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THE* TITUSVILLE HERALB.
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VOLUME XII
iTFUSVItJLK, PA., MARCH l&r 1006.
NUMBER 29
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CORPORAL TANNER
WRITES A LETTER.
A   STRONG   ARGUMENT   AGAINST
r REDUCING THE PAY OF
SOLDIER   GOVERNMENT   CLERKS.
Chairman Tawney Is Reminded of Service Theae Men Gave When Gown-
try Needed Them—The Letter.
WASfflNOTON, March 18.—"OoP
poral" Tanner, commander-in-chief of
the Orand Army of the Republic, has
written a letter to Representative
James A. Tawney of Minnesota,- chairman of the house committee on appropriations, protesting vigorously against
the action of tor, Tawneys committee
in recommending the enactment of a
law reducing the compensation of government clerks after they have a -
tained the age of 65 years. "Corporal"
tanner writes particularly In behalf of
his comrades of the Civil war, many
of Whom now employed in the government service wouid be affected seriously by the proposed reduction in
compensation.
"Corporal" Tanner ventures the assertion to Mr. Tawney that "You won't
find a Confederate soldier behind yonr
bid;" and Incidentally pays a tribute
to a Confederate brigadier who refused to permit a single one of the
Union veterans to be disturbed When
he had the power to remove them.
Tha letter says in part:
"So far aB indicated' by anything In
the report yet, were the same rule to
be applied to those in high as well as
low places, three members of your
committee would have been debarred
from, signing lt;
The Distinguished Speaker
of the house, so active that many people fear he must be reckoned with In
1908, would have to withhold his approval unless you hurry the bill
through before May 7. Of the thirteen
members of the senate committee on
appropriations, wbo have the last
guess at this bill east of the Whito
House, whose average age is 67, alt
but tonr, two* Democrats and two Re-1
publicans, tUjAAhey. by a' tight squeeze,'
would be rescued from consideration
of your automatic 'time register'' dpon
its arrival at the northern'winy of the;
capitol. ''''aT**
"It has been handed- down, to ms]
since before I began to read, that 'he
who is faithful in a few' things snail
be rul^r oyei; many,' but you reverse
ail this and say that tbe aged man may-
do great things bijit, shall no't be a
hewer of wood, nor a drawer of- Wator.
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1 think you d better take water on this
'if   t'-'i.
proposition, respecting, which I. have
a few earnest words to say to- yon.
"The operations of the proposed'penalty for loyal and faithful service
would fall so heavily upon
Those Who-Bora the Barden
of the battle In the Union army that
1 must treat it as if they were the
sole beneficiaries, It Is for them, my
comrades, I speak. I am indisposed
to shirk this duty I owe to them, and
could-qot. if I would. They stood with
me when to stand meant victory; that
the congress of the Vnited States
should meet ever since in Washington
instead of Richmond: that the Stars
and Stripes should float forever and a
aay over all, emblematic of a united,
prosperous, happy country. They are
holding down the same desks today,
with exceptional ability, too; and a
delegation -of them has just left me
nlled with the gratitude common to all
but republics.
"To a proposition that shall provide
for a fair reduction when. In Individual
cases, by the deterioration of his mental or physical faculties a man is Incapacitated from measuring up to the
lull requirements of the service. I
have no objection to present; but that
condition is as amply provided for by
existing law as you can- make it. Un-
' der it young men and old are daily being assigned, both by promotion and
reductions, to the duties for whi6h
they are best fitted. You propose that
the almshouse alone shall be
The Veteran's refuge
in Ufe and perhaps, after you've kicked
him out to 'rattle his bones over the
st ones' will deny him' burial in Consecrated ground, close against him the
gates of Arlington.
"According to the best estimate wo
can make, 750,000 of the Union' army
are now living. Providence has
blessed these men with a vast aggregation of sons and sons-in-law and I cannot ba far out of the way when I assert that the survivors Of .the vanishing army' and their allied domestic relations aggregate nearly or quite
S.000,000 adults in this land. Few of
thts number but, directly or indirectly,
Would be affected by the proposed legislation.
