
tain Slndo declared that it will hnvc
the effect of disfranchising every ne
gro in Georgia regnrdloss of whnt oth
er qunllflcatlons ho might possess
"Circulars are being sent to uegntes
all over the state telling them to hur
ry up nnd get In position to qualify
for tho ballot under the educntlonnl
and property qualifications," said lie.
"I want to stop It and make it impos
sible for any one with a black or mu
latto skin to vote In Georgia, no mat
ter how much book learning ho may
possess. The protection of the white
race demands that the negroes be
made positively and forever the politi
cal inferiors of tho whites."
ENTHRONE PRENDERGAST.
New Archbishop Takes New Office
Amid Elaborate Ceremonies.
Philadelphia. July 27. In tho pres
ence of high dignitaries of the church
and practically all clergy in the nivh
dloceso the Most Rev. Edmund Fran
cis Prorider-gnst was enthroned arch
bishop of Philadelphia in tho Cnthov
dral of St. Peter and St Paul, sue
ceedlng tho late Archbishop Ryan.
Tho ceremonies were extremely elab
orate, and the great edifice, which wns
completely filled, wns beautifully deco
rated with flowers and palms.
The pontifical mass was celebrated
by Bishop Fitzmaurlce. Tho sermon
was preached by Bishop Hoban.
TROOPS REVOLT.
Mexican Forces In Lower California
Wound Their General.
San Diego, Cal., July 27. News re
ceived here from Lapaz, capitnl of the
southern district of Lower California
thnt the garrison of 400 Mexican troops
rose against General Augustin San
gulnez, nttneked the capital building
nnd wounded tho general, who is also
the Jcfo politico of tho territory. In
the flght ten insurrectos wore killed
and several more were wounded. The
rebels were subjugated.
General Sanguincz Is a Diaz ap
pointee. Mrs. John Brown, Jr., Dead.
Toledo, O., July 27. Mrs. John
Brown, Jr., eighty-one, wife of the old
est son of the martyr of Harpers Fer
ry, is dead at Put-in-Bay. With hsr
husband she located In 1800 nt Put-In
Bay, then an isolated place, to escape
southern sympathizers who thirsted
for the blood of the sons nnd tho nl
He of the old John Brown
MILANVILLE.
Special to The Citizen.;
MILANVILLE, Pa., July 27.-
Montieth Brown, New York, is en-
Joying his vacation In MUanville.
Miss Slater, New York, Is visiting
Miss Ida Coots.
Mr. and 'Mrs. C. N. Tyler and
daughters, 'Helen and Flecla, Cort
land, N. Y are occupying their
bungalow on tho Tyler farm.
-C. A. Tyler and son, Clayton,
Scranton, are visiting at the home
of G. H. Tyelr.
Jacob Blvens and daughter, Mrs.
Florence Brown, New York, arrived
In town from Forest City this week
to spend a few days.
Mrs. O. S. Fenwlck and Mrs. Abi
gail Illman arrived hero Tuesday
evening from Washington, D. C.f
Mrs. W. D. Yerkes of MUanville
Heights, is visiting Mrs. Volney
Skinner.
Miss Minnie F. Gay is expected
home this week from Union, N. Y.,
where she has been spending a
month.
Mrs. Lester Lovelass had the mis
fortune to loose a horse this week.
Tho animal stumbled on a stone,
breaking Its leg. On the following
day a young man who boarded on
tho Lovelass farm, had his leg bad
ly cut with tho mowing machine
knives. The cut required seven
stitches.
Mrs. D. H. Beach entertained the
Ladles' Aid society on Wednesday
afternoon,
'Donald Calkins went to Endlcott,
N. Y., Tuesday.
Several from here attended the
funeral of the late Thomas Fort
nam which was held nt the Damas
cus church on Tuesday last. The
bereaved father, widow and son
have tho sympathy of all.
Mrs. R. B. Carpenter will leave
for New York City the latter part
of the week.
Kays and Pago have bought a
new engine for their mill.
CENTERVILLE.
Special to The Citizen.
CENTERVILLE, Pa July 27.
Mrs. Anna Harlngton, Carbondale,
Is visiting Centervllle friends.
'Minnie Siloman Is visiting Miss
Mary Lane.
Stanley Cobb was a caller In Cen
terville on Sunday.
Loren Peet and Walter Leuven
called on friends here Tuesday
night.
Thos. Garrlty made a business
trip to Ariel on Wednesday last.
Willie Marshall is haying for
Ilealy, near Ledgedale.
Mrs. Andrew Manning, Phlladel
phla, and Mrs. James Lane, New
York, are visiting at John Mannings
for a lew weeKs.
Elizabeth Garrlty was In Hamlin
one day last week.
Bert'McKane and Abram Surplce
caned at m. Lane a Saturday even
Ing.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(Continued From Pago One)
side. The so-called fnrmp ri-n
list and wool and w.oalon bill already
passed by the Democratic House
bears out this statement.
in the llrst place while the bill
was bolnc framprl nn hurinu
allowed and no opinions Invited from
any Interest to bo affected. No
farmer was called in to testify, no
manufacturer, nor merchant, no one
wuo liiigni. oe ruined by the enact
ment of the bill Into law.