"My dear Mr. Chairman, there is a
dead line in legislation respecting the
Saviours of the Nation
as perfectly marked as at Andersonville, beyond which no enemy may go.
Let me beg you to pause before you attempt to cross tt nnder the belief that
the sentry is asleep and to have only
I word's of praise for the bridge that
many times and oft has carried you to
■ safety, and, like tlie belfry In the market piace of Brttges, "thrice burned
down and thrice. rebuilded, still
watches ,o'er the town.'
"You n&y pass this unjust, -cruel,'
monstrous law while the stars remain
la the Hag and the memories of men
and women are not stricken with paresis, bttt before you do I hope you'll
Hear Whitcomb Riley recite 'Good-Bye,
Jim: Take Keer o' Yourself.' This letter is, of course yon understand, wholly impersonal; I happen to be the official representative ot my comrades
as are you of tbe powerful committee,
that, Ine 'the hand that rocks the
world,' dominates the affairs of tha
nation.
I Write Net In Anger,
bat ln deep sorrow, for It Is my country and my comrades with whom I've
so long touched elbows in whose name
this great wrong is being done. They
counted not the cost la tiie days of
their youth, health and strength; now
they're almost at the turn of the tide,
nearly all In. For years they have
given to the government In civil life
tne same earnest, hard work, faithful
loyal service that they gave, ln time
of war; for years and years to come
their very experience will be of incalculable value. Your bill makes their
superior competency an absolute disqualification because of the years taken to acqiure it. In the civil service
as in the army or navy it is
The Man Behind the Gun
upon whom we lean most heavily;
who fights thd battle; who does the
things that get into general orders under someone else's name; bnt 'what
would we do without him?'
"This subject is one which, by the
very emphasis of our declining years,
stands -oloser to tike representatives of
'the vanishing army' than any other
obligation on earth, except to our God
and couatry. I shall be pardoned,
therefore, I am sure, for speaking long
and  feelingly.
"Our comrades In the government
service are by the circumstances of
their positions powerless to defend
themselves. I beg you to speak for,
instead of against, if you cannot leave
them alone."
PASSED SEVERAL BILLS.
ONE PROVIDES PUNISHMENT POR
VIOLATING SECRETS,
Another Deals With Bridges on Navigable Streams and a Third Interests New Jersey and Delaware.
WASHINGTON, March 13.—Before
taking up the railroad question today
the senate passed a number of bills,
some of which were of considerable
importance. One of them provides for
the punishment' of government officials for the premature divulgence ot
secret information of government bureaus In such matters as the crop reports; another grants executive authority In the matter of, the construction of bridges of -navigable streams,
aad still another gives congressional
sanction to the effort on the part of
the states of Delaware and New Jersey
to adjust their long pending boundary
dispute.
Mr. Simmons made the speech of the
day on the railroad rate question. Ha
announced his support of the- house
measure, but said he would not oppose
reasonable modifications.
Mr. Tillman announced tbat after
tomorrow he would seek to have the
rate bill taken up for consideration
each day immediately after disposing
of the routine business of the senate
instead of waiting until 2 o'clock.*
House Proceedings.
The house devoted Itself today to
general .debate on the legislative appropriation bill. First there was discussed the question of eliminating
aged clerks from the employ of the
government; then came a discussion
of free alcohol for the arts, the restriction of Japanese immigration and
finally a defense of New York oity.
Mr. Littaur of New York and Mr.
Livingston of Georgia, representing
the Republican and Democratio views,
concurred on the question that something must be done in the way of reorganising the government service.
Mr. Marshall of North Dakota gave his
voice to the proposition for free alcohol; MJr. Hayes of California spoke in
behalf of restriction of Japanese and
Korean immigration, and Mr. Bennett
of New- York defended his cRf in relation to the class ot foreigners who
make New York city their homes.