There was n nroionea of nftnnt.i
ing the revenue situation but as
onairman underwood was about ono
hundred million dollars out of the
way In his estimate It would seem
as If he had as Httlo regard for tho
Treasury of tho United States as he
had for any American industrial in
terest. The attltiiflo nf fho n,
- UC1UU-
cratlc party in Its tariff work so far
una session simply means that If the
Democrats come Into full control
of tho Governmnnt in 1Q13 .
have tariff legislation which not only
uicsieguiua uu American interests
but which will bo hostile to Ameri
can labor and Itlrilintrtpa nn.I . .!.,..
- -J iuiuuuo
to tho United States Treasury.
. " i w oiaiiuo uin
clearly in condemnation of the Dem-1
ucruuc nmiuae toward tho Interests
of the people, shows clearly that
while there has been a pretense
made at economy and considerable
press work indulged In to fool the
people In this respect, yet the fact
of the matter Is, that the most fool
ish extravagance has been indulged
In by tho present House of Repre
sentatives and thousands and thous
ands of dollars have been wasted
and will be wasted by useless Inves
tigation committees in extra services
of clerks and stenographers and a
huge bill for printing entirely un
called for and unnecessary.
--The Washington Herald In Its Is
sue of Monday, July 17, records that
Representative Cox of Indiana,
Chairman of the House Committee
on Expenditures in the Treasury De
partment, appealed to several news
paper men to turn up something for
him, saying: " I don't believe there
is anything much wrong in the
Treasury Department that needs
much investigation, thus far we have
not arrived at anything, can't you
put me up to a good scandal or
two?" This then, is the spirit back
of all this Democratic desire for In
vestigation and which is costing the
country many many thousands of
dollars without any good results
whatever.
Added to these two distinct char
acteristics of tho present Democratic
party in Congress, is the fact that
the House majority has refused re
peatedly to allow necessary legisla
tion to come up, adjourning from
Wednesday to Saturday and from
Saturday to Wednesday to avoid mo
tions to discharge committees, while
some seventy bills, each one of Im
portance to the people of the coun
try, are left slumbering In the Com
mittees that will not report them.
Most prominent of all is the Pen
sion bill which the Democrats ab
solutely refuse to consider at this
session of Congress.
These bold free trade utterances
and utter disregard of the laboring
interests of the country, this pre
tense at economy, while wasting the
public funds in unlimited amount,
this entire disregard for necessary
legislation, should bo matters of the
keenest Interest to the voters of the
country when next yearthey are to
ilpnlrlp whpthpr wp nhnll Vinvp n Proa.
Ident and Congress which does things!
or a President and Congress which!
will repeat the experiences of 1892
9G and ruin not only the Treasury
of the United States but bring ad
versity to the people of the entire
country.
CLINTON.
Special to The Citizen.
CLINTON, Pa.. July 27. Edith
'Miner, wlfo of Richard Painter, died
July l'J, aged 28 years. She was a
good wife and a wise and loving
mother. She leaves to mourn her
loss, besides her husband, five chil
dren, the youngest an infant of a
few weeks of age, her mother, one
brother, Ernest Miner, South Sterl
ing, and Mrs. Pearl Seeley, her sis
ter. The services were conducted by
Rev. Mr. Birch, assisted by Rev. Jas.
Ralney. Mr. and Mrs. Triverton,
Beachlake, came to attend the funer
al and remained a few days with her
sister, 'Mrs. F. E. Loomis and to com
fort her beloved brother.
The remains of Mrs. Mary Grinell,
widow of the late Halsey Thomas,
Waymart, were layed to rest In the
Clinton cemetery last Sunday. She
was aged 83 years. Her early mar
ried life was spent in this place.
Many years ago they removed to
Waymart. She fell on tho Ice last
Winter which so impaired her that
she was unable to walk and had to
be lifted from hor bed to her chair.
After the death of her sister she was
cared for by her sister-in-law, Mrs.
Miles Grlnnell. She had no children.
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FOR SHERIFF
JOHN THEOBALD
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
FRANK 1). WALTZ,
Newfoundland, Pn.
Subject to the Republican primaries,
Saturday, Sept. 30, 1911.
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR
COUNTY TREASURER.
FItKI) C. REICHENIJAOKER,
Honcsdnle, Pa,
Was born In Honesdale in 1864
and has always been a resident of
the borough. He was educated in
the Honesdale 'High school and learn
ed the druggist's business in the
pharmacy of C. C. Jadwin, and has
followed the business for 27 consecu
tive years. He has always been an
active and consistent Republican, Is
well versed In and an able exponent
of the iprinclples of tho party and
wholly devoted to its interests. He
was placed in nomination for state
senator of the Fourteenth district
by the conferees of Wayno at
Stroudsburg in 1908 and during the
deadlock had the highest vote of
any candidate; but, notwithstanding
the nomination belonged to Wayne
county, the Wayne conferees, after
the fifty-second ballot, went to the
Carbon county candidate who was
nominated.
Mrs. E. B. Hadden's mother, Mrs.
Biles, Waymart, and a niece, spent
last week with ber.
IMrs. Charles Goodrich and daugh
ter, Washington county, Pa., are
guests of the families of Milton Lilly
and sons.
Mrs. Sarah Fox and daughter, Miss
Bessie, and son, Clarence, Honesdale,
are guests of Mrs. George Cramer
and other relatives.
Mrs. W. E. Rude and son Dwlght,
spent last week with Carbondale
friends.