NOT POR OltCITY.
PHILADELPHIA, Mareh 18.—The
state executive committee of the Prohibition party here today decided to
hold this year's state convention at
Harrisburg on May 23 and 24. Greensburg, Oil City and Philadelphia also
made a strong effort to get the convention. A statement issued after the
meeting announcing tho date of th _
convention says members of tbe committee were a unit in deciding that
the logic of the situation demands the
nomination of' Homer L. Castle of
Fittsburg for governor.
REUTING OBJECTS
IN SCOn MATTER.
SAYS    SCOTT    BOND    HAS    BEEN
CHANGED SINCE SIGNED.
CASE ' WAS    ARGUED   IN    COURT.
Alleged   Original   Contained   a   Name
Other   Than   That   on Bond   fer
Whloh Judgment Is Confessed.
MEADVILLE, March 13.—(Special,.
—A sensational turn was given the
Scott treasury case today when Daniel P. Reuting of Titusville, one of the
Scott bondsmen and one ef tbe defendants who confessed judgment for
$20,000 ln the case of the Crawford
County Trust company vs. D. N. Scott
and his bondsmen, appeared iu court
and through his counsel declared that
the original bend had been tampered
with.
. It is claimed by Mr. Reuting that
the bond he signed and ou which judgment was confessed contained the signature of C. F. Bakely. The bond
now held by the Crawford County
Trust company shows the
Erasure of Bakely's Name
and the substitution of that of W. H.
Marsh. Mr. Reuting avers that lie
signed tne bond on tbe strength of the
names which It already bore and that
he had no knowledge of tha erasure
when judgment was entered. He declares that such erasure was made
without his knowledge and consent.
He is advised and believes that by reason of sucb erasure and alteration In
said bond, the same is void and of no
effect. He therefore prays the court
to issue an order, requiring said plai.i-
tiff, the Crawford County Trust company, to file the original bond In court;
and also prays for an order striking off
the judgment or opening It to permit
_ur. Reuting to prove the facts alleged
in his argument.
The court granted a rale to show
cause why the plaintiff should not file
the original bond In court upon whleh
the judgment was confessed, and why
judgment should not be
Stricken Off or Opened.
'Ihe argument, will be held at the May
term of court..
The list of bondsmen who backed
former Treasurer Scott in his {office
follows: L. B. Clancy,' Sainn^l si.
Miaxwel_, James NV 'Daniels; w.-' H.
Mareh, William Qreer, C. E. Connor,
H. J. Connor, J. D. Langworthy, Daniel
P. Reuting and T. J. Patton. Mr. Renting, who may properly be termed the
most responsible of the bondsmen and
upon whom the burden of any deficiency will rest, alleges that whan ns
signed the original bond the name, of
C. F. Bakely was entered thereon. He
objects tq being made the principal
lamb for the slaughter, If there Is to
be a killing at the end of the present
investigation. .
MISS CONSTANCE  EMERSON
TALKED AT MEADVILLE.
She Is President ef Branch of Erie
Presbytery Mission Work.
MEADVILLE, March 18— (Special.)—
Miss L. Constance Emerson of Titus
ville, president of the young people's
branch of he Erie. Presbytery Home
Missionary society, gave a very interesting talk this evening in the parlors
of the First Presbyterian church to the
missionary and Christian Endeavor
societies of the church. There was a
large attendance and the evening was
an enjoyable one. The Young Ladies'
Missionary society served dainty refreshments. The decorations were carnations and smilax.
MAYER REPRIMANDED.
KANSAS CITY, March 13—Francis
M. Cockrell of the Interstate Commerce commission severely reprimanded W. O. Mayer, Kansas City
manager of the Standard Oil company,
in discriminating against independent
Oil men hereabouts. Repeated efforts
had been made to get from Mayer an
admission that there was any connection between the Standard Oil company, the Union Tank Line company,
the Republic Oil company, the Waters-
Pierce Oil companyand other companies. To all these questions Mr.
Mayer answered:   "I do not know."
FIRE IN NEW YORK.
NEW YORK, March 13.—A flre
which originated tonight in the basement of the five-story brick building,
Nos. 16 to 19 East Fourth street, and
running for six numbers on Lafayette
street, completely destroyed that
building and spread to the adjoining
five-story building, Nos. 11 and 13 East
Fourth street   The loss was $359,000.
NO TAHITA NEWS.    -
HONOLULU, March 13.—The steamer Sierra, which arrived here today
from Australia via Samoa, reports that
there has been no communication with
Tahita since the recent disastrous hurricane.
CANEY GASSER BURST8
OUT IN RENEWED FURY.
Melted Huge Iron Hood and Is Belching Forth Unrestrained.
CANEY, Kan.. March 13.—/The great
gas well six miles from here, which
was capped yesterday with a huge iron
hood after it had burned without restraint for seventeen days, consuming
millions of feet of gas, burst forth
again today. After having confined
the fire for twelve hours, the hood
was perforated today by the tremendous force of sand and flame beneath
It and soon became a heap of scrap
iron.
Conditions at the burning well are
worse tonight than at any time since
the flre started. A veritable mountain
of flame is now pouring from the well
and the hood and huge system of pipes
which were yesterday used In a vain
attempt to cap the gasser are either
a molten mass or are warped or twisted by the intense heat. Trees at a
considerable distance which had pnt
out leaves as a result of the artificial
heat are now on flre. Arrangements
are in preparation for another attempt
to cap the well.
CLANS GATHERING
AT
MINERS' CONVENTION  MEET8 ON
THURSDAY  MORNING.
PROMINENT    MINERS    ARRIVING.
Several Conferences Were Held Tuesday—The Ryan Resolution Is First
Subject for Present Attention.
AFTER REDSKINS.
VINITA, I. T., March 13.—Dp to 9
o'clock tonight no word bad been received from United States Marshal
Darrough or any of his posses who are
pursuing the Wickllffe gang of Cherokee outlaws. The night is dark and
rain is falling and a courier would not
be able to make his way from the
Night Hawk country. The chase may
last several days before the Inlians are
overtaken.
HONORED MISS ANTHONY.
ALBANY, N. Y., March 18.—The senate today adopted a resolution of condolence In the deatb of Susan B. Anthony In which "the distinguished
character of her services during the
eighty-six years of life life" was referred to making her "one of the
most famous and remarkable women of
her time."
FIRST DEGREE VERDICT.
TWO ITALIANS FOUND GUILTY Op
MURDER AT  WARREN.
Third Was Allowed His Liberty—New
'-'Wai Will Be Asked for and the
Case May Be  Postponed.
WARREN, March 13.—(Special.)—
At 10:30 o'clock this morning the jury
in the case of the Commonwealth vs.
Pietro Notaro, Frank Gerardi and Antonio Pulli filed into the court room
with a verdict of flrst degree murder
against the two first mentioned and a
verdict of acquittal for the other.
Three men, Gerardi, Notaro and Fruc-
ci, now stand convicted of first degree
murder for the death of Raphael Fer-
Ino at Tiona on Feb. 11. Their attorneys will apply for a new trial. In the
| case of Its refusal sentence will be
pronounced.
The condemned men appeared
stolid, but the careworn expression of
their faces revealed more than those
surrounding them could realize. Not
a muscle moved when they heard the
announcement made that they must
suffer death upon the gallows. They
walked from the court room to await
the sentence of the court, which can
be nothing other than the command
that they shall be hanged by the neck
until dead.
Notaro Wept In Jail,
When the prisoners entered the jail
they were more visibly affected and
tears coursed down the cheeks of Notaro. All of the men came from the
south of Italy. Oerardi has been In
this country for thirteen years, and is
a contractor. He has a force of Italians whom he bosses in the lumber
woods, upon railway construction, and
in various ways in which labor ls required. He has a wife, who has
watched the case with intense interest,
and also a little adopted daughter.
Grief has materially reduced Mrs.
Gerardi a weight, but she has been
buoyant in the hope tbat-her husband
would be acquitted.
Notaro is about 26 years of age and
has been in this country only a few
months. Pulli, who fortunately escaped conviction, is a happy lad. Tbe
barrel of the gun he carried was so
crooked that the bullet might have described a circle around the murdered
man without touching him.
New Trial Hoped Por.
Attorneys Allen, Salsbury and Munn
will make application for a new trial
tomorrow, but probably it will not be
argued for a couple of weeks ln order
to allow sufficient time for the attorneys to prepare their points. If new
trials are not granted in each ot the
cases the matter will be taken to the
supreme court of Pennsylvania, but it
will probably be impossible to appeal
at the May session, and as the supreme cdurt for this district sits but
once a year the matter may not be
finally disposed of for more than a
year.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., March 13.—At
the special national convention of the
United Mine Workers of America,
called by President John Mitchell In
response to the request of President
Roosevelt to make efforts to avert a
strike of all coal miners in the United
States, the business of the flrst sessiou
which opens Thursday morning at the
German house In this city will be a
discussion of the plans for a joint oonference with the bituminous operators
in Indianapolis next week. President
John Mitchell arrived yesterday.
National Board Members Fallon,
Gildea and Dougherty of the anthracite distriots; Houston of tbe block
coal field, and Franklin and McCuilough of the bituminous distriot and
Vice President Tom L. Lewis arrived
tonight.
Tbere were a number of conferences
at the headquarters among the higher
officials of the organisation and the
board members. The' national executive board will hold an
All-Day Meeting Tomorrow,
at which tbey will map out a line of
work to be submitted to the delegates
who will assemble Thursday morning.
While all of the locals in the union
will be represented in the convention
the numerical strength in the gathering will' not equal that of January, as
many of the smaller locals are sending
tbeir proxies by representatives t'other locals instead of by special delegates.   The Indianapolis Star says:
the rescinding of the Ryan resolution will be the most Important bnsiness to come before the convention.
Untfil this is done there can be no joint
conference with the operators who will
come to Indianapolis next week.
The Ryan Resolution.
This is the effect of the announcement by tbe anthracite operators that
they will not accede to the demands oil
their employes. The refusal of tbe anthracite operators to treat farther with
miners makes a settlement with the
union ln districts 1, 7 and 9 out of the
question. The Ryan "resolution, adopted by the' miners before the adjournment of their regular national convention, provides that contracts must be
signed in all districts under the control .of the organization at the same
time or that no agreements shall be
entered into.
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PERSONALS.
Lessor Levy went to Oil City lilt
night on business.
A. W. Bronson went to New yoW.^
on business yesterday.
Sol Mayer has gone to Washlb|tojftt ■
D. C, on a business visit
Theodore Yanke will leave todiy-fcir '
Dunkirk on a business trip.   . ■• ■... j 'j«. '
Miss L. Constance Emerson Is the
guest of friends ln Meadville
Samuel Grumbine was a business
visitor in Meadville yesterday.
M.  W.  Quick left for Btifj
New York yesterday morning.
J. T. Dillon left yesterday morning
tor a business visit in Pittsburg.       £-..J
Sheriff R. P. Marshall was hero, trtim
Meadville yesterday on legal buslhe^i,
Miss Fannie Metzgar will leave tfils
morning for a visit in New York;,,    &£
O. Stranburg of Jamestown WasfjA'
business visitor in the city yesterday.
Ferris C. Stewart left for CatilaCt.;,,..
on the early morning train TU©Sd^.y^;,
W. H. Tyler of Jamestown.'.^-"1^-J
was   a business   visitor in   fitu^viuV
yesterday.
Miss Wood of Buffalo is theil
of Mrs. A. W. LePatourel, East Wpitft
street. !•*£ 'fe
Mrs'. R. D. Fletcher and da{_|_it}3r,'
Miss Mary Fletoher, were visittfH. <;&
Oil City yesterday. . :M''.&•■
W.    M. Reed, a prominent   leather
man of Chicago, is the guest of Qp'i."
onel Samuel G. Maxwell.
M-!r. and Mrs. W. L. Darling.otifeoBjy*
spent Tuesday in Titusville and pHajfa
registered at the Mansion ttblisB tn1
guests of Mine Host Frank WatMJn. ■'■'
JUDGE PARKER SPOKE.
JACKSON, Miss., March 13.—Alton
B. Parker of New York delivered a
speech on "Democracy" before a joint
session of the Mississippi legislature
at the Century theatre today, where
he was introduced by Chief Justice
Wfliltfield of the supreme court.
LARGE MORTGAGE.
pGDBNSBURG, N. Y„ March 13.—
The New York Central and Hudson
River Railroad company has filed a
mortgage for $1,000,000 issued by the
Guaranty Trust company of New
York with United States Customs Collector Daniels of Ogdensburg.
GREEK GOES TO AUBUBR.
FREDONIA   CASHIER   SENTENOED
TO 8IX YEARS TUEMW_mJpB
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He Pleaded Guilty to the IndioiWht
Containing     Thirty-Five    CpjiljWijSV".
Mis Attorney's Arguments.
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BUff||C^.     March   13.—Fre& "'%.
Green,' former cashier of thb d«linSt:
Fredonia National bank, pleaded luittiK, j
today and was "Sentenced to sii years
in Auburn penitentifery.
Green   was   Indicted   on   thil'_J'-fl#e
counts charging abstraction, embe__#- -
ment and  false  entry  In  connectioh-
with the funds and books of the brolt.
en banks.   He was arrested on ah iB*'.
leged 'fSiseHpntry relative.to the B\ir-'
estville l_aiik,0'also now defunct; - Oife'
hundred   witnesses    had   been - snb*'
poenWea'i'u the case..
The 'attorney for tbe prisoner, aamt
in part: H|
"Mr. Green 'knows that he mkdefa
mistake. He is not the kind of mi-i
to drag his friends into trouble. Ho
will take whatever sentence1 yob impose. '• Mtj
"Bred Green perhaps stands as well
as any man in such difficulties could
stand.   His -friends are legion.   They
realize that he got into the present
trouble through his desire to heli> out-
his friends.   He is a young man whp '
could well accomplish much in  llfoj?
His relatives stand high in Chjjntajip*
qua   county.   They   want the  \trbJi_K-.
known,    whether he   is a    hardened
criminal or whether he Is more' sinned
against than sinning.    Is he at. bear).-
a'bad man?   I believe not." ,'A
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il Second National Bank.
Capital, -   $300,000.00.
Surplus,    -   -   - $200,000.00. |P
| Total Resources Over Two Million Dollattk
President,
JOHN FERTIO,
Vice President,
J. C. MeKINNEY.
Cashier,
*'. C. WHEELER.
ESTABLISHED 1865.
TITUSVILLE. PENN'A.
We have the most complete banking facilities
for meeting the requirements of all
classes of people.
| Large Resources.
Savings Department.
Sale Deposit Vaults.
Foreign Exchange Dep't.
Interest Allowed on Time Deposits.
| Honey Loaned it 5 Per Cent, on Approved Marketable Collateral.
SAFETY THE BEST POLICY.
DIRECTORS.
John Fertlg,
Leuis  K.  Hyde,
B. F. Kraffert,
John L. McKinney,
John L. Emerson,
William Bayliss,
W. 3. Stephens,
W. C Warner,   ,
J. C McKinney.
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